16 responses to “Tell Me Again Why Voting Is Important”

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   Magrt

   October 2, 2026 at 11:43 pm

   So I should vote harder so we can send a gop senator who will vote for John Thule for majority leader?

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   Crawfisher

   October 3, 2026 at 7:23 am

   I recently read a similar article, I think from The Hill. Asked a state elected official about it, he said he had not heard this. OK fine.

   Now I see this post based on NYT reporting from a Repub PAC.

   Gotta love politics and lying politicians.
   Tillis must be paying Trump back for some perceived slight he received. Just like Conyers in TX.

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      Crawfisher

      October 3, 2026 at 7:24 am

      I should have added Thanks for posting.

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   Joe Blow

   October 3, 2026 at 8:24 am

   Begs the question then… how can this government be dissolved, replaced, or otherwise made gone? Without using the cartridge box. Are there legal measures to nullify an election process at this point? They’re selling the notion that we’re stuck with them, but that merely places us into a corner where we only have that one box we can use.
   We have seen it repeatedly in many places, process and red-tape are used to confound the wish of the voters. Our lack of viable candidates like this, and the decrepit 2-party system are additional examples. They have rigged the system to heads they win, tails we lose. Its time to flip the tables and play a new game. Can we do that without hanging them? I know they won’t like it, which may end up requiring shooting, but…

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   1. 

      Michael

      October 3, 2026 at 9:42 am

      You asked a good question Joe.

      Massive grid down event. Their control comes from electronic surveillance, owning the media, the courts, police, military (as long as they are PAID) and banking.

      No Power THEY have NO Real Power aside from within arm’s reach. That and they will not be able to pay for their Police and Military. Pity is they are apt to become local Warlords with their tribeing up and firepower.

      But the cost will be horrific as water and sewage systems fail killing many with lack of safe water within 3 days to a week or so (some rainwater etc. extending the situation). More die from dysentery and other “wonderful” 3rd world bad water diseases.

      As about SNIP About 40.1 million people in the United States have diabetes as of 2023, representing roughly 12% of the U.S. population.

      They are toast, so one in 10 of the folks you know will pass soon from that disease even if they have a well and independent water-septic systems.

      SNIP About 16.5% of U.S. adults reported taking prescription medication for their mental health in the past 12 months, according to the 2020 National Health Interview Survey
      CDC

      This figure includes antidepressants, anti‑anxiety drugs, mood stabilizers, and other psychiatric medications, which are the primary “mood‑altering” drugs used in the U.S.

      So about 1 in 6 people you know are on Mood Altering drugs JUST to Handle “Normal Life Stressors”.

      Some of them *might* be your foxhole buddys.

      How are they going to handle BAD TIMES when those drugs run out?

      THEN Comes the OTHER 3 Horsemen (as we’ve covered disease) with FAMINE slowly starving otherwise decent folks into violence to feed their kids.

      A kind Grandmom will steal and kill to feed her grandkids.

      Let alone the GIMME DAT EBT violence.

      THAT’s why my plan is to law low and avoid as much trouble as possible until the mass die off occurs.

      It’s my opinion that folks running out in the streets trying to “punish evildoers” and such nonsense will be roadkill or loot drops as they find real predators out there.

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      1. 

         Big Ruckus D

         October 3, 2026 at 11:40 am

         Yes, either a grid down event, or a massive economic collapse which renders the government effectively impotent, as it will not have funds to pay all in its employ, or pay for enforcement of laws in any substantive sense. And remember, these whores will not work for free. Under such conditions, it will eventually dissolve simply because those who had staffed it’s myriad tentacles have stopped showing up, and the momentum is thus broken.

         The latter would be the somewhat less cataclysmic option of the two, and of course behind door number 3 is always violent revolution that straight up deposes the current government. I cannot entirely discount that outcome, either. It’s one of those things that – for most people – looks, sounds, and feels impossible, until just before it actually takes place.

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            Michael

            October 3, 2026 at 2:47 pm

            Good reply Big Ruckus but a thought or two:

            A massive economic collapse would in my opinion GENERATE a Grid Down scenario pretty soon.

            Why? If you cannot PAY police, truck drivers and so on Social collapse occurs pretty soon.

            Once it’s TOO DANGEROUS for EMS and Power crews to go out and work the grid will collapse bit by bit from storm damage and crazies acting out.

            Or even worse Who’s PAYING the Power Plant Crews and fuel deliveries or as above keeping it SAFE for them to go to work?

            A Revolution requires Motivation and so far, the only motivated folks seem to be the Muzzies-Democratic Socialists of America.

            They seem to have leadership and funding. Time will tell if they have Conex’s full of arms for their illegal male immigrants of military age as Bracken and such mention.

            We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.”
            ― George Orwell, 1984

            Jan 3rd, 2027, the newly “selected” come into power INCLUDING NEWLY elected Judges.

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      2. 

         Liqueda

         October 3, 2026 at 11:54 am

         Michael, you have made an accurate assessment. A massive Carrington Event or EMP would change the world within a week.

         We are unmedicated, refused jabs, rare for seniors. So many are on meds.

         Location also matters. We moved from the city (an hour and a half to get to a costco).

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         PatriotMa

         October 3, 2026 at 2:41 pm

         I believe we are headed toward a massive grid-down event no matter what happens. It’s the only way to re-set many institutions, banking, etc without declaring an actual emergency (which still isn’t out of the question).

         To your point about food, if you buy seeds online, you will quickly notice that many “staples” seeds you may grow are out of stock; a lot (lettuce, herbs, sweet potatoes,etc) Getting very difficult to order from just one place and start anything indoors right now. Famine anyone?

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   2. 

      Fido

      October 3, 2026 at 3:09 pm

      Start by removing your participation.

      Remove your dependency upon *their* participation.

      Then prepare to defend yourself from those who will demand your participation.

      Accept that the best you can do is the best you can do, and keep busy working to do better.

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4. 

   tom finley

   October 3, 2026 at 8:28 am

   Only one solution left to us, TINVOWOOT.

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5. 

   Professor Preponomics

   October 3, 2026 at 11:58 am

   If Republicans win, we can continue conversations and debates, and MAGA and MAHA will move forward.

   If Democrats win, Socialism and Communism gain much greater control, and the conversations and debates are over.

   For anyone still considering their “protest” in the form of withholding political support… You have been propagandized by political adversaries (including foreign powers) who are powerful and convincing.

   Remain steady. Hold the line. Drive MAGA and MAHA forward. Never retreat. Never surrender. Fix your politcal bayonets.

   Don’t fall for any message that discourages you or the movement. Get your hind ends to the polls, and cast your lawful ballots for Republican Red Candidates in EVERY RACE.

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   1. 

      David DeGerolamo

      October 3, 2026 at 2:16 pm

      Is this Mrs. Hammers Thor?

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6. 

   M

   October 3, 2026 at 12:16 pm

   Another way of looking at this development: it’s a retreat by Lincoln’s Republicans without a shot being fired by Southerners…..

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7. 

   Hammers Thor

   October 3, 2026 at 12:46 pm

   Because at least now we can have the discussion. When the tyrants regain power, just remember January 6th.

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      PatriotMa

      October 3, 2026 at 4:58 pm

      Great point Hammers. The tyrants will do whatever they want to patriots as they will have the doj and congress. Since they currently “own” the judiciary, there will be no recourse for anyone illegally charged and arrested. And God help us if we end up with Hakeem as President. Impeachment will be the first thing the communists do.

      We have already seen the lawfare warfare with all of these judicial activists in black robes masquerading as judges. They will not hesitate to throw you in prison.

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