I just read about a new law that looks like it might make it through the state of Michigan's legislative process. I don't care what the 'emergency' is....it doesn't sound like 'democracy in action' to me. It sounds rather like a bunch of bureaucrats who just assume it's their right and responsibility to start throwing their weight around.
I recognize that when there's a crises sometimes decisions have to be made quickly. But what ever happened to getting 'the people' involved? This new law sounds like it has the potential to ruin a lot of lives.
Click through and read the basic....what do you think?
There's a new superbug disease (from where and started by whom?) Government says they have to do something about it. Who's got it? You do. What are they going to 'do' with you.....? Hummmmm?
The future of the human race needs to be preserved, right?
Just saw this in which passengers who disembarked from a train at Savannah after their trip had ended were subjected to an airport style TSA grope-down as well as a metal detector wanding. The video of the incident shows young boys being patted down and wanded by TSA workers in the train station.
Folks, this is the cause of our revolt here in America. We can't allow this kind of thing to go on. Trust me....this will effect YOU in a very real, personal way probably sooner than you expect.
You need to start talking about this kind of bullshit, blogging about it, tweeting about it and setting aside what you'll need when 'the system' collapses in the US because of this. "We the People" will not stand for this much longer.
Sadly, there will be lots of people, possibly even the majority, who will swallow the line of crap the government, with the cooperation of the major media, will try to feed you about how this is all for 'your protection'. Just like in the American Revolutionary War there was a sizable group of colonists who wanted to 'get along by going along' with the British Crown's treatment of the colonists.
But don't you fall for it. From the get-go, 9-11 was a conspiracy, a false flag operation designed by very high powered people to take your and my freedom away....and what little wealth we might have left.
One more thing....can you imagine how this kind of stuff molds the mindset of some of these young kids. Hitler knew, as did the people who designed this current stuff, that you can change the future if you have control of the minds of the younger generation.
The sad thing is that the younger generation is more susceptible to manipulation of this type. We're not headed toward an America that I'd want to raise kids in. Charlie Sheen has it right-on!
And once the systems exists...who's gonna control it? Do you know anybody who you'd trust to run a global mechanism like that?
I sure as hell don't. If I have to chose between one and the other, I'll just say, "No thanks. You can have the progress and I'll just keep my freedom and sovereignty!"
Apparently somebody in Congresses recognizes that US citizens are the subject of not only too much snooping by the government but also by businesses who track their online behavior and sell that data to others.
Thus, the Honorable (?) Congressman wants a new law and/or federal bureaucracy to ensure that citizens can opt out of being snooped on and monitored by companies online.
Initially I thought that sounded like a good idea. But then I realized there was a bigger danger. Here's what it is:
Why give the government power to do something that, supposedly, the free market can take care of itself?
It's that simple. If people don't want their behavior monitored and their sociometric data sold to others, then the companies who manufacture browsers out to be able to provide that option. One person quoted in the articed said, probably correctly so, that there's so many different ways that data is collected on the net that it would too huge a task for the government to do cost effectively.
I think that makes sense. Any way you slice it.....we don't need more government in our lives. Let's let the free market work the way it's supposed to.
The problem with the radical regime in Iran and their plainly declared goal of not only the eradication of Israel but also the initiation of a global cataclysm that brings "the 12th Imam" out of hiding (he's in a 'well' somewhere but they just don't know which well) to establish a new 'Caliphate' is one that won't go away.
In my opinion, of all the problems facing the US today Iran is the most serious. The reason they're the most serious is because they're the ones with the most leverage to do harm. Iran is dangerous not only to the US but also the rest of the world...although the rest of the world seems to either (a) not realize it or (b) somehow think that, as usual, the US cavalry with come riding in at the last minute to save the day.
Why do I say it has no reverse gear?
Because I really don't think any there's any way to prevent it from becoming a bigger problem and being 'played out' to one of two or three possible conclusions....none of which are good. Any way you look at it....we're all gonna suffer........unless........?
This video is an excellent summary and update on that issue. Dare I say.....'enjoy'?
Here's two clips from YouTube of well known trends forcaster Gerald Celente. He says basically the same thing on both clips but in slightly different ways.
I picked up a few interesting points from it:
The sequence of events we see happening globally right now are virtually the same things that happened prior to 1939 and lead up to WW2. Gerald thinks there could very easily be a major war just around the corner.
Gerald thinks the young people of the US are, for the most part, 'pussies' who won't resist when the federal government, in order to prevent situations similar to what's going on in Tunisia, Egypt and elsewhere right now, clamps down even more on their civil liberties.
Gerald thinks that Journalism 2.0, (i.e. the rise to prominence of citizen-generated news, entertainment and other forms of consumer oriented content) is going to replace older, traditional types of media (e.g. newspapers, network news, etc.).
Gerald knows what he's talking about. These videos are worth watching and ponderings. Nothing is guaranteed anymore.
Remember what I said the definition of 'Fascism' was?
The combinationo of big government and big business, right?
Well, here's another example of how that's happening in America. The CEO of General Electric (GE) has been tagged by our Great Deceiver (Obama) to head a commision on jobs and productivity and such.
Read the article by clicking on this linked extract of it.
In a very real way, this kinda relates to my earlier post today when I noted how science fiction writers very often comment on current society or trends/directions of society. If you've read much sci-fi at all you know that lots of the scenarios describe what is either outright fascist governments, huge powerful government/industrial machines, or very close to it.
Bob Dylan once sang, "You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows!"
I agree with that. All you have to do is read the news (even when it can't all be totally trusted).
I think it's safe to say that most of my US based readers have at least heard of of the Rand Corporation. Most of you probably think it's just another think tank. And some of you might even think it's an old company that used to make business machines.
That pretty much describes, i.e. the later, what I thought about it. I think I vaguely in a far corner of my mind remembered that Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense during the Johnson presidency, was at one time associated with it.
But this video interview with Alex Abella will explain to you why we have all been effected more by the Rand Corporation than we'll probably ever realize. That's why he says, "We're all the bastard childred of the Rand Corporation."
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