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By David DeGraw, AmpedStatus
The Obama referendum came in and he got what he deserved. When you run on change and leave the same criminals in positions of power and don’t hold anyone accountable for obvious crimes, and allow them to continue to commit those crimes, you deserve to lose your power. This is what happens when you put Tim Geithner and Larry Summers in charge of the economy, and support Ben Bernanke for reconfirmation as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. This is what happens when you keep Robert Gates as your Secretary of Defense and General Petraeus in charge of your wars. This is what happens when you lie to protect the interests of BP over the American people. This is what happens when you bailout Wall Street and the health care industry and sell out everyone else. This is what happens when your rhetoric is the opposite of your actions. The past two years have clearly exposed Obama as a spineless corporate puppet and he deserves to be voted out in 2012.
Now, don’t get me wrong, most of the people who were just voted into office are just as bad, if not worse, as hard as that is to believe. This election marks the third straight time that the American public dramatically voted out the people who were in power. The fact of the matter is that these people are not voting for politicians that they like as much as they are voting against politicians they hate. Hopefully by 2012 the American public will finally understand that they must support Independent candidates and alternative political structures, and cannot vote for Democrats or Republicans, if they ever want to achieve the needed change. Both parties serve the same corporate masters. Yes, there are some differences between the two. The Democrats serve half of the top economic one percent, and the Republicans serve the other half. We have Neo-liberals to the left and Neo-cons to the right, leaving 99% of us without representation.
And the saddest part of all, the system is now so rigged via campaign finance, lobbying and the revolving door that it is almost impossible for people who represent us to even get into office, let alone stay in office and enact policies that will bring change. Two politicians in Congress who actually fought for us against the Economic Elite just lost their reelection bids. Alan Grayson and Russ Feingold lost because record amounts of cash went to funding the candidates who ran against them. Even their own party’s leadership didn’t support their reelection efforts. The bottom line in this money rigged system is that you cannot run against the most powerful corporations and win. They will just pour unlimited funds into defeating you, and your own party will desert you.
The truth that many so called “Independent” news outlets will not tell you is that this government is now beyond repair. You won’t hear many calls for Revolution because even the more “Independent” news outlets are dependent on the two-party system. It is absurd that these outlets still play into the obsolete Republican versus Democrat dynamic. The only reason why they do it is because they are dependent on grants from foundations and political organizations that will not fund them unless they bow to Democrats and bash Republicans, or vice versa.
I can speak from personal experience. I’ve lost a vital grant to fund my work because I wasn’t willing to focus my attention on blaming Republicans for our problems. Our problems are a result of the two-party system. When you engage in bashing one party in favor of the other, you become a pivotal cog in the machine that is killing our country. I will not be part of the disease. The stakes are too high now. America is burning and both parties are pouring gasoline all over it.
Most Americans have only a vague understanding of the collapse that we have been set up for. If you think the past two years were bad, they were just a warm up to what is coming our way. After analyzing the policies in place and the current political environment, I can assure you that the next two years will be worse that the previous two. 52 million Americans have already been driven into poverty, 30 million are in need of work, millions of American families have been foreclosed upon and the inequality of wealth is the most severe it has ever been in the history of the United States. And this is just the beginning phase of the decline. Millions more will be added to these totals and the social safety-nets that have held our society together are breaking down. Cuts to vital social programs are going to be severe across the board.
Our paid-off government is not going to fix our problems, they are making them worse. Don’t you think it’s time for you to start representing yourself? Don’t you think it’s time for you to start defending your family’s interests?
These are questions that I’ve already asked myself and deeply considered. I made my decision and have dedicated myself to building a wide-ranging network of alliances across the political spectrum and have drafted a common ground platform that we are building off of. I’ve analyzed power politics very closely over the years. I know how the game is played and I know who our enemies are. I’m going to do everything I can to end the two-party oligopoly.
I’m not saying that you should follow me. I’m saying that it’s time for YOU to lead. It’s time for YOU to get involved. Build your own army. Once you start paying attention and put in some time to do the research, you will clearly see for yourself that both parties are working against your interests. You will also see how critical the situation is and realize that you can no longer be passive and expect to keep living a healthy and secure lifestyle. We are going to be tested in ways we have never been tested before. We cannot get away with being apolitical anymore. It’s time for us to pay attention, to become directly involved in the decision-making processes that guide our life. I know this is something that most people don’t enjoy and don’t want to do, but the consequences of our inaction will be much worse than anything we have ever experienced.
Yes, I sound extreme, but these are extreme times. I’m not going to sit quietly as our future is ripped out from under us. I will not let my family’s well being and our country’s fate be decided by short-sighted greed addicted forces that have looted the global economy and brought poverty, death and destruction throughout the world.
I see the path we are on and I intend to change it!
It is evident that the overwhelming majority of the population has become cynical and feels that it is useless to try to change things. If these people would just realize that they are the overwhelming majority and take action, we can change things. We have power in numbers. We are 99% of the population. If we organize on common ground and fight back, we will win!
– David DeGraw is the founder and editor of AmpedStatus.com. He is the author of The Economic Elite Vs. The People of the United States of America, and his forthcoming book is The Road Through 2012: Revolution or World War III.
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Sarah said:
Amen! Every time I hear a progressive tell me I should support the Democrats my stomach turns and I bite my lip. No More!
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Bill said:
I think the main point is that people see Democrats are spineless and Republicans as leaders, all be it crazy ass leaders.
I’m willing to do whatever is necessary to change course. How can we fund this 99% movement though?
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Rob said:
David, Love you passion but it’s too late, the ship is sinking.
QE2…
QE3…
QE4…
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Derek said:
@Rob
I was going to move to Guam, then I heard the US military was sending troops and ships to a base their. I don’t know how we can escape this.
November 3rd, 2010 at 3:53 pm
Gary said:
David “Tom Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Malcolm X” DeGraw strikes again!
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:01 pm
Frank said:
David,
I couldn’t agree with you more. I am amazed at how we as Americans have been lead to sleep while our Rome is burning. I have been doing what I know to do as far as alerting friends, family, aquaintances, in any case, thank you David
Sincerely
Frank Loosli
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Kevin said:
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November 3rd, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Jiggs Kincaid said:
Keep it buddy. I’m eager to see how long you madmen last.
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:32 pm
Westcoastliberal said:
David,
You are absolutely right. Obama’s campaign of “Hope & Change” has turned into “Shuck & Jive”. Too many excuses and a policy of “looking forward not backward” has resulted in this election result. It didn’t have to be that way.
Our 2-party system has remained 2-party all these years for a very good reason….both parties will not allow a 3rd or 4th party to emerge. Both share their knowledge that as long as Americans only have 2 real choices, they’ll “vote against” not for the lesser of the evils.
At this point there is no real solution staying within the framework of our democracy. Our ship of state has already hit the iceberg, but the band plays on and drinks are being served on the lido deck…no not for us, we’re stuck in steerage.
November 3rd, 2010 at 4:46 pm
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November 3rd, 2010 at 4:56 pm
Angela said:
I love everything about you David. You have descended from heaven like Archangel Michael to slay evil. Every time you write a new report it is a religious experience. God Bless.
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:26 pm
Elwood Anderson Las Vegas NV said:
A revolution will never happen because the oligarchy has tranquilized the electorate with safety net programs, electronic toys and reality TV, the modern version of bread and circuses. Attacking the problem electorally won’t work because the oligarchy controls the electoral process. The solution to this problem has to bubble up from the people at the lowest level. Individuals have to pressure cities to act. Cities have to pressure states to act and states have to pressure the federal government to act. The pivot point is the states. An example of this approach happened in the 1920s in North Dakota, which at that time was primarily a grain producing state. When harvest time came, the railroads, primarily controlled from Chicago, raised transport rates and the millers, primarily in Minnesota, lowered grain prices. Of course, banks were controlled from Washington. The farmers organized at the grass roots level and elected their members to the state legislature. Once elected, they passed laws that controlled freight rates in the state, started the Bank of North Dakota and the North Dakota State Mill. To this day, these institutions still exist. Currently, North Dakota has the lowest unemployment in the nation at around 3%, liquidity is provided by the Bank of North Dakota, and they have a budget surplus, primarily due to a healthy oil economy.
At the time, the organizers were called communists and disparaged by non-farmers for their organizing activities, but they persisted and succeeded by ground up organizing. Imagine what would happen if states adopted their own financial regulations for banks in their state or started their own banks, instituted their own election financing law, and used the ninth and tenth amendment to take a stand against the federal government. The courts would no doubt be clogged by lawsuits over the legality of it all. But, the states have their own national guard, which could take a stand against federal intervention. It would become a monumental confrontation that would bring the federal government to it’s senses and bring down the oligarchy. These are measures short of national revolution by people taking to the streets, which is always defeated by military intervention.
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:28 pm
Linda said:
Like the part on how independent news sites are dependent on serving one of the parties to obtain funding. This is sooo true. It really is why the two-party system continues, even out here in cyberspace you need money to produce quality news content online, so serving these foundations and one of the parties is required. I’m shocked to see Amped has made it this far without selling out. Keep on fighting and you just may win.
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:34 pm
Hank said:
first heard of you when you wrote the essay on starting a new government. was intrigued by it and been reading you since. think you should make a book that has all your essays in it. think if people only read one or two of them they might not fully grasp what you are saying. when you pile them all together they are bulletproof. you have built up a slamdunk case for revolution over the past year.
just an idea from an old patriot. thanks for the contribution to what’s left of this nation. you’re keeping the American spirit alive
November 3rd, 2010 at 5:50 pm
Susan said:
Derek: Guam is nothing BUT a US base, and has been since WWII. It’s a US possession, like Puerto Rico and the U.S Virgin Islands. It was originally colonized by the Spanish, and seized by the US during the US-Spanish War. The Japanese overran it, as they did the Philippines (another US possession from the Spanish War), shortly after WWII began. We took it back before the final attacks on the outlying home islands; it was a staging point for those attacks.
I’ve been there on vacation while I lived in Japan (2006-07); for the Japanese, it’s their version of the Caribbean duty-free zone, a major tropical shopping destination. The mallls are absurd. But the island itself is a garrison, and it’s a major R&R relief area for servicemen stationed in the East. The small native population, sadly, lives primarily on welfare, and is terrifyingly obese (they are Micronesian, and this has to do mainly with diet).
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Sharon Ray said:
We need what to do? I agree with you 100%, but how can we start doing something about this overwhelming system we now have? We need your input to get us started.
November 3rd, 2010 at 6:47 pm
99 said:
I still think you named yer movement after me!
And, no shit, well-deserved trouncing and, not to be trite, but we DO get the government we deserve. I mean, when we’re many and they’re few and we don’t make the right stuff happen, it stops being THEIR fault at some point… like, well, like this point.
November 3rd, 2010 at 7:36 pm
99 said:
I was at an election night party for a local politician with my mother last night. There was a woman there who said, “Okay, we can’t let this get us down. We start with OBAMA 2012 tomorrow.”
I said, “No. We hop on our war ponies and start counting coup on him so hard and fast that he can’t get up off the ground ever again.” She freaked and started listing all the fabulous things he’s done for us, none of which, of course, are actual.
Then today I find out that our candidate last night decided to run so he could make enough money that his wife wouldn’t have to work anymore.
Point being: The ostrich thing has to end. The INTERNET thing has to end. PEOPLE HAVE TO BE FACE TO FACE AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE BARKING THE ZOMBIES UP ONTO THEIR FEET.
In person.
Not here.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:03 pm
NMC said:
Thank you Mr. DeGraw for an excellent piece of writing. I believe you summed up the peoples feelings eloquently and I am in agreement that Washington has completely isolated itself from America. We have been occupied under the radar we just don’t know it. The elections are merely theatrics to give a false sense of freedom, however minor that freedom may be.
Revolution is coming, and we have to succeed in cleaning house and building anew using the Bill of Rights as the foundation.
November 3rd, 2010 at 8:59 pm
Nick said:
Another blistering bombshell from our fearless forecaster. Looks like those lawsuits got you all fired up.
@Kevin
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November 3rd, 2010 at 9:24 pm
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November 3rd, 2010 at 9:27 pm
Joost said:
David. I enjoy the furious tempo and tone to this one. You always pound the oligarchs down to size brilliantly. Cheers!
November 3rd, 2010 at 9:48 pm
Jake said:
David. These reports are excellent and you seem to be building up a solid online audience. You should start making more videos. You have been very impressive in your TV interviews and that revolution uprising music vid you made was awesome. It woke up some of my apolitical friends. Even if you just read this report in front of a camera you can start reaching the overwhelming majority who never read but will watch a short video. You’re so close to bursting through, i can feel it. Crank out some quick videos!
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November 3rd, 2010 at 10:31 pm
Oilwelldoctor said:
Dear Mr. Degraw,
You are indeed a talented writer and have a great deal of truth in your column. I however believe your solutions are wrong. And a revolution will never happen!
From government statistics, 47% of Americans pay no FIT whatsoever. Take from the remainder (53%) those that belong to unions (FMC, GM etc.). Those bureaucrats employed by the federal & state governments, those companies that are supported by the US war machine, those serving in the military (the lifers, not the patriots doing their duty), police, fireman, teachers, and what do you have left?
November 3rd, 2010 at 10:41 pm
Cordley Garmany Coit said:
Right on bro, they are making life impossible with their vexing rules, sneaky laws, entrapment and snatching of rights from our bleeding hands. There are only two paths open thanks to their mealy mouthed thieving , acquiescence or revolt. It may well be planned this way.
November 4th, 2010 at 12:18 am
BuelahMan said:
David,
Excellent work.
Thanks for what you do.
November 4th, 2010 at 5:57 am
Dominic said:
http://djermano.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/30/5379744-there-is-no-democracy-just-the-atomic-bomb-club
November 4th, 2010 at 8:23 am
usurykills said:
I think any common ground we have is owned by the banks.
Everybody knows there’s something wrong, but all they can do is vote one way or the other. This is because the government runs the elections and the bankers run the government. Those who don’t like it go along or they don’t get paid. We rent the very chains that bind us.
Every platform of common ground you list is dependent upon bankers for funds. They run it all. Focusing on anything other than the way bankers steal every penny you earn is like chasing windmills. It’s corruption Whack-A-Mole. Obfuscation.
Every person has to understand that banks have been given the legal privilege to take everything they own and leave them in the streets to die. Banks usurp our right to create money, but we may yet regain it if we are persistent and of one voice.
November 4th, 2010 at 1:59 pm
Bob Fotiolas said:
You wouldn’t imagine how easy it is to fuel a revolution. A revolution which ‘ll bring down to its knees the true masters of the US and consequently the World i.e. the Banks.
It has a code name: “Jerome Daly” http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2469932
Start reading and start imagining… It could happen ovenight, because… it can’t happen any differentlly
PS. There’s a Greek community which work hard to prepare the Jerome Daly “virus”.
Poor little Greece, it gave it’s lights to the world civilization once. Maybe it’ll save the world again now…
November 4th, 2010 at 4:17 pm
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November 4th, 2010 at 4:23 pm
TessaC said:
Hear! Hear!
I am the most leftist Patriot you’ll ever know..funny thing is I find myself sitting along all sorts of people who come from all sorts of political backgrounds and all of us seem to agree with the same observations. Patriots were the first Tea Party, before it was co-opted by the GOP, I mean. I was surrounded by people who realized we had to audit the Federal Reserve banking cartel or we were all toast! Ron Paul stuck his neck out and actually got 250 Reps in the House, both sides of the aisle, to sponsor the Bill 1207 – audit the Fed. As the ‘sponsorship’ gained momentum in the House, the mainstream media portrayed the grassroots ‘audit the Fed’ movement as potential terrorists. Oh great. Then the GOP creates the Perry-Palin Shooow, to distract the Right from looking at that crazy libertarian, psuedo-republican, Ron Paul (and all 250 congressmen who signed on). Media Blitz Palin became Queen of the Tea Party which got watered down to ‘don’t tax me’ slogans..not a peep about auditing the Fed. The Patriots are still engaged but not affiliating themselves with either party. You call them(congress) Neo-Liberals and NeoCons, I see them all as fasicsts. I see them as a 1 party system where Congress and Presidents work for corporate interests, not The People. Solution? Make Congress audit the Fed. Right now, the Federal Reserve is buying the US debt..that’s private banks own the deed to America, while we pay off their fraud, the derivatives bubble, which amounts to over $800 Trillion. We are hostage. This is extortion. And Congress can’t/ won’t think outside of the box because theyre all in this game too deep. That’s both sides of the aisle, it isnt Left or Right.
November 5th, 2010 at 3:26 am
usedtobesupermom said:
WOW! I WISH I had “friends” like you 12+ years ago. Oh, I didn’t have a computer with internet capabilities then.
I was telling people that Wall Street was going to crash & one of the reasons was BECAUSE of CRIMINAL ACTIVITY!
The response I got well, it wasn’t nice at all. The nicest criticism was “you’re f#@*^% crazy, you don’t know what you’re talking about!”
It would have been nice to find ‘support/belief in what I was saying. There’s much more I’d like to write, but at this time I’m in too much pain & can’t think clearly.
Thank you for vindicating some things I was trying to inform others about. Too bad that it’s this way in the first place.
I’ll be back though. I’ve got some links to some pretty good sites.
Oh, the last Presidential election I voted & helped campaign for Ralph Nader. We also tried hard to PREVENT the BAILOUT!
November 5th, 2010 at 4:08 pm
Pauly said:
I did not know that we had as many wonderful people like almost all of the posts that i have read. Please continue as I don,t have the where with all to help but please continue. Thank you very much. in the words of a wonderful wife that I had ” don.t stop, don’t stop, ect. ect ect She died eight years ago.
November 5th, 2010 at 10:08 pm
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