Listening to an interview with Princess Nancy Pelosi this morning pure relief came over me. She said a bipartisan stimulus package was close to being done. Asked why the oligarchy could work so fast on the stimulus package when they have not worked together on the Iraq War or other issues she said simply it was due to the people insisting they get this done quickly. That's it, the subjects insist the rulers work together and they suddenly work together? It appears to be true.

Sadly, the stimulus package is a poor thing for the people to exercise this power on. The rulers don't mind working on this economic stimulus package because the people will feel as if their rulers are taking good care of them by getting it done. Never mind the lack of sound economic policies has created this current challenge and for goodness sakes don't bother to ask if wasteful Federal Government spending has anything to do with creating some of the challenges. Also, don't take the time to ask if we really want government more involved in private business affairs as this only strengthens the dangerous bonds between corporations and government.

On CNN's morning news show yesterday they asked an informal question of the viewers. Should the government do more to avert a recession? 25% of those responding were wise enough to realize more government intervention is not healthy for our long-term success. However it is the 75% who say yes to government action that energizes Bush, Reid, and Pelosi to finally work on something together. It is not because they care about the people, it is because it provides an appearance of caring!

This action further subjugates people, interferes with a natural economic condition, and further moves our country toward a system of corporatocracy, oligarchy, and socialism. The Fed is not our friend (it's a private bank built for profit at our expense), rate cuts weaken our dollar further and create inflation especially on the poor and those living on fixed incomes, and a $300 dollar check today will not make tomorrow all rosy and bright. Those people saying they want the government to help avert a recession are the same 75% that believe the price of oil is rising as opposed to the fact our dollar is crumbling.

The few remaining on the campaign trail to become our next leader, the next ruling Prince of the United States, are thrilled to be having the economic challenges. If you really listened to the Democratic debate the other night you heard many socialized ideas gaining applause from an audience no doubt made up of folks from the 75% crowd. How's this for government and private industry being entangled? Senator Clinton wants to freeze interest rates for 5 years and the audience approved. Think about this people; think carefully what you continue to ask for. If you move from asking to insisting our oligarchy rulers will be happy to provide.

You must insist otherwise the two-parties still will pretend to not play nice together. According to Sen. Clinton there has not been a single good idea from any Republican in the last 10 to 15 years and her opponents agreed. Also, she says the only way to get real change is to give the Democrats the White House and a super majority in Congress so the Republican Party no longer is in their way. Since both parties are so close in direction on key issues this may not seem to be such a bad idea. Indeed, it is very likely the 75% crowd will actually do just that, put all the representation in a single party rather than in the people, according to the applause she garnered.

Reader's Digest has a great article this month entitled "You've Been Had: How the government wastes nearly $1 trillion of your money every year." With very little effort the authors were able to identify 10 areas where nearly $1 trillion dollars is being wasted by our friendly Federal rulers. At the end of the article is a brief discussion on what the 25% crowd can do to help change this. Think about what an easy $1 trillion savings through reductions in spending and taxes would do for the economy. Prince George, Prince Harry, and Princess Nancy are not working on this challenge however, why bicker over the little dollars when they can focus instead on how to send workers a quick $300 dollars to save our economy from recession.

Why do 75% want the government to step in and attempt to avert a recession anyway? Fear, we hear about the fear of it all and panic that we are all about to be wiped out. A recession scares the population and instead of taking the time to really study the details of what is causing our challenges our leaders simply trumpet how it's OK, they're our government and they're here to help. With little time invested we the people' chant together "fix it" and go about our daily grind. The fixes they will propose will further lock us down in the long run but we shouldn't worry about tomorrow since there is so much fear today and they'll help relieve it today.

People should think of these joint efforts of our rulers as their newest war; the war on recession' if you will. Why would I urge you to ponder this idea? Wars are scary business and we tend to be willing to fight them through patriotic needs yet fear them, especially if we are losing them. There are a few examples of wars our rulers fight as a means of subjugating the population while increasing the profits of corporations willing to fight along side the government. The war on terror is the latest drain on our liberty and economy yet pause long enough to look beneath the patriotic cry of the rulers and you see a great deal of profit being reaped from this war. The war on drugs and the war on poverty are another couple of grand examples.

These three wars are long in time, there is no quick end in sight for any of them, yet there is no clear victory in sight either. These are wars which are very beneficial for the two-party oligarchy. The ability to play on the people's emotions is good for a long time. Fear is easily sustained while the politicians can twist these wars in such a way as to give the appearance of helping while we slip further away from personal liberty.

We will see things like a presence in Iraq for the next 100 years, socialized medicine, continued Fed interference with interest rates and the plummeting dollar, and finally a collapse from a constitutionally established Federalist Republic into a democratically controlled socialized union. It won't be our fault as the rulers will be the first to tell us, just as it is not our fault we are facing a challenge economically today. After all, listening to the three Democrats the other night, I came away fully understanding it was dastardly predators that caused the mortgage crisis, not the people. David Walker, the Comptroller General of the United States, said, "If we were a business we'd be out of business." But we aren't a business, we are a nation heading in the wrong direction and 75% of the people insist we are heading in the right direction. Beware the real predators leading the march.

2008 by Gary Wood
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