texpatriot2004
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Tue Dec-14-04 03:03 PM
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Election fraud as related to our perceived powerlessness |
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Edited on Tue Dec-14-04 03:26 PM by texpatriot2004
It's time to take our power back!
Could it be that our complacency, our apathy, our resistance to believing in election fraud is related to our feelings of powerlessness? You know, that hopeless feeling of it happened but there's nothing we can do about it.
It's like we turned our power over to others. In theory at least, our government, our historical documents, give the power to the people. Why have we relinquished this power? Why are we so apathetic?
The talk on the other thread about resistance reminded me of Nelson Mandela's quote:
Our Deepest Fear Is Not That We Are Inadequate Our Deepest Fear Is That We Are Powerful Beyond Measure It Is Our Light, Not Our Darkness That Most Frightens Us.
We Ask Ourselves, Who Am I To Be Brilliant, Gorgeous, Talented And Fabulous Actually, Who Are You Not To Be You Are A Child Of God Your Playing Small Doesn’t Serve The World. There Is Nothing Enlightened About Shrinking So That Other People Won’t Feel Insecure Around You.
We Were Born To Make Manifest The Glory Of God That Is Within Us. It’s Not Just In Some Of Us; It’s In Everyone. And When We Let Our Own Light Shine, We Unconsciously Give Other People Permission To Do The Same. As We Are Liberated From Our Own Fear, Our Presence Automatically Liberates Others.
Nelson Mandela – 1994 Inaugural speech New Warrior - Philadelphia
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Tue Dec-14-04 03:08 PM
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1. Thank you for remembering this |
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and putting it on the forum.
The Bush Crime family and their cohorts have seemingly made the American public powerless.
You need to find a leader soon if you are going to survive the worst phase of American history - NOW!!!
Jacob Matthan Oulu, Finland
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texpatriot2004
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Tue Dec-14-04 03:10 PM
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2. Anybody familiar with the "Learned Helplessness" theory? |
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Edited on Tue Dec-14-04 03:10 PM by texpatriot2004
In psychology, Seligman wrote the book.
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Lydia Guerra
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Tue Dec-14-04 03:31 PM
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3. Written by Marianne Williamson not Nelson Mandela |
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Fine thing for my first post - making a correction! This quote is fantastic. It has been posted on my bulletin board at work and 'fridge at home for years. It was written by Marianne Williamson in her book, "A Return to Love" (Harper Collins, 1993) and quoted by Nelson Mandela, South Africa.
Give credit where it is due. Thanks.
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Tue Dec-14-04 04:29 PM
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4. I read her too. I like her. I thought he said it and she used it. n/t |
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Tue Dec-14-04 07:13 PM
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Wed Dec-15-04 12:57 AM
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- been lurking long enough -
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Wed Dec-15-04 01:00 AM
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14. Welcome Lydia. We all do the lurk thing. Glad you've joined our forces. |
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Tue Dec-14-04 04:39 PM
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5. 51 million have a lot of economic power |
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Tue Dec-14-04 04:58 PM
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6. Yes indeed, how can we harnass and use it, direct it laser like? |
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Edited on Tue Dec-14-04 04:58 PM by texpatriot2004
And there is always the Power of One as well.
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Tue Dec-14-04 05:10 PM
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That is empowering, and so true.
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Tue Dec-14-04 05:55 PM
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8. Isn't it though. I know the darkness, it's familiar, the light...now |
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that can be scary. Still, I love the light.
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Wed Dec-15-04 12:34 PM
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15. Thanks for the kicks ya'll |
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Wed Dec-15-04 12:41 PM
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16. Its not only powerlessness. Its injustice. |
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This isn't fair. We played the game by the rules but the other team didn't, and then we realized that they owned the referees and the umpires, so we never even had a chance. When we make appeals we are just going through the motions in a system which appears to be fair but it thoroughly corrupted.
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