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Home Front: Culture Wars
Local government & citizens preparing to confront Feds in Tennessee
2013-10-09
Folks who live in the Great Smoky Mountains have just about reached their breaking point with the federal government.

"It's almost like they are pushing to see how far they can push before the American people say enough is enough," said Ed Mitchell, the mayor of Blount County, Tenn. "We were founded on a declaration of independence. And they are about to push the people to the line again." It's gotten to the point where Mayor Mitchell said Americans are ready to start fighting back.

The mayor said he wanted to "make [federal officials and congressional reps] aware that we were willing to do what they were not. We were willing to serve the people that they were not willing to serve."

I asked the mayor if he felt like local residents were getting ready to fight back. He agreed.

"I hate that it's come to this," he said. "This whole thing is all about power and leverage."
Never push honest men past the breaking point, because once started in a fight, they will not stop until they get complete submission of those who provoked them.
Posted by:OldSpook

#11  Y'all need any help? Gives new meaning to "Head for the hills".

Saw a few with Rifles in their Ford pick em up trucks with bumper stickers that read... "If first you don't Secede..... "

The Prez needs to back down because I don't negotiate either. Remember the last time the government tried to make Slavery legal across the board? Ummm hmmmm.
Posted by: newc   2013-10-09 21:44  

#10  I read this with great interest since I live in Knox Co. which abuts Blount Co. I think there is only one old church operating in Cade's Cove. There are only two cemeteries in the Cove of which I'm aware; there might be a few more in the Park. This area of the country is quite independent. There are many old timers and their relatives here who have a moon-shining heritage. I wouldn't doubt that they could engage in civil disobedience.
Posted by: JohnQC   2013-10-09 16:45  

#9  I aim to Misbehave.
Posted by: Ptah   2013-10-09 14:44  

#8  I think he is testing the water. Can he take more from us or does he have to back off? I see the average American as totally frustrated by the federal government. I hope there isn't a spark that sets off a revolution.
Posted by: David169   2013-10-09 13:13  

#7  Just walked past a tv with CNN polluting the air. First time in 5 years I see a dead soldier casket; only because Obama thinks it will bollster his side of the shut down arguement. Absolutely disgusting.
Posted by: airandee   2013-10-09 12:32  

#6  He is NOT the only "domestic enemy".

SECDEF Hagel, the Service Secretaries, and every General officer in the Pentagon should be resigning over this denial of survivor benefits bullshi*.

BTW, what has happened about yesterday's news of a truckers strike headed to D.C. along with their demand that Champ resign ?
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-10-09 10:16  

#5  Enough is enough. He is a domestic enemy. Plain and simple and people are finally understanding that.
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-10-09 09:16  

#4  Tyrant Obama might do well to look at the Battle of Athens (1946). There are limits that Americans will not tolerate being crossed for long. Maybe it's crazy talk but I hear a lot of crazy talk these days.

Posted by: Silentbrick - Oil Rig Insanity Division   2013-10-09 05:18  

#3  "It's almost like they are pushing to see how far they can push before the American people say enough is enough,"

You think?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-10-09 04:28  

#2  Almost hard to believe that he's making his first term look like Reagan by comparison...
Posted by: Raj   2013-10-09 02:16  

#1  Obama is too stupid to realize that thuggery doest work against people willing to stand and fight. He may have inadvertently lit the fuse on something that is going to explode on him, and destroy him and his ilk, swinging the pendulum the other way toward citizens and individual liberty (away from government and imposed collectivism), or else possibly rip the country violently apart as the productive throw off those who would chain them by government fiat and force.
Posted by: OldSpook   2013-10-09 01:46  

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