Sparky speaks

Hey, don't sweat it. I'm used to the abuse. I teach high school kids, remember? But, non the less, I get the feeling I have ranted enough here. You all know where I'm coming from. Nothing much left for me to add. Just trying to get you guys to see things a little differently and maybe win a few converts. You are a tough crowd. Just as stubborn as I used to be on these very same issues. I figured one or two would show a tiny amount of agreement or support. Maybe in a few months. Enjoy the debate over the non-issues... By the way, he could be Obama's running mate...

My students are just fine. Critical thinking and alternative history is what we lack. My conservative friends used to harass me for teaching about gun control in my Crime and Violence classes. I guess they were worried about my students too. I try to give my kids a wide variety of views on issues. They appreciate not getting the same old crap they get in every other class. Do yourself a favor and read up on how our monetary system actually works. I guarantee it will change your outlook on things and how you present topics in your classes in the future. What is wrong with telling the truth abou

Look, you asked me a question and I tried to answer it in a serious manner. Then you failed to acknowledge anything I posted. Then you go back to your Sparky's crazy shtick. Why bother?

Boon, It doesn't matter what Ryan's plan, Obama's plan or Pat Paulson's plan is. They are not addressing the real causes of the financial mess we are in. They are just kicking the can down the road and maintaining the current failed system.

Here's another nut case... Alan Simpson Confirms Reality: “All The Things You Love Will Not Come To Pass” "Let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen. Either you start to do something now, or pay me now or pay me later. This country is on a trajectory of debt, deficit and interest that is totally unsustainable, unconscionable and totally predictable. If everybody wants to talk about old people and the kiddies and use the stuff that Dave Axelrod will shower on the American people while Obama’s plan, pretty sweet — have a go at it. It is your country.” 'Medicare is on automatic pilot. It wil

I didn't mean you any harm, I thought you knew and would get the joke... Fukushima radiation seen in tuna off California http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/28/us-japan-nuclear-tuna-idUSBRE84R0MF20120528 Tuna contaminated with Fukushima radiation found in California Scientists amazed that bluefins swimming in Pacific five months after Japanese disaster contained tiny amounts of caesium http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/may/29/tuna-contaminated-radiation-fukushima-california

We are actually worse off than those countries when it comes to debt, yet our Federal Reserve is supplying much of the money to keep those countries afloat. That is why they do not want an audit of the Fed. It will expose how it has become the world's printing press. They only increase a countries indebtedness to the central banks when they rework their debt payments. Remember what one famous central banker once stated, "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes it's laws". The world is fast becoming the playground and the property of those very same bankers. They destroy na

If you had to choose between taking a pile of 1,600 dollar bills or one ounce of gold which would you take? I think we all know the answer. We did fine as a nation on the gold standard. We were taken off of it to enable the Federal Reserve to print more money for the US government to borrow at interest to spend on wars, social programs, etc. and as a result we have deflated the value of our money and plunged our nation into a pit of debt we will most likely never get out of. Money is created out of nothing. There is nothing backing our currency except the government's word that it is worth som

Let's lighten things up a bit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zTW6Ekqn-4&list=UU4SHaIWFqiI7RqEGxiwloZA&index=2&feature=plcp

Boon, give this a read. It sums things up pretty nicely... IT’S A MATTER OF TRUST – PART ONE When mainstream economists examine bubbles, manias and crashes they generally concentrate on short-term bubbles that last a few years. But some bubbles go on for decades and some busts have lasted for a century. The largest bubble in world history continues to inflate at a rate of $3.8 billion per day and has now expanded to epic bubble proportions of $15.92 trillion, up from $9.65 trillion in September 2008 when this current Wall Street manufactured crisis struck. A 65% increase in the National D

I'm a history teacher. Every fiat currency the world has ever seen has failed. They just reboot with some new system that is pretty much a revised version of the one that just failed.

Based on what? Your gut feeling or some miraculous event I might have missed? Those folks from 50 years ago knew what they were talking about. It has taken that long to get us to the point we are at right now. The dam is about to burst. The game is almost over. The music is about to stop and there are no chairs to sit in. The fat lady is about to sing. Wishing it wasn't so will not stop it from happening. “All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.” ― J.M. Barrie – Peter Pan

No, have some tuna...

You asked, so I will give you my two cents at the risk of being ridiculed and treated like a crackpot by some of you. Remember, up until a few years ago, I believed the same stuff as most of you, who think I am nuts, believe. Basically, we all pretty much screwed IMO. One has to get an understanding of where money comes from and how it is manipulated by the central banks (Federal Reserve) to their advantage, not ours. That book, I mentioned a few pages back in this thread is a great place to start. http://www.amazon.co...n/dp/1439214115 It will describe how money is literally created out of

You are ignoring the reality of what is coming and continuing to focus on the trivial. The global derivatives market, which is estimated to be worth between $800 trillion to $1,500,000 trillion, has collapsed. (It actually collapsed in 2008) That is $1.5 quadrillion on the long estimate.The GDP of the entire world is $65 trillion. They have been plugging the leaks in the dam for the past few years with massive money printing (mostly digital) by the world's central banks including the Federal Reserve and pumping some of that money into the stock market to give the illusion of prosperity. Unfort

Condescending, I might give you that. But not insane. You might want to consider it yourself before your Bernanke bucks pass their expiration date... http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/ It's easy. Just send your worthless fiat paper money for some hard currency while you still can. You'd be insane not to... http://www.gainesvil...alo-design.aspx Not to get off topic... 100 Ways Mitt Romney Is Just Like Barack Obama

Makes you want to run out and vote for both Obama and Romney doesn't it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYyLYoi6UwY

For those who are not wearing blinders... "Whether you vote Republican or Democrat, the oligarchs will win." The Next Election: High Stake Outcomes Based on Non-issues The election of the next puppet president of the “world’s only superpower” is about two and one-half months off, and what are the campaign issues? There aren’t any worthy of the name... Link: http://www.paulcraig...sed-non-issues/ Here's another... The Dispossessed Majority The same brainwashed Americans who rage against Obamacare and are lined up to vote for Romney are oblivious to the fact that Romney, while g

You still don't get it do you? It doesn't matter who Romney or Obama pick as their running mates. It doesn't matter who paid what in taxes or who made what gaffe in a speech. These two candidates are approved by, purchased by and controlled by Goldman Sachs, the Military Industrial Complex and the globalists. They give you the false illusion that you some how selected these candidates and that there is a real choice between the two. Many fall for it. You are going to get the same policies from either of these two Bozos. Follow the money.The left has never been satisfied with Obama and they nev

Nothing wrong with what you just stated. I am a former registered Democrat who never voted Republican in his life and always disagreed with my Republican and conservative buddies on must issues. But I started to look into many of the inconsistencies of some of my arguments as well as the merits of some of theirs plus I was always bothered by the scam both parties play on all of us around election time, of promoting the issues they feel they need to, to rally the base and then never deliver on them once they get elected. They both are big government supporters, statists, (each in their own way

Proof???

We have to get beyond right wing and left wing, folks. This is a distraction that allows the political party mafia to divide us while they divide the loot. We all believe in freedom, liberty, capitalism, peace, personal privacy, sound money, private property, national sovereignty, etc., etc. They don't. They only pay lip service to them. We all have a lot more in common than we all believe. Romney and Obama are different sides of the same coin. Both were selected by the oligarchs that run this country or they wouldn't be where they are today. Who ever wins, it doesn't matter to them because th

They played it last night, didn't they?

The Senate has not voted on it yet if I'm not mistaken. Reid is refusing to bring it to the floor. Obama would veto it anyway, unfortunately. At least some are talking about such matters. Kucinich gave a rousing impassioned speech in favor of it last week. Give Ron Paul credit where credit is due. At least he understands the ramifications of a private banking cartel running our monetary system, at least until recently, in complete secrecy. Every dollar they create physically or digitally and lend to the government comes with interest attached that you and I and future generations will be payin