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Originally posted by MissSmartypants
reply to post by Tallone
Paul is a stooge. Don't be suckered in. The two party system in the US is just two hands of the same controller. Ron Paul is very much inside the system. Even if he wanted to change it the system itself would never allow it.
Of course you are right. I have no doubt that Ron Paul truly believes in the things he espouses but perhaps he is allowed the exposure that he has to pacify people like us into thinking we have representation in the government. Bill Clinton and George Bush are both members of the Skull and Bones and behind those closed doors republican or democrat is irrelevant.
Originally posted by Yankee451
Controlled opposition.
True believers who talk about getting back America's former greatness are missing the point completely.
Look at Egypt now...does anyone really believe anything is going to change by swapping front men?
Compare Egypt to the American revolution...swapping front men for almost 250 years has worked quite well to convince the slave class they're free.
A real revolution would be one that begins within. Searching for a leader to do the work we all must do is certain to fail.
Originally posted by VI0811
Originally posted by Yankee451
Controlled opposition.
True believers who talk about getting back America's former greatness are missing the point completely.
Look at Egypt now...does anyone really believe anything is going to change by swapping front men?
Compare Egypt to the American revolution...swapping front men for almost 250 years has worked quite well to convince the slave class they're free.
A real revolution would be one that begins within. Searching for a leader to do the work we all must do is certain to fail.
It only takes one to bring about change. If you truly want change to happen peacefully. We need a leader to stand up and do the right things. Ron is not talking about back tracking at all. Or getting back to the way things were. Not his point. If you want to be negative about and believe doom is inevitable, your not helping solve issues at all, your feeding them. I'm not all implying that you are, At some point, one has to believe ....
Originally posted by Yankee451
Originally posted by VI0811
Originally posted by Yankee451
Controlled opposition.
True believers who talk about getting back America's former greatness are missing the point completely.
Look at Egypt now...does anyone really believe anything is going to change by swapping front men?
Compare Egypt to the American revolution...swapping front men for almost 250 years has worked quite well to convince the slave class they're free.
A real revolution would be one that begins within. Searching for a leader to do the work we all must do is certain to fail.
It only takes one to bring about change. If you truly want change to happen peacefully. We need a leader to stand up and do the right things. Ron is not talking about back tracking at all. Or getting back to the way things were. Not his point. If you want to be negative about and believe doom is inevitable, your not helping solve issues at all, your feeding them. I'm not all implying that you are, At some point, one has to believe ....
What the heck are you talking about? Negative? I'm sorry if your tender world view is threatened by the observation that hoping someone else will solve your problem is a waste of time and that waiting for a leader is like waiting for a messiah...the point is getting you to wait.
In my lifetime we've been waiting for a "leader" to fix things since Kennedy; how's that workin' for us? Is THIS the year we'll elect an alleged leader who will make it all better? Does anyone remember how Obummer was supposed to fix all of Bush's ills? Bush-the-Lesser took office over 10 years ago...dang, how time flies, especially for suckers.
Ron Paul won't do anything for you that you won't do for yourself. The revolution must begin from within, otherwise history won't be made, it will only be repeated.
Voting has changed nothing, voting only ensures the system remains the system. The way to real revolution is through non-violent non-compliance...that means STOP VOTING because it only lends legitimacy to a corrupt system! They need your consent...they even say it in the Declaration...the CONSENT OF THE GOVERNED. Stop giving them your blessing! If everyone didn't vote, how could they claim legitimacy? It's not rocket science.
Make as little taxable income as possible; trade whenever possible and fix broken stuff or buy used. Learn. Build your own modest house and make sure a Television never has a place in it. Poke a finger in the eye of the beast in whatever way you can but for the love of dog, STOP VOTING!
By the way, that's a positive message based on real world observation.
Stop being lazy and start doing it yourself.
Originally posted by mileslong54
Originally posted by MissSmartypants
reply to post by Tallone
Paul is a stooge. Don't be suckered in. The two party system in the US is just two hands of the same controller. Ron Paul is very much inside the system. Even if he wanted to change it the system itself would never allow it.
Of course you are right. I have no doubt that Ron Paul truly believes in the things he espouses but perhaps he is allowed the exposure that he has to pacify people like us into thinking we have representation in the government. Bill Clinton and George Bush are both members of the Skull and Bones and behind those closed doors republican or democrat is irrelevant.
It is curious how hes able to say these things without concequence, I love his ideas and hope for the best as well but it does seem weird. I mean there has to be tons of people that know what's wrong at the very top but are too scarred to utter a word and here's one of them saying things against the government who in a sense is his employer and he's been going on and on now for a while with very little resistance.
I guess I don't really know where he's coming from, I want to believe him but....something says patsy to me, i dunno
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Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by VI0811
Are you talking to me?
Tap, tap, tap...is this thing on?
I'm advocating rolling up your sleeves and making the change happen for yourself, while you're advocating going all in for "just one more" in a long line of saviors out to buck the system by playing within the system. (hurh?).
I'm guessing I'll get my house built before Ron Paul does anything other than blow kisses of auditing the Fed to the suckers in the Tea Party while on his way to historical oblivion, but time will tell. Whatever happens; after it happens, four years will go by before you get another chance at change. I can see how pointing this out to you can crap on your birthday cake, but I'm not the one repeating the time honored and proven exercise in futility, that's you. Doing so makes you a big bummer...that'd be a negative in your world. See? I do know something about you.
I have never had a more positive outlook
Originally posted by Yankee451
reply to post by VI0811
I am on topic. I'm debunking Ron Paul as a viable candidate for change because he's controlled opposition who pays lip service to the libertarian and conservative mind set. "Blowing kisses" was a more interesting way to describe "lip service". 'Scuse me for making the topic "pop".