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Rockefucker Senior is to blame for the tyrannical wars and mindless plundering linked to a fossil fuel scourge now threatening all life on this planet. Isn't it amazing how much upheaval, suffering, death and devastation can be caused by one itsy-bitsy, self-serving little prick with deep pockets! A century later, the world continues to suffer the consequences of his actions. If there's a hell, I hope he's burning in it. - AIW
Wow Nora, that's a loaded question.
A billion dollar income has social injustice and fraud laced all through it......there is no other way to pig that insane amount from your fellow man. My answer, confiscate the money, and than prosecute to the full extent of the law. Of course that would only happen in a truly representative democracy ,but so would the idea of a 100% tax rate after a billion. REVOLUTION!
Evironmental protection agency have become shills for the rockefeller's
Six nations link history about interaction of Founding fathers such as Ben Franklin and oldest democracy The Six Nations: Oldest Living Participatory Democracy on Earth enjoy no GMO's or msg Maybe Angels a Sheryl Crow song lol
Do the warmer temperatures in the Arctic/Northern Hemisphere regions MAKE POSSIBLE the corporate mining companies exploitation of the TAR SANDS? DO THOSE MINING COMPANIES REQUIRE Climate Change to continue exploiting TAR SANDS?
Agreed, Mark.
Alice, the Native Americans might've been no angels but I think there are some ways of life that bring out the best in people and some that bring out the worst and that ours is of the latter category.
Death to Monsanto!!!
Totally agree with William King !
This is the extension of WWII deaths. When the war ended, the chemical industry found a new use for their deadly chemicals - spray it on our crops. Now we have Monsanto putting the poison INTO our crops. Just another example of how we are destroying the environment which, of course, includes ourselves.
Mark Saulys ~ To answer your question, in my opinion, GURT (Genetic Use Restriction Technology) is an abomination of science, an aberration of nature, a moral and ethical cardinal sin, and a crime against humanity, the world, and God. There simply is no way to explain or justify creating or altering life so that it is permanently sterile, other than tyranny. After all, part of the definition of life is the ability to reproduce. Without it, there is no life. It is a sign that some of us have completely lost our moral compass. I can only agree with Aliceinwonderland that the entire world would be far better off if Monsanto--and any other like minded people--were to unceremoniously fall into a black hole and disappear into another universe.
What really bothers me is that the TPP would have made it criminal to do anything about this outrage. That whole fiasco would add a lot more names to our bandwagon to the singularity. We live in a very surrealistic time, indeed.
DAnne- "sand blasting your behind..." That's the best laugh I've had all day! Thanks, I needed that. - AIW
Paul Scott- my husband & I can't afford to get a solar system installed on our house, nor can we afford an electric vehicle or hybrid. But we have participated in Pacific Power's RE program for several years already. I hate paying the higher rates but it makes me feel better to make that small sacrifice for a saner, more sustainable world. And I implore anyone who can afford a new car, or is planning to get one, to please consider a hybrid or plug-in. This is becoming a matter of life or death; we've got to make some serious changes in our mind-set as well as our way of life. - AIW
Just watched the videos and they were fantastic. It all started with prime lending interest rates jumping from 6.5% in 1976 to 21% in 1980. It was meant to slow inflation, but it destroyed the economy. The years these enourmous rates were in effect the rich got very rich and those who depended on credit to buy homes and cars paid the price. Then anothe thing happened to make matters much worse. Reagan took office and chopped the progressive tax structure for the rich from a cap from 70% cap down to 27%. This was coupled with massive deregulation that led to stock market crashes, the savings and loan failures, unions busted, monopolies created and a general feeling on Wall Street that they were above the law, which is still how it is today.
What we have left is a broken economy, where the top 1% own it all.
If you take the national debt and spread it equally to everyone with any net worth (many have none since the mortgage meltdown) and what we are is a bankrupt nation.
I totally agree with Thom on the billion dollar asset cap, but also a progressive tax rate on income, like they had in the Eisenhower days, with a cap at 91%.
Yes I think it is high time we tried Demand Side Economics!
Please all read this article. Just one of many. YOU are being poisoned as well. Crops such as grain and soya beans are sprayed with round up to 'dry' them just before harvest and this carries over into YOUR food. Not to mention the regular use of glyphosate in the school yard and parks.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2013/07/30/glyphosate...
INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY Saturday 8th March. Think about EQUAL GENDER GOVERNMENTS and what a change that could make to our world.
Weren't GMOs developed to make plants immune specifically to the hazards of Ready Roundup? And this is one of the arguments against GMOs. Furthermore, because Ready Roundup can be used in the production of GMOs, then traces of the chemical would also be passed in our diet if we consume GMO products, and after time buildup in our system -- which could lead to an upsurge in kidney disease.
Don't forget everyone that Monsanto is just DuPont in hiding.....they have been raping the nation since the first "Ditch-Digging and Canal Companies" of the 1800's.
Ms. Metcalfe, you are spot-on. Monsanto and its products and business practices are our gift from hell. I'm way more afraid of them than the Taliban or Al Qaeda. - AIW
Mark, if I had a penny for each time those thoughts have crossed my mind, I'd be a one-percenter myself. Being as human as us, Native Americans were no angels. But spiritually, their cultures were WAY superior to ours. No contest. - AIW
Thanks for letting us know the terrible statistics. I didn't know the percentage had become this high.
What I have known for several years is that domestic pets who are allowed to play outside on properties upon which Round-Up has been sprayed, suffer far greater kidney disease problems and premature deaths than pets raised without being exposed to Round-Up. Also, trees and bushes grow more heartily and live much longer when Round-Up isn't used on the property to control weeds.
You'd think we would have known better, after Malathion was advertised so robustly in the 1970s as a flea deterent for yards and as an additive to animal baths. Pets and children suffered tremendous kidney problems back then, and although it took about ten years to learn the truth, we finally realized it was harming wildlife, domestic pets AND all of the rest of us.
Monsanto has known how deadly Round-Up is for at least three decades. I think a lot of farmers have known it too, but sadly, the bottom line has always been "cheap help is expendable." And once again we're all paying the price, because the poison comes up via the roots of the crops, and we're eating it alongside the pickers who are dying from it, and their offspring whose immune systems are far weaker than normal. But Monsanto isn't going to take it off the market unless they're sued and found guilty.
The logical extension and logical and inevitable conclusion of private property rights. What do Native Americans and what would their forebears think of all of this?
Self regulation rockefeller style! 450 billion to service the 17 trillion debt given to private others!! you could build 500 Hospitals a Year and heal those folks! Know any Shrinners .
The informative link! someone thanks you. ecological peace to the World straight to the point
A City a year gone 450 bilion in interest on debt thats a lot of hemp farm lost every year. Green Peace how would they use the money?
911 2 jets 3 buildings lest we forget
Palindromedary ~ Are you serious... SAND? All sand needs is paper--as in TP--and you have sandpaper. With all due respect the Arabs have a lot of SWELL ideas--like riding camels, eating bugs, living in the desert, and killing infidels--but sand blasting your behind? I'm sorry my friend but my nether regions are very sensitive. Nothing but two-ply Softie TP for me. A preheated gentle stream of water might work too; but, anything that can strip paint off metal doesn't have a chance of doing the job for me. Talk about overkill. I don't want to have to stand up when I type. What happens in Saudi Arabia should stay in Saudi Arabia. The world's litter box. Don't eat the yellow sand.