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Originally posted by americandingbat
Originally posted by Albertarocks
I don't quite understand it, but I trust Jones completely. I'm careful not to believe everything I hear and Jones hasn't lied to me yet.
Alex Jones has a major agenda. Listen to him, then listen to a reputable mainstream media publication. The truth will be somewhere in between, but a heck of a lot closer to the MSM than to Jones.
Uh, about your idea that I should listen to the MSM and to Jones both and the truth would lie somewhere in between.....
It wasn't the MSM who told me about mercury in the vaccines, it was Jones. I checked it out. He was right.
It wasn't the MSM who told me about Fema camps two years ago, it was Jones. I checked it out. He was right.
It wasn't the MSM who told me about the fact that Rahm Emanuel's father was a nazi and that his last name isn't even Emanuel. It was Alex Jones who told me. I checked it out. Rahm's family name is Auerbach, not Emanuel. And his father? You guessed it, Jones was right.
It wasn't the MSM who warned me that Monsanto has paid politicians to give them patents on GMO's and that armed with those patents, they could (and have) sieze the property of any farmer who had seeds in his crops that were cross-pollinated with any of Monsanto's patented genes (even if they were cross pollinated by bees or the wind). It was Jones who informed me of this. I checked it all out and guess what?
Need I carry on or do you get the picture? If anybody has an agenda, it sounds to me that it would be you. I can see through people like you in about a half a second.
So you go ahead and heed your own advice. I certainly won't be. And since you are thankful because you envision this as a "job opportunity"...
good luck with your new job. I'm sure you'll find it full of wonderful surprises and probably a vacation to some place you weren't even planning on. Have a great time
Originally posted by Albertarocks
Need I carry on or do you get the picture? If anybody has an agenda, it sounds to me that it would be you. I can see through people like you in about a half a second.
Originally posted by detachedindividual
Looks like a very good thing.
Originally posted by detachedindividual
Kids and the consistently unemployed (through laziness) have life far too easy, and it shows in their attitudes. It's time they gave back to the community they leech off of, and introducing ways to enforce their responsibilities can only be a good thing.
To most of the roles society offers, I say, "You are made for more than that." We inhabit, in the words of Ivan Illich, "a world into which nobody fits who has not been crushed and molded by sixteen years of formal education." The very idea of having to be at a job "on time" was appalling to early industrial laborers, who also refused the numbing repetitiveness of industrial work until the specter of starvation compelled them. What truly self-respecting person would spend a life marketing soda pop or chewing gum unless they were somehow broken by repeated threats to survival? "
Schools train individuals to respond as a mass. Boys and girls are drilled in being bored, frightened, envious, emotionally needy, generally incomplete. A successful mass production economy requires such a clientele. A small business, small farm economy like that of the Amish requires individual competence, thoughtfulness, compassion, and universal participation; our own requires a managed mass of leveled, spiritless, anxious, familyless, friendless, godless, and obedient people who believe the difference between "Cheers" and "Seinfeld" is worth arguing about.
‘SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
‘(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:
‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation.
‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.
Originally posted by dwiggen
Some of you people amaze me. You take and take and take from everyone else in this country, and when someone finally makes it to where you might POSSIBLY have to do a little work for someone else, you flip your lids. Come on people, have a little empathy. If I have to be a slave for a few days, or even a few weeks, to help get the things done that need getting done, I will. But I guess that's just me, I mean, I already volunteered my life for this country, so I guess I'm biased. You all talk about "waking up," and you call each other sheep. All you're really doing is making it perfectly clear how selfish and self-centered you are. If "waking up" to you means putting yourself first before those around you, then I think I'll stay asleep. I remember when waking up meant realizing that there are things out there that are bigger than you, and it meant that we all worked together for the greater good.
Having said all that, I don't disagree that we shouldn't cautious about all this, one thing could definitely lead to another. But don't be so quick to condemn everything that comes from this administration as evil before you think about it from multiple angles. Think about the extreme benefit this could have, our workforce could be DOUBLED! Our deteriorating infrastructure, which is in need of some long-overdue repairs, could be fixed in a fraction of the time it will take going at the current rate.
I don't know... maybe I'm naive... but then again, maybe you are too.
Originally posted by dwiggen
reply to post by chise61
I was actually kind of humbled by your reply. I guess my biggest flaw here has been to jump into this argument without having full knowledge of that Constitution which I did indeed swear to uphold and defend. I read Amendment 13, and it does appear to me now that what they are doing would constitute as slavery. I apologize for my previous posts, I get so caught up in the "greater good" that sometimes it blinds me to things that are right in front of me.
I still stand by the opinion that we should all feel compelled to give something back to our communities, but perhaps volunteering is more appropriate. I just fear sometimes that too many people are too lazy to volunteer in the first place! Anyway, I stand corrected in this matter.
Cheers!
Originally posted by Iago18
reply to post by dwiggen
Look, I'm not saying I'm right. Frankly, I hope that I am wrong. It is just that the way things are going, the probability is starting to inch in the direction of things not looking so good.
Upon examination of HR 1388 and then at HR 645 (that's the actual FEMA camp Bill), we see a disturbing trend developing.
Please also notice that, as the Senate was voting on this Bill, the President was occupying the entire media system of the nation. (Aside from C-SPAN2, I think)
This bill has gotten nothing but positive coverage. Who could oppose G.I.V.E.? Perhaps only those people who might be later identified as persons of interest who see "conspiracies" where there are none?
Again, I don't think anyone here claims to have the answers, and I know I'm certainly not psychic. But, I know some history, I've read my political philosophers, and I pay (a bit too much) attention to the news.
Could we be chasing phantoms? Certainly.
Could we be right? The evidence is mounting.
‘SEC. 125. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES AND INELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS.
‘(a) Prohibited Activities- A participant in an approved national service position under this subtitle may not engage in the following activities:
‘(1) Attempting to influence legislation.
‘(2) Organizing or engaging in protests, petitions, boycotts, or strikes.
This is un-nerving. The more I think about it, the more I get pissed.
We need to alert all our family and friends and show them just who we are dealing with. Obama is a socialist pig and so are the democrats in Washington.
Neither I, nor any of my family will do any "mandatory" service. Every one of you socialist pigs are an enemy to the U.S Constitution. We will not bow down to you!
Originally posted by mattifikation
And of course, thanks to Bush's anti-"terrorist" laws, the ability to organize any real force-bearing opposition is gone. All that's left is for Obama to drive ammunition up to 10 dollars a bullet, and we have no force to bear anyways. And that's what America voted for.
Originally posted by detachedindividual
From what I've seen, this is not mandatory, and would only benefit various communities.
Looks like a very good thing.
I wish we had a similar thing in the UK, but I also wish for mandatory service for delinquent youths.
Examples:
Caught vandalizing property - Moved to another location for three months to repair similar damage.
Caught spraying graffiti - Moved to another community for one month to remove similar.
Arrested for assault - Moved to another community for one year to work in an Emergency Room cleaning up blood.
Kids and the consistently unemployed (through laziness) have life far too easy, and it shows in their attitudes. It's time they gave back to the community they leech off of, and introducing ways to enforce their responsibilities can only be a good thing.