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Overran this part
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday May 28th, 2009
Thursday as Israel flatly rejected a US and Palestinian demand that it stop settlement construction in the Occupied West Bank. An end to settlements was a top priority for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as he sat down with Obama Thursday.
The Gaza Strip, which the Jews grabbed, and in this same 1967 War the Jews also grabbed all of Jerusalem. This whole part occupied by the Jews here is called the West Bank.--The West Bank of the Jordan River. This was Jordanian land, it was a part of Jordan, until the 1967 War, at which time the Israelis grabbed all of this, the Gaza Strip, Jerusalem and the entire West Bank of the Jordan River. So now all of this is dominated by the Israelis, they rule it. But most of the Arabs live up in this area and in this West Bank area, and the Gaza Strip.
So now the Israelis have all of Jerusalem and these other areas, and they're populating it as fast as they can, putting settlements in there as fast as they can so they can say, this part was given by the U.N. to the Jews, and this part is part of the land which was supposed to have been given by the U.N. to the Palestinians.
But the Jews paid absolutely no attention whatsoever to the U.N. decision and just overran this part here, like it never had even been agreed on. The Arabs agreed to it, the U.S. agreed to it, all the major World nations agreed to it, about the only ones who didn't were the Jews!
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Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Gov.
Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California is still living on borrowed money. One of these days the feds are going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt, because too many banks that hold the bonds would fail. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many businesses would fail, then people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected by people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty dollar, they have to keep having faith in that dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day - but they won't.
The federal government is already bankrupt!
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Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Gov.
Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California is still living on borrowed money. One of these days the feds are going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt, because too many banks that hold the bonds would fail. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many businesses would fail, then people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected by people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty dollar, they have to keep having faith in that dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day - but they won't.
The federal government is already bankrupt!
Ted Rudow III,MA
War is hell
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War is hell
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Tuesday May 26th, 2009
I worked as a volunteer Counselor at the VA Hospital in Menlo Park,CA for 17 years as a musician therapist. I work mostly with Vietnam Vets. I think the way the youth feel is, "Why are we to blame? Why should we die for our parents?
Why should we die and let them live when they caused it? They might as well die with us!" Rather than fight the politicians', the militarists', the war-mongers', their parents' battles and give their lives to save their parents. What a travesty, what a horror!
Well, their parents tell them it's for freedom: "So we won't be oppressed and enslaved by the enemy! He was disgusted in a father like that who wanted to send him into war and everything just to preserve their system. Isn't that a joke? Oppressed and enslaved! How more oppressed and enslaved could you be than to have them send you into the Hell of war? Especially their elders, the ones that send them to war. You would have thought having gone through the horrors of it themselves in the First World War they would have never done it again
It shows the parents don't love those boys, don't love the children, or they'd never send them to war. Better to surrender and be slaves than to go through such horrors as that, mangled bodies! War is Hell! Everybody from General Grant to Rommel said war is Hell! Yes, pride & greed!
Ted Rudow III,MA
War is hell
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Tuesday May 26th, 2009
I worked as a volunteer Counselor at the VA Hospital in Menlo Park,CA for 17 years as a musician therapist. I work mostly with Vietnam Vets. I think the way the youth feel is, "Why are we to blame? Why should we die for our parents?
Why should we die and let them live when they caused it? They might as well die with us!" Rather than fight the politicians', the militarists', the war-mongers', their parents' battles and give their lives to save their parents. What a travesty, what a horror!
Well, their parents tell them it's for freedom: "So we won't be oppressed and enslaved by the enemy! He was disgusted in a father like that who wanted to send him into war and everything just to preserve their system. Isn't that a joke? Oppressed and enslaved! How more oppressed and enslaved could you be than to have them send you into the Hell of war? Especially their elders, the ones that send them to war. You would have thought having gone through the horrors of it themselves in the First World War they would have never done it again
It shows the parents don't love those boys, don't love the children, or they'd never send them to war. Better to surrender and be slaves than to go through such horrors as that, mangled bodies! War is Hell! Everybody from General Grant to Rommel said war is Hell! Yes, pride & greed!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Saturday, May 23, 2009
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Dear Editor: Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Gov. Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California is still living on borrowed money. One of these days the feds are going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt, because too many banks that hold the bonds would fail. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many businesses would fail, then people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected by people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty dollar, they have to keep having faith in that dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day — but they won't.
The federal government is already bankrupt, and if it weren't for people's faith in the government, it would crash right this minute. If you leave capitalism alone long enough, it will destroy itself. It'll collapse of its own weight because of its built-in self-destructiveness, because it's selfish.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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State lives on borrowed money
Dear Editor: Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Gov.
Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California is still living on borrowed money. One of these days the feds are going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt, because too many banks that hold the bonds would fail. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many businesses would fail, then people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected by people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty dollar, they have to keep having faith in that dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day - but they won't.
The federal government is already bankrupt, and if it weren't for people's faith in the government, it would crash right this minute. If you leave capitalism alone long enough, it will destroy itself. It'll collapse of its own weight because of its built-in self-destructiveness, because it's selfish.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Dear Editor: Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Gov. Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California is still living on borrowed money. One of these days the feds are going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt, because too many banks that hold the bonds would fail. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many businesses would fail, then people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected by people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty dollar, they have to keep having faith in that dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day — but they won't.
The federal government is already bankrupt, and if it weren't for people's faith in the government, it would crash right this minute. If you leave capitalism alone long enough, it will destroy itself. It'll collapse of its own weight because of its built-in self-destructiveness, because it's selfish.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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May 22,2009
State lives on borrowed money
Dear Editor: Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Gov.
Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California is still living on borrowed money. One of these days the feds are going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt, because too many banks that hold the bonds would fail. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many businesses would fail, then people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected by people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty dollar, they have to keep having faith in that dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day - but they won't.
The federal government is already bankrupt, and if it weren't for people's faith in the government, it would crash right this minute. If you leave capitalism alone long enough, it will destroy itself. It'll collapse of its own weight because of its built-in self-destructiveness, because it's selfish.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Cheney
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Cheney
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Saturday May 23rd, 2009
In an argument of over 600 pages and 1,000 footnotes, Crossing the Rubicon makes the case for official complicity within the U.S. government and names Dick Cheney as the prime suspect in the crimes of 9/11.
That's the reason Cheney has been on the media so often! He is scared.
Bin Laden didn't carry out the attacks on the U.S., nor did the Afghanis, but they're bearing the brunt of American wrath and warfare, and the Arabs and Muslims of the world think it's unjust--and they're right! The US is simply picking on a stubborn little trouble-making individual and country which most of the rest of the world doesn't like either, so they figure they can get away with it without any big problems.
Well, bin Laden has put his finger on a domino, and it's rocking back and forth. If that domino falls, then you may well see some Arab and Muslim nations fall as well, further polarizing the world. It depends on how far the Americans and their British sidekicks go as to whether that domino falls and how many other dominoes it knocks down!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Cheney
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Saturday May 23rd, 2009
In an argument of over 600 pages and 1,000 footnotes, Crossing the Rubicon makes the case for official complicity within the U.S. government and names Dick Cheney as the prime suspect in the crimes of 9/11.
That's the reason Cheney has been on the media so often! He is scared.
Bin Laden didn't carry out the attacks on the U.S., nor did the Afghanis, but they're bearing the brunt of American wrath and warfare, and the Arabs and Muslims of the world think it's unjust--and they're right! The US is simply picking on a stubborn little trouble-making individual and country which most of the rest of the world doesn't like either, so they figure they can get away with it without any big problems.
Well, bin Laden has put his finger on a domino, and it's rocking back and forth. If that domino falls, then you may well see some Arab and Muslim nations fall as well, further polarizing the world. It depends on how far the Americans and their British sidekicks go as to whether that domino falls and how many other dominoes it knocks down!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Thursday, May 21, 2009
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Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Mr. Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California still living on borrowed money. One of these days they're going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many business's would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected officials elected by the people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty god Dollar, they have to keep having faith in that Dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day--but they won't.
The Federal Government is already bankrupt!
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Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Mr. Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California still living on borrowed money. One of these days they're going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many business's would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected officials elected by the people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty god Dollar, they have to keep having faith in that Dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day--but they won't.
The Federal Government is already bankrupt!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Mr. Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California still living on borrowed money. One of these days they're going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many business's would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected officials elected by the people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty god Dollar, they have to keep having faith in that Dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day--but they won't.
The Federal Government is already bankrupt!
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Facing a $21.3 billion budget deficit, Mr. Schwarzenegger is requesting a $6 billion loan from the federal government. California still living on borrowed money. One of these days they're going to start collecting. This is why they were so scared to let California go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff. They haven't taxed the rich enough and they've spoiled the poor with too much welfare.
Too many business's would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes. The politicians are elected officials elected by the people who don't like higher taxes, so they just keeping living on borrowed money. And because the banks and the capitalists have such faith in their systems and their almighty god Dollar, they have to keep having faith in that Dollar, and therefore they have to keep loaning the money and hoping that they're going to get paid some day--but they won't.
The Federal Government is already bankrupt!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Friday, May 15, 2009
A History of Service?
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Former Secretary of State George Shultz relates his experiences to The Daily
At 88 years old, and after serving three universities, two presidents and one of the largest companies in the country, one would expect George Shultz to sit back and reflect on his long career as a public servant.
Former Secretary of State and Treasury George Shultz discussed his experiences in politics and weighed in on contemporary issues such as the economic crisis and national security. (MICHAEL LIU/The Stanford Daily)
Shultz also touched upon the nature of torture and waterboarding, given the recent national press attention surrounding declassified documents that reported that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave the nod of approval to then-CIA Director George Tenet to use waterboarding. Shultz pointed to the Geneva Convention that prohibits the use of torture and said that he agreed with it. However, he argued that the Geneva Convention does not particularly identify or define exactly what torture is.
“I don’t want to try and second-guess people who were in the administration or Congress, who in the intense problems right after 9/11 said that we also have to do everything we can to protect the country,” Shultz said. “They probably deviated somewhat from what the Geneva Convention called for.”
He argued that the administration was in a difficult situation and was operating in a setting where it had to protect the country after a major terrorist attack. To that end, he did not believe that legal authorities should investigate or prosecute administrators, such as Rice.=
“I’m not in favor of going back and trying to prosecute people for doing what they regarded as their duty to protect our national security,” he said. “I think it could set a very bad precedent.”
Just over two weeks ago, Rice noted to a student in Roble Hall, in a video made public on YouTube, that President Bush instructed officials that nothing they would do would be outside of their legal obligations under the Convention against Torture.
“So, by definition, if it was authorized by the President, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention,” Rice said to the student.
The comment sparked off a maelstrom of responses in the national spotlight, with some suggesting that Rice implied that a presidential authorization “by definition” grants something legality.
Shultz, however, strongly disagreed with this interpretation of the law.
“The President is never above the law,” he said?
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George Shultz is a member of Bohemian Grove. With its combination of wealth and power, Bohemian Grove’s secrecy has been a target for protest for many years. Few of my family friends are member of the Bohemian Club. My father was inviting to join but turn it down! President Herbert Hoover once called this club “the greatest men’s party on Earth.”“Anybody can be President of the United States, but very few can ever have any hope of becoming President of the Bohemian Club.”- President Richard Nixon, 1972
On July 15, 2000, Austin, Texas-based filmmaker Alex Jones and his cameraman, Mike Hanson, infiltrated the Grove and successfully made it out with documented evidence. With a hidden camera, Jones and Hanson were able to film the Cremation of Care ceremony. The footage was the centerpiece of Jones’ documentary, Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove. Jones claimed that the Cremation of Care is an “ancient Canaanite, Luciferian, Babylon mystery religion ceremony,” and that the owl statue is Moloch, although ancient descriptions of Moloch suggest a human figure with the head of a bull rather than an owl.
The Grove and Jones’ investigation were covered by Jon Ronson in Channel 4’s four-part documentary, Secret Rulers of the World. Ronson documented his view of the ritual in his book, Them: Adventures With Extremists, writing that it was a startling, immature, and bizarre way for world leaders to spend their summer vacations, but that he did not see evidence of covert Satanism. According to his description of the account it was nothing more than a fraternity-esque ritual, and the only reason one could see it as Satanic was if one were looking for Satanism in it to begin with.
About 30 years ago, Philip Rothschilds ordered one of his mistresses (Ayn Rand) to write an 1100-page book that would describe to all witches how they would take control of the World through the Illuminati: It’s called Atlas Shrugs.”
John Todd–Ex-Grand Druid Witch
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Former Secretary of State George Shultz relates his experiences to The Daily
At 88 years old, and after serving three universities, two presidents and one of the largest companies in the country, one would expect George Shultz to sit back and reflect on his long career as a public servant.
Former Secretary of State and Treasury George Shultz discussed his experiences in politics and weighed in on contemporary issues such as the economic crisis and national security. (MICHAEL LIU/The Stanford Daily)
Shultz also touched upon the nature of torture and waterboarding, given the recent national press attention surrounding declassified documents that reported that former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave the nod of approval to then-CIA Director George Tenet to use waterboarding. Shultz pointed to the Geneva Convention that prohibits the use of torture and said that he agreed with it. However, he argued that the Geneva Convention does not particularly identify or define exactly what torture is.
“I don’t want to try and second-guess people who were in the administration or Congress, who in the intense problems right after 9/11 said that we also have to do everything we can to protect the country,” Shultz said. “They probably deviated somewhat from what the Geneva Convention called for.”
He argued that the administration was in a difficult situation and was operating in a setting where it had to protect the country after a major terrorist attack. To that end, he did not believe that legal authorities should investigate or prosecute administrators, such as Rice.=
“I’m not in favor of going back and trying to prosecute people for doing what they regarded as their duty to protect our national security,” he said. “I think it could set a very bad precedent.”
Just over two weeks ago, Rice noted to a student in Roble Hall, in a video made public on YouTube, that President Bush instructed officials that nothing they would do would be outside of their legal obligations under the Convention against Torture.
“So, by definition, if it was authorized by the President, it did not violate our obligations under the Convention,” Rice said to the student.
The comment sparked off a maelstrom of responses in the national spotlight, with some suggesting that Rice implied that a presidential authorization “by definition” grants something legality.
Shultz, however, strongly disagreed with this interpretation of the law.
“The President is never above the law,” he said?
One Comment on “A History of Service”?
George Shultz is a member of Bohemian Grove. With its combination of wealth and power, Bohemian Grove’s secrecy has been a target for protest for many years. Few of my family friends are member of the Bohemian Club. My father was inviting to join but turn it down! President Herbert Hoover once called this club “the greatest men’s party on Earth.”“Anybody can be President of the United States, but very few can ever have any hope of becoming President of the Bohemian Club.”- President Richard Nixon, 1972
On July 15, 2000, Austin, Texas-based filmmaker Alex Jones and his cameraman, Mike Hanson, infiltrated the Grove and successfully made it out with documented evidence. With a hidden camera, Jones and Hanson were able to film the Cremation of Care ceremony. The footage was the centerpiece of Jones’ documentary, Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove. Jones claimed that the Cremation of Care is an “ancient Canaanite, Luciferian, Babylon mystery religion ceremony,” and that the owl statue is Moloch, although ancient descriptions of Moloch suggest a human figure with the head of a bull rather than an owl.
The Grove and Jones’ investigation were covered by Jon Ronson in Channel 4’s four-part documentary, Secret Rulers of the World. Ronson documented his view of the ritual in his book, Them: Adventures With Extremists, writing that it was a startling, immature, and bizarre way for world leaders to spend their summer vacations, but that he did not see evidence of covert Satanism. According to his description of the account it was nothing more than a fraternity-esque ritual, and the only reason one could see it as Satanic was if one were looking for Satanism in it to begin with.
About 30 years ago, Philip Rothschilds ordered one of his mistresses (Ayn Rand) to write an 1100-page book that would describe to all witches how they would take control of the World through the Illuminati: It’s called Atlas Shrugs.”
John Todd–Ex-Grand Druid Witch
Ted Rudow III,MA
Capitalism is coming to the end of itself.
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Capitalism is coming to the end of itself.
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday May 15th, 2009
Capitalism is coming to the end of itself. It has over-extended itself, it has lived beyond its income. It is living on borrowed money and borrowed time, and some day soon it’s going to have to pay.
The economists have been warning the U.S. government for years. The U.S. government has been living on borrowed time and money for the past 40 years. One reason for the real estate boom is that people begin to have faith in their money. As the price go up, the wages never rise as fast as the prices.
This time they’re not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody. It’s going to take the money down with it.The currency regime will be replaced by a very remarkable credit system in which every person in the world, who belongs to the system, will bear a chip implant, without which he or she can neither buy nor sell.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Capitalism is coming to the end of itself.
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday May 15th, 2009
Capitalism is coming to the end of itself. It has over-extended itself, it has lived beyond its income. It is living on borrowed money and borrowed time, and some day soon it’s going to have to pay.
The economists have been warning the U.S. government for years. The U.S. government has been living on borrowed time and money for the past 40 years. One reason for the real estate boom is that people begin to have faith in their money. As the price go up, the wages never rise as fast as the prices.
This time they’re not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody. It’s going to take the money down with it.The currency regime will be replaced by a very remarkable credit system in which every person in the world, who belongs to the system, will bear a chip implant, without which he or she can neither buy nor sell.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Thursday, May 14, 2009
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Capitalism is coming to the end of itself. It has over-extended itself, it has lived beyond its income. It is living on borrowed money and borrowed time, and some day soon it’s going to have to pay. The economists have been warning the U.S. government for years. The U.S. government has been living on borrowed time and money for the past 40 years. One reason for the real estate boom is that people begin to have faith in their money. As the price go up, the wages never rise as fast as the prices.
This time they’re not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody. It’s going to take the money down with it.The currency regime will be replaced by a very remarkable credit system in which every person in the world, who belongs to the system, will bear a chip implant, without which he or she can neither buy nor sell.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Capitalism is coming to the end of itself. It has over-extended itself, it has lived beyond its income. It is living on borrowed money and borrowed time, and some day soon it’s going to have to pay. The economists have been warning the U.S. government for years. The U.S. government has been living on borrowed time and money for the past 40 years. One reason for the real estate boom is that people begin to have faith in their money. As the price go up, the wages never rise as fast as the prices.
This time they’re not only going to have a big depression, or economic collapse, which in days past benefited the big money boys, but it is also going to bring about the collapse of big investors, governments, everybody. It’s going to take the money down with it.The currency regime will be replaced by a very remarkable credit system in which every person in the world, who belongs to the system, will bear a chip implant, without which he or she can neither buy nor sell.
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Mother's Day Should Be a Call to Stop Warfare
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Mother's Day Should Be a Call to Stop Warfare
By Ted Rudow III
Monday, May 11, 2009
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Mother's Day really was in its origin an antiwar day, an antiwar statement. Julia Ward Howe was sickened by what had happened during the Civil War, the loss of life, the carnage, and she created Mother's Day as a call for women all over the world to come together and create ways of protesting war, of making a kind of alternate government that could finally do away with war as an acceptable way of solving conflict. Countries used to go to war just for pride over some incident because they were offended or one king made a bad remark about another king. But in modern years, recent years, they go to war for commercial reasons, they're trade wars. Nearly every one of America's wars were for some kind of trade advantage or money or for territory-which of course were always fought under different excuses, even as far back as the Civil War. Before every war, there's a long period of mental conditioning and psychological preparation. You never saw how self-righteous nations can get just before a war! So righteous and so convinced that they are right and the other fellow's the criminal, the devil who needs to be conquered! "FROM WHENCE COME WARS?"
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By Ted Rudow III
Monday, May 11, 2009
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Mother's Day really was in its origin an antiwar day, an antiwar statement. Julia Ward Howe was sickened by what had happened during the Civil War, the loss of life, the carnage, and she created Mother's Day as a call for women all over the world to come together and create ways of protesting war, of making a kind of alternate government that could finally do away with war as an acceptable way of solving conflict. Countries used to go to war just for pride over some incident because they were offended or one king made a bad remark about another king. But in modern years, recent years, they go to war for commercial reasons, they're trade wars. Nearly every one of America's wars were for some kind of trade advantage or money or for territory-which of course were always fought under different excuses, even as far back as the Civil War. Before every war, there's a long period of mental conditioning and psychological preparation. You never saw how self-righteous nations can get just before a war! So righteous and so convinced that they are right and the other fellow's the criminal, the devil who needs to be conquered! "FROM WHENCE COME WARS?"
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Friday, May 08, 2009
Do abortion clinics encourage racist practice?
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The protesters just chaining themselves to doorways of abortion clinics isn't going to help those mothers any! They're just trying to stop'm from having abortions. They need to offer them help instead of going to all that expense of those huge rallies and demonstrations. Of course, that's good to wake up the people and stop the mothers, but what is the alternative? How are they going to help the mothers who can't handle their babies? Maybe they're single mothers who have jobs and can't even afford to have their babies, so what are they going to do to help them?
That's where it seems to me the Christian protesters are being a little hypocritical, because it doesn't seem that they're offering real genuine help, such as financial help & babycare or adoption assurance, things like that.
The rich Christians need to put their money where their mouth is & put out more money to help the girls! To the girls it's a problem. A lot of them don't want to have abortions, so what they need is help with their problem. If the Christians don't want them to get an abortion, then what do they want them to do? In a lot of cases, of course, it's just plain selfish women & selfish parents.
The single unwed mothers really can't even afford to have the abortion, but it's cheaper to have an abortion than to have a baby! It's gotten very expensive to have a baby in the U.S. nowadays.Then there's all of the babycare afterwards, & if she has a job, how is she going to take care of her baby?
A lot of women want to have the baby & would like to keep it, but the rules at the adoption agencies are that they can never see the baby again or even know who the adopting parents are! Therefore the girl has no hope for the future that she is ever going to see her baby again, & that's the killer! That really tortures them & frightens them!
If the adoption agencies would break that barrier, so that the adopters are willing to be more unselfish & willing to let the mother see the baby, even come & visit, that would seem to be the ideal solution. Let the rich adopters take care of the baby for her, like grandparents, & let her come see the baby, & when she is able, even allow her to take the child back.
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Do abortion clinics encourage racist practice?
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How much is my life worth? How about my mother's? Or my father's?
Planned Parenthood has accepted a price for my head by accepting money for the cause of aborting black babies. The organization has been targeted by the UCLA student publication, The Advocate, for its questionable practices regarding abortions....
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5/07/09
The protesters just chaining themselves to doorways of abortion clinics isn't going to help those mothers any! They're just trying to stop'm from having abortions. They need to offer them help instead of going to all that expense of those huge rallies and demonstrations. Of course, that's good to wake up the people and stop the mothers, but what is the alternative? How are they going to help the mothers who can't handle their babies? Maybe they're single mothers who have jobs and can't even afford to have their babies, so what are they going to do to help them?
That's where it seems to me the Christian protesters are being a little hypocritical, because it doesn't seem that they're offering real genuine help, such as financial help & babycare or adoption assurance, things like that.
The rich Christians need to put their money where their mouth is & put out more money to help the girls! To the girls it's a problem. A lot of them don't want to have abortions, so what they need is help with their problem. If the Christians don't want them to get an abortion, then what do they want them to do? In a lot of cases, of course, it's just plain selfish women & selfish parents.
The single unwed mothers really can't even afford to have the abortion, but it's cheaper to have an abortion than to have a baby! It's gotten very expensive to have a baby in the U.S. nowadays.Then there's all of the babycare afterwards, & if she has a job, how is she going to take care of her baby?
A lot of women want to have the baby & would like to keep it, but the rules at the adoption agencies are that they can never see the baby again or even know who the adopting parents are! Therefore the girl has no hope for the future that she is ever going to see her baby again, & that's the killer! That really tortures them & frightens them!
If the adoption agencies would break that barrier, so that the adopters are willing to be more unselfish & willing to let the mother see the baby, even come & visit, that would seem to be the ideal solution. Let the rich adopters take care of the baby for her, like grandparents, & let her come see the baby, & when she is able, even allow her to take the child back.
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
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Imagine what a different world it would be if the US and other nations took the trillion dollars they now spend every year on arms and armies and spent it on food, shelter, health, education and programs that bring life and well-being, rather than death and devastation! Fully half of that amount is spent by the United States, which sells billions of dollars of weaponry to the rest of the world so that they can be guilty of similar waste!
Cutting down on war and weaponry would be a great stimulus package, not only for the economy but for peace! It's not going to happen in the US anytime soon, of course. The weapons makers and the military are just too powerful, and if the president and lawmakers were to try to cut back on military spending, there'd be howls of protest that the US is going soft, that it can't stand up to terrorists, and all the other malarkey that the warmongers and weapons makers are so fond of dishing out.
History certainly shows that, but the US has never been very interested in history, and it seems it's destined to repeat the mistakes that other great nations have made.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Imagine what a different world it would be if the US and other nations took the trillion dollars they now spend every year on arms and armies and spent it on food, shelter, health, education and programs that bring life and well-being, rather than death and devastation! Fully half of that amount is spent by the United States, which sells billions of dollars of weaponry to the rest of the world so that they can be guilty of similar waste!
Cutting down on war and weaponry would be a great stimulus package, not only for the economy but for peace! It's not going to happen in the US anytime soon, of course. The weapons makers and the military are just too powerful, and if the president and lawmakers were to try to cut back on military spending, there'd be howls of protest that the US is going soft, that it can't stand up to terrorists, and all the other malarkey that the warmongers and weapons makers are so fond of dishing out.
History certainly shows that, but the US has never been very interested in history, and it seems it's destined to repeat the mistakes that other great nations have made.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, United States
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Hoover Fellow and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun engaging the Stanford student body in conversation, opening the floor to many people eager to meet the former Provost—and question the Bush administration’s policies.Rice, who said in a March 4 interview with The Daily that she is “willing to talk about the decisions that we made and the difficulty of those decisions under the circumstances,” has begun with visits to Freshman Sophomore College (FroSoCo) and Roble in recent weeks.Drawing a great deal of attention—as well as careful event planning—Rice has been met with the “respectful engagement” she asked for in March, but also critics and a video camera. Most famously, a YouTube video of Rice at Roble on Tuesday has already received 10,000 hits and national media attention.
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Recent figures underscore the severity of the toll on the U.S. economy. Last week, the International Monetary Fund said global banks and financial institutions have lost an estimated $4.1 trillion during the financial crisis. Of that total, $2.7 trillion in losses originated in the United States. In another report, the IMF also projected the cost to U.S. taxpayers for the Wall Street bailout and other economy spending could be far higher than government officials have claimed. IMF analysts say the taxpayer tab could come out to $1.9 trilllion over the next five years. The figure amounts to around $6,200 for every U.S. citizen, and just over 13 percent of annual gross domestic product.
A lot of the economists have formerly predicted doom, but they’re not doing it now. They’re all trying to be peace prophets, not prophets of doom, but of peace and safety. “When they shall cry, ‘peace and safety,’ then comes sudden destruction.” — 1Thess.5:3. That doesn’t necessarily mean just war. They’ve just had a destruction of the stock market, and that can lead to destruction of the economy. The thing is, the economy was just overinflated, it was just a big balloon ready to burst, and now it’s got to get back down to where it belongs.
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Hoover Fellow and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun engaging the Stanford student body in conversation, opening the floor to many people eager to meet the former Provost—and question the Bush administration’s policies.Rice, who said in a March 4 interview with The Daily that she is “willing to talk about the decisions that we made and the difficulty of those decisions under the circumstances,” has begun with visits to Freshman Sophomore College (FroSoCo) and Roble in recent weeks.Drawing a great deal of attention—as well as careful event planning—Rice has been met with the “respectful engagement” she asked for in March, but also critics and a video camera. Most famously, a YouTube video of Rice at Roble on Tuesday has already received 10,000 hits and national media attention.
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Recent figures underscore the severity of the toll on the U.S. economy. Last week, the International Monetary Fund said global banks and financial institutions have lost an estimated $4.1 trillion during the financial crisis. Of that total, $2.7 trillion in losses originated in the United States. In another report, the IMF also projected the cost to U.S. taxpayers for the Wall Street bailout and other economy spending could be far higher than government officials have claimed. IMF analysts say the taxpayer tab could come out to $1.9 trilllion over the next five years. The figure amounts to around $6,200 for every U.S. citizen, and just over 13 percent of annual gross domestic product.
A lot of the economists have formerly predicted doom, but they’re not doing it now. They’re all trying to be peace prophets, not prophets of doom, but of peace and safety. “When they shall cry, ‘peace and safety,’ then comes sudden destruction.” — 1Thess.5:3. That doesn’t necessarily mean just war. They’ve just had a destruction of the stock market, and that can lead to destruction of the economy. The thing is, the economy was just overinflated, it was just a big balloon ready to burst, and now it’s got to get back down to where it belongs.
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Dear Editor: Recent figures underscore the severity of the toll on the U.S. economy. Last week, the International Monetary Fund said global banks and financial institutions have lost an estimated $4.1 trillion during the financial crisis. Of that total, $2.7 trillion in losses originated in the United States. In another report, the IMF also projected the cost to U.S. taxpayers for the Wall Street bailout and other economy spending could be far higher than government officials have claimed. IMF analysts say the taxpayer tab could come out to $1.9 trilllion over the next five years. The figure amounts to around $6,200 for every U.S. citizen, and just over 13 percent of annual gross domestic product.
A lot of the economists have formerly predicted doom, but they're not doing it now. They're all trying to be peace prophets, not prophets of doom, but of peace and safety. "When they shall cry, 'peace and safety,' then comes sudden destruction." — 1Thess.5:3. That doesn't necessarily mean just war. They've just had a destruction of the stock market, and that can lead to destruction of the economy. The thing is, the economy was just overinflated, it was just a big balloon ready to burst, and now it's got to get back down to where it belongs.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Dear Editor: Recent figures underscore the severity of the toll on the U.S. economy. Last week, the International Monetary Fund said global banks and financial institutions have lost an estimated $4.1 trillion during the financial crisis. Of that total, $2.7 trillion in losses originated in the United States. In another report, the IMF also projected the cost to U.S. taxpayers for the Wall Street bailout and other economy spending could be far higher than government officials have claimed. IMF analysts say the taxpayer tab could come out to $1.9 trilllion over the next five years. The figure amounts to around $6,200 for every U.S. citizen, and just over 13 percent of annual gross domestic product.
A lot of the economists have formerly predicted doom, but they're not doing it now. They're all trying to be peace prophets, not prophets of doom, but of peace and safety. "When they shall cry, 'peace and safety,' then comes sudden destruction." — 1Thess.5:3. That doesn't necessarily mean just war. They've just had a destruction of the stock market, and that can lead to destruction of the economy. The thing is, the economy was just overinflated, it was just a big balloon ready to burst, and now it's got to get back down to where it belongs.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Dear Editor: Recent figures underscore the severity of the toll on the U.S. economy. Last week, the International Monetary Fund said global banks and financial institutions have lost an estimated $4.1 trillion during the financial crisis. Of that total, $2.7 trillion in losses originated in the United States. In another report, the IMF also projected the cost to U.S. taxpayers for the Wall Street bailout and other economy spending could be far higher than government officials have claimed. IMF analysts say the taxpayer tab could come out to $1.9 trilllion over the next five years. The figure amounts to around $6,200 for every U.S. citizen, and just over 13 percent of annual gross domestic product.
A lot of the economists have formerly predicted doom, but they're not doing it now. They're all trying to be peace prophets, not prophets of doom, but of peace and safety. "When they shall cry, 'peace and safety,' then comes sudden destruction." — 1Thess.5:3. That doesn't necessarily mean just war. They've just had a destruction of the stock market, and that can lead to destruction of the economy. The thing is, the economy was just overinflated, it was just a big balloon ready to burst, and now it's got to get back down to where it belongs.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Dear Editor: Recent figures underscore the severity of the toll on the U.S. economy. Last week, the International Monetary Fund said global banks and financial institutions have lost an estimated $4.1 trillion during the financial crisis. Of that total, $2.7 trillion in losses originated in the United States. In another report, the IMF also projected the cost to U.S. taxpayers for the Wall Street bailout and other economy spending could be far higher than government officials have claimed. IMF analysts say the taxpayer tab could come out to $1.9 trilllion over the next five years. The figure amounts to around $6,200 for every U.S. citizen, and just over 13 percent of annual gross domestic product.
A lot of the economists have formerly predicted doom, but they're not doing it now. They're all trying to be peace prophets, not prophets of doom, but of peace and safety. "When they shall cry, 'peace and safety,' then comes sudden destruction." — 1Thess.5:3. That doesn't necessarily mean just war. They've just had a destruction of the stock market, and that can lead to destruction of the economy. The thing is, the economy was just overinflated, it was just a big balloon ready to burst, and now it's got to get back down to where it belongs.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Thursday, May 07, 2009
After 39 Years, events surrounding Kent State
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by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday May 7th, 2009
After 39 Years, events surrounding Kent State massacre remain unresolved.Thirty-nine years ago this week, National Guardsmen opened fire on hundreds of unarmed students at an antiwar rally at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four and injuring nine.and her lost generation.
NITLER'S(Nixon) conduct in office during his first term, in ruthlessly crushing the youthful and the forces of peace and freedom, as well as under-mining the economy of the country, seemed to prove him so unpopular and odious that we could hardly see how he could ever get elected again! But by many devious, dastardly and dictatorial devices now being exposed to the world in the Watergate scandal, and by even deceiving his liberal enemies by his about-faces, chameleon changes and back flips in party politics. They managed to fool and lull the American public to sleep with a false sense of security and a don't-rock-the-boat-attitude, Nitler and his Nitzies managed to win again with the help of the ugly Americans!
Now it's like the lamentations of Jeremiah over the ruins of Jerusalem. America today is so like Israel was in the days before her fall, over whom the prophet Jeremiah laments. It's youth's lament over the death of America and the music that died with her and her lost generation.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Thursday May 7th, 2009
After 39 Years, events surrounding Kent State massacre remain unresolved.Thirty-nine years ago this week, National Guardsmen opened fire on hundreds of unarmed students at an antiwar rally at Kent State University in Ohio, killing four and injuring nine.and her lost generation.
NITLER'S(Nixon) conduct in office during his first term, in ruthlessly crushing the youthful and the forces of peace and freedom, as well as under-mining the economy of the country, seemed to prove him so unpopular and odious that we could hardly see how he could ever get elected again! But by many devious, dastardly and dictatorial devices now being exposed to the world in the Watergate scandal, and by even deceiving his liberal enemies by his about-faces, chameleon changes and back flips in party politics. They managed to fool and lull the American public to sleep with a false sense of security and a don't-rock-the-boat-attitude, Nitler and his Nitzies managed to win again with the help of the ugly Americans!
Now it's like the lamentations of Jeremiah over the ruins of Jerusalem. America today is so like Israel was in the days before her fall, over whom the prophet Jeremiah laments. It's youth's lament over the death of America and the music that died with her and her lost generation.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Ron Paul, an ob-gyn doctor is 11-term libertarian-like Texas
Republican congressman says simply: "The government shouldn't be in the
medical business." He describes a similar outbreak of swine flu back in
1976 when Democrat Joe Biden was already a senator but Barack Obama was
just a teenager. Paul says he was one of two votes against federal
involvement in flu-fighting back then. "There was a panic," he recalls,
"and they said it was going to sweep the nation and the government came
up with some flu shots and the government was going to inoculate
everybody and save the world from this disaster."
When the pandemic, called "Swine Flu", which man creates it,
you can be sure the governments of the world will have learned a lot
from this one, and they'll capitalize on it. They've found that they
need to work together to combat such diseases, a fact which the
governments will use to help promote a one world government with all of
its unified systems.
They've also found that dictatorial or repressive regimes fight
such diseases better, because they have more control over the
people-they can limit their travel, quarantine their home or apartment
building. So authoritarianism has just been given a new excuse for
existence, or at least an old one that hasn't been used in a while!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Swine flu, pork connection disproven by authorities
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As swine flu, or the H1N1 flu strain, remains a threat in California, the SJSU community is left to reflect on a disease that, so far, has left the university unaffected, according to an SJSU Public Affairs news release....
5/06/09
Ron Paul, an ob-gyn doctor is 11-term libertarian-like Texas
Republican congressman says simply: "The government shouldn't be in the
medical business." He describes a similar outbreak of swine flu back in
1976 when Democrat Joe Biden was already a senator but Barack Obama was
just a teenager. Paul says he was one of two votes against federal
involvement in flu-fighting back then. "There was a panic," he recalls,
"and they said it was going to sweep the nation and the government came
up with some flu shots and the government was going to inoculate
everybody and save the world from this disaster."
When the pandemic, called "Swine Flu", which man creates it,
you can be sure the governments of the world will have learned a lot
from this one, and they'll capitalize on it. They've found that they
need to work together to combat such diseases, a fact which the
governments will use to help promote a one world government with all of
its unified systems.
They've also found that dictatorial or repressive regimes fight
such diseases better, because they have more control over the
people-they can limit their travel, quarantine their home or apartment
building. So authoritarianism has just been given a new excuse for
existence, or at least an old one that hasn't been used in a while!
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
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Abstract: For me, it's not easy being a Cuban-American in the U.S., especially here in California. Cubans are very rare in The Golden State. Either that or just really spread out. So if you want to meet a real Cuban quickly and try your luck at dominoes with them, either book a flight to Florida, or go visit the actual country itself, although just trying to get permission to go is an adventure in itself.... Ted Rudow III,MA 5/06/09
HOW MANY EXAMPLES ARE THERE OF COUNTRIES THAT STARTED OFF WITH A LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC NEW REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS AT FIRST SUPPOSEDLY PRO-U.S. & recognised immediately by the U.S. Government & favoured & helped? I was there when it happened to Castro in Cuba! The U.S. just praised & extolled him to the heavens when he first moved in & ousted Batista--Batista, who was their own little boy but got too hard to control. Instead of letting the U.S. run him, he finally decided to let the Mafia run him, there was more in it for him.
AT FIRST THEY PRAISED & IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISED THE NEW CASTRO GOVERNMENT. But then he gradually turned & showed his Socialism more & more, & his brother & his cousin turned him more & more toward the Communists & he began to nationalise industry & these immense thousand-acre farms. Then he offended the rich when he came all-out in his program to re-distribute the land & the wealth, etc., & reclaim the Cuban possessions for Cubans!
AT FIRST THE U.S. BACKED CASTRO'S REVOLUTION, helped him, helped arm him & glorified him when he came to power. But then it took a turn, he went too far. The U.S. doesn't want a dictatorship, especially when it has become unpopular & World opinion has turned against them by the Jewish media, etc. They want a more liberal democratic government, they don't mind if it's even a little leftist, as long as they can dump this unpopular dictator who has begun to give the U.S. a bad reputation & is turning World opinion against the U.S.
NOW THIS IS THE PATTERN: They at first back the new leftist revolutionary government, which is supposedly going to be a democratic government & supposedly going to be pro-U.S. There's a whole long string of'm! They only keep relations with the U.S. because they're right there on the border & they're afraid, so they have to kind of play along with the U.S.
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
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Abstract: For me, it's not easy being a Cuban-American in the U.S., especially here in California. Cubans are very rare in The Golden State. Either that or just really spread out. So if you want to meet a real Cuban quickly and try your luck at dominoes with them, either book a flight to Florida, or go visit the actual country itself, although just trying to get permission to go is an adventure in itself.... Ted Rudow III,MA 5/06/09
HOW MANY EXAMPLES ARE THERE OF COUNTRIES THAT STARTED OFF WITH A LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC NEW REVOLUTIONARY GOVERNMENT WHICH WAS AT FIRST SUPPOSEDLY PRO-U.S. & recognised immediately by the U.S. Government & favoured & helped? I was there when it happened to Castro in Cuba! The U.S. just praised & extolled him to the heavens when he first moved in & ousted Batista--Batista, who was their own little boy but got too hard to control. Instead of letting the U.S. run him, he finally decided to let the Mafia run him, there was more in it for him.
AT FIRST THEY PRAISED & IMMEDIATELY RECOGNISED THE NEW CASTRO GOVERNMENT. But then he gradually turned & showed his Socialism more & more, & his brother & his cousin turned him more & more toward the Communists & he began to nationalise industry & these immense thousand-acre farms. Then he offended the rich when he came all-out in his program to re-distribute the land & the wealth, etc., & reclaim the Cuban possessions for Cubans!
AT FIRST THE U.S. BACKED CASTRO'S REVOLUTION, helped him, helped arm him & glorified him when he came to power. But then it took a turn, he went too far. The U.S. doesn't want a dictatorship, especially when it has become unpopular & World opinion has turned against them by the Jewish media, etc. They want a more liberal democratic government, they don't mind if it's even a little leftist, as long as they can dump this unpopular dictator who has begun to give the U.S. a bad reputation & is turning World opinion against the U.S.
NOW THIS IS THE PATTERN: They at first back the new leftist revolutionary government, which is supposedly going to be a democratic government & supposedly going to be pro-U.S. There's a whole long string of'm! They only keep relations with the U.S. because they're right there on the border & they're afraid, so they have to kind of play along with the U.S.
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
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Paul Krugman: Wage cuts squeeze workers and the shaky economy
By Paul Krugman
New York Times
Tuesday, May. 5, 2009 - Page 15A
Wages are falling all across America.
Some of the wage cuts, like the givebacks by Chrysler workers, are the price of federal aid. Others, like the tentative agreement on a salary cut here at the New York Times, are the result of discussions between employers and their union employees. Still others reflect the brute fact of a weak labor market: Workers don't dare protest when their wages are cut, because they don't think they can find other jobs.
Whatever the specifics, however, falling wages are a symptom of a sick economy. And they're a symptom that can make the economy even sicker.
First things first: anecdotes about falling wages are proliferating, but how broad is the phenomenon? The answer is, very.
It's true that many workers are still getting pay increases. But there are enough pay cuts out there that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average cost of employing workers in the private sector rose only two-tenths of a percent in the first quarter of this year – the lowest increase on record. Since the job market is still getting worse, it wouldn't be at all surprising if overall wages start falling later this year.
But why is that a bad thing? After all, many workers are accepting pay cuts in order to save jobs. What's wrong with that?
The answer lies in one of those paradoxes that plague our economy right now. We're suffering from the paradox of thrift: Saving is a virtue, but when everyone tries to sharply increase saving at the same time, the effect is a depressed economy. We're suffering from the paradox of deleveraging: Reducing debt and cleaning up balance sheets is good, but when everyone tries to sell off assets and pay down debt at the same time, the result is a financial crisis.
And soon we may be facing the paradox of wages: Workers at any one company can help save their jobs by accepting lower wages, but when employers across the economy cut wages at the same time, the result is higher unemployment.
Here's how the paradox works. Suppose that workers at the XYZ Corp. accept a pay cut. That lets XYZ management cut prices, making its products more competitive. Sales rise, and more workers can keep their jobs. So you might think that wage cuts raise employment – which they do at the level of the individual employer.
But if everyone takes a pay cut, nobody gains a competitive advantage. So there's no benefit to the economy from lower wages. Meanwhile, the fall in wages can worsen the economy's problems on other fronts.
In particular, falling wages, and hence falling incomes, worsen the problem of excessive debt: Your monthly mortgage payments don't go down with your paycheck. America came into this crisis with household debt as a percentage of income at its highest level since the 1930s. Families are trying to work that debt down by saving more than they have in a decade – but as wages fall, they're chasing a moving target. And the rising burden of debt will put downward pressure on consumer spending, keeping the economy depressed.
Things get even worse if businesses and consumers expect wages to fall further in the future. John Maynard Keynes put it clearly, more than 70 years ago: "The effect of an expectation that wages are going to sag by, say, 2 percent in the coming year will be roughly equivalent to the effect of a rise of 2 percent in the amount of interest payable for the same period." And a rise in the effective interest rate is the last thing this economy needs.
Concern about falling wages isn't just theory. Japan – where private-sector wages fell an average of more than 1 percent a year from 1997 to 2003 – is an object lesson in how wage deflation can contribute to economic stagnation.
So what should we conclude from the growing evidence of sagging wages in America? Mainly that stabilizing the economy isn't enough: We need a real recovery.
There has been a lot of talk lately about green shoots and all that, and there are indeed indications that the economic plunge that began last fall may be leveling off. The National Bureau of Economic Research might even declare the recession over later this year.
But the unemployment rate is almost certainly still rising. And all signs point to a terrible job market for many months if not years to come – which is a recipe for continuing wage cuts, which will in turn keep the economy weak.
To break that vicious circle, we basically need more: more stimulus, more decisive action on the banks, more job creation.
Credit where credit is due: President Barack Obama and his economic advisers seem to have steered the economy away from the abyss. But the risk that America will turn into Japan – that we'll face years of deflation and stagnation – seems, if anything, to be rising.
..................................................
05/05/2009
Imagine what a different world it would be if the United States and other nations took the trillion dollars they now spend every year on arms and armies and spent it on food, shelter, health, education and programs that bring life and well-being, rather than death and devastation.
Cutting down on war and weaponry would be a great stimulus package, not only for the economy but for peace. It's not going to happen in the United States anytime soon, of course. The weapons makers and the military are just too powerful, and if the president and lawmakers were to try to cut back on military spending, there'd be howls of protest that the United States is going soft.
Americans have never been very interested in history, and it seems it's destined to repeat the mistakes that other great nations have made.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Paul Krugman: Wage cuts squeeze workers and the shaky economy
By Paul Krugman
New York Times
Tuesday, May. 5, 2009 - Page 15A
Wages are falling all across America.
Some of the wage cuts, like the givebacks by Chrysler workers, are the price of federal aid. Others, like the tentative agreement on a salary cut here at the New York Times, are the result of discussions between employers and their union employees. Still others reflect the brute fact of a weak labor market: Workers don't dare protest when their wages are cut, because they don't think they can find other jobs.
Whatever the specifics, however, falling wages are a symptom of a sick economy. And they're a symptom that can make the economy even sicker.
First things first: anecdotes about falling wages are proliferating, but how broad is the phenomenon? The answer is, very.
It's true that many workers are still getting pay increases. But there are enough pay cuts out there that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average cost of employing workers in the private sector rose only two-tenths of a percent in the first quarter of this year – the lowest increase on record. Since the job market is still getting worse, it wouldn't be at all surprising if overall wages start falling later this year.
But why is that a bad thing? After all, many workers are accepting pay cuts in order to save jobs. What's wrong with that?
The answer lies in one of those paradoxes that plague our economy right now. We're suffering from the paradox of thrift: Saving is a virtue, but when everyone tries to sharply increase saving at the same time, the effect is a depressed economy. We're suffering from the paradox of deleveraging: Reducing debt and cleaning up balance sheets is good, but when everyone tries to sell off assets and pay down debt at the same time, the result is a financial crisis.
And soon we may be facing the paradox of wages: Workers at any one company can help save their jobs by accepting lower wages, but when employers across the economy cut wages at the same time, the result is higher unemployment.
Here's how the paradox works. Suppose that workers at the XYZ Corp. accept a pay cut. That lets XYZ management cut prices, making its products more competitive. Sales rise, and more workers can keep their jobs. So you might think that wage cuts raise employment – which they do at the level of the individual employer.
But if everyone takes a pay cut, nobody gains a competitive advantage. So there's no benefit to the economy from lower wages. Meanwhile, the fall in wages can worsen the economy's problems on other fronts.
In particular, falling wages, and hence falling incomes, worsen the problem of excessive debt: Your monthly mortgage payments don't go down with your paycheck. America came into this crisis with household debt as a percentage of income at its highest level since the 1930s. Families are trying to work that debt down by saving more than they have in a decade – but as wages fall, they're chasing a moving target. And the rising burden of debt will put downward pressure on consumer spending, keeping the economy depressed.
Things get even worse if businesses and consumers expect wages to fall further in the future. John Maynard Keynes put it clearly, more than 70 years ago: "The effect of an expectation that wages are going to sag by, say, 2 percent in the coming year will be roughly equivalent to the effect of a rise of 2 percent in the amount of interest payable for the same period." And a rise in the effective interest rate is the last thing this economy needs.
Concern about falling wages isn't just theory. Japan – where private-sector wages fell an average of more than 1 percent a year from 1997 to 2003 – is an object lesson in how wage deflation can contribute to economic stagnation.
So what should we conclude from the growing evidence of sagging wages in America? Mainly that stabilizing the economy isn't enough: We need a real recovery.
There has been a lot of talk lately about green shoots and all that, and there are indeed indications that the economic plunge that began last fall may be leveling off. The National Bureau of Economic Research might even declare the recession over later this year.
But the unemployment rate is almost certainly still rising. And all signs point to a terrible job market for many months if not years to come – which is a recipe for continuing wage cuts, which will in turn keep the economy weak.
To break that vicious circle, we basically need more: more stimulus, more decisive action on the banks, more job creation.
Credit where credit is due: President Barack Obama and his economic advisers seem to have steered the economy away from the abyss. But the risk that America will turn into Japan – that we'll face years of deflation and stagnation – seems, if anything, to be rising.
..................................................
05/05/2009
Imagine what a different world it would be if the United States and other nations took the trillion dollars they now spend every year on arms and armies and spent it on food, shelter, health, education and programs that bring life and well-being, rather than death and devastation.
Cutting down on war and weaponry would be a great stimulus package, not only for the economy but for peace. It's not going to happen in the United States anytime soon, of course. The weapons makers and the military are just too powerful, and if the president and lawmakers were to try to cut back on military spending, there'd be howls of protest that the United States is going soft.
Americans have never been very interested in history, and it seems it's destined to repeat the mistakes that other great nations have made.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Monday, May 04, 2009
Islamic Awareness Week concludes with talks of misconceptions of Islam
Islamic Awareness Week concludes with talks of misconceptions of Islam
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Islamic Awareness Week concludes with talks of misconceptions of Islam
Abstract:
Students filed in and out of Washington Square Hall on Thursday night to hear what Sheikh Alaeddin Elbakri had to say about life's purpose.
The lecture, titled "The Purpose of Life," was hosted by the Muslim Students Association and was the last event of this year's Islamic Awareness Week, which was held from April 27 to May 1.... 5/04/09
CHRISTIANS PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT AS LITTLE ABOUT ISLAM AS CAN BE KNOWN. When we really think about it we realise how ignorant we are of both their religion and the people. About all we've ever heard has been the very negative and uncomplimentary propaganda by so-called Christians and Christendom and the Western enemies of Islam.
WHAT GOOD HAVE YOU EVER HEARD FROM THE WEST ABOUT THE ARABS? Honestly now, how much good have you ever heard about the Arabs, even before they became famous for their oil? I think the horrible impression that most people have had of the Arabs stems from the Crusades.
WHAT LITTLE THEY REMEMBER IS THAT THE ARABS WERE SOME KIND OF FIERCE CRUEL WARRIORS who the so-called "Christian Crusaders" had to fight to so-call "free" the Holy City, using just as much cruelty against the Arabs as the Arabs were accused of using against Christians. So it's about six of one and half-a-dozen of the other, only the cruelty of one was done in the name of Christ, sad to say, which is even worse, whereas the Arabs were really defending their homeland in the name of God.
RELIGIOUS WARS ARE VERY VERY SAD THINGS. THEY SHOW HOW LITTLE REAL RELIGION THE PEOPLE HAVE who are fighting, how little of God some have and how little love, and they're very sad.
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
Spartan Daily - Serving San Jose State University since 1934
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Monday, May 4, 2009
Islamic Awareness Week concludes with talks of misconceptions of Islam
Abstract:
Students filed in and out of Washington Square Hall on Thursday night to hear what Sheikh Alaeddin Elbakri had to say about life's purpose.
The lecture, titled "The Purpose of Life," was hosted by the Muslim Students Association and was the last event of this year's Islamic Awareness Week, which was held from April 27 to May 1.... 5/04/09
CHRISTIANS PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT AS LITTLE ABOUT ISLAM AS CAN BE KNOWN. When we really think about it we realise how ignorant we are of both their religion and the people. About all we've ever heard has been the very negative and uncomplimentary propaganda by so-called Christians and Christendom and the Western enemies of Islam.
WHAT GOOD HAVE YOU EVER HEARD FROM THE WEST ABOUT THE ARABS? Honestly now, how much good have you ever heard about the Arabs, even before they became famous for their oil? I think the horrible impression that most people have had of the Arabs stems from the Crusades.
WHAT LITTLE THEY REMEMBER IS THAT THE ARABS WERE SOME KIND OF FIERCE CRUEL WARRIORS who the so-called "Christian Crusaders" had to fight to so-call "free" the Holy City, using just as much cruelty against the Arabs as the Arabs were accused of using against Christians. So it's about six of one and half-a-dozen of the other, only the cruelty of one was done in the name of Christ, sad to say, which is even worse, whereas the Arabs were really defending their homeland in the name of God.
RELIGIOUS WARS ARE VERY VERY SAD THINGS. THEY SHOW HOW LITTLE REAL RELIGION THE PEOPLE HAVE who are fighting, how little of God some have and how little love, and they're very sad.
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
Panic?
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Panic?
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 4th, 2009 2:49 PM
Ron Paul,an ob-gyn doctor is 11-term libertarian-like Texas Republican congressman says simply: "The government shouldn't be in the medical business."
He describes a similar outbreak of swine flu back in 1976 when Democrat Joe Biden was already a senator but Barack Obama was just a teenager. Paul says he was one of two votes against federal involvement in flu-fighting back then. "There was a panic," he recalls, "and they said it was going to sweep the nation and the government came up with some flu shots and the government was going to inoculate everybody and save the world from this disaster."
When the pandemic, called "Swine Flu", which man creates it, you can be sure the governments of the world will have learned a lot from this one, and they'll capitalize on it. They've found that they need to work together to combat such diseases, a fact which the governments will use to help promote a one world government with all of its unified systems.
They've also found that dictatorial or repressive regimes fight such diseases better, because they have more control over the people-they can limit their travel, quarantine their home or apartment building. So authoritarianism has just been given a new excuse for existence, or at least an old one that hasn't been used in a while!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Panic?
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 4th, 2009 2:49 PM
Ron Paul,an ob-gyn doctor is 11-term libertarian-like Texas Republican congressman says simply: "The government shouldn't be in the medical business."
He describes a similar outbreak of swine flu back in 1976 when Democrat Joe Biden was already a senator but Barack Obama was just a teenager. Paul says he was one of two votes against federal involvement in flu-fighting back then. "There was a panic," he recalls, "and they said it was going to sweep the nation and the government came up with some flu shots and the government was going to inoculate everybody and save the world from this disaster."
When the pandemic, called "Swine Flu", which man creates it, you can be sure the governments of the world will have learned a lot from this one, and they'll capitalize on it. They've found that they need to work together to combat such diseases, a fact which the governments will use to help promote a one world government with all of its unified systems.
They've also found that dictatorial or repressive regimes fight such diseases better, because they have more control over the people-they can limit their travel, quarantine their home or apartment building. So authoritarianism has just been given a new excuse for existence, or at least an old one that hasn't been used in a while!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Sunday, May 03, 2009
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Imagine what a different world it would be if the United States and other nations took the trillion dollars they now spend every year on arms and armies and spent it on food, shelter, health, education and programs that bring life and well-being, rather than death and devastation.
Cutting down on war and weaponry would be a great stimulus package, not only for the economy but for peace. It's not going to happen in the United States anytime soon, of course. The weapons makers and the military are just too powerful, and if the president and lawmakers were to try to cut back on military spending, there'd be howls of protest that the United States is going soft.
Americans have never been very interested in history, and it seems it's destined to repeat the mistakes that other great nations have made.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Posted: 05/1/09
Imagine what a different world it would be if the United States and other nations took the trillion dollars they now spend every year on arms and armies and spent it on food, shelter, health, education and programs that bring life and well-being, rather than death and devastation.
Cutting down on war and weaponry would be a great stimulus package, not only for the economy but for peace. It's not going to happen in the United States anytime soon, of course. The weapons makers and the military are just too powerful, and if the president and lawmakers were to try to cut back on military spending, there'd be howls of protest that the United States is going soft.
Americans have never been very interested in history, and it seems it's destined to repeat the mistakes that other great nations have made.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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