I think we have to commit crime to get attention. It would be great to organise, but we can rarely do that. I reckon we need (sadly) stupid, strike-like protests that hold people trying to get on holiday up and so on. Better to have real democracy, but we don't.
On 15 Oct, 22:17, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > The problem Don is that we have as a society become too complacent and > with the advent of split second computing and microwave cookery we > just simply expect to have a beef about something and in a few minutes > it all done just the way we like it. The establishment? Hah! That > is another problem, there is no more establishment, the government is > in total disarray with way too many factions to allow for efficient > governing. Taxpayers simply fork over trillions of dollars so that > people can sit around and argue, while the other portion goes off on > wild military incursions. If you haven't noticed by now, nothing ever > get's resolved, it's just a perpetual quagmire of problems that need > to be addressed, that is at the cost of lives and tax payers backs. > And look now how one of our esteemed Chairman of the House Ways and > Means Committee is caught in a Tax Fraud > Scandal.http://americaswatchtower.com/2008/09/05/charlie-rangel-caught-in-tax... > He claimed he didn't know he was supposed to claim the income??? > Moron? Idiot? Both? > These are supposed to be the people we trust to run our lives? Hey! > He's only one that has been exposed, who knows how many more of our > esteemed royalty politicians are crooks. Government has gotten > toooooooooo big and in fact sooooooo big that no one really knows what > in hell is going on anymore. Let's not forget the $300 screwdrivers > and $600 toilet seats that taxpayers were doling out on account of > government dysfunction. I'm sure you are aware and I don't need to > bring up Pork Barrel Spending and all the other Government Waste > expenditures. > Bottom line is that government has more money coming in than they know > what to do with. Imagine running your household the way these morons > run the government! You would be out in the street in a few months. > > On Oct 15, 10:41 am, Don Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I'm totally hip Dude. It's like a real bummer. These days you have > > to do some serious damage to property and maybe really mess somebody > > up and bust some heads to get a little attention brought to how badly > > we need world peace. The establishment just don't get it, man. Sigh. > > It's tuff being an aging hippie... > > > dj > > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 9:16 AM, pol.science kid <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > dude! are peace rallies relevant.. i mean i've been in loads of > > > rallies.. started to lose faith in them.. the authorities dont seem to > > > give a damn unless you break some windows.. and when you do that you > > > get arrested.. wats the point! > > > > On Oct 11, 12:43 pm, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I know the majority oppose the award given to President Obama, The Nobel > > >> Peace Prize was created to promote peace. It is doing just what Alfred > > >> Nobel > > >> intended it to do . > > > >> As for those that oppose President Obama getting it,, in the USA if I > > >> remember right the majority supported the war in Iraq. Me I marched in > > >> the > > >> peace demonstrations doing every thing I could to try and avoid the > > >> private > > >> Bush war. > > >> Allan > > > >> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 7:13 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > * A* *Journey of a Thousand Miles Begins > > >> > With the First Step* > > >> > ** > > >> > The majority of those opposed to Obama winning the award are not > > >> > anti > > >> > Obama so much as they question the selection committees' timing. > > >> > Premature > > >> > is the word most associated with those who question the judges' > > >> > judgment. > > >> > Clearly it depends on one's perspective as to how the process that > > >> > potentially results in peace comes about. > > > >> > Between any noble idea and its realization is a continuum of > > >> > incremental > > >> > steps. > > > >> > The idea of peace is a universal goal for most people who share the > > >> > common > > >> > ethic of live and let live. Doesn't everyone share that ethic? Of > > >> > course we > > >> > know that the answer to this question is a resounding no. > > > >> -- > > >> ( > > >> ) > > >> I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > > >> - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
