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Originally posted by itsawild1
a shill-you say this about a man who you couldnt even wipe his ass-coward-jesse is a patriot and this quote from a sick jag-off who is why this country is falling appart at the seams--i am 55 and want a revolution-and i know its comming
Just exactly who are TPTB and pals? Are they from this planet or "out of this world"? My take on the matter is that these 'Serfs" merely acted out a script that they need not pursue --- war, poverty, death, etc. I reckon y'all need to reclassify "revolution" and find out if "fighting back" is truly worth your futile lives.
Originally posted by RicoMarston
maybe he is a politician. maybe he's rich. but he went out there and earned those things for himself. He wasn't some big celebrity senator or cable news congressman, he was a state governor. and a low-key one, at that. He wasn't handed his role in society, he earned it.
He knows more about blood, sweat and tears than the majority of our nation's political leaders. Say what you will about pro wrestling, but getting up and performing a very physical routine night after night all across the nation, living out of busses and vans and eating at gas stations takes some balls.
and is there really a lot of money to be made in the conspiracy circuit? Icke, Jones and Ventura are really the only guys making any serious loot these days, and I don't see any of them living it up with george clooney and brad pitt on a yacht in Italy.
Do you disagree with the content of the letter? do you think that Jesse Ventura is a bad guy? One of THEM? I just don't see what naysaying really accomplishes here.
Originally posted by RicoMarston
Sure, pro wrestling is an opiate for the masses. That doesn't change what the individual man or woman who does it for a living gains out of it, or how it shapes the person they are. I just don't see how much money Ventura could make off of a letter like this. Now if he gets a new show or does radio or something in a few months, maybe we should be more skeptical. The fact is that Ventura hasn't done any one thing that you can point to and use as evidence of ulterior motive.
Originally posted by RicoMarston
Yes, our society is run by cash, so unless you want to be a hermit in the mountains, you have to play the game. Should every person who dislikes the system just step away from it? or work from inside it to change it for the better? I just don't think that you can say "there's money involved, so don't trust him." I'm certain that if I became a millionaire tomorrow, you could still trust my word and I would still hold the same values and beliefs.
Originally posted by RicoMarston
Skepticism is healthy, blatant distrust is not. I, for one, will wait until Mr. Ventura proves me wrong before I stop supporting him.
You’ve poisoned the air we breathe
Originally posted by infinite
You’ve poisoned the air we breathe
...even though the 'ruling elite' breathe the same air as we do.
Originally posted by RicoMarston
reply to post by dragonseeker
If we had an organized Resistance, I would gladly die so that my daughter doesn't have to live in the gilded labyrinth we rats have raced through for a hundred years or so. The problem is that these bastards have such a firm grasp on the Military-Media-Medicine-Money Machine that we can't get anything together.
Just when "the movement" begins to gain steam, they throw Glenn Beck at us and DHS starts telling local law to watch out for those home-grown domestic terrorists. We can't really rush out into the streets tomorrow, because the vast majority of citizens would see us as terrorists. The sheep love the status quo. The cops would see us as criminals and eventually the military would see us as enemy combatants. that's why it's important to promote messages like this, and not let our own cynicism defeat us.
As impatient as you may be, making history is a long process, and we need leaders like Jesse to keep standing up and getting the word out. For every ATSer who just blindly chants along with the crowd, there are two or three sheep who's ears perk up and who think "what is this Ventura guy talking about?"
Once you become a parent, you'll see that it's not just about this generation, right now, anymore. There are more humans lined up to take our place, and we need to think in the long term for their sake.
Originally posted by inforeal
The plan is simple.
Hit the streets with MASSIVE demonstrations day and night AND DEMAND CHANGE! Massive civil disobedience . . . things like shut down traffic; shut down Wall Street; huge boycotts of companies that outsource jobs; harass politicians and picket their homes, and have recalls for them all over the country.It’s happening all over the world, but the US.
What we don’t need is violence
edit on 17-4-2011 by inforeal because: (no reason given)