Viva Bastille Day!

Greetings good citizen, those of you that share French ancestry or are just French at heart know today commemorates the storming of the prison that lends its name to this historic occasion.

Bastille Day is best known as being the 'prelude to The Terror', One can only wonder if it isn't high time we repeated that exercise in teaching the high and mighty the value of humility and compassion. [It's no coincidence that after the terror, royals around the world willingly stepped aside, welcoming 'democratic reforms'.]

Also not a coincidence is that the majority of these new democracies copied the system instituted in the US. We now have 200 plus years to examine how well that worked out [not!]

We can only imagine where we'd be today if The Terror had been repeated after the Crash of 1929? I'd be willing to bet the Crash of 2007 would have been avoided completely! [right along with many of the other underhanded, dirty deals during the thirty years (after the declaration of 'Morning in America') leading up to that second crash!]

On this historic day it is important to remember that those who believe they are 'more deserving' than the rest of us and have adopted 'high-handed' tactics to get their way. Well, Bastille Day marks the one time in the recent historic record that our self-professed 'betters' paid the price for their arrogance.

To their credit, they studied the Terror and learned...but what they learned was how to avoid taking the blame for the acts their agents instigated.

I admit to not appreciating what I was hearing during Reagan's 'Morning in America' speech but today's headlines, where a sitting US Attorney General refused to answer over 70 questions by a Senate investigatory panel...and nothin' happened has provided 'full appreciation' for what 'Morning in America' really means.

Is it because they're BOTH federal agencies that they can give one another the rigid middle finger? This just doesn't cut it as a way of explanation. YOU refuse to answer a prosecutor's question and the judge slaps YOUR backside in jail for 'contempt of court!'

What is compelling her to remain silent? What could be worth her job?

Doesn't this beg the question of who is threatening her? [and is it just her job that is in jeopardy?]

In yet another curious development in the pauperization of the world's workforce, the [conservative/Republican controlled] Senate has chosen to take 'no action' on the two proposed trade agreements until AFTER the November coronation, er, elections.

Worse, doesn't help to vote Democrat because they all take their marching orders from the one percent now, just like the current meat-puppet with the little 'd' after his title does.

I may not have appreciated 'Morning in America' then but my eyes are wide open now!

Not that this helps matters much because a whole generation has matured to voting age SINCE 'Morning in America' and doesn't remember things used to be 'different'.

Sort of surprising really that Bastille Day has survived the subsequent Emperor's and dictators that have ruled France since The Terror [Back then ignorance was a major problem and what passed for the 'intelligensia' lacked the talent to prevent the capitalist farmers from chasing one another's tail. Resulting in famine and desperate people willing to suffer anything [including monarchy] if it put food back on the table.

Leading us to yet another truism, Civilization is only 9 meals deep.

While The Terror smacked some humility into the Royals, in retrospect, it appears they had a 'back-up plan'.

We were 'freed' from monarchy only to be saddled with 'the powerless Republic', the illusion of control.

Somehow nobody finds it suspicious that ALL of the controls are out of reach of the average citizen. {look at where THAT has left us?}

So I will share yet another obvious point. When crimes go unpunished, they are repeated. That is why the ancients instituted Exile. Reforming the guilty isn't a desirable outcome.

Besides, what price is sufficient for crimes of arrogance? Today's 'White Collar' crime carries a 'slap on the wrist', if that...usually reserved for 'underlings' caught red-handed.

So while I 'cheer' the spirit behind Bastille Day and the people's revenge, we need not roll out the guillotine, Exile will suffice [so long as precautions are taken to ensure those exiled don't escape!]

Seriously good citizen, if we fail to restore Justice, [a key component of Justice is Equality] our species prospects are dim indeed.

Again, I smell smoke and fear I've overloaded your mind so I'll leave you to ponder the implications of what I have shared.

Thank you for letting me inside your head,

Gegner

A more perfect union...

Greetings good citizen, certain phrases not only seize our imagination but they also beg just who the heck do they mean? Obviously "We the People" doesn't include you OR I and then we have "In order to form a more perfect union" which begs the question 'with whom or between what?'

There are countless examples where 'failure to be specific' has resulted in colossal misunderstandings.

Ever wonder just who they were talking about in the statement 'All men are created Equal'? Do you wonder what happens that makes them decidedly 'unequal' so shortly after birth? If we're only 'equal' in the womb then why even go there, because it sounds good?

When rhetoric diverges too far from reality you find yourself dealing with a weasel, someone who says one thing and means another (if it isn't a boldface lie altogether.)

You see, weasels don't see themselves as 'liars', they have an 'unfortunate tendency to exaggerate' that is commonly 'misunderstood'.

Politicians, by dint of their 'profession' deal almost exclusively in 'half truths' and promises made to be broken. Why they believe 'smoothing the waters' takes precedence to bargaining in good faith baffles us all.

Take Trump's campaign slogan 'Make America great AGAIN!

First thought that come to mind is 'how' and the second thing that strikes you right between the eyeballs (where your brain allegedly resides) is 'Again'?

When Was it 'great' and more curiously, when did it STOP being great? [Although I think I know the answer to the second part, it stopped being great right after *'Morning in America!']

[*Yup, it's my favorite 'hobby horse' and I whip it like a red-headed stepchild every chance I get!]

I commented a couple of posts back that a majority of the blogosphere was at least mildly pro-capitalist with the most strident sites believing capitalism is 'the only way'...to the point where the eminent collapse of our 'operating system' is considered a repairable case of 'mismanagement'.

Which moves us a step closer to our real conundrum. Do we 'as a species' (I'm talking everyone here, Gegner may be a lot of things but a weasel he's not!) have a money problem or a legal problem?

Our political weasels are quick to opine 'both' but not because they know why...they don't.

How about you, good citizen? Which side do you come down on given that money is, by its very definition 'a legal construct'?

Give that citizen a cigar! You're right, the problem is LEGAL!

How sad is it that the problem only begins with money and spreads across the entire spectrum with mismanagement and malfeasance at every turn?

I've been in the blogosphere since the 90's and you can only imagine my frustration as people refused to believe what they've been taught all their lives was WRONG!

Where do I get off calling the rest of the nation 'wrong'? Only recently have people started to admit they've been 'mislead', how unfortunate is it that they still seem unable to recognize BY WHOM! [While people have come a long way toward recognizing we are on 'the wrong path', most are still 'TOO DENSE' to realize this is due to there only being ONE POLITICAL PARTY!

So it's down 'the wrong path' regardless.

The greatest obstacle we face as a species is IGNORANCE, read me and your ignorance will be fixed (although no amount of reason can fix STUPID.)

Not that I am the 'sole arbiter' of what needs doing or how it should be done. What I'm NOT SEEING is a whole lot of alternatives out there [that aren't self-serving or ill-considered.]

Far too many are 'faith based'; like the Dark Ages didn't happen!

So we are left to puzzle out whether or not you're a 'people' or not...just who is created equal and when does this alleged equality stop? along with a more perfect union with what..or who?, (which just sounds WRONG for some reason.)

Either way I think I just heard your mind go TILT! so I'll leave it here and wait for your brain to re-boot...

Thanks for letting me inside your head! [If nothing happens hit Ctrl-Alt-Del again...]

Gegner

Through the lens, darkly...

Greetings good citizen, I know most of you dislike having your 'belief system' challenged, it's your anchor to the way things 'should be'.

But if somebody doesn't slap you upside the head and scream 'wake-up!' you're gonna be sitting there, shell-shocked that the world you knew has move on and left you bereft wondering what the hell happened.

You can literally SEE capitalism crumbling before your eyes and you have no idea what to do about it [which is quite normal, there ISN'T much YOU can do but roll with it.]

I was watching Fox/National Geographic's 'The legend of Mick Dodge' yesterday and it got me wondering. What was numbnuts going to do when every Tom, Dick & Harry was out in the woods 'foraging' what he considers 'his' wild edibles? Call the cops? Kill'em?

First thing you notice is ol' Mick is getting a little 'long in the tooth' to be doing what he's doing much longer. I'm going to guess this little 'reality show' IS his 'retirement plan'. Probably sold it to Nat Geo for 'half' what it would cost them to produce 'quality content'.

Sorry if I lost you there but the 'connection' I was making is this 'reality star' is doing what the rest of us will be forced to do if we want to survive...and that's going to roll the 'social clock' back over a million years [prior to the time when we were 'tribal', prior to the time when we didn't kill one another on sight.]

HOWEVER, I WOULD NOT 'recommend' heading out into the 'wilderness' until a few months 'AFTER THE COLLAPSE' when the killing stops, head out before that and it's going to be a mess out there. Worse, it will NEVER be 'safe'.

Not that hunkering down in place will be much better.

Sorry good citizen, I guess I should have 'eased you into' the nightmare scenario headed our way, the 'sudden collapse' of capitalism' and the resultant 'grab-fest' that will follow in the immediate aftermath and the huge 'die-off' that will follow after that [because most of the morons will grab stuff that is useless in a survival situation and will be forced to switch to preying upon the 'better prepared' but still none too bright.]

THERE IS A WAY to change over to a new system that will keep our species moving forward but the 'image conscious thieves' that rule us would rather let BILLIONS of you die than appear 'weak'...or worse, admit culpability.

So it's 'on' and sadly there isn't a reliable method to save millions (or even thousands) of lives. [Hundreds are possible but it would take a concerted effort BEFORE the fact.]

Because those who do zero heavy lifting now don't plan on doing any after either!

Once again we are left agog at what we will be forced to go through just so 'the elite' won't look bad (or worse, what they are, which is 'clueless'.)

Please forgive me for belaboring the obvious: the folks currently in charge HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO DO!

Worse, we all know it!

So we are faced with this perpetual slow motion trainwreck as our civilization and what passes for society crumbles into...[fill-in-your-own-blank]

Will it happen tomorrow? I'm only 'reasonably confident' the answer is NO but the very idea that confidence is not 100% should be enough to shake you to your core.

What can YOU do about it? If you haven't already, I advise you get your hands on at LEAST the minimum recommended rations FEMA tells us EVERYBODY should keep on hand in case of, er, 'an emergency'.

Understand after will be too late and 'during' is going to be risky as hell.

FEMA also advises you prepare a 'boogie bag' with your important papers so if the disaster is personal [house catches on fire] you won't have to go through the painful process of 're-applying' for all your lost documents.

But if the world is headed for the septic system, papers will be the last thing you'll need.

Each region has its recommendations and many citizens adhere to those recommendations [although I'd bet few keep those rations 'fresh'. Too expensive for most of us, especially the 'hand to mouth' crowd that comprises the majority of us.]

So what you're gonna want to do is head to the grocery store and 'stock up' on non-perishables like pasta and things like tomato paste and bullion to make basic sauce with. Sure, it's loaded with carbos but when you're down to one meal a day that's a good thing!

Then there's the water part of the puzzle, you can't have enough water because you use it all the time! The minimum recommended is based on using it for DRINKING ONLY, can't cook with it and you can't use it to wash dishes with or dumber, flush the toilet with!

Most important thing you can do for you and yours is defense. Even if it's just your classic Louisville Slugger you're better off than going bare-handed with someone twice your size and half your age...[probably a third your IQ to boot!]

When would I do all of this...yesterday.

You needn't be Nostradamus to see that the situation [long known to be drawing to a close] is being ignored rather than addresed. Don't wait for a 'heads up' from the 'trust me' crowd, it ain't comin'.

While no one is more amazed than me it's 2016 and the wheels haven't come flying off yet, it won't be much longer. Things literally can't go on like this! Handwriting has been on the wall for a long time now, the scary part is they're still playing the same tune when it should have changed a long time ago.

A sure sign they don't know what to do next.

So the 'you're on your own' paradigm shift is nearing its conclusion meaning collapse is near at hand.

I've predicted 'the end' more than once but I apparently mis-judged how long they could flog an already dead horse. It's been dead for a long time now and the games are getting bolder, meaning the end is getting closer.

Don't get sucked in or worse, caught with your pants down! [unprepared]

The time to prepare is NOW! The thing to keep in mind is all those 'prepper' shows provided prime examples of WHAT NOT TO DO!

Advice...Don't be a 'target' which is tangental to not keeping one's eggs in one basket. Have multiple stashes and stay 'invisible'; don't be around when others will be 'on the hunt'.

Only the smart/clever will survive.

Again I sense I've overtaxed your tolerance for unpleasant information but if you won't face reality then your race is already run...and you didn't finish.

Thanks for letting me inside your head,

Gegner

Eloquence and execution...

Greetings good citizen, My 'go-to' site for news and information headed this morning's offering with the 'preamble' to the Declaration of Independence, widely regarded as a 'work of art' when it comes to 'wordsmithing'.

Perhaps that is the tragedy not inviting the men who penned this master work to the constitutional convention.

Seldom has the 'essence' of the human struggle been captured so poignantly. Part of the document's beauty are due to the times themself but on the whole the craftsmanship belongs to the writer that originally composed the work. A job widely attributed to Jefferson.

That said, the preamble smacks of many contributors (and probably hours of wrangling before the current version was agreed upon...)

The striking contrast here good citizen? Beautiful words do not beautiful outcomes produce.

Today eloquence has been banished from our daily discourse as being the refuge of 'Bad Big-brained Libruls!'... One doesn't know whether to weep at the tragedy or howl at the comedy of those too stupid to know the difference between a liberal and a communist. [While liberals usually know the difference between a redneck and a retard.]

Look at our presidential candidates and their 'grasp' (or decided lack thereof) of the 'issues'. Since Bernie backed off [he's down but he's not 'out' yet!] neither remaining (hand-picked by the media) candidate is even on the same planet as the bulk of the electorate, issue-wise.

Isn't that what's eating you, good citizen? The fact that our politicians are out in 'left field' on the issues that matter to our everyday life?

This morning's NY Times announced that the Trump campaign has 'retreated' to the hallowed ground of 'tax cuts' for the already wealthy (once again 'hoping' for a 'super-charged' economy as a result!) It hasn't worked before and there is no reason to expect it to work this time so why are the 'stupid conservatives' voting for what amounts to 'more of the same?' [while SCREAMING for CHANGE!]

Part of this is the 'superstitious peasant' who is easily 'herded' by the village loud-mouth [that often serves double duty as the village idiot] Always ready with a comment that most often proves thinking isn't his strong suit!

He serves the critical purpose of reminding us to keep our mouths shut or we will find ourselves suddenly marked as being the village moron.

So it is that we seldom lament the modern 'loss of eloquence' because beautiful words seldom result in beautiful outcomes...

Which is why A Simple Plan is written in plain language, it's a plan designed BY knuckleheads, FOR knuckleheads!

Which begs the question do you think anybody else noticed the 'disconnect' between the 'courtly speech' of the founding documents and the level of illiteracy that prevailed across the colonies and thought, 'this ain't going to turn out well!'

More importantly, when all anybody does these days is read [from their 'smartphone',] WHY do we have a population that claims quite adamantly that it 'doesn't read'

You have to fill in the mental blank left there. Of course everybody 'reads', they just don't read to broaden their horizons, they read what they find 'interesting'.

And, what do you suppose the average knucklehead finds 'interesting'? Look at the MSN homepage and it reads like the front page of the National Inquirer [which was forced to label itself clearly as 'for entertainment only'] Guess what the homepage of MSN [and many other of the conservo-whacko talking points echo-chambers] don't have to do, label themselves for entertainment purposes only!]

I think [may be wrong but I haven't seen it in a while] The Inquirer went out of business, it couldn't compete with the 'free versions' of themselves being posted online for the (terminally) bored to absorb.

The other missing factoid here is the average person has extremely poorly developed critical thinking skills.

So we have it, a nation of 'non-readers' that is spoon-fed manufactured lies designed to 'tittilate their hot buttons' and get them worked up over nothing.

But the 'alternative' is pages such as this one; focused on elevating your IQ while attempting to sweep aside the piles of irrelavent garbage that get heaped upon you.

In the respect that this site is 'unique' in labeling capitalism and it's primary product [the almighty dollar, in all of its forms] rubbish, most other alternative news sites are decidedly 'pro-capitalist' (largely because their authors believe it to be the 'lesser evil.')

I guess they believe economic slavery would be more tolerable if we were 'freer'. Or, perhaps they don't think that far ahead, preferring to point to the problems and allowing the public to decide what the solution should be. [Fully aware that 'consensus' is one of the most difficult things to achieve amongst our 'oddly wired' species.]

I am not a communist per se, I am an Anarchist, which is, counter to the stereo-type the mudslinging media has concocted, are not all freedom [in the extreme] loving, psycho-bombers. No, 'true' Anarchists are the capitalist's worst nightmare because we advocate eliminating legislators and voting 'directly' on the laws themselves.

Let those who must live under the law decide. It's consistent with our belief in 'equality', that all are 'equally' represented.

So long as a law passes muster with the 'anti-exploitation law', I'd be down with it. [Partly because those who get to decide if a law is put to a vote are also charged with weighing the 'greater good' a new law intends to serve. If a proposed law's purpose is to strip the protection of the law from ANY of us then it wouldn't be put up for a vote.]

SIDEBAR: While I'm droning on about A Simple Plan I wanted to add that the 'enclaves' also assumes/applies to the banding together of ANY type of lifestyle. There would also be a 'sub-set' provision where, say, Bikers and Drag race enthusiasts (both lovers of open pipes at full throttle) would be 'proximate' to one another.

As Dangerous as it may be [fantacize about whatever you like you will still be obliged to meet your required contributions to society. Which is to say you can play when it's time to play but you must work when its time to work!, our society is depending on YOU!]

One could easily imagine enclaves being created to live out 'Role Playing dramas'. The problem with this is it's not exactly a 'hobby' and people sometimes get caught up in their 'fantasy world', to the point where they ignore their obligations in the real one.

Um, ignoring your obligations have very REAL consequences so forming certain types of enclaves might well be prohibited. You can 'role play' to your heart's content...you just won't be allowed to 'live' like a fantasy character.

Yup, when we start going this far off the reservation it's time to slam on the brakes...

Thanks once again for letting me inside your head.

Gegner

Open Mic

Greetings good citizen, I'm either singing your song or you're one complacent bunch! Admitedly, I inject humor into everything I write so if nothing else you'll get the occasional chuckle out of lending me your mind for a few minutes.

That aside, I am passionate about what I share here. [I developed a new system of government on my own because a 'suitable alternative' didn't exist. I'm not the first or the only one to take this 'mission' on but from what I've read mine is the only 'practical' [and more importantly 'sustainable'] system out there.

Why practical? Because I took what already exists and modified it. I tossed the 'front office' in the trash bin and democratized the rest. I wiped the political arena clean and provided the people with a 'functioning democracy' that they truly control. I even 'streamlined' the Justice system so the guilty would be punished instead of 'sidestepping justice' via magical legal 'loopholes'.

Then I crafted social statutes that allow our diverse civilization to unite with the like-minded. [Deep in the minutia of A Simple Plan is the 'Enclaves' statute which establishes 'birds of a feather' to flock together.] Where, say, Bikers could band together to live 'the biker' lifestyle. The idea being since enclaves are planned, they would be situated where they wouldn't bother people who were disturbed by the sound of open pipes at all hours of the day or night.

Same for 'rock stars' and other, er, 'noisy' lifestyles...one would even assume drag racing enthusiasts would 'band together' to set up the kind of community they would enjoy!

There wouldn't be any age restrictions but the assumption is eventually you'd grow tired of 'keeping up appearances' and want to 'calm things down' just a little.

While ASP would encourage loud pursuits to band together it would also make provisions for people intolerant of noise exceeding 80 decibels.

Just a guess but I'm going to expect most mothers would opt for 'quiet zones' once they are with child [making for some mighty disappointed Dads...but, under ASP, society cares for all it's children from the cradle to the grave, not that ANYONE would be allowed to become a 'baby factory', the planet will no longer tolerate it.

Which is to say while 'traditional families' would be 'encouraged' the system would focus on the well-being of the child/children.

'Society' would no longer require a man and a woman to rear children together [especially when it would be more beneficial to the child if they didn't!] Romance is 'weird' and often has nothing to do with appropriate 'parenting skills'.

Oh yeah, and the new financial structure would allow females to have their children when they were young enough to get pregnant 'naturally'...IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO, Sadly this means the 'test tube' would be removed from the table for females over 25.

That said, this could be rolled back to zero due to overpopulation. If Mother nature didn't provide you with functional equipment, perhaps we should 'take the hint' and let it go at that.

Somewhat shocking to see is that if you didn't get pregnant in High School then you wound up in a fertility clinic!

If you're over thirty, you and just about everybody you know is receiving treatment for infertility.

We can thank the current batch of 'social engineers' for this [it was their way of addressing the population crisis, to price the poor out of reproducing!

But there's the Legendary [inhumanity] again. Make it so the low income COULDN'T get their feet on the ground until after their prime then watch them squander fortunes pursuing childen they would have had no problem conceiving when they were younger.

Did you think this was an 'accident'? (Or worse, and unintended consequence?)

Nope, it is the apex of 'social engineering' brought to you by our self-professed betters!

Oh how they laugh at what you believe is your 'misfortune'!

There are other fine points, partly about social order and sharing but the main changes come under the headers of 'Justice for all' (via the elmination of 'specialists' lawyers and their cousin, 'the judge'...did you know you need zero legal background to gain a seat on the bench?)

What's your take on the kind of 'system' you'd like to live under...[just keeping in mind you have to share the planet with the rest of us so you're ideas better be 'crowd pleasers' as opposed to an exercise in 'I have spoken!'

That's why the world we live in is as it is, screwed up!

Your turn! {I'm waiting to be Wowed!}

Thanks for letting us inside your head,

Gegner (and his readers!)

History repeating itself...

Greetings good citizen! Some lucky stiff in Indianna won Mega-millions for a half a billlion dollars last night and they didn't have to kill anybody for it!

Here's a disturbing thought that makes me go 'Hmmn' and I'm sure it has occurred to you as well. The lottery machine can't predict the winning number but it does know ALL OF THE NUMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYED. [So it is capable of picking the 'non-winner'.] Now add to that thought that CGI has become really good and there is a two hour delay between when the betting window closes and the drawing video airs and you have a recipe for milking the public, big time.

While the winner got a half a billion dollars last night, the lottery itself got the other HALF! (in case you're wondering why they would bother jacking the pot up into the stratosphere...and people bet 'crazy' whenever the jackpot hits the 'set for life' point...[which varies with individual bettors] Some people could make $15 million work and others would be bankrupt in six months if they won ten times that amount!

The lottery also gets to hold on to the money until it's won (and then some!)

But I digress.

The Lottery COULD BE corrupt but that is neither here nor there; today's topic is 'rinse & repeat'.

More to the point (and not totally unrelated to said lottery scam) is how no matter how many times we revolt, the same people (we could say the same 'type' of people) keep seizing control of the organization we establish to protect us.

Worse, the first thing they do is seize the 'public square' [the media] then erect 'free speech' barriers so their lies can't be challenged.

Then they seize the political process, which is much more vulnerable than you'd think.

So if you sometimes feel like you're wearing a muzzle it's because you are.

Their political operatives don't answer to you and their media will ignore you until you make a pest of yourself, then they'll make a fool of you!

Snap goes the trap!

Funny how a media that can't be held to account leads to a government that is held harmless while the same media uses it for a punching bag and blames it for all manners of sins that aren't even its perview/mandate!

Which is to point out the disgruntled public want the media held accountable but that same media reports the last thing the government is focused on is 'the people's business'.

Have you noticed since 'Morning in America' we have become the most 'compassionate' people on the planet, doting upon every social ill, regardless of how minor?

Who doesn't love puppies? [Because if you complain about the government ignoring the Big Picture, the media points the camera at YOU as the answer to the question 'who doesn't love puppies?']

Ironically 'freedom of the press' means exactly the opposite. The only way to control the media is to own it and that's why we have predatory capitalism!

Conversely, the Internet is 'free' but trying to capture market share on the net is akin to herding cats, so fragmented has our society become.

So the question remains...why is it every time we 'free' ourselves from one oppressor, another one takes their place?

One of the sources appears to be Law Enforcement...widely regarded as honorable people just doing what they're told when we all know they took the job for a different reason.

Reasons we won't go into here.

The other source appears to be at the most basic level, the 'grassroots' of the political process, what used to be called 'the boss system'.

This is why the next revolution needs to be 'airtight' before it begins. That is why I crafted A Simple Plan to put the reins of society beyond the reach of the self-interested.

If we are to enjoy 'the rule of law' [with Liberty and Justice for ALL] we must put the law beyond the reach of those who would exempt themselves from the law!

[Much like King John did after he was forced to sign the Magna Carta 4 times!]

It is assumed John died after he reneged the 4th time but I'm no 'historian'. Just leads one to suspect that 'regicide' was more common than we know. Times were tough and dying young was fairly common so who can say for sure?

As I mentioned yesterday, The 'Great Charter' has once again been 'repealed' by those who have sworn to 'keep us safe' (from THEIR enemies)

Under A Simple Plan you would no longer vote for who would make decisions without ever consulting you, you'd vote directly on the laws everyone would then live under.

The 'self-interested' would have you at the polls every other day, voting for the most inane things they could dream up but that's not how it works.

First, before ANY proposed law could be put to a vote it would have to pass the muster with the 'anti-exploitation law' meaning it is forbidden for a law to favor or discriminate against anyone.

Go ahead and try to pen a BS law now!

The winners of the leadership competitions would decide which proposed laws could be put to a vote and once a year, everyone of voting age would vote, at their convenience, from the comfort of their home.

So yeah, the whole process would change.

There would be no more pretend 'political parties' since we're all in this TOGETHER! The leadership competitions would eliminate the need to elect mind readers to pretend to 'represent us' while bowing to the people that 'bought them'.

You know what the sad part is, good citizen, you wouldn't find one person that would disagree with that indictment, even the politicians would admit it [off the record, of course!]

What of the people that bought other people? GONE, they'd have to do what the rest of us do or they could elect the 'free' alternative, EXILE.

Then there's the other 'trouble spot' and we'd be forced to fix that by denying anyone with a 'history' of law enforcement to engage in that field of employment. (Since discrimination is prohibited, it would have to be 'universal'. If you come from a police family, you couldn't become a member of law enforcement, period.)

Besides, very few that have made a career out of 'serving and protecting' would pass muster with the new (physical and psychological) requirements...making it unnessary to 'ban' them.

Harsh as it seems, the 'Blue Wall' has kept the self-interested safe from prosecution all these centuries. It would be mighty stupid of us to ignore this fact.

I save these little 'rampages off the reservation' for the weekends when traffic is low and only the truly brilliant are seeking to expand their outlook on the situation in general.

Consider my viewpoint and your position as well.

Enjoy your weekend!

Thanks once again for letting me inside your head,

Gegner

Dark Ages

Greetings good citizen, today we travel back to the Dark Ages for a look at the last time 'law enforcement' killed civilians with impunity.

Many of you saw this morning's headline in the NY Times about the 5 Dallas police officers killed during a protest of 'police violence'.

You'd think the nation's first black president would be more active in reining in overly aggressive police tactics but you'd be sadly mistaken as this is 'above his pay grade'.

The question other 'futurists' are asking is whether or not this isn't a 'unique' situation or is there a historical precedent?

Ironically the Magna Carta has its roots in 'heavy handed' law enforcement.

By 1215, thanks to years of unsuccessful foreign policies and heavy taxation demands, England’s King John was facing down a possible rebellion by the country’s powerful barons. Under duress, he agreed to a charter of liberties known as the Magna Carta (or Great Charter) that would place him and all of England’s future sovereigns within a rule of law. Though it was not initially successful, the document was reissued (with alterations) in 1216, 1217 and 1225, and eventually served as the foundation for the English system of common law. Later generations of Englishmen would celebrate the Magna Carta as a symbol of freedom from oppression, as would the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, who in 1776 looked to the charter as a historical precedent for asserting their liberty from the English crown.

[The above excerpt was lifted from History.com]

What few of you realize is the Magna Carta was repealed with the 'adoption' of the Patriot Act. [and the subsequent suspension of Habeus Corpus, a key provision of the charter]

So it's no coincidence that we are suddenly faced with all manners of 'atrocity' against the civilian population 'in the name of the king!'

How's 'Morning in America' working for ya now?

Yessiree good citizen, the social clock has been rolled back almost a thousand years [purely for THEIR enjoyment.]

Isn't it ironic it only took them a couple of decades to come full circle with where they were before the Magna Carta? Which is to point out the general mood across the globe is one of revolt.

Once people have tasted life under the 'rule of law' they won't willingly return to the rule of the capricious and the thousands of years of trembling in the dark it caused.

But I suspect those with their finger on the 'final solution' have fallen back in love with their 'my way or the highway' attitude. Although this time they're ready to send us all to 'kingdom come' if we don't like it/can't take a joke'.

Yup, you end up dead but it's all a 'joke' to them. They have no use for you much less ANY sense of 'responsibility'.

What really grinds their gears is NOBODY [in authority] made a move to stop them! Because nobody in authority A.) understands money and B.) understands their JOB as a 'defender of liberty'

The last 'holdouts' were 'purged' from public service by the faux conservatives decades ago. The people that replaced the 'defenders of liberty' are royalist toads who don't ask questions and do what they're told.

Left to your imagination, good citizen, is why history teachers fail to address the near universal 'abdication' that occurred shortly after the French Revolution [widely known as 'The Terror']

Which is to say the very public execution of 'God's representative on Earth' put fear back into their hearts but times have changed and those who 'would be king' have decided it's time to 'take back what's theirs'.

Most royals walked off their throne and marched straight into their treasuries...and many of them are still there!

I know, sounds like a 'fairy tale' but if one studies the past, much of the 'grimness' we find in fairy tales is 100% REAL...or it was worse and we don't speak of it...so as to protect the reputation of the 'guilty'...

So this morning's 'red flag' should be cause for alarm. This very well could be the 'tipping point' where police 'get serious' about 'violence against police'.

We already know they have 'carte blanche' from what passes for our 'Justice System'.

What you're NOT processing is WHO gave the courts this 'authority' because it's against the law!

Wars have been fought over 'the rule of law' and so far the rule of law has been the 'loser' because those who would abuse money continue to win their fight.

Ignorance is a terrible thing BUT unlike stupid, it can be fixed!

How sad is it that the rule of law keeps losing due to ignorance regarding what money is? Which is not to discount the 'stupid factor'...Stupid will NEVER understand money, all they know or care about is they want it!

I know I haven't done a very good job of explaining here but given the topic, you have to wrap your head around some pretty incredible stuff, Royalty is still around? Sure is and the bad news is, peckerwood still wants to make a public display of drawing and quartering YOU because it will keep the rest of the rabble 'in line' the next time he commits an atrocity!

This is the difference between the 'rule of law' and 'the rule of incompetent imbecile!'

Doubt the latter statement, take a good look at the world around you and tell me with a straight face that reason hasn't fled in fright.

Sorry, not helping but the truth here is too important to ignore.

Again, if you have questions, that's what the comments section is for.

Thanks for letting me inside your [now confused] head...

Gegner