Watching the inauguration with my wife, we both couldn’t help but remember Padmé’s haunting quote at the end of Episode III. It seems like a few people on YouTube (1, 2, 3) had the same idea. LOL.

Welcome to the DSSR, also known as the Divided Socialist States of Obameristan. We have much to look forward to in the next four years:

• Scandal and corruption on a scale never before seen in our nation’s history
• The continued socialization of our economy
• A massive increase in the size, scope and power of our government
• The undermining of parental authority
• Socialist entitlements and handouts that will placate an ever-more-dependent, uneducated and uncompetitive workforce
• More aggressive liberal indoctrination in our universities and public schools
• A culture war that will result in the suppression of Christian values and holidays in favor of ultra-sensitive, meaningless, secular progressive “events”
• The eroding of our national sovereignty by corrupt bodies like the UN and rogue nations
• Industrial,  social and influential decline before China and India
• The undermining of our national security
• New and tighter restrictions on our second amendment rights
• The marginalization of the Republican party and conservatism at all levels of government
• The introduction of liberal activist judges from the Supreme Court on down.
• The introduction of legislation enabling (and a culture celebrating) morally bankrupt behavior
• And last but not least, completely unfettered access to abortion: America’s holocaust continues.

The Obamessiah’s flock will chant his name with reverent fervor while he strips them of their rights and subtly influences them to become more dependent on his corrupt government. When this happens he will become more than a messiah, he will become a provider and his willfully ignorant subjects will stay pacified, hanging on every empty word conveyed by his silver tongue.

On a lighter note, my friend Rex sent me an e-mail forward containing some quotes from Thomas Jefferson. It is completely worthwhile to contrast the philosophies and wisdom of his time to that of our current “Great Leader”. Let me start with a Jefferson quote that is very relevant to our present economic crisis.

“I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.”

“When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Europe.”

“To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical.”

Why work when you can live off of welfare handouts, stimulus packages and government bailouts?

“The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.”

“I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the Government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”

I think that Thomas Jefferson would not approve of how government grows when liberals are in power.

“My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government.”

The following quotes make it very obvious what the framers meant by the second amendment. Sadly, the SCOTUS justices almost redefined the purpose of the second amendment in the Heller case.

“No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms.”

“The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.”

“The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”