Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Decommissioning the Pedestals of Truth

The alternative news folks are at it again. There has been a parting of the webcasts between Alex Jones and Mike Rivero. Recharging is the feud between Laura Knight and Jim Humble. Across cyber town, there's a Project Camelot reunion. Les Visible is back in the box with Rense and Rivero.

These are the folks who harp, preach and throttle against divide-and-conquer tactics. These are the folks urging their fellows to awaken to truth, face facts, question authorities . . . but then what? Exactly what is it that they and their contemporaries suggest is the next step beyond knowing?

Nothing very helpful or effective from a geewizster point of view.

Jones and Rivero are in the camp that seems to favor the canned goods and shotgun defense preparations. Rense goes along halfway with this; he's not big on firearms apparently. Rense's other half goes along with those who point their readers toward spiritual offense remedies such as visualization, self-realization, calls to cosmic intermediaries, and such sorts of things. As one living in a transient's apartment complex full of homeland security types, I say that neither of these paths to freedom will work. Sure, I might get off a couple of rounds but I'll never make use of the string beans. I can visualize till I'm breathless but the odds of faith bringing forth the angels or an ascension are a gazillion to one. I have enough self-realization to do the calculations.

There have been many instances where the readership of a truth-telling website has been directed to bombard a newspaper or congressional office with letters of outrage or objection. We've been linked to polls in order to demonstrate our numbers. We've been offered tee shirts for being photographed at a protest with a website's banner. Still, objectionable legislation passes, soldiers march off, jobs disintegrate, property is stolen, natural resources appropriated, privacy invaded, and taxes, licenses, fees and penalties continue to mount. In fact the oppressions have accelerated.

The more the truth is made known, the faster our downhill momentum toward collapse.

There are still a few ways in which Americans might get the attention of authorities but they won't be possible for long. Suggestions have been put forward by readers of the "donate now" sites but never put to headline. Some are:

- Stay home on the 4th of July, the day after Thanksgiving and other holiday or shopping days when the citizenry is expected to travel or spend money.

- Refuse to pay annual taxes.

- Do not vote.

- Have a stay home from work day.

- Have a walk, drive, fly or take a bus to DC or state capitols day.

Americans will not successfully defend themselves or pray their way out of this fine mess we've got. Anyone who tries to tell us so needs to have their donate button revoked.