This past weekend there was a protest in DC. I didn't want to blog about it until I had a chance to read about it and get some facts down. I did & here's what happened & why I am blogging about it.
According to freedomworks.org, September 12th "was a historic day for freedom". Hm... I don't know about historic, as they are also claiming that it was the biggest protest DC has ever seen. This may be true, and I have posted a picture below to see, and I imagine there may have been at least one (wars v. taxes...?) Anyway, these so called Patriots hung out on the mall with signs, tee-shirts, flags... whatever else they could find to let Obama know he needed to learn how to budget.
Well those are the facts in a nut-shell and this is why I am baffled by these people. First off, many of the signs I saw said things such as: "Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God" "God Bless America". See a trend there?? GOD! People, people, people... are we forgetting separation of church and state. Yes, I know there is no such thing in the USA because this is a hypocritical country, but it is the one thing that I really stand by. Any time someone uses God or any religious belief in their debate, I immediately count it their argument as void; they no longer have one. The other signs I saw said things like: "American the FREE". Let me ask a question... if there are no taxes, how will things like public education, police officers, street lamps, roads & etc exist? No one would pay to keep these things going if it wasn't mandatory. Taxes are necessary, yes they suck, but it's the price you pay to be in America. And sorry, but countries in Europe pay way higher taxes than America (i.e. Germany pays 50%). Sweden has the happiest residents in the WORLD. Why? Because of the programs that they have and why do they have them? Cause they pay higher taxes. But the sign that pissed me off the most "tired of paying for the lazy"... Do I even need to say anything more?
Not only did these people waste money and time on signs that were invalid and stupid, but they also took up ALL the space on the Metro. Guh!
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