With the exception of the Bible quote at the top and the Leonard Cohen quote at the bottom, is this your own personal prophecy, Wayne?<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 16, 2010 at 8:24 AM, E. Wayne Johnson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ewj@pigs.ag">ewj@pigs.ag</a>></span> wrote:</div>
<div class="gmail_quote"><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">"Without the Shedding of Blood there is No Remission of Sins."<br>
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It is naive, silly and ridiculous to think that those who are running the system<br>
are going to willingly hand over the reins of power.<br>
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They control the opinion shaping media that manipulates<br>
the general masses that want the sex, lies and circuses that Big Brother promises.<br>
They control the currency. They have all the important land.<br>
They have the guns and the ability to incarcerate.<br>
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The great mass of people in their miserable pitiful lives<br>
of existential fear, farting, fucking, and quiet desperation<br>
are unwilling nay unable to move outside their comfort zones.<br>
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They are only dimly aware of what is happening to their world.<br>
They will ask for more and more and more regulation, more authoritarianism,<br>
and more security that will progressively rob them of their liberties, their<br>
livelihood, and their lives. They will think that they are right in asking<br>
for Big Brother's iron hand and protection and they will be reassured.<br>
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The masses can hardly be expected to make any sort of meaningful response let alone offer resistance.<br>
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Those who are aware of what is going on are limited in number.<br>
They are hindered in their efforts by personal differences and ideologic hang-ups.<br>
Some are rebels by nature and most are neither good leaders nor obedient followers.<br>
There will be several different factions.<br>
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Many rebel leaders will be incarcerated.<br>
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"I've got some friends inside."<br>
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There will be much bloodshed as the rebels and looters and vigilantes and paramilitary groups clash.<br>
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The rotted american cities will become even more dangerous as the competition for basic needs,<br>
food, water, clean shelter, heat, automobile tyres, clothing goes over the top out-of-control.<br>
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The better cities that somehow retain industrial production<br>
will be heavily guarded and access to them will be limited to those with explicit permission to enter.<br>
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Some will seek to live quiet lives of subsistence in the countryside but there they will be plagued and plundered by marauding gangs<br>
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Disease will claim many, as long forgotten illnesses like diphtheria, tetanus, botulism, cholera return with fervor as does famine.<br>
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When they said, "Repent. Repent." I wondered what they meant. - L. Cohen.</blockquote></div></div>