The Dark Age Chronicle

An Ongoing Editorial Aritcle

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Vol. No. 1 Issue No. 1

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by Digger

Do you remember the old Who song, "Won't
Get Fooled Again"? There was a line in the song that
went "Meet the new boss........same as the old boss....."
. When it's all said and done and we come out of our retreats,
shelters, the hills and barricaded homes, what will we face? Could
the existing government be steadfast enough to hold out against
the rage? Would all of the effort have made no difference? Or
maybe, just maybe, it gets worse. There's an old saying, "Life
goes on without you." And so may the government. There
are two constants that we have right now. One is, that the government
is like a multi-headed monster. None of the heads knows
what the others are doing. The other is, that the ultra-right
and the ultra-left are the same! They both want total control.
We have on many occasions witnessed the aftermath of "Executive
Branch Policy" being carried on without the knowledge
or permission of the legislative branch, or, God forbid,
the people themselves. That very disorganization, that bain to
our existance, may be one of the reasons the government would
prevail. Toppling the "King Rat" doesn't mean that all
the little rats won't still have a piece of the cheese.


Let's just say, for arguments sake,
that the government does completely collapse. What kind of leadership
could we be in store for? Actually, that very issue could be answered
by just looking at the third world nations out there. We could
face some sort of Provincial Government similar to the one described
in James Wesley Rawles' story, "Triple Ought". If the
Christian right establishes a power base we could face a leadership
based solely on their beliefs and not necessarily on any point
of common-law. Common Law and Religious Law are two different
things. What if Militias are running things for awhile
until goverment is re-established. Remember, "Absolute
Power Corrupts", and that all-too-common human frailty
could end up with the remaining populace having to deal with a
bunch of provincial "Warlords" who would insist
on running their areas like their own little countries. Kinda
sounds a little like Somolia, don't it? What ever the outcome,
it is imparitive to have a government based on the Common
Laws of the Land. Really, it should be phrased as 'Common
Sense Laws of the Land', as our forefathers had originally
intended it to be.


For a society to strive, there must
be rules and law. What American Government has lost sight of today
is the common sense aspect of law. Fact....A majority of Politicians
are Lawyers, elitists, and don't forget, extremely wealthy. So,
we must understand that they are always going to effect the passage
of laws that favor their situation. On ocassion, they may pass
laws to keep the sheep content on some morbidly insipid issues
always counting on the fact that the sheep don't have enough common
sense to stand up in great numbers and say "Hey! Wait a minute!!"
This is quite evident in the gun prohibition arena. You have a
bunch of ocassional hunters that say "What the hell, I don't
hunt with an AR-15, so what do I care if the government bans them!"
And of course, we know what that has led to. We also, in a great
lack of common sense, pour our trust and money into so-called
lobbying organizations to "look after" our vested interests.
I recently chose not to renew my membership with the NRA and I
will tell you why. It's simply because they don't do squat! They
whine and cry and ask for donations, but what have they done?
Did they stop any of the anti 2nd amendment laws from passing?
No. They can't even get air time on tv networks to set the record
straight. They try to counter with ads in gun magazines and mailers,
but since one-third of the population is functionally illiterate,
who are they getting through to? The membership cried "Get
more aggressive" and they did, but in the wrong way. Truthfully,
have you seen any real effort by the NRA to counter the prohibitionists
propaganda in any real way? I haven't. All I see is them pestering
politicians who deep-down could care less because they are elitists
and will always have protection. The NRA aren't "Activists"
they're just "Salesmen". True activism lies with the
people. Some amount of lobbying is fine and probably necessary.
But, due to the terrible absence of common sense in the government
and people, lobbying occurs profoundly more than it should, and
the sad truth be known, the only real benefits befall the politicians.



Yes, common sense is the only real way.
Common sense is the thing that tells me to look around when someone
yells "Fire!!" instead of blindly dashing for the door.
Where is the fire? How bad is it? Can I maybe stop it before it
gets out of hand? If not, then I must exit without panic. Calm
assesment, decisive action, a goal that can be reached. To me
that is common sense. Why is that so hard for so many to grasp?



The slow death of common sense in this
nation is leading to the death of this nation. If common sense
is not regained in the future the New Era will not begin, and
the New World Order will, and we will continue to be led by those
tin-plated elitists who will always rely on the lack of Common
Sense.

