{"id":1871,"date":"2017-02-02T10:07:58","date_gmt":"2017-02-02T16:07:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/?p=1871"},"modified":"2017-02-02T10:07:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-02T16:07:58","slug":"liberals-youre-afraid-government-will-now-ruin-life-must-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markmeckler\/2017\/02\/liberals-youre-afraid-government-will-now-ruin-life-must-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberals, if you&#8217;re afraid that the government will now ruin your life, this is what you must do now"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/632251764\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/632251764?et=vw7b7B06RJxzpZULHd4nKg&amp;viewMoreLink=off&amp;sig=66MSz0gwuLb7fGGEbr8XLU17CsX_jctwdjgo5GVN9cM=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Dear liberal friends,<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I get it.<\/p>\n<p>We all suffered through a tough campaign season and now \u00a0that President Trump is actually following through with the promises he made on the campaign trail, it\u2019s scary for you. \u00a0But here\u2019s one thing you can do to that will actually help America in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>Jon Gabriel sums it up best:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">If you\u2019re afraid that the government will now ruin your life, reduce the power of government.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 jon gabriel (@exjon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/exjon\/status\/822586813550395392\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">January 20, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>True.<\/p>\n<p>The best way to fight the federal government is to reduce its scope, power, and jurisdiction of the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a partisan issue. Washington, D.C., will never voluntarily relinquish meaningful power\u2014no matter who is elected. The only rational conclusion is this: unless some political force outside of Washington, D.C., intervenes, the federal government will continue to bankrupt this nation, embezzle the legitimate authority of the states, and destroy the liberty of the people. Rather than securing the blessings of liberty for future generations, Washington, D.C., is on a path that will enslave our children and grandchildren to the debts of the past.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is big, but we have a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Calling a\u00a0Convention of States is the best way to protest\u2026 though I think burning the limo is a close second.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best way to protest the federal government is to limit it&#8230;  though burning the limo is a close second.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2673,"featured_media":1873,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - 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