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Thanks Sereneblue, Excellent resources for those interested in educating themselves as to how the entire economic system has been created for the very few. 'Web Of Debt' discusses this at great length in terms of the derivatives market (bets on bets on bets etc.) which is nothing more than extremely insane high risk investments. These credit default swaps were insured by AIG. This is one reason why AIG and other financial institutions were bailed out by the last POTUS. The total amount of the derivative market may be over 100 trillion dollars. I believe the total world yearly economy is around 60 trillion. Who pays when that market collapses? Everyone on this planet! Why has this been allowed to happen? In 1999, the U.S. Congress led by Phil Graham, gutted the Glass Steagall act. Glass Steagall was instituted to control banks investment practices with depositors money. When Glass Steagall was rescinded, investment brokers such as Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan et al, were allowed to become banks as well as investment brokers. Not only were banking regulations lifted by the rescinding of this act, investment brokers are now able to borrow short term money at close to zero % interest from the Federal Reserve to implement high frequency trading, shorting currencies and creating market bubbles. Market bubbles are created when excess money is allowed in the markets that create inflated values of commodities such as oil, gasoline, grain etc. Poor countries are especially hard hit by this kind of useless selfish speculation that produces nothing.

Well said!!

You accuse me of ad hominem attacks when I refer to political movements, such as Tea Baggers, Libertarians et al. Ad hominem is Latin and it means 'to the person'. Therefor, ad hominem is the use of derogatory remarks against a person and not a group.

Your patronizing attitude is not well received. Your implication that I am somehow associated with code pink, is a mischaracterization.

Heard this the other day on the blues channel.

Your blatant accusation that I parrot Huffington Post is ludicrous! Obviously, you didn't read my post and only have an agenda to promote. You read the Constitution in a simplistic manner as if you completely understand it. You don't! I was referring to the assassination of a U.S. citizen without due process and this behavior should remind every rational person that the rights of U.S. citizens are being undermined. Do you understand the implications of this action? Is the U.S a nation of laws? Or, are we all to be ruled as subjects by the arbitrary rule of kings? Any rational person with foresight can see the implications of these actions. Any U.S. citizen can be the target of such actions!! Your response to my post was irrelevant. If you wish to comment on what I wrote in the context of what I wrote, you are welcome to do so. You highlighted part of what I wrote, please remove the highlight.

Glenn Greenwald comments on the recent killing of the Yemen Islamic cleric Anwar al-Awlaki. These assassinations that began under the Bush administration and are continued by the present administration, are without due process which is a direct violation of the U.S. Constitution. There are many that advocate the reduction of the Constitution to almost nothing, especially, Tea Baggers, Libertarians and right wing Neocons. This is one example of the abuses that can and will occur when Constitutional protections are eliminated. Habeas Corpus and due process rights were discarded with the bogus war on terror. http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/greenwald-on-awlakis-killing-the-constitution-burned-and-stepped-on/

Given that this thread is about the Wall Street demonstrations, here is Lawrence O'Donnell exposing the jack booted NYPD committing atrocities against legal peaceful free speech!

Please produce proof as verification. Otherwise, the UFO business that new age buffs fantasize in regards to any native people is bogus.

Exactly, what is a classic flying saucer? For anyone to reach a conclusion that any petroglyph is a drawing of a UFO, knows nothing about symbolic representations that are tribal in origin. Have you even been to the desert SW and spent any time around ruins of indigenous peoples? I live in the desert SW and I really resent the UFO new age buffs with their bizarre fantasies around Native American culture. BTW, I am part Native American. Petroglyph's that have been documented by archeologist's as being authentic were part of a vision quest or depicted something from nature. BTW, your UFO photo appears to be from a very bad 1950's sci fi movie. :lol:

@Joeblast, Obviously you have no understanding of U.S. law and International law. Even the congress is responsible for war crimes if they authorize an illegal war. I don't care what party they belong to! I am against any U.S. involvement by this current administration in Libya. We don't live in a country ruled by men, only by the rule of law. If leaders are allowed to make it up as they go, then we have nothing more than Kings ruling according to their own whim. Here is a very good article written by a lawyer on the illegalities of the Irag war. http://deoxy.org/wc/wc-ilaw.htm

@Joeblast, Are you a business owner? A professional? Do you work in a skilled trade? Or, are you a trust fund baby and had everything given to you? Have you ever served in the military? If not, then are you one of the flag waving patriots that support war and are afraid to serve?

Here is 'Tea Bagger' Perry lying about evolution and claiming that creationism is taught in Texas schools.

The ad hominem attacks are not appreciated! I would like to see your rational argument as to what is Constitutional and what is not. Are you familiar with all the case law around what you feel is unconstitutional or not? It would take a real legal scholar to put together that kind of argument. Are you a lawyer? A scholar?

All leftist's are crybabies? Your emotional, sweeping generalizations are not factual, in the least bit! Ron Paul? He would attempt to gut civil rights laws, reinstitute segregation, gut the FDA, EPA, Depart of Education just to name a few. What most people in this country who are not well educated on such matters, is the POTUS is not a dictator and has no power to write checks. The power of the purse resides with the Congress. There are checks and balances with all three branches. The POTUS can't pass laws only congress can. Many of the problems this country faces, are the fault of a bought and paid for congress.

This is exactly what I was talking about as to what corporate America wants. This sounds like a sweatshop. Horrible conditions and low wages. My link

My reason for that point is that given the extreme overuse of antibiotics, many bacterial species are not treatable with conventional antibiotic therapy. Thus, the possibility of extreme virulent outbreaks which have no cure, which could cause massive suffering.

Another right wing, tea party, fascist demagogue! This kind of rhetoric is extremely dangerous.

It is unconscionable that you take the positions you do. Especially, one who considers himself spiritual. You seem to care more about money than the welfare of the people of this world! Further, you definitely don't understand the Constitution. The preamble to the Constitution states that one role of the government is to 'promote the general welfare'. We are all in this together and to create an impoverished feudalistic slave class, demoralizes this country and causes much suffering! Already the real unemployment rate is well above 13-14%. Not the approximately 9-10% that the department of labor states. The following are problems that right wing tea baggers never talk about. Right wing tea baggers are given talking points by the Koch bros. et al, and parrot those points against their own best interest. 1. Two illegal wars started by Bush that violated U.S. law as well as International law that was established after WWII as a result of the Nuremberg Tribunals. In other words, if you don't understand the ramifications of this, invading sovereign countries unprovoked, is a war crime. Very few understand this, given that the majority live in fear and are useful tools for promoting propaganda. 2. The increased security state as an excuse after 9/11. Homeland Security, wiretapping, illegal searches without a warrant, TSA etc. Shredding of the bill of rights, gutting of habeas corpus and posse comitatus. 3. Tax cuts given to corporations to ship jobs overseas that increase unemployment and poverty here. Also the tax cuts given by Bush as a stimulus to create jobs has not worked. Yet, you right wingers keep asking for more tax cuts. Exactly when are the jobs? Walmart and McDonald's? 4. The likes of Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann want to teach their pseudo science in the class room along side real science. Creationism is not science and belongs in the church, comparative religion classes or mythology. That is why I called them fascists, given that they want to combine religion and government, which is fascism and is not an ad hom attack as you attempted to characterize it. 5. The complete commercialization of the media where no real objective journalism exists, only propaganda. 6. Inner city and poor communities that have very little tax base to support schools and other needed services are unable to afford quality education for their children. Therefor, there is virtually no upward mobility out of poverty and crime ridden areas. 7. This country is rapidly becoming feudalistic and if wages are decreased, to a couple of dollars an hour, then we will really see rampant poverty. 8. Health care for all is important and if the population is healthy as well as educated, then this country has a better potential to become more prosperous. 9. Without adequate health care for all, what about a virulent epidemic that threatens millions? If there is little government, then who is responsible? 10. Who is going to repair and pay for the common infrastructure i.e, bridges, roads, sewer systems, that we all share and use. Right now there are thousands of unsafe bridges and roads that are hazards to the public? Here is a prime example of greed and an impoverished soul that just can't get enough.

You still don't get it! It states that questions are raised and nothing more.

I read the article and National Geo. does not make any claims! You continue to engage in revisionism to fit your narrative.

It all has been seen before in every thread you create. Your threads are mythological at best and offer no proof except conjecture!

This is nothing new. How many times are you going to post the same material in the guise of a new thread. Are you trying to garner everyone's attention, here?

I did a weekend with Gary Olsen in Albuquerque. There were about 1,000 people in attendance. The strange thing about him is the tan. He claims it is a result of his meditation practice. A solar tan without the sun. Olsen was caught plagiarizing some of the Sant Mat books and was forced to apologize.

Dr. Ron Paul M.D. shows no compassion for people without health insurance! In his mind that is freedom of choice. What a hypocrite! There are approximately 50 million people in the U.S. without health insurance due to the fact that insurance is very expensive and not affordable for many. He also has said that business owners have a right to discriminate against anyone coming into their store or restaurant. People like him want to put this country back into the pre-civil rights days. Ron Paul, Rick Perry and Michelle Bachmann are Tea Bagger fascists.