Silver Senator Note:
If the only Constitutional Presidential candidate runs without fair coverage from MSM, do we really still have a Democratic Republic? Maybe its time to speak up~
http://msmboycott.com/media-blackout/ron-paul-rally-in-wisconsin-draws-5200-media-blacks-it-out/
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Friday, March 30, 2012
Native American Prophecy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ZDtweU9IWEc#! 6:37
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqfvUA2vRAM&feature=relmfu 8:43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqfvUA2vRAM&feature=relmfu 8:43
Poor Richard's Almanac with Natural News
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Thursday, March 29, 2012
Voter Turnout Rate < 50%
Hat Tip to: http://shankystechblog.blogspot.com/
Presenting America's Political Apathy:
By Tyler Durden
Created 03/29/2012 - 19:18
[1]
The following chart from the OECD via Goldman,
speaks volumes as to just why it is that the "democratic" process is
slowly but surely completely breaking down in the US.
Of virtually the entire developed world, American voter turnout is the second lowest of all countries, and only modestly higher than South Korea, but well below 50% in either case.
Furthermore, since the voting population is roughly equally split along the middle in its party affiliation, it is astounding that less than 25% of America's voters set the political stage every four years.
One wonders just what the source of this record apathy may be: perhaps it is that as empirical data demonstrate, neither party actually represents any longer the interest of a majority of the US voters, but merely those of corporate lobby groups and, of course, Wall Street.
As such, over 50% of voting age Americans don't even bother to make it to the ballots. It may thus be only a matter of time before disenfranchised if silent majority finally says enough, rereads some of this country's founding documents, and agrees that taxation is only fair with representation.
Actually never mind: since about half of America pays no income taxes whatsoever [2], the data actually makes perfect sense. And so the pillage of what's left of the American middle class will continue, with nobody batting an eyelid, until such time as the only items left in said class' possession are various weapons of assorted muzzle velocity and other sharp and/or dull but heavy objects.
[3]
Of virtually the entire developed world, American voter turnout is the second lowest of all countries, and only modestly higher than South Korea, but well below 50% in either case.
Furthermore, since the voting population is roughly equally split along the middle in its party affiliation, it is astounding that less than 25% of America's voters set the political stage every four years.
One wonders just what the source of this record apathy may be: perhaps it is that as empirical data demonstrate, neither party actually represents any longer the interest of a majority of the US voters, but merely those of corporate lobby groups and, of course, Wall Street.
As such, over 50% of voting age Americans don't even bother to make it to the ballots. It may thus be only a matter of time before disenfranchised if silent majority finally says enough, rereads some of this country's founding documents, and agrees that taxation is only fair with representation.
Actually never mind: since about half of America pays no income taxes whatsoever [2], the data actually makes perfect sense. And so the pillage of what's left of the American middle class will continue, with nobody batting an eyelid, until such time as the only items left in said class' possession are various weapons of assorted muzzle velocity and other sharp and/or dull but heavy objects.
[3]
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Source URL: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/presenting-americas-political-apathy-voter-turnout-rate-50
Links:[1] http://www.zerohedge.com/users/tyler-durden
[2] http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/19/chart-of-the-week-nearly-half-of-all-americans-dont-pay-income-taxes/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
[3] http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/default/files/images/user5/imageroot/2012/03/Voter%20Turnout.jpg
[4] http://rss-feeds.zerohedge.com/comments/445772/rss.xml
[5] http://twitter.com/share
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:22 | 2302143
A Nanny Moose
the only vote to cast to get rid of these parasites is to stop paying your taxes
Unfortunately, the real turning point
probably won’t happen until the lower 50% realize that their easy street
is really the road to slavery with a brief rest stop at serfdom.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:02 | 2302264
economics9698
In the 19th century there were real
issues, gold, alcohol, freedom, and things that mattered to the people.
Democrats were making a comeback on the Republicans. Species payments
were resumed after the civil war, alcohol was kept legal, and the
Democrats successfully fought off the Republicans from making America a
corporate shit hole Lincoln dreamed of. The Republicans were on the
defensive.
The progressive in the Republican Party came up
with the bright idea to try and demoralize Democrats and lower the voter
turnout. William Jennings Bryan (1896) was the gift they were looking for, he was a “soft money” progressive and voter turnout has never been the same.
Both parties learned from the election and so did
the corporate leaders who wanted cartels for their products in banking,
oil, agriculture, retail, transportation, communications, and every
thing they could think of to eliminate “messy competition.”
Both parties have been trading “issues” for over a
century to keep voter turnout low and please the elites. First was the
banking cartel, Federal Reserve 1913, the agriculture, oil,
telecommunication, transportation, drugs, and medicine, all formed into
cartels that could rip off the people of their labor and money.
We have had a one party system since 1896 for all
practical proposes, which is why I vote Libertarian. There is not a
dimes worth of difference between the Ds and Rs. Both are fucking
corrupt beyond repair. The best thing that could happen is we the
people start hanging these politicians up at the nearest tree until they
are dead by the thousands.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:42 | 2302195
A Nanny Moose
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:45 | 2302203
LowProfile
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:57 | 2302246
A Nanny Moose
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:57 | 2302248
SHEEPFUKKER
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:04 | 2302270
A Nanny Moose
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:19 | 2302306
Flocking swans
And regarding taxes....they all loved tax season! I was in charge of about half these fools and each and every one of them came into my office the fucking first week of Jan. looking for their W2. I had to tell them very slowly that the W2 came from the corporate office..... They all came in the next week asking again for their W2's ....because they got a fat IRS check for every diaper-filler they had back at home.
And when the check came....they all showed up w/ new rims and tattoos.
The Statement that 50% don't pay ANY taxes is just pure 1%er propaganda....
Fill up the gas tank? Taxes paid...... Buy something at a store besides food? Taxes paid....... Rent an apartment? Property taxes paid..... Etc etc etc - you can't turn around without hitting some tax.....
And on and on it goes......
Saying that No Taxes are paid is pure 1% Propaganda - OWS has their hands full trying to educate the willfully ignorant.
I'd wager that the poor sap who doesn't make enough to pay federal Income tax still pays a higher overall tax rate than our next president Mitt Romney -
It's all fun and games as a Comedic interchange BUT the problem is too many people actually believe that Bs.
The same people who think its true are the ones who bitch about the 'sheeple' then bitch about the Occupy crowd out in the street.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:57 | 2302245
Pool Shark
Maybe it's because the POTUS would have a son who looked like this:
http://cdn2.dailycaller.com/2012/03/Photo_on_2010-06-17_at_16.05__2_DC.jpg
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:47 | 2302415
Paul Bogdanich
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:08 | 2302448
SheepDog-One
that's the globally accepted (rigged) figure for continuing the fraud that just more than half of the electorate actually vote to give the pretence of 'democracy' and a public mandate
check most parliaments votig records.. you'll also find another recurring number of 66% voted for some controversial policy and 33% against ..this gives a revolving number of 'representatives' a rat hole of 33% to escape through and the excuse they didn't vote for this or that 'unpopular' policy
There, fixed
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:10 | 2302450
SheepDog-One
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:18 | 2302311
economicminor
49% of eligable voters bother to register and only 53% of those vote in any given election... thus less than 26% of eligable voters vote and it takes half of them to tell us who is going to run the country... That is why the fringes rule. That's why the politicians cater to the extremes.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:48 | 2302214
LowProfile
Link - This Hoax Affects Everyone - Vote Fraud - Link
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:45 | 2302206
LowProfile
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:11 | 2302453
SheepDog-One
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:28 | 2302160
Will To Live
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:50 | 2302225
A Nanny Moose
If we cannot get the required numbers to pass initiatives/bills (states, counties, munis, and CONgress), or elect a candidate, then everybody goes home, until we think we need to try the farce all over again. At a minimum, we need to drop this squeaky wheel method of governance.
My $0.02
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:27 | 2302161
evolutionx
five devastating storms will mark the summer of 2012 and thus accelerate the process of world geopolitical swing:
. US relapse into recession against the background of European stagnation and BRICS slowdown
. dead end for the central banks and interest rate increases
. storm on the foreign exchange and Western sovereign debt markets
. Iran, the war ´ too far ª
new crash in the markets and financial institutions.
Full Analysis:
http://www.webcompact.net/index.php/news/21800-summer-2012-iran-war-crash-in-the-markets-and-financial-institutions
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:39 | 2302191
12ToothAssassin
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:13 | 2302456
SheepDog-One
Real choice is when one of the two candidates for president is Ron Paul.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:01 | 2302260
A Nanny Moose
Is this the percentage of the population?
Or of registered voters?
Or of those eligible to register?
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:54 | 2302238
boogerbently
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:29 | 2302164
Lady Heather...UNCLE
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:15 | 2302299
slewie the pi-rat
i had coffee, too! damn you, uncle_leather!
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:31 | 2302166
bob_dabolina
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:59 | 2302434
UP Forester
Fire up direct voting. If you can bank online, you can vote online. You don't need 535 paid-off douchebags making the decisions for you, on bullshit that doesn't, for the most part, matter. Monthly voting would be a helluva lot better than paying Asshats and their staffs too much to do more damage.
We're screwed.
___
"Don't vote. The government will get in."
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:02 | 2302265
A Nanny Moose
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:23 | 2302327
economicminor
If a majority did, it would really put a wrench in the gears...
I know, that is a total fantasy
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:44 | 2302198
my puppy for prez
Voter apathy is the LEAST of our voting concerns!
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 19:49 | 2302215
LowProfile
Paper ballots only, observers, and video records with multiple angles for each polling place.
just like participating in the markets. no way you're gonna win unless you are on the inside. and i'm not.
stack, and wait is my only option as the kleptocracy steals what they can from my hard work.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-03-29/george-h-w-bush-joins-republican-leaders-in-endorsing-romney.html
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:00 | 2302257
boogerbently
Hey, GOP, ANYONE BUT MITT!!!
Now, rather than listen, or admit their mistake, they will blame the loss in November on the long selection process "dividing" the conservatives. LOL
Hey, GOP, no more Washington elite, corporate stooges.
OR
They know ANYONE will beat obama, and they want their best puppet in place.
None.
I wonder how many of the apathetic electorate have truly listened to Ron Paul ?
None.
Ron Paul Stolen Democracy
“Minus 16,022 votes for Ron Paul in Florida.”
The camera work is very amateurish but this will
shock you - a Diebold vote counting machine inserted with a memory card
to control the counting function that had been prepared by an expert was
feed 8 ballots of 2 yes votes and 6 no votes but the machine says the
vote totals were 7 yes and 1 no. One of the election staff talks about
the elite propagated social meme “conspiracy theorists” and could not
keep herself from crying with the shock of what she just witnessed.
This is some completely f**ked shit.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:10 | 2302283
A Nanny Moose
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:10 | 2302282
Born-Again Bankster
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:10 | 2302285
slewie the pi-rat
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:42 | 2302504
slewie the pi-rat
all right, whoever the serial junkster is: here is some hard voting data about the republicanPrimary race from WALTER BRASCH
Catching Up With the Republican Primaries
paste: A Republican needs 1,144 delegate votes to get the nomination. Mitt Romney, America’s best runner-up, has 568; two-term senator Rick Santorum, recovering from a blistering loss to a moderate Democrat in Pennsylvania’s 2006 Senate campaign, has 273; Ron Paul, who may or may not be a Republican, has 50. Newt Gingrich has 135 delegates;
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:13 | 2302289
Dingleberry
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:45 | 2302409
economicminor
Not really! They already don't think they need us. Why would they care if anyone showed up?
They are in power. They don't care what you do. It will probably take torches and pitch forks to get them out.... Just like in Egypt, Syria, Tunisia, Lybia and all the other places where the people finally got fed up with their rulers...
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:13 | 2302292
hellas4life
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:14 | 2302458
Reese Bobby
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:16 | 2302301
RocketmanBob
In fact, it's not really as surprising as it looks; it's been he norm since the time of the American revolution. At that time, approximately 50% of the public were apathetic; they just wanted to live their daily lives. Of the the remaining 50%, it was a fairly even split between "tories" and what we call "patriots" today; with a small edge going to the...tories...
People weren't watching American Idol then, but the were caught up in thier individual lives and could give a rats arse who was in charge.
My Regards to all.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:16 | 2302303
Tad Ghostal
My experience with politics (3 congressional campaigns, one presidential--most recently as campaign manager and field director) has been the exact opposite. People are engaged. They're intelligent. They care, deeply.
And their involvement and participation is ACTIVELY DISCOURAGED, foiled, and disrupted at each and every point of interaction in the process. It's nasty. Every single step in the American democratic process is designed as an active deterrent toward participation. And that's not a mistake. There are many, many people who benefit from a greatly reduced participation rate.
Dave Meslin touches on this, barely, in a great TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/dave_meslin_the_antidote_to_apathy.html
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:09 | 2302451
Reese Bobby
The path we are on will continue regardless of whether the blue or red team comes into power.
I vote because I care enough to take the time but I don't kid myself that it will change our country one iota.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 20:25 | 2302334
BlackholeDivestment
QUICK ... take a look around then, gracefully, assume the feutal position under the desk and call the DHS to report the terror people, they're wearing jeans and, they're smiling!
How ridiculous have we become? Seriously, neigh a century of deceit under the banner of democracy and PEOPLE STILL DON'T GET IT! They really believe they're in control.
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free."
If you have a passport, you are a SUBJECT, get it? Sovereigns don't have passports, they can go wherever they want, no impedement, no harrassment, no paperwork, no fees, NO NOTHING! THERE'S NOTHING SPECIAL ABOUT THEM! How, in the name of logic and reason did the human race accept to be tagged like that? What is this dismal reality we've made for ourselves? We're all collectively fighting over imaginary credits some scumbag "legally" [1] counterfeited. Is this really what an "advanced civilization" looks like?
Let's hope these statistics are signs of change, I doubt it.
--
[1] Does this term have any meaning anymore? Every day it's beginning to mean "we wear uniforms, we have guns, deadly hardware and indoctrinated peasants, now we can do whatever we like"
The war on drugs is taking you out one at a time.
This is how it works:
(1) Each individual's vote is weighted to the amount of income tax paid, averaged over the previous three years. Failed to lodge your tax return? Tough luck, your vote doesn't count.
(2) If you have physically paid a significant amount in income tax, your vote is proportionally "worth" more than mine, as I have avoided and minimised my tax over the last few years.
(3) If you have not paid any income tax, sorry, your vote doesn't count, because you have failed to contribute anything to society.
Elegant simplicity.
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:07 | 2302447
Reese Bobby
Thu, 03/29/2012 - 21:05 | 2302442
Reese Bobby
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