GUEST COLUMN

**THE FOLLOWING LETTER WAS SENT TO ME BY BILL REED, A FRIEND FROM SOUTH CAROLINA. IT IS EXACTLY AS HE SENT IT, INCLUDING PERSONAL COMMENTS. ENJOY.

KG




Hello fellow right wing nut job.
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> As you are well aware, I have this fanatical hatred for communism and cannot find enough avenues to vent my disgust with what is happening to our country as we blindly race down the pathway to that most hideous form of government.
> The local paper will not take my letters without exercising the option of editing and I refuse to allow that since I am not using profanity (although I'd like to) or making any libelous statements.
> If you can do something with this, good. If not there's always the trash bin.
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> By the way, how about our lovely Nikki Haley? The next governor of South Carolina!
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> Socialists/communists leaders have always mouthed the virtues of equality and sharing while completely insulating themselves from the stench of sweat from the toil of those who labor to support their grandiose lifestyles.
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> The Obamas have mired themselves in excesses unimagined by most of those who voted for Mr. Obama, as well as those that had the good sense not to.
> Lavish parties, "state" dinners, and shopping trips costing the taxpayers millions, while millions wonder where their next paycheck is coming from, seems to be indicative of a pattern well established by other Marxist leaders.
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> I recall Nicolea Ceausescu of Romania living in one of the worlds biggest homes,castles,palaces (or whatever it was called) while thousands of children, many infected with HIV, suffered in filthy orphanages that lacked the most basic health care.
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> The North Korean "dear leader", Kim Jong iI lives in palatial splendor, protected by a powerful military, while much of the general population starve, and those that dare speak out are sent to reeducation camps where they are served a menu of hard labor, torture, and death.
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> Could things get that bad here? Damn right they could and it's up to the citizens of the country to do what is necessary to prevent it.
> Naturally the first step is to seek relief through the voting process which is the sane and safe way to get the country back on track.
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> If that fails, bear in mind that the founders of this country were peaceful men who petitioned an oppressive government for fair treatment and were left with no option but to fight for their God given rights.
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> It's often stated say that we are a nation of laws, violence is not the answer, and anyone who advocates violence against the government is a right wing nut job and so on.
> Yes we are a nation of laws but when the laws are obfuscated and used to suppress the freedom of the people, the laws become the enemy of the people and beg to be ignored.
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> As long as we have a second amendment we have a deterrent against total tyranny. If ever the government attempts to disarm the general population through homegrown legislation or international treaty, that will be a sure sign that all peaceful attempts to redress the wrongs visited upon the citizens by those in power have failed, or will fail.
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> What happens then will determine weather or not the United States remains the leading bastion of freedom in the world or just another struggling third world country.
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> Hopefully voters will go to the polls in record numbers this year to excise the malignancy continuously metastasizing in Washington that is destroying our once great nation, and the healing can begin.
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> Bill Reed III
> Moncks Corner SC