| Our nation is under siege from within, and unless | | | | question remaining is what will be the proverbial |
| we as individuals are willing to do something about | | | | straw that breaks the camel's back? |
| it, then we deserve the horror that will surely | | | | Left wing, right wing, none of that matters. It is |
| befall us. It is time for a revolution, hopefully a | | | | the same wing with a different coat of paint. You |
| bloodless one. And we can all make a difference | | | | can put lipstick on a pig, but it is still a pig. The |
| by making it count at the polls. | | | | rhetoric emanating from the political parties is the |
| Democracy is hypocrisy. | | | | same bag of hot air, regardless of who is standing |
| Malcolm X orated those words repeatedly in a | | | | at the podium lying to us. Most agree with this |
| speech around a half century ago. And, given the | | | | and the proof is the failure to use our election |
| state of our governments and their policies today, | | | | vote in a meaningful way, rationalizing such |
| one cannot help but marvel just how correct he | | | | behavior by convincing ourselves that our vote |
| was. | | | | won't make a difference. Not showing up when it |
| As prophetic a statement as that was, Malcolm X | | | | counts makes it impossible to count you in. |
| would not be the first person to warn us of | | | | The solution? The simplest solution, and the least |
| government evils. No less a hero than Douglas | | | | bloody, is to show up to vote in every election in |
| MacArthur warned us to beware of the internal | | | | which you are eligible and to throw your vote. |
| pressure from those who monetarily benefit from | | | | Vote for the renegades, the fringe parties, the |
| war. There have been others. Many others. | | | | independent candidates. Let the polls demonstrate |
| Before and since. And look where we are today. | | | | your dissatisfaction with the state of governance. |
| Canada, United States - different puppets for the | | | | It may mean the occasional revolutionary gets |
| same puppeteer. | | | | elected into office, but that, my friends, is exactly |
| The constant build up of the Police State, the | | | | what we need. |
| evaporation of rights granted to us by declaration | | | | The message you send by not showing up to |
| and practice, the not so casual propaganda of | | | | vote is that everything is just tickety-boo thank |
| fear mongering, the corrupt electronic voting | | | | you very much. The message you send by |
| machinery, the creation of crisis, and the erosion | | | | throwing your vote is that you are wholly |
| of a financial system once based on a real | | | | dissatisfied with being bent over and that enough |
| commodity (gold), but now a mere printing press, | | | | is enough. |
| should all give us a pregnant moment to pause, | | | | It is time for revolution. Hopefully in a bloodless |
| take a step back, and objectively look at the | | | | fashion. |
| very scary probability of civil war. The only | | | | And that's my take. |