This is a brief video clip that underscores the differences between saying what you have to, to get elected and then doing almost the exact opposite. Full deceptions film can be viewed on line at www.deceptionsusa.com

This clip clearly shows that in the big scheme of things whether it is a Democrat or a Republican the people always lose and the elite always win. Don’t forget this guy sold himself as representing REAL CHANGE.

Romney or Obama … What did Bette Midler say? Elections or erections either way we get screwed.

If you are waiting for a President, Congress, Governor Shumlin or our sitting VT legislators to fix all of our growing political and economic problems, to restore our freedoms and livelihoods, you will still be waiting when hell freezes over.

We have got to fix the situation ourselves, with grit and courage.

There is a simple and dramatic way to get real change in Vermont and from here to change the Nation:

The Vermont Thirty is a coalition of Independent candidates, running together for ALL 30 SEATS in the VT Senate. –Retire the entire sitting Senate!– The Senate will be full of US!

And remember this: A majority of the VT Senate can say NO to anything a governor or the President or the Congress wants to shove down our throats. That “NO” includes NO to higher taxes, oppressive regulation, borrowing, debt, corporate power, austerity, Agenda 21 and other restrictions on freedom and opportunity… And we will find a way to stand against these brutal wars, occupations and rapid centralization. Small is beautiful. And effective.

Just say yes, and we’ll all say “no” together, and make our “no” stick.

Say “yes”, to a new life for business, farms, and attractive opportunities for our children to make a life in Vermont. Yes, to local solutions and THE POWER OF YOU in your Legislature and your town….Yes to that kind of Revolution in Vermont this year!

And since such a thing as 30 INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES RUNNING FOR EVERY SEAT in a state Senate has never been done before… we will be noticed and written about by the press, both here in VT and nationally. And our run will catch fire! And the people will rise with us.

Join us! We will have fun while we say what needs saying and then do what needs doing. Let us pledge ourselves to being politically “outragious” because BOREDOM IS DEATH. So is fear.

Governors and Presidents do not make laws or vote on laws. Only legislators do that. (So now you understand why corporate criminals have focused on buying up Congress and our legislatures for so long.) Our congressional delegation utters platitudes about ending the wars, and then all three vote for continued funding of those wars. Politics 101.

To break the corporate hold on us, WE THE PEOPLE WILL BECOME THE VERMONT SENATE. Then you will see if the VT House, the Governor, Congress or the corporations and their lobbyists can keep us down. They cannot! Join us. Run with us at them all.

Support for Viable Vermont Candidates

Vermonters for Liberty will provide support and resources for viable, electable local Liberty Candidates who are serious about winning this coming election. Talk about where you stand. More details as the campaigns unfold. In 2012, you will not be alone!

Your declared candidacy includes the following:

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• A copy of How to Run for Office on a Liberty Platform
• A chance to become certified as a Liberty Candidate, a nationwide slate of over fifty Liberty Candidates including Sheriff Mack and Ron Paul
• Website assistance as needed. We’ll all help get your name out there!
• A chance to sign the Tenth Amendment Pledge, and stand for who you are.

Great salary & perks for part time work

• $604.79/week during session, plus $112 per day for special sessions or interim committee meetings, year ’round
• As much as $152 a week for mileage — even when you catch a ride with fellow lawmakers or lobbyists, according to Seven Days
• $61 daily meal allowance in your pocket, whether you spend it or not
• In 2005 Act 66 provided for legislative salaries to increase annually by a cost of living index

What you have to do

• Download the CONSENT OF CANDIDATE and Petition form from the Secretary of State’s website:
  http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2012IndPartyConsentandNomNewDate.pdf
  
• Get at least 100 signatures from registered voters in your district. I try to get at least 150 in case some signatures are challenged for being illegible to the clerk.
• Both forms are due in the Office of the Secretary of State not before TUESDAY, May 29, 2012 and no later than 5:00 p.m. on THURSDAY, June 14, 2012.
• Enjoy the campaign support of others doing the same

The government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection and security of the people, nation, or community, and not for the particular emolument or advantage of any single person, family, or set of persons… that the community hath an indubitable, unalienable and indefeasible right, to reform or alter government, in such manner as shall be, by that community, judge most conducive to the public weal.

-Vermont Constitution, Article 7

First the pictures. Words will follow.

For more information go to the Vermont Alliance for Local Action at VTALA.net!

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Hundreds of these flyers were distributed in Warren & Montpelier.

To build upon these gains and bring the independence movement to the next level, we’re pleased to announce the formation of a new organization: the Vermont Independence Alliance (VIA). Intended to be grass-roots and democratic, VIA will provide a “big tent” under which the diverse supporters of a Free Vermont can organize locally around the following principles:

1. Local Action: We believe that increasing the resilience, autonomy, and self-reliance of our communities is essential to the prosperity and happiness of the people of Vermont. We are therefore dedicated to supporting service projects which strengthen our communities and strive to meet local needs with local resources.

 

2. Electoral Reform: We believe that the two-party system fails to honestly represent the interests of the people of Vermont; consequently, we support electoral reforms aimed at allowing for the true diversity of Vermonters’ opinions and ideas to be represented in a fair, multi-party political system.

 

3. Political Independence: We believe that Vermont should return to its status as an independent republic through peaceful withdrawal from the United States of America, and affirm that such an act of self-determination is both legal and legitimate as long as it reflects the will of the people of our state. As such, we are committed to educating our fellow citizens about the advantages of independence, and actively back candidates for public office who support that goal.

In order to advance these shared principles, VIA chapters will first be organized in each of our state’s counties. These groups will serve as local hubs of both political activism and community service, forming the movement’s sturdy, grass-roots foundation. Once a sufficient number of counties are organized, a convention will be held to constitute a state-wide organization. While most resources and responsibilities will remain at the county level, the state organization will take the lead in coordinating large events and supporting state-wide candidates for public office.

If you support our principles and goals and would like to get involved in your county, please enter your information into the form here. Once enough people in your county have expressed interest in starting a VIA chapter, we will schedule an organizational meeting and help you get this project underway in your community!

Get in touch with VTIndependence.org!

“The great initiative in this war is ours. The initiative to end it must be ours.”
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., speaking of Vietnam.

This week the Pentagon sank to a new low: claiming that Dr. King would “understand” the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. King’s legacy is clear: he opposed war and other violence and condemned war as “an enemy of the poor.”

Help us stop the Pentagon’s lies and attempts to justify the brutal, futile war in Afghanistan. Spread the truth by sharing this video with your family and friends.