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Quote from : Wikipedia : Win
A win is a victory.
Quote from Wikipedia : Loss
An event in which the team or individual in question did not win.
Quote from : Wikipedia : Ideology : Political Ideology
Many political parties base their political action and program on an ideology.
In social studies, a Political Ideology is a certain ethical set of ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class, or large group that explains how society should work, and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order.
A political ideology largely concerns itself with how to allocate power and to what ends it should be used.
Some parties follow a certain ideology very closely, while others may take broad inspiration from a group of related ideologies without specifically embracing any one of them.
Political ideologies have two dimensions:
1.Goals: how society should work (or be arranged).
2.Methods: the most appropriate ways to achieve the ideal arrangement.
An ideology is a collection of ideas.
Typically, each ideology contains certain ideas on what it considers to be the best form of government (e.g. democracy, theocracy, etc.), and the best economic system (e.g. capitalism, socialism, etc.).
Sometimes the same word is used to identify both an ideology and one of its main ideas.
For instance, "socialism" may refer to an economic system, or it may refer to an ideology which supports that economic system.
Ideologies also identify themselves by their position on the political spectrum (such as the left, the center or the right), though this is very often controversial.
Finally, ideologies can be distinguished from political strategies (e.g. populism) and from single issues that a party may be built around (e.g. opposition to European integration or the legalization of marijuana).
Philosopher Michael Oakeshott provides a good definition of ideology as "the formalized abridgment of the supposed sub-stratum of the rational truth contained in the tradition."
Studies of the concept of ideology itself (rather than specific ideologies) have been carried out under the name of systematic ideology.
Political ideologies are concerned with many different aspects of a society, some of which are: the economy, education, health care, labor law, criminal law, the justice system, the provision of social security and social welfare, trade, the environment, minors, immigration, race, use of the military, patriotism and established religion.
There are many proposed methods for the classification of political ideologies. See the political spectrum article for a more in-depth discussion of these different methods (each of whom generates a specific political spectrum).
He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster.
And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 146
Quote from : Wikipedia : Martin Luther King Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement.
His main legacy was to secure progress on civil rights in the United States, and he has become a human rights icon: King is recognized as a martyr by two Christian churches.
A Baptist minister, King became a civil rights activist early in his career.
He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957, serving as its first president.
King's efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech.
There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history.
In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means.
By the time of his death in 1968, he had refocused his efforts on ending poverty and the Vietnam War, both from a religious perspective.
King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee.
He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and Congressional Gold Medal in 2004; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was established as a U.S. national holiday in 1986.
Quote from : Wikipedia : Hutaree
Hutaree (pronounced /huːˈtɑri:/ ( listen)) is a militia movement group adhering to the Christian Patriot movement, based in Adrian, Michigan, in the United States.
The group was formed in early 2008.
The name "Hutaree" appears to be a neologism, that according to the group's web site means "Christian warriors".
The group was allegedly preparing for what they believed would be an apocalyptic battle with the forces of the Antichrist, who they believed would be supported and defended by local, state and federal police departments.
On their website, all police and military members who would support the current U.S. system of local, state or federal government were described as members of the "brotherhood", and were considered by the Hutaree to be "enemies".
From March 28 to March 30, 2010, nine people thought to be Hutaree members were arrested in police raids in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana (in Hammond), for their alleged involvement in a plot to kill various police officers and possibly civilians using illegal explosives and/or firearms.
Originally posted by SpartanKingLeonidas
reply to post by theability
Take the plight of Julian Assange as an example.
The man is a hacker, or associated with hackers, but has he not become the monster which he seeks to fight, by finding and or having classified documents he has broken the very laws which he wants stopped.
Secrecy begats secrecy, crime begats crime, his actions will only lead to stricter laws, instead of defeating those laws already in place because he commited a crime.
But isn't making a conspiracy exactly what we accuse them of doing?
I am not saying I do not necessarily agree but if we become that which we fight? What if instead of conspiring together we actually did the right thing?
Originally posted by Amagnon
Hell no - you are way off with this. The government has no right to secrecy AT ALL! There should be NO SECRETS apart from deployment and technical data of defensive capabilities - everything else MUST be known.
Those laws should be destroyed - and with continued efforts by these kind of guys, people will begin demanding more transparency - and more people will reveal information.
This kind of information will make people face the truth - they must take action - or confess they are slaves.
Originally posted by theability
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
It is exactly what we say they do, all they time, right on the money.
Originally posted by theability
This is a good statement here, do the right thing, would mean that we need to stop the 'listening' to all the noise that generates the populous towards needless and unproductive tendencies like not working together as well as the typical statements of individuals, "What can I do about it?"
The greatest fear the government has is the population that figures out that the government isn't needed anymore.
Which unknown to most is a decision. The people are the power on earth and always has been.
Like for instance, how would the Government lock up 150 million people that decide to turn against them?
I'd take a guess that they couldn't even do it, they just don't have the ability to do such a undertaking.
If we conspire we are in fact crossing into duplicity and hypocrisy.
Make them chase their tails instead and do nothing they expect.
I can only speak for myself but I for one do not "need" Government.
And I have never "needed" Government.
I can see it has a function in life and society.
However, I agree with some of it's function, and disagree with others.
I see we as society are to blame for Government being out of control. Because of our inactions.
Originally posted by theability
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
Yes it would be nice for them to be tied up running circles wouldn't that be a show!
Originally posted by theability
As for my 4 decade on this planet, I can say that government serves its own purpose to be in control and to push there views upon the masses, and I have to admit, the government does nothing for me either.
Originally posted by theability
Well said, I have to say that many issues with the government are the new ways the function is self-debilitating as citizens. Not all of us are threats as the seem to propose these days.
Originally posted by theability
Again great statement, the issue is our distractions and the plague of humanity saying again, "Well what can I do about it?"
When I was in the military we had this plastic baby we had passed around the platoon, you got to carry the thing for being a "titty-baby" and being one of those that constantly whined about oohh-woo-us-me, in other words BOO HOO!
What does this have to do these days: WE have become babies, coddled and pacified to death and act like we are helpless and pathetic, exactly what the big fed whats us to be, absolutely worthless!
Quote from THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ : A MONEY REFORM PARABLE
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (Chicago, 1900) is a parable about Money Reform and the 1890s Midwestern political movement led by William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925); three times candidate for President of the United States (see his poster at bottom of this page).
From 1891-1895 Bryan served in the House of Representatives, where he advocated the coinage of silver at a fixed ratio with gold, in order to break the bankers' monopoly and manipulation of the gold-backed currency.
Bryan and his supporters accused Eastern banks and railroads of oppressing farmers and industrial workers.
Bryan believed that a switch to silver-backed currency would make money plentiful.
Although correct, Money Reformers today would argue that money need not, and should not, be backed by either silver or gold, but only by the people, their skills, and their resources.
In 1896 Bryan delivered the following words at the Democratic National Convention:
"Having behind us the producing masses of this nation and the world, supported by the commercial interests, the labouring interests, and the toilers everywhere, we will answer their [i.e. the bankers'] demand for a gold standard by saying to them: 'You shall not press down upon the brow of labor this crown of thorns; you shall not crucify mankind upon a cross of gold.'"
Although only 36 years old, this speech resulted in his nomination for the presidency.
He contested, and lost to, William McKinley.
He stood again for the Democrats in 1900 and 1908, losing both times.
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Quote from : Wikipedia : Project for the New American Century : Statement of Principles
PNAC's first public act was releasing a "Statement of Principles" on June 3, 1997, which was signed by both its members and a variety of other notable conservative politicians and journalists (see Signatories to Statement of Principles).
The statement began by framing a series of questions, which the rest of the document proposes to answer:
As the 20th century draws to a close, the United States stands as the world's pre-eminent power.
Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge:
Does the United States have the vision to build upon the achievements of past decades?
Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests?
In response to these questions, the PNAC states its aim to "remind America" of "lessons" learned from American history, drawing the following "four consequences" for America in 1997:
we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;
we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;
we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;
[and]
we need to accept responsibility for America's unique role in preserving and extending an international order friendly to our security, our prosperity, and our principles.
While "Such a Reaganite policy of military strength and moral clarity may not be fashionable today," the "Statement of Principles" concludes, "it is necessary if the United States is to build on the successes of this past century and to ensure our security and our greatness in the next."
Originally posted by truthseeker1984
SpartanKingLeonidas,
I find what you have said rather interesting to say the least. I've been feeling that the divide and conquer tactic has been overwhelming some of our efforts to expose and confront the true problems that are plaguing our world. I have come to some of my own conclusions about how and why we have all ended up in this very polarized mess.
Originally posted by truthseeker1984
I am going to paraphrase from a thread I created some time ago, and have yet to have many responses (this may sound like it is off-topic, but it will help me better explain my feelings on the issue as I go on, so please bare with me).
Amazon Review :
From 007 to 2001, from Dealey Plaza to the Apollo Moon Flight, from the barrel of a Bulldog .44 to the corridors of the pyramids of Sirius; from the secret symbolism of Jack the Ripper to the public symbolism of the first atomic bomb blast, this work illuminates the crimes and command ideology of the masonic Cryptocracy, where ground zero meets the zero hour in a bestial crucible of ritual murder, human alchemy and demonic invasion.
Secret Societies and Psychological Warfare takes the reader to the core of a cosmic cryptogram, a dark Oz where the ancient fables become modern memes for the psychological contagion and devastation of humanity, and where the stratagem the author terms "Revelation of the Method" becomes the key to the finale of the mysteries of the ages.
Originally posted by truthseeker1984
An example: a young child decides that he/she is going to touch a hot stove for the first time, not knowing the consequences. After the child realizes that he/she has been hurt from the hot stove, they do not touch it again. This is a learned behavior, and one that promotes survival. In the wild, an animal that sustains an injury is subject to infection, and sometimes death. These animals do everything that they can to prevent these injuries from happening so that they survive long enough to pass on their genetic code and contribute to the gene pool.
Originally posted by truthseeker1984
I absolutely agree with you SpartanKingLeonidas, and I hope my post has made sense. Without a consensus, and without learning to shrug off what we have been taught and what is now encoded in our DNA from thousands of years of doing the same exact thing, we will always lose against the evil that we are trying to fight.
Peace be with you.
-truthseeker
Amazon Review :
On June 10th, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that the US had captured a known terrorist who was exploring a plan to explode a "dirty bomb" on American soil.
That alleged terrorist was José Padilla who was finally charged in 2005 with conspiracy to murder.
What Ashcroft didn't talk about was how information against him was obtained – by the relentless torture of one man-- Binyam Mohamed, in the name of the United States.
Arrested at Karachi Airport before Padilla’s arrest on April 10, 2002, Mohamed was put on a luxury executive jet and flown to an interrogation center in Morocco.
For over 18 months, he was subjected to one torture after another:
Beating followed beating and, then, his guards produced razor blades and began to split the skin all over his body, including on his genitals.
Since 1997, hundreds of people, many of whom have no ties to terrorist organizations, have been abducted from foreign airports or street corners on suspicions based at times on the flimsiest of evidence courtesy of the United States Central Intelligence Agency.
In Ghost Plane, Stephen Grey tells the true story of the CIA's torture program known by the euphemism "extraordinary rendition" and the airplanes that make the program run.
Begun during the Clinton administration, but taking a decidedly more voracious turn after 9/11, the rendition system has seen the transfer of more than 1000 prisoners into jails stretching from Guantanamo to Syria, from Kabul to Bangkok and beyond.
Grey had access to the thousands of CIA flight records and has interviewed dozens of sources from the most senior levels of the National Security Council to the CIA.
In Ghost Plane, he paints a disturbing picture of the War on Terror that reaches to the highest levels of power in Washington, D.C. and exposes the extreme ethical corruption at the heart of this US government program, a program finally acknowledged by President George Bush in September 2006, undertaken in the name of the citizens of the United States.
Originally posted by unityemissions
reply to post by SpartanKingLeonidas
It sounds like a great idea, getting into politics, except that it doesn't seem all that feasible.
Originally posted by unityemissions
The problem is that most people still get their notion on who to vote for from controlled sources that take bookoos of finances to really get a spot in positions that really count.
Originally posted by unityemissions
The problem is that the media is controlled.
Originally posted by unityemissions
Until more people wake up to this, and start getting their information from alternatives more often, then it's same old, same old.
Well, it's simple, if they expect people to pick up guns, or talk about it, do not give them the satisfaction, do something completely out of character.
Bugs Bunny, the perfect "Anti-Agent Provocateur", if I ever saw one.
Funding.
Blackmail : Keep Your Friends Close, Keep Your Enemies Closer, The Threat of Subversion Through Fear Why does a loud-mouthed idiot like Kim Jong-il exist except to puff out his chest?Because according to "Government protocols" we need to see a bad guy. If the big bad scary puppet can scare us into "donating" more taxes, so much the better.
Then by all means cut the funding and give me my damn tax money back.
All of it.
The Boy Who Cried N.W.O. : Are You Watching Puppet or Puppet Master's?
They want someone else to coddle them and do it for them.
Although only 36 years old, this speech resulted in his nomination for the presidency.
I did say the "average" citizen, no one on ATS is average, as far as I am concerned.
Which is why the world, America, and each state is in the current screwed up position they are in right now, because the average American is politically castrated, through their mentality, they know little to nothing.
They base their opinion upon a party, which more often than not does not give a damn about their positions, they care about the donations, and their vote is based upon sound bytes and scandals of the opposition.
And usually it is nothing more than some crap the opposition dug up about that persons past, using it to threaten destroying them, based upon blackmail for political favors, and or funding, and or to stand down.
...When the vote really counts...
Or a lobbyist group or special interest group will control the re-election machine.
Bush Addresses the U.N. - tells the world no 911 discussions
PNAC's first public act was releasing a "Statement of Principles" on June 3, 1997, which was signed by both its members and a variety of other notable conservative politicians and journalists (see Signatories to Statement of Principles).
The statement began by framing a series of questions, which the rest of the document proposes to answer:
As the 20th century draws to a close, the United States stands as the world's pre-eminent power.
Having led the West to victory in the Cold War, America faces an opportunity and a challenge:
Does the United States have the vision to build upon the achievements of past decades?
Does the United States have the resolve to shape a new century favorable to American principles and interests?
In response to these questions, the PNAC states its aim to "remind America" of "lessons" learned from American history, drawing the following "four consequences" for America in 1997:
we need to increase defense spending significantly if we are to carry out our global responsibilities today and modernize our armed forces for the future;
we need to strengthen our ties to democratic allies and to challenge regimes hostile to our interests and values;
we need to promote the cause of political and economic freedom abroad;