Americans - Vote Change - Please Vote Third Party
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Americans - Vote Any Third Party to Vote For Needed Change!
Why vote third party?
To ensure your vote counts:
As Theodore Roosevelt said "The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on artificial lines, boss-ridden and privilege-controlled, each a jumble of incongruous elements, and neither daring to speak out wisely and fearlessly on what should be said on the vital issues of the day."
It's worse now.
"Political discussion is mostly about considering an argument valid -- because you chose to embrace the conclusion."
You Can Help Resurrect America
"We elect government officials to referee a game; they have come to believe this means they own the teams, the stadiums, and the sport." - Allan Wallace
America has two parties; the stupid party and the evil party. I have talked to both Democrat and Republican activists, and all have laughingly agreed. They thought their party was acting stupid and the other party was evil. All these party members were correct!
Can you detect the shades of difference? "Republicans say they believe in economic freedom - but don't, while they actively dislike social freedom. Democrats say they believe in social freedom, but they don't - although they definitely hate economic freedom." - Doug Casey
"American politics is like professional wrestling, except they are throwing sound bites instead of chairs. Both parties scream, moan, groan, and shout to keep their gullible party minions convinced they are fighting righteous battles." - Allan Wallace
Don't be a minion.
"Once U.S. political and intellectual leaders stood for something. Today they stand where the cameras will catch them best, running their mouths with focus-group tested sound bites." - Joe Schriefer
"those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire
Flame wars about issues of little consequence are safe for a politician's future. Their real agendas are decided behind closed doors.
The Democrat and Republican parties are so close together they form one party. An example is the Social Security debate. The amount argued about is so insignificant it makes no difference which party "wins," the results will not solve the underlying problem. This makes our elections the equivalent of finals within a single Government Party, those involved selected from primaries orchestrated by party bosses. The media play their band instruments in a designated pit, accenting the entertainment.
"The most esteemed journalists are precisely the most servile. For it is by making themselves useful to the powerful that they gain access to the "best" sources." - Walter Karp
American politics has become nothing more than self interest in a cheerleader's costume. Where laws were once carefully considered and crafted to protect citizens - they have become rapidly formed general tools to increase government control. In fact, most laws are enacted, most agencies and departments created; to legally legitimize immoral, unjust, and unethical practices.
"It is much more important to kill bad bills than to pass good ones." - President Calvin Coolidge
Our laws are written like webs designed to catch and bleed gnats. The weaving spiders benefit and their friends the hornets fly through them. Our city police have been forced to become occupying armies enforcing civilian control regulations, instead of heroes that protect and serve. Neither major political party or their bosses would benefit by instituting liberty, so it will not happen on their watch.
It does not matter which party you are registered with - vote for the person you think will do the best job, not the least damage.
"When all government, in little as in great things, shall be drawn to Washington as the Center of all power, it will render powerless the checks provided of one government on another and will become as venal and oppressive as the government from which we separated." - Thomas Jefferson
The single democratrepublican party pretends to fight for justice, then does whatever they want. Clinton initiated welfare reform and NAFTA, Bush applied tariffs and raised spending - both following the other party's supposed agenda. They had argued against these actions until elected. They then did whatever served them and their supporters, not the citizens, best.
Wisdom can not exceed the limits of the wisest person in a group - and seldom do the wise consent to lead. Wisdom is not found at all in party politics; instead you find knaves, confidence men, and fools that believe they can run other's lives better than those living them.
When a wise person finds themselves in a hole - they quit digging and start looking for a way out. Our one party choices take ever more authority and money so they can buy bigger shovels.
When is the best time to patch a hole in the boat?
two answers:
1) As soon as possible.
2) Before you sail.
Why are you waiting?
A vote for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil. When Americans vote for the lesser of two evils they ensure everyone loses - except one candidate and that candidate's favorites.
Think of the last president or member of congress that could have stood proudly with the founding fathers - they don't exist, and haven't existed for decades. It is a sad sign for America, our leaders are like soap bubbles, shiny and empty. They only appear to have substance because there are no real leaders left to measure against them."When small men cast long shadows - the sun is setting." - Lin Yutang
Winning a vote is not the same as being right. The next time you vote knowing both parties can't be the right choice, please remember - both major parties can be the wrong choice. An ignorant vote resolves nothing, except which shyster we choose as slave master. How well do you know them apart from what party politics tells you?
"The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject." - Marcus Aurelius
Lets play big time and have a poll
Republi-rats and Demon-ublicans: "Let's agree before we argue, then next year we can both claim a win."
Let's see, we'll spend 5,000 billion this year, we can only tax 3,500 billion, so we'll go in debt another 1,500 billion (or more).
Let's argue until next year about 35 billion we won't actually save. That's chump change, but it'll make enough noise to get us re-elected.
Let's flip a citizen to see who pays.
They always land "tails-up," the chumps always pay.
We Can Remake Our ONE Party System
"Look at the tyranny of party--at what is called party allegiance, party loyalty--a snare invented by designing men for selfish purposes--and which turns voters into chattels, slaves, rabbits..." - Mark Twain
What really matters, the long term consequences of government action or inaction, are never discussed.
It does not matter what gets spent or wasted compared to what was projected to be spent. What really matters is the direction the country is headed. Is there more or less freedom, greater or lesser opportunity; is the two party system becoming far more important than the people they represent?
The political battle is not republican vs. democrat; the battle is bureaucrats and the elite vs. YOU. The constitution that was written to control government is ignored. We the people must control our government - no government will voluntarily control itself.
Bust the monopoly of two party politics.
""I freed thousands of slaves. I could have freed thousands more if they had known they were slaves." - Harriet Tubman
Do folks realize when they say they belong to a political party they are admitting a party owns them? You can bet party bosses know and count on their subservience. There's just one party in America - and citizens aren't invited.
"Investigating and questioning is human; blind obedience is animal-like. Truth never loses by the former, but it often suffers from the latter." - William Penn
A change of mentality toward supporting third parties will have to be a grass roots effort. Talk it up among your friends, start a blog, post a short essay on your site, but do something. If nothing else link to this page. With your help we will increase our impact with each election.
"The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it."
P. J. O'Rourke
Once we have changed the system, we will have to once more replace tyranny with something better. The question is not will there be change; we know the existing system is collapsing. The question is how will we design the replacement so it may endure longer than the almost century of liberty engineered in the first American Revolution?
The Other Path: The Economic Answer to Terrorism by Hernando De Soto
Hernando de Soto offers an alternative vision for more...1 point
The Revolution: A Manifesto by Ron Paul
"There are few people in public life who, thr more...0 points
Recapturing The American Dream
"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors." - Plato

It's Time To Throw The Bums Out
Not voting is submission to those that want to yoke you to their cart. They have their whips hidden until after they are elected. Once in charge they expect you will not be able to unseat them. As Theodore J. Forstmann said, "The gentle government that promises to hold your hand as you cross the street refuses to let go on the other side."
Both parties are full of corruption; they both point at each other trying to draw attention away from themselves. America is as corrupt as any country - we just try to limit corruption to the highest levels - and condemn direct lower level bribes.
"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators." - P.J. O'Rourke
Politicians frequently increase taxes with talk of taking from the rich and giving to the poor. The government is so deep in debt, the rich and the corporations do not have enough wealth to pull it out, even if they could sell everything (who would buy it?).
I had someone ask me the difference between marketing and sales. I replied that if you consider the two party system a brand; schools do marketing, politicians do sales. Neither wants intellectual liberty and free thought threatening their security. It is never in the best interests of any bureaucracy to let you know you do not need them.
Politicians of both parties are not robbing the rich to give to the poor, they are stealing from children to buy themselves votes. As Government continues to grow, it is not the wealthy that pay. The expense of large government will be a decreased standard of living and less liberty now, and in the future there will be further decreases for our children.
The only way to effect change is to vote for what you believe, not the lesser of two evils. Vote for any third party. Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves. - Eric Hoffer
I prefer the Constitution or Libertarian parties; vote for the Green or Peace and Freedom parties if that is what you believe. You might also want to consider a vote for the new Pirate Party, their positions in the Swedish election helped change other party platforms regarding net neutrality, and privacy rights. There are many third parties - investigate for yourself to find the one closest to your views. Then improve your party by joining and becoming involved.
Feel free to "mix and match" by voting for individual candidates from any party who support your views. Don't waste your vote on a Demon-ublican or Republic-rat, they are the same vile fluid in different bottles.
If your vote is a deciding factor in an election (maybe possible in one or two wards in one contested state), there will be a corrupt re-count (see Chicago in 1960 and Florida in 2000 ).
A vote for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil. And you're making the lesser evil think he has support for his foul plans.
Truly Make A Difference
"Not voting is just as bad as voting for evil men because it allows evil to succeed by default. Take a stand with people who support what you really believe." -- Tom Ambrose
The following are short articles and essays on voting third party. Principled third party ideas are getting traction, help us change to a higher gear.
A vote is "wasted" when someone fails to vote their conscience. - Jesse Ventura
The Myth of the Wasted Vote by Charles L. Hooper
Make your vote count - vote for any third party4 points
ABOUT SPOILERS AND WASTED VOTES
superficially, it seems logical1 point
The Purposes of 3rd Parties
What They're For and What They Do1 point
Reason Magazine - Fusion Power
only two parties is no fun1 point
The Abused Voter Syndrome by Richard Boddie
an essay to clear up confusion about spoiling, vot more...1 point
MORE 3rd Party Essays
a page of links to essays and articles about, for, more...1 point
3rd Party Essays
a page of links to essays and articles about, for, more...1 point
http://www.squidoo.com/ronpaulrevolution
Let's come together, I really believe it's possibl more...1 point
Ventura Keynoting 3rd Party Debate
remarks by Gov. Jesse Ventura at the opening of th more...0 points
Vote - but vote for any third party
"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Half of registered voters don't vote. Not voting is not a protest; not voting is submission to those who want to run your life. A third party vote by a significant number of citizens will be noticed. If you want to move the two parties apart, and create real debate, give voice to your protest by voting for any third party.
"I think a presidential election is a half-billion dollar Punch and Judy show whose practical outcome is orchestrated well in advance. The presidential campaign is held for tradition's sake and for its entertainment value, the better to shill the voters. " - Gary North
If we can expand third party voting we can seek equal representation in debates and coverage. So long as the two major parties control the vast majority of votes, they control the electoral process and can exclude effective third party participation. Vocal, growing third parties will cause the major two to split apart, offering Americans more viable options.
If just half of those who are registered and don't vote, vote third party, there will be some real changes in the ol' USA. Someone once said if voting were really effective, it would be illegal. Let's make it more effective and find out. Thomas Jefferson felt an election should be a minor revolution, each election a chance to create something new.
We need a voter's revolution to reverse course from compounding errors of the 150 years. Protest and make your vote count: vote for any third party.
Visionary Leaders Create Needed Change
"Good management scales. Political management fails." Allan Wallace
A visionary leader can handle a team of ten, or a team of ten million. With ten million he will find or train ten leaders who can handle a million, They will each find or train ten leaders that can handle a hundred thousand.
A political manager will find a few dozen appointees that have good connections, power, and results (so far) without regard to ethics. This organization will be marked by infighting and scandalous behavior. Hidden agendas will rule the day, corruption will skate toward goals unchecked by humanity.
Just what are these basic human rights we talk about?
It started with life, liberty, and the pursuit of property - it was changed to happiness because some folks don't want property.
"To change masters is not to be free." - Jose Marti y Perez (1853-1895)
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
... certain unalienable Rights, that among these
That means there are more rights, some of which have been redefined by government into privileges we need to seek permission to enjoy. Some of which have been banned "for our own good."
* Freedom from surveillance
* Personal privacy
* The right to make stupid and self destructive choices
* Anonymity
* Equal protection
* Due process
* The right to protect yourself
* Freedom to read, write, think, speak, associate, travel, and relocate
* The right to make choices about your own life, as long as you do not disrupt other's rights
* The right of dissent
"If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government that is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." - James Madison
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." - George Washington
A two party system is like a true/false test question.
What if the answer is neither one, or has not yet been discovered?
Your life's interaction with society is like an essay question -- or a story you have yet to write. Be creative and write your own ending.
Allan Wallace
If third parties mean anything, it is voicing your opinion
TANSTAAFL -- "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch" - E. "Doc" Pournelle
My opinion:
Like a parasite, socialism requires free enterprise to feed its growth. When it grows too big; the host, and then the parasite, dies.
Your Options:
"There are two primary choices in life;
to accept conditions as they exist,
or accept the responsibility for changing them." - Denis Waitley
I would add one more choice to what Denis offers. My family came to America in the late 1600s. It's been good to us. I plan next year to scout other countries to see if I can find a growing country that might be good for the next 300 or more years. I'll start looking in Uruguay. The world has changed dramatically since I last traveled it, as has America. As Rudyard Kipling said. "What can he know of England who only England knows?"
Now let us have your opinion:
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vikksimmons
Nov 21, 2011 @ 12:10 am | delete
- Unfortunately my problem with third parties is that they simply throw the whole thing to the side I have fewer faith in, so I'm sort of in the "anything but" camp. :) Not a great place to be but the lesser of two evils for now.
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JaguarJulie
Oct 16, 2011 @ 1:59 pm | delete
- My dear, had you ever heard of John Hagelin? Just wondering.
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BFuniv.com
Oct 16, 2011 @ 3:31 pm | delete
- Nice of you to drop in Julie, I hope life is treating you well.
I'm aware of the Natural Rights Party and know he's been a presidential candidate with them. Natural rights made sense in the limited presentations I've read -- but I'm not sure where his TM affiliation fits into his political philosophy.
There are many third parties, I haven't listed them all. A vote for any of them may help move our conjoined duopoly of politics toward reason.
*enjoy life*
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Dreamer88zzz
Sep 15, 2011 @ 4:05 am | delete
- I used to be a democrat, but i have learned that almost all politicians are the same. They all take huge campaign contributions and then return the favor when they are elected. Big money now owns the country...
This is why for 2012 I'm voting for Ron Paul, even though there are some minor things i don't agree with him on, he is the only one that truly cares about the people. He knows how to fix the economy and bring back our freedoms. In doing this he will go against the status quo, which is something that big money would hate to see!
I'm glad this lens shows up on the lens suggestions of my beat the system lens :)
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BarbRad
Mar 30, 2010 @ 8:45 pm | delete
- I'm a person who always votes, and I disagree that the two major parties are the same. Third parties are the reason we have Obamacare today. There is no third party I agree with any more than with one of the major parties. I will vote for and contribute to the campaigns of individuals I believe will support liberty. I will stick with a major party for president and would vote third party for local and state offices if I think it has a better candidate. I have no reason to think that third party candidates will be any more virtuous than major party candidates. However, if those who wouldn't vote otherwise vote third party, that's a good thing. It does send a message. I think everyone who is educated on the issues and concerned about the direction of the country should vote.
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stargazer00
Feb 15, 2010 @ 11:07 am | delete
- I refuse to vote for the lesser of two evils. I will vote for who I think is the best person, even if they are from a third party, even if they are obscure and even if the media says they can't win. It is the only voice we really have.
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april415
Nov 7, 2008 @ 10:04 pm | delete
- BF, as always such an eloquent call to liberty. I think that perhaps in the next election I might be a little more pragmatic and vote third party . I'll generate my seismic wave for the Revolution and bring about change( God I love Jefferson. His steady call for liberty action! Is it sick to have a "crush" on a long dead personality? :0)
This election though I vented my frustration and contempt for the nation-state, and upheld my own impeccability. I refused to Vote.Very high principal just not a very effective action for change! :)
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Consern Citizen
Nov 4, 2008 @ 1:43 pm | delete
- When will people get off the politial bandwagon!! Its not right to vote for 2 wrong parties who can't get along. Meanwhile nothing gets done and more money is spent. Its just become a game of puppets and sheep played by wolves. Even if 3rd party doesnt win, show your support, eventually people will wake up and not listen to the media and goverment's lies. Never vote for someone you dont want. That's what they want you to do. STAND UP AND BE STRONG!!!!
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mdvaldosta
Nov 3, 2008 @ 7:56 pm | delete
- Where's Ron Paul when you need him?
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Reggie_Marigold Oct 27, 2008 @ 5:51 pm | delete
- Hi! Did the last paragraph of "It's time to throw the bums out" have working links? Or were they just underlined? It might be nice if they were linked. It'd also be nice - I might have missed it - a link to the ALL the current candidates in the 2008 race. There's like 16 (?) people running, of which 8 are (?) are on enough ballots in enough states for the electoral college, and yet all we hear about is Obama v. McCain.
Fanatastic lens! Kudos & ^5's all the way around.
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Justice
Written during yet another violent attack on a peace, human rights, and freedom movement.
Under Justice inalienable human rights are more important than laws.
In our world: If despotisms flee and let justice win; leaders may have personal assets seized and have themselves tried as war criminals. If they instead casually slaughter children and parents but stay in power; no court will try them, no other governments will touch them, no matter how barbaric they act. At most they will will face strongly worded letters or perhaps an embargo that punishes the poorest people but not their leaders.
Three messages have been sent: Divine Right still reigns (if you have national authority you are generally untouchable short of a lost war and occupation). Divine Democracies refuse to intervene except in the short term interests of ruling influence peddlers. Tyrants are safest when unfailingly destructive of human rights and life.
The conclusion: No nation's government wishes justice for fear of being judged.
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The more corrupt the state, the more it legislates. - Tacitus
For The Next Generation
and the one after
At least you can still vote third party and whimper before America dies.
Another option: Be Patriotic. Move you, your family, and what remains of your wealth out of the country. You can always return later to help rebuild what will be destroyed.
The sooner you leave, the safer you will be. If you have to leave -- you waited too long.
The Current Option
Vote your conscience.
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Vote for any third party. "Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grand-children are once more slaves." - D. H. Lawrence
Can You Handle The Truth?
Democracy was the Divine Right of the last age. It served the same purpose, retaining privileges and profits for the elite and their cronies, while providing an illusion of choice between the puppets of one party and marionettes of another party -- all preselected by political party bosses. The bosses also had their puppet masters.
A country is an abstraction, constantly varying in interpretation in the minds of those that consider it. It's perceived values drift with popular myth. A country can not create freedom, but only limit liberty. At best it can support freedoms of individuals to come, go, and do as they wish. The Bill Of Rights tried to tie down the abstraction of country by limiting organizational power, and is failing. Individuals are no longer free to do as they wish, so long as they do not interfere with what others are doing. We are not even free to take responsibility for our own actions. We are not free to say no, we are not free to choose poorly or well. We are limited at every turn, no longer free.
We can quit being a graffiti covered wall masked by heavy earth tone paint. Become what we once were, an artful collage of individual portraits. You must become an individual, not a replication produced in an indoctrination academy.
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They want to make all the complex human herds and packs composed of individuals into a single hive of drones. They have always failed, they will always fail; for outstanding individuals will continue to emerge - imagining and accomplishing exceptional goals - changing everything." - Allan Wallace
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