Howdy.

[heyday]

Originally Posted by Exterminance

The 55th Precept: Political power, in the final analysis, is created and maintained by force.

I would take that those two fasces appear there as an honest statement that America is ruled by force. The American government passes laws, and if you violate those laws, uniformed men come and seize you at gunpoint, shackle you with cuffs and leg-irons, lock you in cells, and subtract time from your life in prison sentences and/or money from you in fines.

But that's a loose interpretation based upon what I can surmise by seeing those fasces there.

darn, that's not the half of it.

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...&ct=image&cd=2

[heyday]

better link

http://suzar.com/666/666Series/666e-fasces1.html

[robhalford88]

Hello Bill and welcome. Good to see you found the place
As you see, many don't understand where you are coming from.
Most people today have been 'educated' in a system that has misled us all and most here are aware of it.
Howver, when it comes to the 3rd Reich, they go with the flow.
You know that, you have been around.

[Extramural]

http://clerk.house.gov/art_history/a...artifacts.html

And another better link.

[Exterminance]

I like the style of whoever wrote that. Especially the 'impolite' definition of fasces.

Ah, I knew there'd been something in the definition of 'fascism' that led me to conclude that I was not a fascist:

FASCISM : "A system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socio-economic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racism."

There, in bold. Belligerent nationalism and racism are fine by me, but suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship will lead to exactly one inevitable consequence: it will turn your opposition into a powerful, cunning, ruthless and powerful force that will undermine and overthrow your regime.

[Extramural]

I am starting a thread on this.

http://www.c-span.org/questions/week155.asp

[Exterminance]

Originally Posted by robhalford88

Hello Bill and welcome. Good to see you found the place
As you see, many don't understand where you are coming from.
Most people today have been 'educated' in a system that has misled us all and most here are aware of it.
Howver, when it comes to the 3rd Reich, they go with the flow.
You know that, you have been around.

Yea, but I don't know how to shut up, lol. "Keep no secrets and tell no lies" sounds like a great ideal until you practice it for a while.

Ah well, it's not like I'm going to hurt this brick wall by banging my head against it. Thanks for the welcome, it's good to see a familiar face around here.

[heyday]

Originally Posted by KarenM

perhaps, in trying to figure out what happened, you should look at the flag you wave on your sites:

Thats not, perchance, the flag flown by the United States Navy in San Diego, California, is it?

[Livefire]

The creator of the House mace seems to think that its authority extends to the nations! Hmmmm

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