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whatchamacallit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 10:20 AM
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Some Americans may be comfortable being sheep, I want the power of knowledge
No, I demand it. I'm a big boy, I can handle it. Let me decide for myself what it is and what it means. I don't need your protection from the truth. I don't want your political calculus. I'm an American citizen and I demand to know what's been done in my name.

P.S. Obsessively trying to avoid "potential repercussions" in the present, guarantees repercussions in the future.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 10:22 AM
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1. It's not about you. nt
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whatchamacallit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 10:39 AM
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3. Okay, what's it about then?
Explain why we don't have the right to know. Explain how, after all the secret dirty shit done by those who "represent us", we're expected STFU and let them handle it.
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TimesSquareCowboy Donating Member (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 10:33 AM
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2. I don't think people can handle it, which is why I want it out there.
It's all just a policy debate for most people until they see what's actually happening.
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madmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 10:46 AM
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4. Maybe that is what it will take. Some people not handling it, to finally get something done about it
I agree, until people are slapped in the face with reality, they just go on in their comatose way and think nothing of it.
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anonymous171 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 10:57 AM
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5. Yes. I get it, you're special.
Here's a cookie.
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whatchamacallit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 11:52 AM
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6. WTF! It's not about me, it's about *our* democracy!
Go ahead and bury your head in the sand. You can bury your cookie elsewhere.
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri May-15-09 01:28 PM
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7. I can give some theories on it.
I actually typed up a couple pages, but its a bit much. Many have said it can't be explained, because it is bigger then words can explain. Almost has to be seen or experienced.

The big secret is reality is mutable, or it is not solid, things seem to change. However much of that is to make a person think they have no control or no free will, and much of it is illusion through modified perception. Much of it is to get people to not try, and to stop trying to be the person they want to be.

But there are lots of spiritual intersections in the world making things happen. And what happens comes from people, based on their views, of the influence they choose to let influence them.

And God loves us all, and we can always find safety with his love. Allowing us to discard all the doctrines trying to get us to judge others, hate, or be confused.
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