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@Foodfacist, apparently if you want Obama to be on Thom's show, it helps to convince his wife to be an avid listener.
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Another thought occurs to me in regards to Thoms earlier comments about labor proceeding capital. A stick on the ground has no intrisic value until labor is applied to it turning it into something of value, ie an axe handle. I would go a step further though, that stick does have a lot of intrisinic value, in so much as it can be turned into almost anything that applied labor and the limits of its physical properties can allow it to be made into something else, in other words that stick can become a lever handle, paper from wood pulp, etc... Basically in my mind the source of a countrys' wealth is its Raw Materials, and we are not only shipping our jobs offshore, we are shipping our Raw Materials offshore, cheap! I mean come on Thom talks about the commons all the time, but he rarely makes the connection that Raw Materials and the Commons are the same.
That oil BP is pumping from our ground, we're subsidizing them to retreive it, sell it on the open market, than buy it back. It doesn't stop there, but I don't think we need a list of our Commons that are being sold off below value, and then being returned as finished goods that have cost us our jobs, skills, and base wealth. Were is the outrage, where is the rant about how we are giving away our sticks so we can't even make axe handles?
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@Jeanie- Home vs Rent yes, I read an intellectually honest assessment of who should own a home and why or why not. It was an incredible analysis. In the final assessment, the numbers worked out better for me to rent. To boot, they over built in the town where I live so I get a rad place to live that I write off for my business while the landscapers do all the work and keep the pool and hot tub all clean and ready for me to enjoy. An expense homeowners often fail to accurately factor is the maintenence and cost of up- keep.
Another issue about our loss of manufacturing, that understandably we don't talk about, isn't just the manufacturing jobs that are being lost, its the skills that go with the jobs. Even if we could bring the manufacturing jobs home, less and less people here are even capable of doing the jobs. In another 15 - 20 years, how many people will even be able to fill the industrial positions we had 30 years ago? The longer we go with out bringing the jobs home, the more difficult its going to be to re-build our industrial infrastructure. In another 30 years, we won't even be able to provide the working class that could compete in a global market. I wonder if this point has escaped the Global Corporate Dominion? If it hasn't (which I don't believe it has) then I would say that they're counting on it.
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President Barack Obama on the Thom Hartmann Show?
Join my cause by including any interaction you have with the Whitehouse that the President needs to come and value his progressive base by coming on the Thom Hartmann Show. We can do it!
Oftentimes, rent can be similar to a mortgage. Unless you want to rent a tiny shoebox. I'll keep my house, thank you. As long as you don't get a house that is way more than you can afford, I think a house is a good investment.
Dave Ramsey should talk- he claimed bankruptcy himself.
"News performer David Gregory". Exactly.
I don't think the quesiton is "Will we get out of Reagan's economic black hole?" no the question is "Will we pull ourselves out of Reagan's economic wasteland?"
Nothing just happens, we have to make it happen.
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Had some strange problems logging in today. Hope someone isn't trying to hack the site.
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I watched with some interest the interview Christiane Amanpour conducted with Nancy Pelosi on Sunday. While it was amusing to watch the speaker dance around the issue of the war - with Amanpour noting that she had excercized the Speaker's perogative to not vote on the issue, "How would you have voted?" went unanswered - the real telling moment came when Amanpour pulled out the Time Magazine cover of a young Afghan women with her nose and ears cut off by the Taliban. Paraphrasing, she said, "Surely we cannot abandon the Afghan Women to such as these."
Not shown, of course, were the photos of the mounting numbers of civilian Afghan casualties, dead and wounded by NATO coalition forces. Also not shown were the photos of dead and wounded American and NATO forces.
Not mentioned was the fact that the Taliban had been supported and funded previously by US CIA and Pakistani ISI by proxy in the Soviet era. Nor was the Taliban vs Nothern Alliance conflict prior to 9/11/01 ever mentioned, Shah Massoud being murdered just days before the Day that Changed History Forever...maybe.
Next up was Robert Gates who was, of course, given time to say that we will not be leaving when Obama said we'd be starting to withdraw in 2011, and backing away from that date as being of much signifigance, "If the Taliban are waiting for September 2011, I welcome that, we'll be there in force." (paraphrase) And, of course, Gates took the opportunity to attack WikiLeaks and Julian Assange blaming them for the blood of US collaborators who might be retailiated against by Taliban. No mention of the blood on the hands of the American/NATO forces.
Bradley Manning sits in jail, we owe it to him to pay attention. While the blood on our collective hands is washed off by the framing of the debate (out damn spot!) as Lady Macbeth discovers, the stain remains. The Collatoral Murder video is vivid illustration why Manning deserves our support and attention. The video has prompted members of Bravo Company 2-16 to come forward...
WikiLeaks in Baghdad
by Sarah Lazare and Ryan Harvey
One by one, soldiers just arriving in Baghdad were taken into a room and questioned by their commanding officers. "All questions led up to the big question," explains former Army Spc. Josh Stieber. "If someone were to pull out a weapon in a marketplace full of unarmed civilians, would you open fire on that person, even if you knew you would hurt a lot of innocent people in the process?"
It was a trick question. "Not only did you have to say yes, but you had to say yes without hesitating," explains Stieber. "In refusing to go along with the crowd, it was not irregular for somebody to get beat up," he adds. "They'll take you in a room, close the door and knock you around if they didn't like your answer," says former Army Spc. Ray Corcoles, who deployed with Stieber.
According to these former soldiers, this was a typical moment of training for Bravo Company 2-16 (2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry Regiment), the ground unit involved in the infamous "Collateral Murder" video, which captured global headlines when it was released in April by WikiLeaks, the online clearinghouse for anonymous leaks. [...]
The graphic video from Baghdad shows a July 2007 attack in which US forces, firing from helicopter gunships, wounded two children and killed more than a dozen Iraqis, including two Reuters employees and the father of those children. The video quickly became an international symbol of the brutality and callousness of the US military in Iraq. What the world did not see is the months of training that led up to the incident, in which soldiers were taught to respond to threats with a barrage of fire-a "wall of steel," in Army parlance-even if it put civilians at risk. [...] http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/01-0
Out Damn Spot!
The Obama Deception
This video disk is two hours and fifteen minutes. Politics is show business. I have sensed for sometime that it’s a game for the politicians. They are all working together. Obama ran on change. He is breaking his promises. America and the United Kingdom is working together for a New World Order. Wall Street has killed Main Street. America’s aim is to destroy the world as we know it. The military-industrial complex and the oligarchs killed Kennedy. What I did not know was that Kennedy was planning to leave Vietnam. He was the last true president. Our presidents after Kennedy have been puppets to our shadow government. The public is unaware of America’s true rulers. World Government is here with the United States expanding her military bases around the world. Whenever the Bildenberg Group (125 strong) meets, they demand a media blackout. Obama and Hillary Clinton were at the last meeting. Bill Clinton is a regular at these meetings. Barry Goldwater was not elected president because he was a sharp person who saw the true intentions of the Bildenberg Group’s intentions. The bakers and Wall Street are the rulers. The ruling elite are poor leaders but they fantasize well and they are criminals. Wall Street has hijacked Washington. Presidents come and go but our shadow government remains the same.
Obama is a hoax. He is also a liar. He has voted to keep the Patriot Act that has eliminated our freedoms. Obama is a deceiver and a liar. He favors torture and renditions. He is a great actor and a master of deceit. Obama was chosen by the shadow government to be president and to follow the plan for a New World Oder that has been with America since Johnson became president.
The Federal Reserve is not part of the United States government. It sets the financial agenda and it is a private agency that has never been audited. The Federal Reserve is beyond and above the law. It probably takes from the middle and working classes in order to give to the rich, the corporatists, and the elite. Derivatives are hurting the people. Derivatives are phony money. Banks build us up and than they sheer us.
The world elite sells Americans on a savior and Obama has been bought and sold to us as the savior. The people and our freedoms are on one side versus the New World Order. America has been used for world destruction that is one reason why our military budgets continue to rise. In 1947 the National Security Act was passed to control America and the world. The globalists are currently destroying America and the world. Nine point seven trillion dollars have been stolen from Americans and no one knows who has stolen the money. The money is headed for secret accounts. The Depression of 2008 was planned to take from the middle and working classes and given to the rich, the corporatists, and the elite. The power elite manipulate the financial markets in order to control the middle and working classes. Derivatives are the cause of many problems. Congress has given the banks and Wall Street a blank check to steal from average Americans.
Banks have been hording the money and Obama is considered a gangster. Depression by Design is the United States plan to destroy the middle and working classes. Obama has suckered the public with his rhetorical skills.
Obama has been chosen to sell the American people in the United States’ program of tyranny. He has expanded his control and power. More taxes upon the people have been passed. These taxes are to enslave Americans and put them directly under the control of the federal government. The video had a list of the taxes that we pay aside from our federal income taxes. We are being taxed more and with less to show for our tax dollars.
Obama has set aside twenty thousand military troops to patrol our streets. He is also working to ban the purchase of guns. FEMA is building more prisons to imprison Americans. Under the Patriot Act or some other act the president is a dictator with dictatorial powers. Men can be drafted into the military up to the age of sixty-five. A domestic civilian military of one million will be directly under the control of the president. Obama and our shadow government are working in tandem to curtail free speech. Obama is worse than Bush II and let us not forget that he was chosen to be the peoples’ savior. Obama is the front man for the power elite. All of Africa will be a battlefield for American control. The shadow government wants their natural resources and to quietly, if it is possible, to exterminate as many Africans as necessary. Obama is a Madison Avenue created minion for the power elite. In about three years the police grid will have been completed. Obama is the perfect Trojan horse for the power elite. Obama is actually a cult movement within the United States.
It is probably too late but Americans must rediscover their shattered Constitution. A free people must say no to the globalists and the power elite. We must say no to the destroying of our country. We must be the “one” who stops American tyranny and we must decide our destiny.
The Evidence
This video was narrated by Alex Jones. He shared with us numerous articles on 9-11. Most articles pointed to the evidence that Bush II and his cabal knew in advance that there would be a terrorist attack around 9-11. He chose to do nothing in order to tale away American freedoms and rights through fear. Some articles stressed that 9-11 was an inside job. Whether it was an inside job or not the objective was completed to gain more control over the people.
Throughout history the use of fear has been used to control the minions. The elites declared war on Americans and their freedoms. They are also carrying out nasty deeds. Our federal government is the master of terrorizing the Americans. Terrorize Americans through fear and blame another country or group. The study of American history has been very painful. A mountain of evidence reveals that Bush II had prior knowledge and information of an attack. FDR knew in advance that the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor. We let the terrorists escape. Bush II was complicit in the attack and murder of over three thousand people and he is guilty of treason. Our empire can attack anyone because the United States of Hell is above the law. The power elite have been gearing up for wars to last at least one hundred years because war is a profitable venture.
Why would Bush II lie? Bin Laden is CIA asset. America is a terrorist government. The NSA also had prior knowledge of an attack. Our Police State has total control of federal, state, and local governments. One in ten Americans spies on Americans for the Police State. FEMA is building more prisons to be used as slave camps against Americans. Americans who are smart are having their freedoms taken away. Any American can be declared an enemy combatant by the Police State. To speak your mind is a terrorist act. The FBI now rejects the Constitution. We will be given a national ID card. A total spy network is here. By 2020 chips will be implanted in every American brain. Forced drugging of Americans has been granted by the Courts. The immigration bill offers foreign felons a second chance to be American citizens by joining the military establishment. These foreign felons will already have a mind set to kill Americans and other people in the world. The American militia in other states is considered a terrorist group. Our American troops openly admit to torturing God’s children. Our children through video games are being conditioned to kill and torture God’s children. Americans have lost their country. Our children will grow up to live in a high tech Police State. Globalists in America are the real terrorists.
Homily on Greed
On August 1, I heard a Homily on greed. Father Ray does a good job with his homilies. We have evil people in office and out of office. These people want more and more money. They have little use for average Americans who struggle daily to survive. When these evil people die, they will go before God in judgment without their money and possessions. They will go in judgment empty. If God was not the center of their lives, they will not be God in heaven. They will enter eternity without their money and possessions like the rest of us. If God is the center of our lives, we must do what we can to help His children who are our brothers and sisters.
Our federal government and politicians are evil. They have programmed Americans to be greedy and selfish. Mortal sin consumes their daily lives and damning their souls for eternity. America and Americans are damned for being Satan’s disciples.
Here are some side notes. Avoid greed in all its forms! If you hear His voice, harden not your hearts. An optimist thinks this is the best possible world. The pessimist fears this is true.
I must be a pessimist but I prefer the word, realist. I am a realist and I hold many of the policies and practices of the United States of Hell with contempt.
In 2009 Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel Peace Prize Committee who awarded Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize has defamed and degraded the Nobel Peace Prize because Barack Obama is a mass murderer and a war criminal. Obama as the Grand Illusion has been successful in his evil deeds but Obama as a Grand Experiment has been a total failure.
Thom has mentioned that when he was in public school, he qualified for the gifted program. I have personally known gifted people. It is amazing how quickly they learn. For some reason Thom has been slow to learn that Obama’s DNA is closely linked to the DNA of Reagan, Bush I, Clinton, and Bush II. He is the same anti-American president with a different color. Obama gravitates eagerly to the rich, the corporatists, the conservative crazies, the sociopaths, and the control freaks. The United States of Sodom and Gomorrah has fallen into the abyss of hell.
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It's all about the Money...
And recently, we have been provided with a poll showing that most Americans believe that Obama was responsible for the TARP bailouts which took place under Bush and Paulson. It happened under Bush, OK....
But, remember that fall campaign? Remember both Obama and McCain going to the White House? Was Obama arguing against the TARP bailout? Was he?
In a brief moment of comity, the two [Obama and McCain] issued a joint statement recognizing that the country was facing ''a moment of economic crisis'' in which ''the jobs, savings and prosperity of the American people are at stake.'' They called the legislation flawed but also said it must not fail.
''Now is a time to come together -- Democrats and Republicans -- in a spirit of cooperation for the sake of the American people,'' they said. ''This is a time to rise above politics for the good of the country.''
Obama, McCain to attend White House meeting September 25, 2008
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
No. He switched Paulson out for Geithner and kept Bernanke at the helm...
It's all about the money. We needed a "Jailout not a Bailout" Danny Schecter
Big Brother is on his way and it's up to us to yell...stop!
Yes, well...
Big Brother is, and has been here for years. We've been tailed, survailed and pre-emptively jailed at many protests from the political conventions of both parties, meetings of the G-8, or G-20, or FTAA etc., etc. This is nothing new. From McCarthyism and HUAC, COINTELPRO, through to the illegal wiretapping of the W. Bush and Obama maladministrations. Meet the new boss...
And this is the guy that we are told we must support in order to save the Supreme Court? An accurate reading of the facts would logically lead to dispair, the National Security State and a functioning democracy are not compatible. So, here's to an irrational urge to plug ahead...Damn the warrantless torpedoes!
A Poem by Peter Dale Scott
Loving America
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We are made schizophrenic
by loving America
by our love of the well-cherished
gardens of our comfortable neighborhoods
of the kind woman this morning
who rebuttoned my sleeve
after drawing blood from my arm
and told me that her friends
two Christian missionaries
had real problems in Afghanistan
--or near there --
perhaps it was Zimbabwe –
More: http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20394
In the United States of Satan's Disciples the killing of God's children is big business and very profitable business.
And we worry of Middle East countries exporting weapons!!!
http://news.antiwar.com/2010/07/30/obama-seeks-massive-expansion-of-arms-exports/
I believe this is the consequence of deregulation.
More expanded wars in the Middle East!
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=116122
The shit just keeps rising to the top.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Beware-Rich-Political-Savi-by-Joel-S-Hirschhorn-100728-756.html
The great Republican plan for America!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Is-the-Republican-Victory-by-Stephen-Crockett-100731-200.html