And we magically end up with two party candidates who promise change, but change WITHOUT ending the Federal Reserve system. You know, change as in more of the same just mixed around a little bit. In my world, that doesn't sound like HOPE to me. Well go enjoy your silly phony elections folks, they'll keep puffing on them cigars and laughing at you from the top of their 'pyramid.
some problems with this analogy... one being that there is little evidence that the fed is the primary assh**e in the equation. perhaps one of his friends was also fabricating tomato notes without the fed's knowledge? the problem is that you have no oversight in this system, so no matter how many tomatoes you actually have, your currency is always less than trustworthy if no one is looking at it.sincerely,silas p. shrooms esq.
but, but, people can grow their own tomatoes so they are not a stable reserve. Let's just do away with the tomatoes entirely and base our wealth on debt! That way we just create debt and sell it to people - therefore creating more money. Wow, that's easy money./s
This, paired with the Zeitgeist films, should be shown in schools.Every year. For ever. We're supposed to learn from our mistakes, but this is not the first time we've let a federal bank raep us into slavery, the first one was abolished by Andrew Jackson.We, the sheep, all 300 million of us, are being shaved for the profit of a few shepherds. We grew the wool, why don't we see the benefits? Because we let the shepherds have their way. It is time for the sheep to become educated, and take back our wool.Down with the Shepherds.Down with the Fed
that's really not what i said. i'm trying to point out that fiat currency and goldbacked currency are essentially the same in the hands of the average person. we had runs on the banks throughout the 19th century because the currency wasn't stable, even when it was tied to gold and/or silver. we waged the civil war on a deficit:"...You see the Federal Congress has put the wholepower of their country into the hands of their President.Nine Hundred millions of dollars & three millions of men.Nothing now can arrest during the present administrationthe most desolating war that was ever practiced, except arevolution among their people...."robert e. lee<a class="user" href="http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_buzzcharts/buzzcharts200510040921.asp">http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_buzzcharts/buzz ...</a>you're right to point out the risks of the bailout. have you read shock doctrine by naomi klein? free market economists usually hate her, but she has described a pattern of economic crisis that precedes authoritarian policies. we seem to be seeing a demo right now. the excerpts from the book are expired here, but the commentary is interesting.<a class="user" href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/shockdoctrine/0,,2159184,00.html">http://books.guardian.co.uk/shockdoctrine/0,,21591 ...</a>
mkauaiOct 15, 2008
END THE FED!!!
macinit1138Oct 15, 2008
And we magically end up with two party candidates who promise change, but change WITHOUT ending the Federal Reserve system. You know, change as in more of the same just mixed around a little bit. In my world, that doesn't sound like HOPE to me. Well go enjoy your silly phony elections folks, they'll keep puffing on them cigars and laughing at you from the top of their 'pyramid.
uncleosbertOct 16, 2008
some problems with this analogy... one being that there is little evidence that the fed is the primary assh**e in the equation. perhaps one of his friends was also fabricating tomato notes without the fed's knowledge? the problem is that you have no oversight in this system, so no matter how many tomatoes you actually have, your currency is always less than trustworthy if no one is looking at it.sincerely,silas p. shrooms esq.
blinkerbugOct 16, 2008
but, but, people can grow their own tomatoes so they are not a stable reserve. Let's just do away with the tomatoes entirely and base our wealth on debt! That way we just create debt and sell it to people - therefore creating more money. Wow, that's easy money./s
briiOct 21, 2008
This, paired with the Zeitgeist films, should be shown in schools.Every year. For ever. We're supposed to learn from our mistakes, but this is not the first time we've let a federal bank raep us into slavery, the first one was abolished by Andrew Jackson.We, the sheep, all 300 million of us, are being shaved for the profit of a few shepherds. We grew the wool, why don't we see the benefits? Because we let the shepherds have their way. It is time for the sheep to become educated, and take back our wool.Down with the Shepherds.Down with the Fed
uncleosbertOct 21, 2008
that's really not what i said. i'm trying to point out that fiat currency and goldbacked currency are essentially the same in the hands of the average person. we had runs on the banks throughout the 19th century because the currency wasn't stable, even when it was tied to gold and/or silver. we waged the civil war on a deficit:"...You see the Federal Congress has put the wholepower of their country into the hands of their President.Nine Hundred millions of dollars & three millions of men.Nothing now can arrest during the present administrationthe most desolating war that was ever practiced, except arevolution among their people...."robert e. lee<a class="user" href="http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_buzzcharts/buzzcharts200510040921.asp">http://www.nationalreview.com/nrof_buzzcharts/buzz ...</a>you're right to point out the risks of the bailout. have you read shock doctrine by naomi klein? free market economists usually hate her, but she has described a pattern of economic crisis that precedes authoritarian policies. we seem to be seeing a demo right now. the excerpts from the book are expired here, but the commentary is interesting.<a class="user" href="http://books.guardian.co.uk/shockdoctrine/0,,2159184,00.html">http://books.guardian.co.uk/shockdoctrine/0,,21591 ...</a>