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DanielMuff Posted: Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:17 PM

With all of the reminders today on my Facebook wall about how free are we Americans, I figured that I would create a thread to list how free are we. I will begin:

We are so free... that we cannot renounce our American citizenship without permission from the government.

To paraphrase Marc Faber: We're all doomed, but that doesn't mean that we can't make money in the process.
Rabbi Lapin: "Let's make bricks!"
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SkepticalMetal replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:18 PM

We are so free... that the government regulates what you can put in your body.

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Aristophanes replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:19 PM

We are so free...that it is illegal for us to consume cannibus.

I should have looked at the second post...

We are so free...that we cannot get a job without a social security number.

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John James replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:24 PM

If you're so free that you need a license to braid hair...you might be an American.

 

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Prime replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:45 PM

We are so free, that if we buy a gold coin and place it in a safe for 3 years to protect us from the government printing money, we must then pay a fee of 28% to said government for any appreciation of the coin.

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Phi est aureum replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:46 PM

We are so free... that we can keep the land we lawfully purchased so long as we continue to pay the property taxes.

The only one worth following is the one who leads... not the one who pulls; for it is not the direction that condemns the puller, it is the rope that he holds.

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grant.w.underwood replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:48 PM

we are so free... to choose and vote between such starkly different candidates thatonly agree that we need 30,000 drones protecting us from us. 

we are so free... not to freely do what we freely want to do. 'MERIKA!

Eat the apple, fuck the Corps. I don't work for you no more!
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SkepticalMetal replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 4:50 PM

I've got a new one. We are so free that we have to be violated every time we want to fly commercially.

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John James replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 5:41 PM

SkepticalMetal:
I've got a new one. We are so free that we have to be violated every time we want to fly commercially.

 

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ThatOldGuy replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 5:48 PM

I've got a new one. We are so free that we have to be violated every time we want to fly commercially.

I saw something that goes along with that on facebook:

Can't see London,

Can't see France,

Until we see your underpants!

If I had a cake and ate it, it can be concluded that I do not have it anymore. HHH

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Clayton replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 6:03 PM

The eternal Bill Hicks on America.

George Carlin on who really runs America.

Some recent landmarks in American freedom:

USA PATRIOT Act

Military Commission Acts

TARP

QE 1, 2, 3, Operation Twist

National Defense Authorization Act

Nationalized Health Care

US Military Suicide Rate

US Military Global Footprint

Let's take a moment to celebrate the momentous achievements of our great government, without which we would all perish in a moment. Or not.

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Clayton replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 6:09 PM

Oh, and we should celebrate some of our government's successes, too:

Mission Accomplished

Hurricane Katrina

Assassination of US citizens

Closing of Gitmo, no wait, it's still open

Withdrawal from Iraq, no wait, we're still there

There are so many achievements in the last 11 years that a trophy wall couldn't hold all the tropies. Hats off to the US Federal Government!

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Kelvin Silva replied on Tue, Sep 11 2012 7:14 PM

We are doubleplusgood free.

“Since people are concerned that ‘X’ will not be provided, ‘X’ will naturally be provided by those who are concerned by its absence."
"The sweetest of minds can harbor the harshest of men.”

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DanielMuff replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 12:05 AM

We are so free... that not only are young women allowed to have an education, but they are forced to have an education.

We are so free... that not only are we allowed to have a jury of our peers, but we are forced to be in a jury of ours peers.

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Wheylous replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 9:19 AM

We are so free that the money big banks get also is.

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eliotn replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 9:39 AM

We are so free... That we are not called a dictatorship.

Schools are labour camps.

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grant.w.underwood replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 10:18 AM

We are so free... that our pornstars are mandated to wear condoms.

Eat the apple, fuck the Corps. I don't work for you no more!
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SkepticalMetal replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 11:59 AM

Incredibly disturbing video, but amazingly true.

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Bert replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 12:34 PM

We are so free that I cannot drive with an open bottle of whiskey in my car.

We are so free that I can get a ticket for having an expired inspection on the car I own.

We are so free that free speech is limited to designated areas and times of freedom.

 

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DanielMuff replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 12:58 PM

^^^^^^ Lol. I like the last one.

 

We are so free... that we are not allowed to operate a business without permission from the government.

We are so free... that we are not allowed to build a family room addition to our house without permission from the government.

We are so free... that we are not allowed to install whichever toilet we would like in our house without permission from the government.

 

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Bert replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 1:20 PM

That just reminded me of the King of the Hill episode where they were forced with the freedom to install low flow toilets in all homes to "save water," by a freedom regulation.

I had always been impressed by the fact that there are a surprising number of individuals who never use their minds if they can avoid it, and an equal number who do use their minds, but in an amazingly stupid way. - Carl Jung, Man and His Symbols
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SkepticalMetal replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 1:28 PM

We are so free that I will get fined if I put something over the airwaves that the FCC says is too offensive.

 

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HabbaBabba replied on Wed, Sep 12 2012 1:29 PM

We are so free that I only have to drive 5 hours to go out for a drink after 2AM.

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John James replied on Thu, Sep 13 2012 1:06 PM

Bert:
We are so free that free speech is limited to designated areas and times of freedom.

We are so free that we can get thrown in jail for talking without a license.

 

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John James replied on Thu, Sep 13 2012 1:08 PM

Daniel Muffinburg:
We are so free... that we are not allowed to install whichever toilet we would like in our house without permission from the government.

There's one thing Rand's good for...

 

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Clayton replied on Thu, Sep 13 2012 1:55 PM

lol@"I'm sorry for your toilet"

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Luminar replied on Thu, Sep 13 2012 2:11 PM

We're so free, we have a "right" to be forced to get a state-mandated education.

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eliotn replied on Thu, Sep 13 2012 10:35 PM

We are so free... because we are slaves and can't comprehend our slavery.

Schools are labour camps.

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