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If Virginians aren't surrounding the county government building, 24/7, with firearms...
Your fucking state motto is Sic Semper Tyranis.
Live up to it, or never be taken seriously, about anything, ever again.
You know what happened in Iceland in the 07/08 financial crisis?
Something like 1/3 to 2/3 of the entire population of the island surrounded parliament, literally with pitchforks, untill they actually prosecuted the criminal financiers for their actual financial crimes.
Iceland is basicslly the only Western country that didn't bail out their bankster fraud artists, snd send them to fucking prison, instead.
Ya'll gonna let your selves get outdone by Iceland?
I've seen, firsthand, how Icelanders group up and solve problems together as a unit. They have a cultural tradition of outdoing other cultures, because of this.
If you actually read the article, nobody is asking individuals to reduce usage, the local government is trying to save on its own bill by... Turning off unused lights and computer monitors at work.
The real crime is variable rate power plans and price hikes. Shouldn't exist. It's a utility, why does it need a market price? Should be provided by government, not private companies...
That they are in the position where they even need to ask is an admission that they are sell out traitors to the inherent responsibilities and duties vested in them by the voting public.
They are frauds and failures, the only correct thing they could all do is rescind all permits for any data center contracts, and then resign immediately.
Anything less than that?
Run them out of town, outta the entire fucking state.
The state of Virginia cries about the battle flag the 1rst Minnesota took during the Battle of Gettysburg from the 28th Virginia on the July 3 day of the battle to this day.
They have asked for the flag back 4 times. Each time we say No!. The 1rst Minnesota took that flag in open battle and the 70% casualties was the blood paid for it. The blood of 4 men directly paid for its capture.
Their state motto hasn't meant much since that battle.
Hah!
Well shit, I was not aware of that.
... that's uh, funny, I guess, in a more modern context, with more temporal distance.
But, Minnesotans are bleeding again lately, due to armed tyrants, so I guess in that sense, its less funny.
Iceland has 400,000 people, and is an island. America has 340 MILLION people, and is 3000 miles wide.
In America, it's a LOT more difficult to gather a large population in one place. We tend to get gatherings in multiple cities, instead. The last big one had 3,300 hundred different protests around the nation, with over 7 million people.
Lets reread the first line of the post you quoted:
They are talking about a county in a state. Not America.