how much will we tolerate

Bailout tests how much the American public will tolerate theft (September 23, 2008)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/23/ED0J132MOV.DTL
Treasury Secretary Paulson's edict to create a $700 billion fund to buy worthless mortgage securities from agitated wealthy bond investors is nothing short of a final step on the path to the end of the republic. The secretary claims he can only be effective if his decisions are beyond judicial review. Our government and its owners appear to be testing how much the American public will tolerate. A few years ago, no one could have imagined that the silent majority would quietly accept thefts of this magnitude from a government that stopped tiny payments to single mothers with poor children in the name of welfare reform because the program's $10 billion cost was breaking the federal budget. If the public allows this theft, then it will signal to powerful forces that they can essentially do anything, because the American public has become so mushy-headed that it will stand up for nothing. When power discovers that those from whom it would exact payment are powerless, its viciousness increases infinitely. Our enemy has revealed itself, and it is our own government. Because the American public has not been introduced to methods for controlling its government for generations, I will suggest one called a general strike. This fundamental democratic power is where everyone decides to send a message to the government by not going to work, to school, shopping, nowhere. This is the critical time when charlatans among us will promise they can save us from the inevitable if we only allow them the power they need to save us. They are lying.

Thank you, MID. I have felt this (a general national strike) could turn things around, many times before, but my friends keep telling me, "Willy, it won't work. You can't get that many people to join you in your plan." Well guess what, dear friends, I haven't given up the idea, its now being spread around on The Internet. We could start with the 30-odd million oof us who have brought Obama into the forefront for a starter!

How else can we get 60-80 million people to do it? France, Spain, Ireland AND Great Britain have done it in the recent past (20-some years, I think) and brought their government to their knees, but they were only in the 5 to 6 millions work force. France, for example has less than 30 million citizens total.

We need to have 50-60 million workers to do it all at once. Maybe sending this suggestion over and over as often as we (lightworkers/change-shifters) begin to spread this message around, perhaps THIS IS THE NEW BEGINNING (after the Capricorn influence/corporate falling apart occurs). I hope so. I will send this message and the links you made to do whatever I can.

You are too much! You point out the problem, give a possible solution and post links. Keep up the good work

I simply cut and paste articles I get periodically in a newsletter/compilation I receive. You can I always tell when I get a new one in because I start posting a lot. The compilations are usually 6 separate emails long and take me a while to work through. I try to spread the postings out to make it easier for everyone to read them. I try to post things I think people will be interested in and not too much gloom and doom, try to find a middle road. There is usually A LOT of gloom and doom type stuff in the compilations. I try to sort through it and post the best stuff.