boom and bust explained: nader for president

it's amazing that no one mentions that the "owners of the world" enjoy these "boom and bust cycles".  the "boom" allows the little entrepreneurs to work hard and create something (either real or fake (it does not matter)) while the "owners" sit around and sip tea, then the "bust" is there to crush the little entrepreneurs (workers/people) so that the "owners" can take the profits.  Then the cycle repeats.

I agree with you on McCain.  It's a farce.  Put his campaign on hold? backing out of the debate?   Nader and Obama should debate.  I would like to see Nader as President, if only to see what would happen.

In my opinion, the "owners of the world" have already chosen Obama.

Last Laugh

The last laugh would be to have everyone vote for Nader.

He's on the ballot in 45 of the 50 states and he can be written in 4 of the 5 remaining states.

Amazingly, Oklahoma is the only state that will not count write in votes.

Let's have the biggest laugh on all the politicians, the rich, wall street, etc.

In my opinion, a monkey can do better than Paulson.

Elect Nader, and let's see.

It would be like changing the channel.  We're all tired of watching this republican/democrat soap opera.

people let's take back the world

watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5WiE6MnmCM

it's amazing.  we have to take back this world from these criminals.

rubin (democrat/secretary of treasury/clinton)
paulson (republican/secretary of treasury/bush)

both ceo's of the most criminal organization (goldman sachs)

both rubin and paulson are shocked by the "fragility of the capital markets"

these are the same people that created this criminal operation.

think about it, these so called "experts" have created a disaster that will cost over 700 billion dollars.

you have to ask yourself, if monkeys were in charge, could they have done any worse?

should we reward the monkeys?

part of the problem started with the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933 which established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in the United States and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation.

many thanks to phil gramm for this repeal.  gramm is a American politician who served as a Democratic Congressman (1978–1983), a Republican Congressman (1983–1985) and a Republican Senator from Texas (1985–2002).  goes to show that the label democrat/republican can be two sides of the same coin.

here's a short history of gramm's current and past scandals:

Gramm is a vice-chairman of UBS Investment Bank, a financial services company based in Switzerland.

Although there were rumors that Gramm was being considered to be Treasury Secretary in George W. Bush's second term, he was not offered the position. He was also thought to have been in the running for the presidency of Texas A&M University, but the position went to former Central Intelligence Agency Director Robert Gates instead. After the November 8, 2006 nomination and subsequent confirmation of Gates to the position of Secretary of Defense, Gramm was briefly rumored to be a candidate for Texas A&M University presidency, despite statements from university officials that he would not be considered and denials from Gramm himself.

Involvement in "Enron Loophole" legislation

Gramm was one of five co-sponsors of the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000^[3]. One provision of the bill was referred to as the "Enron loophole" because the House Agriculture Committee drafted it and it was later applied to Enron. Some critics blame the provision for permitting the Enron scandal to occur.^[4] At the time, Gramm's wife was previously on Enron's board of directors.

His wife was supposed to oversee the enron accounting practices.

Phil Gramm's Quotes:

• "If you are willing to tackle the tough issues, you don't need to worry about stepping on anyone's toes; they will stand aside and shove you to the front." — As quoted by former Gramm staffer Wayne A. Abernathy^[18] September 12, 2002, before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.^[19]

• "I have as many guns as I need, but I don't have as many guns as I want."^[20]

• "Most people don't have the luxury of living to be 80 years old, so it's hard for me to feel sorry for them." - (in response to a statement that a Social Security proposal would hurt people over 80)^[21]

• "I recently told Ed Whitacre [former CEO of AT&T, who retired with a $158 million pay package] he was probably the most exploited worker in American history"^[22]

• "We have sort of become a nation of whiners. You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness."^[12]

 

the rich are really the powerless

I "hate" (and I rarely use that word) the entire abusive system.  everyone feels powerless.  but the reality is we are very powerful.  what if we all stop working for one day.  it would be over for the so-called "rich"

the "rich" pit us, the so-called "middle class" against each other and against the "poor".  The reality is we are all the same.

"the health of the economy", "too big to fail", "free trade", "immigration reform". these are all code words.

the last two work together to punish small farmers. 

 

Worry for the "health of the economy" is unbelievable.  When unemployment rises, the so-called "health of the economy" improves.   Tell that to the hundreds of thousands who were surplussed or sent to the warehouse.  This dog-eat-dog attitude is manufactured by the media.  The comical thing is even the lowest little capitalist thinks he or she is buddy buddy with the true ruling class.  When the truth is: they don't know you from spit.  And less than spit is what you are worth to them.  They would not so much as lift an eyebrow to help you and if you are even the least bit of a nuisance, their henchman will cut your throat.

John Donne said it best 400 years ago and Martin Luther King quoted him:

Through our scientific and technological genius, we have made of this world a neighborhood and yet we have not had the ethical commitment to make of it a brotherhood. But somehow, and in some way, we have got to do this. We must all learn to live together as brothers or we will all perish together as fools. We are tied together in the single garment of destiny, caught in an inescapable network of mutuality. And whatever affects one directly affects all indirectly. For some strange reason I can never be what I ought to be until you are what you ought to be. And you can never be what you ought to be until I am what I ought to be. This is the way God's universe is made; this is the way it is structured.

John Donne caught it years ago and placed it in graphic terms: "No man is an island entire of itself. Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main." And he goes on toward the end to say, "Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind; therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee." We must see this, believe this, and live by it if we are to remain awake through a great revolution.

--Martin Luther King, Jr., Remaining Awake Through A Great Revolution

Socialize Risk and Privatize Profit

 

Basically, those dear jobs are a noose.  We need to start cooperatives.  These massive international corporations and their corrupt politician puppets are destroying the world.  As shown by these events.   Their main goal is to socialize risk and privatize profit.   When profits are there, they take them, and when there is nothing left, we are told that this institution or that institution is too big to fail.  The answer is simple.  All people are more important than money, than buildings, than everything.  It's in the Declaration of Independence. 

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. - Thomas Jefferson

And here's a quote on "jobs" 
 

The rich in this country do none of the work, and pay none of the taxes. The middle class does most of the work, and pays all of the taxes. The poor are there just to scare the shit out of the middle class. Keep 'em showing up at those 'jobs'. -- George Carlin

I believe the poor do a lot of work and deserve better.  The hatred between the poor and the middle class is also manufactured by the rich to benefit the rich.   The middle class actually votes against it's own interest thanks to incredibly unimportant issues such as gun control and religious beliefs.