Mock the vote
The Price of Liberty
by David Heleniak
10/27/08
Our political system is a farce. This year, we have running for president a warmonger who’s a reluctant socialist versus a socialist who’s a reluctant warmonger. We have two parties that claim they’re different, but when the Establishment, the Complex, our shadowy overlords, whatever you want to call them, really want something, they get it. When the Establishment wanted the Bailout in the face of almost universal grassroots opposition, they got it. When the Complex wanted immunity to the telecoms who knowingly spied on Americans, they got it. When our shadowy overlords wanted stormtroopers to brutally stifle protesters during the party conventions, they got it. But even if voters had a real choice, and even if the politicians followed the majority will on issues that matter, the system would still, most likely, be a farce...
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/08/10/27/heleniak.htm
How I plan to vote
The Libertarian Enterprise
by L. Neil Smith
10/26/08
I am tired of being a political orphan in a country that was supposed to be all about liberty. … In the short run, however, there is only one thing to do, and I intend to do it — and encourage everybody within the sound of my cybernetic voice to do it, too. Cast a blank. I have no use for those who fastidiously disdain to protect themselves or their loved ones, either with weapons or by voting defensively. I tried that path for a while, myself, and it leads directly to where we are now, a broken subject people, nearly in chains. Cast a blank. That’s a technical term for something every professional politico detests. You never hear about it on the news, and you probably never will, but it’s the best way that exists to send a message to the establishment...
http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2008/tle490-20081026-02.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warmonger
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bailout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=telecoms
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=elections+2008
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=L.+Neil+Smith
by David Heleniak
10/27/08
Our political system is a farce. This year, we have running for president a warmonger who’s a reluctant socialist versus a socialist who’s a reluctant warmonger. We have two parties that claim they’re different, but when the Establishment, the Complex, our shadowy overlords, whatever you want to call them, really want something, they get it. When the Establishment wanted the Bailout in the face of almost universal grassroots opposition, they got it. When the Complex wanted immunity to the telecoms who knowingly spied on Americans, they got it. When our shadowy overlords wanted stormtroopers to brutally stifle protesters during the party conventions, they got it. But even if voters had a real choice, and even if the politicians followed the majority will on issues that matter, the system would still, most likely, be a farce...
http://www.thepriceofliberty.org/08/10/27/heleniak.htm
How I plan to vote
The Libertarian Enterprise
by L. Neil Smith
10/26/08
I am tired of being a political orphan in a country that was supposed to be all about liberty. … In the short run, however, there is only one thing to do, and I intend to do it — and encourage everybody within the sound of my cybernetic voice to do it, too. Cast a blank. I have no use for those who fastidiously disdain to protect themselves or their loved ones, either with weapons or by voting defensively. I tried that path for a while, myself, and it leads directly to where we are now, a broken subject people, nearly in chains. Cast a blank. That’s a technical term for something every professional politico detests. You never hear about it on the news, and you probably never will, but it’s the best way that exists to send a message to the establishment...
http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2008/tle490-20081026-02.html
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=warmonger
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=bailout
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=telecoms
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=elections+2008
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=L.+Neil+Smith
rudkla - 27. Okt, 09:33
