{"id":23775,"date":"2023-05-14T08:44:05","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:44:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/?p=23775"},"modified":"2023-05-14T08:44:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T12:44:40","slug":"what-is-there-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orionscoldfire.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/14\/what-is-there-to-say\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is There to Say?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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After a while we\u2019ve said everything there is to say about the death trap we\u2019ve walked into.\u00a0 Everyone of us has read the umpteenth article on the managerial elite and the Global American Empire.\u00a0 We\u2019ve read the debates back and forth over whether this is a neo-religious cult or a cynical grift that the leaders of the Left have cooked up to keep the drones busy while they pilfer the treasury, or both.\u00a0 It\u2019s all been said.<\/p>\n

So, what\u2019s left?<\/p>\n

Well, what\u2019s left is us<\/u>.\u00a0 We still have to live.\u00a0 We can\u2019t just retreat to our living rooms, stop eating and die.\u00a0 We\u2019ve got things we want to do.\u00a0 For some it\u2019s family and responsibility.\u00a0 For others it\u2019s freedom and adventure. \u00a0But whatever it is we have to devote a certain amount of our energy to counteracting the intentional harm that our dysfunctional regime heaps upon us in innumerable ways day in and day out.\u00a0 And chronicling these problems and pointing out the work arounds is one of the useful things that can be done by someone writing about our lives.<\/p>\n

And we can pass along stories of victories and defeats.\u00a0 Maybe one of our guys passes legislation to protect our side from some old or new atrocity.\u00a0 Maybe some unlucky hero stands up to the thugs and gets railroaded into prison for the rest of his life.\u00a0 All these things are useful because they teach us about what\u2019s really going on.\u00a0 Even if these stories find their way into the mainstream media the spin on them makes them almost unrecognizable.\u00a0 So, the only place where you\u2019ll hear our side of what\u2019s going on is in some source like this.\u00a0 And it\u2019s the only place where the readers can comment on these events and give their own opinions.<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s another function of this activity.\u00a0 It provides a means for like-minded people to speak their minds and pass information back and forth.\u00a0 And that is valuable both as a means of communication and to improve morale.\u00a0 Feeling alone makes our plight almost hopeless and if you can see that others are out there it encourages you to keep going.<\/p>\n

And another reason that these sites are useful is that they provide a place for things that the outside world has eliminated.\u00a0 As the world fills up with TikTok influencers cross-dressing their way into our hearts places like this can review movies and books that reflect the old way of thinking.\u00a0 I can put up quotes by Thomas Jefferson and Rudyard Kipling that express thoughts that are strictly forbidden by modern leaders of government, academia and even the churches.<\/p>\n

And finally, this site can allow us all to have a little fun from time to time by expressing our individuality.\u00a0 One of the guest contributors can put up a photo or a story that means something to him.\u00a0 And there may be a resonance in the other viewers.\u00a0 There\u2019s some camaraderie in being in a hated minority.\u00a0 The plucky rebels can feel pride in standing up to the evil empire even if it\u2019s just by calling out the crimes they commit.<\/p>\n

So, just for today I\u2019ll omit the rant against the managerial elite and the Global American Empire.\u00a0 They\u2019ll still be there tomorrow.\u00a0 Today I salute Orion\u2019s Cold Fire and all of its denizens.\u00a0 From the lurkers and the regulars to the ringleader himself.\u00a0 Long may we meet and grouse about the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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