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Thomas Spellman said
For C Bica
It is clear that individuals, who have been in combat and have killed or witness, those killing or those killed, friend or foe, are very vulnerable to depression, post traumatic stress etc. As long as they are kept in the “construct” that it is their issue and they have to deal with its pain and agony then there is little hope or help for them.
If on the other hand they can meet in a Community Building Workshop as M. Scott Peck M.D. did with many and Dr Robert Roberts has done for the past 12 years it may be a different story. Community Building Workshops create a healing environment in which the participant can begin a process of dealing with there own abuse. Until the person can deal with their own personal abuse which each and every person in the military has directly experienced they will not, in fact, can not heal. It is in the telling of the story of their own abuse that the healing process begins. What this means is the person has to come to terms with the government’s use of their being, which will not be easy and yet it is their only way out.
In order to kill, a person must have been abused and what was a an accidental process in times gone by, is now a very premeditated process today. The Militaries of the world do understand this psychology and process but they are not “spreading the word” so to speak.
Because the healing requires an examination of the relationship of the individual to the government the government is not likely to encourage that examination or help based on that examination.
If you wish to explore this further e-mail me or call me 414 403 1341 Peace Tom Spellman Lake Geneva WI
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Doc said
http://www.bestcyrano.org/THOMASPAINE/?page_id=10
“It is Their Right, It is Their Duty, To Throw Off Such Government ‘
by Caroline Arnold”
Ms. Arnold
Such rhetoric illustrates a continum of the level of abuse that began the 200+ years ago, …fact is it began after my native ancesters kept the first English visitors/invaders alive thru the cold winters in the 1600’s.
Therefore, it comes as no suprise to continute to hear of the abuses stlil perpetrated on all of us fellow humans.
Perhaps you might make this a headline…
“Our most gracious hosts, the natives of this land you call native indian america, now declare that all of you non-native inhabitants have out stayed your visit, and it is now time to return to your native homes and without further consideration nor discussion. End of subject..”
Such a joke you uninvited guests have become to all of us!
And, furthermore, such a declaration you have cited in the above quote is merely illustrative of the absolute insult such declarers’ have made to the rightful owners of the land.
“Manifest Destiny” some might say….No, a more precise delaration would be “Manifest Theft”.
Shame for shame.
Please leave…NOW.
Doc
A native decendent thru the most magnificent classical and unrivaled Mound Builders east of the Mississippi, now referred to as the Kolomoki.
Doc said
Re: http://members.tripod.com/~Mr_Zielinski/indian.html
Re: http://www.cooperativeindividualism.org/eckert-allan_on-george-washington.html
In essence he told his generals, if you can not work with them, vav, to move them out, then “Kill Them”
Your leader was not our friend.
Doc
A native decendent thru the most magnificent classical and unrivaled Mound Builders east of the Mississippi, now referred to as the Kolomoki, and friend of the grand Creek tribes.
matt said
You need to change the font and background so your readers can actually read the articles. you have the worst readability i have ever seen on a website.
Mark A. Wisdom said
We are a Republic, not a democracy.
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poopsmith said
you people are morons. perhaps you should move to southwest asia before the dems take control. you will most likely be safer there in the aftermath.
poopsmith said
and P.S. :
Doc, i dont mind if you go back to your tribal wars taht you had BEFORE we came here, and btw we want our casinos back.
John Hanks said
Letter to Editor
Basically, the human race is divided into crooks, suckers, and lazy cowards. Lately, we have been assaulted by some of the most relentless crooks in history. Like every other con artist, they have learned how to make us feel special, since they know that “feeling special” is always the key to our wallet and our identity. Some feel special because they are white or related to pioneers. Others feel special because they are black and related to slaves. Some feel special because they warmed a chair in college, while others feel special because they wear a uniform, worship God, or have a baby. Republicans feel special because they belong to the business class. Democrats feel special because they belong to the working class.
Crooks feel special because they are puppet masters, and if they are lucky they can produce a whole class of suckers to work for them. The Bush crime family and the Republicans fall into this category. The Clintons and the Democrats are about the same. They are just puppets and puppet masters. And, the puppet masters keep their control by reminding their puppets that they are special. Phony politics is all fraternal stuff to make the politically active feel special.
On the other hand, real politics is always about hatred. It is a blood sport. Republicans hate Democrats and unions because they are afraid that they might lose their special right to steal. Democrats hate Republicans because they know that Republicans want to keep them ripe for the next harvest. The next harvest is usually a war, which makes every real American feel special.
Too bad we are not a nation with smarts.
donna grimmer said
Edward Richardson committed suicide today, in Cleveland, Ohio. He took a gun and put it in his mouth and shot himself, in front of his mother in his childhood neighborhood. His sister stayed with him at Fairview General Hospital, intil he died.
ken said
You are an opinionated kook. I stopped wasting my time halfway into this tripe. Anyone who wants to stop this immigration that is completely different and in a different time than previous is a racist? Ever hear of population overshoot? Resource depletion? Peak Oil? Duh. Moron.
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Flower Child said
Let’s look at the real world from a middle class household that just lost there home of 15 years.
You can now buy my house for $400.00 a month including taxes and insurance. My payment was $900.00 a month (not real rich) without taxes and insurance. (middle class)
Who do they think will buy this house? The child of parents that just lost all they have and now are at a worse financial state then there children?
The housing market will not recover. Fuel prices will not go down. Food prices will rise and life as we know it will be over.
If you are not preparing to feed yourself without a grocery store you may want to think about the great depression. Food and shelter was the most sought commodity. Two thirds of the unites states commodity is consumer spending. (DEBT)
Food, water, shelter and your family is all you need.
Keep your family close. There is a storm on the horizon:(
I have lost all that I thought I had.
Take care of your family. Life is good when you have the correct path.
Change is gooood!!!!!!!!!
If your life is changing and you want to get a fresh prospective – margaret.wildes@gmail.com
All Boats said
To Doc, it would have been much better if Columbus had been killed on the spot….but hindsight is always 20/20.
To Poopsmith: If you don’t like this site then leave it unsullied by your naive diatribe.
To all the rest, in this day and time I am proud to put my name on a site that speaks truth, so I am attempting to join….it seems to be a long process.
Just the mention of Thomas Paine, the Declaration of Independence, or the Federalist Papers can get you on a plane to GITMO today. Speak out against Capitalism and all sorts of nastiness can happen to you. It is time for the 4th Box of Freedom since all the others seem to have little effect.
All Boats
Jan said
You are all invited to view Carole Estrup’s newest painting at http://www.CaroleEstrup.com – I am sure you will find it powerful and
inspiring – Tom Paine would have, too. Regards to all, Jan
John Hanks said
When I think of absolute evil, I don’t think of a mad scientist or a Dracula dressed in black. I think of the frat boy – the type of spoiled brat who would set fire to a bum on a park bench just to hear his screams. There is something hideously juvenile about sociopaths, who have no moral imagination and no conscience. They have no God or Country, they just use “God and Country” as a form of control because they know people are lazy and shallow. They praise money, power, status, and even virtue to enlist support from suckers and to scare others who might smell a rat. When Israel, Saudi Arabia, and traitors in the U.S. put 911 together, they were essentially frat boys planning a prank. When you throw out the geo-politics and political excuses, you find that they did it all for kicks. When you have a social system that rewards the wealthy, and denigrates everyone else, you give sociopaths the power to use force and fraud on the rest of us. If we had real equality and democracy, the sociopaths would find it much harder to disguise themselves as they lie their way to the top. Don’t be fooled. Capitalism thrives in a society that is democratic and egalitarian. Otherwise, it doesn’t take long for force and fraud to put crookism in place once again.
Hanuman said
The PRE-PLANNED Financial/Economic 911 of 2008
WHAT: A pre-planned collapse of the US (and global) financial and economic systems.
WHO: The same characters who perpetrated the original 911.
WHERE: New York City & DC, of course. Plus a sideshow in Washington state.
WHEN: The days surrounding September 11, naturally.
HOW: Instead of painted drones, missiles with wings & big fins, and fake airplanes, they used the much more stealthy short seller.
WHY: To remake the economic/financial order of the world into a “PPP”.
WHY Really: Think about it ! And then ask yourself, “Cui bono?”
The 911 blueprint worked so magically for the world controllers that they were compelled to use virtually the same playbook. “If it ain’t broke, why fix it?
So, what’s the real deal here?
By analogy, let’s take a quick look at the 911 timeline and stack it up against the new 2008 Financial “911”, as it began to unfold earlier this year.
1. The Bear Stearns collapse that began in March 2008 is analogous to the 1st World Trade Center bombing in 1993. Just a warm up. This was preceded by a little failure back in January featuring Countrywide – the largest US mortgage lender.
2. The nationalization of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac marks the beginning of the new 911. Both in the DC area, they were the first to come down this time. Just as they struck at the heart of the military complex, this time they went for the jugular of the national real estate market. Remember – this is a financial 911.
3. Next came this year’s version of the twin towers, building 7 and other assorted NYC landmarks in the form of Lehman Brothers, AIG, Merrill Lynch, as well as Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs in their “new & improved” form. Basically took out the whole of American investment brokerage, heh?!
4. And, of course, we still have Washington Mutual out there in the boonies just like the one that “crashed” in a PA farm field. Update: WashMu is now history! As is another “little” bank by the name of Wachovia.
5. Their MO! What else, but controlled demolition? Throughout 2008, and especially this month of September, we have seen some of the world’s largest banks, brokerage houses, mortgage lenders, insurance companies and investment brokers go bust, as each of them fell perfectly into their own footprint faster than you can say: C O N T R O L L E D D E M O L I T I O N ! ! !
6. The 700 billion dollar Bailout Plan is just like the Patriot Act, isn’t it? Only this time it’s maybe a 2 or 3 page document (in its original form) that conferred absolute authority on the Executive Branch to do just about anything they want with the taxpayer’s money. And they want it rubber stamped now. Not tomorrow. NOW!!! Without discussion, or unnecessary congressional debate. Talk about Shock & Awe being used against the American people, and their elected representatives!?! “The Greatest Depression” never sounded more like “Weapons of Mass Destruction”, eh?!?!
7. Now we know we can expect further gyrations, panics and precipitous declines in the market and elsewhere, just as we had anthrax attacks in the Capital, beltway snipers in Maryland in October of ’02, the 3/11/04 train bombings in Madrid, and the 7/7/05 bombings in London. Not to mention the 50+ other synthetic terror events staged throughout the world to enforce compliance and create distraction.
8. The sudden and dramatic downfall of NY Gov Eliot Spitzer can also now be seen in its proper light. Having left the reservation one too many times, he simply could not be trusted to go with their flow. He had their numbers, their signatures (especially their MO’s), their addresses — the whole ball of wax, as well as his own reputation to burnish. Eliot, to seal his fate, wrote a masterful expose on the subprime mortgage fiasco/fraud that was published in the WashPo just weeks before his public humiliation. He had recently testified before Congress in fine revelatory fashion as well. The elimination of John O’Neil, Head of Security at the WTC complex, is quite similar, except that John O. – a great patriot – died on 911, having just been given the job.
9. To date, the most obvious and glaring example of this manipulated takedown is the case of a US Senator from New York. His letter to the FDIC contained confidential information that triggered the IndyMac bank collapse back in July. California AG Jerry Brown was called to review the entire affair after the Office of Thrift Supervision Director explicitly blamed the letter for causing a run on the bank (3rd largest bank failure in US history). This episode is eerily reminiscent of Larry Silverstein’s order to, “Pull it.” just prior to the expertly controlled demolition of Building # 7 on 911.
10. Just as 911 was perpetrated as a cover for: (i) inaugurating the War on Terror, (ii) overtly advancing the NWO regime globally (in contrast to this previously covert operation), (iii) imposing a police state (Homeland Security) in the US (by gutting the US Constitution), UK and elsewhere, (iv) dominating and securing oil/gas reserves in the Middle East and Cacaucus (to include running energy pipelines through Afghanistan and stealing Iraq’s oil wealth via military invasion), (v) jump starting the Afghan opium trade, etc., etc., etc., the ECO/FIN 911 of ’08 is a cover for many of these same agenda items. However, there is one little item that is particularly high on the current agenda. And that concerns the derivatives market, which in its totality approximates somewhere between 750 trillion and 1 quadrillion dollars of instruments as of 2008. In fact, the subprime mortgage defaults are just a tip of the tip of the iceberg when compared to the real megilla – DERIVATIVES. This is what they’re really worried about, and having to cover for. Except this is a quadrillion dollar megilla that can’t be covered without unraveling the entire capitalistic system, and its fascist corpocracy and kleptocratic oligarchy.
11. And then there is the teenie-weenie matter concerning the Federal Reserve, and its collection agency – the IRS. The man standing behind this curtain has a lot at stake, especially in the form of mountains of evidence that will indict, and convict, the entire system. Lots of evidence was destroyed during and after 911, as will happen after many of these Wall Street firms are taken over, nationalized, liquidated, merged and disappeared. The veil, however, has already been lifted.
Does anyone see a pattern here?!
The real lesson to be gleaned from this analysis is that events of such enormity and consequence are rarely spontaneous and unchoreographed. Especially when they happen just weeks from an era defining presidential election. They have obviously been planning this one for a long time, and it has been fastidiously coordinated and executed to have a very definite effect and desired outcome – a permanent planetary plantation (PPP).
The execution, thus far, has been flawless. Even for those of us who stood there on the 1st 911, and knew it was a fraud (read False Flag Operation) while the buildings were coming down, this one is exceedingly more difficult to penetrate. However, penetrate we will, until every last conspirator is sitting before the TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION COMMISSION spillin’ the beans. The ultimate and lasting effect of these inquiries will be a New World Order of our making, not theirs. The only remaining, $64,000 question will undoubtedly be, “What do we do with them after we head them off at the pass?”
For the uninitiated, it may take quite a lot to wrap your mind around this extremely complex and convoluted plot, but, please, just be patient. As this drama plays out, the true intentions of the primary perpetrators will become manifest as they unwittingly reveal themselves by their handiwork. As Eliot Spitzer, no – Eliot Ness, nee – Sherlock Holmes once alluded to – a fingerprint inadvertently left as evidence is impossible to erase.
You see, the short sellers, unlike the “airplanes”, are still with us. Each one had a target to take down which they did with amazing speed and dexterity. And the myriad transactions that converged to topple their prey are all preserved somewhere, in some huge database, with multiple backups to serve as confirmation of trades of staggering amounts. AHHH! Nothing like computers, especially when they’re not confiscated and shipped off to China for permanent disposal.
May all financial wizards and economic soothsayers, henceforth, be inspired to stare into their crystal ball and divine the upcoming financial and economic events of global proportions with the keenest of acumen and sleuthing. As we shine the LIGHT of our collective awareness on these rapidly unfolding schemes, we will serve as beacons of revelation, and hope to the world.
Remember – we now know the script. We know the major players involved. We know their MO: Controlled Demolition. We are able to watch the crimes being commit-ted in real time. Each of us has now been thusly notified, and empowered, to serve as a vector of dissemination of this critical information. So —–> LET’S GET BUSY ! ! !
T. Anthony Michael 10/2/08
TAnthonyMichael@gmail.com
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Special Message to the Market Oracles and Money Masters of the Universe
Our “PRE-PLANNED” scenario delineated above in no way ignores the true state of the national economy, international finance or global economic picture. In fact we are, and have been, fully cognizant of the fact that the true state of every market – real estate, equity, bond, commodities, currency, derivative, etc. has been in shambles for many years, just waiting for the Perfect Storm to come around and blow it all away.
It has been obvious to many of us that each of these markets have operated according to the whim of a very few individuals with extremely concentrated power to manipulate. Therefore, all markets can be artificially inflated, as we have seen time and time again. Likewise, they can be artificially deflated, sometimes rather quickly for effect, as we have seen. “The Invisible Hand” of the market is just that – a very carefully hidden hand that makes a complete and total mockery of every economic and financial theory ever advanced. Time for a lot of us to accept this fact of modern economic life.
Perhaps we should now take off our blinders and admit that while, yes, all of the indicators are, and have been, there for a catastrophic economic meltdown & financial cataclysm, these events are still completely controllable. All of us have seen bubble after bubble grow and balloon, and merge and overlap, and inextricably interpenetrate each other, until all we have is one massive bubble ready to pop. But, when will it pop?! It will pop when the confidence level is sufficiently undermined by the very same MEDIA that controls the flow of the relevant information. And who, pray tell, controls the media, if not The Invisible Hand? Clearly, the real Market Oracles are not a part of that MSM juggernaut. Therefore, it is incumbent upon each oracle to get it right, since they are the very best sources of pertinent financial and economic data/information.
The inevitability of self destructive capitalism does not preclude the process of controlled destruction. As the system eats itself, there are those who are eaten, and those who eat. We are witnessing this devolution in living color, as we both write and read these words. The “strong” at the top of the pyramid have always done the eating, as the “weak” at the bottom provide the bone for the stew. The only major difference at this particular, and final, feast is that the internet has allowed for an unprecedented explosion of true and accurate information in real time. Therefore, the playing field has been leveled like never before. The little guy or gal, for the first time ever, has the opportunity to take back a little, or a lot, of his/her power (WEALTH), should he/she so choose.
Even as the Wall Street gangs team up with the opportunistic political class, as well as the numerous corporate/legal jackals and lobby parasites, to effectuate the most massive redistribution of wealth (aka in your face THEFT) in recorded history, something has profoundly and fundamentally changed. There is a dynamic at work which can alter the game just enough to potentially turn the pyramid upside down. This, however, requires a no nonsense, “look in the mirror with raw honesty” approach. Then we (the oracles) will not deign to render a judgment that is not fully baked. And the recommendations we make are more likely to be issued in the best interest of ALL, especially for those who are in a position of class disadvantage, financial ignorance or structured powerlessness.
So, we have made it clear that all the forces have been put into place for the upcoming monetary apocalypse. But even these forces are controlled, each and every one of them, all the way up to the top. It’s probably a very good time to contemplate just who it is that resides at the peak of the global financial decision-making process. And, their agenda ?!?
HINT: Let’s get serious for a moment. Most of us know by now that the Crash of ’29 was an intricately engineered fiscal armageddon as a necessary prelude to the real Armageddon known as WWII. Historically speaking, a man without a job, or prospects for employment in his homeland, is much more likely to hire himself out to his gumment as a mercenary fighting in a foreign land. Hasn’t this been their (TPTW)* formula for both war and wealth creation for eons?! Although it has always worked like a charm (see “War is a Racket” by Major General Smedley Butler), wethinks the charm has finally worn out. We also think this misbegotten plan to foist WWIII upon us has somehow been thwarted by the real TPTB. Yes, they’ve finally been snoockered! And they don’t even know it yet.
Someone, please email this article to them … ASAP.
* The Powers That Were
PS As we all sit back and wait for this year’s October Surprise, please know that it came a little bit early this year on September 15th which will forever be known as BLACK MONDAY. However, this year’s election cycle brings with it a whole season of surprises. Things like the beginning of the end of FIAT money – the real root cause of all our financial problems and economic ills. This foundational flaw, together with all of the multi-layered financial/economic/accounting mechanisms that have insidiously crept into the system, are the ‘not talked about’ institutional culprits and structural deformities that really need to go. Then the perps wouldn’t be so tempted to stack the deck against us all the time.
Bob Resin said
Some excerpts from a very interesting book titled “A PAGE A DAY”.
Originally written in the 1930’s and recently re-published.
As a blue collar worker I found the language made some subjects much easier for me to understand. Many of my friends are also tradesmen and like me not inclined to academic pastimes such as reading often, most of our lives are spent building and making things that are needed by people in order to make life better for us all.
My coworker calls it his “blue collar bible” and keeps his copy in his truck.
The book has caused me to make the time to read more, and was the thing that led me to sites such as yours, sites that make me think and become a more knowledgeable person.
Thank you for all your work,
Bob
FREEDOM;
Real freedom comes by the practice of wisdom.
Many think themselves free because they are
controlled by their desires and conscious of their
volition’s, but ignorant of the cause by which they are
led to wish and desire.
No persons are free who are not master of
themselves. There is freedom to do what one likes,
but a better freedom is in doing what one should. For
those who are able, there is freedom to pursue their
own good in their own way. Some are not fit to be
free, and they never will really be free. Freedom is a
curse to people who do not have self-control, or true
courage. One must have knowledge and practice
wisdom in order to be free and keep out of trouble
and danger.
The only real freedom is justice, and only those
who can think for themselves are likely to attract it to
them. If we let others think for us we are followers.
We are free to bargain with our time, talent, and
labor. Our freedom only lasts if we make good
bargains with each other.
GOVERNMENT;
Government is the administration of law. Good
government depends upon good laws, good
administration, and good people to be administered
to. It must begin in the home, for it is difficult to make
good laws for bad people.
A representative government is an organization
of power. The first law of power is those using it be
subject to it themselves, hence the right to make
laws imposes the duty of obeying them.
The purpose of the state is to free its members
from fear that they may live and act with security
without injury to self or neighbor. Everyone desiring
such liberty is duty bound to see that it is granted
and become a party to it. The penalty for the good
not taking a greater interest in government is to be
governed by the bad.
History teaches that is not difficult for bad people
to rise to positions of power within government.
History also teaches the consequences of bad
leadership, war, human suffering, and mass chaos
ensues until the capable and good return the
government to a path of truth.
WAR;
War is uncivilized people on a rampage of
destruction. Wars are caused by human’s inhumanity
to human; by their ignorance, greed
and selfishness. It is always unwise to start war,
therefore ignorance; thus they are started by the
ignorant, and until the people of all nations become
sufficiently educated, there is no assurance against
war breaking out.
If wars had to be fought by those declaring them,
they would be few and short. They are declared by
people in positions of power without a governing
motive of justice. When arrogant powers go on a
rampage of destruction, it forces others to defend
themselves for the safety of their own lives.
The greatest protection against war is a well
educated populace. The arrogant and ignorant that
start wars can only succeed if educated people
assist them. Until the educated are willing to stand
up against the ignorant and the greedy, they will
continue on this destructive path.
We The People said
Epochal Transformation Accelerates
As Global Financial Matrix Disintegrates
Now that the genie is out of the bottle, economic, political and social events will proceed with the inexorable force of destiny. The forthcoming changes, shifts and breaks with the past that are delineated below do concern the unsavory business of WHAT, positively, will not be brought into the future. This is of critical importance. Why? Because those who do not know, and understand, and heed history, are always, always forced to repeat it.
I. As we all sat back and waited for this year’s October Surprise, please know that it came a little bit early this year on September 15th which will forever be known as PITCH BLACK MONDAY. Actually, the entire month of October was set up to be a series of Black Monday’s, as well as every other day of the week shaped up to be. It’s really a good time to brace your self since this year’s election cycle, and beyond, will bring with it a whole new season of surprises. Things like the beginning of the end of FIAT money – the real root cause of all our financial problems and economic ills. This foundational flaw, together with all of the multi-layered financial/economic/accounting mechanisms and schemes that have insidiously crept into the system, are the ‘not talked about’ institutionalized culprits and structural deformities that really need to go. Without them, the perps wouldn’t be so tempted to stack the deck against us all the time.
The only legitimate currency is that which is backed by GOLD, or some other precious commodity that is universally valued, and issued directly by the US Government, not a privately owned, organized crime syndicate like the FED. Debt driven, fractional-reserve banking – the real bane of global finance – will then be banished from the planet forever, along with the overlords of disaster capitalism, institutionalized usury & loan-sharking (e.g. World Bank & International Monetary Fund), as well as their economic hitmen. Finally, the central organizing principle of modern society, and especially Western Civilization, will no longer be: maximizing shareholders’ wealth.
II. Another little surprise will come in the form of an announcement that goes something like this: The USA was conceived to be a CONSTITUTIONAL REPUBLIC, not a democracy by plutocracy. The founding fathers would be absolutely horrified to see the “mob rule by the privileged elites” into which this once great nation has degenerated. Every political philosopher knows that democracy, when sufficiently dumbed down and unduly influenced by the moneyed ruling class, will always devolve into a despotic tyranny. Therefore, the wholesale exportation of our fraudulent notion of democracy, and its supposed freedoms (to buy, buy, buy after watching the boob tube hucksters), by the political and corporate classes must be reconsidered. And it will be soon, on a new channel during this “Fall” season’s new lineup! Stay tuned —
III. Another announcement will be made, in the not too distant future, about the business entity commonly known as the CORPORATION – the main huckster of this ‘brand’ of faux democracy. Surely, if the devil were to ever choose the perfect form in which to enter in order to carry out his nefarious designs, Inc. is it. Is there any other entity on earth – person or party, organization or association, government or institution, jurisdiction or bureaucracy, club or group, fraternity or sorority, etc. that can function with such impunity, as it hides behind the shield of LIMITED LIABILITY. Those two words have given complete cover for the flagrant and wanton destruction of planet Earth.
You name it – oil slicked coastlines, razed rainforests, beaches strewn with dead dolphins and whales. Not to mention the complete erosion of human, civil and national rights, wherever INC decides to set up shop.
Let’s pick a country. Let’s go to India and visit Bhopal of Union Carbide fame. Close to 8000 people died within two weeks of that December day in 1984 in what is known as the worst industrial disaster of the last century. Now that Dow Chemical owns Union Carbide, you can only imagine the veritable phalanx of attorneys who are paid unconscionable fees to ensure proper responsibility and accountability will never be assumed by their master.
Or let’s visit the Punjab and talk to the thousands of widows of farmers who committed suicide because of Monsanto’s “seedless seeds”. Or go to just about anywhere on that subcontinent where a Walmart is being protested for land theft, encroachment and despoilation. Let’s not forget about all the Coca Cola bottling plants that have become notorious for stealing the most precious commodity that every Indian cherishes and covets – WATER. Well, that takes care of land, water, air … and blood. What else in heaven’s name do these stakeholders want?!
We all know the deal. It’s the one where the individual, and his/her environment, is always trampled in favor of the corporate interest. Isn’t it time to really take stock of what our current predicament has left us with. Perhaps it’s also time to seriously think about actually re-ordering the ORDER, instead of once again rearranging the deck chairs on the titanic. Like we’ve said, “optimizing stockholder profit” will soon be history, as the cease and desist orders are not far from being issued to Corporate America. Might as well get a head start on dissolving (or re-chartering) that corporation.
IV. Termination of Globalization: The dominating and predatory form, that is. No other global initiative has been more unsuccessful at creating a framework for a more efficient transfer of goods and services around the planet. Truly, every aspect of this corporate inspired policy has failed miserably. Wherever it promoters trumpet its stated intention to make markets more streamlined, effective and resilient, it has done quite the opposite.
One only needs to look at the current debacle within the European Union concerning the banking, credit, and stock market breakdowns. Never has a response from the appropriate governing bodies been more disorganized, full of mixed messages and working at cross purposes with the member states. It’s like watching The Three Stooges (France, Germany & Italy) play musical chairs blindfolded with no clothes on. What an unprecedented spectacle, and in plain view for the entire world to watch! This will undoubtedly put the brakes on the concretizing of a North American Union and their planned currency – the Amero. Praise the Lord!
As a matter of fact, all of the financial unions and economic superstates (e.g. European Union; Southeast Asian Association for Regional Cooperation; Union of South American Nations) that have been created over the past many years will, by sheer necessity and desperation, be forced to re–organize themselves in the coming months and years. Even South America, which has two distinct camps that are constantly gummin’ up the works for each other, will abandon their current emerging model in favor of one that enjoys complete freedom from its North American taskmaster. To their credit, they have set the bar higher than it has ever been set concerning their strongly stated desire to be free of IMF and World Bank control. Only Russia has exceeded their standards, as they had already been fleeced by the Oligarchs in what may very well be the grandest larceny of national wealth/resources in history. This, of course, was preceded by a 75 year scourge of incessant rape, pillaging and plundering by the Bolsheviks and their Western financiers & handlers. Clearly Mr. Putin will not allow a repeat of any such conduct within his borders, and the international persecution that he has suffered certainly reflects their displeasure and frustration with him. No wonder Vladimir Putin is now considered a “reincarnation” of Peter the Great by his own people.
The ruinous influence of these two globalization thugs (IMF & WB) can be instantly assessed by looking at the economic calamities they caused in Argentina (1999-2002), as well as in Thailand, South Korea & Indonesia during the 1997 Asian currency crisis. Likewise, every nation in Africa that has chosen to take on their monetary yoke has only misery and war and financial oppression to show for it. Wherever these 2 scrooges show their faces, it’s quite like Ebenezer himself showing up to make a house call. You know the patient will soon find himself in a pine box after all the gold fillings and rings have been removed.
We have seen this globalization scam unfold in country after country, as a ruse to steal a nation’s resources, always taking from those who have, and giving to those who want it. In fact, an objective assessment of all the world’s current conflicts would reveal that the vast majority are directly the result of this geo-political/commercial dynamic. The privatization of water sources/bodies/supplies/rights is perhaps the most provocative and glaring, and can be found at the root of a number of these resource wars.
Clearly the verdict has been delivered: Economies are much less vulnerable, the more locally they are positioned and the less centralized their decision-making process. This arrangement affords much greater resiliency when dealing with the vicissitudes of the marketplace. And it takes the power away from those who are insulated in ivory towers, and far from the plight of the common man. It is time for everyone on the planet to “think globally; act locally”.
V. Stock market will become extinct. There is no greater tool at the disposal of those who can, and do, manipulate the various markets than the charade of “setting up” a formal system of trading, buying and selling of anything, as exemplified by the NYSE. This is where it all happens. From devastating whole national (and regional) economies, to toppling uncooperative corporate execs, to bringing 150 year old multi-billion $$$ companies to their knees within a week’s time. From triggering stockholder revolts, to propping up corporate raiders, to extorting billions from national and/or corporate treasuries. They can, and do, do it all right there on the floor.
Really, the very best example of what occurs in these speculative market exchanges is the gambling casino. In Vegas, everyone knows that the house ALWAYS wins. It never loses. Even when there is the appearance of losing, it still wins. Go figure, but it’s true. Your stockbroker is not too unlike the blackjack dealer. And your financial planner is often a croupier in disguise. So, the question remains, do you honestly know what your hard earned retirement money is invested in? If not, this is a very good time to find out!!!
For those of us who have been there, we know that whether you call it an oil bourse, a commodity exchange, or a bond market, you’re still playing in a game that can go against you at any time. Wipe out your earnings in a heartbeat; devour your principal in a flash. It’s often been said that when he comes, “he comes like a thief in the night”. Do you still feel you know where your entire life savings is currently residing?
The derivatives market represents the single greatest threat to worldwide economic stability and financial security. It poses such great potential for financial abuse and economic devastation that the current institutional arrangements of this commercial realm have become completely unacceptable. The alarming proliferation of hedge funds, as well as the growing number and variety of derivative instruments, has reached a critical mass that is incompatible with living a financially sound life on planet Earth. Simply put, some of these instruments are so far from the street – economic reality – that they put into jeopardy all the hard work, which appears in the form of real goods and services, that is produced by any economy at any given time. This predicament signifies a CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER to us all.
Remember – DERIVATIVES are the real megilla. Derivatives, by their very nature, can be highly radioactive, and can go nuclear any time circumstances conspire in just the right, or wrong, way. Those who control their destiny can, likewise, utilize their inherent threat as a means of conducting financial and economic terrorism anytime, anywhere completely under the radar screen. It’s time for them to go. And we trust it’s just a matter of execution at this point.
VI. Mass Consumerism & Perpetual Economic Growth – the Fric & Frac of our Age – are history. One need not look any further than the inside of one’s own home to see the ravages of these adopted twins. They own the bedroom, the living room, the family room and all the closets. They’ve taken over the kitchen, the den and the garage, as well. Since their middle names are Amass and Accumulate, we can only imagine what might lay hidden in the attic, the basement and the shed.
Ever since they became the twin pillars of Kali Yuga’s overarching philosophy of life, things started to really go to hell in a handbasket … or rather gilded cage. How so? What else could one expect from a political economy that demands growth, necessitates growth and extols the virtues of growth at every turn (and on every other commercial and newscast). Growth, at the expense of WHAT!! We’ll tell you what – Life!
One of the most tragic parts of this ever-unfolding tragedy has been the dramatic change in the spirit of the people with whom these twins associate. The very society loses its refinement, as the culture becomes debased. Aren’t so many things associated with Americana experienced as coarse, and crude, and crass? Likewise, the nation, which was once known as the “land of the free; home of the brave”, morphs into a country reviled for its unkindness, lack of compassion and cruelty. Before anyone realizes, the citizenry is easily being herded, and then stampeded, into wars and conflict of every sort and kind.
What else could be expected when the meme of consumerism is subliminally implanted at such a young and tender age, and relentlessly reinforced from cradle to grave? And, what does it really say about a society when all who belong to it are known as consumers. Kind of like little pac-men (and pac-women) gobbling up everything in sight. Starts out with BIG Macs and 24 oz cokes, then super-sized HUMMERS, then oil fields and gold mines and precious rainforests, and then whole countries.
Likewise, in the corporate realm, any board director, company officer, division president, regional director, department manager, production supervisor, etc. will candidly speak to the greatest pressure in their lives. More income, more sales, more profit, more production, more revenue – anything that will show an increase in year over year growth. Always gotta GROW, even though yuv been out of puberty for 20 or 30 years!?
Well, you can imagine that this state of affairs can only go on for so long. As a matter of fact, this party’s now over. And the hangover is about to begin. Perhaps it’s time to send these twins on a permanent vacation to the waterless region.
VII. War, as a means of wealth creation, is now bankrupt. War, as a means of conflict resolution, is over. As a means to any end whatsoever, war is finished. You get the picture, don’t you? War has outlived its usefulness, and has become as obsolete as the derivatives hawker. There is simply no more place for it in civil society. It’s time for the curtain to fall on this show for the last time, and for all of its bad actors to hit the stage exit.
It never was a legitimate policy for conflict resolution, as we know. Virtually all conflicts and wars were manufactured in the boardrooms of the world. And impeccably stage managed by the directors of the war studios. Isn’t the Iraq war a perfect example of this kind of terrible and awful-to-watch “B” movie?
Any deliberate, probing and unprejudiced analysis of all the major wars going back to the French Revolution will reveal an extraordinary degree of carefully calculated and coordinated events leading up to the actual conflagrations we call war. Just read the actual history that is only now beginning to surface, and you will reach this very same conclusion.
War has consistently served its masters in three ways which no longer have relevance in an enlightened civilization: (i) population control (ii) artificial creation of wealth for the plutocracy (iii) imposition of a tyrannical order in the wake of the chaos that always results from war. Population control in this context has different meanings. The number of people who are systematically genocided, wantonly annihilated and deliberately infected with disease agents serve the purpose of population reduction. Then there is the sheer terror of war and its effects on whole populations (see how easily controlled both the Germans and Japanese were after WWII). “Order out of chaos” is made easy when all concerned parties have been faced with the extraordinary distraction, mayhem and pandemonium that war always brings.
Let us once again proclaim, here and now, that: WAR HAS COME TO AN END.
VIII. There is a very profound and significant connection between 9/11/01 and 9/11/08 that may be difficult for many to fully embrace. But here it goes –
The OMEN that 911 truly was, looks a little bit like THE LORD OF THE RINGS.
Remember the Twin Towers? When they came down in NYC, it was a message to humankind that the reign of the Almighty Dollar was coming to an end. As a nation’s currency goes, so goes its destiny. Her financial strength and economic prowess was on the wane, and soon to be greatly diminished. Just as the WTC (financial capital of the world) was pulverized into dust, the US Dollar would be swept into the ash heap of history. Just as we see it collapsing all around us, exactly 7 years after the original 911 apocalyptic events.
When the Ring of Power was finally destroyed, like the Pentagon (ring-shaped command center of the military-industrial complex) was mortally wounded and damaged, the message was equally clear. Her military might and superior force would be reduced to rubble in the twinkling of an eye. She would, likewise, soon see the demise of Her all-pervasive state sponsored terrorism. This, because she had lost all moral ascendancy. Besides, the empire could no longer be sustained politically, financially, practically or ethically, as the seeds of its own destruction had fully sprouted. The most fatal seed grew into that extremely corrupt and predatory form of corporate, crony capitalism which was so socially unconscious, and so environmentally unaware, it was quite doomed from the very beginning.
The GOOD NEWS is that this nation – its people – will now be compelled to beat their “swords into plowshares” and their “spears into pruning hooks”.
Just as the Phoenix rose from its ashes, so too will America ascend to even greater heights. As long as She ascends with the guidance of the highest of ideals, loftiest of principles and noblest of intentions. And She reforms, and transforms Herself, in good faith, in earnest and with haste.
As a modern day prophet said in the days immediately following September 11, 2001:
“America, Wake up ! ! ! Seize this God-given opportunity. There is no more time to dally in fear and ignorance and greed. For yours is a destiny that must serve as a beacon of Light and Hope and Peace to the world. Make haste, the time is drawing nigh!”
T. Anthony Michael
11/01/08
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