This whole thing is disgusting, but the last five words of this sentence really make my blood boil.
We are at a point where words are meaningless and choosing which elected officials to vote in is like looking for food in a dumpster. We law abiding folks continue to get shit on while the actions of criminals are reflected on us as somehow we are to blame and are to receive the punishment.
Meanwhile an UNARMED angry mob can hold a town hostage, burn half of it to the ground, and destroy much of what's left in a show of force against militarized police. In doing so they prompt a justice department investigation into the infringement of their civil liberties. Regardless of their reasons, or their cause, or how extreme their methods may seem to we rational folks their actions, backed by media and a wave of public support, have forced those in power to rethink their policy. They stood together in the face of overwhelming opposition and demanded results. It worked. The populatuon of Ferguson MO is just over 21,000 people. Even if everyone who lives there participated in the protests that equates to a meager .007% of the U.S. population. Further break that number down by demographics and do the math. Still, I'd say there were far more people sitting at home than out on the streets fighting for thier cause. How about the handful of armed citizens that stood down the federal government at the Bundy ranch? Anyone see where this is going?
The time for words has long passed. We live in a time of actions. There is an old idea in social contract theory that when a free people are faced with a government which acts against the will of its citizens, instigating revolution with the intent of replacing the governing body is not only a right, but in fact an obligation...
“whenever the Legislators endeavor to take away, and destroy the Property of the People, or to reduce them to Slavery under Arbitrary Power, they put themselves into a state of War with the People, who are thereupon absolved from any farther Obedience, and are left to the common Refuge, which God hath provided for all Men, against Force and Violence. Whensoever therefore the Legislative shall transgress this fundamental Rule of Society; and either by Ambition, Fear, Folly or Corruption, endeavor to grasp themselves, or put into the hands of any other an Absolute Power over the Lives, Liberties, and Estates of the People; Ny this breach of Trust they forfeit the Power, the People had put into their hands, for quite contrary ends, and it devolves to the People, who have a Right to resume their original Liberty.”
- John Locke
In this fight WE are our greatest obstacle. WE are shackled by law and saddled with "social responsibilty". WE are the only ones that can change the course of this runaway government whether it be local, state, or federal. WE have the numbers and WE have the means to force results. WE must stand together and show those who rob us of our liberties that the power they hold over us is an illusion that WE will no longer recognize and that WE WILL NOT COMPLY....
