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When schools started indoctrinating children...

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Originally posted by Andyb:
I'm starting to believe we won't be able to vote our way out of this. Sickens me. I think I'm just going to back off from twitter and news until the election. It is really starting to upset my soul. It's not lost on me that everything they are doing is to demoralize us and give us no hope. Millions and millions of people that don't care about America and worship the devil.

I'm also beginning to wonder if our society will have the stones to do what needs to be done in the future. All options seem like potential and or guaranteed hell on earth

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Originally posted by parabellum:
It saddens me to create that subject line, but I cannot see how it is not entirely true.

The only saving grace- if it can be called such- is that with conditions on this country now so degraded, and with this country being invaded with the enthusiastic assistance of the Biden administration, even the most disinterested among us have finally begun to wake up. It seems to me that the midnight passing by Congress of a 1.2 trillion dollar omnibus bill might have been the final straw for anyone who is not in a coma.

They just don't care what we think. They don't care how bad it's gotten for so many Americans. They don't care that working-class people are paying for groceries with credit cards and are unable to pay those bills. Some people can barely afford housing. Medical care has long been a financial obscenity for many Americans.

The Federal government is allowing the detritus of the world to flood over our borders, going so far as to threaten to arrest national guardsman trying to stop it, and sue states for enforcing laws which by all rights should the solemn responsibility of the government.

At state and local levels, we are witnessing an all-out assault on innocent children, with drag queens, mentally-ill grade school teachers, woke school board members and on and on.

And all of the above is merely scratching the surface of the issues we face.

Congress does not listen to us. Many years ago, Ralph Nader said that the only difference between the Democrat and Republican parties is the velocity at which their knees hit the floor when corporate America comes knocking on the door. I don't think even that difference exists still.

To avoid listening to a non-stop wail of complaints in this forum about conditions in this country, I encourage members to appreciate the good things in this life- and there are good things in this life, but the issues have become overwhelming. All but the very wealthy seem unhappy, angry, fed-up, frustrated to the point of wanting to scream. This is unsustainable. Consequently, people are predicting that Armageddon is at hand, in some form or another. It's understandable, though perhaps illogical. Change can be brought about in less than catastrophic ways, but such things require cooperation and reason, a willingness to find and work towards a common goal. Other ways of bringing about profound change seem more likely these days. However, history has shown us that people may learn to live in a cesspool for years, decades, before they have had enough.

Recently, I posted about the drafting of the Declaration of Independence. Americans- whether or not they realize it in the historical context- now feel much like the Colonists of the late 18th Century felt. Whether or not we pull ourselves up by our boot straps remains to be seen, but in the meantime, reflect on this a bit:


We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.--Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States.

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We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States; that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.

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Originally posted by IndianaBoy:
Seems like the organs of the state are keen on keeping it falling so slowly that there is no one particular moment that can be pointed to as a death knell of America.

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FBI director warns of 'elevated' public, national safety; pushes for increased funding. Wray will say that the FBI's 'immediate concern' is that individuals will carry out terrorist attacks in US

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Originally posted by Aglifter:
So… Declare war on the Crony class and their bureaucratic dependents?
Try to be one of the adults in the libertarian party?

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I don't believe a single thing they say:

Actually, when the FBI says we are facing increased threats, that's when I expect it to be nice and quiet. Can you think of an instance when the FBI issued such a warning, and then something happened? I can't, not a single time, ever.

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Originally posted by parabellum:
I don't believe a single thing they say:

FBI director warns of 'elevated' public, national safety; pushes for increased funding. Wray will say that the FBI's 'immediate concern' is that individuals will carry out terrorist attacks in US

Actually, when the FBI says we are facing increased threats, that's when I expect it to be nice and quiet. Can you think of an instance when the FBI issued such a warning, and then something happened? I can't, not a single time, ever.

Yes, this time, they're asking for more money so that they can fuck with us some more, but even without begging for our money- if the FBI warns of the possibility of imminent attacks, nothing happens. I'm not talking about back-channel, inter-agency memos; I'm talking about when the FBI issues these very public warnings. Nothing. Zip.