Gabriel,
You'e welcome.
Gabriel,
Nice statement. Shouldn't ruffle any feathers.
The real question is how the lines of the contest are drawn and who is on which side.
It will be good to have you on our side.
John
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Subject: Re: Sons of Liberty Riders web-tv spotThanks for the introduction John,
As you all know the 'engineering of consent' has reached the point where they are now engineering our apathy. Our schools do not teach kids to think, our media does not report what we need to know, and our parties are more interested in themselves than our country. Last November millions of people went to the polls, repeated what they had been told and walked out leaving their constitutional rights unchecked on the ballot.
Unlike the social democracies of Europe, it is not the American way to use policy to curb behavior. We act on our principles and allow others the same freedom. I was entertained to hear arguments for liberty return to the national conversation, and saddened to see that people like 'Birther' Bill Posey were their result. At times it is necessary for Americans to be civilly disobedient, even violently when necessary. The actions of Bradley Manning were illegal, but that does not make them wrong. Our failure to educate people is so clear in their actions. Just as the economic policies being proposed by the nonsensical talking heads that represent us fail to equal out, so do the over bearing reactions we see when someone tries to exercise their American ethic. What Bradley did was wrong, but what was going on was wrong as well. It all comes back to simple math, multiply two negatives to make a positive, when faced with unjust laws... MLK said it best "An
individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law."