@monroe67 wrote:
"I wouldn't, because those people don't give a twit about people like us. If the people that run this place don't care, why would they?
Keep believing they are there to actually help you, and you keep this system going, and getting worse."
Wow. Your congress-person in the US House of Representatives has the closest relationship to The People in their district of any legislator in Washington DC. If you truly believe your own congressional representative doesn't give "a twit" about you, it might be time next year to vote him out of office.
You know that eBay users can see your location in your listings, right? I took a couple minutes to google who your representative in the US House of Representatives is. Looks like he is involved in a couple of committees and caucuses that advocate for real people, health, and environmental issues, like the Diabetes Caucus and the Congressional Bike Caucus. Not to mention the Wild Salmon Caucus and the Wine Caucus, two groups I didn't even know existed!
People don't understand where their freedom comes from. The founding documents of this nation differ significantly from ALL others and why history has revered them around the globe. Governed by the people and for the people does not mean simply by elected representatives. It meant that every individual is to take an active role in self-governance and this is what is continually been eroded. It's been eroded not by government or elected officials, its been eroded by lifestyles and peoples unwillingness to be part of self-governance in their communities, states and DC itself.
When an individual does not engage in his/her representation they in essence wave their voice. Now for years its been said, "Well if you don't vote you yield to those who do." Yes, this is true on that frontier per se but even voting and not being active within the governance system still waves ever so much self-representation. That self-representation was what our founding documents from the Constitution to The Bill of Rights and more is all about.
Certainly its much easier to wander through ones day eating up the lifestyle rather than being educated on issues of the community, state, nation or world and activated. Its not government who has taken individuals rights or power away, its people gifting it away and then judging and prosecuting with voice only that which is more opinion then fact. This is the EXACT tool being used by America's adversaries to implode the entire nation from the inside out without an adversary ever firing a shot in respect to battle.
As has been said and is true, "Actions speak louder than words" yet in America self-governance is BOTH and when EITHER is yielded those who do so are the "Sheep." The Sheep "Bah..." and "Bah..." and "Bah..." pointing their heads in blame to anyone other than self yet self is actually where they have yielded the very rights that they so wish to howl about.
Sheep go where the Dogs drive them and the Dogs listen to the Shepherds. Most of the Americans who believe they are Lions believe so through derived thought. Someone else is doing the thinking! Their mouths and thoughts might well be those of the Lion but in reality they are simply driven sheep.
My ladies Great Great Great Great Grandfather was Major General Sullivan, a key figure in both the American Revolutionary War and The Constitution. He led the Indian Campaign, those who know history American history know will know the name all to well. Uhh... Yea... He's considered a Constitutional founder due to his ever strong and vocal advocacy of The Constitution of the nation, a true Patriot of the times VERY unlike those who call themselves "Patriots" now. In fact, most of those who deem themselves Patriots now he'd have had shot. No lie, as would if he were alive and gifted the authority General Patton would do same.
All that aside, every citizen was intended to be an active entity in self-governance with voice MUCH more powerful than that of the vote alone. If it WERE NOT for that, everyone working for some company live at the behest of what the company demands. There would be no worker rights. There were be no ownership in Liberty and Freedom. The very people who tend yell the loudest about how "Wrong" all things are and have outlandish opinion they believe is their fact are those whom actually PROVIDE for they very issues they yell loudest about. They in essence are causal of their own distress.
