Revolution.

[Writer]

It's time.

We need to stop relying on institutions to fix the problem of over-expansive and politically-disruptive capitalism, and start relying on ourselves.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

1. Before this gets 900 recs, what are the goals of this revolution?

[Make7]

2. I would like the cost of first class postage reduced by three cents. ( n/t )

[SemiCharmedQuark]

5. Oh. Well, I'm willing to lay down my life for that.

[Make7]

7. If not us, who? If not now, when? ( n/t )

[Hekate]

20. Where were you when Baby Caligula and Darth Cheney were in charge? Seriously. nt

[Make7]

24. I was fighting for a reduction in postal rates back then too. NGU. ( n/t )

[avaistheone1]

8. Um...

"Change"

[Make7]

16. No one can tell me three cents isn't change. ( n/t )

[Nuclear Unicorn]

29. I LOL'ed

[LooseWilly]

14. I'll toss in a rec... just to enjoy watching the hair pulling as it gets closer to 900...

Eep! Revolution! Scary!!

[butterfly77]

33. Sarah Palin called for a revolution..

in her speech at the TEABAGGERS meeting last weekend..I wonder why know one says anything about that...

[Robb]

3. Only if I finally get my three states eliminated.

P.S. I am not a crackpot.

[texastoast]

9. And those might be??

Hmm???

Any particular ones you want to name tonight?

:P

[PBS Poll-435]

15. UT/WY/ID?

:shrug:

[timeforpeace]

4. Would have made more sense while shrub was President instead of Obama, but whatever.

[Doctor_J]

12. When Smirk was prez, there was still some faint hope of a

electoral solution. That is no longer the case.

[ChicagoSuz219]

6. Is that you, Sarah? n/t

[jotsy]

10. I've tried to say something to this effect

in what few OPs I have written, but folks here have yet to respond in any way. It confuses me because I don't feel like I'm saying anything they disagree with. All three branches of government have abandoned the call of their roles as servants to any public, now echoing the will of profit driven entities who have demonstrated their avid willingness to strip a society of its ability to govern itself sensibly.

I don't want blood and guts, there's been quite enough of that.

When I say reboot, I mean rebuild, resolve to remedy rather than retaliate. Renew our operational techniques to be a more efficient working model of the intended design.

I wish you better luck than I have known getting folks to talk about it.

k & r

[Doctor_J]

11. Yes, folks are content with the status quo

at least content enough to do nothing but send e-mails to MSRNC begging them to be a news source (which they ere never intended to be).

A little surprising on the surface, but the internets have made us weak and timid, so a careful look shows that this is exactly what Big Media has been hoping for.

There are a few who seem to be aware of where we're at, but far to few to do anything useful

As for not wanting any bloodshed, who does? But seriesly, is wringing our hands really going to accomplish anything?

[pocoloco]

13. Whats Going On?

"And I pray, oh my God, do I pray
I pray every single day FOR A REVOLUTION!"

[Cursive]

17. Have fun storming the castle

[thelordofhell]

18. Do you think they have a chance?

[Hekate]

19. Goals? Plans? Methods? Neighbor against neighbor? C'mon -- dish. We need details.

And above all: WHY OBAMA AND NOT BUSH?!

Hekate

[proteus_lives]

21. Let me know how that works out for you.

:eyes:

[jeanpalmer]

22. It's inevitable

and like the collapse of the housing bublle will happen when people least expect it.

[Hekate]

34. Kind of like the Rapture

:eyes:

[Kaleva]

23. I lit a candle in support of this revolution. Now it's bedtime.

[pecwae]

25. Televised or streamed?

[Voltaire]

26. Folks fear violence too much to speak of Revolution

When what they should fear is a life in chains. We are done.

[Hekate]

35. Speaking of it is one thing (1st Amendment), but planning it is rather seditious...

... isn't it? And probably not suitable as a serious topic on this particular board. So far no one on this thread seems to have crossed that particular line, however.

Also -- "we" are not done.

Hekate

[dionysus]

27. i love it when keyboard commandos do this "revolution" crap.

:rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Nuclear Unicorn]

28. Do you REALLY...

...want to go up against a bunch of heavily armed, bible thumping, military trained tea-baggers?

If the MIC is a wholly owned subsidiary of the neocons who is going to supply your side?

[Writer]

30. How do you expect anything to change if you don't stand and fight? n/t

[kwassa]

32. The seasons change without me standing at all.

[Hekate]

37. You still haven't specified what kind of "fight" you have in mind. "Pen mightier than sword"? or ...

... grenade launchers at dawn?

You're just tossing provocative slogans, and I want to know if you plan for my neighborhood to look like downtown Kabul, or Sarajevo in the '90s.

Hekate

[stevenleser]

31. You realize the military is overwhelmingly right wing and most of the guns owned by Republicans

...if you get your wish, the right wingers will win and we'll end finding out the hard way what Republicans would do if they had the ability to pass laws by decree.

[Hekate]

36. I already lived through the political excesses of the late 1960s in the US, and ...

I already lived through the political excesses of the late 1960s in the US, and a couple of things stand out: some would-be revolutionaries got killed, "the people" did not Rise Up, and the US government did not collapse. (However, other kinds of activism helped get civil rights legislation passed, end a war and bring down a president.)

Another thing stands out in my memory: Some unguessable number of those would-be revolutionaries were agents provocateur from COINTELPRO.

Some of us have longer memories than others.

Hekate