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Harper's Conservatives and Israeli Money?
Posted,
Wednesday, March 7, 2012 5:30 pm I have read your latest blog about money and the American political
system. I am beginning to suspect that Israeli money is also finding it way to
the Conservative Party of Canada. Gordon New
Thanks
Posted, Thursday,
March 8, 2012 6:02 am
Very
well written "fundamental" article. Thanks. Cecchi New
Wrong About Ron Paul?
Posted,
Thursday, March 8, 2012 2:41 pm You
are so wrong about RON PAUL!!! Lorraine New
Calling
a Spade a Spade
Posted, Wednesday,
March 7, 2012 11:28 pm
Please call a spade a spade. This is what is running your country, mine
and many governments of Europe. They (the oligarchy) have the money and
they pull the strings. Obama is just another golem. Have you noticed how all of the Republican candidates are l******
every Jewish American and Israeli a** they can get their tongue into? Obama
has a long tongue too. He was tutored by the rich Jewish community from
Chicago. Obama has been dancing to the tune of the Fiddler on the Roof
for almost 4 years and the next four years he'll waltz to Rozsa's Ben-Hur
conducted by Lee Rosenberg of the AIPAC Symphony (Sympathy?) Orchestra.
Mark my word. It's always amazed me why we aren't sucking up to Canada as you are
our biggest trading partner. Israel gives us nothing. Just takes and what it
can't take it steals. I'm disgusted with all of these phoney creeps. We have so many serious problems here in the States and Israel always
seems to steal the headlines. I don't give a crap about gay rights one way or
another and I feel the same about abortion. Let's get the economy fixed and
get people back to work. I could give a crap about Israel's right to exist,
gays in the military, immigration etc. Just more distractions. As far as Iran is concerned they have a perfect right to detest us as
we backed a murderous thug Shaw who behaved towards his own nationals like
The Chosen deal with the helpless Palestinians. Iran has just as much a right
to nuclear weapons as Israel. I say let them have nuclear weapons. With a
bunch of crazed Zionist zealots right next door I don't blame them. Sorry
that I'm so blunt, but I'm sick of wars and more wars. I served in Vietnam in the Marines in 65/66 and saw the same poverty
(some worse) that I grew up in and I did not understand why I was fighting
the people who came from the same socio-economic background as myself. Why do
rich countries abuse the poor nations? http://www.ahavat-israel.com/eretz/future.php Paul New
Malthus Was Right!
Posted,
Friday, March 9, 2012 5:02 Pm Money used to influence American politics, but now it absolutely
determines political outcomes! Perhaps
you know this, but language got in the way. English is necessarily an awkward
tongue, as it is largely French stuffed into a German corset. Long ago, I realized Malthus was right. The coincidence of the mechanization of manufacturing and agriculture
in the 19th century created productive surpluses too large for the plutocracy
to capture, given the technology of the day. Thus a 'blip' in popular human
misery appeared -- the Industrial & Agricultural Revolutions, the
Enlightenment, widespread anti-monarchal revolutions throughout the Americas
and then Europe, epochal medical discoveries by Harvey, Pasteur, et al. The plutocracy had the guns, dungeons, and 'security' personnel, but
they could not sufficiently detect, monitor, and respond to resistance until
spy satellites, street corner cameras, the internet, RFD and GPS technology,
etc were readily available and integrated into extant 'security' systems. But
now, with continuous, universal surveillance and instantaneous worldwide
transmission of voice, text, data, and images -- all in real time -- one
cannot say or do anything in a clandestine or covert way. Resistance is no
longer a risky enterprise, as detection and capture are certain. Now unable even to bloody their nose and live to tell of it, the
general public has become fair game for plutocrats and their agents to rob
and rape at will. And the data seem to reflect this. Ever greater shares of
incomes go to capital, while ever smaller shares go to labor. Also, the
income distribution has become more and more skewed in favor of the richest
among us. —Thus, Malthus was right. As technology and autocracy enable the
plutocracy to capture more and more of productive surpluses the blip of Galbraith's
'Affluent Society' more so erodes, returning humanity to its miserable long
run equilibrium. And, as though that technological advantage were not enough, mass
media of all sorts, shopping malls, and various entertainments or sports now distract
and narcoticize the general population with more 'bread & circus' than
any 1st century emperor had provided. John New
Stop C-30 (in Canada)
Posted,
Thursday, March 8, 2012 3:35 pm Thank
you for your good articles, and for helping to wake up the public. It is time
people of Canada say enough is enough already. Have you seen the Bank of
Canada Court Challenge? See my next email. There is a group called Open Media
who is involved in stopping C 30. Listen
to this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rZrkCAM_J8&sns=fb Rose New
Ismet's Law!
Posted,
Monday, March 12, 2012 3:46 am A friend forwarded me your excellent article "The Corrupt
Influence of Money in the American Political System". It looks to me like you haven't heard of "Ismet's Law"
because everything you've written are corollaries of Ismet's Law, and as such
only normal. For your future benefit then, here it is: Ismet's Law: “Given enough time, all right wing, free-market governments
will reach the same level of corruption sanctioned by laws that they make to
legalize corruption that serves their best interests.” (3 Nov. 2010, Halifax,
N.S.) Ismet New
Netanyahu and World War?
Posted,
Monday, March 12, 2012 3:09 pm I am beginning to genuinely fear that, if left unchecked, Israel's
Netanyahu may trigger a world war. Gordon
_________ Answer by
R.T.: Natanyahu has
already struck a deal with Obama that he will stop pushing the price of oil
up with his bellicose statements in exchange for bombs and refueling planes: “The US administration
offered to supply Israel with advanced bunker-busting bombs and long-range
refuelling planes. In return, Israel would agree to put off a possible attack
on Iran till 2013, after the US elections in November 2012.” —2013 may turn out to be a dandy of a year! New
Wikipedia As the Encyclopedia of Choice!
Posted,
Friday, March 16, 2012 2:03 pm
I
came across your site “Big Picture World” and saw that you had
referenced some Wiki articles from Wikipedia. With that said, I wanted to
reach out and pass along an infographic about how Wikipedia is redefining the
way we research. The graphic I was referring to lives here: http://open-site.org/wikipedia/ I think your readers will enjoy it, so feel free to share it and let
me know if you do! I’d love to get your thoughts as well. Jen
_________________ Answer
by R. T.: Very revealing. My own
experience with Wikipedia teaches me to be careful with the info provided.
Indeed, some of the volunteer managers on Wikipedia can be very ignorant. New
I Agree.
Posted, Wednesday,
March 14, 2012 5:17 am
As
usual I agree whole-heartedly. Blair New
About
Ron Paul
Posted,
Monday, April 16, 2012 1:24 pm
I
very much enjoyed your blog article “The Corrupt Influence of Money in
the American Political System”, but can you elaborate/ explain why you
present Ron Paul's stances on social security, medicare and medicaid in a bad
light? I don't quite understand the economics behind the programs, and would
like to get your view, if possible. Sonika ___________________ Answer
by R. T. As you know,
Ron Paul is a libertarian. That means that he rejects government intervention
in most fields, except in the fields of law and order. Therefore, I
am in agreement with him regarding U.S. foreign policy. A policy of perpetual
wars is bound to ruin the USA if it continues. However,
domestically, we live in a world of large corporations, large banks and large
media. The individual alone is powerless when facing these giants. In a
democracy, the countervailing force is the government. For example, the 2009
financial crisis could have been avoided if the Bush-Cheney administration
had not gutted out the government regulations of the financial sectors. But
Ron Paul is against government regulation. That means that he is siding in
effect with large corporations, large banks and large media. Moreover,
even though public insurance programs like Social Security and other similar
programs need to be reformed to be financially sound, to abolish them or to
privatize them as Ron Paul and his son propose would only place the poor at
the mercy of these large private organizations which have proven in the past
that they only care about the big buck for themselves. That is why I
think that Ron Paul's approach to public affairs is both positive and
negative. However, I
must say that as compared to the other Republican presidential candidates,
Ron Paul looks pretty good. I would hope he would run on a third party
ticket, since, of course, he will not get the Republican nomination. The
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