“Governments
are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the
governed”
Philadelphia, July 4, 1776
Philadelphia, July 4, 1776
The secret ballot be damned.
Here's just what I am going to do when I step into the booth on Tuesday
morning.
1.
I will pull the lever for Joe Baratelli, the
Libertarian Party for U.S. Senate.
2.
I will write in my Tea Party pal, Conni Hare
Murray for the House Seat that John
Runyon is vacating
3.
I will flip the switch to register my votes
leaving all other offices blank - unvoted for - in effect voting "none of
the above".
Joe is a committed libertarian, an opponent of all things
statist. He was a tireless campaigner on
behalf of Ron Paul. Conni is not so much
libertarian but she is a passionate believer in constitutional limited
government, the Bill of Rights and the Enumerated Powers. She is smart, honest and good hearted. We could do much worse.
As for the rest, I, the governed, am withholding my consent.
I am withholding consent from the one Party that masquerades
as two. I am writhing consent from those
campaigning under the Democrat and Republican brand names that:
·
Are wholly owned subsidiaries of Goldman-Sachs
·
Endorse a Federal Reserve System that creates
currency out of thin air - enriching elite Wall Streeters robbing regular guy
and gal on Main Street.
·
Support the Federal income tax and its thug
squad, the IRS who violate our privacy, hold taxpayers guilty until proven
innocent, destroy lives and serve as a harassment tool for the entrenched
powers. The best that our D&R pols
will do is debate what is the most just percentage to steal and which friends
deserve the family and friends discount.
·
Kowtow to the empire's war machine, rubber
stamping violations of other nations' sovereignty and condoning the murder of
innocents by droning and strategic bombing.
Occasionally they feign to object when the other Party Brand occupies the
White House.
·
Continually raise the size, scope and expense of
government. Wasn't it the great neocon
Republican, Dick Cheney, who told us that "deficits don't
matter"? So what are they bitching
about now?
·
Created and sustained a criminal class and
shadow economy with their War on Drugs.
·
Drive up the price of the food we eat with agricultural
price supports. Isn't raising food prices criminal in world where people are
going hungry?
·
Agree that citizens can be indefinitely
imprisoned without trial or recourse to habeas corpus if the executive
arbitrarily declares them a security threat.
For these reasons and more, I am withholding my consent from
being governed by elected officials of the either the Democrat or Republican
wing of the One Party.
Consider this, in the United States less than half of the eligible
population votes. In presidential years that
percentage is higher and in midterm years lower. If the Rs and Ds are essentially neck and
neck, this means that 25% - 30% percent chose our government.
It also means that
about half of all voters chose no one.
If a given Presidential candidate were to win 60% of the vote when only
60% of the eligible voters voted, he would claim a landslide. A mandate – “the people have spoken”.
Not true. Even in
that extreme case only 36% of voters would have chosen him. The winner is None Of The Above with
40%. However, neither the ruling
oligarchs nor the media mouthpieces report it that way. They unfailingly assure us that this minority
endorsement legitimizes the junta. That’s
a shame.
That is why I am calling on those who are fed up with rubber
stamp one party rule to show up at the polls, choose none of losers on the
ballot and then register that you withheld consent by picking none of them.
Could you imagine reading in your morning paper that in Any
District, USA the following totals were reported?
·
Voter Turnout: 1,000,000
·
Voted Democrat: 240,000
·
Voted Republican: 230,000
·
Voted No One: 530,000
That would be true reflection of the legitimacy of our
government. It would send the message
that “we are mad as
hell, and we’re not gonna take it anymore”!
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