Manifesto

Manifesto by The American Insurgent, Unknown News Aug. 22, 2006

Any good insurgent cell worth its weight in salt peter and ammonium nitrites will proffer a sound "manifesto." After all, manifesto writes the songs that makes the whole world sigh. The American Insurgent is no exception.

A sound manifesto contains the fundamental "core values" and beliefs that drive any productive insurgency. The American Insurgent firmly embraces the bottom line, and productivity is only as profitable as what the budding American insurgent puts into the equation. Without those "core values" and solid beliefs, The American Insurgent is just another knee-jerk reaction to political histrionics and of course, talk radio.

The primary tenet of The American Insurgent manifesto is rooted in the Old Testament value found in Exodus 20:13. "Thou shall NOT kill!" It's quick, conceptual, and it's plainly simple. There's no need for explanation, revision, spin, hyperbole, commentary, hysterics, or distraction. It's as clear as the writing on the wall so to speak. The "thou" part seems massively expansive, and the "not" part seems comprehensively understandable. The bottom line here? Don't do it — the killing thingy. "Thou shall NOT means not me, not you, not us, not them, not George Bush, not Ehud Olmert, not America, not Israel, not the U.K., not Hamas, not Hezbollah, and really it's mostly simple. Not in any conditional sort of fashion, no, it would be more like in a knock that crap off sort of manner. Thou shall not, so don't!

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In a manifesto, one would want to sprinkle in the wisdom of Douglas Adams and thanks for all the fish.

Add the wisdom of the Dalai Llama, Mohandas Gandhi, Huey Newton, a dash of George Carlin, and the well rounded American insurgent can never be too overly literate.

Literacy, not war, will be the savior of America.

So you see, a "manifesto" can seem much scarier in the theoretical than in actual propaganda or practice.

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