I just don't get it. Here we are on the brink of an economic meltdown and the one candidate who knows dick about the economy is the republican frontrunner. 70% of Americans are against the war and the biggest warmonger in the bunch is the republican frontrunner. Holy hell, people have lost their minds.......... I am so frustrated!!
WTF is wrong with people?!?!?!?
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Tronchaser
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Get used to that feeling.. we all feel the same way.
It was an easier life not knowing.
It was an easier life not knowing.
You know, I think you're right. 6 months ago I was just like them. It's a shame Americans aren't required to research their candidates and the issues before casting a ballot. Voting should at least require knowledge of what's going on in the world.
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They Prefer to stick their head in the sand, and refuse that everything could be so bad.... the thought of them and their family actually not being able to drive to the theater, restaurant, or mall. Is something they don;t want to think about.
That's the most disturbing part. That's what it's going to come to if things continue along this path.
don't get so worked up about it. it'll all be over when the sun burns out. at least we have something definite to look forward to.
seriously, most people don't have very good reasoning abilities. an informed and reasonable person could not vote for anyone but ron paul. we know there is a lot of misinformation and bias in the MSM. since most people don't take responsibility for their lives, they choose the main outlets to get information from. it's truly horrendous and i think the founders would be mortified if they were alive today. you just have to keep talking to people and informing them, one at a time.
seriously, most people don't have very good reasoning abilities. an informed and reasonable person could not vote for anyone but ron paul. we know there is a lot of misinformation and bias in the MSM. since most people don't take responsibility for their lives, they choose the main outlets to get information from. it's truly horrendous and i think the founders would be mortified if they were alive today. you just have to keep talking to people and informing them, one at a time.
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When it happens, they will ALL expect government handouts from a financially crippled government body!
Hmmm...can we ban the stupid from voting?
AAAhh one can dream...one can dream
Hmmm...can we ban the stupid from voting?
AAAhh one can dream...one can dream
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The United States is too big -- geographically and in population. When the Constitution was ratified (during the unlawful coup against the legitimate, "perpetual" union governed by the Articles of Confederation), there were approximately 3 million people and 13 states in America. There was also one congressman for each 30,000 people (today it is roughly one per 600,000), Senators were elected by the state legislature to preserve States' rights, and only landowners could vote; today we have nothing more than mob rule and a federal government that makes the British Empire circa-1776 look like a drunken substitute teacher at the reform school.
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dealerjim, calm down...chill out...watch some funny stuff...be a bit optimistic.
here a video from me. viewer discretion advised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6BDp8uOxcU&feature=related
here a video from me. viewer discretion advised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6BDp8uOxcU&feature=related
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1.Old people vote IN DROVES and they outnumber us.
2.Old people do not use the internet, they rely on the MEDIA to give them all the information they need to know.
3.Old people vote for who the media say is the best candidate to win.
4.The media makes those candidates they want to win the center of attention.
5.Old people know no better option exists.
6.More younger people only show up to vote in the general elections to pick the lesser of two evils and usually just think the primaries are to pick the face of a party of whom the party will determine the platform the candidate will run.
7.Most think the personal views of a candidate, especially the ones given during debates are just to give feel-good political talk and things to get you elected.
8.People are not motivated enough to fight for a change. Even more people are unaware that any possibility for change exists! (see rule #4)
9. Younger people are too naive to care about what happens in the primaries and would much rather be watching TV. These same people believe the government will take care of us.
10. There is a small minority who cares about politics and an even smaller minority who want change!!!
11. The ONLY way we are going to change the current political situation, sans armed revolution, is either to permanently change political affiliations and cause the rise of a new political party to attempt to dissolve one of the major parties, or we can wait out about twenty years to when our generation becomes the voting bloc and our children vote like we do.
12. Revolution WILL ONLY HAPPEN after society has began to collapse and will not occur under the grip of a totalitarian government. It will need to reach a breaking point for that to occur and all other variables will need to be aligned for it to take place; namely majority media support and minority political support.
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2.Old people do not use the internet, they rely on the MEDIA to give them all the information they need to know.
3.Old people vote for who the media say is the best candidate to win.
4.The media makes those candidates they want to win the center of attention.
5.Old people know no better option exists.
6.More younger people only show up to vote in the general elections to pick the lesser of two evils and usually just think the primaries are to pick the face of a party of whom the party will determine the platform the candidate will run.
7.Most think the personal views of a candidate, especially the ones given during debates are just to give feel-good political talk and things to get you elected.
8.People are not motivated enough to fight for a change. Even more people are unaware that any possibility for change exists! (see rule #4)
9. Younger people are too naive to care about what happens in the primaries and would much rather be watching TV. These same people believe the government will take care of us.
10. There is a small minority who cares about politics and an even smaller minority who want change!!!
11. The ONLY way we are going to change the current political situation, sans armed revolution, is either to permanently change political affiliations and cause the rise of a new political party to attempt to dissolve one of the major parties, or we can wait out about twenty years to when our generation becomes the voting bloc and our children vote like we do.
12. Revolution WILL ONLY HAPPEN after society has began to collapse and will not occur under the grip of a totalitarian government. It will need to reach a breaking point for that to occur and all other variables will need to be aligned for it to take place; namely majority media support and minority political support.
Do you wish for me to keep going?
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I know we don't think much of surveys, but I saw a survey once that said only 13% of Americans are able to take a set of facts and draw a logical conclusion from the facts.
On the other hand, at one time, support for the Revolutionary war was less than 10%. Guess which group in the above statistic those Sons of Liberty were from?
We're the early adopters of the Freedom meme. It's always a good idea to remember that.
On the other hand, at one time, support for the Revolutionary war was less than 10%. Guess which group in the above statistic those Sons of Liberty were from?
We're the early adopters of the Freedom meme. It's always a good idea to remember that.
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Yeah join the club. Many of us have felt this way for many years. I voted for Reagan in 1984 and Ron Paul in 1988. But even though some of this is frustrating the positive thing is Ron Paul has done more for liberty in the modern era then anyone or any party or any think tank or any magazine etc. for a very long time! We're taking this thing to the convention and BEYOND. This is not about one election.
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Good luck with #11
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It's already happening.
There was some piece on about Katrina victims the other day, and one of them literally said "I thought the government was supposed to take care of us..."
It's depressing.
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I just hope that more are waking up, and that we haven't peaked. like "that's it. all the smart people are already supporting him, you don't get any more". That would be bad. We all need to move to one state and succeed from the union when it collapses. Atlas shrugged baby.
I wonder if there were a bunch of smart people in pre-nazi germany shouting "Wake up you fools"!! Or in the Soviet Union before the collapse going "Uh Oh". The thing is, I don't want to be boarding an airplane in six months watching people whining about their national ID cards and 63% tax rates and the NAU. I want them to wake up now, so I can leave my son a free country to live in.
I wonder if there were a bunch of smart people in pre-nazi germany shouting "Wake up you fools"!! Or in the Soviet Union before the collapse going "Uh Oh". The thing is, I don't want to be boarding an airplane in six months watching people whining about their national ID cards and 63% tax rates and the NAU. I want them to wake up now, so I can leave my son a free country to live in.
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