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As the country moves gingerly towards economic recovery, we should ask ourselves 'What lessons have we learned?' For many of us (individuals and businesses) it may have been the first time we had to adjust to utilizing meager resources to create something that is satisfying. In my opinion, the best thing we could do is learn the 'Soul Food' Lesson.
"Soul Food" This term originated from the cuisine developed by the African slaves mainly from the American South. A dark and despicable period in the history of the United States resulted in a cuisine fashioned from the meager ingredients available to the slave and sharecropper black families. The meat used was the least desireable cuts and the vegetables, some bordering on weeds, were all that was available for the black slaves to prepare nutritious meals for their families. From these meager ingredients evolved a cuisine that is simple yet hearty and delicious." http://www.thegutsygourmet.net/soul.html
Independent Connecticut Senator JOE LIEBERMAN is, publicly, threatening to go full throttle GOP on Health Care Reform and his self-serving stubbornness can kill all hopes of a bill. The “MAJORITY” cannot let this happen.
CONTACT JOE LIEBERMAN and keep the pressure on “Blue Dog” Democrats, BEN NELSON (Nebraska), MARY LANDRIEU (Louisana), and BLANCHE LINCOLN (Arkansas) EVERY DAY at 1-866-783-2462, www.senate.gov/general/contactinformation/senators cfm.cfm and/or www.congress.org .
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Are you the president for the American people? Or Are you the president for the corporations that rob American citizens. I feel that I was tricked in voting for change and yet all I see is the same old game played by those before you. Does the President have any real power? Are you just a front for the ring of power that control the economies of the world.
You said you would bring the troops home yet you have sent more. You signed a bill to help crooked banks and auto makers, even wall street continue their shady ways. Have you been treated by these people? What happened? Put the facts in front of the American people and we will help you.
Why act so surprised? Obama always stated he was going to focus more on Afghanistan and send military aid there and withdrawing troops from Iraq. I took this from an old CNN article.
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Sen. Barack Obama said Sunday that United States needs to focus on Afghanistan in its battle against terrorism.
Sen. Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet Sunday in Kabul.
"The Afghan government needs to do more. But we have to understand that the situation is precarious and urgent here in Afghanistan. And I believe this has to be our central focus, the central front, on our battle against terrorism," Obama said Sunday on CBS' "Face the Nation."
"I think one of the biggest mistakes we've made strategically after 9/11 was to fail to finish the job here, focus our attention here. We got distracted by Iraq," he said.
Obama said troop levels must increase in Afghanistan.
"For at least a year now, I have called for two additional brigades, perhaps three," he told CBS. "I think it's very important that we unify command more effectively to coordinate our military activities. But military alone is not going to be enough."
Obama met Sunday with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, a leader the Democratic senator has criticized for not doing enough to rebuild the war-torn nation.
The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee met with Karzai in Kabul, the capital city, during Obama's first visit to the Asian nation.
Karzai's spokesman characterized the senator's message as pleasant.
"They're happy to be in Afghanistan. They reassured the support of U.S. people to Afghanistan," Humayoon Hamidzada said.
Karzai met with the congressional delegation that includes Obama, and they discussed the achievements of the Afghan government as well as challenges such as terrorism, corruption and illegal drugs. See a map with photos of Obama's trip »
McCain's senior foreign policy adviser criticized Obama on Sunday for "stubbornly adhering to an unconditional withdrawal that places politics above the advice of our military commanders, the success of our troops and the security of the American people."
"Barack Obama is wrong to advocate withdrawal at any cost just as he was wrong to oppose the surge that has put victory within reach. It is a strategy for defeat, and it is the only strategy Barack Obama has ever supported," Randy Scheunemann said in a statement.
Obama traveled to eastern Afghanistan on Saturday to visit American forces under NATO's Regional Command East, the coalition's Combined Joint Task Force said. Obama is joined by Sen. Charles Hagel, a Republican from Nebraska, and Sen. Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island.
In a joint statement released Sunday, the three senators expressed confidence that progress would be made in Afghanistan.
"We need a sense of urgency and determination. We need urgency because the threat from the Taliban and al Qaeda is growing and we must act; we need determination because it will take time to prevail. But with the right strategy and the resources to back it up, we will get the job done," they said in the statement.
Shortly after meeting with Karzai, Obama left Afghanistan to continue a trip that will take him to the Middle East and Europe.
Obama will travel to Jordan, then visit Israel, Germany, France and England.
Although Obama is making the trip as a senator from Illinois and not a presidential candidate, it is aimed at boosting Obama's foreign policy credentials. Watch analyst discuss Obama's visit in Afghanistan »
Obama has made Afghanistan a key focus of his foreign policy, saying he would make it the central front in the "war on terror" if elected.
Earlier in the day, Obama dined with U.S. troops at an American base in the Afghan capital. Watch Obama get some "chow" »
"This is my favorite thing to do," Obama said as he sat with about two dozen soldiers, sailors and airmen in a military mess hall.
Ahead of the trip to Afghanistan, Obama, Reed and Hagel stopped in Kuwait to visit U.S. troops, Obama campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs said. They left Washington on Thursday.
In Kuwait, the senators visited Camp Arifjan for about two hours to meet with U.S. Army Central leadership, take a brief tour of the base and talk with soldiers, U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. Bill Nutter said.
The senators also met with about 1,000 military members at a gymnasium, who cheered jubilantly at their arrival. Later, Obama played basketball with some soldiers, drawing cheers from his successful shots. Watch Obama visit troops in Kuwait »
Asked whether he would have tough talk for the leaders of Afghanistan and Iraq, Obama said he was "more interested in listening than doing a lot of talking."
"I think it is very important to recognize that I'm going over there as a U.S. senator. We have one president at a time, so it's the president's job to deliver those messages," Obama said.
The fight in Afghanistan has become a more pressing issue on the political radar. Three times as many coalition soldiers and other military personnel have died in July in Afghanistan, compared with Iraq. July's death toll for coalition troops reached 22 after the Friday death of a Canadian soldier was announced.
Nine U.S. soldiers were killed July 13 in a fight with about 200 Taliban militants in eastern Afghanistan. It was the deadliest attack on U.S. troops in Afghanistan in three years.
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My thoughts on the increase of military aid... You voted Obama in if you do not like this decision you should have done better reseach. Obama does what Obama say's.
Next, Know the situation in Afghanistan before you judge his decisions. The people of Afghanistan and gov. are very weak they have been bled by terrorist over time. They are out numbered by a force that seeks to corrupt thier homes, culture and children. Obama has always agreed if he was going to aid and support a country who needed military back up against terrorist ( which have been training and manifesting in and around Aghanistan since the 80's) it would be Afghanistan. It's not like he is sending troops in like Bush/Cheney to rape them for oil! The U.S. has no material gain in his decision. Obama's soul purpose is to prevent the overtaking of an already weak and defensless goverment to powerful and radical terrorist. Terrorsit who can potentially do a lot of damage all over the globe if gaining full control of this region. The U.S. has made too many mistakes by aiding countries who did not need our miitary support or presence. Now Obama wants to turn this around and support those who desperatly need military support and want it. Obama would not be there if the support was not wanted by the Afghan gov. unlike the war in Iraq. Hace 8 minutos · Eliminar| Mixx it | Share
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Mankind was born into a paradise that provided all sustenance needed for life, one of perfect design, maintenance free naturally correcting imbalance. This Paradise was stolen by the creation of an unnatural man made system, not based on any science just the whim and desire of the creators. It was then required that one must participate in the man made system to obtain that which was once naturally freely and abundantly available to sustain life. This gave the controllers of the system an unnatural power and dominion over their fellow men; this was the beginning of the Ego Empire and the indentured servitude and usury putting a price on participation in this thing called life, which was originally free for all.All the free resources were locked down and ownership granted to a small number of men and the rest put into a public trust making what they could not manage unavailable to the individual citizen creating an artificial scarcity of land and therefore increasing the value of the land privately possessed. The system was not adopted freely by the economic constituency it was forced upon them backed by brute force and threat of imprisonment.
It created a beast that thrives on ignorance, gave rise to a massive gambling casino with fixed tables (Wall Street), permitted the creation of artificial value and needs, corrupted science, resulted in the creation of an institution called government that doesn’t fully represent the people in reality but creates only the illusion of doing so, and forces patronage of select vendors at inflated prices. Furthermore over time the natural resources were polluted and contaminated resulting in the most abundant natural resource, water, having to be purchased at a price from a supplier that cleaned and filtered it, the system became so distorted that at one point a bottle of water cost more then a gallon of gasoline and the copper in a penny was worth more than the value of the coin in the artificial financial system not based on natural systems science but rather greed and the love of power and dominion over others. It is time to restore paradise and eliminate the concentration of power distributing it amongst all men and women equally. No longer shall science be perverted by profit; no longer shall there be profit from disease, fear and conflict. No longer shall the sustainment of essential economy be threatened by the artificial economy, no longer shall a few benefit to the detriment of the many. ~Richard Thomas Gerber
The Illusion of Government
The Citizens, Shareholders, and Customers Shall Ascend to the Throne as One~The Infinite PlayThe label “Government” does not own or owe anything, it cannot act, it does not decide, only people can act and make decisions; and the citizens own and owe everything.
If one can see though the illusion of the separation between the government and it's people, created by the ego empire, then you will become empowered to create in reality a true democracy with prosperity and abundance for all. “Government” is just a label for an institution run by individuals with names, who are supposed to represent truth and the interests of the people as a whole. If they fail to do so then we have the illusion of democracy where the people are ruled by a fallible few and not self governed by the perfect many.It is in the illusion where the people are taught to see themselves as separate from the institution of government. In reality the people united are the government, which is the manifestation of their collective effort. Unfortunately most live in an illusion, minds full of fiction, and thinking plagued by propaganda; it is the results of this that they experience even now."Government" which is a label representing the collective effort of a citizenry, does not make decisions, people do. Individual representatives that are not connected to the source (the people) and do not register the voice and input of each individual to know the collective intent, will, wisdom and intelligence of the people, cannot claim to represent the people and fulfill their fiduciary responsibility to the people.
It is the duty of the representative to balance between the needs of the whole and the "needs" of each part, delivering the essential to all, while taking into account and balancing the "wants" of all. It is their duty to invite conformity in support of the whole by illustrating the benefits of doing so. It is vital that no individual is bound or restrained but is allowed free agency, for it is the exception to the status quo that ensures the evolution and growth of the nation. It should be understood that any representative or agent of government that acts to the benefit of a few to the detriment of the many has committed treason at least within the heart. Any that have chosen to believe a fiction because they desired it as a reality, prejudice against that which might threaten it, failing to question and doing due diligence to discern and garner the truth and facts, while exhausting all resources of insight and creative intelligence, have failed their constituency.Until the authentic voice of each person is measured and taken into account on each article of concern and permitted to participate in the design of policy and solution, one does not have a democratic government in reality; only the appearance and illusion of one.Accordingly the people cannot expect the effort called government to represent them if they do not participate as self informed shareholders that both discern the truth and give voice to it, while providing the impetus of their will. To remain silent is to allow the fictions to grow and spread disease. If a few are allowed to divide the people then they can rule the people, a united people cannot be ruled over, they can only be self governed. If all one can do as a citizen is repeat rhetoric, rather than committing to study, research and understanding so as to be able to speak the intelligence and wisdom from your own mind then you have also failed your nation, your family and friends and there is no government to blame.
We cannot blame government, it is a label that does not think or act, only individuals can think and act. It is we the people that are to blame allowing ourselves to be divided having others to do our thinking for us, failing to question, remaining passive in ignorance. There is no power on earth greater than a people unified in intent and will, acting with intelligence, moving in truth, with wisdom and compassion. If we allow ourselves to be divided with fictions and labels then it is we that are to blame.
You cannot confront or question a label, you must confront and question the people hidden behind the label.Truth is the highest of all authority and every law must be based on truth or it has no authority, and anyone acting in truth can break no law.
All injustice is born from fiction, and justice is not about revenge but bringing to light the truth that destroys that fiction that gave rise to the injustice. That fiction may be found far from the scene of the crime and often in the company of others. It is the responsibility of the representative to craft and orchestrate the manifestation of the deliverables defined in concert with the people. It is the task of a lucid citizenry to be the dominant impetus and to become the main cause of the effect.The people are the power and the glory of the nation, all as one and one as all, one as many and many as one.~Richard, Thomas, and Gerber
Be sure to read Illusions the red and blue pill
“The truth is often obscured by a veil of complexity”~Infinite Play
Many do not realize that when the US went off the Gold Standard in 1971 to a fiat currency the worlds monetary and financial system became nothing more than an accounting system. With the high priests of money having the power to create the transactions they became the source of sustenance. The Federal Reserve controls and owns the master chart of accounts making them the high priests.
The economic constituency needs to create a new choice for themselves, a new value exchange accounting system that is fair, equitable, and sustainable supporting a natural market. Read http://coinage.me for comprehensive understanding of the flaws of the current system and the design for the new and be sure to read The Money Changers. It is time to throw them out of the temple once again, for good. If you care about the starving children in the world send this page to everyone on your mailing list so they begin to see through the illusions surrounding money.
~Richard Thomas Gerber
Power Questions
When does it make sense for the citizens (government) to create a debt instrument to create money and then have it given to the banks to be loaned back to them at interest (profit)? Why must citizens borrow money twice?
If a house still provides the same shelter as it did two years ago how could it have lost half it's value two years later? It still provides the same value in reality. Perhaps the way the value is determined is a fiction.
If $100,000 (unreal intangible) buys twice as much real estate (real tangible) as it did two years ago did not the value of money increase?
Why are bank profits tax deductable? The interest you pay on your mortgage is tax deductable which actually allows the banks to charge you more for interest then you would normally be able to pay. It also reduces public funds, resulting in a need for increased taxes, causing the citizens (government) to need to borrow even more money at interest to pay the public debt. Is this fair to people who rent?
