The Good Reverend is the kind of guy who feels more and more loyal the less that I am messed with. For example, the less the “government” tampers with my rights, the more loyal I will be. Needless to say, The Good Rev is feeling pretty damn disloyal right now. It’s similar to the whole flag burning amendment business, back in the late 90s. I can’t see any reason to burn a flag...unless someone tells me I can’t...in which case I’d be out there with a flamethrower. Of course, Pat Buchanon always did have a problem with mistaking the symbol of an idea for the idea itself. In short, I don’t get pushed around. Neither should you. If you allow yourself to be cowed by little tin gods like Bush, Cheney, and Chertoff, then you’ve already lost your freedom. You’d be like a dog wearing one of those “invisible fence” collars...You may not be surrounded by barbed wire, but make no mistake - you’re still in prison. Hell, The Good Reverend can’t even keep a straight face when it comes to these morons. I mean, look at them...Cheney is nothing more than a cheap, beady-eyed thug. If he weren’t vice president, he’d be breaking legs for the mob, or just stealing for Halliburton like he used to. So now they’re trying to pass The Homegrown Terrorist Act, which is - at the time of this writing - firmly jammed in Obama’s committee. The basic text of this bill is so vague that it can be interpreted to mean that anyone who expresses discontent with the “government” is a terrorist or dangerous radical. Now, let’s think that through: If I express my discontent with the “government”, I’m a terrorist. Presumably, I scare someone. But who? Do I scare Joe Sixpack down at the refinery? Nope. Do I scare the soccer moms? I’m pretty sure I don’t. I guess I scare the pimps, thieves, and cheap hustlers who feel the need for legislation like this. I imagine they are scared that someone, or a large group of someones, will keep them from abrogating the last little bits of the constitution that they haven’t already defecated on. Or perhaps I am a “dangerous radical”. Okay, I can live with that. I am in good company, no? Ben Franklin was called “The Most Dangerous Man in America” by a British Lord...and he wasn’t in the habit of blowing anything up. No, he was considered dangerous because of his ideas. And isn’t that what this legislation is really all about? Making ideas illegal? “Thought crimes”? Well, if you put up with THAT, you’ll put up with ANYTHING. Hell, you may as well stop walking upright. So let The Good Rev lay it down for you: You don’t have to be afraid of these clowns. They aren’t really all that scary, and what’s more, THEY’RE afraid of YOU. The “government” is so terrified of The People that they want to lock up anyone who has the balls to stand on their hind legs. Have you ever asked yourself WHY they’re so afraid? They’re afraid because they have done Bad Things, and people are beginning to notice the stink. This bill is a transparent attempt to get The People to turn on anyone who points out the elephant in the living room, so to speak. They might fool some of the monkeys, but they don’t fool me. You don’t have to put up with it. Let me say that again: YOU DON’T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH IT. Like Nancy “Anything For a Laugh” Reagan used to say, “Just say no.” Martin Luther King Jr had the right idea...a bad law is no law. Ignore any such laws. You don’t have to make a big production out of it, of course...just ignore it. The worst they can do is put you in jail, but at least you won’t being paying them for the privilege of being your own jailer. There are three basic ways to react to tyranny. The Sam Adams method, which is to punch the tyrant in the teeth; the Martin Luther King method, which is to simply say “no”, and refuse to cooperate, without violence; and the Quisling method, which is to knuckle under and cooperate. Which are you going to employ? Or kill me.
this is yet another amazing eye opening post. They never fail to give my brain a thorough fucking, and open my eyes even wider.
I know this is an old post, but I thought it was cool i stumbled upon this right after watching a documentary called "The U.S. vs John Lennon". Your post just totally re-emphasized the epiphany I had a few weeks ago about how I don't have to succumb to the fear that the government/media tries to instill in us so that we'll give up our freedom to be "protected" by them *rolls eyes*. Up until recently, I've been kind of scared and freaked out because I'm realizing all the lies we're being told and all the secrets the government has. I've realized how bad it really is, and I guess I got scared because I felt like "well if the government can do whatever it wants and keeps all these secrets from us, there's nothing I can do about it. So why am I getting up every morning only to begin another day of servitude to "the man"?" I started getting paranoid wondering if I was being watched; wondering if there were hidden cameras in my dorm room or if my cell phone conversations were being tapped. It can drive you crazy when you think about it. But I realize I don't have to succumb to this fear. I can protest in little ways and make a difference =]
