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The Ideology of Colonist's continues this day. The Financial Colonist's of today and their securitization of Mortgages and Life insurance Policies is a continuation of the first Goldsmiths/bankers from the late 16-early 20 centuries who fraudulently used gold form depositors to securitize paper loans. Yes the u.s. dollar is nothing more than securitized commercial and consumer loans. In fact any paper currency is a promise to bring a future return of equal or more value( interest ). So anyone who look down on wall streets latest shananigans they need to examine the money in their wallets.
Thom,
While rail can be incredibly fuel efficient ONCE IT IS MOVING, the amount of energy needed to get the train moving in the first place can negate any benefit as rail as an efficient means of transport.
The alternative: There actually are hybrid-electric diesel traines being built today that get the train moving using electric power, then run using fuel once it is already moving.
we need to fund the arts for the sake of our children's future. we need to create more school and after school programs based on the arts.the arts brings out creativity. the art of dance and music can bring out unity. we can teach the greatness of other cultures through the arts. through the arts we can learn the interconnection of all life. when we see a painting it bring out emotion, does not matter what country the painter is from. we can develop a strong foundation for peace through the arts. lets keep our youth off the streets and give them the arts.
NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
Happy Columbus Day! For those who think we should also consider declaring "Leif Day" (in honor of precolumbian Viking explorer Leif Ericsson), a second site of Viking settlement in Canada has been discovered:
"Second Viking Site Found in Canada"
http://ancient-tides.blogspot.com/2009/06/second-viking-site-found-in-ca...
Gerald,
It is Monday morning. The Minnesota Twins got eliminated last night by a team that spends four times more on two pitchers than the Twins do on the entire team. My front lawn is completely trashed after installing a geo-thermal system. The landscaper is dragging his feet about restoring my yard because he is confident that we "have plenty of good weather ahead", and...it is snowing for the second time in four days with more forecast for this week. Reading your rants about Nazis, war criminals, war presidents, failed presidents, coming depressions, wailing walls, GOP Talibans ect. was just what I needed. Thanks.
One word for you to contemplate seriously: Prozac
I have to admit that my first response when someone told me of the announcement that Barack Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize was that it was some kind of trick to ascertain what kind of response that would be. I mean, for what? Upon reflection, however, one can ascertain that in comparison to Bush/Cheney, Obama cut a veritable angelic figure. Obama has made suitable gestures in giving diplomacy a try before war (something decidedly distasteful to the Bush/Cheney), and if not him it would have been someone no has ever heard of and with less influence on world affairs. On right came suggestions that Obama’s award was for “best actor,” and no doubt this has been tough for the right to swallow in small morsels, let alone whole. After all, what have they “won” lately but contempt throughout the civilized world?
I don’t think there is any doubt about Obama’s sincerity in wanting to get on with people, make friends, do the right thing. He is clearly shy about antagonizing people, even those who hate him. Obama seeks compromise, but the right only understands the definition of that word that implies discredit to our standing in the world, and impairment of our domestic economy. In any case Republicans and the right wouldn’t know peace if it spit them full in the face. All they know are slogans like ‘law of the jungle,” “survival of fittest,” “kill or be killed.” This is the kind of “diplomatic” language that John Bolton understands, so his having the impudence to weigh in on the subject at all has its predictably acrid aroma.
It has been said that Obama’s modest and perplexed initial response to receiving the prize may be indicative of the view that it is a hindrance to his freedom of action; he now may feel undue pressure to prove his worthiness, such as finding an exit strategy out of Afghanistan sooner than he’d wish, or having to treat a recalcitrant Iran with kid gloves. He can, of course, avoid being a “hindrance” to peace himself in Afghanistan by simply putting on the table a peace plan for the Taliban to mull over, one that calls for them to lay down their arms and accept some new formula for governance based on a constitution like that of Iraq. In that way, the Taliban and the assorted anti-American warlords will likely eagerly expose themselves as the obstacles of peace.
Personally, Obama is a failed president.
Andrew Bacevich is one of my favorite writers.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/1...
Obama will soon become known as the war president.
http://original.antiwar.com/engelhardt/2009/10/11/apocalypse-then-afghan...
Afghanistan is Obama's war and you need to remember that he is a war criminal.
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=98928
I hope that you have taken the time to read about the coming depression. I have news for you. The depression is upon us.
A thousand Wailing Walls will be erected. Americans will wail for more than one generation.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Why-the-Coming-Great-Depre-by-David-Gle...
Here is a case for Amercan Socialism.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Problem-With-Capitalis-by-Bob-Burne...
The GOP anf the Taliban!!!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/The-Republicans-and-the-Ta-by-Mary-Shaw...
The rush hour and fee highways was a topic on the Alex Jones' show about two years ago before I knew of Thom on Progressive Radio. As the noose around our neck tightens and our freedoms and rights are lost, our travel around the US will require you and me to pay user fees for access to our highways. The Nazification of the US is about complete.
UPDATE II: On Democracy Now, Naomi Klein calls Obama's award "disappointing, cheapening of the Nobel Prize," and adds: "I think it’s quite insulting. I don’t know what kind of political game they’re playing, but I don’t think that the committee has ever been as political as this or as delusional as this, frankly." On Daily Kos, Michael Moore writes ironically: "Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize -- Now Please Earn it!" Mairead Maguire, the 1976 Nobel Peace Prize Winner, says she's "very disappointed" with this award, noting: "President Obama has yet to prove that he will move seriously on the Middle East, that he will end the war in Afghanistan and many other issues." And my Salon colleague, Alex Koppelman, adds several thoughts about the efforts by the DNC and some Democratic groups to explicitly equate opposition to the Prize with "casting one's lot with terrorists."
-- Glenn Greenwald
Paul Craig Roberts is one of my favorite writers.
http://original.antiwar.com/roberts/2009/10/09/the-nobel-war-prize/
The Nazi Party should stop whining about Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize. The Nazi Party could collectively win the peace prize by pursuing peace in unison instead of projecting an image of mass murderers.
On Thursday, October 8, 2009, we saw Michael Moore's movie, "Capitalism: A Love Story." My wife and I enjoyed the movie but we were also saddened by the fact that our country is not a democracy. Money talks and money is god in the United States.
I am becoming more aware through news sources that the Republicans are pro-death with their death panels.
Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of the Diocese of Detroit was in the movie. I am proud to say that he and I communicate by sharing information and letters.
I agree with this article.
http://www.opednews.com/populum/linkframe.php?linkid=98928
Thom,
I was astounded by the recordings of Gordon Klingenschmitt's "prayers." It was a vivid example of why I believe Jesus admonished us regarding public prayer.
And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. MATTHEW 6:5-6
I am always uncomfortable even in church when asked to pray aloud, or when others do. This is not because I fear public speaking; I do that all the time. Instead the prayer becomes not a conversation with God, but a message for the benefit of those listening on which God is only invited to eavesdrop. My prayers are private, between me and my God. Once again, I think Jesus had it right.
Thank you for what you do, Thom.
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B Roll
Re: Do you wonder why?
No, I do not wonder why. It is most likely because anyone who dares question Israel is immediately accused of being anti Semitic.
DRichards
The political dynamics around the U.S./Israeli relationship are bad for the U.S., the world and Israel.
Here are a few recent stories that you may be aware of but weren’t mentioned on this show.
* Obama’s special envoy to the Middle East ask Israel to halt build more settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.
* The U.S. and Israel pressured Palestinian Authority both attacked the Goldstone Report and pressured Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to ask that action on that report be suspended. This protects Israel from charges of war crimes but solidifies the view of Abbas as a tool of the U.S. and Israel.
* While the Obama Administration is rallying the world to apply pressure on Iran about its nuclear program, it’s been reported that they’ve given written confirmation that they won’t ask Israel to give information about its nuclear program, open its nuclear facilities or sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Iran is a signatory of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and opens its nuclear facilities for inspection. Israel isn’t a signatory and doesn’t open its facilities. Israel’s nuclear policy is called “opacity”. In other words they won't say what they have or what they don't have.
* Thom’s glass is three-quarters full of Kool-Aid at the very least.
By the way, when I wrote that when Thom has had many guests that are critics of Israeli policy, I was told by one participant on this board that having those guests on was proof that Thom doesn't have a pro-Israeli bias. I had to point out that Thom talks to them about other things, not about Israel.
Robert Fisk is another example. Robert Fisk is the Middle East correspondent for the Independent in the U.K.. He's been based in Lebanon for since the mid-1970s. He's a highly respected journalist. Thom said Fisk is one of his favorite writers. Thom had him on the show on Wednesday, October 7th to talk about his article on the demise of the dollar. Has anyone ever heard Thom talk to Fisk about his views on the Israel or the Middle East? Has anyone ever heard Thom mention Fisk's views on the region? Do you wonder why?
Congratulations President Obama on the Nobel Peace Prize -- Now Please Earn it!
Friday, October 9th, 2009
Dear President Obama,
How outstanding that you've been recognized today as a man of peace. Your swift, early pronouncements -- you will close Guantanamo, you will bring the troops home from Iraq, you want a nuclear weapon-free world, you admitted to the Iranians that we overthrew their democratically-elected president in 1953, you made that great speech to the Islamic world in Cairo, you've eliminated that useless term "The War on Terror," you've put an end to torture -- these have all made us and the rest of the world feel a bit more safe considering the disaster of the past eight years. In eight months you have done an about face and taken this country in a much more sane direction.
But...
The irony that you have been awarded this prize on the 2nd day of the ninth year of our War in Afghanistan is not lost on anyone. You are truly at a crossroads now. You can listen to the generals and expand the war (only to result in a far-too-predictable defeat) or you can declare Bush's Wars over, and bring all the troops home. Now. That's what a true man of peace would do.
There is nothing wrong with you doing what the last guy failed to do -- capture the man or men responsible for the mass murder of 3,000 people on 9/11. BUT YOU CANNOT DO THAT WITH TANKS AND TROOPS. You are pursuing a criminal, not an army. You do not use a stick of dynamite to get rid of a mouse.
The Taliban is another matter. That is a problem for the people of Afghanistan to resolve -- just as we did in 1776, the French did in 1789, the Cubans did in 1959, the Nicaraguans did in 1979 and the people of East Berlin did in 1989. One thing is certain through all revolutions by people who wish to be free -- they ultimately have to bring about that freedom themselves. Others can be supportive, but freedom can not be delivered from the front seat of someone else's Humvee.
You have to end our involvement in Afghanistan now. If you don't, you'll have no choice but to return the prize to Oslo.
Yours,
Michael Moore
GO VIKINGS!
Columbus Day is this coming Monday. I just wanted to put in a plug for the Norwegians (Vikings), who probably discovered America long before Columbus. The Kensington Rhune Stone, here in Minnesota, along with other artifacts in the U.S., seem to give evidence to that. Some theories suggest links with some Viking explorations and the Templars (and the Masons.) Reportedly, Columbus heard stories about America through Templar connections that he had in his family.
A fascinating program on this subject will be aired on The History Channel next Wednesday (see "Schedule" listings at the following link.)
OK, B Roll. I presume you will tell me how the program is all fiction, but it does have some interesting ideas (I've seen it before.)
"Holy Grail in America"
http://www.history.com/shows.do?action=detail&episodeId=481900