Yes I am related to Thomas Jefferson, He was one of my great great great great Grandfathers Maternal Cousins. The Grandfathers Brother was John Marshall < That is Chief Justice Marshall.......
Now the military will obey a lawful order to fire upon civilians. The key word being lawful. Is it a lawful order to use deadly force upon a peaceful crowd of protesters? I don't think so. Now if those protesters were endangering the troops or others that would be a different story.
The great thing about today though is that we dio not need deadly force to break up a crowd.
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Going slightly off-topic here, I think it is neat that you have blood ties to Thomas Jefferson. Detractors of this kind of thinking like to say we are all citizens, we are all equal. Well, I think some, like yourself, are more equal. Your family has an investment and commitment to the United States that goes beyond your U. S. birth certificate. We are oriented to aspire to the greatest values of our heritage. We have all seen on television interviews with our fellow citizens who don't even know how many justices are on the U. S. Supreme Court. Guys like you, and I hope me, are keepers of the American spirit, and while we are building that, illegal aliens are stealing America's wallet! A main reason I intensely dislike illegal aliens is they don't give a damn about what we are trying to accomplish as a country, all they want is the free welfare ride.
Moving on, I recall reading something about this for our border fence. People approach it, and suddenly they are up against 150 degrees or something like that. Sounds efficient.
I am by no means a revolutionary, but like most Americans I am tired of the Wall Street slime raping my country, and frankly I have had enough of both political parties. I think it was Bill Maher who said, "One party has no brains, and the other has no balls."
I am not donating to Obama, the last time they wrote for money, I sent back a note, "I do not donate to Republicans." I am prepared to throw my vote away if Obama does not stop kissing Republican ass. The American Jobs Act is about his last chance with me. There are Dems talking about a primary switch to Hillary Clinton. She is committed to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. I was for her before I was for Obama.
Stretching the topic. Throughout my life I have heard people say the U. S. Government could overthrown without shedding a drop of blood. The version I heard goes along these lines. Barry, Joe, Michelle, and Joyce are The Administration, all four were elected by the American people. If, (and it would obviously be a set up), Joe Biden says to Barry Obama, "This is a coup, I am now the president, surrender to me." Now President Obama would have to violate his oath of office, BUT with a new government comes a new currency. We buy off China and others at 10 cents on the dollar, and they would be glad to get it. Then the planet makes a start fresh with a new economic system, but basically the same American democracy, probably with new lobbying laws. One interesting idea would be changing currency. If each individual were only allowed $500,000 for changing to new money for old, we would leave the 1% with all kinds of useless paper.
Now, this is 'think tank' type stuff, and really over my level of thought. I am not sure how well I am explaining it here, but it is interesting. Do you think it would be possible to have an orderly revolution of government with no bloodshed?
When I went to college we were taught that the value of a corporation is assets, minus liabilities, plus 'goodwill.'. What do we really need a stock market and speculators for? They produce nothing, and raise prices unnecessarily. Someone wants to buy stock in a company, do it the way we used to. Call the company and ask how much per share. If you like the price, send them a check.
Is all this over-simplistic? I have no idea, but I have found in big business many like to make an issue complex because it is to their financial advantage. I think speculators have bullshitted the American people very effectively.