Greetings to all Email Update Members,
If you missed George Carlin playing the part of Arthur Beale of the movie, Network,
this one video sums up in several minutes exactly what is wrong with America:
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=935607276
I did not take offense to the profanity for it might take harsh words to wake
up many Americans. I look at it like Sam Kineson (deceased), an ordained
minister turned comedian who figured out that most Americans listen more to
comedy and profanity than to any type of Biblically correct fundamentals.
If the goal is to teach and wake people up, not preach, I am all for the American
Wake Up Call whatever that takes.
If you want to take the time to see who George Carlin was referring to, the
list at this link
is a good start:
http://www.cfinst.org/studies/ElectionAfterReform/pdf/
EAR_Chapter5_WeissmanHassan.pdf#search=%22Peter%20Buttenweiser%20%26%20associates%22
Yes, seventeen other nations graduate more scientists than the US does yet we
have the fourth largest population in the world. One can go to just about
any US university and the majority of scientific PhD graduates are not American
citizens. A recent class of Georgia Tech doctoral candidates in chemical
and physics nanotechnology were all Chinese from the PRC. Many nations
are very determined to no longer be customers of the United States and intend
to be producers and exporters. They have decided that being lazy or lacking
strategic vision is another form of being trapped, another way to deny freedom
and prosperity in life.
I have seen that same type of steel determination in Europe on this business
trip that started June 1 when I departed the U.S. If the US corporations
think Europe is their market for export and sucking cash out of other economies,
they have a rude awakening coming.
Yes, consumption for things we do not need is what drives the US economy and
why it produces no jobs and hence, is killing the consumer that has to have
that job to be a consumer. We created a disposable society concept and
are now paying the price for the folly. Part of what is wrong is people
are now considered disposable too. I have yet to see a “garage sale”
in Europe. Most people just give such stuff to those that are less fortunate.
Yes, we have many in Congress that could not care less about their constituents
and that is not why they wanted to be elected in the first place. Many
Congress Critters want the perpetual income they get by serving a single term
and could not care less if you have any income at all. If you get to watch
the end of America while unemployed, destitute and in your bunny slippers -
that is quite OK with Washington, DC.
Yes, our educational system sucks and children are being left behind, dumbed-down
and made to feel better for not excelling by lowering the passing grades.
Striving for excellence is in the opposite direction that America is heading.
That we have high school graduates that cannot read, do math, think critically,
or find their home state on a map of the United States or their nation on a
world map are clear signs of problems.
One of the biggest perpetual backers of the DNC is Peter Buttenweiser of Philadelphia
and his company excels in dumbed-down education for a dumbed-down America.
He also likes to support a list of “ists” and “isms” all
neatly dovetailed into the educational message. Mr. Buttenweiser is one
of the Wall Street Lehman Brothers heirs. I will not add to that simple
statement of fact. Think about it.
http://www.publicintegrity.org/report.aspx?aid=201
http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/demfundraising/bundler_search.cfm
Every now and then the Washington Post publishes an article to what extent even
the DNC has sold out its own values and Americans in general:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines/061700-01.htm
http://www.motherjones.com/news/special_reports/2004/04/buttenwieser.html
“And he has remained particularly focused on a few issues, among them public
education. Having spent a decade as a principal at an inner-city school in Philadelphia,
Buttenweiser now runs his own educational consulting firm.”
Yes, politicians hide behind the flag, the Bible and children, and do not believe
the BS they are shoveling in your direction. Just behind them are large
financial backers best served by a dumbed-down America that cannot think critically
or see clearly.
Yes, you have to be asleep to believe that the American Dream is still yours
to enjoy. If you did not get that RSVP card, it is not yours to enjoy
unless you get up, get angry and do something about it. You too are going
to have to be like George Carlin or Arthur Beale (“I’m mad as Hell
and I am not going to put up with this any more!”) to see the changes you
want and need.
Maybe the linked
PDF lawsuit against the IRS
will wake up some Americans. According to the IRS in arguing their side
of this case, which they lost, human capital is fundamentally worth nothing.
That means you, your children, grandchildren, parents, friends, co-workers,
etc. The IRS was after money they were not entitled to tax and they lost
the lawsuit. This could have huge implications if applied in the right
way.
There are many ways to lose capital, including governmental policies that intentionally
weaken the dollar and undermine the value of everything you possess. That
might have applications to resolving the $27.5 trillion Leo Wanta matter as
to what constitutes return of capital, not income. I have been pondering
why the return of US dollars, used for US economic warfare purposes, would be
a taxable event. Think about it.
You see, when the government drives growth with debt and by being the largest
consumer on the face of this planet, it has negative effects on the rest of
us. Think about it.
The best definition of inflation that I have ever heard is when the government
is willing to pay more for money than you are to support their largesse and
waste. Think about it.
You can tell how disorganized DNC is when their entire antiwar effort has produced
only a handful of antiwar candidates for Congress. Here we are two months
from the mid-term elections and two-thirds of America fed up with Bush and his
wars and his lies:
New website focuses on anti-war candidates!
The purpose of this site is to show clearly to voters where their candidates stand on the Bush Administration's "War on Terror." Our goal is to ensure that the issue is not sidelined again in upcoming elections.
GOP candidate says 9/11 attacks were a hoax:
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060824/NEWS01/108240131/-1/business
A Republican candidate for this area’s congressional seat said Wednesday that the U.S. government was complicit in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Anti-war candidates:
http://nedlamont.com/
http://www.kissinforcongress.com/
http://www.dexterforcongress.org/
http://www.keithellison.org/
http://www.johnsonforcongress.org/
http://www.cavlan.org/
http://www.charleswsanders.org/index.php
This is exactly why I think the DNC hopes of regime change range from slim to
none. There are many antiwar Green Party, Reform Party and Independents
but they cannot get on the ballots. Heaven forbid that RNC and DNC might
have to face the music and the True Will of the American People.
A recent CNN poll clearly shows the discontent in America but even the poll
respondents admitted if they elect new members into Congress nothing will change.
On the one hand 55 percent say they will vote for a challenger to get rid of
the incumbents and 48 percent say that would change nothing at all. In
statistical terms that means 7% of the 55% (55% - 48%) or about one-eighth of
the respondents in this category are still asleep as to the gravity of the problem
because it would change nothing.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/09/04/poll.election/index.html
Voters Are Anti-incumbent And Angry, New CNN
Poll Finds
POSTED: 9:10 p.m. EDT, September 4, 2006
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Most Americans are angry about "something" when
it comes to how the country is run, and they are more likely than in previous
years to vote for a challenger this November, a new poll suggests.
A majority of Americans surveyed -- and a higher percentage than recorded during
the same time last year -- said things in the United States are going "badly."
Among this year's respondents, 29 percent said "pretty badly" and
25 percent -- up from 15 percent a month ago -- answered "very badly."
By comparison, 37 percent described the way things are going as "fairly
well," and 9 percent answered "very well."
Of these people, 76 percent said there was "something" to be angry
about in the country today. By comparison, 59 percent felt that way when polled
in February.
Only 21 percent said they were "generally content" in the latest poll.
Nine percent said they considered the economy to be "very good," a
number unchanged from a June CNN poll. But the number who considered conditions
"somewhat good" dropped from 42 percent to 35 percent over the same
period.
The number of respondents who consider the economy "somewhat poor"
rose from 31 percent to 34 percent, and the number who called the economy "very
poor" jumped from 16 percent to 22 percent.
A majority -- 55 percent -- said they are more likely to back a challenger in
races on this year's ballot. Such anti-incumbent sentiment is higher than the
48 percent recorded as "pro-challenger" in a similar survey in 1994,
when the GOP took control of both houses of Congress.
Nonetheless, 48 percent said that, if most of the present members of Congress
were replaced with new members, there would be no difference. By contrast, 42
percent said such a scenario would change Congress for the better, and 7 percent
said it would change Congress for the worse.
More than 60 percent of those surveyed said government policies need either
major changes or a complete overhaul, while 30 percent said minor changes were
needed.
I say a major overhaul is needed. One can take a meat cleaver, axe or
a chain saw to DC and make massive changes and hit nothing vital. It is
somewhat like the 1,000 pound man that should weigh 200 pounds. Yes, our
federal government has an obesity problem as well as a lack of brains or humanity.
George Carlin was also correct to point out that we have politicians to create
the illusion that we have a choice. We have no choice, it is mob rule
and it is a very small mob, very wealthy and very elitist and they own the RNC
and DNC.
There are others that do not get billing from RNC or DNC such as former Vermont
Republican candidate Dennis Morriseau (now Independent and definitely against
Bush policies) and Craig Hill, Green Party and also of VT. Only one Republican
that I am aware of has come out on 9-11-2001 issues and the wars that event
unleashed. If this Republican wins, that will make two in Congress, him
and Ron Paul.
There is a flap in Pennsylvania where the Green and Independent parties are
trying to get on the ballot and the Republicans and Democrats do not want that
to happen. www.johnmurphyforcongress.org And to just think and remember
that Pennsylvania is the home of the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall.
If Ben Franklin were alive today he would be kicking some ass in that state.
"Proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof
- Lev. XXV, v. x. By order of the Assembly of the Province of Pennsylvania [sic]
for the State House in Philada."
Liberty Bell Inscription
Watch the ACLU and their diehard communist friends see that Old Testament inscription
as a violation of church and state. What are we to do? Grind the
inscription off the Liberty Bell or hide it from public view? Maybe the
bell cracked as an omen of things to come for it did not crack once, it cracked
twice.
http://www.nps.gov/archive/inde/liberty-bell.html
Two-thirds of America is fed up with the lies and Iraq and the purported anti-war
party cannot get its act together and the Republican Sheeple just cannot seem
to find anyone with a set of balls to run for office. With what you have
learned in the past three email updates, you should not be surprised any more
as to why that is so. DC and the two major parties are an insular system
to protect the vested interests of the idiotic insulars that are all greed,
not red, white and blue America.
I have met many of them and if they had not inherited money many of them would
have none. They are not the brightest bulbs in the chandelier.
Bush has now come out and admitted the secret CIA prisons after lying about
them for years. You will soon learn of other nations who have lied about
them to help keep them a Bush Secret. It is mere election year desperation
for the tea leaves tell of an ill wind bearing down on DC.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14689359/
"This program has been, and remains, one of the most vital tools in our
war against the terrorists," Bush said.
"Were it not for this program, our intelligence community believes that
al-Qaida and its allies would have succeeded in launching another attack against
the American homeland."
“It has been necessary to move these individuals to an environment where
they can be held secretly, questioned by experts and, when appropriate, prosecuted
for terrorist acts,” Bush said in a White House speech.
Note that they have not been prosecuted for terrorist acts.
BOO! GW is protecting you so go back to grazing or shopping or consuming.
Do anything but pay attention to facts and reality.
They are being done in secret so Bush will not get into trouble or charged with
war crimes.
This is a major leak to demonstrate how desperate Bush and the RNC are right
now. The Big BOO is not working any more. They are funneling money
to Joe Lieberman, Democrat because he supports Bush policies and was beaten
by an antiwar candidate. Can you imagine the ire of true conservatives
watching the RNC finance a DNC candidate just because he is pro-Israel and pro-Bush
war policies?
The RNC is terrified of America coming to look at our always decisive, always
wrong President in the proper light. We cannot have the Sheeple using
critical thinking to make their way through a day and clearly see the wolf sneaking
up on them.
I hope some of you read this right for this is clear evidence as to what extent
Bush is pro-Israel and to Hell with Americans.
Issue Date: www.insightmag.com -
Sept. 5-11, 2006, Posted On: 9/5/2006
GOP secretly channeled millions to Lieberman
The White House funneled millions of dollars through major Republican Party
contributors to Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s primary campaign in a failed effort
to ensure the support of the former Democrat for the Bush administration.
A senior GOP source said the money was part of Deputy White House Chief of Staff
Karl Rove's strategy to maintain a Republican majority in the Senate in November.
The source said Mr. Rove, together with Republican National Committee Chairman
Ken Mehlman, directed leading pro-Bush contributors to donate millions of dollars
to Mr. Lieberman's campaign for re-election in Connecticut in an attempt that
he would be a "Republican-leaning" senator.
"Joe [Lieberman] took the money but said he would not play ball,"
the source said. "That doesn't mean that this was a wasted investment."
Mr. Rove has been responsible for the White House’s effort to ensure a
GOP majority in Congress for the last two years of Bush's presidency. Internal
party polls show the GOP could lose between 30 and 40 seats in the House as
well as its majority in the Senate. A Democratic majority in the Senate would
require the GOP to lose at least six seats
What America has to have are 537 people with True American Grit, as in President,
Vice President, 100 Senators and 435 Representatives and if any of them are
DNC and RNC they are in the minority. I would add to that barring AIPAC
from Capitol Hill and all agencies, departments, commissions and bureaus of
the U.S. federal government.
People keep asking me what I plan to do in 2008. Frankly, I am still waiting
to see if America has that epiphany and wakes the Hell up. There seems
to be no way to fix it via the Independent or Third Party route because everyone
keeps bitching, moaning or protecting their pet Third Party platform that cannot
get any traction to effect change. That is happening while the RNC and
DNC make sure such candidates cannot get on all ballots and provide a real alternative.
It is going to take the Big Tent approach, not the little pup tents the Third
Party people seem to like to hole up in. The RNC is ripe for a regime
change internally and no way that I would consider DNC in any form they try
to dress themselves up in as drag.
Can it be fixed? Yes, it can but it will take the will of an entire nation
to fix it.
Will it be fixed? No, not if America remains asleep to realities.
We are the most politically and media misled nation on the face of this planet.
Carlin was right – we were thrown overboard 30 years ago and Americans
have still not figured out why they are treading water or that they are treading
water.
I get inundated every day with 1,000 emails and more and about half of them
are worthless. Crap arguments about crap issues and people slinging name
calling back and forth at each other via email as if they have nothing better
to do or assume they are making a difference by hiding behind a keyboard and
being belligerent and uncivil. I did not opt in to any of these email
lists and find their arguments to be quite lame, wasteful and insulting to ones
intelligence.
One of these days both sides of such debates will figure out they are equally
screwed, the system is broke, and the emails are wasting their time arguing
about little pet “ists” and “isms” while America sinks like
the Titanic.
In the end people will have to face that banquet of consequences and figure
out that self-preservation is far more important than pet ideologies, or crap
9-11 theories, or personal grudges, or personal bigotries.
That banquet of consequences is going to be the ugliest damned thing you have
ever seen. I am not sure America is ready to face the reality of it or
that much reality. It is going to be one Hell of a slap in the face to
learn that America is #1` in virtually nothing any more that is of value.
We are number one in debt, consumption, waste, sleaze, greed, lies, overall
ignorance of the thin ice we are all standing on and a few other categories
that are no cause for chest thumping or pride.
It is going to be nothing short of waking up from a bad nightmare only to learn
that it was real. It was not the American Dream; it is an American Nightmare
and was right in front of our eyes all the time.
I cannot remember where I heard this many years ago – “God gave us
brains to think, yet we do not think. He gave us ears to hear, yet we
do not hear. He gave us eyes to see, yet we cannot see.” It
is collectively called discernment and it is essential for survival and quality
of life.
Best regards,
Karl