Guest Post by Visayas Outpost
What America Must Do
Red, White, and Blue are nice colors for a flag. It is easy to feel ownership of that particular palette as an American, but I remember thinking that the colors rightly stood for Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité; the French set of concepts adopted for their Revolution. Thank goodness there is Wiki, that deep well of facts run by the Truth Ministry, to remind me that our American colors represent Valor, Purity, and Vigilance. The Netherlands was the first to use these colors apparently, changing the original orange to red to show separation from the House of Orange. They were becoming a Republic. The French and Russians were thus inspired, adopting similar designs as the monarchies started to fall. Freedom was breaking out all over, and today a whopping number of the world’s flags using these same tricolors.
My adopted country, Philippines, is one, and we added yellow sunbursts. The Commonwealth countries are good examples too. Other than Cuba, it is hard to find a Red, White, and Blue flag that does not represent freedom in some way (in theory, bear with me). This observation got my mind whirling about the current state of humanity we are in, and the yearnings and ideals that so many have in common.
Like America’s founders so long ago, there is a Long Train of Abuses that we have suffered as people in the modern techno State. Our ancestors took on the British Empire for much less, and it is difficult to say why we accept this treatment, other than we just seem to enjoy Voluntary Servitude. Those of us who can’t tolerate it find ways to break the yoke, and the unanswered question still hangs in the air; what will it take for people to throw of these bonds?
So we endlessly discuss the oppression taking place, and the progressive loss of freedoms seen now for decades. How to gain it back, and aren’t we past the tipping point? Will the military step in to fight back the evil? We waste energy on 2024, as if voting will fix things, when we know it won’t.
We bemoan the injustices of CovidTM without having done anything concrete to prevent it happening again. We talk and we wait for a miracle, essentially.
Readers may have come across the 72 types of potential domestic terrorist before, written ten years ago now, with most links still working. One could say those 72 types encompass the majority of Americans, guilty as we are of strong beliefs in Conservatism, the Constitution, and <gasp> even the Bible. Yet when the Government is subsidizing more than half the population, and actively targeting the other half, then we are at a major impasse. My radar lately is lit up with flashing red warnings:
– Robert Kennedy’s book detailing the last 20 years of CovidTM psy-op / development by the military
– The increased tempo of US military flights that indicate preparations for fighting a war in Europe, which we are not supposed to notice
– The vast increase of surveillance flights over North America, even by agencies like USGS, which are not being discussed
– Ongoing efforts to thwart free speech in the public domain
– The plan to roll out mRNA in meats, and to adopt the WHO Pandemic Treaty
These are the dying throes of an Empire — the Übermenschen pulling out every trick to keep it together. That is my observation from the outside looking in as they thrash about out like wounded animals. How far do you think they are willing to take it, Readers? My answer is all the way. Expect them to wreck the whole place rather than be dethroned. Your money, your food, your freedom, your ‘rights’ whatever those are; all are expendable to the psychos at the helm. Brewing on the horizon, I see a probable sucker punch incoming. Like the Grinch, they need to think up a lie and to think it up quick. History is clear on this; think Pearl Harbor or 9/11, only far worse. They need to condition you for accepting more losses of freedom afterward, so it has to be shocking in scope.
This is because Cognitive Warfare and truth management for citizens are now business-as-usual for the government of the USA … which can no longer survive without culling the herd or keeping citizens in a medicated, locked-down state. The Cabal, the Deep State, the Borg, or whatever you want to call them, need to act before the masses finally figure out they are living in a soft prison, and the CovidTM psy-op was engineered to keep them in it. Don’t be in the cities when that happens, and don’t believe a word on the mainstream news (which should be obvious).
Some expat friends I know follow American politics closer than I do, because they know they must. Are you watching to see what America will do next, freedom seekers? You know it will require action of some kind, but what? Let us try to re-imagine the next chapter of this story as if we were writing it for all mankind. If we have the time, if the Lord decides to tarry for whatever reason before the apocalypse, then we owe it to future generations to not go quietly.
Why not start by readjusting our thinking a bit? Perform a slight mental reset of our own, as it were. It is time to start thinking of that beautiful “land of the free”, as America once again…not the USA. It was America before, and it can be again. What form it takes, and what characteristics it contains, are up to its people. America must rise again, else Freedom itself may have to wait for another generation. We have been at these crossroads before, and molded a whole era of history. What will the next era be like? What methods of change are realistically available?
I keep coming up with these four options that seem the most likely for self-determination or rebirth moving forward, and I welcome your feedback on them:
A) Convention of States: The Article 5 option on how amendments can be legally proposed by States, essentially bypassing Congress. It could be used to propose amendments on things like digital freedom, medical rights, and term limits, being ratified directly by the states. This would keep the structure of the Constitution and the government intact. It offers the most continuity, such as the flag, the borders, etc.
B) Constitutional Convention: There has only been one, in 1787. Legally this method is considered the ‘nuclear option’, since it could result in remaking the government itself, by drawing up a new Constitution. Other countries do this from time to time. Given the path we are on, it seems more preferrable than civil war. At least a ‘Con-Con’ is people sitting down together in civil discussion, but the risk is ending up with a worse situation than we already have.
C) Balkanization: I could see state secessions happening in groups, after an intolerable line was crossed. For example, the Southwestern states forming their own protectorate against Mexican invasion, since the US has failed to protect them. It could create a domino effect in other regions like New England or the South. Regions may coalesce into a new Federation of some kind, for shared military protection, or realign with groups like UN or ASEAN. They could potentially align with provinces in Canada or Mexico. It would be unpredictable, but the chance would be high of finding a region that fit your freedom values.
D) Civil War / Revolution: This would be the natural outcome of a sudden mass awakening among the sheep. There is a massive amount of propaganda / programming across all media to either pacify those who are ready to take action, or demonize them, or identify them for future ‘correction’. It is the powder keg option, and makes us even more vulnerable to foreign interference…but it is still better than doing nothing. The final outcome of a revolution would be anyone’s guess.
Doing nothing removes us from any self-determination. We can feel the tightening grip, and the ongoing efforts against the 2nd and 1st Amendments. The US Empire will complete its journey to the dark side. It will become a Police State and continue to beat the war drum, to permanently stand on top of the pile. It will pursue the destruction of Russia against all possible reason. It will make enemies of China rather than friends. Foreign technocrats will ultimately call the shots — this is the path we are on. Our own RINOs and Democrats are heavily vested in this option, as we can see. This is why they would nuke us right into a conflict, or orchestrate a foreign invasion; anything to maintain the status-quo governing system and have American citizens begging to be saved from calamity.
Against this darkness, the options listed above do not seem gloomy at all. I feel downright chipper about them. I am alternately a cynic and an optimist, at times — combine them together and you get realist. To change the current trajectory’s inevitable outcome to one of self-determination for the people requires proactive engagement… and a heck of a lot of work. Readers, If you think the country is worth it, then I suggest America needs to Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome. I have sketched out the following recommended action points for your consideration:
First: determine which side of history we really stand on. In other words, ‘how now shall we live?’ Many have avoided the hard choice so far, or they ridicule those of us who make it. If you are serious, then steel your resolve and quit that Government job. Start having meetings at your house. Go visit the local Sheriff to see where he stands on freedom issues. Begin planning what you would give up, or what changes you would make, to see this through to the other side.
Be willing to ask yourself hard questions, too, like ‘what is my real motivation?’ For most people, it is security. I am no different, Readers. But my security is for eternity, in Jesus Christ. As such, my job and possessions matter little. I don’t even have a 401k. The vast majority however cannot conceive of losing their pension, or getting out from behind the desk, or existing without health insurance. Discuss it with your spouse and family: what would you realistically be willing to do, to live in freedom once again? Hard questions, for certain. There could be pain.
Second: ignore absolutely everything inside the Beltway. Recognize, there is no solution coming from Washington DC. Zip, zero, zilch. Notice that all four options above have one thing in common: The States will call the shots, which is as it should be. Whether you think the Fed Gov is totally illegitimate, as I do, or just colossally inept and corrupt, the solution is the same. It is the States and the people who will matter most in the upcoming adjustment period, unless we are already willing to concede.
It means participating eagerly and forcefully within your cities and states, working toward any outcome except the status-quo. Move to a state that is compatible with your views if you need to. Do everything possible to garner popular agreement in forcing the State Legislatures to act. Some states are already doing so. States must collectively starve the beast of its power, by whatever methods required. Even if it all collapses, and your state secedes, that is still a preferred outcome.
It means Washington DC is Excommunicado until a solution is sorted out. Demand your representatives be recalled. Don’t travel to DC for any reason. Demand your State legislatures reject all federal funds, and suspend any federal courts within state boundaries. Don’t communicate with anyone in the Federal Government. Block .gov domains on your server. Don’t pay them a penny or even acknowledge they exist. Pass laws to reclaim Federal lands to the States. Focus on building up your state’s resistance to the Fed Gov, and cutting its strings.
Third: start aligning State governments to military assets and command structures. This applies to military members. Commanders, Generals, even if we are already in a military Continuity of Government (COG) situation, that has not been made clear to the rest of us. You could have some difficult decisions to make. Federal assets on State land, chains of command, supply lines — it is crucial that Governors be proactive in this area, to be engaged on their emergency plans if and when the Fed Gov eventually collapses.
Guardsmen and Reservists are central, and they are our family members and neighbors. Some of them are in civilian Law Enforcement as well. Which side of history will you be on, soldier, officer, drone pilot? If the first responsibility of COG is to the American people then we should have a powerful ally at our backs as States begin to reassert control, and charges of foreign influence are made at top levels of the Fed Gov. But what if COG is not in effect?
Fourth: get ready for a long struggle as these changes could take many years, so prepare accordingly, Readers. Our enemy took decades to gradually warm up this boiling pot of frogs, since at least 1947, and unwinding it could take time. Channel that anger from CovidTM and learn from it — because they will continue to wreck the economy and create ongoing emergencies to supercede our laws. They will continue to damage our infrastructure, burn our lands, allow foreign incursions, and all of the other things that demoralize the country. They will continue to sap our will, and to try to convince us that resistance is futile.
Improvise, Adapt, and Overcome is an immortal slogan of the Marines, and Gunny Highway from the movie Heartbreak Ridge. They are the perfect ideals to represent the new red, white, and blue. America herself must adopt these principles if we hope to be a beacon in this most important area — human inspiration. Inspiration is the real essence of General Washington’s crossing of the Delaware, is it not? On Christmas night, in the freezing cold, and against all odds? I believe so. It took guts to throw off oppression then, and it is going to take guts to throw it off now. We may have a different country when we are done.
Know that we are not alone. Millions of freedom seekers worldwide are engaged on their own battlefields. It is part of a Spiritual battle for all mankind, to get right down to the essence of it. The real enemy has waged it for thousands of years. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, according to Ephesians 6. The Apostle Paul was describing the very people pulling the strings among the world’s elite, the same for us today as it was in the first century AD. Their apparent victory over us is no accident.
Above all things, Readers, I would urge you to know in whom you believe, and in whom you place your trust. Part 2 will cover some strategies that we can personally employ to prepare ourselves for what is coming. Even if millions of us get whisked away in an instant, they are still good strategies for those who remain. It behooves us all to identify alternatives to how we will live and conduct ourselves in the face of these changes, system by system. If something is complex, simplify it. If it is vulnerable, diversify it. If it is dependent on government, repatriate it.
I have some ideas on this that continue to evolve, and most of them we are actually doing locally. It is an area I have been at work on for the last 10 years, but with determination I bet you could do it in just a few. See you in Part 2, Readers. Stay vigilant.
Peace be upon you in Christ
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The Company and Masonry, that’s all red white and blue mean to me
Use cash all the time.
State legislatures can’t even get control of the voter rolls in blue cities, so there is no hope for a successful Con Con.
Rest assured any “revolt” will be led by a fed like Ray Epps and land you in a DC gulag.
Atlas shrugging is already starting to happen.
Build parallel systems to sever your family’s reliance on government. Take over your local government from the grassroots if possible.
Don’t be a victim.
At least some of them in the picture are see-aye-ay, which is why even with their faces plastered over the internet, we still don’t know who they are. I am not pulling that from my butt.
The Constitution does not need to be replaced. It needs to be ENFORCED!
Regarding local governments in home States, this is where that fucking evil band of Hungarian men are making inroads by putting in corrupt people at all levels. For anybody still in the dark, we’re referring to George Soros and his two sons.
The 5 State governors who locked down their populace in 2020?
Almost certain that all of them took Soros money and influence to put them in those positions.
Then they were told how to behave, to further the agenda.
Might not be able to be proven with paper trails, but, FFS, if they can install DA’s and AG’s that support their catastrophically destructive means of abusing positions of law and injustice, you don’t think a State’s Governorship can be arranged? Please.
How do you think Kamaltoe Harris became VP?
Alexander Soros is on record saying they wanted her in that position all along. Compromised.
Mind you, the Soros clan is on puppet strings themselves, perhaps even funded by their higher ups.
Plenty of suggestions on who / what they might be. Do your rothch, er, research.
The Gates of hell have open, multi-colored rainbow Windows through which to glimpse the con.
A good post, kinda sort of, Visayas.
Alas, Doug Casey wrote more than a decade ago that the Divided States is on a hell train, because the idea of America, and all its freedoms that were once known, were showing signs of slowly eroding into the dustbin of history, akin to the demise of the Roman Empire. Soon to be gone. Late in the game.
Casey is often right about these things. Absorbing some of those concepts was what drove me to decide the best place to live is the one with the least government you can stand. I agree that we are parallel to the Roman Empire, which is why I don’t think the USA as we knew it will survive. But I think an American remnant could arise, if the Lord gives us time for that.
Options A and B are meaningless; we already have a good piece of paper, we don’t follow / enforce it. That is not the fault of the piece of paper.
What good would a new piece of paper be?
I tend to think Balkanization will be the actual outcome. But I would go for any of the four as a better alternative to doing nothing.
First 2 options are nonstarters:
1. Politicians will run either convention. The people would have no voice.
2. All it would take is 13 states to vote down any proposed Amendment or proposed Constitution. Nothing that is acceptable to conservative states would be acceptable to progressive states.
There is another option that I think is more likely. The U$D collapses and governments, at all levels, fail. We then face survival of the fittest with the best option to tribe up with like minded friends and neighbors. Eventually order will be restored with local, then regional coalitions coming together for the common good.
Christ is the only solution.
regardless his self-justifying excuses,
why listen to this c**t that fled for another (3rd world sh*thole) place full of indolent, greedy, beggars with a national iq of 80 (look it up)!
why isn’t he in usa fighting the good fight?
just wondrin’
“It is time to start thinking of that beautiful “land of the free”, as America once again…not the USA.”
America will survive the United States.
[ we have been convinced they are the same thing. They are NOT! ]
Each of his four bullet points requires some kind of continued involvement with the Federal government-
Pretend that the Constitution is still in effect and continue with that theater or resist it with force of arms.
He writes, Doing nothing removes us from any self-determination. , but is that true? Making a life outside of the mental, spiritual, and political connections with a deranged and corrupt system is in fact, doing something. It is perhaps one of the most liberating acts anyone can do when faced with a tyrannical government insistent on your continued belief and participation in it. They demand your consent, but they also need it.
Withdraw your voluntary compliance with their demonic power structure and they diminish by one man.
You have got to stop believing that you are still obligated to some kind of contractual involvement with these monsters. You owe them precisely what they have given you- disdain and distance.
We’re just not that into you, FedGov.
A Convention of States does not bybass Congress.
Article V is a single long complex sentence. The subject and basic predicate (main verb) of the whole thing can be isolated by eliminating all those pesky words and damnable English syntax. When you do this, the sentence is reduced to the following:
So, it must be called by Congress and cannot be done without Congress because Article V ONLY APPLIES TO Congress.
Further, once called, there is nothing in Article V to limit what amendments are proposed. The convention is for the purpose of proposing amendments.
This opens the convention up for the entirety of the Constitution to be rewritten, or simply messed with to defeat any honorable purposes of any delegates.
The problem of government not abiding by the Constitution cannot be fixed by changing it or adding to it. Things CAN be made worse, however. Giving a veneer of legality and authority to any manner of thing never before envisioned as “Constitutional”. A veneer that will be believed by the same dopes who call for a CoS. Given the current political/ideological makeup of this erstwhile republic, this is a bad (possibly the worst) idea.
Anyone pushing this as a solution IS either A) an idiot who cannot think or read English; or B) controlled opposition looking to sabotage what little effect the Constitution has remaining.
Article V is in no way solution to America’s problems, but it can make more problems.
EDIT:
Also, just noticed that the last clause no longer has meaning, as the 17th Amendment ended “suffrage” BY a state (i.e., states don’t get a vote, the people of the states do, just like in the House of Representatives). Just a curiosity. A vestigial appendage.
“These are the dying throes of an Empire — the Übermenschen pulling out every trick to keep it together.”
That’s not the intention at all. They are trying to collapse everything, not keeping anything together, in order to bring a new paradigm on the scene, through complete chaos.