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that it's a matter of life and death to vote Republican and corporate power OUT of Congress. Phuket
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It may look promising now..with all time high stock market numbers...but.... it is yet another bubble about to pop....and it will be way worse than the 2008 crash...says some financial people whose predictions have never been wrong. Of course some of these people are trying to blame it on social programs like Social Security. And in that respect, they are definitely wrong. It has largely been a runaway Pentagon spending brought on largely by the illegal, immoral, and totally unnecessary wars and domestic spying allowed to happen through the false flag operation of 9/11 and the casino capitalism schemes from deregulation. But the only geriatric set who are causing the problems are the many sexagenarians, septuagenarians, and octogenarian billionaires and many of the less fortunate multi-millionaires who have spent their lives stealing other people's money and have no intention of changing their bad habits.
If we made every member of Congress multi-billionaires...I doubt that they would be less beholding to the other multi-billionaires. They are all pretty rich to begin with but I doubt any of them believe they are "rich enough"...nor would they ever believe that. I think there is only one thing that would make them all change their tune...but I doubt if the American people, en masse, would have the stomach for what it would take....although they eventually got around to it before when things got so bad they all had nothing else to lose...prompting FDR to change his tune.
You didn't think FDR was, initially, all for changing the rotten system, did you? He was part of the rotten system and he showed his true colors when he first got into office and refused to pay the soldiers what was due them...the ones that helped win the war (WW1) for us (or, perhaps I should say..for the banksters). How low can you get? The wealthy parasites who got richer off the war didn't want to pay the soldiers what was promised them as they, and their families, suffered under extreme poverty and hardship. Thank goodness MacArthur road in on his "high horse", dispersing the soldiers families, who were camped out on the Capitol lawn. MacArthur's troops used gas and bayonets, burning all the tents and belongings. MacArthur acted largely under his own initiative and made such an ass of himself and of the FDR administration that it looked really bad for FDR. I suspect that FDR's affliction also helped sway him as he got to know fellow sufferers at that Warm Spring spa.
The rich will just keep raking in the money and power until they are scared sh1tless of a massive violent revolution. Under such conditions, they all could not only lose all their wealth but their lives as well. I hope it never happens; but, I also hope that wealthy people change their tune...but, I know that will certainly never happen either. They'll just keep screwing us because they aren't afraid of us. When more and more people start to talk "crazy" and act "crazy" and take to the streets in massive demonstrations surpassing those during the Vietnam war...then we might have a chance of scaring some wealthy people into some sense. Why do you think they are building that $2billion NSA "communications" (spy) center in Utah? And why do you think they are trying to scare us by creating propaganda about billions of hollow point bullets being procured for various government agencies? They are preparing for massive discontent in the U.S. They know what they've been doing to us and they are preparing for the possibility of a massive rebellion by the citizens all across the nation.
and support the tertiary solution. If you are interested in local California politics read bushforsccouncil. sexvidyo
ounding name...and bid us vote for the propositions all of which agreed with the gr turk anal
this country for their own gain. It is getting harder and harder now too; I used to listen to KPOJ in Portland and it is no longer on the air. Almost simultaneously with the elcetion of President Obama to his second term, sex vidyo
We must stop them in all of their efforts before people take to the streets. Or maybe I should say barricades bakire anal
hat it's a matter of life and death to vote Republican and corporate power OUT of Congress. turkish anal
encouraging us to "get involved"..and it looks like Craig Bush is doing just that... spoof referrer
Obama on the front and a Green sounding name...and bid us vote for the propositions all of which agreed with the green wordpress cloaker
Almost simultaneously with the elcetion of President Obama to his second term, it was replaced with a Fox (no less) Sports talk station. wp cloaker
. But system rigging has now created a monster which cannot compromise nor act on the wishes of the people they represent but instead represent the wishes of the corporate special interests who pay for their (permanent) elections. referrer spoofing
hould be prosecuted!!! There should be HELL TO PAY! for even the slightest hint of subverting the best interest of the public! referrer faking
There should be HELL TO PAY! for even the slightest hint of subverting the best interest of the public! referrer spoofing
I am trying to convince THOSE people : that it's a matter of life and death to vote Republican and corporate power OUT of Congress. cloak wordpress
As I have said before, the lower the pay for members of congress, the more beholden to the "1%" they will be. (Where 1% really means the .01%)
For online education, who is going to grade all the papers?
s investigator..maybe not professionally but seems very passionate about it. tin tuc
Obama on the front and a Green sounding name...and bid us vote for the propositions all of which agreed with the green tin tuc
Almost simultaneously with the elcetion of President Obama to his second term, it was replaced with a Fox (no less) Sports talk station. tin tuc
I'm willing to bet, but not 10 Grand, that Shelby doesn't understand financial reform anymore than I do. Of course he doesn't give a crap about understanding it because in his world unregulated shadow banking would just be part of the free market. Never mind the cyclical severe financial crisis it always leads to. However as a concerned citizen I do care. I care enough to realize the solution requires someone like Paul Krugman who is obviously qualified and has the knowledge to fix the banking crimes problem. In fact it would be great if Thom could have him on the show....as often as possible!
Further proof that our government is growing increasingly more disfunctional. We have the executive branch ignoring the law in the constitution and our right to due process, the judicial branch interpreting/ re-inventing the constitution, making corporations people, and a conservative crazies in our congress pushing unconstitutional agendas, unconstitutional because they're not in the public interest. Supporting banksters and corporate interests is not in the interest of the average US citizen no matter how they paint it.
Thanks for letting me vent.
You are right, truth is truth...Ain't no gett'n 'round it. BUT!!!What a person "believes" is rarely based on reality and is merely the exploiting of "personal opinion" which is more about self than reality. Personal beliefs, lack reality, leading to greater problems by way of misinformation and/or half truths.
And yes I did read your post carefully before I posted my reply. And yes I do understand what you were getting at...Wanting to engage Ken Ware. However, my reply was more to say lets be truthful (realistic) and stop glorifying those who "believe" they were/are "protecting our liberties and independence" by fighting in unnecessary wars that the U.S. Government Inc. exploites through lies and propaganda.
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'Nother Sucker...That's what "I believe", but that isn't reality.
Dianhow, as A.I.W. has pointed out to you, there would be no need for "collateral damage", or war for that matter, if we (the EW ESS of AYYYY!!) weren't perpetually bombing the shit out of everybody else on the planet that has something we want. For God's sake, try to get your head around the concept of "cause and effect"....