Pubdate: Sun, 09 Jun 2002
Source: Winston-Salem Journal (NC)
Copyright: 2002 Piedmont Publishing Co. Inc.
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Author: Bobby Waddell

ARM THE SHEEP

Democracy is two wolves and a sheep voting. Liberty is a well-armed sheep 
contesting the vote.

I wish the public understood the true nature of the two major political 
parties in this country. A plain and clear picture is really quite simple. 
For the word Democrat, substitute the words socialism and communism, and 
for the word Republican, substitute the words fascism and Nazism. I prefer 
the latter to the former, but like neither, since I consider the 
Jeffersonian and Libertarian ideologies far superior.

The public should be familiar with Martin Niemoller's famous quote: "First 
they came for the communists and I did not speak out because I was not a 
communist. Then they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I 
was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists and I did not speak 
out because I was not a trade unionists. Then they came for the Catholics 
and I did not speak out because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me 
and there was no one left to speak for me."

The modern American version goes like this: "When they took the Fourth 
Amendment I was quiet, because I didn't deal drugs. When they took the 
Fifth Amendment I was quiet, since I wasn't in organized crime. When they 
took the Second Amendment I was quiet, since I didn't own a gun. Now they 
have taken the First Amendment, and I can say nothing about it."

BOBBY WADDELL

Hays.
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