Going underground

[Paul Bonneau]

Some people have unusual lives:

http://www.thenation.com/article/181878/breaking-43-years-silence-last-fbi-burglar-tells-story-her-years-underground
http://www.thenation.com/article/181878/breaking-43-years-silence-last-fbi-burglar-tells-story-her-years-underground

That's the first time I saw the phrase, “women’s land”.

[Terence]

Reading that article was like watching a movie that took 43 years to make. Highly recommended.


Excerpt: "a horizontal life rather than a vertical life"

In the underground, Feingold lived what she calls a horizontal life rather than a vertical life. In the latter, a person follows a plan, such as: go to high school, go to college, go to graduate school, enter a profession, marry, buy a home, have children, live for long periods in the same location and develop life-long friends and acquaintances. Her horizontal life, by contrast, had none of those elements. Instead of being a series of expected steps, each leading to the next, her life became a series of experiences, some of which were anticipated or connected, others not.

[Boston]

Most interesting.

It reinforces my belief that only the whistleblowers have any chance of
making a difference . . . while the public still cares at all.

Let's get a list here of them, starting with the 8 FBI Burglars, and Edward Snowden.
Oh, and Daniel Ellsburg of the Pentagon Papers.

Boston

[Terence]

Michael Hastings
Andrew Breitbart
Andrew Wakefield
William Thompson
Russell Blaylock
Sherri Tenpenny
David Brownstein
Karen Hudes
Mark Felt
Frank Serpico
Mark Whitacre
Ted Butler
Andrew Macquire
Jeffrey Wigand
Sherron Watkins
Bradley Manning
Julian Assange
Michael J. McQueary
Jeremy Scahill
Kristen Meghan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHm0XhtDyZA

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"Heroes" of another sort
http://rt.com/usa/irs-whistle-blowers-pay-657/

[Boston]

Wow, thanks for that list Terence.
Didn't realize there had been so many.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_whistleblowers

What I find illuminating is that there is usually only one WB per field or industry.
The psychological and ethical requirements to be/become a WB is unique, and these
people are extremely rare.  I'll bet they feel manifestly alone before, during, and after
their exposing the truth.

I think an excellent "hobby" for the libertarian wealthy elite would be to fund WBs with
a sort of Reward! poster.  Set them up in another country with a monthly stipend for 5-10 years.

Boston

[Terence]

I think an excellent "hobby" for the libertarian wealthy elite would be to fund WBs with
a sort of Reward! poster.  Set them up in another country with a monthly stipend for 5-10 years.

Boston

What an excellent use for money!

It would guarantee a steady supply of wrenches to be thrown into psychopathic constructs.

That, micro-loans (In gold) and wide-spread homeschooling would drive them batshit for decades.

[Boston]

Agreed.  It's time people started to rattle their cages and annoy their jailers.

Boston