Today's news stories on the impending attack from al-Qaeda, based upon a "gut feeling" by the head ghoul at Homeland security, M. Chertoff, and statements made by White House Congressional mole Rick Santorum the other day should have to country wondering about the nature of the threat of al-Qaeda and what lie ahead for this country. If you read these three stories: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070711/D8QA8TN01.html, http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/2007/07/al-qaeda-cell-i.html, http://hughhewitt.townhall.com/Transcript_Page.aspx?ContentGuid=bd02aa0e-7953-414b-89ff-64db473685bc, you will understand the strange coincidement with all of them all preparing the populace for another attack. Is this the beginning of an escalation and the furtherance of war powers to the executive?
With Bush's approval rating at 29% and prominent members of the Reagan administration, such as Paul Craig Roberts, various justices of the FISA court, and long time US Attorney John S. Koppel who came out only yesterday with his statements (see http://www.denverpost.com/opinion/ci_6308408) you can understand how Bush and his Neo-con cronies would want a terror attack. With an extra person signed on to the impeachment resolution for Cheney and the possibility of criminal investigations into the Bush administration, the effort in the Middle East and the "War on terror" are imperiled polices. Polices that are supported by the illusion of fear that terror creates. People so blithely accept an administration's word that has proven itself completely inept from 9/11 to Iraq, from Katrina to Harriet Miers. Why any credence or authority still be bestowed upon this heap of corrupt cabal is beyond my comprehension.
People must stop believing that they have no control over the destiny of their country or their lives and stop ceding the remaining rights and responsibilities they have to the corpro-fascist megalith that now has hold over the machinations of this country and the rest of the Western world. There are those out there that say that the ruling elite that run this country, Europe, and the rest of the world are a cult of devil worshipers or themselves are controlled by astral beings from other dimensions. Sometimes I wonder if David Ike and William Deagle are right due to the pure lunacy and evil that now grips the seats of power.
One issue that should be picked at in all of this before this article descends into a tirade about the Illuminati is a bit from the first article I site. It says the following: "U.S. counterterror officials are warning of an increased risk of an attack this summer, given al-Qaeda's apparent interest in summertime strikes and increased al-Qaeda training in the Afghan-Pakistani border region." Then the article goes on to state: "Chertoff said in his discussion with the newspaper about terrorists."We worry that they are rebuilding their activities." Other U.S. counterterrorism officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, shared Chertoff's concern and said that al-Qaeda and like-minded groups have been able to plot and train more freely in the tribal areas along the Afghan-Pakistani border in recent months. Osama bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahri, are believed to be hiding in the rugged region." If all of this is true shouldn't the country be asking why this threat wasn't neutralized after 9/11? They even state that they see an increase in training activity, why haven't Special Forces been run in? Why have there been no B-52 strikes? And the most important question of all, why hasn't the American public demanded justice and destruction of these forces that we were supposed to have invaded Afghanistan for?
The answer is simple: This is not the intention of the United States of the ruling elite. I am in agreement with many of the theories and tenants of individuals such as Webster Tarpley and Michel Chossudovsky. Terrorism is a tool, whether these forces are presently nurtured by our government or not matters little, what does matter and what is clearly evident by the shear evidence of constant visible proof is that they continue to enjoy operative freedom and protection from our government for the purposes of destabilization of regions and control of domestic Western populations. What Americans must remember is that the only thing to fear is fear itself. If you live your life only to live another day, you run the risk of having your entire existence being enslaved by fear mongerers and snake oil salesmen.
I urge all Americans to look at the record set by the Bush administration and the facts and wake up. Do not let another 9/11 happen. We need serious change in our governments and social responsibility must take hold in the populace if this is to occur.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Executive Clemency for Scooter: No big surprise, but let's realize why.
Yesterday GW Bush issued a grant of Executive Clemency for the Scooter Libby. Many commentators, news agencies and pundits seem to have missed the punch on this story in more than a couple of ways. The most glaring omission to the so called "analysis" was why Bush would issue Executive Clemency instead of a pardon. With Scooter poised to do some real time, the whole suit of armor was about to come off at the Bush Whitehouse had Scooter gone up the river. This type of clemency is rare in the presidency; usually the guilty parties spend some time in jail or at least fully sentenced, then get a pardon. This move by Bush deserves further scrutiny.
As this author has said in past posts, Scooter could have very well turned if faced with a two and a half year prison term. Many Washington insiders cave under the direst of knowing they may go to the can. Country club or not this prospect scares many of the chicken hawk ilk such as Scooter. Pounding a blood curtailing scream for war before this mess Scooter wouldn't last a day in a minimum security jail much less Abu Ghraib or any of the other prisons created by the policies that he supported and disseminated.
In essence Bush had no choice, because in the end he's culpable somewhere along the line, as is his administration. If Scooter had to serve that sentence he was vulnerable to capitulation to the demands of those who would like to see justice be done on the ramp up to the Iraq war. This is what Bush had to protect, and hence why the clemency. He could not allow a sentencing, he needed to show Scooter he had his back and clemency was the only alternative. If he allowed Scooter to even think that he would have to walk the plank, Scooter might have turned to make a deal. Many may say this preposterous, but Bush's father even waited longer to get Cap Weinberger out of trouble. Something doesn't sit right here.
The immediate and swift nature of this Executive action should have folks asking questions and looking for answers. This was to be the only member of the failed Iraq war policy and the deceptive PR campaign to wage that war to be brought to bear on these issues. This should be a red flag to everybody that this gesture proves Bush's complicity in the events, and even direct participation. He was protecting what remains of his administration with this action. Like other actions of this administration it will be glossed over and any criticism framed as partisan attacks on one of his buddies, who was just trying to help.
In the end members of the media and pundits that are inquisitive of this move due to Bush's approval rating are noting a superfluous issue. Bush is in the last throes of his second term and all he has to do is hold on and this is what this clemency represents. Why should he care about his approval rating, he's gone in a year and half anyway. He'll take a hit on approval to save his ass and people should realize that this is what the clemency move is really all about.
As this author has said in past posts, Scooter could have very well turned if faced with a two and a half year prison term. Many Washington insiders cave under the direst of knowing they may go to the can. Country club or not this prospect scares many of the chicken hawk ilk such as Scooter. Pounding a blood curtailing scream for war before this mess Scooter wouldn't last a day in a minimum security jail much less Abu Ghraib or any of the other prisons created by the policies that he supported and disseminated.
In essence Bush had no choice, because in the end he's culpable somewhere along the line, as is his administration. If Scooter had to serve that sentence he was vulnerable to capitulation to the demands of those who would like to see justice be done on the ramp up to the Iraq war. This is what Bush had to protect, and hence why the clemency. He could not allow a sentencing, he needed to show Scooter he had his back and clemency was the only alternative. If he allowed Scooter to even think that he would have to walk the plank, Scooter might have turned to make a deal. Many may say this preposterous, but Bush's father even waited longer to get Cap Weinberger out of trouble. Something doesn't sit right here.
The immediate and swift nature of this Executive action should have folks asking questions and looking for answers. This was to be the only member of the failed Iraq war policy and the deceptive PR campaign to wage that war to be brought to bear on these issues. This should be a red flag to everybody that this gesture proves Bush's complicity in the events, and even direct participation. He was protecting what remains of his administration with this action. Like other actions of this administration it will be glossed over and any criticism framed as partisan attacks on one of his buddies, who was just trying to help.
In the end members of the media and pundits that are inquisitive of this move due to Bush's approval rating are noting a superfluous issue. Bush is in the last throes of his second term and all he has to do is hold on and this is what this clemency represents. Why should he care about his approval rating, he's gone in a year and half anyway. He'll take a hit on approval to save his ass and people should realize that this is what the clemency move is really all about.
Monday, July 2, 2007
It's not Lukoil, its Iraqoil: The laundering of Iraqi oil
In a follow up to my market trends post this writer has done some research on the laundering of Iraqi oil. If you put Iraq and Lukoil in a Google search you'll find a wealth of information on Lukoil's drilling of the West Qurna-2 oil field. I'm sure anybody can't help noticing the prolferation of Lukoil stations as well as the drop in the price of oil. Oh, yeah just a reminder the war in Iraq was, in the words of GW Bush "For freedom".
What does this mean, well in essence the systematic laundering of Iraqi oil through a Russian company. Quite honestly a brilliant move. First off, many people think that Russia still has vast amounts of oil in Siberia, but in reality they don't. This misdirection works well in the favor of Western intrests. In the end our most hated economic monkey wrench, OPEC, is now in a position of less power and can't shape trends like they used to. Second this company is largely owned by, guess who? Good ole' Conoco Phillips.
What does this really tells us, well we are benefiting from the oil of Iraq. Accordingly, as the NYT printed on Tuesday Lukoil is being fined for not reaching deadlines on drilling schedules set for the interior of Russia and other locales. This tells me that a US company has set up shop in a Russian company to deflect oil supplies from direct US extraction. It's a great move, but how long will it last, well until investors stop making money and the publicity becomes too great, but bad publicity may never come due to the sleeping and co-opted nature of the US media. Smart business analysts would never say a word and know how to read between the lines, get inside info. and make tricky investment moves without a full disclosure of the oil laundering.
Why are we still in Iraq? Well I can tell you this much, it aint for freedom and democracy. It is about the oil, but oil as a economic and political tool. When used properly it will put OPEC into a corner for once. This can only last so long though, so one has to ask the question, what next? Iran? Maybe, with the Kin Jon Il situation Washington may be setting the public up for a no refusal stance for a nuclear Iran, especially in light of Korea's defiance. This would pretty much wrap up Syria, Hezbollah, and the PLO on supplies, but not necessarily the money, much of which comes from the Saudis. But with oil production in Iraq putting a strain on OPEC and the Saudis dominance on the Oil Market that money may have to be spent inside Saudi Arabia for their own problems, which in the future could be many. With Iran a bit more isolated an OPEC countries tyring to regain revenue this could be a possible outcome, however we don't have the military strength, unless the strategy is to recognize North Korea, pull the troops out and mobilize for war against Iran, hmmm, maybe.
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In the end this is what is really happening in the Middle East. Oil is a tool as well as a resource. Shaping trends in markets based upon geopolitcal events and longstanding trends. It's a dangerous game, and be careful to call the conflict in Iraq purely a civil war, this war is being formented by many different forces than just the sectarian. Keep your eyes peeled and keep a scorecard on other events outside the daily body count. This is happening for a reason and is no mistake and no mission of freedom. The only freedom here is the freedom to be plundered financially by Western states to stabilize markets, retread and get along with large scale geopolitical shifts and strategies.
What does this mean, well in essence the systematic laundering of Iraqi oil through a Russian company. Quite honestly a brilliant move. First off, many people think that Russia still has vast amounts of oil in Siberia, but in reality they don't. This misdirection works well in the favor of Western intrests. In the end our most hated economic monkey wrench, OPEC, is now in a position of less power and can't shape trends like they used to. Second this company is largely owned by, guess who? Good ole' Conoco Phillips.
What does this really tells us, well we are benefiting from the oil of Iraq. Accordingly, as the NYT printed on Tuesday Lukoil is being fined for not reaching deadlines on drilling schedules set for the interior of Russia and other locales. This tells me that a US company has set up shop in a Russian company to deflect oil supplies from direct US extraction. It's a great move, but how long will it last, well until investors stop making money and the publicity becomes too great, but bad publicity may never come due to the sleeping and co-opted nature of the US media. Smart business analysts would never say a word and know how to read between the lines, get inside info. and make tricky investment moves without a full disclosure of the oil laundering.
Why are we still in Iraq? Well I can tell you this much, it aint for freedom and democracy. It is about the oil, but oil as a economic and political tool. When used properly it will put OPEC into a corner for once. This can only last so long though, so one has to ask the question, what next? Iran? Maybe, with the Kin Jon Il situation Washington may be setting the public up for a no refusal stance for a nuclear Iran, especially in light of Korea's defiance. This would pretty much wrap up Syria, Hezbollah, and the PLO on supplies, but not necessarily the money, much of which comes from the Saudis. But with oil production in Iraq putting a strain on OPEC and the Saudis dominance on the Oil Market that money may have to be spent inside Saudi Arabia for their own problems, which in the future could be many. With Iran a bit more isolated an OPEC countries tyring to regain revenue this could be a possible outcome, however we don't have the military strength, unless the strategy is to recognize North Korea, pull the troops out and mobilize for war against Iran, hmmm, maybe.
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In the end this is what is really happening in the Middle East. Oil is a tool as well as a resource. Shaping trends in markets based upon geopolitcal events and longstanding trends. It's a dangerous game, and be careful to call the conflict in Iraq purely a civil war, this war is being formented by many different forces than just the sectarian. Keep your eyes peeled and keep a scorecard on other events outside the daily body count. This is happening for a reason and is no mistake and no mission of freedom. The only freedom here is the freedom to be plundered financially by Western states to stabilize markets, retread and get along with large scale geopolitical shifts and strategies.
The so called CIA family jewels: Nothing new here folks.
With the release of heavily redacted and blacked out documents this week from the CIA many in the main stream press are calling it a torrent of revelations from the clandestine agency. This is such a misrepresentation it isn't funny. Either due to ignorance or purposeful misleading, much of what was released had already been known since the seventies. The bulk of what was released had already been detailed in not one but two major intelligence investigations in the 1970's. You can find a complete annotated guide to these investigations here: http://www.jcarpentermusic.com/files/Govern2.doc.
It first it was hard to understand why these documents were released at this time. Upon further consideration I realized that this so called house cleaning in combination with George Tenet's book and public revelations the CIA is trying to turn the tide of negative public opinion about the agency. Will this work? Possibly, but don't count on it. With serious allegations of rendition flights and secret prisons, who cares that they opened people's mail and tried to get Castro killed. The juiciest of all the programs that consists the least of the released documents is MKULTRA, possibly the most sadistic and evil program run by the CIA or any government agency in the history of this country.
For those that know nothing about the secret history of the CIA and the extent of what they could have disclosed, this current release constitutes a red herring, not the "family jewels." (For further information read Joe Trento's books on the CIA, The Secret history of the CIA, and Prelude to Terror.) The term "Family Jewels" is a loaded one, one which was said to be used by James Jesus Angleton in referring specifically to the counterintelligence operations of the CIA which probably included the assassinations of JFK and RFK. These are the true "jewels" and not a word about either case, hmm…interesting. Even with all the release of Castro related documents not even a peep about the involvement of Kennedy, accept slight reference to Bobby Kennedy's involvement in Operation Mongoose, most likely a purposeful release to further besmirch his name.
In the end the release constitutes nothing new, as well as giving the appearance that the CIA has come clean. It's a load of malarkey plain and simple and if you want to know about what they didn't choose to release check my bibliography on the government investigations of the 1970's. There you will see what they choose to leave out. Check my references and read the reports or due some clever, critical, and honest web sleuthing. Don't be swayed by sanitized red herring releases of documents from inside the CIA itself. The proof is in the pudding.
It first it was hard to understand why these documents were released at this time. Upon further consideration I realized that this so called house cleaning in combination with George Tenet's book and public revelations the CIA is trying to turn the tide of negative public opinion about the agency. Will this work? Possibly, but don't count on it. With serious allegations of rendition flights and secret prisons, who cares that they opened people's mail and tried to get Castro killed. The juiciest of all the programs that consists the least of the released documents is MKULTRA, possibly the most sadistic and evil program run by the CIA or any government agency in the history of this country.
For those that know nothing about the secret history of the CIA and the extent of what they could have disclosed, this current release constitutes a red herring, not the "family jewels." (For further information read Joe Trento's books on the CIA, The Secret history of the CIA, and Prelude to Terror.) The term "Family Jewels" is a loaded one, one which was said to be used by James Jesus Angleton in referring specifically to the counterintelligence operations of the CIA which probably included the assassinations of JFK and RFK. These are the true "jewels" and not a word about either case, hmm…interesting. Even with all the release of Castro related documents not even a peep about the involvement of Kennedy, accept slight reference to Bobby Kennedy's involvement in Operation Mongoose, most likely a purposeful release to further besmirch his name.
In the end the release constitutes nothing new, as well as giving the appearance that the CIA has come clean. It's a load of malarkey plain and simple and if you want to know about what they didn't choose to release check my bibliography on the government investigations of the 1970's. There you will see what they choose to leave out. Check my references and read the reports or due some clever, critical, and honest web sleuthing. Don't be swayed by sanitized red herring releases of documents from inside the CIA itself. The proof is in the pudding.
Iran: Why Scooter may or may not be pardoned.
With almost no approval left accept for his pure base, George W. Bush has to weigh his options on the possibility of pardoning Scooter Libby or commuting his sentence. With the possibility of a military strike against Iran as a looming possibility on a daily basis and still waiting for his troop surge policy to be validated the pardon or sentencing of Scooter Libby will play an important role in support for Bush's polices in the Mid East and his overall domestic approval.
This issue is really two fold in essence. Scooter Libby stands as an architect of the Iraq policy and is representative of the mistakes and deceptions that have colored the conflict in a negative way, and hence should be left to go to jail thus showing a broad range of Americans in a silent and passive way that the ramp up to the Iraq war and the way it was conducted will not be repeated and that someone has to atone for those sins. On the other hand he also is representative of the Neo-conservative and conservative base of the Bush support pillar that has built the mess in Iraq and the Middle East. The question is this: Is it important for a more broad range of Americans to support Bush in his ramp up to war with Iran? Or is it more important for his base to be solidified for war with Iran? Up until now Bush has chosen the latter. Needless to say he is probably one of the most polarizing figures in the history of American politics. He's a lame duck president essentially at this point and why not keep to what has worked in the past, but it is more probable that long term goals like the usurpation of Iranian sovereignty and control of their oil rights has more lasting and decisive effects on the reasoning of those in the Bush administration than any one man or movement in this country is concerned.
In the final analysis the conservatives have served their purpose and haven't been shown to sway right of center moderates or cross-over political supporters to any of Bush's policies, most important war. If Scooter needs to be thrown to the wolves to make up for the mistakes of the PR campaign associated with the Iraq war to wage a better and more credible campaign for war with Iran than that is what will occur. The Bush administration is sending out mixed signals all over the place and gauging what political effect and or currency that they might develop as a result of Scooter Libby's fate. If history is any lesson Nixon was forced to let his closest advisors go to jail for at least a quarter of their term from some crimes that weren't directly related to the deaths of American service people and innocent civilians. In the end Scooter's and Dick Cheney's campaign to wage the Iraq war was duplicitous, deceitful, and full of holes. It was rammed down the throat of America and has caused the needless deaths of thousands of people. Many in America see this as the case and they want somebody to pay for all of the lies, this is Scooter.
If one was to advise Bush, one should caution the embattled president to let Scooter hang and atone for the administration's sins on the Iraq war PR campaign at least for now. Bush will most likely let Scooter serve part of his sentence and pardon him after the dust has settled down, or until the US is safely engaged in Iran. Although conservatives may be up in arms, some calling for blood on the Iraq war deceptions will be temporarily placated by time served by Dick Cheney's former aide. This would clear some of the deck on the perception of dishonesty with the Bush administration's call for war with Iraq. Letting Scooter go to jail may indicate, to some anyway, that Bush wants to distance himself from the PR policies put into action for the Iraq war, causing just enough people to think that maybe he didn't exactly approve of how it made him look. This could be very helpful in initiating military engagement in Iran.
This issue is really two fold in essence. Scooter Libby stands as an architect of the Iraq policy and is representative of the mistakes and deceptions that have colored the conflict in a negative way, and hence should be left to go to jail thus showing a broad range of Americans in a silent and passive way that the ramp up to the Iraq war and the way it was conducted will not be repeated and that someone has to atone for those sins. On the other hand he also is representative of the Neo-conservative and conservative base of the Bush support pillar that has built the mess in Iraq and the Middle East. The question is this: Is it important for a more broad range of Americans to support Bush in his ramp up to war with Iran? Or is it more important for his base to be solidified for war with Iran? Up until now Bush has chosen the latter. Needless to say he is probably one of the most polarizing figures in the history of American politics. He's a lame duck president essentially at this point and why not keep to what has worked in the past, but it is more probable that long term goals like the usurpation of Iranian sovereignty and control of their oil rights has more lasting and decisive effects on the reasoning of those in the Bush administration than any one man or movement in this country is concerned.
In the final analysis the conservatives have served their purpose and haven't been shown to sway right of center moderates or cross-over political supporters to any of Bush's policies, most important war. If Scooter needs to be thrown to the wolves to make up for the mistakes of the PR campaign associated with the Iraq war to wage a better and more credible campaign for war with Iran than that is what will occur. The Bush administration is sending out mixed signals all over the place and gauging what political effect and or currency that they might develop as a result of Scooter Libby's fate. If history is any lesson Nixon was forced to let his closest advisors go to jail for at least a quarter of their term from some crimes that weren't directly related to the deaths of American service people and innocent civilians. In the end Scooter's and Dick Cheney's campaign to wage the Iraq war was duplicitous, deceitful, and full of holes. It was rammed down the throat of America and has caused the needless deaths of thousands of people. Many in America see this as the case and they want somebody to pay for all of the lies, this is Scooter.
If one was to advise Bush, one should caution the embattled president to let Scooter hang and atone for the administration's sins on the Iraq war PR campaign at least for now. Bush will most likely let Scooter serve part of his sentence and pardon him after the dust has settled down, or until the US is safely engaged in Iran. Although conservatives may be up in arms, some calling for blood on the Iraq war deceptions will be temporarily placated by time served by Dick Cheney's former aide. This would clear some of the deck on the perception of dishonesty with the Bush administration's call for war with Iraq. Letting Scooter go to jail may indicate, to some anyway, that Bush wants to distance himself from the PR policies put into action for the Iraq war, causing just enough people to think that maybe he didn't exactly approve of how it made him look. This could be very helpful in initiating military engagement in Iran.
Immigration reform: Part 1 - Bad comparisons and
With many calling the current immigration bill dead at the hands of grass roots organizations all over America, it's high time somebody truly define the issues that make this such a difficult, contentious and controversial issue as well as clear up the ambiguities and the misconceptions.
For many to simply harken back to America is the "melting pot" response is in itself an impediment to getting at the issue. It's a common mantra used by mostly left leaning politicos and lawyers to defend illegal immigration and the breaking of US law. The comparison is spurious at best and this is where one should start when clearing the fog that now permeates and obscures the true issues that drive this debate. Nineteen century immigration was a totally different entity to the now pervasive flood of illegal South and Central Americans invading this land. Nineteen century immigration was an almost completely controlled affair with quotas and various domestic raids to keep immigration law intact. Many were processed through Ellis Island in New York harbor and if they weren't deemed acceptable were turned back or detained. This period mixed with earlier Seventeenth and Eighteenth century immigration periods controlled mostly by royal charters or mercantile banks consisted of a controlled mixing of the population of the New World.
Today is a much different story, with almost 85% of the entirety of immigration as a whole now being illegal and coming from this hemisphere, versus Europe and Asia. One constant does remain and that is the need for cheap labor, this is what drives a large component of the support by powerful interests in this country to endorse and even encourage illegal immigration and the new immigration law is exactly that, an encouragement and endorsement of those who came to this country illegally. Does everybody deserve a better life, you bet, but not at the cost of the welfare of our countrymen or the sovereignty of the USA. Much of the sympathy derived from supporters of amnesty wrest on their efforts to paint these illegals as downtrodden abused fodder. In many cases this is true but the over generalization and the exploitation of this travesty has caused citizens and some lawmakers to look at the issue with a sentimentality that is misplaced and one that is easily distorted by the puppet masters.
What is funny to note is that NAFTA, one of the biggest frauds perpetrated on the American, Mexican, and Canadian public, was supposed to thwart movement across the border. The illusion of "Free Trade", as it has been called, was supposed to reduce immigration and improve Mexico's economy, instead it made Mexico a waste land for Corporations to manufacture cheap secondary parts for larger scale higher priced items manufactured mostly in Asia, but it seems the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Business Week, Forbes, and the Financial Times fail to mention this trend and if they do they see it as a good thing. NAFTA become nothing more than an excuse to plunder North and South American workers until the new Global Economy could move into a new phase, one that is here to screw us all.
In essence Mexicans, Guatemalans, Costa Ricans, and others from the South should make their own countries' worth living in. Instead of every man for themselves, paying the smugglers and the drug dealers to get themselves into the US they should be arming themselves for take over of their country for the good of them and their children. The major stumbling block to this is the oppressive imperial foreign policy of the United States which as deposed any significant people's movement since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, as well as the passive nature of many of Central and South America's peasant populations. As usual we have created our own monster, but one that many of the ruling elite welcomes, due the fact that the importation of cheap labor keeps wages down and cuts costs while all the while keeping third world nations as resource extraction points and places to launder money. In the end the American worker and the Mexican worker looses, while sub-human, simian, elitist scum get another gold faucet for their eighth bathroom in their palace.
In short if any righteous and well meaning people's movements in all the major countries south of the Rio Grande had been able to flourish we probably wouldn't have to deal with this issue to the degree at which we now do, but the creation of people's sovereignty is not in the long term plans of the global ruling elite. Sovereignty reduces profit and control of resources and so therefore must be curtailed, suppressed, and stopped. That is why dummy government after dummy government is created and supported in order to facilitate business interests. Many in this country support such actions and say that the creation of these "friendly" governments is why the USA is so prosperous and why the US stays on "top"; never knowing the trickle down and voodoo economics is a farce. Pure military power and the threat of nuclear war is what make this country not ingenuity, hard work and moral certitude. That went out the window in 1945 when we dropped the atomic bomb.
In the end immigration issue is clouded by disinformation and constant pull at the heart strings. All amnesty will do is engender and even greater contempt for the rule of law, drive down the living standards of everybody except the ruling elite, and undermine the sovereignty of every single country involved, giving more power to the corporations and international monetary syndicates. Everybody deserves to live their lives with the inalienable rights that are self evident and given by God, but should be able to do as such in their own land. I doubt that many immigrants if they could enjoy peace, security, and prosperity in their own country would want to leave and come to the US to work for eight dollars a day and live in tenement on 169th Street in the Bronx if they didn't have to. Just like the Nineteen century there is a better life and tyrannies that need to be fled, but the world isn't as big as it used to be and this country has a people of its own. Although what is left of American culture is being assaulted daily by corporations, mass illegal immigration, decadence, drug abuse, corpro-fascism it still should be fought for. This country should strive to make Mexico the best place it can be. And if this flood of immigrants truly has to do with Hispanic Catholic culture's inability to stop procreating than that's Mexico's problem and those who choose not to abstain or use birth control do what they have to. Our court systems are overrun with illegals committing every type of offense from heinous felonious crimes to simple traffic offenses with no recourse from our government with small municipalities, county government, and state government taking the brunt. The current immigration bill would never come close to having these individuals be held accountable it would simply clear the decks for a short period until a problem occurs again.
Although asking a demure population of passive fatalist Catholics in the Southern Hemisphere to stand up and take their country back is as far fetched as asking lazy Americans to wake up and ask for their country back, that doesn't mean you shouldn't stop asking or calling for what is right, just and logical to be served. One question that should wake a few of us up is what happens to all the billions in foreign aide that goes to Mexico each year. Why hasn't this done anything to stem the influx of immigration, why does it continue to get worse and why do we continue to provide aide? If this doesn't sum up the disastrous and pernicious situation we are in I don't know what does.
For many to simply harken back to America is the "melting pot" response is in itself an impediment to getting at the issue. It's a common mantra used by mostly left leaning politicos and lawyers to defend illegal immigration and the breaking of US law. The comparison is spurious at best and this is where one should start when clearing the fog that now permeates and obscures the true issues that drive this debate. Nineteen century immigration was a totally different entity to the now pervasive flood of illegal South and Central Americans invading this land. Nineteen century immigration was an almost completely controlled affair with quotas and various domestic raids to keep immigration law intact. Many were processed through Ellis Island in New York harbor and if they weren't deemed acceptable were turned back or detained. This period mixed with earlier Seventeenth and Eighteenth century immigration periods controlled mostly by royal charters or mercantile banks consisted of a controlled mixing of the population of the New World.
Today is a much different story, with almost 85% of the entirety of immigration as a whole now being illegal and coming from this hemisphere, versus Europe and Asia. One constant does remain and that is the need for cheap labor, this is what drives a large component of the support by powerful interests in this country to endorse and even encourage illegal immigration and the new immigration law is exactly that, an encouragement and endorsement of those who came to this country illegally. Does everybody deserve a better life, you bet, but not at the cost of the welfare of our countrymen or the sovereignty of the USA. Much of the sympathy derived from supporters of amnesty wrest on their efforts to paint these illegals as downtrodden abused fodder. In many cases this is true but the over generalization and the exploitation of this travesty has caused citizens and some lawmakers to look at the issue with a sentimentality that is misplaced and one that is easily distorted by the puppet masters.
What is funny to note is that NAFTA, one of the biggest frauds perpetrated on the American, Mexican, and Canadian public, was supposed to thwart movement across the border. The illusion of "Free Trade", as it has been called, was supposed to reduce immigration and improve Mexico's economy, instead it made Mexico a waste land for Corporations to manufacture cheap secondary parts for larger scale higher priced items manufactured mostly in Asia, but it seems the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Business Week, Forbes, and the Financial Times fail to mention this trend and if they do they see it as a good thing. NAFTA become nothing more than an excuse to plunder North and South American workers until the new Global Economy could move into a new phase, one that is here to screw us all.
In essence Mexicans, Guatemalans, Costa Ricans, and others from the South should make their own countries' worth living in. Instead of every man for themselves, paying the smugglers and the drug dealers to get themselves into the US they should be arming themselves for take over of their country for the good of them and their children. The major stumbling block to this is the oppressive imperial foreign policy of the United States which as deposed any significant people's movement since the beginning of the Twentieth Century, as well as the passive nature of many of Central and South America's peasant populations. As usual we have created our own monster, but one that many of the ruling elite welcomes, due the fact that the importation of cheap labor keeps wages down and cuts costs while all the while keeping third world nations as resource extraction points and places to launder money. In the end the American worker and the Mexican worker looses, while sub-human, simian, elitist scum get another gold faucet for their eighth bathroom in their palace.
In short if any righteous and well meaning people's movements in all the major countries south of the Rio Grande had been able to flourish we probably wouldn't have to deal with this issue to the degree at which we now do, but the creation of people's sovereignty is not in the long term plans of the global ruling elite. Sovereignty reduces profit and control of resources and so therefore must be curtailed, suppressed, and stopped. That is why dummy government after dummy government is created and supported in order to facilitate business interests. Many in this country support such actions and say that the creation of these "friendly" governments is why the USA is so prosperous and why the US stays on "top"; never knowing the trickle down and voodoo economics is a farce. Pure military power and the threat of nuclear war is what make this country not ingenuity, hard work and moral certitude. That went out the window in 1945 when we dropped the atomic bomb.
In the end immigration issue is clouded by disinformation and constant pull at the heart strings. All amnesty will do is engender and even greater contempt for the rule of law, drive down the living standards of everybody except the ruling elite, and undermine the sovereignty of every single country involved, giving more power to the corporations and international monetary syndicates. Everybody deserves to live their lives with the inalienable rights that are self evident and given by God, but should be able to do as such in their own land. I doubt that many immigrants if they could enjoy peace, security, and prosperity in their own country would want to leave and come to the US to work for eight dollars a day and live in tenement on 169th Street in the Bronx if they didn't have to. Just like the Nineteen century there is a better life and tyrannies that need to be fled, but the world isn't as big as it used to be and this country has a people of its own. Although what is left of American culture is being assaulted daily by corporations, mass illegal immigration, decadence, drug abuse, corpro-fascism it still should be fought for. This country should strive to make Mexico the best place it can be. And if this flood of immigrants truly has to do with Hispanic Catholic culture's inability to stop procreating than that's Mexico's problem and those who choose not to abstain or use birth control do what they have to. Our court systems are overrun with illegals committing every type of offense from heinous felonious crimes to simple traffic offenses with no recourse from our government with small municipalities, county government, and state government taking the brunt. The current immigration bill would never come close to having these individuals be held accountable it would simply clear the decks for a short period until a problem occurs again.
Although asking a demure population of passive fatalist Catholics in the Southern Hemisphere to stand up and take their country back is as far fetched as asking lazy Americans to wake up and ask for their country back, that doesn't mean you shouldn't stop asking or calling for what is right, just and logical to be served. One question that should wake a few of us up is what happens to all the billions in foreign aide that goes to Mexico each year. Why hasn't this done anything to stem the influx of immigration, why does it continue to get worse and why do we continue to provide aide? If this doesn't sum up the disastrous and pernicious situation we are in I don't know what does.
The Scooter Libby Affair: The pending indictment of L. Libby.
With the pending indictment of the proverbial hatchet man of Dick Cheney, I started to go through my own thoughts on the matter from every thing to Yellow cake to Valerie Plame's secret spy status. In sum this guy took the axe for Dick, well Dick Cheney that is. Is it truly possible that Dick is covering his tracks and Lewis Libby needed to take one for the team? Possibly, but one thing lingers on, where is the direct evidence? How can you obtain evidence in a climate of fear and one of extreme secrecy for the Bush Administration as a whole? Although there is no direct evidence, there is a heap of circumstantial evidence. This should be enough should Scooter start to talk once he realizes he's going up for 15 years and no chance of pardon. Will Scooter spill the beans? If so I believe you have the genesis of either an impeachment trial or criminal conviction after the thieves are out of office.
Truly, if one domino falls it sometimes stands that they all will, as seen in the Watergate affair. Even with the paltry convictions and defections resulting from Iran Contra, I think this holds more weight due to the connection with the Iraq war. Although impeachment or any sort of censure type action on the President or the Vice President is still a far fetched prospect, steam is developing for Cheney's impeachment more so than G W Bush, who in my opinion is simply a co-conspirator with Dick Cheney and the unforeseen unelected officials who truly carry on the business of this government. The lack of any true effort to remove these September criminals is astounding. Time and time again they have violated basic principles in the rule of US law, but they have made money for a lot of people, enough to keep the media bought off and any true criticism zipped up. In fact the mainstream press ridiculed the entire case, never once making mention on how a perjury charge can break the cookie jar at the Bush Whitehouse wide open. With the enormousness of the Iraq war issue, Bush may be hard pressed to issue a pardon.
Libby had such cozy relationships with many of those in the press that many in the press corp. thought, "I feel so sorry for Scooter." This for a man who called for the invasion of third world countries, the wholesale murder of thousands, and war at any cost; this for a man who signed the PNAC document, don't feel sorry for Lewis Libby. Just like Al Capone was hit with a tax evasion charge so too was I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby hit with a perjury charge to crack something open or at least get one conviction from those violent freaks: the Neocons. I think Fitzgerald knows what he is doing; this is the scab that needs to be picked to uncover the festering infection in the seats of this country's government. Will Libby turn, I venture to say no, I mean we're not dealing with rat extraordinaire John Dean, but he is a lawyer and he will take a good deal if he sees one.
Bush and Cheney better hope that it's a quiet case and a pardon, but with the political climate and increasing animosity from the press Bush may find it difficult to issue one for Scooter. Fitzgerald has said there will be no further convictions on this case, and for now he's right, that is until he can get Lewis to turn witness.
Truly, if one domino falls it sometimes stands that they all will, as seen in the Watergate affair. Even with the paltry convictions and defections resulting from Iran Contra, I think this holds more weight due to the connection with the Iraq war. Although impeachment or any sort of censure type action on the President or the Vice President is still a far fetched prospect, steam is developing for Cheney's impeachment more so than G W Bush, who in my opinion is simply a co-conspirator with Dick Cheney and the unforeseen unelected officials who truly carry on the business of this government. The lack of any true effort to remove these September criminals is astounding. Time and time again they have violated basic principles in the rule of US law, but they have made money for a lot of people, enough to keep the media bought off and any true criticism zipped up. In fact the mainstream press ridiculed the entire case, never once making mention on how a perjury charge can break the cookie jar at the Bush Whitehouse wide open. With the enormousness of the Iraq war issue, Bush may be hard pressed to issue a pardon.
Libby had such cozy relationships with many of those in the press that many in the press corp. thought, "I feel so sorry for Scooter." This for a man who called for the invasion of third world countries, the wholesale murder of thousands, and war at any cost; this for a man who signed the PNAC document, don't feel sorry for Lewis Libby. Just like Al Capone was hit with a tax evasion charge so too was I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby hit with a perjury charge to crack something open or at least get one conviction from those violent freaks: the Neocons. I think Fitzgerald knows what he is doing; this is the scab that needs to be picked to uncover the festering infection in the seats of this country's government. Will Libby turn, I venture to say no, I mean we're not dealing with rat extraordinaire John Dean, but he is a lawyer and he will take a good deal if he sees one.
Bush and Cheney better hope that it's a quiet case and a pardon, but with the political climate and increasing animosity from the press Bush may find it difficult to issue one for Scooter. Fitzgerald has said there will be no further convictions on this case, and for now he's right, that is until he can get Lewis to turn witness.
Draconian seatbealt laws: A way to further control the populace.
Today in New Hampshire's Union Leader, a local NH newspaper they carried this article: http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Seatbelt+bill+hits+bump+in+the+road&articleId=18fd5ab8-af13-4756-a450-b55ea5da4860. It basically goes through how NH is the last state to really pass a comprehensive and restrictive seatbelt law like the rest of the union. I say: "Maybe I should move to NH." Live free or die has a nice ring to it and frankly, if I want to die in an auto accident because I didn't wear a seatbelt so be it.
Isn't anybody else sick of the Safety Nazi's in this country? The advent of seatbelt laws are just another example of government intrusion into our lives.
Seatbelt laws are so common in other states there is currently now a national campaign to do roadside stops to see if everybody is in line with the ridiculous big brother type law. It's another example of the same culture that brandishes the DSM-IV wherever they go trying to modify the behavior of the world based on pseudo science and slogans. We can't stop abortions in this country legally, but no can light up at a bar or not put on their seatbelt, God forbid.
I herald the so called "backward" ways of NH. I hope it doesn't pass. These laws are no being used to do roadside checks, which are infringing on civil rights as well. Said to be used to check if you're being safe these roadside checks are nothing more than a new maneuver by the police class and state in this country. Not only is revenue rolling in from these offenses in municipalities all over the country, but it's a way for police to cover their ass if they want to pull over whomever they please. If everything turns out OK at least they can give you a seatbelt ticket as to not incriminate their racial profiling or meddling in regular people's affairs.
In essence, they can use small draconian, ridiculous laws like smoking in the car and seatbelt violations to catch people who forgot to renew their registration and hand out more tickets, thus gaining more revenue and power of the citizenry. This is combined with the continuing phenomenon of the militarization of the police forces in this country. Starting in the 1970's after the race riots and war protests of the 60's police have received varying levels of military training, SWAT was the first example of this. To some extent this type of mobilization was necessary, but I venture to say that any large scale disturbance should be handled by community forces picked from the ranks of the local National Guard.
I disagree with all provisions like the seatbelt laws. I think they are capricious violations of basic rights. What's truly angering about the issue is that the government will restrict the life of every citizen but won't restrict litigiousness of individuals that truly spurn these laws. Safety isn't the issue, lawsuits are. Family members die and people get pissed and they sue auto manufacturers etc. instead of accepting fate and the choice of their loved ones not wearing a seatbelt. They should restrict the ability of people to sue in such circumstances, but that will never happen, we all have to pay with our freedom, even if it is to be reckless. Heck that's our God given right, the right to choose to be safe or not. The government's only concerned with saving lives if it creates revenue or serves to control the populace at large. Large scale environmental pollution killing millions a day and countless abortions don't matter, but "click it or ticket". Give me a break.
Isn't anybody else sick of the Safety Nazi's in this country? The advent of seatbelt laws are just another example of government intrusion into our lives.
Seatbelt laws are so common in other states there is currently now a national campaign to do roadside stops to see if everybody is in line with the ridiculous big brother type law. It's another example of the same culture that brandishes the DSM-IV wherever they go trying to modify the behavior of the world based on pseudo science and slogans. We can't stop abortions in this country legally, but no can light up at a bar or not put on their seatbelt, God forbid.
I herald the so called "backward" ways of NH. I hope it doesn't pass. These laws are no being used to do roadside checks, which are infringing on civil rights as well. Said to be used to check if you're being safe these roadside checks are nothing more than a new maneuver by the police class and state in this country. Not only is revenue rolling in from these offenses in municipalities all over the country, but it's a way for police to cover their ass if they want to pull over whomever they please. If everything turns out OK at least they can give you a seatbelt ticket as to not incriminate their racial profiling or meddling in regular people's affairs.
In essence, they can use small draconian, ridiculous laws like smoking in the car and seatbelt violations to catch people who forgot to renew their registration and hand out more tickets, thus gaining more revenue and power of the citizenry. This is combined with the continuing phenomenon of the militarization of the police forces in this country. Starting in the 1970's after the race riots and war protests of the 60's police have received varying levels of military training, SWAT was the first example of this. To some extent this type of mobilization was necessary, but I venture to say that any large scale disturbance should be handled by community forces picked from the ranks of the local National Guard.
I disagree with all provisions like the seatbelt laws. I think they are capricious violations of basic rights. What's truly angering about the issue is that the government will restrict the life of every citizen but won't restrict litigiousness of individuals that truly spurn these laws. Safety isn't the issue, lawsuits are. Family members die and people get pissed and they sue auto manufacturers etc. instead of accepting fate and the choice of their loved ones not wearing a seatbelt. They should restrict the ability of people to sue in such circumstances, but that will never happen, we all have to pay with our freedom, even if it is to be reckless. Heck that's our God given right, the right to choose to be safe or not. The government's only concerned with saving lives if it creates revenue or serves to control the populace at large. Large scale environmental pollution killing millions a day and countless abortions don't matter, but "click it or ticket". Give me a break.
New Media vs. Old Media.
I'm sure all those who get their information from the Internet know of the current paradigm between the Old Media and the New Media. For those that don't know, it's the battle between the Newspapers, TV stations, and radio stations and the Internet. The question how long can the Internet last unregulated, cheap, ubiquitous as it is today.
What some fail to realize is the regulation of all the fore mentioned "Old Media" standard by many agencies, as well as the history behind all the various forms of early technological advances such as radio and TV. Due to the broadcast nature of Radio and TV Regulation was deemed hugely necessary from the get go. Newspapers were a bit of a different story, but many times courts upheld decisions on first amendment rights, usually invoking citing a riot with whatever it was that particular newspaper was printing.
The Internet has a strange distinction as the only open media source today. Although censored in some areas the Internet still presents the best source for factually correct bits of information. That being said the most important skill needed to traverse this super highway of information is critical analysis. Like any free and open environment you can expect the good with the bad obviously on the Internet. This has caused credibility issues with the mainstream public due to a perceived lack of authority and a propensity towards trash that exists on the Internet. With all that being considered, I would rather take the good with the bad than just what some corporate smucks in the Manhattan thinks is news.
The point of this discourse is to understand why Old Media hangs on. One can argue that the regulated and duly authorized status for most TV and radio stations lends a certain air of credibility. Any body can put their stuff out on the Internet, but who can broadcast publicly on air, legally? Very few people. Furthermore, much of the Internet is demonized by mainstream press sources as "smut", "pornography", you name it. Before On-line activity was a threat to TV, you would frequently see stories about Americans On-line. Now you see nothing on the real rates of Americans On-line, especially the programming that's offered there.
In the end though the Internet truth culture in reporting world events properly in light of the government stories and official lies has lent much credibility and vitalness to the Internet and free news stories unaffiliated with any sponsorship and more immune to government influence. But, be wary. Take head to skepticism in your empirical reasoning. Don't be deceived by charlatans, racists, or propagandizers. Accordingly, head the hand of government intervention and recoginze its motive's.
What some fail to realize is the regulation of all the fore mentioned "Old Media" standard by many agencies, as well as the history behind all the various forms of early technological advances such as radio and TV. Due to the broadcast nature of Radio and TV Regulation was deemed hugely necessary from the get go. Newspapers were a bit of a different story, but many times courts upheld decisions on first amendment rights, usually invoking citing a riot with whatever it was that particular newspaper was printing.
The Internet has a strange distinction as the only open media source today. Although censored in some areas the Internet still presents the best source for factually correct bits of information. That being said the most important skill needed to traverse this super highway of information is critical analysis. Like any free and open environment you can expect the good with the bad obviously on the Internet. This has caused credibility issues with the mainstream public due to a perceived lack of authority and a propensity towards trash that exists on the Internet. With all that being considered, I would rather take the good with the bad than just what some corporate smucks in the Manhattan thinks is news.
The point of this discourse is to understand why Old Media hangs on. One can argue that the regulated and duly authorized status for most TV and radio stations lends a certain air of credibility. Any body can put their stuff out on the Internet, but who can broadcast publicly on air, legally? Very few people. Furthermore, much of the Internet is demonized by mainstream press sources as "smut", "pornography", you name it. Before On-line activity was a threat to TV, you would frequently see stories about Americans On-line. Now you see nothing on the real rates of Americans On-line, especially the programming that's offered there.
In the end though the Internet truth culture in reporting world events properly in light of the government stories and official lies has lent much credibility and vitalness to the Internet and free news stories unaffiliated with any sponsorship and more immune to government influence. But, be wary. Take head to skepticism in your empirical reasoning. Don't be deceived by charlatans, racists, or propagandizers. Accordingly, head the hand of government intervention and recoginze its motive's.
2008 Presidential election: Who the heck are these creeps?!
So hear we are in spring 2007 already abuzz with 2008 presidential hopefuls. What is this crap? The only gleam of anything interesting in this whole story is the fact that the first time in eighty years there isn't an incumbent president or vice-president running. This leads me to say, if there is any hope left in this failing Republic, one last try for a third party candidate.
With the field so open in both party's contest for the nomination nod, isn't it time to give democracy one last go around the track to see if she still works in this country? I've naively supported third party candidates in '92 and '96, but this time there could be something. If I were a disaffected member of either party I would make friends and start party three. Polling shows major divergent factors of the electorate that neither party is addressing due to ruling from the poles in each party or a constant battle for the same cross over voter. Instead those left from a centrist point of view should start a party, a party that support more Keynesian policies economically, a bit of protectionism, and a strong stance on the sovereignty of the United States of America.
In reality that's asking a lot, but people can get the point from just splicing together any number of issues that neither party cares or is willing to discuss in their platforms. Topics which join millions of voters, but in many cases are political suicide in either party. The issue could be cleaning up Washington and ending the corrupt war in Iraq. Millions agree on this issue, but either party is too politically entrenched and favor ridden to do anything about this problem really. These are important topics to voters, mix this with a plan to overhaul Social Security, Medicare, and Welfare, including huge revamping of the social services infrastructure is another huge winning party platform. Washington insiders, including the plenary heads of both parties is too "Washington" to ever tackle these issues.
The problem is money in the end, not only money, but the financial/media megalith that has to be negotiated to even gain access. What is required though is something that hasn't been properly designed yet. The third party candidate is a difficult prospect due to the polarity of political issues and sentiments in this country, so many would argue the futility of a third party platform surmounting the arrogant, callous and powerful forces against it, case in point: Ross Perot. Although, no third party candidate has properly put together a centrist platform to attract voters. A more serious candidate and party could take the prize by filling a noticeable vacuum in political leadership properly.
The only other scenario given the current status of politics and power in this country of getting a "good" candidate in office is the Trojan horse candidate. A Trojan horse Candidate has to be developed and then enter into politics assuring victory and support among the elite king makers. Once this person takes office, the Trojan horse is unleashed. This is the only way to properly reform the current government of the United States. All other methods would require violent revolution and drastic measures, ones that would alter this country past recognition. Of course that Trojan horse would have to be a sacrificial lamb and eventually would be sacrificed. Very few politicians fit this mold though; JKK and RFK do to an extent. Richard Nixon I think was a sleeper candidate in some regards.
In the end trying to gain a good candidate out of the current selection of dopes, cranks, and sociopaths is futile. There needs to be some force expressing the hidden dialogue of the country. Not Ralph Nader, not John Hagelin, not Pat Buchanan, not Ross Perot, but somebody of merit, consequence, morality, and leadership. The 2008 election has already become a charade and we the people need to take it back. You don't like what your party's candidates have to offer? Support somebody else. Challenge your so called leaders. Ask: Why aren't you addressing these issues? Why aren't these important concerns getting your attention? Demand better, and if these so called leaders do not respond or deflect your inquiry, demand new leadership.
With the field so open in both party's contest for the nomination nod, isn't it time to give democracy one last go around the track to see if she still works in this country? I've naively supported third party candidates in '92 and '96, but this time there could be something. If I were a disaffected member of either party I would make friends and start party three. Polling shows major divergent factors of the electorate that neither party is addressing due to ruling from the poles in each party or a constant battle for the same cross over voter. Instead those left from a centrist point of view should start a party, a party that support more Keynesian policies economically, a bit of protectionism, and a strong stance on the sovereignty of the United States of America.
In reality that's asking a lot, but people can get the point from just splicing together any number of issues that neither party cares or is willing to discuss in their platforms. Topics which join millions of voters, but in many cases are political suicide in either party. The issue could be cleaning up Washington and ending the corrupt war in Iraq. Millions agree on this issue, but either party is too politically entrenched and favor ridden to do anything about this problem really. These are important topics to voters, mix this with a plan to overhaul Social Security, Medicare, and Welfare, including huge revamping of the social services infrastructure is another huge winning party platform. Washington insiders, including the plenary heads of both parties is too "Washington" to ever tackle these issues.
The problem is money in the end, not only money, but the financial/media megalith that has to be negotiated to even gain access. What is required though is something that hasn't been properly designed yet. The third party candidate is a difficult prospect due to the polarity of political issues and sentiments in this country, so many would argue the futility of a third party platform surmounting the arrogant, callous and powerful forces against it, case in point: Ross Perot. Although, no third party candidate has properly put together a centrist platform to attract voters. A more serious candidate and party could take the prize by filling a noticeable vacuum in political leadership properly.
The only other scenario given the current status of politics and power in this country of getting a "good" candidate in office is the Trojan horse candidate. A Trojan horse Candidate has to be developed and then enter into politics assuring victory and support among the elite king makers. Once this person takes office, the Trojan horse is unleashed. This is the only way to properly reform the current government of the United States. All other methods would require violent revolution and drastic measures, ones that would alter this country past recognition. Of course that Trojan horse would have to be a sacrificial lamb and eventually would be sacrificed. Very few politicians fit this mold though; JKK and RFK do to an extent. Richard Nixon I think was a sleeper candidate in some regards.
In the end trying to gain a good candidate out of the current selection of dopes, cranks, and sociopaths is futile. There needs to be some force expressing the hidden dialogue of the country. Not Ralph Nader, not John Hagelin, not Pat Buchanan, not Ross Perot, but somebody of merit, consequence, morality, and leadership. The 2008 election has already become a charade and we the people need to take it back. You don't like what your party's candidates have to offer? Support somebody else. Challenge your so called leaders. Ask: Why aren't you addressing these issues? Why aren't these important concerns getting your attention? Demand better, and if these so called leaders do not respond or deflect your inquiry, demand new leadership.
Starting a Web-site.
To all those who care to read my historical, political, and social theorizations I'm starting a web-page where you can find my writings. Please go to: http://www.jcarpentermusic.com/Condmenu if you are intrested in reading academic style papers on topics I find important. Please excuse the primitive nature of the site for now, but I'm just getting it off the ground and working on what works and what doesn't. There are currently two papers there. Enjoy. There will be more to come, including links and a new, bigger and better blog that I hope to start outside the confines of this flimsy space. Thanks to all for reading my posts and I hope to see some of you on my new site.
Best,
Walrus
Best,
Walrus
The final bell for America's speculative economy: Here come the foreclosures
As I have been saying for quite some time, real estate has to take a hit at some point soon. As this article notes: http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070313/late_mortgages.html?.v=11, that time has come.
It seems now that the other shoe has dropped. A deficit crazy government, selling off manufacturing capabilities, leaning on a real estate market and new construction for its economic bread and butter was bound for disaster. If it continues to slide there goes the whole enchilada. Imagine all the services that people in those homes keep afloat. All the landscapers, maids, nannies, and other associated service people out of work not to mention the indebted losers applying for bankruptcy. All of whom will be spending little due to their hardships. First comes a stock sell off in speculation and then as the foreclosures come in a bigger stock sell off, and banks closing. Once the banks close the Federal government will have to insure the money for all those in the bank and then pass some restrictive laws to stop the bleeding. Meanwhile more people go on unemployment, crime rises and the seams of society start to burst. Businesses close, etc.
As a member of Gen X that hasn't totally sold out or turned my life into a total working nightmare, the prospects of owning a home on my earnings has been far fetched to say the least, but it seems that didn't stop a great many people who thought it would be Ok to get any adjusted rate mortgage or sub prime rate to finance their dream home. "Credit problems, don't worry" the ads say welcoming any idiot not cleared to balance their own check book, much less handle a mortgage on their own.
In short the people in trouble were sold a bill of goods by banks that can't regulate themselves, and frankly were encouraged to lend to people who spend too much. One comment by Jeffrey Kirsch, chief executive at American Residential Equities, who said: "Once politicians get involved, it will take out a lot of home buyers and affect people's ability to refinance." says it all as far as banks and fronts like ARE say to thwart intervention that would save the systems he says in danger from looming government oversight. What's in danger is their profit plain and simple. What needs to end is the availability of credit to ruin people's credit history in the first place, and then they wouldn't have to borrow at sub prime rates. Many say that it is the individual's failure to act responsibly in these cases and I disagree. I think banks prey on the weak or inexperienced as the IMF and the WTO prey on weak countries. They give them loans at based ridiculous terms and then start to get the individual or the country into a position of servitude. The only problem is when they gave too much out to losers and irresponsibles and then the whole house of cards come tumbling down.
Really what is happening that is well reported in the current stories in the Financial Times or Yahoo! Financial is the rising cost of living that is exasperating these home owners, an issue that is only really being discussed by Congressional leaders like Jim Webb of Virginia, Ron Paul of Texas, and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. The foreclosures are just a symptom and a red flag of tough times ahead, the real problem is the fleckless, shallow, cardboard domestic economy we have created, an economy that runs on surplus goods and immigrant labor. One that also uses subliminal advertising to entice people to buy things they cannot afford. And as we keep off shoring professional jobs who's going to contribute the consumer economy? No one. We'll all have nothing soon, and maybe it's about time. With the government extolling the virtues of an over zealous and callous free market system abroad maybe it's time for a wake up call for America, in fact I know it's one.
It seems now that the other shoe has dropped. A deficit crazy government, selling off manufacturing capabilities, leaning on a real estate market and new construction for its economic bread and butter was bound for disaster. If it continues to slide there goes the whole enchilada. Imagine all the services that people in those homes keep afloat. All the landscapers, maids, nannies, and other associated service people out of work not to mention the indebted losers applying for bankruptcy. All of whom will be spending little due to their hardships. First comes a stock sell off in speculation and then as the foreclosures come in a bigger stock sell off, and banks closing. Once the banks close the Federal government will have to insure the money for all those in the bank and then pass some restrictive laws to stop the bleeding. Meanwhile more people go on unemployment, crime rises and the seams of society start to burst. Businesses close, etc.
As a member of Gen X that hasn't totally sold out or turned my life into a total working nightmare, the prospects of owning a home on my earnings has been far fetched to say the least, but it seems that didn't stop a great many people who thought it would be Ok to get any adjusted rate mortgage or sub prime rate to finance their dream home. "Credit problems, don't worry" the ads say welcoming any idiot not cleared to balance their own check book, much less handle a mortgage on their own.
In short the people in trouble were sold a bill of goods by banks that can't regulate themselves, and frankly were encouraged to lend to people who spend too much. One comment by Jeffrey Kirsch, chief executive at American Residential Equities, who said: "Once politicians get involved, it will take out a lot of home buyers and affect people's ability to refinance." says it all as far as banks and fronts like ARE say to thwart intervention that would save the systems he says in danger from looming government oversight. What's in danger is their profit plain and simple. What needs to end is the availability of credit to ruin people's credit history in the first place, and then they wouldn't have to borrow at sub prime rates. Many say that it is the individual's failure to act responsibly in these cases and I disagree. I think banks prey on the weak or inexperienced as the IMF and the WTO prey on weak countries. They give them loans at based ridiculous terms and then start to get the individual or the country into a position of servitude. The only problem is when they gave too much out to losers and irresponsibles and then the whole house of cards come tumbling down.
Really what is happening that is well reported in the current stories in the Financial Times or Yahoo! Financial is the rising cost of living that is exasperating these home owners, an issue that is only really being discussed by Congressional leaders like Jim Webb of Virginia, Ron Paul of Texas, and Chuck Hagel of Nebraska. The foreclosures are just a symptom and a red flag of tough times ahead, the real problem is the fleckless, shallow, cardboard domestic economy we have created, an economy that runs on surplus goods and immigrant labor. One that also uses subliminal advertising to entice people to buy things they cannot afford. And as we keep off shoring professional jobs who's going to contribute the consumer economy? No one. We'll all have nothing soon, and maybe it's about time. With the government extolling the virtues of an over zealous and callous free market system abroad maybe it's time for a wake up call for America, in fact I know it's one.
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