Friday, March 13, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Have We Lost The Ability To Think?
I am an active answerer for yahoo answers. I also write blogs and read them. I watch news and read and comment on news stories. I can't help feeling dread more and more each day that I do these things. Hundreds and thousands post the exact political views as their favorite bias news guy from the night before. The hot topic is of course the economy and Obama. Those that are republican blindly defend Bush and those that are democrat are certain Obama will succeed. Where has common sense and independent thought gone?
It is clear that Bush did a terrible job. Let's accept it and move on. It is clear that Obama has hardly taken office and so many are certain of their views on whether he will turn us around or crash us into the abyss. Common sense says it is too early to tell. When we refer to the economy and bailouts, the word of the day is systemic. It seems to me that this way of thinking or rather, lack of thinking, is systemic. Not only is it blinding people from reality but it is so well engrained in our psyche that it must be intentional.
We know that our schools only receive funding when they teach what Uncle Sam says they should. At the same time, we know that our graduates are leaps and bounds behind the rest of the world. We allow ourselves to accept that media is unbiased when we know they are not. A press secretary told us that it was normal to tell the news outlets what to say and print. We know that opinions vary and that no one person can have all the right answers and yet we watch and listen to the same "expert" give an opinion and then we hit the information super highway proclaiming that this is the gospel. We do all this while never once researching fact on our own.
If you participate in the "answers" sites like I do, you will observe an epidemic of lazy stupidity. You can watch a person ask for answers to nearly every question on their tests, home work assignments and study. These people rarely ask about the formulas behind the math or the theory behind the science, they simply demand the answer. Many of these questions can be answered in 2 minutes of googling and yet they won't even put forth that effort. The senior citizens among us today proclaim they are the last decent generation and I am inclined to believe it. I worry about us when they are all gone.
We were convinced as a society that such things as spankings were harmful to children and yet as these punishments diminish; we see more of them in serious trouble and locked away in prison. At what point does common sense prevail? How far must we fall before we realize that something is wrong here? Trillions of dollars go missing, it makes news one day and is gone the next and what do we do? We forget it and move on to the next celebrity news story right along with the network. We hear of a woman being arrested as a terrorist for spanking her child on an airplane and still we just turn on our favorite reality show and forget it.
We have been lulled into a grand illusion. We are taught to believe that we do not have the power to affect real change. We are taught by ridicule not to think and express unpopular ideas while we accept the media's definition of what is popular. There is every indicator in the world that what is going on DOES NOT WORK and yet we all go about participating in the propaganda machine. You don't see it? Think about this - a random news station has say 10 million viewers on any particular night. By the next morning, they have millions of those viewers spewing out their message all over the internet and thereby reaching more people. The funny thing, at no point is any of this researched or proven to be true. The news said it, an "expert" that they invited agrees with it (imagine that) and the next day -BAM - it is all over the World Wide Web. It is posted and debated with a heated passion by people who have not spent the first minute checking its authenticity. Now the message is perpetuated further. Someone reads a posting that is all based on the news from the previous night. The reader then posts it on their site and attests to its absolute truth. Before long, so many have fallen into this trap that it is "the popular opinion".
Popularity is important isn't it? You learn all about it in school long before you learn math. You have to wear the popular clothes, do the popular thing, follow the popular shows, etc or you are subject to ridicule. Just look at how many generations this has span. This popularity concept teaches you to fall in line. You have to play football not join the science club. You have to be a cheerleader not a debater. If your common sense tells you that the $200 jeans actually look bad and don't last and that the $30 jeans are perfect - you better not say that out loud and you certainly better not wear them. Another example? Ok. Did you know that the cheap brands of champagne usually win taste tests? Yet we choose the most expensive when we can. Why? It obviously isn’t for us - the other tastes better! We do it for show - for popularity. We go to the "in" restaurant and pay a fortune for a funky tasting miniature food dish. It doesn't fill us up, it isn't always tasty and it certainly isn't a good value - yet we do it. What comes next? We have to make sure someone we know knows we went - that is the whole pay-off. These actions clearly defy common sense and yet we do it.
We fall for this facade time after time. If you have a charity and want to make it popular, get some celebrities to speak for it or do a moving commercial about how dedicated they are to helping. We go for it. We don't even realize that 30 minutes before that commercial, we were hearing all about that same celebrity talking about the new 10 million dollar vacation home they bought. This person wants some of my $40k a year? We buy into this "not for profit" scam every day as well. We believe these guys aren't making money. Well, by the time the millions in salaries are paid, the celebrities are paid, the "necessary" flights to Paris and Aruba are paid, the giant office rent is paid, the company cars are paid - yes, there is no profit left. Come on people.
When we consider all this and the many other examples that have popped in our minds, we really must accept that we have indeed, lost the ability or willingness to think for ourselves, to learn, to research and to stand out and express unpopular opinions. It is easily likened to being a herd of complacent animals mindlessly following the shepard. So is this a call to rebellion and being a punk and saying screw the man? Not in the traditional sense, no. To revolt and demand real change, to not accept the BS anymore and to begin to again become free thinkers IS the message. Where our traditional and romantic "rebels" go wrong is in bucking the system without using the system. These rebels chose to escape the system all together. Forget school, forget college, forget suits and ties and corporations etc. This is not the correct approach. Those running the system succeed through the system. Hold fast to your beliefs, don't fall in the trap but DO get well educated, DO get the good job, DO play politics to get into a position of power and THEN be the rebel. How amazing a complete reversal could be? Imagine if the norm were suddenly reversed. Imagine that instead of a politician lying to the people and serving special interest, the politician lied to special interest and served the people. Play the game; appear to sell out to selfishness. Gain power, move up the chain and when you're in a position to actually impact the country, lower the boom, if you will. Just make sure that your security contingent is hand picked and well paid.
We even actively support the illusion of law. Most Americans will tell you that it is a fair system and no one is above it. A guy steals a few hundred dollars from a convenience store and gets ten years. A guy steals billions and gets six months. A guy gets a DUI and hit and run and he goes away for years, Congressman Charlie Wilson does it and goes to Paris, never goes to jail or faces charges and even gets re-elected. We say we are innocent until proven guilty and yet we are arrested and placed in jail before court aren’t we? Of course if you have the money, YOU can bail out. No discrimination there, right?
I have to quote Neil Boortz, as best I can, from his appearance on CNN yesterday only because he told the truth. “My job and yours as hosts for news shows, talk radio is just like any other DJ. We say what we have to to attract an audience and keep them engaged long enough to get them to the next commercial – that’s it”. He made these remarks on the heels of the Rush Limbaugh story of late. Did he risk anything here? No and he is smart enough to know that. Even when it is obvious to us, pointed out to us, we still go for it. IS it any wonder then that I ask – Have we lost the ability to think?
It is clear that Bush did a terrible job. Let's accept it and move on. It is clear that Obama has hardly taken office and so many are certain of their views on whether he will turn us around or crash us into the abyss. Common sense says it is too early to tell. When we refer to the economy and bailouts, the word of the day is systemic. It seems to me that this way of thinking or rather, lack of thinking, is systemic. Not only is it blinding people from reality but it is so well engrained in our psyche that it must be intentional.
We know that our schools only receive funding when they teach what Uncle Sam says they should. At the same time, we know that our graduates are leaps and bounds behind the rest of the world. We allow ourselves to accept that media is unbiased when we know they are not. A press secretary told us that it was normal to tell the news outlets what to say and print. We know that opinions vary and that no one person can have all the right answers and yet we watch and listen to the same "expert" give an opinion and then we hit the information super highway proclaiming that this is the gospel. We do all this while never once researching fact on our own.
If you participate in the "answers" sites like I do, you will observe an epidemic of lazy stupidity. You can watch a person ask for answers to nearly every question on their tests, home work assignments and study. These people rarely ask about the formulas behind the math or the theory behind the science, they simply demand the answer. Many of these questions can be answered in 2 minutes of googling and yet they won't even put forth that effort. The senior citizens among us today proclaim they are the last decent generation and I am inclined to believe it. I worry about us when they are all gone.
We were convinced as a society that such things as spankings were harmful to children and yet as these punishments diminish; we see more of them in serious trouble and locked away in prison. At what point does common sense prevail? How far must we fall before we realize that something is wrong here? Trillions of dollars go missing, it makes news one day and is gone the next and what do we do? We forget it and move on to the next celebrity news story right along with the network. We hear of a woman being arrested as a terrorist for spanking her child on an airplane and still we just turn on our favorite reality show and forget it.
We have been lulled into a grand illusion. We are taught to believe that we do not have the power to affect real change. We are taught by ridicule not to think and express unpopular ideas while we accept the media's definition of what is popular. There is every indicator in the world that what is going on DOES NOT WORK and yet we all go about participating in the propaganda machine. You don't see it? Think about this - a random news station has say 10 million viewers on any particular night. By the next morning, they have millions of those viewers spewing out their message all over the internet and thereby reaching more people. The funny thing, at no point is any of this researched or proven to be true. The news said it, an "expert" that they invited agrees with it (imagine that) and the next day -BAM - it is all over the World Wide Web. It is posted and debated with a heated passion by people who have not spent the first minute checking its authenticity. Now the message is perpetuated further. Someone reads a posting that is all based on the news from the previous night. The reader then posts it on their site and attests to its absolute truth. Before long, so many have fallen into this trap that it is "the popular opinion".
Popularity is important isn't it? You learn all about it in school long before you learn math. You have to wear the popular clothes, do the popular thing, follow the popular shows, etc or you are subject to ridicule. Just look at how many generations this has span. This popularity concept teaches you to fall in line. You have to play football not join the science club. You have to be a cheerleader not a debater. If your common sense tells you that the $200 jeans actually look bad and don't last and that the $30 jeans are perfect - you better not say that out loud and you certainly better not wear them. Another example? Ok. Did you know that the cheap brands of champagne usually win taste tests? Yet we choose the most expensive when we can. Why? It obviously isn’t for us - the other tastes better! We do it for show - for popularity. We go to the "in" restaurant and pay a fortune for a funky tasting miniature food dish. It doesn't fill us up, it isn't always tasty and it certainly isn't a good value - yet we do it. What comes next? We have to make sure someone we know knows we went - that is the whole pay-off. These actions clearly defy common sense and yet we do it.
We fall for this facade time after time. If you have a charity and want to make it popular, get some celebrities to speak for it or do a moving commercial about how dedicated they are to helping. We go for it. We don't even realize that 30 minutes before that commercial, we were hearing all about that same celebrity talking about the new 10 million dollar vacation home they bought. This person wants some of my $40k a year? We buy into this "not for profit" scam every day as well. We believe these guys aren't making money. Well, by the time the millions in salaries are paid, the celebrities are paid, the "necessary" flights to Paris and Aruba are paid, the giant office rent is paid, the company cars are paid - yes, there is no profit left. Come on people.
When we consider all this and the many other examples that have popped in our minds, we really must accept that we have indeed, lost the ability or willingness to think for ourselves, to learn, to research and to stand out and express unpopular opinions. It is easily likened to being a herd of complacent animals mindlessly following the shepard. So is this a call to rebellion and being a punk and saying screw the man? Not in the traditional sense, no. To revolt and demand real change, to not accept the BS anymore and to begin to again become free thinkers IS the message. Where our traditional and romantic "rebels" go wrong is in bucking the system without using the system. These rebels chose to escape the system all together. Forget school, forget college, forget suits and ties and corporations etc. This is not the correct approach. Those running the system succeed through the system. Hold fast to your beliefs, don't fall in the trap but DO get well educated, DO get the good job, DO play politics to get into a position of power and THEN be the rebel. How amazing a complete reversal could be? Imagine if the norm were suddenly reversed. Imagine that instead of a politician lying to the people and serving special interest, the politician lied to special interest and served the people. Play the game; appear to sell out to selfishness. Gain power, move up the chain and when you're in a position to actually impact the country, lower the boom, if you will. Just make sure that your security contingent is hand picked and well paid.
We even actively support the illusion of law. Most Americans will tell you that it is a fair system and no one is above it. A guy steals a few hundred dollars from a convenience store and gets ten years. A guy steals billions and gets six months. A guy gets a DUI and hit and run and he goes away for years, Congressman Charlie Wilson does it and goes to Paris, never goes to jail or faces charges and even gets re-elected. We say we are innocent until proven guilty and yet we are arrested and placed in jail before court aren’t we? Of course if you have the money, YOU can bail out. No discrimination there, right?
I have to quote Neil Boortz, as best I can, from his appearance on CNN yesterday only because he told the truth. “My job and yours as hosts for news shows, talk radio is just like any other DJ. We say what we have to to attract an audience and keep them engaged long enough to get them to the next commercial – that’s it”. He made these remarks on the heels of the Rush Limbaugh story of late. Did he risk anything here? No and he is smart enough to know that. Even when it is obvious to us, pointed out to us, we still go for it. IS it any wonder then that I ask – Have we lost the ability to think?
The Palestinians
900 Million - really? The federal reserve company is ALWAYS happy to print more money and loan it to the US with interest - gotta love the central bank - what a scam. The better question is WHY are we doing this? Israel has had to endure decades of bombings and attacks from these and other neighbors and we continue to tell them not to retaliate so we can keep good political allies in the region. If we were in Israels place, we would have run them all over by now. I think that it is absurd to offer to assist a people that freely elected a terrorist organization to lead them, blatantly and repeatedly attacked Israel and now cry for rebuilding. Ya know what - you screw with someone bigger than you, you get a punch in the eye and you learn. You don't go about provoking fights and then run home to big brother and claim you're being picked on. Well, actually that is what most people do today - but it is still wrong.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Limbaugh - You're An Idiot
Rush Limbaugh is a complete and utter moron. I wouldn't usually express such a strong personal opinion but this guy is an exception. No matter whether someone is Democrat or Republican, neither or both - there is no good reason to "hope he fails". Unlike Limbaugh and his money chugging brethren, the rest of us need this plan to work. To hope and wish that this plan fails and that more people can suffer, more children can go hungry and more can become homeless, all for the sake of making one party look better than another - it is sinister. The ignorant and obviously heartless fat pig should be kicked to the curb. If he weren't being paid to entertain like-minded people, he would be on his knees praying - to Satan I imagine, that the economy does turn around and would give a rat's as who was responsible. It just goes to show that in this well trained society - ignorance is bliss.
The American Spirit - Stolen In Our Sleep
The American Spirit - Stolen While We Slept
February 27, 2009 by
Rob Matson
America was not a unique idea. Greece and Rome were notable members of history founded and/or shared many of the same values and ideals as us. They, like us, lost sight of those ideals. Human greed and lust replaced decency and hope. Sometimes, the mobs would rise up
and revolt. These revolts were either crushed outright or they were distracted by foreign wars or entertainment. The average citizen usually had no clue what was going on in the capital.
When we study other histories, those of our enemies, we hear all about the propaganda their government spread. We hear about Hitler telling his people that Germany was crushing the allies even when we were at the doorstep to Berlin. We hear about Japan telling it's citizens the same thing and how Americans were going to rape and kill all of them. We learn of this and think to ourselves - how dumb can these people be? Can't they see what's happening? Even today we hear of tyrants killing their opposition and thank God such things don't happen here.
We listen to the radio and television programs where respected journalists report on the latest "nut job" conspiracy theorists and then laugh along with them. We don't question, we don't look, we don't see. We accept, without question that such things couldn't happen here.
We know that our government is the one government in history not to lie and deceive its people. Someone says a building can't just fall down like that, that it looks like demolition. We think to ourselves - ya know, it does! But alas, there is an expert standing by to explain it away and that is good enough for us. We wait to pounce on the next person to challenge the official story as we are well armed with the education of the television. We have accepted, without question, the word of someone we don't even know. We don't bother to look up his or her credentials, affiliations or anything else. The reporter said he or she was honest and that is good enough. Some of us may even still be awake enough to say - if the government was telling them what to say, it seems someone from the government, eventually, would step forward and tell. Then an official White House press secretary does exactly that. No worries though. Soon enough someone will have a good explanation for that as well. Another "nut job" says - we are making anthrax in an Army lab here in America and using it on ourselves to promote the "terror" message. Again, we laugh along with our favorite radio guy and forget the whole thing. A few years pass and whata ya know -some scientist at the very same Army lab is accused of producing and distributing the anthrax. Again, no worries. Before any questions can be asked he kills himself. Never mind the nut job that told us this years ago.
We have other nuts come along and tell us that the central bank - aka The Federal Reserve is the cause for economic problems - that the bankers are calling the shots. Thank God our favorite TV reporter tells us this is ridiculous. We don't even take the time to learn that the Federal Reserve isn't federal at all. Nevermind that a private company has total control of our economy. Nevermind that somehow the richest 1% control more than 60% of the total money in America. Never mind that we choose a system that places interest on every dollar we print. Never mind that we went off the gold standard and went to a total credit standard. It doesn't even mater that the very president that signed it into law says it was a terrible mistake. It doesn't matter that the senator that debated against it and warned of all these downfalls had to survive two assassination attempts.
We live in a democracy! No wait, it's a republic. No wait again, we practice capitalism. Which is it? Well, we vote but our votes don't choose the president. The Electoral College system does. Who gets nominated and how? A group of chosen people, each with a different portion of voting power, decide this for us. Oh, but of course we vote for them then, right? No we don't. Never mind that though, we the people still call the shots. Our officials have to answer to us! Let's see if that is true. When Bush was told to - wait, asked by congress to testify about 9/11 and the Iraq war, he agreed. But there were conditions.
1. I won't testify under oath (why not)
2. You can't make a record of what I say (why not)
3. And the VP has to be there at the same time (why)
Okay, so we don't call the shots. Our officials do not have to be elected by us, they don't have to answer to us and that is still okay. It is okay because we still have rights. We can't just be arrested for any reason; we have a right to trial and a lawyer! Oh,wait a second again. The Patriot Act took that away from us. We may be terrorists and then we have none of those rights. Terrorists like the mom who disciplined her child on a flight recently. Clearly she was a terrorist and should have no rights.
Still we sleep. Our guy on the TV says everything will be okay. This is ALL just coincidence. Besides, didn't you hear about what's happening on your favorite reality show tonight? Watch American Idol and let "us" worry for you.
After all, not everything we say is a lie. For instance, we did find the chemical weapons stash in Iraq. We just didn't mention it because it had made in America on the side of it. Never mind the soldier that came forward and reported this - he's just one of those nut jobs and don't worry
about verifying his record to see he was indeed there and don't bother to remember that we did supply Saddam with weapons to use against Iran.
Don't bother to think about Afghanistan either. Just because Conoco/Philips wanted to put an oil pipeline through there and plans were drawn up on how to control that territory before 9/11 is just coincidence.
Don't pay attention to those falling education standards either. Remember, we put The No Child Left Behind Act in place for you! So if the schools don't tell students exactly what we want them to know, we will just rid ourselves of that school. Now, now, you aren't going to lose your child's school. We both know that they will just fire the troublesome teacher and get their funding, don't we. As for the continuing trend of terrible grades and falling behind the rest of the world at an alarming rate - well that means you are a bad parent. It is only coincidence that our policy and this trend follow the same lines. Besides, we also both know you are just going to grab some chips, turn on the tube and forget the whole thing. Don't forget that we have more people in jail here both per capita and in overall numbers than any other place on earth. This is the land of the free - for those who comply. You do want to stay free, don't you?
So, what about jails and prisons. Why ARE so many in the land of the free not free at all? For some, it is because they are bad people that did bad things but not all. Let's suppose you have a starving family and you try everything else and then break the law. You are a criminal, but you aren't a bad person. Suppose you've been beaten by your husband and finally defend yourself and he dies. Sure, you should have just left or called the cops but we all live in different circumstances and it is arrogance and ignorance that makes us as judgment. In any case, you broke the law but you aren't a bad person. Most people aren't "bad" but find themselves in various circumstances that lead to one thing or another. We define adult hood as 18 because we feel children are incapable of making rational decisions and yet, we will take a child to trial AS an adult. Then, the NOT bad person goes to prison. There, they become a bad person as a matter of system. Imagine you are a white male with no violent tendencies, no racial feelings and generally get along great with everyone. Now you're in prison. From the start you have to make tough choices. Do you accept the offer to join your fellow white guys or rather gang? Do you reject them and get beaten or killed by them or someone in a rival race gang? If you do join them, you will soon be asked to prove yourself by attacking or maybe killing an opposing gang member. Why? No real reason at all. This scenario is not only happening every day, but it is a matter of fact and habit. Now, if you do make it out without a life sentence for murder and without being killed yourself, what is waiting for you? Nothing much at all. Every day, more and more employers are requiring background checks. If you're a felon, you won't be hired or likely even interviewed. They won't say that this is the reason why, they will just say you don't fit their criteria. We, of course, do not ALL believe that just because someone was in jail that they are worthless. So why do so many employers make this a requirement? They don't. Their insurance company does. It is only coincidence again that insurance companies have a large portion of the national wealth by the way. There you are, on the streets, hungry and homeless and you can't get a job. Do you starve? How will you pay your court fines? If you fail to pay them, you go back to jail. If you can't get a job, you go back to jail. If you can't get a residence, you go back to jail. How is one suppose to be a good citizen and survive in a capitalist society in they can't get a job? The whole thing sounds ridiculous and that's because it is. We are not governed by idiots so the whole thing must be intentional. Of course, this scenario only applies to the poor doesn't it? If one were wealthy, they wouldn't have been represented by an under qualified, underpaid and way over loaded public defender in the first place. Their fines would be paid and they would always have money and a house, wouldn't they. What you have to love about America is the equality. The guy without the money goes back to jail 2/3 of the time. Is it any wonder why? Seems that if someone were motivated to stop this, they would. It must be a question of motivation.
Let us examine that, loosely. Any military leader worth his or her salt will tell you that when you are faced with overwhelming opposition, you must divide if you wish to conquer. Divide and conquer. It is a common phrase around the world. It is clear to see that while the richest 1% and the government are a power to be reckoned with, we the people still overwhelmingly out number them. If, one day, the media and foreign wars are not sufficient to quell the mob (that's you and I), then what? Recently, former president Bush ordered some troops home to be used for crowd control. He saw that the tipping point may come soon. He planned to turn American troops on the American people. I know, I know - dismiss it, don't research it, but indulge me if you will. So how do we go about dividing then? It begins quite naturally doesn't it? We are born male or female, black or white, big or small, etc. Then we divide further from there. We may be smart, average, challenged. We may be an athlete or a musician or a punk. We may be republican or democrat. We may be a conformist or a rebel, popular or a nerd. Further and further we divide. We are helped along by the television, magazines, music, and news and so on. Our "rebellious" music tells us punks to hate the rich, rebel against the system. Our rap tells us to hate authority, beat women and live like a thug. Our rock and roll tells us to live hard and die young. Television teaches us that scientists are plotting against us, smart people are geeks, and jocks are arrogant. We are sure to hear the latest news of a white and black man at odds. Anything and everything that can keep us from uniting. We are swamped with all the reasons we should not like one group or another. We are taught to think of each one of us as unique and special and different. The irony is this though. Our politicians all have that same look. The suit, the hair-do, the smooth shave. Our cops and other employees of the state where UNIFORMS. Our military boot camp is all about beating out your individualism. Don't worry, this is all coincidence. We seem to forget something key though. Something we have to go all the way back to the beginning to understand. Before we are boys or girls, tall or short - we are humans. All basically the same - not different. But that is a unification kind of thinking and we don't want that. When people speak of unity, true unity, they get killed don't they? Ask Jesus, Martin Luther King, John Lennon, JFK and many others. No, let's forget those messages. Instead, tune in at 11 for our breaking news coverage Obama's preacher promoting hate of whitey, followed by a special report on why all Arabs want to kill you and how evil those darn communists are. We will also examine why republicans and democrats are at odds over whether the color blue is cool or not. Enough with the not so funny humor. So what happens when and if we do unite? When this happened over 200 years ago, a revolution happened and such revolutions happen wherever people unite and are lead by the corrupt. When it happens in this country now, we raid and kill the group and claim they are "nut jobs". Waco, TX - here was a bunch of nuts for ya. These people thought that they could actually practice their faith! Can you believe that? They thought that they could rely on faith in God's will to heal the sick. Well, thank God we live in a country that doesn't believe in separation of church and state! How dare they practice faith in the founding religious principles of this country? At least we didn't kill them right? I mean they did commit suicide right? That proves they were nuts, right? Oh never you mind the clear video of the gas being thrown into the building nor the clear video of the tank spraying fire in the windows right after that. It had nothing to do with why the whole place went up in flames. This was of course just one incident. There have been plenty of domestic "terrorist" groups that felt they had the right to bear arms. Still other large religious gatherings that, luckily for all of us, decided for no good reason at all to just kill themselves in spite of their beliefs. So if any of you out there are thinking of a revolution, let me remind you that we are tapping phones, monitoring emails, tracking gun sales and ensuring that THIS regime stays in power. Besides, you know that it is unpatriotic to question your government don't you? You should by now because we have been blasting that message over TV and radio for years. Never you mind that the original, true patriots of this country questioned the government - that is all a coincidence. Don't let the fact that we raided, detained and arrested independent news journalists - without warrants in many cases to prevent them from being at the RNC and DNC. We will give you the news you need. Just because Comcast was caught filtering web content unknown to its subscribers and then paid bums on the street to fill all their seats at the FCC hearing and got caught - doesn't mean we are filtering what you get to see and hear. This, as you know, is merely coincidence.
The sad truth is that very few will ever read this. For those that do, the majority will dismiss all this as coincidence. They will debate it with great passion armed with all the knowledge that CNN and Fox have given us. We need not waste our time researching and learning. We choose to be ignorant. We choose to accept. The allied army is not at our door, the invading soldiers will rape and kill us all and all this rhetoric is just coincidence anyway. Things will be different now. This president is different. He doesn't lie. Okay so we did catch him in many lies during his campaign - but that was different, right? Money doesn't control the world anyway. It is only coincidence that the guy with the most money contributions won, usually does, and that the economic status in this country affected the entire world. Money and those that control it do not control the world - that is just the "nut jobs" again.
For those that care, begin asking questions if you haven't already. Spread the word and unite the people if you dare. For those that don't care, go back to sleep but don't be surprised when you wake up. But consider this. If you were to discover that any part of this writing is true, would that be acceptable to you? It likely would be and doesn't something in you say there is something REALLY wrong with that? I believe we may be the last generation that is still awake enough and remember enough about our history to make a difference. If we do not, and we likely won't, then the idea of America is truly lost to history.
I won't leave this rant without offering a solution. I believe that we can make a difference. I believe we can affect change and that we can do it in a non violent or illegal manner. I propose the VOICE movement. Vote Out Incumbents, Change Everything. The basics are this: Forget the commercials, don't listen to the lies, and stop accepting the excuses. We must vote OUT of office those that fail to answer to us. Fix the schools, fix the economy, give us back our rights, fix the prisons, get rid of the central bank, etc or GET OUT. I know the next politician is going to lie to me, he is going to sell out, he is going to "play ball". We all know this to be true. So it doesn't matter if he is a better con man than the guy in the seat now. What matters is that the guy in seat now didn't do as we demanded. As we do this, those that have controlled the behind the scenes action for 20 years in office will be gone. The power base will be disrupted and maybe, just maybe, the few politicians that genuinely do want to make a better America - CAN. No more blaming the other party, no more blaming this guy or that guy. The message needs to be, bend to the will of the people, as you are sworn to do or just go away. If you want to know more about this movement or how to help, contact me.
February 27, 2009 by
Rob Matson
America was not a unique idea. Greece and Rome were notable members of history founded and/or shared many of the same values and ideals as us. They, like us, lost sight of those ideals. Human greed and lust replaced decency and hope. Sometimes, the mobs would rise up
and revolt. These revolts were either crushed outright or they were distracted by foreign wars or entertainment. The average citizen usually had no clue what was going on in the capital.
When we study other histories, those of our enemies, we hear all about the propaganda their government spread. We hear about Hitler telling his people that Germany was crushing the allies even when we were at the doorstep to Berlin. We hear about Japan telling it's citizens the same thing and how Americans were going to rape and kill all of them. We learn of this and think to ourselves - how dumb can these people be? Can't they see what's happening? Even today we hear of tyrants killing their opposition and thank God such things don't happen here.
We listen to the radio and television programs where respected journalists report on the latest "nut job" conspiracy theorists and then laugh along with them. We don't question, we don't look, we don't see. We accept, without question that such things couldn't happen here.
We know that our government is the one government in history not to lie and deceive its people. Someone says a building can't just fall down like that, that it looks like demolition. We think to ourselves - ya know, it does! But alas, there is an expert standing by to explain it away and that is good enough for us. We wait to pounce on the next person to challenge the official story as we are well armed with the education of the television. We have accepted, without question, the word of someone we don't even know. We don't bother to look up his or her credentials, affiliations or anything else. The reporter said he or she was honest and that is good enough. Some of us may even still be awake enough to say - if the government was telling them what to say, it seems someone from the government, eventually, would step forward and tell. Then an official White House press secretary does exactly that. No worries though. Soon enough someone will have a good explanation for that as well. Another "nut job" says - we are making anthrax in an Army lab here in America and using it on ourselves to promote the "terror" message. Again, we laugh along with our favorite radio guy and forget the whole thing. A few years pass and whata ya know -some scientist at the very same Army lab is accused of producing and distributing the anthrax. Again, no worries. Before any questions can be asked he kills himself. Never mind the nut job that told us this years ago.
We have other nuts come along and tell us that the central bank - aka The Federal Reserve is the cause for economic problems - that the bankers are calling the shots. Thank God our favorite TV reporter tells us this is ridiculous. We don't even take the time to learn that the Federal Reserve isn't federal at all. Nevermind that a private company has total control of our economy. Nevermind that somehow the richest 1% control more than 60% of the total money in America. Never mind that we choose a system that places interest on every dollar we print. Never mind that we went off the gold standard and went to a total credit standard. It doesn't even mater that the very president that signed it into law says it was a terrible mistake. It doesn't matter that the senator that debated against it and warned of all these downfalls had to survive two assassination attempts.
We live in a democracy! No wait, it's a republic. No wait again, we practice capitalism. Which is it? Well, we vote but our votes don't choose the president. The Electoral College system does. Who gets nominated and how? A group of chosen people, each with a different portion of voting power, decide this for us. Oh, but of course we vote for them then, right? No we don't. Never mind that though, we the people still call the shots. Our officials have to answer to us! Let's see if that is true. When Bush was told to - wait, asked by congress to testify about 9/11 and the Iraq war, he agreed. But there were conditions.
1. I won't testify under oath (why not)
2. You can't make a record of what I say (why not)
3. And the VP has to be there at the same time (why)
Okay, so we don't call the shots. Our officials do not have to be elected by us, they don't have to answer to us and that is still okay. It is okay because we still have rights. We can't just be arrested for any reason; we have a right to trial and a lawyer! Oh,wait a second again. The Patriot Act took that away from us. We may be terrorists and then we have none of those rights. Terrorists like the mom who disciplined her child on a flight recently. Clearly she was a terrorist and should have no rights.
Still we sleep. Our guy on the TV says everything will be okay. This is ALL just coincidence. Besides, didn't you hear about what's happening on your favorite reality show tonight? Watch American Idol and let "us" worry for you.
After all, not everything we say is a lie. For instance, we did find the chemical weapons stash in Iraq. We just didn't mention it because it had made in America on the side of it. Never mind the soldier that came forward and reported this - he's just one of those nut jobs and don't worry
about verifying his record to see he was indeed there and don't bother to remember that we did supply Saddam with weapons to use against Iran.
Don't bother to think about Afghanistan either. Just because Conoco/Philips wanted to put an oil pipeline through there and plans were drawn up on how to control that territory before 9/11 is just coincidence.
Don't pay attention to those falling education standards either. Remember, we put The No Child Left Behind Act in place for you! So if the schools don't tell students exactly what we want them to know, we will just rid ourselves of that school. Now, now, you aren't going to lose your child's school. We both know that they will just fire the troublesome teacher and get their funding, don't we. As for the continuing trend of terrible grades and falling behind the rest of the world at an alarming rate - well that means you are a bad parent. It is only coincidence that our policy and this trend follow the same lines. Besides, we also both know you are just going to grab some chips, turn on the tube and forget the whole thing. Don't forget that we have more people in jail here both per capita and in overall numbers than any other place on earth. This is the land of the free - for those who comply. You do want to stay free, don't you?
So, what about jails and prisons. Why ARE so many in the land of the free not free at all? For some, it is because they are bad people that did bad things but not all. Let's suppose you have a starving family and you try everything else and then break the law. You are a criminal, but you aren't a bad person. Suppose you've been beaten by your husband and finally defend yourself and he dies. Sure, you should have just left or called the cops but we all live in different circumstances and it is arrogance and ignorance that makes us as judgment. In any case, you broke the law but you aren't a bad person. Most people aren't "bad" but find themselves in various circumstances that lead to one thing or another. We define adult hood as 18 because we feel children are incapable of making rational decisions and yet, we will take a child to trial AS an adult. Then, the NOT bad person goes to prison. There, they become a bad person as a matter of system. Imagine you are a white male with no violent tendencies, no racial feelings and generally get along great with everyone. Now you're in prison. From the start you have to make tough choices. Do you accept the offer to join your fellow white guys or rather gang? Do you reject them and get beaten or killed by them or someone in a rival race gang? If you do join them, you will soon be asked to prove yourself by attacking or maybe killing an opposing gang member. Why? No real reason at all. This scenario is not only happening every day, but it is a matter of fact and habit. Now, if you do make it out without a life sentence for murder and without being killed yourself, what is waiting for you? Nothing much at all. Every day, more and more employers are requiring background checks. If you're a felon, you won't be hired or likely even interviewed. They won't say that this is the reason why, they will just say you don't fit their criteria. We, of course, do not ALL believe that just because someone was in jail that they are worthless. So why do so many employers make this a requirement? They don't. Their insurance company does. It is only coincidence again that insurance companies have a large portion of the national wealth by the way. There you are, on the streets, hungry and homeless and you can't get a job. Do you starve? How will you pay your court fines? If you fail to pay them, you go back to jail. If you can't get a job, you go back to jail. If you can't get a residence, you go back to jail. How is one suppose to be a good citizen and survive in a capitalist society in they can't get a job? The whole thing sounds ridiculous and that's because it is. We are not governed by idiots so the whole thing must be intentional. Of course, this scenario only applies to the poor doesn't it? If one were wealthy, they wouldn't have been represented by an under qualified, underpaid and way over loaded public defender in the first place. Their fines would be paid and they would always have money and a house, wouldn't they. What you have to love about America is the equality. The guy without the money goes back to jail 2/3 of the time. Is it any wonder why? Seems that if someone were motivated to stop this, they would. It must be a question of motivation.
Let us examine that, loosely. Any military leader worth his or her salt will tell you that when you are faced with overwhelming opposition, you must divide if you wish to conquer. Divide and conquer. It is a common phrase around the world. It is clear to see that while the richest 1% and the government are a power to be reckoned with, we the people still overwhelmingly out number them. If, one day, the media and foreign wars are not sufficient to quell the mob (that's you and I), then what? Recently, former president Bush ordered some troops home to be used for crowd control. He saw that the tipping point may come soon. He planned to turn American troops on the American people. I know, I know - dismiss it, don't research it, but indulge me if you will. So how do we go about dividing then? It begins quite naturally doesn't it? We are born male or female, black or white, big or small, etc. Then we divide further from there. We may be smart, average, challenged. We may be an athlete or a musician or a punk. We may be republican or democrat. We may be a conformist or a rebel, popular or a nerd. Further and further we divide. We are helped along by the television, magazines, music, and news and so on. Our "rebellious" music tells us punks to hate the rich, rebel against the system. Our rap tells us to hate authority, beat women and live like a thug. Our rock and roll tells us to live hard and die young. Television teaches us that scientists are plotting against us, smart people are geeks, and jocks are arrogant. We are sure to hear the latest news of a white and black man at odds. Anything and everything that can keep us from uniting. We are swamped with all the reasons we should not like one group or another. We are taught to think of each one of us as unique and special and different. The irony is this though. Our politicians all have that same look. The suit, the hair-do, the smooth shave. Our cops and other employees of the state where UNIFORMS. Our military boot camp is all about beating out your individualism. Don't worry, this is all coincidence. We seem to forget something key though. Something we have to go all the way back to the beginning to understand. Before we are boys or girls, tall or short - we are humans. All basically the same - not different. But that is a unification kind of thinking and we don't want that. When people speak of unity, true unity, they get killed don't they? Ask Jesus, Martin Luther King, John Lennon, JFK and many others. No, let's forget those messages. Instead, tune in at 11 for our breaking news coverage Obama's preacher promoting hate of whitey, followed by a special report on why all Arabs want to kill you and how evil those darn communists are. We will also examine why republicans and democrats are at odds over whether the color blue is cool or not. Enough with the not so funny humor. So what happens when and if we do unite? When this happened over 200 years ago, a revolution happened and such revolutions happen wherever people unite and are lead by the corrupt. When it happens in this country now, we raid and kill the group and claim they are "nut jobs". Waco, TX - here was a bunch of nuts for ya. These people thought that they could actually practice their faith! Can you believe that? They thought that they could rely on faith in God's will to heal the sick. Well, thank God we live in a country that doesn't believe in separation of church and state! How dare they practice faith in the founding religious principles of this country? At least we didn't kill them right? I mean they did commit suicide right? That proves they were nuts, right? Oh never you mind the clear video of the gas being thrown into the building nor the clear video of the tank spraying fire in the windows right after that. It had nothing to do with why the whole place went up in flames. This was of course just one incident. There have been plenty of domestic "terrorist" groups that felt they had the right to bear arms. Still other large religious gatherings that, luckily for all of us, decided for no good reason at all to just kill themselves in spite of their beliefs. So if any of you out there are thinking of a revolution, let me remind you that we are tapping phones, monitoring emails, tracking gun sales and ensuring that THIS regime stays in power. Besides, you know that it is unpatriotic to question your government don't you? You should by now because we have been blasting that message over TV and radio for years. Never you mind that the original, true patriots of this country questioned the government - that is all a coincidence. Don't let the fact that we raided, detained and arrested independent news journalists - without warrants in many cases to prevent them from being at the RNC and DNC. We will give you the news you need. Just because Comcast was caught filtering web content unknown to its subscribers and then paid bums on the street to fill all their seats at the FCC hearing and got caught - doesn't mean we are filtering what you get to see and hear. This, as you know, is merely coincidence.
The sad truth is that very few will ever read this. For those that do, the majority will dismiss all this as coincidence. They will debate it with great passion armed with all the knowledge that CNN and Fox have given us. We need not waste our time researching and learning. We choose to be ignorant. We choose to accept. The allied army is not at our door, the invading soldiers will rape and kill us all and all this rhetoric is just coincidence anyway. Things will be different now. This president is different. He doesn't lie. Okay so we did catch him in many lies during his campaign - but that was different, right? Money doesn't control the world anyway. It is only coincidence that the guy with the most money contributions won, usually does, and that the economic status in this country affected the entire world. Money and those that control it do not control the world - that is just the "nut jobs" again.
For those that care, begin asking questions if you haven't already. Spread the word and unite the people if you dare. For those that don't care, go back to sleep but don't be surprised when you wake up. But consider this. If you were to discover that any part of this writing is true, would that be acceptable to you? It likely would be and doesn't something in you say there is something REALLY wrong with that? I believe we may be the last generation that is still awake enough and remember enough about our history to make a difference. If we do not, and we likely won't, then the idea of America is truly lost to history.
I won't leave this rant without offering a solution. I believe that we can make a difference. I believe we can affect change and that we can do it in a non violent or illegal manner. I propose the VOICE movement. Vote Out Incumbents, Change Everything. The basics are this: Forget the commercials, don't listen to the lies, and stop accepting the excuses. We must vote OUT of office those that fail to answer to us. Fix the schools, fix the economy, give us back our rights, fix the prisons, get rid of the central bank, etc or GET OUT. I know the next politician is going to lie to me, he is going to sell out, he is going to "play ball". We all know this to be true. So it doesn't matter if he is a better con man than the guy in the seat now. What matters is that the guy in seat now didn't do as we demanded. As we do this, those that have controlled the behind the scenes action for 20 years in office will be gone. The power base will be disrupted and maybe, just maybe, the few politicians that genuinely do want to make a better America - CAN. No more blaming the other party, no more blaming this guy or that guy. The message needs to be, bend to the will of the people, as you are sworn to do or just go away. If you want to know more about this movement or how to help, contact me.
The OR Word
The word "OR" has never sounded so scary. When President Obama discusses the new economic stimulus package, it is notable that he likes to use the word or. This word may be the most worrisome choice of two letter words since Clinton's notorious "is". The president says the new bill "will create OR save 3 million jobs". Wait a minute! I see a future political discussion around exactly what he promised. In an economy that has and continues to lose so many jobs, merely saving 3 million is a very insignificant thing. The first thing that comes to mind is an analysis a few years down the road of how this package prevented some 3 million more jobs from being lost. This would be VERY debatable to say the least. Further to the point is that what we need is to replace the lost jobs AND create more. The population is certainly not getting any smaller and a growing portion of this population is unemployed. The fact that Obama ensures that he uses the "or" word in every address is very scary indeed.
The Real Causes of the US Economic Collapse
How does one go about devastating an economy without hurting the super rich? Credit, that's how. To understand how this all came about, we have to take a journey back in time. We must look at the previous Great Depression and events leading up to it. First and foremost, for an economic crisis to spread far and wide, the individual entities of that economy must be tied together.
The formation of the central bank that we call the Federal Reserve was the first step in tying the economy together. This move was widely debated and defeated in a number of previous attempts to get it in to law. In fact, several central banks were formed and dissolved in the history of the US. In the end, the right people managed to get enough positions in Congress the Fed was formed. With this system in place, the American people were now in debt to this company for every dollar printed. Smaller banks received loans from the Central Bank. A few years after its formation, the bottom fell out. Rumors circulated about an inevitable collapse and people lost faith in the markets. As the collapse began, the panicked public flocked to the banks to remove their cash. During this process, the Central Bank calls in all debts. The result was catastrophic. The banks had invested the depositor's money along with loans from the Fed in the markets. Now the markets have no value, the banks are bankrupt and any remaining cash is owed to the Federal Reserve. As part of the plan to recover, the Central Bank bought up many of the struggling banks, the FDIC was formed and we were removed from the gold standard. This last move essentially meant there was nothing backing the US dollar except the credit or word of the US government.
Now let's fast forward to the eighties. Credit becomes the word of the day and decade. Credit card companies are springing up everywhere and the popular concept of credit ratings take hold. Eventually, there is an economic boom and everyone is racing to keep up with the Jones. Silicon Valley has taken off and America has something it hasn't had in a long time - a new product. Meanwhile, the US continues to slide into an ever deeper trading deficit. More and more we ship jobs off overseas, sell out to foreign companies and accept that everything we buy is "Made In Taiwan". The US has become the best customer for economies world wide. Soon, massive US companies that provide services such as insurance, investing and other essentially "empty" products, begin to appear all over Wall Street. One by one, we hear of merger after merger and a new word becomes popular - conglomerates.
Through this process, executives and investors make money hand over fist. The popular words become diversified assets, portfolios, shares, etc. Eventually, these capitalist ideas spread all over the world. The USSR collapses, Europe unites and the European Union and its unified currency are formed. This unification ties together many different economies and the future looks bright. However, lurking beneath all this is a huge problem. There is no actual product.
Some where, some how, some wise guy gets the big idea to actually ask what the liquid value of all these investments is. The big OOPS happens. There is no value to most of it. Clever people have mastered to credit business. Build a company, get billions of dollars based on an assumed value of paper assets from investors, banks and insurance companies. Make your millions or billions while the getting is good and then retire before the wise guy shows up and asks that question. The problem: Credit is not real.
For years, we have asked why the people in Washington couldn't understand that a huge trade deficit was a bad idea. Surely they can see that you can't buy more than you sell - it is simple economics. Well, it depends on how you see it. If we open our minds to a bit of imagination, we can see a reason for all this. If we were to suppose that the Central Bank aka The Federal Reserve intended to crash the economy in the The Great Depression in order to purchase other banks and businesses at super discount prices, then it isn't hard to imagine how this has become global and why everything that has happened COULD fit this plan. To crash America was easy and remains so as there is no gold standard and we still operate on credit instead of value. To crash the world however, a few things have to happen:
1. You have to get the economies more tightly nit together - The European Union
2. You have to get the economies dependent on a common customer - The US trade deficit
Now by exercising the near same events of the depression, you can affect a global economy. The US consumer has lost its buying power and can no longer afford to buy either domestic or foreign products. With the US being the number one consumer of most of the world's products, the effects are felt far and wide. In the end, the richest 1% still controls 60% or more of the money. So, where's the payoff for doing such a thing?
There are several pay offs. First, many businesses and assets are once again very cheap to buy for those who still have the money to do it - the 1%. They will grow these companies as they did others in the past and then get out before the next oops. Next, those that did not unite under the EU soon will. They will be lead to believe that it is the only way out and they will go for it. In the US, the government will borrow tons of interest laden cash from the Fed, the chosen few large companies will consume the smaller and the path will be set for a North American Union. We will watch and we will see that the companies get fewer and larger. Ever bigger conglomerates will emerge. When these super conglomerates crash, and they will, the effects will be even worse than now.
So here is what to look at and look for -
Has the wealth of the richest 1% in this country been affected?
Will their wealth and ownership in today's failing companies increase before this is over?
Has there ever been a significant period of time where we had no national debt and neither went to war or suffered economic recession and in these instances, was borrowing from the Fed the solution?
How many mergers did we allow to take place in the now massively de-funked companies?
Take a look at these facts, do the research and consider this article.
The formation of the central bank that we call the Federal Reserve was the first step in tying the economy together. This move was widely debated and defeated in a number of previous attempts to get it in to law. In fact, several central banks were formed and dissolved in the history of the US. In the end, the right people managed to get enough positions in Congress the Fed was formed. With this system in place, the American people were now in debt to this company for every dollar printed. Smaller banks received loans from the Central Bank. A few years after its formation, the bottom fell out. Rumors circulated about an inevitable collapse and people lost faith in the markets. As the collapse began, the panicked public flocked to the banks to remove their cash. During this process, the Central Bank calls in all debts. The result was catastrophic. The banks had invested the depositor's money along with loans from the Fed in the markets. Now the markets have no value, the banks are bankrupt and any remaining cash is owed to the Federal Reserve. As part of the plan to recover, the Central Bank bought up many of the struggling banks, the FDIC was formed and we were removed from the gold standard. This last move essentially meant there was nothing backing the US dollar except the credit or word of the US government.
Now let's fast forward to the eighties. Credit becomes the word of the day and decade. Credit card companies are springing up everywhere and the popular concept of credit ratings take hold. Eventually, there is an economic boom and everyone is racing to keep up with the Jones. Silicon Valley has taken off and America has something it hasn't had in a long time - a new product. Meanwhile, the US continues to slide into an ever deeper trading deficit. More and more we ship jobs off overseas, sell out to foreign companies and accept that everything we buy is "Made In Taiwan". The US has become the best customer for economies world wide. Soon, massive US companies that provide services such as insurance, investing and other essentially "empty" products, begin to appear all over Wall Street. One by one, we hear of merger after merger and a new word becomes popular - conglomerates.
Through this process, executives and investors make money hand over fist. The popular words become diversified assets, portfolios, shares, etc. Eventually, these capitalist ideas spread all over the world. The USSR collapses, Europe unites and the European Union and its unified currency are formed. This unification ties together many different economies and the future looks bright. However, lurking beneath all this is a huge problem. There is no actual product.
Some where, some how, some wise guy gets the big idea to actually ask what the liquid value of all these investments is. The big OOPS happens. There is no value to most of it. Clever people have mastered to credit business. Build a company, get billions of dollars based on an assumed value of paper assets from investors, banks and insurance companies. Make your millions or billions while the getting is good and then retire before the wise guy shows up and asks that question. The problem: Credit is not real.
For years, we have asked why the people in Washington couldn't understand that a huge trade deficit was a bad idea. Surely they can see that you can't buy more than you sell - it is simple economics. Well, it depends on how you see it. If we open our minds to a bit of imagination, we can see a reason for all this. If we were to suppose that the Central Bank aka The Federal Reserve intended to crash the economy in the The Great Depression in order to purchase other banks and businesses at super discount prices, then it isn't hard to imagine how this has become global and why everything that has happened COULD fit this plan. To crash America was easy and remains so as there is no gold standard and we still operate on credit instead of value. To crash the world however, a few things have to happen:
1. You have to get the economies more tightly nit together - The European Union
2. You have to get the economies dependent on a common customer - The US trade deficit
Now by exercising the near same events of the depression, you can affect a global economy. The US consumer has lost its buying power and can no longer afford to buy either domestic or foreign products. With the US being the number one consumer of most of the world's products, the effects are felt far and wide. In the end, the richest 1% still controls 60% or more of the money. So, where's the payoff for doing such a thing?
There are several pay offs. First, many businesses and assets are once again very cheap to buy for those who still have the money to do it - the 1%. They will grow these companies as they did others in the past and then get out before the next oops. Next, those that did not unite under the EU soon will. They will be lead to believe that it is the only way out and they will go for it. In the US, the government will borrow tons of interest laden cash from the Fed, the chosen few large companies will consume the smaller and the path will be set for a North American Union. We will watch and we will see that the companies get fewer and larger. Ever bigger conglomerates will emerge. When these super conglomerates crash, and they will, the effects will be even worse than now.
So here is what to look at and look for -
Has the wealth of the richest 1% in this country been affected?
Will their wealth and ownership in today's failing companies increase before this is over?
Has there ever been a significant period of time where we had no national debt and neither went to war or suffered economic recession and in these instances, was borrowing from the Fed the solution?
How many mergers did we allow to take place in the now massively de-funked companies?
Take a look at these facts, do the research and consider this article.
The Big 3 Farce
A major point that has been overlooked in the "Big 3 Bailout" is that we are really talking about the Big One bailout. Ford is not asking for money and foresees that it can turn itself around. That leaves two - GM and Chrysler. But what about Cerberus? If we consider that this one company owns the better part of both GM and Chrysler, then our Big 3 has now become just one. When I consider the amount of funds that are being "invested" in our automakers, I have to worry. It seems that the media and as well as the government are misleading the public and perhaps themselves.
So let's take a fresh look at the current situation with this new knowledge in mind. In total, requests are for 39 billion dollars for Chrysler and GM or in truth - Cerberus. The projection is that repayment could begin in five years. In order for this to happen, the economy will have to make a huge turn around and these companies will have to enjoy sales nearing their all time highs. What if this improbable scenario doesn't happen? Will we invest more dollars? It is likely we will and it is more likely that this company knows it. If we have made a nearly 40 billion dollar investment, would we give up on that investment in lieu of loaning an additional 10 billion? Not likely.
What we have to ask ourselves is this: Could it be more beneficial to
Since we are not willing to let these companies collapse due to the number of jobs affected and the prospect of having only one
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