It's not clear where congressional candidate Allen West is speaking -- was it at yesterday's protest against the Imam's invocation in Pompano Beach? UPDATE: If the commenter below is correct, this speech happened last year; but then why was it posted to Youtube today?
Wherever he was, West didn't disappoint his most radical followers. Fast-forward to about 5:10. You'll hear the following:
In 1930 there was a gentleman in Germany who took away private gun ownership. And you know what happened to that population. You must be well-informed and well-armed because this government that we have now is a tyrannical government.
A tyrannical government? And so that means if Allen West should lose his election, then I suppose his supporters will blame it on the tyrant's influence -- and West's supporters will have the obligation to use their weapons against that government?
But now I'm confused, because I thought Allen West was anti-terrorism. He sounds a bit pro-terrorism in this video.
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First i want to commend you for the Photo of West making a "well known" (in military circles) ANARCHIST STATEMENT..(water burial of the flag )............all in keeping with the ANTI-GOVERNMENT SENTIMENTS OF THE TEA-PARTY........THE TYRANNICAL GOVERNMENT line is appropriate for him as well....yet it is him and his SUBVERSIVE SUPPORTERS (at least in Broward).....who are the TYRANTS really but, i supposed they are so "caught up" in the POWER FEST that they are deluded into believing WE ARE ALL BLIND TO THEIRĀ AMBITIONS !...This should not surprise us, that a man who had devoted 22 years to Military Service then be "asked" to leave ..would HOLD anti-government sentiments on a deep level...........
Allen West is not "tyrannical" although I admit some of his war actions are questionable, I think in general he is a good candidate. I voted for Obama and my ailing father ended up loosing his meager insurance sales job because of it, West teaches self responsibility and offers hope to people affected by this healthcare legislation. Now I a 19 year old once a feverish supporter (I watched every single election he was in) am supporting Allen west. Go figure?!?
@Hey T.F.
Thanks. I guess that is a pretty dated video. Still can't figure out why it was only just posted this week.
But if anything it just shows the consistency of West's radical anti-government message.
The speech is from April 18, 2009, from a rally outside of the El Sol Day Labor Center in Jupiter, so Rick James is right...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDzjP1QcwCo
Put another way, Hamilton was defending treason against England, not pretending he wasn't guilty of it.
One more time, advocating taking up arms against our government is advocating treason, plain and simple.
John Acton says:
"in less than 2 years they have made our Nation "just like Greece."
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I'm just curious. From which sources do you mentally challenged tea baggers obtain your information? Over 78% of our Total National Debt was incurred during the terms of three GOP Presidents, Reagan, the smart Bush and his retarded son. Dubya had a GOP congress for 6 years and ran it up from 5.2 trillion to over 11+ trillion dollars.
You tea bagger turds truly are some of the most inbecilic morons on this lovely green planet we call Earth.
By the way, none of what I just said applies to Dr. Paul and the small number of his very credible followers.
If West is invoking the natural right to oppose a tyrannical government by force, then he is guilty of treason. Our founding fathers invoked that right to start a violent revolution. They were certainly guilty of treason from the British perspective.
Opposing the duly constituted U.S. government by force is treason as to it, period. If you succeed in violently overthrowing the government and invoke your natural right to do so, just like our founding fathers did, great, but don't pretend you aren't guilty of treason. Our founding fathers didn't.
Bearing arms against a tyrannical government is our duty--Robin is right. But the definition of tyranny being thrown around right now is ridiculous, irresponsible and crazy. We currently do not have a tyrannical government. They were elected by the democratic process, follow the democratic process, and can be voted out by the democratic process when they are up in 2012 for election. They have done nothing to try and take those freedoms away, despite what the Tea Party idiots would have you believe.
You can argue for lower taxes and smaller government all you want (those are legitimate gripes, and in this country your voice is allowed to be heard because we live in a constitutional republic, not under tyranny) but the comparisons of this government to Nazis and other tyrannical governments is disgusting, especially for those who actually had family survive the Holocaust.
"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government." -Alexander Hamilton
Bearing arms against a Tyrannical Govt is our Duty
Allen West is right on target every time. Not all in Broward are Liberals you know. Seems like the Liberals on here are the racists. what does his race have to do with his opinion.
West is a lunatic. Obama agreed with the Supreme Court that the 2nd Amendment created an individual right to bear arms. But the lunatics still created an ammunition shortage with lies that the feds were going to sieze it all.
Bearing arms against a supposedly tyrannical government is called treason, not patriotism. Getting drummed out of the service for conduct unbecomming is not something to crow about, except in this absurd political atmosphere of hate, where up is down and down is up, and mandating individual responsibility for health care costs by buying private insurance is socialism, even though it was Nixon's idea originally.
Rollo: you're right on. stupidity is race blind.
@Action Jackson
The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.
"A tyrannical government? And so that means if Allen West should lose his election, then I suppose his supporters will blame it on the tyrant's influence -- and West's supporters will have the obligation to use their weapons against that government?"
First, Allen West will NOT lose this election - and more Charlie Crist or Arlen Specter could win their elections. Second, of the two candidate for Congress from this District, only Allen West would have welcomed by our Founding Father. At Allen West, unlike Klein, upholds his oath to support the Constitution. Klein doesn't know what the Constiution says.
"This is from 2009!!! Watch the video. But regardless, West was crazy last year, and he's still as crazy now."
No, those who think that illegal immigration makes our Nation better are the real "crazies," unlike the patriot, Lt. Col. Allen West. The
"flaming assholes" in the White House and representing(?) us in Congress are the real "crazies," along with all those who support them. Between Klein and Obama, in less than 2 years they have made our Nation "just like Greece."
"AllenWest2010 For Mein Fuhrer!"
I think Col. West is very refreshing - a blackman who supports are ally Isreal and doesn't deny the Holocaust as the "flaming asshole" in the White House original spiritual adviser and mentor does.
"You know the civil rights movement was a towering success when black people have the right to be flaming assholes."
Really! But the "flaming asshole" in the White House don't agree with your assessment.
You know the civil rights movement was a towering success when black people have the right to be flaming assholes.
AllenWest2010 For Mein Fuhrer!
http://ht.ly/1LMS8
#FL22 #NoWest
This is from 2009!!! Watch the video. But regardless, West was crazy last year, and he's still as crazy now.