The only man quoted in the press as seeing the problem and not simply reacting in a conditioned manner, ingrained in us for years by the relentless propaganda put forth by our "news agencies" or "newspapers". The man who could not get an audience with the American people while running for President. The man who said there could be a "new day" for America, is now being quoted in mainstream media. Ron Paul.
I have spent time reading and writing in newspaper comment sections about WikiLeaks (can still be found as of this date and time at http://www.wikileaks.ch/). I am still amazed that people are talking about what should or should not be done to Wikileaks, but no one is discussing the abhorrent, dishonest, dangerous and self serving conduct of our politicians and diplomats as disclosed.
I hate to use quotes so much, but I have never heard anyone say it better so, " At its core, the Wikileaks controversy serves as a diversion from the real issue of what our foreign policy should be. But the mainstream media, along with neoconservatives from both parties, insists on asking the wrong questions. When presented with embarrassing disclosures about U.S. spying and meddling, the policy that requires so much spying and meddling is not questioned. Instead the media focuses on how authorities might prosecute the publishers of such information. " To quote "My Cousin Vinney" Dead On Balls Accurate.
Does anyone have any idea what our "policy" is? Does anyone know what a "policy" is? Not if you are in the 40% plus who do not graduate from high school or if you do graduate you are deemed functionally illiterate. The point is, no, we don't know what our own government's foreign policy is. We don't know what our own government's domestic policy is. Is it to destroy the country? Is it to tear the middle class apart? Is it to make all of us worker ants to act as domestics in the new homes that will be built, under Chinese direction of course, for the millions of new Chinese inhabitants, who will come and live on our foreclosed lots, in new homes?
Have we asked ourselves why the executive and legislative branches of our government continue to state in the press that "we can't afford any more tax breaks". WHO can't afford? I can definitely afford to have a tax break. OH you mean the GOVERNMENT can't afford to let us PAY them any LESS money because then they would have to do some saving themselves.
One last quote for today from an American Patriot. "Why exactly should Americans be prevented from knowing what their government is doing in their name? In a free society we are supposed to know the truth. In a society where truth becomes treason, however, we are in big trouble. The truth is that our foreign spying, meddling and outright military intervention in the post–World War II era has made us less secure, not more, and we have lost countless lives and spent trillions of dollars for our trouble. Too often it’s the official government lies that have given us endless and illegal wars resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths and casualties."
If you agree, write to me. If you disagree, write to me. I've got a lot of good stuff but if no one is interested I'll move on to less controversial subjects.
Couple of interesting cases. Cyberstalking is one of them. Client does not have a clue although they are very well educated and adroit. Tried to explain the procedure but we think their lawyers have put them to sleep. We'll see. They are supposed to file a case "any minute" now. This I've got to see! If you want to know anything about Cyberstalking, write and I'll give you sources or explain it. Whichever way you like it.
Till the next post.
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Where Did All The Money Go?
Is America just about a money grab for the corporate government? If so, what does that have to do with BP?
While these were simply idle thoughts passing through my mind as I read a newspaper account of the latest press release from Washington, for some reason I was entreated to inquire further. So I started to consciously think about the oil spill and the destroyed well and the virtual destruction of large portions of our beautiful and valuable wetlands, beaches and sea life. Once again I had that uncomfortable feeling that something "wasn't right". Certainly, any person in a position of authority, with an interest in the safety and welfare of this country and it's citizens would see to it that all safety regulations pertinent to this kind of drilling activity were rigorously enforced. They would further assure, without doubt and with the attention to detail that NASA gives the space shuttle prior to launch, that the equipment designed to stop precisely this kind of blowout worked well. No Excuses! Apparently that was not the case.
Authorities from other oil companies had stated that the chances of this type of malfunction were practically nil. Then there was the question of why Washington was taking over all the news that came out of the area. Then there were questions about why we would not let anyone near the site to help recover oil. Then it hit me. That old 911 fear and dread....that we as Americans had been betrayed, once again.
So I decided to do some research and devote some real time to thinking about what I read. The best place to start was where the most money was missing and then my plan was to work forward to the oil spill.
I began reading about how American dollars, by the billions, are being stolen in Afghanistan. Then how American dollars, by the 10’s of billions were stolen out of Iraq. We read it every day in the newspapers but no one has ever done anything about it. The vast majority of Americans have no idea how much money that is, don't realize that it's killing their purchasing power at home and destroying the future of their children, or that this inability to grasp huge numbers is why the Federal Reserve Bank, a private institution, loves you.
Just to give you an idea about how much we don't know, from 2003 to July 7, 2006 Americans poured $315,000,000,000.00 into Iraq and Afghanistan. That is a stack of $1 bills 19,887 miles tall, or long enough to wrap the Moon at its equator almost 3 times. Look at it this way, you could build a bridge from Earth to the Space Station AND BACK, 163 TIMES. And that money belongs to the citizens of the United States of America. However the entity that sent that money to be stolen was not the citizens, it was the government of this country. The government that is supposed to represent you, not own you. The government that is supposed to protect you not prosecute you. Our government does not create wealth. Our government consumes wealth, and redistributes wealth. So using these episodes, this stolen money, and the governments related performance in the areas of competency and culpability, I found disturbing results. So I determined that I would actually have to look at what the government did, and not listen to what it says.
So where did the money go? It does not matter. It is gone and it will never come back. Who stole it, why they stole it and what they are using it for now means nothing.
So what are we learning about our government? Do we know anything about BP? What was the reference to Lockerbie Scotland and BP that appeared in all the European newspapers? Good questions.
In an attempt to test the government's credibility, I thought I'd go back to my war. Viet Nam.
1964. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution resulted in the death of +50,000 American service men and the crippling and disabling of hundreds of thousands more. The former President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson admitted that the core of the resolution, which involved Vietnamese gunboats firing upon U.S. warships (specifically a destroyer) were lies and that the only firing done was by American aircraft and warships on the Vietnamese gunboats who did not fire back. Why did we let Johnson and his band of criminals get away with it? Why was Johnson and his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara not tried and convicted of treason? Who knows, but what I do know, is that Presidents, Congressman and Senators have lied with impunity for at least since 1964 and most likely all the way back to Lincoln. Lincoln was the author of the "Big Lie" in the story of propaganda in our country, but that's another story.
1999. BP merges with AMOCO. Way too much to go into here. I know it involved a lot of things including special expertise in fields that BP was short on.
2002-2003. Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction. They did not and do not exist. The man we hung, the President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was a hand picked puppet. Picked by the American Government to do their bidding and then executed when the looting of his country started.
911. Iraq and Al Qaida attacked us with our own aircraft and killed 3000+ Americans. Not a single United States Air Force asset moved to protect the largest city in our country with over an hours warning.
The people in the World Trade Center lost their lives, the rest of us lost our freedom.
Virtually every expert on the subject who is not in the direct or indirect employ of the American government says now, and has said, it was an inside job meaning “friendlies” planned, executed and covered it up. Can anyone ever forget building 7 just “falling down”?
November 2008. After Obama was elected things continued as usual. His administration, upon completing its first full week in office, wasted no time in getting their priorities in order. First, and foremost, they issued formal apologies to the world. Then they continued the Bush, Clinton, Bush, Regan policy, by advancing massive, intrusive government at home.
I don’t mind the apologies. However they should have been for Obama’s predecessors NOT the citizens of the United States who are pretty much blameless in this. U.S. Citizens can’t protect themselves in their own country, from their own government. How can U.S. Citizens be expected to protect an Arab child or Mother in another country, from the same enemy we can’t protect ourselves from here?
President Obama chose Al Arabiya or Arab television to give his first sit-down interview. He took the opportunity to confirm the long-held Arab view that the real problem is America, and President Obama apologized on our behalf. Thank you Mr. President.
"America was not born as a colonial power," the President told the Arab viewing audience – implying we are now. And he regretfully confessed, speaking like a Citizen of the United States rather than the President of the United States and the head of the government, "We sometimes make mistakes. We are not perfect."
He sounded sincere, and managed, in one flawlessly executed interview, to shift the entire blame for two recent wars from the Government of the United States to the Citizens of the United States. Thanks again Mr. President.
However, here we are, 2 years later, still having our children and Arab children slaughtered in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, so I guess he was not really serious about changing our “colonial” tendencies. I’m damn sure he’s not going to change anything about the government. I think this was my first warning that the President might be a lot of things but forthcoming was not one of them, and remember, I voted for him.
Then, while researching terrorism, I find that BP was initially implicated by European sources, and a few in the Scottish press, of encouraging, or taking part in the release of, the Lockerbie Bomber. Yes. Sending him back to his native home after only 8 years of incarceration. Impressive for an oil company, but easy to trace the economic facts of the case back to, where else, the middle east. Who knew Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi and Libya would become a business partner with BP.....just like the United States.
Then I found out that BP is a provider of choice to the U.S. Government for fuel. $2.2 Billion American Dollars per year, that’s what we pay them. While the president has been on the verbal warpath about BP’s abysmal environmental record and loss of life on the Deepwater Horizon, the US military has – with little notice – continued to carry on a major business partnership with BP. Started me thinking about Britain's staunch support for us in our little wars, even in the face of massive disapproval by their citizens. Hmmm.
Then I find out that our allies the British have declared in their major newspapers that the government in the United Kingdom has received a windfall of several millions of Pounds in the form of “taxes on bonuses paid by U.S. BANKS to their EMPLOYEES in Great Britain”. The tax is, I believe 50% of everything over $25000.00. So it looks like a bunch of the BANK BAIL OUT MONEY just got sent overseas to the Red Coats! Brilliant. No wonder they are such great allies. I just hope for all that money the Brits continue to send their sons to die along side of our own, fighting to enrich their respective banking, governmental and insurance institutions.
Then I get back to the oil leaking into the gulf and I am appalled at the fact that Obama won’t let any of the several huge and efficient ships standing by help skim the oil. Why? How about a love of the labor unions? Here’s where he got the power to exclude ships like the “A Whale”.
The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (P.L. 66-261) is a U.S. STATUTE that regulates shipping in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports.Section 27, also known as the Jones Act, deals with coastal shipping and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. Maritime industry. In addition, amendments to the Jones Act, known as the "Cargo preference act" provide permanent legislation for the transportation of waterborne cargoes in U.S.-flag vessels. So all the ships sitting out there from all over the world have been denied permission to help including the "A Whale". When is the last time you saw that federal statute enforced? Perhaps he will do anything to get the Union vote? Perhaps there is a continuous thread in his actions that indicate it does not matter whether it’s immigration or an oil spill, he’ll do what every other politician will do to get votes, and that’s anything.
Continuing on with the oil well, the ruptured well spewed enough oil to indicate that a single well of its magnitude could supply a huge portion of U.S. fuel needs for decades….but that oil was scheduled to be sold overseas, by the FOREIGN OIL Company, BP. The same company to whom we granted rights to take the oil, sell the oil, and even sell the oil to us, at a premium price. What kind of a deal is it when you take all the risk and have none of the profit? It’s the kind of deal the U.S. Government makes when American Citizens and their assets are the ones at risk.
Meanwhile the U.S. Government halts American Oil Companies from drilling. Meanwhile Sunoco, an American oil company, who has never had a significant environmental violation, can’t get a contract from the U.S. Government if they wanted one.
Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East. Pakistan, to whom we paid Billions of dollars to support us is on the verge of political dissolution because we have continued to back a false government there. India, China, the two fastest growing economies in the world will still take our money, but not so readily and not without a certain sense of wariness....the same kind of wariness you might have if you were feeding a Timber Wolf raw meat with your bear hand.
The entire world comprised of some very intelligent and peaceful people, are against us in so many places and so many ways. Iraq and Afghanistan are the longest and most costly wars in our history. The only good thing is, it looks like they are going to be our last. I love my country and I’ve fought and risked my life for it. If it was indeed still my country I would not hesitate to do so again. But I’ll be damned if I’ll do it for the Regan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Family Trust. The United States of America is collapsing and when that event is well underway we won’t be able to kill anymore innocent victims in our foreign wars, and for that matter, fewer of our own sons and daughters.
How many times have we heard it? “Obama is selling the country down the river”. “Obama lied about troop pullouts”. “Obama does not know what he’s doing”. “Obama is too inexperienced”.
When are we going to wake up and realize that we, the citizens, are no longer the dictator and arbiter of our own domestic and foreign policy. And it’s not Obama, just as it was not Bush or Regan or Clinton. They are just “front men” for the establishment, you know, AIG, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Chase, Citi etc., the "usual suspects".
Wake Up! Anybody who says uncontrolled, illegal immigration, can be cured with a governmental credential issued to the offender, lives, or is planning to live in a different country. This same person, the President, is who we are depending on to make decisions that are in our best interest. We're in deep trouble.
So my conclusion is, that the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, was an act conceived of and perpetrated for, the sole purpose of political control and gain by unknown co-conspirators.
So who among us would doubt, in honest conversation and accurate dissertation, that those conclusions are self evident? Only those that are blinded by their own slothful intellectual exercise or those who hate, said hate blinding them to all others, excepting their own.
There’s only one cure. Vote out, and keep voting out for a few generations, anyone who is an incumbent, anyone who is part of the military industrial complex, any lawyer. Just vote in decent Americans and let them make honest mistakes. At least their road to destruction will not involve your enslavement along the way.
I hope this has been a small insight into how various individual incidents may be tied together. The result of this mapping must inevitably lead to a better understanding of the culture of an entire scenario. In this case we see that oil wells, big companies, terrorists, governments, banks and a host of other entities work together to enslave you and keep you working…..so they don’t have to.
Peter F. Tompkins, an obscure but highly intellectual and honest archaeologist, once translated a scroll from Egypt that was over 5000 years old. It described the start, middle life and end of a kingdom, which spanned some 700 years. On the last lines of the account the scribe had carefully written, "In the beginning there were no tariffs and great trade, and in the end, there were great tariffs and no trade." Hmmmmm sound familiar?
While these were simply idle thoughts passing through my mind as I read a newspaper account of the latest press release from Washington, for some reason I was entreated to inquire further. So I started to consciously think about the oil spill and the destroyed well and the virtual destruction of large portions of our beautiful and valuable wetlands, beaches and sea life. Once again I had that uncomfortable feeling that something "wasn't right". Certainly, any person in a position of authority, with an interest in the safety and welfare of this country and it's citizens would see to it that all safety regulations pertinent to this kind of drilling activity were rigorously enforced. They would further assure, without doubt and with the attention to detail that NASA gives the space shuttle prior to launch, that the equipment designed to stop precisely this kind of blowout worked well. No Excuses! Apparently that was not the case.
Authorities from other oil companies had stated that the chances of this type of malfunction were practically nil. Then there was the question of why Washington was taking over all the news that came out of the area. Then there were questions about why we would not let anyone near the site to help recover oil. Then it hit me. That old 911 fear and dread....that we as Americans had been betrayed, once again.
So I decided to do some research and devote some real time to thinking about what I read. The best place to start was where the most money was missing and then my plan was to work forward to the oil spill.
I began reading about how American dollars, by the billions, are being stolen in Afghanistan. Then how American dollars, by the 10’s of billions were stolen out of Iraq. We read it every day in the newspapers but no one has ever done anything about it. The vast majority of Americans have no idea how much money that is, don't realize that it's killing their purchasing power at home and destroying the future of their children, or that this inability to grasp huge numbers is why the Federal Reserve Bank, a private institution, loves you.
Just to give you an idea about how much we don't know, from 2003 to July 7, 2006 Americans poured $315,000,000,000.00 into Iraq and Afghanistan. That is a stack of $1 bills 19,887 miles tall, or long enough to wrap the Moon at its equator almost 3 times. Look at it this way, you could build a bridge from Earth to the Space Station AND BACK, 163 TIMES. And that money belongs to the citizens of the United States of America. However the entity that sent that money to be stolen was not the citizens, it was the government of this country. The government that is supposed to represent you, not own you. The government that is supposed to protect you not prosecute you. Our government does not create wealth. Our government consumes wealth, and redistributes wealth. So using these episodes, this stolen money, and the governments related performance in the areas of competency and culpability, I found disturbing results. So I determined that I would actually have to look at what the government did, and not listen to what it says.
So where did the money go? It does not matter. It is gone and it will never come back. Who stole it, why they stole it and what they are using it for now means nothing.
So what are we learning about our government? Do we know anything about BP? What was the reference to Lockerbie Scotland and BP that appeared in all the European newspapers? Good questions.
In an attempt to test the government's credibility, I thought I'd go back to my war. Viet Nam.
1964. The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution resulted in the death of +50,000 American service men and the crippling and disabling of hundreds of thousands more. The former President of the United States, Lyndon Johnson admitted that the core of the resolution, which involved Vietnamese gunboats firing upon U.S. warships (specifically a destroyer) were lies and that the only firing done was by American aircraft and warships on the Vietnamese gunboats who did not fire back. Why did we let Johnson and his band of criminals get away with it? Why was Johnson and his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara not tried and convicted of treason? Who knows, but what I do know, is that Presidents, Congressman and Senators have lied with impunity for at least since 1964 and most likely all the way back to Lincoln. Lincoln was the author of the "Big Lie" in the story of propaganda in our country, but that's another story.
1999. BP merges with AMOCO. Way too much to go into here. I know it involved a lot of things including special expertise in fields that BP was short on.
2002-2003. Iraq and Weapons of Mass Destruction. They did not and do not exist. The man we hung, the President of Iraq, Saddam Hussein, was a hand picked puppet. Picked by the American Government to do their bidding and then executed when the looting of his country started.
911. Iraq and Al Qaida attacked us with our own aircraft and killed 3000+ Americans. Not a single United States Air Force asset moved to protect the largest city in our country with over an hours warning.
The people in the World Trade Center lost their lives, the rest of us lost our freedom.
Virtually every expert on the subject who is not in the direct or indirect employ of the American government says now, and has said, it was an inside job meaning “friendlies” planned, executed and covered it up. Can anyone ever forget building 7 just “falling down”?
November 2008. After Obama was elected things continued as usual. His administration, upon completing its first full week in office, wasted no time in getting their priorities in order. First, and foremost, they issued formal apologies to the world. Then they continued the Bush, Clinton, Bush, Regan policy, by advancing massive, intrusive government at home.
I don’t mind the apologies. However they should have been for Obama’s predecessors NOT the citizens of the United States who are pretty much blameless in this. U.S. Citizens can’t protect themselves in their own country, from their own government. How can U.S. Citizens be expected to protect an Arab child or Mother in another country, from the same enemy we can’t protect ourselves from here?
President Obama chose Al Arabiya or Arab television to give his first sit-down interview. He took the opportunity to confirm the long-held Arab view that the real problem is America, and President Obama apologized on our behalf. Thank you Mr. President.
"America was not born as a colonial power," the President told the Arab viewing audience – implying we are now. And he regretfully confessed, speaking like a Citizen of the United States rather than the President of the United States and the head of the government, "We sometimes make mistakes. We are not perfect."
He sounded sincere, and managed, in one flawlessly executed interview, to shift the entire blame for two recent wars from the Government of the United States to the Citizens of the United States. Thanks again Mr. President.
However, here we are, 2 years later, still having our children and Arab children slaughtered in wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, so I guess he was not really serious about changing our “colonial” tendencies. I’m damn sure he’s not going to change anything about the government. I think this was my first warning that the President might be a lot of things but forthcoming was not one of them, and remember, I voted for him.
Then, while researching terrorism, I find that BP was initially implicated by European sources, and a few in the Scottish press, of encouraging, or taking part in the release of, the Lockerbie Bomber. Yes. Sending him back to his native home after only 8 years of incarceration. Impressive for an oil company, but easy to trace the economic facts of the case back to, where else, the middle east. Who knew Muammar Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi and Libya would become a business partner with BP.....just like the United States.
Then I found out that BP is a provider of choice to the U.S. Government for fuel. $2.2 Billion American Dollars per year, that’s what we pay them. While the president has been on the verbal warpath about BP’s abysmal environmental record and loss of life on the Deepwater Horizon, the US military has – with little notice – continued to carry on a major business partnership with BP. Started me thinking about Britain's staunch support for us in our little wars, even in the face of massive disapproval by their citizens. Hmmm.
Then I find out that our allies the British have declared in their major newspapers that the government in the United Kingdom has received a windfall of several millions of Pounds in the form of “taxes on bonuses paid by U.S. BANKS to their EMPLOYEES in Great Britain”. The tax is, I believe 50% of everything over $25000.00. So it looks like a bunch of the BANK BAIL OUT MONEY just got sent overseas to the Red Coats! Brilliant. No wonder they are such great allies. I just hope for all that money the Brits continue to send their sons to die along side of our own, fighting to enrich their respective banking, governmental and insurance institutions.
Then I get back to the oil leaking into the gulf and I am appalled at the fact that Obama won’t let any of the several huge and efficient ships standing by help skim the oil. Why? How about a love of the labor unions? Here’s where he got the power to exclude ships like the “A Whale”.
The Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (P.L. 66-261) is a U.S. STATUTE that regulates shipping in U.S. waters and between U.S. ports.Section 27, also known as the Jones Act, deals with coastal shipping and requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships, constructed in the United States, owned by U.S. citizens, and crewed by U.S. citizens and U.S. permanent residents. The purpose of the law is to support the U.S. Maritime industry. In addition, amendments to the Jones Act, known as the "Cargo preference act" provide permanent legislation for the transportation of waterborne cargoes in U.S.-flag vessels. So all the ships sitting out there from all over the world have been denied permission to help including the "A Whale". When is the last time you saw that federal statute enforced? Perhaps he will do anything to get the Union vote? Perhaps there is a continuous thread in his actions that indicate it does not matter whether it’s immigration or an oil spill, he’ll do what every other politician will do to get votes, and that’s anything.
Continuing on with the oil well, the ruptured well spewed enough oil to indicate that a single well of its magnitude could supply a huge portion of U.S. fuel needs for decades….but that oil was scheduled to be sold overseas, by the FOREIGN OIL Company, BP. The same company to whom we granted rights to take the oil, sell the oil, and even sell the oil to us, at a premium price. What kind of a deal is it when you take all the risk and have none of the profit? It’s the kind of deal the U.S. Government makes when American Citizens and their assets are the ones at risk.
Meanwhile the U.S. Government halts American Oil Companies from drilling. Meanwhile Sunoco, an American oil company, who has never had a significant environmental violation, can’t get a contract from the U.S. Government if they wanted one.
Afghanistan, Iraq, the Middle East. Pakistan, to whom we paid Billions of dollars to support us is on the verge of political dissolution because we have continued to back a false government there. India, China, the two fastest growing economies in the world will still take our money, but not so readily and not without a certain sense of wariness....the same kind of wariness you might have if you were feeding a Timber Wolf raw meat with your bear hand.
The entire world comprised of some very intelligent and peaceful people, are against us in so many places and so many ways. Iraq and Afghanistan are the longest and most costly wars in our history. The only good thing is, it looks like they are going to be our last. I love my country and I’ve fought and risked my life for it. If it was indeed still my country I would not hesitate to do so again. But I’ll be damned if I’ll do it for the Regan, Bush, Clinton, Bush, Obama, Family Trust. The United States of America is collapsing and when that event is well underway we won’t be able to kill anymore innocent victims in our foreign wars, and for that matter, fewer of our own sons and daughters.
How many times have we heard it? “Obama is selling the country down the river”. “Obama lied about troop pullouts”. “Obama does not know what he’s doing”. “Obama is too inexperienced”.
When are we going to wake up and realize that we, the citizens, are no longer the dictator and arbiter of our own domestic and foreign policy. And it’s not Obama, just as it was not Bush or Regan or Clinton. They are just “front men” for the establishment, you know, AIG, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Chase, Citi etc., the "usual suspects".
Wake Up! Anybody who says uncontrolled, illegal immigration, can be cured with a governmental credential issued to the offender, lives, or is planning to live in a different country. This same person, the President, is who we are depending on to make decisions that are in our best interest. We're in deep trouble.
So my conclusion is, that the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, was an act conceived of and perpetrated for, the sole purpose of political control and gain by unknown co-conspirators.
So who among us would doubt, in honest conversation and accurate dissertation, that those conclusions are self evident? Only those that are blinded by their own slothful intellectual exercise or those who hate, said hate blinding them to all others, excepting their own.
There’s only one cure. Vote out, and keep voting out for a few generations, anyone who is an incumbent, anyone who is part of the military industrial complex, any lawyer. Just vote in decent Americans and let them make honest mistakes. At least their road to destruction will not involve your enslavement along the way.
I hope this has been a small insight into how various individual incidents may be tied together. The result of this mapping must inevitably lead to a better understanding of the culture of an entire scenario. In this case we see that oil wells, big companies, terrorists, governments, banks and a host of other entities work together to enslave you and keep you working…..so they don’t have to.
Peter F. Tompkins, an obscure but highly intellectual and honest archaeologist, once translated a scroll from Egypt that was over 5000 years old. It described the start, middle life and end of a kingdom, which spanned some 700 years. On the last lines of the account the scribe had carefully written, "In the beginning there were no tariffs and great trade, and in the end, there were great tariffs and no trade." Hmmmmm sound familiar?
Sunday, May 9, 2010
What Do Americans Think About?
Well, one thing is pretty obvious, what worries me does not seem to worry many other people. Here are excerpts from an article I read this morning about General Motors.
"GM CEO: China will continue to be GM's key partner of business " GM CEO Fritz Henderson said China will continue to be a key partner of business of GM. "Our business in China continues to grow very fast, I should say at torrid pace, and we are very appreciable of that." The business is also "highly successful" and "profitable" with its partner the SAIC (Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation) (SAIC), he said. "SAIC remains a critical partner of General Motors going forward." "We are very interested and excited about the next five years."
"GM bankruptcy filing to have no impact on China business " "Our operations across China will operate normally," said Kevin Wale, president and managing director of GM China Group. "Our customers will continue to receive top-notch service and warranty coverage, while our dealers will continue to receive product and after-sales parts as usual."
"There will be no impact on payments to employees, dealers or suppliers contracted to GM China or to our joint ventures. China has been the largest vehicle market in the world in the first five months of 2009. Industry sales grew 18.8 percent from the same period last year."
"Domestic sales by GM China and our joint ventures continue to be strong, rising 33.8 percent year on year in the first five months. We intend to remain an industry leader in China."
Shanghai GM: GM's bankruptcy filing no substantial impact on Shanghai JV
Oh by the way did I also mention that GM sold Hummer? To guess who? Of course you know a Chinese company.
Now don't get me wrong, I applaud this kind of business acumen. What I don't applaud is Billions of dollars, either earned or to be earned in the future by hard working Americans, being given away to banks and auto makers who take the money and leave the country.
I understand why no one is upset about this. Who knows about it? Perhaps other things are more important to most people, and that's precisely what I am trying to find out. Am I disconnected? Should I not feel betrayed by this government and the media which supports the demise of the quality of life in the United States of America?
All the information is there, of course you are not likely to find it on the first page of the New York Times, but its there. So I guess I have two questions: One, is anyone looking for the real news, and, two, if not, what are they thinking about?
Oh, and if you decide to read any of the articles below you'll find out that most of the rest of the world is doing just fine and growing like crazy....but not here.
If you read the article below about GM paying off it's US and Canadian loans and preparing to launch an IPO, just remember, they paid off the loans with the money they got from other taxpayer loans.
It will be a cold day in Detroit before I ever buy ANYTHING built by GM.
Any bright ideas, please let me know. I'd like to feel connected again.
● Emerging markets account for half of GM sales in 2010
...esident of GM International Operations. In 2009, emerging economies contributed only 44 percent of GM's overall sales. GM's sales in China will exceed 2 million units, and all GM's brands - Chevrolet,...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6977136.html 2010.5.7
● Record GM China sales
...1.1 percent from a year earlier. The figure represented the 16th straight monthly sales record for GM in China, the world's biggest and fastest growing auto market, it said in a statement. The company ...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6976576.html 2010.5.7
● GM China sales soar in April
...pril, a year-on-year growth of 41.1 percent. Among its joint ventures in China, sales at Shanghai GM jumped 62.1 percent to 89,562 units and sales at its mini-commercial vehicle venture SAIC-GM-Wuling...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6976407.html 2010.5.7
● General Motors saved by boom in Chinese auto market
...nghai Securities News reported yesterday that, due in part to strong sales on the Chinese mainland, GM has already paid off loans to the U.S. and Canadian governments and plans to announce an IPO in the...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6961400.html 2010.4.23
"GM CEO: China will continue to be GM's key partner of business " GM CEO Fritz Henderson said China will continue to be a key partner of business of GM. "Our business in China continues to grow very fast, I should say at torrid pace, and we are very appreciable of that." The business is also "highly successful" and "profitable" with its partner the SAIC (Shanghai Auto Industry Corporation) (SAIC), he said. "SAIC remains a critical partner of General Motors going forward." "We are very interested and excited about the next five years."
"GM bankruptcy filing to have no impact on China business " "Our operations across China will operate normally," said Kevin Wale, president and managing director of GM China Group. "Our customers will continue to receive top-notch service and warranty coverage, while our dealers will continue to receive product and after-sales parts as usual."
"There will be no impact on payments to employees, dealers or suppliers contracted to GM China or to our joint ventures. China has been the largest vehicle market in the world in the first five months of 2009. Industry sales grew 18.8 percent from the same period last year."
"Domestic sales by GM China and our joint ventures continue to be strong, rising 33.8 percent year on year in the first five months. We intend to remain an industry leader in China."
Shanghai GM: GM's bankruptcy filing no substantial impact on Shanghai JV
Oh by the way did I also mention that GM sold Hummer? To guess who? Of course you know a Chinese company.
Now don't get me wrong, I applaud this kind of business acumen. What I don't applaud is Billions of dollars, either earned or to be earned in the future by hard working Americans, being given away to banks and auto makers who take the money and leave the country.
I understand why no one is upset about this. Who knows about it? Perhaps other things are more important to most people, and that's precisely what I am trying to find out. Am I disconnected? Should I not feel betrayed by this government and the media which supports the demise of the quality of life in the United States of America?
All the information is there, of course you are not likely to find it on the first page of the New York Times, but its there. So I guess I have two questions: One, is anyone looking for the real news, and, two, if not, what are they thinking about?
Oh, and if you decide to read any of the articles below you'll find out that most of the rest of the world is doing just fine and growing like crazy....but not here.
If you read the article below about GM paying off it's US and Canadian loans and preparing to launch an IPO, just remember, they paid off the loans with the money they got from other taxpayer loans.
It will be a cold day in Detroit before I ever buy ANYTHING built by GM.
Any bright ideas, please let me know. I'd like to feel connected again.
● Emerging markets account for half of GM sales in 2010
...esident of GM International Operations. In 2009, emerging economies contributed only 44 percent of GM's overall sales. GM's sales in China will exceed 2 million units, and all GM's brands - Chevrolet,...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6977136.html 2010.5.7
● Record GM China sales
...1.1 percent from a year earlier. The figure represented the 16th straight monthly sales record for GM in China, the world's biggest and fastest growing auto market, it said in a statement. The company ...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6976576.html 2010.5.7
● GM China sales soar in April
...pril, a year-on-year growth of 41.1 percent. Among its joint ventures in China, sales at Shanghai GM jumped 62.1 percent to 89,562 units and sales at its mini-commercial vehicle venture SAIC-GM-Wuling...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6976407.html 2010.5.7
● General Motors saved by boom in Chinese auto market
...nghai Securities News reported yesterday that, due in part to strong sales on the Chinese mainland, GM has already paid off loans to the U.S. and Canadian governments and plans to announce an IPO in the...
http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/6961400.html 2010.4.23
Friday, January 1, 2010
For Those Who Can Read
To be a successful private investigator you must have certain inalienable intellectual and academic tools. Tool #1 is multifaceted, like a Swiss Army knife. We'll call it the "Being Able To Read And Not Drool At The Same Time" tool.
The tool is comprised of the following components. You have to be (1) able to read the letters which form the words. (2) You must be able to comprehend the meaning of the words within the context of their intended use. (3) You must then be able to take that information and relate it to the process of finding a solution to the challenge, which was why you began reading the words to begin with. (4) You must be capable of being analytical in your decision making process, as to whether or not the ideas or facts that the words relate are relevant, and/or useful, in solving your challenge. (5) And lastly, you must be able to have some instinct as to whether or not the words are true or if they are lies or misstatements. There, that’s it!
The following is an excerpt from Vasu, M. L., and Frazier, A. WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: REPORT OF THE 1989 NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY SURVEY
"The scope of the problem is provided in a study conducted by Vasu and Frazier who reported that in an employer evaluation (N=1,150 employers) of the educational skills of thousands of diverse employees, only 53.9 percent of high school graduates have were found to have adequate reading skills. Other skills were reported to be inadequate: writing (51.8 percent), math (48.2 percent), thinking (40 percent), and communications (51.2 percent).
Defining adult literacy as the possession of such skills as reading, writing, speaking, and computing necessary to function as individuals, family and community members, citizens, and consumers and workers in society, the Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education has attributed the problem to the following factors: (1) the public school dropout rate; (2) the continuing immigration of persons at the functionally illiterate level and; (3) the gradual erosion of basic skills levels through lack of application."
So the question for today is "Why is it that about 80% of high school graduates are functionally illiterate?" Actually it's worse than that if you look over literacy in its entirety.
Well first let's note some widely disseminated lies.
#1 The vast majority of those who attend high school graduate." That's false for those of you who need a true and false test. The figures vary (of course they do because they are manipulated by those with vested interests in the economic consequences of public education) but even by their own estimates only about 70% graduate (about 56% for blacks and 54% for latinos so I guess the whites are higher than that 70%)
Hmmmmm. That must mean that 30% DON'T GRADUATE! So if 80% of the 70% that graduate are functionally illiterate, how many high school graduates can:
#1. Balance a check book
#2. Rationally compare job offers to ascertain which is best for them
#3. Calculate exactly how much it's going to cost over and above the cost of a house, to own one.
#4. Make an informed decision as to who to elect to public office based on political platforms or articles.
#5. Make change of a $5 for a $2 sale without looking at the cash register.
#6. Know even their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
#7. Know how the lawmakers of their state vote on proposed legislation affecting them.
#8. Understand that the reason they can't make a living is not because they are unwilling to work.
#9. Know that the class of society that they belong to works harder for less every year.
#10. Actually care about any of the above.
So exactly how many people comprise the 80% of the 70% who graduate? Well you'd have to look to the National Center for Education Statistics. By the way, the NCES has recently launched a $50 million program of cooperative agreements to help states develop their administrative databases. That’s how important it is to them to prove via statistics that they are doing a good job!!
So the question stands! "Why is it that about 80% of high school graduates are functionally illiterate?" The answer? Same as for every other answer to the problems with our government.........when you screw up, whether it's in the security business or education, you just get promoted to the corner office. Perhaps if someone got fired once in a while it might help, but it's not going to happen. Or perhaps they are not screwing up..perhaps they are doing exactly what government thinks should be done.
If your answer to the question was correct, let me know. I'm looking for a few new investigators.
Happy Reading!
The tool is comprised of the following components. You have to be (1) able to read the letters which form the words. (2) You must be able to comprehend the meaning of the words within the context of their intended use. (3) You must then be able to take that information and relate it to the process of finding a solution to the challenge, which was why you began reading the words to begin with. (4) You must be capable of being analytical in your decision making process, as to whether or not the ideas or facts that the words relate are relevant, and/or useful, in solving your challenge. (5) And lastly, you must be able to have some instinct as to whether or not the words are true or if they are lies or misstatements. There, that’s it!
The following is an excerpt from Vasu, M. L., and Frazier, A. WORKFORCE PREPAREDNESS FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT: REPORT OF THE 1989 NORTH CAROLINA BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY SURVEY
"The scope of the problem is provided in a study conducted by Vasu and Frazier who reported that in an employer evaluation (N=1,150 employers) of the educational skills of thousands of diverse employees, only 53.9 percent of high school graduates have were found to have adequate reading skills. Other skills were reported to be inadequate: writing (51.8 percent), math (48.2 percent), thinking (40 percent), and communications (51.2 percent).
Defining adult literacy as the possession of such skills as reading, writing, speaking, and computing necessary to function as individuals, family and community members, citizens, and consumers and workers in society, the Wisconsin State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education has attributed the problem to the following factors: (1) the public school dropout rate; (2) the continuing immigration of persons at the functionally illiterate level and; (3) the gradual erosion of basic skills levels through lack of application."
So the question for today is "Why is it that about 80% of high school graduates are functionally illiterate?" Actually it's worse than that if you look over literacy in its entirety.
Well first let's note some widely disseminated lies.
#1 The vast majority of those who attend high school graduate." That's false for those of you who need a true and false test. The figures vary (of course they do because they are manipulated by those with vested interests in the economic consequences of public education) but even by their own estimates only about 70% graduate (about 56% for blacks and 54% for latinos so I guess the whites are higher than that 70%)
Hmmmmm. That must mean that 30% DON'T GRADUATE! So if 80% of the 70% that graduate are functionally illiterate, how many high school graduates can:
#1. Balance a check book
#2. Rationally compare job offers to ascertain which is best for them
#3. Calculate exactly how much it's going to cost over and above the cost of a house, to own one.
#4. Make an informed decision as to who to elect to public office based on political platforms or articles.
#5. Make change of a $5 for a $2 sale without looking at the cash register.
#6. Know even their basic rights as citizens of the United States.
#7. Know how the lawmakers of their state vote on proposed legislation affecting them.
#8. Understand that the reason they can't make a living is not because they are unwilling to work.
#9. Know that the class of society that they belong to works harder for less every year.
#10. Actually care about any of the above.
So exactly how many people comprise the 80% of the 70% who graduate? Well you'd have to look to the National Center for Education Statistics. By the way, the NCES has recently launched a $50 million program of cooperative agreements to help states develop their administrative databases. That’s how important it is to them to prove via statistics that they are doing a good job!!
So the question stands! "Why is it that about 80% of high school graduates are functionally illiterate?" The answer? Same as for every other answer to the problems with our government.........when you screw up, whether it's in the security business or education, you just get promoted to the corner office. Perhaps if someone got fired once in a while it might help, but it's not going to happen. Or perhaps they are not screwing up..perhaps they are doing exactly what government thinks should be done.
If your answer to the question was correct, let me know. I'm looking for a few new investigators.
Happy Reading!
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