tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243874013166160718.post1580020755087048174..comments2023-09-10T02:42:48.245-04:00Comments on post-raphaelite sisterhood: All in the same boatintelliwenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243874013166160718.post-8087702399246175892011-08-24T06:17:12.993-04:002011-08-24T06:17:12.993-04:00Amen, Mr. C.
And you too, WM! You state a number ...Amen, Mr. C.<br /><br />And you too, WM! You state a number of ideas that I've considered or already put in practice - definitely "voting" with my pocketbook while there's still a few pennies left in it!intelliwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243874013166160718.post-61778811937518801312011-08-22T20:05:17.650-04:002011-08-22T20:05:17.650-04:00You have a vote but what is it worth? You do not h...You have a vote but what is it worth? You do not have billions of dollars to throw at a candidate or slate of candidates to produce slick lying advertising to sway the herd, ergo what good is your vote if them who refuse to educate vote the one with the highest name recognition or tells the slickest lies?<br /><br />Vote yes, voting informed is even better but it is NOT fighting back. <br /><br />Fighting back is posts like this one, fighting back is not consuming anything more than you have to. Fighting back is not participating as much as possible in the free market economy, not being a part of that 70% of consumerism that drives the American and thus the world economy.<br /><br />Fighting back is underground bartering for goods and services, trading for what you need with what you have.<br /><br />Fighting back id not being afraid of making your opinion known to your representatives and calling them out when they lie to you.<br /><br />Fighting back is asking questions such as how is it John Boehner is worth 8 million dollars while never earning more than 200,000 per year? Fighting back is never quitting. <br /><br />Fighting back is educating one person who will educate two who will educate four people on the reality of our governments that have become full subsidiaries of corporations. <br /><br />That is the war that needs be waged not one in lands far away that mean nothing to American or any other nations sovereign security. Fighting back is finding out what this current form of democracy finds to be seditious then be it.<br /><br />Welcome to the fight Kiddo.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243874013166160718.post-43563625129235299972011-08-22T17:24:19.963-04:002011-08-22T17:24:19.963-04:00The boat is This Island Earth and we are, indeed, ...The boat is This Island Earth and we are, indeed, all in it together.Mr. Charlestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17497415823443875308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243874013166160718.post-60675796961311536082011-08-22T08:24:05.451-04:002011-08-22T08:24:05.451-04:00Vole, the popular support behind the Tea Party per...Vole, the popular support behind the Tea Party perplexes me, too. Part of it is media-generated -- and then again there's that rags-to-riches myth that people still buy into. Perhaps they believe that if they are obedient serfs and support the wealthy, their own chances of getting rich will increase? (There also prevails an irrational phobia of the S-word - socialism.)intelliwenchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01872666573909696493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1243874013166160718.post-10421175521847990902011-08-22T07:31:14.980-04:002011-08-22T07:31:14.980-04:00Over here, the government's official slogan is...Over here, the government's official slogan is 'we're all in this together'. This from the inherited multimillionaires who went to Eton and Oxford, who have just cut welfare, while reducing corporate taxes. <br /><br />What baffles me is why ordinary citizens believe this stuff. It's worse with you: millions of people voting Tea Party, which seems dedicated to defending corporate tax breaks and maintaining the status quo.The Plashing Volehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13021407602157515927noreply@blogger.com