Stand up, enough is enough

He's right and I love this bill! Sensible, do-able, and right NOW! Yay Ron Paul. (I only wish he would stop saying we outa close the Dept. of Ed., end business regulation{we see how well that worked}, stuff like that-just one man's opinion-hold your fire everyone)

Go, Ron Paul.

Hi Brian-

I figured I might stir up the pot a bit with this post. No fire, and I agree that recent easing of regulations have made things worse but the Federal Reserve System was also created by regulation, billed supposedly to prevent economic collapses when it really just granted a bunch of people the legal ability to counterfeit money and have a monopoly on it to boot.

I think money for education is generally a good thing, when it's done at the local level and the people get to control what it's used for. The Ron Paul argument is that at the federal level it's used to bribe states and local school districts into educational policies that they have to follow to get their share of the money back.

Before 9/11 I was a believer in big government as a counter balance to big business and to serve it's basic purpose, protection of the general welfare- now I just think it has become a mix of facism and communism, using the two political parties to protect and increase corporate power and government power, what G. Edward Griffin calls collectivism vs. what our constitution called for - protection of individual rights or individualism.

Supposedly this latest bill S510, called the Food Safety Act will prevent us all from gardening. I haven't actually read the bill to check it out but the idea of outlawing gardening is so blatantly ridiculous and unconstitutional I haven't bothered to fight it. Perhaps I better get off my fanny and stand up!

Wendy

...Federally funded public education is a wolf in sheep's clothing. Through it the population has been fed a certain version of history -- call it the Disney version. For example, where in the history textbooks that kids read in class is there anything about the role of central banking in our national history or in the history of the world? Where is Benjamin Franklin's quote about the Revolution being basically about the Americans' getting free of European (especially London) bankers' stranglehold? Where is Otto von Bismarck's quote about the American Civil war being the concoction of the same bankers, to divide and destroy the United States? Where is Jefferson's quote about the primary danger to our freedom being in the power of the banks -- especially if they gained the power to issue currency and control credit (which they have)? Where are the scores of other pieces of historical information that we're aware of only because of the Internet, that show a very different version of history than what our public education system presents? I read (did not check it out) that in one of the history textbooks for kids, Marilyn Monroe is given more coverage than Thomas Jefferson. (Jefferson was a true revolutionary. He'd be in jail today as a terrorist.)

If you can afford a private school for your kids, do your homework and go for it. (We did. Many private schools can give financial aid, especially if their endowments are substantial.) I used to be a liberal Democrat. Now I say, to hell with both parties. And I now understand what is meant by "The more you ask government to do for you, the more control it has over you." I'm beginning to think that government as we've known it is not only unnecessary, it's detrimental to our personal and collective evolution. I think we may be at the point of being able to look after one another on a personal and community level, out of empathy, compassion, and common sense. I know this sounds like anarchism, and in truth, it is. Unfortunately, it's broadly misunderstood.

roll. My son is a 4.0 in school, but what they are teaching him,(outside of learning to read,and count), is useless clutter for his mind. So where does it end.? I am for eliminating government as we know it. I am fond of the zeitgeist movements ideas,and they are quick to point out,it is not the answer, only a step in the right direction. Our system should always be changing, as any fixed system restricts evolution,religions are a testimony to that.Our government is controlled by industry, so any change will upset profits and control,and is not likely...I believe wholeheartedly that every human being is entitled to food, shelter,clothing,education, without a price tag. THAT is a change that will make a difference, and our step in evolution will be a big one when the fight for day to day survival comes to an end.I am agreeing with you, but I can t stand when something is labeled politically anymore, that keeps the discussion political, and people at odds with each other...Truthfully,it is us that needs to remind our so called leaders that we want to do the right thing for humanity, not for politics...I joined zeitgeist movement to get more info on their ideas, and they are intelligent, unlike politicians, interested in humanity,unlike politicians ,and their ideas give every person a chance to contribute,not by building aotomobiles, but with real ideas, that we would all be much better at coming up with if we didn t have to waste our time as slaves to this system. Fighting for survival is fear based,and has been the tool used to control us throughout history,,,so let s eliminate it, and see what happens,,,,it has to be an improvement,,,sorry, I am getting carried away,,,sorry, Im with you,,,,T

Good post Wendy.

First on the "it may be unhealthy"... here's a quote from a group of scientists, from a document written by a group professors and such working on the area of radiation and medicine, written in April 6th, at University of California at San Francisco (no conspiracy theorists here) that poses the concerns to the TSA and government authorities. to which there has been no response.

Despite the assurances from the "authorities", the most at risk seem to be older people, some women (for increased risk of breast cancer) and children.

"The X-ray dose from these devices has often been compared in the media to the cosmic ray exposure inherent to airplane travel or that of a chest X-ray. However, this comparison is very misleading: both the air travel cosmic ray exposure and chest X- rays have much higher X-ray energies and the health consequences are appropriately understood in terms of the whole body volume dose. In contrast, these new airport scanners are largely depositing their energy into the skin and immediately adjacent tissue, and since this is such a small fraction of body weight/vol, possibly by one to two orders of magnitude, the real dose to the skin is now high."

So, those doses of X-rays are not something to take lightly, at least until real research is done.

Here's a positive report of the Opt-out organizers.

And from the Market Ticker guy:

National Opt-Out Day Appears to Have Succeeded

"The right way.

Not by "disrupting" airports, but by the way I advocated - and how it should be: By wallets snapping closed.

I saw dozens of pictures of airports yesterday on the news. They all featured empty airports by comparison to any Thanksgiving holiday I've witnessed before - and I'm going on having witnessed 50 of them.

In addition there were widespread Twitter reports (I was monitoring the news flow on the "opt out" topics all day long) that those airports with the scanners had them roped off and inoperative, and that the conventional metal detectors were in use instead.

It appears that this was "Message Received".

Good.

Of course the TSA has not admitted to any of this. Nor have the airlines - yet. But this much I can assure you - if the wallet stays snapped closed places like Disney and the airlines will put a stop to "Gate ****" as it will be the only way they can stay in business.

The economic solution is not only lawful, it's the winning solution."

BTW, I suppose you know of Karl Denninger, right? He, with Ron Paul, started the Tea Party demonstrations, which was about putting the perpetrators of the Banking fraud in jail (after an appropriate trial, of course) And he's been doing it ever since. I don't go along with everything he advocates, but he is right on in a lot of things. Latter on the Tea Party was co-opted by the Republicans and now they don't talk at all about prosecuting the Bankers at all, which by the way, is the only way that trust on the system, political and financial, can be restored.

Peace

Bob

I tried to post a comment on this a couple of moments ago and it dissappeared. So I am just going to post the link (along one) to what I was commenting on. So thrilled for Ron. He is finally getting todo what he wanted to do when he ran for president, which I supported and campaigned for wholeheartedly in spite of the fact that I am not republican in any way.

http://www.conservativeforchange.com/2010/11/ron-paul-to-be-appointed-committee.html?showComment=1291099376709_AIe9_BGSogw2wqHN5kcHv-200s2N_0uzmCTxOre00BrzoyUqgz1EdsTdaZ79ERc8lPbcPCjYAqBPB69n5_g8OOQ6gUBmjSaLxWsso-YFDqhr8bCRDQb8tTc5thvoMOa27Idcwpd4Fozv0jKKEr1Zv_sLnr2-ZcyBZtY2J__hIHSqs3cMXI2l6c0byB1emOJmHIkST1F7qlOAJ6gMmr3-liO-Jq-9ydkRRYVzDq86MNRb_MmfzvcDBUufZUHnepVbUeiH6IOkG98_z3xgjB569XJeX4xuwS1hSTOQvl7jeIJ6Gfh-4ril7IlFUbxaVS9q29C7s660w9qvhRhqmcCipV9Pf_PVegu0knxqRDbNcKni_-dmUvMobVpVFu6GKELlgLA_m1fTXWUCULxlw4nUNI-3ioqwptWXWV2zbDY6lVBGbtsQRGZMKtXJY5fGIOFTXA0cCjtrxuQE121E1M7pbddQse4ja5k_I7uFNA-sK6FlmyBwL1X_Ik5R5a4r1d5NuSFcdBSxnLlL#c86647262001449090