I know, we\u2019re technically a republic. \u00a0Not a democracy. \u00a0And a good thing, too. \u00a0For it seems we\u2019re growing tired of the once lauded Checks and Balances that were supposed to keep us from spiraling into a police state or dictatorship. \u00a0
So once again<\/a>, Barack Obama is moving to make the Executive Order less about naming national Apple Dumpling Day, and more about circumventing Americans with inconvenient ideas about the way the Left should truly be obeyed. \u00a0Of course if a Republican becomes president, I don\u2019t see them rolling back the clock. \u00a0I fear they\u2019ll at least keep the pace the same, and worst, begin adding to it even more \u2013 much to the celebration of conservatives maybe? \u00a0I don\u2019t know. \u00a0But the trend, for any thinking person who doesn\u2019t get their education from Wikipedia, should be alarming.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I know, we\u2019re technically a republic. \u00a0Not a democracy. \u00a0And a good thing, too. \u00a0For it seems we\u2019re growing tired of the once lauded Checks and Balances that were supposed to keep us from spiraling into a police state or dictatorship. \u00a0So once again, Barack Obama is moving to make the Executive Order less about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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