Comments on Pro Libertate: "Stimulus" Spending: Making The Dead Parrot Twitch

Out of respect for the blog writer I won't use the...

2008-06-13T01:32:00.000-06:00

Out of respect for the blog writer I won't use the words necessary to describe what I really think of the so called "Stimulus Package."

I wish America would "Stimulate" Washington by firmly applying a foot to their back sides, thus sending them flying out the door.

Worthnoting 1.30: This time the reference worked....

2008-06-12T21:31:00.000-06:00

Worthnoting 1.30: This time the reference worked. I saved the link as a favorite. Thank you.

Doc Ellis 124

re: doc ellis 125 -That's odd.Just checked it by d...

2008-06-12T14:30:00.000-06:00

re: doc ellis 125 -
That's odd.
Just checked it by doing a cut and paste and the site came up for me both times.
Did it from my comment and also yours in case I'd inadvertently put in a space I wasn't seeing or something.
I'm not computer savvy enough to know why this would happen.
Plus, don't know any other way to check it other than cut and paste on my machine.
It's an awesome site!

worthnoting 9.38: the link you posted http://www....

2008-06-12T14:07:00.000-06:00

worthnoting 9.38:
the link you posted http://www.govtrack.us/ leads to a field and track website. Try again.

Doc Ellis 124

Thanks so much to the folks that passed on sources...

2008-06-12T10:38:00.000-06:00

Thanks so much to the folks that passed on sources for me concerning basic economy stuff. Maybe with enough study I'll eventually understand - "US Economy:What the Heck Is Going On?"

Those of us trying to suddenly "get up to speed" in a variety of areas find "getting a mental handle" on everything being discussed - can be overwhelming. . .

Most of us have our hands full with - just trying to survive - as our daily challenge (all those "displaced" workers don't simply disappear - when we're no longer needed - and most of us have families).

While most of our leaders can be referred to as "willfully ignorant" the rest of us (everyday folks)would be more honestly described by use of the term "betrayed".

Ron Paul's book "The Revolution:A Manifesto" is out now! There's a couple of articles at this link that include excerpts:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/
woods87.html

Concerning "grasping things" the bills presented at DownsizeDC.org are encouraging to me (although I favor a decentralized goal concerning alternative energy development).
This link goes to a page that lists them:
http://www.downsizedc.org/index.shtml

Also, a helpful tool for determined beginners is GovTrack.

"GovTrack tracks the United States Congress. Follow the status of federal legislation or learn about your members of Congress by using the tools on the left. We have information on all bills and votes going back over a decade, and you can subscribe to RSS feeds to keep up with the latest activity in Congress."

http://www.govtrack.us/

I LOVE Monty Python but am on dial-up which makes me "YouTube Challenged". (Can't really do the videos available there and other places yet.)

Is the "dead parrot" skit in any of the Monty Python movies? Wait a minute! Is this the same skit shown in, "And Now For Something Completely Different" ?????????

There's also a lumberjack song in "And Now For Something Completely Different". Is that the one you're looking for?

Will,I had forgotten about the Monty Python "Dead ...

2008-06-11T19:01:00.000-06:00

Will,

I had forgotten about the Monty Python "Dead Parrot" skit, and am thrilled that you have found it on Youtube! Indeed, the skit makes much more sense than the government's economic policies these days!

Now, can you find the "I'm a Lumberjack" skit?

I wonder if those "public servants" (as shown in t...

2008-06-11T16:47:00.000-06:00

I wonder if those "public servants" (as shown in the photo) who guarded the most recent meeting of our global overlords were paid overtime out of state or municipal police funds confiscated at gunpoint from us taxpayers, or did the establishment kick in its own supply of rapidly depreciating (and probably also stolen) currency to pay for this protective phalanx?

Obviously a rhetorical question to which I hope no one is planning on posting an answer.

Sorry, I wrote too soon on Weds. morning. By the W...

2008-06-11T14:15:00.000-06:00

Sorry, I wrote too soon on Weds. morning. By the Weds. close, Lehman (LEH) had fallen to $23.69 ... producing losses of over 15% for those who bought its emergency secondary share offering on Monday.

And today the Dow Jones Transportation Average suffered its worst beating since October 2002, according to CNBC, as it fell 247 points (is that a lot?).

But George Bush and Hank Paulson and Ben Bernanke will assure you that the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound ... even as Donnie Kohn, Ben's second fiddle at the Fed, said today that we may just have to hunker down and tolerate rising oil prices and rising unemployment at the same time, till they burn themselves out. Lovely!

So -- pay no attention to the flashing red numbers -- we're in good hands with these experts. They wouldn't lie to us, now would they? They found Saddam's WMDs, and they'll find the solution to this little hiccup too.

If politicians start wearing WIN buttons again, it...

2008-06-11T08:16:00.000-06:00

If politicians start wearing WIN buttons again, it will stand for "Whip Iran Now." Meanwhile, they don't even admit that we're in recession yet.

Here's one little straw in the wind. On Monday, the investment bank Lehman Brothers sold 145 million shares to raise capital, after announcing a $2.8 billion loss. The shares were sold at $28, a slight discount to the mid-29s price of the existing shares on Monday morning.

By Tuesday morning, LEH shares fell below $28, handing an instant loss to all the new share buyers. By Wednesday morning, LEH shares had fallen to the mid-26 level, handing them an even bigger loss.

Who you gonna believe -- a bunch of bent politicians, desperately trying to salvage the next election? Or folks trading LEH shares with real money?

WM (Washington Mutual) is another one to watch, as it trades down to penny-stock levels.

The Bubble blowers forgot that leveraged expansion is followed, as night follows day, by leveraged contraction. They lost Iraq abroad, and they lost the economy at home. Nitwits. Goofballs. Criminals.

Perhaps politicians will start wearing WIN (Whip I...

2008-06-10T23:08:00.000-06:00

Perhaps politicians will start wearing WIN (Whip Inflation Now) buttons again to demonstrate their idiocy and phony concern. It is tragic that most Americans will never grasp the cause of dollar's relentless destruction or why they always have to run faster and faster on the treadmill without getting anywhere. Do you think that it just might have something to do with the public education system?

"Seeing what is going on with our currency is dish...

2008-06-10T19:26:00.000-06:00

"Seeing what is going on with our currency is disheartening but I don't forsee anything that will change the course that has been set."

Its not disheartening its the historical norm. From the clipping of denari by Caligula to forced acceptance of the decimal franc under threat of the gulliotine in revolutionary France. The Weimar Reublic inflation and currency debasement that lead to WW2 and the cold war to Mugabe's current inflation in Rhodesia (I refuse to call it Zimbabwe as it is currently under occupation)inflation is the historical norm. It is done to expand empires and to buy support of the masses but it always ends the same way a complete collapse in the fiat currency. What is disheartening is that people think the US is some sort of historical anamoly. Seriousily are we really a "special people" or are we like all others that have come before us who craved empire and a something for nothing economy. Get some historical perspective and buy some gold and diversify outside of the dollar and outside of the US. It's nothing to get scared about the world doesnt end things just get rearranged.

Worthnothing - start with www.mises.org. Lots of ...

2008-06-10T19:15:00.000-06:00

Worthnothing - start with www.mises.org. Lots of links there to articles by those who recognized this early on and can provide a crash course on Austrian economic theory.

Unfortunately, Ron Paul is the only bureaurat able to grasp it.

Sic Semper Tyrannis

Why be surprised Zachary? The media is in the han...

2008-06-10T18:00:00.000-06:00

Why be surprised Zachary? The media is in the hands of only a few and they don't intend to rock the boat. To say they're in bed with the enemy is missing the mark. They ARE the enemy. They ARE the propaganda outlet for the ruling elite.

Entertainment and false "news" are conditioning mechanisms to keep you asleep. That's why I don't watch television anymore. There isn't anything that the boob-tube can tell me that's worth knowing anymore. I actually read... and read a lot to exercise my mind.

Just going to a restaurant, or any other public place, is an exercise in ignoring the ever present EYE of Sauron.

Seeing what is going on with our currency is disheartening but I don't forsee anything that will change the course that has been set. Better to buy up and store as much food and supplies now while you can afford to. There may come a time when your greenbacks won't be worth wiping your you know what.

I'm not meaning to get off topic but, this WOULD e...

2008-06-10T17:32:00.000-06:00

I'm not meaning to get off topic but, this WOULD effect the economy soooo. . . maybe it fits sideways or something.
ALSO, I was thinking Mr.Grigg might want to send a letter in.
I got this sent to me in my email today.
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Worth watching whether you agree with his plan or not!

Personally - I've always felt that solutions to problems MUST originate from the "everyday folks" - that's the responsibility of BEING free citizens.

It's not government's place to tell us what to do OR solve all problems. It is our place to tell them what to do! They work FOR us.

Hopefully, all (those believing in the power of prayer) will pray that the decisions made are based in wisdom and our responsibility to our children's children on to seven generations is also met.
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It's hard to argue with this man, no matter what side of the aisle you're on.

If you don't do anything else today, take the time to watch this. It is absolutely outstanding and you will have spent the best few minutes of your time in a long while.

Subject: Joe America

This guy’s message is right on target. If only he were a candidate. I am told there will be more of these messages. At the end, Joe America provides an email address.

I would encourage you to send this on to your email distribution until every American has seen it.

Your email to Joe America could be the material used in his next production!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPch2k63uj4

On reflection, it is amazing that Bernanke and the...

2008-06-10T15:23:00.000-06:00

On reflection, it is amazing that Bernanke and the NY Fed boss can go to a secret meeting with 150 other elites, propose a world wide bank takeover the next day, and not a peep in the mainstream press. Everyone knows the corporate media are controlled. To what extant continues to surprise.

"It is a testament to the depraved, malicious inge...

2008-06-10T15:00:00.000-06:00

"It is a testament to the depraved, malicious ingenuity of our rulers that they devised a way to make a "gift" to us of our own plundered wealth, and then deliver it to us in a fashion that makes us poorer for receiving it."

WNG is the Thomas Paine of our day, only funnier. Another outstanding column.

Worthnoting -- here is a "crash course" by Dr. Chr...

2008-06-10T12:55:00.000-06:00

Worthnoting -- here is a "crash course" by Dr. Chris Martenson which explains the "big picture" of money, credit, growth and inflation in about 90 minutes of listening time. It's free.

http://chrismartenson.com/crashcourse

This is a good article. Reading this article tends...

2008-06-10T09:33:00.000-06:00

This is a good article.

Reading this article tends to make me annoyingly aware of how ignorant I am in yet another important area though.

Struggling for comprehension - much of this merely a swirling mental mass of terms (once it hits my brain) - due to my lack of general knowledge.

Does anyone know if there's a map - or maybe something drawn out like a genealogy tree - to help "beginners" grasp the "big picture" concerning all this?

Hmmmmm . . . guess this makes me a "boobus"? Been called lots of things but never before a "boobus" I don't think. Kinda catchy! :D

Even the plunderers are getting a little worried. ...

2008-06-10T09:19:00.000-06:00

Even the plunderers are getting a little worried. Yesterday the New York Fed hauled in 17 banks and hedge funds to bail out the $62 trillion CDS (Credit Default Swap) market. Just for perspective, $62 trillion is about equal to the Gross Domestic Product of the entire planet.

Their solution is to create a central clearinghouse to guarantee trades, so that the failure of single player won't create a daisy-chain collapse (as was feared during the Bear Stearns crisis in March).

Bloomberg reports that "Ten of the 17 banks at the meeting yesterday are owners of Chicago-based Clearing Corp., which has said it will start guaranteeing credit- default swap trades by September."

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aaz.CbabzI3Q&refer=home

By September, you say? Why, that's great. Meanwhile, though ... it's gonna be a long, hot summer. If government ministers start parroting their standard distress formula -- "the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound" -- you will know that something has snapped and we're going over the waterfall.

The Federal Reserve is not only an engine of infla...

2008-06-10T07:58:00.000-06:00

The Federal Reserve is not only an engine of inflation; it's an instrument of war finance. Its "elastic currency" is what creates the illusion that we can afford the far-flung post-WW II military empire.

Extending the Fed's "lender of last resort" function to investment banks -- which have nothing to do with consumer or business deposit-taking -- is simply a looting operation.

An institutionalized looting operation cannot be "reformed." Either close it down, or expect its brazen effrontery to get ten times worse. The Federal Reserve is a FAR greater threat to our security and prosperity than al Qaida.

The willful and arrogant ignorance of boobus ameri...

2008-06-10T06:26:00.000-06:00

The willful and arrogant ignorance of boobus amerikanus will surely be viewed by history as the source of its eventual demise. The average boobus won't get it even when they are watching their children starve in the streets.

Sic Semper Tyrannis