Who Would JesusVote For - Pt. II
"I was accused in my original article of parroting Ron Paul, not a bad thing in and of itself, but if the shoe doesn't fit don't expect me to wear it. My response begins below".
Very little of what I said comes from Ron Paul. Paul is a strict Constitutionalist, meaning he thinks the highest law of the land (the Constitution) is the basis for our Constitutional Democracy. That crazy bastard! He also thinks that a sound money policy is necessary for a healthy economy, not fiat currency (paper money created by a Government saying, hey, whatever we say is money, is money, ya need five-hundred billion, here it is, look, here’s an I.O.U., go ahead, spend)!
Without some means of securing the debt, paper money, or electronic transfers of paper money, can be created out of thin air. Remember, the more of anything that is in circulation, the less it's worth. Create trillions of dollars with the wave of a wand and you devalue your money supply. If your money is worth less, you have inflation. Just about every nation on earth (at least the rich, smart ones) is in the same precarious place, maybe smart isn’t the right word.
High unemployment means more and more people are poor and have less and less money to spend—inflation is being kept in check, at least partially, by growing poverty. It also means that, because people are spending less money, more businesses are struggling and ultimately failing, creating more unemployment and more poverty. It’s a case of the dog chasing its tail; eventually the dog will get tired and either stop chasing its tail or die. In other words, this can't go on forever. In too many cases, prices are kept artificially high and the dog kept going, because of the amount of money that's being pumped into a very tired dog—rents, food, commodities in general, especially, gas and utilities. This means that if people need stuff like food and gas for their cars, trucks, planes and construction, the “smart ones” can make a lot of money based on your need—and since you really need these things, you’re gonna have to pay—a lot.
Very little of what I said comes from Ron Paul. Paul is a strict Constitutionalist, meaning he thinks the highest law of the land (the Constitution) is the basis for our Constitutional Democracy. That crazy bastard! He also thinks that a sound money policy is necessary for a healthy economy, not fiat currency (paper money created by a Government saying, hey, whatever we say is money, is money, ya need five-hundred billion, here it is, look, here’s an I.O.U., go ahead, spend)!
Without some means of securing the debt, paper money, or electronic transfers of paper money, can be created out of thin air. Remember, the more of anything that is in circulation, the less it's worth. Create trillions of dollars with the wave of a wand and you devalue your money supply. If your money is worth less, you have inflation. Just about every nation on earth (at least the rich, smart ones) is in the same precarious place, maybe smart isn’t the right word.
High unemployment means more and more people are poor and have less and less money to spend—inflation is being kept in check, at least partially, by growing poverty. It also means that, because people are spending less money, more businesses are struggling and ultimately failing, creating more unemployment and more poverty. It’s a case of the dog chasing its tail; eventually the dog will get tired and either stop chasing its tail or die. In other words, this can't go on forever. In too many cases, prices are kept artificially high and the dog kept going, because of the amount of money that's being pumped into a very tired dog—rents, food, commodities in general, especially, gas and utilities. This means that if people need stuff like food and gas for their cars, trucks, planes and construction, the “smart ones” can make a lot of money based on your need—and since you really need these things, you’re gonna have to pay—a lot.
As people lose their homes to foreclosure and need to rent, there is a corresponding increase in the demand for rentals. Without an increase in rental properties, low supply and high demand causes prices to go up, in this case staying at over-inflated 2007 levels without a 2007 level of cash-money in your pocket.
Food is a commodity driven by the cost of production; fuel prices affect everything from production to delivery—and then there is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room, commodity speculators. Commodities are bought and sold in mass by folks with a lot of dough speculating on their value. As the threat of inflation grows, food, oil, gold, silver and just about anything else that people want or need, start seeing a lot of action. Cash-heavy gamblers drive the price up and down in the world’s biggest gambling casino, Wall Street. If they think inflation is on the rise, the money shifts to commodities, and up goes the price. If the international gambling community thinks that poverty (usually defined by carefully-rigged unemployment statistics) is a good bet, then the money shifts into other investments and prices go down. Remember, on Wall Street, every time prices go down in one place, they go up somewhere else. Such is the natural ebb and flow of money!
Now, let’s make one thing clear, most big-speculators don't really believe in anything, they invest based on fear and optimism. If they think people are afraid, they bet accordingly, if they think that the public has a cheery disposition, then they bet on optimism. Most of the public's mood is not actually based on what the guy on the street really thinks, mind you, but, what the press and politicians think he thinks. After all, you can't really ask the guy on the street what he thinks cause he's too dumb to have a valid opinion, he's the cattle that needs to be herded by the smart ones, the ones on T.V. and their bosses, people with a lot of money and power, “get a life, don't you know anything”! This has the effect of creating an alternative reality. One that’s not really real, but, real enough to keep the gravy-train flowing.
That's why The Federal Reserve is viewed by many reasonable people as the primary problem. Give a bunch of wealthy, powerful bankers in the private sector the ability to create legal money and your economy can expand "ad-infinitum" or as Space Ghost used to say when he was about to do some really super stuff, "into infinity"!
Food is a commodity driven by the cost of production; fuel prices affect everything from production to delivery—and then there is the 800 lb. gorilla in the room, commodity speculators. Commodities are bought and sold in mass by folks with a lot of dough speculating on their value. As the threat of inflation grows, food, oil, gold, silver and just about anything else that people want or need, start seeing a lot of action. Cash-heavy gamblers drive the price up and down in the world’s biggest gambling casino, Wall Street. If they think inflation is on the rise, the money shifts to commodities, and up goes the price. If the international gambling community thinks that poverty (usually defined by carefully-rigged unemployment statistics) is a good bet, then the money shifts into other investments and prices go down. Remember, on Wall Street, every time prices go down in one place, they go up somewhere else. Such is the natural ebb and flow of money!
Now, let’s make one thing clear, most big-speculators don't really believe in anything, they invest based on fear and optimism. If they think people are afraid, they bet accordingly, if they think that the public has a cheery disposition, then they bet on optimism. Most of the public's mood is not actually based on what the guy on the street really thinks, mind you, but, what the press and politicians think he thinks. After all, you can't really ask the guy on the street what he thinks cause he's too dumb to have a valid opinion, he's the cattle that needs to be herded by the smart ones, the ones on T.V. and their bosses, people with a lot of money and power, “get a life, don't you know anything”! This has the effect of creating an alternative reality. One that’s not really real, but, real enough to keep the gravy-train flowing.
That's why The Federal Reserve is viewed by many reasonable people as the primary problem. Give a bunch of wealthy, powerful bankers in the private sector the ability to create legal money and your economy can expand "ad-infinitum" or as Space Ghost used to say when he was about to do some really super stuff, "into infinity"!
Since the creation of the "Fed" (this is what it's called by those of us in the know) we have had boom and bust cycles just about every decade. Lots of wealth is created and lots of wealth is lost, all paid for by the American taxpayer and our partners around the globe. This creates a very transitory market that makes a very, very few, very, very wealthy, while the rest us are left holding the bag, like a bunch of caddies at the country club, too poor and dumb to actually play there, but you get to carry the bags of the “smart ones” for a few bucks.
So, let’s get down to the heart of the matter, we’ve talked about economics, how about a look at those twins sons from different mothers, war and religion. Why are the descendants of Isaac and Ishmael (Israel and the surrounding Muslim nations) still fighting many thousands of years later?—Ideological and religious differences for one—and because that little strip of fertile land that we call Israel and that others call Palestine (the land of the Philistines) is still valuable. Rome wanted it because they needed grain to feed their overpopulated, underemployed countrymen. We want it because we have known since before the end of WWII that the world’s oil supply was in the Middle East. It’s rich in natural resources and just about the only non-ocean route for every nation in the surrounding area, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, or in the biblical vernacular, the Edomites (the descendants of Esau), the Perrizites, Jebusites, the Philistines (Palestinians), you get the idea. That’s why we need to have a large military force in the region and why Rome did as well. Keep the peace, pass the ammo and let’s get in our cars and drive! Let our betters figure it out, I’m too busy praying for world peace, a new car, an I-pad, or a fifty-inch, flat-screen T.V.. Isn’t it obvious God loves me, look at what I got!
So, you mean it was always been about the money?—to a degree, yes, certainly to the Israelites and all the other “ites”, including the American-ites. What about that other Biblical character, God? He appears to have a somewhat different perspective, something about turning swords into plowshares and loving your enemy. “Hey man, this is the real world, not some biblical fairy-tail”.
Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad thing to study, a little economics, a bit of history, maybe Christians and Jews should pull out their Bibles and do something more than read their favorite passages. Maybe, then, we might get somewhere…..nah, who am I kidding, study, get a life, I know what my calling is, going to church, prayer, some good ole rockin-gospel music and just waiting for the rapture. Let those other folks clean up the mess, me, I’m outta here!
Mark Magula
So, let’s get down to the heart of the matter, we’ve talked about economics, how about a look at those twins sons from different mothers, war and religion. Why are the descendants of Isaac and Ishmael (Israel and the surrounding Muslim nations) still fighting many thousands of years later?—Ideological and religious differences for one—and because that little strip of fertile land that we call Israel and that others call Palestine (the land of the Philistines) is still valuable. Rome wanted it because they needed grain to feed their overpopulated, underemployed countrymen. We want it because we have known since before the end of WWII that the world’s oil supply was in the Middle East. It’s rich in natural resources and just about the only non-ocean route for every nation in the surrounding area, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, or in the biblical vernacular, the Edomites (the descendants of Esau), the Perrizites, Jebusites, the Philistines (Palestinians), you get the idea. That’s why we need to have a large military force in the region and why Rome did as well. Keep the peace, pass the ammo and let’s get in our cars and drive! Let our betters figure it out, I’m too busy praying for world peace, a new car, an I-pad, or a fifty-inch, flat-screen T.V.. Isn’t it obvious God loves me, look at what I got!
So, you mean it was always been about the money?—to a degree, yes, certainly to the Israelites and all the other “ites”, including the American-ites. What about that other Biblical character, God? He appears to have a somewhat different perspective, something about turning swords into plowshares and loving your enemy. “Hey man, this is the real world, not some biblical fairy-tail”.
Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad thing to study, a little economics, a bit of history, maybe Christians and Jews should pull out their Bibles and do something more than read their favorite passages. Maybe, then, we might get somewhere…..nah, who am I kidding, study, get a life, I know what my calling is, going to church, prayer, some good ole rockin-gospel music and just waiting for the rapture. Let those other folks clean up the mess, me, I’m outta here!
Mark Magula
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