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  • 2 things I can't understand

    Regarding what Iceland has done; I can't understand why the other countries in 'trouble'; Greece, Spain, etc. haven't (at least, yet) followed icelands lead.

    And, I can't believe that Iceland has, at least so far, 'gotten away with it'.

    Its like one small business in a neiborhood, refusing to pay 'protection'; your just waiting for the place to get 'torched', because if the extortionists let ONE get away with not paying, everyone else will stop paying.

    And yet, at least so far, I don't see any retribution by the world bank, IMF, etc. Any idea why, or why not???Jim

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    • This Iceland thing is the crack in the armor, we should stick a wedge in there
      and never let up the pressure. My take is - the people have decided and let
      the banks and politicians Know that if they want to exist in Iceland outside of
      jail they need to discontinue with the illegal and wrong financial practices.

      There should be two things in life that are never exploited for big profit, they
      are housing (a place for all to live ) and the staples of food (milk, bread ect.).

      After those basics are met for all then other things could be exploited for profit.

      The thing is that if the basics of life were easier to achieve for everyone then
      less people would be inclined to earn money for the sake of earning money.
      Much less stress and crime would plummet, which would reduce policing costs
      and all kinds of other costs involved with crime and damage.

      The current system seems to produce homeless people, criminals, very
      stressed people trying to make ends meet legally and rich people.

      Something is very wrong when people must repay loans for 20 to 30 years
      just to have a place to live and die.

      And when fuel for the car is cheaper than milk for the children there is a real
      serious problem.

      It's time we all took a leaf from the Icelandic playbook and all stand together
      to tell the banks and the pollies, if you want to stay out of jail fix the
      problems and cease with the illegal and wrong financial practices.

      The big question is - Does Iceland still have a central bank and does the
      Icelandic government loan money from them ? Does Iceland intend to print it's
      own money and have debt free money ? Until that happens they still can end
      up back where they started.

      In my opinion there are a great many politicians that have done serious crimes
      against their nations peoples both past and present they all should be made
      to face their crimes and punishment.

      Cheers

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      • Iceland as '***** in armour'

        I wonder,....Going back to my earlier analogy of 'extortion', is it possible its all a 'con'? That is, the IMF/World Bank, etc. come into countries like Iceland, Greece, etc. and THREATEN them with DIRE consequences if they don't 'pay up'. But the threats are 'empty' threats; they aren't REALLY going to 'blow up' your store, if you refuse to pay the extortion; they don't REALLY have any dynamite.
        Bottom line; if countries do like Iceland, and repudiate their debts, refuse to honor the bonds they have issued, which have all been purchased by Central Banks, the 'CREDITORS' i.e. Central Banks are hurt. The countries repudiating their debt go thru a period of time where they suffer, but the 'pain' is MUCH less than the long period of extreme austerity,etc, being imposed on them by the IMF, etc. as the 'price to pay' for a Bail-out.
        How does it really harm 'ME' i.e. the 'average citisen' if the Central Banks get F*cked? If the Central Banks of Europe, the IMF, the World Bank, and the FED all go (what?) 'down the toilet', how does this REALLY effect me?

        Sounds like a pretty good idea, actually. "Oh, but the worlds 'economy' would run off a cliff!" Again, sounds like a pretty good idea, to me.

        As Iceland shows, 'Commerce' doesn't stop. People in Iceland still had stuff to sell, and people who wanted to buy that stuff. And, once things settled down, inter-country commerce resumed, because people in other countries had stuff they wanted to buy and sell, with people in Iceland.

        So I say, 'BRING IT ON!' All these countries, the state of Californicate, (and other states, and even yes, the US Gov't should 'repudiate' their debts, collapse this corrupt system of finance. Its only when the current system collapses, that a new system can emerge!Jim

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        • Money is just an idea anyways. If the "source" switches out of the hands of the banks and into the hands of a debt free government that is a good thing. Sure the banks get pissed BUT...

          What police force do these banks own? The military controlled by the government? Well the minute that the people realize that they are actually the power who controls the military (they ARE the military/police) then the bank control is history.

          They use smoke screen tactics for sure. Hopefully Iceland starts to blow the smoke away around the entire world.

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          • Sincerely,
            Aaron Murakami

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            • The central banks literally create money out of thin air but we are expected to pay back any loans with money that was actually gotten by working for it. The Icelanders realized this and essentially told the banksters what they could do with their worthless fiat money. In Greese the same thing was happening but here the banksters were able to replace the premier with one of their cronies and he forced the country to except the austerity programs.

              And over here it looks like the banksters problems are just beginning as Liens have been filed against All 12 Federal Reserve Banks. plus interest.
              However there is a "slight problem" it is already known that the FED doe's not have the assets to meet these obligations.


              2,420,937,400 kilograms of pure gold was placed on deposit.

              2,420,937,400 times .04 = 96,837,496 per annum
              96,837,496 times 51 years = 4,638,791,996 kilograms of pure gold

              Demand is now made for Lien Debtors, jointly and severally, to deliver over to Lien Claimants 4,638,791,996 kilograms of pure gold.


              A very long but interesting article of what has been going on here that has been hiding under the radar.
              MASS ARRESTS: David Interviews Drake -- Transcript!

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              • I agree

                with the post on 'sociopaths'. An additional key quality; they are unable, due to brain wiring, to comprehend the concept of actions and consequensces; they truly don't think in terms of the long term consequences of their actions.

                And, something to think about; this is a genetic mutation; it has occurred periodically thru-out the history of humanity. BUT, we have now evolved a 'civilised' society in which it is ADVANTAGEOUS for the individual, and therefore for 'propogation' of this genetic mutation.

                Think about that; we have created a society where it is BENEFICIAL (to the survival of the individual) to have no conscionse; What does that say about our society??

                One other point about sociopaths; they tend to have a disproportionate effect on society. For instance, low intelligence sociopaths tend to become career criminals; how much effect can such an individual have on society, over the coarse of their life?
                High inteligence sociopaths would be like Jeff Skilling, Madoff, as well as politicians, etc. One might well say that Ricks "American Ruling Class is largely or even totally comprised of such above average intelligence sociopaths. Think of the disproportionate effect such people have on our society? Their #'s are currently estimated to be 500 million, and GROWING. Jim

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                • At a Cancer Free World conference in Berlin, Germany, on 13th March 2012, Dr. Rath called on the people of Germany and Europe to take responsibility for building a democratic Europe for the People and by the People. Describing how widely available scientific research on natural remedies already makes it clear that the incidence of common diseases can now be reduced to a fraction of their current occurrence, he explained how the building of a new global health care system, based on the prevention and elimination of diseases, is now possible. Dr. Rath stressed, however, that this stunning "world without disease" will not be handed to us on a plate, because each disease represents a billion dollar market for the Pharma Cartel and its political stakeholders in the Brussels EU politburo. As such, if we want to create a world without disease for us and our children, we must all act now.
                  Dr. Rath's Call to the people of Germany and Europe, Berlin 13-3-2012 - YouTube

                  Al

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                  • Farmhand

                    You said "There should be two things in life that are never exploited for big profit, they
                    are housing (a place for all to live ) and the staples of food (milk, bread ect.).

                    After those basics are met for all then other things could be exploited for profit.

                    The thing is that if the basics of life were easier to achieve for everyone then
                    less people would be inclined to earn money for the sake of earning money.
                    Much less stress and crime would plummet, which would reduce policing costs
                    and all kinds of other costs involved with crime and damage."

                    You don't say HOW you propose this would be done, nonetheless, you SEEM to be talking about "Entitlements"; That is, the mere fact of existence ENTITLES the individual to Food and Shelter; well, why stop there?

                    After all, the shelter is going to be of limited value, if they freese to death in it in the cold of winter, or die of heat prostration in the heat of summer. And, they will need to cook the food. And, while we're 'there' they need hot water, to keep everything clean. So,lets say food, shelter, and household energy. Oh, and they can't be naked or dressed in RAGS, so lets give them clothes.But wait, in this modern society, they really need transportation, so lets give them a car and a gas allowance. Oh, and then theres information and communication, so better throw in a cell phone, TV, computer and I-net hook-up. Where does it end?

                    I really BELIEVE in freedom, and liberty, and no freedom is trly complete, without the freedom to experience the consequences of your actions; its the freedom all the others are BASED on.

                    For society to try to 'guarantee' security, (in this case, security from poverty by providing such 'entitlements'), the 'trade-off is freedom and personal liberty. At least, it has been every time such 'programs' have been tried, so far.

                    This is what they tried in the Soviet Union, where 'profit' was taken out of ALL transactions. And the people were dependent on the Gov't, for food, clothing, shelter, employment, etc. It didn't work out too well.

                    Your suggesting JUST taking food and Shelter out of the 'for profit system', while leaving the rest of the system intact. HOW would you do that, exactly???

                    Like many, you are attempting to fix what you see as wrong with the current system, while leaving the rest of it as is. Firstly, can't see how you would do this, i.e. take food and shelter out, while leaving rest of system functioning as it is, and secondly, the whole system is 'corrupt', overbuilt on a foundation of sand, and can't possibly continue to function much longer. Bandaids won't work; its gone WAY beyond that.Jim

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                    • Well I didn't say anything should be given as free. Just that they shouldn't be
                      allowed to profit from them. My thinking is this. Who originally owned the land
                      to be able to sell it the first time. Land is not like cars or stuff it can't be
                      moved. If one person owned all the cars in the world it would be very
                      different to the effect of one person owning all the land.

                      I believe no one needs to own more than one home to live in, and I believe if
                      it was not allowed or well discouraged for people to own multiple homes then
                      the price of homes would fall. People think it is good when the value of their
                      home rises, but that is just an indication of a lack of supply or an increase in
                      demand
                      so it's not good it's bad. The more expensive real estate is the more debt is
                      needed to buy some.

                      As for staples of food they should not be free either, just tax free and in such
                      surplus they are cheap. So less taxes on the producers. The way it is now so
                      much money can be made from milk and bread it attracts the big companies
                      to monopolize the industry.

                      Also if the baker is not struggling to repay his mortgage his bread might be cheaper.

                      I may have been a bit unclear in my other post, I don't think anything should
                      be given free.

                      The way I see it the land should be held in trust by whomever occupies it or
                      the government, when land is needed for a person to have a place to live the
                      land should be there to be appropriated. And people should be able to build
                      their own homes if they so choose. No one freezes to death here it's doesn't
                      get cold enough. The way it is now if a person wants some land to build on he
                      must buy it, if he cant do that he must live as a slave and rent or be homeless.

                      The thing that gets me is why do we need to buy land ? It cant be moved, it
                      can't be stolen, it cant be made/manufactured, it cant be made more common
                      or more scarce, the supply of land is fixed but the demand increases each
                      time one person owns some more of it than he did before. The demand for real
                      estate is what is manipulated, the supply is fixed. Can the general population
                      really afford to allow a fixed commodity to be bought up like that. Think about
                      it. Who had to go into debt to originally buy land that was previously un-owned ?
                      No one really "owns" their land anyway. It's just used as another tool of
                      oppression. It's made unaffordable to own or occupy which makes people
                      homeless when there is ample vacant land, it stinks so bad it hurts.

                      Land should be appropriated by the people for the people. It may seem a
                      strange way to want to do things, but what could be stranger than the
                      central banking system ?

                      Cheers
                      Last edited by Farmhand; 04-16-2012, 11:31 PM.

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                      • Final Solutions?

                        This documentary details the root causes of the systemic value disorders and detrimental symptoms caused by our current established system. This video presentation advocates a new socio-economic system, which is updated to present-day knowledge, featuring the life-long work of Social Engineer, Futurist, Inventor and Industrial Designer Jacque Fresco, which he calls a Resource-Based Economy.
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                        Shows the absolute brutality of conflict in India which recieves virtually no mainstream press in the United States.
                        Final Solution - Massacres in India

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                          • Last edited by rickoff; 04-17-2012, 09:28 PM.
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