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My woo-woo plan to save the world would save this country too. A psychic populace can't be fooled by lies and can't be tempted by greed and can't be scared by illness or bodily harm or war.
Unfortunately, in most historical cases I'm aware of, rebellion leads to dictatorships and fascist regimes that use police state tactics to hold onto power that they are constantly in fear of losing.
Originally posted by KeliOnyx
If you want real change, real legitimate change then the first thing that needs to be done is to quit voting party lines. The first issue this nation needs to care about is campaign finance, and the revolving door between regulators and the private industries they regulate. Anything other than this being priority one will bring more of the same.
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
Originally posted by defcon5
reply to post by benrl
I doubt it now. There are too many different opinions of what the government is supposed to be. You have those who feel the government should butt out of everyone's business, and you have those who feel its the governments job to give them everything, then you have those in the middle. Pretty much stretch that across every topic imaginable, and you'd have the mess we'd be left with. You cannot trust the elite to take on the yoke like you did in the American Revolution, considering that they are the ones causing the majority of the problems today.
Sorry if this is a bit 'out there' for the mind that is used to thinking on a mere political level.
I'm not sure what good voting would do.
Originally posted by Jean Paul Zodeaux
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.
~Preamble to the Constitution for the United States of America~
Is this what you want to replace? We the People, is that what you want to replace? What the hell is wrong with you?
We have a federal Constitution in place that places express prohibitions on that government. Every state within the republic has a state Constitution in place that places express prohibitions on that government. Yet, even with these express prohibitions in place, We the People have granted our local, state, and federal governments power they were never granted Constitutionally.
The FDA, EPA, EEOC, FAA, FCC, FTC, SEC, USDA, FDIC, ICC, NLRB, NRC, OSHA, and the Federal Reserve are all administrative agencies regulating the daily lives of We the People and their existence is not expressly granted by any Constitution and it is dubious that there is any implicit grant of power for these agencies, but We the People have done business with theses agencies, either directly or indirectly.
On a state level, every state declares that driving is a "privilege" not a right, but the whole purpose We the People established these Constitutions was to ensure that governments did not trample all over our rights, but what have We the People done? Why stood in line for hours on end at a DMV to beg the state for permission to exercise a right. We the People have surrendered the bill of sale (proof of ownership) for our automobiles in exchange for a "title of registration" instead of asserting our unalienable right to own a vehicle and drive it.
We the People have without question, without ever questioning if we were indeed liable for, and if we were, how it was we became liable for this so called "income" tax, and instead we just simply fork over our hard earned cash without ever even bothering to ask what the subject of the goddamned tax is and you want people to come up with a plan after you and your ilk crap all over our Constitution and overthrow We the People?
Tired of tyranny? Stop acquiescing! Stand tall as an individual and assert your rights and demand government obey the rule of law....but if you think you'll just wait for a massive uprising of ignoramuses that have no understanding of the rule of law, then settle into your couch, pop the popcorn, keep the refrigerator stocked and enjoy your home entertainment center and spend a life time waiting.
If only a few of us did this we would only lose.