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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:37 PM
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if you were a modern day Founding Father/Mother, what would you do?
to revolt against king george and start a new government, in 200 words or less.
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politicaholic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:40 PM
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1. Allow Texas to form their own country...
Look, I solved it in 7 words.
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mopaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:42 PM
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2. me? legalize weed. enforce the 10 commdmts or ignore them,
make give america back to the original owners. make elected officials live on minimum wage.
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sweetheart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:58 PM
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12. I like your last idea a lot
All elected public servants should have to live on minimum wage.
You don't come to the public sector to get rich, you do it because
your heart is in the right place and it is your calling... i really
like that idea.... well combined with bulldozing K-street.

Myself, i'd legallize weed and nationalize the federal reserve making
its offices elected and its owners the citizens of the country.
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Peace Patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:44 PM
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3. Throw Diebold and ES&S election theft machines into 'Boston Harbor' NOW!
nuf said.
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:45 PM
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4. Enforce all the articles of the Constitution and all the amendments
especially of the Bill of Rights.
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leftupnorth Donating Member (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:45 PM
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5. We need a Boston Tea Party type of event
What are we gonna throw into the harbor in protest?

How 'bout the voting machines?
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leftupnorth Donating Member (657 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:47 PM
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7. wow, PeacePat
great minds think alike
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philarq Donating Member (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:45 PM
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6. Reconsider the problems with George III
Edited on Mon Jan-09-06 06:46 PM by philarq
But is it time to raise an army?
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Selatius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:51 PM
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8. Advocating secession, which is probably considered sedition
Edited on Mon Jan-09-06 06:52 PM by Selatius
If I were a Revolutionary Era soldier, I'd be damned to fight for a new government that ends up as corrupt and destructive of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as this government has proven.

Once secession is complete, I'd say the independent states should form a new government. The lower house should be built on proportional representation, and the upper house should be arranged much like the current Senate. Once several prerequisites are met, people should be empowered to remove legislators and presidents from power and pass laws directly through petitions and referenda. It would be a semi-direct democracy like Switzerland.
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:52 PM
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9. Contract Burt Rutan and Sir Richard Branson...
...To develop a sovereign space station, and move there.

This Administration is wrecking the US governments ability to move into space. I think the private sector, left to its own devices, will do what the Government and NASA and space visionaries have been promising for the last 45 years, but failing to deliver.

Private enterprise can get into orbit. It can go to the moon for the resources to build in Earth orbit. It can move on from there in a sustainable manner to Mars.

With the right people, it not only can. It WILL.

And once they've gotten a foothold, they can tell these bastards on Earth to go to Hell. Or better yet, just leave them behind and let them go to Hell all on their own. That's something they seem capable of.

Were I a Founding Father.
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DanCa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:52 PM
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10. Spill a whole bunch of Bush Beans into the harbor
and begin a new revolution. :D
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LisaL Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 06:56 PM
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11. I put an amendment into the constitution-no one with last name
"Bush", or related to Bushes in any way, shape or form should be allowed anywhere near the government.
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damntexdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 07:01 PM
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13. If I were a Founding Father today, I'd be ...
turning over in my grave.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 07:02 PM
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14. Roll in my grave.
n/t
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stellanoir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 07:18 PM
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15. first of all, I'd rebell against the 200 word dictum. . .
Edited on Mon Jan-09-06 07:35 PM by stellanoir
then I'd print this lengthy diatribe. . .

Scrolled below is the far shorter (7 pages) version of my recent plethora of writing. It was sent out with some slight variations on 11/11. There is a link to more recent writing at the very end of this sending and in the middle is another link wherein I quote a laundry lists of the crimes of this god forsaken "misadministration."

I now have 100 additional pages from which I'll spare your inbox at present. The writing is morphing into a book which has several working titles. It is spiritual, political, addresses some issues of religiosity, history, and believe it or not is at times, really humorous. I will be willing to forward additional writing, but only to those who request it specifically.

Just to be topical, here are the latest crafted 3 paragraphs and a really pertinent quotation:

"As the echo chamber quibbles over midterm elections and potential impeachment or mere spurious censure. With partisan control of 80% of the voting machinery, the three branches of government and the media, my sparkled & feathered "angelic & cosmic sledgehammer" tells me that is more than likely a total long shot. We haven't time or resources to further fritter away everything of lasting value for that much longer. We need these unelected corrupt morons, & greedy selfish sadistic criminals to resign post haste. Consider demanding nothing less.

> "The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which all
> other rights are protected. To take away this right is to reduce a man to
> slavery." Thomas Paine

Now. . . "How does that make you feel. . .?"

I'll be watching for a while and then may just post plan C. You're all gonna love it : ) But here is a clue. . .when someone is continually lackadaisically incompetent and ignores rules long established, does one continue to keep that person in their employ. . .or what. . .?

A greatly encouraging full page ad appeared in the much besmirched "Blue Lady" sponsored by the most "unpatriotic" ACLU on 12/28. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2005/12/29/05855/837
When perchance did it become so unamerican to stand up for civil rites of individuals anyway? hmmmmm. "

Have a nice day,
stella

"17 tricks or Weapons of Massive Reconstruction & Global Amelioration"

As honest Abe once quilled, so succinctly. . .

"The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the (sometimes) stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew, and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country."

I rather presumptuously, further, and amend ,, . . . "and surely, our planet, in it's entirety."

We were at a much greater distance to the halo of the photon belt at the time when he so-o-o insightfully wrote that.

So go figure.

Just moments before the global peace meditation, which occurred on October 29th,at midday, I had initially intended, to meditate in my most humble yurt. When the energy of a larger than life loving being, of whom preciously few are aware, suddenly swooped into my consciousness, guiding me, ever so playfully, to go down to my friendly neighborhood local power spot. I joked at the time, that the entity was pulling my hair to get my attention to do so. Though larger than life, loving beings, do not really behave in that way. Yet, they sometimes pretend to do so, and seem to enjoy it enormously.

You see, I live luckily, in a beauteous but sleepy, little seaside berg in South Coastal New England.

Wild goose parties often occur, in seeming perpetuity, in the winter here, in fields, over which, at other times, they truly soar. In stunningly perfect, V shaped formations. By being ever mindful, of how to take turns. They fly with the one in the lead, demurring in astonishingly graceful and humble synchronicity, as though perhaps choreographed by Ariel. It is a marvelous reminder of a group mind, capable of soaring as one, by knowing all too well, how to simply take turns.

"Goose parties have always made me verrry happy," and will more than likely, always do so. . The cacophony of their squawking in the fields perhaps negotiating tactics, will always crack me up. It's so-o-o nice to be "easily amused."

At the end of the southernmost tip of the peninsula upon which I live, is a longish wall, which is bordered by a vast array of smallish stones. To the east, there are lots of rose hips that grow, some wild black raspberry bushes are secretly interspersed ( but don't tell anyone .) Beyond those, field grass grows.. Sometimes, cows idly graze, on the Eastern side of a fence, as well. A few more larger stones, are towards the west, by the shore. They seem to rest, in far greater permanence. Then further south, there is lots and lots of sand. There is a gentle precipice, that rises quietly, to the East towards the end. Though at the verry end, always and ineffably, is a sandbar.

The access to this place might appear to be intermittent as it is often awash at high tide. Though one always has option to immerse feet in the water or sometimes walk on water if need be. There are small islands to either side of the sandbar, not far offshore, and a there is a lighthouse to the west. It is one of those wondrously panoramic places though the vibrations there are unique, or so they seem to be to me.

For many years I've referred to this place as "the end of the world" though I have done so implying full transcendence, which is diametrically opposed to the more fearful visions of apocalypse to which others most sadly, still cling.

Having tripped over more than a couple more notorious power spots or two in my time, this is a place of equal though far different intensity. It is a place of peace.

To my sometimes limited knowledge, "the end of the world", has seen no intentional bloodshed over the course of time. It certainly feels as such anyway.

Sporadically, over the past twelve years, when certain energies have abounded, I have gone to this power spot and done various kinds of geomancing.(one invaluable and simple technique is explained below*).

When I arrived at the power spot, on that particular Saturday at midday, as I had innumerable times before, the energies were verrry different. It was as though I had most unwittingly ambled through a vortex into the future.

With the Creatrix as my witness, I swear that in all my myriad of memories and incalculable astral journeys and fumbling forays of lives on this sphere, never have I ever felt so much love, or peace, or blissfully expansive yet tranquil energy.

And I also will swear, on a towering stack of ephemerides that this energy is heading towards a theater, then an even more palpable reality, accessible to ALL, and will be available in the not too distant future. : )

The peace I felt on that Saturday though, was in the future. It was global and even further, felt virtually totally universal. There was a far scarcer veil separating potential and form. It felt as though no souls were suffering any longer anywhere on this whole entire sphere. The energy was absolutely magically charged and was completely awe inspiring, thanks to the many true souls selflessly focusing on peace in the world.

Gaia then thanked me in advance for writing this, and other more humorous things as well. Never have I ever felt such a enormous embrace from her or ever, ever, ever, felt so deeply affirmed.

As many others have concurred, within seven years, ALL will have opportunity to feel mostly as I felt during those preciously wondrous magical moments. Yet with the participation of more true souls it could happen much sooner.

Healing and redemption of the planet and all those who dwell here has been preordained for quite some time now. Yet, oh what a purge we've had to endure over most recent years.

However, guidance emphatically suggests if more true souls ("you will know them by their humor" ), participate actively in the mendings the more gentle the transition will be from where we are now to where we will be.

Participation in mendings requires, at present, and for a while, only eight tricks and preciously few onerous constraints for true souls:

1. Living creatively. "with mercy for all and malice towards none."

2. Visualizing the planet bathed in a regal violet light at least once daily
("Purple rain, purple""reign". . .: )

3. Inspiring as many smiles as is possible in each and every day by
cracking as many uplifting jokes as often as is possible especially with
strangers (as opposed to those that are mean spirited. ..see a certain
"fearful leader"'s so-called sense of humor for reference) you see, best
humor is never intended to be expense of others though sometimes and
more funnily seems to be at expense of self.

4. And figuring eight (very simple technique explained below*) when you
sense imbalances, and/or once daily for just a minute or two

5. Be kind to and honor your true self not just the mask of little self and
don't be at all spooked by or react to scary masks of others who are not
quite aware as yet.

6. Consider cultivating more patience in perpetuity whilst adjusting and
responding swiftly to all peripeteia

7. Recognize one's own genuine auric field to be both selectively
permeable and fully operational

8. Recognize also and honor inherent sacred nature of sexuality in all (and
really consider avoiding porn like the plague) maybe perhaps make
more love instead, that is, if someone both willing and suitable is within
reasonable proximity or if a teleportation devise is accessible and
nearby.

*A very long time ago, guidance taught me to raise my hands over my head and envision my spiritual source. In a similar manner, I have also drawn down specific planetary and solar and lunar energies at various times, as well. I visualize energy descending through my left arm and crossing over to the right side of my body between the nape of my neck (where central nervous system wiring switches over from one side to the other) and my heart chakra. Then the energy goes down through my right right side and through my leg down to the center of the earth where it merges miraculously with Gaia,, and then loops back up returning to earth's surface then travels up my left leg up the left side of my body crossing over to right side. Again it passes between my heart chakra, and the nape of my neck, and then goes out my right arm returning to my spiritual source. Over time and with a modicum of practice it scarcely takes a nanosecond to enact but has greater effect if sustained for a moment or two.

It's a figure 8. Energetically it balances higher and lower energies. It can be useful for many who feel disconnected, stressed, or concerned about the apparent extreme imbalances between potential and form, of which Gaia appears to be processing and releasing now at an unprecedented rate. Whenever in doubt, maybe go figure 8.

In my heart and soul, I know that if enough true souls practice this, when spirit moves them to do so, many of the the severe earth changes and extreme weather conditions, and their awful, and most harrowing repercussions that have occurred, and are still expected and have been projected over the next few years will be mollified, and conditions of suffering and hardship on the planet will be ameliorated expediently, and more gently than they would be otherwise if a plethora of true souls would not do so. It's as simple as that run on sentence suggests. : )

As we move forward in this still new millennium, many sweet souls have been been overwhelmed by the flood of ideas and distortions of regressively dualistic dimensions. Though the earth has purged much, rage, and disingenuousness has largely prevailed in recent years. Many truths have been further repressed and distorted by talking heads paid handsomely to mostly masquerade as investigative "truth seekers and investigative reporters."

The more souls that visualize the earth bathed in violet, the more quickly the lost souls behaving like misguided greedy lying hypocrites, who govern and pronounce through fear and avarice, will all lose their power, and be exposed, and ultimately brought to justice.

Justice, by the wayyy, according to what my curiously acquired, sparkled covered, and feathery "angelic & cosmic sledgehammer" tells me, is really only attained through rectification, redemptive action, and rarely through incarceration.

Justice can no sooner be dispensed by blatant criminals, who believe that they are above the laws long established, than democracy can be inspired, by pseudo democracies that have most pathetically morphed into fascist states. It is energetically really unlikely that any attribute can be truly inspired in a lasting way by a nation now bereft of that verrry same quality.

Woh. . . and whoops. . . it would appear that my sparkled and feathered "angelic & cosmic sledge hammer " took a swipe at the the Supreme Court's marble facade relatively recently, whilst I was out doing errands. I really should really consider boxing that thing as soon as I can capture it. Yikes . It's working folks. : )

I think I heard on radio that the piece of marble which fell was aligned with sculpture representing "Authority," which is located between sculptures of "Liberty," & "Justice". So what do you believe it's crumbling could possibly symbolize? Gee, then within weeks we find out that the pRes just might of broken yet another law regarding not getting judicial decrees to invade the privacy of citizenry, and fully intends to continue to do so with total impunity. He perhaps could think again.

This was posted a fortnight ago at a sweet though still as yet somewhat sleepy site. . .
http://www.progressiveindependent.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=10426

Our penal system is utterly decrepit, insidious, is really quite heinous, and quite broken. There are far more efficacious and humane ways of administering and procuring justice after all. Most governments are in need of a major overhaul, if you hadn't noticed, since they are only serving the so called "who's who of the chosen few" and trample horrifically and uncaringly upon far too many true souls.

Oh and Duhhh. . . .another minor thing . . .does anyone really think the God and the father of the "Prince of Peace" would ever have inspired or condoned a war on innocents or tortured them. Like. . .as if. . .?

Such shadowy projections are so-o-o terribly antiquated. White phosphorous is not but should be.

Or as one verrry succinct protester's sign read during a recent capital city peace march , . . . ."I can't believe we still have to protest this crap." Me neither. Well maybe try 8 tricks and soon more instead. There will be far fewer security concerns if true souls do these I swear.

"Who would Jesus bomb ?" Indeed. NOT ONE sentient being EVER is the only possibly answer to that ridiculously rhetorical question. Nor would any of his true followers, any more than would the true followers of Islam. Buddhists would even begin to conceive of such things.

Consider releasing linear and logical constructs of how our collective reality can possibly shift based on old models that are now entirely dysfunctional (see totally unreliable insecure voting technology for reference and psssssst. . .by the way, guys with PHD's in computer science and statistics, generally don't tend to morph into conspiracy theorists all too often, really. Nor would the still honest folks at the GAO.)

Ponder the transcendence of the restrictive orientation of "us versus them". It's more like, those who see bigger picture and those who do not, can not, or once saw and chose to forget or ignore. Perhaps, those ones need some gentle reminding. We true souls are all one after all, and there are far more who get it than those who do not. Isn't there is safety in numbers after all?

At least the former "countess of no account" can still count. Though it appears those in charge cannot or choose not to. Some "culture of life" that refuses to accurately count dead bodies or even votes I swear. It's just too truly sad, that all too many leaders have been corrupted, and lost sight of many truths and honorable concerns. It's as though they've never even examined recorded history or classical ethics (as in" do unto others. . . "yikes ).

Only choice to be made by ALL really is to live in universal love or live desperately in isolating fear. NOW, which would you prefer? Now maybe this time, everyone gets to choose and make a real difference.

All humans want same basic things, to love and be loved, and to nourish and be nourished. There is far more that is shared by true souls together than there could ever be that which divides.

And "pullease" be mindful and remember at least two things. . .that "good guys and bad guys are like. . .totally low dimensional. . .". . .and that "conflict rarely if ever occurs in the absence of mutually shared culpability". Conflict only exists to raise consciousness of all of those who are involved over time.

Conscious beings know that nothing is ever resolved through violence and never has been throughout all eternity. It only perpetuates conflict into later lifetimes or has done so from time immemorial. Perhaps if Earth takes a long term violet-purle bath generated by true souls, more souls of more fearful vibrations will clean up their acts, and we can get over it more quickly.

This orientation symbolizes a true spirituality that is inclusive of all the races, nations, faiths (yes even the those lovable though sometimes cranky though sometimes cuddly curmudgeons who are absolutely stubborn agnostics who only align their faith in love & laughter), and eradicates all stupid dualistic policies and punditries that are eternally and intractably divisive and thoroughly non progressive.

Consider involving oneself in Violet-Purple party for the short term anyway, (blue and red makes purple) by simply seeing planet bathed in a violet-purple light of transformation and indeed consider both joining and ending the human race. There is far more that unites us than divides us. We are the majority and would more than likely prefer a human party.

Violet-Purple trumps all others in the spectrum. Just as surely as "(redemptive) action trumps belief every time."

Maybe start a humane party instead. Indeed life can be a party where all participants have equal access to the blessings that be.

The only thing stopping equitable distribution of oodles of resources, is the belief propagandized by those with agendas of outright selfishness, greed, and hubris (nasty combo) who have taken merciless advantage for far too long, by espousing the biggest lie of all, that there not enough for everyone.

They arrogantly pretend they have won a not-so-human race which they have rigged from a verrry long time ago. I'm personally sick of "skull and bones" piracy. How about you? They cannot and will not win anymore in this still new millennium. Dualism is no longer suited to the needs of great diversity and really never did so and should be completely canned and deposited in toxic land fill in my humble opinion. Though we probably need to do more about those sites as well or so Gaia says. She's always saying stuff like that to me. : )

http://www.whereisthemoney.org/

In new game, the challenge is that everyone wins by taking turns. In the grander scheme of things, as long as there are any losers, no one ever truly wins.

The most honorable thing we can ALL do is leave this planet in better shape for our kids than the circumstances we incarnated into. Collectively we have failed of late, so maybe consider, doing eight tricks instead, and it is truly time for violet-purple baths for all of us. I'll be the first one in and am somewhat tired of the "rotten egg scenario." I am currently doing an astral cannon ball so . . . .SPLASH !!!!!! : )

Oh and by the way, the violet-purple party hereby officially declares a constitutional crisis in america. A convention is perhaps is soon to follow. Proceed as you feel is truly appropriate.

Live in peace and make it so.

More to follow soon. Have a nice day or evening and many more to come..

Love to you & all the verrry best,

stella

nam myoho renge kyo

The other more recent "9 tricks" are posted here:

http://www.progressiveindependent.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=9964&mesg_id=9964

On that thread, there are four paragraphs in the middle which are quoted from a local neswspaper article which is not necessarily entirely pertinent, scrolled beneath which, is more of my recent writing..

Are you sorry you asked???
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mb7588a Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-09-06 07:20 PM
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16. sail the ocean and look for a "New America" America...
This one is already to far gone.

If stuck here with no boat:
1. full public financing of campaigns
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