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How To build A Financial Crisis

I was asked, by a news organization to comment on their coverage of the financial crisis. They wanted feedback on their reporting “Who the who’s are and what the who’s did.”

My interest isn’t in who did what, why or when. All of what happened, was able to happen because of the federal reserve. I’ve never found the who or why all that important. In other words – knowing who did what doesn’t provide the solution.

The solution in cases like the bubbles, or US production leaving for poorer nations and any number of other money related acts is always in the how. How is it possible that people can destroy a nation – from within.

Throughout History people have sought to control governments and nations by gaining control over the nations money. This is the how for all the who’s and why’s. If you are so caught up in who and why then the door is still wide open for more of the same. That’s all this whole business is. It’s more of the same, business as usual, with some different names.

There is nothing new going on and there is nothing different in the way the media and the public are reacting to it. What happened to create the conditions for why is this: First, a privately operating cartel took control of all the money in the US. It’s an international cartel and the same happened in other places but for us who are the victims of this particular crime what matters is how we were taken down.

So the power to print money is taken away from the nation. The next thing that happens is an incremental retooling of taxes. Taxes, tariffs and income taxes are redirected from those doing business ‘with’ the US, international business, to the people of the US. The entire system is extremely simple. In fact if I proposed the system to any person in the US – no one would take me seriously.

My proposal would go something like this: Here’s what I’d like to do, I’ll invest nothing, print money, lend you the money and collect interest on that loan.

This is the game in the most simplistic terms, but, it’s basically the game. Now nobody reading this would agree to such a deal. But we all go along with it. We all pay taxes – not for federal services. There is no government bank. The government has not one thin dime. It’s not that the country and it’s people are all of a sudden going broke – because some who did a naughty what.

We were broke as soon as the deal was cut. All we have had since then is indebtedness. We are all in default. Only a handful of people have any sort of solvency. It’s kind of hard for people to get their heads around this concept. We think we are earning money from our work, but the money we are paid is borrowed money. In fact the federal reserve note is not money. It’s a note – a contract, complete with interest.

We never think about this because the collection plate is passed in the guise of tax laws and contract laws. Why would we pay property taxes on property we own? The fact is we wouldn’t. An even smaller group of people, than those who may be solvent, own land in the US. The rest rent.

Same with cars, we are issued a contract and agree to pay a registration fee (and insurance) to drive the car. That’s not ownership. It’s a rental agreement. So the question to all this nonsense is not who, what or why – it’s only how.

If we only look at the proposed solutions to all the current financial problems we can see this whole system with absolute clarity. What is the only solution offered within the current system? A loan. Not money. Federal reserve money is just pretend, it just an agreement. Therefore, there is only one solution on the table – more credit. Well they say, we can print more money, but we’ll need a little more collateral.

When people understand the how that makes any of this possible they can make a decision on what to do. We can fix anything if we know how it works. I’ll grant you my fractional reserve example was muy simplistic. The entire complicated version is readily available to any who cares to search on line for a few seconds.

I guess what people will need to decide is, do I continue cooperating with the system that made all this possible? Or, do I change the system.

Hopefully people have more since than the “Authorities”. There may not be a fish in the ocean that’s truly safe to eat, but the Gulf Of Mexico is, beyond any shadow of doubt – Not Safe. You might want to start your own garden.

Dahr Jamail and Erika Blumenfeld, Truthout: “The State of Mississippi’s Department of Marine Resources opened all of its territorial waters to fishing on August 6. This was done in coordination with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the US Food and Drug Administration, despite concerns from commercial fishermen in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida about the presence of oil and toxic dispersants from the BP oil disaster. On August 19, Truthout accompanied two commercial fishermen from Mississippi on a trip into the Mississippi Sound in order to test for the presence of submerged oil. Laboratory test results from samples taken on that trip show extremely high concentrations of oil in the Mississippi Sound.”

The Mosque!!!

The Mosque? We hate the Mosque? Who hates the Mosque? Do they count?

Not “Do They Count” like in the real world where everyone counts for something, hopefully, but nobodies “All That” important – but do they count as in a voting mob of democratic collectivists. The problem is, they do. They feel entitled to decide for the rest of us….

Haters, can shape the world we live in, define conditions concerning health, education, taxes, property rights and everything else you can lay a pen to.  How do like it so far? Is everything working out where you live?

What baffles me is the ability for people to be steered into nuttiness by the steering committee. Why would anyone hate a Muslim? I think most religions are mutations and, at best, a waste of time. At worst they are destructive tools used by the forces of evil, (cue the scary music) power and control (Tyrants and their acolytes). But I don’t hate the followers of any religion.

I might not like some Muslims, Christians, Jews and so on, but hate a Synagogue? Why? It doesn’t make sense. No matter what I think about religion I know religions don’t create kooks. They may encourage delusion and superstition. They may lead millions of people down the path of fantasy. But is that cause to hate them? Is there a church in the same neighborhood where this Mosque frothing is taking place? What about Jim Jones? What about the Crusades and witch hunts? Where the righteous indignation?

I’ll tell you where it is. It’s in a play book at the offices of the steering committee.

If people want something to hate I’ve got something worthy of their passions and energies. Hate the steering committee…Hate the Puppet Masters. Controlling The Masses

There are all kinds of people, with their own ideas and interests influencing your situation. Some are working in your best interests, some are self serving, some are down right scary weird. The only thing we can do is find out who they are, what they’re doing and why – then make decisions accordingly.

I could probably do a little generalizing and say there is no current government agency working on behalf of the individual. I doubt there are any bureaucracies that can even think in terms of “Individuals”.

Jane Mayer writing for “The New Yorker” thinks the Koch brothers are puppet masters.

“…. their hands in American politics must be known. Personally, between the Koch brothers and Rupert Murdock coupled with the recent Supreme Court decision re corporate v individual entity, I do not think this country has a chance. If, however, we are to be manipulated to act against our own self-interests, we should know who the puppet masters are.

www.newyorker.com | The Puppet Masters

Fact is, they’re all paying someone for the chance to play –  pull the strings. But in all this “String Pulling” and manipulation there is one group of people making it all possible: The Mosque Haters; those who can be led and manipulated. The puppet masters pay to influence. The have no power “to” influence. People must give this to them. Then they vote.

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Military Madness And The Right Of Might

“Nothing has changed in the mind-set of Washington war makers in the nine years since Donald Rumsfeld, according to Wesley Clark, put out a memo proposing to take over seven countries in five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. When information on what our government is doing gets leaked, the only people prosecuted for crimes are still the whistleblowers.

When an ally like Israel commits crimes with weapons we’ve provided, our government’s only interest is in expressing its support. The rarest of prosecutions for war crimes in the United States are exclusively for those of lowest rank and least responsibility. This doesn’t look like ending the mind-set that gets us into war.”

Read the full article by David Swanson on War Politicians

LA authorities plan to use heat-beam ray in jail

THOMAS WATKINS, Associated Press Write
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The mechanism, known as an “Assault Intervention Device,” is a stripped-down version of a military gadget that sends highly focused beams of energy at people and makes them feel as though they are burning. The Los Angeles County sheriff’s department plans to install the device by Labor Day, making it the first time in the world the technology has been deployed in such a capacity.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern CaliforniaCivil Liberties Union of Southern California criticized Sheriff Lee Baca’s decision in a letter sent Thursday, saying that the technology amounts to a ray gun at a county jail….control unruly inmates by blasting them with a beam of intense energy that causes a burning sensation is drawing heat from civil rights groups who fear it could cause serious injury and is “tantamount to torture.”

I’d say it’s more like tantamount to “I’m a crazed nut job and I have the keys”. But hey, if you’re going to build a police state you have to stock it with people who couldn’t possibly earn a position of authority. These nut jobs are granted authority and given a uniform. This costume gives them what they crave most in life – control.

Taser incidents, death by choke hold, shootings and a constant barrage of police brutality is “The US Police Sate”. This type of crime is the natural result of the political move to military fascism. The terror within…The only thing we have to fear is our police and our military.

Yesterday, a federal district court in Savannah, Georgia denied Troy Davis’ petition – ruling that Troy didn’t reach the extraordinarily high legal bar to prove his innocence.

But I was in that courtroom in June, along with other Amnesty representatives. We saw the witnesses and heard the facts first-hand, and as Executive Director Larry Cox put it “nobody walking out of that hearing could view this as an open-and-shut case”.

So how is it that Troy has been put back on track for execution?

The courts have been far too comfortable leaving room for doubt, error and bias. There is no physical or scientific evidence linking Troy to the crime. In fact, Troy had to rely on witnesses whom the judge didn’t find credible, even though these are the same witnesses on which his conviction hangs!

Because the courts have failed to resolve the doubts in this case, we’re taking Troy’s story back to the court of public opinion. We want every news outlet talking about the disastrous system that would  allow a man to be put to death even when doubts persist about his guilt.

Troy’s case is so powerful because it has inspired:

• A majority of witnesses to admit that they lied 19 years ago
• Four witnesses to finally testify against the person whom they suspect to be the real killer of police officer Mark MacPhail
• Pope Benedict XVI, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and former U.S. President Jimmy Carter to all call for clemency
• A movement of human rights supporters to unite and pass Troy’s story along from one person to the next to the next…

There are no do-overs when it comes to death. As long as there’s doubt, there should be no execution. But as long as there’s hope, we’ll continue to fight for Troy Davis.

Please send your letter in support of Troy Davis today.

Thank you,

Laura Moye
Death Penalty Abolition Campaign Director
Amnesty International USA

I keep saying – It’s not the government’s fault things are tough all over. It’s not the courts fault, corporations and so on. The fault lies with people. People just – go along, do as their told, strive to achieve something because…who know’s all the different reasons. Then vote for more suffering. It’s baffling….

Now we’re faced with change – or die. Or live under the heavy yoke of more regulations written by the elitist for the elitist.

Public TV Host Tamara Banks takes a look at the Transition Cities movement that is working for a way of life that is environmentally friendly, supports the local economy and conserves natural resources.

Watch the video at organicconsumers.org:

A Look at the Transition Cities Movement