-Congressman Ron Paul
This is the product of our generation's anger towards what has become of our country and I think it's fascinating. This is a response to someone who was arguing with a status (facebook) regarding the 10 patriots in congress that sued President Obama for unlawfully going into acts of war with Libya. This is patriot Graig Turson's response...
"Most in the older generation are too accustomed to the lifestyles they have known throughout their existence. It really isn't their fault, as in the case of my Aunt and cousin. They are just unable to view the complexities ...of the problems we face. They can no longer be addressed along the same lines we have continued down for the past 30-40 years. The future is ours, and I have great faith in our ability to steer the conversation towards the proper solutions if we remain vigilant. The brush-fires of liberty are burning and there is nothing that can retard their eventual progress. "
The next passage is regarding a comment made by Anthony Caico that was taken out of context as a "God Complex" what he said, "We can only save those who choose to see."
Without having to think too hard I can assume he is trying to say, 'We can only save those who choose to see (everything, not just what they have been conditioned to see their entire lives.)'
Graig Turson:
"Instead of it being a "God complex" (being a non-believer I am not even sure what that means) its more of what psychologists call the "normalcy bias." The normalcy bias is defined as a group of people's inablity to forsee consequences that have never been experienced in their lifetime. Most are unable to think outside the proverbial box even when faced with the dire conditions we presently find ourselves in. It's blind faith that everything will be ok, i.e. the currency can't collapse, martial law cannot be implented, things of this nature. As evidenced on this thread people cannot even apply the laws uniformly when the party blinders are in front of their eyes. As situations continue to get worse, and as night follows day they will, more people will be forced awake. Many will remain stuck in normalcy bias, however. It is to the youth that this nation now must turn for its answers, the older generation have spent us into oblivion in the blind belief that it is proper to use the government to loot from their fellow citizens and that it is proper to push off onto future generations the burdens of heavy taxation so they could live it up for the few meager benefits they enjoy today. It is a trend we must reverse, and with even just a shred of luck we shall succeed. We just have to keep talking and forcing facts in front of people. I salute you good sir! Party time in August is fast approaching =)"
If you would like to know more about this leave a comment. If you disagree or agree or have no idea what is happening in this, leave a comment. I say this all the time... QUESTION and you shall know the answers, without questioning there is only ignorance and the spawn of that ignorance and so on and so forth. I will do my best to explain it like Graig would want me to. This is just one of many examples of the youth of America coming forward and having REAL opinions backed by deep intellectual thought and study. This is our future and I LOVE it! More to come... these Turson boys know whats up and I am sure they would love to teach anyone and everyone their philosophies and try to inform them as much as possible, but if you have an argument with what they say you better be damn well informed. They will debunk just about anything you ever thought was the truth and they have the sources to back it up.
I am not sure of the reference for August but I am sure they have something interesting up their sleeves regarding the general message we are so desperately trying to convey. This is the future people! Get used to it because as long as we go on doing what we have been doing for the past century in this country this movement will grow with time and eventually none of this war and bigotry will matter anymore. Either America will never BE again.. or America will be what it was meant to be. An EQUAL nation, inalienable rights, THE CONSTITUTION. We all have access to this document, check it out for free on amazon.com.
P.S. I will be quoting the Turson boys quite a bit from now on because all they have is a plethora of knowledge and I feel it is moving, eloquent, and relevant to the movement and the message I and many Americans are trying to convey.
Also IF you actually are interested in learning about economics or the Constitution or even maybe the candidates backgrounds BEFORE you vote for them, please feel free to add me on facebook, I post alot of resources on there as do many of my Facebook friends or Twitter or Youtube. Don't neglect knowledge, knowledge may be all we have anymore. I also encourage you to disagree with these things and go look up an alternative that seems like more your point of view. These differences are what makes America great and we must all have a say in what this country is about. But without sources and knowledge to back it up you have no argument and will never be taken seriously. I am working on this too. Growing my knowledge base and questioning everything. It has really made me feel a sense of purpose, and it will do the same for you.
Also IF you actually are interested in learning about economics or the Constitution or even maybe the candidates backgrounds BEFORE you vote for them, please feel free to add me on facebook, I post alot of resources on there as do many of my Facebook friends or Twitter or Youtube. Don't neglect knowledge, knowledge may be all we have anymore. I also encourage you to disagree with these things and go look up an alternative that seems like more your point of view. These differences are what makes America great and we must all have a say in what this country is about. But without sources and knowledge to back it up you have no argument and will never be taken seriously. I am working on this too. Growing my knowledge base and questioning everything. It has really made me feel a sense of purpose, and it will do the same for you.
Go Ron Paul!!!!
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An age old saying is "Truth is the greatest currency." Graig, being one of my closest friends, has been a great influence and anchor for me and I for him. The past few years he and I have continually fed ideas off of each other and have reached out to friends family and neighbors alike. Not only to expose the truth of what our nation faces, but to the fact that the truth is always there. It's always just under the surface, waiting for us to find it.The one thing that all the weapons, troops, money, and equipment any government could muster against it's people is the human inclination to freedom. And no person fights harder to preserve and protect their freedom and their liberty than the individual who has been betrayed by his or her government. I think Dave King from Flogging Molly summed it up pretty well; "And the fool we shall not mention depraves the cries of youth. Draw not your strength from government, gut from the voices they abuse." If we are truly to salvage our liberty, our rights, our prosperity, our traditions and the American tradition, then we must first remind ourselves of what is supposed to be the rule of law in our land. That is the natural law.
What, might you ask, is the natural law? A good question for all since it has long been absent in the discussion of ideas and philosophy about our nation. I defer that you, the people, should read Frederic Bastiat's The Law. It can be found for free in pdf format at mises.org. I feel that it deserves a place of reverence in the American philosophy right alongside Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Bastiat was writing on the conditions threatening France in the late 1840 and early 1850's. And it is a point in history where we would learn volumes if we would take an open minded look.
I must admit that even as late as Spring in 2007, I was a propaganda zombie. I was in the military and a total party-line Republican. And then I heard Ron Paul speak during the SC debate in May, and my world was rocked. I dismissed him at first, but then I started reading into the things he brought up. AND THEY WERE ALL THE TRUTH! Imagine how pissed I became with our government after I realized that I had been a first string puppet in the whole mess. That I was essentially a jackboot henchmen for the government/special interest/bankers/military industrial complex. And the rest is an open book. My thirst for further truth and for a more confident and larger voice grows exponentially each year.
The bottom line is that everyone has their limit. That one issue tat shatters all their illusions about the "benevolent" nature of government. As Bastiat emphasized over and over, government is force. If a man takes something by force it is theft, it is unjust. So what the fuck makes it right for a man to use the government and loose, favorable legislation to steal from another man? Absolutely nothing. Legal Plundering is still just that, plunder. And in the ultimately course of things, it is theft, it is unconstitutional, and it is not in true keeping with the American tradition.
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