Freedom and Education, Programming and Misinformation



"If once [the People] become inattentive to the public affairs...
I, and Congress, and Assemblies,*
Judges and Governors shall all become wolves."
......................................................................................Thomas Jefferson

*[and Agencies and Globalist cabals, and self-empowered 'World Organizations'
like the WHO, the WTO, and their associated power usurping 'legislation' like Codex,]
[Apologies to wolves: In my mind, they are ecologically essential, and they have a wonderful reputation, whereas
the ones in Congress have threatened our survival.]


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and DO ONE THING ABOUT ONE THING!

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"In our democracy*, no power is more potent than dependable, relevant and
well-organized information about legislation passed and candidates for public office
in the hands of voters before Election Day...unless they have lost confidence
in the process because of election financing abuse and mystery voting machinery."


Do we live in a democracy?
*According to the CIA World Factbook, we do not live in a democracy, but a constitution based federal republic, [..."and to the republic for which it stands..."] with strong democratic traditions. On the other hand, the Dominican Republic, [there's that word again], is listed as a democratic republic (last year it was listed as a 'representative democracy.') But no, not the U.S. We are not listed as a democratic republic or a representative democracy. No. Not by the CIA World Factbook. Thought you should know. Here are the UPDATED links:

CIA World Factbook
CIA World Factbook look-up for United States of America (then, click on 'government' category)
CIA World Factbook look-up for Dominican Republic........ (then, click on 'government' category)


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and DO ONE THING ABOUT ONE THING!


(Thinkscapes is referring these sites for their helpful lists, not necessarily their stated views.
Thinkscapes supports Independent thought based on independent research of each individual.)


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CapWiz Take a close look at this site...Click on lower right 'Want another glimpse of customer day'>then the green, red and blue folders...What we are up against as individual citizens: Marketing special interest to Congress! Exercising 'democracy' through organizations that have a marketing plan for sale! Notice after clicking on the green folder, the 'Sessions' are a competitive attempt to take control of what groups Congress hears from by actually 'building' them to be what you want them to be! Then, notice after clicking on the blue folder, how much this kind of 'help' costs! Gotta love it...when you 'come to' and get up off the floor! (Please email editor@thinkscapes.com if YOU know why the Emperor Penguin is on the web page.)



ACTIVISM AND EVIDENCE THAT OUR VOTING MACHINES HAVE BEEN,
AND STILL ARE GREATLY FLAWED:

BEV HARRIS' BLACKBOXVOTING.ORG
Election forums you can read and post to... by state!

Educate yourself...
and DO ONE THING ABOUT ONE THING!


(Read below how touchscreen voting machines can destroy democracy. Really.)





It does not appear that all the voters were able to benefit from the information made available before the 2004 election. The roots of this problem are well known by those who would manipulate the electorate for their own agendas. However, for those who would like to continue to search out your own information, here are a few links that could get you started finding out more about how - what is simplistically and hypnotically called 'democracy' - works... or doesn't... and just how much 'we the people' have... or don't have.. to do with it... by choice or not, by apathy or action, by being accurately informed or misinformed... or not informed at all! We all know something has to change... Something basic.

Let's start the dialogue with one another... But first, let's have something to discuss! Perhaps we would all benefit from a discussion of the 'two party system' and how the 'growth and harvest' cycles affect the financial security of Americans today. Something is going on, and we shall never understand the nature and the power of our government over our futures and our children's futures, unless we are willing to take a look at the amazing overall picture, created by those who would be our 'handlers,' and the parts that make it up. We may need to actually question the authority of those we have been told we elected to usurp our freedom and choices: No one needs less freedom that is also being told they are free! No one should be told they are dying for freedom, without also being shown how that freedom is being eroded. We may need to evaluate and measure what has been going on and make adjustments in how we feel about our experience as Americans. It may be disappointing, but the first step is admitting it..to ourselves and and to each other. Only with that communication will we gather the consensus and commitment to decide and follow through with what needs to be done. Something worth doing isn't always easy.

ONEREDPILL

A word about changing the world: I often hear people say to me 'it'll never change,' as if
to say, one person can't change what has been put in place, even though most of us don't like it! To them I always say, "Do one thing to help change one thing." One of us probably cannot change the world by ourselves, but one of us can do one thing! If one out of five Americans wrote their congressional representative about one topic, after learning all they could about it, congress would receive 60 million letters! If 60 million informed people wrote to congress, our 'non-representatives' would have to notice that many people are watching and care about how things go! They would expect more letters on more topics, and suddenly their job is not only about corporate lobbyists and what they represent, but mostly about what the people who thought they put them in office want!

Of course this will be irrelevant until we get the problems with these mystery voting boxes out of the election process! We can no longer be confident or assured that our votes are counting in the way would like to imagine! See the link below to Bev Harris' ongoing, non-partisan investigations into the unreliability of electronic voting machines, and the admitted partisan and potentially fraudulent voting machine companies, involved in elections all over the country! We have to draw the line somewhere!

Just as important is knowing what the sources of our information are: Let's follow the trails of power, money and oaths of association! And, let's identify our friends and our enemies in this search for true information. Ready? Let's go! And remember, this is just a place to start: A great one, but just one. The rest is up to you. All you can do is your part... and watch what happens as others join in the thinkscapes' spirit and do theirs!

The links that follow will appear to have a lot of information about Ralph Nader. Why did we choose to include so many specific links to this person's information? Please read the links and see if you agree with the uniqueness of this individual's qualifications for being included on thinkscapes: He has worked for several decades on the side of the people of this country. Yes, he has had many, many reasons for seeing this struggle as one between the people and the government! He knows much more than many of us but he is willing to share this information...Information that shows how hypnotized we are to believe that there are only two choices in politics, democrat and republican! The most disturbing registration to those who would try to control our support is 'independent!' Nader, like more and more Americans, see the independence of being registered independent. But, until the people in the states where independents are not allowed to vote in the primaries change that, they will be punished for not registering in one of the two parties.

Nader is well informed about what is truly going on, and how it has, and still is, affecting all of us who work for a living! He is worth not ignoring, but had limited access in a 'scripted' process planned by the two-party 'leaders of the hypnotized.' And even though he appeared in many media venues, and travelled all over the country, in an effort to get the uniquely important information to as many people as he could, without the help of the mainstream and 'purchased' media, he was effectively left out as a viable alternative by the hypnotizing onslaught of the wealthy supporters of big government!

We must come to see this process for what it has become: A runaway train named "Corporacracy!" This is not the time to be forgiving of the powerful in Congress who have blatanly chosen to represent the multi-national corporations, and not the people of this country! We can, if we WILL, take our country back! We can, if we carefully INFORM ourselves and stop letting CONVENIENCE be the overriding principle in our search for truth! We can, if we can IGNORE the distractions carefully thrown before us, and FOCUS on the most important issues first, and work from there! But that will take some doing...and a lot of thinking! Let's be willing to prepare ourselves to do this thinking. That's why thinkscapes is here! Peace.


"Are we really fighting for what we believe in?... Or have we been told to fight for something we have been told to believe in? Where does reality figure into this? Do we care about reality? Are we hypnotized not to care? Can we wake up?"
Educate yourself...
and DO ONE THING ABOUT ONE THING!


More links to sites and articles on this topic:

BlackBoxVoting.org's homepage
Documented investigation of problems with our election process

BlackBoxVoting.org VIDEO viewing page
Entertaining and educational free viewable videos about hackability of electronic voting machines

Chimp video from BlackBoxVoting.org
Baxter hacks electronic voting machine

Documented recall process from BlackBoxVoting.org
History of ongoing, grassroots supported, voting machine recall process

www.factcheck.org
'Holding politicians accountable' website

www.whitehouseforsale.org
An informational website about our purchased candidates.

http://www.bushsecrecy.org/
An publiccitizen website about government secrecy and freedom of information.

Original thinkscapes.com artwork
Subject: Corporacracy

Reports on government (by Ralph Nader)
The purchased two party system isn't working, is it?

Activism on our behalf
Has to know a lot!

Letters to the President (from Ralph Nader)
Truth confronting Power: He does it...Can we?

"Afraid to vote for Ralph Nader"
A 2004 thinkscapes.com editorial

Contact Ralph Nader
Go ahead. Even if you didn't vote for him, you can still thank him for caring and acting on our behalf. You may never have another chance.

www.publiccitizen.org
An example of peaceful, highly informed activism

Michael Moore's website
He has the courage to have a website: The least anyone can do is read it. Right?:O)

Books and Movies on this topic

"Ad Noiseum"
Original thinkscapes.com poem about television's impact on our thinking.

More will be added, but feel free to do your own 'thoughtful' search!

There are also quite a few really well researched books out there now, some under the heading of 'fiction.' And who can forget how 'Fahrenheit 9/11' overcame the resistance of the film distribution industry in the United States and was finally distributed by Lion's Gate (Canada)!



There is hope, but you and others need to CARE ENOUGH AND LEARN ENOUGH to be genuinely informed!...And then you need to act!

Educate yourself...

and DO ONE THING ABOUT ONE THING!