Brother Kudos to you for actually wanting to get involved. I just really don't believe that any one man is making any decisions. I believe he and the house/congress are in the pocket of their constituents. The Fortune 50 people,the elite of the elite. The people footing the bill for these elections. and the three branches have all gotten into a “you scratch my back ill scratch yours” mentality. Which is why imo lobbying should be illegal… Who do you think wrote up this assigning statement bill you speak of? not just one man. You may be right in that the balance has began to waver, but somebody had to have given him this power you speak of. Maybe Im a cynic but I really do think we need a Revolution. And im not the only one. Im sure you've heard of the petitions to succeed from the union. People are fed up and things will eventually come to a head. “till that day ima just protect my fam with ammo”llal

No man the reason we have this corruption is the constitution wasn't written for a country this big. Its outdated and obsolete. And I seem to remember learning something about a revolution  here in america already… about 200 years ago. they rebuilt from the ground up and so could we. It happens in civilization all the time. Not saying me personally because im not bright enough to have all the answers. I do get involved with politics indirectly by keeping myself informed and exchanging information with people like you to give and take new perspectives. If you can get even one person to think independently than you've done a service imo. Btw what precisely do you mean by get involved? showing up at party meetings? passing out flyers? what good does that do if our plea's fall on deaf ears? What good does it do to get involved into a political structure where money talks and the divide between the rich and poor is growing?  I think we need to get involved with people not politics… you want to help throw away the politics and try to speak directly to the human heart

“A government afraid of its citizens is a Democracy. Citizens afraid of government is tyranny!- Thomas Jefferson. 

Of course im talking about our independence from brittish rule. A revolution is overthrowing the government or social order thats in place for a new and hopefully better system. These men were smart enough to know to get away from the grips of the brittish powers that be. That this central banking system was detrimental to the well being of the society we were trying to conceive here in america. Whether it was about taxes or not doesn't matter. What matters is the system wasn't working and we wanted our independence to create our own. And if the majority of america feels the same way nowadays, we have a clause in our declaration of rights to overthrow our tyrannical government and start over.——”We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government,…” ****

metalhedlette said:

As far as blaming the government for our problems, the 99% have nobody to blame but themselves for allowing it to happen!  Given the chance to have political power most of the 99% would try and increase their personal profits and status in society too.  The Mayan's predict a shift in consciousness, this is where it needs to happen. 

I love you.

Man what you don't seem to get is a revolution doesn't have to be a violent war. It can start with one person and one idea that spreads enough that everyone does speak up. Its a change a new beginning. No im not hiding behind anything. wtf is an honest politician? do you know one? how do you seperate them? you speak of me sitting back doing nothing but what exactly your doing thats making an impact you've failed to mention. I haven't given up on america or myself at all, and I believe we can be great again.  Ive voted in the past in local state and federal elections but it seems to me that they are all snake oil salesmen and they don't do what the will of the people dictates but what they are coerced to do by their fundraisers or their own personal ideologys.  And it would be nice to go back to the way things were but its not a realistic goal. The over balance of power as you put it is a result of our government as a whole. the manipulation of the constitution that our forefathers tried so hard to prevent with amendments and bills like the one you spoke of earlier. I Love my country and the princibles we were founded on. But its not working anymore.Things are falling apart and people ARE being heard. go look at the petitions on the whitehouse.gov website for succession(which i signed for kentucky by the way). Do you really think even though we have thousands upon thousands of signatures that they will bend to our will? No we need the federal government out of our life or pretty soon they will be in every aspect of our lives. look at the juggalo fbi thing going on. Trying to tell use that what is and isn't ok to listen to. We are fucking sheep that care about Honey Boo Boo more than the state of the union. The best we can do as citizens is take care of ourselves and talk to people about things that matter like we are doing now. Even though we completely disagree I respect the fact that you have an opinion. You really want to help? Try talking to people and helping them generate their own opinions. Because most americans are ok with just getting by. Thats how we change. Thats how we start a new order

to much for bullets llal. Basically we both love our country but disagree about what can be done to help it

Slumerican502 said:

Man what you don't seem to get is a revolution doesn't have to be a violent war. It can start with one person and one idea that spreads enough that everyone does speak up. Its a change a new beginning. No im not hiding behind anything. wtf is an honest politician? do you know one? how do you seperate them? you speak of me sitting back doing nothing but what exactly your doing thats making an impact you've failed to mention. I haven't given up on america or myself at all, and I believe we can be great again.  Ive voted in the past in local state and federal elections but it seems to me that they are all snake oil salesmen and they don't do what the will of the people dictates but what they are coerced to do by their fundraisers or their own personal ideologys.  And it would be nice to go back to the way things were but its not a realistic goal. The over balance of power as you put it is a result of our government as a whole. the manipulation of the constitution that our forefathers tried so hard to prevent with amendments and bills like the one you spoke of earlier. I Love my country and the princibles we were founded on. But its not working anymore.Things are falling apart and people ARE being heard. go look at the petitions on the whitehouse.gov website for succession(which i signed for kentucky by the way). Do you really think even though we have thousands upon thousands of signatures that they will bend to our will? No we need the federal government out of our life or pretty soon they will be in every aspect of our lives. look at the juggalo fbi thing going on. Trying to tell use that what is and isn't ok to listen to. We are fucking sheep that care about Honey Boo Boo more than the state of the union. The best we can do as citizens is take care of ourselves and talk to people about things that matter like we are doing now. Even though we completely disagree I respect the fact that you have an opinion. You really want to help? Try talking to people and helping them generate their own opinions. Because most americans are ok with just getting by. Thats how we change. Thats how we start a new order

I agree with what you say, and I've stated what I've done and said that I'll be one of the first to take responsibility if our government fails us with in the next four years.

Making people generate their own opinions is a great thing, especially if we can get people to act and stand up for their opinions. I still believe that the fundamental reason why we don't get heard is because not enough of us are speaking up. Not enough people are educated enough on what's going on in their country. People just don't seem to actually care anymore. I can't name a sound politician because like I said I've been to busy worrying about what I'm going to eat or where I'm going to sleep or how I'm going to pay for schooling, trying to find a job, etc. All of those major distractions. I honestly only recently started paying attention and looking into what's happening in my government.

Congrats to you though, on contrary to my assumptions and judgements you actually tried and if our government fails us you can say that you tried to prevent it. I honestly appreciate the effort you put into helping.

I can agree on a non violent revolution, I just don't agree that we need to start from scratch.

Mel Gibson wrote a movie about the Mayan culture and how they roll. It’s dope too. If you’re interested in the day to day life of the Mayans then I highly suggest that you watch it. It’s called The Passion of the Christ. Everybody has bones in their noses and they’re all basically just dicks in general. There’s probably even a calendar in there too, you can hit pause and stare at it while you take in the magnificence of absolutely nothing special at all. Check it out…..and you’re welcome.