Don't need a Weatherman to know which way the One blows either.
Posted on 06/29/2015 4:33:17 AM PDT by HomerBohn
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
There's no mistaking the fact that the central communist government and our convoluted system of federal courts has declared war on Americans belonging to the once polite society.
What we have is arbitrary rule by force and not government at all.
To continue voting as if the law is made with our consent is to give the patina of legitimacy to tyranny.
Totally agree with the author about who is in power now. Corporations that own the government elite. We have got to use the only power we do have our consumer dollars. We cannot support these business who violate everything in our belief system. To start: Starbucks, Delta, J.C Penny. The ones who are really trying to jam it down our throats. We have power...USE IT
These companies filed briefs in favor of Same Sex Marriage
Proctor and Gamble, American Airlines, Johnson and Johnson, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley
> “However, many Americans intuitively recognize that something is wrong with the way the electoral process works and have withdrawn from the process. That’s why the government places so much emphasis on the reassurance ritual of voting. It provides the illusion of participation.”
I believe the outcome of elections are sold to the highest bidder with the end result having little to do with who the majority of the American people voted for.
In the name of being realistic, the statement amounts to unrealistic posturing. A vote is a weapon. It's not always the most powerful weapon, the weapon it once was, or the weapon we want it to be, and people may say untrue things about the election, but a vote is an asset that can be used in a variety of ways. As police training tells you, in a fight, you never throw away a weapon or a shield.
I disagree. If your weapon has been broken, then it becomes a hindrance and a distraction.
It will be interesting to see whether in the next election conservatives come out in droves to vote in a desperate hope to return normalcy to government, or stay away in droves in despair.
. . . a club.
That was the instructor's point. Sure, an election can be a distraction if, say, you don't use it as an opportunity to organize for events well beyond election day—often in a way not directly related to the process of casting votes.
An election is always a weapon, because it's a period when people are more open to fundamental ideas, donating their time, and throwing money around. But what sort of weapon it is can be shaped in an infinite number of ways.
You still believe that after watching the powers in D.C. nullify the will of the people hundreds of times over? We band together, get strong conservatives elected, people we trust in, only to have them flip to RINO status in short order. The very few who don’t are neutered by RINO leadership. So, yes, voting just gives the masses something to get excited about every couple of years, believing they’re making a difference.
You keep answering the wrong question, perhaps because it's an easier question. The answer is "no." I thought that was clear—I don't believe just voting for the "R" is going to bring on the conservative renaissance.
I grew up in the 1960s, when the Communists had very little power, and made the same complaints we're making now—and the same complaint George Wallace was making then: Two parties, not a dime's worth of difference. What I keep reminding you is that we need to use the occasion of elections to get the word out, organize, and re-shape institutions for our own purposes.
>>There’s no mistaking
Don’t need a Weatherman to see which way the wind blows.
Don't need a Weatherman to know which way the One blows either.
“Ninth, local towns, cities and states can nullify or say “no” to federal laws that violate the rights and freedoms of the citizenry.”
Very soon this will be put to the test. Local zoning laws prohibiting “multi-family housing” (Government Housing) in single family residential zones will be stomped on by the feds.
Local zoning laws prohibiting “multi-family housing” (Government Housing) in single family residential zones will be stomped on by the feds.
I have a feeling that’s already taking place. Suburban Houston is popping up apartments, like crazy. I wouldn’t be surprised if at least half of these units have to be designated govt housing....you know...where you and I get to foot the bill, for those who won’t, er, can’t work.
Same thing.
https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Bob+Dylan+%22don%27t+need+a+weatherman%22+weather+underground
Uhuh.
There's big money in building/financing McFeudalsm.
Up in Denver the game is to build condos along the tracks of the light rail system the socialists are busily worshiping.
It's not too hard to follow the money in that fiasco either - is it MarxBanksters.
“You keep answering the wrong question, perhaps because it’s an easier question. The answer is “no.” I thought that was clear—I don’t believe just voting for the “R” is going to bring on the conservative renaissance.”
If you bestow moral equivalency between the Dems and R’s and don’t vote for a less than perfect Conservative and give the election to Hillary - Then you can watch her appointments to the Supreme Court. You will then whine about government power.
If you bestow moral equivalency between the Dems and R’s and don’t vote for a less than perfect Conservative and give the election to Hillary . . .
Pirate, I think you need to read the actual thread. I don't disagree with what you just said, and I doubt you'd argue with my overall point.
Yep....they started with houses and I think they’ve moved on to apartments. Can’t be traced/tracked as easily. Don’t know for a fact, but just a hunch.
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