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I'll tell you, this is a really good question. The bailout is specifically aimed at GM and Chrysler. I can see GM getting some help, for a number of reasons, not the least of which is the national security of the United States. They make tanks, armored personnel carriers, etc. in times of war (which is where we're headed). But why Chrysler?
Let's look at a few things I realized as I started to think about who might benefit from this. Chrysler is owned by Cerberus Capital, a leveraged buyout firm. Who is Cerberus? Who is involved here? Cerberus is the name of a three-headed dog that guards the gates of Hell, ensuring that nobody who enters can make it to the the shores of the River Styx, and swim back from Hell. Appropriate, for a bunch of corporate raiders. They specialize in buying companies in distress, firing most of the workforce, then selling off anything that is not nailed down. In a year or two, they can show a massive profit and sell the stripped-out shell of a company for even more profit to some other entity. Only after the company has changed hands does it become apparent to the buyer that they've been had. I've personally been through this little exercise several times. You are expected to work a minimum of 12 hours a day, usually 6 days a week, at your regular 40-hour-based salary. You are expected to do the work of 3-4 people in that year or two. Vacation, or time off, is neither available nor tolerated. The principals in the deal get rich off the backs of the few workers left. Really great system, but it is still a big gamble.
So what is the connection between W and Chrysler? Start at the top. The Chairman is none other than John W. Snow, former Treasury Secretary (right before Hank Paulson). Who else is in Cerberus that we might know? Well, Dan Quayle is Chairman of an international division. Who was Dan Quayle? He was George H.W. Bush's VP.
So, is there something to the rumors that W is bailing out Chrysler to save his buddies? I think so. They've plundered nearly $2 Trillion from the US Treasury, and Hank won't let on where it is, who got how much, or anything. This whole sordid situation smells like 3-day old fish left out in the summer.
Keep in mind that Our Lord And Savior, Barack Hussein Obama, has not been crowned yet. We still have another month to go with Dumbya in office, so there is PLENTY of time for him to really ruin America. But we'll all be saved once BHO is Emperor of the United States. After all, he's not corrupt, not with his secrecy and his Chicago political connections. It's all about hope and change, and change and hope. His Holiness Obama is clean as a whistle, pure as the driven snow (or is that John Snow?), the media tells us so. And they wouldn't lie, would they? Would they?
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, October 31, 2008
President Obama starts implementing "Redistribution Policies"
Well, dear readers, it's already starting. Yup, "President" Obama has started to implement his grand socialist, and dare I say, totalitarian policy while still on his campaign. That's right, he's already started it. He kicked several reporters, some of whom had been traveling with him since early 2007, off his plane. The reason? Their employers came out and "endorsed" John McCain. How revealing is that? Shutting down media because they don't agree with your political position is SO USSA. Erp, excuse me, USSR. As in Pravda. Isvestia. The reporters were denied their boarding passes as tried to reboard after a campaign stop, and left stranded to find their own ways back to the office. Isn't that nice. What a fair and noble thing to do. Talking about fair, their seats were given to reporters from more liberal outlets.
I don't get it. How can so many believe in hope and change, when it's Obama's hope to change us into a Marxist (read: communist) nation? What is it about socialism and Marxism that is so attractive? It doesn't work very well in England, Canada, the Netherlands, or any place else it has been foisted upon a populace. Hell, even Russia dumped it. Go ahead, make an appointment with a doctor over there in the UK. Tell them you have only six months to live. They'll give you the first available slot. Too bad it's over a year from now. And don't get me started on "The Big Book Of British Smiles"....
To put it another way, a well-dressed businessman was walking down the street late one afternoon, when he saw a homeless guy wearing a sign. It read "Need money. Can't wait for Obama to help." Being an independent, the man nods a brief greeting to the panhandler, and passes him up. Seeing a sign for a steakhouse a couple blocks down, he heads in for some dinner. He orders his meal, Filet Mignon, medium-rare, garlic mashed potatos, salad, a carafe of wine, and enjoys it very much. The waitress waits on him hand and foot, an he has an absolutely fantastic meal. As he finishes, the waitress approaches him with the check, he notices that she is wearing an Obama button on her blouse. A thought suddenly strikes him, probably right in the forehead. He gets out his wallet, inspects the ticket, and asks the waitress who she's voting for. "Why, President Obama, of course!"
"I see," says the businessman. "What is it about him that makes you want to vote for him?"
"I like his idea on 'spreading the wealth'. He represents hope, and change, and change, and hope."
"Ever hear of Karl Marx?"
"No, why? Is he running for something?"
"No, he isn't. Do you go to college?"
"Yes, I do, as a matter of fact."
"Good, so you've heard of experiments, then?"
"Yes, of course. We do them all the time in school."
"I see. Well, I'd like to do my own little experiment. Would you like to assist me?"
"Well, sure, I guess...what does it involve?"
"It's a political science experiment. You've done a really great job waiting on me, and as the ticket here is $100, that would make a standard tip about $15. Is my math correct?"
The waitress says, "That would be a normal tip, yes."
"Well, you've clearly gone above and beyond the call of duty, this was one fantastic meal. One of my favorites, ever. So how does $25 sound?"
The waitress smiled and said "Wow, that sounds great! Thank you sir! I have a textbook I need that this will just about cover, class starts tomorrow!"
The man reaches in and pulls out a $100 bill, hands it to her and says "Thanks for taking part in my experiment." The waitress looks confused.
"I'm taking your $25 tip and giving it to someone I think needs it more. There's this bum about two blocks down, see, and he's been standing there for at least an hour or two with a sign that reads 'Need money', so I thought I'd take your tip and give it to him. You obviously do pretty well here, so I'm going to 'spread the wealth', so to speak."
"But...but...hey, that's not fair! I waited on you hand and foot, and this is the thanks I get? Who the hell are you to take my money that I earned and give it to some homeless bum?" She stormed away in a self-righteous huff, her eyes shooting daggers at the well-dressed man who had just taken her book money away.
"It's all about hope and change!" the man called after her.
The man walks out, and heads back to the bum with the sign. He walks up, hands the guy the $25 that had been the waitress' tip, and says to the man "This is the tip money I was going to give the waitress down there at the steakhouse. I'm redistributing the wealth today, just like Obama is going to do. I suggest that you go down there, find her, and thank her for working so hard to get this much tip money for you. She'll be easy to spot, she has an Obama button on her blouse."
The bum grabs the money, shoves it deep into his grimy pocket, throws down his sign, and dashes across the street to the liquor store. Two minutes later, he emerges, with a bottle in each hand, and lifts one bottle in salute to his benefactor. Then he disappears down an alley.
"From those according to their ability, to those according to their needs..." the man said, as he walked home in the gathering dusk...
Welcome to Wealth Redistribution 101. This has been your first lesson. I hope you enjoy the lab work, the test is Tuesday, November 4th...
I don't get it. How can so many believe in hope and change, when it's Obama's hope to change us into a Marxist (read: communist) nation? What is it about socialism and Marxism that is so attractive? It doesn't work very well in England, Canada, the Netherlands, or any place else it has been foisted upon a populace. Hell, even Russia dumped it. Go ahead, make an appointment with a doctor over there in the UK. Tell them you have only six months to live. They'll give you the first available slot. Too bad it's over a year from now. And don't get me started on "The Big Book Of British Smiles"....
To put it another way, a well-dressed businessman was walking down the street late one afternoon, when he saw a homeless guy wearing a sign. It read "Need money. Can't wait for Obama to help." Being an independent, the man nods a brief greeting to the panhandler, and passes him up. Seeing a sign for a steakhouse a couple blocks down, he heads in for some dinner. He orders his meal, Filet Mignon, medium-rare, garlic mashed potatos, salad, a carafe of wine, and enjoys it very much. The waitress waits on him hand and foot, an he has an absolutely fantastic meal. As he finishes, the waitress approaches him with the check, he notices that she is wearing an Obama button on her blouse. A thought suddenly strikes him, probably right in the forehead. He gets out his wallet, inspects the ticket, and asks the waitress who she's voting for. "Why, President Obama, of course!"
"I see," says the businessman. "What is it about him that makes you want to vote for him?"
"I like his idea on 'spreading the wealth'. He represents hope, and change, and change, and hope."
"Ever hear of Karl Marx?"
"No, why? Is he running for something?"
"No, he isn't. Do you go to college?"
"Yes, I do, as a matter of fact."
"Good, so you've heard of experiments, then?"
"Yes, of course. We do them all the time in school."
"I see. Well, I'd like to do my own little experiment. Would you like to assist me?"
"Well, sure, I guess...what does it involve?"
"It's a political science experiment. You've done a really great job waiting on me, and as the ticket here is $100, that would make a standard tip about $15. Is my math correct?"
The waitress says, "That would be a normal tip, yes."
"Well, you've clearly gone above and beyond the call of duty, this was one fantastic meal. One of my favorites, ever. So how does $25 sound?"
The waitress smiled and said "Wow, that sounds great! Thank you sir! I have a textbook I need that this will just about cover, class starts tomorrow!"
The man reaches in and pulls out a $100 bill, hands it to her and says "Thanks for taking part in my experiment." The waitress looks confused.
"I'm taking your $25 tip and giving it to someone I think needs it more. There's this bum about two blocks down, see, and he's been standing there for at least an hour or two with a sign that reads 'Need money', so I thought I'd take your tip and give it to him. You obviously do pretty well here, so I'm going to 'spread the wealth', so to speak."
"But...but...hey, that's not fair! I waited on you hand and foot, and this is the thanks I get? Who the hell are you to take my money that I earned and give it to some homeless bum?" She stormed away in a self-righteous huff, her eyes shooting daggers at the well-dressed man who had just taken her book money away.
"It's all about hope and change!" the man called after her.
The man walks out, and heads back to the bum with the sign. He walks up, hands the guy the $25 that had been the waitress' tip, and says to the man "This is the tip money I was going to give the waitress down there at the steakhouse. I'm redistributing the wealth today, just like Obama is going to do. I suggest that you go down there, find her, and thank her for working so hard to get this much tip money for you. She'll be easy to spot, she has an Obama button on her blouse."
The bum grabs the money, shoves it deep into his grimy pocket, throws down his sign, and dashes across the street to the liquor store. Two minutes later, he emerges, with a bottle in each hand, and lifts one bottle in salute to his benefactor. Then he disappears down an alley.
"From those according to their ability, to those according to their needs..." the man said, as he walked home in the gathering dusk...
Welcome to Wealth Redistribution 101. This has been your first lesson. I hope you enjoy the lab work, the test is Tuesday, November 4th...
Friday, October 24, 2008
Berg v Obama- the "October Surprise"...
Phillip J Berg, Esq, a Philadelphia attorney, filed suit in Federal court on August 21, 2008 against Barack Hussein Obama. The lawsuit asked simply for Mr. Obama (or is it Soetero?) to produce documentation supporting his claims to be the rightful Democratic Candidate for President of the United States. The lawsuit gave 30 days for Mr. Obama (Soetero) to produce his birth certificate. The Obama camp has failed to produce it, and failed to even acknowledge the suit, which is considered an admission of guilt. Most people aren't even aware of this lawsuit. The requirements to be POTUS are simple, three in number, and clearly spelled out in the Constitution of the United States of America. They are:
Candidates must be 35 years of age or older.
Candidates must have lived in the United States for 14 years.
Candidates must be natural-born citizens of the United States.
The natural-born part is where Mr. Obama/Soetero fails the test. The following video explains the legal grounds for this suit. When it was brought against him, the only thing Mr. Obama/Soetero had to do to dismiss this was to produce his birth certificate. His campaign put a document up on the campaign website, but it is suspected to be a forgery for a number of reasons. Mr. Obama/Soetero was actually born in Mombasa, Kenya, and Mr. Berg has an audio recording of Mr. Obama/Soetero's paternal grandmother proclaiming how proud she was that her grandson was going to be President of the United States, and how she was there in the delivery room on that fateful day in August of 1961 when little Barack was born.
After his parents divorced a short time later, Barack Hussein Obama/Soetero's mother, Stanley, married an Indonesian man, also Muslim, who promptly left the US for Indonesia. The family followed. Little Barry Soetero, in his own words, "promptly started school". The country of Indonesia was at war at the time, and the only children in schools at the time were citizens of Indonesia, and only Muslim children at that. Which means that the only way for Little Barry to have attended school at the madrasa in Indonesia would have been if Mr. Soetero had either adopted Little Barry, or if he had "officially recognized" Little Barry. Both carry the same weight, in that the adopted or "officially recognized" child is now a citizen of Indonesia.
The birth certificate presented on Mr. Obama/Soetero's campaign site is a forgery, and so is the one at www.factcheck.org, where Mr. Obama/Soetero served on the board (owned by the Annenberg Group, a Chicago group). Conflict of interest, perhaps?
Here is a link for you for the video of Phillip Berg explaining his stance on his lawsuit. Keeping in mind, Mr. Berg is a lifelong Democrat, with a long career including a stint as Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and also as a DNC member...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs
Candidates must be 35 years of age or older.
Candidates must have lived in the United States for 14 years.
Candidates must be natural-born citizens of the United States.
The natural-born part is where Mr. Obama/Soetero fails the test. The following video explains the legal grounds for this suit. When it was brought against him, the only thing Mr. Obama/Soetero had to do to dismiss this was to produce his birth certificate. His campaign put a document up on the campaign website, but it is suspected to be a forgery for a number of reasons. Mr. Obama/Soetero was actually born in Mombasa, Kenya, and Mr. Berg has an audio recording of Mr. Obama/Soetero's paternal grandmother proclaiming how proud she was that her grandson was going to be President of the United States, and how she was there in the delivery room on that fateful day in August of 1961 when little Barack was born.
After his parents divorced a short time later, Barack Hussein Obama/Soetero's mother, Stanley, married an Indonesian man, also Muslim, who promptly left the US for Indonesia. The family followed. Little Barry Soetero, in his own words, "promptly started school". The country of Indonesia was at war at the time, and the only children in schools at the time were citizens of Indonesia, and only Muslim children at that. Which means that the only way for Little Barry to have attended school at the madrasa in Indonesia would have been if Mr. Soetero had either adopted Little Barry, or if he had "officially recognized" Little Barry. Both carry the same weight, in that the adopted or "officially recognized" child is now a citizen of Indonesia.
The birth certificate presented on Mr. Obama/Soetero's campaign site is a forgery, and so is the one at www.factcheck.org, where Mr. Obama/Soetero served on the board (owned by the Annenberg Group, a Chicago group). Conflict of interest, perhaps?
The founding Board of Directors of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge as announced in 1995 were:
So, he had a vested interest in concealing his identity. It states clearly above that Mr. Obama/Soetero is a lawyer, where did he get his education? He will not release any records relating to his colleges. He will not release any data on himself at all. He is a Constitutional Law professor, he knows good well he is a fraud, and I suspect that the reason Mr. Obama/Soetero will not release any of his scool records is because he was not a citizen, and used foreign student aid to finance his degrees.Patricia Albjerg Graham Barack Obama, civil rights attorney at Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland; lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School; member of the board of directors of the Joyce Foundation and the Woods Fund of Chicago; winner, Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 award, 1993; former president of the Harvard Law Review (1990–1991); former executive director of the Developing Communities Project (June 1985–May 1988)[25][37][38][39] Stanley O. Ikenberry, president of the University of Illinois (1979–1995); member of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago (1983–1995); former professor of education (1965–1971) and senior vice president (1971–1979) of Pennsylvania State University Arnold R. Weber, president of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago (1995–1999); member of the board of directors of the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial and the Tribune Company; former president of Northwestern University (1985–1994) and the University of Colorado (1980–1985); professor of labor economics and friend and colleague of George P. Schultz at MIT, the University of Chicago, and in the Nixon administration[40] Ray Romero, vice president and general counsel of Ameritech; Chicago School Finance Authority board member (appointed in 1992 by Governor Jim Edgar); candidate in the 1996 Democratic primary for the 5th Congressional District of Illinois; winner, Crain’s Chicago Business 40 Under 40 award, 1991; former Illinois Commerce Commission commissioner (appointed in 1985 by Governor Jim Thompson); former civil rights attorney as Midwest regional director of MALDEF where he was lead counsel for Hispanic plaintiffs in the 1985 Chicago ward remap[39][41] Wanda White, executive director of the Community Workshop on Economic Development; former policy director of the Women’s Self-Employment Project; former deputy commissioner of economic development under Chicago Mayors Washington, Sawyer and Daley Susan Crown, president of the Arie and Ida Crown Memorial; vice president of Henry Crown & Company; daughter of Lester Crown[42] Handy Lindsey, Jr., executive director (1988–1997) then president (1997–2003) of the Field Foundation of Illinois; former associate director of the Chicago Community Trust (1986–1988)
Here is a link for you for the video of Phillip Berg explaining his stance on his lawsuit. Keeping in mind, Mr. Berg is a lifelong Democrat, with a long career including a stint as Deputy Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and also as a DNC member...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs
Thursday, October 23, 2008
What if?
What if Obama really ISN'T an American citizen? What if his purported Hawaiian Birth Certificate is a fake? What if he magically comes up with a new fake BC while on vacation these next couple days? Who does the background check on our Presidential candidates, anyway?
I submit that Barack Hussein Obama is actually a Kenyan by birth, and in checking through that old worthless piece of paper called the Constitution, which has information in it pertaining to qualifications to be President, it appears that he is NOT QUALIFIED to run. He is a foreigner, was never naturalized, only an obviously fraudulent scanned image claiming to be his birth certificate has been submitted. It is done in a font that DID NOT EXIST when it was supposedly issued, as computers of the day were unable to print in that font.
If this is true, and I believe it to be so, then if Mr. Obama is elected, and assuming he is inaugurated and sworn in, then America has ceased to exist as a nation. The Rule of Law will have been relegated to the circular file, and any and all laws pertaining to our nation will be invalidated. The country will be lost, and it's history and traditions thrown on the trash heap of history, as Mr. Obama makes us into the Union of the Socialist States of America.
Mr. Obama has too many strikes against him for my tastes. Let's review, shall we?
Strike 1- Uncertain legal status of birth, failure to produce a State-certified Certificate of Live Birth (for more on this, see Strike 2, below).
Strike 2- Ignored lawsuits to ascertain whether he really was born in Hawaii by not producing a certified copy of live birth from the Hawaii Department of Public Records. Such a dismissal is considered by many to be an admission of guilt, and he may be going to Hawaii not to visit his ailing grandmother, but to forge a new document. Such a document should be viewed with suspicion, and all alacrity should be exercised in determining it's real origins. Forensic analysis needs to be done to ascertain whether it truly is an original, or a computer-generated fake like his present one. Ruling is still pending on this one, so stay tuned!
Strike 3- His political creation and indoctrination in the living room of Bill Ayres, a known and admitted domestic terrorist with Communist ideology.
Strike 4- By Barack's own admission, he is of a Communist/Socialist bent. When asked about his tax plan by "Joe the Plumber", he told Joe that "he didn't want to punish him for being successful, but wanted to give 'everyone behind him' the chance to be successful by spreading the wealth." His "wealth redistribution" is the prime directive of the Communist platform, and poses a direct threat to the principles this country was founded on.
Strike 5- His long association with his anti-white, anti-American pastor, Rev. Wright. How can someone spend 20 years listening to this "Reverend" and not hear his invective directed squarely at the United States? Actually, directed squarely at the Caucasian-American sector of the United States?
Strike 6- Blatant and overt disregard for campaign laws, specifically, accepting campaign donations from foreign entities. $63 million of that from Islamic nations. What are you telling us there, B.O.? Allegations of his being am Islamist "sleeper" have log been circulating on the internet, but a quick check of the Koran reveals that it is perfectly OK to lie to infidels, it's called
"taquiya", and is telling US what WE want to hear, which then becomes OUR truth. Kind of a twisted form of lying that is specifically allowed under Sharia law. How convenient!
Strike 7- His education in Islamic schools in Indonesia, where he was registered as a Muslim.
Strike 8- The media at large being made puppets of the Obama campaign. Ever notice that there are no stories of McCain, except in passing? Granted, McCain is not a serious Republican, having voted with Obama more times than against him, but still...is this man REALLY our only other choice? This is a fix, McCain was specifically chosen to be the GOP "fall guy". He does not espouse any conservative values, leaving most of America's conservatives without a voice, or even a candidate. His only saving grace is that he's a war hero. He's not exactly stiff competition, unless you were to put him on "Dancing With Former Hollywood Stars", where he would most definitely be "stiff competition". Sorry, John, couldn't resist!
So there is a definite case to be made against Barack Hussein Obama, these are but a few points. I guess we'll see on Coronation Day, Nov 4, as America crowns it's new "Lord and Savior, Barack Hussein Obama"...
I submit that Barack Hussein Obama is actually a Kenyan by birth, and in checking through that old worthless piece of paper called the Constitution, which has information in it pertaining to qualifications to be President, it appears that he is NOT QUALIFIED to run. He is a foreigner, was never naturalized, only an obviously fraudulent scanned image claiming to be his birth certificate has been submitted. It is done in a font that DID NOT EXIST when it was supposedly issued, as computers of the day were unable to print in that font.
If this is true, and I believe it to be so, then if Mr. Obama is elected, and assuming he is inaugurated and sworn in, then America has ceased to exist as a nation. The Rule of Law will have been relegated to the circular file, and any and all laws pertaining to our nation will be invalidated. The country will be lost, and it's history and traditions thrown on the trash heap of history, as Mr. Obama makes us into the Union of the Socialist States of America.
Mr. Obama has too many strikes against him for my tastes. Let's review, shall we?
Strike 1- Uncertain legal status of birth, failure to produce a State-certified Certificate of Live Birth (for more on this, see Strike 2, below).
Strike 2- Ignored lawsuits to ascertain whether he really was born in Hawaii by not producing a certified copy of live birth from the Hawaii Department of Public Records. Such a dismissal is considered by many to be an admission of guilt, and he may be going to Hawaii not to visit his ailing grandmother, but to forge a new document. Such a document should be viewed with suspicion, and all alacrity should be exercised in determining it's real origins. Forensic analysis needs to be done to ascertain whether it truly is an original, or a computer-generated fake like his present one. Ruling is still pending on this one, so stay tuned!
Strike 3- His political creation and indoctrination in the living room of Bill Ayres, a known and admitted domestic terrorist with Communist ideology.
Strike 4- By Barack's own admission, he is of a Communist/Socialist bent. When asked about his tax plan by "Joe the Plumber", he told Joe that "he didn't want to punish him for being successful, but wanted to give 'everyone behind him' the chance to be successful by spreading the wealth." His "wealth redistribution" is the prime directive of the Communist platform, and poses a direct threat to the principles this country was founded on.
Strike 5- His long association with his anti-white, anti-American pastor, Rev. Wright. How can someone spend 20 years listening to this "Reverend" and not hear his invective directed squarely at the United States? Actually, directed squarely at the Caucasian-American sector of the United States?
Strike 6- Blatant and overt disregard for campaign laws, specifically, accepting campaign donations from foreign entities. $63 million of that from Islamic nations. What are you telling us there, B.O.? Allegations of his being am Islamist "sleeper" have log been circulating on the internet, but a quick check of the Koran reveals that it is perfectly OK to lie to infidels, it's called
"taquiya", and is telling US what WE want to hear, which then becomes OUR truth. Kind of a twisted form of lying that is specifically allowed under Sharia law. How convenient!
Strike 7- His education in Islamic schools in Indonesia, where he was registered as a Muslim.
Strike 8- The media at large being made puppets of the Obama campaign. Ever notice that there are no stories of McCain, except in passing? Granted, McCain is not a serious Republican, having voted with Obama more times than against him, but still...is this man REALLY our only other choice? This is a fix, McCain was specifically chosen to be the GOP "fall guy". He does not espouse any conservative values, leaving most of America's conservatives without a voice, or even a candidate. His only saving grace is that he's a war hero. He's not exactly stiff competition, unless you were to put him on "Dancing With Former Hollywood Stars", where he would most definitely be "stiff competition". Sorry, John, couldn't resist!
So there is a definite case to be made against Barack Hussein Obama, these are but a few points. I guess we'll see on Coronation Day, Nov 4, as America crowns it's new "Lord and Savior, Barack Hussein Obama"...
Friday, October 17, 2008
What is the MATTER with you people???
So I watched the "debate" between President Obama and Senator McCain, or at least as much as I could stomach before retching and nearly losing my dinner and finally went to sleep. The next morning, I was listening to the radio and started to realize what a great man Obama really is. He transcends issues completely. I heard a "pollster" asking people on the street asking loaded questions about President Obama...
"Sir, who are you voting for?"
"Why, President Obama, of course."
"Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Sure"
"Why are you voting for Obama?"
"Well, I agree with his stance on everything"
"Why are you not voting for McCain?"
"Because I believe in President Obama, he'll give us hope and change, and change, and hope."
"I see. Do you agree with Obama's plan to stay in Iraq up to another 50 years to finish the job and win the war on terror?"
"Oh, yes, absolutely! We need to make sure we've eliminated the threat from the WMD's."
"Do you agree with his position on abortion?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, do you agree with his pro-life stance?"
"Absolutely! Life begins at conception"
"What about his tax-cut plan? Is it better than Senator McCain's plan of taxing the 'rich', people making $250K a year or more and redistributing the wealth to people who don't make $250K?"
"Well, duh! I think cutting taxes should be for everyone! We all need a break in these trying times, it'd get the economy moving again, if we didn't have to worry so much about taxes. I know taxes have cut deep into my budget. If they go up again, I won't be able to afford to take the bus any more!"
"What about President Obama's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, think she'll do a good job?"
"Yeah, I'm glad President Obama elected her as VP. I mean, it's about time we had a tough woman in the White House, but at least he picked a woman!"
"What about McCain's choice of Joe Biden as VP?"
"I don't pay much attention to him, he's old and he's white. President Obama is the hope and change this country needs at a time like this!"
What the hell? These people are allowed to VOTE?
What is truly scary, and I mean frightening to the soul, is that all the interviewees I heard COULDN'T EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISSUES AND AGREED WITH McCAIN'S POSITION ON EVERYTHING! And beyond that, they didn't even know WHO THEIR CANDIDATES ARE!!!!!! WAKE UP, PEOPLE! PALIN IS McCAIN's VP pick, NOT OBAMA's!
It just goes to show you how the people are being seduced by the silver-tongued, mellifluous dulcet tones of Obama's voice. He starts speaking, and people fall into a trance. I don't, but everyone else around me seems to.
The one question that nobody has the balls to ask is
"Are you voting for Obama because he's black?"
Which is labeled incorrectly as a racist question.
"Well, if you don't vote for him, you MUST be racist!" they say.
I will not vote for President Obama. I am not falling for this group hypnotism. There's fires in LA right now, and every time a bush catches fire, the celebrities run towards it, thinking President Obama is going to speak! Ive' never seen anything like this! It has happened before, though, several times, and with disastrous results. This kind of blind following of a charismatic "leader" happened at the end of the Weimar Republic, when a smooth character who had a gift for public speaking entered their political system, turning it upside down. He'd speak, and people would become transfixed, believing in his hope and change. Economic conditions there were about the same as what we face now, and their government was also as corrupt as ours. He took power, and the only thing that ended it was the rest of the world. His name? Adolf Hitler.
On a beautiful Caribbean island, a tropical paradise, a young, charismatic leader gave speech after speech, and the people belived, blindly. He was known for his "hope and change" and "power to the people" speeches. He took the reins of his tropical paradise, and it is paradise no longer. He was a fiery speaker, and everyone blindly loved him. His name? Fidel Castro.
This time, it's the Unites States. Will we wake up from this nightmare in time to save this nation? I fear that it is too late. President Obama has captivated the American sheeple with his grand plans of "trickle-up poverty", his plans to cap earnings at $250K. Oh, but he says "It's not that I want to punish you for all your hard work and achievement; isn't it more fair that, if you make more than the prescribed cap on earnings, in this case, $250K, that I should take it so 'we' can 'spread the wealth' to those who aren't able to make what you do? That's more fair!" No, that is naked communism.
That totally removes the incentive to work hard and achieve goals. Now that I know that my income CAN NEVER EXCEED $250K, I'll be sure to work hard to make as much money as I can for my family...as long as it stays below $250k. If I have a small business, and we get up to $249,900, I know that I will have to lay everyone off, and shut the business down. Never mind that I have spent 20 years of my life, my blood, sweat, and tears making it to this point, the government will take it away. Better to shut it all down and avoid losing it all. At least I could tell my kids "Sorry kids, but President Obama took daddy's business away." And if it comes to it, I will tell them why. I'll make them read the Communist Manifesto. I'll make them read the history of the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany. I'll teach them some history. And I will leave this country if need be, and flee to the free markets and societies of Russia, or China. Or India. That's where all the jobs will be.
"Sir, who are you voting for?"
"Why, President Obama, of course."
"Can I ask you a few questions?"
"Sure"
"Why are you voting for Obama?"
"Well, I agree with his stance on everything"
"Why are you not voting for McCain?"
"Because I believe in President Obama, he'll give us hope and change, and change, and hope."
"I see. Do you agree with Obama's plan to stay in Iraq up to another 50 years to finish the job and win the war on terror?"
"Oh, yes, absolutely! We need to make sure we've eliminated the threat from the WMD's."
"Do you agree with his position on abortion?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well, do you agree with his pro-life stance?"
"Absolutely! Life begins at conception"
"What about his tax-cut plan? Is it better than Senator McCain's plan of taxing the 'rich', people making $250K a year or more and redistributing the wealth to people who don't make $250K?"
"Well, duh! I think cutting taxes should be for everyone! We all need a break in these trying times, it'd get the economy moving again, if we didn't have to worry so much about taxes. I know taxes have cut deep into my budget. If they go up again, I won't be able to afford to take the bus any more!"
"What about President Obama's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate, think she'll do a good job?"
"Yeah, I'm glad President Obama elected her as VP. I mean, it's about time we had a tough woman in the White House, but at least he picked a woman!"
"What about McCain's choice of Joe Biden as VP?"
"I don't pay much attention to him, he's old and he's white. President Obama is the hope and change this country needs at a time like this!"
What the hell? These people are allowed to VOTE?
What is truly scary, and I mean frightening to the soul, is that all the interviewees I heard COULDN'T EVEN TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ISSUES AND AGREED WITH McCAIN'S POSITION ON EVERYTHING! And beyond that, they didn't even know WHO THEIR CANDIDATES ARE!!!!!! WAKE UP, PEOPLE! PALIN IS McCAIN's VP pick, NOT OBAMA's!
It just goes to show you how the people are being seduced by the silver-tongued, mellifluous dulcet tones of Obama's voice. He starts speaking, and people fall into a trance. I don't, but everyone else around me seems to.
The one question that nobody has the balls to ask is
"Are you voting for Obama because he's black?"
Which is labeled incorrectly as a racist question.
"Well, if you don't vote for him, you MUST be racist!" they say.
I will not vote for President Obama. I am not falling for this group hypnotism. There's fires in LA right now, and every time a bush catches fire, the celebrities run towards it, thinking President Obama is going to speak! Ive' never seen anything like this! It has happened before, though, several times, and with disastrous results. This kind of blind following of a charismatic "leader" happened at the end of the Weimar Republic, when a smooth character who had a gift for public speaking entered their political system, turning it upside down. He'd speak, and people would become transfixed, believing in his hope and change. Economic conditions there were about the same as what we face now, and their government was also as corrupt as ours. He took power, and the only thing that ended it was the rest of the world. His name? Adolf Hitler.
On a beautiful Caribbean island, a tropical paradise, a young, charismatic leader gave speech after speech, and the people belived, blindly. He was known for his "hope and change" and "power to the people" speeches. He took the reins of his tropical paradise, and it is paradise no longer. He was a fiery speaker, and everyone blindly loved him. His name? Fidel Castro.
This time, it's the Unites States. Will we wake up from this nightmare in time to save this nation? I fear that it is too late. President Obama has captivated the American sheeple with his grand plans of "trickle-up poverty", his plans to cap earnings at $250K. Oh, but he says "It's not that I want to punish you for all your hard work and achievement; isn't it more fair that, if you make more than the prescribed cap on earnings, in this case, $250K, that I should take it so 'we' can 'spread the wealth' to those who aren't able to make what you do? That's more fair!" No, that is naked communism.
That totally removes the incentive to work hard and achieve goals. Now that I know that my income CAN NEVER EXCEED $250K, I'll be sure to work hard to make as much money as I can for my family...as long as it stays below $250k. If I have a small business, and we get up to $249,900, I know that I will have to lay everyone off, and shut the business down. Never mind that I have spent 20 years of my life, my blood, sweat, and tears making it to this point, the government will take it away. Better to shut it all down and avoid losing it all. At least I could tell my kids "Sorry kids, but President Obama took daddy's business away." And if it comes to it, I will tell them why. I'll make them read the Communist Manifesto. I'll make them read the history of the Soviet Union, and Nazi Germany. I'll teach them some history. And I will leave this country if need be, and flee to the free markets and societies of Russia, or China. Or India. That's where all the jobs will be.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Welcome to the Machine! (Sounding the Alarm)
I need to make everyone aware of something that is happening right now in our history...
WE ARE ALMOST THERE.
We're almost history. Not because of the engineered catastrophe that is the Wall Street Bailout. Not because of the engineered voter fraud that is incorrectly labeled as "free and open elections", no this is something even graver in consequence, and it affects each and every one of us, posing a clear and present danger to our future and our society.
What I'm about to say is going to shock you, but it's all very true, and it is happening now.
We are becoming a fascist dictatorship.
"How the HELL can we be turning into a fascist dictatorship, Amir?"
Good question. It's because the conditions exist at this moment that are exactly the same as Germany in the 1930s, the end of the Weimar Republic, and the playbook in use is the SAME ONE that led to Hitler's rise to power! It is a plan that is insidious and evil, and it has been happening for quite a while. It is "Incrementalism" personified. What's the best way to boil a frog? Put him in a pot of cold water, and incrementally turn up the heat! If you try to pop him in a boiling pot, he'll hop out, burned, perhaps, but surviving.
Those of us who are completely absorbed in our day-to-day survival and turn on "American Idol", or "Dancing with the Former Hollywood Stars" or whatever dreck you use to distract you from the ugly truth that is out there in plain sight BETTER WAKE UP RIGHT NOW! It's almost too late. The pot is almost boiling!
The shift from a democracy to a fascist dictatorship is gradual and calculated. Every step on the path to fascism is mapped out in detail, every "crisis" is carefully planned. The blueprints are available, but are currently being held (and used) by our leaders.
"So, Amir, if you're so smart as to know about the 'blueprints' or 'the plans', how can I get a copy so I can see for myself?"
Glad you asked.
There are basically 8 steps in the shift from freedom and liberty to fascism. Let's go over them.
The very first step is to declare an "enemy". It can be external, or internal. We have both. The external threat is the 'War On Terror'. It gives the people the illusion that they are in danger, and in our case, the enemy is radical muslims buying 'yellowcake'. It is a made up reason, but hey, anything will do. On the internal side, we have "sleeper cells" of islamic fundamentalists hell-bent on attacking us.
Step 2- Secret Prisons. Secret prisons and torture are another hallmark of fascism and dictatorship. They are always outside the rule of law. Gitmo is the largest, and best-known. They systematically torture the prisoners there, which is why the denizens of that prison aren't on anyone's prison pen-pal list. Once systemic torture is going on there, and it is, the eminent dictatorship has the ability to start turning that torture on it's own populace. The tasing of the college kid was an example. "Don't tase me, bro!" They demonize and marginalize the victims at first- these are brown-skinned, muslim extremists that hate us. But as time goes on, they announce that people who don't stand with us, don't agree with us, are now "enemy combatants". We see this with animal-rights activists, political activists, you name it, they can classify you as an "enemy combatant".
Step 3- Establishment of a Paramilitary Force. Hmm. The Germans had the Sturm Abteilung, or SA- the "brownshirts". We have the TSA, or "Twits Standing Around". They are paramilitary in that they wear uniforms, and they have the power to detain and arrest people. They also work the Department of Homeland Defense. Hmm. "Homeland". Sounds an awful lot like "Fatherland" to me, what do you think? We also have another paramilitary outfit known as the Blackwater Group. They specialize in "armed security details", and are active in Iraq, where they were accused of killing a group of 17 Iraqis. But they'll never go on trial. In fact, they quashed that little news tidbit pretty effectively, and instead, put eight US Marines on trial for doing their job. Nice.
Step 4- Establish or create a surveillance apparatus. How many people have you heard about that are on the TSA's "No-Fly List"? Quite a few. The rumor is that everyone has a "file", and nobody is allowed to know what's in it. This creates fear and uncertainty. The excuse given is that it's part of the 'War On Terror', it is for our own 'safety'. Gotta 'protect' the American people! This, too is a smoke screen, and one that is used against us. Soon, people will be turning in their neighbors, kids will be ratting out their parents' political views.
Step 5- Arbitrary Detention and Release. People being made to miss their flights due to being on "The List". Happens with regularity now. In Germany, they had a tall, imposing Nazi at the train station who asked for your travel papers. Here, it's the goons from the TSA sizing you up. If you're on "The List", you are searched and detained, perhaps questioned. If you refuse, you get tasered and jailed. Sound familiar? If the muslims are the threat, how come they won't search the Arabic-looking people? They always seem to pick out the grandmas, the single mom with a small child in a stroller, the college student on break and going home to get this quarter's laundry done. Never the swarthy, Arab-looking guy who has a prayer rug, a copy of the Koran, and giving furtive glances to other Arab-looking men in the waiting area. I wonder why THAT is?
I also never see well-dressed businessmen getting searched and questioned. I guess they might be lawyers.
Step 6- Restrictions on the Press. You might find this one hard to swallow, given the government-media complex, but it's true. Why do you think there is such a media slant? Because they don't want the truth coming out. Anyone who dares report the truth is demonized as a traitor, accused of treason. Look at the "embedded reporters" that were seized in Iraq for trying to report on US atrocities. Also, the government expands almost exponentially the definition of treason and traitorous acts in times like this. Remember Dumbya's "You're either with us, or you're against us" line?
Step 7- In light of the above, all criticism is recast as treason. Anyone going against the program gets labeled a nutjob, a wacko, a traitor. Even pointing out the flagrant abuses and distortions of the Constitution is looked upon as a traitorous act. Remember that Dumbya, early on, delared that the Constitution "is just a worthless piece of paper". Uh-huh. Sounds like a clear case of "do what I say, and nobody gets hurt" to me.
Step 8- Subvert the Rule of Law. This one has been done to death. In times of imminent election, much is done to severely destabilize the economy, the political climate, and people's lives. The recent spike in gasoline prices. The engineered collapse of the world's eceonomy. The polarization of America's single-party system (masquerading as a two-party system). The rampant voter fraud. The corruption in government, not to mention Wall Street. People with no money, living in fear, are MUCH more pliable, remember that. The establishment of a closed society, the Haves vs. the Have-Nothings, is already well into the ninth inning here. This global meltdown of the economy is no accident. It was well-timed, brilliantly executed, and very thorough at destroying the middle class. And it's not even CLOSE to being over, in my opinion. Despots and dictators LOVE having elections. It "validates" them. They employ scare tactics, including having uniformed, sometimes armed, personnel at polling locations. Look at Hitler's elections. He had the Brownshirts outside every voting booth, menacing the people as they went in. The last step is declaration of martial law, which was threatened to the Congress just last week. I hear that the world's markets and banks may be closed down next week or so, for a 5-day "bank holiday", while the leaders of the G7 plan our new currency under the auspices of "fixing the mess". Perfect time for Dumbya to declare martial law, which he gave himself the power to do by Executive Order. Never heard of the Posse Comitatus Act? Here is some info...
HR5122 also known as the John Warner Defense Authorization Act was signed by the president on Oct 17, 2006 John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007. Section 1076 Text of Hr5122 is titled "Use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies". Removing the legalese from the text, and combining multiple sentences, it provides that: The President may employ the armed forces to restore public order in any state of the United States the president determines hinders the execution of laws or deprives people of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law or opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws. The actual text is on page 322-323 of the legislation. As of 2008, these changes were repealed, changing the text of the law back to the original 1878 wording, under Public Law 110-181 (H.R. 4986, Section 1068,) however in signing H.R. 4986 into law President Bush attached a signing statement which indicated that the Executive Branch did not feel bound by the changes enacted by the repeal.
Which essentially gives him the power to deploy US troops, on US soil, to put down uprisings or "civil unrest". Hmm...like declaring a national emergency due to financial terrorism, George? Gonna try to "slap us down"?
It's almost too late, people. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE OUT ALL INCUMBENTS, REGARDLESS OF PARTY MEMBERSHIP. We need to be very vigilant about the abuses that are happening right now, every day, and the accumulation of power in Weaselton, DC, that has been the hallmark of Dumbya's presidency. For the Presidential part of this, it appears we have no choice, but in fact we DO. Write in a third-party candidate! DO NOT go into the voting booth unarmed...gain some knowledge of who your Congress-schmoo is, who your Senator is. OUR VERY LIVES DEPEND ON THIS ELECTION.
And no, I'm not being venal or sarcastic, here, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN US HISTORY!
And if things go bad before the election, RISE UP AND PROTECT YOUR NATION FROM THE INVADERS WITHIN!
I truly hope it doesn't go down that road, but if it does, BE PREPARED.
Have guns and ammo, and DO NOT surrender it to the handsome man in the spiffy uniform who says he is from the government, and he's here to help. He will tell you that giving up your gun is for your own protection, and for the safety of the nation as a whole. HE LIES.
Have a source of food, as the supermarkets will be closed, and even IF you find one open, they will devalue the dollar so much that it will take your entire 401k to buy a loaf of bread!
Have a source of power, like a generator, and the FUEL TO RUN IT. They may try to disrupt the power grid to keep people "in the dark", not only figuratively, but literally. Great way to demoralize a populace.
Have something of value, we may have to resort to the barter system for a while.
We are in GRAVE DANGER as a nation. These are trying times, isn't it TIME FOR YOU TO TRY?
Good luck to you all in these coming days, and God Bless Us All.
As Always, I Am...
Amir Fazadh
WE ARE ALMOST THERE.
We're almost history. Not because of the engineered catastrophe that is the Wall Street Bailout. Not because of the engineered voter fraud that is incorrectly labeled as "free and open elections", no this is something even graver in consequence, and it affects each and every one of us, posing a clear and present danger to our future and our society.
What I'm about to say is going to shock you, but it's all very true, and it is happening now.
We are becoming a fascist dictatorship.
"How the HELL can we be turning into a fascist dictatorship, Amir?"
Good question. It's because the conditions exist at this moment that are exactly the same as Germany in the 1930s, the end of the Weimar Republic, and the playbook in use is the SAME ONE that led to Hitler's rise to power! It is a plan that is insidious and evil, and it has been happening for quite a while. It is "Incrementalism" personified. What's the best way to boil a frog? Put him in a pot of cold water, and incrementally turn up the heat! If you try to pop him in a boiling pot, he'll hop out, burned, perhaps, but surviving.
Those of us who are completely absorbed in our day-to-day survival and turn on "American Idol", or "Dancing with the Former Hollywood Stars" or whatever dreck you use to distract you from the ugly truth that is out there in plain sight BETTER WAKE UP RIGHT NOW! It's almost too late. The pot is almost boiling!
The shift from a democracy to a fascist dictatorship is gradual and calculated. Every step on the path to fascism is mapped out in detail, every "crisis" is carefully planned. The blueprints are available, but are currently being held (and used) by our leaders.
"So, Amir, if you're so smart as to know about the 'blueprints' or 'the plans', how can I get a copy so I can see for myself?"
Glad you asked.
There are basically 8 steps in the shift from freedom and liberty to fascism. Let's go over them.
The very first step is to declare an "enemy". It can be external, or internal. We have both. The external threat is the 'War On Terror'. It gives the people the illusion that they are in danger, and in our case, the enemy is radical muslims buying 'yellowcake'. It is a made up reason, but hey, anything will do. On the internal side, we have "sleeper cells" of islamic fundamentalists hell-bent on attacking us.
Step 2- Secret Prisons. Secret prisons and torture are another hallmark of fascism and dictatorship. They are always outside the rule of law. Gitmo is the largest, and best-known. They systematically torture the prisoners there, which is why the denizens of that prison aren't on anyone's prison pen-pal list. Once systemic torture is going on there, and it is, the eminent dictatorship has the ability to start turning that torture on it's own populace. The tasing of the college kid was an example. "Don't tase me, bro!" They demonize and marginalize the victims at first- these are brown-skinned, muslim extremists that hate us. But as time goes on, they announce that people who don't stand with us, don't agree with us, are now "enemy combatants". We see this with animal-rights activists, political activists, you name it, they can classify you as an "enemy combatant".
Step 3- Establishment of a Paramilitary Force. Hmm. The Germans had the Sturm Abteilung, or SA- the "brownshirts". We have the TSA, or "Twits Standing Around". They are paramilitary in that they wear uniforms, and they have the power to detain and arrest people. They also work the Department of Homeland Defense. Hmm. "Homeland". Sounds an awful lot like "Fatherland" to me, what do you think? We also have another paramilitary outfit known as the Blackwater Group. They specialize in "armed security details", and are active in Iraq, where they were accused of killing a group of 17 Iraqis. But they'll never go on trial. In fact, they quashed that little news tidbit pretty effectively, and instead, put eight US Marines on trial for doing their job. Nice.
Step 4- Establish or create a surveillance apparatus. How many people have you heard about that are on the TSA's "No-Fly List"? Quite a few. The rumor is that everyone has a "file", and nobody is allowed to know what's in it. This creates fear and uncertainty. The excuse given is that it's part of the 'War On Terror', it is for our own 'safety'. Gotta 'protect' the American people! This, too is a smoke screen, and one that is used against us. Soon, people will be turning in their neighbors, kids will be ratting out their parents' political views.
Step 5- Arbitrary Detention and Release. People being made to miss their flights due to being on "The List". Happens with regularity now. In Germany, they had a tall, imposing Nazi at the train station who asked for your travel papers. Here, it's the goons from the TSA sizing you up. If you're on "The List", you are searched and detained, perhaps questioned. If you refuse, you get tasered and jailed. Sound familiar? If the muslims are the threat, how come they won't search the Arabic-looking people? They always seem to pick out the grandmas, the single mom with a small child in a stroller, the college student on break and going home to get this quarter's laundry done. Never the swarthy, Arab-looking guy who has a prayer rug, a copy of the Koran, and giving furtive glances to other Arab-looking men in the waiting area. I wonder why THAT is?
I also never see well-dressed businessmen getting searched and questioned. I guess they might be lawyers.
Step 6- Restrictions on the Press. You might find this one hard to swallow, given the government-media complex, but it's true. Why do you think there is such a media slant? Because they don't want the truth coming out. Anyone who dares report the truth is demonized as a traitor, accused of treason. Look at the "embedded reporters" that were seized in Iraq for trying to report on US atrocities. Also, the government expands almost exponentially the definition of treason and traitorous acts in times like this. Remember Dumbya's "You're either with us, or you're against us" line?
Step 7- In light of the above, all criticism is recast as treason. Anyone going against the program gets labeled a nutjob, a wacko, a traitor. Even pointing out the flagrant abuses and distortions of the Constitution is looked upon as a traitorous act. Remember that Dumbya, early on, delared that the Constitution "is just a worthless piece of paper". Uh-huh. Sounds like a clear case of "do what I say, and nobody gets hurt" to me.
Step 8- Subvert the Rule of Law. This one has been done to death. In times of imminent election, much is done to severely destabilize the economy, the political climate, and people's lives. The recent spike in gasoline prices. The engineered collapse of the world's eceonomy. The polarization of America's single-party system (masquerading as a two-party system). The rampant voter fraud. The corruption in government, not to mention Wall Street. People with no money, living in fear, are MUCH more pliable, remember that. The establishment of a closed society, the Haves vs. the Have-Nothings, is already well into the ninth inning here. This global meltdown of the economy is no accident. It was well-timed, brilliantly executed, and very thorough at destroying the middle class. And it's not even CLOSE to being over, in my opinion. Despots and dictators LOVE having elections. It "validates" them. They employ scare tactics, including having uniformed, sometimes armed, personnel at polling locations. Look at Hitler's elections. He had the Brownshirts outside every voting booth, menacing the people as they went in. The last step is declaration of martial law, which was threatened to the Congress just last week. I hear that the world's markets and banks may be closed down next week or so, for a 5-day "bank holiday", while the leaders of the G7 plan our new currency under the auspices of "fixing the mess". Perfect time for Dumbya to declare martial law, which he gave himself the power to do by Executive Order. Never heard of the Posse Comitatus Act? Here is some info...
HR5122 also known as the John Warner Defense Authorization Act was signed by the president on Oct 17, 2006 John Warner National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007. Section 1076 Text of Hr5122 is titled "Use of the Armed Forces in major public emergencies". Removing the legalese from the text, and combining multiple sentences, it provides that: The President may employ the armed forces to restore public order in any state of the United States the president determines hinders the execution of laws or deprives people of a right, privilege, immunity, or protection named in the Constitution and secured by law or opposes or obstructs the execution of the laws of the United States or impedes the course of justice under those laws. The actual text is on page 322-323 of the legislation. As of 2008, these changes were repealed, changing the text of the law back to the original 1878 wording, under Public Law 110-181 (H.R. 4986, Section 1068,) however in signing H.R. 4986 into law President Bush attached a signing statement which indicated that the Executive Branch did not feel bound by the changes enacted by the repeal.
Which essentially gives him the power to deploy US troops, on US soil, to put down uprisings or "civil unrest". Hmm...like declaring a national emergency due to financial terrorism, George? Gonna try to "slap us down"?
It's almost too late, people. I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO VOTE OUT ALL INCUMBENTS, REGARDLESS OF PARTY MEMBERSHIP. We need to be very vigilant about the abuses that are happening right now, every day, and the accumulation of power in Weaselton, DC, that has been the hallmark of Dumbya's presidency. For the Presidential part of this, it appears we have no choice, but in fact we DO. Write in a third-party candidate! DO NOT go into the voting booth unarmed...gain some knowledge of who your Congress-schmoo is, who your Senator is. OUR VERY LIVES DEPEND ON THIS ELECTION.
And no, I'm not being venal or sarcastic, here, THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ELECTION IN US HISTORY!
And if things go bad before the election, RISE UP AND PROTECT YOUR NATION FROM THE INVADERS WITHIN!
I truly hope it doesn't go down that road, but if it does, BE PREPARED.
Have guns and ammo, and DO NOT surrender it to the handsome man in the spiffy uniform who says he is from the government, and he's here to help. He will tell you that giving up your gun is for your own protection, and for the safety of the nation as a whole. HE LIES.
Have a source of food, as the supermarkets will be closed, and even IF you find one open, they will devalue the dollar so much that it will take your entire 401k to buy a loaf of bread!
Have a source of power, like a generator, and the FUEL TO RUN IT. They may try to disrupt the power grid to keep people "in the dark", not only figuratively, but literally. Great way to demoralize a populace.
Have something of value, we may have to resort to the barter system for a while.
We are in GRAVE DANGER as a nation. These are trying times, isn't it TIME FOR YOU TO TRY?
Good luck to you all in these coming days, and God Bless Us All.
As Always, I Am...
Amir Fazadh
Friday, October 10, 2008
Wall Street Weasels get their Welfare...
There was a simple solution the banking crisis:
Guarantee ALL normal banking deposits. That's what European countries are doing.
With bank deposit guarantees, individuals and real businesses would have access to their money and to normal credit.
But the White House took a different path...
A multi-trillion dollar "no strings attached" checkbook controlled by the White House through the Treasury Department to buy the toxic assets of Wall Street and other reckless investors.
Who will pay?
The US tax payers.
Who will benefit?
Wall Street CEOs, their deep pocket clients here and abroad and members of the Bush regime.
What will the US do in the future when it needs money to repair crumbling infrastructure, take care of public health, and deal with natural and man made catastrophes?
The answer will to all these problems will be simple and consistent: We have no money.
How did this insane legislation get passed?
Congressman Brad Sherman lays it out:
* Fraud (fake phone calls from paid stooges in support of the bill),
* Bribery (hundreds of pages of pork added to the bill by the Senate at the last minute), and
* The threat of government violence (the claim that without the bailout martial law was a certainty.)
All of this is morally, ethically, universally WRONG! Poor Mr. Sherman is probably marked for death now, for telling the truth.
The truth of the matter is, all of this could have been avoided, but for one thing- greed. The "Fractional Reserve Banking System" is a fraud, a big lie. It allows banks to create the illusion of having wealth, when in fact, they are debtors to the printing presses that make their fiat currency. They get deposits from you and me, then proclaim that they have money to loan. In a simple, lawyer-free world with morals, if you have the money to lend, you can lend it. However, it gets trickier when you start trading in speculative debt instruments, such as what we face now. CDSes, or "Credit Debt Swaps", are essentially legalized casino gambling engaged in by banks to make insane profits on the defaults of loans. Our National Debt is now measured at somewhere around $53 TRILLION dollars. OK, you say, I can't count that high, I don't have enough fingers and toes. No matter. The principle of leverage is at work here, making your $400 paycheck you deposit do the work of $4,000,000. But not for you, wage slave annoyance. The BANK is using your money to leverage it's loans.
The Fractional Reserve Banking concept allows banks to overstate it's holdings by a rate according to it's ratings. For instance, Bank 1 has an arrangement with the Fed to have access to capital 10 times it's net deposits. Since it has 10 million in physical deposits, it can therefore lend out 100 million. Bank 2 down the street deals less in the retail banking sector and instead concentrates more on commercial loans. It has 10 million in physical deposits, and it's arrangement with the Fed is for 36 times holdings. So it now has 360 million to lend. It simply accesses the funds through the Fed, and cuts it's loan checks. Usually, the bigger the bank, the higher the margin it has. So, the behemoth banks had multipliers as high as 100 times holdings, and lots of their loans were subprime. What they did to minimize risks was to develop CDSes as a way of "self-insuring". They'd get together with other banks, package up the loans they had out, and sell the packages to each other. That way if one defaulted on a mortgage, it was bundled up in a package held by one or more other banks. That's fine and dandy if you only have one or two loans go bad. But when a sizable chunk went bad, it was MUCH harder to cover. That's really basic, but it is where we are now. Banks won't loan to each other, there are massive collapses due to these WMD's of the banking world, and everyone pays. A friend of mine put it cleverly- "Everyone got pregnant and nobody wants the responsibility."
Guarantee ALL normal banking deposits. That's what European countries are doing.
With bank deposit guarantees, individuals and real businesses would have access to their money and to normal credit.
But the White House took a different path...
A multi-trillion dollar "no strings attached" checkbook controlled by the White House through the Treasury Department to buy the toxic assets of Wall Street and other reckless investors.
Who will pay?
The US tax payers.
Who will benefit?
Wall Street CEOs, their deep pocket clients here and abroad and members of the Bush regime.
What will the US do in the future when it needs money to repair crumbling infrastructure, take care of public health, and deal with natural and man made catastrophes?
The answer will to all these problems will be simple and consistent: We have no money.
How did this insane legislation get passed?
Congressman Brad Sherman lays it out:
* Fraud (fake phone calls from paid stooges in support of the bill),
* Bribery (hundreds of pages of pork added to the bill by the Senate at the last minute), and
* The threat of government violence (the claim that without the bailout martial law was a certainty.)
All of this is morally, ethically, universally WRONG! Poor Mr. Sherman is probably marked for death now, for telling the truth.
The truth of the matter is, all of this could have been avoided, but for one thing- greed. The "Fractional Reserve Banking System" is a fraud, a big lie. It allows banks to create the illusion of having wealth, when in fact, they are debtors to the printing presses that make their fiat currency. They get deposits from you and me, then proclaim that they have money to loan. In a simple, lawyer-free world with morals, if you have the money to lend, you can lend it. However, it gets trickier when you start trading in speculative debt instruments, such as what we face now. CDSes, or "Credit Debt Swaps", are essentially legalized casino gambling engaged in by banks to make insane profits on the defaults of loans. Our National Debt is now measured at somewhere around $53 TRILLION dollars. OK, you say, I can't count that high, I don't have enough fingers and toes. No matter. The principle of leverage is at work here, making your $400 paycheck you deposit do the work of $4,000,000. But not for you, wage slave annoyance. The BANK is using your money to leverage it's loans.
The Fractional Reserve Banking concept allows banks to overstate it's holdings by a rate according to it's ratings. For instance, Bank 1 has an arrangement with the Fed to have access to capital 10 times it's net deposits. Since it has 10 million in physical deposits, it can therefore lend out 100 million. Bank 2 down the street deals less in the retail banking sector and instead concentrates more on commercial loans. It has 10 million in physical deposits, and it's arrangement with the Fed is for 36 times holdings. So it now has 360 million to lend. It simply accesses the funds through the Fed, and cuts it's loan checks. Usually, the bigger the bank, the higher the margin it has. So, the behemoth banks had multipliers as high as 100 times holdings, and lots of their loans were subprime. What they did to minimize risks was to develop CDSes as a way of "self-insuring". They'd get together with other banks, package up the loans they had out, and sell the packages to each other. That way if one defaulted on a mortgage, it was bundled up in a package held by one or more other banks. That's fine and dandy if you only have one or two loans go bad. But when a sizable chunk went bad, it was MUCH harder to cover. That's really basic, but it is where we are now. Banks won't loan to each other, there are massive collapses due to these WMD's of the banking world, and everyone pays. A friend of mine put it cleverly- "Everyone got pregnant and nobody wants the responsibility."
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Where has our leadership gone?
My newest question is pointed squarely at Henry Waxman. While Henry was grilling Mr. Fuld in the starchamber, he asked some very pointed questions, and in the spirit of the lying weasel that he is, Fuld hemmed and hawed about his appointing a "compensation committee" to help him loot $480 million from the company. When pressed on the issue, Fuld stated that the figure "was more like $250 million that I took out of the company". Ah, that makes it OK, I guess.
WHERE WAS WAXMAN'S LEADERSHIP? He had the perfect opening right there to demand that Fuld return his ill-gotten gains to the people he screwed over! All these pinheads that CEO these failed institutions are getting multi-million-dollar golden parachutes when their toy banks fall over, yet nobody has even suggested that their gains be put towards the bailout, when it was their decisions that put us in this mess? Wax-man also had the power under the rules of the house and senate to have Mr. Fuld taken into custody right then and there, but he failed in his moral obligation to do so. That power comes from way back, when we used to have something like a template to be used in case of emergency- the US Constitution! But that is just a worthless piece of paper nowadays. We're expected to abide by it, yet they are not. Why have the rules changed under George "Dumbya" Bush? In Clinton's term, Duke Cunningham, a decorated Vietnam ace, got 9 years in prison for selling off an old Rolls-Royce and a moth-eaten yacht, getting about a million more than their true worth. So we have a decorated war hero rotting in prison for making a 1 million dollar profit and these weasels from Wall Street get away with billions and stick us with the bill? How dare they! How dare Congress and Senate abrogate their responsibility to us, the people!
And McCain did nothing. Where was HIS leadership? He could have stood up and demanded that Fuld's property be forfeit, or at least embarrassed Fuld into giving back at least a portion of it to help us out with the bailout. While he didn't have enough to pay for the whole thing, I'm relatively certain his $480 million, when combined with his $14 million house in Florida and his $8 million summer cottage in Sun Valley, Idaho, and the houseful of million-dollar artwork could have gone a long way in helping to ease OUR burden! These Wall Street tycoons are getting away with the single biggest theft in world history, and are doing so with the tacit consent of the very people we "elected"! These bastards don't deserve to go to jail, they deserve a good crucifixion! Then throw their rotting corpses UNDER the jail!
McCain has lost this election, and he knows that he is the GOP "Fall Guy" this time around. If the GOP were serious about winning the election, they would have chosen someone like Romney. Yet another reason that the elections are a scam. Diebold has leaked the results to the media already, they programmed Obama to win by a landslide. I think the numbers I saw were 58% for Obama...
Until we, the people, organize and revolt, there will be no change. All of our well-placed and well-deserved rage against the ruling elite will be registered, but not counted. It will be just that much more "pissing into the wind", and you know what that means- it all comes back on us. So it's time for the American people to rise up, grab OurPitchforksAndTorches, and take our country back!
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
WHERE WAS WAXMAN'S LEADERSHIP? He had the perfect opening right there to demand that Fuld return his ill-gotten gains to the people he screwed over! All these pinheads that CEO these failed institutions are getting multi-million-dollar golden parachutes when their toy banks fall over, yet nobody has even suggested that their gains be put towards the bailout, when it was their decisions that put us in this mess? Wax-man also had the power under the rules of the house and senate to have Mr. Fuld taken into custody right then and there, but he failed in his moral obligation to do so. That power comes from way back, when we used to have something like a template to be used in case of emergency- the US Constitution! But that is just a worthless piece of paper nowadays. We're expected to abide by it, yet they are not. Why have the rules changed under George "Dumbya" Bush? In Clinton's term, Duke Cunningham, a decorated Vietnam ace, got 9 years in prison for selling off an old Rolls-Royce and a moth-eaten yacht, getting about a million more than their true worth. So we have a decorated war hero rotting in prison for making a 1 million dollar profit and these weasels from Wall Street get away with billions and stick us with the bill? How dare they! How dare Congress and Senate abrogate their responsibility to us, the people!
And McCain did nothing. Where was HIS leadership? He could have stood up and demanded that Fuld's property be forfeit, or at least embarrassed Fuld into giving back at least a portion of it to help us out with the bailout. While he didn't have enough to pay for the whole thing, I'm relatively certain his $480 million, when combined with his $14 million house in Florida and his $8 million summer cottage in Sun Valley, Idaho, and the houseful of million-dollar artwork could have gone a long way in helping to ease OUR burden! These Wall Street tycoons are getting away with the single biggest theft in world history, and are doing so with the tacit consent of the very people we "elected"! These bastards don't deserve to go to jail, they deserve a good crucifixion! Then throw their rotting corpses UNDER the jail!
McCain has lost this election, and he knows that he is the GOP "Fall Guy" this time around. If the GOP were serious about winning the election, they would have chosen someone like Romney. Yet another reason that the elections are a scam. Diebold has leaked the results to the media already, they programmed Obama to win by a landslide. I think the numbers I saw were 58% for Obama...
Until we, the people, organize and revolt, there will be no change. All of our well-placed and well-deserved rage against the ruling elite will be registered, but not counted. It will be just that much more "pissing into the wind", and you know what that means- it all comes back on us. So it's time for the American people to rise up, grab OurPitchforksAndTorches, and take our country back!
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
Friday, October 3, 2008
Congress and Senate inFATuated with PORK...
Friends, I think I've reached my "tipping point". We have lost this once-great nation, and now face tyranny, despotic regimes, and financial terrorism. The bill that was passed today was basically the same bill that was presented earlier and rejected, but this time, they "sweetened the pot". Not with sugar, Equal, Pink Stuff, or Splenda, but with pork. Last I checked, pork wasn't real high on my list of things I put in my iced tea or on my cereal. And you can forget about baking cookies with it!
Instead, our elected "leaders" submitted to the siren song of panic, the gentle lullaby of the unzipping of Wall Street's fly, and bent over for them once again! They stuffed the already bad bill with pork, "earmarks", and totally ignored their constituents' wishes- hell, it was more like rage, let's be clear here- and gave the money junkies on Wall Street their fix. Screw Main Street!
No, SCREW YOU, WEASELTON!
I have devised a plan that I hope turns into an Internet frenzy, just like the fans of "Jericho" accomplished, extending a canceled show....
I plan on mailing pork products to my Senators who let us down and told us to stick it. They LEFT before the ink was dry on the check they gave to Paulson and his band of thieves, after upping the tab to you and I to almost a TRILLION DOLLARS. I don't care WHO you are, that's REAL MONEY! OUR money, to be more precise. Our voice was NOT heard by the government, they care not about you or me. They only care about their banker friends. And why not? Those who voted FOR this stinking, slimy piece of garbage that hands all the power of our monetary system to ONE MAN were rewarded with 40% MORE "contributions" from the financial sector than those who voted AGAINST the bill. In the Senate, the ratio changed a little bit, with the Yeas getting 140% MORE than those who listened to the people!
So, when I mail my little packages of pork (sausage, pig ears, casings, snouts, organ meat, head cheese, and any other nasty piece of offal I can find), I will include a note, but no dry ice. It will read something along the lines of "In appreciation of your love for PORK!" on a nice little gift card. I encourage you to tell everyone you know to do the same. Maybe they'll get some semblance of a clue when they eventually return and smell the fruits of their labors!
Rum producers in the Caribbean get more than people wiped out here on the Gulf Coast, and they bailed out on voting on issues such as extending tax cuts for average Americans, extending unemployment benefits for those losing their livelihoods because of the mess the Fat Cats made. Greed and bribery are the best thing since sliced bread! THAT is the grease that keeps the wheels of Government grinding!
What was Wall Street's reaction to this version of the bill being enacted? IT DROPPED. It ROSE when they voted it down the first time, but it DROPPED upon it's passage!
Do yourselves a favor and BOMBARD WEASELTON WITH PORK, AND PORK PRODUCTS! Let them understand our rage! And DON'T VOTE FOR A SINGLE INCUMBENT THIS YEAR!!! Instead of going into the voting booth and pulling the Red lever or the Blue lever, EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO THROW THESE BASTARDS OUT OF THEIR CUSHY JOBS IGNORING US! Sure, you might have to actually look up who your Government Rulers are, but that's half the fun! Send them a little "Care Package" to let them know what you think of them, then VOTE THEM THE HELL OUT! Let's all pick up OurPitchforksAndTorches and MAKE them hear us!
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
Instead, our elected "leaders" submitted to the siren song of panic, the gentle lullaby of the unzipping of Wall Street's fly, and bent over for them once again! They stuffed the already bad bill with pork, "earmarks", and totally ignored their constituents' wishes- hell, it was more like rage, let's be clear here- and gave the money junkies on Wall Street their fix. Screw Main Street!
No, SCREW YOU, WEASELTON!
I have devised a plan that I hope turns into an Internet frenzy, just like the fans of "Jericho" accomplished, extending a canceled show....
I plan on mailing pork products to my Senators who let us down and told us to stick it. They LEFT before the ink was dry on the check they gave to Paulson and his band of thieves, after upping the tab to you and I to almost a TRILLION DOLLARS. I don't care WHO you are, that's REAL MONEY! OUR money, to be more precise. Our voice was NOT heard by the government, they care not about you or me. They only care about their banker friends. And why not? Those who voted FOR this stinking, slimy piece of garbage that hands all the power of our monetary system to ONE MAN were rewarded with 40% MORE "contributions" from the financial sector than those who voted AGAINST the bill. In the Senate, the ratio changed a little bit, with the Yeas getting 140% MORE than those who listened to the people!
So, when I mail my little packages of pork (sausage, pig ears, casings, snouts, organ meat, head cheese, and any other nasty piece of offal I can find), I will include a note, but no dry ice. It will read something along the lines of "In appreciation of your love for PORK!" on a nice little gift card. I encourage you to tell everyone you know to do the same. Maybe they'll get some semblance of a clue when they eventually return and smell the fruits of their labors!
Rum producers in the Caribbean get more than people wiped out here on the Gulf Coast, and they bailed out on voting on issues such as extending tax cuts for average Americans, extending unemployment benefits for those losing their livelihoods because of the mess the Fat Cats made. Greed and bribery are the best thing since sliced bread! THAT is the grease that keeps the wheels of Government grinding!
What was Wall Street's reaction to this version of the bill being enacted? IT DROPPED. It ROSE when they voted it down the first time, but it DROPPED upon it's passage!
Do yourselves a favor and BOMBARD WEASELTON WITH PORK, AND PORK PRODUCTS! Let them understand our rage! And DON'T VOTE FOR A SINGLE INCUMBENT THIS YEAR!!! Instead of going into the voting booth and pulling the Red lever or the Blue lever, EXERCISE YOUR RIGHT TO THROW THESE BASTARDS OUT OF THEIR CUSHY JOBS IGNORING US! Sure, you might have to actually look up who your Government Rulers are, but that's half the fun! Send them a little "Care Package" to let them know what you think of them, then VOTE THEM THE HELL OUT! Let's all pick up OurPitchforksAndTorches and MAKE them hear us!
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
Monday, September 29, 2008
Black Monday victory?
Well, dear reader, I missed the mark on the depth of the first plunge, but only by a little bit. I told you this morning that I expected a 300-point drop, perhaps twice that. Instead, we got a 700-point drop, which, while the single biggest point drop in history, is still not quite as big as the percentage-point drops suffered in the original Great Depression or the 1987 debacle. Still, it points out that there is panic in the halls of the would-be kings of the banking world, and this may not be such a bad thing. The people have risen up and expressed a near-violent outrage against oiling the wheels of the machine that has functioned to enrich the few on the backs of the many. I applaud all of you who took the time to write, call, or send smoke signals to your elected officials regarding this matter. It appears that we do have a voice in this republic after all! To have ignored this would have placed the Congress in the untenable position of having to "fall on the sword", not once, but repeatedly.
And shame on you, Nazi Pelosi, for calling the Republicans who "didn't come to the table" as being "unpatriotic". You locked them out, you had them thrown out of meetings, you tried to sneak "earmarks" into this bill that had NO PLACE in it. You also were only too willing to grant Hank Paulson virtually unlimited powers to buy ANY assets he deemed necessary to preserve his profits, and likely your own profits as well, including bad foreign-owned financial instruments. I have no respect for you or your gang of thieves, shame on you for trying to give our country away. There is a reason your Demican/Republicrat party turned their backs on you and your siamese twin Jorge Arbusto, and that reason is US! We, the people! We spoke, our representatives listened, for once, and defeated the bill you and Jorge tried in vain to shove down our throats. The reason for your secrecy and your rush to pass this legislation? I have my suspicions that you, too, are making bets against the economy, shorting the US economy, as it were. YOU are the unpatriotic one, Grandma! I am ashamed of you, and those of your ilk!
For the rest of us on Main Street who pushed back against this bad piece of legislation, please- keep it up. Be involved. This is but a small victory in the taking back of America. The monsters on Wall Street are very much against Main Street, don't let their lies and perversions of the truth fool you. They are out to make a buck. Your buck. We need more vigilance, more involvement in our government than we have been given to exercising lately. Our complacency has nearly cost us our very freedom, and the attacks came from within. Nice to see not everyone was asleep at the wheel this time- don't nod off now. They will try again by the end of the week.
When they DO try, look at the bill as it is drafted. Look carefully for protections for the common man, look for true oversight- the dead bill had an oversight committee consisting of Paulson, Cox, the Secretary of HUD. THAT, my friends, is giving the fox the keys to the henhouse! Not wise, even by today's lax standards! Look also for unbridled power to be given to either Paulson, or one (or more) of his cronies, such as the Federal Reserve Board, or even the GAO. Watch for tricks in the wording that will allow great latitudes in powers, or in what types of financial instruments are allowed to be bought or sold. What we really need right now is a complete overhaul of the system, but the weasels of Wall Street are screaming for more cash. They're pathetic, like junkies looking for their next fix. It sickens me. The crafters of this bill also told us (Hank Paulson & friends) that there would be "protections against golden parachute clauses". That, dear readers, was an outright lie. The only thing mentioned in the bill that referred to "excessive compensation" was a small passage that said "Excessive compensation will be levied a tax at the rate of 20% on the excessive gains of the top 5 persons leaving any firm". Not even what I pay on my puny salary! And it opens the door to the "carryout profits buffet". Just underpay the next 5 in line, and have them carry the profits out the door and to the alley, where the top fat cats will be waiting in the line of limos. Thievery. Utter trash.
I expect tomorrow's market will see a 400-800 point drop, especially since the European markets are undergoing their own bank failures right now (Fortis). In fact, some are calling for up to a 4-6,000 point drop in the Dow before we settle out. That, my friends, is what I call devastating. But it can happen. Be prepared, as much as you can. Unemployment will likely exceed 10% in the coming months. I don't think that it will be as bad as the 1930's, when unemployment hit a whopping 25%, but it could get close. The difference this time is that firms aren't experiencing as much contraction to preserve capital as before. With the credit market bone-dry, I don't expect to see too much growth, but it may not be the end of the world.
So, be aware of every penny for the time being, and don't spend needlessly. We must prepare ourselves for a new paradigm- living on what we truly need, not on what we truly want. We will adjust to this new lifestyle, I already have. Sure, I have some toys, I'm not rich, I live in a modest little home in a modest little neighborhood, and I don't own a single new car. I also don't have as much debt as most average Americans, which is good. But I also don't have as big a cushion as I'd like. I'm working on that part, and so should you.
Happy "Black Monday" to you all, and celebrate the victory, but not too much, there is still a very large war, and this is but one small battle. Be brave, have courage, and know that "we done good" this time.
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
And shame on you, Nazi Pelosi, for calling the Republicans who "didn't come to the table" as being "unpatriotic". You locked them out, you had them thrown out of meetings, you tried to sneak "earmarks" into this bill that had NO PLACE in it. You also were only too willing to grant Hank Paulson virtually unlimited powers to buy ANY assets he deemed necessary to preserve his profits, and likely your own profits as well, including bad foreign-owned financial instruments. I have no respect for you or your gang of thieves, shame on you for trying to give our country away. There is a reason your Demican/Republicrat party turned their backs on you and your siamese twin Jorge Arbusto, and that reason is US! We, the people! We spoke, our representatives listened, for once, and defeated the bill you and Jorge tried in vain to shove down our throats. The reason for your secrecy and your rush to pass this legislation? I have my suspicions that you, too, are making bets against the economy, shorting the US economy, as it were. YOU are the unpatriotic one, Grandma! I am ashamed of you, and those of your ilk!
For the rest of us on Main Street who pushed back against this bad piece of legislation, please- keep it up. Be involved. This is but a small victory in the taking back of America. The monsters on Wall Street are very much against Main Street, don't let their lies and perversions of the truth fool you. They are out to make a buck. Your buck. We need more vigilance, more involvement in our government than we have been given to exercising lately. Our complacency has nearly cost us our very freedom, and the attacks came from within. Nice to see not everyone was asleep at the wheel this time- don't nod off now. They will try again by the end of the week.
When they DO try, look at the bill as it is drafted. Look carefully for protections for the common man, look for true oversight- the dead bill had an oversight committee consisting of Paulson, Cox, the Secretary of HUD. THAT, my friends, is giving the fox the keys to the henhouse! Not wise, even by today's lax standards! Look also for unbridled power to be given to either Paulson, or one (or more) of his cronies, such as the Federal Reserve Board, or even the GAO. Watch for tricks in the wording that will allow great latitudes in powers, or in what types of financial instruments are allowed to be bought or sold. What we really need right now is a complete overhaul of the system, but the weasels of Wall Street are screaming for more cash. They're pathetic, like junkies looking for their next fix. It sickens me. The crafters of this bill also told us (Hank Paulson & friends) that there would be "protections against golden parachute clauses". That, dear readers, was an outright lie. The only thing mentioned in the bill that referred to "excessive compensation" was a small passage that said "Excessive compensation will be levied a tax at the rate of 20% on the excessive gains of the top 5 persons leaving any firm". Not even what I pay on my puny salary! And it opens the door to the "carryout profits buffet". Just underpay the next 5 in line, and have them carry the profits out the door and to the alley, where the top fat cats will be waiting in the line of limos. Thievery. Utter trash.
I expect tomorrow's market will see a 400-800 point drop, especially since the European markets are undergoing their own bank failures right now (Fortis). In fact, some are calling for up to a 4-6,000 point drop in the Dow before we settle out. That, my friends, is what I call devastating. But it can happen. Be prepared, as much as you can. Unemployment will likely exceed 10% in the coming months. I don't think that it will be as bad as the 1930's, when unemployment hit a whopping 25%, but it could get close. The difference this time is that firms aren't experiencing as much contraction to preserve capital as before. With the credit market bone-dry, I don't expect to see too much growth, but it may not be the end of the world.
So, be aware of every penny for the time being, and don't spend needlessly. We must prepare ourselves for a new paradigm- living on what we truly need, not on what we truly want. We will adjust to this new lifestyle, I already have. Sure, I have some toys, I'm not rich, I live in a modest little home in a modest little neighborhood, and I don't own a single new car. I also don't have as much debt as most average Americans, which is good. But I also don't have as big a cushion as I'd like. I'm working on that part, and so should you.
Happy "Black Monday" to you all, and celebrate the victory, but not too much, there is still a very large war, and this is but one small battle. Be brave, have courage, and know that "we done good" this time.
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
And the hangman pulls the lever....
Get ready people. We are standing on the gallows, and the hangman has pulled the lever. The floor we were standing on is falling away now, and we are starting our plummet. Don't worry, it's not the drop that will kill you, it's the suden stop at the end, with the rope tightening and the knot on our left ear snapping our head off to an impossible angle. I wonder how many times our feet will twitch?
Main Street is just about there. We are on the cusp of a major revolution. We the people are getting VERY ANGRY at what is perceived as the big guys preserving their buddies' "golden parachute funds". The time has come.
The only thing that will stop the situation at this point would be to hold the elections today, and have everyone vote out the incumbents, and write in a candidate for president that is not currently on the ticket. But that isn't going to happen. What they'll do is fund this trillion-dollar "bailout" of the financial sector. This is not for our own good, I'm telling you. This is not capitalism, it is fascism, pure and simple. And we're going to let this happen? I've been writing that this country is in a death spiral for a while now, and I'm predicting at least a 300-pt drop in the Dow today, perhaps double that. The market is broken, and our fearful leaders are taking the cash register and going home.
What about the average Joe Sixpack? The gang of thieves in Weaselton DC seem content to saddle us with the bill while they print ever more worthless fiat currency known as the "almighty dollar". The "almighty dollar" is looked upon with scorn in the world now, they see how thin the trappings of "success" are, they know we are going down for the count, and accordingly are saying "thanks, but no thanks" to our overtures for more investment here. The world's capital has dried up, the ATM is now unplugged. This nation's excessive, consumer-driven expenses are coming home to roost, and the waiter has just slipped us the bill. Our goose has been cooked, and the people know it.
This situation is being seen as "the beginning of the end" by most. I see it as the "end of the beginning". It's going to get much, much worse. If you were planning, like me, to retire at some point and enjoy "the golden years", please be aware that you will now have to work for approximately 137 more years, if you are nearing retirement. Your "golden years" are now a "lead ballon"- unless, of course, your name happens to be Bush, Cheney, Paulson, Bernanke, or Cox. Or the name of any CEO on Wall Street. That is where my little daughter's future is being sold out.
Despite Bush's "the sky is falling" speech, I don't buy for a second the specter of total anihilation of the markets if we let Goldman-Sucks fail. It will be yet another bank failure. We have seen large firms fail before- witness Enron, and the dreadful knee-jerk reaction of the politicos known as "Sarbanes-Oxley Act". That one crippled normal businesses, in an effort to "protect the shareholders". It was supposed to result in more transparency, but the net result is that no company can do anything without going through a checklist of Byzantine proportion, and a whole industry developed around it to siphon off profits. Entire corps of lawyers and accountants sprung up from the ashes of the failed energy giant. Think of what it will be like now, er, "going forward", to use a now common biz-speak term.
Protect your assets, and invest in commodities like gold and silver, and lead. It's time to rise up, unified, grab OurPitchforksAndTorches, and put this matter to rest once and for all. Greed is NOT good. It is the cancer that has taken over this nation, and driven us to ruin.
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
Main Street is just about there. We are on the cusp of a major revolution. We the people are getting VERY ANGRY at what is perceived as the big guys preserving their buddies' "golden parachute funds". The time has come.
The only thing that will stop the situation at this point would be to hold the elections today, and have everyone vote out the incumbents, and write in a candidate for president that is not currently on the ticket. But that isn't going to happen. What they'll do is fund this trillion-dollar "bailout" of the financial sector. This is not for our own good, I'm telling you. This is not capitalism, it is fascism, pure and simple. And we're going to let this happen? I've been writing that this country is in a death spiral for a while now, and I'm predicting at least a 300-pt drop in the Dow today, perhaps double that. The market is broken, and our fearful leaders are taking the cash register and going home.
What about the average Joe Sixpack? The gang of thieves in Weaselton DC seem content to saddle us with the bill while they print ever more worthless fiat currency known as the "almighty dollar". The "almighty dollar" is looked upon with scorn in the world now, they see how thin the trappings of "success" are, they know we are going down for the count, and accordingly are saying "thanks, but no thanks" to our overtures for more investment here. The world's capital has dried up, the ATM is now unplugged. This nation's excessive, consumer-driven expenses are coming home to roost, and the waiter has just slipped us the bill. Our goose has been cooked, and the people know it.
This situation is being seen as "the beginning of the end" by most. I see it as the "end of the beginning". It's going to get much, much worse. If you were planning, like me, to retire at some point and enjoy "the golden years", please be aware that you will now have to work for approximately 137 more years, if you are nearing retirement. Your "golden years" are now a "lead ballon"- unless, of course, your name happens to be Bush, Cheney, Paulson, Bernanke, or Cox. Or the name of any CEO on Wall Street. That is where my little daughter's future is being sold out.
Despite Bush's "the sky is falling" speech, I don't buy for a second the specter of total anihilation of the markets if we let Goldman-Sucks fail. It will be yet another bank failure. We have seen large firms fail before- witness Enron, and the dreadful knee-jerk reaction of the politicos known as "Sarbanes-Oxley Act". That one crippled normal businesses, in an effort to "protect the shareholders". It was supposed to result in more transparency, but the net result is that no company can do anything without going through a checklist of Byzantine proportion, and a whole industry developed around it to siphon off profits. Entire corps of lawyers and accountants sprung up from the ashes of the failed energy giant. Think of what it will be like now, er, "going forward", to use a now common biz-speak term.
Protect your assets, and invest in commodities like gold and silver, and lead. It's time to rise up, unified, grab OurPitchforksAndTorches, and put this matter to rest once and for all. Greed is NOT good. It is the cancer that has taken over this nation, and driven us to ruin.
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
Thursday, September 25, 2008
$700 Billion dollar reward for screwing our economy?
Well, Bush and his Gang of Thieves certainly are pushing hard for this "bailout". Having just been through Hurricane Ike, I turned to my government for some assistance. I asked for the really huge and expensive assistance, to the tune of about $5. I just wanted some ice and water. But that help never came. I was eventually able to find ice, at $2.19/bag. But someone else in my neighborhood brought some water to us, and we survived.
I asked my lenders for a bit of help coping with this national disaster, and was rebuffed with a hearty "Sorry, pay your bill. No help for you, and no, you can't have one payment put off to the end of the loan."
I was charged $75 to cancel my flight.
My cruise line cheerfully refunded my money in full for our December cruise that we can no longer go on. They will get my booking next time.
What irks me is that I was given no quarter, no relief from ANYONE from this storm, despite living less than 10 miles from where Ike rumbled ashore, and the eye passed directly over my house. I wasn't asking for a lot of assistance, just a little relief from the ravages of the storm. Enough breathing room to not go under. What I got was the proverbial "sharp stick in the eye".
After 13 days, we finally have power. Life will return to normal.
What will NOT return to normal, in my opinion, is the venereal, er, venerable, institutions known as "Wall Street". What they are doing is asking us, the taxpayer, to foot the bill for the multi-million-dollar "exit packages", the bonus that executives get for ruining a company and sending it into the abyss of history. They want us to bail them out, to save them from the abyss they threw themselves into through bad decision-making, and plain, unadulterated greed. They want us to save them from the fires of hell with our own money. I am against this "plan". They want US to give them more money? After they have plundered the US treasury, ruined our economy, offshored our jobs, debased our currency, robbed my children of their futures, and now they want to saddle us with even MORE DEBT? The kind that takes generations to pay off? Are they insane? We're supposed to trust these vermin? We're supposed to give them even more money to reward them for this thievery? No. Not only no, but HELL NO! These people have nothing in the game. I would make this loan only under the following conditions-
1) All profit comes back to the people after the principal is paid, and with a stiff penalty.
2) All property, including thier personal residences, retirement accounts, golden parachutes, and stock options, all bank accounts, cash, and vehicles should be immediately forfeit. They can serve as the "down payment", so to speak. Let's get these bastards to have some "skin: in the game.
3) Immediate cancellation of all bonuses and regular salary for the CEOs of the affected companies. Put those twoard the repayment of this debt. They can have it back if and when the markets recover.
What is happening with Bush and cronies proclaiming the end of the world if we don't approve their looting of the Treasury is nothing short of financial terrorism. It's like rewarding the captain of the Exxon Valdez with a bigger ship full of oil, and a case of Scotch to go with it. If my banks won't even grant me ONE DEFERRED PAYMENT to help me get past a declared national disaster, why should I be expected to give my child's future to them? Let Goldman Sachs fail. It would probably do MORE for the world economy's trust to let them fail than to reward bad behavior with saddling the taxpayer with debt and risk.
What they are doing, in a nutshell, is giving us the risk while they reap the rewards. This is flat-out WRONG. It is thievery, plain and simple. "Hank" Paulson was the CEO of Goldman Sachs up until 2 years ago. Why would he give up the $16Billion bonuses and the salary of that job for a $400,000 a yr job in the government, unless he knew that this was going to happen? He was one of the architects of this destruction, let him enjoy the reward of seeing his creation through. Let him give up all his ill-gotten gains. Let him feel the pain he is causing us. He earned it!
We need to get out OurPitchforksAndTorches and give ol' Hank a sharp stick in the ass. Just like he's doing to us! How's it feel, Hank?
I asked my lenders for a bit of help coping with this national disaster, and was rebuffed with a hearty "Sorry, pay your bill. No help for you, and no, you can't have one payment put off to the end of the loan."
I was charged $75 to cancel my flight.
My cruise line cheerfully refunded my money in full for our December cruise that we can no longer go on. They will get my booking next time.
What irks me is that I was given no quarter, no relief from ANYONE from this storm, despite living less than 10 miles from where Ike rumbled ashore, and the eye passed directly over my house. I wasn't asking for a lot of assistance, just a little relief from the ravages of the storm. Enough breathing room to not go under. What I got was the proverbial "sharp stick in the eye".
After 13 days, we finally have power. Life will return to normal.
What will NOT return to normal, in my opinion, is the venereal, er, venerable, institutions known as "Wall Street". What they are doing is asking us, the taxpayer, to foot the bill for the multi-million-dollar "exit packages", the bonus that executives get for ruining a company and sending it into the abyss of history. They want us to bail them out, to save them from the abyss they threw themselves into through bad decision-making, and plain, unadulterated greed. They want us to save them from the fires of hell with our own money. I am against this "plan". They want US to give them more money? After they have plundered the US treasury, ruined our economy, offshored our jobs, debased our currency, robbed my children of their futures, and now they want to saddle us with even MORE DEBT? The kind that takes generations to pay off? Are they insane? We're supposed to trust these vermin? We're supposed to give them even more money to reward them for this thievery? No. Not only no, but HELL NO! These people have nothing in the game. I would make this loan only under the following conditions-
1) All profit comes back to the people after the principal is paid, and with a stiff penalty.
2) All property, including thier personal residences, retirement accounts, golden parachutes, and stock options, all bank accounts, cash, and vehicles should be immediately forfeit. They can serve as the "down payment", so to speak. Let's get these bastards to have some "skin: in the game.
3) Immediate cancellation of all bonuses and regular salary for the CEOs of the affected companies. Put those twoard the repayment of this debt. They can have it back if and when the markets recover.
What is happening with Bush and cronies proclaiming the end of the world if we don't approve their looting of the Treasury is nothing short of financial terrorism. It's like rewarding the captain of the Exxon Valdez with a bigger ship full of oil, and a case of Scotch to go with it. If my banks won't even grant me ONE DEFERRED PAYMENT to help me get past a declared national disaster, why should I be expected to give my child's future to them? Let Goldman Sachs fail. It would probably do MORE for the world economy's trust to let them fail than to reward bad behavior with saddling the taxpayer with debt and risk.
What they are doing, in a nutshell, is giving us the risk while they reap the rewards. This is flat-out WRONG. It is thievery, plain and simple. "Hank" Paulson was the CEO of Goldman Sachs up until 2 years ago. Why would he give up the $16Billion bonuses and the salary of that job for a $400,000 a yr job in the government, unless he knew that this was going to happen? He was one of the architects of this destruction, let him enjoy the reward of seeing his creation through. Let him give up all his ill-gotten gains. Let him feel the pain he is causing us. He earned it!
We need to get out OurPitchforksAndTorches and give ol' Hank a sharp stick in the ass. Just like he's doing to us! How's it feel, Hank?
Friday, August 29, 2008
McCain/Palin
So McCain has gone against all conventional wisdom and picked a "hockey mom" as his running mate. This is an obvious ploy to garner the displaced female voters that were going to vote for Hillary- he obviously does not think that the American people are smart enough to figure it out. Here is a woman at 42, a recent mother to a Down's Syndrome child (they require extensive care due to their condition, especially in the early years), governor of Alaska for two years. Before that she was a mayor of a town of 6,000. That's her entire political experience. She apparently has a reputation for fighting corruption, and garnered the nickname "Sarah Barracuda" during her high school years playing basketball. She was also a beauty pageant contestant. And this is McCain's choice to take the reins should he become ill, or, heaven forbid, die in office?
In the Democrat's corner is a previously unknown city councilman from Chicago, home of the notoriously corrupt Richard Daley political family, who Obama has close ties with. He also has some very shady associates, including Bill Ayers, former Weatherman (Communist group) and terror bomber of the 60s-70s. His ideology included such gems as:
"Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, Kill your parents."
Nice guy, huh. And Barack Hussein Obama claims him as a mentor. Hmmm. So I'd have to assume that the liar Obama actually stands for the "redistribution of wealth", which is a code word for "Communist", and I'm not too far off in my assumption. If you listened at all to his speech at the DNC, where he assumed the mantle of President-Elect a tad early, he is a magnetic and charismatic speaker on camera. But then, so was Hitler, and look what he did for Germany. The parallels are staggering. He came out ot nowhere, made grandiose speeches, was adored by the populace...then he took power and showed his real face. We're witnessing the same thing. The architecture of the stage alone is enough to make me wonder- the Greco-esque columns, like a mutant Parthenon of Greece for him to speak as Zeus, you gotta wonder about his ego...
Now the hockey mom, Sarah Palin, may end up being more of a liability than an asset, with her lack of experience. Despite her lack of experience, she has been in charge of the National Guard up there for a couple years. Not exactly battle-tested. But I'd take her and McCain over Obama's promise of change, especially since his change might be to make us a communist nation. Of course, we'll all have our own rainbows and ride unicorns if he's elected, but I'm hoping that I won't have to see that. Besides, it'll be hard to load up a unicorn with household goods and ride it to another country. I'm thinking that if we become an Obamanation, I'll have no choice but to leave the country and never turn back.
We're in for a weird election season. I'm getting really tired of having to choose the lesser of two evils. Many people I talk to tell me of their frustrations as well. Perhaps this Barracuda chick will have some influence in cleaning up Weaselton, DC, before they corrupt her, too. That wouldn't be such a bad thing...
The way I see it, we have a disproportionate amount of corporate corruption, a dysfunctional, puppet media, and lobbyists who decide what is best for us. It would behoove the government to cede power back to the people where it belongs, rather than trying to be all things to all corporations, people be damned. But unless we can get rid of the corruption and reign in the influence peddlers, as well as get the media to report on the things that matter, I don't see this country being here for a 2012 election. It's time we grabbed OurPitchforksAndTorches, and inform our neighbors of the danger we really face.
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
In the Democrat's corner is a previously unknown city councilman from Chicago, home of the notoriously corrupt Richard Daley political family, who Obama has close ties with. He also has some very shady associates, including Bill Ayers, former Weatherman (Communist group) and terror bomber of the 60s-70s. His ideology included such gems as:
"Kill all the rich people. Break up their cars and apartments. Bring the revolution home, Kill your parents."
Nice guy, huh. And Barack Hussein Obama claims him as a mentor. Hmmm. So I'd have to assume that the liar Obama actually stands for the "redistribution of wealth", which is a code word for "Communist", and I'm not too far off in my assumption. If you listened at all to his speech at the DNC, where he assumed the mantle of President-Elect a tad early, he is a magnetic and charismatic speaker on camera. But then, so was Hitler, and look what he did for Germany. The parallels are staggering. He came out ot nowhere, made grandiose speeches, was adored by the populace...then he took power and showed his real face. We're witnessing the same thing. The architecture of the stage alone is enough to make me wonder- the Greco-esque columns, like a mutant Parthenon of Greece for him to speak as Zeus, you gotta wonder about his ego...
Now the hockey mom, Sarah Palin, may end up being more of a liability than an asset, with her lack of experience. Despite her lack of experience, she has been in charge of the National Guard up there for a couple years. Not exactly battle-tested. But I'd take her and McCain over Obama's promise of change, especially since his change might be to make us a communist nation. Of course, we'll all have our own rainbows and ride unicorns if he's elected, but I'm hoping that I won't have to see that. Besides, it'll be hard to load up a unicorn with household goods and ride it to another country. I'm thinking that if we become an Obamanation, I'll have no choice but to leave the country and never turn back.
We're in for a weird election season. I'm getting really tired of having to choose the lesser of two evils. Many people I talk to tell me of their frustrations as well. Perhaps this Barracuda chick will have some influence in cleaning up Weaselton, DC, before they corrupt her, too. That wouldn't be such a bad thing...
The way I see it, we have a disproportionate amount of corporate corruption, a dysfunctional, puppet media, and lobbyists who decide what is best for us. It would behoove the government to cede power back to the people where it belongs, rather than trying to be all things to all corporations, people be damned. But unless we can get rid of the corruption and reign in the influence peddlers, as well as get the media to report on the things that matter, I don't see this country being here for a 2012 election. It's time we grabbed OurPitchforksAndTorches, and inform our neighbors of the danger we really face.
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
Sunday, August 17, 2008
Massive US naval armada heads for Iran...
http://europebusines.blogspot.com/2008/08/massive-us-naval-armada-heads-for-iran.html
Massive US naval armada heads for Iran...
Eurobusiness blogspot, Thursday, August 7, 2008
Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area. The massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US Navy expeditionary carrier battle group, a Royal Navy carrier battle group, a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine plus a large number of US Navy cruisers, destroyers and frigates playing the "enemy force".
The lead American ship in these war games, the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) and its Carrier Strike Group Two (CCSG-2) are now headed towards Iran along with the USS Ronald Reagon (CVN76) and its Carrier Strike Group Seven (CCSG-7) coming from Japan.
They are joining two existing USN battle groups in the Gulf area: the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) with its Carrier Strike Group Nine (CCSG-9); and the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) with its expeditionary strike group.
Likely also under way towards the Persian Gulf is the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and its expeditionary strike group, the UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal (R07) carrier battle group, assorted French naval assets including the nuclear hunter-killer submarine Amethyste and French Naval Rafale fighter jets on-board the USS Theodore Roosevelt. These ships took part in the just completed Operation Brimstone.
The build up of naval forces in the Gulf will be one of the largest multi-national naval armadas since the First and Second Gulf Wars. The intent is to create a US/EU naval blockade (which is an Act of War under international law) around Iran (with supporting air and land elements) to prevent the shipment of benzene and certain other refined oil products headed to Iranian ports. Iran has limited domestic oil refining capacity and imports 40% of its benzene. Cutting off benzene and other key products would cripple the Iranian economy. The neo-cons are counting on such a blockade launching a war with Iran.
The US Naval forces being assembled include the following:
Carrier Strike Group Nine
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing Two
Destroyer Squadron Nine:
USS Mobile Bay (CG53) guided missile cruiser
USS Russell (DDG59) guided missile destroyer
USS Momsen (DDG92) guided missile destroyer
USS Shoup (DDG86) guided missile destroyer
USS Ford (FFG54) guided missile frigate
USS Ingraham (FFG61) guided missile frigate
USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG60) guided missile frigate
USS Curts (FFG38) guided missile frigate
Plus one or more nuclear hunter-killer submarines
Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group
USS Peleliu (LHA-5) a Tarawa-class amphibious assault carrier
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD52) assult ship
USS Dubuque (LPD8) assult ship/landing dock
USS Cape St. George (CG71) guided missile cruiser
USS Halsey (DDG97) guided missile destroyer
USS Benfold (DDG65) guided missile destroyer
Carrier Strike Group Two
USS Theodore Roosevelt (DVN71) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing Eight
Destroyer Squadron 22
USS Monterey (CG61) guided missile cruiser
USS Mason (DDG87) guided missile destroyer
USS Nitze (DDG94) guided missile destroyer
USS Sullivans (DDG68) guided missile destroyer
USS Springfield (SSN761) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine
IWO ESG ~ Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group
USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) amphibious assault carrier
with its Amphibious Squadron Four
and with its 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
USS San Antonio (LPD17) assault ship
USS Velia Gulf (CG72) guided missile cruiser
USS Ramage (DDG61) guided missile destroyer
USS Carter Hall (LSD50) assault ship
USS Roosevelt (DDG80) guided missile destroyer
USS Hartfore (SSN768) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine
Carrier Strike Group Seven
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing 14
Destroyer Squadron 7
USS Chancellorsville (CG62) guided missile cruiser
USS Howard (DDG83) guided missile destroyer
USS Gridley (DDG101) guided missile destroyer
USS Decatur (DDG73) guided missile destroyer
USS Thach (FFG43) guided missile frigate
USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) fast combat support ship
Also likely to join the battle armada:
UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal Carrier Strike Group with assorted guided missile destroyers and frigates, nuclear hunter-killer submarines and support ships
French Navy nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines (likely the Amethyste and perhaps others), plus French Naval Rafale fighter jets operating off of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as the French Carrier Charles de Gaulle is in dry dock, and assorted surface warships
Various other US Navy warships and submarines and support ships.
The following USN ships took part (as the "enemy" forces) in Operation Brimstone and several may join in:
USS San Jacinto (CG56) guided missile cruiser
USS Anzio (CG68) guided missile cruiser
USS Normandy (CG60) guided missile cruiser
USS Carney (DDG64) guided missile destroyer
USS Oscar Austin (DDG79) guided missile destroyer
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG81) guided missile destroyer
USS Carr (FFG52) guided missile frigate
The USS Iwo Jima and USS Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Groups have USMC Harrier jump jets and an assortment of assault and attack helicopters. The Expeditionary Strike Groups have powerful USMC Expeditionary Units with amphibious armor and ground forces trained for operating in shallow waters and in seizures of land assets, such as Qeshm Island (a 50 mile long island off of Bandar Abbas in the Gulf of Hormuz and headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps).
The large and very advanced nature of the US Naval warships is not only directed at Iran. There is a great fear that Russia and China may oppose the naval and air/land blockade of Iran. If Russian and perhaps Chinese naval warships escort commercial tankers to Iran in violation of the blockade it could be the most dangerous at-sea confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The US and allied Navies, by front loading a Naval blockade force with very powerful guided missile warships and strike carriers is attempting to have a force so powerful that Russia and China will not be tempted to mess with. This is a most serious game of military brinkmanship with major nuclear armed powers that have profound objections to the neo-con grand strategy and to western control of all of the Middle East's oil supply.
The Russian Navy this spring sent a major battle fleet into the Mediterranean headed by the modern aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov and the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, the Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser Moskva. This powerful fleet has at least 11 surface ships and unknown numbers of subs and can use the Russian naval facility at Syria's Tartous port for resupply. The Admiral Kuznetsov carries approximately 47 warplanes and 10 helicopters. The warplanes are mostly the powerful Su-33, a naval version (with mid-air refueling capability) of the Su-27 family. While the Su-33 is a very powerful warplane it lacks the power of the stealth USAF F-22. However, the Russians insist that they have developed a plasma based system that allows them to stealth any aircraft and a recent incident where Russian fighters were able to appear unannounced over a US Navy carrier battle group tends to confirm their claims. The Su-33 can be armed with the 3M82 Moskit sea-skimming missile (NATO code name SS-N-22 Sunburn) and the even more powerful P-800 Oniks (also named Yakhonts; NATO code name SS-N-26 Onyx). Both missiles are designed to kill US Navy supercarriers by getting past the cruiser/destroyer screen and the USN point-defense Phalanx system by using high supersonic speeds and violent end maneuvers. Russian subs currently use the underwater rocket VA-111 Shkval (Squall), which is fired from standard 533mm torpedo tubes and reaches a speed of 360kph (230mph) underwater. There is no effective countermeasures to this system and no western counterpart.
A strategic diversion has been created for Russia. The Republic of Georgia, with US backing, is actively preparing for war on South Ossetia. The South Ossetia capital has been shelled and a large Georgian tank force has been heading towards the border. Russia has stated that it will not sit by and allow the Georgians to attack South Ossetia. The Russians are great chess players and this game may not turn out so well for the neo-cons.
UPDATE 8 August 2008 ~ War has broken out between Georgia and South Ossetia. At least 10 Russian troops have been killed and 30 wounded and 2 Russian fighter jets downed. American Marines, a thousand of them, have recently been in Georgia training the Georgian military forces. Several European nations stopped Bush and others from allowing Georgia into NATO. Russia is moving a large military force with armor towards the area. This could get bad, and remember it is just a strategic diversion....but one that could have horrific effects. Link to story "Russia sends forces into Georgia rebel conflict".
FURTHER UPDATE ~ Russian military forces in active combat; now total of four Russian fighter jets reported downed.
ADDITIONAL UPDATE ~ Georgia calls for US help; Russian Air Force bombs Georgian air bases.
DEBKA, the Israeli strategy and military site, states that Israeli military officers are advising the Georgian armed forces in combat operations and that 1,000 Israelis are in-combat on the side of Georgia at this time.
Kuwait has activated its "Emergency War Plan" as it and other Gulf nations prepare for the likelihood of a major regional war in the Middle East involving weapons of mass destruction.
The two-ton elephant in the living room of the neo-con strategy is the advanced biowar (ABW) that Iran, and to a lessor extent Syria, has. This places the motherlands of the major neo-con nations (America, France, the United Kingdom), as well as Israel, in grave danger. When the Soviet Union fell the Iranians hired as many out-of-work former Soviet advanced biowar experts as possible. In the last 15 or so years they have helped to develop a truly world class ABW program utilizing recombination DNA genetic engineering technology to create a large number of man made killer viruses. This form of weapon system does not require high tech military delivery systems. The viruses are sub-microscopic and once seeded in a population use the population itself as vectors. Seeding can be done without notice in shopping malls, churches, and other public places. The only real defense to an advanced global strategic biowar attack is to lock down the population as rapidly as possible and let those infected die off.
Unless the public gets it act together and forces the neo-cons to stop the march to yet another war in the Middle East we are apt to see a truly horrific nightmare unfold in OUR COUNTRIES.
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This article is troubling on so many levels it's not funny...there is a real possibility that our beloved leader, GWB, is going to press some buttons he has no business pressing. And that may be the end of life as we know it.
It's a play to grab most of the Middle East for the US. Actually, our "leaders" don't give a rat's ass about the people or histories of the countries, what the powers that be care about is OIL. Control that, and you control the world's commerce. There is another piece at work here, also behind the scenes, and it is named Codex Alimentarius. Look up Monsanto's "Terminator Seeds". I firmy believe that the world's elite is out to cut the population of the globe by around 90%. Don't remember where I heard it, but about 15 years ago, I was moving across the country from California to Georgia, and was listening to talk radio at night through the Sonora Desert. There was a guy on who was talking about a plan of the world's elite, given the rapidly dwindling resources (food, water, oil), to reduce the population of the world through warfare and starvation, and for the US (or what was left of it) to emerge as the leader of a unified world government. The figures that he gave were shocking, as the top elite of the world that control 99% of the global resources number only about 6-7000. Those people with the resources would survive, most of the rest would die. The survivors of the coming war would be the new slave class, and would serve their new masters. I recall the names of the CFR and the Bilderberg Group being mentioned, as well as timeline target of 2009. After looking into the Codex, which was an idea by a Nazi first put into effect in the early 60s, I realized why 2009 stuck out so much- that's when the Codex Alimentarius becomes the law of the world, criminalizing foods, medicines, even vitamins and drugs, unless they are produced by a consortium of very large companies. Those companies include Monsanto, which is why I mentioned the Terminator program. It will force almost all farmers to pay exorbitant fees to "license" their seed stock, and any seeds collected from that year's crop would not germinate the next year. They would be forced to buy new seed stock every year, thousands of dollars worth, year in and year out. Many farmers in the US, already hard-hit by the failing dollar and razor-thin profits, simply could not afford this, and plenty have left agriculture all together.
This current buildup is very scary, and there is nothing about it in the US media (for obvious reasons- we have Olympics coverage to distract us, as well as the upcoming announcements about the cast of "Dancing With The Stars" for this fall); the Russians have been steadily deploying out to the PG to back up the Iranians, and their subs in the Gulf have something we don't have an analog for- they have 230-mph, rocket-powered torpedos! There is no defense against them as of yet, sonar just doesn't "see" them until it's too late. The Admiral Kusnetsov, their most modern carrier, and its battle group are also headed out for the Gulf, if they're not already there. They have several squadrons of Su-33s, mainly, that supposedly have some sort of plasma-based "cloaking" ability. A few months back, a squadron of these 33's suddenly "appeared" directly over the USS Roosevelt (I think it was the Roosie, I'll double-check), causing quite a stir! They were COMPLETELY undetected! Puto has really upped the Russian military, and is hell-bent on putting the old USSR back together, including the Eastern Bloc. The Georgian-started (or is it George W-started?) "war" is only a small diversion. Kind of funny that it started at the same time as the Olympics, it got very little coverage over here. Bush is still telling Puto "You best stand down, boy. There WILL be consequences!" But I think that the rest of the world knows that we are stretched pretty thin- fighting a 3-front war is suicidal, at best. But think of the billions in no-bid contracts that will spring up from destroying the world! Halliburton and the Bushco go way back...even if Cheney isn't the CEO again until he steps down Jan 20th (providing we still have elections!). More angles on this than on a Chinese Checkers board! Just for the record, I have a real bad feeling about this one- it would set up Bush to be President-for-Life, especially if he calls off the elections due to the war(s). He's already given himself the authority to do that. Executive privilege and all...
Massive US naval armada heads for Iran...
Eurobusiness blogspot, Thursday, August 7, 2008
Operation Brimstone ended only one week ago. This was the joint US/UK/French naval war games in the Atlantic Ocean preparing for a naval blockade of Iran and the likely resulting war in the Persian Gulf area. The massive war games included a US Navy supercarrier battle group, an US Navy expeditionary carrier battle group, a Royal Navy carrier battle group, a French nuclear hunter-killer submarine plus a large number of US Navy cruisers, destroyers and frigates playing the "enemy force".
The lead American ship in these war games, the USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN71) and its Carrier Strike Group Two (CCSG-2) are now headed towards Iran along with the USS Ronald Reagon (CVN76) and its Carrier Strike Group Seven (CCSG-7) coming from Japan.
They are joining two existing USN battle groups in the Gulf area: the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) with its Carrier Strike Group Nine (CCSG-9); and the USS Peleliu (LHA-5) with its expeditionary strike group.
Likely also under way towards the Persian Gulf is the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7) and its expeditionary strike group, the UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal (R07) carrier battle group, assorted French naval assets including the nuclear hunter-killer submarine Amethyste and French Naval Rafale fighter jets on-board the USS Theodore Roosevelt. These ships took part in the just completed Operation Brimstone.
The build up of naval forces in the Gulf will be one of the largest multi-national naval armadas since the First and Second Gulf Wars. The intent is to create a US/EU naval blockade (which is an Act of War under international law) around Iran (with supporting air and land elements) to prevent the shipment of benzene and certain other refined oil products headed to Iranian ports. Iran has limited domestic oil refining capacity and imports 40% of its benzene. Cutting off benzene and other key products would cripple the Iranian economy. The neo-cons are counting on such a blockade launching a war with Iran.
The US Naval forces being assembled include the following:
Carrier Strike Group Nine
USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN72) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing Two
Destroyer Squadron Nine:
USS Mobile Bay (CG53) guided missile cruiser
USS Russell (DDG59) guided missile destroyer
USS Momsen (DDG92) guided missile destroyer
USS Shoup (DDG86) guided missile destroyer
USS Ford (FFG54) guided missile frigate
USS Ingraham (FFG61) guided missile frigate
USS Rodney M. Davis (FFG60) guided missile frigate
USS Curts (FFG38) guided missile frigate
Plus one or more nuclear hunter-killer submarines
Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Group
USS Peleliu (LHA-5) a Tarawa-class amphibious assault carrier
USS Pearl Harbor (LSD52) assult ship
USS Dubuque (LPD8) assult ship/landing dock
USS Cape St. George (CG71) guided missile cruiser
USS Halsey (DDG97) guided missile destroyer
USS Benfold (DDG65) guided missile destroyer
Carrier Strike Group Two
USS Theodore Roosevelt (DVN71) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing Eight
Destroyer Squadron 22
USS Monterey (CG61) guided missile cruiser
USS Mason (DDG87) guided missile destroyer
USS Nitze (DDG94) guided missile destroyer
USS Sullivans (DDG68) guided missile destroyer
USS Springfield (SSN761) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine
IWO ESG ~ Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group
USS Iwo Jima (LHD7) amphibious assault carrier
with its Amphibious Squadron Four
and with its 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit
USS San Antonio (LPD17) assault ship
USS Velia Gulf (CG72) guided missile cruiser
USS Ramage (DDG61) guided missile destroyer
USS Carter Hall (LSD50) assault ship
USS Roosevelt (DDG80) guided missile destroyer
USS Hartfore (SSN768) nuclear powered hunter-killer submarine
Carrier Strike Group Seven
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN76) nuclear powered supercarrier
with its Carrier Air Wing 14
Destroyer Squadron 7
USS Chancellorsville (CG62) guided missile cruiser
USS Howard (DDG83) guided missile destroyer
USS Gridley (DDG101) guided missile destroyer
USS Decatur (DDG73) guided missile destroyer
USS Thach (FFG43) guided missile frigate
USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) fast combat support ship
Also likely to join the battle armada:
UK Royal Navy HMS Ark Royal Carrier Strike Group with assorted guided missile destroyers and frigates, nuclear hunter-killer submarines and support ships
French Navy nuclear powered hunter-killer submarines (likely the Amethyste and perhaps others), plus French Naval Rafale fighter jets operating off of the USS Theodore Roosevelt as the French Carrier Charles de Gaulle is in dry dock, and assorted surface warships
Various other US Navy warships and submarines and support ships.
The following USN ships took part (as the "enemy" forces) in Operation Brimstone and several may join in:
USS San Jacinto (CG56) guided missile cruiser
USS Anzio (CG68) guided missile cruiser
USS Normandy (CG60) guided missile cruiser
USS Carney (DDG64) guided missile destroyer
USS Oscar Austin (DDG79) guided missile destroyer
USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG81) guided missile destroyer
USS Carr (FFG52) guided missile frigate
The USS Iwo Jima and USS Peleliu Expeditionary Strike Groups have USMC Harrier jump jets and an assortment of assault and attack helicopters. The Expeditionary Strike Groups have powerful USMC Expeditionary Units with amphibious armor and ground forces trained for operating in shallow waters and in seizures of land assets, such as Qeshm Island (a 50 mile long island off of Bandar Abbas in the Gulf of Hormuz and headquarters of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps).
The large and very advanced nature of the US Naval warships is not only directed at Iran. There is a great fear that Russia and China may oppose the naval and air/land blockade of Iran. If Russian and perhaps Chinese naval warships escort commercial tankers to Iran in violation of the blockade it could be the most dangerous at-sea confrontation since the Cuban Missile Crisis. The US and allied Navies, by front loading a Naval blockade force with very powerful guided missile warships and strike carriers is attempting to have a force so powerful that Russia and China will not be tempted to mess with. This is a most serious game of military brinkmanship with major nuclear armed powers that have profound objections to the neo-con grand strategy and to western control of all of the Middle East's oil supply.
The Russian Navy this spring sent a major battle fleet into the Mediterranean headed by the modern aircraft carrier the Admiral Kuznetsov and the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, the Guided Missile Heavy Cruiser Moskva. This powerful fleet has at least 11 surface ships and unknown numbers of subs and can use the Russian naval facility at Syria's Tartous port for resupply. The Admiral Kuznetsov carries approximately 47 warplanes and 10 helicopters. The warplanes are mostly the powerful Su-33, a naval version (with mid-air refueling capability) of the Su-27 family. While the Su-33 is a very powerful warplane it lacks the power of the stealth USAF F-22. However, the Russians insist that they have developed a plasma based system that allows them to stealth any aircraft and a recent incident where Russian fighters were able to appear unannounced over a US Navy carrier battle group tends to confirm their claims. The Su-33 can be armed with the 3M82 Moskit sea-skimming missile (NATO code name SS-N-22 Sunburn) and the even more powerful P-800 Oniks (also named Yakhonts; NATO code name SS-N-26 Onyx). Both missiles are designed to kill US Navy supercarriers by getting past the cruiser/destroyer screen and the USN point-defense Phalanx system by using high supersonic speeds and violent end maneuvers. Russian subs currently use the underwater rocket VA-111 Shkval (Squall), which is fired from standard 533mm torpedo tubes and reaches a speed of 360kph (230mph) underwater. There is no effective countermeasures to this system and no western counterpart.
A strategic diversion has been created for Russia. The Republic of Georgia, with US backing, is actively preparing for war on South Ossetia. The South Ossetia capital has been shelled and a large Georgian tank force has been heading towards the border. Russia has stated that it will not sit by and allow the Georgians to attack South Ossetia. The Russians are great chess players and this game may not turn out so well for the neo-cons.
UPDATE 8 August 2008 ~ War has broken out between Georgia and South Ossetia. At least 10 Russian troops have been killed and 30 wounded and 2 Russian fighter jets downed. American Marines, a thousand of them, have recently been in Georgia training the Georgian military forces. Several European nations stopped Bush and others from allowing Georgia into NATO. Russia is moving a large military force with armor towards the area. This could get bad, and remember it is just a strategic diversion....but one that could have horrific effects. Link to story "Russia sends forces into Georgia rebel conflict".
FURTHER UPDATE ~ Russian military forces in active combat; now total of four Russian fighter jets reported downed.
ADDITIONAL UPDATE ~ Georgia calls for US help; Russian Air Force bombs Georgian air bases.
DEBKA, the Israeli strategy and military site, states that Israeli military officers are advising the Georgian armed forces in combat operations and that 1,000 Israelis are in-combat on the side of Georgia at this time.
Kuwait has activated its "Emergency War Plan" as it and other Gulf nations prepare for the likelihood of a major regional war in the Middle East involving weapons of mass destruction.
The two-ton elephant in the living room of the neo-con strategy is the advanced biowar (ABW) that Iran, and to a lessor extent Syria, has. This places the motherlands of the major neo-con nations (America, France, the United Kingdom), as well as Israel, in grave danger. When the Soviet Union fell the Iranians hired as many out-of-work former Soviet advanced biowar experts as possible. In the last 15 or so years they have helped to develop a truly world class ABW program utilizing recombination DNA genetic engineering technology to create a large number of man made killer viruses. This form of weapon system does not require high tech military delivery systems. The viruses are sub-microscopic and once seeded in a population use the population itself as vectors. Seeding can be done without notice in shopping malls, churches, and other public places. The only real defense to an advanced global strategic biowar attack is to lock down the population as rapidly as possible and let those infected die off.
Unless the public gets it act together and forces the neo-cons to stop the march to yet another war in the Middle East we are apt to see a truly horrific nightmare unfold in OUR COUNTRIES.
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This article is troubling on so many levels it's not funny...there is a real possibility that our beloved leader, GWB, is going to press some buttons he has no business pressing. And that may be the end of life as we know it.
It's a play to grab most of the Middle East for the US. Actually, our "leaders" don't give a rat's ass about the people or histories of the countries, what the powers that be care about is OIL. Control that, and you control the world's commerce. There is another piece at work here, also behind the scenes, and it is named Codex Alimentarius. Look up Monsanto's "Terminator Seeds". I firmy believe that the world's elite is out to cut the population of the globe by around 90%. Don't remember where I heard it, but about 15 years ago, I was moving across the country from California to Georgia, and was listening to talk radio at night through the Sonora Desert. There was a guy on who was talking about a plan of the world's elite, given the rapidly dwindling resources (food, water, oil), to reduce the population of the world through warfare and starvation, and for the US (or what was left of it) to emerge as the leader of a unified world government. The figures that he gave were shocking, as the top elite of the world that control 99% of the global resources number only about 6-7000. Those people with the resources would survive, most of the rest would die. The survivors of the coming war would be the new slave class, and would serve their new masters. I recall the names of the CFR and the Bilderberg Group being mentioned, as well as timeline target of 2009. After looking into the Codex, which was an idea by a Nazi first put into effect in the early 60s, I realized why 2009 stuck out so much- that's when the Codex Alimentarius becomes the law of the world, criminalizing foods, medicines, even vitamins and drugs, unless they are produced by a consortium of very large companies. Those companies include Monsanto, which is why I mentioned the Terminator program. It will force almost all farmers to pay exorbitant fees to "license" their seed stock, and any seeds collected from that year's crop would not germinate the next year. They would be forced to buy new seed stock every year, thousands of dollars worth, year in and year out. Many farmers in the US, already hard-hit by the failing dollar and razor-thin profits, simply could not afford this, and plenty have left agriculture all together.
This current buildup is very scary, and there is nothing about it in the US media (for obvious reasons- we have Olympics coverage to distract us, as well as the upcoming announcements about the cast of "Dancing With The Stars" for this fall); the Russians have been steadily deploying out to the PG to back up the Iranians, and their subs in the Gulf have something we don't have an analog for- they have 230-mph, rocket-powered torpedos! There is no defense against them as of yet, sonar just doesn't "see" them until it's too late. The Admiral Kusnetsov, their most modern carrier, and its battle group are also headed out for the Gulf, if they're not already there. They have several squadrons of Su-33s, mainly, that supposedly have some sort of plasma-based "cloaking" ability. A few months back, a squadron of these 33's suddenly "appeared" directly over the USS Roosevelt (I think it was the Roosie, I'll double-check), causing quite a stir! They were COMPLETELY undetected! Puto has really upped the Russian military, and is hell-bent on putting the old USSR back together, including the Eastern Bloc. The Georgian-started (or is it George W-started?) "war" is only a small diversion. Kind of funny that it started at the same time as the Olympics, it got very little coverage over here. Bush is still telling Puto "You best stand down, boy. There WILL be consequences!" But I think that the rest of the world knows that we are stretched pretty thin- fighting a 3-front war is suicidal, at best. But think of the billions in no-bid contracts that will spring up from destroying the world! Halliburton and the Bushco go way back...even if Cheney isn't the CEO again until he steps down Jan 20th (providing we still have elections!). More angles on this than on a Chinese Checkers board! Just for the record, I have a real bad feeling about this one- it would set up Bush to be President-for-Life, especially if he calls off the elections due to the war(s). He's already given himself the authority to do that. Executive privilege and all...
Friday, August 1, 2008
Pelosi needs to be recalled...
Her behavior today, turning out the lights and cameras in the House on Republicans that were still debating, is deliberate, self-aggrandizing, and unconscionable. You should be ASHAMED, Nancy! I'm ashamed to have you representing my country! You should be removed as Speaker, and you should go back to private life- the more private, the better, as far as I'm concerned! What you did was immoral, shameful, despotic, anti-American, and illegal! You should hang your head in SHAME! This is NOT how I expect a Speaker to behave, it's discourteous, disingenuous, and you, madam, are indeed NOT running your own private Politburo! You are unworthy of the position you hold...wait until November, dearie- the people who elected you and your cronies are getting REAL SICK AND TIRED of the bullshit the CONgress is pulling. We need action in a time of crisis, and we're NOT getting it!
I call on all of my Californicated friends to rise up on November 4th, and vote against Pelosi, as well as EVERY incumbent. You say you want change? Here's your chance! All new people in Congress, this year, and every other year, and we'll have a new face on the government that is not beholden to corrupt corporations. "We The People" means ALL of us should be represented, not just the "captains of industry". We are sick of the games, the pandering, the corruption, the outright lies that our government tells. It's time to hold them responsible for their actions! Vote them OUT. Get out of our House, Pelosi. Your imperial strut has more than lost its charm.
We need to get out OurPitchfoksAndTorches and take back our country before it is too late!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/01/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4314586.shtml
I call on all of my Californicated friends to rise up on November 4th, and vote against Pelosi, as well as EVERY incumbent. You say you want change? Here's your chance! All new people in Congress, this year, and every other year, and we'll have a new face on the government that is not beholden to corrupt corporations. "We The People" means ALL of us should be represented, not just the "captains of industry". We are sick of the games, the pandering, the corruption, the outright lies that our government tells. It's time to hold them responsible for their actions! Vote them OUT. Get out of our House, Pelosi. Your imperial strut has more than lost its charm.
We need to get out OurPitchfoksAndTorches and take back our country before it is too late!
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/08/01/politics/politico/thecrypt/main4314586.shtml
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Something Big Is Happening...
Rep. Ron Paul, who is my Congressman, delivered this statement the other day, and it's resonance with me is undeniable. He hits the nail on the head here, and I think he has great courage to say these things, considering our current political/economic nightmare. The time is now to step up and speak out, and old Dr. Ron is coming through big time. I'm posting his entire statement for all to see- he's really not a loony/crazy. He speaks the truth here, and it is somewhat painful, especially if your name happens to be Pelosi...
He makes some very salient point about the giant scam that is the Fed, and about the problems with fiat currency; he also points out how far we have really strayed from the principles of our Constitution (a document that I am fairly sure 99% of the Senate and House has either never read, or doesn't care to understand), and he warns of the dangers of granting dictatorial powers to the Executive Branch, which we are perilously close to anyway. He also looks down on the welfare state, with it's "culture of entitlement" that has sucked away the drive and determination of the poor in this country. He ties it all in with the arguments, both pro and con, of "globalization".
Yes, the world is getting smaller. I plan to write in Ron Paul this November, if the elections still happen. He's the only politician who speaks truthfully and with an unvarnished pride in what we really are as a nation. Not these cut-throat corporate shills that currently occupy our government and enrich themselves and their buddies at our expense. Perhaps we should all grab OurPitchforksAndTorches and let Weaselton, DC, know just what the American people are REALLY capable of! So please join me on election day, and vote against incumbents- throw the rascals out on their asses!
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
He makes some very salient point about the giant scam that is the Fed, and about the problems with fiat currency; he also points out how far we have really strayed from the principles of our Constitution (a document that I am fairly sure 99% of the Senate and House has either never read, or doesn't care to understand), and he warns of the dangers of granting dictatorial powers to the Executive Branch, which we are perilously close to anyway. He also looks down on the welfare state, with it's "culture of entitlement" that has sucked away the drive and determination of the poor in this country. He ties it all in with the arguments, both pro and con, of "globalization".
Yes, the world is getting smaller. I plan to write in Ron Paul this November, if the elections still happen. He's the only politician who speaks truthfully and with an unvarnished pride in what we really are as a nation. Not these cut-throat corporate shills that currently occupy our government and enrich themselves and their buddies at our expense. Perhaps we should all grab OurPitchforksAndTorches and let Weaselton, DC, know just what the American people are REALLY capable of! So please join me on election day, and vote against incumbents- throw the rascals out on their asses!
As always, I am...
Amir Fazadh
Statement: "Something Big is Happening"
9 July 2008
Rep. Ron Paul, M.D.
Madam Speaker, I have, for the past 35 years, expressed my grave concern for the future of
Though the world has long suffered from the senselessness of wars that should have been avoided, my greatest fear is that the course on which we find ourselves will bring even greater conflict and economic suffering to the innocent people of the world--unless we quickly change our ways.
The problem we face is not new in history. Authoritarianism has been around a long time. For centuries, inflation and debt have been used by tyrants to hold power, promote aggression, and provide “bread and circuses” for the people. The notion that a country can afford “guns and butter” with no significant penalty existed even before the 1960s when it became a popular slogan. It was then, though, we were told the Vietnam War and the massive expansion of the welfare state were not problems. The seventies proved that assumption wrong.
Today things are different from even ancient times or the 1970s. There is something to the argument that we are now a global economy. The world has more people and is more integrated due to modern technology, communications, and travel. If modern technology had been used to promote the ideas of liberty, free markets, sound money and trade, it would have ushered in a new golden age--a globalism we could accept.
Instead, the wealth and freedom we now enjoy are shrinking and rest upon a fragile philosophic infrastructure. It is not unlike the levies and bridges in our own country that our system of war and welfare has caused us to ignore.
I'm fearful that my concerns have been legitimate and may even be worse than I first thought. They are now at our doorstep. Time is short for making a course correction before this grand experiment in liberty goes into deep hibernation.
There are reasons to believe this coming crisis is different and bigger than the world has ever experienced. Instead of using globalism in a positive fashion, it's been used to globalize all of the mistakes of the politicians, bureaucrats and central bankers.
Being an unchallenged sole superpower was never accepted by us with a sense of humility and respect. Our arrogance and aggressiveness have been used to promote a world empire backed by the most powerful army of history. This type of globalist intervention creates problems for all citizens of the world and fails to contribute to the well-being of the world's populations. Just think how our personal liberties have been trashed here at home in the last decade.
The financial crisis, still in its early stages, is apparent to everyone: gasoline prices over $4 a gallon; skyrocketing education and medical-care costs; the collapse of the housing bubble; the bursting of the NASDAQ bubble; stock markets plunging; unemployment rising; massive underemployment; excessive government debt; and unmanageable personal debt. Little doubt exists as to whether we'll get stagflation. The question that will soon be asked is: When will the stagflation become an inflationary depression?
There are various reasons that the world economy has been globalized and the problems we face are worldwide. We cannot understand what we're facing without understanding fiat money and the long-developing dollar bubble.
There were several stages. From the inception of the Federal Reserve System in 1913 to 1933, the Central Bank established itself as the official dollar manager. By 1933, Americans could no longer own gold, thus removing restraint on the Federal Reserve to inflate for war and welfare.
By 1945, further restraints were removed by creating the Bretton-Woods Monetary System making the dollar the reserve currency of the world. This system lasted up until 1971. During the period between 1945 and 1971, some restraints on the Fed remained in place. Foreigners, but not Americans, could convert dollars to gold at $35 an ounce. Due to the excessive dollars being created, that system came to an end in 1971.
It's the post Bretton-Woods system that was responsible for globalizing inflation and markets and for generating a gigantic worldwide dollar bubble. That bubble is now bursting, and we're seeing what it's like to suffer the consequences of the many previous economic errors.
Ironically in these past 35 years, we have benefited from this very flawed system. Because the world accepted dollars as if they were gold, we only had to counterfeit more dollars, spend them overseas (indirectly encouraging our jobs to go overseas as well) and enjoy unearned prosperity. Those who took our dollars and gave us goods and services were only too anxious to loan those dollars back to us. This allowed us to export our inflation and delay the consequences we now are starting to see.
But it was never destined to last, and now we have to pay the piper. Our huge foreign debt must be paid or liquidated. Our entitlements are coming due just as the world has become more reluctant to hold dollars. The consequence of that decision is price inflation in this country--and that's what we are witnessing today. Already price inflation overseas is even higher than here at home as a consequence of foreign central banks' willingness to monetize our debt.
Printing dollars over long periods of time may not immediately push prices up--yet in time it always does. Now we're seeing catch-up for past inflating of the monetary supply. As bad as it is today with $4 a gallon gasoline, this is just the beginning. It's a gross distraction to hound away at “drill, drill, drill” as a solution to the dollar crisis and high gasoline prices. Its okay to let the market increase supplies and drill, but that issue is a gross distraction from the sins of deficits and Federal Reserve monetary shenanigans.
This bubble is different and bigger for another reason. The central banks of the world secretly collude to centrally plan the world economy. I'm convinced that agreements among central banks to “monetize”
This time--since there are so many dollars and so many countries involved--the Fed has been able to “paper” over every approaching crisis for the past 15 years, especially with Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, which has allowed the bubble to become history's greatest.
The mistakes made with excessive credit at artificially low rates are huge, and the market is demanding a correction. This involves excessive debt, misdirected investments, over-investments, and all the other problems caused by the government when spending the money they should never have had. Foreign militarism, welfare handouts and $80 trillion entitlement promises are all coming to an end. We don't have the money or the wealth-creating capacity to catch up and care for all the needs that now exist because we rejected the market economy, sound money, self reliance and the principles of liberty.
Since the correction of all this misallocation of resources is necessary and must come, one can look for some good that may come as this “Big Event” unfolds.
There are two choices that people can make. The one choice that is unavailable to us is to limp along with the status quo and prop up the system with more debt, inflation and lies. That won't happen.
One of the two choices, and the one chosen so often by government in the past is that of rejecting the principles of liberty and resorting to even bigger and more authoritarian government. Some argue that giving dictatorial powers to the President, just as we have allowed him to run the American empire, is what we should do. That's the great danger, and in this post-911 atmosphere, too many Americans are seeking safety over freedom. We have already lost too many of our personal liberties already. Real fear of economic collapse could prompt central planners to act to such a degree that the New Deal of the 30's might look like
The more the government is allowed to do in taking over and running the economy, the deeper the depression gets and the longer it lasts. That was the story of the 30s and the early 40s, and the same mistakes are likely to be made again if we do not wake up.
But the good news is that it need not be so bad if we do the right thing. I saw “Something Big” happening in the past 18 months on the campaign trail. I was encouraged that we are capable of waking up and doing the right thing. I have literally met thousands of high school and college kids who are quite willing to accept the challenge and responsibility of a free society and reject the cradle-to-grave welfare that is promised them by so many do-good politicians.
If more hear the message of liberty, more will join in this effort. The failure of our foreign policy, welfare system, and monetary policies and virtually all government solutions are so readily apparent, it doesn't take that much convincing. But the positive message of how freedom works and why it's possible is what is urgently needed.
One of the best parts of accepting self reliance in a free society is that true personal satisfaction with one's own life can be achieved. This doesn't happen when the government assumes the role of guardian, parent or provider, because it eliminates a sense of pride. But the real problem is the government can't provide the safety and economic security that it claims. The so called good that government claims it can deliver is always achieved at the expense of someone else's freedom. It's a failed system and the young people know it.
Restoring a free society doesn't eliminate the need to get our house in order and to pay for the extravagant spending. But the pain would not be long-lasting if we did the right things, and best of all the empire would have to end for financial reasons. Our wars would stop, the attack on civil liberties would cease, and prosperity would return. The choices are clear: it shouldn't be difficult, but the big event now unfolding gives us a great opportunity to reverse the tide and resume the truly great American Revolution started in 1776.
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