To be a true American patriot, you need at least a basic understanding of monetary theory. Leaving it to Greenspan, Bernanke and the Fed is like letting the fox guard the hen house.
The following videos provide a basic educational foundation in monetary theory. It's so simple that most grade-schoolers could understand it, but most people have never been taught even the basics on this subject. -- expand/collapse --
One time through may not be enough; most people need a rerun to really start understanding it. Why? In all honesty, it's very simple...so simple, in fact, that the mind rejects it initially. It's a bizarre concept to think that banks earn interest on money they never even had. It's even more bizarre to realize our government has chosen to borrow the money it needs from our bankers, at interest, when the government alone has the authority to print all the money it needs interest free. You may think whoever voted for that idea is a an idiot, but they aren't. They're a traitor who was paid-off.
Once this foundation is in place, a good next step, is to learn how money correlates to energy, historically and today.
Here's a short, interesting article about the voting fraud that took place in Nevada to help Obama win the delegates. Who would-a-thunk?
So ... for those of us who are true American patriots, what are we supposed to do? Passivity certainly won't fix the problem. If we don't get actively involved, manning the polling stations and helping count the votes, the election will be stolen. We can't afford to let them trivialize our votes.
I'm concerned that Americans don't understand patriotism ... or at least American patriotism. Webster's definition is "a love of country and a willingness to sacrifice for it." But American patriotism requires a different twist, as defined by the founding fathers. More on that in a minute...
In my opinion, to be a true American patriot, there are prerequisites...a required foundation. This is my list of prerequisites: -- expand/collapse --
A practical, detailed and very intense understanding of the injustices people faced throughout history and the sacrifices they made to put us in a better place.
An understanding of money, what it truly represents and how it has been manipulated by leaders and bankers, historically as well as in the present.
A principled understanding of how all this history led to the creation of the United States constitution.
An awareness of how the checks and balances in our government have failed to do their job. Which government offices have been compromised and are ignoring or undermining the constitution? Which government officials have failed to fulfill their duty as a check and balance in the system?
Unless these prerequisites are met, our love of country cannot truthfully be called American patriotism. Maybe it's national pride or loyalty...to something. But without a solid foundation, we're easily lied to, deceived and misused by our leaders. This is bad because we could end up fighting on the side of evil instead of good without even realizing it.
The founding fathers recognized this danger. That's why their definition of patriotism was different, focusing on a common set of values. These values provide us with a clear view of where we're going and something unchanging to measure our government against. And by the way, these values depend on one another...remove one of them and the rest will be compromised as well. These values were codified into law so we wouldn't forget and to keep us focused on what's most important. So here we go...this is how the founding fathers defined American patriotism:
Since the very beginning of our republic, when our elected officials and public servants (including military and police) are sworn in, their oath of office includes the words:
"support and defend the constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic."
This oath emphasizes that our loyalty is to the values defined in the Constitution. It also emphasizes this loyalty to the Constitution is higher priority than any loyalty to our leaders or even to one another. Really? Yes! This oath clearly states that the enemies we are to fight against may actually be American citizens, and I say more likely than not, those citizens will be found within our own government. And therein lies our first problem ... their primary weapon is lies and deceit. This makes it tough to recognize the enemy, unless we have some objective standards. The answer? We must thoroughly understand the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the early acts of Congress and the history behind it all.
But this brings us to our second problem. How can we recognize the enemies of the Constitution if we barely even know what it says, let alone why it says what it says. Recognizing domestic enemies requires education. But our educational system has been under pressure, and has gradually been removing elements of patriotism and love of country from our classrooms. Probably the most talked about has been the corporate recitation of the Pledge Of Allegiance. But that's relatively unimportant compared to the watering down of all education relating to the Constitution. These important topics are only taught on a surface level and other important topics aren't taught at all, such as monetary theory. What is being taught certainly doesn't make the Constitution seem very personal or bring it into the present. If the real story were taught to the detail and intensity it deserves, people would have no problem staying awake in history and civics class.
In light of this oath of office, I'm concerned that most American citizens and most public servants, including police and military, lack the foundation they need to be true American patriots. For most of them, their love of country is intact. For some, their willingness to sacrifice is still there, and indeed some have made great sacrifices. But is their foundational understanding of the Constitution detailed enough to help them recognize the real enemy? Or, are they easily deceived and misused, sometimes to their own peril and other times to the peril of the America they've sworn to protect? Considering the sacrifices they've made, these questions are painful. Considering the power they wield, these questions are frightening. We've gotta start making changes. The problem with deception is that we don't know when we're deceived. To cut through deception we must aggressively search out the truth.
"Reason obeys itself; Ignorance submits to what is dictated to it." - Thomas Paine
True American Patriotism may, at times, require dissent and disobedience. For the founding fathers, it required that and much more. I think the founding fathers would be ashamed of us for what we're putting up with and for how distracted we are from the most important issues.
So...to become true American patriots, we must educate ourselves...and that involves work. It's not as easy as going to school and being spoon fed. In fact, some of what we've learned may need to be unlearned. We've gotta dig. We've got to question and evaluate who's telling the truth by searching out and pondering the undisguisable evidence.
To begin building a solid understanding of the Constitution and the history behind it, let's briefly consider the most basic of questions. What is the purpose of the Constitution? Why did the founding fathers write it in the first place? The founding fathers knew one thing very well ... that governments are dangerous and that they tended to expand their power. They had first-hand, very personal knowledge of that fact. Therefore, as they built our government from scratch, they knew it was vitally important that the first laws brought into existence serve to LIMIT THE ROLE AND THE POWER OF GOVERNMENT. And this is the purpose of our Constitution...to protect the people from the government, to ensure the government serves the people and not the other way around.
The idea of returning to the Constitution is revolutionary to the establishment. For any hope of real change, we need the mob of American patriots to reach critical mass quickly and effect rapid, sweeping change. It's up to us. The politicians won't do it ... the status quo keeps them fat and happy. We need to move quickly and continually be becoming American patriots ourselves as well as helping to educate others.
The revolutionary idea of returning to the constitution transcends any one man. It's about Liberty, Freedom, Prosperity and Peace. It's about removing the invisible shackles that have enslaved Americans for many, many years. The Fed and the IRS are part of that. The Patriot Act is another. We need to WAKE UP and see what has been happening all around us. Look at where we came from and where we are now. Look what has already happened in other democratic countries around the world. We need to be educated and aggressive American patriots who are trustworthy to one another and dangerous to the establishment.
Ever since I was old enough to vote, I've been hearing this strange idea. I confess, I've been swayed by it in the past. The idea says:
Don't waste your vote on a candidate who doesn't stand a chance. Vote for a candidate with legitimate potential for winning. Make your vote count.
Sometimes they come right out and say it, "Vote for the lesser of two evils."
Well, I'm learning to think for myself now and the more I think about it the more rediculous and dangerous this idea sounds. The "don't waste your vote" theory undermines democracy. The only way to create change is to vote for what you believe, not the lesser of two evils. More...
The "lesser of two evils" candidate is not a winner, but is a loser...in a different sense of the word...possibly lacking the courage to live by principle, most certainly serving self-interest, probably a liar. Voting for the "lesser of two evils" is still a vote for evil. What about the best candidate...the one with principle, morals and character? Do they not deserve your vote until they reach a minimum level of popularity and public acceptance? If so, what a sad catch 22. If we expect our elected representatives to vote according to principle, we should do the same.
American cynicism in the political process is at an all-time high. Half of America's registered voters don't bother to vote. And I believe many of those who do vote are, in their own minds, voting for the "lesser of two evils." But what if circumstances in our nation shook the cynicism right out of us? (I believe it's only a matter of time. The only question is whether we'll wake up too late.) What if we all suddenly decided to ignore the politics and simply vote our conscience? If the non-voters started voting and the "lesser of two evils" crowd started voting for whomever they thought was best, we might actually see some legitimate change.
The real purpose of the "don't waste your vote" campaign is to do exactly what it suggests we shouldn't do...dilute the voting base of a legitimate candidate. But what's even worse is how it destroys the unity of voters around the issues that matter most. It's the old "divide and conquer" strategy. By keeping us focused on the issues that divide us, they stoke the fire of our fears that the wrong candidate will win. Meanwhile, there are legitimate candidates who can't quite make it into the spotlight...candidates who actually have principles and want to focus on the issues that unite us. But these legitimate candidates are ignored, sidelined, mocked and even censored in the mass media. Need evidence? Here it is.
As I've reduced my diet of mass media and conducted my own searches of what issues are most important and pressing, I was amazed to find these same issues were also very unifying. These issues are unifying for Americans of any political affiliation, as long as they love their freedom and don't take it for granted. But there's hardly a word about it in the mass media. As a rule of thumb: if you're hearing about it in the mass media, it probably isn't what you should be most worried about. Their primary goal is to keep you distracted. They use all forms of media content to accomplish this goal, from political talk shows and educational documentaries to reality TV and entertainment of all types. Let's choose to not be distracted. Let's get educated on the issues that really matter. We're fighting for our freedom. If you think I'm overstating, you need to learn what's been happening in our country. There's less that divides us than we think. Let's figure out what we can agree on and focus our energy on something positive.
So my message is two-fold.
Get educated...but don't let mass media be your educator, telling you which issues you should be most worried about. Search it out for yourself. Find the issues that unify all Americans.
Vote for the candidate who you think best addresses these issues...a champion who has the courage to speak what he/she believes, even if it goes against the establishment. Stay away from the say-everything, do-nothing losers who scream, "America wants change!," but don't specify what sort of "change" they plan to bring, if any. Ignore the politics. Ignore party affiliations. Vote for the best candidate. Period. This is what the founding fathers would expect. You're not wasting your vote.
Mass media doesn't like this message. They'll either ignore it or try to discredit it. The only way to spread this idea is through the power of relationships. Please forward this message. Let's create change.
