(V):   I totally agree.  They have squandered the bailout money too.  What  a waste.  And once again, the little guy is paying for it all. 

... I see AIG executives are being the usual fat cat ...... I can't say the word here.

Hopefully Your Pres will learn from the UK and find the contractual minimum or take the company to task over the bonuses that the .. ...... ... want to pay themselves out of your taxes.

As our PM and Gov say.. why should failure be rewarded?

Artful Dodger: Over here we get two bins supplied by our council, one for un-recyclable stuff (green), and one for recyclable items (blue)... Except for glass. That our point of recycling is less then 5 minutes away.

... We never chuck away stuff that could have a second life, or have items from within that are capable of being used for a repair job on an item. The number of assorted screws and fixings I've kept back from deconstructing ietms no longer suitable for our home fills a large plastic box.

We have a recycle point for clothes at the glass recycling point (as well as paper), for the third world needy. Charity shops always get our non-needed good stuff... Clothes, toys, etc. I gave them a router last week as since we changed our ISP the new modem comes with wi-fi bulit in.

The Usurper: I don't think it's purely the leaders fault. I feel it's more the business sector, in particular 'weapons' manufacturers that are calling the shots.

..... Shame. As if just a few % of the money spent on weapons worldwide was transferred to social priorities then much of the worlds ills would have the money to be sorted.

... Maybe a tax on weapons manufacturers directly going towards nice causes.

"We are grateful to the Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years. It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is now more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supranational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national auto-determination practiced in past centuries."

David Rockefeller, Baden-Baden, Germany 1991

--Almost all of the new laws focus on Americans citizens rather than
potential foreign terrorists. For example, the definition of “terrorism,” for
federal criminal purposes, has been greatly expanded. A person could now be
considered a terrorist by belonging to a pro-constitutional group, a citizen
militia, or a pro-life organization. Legitimate protests against the government
could place tens of thousands of other Americans under federal surveillance.--

Ron Paul, addressing the House of Representatives on
November 29, 2001

Listen to Gatekeepers of the Left like Keith Olbermann, Noam Chomsky, Bill Maher or Jon Stewart, and you get some truth. Listen to Gatekeepers of the Right like Rush Limbaugh, Bill O'Reilly, Shaun Hannity or Neil Boorz, and you get some truth.

A lie must be mixed with truth to be successful. Some argue that the best lies are 90% truth. What none of these Gatekeepers do is trace their statements, even the true ones, to the ultimate source. What they don't do is connect the dots, or reveal the real culprits. What they ALL do is ridicule real truth-seekers as conspiracy nuts.

This is what is meant by the term, "Gatekeeper." Because the elite understand the importance of misleading people as to its true agenda, it recognizes that it must guard the "gates" of Truth on both the Left & Right. Truth is the enemy. Thus we have CoinTelPro, i.e., Counter-Intelligence, i.e., Info-Wars.

Some would argue that "it can't happen here." It happened in Germany. It happened in Russia. It happened in Rome. Indeed, it is THE PATTERN. Yet now, because of technology, more deadly than ever. Because, in WWII, for example, other nations could fight against Hitler's vision of fascist world rule. But when the New World Order is established, as much by stealth as by power, and it becomes the only de facto government that exists....who shall fight against it?

Most even refuse the examine the clear-cut evidence that it has been building for some time and is now almost upon us. "As in the days of Noah....."

It is important to understand that the Fascists & Fabian Socialists have the same ultimate goal...the reduction of humanity to serfdom after reducing the global population by 80%, so that the elites will have a wonderful planet all to themselves. It is essentially over the MEANS to achieve this, that they differ. The Fascists favor military destruction, genocide & subjugation of peoples. The Fabians favor "peace," i.e., using stealth, science, technology, indoctrination, 3rd world reduction of food supplies, gradual stealing of our wealth through monetary policies....i.e., a gradual approach to the same Endgame. Unquestionably, a combination & interplay of both Fascist & Socialist policies and models is working to bring this about. And as always, it is the same men pulling the strings of both parties at the top...the Money-Changers.

Hats off to Czuch & AD for calling this one right. I am now convinced it is pseudo-science and a part of the elite agenda for world dictatorship.

I highly recommend a 2-DVD set by Alex Jones called "Endgame: Blueprint for Global Enslavement." I know some of you have a low opinion of Alex Jones, but it is frankly misplaced. In this documentary, he examines not only Global Warming, but also the Eugenics Movement, the Bilderberg Group, the Fascist, Communist & Fabien Socialist movements, the North American Union & the Trilateral Commission....just a host of things...a web really, controlled by the same people at the top. He explores the roots of these institutions & processes and demonstrates where they are inexorably leading us.

Another document highly worth reading is: "The Report from Iron Mountain," by G. Edward Griffin. This report was the result of a think-tank study issued in 1966 by the Dept. of Defense, discussing stratagems for merging the U.S. into a world government. It was understood that a "credible threat" is necessary to cause people to surrender sovereignty. Under the topic, "Finding a Credible Global Threat," there is this interesting statement in the Report, about using the "Environmental-Pollution Model":

"When it comes to postulating a credible substitute for war … the “alternate
enemy” must imply a more immediate, tangible, and directly felt threat of destruction.
"It must justify the need for taking and paying a “blood price” in wide areas of human
concern. In this respect, the possible substitute enemies noted earlier would be
insufficient. One exception might be the environmental-pollution model, if the danger
to society it posed was genuinely imminent. The fictive models would have to carry
the weight of extraordinary conviction, underscored with a not inconsiderable actual
sacrifice of life. … It may be, for instance, that gross pollution of the environment can
eventually replace the possibility of mass destruction by nuclear weapons as the
principal apparent threat to the survival of the species. Poisoning of the air, and of the
principal sources of food and water supply, is already well advanced, and at first
glance would seem promising in this respect; it constitutes a threat that can be dealt
with only through social organization and political power. …

"It is true that the rate of pollution could be increased selectively for this
purpose. … But the pollution problem has been so widely publicized in recent years
that it seems highly improbable that a program of deliberate environmental poisoning
could be implemented in a politically acceptable manner.

"However unlikely some of the possible alternative enemies we have mentioned
may seem, we must emphasize that one must be found of credible quality and
magnitude, if a transition to peace is ever to come about without social disintegration.
It is more probable, in our judgment, that such a threat will have to be invented.8"

INVENTED! A la, "Global Warming!" Here is Griffin's article:

http://www.freedom-force.org/pdf/Report_from_Iron_Mountain.pdf


Finally, here is a link to several valuable papers on these issues written by G. Edward Griffin who, whatever else he might be considered, is certainly no liberal. There are about a half-dozen articles in pdf format very worth reading.

http://www.freedom-force.org/freedom.cfm?fuseaction=issues#fic

(V): Thanks for the clips. That's the only REAL way the get & hold the attention of the world's psychopathic leaders. Otherwise they sit & listen to a child with expressions of profound conviction on their faces...immediately after which they carry on business as usual without a second's hesitation. Psychopaths don't stop themselves. They must be stopped.

Artful Dodger: Her father David Suzuki is a very interesting man to listen to.....he also is all about the environment etc.....

(V):I agree.  I think we have at least come through the door.  But I don't get the plastic bags the grocery stores continue to use.  Although those are recyclable and at our school, we are a drop off point for those.  But still, so many things are as you say, single use.  OTOH, we are finding new and unique ways to reuse old stuff.  Hopefully that trend will continue.

Artful Dodger: Then we should behave like that... I mean, in an age of 'recycling' I see more and more products aimed at us that are single use only. They cost more and generate more waste. And practically we've been been able to do the jobs without these products for generations.

All for a profit!!

(V):Agreed.  we are just care givers for the next generations to come. 

Artful Dodger: Certain people having been saying about our children and how we are just borrowing this planet off them for years, decades and even century's.... When the American Indians were asked to sell their land.. they said how can we sell what we don't own!!

As said by one chief in 1854... us 'westerners' just seem to understand the concept that we don't own this planet.

Snoopy:  Here she is today.  She's a Yale grad.  No surprise there.  She founded the Environmental Children's Organization (ECO) at age 9)! 

additional information can be found here and here.

Artful Dodger: yes that was done in 1992 i beleive
she will of course be grown up now properly have children of her own
and has the world listened NO WAY
were still selfish we still break things we cant fix
we still have children having to beg for the right to survive we still polute the water ways

HAVE THE GOVERMENTS OF OUR NATIONS DONE ANYTHING IN THE 17 YEARS SINCE THAT SPEECH WAS MADE

Snoopy:This is a very powerful message and one that's been ignored far too long.  Sure we've talked about these things, but when a person of the "future generations" speaks about it, it just seems to carry that much more weight.  In reality, we only pay lip service to the many points this young girl addresses.

I'm not a fan of the global warming scenario.  My view is that they (the global warming alarmists) utilize bad science and carry their conclusions too far even when using good science.  On the other hand, I totally favor being responsible for the health of the planet.  Pollution, in any form and any amount, is not ok.  I recycle.  Why?  It's the smart thing to do.  It saves resources and it's the most responsible thing to do.  Plastic bottles and be used and reused and reused.  It's totally irresponsible to put them in the garbage when a separate bin for recycling doesn't require much effort. 

Everyone should listen to this young girl's speech.  She speaks very forcefully, directly, and powerfully.  Her message bring total silence in the UN chambers - you can see it on their faces.  It is an indictment against all of us, particularly against the powers of government and the powers of industry.   She not only goes after the carelessness of our environmental attitudes, but also of the neglect of the needy.   I particularly like her comparison of how as children, we teach them to get along, to share, to be kind, to clean up their messes etc.  Then she asks, "Why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do?"  The leaders just sit there in silence and I'm sure are convicted by her words.  I was.

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are looking to the grown ups to do something useful for them

its a very powerful speech from such a young child

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=63865811753&ref=nf

The Usurper: Or.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=To0_jqz_YGk

It was a conspiracy so you may have missed it.

Heres' a current example of how the Military-Industrial-Complex in collusion with the MSM (Mainstream Media) plays us for fools....

"We are being spoon-fed stupid again..."

"I think we are witnessing the military industrial complex defying the President of the United States and using the attacks of 9/11 to upset the public and gain support for their own objectives. That is the nut graph people. The media has spent all day rehashing this, calling in military experts to decipher the minds of the accused without ONCE asking the two obvious question: how and why?"

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?EdNo=001&At=047228

(V): "Strange world...."

Aye, Orwellian.

Or perhaps Heinleinian...as we have become strangers in a strange land...lol

"Read this first.

"Now, let me explain the Wall Street scam, subsequent crisis, and bailout in a very brief, but effective way for you:

"A thief breaks into your house, steals everything, and leaves you nearly broke. Law enforcement responds by visiting with the thief and the resellers of the thief's stolen goods in a very friendly setting, perhaps lunch at the Four Seasons. Law enforcement then takes the information to government officials who respond by writing the thief and the resellers a check from what is left of your checking account. They decide this too over lunch, perhaps also at the Four Seasons and on your dime.

"Then the same government officials declare that a new and better alarm system should be installed in your home and in the home of all Americans, at a high cost to you of course (The reality is that the alarm system worked perfectly, but that does not matter).

"The thief and the resellers in turn thank these government officials by contributing to their electoral coffers, so they stay in office to help with future robberies. The alarm companies also thank these same government officials by also contributing to their electoral coffers.

"It sounds obscene and seems impossible that such a scam would be taking place, right? You would be outraged if someone who robbed you was rewarded with money from your checking account, right? You would go ballistic if this happened to you, right? Well it is happening to you. This is exactly what is happening to you. The only difference is that you don't realize it because of the confusing nature of how this was done and the jargon used to describe it. Forget derivatives and the other voodoo of it. You were robbed. The robbers are getting rewarded with what is left of your savings. Get it now?

"The role of government in the modern era has become rather clear to me: it acts as a broker for the transfer of public money to private hands. There is no actual governing."

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?EdNo=001&At=047227

The Usurper: I think the only reason it has not been legalised is due to the drinks industry. As for harmfulness... they did a recent report and it came pretty low... Baccy and booze were at the top of lethality almost.

As you say.. it is all right for groups like the 'CIA' to deal in drugs when it suits them for 'political' reasons, but as one old gran over here said "Why should I be prosecuted for growing my own plant and then eat it? The drugs they had me on from the doctors made me feel sick with other side effects, someone suggested eating a little bit and it works!! No side effects, no feeling sick."

It's a plant.. the only thing scientific evidence shows is that for growth reasons (mentally and emotionally) .... an age limit would need to be set. But seeing as it's already illegal for under 18's here to drink and smoke... but a kid at home can under adult supervision have a weeee dram.

As one scientist said who works for Her Maj's Gov growing tons of marijuana plants a year (in a top secret location) "If they made it legal, but regulated and subject to tax, standards on produce active ingredients (like tar and nicotine)... medically we know it can be of use (I believe your California has 'pot' doctors) .. so why not do it right? I mean, I'm growing a 50/50 THC to CBD cloned plant. My standards are very high as I work for the government.

It's again.. like with anything, people abusing it (same as baccy and booze) that causes problems. But then again, they prescribe morphine products over here which by nature will require a withdrawal procedure if the patient comes off them in the future, they prescribe drugs with side effects that can be real nasty..

Strange world....

gogul: Great! Steiner started out a theosophist but left the society when the (by then) neo-theosophical leaders started to promote & teach absurdities. I've only read his book, "Knowledge of the Higher Worlds," which is pretty heady stuff.

The Usurper: ok thanks that. I have some antroposophic people nearby, she played a role in Steiners biography.

gogul: She is dense reading and even the earlier "Isis Unveiled" has its tough spots. The "Secret Doctrine" can be well nigh impenetrable in places. No surprise it was a dust catcher. A fairly accessible book by her is "The Key to Theosophy," and well worth reading.

After Blavatsky's passing, The Theosophical Society splintered and its largest branch became a forerunner of the New Age movement and all sorts of hocus-pocus. But from a smaller branch, the writings of G. de Purucker, mainly philosophical but varied, are pretty excellent.

The Usurper: lol Blavatsky. Her "Secret Doctrine" fell in my hands years ago and I finally sold it to finance the rook here which was pretty surprising. Honestly these books where a dust catcher in the second row of my library hehe

http://thinkprogress.org/2009/03/13/cramer-morning/

If you haven't seen Jim Cramer's utter humiliation by Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, it's a thing of beauty.

Here is The Extended Daily Show Interview:

http://blog.indecisionforever.com/2009/03/13/jon-stewart-and-jim-cramer-the-extended-daily-show-interview/

"War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength"

The "Ministry of Love" tortures people.
The "Ministry of Peace" wages war.

"Newspeak" and "Doublethink" are words which express how our minds are conditioned through language.

If you haven't read this book, it is a must read. It is one of the most chilling novels you'll ever read. What is most chilling is not how society is enslaved physically, but how it is programmed psychologically to accept its slavery and to "love Big Brother."

(V): Marijuana is a good political topic. Despite all the propaganda against it, it isn't harmful, unlike - for example - alcohol. I remember back in the 80s it was legal in some places like Alaska, and in the small town of Cordova we'd smoke it in daylight.

Now our prisons are FULL of those convicted of non-victim crimes (an oxymoron), for the imbibement of various kinds of drugs, or for selling drugs in a few cases, mostly small timers on the street. Naturally, no CIA officers are in prison for smuggling heroin into the U.S. from Afghanistan or Cocaine from Central America.

And we have the War on Drugs, which is a War on Freedom, since - first easy point to make - it's none of the government's business what a person does, or buys, or smokes, or sells, or whatever, on his/her own time, and as long as no one else's rights are violated in the process.

The fact that alcohol is legal removes the excuse that it's done to protect others. With alchohol, we rightly demand that people act responsibly, and prosecute them when they don't. It should be the same rule for marijuana, at the very least.

The Usurper: Reminds me of Horizon... a prog over here. All these years people have been going on about THC and forgetting about CBD.... Who knows .. they might make a pill version of CBD!! :)

ScarletRose: Where's my bong when I need it? lol

ScarletRose: Better to do it several times. In through the nose and out through the mouth.... and using the diaphragm not the chest.

The Usurper: I see Judaism keeps up with modern tech and knowledge of the universe and has no problem with it.... and technically the man Jesus was a Jew, as he was also Christ. In Greece, it became a philosophy.. the unmoved mover, expansions on the Great I AM... but they added Hades.... Mmmmmm
The Romans in a quest for a new empire turned it into a religion, yet there were those who still carried on thinking, feeling and knowing God.. eg the Desert Fathers.

A long way... who knows how long ;) step by step, layer by layer.

The main thing is just to keep at it.

Count to 100...

INhallllleeeeeeeeee

EXHAallllllllllllllllleeee... whoo doesn't that feel better now?

(V): Very true. From a political standpoint, when people through religion or any other "ism" are encouraged to suspend their critical thinking faculties for a false idea of "faith," they are ripe for exploitation. Thus the mass hypnotists of religion do a service for greedy politicians also, who thrive on a populous who have lost the capacity to think. True "religion" is wedded to philosophy & science, producing a holistic understanding not as easily deceived. But we all have a long way to go.

The Usurper: I'm not turned off, I just have a natural scepticism for someone who drives around in a limo wearing expensive clothing (that was supposed to go on the cause to defeat the devil!!) and says they represent God.

As for Spirit... it's all aRoUnD us. It's a shame when people rather go around damning people in the name of Christ, rather then just stop, slow down the mind and listen, feel, hear ;)

That makes you a TERRORIST!

"Secret State Police Report: Ron Paul, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Libertarians are Terrorists"

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?EdNo=001&At=047137


Smell the coffee, my friends. The Police State is here.

The Obama Deception (Google Video)

03-12-2009 • Google Video
The Obama Deception is a hard-hitting film that completely destroys the myth that Barack Obama is working for the best interests of the American people. The Obama phenomenon is a hoax carefully crafted by the captains of the New World Order.

http://www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?EdNo=001&At=047161


A spade is still a spade.

(V): "Quite frankly, in America religion has become too much of a business."

I think the larger issue is materialism over spirituality, which is a fault of all western religions & also western science. Science is changing by degrees as new mysteries are explored and the old pat answers are found to be inadequate.

Eastern religious and philosophical thought is definitely a guiding light both to science & religion in this regard.

In America's case, the word "materialism" ought to be exchanged for "crass materialism" or "gross materialism." You are correct, in that in some of the religious branches, most notably some fundamental (but not all) and some pentecostal (but not all) & charismatic groups, materialism has gained the upper hand until material prosperity is a mark of God's approbation almost beyond anything else, and what's more, God is there like a puppet to answer all prayer for wealth according to the petitioner's faith. As Blavatsky rightly surmised, any kind of prayer or meditation or "magic" for purely selfish motives is necessarily "black magic."

So these TV preachers, the televangelists, the faith healers, these are the con artists that unfortunately all these ignorant Christian masses, none of whom apparently can "discern the spirits," fall prey to & hand over their money for blessings. It's to the point now that any sincere seeker for a spiritual faith, or any disinterested observer, can immediately see through the manipulation & is turned off from Christianity as a result. And that is a shame, because of what you suggest....that "there is much to see," if one knows where & how to look.

The Usurper: Doctored..... yes in the respect that much was left out to 'compile' the Bible... Changed... Yep, but in the matter of interpretation.

.... Yet, if one really studies and goes back to the roots, to the early days before the 'Bible' was formed as a step to organise Christianity, there is much to see.

Quite frankly, in America religion has become too much of a business. Some 'preachers' live to good a life I feel, liking the money rather then true saving.

Maybe they should try the Eastern style... They own nothing and the community provides their alms.

Highlights missing Pentagon trillions as potential motive

http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/september2006/070906insidejob.htm

Czuch: "You dont need God to be spiritual"

No argument here. We actually agree again. (gulp)

I think organized religion is often the antithesis of true spirituality. And Bwild is right, all these scriptures have been doctored, not to mention mistranslated to support various dogmas.

But they still have value. And it doesn't mean, for example, that Jesus the "Christ" or Gautama the "Buddha" didn't teach some of the most sublime truths, or live them.

One shouldn't swallow the whole turkey, nor throw out the baby with the bathwater. "There is no religion higher than Truth," says H.P. Blavatsky. But truth is not only mundane, but also divine.

Only a little reflection tells us that the physical universe, of which our bodies & world are composed, is only the tip of the iceberg.

Bwild: LOL Real entertainment would be locking him in a cage with Coach Knight.

Bwild:

The Usurper:theres a guy ya want to go huntin with!!