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The Odds Are Never In Your Favor
Submitted by Jim Quinn via The Burning Platform blog,
The irony of the phrase “may the odds be ever in your favor” is not lost on the readers of the Hunger Games trilogy of novels or the film adaption. Despite the grimness of the story, over 65 million copies of the books have been sold. The total box office take so far has exceeded $1.4 billion for the four movies. The dystopian series tackles real issues like severe poverty, starvation, torture, oppression, betrayal and the brutality of war. It doesn’t fit into the standard film making success recipe of feel good fluff, politically correct storylines and happy endings. Each film in the series gets progressively darker, with the final episode permeating doom and gloom. The books and the movies capture the deepening crisis mood engulfing the world today. And they realistically portray the world as a place where there are no good guys in positions of power. The ruling class, in all cases, is driven by a voracious appetite for supremacy, wealth, and control.
An Ambiguous, Confusing, Dangerous World
The world is a morally ambiguous place where those in power and those seeking power utilize the influence of media propaganda and PR campaigns built around “heroes” and “icons” to psychologically control the masses, while enriching themselves and their crony capitalist sponsors. Endless war against the latest “bad guys” further enriches the arms dealers and their political lackeys who joyfully use faux patriotism and nationalistic fervor to insist upon more boots on the ground, drones in the air, bombs dropped, and missiles launched.
War is good for business and keeps the masses distracted, while the Wall Street financiers harvest the wealth of the citizens. The division of the country into 12 districts, sending their bounty to the capital of Panem at the point of a gun, while they are allocated a pittance to survive, is no different than our corporate fascist government as they extract hundreds of billions in taxes, fees, levies, tolls, and fines from the productive class, while regulating, enforcing, mandating, and authorizing the plebs to death.
We live in a confusing world of anxiety, hate, greed, deceit and immorality, where governments throughout the world are nothing but rotting cesspools of psychotic despots desperately clinging to power while using any means necessary to keep the masses sedated and docile. Good people, with noble intentions, still exist in this decadent world, but they do not seek power or have any say in the governance of this world. The oppressed are hopelessly enslaved in debt, kept submissive by welfare transfers from the corrupt state, dumbed down by the state education system, amused by technological gadgets and vacuous entertainment, and kept in perpetual fear of seen and unseen enemies. We are told who to hate, who to fear, who to love, and who to believe by a nameless faceless state run by people we didn’t elect, constituting the invisible government.
The world is a dangerous place, made more dangerous by a willfully ignorant populace who mindlessly go about their day to day existence without thinking, questioning, or considering the possibility their leaders are corrupt lying thieves. We are told Putin, Assad, China, Iran and ISIS are the bad guys. Previously we had been told Hussein, Gadaffi, Bin Laden, Mubarak, Al Qaeda and the Taliban were the bad guys. It is true that none of these men or organizations are good.
It is also true that no one in leadership positions in Washington DC, on Wall Street, in corporate America, or in the mainstream media are good. The entire world is under the control of deceitful, cunning, egomaniacal, corruptible, psychopaths who will stop at nothing to fulfill their personal agendas. They are human beings who have allowed their dark sides to dominate their actions. There are no good guys, just varying degrees of evil imposed upon the masses by erratic unpredictable people with wildly differing levels of intelligence, patriotism and judgement.
The Power of Propaganda
It’s a tribute to the propagandists who have taken Edward Bernays’ teachings to another level as they have molded the minds of millions, consciously manipulating the opinions and beliefs of the masses to further their agenda of world domination. Once the Cold War ended, the ruling class sought enemies to keep their military industrial complex and Wall Street financiers enriched and happy. 9/11 was used to further that agenda as war on a tactic (terror) will never end. Perpetual conflict is a chief goal of the establishment. Orwell would be impressed with how our keepers have perfected the “We‘ve always been at war with Eastasia” propaganda tool to perpetuate their goals. Both parties continue to promote war and increase the profits of the military industrial complex.
The U.S. invaded Afghanistan fourteen years ago to get bin Laden and rid the country of the Taliban. Bin Laden was supposedly killed in 2011, but no documentary evidence has been revealed to substantiate that claim. The Taliban is stronger than ever in Afghanistan after hundreds of billions in expenditures and thousands of lives lost. The occupation continues. The neo-cons convinced the dimwitted Bush to invade Iraq in 2003 because Hussein was a bad guy with weapons of mass destruction. Amusingly, he was our buddy when he was fighting our Iranian enemies and we provided him with the WMD (gas) he used on the Kurds.
After spending $1 trillion, we left Iraq as a festering quagmire of religious zealots with a bombed out infrastructure and a corrupt incompetent puppet running the show on our behalf. Then it was on to leaving Libya in a state of chaos because we overthrew another bad guy. We didn’t like the democratically elected leader of Egypt after we overthrew Mubarak, so we overthrew Morsi and installed another military dictatorship. The propaganda storyline is always about democracy and getting rid of bad guys, not the truth about securing oil resources, weakening the enemies of Israel, and keeping the profits flowing to our “vital” defense industry.
It seems the empire ran into a bit of a snag with their plan to remove the latest “bad guy” in Syria. Another “bad guy” – Vladimir Putin – saw through the American plan to eliminate Assad and have their co-conspirators in Saudi Arabia and Qatar build a gas pipeline to Europe. After overthrowing the democratically elected president (and friend of Russia) of the Ukraine and waging an unsuccessful war against Russian backed rebels in Eastern Ukraine, Europe was left at the mercy of an angry Putin as far as not freezing to death during the upcoming winter.
Putin is a strongman leader of a country with a nuclear arsenal capable of blowing up the earth several times over. He will do what is in the best interest of his country and will not blink when confronted with the likes of corrupt feckless toadies like Obama, Kerry, Hollande, Merkel, and Edrogen. His counter measures and revelations about the true nature of U.S. and Turkish actions in Syria and Iraq have blown the lid off of U.S. plans in the Middle East.
The latest fear mongering propaganda device for the vested interests has been the dreaded ISIS. The captured mainstream corporate media fails to mention the U.S. created, armed and continues to fund ISIS as part of their master plan to overthrow Assad. The U.S. left Iraq in such a state of chaos and lawlessness, fanatical Islamist radicals used the vacuum of power and the billions of dollars’ worth of top notch U.S. military hardware to create a safe space for themselves within Iraq and Syria. The U.S. has been funding and arming the supposed “moderate” Islamic radicals fighting Assad for the last few years, while attempting to use a false flag gas attack to wage all-out war. The U.S., Saudi Arabia, and Turkey created ISIS in order to further their economic and political interests. Lead neo con warmonger, Maniacal McCain, even had a photo op with his ISIS homies.
Once Putin decided to fully support Assad and actually concentrate on destroying ISIS, it became clear the U.S. was turning a blind eye to the billions in illicit oil profits being earned by ISIS refining, transporting and selling oil to Turkey. Putin began to destroy the oil infrastructure of ISIS and immediately saw a passenger plane blown out the sky and a bomber shot down by Turkey. So the organization we created is now the most feared terrorist organization on the planet, but we refuse to cooperate or coordinate its defeat with Assad or Putin because they are “bad guys”.
Turkey financially supports ISIS and is fighting hardest against our allies the Kurds, but we fully support their crazed dictator leader Erdogan. Iran is fighting ISIS, but more than half of Congress and all presidential candidates want to obliterate them on behalf of Israel. Virtually all domestic terrorism has a link to Saudi Arabia, they treat women like cattle, behead anyone not following Islamic law and are pumping oil at a prodigious pace in an effort to destroy the U.S. shale industry, but they are considered a close ally in the Middle East. It is quite clear there are no good guys running the show in this bizarro world of unholy alliances, backstabbing, revenge, and fear mongering.
A Lot of Hope is Dangerous
No one in positions of power can be trusted. Betrayal, violence, money, power and war are the weapons of the state. Loyalty, courage, sacrifice, love and hope are the domain of the people. The state walks a fine line between keeping the masses controlled through entertainment, debt, fear and hope. If the people lose all hope, despair leads to anger as those with nothing to lose take to the streets. President Snow of Panem explains the fine line between control and revolution:
“Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. Spark is fine, as long as it’s contained.”
In the Mockingjay portion of the Hunger Games trilogy you are left with the evil President Snow attempting to maintain the status quo, with Panem ruling over the formally subservient districts, while President Coin leads the rebels in attempting to overthrow the rotting immoral government of Snow. Both sides use the power of media propaganda, symbolism, false heroes, and despicable tactics to win. In the standard good guy/bad guy plot used to entertain the American masses, the rebels would be the good guys fighting for a noble cause.
Their symbolic mockingjay leader – Katniss Everdeen – is portrayed as the fearless revolutionary of the people. She is the hope which ignites a revolution and turns despair into a war against the oppressive state and the wealthy vested interests in Panem. The rebels have the moral high ground, but the underlying feeling of distrust is always evident. The good guys might not be so good.
The central question of the final episode was, real or not real? Who can be believed? Are heroes really heroes or are they just created by public relations propaganda specialists? When an icon used to inspire a revolution has served their purpose, will the “good guys” purposefully sacrifice them for the good of the establishment? Can any government be trusted? Can any politician be trusted? Can the media be trusted?
The truth is that no one in a position of power can be trusted. The only people who can be trusted are family and friends. And even they can turn on you with enough monetary incentive. It’s a confusing, brutal world driven by greed, endless military conflict, religious zealotry, and controlled by shadowy unelected men using their ill-gotten wealth to pull the strings on all aspects of society. We are living in a dystopian nightmare where the masses have been induced to love their enslavement.
Katniss undergoes a metamorphosis after seeing her sister blown up while rushing to the aid of victims and later confronting President Snow after the rebels succeeded in overthrowing his regime. President Coin, the leader of the “good guys”, reveals herself to be even more duplicitous and evil than the leader of the “bad guys”. She used the deep-seated characteristic of human compassion to kill Katniss’ sister along with hundreds of children and rescue workers as a tactic to turn the war in her favor. Those in positions of power will use any means necessary to gain or maintain power.
When Coin proposes a last Hunger Games sacrificing the children of the previous regime’s leadership, Katniss realizes Coin is going to just replace Snow as a dictator, perpetuating the despotic policies which created the rebellion in the first place. Katniss rightly decides that killing innocents, and especially children, is never justifiable. Therefore, she decides to kill Coin, while the rioting crowds kill Snow. She sacrifices her status as a national hero in order to give her country a chance to regain its former glory as a republic. The personal sacrifice on behalf of her country is almost unbearable, but ultimately sacrifice, courage, love, strength and hope for a better future are able to sustain her during the dark days.
Turnkey Tyranny
As the former Republic known as America has descended towards the tyranny of a corporate fascist surveillance state, there have been two true patriots who have dedicated their lives to inspiring a revolution in thought and action to help this country regain its former glory based on the U.S. Constitution. One patriot is young and the other patriot old, but their message is the same – we must resist and oppose the ever growing oppressive power of a tyrannical state systematically dismantling the Constitution and stripping the people of liberty and freedom. Their words speak for themselves.
“The great fear that I have regarding the outcome for America of these disclosures is that nothing will change. People won’t be willing to take the risks necessary to stand up and fight to change things… And in the months ahead, the years ahead, it’s only going to get worse. The NSA will say that… because of the crisis, the dangers that we face in the world, some new and unpredicted threat, we need more authority, we need more power, and there will be nothing the people can do at that point to oppose it. And it will be turnkey tyranny.” – Edward Snowden
“The original American patriots were those individuals brave enough to resist with force the oppressive power of King George. I accept the definition of patriotism as that effort to resist oppressive state power. The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state.” – Ron Paul
Edward Snowden is our modern day Paul Revere, but instead of riding across the countryside warning “the British are coming”, he used the power of modern technology to warn the world “the NSA is watching, listening, and monitoring”. He sacrificed his citizenship, high paying job, freedom, and possibly his life (if the U.S. government had its way) in order to blow the whistle on the blatant destruction and disregard for the Fourth Amendment being perpetrated by the NSA, with the full knowledge and approval of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the U.S. government.
He knew his revelations would result in his persecution, attempted apprehension and ultimate imprisonment, as the corrupt malevolent establishment and their mass media mouthpieces would brand him a traitor for revealing the truth about the illegal malfeasance being conducted at the highest levels of government. He realized true patriotism is sacrificing your life for something bigger.
“I had been looking for leaders, but I realized that leadership is about being the first to act. I understand that I will be made to suffer for my actions, and that the return of this information to the public marks my end.” – Edward Snowden
Snowden’s revelations exposed the U.S. government for what it really is, a corporate fascist organization designed to benefit a chosen few while oppressing the masses through debt, currency debasement, and perpetual war, while implementing Orwellian surveillance measures designed to capture dissenters and critical thinkers. The sustenance of the welfare/warfare state requires a dumbed down, passive, distracted populace who can be manipulated and controlled through propaganda and baubles.
Thus far, the vested interests have successfully convinced more than half the population that Snowden is a traitor. The power of propaganda in conjunction with a willfully ignorant public is a potent combination. Even though Snowden’s disclosures have not spurred a revolution yet, they have sparked an underlying dissent that has been growing, as trust in government, politicians, bankers, media and corporate leaders wanes.
“I can’t in good conscience allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they’re secretly building. I do not want to live in a world where everything I do and say is recorded. That is not something I am willing to support or live under. Everyone everywhere now understands how bad things have gotten — and they’re talking about it. They have the power to decide for themselves whether they are willing to sacrifice their privacy to the surveillance state.” – Edward Snowden
Snowden worked within the system until his conscience made it unbearable for him to support an immoral, rogue organization bent on trashing the U.S. Constitution at the behest of leaders’ intent on retaining their power, control and wealth through any means necessary. Ron Paul has taken a different, but equally noble path as one of the few patriots who worked within the system, but never became corrupted by the system. He has been a voice in the wilderness for decades, condemning the relentless march towards tyranny that he saw firsthand while in Congress.
The establishment, media and leadership of both political parties have scorned and ridiculed him as ineffective and inconsequential. There was never a piece of legislation with his name on it that passed during his time in Congress. His nickname was Dr. No, as he voted against anything that added to the national debt or took away freedoms or liberties.
This disparagement reveals the fallacy of what constitutes success in Washington D.C., as there are now over 5,000 Federal laws, 180,000 pages of Federal regulations, $18.8 trillion of Federal debt, $200 trillion of unfunded Federal liabilities, and every politician of both parties completely captured by corporate and special interests. There is one ruling party and the appearance of choice is nothing but a farce designed to make the masses think they have a say in the governance of their country.
“We’ve slipped away from a true republic. Now we’re slipping into a fascist system where it’s a combination of government, big business and authoritarian rule, and the suppression of the individual rights of each and every American citizen. When it comes to any significant differences on foreign policy, economic intervention, the Federal Reserve, a strong executive branch, a welfarism mixed with corporatism, both parties are very much alike. The major arguments in hotly contested presidential races are mostly for public consumption to convince the people they actually have a choice.” – Ron Paul
The vitriol and bile hoisted upon Snowden and Paul expose the weakness of the ruling class, as truth, honesty, personal courage, and sacrifice for a higher purpose are attributes they cannot subvert or buy off. It’s the words and actions of men like Edward Snowden and Ron Paul that provide hope for critical thinking liberty minded citizens. The ruling class knows a lot of hope is dangerous, so they must undermine the messages of these patriots. Ideas matter. Words matter.
These two men have inspired me and an unknown number of other citizens who still believe in the Constitution and will do everything in our power to provoke a revolution of reason, truth and honesty. The odds will never be in our favor. Carroll Quigley understood the odds were stacked against the American people over 50 years ago. The domination of the world by central bankers representing private interests has never been more evident than it has since the Federal Reserve created 2008 financial crisis and the traitorous actions taken by politicians and central bankers in the last seven years.
“The powers of financial capitalism had a far-reaching aim, nothing less than to create a world system of financial control in private hands able to dominate the political system of each country and the economy of the world as a whole. This system was to be controlled in a feudalist fashion by the central banks of the world acting in concert, by secret agreements arrived at in frequent meetings and conferences. The apex of the systems was to be the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland; a private bank owned and controlled by the world’s central banks which were themselves private corporations. Each central bank… sought to dominate its government by its ability to control Treasury loans, to manipulate foreign exchanges, to influence the level of economic activity in the country, and to influence cooperative politicians by subsequent economic rewards in the business world.” – Carroll Quigley
Even though the odds are never in our favor, there is still hope. Not everyone has to make the extreme sacrifice like Edward Snowden or dedicate their life to the message of liberty like Ron Paul in order to contribute to the revolution. There are thousands of small acts which will weaken the establishment. Arm yourself. Stop watching and listening to the mainstream media. Take your money out of Wall Street banks. Grow your own food. Barter with others and starve the beast. Reduce your tax footprint. Buy locally and boycott mega-corporations. Build relationships with neighbors and reduce your dependency on the government.
Don’t be a slave to debt. Live beneath your means and accumulate some physical silver and gold. Don’t vote for candidates selected by the vested interests. Spread the message of liberty and freedom to anyone who will listen. Support the alternative media and send pertinent articles to family, friends and acquaintances. Think critically. Do not trust your government. Prepare for the inevitable collapse of this rotten, fetid, corrupt paradigm. Hope, love, courage, and persistence will ultimately win. The tide is turning. Panem will fall. What replaces the existing social order will be up to us.
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Quinn, just pushes DOOM and GLOOM and like many other wanna-be writers over-uses the word 'sheeple'. Another wimpy, government controlled propagandist, whether he knows it or not.
The world is ending, God will punish you, I am like the Pope, send me money today.
Take your credit card and buy lots and lots of water, food, bullets, gold and other shit through my blog site.
In other word he is part of the problem, just another dime-a-dozen Me-First blogger.
Yet another re-written FAIL for tired old Smokey...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6O4LE0eTYc
"9/11 was used to further that agenda as war on a tactic (terror) will never end."
So where the hell is your ever so long over due critique of 9/11 which you will surely post here on ZH.
Oh... I forgot ... Quinn still eagerly swallows the official ZioNazi party's cum-shot deep down his throat.
https://www.corbettreport.com/911-a-conspiracy-theory/
Just more of his rehashed jewywood pop culture bullshit as he continues to be openly treasonous and avoids coming face to face with 9/11REALITY.
Sooo, ummm, do you sit glued to the screen watching ZH all day & night (hitting refresh constantly) just waiting for one of the Tylers to put up a Quinn article or what?
uncanny, and kinda creepy, isn't it?
You might want to ask why Snowden and Assange didn't reveal anything damaging to Israel or the official 9/11 conspiracy theory. It's called a limited hangout. If I had the time I'd be waiting to pounce on some of the trite feel-goodisms of this Quinn article myself. As Mr. Alex Jones taught me, 95% of the contents of rat poison are good for you. It's the 5% you have to watch out for. 9/11 is the key. The San Bernardino false flag is just a furthering of the narrative, pushing to expand US presence in the Middle East, and yep, take away our rights because They Hate Us For Our Freedoms. That is why I dislike the UN Charter on Human Rights. According to the UN, rights are granted by the state. In the US, as per the Constitution, our rights come from our Creator and the purpose of limited government is to ensure that those rights are not trampled on.
I never realized Quinn was such an idiot. Or maybe controlled oposition. Not one mention of Zionists in this article. Israel's role not mentioned. How can you talk credibly about Syria without mentioning Greater Israel?
Yep, 9/11 is the key. And it might be the key to taking back the republic. Veterans Today published an article by one of their more credible writers, Kevin Barret, saying that essentially TPTB are terrified of Trump because he's likely to blow the lid on 9/11, once in power, and hang the lot of them. I don't know if it's true or not, but I so badly want it to be true....
not one mention of zionists? really? doesn't ths guy know Hitler was right and that it is all the fault of the JOOOOOS!
Alex Jones, Alex Jones, THE Alex Jones of 6601 Dogwood Creek Drive...a gated community outside Austin Texas? You do realize his neighbors are...j...oh, never mind, have a look at his shell companies instead...
https://fitzinfo.files.wordpress.com/2015/03/screen-shot-2015-03-08-at-1...
...seems completely above board and beyond any reproach to me!
Got ad hominem? So what if he had a nasty divorce and is banging another Jewish American Princess? He says his supplement line has really boosted his libido. I hope he's putting it to good use. I like Infowars for a lot of issues, but their defense of Israel and their "confusion" as to why Palestinians might not like their outdoor prison is criminal at this point. Also, he and Trump have jumped whole hog onto this battle of civilzations thing, of Christianity vs Muslim, when the problem was the Brits installation of Wahabbist Sauds when Saudi Arabia was created after WWI. Any moderate, intelligent, nationalistic form of Islam has been systematically undermined by Western intelligence agencies.
So.... because he's done well for himself he's rotten? You sound like a poor person. If you want to slam the fat, dumb, obnoxious hick for something, why not call him out for cheating on his wife? For talking about doing stuff with his children for three years, AFTER he got kicked out? His Jew wife got the house and several million and you can read all about it if you care to.
Yeah, 20:05 & 20:12, I can never figure it out, if they're working in tandem for pure page hits back to Quinns blog or if he really refreshes all day long...just waiting...cut & paste at the ready...lol.
The personal invective seems to throw me off every time ;-)
'The personal invective' has been Quinn's M.O., (mostly he uses his obsessive love of bestiality), for over six years and thus turnabout is fair play.
Notice that the ball-less pussy no longer comments on ZH because without a delete button he is worthless in any real debate.
'I can never figure it out'... That's because you ain't as fucking bright as you like to think you are.
So in keeping with the festive season and all...
Fuck you!
Oh, and your drivel is worth something?
Well...He is being paid.
nmewn and DavidPierre...
I could not even read that article...in SEVEN MINUTES.
It took me a good 15 to 20 minutes to read it.
I am not a slow reader by any means.
When comenting on an article it is generally a good idea to know just what is in the article.
What is surprising is that DavidPierre had an inkling of what was in the article, as if he had read it all of it beforehand..on Quinn's blog?
So really DavidPierre...You are shilling for Quinn while posturing against what he writes for dramatic affect.
YOU HAVE BEEN OUTED. Whose PR firm are you working for, ,other than Quinn's?
DavidPierre behaves as Hilsenrath, who types up detailed his PR descriptions of the FOMC decision...and publishes within two minutes of time after the release of the FOMC Minutes.
How about some full disclosure DavidPierre? You are not credible at this point.
Quinn is correct that NOBODY IS BEYOND DISTRUST...INCLUDING HIM AND INCLUDING YOU DavidPierre.
Quinn is also correct when he maes the claim that money is a powerful motivator.
How much are you being paid, DavidPierre?
HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!
Thanks for the belly laugh!
That is in keeping with the high spirits of this festive season.
It's a simple keyboard/interweb grudge match over the past six years between Quinn, a 9/11MORON and a LIAR, and myself.
Don't tax your brain!
It is as simple as that.
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Karl Douchenigger, @ MarketTicker used to post on ZH...
I wonder why he's never around here any more?
YOU, are probably quinn. Or someone who is working with him. Thats fine. All sorts of marketing techniques out there. This one was easily outed, and its kinda lame. Why don't you wait until one or two other posters have posted, then jump in with your controlled opposition rant.
It would be more subtle. And more effective, probably.
You doom purists are funny.
The day of the tsunami that hit Fukushima I said that it would make Cheronbyl look like a Sunday picnic. I also said I hoped I was wrong.
I have a similar feeling regarding what's approaching, financially, militarily and environmentally.
I hope I'm wrong.
Unlike Quinn, I don't have hope. I'm just going to enjoy myself until shit falls apart. Fuck it. I'll deal with it when the time comes or I'll die. Whatever. I don't want to live in a dystopian nightmare anyway.
I've found it necessary to strike a balance between prepping and living a normal life. Too easy to get sucked into the doom once you're awake.
You did, did you? Because you're a structural engineer? Nuclear scientist? Who had knowledge of what was stored there and how it was constructed? No and even Chernobyl (which you can't even spell) was almost 30 years ago, you still don't know anything about that either. You saw something on the electric Jew. Where you get most of your little thoughts from.
Well seeing how the US has a recession every 6-7 years and there's always dozens of wars going on and the planet is teaming with life, you aren't exactly Zerohedge Nostradamus. But hit that pipe a few more times and maybe you can get next week's lotto numbers.
Hmm, people don't like what you said.. I did, a vote for you.
This 'article' read like some of the poor, whackjobs in the comments most days. Just crazy guy all over the place and using a teen movie as the basis... The generalizations kill me. Look at this shit;
"The world is a dangerous place, made more dangerous by a willfully ignorant populace"
Yeah? And when has that not been the case?
Next are the buzzwords and hyperbole.
"festering quagmire" it's like fuck off faggot, you don't speak like that.
"The truth is that no one in a position of power can be trusted."
Why do I picture this guy peaking out a cabin window at the slightest noise? hahaha.
"Edward Snowden is our modern day Paul Revere"
I guess we're fucked then.
"Hope, love, courage, and persistence will ultimately win."
But, but earlier he said;
"A Lot of Hope is Dangerous"Hope for what? Love of what? Courage for what? Persistence in what? Turning out shitty, generic articles? This gimp won't even name the Jew or say anything about immigration.
These pieces of shit all fall flat with their baseless speculations on who is doing what but that doesn't prevent these guys from claiming to know what these cocksuckers plan.
"The ruling class, in all cases, is driven by a voracious appetite for supremacy, wealth, and control."
Is he part of the ruling class? NO. A Rothschild cunt ran off with a nig and started a record label that failed.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3338887/SEBASTIAN-SHAKESPEARE-sa...
So some just want to burn coal like a toothless meth addict in Arkansas who hates her daddy. It's not a monoculture. Next week he'll use the new James Bond movie as an overlay for reality. Just crazy shit and as such, these people are of zero use to anyone. He doesn't know politics, he doesn't know business. He's a grown man who watches teen movies. It's bait for other crazy types that reinforces the little worldview they've adopted. Circlejerk that is comforting to them.
While circling the drain...
One additional point. Start collecting names and addresses of the ones who need to be captured after the coup.
We may need to lower the duty on Chinese rope. Not sure we can produce enough domestically.
Been doing all of the above for years.
No car, no TV, no tracking device(I mean cell phone), no debt.
Physically fit.
Have put many of hours into trying to educate anyone who will listen regarding the corruption in banking and poliitcs.
I don't have any names or adresses, unfortunately.
Edit - come to think about it, I can come up with a good number of names. It's the whereabouts I'm short on.
It's a bit disconcerting to see quinn regurgitate the liberty network action plan.
If you put a winking sarc tag at the end of it, it makes a bit more sense.
Using the decoder ring to read the article it says:
"Yeah, so what. there is nothing you can do to stop us. With disdain, tptb"
A shepherd needs to tend to his flock, and occasionally, has to fight the wolves off. Therefore, a hunting party is in order, to kill and keep the wolves at bay.
so I gather the whole point of this article is we are all going to die unless of course we kiss ron paul's azz and buy gold to bury in our back yard.
There is only one, little problem with all this bravado. In 1776 the population of the US was 2.5 million people. Most were rural. Most hunted their own game, made their own clothes, gathered their own fuel. There were local blacksmiths and bakers to keep people moving and feed them. Now, the population is 320 million and 95% of them live in cities where you can't grow your own food, or hunt. Those people are totally dependent on the current system for their survival, such as it may be. If these sentiments were ever to turn violent it would be a nightmare of murder, mayhem, starvation, crime, you name it. Just look at Katrina and that was only one city. What would happen if every city went beserk? That is not the way to do things. Listen to what China has to say on the matter: 'Don't worry about the US, it will collapse on it's own'.
If you want a real solution to this, and many, many people do, look to Mahatma Ghandi, the little guy in the loin cloth. He brought down the British Raj in India economically, peacfully. He shamed them into leaving and the British in India were no less psychopaths than those in power in the US today. If you hit them economically, they lose, big time. Their assets become ever more worthless and their ability to surround themselves with layers and layers of security starts to melt. At that point they will realize that it's over and they will panic to get out.
If you take a look and remember what the poster child for all this, McCain, said not long ago, it tells you all you need to know about how completely out of touch he is/they are. He suggested that the armed forces were 'close to mutiny'. Unfortunatley I don't think he understands that they aren't close to mutiny because they want to go destroy another country, they are close to mutiny because they understand perfectly what their oaths of allegiance meant. They see what's going on, how Americans are being put in harms way, how veterans are treated (or not treated), the waste, the stupidity, the arrogance and the treason and I suspect that quite a number of Americans in positions of control and power feel the same way as the military does.
The best thing that anybody can do in the present circumstances is prepare, and I don't necessarily mean by stacking canned food in a bunker. That isn't practical and most people can't do it anyhow. But have a plan. Have somewhere to go where you can be safe, both from the weather and other crazies. Buy some gold and silver and have things that will be valuable to others that you can trade with for food and/or protection. I have no idea what is going to happen, and I don't wish bad things on anybody, but after watching the US all my life, I have to say I have never seen it in such a terrible state. It can't continue on this way much longer. Either tptb have an awakening and change course or I fear it will be taken out of their hands. THen God help us all, because we are going to need all the help we can get.
"THen God help us all, because we are going to need all the help we can get."
He already gave us our chance, he lifted his hand of protection, it's not coming back. Read the end of the bible - it's here.
"look to Mahatma Ghandi" a child rapist who thought Hitler was just peachy. No thanks. The guy was an idiot with his cowardice. He got thousands killed.
Follow Ghandi... but, "stacking canned food in a bunker. That isn't practical and most people can't do it anyhow."
Well if a can of beans if beyond your means, you better be able to do a mean goose step or whatever it is Commies breakdance to.
"Have somewhere to go where you can be safe, both from the weather and other crazies."
But, but 320m people and a stash of food is out of reach. So I have a nice spread in the country but no food? Your shit is all fucked up.
Only 2-4% of the US population fought in the civil war, the rest cowarded in their homes and that's how it will play out again more or less. Probably some military coup as the place is a banana republic now.
How about we try this"
"No State, Without Its Consent"
Restoring the Republic.
The 17th amendment supposedly amends Article 1 Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution, it does not amend Article 5, which prohibits taking the state's right to equal suffrage in the senate via amendment and without the state's expressed consent. As per Article 5, each individual state, all 50 of them, must consent to the 17th, and if only one state withdraws its consent, the 17th is automatically voided.
Article 5: " ~ that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate."
Please note that it does not say, "unless three fourths of the other states decide otherwise".
"No State, Without Its Consent."
The 17th was unconstitutional from its inception, Alabama; Florida; Georgia (refused to vote on it); Kentucky; Maryland; Mississippi; Rhode Island; South Carolina; Virginia; Utah (explicitly rejected amendment);. Did not consent.
The 17th is basically, a nonbinding agreement that is held in place by the rule of custom and ignorance.
Being unlawful to begin with, the 17th does not need to go through the repeal process, all the states' have to do is withdraw their consent to it, as per Article 5, and seat their selection of Senators.
IF the states' legislators were to do this, it would effectively end the 100+ year rule of progressive (socialist) democracy and restore the Republic. It would also decimate the DNC/RNC national party apparatus and cut the corporate bribery funneled through campaign funding by half, leaving the remaining half ineffectual. It would force people who divide themselves along party lines to seek common ground and common goals to counter state's ambitions in congress. And of course, it would toss the biggest monkey wrench into the gears of the Neoliberal/Neocon's nation destroying, empire building machinations.
Over time, the people would withdraw their attention from the newly established Federal and focus upon the politics of local and state import, and states will regain their individual, independent personalities, establishing laws that work towards their own population's ends independent of other states and of Federal interference. We would, once again, become a nation of states, distinct.
States' reputation of the unconstitutional 17th represents the fulcrum, the point at which the ever expanding centralized fascist police state can be overturned. All that needs to be done is to convince the states' legislators (the lever) that it is in their best interests to do it. They stick that one constitution based step into D.C., and we'll rush them with more constitution based reforms.
If nothing else, we'll find out which side of the totalitarian fence they're standing on.
The only thing I would suggest to the states' legislators when they write the enabling law, is that they stipulate that the selectee must be native born to their state and have served for a minimum of six years in elected public service within the state.
Well written Jim. Fuck. Them.
Hope is a supplement, not a substitute.
Like salt, you can't live with it. But too much of it is harmful, or even fatal.
Good analogy. Now I feel stupid spending multiple paragraphs trying to say just that..lol
I think that was a pretty honest article and there isn't much to dispute in there. On the issue of hope however, in my opinion, it is very necessary and in large doses as long as it's not delusional.
Even before the term "Hope" was hijacked it was often taken too far. One example being this new age fervor over the "law of attraction" theory where people will beat you over the head or flee from you for mentioning something that is "negative" because of their belief that you are bringing it into your reality by acknowledging it which is 95% total bullshit. This theory exploded about the time Bush was in office. Thinking people can easily see where this theory taken too far is a disadvantage for a free society and the timing of this new fad was interesting.
This new fervor shuts down political discourse by discouraging, through shame, the identification or discussion of "negative" facts or subjects (ironically somehow these LOA people skipped the sections in the source literature on cause and effect and Karma and the other various laws so they are distorting old belief systems in dishonest ways). They also play blame the victim and require people be delusionally hopey and at all times wear rose colored glasses.
Having said that, hope keeps people going and it lights a spark where otherwise demoralization would take over eventually leading to ruin. Also, it is true to some extent that your outlook affects your reality and thought is an actual force that can affect your circumstance and environment. Even with that considered, good luck refusing to acknowledge gravity and corruption. I can't be positive but I am going to wager that ignoring the suffering of others isn't going to win you quarter or favor in the long run either.
Bottom line is that hope is necessary but I can see his perspective that it can be a problem in excess. Without it you are demoralized which is what armies and oligarchs strive to obtain and yet with too much you become a delusional and oblivious moron.
If the odds are not in your favor, you need to change the game.
Caution: you may have to do more than reinvent the game or yourself. You may have to reinvent your Worldview, as 'Revisionist Zionism' has done.
Success belongs to the Organized, Aligned, Focused, Driven, Relentless and a bit Ruthless. And when it comes to Retribution, what works is "An eye for an eye", not "turning the other cheek". No matter what claptrap they tell you on Sunday AM.
I'd reinvent Christianity, and call it Real Christianity. The kind that can boldly take on all Invasive Species.
There is NO ISSUE or TOPIC that the gold cult priests, peddlers, hype-spinners, shysters, con-artists, and parasites will not manipulate and exploit to peddle their shiny shit.
Your just jelly you can't fondle your BTC.
"Don’t be a slave to debt. Live beneath your means and accumulate some physical silver and gold. Don’t vote for candidates selected by the vested interests. Spread the message of liberty and freedom to anyone who will listen. Support the alternative media and send pertinent articles to family, friends and acquaintances. Think critically. Do not trust your government. Prepare for the inevitable collapse of this rotten, fetid, corrupt paradigm. Hope, love, courage, and persistence will ultimately win. The tide is turning. Panem will fall. What replaces the existing social order will be up to us."
What good will this accomplish when a major flush of the global systems is going to happen? Do we really think that once that happens that those who orchestrated it will allow the U.S. to recreate a state of liberty?
Another incredible piece, perhaps your best. Every word could have come from my own heart. It isn't possible for me to agree more. I've always been able to look far into the future. But I don't look anymore. I know what comes next. I just wait. But when that black night comes, and it's coming soon, I'll echo the words of Nathan Hale. "My only regret is that I have but one life to give for [the Republic]. The Republic we all loved. The Republic that was stolen from us by some very evil men. Men like Allen Dulles, J Edgar Hoover, Richard Helms and others who, through their greed, melded organized crime with political fanatics and a shadow government to strip every vestige of our forefathers' vision and sentence our offspring to lives of serfdom. Well, written, my friend. Very well written.