(How to) End the FED (for dummies) Pt. 3 of 3

WE HAVE THE POWER TO STOP FED POLICY (WITH A CONSUMER FAST) What is QE2? Quantitative easing, or QE is the electronic equivalent of starting up the Fed’s printing presses to create money for buying financial assets in the market – in this case long-term U.S. Treasury bonds. Buying bonds pushes down their yields, and [...]

(How to) END the FED (for dummies) Pt. 2 of 3

In a speech supposedly made to Columbia University on Nov. 12, 1963, ten days before 
his assassination, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy is quoted as saying: “The high office
 of the President has been used to foment a plot to destroy the American’s
 freedom and before I leave office, I must inform the citizen of this
 [...]

Strike Updates: SYRIA

Razan Zeitounia, a human rights activist in Damascus, said electricity, water and mobile phone services were cut. Security agents armed with guns and knives conducted house-to-house sweeps, neighborhoods were sectioned off and checkpoints were erected before the sun rose. 11 people were reported killed and 14 more were wounded. Video and stills shot by activists [...]

Consumer Fast

We would like to raise awareness about steps we can all take and solutions we can all participate in. You can take part in this exchange of information and, at the same time, contribute to Global Non-Compliance against Corruption, Theft, Fraud, and Murder. We have always had the power to stop these crimes. Stop the [...]

Friend or Foe (Chinese hackers)

January 19, 2011, Chinese President Hu Jintao paid a state visit to Washington. Obama, welcomed Hu to the White House in an elaborate arrival ceremony reserved for the most significant occasions. The two leaders sent clear messages in their speeches. Hu’s message appeared to be a demand, that the U.S. work with China on matters [...]

End the FED

FACT: The Federal Reserve is a cartel of private banking corporations which lend money to the United States. It is touted as if it were a Government Agency. IT IS NOT. The Federal Reserve Bank, through its inflation of the money supply and the distortion of free markets resulting from its intervention, is responsible for [...]

The Writing was on the Wall…

Compared to the elected politicians he works with, U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker has the luxury of being able to take a really long-term look at the opportunities and risks facing the U.S. government. Named the head of the General Accounting Office (GAO) for a 15-year term in November 1998, Walker is the chief [...]

They LIE to your Face

Reading the General Petraeus report on the Iraq debacle reminded me of nothing so much as Jack Nicholson in A Few Good Men yelling, “You can’t handle the truth!” The Petraeus report goes to great lengths to paint a picture of progress in Iraq, but the truth is a far different story. The declining number [...]

Shut It Down?

The first of America’s boomers are now drawing money from the pay window for social security, and in 3 years from Medicare. That is a line that is 17 years long and 78 million deep. Medicare will begin taking in less money than it pays out; this year! Obama’s speech on “Renewing the American Economy” was [...]

Economic Disaster

The year was 1982 and America was the largest creditor nation on earth. By 2005, the U.S. was the largest debtor nation on earth. In 1980, the national debt had yet to eclipse the $1 trillion mark and had accumulated around $850 billion during the first 204 years of this republic. By 2007 or 24 [...]