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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 8, 2020 9:05:14 GMT -5
Hundreds of billions of dollars are spent every year to control the public mind.- Noam Chomsky I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.- Dwight D. Eisenhower Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we didn't have any delinquents. Without a prison, there can't be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another. We were really in bad shape before the white man arrived and I don't know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society.- John Fire Lame Deer 1903-76 They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.- Benjamin Franklin 1705-1790 If you tell a lie long enough and loud enough eventually the public believes it.- Adolf Hitler There will be, in the next generation or so, a pharmacological method of making people love their servitude, and producing dictatorship without tears, so to speak, producing a kind of painless concentration camp for entire societies, so that people will in fact have their liberties taken away from them, but will rather enjoy it, because they will be distracted from any desire to rebel by propaganda or brainwashing, or brainwashing enhanced by pharmacological methods. And this seems to be the final revolution.- Aldous Huxley 1894-1963 A government that is big enough to give you everything you want is strong enough to take everything you have.- Thomas Jefferson If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny.- Thomas Jefferson The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.- Thomas Jefferson Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of Men and deny equal privileges to others; the Constitution of the Republic should make a Special privilege for medical freedoms as well as religious freedom.- Benjamin Rush, M.D. (circa 1787) To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticise.- Voltaire 1694-1778 It is miserable for a farmer to be obliged to buy his Seeds; to exchange Seeds may, in some cases, be useful; but to buy them after the first year is disreputable.- George Washington The information they censor is exactly what you need to know.- Unknown Why do they call it ‘Alternative Medicine’ when it is the original medicine that humans have been using for thousands of years? Chemical medications were discovered about 100 years ago!- Unknown
My notes: Think ‘bout the Benjamin Franklin liberty one in regards to anything the gov’t throws at us (i.e. vaccine, TSA scanners, FDA recalls, etc) to ‘protect us’. Unbeknownst THEY are the ones WE need protecting FROM.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 9, 2020 12:49:10 GMT -5
The public will always believe a simple lie rather than a complex truth.- Alexis de Tocqueville (French political thinker, 1805-1859) For what avail the plough or sail, Or land or life, if freedom fail?- Ralph Waldo Emerson Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.- G. K. Chesterton Everybody is entitled to the pursuit of happiness, but it looks like too many want the government to finance the chase.- Unknown The general population doesn't know what's happening & it doesn't even know that it doesn't know.- Noam Chomsky
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Post by ellyfant on Jul 9, 2020 14:38:28 GMT -5
Some very wise words there Zandrajoi, thanks for sharing
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 16, 2020 20:30:07 GMT -5
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 31, 2020 13:30:43 GMT -5
The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.- Adlai Stevenson (American Politician October 23, 1835 - June 14, 1914) An idea isn’t responsible for the people who believe in it.- Don Marquis
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Post by ZandraJoi on Aug 17, 2020 11:56:44 GMT -5
Breaking News: Something irrelevant to your life just happened & now we are going to blow it out of proportion for days to keep you distracted from what’s really going on.- David Avocado Wolfe No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.- Abraham Lincoln Public opinion polls prove one thing: the less people know about something, the more opinions they have about it.- Unknown Pass judgment not on those who live under dictatorship & cannot speak, but on those who live in freedom & fail to do so.- Unknown Authority without wisdom is like a heavy ax without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.- Anne Bradstreet
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Post by ZandraJoi on Sept 13, 2020 9:38:44 GMT -5
When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny.- Thomas Jefferson (tho some say he’s not original author) Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.– John Locke 1689
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Post by Bob on Sept 13, 2020 21:01:48 GMT -5
We are seeing it happen right now. Although it's not as horrible as the media puts it out there. Yeah, it is horrible where these riots are going on, but for most of the country life goes on without the violence. It's the large democratic run cities that are seeing the major problems, and they are letting it go on for the most part. Peaceful protest is one thing, but these people who are rooting are crazy.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Oct 27, 2020 11:38:35 GMT -5
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Post by Bob on Nov 2, 2020 19:51:23 GMT -5
That's exactly right. So when someone can find a way to get around certain taxes through loopholes, I say go for it. The government takes so much of what we work hard for. I get that a lot of it goes for good things, things we need to have like roads, police, fire, etc. But they waste so much!
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Post by ZandraJoi on Dec 5, 2020 21:05:35 GMT -5
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand Prosperity is what the businessman creates for which the politician takes the bows.- Unknown I'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.- Emiliano Zapata Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.- Friedrich Nietzsche
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Post by ellyfant on Dec 7, 2020 16:10:43 GMT -5
I am more afraid of an army of 100 sheep led by a lion than an army of 100 lions led by a sheep.- Charles Maurice de TalleyrandProsperity is what the businessman creates for which the politician takes the bows.- UnknownI'd rather die on my feet than live on my knees.- Emiliano Zapata Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.- Friedrich Nietzsche Wise words and oh so true !
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jan 3, 2021 21:22:48 GMT -5
The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting by fools.- Thucydides Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.- William Pitt the Younger
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Post by ZandraJoi on Apr 13, 2021 20:04:32 GMT -5
The flag represents all the values & the liberties Americans have & enjoy every day.– Bill Shuster If you don’t control your mind, someone else will.- John Allston Knowledge is the only fountain both of love and the principles of human liberty.- Daniel Webster Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear.- Harry S. Truman [Special Message to the Congress on the Internal Security of the United States, August 8, 1950]
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Post by ZandraJoi on Apr 21, 2021 20:10:47 GMT -5
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life.- Edwin Markham Remember when what is now called publicity was called public shame & humiliation?- P.J. O'Rourke (1991 Reader's Digest feature "Toward More Picturesque Speech”) Centuries ago King Philip of Macedon wrote a threatening letter to the rulers of Sparta & said, “If once I enter your territories I will destroy you all, never to rise again.” The undaunted Spartan rulers replied in a letter which contained only one word- “IF.”
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Post by ZandraJoi on May 11, 2021 20:16:23 GMT -5
Tear off your mask. Your face is glorious.- Rumi (Double meaning now!) To see what is right and not do it is a lack of courage.- Confucius If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.- Unknown (many sources) There is but one element of government, & that is the people. From this element springs all governments.- John Adams (Former President of USA)
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 11, 2021 9:17:19 GMT -5
That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.- Aldous Huxley I was not born to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let us see who is the strongest.- Henry David Thoreau (On the Duty of Civil Disobedience) Wouldn’t it be marvelous if politicians could fight poverty with something other than taxes?- Unknown If you allow the government to break the law because of an emergency, they will always create an emergency to break the law.- Unknown (several sources) We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution.- Abraham Lincoln
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 29, 2021 12:12:21 GMT -5
Wherever law ends, tyranny begins.- John Locke The more laws, the less justice.- Marcus Tullius Cicero The more you listen to political speeches, the more you realize this is the land of promise.- Unknown America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.- Abraham Lincoln This nation will remain the land of the free only so long as it is the home of the brave.- Elmer Davis
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Post by spg on Jun 29, 2021 20:15:17 GMT -5
I hate when people make baseless accusations. That is not free speech, it is malice.
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Post by golden on Jun 22, 2022 7:38:59 GMT -5
Here the Government is scammers as they punish the poor for rape and murder cases, but nothing happens for the rich people. This is a bad law here for any crimes and even they scam most of the Government land.
Every party comes with a new episode and after winning the election, the are the same culprit.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jun 23, 2022 10:44:57 GMT -5
Here the Government is scammers as they punish the poor for rape and murder cases, but nothing happens for the rich people. This is a bad law here for any crimes and even they scam most of the Government land. Every party comes with a new episode and after winning the election, the are the same culprit. It's the same in the USA. Rich people get off with a slap on the hand. Government people are not held accountable.
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Post by golden on Jul 7, 2022 2:55:55 GMT -5
Here the Government is scammers as they punish the poor for rape and murder cases, but nothing happens for the rich people. This is a bad law here for any crimes and even they scam most of the Government land. Every party comes with a new episode and after winning the election, they are the same culprit. It's the same in the USA. Rich people get off with a slap on the hand. Government people are not held accountable. Some of our relatives live in USA, but they never about this Government situation and always they feel like living in heaven. We always pray the God to help us from these scammers and our votes are shit to the election. I have thought in USA is a good place to live where a person can stand in election twice in alife from a family. Also the elections are conducted once in every 4 years, but here a person can stand for lifetime.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Jul 30, 2022 20:40:26 GMT -5
The badge of the delegate shows you whom he is for, but it does not show you what he is after.- Unknown It’s not so much staying alive, it’s staying human that’s important. What counts is that we don’t betray each other.- George Orwell The secret of freedom lies in educating people, whereas the secret of tyranny is in keeping them ignorant.- Maximilien de Robespierre
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Post by safeinsanity on Jul 30, 2022 22:59:53 GMT -5
Amen!
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Post by demonskeith on Sept 6, 2022 0:21:50 GMT -5
Honestly after working with public jobs for over 6 years I can't help but feel (for the USA at least), that having some sort of control over most of the mass populace to not be a bad thing. There are some people who can't be helped and wouldn't want to know the truth.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Sept 6, 2022 20:57:21 GMT -5
Honestly after working with public jobs for over 6 years I can't help but feel (for the USA at least), that having some sort of control over most of the mass populace to not be a bad thing. There are some people who can't be helped and wouldn't want to know the truth. I can see having laws but not where it's one-sided like it's been.
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Post by nomad on Oct 6, 2022 12:57:16 GMT -5
I might sound like a communist but i am not a coommunist, however, the basic truth about the government is it is made up of rich people and works for the rich people. If you don't believe me check the net worth of the politcians and the policy they make.
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Post by ZandraJoi on Oct 9, 2022 11:30:12 GMT -5
I might sound like a communist but i am not a coommunist, however, the basic truth about the government is it is made up of rich people and works for the rich people. If you don't believe me check the net worth of the politcians and the policy they make. I definitely agree! We just have to pick the better politician.
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