The slaughter in Gaza is made possible by lies. Those lies rely on one thing to be successful. Our ignorance. Do not let one more innocent life be snuffed out because of our ignorance. Learn the truth. Once you know the truth you can no longer give your support to our corrupt politicians who continue to give life to the lie, if you do, then blood is on your hands,the murder of children is on your hands.

We all know that the reasons given for destroying Iraq were lies,told to us by the people that we elected to power. They lie, lie, lie. It’s what they do. They lied then and they are lying now.

Your taxes -taken from you at the point of a gun - yeah let’s not pretend that you pay them voluntarily, you pay them because you know the consequences of not paying, those taxes allow the gun to be pointed and fired at others. At children.

None of us are safe when ruthless murderers are in power.

Boycott all prodce of Israel. it’s easy, just check the label of your produce, if it says Israel put it back and ask the store manager to stop purchasing produce grown in the blood of children.

2 videos follow. One is an address by a former Israeli who renounced her citizenship when she discovered the truth. The other is a longer look at the reality of living and dying in occupied Palestine, of desparate, terrified people trying to save their precious children. Take a couple of hours and watch them, take the time to learn.

We owe it to those people, because it is our money that supplies the weapons that kill them.

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So happy new year. I’m a little late with the salutation because there is precious little to be happy about.

DEPRIVATION, HUNGER, DEATH, DISEASE, WAR/SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS and DISHONESTY are stalking the people of this world with a vengence.

With all of our supposed superiority to all other species, on this planet of enormous abundance, we have run ourselves into the ground. With all of our technological marvels and EDUCATION we have allowed ourselves to be herded like sheep and like sheep we are destined for the slaughter house.

We choose from amoung ourselves, people to LEAD US, that we know deep down in our souls, are dishonest and corrupt to the nth degree. Since when did a free person get led anywhere? These abominations get the money and the weapons to wreak havoc accross the globe.

We are in this mess because we don’t know how to think and until we learn how to think, to reason and to follow logic we will stay in this mess. The solution will never come from the top down. A decision made by the shepherd never benefits the sheep, because the final goal is always the slaughter of those sheep and the profit that brings.

STOP FOLLOWING THE CROWD, TURN OFF YOUR MIND NUMBING TV, and focus on what you can do to get through this and to have a better life. A better life DOES NOT mean one that is filled with more stuff. The goal isn’t to return to the gluttony of consumerism that existed before, which is a little problematic since that is pretty much all our US/UK economies are based on. We have to change ourselves before we will see any positive change in our lives and in the lives of others. The government will not bring you positive change, beause it’s very nature is to bring you chains.

What are we really? From where I stand I see a society that is completely irrational in just about everything that it does. How on earth can we ever hope to do anything right when we are circling the drain in a never ending spiral of self delusion and destruction?

I know I’ve shouted somewhat in this post and that is considered bad manners. But you know what, I don’t care.  To me ignorance and indifference are displays of supreme bad manners. My shouting doesn’t have the ability to collapse the world, but ignorance and indifference does. And when the world goes down taking you with it, it takes me down too.

I include the following article for anyone who still has Obama tinted glasses on.

Obama’s Victory
An Editorial A View From Across The Pond
The London Daily Mail
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A victory for the hysterical Oprah Winfrey, the mad racist preacher Jeremiah Wright, the mainstream media who abandoned any sense of objectivity long ago, Europeans who despise America largely because they depend on her, comics who claim to be dangerous and fearless but would not dare attack genuinely powerful special interest groups.

A victory for Obama-worshippers everywhere. A victory for the cult of the cult. A man who has done little with his life but has written about his achievements as if he had found the cure for cancer in between winning a marathon and building a nuclear reactor with his teeth.

Victory for style over substance, hyperbole over history, rabble-raising over reality.

A victory for Hollywood , the most dysfunctional community in the world. Victory for Streisand, Spielberg, Soros and Sarandon.

Victory for those who prefer welfare to will and interference to independence. For those who settle for group think and herd mentality rather than those who fight for individual initiative and the right to be out of step with meager political fashion.

Victory for a man who is no friend of freedom. He and his people have already stated that media has to be controlled so as to be balanced, without realizing the extraordinary irony within that statement. Like most liberal zealots, the Obama worshippers constantly speak of Fox and Limbaugh, when the vast bulk of television stations and newspapers are drastically liberal and anti -conservative. Senior Democrat Chuck Schumer said that just as pornography should be censored, so should talk radio. In other words, one of the few free and open means of popular expression may well be cornered and beaten by bullies who even in triumph cannot tolerate any criticism and opposition.

A victory for those who believe the state is better qualified to raise children than the family, for those who prefer teachers’ unions to teaching and for those who are naively convinced that if the West is sufficiently weak towards its enemies, war and terror will dissolve as quickly as the tears on the face of a leftist celebrity.

A victory for social democracy even after most of Europe has come to the painful conclusion that social democracy leads to mediocrity, failure, unemployment, inflation, higher taxes and economic stagnation. A victory for intrusive lawyers, banal sentimentalists, social extremists and urban snobs.

By Dictator Hater for Corbett Report

As the days roll by, the news for the economy is not getting any better. It’s time to get serious about how we are going to survive in this crisis.

I know I talk a lot about food and the importance of storing it. And I will talk about it a lot more. Food is life itself and so is water. If you have never gone hungry, other than being on a diet, then you have no idea what you are in for, if it ever happens to you.

Hunger and thirst can drive people to do things they normally would never do. These two conditions have driven people to beg, to lie, cheat, steal and even kill. You can hardly blame them, when their very existence is threatened by the lack of life giving food or water. Just as a scuba diver can be pulled underwater by a drowning diving buddy, a hungry or thirsty person could easily cause harm to someone he knows who possesses what he needs to survive or allow his family to survive.

Once you’ve decided stocking up on food is the way to go, you need to set a goal that determines how far into the future you wish to secure your food supply and where to store it. Even if you don’t have much room, you can creatively store much food. Under the bed, in closets, behind couches and other furniture are spaces that can be used to store your goods. Securing your food supply should not be something you do out of fear of impeding doom. It is something that is positive and it is like insurance of sorts. When I was a kid, having a supply of food for winter was not only common, but necessary. It’s quite frightening to know that most people do not keep enough food in their homes to last for more than a few days, if that.

There are many rules involved when storing food. What I consider the number one rule is to keep your stash a secret as much as possible. Sure, it’s great to try to warn others to stock up, but in doing so, you are also letting them know that you are stocking up. It’s only natural to most of us to want to help others, but remember to exercise some caution when discussing this matter outside your home. There are going to be some people who laughed at your squirrelish ways and failed to prepare, but you can bet that if they didn’t prepare and the shit hits the fan, you and your stock of goodies will definitely be on their minds. This doesn’t mean that you have to turn hungry people away, but it does mean that you had better be prepared to protect what you have in the event food is scarce and the grocer’s shelves are empty. I am sure you can think up lots of ways on your own to do this, so I am not going to waste time in this article about that. The best thing to do when stockpiling is to keep a very low profile about it.

Stocking up on foods that you do not normally eat is not what you should be doing. Beans, rice and flour are what jumps into most people’s heads when they think about stocking up. Dry goods are a very necessary part of stockpiling foods that store over long periods of time, but there is a lot more to it than that. I am going to give you the short list of what should be in a good, balanced food stash. Everyone’s stash list should look somewhat different, if they are doing it right.

THE BASICS: Beans, lentils, white (not brown) rice, flour, sugar, salt, cooking oil, yeast, powdered whole eggs and powdered milk are a good solid basis for staple foods. All of these store well if packaged properly and kept at cool temperatures in a dark place. Flour is best kept frozen, it will last well beyond any date stamped on the package, at least two years longer in your freezer. Yeast is also best kept in a freezer and it should keep a good many years, but if in an original airtight package, it should last at least 2 years, if refrigerated, even longer. Sugar and salt, kept away from moisture and insects will keep indefinitely. Beans, lentils and rice need attention, too, though many people think you can just throw the bags somewhere and they’ll keep forever. This is not the case, even these items require some care. Store white rice for long term, brown rice only lasts about 6 months before it goes rancid. White rice, though not as nutritious as brown, will last a lot longer. These items should be removed from their original packaging and sealed in food grade buckets. Mylar bags should be used inside the buckets along with oxygen absorbers. With this method, you can keep these items in storage for many years, store non-fat powdered milk the same way. I recommend buying powdered eggs already prepacked for long-term storage due to the possible instability of this product. Store whole grains (in a bucket with mylar and oxygen absorbers) for extremely long-term stashes, but make sure that you own a grain mill and know how to use it. Also, educate yourself on the different types of wheat available, how they behave when using them to cook with and how to use them. It does no good to store unfamiliar foods that you do not know how to use. Probably the only thing worse than that, is not storing any food at all.

VEGETABLES AND FRUTS: These can be purchased at the grocer’s (for now) and cans are the cheapest. Make sure you always check the expiration dates when buying and only purchase the ones that expire latest. The canned goods I bought last week have best used by dates into the year 2011. It is important to keep an eye on these dates and use the oldest ones first. Don’t buy collard greens unless you like and eat them normally. That goes for everything else. Only buy what you and your family are used to, what you like and what is going to be eaten. Just because something is on sale, doesn’t mean it’s a good deal if it ends up expiring on your shelf once you get it home. You can also buy freeze dried fruits and veggies that are prepackaged and already in the proper packaging for long term storage. This is an expensive proposition, but even so, you should have some of these on hand if at all possible. And, last but certainly not least, grow a garden when weather permits to further supplement your food supply. If you know how to pressure or hot water bath can foods, then buy on sale and supplement your stores that way, also, it goes without saying, if you can grow enough food to can, you will be that much further ahead of the game.

MEAT: Don’t forget the meat, unless you are a vegetarian. Meat can be bought on sale and frozen, dried or canned at home. And you can buy dried or canned meat at the store. If you don’t like Spam and you will not eat it, don’t go out and buy a ton of it. Speaking from experience, I can tell you that Spam is one food that you will get tired of in a hurry if you eat it too often. My idea of meat useage during times of difficulty is more as a flavoring, using it as a condiment instead of slapping a 16 oz steak on someone’s plate as part of the main course. You will probably have less meat in your stash than anything else, so learn to make soups, casseroles and other dishes that use a minimal amount of meat products. Meat is available in meals ready to eat, but it is very expensive when purchased that way. My canned meat stash consists of Spam, corned beef, chicken, canned fish, vienna sausages and potted meat. Remember the expiration dates.

FAT: Though everyone in America seems to be deathly afraid of fat these days, it is an essential part of the human diet and can add much needed calories. Coconut oil stores best, vegetable oils have a best used by date and can go rancid. I buy cooking oil and use it, then replace it as I go. My coconut oil stays on the shelf and will not be used until absolutely necessary.

COMFORT FOODS: Jello, pudding, hard candies, soft drinks such as Koolaid and Tang should be a part of your food storage program. These types of foods and drinks keep boredom from taking over when eating completely out of your food stash. It’s the little things that help people keep their sanity in times of trouble. Don’t scrimp on the comfort foods, you will not regret it when that time comes.

When you are trying to develop your food stash, don’t buy all one thing in quantity one month, such as all rice, thinking you will get beans next month and veggies and fruits the next. Try and get a variety of foods into your stash as soon as you can. This is important for nutritional balance in the event you’re put into the position of having to live out of this stash sooner than you may have thought. If it turns out you still have time to continue building up your stash, then you can concentrate on quantities of one certain food at a time after that. The trick here is that we do not know exactly when we may be forced to live from our food stores. It could be next week, next month or five years from now.

Even if our economy was humming along just fine, storing food is still something we should all be doing. There are natural disasters that can occur, unexpected job loss, ill health and a myriad of other problems that can put us in a terrible financial bind without much or any notice. Food storage makes good sense, no matter what conditions we are facing. With unemployment becoming such a problem here in the United States, wouldn’t you feel a lot better if you knew you were not going to be looking at an empty cupboard while waiting for that unemployment check to arrive? If you have enough food to tide you over for a few months or even weeks, you will be thinking more clearly about other things of immediate importance than worrying about your and your family’s hunger. Taking hunger out of this equasion is of utmost importance.

By Dictator Hater for the Corbett Report.

Many of us have been waiting for “The Big One”. I’m not talking about earthquakes, I’m talking about the one big thing that will happen that shows us once and for all that we are slipping into fascism.

The problem with the big one is that there is no big one.

What we are seeing today in our government and rule making bodies is a descent toward something like Fascism but laced with Communism. It doesn’t matter what you call it, in the end you can’t tell one from the other.

Waiting for the big one has paralysed many people into believing that until “it” happens, they have no right to protest or do anything about it. It makes us doubt ourselves and feelings of being unsure hold us back. What many people forget is that the courts in this country convict many of our fellow citizens with circumstantial evidence and in lesser courts, a preponderance of the evidence. There is no need for eyewitnesses in these types of convictions, just enough evidence to prove that if it goes moo, it’s a cow.

Instead of waiting for the big one, it is time to take a hard look at the circumstantial evidence and ponder it.

Our government has been corrupt ever since it came into existence. Any time someone has something, there is always someone out there trying to figure out a way to take it away so they can profit. Personal freedom is no exception Since the erosion began, centuries ago, we’ve been turned into servants to the state, our labor is exploited by the government and is used to back up the debts these criminals run up so high that Jack’s Beanstalk pales in comparison. Think about it, you are what the government uses to back their bonds. Your labor and your children’s labor in the future. We are nothing more than bond servants to them, allowing them to issue servant bonds to support their spending sprees, graft and corruption. Now if that doesn’t make you mad, I don’t know what will. What do you think “backed by the full faith and credit of the United States” means? The government bodies do nothing that produces a product or any form of profit, they are there to restrain the people.

The amount of nose thumbing at the people of the United States of America has been staggering as of late. Those of you who are quick to call Americans “Sheeple” would be served by taking a lesson in how much uproar there was during this last Bailout of Wall Street. But, no matter, the criminals in charge went ahead and gave away their Constitutional powers of the purse over to the Treasury in spite of all the uproar.

We are on the train tracks that lead to hell and the powers that be are stoking the steam engines with paper dollars as fast as they possibly can. If we can see where we are going, why can’t they? The answer is, they can and they are doing this on purpose.

Why in the world would anyone want to bring down the economy of the entire world, you may be asking yourself. If you look at the top dogs, they are not being brought down, they are being lifted to heights of wealth that to an average person are unimaginable. Money does not just simply disappear, it is transferred from one hand to the other. Speculation can cause markets like real estate to turn into a bubble, but the actual materials and labor it took to build the buildings sitting on the land is real. Then comes the supply and demand principals that in a normal market are supposed to dictate value further. The toxic loans and low interest rates fueled speculation and caused the housing bubble, the breakdown of our labor force through job losses and stagnant incomes is causing demand to slip. It is at this point where, if you have cash, you can buy up land and houses for less than it cost to build them. Now, ask yourself, just who is it that is sitting on all the cash?

One answer to this could be found in the end of day stock rallies we see happening so frequently, these are rallies that defy logic. There is no good news to drive them. Thus, one might ask, why are they happening? Is it due to stock market manipulations which allow certain people to bail out at the right moment so they do not suffer the same losses that those who are not in the know are unable to avoid? It is a known fact that the Plunge Protection Team and government intervention has been the backbone of the stock market all the way back to 9/11/01 and that this administration has interfered in the stock market more than any other in it’s history.

Cash is King right now. The question for these Kings who hold the cash is, where exactly is the bottom of the real estate market and when is it safe for them to invest their money and be sure they are buying up something that isn’t going to fall further? I almost (not really) pity the poor middle Kings because they still believe that the markets are operating under the old principals they’ve always been able to rely upon. These people will take a bath while trying to profit off other’s misery. They believe they are part of the elite segment of this country. The truth is, they are fodder for the big guys, just like the rest of us poor slobs who think we are middle class, this is evidenced by the losses of those who didn’t get the go ahead to bail while the stock market was up for those few hours.

Those puny middle guys who believe they are Cash Kings are in for a big surprise if they hold onto that cash too long. The plan is and has been all along to devalue the U.S. dollar and crash it into oblivion. Or should I say, it has been said that this is the plan?

All the wild-eyed conspiracy theorists of the past thirty or so years who have predicted these events are beginning to look a lot saner in today’s world. They were not wrong about what was going to happen, the only thing they’ve been wrong about is when. I doubt there are many of them, although exonnerated by these recent cataclysmic events, who are gloating and saying much along the lines of I told you so’s. What I see are these visionary’s trying to help people prepare and learn to do things in order to be more self sufficient in order to stave off hunger and abject poverty while that window of time is still open a crack.

The ones who are left with fistfuls of dead dollars are going to be in for the shock of their lives. They will discover that they are not “all that” anymore when dead broke, if they have allowed their money to define who they are. If you are one of them I doubt you are reading this article, after all, you know better than a poor dumb slob such as myself, that’s why you’re holding all that money and I am not.

So, cruising through the news the other day, I see that Bush and Lady Bush are going to move into an affluent community around Dallas, Texas. I remember thinking that what our soon to be ex-president deserves is not a cushy retirement (PLEASE let this guy live out his days in obscurity) but a jail cell for the rest of his life.

Watching the suits stand up on television and trying to tell us that they know best is truly a sight to behold these days, since their evilness is what got us here in the first place. Marie Antoinette comes to mind when I see them standing up their in their two thousand dollar suits and expensive leather shoes. Liar, Liar and damned Liar is another one.

The more they try to fix things the worse they get. Any doubt yet that they are not trying to fix things, other than to rig the game for those who are in on the biggest swindle in the history of the world? They must hurry and transfer those dollars to the right people before they crash the current monetary system. This way, they can invest into tangible assets for pennies on the dollar and the heirarchy will come out of this smelling like the proverbial rose.

I’m no prophet and I do not have a crystal ball, but I do know one thing. What cash I can get my hands on these days is invested in equipment that can benefit me in the future, where I don’t have to rely on others to do things for me. I am leaning new skills at every opportunity to help myself and my family in the event all of the dire predictions come to pass. Other money is used to create a food stash which is constantly being rotated.

I cannot begin to stress to you the importance of food independence. Get your house in order now. Even if you don’t have much money, you can still cut corners and buy an extra bag of beans or a small bag of rice to start a small stockpile. Don’t forget fruits and vegetables, if you are trying to make a food stash. Those who control the food are the ones who really have their fingers around the neck of humanity. No matter how much material goods or gold you may have, you cannot eat it. Gold is at some point only going to be as valuable as what it can buy. If food scarcity becomes so dire as to threaten life, people are not going to trade their food, even for gold.