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dfgrbac Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 03:28 PM
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Who will bring "Peace on Earth"?
Edited on Wed Jan-02-08 03:55 PM by dfgrbac
Maybe an even more important question is who desires peace. People have been praying for peace from the beginning of human history. But the people praying for peace (the general population) are not the ones causing wars (the rulers). So, it should be overwhelmingly obvious by now that praying is not solving the problem. Let's think about that. God has placed us in charge of our own destiny. Therefore, God expects us to create peace! God helps those who help themselves. Since we are here by grace, maybe God already knows we will succeed. But how do we convince ourselves that we have the power to succeed?

It's a matter of political will. If we don't have the will to be active in politics (in other words determining our own futures as a whole, which is what politics really is), there are those who are only too willing to assume that political power. And once they assume power, it is easy for them to gain more power due to our lack of attention. They can tell us anything to pacify us while they set agendas that make themselves even more rich and powerful. They rig the system so only big money candidates have any chance at getting elected through the manipulation of public information. Without an informed population, the elite entrenchment of power is secured.

So - if we, the people, desire peace, it is our agenda that must prevail. What form of government empowers the people to set our own political agenda? Only one - democracy. The founders of our great country knew that to avoid despotism (like they so successfully fought against), ultimate power had to remain in the hands of the people as sovereigns. Thus, they added the Bill of Rights (in particular the 9th and 10th Amendments) to our Constitution. The 9th Amendment clearly puts the people in charge of our government.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

It is government of, by and for the people - democracy. Though our government and their media constantly refers to the USA as a democracy, their propaganda against democracy is strong because they actually fear democracy. They want to think they control power, but they know power actually resides in the people. The plan is to eliminate the Constitution and remove the people's sovereignty. . We are at a tipping point to full fascism!

Can we save ourselves by simply electing a new President? Possibly. But the system has been so corrupted by money, we must choose one who recognizes the problem and openly promises to enforce the people's sovereignty and freedom with democracy. Rather than enforcing our Constitutional Democracy (which our elected officials swear to do), hundreds of laws that would enforce fascism instead have been implemented unconstitutionally. They are in place for a fascist crackdown. Are you ready for marshal law?

Ladies and gentlemen, this is extremely serious! We have been dutifully warned by these American patriots: Aaron Russo (may he rest in peace), http://www.911blogger.com/dailynews">Naomi Wolf, and even former high-level Republican government officials John Dean and Paul Craig Roberts. We must pay attention!

Due to corruption of the system, those who control our government are no longer our elected officials. The government has its own agenda, and it is not the people's. We must retake control by declaring our democratic rule of law untouchable. We must enact the National Initiative for Democracy.

We, the people, have peace on Earth as our responsibility!
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 03:35 PM
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dfgrbac Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 04:01 PM
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2. Thanks for the kick.
Thanks for the kick!

I appreciate it.
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Clanfear Donating Member (260 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 04:21 PM
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3. No one.
There will never be peace on Earth as long as humans are alive.
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dfgrbac Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 04:25 PM
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4. Human nature
Edited on Wed Jan-02-08 04:45 PM by dfgrbac
Contrary to popular belief, Clanfear, war is not human nature.

It is our leaders who need and create wars for their own agendas - usually their own enrichment.

War is A Racket!
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 05:23 PM
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7. The Luciferic opens the door to the Satanic.
"OMG!WMD">Invasion>Oil monopoly. $100 barrels of oil.

All it takes is a few determined assholes to screw it up for the rest of us.

A teacher once said that this current struggle is about those who want to control the world versus those who just want to live in it.

It's entirely up to us, and our actions (or inactions).
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dfgrbac Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 05:25 PM
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8. Getting it!
It's nice to hear from someone who gets it!

Thanks.
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Flabbergasted Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 05:00 PM
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dfgrbac Donating Member (378 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 05:14 PM
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6. Thanks!
And thanks for the greatest votes!
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jkshaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-02-08 05:54 PM
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9. Longfellow has a bleak verse
in "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day," --

There is no peace on earth, I said,
For hate is strong
And mocks the song
Of Peace on Earth, Goodwill to Men

But he ends up optimistic -- this is a Christmas hymn in many churches --

Then pealed the bells more loud and deep:
“God is not dead, nor doth He sleep;
The wrong shall fail, the right prevail
With peace on earth, good will to men.”

But I've never believed it. I've lived too long to believe it.
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