Policy

A policy is something that a candidate comes up with to present to the people in regard to what he desires to accomplish in their term. These can include immigration, homeland security, social security, and education. There are some republican candidates that have a very slanted policy and these candidates slowly lose popularity as they describe their policies in more detail. It has come to my attention that some politicians policies do not entirely represent their actual personal views or values. This means that the politicians we vote for are not actual wholesome people but the product of the influences that have affected their policies. This a very slanted way for things to be as the regular voters are being regularly deceived by who they're voting for. This goes against what the Founding Fathers would have wanted as they saw the leaders of America as the hard working, honest, brave individuals that would represent liberty and freedom. If the Founding Fathers had known that, in the future, there would be a profession called "Politician" they would have been deeply disturbed. I know I've said it before but I believe politicians are not the most qualified citizens to lead us. Not only because they are picked and bought like dolls off of a shelf but because the real leadership experience lies with the citizens who have worked for a living. Citizens like scientists, doctors, teachers, rescue workers, firefighters, writers, and almost any other kind of technician you can think of. Almost any one of these would be a more qualified leader than any politician in Washington D.C. today.

What's Murder?

It is described as the malicious taking of life from a human being. The gray area between murder and justice has been debated since America's beginning. It used to be that any kind of loss of life was blamed on someone as a count of murder. Now, it is okay for the president to kill a US citizen with a criminal record with little deliberation or repercussion. However it is still illegal on every level for a private citizen to murder any other human being. By this logic, it is fine for a powerful official to kill a criminal but being a vigilante is met with harsh punishment. It is an ideal of Capitalism that no government official has a right that any citizen does not. Obama's actions clearly violated this ideal and the Constitution itself. Even when he feels the responsibility to serve justice by carrying out the killing it violates all that the Constitution stands for. If there had been a trial and deliberation it may have been found that this man was as guilty as Obama or even not guilty at all! This would have been quite embarrassing for Obama having been so sure that killing this man with a wave and a nod seemed like the best thing to do for America.

Republican Candidates

When I was younger I used to believe that the electoral system of the US did the best possible job in finding the best candidate. As I got older, I started to understand that the system may not be as perfect as I thought. Mainly, because I found out that most candidates receive funding for their campaign mostly from private corporations and independent businessmen. This lead me to the conclusion that the candidates we get to vote on are really just poster children that were hand selected by the people that hold the power, And, in America, Money is power. In this case, it doesn't really matter who we vote for because each candidate has already been bought under the table. It's the same concept as a congressman being offered a CEO position after he retires from congress. Just because the money isn't handed to them on the congress floor doesn't mean that they aren't being bought. The republican party candidates are no exception to this influence. Almost every candidate put forward to run against Obama seems like they have been told what to say and not only is what they promise a flat out lie, they have been told to tell these lies. Double-deception. This why Ron Paul is the only candidate I am interested in. He is the only candidate who has had the same conviction since 1975. However he seems to get very little face time during the debated nor have I gotten to see any 5 minute long campaign ads featuring him. This is more than a little suspicious because it coincides with the idea that a politician can only get funding if they adhere to the desires of a corporation that will fund them.

There's Something Rotten in the State of America

While I admit that the occupy wall street movement has lost some of its steam since its hard-hitting and energetic beginning, the current happening documented by the many cell phone cameras and photographs are a bit disturbing. The videos of the copious amount of pepper spray being used on protesters in Oakland and UC Davis and other places seem to yell out the desperation of the law enforcement against these protestors. Whether they act like this because they were ordered to do so or whether it is their instinct I am not certain. I do know that in order for these police to use this kind of force at the risk of being charged with brutality indicates that these officials have been authorized to use more force than in a different less dire situation. It makes me wonder just how threatened the federal government is by the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Would a federal official authorize the use of pepper spray on protestors? Or is it just unauthorized action the police are taking. A movement that seeks to restructure the way corporations interact with government SHOULD be something that the feds are worried about. Then again, the national government may still be in the phase of the protest where they ignore the protestors. I can easily see the federal government soon in the future starting to make fun of the entire movement. And, if you know the expression, perhaps the movement will inevitably win.

Summing Up The Federal Reserve

The Federal Reserve was created on December 23, 1913. In was created in response to the many financial panics that took place in the early nineteenth century. It is what is known as a "central bank". A central bank is an institution that produces the currency of an entire nation. Two specific powers are inherent in the central banking process: interest rates and money supply aka inflation. A central bank does not simply supply the economy with money, it loans it out with interest. It is imperative to understand that there is only one possible outcome from this practice in the long run, DEBT. Every single dollar from the central bank is loaned at interest. This means that when a dollar is loaned out the cost is really that dollar plus "x" amount of immediate interest. Since the Federal Reserve has a monopoly on the production of currency for the entire nation and they loan each dollar out with immediate debt attached to it, where does the money to pay for the debt come from? Well, it can only come from the central bank again. This means that the central bank has to perpetually increase its money supply to temporarily cover this outstanding debt it created which, in turn, since that new money is loaned out at interest as well, creates even MORE DEBT. The end result of this system, without fail, is slavery, for it is possible for the government and thus the people to ever come out of this self-generating debt.

Presidential Election 2012

The televising for the 2012 election is well under way and there are already many faces being thrown at us from all angles through tv, internet, and radio. During these election processes it is imperative to pay full attention to every attribute of each candidate, for if you choose the perfect one to vote for it is almost a certainty that everything in the US will, most likely, turn towards a kind of euphoria similar to the 1950's and early 1960's. No really, and usually the best candidate is usually the one that is polled, just prior to the election, as the "front-runner". A vote for that person is a vote for liberty and America! But wait, lets think about this for a second. How did these candidates find there way onto your television screen? Into your computer? Well these are good questions. See, when a practicing politician wants to become president they begin a process that leads to being considered for nomination. Now, there aren't really any experience oriented requirements for applying for this job other than the explicit ones listed in the constitution, so its usually not too important. So a politician wants to become president, well not just any politician can become president. You have to be smart, decisive, and responsible. Now, being from a respectable family or being rich doesn't hurt either, you understand. If a politician wants to be president they must choose to run as either a democrat or a republican because everyone knows the green party is a laugh. So, the politician decides which party to try and get the nomination for, but if the party they want to run for already has a party member in office then they usually wait until the next incumbent free election. When their turn comes around I'm sure they are probably trembling with excitement. Here's where the politician meets their greatest challenge, achieving support from either his fellow politicians or, the only other bodies that hold material power in this country, corporations. See, they have money, you understand. How is anyone supposed to get people to vote for them if they can't go around the country and campaign? Make tv ads? Magazine ads? Interviews in national newspapers? But wait, who does the power lie with then? Could it be that the heads and ceo's of these corporations have figured out their influence? No, it's not possible, they're just good patriotic Americans like ourselves who make things for the American working man because that's who they are and that's who they care about. But why then do these people care about politics? If they truly are dedicated, entirely, to the quality of life of all the Americans they provide why do they care about the government that controls them? Well it's simple, if they can have some influence in the way the country is run they can have even more power than is already given to them by their economic upper-hand. They can find ways to help there business running smoothly without ever having to take any hit to their profit or net value. You understand, a business's bottom line is the result of all it's efforts. This means the bottom line is what is most important. Right? You understand.
           I'll tell what I know. If our founding father somehow magically heard that, in the future, there would be a profession known as being a "politician" they would have probably called off the entire American experiment. The process by which an American citizen is represented has been warped, skewed, and mutilated beyond any state that would even come close to what George Washington would have envisioned. If there is to be true representation in America than politicians can no longer be just that, politicians. Our leaders need to be the ones that relate to us closely. People like the scientists that work everyday to cure cancer. I'm sure they've got some goo ideas of where our national spending should go. Or how about a college professor or any school teacher? They've probably got some changes in mind.

All this government nonsense

At any one time in this country there is someone complaining about how the government fell short or didn't provide enough or was inconsiderate. All I can say about that is that people in this country are becoming far too dependent on their federal and state governments. Without a people there is no government and the latest generation is having a hard time understanding that what they do, what they say, and what they think has the greatest effect on the direction of our government. However, fear has enslaved the common human. We are told to be wary of the throngs of bearded turban toting men that want nothing more than to blow us up and our families. We watch the news every night and discover that there has been seven stabbings, four shootings, and countless acts of violence and assault and we sit in our chairs watching, distantly through a tube that puts out light, and respond with apathy as if this is the way it's supposed to be. We sit and ask, "please, leave me alone in my own home. Let me have my toaster oven, my television, and my computer". Well, these problems are not going away and they are only going to become more prevalent as this culture of violence, greed, and selfishness continues to propagate with itself. The way forward is to live bravely, to not want to hide behind the walls of our homes and unite against this fear that is convincing people to sacrifice what rights they have to the government in exchange for "protection". Protection from what? Terrorists? We need as much protection from terrorists now as we needed protection from "commies" in the sixties.

Occupy Wall Street

The only thing that feels right to post on is this movement against corporate influence in federal politics known as the Occupy Wall St movement. This movement advertises openly their disapproval of the unique treatment that corporations in America get due to their power derived from wealth. The protesters want the money that these corporations have to stay out of the law and regulation making process altogether. Things like large businesses funding a presidential candidates campaign in exchange for certain privileges upon that candidates inauguration or any other case of bribery and corruption. There is undoubtedly an unbalance of wealth in America and, whether or not it is just, somethings gotta give. People are waking up each morning, drinking their coffee, and going to work at such under stimulating jobs with almost no hope for promotion or any sign of life ever getting any better. The number of people who wake up every morning and ask "why?" is rising daily. The concept of money inevitably leads to greed and boundless desire, this is to be expected, but the leaders, owners, and ceo's of the largest corporations have forgotten something. It is the people that work for them that give them there power. Not their own cleverness or their fitted suits or Italian shoes. It's their employees that push their business along. Instead of showing their appreciation with reward they decide to spend their companies money on buying politicians, scoping more land in South America, and creating more stock shares to make even more money. All I mean by all this is that there is undoubtedly something awry with the way Capitalism functions in the US today. Every middle class man and woman is starting to notice there is not a lack of wealth in the US at all they just don't have a shot at it. Except maybe the lottery.

This is a video I saw recently that gave me some perspective:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WibmcsEGLKo

Government Spending

I believe that the American government's spending is both out of control and misdirected. U.S. politicians have their priorities mixed up as the things that need funding for the good of the humans that inhabit America are not receiving anywhere near what they should be. The war on terrorism is projected to have cost the U.S. 233 billion dollars by the year 2014, even with the decrease of ground troop occupation. In 2010 there were only 25 deaths of non-combatants that were confirmed to be caused by "terrorism" worldwide. In 2006, coronary heart disease killed exactly 631,636 people in the United States alone. In 2010, the United States government sanctioned approximately 15,000 dollars to be spent on the research of coronary heart disease. If this does not seem like an unjust inequality to you, then you cannot read numbers.

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1)My opinions most likely came from the environment I was brought up in.
2)It is a trend that people in the city are less environmentally concerned than people in rural areas.

3)I believe outsourcing jobs is bad for America because it narrows the amount of jobs that are present in the economy. Although it makes sense that a corporation would do it to save money but that does not stop it from it ultimately hurting the economy.