{"id":443,"date":"2016-05-20T07:36:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T12:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/?p=443"},"modified":"2016-05-20T07:45:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-20T12:45:21","slug":"its-time-to-wake-up-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esterlund.com\/blog\/its-time-to-wake-up-america\/","title":{"rendered":"IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP AMERICA !!!!!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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IT’S TIME TO\u00a0WAKE\u00a0UP\u00a0AMERICA<\/span>\u00a0 !!!!!!!!!!!!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, \u2014 you might live in a nation (state) that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots WE DO LIVE IN SUCH A DUMB COUNTRY!!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If you MUST show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning gun magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the crazy new leaders in Egypt \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/b><\/p>\n

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If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, WIC checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If you pay your mortgage faithfully, denying yourself the newest big-screen TV, while your neighbor buys iPhones, time shares, a wall-sized do-it-all plasma screen TV and new cars, and the government forgives his debt when he defaults on his mortgage \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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If being stripped of your Constitutional right to defend yourself makes you more “safe” according to the government \u2014 you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE IN ALL UPCOMING ELECTIONS. MOST OF THE IDIOTS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY SAY ONE THING AND DO THE OPPOSITE KNOWING THAT THE PEOPLE WHO VOTED THEM IN DO NOT PAY ATTENTION<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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\nIF YOU CROSS THE NORTH KOREAN BORDER<\/b>\u00a0ILLEGALLY YOU GET 12 YEARS HARD LABOR.<\/b><\/b> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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IF YOU CROSS THE IRANIAN BORDER<\/span><\/b>\u00a0ILLEGALLY YOU ARE DETAINED INDEFINITELY.<\/b><\/p>\n

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IF YOU CROSS THE AFGHAN BORDER<\/span><\/b>\u00a0ILLEGALLY, YOU GET SHOT.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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IF YOU CROSS THE SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span>ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE JAILED.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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IF YOU CROSS THE CHINESE BORDER<\/span><\/b>\u00a0ILLEGALLY YOU MAY NEVER BE HEARD FROM AGAIN<\/span><\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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IF YOU CROSS THE VENEZUELAN BORDE<\/span><\/b>R\u00a0ILLEGALLY YOU WILL BE BRANDED A SPY AND YOUR FATE WILL BE SEALED.<\/b><\/p>\n

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IF YOU CROSS THE CUBAN BORDER ILLEGALLY<\/span><\/b>\u00a0YOU WILL BE THROWN INTO POLITICAL PRISON TO ROT.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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IF YOU CROSS THE U.S. BORDER ILLEGALLY YOU GET \u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/b>!!!<\/b><\/p>\n

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A JOB, A DRIVERS LICENSE,<\/span><\/b>\u00a0SOCIAL SECURITY CARD, WELFARE,<\/span>\u00a0FOOD STAMPS, CREDIT CARDS,\u00a0SUBSIDIZED RENT OR A LOAN TO BUY A HOUSE,<\/span>\u00a0FREE EDUCATION, FREE HEALTH CARE,<\/span>\u00a0A LOBBYIST IN WASHINGTON<\/span>\u00a0BILLIONS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF PUBLIC DOCUMENTS PRINTED IN YOUR LANGUAGE<\/span>\u00a0THE RIGHT TO CARRY YOUR COUNTRY’S FLAG WHILE YOU<\/span>\u00a0PROTEST THAT YOU DON’T GET ENOUGH RESPECT<\/span>\u00a0AND, IN MANY INSTANCES, YOU CAN VOTE.<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD A FIRM GRASP ON THE SITUATION !!!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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IT’S TIME TO\u00a0WAKE\u00a0UP\u00a0AMERICA<\/span>\u00a0 !!!!!!!!!!!!<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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