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Take Back America
    #13976330 - 02/16/11 10:01 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

It's time we take to the streets in the US and protest.

We need to protest the banks, unemployment, government waste, balooning deficit, government corruption, graft, taxes, and wasted public money.

Protest social security scams, stock market scams, and the government.

We need to protest the legal system and the incarceration rate of nonviolent crimes.

When are we going to take to the street like Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain?

What would you protest?  What do you think?


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Raw]
    #13976353 - 02/16/11 10:04 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Any idea of "freedom" that you think we have is an illusion, we have the exact amount of freedom that they want us to have. If it's in their plans for us to protest, then it will happen. The revolution will not be televised.

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Re: Take Back America [Re: pfxtc]
    #13976359 - 02/16/11 10:05 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

The army will be against you guys. It wouldn't work just because of that.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: The Vapor]
    #13976389 - 02/16/11 10:09 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

yeah.

They would say anti-freedom terror cell used magic mushrooms to turn teens in to gay suicide bombers or something and then spores would be illegal.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Larrythescaryrex]
    #13976725 - 02/16/11 11:13 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Good luck.
You can't fight city hall; fight with guerilla warfare, fight for yourself. IMO This war is already lost.

The U.S. is not like other countries. America it better than most people in the world, face it.  We don't need to fight to survive, because here in America people fight over money and materials, and power. The American citizen is powerless in the face of the law. Most people are dumb, the world turns fast. Look at our history. The laws do not aim to protect, they aim to keep power where it is and keep the powerless stupid and quiet.

If anyone was to lead a revolution, what strategy would they use and how many would follow? I doubt there would be a quick way to do it. Or an effective way. People would be too stupid or scared to rebel. Maybe some Christianity-related scheme could get 'em going. Still you would need some powerful figures on your side, and a healthy dose of violence. IMO it is a lost cause and as a powerless American individual it is wiser to stay introverted in your own little bubble as the world crumbles. This thing is bigger than you. Hopefully you will be dead before the shit really hits the fan. You never know, though.

Change in the law may happen but it will happen slow, slower than you will want. Life is short, fend for yourself and do what is important to you, know your priorities. Distance yourself from society as it implodes. Try not to contribute to it, try not to ignore it but know your limits.

Live for the :feelsgoodman:

Kick back, relax, get high, continue your illegal activities.
Or do whatever you think will work, realistically. Change the world!
Educate and affect the people you know. :mushroom2:


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Re: Take Back America [Re: mirage]
    #13976742 - 02/16/11 11:18 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

The revolution is now, the revolution is you.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Raw]
    #13976760 - 02/16/11 11:21 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Banks are good, unemployment isn't something to protest, government waste is gonna happen no matter what, deficit the same, as long as there are human beings there will be corruption, taxes are good.

Stock market scams are individual crimes where people are incarcerated by the government you hate so much.



If I were to protest anything, it would be the fact you can't smoke in bars anymore...  Bars are for degenerate slobs and party goers that don't want, nor deserve fresh air.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Raw]
    #13976793 - 02/16/11 11:29 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

There's nothing worth protesting for as of right now. Besides, there are plenty of other hippies out there to take my place amongst the ranks of liberal droids.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: meatcakeman]
    #13976803 - 02/16/11 11:31 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Liberal droids?  I thought the tea party took over the fruit cake protesting population?

No one knows what the fuck they're talking about on either side... American protests = circus freak show.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Sprezzatura]
    #13976814 - 02/16/11 11:33 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

We have to realize that in order to have a free-market economy we must accept the fact that the market, unemployment, and other figures will have to fluctuate.  We will never be at equilibrium for very long, but we will have time of economic prosper as well.  It just takes time.....

IMO when our generation gets into office we will get our revolution.  This also just takes time, our generation is thinking more radical then ever.  Frankly, we have to wait for the old-time thinkers to die for modern day thinkers to weed their way up the ranks to actually pull some weight in the country.

I believe we are gonna get what we want.  This really is a land for the people, but being the younger generation our ideas just dont pull weight yet


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Kanos]
    #13976832 - 02/16/11 11:36 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

uh, what's your generation?  I mean, how old are you?


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Sprezzatura]
    #13976838 - 02/16/11 11:37 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Sprezzatura said:
uh, what's your generation?  I mean, how old are you?




I guess I never thought about that.  Im 21, im assuming thats FAIRLY close to the average age of the site. 

Maybe im wrong though...


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Kanos]
    #13976852 - 02/16/11 11:40 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

its my dream for the american sheeple to wake up and take to the streets in protest. i'd be the guy with a rag around my mouth throwing the tear gas grenades back at the riot police.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: JesusGoneRogue]
    #13976862 - 02/16/11 11:42 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

You all are terrorists and tea baggers with hitler signs  :Trollface:


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Re: Take Back America [Re: JesusGoneRogue]
    #13976869 - 02/16/11 11:43 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Theres never gonna be a american protest, they would have to take away there TV's, beef, or something to get them united and off there ass's.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Kanos]
    #13976875 - 02/16/11 11:43 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I'm 27, not far off... the thing is though, the generations before us wanted similar things, some things they got, some things they didn't.  I agree some things will 'progress' as the generations evolve, but you're still going to have people with opposing view points no matter what their age is.

I party with guys who are 60 and still in bands and shit... I go on vacations with people in their 30's, and we all have pretty much the same kinds of ideas despite the age gap.

I see where you're coming from, but remember, nothing you're thinking has never been thought of before and no matter what generation it is, nothing is going to happen in any direction without a force moving it.
Things wont just 'Get better' with generations to come.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Enthrall]
    #13976881 - 02/16/11 11:44 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

The shit is starting to go down in WI, teachers are storming the capitol city over losing rights to unionize. They closin' schools and shit.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Sprezzatura]
    #13976883 - 02/16/11 11:44 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

The countries of the middle east live without many of the luxuries us Americans get. They protest and rebel for real shit.
Americans are actually some of the more spoiled in the world...
Goes to show the sad state of humans...
We all want to live nicely though, without the Man intruding and stealing our hard-earned cash. Don't know if any of us will live to see that day, especially not legally. If you want to get close you could build yourself a self-sustainable home, off the radar, grow all the drugs you want, grow all your own resources.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Larrythescaryrex]
    #13976887 - 02/16/11 11:45 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Larrythescaryrex said:
The shit is starting to go down in WI, teachers are storming the capitol city over losing rights to unionize. They closin' schools and shit.



is their hope after all?


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Re: Take Back America [Re: mirage]
    #13976891 - 02/16/11 11:46 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Living off the radar?  Sorry man, you're dreaming if you think that's possible.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: JesusGoneRogue]
    #13976895 - 02/16/11 11:47 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

No, because unlike other unions, teachers can be arrested for striking.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Larrythescaryrex]
    #13976905 - 02/16/11 11:49 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

hope is dead. the american dream is a bullshit lie.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Raw]
    #13976908 - 02/16/11 11:49 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Raw said:
It's time we take to the streets in the US and protest.

We need to protest the banks, unemployment, government waste, balooning deficit, government corruption, graft, taxes, and wasted public money.

Protest social security scams, stock market scams, and the government.

We need to protest the legal system and the incarceration rate of nonviolent crimes.

When are we going to take to the street like Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain?

What would you protest?  What do you think?



I'm actually satisfied with my life in USA. I work pretty hard and have enough money to go out for food and drinks pretty much whenever I want and smoke all the dank week I want. I won't be taking to the streets any time soon. Wish I could legally smoke weed and use psychedelics, but legality doesn't stop me anyways:shrug:


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Sprezzatura]
    #13976922 - 02/16/11 11:50 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Sprezzatura said:
Living off the radar?  Sorry man, you're dreaming if you think that's possible.




It's as close as you're gonna get. Even then you're tied down; you need money and land and materials. But it's very possible to live low-key. :shrug:


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Re: Take Back America [Re: nicechrisman]
    #13976924 - 02/16/11 11:51 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

for now


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Re: Take Back America [Re: AsAboveSoBelow]
    #13976933 - 02/16/11 11:53 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Oh you guys are such anti establishment rebels. You don't realize how good we really have it here.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: JesusGoneRogue]
    #13976946 - 02/16/11 11:55 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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JesusGoneRogue said:
hope is dead. the american dream is a bullshit lie.



Why do you say that? Guess what, I grew up poor(still am) took out a shitload of loans to come to a university to get a degree and put myself out there to try and start a career and begin a new life and change my future.  So far, my future is very bright in my opinion.  I love this country, my only beef is its backward ass drug laws but things, they're a slowly changin.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: nicechrisman]
    #13976948 - 02/16/11 11:55 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Oh you guys are such anti establishment rebels. You don't realize how good we really have it here.



Establishment! Establishment! you know whats best for me! :jamming:


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Sprezzatura]
    #13976950 - 02/16/11 11:56 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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I'm 27, not far off... the thing is though, the generations before us wanted similar things, some things they got, some things they didn't.  I agree some things will 'progress' as the generations evolve, but you're still going to have people with opposing view points no matter what their age is.

I party with guys who are 60 and still in bands and shit... I go on vacations with people in their 30's, and we all have pretty much the same kinds of ideas despite the age gap.

I see where you're coming from, but remember, nothing you're thinking has never been thought of before and no matter what generation it is, nothing is going to happen in any direction without a force moving it.
Things wont just 'Get better' with generations to come.




Well, generally, similar minds draw together.  But the older folks you party with are not in congress.  The generation that is in office right now (1950's to 1960's) were WAY more conventional.  Hippies were a SMALL part of the population.  But today the general population thinks freely and more openly about ideas that were before considered immensely taboo.  I still think there hope in a free voting government.  I mean, when are generation gets the main voting power we will have gay marriage, stem-cell research, and anything else that had formerly been retarded by traditional views.

My point is more of America is liberal then ever before.  Religion is openly patronized by many, and is becoming less believable by the day.  Pot is viewed in the media openly and positively (Although sometimes stereotyping)....everything points towards not a revolution, but a change in the dispersement in power.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Sprezzatura]
    #13976955 - 02/16/11 11:57 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Liberal droids?  I thought the tea party took over the fruit cake protesting population?

No one knows what the fuck they're talking about on either side... American protests = circus freak show.




Depends on where you live I suppose. In California, liberals complain about everything.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: nicechrisman]
    #13976960 - 02/16/11 11:58 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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Oh you guys are such anti establishment rebels. You don't realize how good we really have it here.




for now




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Re: Take Back America [Re: AsAboveSoBelow]
    #13976979 - 02/17/11 12:02 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I think this country is def. on the right direction.  Look at the gay movement, that shit wouldn't fly 100 years ago, look where they are now, gettin all civil unioned up n shit in 6 states and soon to be 7 if Hawaii goes that way.

Look at Uganda now, they're trying to imprison homos for life.  This country is ballin compared to other places.  Christ, you get executed in many countries for drugs.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: PreparationH]
    #13988036 - 02/19/11 12:22 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Down with the monetary system. Up with a resource bases economy!


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Re: Take Back America [Re: mikeybagz]
    #13988041 - 02/19/11 12:23 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)



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Re: Take Back America [Re: Larrythescaryrex]
    #13988161 - 02/19/11 12:50 AM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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No, because unlike other unions, teachers can be arrested for striking.





The people really are not supporting the teachers anyway. Really the privet sector had to adapt to changing economic realities years ago; why shouldn't the public sector? Why are they so special -or rather- why do they think they're so special? Privet sector workers don't even get pensions anymore; why should public sector workers?

They will still be able to collectively bargain on their salaries; just not on pensions and such. That's smart because the pensions are the real problem anyway.

Really these public sector union folks are going to have a very hard time getting sympathy no matter how many people they bus in from out of town/state. It's really nice that they get to take paid sick time to have their little tantrum; what about the parents that have to stay home from work to watch their kids because schools are closed?

The more I think about it the more the concept of a "teacher's union" bothers me. Teachers are supposed to educate our children; so it is imperative that they do their jobs as best as humanly possible. Teacher's unions look after the best interests of the teachers and not the students.

Unions tend to treat all their members equally; they tend to not recognize performance that is above and beyond nor do they allow underperforming workers to be punished. This is what is really starting to bug me: there are teachers out their that have no business in front of a classroom because of union protection.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: setb]
    #13995771 - 02/20/11 01:54 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

The only reason it wouldn't work is because this country is full of pussies that have so much doubt. We will have change in the country when our citizens stop giving a fuck what happens to them and start caring about the country as a whole. But alas, it will never happen because our young people are the ones that need to do the protesting and all of them don't see the bigger picture. Once we become so uncomfortable that we have nothing to lose, then we will take to the streets. Until then.. our country will continue to be full of selfish fucks.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Lucent]
    #13995934 - 02/20/11 02:27 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

I'm with ya OP, I'll meet you in front of city hall.




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Re: Take Back America [Re: Raw]
    #13995939 - 02/20/11 02:29 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

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When are we going to take to the street like Tunisia, Egypt, and Bahrain?




Never. When you DO take to the streets its going to be a bloodbath.

Think of the Egypt situation, how would the US government respond to that? And how many of your protesters would be armed and escalate brutal nonlethal force to lethal force?

Your government would handle it like China did, call on the army and send in veterans fresh from the war and deal with your initially nonviolent protest the American way.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Asante]
    #13997806 - 02/20/11 08:31 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

What will you accomplish with this revolution? Switch off the power system to a different set of hands? who really have no obligation to follow through on any of there promises? To accomplish real revolution in this modern era the people need to take back the means of production into our own hands, in doing so taking back the direction of there future. we need to stop thinking strictly of our own selfish gain and be prepared to work towards something for the successive generations after us. activism isnt enough you gotta go out there and get shit down, contribute physically and monetarily its not enough to be a armchair activist, actually going out there and inciting change is the difference between a activist and a revolutionary


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Bodhi of Ankou]
    #13997991 - 02/20/11 08:54 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

reminds me of this song.


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Re: Take Back America [Re: collie man]
    #13998136 - 02/20/11 09:14 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

Awesome song man :yesnod:


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Re: Take Back America [Re: Bodhi of Ankou]
    #13998649 - 02/20/11 10:37 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

You need to listen to this bit on revolution



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Re: Take Back America [Re: PreparationH]
    #13998781 - 02/20/11 11:06 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

where did the laws come from that were formed in homo-slaying, drug-trafficker-killing, countries?




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Re: Take Back America [Re: mirage]
    #13998877 - 02/20/11 11:25 PM (12 years, 11 months ago)

:super: head for the hills


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