America In Danger – The Blog

Angela Merkel won a majority in Germany with a tax cutting platform. Her socialist opponent advocated the typical tax the rich scam (not unlike our Congress here in the USA). Public sentiment and common sense show that lower taxes are better for society.

Our own government has lost sight of the fact that individuals should come first before any government mandate. After all, government has nothing to give except that which they first take.

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There are those who have worked for many years to educate the public about the loose monetary policies of an independent bank controlling the money supply of the U.S. There are those who have worked for years to educate the public about the dangers of too much government. Only now are many waking up as these thing hit them where it hurts. The tea party movement is a prime example of that although it’s being co-opted before our very eyes by neo-con politicians and organizations.

Now the chickens have returned to roost. The current administration, along with the previous administrations have allowed their elitist handlers to drive us into disasterous public policy that has shaken the world’s confidence in the U.S. dollar.

The continued printing of money is the problem. While schools and universities teach that inflation is simply rising prices, there are many of us who understand that rising prices is the response to inflation of the money supply. A supply backed simply by the faith and credit of the U.S. Government. A faith and credit that has lost much credibility in the eyes of the world because of its stupidity in maintaining a too big to fail policy in bailing out big companies with sorry management and using unbacked, printed money to do so.

It’s not rocket science to understand that it’s just bad policy!

The question now is who will bail U.S. out now because surely we’re too big to fail?

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In a case that can only be looked at as the pot calling the kettle black, former Fed chairman Alan Greenspan says that if Congress takes back some of its rightful constitutional authority to regulate monetary policy, the Fed will not be able to control inflation and the economy.

Come on Alan, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to understand that the Fed has already inflated the money supply with its expansionist policies. Realistically the value of the U.S. dollar has dramatically decreased which requires the exchange of ever more increasing quantities necessary to execute transactions. The only thing keeping price inflation in check is the well conditioned belief by the American public that our dollar still holds value. We are experiencing inflation in the form of tax and fee increases on the part of local, state, and federal governments.

The rest of the world is questioning whether the U.S. dollar should continue as the global medium of exchange because of the Fed’s expansionist (read inflationary) policies and the increasing debt being accumulated by the U.S. government.

The Fed like Congress and the President claims that the free market can’t operate without the “leavening hand of government.” Yes, it’s true that more free markets might be a little more wild and woolly in some instances, the fact remains that profit/failure incentives rather than bail outs have a profound effect on the risk practices of businesses.

The Fed should be audited (287 members of Congress agree) and then Congress needs to get control of the monetary policy as well as the spending policy.

Alan Greenspan was at the helm during the build up to our current Great Recession, are we now supposed to heed his words as being wise or should we pat him on the head, say “that’s nice Alan, now go play with your little friends and leave monetary policy to those who haven’t messed it up so badly.”

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I would sincerely like to be optimistic and believe Mr. Bernake’s rhetoric about the recession being over but, when you look at what the experts are saying, it becomes very difficult to accept the Fed Chair’s rosy outlook.

The experts I’m referring to are the ones who saw the problem coming in the first place, not the Cramer-like individuals who are already calling a victory over recession and trying to convince us that bailing out banks, buying old cars, and pumping money we don’t have into the mortgage markets has won the day.

No, the experts I’m talking about are the ones who understand what caused the issue in the first place. While it’s typical to hear about how under-regulation lead to this crash, those who truly understand the problem tell a very different story that’s worth listening to.

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It appears that the media, Oliver Stone, Hillary Clinton, Mr. Obama and the free-speech restricting leftist dictator Hugo Chavez think the general public is pretty gullible. Being fortunate in having a reliable source from Venezuela, one who still has family in Venezuela, has provided some credible insight into the methods of that socialist regime. While Oliver Stone claims that Chavez is maligned in the U.S., the reality is that he is running a typical leftist dictatorial regime complete with confiscation of property, land, and savings. He is no saint to his people and the reports of protests are beginning to see the light of day.

It seems that promoting leftist causes by Oliver Stone, Michael Moore, and other assorted hollywood refuse is cause de jour… although it probably always has been.

We know that both Hillary Clinton and Barrack Obama received training in leftist Saul Alinsky’s organizations. Given the leftist training of both our Secretary of State and our President is there any wonder why Mr. Chavez wants to help them?

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The ongoing support of ousted Honduran president Zalaya by the Obama administration is really no surprise when you consider that both Obama and Hillary were trained by leftist organizer Saul Alinsky. It is questionable why the Administration would attempt to subvert a legitimate action taken by the Honduran Congress and Supreme Court. If we look closely at the CNN yellow journalism with their near hysterical and absolutely false reports of an eight year old child gunned down by government forces for protesting the ouster of Zalaya, we can see a pattern emerge that has been used over and over again. The supposed weapons of mass destruction, the Tonkin Gulf Incident, the proposed Operation Northwood, and others too numerous to mention were all intended to control public opinion thus providing the impetus for unconstitutional government action. Don’t be surprised if we see a sudden crisis take place to provide Washington with their desired emotional push by the unthinking masses for the health care takeover.

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Proponents of the proposed U.S. health care legislation can deny the existence of mandated death committees all they want but it doesn’t change the eventualities of government run health care. No, Britain doesn’t have death committees mandated by their law either but it appears to be a natural result of government run rationed care. When government takes over health care the goal has got to be restrictions in the application of medical technology, especially when the recipient just doesn’t measure up to the standards… too old, close to death, or simply inconvenient and not cost effective. When you implement massive government control there are always unintended consequences. In the case of the British NHS it the drive toward allowing the old and terminal to die quickly to reduce costs.

When you consider the British unwritten policy of letting the old and terminal die quickly, alongside the fact that the British NHS has the highest absenteeism of any industry you may begin to see a pattern emerge. A pattern that does not bode well for the implementation of government run and ultimately rationed health care when society is used to having a system that values life above all else.

It may be expensive but I’d rather pay at the time of use than to be bled dry paying all the time for a system that is broken before it is even started.

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Why anyone gives Bonnie Prince Charles the time of day, I’ll never know. This is just what we need the British version of Al “Hot Air” Gore telling us how much time we have left. Both Gore and Charles need to read the science that they both choose to ignore. I prefer to make my decisions based on facts, and yes, there is always room for debate of science especially when an entire pseudo-religion is based on unproven theory and incomplete computer models. Charles along with many “global warming” politicians are heavily invested in the industries that will benefit from this government forced and needless shift in energy policy. Why is there no push to increase and improve on the proven and existing nuclear technology? With advances in reclaiming nuclear fuel and proven safety records, it’s foolish to force individuals to pay for the development of experimental technologies that are at best supplemental. Let the market provide for the gradual development of alternative energy sources on a consumer level. That way they fit the need rather than ending up with expensive technologies that are not in demand but have been forced down our throats and have driven utility costs through the roof.

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The EU has increased its pressure on the US to reconsider the “Buy American” clause in the $800bn (£567bn) economic recovery package now before Congress.

You see, this is what “Free Trade” is all about, enforcing unfair policies.  This is where, in order to be “fair”, politicians think that by forcing US companies to buy their supplies abroad, that at home, it’ll expand trade and we’ll ALL prosper.  Far from it.  This harms suppliers in America who could sell at a lower cost to American companies producing goods and services.

It’s wrong and we need to get out of all the so-called “Free Trade” agreements that bureaucrats in Washington have bound our country to.

I say “Buy American”, anyway.

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Iceland’s government is on the point of collapse as angry protesters stake out the parliament in Reykjavik.

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