The odds are that regardless of how the election turns out, the country will become more and more of a police state. It is very unlikely that the Liberty Movement will gain any traction under any circumstances. Too many people are dependent on government for something, and are happy to turn over their decision making to bureaucrats. So I'm just searching for whatever will give us the best chance, regardless of how small that chance is. Right now, I don't know what that strategy is. Originally Posted by CuteOldGuyI think Al Swearengen in Deadwood had it right when he and the sherrif Seth Bullock were talking about he political future of Deadwood.
Al: Our cause is surviving, not bein’ allied with Yankton or cogs in the Hearst machine, to show it don’t fate us as runts, or two-headed calves or pigs with excess legs, to a good fuckin’ grindin’ up. I only mention the judge in Montana toward maybe drummin’ up interest in us there.
Seth: Annexation to Montana instead of Dakota?
Al: Hikin’ our skirts to Helena might put Yankton back on its heels. And as minutes turn to hours over the piss-pot, I wonder, should we ruminate publicly in loud voices over formin’ a new territory with an eye towards future statehood, or even our own republic?
Seth: No dictatorship?
Al: What the fuck do we need a dictatorship for, that silences the public voice, that eases the enemy’s way? Noise made, overtures to outside interests and enlistment of the hooples’ participation is what this situation demands. And a trustworthy mug with a vague motive out there, buglin’ the call.
Seth: I’m not interested.
Al: (Leans forward) Our moment permits interest in one question only: will we, of Deadwood, be more than targets for ass-fucking? To not grab ankle is to declare yourself interested. What’s your posture, Bullock?
Seth: (He doesn’t move) As you see.
Al: (Smiles) Huzzah then.
Where are We the People today? I feel we are easing the enemy's way making the noises and overtures all the way leaving us a target for, as Al so eloquently put it, an ass-fucking? I think he's right. The citizens used to make noise and our politicians heard and heeded us; how they make noise and we heed them.
I looked up the quote to get all of it. Ironically the name of the episode was Childish Things.
