Yep, through the CFR and the Federal Reserve.
Madison peaked when he wrote our Constitution and Bill of Rights. He was awesome, but Dolly was the real deal.
Oh no!! Not the Covid!!
The Capitol Police are a bunch of Pension slap happy dumbasses. They are instructed to call a cab for our drunken ass Reps and tick off another day on their interminable float to retirement. They like it that way. If you have ever, seriously, considered waging a protest in DC; those jackasses would be way down on your action plan. They have never pulled their sidearm or learned it on a range. They have been hired based on their 'ethnicity' and if they have a penis or a vagina. Bonus points for being born with either and deciding you want to switch. None of these parameters are high on anyone's list of folks who would have your back. We could; peacefully, overrun both Houses in two or three hours, it's only resolve and determination that is required. Not one single Elite possesses either.
It is not, and will never be, solely the money. It is the Power and Authority; that was what gave our Founding Fathers fits, how to insure domestic tranquility from a centralized Federal Governance. They did their best. They instituted the best ruling government they could derive. Know this; attention, KNOW THIS: the Tenth Amendment specifically states; "“Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.” And here is the coup de grace; "“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” They tried so hard and succeeded beyond any other self ruling body. Those guys were smart. Way smarter than anyone of us. Yet, they knew they were building a three or four hundred Year Country. We are closing in on our three hundredth Year; we have let our 'Betters' force upon us quasi regulations based on bullshit that allowed them to dictate our Right to Assembly, Freedom of Religion, it's completely insane. People I respected are maskurbating in their trucks. Sorry to be a buzzkill; but I never grasped how many of my friends and Family are complete and utter dumbasses.
Hold up... are we the blue guys or the red? Can we stand on high ground or die in the valley? When do they teach us the L?
It pleases me no end that so few of the jackasses who yak on the MSM and the dominant web sites have ever caught a fish, gathered eggs out of the coop (I hated it so), milked a cow, hoed a corn row; raised or caught anything they have ever stuffed into their pie holes.
They are asking for it; they are in our face now. They think they've won; us folk are knuckleheads, radicals, dipshits, and all kind of 'words' they conjure out of their ass. Yet; they're running along splendidly.
Should've made my stand when Reagan moved on and I was younger. Sucks for me; I'm in my Fifties now and planned on coasting on the fruits of my labor.
The "Mask'urbator" mindset is symptomatic of our Societal collapse. All of us should have seen this coming. Most of us have not. Those of us who have are desperately involved with assuring; to the best of our ability, an honest to God, safe space for our Families. How much more will we take; when will the line be drawn, its coming and God help us all.
You're missing the most basic component; you can empathize and solve what you understand to be the 'problem', no worries. But; if you do not wake up five days a week and earn more than you cost, then you have no skin in the game. I apologize; I may have misconstrued your comment, my stance is we're all in this together and speaking for myself, I'm about done with the State of our Nation. If you purport all the benefits of a Socialists' Doctrine; I retract my apology and care not for your 'pride smashing' outlook. Constructive criticism offers one to build their character. Unfortunately most of us cannot handle any slight towards their self worth; they instantly assume that the other is degrading them. Used to be we grew out of that when we were in our early Twenties. Now we are indoctrinated; everybody excels in any pursuit that tickles their fancy while, also, herding them into the flock. As an aside; have you reasoned out your new Constitution? Figured out your preferred National Governance? I know many Veterans and yak with them all the time; I pulled up my texts and Emails/posts, not one single time of the eighty to one hundred times in all those messages did one of them fail to capitalize Constitution.
Not enough for the other 99.99% to shut down their livelihood.
George Carlin had a bit on this. He was funny sometimes but went off on tangents.
You need to quit catering to them. Tell them to get the hell out of the way. I just give them a 'Beep, beep' or whistle a back up note. No one has ever claimed that any society guarantees you the Right to do anything you want; our Nation was founded on insuring that you can succeed if you put in the effort. None of those slack asses did. I refuse to honor them based solely upon their ability to have a heart beat.
Love my Guv! I won't wear a mask. Go to my local Publix every week. No mask. Go out to eat, no mask. My wife bought me one and a 'cool' pull up slippy deal; nope, not going to happen. No one has ever said a word to me although I do get the occasional 'Karen' stare. She knows not to confront me without support from management and that has; so far, not been forthcoming.
I had a half asleep dream last night. Great Christmas with my Grandkids and Family; cold down here so got to snuggle up with my wife, attempting to just let my concerns drift off. Then, BOOM, Tick Tock; are they so confident that they hinted their intent? Is this a impending timer that they can giggle over? Have we been neutered to the point of indentured servants to people who's only concern is to enrich themselves and completely ignore our interests? Have they reached the point; that all Governments do eventually, that they assume they run our lives? I figured we were going to end like every other other attempt at self rule, I didn't see it coming in my lifetime though. We are run by the biggest bunch of worthless, shifty douchebags since Jackson got impeached and that is saying something.
The Blue States are attempting to manipulate the rest of us to bail their super cool, eight dollar Latte, free this and the other bitchin' life style. Father a child, meh. Gubmint will handle that. If you do not ante fucking up, you shouldn't be allowed to sit at the table. Those of us who do; under the shit show we are undergoing now, must either raise or call. We been calling for longer than any of us have been alive. Might be time to raise the pot. What do we have to lose?
If you make $100k a year you don't get a check. I missed out on the last one and won't get this one either.
I also chipped 31,000 last year and am past that already this year. I make too much money to get a check though. I try not to dwell on it because my angry vein starts to throb; plus I'm too busy making a living.
It is not the same. It is a mRNA and no mRNA vaccine has ever been approved by the FDA before this one. I sympathize with your predicament and respect your decision but; at least, educate yourself concerning the risks.
All of you need to read 'To Catch the Jew' by Tuvia Tenenbom. I'm not Jewish but I know enough not to talk shit about something I know nothing about. Obviously, none of you have ever been to Israel or Palestine and are guilty of following MSM doctrine unconditionally. You would serve yourselves better if you had a clue.
No. I will not stand or abide this usurpation of what I was raised and grew to respect and honor. Singly or with the rest of you guys; I ain't going down the road our 'betters' pave for us. We lack planning but we have mass.
Sorry, I assumed you were in your teens. Why haven't you taken the time to grasp the socialistic system? If you're an adult then act like one. Want to solve problems? Do so without my money. Name one Socialist Country. Just one. Understand that none of the Scandinavian Nations are socialist. So socialism is a political structure that dictates the 'People' control the means of production? Well... best of luck appointing the folks who decide from the bottom of their caring heart where you will work and what portion of your efforts you shall share. My bad; you're just a big picture person, us producers are content to let you big picture guys explain to us our foibles. Dumbass.
Well, it is Our Building; none of those folks chipped on construction costs, I'm figuring I did, and have; and, maybe will again. You're failing to understand the most basic hold they have on you. We elect those idiots. They do not; nor ever have, made an honest dollar all their live long lives. Their only power over us is what we have granted them. IT IS NOT THEIR BUIDING. IT IS OUR BUILDING. ALL OF DC WE BUILT.
No, they don't; they assume the logistics involved in a citizen upheaval dictate an administrative council/board/panel consisting of people whom can be bought off, it's simple: especially when they use those citizens money. It has always been thus, and it shall always be so. We all know the tried and true axioms, nothing is new on our World. Unfortunately, we are presented with a crux point; how we respond is up to us. Personally, I dread what we must do. It sucks ass to destroy the Nation that has maintained the longest peace we have ever known. I see only unrest and sacrifice down that fork. Yet, I only see that road; and drag me, kicking and screaming, I will go forth. We are either serious about this or we are not. I'm kind of figuring a push here and a smack there should do the job. We are the largest force ever built. It wasn't any politician who made what we are, no single person has ever been larger than all of us. We lack coordination and planning. Though our sheer numbers and power would win out in moments; we have a huge mountain to climb. Hence the maskurbators and no groups larger than six. You think all of that was just happenstance?
You can drive to your nearest Love's truck stop and drop twelve to fifteen dollars on a detailed topographical map. Heck; spend ten minutes on Duck Duck Go and you can print them out for free. As a Florida guy though, I can assuredly state that there isn't more than one hundred feet or so elevation variance on either I-10 or US 98 from Tally to Mobile. You could drive all the way to Houston or Dallas and not change your altitude by more than two or three hundred feet.
And you can buy them wholesale for chump change.
I'm with him. Since when are we supposed to just lie down and bow? I never got that memo. Every branch on my family tree has been rooted in the US from our acorn. I got nowhere else to hide even if I wanted to and, most assuredly; I do not. Somehow our current situation reminds me of an old truism; one that applies no matter your viewpoint, "Give them enough rope to hang themselves".