I can't even convince my family of what is going on...

And it started in 1789 when the unconstitutional Constitution was created. Not only do we have the right to secede, but we also have the right to be represented directly.

http://www.middleburyinst...
http://www.directrep.org

is more intelligent than most, so the difficulty there is convincing him that something very unusual is happening, the destruction of the currency.

But for many sheeple (one of the managers who works for me is a typical nice, hard-working politically clueless person), a broader tactic is called for.

I just put this together, the first of 3 to come. It's meant to pique interest.

http://youtube.com/watch?...

Although my immediate family is on board with the R3VOLUTION, I was afraid of the reaction I might get from my extended family and friends if I dumped the whole RP message on them at once. It can easily overwhelm the average liberal or neo-con. At the same time I was interested in doing something with all this great information that comes across my hard drive by way of the DP and RP meetup e-mails. This led me to start an e-mail newsletter that I call "The 10-Minute Patriot". It's designed for my friends who, for whatever reason, are either misinformed or simply out-of-the-loop on political issues.

I want to give them a quick and easy way to become educated on a current topic along with a template for a letter they can use to contact their legislators regarding pertinent legislation. Most of what is in the "The 10-Minute Patriot" will not be news to Paulites but could be useful for disseminating to friends and family members.

I've published two issues so far: One on the NAU and one on the FED. If anyone would like to be on my mailing list, please contact me through the DP.

you're not alone. The only one in my family who really warmed up to Ron Paul's message is my little brother, and that happened independently of me. I had no luck at all with anyone on either mine or my husband's side of the family.

It's up to everyone to inform themselves and commit. We can't do that for other people, no matter how much we love them. It's like the Ayn Rand saying, "you can lay down your life and die for someone, but you can't live for them."

My dad was the peace loving hippie type, and now he supports Bush because he's going to make us all safe from those dreaded terrorist hiding under our bed. Of course he's the same jackass that is freaking out over the salmonella EPIDEMIC, that has hit close to .015 % of the population. What a laugh these folks are. They were awake and taking on the current issues at one time, and now they're all fat, happy, and addicted to Fox and the rest of MSM that keeps telling them that we're all crazy for questioning our fearless (fearmongering) leaders in Washington.

On the other hand my ex-wife tells my kids (highly active with the freedom movement at the ages of 15 and 12) that I'm trying to brainwash them into my way of life and that everything is fine, that it's all in my head. The good thing is that my kids are smarter than she is by a long shot. She DEPENDS on Oprah, Dr. Phil, and Nancy Grace to tell her how to live, it's sickening. Either way, when the SHTF my kids will have their bellies full and a place to live, and the ex will be a world of hurt with the other naysayers and backbiters.

We have bought 40 acres to start homesteading and a lot of our family is moving out into some houses that the property already has. The rule is, you come out, then you help with the work. If you ridicule us for trying to get back to basics and get MSM out of our lives, the gate is forever closed. It seems rough, but we're going to have to decide who to help through this crisis, and it's not going to be a bunch of brain-washed sheeple who couldn't see the forest for the trees in my camp.

P.S. I absolutely can't wait to close on the land and hang my "Don't tread on me" flag. It is absolutely my favorite of all our flags.

say to your family member/friend:

"OK. I see we have very different opinions on this. I want you to do me a favour. Remember we had this conversation. REMEMBER WHAT I SAID."

They will probably look at you like you are nuts. But it is still worth doing. Get them to summarise your views to see if they understand what you are saying. Leave it at that.

I tried this very simple technique on people in 2003, when US forces pulled down statues of Saddam Hussein, Dubya landed on the aircraft carrier and the British media lampooned "Comical Ali" - the Iraqi general who predicted disaster for the invaders.

I was still a lefty at the time, but I had enough common sense to realise that if a country is not already occupied by a foreign power, the natives get REALLY pissed off when you invade. I had also watched enough of the History Channel to understand the concept of asymmetric warfare.

I told my friends and family that Comical Ali wasn't even remotely funny. That he was absolutely correct in predicting disaster for the invaders. Of course, they all thought I needed medicating. But I told them to remember what I had said.

The rest is history, of course. I soon became their wise oracle for all things political :-)

Of course, now you can be a soothsayer too.

-"Ron Paul cured me of my predilection for Che Guevara T shirts."

It's astonishing to see the enormity of the state of denial in which most Americans live. Last week I went to see my in-laws and their family in Maine. They're all pretty reasonable, intelligent, people and talk politics fairly often. The discouraging thing to me was that while they could understand some of the financial ideas presented by Dr. Paul, they could NOT get past the idea of the 'danger from terrorists' and that we need to 'win the war' in Iraq, the 'danger from Iran' etc. It's like "standing knee deep in a river and dying of thirst" trying to talk with people who are still under the spell of the MSM. That's one reason I continue to try to educate people about 9/11 and why I support 9/11 truth. I believe that revealing 9/11 in all of its inside job glory is the best way to shake people out of their political coma, and start them on the road to understanding why we're where we are, and how to change it.

http://www.myspace.com/do...

I have remained nice and polite for 20 years since their daughter turned to drugs after only 6 months of marriage and a baby. So knowing that she was the looser always makes me feel better, and I assume pisses off the ex in-laws, plus I raised a beautiful little girl who is now a NAVY Airmen.

Anyhow, we have been on each others email list for years, jokes, prayers messages, the usual email crap. Obviously my email format has changed, I try to send 1-2 articles a day from the DP or Patrick.net (housing site) just letting people know whats up.

So yesterday I sent my "Independance Day" email to everyone. The ex mother in-law responds, "lighten up, you are taking politics way to seriuosly", well apparently my response was harsh and offensive, she asked to be removed from this list, only after she told me what a hard core Republican she was,

So naturally I attacked her "Hardcore Republican, I'm watch Fox with my blinders on" mentality. It was just informative stuff, but at the end i said it doesnt really matter I guess, "YOUR OFF THE LIST!"

They have all of their money in 401k retirement plans, I love it!

yeah its hard same here...I guess showing them some ron paul speeches videos might do the trick.. though my parents don't have a dvd..so might have to buy em one..

"the author cried, "The sky is falling," just before the largest run-up of the stock market in recent memory"

It goes both ways. This is the perfect response:

http://www.gold-eagle.com...

American's shall remain willfully ignorant until someone slaps them in the face like on 9/11. Then they'll dig in and be even more ignorant. I actually can't wait for the crash to occur so that all these ignorant people can start nibbling on a rather large slice of humble pie.

It's human nature. The system has worked for some people so they see no problem. Many retirees and older folks have good pensions, Social Security, accumulated wealth and they think things are hunky dory in the good old USA. It doesn't matter to them that younger folks are at the bottom of the SS pyramid scheme or that we are now supposed to be fighting endless war. They've got theirs. I have relatives who think the same way. They don't see a problem. People don't care until their toes have been stepped on, some issue dear to their hearts is affected. For me it was my kids and the government brainwashing gulag ("public schools"). For my husband it is gun rights. When the economy tanks and your dad starts losing money he will change his tune.

Keep hitting them with confirmed facts that back up your assertions. This is what I have been doing and it is working...slowly but surely.

When he says stock market upswing I think he might be talking about the next bubble. Bubbles are bad. They're artificial and you can lose a lot of money that way. The next bubble is going to be a commodities bubble created by the federal reserve.
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"We will never give up. We will never give in." - Dr. Ron Paul

Live your beliefs and prepare as best you can. The many posts below are all helpful but Sandra and Habit4ming have some particularly good advice.

And remember:

But Jesus, said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.
Mark 6:4

Read this essay on the long valuation wave. It predicts a sideways to down movement in the stock markets for the next 10-15 years. This same pattern has repeated 3 times in the last 100 years.
http://www.zealllc.com/20...

My family thinks I'm nuts and when I point out something that backs my nuttiness they call me a smartass.

Anyway, I don't think you need to pull all your money out of the market. Send it to Schiff. In a market crash wealth is not lost it is transfered. You just need to position your self to be on the receiving end of the transfer.

Commission on Presidential Debates - http://www.debates.org/pa...
National Ballot Access - http://www.directdemocrac...
Voters for none of the above - http://nota.org/
Black Box Voting - http://www.blackboxvoting...

We need only work together to save The Republic.

Not everyone is going to be aware at the same time. I myself have had to travel the path in my own time. Your relatives will have to follow theirs.

Most of my family is wide awake
and ready to rock and roll!One even became a national Ron Paul delegate and is now running for an office, all within a short
period of time of learning about
him and what is really going on
in this country.But friends have been another matter,much harder
to wake up!

I think selling Ron Paul with financial doom and gloom isn't effective.

The only way to break thru denial is to let them "see" something that makes the "light come on" in their head.
For different people, it's different kinds of things.

Once it starts to eat at their curiosity, and they start thinking, "Well, that's true, and if they'd do that, maybe there really IS something to the rest of this stuff".

It's just like most all of us went thru.
We didn't start off knowing all that we see and know today.
It's a process, but it has to start with something that gets them thinking.

My mother was in total denial for a long time, but she is starting to come around after I've worked on her for 30 years.

Also, for people who are sort of older, like your 76 year old dad, and also my 76 year old mom, they have lived in this system and become accustomed to it for their whole long lives, and they are often thinking, "Even if it is going bad, I only have to hang on for a few more years, and then I'll be gone anyway."
They want to feel like their last few years are not going to be in turmoil, so they really don't want to see anything change that might jeopardize their last years in relative comfort. And even if they do begin to see it, they often just hope it won't get too bad before they check out..

The troops support Dr. Paul as shown by the U.S Army, Navy and Air Force being the top three contributors to his campaign while all the other candidates from both parties are supported by Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers.
An Obama supporter recently said if Paul gets in office the robber barons would really win. My response: Then why aren't the robber barons paying 100 million like the other candidates? (and if someone is smart I explain the robber barons already won as we're living under the FED).

If they ask about 9/11 truth I mention MSNBC reported at least 935 lies the Bush Administration gave for going to war in Iraq, whats one more? I also mention the thousands of 9/11 first responders not getting medical treatment. If you want proof please download and burn the video here: www.prisonplanet.tv-it's a great movie and a real eye opener for non-believers.

I go through a tiered regiment of opening up people's eyes, I never tell them exactly what I believe from the start. Like with my sister who once loved George Bush and was your typical neo-con, I started off just showing how Ron Paul followed a true Republican path. I distanced myself from the Iraq war, saying that Paul had an interesting alternative idea and said I believed Bush was a good guy but he wasn't following a Republican path. Now she's anti-war, semi-anti-bush, and she voted for Paul.

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of struggles for recognition, independence, dominance to follow another member's advice or warning.

I was gratified a couple months ago when one of my brothers emailed me to ask my advice on preserving bulk storage foods. He and my other brother were planning a bulk food purchase.

It seems like we just can't find the right words to convince people that we know what we are talking about. So we send all kinds of information and expect the next time we see them for them to say, "Thanks for sending that video. Now I see the light." But no. Next time we see them, they are the very same. If I dare bring up the subject, I get "looks." So now if I want to bring something up, I tease about it. That is the only way they will hear anything at all. I have to tease them. I have to laugh about it. I have to exaggerate. Funny thing is though. One of them has started jumping out ahead of me and telling me I need to prepare MORE!! Victory in one small corner of my life.

Even if you are not an David Icke or Alex Jones fan I highly recommend listening to the interview Alex did with him yesterday. David does a very good job of explaining why intelligent people such as your dad (and mine as well) can't seem to get this info. This interview was one of the best David Icke commentaries I've heard. For once there was no over the top sensationalism and I found it extremely hopeful. So if you don't like Icke open your mind and listen. This will help you understand your dad better. As for our families and for finding a solution to helping them I'm just doing my best to stash away commodities and will share when necessary. BTW my husband and I have been taking about this stuff for 7-8 yrs, our family and friends is FINALLY starting to see we're not nuts and they are really asking questions. Don't give up unless they scream at you to stop. They just don't know that they need to know.

Thanks for all you do. Keep up the good work and stay the course.

"The Matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy...You have to understand most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it". - Morpheus

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"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
Benjamin Franklin

I want them to be prepared for harder times so they won't be a burden on those of us in my family that are preparing. My grandmother told me stories of her uncles trying to convince her father that things were going down fast in the 20's. When it did he had to go to them for help because he didn't own his property outright. Luckily he was given the opportunity to make much lower payments for longer. There was nothing they could do because everyone that failed to prepare converged on them like a life raft and they could only help take care of their parents.

The family problems is what I fear. I don't want them to drag us down because of their "foolish bridesmaid" attitude.