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Re: Attention Activists: =?windows-1252?Q?It=92s_Time_to_G?=

by Mountainy <assereto@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 12, 2008 at 09:31 PM

If you lived through Vietnam you would know that demonstrations are VERY 
effective.

Reggie wrote:
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http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/jesse-richards-commentary/19-jesses-thoughts/771-attention-activists-its-time-to-grow-up-

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> Attention Activists: It’s Time to Grow Up
> Written by Jesse Richard
> 
> This is a message to all the well meaning people out there who try their

> best to make this world a better place, but in fact have no impact on 
> the world, whatsoever. It is time to take your activism seriously.
> 
> The time has come to stop your ineffective tantrums and get serious. 
> There are two ways to effect change when it comes to government: passive

> resistance and revolution. Our republic is broken and we no longer have 
> representatives in government. Constantly asking our elected 
> representatives to legislate on our behalf is not only a waste of time, 
> but also totally unnecessary in a government that no longer represent
us..
> 
> Actually it is a Catch-22. We live in a communication age. We have the 
> Internet, e-mail, cell phones, land phones, faxes, postal mail and 
> megaphones with which to contact anyone, anywhere, at any time of the 
> day or night. Still, we are told to get on buses and trains so we can 
> march in Wa****ngton DC to tell a handful of government officials who 
> don’t even know we are there to do what they were elected to do.
> 
> The only legitimate purpose of such a trip at this point in time should 
> be to remove those ineffective representatives and leaders and replace 
> them with people who would honor their oaths of office and actually 
> represent the people who put them there!
> 
> I keep getting e-mail and phone calls from organizations asking me to 
> attend “vigils” to take back the nation. Let me tell you 
> something...vigils are to activism what masturbation is to ***. It might

> make you feel good but nobody else benefits. At least call it what it 
> is...a whining defeat celebration. Why not use your time effectively, 
> like getting people together to plan real change rather than real
noise....
> 
> More....
>
http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/editorial/jesse-richards-commentary/19-jesses-thoughts/771-attention-activists-its-time-to-grow-up-

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 2 Posts in Topic:
Attention Activists: =?windows-1252?Q?It=92s_Time_to_Grow_?=
Reggie <Reggie501@[EMA  2008-03-26 00:20:24 
Re: Attention Activists: =?windows-1252?Q?It=92s_Time_to_G?=
Mountainy <assereto@[E  2008-04-12 21:31:42 

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