"If the American people ever allow
private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation,
then by deflation, (i.e., the "business cycle") the banks and corporations
that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property until
their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered."
"Today, we need a nation of
Minutemen, citizens who are not only prepared to take arms, but citizens who
regard the preservation of freedom as the basic purpose of their daily life
and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom."
John F. Kennedy
New Age Citizen
www.newagecitizen.com November
24th, 2008 Edition [Last Update: December 8th, 2008]
l suppose this account from "Fed UP
USA" provides a good summary of the ongoing "robbery" that began on
October 3rd with the 850 Billion dollar bailout:
Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. government is prepared to provide more
than $7.76 trillion on behalf of American taxpayers after guaranteeing
$306 billion of Citigroup Inc. debt yesterday. The pledges, amounting to
half the value of everything produced in the nation last year, are
intended to rescue the financial system after the credit markets seized
up 15 months ago.
The unprecedented pledge of funds includes $3.18 trillion already tapped
by financial institutions in the biggest response to an economic
emergency since the New Deal of the 1930s, according to data compiled by
Bloomberg. The commitment dwarfs the plan approved by lawmakers, the
Treasury Department’s $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program.
Federal Reserve lending last week was 1,900 times the weekly average for
the three years before the crisis.
Is the FRAUD clear enough? If it isn't clear to you yet, the foxes are
in charge of the hen house. These guys have one goal and one goal only,
they will take absolutely everything from American citizens to keep the
banks and the bankers alive. The banks will have all the money and all
the assets if the American People do not band together, rise up and stop
them. $24,000 has just been stolen from every American...man, woman and
child! One half of the entire country's REAL production wiped off the
face of the Earth and PAID TO THE BANKERS!
The banks are NOT lending money! They are NOT going to lend money! The
real economy is meaningless to the banks and those that run them. It is
also meaningless to our elected government officials that get
paid.....by the BANKERS!
The winners and losers have already been chosen - long ago. Three more
small banks failed Friday night. Citi was rescued. JPMorgan is
backstopped. Bank of America is backstopped. Merrill Lynch was
rescued/merged. Morgan Stanley is temporarily propped up. Goldman Sachs
was rescued/merged. Lehman was left to die. Why? They didn't 'play nice'
during the LTCM debacle 10 years ago. Paybacks are a bitch when you're
no longer in the 'Club'.
GM isn't in the 'Club'. Neither are any of the other American
automakers, or any of the companies in the real economy. The American
taxpayer is most definitely NOT in the 'Club'. Absolutely everything and
everyone is expendable to save those that ARE in the 'Club'. You can
take THAT to the bank.
YOU are a slave to this 'Club', as are your children and their children.
When the US Government can no longer sustain the sucking black hole that
are the banks, the US Sovereign AAA credit rating will be downgraded,
instantly doubling or trippling (or worse) the rate at which our
government borrows money (which is what your taxes represent) and if
they can no longer wring it out of YOU, then the United States of
America will default on its debt and cease to exist.
So in less than 2 months the US
Government has printed over 8 TRILLION dollars and won't even disclose
where the money has gone! And all the while the Corporate
Controlled Media has been largely silent about the hyperinflation that
will begin to occur around March 2009 as this unbacked currency begins
to ripple through the economy, making the dollar virtually worthless.
All of a sudden it begins to become clear why President Bush deployed
3,000 Military Troops, in October 2008, to quell civil disturbances.
Bush is preparing for nothing short of Civil War. And just like
the last Civil War the true purpose will be to further centralize the
authority of the Global Elite.
To get a taste of what is coming to
America, let's just consider what is already happening in Iceland:
Riots and protests in Reykjavik
calling for the government of Iceland to resign have increased following
a financial catastrophe that has wiped out half of the krona’s value and
put one third of the population at risk of losing their homes and life
savings. Could similar scenes of civil unrest be repeated in the United
States as the economy continues to implode?
http://www.prisonplanet.com/iceland-riots-precursor-to-us-civil-unrest.html
This is what I fear is coming to both the United States and Europe in
2009. Both countries need to "batten down the hatches" despite the
reluctance of their ruling elites: Obama in the US, Brown in the UK and
Sarkozy in France.
Let's just consider Obama to
understand how out of touch these world leaders really are. We
currently have 10 to 14 million American Citizens who are currently out
of work. We have lost 1.2 million jobs in the last 10 months and
the numbers are increasing nearly exponentially by the month. Most
of the jobs lost are high paying Manufacturing jobs that are being
replaced by "service jobs" which pay far less in both wages and
benefits. Our own government has essentially forced us into a
"death march" from which few of us are likely to survive economically or
literally.
So what does Obama intend to do about
it. He wants to actually make the problem worse by granting
Amnesty to 12 million Illegal Aliens. And though the Corporate
Media has obfuscated this fact, during the election race, you can listen
to Obama talk about his intent to grant Amnesty right here:
And on top of that Congress is
currently attempting to increase the number of Legal Immigrants, allowed
to migrate into the US, from 1 to 1.5 million a year. And Obama
also supports the increase. Given the numbers of American
jobs lost how could they even consider such a thing? It is
rather apparent that our representatives have forgotten what happened to
Louis the 16th and his wife, Marie Antoinette. And while I don't
condone violence it would not surprise me if we do not see acts of
violence against our representatives, should they continue to ignore the
increasing plight of the American Working Class. The last time I
checked the approval rating of our representatives was 9%: the lowest
rating since records have been kept.
My prediction is that by June 2009
Obama's approval rating will fall below 50% and we will see the
beginning of mass protests against both Obama and the Global Elite.
Also, by June 2009, the American People will begin to recognize
the individuals and groups associated with the Global Elite and will see
them all as "the enemy." Once these "connections" are made the
Global Elite will find it increasingly difficult to do anything because
the People -- both in Europe and the United States -- will begin to
"rise up."
It would also not surprise me if we don't begin to see violent protests
before July 4th, 2009: most likely precipitated by local law enforcement
or the US Military. In point of fact the first protests began on
November 22nd, 2008, with the "End the Fed" Protests in over
39 cities
throughout the United States. Of course you aren't going to hear
this in the Corporate Media but you can see it through the "New Media"
on the Internet:
[To see video from the other 39
cities just double click on the video about and it will take you to the
full screen page where you will find associated video from the other 39
cities.]
Of course the big question is what
the heck are we going to do about this? How are we going to get
back on course to a sustainable economy?
Well the first thing that needs to
happen is to place the blame right where it belongs: with the "unholy"
trinity of the Multinational Corporations, the Corporate Media and the
Corporately Controlled Government. They have been lying to
us for at least 40 years now; assuring us that "free trade" would lift
all boats. The problem, of course, is that what they were
"pushing" was not "free trade" at all. For the concept of "free
trade" was derived from Ricardo's theory of "comparative advantage."
And it was also Ricardo who made it clear that whenever labor or
capital, were allowed to cross borders, you would no longer have free
trade. Instead both labor and capital would naturally migrate to
where labor and capital was cheapest. And that is exactly what has
happened. It is also the root of the current crisis we now face.
And it most definitely violates the construct of free trade. We
have been lied to.
The second thing that needs to happen
is a complete moratorium on all home foreclosures and evictions from
apartments and other rental property. This must happen immediately
as millions have already lost their homes and many additional millions
are about to be evicted.
The third thing that needs to happen
is a significant bailout for the American People. In the following
video I propose a $150,000 "bailout" check for every Legal American
Citizen over 20. Based on 200 million Americans I "guestimated"
that this would cost 30 Trillion dollars. I thought this to be
crazy in July 2008, when I produced the video.
But when the government has already
"pissed away" 8 Trillion dollars, in less than 6 months, it seems quite
reasonable. So while my plan would be 4 times as expensive it has
a number advantages over the hopeless course taken so far:
(1) Each individual would be forced
to first pay off their mortgage, student loans and credit cards which
would leave them debt free. The government plan does nothing to
reduce indebtedness.
(2) This would stop the decline in
housing prices by essentially eliminating the entire supply of homes.
Note that it is the very large supply of homes that is truly driving
down the value of all homes. The current government plan does
nothing to stop the free fall in home prices.
The fourth thing that needs to happen
is a complete restructuring of the tax code. I think that Richard
Clarks idea of "social credit" needs to be implemented immediately.
This would grant a monthly "dividend" check of at least $1,000/month to
each Legal American Citizen. And I would go further to base
all taxes -- local, state, federal, property etc. -- on income. No
income, no taxes. This would put the burden on all those foreign
doctors, tech workers etc. that have pushed us out of our jobs with the
full support of our Corporate Controlled Government.
Of course the fifth thing that needs
to happen is the full implementation of the "New Agenda for America."
You could also accurately call this the "Anti-Globalist" agenda, for
that is it's true intent.
(1) Universal Health Care for All American Citizens
(2) A 20-year moratorium on all immigration into the United States
(3) Legal Marijuana for all Adults and Medical Patients
(4) An immediate reversal to the Offshoring and Inshoring of American
Jobs
(5) A strict enforcement on issues of Separation of Church and State
(6) An immediate move from so-called Free Trade Agreements to Bilateral
Trade agreements
(7) A major R&D project to bring energy independence to the United
States and the World through recycling, reuse, ending hyper-consumerism
and investing in the development of sustainable energy sources (e.g.,
solar, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal)
(8) No further ownership of US Assets (businesses, homes, ports, stock
exchanges) by foreign governments or individuals!
(9) Replace the Federal Reserve with a People's Reserve which allows
public oversight
(10) Absolute support for Net Neutrality
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Here is the first video I did
regarding the "New Agenda for America:"
I would also encourage the European
nations to consider a similar approach as I'm quite sure this approach
would work there as well. And as crazy as you might think I am for
suggesting these approaches please take a minute to ask yourself if they
are any "crazier" than what Bush, Paulson and Congress have allowed to
happen already.
Finally, let me sketch out what will
happen if we decide to do nothing. The government will continue to
pay the financial class money to take over all of your assets: your
homes, your factories, your cars. You will be slowly displaced by
rich Saudi, Chinese and other immigrants as the Corporately Controlled
Government continues to raise the number of immigrants allowed into the
US each year. The Corporately Controlled Government will implement
the North American Union (Also know as the SPP) and millions of cheap
Mexican laborers will instantly be competing with you, for work, in both
the United States and Canada. This will result in a further
decline in your wages and benefits.
In conclusion let me just make a few
summary statements.
(1) Regardless of what you think of
this specific approach something very significant needs to occur
immediately to save the American Working Class.
(2) Obama is very unlikely to act in
the interests of the American People without considerable grass roots
pressure.
(3) The situation we find ourselves
in is "biblical" in proportion. It is much more like the
transition between "hunting and gather societies" and the "agricultural
societies" that followed. Our transition is between a capitalistic
"exponential growth" system and a yet to be named "sustainable static
growth" system.
(4) Should we fail to provide an
alternative path the most probable result will include riots and
warfare; ultimately resulting in a global authoritarian dictatorship
where freedom and liberty will no longer exist to any degree.
So whether or not you agree with my
approach, you sure better come up with some "better idea" immediately.
Because I have a feeling that things are going to get pretty crazy will
before 2010 comes rolling along.
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Comment:
While there may be some Islamic complicity further research seems to
indicate that these demonstrations are really a result of a country,
coming to grips with a New World Order that is increasingly eroding
wages and various entitlements such as health care and pensions.
But while Muslims comprise less than 2% of the population there is
little doubt that the people of Greece want to see a complete halt to
immigration at a time that there own people are not able to weather this
building global economic tsunami. What would be more interesting
to understand is how these various protesting groups view the
"immigration problem." So while there may be some Islamic
complicity the real story is that "the people" are beginning to fight
back against all forms of "globalization" including the European Union
and the hidden agenda for a North American Union. The good news is
that the "New Agenda for America" can be equally
applied to European nations as "We the People of the World" develop our
Anti-Globalist Strategy.
With each passing day my opinion
of the Corporate Media (also known as the "Mainstream Media (MSM),"
the "Old Media" etc.) becomes more hardened. Today I began wondering
if there was more to the recent Riots in Greece (December 2008) than the
Corporate Media was disclosing. And once again my intuition was
correct: they failed to disclose that most of the rioters were Illegal
Alien Muslims whose illegal entry into Greece is beginning to receive a
backlash from Greek citizens.
The following article exposes the
deceit of the Global Corporate Media:
The mainstream media is devoting much front-page coverage to
this weekend’s violent leftist/anarchist/student riots in Greece. At the
time of writing the headline on the Guardian website main page reads,
Clashes across Greece after police kill teenager.
Thousands of youths armed with stones, batons and firebombs engaged in
running battles with riot police, destroying shops, banks and cars in
cities across Greece tonight in a second night of rioting. The violence,
the country’s worst civil disturbances in years, erupted late on
Saturday when it emerged that a teenage boy had been killed by police in
Exarchia, a district of central Athens long associated with lawlessness
and drug abuse. Within hours, the protests had spread to Greece’s
northern capital, Thessaloniki, its western port city of Patras and
Chania on Crete, as protesters giving vent to a disaffection exacerbated
by the economic crisis went on the rampage.
By tonight, several areas, including Athens’ main commercial strip and
the streets around its fabled Polytechnic, resembled a battle zone, with
glass, rubble and broken mannequins on to the sidewalks. As plumes of
smoke filled the capital’s skyline, and shopkeepers rushed to clear up
the debris, officials reported that more than 30 people had been
injured, including police officers and firefighters and a number of
passersby who had got caught up in the chaos. Looting was also rife.
Local television stations showed stone-throwing youths erecting
barricades in Athens as police responded by firing rounds of tear gas.
The rioters in turn sought sanctuary in the grounds of the Polytechnic
and Athens University, which traditionally have been off-limits to
security forces since the collapse of military rule in 1974.
The chaos deepened today in both Athens and Thessaloniki as thousands of
demonstrators marched through the streets shouting anti-government
slogans. “Down with the murderers in uniform,” they shouted at the
police.
At the foot of the report, the Guardian helpfully provides its readers
with a:-
Backstory
Riots are not uncommon in Greece. Self-proclaimed groups of anarchists
attack banks, high-end shops and foreign car dealerships. The November
17 parade is a particular flashpoint, when thousands mark the 1974
student uprising at the Polytechnic, an event that led to the collapse
of seven years of hated military rule. Few of these attacks, however,
cause injuries. Some believe Greece’s anarchist movement has its roots
in the resistance to the dictatorship and the left/right divide that the
period spawned. A number of anti-globalization, anti-authoritarian,
leftwing groups are also believed to have emerged at that time.
But that isn’t the back story. It’s a classic piece of burying the bad
news - bad for the liberal sensibilities of the mediocrity, that is.
Here is the real back story:-
And here:-
Asylum seekers riot in Athens
Hundreds of migrants waiting to submit asylum applications rioted in
central Athens, setting fire to rubbish bins and attacking passing cars.
Protesters said the riot began when one man fell into a nearby canal
after authorities told the crowd that no more applications could be
submitted. Only a small number of applications can be submitted each
week.
It was not immediately clear how the man fell into the canal. Police
said he was injured and was taken by ambulance to a hospital. They said
they were investigating the incident. Outraged asylum-seekers began
setting fire to rubbish bins and throwing them into the street, and
ripped branches off trees to set them alight. A smaller group threw
rocks at passing cars, stopping some vehicles and banging on them with
their hands. There were no reports of any passers-by being injured. The
riot lasted for about an hour, and riot police who were on standby
nearby did not intervene. A fire truck extinguished the blazes.
In October, a human rights group said a Pakistani man was fatally
injured when he fell into the same canal. The group, Stop the War
Coalition, said that the man had been trying to escape police after
immigrants queuing to submit applications clashed with authorities.
Police rejected claims they had any involvement in the man’s death and
said they had tried to repulse an attempt by a large group of migrants
to jump the queue.
Rights groups have often criticized Greece’s treatment of illegal
immigrants and the living conditions in detention centers. Greece
approved only 140 of the 20,692 asylum applications made in 2007,
according to the UN refugee agency. Tens of thousands of illegal
migrants enter Greece each year. Many attempt dangerous sea crossings
from nearby Turkey or brave minefields to make their way in.
And here is some more. And here and here and here.
And here’s the low-down. In October a Pakistani died, possibly by
drowning, during an immigrant riot outside an Athens asylum processing
centre. Last Thursday, it would appear, another such riot occurred, with
some poor, disheveled soul falling into the same patch of water. He
survived. But the peace and quiet of Athens did not.
Leftists/anarchists/students immediately organized their own riot in
sympathy, and a boy was duly shot three times by a trigger-happy but
probably very frightened policeman. More riots. Everywhere. Greek
government looks rocky. The MSM take the opportunity to banish the
immigrant factor from their coverage, which is only what we have grown
to expect.
None of this would have happened if the Greek government was not, in
fact, doing a comparatively good job of denying immigrants free access
to the country, and thence to the rest of Europe. They’d get my vote.
The following video, from the BBC,
provides additional connections to the Islamic connection to the riots
in Athens, Greece:
What most people do not understand is that Global Elitists -- from the
US to Europe -- are promoting immigration as a tool to "divide and
conquer" the aging Middle Class on both continents. Such a tactic
goes back before Julius Caesar and is employed to keep the masses in a
state of chaos while the elite moves forward with their agenda towards a
New World Order. Naomi Klein elaborates on the history of this
tactic in her book "The Shock Doctrine."
Similar Corporate Media censorship -- which refuses to acknowledge the
threat of Islamic immigration -- is also happening in SE Michigan where
Dearborn and Dearborn Heights are now the largest Islamic enclaves in
the United States. Both the Detroit News and Detroit Free Press
are willing participants in such censorship as illustrated by three
recent events:
(1) Both papers refused to allow the distribution of the DVD "Obsession"
through their papers despite the fact that they were paid for the
insert. "Obsession" focuses on Islamic extremism by compiling
videos from radical Islamists. The Oakland Press (also a Michigan
Newspaper) had no problem with the distribution of this DVD. See Islam video banned in Detroit: Free Press rejected paid offer
to distribute award-winning film 'Obsession'
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=76032
(2) When 18 Dearborn and Detroit Gas
Stations were busted for falsifying cigarette tax stamps both papers
refused to give the names of the suspects even though this is common
practice in any crime reporting. Why the censorship? The
censorship was imposed to cover-up the fact that all 18 were of Middle
East descent: 9 Muslim and 9 Chaldean. Detroit Mainstream Media "Shield" Readers From Arabic/Muslim Names
of Cigarette Tax Defrauders: Doing the Work Some Americans--ICE--Won't
Do
http://www.debbieschlussel.com/archives/2008/11/detroit_mainstr.html
(3) When a Canadian attempted
to cross into the United States, with 2 million dollars in hidden cash,
both papers refused to delve deeper into the background and intent of
the smuggler whose name sounded distinctively foreign. I alerted
the author to the fact that Saudi Arabia is known for using couriers to
transport cash parcels for the financing of terrorist operations.
I want to focus on the third example
as I believe there is a lot more to this story than we are ever likely
to hear about in the Global Corporate Media (e.g., the Detroit News and
Detroit Free Press for example). First here is the story as it
appeared in the Detroit Free Press:
EDITOR'S NOTE: This report has been clarified since its initial
publication. Eskender Mafarani has been accused of smuggling cash into
the United States.
An Ontario man told U.S. border patrol agents that he was coming into
the United States with $700 cash. But a scanning device that can X-ray
vehicles for hidden compartments and a vigilant patrol dog showed his
declaration was more than $2 million short of reality, authorities said.
Eskender Mafarani of Richmond Hill, Ontario, appeared for a detention
hearing Monday in federal court in Detroit in what border patrol agents
are calling the largest bulk cash smuggling case ever in the eastern
district of Michigan.
Mafarani, 52, was crossing the Ambassador Bridge into the United States
in a blue Volvo truck Friday when a border patrol officer asked him if
he had anything to declare, according to a U.S. District Court
affidavit. Mafarani said he had nothing to declare and was traveling
with $700, the affidavit states.
However, border patrol officers used X-ray images to find hidden
compartments in the truck. A patrol dog also alerted the officers to two
different areas near the side walls of the truck, authorities said.
Once they searched the truck, officers found more than $2 million in
cash wrapped in 138 bundles in hidden compartments, along with six cell
phones, a laptop computer and $1,220 in Canadian cash.
It is illegal to conceal more than $10,000 when leaving or entering the
United States.
Mafarani is accused of smuggling and making a false statement to
officers. He is being detained until a Nov. 18 preliminary
I was so concerned about the "under
coverage" of this story that I decided to write the author Ben Schmitt.
Here's the letter that I send him:
This needs further
investigation. He could very well be involved in terrorism as the
following article makes quite clear.
"Much terrorist cash is funneled through traditional and generally
unregulated cash couriers. Carrying vast amounts of cash in and out of
Persian Gulf countries is common, and the governments in the region are
reluctant to crack down on it, even if they were capable of doing so."
If he turns out to be Middle Eastern, or Muslim, I would be particularly
concerned. An "honest" Muslim is not carrying around 2 Million and only
declaring $700. Of course he could also be involved in many other
non-terrorist activity. But this story would mean more if we knew more
about his ethnicity and if you provided deeper journalism in general.
And unfortunately the "old media" appears to be controlled by Globalists
that don't want them identifying illegal aliens, or identifying
ethnicities, within their media (newspapers, radio, television).
If you were worth your salt you would find out much more on this story.
Perhaps you might get a journalism award out of the deal. But if you
journalists don't start doing a better job such omissions and shallow
reporting may eventually lead to a death of someone you care for --
should such under reporting result in a terrorist event.
Were you in any way prevented from going into these and/or other details
of this story?
I have to credit Ben for replying,
however, he had very little to add to the conversation:
"No, that’s all that has been
released. I don’t think the authorities are fully aware of all aspects
of the case yet."
So I sent him a final email on
November 11th in hopes of getting some additional information or
possibly a contact so that I could follow up. Here is the body of
my email:
Thanks so much for the reply.
Don't mean to get down on your case but I am utterly disillusioned with
Corporate Journalism and am quite aware that there are many editorial
filters, both explicit and implied, within your "industry." I have known
quite a few journalists over the years and see further up the "invisible
pyramid" than most. So don't take any of this personal since I am quite
aware of your journalistic constraints.
But once again I must point out that more thorough journalism -- which
goes out of its way to connect the dots -- can do much more than inform:
it could save us from another terrorist event. Making your readers more
aware of such connections (e.g., my first email) might just help them to
become more aware, more vigilant and more effective in stopping further
terrorist events, which I unfortunately believe are on our horizon.
Again, I would really like to know much more detail on this story. In
particular I would like to know his ethnicity, his status (how long
residing in Canada; age at entry; country of origin), his travels
within/without Canada. Do you have any contacts should you NOT be able
to pursue it further?
Well, it has now been over a month
and I never got a second reply from the author of the article. So
much for Corporate Journalism which now appears to be an oxymoron at
this point. In other words if it is Corporate Journalism it
probably isn't journalism after all; but merely more Corporate
Propaganda.
So how do we get the media to stop
kowtowing to this Islamic Jihad and generally working at keeping us
misinformed? First of all I would encourage everyone to rely on
the Internet as a new primary "news source." Secondly, stop
subscribing to Magazines and Newspapers that appear to be spewing
propaganda rather than news. This second approach reminds me of an
old Cherokee Indian story:
An old Cherokee Indian was
speaking to his grandson:
"A fight is going on inside me," he said to the boy. "It is a terrible
fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil--he is anger, envy,
sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment,
inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good
-- he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness,
benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This
same fight is going on inside you, and inside every other person, too."
The grandson thought about it for a long minute, and then asked his
grandfather, "Which wolf will win?"
The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one I feed."
So perhaps our collective "New Year's Resolution" needs to be to stop
feeding the corporate wolves. Stop subscribing to magazines and
newspapers that spew propaganda rather than informative and
comprehensive news stories. You can read most of the stories
online for free anyway. Stop feeding the architects of our
collective demise.
So as much as I like my Newspaper
Delivery Person I think my subscription to the "Detroit Free Press" is
going to end in January of 2009. And that will just be the
beginning of my efforts to "defund the corporate wolves." I think
I will also start carrying cash and checks so the Credit Card "Loan
Sharks" no longer get a percentage of my purchases. I'm sure that
together we can find hundreds of ways in which we can starve the
"corporate wolves" that have led us so far down the wrong path through
their lies, deceit and propaganda.
With each passing day I find it
harder and harder to believe what is becoming of my country: the United
States of America.
Eight years of George Bush has us
teetering on the abyss. Today the jobs figures came out
(12/05/2008) and another 533,000 jobs have bitten the dust for the month
of November: 1.5 million lost since the beginning of the year.
Since the October 3rd "Trillion Dollar Robbery" it turns out that the
Bush Administration has allowed 8.5 TRILLION dollars to be diverted to
the vey "banksters" that have been responsible for our problems in the
first place. I still don't even pretend to understand how this
robbery is being allowed to occur. But two things are crystal
clear.
(1) We are no longer a government
"by, for and of" the American people.
(2) The printing of 8.5 Trillion will destroy the value of our dollar
and will destroy the American Working Class in the process.
And with each passing day it become
clearer and clearer to me that the only real salvation may require a
"full out" Peaceful 2nd American Revolution. If there is any good
news it is my belief that such a Revolution might still occur without
the use of violence.
But what I just read about AIG is
beyond belief and needs to be seen, by all, as the "straw that broke the
camels back." Pun intended. You see, after we have
bailed them out, to the tune of 180 Billion dollars, they are now
promoting Sharia based loans in the United States. For those not
familiar with Sharia-based loans, they are simply loans where some of
the principle goes to Islamic causes (e.g., terrorism).
How is it that we have allowed
ourselves to stand by as this occurs? Are we mere sheep? But
then again we stood by while China harvested the organs of the Fulong
Gong. We stood by as they poisoned our children's milk with
Melamine and didn't bat an eye when the FDA revised there standards to
allow it. We stood by when thousands of Americans were
poisoned by Mexican peppers that were infested with salmonella.
We have demanded no action against China despite the ongoing
cyber-warfare against our military; the poisoning of our pets and the
poisoning of our children. Something is running our government
that needs to be identified and treated with the most extreme of
prejudice. Our future depends on it.
At any rate please take a minute to
sign the following petition to stop AIG from any involvement in
Sharia-based loans:
To: U.S. Treasury, Federal
Reserve, and Congress
On November 10, 2008, the U.S. Federal Reserve Board announced that the
U.S. federal government was buying $40 billion of AIG stock making U.S.
taxpayers owners in AIG's business. AIG refuses to divest its Islamic
supremacist Sharia-based financial and Sharia-based insurance
businesses, making American taxpayers now effectively owners of
Sharia-based businesses that promote Islamic supremacism. As America is
founded on the inalienable human rights of equality and liberty, it is
unacceptable for American taxpayers to be forced to own any business
that supports a supremacist ideology.
The American people demand the following:
(a) The American people must call for the immediate freeze of all
American taxpayer funds to AIG until it divests of its Sharia financial
businesses.
(b) The American federal government must give AIG an ultimatum to divest
itself of its Sharia business or the America federal government must
divest all ownership in AIG.
(c) Those in the American federal government responsible for the bailout
and purchase of AIG stock must resign, including the U.S. Secretary of
the Treasury and the Federal Reserve Board Chairman.
(d) Leaders in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives must lead a
national investigation into Sharia-Compliant Finance (SCF) and Sharia
financial businesses in America to end their ability to promote the
Islamic supremacist ideology in America.
Here is some additional information
concerning this latest betrayal of the American People. Keep in
mind that this is only possible because our Media, our Corporations and
our Government have now been hijacked by Global Elitists that believe
they are well on their way to kicking the American People into the
dustbin of history. It is high time we began fighting back and
signing this petition (above) is as good a way, as any, to get started.
First I will present you with some
educational videos. And after that a short article from the
"Anti-Jihad League of America:"
For the third month in a row, AIG is in the news regarding its promotion
of Sharia-compliant finance (SCF) products, which promote the Islamic
supremacist, segregationist ideology of Sharia. For a company struggling
with its financial survival, it remains astounding that AIG would want
to incite its American taxpayer owners by promoting products that are
based on an Islamic supremacist political ideology. In October 2008, I
wrote how the U.S. government gave an $85 billion loan to AIG, without
demanding divestment of its business ventures reselling Sharia mutual
trusts and its AIG Takaful division selling Sharia-based insurance. In
November 2008, I wrote about how the U.S. government purchased $40
billion in AIG stock, making you as a taxpayer, an owner of a company
promoting Sharia through such businesses.
For two months, I have warned that AIG's Takaful division was planning
to expand to offer such AIG-specific Sharia products here in the United
States. Now AIG has announced that it has Sharia-based insurance
products for the United States, and AIG is promoting them.
On December 1, 2008, AIG announced that it was "introducing a Takaful
Homeowners Policy, the first installment in Lexington Takaful Solutions,
a series of Shari'ah-compliant (Takaful) product offerings in the U.S.
The newly announced Takaful products are compliant with key Islamic
finance tenets and based on the concept of mutual insurance." Note that
AIG indicates that such Sharia insurance products are the "first
installment" in a series of Sharia products. In the AIG press release,
AIG Takaful's Abdallah Kubursi expresses his pride in AIG's ability to
promote Sharia within the United States, stating "This is truly a global
effort on the part of AIG."
This is our company, using our taxpayer dollars, to promote Islamic
supremacist Sharia-based products in our country. As we are $40 billion
owners in AIG, this is our problem as Americans. What is our government
and AIG going to do about this?
First, let's remember what Sharia is and is not.
Sharia is a legal codification of the political ideology of Islamic
supremacism. This Sharia legal codification is intended to enforce
discriminatory and segregationist practices against women and
non-Muslims and to suppress the liberties of those living in Islamic
theocracies. As a legal codification of a supremacist ideology, Sharia
is incompatible with democratic values and the inalienable human right
that "all men are created equal." In 2001, nearly two months before the
9/11 attacks, the European Court of Human Rights determined that Sharia
law was incompatible with democracy and human rights. The President of
the European Court of Human Rights stated that "the Court found that
sharia was incompatible with the fundamental principles of democracy as
set forth in the Convention... Principles such as pluralism in the
political sphere or the constant evolution of public freedoms have no
place in it. According to the Court, it was difficult to declare one's
respect for democracy and human rights while at the same time supporting
a regime based on sharia...". Even British courts have ruled that Sharia
is "discriminatory."
In a nation such as the United States, based on the inalienable human
rights of equality and liberty, why would American taxpayers seek to
fund a business selling products that promote a discriminatory,
segregationist, and supremacist ideology that is "incompatible with
democracy and human rights"?
Sharia is not merely "cultural beliefs," "religious beliefs," or "social
preference." In the AIG press release, AIG's Abdallah Kubursi would have
Americans believe that the goal of promoting such Sharia products is to
expand "social preference." But America has rejected those who would
label supremacist values as "social preference," just as they rejected
white supremacists who once called for racial segregation and
discrimination. America's society, businesses, government, and law
rejects supremacist ideologies. Just ask President-Elect Barack Obama.
This is the same Sharia ideology that has been used by the Islamic
supremacist Taliban to murder those who they believe have committed
moral crimes, the same Sharia ideology that was used to murder a 13 year
old girl last month who was raped in Somalia, and the same Sharia
ideology supported by the Taliban, Al Qaeda, and Islamic supremacists
around the world. It is the same Sharia ideology whose zakat charities
have been used to fund jihadist terrorist organizations. On September
18, 2008, Congressman Tom Tancredo's office introduced "Jihad Prevention
Act" (H.R. 6975). According to the press release from his office on this
bill, "the legislation would make the advocacy of Sharia law by radical
Muslims already in the United States a deportable offense."
But now American taxpayer dollars are being used to promote products
based on Sharia?
In fairness to AIG, there are many who do not understand the political
Islamic supremacist nature of Sharia.
Stop Sharia Now (FAQ item 17) provides a quote regarding an "Islamic
Finance conference" in New York City where an attendee asked the meaning
of Sharia. One of AIG's Sharia advisors, Sheik Nizam Yaquby, ambiguously
responded by stating that "Shariah is the path on which we walk, the
water which we drink." Those of us who are aware that Sharia is a legal
codification for all aspects of Islamic supremacist life grasp what
Yaquby was trying to communicate; certainly none of the supremacist
aspects of Sharia was communicated by Yaquby. It is then reported that
"Not one person in the room followed up with a question. The group went
back to looking at flowcharts and graphs." So it should be little
surprise that few people involved with Sharia finance products actually
understand the ramifications of promoting Islamic supremacist Sharia.
To give AIG an opportunity to respond to this, I called the individual
listed on AIG's press release for its Sharia Takaful Homeowners Policy,
Jim Crain, and talked to him about the AIG product. My impression is
that AIG's Jim Crain is a businessman, and I got the distinct feeling
that he was uncomfortable with being named as the AIG point of contact
on a product with political connotations. I told AIG's Jim Crain about
the online petition signed by over 100 individuals calling for the
Federal Reserve Board and the Department of Treasury to call for AIG to
divest itself of its Sharia businesses. I also told AIG's Jim Crain
about how the Islamic supremacist Taliban and other groups are seeking
to promote Sharia.
AIG's Jim Crain told me that he had no comment on AIG's Sharia product
linkage to the Islamic supremacist Sharia ideology, but stated that with
"this business venture" it was not AIG's intent "to enter into the
political arena at all." Jim Crain stated that he did understand that
Sharia is viewed as a political ideology, and commented "that is
becoming more apparent as the days go on." (I would conclude from this
that I was not the first person who has called Jim Crain about this.) He
stated that "it is entirely possible" that the public is going to think
that AIG is taking a political position that is pro-Sharia. Jim Crain
concluded our discussion by stating "I am going to pass your concerns on
to our senior management and legal."
Now it is your turn. American taxpayers own $40 billion worth of AIG
stock. This is your company and your responsibility to contact AIG about
both its Sharia finance businesses and its efforts now to promote
Sharia-based insurance in the United States.
Let AIG's Jim Crain know that the calls he has gotten thus far
complaining about AIG's Sharia based business is the tip of the iceberg.
Jim Crain's phone number and email address are provided on the AIG press
release to discuss AIG's Sharia-based Takaful Homeowners Policy. Let him
know precisely what you think of it as a shareholder in AIG, and ask Jim
Crain to make certain that his senior management also is aware of your
concerns as well.
Sign our online petition demanding that the Federal Reserve, Securities
Exchange Commission, and Department of Treasury carry out their
fiduciary responsibilities under H.R. 1424 to act as the Financial
Stability Oversight Board in America's interest - and demand that AIG
divest itself now of its Sharia businesses. This is an opportunity to
make American commitment to human rights a part of how companies do
business in America. It is our responsibility to let AIG know our
concerns.
Let's make our voices heard on this outrage, just as we would if AIG was
offering a white supremacist financial products, black supremacist
financial products, or any other products or services linked to a
supremacist ideology. We need to make our voices heard because
supremacism is fundamentally against the inalienable human rights of
equality and liberty, as defined in America's Declaration of
Independence... and declaration of our identity as well. By the very
definition of America, we are responsible for equality and liberty, and
we are responsible for confronting Islamic supremacism.
Over the last 5 months I have
produced three videos in an attempt to alert the American Working Class
about their imminent demise, should we not insist on implementing the
"New Agenda for America" and demand a unprecedented bailout for Main
street vs. Wall street:
The last month has been surreal.
It began on October 3rd, 2008 with the passage of the "Trillion Dollar
Corporate Bailout" and continued with the election of Obama on November
4th, 2008. But what could eclipse both of these historic events is
the increasing awareness that we may be headed towards a Global
Depression.
It seems that with every passing
day another surprise surfaces. On November 12th I learned that an
additional 2 TRILLION dollars has been "loaned" out to the banks in
addition to the "Trillion Dollar Corporate Bailout" On November
13th Lou Dobbs reported that it is possible that over 5 TRILLION has
been loaned out in total -- just over the last 6 months.
This isn't just bewildering, it is
downright crazy. The future of the American Working Class, much
less workers around the world, is now in mortal danger. Why?
Because when you allow the Federal Reserve to just print Trillions of
dollars, that are backed up by nothing, the value of the dollar drops
and you have hyperinflation. The next thing you know your money
becomes worthless and the entire country -- and quite possibly the
entire world -- will fall into a Global Depression.
If that were not bad enough there
is a looming derivatives bubble that is somewhere in the range of 500
Trillion to a Quadrillion dollars (that would be a 1000 Trillion).
To put this figure in perspective consider that all of the assets on
planet Earth -- land, property, factories etc. -- are only valued at
around 200 Trillion.
What we should be seeing is the death
knell of the current economic model which Edward Luttwak aptly
describes as "Turbo Capitalism:"
"Turbo-capitalism is private enterprise liberated from government
regulation, unchecked by effective trade unions, unfettered by concerns
for employees or investment restrictions and unhindered by taxation.
It promises a dynamic, expanding economy and new wealth. The
winners -- the architects and acrobats of techno-organizational change
-- become much richer; the losers, the majority, become relatively or
absolutely poorer and are forced by downsizing to take the traditional
jobs of the underclass, more and more of whom end up in prison.
Edward Luttwak challenges the conventional wisdom that jobs lost in old
industries will be replaced by jobs in new ones. If general Motors
fires you, Microsoft will not hire you; instead you'll be working in
'servers,' often poorly paid."
"Turbo Capitalism: Winners and Losers in the Global Economy" (1999)
But that is not what is happening.
Instead the Global Elite is busy orchestrating the absolute destruction
of the American Working Class as well as the Global Working Class.
This became crystal clear as the Treasuries "Islam-loving" Kashkari was
grilled in Washington, DC, on November 13th by Kucinich and others.
Kucinich accused Paulson and Bush of circumventing Congress by
completely changing the destination of where the bailout money would go
and refusing to disclose what had happened to $2 trillion dollars of
taxpayer money, adding, “I think it’s fairly obvious that Congress would
have never passed the [rescue plan] had it known how Treasury would
marshal the resources it was given.”
Kucinich’s battle with Kashkari went as follows, according to a
Washington Post blog report.
“I assure you the secretary is passionate about this,” Kashkari said.
“We are using all the tools available to ease the credit crises,”
Kashkari said. “Let me give you an example…”
Kucinich interrupted Kashkari and continued his harangue.
“Maybe this is a game to some people in the administration. They’re on
their way out of office and they can do whatever they want,” said
Kucinich who tried to launch impeachment proceedings against Bush.
“Meanwhile, people are hoping against hope” for help with their
mortgages.
Kashkari tried to explain why the $700 billion was not used to buy
troubled mortgages, but Kucinich would hear none of it.
Shortly after, Rep. Darrell Issa told Kashkari, “You’re here today
because Congress is convinced you played a bait-and-switch and you’re
not doing anything to convince us otherwise,” accusing the former
Goldman Sachs executive of playing “ring around the rosie” with their
questions.
Others slammed Kashkari for the administration’s agenda of helping banks
while abandoning consumers.
“This administration wants to privatize Wall Street’s gains and
socialize Wall Street’s losses,” said Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md.
“Secretary Paulson’s policy reversal breaks with Congressional intent,
contradicts public assurances previously made by Treasury, and leaves
the federal government without an adequate mechanism to stem a tide of
home foreclosures,” said Kucinich.
“Thus, the only significant use by Treasury of the funds Congress
authorized to address the mortgage crisis underlying the financial
crisis includes, among other things, propping up a Beverly Hills banker
to the stars; subsidizing the evisceration of National City Bank and the
laying-off of thousands of Clevelanders who worked there; and indirectly
funding the payment of bonuses, compensation, and dividends by financial
firms that could not have afforded to make them without the TARP capital
infusion,” Kucinich continued.
Meanwhile Bush met with the G20
(11/14/2008) to begin the implementation of a Global Financial
Dictatorship. Discussions about a "world currency" and "New World Order"
were bandied about as though the average worker was not going to
understand that these globalists are plotting the greatest "robbery" in
world history.
What they intend is to impose a
Global currency and thus a Global government. In doing so they
hope to force countries to give up their sovereignty while burdening the
Working Class with the cumulative debt incurred from decades of
Globalist Ponzi scams. This cannot be allowed to move forward as
such a scheme will leave the American Working Class hopelessly indebted
for generations to come. Millions upon millions will find
themselves without their homes, their jobs and their very futures.
The time for discussion is over.
The time for action has begun. And the first thing that you can do
is call for an end to the Federal Reserve on Saturday, November 22nd,
2008. This is one of the planks of the "New Agenda for America"
and will go a long way toward destabilizing the Globalist agenda.
Please go to the following link and make a point of attending one of the
22 Nationwide events. I will be attending the event in Detroit,
Michigan:
Let's make this the first
post-election Anti-Globalist protest against the New World Order.
On October 19th, 2008 I had the
pleasure of talking at a benefit for the Medical Marijuana Proposal at
the Trumbull-Plex in Detroit. And on
November 4th, Michigan will became the 13th state to make Medical Marijuana
legal. I labeled my talk "Marijuana: Past, Present and Future."
Though the lecture does talk about many milestones in the evolution of
Marijuana Prohibition the main focus was on the evolving "social control
cage" that is being built to both track and control American Citizens.
My plan for the next year is to conduct additional lectures on the "New
Agenda for America" in order to foment a Peaceful 2nd American
Revolution. I believe that only through direct assemblies will we
be able to develop the synergy necessary to destroy this criminal New
World Order. Merely blogging on the Internet is not sufficient.
And the time to act is now!
Fellow blogger, Thomas Watts, recently had this response to my “Write In
Presidency” and the “New Agenda for America” which contained my explicit
set of initial policy planks.
I'm still voting for you. When
can you start? This is a valiant effort but you do realize that Dobbs is
a member of the CFR. Don't you? There are giant bucks in the drug war.
Therefore, it'll never happen. I hate to be a wet blanket but like they
say, 'Facts is Facts'.
I've already started. My "mission"
was never seriously about winning the Presidency. My "New Agenda for
America" is my attempt to change the minds of the American People by --
unlike any of the other Presidential Candidates -- presenting an
explicit agenda of things that need to be done in order to serve the
will of the American People. You may or may not like every plank on my
agenda, however, there is little question as to what I intend by each
plank.
And the "People" are now primed for change as the new victim will not be
some stranger loosing his/her job etc. Nope, this time it will reach so
wide that the American People will have no alternative other than
"putting up" or "shutting up." This coming DEPRESSION is going to be far
worse than the "Great Depression" and virtually everyone is going to be
effected in some significant way.
My prediction is that, once the "People" begin to understand the real
Obama agenda, his approval rating will fall below 50% as soon as June
2009. And that may very well explain why we have a division of US
troops, on US soil, to be deployed to staunch the "civil unrest" that is
almost assured if Obama does not find a way to make the American People
"whole" once again.
As for the Drug War let us consider that Marijuana has only been illegal
for less than a third of our "republics" history: a mere 70 years. My
state, of Michigan, became the 13th state to Legalize Medical Marijuana
and now 25% of the American people have potential access to Medical
Marijuana. On top of that the demographics are increasingly swinging
toward complete Marijuana Re-Legalization for all Adult Americans --
something I have unabashedly been working on for over 20 years now.
Then look at the international movement against the Drug War. Mexico,
Venezuela and Bolivia are seriously considering "bailing out" on the
Drug War: beginning with the legalization of Marijuana.
The Re-Legalization of Marijuana is inevitable and will have tectonic
effects on so many things:
* Attorneys will loose out on profiting from the near 500,000
Marijuana arrests each year.
* Drug testing labs will loose huge amounts of revenue.
* The Prison Industrial Complex will be gutted and the US will no longer
have the largest per capita number of its citizens behind bars or in
some other form of judicial control
* The Multi-National Banks that launder billions in drug money, each
year, will loose significant revenue
* Drug gangs, and drug cartels alike, will collapse as Re-Legalized
Marijuana has a “Gatekeeper” effect (e.g., since users will be able to
“brew” their own Marijuana they will have less contact with those that
sell harder drugs such as Heroin, Cocaine and Methamphetamine.
* The government will no longer be able to doing anything with all that
surveillance data they insist on accumulating on each American Citizen.
* Clemency for all non-violent drug use will reduce the absurd amounts
of money spent on the Prison Industrial Complex and the number of felons
will be reduced drastically.
In light of these facts I still hold out much hope.
Getting beyond Drug Policy:
I think the most important thing that needs to be conveyed to the
American People is that they have been the victims of the largest Ponzi
Scam in US history, and this scam was supported by both parties, both
houses of Congress, the Multi-National Corporate Elite and the President
himself. And, as in all bodies of law, those that commit crimes need to
be punished and those that have been victimized need to be made "whole"
once again. As the American People begin to understand the true
ramifications of the "bailout" their anger will be felt in ways that
have never occurred in US history. There is no doubt in my mind that
civil unrest will result unless the elite gives back to the People, what
belongs to the People. And I can only pray that at the end of the day,
it will be the American People that prevail.
I also think it important that the American People recognize that the
economic transition that we are about to undergo -- like it or not -- is
not merely a "cyclic" change that occurs every 50-100 years, largely due
to intentional manipulation of the markets by a Global Elite. Nope, this
is more like the transition between a "hunting and gathering society"
and an "agricultural society" which resulted in the vertical
transformation of society which laid the foundation for today’s Global
Elite. In the present case we are moving from a "exponential growth"
model to a "static" sustainable model.
This will be the most challenging transition in the history of human
civilization. It will require that we consider every "indirect cost"
(e.g., pollution, Negative GDP realities etc.) and that the resulting
model results in true sustainability. I know this seems rather daunting
as we proceed forward. But we have accumulated such a body of knowledge
over the past millennia that I can't help but remain hopeful. Despair,
only leaves only in a state of inaction and is a sure recipe for
disaster. It leaves us with no more hope than a flock of sheep, being
led to the slaughter house.
Again I see much reason for hope. Each day enough sunlight falls upon
the Earth to replace all of our current energy resources: oil, nuclear,
coal etc. for an entire year. Should we liberate the "holy grail" of
photovoltaics our energy needs will be met and the CO2 vector -- as much
as it really contributes to Global Warming -- will be erased.
Solving this puzzle won't result in any Utopia, but it will free up time
and resources to contemplate the next great challenge that will most
certainly arise: either through further lack of vigilance or through an
"act of god" (e.g., the Yellowstone Caldera decides to blow).
So how do we get to this next Socio-Economic Paradigm?
Well the first thing that need to happen is to hold Obama’s feet to the
fire by insisting that each plank of the New Agenda for America IS
implemented post haste:
* No Amnesty for Illegal Immigrants
* No more Legal Immigration until we can truly assess the damage that
such policies have inflicted on the American People: something that will
take a minimum of 20 years.
* No more bailouts for the Banksters
* No more Central Banking (e.g., the Federal Reserve) which has allowed
our economy to be hijacked by a Global Elite
* Strategic withdrawal of dependency on Chinese Slave Labor and Saudi
Oil
* No more support to any nation that supports any form of Theocracy.
This should go a long way in the destruction of Islamism throughout the
planet.
Of more immediate importance Obama must be forced into a significant
bailout for the American People that will keep them in their homes and
or apartments. This needs to happen immediately and preferably before
January 20th, when Obama ascends to “the thrown.” The most crucial first
step is to stop the hemorrhaging of the America Dream. And the most
important first step is to stop a single additional “horse” from getting
out of the barn. That is the Globalists Strategy and it must be met head
on and immediately. This “Shock Doctrine” needs to be stopped in its
tracks before we are all reduced into indentured servitude.
Finally, the “New Age Agenda” will ultimately server the interests of
the “People” throughout the world.
* No more Imams to be fearful about. No more fear for saying no to
bullshit “literalist” theocracies.
* No more unfair Free Trade (actually Corporate Trade) Agreements will
raise real wages throughout the developing world.
* No more Drug War will reduce the violence in Mexico, and other
countries, by stealing the profits from Drug Gangs and Drug Cartels.
I have seen this coming for a very long time now. The “New Agenda for
America” is the stealthiest Anti-Globalist Agenda that has ever been
assembled. Consider it to be a form of “asymmetric peace-fare” against
the agenda of the Global Elite (e.g., Bush, Obama, Brown, Sarkhosy
etc.).
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NEW AGENDA FOR AMERICA: Preliminary Planks
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[Video: http://www.newagecitizen.com/NAA.htm]
(1) Universal Health Care for All American Citizens
(2) A 20-year moratorium on all immigration into the United States
(3) Legal Marijuana for all Adults and Medical Patients
(4) An immediate reversal to the Offshoring and Inshoring of American
Jobs
(5) A strict enforcement on issues of Separation of Church and State
(6) An immediate move from so-called Free Trade Agreements to Bilateral
Trade agreements
(7) A major R&D project to bring energy independence to the United
States and the World through recycling, reuse, ending hyper-consumerism
and investing in the development of sustainable energy sources (e.g.,
solar, photovoltaic, wind, geothermal)
(8) No further ownership of US Assets (businesses, homes, ports, stock
exchanges) by foreign governments or individuals!
(9) Replace the Federal Reserve with a People's Reserve which allows
public oversight
(10) Absolute support for Net Neutrality
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And as soon as I can change a few more minds, you can all help assure
that the “New Agenda for America” moves forward: with or without the
blessing of Obama. In the meantime here are some of the videos that I
have produced to elaborate on various planks of the “New Agenda for
America:”
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Videos from Bruce W. Cain on the “New Agenda for America”
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* You can see most of my videos through the following link:
I must applaud Richard Cook for consistently focusing on the real
economic problems; especially since the greatest robbery in US history
occurred this October 3rd. I must confess that I have felt like a deer
in the headlamps of an oncoming semi since the bailout occurred.
I must also applaud people, such as Karl Denninger, for alerting us to
the fact that 50% of the bailout may be going to China and other foreign
countries in what has really been an act of blackmail on the part of
these countries (e.g., Saudi Arabia, China, Germany etc.).
I also find it interesting how the corporate media has consistently
placed the blame on the working class throughout this historic robbery.
And their strategy has also been quite clear to me: keep blaming the
American working class until they have become economically decimated.
And only after the American Working Class is left economically destroyed
will "we" allow the people to understand that "we" were in fact the
architects of their destruction.
In the months preceding the bailout the Corporate Media (e.g., the Old
Media) has been laying the blame on Americans who simply bought homes
they could not really afford, thus deflecting the blame from
Multinational Corporations which have been offshoring our jobs and
manufacturing capital to countries such as India and China over the last
30-plus years. Yet it is the Multinational Corporations that deserve the
lion’s share of the blame.
This irony is particularly palpable from my hometown of Dearborn: home
of Henry Ford, the "hands on" architect of Ford Motor Company. When
Henry built the original Ford Motor he made sure that his employees made
enough money to purchase the cars they had built. But over the decades
Ford Motor and the Ford Foundation had morphed into a globalist cabal
whose fiduciary sights were primarily fixed upon the altar of short term
profit, at any cost.
But the cost has been great: the destruction of the American Working
Class. So now many of those Ford workers have lost their jobs and have
been exposed to the real world where most jobs offer few benefits, no
pensions and in many cases no health care. When the whole job transition
has been quantified, in terms of wages and benefits, many have lost over
50% of their "working benefits" as they transition to those wonderful
"service jobs" in the new "service economy." Unfortunately these jobs
won't support a new $35,000 car. So, as a result, Ford Motor hemorrhages
in quarterly losses and the Ford worker hemorrhages from the stress and
indignity that accompany such losses in wages and benefits.
Yet I'm still waiting to hear the Corporate Media admit the complicity
of their corporate owners. If I could commandeer the Corporate Media for
one day here is what I would be telling the American Working Class.
(1) You have no idea how bad this "screwing" is really going to be over
the next 4 years. And if you don't get off your asses real soon you can
kiss everything that you have associated with the "City on the Hill"
goodbye: your sovereignty, your liberties, your home, your family and of
course your job.
(2) You have been duped by a Corporate Controlled Media that has
consistently made sure that the barn door does not get shut until all
the horses (e.g., your jobs, your standard of living) have long left the
barn. Only AFTER the damage is non-reversible will we explain,
retrospectively, how we screwed you.
(3) If there was ever a bigger lie than "Corporate Trade" I'm not sure
what it could be. But let me just briefly explain just why, what has
masqueraded as "Free Trade," is such a blatant lie. The economist
Ricardo came up with the concept of "Comparative Advantage," from which
the concept of "free trade" originates. In essence what he said was that
two countries could enjoy the benefits of trading various products to
the benefit of both countries. A "win-win" if you will. But he wisely
identified two things that would ultimately upset this "win-win"
arrangement. And those two things are allowing either labor or capital
to cross borders. And that, in the most simple of terms is how you have
been duped over the last 30-plus years.
So Ford Motor, GM, GE -- and virtually the entire Fortune 500 -- has
slowly outsourced your jobs and factories to those countries where wages
and benefits are lowest. And every time you objected to your diminishing
wages and benefits they were quick to remind you that your job could
also be offshored to India, China or some other 3rd World country. And
even though you capitulated with these acts of “economic sodomy,” you
have consistently hoped that at least you would hold on to your job.
Yet here you stand. Your pants have been pulled down to your ankles for
the last time. And once again you took the sodomy like a man, or women,
as the case might be. But the game is finally up. You’re getting to old
for an annual screwing by your Corporate Dick. He, or she, as the case
may be, has found younger, cheaper flesh do exploit in India and China.
Your job is gone and any job that will replace it will not allow you to
keep your home; will not allow you to retire; will not allow you to live
out your life with any form of dignity.
So here is my question to the American Worker. Are you just going to
pull up your pants and act as if this economic sodomy never occurred? Or
are you going to do something about it. And if you are going to do
something about it, don't you think it should be soon. Don't you think
you need to act before all of your dreams and aspirations have "left the
barn?"
Now of course many of you are going to say that "President Elect" Obama
is going to make everything right when he takes office on January 20th.
But before you get too warm and fuzzy about Obama let me remind you of a
few things:
(1) Obama and McCain both voted for the "Trillion Dollar Bailout" on
October 3rd, 2008. Neither of them listened to the 400 economists that
said this was a bad idea and that many alternative approaches were
possible that would have granted more benefit and relief to the American
Worker.
(2) Both Houses of Congress are pushing to increase the number of annual
legal immigrants into the US from 1 million/year to 1.5 million/year.
And this is happening at a time when we have lost over 1 million
American jobs in the first 10 months of 2008.
(3) Obama has been saying "Yes We Can" to the Hispanic community for a
reason. He fully intends to grant 10-30 million Illegal Aliens Amnesty
early in 2009. Again, this has occurred, at a time when we have lost
over a million American jobs in 2008. And this time the Democratic
Administration will have nearly filibuster proof majorities to push
these measures through.
So let me outline you two options. (1) You can sit back as your future,
and the future of you children, is forever destroyed. Or (2) you can
pull up your trousers and demand that the Multinational Corporations
bring back your jobs and factories. Either you are going to demand that
the horses are brought back to the barn or you are going to watch your
future evaporate as the last horse leaves the barn.
The choice is up to you, but the time to decide is right now. As
Benjamin Franklin once said so famously:
‘Either we hang together or soon we will all be hanging separately.’
The choice is yours. The time to act is now. And “Curious Obama” is
probably not the savior you thought he was.
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Bruce Cain, Editor of "New Age Citizen,"
talks about the history of Marijuana and how its prohibition is part of a
larger Globalist agenda to push us towards a Post-Constitutional New World
Order where inalienable rights are no longer guaranteed. He believes that
both Obama and McCain have been selected to further this agenda and that
citizens should stop legitimizing the "Election Charade" by writing in the
names of 3rd Party and Independent Presidential Candidates. He further
believes that the American People must organize to stop either candidate
from pushing us further toward a Globalist New World Order when one of them
becomes our next president in January 2009.
This lecture was given before a "live audience" at the Trumbull-Plex Theatre
on Sunday, October 19th, 2008: just 2 weeks before the Presidential
Election. The Trumbull-Plex Theatre is located in Detroit, Michigan. He was
the featured speaker at this event that was celebrating that Michigan will
most probably be the 13th State to Legalize Marijuana for Medicinal use.
Bruce Cain encourages the distribution of this video in order to
de-legitimize the 2008 Presidential Election and challenge the New World
Order in 2009.
If nothing else it is a fact filled journey tracing the history of the
animal kingdom's consensual relationship with mind altering drugs over the
millennia. But it actually goes much further, tracing the role that
Marijuana Prohibition has had in the building of a "Technological Cage" by
which the New World Order is slowly stripping away the inalienable rights
guaranteed by the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
"Issues and Alibis" is a great website for alternative political viewpoints and I highly
recommend it to my readers at “New Age Citizen.” Victoria’s great set of
questions provided a nearly perfect forum to share my ideas on the 2008
Presidential election and expand on the issues addressed through my
political platform: “The New Agenda for America.”
Mornings are lovely, full of promise and young light. Unfortunately,
mornings come at a very uncivilized time of day. Which is why I often seek
the refuge of the porch when my husband is listening to the new crop of
videos that come in overnight. A few days ago, however, Bruce Cain's video
"Don't Vote For Traitors Obama or McCain" pulled me, coffee in hand, to a
seat by the computer.
After listening, we asked Bruce for an interview and he graciously agreed.
What followed was an email interview which we have printed here.
After I received Bruce's responses to my questions, I spoke with him by
phone. During our conversation we touched on topics as diverse as the Dark
Ages and Buddhism but always coming back to the plight and the fate of our
country and the world. Bruce Cain is a compelling speaker and, while you
might not agree with all of his ideas, he presents a more responsive and
realistic political platform than the "other" candidates. As is evidenced by
his answers, he has actually thought about and researched the issues he
addresses.
Perhaps the most significant insight I gained was from his discussion of a
"social safety net" or "Cain's Law" of exponential social support. This
idea, which he talks about in the interview, provides a big missing piece in
the puzzle of creating social and economic change. Thinking people across
the political spectrum have lamented the inertia of the American public. I
believe it is fear not inertia that keeps us immobilized and that fear comes
from not seeing a way into a new paradigm-to use that overused word. Cain
offers a starting point, a place to begin the conversation about the methods
to provide a measure of safety and structure as we move into the new world
around us.
Toward the end of our conversation Bruce said, "We're truly approaching a
crossroads in our county and, with the electronic cage being built around
us, a time may come when we won't be able to change the direction of this
new world order."
That time, however, is not here yet and Bruce Cain is another voice raised
for the cause of freedom.
[VS]:
Hi Bruce. Hope this finds you well. The stock market is up so the
world must be back in order, right?
Over the past 18 months or so we have tried to feature "ordinary" people who
have been compelled by the events occurring in this country to speak out, to
become activists or advocates, to step up in some way to stop the
destruction they see all around them. I know from looking at your website
and reading some of your articles that you have been an activist for quite
some time but you have broadened your scope over the past few years to
include more social
and economic issues. It would be helpful if you could give me a quick
bio--some info on your print magazine, how/why you became so vocal in your
support of the reform of marijuana laws and how that led to your current
presidential bid. People have been stripped of personal power and
indoctrinated into a culture of inaction and fear and so it is important to
demonstrate that we--the citizens of this country--can and should effect
change. I think this is particularly important now. The climate after the
bail-out is one of intense frustration and growing political awareness.
Millions of people called in to protest the plan and were ignored--just as
they were ignored after the 2006 election. Providing a real context fo r
protest and activism is essential. (Not that I feel strongly about this, you
understand!) Anyway, that's the purpose of the bio.
[BC]:
My magazine “New Age Patriot: Quarterly Newsmagazine for Drug, Environmental
and Social Reform Activists” was published between 1989 and 1997. It was
distributed throughout the United States and Canada to Borders and numerous
large and small magazine distributors. Although it focused on drug policy
issues it was drastically different from magazines such as “High Times”
which I don’t believe to be honest brokers of change regarding Marijuana
Legalization.
“New Age Patriot” was never unclear about supporting the outright
Re-Legalization throughout the United States and the rest of the world. In
1992 I began organizing an event, known as “International Drug Policy Day” (IDPD),
through my magazine. IDPD preceded Dana Beal’s “Global Marijuana March”
(GMM) which began in 1999. The GMM is currently celebrated in over 500
locations throughout the world on the first Saturday in May. For those that
want to get involved in the 11th Annual GMM event (2009) I would recommend
that you access the following link:
IDPD was celebrated for 6 years, between 1992 and 1997. At its peak we had
over 40 simultaneous events going on throughout the world, including
locations in Russian and South America. Both IDPD and GMM have the primary
focus of Re-Legalizing Marijuana throughout the planet.
Both the magazine and IDPD grew out of my growing frustration over the
growing “Drug War.” I had always been philosophically opposed to Marijuana
Prohibition because it posed no real danger to society and was nearly always
a consensual act. I was also quite aware that such prohibitions were likely
to spawn policies that violated our privacy rights because consensual crimes
are the most difficult and unnecessary crimes for law enforcement to
enforce. Those concerns became realities when President Reagan instituted
the “Zero Tolerance” policy in 1985 which heralded in the beginnings of
“workplace drug testing.” This immediately struck me as a violation of our
protections against unreasonable searches and seizures and pushed me towards
becoming involved in the Drug Reform Movement. As the Information Systems
Specialist at Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, I was also becoming acutely
aware of the upsurge in spinal cord injuries due to territorial “drive by
shootings” by growing numbers of drug gangs. One of my main duties was the
assembly of the annual Mortality and Morbidity report for Henry Ford
Hospital.
Then in 1988 I met “Hemp Activist” Jack Herer for the first time at the
“Hash Bash” in Ann Arbor. By then I had come to the conclusion that drugs
were not the real problem. The real problem was Drug Prohibition itself. By
then it was crystal clear that Drug Prohibition was about as effective at
stopping drug related violence as throwing gasoline on a fire. In 1989 I had
published the first issue of “New Age Patriot” and began speaking at the
“Hash Bash,” and doing television interviews to articulate my arguments for
“taking the profit out of the illicit drug market” by calling for an
immediate legalization of Marijuana for Adults. So here we are today, some
70 years since Marijuana Prohibition began and unfortunately it only gets
worse. Last year a record 870,000 Americans got busted for possessing
Marijuana: nearly a threefold increase since I began my advocacy for
Re-Legalizing Marijuana. So I suppose you could accuse me as being
ineffective at this point in time.
In 1996 I made my first attempt at political office by running against John
Dingle for his Congressional seat. You can actually watch my Public
Television speech at the following link:
In 1997 the last issue of “New Age Patriot” was published and I took a 2
year hiatus. In 2000 I began the “New Age Citizen” website which pursued a
much wider range of social policy. In 2008 I was endorsed by the US
Marijuana Party as their “write-in” Presidential Candidate. My plan is to
keep on running until the 2012 election and, during that time, to lecture on
various issues to as many people as I can possibly reach. And of course the
main focus of these lectures will be the larger platform that I call the
“New Agenda for America.” Provided that the Internet is not gutted, over the
next 4 years, I actually do believe that a vira l presidential write-in
campaign can succeed. And that will only be more likely should be have to
put up with the same caliber of representatives that currently control our
US Congress. Of course my larger concern is whether there will even be a
United States in 4 more years.
[VS]:
Now for some questions.
In your video "Don't Vote for Traitors Obama or McCain" you talk about the
signal it would send to the government if millions of people wrote in
alternative candidates on their ballots rather than voting for one of the
two major candidates. This should be very appealing to people who have been
planning not to vote. It's a very active form of protest and has a perverse
sort of appeal. A movement like this is viable because of the internet. One
of your 10 Preliminary Planks is support of net neutrality. Tell me a little
bit about why you included that in your platform.
[BC]:
I have always been an advocate for the free exercise of social discourse
and, more importantly, the sharing of ideas. And nowhere has this taken such
a quantum leap as on the Internet. To me the Internet has become our modern
day Library of Alexandria, as well as our modern day Guttenberg Press. The
late Timothy Leary, in “Chaos and Cyber Culture,” was really one of the
earliest thinkers to understand the social transformation potential of the
Internet. And today we are really beginning to see that potential of the
internet to organize groups and disseminate information.
In this light I see it of paramount importance that the internet continues
to allow cheap communication, uncensored content and an evolving set of
tools (e.g., YouTube) to expand our options for communication. Net
Neutrality is the buzzword for just such an internet. But to be more
specific I think that all of the services on the Internet should become
increasingly inexpensive and increasingly universal. Net Neutrality will be
increasingly important as we begin to map out the next socio-economic
paradigm. Presently it has also had such an impact on the “corporate news”
dynasty that they are increasingly referred to as “old media” today. We are
the “new media.”
[VS]:
The first item in your New Agenda for America is universal health care.
Obviously, everyone outside of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries
wants universal health care. How do you see this coming about?
[BC]:
I worked as an Information System Specialist at Henry Ford Hospital, in
Detroit, (1980 – 1991). Unfortunately what is going to bring it about is the
current economic meltdown which is truly the result of an economic Ponzi
scam that has no more fuel left to burn. Of course it will be up to us to
make sure we move in the right direction which I believe to be a Single
Payer system: an extension of Medicare. This is the only way that everyone
can be covered (Legal American Citizens only) as the various HMOs, PPOs etc.
are skimming off nearly 35% of the Health Care dollar. It is also why we
need a much more extensive safety net as many of the coming transformations
will destroy millions of jobs: in this case Health Care jobs at places like
BCBS etc. Richard Cook has offered a system of “social credit” where the
people would receive a monthly dividend from our government. The required
changes to come are going to go a lot smoother if people don’t feel like
they are going to become homeless as these social changes are implemented.
Moore’s Law of exponential technological growth requires Cain’s Law of
exponential social support in order to avoid social disintegration.
[VS]:
You propose a 20-year moratorium on all immigration and, I believe, the
expulsion or deportation of all illegal immigrants and those with expired
visas. How did you arrive at that figure. What do you see happening in those
twenty years if we have no immigration? Also, illegal immigrants have become
very important to the bottom line of a lot of businesses. Would you impose
stiffer penalties on companies that employ illegals?
[BC]:
We need the 20 years to assess the damage done by year of unbridled
immigration and give the American Working Class an opportunity to regain a
sustainable income. I am a staunch Anti-Globalist in that sense. I also have
great faith in the abilities of American Workers. Corporatism also breaks
one of my primary values, the Golden Rule, in the sense that the elite is
profiting by driving down wages and benefits through excessive immigration.
They would never accept the same practices being levied against themselves.
I would immediately send out the 12 million “no match” letters that would
send at least 10 million Illegal Immigrants and Visa overstays back home.
Then I woul d require universal use of the E-Verify system so that ONLY real
American Citizens could work in the United States. All those deported would
first be “biometrically” identified so that they could be identified if they
came back uninvited. And those re-entering would face years of hard labor.
The reality is that everything I have just described could be implemented
tomorrow. The only thing standing in the way is a Congress, and an
administration, that is obviously disinterested in stopping the flow of
Illegal Aliens into the United States.
[VS]:
A lot of the conversation around immigration has become very hateful and
ugly. I live in a southern state with a growing Hispanic/Latino population
and I see a lot of resentment and hostility toward that population. How
would diffuse that sort of ethnic-focused anger while instituting the
moratorium?
[BC]:
I should first make clear that I have nothing against immigrants per se. But
we have been indoctrinated with workplace “diversity” programs that insist
diverse cultures can co-exist and sing “Kum By Ya” together. Unfortunately
nothing could be further from the truth. This was made quite clear in my
hippie days through books like “On Aggression” and “The Territorial
Imperative.” Just look at the Islamification of Europe that has taken place
over the last 20 years to see what “diversity” brings. It is important to
understand that the corporate promotion of “diversity” is but an excuse to
bring in cheaper foreign labor into the United States in order to drive down
wages and benefits.
I’m sure a lot of Illegal Immigrants don’t like me because I would send them
home. But my insistence on the “Separation of Church and State” would
certainly help moderate Muslims when they went back home, should their home
countries adopt such measures. And my insistence on Legalizing Marijuana
would destroy the Narcocracy in Mexico which is a primary vector in the
violence that many Mexicans are trying to escape. And of course the end of
NAFTA would result in a rise in Mexican wages. So while they might not like
my support for the rule of law, I really do have concerns for their welfare
as well.
[VS]:
You also propose "no further ownership of US Assets...by foreign
governments or individuals." Do you think we should take steps to
"repossess" (my term) assets currently owned by foreign governments
and individuals?
[BC]:
The nationalization of foreign owned businesses, in the United States, is
definitely a possibility. And, after all, just about everything else has
been nationalized in lieu of the “Trillion Dollar Corporate Bailout” of
Treasury Secretary Paulson (10/03/2008). Of course there are many
intermediary measures that could be taken such as applying an additional
“foreign business” tax to these foreign owned entities. In any case such
measures would require much further study by objective experts.
On the other hand I have always felt that the first thing you should do,
when you have dug yourself into a deep hole, is to stop digging. I would
immediately stop any further foreign ownership by voiding all future CFIUS
agreements, EB-5 Visas and other such programs that allow additional
ownership of US land, businesses and real estate.
[VS]:
You pledge to work toward energy independence and self-sufficiency. How do
you feel about the nationalization of oil and gas companies?
[BC]:
Once again that (e.g., nationalization) would require further study as there
are philosophical, political and practical problems to consider. But I would
certainly impose incentives and tax relief for research and implementation
of “soft” renewable alternative energy sources such as solar, wind,
geothermal and tide-based technologies. Other technologies such as evolving
cellulose/ethanol, natural gas, etc., would also be incentivized and
analyzed for efficacy. Nuclear would be reconsidered though my research
indicates that this has far more economic and environmental drawbacks than
most are willing to admit. And once again I would assemble a committee of
objective, diverse energy experts to develop a comprehensive energy model to
determine the best mix of alt ernative energy technologies.
T. Boone Pickens has gained notoriety for his wind/natural gas proposal,
which certainly deserves more consideration. But as a believer in
decentralized authority (e.g., getting everyone “off the grid”) I am
actually more enthused by the high efficiency, electric vehicles that might
be “fueled” by you solar powered homes energy. Only careful analysis will
determine which mix of technologies is best suited to our current situation.
The following article addresses both of these options:
Of course one largely undiscussed aspect of energy independence is the need
to stop or reduce further population growth patterns. This appears to be a
“third rail” issue in the corporate media today and one that questions the
environmental ideas of both Obama and McCain. Because both of these
candidates are insisting on Amnesty for 12-30 million Illegal Aliens they
are implicitly destroying our chances for energy independence while
simultaneously making it certain that we will continue to be dependant on
Middle East Oil. And not only does this deter our chances at energy
independence: it also fuels the expansion of Islamic Theocracy which puts
all efforts toward free societies in jeopardy. The bottom line is that
“population” is a direct, or indirect ve ctor, in virtually all important
policy decisions. Yet it conspicuously remains verboten in the discussion of
all policies where population growth is a significant negative factor.
[VS]:
The Green Party, which is represented in the election by candidates Cynthia
McKinney and Rosa Clemente, has a platform that, while different from your
New Agenda for America, has some similarities, particularly in it's populist
approach. (http://gp.org/tenkey.shtml) Alternative parties are becoming more
popular and visible. I know you supported Ron Paul at one point and your
platform seems to combine some key elements of the Libertarian party. All of
these parties seem to address real concerns and problems of particularly
working class voters--arguably the largest voting group in the country. Do
you think it is possible to tap into these groups to promote your write-in
campaign--not just for your candidacy but for the principle it represents?
[BC]:
I actually ran as a Libertarian against US Congressman Dingle in 1996 and
received the highest voting percentage of any Libertarian candidate in the
state (1.8%). And for only spending $20 dollars I felt that was pretty damn
good. But in 2008 a spokesperson for the Libertarian Party told me they
would not allow me to run as a Libertarian because I supported a Single
Payer Health Care Model. I still like my Libertarians but have always felt
that they are far too myopically focused on their own ideology. For example
I recall getting into a very heated argument with the 1996 Libertarian
Presidential Candidate after picking up his card that talked about
“charitizing welfare” (e.g., making it based on individual charity). Given
the increasing effects of technological job dislocations I basically told
him he was nuts.
But I really do have to laugh when I see much of my “New Agenda for America”
being embraced by so many First and Third parties. For example the Green
Party has recently endorsed the idea of taking over control of the Federal
Reserve. And they are also moving ever so slowly closer to my MERP Model for
Marijuana Re-Legalization.
Just consider the planks of the “New Agenda for America” and you will see
that many of these “planks” are finding increasing support across the
apolitical and political spectrum:
(1) Universal Health Care for All American Citizens
(2) A 20-year moratorium on all immigration into the United States
(3) Legal Marijuana for all Adults and Medical Patients
(4) An immediate reversal to the Offshoring and Inshoring of American Jobs
(5) A strict enforcement on issues of Separation of Church and State
(6) An immediate move from so-called Free Trade Agreements to Bilateral
Trade agreements
(7) A major R&D project to bring energy independence to the United States
and the World through recycling, reuse, ending hyper-consumerism and
investing in the development of sustainable energy sources (e.g., solar,
photovoltaic, wind, geothermal)
(8) No further ownership of US Assets (businesses, homes, ports, stock
exchanges) by foreign governments or individuals!
(9) Replace the Federal Reserve with a People's Reserve which allows public
oversight
(10) Absolute support for Net Neutrality
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Your readers can further familiarize themselves with my rational for many of
the “planks” by watching some of the YouTube videos I have recently
produced:
Videos from Bruce W. Cain on the 2008 Presidency
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[VS]:
The American public has been subjected to intensive and prolonged propaganda
about a number of issues. You take two of them on in your platform--the
legalization of marijuana and the separation of Church and State. Both of
these are incendiary topics and would certainly not be touched by mainstream
candidates or, I suspect, by most third party candidates. How do you counter
the fear and misinformation around both of those topics, particularly
marijuana? And how do you think other political candidates who might agree
with you but have not taken a public stand supporting the legalization of
marijuana should proceed on that issue? And companies, particularly local
and state governments, spend an enormous amount of money on drug
testing--marijuana being the main drug for which they test. Do you think the
economic conditions (assuming you aren't elected) open the door to curtail
this ineffective and wasteful program?
[BC]:
As a Systems Analyst I have always taken a multi-disciplinary approach to my
problem solving. And throughout my career the solutions I have authored have
always stood the test in the sense that they were all not just theoretically
correct, but were actually successfully implemented. And that is, after all,
the final test.
Marijuana Re-Legalization is a no-brainer. The real impediments to this are
economic and political. Obama and McCain are both strung, like marionettes,
by the Lawyers Guild, Police and the larger Prison Industrial Complex. That
is the real reason Marijuana Re-Legalization has not been allowed to move
forward. Re-Legalization would destroy both local and global drug gangs and
would also act as a “Gatekeeper” drug by insulating Marijuana users from the
very groups that also sell and distribute harder drugs such as
Methamphetamines, Heroin and Cocaine. So if they had the political will
there are plenty of good arguments in support of Re-Legalization.
Separation of Church and State is certainly one of the most progressive and
important aspects of the US Constitution. But it has been politicized by
“Faith Based” initiatives because so many churches stand to benefit from the
promulgation of programs which attempt to dissolve this separation. I’m also
quite certain that Saudi-financed Islamic PACs are also trying to
marginalize people like myself that insist on an “air-tight” separation
between Church and State. And that is because they definitely want to inject
Sharia-based laws that violate this “sacred” separation. The bottom line is
that these groups, which insist on dissolving this separation, are
inadvertently pushing us back to a time predating the Renaissance, the
Enlightenment and the Reformation. This is not only stupid, it is down right
dangerous to a society that fosters free thought and free discourse.
Thinking about this issue has me recalling the lyrics to “And You and I” by
the music group “Yes.”
“Sad preacher nailed upon the colored door of time;
Insane teacher be there reminded of the rhyme.
There’ll be no mutant enemy we shall certify;
Political ends, as sad remains, will die.
Reach out as forward tastes begin to enter you.”
Of course the lyrics of “Yes” reflect the Gnostic philosophy whose only real
belief was the quest for objective knowledge and the belief that societies
could evolve in a positive way. The intellectual hippies of the 60’s
understood this quite well though it was always obscured in the media. My
interpretation of these lyrics is that the preacher is finally deposed for
his certification of mutant enemies and his endorsement of political ends.
He gets “nailed” to the door of false literalist beliefs. The teacher
prevails because his knowledge (e.g., Gnosticism) allows us to move beyond
the literalist doctrine and we move forward.
Well I’ve said a mouthful right there. Some of your readers will immediately
get it and I would have to write a book to fully explain it to those that
don’t immediately get it.
But our Founding fathers would have appreciated these lyrics because they
were mainly Deists that saw god, if they even believed in a god, as the
“watchmaker” of the Universe. And they were universally disposed to search
for God through scientific method rather than by listening to some
politically driven priest. Of course they also knew too well, the disaster
that would certainly materialize if they gave theocracies any air to breath.
And that is why they insisted on Separation between Church and State. And
the US Constitution was the first charter to insist – and insist wisely – on
this separation.
[VS]:
Music is part of any revolution worth its salt and you are a musician as
well as an activist. In fact, you feature a David Byrne and Dizzee Rascal
video at the beginning of your October 4 posting about the approval of the
Paulson plan as a kind of antidote for the depressing news you were
presenting. Why did you choose that video?
[BC]:
I used to be a musician but now only play infrequently. My present hobby is
to complete my “Gnostic” music project which attempts to stuff as much
mystic symbolism into a CD as is possible. Of course the project will
probably never get done and the Beatles have already done this better than
anyone I can think of. A “raw” version of some of the selections is
currently available because, like I just said, I doubt the final version
will ever be completed.
You can actually listen to the instrumental “Rainbow Farm” at the following
link:
"Rainbow Farm" is dedicated to Tom Crosslin who was murdered at Rainbow Farm
a week before 9/11 (09/11/2001). Rainbow Farm was at the forefront of the
Marijuana Re-Legalization movement at the time and I am of the opinion that
the Bush Administration was directly involved in Tom and Rollie’s murder.
Other out takes from “Gnostic Raw” can be accessed from this link:
You will also find a selection from my “Classical Guitar Live” CD which
consists of a live performance I did many, many years ago. This was the
final requirement for my first degree in Music which I receive from Wayne
State University in 1979. To this day this has to be one of my greatest
accomplishments. Playing an hour of Classical Guitar compositions before an
audience of 400, without the aid of sheet music, is not something that can
be faked and the performance was nearly flawless. I don’t think I will ever
accomplish anything that required that much discipline and self-confidence
during my remai ning time on this planet.
As for the David Byrne “Toe Jam” video: I included that to counter the
depressing nature of the “bailout” and the general negative news of our
declining economy. There’s nothing like a roomful of naked happy people to
take you mind off the more serious things.
[VS]:
And finally, if you have one message you want to convey, what would it be?
[BC]:
There has never been a time when it is more important for the American
People to stand up for themselves. The exponential system we know as Lassie
Fair Capitalism has reached its limits and is attempting to live on at our
expense. We have to transition to a sustainable economic paradigm and badly
need to construct a massive social safety net in order to make this
transition without destroying the very fabric of our society.
As I speak nearly 8,000 American families are being evicted from there
homes, every single passing day, because of Corporate policies that have
outsourced our jobs, offshored our factories and which continue to insist on
bringing in more Legal and Illegal Immigrants. These are the true vectors
behind our current economic problems: it has little to do with “sub-prime”
mortgages and Adjustable Rate Mortgages (ARM’s). The damage that these
policies have already done to the American People is already beyond
estimate. They must be stopped immediately. I have elaborated on this
recently in the following YouTube video:
I am calling for an immediate (e.g., in the next few weeks) moratorium on
all evictions from homes and apartments throughout the United States. I also
encourage voters to write in “Bruce W. Cain” or some other third party
candidate when they go to the voting booth on November 4th. We need to
immediately institute a system of “social credit” that has been well
articulated by Richard Cook and others. We can no longer afford to give
legitimacy to the currently political system. People need to organize
demonstrations against Globalism, the Corporate Bailout and for a major
“Bailout for the American Working Class.” Major investigation need to go
forward to investigate “911”, the Banking fraud and other crimes committed
by the Bush Administration with the full complicity of Congress.
The stakes are too high to continue to vote for the lesser of two evils
when, in fact, they are both unacceptable choices. Our survival as a free
society has never been in such peril. The time to get involved is now. You
can find more information on my “Presidential Campaign” at the following
link:
By Roy Beck, Updated Wednesday, November 26, 2008, 12:15 AM
President-elect Obama should make American workers the top priority, and
call for an immediate end to adding foreign workers through Chain Migration
and the Visa Lottery.
And he should consider a temporary moratorium on nearly all other worker
importation.
The President-elect on Nov. 25 called on his 'economic team to think anew
and act anew' while creating a stimulus package that he hopes will create
2.5 million jobs during the next two years at a cost of $500 to $700
billion.
But those efforts will be effectively cancelled out by our nation's
immigration and visa programs that are currently on auto-pilot to bring in
approximately 2.5 million foreign workers into our besieged economy over the
next 2 years.
In effect, current immigration policies, if left unchanged, are scheduled to
allow 2.5 million new foreign workers to compete for the 2.5 million new
jobs. Is this not an insane policy?
Let me review in case anybody misses the incredible juxtoposition of these
two numbers:
Mr. Obama announced a plan costing hundreds of billions of dollars that he
hopes will put 2.5 million Americans to work over the next 2 years.
Current immigration and visa policies are on auto-pilot so that during those
same 2 years the government would bring in at least 2.5 million MORE foreign
workers.
Will our government spend all of this money just so it can have just enough
jobs for the new foreign workers it will bring in?
If we were to put a moratorium on all worker visas and immigration (except
for nuclear family and refugees), we would achieve the same result as
Obama's program but at not even 1% of the cost!
At a minimum, Chain Migration and Lottery Visas should be suspended
immediately. so that unemployed Americans can at least have a shot and some
of the jobs the Obama Administration proposes to create."
Check out the links to learn more about the irrational Chain Migration and
Visa Lottery categories. The great civil rights champion Barbara Jordan and
her bi-partisan national commission a decade ago recommended eliminating
both categories as an act of economic justice toward vulnerable Americans
who are unemployed or who work for very low wages.
Please go to the NumbersUSA Action Buffet and send free faxes that promote
the elimination of Chain Migration and the Visa Lottery. This should be a
jobs program all of us can agree on.
Fact: Obama has promised amnesty for all 12 million illegal aliens in the
U.S.
Granting amnesty absolves illegal aliens of violating federal law by
entering the U.S. illegally. Once granted, the aliens are eligible for
citizenship and the full benefits of citizenship.
Fact: When asked about the fact that illegal immigrants don't speak English,
Obama said the solution was for American kids to learn Spanish. "Instead of
worrying about whether immigrants can learn English, they will learn
English. You need to make sure your child can speak Spanish." (Obama himself
cannot speak Spanish.)
[www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZprtPat1Vk]
Fact: Obama voted "No" on making English the official language of the United
States government. A full 91 percent of the people in America want English
as an official language, and 76 percent of Hispanics believe English should
be the official language.
[thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:SP1151:]
Fact: Obama voted "Yes" on allowing illegal immigrants to participate in
Social Security. Obama voted to kill an amendment that would "reduce
document fraud, prevent identity theft, and preserve the integrity of the
Social Security system, by ensuring that persons who receive an adjustment
of status under this bill are not able to receive Social Security benefits
as a result of unlawful activity."
Fact: Obama wants healthcare for illegal immigrants. When Obama was asked,
"Does your healthcare plan cover the estimated 12 million illegal
immigrants?" He answered that his health plan will cover all of America's 47
million uninsured, but that figure includes approximately 12 million illegal
aliens. Obama said, "When we've got millions of citizens that aren't yet
covered, it's important for us to make sure that they are provided
coverage."
[Democratic Presidential Debate sponsored by CNN and
the Congressional Black Caucus Institute on Jan. 21, 2008]
Fact: Obama supports giving illegal immigrants a driver's license. Obama was
asked, "In the absence of comprehensive immigration reform, do you support
driver's licenses for illegal immigrants?" To which he responded, "Yes. I am
going to be fighting for comprehensive immigration reform, and we shouldn't
pose the question that, somehow, we can't achieve that. The American people
desperately want it; that's what I'm going to be fighting for as president."
[Democratic Primary Debate in Las Vegas, Nev., Nov.15, 2007]
Fact: Obama wants all states to give illegals in-state tuition at state and
community colleges.
Fact: Obama opposed punishing "sanctuary" cities that violate federal law by
harboring illegals. He voted "Yes" to kill an amendment that ensured that
federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the
immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal
aliens and potential terrorists. Those who voted "No" stated, "Are we going
to give folks in sanctuary cities amnesty for defying federal law and
refusing to cooperate with federal immigration officials?"
Fact: Obama supported The Dream Act for children of illegal immigrants. The
Dream Act is a piece of proposed federal legislation in the United States
that would provide achieving illegal immigrant high school students the
opportunity to obtain permanent residency.
[Democratic Debate Jan. 31, 2008]
Fact: Obama co-sponsored a bill to provide funding for social services for
illegal aliens.
[www.ontheissues.org/Notebook/Note_06-SP4072.htm]
Fact: Obama receives an 8 percent rating from USBC (The U.S. Border
Control). The USBC was founded in 1988, and is a non-profit, tax-exempt,
citizen's lobby to protect the border and deter illegal immigration.
[www.usbc.org/]
Fact: Barack Obama blames a rise in hate crimes against Hispanics on Lou
Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh. He stated at a Palm Beach fundraiser, "A certain
segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia.
"There's a reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year.
If you have people like Lou Dobbs and Rush Limbaugh ginning things up, it's
not surprising that would happen." (According to The Washington Post fact
checker, Obama's "hate crimes statistics are wildly inaccurate — and a
subsequent modified claim provided by his campaign was also off the mark.")
Fact: Obama is against raids on illegal immigration. Obama's plan? "Improve
Our Immigration System: We must fix the dysfunctional immigration
bureaucracy and increase the number of legal immigrants to keep families
together and meet the demand for jobs that employers cannot fill."
["The Blueprint for Change: Barack Obama's Plan for America," Pages 38-39]
With all eyes fixed upon the political excitements in the U.S, few have paid
much attention to a trip made by the Prime Minister several thousand miles
in the opposite direction.
A week ago Gordon Brown, accompanied by his new best friend the Business
Secretary Lord Mandelson, went cap in hand to Saudi Arabia and the Gulf
states to ask them to help bail out the stricken economies of the West by
pumping billions into the International Monetary Fund.
It is more than a little strange that the British Prime Minister should have
apparently taken it upon himself to speak on behalf of the IMF. But the real
concern is that asking for help from Saudi Arabia is not like tapping your
friendly neighbourhood bank manager for a bigger overdraft.
No, this loan comes with a devastating IOU — nothing less than a big slice
of control over Britain and the West by a regime at the heart of the attempt
to bring about the Islamisation of the free world.
Granted, this country is facing a truly grave financial crisis. But does
this mean we should remortgage the future of the West to those whose most
radical elements are actively engaged in seeing it destroyed?
Alarming
I have long been concerned by Britain’s failure to acknowledge the true
nature of the threat from global Islamism. This latest move is yet more
alarming evidence of that process.
Saudi Arabia is at the root of the Islamic onslaught against the West. It is
Saudi’s Wahhabi form of Islam which, along with its Shi’ite counterpart in
Iran, aims to restore the dominance of Islam in the world and destroy rule
by ‘unbelievers’.
It is Saudi money which has fuelled the enormous spread of Wahhabi mosques,
preachers and educational institutions in this country, delivering the
message of holy war and radicalising countless thousands of British Muslims.
And it is this Saudi ideology which was the inspiration for Al Qaeda.
True, Al Qaeda turned upon Saudi itself on account of its ties with the U.S.
As a result, Saudi regards Al Qaeda as its mortal enemy, and as such
co-operates with Britain and the U.S in combating it.
But sometimes, to rephrase the old adage, our enemy’s enemy is not actually
our friend, but our enemy as well.
Saudi Wahhabism seeks to conquer the West through a pincer movement
comprising violence on the one hand and cultural infiltration and takeover
on the other.
At the very least, Saudi Arabia speaks with the most lethal of forked
tongues, and we should actively be seeking to diminish its influence over
our affairs.
But instead our Prime Minister is effectively offering it yet more
opportunity to control us.
Mr Brown claimed he did not want such investment to be used to gain
political influence. But Lord Mandelson blurted out the truth when he
acknowledged that the Saudis and other Gulf states would expect a bigger
role in global institutions in return.
Takeover:
The Islamic world has already bought Manchester City football club.
This should be enough to chill the British marrow. Islamic influence is
already spreading in Britain and the West, way beyond Muslim communities
themselves.
The Islamic world is buying a financial stake in increasing numbers of
Western institutions. Among its latest acquisitions are Manchester City
Football Club, which was sold to the ruling family of Abu Dhabi, and
Barclays Bank, which has secured an almost £6 billion capital injection from
Abu Dhabi and Qatar.
Extremist Islamist ideas are also being spread through Islamic study centres
attached to our universities. According to Professor Anthony Glees, eight
universities — including Oxford and Cambridge — have accepted more than
£233.5 million from Saudi and Muslim sources since 1995, spreading
radicalism and helping create within Britain two separate identities and
sets of allegiance.
'Bribery'
Shockingly, Saudi blackmail has also forced Britain to suspend its own rule
of law by ditching the bribery investigation into the arms deal between
Saudi Arabia and BAE systems, in response to an explicit threat made by the
Saudi authorities that, if the case continued, ‘British lives on British
streets’ would be at risk.
Those aren’t my words, they are from Britain’s former ambassador to Saudi
Arabia, Sir Sherard Cowper-Coles.
Thus, the Islamists are already pulling British strings through the
supremely manipulative combination of the threat of violence and the lure of
unbridled wealth.
Apparently oblivious to all this, however, Mr Brown has pledged to make
London the global centre of Islamic banking. Accordingly, Britain’s major
banks are eagerly embracing sharia finance, on the basis that it is a source
of vast wealth.
What they fail to realise is that sharia is also a project for Islamising
society, and wherever it is embraced it will use its position to do
precisely that. The assumption is that sharia banking — which has at its
heart the prohibition of interest — accords with ancient Islamic religious
principles. Not so.
Sharia banking was devised by mid-20th century Islamist ideologues
specifically to further their strategy for global Islamic rule by creating
separate administrative systems.
Muslims are required to donate a proportion of their income to charity,
including the money that goes through the sharia banking system.
Yet in many instances, the clerics deciding where this ‘charity’ money
should go are the spiritual godfathers of terror, such as Sheik Yusuf
Qaradawi, who supports suicide bombing in Iraq and Israel, and Sheik
Muhammed Taqi Usmani, who has admitted he ran a madrassa that supported the
Taliban, yet who sits on the sharia supervisory board of the Dow Jones
Islamic Index Fund.
It’s no surprise, then, that many charitable donations end up being
channelled straight into terrorist organisations such as Hamas and
Hezbollah.
But apart from being a global money-laundering exercise for terrorism,
sharia banking is also a beachhead in the attempt by radical Islam to
infiltrate British and Western society.
'Seductive'
The key point is that sharia does not recognise the superior authority of
the secular law of the land.
Sharia financial institutions may not be making this clear — they don’t want
to frighten people away — but at some future time they may do so. This is
how they will endeavour to spread sharia beyond their own territory.
There are already examples of sharia regulations over-riding commercial
decisions. Citibank, for example, launched the Saudi American Bank (SAB) in
Jeddah and Riyadh. In 1980, the Saudis abruptly seized the SAB, denied
Citibank all future profits and ordered it to train Saudi staffers because
the bank was judged insufficiently Muslim.
When trillions of pounds and dollars become locked into Islamic banking and
Saudi and other Islamic institutions, who will be in a position to argue
with the Islamists when they finally call in their IOUs?
But our politicians and financiers seem blind to this prospect — because
they are mesmerised by the seductive prospect of so much wealth.
Moreover, the British establishment does not believe that what we are being
subjected to is a religious war. That is why their response to the steady
encroachment of Islamic radicalism in our society is so weak.
And that is why I fear the British Prime Minister is in danger of selling
this country to those who are intent upon undermining our most treasured
freedoms.
More than giving hostages to fortune, he is enabling fortune itself to hold
Britain hostage.
Millions of Americans are consumed with anxiety, abandoning their old
shop-till-they-drop habits, slashing their spending, trying desperately to
pinch pennies for the coming hard times.
Thousands of bankers are snapping shut their coffers, tightening their
lending standards, hunkering down in anticipation of a massive economic
downturn.
Sophisticated investors also see the handwriting on the wall. They’re
pulling out of hedge funds, selling their mutual funds, rushing their money
to the safety of Treasury bills.
Even the established media, often late to see the dangers, is beginning to
speak out more loudly …
CNN Money: “The rapid deterioration of labor markets points to a sharp
decline in hours worked and output in the fourth quarter. This is likely to
lead to a decline in personal consumption to the tune of 5% or so for that
period. Since that makes up about 70% of the economy, the stage has already
been set for real GDP to shrink at a more than 4% rate in the fourth
quarter.”
New York Times: “As dozens of countries slip deeper into financial distress,
a new threat may be gathering force within the American economy — the
prospect that goods will pile up waiting for buyers and prices will fall,
suffocating fresh investment and worsening joblessness for months or even
years. The word for this is deflation, or declining prices, a term that
gives economists chills. Deflation accompanied the Depression of the 1930s.
Persistently falling prices also were at the heart of Japan’s so-called lost
decade after the catastrophic collapse of its real estate bubble at the end
of the 1980s.”
The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and hundreds of other newspapers around
the world are all asking essentially the same question: Are we sinking into
a depression? How bad will it be?
The answer, they say with unanimity, lies with Washington. That’s why
General Motors has suddenly switched PR tactics, now admitting it will run
out of the cash it needs to stay in business. It wants a Washington handout.
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That’s why dozens of major cities and states are saying the same thing. They
want their share of the federal money too.
In this Washington-worship environment, you may even see Wall Street brokers
drop their traditional embellishment of the news and begin stressing the
negative — all for the sake of pressing the case for “bigger and better”
federal bailouts.
The dire reality: Washington is not God. It cannot save the world. It cannot
prevent the next depression.
Hard to believe? Here’s the proof:
Proof #1
The Debt Crisis, the Primary Catalyst
of the Economy’s Decline, Is Far Too Big
for the U.S. Government to Control
The facts:
1. Based on the Federal Reserve’s Flow of Funds report, there are now $52
trillion in interest-bearing debts in the U.S.
2. Based on estimates provided by the U.S. Government Accountability Office
and other sources, it’s safe to assume that there are also at least $60
trillion in contingency debts and obligations now starting to kick in — for
Social Security, Medicare and other pensions.
3. Separately, the Bank of International Settlements reports that the total
value of debts and bets placed worldwide (derivatives) is $596 trillion, or
more than a half quadrillion!
In contrast, even after the most reckless outpouring of government bailouts
in recent months, the total rescue money announced in the U.S. so far is
$2.7 trillion — a huge, unwieldy amount, but still minuscule in comparison
to the massive debt build-up.
The numbers are not directly comparable, but just to get a sense of the
magnitude of the problem, compare the size of the debts and bets outstanding
(the first three bars in the chart) with the size of the $2.7 trillion in
bailout commitments thus far (barely visible in the chart).
Still, most people insist,
“If only Washington can avoid the mistakes it made in the 1930s … if only
Washington can preemptively nip this crisis in the bud … if only Washington
can be our lender and spender of last resort … Great Depression II will
never come to pass.”
What they don’t see is the fact that the debt build-up in the U.S. today is
far greater than it was on the eve of Great Depression I. Indeed, in the
chart below, Claus Vogt, the editor of Sicheres Geld (the German edition of
our Safe Money Report) shows how …
Prior to the 1930s, the total debt in the U.S. was between 150% and 160% of
GDP. Now it’s close to 350% of GDP.
Moreover, he reminds us that this chart does not even include derivatives,
which barely existed in the 1930s but which are now sinking banks deeply
into the red.
Clearly the government bailouts are too little, too late to end this crisis.
At the same time …
Proof #2
The Cost of the Bailouts Is Too Much,
Too Soon for Those Who Must Finance It
With the economy already falling, Washington cannot — and will not — fund
the bailouts with higher taxes. Nor will it do it by making major cuts in
government expenditures. Instead, at this phase of the crisis, the
government will try to finance its folly largely by borrowing the money.
And now it has started: Just last week, the U.S. Treasury department
announced that it is borrowing $550 billion dollars in the fourth quarter,
more than the entire deficit of fiscal year 2008.
Also last week, Goldman Sachs estimated that the upcoming borrowing needs of
the U.S. Treasury will be a shocking $2 trillion — to finance the bailouts,
to finance the existing deficit and to refund debts coming due. That’s four
times the size of the entire deficit.
This means you can expect an avalanche of new Treasury bond supplies,
crowding out private borrowers and putting severe upward pressure on
interest rates. And, needless to say, higher interest rates cannot end the
debt crisis; they can only make it worse.
Proof #3
You Can Bring a Horse to Water
But You Cannot Make It Drink.
My father told me this story about President Herbert Hoover shortly after
the Crash of ‘29 …
Hoover was worried about the sinking U.S. economy. So he called the leaders
of major U.S. corporations down to Washington — auto executives from
Detroit, steel executives from Pittsburgh, banking executives from New York.
And he said:
“Gentlemen, when you go back home to your factories and your offices, here’s
what I want you to do. I want you to keep all your workers. Don’t lay any
off! I want you to keep your factories going. Don’t shut any down! I want
you to invest more, spend more, even borrow more if you have to. Just don’t
do any cutting. So we can keep this economy going.”
Instead, the executives went back to their factories and offices and said to
their associates:
“If the president himself had to call us down to Washington to lecture us on
how to run our business, then this economy must be in even worse shape than
we thought it was.”
They promptly proceeded to do precisely the opposite of what Hoover had
asked: They laid off workers by the thousands. They shut down factories.
They slashed spending to the bone.
And today, we’re beginning to see precisely the same phenomenon:
Washington is prodding consumers to borrow more, spend more, and save less.
But consumers are doing precisely the opposite, as we just saw from the
October collapse in retail sales.
Washington is prodding bankers to dish out more mortgage money, give people
continuing access to credit cards, even lend money to sinking businesses.
But the bankers are also doing precisely the opposite, as we just saw in a
recent Fed’s survey of bank loan officers.
Why the reluctance to borrow and lend? Because most borrowers and lenders
are finally beginning to recognize what really went wrong in the United
States: Too much debt, not enough savings. They also recognize what they
have to do about it: Try to cut back.
In response, Washington bureaucrats are rushing out, waving their arms
frantically in the air, and shouting: “No! Don’t do that! We want you to
lend and borrow more — so we can keep this economy going.”
But their pleas fall on deaf ears: No matter what the government says, it is
the natural survival instinct of billions of people and businesses around
the world that will determine the outcome: Depression and deflation.
Proof #4
Powerful Vicious Cycles
of Debts and Deflation
You ask: We’ve had these debts for many years, haven’t we? So why are they
suddenly such a huge disaster now?
The answer: Yes, debt alone is usually tolerable. It can persist and pile up
for years. And as long as borrowers have the income — or as long as they can
borrow from Peter to pay Paul — they can continue making payments, and life
goes on.
Deflation alone is also not so bad. It can help make homes more affordable,
a college education more achievable, a tank of gas easier to fill.
It’s when debts and deflation come together that a depression is inevitable.
That’s what happened in the 1930s; and, in a somewhat different way, that’s
what’s happening today.
We are witnessing powerful vicious cycles in which deflation brings down
debts and debts help accelerate the deflation.
For example …
In the U.S. housing market, widespread mortgage delinquencies and
foreclosures precipitate massive selling of real estate; massive real estate
selling causes severe price declines; and the price declines, in turn, cause
more delinquencies and foreclosures.
On Wall Street, corporate bankruptcies — and the fear of more to come —
precipitate the liquidation of common stocks, corporate bonds and virtually
every kind of asset; the selling drives markets lower; and falling markets,
in turn, cause more corporate bankruptcies.
Consumers, small and medium-sized businesses, city and state governments,
hospitals and schools, even entire countries are caught up in a similar
downward spiral; slashing their spending, laying off workers, dumping
assets, losing revenues, and slashing their spending still more.
In every sector of the economy and every corner of the globe, debt defaults
are causing deflation; and deflation is causing debt defaults. No government
can stop this powerful vicious cycle. It has to play itself out.
Next, you ask: Why can’t the U.S. government simply create more inflation?
Why can’t it do what the government of Germany did after World War I? Or
what the government of Zimbabwe is doing right now? In other words, why
can’t it just print all the money it needs to buy up all the debts?
That takes me to the fifth and final reason the government cannot end the
debt crisis, cannot stop the vicious cycle of debt default and deflation,
cannot prevent a depression.
Proof #5
The Ultimate Power of Markets
Let’s say I am Uncle Sam; I represent the U.S. government. And let’s say you
represent the investors of the world, especially investors in U.S.
government bonds.
I issue the bonds to borrow money. You buy the bonds to loan me money, to
finance the U.S. government.
Now let me ask one fundamental question: Who is really in control of this
situation? You or me?
The answer is obvious: I do not control you. I cannot tell you what to buy
or how much. You are the one in control of that decision.
You have great power — power that the creditors of Germany did not have
after World War I and the creditors of Zimbabwe do not have today. You have
the power of the market — a market for the government securities you own.
In fact, in order to run my government, I cannot even dream of raising the
money I need without you or without that market.
I need you. I need you to hold the U.S. bonds you’ve already bought. Plus, I
need you to buy more new bonds to finance all my new spending and deficits.
You are my lender, my creditor, my benefactor. I must keep you happy. I
cannot afford to do anything that will make you angry.
In fact, by allowing the evolution of this vast market for government
securities, I have effectively transferred the ultimate power to make final,
critical decisions from me — the government — to you, the investors in
government securities. And …
The power of the market is stronger than any politician or government
bureaucrat. It is more powerful than any law. It is even more powerful than
the gold standard.
In order to raise money for the government, I must retain your confidence,
your trust. To do that, I cannot run the printing presses or destroy your
money. Instead, I have to let the deflation and depression run its course.
Bottom line: It’s preposterous to believe that Washington can save every
failing individual, company, country and government on this planet.
It’s naive to believe that government gimmicks or trick — manipulating the
currency, writing new laws, changing the banking structure — will be a match
for billions of consumers in revolt, millions of investors desperate to sell
and thousands of banks pulling in their horns.
The government cannot repeal the law of gravity or stop investors from
dumping their assets.
It cannot turn back the clock or reverse decades of financial sins.
It cannot win the battle against depression.
It cannot stop the Dow or S&P from losing half their value from current
levels, if not more.
It cannot stop the collapse in real estate, commodities, and corporate
bonds.
So act promptly now to liquidate or hedge your holdings, build cash and make
sure the cash is safe.
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Since I want ALL
immigration into the United States Stopped it would just be
inconsistent to exclude those immigrating from Islamic
countries: like the 1,000 Iraqi's pouring into Michigan each
month. But once you watch this film I have a feeling you
will want an immediate end to Islamic Immigration into the US.
I think it is time to circulate a petition. I don't want
Dearborn to be the next Mumbai. I also want to stop the
Mexican Drug Cartels such as the Zetas and M13.
Unfortunately Obama is set to grant amnesty to 12-30 million
Illegal Aliens and also wants to increase Legal Immigration from
1 to 1.5 million more each year. How can this asshole even
think such a thing when 14 million Americans are out of work and
we have lost nearly 1.5 Million American jobs in the first 10
months of 2008. Can we impeach him before the inauguration
on January 20th, 2009? I'm quite confident that anyone
watching this film will find it disturbing as they discover what
Islam has in store for America. It is becoming less and
less of a surprise with each passing day.
Karl Denninger
summarizes the current situation regarding the "Trillion
Dollar Corporate Bailout." While I don't
necessarily agree with his solutions I do believe he has
done a wonderful job explaining how Paulson's bailout is
nothing short of the greatest robbery in US History.
You can read more from Denninger at:
Is our government
encouraging fraud an excessive risk? Stop the theft of
your tax dollars now! "Call your Congressman
and demand "no expenditure of public funds, of any kind,
to stop what is going on with the housing market.
That means no bailout bill that is going through
Congress. It means no more stimulus checks.
It means no more help for investment banks or commercial
banks that have made millions and millions of dollars,
nor the speculators that have made millions of dollars,
nor those who have just bought a home at a bad time.
It means not allowing the government to take the
desperation of the "home flipper" who has bought 5 homes
and is slowly drowning as his payments continue to
escalate and turn it to the desperation of the
government. Down that road lies great risk: a risk
we cannot afford to take."
Pat
Choate's new book, "Dangerous Business: The Risks of
Globalization for America" is a must read book on the realities
of globalization, trade, the lobbyists surrounding D.C.,
corporatism and China's modern mercantilism. Choate not only
describes some of the corruption, insanity and erosion of the
United States through bad trade deals, elitism and
globalization, he prescribes solutions.
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Pat
Choate's new book, "Dangerous Business: The Risks of
Globalization for America" is a must read book on the realities
of globalization, trade, the lobbyists surrounding D.C.,
corporatism and China's modern mercantilism. Choate not only
describes some of the corruption, insanity and erosion of the
United States through bad trade deals, elitism and
globalization, he prescribes solutions.
