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Unicoi Co. Commission backs state’s votes on guns/johnsoncitypress.com/August 31, 2009

Reported by Jim Wozniak, Erwin Bureau Chief, jwozniak@johnsoncitypress.com

ERWIN – The Unicoi County Commission normally takes a dim view of the actions of state government, but last week the panel quickly voted to support a resolution that backed the Tennessee Legislature’s votes on guns.

“The Tennessee Legislature is commended for their recent passage of several laws lessening the restrictions on people keeping and bearing arms,” the county’s resolution states. “This legislative body (in Unicoi County) supports the rights of its citizens to keep and bear arms in conformity with the rights provided in the United States Constitution.”

The resolution was quickly adopted last Monday in a unanimous vote.

The resolution was the brainchild of Sheriff Kent Harris, who had been approached by Dr. Dan Moore about the idea of supporting the Second Amendment. He liked what Moore had in mind.

“Me and him had spoken about what was going on on the state level and different things about the Second Amendment, the Constitution, about the right to bear arms,” Harris said. “He wanted my opinion of it. I told him what my opinion is – that people have a right to carry a firearm. I believe in people’s right to bear arms.

“My officers have never bothered anybody that’s going armed unless they’re out here breaking the law. Law-abiding citizens, we’re glad they got a gun. We might need them to help us. Whether somebody’s got a gun permit or not, if we stop them and they tell us they got a gun and they’re good, why bother them?”

Harris said he has not had a major problem with anyone who has a handgun permit. He said he supports the handgun permit program even though he believes a person has a right to carry a gun without one.

Moore drafted a resolution that was presented to County Mayor Greg Lynch, who favored it, and County Attorney Doug Shults, who reworded it to comply with all of the laws, Harris said. Moore considered the resolution that was presented to the commission to be watered down, but he said the development nonetheless was positive.

“I’m very proud of our sheriff and the county,” Moore said.

He said he went to Harris because of the importance of the sheriff to protect the community against foreign or domestic invasion and the possibility U.S. residents would have their guns taken away. He said other sheriffs were not as supportive as Harris about the resolution.

“We just wanted to send a message to the world that our county strongly supports the Second Amendment,” Moore said. “(Harris is) setting an example for the other sheriffs to truly uphold the Constitution, which is the supreme law of the of the land, other than God’s law.”

Why is a county government delving into this issue? Harris said it was a sign of support for the state Legislature and to convey the belief that Unicoi County backs gun ownership.

Moore said he and others are planning a rally “for freedom” during the Apple Festival. Details have not been finalized, but Harris said topics include the Second Amendment, taxes and government waste. The sheriff said Moore has asked him to speak, and he has agreed.

“It’s all about the Constitution,” Moore said.

He and Harris said there is a constitutional movement occurring in Unicoi County. Moore said it applies to other parts of the country as well.

“People are tired of seeing their freedoms taken away,” he said

Obama Joker Posters-via thestar.com

www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/688445

CDC Uses Social Networking To Spread Vaccine Propaganda-via reuters.com

Read article via link below

www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE57Q5T320090828

The Most “Charming Liar” via Air America

www.redstate.com/bs/2009/08/20/its-pretty-bad-when-you-have-air-america-calling-you-a-liar-mr-president/

Bill Would Give President “Emergency Control” Of The Internet, via Guns and Gas.com

www.gunsandgas.com/125/bill-would-give-president-emergency-control-of-internet/

End The Fed

http://list.lewrockwell.com/t/1624063/28408831/98128/0/

Folks In Massachusetts Need To Take Control Of The “Controllers” August 28, 2009

www.naturalnews.com/026934_health_public_health_quarantine.html

How Many “VOLUNTEERS” (at $350.00 a pop) Does It Take To Turn H1N1 Into A “Justified” Problem?

Answer: All of them.

www.wkrn.com/Global/story.asp?S=10951595

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-August 18, 2009

(Poster’s Note: To read some of Greg’s previous newsletters, go to the sidebar and click on “Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-Archive”)

Check out Greg’s website  http://goodwinfortennessee.com

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August 18, 2009

Ok, the right questions are still not being asked on health care. Let me ask you some questions prior to your understanding of why I say this.

1.     Do you agree and understand that lobbyists influence the decisions made by our government?

2.     Do you understand that the anti trust laws have been relaxed over the years, by both parties, in regards to monopolies and market control activities by corporations?

3.     When the statements of government control health care is “essential” or must be part of the health care issue or whatever statement they want to use for governmental controlled health care, it is an integral part of this proposed health care plan.

Now the real question should be asked:

1. Who, in the lobbyist world, is pushing this proposed governmental control of the health care system?

If you think it is the administration that cares for all of us, don’t, you got to find out who is economically benefiting from it.

Let us not forget the banking industry where we were told if the first TARP wasn’t passed the entire economy would fail. What did they do? Not buying toxic assets as they stated but gave it to the banks which in turned bought other banks at bargain basement prices furthering their domination of the banking industry. Followed by the Federal Reserve buying up the toxic assets with printed money.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a4PWQBl9WmBU

Now knowing the banking industry had this much power, how about the insurance industry, sitting in the middle of Wall Street and the rest of the economic power brokers? We know over the years they have been buying each other up and accumulating more control of the insurance industry. This in turn gives them more economic power and control of their lobbying activities for their benefit. Look at what our government did for AIG who got caught up in the Credit Default Swaps (another name for insurance but couldn’t call it that because it would have lead to governmental regulations), they gave them $180 Billion.

I know the government bureaucracies will have to administer the program but who will give them the guidance, rules, and regulations to support this behemoth? It will be the Congress and guess who gives them lobbying money for their life long careers, you are right if you answered the ones that will be economically benefiting from it. So this completes a circle that has been used aggressively in recent years to promote the most economically powerful programs for smaller groups of the economic elite, which will economically benefit from their influence.

Very little is done in Washington to benefit the people without benefiting some other economically powerful group. That is how things are done in Washington.

Candidate for US Congress, 3^rd District of Tennessee 2010,

Greg Goodwin

http://goodwinfortennessee.com/

8/18/09

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Automakers beg for aid as bailout bill stalls / Associated Press / November 18, 2008

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National News – Cheney, Gonzales indicted in South Texas county / comcast.net News / November 18, 2008

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Greg’s Newsletter / Keeping The American Middle Class Informed / 11-19-2008

I sat down tonight researching the current economic state of our country and the world and have come across some things that blew me away. The first thing I ran across is the true number this bailout has cost us to this point by  the Treasury and the Federal Reserve. Sit down for this one: $4.28 trillion. This article explains where it went:

http://www.cnbc.com/id/27719011

As I kept studying the economic news, I came across another thing that goes against everything a free enterprise system stands for, government directly investing the futures market to prop up it up, which is against the law. Direct intervention by the government is more than socialism; it is done secretly by the President. On the surface it is called the “Presidents Working Group on Financial Markets” another name for it is the “Plunge Protection Team.” I have included a formal definition of it. Check out which economic heads are on the team, recognize the economic governing positions as it relates to today’s bailout and economic restructuring?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_12631

You will see some call this a conspiracy and knowing my background, I don’t buy into conspiracies but with Paulson and Bernanke not willing to disclose where the bailout money is going, you have got to wonder. I have included a CNBC video where an economist brings it up on air and watch the talking heads try to down play it. I have found many times when things get close to the truth, the first thing that is said that redirects the mindset of the discussion, call it a “conspiracy”. In the past, it shuts down the affect of the discussion. This is extremely interesting, watch them trivialize it.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=931599105

You will also hear that bailing out anyone but the financials is not a good idea, because they are taking care of themselves and the rest of us are just going to have to live with the results of their direction.

This has got to change and I believe I have a solution to correct this and I am putting it together for my campaign for Congress in 2010. Once my campaign is in full gear in January of 2009, I will explain it in full detail.

Greg Goodwin

11/18/08

Ron Paul Warns That U.S. Will Support Israeli Attack On Iran / Steve Watson / Infowars.net / Nov. 20, 2008

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The Imperialism You Can Believe In / Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet.com / Thursday, November 20, 2008

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The Raw Story | Army shreds documents on friendly fire deaths / John Byrne / Thursday, November 20, 2008

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New friendly fire coverup: Army shreds files on dead soldiers | Salon News Nov. 20, 2008

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Military News Archive / New friendly fire coverup / TVNewsLies.org / Nov. 20, 2008

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Greg’s Newsletter / Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / 11-21-2008

Okay folks enough is enough; it is time to put this whole thing into perspective. This automobile industry bailout all over the media is a not very funny joke but it is a joke. While the media inundates us with all of this stuff about the pros and cons of the auto bailout, Reuters is reporting the financial institutions will need another $1 to $1.2 trillion.

http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4AJ1GV20081120

At last count, as pointed out by CNBC, we have already spent $4.28 trillion on the financial bailout.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/27719011

I am not giving a positive or negative about the proposed bailout but stepping back from the issue and looking at this whole bailout scheme. It is $25 billion or maybe going up to $75 billion. This is a huge amount of money but compared to financial industry bailout it is peanuts. The Congress is hanging all kinds of pre-requisites before they will give them any money, where the financial industry has no restrictions. In fact they gave total power to the Secretary of the Treasury and of course the Federal Reserve to do what ever they want to do with it with NO restrictions. In fact we don’t even know where all the money has gone and they refuse to report where it went.

http://www.alternet.org/workplace/107340/%242_trillion_handed_out_by_paulson_and_bernanke%2C_but_who_got_it%2C_nobody_knows/?page=entire

I agree the automotive industry is a train wreck and the industry, as a whole, in the US needs restructuring but let’s not through away the baby with the bath water. I hear that the unions are the reason they are failing and I hear the corporate executives are fat cats and the industry is not developing fuel efficient cars, is at fault. All are true to some degree but do we want the government controlling our automotive industry? Look what the regulations and oversight of the financial markets, by the government, has developed into. A free market will shake out the weak and build up the smart ones.

The unions were just working within the rules of capitalism and not a free market. They had a financial advantage, being the only work force available, and they took that advantage for their benefit. It is no different that any corporation, when they have a financial advantage they take it, with little concerns beyond their bottom line. With corporations becoming so large and control and influence large parts of their markets, they use that for their financial advantage. So where is the real difference beyond their individual job responsibilities?

Unions need restructuring, not eliminated. Since Ronald Reagan’s breaking up of the Air Traffic Controllers Union, the workers in this country have had less and less representation through collective bargaining and now one of the largest unions remaining is under attack. Unions establish not only financial agreements with the corporations but working standards and worker’s safety and worker’s retirements. Those standards they set permeate throughout their entire industry. But now they have become so burdensome to the corporations, it is more difficult for a corporation to make a profit.

Voluntary common sense restructuring is the answer, not eliminated or controlled by the government. Automobile companies were making a profit until this financial crisis began to affect people’s ability to buy cars. Almost everyone has to buy a car on credit and with the credit market crashing and banks not lending money, the mortgages were the first to go then the next big ticket item, the car.

Up until this credit crisis, corporations were making a killing on their big vehicles, trucks and SUVs. With their profit margins getting smaller and smaller on cars and large profits on trucks and SUVs, what would you expect them to do, build more trucks and SUVs. I don’t blame them a bit for making something they make the greatest profit on but it was the unregulated credit and financial markets that has caused them to have these financial issues, not because they weren’t making fuel efficient vehicles.

Voluntary restructuring of the corporations of the automobile industry is also needed. The first thing to do is remove the entire governess from the corporations. Replace them with people that have an in depth understanding of the product and market place they are in. Do not let the Master of Business (MBAs) people in the governess, except in a support function. People who have an in depth understanding of the business, know how to compete and innovate both in product and corporate structure, to meet the market needs. Where as the MBAs look at acquisitions and budget cuts to advance the corporation. Every MBA I worked with in different companies all had an aversion to engineering and looked at engineering as a big detractor from the bottom line.

Japan is beating us in sales because of that very problem, not enough competitive engineering in product development. The Japanese may have 10 engineers developing a door for a car to make the best door possible, where the US auto makers would have 10 engineers on developing the entire car that is marketable not so much reliable. Real leaders understand, investing in the expertise needed for all facets of a corporation to compete in the marketplace long term, not just the short sighted profit from a bottom line mentality.

This re-structuring mentality I outlined should be used in all corporations and companies because the corporations and companies are more than just a spread sheet full of numbers. They should be a group of people working towards a goal for all of them to fairly benefit from the corporation’s or company’s financial success,  not just the stock holders and top management.

Finally, with all of this talk about the controls of the automobile industry in the media, what about reigning in the financial industry and demand the controls on them, what Congress is demanding of the automobile industry? The financial bailout is the biggest expense this country has or ever has had, yet there are no regulations or oversight, isn’t that how we got into this mess in the first place? I reiterate what Lee Iacocca’s book title is “Where have all the leaders gone?”

Greg Goodwin

11/21/08

Rothschild Investment Banking Posts Record Results / Seeking Alpha / November 21, 2008

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General Motors to Invest $1 Billion in Brazil Operations — Money to Come from U.S. Rescue Program / Russ Dallen / Latin American Herald Tribune / November 22, 2008

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InternetNews Realtime IT News – Obama, Pentagon Suffer Security Breaches / November 21, 2008

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The Lew Rockwell Show – 72. How the Government Wrecked the Economy / 11-20-2008

via The Lew Rockwell Show – 72. How the Government Wrecked the Economy

The Raw Story | Security firms told they lose immunity in Iraq: official / November 20, 2008

via The Raw Story | Security firms told they lose immunity in Iraq: official

Obama Picks CFR Insider to Head Treasury / Kirt Nemo / Infowars / November 22, 2008

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Zinn: 9/11 Truth Is For “Fanatics”, Has “No Practical Political Significance” / Steve Watson / Infowars.net / November 21, 2008

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General News – Immigrants killing shows tensions on Long Island / comcast.net News / November 22, 2008

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Panicked investors send gold demand up 56% – Times Online / Catherine Boyle / November 20, 2008

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Greg’s Newsletter / Keeping The American Middle Class Informed / 11-23-2008

I have been following two major things that are concerning me. The first is the results of the G-20 summit at the White House last weekend and the second is the Obama transition. Both subjects have been extremely interesting and I will show you why I am concerned.

The G-20 Summit at the White House and as usual, the media coverage of this was very little. Wouldn’t you think policies that will affect our future well being, with this financial crisis going on, would be a major news item? I guess not by their standards but this link from Dick Morris (a conservative and Fox News Contributor) will open your eyes to the financial regulation of our economic system which will now have oversight by a “College of Supervisors”. As I have said many times in the past, we will loose our autonomy with this One World Economy and now we are seeing the beginnings of direct control of our economic system by an outside entity.

http://www.newsmax.com/morris/g_20_economic_summit/2008/11/19/153044.html

This second website will give you an overview of what has been happening with the Paulson and Bernanke bailout and a letter sent to the G-20 meeting by two distinguished economists. “Economists Paul Davidson and Henry C.K. Liu “Open Letter to World Leaders attending the November 15 White House Summit on Financial Markets and the World Economy”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21280.htm

Now the Obama transition, when I heard the choice of his pick for the Secretary of the Treasury, I knew at that point the One World System is going to be pushed by this President too. I already had that suspicion with his “I am a world citizen speech in Germany” and his stand on immigration. This link will give you an overview of who Timothy F. Geithner is and his background. The media has been praising him on he is the right choice for these economic times, when in reality he is the continuation of the current economic direction. Read his bio and you will see what I mean.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_F._Geithner

One final thing you should know, with all of the banking bailouts and record loses in the banking industry, guess who isn’t having any problems with their investment bank? You have to read this link to find out:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article5192894.ece

As you can see by this newsletter, the economic status quo is being maintained no matter who is in the White House. Politics are for the masses when in reality the economic direction, which controls everything we do as a nation, is maintained and directed by the same economic power structure no matter what. Politics give you hope but economics gives you reality.

Greg Goodwin

11/23/08

Poker Face ~ Protest Rock ~ Made In America / Sunday : November : 23 : 2008 : : 10:33:23 AM

November 23, 2008

If you are a proponent of our Constitutional Republic, as I am; and if you appreciate rock music, you’ll want to check out Poker Face. They’ve done several gigs to promote Ron Paul’s campaign last year. You can check out their video “Kontrol” while you ‘re on their home page.

via | Poker Face ~ Protest Rock ~ Made In America | Sunday : November : 23 : 2008 : : 10:33:23 AM

A near-riot and parliament besieged: Iceland boiling mad at credit crunch / Omar Valdimarsson / Scottsman / November 24, 2008

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Bush: Give More Money to the Bankers / Jeannine Aversa / Associated Press / November 24, 2008

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Thanksgiving Issue: Greg’s Newsletter / 11-25-08

Well another day and another bank bailout, a week after Paulson said the bailouts have stabilized the most important financial institutions. Citibank has now got an early Christmas present, another $40 billion atop of the $45 billion a short while ago but the real present is the government backing 90% of the $306 billion of possible bad assets.

This bailout has not done what we were lead to believe it was going to do and that is to ease the credit crisis. Instead of the banks lending again, they are depositing that money into their banks and sitting on it. That is good, for now, for the share holders but does very little in getting the economy moving again. So once again we see Paulson taking care of the industry he is from, with no consequences for the banks not following through with what our money was intended for, lending money to businesses and people to inject capital into the economy as a whole.

Bush backs it and Barney Frank, Chairman of the Congressional Banking Committee, said I wish the banks would start lending again. This just goes to show you the toothless tiger our government has become. It is not going to change because with Obama nominating Timothy Geithner for Treasury Secretary, the status quo will be maintained. He has been involved every step of the way with Paulson managing the bailout. I hope buy now everyone sees that our government will only do what the economic powers behind our political system directs them to do. We now live in a true oligarchy, not the country our Constitution and Bill of Rights promised, government by the people for the people. Definition: Ol-i-gar-chy – a form of government in which all power is invested in a few persons or in a dominate class or clique: government by the few.

Getting away from this economic discussion I want to wish all of you a Happy Thanksgiving and remember even with the darkest of times, we must be thankful for what we have and that is our faith in God and our family and our friends, for these are the most important part of our lives. Enjoy your day, count your blessings, and let the problems of the world go away, for at least a little while. May God bless all of you.

Greg Goodwin

11/25/08

NYC Subway Terror Plot May Threaten Holidays, Feds Warn / Associated Press / November 26, 2008

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After Citigroup, is Bank of America next? / The Economic Times / November 26, 2008

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Eve of Destruction: How the Financial Crisis Was Built Into the System / Yahoo Finance / November 25, 2008

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Venezuela’s Chavez welcomes Russian warships / CHRISTOPHER TOOTHAKER and IAN JAMES / The Associated Press / November 25, 2008

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Gates to stay as Pentagon chief: reports / Agence France-Presse / November 25, 2008

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The Libertarian Statesman / via LewRockwell.com / November 21, 2008

via The Libertarian Statesman

Tulipmania and the Econo-Cultural Breakdown – Doug French – Mises Institute / November 27, 2008

via Tulipmania and the Econo-Cultural Breakdown – Doug French – Mises Institute

“Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation and I care not who makes the laws.” Mayer Amschel Rothschild, founder of the Rothschild international Banking Dynasty, 1790

The Real World Order Is Chaotic / by Butler Shaffer / LewRockwell.com / November 28, 2008

Excerpt…

“Mr. Bush proceeded to turn the direction of American society to whatever whim or vision fascinated him at the moment. If war was an attractive course, he would declare it on his own initiative – constitutional grants of such authority to congress notwithstanding. Nor did it seem to matter to Boobus Americanus, or the media, or the corporate owners of American society, what the pretext or identification of enemies for such wars happened to be.”
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How an Italian Judge Made the Internet Illegal « If you are not paranoid, you just are not paying attention / November 28, 2008

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Made And Produced In India « Pak Alert Press / November 28, 2008

Excerpt…

“What actually is happening in India is that mobs are targeting churches, orphanages and homes of Christians. Officially, more then two hundred people have now been reported dead and twenty of them were deliberately burned to death in the aftermath of the murder of Hindu leader Lakshmananada Saraswati [unofficial figures have reached 600]. The Christians in India are terrified they left their homes and are taking shelter in forests.”

Yet Another Excerpt…

“Current security situation is the result of the governments’ (past and present) poor handling of matters. Indian Government & Media will try to cash this attack and will start killing of innocent Muslims & minorities in India again. I am also confident on my prediction that India will blame Pakistan, ISI & Kashmiris.”

Read Entire Article Here

Claims emerge of British terrorists in Mumbai / The Guardian / November 28, 2008

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Mumbai falls prey to rumours-India-The Times of India / November 28, 2008

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Mumbai False Flag Attack: Update / Leonard Feldman / Rense / November 29, 2008

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Ron Paul Warns Of Secret Plans To Create International Central Bank / Infowars.net / Friday, November 28, 2008

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Neocons Heart Obama / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / November 29, 2008

Excerpt…

“never mind millions of changelings who believe Obama stands for love, peace, and a new road not traveled by the Bushcons. Some of them actually believe Obama will bring the troops home, the poor deluded souls.”

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Veiled Government is Tennessee’s Dirty Little Secret / Drew Johnson / November 24, 2008

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Zeroing in on Pakistan « Pak Alert Press / by A Khokar / November 29, 2008

via Zeroing in on Pakistan « Pak Alert Press

Mumbai False Flag Attack: Update / more related media links / Leonard Feldman / Rense / November 29, 2008

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Mumbai terrorists used Chechen tactics / Russia Today / November 29, 2008

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Congressman Ron Paul – The Neo-Alchemy of the Federal Reserve – Texas Straight Talk / December 01, 2008

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Paul Martin Confronted on Bilderberg and the SPP / December 01, 2008

Paul Martin Confronted on Bilderberg and the SPP

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Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / December 04, 2008

In keeping up with the world of economic news, I ran across this article about the G-8. The new president of the G-8, Silva Berlusconi, who is also the President of Italy and media baron, has decided to expand the control of the G-8. Reuter’s reports Berlusconi said: “The G8 has as its task the regulation of financial markets… I think the next G8 can bring to the table a proposal for a regulation of the internet.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/12/03/berlusconi_g8_internet/

It looks like to me with all of the bad news surrounding the world’s economy, the G-8 may want to address the problem from a different angle and that is to filter the last vestige we the people have to fully communicate. I sure they will start by saying they need to filter subversive content of the internet, the problem with that is who determines what is subversive content and who decides what is overall acceptable for internet publishing? Without the internet’s freedom, we will be locked into what they think is appropriate for general consumption, remind you of any one today, China and Iran, just to name a couple.

Before the internet and when a country took over another country during war, one the first things they would do is burn the books and imprison the intellectuals of the defeated country, to control the minds of the people, is this just another attempt to do what use to be standard practice post war? I don’t like conspiracies but when a powerful economic group goes outside the bounds of their stated charter and attempts to control a completely other responsibility, you have to raise a red flag, so that is why I published this.

Greg Goodwin

12/4/08

Police SWAT Team Holds Entire Family at Gunpoint for Hours / Patrick Burwell / Digital Journal / December 05, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Obama’s Attorney General Nominee Had Role in OKC Murder Cover-Up / Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones / Prison Planet.com / Thursday, December 05, 2008

Alex Jones Infowars: Theres a war on for your mind.

Corporate Media Ignores Planned Deployment of 20,000 Troops in U.S. / Kirt Nimmo / Infowars / December 05, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Trust In the GOP? by Butler Shaffer / LewRockwell.com / Dcember 06, 2008

Trust In the GOP? by Butler Shaffer.

CIA, MOSSAD HAND BEHIND SANGH PARIVAR’S EXTREMISTS « Pak Alert Press / Rashtriya Sahara / Urdu Daily / Mumbai / Front Page News / December 06, 2008

Excerpt…

“According to high official, though the meeting of Sangh Parivar’s leaders to Israeli delegation is not of undue importance, but the way America’s secret service, CIA and Israel’s secret agency, Mossad, are infiltrating in Central Asian and South Asian countries, it is giving strength to the suspicions that in such delegations, members of foreign intelligence get included and through interaction and infiltration, secret operations are carried out.”

(Read second article down to find excerpt)

via CIA, MOSSAD HAND BEHIND SANGH PARIVAR’S EXTREMISTS « Pak Alert Press.

The Raw Story | 5 Blackwater guards charged for Iraq massacre / Andrew McLemore / December 05, 2008

The Raw Story | 5 Blackwater guards charged for Iraq massacre.

Greg’s Newsletter / What we must do now / December 06, 2008

It should be obvious to everyone by now that our so called leaders in government, industry, and the banking system have no idea how to correct this economic disaster. We have for so long relied on these people to perform their duties with regard to the well being of our country and the world. When in reality they have become so self serving, the consequences for this self serving attitude has caught up with us and now we are all in trouble.

As I have been writing ever since 2005, in order for the this One World System to succeed in their end goal, establishing an equal consumer working class world wide, the US would have to reduce their standard of living and bring the third world countries up financially. As you can see or if you don’t believe it now, you will see the financial demise of the US economy as we knew it. Most everyone will have to reduce their standard of living to keep themselves from going under, no matter how financially secure you are feeling now. Here are the major issues that have to be resolved before any light at the end of the tunnel can be realized:

1. Housing – in most areas of the US, home owners are upside down on their mortgages. They are not worth what their mortgage is and these values will have to be stabilized before the housing market can once again begin recovery but in the mean time there is the potential that millions of people will loose their homes. Many people are one or two paychecks from loosing everything including their homes.

2. Regulation of the financial industry – This is imperative and I am worried until the whole system almost collapses, nothing will be done. For instance, when the financial industry publicly announced the real trouble they were in, one of the first regulations that was established, protecting them was the speculation of the industry was stopped. No short selling of their stock and why is that, because it hurts the stock and reduces the value of that stock. So why is it okay for the rest of industry? It is because the hedge fund business would be taking a large hit and the financial market supposedly couldn’t stand that. The financial industry is so protective of their industry that everything else is secondary to their issues and we have and will have the people from that industry running the recovery of this disaster that industry created. I don’t hold much hope for the direction established will be for the benefit of the economy as a whole, it will be attempted from the top of the financial system down, with hopes the trickle down effect will fix it. As we have seen to this point, the trickle down doesn’t trickle down very far anymore.

3. Our political structure must grow some balls – They are so inundated with lobbying pressure that they cannot do anything to control the financial industry. To prove that point they usurped their Constitutional responsibilities and handed over the recovery process to one person, the Sec. of Treasury and following Paulson is the president of the New York Federal Reserve that has been with Paulson through the entire process. They know if any bills are introduced to control the industry, the politicians will not get re-election monies from the largest contributors in the lobbying system, at our expense. Secondly the controlling people of the House and Senate will not even bring any regulation of any meaning to the floor. This level of corruption should not be tolerated by the citizens of this country. We need to demand our elected officials to control this out of control financial industry because if we don’t, we will be paying for it with a greatly reduced standard of living. Where are the Congressional hearings, the investigations, and the media looking into this corruption that has so hurt this country? The only thing you hear about is the auto industry and how regulated they will be to get $34 billion, where the financial industry is getting $8.5 trillion of direct cash injection and government backing, with little to no oversight. They are using the auto industry to give the appearance the government is doing something financially for the American people, when in reality they are bending to the pressure of the financial lobbyists. What does it take for the American people to realize they are being used for the benefit of the financial powers behind this government? If we don’t individually take responsibility and voice our desires for the government to work for us, what I wrote in 2005 will come true. I have attached my essay I wrote in 2005 and if you think that it is some kind of conspiracy theory, and then they have got you fooled and unfortunately you will figure it out after it happens.

4. Finally but not least, morality must be re-established in our country. With the movement to remove God from every part of our society, we as a whole will be depending on what we can do for ourselves by any means. I saw it in a Godless country, China, where anything goes just as long as you don’t get caught. Without God in our lives, we are asking for trouble like you have never seen. You may think God is a fairy tale or you believe He is real but one thing you must do is establish Him in everyday life, not just an hour on Sunday. To give you an idea how far this has gone, the new welcome center in the nations capital has stated the nation’s motto is “E Pluribus Unum” not “In God We Trust”. Remember from history, this nation was established by people getting away from a governmental church (the Puritans on the Mayflower), so they could have religious freedom and in many of the writings of our nation’s founders, God was realized as the reason why this country was established in the first place. I am certainly not saying a religion should be part of the government, like has been touted in the last 8 years, but each one of us should be keeping God in our heart and minds daily. A nation without morality is a nation doomed to fail because it will become so self serving and the desires of what “I” want will be more prevalent that the nation as a whole and unity will not be happen.

We have many problems in this country but we can get through it if we decide, as a nation, to get involved and not leave it to someone else. We must be united in the direction this country takes and it is not a political party thing but an American thing. Until we all get on the same page and push for the betterment of the nation as a whole, our nation will be fragmented with no national direction, which will lead to a nation that is lost without a soul.

Greg Goodwin

12/6/08

Wall St. financiers party like there’s no tomorrow / AFP / December 06, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

New World Order Being Taught In Schools / YouTube / December 06, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

‘Hoax’ call during siege put Pakistan on alert / Laura King and Henry Chu / Los Angeles Times / December 06, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Video: False Flag Attack in Mumbai & Hindu Terrorism « Pak Alert Press / By Pakistan Ka Khuda Hafiz.com / December 06, 2008

Video: False Flag Attack in Mumbai & Hindu Terrorism « Pak Alert Press.

Rice: “U.S. Will Act” Against Alleged Mumbai Perpetrators if Pakistan Will Not / Indian Express / December 07, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

RADIO: MUMBAI was a MOSSAD Operation! « Pak Alert Press / Uncensored Radio Free America / December 07, 2008

TOPIC: Anti-Terrorist Squad Chief Karkare assassinated

GUEST: Dr. Kaasem Khaleel
TOPIC: Mumbai Attacks– PNAC, Neo-cons, and the Mossad;
Anti-Terrorist Squad Chief, Karkare, and top aides, assassinated

RADIO: MUMBAI was a MOSSAD Operation « Pak Alert Press.

Congressman Ron Paul – Gun Control: Protecting Terrorists and Despots – Texas Straight Talk / December 08, 2008

Congressman Ron Paul – Gun Control: Protecting Terrorists and Despots – Texas Straight Talk.

Obama: Don’t stock up on guns / Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun-Times / December 08, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Blagojevich Arrested On Corruption Charges After Going Up Against Bank of America / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 08, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

“Father of the Amero” Herbert Grubel speaks about a common North American currency / Dan Dicks / Press for Truth.ca / December 09, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

U.S. Targets Hamid Gul as a “Terrorist” / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 09, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Ammunition Accountability: Maybe we’d better take this bill seriously / Dave Henderson / The Ithica Journal / December 11, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Operation Northwoods Exposed / Youtube / Thursday, December 11, 2008

Alex Jones Infowars: Theres a war on for your mind.

Ron Paul: Printing Money Only Prolongs The Pain / Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet.com / Thursday, December 11, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Uncensored: Hamid Gul on The Alex Jones Show “CIA Ties to Terrorism” « Pak Alert Press / Infowars / December 10, 2008

Uncensored: Hamid Gul on The Alex Jones Show “CIA Ties to Terrorism” « Pak Alert Press.

Was the Mumbai attack a contractual-terrorist operation? « Pak Alert Press / by Amaresh Misra / December 12, 2008

Did Mumbai terrorists work through Bona-fide Indian Police Informers?

Excerpt…

“So, the question which no one is asking, that was this a contract operation? And who might have given out the contract?

This again brings the question of who would benefit from Karkare’s death and the timing of the Mumbai attack―it is important to emphasize that all contractual terrorist operations are, and I am quoting a CIA manual here the CIA and the Mossad excel in contract terrorism as can be seen from several books, especially on CIA-Mossad operations in Beirut and Lebanon “in essence a question of gamble. We do it to achieve multiple objectives. But it is almost impossible that all those objectives will be met; even if one or two are met, the operation is a success”.

The Mumbai attack has the appearance of a `multiple objective’ strike, in which some objectives like Karkare’s death were met and some, like BJP’s winning elections in Delhi and Rajasthan were not.”

via Was the Mumbai attack a contractual-terrorist operation? « Pak Alert Press.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / December 12, 2008

Just to keep you informed, remember me saying many times that economic powers are getting smaller and smaller, concentrating this power into fewer and fewer people. This article is how Bernanke has shut out the presidents of the other Fed’s districts but I’ll bet you they listen and keep informed the New York Fed because they are the controlling district of the Fed. One question, what happens when the Fed reaches their limit on creating money?

 

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a.g.iJbCJq3U&refer=home

 

It appears that there have been some investigations into this economic problem and who has been part of the scheme to save themselves with no regard to the fallout of the financial system. The same old thing we have heard about in so many aspects of today’s society and that is “I got mine”. These two articles, I believe, will be just the tip of the iceberg if these investigations continue.

 

http://www.nypost.com/seven/12042008/business/ponzi_scheme_at_citi_142511.htm

 

http://news.mobile.msn.com/en-us/articles.aspx?afid=1&aid=28183375

 

Finally, the new big three are not the auto industry but are in the financial system. This article shows what the government’s bailout has created in the financial industry. All the focus is on the auto industry while these institutions are establishing control over the financial industry with government help with basically no restriction.

 

http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/the-big-three-for-wall-sts-new-world-order/

 

Greg Goodwin

12/12/08

Greg’s News Letter, A letter to Congressman Zach Wamp / submitted, December 07, 2008 / Pearl Harbor Day (Remembered)

Greg Goodwin

12/7/08

To: United States Representative Zack Wamp 3^rd Congressional District of Tennessee,

On this day of remembrance on the attack of Pearl Harbor I feel the need to address something that is attacking most of us, in not only the 3^rd District but the nation and that is the economic situation that is consuming the working people of this nation.

I understand you are one of the rising stars in the Republican Party but the way Washington works, it means you are conforming to the way it does business, which is not for the country as a whole but for the economic (lobbying) powers behind the entire system.

I remember when you and the other junior Republican Reps. went to Washington and stated how things were going to change and they did, the system changed all of you to conform to the Washington way. I know you can say, we just don’t understand, if you don’t conform, things just don’t get done and I realize that for the existing system. But where are the true leaders when we need them and to lead may cause you to go against the system. To promote what is good for the entire country, not just the economic powers that control our government.

I and many others realize that both parties may have differences in things like social direction but the real direction for this and any other society is its economic system. The issue confronting our nation is that both parties and the economic system are controlled by the same entities. Where is our true representation for the betterment of the entire country?

Unlike Pearl Harbor, where we were attacked directly and we knew who the enemy was, this current war on the financial well being of this nation is not so clear. That is they work their influences behind close doors and finance their direction through the lobbying system. This has got to change or we will be relegated to this world system and the autonomy of this great nation will be lost. I remember about 6 or 7 years ago when J.P. Morgan financial empire stated, “In 20 to 30 years, the US economy will have little effect on the world economic system”. At the rate it is going, it won’t take that long.

You can argue we must be in the world economy and I agree but you have to realize that we have always been in the world economy, where American products were the most desirable products in the world until the rhetoric stated cheaper was the better way. With that we, with tax incentives from our government, transferred our wealth offshore which was the largest transfer of wealth, without a shot being fired, in world history. What has this government done to this country to satisfy the shortsighted bottom line mentality?

If you are a true free market capitalist, then why has the many hundreds of secret trade agreements been so one sided for advantage of the other side? At the point of the Dubai take over of our ports there was about 1200 to 1500 secret trade agreements Sec. Snow had penned without the American public knowledge, if they were for our advantage it would have been public knowledge. How many more have been penned since then and how many of them further fragmented our economy?

If you are a true rising star and leader, you must start with the unpopular direction with the economic powers and stand up for the entire country’s economy, not just them who have the inside track of influence on our government. If not, you will be playing into the hands of those who want the working people of this country on an equal playing field with the rest of the working people around the world. The main problem with that is we will have to drastically reduce our standard of living to meet the economically rising third world working class, to establish this one world consumer class, which is one of the main goals. The worst thing that will come from this is it will concentrate economic power into a smaller and smaller group of self serving entities and power brokers.

Time will tell if you and the rest of this Washington, government for the highest bidder, will pursue what is right for the country as a whole or just continue the current path of weakening the stature of the greatest nation humans have ever created.

I pray to God everyday this direction will change, for the wisdom of our leaders, and the betterment of all of us. All of our fellow citizens that have died and wounded fighting for this great nation did not sacrifice themselves to be relegated to just another entity in a world controlled by fewer and fewer self serving economic power entities.

Regards,

Greg Goodwin

12/7/08

Mumbai Terror: The Monster in the Mirror / via Pak Alert Press / Saturday, December 13, 2008

by Arundhati Roy
guardian.co.uk, Saturday 13 December

Excerpt:

“But November isn’t September, 2008 isn’t 2001, Pakistan isn’t Afghanistan and India isn’t America. So perhaps we should reclaim our tragedy and pick through the debris with our own brains and our own broken hearts so that we can arrive at our own conclusions.”

via Pak Alert Press.

“New Rules” for Obama’s National Civilian Security Force / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 13, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Scientists extract images directly from brain ::: Pink Tentacle

via  Chunichi

Scientists extract images directly from brain ::: Pink Tentacle.

Attorneys: Fort Dix Terror Plot Was “Planted And Nurtured” By FBI Informants / Steve Watson / Infowars.net / Friday, December 12, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Murtha Maintains He Was Right to Say Marines ‘Killed Innocent Civilians in Cold Blood’ / CNSNews / December 12, 2008

via Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Lou Dobbs Show on Martial Law, Posse Comitatus

Alex Jones Infowars: Theres a war on for your mind.

Domestic Militarization Comes to San Bernardino County / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 14, 2008

Excerpt:

“Dispatching Marines on California highways is an obvious violation of the Posse Comitatus Act (18 U.S.C. § 1385) passed on June 16, 1878. The Act prohibits members of the federal uniformed services, including military police, from working with state and local police and law enforcement.”

via Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Unemployment: Worse Than it Looks / Business Week / Moria Herbst / December 16, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Update: Marine “Military Presence” Confirmed in San Bernardino County / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 15, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind.

Bush and the Shoe: Full Uncut Video / Infowars / December 16, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Army ‘Strategic Shock’ Report Says Troops May Be Needed To Quell U.S. Civil Unrest / Steve Watson & Paul Watson / Infowars.net / Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

IMF chief issues stark warning on riots in the streets / Angela Balakrishnan / The Guardian / Tuesday / December 16, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

YouTube Boycott, December 19th, 2008 / Infowars / December 17, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind.

Breakthrough Solar Dye Coating Converts Glass Windows Into Solar Power Plants / Wdnesday, December 17, 2008 by: David Guitierrez, staff writer

Breakthrough Solar Dye Coating Converts Glass Windows Into Solar Power Plants.

Rice: Bush didn’t ignore any 9/11 ‘warning,’ because there was no ‘when, where, how’ / by David Edwards and Muriel Kane / Raw Story / December 18, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

New Rapid-Response Forces to Bolster Homeland Defense Mission / Family Security Matters / Gerry J. Gilmore, American Forces Press Service / December 18, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

FEMA looks ahead on emergency warning system / Ben Bain / Federal Computer Week / December 18, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / December 19, 2008

If you wonder how we got into this economic disaster, this article will give you a time line and who knew what and did nothing about this impending financial collapse.

http://market-ticker.denninger.net/archives/P3.html

Greg Goodwin

12/19/08

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / December 18, 2008

It appears the bailouts and injecting all of this liquidity and ridiculously low Fed Rate maybe catching up with the dollar. As I and some other economic pragmatists warning of the dollar’s inflationary troubles, may have begun. This article states the dollar has begun to drop in value. It use to be when the dollar fell in value, it was a good thing because it would make our products, which we use to produce here, more competitive in the world market place. Now with so much debt being held by foreign interests, China, Russia, Japan, Middle East, etc and the dollar sliding down in value against the foreign currencies, the only place they will be able to spend their dollars will be the USA, buying out our economic infrastructure. With all of the things we buy are either made outside the country or prices for commodities being controlled by international investment groups, everything we need, will be priced against international exchange rates and the potential for inflation or even hyper-inflation is a real. The end result will be anything invested in the dollar will continue to fall in value, which includes our savings, 401ks, and other investment vehicles. It also means everything we buy will become more and more expensive.

www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a1MsoPDHjFS4

This just didn’t happen in the last year or so, I began writing about it in 2005 and others have been writing about it as early as 2002 but none of it made it to the main stream media with any real concern. The reason no one wanted to talk about it after the deregulation of the financial markets in 1999, there was an orgy in non-asset based investments, paper only speculation and no one cared at that moment because everyone at that time was making a ton of money. The main reasons for this problem is our current financial industry and business leaders were taught the very thing that we are paying for, short term MBA spread sheet mentality with little regard to anything past the next quarter or two and pure unregulated greed. This video will give you a good synopsis of the people who were warning us of this problem we are now facing and how they were trivialized.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PIEGK0IbA4

One final thought, we are trying to base our economy on credit or a better terminology, usury, instead of a sound financial structure, asset based money and banks and financial institutions not being able to do business beyond their asset values. The house of cards has fallen down and now we have rebuild it with a sound system based on assets, not paper. We are in a real disaster and the financial leaders do not seem to care about anything but protecting the financial industry and banks. This approach of establishing a credit only financial system will fail all of us, no one in the world will (eventually) lend us a dime and how will we repay what we already owe?

Greg Goodwin

12/18/08

Ron Paul: Fear Based Bailouts Constitute Economic Terrorism / Steve Watson / Infowars.net / December 19, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

NewsOn6.com – Tulsa, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports – KOTV.com | Cell Phone Spying

NewsOn6.com – Tulsa, OK – News, Weather, Video and Sports – KOTV.com | Cell Phone Spying.

From Global Crisis to “Global Government” / Global Research / Saturday, December 20, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

The Bill Nobody Noticed: National DNA Databank / Natural News / December 20, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays / by: MoLiberty / December 21, 2008

As a government watchdog and staunch supporter of our Constitutional Republic (the way it was originally framed), I reserve very little (if any) time or effort to “happy news”. Frankly, there’s little time left to reverse the continuous onslaught against our Liberties, Freedom and Constitutional form of government. Thus, I’ll continue to be vigilant by informing “The People” with any and all means at my disposal. I hope and pray that most of you will do the same.

That said; I sincerely wish for all of you and yours, a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy New Year and any other Holiday celebration that I may have left out.

The origin of the founding of the Thirteen Colonies was to be freed from religious persecution and “Taxation Without Representation” from the King of England (who’s name just coincidentally happened to be George, yuck!).

The first amendment to the Constitution of the United States ensures that the establishment of religion or regulation of it be kept free from government control. In order for “We The People” to cinch the chains of the Constitution tighter around our governing body, we must be “Ever Vigilant” in that cinching process on a daily basis.

Though I’m not an elected official, I practice the Constitutional cinching process on a regular basis by conveying to my representatives that they work for “We The People”, I hope you’ll do the same. After all, we are to be governed “Of, By and For the People”, not the government special interests.

I wish for you and yours all the best during this Holiday Season and the most prosperous New Year.

Yours in Liberty,

-Mo

Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash, Non-Profit Demands Full Federal Investigation / PRNewswire / Sunday, December 21, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind.

YouTube – Congress Passes HR8791 Homeland Security Bill

YouTube – Congress Passes HR8791 Homeland Security Bill.

Congressman Ron Paul – Government and Fraud – Texas Straight Talk / December 22, 2008

Congressman Ron Paul – Government and Fraud – Texas Straight Talk.

Cheney: We Asked If We Needed Approval For Wiretapping, Congress Told Us ‘Absolutely Not’ / Think Progress / Monday, December 22, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind.

Merry Christmas from MoLiberty / Many bloggers would find it very difficult to promote their blogs on a scale of this magnitude without Cheru and alphainventions.com ! / December 21, 2008

To: alphainventions.com and all of the bloggers out here…

Merry Christmas Cheru,

The service you provide to us bloggers out here in the ether is greatly appreciated. I wish for you and yours the Merriest of Christmases and the Happiest of New Years.

You’ve probably figured out by now, that I’m a Libertarian and a Constitutional one at that. Your service is most libertarian in its process. You provide a service to help advertise our blogs existence, we provide the advertising of your service.

The system couldn’t be more libertarian than it is. Freedom of expression without government intrusion. The truest form of “Free Enterprise” is your alphainventions.com.

I’m not sure if you’re aware of libertarian principles, which consist of “Smaller Government, More Freedom and Fewer Taxes”. You and your service magnify those principles.

God Bless You and yours and all of the bloggers who keep this torch of freedom and liberty burning brightly!

Yours in Liberty,

-Mo

VIDEO: Santas Disable Enforcement Cameras in Tempe / KFYI / AP / December 24, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind!.

How the Federal Reserve works / mises.org / 1996

Part 1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AzdQNKkonc

Part 2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGYJUe1fD1s&feature=related

Coal Ash Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards – NYTimes.com / by Shala Dewan / Published: December 24, 2008

Coal Ash Spill Revives Issue of Its Hazards – NYTimes.com.

Crews Toil To Clean Up Tennessee Coal Ash Spill : NPR / All Things Considered / by Tamara Keith / December 26, 2008

Crews Toil To Clean Up Tennessee Coal Ash Spill : NPR.

TVA: Coal ash spill larger than thought – UPI.com / Published: Dec. 26, 2008 at 10:47 PM

TVA: Coal ash spill larger than thought – UPI.com.

Los Angeles Republican Party replaces old-line leadership with coalition of Freedom Force Members / Unfiltered News – Current / Posted December 24, 2008

Excerpt:

“This unprecedented grass-roots action was the result of freedom-minded people deciding to quit complaining and quit following political leaders they did not like and, instead, offering themselves as leaders instead. That is the mission of Freedom Force.”

[Scroll down to third article after you reach the page via the following link.]

via Unfiltered News – Current.

Video: Israel launches attack on Gaza, kills 210, injures 900+ « Pak Alert Press / December 27, 2008 / 09:55:33 GMT

Video: Israel launches attack on Gaza, kills 210, injures 900+ « Pak Alert Press.

Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) / Prelude to the North American Union (NAU) / Key Accomplishments Since August 2007 / Posted here, December 27, 2008

key_accomplishments_since_august_2007.pdf application/pdf Object.

Northcom Combat Team Conducts “Humanitarian Support” Exercise in Maryland / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 27, 2008

Excerpt:

“The Armed Forces Press Service has initiated a propaganda campaign designed to convince the American people that deploying the 3rd Infantry Division in the United States in violation of the Posse Comitatus Act is a good thing.”

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind.

(Reposting) Arrest Provides More Evidence India, Israel, and the U.S. Behind Mumbai Attacks « Pak Alert Press / by Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 07, 2008

Excerpt:

[“The national daily… has exposed that the officials of the national intelligence agencies have categorically stated that American secret service agency, CIA together with Israel’s secret organization Mossad, has carried out several secret operation all over Asia,” Pak Alert Press reports, translating from the original Urdu.

Indian intelligence, however, is no minor player and its foreign policy objectives currently parallel those of the CIA and Mossad in regard to covert destabilization in South Asia and elsewhere.]

via Arrest Provides More Evidence India, Israel, and the U.S. Behind Mumbai Attacks « Pak Alert Press.

Special Reports: The Israeli Invasion of Gaza / via-Infowars / Several Articles by Several Sources / December 28, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind.

Slaughter in Gaza: Another Chapter in the Global Elite Master Plan / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / December 29, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars: There’s a war on for your mind.

Video » psychological warfare operations u s citizens » Planet Netopia

Forum » psychological warfare operations u s citizens » Planet Netopia.

Video / Alex Jones Interviews Tony Pallotta / Infowars.com / December 30, 2008

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC-BNhE6RWg&eurl=http://www.infowars.com/?p=6893

The Left, the Right, and the State by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. / LewRockwell.com / December 30, 2008

The Left, the Right, and the State by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr..

Gaza relief boat damaged in encounter with Israeli vessel – CNN.com / December 30, 2008

Gaza relief boat damaged in encounter with Israeli vessel – CNN.com.

12/30/2008 – Moral Insanity As Foreign Policy – Opinion – Chattanoogan.com / December 30, 2008

12/30/2008 – Moral Insanity As Foreign Policy – Opinion – Chattanoogan.com.

Video: Anti-Zionist Jews who lived in Palestine tell their story / Pak Alert Press / December 31, 2008

Pak Alert Press.

Albuquerque Examiner: Report argues for domestic police role for military / via-Infowars.com / Jay McDonough / Albuquerque Examiner / December 31, 2008

via Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind.

Neocon Bolton Says Gaza Conflict May Result in U.S. Attack on Iran / Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet.com / December 31, 2008

via Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Would They Be Planning to Use Troops Against Americans If They WEREN’T Stealing Our Money? / George Washington’s Blog / via-Infowars.com / December 31,2008

via Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Cynthia McKinney on CNN via YouTube – Speaks about USS Liberty / via-Infowars.com / December 31, 2008

via Cynthia McKinney on CNN via YouTube – Speaks about USS Liberty.

The US Army Document That Proves the US is the World’s Number One Sponsor of World Terrorism « Pak Alert Press / January 01, 2009

The US Army Document That Proves the US is the World’s Number One Sponsor of World Terrorism « Pak Alert Press.

US Military Aid Underpins Gaza Offensive: Information Clearing House – ICH / January 01, 2009

US Military Aid Underpins Gaza Offensive              : Information Clearing House – ICH.

The Forces Of International Terror / Pak Alert Press / by Peter Chaimberland / January 02, 2009

Excerpt:

“Who are the true “terrorists,” the ones who develop the plan to terrorize the world into submission, or the hitmen who carry-out the grand design? Morally, they are the same. In reality, you can know the goals of the planners through a study of the patterns of their hitmen. I have ceased to find either humor or irony in the fact that the “Islamic militants” we fight in our war of terror have the same strategic and tactical goals of the Western alliance. I have gone way beyond shock in the realization that American soldiers are busily killing and dying against insurgents and terrorists who are carrying-out contract killings upon civilians and soldiers on orders that issue from New York, Washington and Tel Aviv.”

via Pak Alert Press.

What helped the rise of Hamas? U.S., Israel policies, turns out / via-Infowars.com / Warren P. Strobel / McClatchy Newspapers / January 02, 2009

via Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind.

Top 5 Lies About Israel’s Assault on Gaza / Jeremy R. Hammond / Foreign Policy Journal / via-Infowars.com / January 03, 2009

Top 5 Lies About Israel’s Assault on Gaza

via Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

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Ron Paul / YouTube Video/ On Israel’s Invasion Of Gaza / January 03, 2009

YouTube – Gaza Video_1-3-09.

The Iraq War Is Now Illegal – The Daily Beast

The Iraq War Is Now Illegal – The Daily Beast.

Israeli Deception and Barbarity / Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog / January 04, 2009

Therearenosunglasses’s Weblog.

Real Global Terrorists Giants « Pak Alert Press / by Zaheerul Hassan / January 04, 2009

Real Global Terrorists Giants « Pak Alert Press.

Pat Robertson’s NWO God: U.S. Will Embrace Socialism / Infowars.com / January 04, 2009

via Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Buy, Buy, Buy by Michael Gaddy / Lew Rockwell.com January 05, 2009

Buy, Buy, Buy by Michael Gaddy.

YouTube – Cell Phones Can And Are Being Used As Bugs

YouTube – Cell Phones Can And Are Being Used As Bugs.

January 05, 2009: Opportunities for Peace and Nonintervention / Congressman Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk

Congressman Ron Paul.

YouTube – Ron Paul Madoff “Irrelevant SEC + Congress + Moral Hazard + US Gov’t Ponzi Schemes”

YouTube – Ron Paul Madoff “Irrelevant SEC + Congress + Moral Hazard + US Gov’t Ponzi Schemes”.

Americans Have Learned the Wrong Lesson from the Holocaust / George Washington’s Blog / via-Pak Alert Press / January 06, 2009

Pak Alert Press.

Congress’ plan would let AG ‘ban guns at will’ / worldnetdaily.com / January 06, 2008

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=85507

Protests over BART shooting turn violent / Demian Bulwa, Charles Burress, Matthew B. Stannard, Matthai Kuruvila / San Francisco Chronicle / January 08, 2009

Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Videos: Protests, Riots in Response to Man’s Execution / by BART Cop / Infowars / January 08, 2008

Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Martial Law, the Financial Bailout, and War / Prof. Peter Dale Scott / Global Research / January 08, 2009

www.infowars.com/?p=7038

WEAPONS OF CHOICE / World Net Daily / January 09, 2009

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&pageId=83210

globeandmail.com: Cheney: No one saw economic crisis coming / January 08, 2009

Read Here

Air Force Creates “Counter Blog” Response Plan To Quell Online Dissent / Steve Watson / Infowars.net / January 09, 2008

Because there’s a war on for your mind!

Obama’s Energy Czar: Socialist Agent For World Government / Paul Joseph Watson / Friday, January 09, 2009

Infowars.com

Because there’s a war on for your mind!

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping The Middle Class Informed / January 10, 2009

As everyone knows I have been writing about the economic inequities in our country since 2005 and I am always disheartened and just plain mad when I see the latest round of inequities that are being perpetrated on the American people. This latest one astounds me to no end, the Food and Drug Administration’s lack of responsibilities to keep the American people safe from medical equipment that has not been fully tested and it either doesn’t work as stated, to the possibility of death from this equipment that has not been properly tested.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FDA_DISSIDENTS?SITE=CARIE&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

As we have seen in the last few years, the FDA has had many problems, from the salmonella in our vegetables to pet food contaminates and many other things that are too lengthily to mention here. This is just another example of how our government is not working for the people of our country but the lobbying pressures on all levels of our government. You can’t blame any single entity in our government, President, Congress, or the unbridled bureaucracy that runs the government on a daily basis but the accumulation of the entire system. It is obvious to me that profit has become more of a priority than everything else. Although profit is the greatest thing in a free enterprise system, profit with no responsibility is destroying the very fabric of our free enterprise system; it affects each one of our well being, whether it is financial or own health.

You know if I had a wish, I would wish for We the People take our Constitution, Bill of Rights, and our 50 states and secede from Washington DC and start anew in Philadelphia, where this great nation for the people and by the people started and start over again and learn from the mistakes of greed and self centeredness. I know it isn’t possible but we must start somewhere and that is making Washington listen. You all have a computer, a telephone, and have postal service, so use them to tell our elected officials this current direction is destroying this, the greatest country know to man. Until we all get involved with our future, we will be relegated to what ever they decide is good for them, at our expense.

Greg Goodwin

1/10/09

Israeli envoy banished from Venezuela: Chavez’ door closed – Israel News, Ynetnews / January 07, 2009

www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3652334,00.html

The Raw Story | UK, Europe hit with riots over Israel’s Gaza campaign / Raw Story / January 10, 2009

The Raw Story | UK, Europe hit with riots over Israel’s Gaza campaign.

Repudiating the National Debt by Murray N. Rothbard

www.lewrockwell.com/rothbard/rothbard198.html

Al Jazeera English – Middle East – Gazans fear Israel using phosphorus / Aljazeera.net / January 12, 2009

http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/01/20091111392884765.html

CIA-Mossad hand behind Sangh Parivars extremists / December 06, 2008

Rashtriya Sahara, Urdu Daily, Mumbai
Front Page News
December 06, 2008

http://pakalert.wordpress.com/2008/12/06/cia-mossad-hand-behind-sangh-parivars-extremists/

Congressman Ron Paul / January 12, 2009: Stimulating Our Way to Rock Bottom / Texas Straight Talk

www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

The Difficulty of Being an Informed American / by Paul Craig Roberts / Baltimore Chronicle.com / January 08, 2009

baltimorechronicle.com/2009/010909Roberts2.shtml

Fed Mob Boss Geithner’s Confirmation Sidelined / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / January 14, 2009

www.infowars.com/?p=7157

How to Steal Billions in Plain View: Bernanke’s Robber Banks by Michael S. Rozeff / Lew Rockwell.com / January 15, 2009

Excerpt:

“And now that the boom is over, the bankers, led by Mr. Bernanke, want us to eat their losses.”

Full Article

YouTube – Ron Paul: Why Do We Run A World Empire? / You Tube / January 07, 2009

Video

Court grants motion to search White House computers and preserve emails / Raw Story / January 14, 2009

Read Article

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping The Middle Class Informed / January 15, 2009

I haven’t been writing my newsletter of late because I seem to have a case of writers block. I never believed it was a real thing but I guess I found out there is such a thing. Where it was such an easy flow of thoughts and now there has been a struggle to make it happen. I have even been asked if I took their name off of my email    list, no I haven’t removed anyone, just brain stall.

I did want to address something that is out of my normal writings and that is a question that has been concerning me. Have we so taken God out of everything in our society that we are reaping the rewards of that direction? Have we, in the recent past, been so consumed with money and self gratification that there isn’t enough room for God anymore, except for maybe an hour on Sunday? I am not trying to give a sermon but we really need to ask ourselves that because this nation was founded on the principal, “One Nation Under God”, not a nation fragmented with every “ism” people can come up with and God out of every aspect of society. It is a question we need to ask each one of ourselves.

Greg Goodwin

1/15/09

Supreme Court Rules Against Fourth Amendment / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / January 15, 2009

Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Intelligence Court Rules Wiretapping Program Legal / ERIC LICHTBLAU / The New York Times / January 15, 2009

via www.infowars.com/?p=7161

The Raw Story | ACLU: ‘Secret courts’ conceal fraud by military contractors / Muriel Kane / Jnuary 15, 2009

The Raw Story | ACLU: ‘Secret courts’ conceal fraud by military contractors.

Israelis shell hospitals and UN HQ: Information Clearing House – ICH / January 15, 2009

www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21767.htm

The Bipartisan Homeland Security State by William Norman Grigg / Lew Rockwell.com / January 16, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w72.html

The Economy Is in a Depression / by Prof. Peter Morici / Global Politician / January 16, 2009

www.infowars.com/?p=7196

MUST READ!!! Subject: Fw: Read Letter from Knox Machinery Co, Franklin, Ohio–re:bailouts / (circa) December 17, 2008

Gregory Knox, a supplier for the “Big Three” auto makers, received a letter from Troy Clarke President of General Motors requesting support for the auto bailout. His response is classic, and has to make you proud that there are still right thinking Americans who are not afraid to tell it like it is.

Here is the request letter, and the response.
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Dear Employees & Suppliers,
Congress and the current Administration will soon determine whether to provide immediate support to the domestic auto industry to help it through one of the most difficult economic times in our nation’s history. Your elected officials must hear from all of us now on why this support is critical to our continuing the progress we began prior to the global financial crisis………………….As an employee or supplier, you have a lot at stake and continue to be one of our most effective and passionate voices. I know GM can count on you to have your voice heard.

Thank you for your urgent action and ongoing support.

Troy Clarke
President General Motors North America
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Response from:
Gregory Knox, Pres.
Knox Machinery Company
Franklin, Ohio

Gentlemen:

In response to your request to contact legislators and ask for a bailout for the Big Three automakers please consider the following, and please pass my thoughts on to Troy Clarke, President of General Motors North America.

Politicians and Management of the Big 3 are both infected with the same entitlement mentality that has spread like cancerous germs in UAW halls for the last countless decades, and whose plague is now sweeping this nation, awaiting our new “messiah”, Pres-elect Obama, to wave his magic wand and make all our problems go away, while at the same time allowing our once great nation to keep “living the dream”… Believe me folks, The dream is over!

This dream where we can ignore the consumer for years while management myopically focuses on its personal rewards packages at the same time that our factories have been filled with the worlds most overpaid, arrogant, ignorant and laziest entitlement minded “laborers” without paying the price for these atrocities…this dream where you still think the masses will line up to buy our products for ever and ever.

Don’t even think about telling me I’m wrong. Don’t accuse me of not knowing of what I speak. I have called on Ford, GM, Chrysler, TRW, Delphi, Kelsey Hayes, American Axle and countless other automotive OEM’s throughout the Midwest during the past 30 years and what I’ve seen over those years in these union shops can only be described as disgusting.

Troy Clarke, President of General Motors North America, states: “There is widespread sentiment throughout this country, and our government, and especially via the news media, that the current crisis is completely the result of bad management which it certainly is not.”

You’re right Mr. Clarke, it’s not JUST management…how about the electricians who walk around the plants like lords in feudal times, making people wait on them for countless hours while they drag ass…so they can come in on the weekend and make double and triple time…for a job they easily could have done within their normal 40 hour work week. How about the line workers who threaten newbies with all kinds of scare tactics…for putting out too many parts on a shift…and for being too productive (We certainly must not expose those lazy bums who have been getting overpaid for decades for their horrific underproduction, must we??!)

Do you folks really not know about this stuff? How about this great sentiment abridged from Mr. Clarke’s sad plea: “over the last few years …we have closed the quality and efficiency gaps with our competitors.” What the hell has Detroit been doing for the last 40 years?! Did we really JUST wake up to the gaps in quality and efficiency between us and them? The K car vs. the Accord? The Pinto vs. the Civic?!? Do I need to go on? What a joke!

We are living through the inevitable outcome of the actions of the United States auto industry for decades. It’s time to pay for your sins, Detroit.

I attended an economic summit last week wher e brilliant economist, Alan Beaulieu, from the Institute of Trend Research, surprised the crowd when he said he would not have given the banks a penny of “bailout money”. “Yes, he said, this would cause short term problems,” but despite what people like politicians and corporate magnates would have us believe, the sun would in fact rise the next day… and the following very important thing would happen…where there had been greedy and sloppy banks, new efficient ones would pop up…that is how a free market system works…it does work…if we would only let it work…”

But for some nondescript reason we are now deciding that the rest of the world is right and that capitalism doesn’t work – that we need the government to step in and “save us”…Save us my ass, Hell – we’re nationalizing…and unfortunately too many of our once fine nation’s citizens don’t even have a clue that this is what is really happening…But, they sure can tell you the stats on their favorite sports teams…yeah – THAT’S really important, isn’t it…

Does it ever occur to ANYONE that the “competition” has been producing vehicles, EXTREMELY PROFITABLY, for decades in this country?… How can that be??? Let’s see… Fuel efficient… Listening to customers… Investing in the proper tooling and automation for the long haul…

Not being too complacent or arrogant to listen to Dr. W. Edwards Deming four decades ago when he taught that by adopting appropriate principles of management, organizations could increase quality and simultaneously reduce costs. Ever increased productivity through quality and intelligent planning… Treating vendors like strategic partners, rather than like “the enemy”… Efficient front and back offices… Non union environment…

Again, I could go on and on, but I really wouldn’t be telling anyone anything they really don’t already know down deep in their hearts.

I have six children, so I am not unfamiliar with the concept of wanting someone to bail you out of a mess that you have gotten yourself into – my children do this on a weekly, if not daily basis, as I did when I was their age. I do for them what my parents did for me (one of their greatest gifts, by the way) – I make them stand on their own two feet and accept the consequences of their actions and work through it. Radical concept, huh… Am I there for them in the wings? Of course – but only until such time as they need to be fully on their own as adults.

I don’t want to oversimplify a complex situation, but there certainly are unmistakable parallels here between the proper role of parenting and government. Detroit and the United States need to pay for their sins. Bad news people – it’s coming whether we like it or not. The newly elected Messiah really doesn’t have a magic wand big enough to “make it all go away.” I laughed as I heard Obama “reeling it back in” almost immediately after the final vote count was tallied…”we really might not do it in a year…or in four…” Where the Hell was that kind of talk when he was RUNNING for office?

Stop trying to put off the inevitable folks … That house in Florida really isn’t worth $750,000… People who jump across a border really don’t deserve free health care benefits… That job driving that forklift for the Big 3 really isn’t worth $85,000 a year… We really shouldn’t allow Wal-Mart to stock their shelves with products acquired from a country that unfairly manipulates their currency and has the most atrocious human rights infractions on the face of the globe…

That couple whose combined income is less than $50,000 really shouldn’t be living in that $485,000 home… Let the market correct itself folks – it will. Yes it will be painful, but it’s gonna’ be painful either way, and the bright side of my proposal is that on the other side of it all, is a nation that appreciates what it has…and doesn’t live beyond its means…and gets back to basics…and redevelops the patriotic work ethic that made it the greatest nation in the history of the world…and probably turns back to God.

Sorry – don’t cut my head off, I’m just the messenger sharing with you the “bad news”. I hope you take it to heart.

Gregory J. Knox, President
Knox Machinery, Inc.
Franklin, Ohio 45005


http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/knox.asp

Gaza Siege: News and Analysis: Haaretz: Gaza Residents Say IDF Soldiers Posing as Hamas Men / January 10, 2009

Gaza Siege: News and Analysis: Haaretz: Gaza Residents Say IDF Soldiers Posing as Hamas Men.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / January 18, 2009

Every time I look into this bailout fiasco, I am amazed at the things the government has done and proposes to do to strengthen the financial institutions and do very little to strengthen the individual American’s balance sheets. This new plan to create a “Bad Bank” or “Aggregator Bank” which is just another name put on a Federal program that will have the same basic agenda the first bailout was supposed to do, buying up bad assets in the financial industry. As we have seen it didn’t work and when Paulson got the green light to control the $700 billion bailout. He changed what they proposed for that money, buying bad assets, but directly injected the money into the financial system’s coffers, without buying up any bad assets or getting the credit markets to lend with a real impact on the credit crisis. In fact most of that money was used for banks and lending institutions to buy up other banks and lending institutions at bargain basement prices or just put that money into their vaults. This just further concentrates the economic power which controls the monetary policy, through lobbying, of our Federal Government.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=amhKS1g61_J4&refer=home

This past week, Bernanke was suppose to appear before the Congress for questioning on where the bailout and financial status of the banking system. At the last minute he canceled going to Congress and instead went to Europe to meet with the other central bankers from around the world. By doing this he seems to be more interested in establishing the world banking system than answering to the American people what he and Paulson have been doing with the money and what this proposed new bailout bank is really all about.

After reading this article above, I have given you some of the economic power behind the governmental influence and the lobbying system this article mentions both past and present individuals that have been involved in setting monetary policy in our nation. It is quite an interesting list of groups and people.

1. Kenneth Rogoff – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_Rogoff

2. International Monetary Fund – http://www.imf.org/external/about.htm

3. Group of Thirty – http://www.group30.org/index.htm

A. Current Members – http://www.group30.org/members.htm

B. Past Members – http://www.group30.org/pastmembers.htm

C. Emeritus Members – http://www.group30.org/emeritus.htm

4. Timothy Geithner – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Geithner

5. Lawrence Summers – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Summers

6. National Economic Council – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Economic_Council

7. Paul Miller –  bank analyst at Friedman Billings Ramsey & Co- http://www.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUSTRE4AJ1GV20081120

8. Sheila Bair – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_C._Bair

9. Paul Krugman - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman

10. Peter Wallison – http://www.aei.org/scholars/scholarID.58/scholar.asp

11. Henry Paulson – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Paulson

12. John Bovenzi – http://www.fdic.gov/news/news/speeches/chairman/spjan1309.html

13. Ben Bernanke – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Bernanke

14. Josef Ackerman Chairman of the Institute of International Finance – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institute_of_International_Finance

15. Harry Reid – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Reid

16. John Douglas – former FDIC general counsel and partner in Washington law firm – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul,_Hastings,_Janofsky_&_Walker

One thing I have found studying these groups and people, many were influencing the introduction of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act in 1999 which reduced and eliminated the regulations, which were introduced after the Great Depression through the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. These reductions and eliminations of these regulations are what spurred the unregulated dealings in the derivatives markets (hedge funds) which in turned destroyed the housing market, followed by our total economy being affected by this self serving financial direction. Some of these are the people who created this disaster and now they are giving input how to correct it. As we have seen to this point, the only thing this bailout has been correcting is an attempt to correct the bottom lines of the financial industry, what about the American people? The trickle down effect of this bailout has not trickled down past the financial institutions and I doubt if we will see much trickle down for us from this proposed “Bad Bank”.

Finally, this article written by Professor Peter Morici – He is a Professor of International Business at the University of Maryland.  Prior to joining the University, he served as Director of Economics at the U.S. International Trade Commission.  He directed the agency’s professional economists working on ITC investigations and provided international economic policy advice to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, U.S. Trade Representative, Council of Economic Advisors, and other government agencies.

In this article he tells us what the real unemployment numbers are and what needs to be done to begin establishing a direction to improve our nation’s economic condition. He along with others, like Ron Paul, knows what needs to be done to establish a sound recovery for the U.S. economic system with benefits for all of us not just the financially and politically well connected.

http://www.globalpolitician.com/25390-economics

Greg Goodwin

1/18/09

Dailymotion – Al Qaeda Doesn’t Exist (Documentary), a video from corbettreport. al qaeda, islam, bin, myth

Al Qaeda Does’nt Exist Part 1

Al Qaeda Doesn’t Exist Part 2

Abraham Delano Messiah Obama? by Thomas DiLorenzo / Lew Rockwell.com / January 19, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo165.html

Proposed Aggregator Bank is a Trojan Horse for the New “United States Bank” / Hugh Wood / January 19, 2009

Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Treasury Allowed IndyMac to Cook Books, Commit Fraud / Brian Ross, Justin Rood, and Joseph Rhee / ABC News / January 18, 2009

Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Israel’s Hands Around America’s Throat Are Showing « Pak Alert Press / January 19, 2009

Excerpt:

“The gang of international killers whom we refer to as “al Qaida” is the biggest threat to security and dreams of world peace, but the address of that adversary is not some cave in the Hindu Kush. It is at Langley CIA HQ and Tel Aviv.”

pakalert.wordpress.com/2009/01/19/israels-hands-around-americas-throat-are-showing/

Congressman Ron Paul / January 19, 2009: Strengthening or Weakening the Economy?

Excerpt:

“Freedom is our strength, government is our weakness”
~January 19, 2009, Congressman Ron Paul, 14th District, Texas, U.S.A.~
www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

The Audacity of Hype by Gary North / Lew Rockwell / January 20, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/north/north676.html

Prominent Economist: Crisis Caused By Government Interventions / Steve Watson / Infowars.net / January 19, 2009

Excerpt:

“The contractions actually serve to build for the future growth, because the weak competitors are eliminated. If you support the weak competitors you essentially penalize the strong competitors and therefore I am very much against these bailout packages.” he added.”

www.infowars.com/?p=7239

ISR News: Obama’s Cyber-Security Push : Information Security Resources.com / Excerpts from WSJ.com’s Ben Worthen / January 19, 2009

Excerpt from “Excerpts”:

“While the outgoing Bush administration took steps over the last two years to improve cyber security, “we don’t think it’s keeping pace with the progress necessary to keep the country safe,” says John Stewart, chief security officer for Cisco Systems.”

Full Article Here

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / January 20, 2009

I have been trying to keep an eye on what is going to be proposed when the new administration takes over the government and this article will give you some idea of what we are going to be seeing. This is another reason why states rights are so important, Washington cares very little about what individual states want or need, they just broad brush their agendas on the entire country, it is just more centralization of our national government.

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h111-45

This is not just one side of the isle either, an example of that was the passage of the Patriot Act which was the most egregious attack on our Constitutional freedoms, ever. Then there was the relaxation and omissions of the regulations that controlled our financial system which the Republicans introduced and passed and a Democratic President signed into law. Then there was NAFTA which the Republicans and Democrats introduced and signed into law by a Democratic President which in turn gave the green light to ship hundreds of thousands of jobs outside the country, with very little return for the work force in this country.

Are you getting the jest of our current Federal Government, not only centralizing more and more of the government but also disregarding what is good for the general population for the benefit of the lobbying powers in Washington? Lobbying reform is a must and we cannot wait for the legislature to give it its just due, on their own time, because it will never happen. We must tell our elected officials we need Lobbying reform that takes out the “behind the door lobbying efforts” and have them give honest public statements on what the lobbyists are trying to obtain, for their benefit.

One final thing I haven’t mentioned lately, between 8:00am and 10:00am EST Monday thru Friday there is a talk radio show from Richmond Indiana that is probably one of the best call in shows I have ever heard. They don’t use screeners to screen out opposing views, as many of the syndicated shows do but they let you voice your opinion on what ever subject you wish. As of the last few months, obviously there have been many shows on the economy. The show is called Talk Back and the host’s name is Troy Derengowski, an excellent show host. To listen to his program go to www.930whon.com and select the “Listen Live” link and enjoy the program. He also enjoys the interaction of the listeners so give his show a call at 888-310-9466. I know it is kind of early for some of you in the Western part of our country but it truly is worth listening to and contributing to. They do not pay me for promoting his show; I just believe it is a terrific show where you can express your opinions, so it try it, I promise you, you will find it interesting and informative and they get many national experts on his show to give their expertise on what is happening in our world today.

Greg Goodwin

1/20/09

Ban on Fluoride / American Free Press (Issues #10 & 11, March 5 & 12, 2007)

Ban on Fluoride.

Firing of water utility whistleblower spotlights CDC reluctance to address new safety concerns about water fluoridation / Press Release, The Lillie Center, December 17, 2008

Would your state and local government poison the population?

Click on the question above to find out.

The Raw Story | Court favors Cheney in suit over public records / January 19, 2009

rawstory.com/news/2008/Court_Public_VP_records_to_be_0119.html

The Humiliation of America: Information Clearing House – ICH / by Paul Craig Roberts / January 14, 2009

Excerpt:

“Yet in his farewell press conference on January 12, Bush said that the world respects America for its compassion.

The compassion of bombing a UN school for girls?

The compassion of herding 100 Palestinians into one house and then shelling it?

The compassion of bombing hospitals and mosques?

The compassion of depriving 1.5 million Palestinians of food, medicine, and energy?

The compassion of violently overthrowing the democratically elected Hamas government?

The compassion of blowing up the infrastructure of one of the poorest and most deprived people on earth?

The compassion of abstaining from a Security Council vote condemning these actions?”

Read Full Article

2009 Heralds “A New Age Of Rebellion” / Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet.com / Wdnesday, January 21, 2009

Excerpt:

“According to a London Guardian report, the Icelandic government is now on the verge of collapse as “the first revolution in the history of the republic” unfolds.

Similar scenes have unfolded in Bulgaria and Latvia, where rapid growth has been replaced by large GDP contractions, wage cuts and unemployment.”

Read entire article www.infowars.com/?p=7273

Authors: Beware of Copyright, by Jeffrey A. Tucker / Lew Rockwell.com / January 22, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/tucker/tucker121.html

Obama Appoints Top Notch CFR, Bilderberg Members / Kurt Nimmo / Infowars / January 22, 2009

via Alex Jones’ Infowars.com: Because there is a war on for your mind!.

Executive Order — Presidential Records / President Barack Obama / From the White House / January 21, 2009

The following link takes you to the Official White House website
www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/ExecutiveOrderPresidentialRecords/

Court Grants National Security Archive Motion to Search White House Computers and Preserve E-mails

Update: January 14, 2009, 6:00pm

White House admits it has not recovered files from computer workstations or collected external computer storage media that may contain missing E-mails

Full Article

The World Won’t Buy Unlimited U.S. Debt, by Peter Schiff / Lew Rockwell.com / January 24, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/orig9/schiff1.html

President orders air strikes on villages in tribal area | World news | The Guardian / January 24, 2009

The more things “Change”, the more they stay the same.

www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/24/pakistan-barack-obama-air-strike

Congressman Ron Paul – Stimulus for Who? – Texas Straight Talk / January 26, 2009

Excerpt:

“There is a lot of stimulus and growth in this bill – that is, of government. Nothing in this bill stimulates the freedom and prosperity of the American people. Politician-directed spending is never as successful as market-driven investment. Instead of passing this bill, Congress should get out of the way by cutting taxes, cutting spending, and reining in the reckless monetary policy of the Federal Reserve.”

Read Full Article

Bad government meet Badnarik / The Libertarian Party of Tennessee / January 26, 2009

Bad government meet Badnarik

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / January 27, 2009

I have decided to publish an article that is not directly economic related because of its importance-and that is studies have found high levels of mercury in our food chain. This article, from the Washington Post, gives you the source of the mercury, Corn Syrup, which is in so much of what we eat and drink, very unsettling report.

With the many different recalls and problems with many sections of our food chain and medical ingredients in recent years, you have to wonder if profit is more important that our safety or is it with all of this “World Economy” we are being subjugated to inferior foods with little to no inspection by the FDA. Is it due to budget constraints or did they put the cart before the horse? That is getting the profits before the safety constraints were in place to inspect the imported food and medicines.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/26/AR2009012601831.html

Which brings me to point I have been pondering for a while, a question was asked, is capitalism a good or bad thing? In its current form, it is a very bad thing. Now before you all start calling me a socialist or communist let me explain. Our economy used to be called a “free market enterprise” and you don’t hear that term much anymore and that is do to the fact that most large corporations controls large parts of the markets they are in. The relaxation of the Anti Trust Laws regarding monopolies has been eased over the years. This gives these corporations major controls over the market places they are in, thus reducing the competition within those market places. Competition is what made this country great through the innovation in all aspects of the companies operations and products in their given market places but with the elimination of those competing companies, through acquisitions and buyouts and closures, the bottom line is the only thing directing these corporations. Profit is why we are in business but profit with little regard to anything else but profit is a very bad thing.

All of our large corporations are now international corporations and we in the USA are nothing much more that just another customer. We are loosing our national identity and sovereignty due to this mentality. As we see as in the article above, we are loosing our national security too. Not by terrorists or rouge governments but by the very corporations that are based here in the USA who believe in the bottom line mentality. You may think this is a bit strong language to use but look at what these giant corporations in financial industry have done. They abused the system they influenced, to reduce the regulations on that industry and look where it has got us, the nation is broke and so are we becoming that more and more everyday. Example: Monday another 68,000 people lost their jobs in this country and the January 2009 total to this point is over 205,000 people loosing their jobs. Add that to the 2.4 million who lost their jobs in 2008, things are not going well for the current direction of “capitalism” in the United States of America.

This is not a Republican or Democrat thing but an uncontrolled lobbying power that influences our economic system from behind closed doors. This is not a conspiracy but how Washington does business. That is why you have over 41,000 lobbyists for 535 political positions in our Federal Government. This last election was the country wanting “change” in the way Washington does business. I am not relating whether President Obama is good or bad but looking at who will be his economic advisors, I don’t see a big change coming and until the financial system is straightened out, very little else can be accomplished. This article will give you a run down on who they are:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2008/fortune/0806/gallery.obamas_advisors.fortune/index.html

Besides these people, Bernanke is still the head of the Federal Reserve and Timothy Geithner will be the Secretary of the Treasury. We know what Bernanke has done thus far, loading up the banks and lending institutions with created money and these institutions just sat on it to protect their bottom lines stock holders and did not release it to get the economy moving again. Then Geithner, current President of the New York Federal Reserve and controlling bank of the entire Federal Reserve, has been involved with Secretary of the Treasury Paulson’s dispersion of the funds, every step of the way of the first $850 billion bailout ($700 billion for bailout and $150 billion for Washington Pork). Between both entities there has been a total of about $8 trillion of direct capital injection and Federal Reserve guarantees to correct this disaster and nothing seems to get our economy going again, instead it is slipping further into deep recession. To top this off, Bloomberg Information Services is suing the Federal Reserve and Paulson’s Treasury to get information on $2 trillion they dispersed and won’t tell where it went. So I ask, where is the change coming from?

Greg Goodwin

1/27/09

The Lew Rockwell Show – 93. Ron Paul: The Biggest Bubble in the History of the World / January 27, 2009

Click Here Then click the [PODCAST] button

False Hopes for Tax Relief and Fiscal Stimulus – D.W. MacKenzie – Mises Institute / Mises.org / January 28, 2009

mises.org/story/3309

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / January 29, 2009

Well this is just great, the first step of the $815 billion “stimulus bill” is on its way to increase the debt of the United States. With some of the provisions, it will take ten years to implement, so where is getting the economy jump started? You add the interest on this stimulus bill and it comes out to about $1.2 trillion. The only thing it is stimulating is the Democrats are flexing their liberal mussels. The Democrats, during the elections, where touting bipartisan co-operation when they take even larger control of Congress. They proved themselves, as many politicians do, not being truthful because there were no Republicans involved in formulating this bill, big surprise there.

The Republicans circled the wagons and not one of them voted for it. They did this because not that they are truly fiscally conservative, as we found out during the last administration, but because they have got to try to re-position their party to try to give an example of their true basic Republican ideal of being fiscally conservative, which we have learned, they are not.

Both parties like to spend money they don’t have and justify why they are spending our money. As I have stated many times in the past, both parties are just enablers for the self serving lobbyists. The lobbyists write the bills before Congress and Congress doesn’t read them but pass them because of lobbying influence. That is truly the way our Congress works. If you haven’t noticed, over the last 10 to 15 years, the economic situation for the people of our country has been going down. It has gone down enough now that just about everyone is being affected by this down turn in the economic direction of our lives. Just about everything the government has done is the direct cause of this disaster and both parties are to blame.

From the deregulating the financial industry to implementing socialistic directions in many facets of the governing of this country, we have lost our representation for us, the people who are going to end up paying for all of this. Until lobbying is taken out from behind closed doors, we will not have our voice heard. Please get involved and write, call, or email your representatives in Washington and tell them to work for us, not the lobbyists, we are the people who they are supposed to be representing. If you want my essay I wrote in 2005 to come true, inaction by the American public will insure we will become a third world working class nation.

One final note, tomorrow 1/30/08 at 8:15 am EST I will be answering questions, from listeners, on the overall economic status of our economy, on Troy Derengowski’s radio show Talk Back. If you want to listen go to www.930whon.com and click on “Listen Live” and if you want to call in and ask me a question call 1-888-310-9466. Thank you.

Greg Goodwin

1/29/09

Ron Paul: Stimulus Packages Will Turn Recession Into A Depression / Steve Watson / Infowars.net / January 27, 2009

www.infowars.com/ron-paul-stimulus-packages-will-turn-recession-into-a-depression/

Nearing the end of Our Constitutional Republic / Mo Kiah / January 30, 2009

Some misconceptions need to be cleared up. First…The United States government is a Constitutional Republic; the founders knew of the detrimental results created by Democracies and Monarchies.

Benjamin Franklin quote… “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. A Republic is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.”

In other words, the rule of law accompanied by strong compliance with the Constitution most effectively represents “The People” and puts checks and balances on our three levels of federal government to prevent tyranny from showing its power-hungry teeth and treating the self-governed as red-headed-terrorist-stepchildren.

Secondly… Congress receives 99% of bills or acts from their special interests. Congress doesn’t write bills any more (with the exception of Ron Paul and possibly a few others). They are dictated to by greedy, power-hungry fascist corporate lobbyists; Congress takes the draft, fiddles with it, adds pork to it, then they vote on it. End result? We get screwed again.

If anybody believes that a bailout “For The People” is what’s needed to set this country back on its correct path, well, it ain’t gonna happen. Stealing our compensation for services rendered to our employers…then turning around to redistribute the compensation to other people or entities is theft! I don’t like it when our employees steal from “We The People” to bailout some sorry-ass, incompetent entity. It degrades our country, our way of life, threatens freedom and liberty of the people. It also leads to an ever decreasing value of our dollar’s purchasing power at the expense of us, our children and grandchildren.

This bailout scenario is being pursued to usher in a global monetary system that will automatically justify the necessity for a global government. This incremental process has been in the works for over one hundred years. And unfortunately, it looks like everything is right on schedule. Do a little research on “Global Government”, “Central Banks” or “Global Monetary System” and see what results you retrieve.

These bailouts and the accompanying smoke and mirrors (by the way, the mirrors are fading to clear glass) being used to justify the repair of a doomed monetary system are no more than the continuation of an effort to crush the American self-governing process. I don’t take it lightly and “I will not go quietly.”

Democracy = Mob Rule, Constitutional Republic = Rule of law. The main problem is getting the lobbyists out of Washington. There’s 41,000 of them, so we have our work cut out for us.

When in Doubt, Blame the Asians – Mises.com Daily Article / Tim Swanson – Mises Institute / January 13, 2009

When in Doubt, Blame the Asians – Tim Swanson – Mises Institute.

YouTube – ACTION ALERT – From: RestoreTheRepublic.com / and: Freedom.tv / STOP FEMA CAMP and GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION NOW / January 31, 2009

Help stop House Resolution HR 645

Click Here For Text Of HR 645

HR 645 enables the use of FEMA Concentration Camps to confine and control the masses in the event of  government-sponsored “False-Flag” emergencies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVA1bKPA500

Judge Says citizens Need To Buy Guns To Protect Themselves – Breaking News – Chattanoogan.com / January 28, 2009

www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_143550.asp

Baby Born In Bay Area With 12 Functioning Fingers, 12 Toes – News Story – KTVU San Francisco / January 30, 2009

Baby Born In Bay Area With 12 Functioning Fingers, 12 Toes – News Story – KTVU San Francisco.

codex – Nutricide – Criminalizing Natural Health, Vitamins, and Herbs / Google Video / September 02, 2006

Nutricide – Criminalizing Natural Health, Vitamins, and Herbs

Watch Video

Elia Kazan’s ‘Wild River’ by Gary North / February 03, 2009

Elia Kazan’s ‘Wild River’ by Gary North.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / February 04, 2009

While I was putting together a newsletter, I ran across this article and had to send it out to everyone immediately to give you an idea how creative the American people are in these times of economic turmoil.

We all know the Federal Reserve controls our monetary system and also know they are a private bank, not part of the Federal Government. Well some folks have decided to take the momentary system into their own hands and the ingenuity of our people once again show us, when things are bad a new direction is the way to get where we need to go.

http://www.rcreader.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13473&Itemid=42

I just love our people’s creativity and intuitiveness.

Greg Goodwin

2/4/09

Who killed the US street car system? / Brasscheck TV.com / February 06, 2009

Who killed the US street car system?.

reason.tv – Videos > Stimulis

http://reason.tv/video/show/678.html

Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury – washingtonpost.com / January 28, 2009

Study Finds High-Fructose Corn Syrup Contains Mercury – washingtonpost.com.

Greg’s Newsletter, How We Got Here and Where We Are Going / Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / February 07, 2009

I’ll begin in the 1990’s, when there was a boom in the financial markets, things seemed to be the greatest economic time in recent history. No, it wasn’t due to President Clinton’s financial policies or Al Gore inventing the internet, there were two major things that happened.

First, it was the proliferation of the internet and the development of entire new world wide business sector and that was the dot com companies. Secondly, it was the development of the 401K investment vehicles. With this surge in capital in the financial markets, the financial markets acted like a drunken sailor in the red light district who had been at sea for 6 months (sorry about the analogy but it fits). There seemed to be no limits on what the returns could be attained at what ever investments they decided to throw their capital at, which now they had all that money from the 401Ks.

As we have seen from today’s issues, the housing market as the dot coms, were over invested and over speculated. That means too much money was put into these markets relative to their true value. Then the derivatives market, better known in today’s vernacular are hedge funds,  invested in the down side, or the falling value, of this market, which everyone knew the dot coms were overvalued. The end result was a recession in the late 90s for the overall economy but the derivative market was booming because they invested in the down side of the value of the dot coms.

They were so pleased with their new found gains, the financial industry lobbied Congress and the end result was in 1999 the Gramm-Leach-Bailey Act was signed into law which de-regulated the financial industry and much of that de-regulation was aimed at the derivatives market.

To give you an idea the level of de-regulation that occurred, in the 90s, the dot coms got to a point where for every dollar of true asset value, there was ten dollars of speculation through the derivative market. So when the value of the dot coms dropped, it caused a recession in the dot com market which also marginally affected the entire economy because so many people and financial institutions were invested in it. But the derivative market was booming because they invested in the down side of the value of the dot com stock. All though this didn’t shock the economy as much as it currently has, it was learned through out the financial industry would be profitable no matter what the market was doing.

Instead of learning the balance between economic responsibility and greed, they took the route of greed and lobbied for less regulation in the derivative market. By following this lead, the derivative markets went after one of the very basic vehicles of our economy and that is housing. With the additional help from the Federal Government with the “everyone needs to buy a house no matter if you can’t afford it” mentality. Knowing long term, this would catch up with the economy, much investment was directed towards the housing market in these derivative investment vehicles. Remember from about 2000 to 2007 house flipping was the craze of those years and you could also borrow up to 120% of your house value. That is because there were Fannie May and Freddie Mac who would back about anything that was attached to property and all of the lending institutions knew the same thing.

By the latter part 2007, the cracks in the housing market were showing and property values started coming down drastically and that is when the house of cards really started falling apart. As stated previously, the over speculation in the housing market was instead of  $10 dollars of speculation for every $1 of asset value, as the dot coms were, it had grown to $35 of speculation for every $1 of asset value for the housing market. When this happened, the end of the boom ended like running into a brick wall and values of the housing market dropped and all of these different investment vehicles in the derivative markets sank like the Titanic.

This is basically how we got here and now, what I see, is were we are going.

I again, have been studying the economic system throughout the world. The reason is there are many international groups meeting to try to come up with a structure that will correct the current financial issues and the financial structures in the future.

Last weekend the World Economic Forum was held in Davos Switzerland, which ended Sunday February 1^st, there have been a very interesting set of potential directions they have been coming up with, some good and some not so good. This is just one of the many international meetings that have been going on and there are many more coming up, like the G20 meeting in London on April 2, 2009. This one I will watching very closely.

The good part is, there is a general agreement that something obviously has to be done but the bad thing is how they are proposing to do it. I begrudgingly agree there must be some kind of regulation established in the financial and banking industries because it is obvious the current batch of leaders, in our financial and banking industries, have only self serving profit motivations with very little to none overall economic responsibility with the rest of the world’s economy. In other words, we are going to try to legislate the controls of un-regulated greed. Good luck, how do you regulate morality?

The thing I have been seeing the most in my studies of these international meetings is there seems to be a general consensus that a world regulatory authority needs to be set up. This truly not a good thing. I know I will hear it is a world market now and we must establish some world regulations. I 100% disagree, this is just another justification for a world central banking system and what we have seen to this point, the central banks haven’t been doing a very good job overseeing the banking and investment industries to this point. What this does, which scares the hell out of me, is put the control of the world economic system controlled by a hand full of central bankers and as we have seen, they have their industry in mind for recovery with only secondary thoughts of what is happening to the rest of the world’s economy. It is up to the individual nations to control their economies not a world banking system.

I am watching these developments very closely and will report my findings but it is up to each one of us to tell our elected officials that centralizing a world banking system will only lessen our autonomy in the world and we will have groups like the United Nations and others, dictating the economic future of  this great nation of ours.

Greg Goodwin

2/7/09

Congressman Ron Paul, Texas – Speech and Statement – Statement on Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act / February 03, 2009

www.house.gov/apps/list/speech/tx14_paul/AbolishtheFed.shtml

Idaho Libertarian Times: Fed Up / February 07, 2009

ubuntuevangelist.typepad.com/idaho_libertarian_times/2009/02/fed-up.html

What Can We Do?

The possibilities are endless. Check out this video; then use your “ability” to achieve whatever you desire!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuIkrsdrJLY

What happened to this battery? Brasschecktv.com / Febuary 08, 2009

www.brasschecktv.com/page/553.html

Frigid temperatures take WNY by surprise : Home: The Buffalo News / February 08, 2009

Buffalo State College in Western NY hosted a teach-in on global warming. The temperature was 6 degrees (F) below zero.

Read Article Here

AP Investigation: Banks sought foreign workers – Yahoo News / February 01, 2009

by Frank Bass and Rita Beamish, Associated Press Writers – Sun Feb 1, 6:57 pm ET

Full Article Here

Ron Paul on the Senate “Stimulus” Package / February 07, 2009

via Campaign For Liberty — Home.

No More Bailouts! / Sent to my rep’s via Congress.org / February 09, 2009

We, the overtaxed, unrepresented, over-regulated subjects of servitude; better known as the citizens, taxpayers and property (owners?), are no longer willing to tolerate the “Drunken-Sailor Spending Habits” of our so-called representative government.

Every spending bill approved by Congress, Senate or implemented via Presidential Directives or Executive orders weakens the sovereignty of the individual U.S. citizen and places exponential monetary burdens on us and our grandchildren’s future. This spending frenzy does nothing more than ensure the demise of our Constitutional Republic. Cutting unconstitutional spending on “pork projects” is the “only” accountable means to restore monetary security in our country.

Central Banks created the beginning of this mess in the late 1800′s, then the implementation of the Federal Reserve back in 1913 took the reigns to ensure the United States would be run as a socialist-debtor-society, eventually removing “any” possibility of a “Free Market Society”.

We common folks out here continue to be relentlessly robbed of the fruits of our labor to prop up entities that fail to perform in a accountable manner. The Federal Formula is turned up side down. i.e. … “Steal from the taxpayers-bailout businesses that are supposedly “Too Big To Fail” (which in itself is an oxymoronic statement).

Constituents continue to scrimp and save, though saving anything is a thing of the past. Then we are continuously robbed by our representative government to further dig a monetary hole that is destine to only get wider and deeper.

The solution to this planned economic collapse is to drastically cut spending. Bailouts, even “For The People” must be stifled to let our monetary system repair itself.

Please… “No More Bailouts”!

Lindsey Williams on The Alex Jones Channel / February 10, 2009

Lindsey Williams on The Alex Jones Show

Audio Here

Fire Consumes WTC 7-Size Skyscraper, Building Does Not Collapse / Paul Joseph Watson / Prison Planet.com / February 09, 2009

Fire Consumes WTC 7-Size Skyscraper, Building Does Not Collapse

via Full Article Here.

Must Read! – USGS Open-File Report 2008-1353: Assessment of Undiscovered Technically Recoverable Oil and Gas Resources of the Bakken Formation, Williston Basin, Montana and North Dakota, 2008

Excerpt:

“Using a geology-based assessment methodology, the U.S.
Geological Survey estimated mean undiscovered volumes
of 3.65 billion barrels of oil, 1.85 trillion cubic feet of
associated/dissolved natural gas, and 148 million barrels
of natural gas liquids in the Bakken Formation of the
Williston Basin Province, Montana and North Dakota.”

pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1353/

Also check out Alex Jones’ recent interview (posted Feb. 10, 2009) with Lindsey Williams on this very subject, at the link below. Very informative!

Audio Here

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Midlle Class Informed / February 11, 2009

This video will give a view of what happened behind the scenes explaining why the Federal Reserve and the Treasury changed direction on the first bailout plan. It just proves that the financial industry had developed such complicated investment and financial vehicles; the government contends they didn’t understand what was going on. This is the Chairman of the Capital Markets Subcommittee and he doesn’t understand what is going on. When an industry gets so complicated they can manipulate the economic system for their advantage, knowing the government cannot understand or control it, it is time to do the very thing they do not want done and that is regulate it. Not to a point where it cannot function but insure transparency and full understanding of what the ramifications of what direction the lobbyists and the financial system is going. I don’t like controls by the government but when an industry can do what it has done to the economic system, we need complete understanding of what they are doing and regulate it to a point to stop this self serving motivation of greed. There must be economic responsibility to the nation and its people.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NMu1mFao3w

Greg Goodwin

2/11/09

New World Order for the Economy – TIME / February 05, 2009

Article Here

Stimulus Package is Latest Battleground in War between Ron Paul and Big Government / Wednesday, February 11, 2009 by: Barbara Minton, Natural Health Editor

www.naturalnews.com/025577.html

GOP Sounds Alarm Over Obama Decision to Move Census to White House – First 100 Days of Presidency – Politics FOXNews.com / February 09, 2009

Read Article Here/

(see my comment below)

9/11 Activist On Downed Flight 3407 / Sharon Linstedt and Dale Anderson / The Buffalo News February 13, 2009

via infowars.com

Read Article Here

U.S. Taxpayers Risk $9.7 Trillion on Bailout Programs / by Mark Pittman and Bob Ivry / Bloomberg.com: News / February 09, 2009

Bloomberg.com: News.

G7 sets sights on new world order / Agence France-Presse / February 15, 2009

via… www.infowars.com

Tennessee Veterans Affairs clinic warns of possible contaminant exposure | WSLS 10 / February 13, 2009

By BILL POOVEY
Associated Press Writer
Published: February 13, 2009

Read Article Here

Dem’s Use “Stimulus” as Cover for More Gun Control / CCRKBA-via CanadaFreePress.com / February 13, 2009

CanadaFreePress.com

Read and Take Action Here

HR 45 May be More Troubling Than the Average Anti-gun Bill / via-Infowars.com / February 15, 2009

Mike Hammond
Gun Owners of America
February 15, 2009

Full Article

New Hampshire-RESOLUTION affirming States’ rights based on Jeffersonian principles.

The resolution was introduced on January 08, 2009

Read Text of Bill Here

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / February 16, 2009

As I have been studying this global financial crisis, I came across these articles that will give you an idea of the possibilities of future economic issues that could face this country in a not to distant future.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/4623525/Failure-to-save-East-Europe-will-lead-to-worldwide-meltdown.html

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article5729034.ece

It appears obviously to me, the central banks, in an effort to stem the tide of this financial collapse, have done very little to stabilize the system with the trillions of dollars that have been injected directly or guaranteed backing of financial institutions. The top down direction of this recovery process, the central banks and treasuries of the world, need to think outside the box of worrying just about the banking and the rest of the financial system. A balanced approach would be more in order, like using some of the recovery monies to directly support small and medium size businesses through not only tax incentives to expand but direct cash injection to these companies. As they grow so will the job opportunities. Remember, small and medium size businesses employ most people in our country not the large corporations.

These very large conglomerate corporations have become so large and so bureaucratic, they are like small governments within our economic system. Because of their size, they are not able to respond to the fast changing market places they are doing business in and they hold very significant lobbying power, influencing our laws for their benefit.

Some thing must be done to re-vitalize the working people of this nation, not just the banks and financial institutions. Just so you know, there is a push in the G7 and G20 to establish a one world banking system. I will be following up these developments that come from the G7 meeting in Rome this past weekend.

Greg Goodwin

2/16/09

The Raw Story | Obama, not Bush, now seeking delay of Rove deposition / February 17, 2009

by John Byrne
TheRawStory.com

Read Here

Obama’s Broken Promises / Infowars.com / February 17, 2009

Obama’s Broken Promises
Infowars
February 17, 2009

via Obama’s Broken Promises.

Congressman Ron Paul / Texas Straight Talk / February 16, 2009

Excerpt:

“Proponents of reinstating the draft claim it is needed to protect liberty from enemies abroad. But what about the enemies of liberty right here at home? I am convinced that there are more threats to American liberty within the 10 mile radius of my office on Capitol Hill than there are on the rest of the globe.” -Congressman Ron Paul

www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

Where Did They Get That Idea? / DownsizeDC.org / February 17, 2009

Find Out Here

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / February 18, 2009

This is a good article on what this economic impact is doing to some countries of the world but this is also an uneasy article on what the Department of Defense is concerned about as this financial crisis deepens. As our news media does not report on the unrest that is occurring around the world due to this financial crisis, the Pentagon is watching it very closely and they are developing plans for the US Army to control civil unrest. Oh by the way, this is against the Constitution.

www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090216_bad_news_from_americas_top_spy

If you think I am going a little far out there with this article, click on the link “monograph” in the body of this article and then click on the Army War College link “Known Unknowns: Unconventional ‘Strategic Shocks’ in Defense Strategy Development.”

As all of you know who have been receiving my newsletter for a while, know that I am not a conspiracy theorist at all, but when I see something like this, I need to say something. Greg Goodwin 2/18/09

Video – Santelli’s Chicago Tea Party-CNBC.com / February 19, 2009

Video – CNBC.com.

Infowars.com-Texas Representatives Introduce Resolution Asserting Sovereignty Under Tenth Amendment / Infowars.com / February 19, 2009

Read Here

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed / February 20, 2009

I would like to thank Chris G. from the Republican Liberty Caucus of Tennessee for this video. The members of the RLCTN were privileged receiving this video, I thought all of the people receiving my newsletter should watch it, what a great video. I think it is such an important subject, with all the issues facing this country, we all need to be reminded of what our country’s government should be and the potential dangers if we let the current direction of the government and the economic powers influencing it, continue on its current path. Please send this video to as many people you can, it is a great 10 minute lesson on the Republic we are all blessed to live in. Thank you Chris G.

http://www.wimp.com/thegovernment/

Greg Goodwin

2/19/09

The Misdirection of Resources and the Current Recession – Mario J. Rizzo – Mises Institute / February 20, 2009

Excerpt:

“Trying to prop up housing prices or injecting capital into areas of misallocation is a bad idea. It prevents the market’s corrective mechanisms from working. Wealth should not be continually destroyed after the errors of the bubble have been revealed. This is the proverbial practice of throwing good money after bad.”

Full Article Here

The Looming Collapse of European Banking by Gary North / February 19, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/north/north689.html

MUST READ!!!…25 States Claiming / Planning Sovereignty! |via-MRStep.com / February / 20, 2009

And Tennessee is included! We need to contact our state reps. and urge them to push this!

If your state isn’t on board yet, get your state reps. busy!

Check This Out!

Body scanners replace metal detectors in tryout at Tulsa airport / via- Liberty Coalition.net / February 18, 2009

Read Article

Keyes: Stop Obama or U.S. will cease to exist / You Tube – via – Infowars.com / Febuary 22, 2009

Watch Video Here

“The People’s” Action Plan – Tennessee’s Sovereignty and the “Powder” to Back it up / MoLiberty / February 22, 2009

If you reside in Tennessee you may want to contact your state representatives and encourage them to support the following Bills/Resolutions.

These Bills are current and in my humble opinion, need as much exposure as possible.  Please check them out. Contact information for your state representatives are posted on the website. The home page link is…

www.capitol.tn.gov

To view the “Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act” PDF link, go to…

www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB1644.pdf

To view the “Tennessee Sovereignty Resolution”, check out the following PDF links.
www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HJR0104.pdf

www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HJR0108.pdf

Please let as many folks know of these efforts put forth by our state representatives. They realize the direction that this country is headed, and that’s somewhat of a relief to know.

If you don’t live in Tennessee let your elected state reps. know that you’re Fed-up with the 8 Trillion Pound Gorilla.

(Update 15) 27 States Claiming / Planning Sovereignty | MRStep – February 24, 2009

27 States Claiming / Planning Sovereignty

Update #15-February 24, 2009

From the Libertarian Party of Tennessee – Press Release – February 25, 2009

Tennessee Democratic and Republican lawmakers are currently debating about whether or not take the Federal Stimulus money and how to spend it.

“The solution is simple,” declared Libertarian Party of Tennessee Chair Tony Wall, “Take the money. The Libertarian Party of Tennessee opposes the passage of all federal ‘bail-outs’ but, unfortunately, the money has been appropriated and, after all, it belongs to the taxpayers.” Unfortunately, the bi-partisan unity ends there.

“The Tennessee State legislature needs to use the funds to reduce the state’s high sales tax,” said Wall. “History has proven the most effective way to stimulate an economy is by reducing taxes. By tightening its belt, as Tennessee citizens have already done, the State can use the $4.28 billion over the next two years to drastically reduce the tax burden on its residents and revitalize our states’ economy.

The State of Tennessee government needs to sacrifice, like all Tennesseans, and balance the budget without the ‘bail-out’ funds. Eliminating the Dividend Income Tax will encourage new retirees to select Tennessee as their new homeplace and reducing the sales tax will revitalize border towns around the state, which all currently suffer a competitive disadvantage due to high taxes.”

Mr. Wall admits the short term effects will be painful but it is necessary in order to overcome the recession and create a stronger, more inviting environment for future growth. “Tennessee cannot control the rest of the Nation but we can take care of our own, as we have already proven time and again. I encourage all Tennesseans to demand fiscal discipline from their elected officials during this time of crisis.”

For more information about the Libertarian Party of Tennessee, please visit www.lptn.org or call us at 888-960-1776.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-February 25, 2009

This economy has gotten so out of hand I had to bring everyone up to speed on what and who is affecting this disaster and who will be benefiting from it, you know it won’t be us.

First off we need to look at the Federal Reserve who is one of the main reasons for this disaster. This article will give you a comprehensive and sometimes satirical look at them.

http://www.nolanchart.com/article6036.html

Next you need to see the “Primary Dealers” of the New York Fed. The New York Fed is the controlling Federal Reserve Bank of the entire Federal Reserve System. Notice one thing and that is look at the names of the financial institutions and see as I did, they are the ones that have been getting the majority of the bailout money and direct capital injection. Nice little good ol’ boys system.

http://www.ny.frb.org/markets/pridealers_current.html

Finally, here are a couple of very interesting videos. They are Glenn Beck talking to Ron Paul. Which brings me to point I have been meaning to say, there are only 2 news personalities that actually talk about the details of this financial disaster. The first is Glenn Beck radio and TV. He is on radio at 10:00am EST M-F and Fox TV at 5:00pm M-F EST. The second is Lou Dobbs on CNN (yes CNN) from 7:00pm to 8:00pm EST and his radio program 3:00pm EST. Both radio programs can be heard on web casts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlrSGp8bw_s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_sCQk5s3sw

Nashville Recycles The Good Ole Boy Network – Opinion – Chattanoogan.com – February 25, 2009

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Economic Recovery Requires Capital Accumulation, Not Government “Stimulus Packages” – George Reisman – Mises Institute – February 25, 2009

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CNBC Anchors Mortified That Ron Paul Was Allowed Air Time / via-Prison Planet.com-February 25, 2009

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YouTube – ALERT – UPCOMING PATRIOT EVENTS – RestoreTheRepublic.com – February 27, 2009

YouTube – ALERT – UPCOMING PATRIOT EVENTS – RestoreTheRepublic.com.

Committees of Safety – Declaration

Committees of Safety – Declaration.

Obama Puts the Economic Cart Before the Horse-by Peter Schiff-LewRockwell.com-February 28, 2009

Excerpt:

“In his first televised speech before Congress, President Obama asserted that prosperity will return once the government restores the flow of credit in the economy. It may come as a surprise to him, but an economy cannot run on consumer loans. Furthermore, credit stopped flowing in the U.S. for a very good reason: there was no more savings left to loan. Government efforts to simply make credit available, without rebuilding productive capacity or increasing savings, are doomed to destroy what’s left of our economy.”
~Peter Schiff~

Read Full Article Here

The Raw Story | Ron Paul: We killed a million Iraqis and that pleased bin Laden – February 27, 2009

Article via TheRawStory.com/ Video via CNN.com

LibertyClick.com | Homepage of Politics Education | U.S. Liberty Freedom Constitution

LibertyClick.com | Homepage of Politics Education | U.S. Liberty Freedom Constitution.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed – March 01, 2009

I need some help here. With CPAC meeting and trying to define what conservative Republicans are and the Democrats running all aspects of our government, where are the organizations at that support the true middle class Americans? Remember us, the people who wind up paying for all of these extremes the government comes up with?

The Democrats used to  support the working class of this nation. They don’t anymore, ever since Clinton signed NAFTA, the working class has shouldered the burden of job loss and reduced representation. Clinton then signed into law the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act which deregulated the financial industry and because of that deregulation, most people have lost their property values, 401Ks value, and destroyed our economy. They are now the party who promotes liberal agendas that, if left to their goals, we will become a socialistic society. That means through taxation and laws regulating every aspect of our lives, they will determine how we should live and spend our earnings. Not good for the majority of this nation who pays the bills of the governmental tax and spend ideals, they wish on our country.

Then there is this Republican party, who over the last eight years, increased our Federal deficit to record levels, increased this size of the government, allowed big business to run amuck with no oversight, and reduce our liberties beyond comprehension. They are the ones who introduced those bills Clinton signed into law, giving business the green light to destroy our industrial and financial bases. This is not the Republican party Ronald Reagan envisioned, what has happened to this two party system?

I’ll tell you what happened, both parties have succumbed to the financial powers that influence our government through our lobbying system. With over 41,000 self serving lobbyists for 535 elected politicians, the ones that contribute the most to these politicians are the ones who direct these parties.

In both instances, the change from both parties has become a top down fix which never seems to reach the people paying for all of this. We now have elitist socialist liberals running the government and the spineless Republican politicians can’t even define who they are, so they let a radio talk show host define the conservative movement. Because they are afraid of standing for something that may go against what the lobbying power wants or get into controversial positions that might cost them votes. In both cases, we have lost our representation in the Federal Government.

Until we as a people demand from our government to do the things that are responsible to we the people, we will forever be receiving the direction of what the financial powers behind our political system wants. It appears to me both parties have forgotten what this country is based on, the Constitution of the United States of America which guarantees life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for we the people of this great republic of ours.

I can hear it now, as I am running for Congress, “I had better get instep with the Republican party or I am finished before I start.” Let me tell you what I say to that, if we don’t start following the Constitution, support individual freedoms, allow people to pursue their abilities for a better life for them personally and for the nation, and getting the government out of every aspect of our lives, we are finished anyway being a Constitutional Republic for We The People. Remember the primary word in Republican, “Republic,” for which we stand.

Greg Goodwin
3/1/09

MRStep.com – Update #21 – 31 States and Counting for Sovereignty / March 01, 2009

www.mrstep.com/politics/az-wa-mo-nh-ok-claiming-sovereignty/

New World Order Crony Gary Hart Calls for “Civic Duty” – Kirt Nimmo – Infowars.com – March 01, 2009

Read Article/Watch Video Here

Beating of 15yr. old caught on police video-SeattlePI.com-February 27, 2009

seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/401779_schene28.html

The U.S. Economy: Designed to Fail

-by Richard C. Cook-Global Research-via Infowars.com-March 01, 2009 www.infowars.com/the-us-economy-designed-to-fail/

YouTube – Seattle Police Chief Says Legalize Drugs-February 20, 2009

YouTube – Seattle Police Chief Says Legalize Drugs.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed, March 02, 2009

I am going to make a prediction that will probably cause some discourse with my readers. I have been seeing more and more articles on retirement funds coming up short and I believe that people, especially the baby boomers, may not have anything to support them in their retirement years. This article will give you an idea on what I am writing about.

http://www.chicagobusiness.com/cgi-bin/article.pl?articleId=31402

Think about the rhetoric you have been hearing over the last number of years. What are we going to do with the baby boomers when they retire? That was mainly directed discussions on the Social Security System but now it will not only be affecting that but now the corporate retirement funds.

Add these issues to the 401Ks going down the tubes, what are we going to do with our baby boomers? I got a feeling of what some people care about them when the bailouts of the auto industry was the hottest subject in the media. I was hearing that the auto industry needs to reduce and even eliminate their retirement funds to become solvent again. It was stated those people aren’t being productive for the company anymore so why should they receive any further compensation?

You add these issues to the government’s stand for the last number of years having to do something with the Social Security System, what is going to happen to our seniors? These are the people who maintained the prosperity which this country has experienced since the WWII generation handed the dynamic economy over to them when they retired. Now when the economy is in trouble, they are looking at reducing the support to these people who maintained this vibrant economy that was run into the ground by this current bunch of self serving banking and industry leaders. Where does it all stop?

This is my prediction; this country will get to a point economically that if you aren’t determined to be a productive asset to society there will be little support for you from government and industry. It will be up to each person to find their own way in their retirement years. If you think I am out there with this prediction, how many of you understand the current mind set in the workplace, “what have you done for me lately?”

I agree we all must make plans for retirement, but when every facet of the economy in the tank, where is the opportunity for the population, as a whole, going to invest that will guarantee comfortable retirement years?

Additionally, with the serious discussions by the G7, the G20, and central banks around the world to create a world financial governance, where will our national autonomy be and concern for our individual citizens?

Greg Goodwin

3/2/09

U.S. to yield marijuana jurisdiction to states | Liberty Coalition-March 01, 2009

U.S. to yield marijuana jurisdiction to states | Liberty Coalition.

Congressman Ron Paul – Is Spending the Answer? – Texas Straight Talk – March 02, 2009

Read Statement Here

Update#23-State Sovereignty Movement – 32 & Counting | MRStep-March 03, 2009

www.mrstep.com/politics/az-wa-mo-nh-ok-claiming-sovereignty/

Congressman Ron Paul in action…”What if ?”-video

Original C-Span Version www.youtube.com/watch?v=4fTVn2tMI3E&feature=related

Remix Version www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFcQutO5Lgs

The SSD Project | EFF Surveillance Self-Defense Project

Excerpt:

“Surveillance Self-Defense (SSD) exists to answer two main questions: What can the government legally do to spy on your computer data and communications? And what can you legally do to protect yourself against such spying?”

Find out Here

‘Accidental’ Contamination Of Vaccine With Live Avian Flu Virus Virtually Impossible-by Paul Joseph Watson via-PrisonPlanet.com-March 05, 2009

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Letter To The I.R.S.-’Letter to the Editor’ from the February 5th edition of the Wichita Falls , Texas Times Record News…

‘Letter to the Editor’ from the February 5th edition of the Wichita Falls , Texas Times Record News…

Dear IRS,

I am sorry to inform you that I will not be able to pay taxes owed April 15, but all is not lost.

I have paid these taxes: accounts receivable tax, building permit tax, CDL tax, cigarette tax, corporate income tax, dog license tax, federal income tax, unemployment tax, gasoline tax, hunting license tax, fishing license tax, waterfowl stamp tax, inheritance tax, inventory tax, liquor tax, luxury tax, Medicare tax, city, school and county property tax (up 33 percent last 4 years), real estate tax, social security tax, road usage tax, toll road tax, state and city sales tax, recreational vehicle tax, state franchise tax, state unemployment tax, telephone federal excise tax, telephone federal state and local surcharge tax, telephone minimum usage surcharge tax, telephone state and local tax, utility tax, vehicle license registration tax, capitol gains tax, lease severance tax, oil and gas assessment tax, Colorado property tax, Texas, Colorado, Wyoming, Oklahoma and New Mexico sales tax, and many more that I can’t recall but I have run out of space and money.

When you do not receive my check April 15, just know that it is an honest mistake.

Please treat me the same way you
treated Congressmen Charles Rangle, Chris Dodd, Barney Frank and ex-Senator Tom Dashele and, of course, your boss Timothy Geithner. No penalties and no interest.

Ed Barnett
Wichita Falls

P.S. I will make at least a partial payment as soon as I get my stimulus check.

What the Second Amendment Is Really About-YouTube

Suzanna Gratia Hupp explains meaning of 2nd Amendment

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NOTE: One (1) word considered “Adult Language” near end of video.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-March 07, 2009

These four stories give a good rendition of where we are financially as the taxpaying hard working American citizens.

http://money.cnn.com/2009/03/05/news/economy/foodstamps.reut/index.htm?section=money_latest

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-jobless-rate-hits-25year-rb-14570753.html

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/US_sheds_651000_jobs_unemployment_at_0306.html

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090305/ap_on_bi_ge/states_foreclosures

This is the answer by some of the world leaders to correcting the economic problems the world is facing.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2009/mar/06/brown-banking-regulation

This next article is my thought of why these economic things are happening and some suggestions on how to protect yourself financially.

http://admin.blacklistednews.com/newspublish/home.print.php?news_id=3552

Greg Goodwin

3/6/09

Bilderberger Plot to Control U.S. Food Supply-Infowars.com-March 07, 2009

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Smart Grid: “Government spying targets Rural America”…RFDAmerica.com-via Infowars.com-March 07, 2009

Excerpt:

“Did you catch that? Smart Grid will allow the government to collect information about you, your habits, and possessions. All they need are a few sensors to know what is in your refrigerator; how long you spend in the bathroom; if you smoke in your home; if you drink alcohol in your home; and how many people are in your home or business at any one time. Science fiction? Don’t bet on it. IBM knows different.

And if the above statements aren’t enough to get you thinking, how about this:

Nanotechnology e-textiles for biomonitoring and wearable electronics-…”

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FOXNews.com – Professor Takes Heat for Calling Cops on Student Who Discussed Guns in Class – Local News | News Articles | National News | US News-March 04, 2009

Thought Police

Slashdot.org | US Cybersecurity Chief Beckstrom Resigns-March 07, 2009

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KTNV ABC,Channel 13,Las Vegas,Nevada,News,KTNV.com,Action News : Group of men accused of leading an anti – government faction-March 07, 2009

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FBI Arrests Jan Lindsey, Anti-Tax Activist Featured in “Freedom to Fascism”-KTNV, Las Vegas-via Infowars.com-March 07, 2009

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The Blueprint — AE911Truth eNewsletter-March 2009

How about a “REAL INVESTIGATION” ?

http://www.ae911truth.org/newsletter/enews002.php

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-March 09, 2009

Just So Everyone Knows Where I Stand in my run for the US 3rd Congressional District of Tennessee.

* States Rights – The ever growing influence of Washington on individual states has got to be curtailed, the economic burden by Federal Governmental mandated programs is adding to this economic down turn in state budgets. It is not the Federal Government’s mandates to provide social, moral, and economic direction for the individual states.

* Work with state and local leaders to find new ways of attracting businesses to East Tennessee. Tax incentives are okay but we need to sell our people’s abilities in performing the work required for the jobs of potential companies wanting to relocate here. This can be assisted by trade specific training programs through state and federal training programs, working with the potential companies. We, as a country, will have to build things and sell things to begin to turn this service based economy around into a manufacturing based economy, once again.

* Lobbying Reform – With over 41,000 lobbyists and only 535 elected politicians, where is the representation for the American voters. I believe lobbyists should produce a public “Economic Impact Statement” stating their goals and costs with public repercussions for the lobbyists and politicians if proven misleading. A five year moratorium for politicians turning lobbyists.

* Remove the tax incentives for corporations to ship our jobs out of the country. Over the last several years, there has been the greatest transfer of wealth in human history, without a shot being fired. There has been a general misconception that we must embrace the new world economy. We have always been in the world economy where as our products were the most sought after in the world until the premise that cheap was the better way to go. We must give tax incentives for companies to stay in the US and hiring American workers.

* Small business is the backbone of our economy, reduced tax rates for keeping their businesses in the USA, hiring legal American workers, and elimination of capital gains for businesses smaller than $10 million per year in gross sales would help grow our small businesses in the USA. Currently 70% of the nation’s workforce works in small businesses.

* Re-instate the Anti Trust Laws back to where a corporation cannot influence an entire market by its percentage of ownership of a given market. Example: When the financial market and the government states we cannot let any of these financial entities fail or the entire economy will fail, is not the influence a corporation should have in this country. We can either break them up, there could be a precedence established in the 80’s by the breaking up Bell Telephone or a graduated tax system where the higher percentage in total sales in a given market, the higher tax rate the corporation will pay. This will assist in establishing competitive free enterprise again, not market control capitalism.

* Create a new Treasury Bond that stays separate from the normal bond market. It will be called an “Economic War Bond” for individuals which should have an interest rate 3% above existing prime rates. This will give real incentives to save and the Bond Program will be used to invest in our small businesses in our country by using those funds to invest in small businesses ($10 million in annual sales or less) that have shown profitability in the last 2 to 3 years and keep their operations in this country and hiring American workers. This 3% over prime will be offset by increased tax revenues from more small companies prospering and an increase of American workers working at good paying jobs. If our government and Federal Reserve can give TRILLIONS to the financial industry, with little to no oversight, then they can give us incentives to save and base our economy on real money, not credit. Credit maintains the control of the economy to banks and lending institutions, they have shown us they are not good guardians of the economy and a cash rich economy will be controlled by us, the buying public. This would also instill competition within the banking industry to compete with the government bond program.

* Review the 1500 plus secret trade agreements and re-negotiate them with our economy, as a whole, for negotiation, not just for the benefit financial powers that put our politicians into office.

* Regulate the credit card corporations where they must have interest rates that are aligned with the overall interest rates throughout the financial industries. This will make them qualify the people who they send the cards to, not just to anyone that can breathe. As with any other loan, the card holder must prove they are capable of paying for the credit card. When they have interest rates at 20% to 35% that is usury.

* Remove the secrecy from the financial industry, public disclosure is paramount of the investors of these corporate entities that have directed the changes that have caused these economic problems. This would include hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds, credit default swap companies both insurers and the insured, and major stock holders of corporations. The CEOs are just guardians for the major stock holders.

* Secure the US borders and enforce our current immigration laws.

* Term Limits: Senators 2 terms = 12 years, Congress 4 terms = 8 years, Federal Judges (including the Supreme Court) = 15 years.

* Freeze all Federal budgets: Except for Congressional and Presidential declared national emergencies. The only way a department can increase their functional budgets is to reduce true cost within their departments. Current Deceptive Way They Use: If a department wants more money for operations, they request 20% increase and are given a 10% increase and state they saved 10% in their budget. When they are truly getting a 10% increase from the previous budget.

* Eliminate the off budget budgets. All things must be publicly budgeted on the government’s budget. At the end of the Bush Presidency the off budget size was the same size as the declared budget.

* Reduce the enormous amount of money needed for the election campaigns. This can be done through the FCC. Having a broadcast license is a privilege not a right. Networks must have time dedicated to the election process in all time periods, both national and local. I have a plan that goes into to much detail for this outline.

* The Social Security System was established for assistance for our citizens in their retirement years. We need to go back that being the basis of the program. Currently the politicians use it as a slush fund for what ever they think is pertinent to their wishes. Example: The wars in the Clinton and Bush administrations were, in part, funded from the Social Security System, not totally but major parts of them when they decided to go to war. The Supplemental Security Income must be reviewed and get people off the program, except the ones that truly need it. This whole program has been just an addition to the welfare programs that were established after the welfare system was revamped.

* Instead of labor unions, how about incentive programs on job performance. It would reflect the overall performance of the work force and when the company reflects a profit, the workers in all facets of the company receives a portion of the profits. Workforce safety standards are currently part of the government’s mandate. We must perform our duties as employees to better the financial position of who we work for, so each employee benefits from the company’s performance.

* Change the way the Federal Reserve does business. Included on in the Federal Reserve board must be representatives from the administration, the legislative and judicial branches of government, all with equal voting power on the board. No more private bankers running our monetary system without people’s representation in it. I would like to eliminate the Federal Reserve but it is not going to happen with the current way government functions.

* More public referendums at the Federal level. This will push us towards a true representative government. This will also give more interest in how our country is governed to the general public if they knew they had real input to the laws guiding our lives.

* 401ks and all retirement accounts have safe guards built into them that if their stock investments drop dramatically the accounts automatically changes over to the safest investment possible, i.e. government bonds and securities. Since the stock market has become a gambling casino and the extreme cycles of highs and lows, many because of the enormous size of the investment companies controlling the direction of the daily market activity, this would give more stability to the market if they knew 100s of billion of dollars would be coming out of the market. This would also reduce the impact the hedge funds would have on the market. It would also establish competition between the market place and government bonds.

* Increase tax deductions for corporations and individuals who donate to nonprofit programs that assist with people issues. Example: for every dollar donated they get two dollars in tax credits. This should go a long way in easing the economic burden of the government’s welfare spending.

*  No more wars started exclusively by an administration. It must seek Congressional approval before committing this nation’s military to war and it must have the Declaration of War before we commit, as per the Constitution. It isn’t just Bush, Clinton did it in Bosnia, Johnson did it in Viet Nam, and Truman did it in Korea. If there is ever an attack on the US, I guarantee the Declaration will be immediate. We can never attack a sovereign nation again, no matter how an administration wants us to perceive the danger. We were fooled once and the world responded by seeing the US as an aggressor nation.

* Education – Reading, math, science, and Constitutional American History must be a top priority in re-establishing our competitive edge in a free market society. Enough with teaching self esteem and have no skills to compete in the 21st century. Failure is the best teacher for improving ones self esteem because when a person fails at something, they learn not to do it that way again. Then when they have success, their self esteem will rise above anything coddling a failure can produce.

* Upon getting good paying jobs back into our country, we can work towards a single working parent and have the other parent full time raising of the children. This would instill unity within the family unit. This may also instill in children that TV and video games are not the answer for a fulfilling childhood because the parents would hopefully get them out of the house to be a creative individual.

* Global Warming: My belief on this subject is there is not enough data to support all of programs and taxes associated with this issue. I see an avenue for the government to bring in large amounts of ours nation’s wealth through taxation. These programs, I believe, will be a major contributor to the administration’s promise to reduce the deficit in half by the end of their first term. One thing we have seen though, once the government gets more money, they just spend more money. I have seen convincing data where the sun’s cyclical nature has more affect on the earth’s environment than anything man can or has done. We need to be cognizant of the earth’s environment but not the approach I am seeing. I see the way for the government to control more of the economy through taxation and further regulating our lives.

If you have issues with what I stand for, please email me  at… greggoodwin4congress@comcast.net
with your concerns and I will respond to them. Thank you. Greg Goodwin 3/9/09

“We Surround Them” Comming Fri. March 13th, via Glenn Beck and the Fox News Network

I would like to tell everyone about something that is happening Friday March 13^th on Glenn Beck’s TV show on Fox News Network at 5:00 pm EDT. It is called “We Surround Them” and he will be going over what is happening to this country economically and socially.

He is having meetup groups all around the country to for this one hour special and will be doing remote broadcasts around the country. Find one in your area, which is usually a restaurant or meeting room and it is a good time to meet other people and discuss what is happening to this country of ours. Folks, we have got to get involved with the direction the country is going, it is up to us to make certain that our voice is heard, through grass root groups such as this, to the people running this country. This is the link he has in regards to this special:

http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/21018/

Greg Goodwin

3/10/09

I know of two meetups that are being held.

1. Richmond Indiana – WHON radio will be telecasting it live, 930 on your AM band and on their streaming audio at http://www.930whon.com/

2. Knoxville Tennessee -

	Meetup Reminder The Knoxville WE Surround Them Meetup Group
Your group has a Meetup Friday, March 13, 2009 5:00 PM!

Feds grant eminent domain as collateral to China for US debts!-LiveLeak.com-February 26, 2009

After reading the article, you’ll understand why so many states are in such a hurry to “re-proclaim” their sovereignty from the union.

As you’ll figure out via simple math…The more “Bailouts” that the feds come up with, the U.S. is virtually guaranteeing more real estate to the government of China.

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Canadian Military Units To Undertake “Domestic Security”-Infowars.com-March 10, 2009

www.infowars.com/canadian-military-units-to-undertake-%E2%80%9Cdomestic-security%E2%80%9D/

State Sovereignty Movement —MRStep.com Update #30-March 11, 2009

32 States already are now claiming or planning for declaration of sovereignty.

www.mrstep.com/politics/az-wa-mo-nh-ok-claiming-sovereignty/

Secret State Police Report: Ron Paul, Bob Barr, Chuck Baldwin, Libertarians are Terrorists-via Infowars.com-March 11, 2009

http://www.infowars.com/secret-state-police-report-ron-paul-bob-barr-chuck-baldwin-libertarians-are-terrorists/

DON’T MISS THIS EVENT!, Today, Friday, 5:00pm, Eastern Time-Glenn Beck/Fox News-Current Events & Politics- “WE Surround Them”-Friday, March 13, 2009

www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/21018/

Ron Paul: Culprits Of Financial Collapse Should Be Arrested/Paul Joseph Watson-Prison Planet.com-Thursday, March 12, 2009

http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-culprits-of-financial-collapse-should-be-arrested/

MinnPost – Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh describes ‘executive assassination ring’-March 11, 2009

www.minnpost.com/ericblackblog/2009/03/11/7310/investigative_reporter_seymour_hersh_describes_executive_assassination_ring

Ron Paul: Culprits Of Financial Collapse Should Be Arrested/Paul Joseph Watson-Prison Planet.com-Thursday, March 12, 2009

www.infowars.com/ron-paul-culprits-of-financial-collapse-should-be-arrested/

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-March 13, 2009

If you have been reading my newsletters for a while you know that Ron Paul is the person, I believe, who has the formula to fix this country’s economic and political problems. As we have seen in the last election the news media and the Republican Party did everything to discredit his platform and anything else he stood for, even though he was running on the Republican ticket.

Reflecting back to what his total stance was all about and currently the direction he is tirelessly promoting, it has become obvious to more and more people believe he has the solution to get this country back on track. Where the government and economic responsibility is for the people of this nation as a whole, not just the economic lobbying powers that currently controls everything in Washington and promoting this one world system.

I came across this article that just freaked me out. It shows the level organizations are doing everything they can to shut his movement down. Watch out America, if you speak to much against the government’s direction you to will be put on a terrorist list, this shows you the level things have gotten to. What about the Constitution, you know, freedom of speech? What is happening to our country?

http://www.infowars.com/secret-state-police-report-ron-paul-bob-barr-chuck-baldwin-libertarians-are-terrorists/

Greg Goodwin

3/13/09

Gary Franchi exposes Federal Reserve on PBS

clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CS.gu&m=1dZQvRKj7fvrN1&b=RmcrXfBllrebI4UdRSW.iQ

Video, Genetically Modified Food

video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3764995188693165078&hl=en

New Video – Oath Keepers – Defending the Constitution – March 15, 2009

Check out the orders that they “Won’t” follow.

http://oath-keepers.blogspot.com/

Barack Obama’s Eligebility & Chief Justice Roberts-March 14, 2009

wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=91763

Murder Charges

Here’s an interesting link

seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/books/2008865622_bobalexander16m.html

Tennessee-TaxDayTeaParty.com

taxdayteaparty.com/teaparty/tennessee/

Stimulus raises state sovereignty issues – CNN.com-March 06, 2009

www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/06/states.fed/

Emergency Action Needed-RestoreTheRepublic.com-March 17, 2009

EMERGENCY ACTION NEEDED

In case you haven’t been told yet, our movement is currently under fire and in question. A document released on 2/20/09 to the Missouri Highway Patrol has directed the officers focus to recognize certain icons as potential “Paramilitary” or unconstitutional “Militia”. Unfortunately, most of the imagery or icons used are related to our freedom movement, including Dr. Ron Paul, the movie “America: Freedom to Fascism”, and upside down flags are all bundled into a category of potential “Paramilitary”.

We are alarmed by this document for many reasons, but the most immediate is due to the Campaign For Liberty Regional Conference being held in St. Louis at the end of March, 2009. We feel that we WILL be PROFILED by Missouri police officers, when in reality we do not pose threats.

We are asking for your help, and this is only stage ONE of this project. Please call the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission. Let them know because of this Document, you are concerned about traveling to Missouri. Tell them you don’t want to be a target of profiling, and because of this document you CANNOT support a states economy that DOES NOT support or 1st Amendment rights without being labeled as potential threats.

Action NEEDED:

1. Call the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and tell them that you are withdrawing your reservations to Ron Paul’s Regional Conference and moving to the IL side out of concern of being PROFILED.

(314) 231-5555

2. Call the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission and tell them you won’t visit Missouri because of “political profiling”. (800) 325-7962

3. Call the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) and tell them their generalized information is hurting the image of PEACEFUL FREEDOM LOVERS, and ask them how you can help make this document BETTER! (866) 362-6422 and (573)-526-6115

4. If you are not attending the Campaign for Liberty Regional Conference, call the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce (314-231-5555) and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (800-325-7962) and tell them you will not be visiting or spending your money in Missouri because of “political profiling” by the MIAC.

Thanks to Bryon Huber and Catherine Bleish from the Liberty Restoration Project for their diligent efforts to draft the action plan in response to this latest threat to liberty.

The actions of the MIAC will not go unnoticed by the American people.

We need your overwhelming support in this action. Please forward, post, blog, comment, tweet, and spread this message to every freedom related social network and forum you can find.

Forever in Freedom,

Gary Franchi
RTR National Director

P.S. Comment and discuss this emergency action here: http://www.restoretherepublic.com/top-stories/emergency-action-needed-against-miac-document

P.S.S. Download the MIAC Document here: http://restoretherepublic.com/pdf/miac-strategic-report.pdf

Emergency Action Needed-RestoreTheRepublic.com

EMERGENCY ACTION NEEDED

In case you haven’t been told yet, our movement is currently under fire and in question. A document released on 2/20/09 to the Missouri Highway Patrol has directed the officers focus to recognize certain icons as potential “Paramilitary” or unconstitutional “Militia”. Unfortunately, most of the imagery or icons used are related to our freedom movement, including Dr. Ron Paul, the movie “America: Freedom to Fascism”, and upside down flags are all bundled into a category of potential “Paramilitary”.

We are alarmed by this document for many reasons, but the most immediate is due to the Campaign For Liberty Regional Conference being held in St. Louis at the end of March, 2009. We feel that we WILL be PROFILED by Missouri police officers, when in reality we do not pose threats.We are asking for your help, and this is only stage ONE of this project. Please call the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission. Let them know because of this Document, you are concerned about traveling to Missouri. Tell them you don’t want to be a target of profiling, and because of this document you CANNOT support a states economy that DOES NOT support or 1st Amendment rights without being labeled as potential threats.

Action NEEDED:

1. Call the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce and tell them that you are withdrawing your reservations to Ron Paul’s Regional Conference and moving to the IL side out of concern of being PROFILED.

(314) 231-55552. Call the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission and tell them you won’t visit Missouri because of “political profiling”. (800) 325-7962

3. Call the Missouri Information Analysis Center (MIAC) and tell them their generalized information is hurting the image of PEACEFUL FREEDOM LOVERS, and ask them how you can help make this document BETTER! (866) 362-6422 and (573)-526-6115

4. If you are not attending the Campaign for Liberty Regional Conference, call the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce (314-231-5555) and the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (800-325-7962) and tell them you will not be visiting or spending your money in Missouri because of “political profiling” by the MIAC.

Thanks to Bryon Huber and Catherine Bleish from the Liberty Restoration Project for their diligent efforts to draft the action plan in response to this latest threat to liberty.

The actions of the MIAC will not go unnoticed by the American people.

We need your overwhelming support in this action. Please forward, post, blog, comment, tweet, and spread this message to every freedom related social network and forum you can find.

Forever in Freedom,

Gary Franchi
RTR National Director

P.S. Comment and discuss this emergency action here: http://www.restoretherepublic.com/top-stories/emergency-action-needed-against-miac-document

P.S.S. Download the MIAC Document here: http://restoretherepublic.com/pdf/miac-strategic-report.pdf

Video-Taxpayers Gather To Protest Spending, Taxes, Growing Debt-via Infowars.com-Marh 18,2009

www.infowars.com/taxpayers-gather-to-protest-spending-taxes-growing-debt/

Can Congress Write Any Laws It Wants? by Andrew P. Napolitano-March 19, 2009

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/napolitano5.html

Disloyal Opposition: Juries quietly flip the bird to oppressive laws

www.tuccille.com/blog/2009/02/juries-quietly-flip-bird-to-oppressive.html

Capital News 9 | 24 Hour Local News | TOP STORIES | Schenectady mayor considers options, martial law over police woes-March 20, 2009

capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/135816/schenectady-mayor-considers-options–martial-law-over-police-woes/Default.aspx

YouTube – Glenn Beck and Penn Jillette on MIAC report

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSohi9pocc8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lptn.org%2Fblog%2Findex.php&feature=player_embedded

YouTube – Reality Report with Gary Franchi – March 20, 2009

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSkRwa65v24

YouTube-20/20-”Bailouts&Bull”-Pt.4of6-March 19, 2009

www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K93hZbWB_I&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lptn.org%2Fblog%2Findex.php&feature=player_embedded

Larry Silverstein wants a bailout-by Stephen C. Webster-Raw Story March 21, 2009

via Infowars.com

Stephen C. Webster
Raw Story
March 21, 2009
Read Article Here

YouTube – The Alex Jones Radio Show with Chuck Baldwin 3-19-09

Part 1

Part 2

The Collapse of ‘09 by Gerald Celente – March 22, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/celente1.html

The Washington Times: Bureaucracy rules, oversight suffers-March 20, 2009

Read Article

“Tea Parties Begin to Grow!!-TheTruthTracker.wordpress.com-March 22, 2009

thetruthtracker.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/tea-parties-begin-to-grow/#comment-617

Paul, Baldwin, Barr Send Letter to Missouri Gov. in Response to MIAC Report-via-Infowars.com-March 23, 2009

www.infowars.com/paul-baldwin-barr-send-letter-to-missouri-gov-in-response-to-miac-report/

YouTube – Ron Paul questions Bernanke on Capitalism-March 24, 2009

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrK3rsiruNw

Congressman Ron Paul-March 23, 2009: Bankruptcy is Economic Stimulus

via Congressman Ron Paul.

Are You Fed Up With “Illegal Taxation via Your Representatives Stealing From You?” Do a web search for “Tea Party”

Fresh Tea Daily »TENNESSEE STATE TAX DAY TEA PARTY COORDINATORS-Update-March 25, 2009

via Fresh Tea Daily » Tennessee.

When Is It Going To Be Enough, America?-via-Republic Broadcasting Network-March 20, 2009

republicbroadcasting.org/?p=808

Tea Party Related-March 25, 2009 Update

Update:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktijKFURdPg

There are about 250 scheduled (so far) for April 15th  around the country. It’s about time.

Stay tuned

www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=90948

The Modern Tyranny Movement-SMIAC STRATEGIC REPORT 03/26/09

SMIAC_Report.pdf application/pdf Object

YouTube – Daniel Hannan MEP: The devalued Prime Minister of a devalued Government-March 25, 2009

The parallels are obvious, between the U.K. and the U.S.

This guy does’nt know the meaning of “Minced Words”.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlpmyAWsDPg&feature=related

Restore The Republic » Blog Archive » TIMELINE: How the Grassroots Challenged MIAC-March 28, 2009

www.restoretherepublic.com/site-news/how-the-grassroots-challenged-miac-timeline-of-events

The Blue Pill People | via Daily Paul.com| Campaign for Liberty at the Daily Paul – March 25, 2009

www.dailypaul.com/node/87299

Restore The Republic » Blog Archive » Reality Report: Weekend Edition – The Glenn Jacobs Interview-March 28, 2009

www.restoretherepublic.com/latest-news/reality-report-weekend-edition-the-glenn-jacobs-interview

A Race Against Time: “Modern Militia Movement” Report Written with ADL Assistance-March 20, 2009

araceagainsttime.blogspot.com/2009/03/modern-militia-movement-report-written.html

Videos – Tea Parties Sweeping the Nation – March 30, 2009-Update

Update: I found a few more video links of Tea Parties. Remember, we still have two weeks to go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKgP8CI6exA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-A15g84tVM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG0x6ZnGPsk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJvIFily_xQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSRHVd6CCpc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22cGMiCzm8M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OguDX00XfHU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvwqP1CNo7U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rIiUdAFrko&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0n5_HxcCcA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXHtz6N8xLk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVh3RzYw-4M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgdWL8pjo6I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-dksW1RKY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIrz0mtH2CE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aNOiZKxbQs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezTeBOUGH-0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IEyCfV3Sig&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3v6WvqypI4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z8nAJ0exXQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fIMgc4dA60&feature=related

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M0ZOMXPzQ0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktijKFURdPg

There are about 300 scheduled (so far) for April 15th  around the country. It’s about time.

Stay tuned

Taxes: Angry citizens stage revolt – Buffalo, NY – March 29, 2009

by Bill Wolcott
www.lockportjournal.com/local/local_story_088002343.html

Barack Obama: Administrator – A History of Today

By columnist: Servando Gonzalez

via Barack Obama: Administrator. A History of Today..

Check out this Blog-March 30, 2009

socioecohistory.wordpress.com/

Congressman Ron Paul – End the War on Drugs – Texas Straight Talk-March 30, 2009

Congressman Ron Paul – End the War on Drugs – Texas Straight Talk.

Videos – Tea Parties Sweeping the Nation – March 30, 2009-Update

Update: I found a few more video links of Tea Parties. Remember, we still have two weeks to go. For April 15th events go to: www.taxdayteaparty.com

See the “Tea Party Map”  Here

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKgP8CI6exA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-A15g84tVM&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG0x6ZnGPsk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJvIFily_xQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSRHVd6CCpc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22cGMiCzm8M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OguDX00XfHU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvwqP1CNo7U&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rIiUdAFrko&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0n5_HxcCcA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXHtz6N8xLk&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVh3RzYw-4M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgdWL8pjo6I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-dksW1RKY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIrz0mtH2CE&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aNOiZKxbQs&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezTeBOUGH-0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IEyCfV3Sig&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3v6WvqypI4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z8nAJ0exXQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fIMgc4dA60&feature=related

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0M0ZOMXPzQ0

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktijKFURdPg

There are about 300 scheduled (so far) for April 15th  around the country. It’s about time.

Stay tuned

Sign Of The Times-”Guns, Gold, Secession” by Karen De Coster-April 01, 2009

www.lewrockwell.com/decoster/decoster149.html

Lumping Patriots and Nazis Together? comment 18 Written – by Eric Odom on March 31, 2009 – Tax Day Tea Party

http//taxdayteaparty.com/

Financial Terrorism and You – April 01, 2009

Financial Terrorism and You

by Sean Brodrick 04-01-09

Can we just drop the pretense and start calling the bank bailout what it is: Financial terrorism.

Terrorism can be defined as achieving one’s aims through fear. And it sure seems to me that bankers and their friends in government are extorting money from the taxpayers (you and me) with a threatening “or else” that goes something like this: “Give us the money or the entire financial system will implode.”

And as we fork over the extortion money, these corporate gangsters put us on the hook for trillions of dollars MORE.

Obama’s bailout of AIG is just one example of Washington robbing you of your hard-earned money under the pretext of “fixing” the problem.

For example, AIG posted the largest quarterly loss in American corporate history — $61.7 billion — for the final three months of last year. That means the company lost more than $27 million every hour. That’s $465,000 a minute, or $7,750 a second.

As a result of its losses, AIG has been awarded hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars. Otherwise, we’re told, the company’s collapse could devastate the economy.

And that’s just ONE of the companies robbing you of your hard-earned money under the pretext of “fixing” the problem.

In fact, one of the ways we know this is financial terrorism is that the steps being taken to “fix” the problem aren’t fixing a single thing.

The Roots of the Crisis
Go Back to 1999

Glass-Steagall was passed after the Great Depression, the last time outrageous financial chicanery brought our country to its knees economically. This law placed a barrier between everyday banking, such as lending and deposit-taking, and riskier areas, such as derivatives trading.

But the law was repealed in 1999, thanks to lobbying by the very companies we’re bailing out now. And the effort was midwifed by Phil Gramm, a laissez-faire-lovin’ Republican senator from Texas who co-authored the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act that repealed many key provisions of Glass-Steagall.

Gramm quit the Senate to go work for UBS AG, one of the beneficiaries of the repeal. I believe that kind of thing — passing a law to help a future employer — should be illegal. We can only be thankful that Gramm didn’t go on to higher office — he was an advisor to McCain’s Presidential campaign and probably would have ended up as Treasury Secretary had McCain won.

But this isn’t just a Republican problem. Oh, if it were only that simple. You see, there were shady characters on both sides of the political aisle in this terrorism caper.

Instead of Gramm, we got Tim Geithner as Treasury Secretary. He’s a protégé of Robert Rubin, former co-CEO of Goldman Sachs and one-time Treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, who went on to work for Citigroup after whole-heartedly supporting the Glass-Steagall repeal. Due to the current financial crisis, Citigroup lost $27.7 billion last year and has needed $45 billion in government funds to stay afloat.

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But Wait, It Gets Better!

Clinton had more than one Treasury Secretary. And the last one was Lawrence Summers. At the time Glass-Steagall was repealed, Summers said:

“Today Congress voted to update the rules that have governed financial services since the Great Depression and replace them with a system for the 21st century. This historic legislation will better enable American companies to compete in the new economy.”

Good thing Summers isn’t around anymore, eh? After making such a colossal mistake, he wouldn’t dare to show his face. Oh wait — would you believe he is now the Director of the White House’s National Economic Council?

In other words, one of the persons who got us into this mess is now in charge of fixing it! Isn’t that like hiring an arsonist to put out your house fire?

And people wonder why I’m pessimistic.

You may have heard Washington officials say on TV: “No one could have foreseen what would happen.”

Except that someone did foresee EXACTLY what was going to happen. When Glass-Steagall was up for discussion, Senator Byron Dorgan (D-North Dakota) made an impassioned speech on the floor of the Senate, asking his colleagues NOT to repeal the regulation. He said:

“I think we will look back in 10 years’ time and say we should not have done this but we did because we forgot the lessons of the past, and that which is true in the 1930’s is true in 2010. I wasn’t around during the 1930’s or the debate over Glass-Steagall. But I was here in the early 1980’s when it was decided to allow the expansion of savings and loans. We have now decided in the name of modernization to forget the lessons of the past, of safety and of soundness.”

Only eight senators opposed the Gramm-Leach-Bliley repeal of Glass-Steagall:

• Richard Shelby (R-AL)
• Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
• Richard Bryan (D-NV)
• Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
• Russell Feingold (D-WI)
• Tom Harkin (D-IA)
• Barbara Mikulski (D-MD)
• Paul Wellstone (D-MN)

If your senator was around in 1999, and he or she isn’t on that list, you can be fairly certain that your senator does the bidding of the Wall Street banksters, not you.

While Wellstone is dead, I find it interesting that none of these other, prescient senators have been tapped by President Obama to fix the crisis. Instead, all roads to high-level White House financial appointments seem to lead through Goldman Sachs.

The Goldman Fix
Is in …

The original plan to bail out AIG was dreamed up last fall at a meeting run by then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson. Paulson had been CEO of Goldman Sachs before becoming Treasury Secretary. Also attending the meeting was Lloyd Blankenfein, the current CEO of Goldman Sachs and Tim Geithner, then head of the New York Fed.

Paulson and Geithner set the stage for Goldman: AIG was not going to fail.

AIG was not allowed to fail — remember Geithner has taken both bankruptcy and nationalization off the table. So AIG’s trading counterparties are being paid 100 cents on the dollar.

Much of the $170 billion bailout AIG has received has gone to pay off obligations to Wall Street banks, such as Goldman Sachs. Goldman has maintained that it got no bailout money from the Treasury, apart from the $25 billion it was “forced” to take. But in fact, it received at least $13 billion through AIG!

It’s almost as if Goldman knew that the money would be coming.

Along with Goldman, Bank of America, Merrill Lynch, UBS, JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank and Barclays are all recipients of AIG’s payments to its former trading partners.

Former New York Attorney General Elliot Spitzer — who knows a thing about financial shenanigans — recently wrote:

“The appearance that this was all an inside job is overwhelming. AIG was nothing more than a conduit for huge capital flows to the same old suspects, with no reason or explanation.”

You can read Spitzer’s two articles on the AIG fiasco HERE and HERE.

So here’s where an administration’s spokesperson says on TV: “Well, it’s a mess, but we’re doing our best to fix it.”

Are they? Let’s look at the track record (in both the Bush and Obama administrations) …

* No serious attempt at re-regulation. You’d think the first order of business would be to reinstate Glass-Steagall. The Obama Administration hasn’t done that. In fact, while Secretary Geithner recently proposed “sweeping” changes to Federal regulation of the financial system, Glass-Steagall wasn’t part of the package.

* Goldman Sachs’ unprecedented access to the corridors of power in D.C. continues. Another former Goldman Sachs employee, Gary Gensler, has been nominated to head the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

* Not even a token attempt at justice. Where are the indictments? Why aren’t we seeing Wall Street executives frog-marched to the paddy wagons? And don’t tell me about Bernie Madoff — he was a rogue operator who turned himself in, not the head of one of the major Wall Street banks that have ripped us off through systematic pillaging. Indeed, everything I see tells me that our government is a willing co-conspirator with the robber barons.

* The looting continues. In just one example, Citibank and Bank of America are now using the TARP funds they received not to extend more loans as they were supposed to, but to buy up more of the toxic debt they’re supposed to be getting rid of! Why? Because they know that, under Geithner’s plan, they will be able to sell the toxic debt at a substantial profit as the government props up the market for those troubled assets. These banksters are speculating with the same taxpayer money that was supposed to pull them back from the abyss.

* The threats continue. In the Bush administration, Treasury Secretary Paulson was able to get his original bailout package passed by Congress in a very simple manner. According to Representative Paul Kanjorski, the Capital Markets Subcommittee Chair, Paulson told them, with a great sense of urgency, that there was an electronic run on the banks. And if Congress didn’t go along with Paulson’s rescue plan, Kanjorski recalled being told, “It would have been the end of our economic system and our political system as we know it.”

Well, it’s déjà vu all over again. Geithner recently told the House Committee on Financial Services: “The U.S. Government does not have the legal means today to manage the orderly restructuring of a large, complex, non-bank financial institution that poses a threat to the stability of our financial system.”

Geithner could be sincere, in which case, we are in a very dire situation indeed. I’m just not sure he’s the right man to reform the system, because I can’t tell whose side he’s on.

After all, last week, the Obama administration urged the U.S. Supreme Court to stop New York and other states from enforcing their fair-lending and other consumer-protection laws against federally chartered banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Wells Fargo & Co. This is the same position that the Bush administration had and a slap in the face for consumer and civil-rights groups.

Our government is going to have to choose whose side it is on. It’s a choice that — if not correct — could bring this country to the brink of anarchy.

Could We Go the Way of Argentina?

Desmond Lachman — former chief strategist for emerging markets at Salomon Smith Barney and a long-time official with the IMF — recently wrote in The Washington Post that comparing the economic crisis in the U.S. to Japan’s “lost decade” was wrong. Instead, he said a better comparison is to Argentina, Russia, Thailand, and other countries that collapsed both economically and politically, weighed down by their own corruption.

He wrote:

“Watching Goldman Sachs’s seeming lock on high-level U.S. Treasury jobs as well as the way that Republicans and Democrats alike tiptoed around reforming Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae — among the largest campaign contributors to Congress — made me wonder if the differences between the United States and the Asian economies were only a matter of degree.”

From what we’ve seen so far, the only response to the catastrophic collapse of major American financial institutions is to try and reinflate the balloon with our tax dollars. There is no serious attempt at reform. And without that, there can be no real recovery. And Lachman’s words could come back to haunt us.

Physical gold can be a good investment for economic hard times. But it isn’t the only investment you might consider.

What to Consider Investing in When Your
Government Is in Danger of Collapsing …

Physical gold and silver are good investments for economic hard times. But they aren’t the only investments you might consider. Cash is king, at least in the short run. And I’ve spoken to people from Argentina who said what saved them during their country’s collapse was getting their money out of the country — in other words, investing abroad.

The trouble is, this time around, the entire world seems to be going down together.

Land is also a good investment, at least if you think the markets are approaching a bottom. My crystal ball is cloudy on that one.

As for the market, I think certain commodities, especially precious-metals related issues, still have a lot of promise. And if the markets tank, you can always play that move with inverse ETFs.

I think the best lesson is to be diversified. Spread your assets out. You can hope for a speedy recovery, but be prepared for a long-term downturn. When the government isn’t seriously addressing the problems we face, that’s probably the best you can do.

All the best,

Sean

P.S. For daily updates on gold and more, check out my new blog at http://blogs.uncommonwisdomdaily.com/red-hot-energy-and-gold/

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Some things to consider, after the Tea Party

www.campaignforliberty.com/user/LydiaScott/

From: Tax Day Tea Party » Tea Party links you’ll enjoy

taxdayteaparty.com/2009/04/tea-party-links-youll-enjoy/

The Flat Tax Is Not Flat and the FairTax Is Not Fair – Laurence M. Vance – Mises Institute-April 03, 2009

mises.org/story/3389

Event: via-Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party

Tea Party In Chattanooga
“Repeal the Pork, Cut Taxes”
When: April 15, 2009
4:00 – 7:00 pm
Where: Ross’s Landing
(Downtown Chattanooga behind the Aquarium)
chattanoogateaparty.com/

While you’re at the site, check out the [Downloads] section.

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Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party
Talking Points for Radio Call-In

If any of us call in to a talk radio show, we need to make sure we’re all saying the same thing, so we’ve put together this fact sheet.

The most important thing, especially if you have a limited amount of time, is to start out by saying something like this:

“I want to talk about the Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party that will be held on April 15th from 4-7PM at Ross’s Landing to oppose big government spending.”

By starting out with that, you’re getting the pertinent information out there in case someone is listening.

Here are answers to the basic questions:

Who is responsible for organizing the Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party?

The National Tax Day Tea Party is a national collaborative grassroots effort organized by Smart Girl Politics, Top Conservatives on Twitter, the DontGo Movement and many other online groups/coalitions.

Chattanooga’s Tax Day Tea Party is being organized by Mark West.  Many local individuals and organizations are helping Mark to organize the event.

What is the Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party?

The Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party is a chance for citizens to speak out against out of control government spending.  Over the past 3 months, our national debt has risen to over $11 Trillion because of big-government sponsored spending bills that were passed without considering public opinion.

The Boston Tea Party, a protest which occurred in 1773, was a response to unfair British taxes on tea that were being charged against the will of the people.  In our Tea Party, we will be using this historical model to protest the unchecked government spending that is going on right now.

Where will the Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party Take Place?

The Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party will be held at Ross’s Landing, which is in Downtown Chattanooga behind the Aquarium.

When will the Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party Take Place?

The Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party will be held on tax day, which is, Wednesday, April 15, from 4:00PM to 7:00PM.

Why the Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party?

Our nation’s leaders have spent dollar after dollar on pork-filled legislation over the past few months.  The whole time, we’ve been speaking out against it, but they have not listened.  On Tax Day, we’ll be joining our voices together with others across our great city and with those in over 400 other cities across the nation, to tell the government that we’re tired of it.

The Constitution starts out with the words, “WE THE PEOPLE.”  The intention of our founding fathers was for WE THE PEOPLE to govern this nation.  Instead, we have been consistently ignored by those who are supposed to REPRESENT the PEOPLE.

Important Contact Information:

Contact Mark West via Email:  mark-west@comcast.net // cell: 423-240-8288
National Tea Party Website:  taxdayteaparty.com // Facebook: Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party

YouTube – Reality Report – Audit the FED, Tea Parties, G20, Global Currency, Organic Farmers-April 04, 2009

RestoreTheRepublic.com

Unconstitutional Military Checkpoint Foiled – Whiteville, Tennessee – April 03, 2009

via-NewsTalk 101.5 FM News – DHS, Military Police, Law Enforcement Planned Checkpoint in Whiteville, Tennessee -April 03, 2009

When you get to the site, click on the audio file.

wnws.com/newstalk/?p=1157

More Tyrannical Legislation and Bigger Government on the Horizon / via market-ticker.org / April 05, 2009

What else should we expect from the Overlords? Check out the article on the following site. And please alert folks to this act.

http://market-ticker.org/archives/935-The-Constitution-Dies-To-Thunderous-Applause.html

Keep Up To Date With The “War On Tyranny”

There’s actually a doable solution!
Check it out.

www.kickthemallout.com/article.php/Story-G20_Moves_Global_Currency_Agenda

Man Detained At Airport For Carrying Cash-April 02, 2009

Click link to watch video report. Full audio link at site.

www.gadling.com/2009/04/02/tsa-detains-man-for-carrying-cash/?icid=main|htmlws-main|dl4|link6|http

Campaign For Liberty — US Congress Assault on the Internet-April 06 2009

www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=15273

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-April 26, 2009

(Poster’s Note: To read some of Greg’s previous newsletters, go to the side bar and click on “Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-Archive”)

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April 26, 2009

Cartoon from 1934 Chicago Tribune

Does look familiar? Take a close look at what that character is writing on that board. This was sent to me by one of my subscribers, thanks Kelleigh.

This whole economic disaster was caused by a few criminal capitalists, not the capitalistic system or I would rather call it, the free enterprise system. The problem with the few that caused it was and still is in charge of the very basics of our economic system, the banking and the financial industries. It just shows how horrible things get when the economically powerful have full access to our political leaders through the lobbying system and behind closed door influence.

With the level of economic disaster the world is experiencing, where are the hearings and investigations on whom and how this came into fruition? We see hearings on the end result of them with financial and corporate leaders but not a one oh how this ball started rolling. This is a good example the level of influence these economically powerful people have in our government. We no longer have a government for the people and by the people, it is a government for the highest bidder.

I am attempting to prove a hypothesis of mine and that is, there is a basic economic power center that is influencing many areas that control many aspects of the world dealings. I know it sounds like a conspiracy theory but I believe there is a direct connection between the financial world and this socialistic movement that is taking over the industrialized nations of the world. Here is one good example:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/IMF_TO_THE_RESCUE_ANALYSIS?SITE=KTVB&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

I believe through my years of research, this economic power center are and have been the basic influence in the financial issues, the environmental issues, and the socialistic movement that is taking over this world. It has been in progress for years and we are now seeing the result of it in all aspects of the world dealings. If you want to see the background on why I believe this, ask me for my essay I wrote in 2005 and it will give you the reasons why I believe this happening.

Republican for Congress, 3^rd District of Tennessee 2010,

Greg Goodwin

4/26/09

ChattanoogaTaxDayTeaParty-April 15, 2009-Info-Link

chattanoogateaparty.com

Check out Infowars.com-April 06,2009

via-infowars.com

Massive Checkpoint Operation in Tennessee Violated Posse Comitatus, Fourth Amendment

www.infowars.com/massive-checkpoint-operation-in-tennessee-violated-posse-comitatus-fourth-amendment/

Congressman Ron Paul: Budget Expands Government as Economy Contracts–April 06, 2009

www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

Take Action Report for Tennesseans – Anti-Real I.D. Legislation on Floor in Tennessee House & Senate

Motions to reject 1984-type Big Brother legislation (National I.D. Cards) need your input! Contact your TN rep’s and let them know that Big Brother is way too big and intrusive already, let alone the unconstitutional Real I.D. Act. We can take care of our own without the expense and intrusion of Big Brother. That’s what the tenth amendment is all about!

via the Libertarian Party of Tennessee

www.lptn.org/blog/?p=1084

Tea Party Time!

“The current grass roots efforts across the country, in approximately 450+ cities, is the result of various circumstances.

Foremost, is the current spending frenzy in Washington, D.C.. When government approves any new laws or pork programs (and most, if not all of them are unconstitutional), the Federal Reserve (a cadre of non-government-private bankers) prints and loans the fiat currency to the government with interest to cover the expense, there’s nothing of value to back it up.

The burden of this interest is passed on to the constituents, and taxpayers in the form of debt. There is no consideration given to the input of the people because the “Representative Government” knows that the people aren’t worthy of controlling how their money (or their great grand children’s) money is to be spent. (sarcasm added)

We cannot spend our way out of a recession or a depression. There is no money to spend and there are way too many unnecessary projects. Most folks know when they’ve erred on the side of careless spending and they curtail spending to control their budget. Unfortunately, current representative government has no conscience. It considers itself as a nanny that can do no wrong.

Secondly, there are approximately forty thousand lobbyists that direct the “will” of our elected government employees with their corporate agendas that are comprised of monetary favors and corporate deals. These lobbyists pay no loyalty to the U.S. Constitution, Bill Of Rights or any moral ideals whatsoever. In fact, they strive to destroy the fact that our country is a Constitutional Republic. The United States Constitution “is” the Supreme Law of the Land. Our elected employees swear an oath to abide by the Supreme Law of the Land. Why aren’t most of them in jail right now?

Last, but not least is… People don’t like their employees stealing their hard-earned money and using it on wasteful, illegal programs that continue to regulate their lives against their will. Our country was founded on the principles of “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. It wasn’t founded on the principles of theft and redistribution of the peoples’ money at the whim of the proponents of the Communist Manifesto, though that’s just where this country is headed. The Declaration of Independence placed King George III on notice and followed through with “The Notice”. This sentiment is now being re-kindled, and rightfully directed at our ” insubordinate  employees”, the ones we “supposedly” elected into office to be bound by the chains of the constitutions of our state and national governments. Not to waste the fruits of our labor on draconian projects designed to bring the country into a third-world-status by some tyrannical global governance agenda.

This “Grand Experiment” known as the constitutional republic of the United States has been under fire even before its very conception. The Founding Fathers knew that “Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely”. That’s why the U.S. Constitution with its Bill Of Rights was implemented. The Constitution defines the specific duties of our elected servants in the categorical manner within it. The constitution  does not “give” rights to anybody or any entity. The Bill Of Rights “guarantees” the inalienable rights of people, granted to them by their Creator; they cannot be taken away! It also acknowledges that the states or the people respectively are the ultimate authority in government – “Of, By and For The People”. The Bill Of Rights specifically defines checks and balances to limit abusive powers within the federal government.

Since the careless looting of the people went into overdrive, starting last September, people are “FED UP” and are calling their elected servants to the carpet.

It’s about time. It’s high time that “We The People” demand a representative government that will actually represent “The People”, not the Corporate Lobbyists or Globalists Agendas.

It’s very difficult for me to be non-partisan during this movement for real constitutional representative government; as I’m a Constitutional Libertarian who believes in liberty, smaller government, more freedom and fewer taxes. I just keep praying that folks will wake up, take action and realize that our children, our grand children and their children will have no possible chance of passing the torch of freedom and liberty on to future generations if we keep allowing this globalist course of constitutional destruction to proceed.

The time to self-govern is now!”
-Mo Kiah

Valley Region Coordinator-Libertarian Party of Tennessee

If You’re Not Outraged, You Will Be After Watching This 3 Part Interview By Bill Moyers-April 03, 2009

Moyers:  Sharing the Blame for the Economic Crisis?

Part (1) www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-QL0BCb1t Part (2) www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOA1RpK7ttg&feature=related Part (3) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMDLx_-f1L4&feature=related

Video: The Complete Idiot’s Guide To The New World Order

video.google.com/?hl=en

Congressman Ron Paul – Fewer Taxes for Real Economic Stimulus – Texas Straight Talk

Read Here

Chattanooga Tea Party » Tax Day Tea Party Set for Ross’s Landing Wednesday, April 15

Pass this link around to everybody you know.

chattanoogateaparty.com/?p=9

re: Tax Day Tea Party – Time For The Politicians To Listen

The following is a letter K. Hargis submitted to chattanoogan.com in response
to a letter by a detractor of the Tea Party Movement via John Michael Bond:

re: Tax Day Tea Party – Time For The Politicians To Listen

Leave it to a statist to want to suppress free speech and deter
peaceful protest. Mr. Bond seeks to associate the upcoming Tea Party
with FauxNews and partisan politics. Nothing could be further from the
truth.

The Tea Partyis, in fact, about the struggle for power (i.e. pure
politics, in the classical sense); it’s about the governed revoking
their tacit consent; it’s about the abolition of tax-slavery.

When government seizeswhatever portion of an individual’s wageit
desires, the people cease to be free, and become slaves to the
government which was founded to serve them.

This is not to protest “taxes raised under Obama”. It is to protest the
existence of a system which taxes production, rather than consumption,
and to assert that the rightsof “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of
Happiness”necessitate an includedright to the fruits of one’s labor.

These tax protests have been occurring annually, for decades, on the
15th day of April, at U.S. Post Offices nationwide. They are not
new.Real Republicans (not neocons), fiscally conservative Democrats
(yes, they do exist), Libertarians, Independents andcontrarians in
general have long engaged in this protest. Now, they are drawing more
people.

Considering that just over 1.6 million people voted for an independent
or third-party candidate in the last presidential election, this only
makes sense. We will not abolish the 16th Amendmentby April 16, nor by
August 16, but support is growing. Even Zach Wamp recently signed on as
a sponsor of the Fair-Tax.

For a better understanding of the tax system wewere intendedto have, I
suggest you read Jefferson’s Second Inaugural Address. In it, Jefferson
poses the question “what farmer, what mechanic, what laborer ever sees
a taxgatherer of the United States”. Sadly,today’s answeris that All
do, on their first day of employment, when they fill out a W-4.

Despite what Mr. Bond thinks, the people attending theTeaPartyare
protesting “something that actually matters and actually affects” them.
They are protesting a tax system which is nothing more than a tool
bureaucrats use to reward those who support them, punish those who
oppose them, and redistribute wealth in a manner that benefits the
incumbent. I can think of little which is more important.

I also noticed that, in his defense of Obama, Mr. Bond draws parallels
betweenObama and Bush 43. It is amazing then, that he fails to realize
that the most significant differences between themare skin tone, and to
which demographic they market themselves. Perhaps marketing has blinded
him to the importance of the issue of taxation, or maybe the issue is
just too complicated to be cool.

K. Hargis

Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party Draws More Than Expected-April 15, 2009

The  Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party non-partisan event gathered approximately 2,500 attendees.

The current thievery of the taxpayers to cover-up government appropriated ponzi schemes (implemented to bailout corporate interests and their lobbyists), coupled with the past and current increases in the cost, size and scope of government against the people’s will, have brought this national movement to the front burner.

The people are FED up.

The self-governing process that our Constitutional Republic was founded on is about to be restored. The bottom line is “We The People” need to demand constitutional compliance from our representatives, and eliminate the current control of government “Of, By and For the Corporations”.

Local media were also covering the event.

www.timesfreepress.com/news/2009/apr/16/tennessee-tax-day-tea-party-draws-big-crowd/?local

www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_149082.asp

A “Post Tea Party Message” From: Mark West-April 16, 2009

Fellow Chattanoogans and other area supporters:

Let me thank all of you who attended the Chattanooga Tax Day Tea Party Protest on April 15th.  Your overwhelming show of support, which by many estimates tallied at or above 2,000 Protesters, was and is a clear and strong statement to our local, state and national governmental leaders that the Silent Majority has become the Vocal Majority.  No longer will we sit by apathetically or silently and allow our elected officials to make promises at home that are easily and quickly broken when they rush off to Washington (or their state or local offices)!

My commitment, and I trust yours as well, is that we will hold our elected officials accountable to sound, common sense fiscal policies — those I choose to call Economics 101.  Simply put, Economics 101 is those financial principles by which you and I have to manage our personal lives:  Spending must be less than Income — plain and simple!  No ifs, ands or buts.  One can get more technical if they like, but the bottom line is this:  When your outgo exceeds your income, sooner or later you are destined for financial destruction.   And the reality is that at the present rate of spending in Washington, that “later” is actually “sooner.”

I challenge each of you to become a “10 Minute CItizen.”  By this I mean, be willing to commit to at least 10 minutes a day or a week to the duty of holding your Congressman, Senators ad President to Economics 101.  Become informed (from sources other than the Main Stream Media “MSM”)!  Recall that it is the MSM that has either largely or completely ignored the hundreds of thousands of Tea Party Protesters on April 15th.  And it is the MSM that has purposely marginalized or defined us as “crazies, radicals, partisan, sore losers” or even worse.  Get your news from the internet or fair and balanced news stations.  Check this site regularly for key info relative to pressing legislation…

chattanoogateaparty.com/

First and foremost we are all Americans.  And if you join us, you are part of a grassroots, non-partisan movement  that is committed to changing Congress’ views and votes, or changing Congress’ members.  Their votes will determine whether they will remain employed by our tax dollars the next time they are up for election or whether they become an unemployed, ex-civil “servant”.  It’s that simple and they must hear this message every time they drive one more nail into the coffin of our nation by heaping on more taxes, spending and debt!

So, please register with us and become an integral participant in this movement.  Tell your friends, neighbors and family members to check us out and join with us as well.  It won’t be easy but all things worthwhile are worth fighting for.  Won’t you join us in this battle?

Promoting Liberty and Restoring Values….

Mark West

Purchasing Power and Obamanomics: by K. Hargis

It seems that many people have fallen victim to government schools, and are now unable to grasp what is really happening in our country, economically and otherwise. Obamanomics is really just part of a predictable progression, to anyone who has been paying attention.

I will try to explain our nation’s inevitable future, and I will go slowly and try to use small words so that those who vote based on party can understand. It may take longer than a Tide commercial, so bear with me.

A short history lesson is first in order.

In 1933 Franklin D. Roosevelt, an all around liar, crook and scoundrel confiscated (i.e. “stole”) the privately owned gold of U.S. citizens, although he did allow foreigners to exchange their paper notes for gold, and cart that gold out of the country. He also increased the value of gold (in theory) from $20.67 an ounce to $35 an ounce, thereby decreasing the purchasing power of the paper notes that U.S. citizens were left holding. (I shall explain this concept at length in the following paragraphs.)

Tricky Dick Nixon made the announcement, in 1971, that we were off the gold standard, so FDR’s theft was now irrelevant, because our dollars were now backed by “full faith in credit” of the government of the United States of America (which, paired with several paper dollars, will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks).

Dick did us no favors, and neither did his pal, Gerald. Theirs was a travesty worse than the distraction of Watergate.

In steps bucktoothed Jimmy Carter; inflation and interest rates soar, and gold passes $850 an ounce (that part is important folks).

After Jimmy, Sloppy Ron Reagan, and his boy Deficit George, take over and introduce trickle-down economics. This concept is shortly followed by NAFTA (the brainchild of Bush 41), which makes certain that any money which was intended to trickle DOWN actually trickles OUT to companies which were encouraged to move offshore by our punitive tax code.

We will skip the 2 latest and more irrelevant presidents, and get to Obama.

He just promised to cut the deficit in half.

The deficit is different than the national debt. Deficit spending is what creates the national debt, as the deficit is the difference between what the government has, and what they spend.

There are only 2 ways to cut a deficit. Reduce spending or raise taxes. As Obama just signed a huge spending bill (spending is a stimulus, be it at a cathouse or a courthouse), we must assume that he intends to raise taxes. And high taxes encourage more companies to leave, and take their jobs with them.

But that’s only the beginning.

Let’s get back to “full faith in credit” and gold.

Purchasing power is what we are all trying to earn.

If a dollar bill is backed by 1 unit of “faith in credit”, and a cup of coffee costs a dollar, then a cup of coffee is valued at 1 unit of “faith in credit”.

If the U.S. government authorizes the printing of more dollar bills, then they represent, proportionally, the same number of units of “faith in credit” as existed before, and the purchasing power of each dollar bill decreases, proportionally, as well.

Soon, it takes 2 dollar bills to purchase the same cup of coffee. And, eventually, as more and more money is printed, and it is backed by the same amount of credit, it could take 6 dollar bills to buy that same cup of coffee, as the inherent value of the coffee hasn’t changed in centuries.

This doesn’t just apply to coffee, but to everything. It doesn’t matter how many dollars you have; it matter what those dollars will buy.

As Baby-Bush bailed out the Insurance Companies and the Usury Mongers (i.e. bankers), then-President-elect-Obama was conferring with entrenched members of his party in the House and Senate to calculate their next move. And it was decided to force a “stimulus package” down the throats of those who elected them.

The Bank Bailout and the Stimulus Package have required the printing of untold amounts of paper bills (which are instruments of debt, worse than bad checks).

But they are still backed only by “faith in credit”, and each bill printed decreases the purchasing power of the bills you already have, be they in your pocket, in the bank, or invested somewhere (with the exclusion of investments in gold or silver). That’s right, each and every time more money is printed, the value of the money you have earned and saved goes down.

This is why the pawnbrokers are paying to advertise that they are buying gold at record highs.

Do you really think they’re buying gold at record high prices anticipating that the price will drop?

No.

They clearly expect the price to rise significantly, and they want to trade paper money, which is losing value, for gold, which is gaining.

Back to the coffee.

Once it takes so many units of purchasing power to buy coffee, be that 6 bills or 12, that people stop buying it and everything else, we will have what is known as stagflation (price inflation so high no normal person can afford anything). Because, while all this happened, nobody got a raise.

That’s right. During these periods, working class people don’t get raises. On the contrary, their benefits, hours, wages and sometimes their entire jobs are cut.

It is at this point that the government and the bankers will have to start pulling paper bills out of circulation. The 2 ways they can do this are by….you guessed it, higher taxes and higher interest rates.

The price of gold will eventually begin to drop then, and those who are now buying gold will then sell it for 3 or more times what they paid for it and invest in anything bearing the new high interest.

For proof, look back to Jimmy Carter. Under Carter, interest rates were over 20%, income tax for the highest bracket was at 70%, gold went from $35 an ounce to over $850, and we waited in line for gas.

We’ve been duped, over and over again. Obama is just the latest in a long line of snake oil salesmen.

K. Hargis

An Eight Decade Perspective On The Past, Current & Future Economic Dillemma-April 19, 2009

The following link takes you to a blog that’s a hot-spot relating to the national and global economic collapse , and is gathering some national attention .

www.octogenariansblog.com

Tennessee Liberty Alliance presents… “Economic Meltdown; Myths vs. Reality” Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Tennessee Liberty Alliance

Presents… “Economic Meltdown; Myths vs. Reality”

This is an “Open to the public venue” in Oak Ridge, TN

Click on pdf link below for details

economicmeltown.pdf

Libertarian Party, 2008 Presidential Nominee-Bob Barr Blasts Deficits, Urges “Tea Partier’s” Continued Involvement-April 16, 2009

Read Bob Barr’s message here

The Global Economic Collapse-April 20, 2009

Gerald Celente and Trends Research Institute have been predicting global and social economic trends for decades via past and current trend analyzes. He has an impressive track record. You may not like what you see and read here, but that’s the way it is.

www.trendsresearch.com/

Must See Video: What The Tea Parties Are Really About

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatRrIxpw2o

Flat / Fair Tax? Be Careful What You Wish For

The problem is not the government’s method of procuring (stealing) our compensation for services rendered to our employers. It’s the thievery that must stop.

Check out the link

www.lewrockwell.com/vance/vance168.html

Agenda 21 Is Not Constitutionally-Friendly, It’s Anti-American-April 22, 2009

Sustainable Development sounds good, warm & fuzzy on the surface. But the Devil is in the details.

www.freedomadvocates.org/

Ron Paul-Sponsor of HR 1207-Audit The Federal Reserve

Message from George at http://restoretherepublic.net and Republic Magazine:

If you missed yesterday’s webinar with Joe Plummer, I recorded
it so you can listen to the recording here:
http://auditthefed.com/webinar-dishonest-money.html

Here are the detail for today’s call with G. Edward Griffin!

When: Thursday 4/23
Time: 12pm PST / 1pm MST / 2pm CST / 3pm EST
Who: Author G. Edward Griffin
Topic: Ending the Federal Reserve and replacing it with?
Call in numbers and web stream:
http://auditthefed.com/webinar-ed-griffin.html

And… CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL FRIDAY!

When: Friday 4/24
Time: 12pm PST / 1pm MST / 2pm CST / 3pm EST
Who: Congressman Ron Paul
Topic: Auditing the Fed and HR 1207
Call in numbers and web stream:
http://auditthefed.com/webinar-ron-paul.html

If you haven’t plugged into your End the Fed Group you need to
visit the your End the Fed organizing location at:
http://restoretherepublic.net/end-the-fed

Just in case you don’t make it, I’ll record them for you. But
you can only ask questions in the live Webinar.

See you today at 3pm Eastern!

George
Republic Magazine

P.S. You can still get the “Leaked” chapter of Joe’s book
“Dishonest Money” through the weekend. Make sure you get it
before it’s gone.
http://auditthefed.com/webinar-dishonest-money.html

Hamilton County Libertarian Party Update-May 03, 2009

May 03, 2009

Friends of Liberty,

It’s once again time for another edition of the HCLP Liberty Update
(ok, actually I’m a few days late; I apologize … it’s been a very,
very busy week).

As always, if you know of anything that might be of interest to
members of the Hamilton County Libertarian Party (and since we are
providing a home for some folks in North Georgia that don’t have local
LP affiliates, that includes those areas as well), please let me know,
or feel free to send an email to the group at
libertarian-381@meetup.com.

1. Libertarian Party of Tennessee 2009 Convention – The TnLP
Convention was held this past weekend in Knoxville. Approximately 40
people, including our own Mo Kiah, were in attendance. John Sebastian
was been elected to serve as the TnLP Chairman. John replaces Tony
Wall, who stepped down after serving for the last two years. Izaak
Standridge was elected Vice Chairman; he replaces Charles Wilhoit who
was appointed last July to fill the position after the resignation of
Christian Wilson. Ray Ledford and J.R. Enfield will continue to serve
as Secretary and Treasurer. Many thanks to Tony Wall and Charles
Wilhoit for their service!

A brief article about the Convention, including a photo of our new
officers, can be found here: http://tr.im/kjbw.

Video of some of the presentations is also available on the TnLP web
site (http://www.lptn.org).

2. Chattanooga City Council – I was unable to attend this week’s city
council meeting, and it looks as if I won’t be able to attend the one
scheduled for next week either. The agenda for next week’s meeting has
been posted here: http://tr.im/k5yV. The minutes of this week’s
meeting are also available online (earlier than normal!) here: http://tr.im/k5z0
(PDF).

3. Letters to the Editor/Local Talk Shows – From time to time, people
ask me how they can work to advance the cause of liberty locally. One
easy way that doesn’t take much time is writing letters to the editor
or call locally-produced talk shows. When writing letters, short (200
words or less) letters that address one topic are more likely to be
published. Be sure to use the word ‘libertarian’ in your letter
somewhere. Good luck!

4. Audit the Fed – H.R. 1207: Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009
(http://tr.im/kjdo) – There are now *112* co-sponsors of this bill!
The bill is now in the House Committee on Financial Services; we need
it to get out of this committee so that the House can vote on it.
Please take some time out of your day to call or email Barney Frank,
the Committee Chairman and other members of the committee and ask them
to support this bill. You can find a list of members here (http://tr.im/kjUk
; under “Step 2: Financial Services Committee”).

Tennessee Folks:
TN District 3 Rep. Wamp and TN District 2 Rep. Duncan are already co-
sponsors. For those of you who are in District 4, Rep. Davis has not
signed on as a co-sponsor, so take some time to call him or write him,
and perhaps we can convince him to sign on as well! If you’re not sure
which district you’re in, you can find a map of TN House Districts
here (http://tr.im/kjSA) and a list of Representatives here (http://tr.im/kjSD
) along with links to their web sites.

North Georgia Folks:
GA District 9 Rep Deal is already a co-sponsor of the bill.

If your representative is already a co-sponsor of the bill and you
haven’t already done so, let them know you appreciate what they’ve
done! Let’s make sure that our reps don’t just hear from us when we’re
unhappy with them.

5. Tennessee 10th Amendment Sovereignty Bill/HJR0101 – This bill is
currently in the House Subcommittee for Civil Practice & Procedure. It
was to have been considered this past week, but due to time
constraints has been scheduled for Tuesday, May 5. Please take a few
minutes to let committee members know how you feel about this bill;
you can find a list of members here (http://tr.im/kjYg).

That’s all! Hope everybody has a great weekend!

Best,
Jeremy

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Jeremy Clifton
Chair, Hamilton County Libertarian Party

Audit The Fed-DownsizeDC.org-April 23, 2009

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Quote of the Day: “Gold still represents the ultimate form of payment in the world.” — Alan Greenspan, former Chair of the Federal Reserve speaking before the House Banking Committee in May 1999

Subject: The Counterfeiting Numbers

Counterfeiters create new money, illegally. The Federal Reserve (FED) does the same thing, legally.

The legal counterfeiting is worse than the illegal.

Money created by illegal counterfeiters tends to be small, easily discovered, and quickly removed from circulation.

FED counterfeiting is immense, seemingly hidden, and tends to remain in play. This “funny money” . . .

• attacks your standard of living
• rips away your savings
• jacks up your expenses

Just how much counterfeiting has the FED done?

• The base money supply stands at roughly 1.6 trillion dollars
• But it was only half that as recently as April, 2007

Your money’s value is roughly half what it was a mere two years ago!

Economic scam artists claim FED counterfeiting doesn’t reduce your money’s value, if the economy is also growing.

But without their counterfeiting, your money would buy more goods and services as the economy expanded, NOT just the same level of goods and services that it bought before, and certainly not LESS than it bought in the past.

The prime benefit of economic growth is gradually falling prices, because entrepreneurs create ways to do more with less.

More with less = gradually falling prices . . .

. . . if the money supply remains roughly constant.

FED counterfeiting robs YOU of this benefit.

Prices go up instead, and people think it’s natural.

The economic scam artists also claim that gradually falling prices are actually bad for us. They say price declines cause an economy to freeze. They claim businesses won’t borrow if they must repay their loans using appreciated dollars.

We have a harmful debt obsession! Borrowing isn’t the best way to fuel business expansion. Investors can fund it.

With sound money, the cost of borrowing money would go down, just like it would for goods and services.

And historical evidence refutes the claim that gradually falling prices freeze the economy.

The U.S. had a fairly stable money supply, based on gold and silver, for most of the 19th century. The economy grew rapidly and prices fell gradually. Workers benefitted greatly from their productivity.

The economic contractions that did occur in the 19th century were associated with government interference with the money supply. The song remains the same today . . .

Look at the FED’s recent counterfeiting. Here are the average base money supply numbers by year, combined with the amount of increase over the previous year . . .

2000 — $585 billion
2001 — $618 billion — up $32 billion
2002 — $673 billion — up $55 billion
2003 — $716 billion — up $43 billion
2004 — $752 billion — up $36 billion
2005 — $782 billion — up $30 billion
2006 — $811 billion — up $29 billion
2007 — $827 billion — up $16 billion

This caused the housing bubble. FED counterfeiting entered the economy through the banking system and impacted the very things banks deal with, especially housing!

And notice also that the decrease in the rate of counterfeiting, most notable in 2007, coincides with the bubble bursting.

Stable money doesn’t cause business downturns, as the economic scam artists would have you believe. FED counterfeiting is the culprit! The scam artists want to blame the patient, and their remedy is doing more of what caused the sickness.

Look how much counterfeiting they’re doing now . . .

2008 — $987 billion — up $160 billion (the FED responds to the mess they made)
2009 — $1.628 trillion (with a “T”) — up $641 billion (in just the first three months of this year!)

What can we do about this? We can . . .

• End the FED, but that will be hard
• Audit the FED to better expose its activities — we’ll launch a campaign on this next week
• Break the FED’s stranglehold on our economy by taking away its monopoly control of money

For us, this last idea is the path of least resistance. Please tell your representatives to co-sponsor Ron Paul’s Honest Money bills. If you’ve used our Educate the Powerful System before, do the following . . .

• Go to the DownsizeDC.org home page http://www.downsizedc.org/
• Log-in using the log-in button at the right of the navigation bar near the top of the page
• Scroll down and click on the link for campaign number 8. End the Inflation Tax (We recommend you follow these steps, but in case you need it, here’s the direct link) http://www.downsizedc.org/etp/campaigns/85
• Scroll down to the form at the bottom of the page and send your message

If you’re sending your very FIRST message to Congress using our system, click on this link, scroll down to the form, fill it out, and send your message.

Use your personal comments to share the money supply numbers from above. Point out how this is what caused the housing boom and the bust that followed. Cut and paste from this message, if you want.

Ask your friends to join you by forwarding them this message, and Digg this message on our blog so more people will see it.

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Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-May 07, 2009

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May 07, 2009

As the G-20 and many others have been telling us how warm and fuzzy this one world system will be, that we are all in this together, and other things to attempt of disarm and reduce our loyalties to the United States, here is another article that will you an idea of how people and governments around the world want to tell the USA what would be good for them at our expense:

 

http://euobserver.com/19/28065

 

As we continue to lose our autonomy to this one world system, I believe the current administration will be going it into warp drive to join these international governing and regulatory groups. With the end result of our position in the global community will be equal with all other countries, except of course the largest consumer nation.

 

I understand the world is getting smaller due to technology but my questions is why do we in the United States have to give up so much while much of the world is gaining economic and political power? Someone had to pay for this economic transition to this one world system and we are the ones who have and will pay for it. By shipping our industrial base out of the country, with the help of our government through tax incentives to do so, it supplied many countries around the world the economic base to compete for our sovereignty.

 

In other words, as they increase their economic position in the world economy and we are reducing ours, due to our industrial base being shipped off shore and we being the largest debtor nation, many more countries will have the economic where-with-all to influence our global and internal decision making processes. Bottom line, we are selling off our sovereignty for the benefit of the bottom lines of these huge international corporations and financial institutions, with the help of Washington’s unrelenting appetite to spend our way into indentured servitude to stronger economies like China and India.

 

Final thing, for you that live in the 3^rd Congressional District of Tennessee and other people in the East Tennessee area who are aware of Zack Wamp’s performance while in office, the Republican Liberty Caucus has asked me to attach a survey they are producing. Go to it and please answer the survey questions, thank you.

 http://blog.rlctn.org/?p=8

 

Republican for Congress, 3^rd District of Tennessee 2010,

Greg Goodwin

5/7/09

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Congressman Ron Paul, Texas Straight Talk, April 27, 2009

www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

Must Watch!!

Pastor Steven Anderson interview on Freedoms Phoenix TV

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z_tDivKVcQ

The Proverbial Fox Guarding The Hen House-April 28, 2009

For you folks that actually use your critical thinking skills. Here’s a classic example of the fox guarding the hen house.

www.globalsecuritynewswire.org/gsn/nw_20090423_9776.php

Liberty Coalition Update-April 29, 2009

Bookmark Liberty Coalition’s homepage to keep up to date with the ever growing American Movement towards Liberty and Freedom. With your participation, we can restore our republic.

www.libertycoalition.net/

Pro-Liberty Videos, Libertarian Party of Tennesse Convention, April 25, 2009

Libertarian-Matthew Jeffers addresses the convention with energetic conviction.

Part 1:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Ch_fDEX6I&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lptn.org%2Fblog%2F%3Fp%3D1138&feature=player_embedded

Part 2:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WWNAnXZeYU&feature=related

Part 3:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=87Tr3RhVWbk&feature=related

Major General Smedley D. Butler-USMC-War Is Just A Racket

Two-time Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC, said it so well because he lived the Hell of war:

“War is just a racket. A racket is best described, I believe, as something that is not what it seems to the majority of people. Only a small inside group knows what it is about. It is conducted for the benefit of the very few at the expense of the masses. I believe in adequate defense at the coastline and nothing else. If a nation comes over here to fight, then we’ll fight. The trouble with America is that when the dollar only earns 6 percent over here, then it gets restless and goes overseas to get 100 percent. Then the flag follows the dollar and the soldiers follow the flag. I wouldn’t go to war again as I have done to protect some lousy investment of the bankers. There are only two things we should fight for. One is the defense of our homes and the other is the Bill of Rights. War for any other reason is simply a racket.”

Must Read!-Gun Law Related-May 03, 2009

Montana has got it right.

www.freedomsphoenix.com/Feature-Article.htm?Info=0056132

Alex Jones Calls the White House-May 03, 2009

Alex Jones Calls the White House
www.infowars.com/alex-jones-calls-the-white-house/

Congressman Ron Paul-When Government Plays Doctor-May 04, 2009

www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

Video: Natural, Simple And Healthy Herbal “How-To”-May 06, 2009

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOYzWyFGkqM

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-May 24, 2009

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May 29, 2009

Hello again folks, I have been working on a campaign video that has been consuming my time. I can’t believe it has taken hours and hours of work for a 4 minute and 54 second video. Now that it is complete, I hope to have it on my website, which the website is currently in process to be online soon, thanks to Bryan Haddock.

With all that has been happening with our newly developing government controlled economy, we need to not only look at what the government has been doing but another very important aspect of the economy. That is what I have wrote about many times and that is the reduction of the anti trust laws that govern the size of corporations that control most aspects of the key parts of our entire economy.

Without these laws, that have been relaxed over the past number of years, these huge conglomerates have been able not only to control large aspects of the markets they are in but have huge resources to directly influence, through the governments local, state, and national, the laws which were in place to protect the economy from the very things that are happening. Their self serving laws and deregulation to enhance their financial positions with little to no regards for the economy as a whole, is what has lead up to this current financial disaster.

In order to better understand how the financial system works in our current state of “Capitalism” (this name has become a word for market control, I would rather use the words “Free Enterprise System”) I found this article that gives a very comprehensive outline how the market system really works.

http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2009/05/manipulation-how-markets-really-work.html

I know this is a blog but with over 25 years of study I have done in the economics behind our political system, this guy is right on. This system has to be changed to be more competitive, competition instills innovation not only in the product or service that is being done but in the costs involved in doing business. Not controlled by the most economically influential, which is the current state of our economic situations.

Republican for Congress, 3^rd District of Tennessee 2010,

Greg Goodwin

5/29/09

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Video- President Obama To Be Welcomed By The “Informed” On May 13, 2009

Ernest Hancock gets interviewed by Alex Jones, May 05, 2009

www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?EdNo=001&At=0056332

Ron Paul & HR 1207-Audit The Fed-Restore The Republic.com-May 08, 2009

realityreport.blip.tv/file/2082854/

Video: Ernest Hancock-Creator Of The Ron Paul r3VOLution

Ernest Hancock, co-founder of http://www.freedomsphoenix.com energizes the Libertarian Party of Tennessee convention, April 25, 2009

www.youtube.com/results?search_type=&search_query=Ernest+Hancock%2C+TnLP&aq=f

More Draconian Legislation In The Works – HR 1259-May 09, 2009

www.infowars.com/house-bill-aims-to-strip-rightwing-extremists-of-second-amendment-right/

Tennessee Traffic Camera Protest Gathers Support-via-[ET-Liberty.com]-May 09, 2009

Camera protest brings in some support

By Madison Mathews, Press Staff Writer, mmathews@johnsoncitypress.com

Mike McGinn doesn’t want traffic cameras to be installed anywhere, especially in his hometown of Kingsport.

“I don’t want them in Kingsport, I want to fight it wherever it’s at,” McGinn said. “This does not improve safety. It improves the financial bottom line (of the city).”

He also believes it infringes upon the constitutional right of all citizens. McGinn traveled from Kingsport, where a traffic camera system has recently been installed, to take part in a rally to protest Jonesborough’s Redflex traffic camera system on Saturday.

The rally was held by the Students of American Liberty, East Tennessee State University’s pro-Constitution group, in front of town hall. From 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., many people showed up to sign petitions urging Jonesborough’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen to take down the traffic camera system.

“The sentiment is that people don’t want these things. It scares them. It raises traffic accidents. They’re being surveilled by a foreign corporation known as Redflex, (which is) actually based in Australia,” said Matthew Jeffers, chairman of the group and event coordinator. “I have a huge issue with that. I don’t like the fact that a foreign corporation is surveilling us.”

Jeffers believes the Redflex camera system, which was installed at three intersections along 11E in January, breaches the Fourth Amendment and a number of others. Although he doesn’t live in Jonesborough, Jeffers has a large number of family members who live in the town.

“Just because I live out of town, doesn’t mean I don’t hear the voices of people that live in town … 90 percent of the people in this town don’t like these cameras, and if we have to we’ll take it to referendum, and we’ll let the people of this town vote on it and not the mayor and aldermen,” Jeffers said.

Craig Ford, operations manager for the town of Jonesborough, says there’s a number of people who have personally expressed they feel much safer now while traveling through the intersections, because of the traffic camera system.

But Jeffers and the rest of the group in opposition think safety is not in the minds of town officials, but rather a ploy to gain profit.

“We care about the safety. Redflex doesn’t care about the safety. Redflex has no regard for human life and proven it time and time again,” Jeffers said.

Ford said the cameras were put in place in order to provide safety for everyone who drives along 11E, including Jonesborough residents, people passing through the city and officers.

Aside from the safety issue, Jeffers is more concerned with the fact that a foreign entity is surveilling American citizens on their own soil. He said he wants to make clear that Redflex has aggressively pushed its systems in more than 230 cities across America. He believes the board should immediately terminate their contract with Redflex.

“If they refuse to do that then we’ll see if they still have their jobs after the next election. We’ll take a ballot measure and then we’ll take it to the state level, and then I’ll sue them if I have to,” Jeffers said. “When I set out to win a fight, I win it.”

With the rally, the group hoped to not only raise awareness about the situation but to also move toward following many states, such as Minnesota, Iowa, Michigan and Texas that have either banned the use of traffic light cameras or declared them unconstitutional.

Ford, however, believes the traffic camera system doesn’t have anything to do with being constitutional or not.

“It is not a constitutionally guaranteed right to operate a motor vehicle, it’s a privilege … Each state runs their own driver licensing program,” Ford said.

According to a 2008 report prepared by the state Attorney General, “the issuance of a citation for traffic violations based on photographic evidence from a camera does not violate any constitutional right of the citizens of Tennessee.”

For Jeffers and his group, that is simply not the case.

“When these cameras so-called catch you, you are guilty until proven innocent. This is a total corruption of due process,” Jeffers said. “This is a massacre to the Constitution. Every time I see one of these cameras it breaks my heart.”

Another problem Jeffers has with the traffic camera system is that having an automated traffic monitoring system removes police from the equation and gives Redflex access to personal records.

“If these cameras stop so much crime, let’s just replace the whole police force with cameras,” Jeffers said.

Maj. Matt Rice of the Jonesborough Department of Safety said although the camera is monitoring traffic violations, a sworn officer still has to review the scene and decide if it is in fact a violation.

Rice also believes that taking officers off traffic patrol helps save them from being in danger while having someone stopped on the side of the road.

As the group continued with the rally Saturday, Rice watched as the passionate group of protesters passed out information.

“As passionate as they are against those cameras, I’m just as passionate for them, because I feel that they are a very good tool,” Rice said.

Since the cameras were put in place, city officials have seen a decrease in the number of traffic-related accidents at the three intersections where a Redflex camera system has been installed. It also decreased the number of traffic violations. Ford said once the cameras were in place, 100 violations an hour was taken down to around 30 violations a day.

The Students of American Liberty managed to bring in more than 400 signatures for their petitions, which they soon plan to take before the board. The group plans to spend the next two months canvassing neighborhoods throughout Jonesborough.

“We’re going to take it from every avenue that we can approach it from. We’re going to take it from a constitutional perspective, a legal perspective and hit them every way we can,” Jeffers said.

Although the group was able to gather support for the cause with the rally, Ford said it’s hard to argue with the numbers.

“Even at Wal-Mart, when you pull on the parking lot, you’re on video. Why is that not a violation of your Fourth Amendment rights, but it is to take a photo of your license plate, which is a public record,” Ford said. “That argument just absolutely holds no weight whatsoever.”

Watch Matthew Jeffers’ presentation during the Libertarian Party of Tennessee convention, that took place April 24th and 25th, 2009, in Knoxville. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1Ch_fDEX6I

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East Tennessee Liberty: http://www.ET-Liberty.com
Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty: http://www.campaignforliberty.com

U.S. Census Unconstitutionally Using GPS Coordinate Mapping-May 11, 2009

If “We the People” are to be secure, we need to enforce this…

Amendment IV, Constitution of the United States – Search and Seizure. Ratified 12/15/1791.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

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Go to the following link to get the big picture. The U.S. Census enables gerrymandering of voting districts, unconstitutional tax collection and redistribution, and intrusion into your family’s affairs, there’s nothing constitutional about it! It’s just as Constitutional as the Patriot Acts are patriotic. I don’t comply with the unconstitutional census, do you? It’s none of their business! They just want you to believe it is. It’s your family, your house, papers and effects, not theirs.

www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?EdNo=001&At=0056719

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Congressman Ron Paul-”Stop Helping”-May 11, 2009

www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

Will YOU be nationalized next? – DownsizeDC.org – May 11, 2009

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Quote of the Day: “A centralized democracy may be as tyrannical as an absolute monarch.” — James Anthony Froud (1818-1894) British author and historian Source: Short Studies on Great Subjects, 1872

Subject: Will YOU be nationalized next?

The federal government is nationalizing and centralizing in all directions, including . . .

* Banks
* Insurance companies
* Car companies
* And, as we reported yesterday, they now fund the majority of state government expenditures

But it isn’t just companies and state governments. The Feds want to nationalize YOU too.

It’s important for our new members to know that Congress is weaving a net that will ensnare all of us in a centralized database that could not only track where you go and what you do, but also . . .

What YOU spend on health care, and the kind of treatment YOU receive.

This scheme started with the so-called REAL ID Act, which would standardize state drivers’ licenses to make a de facto National ID card. You’ll need this card to cash a check, hire a baby sitter, board a plane, or engage in countless other activities. You’ll need it TO BE A PERSON.

Now that may not sound so different from today. You already need a driver’s license and a Social Security number to do many things. But your drivers’ license isn’t centralized at the federal level, and that makes all the difference. Here’s why . . .

The federal government has a huge problem with the Medicare program. They’ve made trillions of dollars in promises they can’t keep. But they have a plan to control costs . . .

* All of us will have REAL ID cards, issued by the states, but tracked in a centralized database
* The Feds will then force us to have electronic medical records too (this process is underway now)
* Your electronic medical records will be connected to the centralized REAL ID database
* The government will then start dictating which medical treatments you can receive and which you cannot

This last stage in the process is also being planned now. The supposed purpose is to protect us from ineffective treatments, but the real purpose is to control costs. In effect, the politicians will turn the entire country into a giant HMO. Do you want your health care needs being dictated by the same Keystone Gang who passed . . .

* The misguided lead regulation?
* And the self-defeating fossil fuels bill?

Well, here’s where all the threads tie together to create a net that will eventually strangle you. Twenty two states have refused to comply with the first step in this disaster scenario, the REAL ID Act. But how long do you think they’ll hold out now that . . .

The federal government funds half their budgets?!!!

Oh, what a tangled web the politicians weave when first they practice to intervene.

Many things are needed to unravel all the interventions by which the politicians have ruined our health care system. But we must also, at the same time, stop things from getting worse. High on this list is the need to repeal the REAL ID Act.

Don’t let Congress nationalize you. Use our quick and easy Educate the Powerful System to tell your Congressional employees to repeal the REAL ID Act.

Use your personal comments to tell them that . . .

* You oppose mandatory electronic medical records too
* You don’t EVER want federal bureaucrats to use REAL ID and/or electronic medical records to dictate what treatments you can and cannot receive
* You don’t want federal aid to the states to be used either to bribe state governments to comply with REAL ID, or punish them for failing to comply

We pounded Congress with more than 31,730 messages in April. To beat that number this month the Downsize DC Army needs to send at least 1,589 messages today. You can send your message at DownsizeDC.org’s “Repeal REAL ID” campaign page.

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DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

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Science Fiction and Libertarianism-by Joe Schembrie-via LewRockwell.com & FreedomsPhoenix.com-May 15, 2009

www.freedomsphoenix.com/Find-Freedom.htm?EdNo=001&At=0057139

Libertarians: US out of Afghanistan – May 12, 2009

PRLog (Press Release) – May 12, 2009 – As President Barack Obama struggles to come up with a new strategy for the undeclared war in Afghanistan, Libertarians urge the White House to adopt the only plan that will actually work: Get out.

“The occupation of Afghanistan became a failure the instant the goal changed from liquidating al Qaeda to pursuing meddlesome ‘nation-building’ objectives,” says retired Air Force lieutenant colonel Karen Kwiatkowski, who served as a Pentagon analyst during the early days of the occupation and holds a Ph.D. in World Politics from Catholic University. “In its eighth year, the US occupation has not only failed to create a stable, democratic Afghanistan, it threatens to deliver nuclear Pakistan into the arms of the very enemy we went there to destroy.”

On Monday, Obama removed General David McKiernan as commander of US troops in Afghanistan. Obama also rejected the demand of Afghan President Hamid Karzai for an end to US airstrikes, which have led to hundreds of recent civilian casualties. Current plans call for an increase in the US troop presence from about 45,000 to 68,000 by the end of 2009.

The Libertarian Party’s platform calls for the US to “abandon its attempts to act as policeman for the world and avoid entangling alliances.” Libertarians, it says, “would end the current U.S. government policy of foreign intervention, including military and economic aid.”

“The Afghanistan occupation costs the American taxpayer $2 billion a month,” says R. Lee Wrights of North Carolina, a member of the Libertarian National Committee. “That cost is rising, and the price in American and Afghan lives is unbearable. I abhor the idea of forcing my countrymen to pay in money and blood for a war which makes America less safe and the world less stable. It’s long past time to bring the troops home.”

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Vaccination caused brain damage – March 2009

Subject: Landmark case against the US Health department on vaccination brain injuryTo All:Finally the truth begins to come forward on the issue of vaccination deaths in newborns.The Journal of Pediatrics has published as well showing that in a randomized trial of newborns given – DTaP, HIB, polio [IPV], Hep B and Prevnar vaccines major adverse events occurred. Results: 1. In 85% of the children an abnormal plasma elevation of CPR (a marker protein which indicates a heightened state of inflammation in the body). 2. The inflammation presented by the elevated CPR leads to SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome), where the child suffocates. 3. 70% of the newborns given only one vaccine showed substantive increases in CPR. 4. 16% of all of the newborns had cardio respiratory events (stopped breathing) within 48 hours of the vaccination. 5. Severe intra-ventricular hemorrhage (bleeding in the brain) was found in infants who received multiple vaccines. Please take 4 minutes to view the youtube NBC TV News interview on this landmark case of a brain injury caused by the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine. Vaccination caused brain damage March 2009 http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=3176364383481038051

YouTube – For Liberty Trailer – Let It Not Be Said We Did Nothing

Let It Not Be Said We Did Nothing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=emaeln–tzo

9-11 Demolition Disclosure Continues (link fixed)

www.ae911truth.org

Sheriff Mack Needs Support-ETLiberty.com-May 18, 2009

Did you know. . . . .. The feds only have three law enforcement responsibilities granted to them by art.1 section 8 of the Constitution. They are: felonies committed on the high seas, treason, and counterfeiting. That’s it.

The local county sheriff can keep the feds from pursuing any other activity outside of those prescribed duties. The sheriff has sworn an oath to uphold the constitution for the safety and protection of his or her electorates. To carry out his or her duties as sheriff, he or she must refer to the 10th amendment, which states that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, are reserved to the states or to the people. (Slightly paraphrased)

So when the feds act outside their proscribed constitutional authority, it is the responsibility of all State and Local Officials to disallow such behavior. In Mack v US Justice Scalia states: “The great innovation of this design was that our citizens would have two political capacities, one state and one federal, each protected by incursion by the other.” So who protects the citizen from federal incursions? State and local officials!

Sheriff Richard Mack’s book and his lawsuit against the feds, which he won at the Supreme Court level get much more specific than this. Sheriff Mack’s case supersedes the Castaneda case and makes it very clear that the “states are not subject to federal direction.”

Sheriff Richard Mack won the Brady Bill case at the Supreme Court against the Fed. Government to reverse Gun Control that Clinton’s Administration tried to force upon us years ago. Sheriff Mack has a brief video that you need to watch to support his new mission: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJgPuNAh60

Following the Katrina disaster, police and military were put in action to test how far citizen’s rights could be violated without any backlash. The good side of that coin is there are now numbers of people waking up and an organization called the Oath Keepers has sprung up to educate police and military personnel to their responsibility to deny orders that are Unconstitutional. The Oath Keepers are preparing to preserve our Rights, but we must all help by getting the word out to everyone we know.

View an excellent Oath Keepers Video Clip– The Last Of The Mohicans Soundtrack: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/614.html

All citizens and especially County Sheriffs should read Sheriff Mack’s latest book: The County Sheriff, America’s Last Hope. It is a MUST read and can be ordered for around $9 at http://sheriffmack.com/index.php/books-by-richard-mack

All proceeds go to funding the mailing of these books to Sheriffs in every American County. Sheriff Mack will need to raise $30,000 to mail these books. This man loves his country and knows that the County Sheriff is this Last Hope For Freedom in America. Please watch the videos and give what you can to support the cause of FREEDOM. If we lose our 2nd Amendment Right — We Lose Everything.

You may donate via this page: http://www.SheriffMack.com Or you may send a check or a piece of silver to: Richard Mack, P.O. Box 971, Pima Arizona 85543

This is very important to get out to as many people as possible as soon as possible. If you think this country will turn around without our individual vested energy, you are mistaken. WE MUST STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND DO IT NOW!!!!!
Men of honor

HERE IS A SUMMARY LIST OF ORDERS THAT OATH-KEEPERS WILL NOT OBEY:

1. We will NOT obey orders to disarm the American people.

2. We will NOT obey orders to conduct warrantless searches of the American people

3. We will NOT obey orders to detain American citizens as unlawful enemy combatants or to subject them to military tribunal.

4. We will NOT obey orders to impose martial law or a state of emergency on a state.

5. We will NOT obey orders to invade and subjugate any state that asserts its sovereignty.

6. We will NOT obey any order to blockade American cities, thus turning them into giant concentration camps.

7. We will NOT obey any order to force American citizens into any form of detention camps under any pretext.

8. We will NOT obey orders to assist or support the use of any foreign troops on U.S. soil against the American people to keep the peace or to maintain control.

9. We will NOT obey any orders to confiscate the property of the American people, including food and other essential supplies.

10.We will NOT obey any orders which infringe on the right of the people to free speech, to peaceably assemble, and to petition their government for a redress of grievances.

(Read the full declaration here http://oath-keepers.blogspot.com
OATH KEEPERS is an association of Military, Veterans, and peace officers who will honor their oaths to defend the Constitution, will NOT just follow orders, will stand for liberty, and will save the Republic, so help us God. Our motto is:

“Not on Our Watch!”

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Brentwood Senator Fights “Cap and Trade” Bill-May 18, 2009

Apparently, the proponents of the Global-Tax & Control- Environmentalist- Kyoto Convention are having a problem forcing the idea of our energy expenses doubling or tripling-down our throats. They’ve been trying to get the U.S. on board for the last fifteen years or so. So the “Cap&Trade” scam will just have to serve as an equivalent substitute; right?

Let’s see what at least one Tennessee Senator thinks about it. Check out the link below.

www.tennessean.com/article/20090518/NEWS01/90518008/Brentwood+senator+backs+bill+to+reject++fed+s+clean+air+plan

Hamilton County Libertarian Party (TN)-May 23, 2009 Venue Correction

Hamilton County Libertarian Party (TN)

May 20, 2009

Hi folks,

I apologize … I’ve not been in touch much in the last two weeks due to being sick, and then working 100+ hours over the last 9 days on a project with a very, very tight deadline. I just noticed that the location of this month’s HCLP meeting was not correct … we are actually meeting at the Ryan’s on Lee Highway this month.

We will be discussing harnessing the energy from the Tea Parties.

Best,
Jeremy

I’ve updated this Meetup. For more details, see the full listing:
http://www.meetup.com/hamiltoncountylp/calendar/10110509/

When: May 23, 2009 7:00 PM

Where: Ryan’s Restaurant
6734 Lee Hwy.
Chattanooga, TN 37421

If the changes affect your plans to attend, please take a moment to update your RSVP. (You can RSVP “No” or “Maybe” as well as “Yes”.)

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Campaign for Liberty’s response to Lindsey Graham’s arrogant proclamation-May 21, 2009

May 21, 2009

Dear Friend of Liberty,

Across our nation, Campaign for Liberty’s 150,000+ members are taking action, educating their fellow countrymen, and making a considerable impact on the political landscape. Together, we unapologetically champion the principles that made our nation great: sound money, a constitutionally limited government and foreign policy, and respect for individual liberties.

These ideas transcend traditional boundaries and draw Americans (and like-minded people across the globe) from all backgrounds to the liberty message.

Many Republican leaders, however, continue to believe that principle must be sacrificed on the altar of attaining political power, despite the devastating defeats a “win-at-all-costs” philosophy brought their Party last November.  And, as you will see below, it is the liberty message that has all the momentum.

This past weekend at a South Carolina Republican convention, Senator Lindsey Graham adamantly defended supporting those who choose political expediency over substance. “We’re not going to build [the Republican Party] around libertarian ideas,” he told his audience. “[Ron Paul] is not the leader of this Party,” he emphasized.

Click on the image below to see these widely-circulated remarks.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oy48BKd-1TI

Senator Graham claimed his view as being that of a Ronald Reagan Republican, but Reagan’s own words in a 1975 Reason interview remove any endorsement of the Senator’s statement.

“If you analyze it,” said Reagan, “I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.”

What about principle vs. politics? (Emphasis in the following mine)

Reagan said: “I have been doing my best to try to revitalize the Republican Party groups that I’ve spoken to, on the basis that the time has come to repudiate those in our midst who would blur the Republican image by saying we should be all things to all people in order to triumph… I’ve been urging Republicans to raise a banner and put the things we stand for on that banner and don’t compromise, but don’t try to enlarge the party by being all things to everyone when you can’t keep all the promises. Put up a banner and then count on the fact that if you’ve got the proper things on that banner the people will rally round.”

South Carolina’s junior Senator, Jim DeMint, spoke after Graham and echoed Reagan, commenting about the Senate that he, “[w]ould rather have 30 Republicans who believe in the principles of limited government and free markets and free people than 60 Republicans who have no beliefs at all.”

South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford also defended the freedom movement, remarking, “Liberty is the hallmark of the American experiment. That is the distinguishing characteristic of our Republic, and frankly what’s made it great… I’ve been accused of being a libertarian, and I would say I wear it as a badge of honor because I do love, believe in, and want to support liberty.”

Click on the image below to watch Governor Sanford’s remarks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikqJ_KB66WQ

In his speech, Senator Graham noted that those who don’t think winning matters should head for the Party’s exits.

Of course winning is important. But when that becomes your ultimate focus at the expense of everything else, you throw away the integrity our Founders believed crucial in order to be involved in government.

The time has come to make it clear that we will no longer tolerate the rampant trashing of our Constitution by our representatives or their constant shifting on the issues. No matter what political party you belong to, you should have the courage to stand firm on your beliefs.

As our efforts with HR 1207 are demonstrating, you don’t have to cast aside principle to achieve success. A clear, consistent stand on a philosophy of freedom will find supporters, and from there real, lasting change can be effected.

To those in all political parties who wish to maximize freedom and prosperity, we invite you to join us in our efforts. To all those who would sell out our Constitution and their beliefs in pursuit of power, we turn Senator Graham’s words back on him and you by saying, “There’s the exit sign.”

In Liberty,

John Tate

President

P.S. Campaign for Liberty’s progress in less than a year after its founding has been incredible, but our fight is only beginning. If you are a dues-paying member, take the next step to reclaim your local area for freedom and become a local coordinator today. And if you are able, please consider making a contribution to C4L to help us hold our elected officials accountable.

Big Brother Is At It Again-May, 22 2009

Thumbprints for traffic citations?

www.tennessean.com/article/20090516/NEWS03/905160341/Tennessee+speeders+could+get+fingerprinted

The More Things Change?-May 23, 2009

Well, here you go; business as usual. The Military Commissions Act and the Patriot Act, flying their colors for all of the sheeple to gaze at in wonder-lust.

“Oh, President Obama is going to protect us from ourselves. He’s so intuitive, he’ll be able to have “would-be” perpetrators incarcerated before they commit a crime.”

It’s a carbon copy of the last administration, with the exception that Bush’s handlers  didn’t choose to deploy twenty thousand troops on our soil during Cheney’s reign.

Check out the video.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uuWVHT1WUY&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailypaul%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded

More Draconian Unconstitutional Proposals-May 23, 2009

wearechangecoloradosprings.org/blog/?p=594

“Sustainable Development”=Global Government-May 23, 2009

As I mentioned in a post within the last two days… Cap & Trade is an end-run around our Constitution to force the U.S. into compliance with the Kyoto Accord, implemented back in 1992. It’s a global agenda to implement a global energy tax by up to 500%, thus, a global government will be necessary to control its efforts.

The presentation provided via the following link, describes in detail, the intent of Agenda 21, Sustainable Development and what we “can and will” do to stifle the efforts of this global government agenda.

www.augustreview.com/news_commentary/general/the_wrenching_transformation_of_america_20090422117/

The Kyoto Dis-Accord-May 23, 2009

Some food for thought to environmentalist-alarmists. If you sincerely wish to aid in the reduction of “Carbon Footprints”, the most expedient way to accomplish this would be to refrain from using services or purchasing products made by the “Mega-Carbon-Footprint-Providers”. The top ten carbon provider-cities are located in China and India.

The United States doesn’t have any cities included the top fifty (50) Carbon-Footprint-Providers .

www.americanthinker.com/200/05/the_geography_of_carbon_emissi.html

Fingerprints For Traffic Infractions??? Tennesseans-A Useful Letter Is Below-Don’t Let It Go To Waste!-May 24, 2009

To: “sen joe haynes” <sen.joe.haynes@capitol.tn.gov>
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 2:47:39 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: SB2153

Senator Joe Haynes,

My name is ______________. I am a United States citizen and a resident of Tennessee. It has been brought to my attention you are proposing a bill titled SB2153. This bill is coming up for vote on May 28th, 2009. SB2153, if it were to become a law, would allow police officers to take the fingerprints of motorists who have been pulled over for a traffic infraction. This is a very clear violation of Americans’ civil liberties and must not pass into law. SB2153 is unconstitutional and should not even be considered.  My civil liberties are not up for a vote, Senator. You cannot remove the rights and freedoms of law-abiding citizens to apprehend those who are not.

Letters and blogs on bill SB2153 are circulating the internet. American citizens finally have a way to be informed on what you political people are doing. We have left you law-makers unsupervised for far too long. Americans are tired of having their civil liberties taken away all in the name of “protection”.  I have my own protection handed down to me by our forefathers and fought for by our military, service men and women. My protection is called the United States Constitution.

The Constitution is what you have been elected to protect and uphold, Senator. You were not elected to change the Constitution, decreasing power belonging to the citizens and increasing powers for the government. I’m a proud citizen of the United States of America and I, nor my countrymen, will watch you politicians put a wedge between us and our Constitution. We will no longer sit quietly while we are stripped of our rights, our freedoms, and our ability to control the government that grows so ever close to completely dominating every aspect of our daily lives. Enough is enough.

Now, with all due respect, Senator Joe Haynes, I’m not asking you, I’m telling you to extirpate bill SB2153.  We do not want bill SB2153 in any way, shape, form, or fashion. Your cooperation in this matter is expected.

Sincerely,

_____________

_________________, Tennessee

Dimwits recruited by government-agent-enablers to partake in a “Terrorist Plot”-May 24, 2009

Do you honestly believe that the U.S. Government Military Complex would allow the TRUTH to be reported in the major U.S. media news? Uh…  me neither. It would foil their agenda to shut the people up, and spoil their rampant destruction of our self-governing form of government that is our Constitutional Republic. You can’t scare the crap out of the population by revealing the real TRUTH! Check out the link.

www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article6350389.ece

AE 9/11 Truth – Action Alert! May 24, 2009

Your source for hot news/information/events
Dated: May 15, 2009

Urgent Message from Richard Gage, AIA

NYC 9/11 Investigation Ballot Initiative

Fellow Architect/Engineer and other Petition Signers,

It looks like 2009 will be the breakthrough year for establishing a real investigation into the destruction of the three World Trade Center high-rise on 9/11. At the San Francisco AIA convention, April 30 to May 2, about 60 architects signed our petition calling for a new investigation, bringing the total number of architects and engineers calling for a new investigation to over 700.

Out on the East coast, a different petition is happening—one that we must support FULLY. In the very city where these tragic events took place, over 38,000 New Yorkers have so far signed the petition calling for a citywide referendum on the formation of a new, independent, impartial investigation into the events of September 11, 2001. When the voters of New York City collect the required number of signatures to put this referendum on the ballot and pass it by majority vote, a new Commission will be formed, this time consisting of pre-selected individuals who will follow the evidence wherever it may lead. Such a Commission will give us the legally established venue to present the evidence for the explosive controlled demolition of the three WTC high-rises.

For over three years, Architects and Engineers for 9/11 Truth have called upon Congress to reopen the 9/11 investigation. Our demand has fallen on deaf ears. Now, we have the opportunity to help make this investigation a reality.

The dedicated team at NYCCAN in New York City need OUR support. To guarantee their referendum will make it on the ballot, they must to collect 35,000 more signatures by the end of June. Their goal is attainable if they have adequate funding. Their petitioning staff has become so effective that they collect 1 signature for every dollar spent – “a buck a sig”, as they like to put it. If 2,000 of us donate only $25, they will immediately raise the $50,000 needed for the completion of their petitioning effort. And with 75,000 signatures, the referendum will indeed make it on the ballot. This donation must be in addition to your ongoing support of AE911Truth. We cannot afford to lose any of your valued support at this time – as our upcoming architect convention projects are equally important in the overall 9/11 truth effort.

Now is the time for us to put our money where our heart is. Donate $25 right now, and we will be able to present the evidence before an independent, impartial Commission. Now is the time to support the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now, because NYC CAN.

www.NYCCAN.org

One real chance. One real investigation. Donate now.

Sincerely,

Richard Gage, AIA

Ernest Hancock Reports On The 2009 Continental Congress, From Jekyll Island, GA-May 25, 2009

www.freedomsphoenix.com/Editorial-Page.htm?Info=0057940

Video: 9-11 Lessons From Star Trek

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CyjD6Ulf6s

Say No To Real I.D.-DownsizeDC.org-May 29, 2009

D o w n s i z e r – D i s p a t c h

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MEDIA NOTICE: Today (Friday), Jim Babka is scheduled to appear on “Straight Talk w/ Jerry Hughes,” starting at 3:05 PM Eastern. Listening details can be found on the DownsizeDC.org blog.

Quote of the Day: “I won’t call it Real ID, I’ll call it enhanced or higher security drivers license.” — Robert V. LaPenta, President and CEO of L-1 Identity Solutions, which stands to be a primary beneficiary of any government scheme for a national ID card

Subject: Tricking Americans Into Real ID

Jim Harper, at the Cato Institute, alerts us to new dangers on the national ID front.

The so-called Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and certain politicians, are trying multiple ways to impose a national ID card on us, even though the American people have made it very clear we don’t want it.

One under-handed scheme started with the passage of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which requires law abiding U.S. citizens to have either a passport or an enhanced drivers license to cross the Mexican or Canadian borders. An “enhanced drivers license”…

* Is an initiative of the DHS that has NO Congressional mandate
* Will require you to undergo a security interview, pay a fee, and get a new federal ID number (in addition to your Social Security number)
* Has an RFID chip that can be read at a distance, up to 30 feet away, even while it’s in your wallet!

Now things are being rigged to move citizens in the direction of the enhanced drivers license.

The problem starts with the fact that passports are too expensive. The high price gives people an incentive to pay for the enhanced drivers license, which is about half the cost. The Government Accounting Office had already issued a report saying that the $100 price for a passport didn’t need to be that high, but…

Now they’ve raised the price even higher. Representative Paul Opsommer of Michigan suspects the purpose of this is to drive even more people to get the cheaper (but more dangerous) enhanced drivers license.

Please notice that all of this is being driven NOT by Congress, but by un-elected bureaucrats in the DHS and the State Department. But that doesn’t mean Congress is blameless. Congress is doing nothing to reign in the bureaucrats, plus, some are even working to make things worse. For instance…

Something called the PASS Act is being crafted to revive the Real ID concept, under a new name, and companies like L-1 Identity Solutions, which stands to benefit, are almost certainly lobbying hard to make it happen. We must lobby just as intensely in the other direction.

Please send your Congressional employees a message asking them once again to repeal the REAL ID Act.

Use your personal comments to ALSO ask them to…

* Stop the DHS from promoting enhanced drivers licenses
* Make the State Department lower the cost of passports
* Reject all the new forms of REAL ID, such as the PASS Act

We achieved our goal of sending more messages in May then we sent in April, but this issue still needs your attention. We hope you’ll use DownsizeDC.org’s proprietary Educate the Powerful System to send a message to repeal the Real ID Act.

Thank you for being a part of the growing Downsize DC Army. To see how much we’re growing please check out the Keeping Score report below my signature.

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DownsizeDC.org, Inc.

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9-11 Investigation Continues-May 29, 2009

700 Architects&Engineers For 911Truth.org ( www.ae911truth.org ) have some serious evidence that merit a thorough-independent investigation. Watch the news video below.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO2yT0uBQbM

Video: Reality Report via Restore The Republic.com and Gary Franchi-May 30, 2009

Topics:

Enhanced Drivers Licenses

Autism and Vaccinations

Return to Jekyll Island and the prelude to the 2009 Continental Congress

clicks.aweber.com/y/ct/?l=CS.gu&m=1br9WQnzYfvrN1&b=OWcQ1gi6ASo2hBiKK.dWMQ

2009 Tennessee Pork Report, June 03, at Coolidge Park, Chattanooga

Drew Johnson wrote:

The Tennessee Center for Policy Research is bringing our “Pork Tour” to Chattanooga and I hope you’ll attend, as well as help get the word out.

This free event will be at Coolidge Park in Chattanooga from noon to 2pm this Wednesday (June 3). At the event, we will celebrate the release of the 2009 Tennessee Pork Report by handing out copies and discussing wasteful spending of Tennesseans’ hard-earned tax dollars by state and local government.

We’ll have a complimentary pork BBQ lunch (a whole roasted pig actually) and our big pink pig mascot will also be in attendance for all the kiddies – so bring your entire family.

We expect a good media turnout as well, so it’ll be a great opportunity to show your opposition to pork spending and your support of the Tennessee Center for Policy Research’s efforts to advance liberty.

Please blog, email, Facebook, etc, about the event and invite anyone who may be interested.

Here’s the Facebook invitation:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=98442203720

Here’s all the info:

Host: Tennessee Center for Policy Research

Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Time: 12:00pm – 2:00pm

Location: Coolidge Park

Street: 200 River Street

City/Town: Chattanooga

Phone: 615.383.6431

Email: info@tennesseepolicy.org

Join us for free barbeque in celebration of the release of our 2009 Pork Report!

The Pork Report is Tennessee’s only comprehensive, detailed examination of government waste and pork barrel spending at all levels of government in Tennessee. This year’s Pork Report uncovers over $500 million in waste, fraud and abuse of your tax dollars.

Nearly 100 examples of wasteful spending by state and local governments are exposed, including $9 million for an underground “Party Bunker” at the Governor’s Mansion, $2.3 million in bail out 11 financially insolvent state-owned golf courses, $1 million to study mice genes and $40,000 for unused phone lines.

Greg’s Newsletter, Keeping the American Middle Class Informed-June, 07 2009

June 07, 2009

There is something happening that gives me a partial good feeling that shows free enterprise can once again prove why it is the only way things can be turned around. I am not getting the full excitement of what is happening because how it came about.

What I am speaking about is that Roger Penske is buying Saturn from GM.

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2009-06-05-Saturn-sale_N.htm

This is how free enterprise works and it supports a major platform item I have in my campaign and I truly believe in. When a company is not performing, no matter of its size, it goes into a managed bankruptcy and the different parts of that non-performing company is sold off and someone else takes that part and makes it perform as the market dictates. The major problem with this particular GM and Penske deal is that the government is directly involved with the deal and not fully the free enterprise system at work.

This is an avenue that should be taken with the banking and financial industries. Not by the government but letting the free enterprise system work through bankruptcies and selling off different aspects of these institutions to make smaller and more efficient business groups. Not by injecting billions of our tax dollars into companies that are “To Big To Fail”. Then using our tax dollars for bailouts and letting these companies use our tax dollars to buyout other banking and financial institutions at bargain basement prices to increase their size even more and having even more influence of the overall economy and the government’s legislative powers relating to these markets.

These are perfect opportunities to reduce their size and influence in our economy and allow free enterprise flourish through true competition which is how this great nation’s economy of ours was based on.

I am going to push for re-establishment of anti trust laws which categorizes what a monopoly is according to the percent of market share a company can control. First starting with the banking and financial industries which should be scrutinized with not only the percent of what each of their ever growing sizes and market shares but also investigate the influences they had on this financial disaster this country and the world economy is going through.

Until we get these companies under true regulations, we the American people will be relegated to what ever these economic influences will pursue for their advantage, not the economy as a whole. If this continues as it is now, their constant influence in our government will leave a smaller and smaller group of the financial elite controlling the economic structure of our nation. Add this to the ever growing influence of the international financial regulatory system being established through the G20, 80% of the world economic structure will be controlled through a system of an ever shrinking group of economic power brokers.

Republican for Congress, 3^rd District of Tennessee 2010,

Greg Goodwin

6/7/09

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June 02, 2009

As I have watched this transgression of the capitalistic economic structure to governmental controlled economy, we are now facing the most dangerous time in our nation’s history.

This is not about Democrat, Republican, liberal, or conservative issues, this is about the very foundational control of the US economy. By what we are seeing in the banking, financial, and now the automotive industries, the government is taking a leadership role in all of these areas, this has got to stop or we will be facing total governmental control of everything.

I am now going to tell you what the basic issue is that has caused this dramatic change in our nation, it is simpler than you think.

In the late 70s or early 80s the business schools changed the way they taught business. It went from a long term steady growth mentalities to a short term maximize the profit mentality. In other words, what I call a spread sheet mentality that evaluates only numbers not the heart of the business. The heart of a business is not only understanding the numbers but an in-depth understanding and knowledge of a business and market places they are in.

With this spread sheet mentality, corporations began hiring MBAs (Master of Business Administration) to run their corporations. They understood numbers but did not understand, in depth, the businesses they were in. This lead to evaluating the entire function of a corporation by the numbers not by the full understanding of their markets these MBAs were put in charge of.

The end result is what we are experiencing now, great bottom lines for the last number of years with the almost total liquidation of our manufacturing base, which had in the past made the United States the most powerful economic engine in the world. No matter what rhetoric you hear, 70% of our nation’s economy is made up of consumer spending and without the good paying manufacturing jobs and the continue allowance of illegal alien work force (who sends most of their money to Mexico), the American dream is becoming America’s nightmare.

We have seen that a service economy cannot sustain the standard of living the manufacturing based economy provided. The proof of that is look at where the prosperous nations are China, India, and other Southeast Pacific and Middle Eastern nations. We gave them our technology and manufacturing resources on a silver platter and now we have to beg for our money back from these nations with strings attached, as loans to our government.

This was accomplished through short sighted business mentality, tax incentives to move our industrial base offshore, and the accumulation of a smaller and smaller group of economic power brokers directing the government for their advantage. If it doesn’t stop we will be relegated just another country of people with little power in this new world economy.

Republican for Congress, 3^rd District of Tennessee 2010,

Greg Goodwin

6/2/09

PS: My website should be up in the next day or two.

American Capitalism Gone with a Whimper

American Capitalism Gone with a Whimper

by Stanislav Mishin
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May 18, 2009

(Reprinted by permission of the author)

It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American descent into Marxism is happening with breathtaking speed, against the backdrop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.

True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.

Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.

First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their “right” to choke down a McDonalds burger or a Burger King burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our “democracy”. Pride blinds the foolish.

Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different “branches and denominations” were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega-preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the “winning” side of one pseudo-Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the “winning” side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.

The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been record setting, not just in America’s short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Weimar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.

These past two weeks have been the most breathtaking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beaten our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?

These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters.

Then came Barack Obama’s command that GM’s (General Motors) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of “pure” free markets, the American president now has the power, the self-given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.

So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a “bold” move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK’s Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western-sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our “wise” Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.

Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper…but a “freeman” whimper.

So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set “fair” maximum salaries, evaluate performance and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked-down-upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.

The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.

The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.

“Audit The Fed”-HR 1207 Sponsors reach 190-June 07, 2009

If your representative is not yet a co-sponsor of HR 1207, contact them and urge them to support it. There’s a list of cosponsors via the link below.

www.dailypaul.com/node/90775

Government Continues To Pee Down our Backs And Tell Us That It’s Raining-June 08, 2009

Of course the government continues to undermine the monetary system. It’s been doing it since 1913.

The largest counterfeiter of  currency is the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve notes are fiat (fake) notes that actually reflect negative value. There’s much more value in a tomato seed than there is in a truck-load of counterfeit Federal Reserve notes.

The Liberty Dollars are real money backed by precious metals; the Federal Reserve notes guarantee the enslavement of “The People” via interest due, according to their World Bank protocol. The demise of the Federal Reserve system is the best thing that could happen in this country.

Asheville man charged in alleged Liberty Dollar fraud

Another Counterfeit Update-via DownsizeDC.org-June 08, 2009

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Quote of the Day: “By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens. There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose.” — John Maynard Keynes Source: “The Economic Consequences Of The Peace”

Subject: Counterfeiting Update

In May of last year the U.S. money supply stood at roughly $834 billion. Now, a year later, the Federal Reserve has created an additional $941 billion out of thin air. Pay close attention to those numbers…

* The amount of new money the Fed has created is roughly $107 billion more than all the money that was in circulation just a year ago
* In other words, the U.S. money supply has more than doubled

Think about what this does to the value of your dollars, to your savings, to your paycheck, to your retirement income? A doubling of the money supply means your money is worth half what it was.

Of course, your money’s loss of value won’t manifest itself overnight. It will take time for the Fed’s counterfeiting to drive up prices. But those who get the new money first will be able to spend it while prices are still low, increasing their wealth at your expense.

The Federal Reserve, as you might expect, promises that prices won’t rise. They claim they’ll withdraw their counterfeit money before that happens. Do you feel comforted? Should we really believe that…

* The Fed can really undo so much counterfeiting
* The attempt to withdraw the counterfeit dollars won’t cause economic disruptions of its own

And if they did sop up their funny money, wouldn’t that mean another “contraction?” …more unemployment? …other sectors in trouble and screaming for a taxpayer-funded bailout?

Our position is simple. If it’s wrong for individuals to counterfeit, it’s also wrong for the government to do it. What we need is money that no one can counterfeit, like gold and silver. Some people want to make this happen by abolishing the Fed. We agree. That needs to happen. But it’s a big step. We think there’s an easier way…

Congress should start by ending the Fed’s monopoly control of money. Congress should permit you to use whatever form of money you prefer. This would…

* Empower the creation of an alternative money system
* Reduce the Fed’s ability to counterfeit by forcing Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) to compete with honest money
* Make it easier to abolish the Fed once a new money system is fully operational

To make this happen Congressman Ron Paul introduced three “Honest Money” bills in the last Congress (110th). These bills would…

* Repeal the legal tender law that forces you to accept FRNs
* Repeal the federal government’s monopoly over coinage
* Prohibit federal and state taxes on precious metal coins and bullion

These simple changes would allow you to buy and sell using means of exchange other than FRNs. Sadly, Congressman Paul hasn’t re-introduced these bills. If you’re one of his donors or constituents please calls his office at 202-225-2831 and ask him to re-introduce his three “Honest Money” bills, combined as one bill. As for the rest of us…

We should tell our own representatives to ask Congressman Paul to re-introduce these bills, or do it themselves. You can send your instructions using DownsizeDC.org’s “End the Inflation Tax” campaign.

Use your personal comments to tell your representatives that you’ve seen the Federal Reserve’s lastest counterfeiting numbers. Object to the fact that the Fed has increased the monetary base from roughly $844 billion as of May 2008, to roughly $1,775 as of May 2009.

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Fascialism: The New American System by Thomas DiLorenzo-via LewRockwell.com-June 12, 2009

“If classical liberalism spells individualism, fascism spells government.”
~ Benito Mussolini, Fascism: Doctrines and Institutions, p. 10

The two worst scourges of humanity in the twentieth century were socialism and fascism. Together, they wrecked much of the world economy because of their shared “fatal conceit” (F.A. Hayek’s term) that government central planners were superior to private property and free markets. Fascist and socialist governments (not that there’s much difference between them) murdered over 100 million of their own citizens, as the sociologist R.J. Rummel has documented (See his book, Death by Government), and instigated wars that caused the deaths of millions more.

Incredibly, the two-party duopoly that has long ruled America has adopted both fascism and socialism as the defining characteristics of our economic system. Call it Fascialism. It is a recipe for national economic suicide.

Economic Fascism

Economic fascism as practiced by Italy and Germany in the 1920s and ’30s allowed private property and private enterprise to exist, but only if it was strictly controlled and regimented by the state so that it would serve “the public interest” and not private interests. The philosophy of German fascism was expressed in the slogan Gemeinnutz geht vor Eigennutz, which means “the common good comes before the private good.” “The Aryan,” Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf, “willingly subordinates his own ego to the community and, if the hour demands, even sacrifices it.” This sounds a lot like John McCain’s campaign theme of “Country First” (before self-interest), doesn’t it?

Of course, it is the government that decides what constitutes “the common good.” Is there any doubt that government will now define what constitutes “the common good” in the banking and automobile industries – and in health care once it is fully nationalized?

The philosophy behind Italian fascism was virtually identical. “The fascist conception of life,” Mussolini wrote in Fascism: Doctrines and Institutions, “stresses the importance of the State and accepts the individual only in so far as his interests coincide with the State.”

It is remarkable how contemporary economic policy pronouncements are so often identical to those made by early twentieth-century European fascists. Mussolini complained in 1935, for example, that government intervention in the Italian economy was “too diverse, varied contrasting. There has been . . . intervention, case by case, as the need arises.” His advisor, Fausto Pitigliani, explained that under fascism government regulation would achieve a certain “unity of aim” instead.

This is exactly how the powers that be in Washington, D.C. have diagnosed the current financial crisis: There’s been too little financial market regulation, they tell us, and it has been too, well, diverse and contrasting. Thus, they have recommended a Super Regulatory Authority that will supposedly regulate, regiment, and control all “systemic risk taking” in the entire economy. The only debate is whether an entirely new agency should be created to achieve this “unity of aim,” or if the Fed – which caused the current economic crisis in the first place – should be given the responsibility.

Government-business “partnerships” were a hallmark of both Italian and German fascism. As Ayn Rand once noted, however, in such “partnerships” government is always the “senior partner. ” Government-business “collaboration” was supposedly needed in fascist Italy, explained Fausto Pitigliani in his 1934 book, The Italian Corporatist State, because “the principle of private initiative could only be useful in the service of the national interest.” It is this “service of the national interest” that is the intended work of the newly appointed “Car Czar” in the Obama administration (along with twenty or so other “czars” so far). It is inevitable that the end product will be the world’s worst cars, endless subsidies and bailouts, and mind-boggling debt piled onto the backs of the taxpayers. All to pay off a campaign debt to the United Autoworkers Union, which bears most of the responsibility for the destruction of General Motors and Chrysler in the first place.

The hallmark of the Obama administration’s economic policy thus far is a forced “partnerships” with dozens of large banks along with General Motors and Chrysler. It is threatening hundreds of other “partnerships” in the name of environmental regulation. And that’s just in the first five months. Mussolini would be envious.

Italian fascism created one gigantic bailout economy. Italian social critic Gaetano Salvemini wrote in his 1936 book, Under the Axe of Fascism, that “It is the state, i.e., the taxpayer, who has become responsible to private enterprise. In Fascist Italy the state pays for the blunders of private enterprise.” “Profit remained to private initiative,” Salvemini wrote, but “the government added the losses to the taxpayers’ burden. Profit is private and individual. Loss is public and social.” Sound familiar?

Mussolini himself boasted in 1934 that “three quarters of the Italian economic system had been subsidized by government,” Salvemini wrote. The Obama administration (with a jump start by the Bush administration) is on a path to exceed this level of plunder.

Socialism

In the preface to the 1976 edition of his famous book, The Road to Serfdom, F.A. Hayek wrote (p. xxiii) that when the book was first published in 1944, socialism meant “unambiguously the nationalization of the means of production and the central economic planning which made this necessary.” But by the 1970s “socialism has come to mean chiefly the extensive redistribution of incomes through taxation and the institutions of the welfare state.” Thus, ever since the 1930s the Democratic Party in America has been the party of socialism, with the Republican Party either providing little or no effective opposition or, as with the administration of President George W. Bush, serving as accomplices. The Bush administration vastly expanded the welfare state, while Obama intends to expand it much faster, especially if he succeeds in implementing health care socialism and imposing even more punitive levels of income taxation on the most productive citizens.

Obama promises the worst of all economic worlds: A vast expansion of the welfare state form of socialism, as defined by Hayek, along with a heavy dose of old-fashioned, early twentieth-century, Stalinist socialism with the nationalization of banks, automobile companies, the health care industries, and whatever else he can get away with. The Mussolini-like cult of personality that has developed around him will facilitate this disastrous path to national economic suicide.

June 12, 2009

Thomas J. DiLorenzo [send him mail] is professor of economics at Loyola College in Maryland and the author of The Real Lincoln; Lincoln Unmasked: What You’re Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe and How Capitalism Saved America. His latest book is Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution – And What It Means for America Today.

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Digging Really Deep Holes-via DownsizeDC.org-June 13, 2009

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Quote of the Day: “One time in the House of Representatives told me a story about a proposition that a teacher put to a boy. He said, ‘Johnny, a cat fell in a well 100 feet deep. Suppose that cat climbed up 1 foot and then fell back 2 feet. How long would it take the cat to get out of the well?’ Johnny worked assiduously with his slate and slate pencil for quite a while, and then when the teacher came down and said, ‘How are you getting along?’ Johnny said, ‘Teacher, if you give me another slate and a couple of slate pencils, I am pretty sure that in the next 30 minutes I can land that cat in hell.’ if some people get any cheer out of a $328 billion debt ceiling, I do not find much to cheer about concerning it.” — Senator Everett Dirksen, Congressional Record, June 16, 1965

Subject: How deep is the hole the politicians are digging for us?

The financial newsletter The Privateer reports…

“Warnings have been issued from the Treasury that the Congressionally mandated debt ceiling of $12.1 TRILLION will most likely be breached in the second half of this year.”

This pit of borrowing doesn’t even account for the deepening currency well we reported in last Friday’s Dispatch.

The politicians are borrowing and the FED is printing at staggering rates. As their shovels continue to ominously clang and clash, the news gets worse. Again, from The Privateer…

“The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) list of troubled American banks has risen in the past three months from 1,568 banks with about $2.3 TRILLION in assets to US 1,816 banks with some $4.4 TRILLION in assets. Just who guarantees the FDIC? The US Treasury of course.”

To be more specific, you the taxpayer will dig out all of those banks.

And if past history is a guide, that FDIC list is conservative to a fault. The real number of “troubled” banks is almost certainly higher. It seems the FDIC, like most government regulatory agencies, is usually the last to know there’s a problem.

That’s not all. Relying on data from the US Federal Reserve and Congressional Budget Office (CBO), The Privateer reports…

There’s a hodge-podge of guarantees totaling $12.9 TRILLION, with…

* $8.2 TRILLION from the Fed
* $2.7 TRILLION from the US Treasury
* $2.0 TRILLION from the FDIC

On top of that, the US government has…

* Made asset purchases of $2.3 TRILLION
* Guaranteed $7.3 TRILLION worth of Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and Ginnie Mae debts
* Made other guarantees of $6.6 TRILLION to the US banking system.

“The sum total of all this ‘Stimulus’ is $29.1 TRILLION!” concludes The Privateer.

It would be fair to point out that not all that money has actually been spent yet. Things would have to go wrong in order to trigger those guarantees.

So we must turn to history to see if we’re doomed to the ditch. Were the bailouts an effective strategy or a sink-hole?

Consider the example of Citibank. When former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson first extended support to Citi, his team believed it was strong. Paulson believed the funds would be focused at stabilization of the markets and the economy. Yet TheStreet.com was already giving them a C-. Once again, government was the last to know, because Citibank almost went out of business and required a second bailout just weeks later.

That track record is no cause for hope about these guarantees.

And another crater might await the banks. Weiss Research reports that U.S. banks have a total of $200.4 TRILLION in derivatives, and that those derivatives may well do more severe damage to bank balance sheets.

“According to the OCC’s Q4 2008 report, America’s top five commercial banks control 96 percent of the industry’s total derivatives, while the top 25 control 99.78 percent. In other words, for every $100 dollar of derivatives, the big banks have $99.78 … while the rest of the nation’s 7,000-plus banking institutions control a meager 22 cents! This is a massively dangerous concentration of risk.”

Derivatives caused record losses for banks in the fourth quarter of 2008. Are there more serious losses to come?

And we’re left to wonder, should that time come, where will the government get the money to cover these “too big to fail losses?”

Yet, those aren’t the only pitfalls. The projected budget deficit this year is $1.8 trillion. Just a year ago, many of us were screaming about a projected $490 billion deficit. Oh, for the good ole days!

But that projected deficit will certainly deepen, even though the White House budget allegedly reduces the deficit over the next few years. Why?

Unemployment! The Libertarian Party reported this week that a Jan. 10 White House report selling the stimulus package promised unemployment under be kept under eight percent. Instead, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, it grew to 9.4 percent, placing unemployment at a 26-year-high, with 14.5 million workers now jobless.

Uncle Sam is “bursting at the seams,” but he’s probably going on a diet. Higher unemployment means lower than expected tax revenues. That means the deficit will be more cavernous than projected — maybe in excess of $2 TRILLION.

In review, numbers to be concerned about are,

* $12 TRILLION, the National Debt number that’s rapidly approaching
* $29.1 TRILLION in bailout/stimulus guarantees
* 1,816 “troubled” banks with about $4.4 TRILLION in assets
* $200.4 TRILLION in U.S. bank-held derivatives that can create tens of billions of dollars of losses, and perhaps bank failures
* $2 TRILLION, the likely federal budget deficit

Indeed, the hole the politicians are digging is unfathomable. But that’s not all the numbers we have to WORRY about.

According to the Social Security Administration, the federal government’s unfunded liabilities equals $101 TRILLION — that’s a liability of $834,000 for every full-time working American. These long-term debts are primarily due to Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.

Even here, the news threatens to get considerably worse…

* Social Security, a Ponzi scheme that makes Bernie Madoff look like a piker, has, until now, taken in more money than it puts out. It was projected that starting in 2017, it would run a deficit. But due to high unemployment rates, it will likely turn its first loss in 2010.

* As we’ve reported in these Dispatches, the President seems determined to bring health care under total government control, including dramatically expanding Medicare.

What does all this mean to you?

Sooner or later, the politicians will either…

a) Default on commitments, perhaps with a variety of tinkering reforms like rationing, means-testing, tax increases, etc. or,
b) Inflate the currency so much that you’ll see massive price increases for virtually everything. Imagine, for example, $8 per gallon gas.

Let’s put a stop to this digging. Instead, we can do four very important things…

1) TAKE ACTION. We’ve updated our Unfunded Liabilities campaign to reflect the Social Security number. Send a message objecting to the very deep hole the politicians are digging. Demand that they “Downsize DC!”

2) Forward this message to others and ask them to join you in sending a message to Congress.

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Freedom Eradication Management Agency (FEMA)-June 14, 2009

“They’re from the several governments, and they’re here to help us, right?”

The following is a link to FEMA’s website and addresses the exercise that will be taking place July 27-31, 2009, in the U.S.. I can’t help but recalling the wonderful job that FEMA did after hurricane Katrina left the scene of the storm.

They were so thoughtful, they went door-to-door disarming private citizens in their own homes. Your tax dollars at work against you.

http://www.fema.gov/media/fact_sheets/nle09.shtm

How The Spooks Took Over The News-Information Clearing House-June 14, 2009

http://informationclearinghouse.info/article22824.htm

Ron Paul’s Texas Straight Talk-June 15, 2009

The Tobacco Prohibitionist Movement

www.house.gov/paul/index.shtml

Governor Bredesen Needs To Study The Constitution Of Tennessee And The Constitution Of The United States-June 17, 2009

The Tennessee Firearms Freedom Act

Though I’m glad the Governor didn’t veto Tennessee’s Senate override of the Governor’s veto of SB 1796, he places too much credence in believing the “Less-Powerful” federal government has free rein and control over products “Made in Tennessee” when there is no “Interstate Commerce” involved in the production of said products. His arrogant loss is our gain.

Here’s a little reminder to our Governor… He should be familiar with it; he took an “Oath” to protect and defend the Constitution of Tennessee and the Constitution of the United States-respectively.

9th & 10th Amendments to the Constitution of the United States:

• Ninth Amendment – Protection of rights not specifically enumerated in the Bill of Rights.

The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.

• Tenth Amendment – Powers of States and people.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

politics.nashvillepost.com/tag/tennessee-firearms-freedom-act/

Lessons Learned From the Battlefield by Michael Gaddy-June 18, 2009

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Lessons Learned From the Battlefield by Michael Gaddy I continue to receive a large number of emails questioning what would be the best instrument for communication in the event of a national emergency, economic chaos or civil unrest on a massive scale. I believe the answer can be found in what has worked, and not worked, for the Iraqi resistance. (I refuse to call anyone fighting for their homes and families an insurgent) In a great number of instances, communications has been the Achilles Heel of the resistance in Iraq. They have learned to constantly change their modes and methods of communication in order to keep their opponents off balance. The cell phone is the easiest and most preferred method of communication in use by the modern day 4th Generation Warfare (4GW) participant; it is also the easiest to exploit. First, remember SIM cards are exploitable and can and will be used against you. It is possible to exploit a SIM card in 30 seconds without the holder even knowing it, once your opponent has your phone number. All that is needed to pinpoint location with a cell phone is 2 towers for those who do not have a phone with GPS. There are also technologies that allow the government to create false towers that seek out your phones specific signal and will allow them to troll around an area until they get a hit, and then it will lead them right to your location. These techniques have been developed, tested, and used effectively in Iraq and Afghanistan. All the opponent needs is your number, which gives them the specific signal to your phone. Counter measures are simple; never ever keep the phone on, or the battery in. Never store numbers in the phone, always use throwaway cell phones and change them often. Set up prearranged talk times, and always talk on the move. Never talk in your home, or while you are stationary. Never ever send text messages, and always talk in code on the phone. Hard line to hard line is the best way to call if you can still find a pay phone. Radios of any kind are the same as cell phones, but will get you located quicker. The opponents expect them to be used, and almost always have their ears on. Today’s military units have the ability to listen and pinpoint the point of broadcast of any type communication device and jam it. Unless you hardwire your area of operations (AO) with WWI field phones, keep your messages short, sweet, and move quickly after you broadcast. I warned here of new members to your group who advocate violence or offer to provide weapons and/or explosives. Also be extremely cautious of any members of your group who are gone for any period of time or those you know have been contacted by the authorities. Even the most loyal can be coerced with threats to family, etc. Read and study 4GW tactics and strategies; these tactics have yet to be defeated in modern military history. I highly recommend the series of books written by Colonel John Poole on the subject. The Colonel’s works reveal a detailed history of 4GW and a wealth of information that could prove invaluable. Author, Patriot, and LRC reader, Matthew Bracken, has written a trilogy of novels on probable scenarios concerning civil unrest and its complications. There is a wealth of information that can be gleaned from his works, as well as some disturbing possibilities. Matt has laced his writing with interesting characters that makes for an informative, entertaining, though sometimes alarming read. Those who prepare, educate and equip for the coming chaos will be those most apt to protect themselves and their families. Remember, those who fail to plan, plan to fail. June 18, 2009 Michael Gaddy [send him mail], an Army veteran of Vietnam, Grenada, and Beirut, lives in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest. Copyright © 2009 by LewRockwell.com. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit is given. Michael Gaddy Archives

Self-Defense-June 19, 2009

Dear Council Members,

I hope you are all having a restful and relaxing summer.  Even though I
have had conflicts which have caused me to miss the last couple of
Council meetings, I continue to follow developments in our community
through the media and I am as committed as ever to keeping our Town a
great place to live.

Let me begin by thanking you for holding the line on the Town budget and
avoiding a tax increase.  In a year when the economy is in deep
recession and properties are being reappraised by the county (leading to
a de facto tax increase for some citizens) it is more important than
ever for local government to live within its means.  You are to be
commended for tightening the Town’s belt rather than imposing a tax
increase on residents who would have a very difficult time coming up
with the money.

I would also like to thank you for asking the Planning Commission to
review the SROZ zoning put in place by your predecessors several years
ago.  There are good reasons why those council members were recalled.
One is the existence of the SROZ itself, but the second and more
important reason was the arrogant dismissal of the views of their
constituents on the part of those elected officials.  I trust you will
not fall into the same trap.

With that in mind, I would like to share with you my opinion on the bill
recently enacted by our General Assembly in Nashville regarding the
legalization of handgun carry by permit holders in state and local
parks.  Specifically, I strongly urge you not to exercise the “opt out”
provision that (in my opinion) was unwisely included by legislators.

As one of hundreds of thousands of Tennessee Handgun Carry Permit
holders (and one of hundreds in our community), I have demonstrated my
responsibility as a gun owner by taking and passing a state-approved
safety course including classroom instruction on the law as well as a
marksmanship test on the firing range.  I have also submitted to a
criminal background check and have been found to be responsible enough
to be trusted to carry a weapon for defensive purposes in public.  If I
am responsible enough to be approved to carry a weapon in Wal-Mart,
Pruett’s, or (now) O’Charley’s or Friday’s, I feel I am equally as
responsible to carry a weapon in any of our municipal parks.

While I think Signal Mountain’s parks are among the safest anywhere, and
I never feel threatened in our community, I feel the principle of
self-defense rights for law-abiding citizens is important to uphold
everywhere.  The shootings by a crazed gunman at Virginia Tech prove
that no place, however laid-back or pastoral, is immune to violence.  It
is an obvious fact that criminals and lunatics, paying no attention to
the law, will be armed wherever they go.  The only way that sane,
law-abiding citizens can even the odds is to reserve the right to arm
themselves as a deterrent and counterbalance to those who mean us harm.
Even though I rarely, if ever, feel the need to go armed in Signal
Mountain, I often pass through our local community – parks included – on
the way to other, less safe locations.  Disarming me – or other
law-abiding citizens – is not the way to increase overall liberty or safety.

As Thomas Jefferson, the author of our Declaration of Independence and
our third President once said, “Laws that forbid the carrying of arms
… disarm only those who are neither inclined or determined to commit
crimes.  Such laws only make things worse for the assaulted and better
for the assassins; they serve to encourage than to prevent homicides,
for an unarmed man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed
man.”  Jefferson was joined in his sentiments by our first President,
George Washington, who said “Firearms stand next in importance to the
Constitution itself.  They are the people’s liberty teeth (and) keystone
… the rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable … more than 99%
of them [guns] by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane
hands.  The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil
interference [crime].  When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour.”

I know that Hamilton County, the city of Chattanooga, and Red Bank have
unfortunately moved to ban the legal possession of firearms in their
parks.  I know it will be politically tempting to follow their lead.
However, their actions are neither wise nor in keeping with the wisdom
of our Founders.  My copy of the Constitution does not say “right to
keep and bear arms, except for local parks.”  Criminals will be armed in
public parks regardless of the law.  I strongly urge you to resist the
knee-jerk impulse to ban legal weapons carry in local parks and uphold
the letter and the spirit of the Second Amendment in our community.

If you have any questions or would like to engage in a more thorough
discussion of this issue prior to acting (or preferably not acting) on
the issue, please feel free to contact me by return e-mail or by
telephone at 423-645-5599.  If there is any other service I can perform
for our community, please know that I am always happy to serve or
participate in any way I can.

Please accept my best wishes and my sincere thanks for your service to
our community.

Best regards,

Joe Dumas

The U.N. And The World Hell Organization, Working To Eliminate 80% Of The World’s Population-In Your Lifetime-With Your Money-June 25, 2009

With these Benevolent global, non-governmental-organizations looking out for our happiness, health & prosperity; we won’t need to worry about our children’s or grand children’s future, because they won’t have one.

Check out the link below.

www.naturalnews.com/026503_pandemic_swine_flu_bioterrorism.html

Your Privacy Is Being Compromized-June 29, 2009

If you use facebook, check out this link.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWdyyAtsK6I

U.S. Inclusive Unemployment Rate Reaches 18.7 Percent-July 02, 2009

Government  supplied unemployment stats don’t include all unemployed people. Check out the article provided by The Washington Note.

www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2009/07/americas_effect/

Video: Don’t Let The “Pass Act” Pass-July 03, 2009

Restore The Republic’s Gary Franchi sends out this urgent message to stop the Pass Act.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2kE8xDMokpM

Video: Sheriff Mack-The Ultimate “Oath Keeper”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLJgPuNAh60

Ron Paul Strikes Gold by Chadwick Matlin July 02, 2009

Ron Paul Strikes Gold

By Chadwick Matlin

Posted Thursday, July 2, 2009 – 4:38pm

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Excerpt: “Paul wants to audit the Fed primarily because he wants to destroy it; the audit bill is just the latest chapter in Paul’s lifelong crusade against it. His vendetta is fueled by the belief that the Federal Reserve is unconstitutional, a central bank within a country that doesn’t allow central banks. That the Fed can manipulate the currency and “create legal tender out of thin air” is heresy. And so Paul attempts to dismantle it the only way he can: through legislation.

Thus we come to the audit. For Paul it’s a foot in the door to a much larger goal. To the 244 co-sponsors—74 of them Democrats—it’s a way to show their constituents that they’re worried, too, about where taxpayer dollars are going. It’s an amusing dissonance between the leader of the rebellion and his revolutionaries. The two parties are after entirely separate goals, one (transparency) vastly more achievable than the other (the end of the Federal Reserve).

This again makes Paul’s coalition all the more remarkable. The distrust of the Fed has reached a point at which a majority of House members are following a radical into battle. Congress’ frustration was evident last month when Bernanke got roasted in front of Congress, putting his future as Fed chairman and the health of Obama’s regulatory plan in doubt.”

Read full article here: www.infowars.com/ron-paul-strikes-gold/

Video: General of US Intel says no plane hit Pentagon

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0iry3fiHU4&feature=player_embedded

Video: The Criminal Rothschilds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..r_embedded

Restore The Republic » Blog Archive » There is One Type of Total Gun Ban We Need, Jefferson Would Agree, and It’ll Bring Back 1776

Returning to 1776 is really in the article. Please read it before blowing a head gasket. I am a proponent of the entire Bill of Rights. The article is excellent food for thought (and action).

via Restore The Republic » Blog Archive » There is One Type of Total Gun Ban We Need, Jefferson Would Agree, and It’ll Bring Back 1776.

Real U.S. Unemployment Rate At 20 Percent-July 06, 2009

Do you believe the government-reported unemployment stats?

http://blogs.moneycentral.msn.com/topstocks/archive/2009/07/06/true-unemployment-rate-already-at-20.aspx

H1N1 Article via The Gazette July 09, 2009

www.gazette.com/news/isolated-58238-members-force.html

Why Submit To Intrusive Government? “Check Out: Startpage.com – The world’s most private search engine.” July 11, 2009

If you value your personal privacy and freedom, you need to check out:
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Cheney Linked To Concealment Of Covert CIA Op’s?

Boy, there’s a shocker. Good thing I was sitting down when I learned of that one. Addington was pretty-much the master document scribe during that scenario. Before implementing the intentional destruction of your republic, you want to ensure that all of the VIP’s asses are covered. That’s where Addington came into play. By the way, he couldn’t be reached for comment according to the NY Times article below.

www.nytimes.com/2009/07/12/us/politics/12intel.html?hp

Headed to National Socialism by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. July 10, 2009

Excerpt:

“It was common on the left to intimate that George W. Bush was like Hitler, a remark that would drive the National Review crowd through the roof but which I didn’t find entirely outrageous. Bush’s main method of governance was to stir up fear of foreign enemies and instigate a kind of nationalist hysteria about the need for waging war and giving up liberty through security.”

Read Article Here

Hauntings Of The Jack Kennedy Scenario Revisited

The Federal Reserve , a cadre of private bankers (which is no more federal than Federal Express) were under threat by John Kennedy’s determination to get our monetary system back in control of the people. Thus, Kennedy was terminated on November 22, 1963 by the powers that is.

The song remains the same. America’s citizens, taxpayers and property owners are getting wise to the command & control practices of the “Fed”. The Fed cannot tolerate being under the scrutiny of any constitution, law, congress, senate or the people. But that’s about to change.

The insanity of the Federal Reserve’s practices are only justified by our representative government’s necessity to fund all of the un-Constitutional projects that it cannot afford. Even if the projects are constitutional, “We The People” shouldn’t be liable for expenditures that our government can’t afford.

When government “Dreams” take precedence to fiscal and Constitutional responsibility, socialism takes over and the Fed doesn’t care what our government is borrowing money for, as long as future generations pay up.

Check out the link below

www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN0945907120090709

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It! via Socio-Economics History Blog July 13, 2009

“Healthcare” is no more than a “Buzz Word” for insurance, pharmaceutical companies and government to use for corralling citizens into a trap that future generations will be paying the price for. And they don’t want you healthy; they want you dependent on the government approved system that insurance and pharmaceutical lobbyists pay for.

Personal responsibility is much cheaper and far-less intrusive.

Check out the link below.

socioecohistory.wordpress.com/2009/07/13/the-truth-about-the-drug-companies-how-they-deceive-us-and-what-to-do-about-it/

Judge Revokes Former DEA Agent’s Bond Even After Being Made Aware of Prosecutorial Misconduct Allegations-July 12, 2009

www.narconews.com/en.html

Medvedev Debuts “World Currency” at G8 Summit

Article and video via link below

www.kickthemallout.com/article.php/Story-World_Currency_Coin_Shown_At_G8

Why Rep. Wamp and Mayor Haslam can NOT be Governor of TN! [or who I'm (NOT) supporting for TN Governor] by Matt Collins July 13, 2009

The following is contributed by Matt Collins. His credentials follow the article below.

Definitely a must read for folks who strive for accountability in government!

You’re kidding me. Our elected officials are supposed to actually keep their oath to uphold the Constitution? The supreme law of the land?

Yup, that’s it. It’s so simple; but these folks are hard to find due to “Special Interest Influence” and arm-twisting from the “Dark Side”.

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<<I HAVE POSTED THE FOLLOWING AT: http://www.campaignforliberty.com/blog.php?view=21733 FEEL FREE TO COPY AND REDISTRIBUTE – citizens of TN should know about their candidates>>

DISCLAIMER:
Nothing I communicate is to be considered an official statement representative of any organization I belong to or am an officer of, including the Campaign for Liberty, Republican Liberty Caucus, WTN, Liberty on the Rocks, America’s Future Foundation, The Tennessee Liberty Alliance, Rand Paul for Senate, or the Davidson County (Nashville) Republican Party. My opinions are my own.

Why Rep. Wamp and Mayor Haslam can NOT be

Governor of TN!
[or who I'm (NOT) supporting for TN Governor]

The Davidson County (Nashville) Republican Party held our annual summer picnic Saturday (7/11); all of the Republican gubernatorial candidates were present. After speaking with each candidate individually I am still unsure who I am going to support, however there are definitely two of the candidates who have not only disqualified themselves, but should never hold and elected office again!

I‘ll start with Bill Haslam the Mayor of Knoxville.

In case you are unaware Mayor Haslam joined NYC Mayor Bloomberg’s anti-gun coalition in an effort to curb crime in Knoxville. However Mayor Haslam then says that upon joining the coalition the leadership took a different direction and he withdrew from the organization. Fair enough and at the DCRP picnic Saturday 2nd Vice Chair Dan Davis and myself asked him about this issue. I wanted to hear the straight scoop directly from him in order to give him a chance to explain his actions before I decided.

Mayor Haslam discussed the story as I explained and he said his intention in the entire situation was simply to “stop the wrong people from having guns”.

I asked him “what kind of people are you referring to that you say shouldn’t have guns?”
And he responded with “felons, criminals, and those without a permit”.

Then I asked “so you believe we need a permit or permission to exercise a right guaranteed by the 2nd Amendment?“
Mayor Haslam said “well, for handguns yes“

That told me everything I needed to know; I thanked him for his time then I ended the conversation and Dan and I walked away.

What Mayor Haslam does not understand is that ONE DOES NOT NEED A PERMIT TO EXERCISE A RIGHT!!!
We have a right to bear arms that both the US and TN Constitutions guarantee shall not be infringed. Do we need a permit for free speech? Do we need a permit to print a newspaper? Do we need a permit to have a trial by jury? Do we need a permit to birth children? NO, of course not. Why? Because these activities are fundamental individual RIGHTS which cannot be taken away without due process (obviously those convicted of violent crimes should be denied their right to posses firearms). We do not need permission from the government to exercise our rights. If we have to ask permission, then it isn’t a right, it’s a privilege! Rights and privileges are opposites.

The idea that our right to self-defense, our right to bear arms, and that our right to buy/sell/own personal property is first contingent upon a governmental grant of approval is insulting to the very ideals of freedom on which the American Republic was founded. I suggest Mayor Haslam read the US and TN Constitutions because ignorance of both that magnitude and of that authoritarian mindset is dangerous to individual rights and to a free society. He is obviously unfit to govern if he cannot understand the simple and basic difference between rights and privileges.

(Upon edit apparently I am not the only one who takes issue with Mayor Haslam in this regard)

Continuing on to the other gubernatorial candidate, Zach Wamp, the US Congressman from Tennessee’s 3rd District.

Representative Wamp voted for the October ’09 bailout. Representative Wamp calls himself a conservative but one has to ask what is conservative about spending billions of nonexistent dollars, increasing the size/scope of the federal government, and voting against the US Constitution? As an aside it is worth noting that the bailout Representative Wamp voted for also included an audit of carbon emissions which laid the foundation for the coming cap-and-trade / carbon tax; next time you see him be sure to thank him for that.

All US Congressmen upon being seated are administered an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States”. Nowhere in Article 1 Section 8 of the US Constitution (the part that lists Congressional power) is the federal government given the authority to bail out banks, businesses, or mortgages. By voting for and supporting the bailout Congressman Wamp clearly violated his oath to support and defend the US Constitution. On those grounds alone he should be removed from office immediately, and personally I would like to see him, along with most of the rest of the members of Congress, either in jail or forced to perform restitution to those of us who are footing the bill for his unconstitutional action.

When one is entrusted with and given the awesome power to make laws governing the life and property of others, the abuse (or negligence) of that power is not only criminal, but amoral; Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary labels an individual “who betrays another’s trust or who is false to an obligation or duty” as a traitor. Does that denotative description fit Representative Wamp’s blatant violation of his oath?

Several DCRP officers and myself approached him near the conclusion of the Picnic because we wanted to discuss HR1207 (Audit the Federal Reserve Act). Representative Wamp extended his hand to me to shake it and I absolutely refused; I am not interested in being friendly towards those who violate the Constitution. To be fair he said that he was very supportive of HR1207 and that “we ought to do more than just audit the Fed….it’s the cause of a lot of our problems”. While I agree with the Congressman on that specific issue I honestly wanted to vocalize that the other cause of our problems were big-government Republicans acting like big-government Democrats such as himself. However in the spirit of, at minimum, being cordial, I held my tongue. But prior to walking away I did thank him for and told him I appreciated his support on HR1207. I still did not shake his hand.

Regardless of his support for a call of transparency in Auditing the Fed, the fact of the matter is that he broke the trust of the People of the United States by clearly violating his oath to uphold the US Constitution. One or multiple positive actions do not negate the fundamental premise of breaking the highest law in the land, usurping more power to the federal government, and going against one’s sworn oath. Even though Representative Wamp has called his vote for the bailout “a mistake” how can the voters continue to trust him after such a grossly grievous err in judgment especially considering the significance of the consequences resulting from his action?
At this point we have a candidate who has violated his oath, and another who is of the authoritarian mindset that the People need permission from the government before exercising their individual and guaranteed rights. I have 3 more candidates in the TN gubernatorial race to investigate before I decide who to support, hopefully at least 1 of the 3 will not disappoint me because the thought of voting for “none of the above” in the upcoming primary is extremely depressing– I refuse to vote for anyone who is going to increase government, or decrease liberty.

In conclusion it is prudent to ask if we attain smaller, more limited-government, more liberty, more personal freedoms, and less taxes by continuing to vote for elected officials that have broken our trust and ignore the Constitution? Should we reward politicians who take our money, our property, and our freedoms by elevating them to higher office? Should we continue to vote for more of the same? Upon a review of history, I think not. If the Republican Party, and ultimately the country, is going to restrain its government, we must vote for those who adhere to principles, not compromise them.

Matt Collins
“principle before politics“
Vice Chair Davidson County Republican Party
Vice Chair Republican Liberty Caucus of TN
Coordinator Davidson County Campaign for Liberty
Talk Radio Producer 99.7 WTN Nashville
Member America’s Future Foundation
Member Liberty on the Rocks

DISCLAIMER:
Nothing I communicate is to be considered an official statement representative of any organization I belong to or am an officer of, including the Campaign for Liberty, Republican Liberty Caucus, WTN, Liberty on the Rocks, America’s Future Foundation, The Tennessee Liberty Alliance, Rand Paul for Senate, or the Davidson County (Nashville) Republican Party. My opinions are my own.

What Are They Up To Now? July 25, 2009

Nanny government doesn’t want you and your local or state government to be self-governing.

You need to understand that the lies, fear tactics and contrived scenarios presented by our non-representative government at the federal level are there to acclimate you into total compliance of a system that is hell-bent on a totalitarian-tyrannical governance and the death of our Constitutional Republic.

Freedom is the enemy of big government. Check out FEMA’s news release below.

www.fema.gov/news/newsrelease.fema?id=49140

The Meaningless Constitution by Don Cooper July 30, 2009

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The Meaningless Constitution by Don Cooper by Don Cooper Recently by Don Cooper: A Fistful of Dollar Article 8, Section I, Clause I of the U.S. Constitution is known as the Taxing and Spending Clause: “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States;” It’s this clause that our government most commonly abuses in defense of their special interest legislation and subsequent taxing and spending.Supreme court associate justice Joseph Story (1812–1845) argued that the “Welfare Clause” gave congress the power to tax and spend as an independent power of the legislature; that is, the General Welfare Clause gives Congress power it might not derive anywhere else. [T]he [General Welfare] clause confers a power separate and distinct from those later enumerated, is not restricted in meaning by the grant of them, and Congress consequently has a substantive power to tax and to appropriate, limited only by the requirement that it shall be exercised to provide for the general welfare of the United States. … It results that the power of Congress to authorize expenditure of public moneys for public purposes is not limited by the direct grants of legislative power found in the Constitution. … But the adoption of the broader construction leaves the power to spend subject to limitations. … [T]he powers of taxation and appropriation extend only to matters of national, as distinguished from local, welfare.” Interpreting the constitution in this fashion makes no common sense. If this one clause in the constitution gives the legislature discretionary power to tax the people and spend it on whatever programs they deem to provide for the general welfare then the constitution serves no purpose since any administration can and will define anything they want – most likely special interest legislation – to be providing for the welfare of the people and who is going to stop them and that is precisely the purpose of the constitution: to keep the government in check. In other words, in a document meant to constrain the power of the federal government our founding fathers gave them unbridled power. Given the nature of men, the long dubious history of government corruption, fraud and waste, I find it difficult to believe that anyone thinks our legislature should be or posses the faculties to be our moral compass. Or that they truly act in the interest of the general welfare of the people rather than themselves. Furthermore, any taxing of the people and spending by the government – even defense spending – by nature necessarily decreases the welfare of those taxed. Consider the congress decides that providing healthcare for Americans is providing for their general welfare. But the government has to pay for this healthcare somehow so they either raise our taxes, borrow money from foreign countries or have the Federal Reserve print more money to pay for it. All equally effective forms of taxation. Let’s assume the government taxes Peter an extra $500/year in order to pay for healthcare for Paul. But of course that $500 won’t be $500 by the time it goes through the government’s inefficient beauracy so they also have to tax Robert, David, Jim and many others just to provide healthcare for Paul. Now Paul is better off because he now has healthcare. But all the people that were taxed to pay for it are worse off. They didn’t want to give that $500 to the government. They wanted to use it for clothes or food or investment or any number of other things. Even if they receive the national healthcare as well they are still worse off since they had no choice in the matter. What if they don’t want government healthcare? They still have to pay the taxes. What if they don’t get hurt or sick to the point that they need to use the national healthcare? They still have to pay for it. And since $1 always comes out in any government program less than $1 there are many more people who are worse off resulting in a net negative change to social welfare. Governments are always wrong in their estimations of the cost of their programs. In the 60’s Medicaid part A was estimated to cost $9 billion by 1990. As of 1990 Medicaid Part A had cost $67 billion in real dollars. Social welfare was certainly decreased. Every dollar the government takes out of someone’s pocket is a dollar that person no longer has to spend for himself. Even if he is a recipient of the program his welfare is still less since he was forced to participate in a program he had no say in and had to give up other things he wanted to do. Even if someone wants the government healthcare their welfare will decrease due to the quality of the care. The governments’ inherent inefficiencies, corruption and waste will provide subpar healthcare. Everybody remembers the scandal at Walter Reid Army Hospital. That is government run healthcare. Just visit your local VA or Army hospital. Talk to people about Medicare and Medicaid and other social healthcare programs that already exist and see what they say. The quality will also continue to go down as the costs go up since there are no market signals to correct the inefficiencies. The inefficiencies will be dealt with by spending more money to correct the problem decreasing social welfare even further. Economically, financially, logistically and socially it is impossible for the federal government to provide for the general welfare regardless of what they do. That’s why if a clause in the constitution is not clear and concise then it should be discounted and not interpreted to be anything more than what it is. Clauses like general welfare clauses are an example as compared to clauses such as: “To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water;” If the purpose of the document is to limit the power of the federal government then the constitution should be interpreted without making any assumptions regarding meaning. For example, if the federal government wants to create a new department to regulate water then there had better be a clause in the constitution explicitly giving the government the legal authority to regulate water. If there isn’t then they do not have the authority and only via an amendment to the constitution can they gain it. Amendments are difficult to make and that is precisely what the authors of the constitution wanted: to make it difficult for the government to increase its power. Again, the amendment process is meaningless if the clause “general welfare” means anything they want. No need to amend the constitution we’ll just say it’s providing for the general welfare. Any clause that could be interpreted to mean many things therefore means nothing. July 30, 2009 Don Cooper [send him mail] is a Florida native, Navy veteran and economist living and working in the Midwest. Copyright © 2009 by LewRockwell.com. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is gladly granted, provided full credit is given. Don Cooper Archives

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1400 is More Than 200 via- http://www.et-liberty.com July 30, 2009

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Technically, 1400 is more than 200. What is the truth?

In Liberty,

PK Lowrey

Please read “The Future is Calling”

● Part 1: The Chasm

● Part 2: Secret Organization and Hidden Agendas

● Part 3: Days of Infamy

● Part 4: The War on Terrorism

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citizens May Need Three Shots This Fall??? July 30, 2009

The World Hell Organization flexes its syringe-wielding-tentacles (locally) once again.

Authoritarians are so arrogant, they think the sheep will let the government inject them with a government-contrived substance that will make thousands sick, and possibly hundreds or thousands succumb to the side effects of the inoculations.

Some folks are really gullible. Oh, and by the way; the federal government will provide the vaccine and equipment. Well, that means we are paying for that too.

THANKS BUT NO THANKS!!!

I’ll be responsible for my own health.

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Video:Documented New World Order

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Hamilton County (TN) Residents Against Annexation, August 01, 2009

The proponents of bigger government are at it again.

If you believe smaller government is responsible government, check out the link below.

Annexation is nothing more than the city/county practicing eminent  domain on a large scale by using fear tactics to entice the unwitting to abide with the greedy proponents of an ever-expanding government.

The term…“Services” should be scrutinized thoroughly. You don’t always get what you pay for. Take the largest employer within the physical boundaries of Hamilton County into consideration… The Hamilton County Department of Education. If that’s not enough to prove that METRO GOVERNMENT is over-bloated and out of control of “We the People”, what is?

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Town Halls Gone Wild! via politico.com August 02, 2009

The People are starting to be noticed; it’s about time!

After clicking on the link, click on the video that’s on the left sidebar.

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Nat Hentoff: Hate crime bill goes against Constitution-via Pasadena Star News July 30, 2009

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Air Force Vet Breaks Silence on What Hit Pentagon on 9-11-via republicbroadcasting.org-August 02, 2009

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Video: Columbus Tea Party-via the Tenth Amendment Center-August 01, 2009

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Must Watch! Military Joining the American Resistance to Protect the Constitution!

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Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test-Whos Kids Are They Anyway?

FEMA Announces Creation Of Children’s Working Group

Release Date: August 4, 2009
Release Number: HQ-09-094

WASHINGTON, D.C. — While testifying before the Senate Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery today, the Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Craig Fugate announced the creation of a “Children’s Working Group.”

The working group will allow FEMA and its partners to explore and implement planning and response strategies specific to children throughout the agency and ensure that during a disaster the unique needs of children are not only considered, but fully integrated into how FEMA administers this support to states and the public.

“It is time for special needs populations, whether children or any other segment of our communities who have traditionally been underserved, to be more fully and consistently integrated into preparedness and planning efforts at every level of government,” Administer Fugate said.  “Children are a part of every community.  We must understand and address their needs from the outset, recognizing that they are not simply small adults. That means not putting the considerations specific to children in a separate box, but incorporating them into our planning on the front end.”

The Children’s Working Group will be composed of FEMA employees across multiple directorates and offices to ensure coordination and action, and will report directly to the Office of the Administrator.  The working group will be chaired by Tracy Wareing, counselor to Secretary Napolitano for FEMA.

Areas of focus of the Children’s Working Group will include:

• Child-specific guidance as to evacuation, sheltering, and relocation;
• Tracking and reunification of families;
• Coordinated case management supports;
• Enhanced preparedness for child care centers and schools as well as for children in child welfare and juvenile justice systems;
• Enhanced national planning, including incorporation of children into national planning scenarios and exercises;
• Incorporation of children’s needs into grant guidance;
• Improved recovery coordination across the federal family and with state and local partners in support of children’s education, health and housing;
• Consideration as to how the federal family can help ensure child care centers are able rebuild and restore services more quickly following a disaster, and;
• Increased public awareness efforts to educate families and protect children during disasters.

FEMA’s mission is to support our citizens and first responders to ensure that as a nation we work together to build, sustain, and improve our capability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from, and mitigate all hazards.

Last Modified: Tuesday, 04-Aug-2009 11:35:36

Single-Payer Groceries, Anyone? via LewRockwell.com August 07, 2009

by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo

by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
by Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Recently by Thomas DiLorenzo: Socialized Healthcare vs. the Laws of Economics

The American Socialist Party (ASP), whose members entertainingly call themselves “Democrats,” is determined to use its control of the executive and legislative branches of government to destroy the private health insurance and healthcare industries in favor of “single-payer” healthcare. Of course, when government is the single payer that means government-run monopoly. Average people instinctively understand that monopoly is never in their best interest, but to politicians who will administer and benefit from the monopoly the thinking is apparently “it’s good to be the monopolist,” as Mel Brooks might say.

Moreover, there is no reason to believe that they will stop there. If a government-run monopoly is good for healthcare, they will eventually argue, why not food, cars, and other essentials of modern life? They are socialists, after all.

Since I always try to keep a step ahead of the bad guys, it will be useful to think through how say, a single-payer grocery industry would work. Such an exercise will also teach us some lessons about what can be expected of a “single-payer,” government-run healthcare monopoly.

Here’s my take on how central planning for the new American single-payer grocery industry monopoly would work: First, all groceries will be paid for by the taxpayers, who are sometimes confused with “government” by the media. Anyone at any time – even illegal aliens – can walk into a grocery store and walk out with whatever groceries and other items they “need.” A national government I.D. will be needed so that the state can “track” our grocery purchases with it. It will be as easy to obtain for illegal aliens as it is for citizens, since illegal aliens are such an important voting block in support of the American Socialist Party. The government grocery stores will keep track of all food purchases so that they can better administer the state’s new anti-obesity/mandatory exercise campaign. The stated purpose of this “campaign” will be to cut healthcare costs by forcing us all into healthier lifestyles (as defined by the state). With government in charge of health and lifestyle planning, that old saying will be altered to say “a ton of prevention for an ounce of cure.”

Since the laws of economics have not been repealed, one problem is that since groceries are free, many people will tend to consume far more than is necessary. Cats and dogs will dine on filet mignon, salmon, and sushi, for example, which might drive the pet food industry out of existence. Good riddance, some would say. In economics lingo, there will be an explosion of consumer demand, which will cause a subsequent explosion in costs in most of the food industries (these are called “increasing cost industries” by economists, since average costs of production tend to increase as they expand). Thus, “free” food will become expensive beyond belief. This phenomenon is what economists call “the moral hazard problem” of government subsidies.

In response to the government-created explosion of food costs, the government will wage nationwide propaganda campaigns to raise taxes, complete with televised pictures of starving babies, similar to the “feed the children” television commercials that raise charitable donations for starving children in the Third World. All opposition to the tax increases will be denounced by Nancy Pelosi and her comrades as “Hitler-like,” and worse.

The booboisie will eventually recognize that the food cost explosion (and the healthcare cost explosion that will inevitably come with single-payer healthcare) cannot be paid for indefinitely by the Fed chairman’s announcements of the printing and/or borrowing of another trillion dollars this week, a trillion more next week, etc. They will demand that “something be done” about the out-of-control costs of food as their tax burden escalates, and the politicians will comply.

Politicians typically have only one response to the cost explosions that their own policies cause: price controls, usually euphemistically called “global budgeting,” “price caps,” or some other deceitful phrase. The new price controls on food will stimulate consumer demand even further, while stifling food production and supply, since they will take much of the profit out of farming, which for the time being will still be in private hands. Food shortages are the inevitable result, which of course will call for even more government intervention in the form of a new government food-rationing board, similar to what occurred during World War II when there were price controls on food and many other items. The more affluent will be able to bribe their way into adequate food purchases, while the poor will simply be out of luck, as they always are whenever government rations anything. The affluent always have more political influence than the poor.

I would expect the new government grocery stores to be unionized, as the American Socialist Party will change the labor laws to make it mandatory, just as the government did with airport employees after 9/11. This will give tremendous clout to the public grocery union since a strike can literally shut down food distribution. It will essentially transfer much of the power to tax to the public employee grocery union. Consequently, grocery industry workers will be among the highest paid people in America. This will be an additional cause of a further cost explosion, which will ignite more tax-increasing campaigns and the demonization of the taxpaying public whenever it resists the additional plunder.

With no genuine profit-and-loss statements in our new single-payer grocery industry there will be no way in the world to know whether or not agricultural resources are being used efficiently, that is, whether say, a million dollars in grain is turned into food products that are worth more than a million dollars. When that occurs, there is a profit in the private sector, but the private sector will be only a memory. Consequently, there will be perpetual economic chaos in the food industry. We are talking about socialism here, after all.

Since civil service regulations make it all but impossible to fire public employees, we can expect the highly paid food industry bureaucrats to be as inefficient, lazy, and unproductive as any government bureaucrats anywhere. They will have no incentive to acquire skills that enable them to be more efficient at serving their customers. Instead, the “skills” they will acquire will be political networking, scheming, and conniving skills. Politics will be the route to higher pay and perks, not customer service.

Not to mention management, who will all be political appointees whose jobs will be protected by their politician/benefactors. Bad management, spoiled food, high costs, filthy grocery stores, shortages, and all other costly problems will all be addressed with one strategy: more tax increases and more government demonization of tax resisters.

Since government-run monopolies are, well, monopolies, any competition between the government grocery stores will be strictly controlled or prohibited. The most likely means of doing this will be to assign each person to a certain neighborhood grocery store, just as the government schools assign everyone to a certain government monopoly school, and as the British nationalized healthcare bureaucracy assigns everyone to a specific hospital. That way, our new government-run grocery monopoly will have a truly captured audience of “customers.”

Black markets for food will eventually crop up (no pun intended), but they would have to be harshly penalized by fines and even imprisonment for the more egregious offenses, war-on-drugs style. Single payer means single payer, the government will ominously preach. Black market gardening will draw resources away from the government-run grocery monopoly, which will be especially harmful to “the children,” the state will inform us. This is the argument that is always made by the state in response to the creation of private schools, increased homeschooling, or even school voucher proposals, and it will be repeated if there is any competition for the new government grocery monopoly.

Some years ago I discussed this scenario in a class of undergraduate students and asked them if all of these characteristics reminded them of any particular industry in America. (It’s how public schools are organized). One student who had grown up in the Republic of China (Taiwan) immediately shouted, “Communism!” Having grown up in the shadow of Chinese communism he was very familiar with the subject, and he was right, of course. I’m sure he would have the same opinion of “single-payer healthcare.”

August 7, 2009

Thomas J. DiLorenzo [send him mail] is professor of economics at Loyola College in Maryland and the author of The Real Lincoln; Lincoln Unmasked: What You’re Not Supposed To Know about Dishonest Abe and How Capitalism Saved America. His latest book is Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Archenemy Betrayed the American Revolution – And What It Means for America Today.

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Economics of Oblivion – George Koether – Mises Institute-August 11, 2009

Economics of Oblivion

Albert Jay Nock believed Gresham’s Law operated in ideas as surely as in economics, with error displacing reason from men’s minds as inexorably as bad money drives good money from men’s markets. Nock’s theory seems fast on the way to proof a posteriori, especially in our colleges and universities and particularly in the teaching and textbooks of the “new economics.”

The “new economics” — as propounded by Professors Samuelson, Tarshis, Bowman and Bach in these textbooks used in hundreds of America’s best-known colleges and universities — is nothing more than Keynesianism, which, in turn, has many points of similarity to Marxism and the theories of that hyperinflationist, John Law. In sum, the “new economics” is simply socialism, not “new” at all, but the same old bird dressed up in the feathers of “compensatory fiscal policy,” “national income approach,” and the “mixed economy.”

Keynes, who popularized but did not spawn the “new economics,” frankly admitted his affection for socialism:

The State will have to exercise a guiding influence on the propensity to consume … a somewhat comprehensive socialization of investment will prove the only means of securing an approximation to full employment … the necessary measures of socialization can be introduced gradually….[1]

Today’s professors are more cautious. They look down their noses at “socialism,” preferring the phrases “public economy” and “welfare economics.” All the while they pay ostentatious lip service to the achievements of freedom:

[O]ur mixed free enterprise system … with all its faults, has given the world a century of progress such as an actual socialized order might find it impossible to equal. (Samuelson, p. 746)

[I]it must not be supposed that to seek profits is an act of villainy…. Naturally everyone wants to make as much income as he can…. These actions are not censured. (Tarshis, p. 30)

Traditionally, American ideology has glorified such a [private enterprise] system. Individual initiative and independence are its positive values…. The state exists for the individual rather than the individual for the state. (Bowman and Bach, p. 42)

The Mixed-up Economy

Naturally the professors do not want to kill the free market entirely, else where would they get prices from which to calculate their impressive computations in the “new economics”? But even while embracing “free enterprise” they suffocate it. Their consummation of this love-death is curiously contrived. They begin by assuming that laissez-faire died a deserved and natural death.

[I]nequality in access to profit and job opportunities [implies] an inherent inconsistency in the private-enterprise, free price system itself. (Bowman and Bach, p. 14)

Even if the system worked perfectly … many would not consider it ideal…. The private economy is often like a machine without an effective steering wheel or governor. (Samuelson, pp. 39, 397)

We have given up our psychological and philosophical predilection for laissez-faire reluctantly. Most of us have not welcomed government intervention in economic life…. We have been compelled to call upon the government. (Tarshis, pp. 53–4)

Laissez-faire is dead, long live the “mixed economy!” Unfortunately it is often difficult to tell which is more mixed, the economy or the professors. They try their best to seem as sincerely opposed to “complete” socialism as they are obviously cocksure rugged individualism is gone forever. Their “mixed economy” seems to be a course midway between capitalism and socialism, with careful avoidance of the “bad” in each.

The difficulties they encounter in trying to steer between the Scylla of socialism and the Charybdis of capitalism would be amusing if the implications were not so tragic. Samuelson, for example, begins bravely:

After one has thoroughly mastered the analysis of national income determination, it is not hard to steer one’s way with confidence in these seemingly difficult fields (p. 11).

Then, embarking on a carefully calculated Keynesian course, he asserts that private enterprise cannot

guarantee that there will be just exactly the required amount of investment to ensure full employment: not too little so as to cause unenlployment, nor too much so as to cause inflation … the system is without any thermostat … the system is in the lap of the gods. We may be lucky or unlucky … (pp. 261–2)

and so, to prevent the ill luck that might result from private investors following their own inclinations in a free market, Professor Samuelson pompously tells us,

Fortunately, things need not be left to luck. We shall see that perfectly sensible public and private policies can be followed which will greatly enhance the stability and productive growth of our economic system. (p. 262)

Wherewith he plots a pretty series of “propensity-to-consume” and “propensity-to-save” curves based on figures compiled by the Bureau of Labor Statistics taken from a 1944 study of urban families (“with data for all families rounded and smoothed off”) and shows us how to compute, numerically, the “marginal propensity to consume (MPC)” and its “Siamese twin” the “marginal propensity to save (MPS),” triumphantly concluding: “We are now prepared for the theory of income determination.” But wait, there is a catch coming.

[A] few final warnings are in order…. Suppose my income were to go from $5000 a year to $40,000 a year. Would I spend and save my money in the same way that the budget studies showed $40,000-a-year people spend their money? Not necessarily. Especially at the beginning, I would be a nouveau riche and have different patterns of behavior. (p. 269)

Cake Is When You Eat It

So statistics are too tricky to trust as a basis for generalizations in economic theory. The elaborate equations, graphs, curves and charts, must take into account “important qualifications” and “other reasons why the propensity-to-consume schedule might shift around.” Samuelson admits,

[A]t the end of World War II, many economists made a famous wrong prediction. They neglected the fact that people came out of the war with greatly … savings; for this and other reasons, the consumption schedule turned out to be at a higher level than many pessimistic predictions had indicated. Again we are reminded that no social science can have great exactitude. (pp. 269–70)

Wrong again. Economics does have great exactitude, but it is a qualitative, not a quantitative exactitude. The economist cannot know the number or size of all the cakes in the world, or when they will be eaten, but he is dead certain that whoever eats his cake no longer has it.

That is more than the Keynesians seem to know. Their theory implies you cannot have your cake until you do eat it. You can spend your way into prosperity. The formulas say so:

Could a nation fanatically addicted to deficit spending pursue such a policy for the rest of our lives and beyond? … the barrier to this would not be financial. The barrier would be political. (Samuelson, p. 416)

There is no sign that a high debt exhausts the credit of the government…. And since as a last resource “it can borrow from itself,” there need be no fear on this account. (Tarshis, p. 535)

Even the Brannan Plan fits into the “new economics”:

Government programs to limit crops … and to raise the price to the producer while keeping it low to the consumer are all understandable in terms of diagrams of supply and demand. (Samuelson, p. 452)

As for the problems of increasing American investment in foreign lands (i.e. the problem of the “dollar shortage”), Professor Tarshis has the typical Keynesian answer:

If we could only export one of the printing presses used for the manufacture of Federal Reserve notes to, let us say, China, our foreign investment would be enormously higher. (p. 391)

This “new economics” is neither new nor economics. Instead, it is a concatenation of statistics, mathematics and social philosophy used in support of the age-old sophistries of government inflationism. Every one of these old nostrums, served up with formulas and charts, was exposed long ago. The “periodic business crises,” lamented as an inherent deficiency of free enterprise, have been shown to be nothing more than inevitable periods of deflation following repeated periods of inflation brought on by government-directed credit expansion. These followers of Keynes forget, when they reiterate the necessity of “maintaining full employment,” that labor is more scarce than the material factors of production, that in a truly free market there can be no such thing as prolonged mass unemployment.

They forget, when they apply their formulas and extend their curves, that there are no constant magnitudes in economics, that statistics of “national income” are merely data of history not useful for the development of economic theory. They forget that trying to maintain a high “national income” with printing-press money is as hopeless and as helpless for people as trying to cure sick patients by writing unfilled prescriptions. And they forget, when advocating government intervention, that government does not own anything which is not first taken from the people, that government can only help some people at the expense of others or, by inflationism, make matters worse for everybody.

These advocates of a “mixed economy,” well meaning and sincere though they may be, fail to realize that there can be no such thing as a “mixed economy” — part capitalistic and part socialist. Production is directed either by the market or by a National Production Authority. One ends by precluding the other. In the long run Americans will have either economic freedom or socialism in toto. Textbooks like these will certainly not help them retain what measure of freedom they have left.

Absent-Minded Professors

Through all the record of history is strewn the wreckage of nations ruined by inflationism. Yet these Keynesians stubbornly pursue their will-o’-the-wisp of managed money and the magic of a multiplier. When, under a government-induced inflation of the money and credit supply, unemployment shrinks or completely disappears, the phenomenon does not corroborate the “triumph” of their theories. It is due, simply, to the fact that the rise in wage rates has lagged sufficiently behind the rise in prices to cause a drop in real wage rates, precisely as the classical economists have long insisted. The Keynesians forget this obvious fact. Theirs is the economics of oblivion.

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After listening to these ten hours of audio, you will know more real economics than most econ majors.

One can explain the widespread popularity of socialist ideas, despite their inconsistencies, among the uninformed masses. But the authors of these textbooks claim competence in economics. Presumably they are as familiar with Böhm-Bawerk, Jevons, Walras, Wicksell and Mises as they are with Marx and Keynes. One would not think so, to read their books.

What is even more inexplicable is their insisting they do not want socialism when their hero, Keynes, served notice more than thirty years ago:

[T]he sharp distinction, approved by custom and convention during the past two centuries, between the property and rights of a State and the property and rights of its nationals is an artificial one, which is being rapidly put out of date … and is inappropriate to modern socialistic conceptions of the relations between the State and its citizens.[2]

and sixteen years later added,

It will be, moreover, a great advantage to the order of events which I am advocating, that the euthanasia of the rentier, of the functionless investor, will be nothing sudden, merely a gradual but prolonged continuance of what we have seen recently in Great Britain and will need no revolution.[3]

Apparently Gresham’s Law is functioning — as Albert Nock felt it would — upon the minds of Professors Samuelson, Tarshis, Bowman and Bach.

George Koether (1907–2006) was a journalist, speechwriter, businessman, lecturer, economist, a friend to Ludwig and Margit von Mises, and a longtime ambassador for Misesian economics. See this post on the Mises blog written at the time of his death. See his article archives. Comment on the blog.

This review originally appeared as “Economics of Oblivion” in The Freeman, April 7, 1952.

Titles reviewed: Economics: An Introductory Analysis, by Paul A. Samuelson. New York: McGraw-Hill • The Elements of Economics: An Introduction to the Theory of Price and Employment, by Lorie Tarshis. Under the editorship of Edgar S. Furniss. Boston: Houghton Mifflin • Economic Analysis and Public Policy, by Mary Jean Bowman and George Leland Bach. New York: Prentice-Hall.

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Notes

[1] Cf. Keynes, The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money (London, 1949), p. 378.

[2] Cf. Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (New York, 1920), p. 71.

[3] Cf. Keynes, op. cit., p. 376.

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President Obama’s Health Care For Clunkers-Ron Hart-August 05, 2009

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Must Watch! Video via Infowars.com: Media Freaks Out After Man Carrying Legal Firearm Outside Obamacare Event-August 11, 2009

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Video: An Interview About Vaccines With Dr. Tenpenny

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A Four Step Healthcare Solution-by Hans-Hermann Hoppe-via Ludwig von Mises Institute-August 14, 2009

A Four-Step Healthcare Solution

Mises Daily by Hans-Hermann Hoppe | Posted on 8/14/2009 12:00:00 AM

It’s true that the US health-care system is a mess, but this demonstrates not market but government failure. To cure the problem requires not different or more government regulations and bureaucracies, as self-serving politicians want us to believe, but the elimination of all existing government controls.

It’s time to get serious about health-care reform. Tax credits, vouchers, and privatization will go a long way toward decentralizing the system and removing unnecessary burdens from business. But four additional steps must also be taken:

1. Eliminate all licensing requirements for medical schools, hospitals, pharmacies, and medical doctors and other health-care personnel. Their supply would almost instantly increase, prices would fall, and a greater variety of health-care services would appear on the market.Competing voluntary accreditation agencies would take the place of compulsory government licensing — if health-care providers believe that such accreditation would enhance their own reputation, and that their consumers care about reputation, and are willing to pay for it.Because consumers would no longer be duped into believing that there is such a thing as a “national standard” of health care, they would increase their search costs and make more discriminating health-care choices.
2. Eliminate all government restrictions on the production and sale of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. This means no more Food and Drug Administration, which presently hinders innovation and increases costs.Costs and prices would fall, and a wider variety of better products would reach the market sooner. The market would force consumers to act in accordance with their own — rather than the government’s — risk assessment. And competing drug and device manufacturers and sellers, to safeguard against product liability suits as much as to attract customers, would provide increasingly better product descriptions and guarantees.
3. Deregulate the health-insurance industry. Private enterprise can offer insurance against events over whose outcome the insured possesses no control. One cannot insure oneself against suicide or bankruptcy, for example, because it is in one’s own hands to bring these events about.Because a person’s health, or lack of it, lies increasingly within his own control, many, if not most health risks, are actually uninsurable. “Insurance” against risks whose likelihood an individual can systematically influence falls within that person’s own responsibility.All insurance, moreover, involves the pooling of individual risks. It implies that insurers pay more to some and less to others. But no one knows in advance, and with certainty, who the “winners” and “losers” will be. “Winners” and “losers” are distributed randomly, and the resulting income redistribution is unsystematic. If “winners” or “losers” could be systematically predicted, “losers” would not want to pool their risk with “winners,” but with other “losers,” because this would lower their insurance costs. I would not want to pool my personal accident risks with those of professional football players, for instance, but exclusively with those of people in circumstances similar to my own, at lower costs.

   Because of legal restrictions on the health insurers’ right of refusal — to exclude any individual risk as uninsurable — the present health-insurance system is only partly concerned with insurance. The industry cannot discriminate freely among different groups’ risks.

   As a result, health insurers cover a multitude of uninsurable risks, alongside, and pooled with, genuine insurance risks. They do not discriminate among various groups of people which pose significantly different insurance risks. The industry thus runs a system of income redistribution — benefiting irresponsible actors and high-risk groups at the expense of responsible individuals and low-risk groups. Accordingly, the industry’s prices are high and ballooning.

   To deregulate the industry means to restore it to unrestricted freedom of contract: to allow a health insurer to offer any contract whatsoever, to include or exclude any risk, and to discriminate among any groups of individuals. Uninsurable risks would lose coverage, the variety of insurance policies for the remaining coverage would increase, and price differentials would reflect genuine insurance risks. On average, prices would drastically fall. And the reform would restore individual responsibility in health care.

   

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4. Eliminate all subsidies to the sick or unhealthy. Subsidies create more of whatever is being subsidized. Subsidies for the ill and diseased promote carelessness, indigence, and dependency. If we eliminate such subsidies, we would strengthen the will to live healthy lives and to work for a living. In the first instance, that means abolishing Medicare and Medicaid.

Only these four steps, although drastic, will restore a fully free market in medical provision. Until they are adopted, the industry will have serious problems, and so will we, its consumers.

Hans-Hermann Hoppe, an Austrian School economist and libertarian/anarchocapitalist philosopher, is professor emeritus of economics at UNLV, a distinguished fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and founder and president of The Property and Freedom Society. Send him mail. See his article archives. Comment on the blog.

This article originally appeared in The Free Market, April 1993.

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The 545 People Responsible For All Of U.S. Woes

BY Charley Reese

(Date of publication unknown)– — -  Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

Have you ever wondered why, if both the Democrats and the Republicans are against deficits, we have deficits? Have you ever wondered why, if all the politicians are against inflation and high taxes, we have inflation and high taxes?

You and I don’t propose a federal budget. The president does. You and I don’t have the Constitutional authority to vote on appropriations. The House of Representatives does. You and I don’t write the tax code. Congress does. You and I don’t set fiscal policy. Congress does. You and I don’t control monetary policy. The Federal Reserve Bank does.

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one president and nine Supreme Court justices – 545 human beings out of the 235 million – are directly, legally, morally and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country.

I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because that problem was created by the Congress. In 1913, Congress delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound currency to a federally chartered but private central bank.

I excluded all but the special interests and lobbyists for a sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no ability to coerce a senator, a congressman or a president to do one cotton-picking thing. I don’t care if they offer a politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has the power to accept or reject it.

No matter what the lobbyist promises, it is the legislation’s responsibility to determine how he votes.

A CONFIDENCE CONSPIRACY

Don’t you see how the con game that is played on the people by the politicians? Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in this common con regardless of party.

What separates a politician from a normal human being is an excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have the gall of Tip O’Neill, who stood up and criticized Ronald Reagan for creating deficits.

The president can only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to accept it. The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land, gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives for originating appropriations and taxes.

O’neill is the speaker of the House. He is the leader of the majority party. He and his fellow Democrats, not the president, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetos it, they can pass it over his veto.

REPLACE SCOUNDRELS

It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 235 million cannot replace 545 people who stand convicted — by present facts – of incompetence and irresponsibility.

I can’t think of a single domestic problem, from an unfair tax code to defense overruns, that is not traceable directly to those 545 people.

When you fully grasp the plain truth that 545 people exercise power of the federal government, then it must follow that what exists is what they want to exist.

If the tax code is unfair, it’s because they want it unfair. If the budget is in the red, it’s because they want it in the red. If the Marines are in Lebanon, it’s because they want them in Lebanon.

There are no insoluble government problems. Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can abolish; to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject; to regulators, to whom they give the power to regulate and from whom they can take it.

Above all, do not let them con you into the belief that there exist disembodied mystical forces like “the economy,” “inflation” or “politics” that prevent them from doing what they take an oath to do.

Those 545 people and they alone are responsible. They and they alone have the power. They and they alone should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses – provided they have the gumption to manage their own employees.

This article was first published by the Orlando Sentinel Star newspaper

The Bankruptcy of the United States

Congressman Traficant speaks out-United States Congressional Record, March 17, 1993

United States Congressional Record, March 17, 1993
Vol. 33, page H-1303

Speaker-Rep. James Traficant, Jr. (Ohio) addressing the House:

“Mr. Speaker, we are here now in chapter 11.. Members of Congress are official trustees presiding over the greatest reorganization of any Bankrupt entity in world history, the U.S. Government. We are setting forth hopefully, a blueprint for our future. There are some who say it is a coroner’s report that will lead to our demise.

It is an established fact that the United States Federal Government has been dissolved by the Emergency Banking Act, March 9, 1933, 48 Stat. 1, Public Law 89-719; declared by President Roosevelt, being bankrupt and insolvent. H.J.R. 192, 73rd Congress m session June 5, 1933 – Joint Resolution To Suspend The Gold Standard and Abrogate The Gold Clause dissolved the Sovereign Authority of the United States and the official capacities of all United States Governmental Offices, Officers, and Departments and is further evidence that the United States Federal Government exists today in name only.

The receivers of the United States Bankruptcy are the International Bankers, via the United Nations, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. All United States Offices, Officials, and Departments are now operating within a de facto status in name only under Emergency War Powers. With the Constitutional Republican form of Government now dissolved, the receivers of the Bankruptcy have adopted a new form of government for the United States. This new form of government is known as a Democracy, being an established Socialist/Communist order under a new governor for America. This act was instituted and established by transferring and/or placing the Office of the Secretary of Treasury to that of the Governor of the International Monetary Fund. Public Law 94-564, page 8, Section H.R. 13955 reads in part: “The U.S. Secretary of Treasury receives no compensation for representing the United States?’

Gold and silver were such a powerful money during the founding of the united states of America, that the founding fathers declared that only gold or silver coins can be “money” in America. Since gold and silver coinage were heavy and inconvenient for a lot of transactions, they were stored in banks and a claim check was issued as a money substitute. People traded their coupons as money, or “currency.” Currency is not money, but a money substitute. Redeemable currency must promise to pay a dollar equivalent in gold or silver money. Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) make no such promises, and are not “money.” A Federal Reserve Note is a debt obligation of the federal United States government, not “money?’ The federal United States government and the U.S. Congress were not and have never been authorized by the Constitution for the united states of America to issue currency of any kind, but only lawful money, -gold and silver coin.

It is essential that we comprehend the distinction between real money and paper money substitute. One cannot get rich by accumulating money substitutes, one can only get deeper into debt. We the People no longer have any “money.” Most Americans have not been paid any “money” for a very long time, perhaps not in their entire life. Now do you comprehend why you feel broke? Now, do you understand why you are “bankrupt,” along with the rest of the country?

Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) are unsigned checks written on a closed account. FRNs are an inflatable paper system designed to create debt through inflation (devaluation of currency). when ever there is an increase of the supply of a money substitute in the economy without a corresponding increase in the gold and silver backing, inflation occurs.

Inflation is an invisible form of taxation that irresponsible governments inflict on their citizens. The Federal Reserve Bank who controls the supply and movement of FRNs has everybody fooled. They have access to an unlimited supply of FRNs, paying only for the printing costs of what they need. FRNs are nothing more than promissory notes for U.S. Treasury securities (T-Bills) – a promise to pay the debt to the Federal Reserve Bank.

There is a fundamental difference between “paying” and “discharging” a debt. To pay a debt, you must pay with value or substance (i.e. gold, silver, barter or a commodity). With FRNs, you can only discharge a debt. You cannot pay a debt with a debt currency system. You cannot service a debt with a currency that has no backing in value or substance. No contract in Common law is valid unless it involves an exchange of “good & valuable consideration.” Unpayable debt transfers power and control to the sovereign power structure that has no interest in money, law, equity or justice because they have so much wealth already.

Their lust is for power and control. Since the inception of central banking, they have controlled the fates of nations.

The Federal Reserve System is based on the Canon law and the principles of sovereignty protected in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. In fact, the international bankers used a “Canon Law Trust” as their model, adding stock and naming it a “Joint Stock Trust.” The U.S. Congress had passed a law making it illegal for any legal “person” to duplicate a “Joint Stock Trust” in 1873. The Federal Reserve Act was legislated post-facto (to 1870), although post-facto laws are strictly forbidden by the Constitution. [1:9:3]

The Federal Reserve System is a sovereign power structure separate and distinct from the federal United States government. The Federal Reserve is a maritime lender, and/or maritime insurance underwriter to the federal United States operating exclusively under Admiralty/Maritime law. The lender or underwriter bears the risks, and the Maritime law compelling specific performance in paying the interest, or premiums are the same.

Assets of the debtor can also be hypothecated (to pledge something as a security without taking possession of it.) as security by the lender or underwriter. The Federal Reserve Act stipulated that the interest on the debt was to be paid in gold. There was no stipulation in the Federal Reserve Act for ever paying the principle.

Prior to 1913, most Americans owned clear, allodial title to property, free and clear of any liens or mortgages until the Federal Reserve Act (1913)

“Hypothecated” all property within the federal United States to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve, -in which the Trustees (stockholders) held legal title. The U.S. citizen (tenant, franchisee) was registered as a “beneficiary” of the trust via his/her birth certificate. In 1933, the federal United States hypothecated all of the present and future properties, assets and labor of their “subjects,” the 14th Amendment U.S. citizen, to the Federal Reserve System.

In return, the Federal Reserve System agreed to extend the federal United States corporation all the credit “money substitute” it needed. Like any other debtor, the federal United States government had to assign collateral and security to their creditors as a condition of the loan. Since the federal United States didn’t have any assets, they assigned the private property of their “economic slaves”, the U.S. citizens as collateral against the unpayable federal debt. They also pledged the unincorporated federal territories, national parks forests, birth certificates, and nonprofit organizations, as collateral against the federal debt. All has already been transferred as payment to the international bankers.

Unwittingly, America has returned to its pre-American Revolution, feudal roots whereby all land is held by a sovereign and the common people had no rights to hold allodial title to property. Once again, We the People are the tenants and sharecroppers renting our own property from a Sovereign in the guise of the Federal Reserve Bank. We the people have exchanged one master for another.

This has been going on for over eighty years without the “informed knowledge” of the American people, without a voice protesting loud enough. Now it’s easy to grasp why America is fundamentally bankrupt.

Why don’t more people own their properties outright?

Why are 90% of Americans mortgaged to the hilt and have little or no assets after all debts and liabilities have been paid? Why does it feel like you are working harder and harder and getting less and less?

We are reaping what has been sown, and the results of our harvest is a painful bankruptcy, and a foreclosure on American property, precious liberties, and a way of life. Few of our elected representatives in Washington, D.C. have dared to tell the truth. The federal United States is bankrupt. Our children will inherit this unpayable debt, and the tyranny to enforce paying it.

America has become completely bankrupt in world leadership, financial credit and its reputation for courage, vision and human rights. This is an undeclared economic war, bankruptcy, and economic slavery of the most corrupt order! Wake up America! Take back your Country.”

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Image: United States Congressional Record, March 17, 1993 Vol. 33, page H-1303

To silence Traficant, certain members of Congress found a means to put him in prison on trumped-up charges. The hearings were like a kangaroo court; whereby, he was not allowed to bring in certain witnesses, documents, and testimony. Judge Lesley Wells of the U.S. District Court in Cleveland, Ohio, was prejudiced toward Traficant and refused to set bail for Traficant, ordering that service of his term should begin immediately. Denial of bail also sets aside all pending appeals to Traficant’s conviction. Traficant is now serving an eight year prison sentence in federal prison for his April 11, 2002 conviction on trumped-up felony charges of bribery, corruption and tax evasion. By a vote of 420-1, Traficant was also expelled from the House of Representatives. House Resolution No. 495 read simply, “Resolved, That, pursuant to article I, section 5, clause 2 of the United States Constitution, Representative James A. Traficant, Jr., be, and he hereby is expelled, from the House of Representatives.” Traficant is the second member of the House to be expelled since the Civil War and the fifth in congressional history. Traficant, addressing the House, said “I’ll go to jail before I resign and admit to something I didn’t do.”" Traficant, A former county sheriff, had been elected to Congress nine times by the people of his Mahoning Valley, Ohio district. He plans to run for re-election as an independent candidate and intends to serve from jail if elected.

Audio: Ronald Reagan Speaks Out Against Socialized Medicine – circa 1961

Though Ron Reagan wasn’t the champion of the Constitution that Ron Paul is, he was right on with his observations concerning the socialization of the United States.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRdLpem-AAs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Edailypaul%2Ecom%2Fnode%2F99614&feature=player_embedded

Coming Soon: Sunday Bloody Sunday-Video

Fortunately, it will be a lot more difficult to deploy the bastards here. We’re ready.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs_2QRCEtl0

Video: “Something In The Air” by Thunderclap Newman

Thunderclap Newman… Something In The Air

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0l1FsEZv-k

How Much Fluoride Is In Your Body?

Fluoride is poison. Check out the link below.

www.drkelley.info/articles/archive.php?artid=336