Had a brief conversation with a left of center friend of 9 years yesterday discussing social issues. I've ranted here and there over the years but we've never really discussed politics. He seemed pillable, so I sent him an email attaching the three Storm Is Upon Us video's and a link to read all of Q's posts, told him to start there. Received the following response.
Hey XXXXX,
First impression of all this:
The pieces fit really well. This all makes sense to me based on the my own limited knowledge and understanding of history and politics through 2008, and my extremely limited knowledge from 2008 to present. The pieces fit really well.
But I've got to be honest, I'm slow to accept another person's views, especially when it comes to politics. Let me explain.
I devoted almost all of my spare time between 2007 and 2008 investigating a path of information led primary by Bill Moyers. During that time, I came to believe that the Republicans had corrupted the US government, including but not limited to engineering 9/11 and pushing us into the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Furthermore, I found and believed evidence that the engineering for those heinous crimes crossed party lines and went back at least as far as the Clinton administration.
During this time I wrote letters to and called senators and congressmen about votes I cared about. I was rather vocal.
I got excited about Obama during 2007 and 2008. I believed he would really change things.
I voted for Obama in 2008.
I watched as he picked the members of his cabinet. I had learned the names of several individuals I had grown to believe were criminal elements in W's administration. And I watched as Obama selected some of the same criminals into his own cabinet. I called and wrote the White House expressing my disbelief and feelings of betrayal. I watched as the nation continued down the same trajectory it had been on during W's time in office. I saw no difference. I saw a consistent line going back at least to Clinton. I wasn't sure how far.
My reaction to the whole thing was to throw up my hands and walk away. I stopped paying attention to any of it. I carried with me a firm belief that there were powers operating beyond the scope of the US government who were using the US government to increase their own power, and they were playing the American public like a fiddle. I believed there was no point in the vote, because I believed all politicians were working for the same side, and I believed that side was simply using this country's government to bleed its people dry. And I saw it working in every area of my life every single day. Even without reading a single article, without having a clue about current politics or current events, I saw our lifeblood being siphoned away. We were being twisted further and further into a selfish, distracted, and impotent populace.
And that's where I am today. Standing here, watching us march every day closer to our doom. And that's where I have been since November of 2008.
And I have heard you speak here and there over the years, and what you have said consistently made sense. I watch those videos this morning, and they make sense. The pieces fit.
But I am reluctant to place any hope on any narrative. Yesterday's conversation and the videos have stirred up the embers of a fire within me that hasn't burned openly for almost a full decade. I'm not sure whether nurture those embers or squelch them. I'm not excited about any of it yet, but I figure this is just the tiniest tip of the iceberg. I'm going to dive into the other link you sent me, too, and see where that leads.
But regardless, thank you for stepping out and talking to me yesterday. And thank you for sending me those links. This is going to take some time to process. I'm going to spend some serious time praying and meditation, honestly. And in the meantime, I want to get together soon for that beer. We're pretty busy until after Halloween, but I'll talk to you more on Thursday.
Thanks again, xxxxxx. Sincerely.
Time to let some things sink in.
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