Martin encourages more of the same futile actions that enthroned the one who would be God-Emperor of Terra.
There is no way around it: “No nation in world history has ever voted its way out of straits like these, and this one won’t, either.“
Picked up this link to Peter Schiff’s senate aspirations via my new Twitter account.
Peter, don’t debase yourself by stooping to join the ranks of those presumptive rulers. I know your heart’s in the right place, but you can’t stop that screeching thing by stepping into it.
Mitch McConnell is concerned:
It certainly sets up the potential for the majority — if it chooses to — to run roughshod over the minority…
The tyranny of the majority was set in motion the day The Declaration died:
The important point here is to understand that we aren’t where we are because the past leaders and legislatures have failed to live up to the ideals of the Constitution, but that those who framed the Constitution failed to live up to the ideals of the Declaration of Independence.
The American Revolution in fact *died* with the ratification of the US Constitution.
That idiot McConnell can’t see past the nose on his face.
I’m always grateful for the benevolence of the Monroe News, which hosts the forums Monroe Talks, where I’ve been trying my best to explain what’s at stake to jbs:
There is more at stake than confiscation of property.
Like I said to Smash, would you participate in your own execution?
Another vostista who’s swallowed the voting sham.
I’m guessing my latest reply to “jbs” on the local forums is probably going to get me banned. Here it is, mostly so I’ve got a copy for later.
Huh? It must kill you to live in America where we have a system that allows you take make enough money to be TAXED OVER A 1/4 OF A MILLION DOLLARS. No freaking wonder you don’t like the system, you are flat out greedy.
I revert back to my earlier suggestion that maybe you should find a system that benefits your needs better than the good ‘ol USA, since you have it so bad here.
Been taxed over $261,000…..and I’m guessing you are not an invalid geriatric. Your posts are beginning to resound as if you attempted to cheat the government and got caught. Is this the source of your anger? You don’t want government but don’t feel real bad about enjoying its benefits do you. There should be a damn toll booth at the end of your driveway. Taxed over $261,000. How many years has it been since you voted GOP?
Just as I knew you’d do, you got bent out of shape over that number, even though you don’t know me, and have no idea how generous I am. You wrote all those words and exhibited not one glimmer of recognition that all that money I earned was taken from me on behalf of you and your fellow votistas.
You want to take things that belong to me. You said it yourself: “There should be a damn toll booth at the end of your driveway.” I’d never do such a thing to you. Why would you do that to me? Why should I leave because you want something that belongs to me?
The thing is, you won’t do it yourself. That’s why you vote. You want someone else to do your dirty work. Again, whether you understand it or not, (and it’s abundantly clear that you don’t) the only reason to vote in a government election is the hope that one of the elected will make your neighbors comply with your preferences.
“There should be a damn toll booth at the end of your driveway.”
Fuck you. I’d never do such a thing to you. Why would you do that to me?
My patience for morons like that is gone.
A poster on the local newspaper’s forums is confused about what, exactly, he’s doing when he votes. I tried to set him straight. I have no hope that it will stick.
No one takes anything from you on my behalf.
You voted, didn’t you?
Can you tell me exactly how you have? Maybe then we can get to the root of your issues.
As of last year’s tax return, governments have taken at least $261,369.97 from me in my life.
My “issue” is people who can’t see past their infatuation with delegated coercion.
Every power pig claiming to represent you, sending bipedal rottweilers to collect from you - and me - is a direct result of your lending an air of legitimacy to their actions by your voting, for them, to act on your behalf. Ayn Rand described this as the sanction of the victim. Unfortunately, your sanction has consequences for me as well because there is no way for me to opt out of the consequences of your vote. Whether you understand it or not, the only reason to vote in a government election is the hope that one of the aspirants will act on your behalf to make your neighbors comply with your preferences. No one votes in any government election for any other reason.
Again, I’d never do such a thing to you. Why would you do that to me?
I don’t think he’ll ever understand what it is he’s doing when he punches that voting ticket.
Wendy replays L. Neil Smith’s espousal of casting a blank ballot, and adds comments:
I do agree with L.Neil that it is possible to vote defensively by casting a ballot on referendums. Or, rather, it is possible as long as you vote against imposing measure on people by force…that is, by government law.
The last time I set foot in a voting booth, I wrote a notice on the ballot that was something Billy wrote many years ago:
I yield no consent to any government of any kind for any reason.
More cannibals on parade:
The best way to change the system, then, is to stick your fingers in your ear and scream “IM NOT VOTING”
A very mature political system blooming in your utopia, for sure.
My response, in its entirety, because I’ve been following this prolific cannibal for some years now:
It’s amazing the presumptions that can be fit into a single sentence.
When did you stop having intercourse with livestock?
See?
You’re screeching that I’m ignoring reality, when, in fact, you’re the ostrich plowing your head into the sand. What are you afraid of? I’ve been dragging you around here by your eyeballs for some time now, and all you’ve managed to do is be another data point demonstrating that a person can be shown concepts but can’t be made to think.
You’re also assuming that I want to change “the system”. All I want from “the system” is for it to remove the muzzle of its gun from my back and let me go about my life without duress. I don’t care if “the system” continues apace, slowly withers, or inevitably blossoms into an orgy of cannibalism, as long as you and your fellow votistas leave me and my life the hell out of it.
Perhaps the dumbest assumption you’re making is that I aspire to some utopia. I don’t. Humans are fallible. Anything humans do will have flaws, however, when those flaws are instituted as centralized process and “law”, there is no escape. On the other hand, when those flaws are part of decentralized associations, they victimize many fewer people.
I would never presume to make decisions about your life. That’s part of why I don’t vote. I don’t know what’s best for you. Why would you do that to me? You have no way of knowing what’s best for me. Do you have the balls to make me comply with your decisions about my life in person?
Would you dare attempt to make me comply with your preferences for my life, face to face? There is only one answer to that question, and that answer defines you as human or cannibal.
As usual, I expect he’ll go out like a light
Many thanks to Billy, for much of the ammo to use against such creatures.
My comment, on a local forum, just now:
Voting is a long-shot bet that someone will shoot your neighbor on your behalf, and give you a slice of the corpse to curb your hunger.
Once again, your words reveal your heart.
You can lead a person to concepts, but you can’t make him think.
I’ve been subjected to the local news about Kwame and his self-induced problems for the past eight months. I caught a few minutes of the hearings just before he finally figured out that his epochal temper tantrum wasn’t going to keep him out of jail. The local news machines repeatedly claimed that Detroit was “paralyzed” with Kwame in legal limbo. On the contrary, everyone I know continued to work their regular jobs to make ends meet, despite the antics of Kwame.
Detroit folks will pay for his megalomania for years, if not decades. But are they paralyzed? Not even close. They don’t need him. Most of them just haven’t figured out yet that they don’t need him.