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and there are several things I noticed.
1.- The worm MIGHT (I use that qualifier now because I used to believe it, and now will only count on it when the final results are here) have turned. The amount of anti administration feeling was quite high
2.- Had conversations with FORMER DEMOCRATIC ACTIVISTS, who just like me reached the same conclusion a while ago... there is some level of collusion at the top. Sorry folks, but the gentleman I talked to, and his credentials are unimpeachable as a Dem (he, unlike me remains registered but is now highly apathetic about the party apparatus), reached the same conclusion I did after some folks thew in the towel after OH... I took longer to finally do such, and threw in the towel after Alito.
now here is here it gets scary, and I know many of the folks who are still in denial will not read to this point... just as me he has reached the conclusion that we are in pre-revolutionary times, or pre civil war times. Indeed all the mechanism of the state have failed, and as we both noticed, with the panels, discourse is impossible when you have otherwise intelligent people, seating across each other, using the same words... but alas the words mean a whole different thing to each individual. We are well past talking to each other.
Now for those of you who might decide to be a little scared, one of the panels was on whether Jefferson and Franklin were right regarding safety and liberty. Predictably, the programing person had two very qualified individuals (who did not count on the MA in History of the Enlightenment in the audience) speaking for the right. They had two less than qualified individuals speaking for the liberal position. Suffice it to say, things started to go south for the righties once I stated quoting chapter and verse of the US Constitution (I never knew I had memorized by now), the Alien and Sedition Act, and the US Patriot Act... yes I threw in the Enabling Act for good measure, as well as John Locke and Rousseau. Lets just say the two on the panel were not too happy, especially when I called all in the audience to either put up, or shut up, but if they don't stand up now beyond attending a stupid panel which was severely stacked mind you... then there is noting I can do, and I am shocked at how the citizens in this country are willing to give up their liberties.
Now going back to this conversation I had this morning with my fellow Dem... we both concluded that the point of no return is long past, and what form this revolution will take is a good question BUT, before the Denial is not only a river in Egypt crowd chimes in (which I am sure they will, they always do) The Demsn have not stepped into the breach. The Dems have not, with few exceptions and we know exactly who they are, cough conyers cough, raised the issue of elections, and the Dems are no longer acting like a bona fide opposition party.
Moreover, it was a fruitful discussion after all, here are the points the dems are refusing to do, or cannot do
We need to step away from what worked in the 1970s for mesaging... it worked then, but it ain't working now
Dems need to learn how to craft a message in a post industrial age... and they have not
Oh and the DLC is holding the dems down.
Suffice it to say... that was a very fruitful conversation for we also figured out why Bill Gates is buying property all over the world... can any of you say the words HEDGE BETS? That is what he is doing... for if this revolution turns into a very violent affair, a la French or Russian Revolutions he is making sure he will have a nice safe, and stable place to flee to.
Now there is more... he is a mathematician and we were talking about what the Bankruptcy Bill will do to the US Economy, can you say law of unintended consequences? Good, I knew you could. He, just like many others are seeing the clouds of another depression, and what we are seeing is (in case you needed to have this repeated to you) the greatest redistribution of wealth in US History and quite possibly the history of the world. Now here is another point that should worry all of you... the looting of the treasury is going to the Praetorian guard, who is no longer loyal to the Empire, but to one particular Caesar and yes we did make a comparison to Caligula and I am sure a Horse will soon descent on the Senate.
So enjoy it, Long live the Republic, for the Republic is dead...
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