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Prisoners of the compromises
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Feb 29th, 2008 7:49 AM
Jeremy Scahill reports Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will not “rule out” using private military companies like Blackwater Worldwide in Iraq.
Obama also has no plans to sign on to legislation that seeks to ban the use of these forces in US war zones by January 2009.
Despite their antiwar rhetoric, both Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton have adopted the congressional Democratic position that would leave open the option of keeping tens of thousands of US troops in Iraq for many years. Those who would reach such a lofty office in the eyes of the world have entangled themselves deeply in the affairs of this world. Those who are elected to this office that is so highly esteemed among men have few choices left to them.
When in their hearts they know exactly where they stand, and which way they’ll go when the showdown comes as many Democratic and Republican leaders have. They are prisoners of the compromises they have made to attain the office, prisoners of their advisers and counselors, prisoners of the policies of their party and the values of their nation. They are heavily influenced by Superdelegate as well and will bow down to their will!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Friday, February 29, 2008
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The blindness of one
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By Kamil Dada
President George W. Bush publicly stated yesterday that the U.S. economy was not in a recession and that he believed it would not fall into a downturn. Given that economic reports show that U.S. consumer confidence has slumped to its worst in five years, and home prices fell 8.9 percent last year, his view is not one that everyone shares — including a number of scholars at Stanford.
Emeritus Economics Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-prize winning economist who formerly served as vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, said Tuesday that the U.S. economy is probably in a recession with the housing-market collapse dragging down consumer spending.----
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The credit storm which began in July when two Bear Stearns hedge funds were forced to liquidate, has continued to intensify. Last week the noose tightened around auction-rate securities, a little-known part of the market that requires short-term funding to set rates for long-term municipal bonds. The $330 billion ARS market has dried up overnight pushing up rates as high as 20 per cent on some bonds -- a new benchmark for short term debt. Auction-rate securities are now headed for extinction just like the other previously-vital parts of the structured finance paradigm.
The $2 trillion market for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), the multi-trillion dollar mortgage-backed securities market (MBSs) and the $1.3 asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market have all shut down draining a small ocean of capital from the financial system and pushing many of the banks and hedge funds closer to default.
Number of famous economists, they are each planning to be somewhere else when the crash comes which they predict will topple the rich nations like tumbling tenpins into an economic chaos that will make the Great Depression of the Thirties look like good times. It is the arrogance of one, the unyieldedness of the other, the greed of one, the selfishness of the other, the blindness of one, the hardness of the other, and all of these things in some of those involved! In this case, the love of money is at the root of this evil, for it is what drives the forces at work.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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By Kamil Dada
President George W. Bush publicly stated yesterday that the U.S. economy was not in a recession and that he believed it would not fall into a downturn. Given that economic reports show that U.S. consumer confidence has slumped to its worst in five years, and home prices fell 8.9 percent last year, his view is not one that everyone shares — including a number of scholars at Stanford.
Emeritus Economics Prof. Joseph Stiglitz, a Nobel-prize winning economist who formerly served as vice president and chief economist of the World Bank, said Tuesday that the U.S. economy is probably in a recession with the housing-market collapse dragging down consumer spending.----
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The credit storm which began in July when two Bear Stearns hedge funds were forced to liquidate, has continued to intensify. Last week the noose tightened around auction-rate securities, a little-known part of the market that requires short-term funding to set rates for long-term municipal bonds. The $330 billion ARS market has dried up overnight pushing up rates as high as 20 per cent on some bonds -- a new benchmark for short term debt. Auction-rate securities are now headed for extinction just like the other previously-vital parts of the structured finance paradigm.
The $2 trillion market for collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), the multi-trillion dollar mortgage-backed securities market (MBSs) and the $1.3 asset-backed commercial paper (ABCP) market have all shut down draining a small ocean of capital from the financial system and pushing many of the banks and hedge funds closer to default.
Number of famous economists, they are each planning to be somewhere else when the crash comes which they predict will topple the rich nations like tumbling tenpins into an economic chaos that will make the Great Depression of the Thirties look like good times. It is the arrogance of one, the unyieldedness of the other, the greed of one, the selfishness of the other, the blindness of one, the hardness of the other, and all of these things in some of those involved! In this case, the love of money is at the root of this evil, for it is what drives the forces at work.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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Three young men, all former soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force, founded “Breaking the Silence” to do just that. It is a forum for former combat veterans — most of them in their 20s and early 30s — to talk about the way a brutal occupation made them brutes. Soldiers Avichai Sharon, Yehuda Shaul and Noam Chayut organized an exhibition of photographs and soldiers’ testimonies from their military service in the West Bank city of Hebron. They acted for the sake of their own mental health and, they say, to force Israel to confront the truth about its policies.
“What haunts me? It’s the memories of 6-year-old, 7-year-old Palestinian children watching with tears in their eyes (video) when you’re tossing their rooms, breaking their walls, taking their father and slamming him into the wall before arresting--Responsibility is to every human being in the world, and for sure for Americans, because in the end of the day for all what Israel does, there is only one country in the world that, you know, the chief of staff and the prime minister of Israel has to report in the end of the day, and that’s the United States of America.”
One of the main supporters of the backward policies is AIPAC, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, that describes itself as the most important organization affecting the U.S. relationship with Israel. With a budget of $65 million, and membership now standing at over 100,000, it is no wonder that congressional staffers consider it one of the most powerful and effective lobbies on Capitol Hill. Including AIPAC’s support for U.S. military aid to Israel, which amounts to over $3 billion per year.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Sports should be secondary. Why give athletics an increase in funding? Academics are important and the university should facilitate the students with faculty and classes/courses. Let's facilitate the students' educational career instead of the seemingly habitual and persistent impediment of invaluable educational growth.
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The only escape for me, I thought, was sports. So I practiced and practiced basketball until I received many offers included West Point! I recieved an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California at Berkeley, in 1970.
The Vietman War was going on, and Berkeley was the hot-bed of radical resistance. I was on the honor roll and was voted first-team all-Northern California freshman in basketball, Captain and Most Valuable Player in 1971.
I felt pressures on many sides to really put out all my time and energy towards becoming a basketball star in college and pressing toward a professional career. On the other hand, deep within my heart, I felt that there was something wrong with all this!I felt caught between two worlds,one with the teachings of Jesus and His commandment to love thy neighbor,while in the other world, I was told to gain a near-manical desire to win and to physically punish my opponent in a defeat!
Time after time,scientists and social scientists had determine that sports actually aggravate conflict and aggression,as well damage bodies! My former U.C. Berkeley basketball coach,(1970-2), was verbally abusive and he got fired for hitting a player at another college! Did you know that the Nicargua-El Salvador war,in which 20,000 people were killed,started over a football game? In fact,Ernest Hemingway,who spent so much time in Latin America and Spain,said you could eliminate most Latin American wars and their causes by simply banning football or soccer!
Competitive Sports is war in disguised.
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Three young men, all former soldiers in the Israeli Defense Force, founded “Breaking the Silence” to do just that. It is a forum for former combat veterans — most of them in their 20s and early 30s — to talk about the way a brutal occupation made them brutes. Soldiers Avichai Sharon, Yehuda Shaul and Noam Chayut organized an exhibition of photographs and soldiers’ testimonies from their military service in the West Bank city of Hebron. They acted for the sake of their own mental health and, they say, to force Israel to confront the truth about its policies.
“What haunts me? It’s the memories of 6-year-old, 7-year-old Palestinian children watching with tears in their eyes (video) when you’re tossing their rooms, breaking their walls, taking their father and slamming him into the wall before arresting--Responsibility is to every human being in the world, and for sure for Americans, because in the end of the day for all what Israel does, there is only one country in the world that, you know, the chief of staff and the prime minister of Israel has to report in the end of the day, and that’s the United States of America.”
One of the main supporters of the backward policies is AIPAC, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, that describes itself as the most important organization affecting the U.S. relationship with Israel. With a budget of $65 million, and membership now standing at over 100,000, it is no wonder that congressional staffers consider it one of the most powerful and effective lobbies on Capitol Hill. Including AIPAC’s support for U.S. military aid to Israel, which amounts to over $3 billion per year.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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Sports should be secondary. Why give athletics an increase in funding? Academics are important and the university should facilitate the students with faculty and classes/courses. Let's facilitate the students' educational career instead of the seemingly habitual and persistent impediment of invaluable educational growth.
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The only escape for me, I thought, was sports. So I practiced and practiced basketball until I received many offers included West Point! I recieved an athletic scholarship to attend the University of California at Berkeley, in 1970.
The Vietman War was going on, and Berkeley was the hot-bed of radical resistance. I was on the honor roll and was voted first-team all-Northern California freshman in basketball, Captain and Most Valuable Player in 1971.
I felt pressures on many sides to really put out all my time and energy towards becoming a basketball star in college and pressing toward a professional career. On the other hand, deep within my heart, I felt that there was something wrong with all this!I felt caught between two worlds,one with the teachings of Jesus and His commandment to love thy neighbor,while in the other world, I was told to gain a near-manical desire to win and to physically punish my opponent in a defeat!
Time after time,scientists and social scientists had determine that sports actually aggravate conflict and aggression,as well damage bodies! My former U.C. Berkeley basketball coach,(1970-2), was verbally abusive and he got fired for hitting a player at another college! Did you know that the Nicargua-El Salvador war,in which 20,000 people were killed,started over a football game? In fact,Ernest Hemingway,who spent so much time in Latin America and Spain,said you could eliminate most Latin American wars and their causes by simply banning football or soccer!
Competitive Sports is war in disguised.
Ted Rudow III,
Friday, February 22, 2008
A HIDDEN HAND?--SATAN?
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February 22, 2008
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Satanists of Stanford University, unite! From today forward, we shall no longer lie in the shadows. Standing against the backdrop of White Plaza, an enormous banner reads “may the love of SATAN be with you.” The name “Jesus” has been crossed out, and SATAN has, very cleverly, been placed above it on a new piece of paper.----
A HIDDEN HAND?--SATAN?
The kingdom of darkness is real and is the spiritual source of all opposition to God.
The lord of this diabolical kingdom is the "prince of the air," more commonly known as Satan, or the Devil. With a horde of wicked spirits at his command, he is called the "god of this [fallen] world" ( 2 Corinthians 4:4 ). As this world's ruler, his task is to oppose all of God's efforts to redeem Man. The battlefield here is primarily the human mind. Using a variety of techniques, Satan's strategy is to fill us with lies, to convince us that black is white and evil is good, to justify sin and blind us to our need for a Saviour, to distort our image of God and erase or trivialise our image of Satan, convincing us that he either doesn't exist or that he's a cartoon imp in red pajamas. Put simply, "to blind the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, Who is the image of God, should shine unto them" ( 2 Corinthians 4:4 ).
Given its power over the heart of Man, music is among the most potent of these techniques. And it's worth noting that both the Scriptures and church tradition suggest that music comes quite naturally to Satan, that very possibly, before his fall, he was in charge of music in Heaven. (See Isaiah 14:11 ; Ezekiel 28:13-15 .)
Of course, any style of music can be perverted by evil. Many of the elements this presentation examines are found in other musical forms as well. The reason for our focus on rock is both its unparalleled popularity and the manner in which it has given place to evil. Subtly at first, and then with increasing blatancy as rock's celebrants have been brought under its rhythmic sway, it has become one of the most potent weapons in Satan's arsenal of deception.
Fortunately, Satan's proven tendency for over-achieving has resulted in a blatancy that, when examined by an objective inquirer, can be used to expose the Devil's presence and purposes--hence this presentation.
And one last point before we begin to dust rock music for Satan's fingerprints--2 Corinthians tells us that Satan can transform himself into an angel of light ( 2 Corinthians 11:14 )--that he can, in other words, appear as something beautiful, even Christ-like. Don't be fooled! Satan doesn't just manifest his power through a Hitler or a Charles Manson. He can use your favourite guitarist, a pretty pop singer, maybe even you! Anyone who resists the will of God is fertile soil for his seeds of deception.
Satan had a great deal of control over Mankind until Jesus. On the cross, Jesus' thorn-torn brow and pierced body provided the perfect blood sacrifice for our sins. Now Satan's once mighty power is broken over anyone who believes on that blood, in Jesus and His sacrifice for us. It's no wonder Satan hates it. Can we find this demonic hatred in rock music? Sadly, yes.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Satanists of Stanford University, unite! From today forward, we shall no longer lie in the shadows. Standing against the backdrop of White Plaza, an enormous banner reads “may the love of SATAN be with you.” The name “Jesus” has been crossed out, and SATAN has, very cleverly, been placed above it on a new piece of paper.----
A HIDDEN HAND?--SATAN?
The kingdom of darkness is real and is the spiritual source of all opposition to God.
The lord of this diabolical kingdom is the "prince of the air," more commonly known as Satan, or the Devil. With a horde of wicked spirits at his command, he is called the "god of this [fallen] world" ( 2 Corinthians 4:4 ). As this world's ruler, his task is to oppose all of God's efforts to redeem Man. The battlefield here is primarily the human mind. Using a variety of techniques, Satan's strategy is to fill us with lies, to convince us that black is white and evil is good, to justify sin and blind us to our need for a Saviour, to distort our image of God and erase or trivialise our image of Satan, convincing us that he either doesn't exist or that he's a cartoon imp in red pajamas. Put simply, "to blind the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, Who is the image of God, should shine unto them" ( 2 Corinthians 4:4 ).
Given its power over the heart of Man, music is among the most potent of these techniques. And it's worth noting that both the Scriptures and church tradition suggest that music comes quite naturally to Satan, that very possibly, before his fall, he was in charge of music in Heaven. (See Isaiah 14:11 ; Ezekiel 28:13-15 .)
Of course, any style of music can be perverted by evil. Many of the elements this presentation examines are found in other musical forms as well. The reason for our focus on rock is both its unparalleled popularity and the manner in which it has given place to evil. Subtly at first, and then with increasing blatancy as rock's celebrants have been brought under its rhythmic sway, it has become one of the most potent weapons in Satan's arsenal of deception.
Fortunately, Satan's proven tendency for over-achieving has resulted in a blatancy that, when examined by an objective inquirer, can be used to expose the Devil's presence and purposes--hence this presentation.
And one last point before we begin to dust rock music for Satan's fingerprints--2 Corinthians tells us that Satan can transform himself into an angel of light ( 2 Corinthians 11:14 )--that he can, in other words, appear as something beautiful, even Christ-like. Don't be fooled! Satan doesn't just manifest his power through a Hitler or a Charles Manson. He can use your favourite guitarist, a pretty pop singer, maybe even you! Anyone who resists the will of God is fertile soil for his seeds of deception.
Satan had a great deal of control over Mankind until Jesus. On the cross, Jesus' thorn-torn brow and pierced body provided the perfect blood sacrifice for our sins. Now Satan's once mighty power is broken over anyone who believes on that blood, in Jesus and His sacrifice for us. It's no wonder Satan hates it. Can we find this demonic hatred in rock music? Sadly, yes.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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Restrictions and oppression.Castro has done both good and evil, both godly and ungodly things, and in his old age he seeks to make amends and to do better before he passes on. Cuba desires and needs a Latin government, one that will allows Cuba to flourish and grow, while keeping evil and iniquity under control and in check. He has done much good for them, because he cares for them and wishes to see them prosper and do well. Many of the people chafe under the unnecessary restrictions and oppression. They do not need American-style democracy imposed upon them, but they do need more freedom. America fought him over the decades, and he vowed he would not change or give up, and he became rigid. But the world around him changed and Cuba changed, and his rigidity and inflexibility that once kept and preserved his people now works against them. But he nears the end of his days and Cuba too will change. Castro has become an has been, for he has grown set in his ways over the years, sometimes out of necessity.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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It's starting
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Feb 20th, 2008 5:10 PM
It's starting to become like Eastern Europe used to be in the days of the Soviet Union, when there were police informants all over the place, people who were recruited to inform the authorities about anything suspicious so it could be checked out.
Except nowadays governments are recruiting their entire populations to keep an eye out for anyone suspicious!
It hasn't gotten as bad as the Soviet Union was, of course, but it has had an effect on people and on society as a whole. There's more fear, less tolerance for differences, and certainly less tolerance for people who might appear to be "difference"
If it suits their purposes, governments don't have to wait for terrorists to come along to create "incidents," you know. Hitler certainly didn't, when he wanted to seize more power in Germany. He and his officers arranged for some people to set fire to the German parliament building, and then he blamed it on the communists. Not long afterwards, new laws were passed "for the Protection of the People and the State," new crackdowns were enacted, and Hitler's dictatorship was well on the way. So it wouldn't be the first time that a government used terrorism as a pretext!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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... "What changes minds is real sacrifice. Getting clubbed by policemen who then throw you in jail while you’re still bleeding. Or fleeing to Canada, never knowing if you will return to the country of your birth. Non-violent protest is not passive. It involves people radically changing their lives for something they passionately believe. Generally all that happens is a couple gatherings in White Plaza between classes. And even when something a bit more spectacular, like a hunger strike, happens, it’s brief and easy to ignore. All this protesting is lame — and everyone knows it’s lame — and that’s why you never get anywhere."
It's starting to become like Eastern Europe used to be in the days of the Soviet Union, when there were police informants all over the place, people who were recruited to inform the authorities about anything suspicious so it could be checked out. Except nowadays governments are recruiting their entire populations to keep an eye out for anyone suspicious!
It hasn't gotten as bad as the Soviet Union was, of course, but it has had an effect on people and on society as a whole. There's more fear, less tolerance for differences, and certainly less tolerance for people who might appear to be "difference"
If it suits their purposes, governments don't have to wait for terrorists to come along to create "incidents," you know. Hitler certainly didn't, when he wanted to seize more power in Germany. He and his officers arranged for some people to set fire to the German parliament building, and then he blamed it on the communists. Not long afterwards, new laws were passed "for the Protection of the People and the State," new crackdowns were enacted, and Hitler's dictatorship was well on the way. So it wouldn't be the first time that a government used terrorism as a pretext!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Restrictions and oppression.Castro has done both good and evil, both godly and ungodly things, and in his old age he seeks to make amends and to do better before he passes on. Cuba desires and needs a Latin government, one that will allows Cuba to flourish and grow, while keeping evil and iniquity under control and in check. He has done much good for them, because he cares for them and wishes to see them prosper and do well. Many of the people chafe under the unnecessary restrictions and oppression. They do not need American-style democracy imposed upon them, but they do need more freedom. America fought him over the decades, and he vowed he would not change or give up, and he became rigid. But the world around him changed and Cuba changed, and his rigidity and inflexibility that once kept and preserved his people now works against them. But he nears the end of his days and Cuba too will change. Castro has become an has been, for he has grown set in his ways over the years, sometimes out of necessity.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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It's starting
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Feb 20th, 2008 5:10 PM
It's starting to become like Eastern Europe used to be in the days of the Soviet Union, when there were police informants all over the place, people who were recruited to inform the authorities about anything suspicious so it could be checked out.
Except nowadays governments are recruiting their entire populations to keep an eye out for anyone suspicious!
It hasn't gotten as bad as the Soviet Union was, of course, but it has had an effect on people and on society as a whole. There's more fear, less tolerance for differences, and certainly less tolerance for people who might appear to be "difference"
If it suits their purposes, governments don't have to wait for terrorists to come along to create "incidents," you know. Hitler certainly didn't, when he wanted to seize more power in Germany. He and his officers arranged for some people to set fire to the German parliament building, and then he blamed it on the communists. Not long afterwards, new laws were passed "for the Protection of the People and the State," new crackdowns were enacted, and Hitler's dictatorship was well on the way. So it wouldn't be the first time that a government used terrorism as a pretext!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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By Rahul Kanakia
... "What changes minds is real sacrifice. Getting clubbed by policemen who then throw you in jail while you’re still bleeding. Or fleeing to Canada, never knowing if you will return to the country of your birth. Non-violent protest is not passive. It involves people radically changing their lives for something they passionately believe. Generally all that happens is a couple gatherings in White Plaza between classes. And even when something a bit more spectacular, like a hunger strike, happens, it’s brief and easy to ignore. All this protesting is lame — and everyone knows it’s lame — and that’s why you never get anywhere."
It's starting to become like Eastern Europe used to be in the days of the Soviet Union, when there were police informants all over the place, people who were recruited to inform the authorities about anything suspicious so it could be checked out. Except nowadays governments are recruiting their entire populations to keep an eye out for anyone suspicious!
It hasn't gotten as bad as the Soviet Union was, of course, but it has had an effect on people and on society as a whole. There's more fear, less tolerance for differences, and certainly less tolerance for people who might appear to be "difference"
If it suits their purposes, governments don't have to wait for terrorists to come along to create "incidents," you know. Hitler certainly didn't, when he wanted to seize more power in Germany. He and his officers arranged for some people to set fire to the German parliament building, and then he blamed it on the communists. Not long afterwards, new laws were passed "for the Protection of the People and the State," new crackdowns were enacted, and Hitler's dictatorship was well on the way. So it wouldn't be the first time that a government used terrorism as a pretext!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Fear of terrorism
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Everyone was under observation in Orwell’s 1984, being watched at any time, and that’s how it’s becoming in many big cities around the world — and little ones as well. The fear of criminals or terrorists has infected society after society, and instead of teaching their citizens right from wrong or providing enough money and jobs for them so that they don’t have to turn to crime, they’re investing in surveillance equipment instead, so they can catch them when they do wrong.
It’s a culture of fear. Americans are afraid of terrorists or terrorism, and their government plays on those fears. In fact, it manipulates their fears, and even works to heighten them. That’s what helps to keep politicians in office: “Vote for me, because I can protect you. My opponent, on the other hand, is soft on terrorism.” And many people just don’t realize that they’re being bamboozled — that they’re giving up their money, their freedom, their privacy, their rights, to protect them from a threat that’s less likely to strike them than a bolt of lightning.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Everyone was under observation in Orwell’s 1984, being watched at any time, and that’s how it’s becoming in many big cities around the world — and little ones as well. The fear of criminals or terrorists has infected society after society, and instead of teaching their citizens right from wrong or providing enough money and jobs for them so that they don’t have to turn to crime, they’re investing in surveillance equipment instead, so they can catch them when they do wrong.
It’s a culture of fear. Americans are afraid of terrorists or terrorism, and their government plays on those fears. In fact, it manipulates their fears, and even works to heighten them. That’s what helps to keep politicians in office: “Vote for me, because I can protect you. My opponent, on the other hand, is soft on terrorism.” And many people just don’t realize that they’re being bamboozled — that they’re giving up their money, their freedom, their privacy, their rights, to protect them from a threat that’s less likely to strike them than a bolt of lightning.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
What goes up,must come down!
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All great societies pass this way eventually, running up unsustainable debts and printing (or minting) currency in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain the illusion of prosperity. And all, eventually, find themselves between the proverbial devil and deep blue sea: Either they simply collapse under the weight of their accumulated debt, as did the U.S. and Europe in the 1930s, or they keep running the printing presses until their currencies become worthless and their economies fall into chaos.
This is a big blow to the money men, the rich stock investors in New York and the U.S.A. and around the world. It starts with the U.S., then it sort of dominoes. How it will go this time, of course, nobody knows except the Lord, but we know there’s going to be a Crash, and a worldwide Crash, and this could be the beginning of the real crash.
How long can they stand that? And the U.S. itself has the biggest deficit it has ever had, amounting to nearly $5,132,265,067,831.71 current debt held by the public and Intragovernmental Holdings $4,105,743,221,110.40, total public debt outstanding of $9,238,008,288,942.11. Dollars that the United States owes and can’t pay. There has to come a day of reckoning, and it looks like it’s about to come.
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Editor,
All great societies pass this way eventually, running up unsustainable debts and printing (or minting) currency in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain the illusion of prosperity. And all, eventually, find themselves between the proverbial devil and deep blue sea: Either they simply collapse under the weight of their accumulated debt, as did the U.S. and Europe in the 1930s, or they keep running the printing presses until their currencies become worthless and their economies fall into chaos.
This is a big blow to the money men, the rich stock investors in New York and the U.S.A. and around the world. It starts with the U.S., then it sort of dominoes. How it will go this time, of course, nobody knows except the Lord, but we know there’s going to be a Crash, and a worldwide Crash, and this could be the beginning of the real crash.
How long can they stand that? And the U.S. itself has the biggest deficit it has ever had, amounting to nearly $5,132,265,067,831.71 current debt held by the public and Intragovernmental Holdings $4,105,743,221,110.40, total public debt outstanding of $9,238,008,288,942.11. Dollars that the United States owes and can’t pay. There has to come a day of reckoning, and it looks like it’s about to come.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Clemens
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They are hypocritical
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder, said he doesn't regret using the performance-enhancing drugs. Schwarzenegger has acknowledged taking steroids, but pointed out that they were legal at the time. With such violent films as "The Terminator" (1984), he delivers the oft-quoted, straight-faced line "I'll be back" to a desk clerk and now he used that line in his speeches! Horrible!
Another case, that because of Clemens' friendship with President George W. Bush's father, former President George H.W. Bush, some predicted the pitcher will be pardoned should Clemens be indicted or convicted of anything related to the hearing.
They are hypocrite pretending to be everybody's friend and nobody's enemy, when in their hearts they know exactly where they stand, and which way they'll go when the showdown comes, as many Republican leaders have. It's the spirit of competition and pride, proving you're better than the other guy. So they take steriods! But the world just loves it!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Clemens
Sunday, February 17, 2008
They are hypocritical
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has acknowledged using steroids during his years as a champion body builder, said he doesn't regret using the performance-enhancing drugs. Schwarzenegger has acknowledged taking steroids, but pointed out that they were legal at the time. With such violent films as "The Terminator" (1984), he delivers the oft-quoted, straight-faced line "I'll be back" to a desk clerk and now he used that line in his speeches! Horrible!
Another case, that because of Clemens' friendship with President George W. Bush's father, former President George H.W. Bush, some predicted the pitcher will be pardoned should Clemens be indicted or convicted of anything related to the hearing.
They are hypocrite pretending to be everybody's friend and nobody's enemy, when in their hearts they know exactly where they stand, and which way they'll go when the showdown comes, as many Republican leaders have. It's the spirit of competition and pride, proving you're better than the other guy. So they take steriods! But the world just loves it!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Prisoners of the policies of their party
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"The United States has never had, and possibly will never have again, a vice president as powerful as Dick Cheney. Perhaps he will only be remembered by political scientists and White House history buffs, but remembered he will be. Now as Cheney serves his last year in office, it is time to analyze the mark he has left on the White House. ------
Ted Rudow III,MA
America is too far gone for that now, especially for the types of Christians who seek to become vice-president of that nation. The Lord advised His followers that 'No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier' (2 Timothy 2:4). Those who would reach such a lofty office in the eyes of the world have entangled themselves deeply in the affairs of this world, and have separated themselves from Him.
Those who are elected to this office that is so highly esteemed among men have few choices left to them. They are prisoners of the compromises they have made to attain the office, prisoners of their advisers and counselors, prisoners of the policies of their party and the values of their nation. They are heavily influenced by Superdelegate as well and will bow down to their will!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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"The United States has never had, and possibly will never have again, a vice president as powerful as Dick Cheney. Perhaps he will only be remembered by political scientists and White House history buffs, but remembered he will be. Now as Cheney serves his last year in office, it is time to analyze the mark he has left on the White House. ------
Ted Rudow III,MA
America is too far gone for that now, especially for the types of Christians who seek to become vice-president of that nation. The Lord advised His followers that 'No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier' (2 Timothy 2:4). Those who would reach such a lofty office in the eyes of the world have entangled themselves deeply in the affairs of this world, and have separated themselves from Him.
Those who are elected to this office that is so highly esteemed among men have few choices left to them. They are prisoners of the compromises they have made to attain the office, prisoners of their advisers and counselors, prisoners of the policies of their party and the values of their nation. They are heavily influenced by Superdelegate as well and will bow down to their will!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Monday, February 11, 2008
Corporatocracy
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I voted for Sen. Barack Obama. But there is another side to the story.In the U.S., we know that the two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that’s not going to come from us. Primarily that’s going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.It doesn’t really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it’s really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they’re not democratically elected, they don’t serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today, corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn’t be.
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I voted for Sen. Barack Obama. But there is another side to the story.In the U.S., we know that the two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that’s not going to come from us. Primarily that’s going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.It doesn’t really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it’s really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they’re not democratically elected, they don’t serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today, corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn’t be.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Obama
February 05
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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/02/05/18477126.php
Obama
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Tuesday Feb 5th, 2008 9:20 AM
I am voted for Barack Obama. But there is another side to the story!
"In the U.S., we know that the next two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that's not going to come from me and you. Primarily that's going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.--It doesn't really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it's really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they're not democratically elected, they don't serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn't be."John Perkins,"The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global "
The rich of the world were eager to loan money to the poor nations of the world, for the money came with strings—strings which would become chains of immense debt over time. After the poor nations had spent their loans, often squandering them at the economic marketplaces of the rich nations, they had little to repay them with. But the interest was due month after month, year after year, and that often required taking out more loans, with more interest, and growing indebtedness, dependence, poverty, and economic slavery.
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"Clinton, compared to Obama, has shown herself to be far humbler(?) in her ambitions for the presidency, focusing on solutions and results rather than grand, gauzy rhetoric.--The American people will find a Hillary Clinton presidency to be humble(?) and bipartisan, much like her seven and a half years in the Senate. -------
Ted Rudow III,MA
I am voted for Barack Obama. But there is another side to the story!
"In the U.S., we know that the next two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that's not going to come from me and you. Primarily that's going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.--It doesn't really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it's really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they're not democratically elected, they don't serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn't be."John Perkins,"The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global "
The rich of the world were eager to loan money to the poor nations of the world, for the money came with strings—strings which would become chains of immense debt over time. After the poor nations had spent their loans, often squandering them at the economic marketplaces of the rich nations, they had little to repay them with. But the interest was due month after month, year after year, and that often required taking out more loans, with more interest, and growing indebtedness, dependence, poverty, and economic slavery.
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I am voted for Barack Obama. But there is another to the story! "In the U.S., we know that the next two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that's not going to come from me and you. Primarily that's going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.--It doesn't really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it's really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they're not democratically elected, they don't serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn't be."John Perkins,"The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global "
The rich of the world were eager to loan money to the poor nations of the world, for the money came with strings--strings which would become chains of immense debt over time. After the poor nations had spent their loans, often squandering them at the economic marketplaces of the rich nations, they had little to repay them with. But the interest was due month after month, year after year, and that often required taking out more loans, with more interest, and growing indebtedness, dependence, poverty, and economic slavery.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Tuesday Feb 5th, 2008 9:20 AM
I am voted for Barack Obama. But there is another side to the story!
"In the U.S., we know that the next two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that's not going to come from me and you. Primarily that's going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.--It doesn't really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it's really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they're not democratically elected, they don't serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn't be."John Perkins,"The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global "
The rich of the world were eager to loan money to the poor nations of the world, for the money came with strings—strings which would become chains of immense debt over time. After the poor nations had spent their loans, often squandering them at the economic marketplaces of the rich nations, they had little to repay them with. But the interest was due month after month, year after year, and that often required taking out more loans, with more interest, and growing indebtedness, dependence, poverty, and economic slavery.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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"Clinton, compared to Obama, has shown herself to be far humbler(?) in her ambitions for the presidency, focusing on solutions and results rather than grand, gauzy rhetoric.--The American people will find a Hillary Clinton presidency to be humble(?) and bipartisan, much like her seven and a half years in the Senate. -------
Ted Rudow III,MA
I am voted for Barack Obama. But there is another side to the story!
"In the U.S., we know that the next two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that's not going to come from me and you. Primarily that's going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.--It doesn't really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it's really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they're not democratically elected, they don't serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn't be."John Perkins,"The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global "
The rich of the world were eager to loan money to the poor nations of the world, for the money came with strings—strings which would become chains of immense debt over time. After the poor nations had spent their loans, often squandering them at the economic marketplaces of the rich nations, they had little to repay them with. But the interest was due month after month, year after year, and that often required taking out more loans, with more interest, and growing indebtedness, dependence, poverty, and economic slavery.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Obama
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Obama for president: It's no 'fairy tale'
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He stands tall and proud on podiums during state primaries and caucuses, both in victory and defeat.
His ebullient smile and flaming confidence are invariable constants, despite the oppositions, despite the setbacks and despite America's critical wariness in envisioning him sitting in the Oval Office....
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Ted Rudow III,MA
I am voted for Barack Obama. But there is another to the story! "In the U.S., we know that the next two final presidential candidates, Republican and Democrat alike, are going to each have to raise something like half a billion dollars. And that's not going to come from me and you. Primarily that's going to come from the people who own and run our big corporations. So the G8 is this group of countries that represent the biggest multinational corporations in the world and really serve at their behest.--It doesn't really matter whether we have a Democrat or a Republican in the White House or running Congress; the empire goes on, because it's really run by what I call the corporatocracy, which is a group of men who run our biggest corporations. They really are the equivalent of the emperor, because they do not serve at the wish of the people, they're not democratically elected, they don't serve any limited term. They essentially answer to no one, except their own boards. They are the power behind this. Today corporations exist for the primary purpose of making large profits, making a few very rich people a lot richer. That shouldn't be."John Perkins,"The Secret History of the American Empire: Economic Hit Men, Jackals, and the Truth about Global "
The rich of the world were eager to loan money to the poor nations of the world, for the money came with strings--strings which would become chains of immense debt over time. After the poor nations had spent their loans, often squandering them at the economic marketplaces of the rich nations, they had little to repay them with. But the interest was due month after month, year after year, and that often required taking out more loans, with more interest, and growing indebtedness, dependence, poverty, and economic slavery.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Monday, February 04, 2008
U.S can't sustain
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All great societies pass this way eventually, running up unsustainable debts and printing (or minting) currency in an increasingly desperate attempt to maintain the illusion of prosperity. They simply collapse under the weight of their accumulated debt, as did the United States and Europe in the 1930s, or they keep running the printing presses until their currencies become worthless and their economies fall into chaos. The United States has the biggest deficit it has ever had, amounting to nearly $9.2 trillion. There has to come a day of reckoning, and it looks like it's about to come.
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Propaganda
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Propagada
"We must trust Americans with the responsibility of homeownership and empower them to weather turbulent times in housing market. My administration brought together the Hope Now Alliance which is helping many struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. And Congress can help even more." Bush
"We actually saw a remarkable surge in the proportion of Americas low income families who became homeowners in the last 10 years or so. And I expect were going to see their equity almost completely wiped out, which would be a terrible tragedy for them. There's something like 2 million households going into foreclosure. The rescue packages that have been passed so far will affect about 200,000 of them, it is paltry."
Katherine Newman
The great and powerful rich, propaganda and advertising, that they even convinced lots of poor people that they were right and persuaded them to voluntarily give up some of the few things they had to make them even poorer and the rich even richer.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Changes
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Changes
Changes in man's society always come from the bottom, not the top--changes in economics, politics, or religion, or the earth--because the top does not want to change; it always wants to be on the top. But if they try to seal the pot to preserve the status quo, they cannot, and the pot will explode and destroy because of the fire. There must be this continual change; otherwise there would be stagnation. There must be this constant circulation or there would be total stagnation and corruption, because that which is at the top is the first to ferment, to sour, to rot, and that which is on the bottom is full of dregs, which if allowed to accumulate would solidify and clot the circulatory process, and that which is on the top would become scum and froth and, as in the brewing of a good beverage, it must be constantly stirred to prevent the settling of the dregs or the accumulation of scum, and to insure the equal distribution of all properties concerned, there must be constant change and constant stirring and constant circulation to prevent stagnation--either by fire or by sword.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Propagada
"We must trust Americans with the responsibility of homeownership and empower them to weather turbulent times in housing market. My administration brought together the Hope Now Alliance which is helping many struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. And Congress can help even more." Bush
"We actually saw a remarkable surge in the proportion of Americas low income families who became homeowners in the last 10 years or so. And I expect were going to see their equity almost completely wiped out, which would be a terrible tragedy for them. There's something like 2 million households going into foreclosure. The rescue packages that have been passed so far will affect about 200,000 of them, it is paltry."
Katherine Newman
The great and powerful rich, propaganda and advertising, that they even convinced lots of poor people that they were right and persuaded them to voluntarily give up some of the few things they had to make them even poorer and the rich even richer.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Changes
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Changes
Changes in man's society always come from the bottom, not the top--changes in economics, politics, or religion, or the earth--because the top does not want to change; it always wants to be on the top. But if they try to seal the pot to preserve the status quo, they cannot, and the pot will explode and destroy because of the fire. There must be this continual change; otherwise there would be stagnation. There must be this constant circulation or there would be total stagnation and corruption, because that which is at the top is the first to ferment, to sour, to rot, and that which is on the bottom is full of dregs, which if allowed to accumulate would solidify and clot the circulatory process, and that which is on the top would become scum and froth and, as in the brewing of a good beverage, it must be constantly stirred to prevent the settling of the dregs or the accumulation of scum, and to insure the equal distribution of all properties concerned, there must be constant change and constant stirring and constant circulation to prevent stagnation--either by fire or by sword.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Propaganda
Propaganda
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/30/18475837.php
Propaganda
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Jan 30th, 2008 9:59 AM
"We must trust Americans with the responsibility of homeownership and empower them to weather turbulent times in housing market. My administration brought together the Hope Now Alliance which is helping many struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. And Congress can help even more.", Bush
"We actually saw a remarkable surge in the proportion of Americas’ low income families who became homeowners in the last 10 years or so. And I expect we’re going to see their equity almost completely wiped out, which would be a terrible tragedy for them. There’s something like 2 million households going into foreclosure. The rescue packages that have been passed so far will affect about 200,000 of them, it is paltry." Katherine Newman
The great and powerful rich, propaganda and advertising, that they even convinced lots of poor people that they were right and persuaded them to voluntarily give up some of the few things they had to make them even poorer and the rich even richer, so the rich could have more and more and the poor less and less. Then to brainwash the poor of any anti-rich ideas and indoctrinate them with complacency and willingness to be peaceful servants to the rich and work hard for them do all these things for them as the will of God, which to religion, is the will of the rich.
Ted Rudow III,MA
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/30/18475837.php
Propaganda
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday Jan 30th, 2008 9:59 AM
"We must trust Americans with the responsibility of homeownership and empower them to weather turbulent times in housing market. My administration brought together the Hope Now Alliance which is helping many struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. And Congress can help even more.", Bush
"We actually saw a remarkable surge in the proportion of Americas’ low income families who became homeowners in the last 10 years or so. And I expect we’re going to see their equity almost completely wiped out, which would be a terrible tragedy for them. There’s something like 2 million households going into foreclosure. The rescue packages that have been passed so far will affect about 200,000 of them, it is paltry." Katherine Newman
The great and powerful rich, propaganda and advertising, that they even convinced lots of poor people that they were right and persuaded them to voluntarily give up some of the few things they had to make them even poorer and the rich even richer, so the rich could have more and more and the poor less and less. Then to brainwash the poor of any anti-rich ideas and indoctrinate them with complacency and willingness to be peaceful servants to the rich and work hard for them do all these things for them as the will of God, which to religion, is the will of the rich.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
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Few 'Speak Up'
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For the first "Speak Up" event at SJSU, not many students voiced their opinion on the topic "First Amendment."
Held on the Upper Pad in the Student Union, located between the first and second floors, moderator Blake Balajadia had one volunteer come up and speak his mind....
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Ted Rudow III,MA Changes in man's society always come from the bottom, not the top--changes in economics, politics, or religion, or the earth--because the top does not want to change; it always wants to be on the top. But if they try to seal the pot to preserve the status quo, they cannot, and the pot will explode and destroy because of the fire. There must be this continual change; otherwise there would be stagnation. There must be this constant circulation or there would be total stagnation and corruption, because that which is at the top is the first to ferment, to sour, to rot, and that which is on the bottom is full of dregs, which if allowed to accumulate would solidify and clot the circulatory process, and that which is on the top would become scum and froth and, as in the brewing of a good beverage, it must be constantly stirred to prevent the settling of the dregs or the accumulation of scum, and to insure the equal distribution of all properties concerned, there must be constant change and constant stirring and constant circulation to prevent stagnation--either by fire or by sword.
Ted Rudow III,MA (Class of 1996)
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Few 'Speak Up'
Abstract:
For the first "Speak Up" event at SJSU, not many students voiced their opinion on the topic "First Amendment."
Held on the Upper Pad in the Student Union, located between the first and second floors, moderator Blake Balajadia had one volunteer come up and speak his mind....
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Ted Rudow III,MA Changes in man's society always come from the bottom, not the top--changes in economics, politics, or religion, or the earth--because the top does not want to change; it always wants to be on the top. But if they try to seal the pot to preserve the status quo, they cannot, and the pot will explode and destroy because of the fire. There must be this continual change; otherwise there would be stagnation. There must be this constant circulation or there would be total stagnation and corruption, because that which is at the top is the first to ferment, to sour, to rot, and that which is on the bottom is full of dregs, which if allowed to accumulate would solidify and clot the circulatory process, and that which is on the top would become scum and froth and, as in the brewing of a good beverage, it must be constantly stirred to prevent the settling of the dregs or the accumulation of scum, and to insure the equal distribution of all properties concerned, there must be constant change and constant stirring and constant circulation to prevent stagnation--either by fire or by sword.
Ted Rudow III,MA (Class of 1996)
Monday, January 28, 2008
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Hitchens knocks intelligent design
Atheist debates creation advocate Jay Richards in Dinkelspiel Auditorium
January 28, 2008
By Shelby Martin
During an animated debate yesterday in a packed Dinkelspiel Auditorium, atheist Christopher Hitchens and intelligent design advocate Jay Richards clashed over the evidence for God’s existence.
“Many people are deeply religious,” he said. “Are they just stupider than you?”“I think I am smarter than most people(?),” Hitchens said, but he added that religion plays an important part in human history.“Religion was our first try at philosophy, it was our first try at epistemology. It’s what we came up with when we didn’t know we lived on a round planet circling the sun.”The event was broadcast by the Church Communication Network to churches around the country. Listeners could send questions via fax or email, and audience members at Stanford could turn in written questions to be answered by the debaters.Richards stated that just as the designers of Mt. Rushmore made the monument very different from the hills around it, “intelligent agents leave markers for their design.”“The existence of a creator God is something we can discern from the world around us,” he concluded.
Hitchens disagreed."
There is no proof for evolution. It has to be believed, therefore it's a faith, therefore it's a religion! So they're teaching a new compulsory religion in today's hallowed halls of higher learning.
Even the great high priest and founding father of this new false faith, Charles Darwin himself, confessed that "the belief (note the emphasis on belief) in natural selection (evolution) must at present be grounded entirely on general considerations.
Does biological evolution exist? The surprising answer is yes! However, the type of evolution that is evident is not the evolution that is so commonly taught as fact today.There are two categories of evolution: One is called microevolution and the other macroevolution. Microevolution happens within species, when small adaptations either take place to accommodate environment or are brought about by breeding. Macroevolution is the idea that one species evolves into another, the commonly understood theory of evolution. This second type of evolution has never been observed to occur.
Once I was a tadpole long and thin, then I was a baboon with my tail tucked in, then I was a monkey in a tropical tree and now I am professor with college degree. Did Charley make a monkey out of you?
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Atheist debates creation advocate Jay Richards in Dinkelspiel Auditorium
January 28, 2008
By Shelby Martin
During an animated debate yesterday in a packed Dinkelspiel Auditorium, atheist Christopher Hitchens and intelligent design advocate Jay Richards clashed over the evidence for God’s existence.
“Many people are deeply religious,” he said. “Are they just stupider than you?”“I think I am smarter than most people(?),” Hitchens said, but he added that religion plays an important part in human history.“Religion was our first try at philosophy, it was our first try at epistemology. It’s what we came up with when we didn’t know we lived on a round planet circling the sun.”The event was broadcast by the Church Communication Network to churches around the country. Listeners could send questions via fax or email, and audience members at Stanford could turn in written questions to be answered by the debaters.Richards stated that just as the designers of Mt. Rushmore made the monument very different from the hills around it, “intelligent agents leave markers for their design.”“The existence of a creator God is something we can discern from the world around us,” he concluded.
Hitchens disagreed."
There is no proof for evolution. It has to be believed, therefore it's a faith, therefore it's a religion! So they're teaching a new compulsory religion in today's hallowed halls of higher learning.
Even the great high priest and founding father of this new false faith, Charles Darwin himself, confessed that "the belief (note the emphasis on belief) in natural selection (evolution) must at present be grounded entirely on general considerations.
Does biological evolution exist? The surprising answer is yes! However, the type of evolution that is evident is not the evolution that is so commonly taught as fact today.There are two categories of evolution: One is called microevolution and the other macroevolution. Microevolution happens within species, when small adaptations either take place to accommodate environment or are brought about by breeding. Macroevolution is the idea that one species evolves into another, the commonly understood theory of evolution. This second type of evolution has never been observed to occur.
Once I was a tadpole long and thin, then I was a baboon with my tail tucked in, then I was a monkey in a tropical tree and now I am professor with college degree. Did Charley make a monkey out of you?
Ted Rudow III,MA
Saturday, January 26, 2008
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Despite their treatment, many Palestinians are simply trying to get by and to survive, but there are those who respond to violence with violence. There is terrorism on both sides. Yet it is Palestinian children who have suffered the most, endured the most hardship and pain, undergone the most torment of body and spirit. Recognition of Israel and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations such as United Nations Resolution 242 could solve the problem.
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Despite their treatment, many Palestinians are simply trying to get by and to survive, but there are those who respond to violence with violence. There is terrorism on both sides. Yet it is Palestinian children who have suffered the most, endured the most hardship and pain, undergone the most torment of body and spirit. Recognition of Israel and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations such as United Nations Resolution 242 could solve the problem.
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January 24th, 2008 1:37 pmLink
It's a time of reflection for many in the selfish western world but also the towers of democracy and of the free world. They have only begun to witness the great destruction that will fall upon them.
The economies will fall now. They will come up for a few more gasps of air, but this has been the fatal blow that will bring them down. There's still a little time left in which the economies will float above the crisis, but not for long. It's more as I said--they will be surfacing for gasps of air, but then submerging again, much as a drowning man who goes down longer and longer after each desperate gasp at the surface, until he surfaces no more.
Why you say? How else were they going to get the world to fall into their hands and beg for more restrictions that will keep them safe--but at the same time drive them deeper into the web of bondage that the Big-Business billonaire boys whose multi-billionaire corporations are booming because of these economic policies now have spun for them?
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It's a time of reflection for many in the selfish western world but also the towers of democracy and of the free world. They have only begun to witness the great destruction that will fall upon them.
The economies will fall now. They will come up for a few more gasps of air, but this has been the fatal blow that will bring them down. There's still a little time left in which the economies will float above the crisis, but not for long. It's more as I said--they will be surfacing for gasps of air, but then submerging again, much as a drowning man who goes down longer and longer after each desperate gasp at the surface, until he surfaces no more.
Why you say? How else were they going to get the world to fall into their hands and beg for more restrictions that will keep them safe--but at the same time drive them deeper into the web of bondage that the Big-Business billonaire boys whose multi-billionaire corporations are booming because of these economic policies now have spun for them?
— Ted Rudow III,MA, Menlo Park,CA
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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Editorial: Economy requires long-term and short-term fixes?
Both quick stimulus, financial reforms are needed to deal with current downturn
Thursday, January 24, 2008
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Crash
It's a time of reflection for many in the selfish western world but also the towers of democracy and of the free world. They have only begun to witness the great destruction that will fall upon them.
The economies will fall now. They will come up for a few more gasps of air, but this has been the fatal blow that will bring them down. There's still a little time left in which the economies will float above the crisis, but not for long. It's more as I said--they will be surfacing for gasps of air, but then submerging again, much as a drowning man who goes down longer and longer after each desperate gasp at the surface, until he surfaces no more.
Why you say? How else were they going to get the world to fall into their hands and beg for more restrictions that will keep them safe--but at the same time drive them deeper into the web of bondage that the Big-Business billonaire boys whose multi-billionaire corporations are booming because of these economic policies now have spun for them?
Ted Rudow III,MA
Editorial: Economy requires long-term and short-term fixes?
Both quick stimulus, financial reforms are needed to deal with current downturn
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Story appeared in EDITORIALS section,
Crash
It's a time of reflection for many in the selfish western world but also the towers of democracy and of the free world. They have only begun to witness the great destruction that will fall upon them.
The economies will fall now. They will come up for a few more gasps of air, but this has been the fatal blow that will bring them down. There's still a little time left in which the economies will float above the crisis, but not for long. It's more as I said--they will be surfacing for gasps of air, but then submerging again, much as a drowning man who goes down longer and longer after each desperate gasp at the surface, until he surfaces no more.
Why you say? How else were they going to get the world to fall into their hands and beg for more restrictions that will keep them safe--but at the same time drive them deeper into the web of bondage that the Big-Business billonaire boys whose multi-billionaire corporations are booming because of these economic policies now have spun for them?
Ted Rudow III,MA
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Deserving to be apathetic?
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Students Illustrated: Deserving to be apathetic?
January 21, 2008
By Laura Holmes
Ted Rudow III,MA
One can see what American presidential politics has become, even American politics as a whole: You’re allowed to vote for the candidates chosen by big business, those who will implement policies favorable to them, whether it’s in the public interest or not. Is it any wonder that many Americans are now choosing to vote for “none of the above?”
But if they really wanted to change things, they always could. If they’re not happy with the candidates who are chosen for them, they could always choose their own and vote for them, and “throw the [present] rascals out,” as they used to say.
People don’t do so because they’ve just sunk down into lethargy. It’s too much work, too much trouble, too much expense and too big a fight against big business, big media and big polls that predict such independent candidates “don’t have a chance.”
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Students Illustrated: Deserving to be apathetic?
January 21, 2008
By Laura Holmes
Ted Rudow III,MA
One can see what American presidential politics has become, even American politics as a whole: You’re allowed to vote for the candidates chosen by big business, those who will implement policies favorable to them, whether it’s in the public interest or not. Is it any wonder that many Americans are now choosing to vote for “none of the above?”
But if they really wanted to change things, they always could. If they’re not happy with the candidates who are chosen for them, they could always choose their own and vote for them, and “throw the [present] rascals out,” as they used to say.
People don’t do so because they’ve just sunk down into lethargy. It’s too much work, too much trouble, too much expense and too big a fight against big business, big media and big polls that predict such independent candidates “don’t have a chance.”
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