Gentlemen. I appreciate all of you and your contributions to helping with all this.
I cant stand the arguments of other things right now with something like this legislation looming. Without our Constitution, there is nothing else to discuss. In the absence of our freedoms, we cant even begin to argue social conservatism or welfare or any other govt. agencies and their respective programs...
None of it will matter when the govt and state runs every aspect of our lives. Imagine state censorship of the news on television. We currently have alternative sources, talk radio and the internet. These will go the way of the dinosaur too however. There are already local govt's that have talked about shutting down the internet and cell signal during emergencies to prevent people from being able to organize any movement. No lie. California durning the Occupy protests.
Is anyone familiar with the Clash song "Clampdown"?
Its rather applicable given the politics of the day...
What are we gonna do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, is this man a Jew?
’Cos working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying we earn more than you!
When we're working for the clampdown
We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers
The judge said five to ten but I say double that again
I'm not working for the clampdown
No man born with a living soul
Can be working for the clampdown
Kick over the wall 'cause government's to fall
How can you refuse it?
Let fury have the hour, anger can be power
D'you know that you can use it?
The voices in your head are calling
Stop wasting your time, there's nothing coming
Only a fool would think someone could save you
The men at the factory are old and cunning
You don't owe nothing, so boy get runnin'
It's the best years of your life they want to steal
But, you grow up and you calm down and
You're working for the clampdown
You start wearing the blue and brown and
You're working for the clampdown
So you got someone to boss around
It makes you feel big now
You drift until you brutalize
You made your first kill now
In these days of evil presidentes
Working for the clampdown
But lately one or two has fully paid their due
For working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong!
Working for the clampdown
Yeah I’m working hard in Harrisburg
Working hard in Petersburg
Working for the clampdown
Working for the clampdown
Ha! Gitalong! Gitalong
Begging to be melted down
Gitalong, gitalong
Work
Work
And I give away no secrets – ha!
Work
More work
Work
Work
who's barmy now ?
Knowing Strummers intentions in writing this differ in todays context, but still rather appropriate given the political climate. There is reference to a few different things, including Nazi Germany.
The way we're goin, at best we end up with European socialism, worst case scenario, fascism. Socialism is working well throughout Europe isnt it? It hasnt been that long and its collapsing. The Euro, which parenthetically was designed to compete against the dollar, is failing. European countries have discussed going back to printing their own currency to prevent total economic collapse in the event of runs on the banks.
Knowing this, rhetorically, why in the world would a sucessful govt. persue this route? As has been pointed out, its our Constitution which seperates us from the rest of the world and has ensured our country's sucess thus far.