nathanm

Yeah, if the military is on the side of the citizens we might have a chance. Even with all the guns in America I am not sure that they could win assuming the A,N,AF,M all follow their orders to put down any armed revolts. I just think about this photo of my grandparents in the tavern they owned with big smiles and the room decorated with streamers and pictures of JFK. He was their people's champion and he got taken out before their eyes. I hate that I care about things not under my control so much, but I can't help it. I really don't want to see a president Trump get shot either by professionals or from any number of unhinged lunatics available out there with nothing to lose and who'd relish going out in a blaze of glory. I really would love to see America split up. It seems like the most logical path. Hillary can have her own country. All the feminists, SJWs, socialists etc. can tax themselves into utopia. There is a genuine social rift and I don't see why it should not be accepted and embraced for what it is. They don't mix up predator and prey animals in the same the zoo pens, why should human society be jammed into this one ideological box which is too small for everyone to fit in comfortably? If 'diversity is our strength' then that means walls, borders, barriers to me. It means paints have their own tubes. It means you don't make a fine meal by putting everything in the fridge into a blender.

The US election is in appearance very much like a monarchy. People are all basically desiring King Trump (God Emperor, really) or Queen Hillary. I think that must be the natural state of man. Let's face it, it's much simpler to understand. But as it does not work like a monarchy in practice we have the problem of having just ONE independent outsider attempting to reform a massive army of insiders. I want to believe he can fix something, but I assume if he does they will just have him assassinated. Why would government ever work against its own interests? Why would people demonstrably shown to be lying, manipulative, corrupt villains stand by and allow a people's champion to cut off their gravy train? In the movies good people win, in real life evil never dies. I can feel the spirit of a Trump landslide, but the world isn't remotely fair. People are more upset about bad calls in football games or a cyclist who uses drugs; that's where fairness and rules have absolute sway. But not in politics. The most heinous crimes are not even on most people's radar.

Trump has come up 3 times with my family. I mentioned that "I like Trump, but I'm not voting for him" (100% Pure days) at a family dinner with aunts and uncles which was met with gasps and dropped jaws. Uncle is Trump supporter, brought along Trump hotel napkins as a gag gift. Later got into a more heated argument with mom, with dad taking a more neutral position. Mom at about 35% hysterics. But dad thought Trump was going to say something crazy and make Putin mad or something about 'he just can't act like that as president'. When doing some laundry over there I was folding my clothes and unknowingly pulled out my Trump shirt from the basket. My dad immediately noticed and said, "What's that?" So I held it against my chest to show my mom and grinned. She groaned, "Oh no!" but wasn't upset. Dad asked "When did you get that?" No further discussion about it. I have other Trump swag, but where I work I am hesitant about showing it on my car for fear of workplace conflict as well as vandalism from Local Youths. I know this is cowardice. The thing is, my folks are pure CNN\MSNBC so they are on another planet in terms of the news they consume. It's kind of like visiting a remote island whose natives have never seen the outside world. A number of online friends are on a puritan ancap\anti-Stefan tear currently so that's annoying too. Some are still hung up on the fucking loose cigarette selling black guy case and Stefan's treatment of it. Yes, I forgot the guy's name and didn't bother to look it up.

They tell me that government is evil and that voting endorses force being used against them, but they also then tell me my vote doesn't matter. Which is it? If my vote doesn't matter then are you so upset? Somehow my vote simultaneously affects everything and effects nothing? Refusing to choose a ruler does not prevent us from being ruled. I wish it did, but it doesn't. Recognizing the involuntary nature of the system was supposed to be the whole point, and if not voting was going to help eliminate the state it would have been done a long time ago. So if I don't vote then I get to be a pure, principled libertarian. But how is my non-participation any different from a person who doesn't vote because they don't care, didn't feel like it, or wanted to watch the baseball game instead? My vote can be inferred to mean I support the things the candidate said. But my non-vote is more ambiguous, like knowing why you didn't buy the millions of things you didn't buy as compared to the one you did.

Excellent piece, Joel. And especially timely for me to find it as I am currently debating with such 'nihilists'. I simply cannot bring my cynicism up to the level where I will agree with people telling me that Trump is 'obvious bullshit'. Trump is a showman and knows how to work a crowd, but I believe he is honest. If he was just a shill for the globalist elites why wouldn't they make him more easy to hate? Why is he so funny? Why can they only bring up the most mundane scandals? Why the hell can they not make Hillary actually likeable if Muh 1st Wymyn President You Go Girl was such a priority? If they found someone with Trump's charisma but with boobs, it would be no contest. But they float out this awful, insincere old hag. I'm sorry the world is the way it is, but the way it is means being a pure, principled anarchist means being a perpetual loser which 99.9% of the world views as some ignorable loony. But being on the Trump train at least offers a glimpse of a genuine sense of patriotism that I've either never known, or have forgotten entirely. People are motivated by their feelings on all sides, we must recognize this and not put every effort into abstract concepts which are so hard to implant in people's minds. Great principled folks like Harry Brown, Michael Badnarik and Ron Paul couldn't get the job done for whatever reason, but this nationalist, populist approach has got legs. And is also growing throughout the world too. Maybe it's all the illusion of choice, but at this point I don't care. If ticking the Trump box means edgy internet ancaps are going to guilt trip me, then so be it.

I wish Mr. Olberman would have focused more on the fact that I know this man.

We do not have to dismiss doom and gloom predictions about what will happen if X candidate is elected completely out of hand. We already have the evidence of European migrant invasion. Clinton admires Angela Merkel and we've seen what happened to Germany. No, the US is not exactly the same as Europe, we're far more armed here so things might go differently, but it's more than enough reason for me. Islam does not belong here, period. I don't care if nice Muslims exist. I understand you can contrast this with the pro-gun argument and say they're both NAXALT bullshit, but gun owners do not share a common doctrine about dominating other cultures and religions. There are not thousands of news stories about gun owners going on killing sprees in the name of being pro-gun, shouting Hail NRA! while firing into crowds. You do kinda find that sort of thing in Islam. I completely agree that nobody can "save us" and my older self is cringing mightily at Stefan talking about getting out and voting, (one could put together a phenomenally cruel video mixing up older FDR material with this one for instance) but for me it comes down to known and unknown evidence. Trump has never held political office but has been phenomenally successful in the private sector. (Yes, I am sure he has plenty of dealings with government, but he's not exactly Blackwater) How the hell can you not want to see what could happen with that? If he fails it will be more fuel against the system.

I have the shitposting alt right fashy goys to thank for introducing me to The Protomen and Sabaton. It ain't over 'til the fat lady sings, and what a set of pipes she has. Damn! Thank you, racists!

I hate feeling positive about anyone seeking political power, but just the fact that Trump is pissing off so many of the entrenched political factions makes me smile. I even watched a 'trump's most idiotic moments' video and was waiting the entire length for the idiotic part without success. I suspect if he is close to winning the powers that be will just sabotage the election and give it to Hillary. I have no evidence of this, it's just pure pessimism on my part. I don't know if a singularly wealthy, smart and powerful guy can truly usurp the status quo. And if he does get in isn't everyone else within government going to be against him anyway (similar to Ron Paul…I'm not equating the two, Paul is obviously far more principled, but they are alike in their non-conformity) He could end up like Kennedy 2.0. Underdogs only win in the movies.

I wish the IRS was fake.

How do you guys find this stuff and turn these around so quick? It's pretty awesome. For any given incident you can always count on FDR to put forth information that makes far more sense in explaining these tragedies while every pundit on the MSM is spewing blather about racism and gun control. Maybe FDR is biased as well as always looks towards child abuse\personal issues, but at least that bias makes far more sense.

The positive black role model level is OVER 9000!!!

Excellent! Thanks so much. I even thought twice before sharing this unlisted video.

I would absolute love it more if the outtakes were kept in a separate video. That would increase the share-ability. Can you hook us up with a main program-only version, DCLugi? That would be great. I mean, they're not really all that funny, there's lots of cussing…it's a bit of a drag. Just my 2 cents.

Spoiling the ballot would be my backup plan if (when?) this happens. So you don't get in trouble if you do this in Australia?

If you want a real celebration of dysfunction watch any of the 'Roast' shows. The Charlie Sheen one comes to mind.

There are many factors potentially contributing to the perceived value in receiving a physical message from someone: • computer printed (laser, inkjet, dyesub) • mechanically printed (offset press, letterpress) • handwritten • long message • brief message • typeface used • text contrast (leading, point size) • paper weight and quality • ink color • assumption of time used to create message • physical layout of the text (formal business, casual, sloppy, neat etc.) vs. • the content of the message, the meaning of the words themselves It can go many ways.

That is some cool tech, regardless of what you might think about its application.

I will start believing that these pretentious people want to empower fat, average or ugly people when fat, average or ugly people get put in front of cameras to sell stuff. As of yet I have not seen this happen. Biology 1, Touchy Feely Marketing 0.

I wonder if fearlessness over a direct, government-sourced persecution for speaking out is because the powers that be perceive zero threat from it? Do we only feel safe because the message is ineffective in the larger picture? Perhaps they care more about physical opposition; if people are protesting in the streets, rather than trying to change people's minds. Maybe they figure since they have control over children for 12 years what threat could some YouTube channel or radio show possibly have? They probably fear being overthrown rather than outgrown.

When the government has the technical ability to ferret out dissenters as YouTube has for ferreting out the existence of a COPYRIGHTED SONG in your video, we are all well and truly doomed. So feel free to say anti-government stuff, but don't you DARE let 10 kilobytes of a Beatles song playing on a passing car leaking through your window find its way onto your video or there will be hell to pay!

Already been done. Podcasts #1445, 1146, 1147, 1438, 1410 all return hits for "helfeld" http://www.fdrpodcasts.com

I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if the ghost of Ayn Rand cried out in pain.

I agree, but the 'Ol Forbidden Tavern looks pretty cool.