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Originally posted by Haydn_17
Im not sure i understand, the English colonists revolted against there goverment due to a tax introduction, and created your own country, laws and constitution.
But today your complete pushovers, youve had your constitution basically ripped up, your freedoms are being taken away everyday, your guns are being taken away, isnt it in the constitution that you can revolt against the goverment?
But nooo you dont do anything, nothing at all, you just keep going to work, eating mc donalds and moaning at the world.
You need a leader, somewhere to rally and stay there untill your heard, dont let no riot cop in 12 inches of riot gear scare you off, your meant to stand up against the bigger force, thats what you did before DO IT AGAIN!
The error I saw was you said that 10% fought for the colonial revolution, and .0112 were slaves. Then you take into consideration only this small percentage of slaves as a part of the current equation. How is this logical? Wouldn't the more reasonable figure be something similar like 10% , or 30-33% if a revolution actually happened?
Originally posted by Firefly_
Do you realise that so you can have your comfortable lifestyle, there are people living in poverty? For each filthy rich person, there are many people going without that money who need it. Is this fair? Entire nations exploited and plundered just so a few people who think they are better than the rest of us can get even richer.
If you give a crap about anyone other than yourself, maybe you would support revolution when it comes because it IS a world wide problem, these people are in the vast majority of governments and need to be got rid of!
The fact is that the earth provides more than enough for us all, yet a greedy minority are keeping it all back from us. People want whats rightfully theirs and theres only so much people can take before they break. There are so many examples throughout history, they cannot completely break us. Unless of course too many of us become like you.
Originally posted by Helig
but the bottom line is that the citizenry of this nation have neither the skills, spine or determination to kill on the scale necessary to be called a revolution.
Originally posted by Plan2exist18
Simply put, Americans are a "talk first, act later" kind. We need a leader, we need him/her to come out of the dark and be straight focussed on the rigorous task at hand.
Originally posted by Plan2exist18
So far every congressman, representative, average joe-shmo that has gotten past the planning stages of starting this Revolution has been crucified by the Democratic crowd and labeled a racist or worse.
Originally posted by Plan2exist18
We need a leader, with no history, an image created by his actions in the present to confront the tyranny lead our revolt....until he/she comes around.....were screwed.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
absolutely wrong on that point
thanks to gaming software, they
have indoctrinated violence in youth
for years. even the military has
stated this.
so let them go hungry a day or 2
and see what determination they have.
Originally posted by seataka
I wouldn't elect anyone without ANY history. I'd want someone who could not be bought, someone who once had a chance to 'sell out' and did not, one who would just promise to we the people the truth no matter how awful the truth was. Because I know as a country, we could fix whatever it might be. But can you imagine the choreographed shrieking of THAT MUCH MONEY in opposition to a simple Tell the Truth and Hide Nothing platform??
[edit on 7-4-2010 by seataka]
Originally posted by Plan2exist18
Originally posted by seataka
I wouldn't elect anyone without ANY history. I'd want someone who could not be bought, someone who once had a chance to 'sell out' and did not, one who would just promise to we the people the truth no matter how awful the truth was. Because I know as a country, we could fix whatever it might be. But can you imagine the choreographed shrieking of THAT MUCH MONEY in opposition to a simple Tell the Truth and Hide Nothing platform??
[edit on 7-4-2010 by seataka]
Well Barack Obama had no history around 2006 when he began his run. It was brilliant because he then wrote his two books so people were able to get his "history" fed to them. Everybody has history, im saying someone who can be upfront from the front, an average person, whose actions cant be smeared by rival campaigns
Originally posted by Haydn_17
Americans! Are you ever going to revolt?
I live in America
I have lived here all my life
I get conjugal visits every other week. They bring my wife over from the other facility.
The food's not bad, once you get used to it. Hey, I get fed three times a day
I carry a home made knife around with me to ward off my foes
Usually I'm secure behind the bars they enclose me with, sometimes 23 hours a day.
America has provided me with a cost free gym, you should see how ripped I am
We have hand ball and basket ball, books to read, t.v.'s to watch, CD's to listen to, Play Station 3 games to play, and every now and then, the librarian lets me surf the web on their computer. That's how I got to write this and send it to you all. =)
We have movie time after dark, and get to watch the latest movie releases
I do gardening work, and make 21 cents an hour trimming the verge
We can spend the money we earn on items from the commisary, like top ramen noodles for a dollar....
yep, I'm an American, and I've got everything I need in life. I sure am glad they started this "YES WE CAN" program, because without Obama's help, I'd still be out on the streets, protesting about lack of income while they steal what little my family had left, and plotting my next scheme to feed my family.
I can't believe how criminal I was back then. But I've found Jesus too, so you know I've changed... speaking of which, here he comes now, gotta go and get ready for our hour of 'study group'... heh...