A “New American Revolution” we need to start moving now
Two interesting quotes from George Washington’s farewell address:
Warns against the party system. “It serves to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration….agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one….against another….it opens the door to foreign influence and corruption…thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another.”
On stable public credit. “…cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible…avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt….it is essential that you…bear in mind, that towards the payments of debts there must be Revenue, that to have Revenue there must be taxes; that no taxes can be devised, which are not…inconvenient and unpleasant…”
This Friday is the 4th of July, a day to celebrate the Independence of America from the British. Well, we need to start a “New Revolution”, a revolution to minimize the intrusion of government into our everyday lives. It is vital for the citizens of The United States of America to recognize three factors that will accomplish this:
1) We need to pass the Fair Tax Act. What is the Fair Tax? The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment.
* Enables workers to keep their entire paychecks
* Enables retirees to keep their entire pensions
* Refunds in advance the tax on purchases of basic necessities
* Allows American products to compete fairly
* Brings transparency and accountability to tax policy
* Ensures Social Security and Medicare funding
* Closes all loopholes and brings fairness to taxation
* Abolishes the IRS
Bill Archer, former head of House Ways and Means Committee did a survey on the fair tax. The survey was conducted among 500 European companies. One simple question was asked, ” What would you do if the U.S. installed the FairTax.” The responses where astounding. Four hundred said they would build their next plant here. The remaining one hundred said they would move their corporate headquarters here. My guess is that this would be just the tip of the iceberg as to what would follow. Our current tax code does the exact opposite. Product labels would contain the same foreign corporate names but the labels would also contain ” MADE IN THE U.S.A.”
For more info on the Fair Tax. Link (www.fairtax.org)
2) We need to set Congressional term limits. Why term limits? This is the issue that separates American citizens, who want to recapture their government, from a careerist-dominated Congress and its illegitimate bureaucratic offspring, who want to run our lives. No more pork barreling!
3) We need to give the people the power to vote elected officials of Congress out of office. We need to make these bureaucrats scared of the possibility that if they are not doing their job, we will not tolerate irresponsibility and they will lose their position.
For more info on term limits. Link.(www.termlimits.com/why)
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September 23rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
It’s funny you mention the fct that washington said “It opens the door to foreign influence” which is true. But other than estonia and there free trade, we don’t need it. Free Trade is the number one reason why people now, cannot afford to pay for there realestate, which has led to recession and an ultimate depression. Also, the US Government keeps giving away everything, from our jobs to US properties foreigners. So, a fair tax is a good idea, we also need to get rid of unfair trade policies.
October 25th, 2008 at 12:01 am
I may not know a lot about politics but I will say that there are a lot of good people that are loosing there jobs that are a result of poor judgement of the government and the people that believe that the same institution would “bail them out” I cant stand by and let these people that after stepping foot out of office and paid there income and med benefits are allowed to make the decisions for you and I. Just remember that This is a free medium for people to speak and vent steam but our fore fathers wanted us to take the Regine’s of this society and keep it the way it was meant to be and it also says in the constitution that if we have the means to stop the injustice we are obligated to do so.
December 16th, 2008 at 2:48 pm
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December 20th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Delbert doesn’t know a damn thing about economics. Free trade is not the reason realestate is in the shitter. the reason is negative am loans. They were made so minorities could get loans easier. The reason people can’t get loans to begin with sometimes however is because they do not have the finances to back up the loan. Thanks to this affirmative action ideology bullshit, the government made minorities able to get loans they couldn’t pay back. So naturally people with these types of loans defaulted and went bankrupt and all these people going bankrupt is what caused realestate to go to hell. The reason the government did a bail out for fanny may and freddy mac is because it is technically the governments fault they went bank rupt for creating these retarded loans to begin with. The free market has nothing to do with it. Especially real estate of all things. There is nothing wrong with the free market other than capitalism only really works when contained with capitolism. So trading with countries that have slave labor fucks everything up. As for the people in the car industries losing their jobs thats their own damn fault. They union representatives faught to get them reduculously high pay that the auto companies can’t afford. So by getting the workers high pay checks with benefits, they lost those workers their jobs by running the company into the ground. American car manufacturers were also making garbage ass vehicles. And when you keep producing garbage people stop buying your product. The problem can fix itslef on its own. Sure some of the companies go bankrupt, and with real estate having fallen apart it is an inconvenient time but a loan is not the answer, just like a bailout wasn’t the answer. The free market system works when confined to other capitolist market systems. Real estate would have been fine if the government wouldn’t have gone fucking with it to begin with. There isn’t a government solution when government isn’t the problem. The auto industry has problems because they are competing with noncapitolist countries and american auto industies are producing garbage. Real estate has nothing to do with free trade and anyone who says otherwise simply doesn’t what they are talking about.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
I am planning on stepping up to the plate.
Remember my name.
This site has some really excellent points.
February 3rd, 2009 at 1:55 pm
It is too little, too late. The whole idea that a corrupt, tyrranical government will grow a conscience and do something in the interest of We the People is laughable. Change will not come from Obama’s “Change” (you can’t believe in), it will only come from the same source it has always come from, violent revolution. Those in Washington that hold the reigns believe themselves impervious to the will of the people, they are delusional and believe that they are untouchable. You cannot reason with a mad man, you can only enilighten him through force and suppression.
Our government no longer represents us. They take from us that which we have rightly earned; they insert themselves as surrogate parents to our children, telling us that they no better than we; they threaten us daily with new legislation that unrravels and nullifies the US Constitution; They have openly declared war on the American people. It is time that we respond.
February 12th, 2009 at 12:25 pm
oh yes, the government. lets see, cut services to LEGAL citizens that have worked their whole life here, so that they can have the money to send ILLEGALS TO COLLEGE!!!! DEPORT THE ILLEGALS AND WORRY ABOUT OUR CITIZENS BEING TREATED FAIRLY FOR A CHANGE!!!
February 17th, 2009 at 9:13 pm
Jobs vs. Opportunities -
Why Liberals Don’t Represent Hope
Time and again we are hearing Barrack Obama brag about the jobs he’s going to create
with the “stimulus plan”. He likes to tell us all how desperately jobs are needed in this
country. It’s easy to buy into, especially if you’re one of the millions without a job right
now or if you’re worried about losing your job. Preying on that fear and desperation is
the only reason liberals have any chance whatsoever of getting the ridiculous “stimulus”
bill passed in the next few days.
The truth is that Americans don’t need jobs. Yeah, I said it. Jobs are not that important
and will have little impact on creating any positive long term effect on the economy. It
shouldn’t require any deep thinking (although, unfortunately these days…) for Americans
to realize this. Jobs are a result of opportunity. You don’t just get to go out and create
jobs like Obama thinks he can do. Any jobs created out of thin air are going to be short-
term. Any impact they have on this recession is going to be minimal – until the jobs go
away and we see a truly devastating impact on the economy.
If we’re honest with ourselves, the only thing being created by this so-called “stimulus”
plan is government projects. What happens to the “jobs” when the projects are complete?
Are we then forced to rely on additional government projects to keep people employed?
We all know the government can do it. Let’s face it, no one spends like the government
can, but to what end? The government can only continue to spend at this pace if they are
creating an income big enough to keep it up. Who pays for that? Everyone with a job, of
course. So in the end, what is the point? How does a government created job help
anyone?
Opportunity, on the other hand, does serve a purpose. Remember in school when you
learned about all the immigrants pouring into America? Do you remember why they
came? I don’t recall anything about jobs being their primary motivation, do you? People
flocked to this country because of the opportunities that were here for them. America
was a country that you could go to and achieve your dreams. What America proved was
that if people are left alone to pursue those dreams, in less than 150 years you can create
the greatest nation the world has ever known. That is the audacity of hope.
The flip-side of that same coin is fear. If there is a fear that hopes may fail, as hopes
pursued by human beings are prone to do, then we must protect ourselves from our
inherent human flaws. Out of fear we must not allow people to be taken advantage of by
limiting their choices. Out of fear we must not allow people to be hurt by limiting
productivity. Out of fear we must mitigate risk by forcing compliance to often unrealistic
standards. Out of fear we must rely on someone to protect us from ourselves by asking
for regulation that grinds opportunity to a halt. We have allowed fear to kill opportunity
and have been doing so for almost 100 years in America.
This President, along with this Congress, is not representing hope to the American
people. Everything about the “stimulus plan” represents fear. The actions being taken by
this government are all based on reactionary fears when in reality; the only thing we have
to fear is the continued eradication of opportunity.
If you want something to fear, consider this…
Never in the history of the world has government ever been successful at creating
sustainable opportunity via regulations or by spending. History shows that repeatedly,
governments have tried and failed. The extreme examples are of course the U.S.S.R and
Cuba. However, when you look at the countries today that have continued down a fear-
based path of relying on government (U.K., France, Germany, Spain, and Canada) you
can’t help but notice how amazingly unproductive and inconsequential these countries
have become. Where is their hope? Where are their opportunities? While the
governments of these countries do have programs in place to “take care of the people”,
the cost of this “security” is unbearable to the people, and the consequence for these
countries as a whole has been a loss of respect, power, and influence around the world.
In no way, shape, or form, does this outcome represent the principles or objectives the
United States of America was founded on.
Opportunity is the only solution to our woes today. If there is hope that government will
“fix” our economy, it won’t be done by spending our way out of it. It can only be done
through massive deregulation coupled with massive cut-backs in government spending.
Americans take a lot of pride in our form of government, and rightfully so. But it needs
to be remembered that it is the form of government, and not the government itself, that
made America the greatest nation the world has ever known. It is the hope, and
opportunity created by such hope, of the people of this country that made America great.
Even in times of great fear, we can never allow ourselves to lose sight of this undeniable
fact. Now, more than ever, the American people, not the American government must rise
to the occasion. We must demand that the government does less, so the real strength of
this nation (the people) can do more. That is the hope that will save America.
February 22nd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
So when is it time to move against a government that steals your money. Spends it anyway they want to. Bail out companies they help destroy, and then turn back to the American people with their hand out for more of our hard earned money! We are told we should be more frugal with our income and this whole mess is essentially our own fault!!! If we do question our outdated tyrannical U.S. Government we are called unpatriotic communist, socialists or what ever the term of the day is. PATRIOTS CHALLENGE THE AUTHORITY OF THOSE WHO THINlK THEY CONTROL THEM. Our forefathers would burn the new American flag and reinstate DON’T TREAD ON ME!!!! Fuck the government and all the lemmings that think being a follower makes a good patriot!!!!!!! Time for a change is right, right now!!!!!
February 25th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
The government is not the problem…per se. Its just that they are misdirected and need to be put on the right path. They need to stop being directed by lobbyists and special interest groups and return to working for the people, their individual constituents.
Congressmen are all in the pockets of the big money corporations, military industrial complex, and lobbyists already. Imposing term limits will only make that worse. If you know you job will end in 2 or 3 terms, you need to make friends with people in the private sector that much more, so you have a job when you are out.
First, lobbying and special interest groups need to be eradicated. Any and all funds they donate must go into a common pile for all elected officials and those running for office. No way for one person to be influenced more than any other.
Second, corporations need to have their rights vastly limited. Right now, they have the rights of a citizen yet have no morals, no soul to save, and no body to incarcerate. Watch the film “The Corporation” for more details.
Third, military spending needs to be cut by at least 50%. There is no reason to continue down the path of Military Keynesian strategy as we have. It is a failure, continuing to be pushed my the Military Industrial Complex(MIC). It is the reason our infrastructure, schools, power grid, everything is now second rate. Watch “Why we Fight” for more details.
Fourth, Fair Trade must replace free trade. A simple plan where anything coming into this country needs to be tarriffed based on various factors (such as quality, employments rights, workplace safety, environmental laws) of the supplying country.
Fifth, Im all for the Fair Tax plan.
March 15th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Join the ‘New American Tea Party!”
March 20th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I’m curious as to what it is going to take for the american people to revolt. How many lies are we going to need to hear, how many people have to lose jobs, homes,and life savings? Sen. Dodd blatantly lied to the people about tha AIG bonus amendment, saying he did not know who wrote the clause for the bonuses. He lied plain and simple, everyone who passed the bill either is a liar and cheat or imcompetent to be in the congress in the first place. Nobody knew who or how the clause got in there, everyone who was asked said”not me” To me this makes the U.S congress look like a bunch of lying bastards who, at the time prob thought the citizens were beneath them and incapable of understanding what was going on. The people know now and look at the responses and actions of those people, pointing fingers and blaming everyone else. How can you justify giving bonuses, comprised of taxpayer dollars, to people who ran a company into the ground? Millions of americans are losing their homes daily, while the people in wash sleep in huge mansions, and dont pay taxes for years ,until someone says something. If the avg. person fails to pay taxes for years he is punished, but in wash. they are not. If a person is busted dealing drugs, the government seizes everything they have . Madoff steals billions, and gets to keep everything. This is just the tip, the people only know a small percent of what went wrong. Throughout history the government has kept information from the people, under the guise of national security. How much dont we know? Are we , as a people , content with being lied and misled by the government? As an american indian, I can tell you that I am fed up. The government sucks. There needs to be a change, congress wont change. We need to change congress, we need to change the direction this country is going.
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 pm
“I’m curious as to what it is going to take for the american people to revolt.”
I believe the majority are far beyond the point of needing a reason. If you ask anyone for their opinion it seem 2 out of 3 are beyond fed up with the FED. It seems to be to the point where it will only take some organizing to get everyone on the same page and aware that it is actually happening.
April 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
It Is! Spread the word! OperationPitchfork.com
April 25th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
OMG! What a f’n trainwreck we got here. The goverment is robbing our heirs of their hard earned fortune. They have most of america scared of terrorists attacking…except a few brave…who say “Bring It”. And truth be told the “terrorists ” probably dont hate us they hate our goverment….. whom in affect is hiding behind us and our “Babies” from the terrorists….we are their shield. So when it is time to duck, i’m sure we’ll all say “Quack Quack”. But that’s not why i posted. I posted because after i read the Declaration of Independance, i could clearly see corruption and a need to nip this bud. It is obviously a noxious weed that if not controlled will take over and eventually ruin the Beautiful Garden bestowed upon us. No one has overthrown a superpower of this beasts magnitude before so we tread on new turf. one way to do it would be to have the majority stand behind one person giving that person authority to “roll heads” of the beast when they rise up to strike. A few weeks of waterboarding in Git Mo should do it…lol.
I built a building we could use for the capitol or church or whatever, that is right in the heart of the beast, that i would be willing to let for a proper cause. its pictures are on http://www.myspace.com/iwsteel . Plus it would be a great way to make sure the goverment didnt take my creation..or anyones house ever again……hell they’d just blow it up or ram it with tanks.
Yeah i know the odds of that happening are akin to , us all materilizing out of stardust to live here on planet ti fight about it.
But hey crap happens
I’ll try to check back or message me on myspace
Randy
May 1st, 2009 at 1:45 pm
Obama could care less about the U.S. He has been selected as a candidate for president of the New World Order. Below is a utube clip with Kissinger, again; making a case for Obama. We need to get our country back or watch it slip away.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTeTlHpPtIE
June 11th, 2009 at 4:57 pm
We need a good solid idea that like minded Americans can participate in and shake the Gov. up. What we really need to do is starve the Gov. If we don’t act soon it will be too late.
September 22nd, 2009 at 10:15 am
We should all stop paying taxes, what can they do put of all in jail? let’s starve them this time instead of them starving us. Let’s see how they like it when they have their money taken away. We WILL make them hear us and hopefully someone will listen. If not we will set up a new government that will adhere to the intentions of the constitution. I urge everyone to stop paying taxes.
October 16th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Being from the midwest we have been hit harder than the rest of the country with the so called recession, I have worked for 24 years without a lay off and it has all went to hell in the last year, I am being sued by 2 different lawyers offices for default on credit cards, I am now in default on my home loan and my cars will be reposessed i am sure pretty soon. I try and keep a decent attitude about things but what the government does not want is to have to deal with American who have nothing left to loose, Washington is screwing our nation up really bad. Our trade with the rest of the world is a joke, well the joke is on us for letting it happen, we need to rise up and stop the madness, But here is the problem. Most people in our country have not starved enough yet, as long as they have a little money in the pocket books they are OK. The government bailed out the same bank that is forclosing on my home, It just does not make any sense. Any way you slice it weather its taxes, health care, bail outs, home tax credits it does not matter, We the PEOPLE will end up with the smelly end of the stick, As rotten as things are right now there is language on our costitution that would let we the people do away with the government and replace them with people who care about our nation and preserving our way of life, Instead of squandering our national heritage, giving america away to the world.
October 17th, 2009 at 11:08 pm
Let the blood run in the streets is what the French would recommend. For once, I agree with the French. They think they are unaccountable and invincible, lets prove them otherwise. Someone give me a time and a date and I will be glad to show, because, like the above poster, I don’t have much else to lose and I won’t let my children be put through this same crap when they are my age, I say let’s make it happen, and hopefully soon.
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I need help writing a Chain Of Title that procures my creation on Earth , thru process from nothing. The hard part is already done(dunn) and theoretically the race is won(one). So don’t anybody get any bright ideas about steal’n my thunder…lol…I just gotta get it on paper in a form the government will Honor. I am not doing this because I’m greedy . vengeful or whatever else they will say to “Ruin It” . I am doing this because I see a “Need”. And big war coming that could destroy the very nature of Existence and label it as bad and bottle it up as “Poison” and hide it…….Remotely Similar to earth in the cosmos perhaps.
So Chin up I AM “ON IT”
December 23rd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
And as for the Great Battle do not fear….. for it is over also. I’m just giving em a “Second Chance”. And if Push Comes to shove I will Protect my Interests with “TERMINAL” force to their Enemies. To REINFORCE my LOVE. For Creation and DUE PROCESS. And Settle The Dust on the Battlefield of Good and Evil. But Please and I Caution you…. Don’t Act on every order you assume is “From God” because there are Deceitful Fakes. But When the Order is True you will Know… And there will be No Doubt.
A War over Passion of Every Emotion to see which is stronger…..Love Hate or Taking a Good Healthy DUMP…LOL
I’m the Guy on the Battle Field ya Cant See But Yer Sure “He’s Here” good cammo….lol
Not Bragging Just a Word of Warning to Enemies.
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:03 pm
And About The war thing and Authority… I Am a “Love Officer”.
I am in my battle dress uniform… therefor you cant see “Who I AM” from Here.
I am Not Looking for enlistments in the war of physical realm….. there’s just some things you must do “As One” and without help… or the evil basturds that Gangbanged and Bullied You Will Cry Foul…..And i Want this to Be a Fair Fight of Equal Arms. No Holding “Nukes” over Each others heads or using fear tactics of any kind. If ya Wanna Play With The “BIG BOMBS” i’ll introduce you to a Fragment Of Solid Light in your universe.
but if you flooded the democracy with over 50% with your beliefs…. i dont see how they could Not build an “Ark”
Beaurocracys Weakness is that no person in the system on their “Own” can Change Anything… Its A Safe Guard Built in By the Real Founders.
That in Essence “Holds The Kings Seat” till the King Steps Up.
Yeah i Know it sounds Crazy But the “Whole Of Creation Is Endless”
And There is Plenty of Room For New Life to Grow. We Just Dont Want no weeds poppin up in our Perfect Garden cause we will have to pluck em. So if we can talk em into poppin up in a “Better Place” We Wont have to Pluck Em…. And Everyone will Live Happily Ever After…lol
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
As fer the “Chain Of Title” thing i may need to Enlist the Help of “We The People” since it seams thats who is Runnin The Show….Oooops My Bad.
And If the “Said” Chain gets Tangled Up Around The Serpents Kneck as It Rears its Ugly Heads And Cuts Them All Off…. Well I Guess Shit Happens
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm
Many Good Men have Died in the Process of Creating and Building Known Creation… And Building the High Rises they Set in and Get Rich off the Sweat off “Our Backs” and the Great goverment buildings they run yer life from…. I Honor Those Fallen….. However i DO NOT GLORIFY WAR it is a dis-ease
December 23rd, 2009 at 2:41 pm
If its About Changing Hearts from a death threatening thumping in your Chest to a Sweet Pure Feeling Of Love….I’m All In.
But if its about Who Can Make Everyone’s Heart Pop Out of their Chest I reserve the right to place everyone’s heart under “House Arrest” since i thought of it first and i built the “House”… as a co-lateral damage control measure. And To save the little good known to exist in all creation and to watch it Grow into Greater Good.
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Once The Evil read this it will trigger a Master Override Responce in their Genetic Makeup Inteligence Structure..placed there in the beginning by a creative spirit who possesses the word… and they will know they are caught red handed and they can either give in or just “Go Away”
Evil will hate it and vow to return in vengence… but the very passion that drives their hatred will keep them bound eternally..like a puppy chase’n its tale.. and the good/pure hearted will rejoyce.
for they shall see god
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:14 pm
So If “We The People” fall Under the “Chain Of Title” Presented to The Goverment Asserting Souverenity…. Whether in Heartfelt Belief or By Paper Nomination… They would Have no Choice but to Surrender or be Guilty of Treason…. Not Only Treason To “We The People”…..But Also Treasonous To The Very Nature of The Creative Forces That Provided their Existance…. Hence Cutting Their “Legs” of so they Cannot Stand on a lie.
Well Just sharing a few thoughts… I’m Pretty much just throwin it out there.
So dont get to worked up.
I just had to share my great “Gift” Ho Ho Ho Tiz The Season
December 23rd, 2009 at 3:42 pm
The Mirror Act of Loosing the Word/concept upon creation…. Means that Word/concept stands untill someone destroys the foundation of its existance.
The theory has Stood thru time and so far all have fallen or are in the process.
Reason Being their Foundation couldnt draw support off Nothing…. My New Super Sweet Flying Machine Can……
February 24th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
It is clear, from everything we have seen from Bush Junior’s first election to the present, that we are facing an unmitigated crisis in our nation. Bush’s war on Iraq caused a tremendous amount of pain and suffering in that area of the world. It also caused a tremendous amount of pain and suffering in the states. Our economy was weakened to the point of recession, which was then coined “the worst recession since the Great Depression.” In fact, had it not been for Bush’s overspending to fight a war on terror that did not exist, our economy would have never suffered the kind of crisis that it underwent. In fact, one author I read said, “George W. Bush deserves credit for the financial turmoil that our nation is struggling with today. From the mortgage crisis, which caused Wall Street’s meltdown, to the sky-high oil and gas prices, and the $10 billion a month, we as taxpayers are spending on an endless basis for the debacle in Iraq, which is ultimately the root cause of our economic woes. Economists predicted that the Iraq War would cause a financial crisis for the United States, even before it began. In November of 2002, Yale University professor William Nordhaus was quoted in the Independent as warning that, ‘A war in Iraq could cost the United States hundreds of billions of dollars, play havoc with an already depressed economy and tip the world into recession because of the adverse effect on oil prices, inflation and interest rates.’ This man appears to have been able to predict the future.”
More than this, now the far-right are trying to blame Obama, as if he had control over Bush’s decision to take us into unnecessary war. Bush’s agenda, as a far right leader, was to bring about the so-called “rapture.” His goal was to cause enough problems to warrant the supposed return of his master dictator “Jesus.” In fact, this was the entire reason that he and his brother Jeb (in Florida at the time) caused a great upheaval in ballot counts and forced Bush into the White House. For example, one writer has said, “From school-prayer guidelines issued by the Department of Education to faith-based initiatives to directives from virtually every federal agency, there’s hardly a place where Bush hasn’t increased both the presence and the potency of religion in American government. In the process, the Bush administration lavishly caters to the very religious right groups that gave us the dubious Christian-nation concept to begin with.”
Thanks to Bush, our nation now faces one of the most wide-scale problems since the Great Depression. Unemployment is still above 10% nationwide, supposedly the most unemployment in the history of our nation. Banks are bottoming out. Credit card companies are issuing massive changes, including the fact that they can now charge you for not using your card enough. The housing market busted during Bush’s reign of terror. There’s also an energy crisis- because we have always been dependent upon foreign oil, and it just continues to go up in price. And I’m pretty sure Bush got his kickbacks from all of this. As a matter of fact, Ayers, a leader of the Weathermen in the 1960s, wrote, “Industry passed on its problems by increasing unemployment, laying off thousands, and driving up the prices of everything … last hired and first fired, suffer the most immediately. These disruptions to an already stagnating economy have resulted in a serious attack on the basic necessities for masses of people … But the Crisis cannot be contained among the dispossessed –it attacks the common family, the working person. A severe food crisis reflected in the rise of food prices and massive food shortages is emerging. In the wealthiest country in the world, there is a cost of living and it is beyond the reach of millions of people. Inflation and the impact of the energy crisis will be used to drive up this cost to live, especially food prices. There has always been starvation and malnutrition for many in the US -the human consequences of food for profit. As food prices climb and real incomes decline, broad sectors of the population are beset by mounting debt, loss of savings, fear for jobs.” I would almost argue that this man was psychic – that he was another Nostradamus – that he predicted the future. We can see for ourselves now that the same overarching consciousness of that time was eerily similar to what we are seeing today as a result of Bush’s so called “war on terror.”
There are other issues, too. For example: After extensive testing by various consumer advocate groups it has been proven that there are over 2,100 toxic chemicals in tap water. These chemicals show up in nearly every city in the U.S.A. and are proven cancer causers as well as being the causative agents of other health issues. And the Food and Drug Administration thinks we should drink 8, 8 ounce glasses of it or more “to improve your overall health.” I know – it sounds like a crazy conspiracy theory, doesn’t it? But it isn’t. It’s proven fact.
And what about the fact that none of the right wingers think that gay people should be able to get married? That kind of thinking obviously doesn’t support the constitutional right given to all humans, which is the right to the pursuit of happiness. This kind of discriminatory policy isn’t just impeding on the happiness of individual humans – this kind of legislation has a gigantic effect on the consciousness of the populace. In effect, this kind of legislation is saying, “Because you are not heterosexual, you are less than worthy of the institution of marriage.” As such, it merely stands to reason that non-heterosexuals would also be less than worthy of other things – like healthcare and jobs. How long before the government tells the populace that it is okay to stone to death members of the GLBTQ community?
And now, in the latest debacle by the conservative-majority Supreme Court, corporations have been given the rights of individual humans! Granted, corporations used to have the right to buy and sell property, to form businesses to make money, and contribute (in a limited way) to their preferred political candidates. Now, however, corporations can give unlimited sums of money to their preferred political candidates! Any wagers on how long it will take before corporations want to outlaw weekends and start dictating what workers can do in their free time? Additionally, before now, large foreign companies have not had a voice in American politics. Now, however, any foreign corporation can establish subsidiaries inside the borders of the U.S., and they now have monetary freedom to push for whatever laws they want to set inside the states. Don’t blame this on Obama, however, because he had nothing to do with it – this is all the doing of the ultra-conservative neo-con Supreme Court. And with multiple Democrats soon retiring from the nation’s capitol, Republicans are making moves for those seats, and that only means that our government is going to become a breeding ground for the Ultra-Conservative Right Wing Christian Agenda.
If there has ever been a time for revolution, NOW is that time!
As we rise up to liberate ourselves, the ability of imperialism to maintain a hold over us is starting to crumble. The past rulers of the U.S. have, in order to maintain their power and hold, created privileged sectors among us, and then allowed us to go about fighting with each other over these privileges. It has happened over and over again. These so-called “new” crises in our nation are nothing more than rehashes of the same old issues faced years ago. But the wealth of the entire world is no longer at the disposal of the imperialist – hence, the new corporate campaign funds law enacted by our tyrannical supreme court. They had to find a new way to get more money to line their own pockets – and they don’t really care if that money puts their own people in crisis, as long as it cushions their bank accounts and not ours. As a result of all this, the imperialists in power or that are coming to power are going to further the role of the police state. They will have to in order to attempt to regain control of the masses.
As Ayers said: “The empire feeds on war. War is necessary for expansion and colonial control, but unsuccessful and unjust war loosens the imperialist’s hold over the home base. As people reclaim their lands and their resources, imperialism is forced to extract more wealth from everywhere it can –where it still can reach in the Third World, from its capitalist allies and competitors, and from the US people.” He goes on to say that, “This is the increasing trend of the 70’s,” but rest assured, this is also the increasing trend of the 2000s. It is 2010, and we are still reaping the unjust corruption and hell that this man predicted. And we will continue to reap the rewards of this corruption, since we will be under corporate rule. Our government operates more like the Mafia now than ever before. As Ayers wrote: “[This is] … the trend of crisis and depression. Our job is to tap the discontent seething in many sectors of the population, to find allies everywhere people are hungry or angry, to mobilize poor and working people against imperialism.” And he is RIGHT! It IS our job to find allies amongst the seething, angry, hungry, poor and hard-working individuals who have suffered the consequences of the unjust actions of a few powerful individuals.
IT IS TIME FOR A REVOLUTION!
As for the people of the United States, we have entered into 2009 and 2010 as a people weary of war. All we have seen for decades is war – the Gulf War, the so-called War on Terror, the Iraq War, Afghanistan. We have seen our airports locked down for “reasons of national security.” We have seen paranoia reach a new high. We have seen our nation’s leadership think it’s okay to tap into the private cell phone conversations of the citizens. We’ve seen recession, unemployment such as has not been seen in our nation before, and the government passing out financial salvation to big banks and even larger corporations. And then the rulers of these larger corporations gave themselves massive bonuses, while the workers went on starving and wondering what the hell was next.
Our lot in the US has been crisis after crisis in the lives of millions of people. Katrina came and went, and the government was unprepared to do its job. Haiti was recently in crisis and the government, once again, sat on its haunches, while we were urged (via television and celebrities) to give our money to Haiti, as if we really could afford such a massive undertaking. (If the rich are so hell-bent on helping people, why didn’t THEY give THEIR money to Haiti? Or better: why don’t they give their money to the American people to solve issues at home first!?)
The continual onslaught of crisis after crisis isn’t going to get better. The media says “unemployment is declining,” but it is not so. There are still thousands, right here where I live (including myself), unable to find work. Here in Kentucky, it is said that a few more companies are coming to the area that are going to help put people back to work by the hundreds. But the only reason these companies are coming is because of tax breaks (more money for the big corporations)!
So now, as time continues to march on, and crisis after crisis smacks the American people in the face, we need to organize. We need to organize to survive. We have to support each others’ right to food, shelter, decent health care. Instead of watching the rich bitches on t.v. bicker over whether Tiger Woods is entitled to forgiveness for his adultery, we need to focus on the fact that we are suffering. All of this televised crap is nothing more than a distraction. Whether Whoopi Goldberg and Barbara Walters realize it or not, they are simply playing into the hands of the people who want us to be complacent.
IT IS TIME FOR A REVOLUTION!