Battle Lines Drawn: Texas Opts for Liberty, While Washington State Makes Liberty Illegal

[rangerrebew]

Battle Lines Drawn: Texas Opts for Liberty, While Washington State Makes Liberty Illegal
By Jeff Reynolds April 17, 2020
 

Pay attention, as today marks a pivotal point in American history as we struggle to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Several states have banded together to oppose President Trump's framework for getting America back to work, while other states have shown a willingness to protect individual liberty and the livelihoods of Americans. No two states demonstrate this stark contrast better than Texas and Washington.

On the same day, Gov. Inslee (D-Wash.) and Gov. Abbott (R-Texas) issued statements that display the fundamental question facing America. Shall the United States remain a nation founded on liberty, or shall we capriciously remove those rights as an exercise to increase the power of the state?

https://pjmedia.com/trending/battle-lines-drawn-texas-opts-for-liberty-while-washington-state-makes-liberty-illegal/

[Fishrrman]

From the article:
"Several states have banded together to oppose President Trump's framework for getting America back to work, while other states have shown a willingness to protect individual liberty and the livelihoods of Americans."

A divided America?
With "new slavery" states on one side, and the "traditional freedom" states on the other? Who could have seen this coming?

Take a minute and read this post by me, put up almost 10 years ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2544934/posts?page=28#28

[Cyber Liberty]

From the article:
"Several states have banded together to oppose President Trump's framework for getting America back to work, while other states have shown a willingness to protect individual liberty and the livelihoods of Americans."

A divided America?
With "new slavery" states on one side, and the "traditional freedom" states on the other? Who could have seen this coming?

Take a minute and read this post by me, put up almost 10 years ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2544934/posts?page=28#28

I really miss Nathan Bedford.  He was one of the great ones of FR.  Try as we could to persuade him, he would not come to TBR.  I think he has an account, but never posted that I can recall.

[corbe]

   Nathan was a Jewel over there. Many were. I still run across old Freepers on other sites (not TOS), on occasion and am glad they're still engaged in OUR struggle for Conservatism.

[corbe]

[Chosen Daughter]

Inslee went too far.  Its time to start winding it down and get people back to work.  Safely.  I believe it can be done, and for goodness sakes open up the parks and trails!

[IsailedawayfromFR]

I really miss Nathan Bedford.  He was one of the great ones of FR.  Try as we could to persuade him, he would not come to TBR.  I think he has an account, but never posted that I can recall.

Yeah, I like him.  He was one of the very few that I ALWAYS read his posts as they would be thoughtful and conveying knowledge, one of the reasons a forum like this one was created for in the first place.

[jmyrlefuller]

Inslee went too far.  Its time to start winding it down and get people back to work.  Safely.  I believe it can be done, and for goodness sakes open up the parks and trails!

The smartest thing Andrew Cuomo did in New York was to keep the parks and trails open for people to go outside.

"Stay inside" is horrible advice. Most of the spread of this happens inside closed doors. "Stay away from each other" is more apropos.

[Chosen Daughter]

The smartest thing Andrew Cuomo did in New York was to keep the parks and trails open for people to go outside.

"Stay inside" is horrible advice. Most of the spread of this happens inside closed doors. "Stay away from each other" is more apropos.

I agree.

[Smokin Joe]

I really miss Nathan Bedford.  He was one of the great ones of FR.  Try as we could to persuade him, he would not come to TBR.  I think he has an account, but never posted that I can recall.

Yeah, I miss him, too. Along with some other posters who aren't here. 'nuff said. We fight with the army we have.

[Smokin Joe]

From the article:
"Several states have banded together to oppose President Trump's framework for getting America back to work, while other states have shown a willingness to protect individual liberty and the livelihoods of Americans."

A divided America?
With "new slavery" states on one side, and the "traditional freedom" states on the other? Who could have seen this coming?

Take a minute and read this post by me, put up almost 10 years ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2544934/posts?page=28#28

Yep. As I have related to relatives back East, the difference is this. They often see Government as the letter of contracts, the benevolent hunting dog that brings in the bird, a lapdog who, having outgrown the lap, lays benevolently by the fire.

Out here in flyover country, our view is different. Government seldom appears that it is not here to take, a ravening wolf hungering for the offspring of our livestock, waiting to grab our children, and strip the meat from our bones.

Those views of government are not reconcilable.