Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk, Talk

Gleason’s article suggests that maybe Americans are finally waking up to the near total dysfunction of the American government and American society in general. I know it gave me reason to finally have hope. However, knowing about it and talking about it without taking action to correct this dysfunction is nothing more than mental masturbation. Preaching to the choir and whining to each other accomplishes nothing. Getting off the couch and out of one’s comfort zone is the action that is needed. So, what possible actions can be taken?

We could take criminal action against the corruptocrats in the federal government. That is certainly the highest profile action that could possibly be taken. However, there is the problem that the federal criminal corruptocrats control the federal law enforcement agencies and the federal courts. This is a non-starter.

Throw the bums out of federal elected offices. That is another high profile action that could be taken. However, the 2022 midterm election demonstrated that the “best cheaters” have mostly regained control of the American election process. The other major issue is that those who respect the United States Constitution don’t make very good cheaters. This, too is a non-starter.

"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." ~ Thomas Jefferson

There are those that suggest the Thomas Jefferson’s tree of liberty solution is a viable option. Maybe as recently as 50 years ago a large scale effort of this type might have been a viable solution, but in 2023 organizing such and effort is impossible with communications being controlled by those who would have action taken against them. The Founding Fathers certainly anticipated that this kind of action might one day be necessary. However, they didn’t expect American citizens would allow their rights and liberties to be as restricted as they are in modern America.

Having identified possible actions that won’t work; let’s examine a few actions that have a better chance of working. This is where American citizens need to move out of their comfort zone and become active players to fix what’s broken in America.

It seems like 50% or more of Americans are acknowledging that the voting system is corrupt. Correcting this system will take grass roots action at the county level. Demand that your county Sheriff investigate the voting machines used in your county for voting or tabulating the vote. If the machines have internet connectivity, they are subject to being illegally manipulated.

The voting system least possible to be corrupted is a paper ballot system with in-person voting and a very strict absentee ballot procedure. End all mail-in ballots except the formal absentee ballots. If this system of voting could be instituted by November 2024, America will have the most corruption free vote so far in this century. Take action to change your county and state to this voting system.

"We must face the appalling fact that we have been betrayed by both the Democratic and Republican Parties." ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

The United States Constitution has no provision that prevents the voters in a state from recalling a federal elected legislator, to remove him/her from office. Take action to recall any federal legislator by petitioning your state, in accordance with the state’s established procedure, for a recall election. Recall any Congressmen or Senator who is not serving your state’s voters as he/she promised. Throw the bum out.

Take action using the same procedure to establish a recall election for any politician who has failed to meet the promises he/she made to voters. There is no reason to put up with their misbehavior until the next scheduled election. Throw the bums out.

Always remember, a politician’s number one priority is to get re-elected so he/she can get richer. Damn few are worried about keeping their promises to the voters who elected them. Of course, they may not have been elected at all; they may have been selected by corrupter voting machines.

“Show me a man that gets rich by being a politician, and I'll show you a crook.” ~ Harry S. Truman

Talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, is a form of analysis paralysis that accomplishes nothing. Action must be taken if change is to happen and, in America today, a totally new system of change must be implemented. Please consider the words of these people who are far wiser than me.

"Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, and not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless." ~ Dietrich Bonhoeffer

"It's not the violence of the few that scares me, it's the silence of the many" ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

"Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable." ~ John F. Kennedy

"If you have no will to change it, you have no right to criticize it." ~ Mark Twain

"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men." ~ Samuel Adams

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." ~ George Washington