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| longstop | Jul 18 2010, 03:08 PM Post #1 |
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Quite a long but interesting article from the American Spectator. America's Ruling Class -- And the Perils of Revolution http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print By Angelo M. Codevilla from the July 2010 - August 2010 issue As over-leveraged investment houses began to fail in September 2008, the leaders of the Republican and Democratic parties, of major corporations, and opinion leaders stretching from the National Review magazine (and the Wall Street Journal) on the right to the Nation magazine on the left, agreed that spending some $700 billion to buy the investors' "toxic assets" was the only alternative to the U.S. economy's "systemic collapse." In this, President George W. Bush and his would-be Republican successor John McCain agreed with the Democratic candidate, Barack Obama. Many, if not most, people around them also agreed upon the eventual commitment of some 10 trillion nonexistent dollars in ways unprecedented in America. They explained neither the difference between the assets' nominal and real values, nor precisely why letting the market find the latter would collapse America. The public objected immediately, by margins of three or four to one. When this majority discovered that virtually no one in a position of power in either party or with a national voice would take their objections seriously, that decisions about their money were being made in bipartisan backroom deals with interested parties, and that the laws on these matters were being voted by people who had not read them, the term "political class" came into use. Then, after those in power changed their plans from buying toxic assets to buying up equity in banks and major industries but refused to explain why, when they reasserted their right to decide ad hoc on these and so many other matters, supposing them to be beyond the general public's understanding, the American people started referring to those in and around government as the "ruling class." And in fact Republican and Democratic office holders and their retinues show a similar presumption to dominate and fewer differences in tastes, habits, opinions, and sources of income among one another than between both and the rest of the country. They think, look, and act as a class. snip |
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| foxglove | Jul 18 2010, 05:54 PM Post #2 |
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The following link is a long essay on the role of science in the effort to dominate the masses of people. It focuses on eugenics. http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=20028# Edited by foxglove, Jul 18 2010, 05:58 PM.
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| longstop | Jul 19 2010, 11:10 AM Post #3 |
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Rush discussing ...... The Ruling Class.....?
Edited by longstop, Jul 19 2010, 11:13 AM.
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| chatham | Jul 19 2010, 11:23 AM Post #4 |
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obama eating ice cream. Any doubt as to why he picked this particular ice cream shop?![]() credit: weasel zippers Edited by chatham, Jul 19 2010, 11:23 AM.
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| kbp | Jul 19 2010, 12:17 PM Post #5 |
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Mount Desert Island Ice Cream Their flashy opening page with music and leads to a little information on the place. There is much more at their Facebook page. I believe this is an image of the owner or manager, a "Linda" often mentioned in messages at Facebook. ![]() I am not sure HOW the sign came about or what, if any, special message it provides. |
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| foxglove | Jul 22 2010, 03:08 PM Post #6 |
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IMO, at the top of the ruling class is a small group of very wealthy individuals who do not care about the American nation, the Constitution, or the American people. Over the years, they have sucessfully promoted an infiltration of government and other institutions through the use of money, including foundation money, and psychology (behaviorism) applied for political purposes. The push is toward globalism which puts more power and wealth and control of populations and resources in their hands. It's a take over and has been going on incrementally for a long time. Therefore, the ruling class promotes centralization instead of decentralization and checks and balances that our founding fathers devised. The culture of society had to change in order to accomplish this. Glenn Beck has pointed out on his program that the Progressives had to change society by de-emphasizing religion, the founding fathers and the Constitution, and the family. Religion has been de-emphasized by Supreme Court decisions and Hollywood and TV. Homosexual and lesbian activists, atheists, etc. are poised to destroy traditional religion altogether.The founding fathers were de-emphasized because of "diversity" and multiculturalism that negatively portrayed them as slave-owners only. Social engineering has diluted the traditional family. The Carnegie Foundation was involved with education and the Rockefeller Foundation was involved with science, especially population control. Lily E. Kay's book, "The Molecular Vision of Life" seeks to document the influence of the Rockefeller Foundation on the course of scientific endeavor at CalTech. The desire for and acceptance of Rockefeller Foundation money changed the University of Notre Dame. The ruling elites have great influence on politicians and the political process because of the influence of money. Only an awakening by the American people can possibly stem this tide. Edited by foxglove, Jul 22 2010, 03:11 PM.
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| foxglove | Jul 22 2010, 03:14 PM Post #7 |
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Crossfire interviewed Congressman Larry McDonald about his take on the New World Order back in the early 80s. http://buchanan.org/blog/video-pat-buchanan-interviews-Congressman-larry-mcdonald-947 (Enlarge the screen, otherwise, you won't see the video) Edited by foxglove, Jul 23 2010, 07:25 AM.
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| Acc Esq | Jul 22 2010, 04:13 PM Post #8 |
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This book was recommended to me earlier this week as a sort of modern day Atlas Shrugged -- Civil War Two: The Coming Breakup of America by Thomas Chittum. Bear in mind, it was written in 1995! It is frighteningly accurate in its forecast. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/144047639X/ref=oss_product The reviews are enlightening. |
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| Mason | Jul 22 2010, 07:25 PM Post #9 |
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. I gonna check out that book, Acc Esq. Thanks. The pictures above by Chatham and others make me think about Obama's upcoming vacation, having just been back from his Maine Island vacation. This is from a guy that is waiting for Sept or October to go on his only vacation of the year (me). I have friends that aren't using any vacation because if they get laid-off, they want to get paid for the vacation they have on the books. . |
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| longstop | Jul 22 2010, 09:19 PM Post #10 |
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This is why November is so important. It's as if the mid term election is the only safety valve the folk have and one has to wonder if the BP start any shenanigans or there is a sniff of Acorn corruption (Coleman/Frankin) things might turn ugly pretty smartly. We all seem to be residing on the lid of a pressure cooker , not a comfortable place to be ! Edited by longstop, Jul 22 2010, 09:22 PM.
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| foxglove | Jul 23 2010, 07:30 AM Post #11 |
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People should take their video recorders to the polling places and use if necessary. Citizens should take the day off from work and check out the polls and perhaps even organize before election day to observe the polls in an organized way. |
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| cks | Jul 23 2010, 07:57 AM Post #12 |
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From June 10-August 15 this year, I was ostensibly "on vacation". However, given that my teaching contract is ten months, I am not employed for those two months though because of the way the law is written I cannot (nor would I) file for unemployment compensation. However, during that two month hiatus, I am still working - on what I will teach this coming academic year, coming in to set up my classroom, etc. My husband, a journalist, works every day but Christmas - most days he works about 18 hours. A vacation? Rare, if ever. While I would agree that the demands of the office of the presidency are hard, the fact is that people who occupy that office have willingly sought it (even those who come to it through the death of an occupant - as they ran for the office of VP knowing that the job entailed the possibility that they might assume the highest office). Therefore, the claims that the president needs to constantly have a vacation from his workload do not resonate with me. If going to the Gulf was so important (to show that it is still open for vacationers) why didn't he and his family go last week instead of the trip to Maine? Are we going to be treated to pictures of the first dog (with handler and separate plane trip) frolicking along the sands of the Gulf with the First Family engaging in some photo op cleanup work? If the President and his family were going back to their own home for vacation (as Bush would go to his ranch) that would be one thing - and quite understandable. This was more the case with previous presidents (Kennedy to his Massachusetts compound or the home in Florida; Bush I to his home on the beach; Carter back to his farm, etc.). The Obamas have, it seems, forgotten that they are not the king and queen of America. Rather he is a public servant and she is his wife. As such, particularly given these economic times, a little less opulence and extravagance, would seem to be in order. Staying put at the White House or at Camp David would be a beginning. Edited by cks, Jul 23 2010, 07:59 AM.
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| foxglove | Jul 23 2010, 08:41 AM Post #13 |
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One gets the feeling that Chicago is not really a home for Obama but rather, it was a place to gain political power before becoming president. IOW, there are really no ties to family or heritage there. He flies around to "beautiful people" elite locations for numerous vacations (Bar Harbor, Martha's Vineyard) to enjoy the company and perhaps do some business with the elites in very upscale and lovely locations. He shows who he really is by his choice of vacation locations which is, IMO, a man without a place he can really call home, but rather, an elitist who serves at the pleasure of elites and is given pleasure in return. |
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| longstop | Jul 23 2010, 10:00 AM Post #14 |
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Obama's continued search for his fix of 100% undiluted adulation ! |
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| cks | Jul 23 2010, 11:09 AM Post #15 |
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I can understand that as a young man growing up he felt no ties to any one place. However, once he got married, he settled into what was his wife's home base. Often that is what happens (with married couples) when one spouse is not rooted in any one location. How many years was Chicago his home? That is where his children were born and where he began his married life. It would seem to methat would be his "home" and that, given the opportunity, that would be where he would return - to visit family friends, etc. But instead, we have a president who seems to want to vacation at various spots that are expensive (Hawaii, Ashville, NC, up in Maine, Martha's Vineyard, etc. And, his constant moving around costs the taxpayers a boatload of money as the security needed, etc. is an expense born by the taxpayers (I would like to see if the first family is paying the costs for all the hangers on that seem to come with them on their jaunts). Again, in a time of economic belt tightening, the president (any president) would do well to be seen as sharing in that tightening. If nothing else, it is good pr. |
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