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9/11 GENERAL STRIKE

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chris rice

If the thought of McCain, Obama, or Clinton being our next president is  making you suicidal...

"Remember democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."

John Adams, letter to John Taylor, April 15, 1814

Every four years we have two options.

1. We can line up like sheep at the voting booth & give our consent to  four more years of corruption, mismanagement, pork & high taxes or

2.  Stay home & complain that our vote doesn't count.

What I am proposing is a third option. Because the rules have changed  & our vote has been hijacked by privilege & special interest.

 

What I am proposing is that we don't act like sheep on election night &  we don't sit at home & complain. What I propose is that we stand up  like men & say enough is enough!

It would seem that the founding fathers understood the dangers as well as the benefits of a democracy & even left explicit directions:

"Government is instituted for the common good; for the protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness of the people; and not for profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men; therefore, the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity, and happiness require it."

John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776
It  is  not  just  our  right  to  abolish  bad  government  it  is  our  DUTY.
So I'm asking my fellow citizens to join me in a GENERAL STRIKE this September 11th 2008 in a series of protest to bring down the two-party hypocrisy.
Like when the Berlin wall came down or Solidarity in Poland removed the Communist without firing a shot: Corrupt governments that have no public support (Congresses approval rating between 10 to 20% depending upon the poll, the presidents around 30%) are easier to remove then we've been led to believe.
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Whether you call it the world financial structure, the U.S. culture of waste, or the ability of the common man to make a decent living, the system is broken. It's time for the common man to go on strike. Join or support the March on Washingon (more...)
 
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