T'aint no Obama Drama. (pt 1?)

Oh where to start with this thought-line. This may end up being a multiple post simply due the length of what I have going round and round in my head.

First up: Talkin 'bout a Revolution.

Has anyone ever noted that all Socialist/marxist revolutionaries are rarely shown from anything other than shoulders up? Might that be due to all of the bodies piled up around them?
Sadly, its not just them though. No matter what: Revolution, Civil War, Police action, or even in the case of Syria lately, Civil protest; there will be piles of corpses. PILES. MASS GRAVES, you name it. Look into our own history that we are all so proud to pull up to show 'higher ground' and you find one of the bloodiest wars known to man. More dead in one battlefield than most of our other wars, internal or not combined. (the whole States vs Fed is another discussion)
Yet, there are glory hounds around every revolutionary in history. Che Guevara has(had) his following as well as George Washington or Thomas Jefferson. Just as there are many different personality types, there are nearly as many Revolutionaries to go around. Even Mohammed was a revolutionary in his time (and still inspires his followers with the same twisted inhuman zeal) Think about it hard enough and you will even see that Jesus was a revolutionary. (and you shouldn't have to think that hard about it.)

We have persons within our ranks that would like to be the leaders of said revolutionaries too. There is no escaping the fact that a successful revolution has to have a leader(s) but you must always question the motive behind said 'leaders'. There is one in our immediate ranks that is doing just that. Is he right? Is he wrong? I leave that for you to decide, or better yet, sit back and watch the facts fall into place. No matter how it falls out, it is a healthy move for those that are sick of the current situation in our country. If the one is dirty, it will be found out and corrected. If he isn't dirty, than we have a good leader. Win/win for the threepers, Freepers, Libertarians, etc etc etc. Not calling our leaders out for bad moves is one reason we are where we are as a country. We, our founders, established a corrective procedure that is as effective as allowing 4th graders to grade each others tests; with about as much moral backing to boot. This corrective measure is in a positive feedback loop. Once that happens, there is one of two options. Shut down the machine or allow it tear itself to pieces. Sometimes, the difference in the choice is irrelevant as the damage is done and the machine is not repairable. I think that we are in the state now where it matters not how if breaks, it has already failed. We may be able to use the frame again, but the guts of the machine are scrap.

SO, Revolution. Who wants one? Me? Not really. I may not like what we have and feel like an stranger in a strange land within my own country; but wanting a revolution? Not so much. When I was younger, Oh yeah! I was itching for a fight and wanted the whole shebang to go to hell in a handbasket. I was asked by a GF at the time a question that shut down my thoughts for a time.

"SO, you win the Revolution, who do you put in charge? Yourself? Run an election? Where do you start the rebuild?"

These are questions that need answered before you go running against the wind and start shit you can't finish. (I would like those 'would be leaders' to think long and hard on this question. Then post a proposal to the remainder of the community. Wonder how many would lose the backing of their followers when the narcissistic side shows it true colors?)

Another question we need to answer if there were to be a jump in that direction. Actually its the same question as above but it covers all, not just the leaders. See, the opposing side has a very finite view of what they want; We do not. Individualism? Ok, good one but explain that to the remaining 95% of the population and see how quickly eyes glaze over. Freedom? Good also but I have to say there is a good 80% of the population that would end up cowering in a closet in fear if given true liberty. There has to be a damned good answer to the questions; they have to have concise answers that can be understood by the average HS freshman. The simpler the better.


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This morning on the start of my shift, I was listening to Coast to Coast. Funny how little the 'rapture' attracted my attention, but they had a guest speaker on there to discuss the ramifications of the non-event.
He scared the hell out of me. NOT because of his views on the fallacy of trusting a three time loser prophet but his socio-psychological views. This guy was as serious a Marxist as K. Marx was. He kept hinting around "better Government" to legislate away Personality traits that don't meet approval. (I am imagining his approval of course) He even went so far as to call it a SociaDemocracy.


THAT is our enemy. Him and all those like him that think you can legislate people to do good.
That is not Obama Drama, thats a damned fact. IF we were so damned successful at legislating good, why do we, as a country have the highest ratio of Civilian to Prison population in the world? (oh, its because they can't just outright eliminate them yet. That would be too reminiscent of Stalin and PolPot.)

More to come soon. Right now my brain is running like a squirrel in the road. Gotta slow down some so I don't get squitched.