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Here’s what happened:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e1. Household personal income (inflation adjusted) rose but every penny - and then some - went into savings or paying down debts. Consumer spending, on which Obama is betting to stimulate the economy, actually fell. None of the stimulus money was sent. None.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e2. Meanwhile, to pay for this stimulus spending that didn’t stimulate, Obama had to borrow so much money that long term interest rates have almost doubled since he took office, forcing postponement of abandonment of business expansion and hiring across the board.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eWhat a \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003erecord!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXu9dqfJOI/AAAAAAAAEZ8/Otak3l1cBBk/s1600-h/090212_economic_stimulus.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXu9dqfJOI/AAAAAAAAEZ8/Otak3l1cBBk/s320/090212_economic_stimulus.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356450071529333986\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eHere are the details. In April, personal household, inflation-adjusted income rose by $122 billion. Of that increase, one-third or $44 billion came from the government’s stimulus program.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBut while personal income was rising, household savings (which includes paying down credit card balances, mortgages, student loans, car loans, etc) rose by $132 billion — $10 billion more than the rise in income. So personal consumption dropped 0.1%.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXvVhWPxMI/AAAAAAAAEaE/KLdRLV9G0s4/s1600-h/obama_computer.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXvVhWPxMI/AAAAAAAAEaE/KLdRLV9G0s4/s320/obama_computer.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356450484835042498\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe stimulus package was a total and complete failure. As predicted, as happened with Bush’s 2008 tax cut, as happened with the Japanese stimulus packages of the 90s, fearful consumers sat on their money and wouldn’t spend it. Keynesian economics didn’t work. Again.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBut the debt sure piled up. The deficit quadrupled and is sending interest rates soaring as the government elbows aside businesses and consumers at the loan window, all in a desperate effort to borrow enough money to spend enough money to stimulate the economy which isn’t happening.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eKeynesian economics doesn’t work.\u003cbr /\u003eConsumers are not idiots. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThey know that when their paycheck is fatter - either because of tax cuts or government spending - that it is not the beginning of nirvana but just a short term, one shot respite from hard times. They know the difference between standing in front on an electric fan and a windy day.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXvmvSlImI/AAAAAAAAEaM/g3nxGSWRlj4/s1600-h/Economic+Stimulus.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXvmvSlImI/AAAAAAAAEaM/g3nxGSWRlj4/s320/Economic+Stimulus.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356450780635538018\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBarack Obama has fatally undermined our currency, our solvency, our financial stability, and - ultimately - our economy all to spend money that has had no economic effect!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIs Obama a failure? Not by his lights. His goal was never to stimulate the economy. His goal was to expand government spending and he used the recession as an excuse to do so.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAnd, by this standard, he is a raging success. With the stimulus spending, the government proportion of GDP will rise from about 35% to about 40% and with health care “reform” it will go soaring into the mid-forties, bringing us to parity with Germany en route to France!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe results are in: \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eNone of Obama’s spending\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e is doing anything \u003c/span\u003eto help the economy.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXx5L0OlTI/AAAAAAAAEac/vtsWuTj-vio/s1600-h/obama-budget1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 262px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXx5L0OlTI/AAAAAAAAEac/vtsWuTj-vio/s320/obama-budget1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356453296553760050\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eOf course, the process of household savings, designed to pay down debt, is very healthy. Economists call it de-leveraging. By the start of the recession, the debt American households owe had risen from 70% of their annual income in 1995 to 140% (excluding mortgages).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNow it is on its way back down again. And, eventually, that will lead to a real recovery — If Obama doesn’t wreck the currency and bring on mega-inflation before then.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2009/06/03/the-failure-of-obamanomics/\"\u003e*Failure of Obamanomics\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXzgqPLa8I/AAAAAAAAEas/jXocy_4F-kY/s1600-h/stack-of-money.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXzgqPLa8I/AAAAAAAAEas/jXocy_4F-kY/s320/stack-of-money.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356455074246388674\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNew money created on the strength of a flood of new debt, is tantamount to pouring gasoline on the fire, making prices fall and the economy contract even more.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe Obama administration has missed its historic opportunity to stop the deflation and depression inherited from the Bush administration because it entrusted the same people with the task of damage-control who had caused the disaster in the first place: the Keynesian and Friedmanite money doctors in the Fed and the Treasury.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX0odBGxwI/AAAAAAAAEa0/Eoiv9w1Jk5k/s1600-h/29520567-washington-deficit.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 260px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX0odBGxwI/AAAAAAAAEa0/Eoiv9w1Jk5k/s320/29520567-washington-deficit.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356456307648284418\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eWatching the \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ewrong ratio\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe key to understanding the problem is the marginal productivity of debt , a concept curiously missing from the vocabulary of mainstream economics. Keynesians take comfort in the fact that total debt as a percentage of total GDP is safely below 100 in the United States while it is 100 and perhaps even more in some other countries.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eHowever, the significant ratio to watch is additional debt to additional GDP , or the amount of GDP contributed by the creation of $1 in new debt. It is this ratio that determines the quality of debt .\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIndeed, the higher the ratio, the more successful entrepreneurs are in increasing productivity, which is the only valid justification for going into debt in the first place.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX1X0LiFQI/AAAAAAAAEbE/ae4TOqpk2gc/s1600-h/lk0122d5.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX1X0LiFQI/AAAAAAAAEbE/ae4TOqpk2gc/s320/lk0122d5.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356457121319884034\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eConversely, a serious fall in that ratio is a danger sign that the quality of debt is deteriorating, and contracting additional debt has no economic justification.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe volume of debt is rising faster than national income, and capital supporting production is eroding fast.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIf, as in the worst-case scenario, the ratio falls into negative territory, the message is that the economy is on a collision course and crash in imminent.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNot only does more debt add nothing to the GDP, in fact, it causes economic contraction, including greater unemployment.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe country is eating the seed corn with the result that accumulated capital may be gone before you know it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eImmediate action is absolutely necessary to stop the hemorrhage, or the patient will bleed to death.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlmB9XNnY-I/AAAAAAAAEcM/viAIWfbKQ5A/s1600-h/stimulusHANDOUTImage1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlmB9XNnY-I/AAAAAAAAEcM/viAIWfbKQ5A/s320/stimulusHANDOUTImage1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5357456122937041890\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eKeynesians are watching the wrong ratio, that of debt-to-GDP. No wonder they constantly go astray as they miss one danger signal after another. They are sailing in the dark with the aid of the wrong navigational equipment. They are administering the wrong medicine. Their ambulance is unable to diagnose internal hemorrhage that must be stopped lest the patient be dead upon arrival.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eEarly \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003ewarning\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn the 1950’s when the dollar was still redeemable in the sense that foreign governments and central banks could convert their short-term dollar balances into gold at the fixed statutory rate of $35 per ounce, the marginal productivity of debt was 3 or higher, meaning that the addition of $1 in new debt caused the GDP to increase by at least $3.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX2jD5pFfI/AAAAAAAAEbc/PHQ0rTEA3bc/s1600-h/r225423_893080.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 205px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX2jD5pFfI/AAAAAAAAEbc/PHQ0rTEA3bc/s320/r225423_893080.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356458414030001650\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBy August, 1971, when Nixon defaulted on the international gold obligations of the United States (following in the footsteps of F.D. Roosevelt who had defaulted on its domestic gold obligations 35 years earlier) the marginal productivity of debt has fallen below the crucial level 1. When marginal productivity fell below $1 but was still positive, it meant that total debt (always ‘net’) was rising faster than GDP.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX4mKE3ETI/AAAAAAAAEbk/H4aT5bdfqW0/s1600-h/iousa-poster-large.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 219px; height: 320px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX4mKE3ETI/AAAAAAAAEbk/H4aT5bdfqW0/s320/iousa-poster-large.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356460666250531122\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFor example, if the marginal productivity of debt was ½, then $2 in debt had to be incurred in order to increase the nation’s output of goods and services by $1. An increase in total debt by $1 could no longer reproduce its cost in the form of an equivalent increase in the GDP. Debt lost whatever economic justification it may have once had.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe decline in the marginal productivity of debt has continued without interruption thereafter. Nobody took action, in fact, the Keynesian managers of the monetary system and the economy stone-walled this information, keeping the public in the dark.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNor did Keynesian and Friedmanite economists at the universities pay attention to the danger sign. Cheerleaders kept chanting: “Gimme more credit!”\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX5BR_MRhI/AAAAAAAAEbs/NTy_rK3mrY8/s1600-h/dollars-hourglass-704636.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX5BR_MRhI/AAAAAAAAEbs/NTy_rK3mrY8/s320/dollars-hourglass-704636.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356461132230706706\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eI learned about the importance of the marginal productivity of debt from the circulated Bulletin of Hungarian-born Chicago economist Melchior Palyi in 1969.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(There were altogether 640 issues of the Bulletin; they are available in the University of Chicago Library). Palyi warned that the tendency of this most important indicator was down and something should be done about it before the debt-behemoth devoured the economy. Palyi died a few years later and did not live to see the devastation that he so astutely predicted.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eOthers have come to the same conclusion - Peter Warburton in his book Debt and Delusion: Central Bank Follies That Threaten Economic Disaster (see references below) envisages the same outcome, although without the benefit of the concept of the marginal productivity of debt.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX50IKM8DI/AAAAAAAAEb0/hpSZii9rwlo/s1600-h/CartoonEconomicStimulus.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX50IKM8DI/AAAAAAAAEb0/hpSZii9rwlo/s320/CartoonEconomicStimulus.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356462005765861426\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e watershed year\u003c/span\u003e of 2006\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAs long debt was constrained by the centripetal force of gold in the system, tenuous though this constraint may have been, deterioration in the quality of debt was relatively slow. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eQuality caved in, and quantity took a flight to the stratosphere, when the centripetal force was cut and gold, the only ultimate extinguisher of debt there is, was exiled from the monetary system. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eStill, it took 35 years before the capital of society was eroded and consumed through a steadily deteriorating marginal productivity of debt.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX6QI1Hp0I/AAAAAAAAEb8/qHlCyDdullU/s1600-h/Obama-Commie-Blogger.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 270px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlX6QI1Hp0I/AAAAAAAAEb8/qHlCyDdullU/s320/Obama-Commie-Blogger.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356462486982207298\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe year 2006 was the watershed. Late in that year the marginal productivity of debt dropped to zero and went negative for the first time ever, switching on the red alert sign to warn of an imminent economic catastrophe. Indeed, in February, 2007, the risk of debt default as measured by the skyrocketing cost of CDS (credit default swaps) exploded and, as the saying goes, the rest is history.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eNegative \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003emarginal\u003c/span\u003e productivity\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhy is a negative marginal productivity of debt a sign of an imminent economic catastrophe? Because it indicates that any further increase in indebtedness would necessarily cause economic contraction. Capital is gone; further production is no longer supported by the prerequisite quantity and quality of tools and equipment. The economy is literally devouring itself through debt.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe message, namely that unbridled breeding of debt through the serial cutting of the rate of interest to zero was destroying society’s capital, has been ignored. The budding financial crisis was explained away through ad hoc reasoning, such as blaming it on loose credit standards, subprime mortgages, and the like.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNothing was done to stop the real cause of the disaster, the fast-breeder of debt. On the contrary, debt-breeding was further accelerated through bailouts and stimulus packages.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn view of the fact that the marginal productivity of debt is now negative we can see that the damage-control measures of the Obama administration, which are financed through creating unprecedented amounts of new debt, are counter-productive. Nay, they are the direct cause of further economic contraction of an already prostrate economy, including unemployment.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe head of the European Union and Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek has publicly characterized president Obama’s plan to spend nearly $2 trillion to push the U.S. economy out of recession as “road to hell”. There is absolutely no reason to castigate Mr. Topolanek for this characterization.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eTrue, it would have been more polite and diplomatic if he had couched his comments in words to the effect that “the Obama plan was made in blissful ignorance of the marginal productivity of debt which was now negative and falling. In consequence more spending on stimulus packages would only stimulate deflation and economic contraction.”\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://socioecohistory.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/why-obamas-stimulus-package-is-doomed-to-failure-the-marginal-productivity-of-debt/\"\u003e*Stimulus Package Doomed To Failure\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe\u003c/span\u003e Videos\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bxpCkhyhOL8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bxpCkhyhOL8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/UidUpr63c0w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/UidUpr63c0w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e#1 Grab all the cash you can \u0026amp; make workers pay.#2 Obama Says Stimulus Vital to Avoid 'Catastrophe'\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/yg6mKMd8HXI\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/yg6mKMd8HXI\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/w_G2rsUCmNE\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/w_G2rsUCmNE\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e#3 President Obama Signs Economic Stimulus Bill Stimulus Plan; Net Job Loss. None #4 Stimulus Bill is Bad for America; Pork and Earmarks\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/fm9RE5joCDs\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/fm9RE5joCDs\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0T_QjV4aeV8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0T_QjV4aeV8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e#5 Why Obama's stimulus plan will not work #6 Failure of Bailouts, Stimulus Packages, and Government Economic Planning\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RfMmulZ3OfU\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RfMmulZ3OfU\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" height\u003d\"200\" width\u003d\"230\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e#7 Obama, Inflation, the Stimulus and the Great Depression\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-3386663095408610769?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/3386663095408610769/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d9622105\u0026postID\u003d3386663095408610769\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/3386663095408610769"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/3386663095408610769"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2009/07/failure-of-obamanomics.html","title":"The Failure of Obamanomics"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"EuroYank"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692"},"email":{"$t":"yank.euro@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07873665053264900754"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SlXur0K8HLI/AAAAAAAAEZ0/lOhHEsaBdtM/s72-c/FeedReserve.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9622105.post-2710647484185588705"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-31T11:17:00.003-12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-06-02T07:04:29.171-12:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"A Journey Through The Graveyard of American Dreams"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaERrpyILtI/AAAAAAAAEE4/OCyfZIEYTnw/s1600-h/americandream2.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 260px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaERrpyILtI/AAAAAAAAEE4/OCyfZIEYTnw/s400/americandream2.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305541277667307218\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/u8PuLnZFz6Q\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;border\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/u8PuLnZFz6Q\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;border\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAmerica Destroyed: The True State of the Union\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e(allow 8 sec lead in time)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIs the \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eAmerican Dream \u003c/span\u003eAt An End?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003eReader please watch the videos at the end of this text to get a complete picture of the info presented here. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis is one of the most complicated posts I have ever researched, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eand one of the most important. To begin - think about this statement - \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\"In 20 years the USA will have a third world work force \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eengaged\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ein domestic non-tradable services.\u003c/span\u003e\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eread this article at the link below ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\" href\u003d\"http://www.counterpunch.org/roberts12042007.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003eThe Lies at the End of the American Dream\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003eWhat Is \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eHappening\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eOne way to comprehend what is happening is to look at the split between how much of the economy is won by profits and how much by wages.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThe share allotted to corporate profits increased sharply, from 17.7% in 2000 to 20.9% in 2005, while the share going to wages has reached a record low. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaESbNUlvAI/AAAAAAAAEFA/mLjx8gBZmjc/s1600-h/cheapLabor.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 379px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaESbNUlvAI/AAAAAAAAEFA/mLjx8gBZmjc/s400/cheapLabor.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305542094660942850\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThe incomes of the top 20% have grown much faster than the earnings of those at the middle or bottom of the income distribution. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThe income of the top 1% and top 0.1% have grown particularly rapidly. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eFrom 1992 to 2005, the pay of chief executive officers of major companies rose by 186%.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThe equivalent figure for median hourly wages was 7.2%, leaving the ratio of CEOs' pay to that of the average worker at 262.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eIn the 1960s, the comparable figure was 24. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eDownward \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 102);\"\u003ePressure\u003c/span\u003e On Wages\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThe Federal minimum wage has been static for a decade.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eThe \"China effect,\", the idea that low prices of imported manufactured goods are pushing US industry to cut its workforce in order to increase productivity.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ePublic, private and corporate debt\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003efar exceeds any previously known dimensions. Trusting in a future rosier than the present, millions of households are borrowing so much money that they end up endangering the very future they're looking forward to.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaES1ecanZI/AAAAAAAAEFI/EXtlCE80wVI/s1600-h/forcloselogo.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 351px; height: 233px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaES1ecanZI/AAAAAAAAEFI/EXtlCE80wVI/s400/forcloselogo.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305542545933770130\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe lower and middle classes have practically given up on putting aside any savings.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThey're going into the 21st century like a poverty-stricken, Third World family, living from hand to mouth without any financial reserves whatsoever.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe production sectors such as the furniture industry, consumer electronics, many\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eautomobile part suppliers,\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eand now computer manufacturers have left the country for good.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eAmerican Declining \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eValues\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaEUi0ZOoRI/AAAAAAAAEFQ/MaZy55j333E/s1600-h/0905_clip_image001.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 262px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaEUi0ZOoRI/AAAAAAAAEFQ/MaZy55j333E/s400/0905_clip_image001.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305544424431722770\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eActual losses in the US real estate market are much higher than what you have been reading in the newspapers recently.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUsing a combination of official government statistics and the most widely used index of housing values, we will demonstrate that the US real estate market has lost a total of $6 trillion in value in the last two years.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.financialsense.com/fsu/editorials/amerman/2008/0905.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead more \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe value of the U.S. dollar falling 28 per cent\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eagainst other currencies. World financial markets are already starting to bet against the U.S. dollar. Our creditors, particularly Asian central banks, are losing their appetite for U.S. Treasuries.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe consequences of a rapidly\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003edeclining dollar are not yet fully understood by the American public\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e. \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe long-term significance has not sunk in,\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ebut when it does there will be political hell to pay in Washington.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eOur relative wealth as a nation is measured in dollars, and the steady erosion of the value of those dollars means we will all be poorer in the future.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe artificial stimulation of our economy through cheap money comes with a price. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhen dollars are abundant, they are worth less.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis is the reality facing Americans today, especially older Americans who rely on savings to finance their retirement years.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe government has pumped its currency into the world economy so vigorously that the dollar can now be brought to the point of collapse, and now large parts of the US workforce is standing with its backs against the wall.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;\"\u003eReferences\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.analyst-network.com/article.php?art_id\u003d1460\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eAmerica’s Socio-Economic Conundrum\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://gothinkblog.com/?p\u003d245\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eFed Covers Up Declining Dollar\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://nyletterpress.wordpress.com/2007/10/02/dollar-watch-2/\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eEffects of our declining currency\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaEV6qT3eLI/AAAAAAAAEFg/4eI4Npud4hc/s1600-h/burndol_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 316px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaEV6qT3eLI/AAAAAAAAEFg/4eI4Npud4hc/s320/burndol_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305545933553367218\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFor many blue and white-collar workers, this decline\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eis already real, because they have less of everything than they used to.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThey possess less money, they are shown less respect in society, and their chances for climbing up the social ladder have deteriorated dramatically.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThey're the losers in the world war for wealth.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhen a large part of citizens are cut off from the nation's overall wealth, we have to face an uncomfortable reality.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe Rise \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eof State Fascism\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLast call\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eto awaken the slumbering promise of our Constitution - or to watch our freedom slither away forever. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eCorporate media has enabled tyranny to prevail over the truth, because they value profits above all else.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis is a wake-up call to save us from the final descent into an Orwellian world from which we will not be able to return.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ZHABaK7LXYU\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ZHABaK7LXYU\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/75KQCNSEh0M\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/75KQCNSEh0M\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003eAmerican Fascists Part 1 \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:85%;\" \u003eAmerican Fascists Part 2\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold; text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003eMainstream media corporations like CNN, Fox, and NBC (General Electric) together with giant telecoms like Comcast, Verizon, and AT\u0026amp;T have become administration pawns in a well-organized effort to hijack America.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003eA warning for all Americans the media has become a docile lapdog of government while failing at keeping us informed. Those who stay tuned to Fox News, CNN or any other corporate-owned news source realize that the bottom line is what determines newsworthy without having the public's interest in mind.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lzMAYR9MXgQ\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lzMAYR9MXgQ\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RyWAYd9MVis\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RyWAYd9MVis\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003eEnd of US Democracy Part 1 \u003c/span\u003eEnd of US Democracy Part 2\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:georgia;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eMainstream media\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ehave failed us in covering issues crucial to the survival of American democracy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eCorporate media have systematically attempted to dumb down and distract us from reality with sex and violence; government has used corporate media to shock and awe Americans into surrendering their constitutional rights in the name of the War on Terrorism; and media personalities have been complicit in the mass deception.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eNow when the mainstream media reports from Afghanistan, Iraq, or anywhere around the world, including here in the United States, it is in cooperation with the government. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eWithout a functioning media, there is no stopping government from divesting us of our freedom.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eLet us now take\u003c/span\u003e a video journey through\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ethe\u003c/span\u003e \"Graveyard of American Dreams\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e ....\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/5kwA-CwFK5A\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/5kwA-CwFK5A\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/rh_7y0SDDLQ\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/rh_7y0SDDLQ\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIncome Inequality and the Middle Class\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e - Corporate Profits Up, Wages Down\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/kpFPlmvn7Gk\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/kpFPlmvn7Gk\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JTW2GwYDvFQ\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JTW2GwYDvFQ\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIs the American Family Under Attack?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e - Haunted House of Economic Horrors\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/kKVe5Rdg9EA\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/kKVe5Rdg9EA\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/38M9vfg4TPE\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/38M9vfg4TPE\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eNo Jobs for Middle Class  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e- Facts about the economy\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/X2VSQctjuow\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/X2VSQctjuow\u0026amp;rel\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"250\" height\u003d\"215\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eU.S. Trade Policy and Job - Destroying Treaties, WTO \u0026amp; NAFTA\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:georgia;\" \u003eReferences\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,439766,00.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe American middle class is becoming the loser of globalization.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eAlso see ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\"It’s the biggest untold economic story of our time: \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003emore of\u003cbr /\u003ethe nation’s bounty held in fewer and fewer \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003ehands, and Bush’s\u003cbr /\u003etax cuts are only making the \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eproblem worse.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eReferences\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12699486/paul_krugman_on_the_great_wealth_transfer\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe Great Wealth Transfer\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12699486/paul_krugman_on_the_great_wealth_transfer\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://mickarran.com/the-great-wealth-transfer/\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe Great Wealth Transfer (continued)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaEWdDQXhEI/AAAAAAAAEFo/vk2_MHpMESY/s1600-h/626_200.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 299px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaEWdDQXhEI/AAAAAAAAEFo/vk2_MHpMESY/s400/626_200.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305546524365128770\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eAlso see ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"(Oil) The holy grail of world trade, the basis of neo-liberal growth and prosperity,\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003eis completely dependent on a resource that is not only finite but moving into\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003edecline. The era of globalisation seems destined to be relatively short-lived.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.arena.org.au/ARCHIVES/Mag%20Archive/Issue%2091/features91_hinkson.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eCultural meaning of the oil crisis and the end of growth\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/R4gBSO2tn_I/AAAAAAAABkI/KK2RAVNYrmw/s1600-h/polyp+%28350+x+444%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/R4gBSO2tn_I/AAAAAAAABkI/KK2RAVNYrmw/s400/polyp+%28350+x+444%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5154371186262384626\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRace to the Bottom\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.digg.com/\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://digg.com/img/badges/91x17-digg-button-alt.gif\" alt\u003d\"Digg!\" width\u003d\"91\" height\u003d\"17\" /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-2710647484185588705?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/2710647484185588705/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d9622105\u0026postID\u003d2710647484185588705\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/2710647484185588705"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/2710647484185588705"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2009/05/journey-through-graveyard-of-american.html","title":"A Journey Through The Graveyard of American Dreams"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"EuroYank"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692"},"email":{"$t":"yank.euro@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07873665053264900754"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaERrpyILtI/AAAAAAAAEE4/OCyfZIEYTnw/s72-c/americandream2.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9622105.post-4895994361598011635"},"published":{"$t":"2009-05-10T13:08:00.017-12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-23T22:33:06.419-12:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Proof America Is Turning Fascist"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/Sgd-AXLaRsI/AAAAAAAAEUY/EU6m5X1G2-E/s1600-h/marx_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 358px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/Sgd-AXLaRsI/AAAAAAAAEUY/EU6m5X1G2-E/s400/marx_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334370828330616514\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003eSimply put, the years ahead will prove to be nothing short of a modern Dark Age for many Americans. The United States’ loss of standing – economically, politically, socially, militarily, metaphorically – will be the catalyst for an array of changes. Over time, the effects will be powerful and far-reaching.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003e# Globalization will shift into reverse.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003e# Armed conflicts will increase amid heightened competition for food, water, and energy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003e# Communities, countries, and trading blocs – including the European Monetary Union and NAFTA – will split apart in the wake of heightened social, ethnic, and economic tensions.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003e# Political structures will be in flux, as local leaders gain influence at the expense of national authorities.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003eMany factors account for the coming changes. For one thing, the U.S. is no longer the world’s economic locomotive, but is instead dependent on the kindness of foreigners. More and more nations are competing for a shrinking pool of resources that Americans have long taken for granted. Emerging powers such as China and India are asserting their desire – and their right – to set the global agenda.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003eNo doubt many Americans will find this hard to accept. But they will have little choice. After five decades of unprecedented peace and prosperity built on the foundation stone of U.S. economic and military might, the winds of change are blowing hard. Foreigners no longer see us as the sole superpower. In Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and elsewhere, America has proven itself vulnerable. Challengers are poised to make their move.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:arial;\"\u003eAlthough the turbulence that is set to unfold will reverberate around the globe, it is Americans who will face the rudest awakening. They will be forced to rethink livelihoods, lifestyles, and living arrangements. In fact, many individuals and businesses will have to make dramatic adjustments just to survive. Carrying on as before could be the biggest mistake of all.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAmerica Is \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eTurning Fascist.\u003c/span\u003e Here is \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003ethe proof for those not awake\u003c/span\u003e yet. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTake notice of\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e every video here\u003c/span\u003e and spread the word!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zFz8P1igWHk\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/zFz8P1igWHk\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/kBP8e3NCMHs\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/kBP8e3NCMHs\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/KHx4poqYYEQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/KHx4poqYYEQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e- America is turning Fascist Part 1 - America is turning Fascist Part 2 - America is turning Fascist Part 3 - \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/dIbTg9YzURg\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/dIbTg9YzURg\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YD3GFe5pIPI\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/YD3GFe5pIPI\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4bez5iAAGd0\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4bez5iAAGd0\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://bp3.blogger.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/R_o45plJN_I/AAAAAAAAB1U/3drT8wUOctk/s400/depleted-uranium.2005.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5186520483935893490\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eSince 1991, the United States has staged four wars using\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003edepleted uranium weaponry, illegal under all international\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003etreaties, conventions and agreements, \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eas well as under US military law.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/image010%20%28215%20x%20140%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/image010%20%28215%20x%20140%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAmerica’s \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eBig Dirty\u003c/span\u003e Secret\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium weapons are called \"Dirty\" because much of the uranium-235 isotope useful for nuclear power fuel and weapons has been separated. \"Depleted\" does not mean that its biological hazards have been made less harmful or reduced one iota.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDU burns on impact, converting the uranium into lots of particles that are easily inhaled and can cause lung cancers.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUranium-238 has a half-life roughly as long as the Earth has been in existence. DU tipped weapons are the real \"dirty bombs\" and are a war crime to manufacture and use.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SMgQ7qySQ-I/AAAAAAAACQg/5vzcYmzy9fo/s1600-h/DU_shell_1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SMgQ7qySQ-I/AAAAAAAACQg/5vzcYmzy9fo/s400/DU_shell_1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5244460383356470242\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: normal; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eRadiation emitted by DU (Depleted Uranium) threatens the human body because, once DU dust has been inhaled, it becomes an internal radiation source; international radiation protection standards, the basis of expert claims that DU is harmless, deal only with external radiation sources;\u003c/span\u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003eDirty DU Uranium from reactors, recycled for use in munitions, contains additional highly toxic elements, such as plutonium, 1.6 kilogrammes of which could kill 8 (eight) billion people.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn a French TV documentary on Canal+ in January 2001, a team of researchers presented the results of an investigation into a gaseous diffusion recycling plant in Paducah, Kentucky, USA\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAccording to the lawyer for 100,000 plaintiffs, who are past and present plant employees, they were contaminated because of flagrant non-compliance with basic safety standards; the entire plant is irrevocably contaminated, as is everything it produces.\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca href\u003d\"http://mondediplo.com/2002/03/03uranium\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead More\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAmerican \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eWar Crimes \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium\u003c/span\u003e Videos\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Np2v1EtQnSk\u0026amp;hl\u003den\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Np2v1EtQnSk\u0026amp;hl\u003den\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lR4z9ohRxEc\u0026amp;hl\u003den\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/lR4z9ohRxEc\u0026amp;hl\u003den\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"305\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; 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margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/500x500_bfa99307c14ec4e87aa10ee1775492fa%20%28215%20x%20141%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003eDepleted Uranium Videos are\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eextremely scarce\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ehere are a few more\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eSee the Videos ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid\u003d04/09/30/1411222\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eContaminated with Depleted Uranium\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.planetvids.com/html/Depleted-Uranium-Problem.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Problem\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.winc.tv/cgi-bin/artman/exec/search.cgi?keyword\u003dCoverage%20Differs%20on%20Use%20of%20Depleted%20Uranium%20in%20Warfare\u0026amp;cat\u003d38\u0026amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;perpage\u003d10\u0026amp;year\u003d1999\u0026amp;template\u003dsearch/search_results.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Secrecy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://d3779995.u30.infinology.com/photos/NM_Dust_Damacio_II.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Study\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003eMilitary\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e Secrecy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe vast majority of servicemen and women in the U.S. military, and likely in the armed forces of other countries which are developing or have obtained depleted uranium munitions,\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eare unaware of the use and dangers of depleted uranium munitions, or of the protective clothing and procedures which can minimize or prevent serious short-term exposures.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe following\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003emilitary DU training videos\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003esat on shelves seldom shown\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3581.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Hazard Awareness\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.amc.army.mil/amc/sf/DU_Q4.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eStandard DU Army Training Video\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe continued use of this illegal radioactive weaponry, which has already contaminated vast regions with low level radiation and will contaminate other parts of the world over time, is indeed a world affair and an international issue.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/image044%20%28215%20x%20144%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/image044%20%28215%20x%20144%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eRead more ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2004/DU-Trojan-Horse1jul04.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium:The Trojan Horse of Nuclear War\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe last Iraq war was about Iraq possessing illegal\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eweapons of mass destruction\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eyet we are using weapons of mass destruction ourselves.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/image014%20%28215%20x%20143%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/image014%20%28215%20x%20143%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eRead more ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0330-02.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eUS forces use of depleted uranium weapons is illegal\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn June 2003, the World Health Organization announced in a press release that global cancer rates will increase 50 percent by 2020. What else do they know that they aren’t telling us?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eRead more ..\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.truthout.org/cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/4/5878\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.abolition2000.org/site/c.cdJIKKNpFqG/b.1316403/k.507D/Depleted_Uranium_Working_Group.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Ammunition:Nuclear Waste as a Weapon\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/Book%20%28255%20x%20180%29%20%28225%20x%20159%29.0.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/Book%20%28255%20x%20180%29%20%28225%20x%20159%29.0.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003eChildren \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eof the Gulf War\u003c/span\u003e Photo Exhibit\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eWarning\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e-\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eExtreme Graphic Violence\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.savewarchildren.org/exhibitPictures.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSave the War Children\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.savewarchildren.org/products.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eChildren of the Gulf War\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/du_killer.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/du_killer.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eFrom Gulf War I, fully 75% of our fighting men who were on the ground are now dead, dying, or sick from Depleted Uranium.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eThere are reports that the Pentagon is preventing American soldiers from writing home to complain about the variety of illness afflicting them because of the deadly combination of Depleted Uranium and Toxic Vaccinations.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/image051%20%28215%20x%2098%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/image051%20%28215%20x%2098%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe Pentagon is said to be threatening to muster out soldiers who complain, thus cutting off their medical care after they get out. However, when these men do return home and they are very ill from D.U. contamination, the Pentagon is refusing to\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1955.cfm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eadmit that these men are sick with D.U.!\u003c/span\u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eTHE \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003ePENTAGON IS DENYING MEDICAL CARE\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eFOR VETERANS STRICKEN BY\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDEPLETED URANIUM (D.U.)\u003c/span\u003e CONTAMINATION!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/du-panzer%20%28215%20x%20137%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/du-panzer%20%28215%20x%20137%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003eDenial At the Top\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003eof the Administration\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFormer Head Of Pentagon's Depleted Uranium Project Says Thousands Of Troops Are\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eSick and Dying\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFrom Illegal DU\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUse and the Military's Failure To Admit Responsibility.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eMaj. Rokke said his warnings as well as warnings from many other experts were not only dismissed by the military,\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ebut also by every other bigwig on Capital Hill, including President Clinton, Senator John Kerry and every other member of Congress, all very much aware of his position since he even addressed the 2000 Fall Congressional Coalition Leadership at its quarterly breakfast in Washington D.C.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eRead On ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.prisonplanet.com/Pages/Aug05/200805DU.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eMilitary's Failure To Admit Responsibility\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://home.clara.net/heureka/gaia/du.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eBehind Depleted Uranium\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/0965691608.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_%20%28215%20x%20335%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/0965691608.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_%20%28215%20x%20335%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead parts of the book ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/mettoc.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eHow the Pentagon Radiates Soldiers \u0026amp; Civilians with DU Weapons\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIt is happening again to a new generation of veterans. Some of today's soldiers were in day care centers in 1991 when Dick Cheney first authorized the wholesale use of radioactive munitions. It is happening again despite the fact that 70% of all Gulf War I veterans are on medical disability fifteen years after the end of the first war against Saddam Hussein.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eWe are witnessing the same symptoms of radioactive poisoning today as fifteen years ago. We are hearing the same denial of reality from Donald Rumsfeld's Department of Defense (DOD).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eWhat's worse is that, since 1998, veterans are eligible for free health care for only the first two years after being demobilized.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eAfter that, an ailing veteran has to prove his or her  illness is service-connected. In the next article we'll describe what that burden has meant to ailing Iraq vets.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/785035726.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/785035726.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead On ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.countercurrents.org/us-hall280406.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eGI's Beware\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eA special report published by eminent scientist\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2003/Leuren-Moret-ICT13dec03.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eLeuren Moret\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003enaming\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003edepleted uranium as the definitive cause of the Gulf War Syndrome has fed \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ea\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.axisoflogic.com/cgi-bin/exec/view.pl?archive\u003d137\u0026amp;num\u003d15334\u0026amp;printer\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e *\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003egrowing scanda\u003c/span\u003el\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 204, 51);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eabout the continued use of uranium munitions by the US Military.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe Veterans Administration acknowledged a third of all living Gulf War veterans, 181,996 were collecting\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://vawatchdog.org/old%20newsflashes%20AUG%2006/newsflash08-11-2006-1.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eservice-related disability pensions.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNow the same thing is happening to veterans of \"Operation Iraqi Freedom.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/horror_of_iraqi_invasion_2%20%28225%20x%20135%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/horror_of_iraqi_invasion_2%20%28225%20x%20135%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eCivilian populations in Afghanistan and Iraq and occupying troops have been\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/95178_du12.shtml\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003econtaminated\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003ewith astounding levels of radioactive depleted and non-depleted uranium as a result of post 9/11 United States’ use of tons of uranium munitions. Researchers say surrounding countries are bound to feel the effects as well.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe Pentagon used its radioactive arsenal mainly in the\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.iacenter.org/depleted/du-warcrime.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eurban centers\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e,\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003erather\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003ethan in desert battlefields as in 1991. Many hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eand U.S. soldiers, along with British, Polish, Japanese and Dutch soldiers sent to join the occupation, will suffer the consequences.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe real extent of injuries, chronic illness, long-term disabilities and genetic birth defects won't be apparent for five to 10 years.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/uranium-parody.0.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/uranium-parody.0.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eWhile officially, only 467\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003esoldiers were wounded during the first Gulf War, according to Terry Jemison at\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003ethe US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), of the more than 592,560 discharged\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003epersonnel who served there, at least 179,310 - one third - are receiving disa\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003ebility compensation and over 24,760 additional cases were pending as of September 2004.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eCancer, respiratory diseases and horrible birth defects have been widespread in\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIraq even after Gulf War I and are bound to increase.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eRead more ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/09/17/uranium_munitions_are_weapons_of_mass_destruction_use_is_a_war_crime_experts.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eUranium Munitions Are Weapons of Mass Destruction\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eThis number of disabled veterans is shockingly high. Most are in their mid-thirties\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eand should be in the prime of health. Before sending troops to the Gulf region, the\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003emilitary had already sifted out those with disabilities or chronic health problems\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003efrom asthma, diabetes, heart conditions, cancers and birth defects. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/depleted_ur_Lge.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/depleted_ur_Lge.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIn 2003 scientists from the\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2002/Afghan-Destruction-Effects-UMRCNov02.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eUranium Medical Research Center (UMRC)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003estudied urine samples of Afghan civilians and found that 100% of the samples taken had levels  of non-depleted uranium (NDU) 400% to 2000% higher than normal levels. The UMRC research team studied six sites, two in Kabul and others in the Jalalabad area.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe civilians were tested four months\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eafter the attacks in Afghanistan\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eby the\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUnited States\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eand its allies.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.afghandufund.org/faq.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eNDU\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eis more radioactive than depleted uranium (DU), which itself is charged with causing many cancers and severe birth defects in the Iraqi population, especially children over the past ten years. Four million pounds of radioactive uranium was dropped on Iraq in 2003 alone. Uranium dust will be in the bodies of our returning armed forces.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/antiwarsf_0087%20%28225%20x%20300%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/antiwarsf_0087%20%28225%20x%20300%29.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eConducted at the request of The News, as the U.S. government considers the cost of $1,000 per affected soldier prohibitive, the test found that four of the nine men were contaminated with high levels of DU, likely caused by inhaling dust from depleted uranium shells fired by U.S. troops.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eMost American weapons (missiles, smart bombs, dumb bombs, bullets, tank shells, cruise missiles, etc.) contain high amounts of radioactive uranium.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eDepleted or non-depleted, these types of weapons, on detonation, release a radioactive dust which, when inhaled, goes into the body and stays there.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIt has a half-life of 4.5 billion years.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eBasically, it’s a permanently available contaminant, distributed in the environment, where dust storms or any water nearby can disperse it. Once ingested, it releases subatomic particles that slice through DNA.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/depleted%20uranium%20is%20nuclear%20war.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/depleted%20uranium%20is%20nuclear%20war.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eUMRC’s Field Team found several hundred Afghan civilians with acute symptoms of radiation poisoning along with chronic symptoms of internal uranium contamination, including congenital problems in newborns.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eLocal civilians reported large, dense dust clouds and smoke plumes rising from the point of impact, an acrid smell, followed by burning of the nasal passages, throat and upper respiratory tract\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eSubjects in all locations presented identical symptom profiles and chronologies. The victims reported symptoms including pain in the cervical column, upper shoulders and basal area of the skull, lower back/kidney pain, joint and muscle weakness, sleeping difficulties, headaches, memory problems and disorientation.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/IraqwarUbom11.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/IraqwarUbom11.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eAt the Uranium Weapons Conference held October 2003 in Hamburg, Germany, independent scientists from around the world testified to a huge increase in birth deformities and cancers wherever NDU and DU had been used.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eProfessor Katsuma Yagasaki, a scientist at the Ryukyus University, Okinawa calculated that the 800 tons of DU used in Afghanistan is the radioactive equivalent of 83,000 Nagasaki bombs. The amount of DU used in Iraq is equivalent to 250,000 Nagasaki bombs.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eAt the Uranium Weapons Conference, a demonstration by British-trained oncologist Dr. Jawad Al-Ali showed photographs of the kinds of birth deformities and tumors he had observed at the Saddam Teaching Hospital in Basra just before the 2003 war.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eCancer rates had increased dramatically over the previous fifteen years.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/IraqwarUbom21.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/IraqwarUbom21.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIn 1989 there were 11 abnormalities per 100,000 births; in 2001 there were 116 per 100,000— an increase of over a thousand percent. In 1989 34 people died of cancer; in 2001 there were 603 cancer deaths. The 2003 war has increased these figures exponentially.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eAt a meeting of the International Criminal Tribunal for Afghanistan held December 2003 in Tokyo, the U.S. was indicted for multiple war crimes in Afghanistan, among them the use of DU.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/image036.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/image036.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eLeuren Moret, President of Scientists for Indigenous People and Environmental Commissioner for the City of Berkeley, testified that because radioactive contaminants from uranium weapons travel through air, water, and food sources, the effects of U.S. deployment in Afghanistan will be felt in Iran, Pakistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, China and India. Countries affected by the use of uranium  weapons in Iraq include Saudi Arabia, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, and Iran.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eVeterans groups blame depleted uranium contamination as a factor in Gulf War syndrome, the term for a host of ailments that afflicted thousands of vets from that war.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/01s.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/01s.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"Anybody, civilian or soldier, who breathes these particles has a permanent dose, and it's not going to decrease very much over time,\" said Dietz, who retired in 1983 after 33 years as nuclear physicist. \"In the long run ... veterans exposed to ceramic uranium oxide have a major problem.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eShocking report reveals local troops to be victims of America's high-tech weapons\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead more ..\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/180333p-156685c.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eTroops victims of America's high-tech weapons\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eDepleted uranium, which does not occur in nature, is created as a waste product of uranium enrichment when some of the highly radioactive isotopes in natural uranium, U-235 and U-234, are extracted.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/512.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/512.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIn the Gulf War, Army brass did not warn soldiers about any risks from exploding DU shells. An unknown number of G.I.s were exposed by shrapnel, inhalation or handling battlefield debris.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"A large number of American soldiers [in Iraq] may have had significant exposure to uranium oxide dust,\" ... \"And the health impact is worrisome for the future.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eWhen DU shells explode, they permanently contaminate their target and the area immediately around it with low-level radioactivity.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eBirth defects may stem from his father's Gulf War service. But like many other families, American Vets face official stonewalling--and a frightening future.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/gulf01.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/gulf01.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eRead more ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.life.com/Life/essay/gulfwar/gulf02.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eUS Veterans Face Frightening Future\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe use of depleted uranium weaponry by the United States, defying all international treaties, will slowly annihilate all species on earth including the human species, and yet this country continues to do so with full knowledge of its destructive potential\u003c/span\u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eRead more ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.mindfully.org/Nucs/2004/DU-Trojan-Horse1jul04.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDeadly Illegal American Uranium Weapons\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eMore Bombs Dropped On Iraq\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003ethan were used in WW II\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/rolling02.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/rolling02.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAt least 300 million grams of depleted uranium were deposited on central and\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003esouthern Iraq during the Gulf War and subsequent bombings, over 100 million times\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ethe 0.023 gram maximum exposure\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003edose permitted for workers in nuclear industry.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDepleted uranium, because of its unique ratio of U-235 to U-238, can be readily identified and has been\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003efound in the urine of exposed individuals as long as 10 years after exposure.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDuring the brief Gulf War,\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ethousands of tons of bombs were dropped on Iraq, more than were used throughout World War II.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBy systematic intent, all electric power generating facilities, water treatment and pumping plants, sewage treatment facilities, and communication centers were bombed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/Depleted-Uranium-desert-storm.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/Depleted-Uranium-desert-storm.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eReferences ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.noduhawaii.com/DU_Rolling_Stone.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eIs The Pentagon Giving Our Soldiers Cancer?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\" href\u003d\"http://www.tacomapjh.org/ondepleteduranium.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eDamage in Iraq during the Gulf War\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,57959,00.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,57959,00.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eU.S. Stocking Uranium-Rich Bombs?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e-----------------------------------------------------------------------\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7382/708/1600/LifeDU%20%28225%20x%20287%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7382/708/320/LifeDU%20%28225%20x%20287%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003eResources ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.stopnato.org.uk/du-watch/\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Watch\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://traprockpeace.org/depleteduranium.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eThe Doctor,Depleted Uranium, the Dying Children\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.uraniumweaponsconference.de/\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium and Other Uranium Weapons\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://johnmccarthy90066.tripod.com/id211.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eWar Crimes Committed\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.awakenedwoman.com/wbw.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eWomen for a Better World\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.peaceaware.com/main.shtml\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003ePeace Aware\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id\u003d5471\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eUS use of DU in Iraq war causes cancer\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/world/02/military_fact_files/du/html/default.stm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 51, 255);\"\u003eConcerns over military use of Depleted Uranium growing\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/640/19%20month%20old%20Ahiam%20Fazel.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); margin: 2px;\" src\u003d\"http://photos1.blogger.com/hello/244/2675/320/19%20month%20old%20Ahiam%20Fazel.jpg\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003eTechnocrati Tags\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://technorati.com/tag/Depleted+Uranium%2C\" rel\u003d\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium,\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://technorati.com/tag/Contaminated+with+Depleted+Uranium%2C\" rel\u003d\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eContaminated with Depleted Uranium, \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://technorati.com/tag/Depleted+Uranium+Secrecy%2C\" rel\u003d\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Secrecy, \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://technorati.com/tag/US+forces+use+of+depleted+uranium+weapons+illegal%2C\" rel\u003d\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUS forces use of depleted uranium weapons illegal, \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://technorati.com/tag/Dirty+bombs+dirty+missiles+dirty+bullets%2C\" rel\u003d\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDirty bombs, dirty missiles, dirty bullets, \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://technorati.com/tag/Depleted+Uranium+Ammunition+Nuclear+Waste+as+a\" 2c\u003d\"\" rel\u003d\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDepleted Uranium Ammunition:Nuclear Waste as a Weapon, \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://technorati.com/tag/Leuren+Moret\" 2c\u003d\"\" rel\u003d\"tag\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLeuren Moret \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-1615935315959268483?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/1615935315959268483/comments/default","title":"Post 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href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SBodKEueomI/AAAAAAAAB-w/x5GN63xj2Ks/s1600-h/may_day_051a.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SBodKEueomI/AAAAAAAAB-w/x5GN63xj2Ks/s400/may_day_051a.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195497179029873250\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/NTnvKYOhcqM\u0026amp;hl\u003den\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/NTnvKYOhcqM\u0026amp;hl\u003den\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RPHN3tG0fuA\u0026amp;hl\u003den\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/RPHN3tG0fuA\u0026amp;hl\u003den\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e- Mayday Part 1 - May Day Part 2 -\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eSee these important sources\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/03/01/18482849.php\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eMay Day USA News and Events\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.thediaryofananarchist.com/search/label/Anarchism\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Anarchism Videos\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eMay Day\u003c/span\u003e USA\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 1887 four Chicago anarchists were executed. A fifth cheated the hangman by killing himself in prison. Three more were to spend 6 years in prison until pardoned by Governor Altgeld who said the trial that convicted them was characterized by \"hysteria, packed juries and a biased judge\".\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe state had, in the words of the prosecution put \"Anarchy .. on trial\" and hoped their deaths would also be the death of the anarchist idea.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe anarchists were trade union organizers and May Day became an international workers day to remember their sacrifice. They were framed on false charges of throwing a bomb at police breaking up a demonstration in Chicago. This was part of a strike demanding an 8 hour day involving 400,000 workers in Chicago that started May 1st 1886 .\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe anarchist idea did not die in Chicago in 1887. Today it inspires a new wave of struggle against global capitalism. Join in this struggle.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot many people know why May Day became International Workers Day and why we should still celebrate it. It all began over a century ago when the American Federation of Labor adopted an historic resolution which asserted that \"eight hours shall constitute a legal day's labor from and after May 1st, 1886\".\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the months prior to this date workers in there thousands were drawn into the struggle for the shorter day. Skilled and unskilled, black and white, men and women, native and immigrant were all becoming involved.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eChicago\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn Chicago alone 400,000 were out on strike. A newspaper of that city reported that \"no smoke curled up from the tall chimneys of the factories and mills, and things had assumed a Sabbath-like appearance\". \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis was the main center of the agitation, and here the anarchists were in the forefront of the labor movement. It was to no small extent due to their activities that Chicago became an outstanding trade union center and made the biggest contribution to the eight-hour movement.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen on May 1st 1886, the eight hour strikes convulsed that city, one half of the workforce at the McCormick Harvester Co. came out. Two days later a mass meeting was held by 6,000 members of the 'lumber shovers' union who had also come out. The meeting was held only a block from the McCormick plant and was joined by some 500 of the strikers from there.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe workers listened to a speech by the anarchist August Spies, who has been asked to address the meeting by the Central Labour Union. While Spies was speaking, urging the workers to stand together and not give in to the bosses, the strikebreakers were beginning to leave the nearby McCormick plant.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe strikers, aided by the 'lumber shovers' marched down the street and forced the scabs back into the factory. Suddenly a force of 200 police arrived and, without any warning, attacked the crowd with clubs and revolvers. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThey killed at least one striker, seriously wounded five or six others and injured an indeterminate number.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eOutraged by the brutal assaults he had witnessed, Spies went to the office of the Arbeiter-Zeitung (a daily anarchist newspaper for German immigrant workers) and composed a circular calling on the workers of Chicago to attend a protest meeting the following night.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe protest meeting took place in the Haymarket Square and was addressed by Spies and two other anarchists active in the trade union movement, Albert Parsons and Samuel Fielden.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe police attack\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThroughout the speeches the crowd was orderly. Mayor Carter Harrison, who was present from the beginning of the meeting, concluded that \"nothing looked likely to happen to require police interference\". He advised police captain John Bonfield of this and suggested that the large force of police reservists waiting at the station house be sent home.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was close to ten in the evening when Fielden was closing the meeting. It was raining heavily and only about 200 people remained in the square. Suddenly a police column of 180 men, headed by Bonfield, moved in and ordered the people to disperse immediately. Fielden protested \"we are peaceable\".\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBomb\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt this moment a bomb was thrown into the ranks of the police. It killed one, fatally wounded six more and injured about seventy others. The police opened fire on the spectators. How many were wounded or killed by the police bullets was never exactly ascertained.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eA reign of terror swept over Chicago. The press and the pulpit called for revenge, insisting the bomb was the work of socialists and anarchists. Meeting halls, union offices, printing works and private homes were raided. All known socialists and anarchists were rounded up. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eEven many individuals ignorant of the meaning of socialism and anarchism were arrested and tortured. \"Make the raids first and look up the law afterwards\" was the public statement of Julius Grinnell, the state's attorney.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eTrial\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eEventually eight men stood trial for being \"accessories to murder\". They were Spies, Fielden, Parsons, and five other anarchists who were influential in the labour movement, Adolph Fischer, George Engel, Michael Schwab, Louis Lingg and Oscar Neebe.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe trial opened on June 21st 1886 in the criminal court of Cooke County. The candidates for the jury were not chosen in the usual manner of drawing names from a box. In this case a special bailiff, nominated by state's attorney Grinnell, was appointed by the court to select the candidates. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe defense was not allowed to present evidence that the special bailiff had publicly claimed \"I am managing this case and I know what I am about. These fellows are going to be hanged as certain as death\".\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRigged jury\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe eventual composition of the jury was farcical; being made up of businessmen, their clerks and a relative of one of the dead policemen. No proof was offered by the state that any of the eight men before the court had thrown the bomb, had been connected with its throwing, or had even approved of such acts. In fact, only three of the eight had been in Haymarket Square that evening.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eNo evidence was offered that any of the speakers had incited violence, indeed in his evidence at the trial Mayor Harrison described the speeches as \"tame\". No proof was offered that any violence had been contemplated. In fact, Parsons had brought his two small children to the meeting.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSentenced\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThat the eight were on trial for their anarchist beliefs and trade union activities was made clear from the outset. The trial closed as it had opened, as was witnessed by the final words of Attorney Grinnell's summation speech to the jury. \"Law is on trial. Anarchy is on trial. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese men have been selected, picked out by the Grand Jury, and indicted because they were leaders. There are no more guilty than the thousands who follow them. Gentlemen of the jury; convict these men, make examples of them, hang them and you save our institutions, our society.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn August 19th seven of the defendants were sentenced to death, and Neebe to 15 years in prison. After a massive international campaign for their release, the state 'compromised' and commuted the sentences of Schwab and Fielden to life imprisonment. Lingg cheated the hangman by committing suicide in his cell the day before the executions. On November 11th 1887 Parsons, Engel, Spies and Fischer were hanged.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003ePardoned\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003e600,000 working people turned out for their funeral. The campaign to free Neebe, Schwab and Fielden continued.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn June 26th 1893 Governor Altgeld set them free. He made it clear he was not granting the pardon because he thought the men had suffered enough, but because they were innocent of the crime for which they had been tried. They and the hanged men had ben the victims of \"hysteria, packed juries and a biased judge\".\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe authorities has believed at the time of the trial that such persecution would break the back of the eight-hour movement. Indeed, evidence later came to light that the bomb may have been thrown by a police agent working for Captain Bonfield, as part of a conspiracy involving certain steel bosses to discredit the labor movement.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Spies addressed the court after he had been sentenced to die, he was confident that this conspiracy would not succeed. \"If you think that by hanging us you can stamp out the labour movement... the movement from which the downtrodden millions, the millions who toil in misery and want, expect salvation - if this is your opinion, then hang us! \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere you will tread on a spark, but there and there, behind you - and in front of you, and everywhere, flames blaze up. It is a subterranean fire. You cannot put it out\".\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRevolutionary politics\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eOver a century after that first May Day demonstration in Chicago, where are we? We stroll though town with our union banners - about the only day of the year we can get them out of head office. Then we stand around listening to boring (and usually pretty meaningless) speeches by equally boring union bureaucrats. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eYou have to keep reminding yourself that May Day was once a day when workers all over the world displayed their strength, proclaimed their ideals and celebrated their successes.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt is important that \"once upon a time\" it was like that. We can do it again. We need independent working class politics. No collaboration with government and bosses. Real solidarity with fellow workers in struggle, not a blinkered sectional outlook. We still need a further reduction in working hours, without loss of pay, to make work for the unemployed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe need revolutionary politics. That means politics that can lead us towards a genuine socialism where freedom knows no limit other than not interfering with the freedom of others. A socialism that is based on real democracy - not the present charade where we can choose some of our rulers, but may not choose to do without rulers. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan\u003eA real democracy where everyone effected by a decision will have the opportunity to have their say in making that decision. A democracy of efficiently co-ordinated workplace and community councils. A society where production is to satisfy needs, not to make profits for a privileged few. Anarchism.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SBphEUueonI/AAAAAAAAB-4/ARrGUTbQixo/s1600-h/abolishchildlabor.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SBphEUueonI/AAAAAAAAB-4/ARrGUTbQixo/s400/abolishchildlabor.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5195571847036314226\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-4077122821236550752?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/4077122821236550752/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d9622105\u0026postID\u003d4077122821236550752\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/4077122821236550752"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/4077122821236550752"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2009/05/uncelebrated-american-may-day-holiday.html","title":"The Uncelebrated American  May Day Holiday"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"EuroYank"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692"},"email":{"$t":"yank.euro@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07873665053264900754"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SBodKEueomI/AAAAAAAAB-w/x5GN63xj2Ks/s72-c/may_day_051a.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9622105.post-7628495992547107067"},"published":{"$t":"2009-04-17T06:33:00.027-12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-05-04T11:32:47.249-12:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Introduction - Third Reich Modern Rock"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SfWMeL30I7I/AAAAAAAAESQ/ZsHNg4hC40w/s1600-h/pledge_allegiance48.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; 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float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaYexR_TwQI/AAAAAAAAEI0/06D_sJ6R6m8/s400/Osama-Bin-Laden.jpeg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306963042894070018\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eAl-Qaeda \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDoesn't \u003c/span\u003eExist\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThere's no such thing as al-Qaeda.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIt's a fraud perpetrated on the British and American people by the governments to scare us into submission. This is a clip from the excellent three-part BBC documentary\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/results?search_type\u003d\u0026amp;search_query\u003dThe+Power+of+Nightmares+al-Qaeda\u0026amp;aq\u003df\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Power of Nightmares\". \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWatch \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ethis video\u003c/span\u003e clip ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;\" width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/TTTgpsAs4_c\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;border\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/TTTgpsAs4_c\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\u0026amp;border\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQK2qvLOgI/AAAAAAAAEIM/bKsLB_QnTYc/s1600-h/poppiesopium.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; 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font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe story starts over 60 years ago with the CIA, and the secret history is now documented by John Stockwell, (former CIA Station Chief in Angola in 1976, working for then Director of the CIA, George Bush) ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eHe spent 13 years in the agency.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eHe is the highest level CIA officer to testify to the Congress about his actions.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHe estimates that over 6 million people have died in CIA covert actions, and this was in the late 1980's.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaP-BHZkfcI/AAAAAAAAEHM/tbrdc0mezTQ/s1600-h/pakistan-turkey-drugs-copy+%28250+x+143%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; 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color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 204, 51);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:georgia;\"\u003eVid\u003c/span\u003eeo 1 The CIA's Involvement in Drug Trafficking - Video 2 C.I.A The Drug Affair Part 1 - Video 3 C.I.A: \"The Drug Affair Part 2 -\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhen the Nicaraguan contras began to covertly fund their war against the Sandanistas by selling drugs and guns to California street gangs, the Central Intelligence Agency turned a blind eye. While black neighborhoods were being ravaged by the crack cocaine plague, CIA operatives actively participated in this devastating drug explosion, protected from prosecution by a secret agreement between the Department of Justice and the CIA.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/Rk1PloGapiI/AAAAAAAABBw/UQi_GkdeFaM/s1600-h/contras-2+%28250+x+143%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/Rk1PloGapiI/AAAAAAAABBw/UQi_GkdeFaM/s400/contras-2+%28250+x+143%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5065792663699760674\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWe now know that the CIA was a self-perpetuating agency, and it created the conditions to keep it growing, and to keep it in business\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003eOther \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSecret\u003c/span\u003e Deals\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQCLMZE12I/AAAAAAAAEHc/hzbEpAR9Tng/s1600-h/392210067_a3345884b7_o.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQCLMZE12I/AAAAAAAAEHc/hzbEpAR9Tng/s400/392210067_a3345884b7_o.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306368652277503842\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQG4SGmXFI/AAAAAAAAEHk/_9W5EK9C0xY/s1600-h/gen-gehlen-in-wwii+%28250+x+194%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 194px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQG4SGmXFI/AAAAAAAAEHk/_9W5EK9C0xY/s400/gen-gehlen-in-wwii+%28250+x+194%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306373824951245906\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eGen. Gehlen (middle) was imported along with his Gestapo by the Dulles Brothers after WWII to help setup and train the CIA (operation paperclip)\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003esee ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.nogw.com/cia.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSecret Deals of the CIA\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: normal;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUnder President Ronald Reagan America not only increased its involvement in the Middle East by supplying arms to both Iraq and Iran in their war against each other,\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ebut America stepped up its involvement in conflicts around the world, especially South America.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://rationalrevolution.net/war/cia_drug_connection_under_reagan.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSecret Wars \u0026amp; Secret Deals\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003eWhy \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003edoes a war\u003c/span\u003e begin?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/nhzWjzWd8mc\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/nhzWjzWd8mc\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ABppqVKSkzE\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ABppqVKSkzE\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eCIA funding by drugs\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThis documentary gives quite an overview\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e of what has \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eactually  happened in the last 50 years\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eregarding the CIA ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/_sstDwKTCpM\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/_sstDwKTCpM\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Z9VxnCBD9W4\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"wmode\" value\u003d\"transparent\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/Z9VxnCBD9W4\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode\u003d\"transparent\" width\u003d\"445\" height\u003d\"364\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQIxZ9QbII/AAAAAAAAEHs/DCdjk8nQ1-U/s1600-h/BUSHandPALS+%28250+x+130%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 130px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQIxZ9QbII/AAAAAAAAEHs/DCdjk8nQ1-U/s400/BUSHandPALS+%28250+x+130%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306375905823714434\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eTruth Behind \u003c/span\u003eTerror\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhen the U.S. government sent more than 500,000 U.S. troops to invade Iraq in 1991, the operation was led by Sec. of Defense Dick Cheney\u003c/span\u003e. \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe unilateral decision to militarily invade a Muslim nation for the first time in American history was made on October 30, 1990 by George H. Bush.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.thetruthaboutterror.com/090706.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Truth About Terror\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQJZoCSgRI/AAAAAAAAEH0/E6gL0uYLMOw/s1600-h/879_bin+laden+%28250+x+220%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 220px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQJZoCSgRI/AAAAAAAAEH0/E6gL0uYLMOw/s400/879_bin+laden+%28250+x+220%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306376596797686034\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:130%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eBin Laden's Letter\u003c/span\u003e to America \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eWhy are we fighting and opposing you? The answer is very simple:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(1) Because you attacked us and continue to attack us.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003ea) You attacked us in Palestine:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(i) Palestine, which has sunk under military occupation for more than 80 years. The British handed over Palestine, with your help and your support, to the Jews, who have occupied it for more than 50 years; years overflowing with oppression, tyranny, crimes, killing, expulsion, destruction and devastation\u003c/span\u003e. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe creation and continuation of Israel is one of the greatest crimes, and you are the leaders of its criminals. And of course there is no need to explain and prove the degree of American support for Israel. The creation of Israel is a crime which must be erased. Each and every person whose hands have become polluted in the contribution towards this crime must pay its*price, and pay for it heavily.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(ii) It brings us both laughter and tears to see that you have not yet tired of repeating your fabricated lies that the Jews have a historical right to Palestine, as it was promised to them in the Torah. Anyone who disputes with them on this alleged fact is accused of anti-semitism. This is one of the most fallacious, widely-circulated fabrications in history.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe people of Palestine are pure Arabs and original Semites. It is the Muslims who are the inheritors of Moses (peace be upon him) and the inheritors of the real Torah that has not been changed. Muslims believe in all of the Prophets, including Abraham, Moses, Jesus and Muhammad, peace and blessings of Allah be upon them all. If the followers of Moses have been promised a right to Palestine in the Torah, then the Muslims are the most worthy nation of this.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eWhen the Muslims conquered Palestine and drove out the Romans, Palestine and Jerusalem returned to Islam, the religion of all the Prophets peace be upon them. Therefore, the call to a historical right to Palestine cannot be raised against the Islamic Ummah that believes in all the Prophets of Allah (peace and blessings be upon them) - and we make no distinction between them.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQJzS--aBI/AAAAAAAAEH8/H8cKG1hYxnc/s1600-h/300OsamaBinLaden-TrainedbytheCIA.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQJzS--aBI/AAAAAAAAEH8/H8cKG1hYxnc/s400/300OsamaBinLaden-TrainedbytheCIA.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306377037823240210\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(iii) The blood pouring out of Palestine must be equally revenged. You must know that the Palestinians do not cry alone; their women are not widowed alone; their sons are not orphaned alone.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(b) You attacked us in Somalia; you supported the Russian atrocities against us in Chechnya, the Indian oppression against us in Kashmir, and the Jewish aggression against us in Lebanon.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(c) Under your supervision, consent and orders, the governments of our countries which act as your agents, attack us on a daily basis;\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(i) These governments prevent our people from establishing the Islamic Shariah, using violence and lies to do so.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(ii) These governments give us a taste of humiliation, and places us in a large prison of fear and subdual.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(iii) These governments steal our Ummah's wealth and sell them to you at a paltry price.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(iv) These governments have surrendered to the Jews, and handed them most of Palestine, acknowledging the existence of their state over the dismembered limbs of their own people.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(v) The removal of these governments is an obligation upon us, and a necessary step to free the Ummah, to make the Shariah the supreme law and to regain Palestine. And our fight against these governments is not separate from out fight against you.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(d) You steal our wealth and oil at paltry prices because of you international influence and military threats. This theft is indeed the biggest theft ever witnessed by mankind in the history of the world.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(e) Your forces occupy our countries; you spread your military bases throughout them; you corrupt our lands, and you besiege our sanctities, to protect the security of the Jews and to ensure the continuity of your pillage of our treasures.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(f) You have starved the Muslims of Iraq, where children die every day. It is a wonder that more than 1.5 million Iraqi children have died as a result of your sanctions, and you did not show concern. Yet when 3000 of your people died, the entire world rises and has not yet sat down.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(g) You have supported the Jews in their idea that Jerusalem is their eternal capital, and agreed to move your embassy there. With your help and under your protection, the Israelis are planning to destroy the Al-Aqsa mosque. Under the protection of your weapons, Sharon entered the Al-Aqsa mosque, to pollute it as a preparation to capture and destroy it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(2) These tragedies and calamities are only a few examples of your oppression and aggression against us. It is commanded by our religion and intellect that the oppressed have a right to return the aggression. Do not await anything from us but Jihad, resistance and revenge. Is it in any way rational to expect that after America has attacked us for more than half a century, that we will then leave her to live in security and peace?!!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(3) You may then dispute that all the above does not justify aggression against civilians, for crimes they did not commit and offenses in which they did not partake:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQKc5TadmI/AAAAAAAAEIE/ujVGCV1FK_k/s1600-h/cia+%28250+x+243%29.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 243px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQKc5TadmI/AAAAAAAAEIE/ujVGCV1FK_k/s400/cia+%28250+x+243%29.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306377752484148834\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(a) This argument contradicts your continuous repetition that America is the land of freedom, and its leaders in this world. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eTherefore, the American people are the ones who choose their government by way of their own free will; a choice which stems from their agreement to its policies.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThus the American people have chosen, consented to, and affirmed their support for the Israeli oppression of the Palestinians, the occupation and usurpation of their land, and its continuous killing, torture, punishment and expulsion of the Palestinians. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe American people have the ability and choice to refuse the policies of their Government and even to change it if they want.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(b) The American people are the ones who pay the taxes which fund the planes that bomb us in Afghanistan, the tanks that strike and destroy our homes in Palestine, the armies which occupy our lands in the Arabian Gulf, and the fleets which ensure the blockade of Iraq.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThese tax dollars are given to Israel for it to continue to attack us and penetrate our lands. So the American people are the ones who fund the attacks against us, and they are the ones who oversee the expenditure of these monies in the way they wish, through their elected candidates.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(c) Also the American army is part of the American people. It is this very same people who are shamelessly helping the Jews fight against us.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(d) The American people are the ones who employ both their men and their women in the American Forces which attack us.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(e) This is why the American people cannot be not innocent of all the crimes committed by the Americans and Jews against us.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(f) Allah, the Almighty, legislated the permission and the option to take revenge. Thus, if we are attacked, then we have the right to attack back. Whoever has destroyed our villages and towns, then we have the right to destroy their villages and towns. Whoever has stolen our wealth, then we have the right to destroy their economy. And whoever has killed our civilians, then we have the right to kill theirs.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe American Government and press still refuses to answer the question:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eWhy did they attack us in New York and Washington?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eIf Sharon is a man of peace in the eyes of Bush, then we are also men of peace!!! America does not understand the language of manners and principles, so we are addressing it using the language it understands.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(Q2) As for the second question that we want to answer: What are we calling you to, and what do we want from you?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(1) The first thing that we are calling you to is Islam.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(a) The religion of the Unification of God; of freedom from associating partners with Him, and rejection of this; of complete love of Him, the Exalted; of complete submission to His Laws; and of the discarding of all the opinions, orders, theories and religions which contradict with the religion He sent down to His Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Islam is the religion of all the prophets, and makes no distinction between them - peace be upon them all.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQLNDFZaYI/AAAAAAAAEIU/7c3-U4hO80g/s1600-h/time-george-hw-bush1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQLNDFZaYI/AAAAAAAAEIU/7c3-U4hO80g/s400/time-george-hw-bush1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306378579743435138\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eIt is to this religion that we call you; the seal of all the previous religions. It is the religion of Unification of God, sincerity, the best of manners, righteousness, mercy, honour, purity, and piety.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eIt is the religion of showing kindness to others, establishing justice between them, granting them their rights, and defending the oppressed and the persecuted. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIt is the religion of enjoining the good and forbidding the evil with the hand, tongue and heart. It is the religion of Jihad in the way of Allah so that Allah's Word and religion reign Supreme.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eAnd it is the religion of unity and agreement on the obedience to Allah, and total equality between all people, without regarding their colour, sex, or language.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(b) It is the religion whose book - the Quran - will remained preserved and unchanged, after the other Divine books and messages have been changed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe Quran is the miracle until the Day of Judgment. Allah has challenged anyone to bring a book like the Quran or even ten verses like it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(2) The second thing we call you to, is to stop your oppression, lies, immorality and debauchery that has spread among you.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(a) We call you to be a people of manners, principles, honour, and purity; to reject the immoral acts of fornication, homosexuality, intoxicants, gambling's, and trading with interest.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eWe call you to all of this that you may be freed from that which you have become caught up in; that you may be freed from the deceptive lies that you are a great nation, that your leaders spread amongst you to conceal from you the despicable state to which you have reached.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(b) It is saddening to tell you that you are the worst civilization witnessed by the history of mankind:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(i) You are the nation who, rather than ruling by the Shariah of Allah in its Constitution and Laws, choose to invent your own laws as you will and desire. You separate religion from your policies, contradicting the pure nature which affirms Absolute Authority to the Lord and your Creator. You flee from the embarrassing question posed to you: How is it possible for Allah the Almighty to create His creation, grant them power over all the creatures and land, grant them all the amenities of life, and then deny them that which they are most in need of: knowledge of the laws which govern their lives?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(ii) You are the nation that permits Usury, which has been forbidden by all the religions. Yet you build your economy and investments on Usury. As a result of this, in all its different forms and guises, the Jews have taken control of your economy, through which they have then taken control of your media, and now control all aspects of your life making you their servants and achieving their aims at your expense; precisely what Benjamin Franklin warned you against.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(iii) You are a nation that permits the production, trading and usage of intoxicants. You also permit drugs, and only forbid the trade of them, even though your nation is the largest consumer of them.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(iv) You are a nation that permits acts of immorality, and you consider them to be pillars of personal freedom. You have continued to sink down this abyss from level to level until incest has spread amongst you, in the face of which neither your sense of honour nor your laws object.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQMeDlwM8I/AAAAAAAAEIs/cKrITEOdnus/s1600-h/Comp.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 180px; height: 288px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQMeDlwM8I/AAAAAAAAEIs/cKrITEOdnus/s400/Comp.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306379971448550338\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eWho can forget your President Clinton's immoral acts committed in the official Oval office? After that you did not even bring him to account, other than that he 'made a mistake', after which everything passed with no punishment. Is there a worse kind of event for which your name will go down in history and remembered by nations?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(v) You are a nation that permits gambling in its all forms. The companies practice this as well, resulting in the investments becoming active and the criminals becoming rich.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(vi) You are a nation that exploits women like consumer products or advertising tools calling upon customers to purchase them. You use women to serve passengers, visitors, and strangers to increase your profit margins. You then rant that you support the liberation of women.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(vii) You are a nation that practices the trade of sex in all its forms, directly and indirectly. Giant corporations and establishments are established on this, under the name of art, entertainment, tourism and freedom, and other deceptive names you attribute to it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(viii) And because of all this, you have been described in history as a nation that spreads diseases that were unknown to man in the past. Go ahead and boast to the nations of man, that you brought them AIDS as a Satanic American Invention.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(xi) You have destroyed nature with your industrial waste and gases more than any other nation in history. Despite this, you refuse to sign the Kyoto agreement so that you can secure the profit of your greedy companies and*industries.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(x) Your law is the law of the rich and wealthy people, who hold sway in their political parties, and fund their election campaigns with their gifts. Behind them stand the Jews, who control your policies, media and economy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(xi) That which you are singled out for in the history of mankind, is that you have used your force to destroy mankind more than any other nation in history; not to defend principles and values, but to hasten to secure your interests and profits. You who dropped a nuclear bomb on Japan, even though Japan was ready to negotiate an end to the war. How many acts of oppression, tyranny and injustice have you carried out, O callers to freedom?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(xii) Let us not forget one of your major characteristics: your duality in both manners and values; your hypocrisy in manners and principles. All*manners, principles and values have two scales: one for you and one for the others.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(a)The freedom and democracy that you call to is for yourselves and for white race only; as for the rest of the world, you impose upon them your monstrous, destructive policies and Governments, which you call the 'American friends'. Yet you prevent them from establishing democracies. When the Islamic party in Algeria wanted to practice democracy and they won the election, you unleashed your agents in the Algerian army onto them, and to attack them with tanks and guns, to imprison them and torture them - a new lesson from the 'American book of democracy'!!!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(b)Your policy on prohibiting and forcibly removing weapons of mass destruction to ensure world peace: it only applies to those countries which you do not permit to possess such weapons. As for the countries you consent to, such as Israel, then they are allowed to keep and use such weapons to defend their security. Anyone else who you suspect might be manufacturing or keeping these kinds of weapons, you call them criminals and you take military action against them.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(c)You are the last ones to respect the resolutions and policies of International Law, yet you claim to want to selectively punish anyone else who does the same. Israel has for more than 50 years been pushing UN resolutions and rules against the wall with the full support of America.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(d)As for the war criminals which you censure and form criminal courts for - you shamelessly ask that your own are granted immunity!! However, history will not forget the war crimes that you committed against the Muslims and the rest of the world; those you have killed in Japan, Afghanistan, Somalia, Lebanon and Iraq will remain a shame that you will never be able to escape. It will suffice to remind you of your latest war crimes in Afghanistan, in which densely populated innocent civilian villages were destroyed, bombs were dropped on mosques causing the roof of the mosque to come crashing down on the heads of the Muslims praying inside.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eYou are the ones who broke the agreement with the Mujahideen when they left Qunduz, bombing them in Jangi fort, and killing more than 1,000 of your prisoners through suffocation and thirst. Allah alone knows how many people have died by torture at the hands of you and your agents. Your planes remain in the Afghan skies, looking for anyone remotely suspicious.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(e)You have claimed to be the vanguards of Human Rights, and your Ministry of Foreign affairs issues annual reports containing statistics of those countries that violate any Human Rights. However, all these things vanished when the Mujahideen hit you, and you then implemented the methods of the same documented governments that you used to curse. In America, you captured thousands the Muslims and Arabs, took them into custody with neither reason, court trial, nor even disclosing their names. You issued newer, harsher laws.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eWhat happens in Guantanamo is a historical embarrassment to America and its values, and it screams into your faces - you hypocrites, \"What is the value of your signature on any agreement or treaty?\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(3) What we call you to thirdly is to take an honest stance with yourselves - and I doubt you will do so - to discover that you are a nation without principles or manners, and that the values and principles to you are something which you merely demand from others, not that which you yourself must adhere to.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(4) We also advise you to stop supporting Israel, and to end your support of the Indians in Kashmir, the Russians against the Chechens and to also cease supporting the Manila Government against the Muslims in Southern Philippines.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(5) We also advise you to pack your luggage and get out of our lands. We desire for your goodness, guidance, and righteousness, so do not force us to send you back as cargo in coffins.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(6) Sixthly, we call upon you to end your support of the corrupt leaders in our countries. Do not interfere in our politics and method of education. Leave us alone, or else expect us in New York and Washington.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e(7) We also call you to deal with us and interact with us on the basis of mutual interests and benefits, rather than the policies of sub dual, theft and occupation, and not to continue your policy of supporting the Jews because this will result in more disasters for you.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQLqzrvJEI/AAAAAAAAEIc/4OVFH-cIgaU/s1600-h/cia1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 230px; height: 261px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQLqzrvJEI/AAAAAAAAEIc/4OVFH-cIgaU/s400/cia1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306379091005350978\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eIf you fail to respond to all these conditions, then prepare for fight with the Islamic Nation. The Nation of Monotheism, that puts complete trust on Allah and fears none other than Him. The Nation which is addressed by its Quran with the words: \"Do you fear them? Allah has more right that you should fear Him if you are believers. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eFight against them so that Allah will punish them by your hands and disgrace them and give you victory over them and heal the breasts of believing people. And remove the anger of their (believers') hearts. Allah accepts the repentance of whom He wills. Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.\" [Quran9:13-1]\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe Nation of honour and respect: \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"But honour, power and glory belong to Allah, and to His Messenger (Muhammad- peace be upon him) and to the believers.\" [Quran 63:8]\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"So do not become weak (against your enemy), nor be sad, and you will be*superior ( in victory) if you are indeed (true) believers\" [Quran 3:139]\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe Nation of Martyrdom; the Nation that desires death more than you desire life:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"Think not of those who are killed in the way of Allah as dead. Nay, they are alive with their Lord, and they are being provided for. They rejoice in what Allah has bestowed upon them from His bounty and rejoice for the sake of those who have not yet joined them, but are left behind (not yet martyred) that on them no fear shall come, nor shall they grieve. They rejoice in a grace and a bounty from Allah, and that Allah will not waste the reward of the believers.\" [Quran 3:169-171]\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe Nation of victory and success that Allah has promised:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"It is He Who has sent His Messenger (Muhammad peace be upon him) with guidance and the religion of truth (Islam), to make it victorious over all other religions even though the Polytheists hate it.\" [Quran 61:9]\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003e\"Allah has decreed that 'Verily it is I and My Messengers who shall be victorious.' Verily Allah is All-Powerful, All-Mighty.\" [Quran 58:21]\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe Islamic Nation that was able to dismiss and destroy the previous evil Empires like yourself; the Nation that rejects your attacks, wishes to remove your evils, and is prepared to fight you. You are well aware that the Islamic Nation, from the very core of its soul, despises your haughtiness and arrogance.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eIf the Americans refuse to listen to our advice and the goodness, guidance and righteousness that we call them to, then be aware that you will lose this Crusade Bush began, just like the other previous Crusades in which you were humiliated by the hands of the Mujahideen, fleeing to your home in great silence and disgrace. If the Americans do not respond, then their fate will be that of the Soviets who fled from Afghanistan to deal with their military defeat, political breakup, ideological downfall, and economic bankruptcy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eThis is our message to the Americans, as an answer to theirs. Do they now know why we fight them and over which form of ignorance, by the permission of Allah, we shall be victorious?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;\" \u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,,4552895-110490,00.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eFull text: bin Laden's letter to America\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SaQL_RhjTRI/AAAAAAAAEIk/fd8RtA2d2Zs/s1600-h/BushGulfWar.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; 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width: 400px; height: 243px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZwt7liKxJI/AAAAAAAAEBw/B_bReF_QF7g/s400/1207cover.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304164962846557330\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eLets start things off with one of the old American Propaganda Cartoons ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qM3gEayupNU\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/qM3gEayupNU\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eUSA Propaganda Cartoon 1948\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eNewspapers, radio, TV and the mudslingers are trying to cover up what is becoming obvious to anyone but the blind:  America had become a dictatorship with a strongly entrenched bureaucracy under the control of powerful special interests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eThis is not, in any way, an overstatement of fact.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;\" \u003eTrying to disable a dictatorship that has ruled America outside her legislature and Constitutional structure is turning into a nightmare few of us have expected.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-family:georgia;\"\u003eThe War on Terror is turning out to be little more than a front for a massive financial scam stealing billions of dollars from, not only America, but Western Europe, the Middle East, Russia and China.  None of this could be done until America herself was brought down and crushed under the heel of a police state.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZwy4pkNW0I/AAAAAAAAECQ/QEIQ8cIIEvQ/s1600-h/ATD+Cover.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 384px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZwy4pkNW0I/AAAAAAAAECQ/QEIQ8cIIEvQ/s400/ATD+Cover.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304170409947388738\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eWhat we have left is a justice system crippled by years of secret arrests, phony trials, torture, election rigging and a huge new bureaucracy answerable to no congressional authority.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv  style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003eOur Patriot Acts, passed by our cowardly congress, removed all Constitutional rights from Americans and allowed uncontrolled corruption at every level, banking, oil, defense, agriculture, pollution, election rigging, literally anything imaginable, to go on with full impunity.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eThe rule of law in America died overnight.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNo authority existed that couldn't be overridden by a phone call from a fat cat to their local party headquarters.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eArrests were ordered, not by government, but by \"business\" insiders who bought their way into power with their checkbooks.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eIt turned out that their \"business\" was phony government contracts, looting banks and selling America to her enemies.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eWe know that millions of people have lost their homes, their jobs and families around America are suffering.  We know this must be true, although nothing is ever reported.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;\"  \u003eWe only see empty highways, closed factories, empty houses and closed stores, not by the dozens but all around us.  We hear numbers and suffering, yes, the suffering of the occasional Wall Street thief, now under arrest, or millionaire whose huge estate is sold off.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZw0IvjJzOI/AAAAAAAAECo/vP8YzLm03Eg/s1600-h/Ewocr0xh8Lk7HTq3AFY0hcs%3D.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZw0IvjJzOI/AAAAAAAAECo/vP8YzLm03Eg/s400/Ewocr0xh8Lk7HTq3AFY0hcs%3D.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304171785943108834\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eA trillion dollars was already sent to our banks to save America. Those banks are not lending that money to finance homes, cars, new businesses or anything else.  Billions were paid out in bonuses, billions were stolen but little really went into our economy.\u003c/span\u003e  \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIt seems the idea of people having good paying jobs, driving decent cars, sending their kids to college and owning homes offended people with the will, the influence and the power to take it all away.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eAll they had to do is crush the value of real estate, suck the money out of the banks, bond and stock markets, push up oil prices, food prices and keep the world at war.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhat our middle class worked for, saved for and sacrificed for was gone in a flash.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe same magicians that could take gasoline from a dollar a gallon to four dollars to two dollars on a whim can make your job, your home and your savings disappear in the wink of an eye.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eThey did it with your civil rights even easier and you said nothing.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;\" \u003eThe result, carefully planned, I assure you, was to make certain that every home was worthless, every retirement account was empty. Fear makes us compliant.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eOnly then could we live as intended, fearful of each other and turning to anyone or anything that promised us safety, our next meal, and a third rate version of the American dream, life half an inch above the poverty level for the lucky and total despair for tens of millions of Americans.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eReal estate prices, unless something drastic is done, have only begun to drop. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eForeclosures will continue for years until up to 40% of American homes are empty.  Industrial jobs will all disappear, even China is closing hundreds of plants a month.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZw0irCkJkI/AAAAAAAAECw/eCZ7T5v7GRA/s1600-h/joXELC9Aa3HI1U1N7oFn9mqh5wdoIciubMmeRmx8%2BmLfB24yjFqlD0%3D.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZw0irCkJkI/AAAAAAAAECw/eCZ7T5v7GRA/s400/joXELC9Aa3HI1U1N7oFn9mqh5wdoIciubMmeRmx8%2BmLfB24yjFqlD0%3D.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5304172231409280578\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eLow paying retail jobs are going away by the hundreds of thousands, jobs that kept millions in poverty off welfare and provided second jobs for families skirting poverty.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:georgia;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eWhen the stock market crashed in 1929, brought on by \"not so accidental\" manipulation of the money markets by the very illegal Federal Reserve System, the private banking group created unConstitutionally in 1918 to print money and manage our economy, an economy that has been in collapse since 1918 except for times of war, it took years for the real \"depression\" to kick in.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003ePerhaps you can find a few union leaders, some college professors and an environmental activist or two to arrest and detain in the basement of the local police station.  Chances are your local police will be right there with you, patrol cars with lights flashing.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-family:georgia;\" \u003eIn 8 years we went from full employment, peace, plenty, economic surplus to massive unemployment, endless war and total economic collapse while America's money, that didn't go overseas, went into the hands of a very few, 95% of whom had ties to the Bush administration.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eNow we are going to see if that money, those billions, and the vicious stooges left can make Americans turn on each other rather than stop the theft, tax some of the freeloaders and put Americans back to work.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/xfJMCswU5tE\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/xfJMCswU5tE\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;font-family:georgia;\" \u003eMichael Tsarion - Future of Mankind\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSee the full three hour lecture and more at ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://floydanderson.gnn.tv/blogs/24604/World_of_Lies\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eWorld of Lies\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-6924974146957787458?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/6924974146957787458/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d9622105\u0026postID\u003d6924974146957787458\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/6924974146957787458"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/6924974146957787458"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2009/02/in-world-of-lies-truth-is-dream.html","title":"In A World of Lies, the Truth Is a Dream"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"EuroYank"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692"},"email":{"$t":"yank.euro@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07873665053264900754"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZwt7liKxJI/AAAAAAAAEBw/B_bReF_QF7g/s72-c/1207cover.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9622105.post-7577368803809804100"},"published":{"$t":"2009-02-10T10:34:00.076-12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-10T23:38:48.767-12:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Pros \u0026 Cons of Kickstarting Capitalism"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZKTnQzm_VI/AAAAAAAAD-c/jMa-YciuUqw/s1600-h/time+obama+roosevelt.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZKTnQzm_VI/AAAAAAAAD-c/jMa-YciuUqw/s400/time+obama+roosevelt.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301462014104108370\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eToday's \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eObama\u003c/span\u003e \"Yes We Can\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e - \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003eA stranger was seated next to a little black girl on the airplane when the stranger turned to her and said, \"Let's talk. I've heard that flights go quicker if you strike up a conversation with your fellow passenger.\"\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003eThe little girl, who had just opened her coloring book, closed it slowly and said to the stranger, \"What would you like to talk about?\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\"Oh, I don't know,\" said the stranger. \"Since you are a Negro, do you think that So-called President Elect Barak Obama is qualified for the job?\" and he smiles.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\"OK\", she said. \"That could be an interesting topic. But let me ask you a question first. A horse, a cow, and a deer all eat the same stuff 'grass '.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYet a deer excretes little pellets, while a cow turns out a flat patty, and a horse produces clumps of dried grass. \"Why do you suppose that is?\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe stranger, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, \"Hmmm, I have no idea.\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eTo which the little girl replies, \"Do you really feel qualified to discuss President Barak Obama... when you don't know shit?\"\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;\" \u003eProvided by\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://smarterthanagrade5.blogspot.com/\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eProve Me Wrong \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZKWZXIhKDI/AAAAAAAAD-0/8lZRYrFEZwE/s1600-h/tn96.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"cursor: pointer; width: 96px; height: 96px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZKWZXIhKDI/AAAAAAAAD-0/8lZRYrFEZwE/s400/tn96.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301465073819134002\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZKUDVCvZUI/AAAAAAAAD-k/5L8QdiYGEw0/s1600-h/bwi.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 330px; height: 251px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZKUDVCvZUI/AAAAAAAAD-k/5L8QdiYGEw0/s400/bwi.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301462496277652802\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWhenever the economy stumbles, politicians and interest groups commonly argue that government spending should be increased. Based on a theory known as Keynesianism, this increase is supposed to boost economic performance.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eYet the notion that bigger government leads to more growth is both theoretically unsound and empirically false.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis strange theory was first put forth back during the 1930s, when America was suffering from a deep downturn. An economist named John Maynard Keynes argued that the economy could be boosted if the government borrowed money and spent it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAccording to this Keynesian approach, this new spending would put money in people’s pockets, and the recipients of the funds would then spend the money. This would, according to the theory, prime the pump as the money began circulating through the economy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eWatch This First\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bdfCKDq95yE\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bdfCKDq95yE\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSee the Complete series ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/profile?user\u003dgreenmts\u0026amp;view\u003dvideos\u0026amp;query\u003dnew+world+order\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe New World Order Is Not New\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe Keynesians also said that some tax cuts — particularly lump-sum rebates — could have the same impact since the purpose is to have the government borrow and somehow put the money in the hands of people who will spend it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIRo1YN0vI/AAAAAAAAD70/X4ErL1yDP6w/s1600-h/WCNLAC4.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIRo1YN0vI/AAAAAAAAD70/X4ErL1yDP6w/s400/WCNLAC4.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301319104589583090\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eSo is this the right recipe to boost a flagging economy? Keynesian theory sounds good, and it would be nice if it made sense, but it has a rather glaring logical fallacy. It overlooks the fact that, in the real world, government can’t inject money into the economy without first taking money out of the economy.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eMoney Government Puts \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eI\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003en Economy's Right Pocket \u003c/span\u003eIs Money First Removed From Economy's \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eLeft Pocket ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ePut more bluntly, Keynesianism only looks at one-half of the equation. It conveniently ignores the fact that any money that the government puts in the economy’s right pocket is money that is first removed from the economy’s left pocket. As such, there is no increase in what Keynesians refer to as aggregate demand.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe bottom line is that Keynesianism doesn’t boost national income, it merely redistributes it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZISZ-S9A9I/AAAAAAAAD8E/2WYoVS6GE6U/s1600-h/obama.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 265px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZISZ-S9A9I/AAAAAAAAD8E/2WYoVS6GE6U/s400/obama.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301319948797019090\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe people who lend the money to government generally are not the same people who get money in their pockets because of the new spending or tax rebates, but that’s not important. The Keynesian theory is based on the notion that there will be an increase in overall spending power, yet that clearly is not the case.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eSome advocates of this theory get a bit more creative and say that Keynesianism works because it increases consumer spending rather than the money sitting idle.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBut money that is unspent by consumers does not sit idle. It winds up in the banking system someplace and is used to finance investment spending.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eStimulus Programs \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eIncrease Consumption \u003c/span\u003eNo Increase In \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eEconomic Output ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSo-called stimulus programs, at best, shift how national income is used so that more gets consumed rather than invested, but at noted earlier, there is no increase in overall economic output.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIt is worth noting that government could finance new spending through inflation. Thankfully that option doesn’t seem to be on the table since almost all politicians now realize that it would be foolish to mimic the disastrous policies of basket-case economies such as Argentina and Zimbabwe.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe real-world evidence also confirms that Keynesianism is a failure. Indeed, it was a failure even before Keynes published\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_Theory_of_Employment,_Interest_and_Money\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe General Theory\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ein the mid-1930s. More recently, George W. Bush gave out so-called rebate checks in 2001 and 2008, yet there was no positive effect in either case. And Bush certainly was a big spender, yet that didn’t work either.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNot that this should be a big surprise.\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg1831.cfm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSurveys of the academic literature\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ereveal that even left-wing international bureaucracies are producing research showing that bigger government hurts economic performance by misallocating national resources.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eAmerican Recession -  Depression \u003c/span\u003eExperience\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZITCN-gA9I/AAAAAAAAD8U/gk929sr7VUs/s1600-h/mccain_obama_economy_250_main.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZITCN-gA9I/AAAAAAAAD8U/gk929sr7VUs/s400/mccain_obama_economy_250_main.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301320640200967122\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhat is even more interesting is that if you look at the GDP output for the era, the US recovered by 1936-37 (including the pre-1927 growth rate) and was then hit with the price tag for all the New Deal starting in 1938 which caused a recession.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eCombine that with the unemployment figures, however, and you get the result of each person employed being more productive, which is one of the effects of getting rid of inefficient businesses: those that survive or start-up with new manufacturing methods employ fewer people, but produce more goods at a lower cost.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIXSZTa_AI/AAAAAAAAD8s/1mP2-trgNIs/s1600-h/14242.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 284px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIXSZTa_AI/AAAAAAAAD8s/1mP2-trgNIs/s400/14242.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301325316165925890\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhen you get to WWII the New Deal retirement system kicks in just as the economy needs every worker of older age that it can get: from that you get the temporary tax benefit to private firms to offer health insurance, which was previously a ‘perk’ to high paid employees and executives.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThat temporary relief became a permanent problem, so that we now spend more today, per person and adjuste for inflation, than our grand parents did on health care.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt isn’t that procedures are too expensive, it is that health care is subsidized which sets a minimum floor of pricing due to insured payments and government encouraging increases in payments through the government run health benefits plans.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIYEbzeAXI/AAAAAAAAD80/c_LW7DtuN7A/s1600-h/time_cap2.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 304px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIYEbzeAXI/AAAAAAAAD80/c_LW7DtuN7A/s400/time_cap2.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301326175830671730\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIt isn’t that so many people are uninsured (and what an awful way to pay for something) but that so many *are*. Insurance only works if a pay-out happens rarely - and that is not the case with health insurance… but then learning that subsidies cause over-use of whatever is being subsidized is something politicians love to ignore, across the political spectrum.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn spite of all the circumlocution and commotion by President Roosevelt, the 1930s President never came close to ending the depression economy. The massive deficit spending of World War II did end the depression economy and set it upon the road to postwar prosperity.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eConsider World War II from an economic viewpoint. It was a huge public works operation financed by unprecedented deficit spending. It commandeered the productive capacity of this country and then destroyed this production in the battlefield. Why didn’t this bankrupt the country?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003eTheoretically, an operation like that should have bankrupted the country like a closed system business operation would have been bankrupted. (Fortunately, free-market capitalism at the macroeconomic level is open system.)\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eOne can only imagine the derision and criticism had anyone of stature, in the 1930's, proposed such a program to end the depression economy. But there’s no denying that World War II deficit spending did do it. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUntil one has a theoretical framework that can satisfactorily explain why World War II, not only did not bankrupt the country, but was the key factor in economic recovery — all one can do is bewail the problem without offering any solutions that will work\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://economics102.blogspot.com/\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eOpen system perspective.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIts republicans, not democrats you need to convince of the truthfulness of this thesis. Its republicans who have been spending down the treasury for the past decade. That’s the whole reason they got their asses kicked in the past two elections. If we can’t depend on republicans to exercise some fiscal responsibility, then what are they good for?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIts the only reason that I tolerate all their incessant moralizing, their over-dependence on religion for their politics and their unending desire to get involved in the affairs of my bedroom. If they can’t control themselves when it comes to the budget, then they’re worthless. Which is exactly why they got their asses kicked. There are 700 billion reasons why they should be fired.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIZXfJoQDI/AAAAAAAAD9E/_zwCO_5p7nM/s1600-h/350px-NewDeal.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 239px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIZXfJoQDI/AAAAAAAAD9E/_zwCO_5p7nM/s400/350px-NewDeal.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301327602658066482\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe depression didn’t end until 1946 or so. Ask anyone who lived through the war, or read any available history, and you will find that the citize4ns at home still didn’t have much. Rationing and scarcicty were still the order of the day. Aggregate cash flow numbers mean nothing.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe situation only got fixed when the wartime and other depression-era controls were lifted and after many trade limitations were listed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWe might also remember that the US could also sell to the rest of the world as many other countries could not because they were lying in ruins after the war.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn short, all WWII did was kill many millions of people, ruin the psyches of millions more, destroy untold amounts of wealth, and set economic progress back by a decade or more.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIZ3ErM6rI/AAAAAAAAD9M/eDVlpBr_UrE/s1600-h/2008_d3.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIZ3ErM6rI/AAAAAAAAD9M/eDVlpBr_UrE/s400/2008_d3.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301328145306938034\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDuring WW-II, there was massive increase in destructive consumption, but also a massive increase in capital investments, the net result was a stagnant economy for the individual.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAfter the war, the capital investment was already in place, and the destructive consumption ceased. Individual productivity, forced upon the economy by manpower shortages, and amplified by the capital investment, rose to unprecedented heights.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWe were able to sell our production for a profit instead of blowing it up.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIagdHdkgI/AAAAAAAAD9U/K5s2NaalSrs/s1600-h/full400a.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 96px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIagdHdkgI/AAAAAAAAD9U/K5s2NaalSrs/s400/full400a.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301328856242557442\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eFools Running The\u003c/span\u003e Federal Reserve\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe half of Mr. Paulson’s 700B TARP funds which he’s already spent shoring up banks, including the one where he used to work, seems to have been vaporized already by short sellers. Too bad Mr. Cox is a fool on the subject of short selling and uptick rules. Maybe we should ask Robert Mugabe to take over at the Treasury, but then they seem to be following his policies anyway…print money.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAfter all, my fellow Republicans seem to have vaporized more wealth through ineptitude than Mugabe has by design. For what they’ve lost they might have purchased Uganda lock stock and barrel. Now the Democrats are going to try to outdue the present crop of nitwits. Throw money at the Big Three, now there’s a novel idea. Amtrack only managed to sublimate 13B in a decade. GM and Ford will easily go better in a quarter, or maybe even a month if they really work at it.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIa3jE48hI/AAAAAAAAD9c/LWDkVH4dvDI/s1600-h/globalisation.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 375px; height: 298px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIa3jE48hI/AAAAAAAAD9c/LWDkVH4dvDI/s400/globalisation.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301329252979372562\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUltimately, it was the increase in worker productivity, enabled by capital investment that ended the Great Depression.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLet us see how well worker productivity fares with stimulus checks drawn at the expense of capital investment this time around.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIt has never worked before, but I hear that since the right people are in charge now, it is bound to work this time.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe only thing that is known to truly work is to lower taxes and help small business create jobs. Reagan had it right.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe Stock Market approves because capital starts to filter down into the economy, the government approves because they receive more revenue from increased production and consumer spending, and the people approve because they get to go back to work.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eGovernment welfare programs don’t kickstart anything, they only seem to prolong a recession; FDR proved that! The prewar economy was characterized by excess supply side capacity versus demand (farmers dumping milk, killing livestock and burning fields).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe war economy was precisely opposite: due to war, more demand than supply thus rationing: so it is true the citizens still didn’t have much. But there was full employment with wandering hobos shanghaied off the streets to work in factories. The private economy greatly improved their equity position and when the war was over, with price controls lifted, there was a burst of inflation due to pent-up demand. \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003eDuring deflation, when money supply is in a collapsing spiral due to debt deleveraging, the result is currency values soaring relative to other assets — the marketplace is saying that there is a shortage of dollars. This is nothing more than an imbalance in the supply/demand equation.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003eIt is so simple to solve this problem that it seems to defy comprehension. Print money and introduce this cash flow into the private economy through tax rebates or cuts.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003eThis would be just the same as if the US treasury owned a mine, with a shaft of solid gold, for use in an emergency such as this. If this doesn’t seem like it’s possible that the value ascribed to dollars is real those dollars could be buried and recovered through mining with the purpose of installing real value to the asset.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003eIt is just as important to create money for price stability as it is to stop printing money for inflation. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIdmJ3UQPI/AAAAAAAAD9s/ac_lrfEr61s/s1600-h/cabal_chess.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 271px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIdmJ3UQPI/AAAAAAAAD9s/ac_lrfEr61s/s400/cabal_chess.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301332252688662770\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe government can indeed create an asset to which the marketplace will ascribe full value. And this would not be a liability to be paying off with future cash flow.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003eThe only thing the conservatives can offer is the inevitability of financial collapse in severe economic downturn from excess credit expansion. Just try selling this load of pessimism to the electorate. This is the conservatives’ Achilles heel in the current crisis.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003e The political party that allows this to happen will be tossed out of office and wander in the political wilderness for the next 40 years, if it doesn’t destroy the party.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eConservatives should (posthaste) support large rebate like cash flow into the private economy until asset prices stop declining and housing prices start levitating. At this point to crisis will be over because toxic mortgages will be tradeable.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eOtherwise, the big government political class will offer the World War II argument for huge public sector spending that won’t end like it did when World War II was over.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis could end up to be a permanent entrenchment of liberal/leftist European-style ruling political class which would destroy our dynamic entrepreneurial economy. It’s much better to have this money in the private economy for investment and consumer demand — for much greater multiplier effect. This allows the economy to grow in the direction it ought to.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIeQcvmZbI/AAAAAAAAD90/R9WzH2q_z9A/s1600-h/hillary_hottie.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIeQcvmZbI/AAAAAAAAD90/R9WzH2q_z9A/s400/hillary_hottie.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301332979311076786\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUnemployment remained very high throughout the 1930s and overall output did not get back to the 1929 level until World War II. But why did WWII end the depression? Oh, because government spending increased aggregate demand. That put the unused capacity of the nation to work.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cp style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); text-align: left;\"\u003eUnder serious recession/depression conditions deficit spending is indicated.  The problem becomes it is addictive.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFiat money inflation (temporarily) benefits only those who are first to get the new currency - the politicians and their friends. From there, as the purchasing power of the dollar declines, each successive receiver and holder of dollars gets successively more shortchanged for his past real labor and savings. This is why counterfeiting - whether legalized or not is always morally wrong; it’s theft!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFiat does not create real sustainable, stable, reliable value; only production of real, not fiat, goods and services can create real wealth.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRoot of the\u003c/span\u003e Problem\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis is the root problem of the mainstream modern economics profession: virtually no economist studies the root of economics - production and trade by individuals and corporations. They’re too busy studying consumption for the statistic folly of concocting ever more impossible schemes to centrally “plan” and manage” the flow of billions of individual trades.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIfq90LcYI/AAAAAAAAD-E/1hjIekf5Ovc/s1600-h/opinion-graphics-2_1132660a.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 350px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIfq90LcYI/AAAAAAAAD-E/1hjIekf5Ovc/s400/opinion-graphics-2_1132660a.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301334534376878466\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhen you accept money in payment for your effort, you do so only on the conviction that you will exchange it for the product of the effort of others… Destroyers seize gold and leave its owners a counterfeit pile of paper. This kills all objective standards and delivers men into the arbitrary power of an arbitrary setter of values. [like the FED] Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ePaper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces, marked ‘Account overdrawn. We need to return to free banking and privately issued, competing currencies.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThen the quality of our money would be restored and its value would again be objective - set by millions of individual traders every day instead of by the whims of 12 Fed governors every 6 weeks.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eOf course, the statistics demand a monopoly on the issue of currency because if they had to compete with REAL money, they be out of business in a week and their giant looting scheme would be over.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUnder a free market, only reckless fools would take Federal Reserve IOU Nothings in payment for their hard work. Abolish the Fed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWhat the government should be doing, is borrowing now, whilst the economy heads to recession, and increase spending in order to bolster consumer spending and investment, but then be taking the money out of the economy in the good times, the boom.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis way the two extremes of the standard boom and bust economic cycle are softened and the standard of living can still increase over time with recessions being shallower and shorter, and booms not being so dramatic and, increasing inflationary pressure.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIh3zkOeRI/AAAAAAAAD-M/kdgP87oYoGg/s1600-h/IMG_0432.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 254px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZIh3zkOeRI/AAAAAAAAD-M/kdgP87oYoGg/s400/IMG_0432.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301336953987168530\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-7577368803809804100?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/7577368803809804100/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d9622105\u0026postID\u003d7577368803809804100\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/7577368803809804100"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/7577368803809804100"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2009/02/pros-cons-of-kickstarting-capitalism.html","title":"Pros \u0026 Cons of Kickstarting Capitalism"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"EuroYank"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692"},"email":{"$t":"yank.euro@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07873665053264900754"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SZKTnQzm_VI/AAAAAAAAD-c/jMa-YciuUqw/s72-c/time+obama+roosevelt.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9622105.post-3185983314188302903"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-25T03:43:00.098-12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-02T18:20:43.739-12:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Beyond The Age Of Usury - The Great Deleveraging Scam"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SX1j0HTMiAI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/Mu9Vkapp1zk/s1600-h/rockwell+obama.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SX1j0HTMiAI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/Mu9Vkapp1zk/s400/rockwell+obama.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295498483821479938\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAs you read this, the American bailout is reaching epic and fatal proportions of more than 8 trillion and the worst is not over yet.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eActually, the current trends are already much worse than depression, though because of some banking toxic tricks and frauds, risks are being constantly shifted down the social ladder deteriorating the consumers purchasing power forever. There's nothing that can rescue the system as the crisis was built into the system itself.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead \u003c/span\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://www.realitysandwich.com/money_and_crisis_civilization\"\u003e*Money and the Crisis of Civilization\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAlthough this has not been aired on any major TV broadcast, when the world Leaders got together to discuss our fate last, they admitted to being incapable of doing anything.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThat we are all screwed. Global wealth destruction amounts to $27 trillion, and that is far from over.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAmong many other terrifying recent events, discount window borrowing (from the Fed. Reserve) averaged a record $437.5 billion per day, and that is not included in the cumulative\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003etrillion package.\u003c/span\u003e Read \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.gata.org/node/6787\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*trillion package!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyRRu9M4GI/AAAAAAAAD24/NvChrXUKfHc/s1600-h/usury.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 381px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyRRu9M4GI/AAAAAAAAD24/NvChrXUKfHc/s400/usury.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295266995729391714\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn a debt-based economy, competition translates into a great crash enhancer. Take this housing bubble, its engineers, which couldn't do anything to stop the infectious exuberance, figuring that market saturation would eventually have the last word.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis didn't prevent them from firmly believing that prices had some room to run up, and everybody competed to get the very last piece of the pie.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWhat is truly outrageous is that we boarded onto the Titanic because Credit Rating Agencies sold us triple AAA rated JUNK BONDS.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(Complex securities concocted by math geniuses and PhD types. The only problem is that they didn't have any data to rely on, and they did not go away because the profit stakes were too huge - the more triple AAA debt rated products on the market the more business they would get.)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe \u003c/span\u003eFederal Reserve \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eUsury System\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ZWKlz2Z4Nlo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ZWKlz2Z4Nlo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyTLbuul4I/AAAAAAAAD3I/24AH9yfknAQ/s1600-h/creative-capital-cr.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyTLbuul4I/AAAAAAAAD3I/24AH9yfknAQ/s400/creative-capital-cr.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295269086512453506\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe global leverage is about $400 TRILLION or so, and the world Gross Domestic Product is less than $70 TRILLION. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis big picture helps uncover the hidden goal of fractional banking and its ensuing elementary conclusion: that Fiat money, which is backed by confidence only, is designed to eliminate competition, one step at the time.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNow the new scheme is the global currency, which is going to consolidate the field of banking even further during/after the Great Deleveraging. By the way, deleverage is again one of those convoluted terms invented to mask reality. Deleverage means (partial or complete) destruction of the debt-vortex unfolding with a domino effect.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eIntended \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eMassive Bank\u003c/span\u003e Failures\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThese days, capitalism bashing runs high on the agenda of\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003emany pundits, and for which they blame in the name of evil - deregulation.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyVAXTy-TI/AAAAAAAAD3Y/fERoaX-rWDI/s1600-h/Bank+Run+New+York+April+1933.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 272px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyVAXTy-TI/AAAAAAAAD3Y/fERoaX-rWDI/s400/Bank+Run+New+York+April+1933.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295271095370447154\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThey deliberately neglected to consider - and report - that lobbies have militated restlessly to bypass them one way or another.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThis real estate bubble, now bringing the financial system on its knees, was made possible with the intended failure of regulation. It was regulated to be this way.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eYes, this was an original intent and it becomes crystal clear \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ein\u003cbr /\u003ethis Financial Crisis, that \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ethe elites have the habit to design laws for themselves; that is why the people get fooled every time they put faith into a ruling body. Every civilization's collapse precisely occurs because of that; yet people would rather think that what goes up must go down theory is beyond their control.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyYQ1_6NyI/AAAAAAAAD3o/E94GHWmBUgg/s1600-h/image007.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 327px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyYQ1_6NyI/AAAAAAAAD3o/E94GHWmBUgg/s400/image007.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295274677021325090\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe delusion consists in persisting that hope is key for a real change. Indeed, did we really have to wait thousands of years to find ourselves confronted to with the current events, and finally admit why hope did absolutely nothing; that We The People neglected throughout the milennia to teach a generation to the next why debts and consumerism' aren't bedfellows.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eObviously politicians never made it a specific educational platform for high school students.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eInstead they institutionalize blind speculation and spending when times are good and then implement the bailout of their bankrupt thinking.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIt thus becomes greatly ironic to listen to Sir Evelyn de Rothschild calling for action since the latter doesn't provide any solutions but altruistic half-truths and rants. For how long will this cynicism continue . \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSir Evelyn de Rothschild talks about the GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/v4kZd4Roies\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/v4kZd4Roies\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eImportant\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e Online\u003c/span\u003e Books\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyb15grIBI/AAAAAAAAD4I/cu0M3udLLB8/s1600-h/b5f4224128a0ea161e093010._AA240_.L.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 240px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyb15grIBI/AAAAAAAAD4I/cu0M3udLLB8/s400/b5f4224128a0ea161e093010._AA240_.L.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295278612154097682\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eCharles Mackay described in his 1841 book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, that what is happening today is nothing new.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead it online\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e ...\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://robotics.caltech.edu/%7Emason/Delusions/index.html\"\u003e*\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eExtraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRead  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ethe views of\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/rogoff/Views\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*Harvard's Kenneth Rogoff  \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003ewho has identified 148 crises since 1870 in which a country experienced a cumulative decline in gross domestic product (G.D.P.) of at least 10 percent.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SX0A5hva3iI/AAAAAAAAD5A/kFrC6KUITSY/s1600-h/094e81b0c8a0eef861359110.L.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 264px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SX0A5hva3iI/AAAAAAAAD5A/kFrC6KUITSY/s400/094e81b0c8a0eef861359110.L.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295389725167377954\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead Online\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e...\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://socserv2.socsci.mcmaster.ca/%7Eecon/ugcm/3ll3/keynes/peace.htm\"\u003e*The Economic Consequences of the Peace by John Maynard Keynes 1919\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe Wall Streeters viewed themselves smarter that we are in this giga-mess. They banked on gullibility and it worked out as usual. Exactly, as usual. Charles Mackay described in his 1841 book, Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds, that what is happening today is nothing new.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThere have been 148 crises over a 140 year period and people don't still get it? How couldn't this be an incentive to warn populations when bubbles are forming? Should we really believe Greenspan when he says the Fed can only identify a bubble when it has popped and only then intervene to clean up the mess?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe crowds are just too mesmerized by the 'Golden Boys' way of life to see the trap they keep falling into every now and then - confusing debts with assets and otherwise.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyf6YzfJZI/AAAAAAAAD4g/ZlehdC7vniQ/s1600-h/B00005N7P3.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V58539759_.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyf6YzfJZI/AAAAAAAAD4g/ZlehdC7vniQ/s400/B00005N7P3.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_V58539759_.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295283087320491410\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNow that it all becomes clearer, who will give charity WHEN 60% of the population becomes poor overnight and another 30% can barely survive? Meanwhile Businessweek praises the 50 Top American Givers without even asking where did charity lead us since the U.S Government  found out that child hunger rose 50%.  We are now staring into the abyss?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\"The most hated sort of wealth getting and with the greatest reason, is usury, which makes a gain out of money itself and not from the natural object of it. For money was intended to be used in exchange but not to increase at interest. And this term interest, which means the birth of money from money is applied to the breeding of money because the offspring resembles the parent. Wherefore of all modes of getting wealth, this is the most unnatural.\" - Aristotle (1258b Politics)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eChinese \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ePrepare For\u003c/span\u003e Unrest\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXytI28DXkI/AAAAAAAAD4o/tg_lYrONumI/s1600-h/China_economy_military.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 253px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXytI28DXkI/AAAAAAAAD4o/tg_lYrONumI/s400/China_economy_military.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295297629578812994\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eFrom one extreme to the other: in the sweatshop parallel universe.\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eRead\u003c/span\u003e ....\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7766921.stm\"\u003e*\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\" href\u003d\"http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7766921.stm\"\u003eChinese ready themselves for mass social unrest.\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn a blunt statement, the chairman of China's largest sovereign wealth said that China won't rescue Western banks. There too, the government has decided to embark on a spending highway with £373 billion bail-out package, and this may also imply the eventual dumping of the nefarious US dollar already affecting the rich city of Dubai where speculators are throwing in the towel as a lending drought bursts the 'Desert Bubble'.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe most comedic element in this grand scale drama is the story of Donald Trump who sues the banks for $3 BILLION for having failed to foresee the housing collapse that is now damaging his reputation in order to avoid the $40 Million he owes in banking interests.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyyiuQvsAI/AAAAAAAAD4w/X1bP1zY56No/s1600-h/circle7.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 353px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyyiuQvsAI/AAAAAAAAD4w/X1bP1zY56No/s400/circle7.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295303571484422146\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eIn the Vanity Fair December issue, a columnist wrote an extremely well articulated piece, which also reveals the latest estimate of jobs New York is going to lose, both on and off Wall Street, amounting to 160,000 to start with. Michael Shnayerson's intro reads like a hook scene:\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e... Even many of the wealthiest players are retrenching. Others, like the Lehman Brothers bankers who borrowed against their millions in stock, have lost everything. Hedge fund managers try to sell their luxury homes, while trophy wives are hocking their jewelry. Pain is being felt on St. Barth’s and at Sotheby’s, on benefit gala committees and at the East Hampton Airport, as the world of the Big Rich collapses, its culture in shock and its values in question.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eLast week Bernanke said that he was not against the possibility to drive interest rates down to near zero if necessary but urged decisive action to protect the economy... the meaning of this can be found in the reason why \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBernanke \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003econtemplates radical plans to inject cash directly into the economy - the nuclear option - to be used only when interest rates approach zero; an action seconded by President of the European Central Bank Jean-Claude Trichet, hinting in the press conference to announce the ECB's 75 basis point rate cut that it may also consider \"nuclear options\".\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe term \"nuclear\" ought to be taken literally in this particular case. If a well known market guru such as Marc Farber didn't let himself be duped, it should scare the hell out of you.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn a recent CNBC interview, an outraged Farber calmly explained what the stakes were, as concluding that world central bankers were merely imploding the world economy...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eMarc Faber - 2009 To Be Catastrophic\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eFor Global Economy Videos Part1 \u0026amp; Part2\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"325\" height\u003d\"244\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/w_UprqluSj0\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/w_UprqluSj0\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"325\" height\u003d\"244\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"325\" height\u003d\"244\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/B8p-8DMEChg\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/B8p-8DMEChg\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"325\" height\u003d\"244\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eBeyond \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Age\u003c/span\u003e Of Usury\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBecause the very premise of usury creates endless inflation, which in turn reduces the purchasing power, extreme materialism dismantles the fabric of societies: everybody prioritizes the need for cash to the detriment of communities, neglecting friends and family. This causes the goods and services to multiply endlessly since people are too busy to chase money - but what for in the end?\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ePredictions \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eCome True\u003c/span\u003e (2002-2009)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"325\" height\u003d\"244\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VCv32qaINIQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"325\" height\u003d\"244\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/VCv32qaINIQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"325\" height\u003d\"244\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003eAs for the corporations, they do not see any incentives in creating long-term perspectives: when loans are so easily available and knowing that more voracious competitors will borrow to take over whatever natural resources there is no time to lose!\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003ePolluting nature, cartelizing the means of production, human exploitation, bribery, collusion to maximize earnings are not diseases but symptoms. This all highlights the gap between people's creativity and their needs.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyzJ4OUHvI/AAAAAAAAD44/bWGikeyQpc4/s1600-h/payday_lenders.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 297px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXyzJ4OUHvI/AAAAAAAAD44/bWGikeyQpc4/s400/payday_lenders.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5295304244173479666\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003eWe are truly heading toward a terrifying and inevitable crisis of civilization and this is our very last warning before being plunged into an era where money and food will be scarce for many years to come.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWars may well be the only weapons of unethical governments if civil unrest on a large scale threatens their very existence; they will resort to armed conflicts which will have been financed by their taxpayers.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eYes, you got it: usury also allows killings and destruction to be a lot more devastating. Contrary to the popular belief, money is not the root of all evil but usury is.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eTo be continued!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-3185983314188302903?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/3185983314188302903/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d9622105\u0026postID\u003d3185983314188302903\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/3185983314188302903"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/3185983314188302903"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2009/01/beyong-age-of-usury-great-deleveraging.html","title":"Beyond The Age Of Usury - The Great Deleveraging Scam"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"EuroYank"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692"},"email":{"$t":"yank.euro@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07873665053264900754"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SX1j0HTMiAI/AAAAAAAAD5Y/Mu9Vkapp1zk/s72-c/rockwell+obama.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9622105.post-7363676933274279265"},"published":{"$t":"2009-01-05T06:26:00.081-12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-02-06T08:51:53.114-12:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The American Pipe Dream \u0026 Why Obama Will Fail"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXk1321y-I/AAAAAAAAD08/HkjJ2_Gy2mw/s1600-h/ebony-august-2008-barack-obama.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXk1321y-I/AAAAAAAAD08/HkjJ2_Gy2mw/s400/ebony-august-2008-barack-obama.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293388551222053858\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/oVi4rUzf-0Q\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/oVi4rUzf-0Q\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eObama \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe American\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ePrayer\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSong\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/sMdF1CiQAkA\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003c/param\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/sMdF1CiQAkA\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003ePrediction\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e -\u003c/span\u003e Failed Economy \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eUnder  Obama\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe current crisis is not just a passing storm, but the prelude to a dramatic sea change in economic conditions. That is the new normal.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWith the bursting of history’s biggest credit bubble — one that spans the far reaches of the globe — has come a deflationary tsunami that is moving much faster than authorities attempts to fight back through reflationary sandbagging.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXlNmIr66I/AAAAAAAAD1E/AxBDciILgPQ/s1600-h/fdr_obama.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 164px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXlNmIr66I/AAAAAAAAD1E/AxBDciILgPQ/s400/fdr_obama.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293388958781926306\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eMoreover, because the surge is hitting so many countries at once, even if the U.S. government (and others) are throwing around cheap credit and taxpayer bailouts like its Halloween candy, it’s still no match for aggregate level of wealth destruction taking place in a globalized world.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eSee\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/01/business/economy/01deflation.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eFear of Deflation Lurks as Global Demand Drops\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAs dozens of countries slip deeper into financial distress, a new threat may be gathering force within the American economy — the prospect that goods will pile up waiting for buyers and prices will fall, suffocating fresh investment and worsening joblessness for months or even years. The word for this is deflation, or declining prices, a term that gives economists chills.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eWorld Wide\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDeflation\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXmlPSlvQI/AAAAAAAAD1M/cf4H5U_ZN3U/s1600-h/fdr_button_1932.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 220px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXmlPSlvQI/AAAAAAAAD1M/cf4H5U_ZN3U/s400/fdr_button_1932.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293390464477936898\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDeflation accompanied the Depression of the 1930s. Persistently falling prices also were at the heart of Japan’s so-called lost decade after the catastrophic collapse of its real estate bubble at the end of the 1980s — a period in which some experts now find parallels to the American predicament.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWith economies around the globe weakening, demand for oil, copper, grains and other commodities has diminished, bringing down prices of these raw materials. But prices have yet to decline noticeably for most goods and services, with one conspicuous exception — houses. Still, reduced demand is beginning to soften prices for a few products, like furniture and bedding, which are down slightly since the beginning of 2007, according to government data. Prices are also falling for some appliances, tools and hardware.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eOnly a few months ago, American policy makers were worried about the reverse problem — rising prices, or inflation — as then-soaring costs for oil and food filtered through the economy. In July, average prices were 5.6 percent higher than a year earlier — the fastest pace of inflation since 1991. But by the end of September, annual inflation had dipped to 4.9 percent and was widely expected to go lower.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXm6lzb3pI/AAAAAAAAD1U/LngPwP2shOc/s1600-h/Usa-wpa-graphic.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 250px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXm6lzb3pI/AAAAAAAAD1U/LngPwP2shOc/s400/Usa-wpa-graphic.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293390831298535058\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe new worry is that in the worst case, the end of inflation may be the beginning of something malevolent: a long, slow retrenchment in which consumers and businesses worldwide lose the wherewithal to buy, sending prices down for many goods. Though still considered unlikely, that would prompt businesses to slow production and accelerate layoffs, taking more paychecks out of the economy and further weakening demand.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe danger of this is the difficulty of a cure. Policy makers can generally choke off inflation by raising interest rates, dampening economic activity and reducing demand for goods. But as Japan discovered, an economy may remain ensnared by deflation for many years, even when interest rates are dropped to zero: falling prices make companies reluctant to invest even when credit is free.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThrough much of the 1990s, prices for property and many goods kept falling in Japan. As layoffs increased and purchasing power declined, prices fell lower still, in a downward spiral of diminishing fortunes. Some fear the American economy could be sinking toward a similar fate, if a recession is deep and prolonged, as consumers lose spending power just as much of Europe, Asia and Latin America succumb to a slowdown.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXnIPsXyXI/AAAAAAAAD1c/CvQ5B0P0Mo4/s1600-h/obama-revolution.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXnIPsXyXI/AAAAAAAAD1c/CvQ5B0P0Mo4/s400/obama-revolution.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293391065881495922\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eAmerican policy makers have tools to avert the sort of deflationary black hole that captured Japan. Deflation fears last broke out in the United States in 2003, but the Federal Reserve defeated the menace with low interest rates that kept the economy growing. This time, the Fed is again being aggressive, dropping its target rate to 1 percent this week. And the government’s various bailout plans have also pumped money into the economy.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIf you print enough money, you create inflation.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBut even as American authorities unleash credit, the threat has intensified. Not since the Depression have so many countries faced so much trouble at once. The financial crisis has gone global, like a virus mutating in the face of every experimental cure. From South Korea to Iceland to Brazil, the pandemic has spread, bringing with it a tightening of credit that has starved even healthy companies of finance.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWe’re entering a really fierce global recession.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eA significant financial crisis has been allowed to morph into a full-fledged global panic. It’s a very dangerous situation. The danger is that instead of having a few bad years, we’ll have another lost decade.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eGlobal economic growth has flourished in recent years, much of it fertilized with borrowed investment. This raised kingdoms of houses in Florida and California, steel mills in Ukraine, slaughterhouses in Brazil and shopping malls in Turkey.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXn43R_uFI/AAAAAAAAD1s/Um_dRVnTDf0/s1600-h/wall-street-sign-1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXn43R_uFI/AAAAAAAAD1s/Um_dRVnTDf0/s400/wall-street-sign-1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293391901142005842\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThat tide is now moving in reverse. Banks and other financial institutions are reckoning with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of disastrous investments. As they struggle to rebuild their capital, they are halting loans to many customers, demanding swift repayment from others and dumping assets — homes sold out of foreclosure, investments linked to mortgages and corporate loans. Selling is pushing prices down further, making the assets left on balance sheets worth less, in some cases prompting another round of sales.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eYou get this adverse feedback loop where assets keep falling in value. You’re essentially putting big downward pressure on the global economy.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIn past crises, like those that devastated Mexico in 1994 and much of Asia in 1997 and 1998, weak economies managed to recover by exporting aggressively, not least to the United States.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBut American consumers are battered this time. After years of borrowing against homes and tapping credit cards, consumers are pulling back.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eGlobal\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eAppetite\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e Shrinks\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXX4A3ZNmqI/AAAAAAAAD2U/BPSWk6l4IOQ/s1600-h/exposure_580x468.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 323px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXX4A3ZNmqI/AAAAAAAAD2U/BPSWk6l4IOQ/s400/exposure_580x468.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293409630797273762\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFrom Asia to Latin America, exports are slowing and should continue to do so as the global appetite shrinks. This is spawning fears that major producers like China and India — which vastly expanded production capacity in recent years — will have to dump products on world markets to keep factories running and stave off unemployment, pressing prices lower.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eEarlier this year, some analysts suggested that American businesses might continue to prosper, even as consumers pulled back at home, by selling into foreign markets. Caterpillar, the construction equipment manufacturer, might suffer declining sales in the United States, the argument went, but huge projects from Russia to Dubai required front-end loaders. Australia and Brazil needed earth-movers to expand mining operations as they sent iron ore toward smelters in Northeast Asia.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXxsEhmPXI/AAAAAAAAD2M/Abb5yD_-rbk/s1600-h/china+two.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXxsEhmPXI/AAAAAAAAD2M/Abb5yD_-rbk/s400/china+two.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293402676475084146\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eChina has long been at the center of claims that the world could keep growing regardless of American troubles. China has been importing cotton from India and the United States; electronics components from South Korea, Malaysia and Taiwan; timber from Russia and Africa; and oil from the Middle East.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBut many of the finished goods China produces with these materials have ultimately landed in the United States, Europe and Japan. When consumers pull back in those countries, Chinese factories feel the impact, along with their suppliers around the globe.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFewer laptop computers shipped from China spells less demand for chips. Last week, Toshiba — Japan’s largest chip maker — said it lost $275 million from July to September, blaming its troubles on a world glut.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eLower demand for flat-screen televisions means less need for flat-panel glass displays. This month, Samsung, the Korean electronics giant, said a global oversupply in that item caused its biggest dip in quarterly profits in three years.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eNow, a glut of products may be building in the United States. Orders for trucks used by business have plummeted. Investments in industrial equipment are declining. Yet inventories have grown.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMother\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eof All\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBudget\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eDeficits\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXoHXYCjbI/AAAAAAAAD10/NkmjGQMni48/s1600-h/obama_clinton_radicals2_080222_ms.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXoHXYCjbI/AAAAAAAAD10/NkmjGQMni48/s400/obama_clinton_radicals2_080222_ms.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293392150275460530\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eObama is betting heavily that massive government spending will create millions of new jobs. Still, it must be asked: Why does Obama prefer a fiscal policy geared toward increased spending rather than the tax cuts he promised ad nauseam during his campaign?\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe answer is painfully simple – and illustrates the Bush-crafted box Obama finds himself in. Beleaguered consumers would probably not spend any new tax cuts but rather pay off debts – or stuff them under the figurative mattress.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThat’s why Obama is taking a cue from Franklin Roosevelt and planning to invest massively in public-works projects, such as repairing the nation’s crumbling roads and bridges, expanding broadband access, and creating “green” jobs.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eYet even this ambitious plan – a product of the Keynesian belief in government efforts to induce spending and investment – may not achieve its intended result.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFirst, and foremost, there is the matter of how Obama’s mother of all budget deficits will be financed; there’s talk now of a Trillion dollars or more in new spending over the next two years. There are only two politically feasible ways: sell bonds or print money (raising taxes is off the table.)\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe government cannot spend the economy into prosperity because all government spending is a burden on the economy.  The only thing the government can do is empower individuals to become prosperous on their own.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXoh8MJpCI/AAAAAAAAD18/-f0cUgN22VQ/s1600-h/new_deal_wpa.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 319px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SXXoh8MJpCI/AAAAAAAAD18/-f0cUgN22VQ/s400/new_deal_wpa.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5293392606834304034\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eObama often points to the public works projects started by FDR and Eisenhower as examples of how his policy could work.  In those instances government spending was still a burden on the economy, but it was a burden that resulted in a net gain for the country as a whole.  Essentially, new infrastructure that increased mobility and the availability of goods and services.  Better roads.  More power plants.  These things are what stimulated the economy under FDR and Eisenhower (Eisenhower more so than FDR), not the spending itself.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\"... The old metro design was based on a hub-and-spoke system — a series of highways that converged on an urban core. But in an age of multiple downtown nodes and complicated travel routes, it’s better to have a complex web of roads and rail systems.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eIt’s also before the spending drought that is bound to follow the spending binge. Because we’re going to be spending $1 trillion now on existing structures and fading industries, there will be less or nothing in 2010 or 2011 for innovative transport systems, innovative social programs or anything else.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBefore the recession hit, we were enjoying a period of urban and suburban innovation. We could have been on the verge of a transportation revolution. It looks as if the Obama infrastructure plan may freeze that change, not fuel it. \"\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead more ...\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/09/opinion/09brooks.html?_r\u003d1\u0026amp;emc\u003deta1\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThis Old House \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUltimately, whether we like it or not, we’re just going to have to bite the bullet, and admit that the only thing we can do is let the economy take its\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003ecourse. \u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBusinesses are going to fail.  People are going to be out of work.  But if during that time government lightens its tax and regulatory burden on the country, the rocky economic times will be a lot more short-lived than they could be.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eBut there is no way to avoid those rocks altogether, however much politicians may wish they could sell Americans on that pipe dream.\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4sZKlKEU2do\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/4sZKlKEU2do\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/7n2Z2OpgFts\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/7n2Z2OpgFts\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e- 01/03/09: President-elect Obama's Weekly Address - Join the Discussion: Economy -\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/ContrarianChronicles/the-next-crisis-the-economy.aspx\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe next crisis: The Economy\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://services.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/271557392\" bgcolor\u003d\"#FFFFFF\" flashvars\u003d\"videoId\u003d1701226987\u0026amp;playerId\u003d271557392\u0026amp;viewerSecureGatewayURL\u003dhttps://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway\u0026amp;servicesURL\u003dhttp://services.b rightcove.com/services\u0026amp;cdnURL\u003dhttp://admin.brightcove.com\u0026amp;domain\u003dembed\u0026amp;autoStart\u003dfalse\u0026amp;\" base\u003d\"http://admin.brightcove.com\" name\u003d\"flashObj\" seamlesstabbing\u003d\"false\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" swliveconnect\u003d\"true\" pluginspage\u003d\"http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version\u003dShockwaveFlash\" width\u003d\"486\" height\u003d\"412\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\r\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 355px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5Ya29FVaI/AAAAAAAADnE/PMU3s-eQOkE/s400/horns_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282256631403730338\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eWho \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eControls\u003c/span\u003e the \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eMoney?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eFederal Reserve\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eis neither\u003c/span\u003e Federal \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003enor a\u003c/span\u003e Reserve.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eOwned by a corrupt group of \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eInternational Bankers.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eIt is a \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eprivately \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eowned\u003c/span\u003e monopoly.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eZIONIST JEWS CONTROL THE MONEY in America. They own \u0026amp; run the Federal Reserve Bank that the US government continually borrows from and is in debt to.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e“When a government is dependent for money upon the bankers, they and not the government leaders control the nation. This is because the hand that gives is above the hand that takes. Financiers are without patriotism and without decency.” - Napoleon\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU6hu9YY8UI/AAAAAAAADnk/Wiq8aYzxA-w/s1600-h/hooks_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 355px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU6hu9YY8UI/AAAAAAAADnk/Wiq8aYzxA-w/s400/hooks_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282337241075085634\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe Federal Reserve Bank is a consortium of 9 Jew-owned \u0026amp; associated banks with the Rothschilds at the head:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$1. Rothschild Banks of London and Berlin\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$2. Lazard Brothers Banks of Paris\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$3. Israel Moses Seif Banks of Italy\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$4. Warburg Bank of Hamburg and Amsterdam\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$5. Lehman Brothers of NY\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$6. Kuhn, Loeb Bank of NY (Now Shearson American Express)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$7. Goldman, Sachs of NY\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$8. National Bank of Commerce NY/Morgan Guaranty Trust (J. P. Morgan Bank - Equitable Life - Levi P. Morton are principal shareholders)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e$9. Hanover Trust of NY (William and David Rockefeller \u0026amp; Chase National Bank NY are principal shareholders).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eSee\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.save-a-patriot.org/files/view/whofed.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eChart of who \"owns\" the Federal Reserve\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YiL8gi5I/AAAAAAAADnM/0dtyhBvg5Y8/s1600-h/usa_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 379px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YiL8gi5I/AAAAAAAADnM/0dtyhBvg5Y8/s400/usa_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282256757297548178\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe Truth \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eBehind the Financial Crisis \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eVideos\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ZnJlMssUoW4\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ZnJlMssUoW4\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bLCHWhmyn8w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bLCHWhmyn8w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GFxZDTAXEhg\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GFxZDTAXEhg\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e- America It's Time To Panic (8.18 min) - Who owns the Federal Reserve? (1.24 min) - The Federal Reserve (2.56 min) - \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ol3mEe8TH7w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ol3mEe8TH7w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/7tr5BbH6X8s\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/7tr5BbH6X8s\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GubKeiQ6b8A\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/GubKeiQ6b8A\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:85%;\" \u003e- Federal Reserve Caused Economic Crisis (9.19 min) - Federal Reserve Notes VS. United States Notes (8.20 min) - Understanding the Financial Crisis (7.53 min) -\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:85%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eDespite the apparent swift U.S. military success in Iraq, the U.S. dollar has yet to benefit as safe haven currency. This is an unexpected development, as many currency traders had expected the dollar to strengthen on the news of a U.S. win. Capital is flowing out of the dollar, largely into the Euro.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eMany are beginning to ask whether the objective situation of the U.S. economy is far worse than the stock market would suggest. The future of the dollar is far from a minor issue of interest only to banks or currency traders. It stands at the heart of Pax Americana, or as it is called, The American Century, the system of arrangements on which America's role in the world rests.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTXVpVNKFI/AAAAAAAADhQ/C4RB8QmAJ7k/s1600-h/260907fedresdeesct9.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 319px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTXVpVNKFI/AAAAAAAADhQ/C4RB8QmAJ7k/s400/260907fedresdeesct9.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275077830429714514\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eYet, even as the dollar is steadily dropping against the Euro after the end of fighting in Iraq, Washington appears to be deliberately worsening the dollar fall in public comments. What is taking place is a power game of the highest geopolitical significance, the most fateful perhaps, since the emergence of the United States in 1945 as the world's leading economic power.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe coalition of interests which converged on war against Iraq as a strategic necessity for the United States, included not only the vocal and highly visible neo-conservative hawks around Defense Secretary Rumsfeld and his deputy, Paul Wolfowitz.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIt also included powerful permanent interests, on whose global role American economic influence depends, such as the influential energy sector around Halliburton, Exxon Mobil, Chevron Texaco and other giant multinationals. It also included the huge American defense industry interests around Boeing, Lockheed-Martin, Raytheon, Northrup-Grumman and others.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe issue for these giant defense and energy conglomerates is not a few fat contracts from the Pentagon to rebuild Iraqi oil facilities and line the pockets of Dick Cheney or others. It is a game for the very continuance of American power in the coming decades of the new century. That is not to say that profits are made in the process, but it is purely a byproduct of the global strategic issue.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YshkEKMI/AAAAAAAADnc/q67lSwGGfao/s1600-h/whirl_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 326px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YshkEKMI/AAAAAAAADnc/q67lSwGGfao/s400/whirl_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282256934899296450\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIn this power game, least understood is the role of preserving the dollar as the world reserve currency, as a major driving factor contributing to Washington's power power play over Iraq.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eAmerican domination in the world ultimately rests on two pillars; its overwhelming military superiority, especially on the seas; and its control of world economic flows through the role of the dollar as the world's reserve currency. More and more it is clear that the Iraq war was more about preserving the second pillar - the dollar role more than the first - the military. In the dollar role, oil is a strategic factor.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YWEdmEEI/AAAAAAAADm8/0kIjqUfJ-9Q/s1600-h/gator_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 366px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YWEdmEEI/AAAAAAAADm8/0kIjqUfJ-9Q/s400/gator_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282256549130408002\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eAmerican\u003c/span\u003e Century: The Three Phases\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIf we look back over the period since the end of World War II, we can identify several distinct phases of evolution of the American role in the world. The first phase, which began in the immediate postwar period 1945-1948 and the onset of Cold War, could be called the Bretton Woods Gold Exchange system.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eUnder the Bretton Woods system in the immediate aftermath of the World War, the order was relatively tranquil. The United States had emerged from the War clearly as the one sole superpower, with a strong industrial base and the largest gold reserves of any nation. The initial task was to rebuild Western Europe and to create a NATO Atlantic alliance against the Soviet Union. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe role of the dollar was directly tied to that of gold. So long as America enjoyed the largest gold reserves, and the U.S. economy was far the most productive and efficient producer, the entire Bretton Woods currency structure from French Franc to British Pound Sterling and German Mark was stable.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eDollar credits were extended along with Marshall Plan assistance and credits to finance the rebuilding of war-torn Europe. American companies, among them oil multinationals, gained nicely from dominating the trade at the onset of the 1950's.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eWashington even encouraged creation of the Treaty of Rome in 1958 in order to boost European economic stability and create larger U.S. export markets in the bargain. For the most part, this initial phase of what Time magazine publisher Henry Luce called The American Century, in terms of economic gains, was relatively profitable for both the U.S. and Europe. The United States still had the economic flexibility to move.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThis was the era of American liberal foreign policy. The United States was the hegemonic power in the Western community of nations. As it commanded overwhelming gold and economic resources compared with Western Europe or Japan and South Korea, the United States could well afford to be open in its trade relations to European and Japanese exports.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe trade off was European and Japanese support for the role of the United Sates during the Cold War. American leadership was based during the 1950's and early 1960's less on direct coercion and more on arriving at consensus, whether in GATT trade rounds or other issues. Organizations of elites, such as the Bilderberg meetings, were organized to share the evolving consensus between Europe and the United States.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThis first, more benign phase of the American Century came to an end by the early 1970's.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YnB8RQzI/AAAAAAAADnU/-7lkLV1XSr4/s1600-h/webd_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 392px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YnB8RQzI/AAAAAAAADnU/-7lkLV1XSr4/s400/webd_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282256840511537970\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe Bretton Woods Gold Exchange began to break down, as Europe got on its feet economically and began to become a strong exporter by the mid-1960's. This growing economic strength in Western Europe coincided with soaring U.S. public deficits as Johnson escalated the tragic war in Vietnam.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eAll during the 1960's, France's De Gaulle began to take its dollar export earnings and demand gold from the U.S. Federal Reserve, legal under Bretton Woods at that time. By November 1967 the drain of gold from U.S. and Bank of England vaults had become critical. The weak link in the Bretton Woods Gold Exchange arrangement was Britain, the sick man of Europeí.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe link broke as Sterling was devalued in 1967. That merely accelerated the pressure on the U.S. dollar, as French and other central banks increased their call for U.S. gold in exchange for their dollar reserves. They calculated with the soaring war deficits from Vietnam, it was only a matter of months before the United States itself would be forced to devalue against gold, so better to get their gold out at a high price.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eBy May 1971 the drain of U.S. Federal Reserve gold had become alarming, and even the Bank of England joined the French in demanding U.S. gold for their dollars. That was the point where rather than risk a collapse of the gold reserves of the United States, the Nixon Administration opted to abandon gold entirely, going to a system of floating currencies in August 1971.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe break with gold opened the door to an entirely new phase of the American Century. In this new phase, control over monetary policy was, in effect, privatized, with large international banks such as Citibank, Chase Manhattan or Barclays Bank assuming the role that central banks had in a gold system, but entirely without gold. Market forces now could determine the dollar. And they did with a vengeance.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe free floating of the dollar, combined with the 1973 rise in OPEC oil prices by 400% after the Yom Kippur War, created the basis for a second phase of the American Century, the Petrodollar phase.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTZMOL64nI/AAAAAAAADhw/1g16Q3gvyXE/s1600-h/fedr1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 240px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTZMOL64nI/AAAAAAAADhw/1g16Q3gvyXE/s400/fedr1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275079867547443826\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eRecycling\u003c/span\u003e petrodollars\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eBeginning the mid-1970's the American Century system of global economic dominance underwent a dramatic change. An Anglo-American oil shock suddenly created enormous demand for the floating dollar.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eOil importing countries from Germany to Argentina to Japan, all were faced with how to export in dollars to pay their expensive new oil import bills. OPEC oil countries were flooded with new oil dollars. A major share of these oil dollars came to London and New York banks where a new process was instituted.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eHenry Kissinger termed it, recycling petrodollars. The recycling strategy was discussed already in May 1971 at the Bilderberger meeting in Saltsjoebaden, Sweden. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eOPEC suddenly was choking on dollars it could not use. U.S. and UK banks took the OPEC dollars and relent them as Eurodollar bonds or loans, to countries of the Third World desperate to borrow dollars to finance oil imports. The buildup of these petrodollar debts by the late 1970's, laid the basis for the Third World debt crisis in the 1980's. Hundreds of billions of dollars were recycled between OPEC, the London and New York banks and back to Third World borrowing countries.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eBy August 1982 the chain finally broke and Mexico announced it would likely default on repaying Eurodollar loans. The Third World debt crisis began when Paul Volcker and the U.S. Federal Reserve had unilaterally hiked U.S. interest rates in late 1979 to try to save the failing dollar.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YRNcwaaI/AAAAAAAADm0/UsuXjuXGlNc/s1600-h/emin_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 369px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YRNcwaaI/AAAAAAAADm0/UsuXjuXGlNc/s400/emin_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282256465643465122\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eAfter three years of record high U.S. interest rates, the dollar was saved, but the entire developing sector was choking economically under usurious U.S. interest rates on their petrodollar loans. To enforce debt repayment to the London and New York banks, the banks brought the IMF in to act as debt policeman. Public spending for health, education, welfare was slashed on IMF orders to ensure the banks got timely debt service on their petrodollars.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe Petrodollar hegemony phase was an attempt by the United States establishment to slow down its geopolitical decline as the hegemonic center of the postwar system.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe IMF Washington Consensus was developed to enforce draconian debt collection on Third World countries, to force them to repay dollar debts, prevent any economic independence from the nations of the South, and keep the U.S. banks and the dollar afloat.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe Trilateral Commission was created by David Rockefeller and others in 1973 in order to take account of the recent emergence of Japan as an industrial giant and try to bring Japan into the system. Japan, as a major industrial nation, was a major importer of oil. Japanese trade surpluses from export of cars and other goods was used to buy oil in dollars.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe remaining surplus was invested in U.S. Treasury bonds to earn interest. The G-7 was founded to keep Japan and Western Europe inside the U.S. dollar system. From time to time into the 1980's various voices in Japan would call for three currencies the dollar, German mark and yen to share the world reserve role. It never happened. The dollar remained dominant.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eFrom a narrow standpoint, the Petrodollar phase of hegemony seemed to work. Underneath, it was based on ever-worsening economic decline in living standards across the world, as IMF policies destroyed national economic growth and broke open markets for globalizing multinationals seeking cheap production outsourcing in the 1980's and especially into the 1990's.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eYet, even in the Petrodollar phase, American foreign economic policy and military policy was dominated by the voices of the traditional liberal consensus. American power depended on negotiating periodic new arrangements in trade or other issues with its allies in Europe, Japan and East Asia.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTZqmmL3SI/AAAAAAAADh4/JQOMi0QzmbA/s1600-h/no_fun____by_aleklisefski.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTZqmmL3SI/AAAAAAAADh4/JQOMi0QzmbA/s400/no_fun____by_aleklisefski.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275080389496134946\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003ePetro-euro\u003c/span\u003e rival?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe end of the Cold War and the emergence of a new Single Europe and the European Monetary Union in the early 1990's, began to present an entirely new challenge to the American Century. It took some years, more than a decade after the 1991 Gulf War, for this new challenge to emerge full-blown. The present Iraq war is only intelligible, as a major battle in the new, third phase of securing American dominance. This phase has already been called, democratic imperialism, a favorite term of Max Boot and other neo-conservatives. As Iraq events suggest, it is not likely to be very democratic, but definitely likely to be imperialist.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eUnlike the earlier periods after 1945, in the new era, the U.S. freedom to grant concessions to other members of the G-7 is gone. Now raw power is the only vehicle to maintain American long-term dominance. The best expression of this argument comes from the neo-conservative hawks around Paul Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, William Kristol and others.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe point to stress, however, is that the neo-conservatives enjoy such influence since September 11 because a majority in the U.S. power establishment finds their views useful to advance a new aggressive U.S. role in the world.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eRather than work out areas of agreement with European partners, Washington increasingly sees Euroland as the major strategic threat to American hegemony, especially Old Europe of Germany and France. Just as Britain in decline after 1870 resorted to increasingly desperate imperial wars in South Africa and elsewhere, so the United States is using its military might to try to advance what it no longer can by economic means. Here the dollar is the achilles heel.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eWith creation of the Euro over the past five years, an entirely new element has been added to the global system, one which defines what we can call a third phase of the American Century. This phase, in which the latest Iraq war plays a major role, threatens to bring a new, malignant or imperial phase to replace the earlier phases of American hegemony. The neo-conservatives are open about their imperial agenda, while more traditional U.S. policy voices try to deny it. The economic reality faced by the dollar at the start of the new Century, defines this new phase in an ominous way.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThere is a qualitative difference emerging between the two initial phases of the American Century - that of 1945-1973, and of 1973-1999, and the new emerging phase of continued domination in the wake of the 911 attacks and the Iraq War.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003ePost-1945 American power before now, was predominately dominant. The USA was the dominant power, with an unequal distribution of power, its power is not generated by coercion alone, but also by consent among its allied powers.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThis is because the USA is compelled to perform certain services to the allies such as military security or regulating world markets for the benefit of the larger group, itself included. An imperial power has no such obligations to allies, and not the freedom for such, only the raw dictates of how to hold on to its declining power; what some call imperial overstretching. This is the world which neo-conservative hawks around Rumsfeld and Cheney are suggesting America has to dominate, with a policy of pre-emptive war.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eA hidden war between the dollar and the new Euro currency for global hegemony is at the heart of this new phase.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eTo understand the importance of this unspoken battle for currency hegemony, we first must understand that since the emergence of the United States as the dominant global superpower after 1945, U.S. hegemony has rested on two un-challengeable pillars. First, the overwhelming U.S. military superiority over all other rivals.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe United States today spends on defense more than three times the total for the entire European Union, some $600 billion versus $118 billion last year, and more than the next 15 largest nations combined. Washington plans an added $2.1 trillion over the coming five years on defense. No nation or group of nations can come close in defense spending. China is at least 30 years away from becoming a serious military threat. No one is serious about taking on U.S. military might.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe second pillar of American dominance in the world is the dominant role of the U.S. dollar as reserve currency. Until the advent of the Euro in late 1999, there was no potential challenge to this dollar hegemony in world trade. The Petrodollar has been at the heart of the dollar hegemony since the 1970's. The dollar hegemony is strategic to the future of American global pre-dominance, in many respects as important if not more so, than the overwhelming military power.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTaLttgENI/AAAAAAAADiA/NfPBzqNl34w/s1600-h/NewWorldOrder.JPG\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 339px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTaLttgENI/AAAAAAAADiA/NfPBzqNl34w/s400/NewWorldOrder.JPG\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275080958341550290\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDollar\u003c/span\u003e fiat money\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe crucial shift took place when Nixon took the dollar off a fixed gold reserve to float against other currencies. This removed the restraints on printing new dollars. The limit was only how many dollars the rest of the world would take. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eBy their firm agreement with Saudi Arabia, as the largest OPEC oil producer,Washington guaranteed that the worlds largest commodity, oil, the essential for every nation's economy, the basis of all transport and much of the industrial economy, that oil could only be purchased in world markets in dollars. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe deal had been fixed in June 1974 by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, establishing the U.S.-Saudi Arabian Joint Commission on Economic Cooperation. The U.S. Treasury and the New York Federal Reserve would allow the Saudi central bank, SAMA, to buy U.S. Treasury bonds with Saudi petrodollars. In 1975 OPEC officially agreed to sell its oil only for dollars. A secret U.S. military agreement to arm Saudi Arabia was the quid pro quo.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eUntil November 2000, no OPEC country dared violate the dollar price rule. So long as the dollar was the strongest currency, there was little reason to as well. But November was when French and other Euroland members finally convinced Saddam Hussein to defy the United States by selling Iraq's oil-for-food not in dollars, the enemy currency as Iraq named it, but only in euros. The euros were on deposit in a special UN account of the leading French bank, BNP Paribas. Radio Liberty of the U.S. State Department ran a short wire on the news and the story was quickly hushed.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThis little-noted Iraq move to defy the dollar in favor of the euro, in itself, was insignificant. Yet, if it were to spread, especially at a point the dollar was already weakening, it could create a panic selloff of dollars by foreign central banks and OPEC oil producers.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIn the months before the latest Iraq war, hints in this direction were heard from Russia, Iran, Indonesia and even Venezuela. An Iranian OPEC official, Javad Yarjani, delivered a detailed analysis of how OPEC at some future point might sell its oil to the EU for euros not dollars. He spoke in April, 2002 in Oviedo Spain at the invitation of the EU. All indications are that the Iraq war was seized on as the easiest way to deliver a deadly pre-emptive warning to OPEC and others, not to flirt with abandoning the Petro-dollar system in favor of one based on the euro.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eInformed banking circles in the City of London and elsewhere in Europe privately confirm the significance of that little-noted Iraq move from petro-dollar to petro-euro. The Iraq move was a declaration of war against the dollar, one senior London banker told me recently. As soon as it was clear that Britain and the U.S. had taken Iraq, a great sigh of relief was heard in London City banks. They said privately, we don't have to worry about that damn euro threat.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eWhy would something so small be such a strategic threat to London and New York, or to the United States that an American President would apparently risk fifty years of alliance relations globally, and more to make a military attack whose justification could not even be proved to the world?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe answer is the unique role of the petro-dollar to underpin American economic hegemony.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YLXzN8jI/AAAAAAAADms/9xrDtU8YeKY/s1600-h/bank_dees.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SU5YLXzN8jI/AAAAAAAADms/9xrDtU8YeKY/s400/bank_dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5282256365342814770\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHow \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eDoes It \u003c/span\u003eWork?\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eSo long as almost 70% of world trade is done in dollars, the dollar is the currency which central banks accumulate as reserves. But central banks, whether China or Japan or Brazil or Russia, do not simply stack dollars in their vaults. Currencies have one advantage over gold. A central bank can use it to buy the state bonds of the issuer, the United States.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eMost countries around the world are forced to control trade deficits or face currency collapse. Not the United States. This is because of the dollar reserve currency role. And the underpinning of the reserve role is the petrodollar. Every nation needs to get dollars to import oil, some more than others. This means their trade targets dollar countries, above all the U.S.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eBecause oil is an essential commodity for every nation, the Petrodollar system, which exists to the present, demands the buildup of huge trade surpluses in order to accumulate dollar surpluses. This is the case for every country but one ó the United States which controls the dollar and prints it at will or fiat.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eBecause today the majority of all international trade is done in dollars, countries must go abroad to get the means of payment they cannot themselves issue. The entire global trade structure today works around this dynamic, from Russia to China, from Brazil to South Korea and Japan. Everyone aims to maximize dollar surpluses from their export trade.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eTo keep this process going, the United States has agreed to be importer of last resortí because its entire monetary hegemony depends on this dollar recycling.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe central banks of Japan, China, South Korea, Russia and the rest all buy U.S. Treasury securities with their dollars. That in turn allows the United States to have a stable dollar, far lower interest rates, and run a $500 billion annual balance of payments deficit with the rest of the world. The Federal Reserve controls the dollar printing presses, and the world needs its dollars. It is as simple as that.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eReference\u003c/span\u003e \u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID\u003d9622105\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eWilliam Bowles\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTae3tsQEI/AAAAAAAADiI/rgbHcJb2IQg/s1600-h/Fiat-Empire.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/STTae3tsQEI/AAAAAAAADiI/rgbHcJb2IQg/s400/Fiat-Empire.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275081287444217922\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2008/12/federal-reserve-power-game.html';\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; 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color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe free-market dogmas that have governed the United States over the last generation are increasingly under fire.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eIf private enterprise works so well, what happened to all the good\u003cbr /\u003ejobs?\u003c/span\u003e    \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe New American Predator State refutes just about\u003cbr /\u003eeverything many people thought was true about the virtues\u003cbr /\u003eof  private markets.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ihL8wz4LUp4\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/ihL8wz4LUp4\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/UAwGhCt-lAU\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/UAwGhCt-lAU\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"300\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/MKNl1c29uWc\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/MKNl1c29uWc\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"275\" height\u003d\"250\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eJames K. Galbraith on the American Corporate Republic (Part 1)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJames K. Galbraith on the American Corporate Republic (Part 2)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eJames K. Galbraith on the American Corporate Republic (Part 3)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSZV86dndqI/AAAAAAAAClc/z609WbnAKQs/s1600-h/20050328-reaganomics.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 218px; height: 287px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSZV86dndqI/AAAAAAAAClc/z609WbnAKQs/s400/20050328-reaganomics.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270994918857733794\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eReaganism was founded on three policies: deregulation, monetarism and low taxes. The first was was so that lobbyists could extract more money from those who can afford to pay - and sometimes from those who cannot.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIt is fair to say that there will never again be any U.S. government for which a truly principled conservative might work.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eWe are still living in an economic ecosystem dominated by industrial giants. You cannot impose a wage standard on China or Vietnam. But you can do it at home.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eYou want higher wages? Raise them. You want more and better jobs? Create them.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eYes, the free market has produced robust growth and central planning has usually failed.  If it fails, it's the market's fault. That seemed preposterous when I first read it; but in the wake of the collapse of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, when all of Wall Street could be headed for a bailout, and next in line is General Motors and many other major employers, one wonders.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eNothing remains of the Reagan Revolution!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eThe Reagan Revolution (1981-2008)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cobject style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/03oRMMAPbGQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/03oRMMAPbGQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eEconomic freedom is reduced to the freedom to shop, including the freedom to buy elections, and anything that interferes is a threat.\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eMarket solutions are designed to enrich a favored oligarchy through a spoils system administered through the state’s structure.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSZX_rOkSgI/AAAAAAAAClk/cDyQuF9b8FU/s1600-h/6a00d834515fe569e200e550a3fa848834-640wi.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSZX_rOkSgI/AAAAAAAAClk/cDyQuF9b8FU/s400/6a00d834515fe569e200e550a3fa848834-640wi.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270997165330942466\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThere is a way out, but it is not easy. Historically, regulation and standards have required acceptance by progressive business - those firms that recognized they would lose in races to the bottom. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eToday, corporate and public policy alike are run by the most reactionary elements, well-paid rogues that suck capacity.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWherever one finds a sector that still operates reasonably well, one finds remnants of New Deal institutions that support, guarantee, regulate, and leverage private activities, in spheres as diverse as higher education, housing, pensions, healthcare, the military-industrial complex (and the prison-industrial complex).\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe ideology of free markets is bankrupt, but the US is not. The path is clear: re-regulation, planning, standards (including wage controls), and coming to grips with the nation’s global responsibilities.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eMonetarism (the tactic used, successfully, by the Federal Reserve in the 1980's to nip inflation)  is just a tool to kill off labor unions and elevate the power of Wall Street.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eLow taxe\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003es failed to achieve their supposed purpose - encouraging saving.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSTyHLYWl7I/AAAAAAAACks/_9cNK1lHVtE/s1600-h/51YvzrqY1wL._SL500_AA242_PIkin-dp-500,BottomRight,-21,38_AA280_SH20_OU01_.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 280px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSTyHLYWl7I/AAAAAAAACks/_9cNK1lHVtE/s400/51YvzrqY1wL._SL500_AA242_PIkin-dp-500,BottomRight,-21,38_AA280_SH20_OU01_.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270603669058262962\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eU.S. manufacturing sector has been in decline for 30 years, and that the current crisis requires that the U.S. government take immediate action on prosecuting unfair trade practices and currency manipulation. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIf you look at the collapse of the \u003ca href\u003d\"http://www.ena.lu/collapse_bretton_woods-020100270.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eBretton Woods system\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e in 1971 and 1972, you had Richard Nixon and John Connelly as his Treasury Secretary putting on an emergency import surcharge because our trade deficit was 0.5 percent of GDP. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThey considered that to be unacceptable. Now we're at 5 or 6 percent of GDP and people couldn't care less. They are not looking for increases in tariffs, but he does believe that when the credit crunch eases, capital needs to flow to companies that make products and provide high-end services, not into financial derivatives or phony investment vehicles.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe economy is a two wheel recession. The banking meltdown and failure of the Treasury bailout to free up credit are choking the housing market and construction industry, and falling retail sales, month after month, are leaving businesses with unsold goods and forcing layoffs in manufacturing and services alike.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSjstMA2ZEI/AAAAAAAACmE/Bwm_-OtnnT0/s1600-h/sk_obama_D_BM_Bayer_473918g.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSjstMA2ZEI/AAAAAAAACmE/Bwm_-OtnnT0/s400/sk_obama_D_BM_Bayer_473918g.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271723624900224066\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe huge trade deficit with China with any effort to resurrect the economy is doomed to create massive foreign borrowing, another round of excessive consumer borrowing, and a second banking crisis that the Treasury and Federal Reserve will not be able to reverse.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eGoing forward, the economy will add some jobs for college graduates with technical specialties in finance, health care, education, and engineering. However, for high school graduates without specialized technical skills or training and for college graduates with only liberal arts diplomas, jobs offering good pay and benefits remain tough to find.  For those workers, who compose about half the working population, the quality of jobs continues to spiral downward.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eHistorically, manufacturing and construction offered workers with only a high school education the best pay, benefits, and opportunities for skill attainment and advancement. Troubles in these industries push ordinary workers into retailing, hospitality, and other industries where pay often lags.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eConstruction employment fell by 48,000 in October. This is a terrible indicator for future GDP growth. Retailing shed 38,000 thousand jobs, and financial services lost 14,000 jobs. Manufacturing has lost 90,000 jobs, and over the last 103 months, manufacturing has shed more than four million jobs. The trade deficit with China and other Asia exporters is the major culprit.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eFix the banks, address unfair Chinese trade practices,\u003cbr /\u003eand formulate new energy policies or be Nero and watch Rome burn!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSjtknZjJ2I/AAAAAAAACmM/2Fb8wpFDq6s/s1600-h/EC_title3.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 306px;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SSjtknZjJ2I/AAAAAAAACmM/2Fb8wpFDq6s/s400/EC_title3.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271724577144383330\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003edigg_url \u003d 'http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2008/10/big-lie-of-federal-reserve-gangsters.html';\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cscript src\u003d\"http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js\" type\u003d\"text/javascript\"\u003e\u003c/script\u003e\u003cdiv class\u003d\"blogger-post-footer\"\u003e\u003cimg width\u003d'1' height\u003d'1' src\u003d'https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/9622105-1070611128254982962?l\u003deuroyank.blogspot.com' alt\u003d'' /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/feeds/1070611128254982962/comments/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID\u003d9622105\u0026postID\u003d1070611128254982962\u0026isPopup\u003dtrue","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/1070611128254982962"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9622105/posts/default/1070611128254982962"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http://euroyank.blogspot.com/2008/11/predator-state-end-of-free-market.html","title":"The Predator State - End of the Free Market"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"EuroYank"},"uri":{"$t":"http://www.blogger.com/profile/06079239479407310692"},"email":{"$t":"yank.euro@gmail.com"},"gd$extendedProperty":{"xmlns$gd":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005","name":"OpenSocialUserId","value":"07873665053264900754"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SST40k4bFZI/AAAAAAAACk8/FT-MZj4AkYc/s72-c/n744489007_590453_1535.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"xmlns$thr":"http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0","$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9622105.post-6121150363778216348"},"published":{"$t":"2008-10-04T20:28:00.016-12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2009-01-29T17:12:02.405-12:00"},"title":{"type":"text","$t":"The Big Lie of the Federal Reserve Gangsters"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2435828140100673241aFntnU\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://inlinethumb60.webshots.com/29435/2435828140100673241S500x500Q85.jpg\" alt\u003d\"fedr1\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eFederal Reserve\u003c/span\u003e is neither \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eFederal \u003c/span\u003enor a\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e Reserve.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eOwned by a \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ecorrupt \u003c/span\u003egroup of \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eInternational Bankers.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIt is \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ea privately owned \u003c/span\u003emonopoly.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eFederal Reserve Bank \u003c/span\u003eis a consortium of \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003etwelve private banks\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:100%;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:100%;\" \u003ewhich \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eare not part \u003c/span\u003eof the United States Government.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bYAmzh5cSuQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bYAmzh5cSuQ\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Federal Reserve Scam (2.00 min)\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003eThe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eFederal Reserve Bank\u003c/span\u003e Racket\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe Federal Reserve is neither Federal nor a Reserve. Owned by a corrupt group of International Bankers, it is a privately owned monopoly, largely responsible for creating America's National Debt. It is also a parasitic and unnecessary entity that literally creates American currency out of nothing and then collects interest on the backs of taxpayers for doing so.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe Federal Reserve Bank is a consortium of twelve private banks which are not part of the United States Government.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThese private banks purchase paper notes from the U.S. mint for printing cost or simply enter digital money into their computer then lend back the money plus interest to the people through member banks.  The profits go into the share holders of the bank's pocket's, the U.S. public receives no benefit.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bLCHWhmyn8w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/bLCHWhmyn8w\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eWho owns the Federal Reserve?\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(1.24 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Primary Owners of the Federal Reserve Bank Are:\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e1. Rothschild's of London and Berlin\u003cbr /\u003e2. Lazard Brothers of Paris\u003cbr /\u003e3. Israel Moses Seaf of Italy\u003cbr /\u003e4. Kuhn, Loeb \u0026amp; Co. of Germany and New York\u003cbr /\u003e5. Warburg \u0026amp; Company of Hamburg, Germany\u003cbr /\u003e6. Lehman Brothers of New York\u003cbr /\u003e7. Goldman, Sachs of New York\u003cbr /\u003e8. Rockefeller Brothers of New York\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca href\u003d\"http://entertainment.webshots.com/photo/2287574020100673241RnUNxH\"\u003e\u003cimg src\u003d\"http://inlinethumb22.webshots.com/30101/2287574020100673241S600x600Q85.jpg\" alt\u003d\"tbankersdees\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003ePrivate Ownership\u003c/span\u003e of the US Dollar\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eGreatest Crime\u003c/span\u003e of the Century\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eAll the primary owners of the Federal Reserve are international bankers that are branches of European establishments.  These Foreigners are almost entirely Jewish Zionists, and they control the United States Money supply.  They literally own exclusive rights to the dollar and simply enter dollars into their banks books to make money which they then lend back to us at a profit, and use these profits to fund the State of Israel.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe Zionist \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003ePolitical Movement\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eZionism is an international political movement that originally supported the re-establishment of a homeland for the Jewish People in Palestine. The aim of Zionism was to set up a secular state in the vicinity of the Biblical Land of Israel. Zionism, or the idea of a restored national homeland and common identity for the Jews, had already started to take shape by the mid-1800s, with Jewish thinkers arguing for the Jews to settle in Palestine as a means of settling the national question.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6RjnvQHWyLE\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/6RjnvQHWyLE\u0026hl\u003den\u0026fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0-JtM2QYIk0\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/0-JtM2QYIk0\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe difference Between Zionist Jews and Jewish Judaism\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eFor them money does not grow on trees, it is simply a data entry into their account.  Clearly the private ownership of the U.S. Dollar is by far The Greatest Crime of the Century.  The owners of this bank have been responsible for instigating all the major wars and depressions in the last 100 years.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThey own the bank, they own the dollar and they own all the major media channels, the military industrial complex and most politicians, judges and cops.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eSometimes the bank pays an arbitrary 'franchise fee' to the U.S. government to keep the politicians paid off.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe Federal Reserve is actually an illegal entity functioning within the Federal Government! The cost of this system to the U.S. public is hundreds of billions of dollars every year while holding the nation and people in a constant state of debt.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThere have been assassination attempts on every President who attempted to eliminate these private National Banks.  The privately held Federal Reserve Bank has not once been audited and never pays any income tax on their astonishing income.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eThe bank is supposed to bring stability to the economy, however, almost every major market crash and war can be attributed to the Federal Reserve Bank, including the Great Depression, WW I, WW II, the Gulf War etc.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eWatch These \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eImportant \u003c/span\u003eVideos - The \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eCorrupt \u003c/span\u003eFederal Reserve\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/BPU8w7Bxc0A\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/BPU8w7Bxc0A\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2t7x4boGhuo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/2t7x4boGhuo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/uSvVuaHmY8s\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/uSvVuaHmY8s\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"303\" height\u003d\"235\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eVideo 1\u003c/span\u003e - Corrupt Federal Reserve - Robbing Americans Since 1913 part 1 (9.26min) \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eVideo 2\u003c/span\u003e - Corrupt Federal Reserve - Robbing Americans Since 1913 part 2 (10.0 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eVideo 3\u003c/span\u003e - Corrupt Federal Reserve - Robbing Americans Since 1913 part 3 (10.58 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRead more\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.libertyforlife.com/banking/us-federal_reserve_bank.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eFederal Reserve Bank - Bringing Instability To U.S. Markets\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIn 1913 in exchange for paying for his Presidential campaign, President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act handing over the U.S. currency to twelve regional private banks.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eRead more\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.libertyforlife.com/banking/us-roosevelt-gold-theft.htm\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eIn 1933 Roosevelt confiscated citizens gold and handed it to these private banks.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe question is not WILL the crash come, but what will you do when it does?\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eWhat will you protect?\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eA huge percentage of the debt issued by Freddie and Fannie - about $1.5 trillion worth - is held by foreign central banks. Paulson is proposing to bail out the Chinese and Japanese governments with our tax money!\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003ePaulson SAYS he will \"protect the taxpayer.\" THE BILL ALLOWS HIM TO SCREW YOU WITH ABSOLUTELY NO RECOURSE.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JAzagrai-0M\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/JAzagrai-0M\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eRon Paul Blasts Secret Government Running Economy\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e (7.17 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe U.S. government treats its financial problems in the same way doctors treat patients with health problems: Mask the symptoms and ignore the cause.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThis $1 trillion rescue plan is like chemotherapy for the U.S. economy. Sure, it might visibly shrink some tumors, but the patient will soon find himself vomiting, losing hair and dropping body weight to dangerous levels.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe real problem with the U.S. financial system is not that it has too many losses, it's that the entire money supply is run by crooks at the Fed who have stolen control of the money supply from the People.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/t7O7uDns4b8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/t7O7uDns4b8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eUS Economy On Chemotherapy!\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(3.37 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eHenry Paulson is about to be given an $800 BILLION dollar blank check in the form of an increased Federal Debt Ceiling which he can spend on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac IN ANY WAY HE CHOOSES, INCLUDING BUYING THE CRAPPIEST LOANS THEY HAVE AND STICKING A ONE HUNDRED PERCENT LOSS, $800 BILLION WORTH, ON YOUR TAX BILL.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIf you look into this bailout clearly you know what is going on. Taxpayers and the strength of our currency are being sold out to save the banking industry\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/o6ZHOxJLUGI\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/o6ZHOxJLUGI\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eYou're Being Lied To!\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(10.19 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/dHALB9vr9P8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/dHALB9vr9P8\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"425\" height\u003d\"344\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eDollar Collapse and Banking Bailout\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(5.06 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SN8vISUoUbI/AAAAAAAACdc/AHOBnHAzI48/s1600-h/Bernanke_winces.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SN8vISUoUbI/AAAAAAAACdc/AHOBnHAzI48/s400/Bernanke_winces.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5250967509941113266\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eBen Shalom Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve -\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eHe is the dedicated Zionist Jew behind the $85 billion taxpayer-funded \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003ebailout of Maurice Greenberg's criminal enterprise, A.I.G.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eRead more\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/12/business/12insure.html\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eProsecutors Say Ex-A.I.G. Executives Created a Fraud \u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eWatch \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eFIAT EMPIRE - \u003c/span\u003eWhy the Federal Reserve \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eViolates\u003c/span\u003e the U.S. Constitution \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cembed id\u003d\"VideoPlayback\" src\u003d\"http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid\u003d5232639329002339531\u0026amp;hl\u003dde\u0026amp;fs\u003dtrue\" style\u003d\"width: 400px; height: 326px;\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003eFIAT EMPIRE -\u003cbr /\u003eWhy the Federal Reserve Violates the U.S. Constitution \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);\"\u003e(58.53 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003ePrelude \u003c/span\u003eto Catastrophe \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eMovie\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cembed id\u003d\"VideoPlayback\" src\u003d\"http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid\u003d-7455325731648062338\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003dtrue\" style\u003d\"width: 425px; height: 344px;\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003eOne Nation Under Siege (1 hour 21 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNmjOEO5_UI/AAAAAAAACck/x_pM6YzTHf0/s400/usa-dees.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249406302726782274\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eBecause \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eTime Is Running\u003c/span\u003e Out For \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eThe USA\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eHere Is  \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eA \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003eVideo Tribute\u003c/span\u003e For \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eThe Late\u003c/span\u003e Great USA\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/TcuppSvQ1-Q\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/TcuppSvQ1-Q\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/QWMn3n6Qg2E\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowscriptaccess\" value\u003d\"always\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/QWMn3n6Qg2E\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cbr /\u003e- Congressman Ron Paul discusses 700 Billion Bailout (7.24 min) - Ron Paul Discusses Economic Crisis 2/3/2009\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e(10.00 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e -\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNhmZEIRFLI/AAAAAAAACaU/REkU8V0--U8/s1600-h/260907fedresdeesct9.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNhmZEIRFLI/AAAAAAAACaU/REkU8V0--U8/s400/260907fedresdeesct9.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249057946491491506\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eKilling the Dollar \u003c/span\u003eTo Save It \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eFor Martial Law\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNloe3IvORI/AAAAAAAACbM/yqj3JTv_xs0/s1600-h/LS03.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNloe3IvORI/AAAAAAAACbM/yqj3JTv_xs0/s200/LS03.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249341720082987282\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlpwYGz-TI/AAAAAAAACbk/0FzF7njcOXM/s1600-h/LS02.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlpwYGz-TI/AAAAAAAACbk/0FzF7njcOXM/s200/LS02.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249343120502683954\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNloj4yRChI/AAAAAAAACbU/H0EVuj23Aq8/s1600-h/LS22.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNloj4yRChI/AAAAAAAACbU/H0EVuj23Aq8/s200/LS22.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249341806424951314\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlorXhkDgI/AAAAAAAACbc/Uj70kWd3uMU/s1600-h/LS14.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlorXhkDgI/AAAAAAAACbc/Uj70kWd3uMU/s200/LS14.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249341934935477762\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-size:130%;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eSetting \u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;\"\u003ethe Stage For\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eMartial Law\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003eIt is my belief the country is being set up for martial law.\u003cbr /\u003eFirst I am presenting this first series of videos ....\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/J2fjxaRLpQo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/J2fjxaRLpQo\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cobject width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"movie\" value\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/SKUIHsCwZlw\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\"\u003e\u003cparam name\u003d\"allowFullScreen\" value\u003d\"true\"\u003e\u003cembed src\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/v/SKUIHsCwZlw\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003d1\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" width\u003d\"350\" height\u003d\"300\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003c/object\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eWatch the entire video series at\u003c/span\u003e ...\u003cbr /\u003e\u003ca style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\" href\u003d\"http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user\u003dbushiter911\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(255, 0, 0);\"\u003e*\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 0, 153);\"\u003eFederal Reserve America's Greatest Robbery\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003eWe Are \u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eNow Under Passive \u003c/span\u003eMartial Law\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlyCVc2dzI/AAAAAAAACcE/O9CvMS4Fevo/s1600-h/POLICE_STATE_by_TSHansen.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlyCVc2dzI/AAAAAAAACcE/O9CvMS4Fevo/s400/POLICE_STATE_by_TSHansen.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249352225120483122\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e1) In 1933, America WAS declared into a state of emergency, which has never been rescinded. We ARE PRESENTLY in a declared state of emergency (and have been for nearly 75 years), 2) multiple paramilitary systems have been raised, readied, operating, and practicing – beginning in 1974, and 3) the President of the United States need only sign a piece of paper to END the constitutional government of the United States.\u003c/span\u003e \u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eOn May 9, 2007, our president signed a National Security Presidential Directive – an unconstitutional piece of paper – which gave to himself the powers of total dictatorship over the entire nation (NSPD-51) and CONgress has no say so whatsoever. Can you say “total dictatorship?”\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlyTvlx5LI/AAAAAAAACcM/cyZIi7aT28I/s1600-h/260905presidentbush.gif\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlyTvlx5LI/AAAAAAAACcM/cyZIi7aT28I/s400/260905presidentbush.gif\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249352524195030194\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eBut more to the point, the question we must ask ourselves is this: are we NOW under Martial Law? We know for a fact that our constitutional rights have been politically and bureaucratically eliminated.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cbr /\u003eWe know for a fact that the Civilian Labor Camps are up and readied; we know for a fact that disarmament is sneaking up on us like all global-political veils; we know for a fact that a shadow dictatorship manages our 2-Party system; we know for a fact that the largest global corporations in the world buy all laws into existence, AND we know for a fact that our FEAR is translating into a completely FRACTURED resistance to all-the-above. WE are in DEEP TROUBLE, America! The whole world is in deep trouble.\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eIt is this writer’s opinion that we ARE in a passive state of Martial Law RIGHT NOW. However, once the “BIG Emergency” is called into play and strategic reality, we WILL see the EXPECTED results of our 2-Party maneuvering, which is the permanent END of OUR FREEDOM AND NATION.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThink, people think! What happens to the elderly, the infirmed, the “imperfect,” your pets, your infants, your autistic grandchildren, your school children, your homes, your possessions, your bank accounts, your automobiles, your health - when EVERYTHING YOU NOW DO AND KNOW BECOMES ILLEGAL AND MANAGED BY PARAMILITARY GROUPS? All of written history gives you the answer!\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca onblur\u003d\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlzRdrCSuI/AAAAAAAACcc/l8lGQV3NOFU/s1600-h/160807martial1.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg style\u003d\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;\" src\u003d\"http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0CrEkeCBSUc/SNlzRdrCSuI/AAAAAAAACcc/l8lGQV3NOFU/s400/160807martial1.jpg\" alt\u003d\"\" id\u003d\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249353584537127650\" border\u003d\"0\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eEVERY SCHOOL has lock-down policies. EVERY PERSON in the united States, according to the same man who created and handed ALL POWER in this nation TO HIMSELF via NSPD-51, says WE ALL have to be EVALUATED FOR MENTAL ILLNESS. You’re a lunatic if you’re a Christian. You’re a lunatic if you’re a patriotic American. \u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(204, 0, 0);\"\u003eMartial Law\u003c/span\u003e Directive 51\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:100%;\" \u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eNew legislation signed on May 9, 2007, declares that in the event of a \"catastrophic event\", the President can take total control over the government and the country, bypassing all other levels of government at the state, federal, local, territorial and tribal levels, and thus ensuring total unprecedented dictatorial power - Martial Law Directive 51.\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;\"\u003eIt is important to understand that, although these powers have been on the books for previous presidents, Bush is the first to openly brag of the fact that he will utilize them and officially become the supreme emperor of the United States in the aftermath of a catastrophe that the government itself has said will happen on innumerable occasions.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cembed id\u003d\"VideoPlayback\" src\u003d\"http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid\u003d5792753647750188322\u0026amp;hl\u003den\u0026amp;fs\u003dtrue\" style\u003d\"width: 400px; height: 326px;\" allowfullscreen\u003d\"true\" allowscriptaccess\u003d\"always\" type\u003d\"application/x-shockwave-flash\"\u003e\u003c/embed\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;\" \u003e- Terror Storm The Movie (112 min)\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;\"\u003e -\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eThe new directive excludes Congress altogether from governance in a state of emergency.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cspan style\u003d\"font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);\"\u003eWhile alluding to the \"enduring constitutional government\", the directive actually ensures the end of constitutional government as each branch, the executive, legislative and judicial, are stripped of equal authority and must answer directly and solely to the President.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\u003cbr /\u003e\u003cdiv style\u003d\"text-a