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December 11, 2007 at 23:42:10

A Common Sense Revolution which will abolutely save America and the Earth.

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Imagine you're living in a community in which criminals are poisoning the water supply and basically own the police force. Naturally, they're dealing drugs and are responsible for most of the "organized crime" in the community. Also imagine that (like their television caricatures) they like to see themselves as "businessmen". Indeed, most of their income actually does comes from businesses like grocery stores, fuel companies, clothing stores, and maybe advertising on local television stations.

In short, in this fantasy community "organized crime" is thriving, even though the citizens of the community have lost nearly all of their civil rights, (remember, the criminals "own" the government), and have no political representation. Their financial lives continue to get worse and worse (many families now have three jobs and vacations are a memory), and the feeling of hopelessness is like smog of despair that poisons every aspect of the community.

And oh yes, most of the churches are worse than useless since they're either sucking up to the criminals, or they condition their followers to escape into psychotic fairly tales in which the world in going to go boom any day now. Sigh!

Politics is much worse since (big surprise!) nearly all the politicians are at the hog trough provided by the criminals for their obedient political monkeys. Are you listening, 2006 “Democratic” Congress?

So, what does the average citizen (American) do in such a living hell?

Boycotts, what else? What else CAN they do? Boycott the grocery stores, fuel companies, clothing stores, and television stations that sing the praises of organized crime.

Of course, this is simply a hypothetical community, but, as the mathematicians would say, the point is to EXTRAPOLATE our story to our dying country (and make not mistake, it IS dying!) at large.

We need to "think big" here, because IF these folks, these consumers (these AWESOMELY powerful consumers), DID boycott the criminal businesses of these killers of decency, rationality, and the very Earth, it would very quickly (how shall we put it?) draw blood.

Corporate fascism (America's current government) may look fierce on the outside, but it has a very soft and vulnerable economic underbelly.

If MILLIONS of Americans boycotted, say, Wal-mart (that archetypal trash heap for American workers), and started now, right before Christmas, that corporation would find out at the speed of light that a new force is loose in America! And this force would have nothing to do with politics (that dem/pug outhouse in Washington). That's the beauty and the power of it, because this force would be the very heartbeat of Democracy at its best: POWER OF THE PEOPLE.

There are lots of other things we can do besides boycotts. Our magnificent constitution, for example, permits us to have ENORMOUS influence on the dynamics of our country via petitions and referendums. Now these are things we don't have to check out with our one party dem/pug system. We wouldn't have to talk to Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reed first. Ugh!

These are things we can do ALL BY OURSELVES as American citizens. Strikes are another, nationwide or otherwise.

It can't be said strongly enough that all these things are POWER OF THE PEOPLE THINGS. We don't have to "go though" establishment politics -- which means we don't need the support or approval of people who are grunting and slobbering at the reality (not fantasy!) hog trough created by the elites (with a millionth of their wealth).

Of course such activism could be both/and with doing everything possible to resurrect the FDR Democratic Party. Indeed, these two activisms would run parallel and be mutually constructive.

Successful, national boycotting would dramatically help liberalize the Democratic Party and VISA VERSA. What we're talking about now is all win/win.

OK, time to be personal. I see my role in this as a barking dog, trying to get the attention of my American brothers and sisters that BOYCOTTS CAN SAVE AMERICA AND SAVE THE EARTH. To me, this is an absolute certainty.

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I am among a growing number of advocates of the work of he whos pen name is Joseph J. Adamson. I try to spread the word about it because I believe he has the most reasonable and practical solutions for our time, particularly to address religious and political conflicts. Whether or not he is divinely inspired and even called and chosen by God for this mission, as he claims, is not as important to me as the content and intent of his message. He truly seeks to establish a true family of religions t...

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Isaiah TrumanI am among a growing number of advocates of the work of he whos pen name is Joseph J. Adamson. I try to spread the word about it because I believe he has the most reasonable and practical solutions for our time, particularly to address religious and political conflicts. Whether or not he is divinely inspired and even called and chosen by God for this mission, as he claims, is not as important to me as the content and intent of his message. He truly seeks to establish a true family of religions t...

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There is a new reformation and non-violent revolution coming

and it's about time. The author has been trying to get the message across for a long time, and particularly during the last five years. And now, perhaps, more people will begin to recognize the truth in it.

http://reformationcomingsoon.bravehost.com

by Isaiah Truman (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 118 comments) on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 6:45:45 PM

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W. Christopher Epler (Bill)A liberal American, PhD mathematician, bipedal Earthling.

How beautifully put!

How beautifully put. Thank you so much, and you couldn't be more correct. Gandi (and blessings upon him) saw so clearly that when traditional political forms fail abjectly, we're on our own, but BEING on our own leads to power of the people. The illusion is that politics is the dog and we're the tail. The truth, thank God, is EXACTLY the reverse. Boycotts, referrendums (which can be powerhouses for LIMITLESS change -- and they haven't been used at all!) are peaceful, nonviolent, and 100% legal modes of social evolution/revolution.. Fascists and elites are a thousand times more afraid of noble Martin Luther King's than establihment running in place because consciousness is all and when the collective consciousness of a country transcends organized crime politics, the end is near.

And the end is near.

Peace and Shalom, Bill

by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (232 articles, 44 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 541 comments) on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 at 7:01:37 PM

JUST A CONCERN CITIZEN AND LOVE MY COUNTRY GREW UP IN A SMALL FISHING TOWN IN NJ,BUT THE DAY I GOT MY DRIVERS LICENSE,SPENT MOST OF MY TIME EXPANSING MY MINE. LEARNED A LOT THE HARD WAY,BUT MOSTLY STREET SMART. AT 65 HAVE PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHO THE SNAKES ARE.
RICHARD SHADEJUST A CONCERN CITIZEN AND LOVE MY COUNTRY GREW UP IN A SMALL FISHING TOWN IN NJ,BUT THE DAY I GOT MY DRIVERS LICENSE,SPENT MOST OF MY TIME EXPANSING MY MINE. LEARNED A LOT THE HARD WAY,BUT MOSTLY STREET SMART. AT 65 HAVE PRETTY GOOD IDEA WHO THE SNAKES ARE.

I HAVE BEEN BOYCOTTING FOR YEARS

BUT LATELY EVEN MORE SO, I ONLY BUY 20 DOLLARS IN GAS A WEEK MAX, AN NO GAS ON SUNDAY. I DON'T BUY NEWS PAPERS, DON'T SHOP AT WAL-MART ANY MORE, HAVEN'T TURNED ON THE TV FOR FEW WEEKS AND YOU NO WHAT, WHAT TV, DON'T MISS IT AND AM GOING TO HAVE THE SATLITE SHUT OFF. DON'T BUY ANY FOOD FROM CHINA IF MARKED, TRY TO BUY LOCAL ALL AMERICAN IF I CAN. I 65 SO NO TAX'S. AND I AGREE STARVE THOSE GREEDY GLOBALIST, AND YOU KNOW WHAT THIS JUST ME ONE PERSON WHAT IF IT WAS 100 OR 200 MILLION OR ALL OF WE THE PEOPLE, WE COULD TEAR THEM A NEW ONE.

by RICHARD SHADE (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 460 comments) on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 5:46:51 AM

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W. Christopher Epler (Bill)A liberal American, PhD mathematician, bipedal Earthling.

following your example

Richard,

Well, you're setting the pace for us all and a million thank you's. I too boycott, but, as you imply, what we could do if we could get internet organized and boycott in the millions would change the face of the planet. And not with dem/pug politics, but with POWER OF THE PEOPLE. It's so painful to me to know that if millions of American did national (and internation!) boycotts, we would have these Mother Nature and Democracy killing corporations begging for mercy in in week. Consumers have the power and getting them to use it in a massive, systematic way is the ONLY problem.

by W. Christopher Epler (Bill) (232 articles, 44 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 541 comments) on Thursday, December 13, 2007 at 10:54:52 AM