It’s no secret that life in the United States of America has changed in the past several decades.
If we were to look back at life in the 1970s, 80s, or even 90s, we would see a much different country than we do in the twenty-first century.
Of course, we could debate whether these changes are part of a hidden agenda or the natural course that a nation takes after two and a half centuries.
What is certain is that the times are changing.
Erosion Of Civil Liberties
Since the attacks on 9/11, Americans have seen their civil liberties gradually chipped away through several avenues.
The most prominent was the Patriot Act which the government at the time sold to the public as the best option to keep them safe.
Unfortunately, the act led to mass surveillance, increased surveillance powers, and enhanced information sharing between agencies.
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Although the government would use these powers against terrorists, the wide-ranging powers also had average citizens in the crosshairs.
It is impossible to be free when any number of shadowy intelligence agencies are constantly surveilling you. Even though most of us have nothing to hide, that does not mean laws will change in the future and result in the intelligence gathered being used against us.
There is a degradation of some fundamental rights that the public should enjoy. For example, freedom of speech has been challenged recently, most notably through online censorship. Social media companies are under tremendous pressure to censor posts that the current government deems inappropriate.
Along with this is the self-censorship that many people exercise to avoid running afoul of internet mobs and becoming ‘cancelled.’
Journalistic freedom has also been under fire with government surveillance of journalists and limits to the level of access that the press is afforded. Freedom of the press is so universally crucial to a free society, and seeing the press being muzzled is very disturbing.
Economic Inequality And The Destruction Of The Middle Class
It is often said ‘that the rich get richer while the poor get poorer,’ and anyone trying to raise a family in America knows how true this statement is. Inflation has dramatically increased, but wages have remained stagnant.
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Jobs have also steadily been shipped overseas, where labor is cheaper, leaving many occupations almost extinct. This exodus of jobs also pushes against small businesses which are trying to manufacture products within the United States.
As they try to compete with lower-cost products manufactured offshore, they struggle to turn any profit or employ workers at a livable wage.
The United States has the highest number of billionaires in the world. As they get richer, everyone else struggles to ensure they can obtain life’s necessities.
The wealth these billionaires enjoy is always built on the back of the employees struggling to make ends meet and haven’t seen a wage increase in years. The gap between the rich and the poor is massive and getting wider by the day.
The result of a widening wage gap is that the middle class becomes smaller to the point where one day soon, it will cease to exist.
Another factor in the wage gap is the reduction in labor unions. Labor unions give workers bargaining power for wages, working conditions, and benefits.
Unfortunately, many large corporations actively discourage union membership or use underhanded measures to remove union membership from their companies.
A Divided Nation
America is not unlike other countries. Throughout the world, nations have defined cultural or political divisions which separate their citizens.
With the two-party political system that the United States has, the political divide is stark, leaving people feeling that they must align themselves with either side.
While the parties are Democrat and Republican, people often use the terms Liberal or Conservative instead of the party names to let others know which side they are on.
One of the major issues is that people are uncomfortable occupying a middle ground between the two political wings.
If someone identifies as liberal, they do not want to voice any conservative ideals because they fear being ostracized. The same is true for conservatives who have some liberal ideals.
This polarization causes people to stick with one end of the spectrum or the other, which only serves to widen the divide between the two sides.
The division doesn’t stop at politics; there are definite and unfortunate divisions along race, gender, or ideology.
In many ways, America is also divided geographically, with certain regions being perceived to have specific political or cultural affiliations which clash with those of other areas. All these divisions have been weaponized and made worse by news media, social media companies, and the government.
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One of the most effective ways that people are kept divided is to keep all the information being presented to them aligned with their worldview. These are commonly referred to as ‘echo chambers’ and only serve to reinforce their prejudices.
Using Poverty As A Weapon
Those at the bottom rungs of the economic ladders are often used as pawns in political games or as weapons to achieve specific objectives.
It is not difficult to convince a population that relies on the social assistance that the government provides to either vote along that party’s lines or to support initiatives that claim to benefit people experiencing poverty, but only serve to increase the tax burden on the shrinking middle class.
The poorest members of society are also more likely to be roused into rioting or participating in mass protests that will inspire programs, laws, or ideas that will continue to tax the middle class into oblivion while promoting the agendas of the government or other entities.
The assault on the average American is not limited to one political party or the other. It is a systematic agenda to turn the population docile and frightened.
From social media companies to mega-corporations run by billionaires, there is a near-constant barrage with the aim of keeping you poor, ill-informed, and ultimately unprepared.
Fortunately, the best weapon against this is simply staying vigilant and ensuring you are prepared when everything comes crashing down.
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Look at the 10 articles in the Bill of Rights, now look at how each has been attacked and warped into something else…..
There should be little if any “interpretation” needed to the Constitution.
The communist manifesto outlined how democracy would be overcome, and the USSR promised 60+ years ago that it would happen.
Go look it up.
the villiage idiot , thief , traitor has already signed over your rights to WHO , WEF and Now , is trying to invoke a nuclear war to fininish his evil agenda
pay attention to the real depth of what the politicians are doing
as spoken in the prophecys : 10 nations aliance , 4 king s of the earth , 12 countrys
then Deception , Dilusion , and Last , but the greatest : Traitors against God , Isreal, His commandments and Word
YOU are in the middle of the greatest take down of a country and countries in history
Hitler s trainee is in charge ( WHO ) ( WEF ) CFR do the research
most evil deception in history in in places of control , leadership, pupits for the end
The Blue Sanctuary States are the foul stench of liberalism a spreading cancer.
There are still poor Seniors that are on fixed incomes, who can’t afford to move.
Liberals believe in abortion after a live birth.
Those zombie liberals should go ahead with self-Chop-suey-side to meet their god satan. These useful idiots are trying to change Men and Women Christian Morals.
A lot of people think that you have some type power through voting . This is a deception nothing more nothing less democrat /conservative/ green party /etc. The real puppet masters are showing their hand.
Thank you for pointing that out. I see it so clearly and don’t understand how people cannot see or acknowledge the Bible prophecy. We see it coming true daily. China and Russia are joining powers. All Nations have turned against Israel. America is in a massive decline. And this climate change agenda is false. God said He would never flood the world again but all these natural disasters have been foretold.
Keep praying as evil has become good and good has been labeled as evil.
There’s a plan to do just that^ at TacticalCivics.com
If the Constitution were to be followed, there would be no aisle with R’s on one side and “D’s” on the other. There would be 435 adults of equal rank, answering to no one except the districts that elected them. There would be 100 of equal rank answering to no one but the states that elected them. A Speaker would be selected to preside over the House and the Vice-president would preside over the Senate. Division of government into R’s and D’s is not constitutionally based. I agree, little interpretation is needed.
What is ideal, and what is practical was a constant concern of our founding fathers. We tried on the Articles of Confederation…and had some serious problems that affected many states, but no mechanism to deal with it as a while nation effectively. So out trotted federalism under a Constitutional republic, democratically elected, representative democracy. They knew it was a dangerous self serving beast with lots of teeth, that needed supervision, fences, and a leash to pull it back when it goes too far. States knew too, and that is why the Bill of Rights was added…and a means by which we could dismantle it all if necessary. Never before in the history of the world did a government form with the governed maintaining a right to destroy it! That was pretty RADICAL!
So, if that seems “extremist” it was once an ultra-liberal ideal. Ironically, it is now viewed as an ultra-conservative view. The Democratic Party was founded on the very idea of secession and anti-Federalism, invoking States Rights, in favor of maintaining their economic system and property “rights” tied to enslaving non white people for their own benefit. They cannot own that though.
What was liberal is now called conservative and what was conservative is now liberal. That point is missed by most people. The Republican Party did not even exist until just before the civil war.
The real answer is a strong third party that rejects all the extreme views (communism/fascism are two sides of the same coin) and gets back to basics. 60-80 percent + Americans occupy this middle ground already…yet cannot seem to step out of the shadow of a 2 party political system. If there was ever a time, it is now.
THE 45 COMMUNIST GOALS AS READ INTO THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, 1963
https://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/watchwomanonthewall/2011/04/the-45-communist-goals-as-read-into-the-congressional-record-1963.html
Yep. Putin is NOT our friend. Neither is China nor North Korea our friends. Knowing them for what they are is essential to our survival. Putin, with his military, is actively seeking the destruction of the USA by stealth, by propaganda, false social media accounts peddling whatever disinformation will get Americans into heated arguments. That SOB knows the principle of “divide and conquer”. And the billionaires who run media are not faithful to our country.
Q-Anon and Braitbart are just as egregious as the liberal media. Full of conspiracy theories, they ALL seek to divide us to control us. Those who are easily alarmed are easily controlled. I
Adding to this is a general ignorance of WHY our founding fathers set up our government the way they did, WHY there are the branches of government and why they must have equal power.
I grew up in a day where neighbors helped neighbors regardless of political affiliation. Even the American media, for a SHORT time in its history, was fairly objective. Now, regardless of whether they call themselves” right” or “left”, the press is not giving us news, they are simply grinding their axes. They are inciting discord. Now people demonize anyone who questions their political positions.
We now call any president who is not of our party our enemy and the reality of who he actually is is lost in a barrage of epithets and grand conspiracy theories.
Time was that even if the president was opposite one’s political party, both he and us were united in preserving and defending the Constitution. I was a Reaganite back in the. 80’s and joined the military in ’82. I’ve been dismayed in the last few years by the MAGA takeover of the Republican party. I am equally dismayed by the far left socialists in the Democratic party. There’s a wide gulf between the patriotism and Christian faith of Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan and the BETRAYALS of our country by both Bill Clinton and Donald Trump.
Because of misinformation and demonization of “blue” versus “red”, of people as well as states, we are heading towards another civil war.
I mourn the Beloved Country I defended.
Reagan was a anti gun and a total fool
We as american s have a Great dilima :
Patiotic atitudes or Evil agends thru INVASION of Illegals who will take over , dominate , control
Do the Math , Boycott the liars networks and business with a EVIL DIE agenda and way of doing business
Hang up on them , go out of your way to do business in the alternate economy
Dont use the services of the WOKE agenda evil empire
Better start and set up your own standard before it is too late
at the rate in invasion : 7 million to 10 million , you will have a crime ridden , Poverty ridden , Homeless ridden , NO purpose , no education , no ability to do anything other than be on the dole , welfare, socialism , do what your told or starve , cut off , better get ready , this is coming
and the 1% who want to own all will take , when the failures begin
Pay off all debt
Pay for what you have and use as you do it
get off the credit Liars networks
Start with saving , storing up, have a alternate plan of self preservation
stay in touch with what laws are being passed in your state to possess you and what you have
Control you and what you do
Take what you have and give to the lazy, slothful , undeserving thieves and criminals
Wait , Watch, Plan Prepare , for this will Happen
Biblical : as in the days of noah , before the flood , before when mankind was so evil , only did what was right in thier own eyes , thier view , thier lust , thier greed
Illegals pick your food, they pay more taxes than your orange leader, and we have a great trade greement with mexico. Unless you want to get out there and pick the food yourself.
I didn’t think so.
The only threat to america is the far right goons and their idtotic thinking. People like you cannot wait for some kind of apocoliptic thingy so you can go out and shoot people. The right loves it’s control death, war, violence, and greed.
Sick really.
I have yet to meet an illegal that pays taxes in 40 years now as a former Spanish speaking resident of Central America with DC “knowledge”, I know many, many illegals from South of the Border, from Africa, Asia and Europe. I propose that all be required to pay taxes and past taxes due. I have to, why not them? The first Presential candidate that proposes this will get my vote whether he has orange hair, gray hair, brown hair or is bald. I’ll vote for the SOB. PS. Quit being delusional, it doesn’t even look good you in a mirror.
Lisa, stay close to a toilet. Drinking Kool-aid at this rate will cause frequent trips. Look at the simplest truths. All this invasion of anybody who comes into any country without an ability to make a decent living costs somebody something. I can’t argue that people don’t want to pick the crops, but only because they can sit back on the dole paid for by somebody who has a job. Right now the labor market is tight because of poorly thought out political decisions. Remember De Tocqueville said “The American republic will last until the politicians learn that they can buy votes from the public treasury”. They learned this long ago and our republic has been suffering ever since.
Fool, less than 8-11% of illegals work agriculture! The MAJORITY of all construction jobs, formerly American workers, from; concrete to framing, to roofing, to drywall, to plumbing and more trades are all Mexican workers who steal those jobs from all Americans. The financial burden on schools, our health system, the police and criminal Justice system all suffer due to Illegals! Wake up, we need Secure Borders to halt the invasion and NOW!
100% Agree, Lisa. These same fools like to argue that liberals seem to LOVE getting abortions. And they say liberals want abortions AFTER birth?? Seriously? You right-wing nuts like to shoot for fun. What’s THAT called? Abortion after birth! IDIOTS! Go shine yer guns and wave your swastikas around somewhere else.
She’s a minion of Soros who spews hateful comments.
Illegals do pick SOME food, but if you paid attention for the last decade or so, you would have learned that much of that process is now automated. Here is my suggestion for the illegals you treasure: as soon as they cross the Rio, stick a mop, broom, dustpan, and a giant roll of trash bags in their hands, a shock collar around their neck, and put them to work on the streets of CA cleaning the place up. The shock collar will be removed when the city sparkles and people start moving back to CA and they return southbound across the Rio.
Joe? Is that you Joe?
The Troll is back.
Having worked in city and county govt’s for the past 20 years, I’ve seen that illegals get paid in large part under the table – no taxes. What’s worse, they take a big portion of what they earn and they wire it back to Mexico, completely removing it from the US economy.
Truth : more on welfare, more on NO PAY Taxes Black economy Jobs
under the table , not reporting , and never accounted for
Wake Up , Do the research
True there are many who have a purpose to come , but the price they owe to the Cartels is far greater than they will ever make on the street
Rape is more than 40 % , Violance is at 70% , and Gangs of other countrys running them
They cannot communicate effectively
Taken advantage of regularly by the cartels
Pay to get here , then slavery for life to be here
no problem we all live in our little yellow submarine and so we see always what we want to .
list out the Child trafficing , drugs, homelessness , crime waves , then see if what you say is true . unless you watch the TV , liars networks , then all is GOOD
Illegals often DO pay taxes now, directly from payrolls and sales/use taxes living here, working here. Many work and report under SSNs that are not their own, or file under an ITIN. Many of these persons DO SEEK Perm Residency status and citizenship and to do so, they will have to show they stayed out if criminal troubles and paid their taxes. The IRS in Austin TX handles the ITIN/SSN record consolidation for these taxpayers when they attain legal status.
Some “illegals” are here strictly for economic reasons to work and send money to their families. Period. They don’t intend to stay long term. We would actually be better off helping those people come here to work, identify them, let them in without having to deal with trafficking cartels. In fairness to your comment, yes, there are tough, “dirty jobs” that have shortages that are always needing laborers— that are not completely filled by American citizens, and probably never will be. Part of that is unwillingness by some Americans to do those jobs! Scrubbing toliets and mopping floors, washing dishes…hey, it isn’t glamorous or great pay…but it is honest work. So, I believe immigration reform should involve a Guest Worker Program, and a path to Permanent Residency and citizenship also, if that is desired, too.
But I think this business of 1B visas for skilled labor needs to be severely limited. It is time for companies to grow their own talent again, instead of shopping overseas, and work with community colleges to train Americans in SKILLS for jobs—jobs that must stay HERE.
Oh, and not all of what comes across the border is uneducated or unskilled labor…occasionally you will find well educated, highly literate persons who chose to come to this country for the freedom it offers, even if it means completely starting over, being way underemployed! So, looking to our future, America does have unmet labor needs and yes, immigration, pursued through a better system, offering opportunities for our country and people overall. But this current system is broken, let’s be honest about that, and allows exploitation, too. Both parties have FAILED MISERABLY in this issue.
Surveillance has evolved beyond the Patriot Act. Several dozen governments and advertisers know where you are now sitting reading this comment. Off Grid is Obsolete.
The CCP is more likely running the Biden show in White Wash DC. People have said Obummer is probably pulling the puppet strings of the front man we physically see in public.
Patriot Front is a fed group. Don’t be fooled.
The Patriot Act is a fraud. It’s now part of the upcoming CCP social credit system to America.
Thed Patriot Ac t was originally setup in the 80’s to stop terroirist funding by varied means. This was bastardized to the sacrilege it is today.
You mean the one Trump signed back in
The next time it comes up on Sunset review, it must be allowed to die, unless suspended early! It has been shown to be repeatedly abused against American citizens too many times already.
If your not up to speed , read
we are beyond the patriot act
biggest
Traitors are purposely throwing you and our s under the bus to get all they can before the end
sold out as traitors do
misuse of power
Demo craps should be in jail , not leadership
this will happen and they wont be expecting , when it does
get ready for Gods judgement on mankind ( Removing of his Protecting Hand )
God does no evil and therefore cannot sin , so he who is just steps out , lets manking go , lets evil take it s reigh and the steps in to protect his own
Thru , Faith only , Belief only , Trust only in Gods Word , not by works so no one can boast , or take God s Throne
Remeber ( the real sin in all is REBELLION , exalting ones self to the place of Godship , head ship over and being or thinking onesself to be like or be God
Your gods word slaughters millions of babies and women and children.
Maybe a few need to die to save millions. If mommy and daddy kept it in their pants, then the babies would not be here to die. It is not my job, your job or anyone’s job or desire to encourage wantless fornication….Again, you are an idiot. You spout off numbers that have no bearing on reality. Are you able to feed yourself? Maybe we should be worried about the “Lisas” already here.
People like you are sellouts of America.
When did you awake to the mindset you became a Marxist.
Hate America at all cost.
The true one GOD is laughing at you.
Are you really as stupid as you appear to be? So far, not one of your postings is grounded in reality, never mind making sense on any level.
OOH! Two posts in a row! I didn’t think you had the mental capacity to think up more than one comment in a 24 hour period. I mean with your head up your ass and all.
Gladly do it again
Where do we start? Capitalization, punctuation, or general comprehension?
By God’s word the world was created. God’s word became flesh and was sacrificed to pay for my horrible sins, and anything bad anyone else has done. Giving people free will to believe and obey or to not believe and rebel, His choice.
Rejecting God’s word will be the eternal damnation of billions, not millions.
350+ prophecies fulfilled in Jesus Christ, found in the OT section of the 66 books known as the Bible. Find fulfilled prophecies en masse in another “holy book”, not gonna happen. I beg you to look it up for yourself and see that it is true, before it is too late.
This review has been a long time in coming and is plainly stated. Thank you
McCarthy another Paul Ryan in charge. Ryan former speaker of the house now part of FOX liberal news.
We see McCarthy gave into Bite Me, on the debt limit very soft no real bite.
Why not have the USA go into bankruptcy, screw the budget.
Biden’s hand on the climate change on food production will bring down America.
Climate Change is BS! They want to eliminate cows, we become vegans and eat bugs.
The lunatics say we have 9 years left, greenhouse gas warming things. People who can’t see the false fake climate change are totally lost.
Claude states the obvious. I propose that the Country do what it was designed to do-more local government on City and State level. Get the Federal “reach” out of our lives. Preserve(and maybe enhance) our Defense. Let the states that “think” they make great tax contributions to Fed budget keep the money and assume the Fed responsibilities(including a pro rata share of debt). Eliminate the District of Columbia-give it back to Maryland. Make it MUCH easier to do Capital transactions ANYWHERE in the Country, not just NYC. And monitor, sadly, with AI, monitored by humans, monitored by AI…because humans are untrustworthy in greed. No bank or financial institution can be owned by one party for more than 10 years-than never again for them or family/connections…..I think we would see 12% annual growth sustainable for generations…
Economics 101:
When millions of Americans say enough is enough they walk off the job. In order to keep current employees and hire new ones the company’s must give pay raises and treat employees with a little respect.
I will use a $1 bill in increments of 10 as an example to explain this. The people at the top of these companies are not about to take a pay cut. So now they tell the public that they must raise the price of their products by 10 cents. Now your $1.00 has become 90 cents. Inflation has gone up 10%. Now people are expecting the prices to increase because of higher pay raises. But, the greedy m**frs at the top now see a way to increase their profits by tacking on another 10 cents. now your $1.00 is worth 80 cents and you have 20% inflation.
Now the politicians (with orders from their corporate sponsors) come in. They cry out that the rise in inflation is because of big government spending to much (both sides do it). The next step is to loosen the tax laws for their sponsors (so they can have more profit). They deserve it because they are creating jobs (without workers those companies would go belly up). Then some politicians say that these corporations are not paying their fare share in taxes and it is called class warfare and it is evil because it will make this country communist.
Unions were once for the blue collar worker in the 20th century. No more, finis!
Now like all reform freeloader mentality of at least higher wages over non-union workers.
We see the illusion of these kool-aid drinking members to stop work across the board.
These people believe in their union leaders who sellout even their own rank and file members to become rich over the kool-aid drinkers. Standards are gone. Unions keep weak minded member’s in a fog. While the union elitist make tons of money. They don’t care about you, me and us.
The country is gone, we are only debating if we can bring the country back.
Has America gone past the tipping point?
We got an Open Southern Border and depend on enemies for oil consumption.
Congress has sold us out too. The voters are our own worst enemy added to the mix.
It’s all a show folks!
They want you to surrender to give up gas and oil economy for a CCP solar and windmill economy.
Are Americans giving away the cow instead of the milk?
One of the favorite techniques of hunters is to hide near a watering hole and watch the animals as they come to drink. The water of free speech is particularly fetching to the very game animals a predatory government seeks to expose and cull. A single provocative live decoy staked at a watering hole like this can reveal all the animals game enough to resist the claw…just saying.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward
*Oh, and they VOTE 😉
Unions were once for the blue collar worker in the 20th century. No more, finis!
Now like all reform freeloader mentality of at least higher wages over non-union workers.
We see the illusion of the kool-aid drinking members to stop work across the board.
These people believe in their union leaders who sellout even their own rank and file members to become rich over the kool-aid drinkers. Standards are gone.
Unions keep weak minded member’s in a fog. While the union elitist make tons of money. They don’t care about you, me and us.
The country is gone, we are only debating if we can bring the country back.
Has America gone past the tipping point?
We got an Open Southern Border and depend on enemies for oil consumption.
Congress has sold us out too. The voters are our own worst enemy added to the mix.
It’s all a show folks!
They want you to surrender to give up gas and oil economy for a CCP solar and windmill economy.
Are Americans giving away the cow instead of the milk?
Hey Froggy, you forgot to add the part about when the price of something goes up the sales tax goes up. They have used tobacco as a spring board for years. A tax on gas? Really? Every mile, car part taxed. Then we pay advalorem taxes on the cars to get a tag and pay every year to keep it. ( I know, preaching to the choir )
Also , I just love you folks that jump on that Lisa Beanidiot chiksa. I see her name pop up and scan past her dribble just to see all your replies. You folks make me sleep better at night knowing your out there.
My state finally got rid of a state food tax. BUT, the local governments just made their taxes go up to equal what the state tax used to be. You just can’t win.
Boston Tea Party 2.0?
Lisa is a figurehead, it’s a fake person put up by someone who is keeping this blog active.
Probably a poly science major who can’t find a good paying job.
Just like those basket weaving, women study type majors. Who want us to pay for their idiotic college degrees. Go get a burger flipping job, sweat for a change.
Raven maybe?
Most people think that the division between left and right proceeds in a straight line, with freedom growing in the direction they agree with and tyranny growing in the opposite direction.
My take is that the lines depart on a curve which, in fact form a circle. As you climb the circle, you get socialism on the left, fascism on the right. Further on there is communism on the left, and oligarchy on the right. At the top, they join again with a tyrannical government where all freedom is lost.
The greatest freedom is found where they join at the bottom, where people listen, acknowledge and accept differing opinions, and are willing to accept compromise.
As long as the politicians can separate opposing groups to hate each other they win. You have the right vs the left / black vs white / gay v straight / men vs women / pro life vs pro choice anti gun vs the 2nd amendment and the list goes on and on. When people are separated they are not focused on what the politicians are doing. If people actually united there would be hell to pay
Unions were once for the blue collar worker in the 20th century. No more, finis!
Now like all reform freeloader mentality of at least higher wages over non-union workers.
We see the illusion of the kool-aid drinking members to stop work across the board.
These people believe in their union leaders who sellout even their own rank and file members to become rich over the kool-aid drinkers. Standards are gone.
Unions keep weak minded member’s in a fog. While the union elitist make tons of money. They don’t care about you, me and us.
The country is gone, we are only debating if we can bring the country back.
Has America gone past the tipping point?
We got an Open Southern Border and depend on enemies for oil consumption.
Congress has sold us out too. The voters are our own worst enemy added to the mix.
It’s all a show folks!
They want you to surrender to give up gas and oil economy for a CCP solar and windmill economy.
Are Americans giving away the cow instead of the milk?
Could the trolls here tell us,
About the never before seen Jeffrey Epstein’s private calendars and emails.
People are being exposed who really killed Jeff?
You are all making me so very sad right now… Dems & Republicans, blue and red, liberals and conservatives all are contributing ( right here)to a problem that you are obviously missing. Big Government and Foreign Entities want you divided. They want you to argue and blame and spit hateful words at each other, and all I can see is you doing this. Much if what has been said, I agree with. I admit that. But i disagree with the name calling and the hate speech, from both directions. I fight for this country and the the way back to the great country that it once was. When it wasn’t necessary to lock your doors or make your kids play in the house, when people didn’t have to choose between medicine or rent and food, when the news was not propaganda and lies, when your neighbors were you friends and you helped and shared with each other. I fight for a country of promises made and kept, of knowing when you voted for a candidate it mattered, of not being taxed for things that don’t benefit anyone in the country and for a country that the world respected not laughed at. But we cannot go back in time and change things back to the way they were. We have no choice but to go forward. Our choice is in how we do it…United or divided. We all have different views, jobs, religions, ideologies, skin colors, etc. If we let those things matter more than being humans, the loving, understanding, forgiving humans God placed on this earth, Yes I said God, it’s not a bad word, what will be left for our children? For our grandchildren and beyond? Is this the legacy and history you want to leave? I don’t! I agree to disagree with people, I do my own research and make an effort to weed out the truth to the best of my abilities and I don’t share information with people who don’t want to hear it. Learn to walk away, learn to scroll/stroll on by. But stand for what you believe, there is nothing wrong with that until the truth in all of its glory and ugliness changes your mind. May God bless you all!
We are being snookered by our adversaries to be divided in all ideologies.
The govt has been corrupt for decades. It started with liberals inventing the Social Security Administration, State Welfare programs and colluding in the prohibition period. Prohibition went sideways. The most recent experiment crisis was the COVID scare we have.
Social media and smartphones are increasing the pace of deception.
Why be sad?
Do you really think people are using their real names to post here and other sites?
The comments here and other sites are for the most part people letting off steam.
Sure there are great postings here and to lean from those.
Wait until AI becomes full blown with an agenda to mess with our minds.
Unions are the ruination of America. They try to hold the companies hostage for more money and benefits. So the companies are forced to raise prices to pay for those extravagancies. Then it starts all over again with unions wanting more and more. It’s ridiculous when an electrician has to he called to close a light switch. I worked for a company that was union and even though I benefited from it, I saw the evil in it. I agreed to work for a certain wage and if I wasn’t satisfied I had the option to go elsewhere.
Are you a True Believer in the utopia?
Are you a Fellow Traveler? who’s agenda aligns with their agenda?
Are you a Useful Idiot? Who believes you are part of the rising elite?
What a pack of trolls.
The TROLLS came into this site with the COVID crisis and never left.
It was great when the previous blog gang had commonsense article posted. Now we have namby-pamby liberals doing what useful idiots do not working at a job.
It would be funny if all the posting was done by one or two homeless people.
Maybe it’s time to ignore the ignoramus troll posters.
Reading the comments, I have to wonder why would a commie demoncrap type even be reading this good prepper site, much less TRYING to be relevant, don’t they all plan on the godless OWO to provide them with all the bugs they can eat in their yummy utopia!
> One of the major issues is that people are uncomfortable occupying a middle ground
… as proven by most of the comments in this thread.
We used to be able to disagree agreeably.
Sleepy Joe is in charge that caused people to hate each other more often.
You don’t sellout your country, stop oil production or open the Southern Border.
It don’t matter D’s or R’s they are not representing voters anymore.
Yes we use to agree to disagree, but no more since the COVID reset.
We can thank dr. “F” for that too.
The US Constitution contains no provision for the division of government along political party lines. We do not have a parliamentary form of government. We are a representative-based republic. The original idea was that, in these modern times, there would be up to 435 diverse opinions representing the people and up to 100 diverse opinions representing the interests of the states. There was “faith” that mature adults could work through diverse opinions and occasionally make middle-ground decisions, moderated by the large number of differences. Despite warnings from the founding fathers, the people chose to follow political parties which can easily be manipulated by special interests to offer only two opinions or choices, neither of which challenges the special interests. “They” don’t give a hoot which one we pick as long as we don’t poop in their playground. If you think the Creator is watching your pick of an “R” or a “D” and judging accordingly, remember that the same Creator sees “I” and also a “write-in” of names that represent the values you hold dear. Choosing the lesser of two evils, is still an evil choice.
Yup, the independent types are tired out Demoncrats. Most will vote along with the lib’s, unless they are true middle of the road types.
The two party system is a joke, true that divides us like it did in the Civil War BS.
Today these Marxist educated voters have no actual American history knowledge. They believe in making America like Europe standards.
The lib’s believe in modern times their god is big government. Commonsense Americans believe GOD gave us the rights, freedom to choose wisely. The original concept of America was eroded away in the 20th century, political scandals, being the world’s police. We eventual got sloppy in faith and became political zealots.
A lot of this is utter lefty garbage. The billionaires are making their money in real estate, tech and investing, not on running companies that “don’t pay a livable wage”. If you think folks working in tech in this country aren’t earning a livable wage you’ve got your head in the sand.
Sadly, unskilled laborers are never going to get paid a wage in which they can support a family. That’s been gone for decades. There is no reason to remain unskilled in the world of information on demand.
The union pushed $15.00 USD was a scam to cause workers they are worth it.
The living wage is BS, the low wage job is to get experience. So you, we, I can move up to a higher paying job or start a business.
It funny (not really) but it’s the same here in Europe,the Netherlands.
Behaviour like this is spreading like wildfire. Now that is what I would call “The Real Pandamic”
Yes your farmers there are getting screwed, loosing their farms to bad politics.
Our farmers are getting the same treatment. The China CCP is buying up American farmland, big time.