Why The Military Must Report to Civilians

Be careful what you wish for. LOL. A secret if you will. Under the Constitution the military can be deputized by one group. LOL. The United States Marshals have the authority to deputize people, to put them under their authority. The Posse Comitatus Act said that the military had certain rights of their own, that they could avoid being deputized; but, in exchange had to be of a certain level to be free of civilian control by the marshals. LOL. What fools these mortals be, after Bush eliminated the Posse Comitatus Act, it meant that Constitutionally, the United States Marshals could legally deputize anyone, including the President. Isn't that funny? Having said that, the congress is immune from arrest except by US Marshall's.

A few comments and some news and maybe some music.

Slate - What Undercover Boss and The Jetsons Tell Us About the Future of Jobs. Two researchers are claiming that in the next 20 years, the United States may lose 47% of our jobs.

That was the news. I had some other articles; but, as I went and looked back at them just felt they were redundant to what is all over the news now. The Affordable Health act (Obamacare) is in effect and the world has not ended, the federal government has closed certain offices because congress refuses to pass a budget and has decided to put on a blame game show to pander to their perceived audiences.

Yahoo - Reuters - JPMorgan's Dimon gives up chairman role at bank subsidiary. There has been a lot of changes at JP Morgan in the last two months. Now, Mr. Dimon stepped down as the chairman of one of it's subsidiaries; but, has moved over to another spot which becomes relevant if the bank becomes insolvent and needs to be broken up. Mr. Dimon knows the bank is insolvent and about to pay another 11 Billion in fines for their role in the mortgage mess.

Here is something you can count on. The people with the most inside information know when everything is going to come apart. The standard play is to get out just before things come apart, the rats are always the first to leave a sinking ship. The Board of Directors and the shareholders of JP Morgan will be pummeled when things come apart; but, they voted to keep Mr. Dimon on even after the LIBOR and other scandals. They kept him because he made money and they didn't care how he did it. They deserve to lose everything and they will; but, I bet Mr. Dimon does just fine and will claim that everything was good when he was in charge.

I was talking to the President of a company that I deal with today. I have known him for a number of years and have always enjoyed his company. We talked some business and then about the world in general. His company works within the state and has no overseas or interests outside of the area. They have a fairly traditional American business model and as far as I know they have no debt. It is a well run, conservative business model. They supply a product and seek to be well run and operated. They have not sought to convert people to part time employment in order to avoid paying health insurance and have always been involved in their community. JP Morgan does not consider itself part of this nation, they see themselves as multinational and don't really care what happens here. That is a dangerous situation for this nation; but, there are alternative banking models.

RT - Keiser Report: JP Morgan's Financial Herpes (E505). In the second part of this video Mr. Keiser talks to someone about state run banks, The state of North Dakota and foreign countries have banks that are owned by the government and are focused on investing in their communities. This is an idea that needs to be explored. When the private banks fail, governments and pensions will lose lots of their money, this will not happen in North Dakota as their bank is where all of their taxes are kept.

When the crash comes, I hope that my readers are not disturbed or surprised. Whether you know it or not, I actually care about you. This blog has been quite an experience and not what I had intended. It has in fact lasted much longer than I intended. For one thing, I never intended for this blog to be so personal, it began discussing philosophy and metaphysics. It was rather dispassionate as I recall. Somewhere along the way it became personal. I think because it is a minor bump on the internet I feel free to be personal. It is pretty much the same as the things that I tell friends face to face.

The thing that globalists forget is that the world is a series of families and communities, not just consumers. A world of people who are not connected to others is a world of sorrow. Now for some music. Hope you like it.

YouTube - Kacey Musgraves - "The Trailer Song" Live at the Grand Ole Opry.

YouTube - Shiane Hawke - Mercy - Auditions - The X Factor Australia 2012

My Colonoscopy and Stealing Pension Funds

I am high. I am pleasantly high and relaxed. Sort of feel as if I am floating. You see, today I had my first ever colonoscopy and they did not put me to sleep. I was given a mixture of drugs including Valium while they gave a look inside me and removed a polyp. Those who know me the best know that I don't even take aspirin when I have a headache. I just don't like taking pills that much and they seem to have a strong impact on me. They gave me some sort of liquid version along with some other drugs.

While the procedure was going on I chatted with the doctor and nurse. They were a captive audience and I find joking about things relaxes me. For those of you over 50 or who have concerns, I recommend you have the colonoscopy. I had to fast for a couple of days and drink some liquid that cleared me out in preparation for the procedure. In the end it was a walk in the park compared to having some hemorrhoids removed and even that was not that bad. As for the results, I don't have to have another for ten years, my colon was just fine and dandy.

There is something else that needs looking into and it is the thieves who are robbing the public pension funds. This matter needs to be investigated and the bankster polyps need to be removed from the system. I see a lot of articles about the public pension horror that is not. The real culprit, as I have often pointed out, is that there are a few on Wall Street who profit from robbing public pensions; but, that doesn't get written about much. There is a man who works for Rolling Stone magazine who is exposing what is going on. It is nice to see there are still some investigative reporters out there and I think you should read his latest article.

Rolling Stone Magazine - Looting the Pension Funds.

Yahoo - Breakout - Twitter Co-Founder’s Next Project Could Be Even Bigger. Another article about the coming electronic currency and how your biometrics will be required.

Now, a different subject. I want to talk about overpopulation. We hear a lot of talk about it and global warming; but, what is the real agenda. What is overpopulation in concept? Most of us would say that overpopulation is the situation that occurs when you have more people than the world can provide sufficient resources. We have not and are not close to reaching that amount of people. China with a population of about 1.5 Billion people does not have a starving population. India with 1.2 Billion people can feed all of its people. I recognize that both of these countries have a lower standard of living that America; but, we only have about 315 million people and grow enough to export to other countries. We could increase that if we wanted and without a lot of effort.

What if your definition of overpopulation was different than mine and you considered overpopulation to be having more people than you need to manufacture what you want. If you automate everything, you don't need as many people. A recent study claims that we will only need 47% of the number of workers that we currently have. The question then becomes what do you do with the other 53%? This is the overpopulation that bothers many of the people who run this world. They used to call having more people than were needed to make them money, "useless eaters" and the "great unwashed masses". Because we have outsourced our jobs, we have created a situation where the unemployed and low skilled are now seen as useless eaters by almost half of our population.

We are currently in a philosophical is being waged and most people do not understand the real issues because they don't understand how the language is being manipulated. Many on the right have taken to calling the wealthy "job creators". If the jobs they created are in other countries shouldn't we call them "job removers" or at least "foreign job creators"? It is a fair question. If an American company, such as Apple, has outsourced the majority of it's jobs to China, should we call them job creators? It is deceitful and does not show the whole story.

Okay, lets try this. You work hard and save and raise two kids. Would you tell one of them that because they won't have a job in the future (50% loss in jobs because of automation) that they are a useless eater and refuse to feed them? Let us look at this again in another way. What if everyone in America could live twice as well; but, only half of us ever had to work? Would the other half be useless eaters or would we just starve them to death. We do that with foster kids.

At 18, kids in the foster care program are dropped, they just stop getting help and are on their own. Many end up homeless and on the streets, the exceptional ones are found and rescued. A complete aside, I have Central serous retinopathy (csr). It was caused by continued stress over a long period of time, so much stress that a chemical our bodies create when stressed permanently disabled my left eye. When I had my procedure today I mentioned that I had that to my nurse. She had not heard of it and neither had my doctor. It is not as common as one might hope; but, it is not uncommon to develop csr.

If you had two kids and only one would ever have a job, would you starve the other to death? How much time would you give them to get a job, to determine which was and was not a worthless eater? Neither fascists or communists believe in useless eaters. Both groups believe in Euthanasia. We claim to find that appalling, yet, many here feel the same and think it is for different reasons. What happens when we lose half of our remaining jobs? We try and tell ourselves anyone can get a job; but, how can that be where there are fewer jobs available than the population?

A trust fund baby is a child that is born wealthy and can live extravagantly off of money that an ancestor left to them without ever having worked in their life. Are they useless eaters? If a rich mans kid is given a job by an American company because they got a contract for a lot of money from the rich kid and then don't work, are they useless eaters. If we are going to use a scale to weigh who is unnecessary, should it be based on how much money they have or what actual contribution they make to society?

The pension battle is about just this issue. If you can save up for a pension or 401k or whatever you save so that someday you retire then most of us would commend you.

Pride versus Dignity

Pride and dignity are not the same thing. We are told not to be prideful, we are not told not to have dignity. Dignity is when you know who you are and live by it, truthfully and in the face of the world. Pride is when you think you are better than others because you made some choices that worked out for you. Pride is emotional greed. Dignity is emotional responsibility. It is being okay with yourself and being honest with yourself at the same time.

We pass through stages in life. We all have times where we learn about ourselves and see things that we do not like. I hate to tell you; but, we never get perfect, we choose which aspects of ourselves we will work on. I like my doctor, I am sorry that I terrify him because of my numbers. They will never be perfect. He has decided we will work on one thing at a time. I really like him. The thing I like the best is that he treats me with dignity. He respects people that allow him to see all their private, personal physical aspects. He talks to me like a person and not just a body part. That is showing someone else dignity. He tells me that there are parts of me that are not great and some that are bad; but, he treats me as a person.

Pride causes people to lie and hide who they are and therefore they are never truly known. Dignity allows you to show all of you and not lie about who you are.

Strange and Stupid Things, Are We Reallly That Stupid

Yahoo - AP - Pope keeps cleric who leads nun crackdown in job. This is a very strange Pope. I grew up Catholic and was even an alter boy once. When the Pimpernel was young, he was much more aggressive if attacked. While receiving my first holy communion, I punched another boy while walking to the church. While receiving my good conduct medal while in ROTC, I punched one of the others. I must say though that in each case, they through the first punch. I just through the last. The priests I grew up with were smart (I think they all had doctorates), boxers and Irish, what was there not for me to love. I spoke to them openly and even had my confessions with them. The Catholic church has changed and this new Pope, he is different. I will keep an eye on him.

TED - Benjamin Barber: Why mayors should rule the world. Many people expect globalism to be apparent; but, it will not be. Local control determined by globalists. The attack is not on too big to fail, it is on to big to effect a global outcome other than where the global laws are written.

I think I already posted this; but, I am not sure. In either case, a great video. YouTube - The Impending Collapse of the World Economy (Full Documentary). It explains why going to a gold standard makes no sense.

Yahoo - AP - What 95% certainty of warming means to scientists. Turns out the planet is cooling; but, a lot of money was bet on taxing you for breathing, carbon taxes. Read the tone of the article, if you do not believe in "global warming", they hate you. Why such hatred? I don't hate people who think the world is flat, I just think they are stupid. Maybe they have an agenda. I watched a bunch of people who were involved in creating a system for carbon trading in California, they were just concerned with making money.

Yahoo - Daily Ticker - The 99% Owe “A Debt of Gratitude” to the 1%: Harry Binswanger. You just have to watch this video. This professor and writer says that anyone who has made a million dollars should not have to pay any taxes. He doesn't say why the rest of us should because we don't matter. This is a theme that is being played before your eyes, keep reading.

Yahoo - Daily Ticker - JPMorgan to Pay $11B Settlement (Reports): Is Bank a Scapegoat or a Scoundrel? Not long ago I specifically stated that something is seriously wrong at JP Morgan. Now it turns out they may have to pay out $11 billion in penalties. The talking heads argue over whether or not the stockholders should suffer for the actions of their company. Well, if a company is a person, the answer is yes.

The last two articles laid out how the "elites" view the world. They shouldn't have to pay taxes or be held accountable when they do wrong. This is scary territory. A "let them eat cake" attitude is very dangerous. I will truly screw up something Abraham Lincoln said. You can screw up some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time; but, you cannot screw all of the people all of the time. The biggest question is why would you even try? Why should a presidential candidate and openly state that he does not care about half the country, half it's citizens? That is insanity; but, Romney said it.

There is a rise in alternative media. On some levels it is better; but, they also have a tendency to over react. I consider my site to be alternative; but, I also consider it to be opinion and not a news source. I provide links to news sources, that may end soon, we shall see. There is currently an attempt to charge people for linking to copy written material on the web. This will destroy opinion websites. Maybe you can understand why I have never monetized this site. I didn't start and don't keep this site to make money. I want nothing other than to know that my words got beyond my own head. Things to consider.

Healthcare and Me and Everyone

I have killed a number of posts that I had considered sending out. I didn't think they were headed in a meaningful direction. Today a specialist checked out my aorta, I don't like medicine. They told me it was important blood vessel in my body and that my doctor was concerned about it. I have seen a lot of specialists, I have very good care because I have paid insurance for decades. I didn't use much healthcare when I was younger, heck, I had a heart attack about 6 years ago and didn't see a doctor for that, I just avoided them so they didn't know what had happened to me.

My doctors give me lots of pills and tests now that they have me in their grips again. There is no test that I would be denied if they thought it might keep me alive. Oh, and my pills are cheap because I have good insurance. I took a job that had a great insurance plan and in exchange I gave up higher pay. The Pimpernel has been offered more money that he comprehend and did not take it. Legal stuff, honest money for an honest job. I was happy to stay where I was because it was enough. I have never felt the need to be rich. I was quite happy to be well, to have enough for my present and my future.

The incentive to give your all, in a capitalist society, is the belief that someday you can benefit. That you give your all when you are young and the relax when you have little left to give. That is the basis of why capitalism works. Once you take away that success, you have ceased being capitalistic and are a tyranny. You can call it fascist or communist or any other ist, but, in the end is all the same. It is all anti-capitalist, it is anti paying people for the value they contribute.

How far down should we let our fellow humans go? Would it be okay to let people who work at WalMart work for table scraps if they would do it? The poorer the population, the more desperate, the more willing they are to be enslaved. If you free the poorest in society, you free all the others. Freedom does not trickle down, for it to exist, it must trickle up. The guard has little more freedom than the prisoner; both spend their days in jail.

Let me ask a question. Regardless of how you feel about Obamacare. Do you believe that everyone should have healthcare? It is simple question. Should only people who can pay a doctor have their arm mended when it is broken? If you saw someone who just broke their arm, would you try and help them or only help them if they paid you money?

Come October 1st, it is estimated that 7 million additional people will have access to healthcare. Is that good or bad? It means that people who already have healthcare will have to share with people who did not. You will wait longer to see your doctor if it is not an emergency unless you pay a lot more. Medical care is a limited resource. Currently, 60% of all operations are cosmetic, doctors who could be helping people are giving breast implants and liposuction. Should we spend more on breast implants or heart transplants?

The money that we as a group contribute to the national budget, to the federal government budget is all of ours and we all should have a say in where it goes. We got the numbers. We contribute around 4 billion dollars in federal taxes a year, we can decide who gets what if we decide what is right. So, I read this article about why only some of us should get health care, please read it, then tell me why some people should not get healthcare. Then ask yourself that question again, when you are 60 and get none.

Bloomberg - Doctors Brace for Health Law’s Surge of Ailing Patients

A Great Video About Money That You Need To See

There are those who believe that we need to return to a gold standard; but, they do not understand what money really is and the consequences of limiting the creation of money. Money is a promise, it is a promise of goods and services. It is paid to you based upon your contributions to society and you pay it to others to receive something equivalent in exchange. If I put in an 8 hour day at work, I want to receive something equivalent from others. Money merely represents that effort.

There is a concept called liquidity, it is your ability to borrow money now and pay it back later. This concept was critical to farmers as they need to borrow money to afford to wait until their crops have come in. It is also important to businesses that want to expand. Both gold standards and currency restrictions create liquidity problems. By limiting the supply of currency you choke off the small guy. The manipulation of markets is basically the constriction of who can be involved until you only have the rich.

Lets look at this another way because it is important. I cannot easily increase the amount of gold in the world. In and of itself it is of little real use, you cannot eat it. In fact, currently, if you sell 1/3rd of an ounce of it, you have to report to the federal government who you sold it to. It is easily confiscated as was done during the depression and represents nothing. Imagine a world where the only currency was Van Gogh paintings, would we begin cutting them up into little pieces for smaller transactions?

One of the problems with the Bitcoin is that the supply never increases. This makes no sense as there is more labor available than the number of Bitcoins will ever exist. We will move to an electronic currency, for it to have any real meaning it must be tradeable on small levels. If one Bitcoin is currently worth $150, how can I use it to buy a pack of gum unless I either have to buy $150 worth of gum or go without? For a currency to work for everyone, it has to be scalable. You have to be able to save up to it.

Berkshire Hathaway is generally considered the best stock in America, if not the world. It costs about $150,000 a share and appreciated for 40 years straight at about 25% a year. It is amazing that pension funds invest so little in it. It is criminal that they do not. You and I cannot afford to buy the stock if you are an average person. For most of us our primary investment is our home because you can pay for it over 30 years. The housing bubble was intended to take this investment away from most people who in the future will be renters.

The real attack on the middle class is to take away their ability to accumulate real ownership over anything. This is a return to the feudal system. Even in ancient Rome, slaves could own things. The concept of capitalism, real capitalism is that if you work hard and save, you can eventually own things like a house. You can give your time and effort now with the belief that someday you can acquire enough to be free. The attack on 401ks and pensions and social security is an attack upon your ability to ever be free.

YouTube - The Impending Collapse of the World Economy (Full Documentary)