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Economic forecast follow-up... again

UPDATE** (especially for Donnie) - yup - housing starts SOARED 11% - so obviously - we're getting all better, right? Hmm.. check this out:
 
While Washington reports a soar in housing starts, from the other side of America, I report this: privately owned housing unit building permits were 8.7% up in June from May, 2009 - but 52% lower than June 2008. Privately owned housing starts in June were up 3.6% above May (this is that 11.3% referred to by Washington), but are 46% BELOW June 2008. Housing completions were 4% below the May, 2009 numbers, and 27.7% below the June numbers. But, the single-family housing completions were 8.9% above May's figures!! Although... in buildings with five or more units (you know - apartments, townhomes, etc.), were more than half that number.
 
Just remember - "privately owned housing rates," = single family dwelling all by itself. Single family housing rates = apartment. And, don't forget, with the bottom falling out on the housing market, and the interest rates cheaper - "why" those people who have the funds to do so are building new homes!! (Do I really, REALLY have to explain this? Please say no...). And, don't forget why people are moving out of their "privately," owned homes into townhouses/apartments - because they're broke! And, no, I'm sorry to report, that Government Motors.. erm, um, I mean, GM & Chrysler are not doing too well. The cash for clunkers program? Well, check this out:
 
"Cash for clunkers will end Nov. 1 or when the $1 billion in subsidies expire, whichever occurs first. Congress must decide later this year whether to approve legislation extending it into 2010."
 
Want a little feedback on what that really means? AAA reports that as of 2008, there are 230 - 250 million cars on the American roadways. Let's see, at $4,500 a piece (oops.. reread that statement.. as MUCH as $4500 a piece... hmmm...), that's about $1.125 trillion dollars. Or.. about 8.8 x 10 to the negative fourth PERCENT of the total cost for everyone to trade in their cars. (yes... less than 1%). So.. till November 1st or when the $1 billion runs out. Sounds like a push... sounds like someone trying to "force," people into cars without reading all the writing. Wait.. wait a second... hold on? Isn't that what Obama's doing with the... you know.. Health Care bill? Wow... guess what!? He knows how to just get things into place without giving people a chance to see what he's really doing!! So - I suppose there'a a GOOD reason that the "cash for clunkers," program, is NOT stimulating American consumer confidence....
 
And, yes, unemployment rates continue to remain DRAMATICALLY low - but - what does that mean? How long has the Bureau of Labor Statistics been recording job rates vs. unemployment rates? Well, in 1935, of course, in RESPONSE, to the Great Depression. That means, BOLI, has about 74 years of statistics - although - we can probably imagine, those first ten to twenty years were absolute turmoil and we don't "really," know. That, of course, doesn't account for the fact that not every State jumped on board immediately - and - oh yeah - unemployment statistics only account for those CLAIMING it - not those whose claims have expired! And, finally, if you've read the EIA's statistics on gas prices, you'd see that since 2007, the prices skyrocketed, then magically plummeted in November of 2008! Well, thank goodness that Obama paved the way for people to drive once more, raising the supply and demand curve! Of course, we shouldn't forget that gas prices are set by analysts "predicting the future!" Yes, that's right - 'analysts,' who have a crystal ball, set the prices for gasoline in response to what's going on. Seeing that America didn't explode, they decided in November - that 'oops,' maybe we went too far. They fell for the Obamamania that struck America. Funny though - gas prices seem to be rising dramatically again? Wouldn't that be in response to the Obamamania going on right now? Of course.. if you look at a much more "thourough," chart,  maybe you too, will decide - this "media," trend of forecasting that everything's getting all better, really is STUPID.
 
Thanks to Donnie for the hilarious input! Yes - we're all better now. Obama's saved us. OPEC is gaining an iron hold on the economy, prices in gas are being driven up, people are refinancing and buying what they can while it's cheap, the wealthy are investing in apartment complexes, planning on families having to give up their homes and unemployment benefits are running out for everyone! Yes!! Things are getting SO much better, SO fast it makes your head spin! Wheee...... (<---that's the political rollercoaster known as "government," and unfortunately for him, Obama's at the front and the Democrats are in tow. But, just like a rollercoaster, don't forget - in the Amusement Park of politics - the one you get on - is the one you stay on - there are no 'alternate,' routes - and you drag the whole of America along with you!!)!
 
Good Luck!
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 Well, the media's done it again! Home Mortgage applications are up! That's EVIDENCE that the economy is turning around and people are ready to start buying homes again.
 
Of course... analysts "do" tend to admit, that more than 90% of those mortgage applications are actually refinance applications being done while the interests rates are down. Sort of, takes away the glamour of that whole "economy turning around," thing.. .doesn't it?
 
Maybe it's just me, or that remaining 10% may have something to do with the fact that homes in foreclosure are being sold for a fraction of what they cost - like many here in this area where homes that 'were' $300k and up, can be purchased for as low as $80k? I don't know about you.. I'm just thinking out loud, here! :)
 
Thanks media - you've done it again. Just more evidence of foot in mouth disease. Didn't they recently announce there may be a cure for the swine flu? Maybe they'll work on the "falsely interpreting economic signals and announcing them out of turn, misrepresenting what's really going on," epidemic, next?
 
It's fun to dream....
[huey freeman]
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Truth About Health Care

   Well folks, you can thank Glenn Beck for failing the American public as of this morning, July 23, 2009. In fact, I would go so far as to say he embarrassed the whole of the Republican party this morning. In life, there are some things you can joke about that are funny - there are some assumptions you can make that are generically okay - and setting political correctness aside; there are some empty arguments you can blindly toss out there and it's still okay. But, there are some you can't, and health care IS one that you can't attack empty handed. Barrack Obama told a story about a woman who paid into her health insurance but they refused to pay for her cancer treatments, and a story about a person who lost their job and ended up with an exorbitant debt from a life-saving surgery. All that Beck could focus on, was that we "don't know the cancer woman's whole story," and it's probably her fault, and that the guy who lost his job was too "stupid" (yes, word that Beck used ver batim), to get Cobra. He spent plenty of time making fun of both of them simply because Barrack Obama, rather than dragging out a speech with all the details, gave those two highlighted examples of problems with our health care system. They should have never been the brunt of his jokes because: 1: Insurance companies have had an infamy for refusing services they are supposed to provide and 2: because we don't know that the guy with the debt DIDN'T have Cobra. Ignorance only begets ignorance.
 
The problem? People like Glenn Beck with insurance, who are not disabled and haven't hurt, don't know. Glenn will profess that unless you've been an alcoholic and gone through recovery you can't possibly understand things about that system that he does; and he's right. The same goes for health care. But, those of you listening to his show may be in the same position he is, and rather than weeding through ignorance and getting the truth - you had more ignorance blasted in your face. It is now REALLY upsetting me that EVERY FORM OF MEDIA coverage has seem to "Magically," *poof*, forgotten the stories we've had about the health care system since Obama suggested socialized medicine. Sure, there are plenty of stories of people leaving socialized medicine countries and coming to America so they can get the treatment they need, "in time." How do they get their treatment, by paying for it? NO. They come here, broke, and get their treatment through the: SOCIALIZED portion of health care system as it is now??!! Oops - forgot to mention that when attacking socialized medicine, huh? Did we forget that there are LITERALLY thousands of people, EVERY YEAR, leaving THIS COUNTRY to go to Europe, Canada and OTHER countries to get alternative treatments because our health care system won't provide them? Oops - forgot to mention that little caveat when discussing the "evil," socialized medicine, huh?
 
Have we so quickly forgotten the woman in southern california desperately trying to cross the border to Mexico so that she can get an alternate form of cancer treatment for her 5 year old little boy so that he didn't have to be radiated for cancer because he BEGGED her to save him - but the LAW - the LEGAL SYSTEM - the JUSTICE OF AMERICA - sent the authorities after her, blockading roads, and FORCED her to relinquish her child to the medical community to radiate the CR@P out of him? Did you forget that? Did you forget how the GOVERNMENT ALREADY forced people into treatments they didn't want through fearmongering and absolution of power? Oops... sorry... yeah.. forgot there are just a few, bugs, but only a few, right - isolated stories, right? Well, maybe we've ALL forgotten the young lady in Oregon, who was only in her 20's, that needed a LIFE SAVING SURGERY, but her INSURANCE COMPANY wouldn't authorize it until her family initiated a LAWSUIT, and then, when the insurance company conceeded and gave in to actually having to "spend," money to save someone's life - it was TOO LATE AND SHE %^##$%^#@ DIED! Yeah - um - isn't that the "evil," of "socialized," medicine that the Republicans such as Glenn Beck are professing against? You know, the ones where the government gets to decide what treatments you have or makes you stand in lines until you die? WE are NOT a socialized medicine country and yet we have ALL of the same problems as SOCIALIZED MEDICINE.
 
If Socialized medicine was SO BAD, in countries where you get to ELECT your leaders (and America's not the only one people), they STILL don't leave that system. Why not? If it's SO BROKEN, why are we the ONLY country not to use it? from Wikipedia on Socialized Medicine:
 
"Most industrialized countries, and many developing countries, operate some form of publicly-funded health care with universal coverage as the goal. According to the Institute of Medicine and others, the United States is the only wealthy, industrialized nation that does not provide universal health care."
 
[Note - please be aware that the above does NOT ALSO consider that the issues I raise in this article about the welfare system, and the medical coverage in the Military - considered to be some of the best available - fall within the LIMITED spectrum definition of Socialized Medicine in respect to the way that the radio talk show hosts use the term]
 
Look - I'm not advocating for it - not at all. What I don't like is when people like Glenn Beck go on the radio and talk about how "stupid," some kid was for not getting Cobra, stating that it's a government mandate that businesses offer to you and HE IS WRONG. He obviously hasn't done his homework, which he proclaims so "ADAMANTLY," that he does. You CAN be refused Cobra - including for reasons of termination vs. self-terminition. You CAN be refused Cobra if you're disabled and have a pre-existing condition. Okay - so - I'm gonna let you ALL in on a little secret -
 
I'm disabled. I don't have health insurance. Why? Don't I qualify? Sure I do! Even with a pre-existing condition and HUGE bills, I would qualify. You see, for $215 per month, I could pay for a program that requires only a $15 copay per doctor's visit and a 50% copay on my meds. So, every month, my $150 in prescriptions (that's the minimum - it's much larger but I won't tell you how much), would only cost me $75!! Every three months, seeing my doc would only cost me $15, not the usual $180! Yes, $180 for a 15 minute visit to renew my prescription. I have an extremely RARE disorder that does require a specialist I'm afraid. NO - I AM NOT ON WELFARE or State paid assistance. I pay out of pocket. But, let's do the math: I can pay $210 per month (averaging out meds and doc visits), to get EVERYTHING I NEED without health insurance, knowing that if I'm injured, I'm screwed, OR I can pay $295 per month (same avg), knowing that if I'm injured, because of my disability, I would only be covered up to 50%. Let's see, spend an additional $85 per month for that "safety net," that covers 50% of my needs, OR, try to use that $85 to help cover the $400 per month I'm going in the hole because of the entirety of my health needs? Hmm... tough choice... it REALLY, REALLY is. But, I can't afford the middle man ON TOP of the middle man. You see... my doc doesn't really get $180 for the visit - he gets probably half of that. Half of the $90 left over is taken by the clinic while the other half goes to pay into the CURRENTLY EXISTING socialized medicine program we have, for those without insurance who are covered by the government. I don't take advantage of the system even though I qualify, I don't ask for a hand out and am trying hard, on my own, disabled, to make it, and yet I currently have to pay for those who are without health insurance.
 
Is our current health care system broke? You bet it is. Maybe you forgot about the docs who complained with the health care system reforms in the 90's when the health insurance providers switched to a "get 'em in and get 'em out" method (of which HealthNet became infamous for), and the docs would only make money for shorter visits, less bedside manners and LESS tests. It's been in place for so long - because the GOVERNMENT supported it, that maybe you forgot how it changed bedside manners. When people like Glenn Beck argue against "socializing," services because it infringes on their money - they ONLY support Obama's position. He stands against GREED.
 
"Sorry - I don't want socialized medicine because I WANT MY MONEY - SCREW everyone else."
 
THAT IS NOT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY'S STAND on the issue. THAT IS GLENN BECK'S, and Sean Hannity's and Rush Limbaugh and they are making Republicans look greedy, selfish AND STUPID!
 
[Note to Glenn, Sean and Rush - I apologize in ADVANCE if that is NOT the message you intended - but maybe you need to STEP BACK and listen to your words - ie - Glenn - you wrote the book "Common Sense," of which I own five copies, four to still give away on top of the 3 I already have - but it should be COMMON sense to you to realize that this is EXACTLY what you are saying - IN CONTEXT - whether you mean to or not!]
 
Republicans, by the party-term and definition, are NOT greedy. We are NOT selfish - and I wish these guys would shut up - put up - or get off the air. In the infamous words of an infamous man, Lee Iacoca (sorry if I mispelled that), Lead, follow or get out of the way.
 
Argue against socialized medicine without appropriate checks and balances if you will. Argue against socialized medicine that deprives those who wish to pay for their own without penalties if you will. Those things make sense. But, do NOT argue against it because now you have to pay. A caller destroyed Sean Hannity two days ago and in my opinion ONLY (and it IS ONLY my opinion folks - please listen to his show and draw your own conclusions.. I trust you to do this), humiliated him and made him sound like a fool (which is sad, because he's not a fool), when Hannity when off on a tirade about Obama and ENTIRELY circumvented an answer because he had none. Do Republicans believe in the Defense of this country? YES. And, who pays for it? EVERYONE. IT IS SOCIALIZED. Do we believe in good education? YES. And, who pays for it - the parents of the children in school - or EVERYONE? You know the answer. Of course, both of those systems need reform, checks and balances and spending caps. But, that would be the same for medical coverage. We ALREADY have socialized health care under the "guise," known as "welfare," governed by the most idiotic and worthless agency in the WORLD - Department of Human Services. DO WE FORGET where the government buys its medication from to offer the prescriptions to the American people at cheap prices? CANADA, Europe and other foreign countries - NOT AMERICAN pharmaceuticals!!! DANGIT people - DON'T be stupid! Don't be lead like sheep. WHY does Canada get better prescription prices? SOCIALIZED MEDICINE! So - what have we learned?
 
Blindly jumping into socialized medicine - bad - the proof is in the pudding - as it were.
Blindly standing against it  - JUST as bad.
 
We ARE AMERICA. We are a nation that believes in helping the less fortunate. Ellis Island/The Statue of Liberty:
 
"Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!".
 
Did you forget that, too? Did you forget that we came to this Country under that VERY pretense? Did you forget the hospitality that was shown to us that we threw to the winds? Did you forget the meaning of care? I'm not a supporter of the Democrat party's philosophies. I DON'T support welfare - and if you've read my posts on here - you'd know that. I DO support a hand up. I DO support helping out. I DON'T support the government telling us where we'll give or spend our money - but I WON'T support the argument that: "It's MY money - so nah, nah," because I'm not childish, selfish or weak. If you are a Republican, and you care AT ALL about your party - you will write to Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh, you will write to your State and Federal Representatives and you will say: STOP with the "rich" people bashing. Stop with the selfish "money" hoarding. That is NOT American. That is NOT what this Country is about. Consider a Health Care reform that better manages socialization issues and fair coverage for all people so that those with more money who wish to pay for more services - can do so WITHOUT added taxes or penalties - those without - can at LEAST get the basics with a program that is designed to HELP them recover financially and afford it on their own. But, we ALL share in school. We ALL share in postal and governmental and other issues - because we know these systems DO require a collaborative effort. And then, tell the officials, and those who represent our party on radio and television - SHUT UP. Quit acting like big, stupid, moronic babies without a clue. START doing what you promised - to report the truth. To act WITHOUT bickering over party sides and cover the issues that matter in an INTELLIGENT way. BE INFORMED. (Yes, the little Timmy Teetleburgermeyerwhaterverism was a funny story, well told and I enjoyed it - but ONLY insomuch as the story stood alone on the foolishness of "sob," stories, while the REALITY is that there are HORROR stories in the THOUSANDS happening daily that ARE very serious and CAN'T be ignored!)
 
Yes, straight forward socialized medicine instituted overnight would lead to massive problems, especially with under-estimated cost projections and other issues. Maybe we need more volunteers in medicine. Maybe if the government's going to spend money - it shouldn't be on socialized health care, but more free clinics for those who qualify or whose insurance companies have betrayed them. Maybe we need an FDA that is NOT corrupted and bought out by the pharmaceuticals (you can read more about this in my previous posts), but supports a WIDER variety of health services - including treating DENTAL health care with the same level of concern as regular, medical health care!!
 
Sorry that Glenn Beck bore the brunt of my complaint today, but it was too much and he just happened to be the straw that broke this old camel's back. I will say this: if the current health care reform bill passes - I pray for all of us - because the bickering and fighting will become even more moronic and baby-like and we'll see fighting and mudslinging that usually only children... or politicians... see. We will have massive problems financially and medically and we will see a decline in services just from the medical community that goes on strike and people WILL suffer. I pray for us all. But, remember this: the authorities YOU think YOU need to keep you safe from yourselves, I don't agree with, but I help pay for their services, too. The foreign military YOU think YOU need to keep us from overnight war fighting in foreign countries right now, dying and killing, I don't agree with, but I help pay for. The attorney general's the government FORCES us to pay for to PROTECT them from US, I DEFINATELY don't agree with, but we all help pay for. A reform is needed - YES. The one in play - NO. So - to that extent - the forces fighting this bill must AMASS in numbers and stand against it. But, DON'T do it blindly. DON'T do it because it will hurt your pocket book. Freedom costs - MIND, BODY, HEART, SOUL - BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS. There is a price for freedom - and we must ALL be willing, as a collective, to pay for it. But, WE the people should be commanding what happens with it - NOT Uncle Sam - and THAT is the ONLY true argument to make.
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How not to read an economic forecast, racism and more...

It is customary for our News media to report things that are, well, just not "entirely" accurate (the nicest way I can possibly say that). Many people don't know that the word: NEWS, came from: North, East, West, and South. News was originally intended to bring the facts of events that happened from around the area, via the voice of the people, to the various towns. Obviously, long before television, radio and newspapers. However, as times change, governments grow corrupt and take over what the news can and cannot report, and provide ever-increasing, false information to the news media to illicit specific reactions from the people - we [the listeners] - are no longer given the "facts," but are subject to the infamous, low standards of yellow journalism. Let's examine some headlines from this morning (and I'll relate what I can back to my previous posts where applicable to help validate that I am trying desperately hard to present all issues in an unbiased light):
 
"In Oregon, and on ABC News radio, it was reported that jobless rates are declining. There was a significant decline in the number of reported first time unemployment seekers. Likewise, the economy is showing signs of improving as retail businesses are showing higher than expected first quarter earnings." -
 
Now - for those of you that let these so-called, 'headlines,' skip by you with little to no care as to their contents, let me first say: that is a HUGE mistake. You let this information in one ear - it does not really come out the other, I'm afraid. The truth is, it sits in your brain, it gets processed, and whether or not it's on the back-burner of your daily thoughts, it exists and has affected you. The reason: in difficult economic times, in fact of hard-driven 'fears,' the idea of relief (especially if you're currently employed and would believe that lower reports of first time filers is somehow significant for you), is of great impact to you, even if only unconsciously. But, let's re-examine the situation: tens of thousands of small businesses have closed in the past year due to the economy consistently declining. That means, those people who worked there, are already laid off. Multitudes of corporations (again, in the tens of thousands), have condensed their operations, laying of millions of workers. There are only 185 million, working adults in America as of the last Census Bureau Report I read (which I believe was 2007). That number has dropped by a very large, significant portion.
 
What does that mean? Well, let's look at the second half of ABC's economic forecast: "The economy is looking up because retail businesses are reporting a higher-than usual, first quarter profit."
 
Oh really? You mean that, for example, Walmart (now Chinese owned), with its thousands of stores, no longer has to compete with more than 100 THOUSAND businesses in the industry of retail clothing alone (and as it's a multi-product store/mega-store, this carries over into every other facet of their operations), has condensed its operations and cut a huge portion of expenses from its usual overhead, and is reporting a "higher than expected/normal," first quarter earnings? Well, NO DUHH!!! Bad economy or no - that's a GIVEN. Walmart has lower prices, and their reports don't count for just one store, they count for THOUSANDS of stores - so naturally, they reflect a higher profit margin. Does that mean the economy's doing better? NO! Maybe, IF - and I STRESS: IF - the economy's doing better, it isn't because megastores are reporting high earnings. It isn't because car dealerships are reporting higher car sales - when the reason for Toyota having higher car sales is because GM cut out THOUSANDS of its dealers!! And, most certainly, the number of reported, first time unemployment seekers has NOT declined because less businesses are going out of business or losing - it's because THEY'RE GONE!!
 
C'mon, people! I like good news far more than bad, just as much as anyone else (okay, well, a LOT more than most people since it seems that today's "sheeple," look for bad news). But, I also DON'T like being mislead. And,  I cannot and will not believe that the "economic," forecasters, the so-called, 'experts,' don't know this information. I believe the unemployment department isn't reporting information as accurately as they "should." In fact, as the last bout of unemployment offerings came to an end about two months ago, in Oregon, it was suddenly reported that there were less people claiming unemployment and that was a good sign. WHAT? NO IT IS NOT! There were less people, because those who've been unemployed for a year or longer are now without ANY source of income, are not reporting unemployment because it's run out, and are STILL unemployed, and now in a financially desperate situation!!
 
Look, I'm not saying to be gloom, doom and despair! But I'm also saying - DON'T lie! Lying will not help anyone. Icing the cake, if the cake is made of poo, will NOT make the cake any better - it's STILL poo!! DUHH!? And, what about this shooting at the Holocaust Memorial Museum? A shooting - of a 'black,' security guard, by a white supremicist (supposedly), took place during a 'shoot-out,' which this terrible, hate-monger started. Seems pretty, well - 'black and white,' - doesn't it? Hmm... maybe not so for those of us that recognized the underlying concern: it was the holocaust museum. For those of you who have never been to one (and there are SEVERAL - for some reason - around the country), I can assure you, it is a reminder about how bad "white" Americans are. Am I being racist? No, in fact, I'm exactly the opposite, since it's the museum that is racist. If it was purely about the holocaust victims in WWII, then that would be pretty straight forward and without question. Why should it raise a red flag? Because: THE HOLOCAUST VICTIMS WERE WHITE JEWS. How is it, that a "white supremicist," has a problem with, "white jews?"
 
So, once you read the story (from ABC as linked above), you find out that there are several, including a "man," that stated that the shooter, Von Brunn (of course, German...) was a "pressure cooker," waiting to explode, and had, "underlying anger issues," and another clarified that Von Brunn was just, "crazy." Yes, for those of you asking the right questions, these were NOT experts, NOT his friends and NOT even people acquainted with Von Brunn in any other way than a rare, maybe once-per-year, quick, "hello." Let me add something else for you: Von Brunn was 88 YEARS OLD - and apparently, they claim that the election of a "black" president spawned his anger. Really? You mean, that Von Brunn, who is old enough to actually have lived THROUGH the holocaust, who had his social security cut, is unable to survive, walked into a holocaust museum, where MILLIONS of dollars supporting the propogation of hatred of Germans and White Americans is blasted (and if you've been in there - and your brain works - you know - that it's not just a tribute to those who suffered - which even I would support - but a segregasit, left-wing sponsored, liberal place to hate white people), upset because he could no longer survive, was losing his home and everything he'd worked for since the newly elected President put STIMULUS money from OUR taxes into holocaust museums while the elderly suffer, and brought a gun?
 
Yes. Did he plan on killing people? Nope. In fact, had it been one of the "white" guards that was shot - ABC might not have even let this story take a lead page (sorry - but racism is rampant in today's media, too). Von Brunn committed the well-known act of: Death by Cop (or in this case, security guard). Think about it - 88 years old - and a security guard, if Von Brunn was raising cain, could not have detained him? Remember what the article says - the other "guards" - (as in more than one), returned fire. It was Von Brunn vs. the museum's security guards. One, little old man alone - upset that our government is causing us to fall into misery - was ready to die. But, now, the black security guard is a hero and Von Brunn's going to go down in history as just a "crazy" old man. ABC reported that onne person who didn't even KNOW Von Brunn at all, knew there was reason to be concerned when Von Brunn gave away his computer and website, because people who give away precious things are usually at the end of their rope.
 
Really? I mean, a computer? Sorry, didn't know that was, 'precious/' And, he gave his website, which was obviously driven by racism, to someone who took it down. He didn't care to keep up the fight (that he thought was right) anymore. That's not "precious," it's not an heirloom, and it's most certainly NOT an indicator that Von Brunn was ready to die. Everything else in the article - that is - the FACTS about what Von Brunn was losing under this new administration - ARE reasons to have believed he was ready to die. And, of course, it was reported that white, hate groups are on the rise, and that it's a tragedy when white people are pushed because they'll snap. You mean, like in the Watts Riots? Or, maybe the South Central riots? Or, perhaps the Taliban? Oh wait - NONE of those folks are white - so isn't it more like - when ANYONE is pushed, they snap? And, what was Von Brunn doing? Yeah - he was saying on his website that he felt the time for talk was over, it was time to take action. Didn't we have an issue with an oriental student (born in America - identifying him by race for clarity), posted on web sites and to news stations for months his intentions to shoot college students, and when people ignored him, he did? Is that to say they should have raided Von Brunn? Of course not - the FBI raid people because they download music and upset Corporate America, not because they care about a few human lives...
 
Of course, Von Brunn was misguided. What he thought was a Federally managed conspiracy of Jews controlling our monetary system and government for the purpose of destroying white people, actually has much stronger ties to the Illuminati.... Okay - NON debatable points aside - the money is controlled by the government. The current budget threatens the very fabric of our economy. As I had posted yesterday for me, a Supreme Court Justice with a well-known prejudice in favor of Hispanics is using the race-card to gain support for her appointment and the President of this Country used it for his election. Is there a problem? Yes. Misguided as Von Brunn may have been, skewed by years of hatred (which obviously leads to the dark side....), at least saw the forest, just not the trees through the forest. Heck, Von Brunn wanted to place the Federal Reserve Board under legal, NON VIOLENT (hmm... sort of.. contradictory.. isn't it?), arrest for treason against our people. He claims to have been punished for the posts he made (sounds familiar.. where have I heard that before.. oh yeah - every radio show host crying out against the Fairness Doctrine for being attacked against freedom of speech and even myself currently being a victim of the same attack),
 
Finally, the sadness of all of this. The security guard (and it doesn't MATTER what the color of his skin is), was a father and family man. Good, bad or indifferent, a child will suffer from this. The people are trying to rise to anarchy, they are trying to speak out against the abuses of our economy and social lives by the Government. But, they are arrested, thrown in jail and left with fear tactics as the force against them. They are frightened - and when a frightened person - no matter their beliefs, is cornered - there will be consequences. I feel for Mr. Von Brunn, who wanted to leave this world, and if he doesn't, will pay a very serious price for this by the government. I feel for the guard, who paid a price already for his choice to be in a position that leads by fear. And, I feel for the people who did nothing when they heard this story.
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We don't need Mary Poppins - we NEED the TRUTH (pt 2)

Continuing on... you see... one of the very, most precious gifts that the Lord has seen fit to bestow upon me is: vision. You can call it prophecy, strangeness, illusions, delusions, dreams, whatever. Personally, I don't care what you call it. When you read the following, perhaps you'll see what I mean:
 
You see, I saw this army. They were slothful and fat. They were dumb and lazy. They fought amongst themselves, hurting each other. They stayed in their armor, dirty, smelly, constantly stuffing their faces, falling asleep in between everything they had to do and so on. Why? Because, the government that commanded them, that ordered them to kill and commit corruption and help them get away with anything they wanted, that government knew, that the BEST way to control these people was to keep them happy - all the time. Keep the wool over their eyes. If these people weren't fat and eating themselves to death, they were tired and asleep. If they weren't doing either of those, they were doing what the government told them. If one of them got injured and complained (as I saw two of them fight, the bigger one cutting off the smaller ones' arm and the smaller one running around for help), nobody listened. Nobody responded. They let him bleed to death and die. Everybody was too preoccupied with themselves to care. They wore their 'armor' like it was some kind of security blanket. They believed their personal power and authority to be absolute because they were given whatever they wanted.
 
Meanwhile - the people suffered. That food did not come for free. It came from the starving homes of children. They were fed sweets and candies and all sorts of "goodies", that were, in reality, very, very bad for them. Their sense of 'justice,' hurting the innocent, even one another, without consideration for morality, lef them to self-indulgance. Their constantly falling asleep simply kept them busy and out of the way. Whenever someone cried out for help, there may have been a spark.. an inkling of interest... but it soon faded. How does this relate to our current society?
 
Simple: we have been lead into self-indulgance, greed and desensitization by the very authorities we trusted to be the shepards. Think I'm being an 'extremist?' Maybe you haven't noticed the cars on the road - the people who pass by the starving and homeless, desensitized to the fact that there REALLY ARE quite a few people out there in need, even if they appear not to be, and instead, pay CASH to 'beautify' the hunk of INANIMATE steel that they call their vehicles - as it's their status symbol. Maybe you haven't noticed your dependence on radio and television. Maybe you haven't noticed that when a news story comes up and we all get excited, it disappears and switches to the next topic before it's ever done and we don't even remember what the last one was! Still don't believe me? How many of you remember who Terri Schiavo is? C'mon - how many? What was the case about? Hey - doesn't matter that the media should have stayed the hell out of it and the law was wrong to intervene in the way they did - but the truth is - who remembers? Who knew about the thousands and thousands of OTHERS who are in hospitals, at the same time Shiavo was, suffering from the same fate? Or, about the millions who have been suffering that fate for the past 30+ years?
 
Here's the one truth above all others I can COMPLETELY assure you of:
 
You don't want to know the truth.
 
I mean that. Not as a 'warning,' but as a 'matter-of-fact' statement. You, personally, would rather NOT know the world is ending, NOT know the economy is failing, NOT know that bad things are going to happen. And, the media KNOWS it! They've been training you, at the order of the shepards (government), for countless years now. They've been masterfully convincing you that death, gangs, violence and such factors are not really, "that big of a deal." Well, that is, unless the Feds suddenly 'want' it to be, and suddenly, there's a "crisis!" Remember the 80's? Remember the stories that made people live in fear in big cities, that you would be carjacked, at gunpoint, at every intersection? You don't? Either you're too young... and it's time you realize that you NEED to be educated for YOURSELF... or you were trained to ignore it and move on. How many of you remember the "AIDS" epidemic? Where did that go? The "Killer bees?" The "Bird flu".... people.. "ANTHRAX?" Where have these things gone? Go ahead - take a sealed, manilla envelope to a courthouse, with documentation to turn in, stand in line and try to open it up in front of the court clerk. Know what he/she's going to tell you? GO OUTSIDE and do that. They're not allowed to let you open the envelopes in the courthouse because of the Anthrax concern. You can't bring sealed documents into a courthouse for that reason!! But... where'd the story go? Since when did we ALL become the terrorists?
 
It's simple. Mary Poppins... isn't real. Sorry. Hate to spoil it for you, but she's only the representation of the good within each and everyone of us if we ever chose to look for it. Her umbrella is love. Her smile is charity. Her gift was not profit, for in truth, it came with a price. If we want things to be better in our lives, we have to WORK for it. No, I'm NOT talking about the daily, grinding, boring, unrewarding and unrelenting job you have simply so you can pay off some debts and continue to incur others, hoping against hope to stay in that "comfort" zone; I'm talking about yourselves, your friends, and your family.
 
This isn't a 'cheery,' lovey, make you feel all warm-hearted turn around. It's the truth. In the vision I was given, the one person who watched all of this pain could sit by no longer. They began to fight back. Sure, the guards... the people... who had been kept in limbo, were gong to suffer and be hurt. They were going to find themselves at the ends of boots and fistacuffs, not out of anger, but out of love. Something HAD to break their routine. Unfortunately, in the world we're in, there's only one 'wake up' call that can be severe enough to aid the vast majority now:
 
War. Not even natural disasters work anymore. Look at South west America. What happened to the south? What happened to the people? Do you even know? A tsunami SO powerful, that it flooded multiple CITIES, wiped out homes and destroyed lives... but... the media, who capitalized on it when it happened, quickly buried it to keep you from caring. What about the flood that hit asia and killed over 100,000 people? The orphaned children? Have you heard about them? It profitted the media... and then *poof*, just like magic, it went away. You see, when the media tries to be "mary poppins," they swoop in, make everything look good, take their money and then leave. But, unlike Mary Poppins, they don't actually fix anything. In fact, just the opposite. They end up making things worse because we never had time to deal with the original problems that were there and are suddenly encountering newer, even more devastating problems! Be afraid folks.. be very afraid. And if you aren't now.. you will be ... you will be. (no... I'm not paying Lucasfilms for that either.... nor am I getting paid, so we can call it even).
 
We need the truth. we need to know everything sucks. This isn't because we 'need' a downer. We're ALREADY in a depressed state. This is the most depressed nation of people in the UNIVERSE.. at any given time in all of HISTORY! But, when a person's down, what do you do? Do you sit in there and tell a manic depressive, "hey bud, it's gonna be okay,"? Do you look in at the person sitting in the bath tub, getting ready to slice their wrists open or drop a hair dryer in the water with them and say, "Don't look so glum, buddy, things are gonna work out!"? YOUR positivity makes people MORE depressed. Maybe things WILL work out. Maybe they'll just work out for YOU. But, by pretending everything's beautiful - we are only MASKING the truth. By ignoring the problem, we are only letting it GET WORSE. You have to step up to the people, you have to take 'em by the hand and say, "HEY - YEAH - things SUCK - things are BAD - and probably, they are going to get WORSE! AND, I can't promise you I can fix them, or they'll EVER get fixed, but sitting here sulking, sitting here getting ready to give up... even sitting here PRETENDING that your house is NOT on fire will ONLY BURN YOU."
 
What is it the President said that the news jumped all over? (now remember... I'm NOT an Obama supporter... but here's the truth): He said: People, the economy's bad. Things don't look good. We need change NOW. We need to do something immediately or we're all going to fail.
 
So, why did the government (aka controllers of and via the media), slap down the request for positivity. People WERE listening to the President and WERE trying to get prepared for the worst. They WERE watching the news and saying, "hey - we're all being cheated and lead like lambs to the slaughter - we NEED change." But, it wasn't the change the President wanted. The government didn't want us involved. Instead, they realized their mistake. Rather than us just accepting their totalitarian authority, we were going to rebel, and in order to appease the masses, they are filling our plates with "goodies," they are shrouding us in "armor," and they are trying to quietly separate themselves from us. The results?
 
Those "goodies," these "incentives", the "stimulus package," and other factors... are actually NOT good for us at all, and we will suffer for indulging in them.
The "armore," the 'protective blanket,' that tells people to spend, spend, spend, people to be okay with the idea their nest egg will return, people not taking action against AIG, believing the government is doing it for them, will wake up from their slumber only to find their armor was cheap ol' plastic and aluminum, and when the sword comes down, we will be hurt... badly.
And, their separation... well... you've read George Orwell's, 1984, haven't you? What about Ayn Rand's, When Atlas Shrugged? (1984 is on video for those of you lazy people.. like me :)... don't know if atlas shrugged is.. you can look it up if you want). If you have.. then you've been warned.. you're just ignoring it. If you haven't... then you're the ones who are going to suffer doubly, unaware that the tsunami will hit.
 
It takes one person, folks. A guy from Texas told the IRS - "I'm not paying taxes. You can't make our elected officials do it.. who are NOT above the law... you can't make me do it." Another gentleman followed after a senator and caught up with him in the white house, on camera, and video tapped his attempts at forcing the Senator to answer the question, "Why are YOU not being held responsible for your actions and how can YOU represent the people if you're cheating them?"
 
But, do you hear about them now? Nope. The news doesn't want you to hear that 'negativity.'?????
 
Finally... let's not forget one, important point. Mary Poppins - the REAL story of Mary Poppins - wasn't the kind nanny who 'shielded' anyone from the truth. She was adamant that the solution to the problem can only come when we face the REAL problem. She didn't tell the children the banks were corrupt or deceiptful. She didn't tell them their father was just another corrupted bureaucrat. She told him the truth about the world around him. The little old lady who feeds the birds really COULD use their support. THAT was a worthy cause. She didn't diss on the banks. She didn't tear into "father." She let them destroy themselves, but cound only do so by EDUCATING the children with the truth. You cannot defend yourself if you are not equipped. You need the truth. You need to believe in what's right. You need to stand up. You need to not let the few who have tried be the only ones. No one rose up after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. fell, and because of it, his dream was corrupted (referring back to the post regarding the boondocks and segregation). The impoverished CAN'T do it alone. YOU - ALL of you - must fight. Think you're going to risk what you have? What have you got? Really... what is it? What is so valuable to you that you don't believe in freedom? Your stuff? ... too sad for me to comment on.... Your family? Sure.. till they get hit with the 200 - 400% tax increase, and money will tear everything apart.. war will tear it apart....
 
Maybe your wealth? What you profit from today, will have to be taken away tomorrow - when you'll need it the most - to pay for everything you were given today. Your life? What life? What are you here for? What are you working for? What are you doing? Don't be afraid to be the one. It has to be a chain.. it has to continue.. and only when our voices raise.. only when one.. after another.. after another.. fight.. die and care MORE about the future then themselves.. does change happen.
 
Just look at Christ. If it was good enough for the Son of GOD, to die as a mortal, to save the people; and His disciples to do the same, then should we not quit inflating our egoes and also stand up?..... think about it... not today.. not tomorrow.. but soon....
 
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We don't need Mary Poppins - we NEED the TRUTH (pt 1)

It's all over the news; the media has been having a feeding frenzy on the issue: positivity. Barrack Obama needs to be more 'positive' in his speeches. The media needs to be more 'positive'. There are articles being published, calling for the media and press to start reporting 'good times,' not negativity.
 
But, does trying to transform the President and the media into a virtual 'Mary Poppins,' come with a price?
 
The answer is: yes; a very, very steep price. Here's the truth:
  • The economy has failed.
  • Democracy has failed.
  • Capitalism has failed.
  • Greed has led us down the poophole.
  • Churches have quit offering the truth.
  • The government's level of corruption is at an all-time high.
  • Government spending is out of control.
  • Our future generations are about to be totally screwed.
  • We NEED change NOW - not tomorrow or in a few years, NOW.
  • IF change doesn't happen, all of us alive today, WILL feel the terrible effects before it's over - and we WILL suffer too.
 
Sound very positive? No? Let me "Mary Poppinize" it for you in the way the media would like to see it:
  • Hey, the economy will get better, don't worry.. spend, spend, spend!
  • The Government's not responsible... past government's were, and this is a brand new day and age of honesty and integrity!
  • Don't blame corporate America, corporate greed is a good thing, it stimulates fair growth for small businesses and all of us.
  • You have every RIGHT to DEMAND MORE money... and we SHOULD spend more.. it's a good thing...
  • Separation of Church and State is an 'old school' philosophy, we need to do it Rome's way, where the government commands religion and policies exist to FORCE specific variations in faith...
  • Our politicians are there for US! They love us and care! They won't do ANYTHING that we wouldn't want them to do!
  • Don't worry about the 'free' money, we'll print more. After all, if you still have checks in your checkbook, are you REALLY broke?
  • The future generations don't know what's good for them. We do. We'll fix it.. just wait it out and see.. and if it's too late to fix it later, well, then we can all look back and laugh at this, right?
  • Change will come, just keep trudging away in your lives, and you'll see... aren't things getting better right now?
  • It's our job today, to care about tomorrow, and we can make the difference, we'll just add the taxation later on... and of course, there's no need to concern ourselves with a 400% tax increase on future generations... they'll have TONS of money, won't they?
Hmmm.... well, I don't know about you, but I feel SO much better! Whew! What a relief! Things are looking GREAT! I'm not gonna worry about unemployment, failing small businesses or HUGE government spending bills. I'm not gonna let AIG or the banks get me down! I'm going forward now! I'm preparing for my future! I'm... what's that? What do you mean I didn't have the money to spend? What do you mean the stock prices are still falling and I've lost everything? What do you mean I have nowhere to live? What do I do now?
 
What do you mean you have no answers because we wiped ourselves out? Didn't Mary Poppins save us? Didn't her umbrella of protection against the storms bring us new hopes? Didn't the bank hire back the family head that they fired so brutally and unjustifiably (as he finally stood against their greed), and give him a raise and higher rank and position? WHAT DO YOU MEAN THE MOVIES AREN'T REAL???
 
Folks, it's called the primrose path:
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles, like a puff'd and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads
And recks not his own rede.
 
Hypocrisy. It's pure and simple. The doctor is dedicated to healing people... which is to say, 'he cares about people,' .... but only those who can afford it, which is, in contrast, to say, 'he doesn't care for people.' The politician is dedicated to representing the interests and needs of the people who elect him, which is to say, 'he is there to serve the people,' .... but passes bills without them, generates money for the government and his own raises, which is, in contrast, to say, 'he serves himself.' The police officer is dedicated to enforcing laws against lawbreaking citizens, which is to say, 'he serves the interests of justice for the safety of the people,'.... but instead, matlock isn't real, the detectives constantly attack and berate innocent people, shoot innocent people, imprison innocent people, stalk the people assuming their guilt and constantly lie because they don't care about hurting the innocent majority to get a few bad guys to get their money raises and exert/show off their power, which is, in contrast, to say, 'they serve their personal agendas.' This list goes on...
 
Congress just announced that they are going to, "end this foolish, automatic, cost of living increase, which, in these hard economic times, is ridiculous and unfair to the people." [They are now going to require a vote to pass cost of living increases]...
 
.... okay... stay with me on this one... (trying not to laugh out loud here)....
 
Congress did NOT, just announce, that they are going to stop giving "themselves" continuous raises, but rather, they are going to stop seeing to it that the American public, the PEOPLE, stop getting cost of living wage increases unless it is voted upon. Wait a second.. wasn't it... "we the people," who voted in to have the cost of living increases? Who remembers this? C'mon --- I know YOU do! YOU remember that YOU WANTED your employers to be forced to adjust their minimum wage levels for cost of living increases!! But, it doesn't MATTER what YOU want. YOU'RE JUST the PEON voter who means NOTHING in a Democracy. Now, Congress will vote on it.. FOR YOU. In fact, the cost of living increase vote also helped limit the old, Congress-giving-themselves-automatic-raises-whenever  the heck they wanted to, procedure. But, now, Congress will get to reinstate that. Fix the "old" Bush ways that were so screwed up.. you know... the ones that said the people's wages have to be adjusted for the cost of living increases? Remember that now?
 
When we are LIED to - when we are lead to believe that everything's 'beautiful,' we are NOT dealing with the Mary Poppins' of the world.. oh no... we are dealing with the Bernie Madoffs. We are dealing with the Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's. We are dealing with the CORRUPTED, GREEDY, SELFISH people that are trying to get their OWN agendas by you by "snow-jobbing" you. Why do they want you to be happy? Well... let me 'splain.... in part 2.. hee hee hee
 
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