BREAD & CIRCUS

[The Great Ag]

Still writing SirCruz. Hang on. I need maybe 10 more minutes.

The Great Ag

[Kahlil Gibran]

Please list what voting has accomplished.

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:smile: Make a real difference!

[REV127]

Gosh...I'm being personally attacked in my own thread. Can't you find another dog to shoot?

:dontknow:

It'd only be a personal attack if somebody called you something, and that didn't happen. You were told you're free to be whatever you want, including that option.

[The Great Ag]

Why I don’t vote anymore. This is a short summation of how I view the political system.

I used to vote, and believed in the system. . .the gov’t looked after the Peoples’ interests. By voting and expressing your voice you can make a difference. What a load of communist crap! We have been spoon fed this junk in public schools for decades, and we eat it up like the good, little monkeys that we are.

Let’s look at reality. There are around 300 million people (legal and illegal) living in America. Let’s do some rough math here. Let’s assume that 85% of that number can vote, i.e. living bodies older than 18. That is 255 million eligible voters. The real number is lower, but I don’t have time to research it. Of that number approximately 1/2 vote so that is 127.5 million voters. In terms of Presidential elections, let’s assume the winner gets 52% of the vote. Many get much less than half, but I feel generous tonight. That means that 66.3 million people voted for their oppressor out of 300 million. 22% of Americans are supposedly represented by their vote. This is representative of America how?

Let’s just say for the sake of argument you prefer candidate A from a bunch of other monkey candidates. Let’s just say candidate A wins. . .YEA! YEA! YEA!. You can say my candidate won, our country is back on track, and other pleasantries, and feel good about yourself. That is what voting really is, making yourself feel better. If your candidate did not win, then you must re-double your efforts in other state elections to make yourself feel better.

I got sidetracked, sorry. Your candidate has won. Does he/she represent you? You say, “ofcourse, I voted for A.” Prove it. The best you can prove is that you voted at your district voting poll. All ballots are done secretly, so that the gov’t cannot come after you for wrongful voting. What a charade that concept is!

Your secret vote is told to no one, not even your candidate. How can he represent you when he has no clue who voted for him. Secondly, what binds the candidate to be your agent? There is NO contract binding him to anybody or anything. In America NO ONE can represent you without your written consent. Attorneys cannot, Realtors cannot, Doctors cannot do anything for you without a signed agreement. Without a signed agreement whom does the candidate represent?

You might say, Great Ag, what about the Constitution? Oh, yes, the CONsitution. Is your signature on that document? Is your candidate’s signature on that document? Therefore the CONstitution in its more basic form has NO relevance to you or me. The CONstitution was signed by 39 “so called” delegates of the People. How could a document signed by 39 have a binding authority on anyone who did not sign it, let alone a person alive 220 years later?

Are you beginning to see what a sham our political system is? Your candidate does not represent anybody, but his OWN SELFISH INTERESTS. The candidate, if he wishes to remain in power, must “throw you a few bones.” He steals and murders to fill his pockets, and gives you a few crumbs (crumbs defined as more laws to make our lives more safe and enjoyable).

There is no agreement between you and your candidate, nothing that can be shown openly and honestly for all to see. IT’S A SCAM pure and simple. It has been this way for centuries.

Go ahead and vote for the next robber, the next murderer, the next opressor. He/She has NO OBLIGATION to uphold anything. Even the oath is not binding. It is made to no one. That’s not true you say, the oath is made to the “people!” Which “people” would those be? Show me with proof who those “people” are?

There is no obligation whatsoever to do anything for anybody.

You would want to vote blindly for a thief because. . .

DON’T VOTE. The system is corrupted, and only gets worse with each election.

What to do? Stop voting for presidents and even locally. Local elections are the same theft, just on a smaller more personal scale.

If you enjoy the CONstitution and your state CONstitution, then force your candidate to sign the damn thing. Each voter signs it also. Then all parties would be bound by the contents of that agreement. The candidate upon winning would sign a written oath, with clearly delineated consequences if he/she does not do his/her duty. That is the ONLY way this thing could work in its present state.

Ofcourse, those who can look outside the system understand that each human is above the law, and that gov’t comes from the consent of the people, not the other way around. Express your godhood and don’t vote.

The Great Ag

[lolo]

Excellent examples of people who think voting matters.

You all still DO NOT UNDERSTAND America is already lost. The system is corrupted to the core. Our freedom is to HAHAHAHA vote for a bunch of handpicked candidates.

Gunner writes, "voting - there is no cost to us." There is always a cost. Currently the cost is the continuation of the loss of what "freedoms" are left. Been that way for over 150 years. Because of the corruption of the system, when you vote you vote for communism regardless of the candidate.

SirCruz writes how only half the country votes and look at the mess we have. Great, let's have everyone vote and really f:censored:k it up. If there were only 2 candidates and 3 voters, our country would still be a huge mess. Look at what I highlighted above, SirCruz, that is already happening. They are writing law. It's called civil law, and you will find listed as US code and State code. These are all man-made laws and all fringe on your God-given rights. Voting only encourages them to make more code, for our safety.

Drop your gun, because when you figure out the truth the gov't will be waiting for you.

The situation is not hopeless. DON'T VOTE AND WRECK THE SYSTEM.

THe Great Ag

You misunderstood what I meant by political mandates, probably because I didn't write well....a political mandate is to become politically active and informed, not to vote. The Government Printing Office was established so people could READ and then think about what they were doing. Voting is NOT the same as politics.

[REV127]

Bingo.


And for the record us non voters are doing something. We are openly advocating that you join us in our protest and stop voting so that real change can FINALLY begin to take place. When you vote all youre doing is voting IN FAVOR OF...

STATUS
QUO.

Yeah, but that isn't actually doing anything either. If the elections are rigged then voting and not voiting are equivalent. They will simply say people turned out to vote and so-and-so won. Half the country is already not voting and no good has come of it. If voting does work at all then some good could come of supporting better candidates in elections. Either way it costs you nothing.

Now if you were talking about and actually engaging in some real civil disobedience like Ed Brown, then you'd be doing something I could appreciate.

[The Great Ag]

You misunderstood what I meant by political mandates, probably because I didn't write well....a political mandate is to become politically active and informed, not to vote. The Government Printing Office was established so people could READ and then think about what they were doing. Voting is NOT the same as politics.

Ah, not to vote. Good point. And politics is the art of theft. The best thieves usually win.

The Great Ag

[Kahlil Gibran]

If you want to sit around and be a do-nothing no account I guess that's not really my business but the position you've offered the forum is off the mark.

:birthday:

[The Great Ag]

Yeah, but that isn't actually doing anything either. If the elections are rigged then voting and not voting are equivalent.

Hey, Rev:

Now you are getting it. Keep digging, you are almost there. It makes no difference, except that everyone would know the game is rigged.

Imagine that. What would the People do then?

The Great Ag

[SirCruz]

Why I don’t vote anymore. This is a short summation of how I view the political system.

I used to vote, and believed in the system. . .the gov’t looked after the Peoples’ interests. By voting and expressing your voice you can make a difference. What a load of communist crap! We have been spoon fed this junk in public schools for decades, and we eat it up like the good, little monkeys that we are.

Let’s look at reality. There are around 300 million people (legal and illegal) living in America. Let’s do some rough math here. Let’s assume that 85% of that number can vote, i.e. living bodies older than 18. That is 255 million eligible voters. The real number is lower, but I don’t have time to research it. Of that number approximately 1/2 vote so that is 127.5 million voters. In terms of Presidential elections, let’s assume the winner gets 52% of the vote. Many get much less than half, but I feel generous tonight. That means that 66.3 million people voted for their oppressor out of 300 million. 22% of Americans are supposedly represented by their vote. This is representative of America how?

Let’s just say for the sake of argument you prefer candidate A from a bunch of other monkey candidates. Let’s just say candidate A wins. . .YEA! YEA! YEA!. You can say my candidate won, our country is back on track, and other pleasantries, and feel good about yourself. That is what voting really is, making yourself feel better. If your candidate did not win, then you must re-double your efforts in other state elections to make yourself feel better.

I got sidetracked, sorry. Your candidate has won. Does he/she represent you? You say, “ofcourse, I voted for A.” Prove it. The best you can prove is that you voted at your district voting poll. All ballots are done secretly, so that the gov’t cannot come after you for wrongful voting. What a charade that concept is!

Your secret vote is told to no one, not even your candidate. How can he represent you when he has no clue who voted for him. Secondly, what binds the candidate to be your agent? There is NO contract binding him to anybody or anything. In America NO ONE can represent you without your written consent. Attorneys cannot, Realtors cannot, Doctors cannot do anything for you without a signed agreement. Without a signed agreement whom does the candidate represent?

You might say, Great Ag, what about the Constitution? Oh, yes, the CONsitution. Is your signature on that document? Is your candidate’s signature on that document? Therefore the CONstitution in its more basic form has NO relevance to you or me. The CONstitution was signed by 39 “so called” delegates of the People. How could a document signed by 39 have a binding authority on anyone who did not sign it, let alone a person alive 220 years later?

Are you beginning to see what a sham our political system is? Your candidate does not represent anybody, but his OWN SELFISH INTERESTS. The candidate, if he wishes to remain in power, must “throw you a few bones.” He steals and murders to fill his pockets, and gives you a few crumbs (crumbs defined as more laws to make our lives more safe and enjoyable).

There is no agreement between you and your candidate, nothing that can be shown openly and honestly for all to see. IT’S A SCAM pure and simple. It has been this way for centuries.

Go ahead and vote for the next robber, the next murderer, the next opressor. He/She has NO OBLIGATION to uphold anything. Even the oath is not binding. It is made to no one. That’s not true you say, the oath is made to the “people!” Which “people” would those be? Show me with proof who those “people” are?

There is no obligation whatsoever to do anything for anybody.

You would want to vote blindly for a thief because. . .

DON’T VOTE. The system is corrupted, and only gets worse with each election.

What to do? Stop voting for presidents and even locally. Local elections are the same theft, just on a smaller more personal scale.

If you enjoy the CONstitution and your state CONstitution, then force your candidate to sign the damn thing. Each voter signs it also. Then all parties would be bound by the contents of that agreement. The candidate upon winning would sign a written oath, with clearly delineated consequences if he/she does not do his/her duty. That is the ONLY way this thing could work in its present state.

Ofcourse, those who can look outside the system understand that each human is above the law, and that gov’t comes from the consent of the people, not the other way around. Express your godhood and don’t vote.

The Great Ag



Interesting!!

Now, what the heck can we do to fix the problems of this corrupt system?? If there is no vote, there is no rule of law. If there is no rule of law, why should I, as you say, drop my guns?....LOL

[The Great Ag]

Interesting!!

Now, what the heck can we do to fix the problems of this corrupt system?? If there is no vote, there is no rule of law. If there is no rule of law, why should I, as you say, drop my guns?....LOL

Only as it pertains to fighting the gov't. They have bigger guns, and show no lack of compulsion in using them against Americans.

Keep the guns for the smaller daily thugs. The gov't you must use other maleable methods.

The Great Ag

[Kahlil Gibran]

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Who here really thinks that "voting" is gonna bring him back?

:dontknow: 18 months from now

[REV127]

Hey, Rev:

Now you are getting it. Keep digging, you are almost there. It makes no difference, except that everyone would know the game is rigged.

Imagine that. What would the People do then?

The Great Ag

Sure, but I see that as a reason to vote. We all remember the big vote boondoggle over the Gore/Bush election that brought about popular scutiny of the voting system, eventually reaching all the way to the diebold machines. I have been of the opinion that the electoral college system was a bad idea at the time of the founding of this country and has no excuse for its existence at all in the modern era for years. By voting for and supporting a popular but non-insider candidate like Paul we get to see in action how the election is held. For instance Faux News bending over backward to make Paul look like he's losing when he dominates their own as well as just about everybody else's polls starts making it pretty clear that something underhanded is going on. As I understand it Mike Gravel is a current democratic test case but I'm not following his story that closely.

So, by supporting Paul I am helping to expose the system before the masses or potentially even getting him into office and given his voting record that wouldn't be a bad thing, at least in my eyes and those of a great many others who would like a return to something aproximating lawful government.

Not participating is tantamount to not getting your voice heard. At some point if everybody was not voting people might eventually start getting suspicious but that still doesn't deal with the electoral college issue. There will always be an electoral college to contend with and then all you need are one or two voters, paid shills even, and the system still works. Hey, it isn't their fault if everybody but 100 guys in the whole country is apathetic, right?

Or we need to be talking about real civil disobedience.

[Veritas]

There's a good argument to be made about the integrity of our voting system, whether or not the electoral college even does its job. That isn't the point, the point is to do something pro-active instead of a whole bunch of nothing. Given the huge support Paul has this can be a great test case.

Absolutely! Ron Paul is gaining a lot of exposure across the country. We can take advantage of this by informing others, tuning them in, and making his platform a topic of discussion. It will shake the foundation of those who have been baited by the other politicians and the MSM.

If you want to sit around and be a do-nothing no account I guess that's not really my business but the position you've offered the forum is off the mark.

It isn't the first time he's been "off the mark".

[Veritas]

The only logical choice is to NOT VOTE

+1

What if they held elections and nobody came?

Bush would remain in power.

[The Great Ag]

Sure, but I see that as a reason to vote. We all remember the big vote boondoggle over the Gore/Bush election that brought about popular scutiny of the voting system, eventually reaching all the way to the diebold machines. I have been of the opinion that the electoral college system was a bad idea at the time of the founding of this country and has no excuse for its existence at all in the modern era for years. By voting for and supporting a popular but non-insider candidate like Paul we get to see in action how the election is held. For instance Faux News bending over backward to make Paul look like he's losing when he dominates their own as well as just about everybody else's polls starts making it pretty clear that something underhanded is going on. As I understand it Mike Gravel is a current democratic test case but I'm not following his story that closely.

So, by supporting Paul I am helping to expose the system before the masses or potentially even getting him into office and given his voting record that wouldn't be a bad thing, at least in my eyes and those of a great many others who would like a return to something aproximating lawful government.

Not participating is tantamount to not getting your voice heard. At some point if everybody was not voting people might eventually start getting suspicious but that still doesn't deal with the electoral college issue. There will always be an electoral college to contend with and then all you need are one or two voters, paid shills even, and the system still works. Hey, it isn't their fault if everybody but 100 guys in the whole country is apathetic, right?

Or we need to be talking about real civil disobedience.

Good thought, Rev. Look at the bigger picture. Whoever wins has the support of the puppeteers. Who pulls bush's strings? Who pulled clinton's? Who pulled H.W. bushs? Who pulled reagan's . . .etc.

Is bush really the "decider?" Come on, we all know he's not. He has his orders from higher up. Follow the money trail. Our system is as corrupt as the Soviet Union's use to be.

What is more amazing is the Soviet's puppeteers are the same puppeteers in America.

I agree with "civil disobedience" but do it smartly on the administrative side. Courts and jail can be both expensive and waste a lot of your time.

The game is rigged not for our benefit.

The Great Ag

[Veritas]

Gosh...I'm being personally attacked in my own thread. Can't you find another dog to shoot?

:dontknow:

Nobody wants to hear your dramatized "oh poor me" cry-baby attitude, KG.

He is disagreeing with your position. It's not a personal attack by any means. If you can't take it, don't dish it.

[SirCruz]

Bush would remain in power.

That's my point right there!!

They will just stick whom ever they want in there and I am willing to bet it gets much worse!!

I would rather take the lesser of the two evils or shit can them in 4 yours if they are to corrupt!!...LOL

We know they are all crap, guess it depends on how much crap you can take!!

[The Great Ag]

Absolutely! Ron Paul is gaining a lot of exposure across the country. We can take advantage of this by informing others, tuning them in, and making his platform a topic of discussion. It will shake the foundation of those who have been baited by the other politicians and the MSM.

Hey, Veritas:

You are still under the delusion elections are free, and that your vote counts.

There will be no shaking of foundations. I wish it were otherwise, but it is not.

The Great Ag

[SirCruz]

We need to end the Federal Reserve and close down the banking system!!

That will fix the higher ups control issues. Now, how do we move people to do that??

[Veritas]

Please list what voting has accomplished.


FDR-Scum
Wilson-Scum
Truman-Scum
Kennedy-Scum-lite
Nixon-Scum
Ford-Scum
Carter-Scum
Reagan-Scum
Bush-Definitely scum
Clinton-Absolutely scum
W-No comment needed.


I know I lft many out and they are all scum also, esp Johnson.

What exactly has your votes accomplished besides showing support for a system that has elected the above scumbags?

I don't agree with your analysis of JFK. What places him within the ranks of "scum"?

[The Great Ag]

That's my point right there!!

They will just stick whom ever they want in there and I am willing to bet it gets much worse!!

SirCruz:

They already are. They support both sides. They win no matter which candidate wins.

You can vote democrat and openly embrace communism.
OR
You can vote republican and be taken to communism through the auspices of capitalism.
OR
You can write in a 3rd party candidate who might get 3% and that party will be eligible for gov't contributions in the next election.

Voting does not matter. The game is rigged. Don't vote.

THe Great Ag

[Veritas]

Hey, Veritas:

You are still under the delusion elections are free, and that your vote counts.

There will be no shaking of foundations. I wish it were otherwise, but it is not.

The Great Ag

I'm not saying it will shake the foundation of the system that is in place. I am saying it will challenge those (people) who bought into it. The more who are aware the better.

[Veritas]

SirCruz:

They already are. They support both sides. They win no matter which candidate wins.

You can vote democrat and openly embrace communism.
OR
You can vote republican and be taken to communism through the auspices of capitalism.
OR
You can write in a 3rd party candidate who might get 3% and that party will be eligible for gov't contributions in the next election.

Voting does not matter. The game is rigged. Don't vote.

THe Great Ag

Hypothetically speaking, if 100 million people voted for Ron Paul and 49 million people voted for Hillary - and Hillary became President, there would be a lot of angry Americans, and a lot of explaining to do.

[REV127]

Good thought, Rev. Look at the bigger picture. Whoever wins has the support of the puppeteers. Who pulls bush's strings? Who pulled clinton's? Who pulled H.W. bushs? Who pulled reagan's . . .etc.

Is bush really the "decider?" Come on, we all know he's not. He has his orders from higher up. Follow the money trail. Our system is as corrupt as the Soviet Union's use to be.

What is more amazing is the Soviet's puppeteers are the same puppeteers in America.

I agree with "civil disobedience" but do it smartly on the administrative side. Courts and jail can be both expensive and waste a lot of your time.

The game is rigged not for our benefit.

The Great Ag

I think we understand eachother for the most part at this point but I have one more question for you. As a non-voter, what is your end game? The puppetmaster and his puppets will still be in place whether you put them there or not.

Already been to jail. Don't have anything on your person that you care about when you're arrested, you'll never see it again. It is a waste of time, unless it's for a good cause. Life goes on when you finally get free.

Actually here's another question for you, aside from not voting what is an administrative side act of civil disobedience that won't be a costly waste of time?

[Veritas]

I wonder if anybody has told Ron Paul that votes don't count.

[Kahlil Gibran]

LEADERLESS RESISTANCE (http://www.louisbeam.com/leaderless.htm)

:bull-smile:

[The Great Ag]

Hypothetically speaking, if 100 million people voted for Ron Paul and 49 million people voted for Hillary - and Hillary became President, there would be a lot of angry Americans, and a lot of explaining to do.
Game does not work that way, Veritas. If the puppeteers want Ron Paul to be the republican candidate then he will be the favored republican oppressor. He would dance to their strings. That's the game.

I think we understand eachother for the most part at this point but I have one more question for you. As a non-voter, what is your end game? The puppetmaster and his puppets will still be in place whether you put them there or not. The idea is to free yourself first, then start with your family and friends, and whomever else will listen.

Already been to jail. Don't have anything on your person that you care about when you're arrested, you'll never see it again. It is a waste of time, unless it's for a good cause. Life goes on when you finally get free. How true. I've never been there, and hopefully will never be. If I have any say.

Actually here's another question for you, aside from not voting what is an administrative side act of civil disobedience that won't be a costly waste of time? It's a long answer, but I wrote a thread about it called 14th Amendment Slave (http://goldismoney.info/forums/t125000-14th-amendment-slave.html) and watch this 10 minute video on The Philosphy of Liberty (http://www.pacinlaw.org/awareness/philosophy_of_liberty.php)Start there for information.

I wonder if anybody has told Ron Paul that votes don't count. He's a politician in a corrupt system. He knows the score, I would think. Maybe he doesn't. Irrelavent either way.

The Great Ag

[REV127]

AG, can you point me a little better? I'm reading the thread, I read it when you first posted it actually, and I understand the slavery part well enough I think. I'm not sure what part is the part that removes power from the puppetmaster or the puppets, though. Or is your basic argument that you can escape from the system by taking a particular course of legal action?

[_79]

LEADERLESS RESISTANCE (http://www.louisbeam.com/leaderless.htm)

:bull-smile:

Excellent article, thanks Kahlil. Here is the paste and the link again.


http://www.louisbeam.com/leaderless.htm

ISSUE 12, FEBRUARY 1992: FINAL EDITION
LEADERLESS RESISTANCE



The concept of Leaderless Resistance was proposed by Col. Ulius Louis Amoss, who was the founder of International Service of Information Incorporated, located in Baltimore, Maryland. Col. Amoss died more than fifteen years ago, but during his life was a tireless opponent of communism, as well as a skilled Intelligence Officer. Col. Amoss first wrote of Leaderless Resistance on April 17, 1962. His theories of organization were primarily directed against the threat of eventual Communist take-over in the United States. The present writer, with the benefit of having lived many years beyond Col. Amoss, has taken his theories and expounded upon them. Col. Amoss feared the Communists. This author fears the federal government. Communism now represents a threat to no one in the United States, while federal tyranny represents a threat to everyone . The writer has joyfully lived long enough to see the dying breaths of communism, but may, unhappily, remain long enough to see the last grasps of freedom in America.

In the hope that, somehow, America can still produce the brave sons and daughters necessary to fight off ever increasing persecution and oppression, this essay is offered. Frankly, it is too close to call at this point. Those who love liberty, and believe in freedom enough to fight for it are rare today, but within the bosom of every once great nation, there remains secreted, the pearls of former greatness. They are there. I have looked into their sparking eyes; sharing a brief moment in time with them as I passed through this life. Relished their friendship, endured their pain, and they mine. We are a band of brothers, native to the soil gaining strength one from another as we have rushed head long into a battle that all the weaker, timid men, say we can not win. Perhaps...but then again, perhaps we can. It's not over till the last freedom fighter is buried or imprisoned, or the same happens to those who would destroy their freedom.

Barring any cataclysmic events, the struggle will yet go on for years. The passage of time will make it clear to even the more slow among us that the government is the foremost threat to the life, and liberty of the folk. The government will no doubt make today's oppressiveness look like grade school work compared to what they have planned in the future. Meanwhile, there are those of us who continue to hope that somehow the few can do what the many have not. We are cognizant that before things get better they will certainly get worse as government shows a willingness to use ever more severe police state measures against dissidents. This changing situation makes it clear that those who oppose state repression must be prepared to alter, adapt, and modify their behavior, strategy, and tactics as circumstances warrant. Failure to consider new methods and implement them as necessary will make the government's efforts at suppression uncomplicated. It is the duty of every patriot to make the tyrant's life miserable. When one fails to do so he not only fails himself, but his people.

With this in mind, current methods of resistance to tyranny employed by those who love our race, culture, and heritage must pass a litmus test of soundness. Methods must be objectively measured as to their effectiveness, as well as to whether they make the government's intention of repression more possible or more difficult. Those not working to aid our objectives must be discarded or the government benefits from our failure to do so.

As honest men who have banded together into groups or associations of a political or religious nature are falsely labeled "domestic terrorists" or "cultists" and suppressed, it will become necessary to consider other methods of organization--or as the case may very well call for: non-organization. One should keep in mind that it is not in the government's interest to eliminate all groups. Some few must remain in order to perpetuate the smoke and mirrors vision for the masses that America is a "free democratic country" where dissent is allowed. Most organizations, however, that possess the potential for effective resistance will not be allowed to continue. Anyone who is so naive as to believe the most powerful government on earth will not crush any who pose a real threat to that power, should not be active, but rather, at home studying political history.

The question as to who is to be left alone and who is not, will be answered by how groups and individuals deal with several factors such as: avoidance of conspiracy plots, rejection of feeble minded malcontents, insistence upon quality of the participants, avoidance of all contact with the front men for the federals--the news media--and, finally, camouflage (which can be defined as the ability to blend in the public's eye the more committed groups of resistance with mainstream "kosher" associations that are generally seen as harmless.) Primarily though, whether any organization is allowed to continue in the future will be a matter of how big a threat a group represents. Not a threat in terms of armed might or political ability, for there is none of either for the present, but rather, threat in terms of potentiality. It is potential the federals fear most. Whether that potential exists in an individual or group is incidental. The federals measure potential threat in terms of what might happen given a situation conducive to action on the part of a restive organization or individual. Accurate intelligence gathering allows them to assess the potential. Showing one's hand before the bets are made, is a sure way to loose.

The movement for freedom is rapidly approaching the point where for many people, the option of belonging to a group will be nonexistent. For others, group membership will be a viable option for only the immediate future. Eventually, and perhaps much sooner than most believe possible, the price paid for membership will exceed any perceived benefit. But for now, some of the groups that do exist often serve a useful purpose either for the newcomer who can be indoctrinated into the ideology of the struggle, or for generating positive propaganda to reach potential freedom fighters. It is sure that, for the most part, this struggle is rapidly becoming a matter of individual action, each of its participants making a private decision in the quietness of his heart to resist: to resist by any means necessary. It is hard to know what others will do, for no man truly knows another man's heart. It is enough to know what one himself will do. A great teacher once said "know thyself." Few men really do, but let each of us, promise ourselves, not to go quietly to the fate our would-be masters have planned.

The concept of Leaderless Resistance is nothing less than a fundamental departure in theories of organization. The orthodox scheme of organization is diagrammatically represented by the pyramid, with the mass at the bottom and the leader at the top. This fundamental of organization is to be seen not only in armies, which are of course, the best illustration of the pyramid structure, with the mass of soldiery, the privates, at the bottom responsible to corporals who are in turn responsible to sergeants, and so on up the entire chain of command to the generals at the top. But the same structure is seen in corporations, ladies' garden clubs and in our political system itself. This orthodox "pyramid" scheme of organization is to be seen basically in all existing political, social and religious structures in the world today from the Federal government to the Roman Catholic Church. The Constitution of the United States, in the wisdom of the Founders, tried to sublimate the essential dictatorial nature of pyramidal organization by dividing authority into three: executive, legislative and judicial. But the pyramid remains essentially untouched.

This scheme of organization, the pyramid, is however, not only useless, but extremely dangerous for the participants when it is utilized in a resistance movement against state tyranny. Especially is this so in technologically advanced societies where electronic surveillance can often penetrate the structure revealing its chain of command. Experience has revealed over and over again that anti-state, political organizations utilizing this method of command and control are easy prey for government infiltration, entrapment, and destruction of the personnel involved. This has been seen repeatedly in the United States where pro-government infiltrators or agent provocateurs weasel their way into patriotic groups and destroy them from within.

In the pyramid type of organization, an infiltrator can destroy anything which is beneath his level of infiltration and often those above him as well. If the traitor has infiltrated at the top, then the entire organization from the top down is compromised and may be traduced at will.

An alternative to the pyramid type of organization is the cell system. In the past, many political groups (both right and left) have used the cell system to further their objectives. Two examples will suffice. During the American Revolution "committees of correspondence" were formed throughout the Thirteen colonies.

Their purpose was to subvert the government and thereby aid the cause of independence. The "Sons of Liberty", who made a name for themselves dumping government taxed tea into the harbor at Boston, were the action arm of the committees of correspondence. Each committee was a secret cell that operated totally independently of the other cells. Information on the government was passed from committee to committee, from colony to colony, and then acted upon on a local basis. Yet even in these bygone days of poor communication, of weeks to months for a letter to be delivered, the committees without any central direction whatsoever, were remarkable similar in tactics employed to resist government tyranny. It was, as the first American patriots knew, totally unnecessary for anyone to give an order for anything. Information was made available to each committee, and each committee acted as it saw fit. A recent example of the cell system taken from the left wing of politics are the Communists. The Communist, in order to get around the obvious problems involved in pyramidal organization, developed to an art the cell system. They had numerous independent cells which operated completely isolated from one another and particularly with no knowledge of each other, but were orchestrated together by a central headquarters. For instance, during World War II, in Washington, it is known that there were at least six secret Communist cells operating at high levels in the United States government (plus all the open Communists who were protected and promoted by President Roosevelt), however, only one of the cells was rooted out and destroyed. How many more actually were operating no one can say for sure.

The Communist cells which operated in the U.S until late 1991 under Soviet control could have at their command a leader, who held a social position which appeared to be very lowly. He could be, for example, a busboy in a restaurant, but in reality a colonel or a general in the Soviet Secret Service, the KGB. Under him could be a number of cells and a person active in one cell would almost never have knowledge of individuals who are active in another cell. The value of this is that while any one cell can be infiltrated, exposed or destroyed, such action will have no effect on the other cells; in fact, the members of the other cells will be supporting that cell which is under attack and ordinarily would lend very strong support to it in many ways. This is at least part of the reason, no doubt, that whenever in the past Communists were attacked in this country, support for them sprang up in many unexpected places.

The efficient and effective operation of a cell system after the Communist model, is of course, dependent upon central direction, which means impressive organization, funding from the top, and outside support, all of which the Communists had. Obviously, American patriots have none of these things at the top or anywhere else, and so an effective cell organization based upon the Soviet system of operation is impossible.

Two things become clear from the above discussion. First, that the pyramid type of organization can be penetrated quite easily and it thus is not a sound method of organization in situations where the government has the resources and desire to penetrate the structure; which is the situation in this country. Secondly, that the normal qualifications for the cell structure based upon the Red model does not exist in the U.S. for patriots. This understood, the question arises "What method is left for those resisting state tyranny?" The answer comes from Col. Amoss who proposed the "Phantom Cell" mode of organization. Which he described as Leaderless Resistance. A system of organization that is based upon the cell organization, but does not have any central control or direction, that is in fact almost identical to the methods used by the Committees of Correspondence during the American Revolution. Utilizing the Leaderless Resistance concept, all individuals and groups operate independently of each other, and never report to a central headquarters or single leader for direction or instruction, as would those who belong to a typical pyramid organization.

At first glance, such a type of organization seems unrealistic, primarily because there appears to be no organization. The natural question thus arises as to how are the "Phantom cells" and individuals to cooperate with each other when there is no intercommunication or central direction? The answer to this question is that participants in a program of Leaderless Resistance through phantom cell or individual action must know exactly what they are doing, and how to do it. It becomes the responsibility of the individual to acquire the necessary skills and information as to what is to be done. This is by no means as impractical as it appears, because it is certainly true that in any movement, all persons involved have the same general outlook, are acquainted with the same philosophy, and generally react to given situations in similar ways. The pervious history of the committees of correspondence during the American Revolution show this to be true.

Since the entire purpose of Leaderless Resistance is to defeat state tyranny (at least insofar as this essay is concerned), all members of phantom cells or individuals will tend to react to objective events in the same way through usual tactics of resistance. Organs of information distribution such as newspapers, leaflets, computers, etc., which are widely available to all, keep each person informed of events, allowing for a planned response that will take many variations. No one need issue an order to anyone. Those idealist truly committed to the cause of freedom will act when they feel the time is ripe, or will take their cue from others who precede them. While it is true that much could be said against this type of structure as a method of resistance, it must be kept in mind that Leaderless Resistance is a child of necessity. The alternatives to it have been show to be unworkable or impractical. Leaderless Resistance has worked before in the American Revolution, and if the truly committed put it to use for themselves, it will work now.

It goes almost without saying that Leaderless Resistance leads to very small or even one man cells of resistance. Those who join organizations to play "let's pretend" or who are "groupies" will quickly be weeded out. While for those who are serious about their opposition to federal despotism, this is exactly what is desired.

From the point of view of tyrants and would be potentates in the federal bureaucracy and police agencies, nothing is more desirable than that those who oppose them be UNIFIED in their command structure, and that every person who opposes them belong to a pyramid type group. Such groups and organizations are an easy kill. Especially in light of the fact that the Justice (sic) Department promised in 1987 that there would never be another group that opposed them that they did not have at least one informer in. These federal "friends of government" are intelligence agents. They gather information that can be used at the whim of a federal D.A. to prosecute. The line of battle has been drawn. Patriots are required therefore, to make a conscious decision to either aid the government in its illegal spying, by continuing with old methods of organization and resistance, or to make the enemie's job more difficult by implementing effective countermeasures.

Now there will, no doubt, be mentally handicapped people out there who, while standing at a podium with an American flag draped in the background, and a lone eagle soaring in the sky above, will state emphatically in their best sounding red, white, and blue voice, "So what if the government is spying? We are not violating any laws." Such crippled thinking by any serious person is the best example that there is a need for special education classes. The person making such a statement is totally out of contact with political reality in this country, and unfit for leadership of any thing more than a dog sleigh in the Alaskan wilderness. The old "Born on the fourth of July" mentality that has influenced so much of the American patriot's thinking in the past will not save him from the government in the future. "Reeducation" for non-thinkers of this type will take place in the federal prison system where there are no flags or eagles, but abundance of men who were "not violating any law."

Most groups who "unify" their disparate associates into a single structure have short political lives. Therefore, those movement leaders constantly calling for unity of organization rather than the desirable unity of purpose, usually fall into one of three categories.

They may not be sound political tacticians, but rather, just committed men who feel unity would help their cause, while not realizing that the government would greatly benefit from such efforts. The Federal objective, to imprison or destroy all who oppose them, is made easier in pyramid organizations. Or perhaps, they do not fully understand the struggle they are involved in and that the government they oppose has declared a state of war against those fighting for faith, folk, freedom and constitutional liberty. Those in power will use any means to rid themselves of opposition. The third class calling for unity and let us hope this is the minority of the three, are men more desirous of the supposed power that a large organization would bestow, than of actually achieving their stated purpose.

Conversely, the last thing Federal snoops would have, if they had any choice in the matter, is a thousand different small phantom cells opposing them. It is easy to see why. Such a situation is an intelligence nightmare for a government intent upon knowing everything they possibly can about those who oppose them. The Federals, able to amass overwhelming strength of numbers, manpower, resources, intelligence gathering, and capability at any given time, need only a focal point to direct their anger. A single penetration of a pyramid type of organization can lead to the destruction of the whole. Whereas, Leaderless Resistance presents no single opportunity for the Federals to destroy a significant portion of the Resistance.

With the announcement by the Department of Justice (sic) that 300 FBI agents formerly assigned to watching Soviet spies in the US (domestic counter intelligence) are now to be used to "combat crime", the federal government is preparing the way for a major assault upon those persons opposed to their policies. Many anti-government groups dedicated to the preservation of the America of our forefathers can expect shortly to feel the brunt of a new federal assault upon liberty.

It is clear, therefore, that it is time to rethink traditional strategy and tactics when it comes to opposing a modern police state. America is quickly moving into a long dark night of police state tyranny, where the rights now accepted by most as being inalienable will disappear. Let the coming night be filled with a thousand points of resistance. Like the fog which forms when conditions are right and disappears when they are not, so must the resistance to tyranny be.



"If every person has the right to defend--even by force--his person, his liberty, and his property, then it follows that a group of men have the right to organize and support a common force to protect these rights constantly." ---The Law. Frederick Bastiat Paris, 1850.