Most Patriots know that the states created the Federal government. Perhaps a coalition of states -- especially red states -- could serve notice that they are disbanding the Federal government and make it stick by denying it yax revenues. Discuss.
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Well I was posing that more as a "thought experiment." I would really like to get state legislatures to begin having this conversation. The Fed has become so bloated and so tone deaf to the people AND to the states, that it's time for this idea to be discussed seriously. Just like the faltering Roman empire began to see the outer provinces stop sending their "tribute" (taxes), and then even closer provinces, it was clear the the empire was doomed, and the provinces had sensed that before Rome did.
The states could starve the beast if enough of them collaborated to do so.
On the other matter, I'm in east Tennessee, and all my friends who hunt go to Anderson, Scott, Union, and Morgan counties as there are plenty of deer in those rural regions. I haven't hunted in years, but still can dress a deer if I have to.
We are also in East TN. I think we need to fix Nashville before anything can be accomplished here. We looked in Morgan county for awhile due to proximity to work, but settled elsewhere. Wish we could have moved further out, but we got a nice parcel a few years before the current influx and are definitely more rural but still in a county that is getting bluer. I think the best bet is to go as rural as you can get to keep Rome’s fingers as far away from your pie as possible.
Well howdy, neighbor. The thing about finding politicians (or just about anyone) who are like me (us?) is getting increasingly difficult. I'm sort of in the Goldwater-Reagan spectrum, wanting to see the Republic restored no matter what it takes to get there. That makes me something of a rarity, I suppose. Today's world has apparently moved on into some pop-psychology moment ruled by Tic-Tok people, for whom the politicians have to pander to that majority.
As Laurence Fox says in his song The Distance, And the light has been turned down on the Age of Reason Replaced by blinding fires that burn wild across the region For the wrong to rule the good must just stand idly by."
I fear we have all stood idly by for generations now and have let the black hats seep into our schools; local, state, and federal government; "justice system"; and every formerly trusted institution so that now there is not one agency left in America we can turn to.
Locke, Jefferson, Paine...? Who today even knows who those men were? But ask any person under 40 who the latest "America's Got Talent" winner is and you'll find out damned quick.
I could go on, but I'm sure you follow what I'm saying. The rebuilding will take generations of people today and long after we're gone. If they are up to it.
Start with TWRA.... Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency. They manage a lot of land and enforce hunting laws in the state. I'm sure there are resources there for new hunters, possibly safety classes, etc. It's been a long time since I've been in touch with any of those people, but as I recall they saw hunting as part of a larger conservation effort and weren't opposed to it at all.
Once you land somewhere, start asking neighbors and people where you go (church, civic clubs, etc.) about hunting and who is willing to take on a newbie.
Attend a few gun shows in Knoxville (the best ones are at the Expo Center on Clinton Hwy.) and see just how serious we take guns here.
The reason I gave up hunting is that once I turned a certain age, I found that the Earth had gone through some peculiar geophysical changes that only I noticed. The trails got steeper, the winters got colder, the ground got harder... funny, none of my younger friends at the time noticed any such thing, but now I think they're coming around to my opinion. Not deep science backed up by data, of course, just subjective "feelings' about the outdoors.... it could NOT have POSSIBLY had anything to do with my age, so... that's my story and I'm sticking with it.