tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post4563899333694590117..comments2024-03-08T07:09:46.527-07:00Comments on Pro Libertate: When Tax-Feeders RevoltWilliam N. Grigghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-88933810546887091292011-03-06T16:33:31.764-07:002011-03-06T16:33:31.764-07:00"Germany .... no budget deficit there. German..."Germany .... no budget deficit there. Germans are prospering as never before, even more than the Chinese. Five weeks of vacation to start, free health care, free university education, and a month's bonus pay every December."<br /><br />While Germany is one of the better placed actors in the Eurozone, one should not look at it with rose-tinted glasses. <br /><br />Regarding the "no budget deficit". Well, no. They are currently owing 100 billion EUR easy, with 35 billion more per annum [only about 150 billion USD though - not a lot eh]<br /><br />Then we have: pervasive unemployment and people on the dole [http://www.spiegel.de/flash/flash-12125.html], quite a lot of people in low-paying, low-income jobs, people grumbling about stagnant wages [which are actually decreasing due to EUR inflation], the "free" university education being of dubious value with "forever students" clogging up the lecture rooms, high taxes on income and property, uncertainty about the viability of the EURO and Germany's export-driven business, constant ranting of unions that consider any liberalisation of the stuck economy as "antisocial" and "neo-liberalist". The list goes on..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-61583659918289148332011-03-04T11:45:20.962-07:002011-03-04T11:45:20.962-07:00I've been an "illegal-tax protester"...I've been an "illegal-tax protester" since 1971. Haven't paid federal, state or local income taxes since then, and never will. It is about time many others told the thieving OPM (sounds like opium, is equally addicting, stands for other people's money) addicts to beat it.Ned Nettervillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15471520128078882241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-65773000836247413872011-03-01T01:36:10.311-07:002011-03-01T01:36:10.311-07:00D.L.: What I am saying here is instead of trying t...<b>D.L.:</b> <i>What I am saying here is instead of trying to divide and conquer....maybe all us Austrians, Ron Paulites, Lew Rockwell readers and so on, should support folks who are only trying to keep from being busted to benefit Walker and his friends, the Kochs.</i><br /><br />Sorry, I've heard the tired "divide and conquer" canard so often it's beginning to wilt my ears.<br /><br />First, I've never considered myself part of this imaginary collective to start with that I'm supposedly "dividing" by expressing my <i>individual</i> views. Second, I don't view economics as a primary source of the problem areas in the country, rather merely one of the myriad symptoms. The primary problem, IMO, is a large number of charismatic <i>individuals</i>, many of whom are highly influential upon the now morally-rudderless majority in the schoolhouse, churchhouse, government, and the business world. Consequently, over time, out of that germination comes the greed, materialism, corruption, etc. that's no longer merely localized or sporadic, but is now endemic to our entire society in every socio-economic stratum. Yes, these ailments have always been present, of course, but today excessive materialism and greed afflict the population at large. Human nature is a biatch, indeed, but it <i>can</i> be corralled to some extent internally (freely by self) or <i>will</i> be corraled externally (oppressively by government).<br /><br />BTW, in regards to the post above by anonymous@10:12, I concur totally.dixiedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1614947196523224492011-03-01T01:26:05.038-07:002011-03-01T01:26:05.038-07:00I'm a little late back to the party, I see, as...I'm a little late back to the party, I see, as Will has another piece up. Oh well...here goes anyway.<br /><br /><b>D.L.:</b> <i>...so that if we buy from employee from company B instead of company A then we help pay employee B's salary but not employee A...but we are still paying the salaries of A PRIVATE EMPLOYEE, NO?</i><br /><br />Good grief, D.L., you don't have to buy a product in question in the first place. You could start your own company and produce the product/service in question yourself if you have some kind of irrational disdain paying someone else for a product/service.<br /><br />You apparently find it excruciatingly difficult to delineate a genuine f-r-e-e-d-o-m from a genuine c-o-e-r-c-i-o-n, unfortunately.<br /><br /><i>Like I said I've homeschooled, AND worked as a public school teacher. Unlike you folks, I can see both sides of this issue, and know that whereas either one of you will side with some Republican or other and deny rights to SOME union employees (or all of them), what about the employees of, say, Goldman Sachs, B o A, or the privately owned Federal Reserve? If these folks were in a union, what then?</i><br /><br />Great, I'm glad you homeschool (or homeschooled as the case may be) your children. More ordinary folk pursuing that path for educating their OWN children instead of sending them to a government collective would do wonders. Besides, these days, the children spend much of their day thoroughly bathed in a socialist and pagan worldview instead of thoroughly being bathed in, and thereby excelling at, reading [comprehension], writing, and mathematics. But then, when taught subject matter in a collective sense, it's very hard for <i>individual</i> students to truly excel. Also, students are often told WHAT TO... and not taught HOW TO...<br /><br />I may not be a teacher, but I've worked in both the private sector (shipfitter, insulation mechanic, warehouse worker, technical support, field technician, network admin) AND public sector (warehouse worker). The AAFES warehouse I worked in was thoroughly egalitarian and I was amazed at how laid back the workplace was. The work ethic, such as it was, sucked and most folk had no feeling of urgency about getting the work done as efficiently and quickly as possible. VERY different from the equivalent private sector job experience where efficiency and timeliness and keeping costs at a minimum were of utmost importance, naturally.<br /><br />In my first private sector job in the early 80s, I was approached by the USW and I declined their offer to join and they pulled every fear-mongering pitch they could muster to scare me into joining. "You can be fired at will!..." I simply told the rep that if you're doing your damn job correctly, efficiently and timely your likelihood of being fired is very low. After all, the company managers would be insane to fire bust-ass workers on a whim who get the work done as previously described.<br /><br />In summary, I view unions primarily as a fabulous way to enforce and ensconce <i>collective</i> mediocrity while destroying <i>individual</i> merit in the workplace. I absolutely loathe being assessed and judged collectively, and most especially in the workplace. I'm not an egalitarian in any sense and unions are the epitome of egalitarianism in the economic arena. I hate equal pay for unequal work! I prefer merit-based pay because it rewards <i>individual</i> effort and/or skill, not the damned mundane collective (no pun intended).dixiedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-78952082308785756252011-02-27T10:12:10.994-07:002011-02-27T10:12:10.994-07:00"Unions have been vilified throughout much of...<i>"Unions have been vilified throughout much of our nation's history but without unions do you really think we would have a 40 hour work week? Yes, many non-union companies give very good benefits but it is often because of the competition in the workplace. I was once anti-union until I worked for a company run by a dictator and I saw the only hope the employees had for fair treatment was a union."</i><br /><br />And without government to fleece you for everything you don't need, and that could better be done by you, and your neighbors and hired help, you wouldn't "need" to work 40 hours at a job you can do in 5 hours and then think of other things you can do. I know this because I've worked many a job I've quit precisely because I was tired of idling time away when there wasn't enough work, just so I could have the requisite "40 hours" bullshit on my timecard. I work better and often faster as well, than almost anyone I know. There is no extra bonus for doing better work in the 40 hour work week crowd. Most are professional bureaucrats, so yes, to me they are subhuman, because instead of striving for excellence, they strive to bring everyone else down to their level.<br /><br />That, almost borders on indirect initiation of force/aggression. Hmmm, wonder what the public trough feeders say about that. (And yes, coyotes love their young too, and want a good living, care to feed YOUR young to them so they can eat well?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-31725292642963811122011-02-27T07:46:24.256-07:002011-02-27T07:46:24.256-07:00These are public employees unions. They produce no...These are public employees unions. They produce nothing anybody wants. They suck off the public teat!They do produce tyranny and for our kids ignorance. Take a look at the membership lists of the various richman's think tanks like the CFR or the Trilats. You will find most of the big union leaders public and private are members. The game is fixed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-17157242169546366312011-02-26T23:01:56.405-07:002011-02-26T23:01:56.405-07:00Nobody seems to be able to separate the 2 issues h...Nobody seems to be able to separate the 2 issues here, which are completely different: public employees, and unions. The WI Governor's real aim is union-busting, not budget-balancing or public-employee-benefit reductions. The unions have agreed to ALL the demands for their members to pay more of their health care, and take pay cuts, so long as they can retain their union. The Governor has refused.<br /><br />Let us face it - the reason we peons are starving, while the rich upgrade their yachts, Learjets and Ferraris, is because Ronald Reagan busted the unions, and it has been downhill for us since then. <br /><br />The unions are still strong in Germany - by law, union representatives sit on corporate boards - and despite being about the highest-paid workers in the world, and having a population of about 80 million, Germany is the world's second-biggest exporter after China, with a population of 1,300 million. No budget deficit there. Germans are prospering as never before, even more than the Chinese. Five weeks of vacation to start, free health care, free university education, and a month's bonus pay every December.<br /><br />Thank their unions.<br /><br />When German companies come to America, they do the same as American companies, and screw with their employees and try to prevent them forming unions.<br /><br />It's too late now - American companies don't need American workers any more. Try to form a union, and they will just shut down and move to China. The only answer now is for the US to become a failed state like Colombia, where the biggest industry is kidnapping rich people for ransom. No ransom, their family receives first an ear in the mail, then a finger, then another ear, and so on. Whittling away at the priveliges of the rich, as it were. They, and their mothers, and their children, live in constant terror. I like the idea.<br /><br />- Lemuel GulliverLemuel Gullivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-18439470286320528962011-02-26T21:58:56.089-07:002011-02-26T21:58:56.089-07:00Before we moved to Sacramento I had much the same ...Before we moved to Sacramento I had much the same opinion of "public" employees as is depicted in most of the postings on this topic. They were leeches, slimy creatures who lived off the public dole. I guess that living in and among them has taken its toll. Guess what, they're real people, just like you and me. They want the same things for themselves and their kids that you and I want. They do't want exorbitant wages, they want to get paid for what they do. We may not like what they do but that doesn't make their job any less honorable.<br /><br />Unions have been vilified throughout much of our nation's history but without unions do you really think we would have a 40 hour work week? Yes, many non-union companies give very good benefits but it is often because of the competition in the workplace. I was once anti-union until I worked for a company run by a dictator and I saw the only hope the employees had for fair treatment was a union. <br /><br />The unions in Wisconsin have already conceded the economic demands of the governor and in normal bargaining they might even have conceded more. But this is union busting in the most blatant form. <br /><br />Please look past the buzzwords coming from both sides and consider that we might be talking about real humans here.Arnoldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00733205805359910552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-6703375382175210202011-02-26T15:19:18.965-07:002011-02-26T15:19:18.965-07:00Well, since you brought me into this, I guess I mi...Well, since you brought me into this, I guess I might as well repsond by saying okay--you don't like th eproduct you go somewhere else and thus we "mundanes" do not actually "pay the salaries" of private employees, so that if we buy from employee from company B instead of company A then we help pay employee B's salary but not employee A...but we are still paying the salaries of A PRIVATE EMPLOYEE, NO?<br /><br />Honey, I am fairly sure I am as up on Austrian Economics as you, Liberanter, and you, DD!<br /><br />Like I said I've homeschooled, AND worked as a public school teacher. Unlike you folks, I can see both sides of this issue, and know that whereas either one of you will side with some Republican or other and deny rights to SOME union employees (or all of them), what about the employees of, say, Goldman Sachs, B o A, or the privately owned Federal Reserve? If these folks were in a union, what then?<br /><br />What I am saying here is instead of trying to divide and conquer workers, middle class, working class, or even the 6 figures-and-up employees who are getting ripped off by the REAL TAX FEEDERS--the bailed out bankers--maybe all us Austrians, Ron Paulites, Lew Rockwell readers and so on, should support folks who are only trying to keep from being busted to benefit Walker and his friends, the Kochs.<br /><br />Or, I guess it's okay with you to have 99% of Americans working for 10 bucks a day so that your "Austrian theories" can play out. Stop the divide and conquer nonsense...teachers are NOT the enemy!D. L.http://www.somethinghappeninghere.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-5545525701892831922011-02-25T17:49:04.237-07:002011-02-25T17:49:04.237-07:00With public sector so-called "services" ...<i>With public sector so-called "services" there's no such choice in the matter!!! Thus, there's no incentive to operate efficiently, timely, and the concept of "quality" is an oxymoron. The term "services" that federal, state, and local gov agencies love to parrot is a real hoot. Their "services" are merely creating/concocting more "convenient" ways/methods for you to pay a required fee, fine, or tax.</i><br /><br />Thanks, DD, for setting D.L. straight with a small lesson in Austrian Economics 001. (I thought about jumping in, but why should I have all the fun?)<br /><br />In response to your quoted response above, I say, "exactly." To make the situation even more perverse, particularly where public "education" [sic] is concerned, while we may choose not to have our children partake of this "service," <b><i>we are still forced to pay for it anyway.</i></b> These state indoctrination and brainwashing centers, along with the droids that staff them, are going to be funded with my stolen tax dollars whether or not every single child in a given state attends them or whether none (or nearly none) attend. As you point out, there is no linkage between performance and reward in such institutions and thus NO incentive whatsoever to change anything. I am forced to fund these abominable institutions and the abominable "humans" that staff them even if I home school my children or send them to private schools. Thus these toxic entities that I would NEVER voluntarily pay for use money stolen from me to compete directly with the establishments by which I have made a market choice to educate my children. The effect is that these institutions siphon off and waste capital that could be put to much more productive use in the VOLUNTARY private sector. It's akin to my being forced to subsidize Olive Garden restaurants by having an extra "Olive Garden gratuity" added to my bill at Romano's Macaroni Grill (just to use two randomly selected restaurants as examples - no endorsement or criticism meant to be implied) even if I hate the food at Olive Garden and choose to eat at Macaroni Grill. All of this has been illustrated ad nauseum elsewhere (and probably in this blog) in the past, but it can never be repeated often enough.liberranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-20048199529163331742011-02-25T13:03:54.500-07:002011-02-25T13:03:54.500-07:00Great article, Will. I actually agree with EVERYTH...Great article, Will. I actually agree with EVERYTHING you've written in this piece. You hit it spot on, IMHO.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.drudgereportarchives.com/data/2011/02/19/20110219_000232.htm" rel="nofollow">The lady's face on the left side</a> there, above "PELOSI BACKS PROTESTERS..." link, conjured up all sorts of images in my mind about how raging, selfish, maniacal hollerin' statists can become when their tax-fed gluttony <i>might</i> possibly find a cure. <br /><br />Gee, are they deaf, dumb, and blind to the fact that the Leviathanettes don't have free reign to simply toss funds about whimsically like big daddy Leviathan does? Nah, they can't be <i>that</i> dim-witted...Me, myself, and I simply trump all other concerns...yeah, that's it.<br /><br />Amerika is a dead man walking, sucked dry and suffocated by myriad species of humanoid parasites. RIP.<br /><br /><i>...wouldn't you agree that we should not allow private sector employees to have "collective bargaining" rights either? After all, in buying products they make, we also pay their salaries!!!</i><br /><br />Sigh...but (putting gov't interference in the markets aside for the purpose of abstract logical reasoning) we "mere" mundanes ain't forced to buy a private company's products and pay their workers' salaries!!! We can simply go and buy elsewhere. Ergo, by extension, the fear of goin' broke is THE huge incentive for a private concern to provide a product/service efficiently, timely, and as cheaply as possible with quality in mind.<br /><br />With public sector so-called "services" there's no such choice in the matter!!! Thus, there's no incentive to operate efficiently, timely, and the concept of "quality" is an oxymoron. The term "services" that federal, state, and local gov agencies love to parrot is a real hoot. Their "services" are merely creating/concocting more "convenient" ways/methods for you to pay a required fee, fine, or tax.<br /><br />Why should a union (of "Takers") be able to harness "collective bargaining" when the boss (productive mundanes - the "Makers") are not part of the process? We can't make demands on gov't employees in terms of working conditions, wage scales, etc. based on our desires even though we pay involuntarily. OTOH, there tends to be genuine bargaining b/w the respective parties in the private sector (although I've never been a fan of unions of any sort, public or private, myself). VA is a "right to work" state (unfettered by coerced union membership), thankfully.dixiedoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09845646940134894119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-42296780392686740772011-02-25T09:37:44.070-07:002011-02-25T09:37:44.070-07:00Anonymous @ 9:26 -- You can reach me at WNGrigg[at...Anonymous @ 9:26 -- You can reach me at WNGrigg[at]msn[dot]com.William N. Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-62268715957039183832011-02-25T09:26:30.930-07:002011-02-25T09:26:30.930-07:00Wish I could find an email address for you Mr. Gri...Wish I could find an email address for you Mr. Grigg.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-52812564663874294692011-02-24T13:11:43.176-07:002011-02-24T13:11:43.176-07:00Mr Griggs,
Normally I agree with your columns, an...Mr Griggs,<br /><br />Normally I agree with your columns, and I think that you are one of the best writers on the topic of liberty and freedom nowadays.<br /><br />However, I do not agree with you on this topic. The situation in Wisconsin is designed to get two different groups of working class people fighting against each other. This serves to distract from the real crimes which are being committed by the ruling elite.<br /><br />While you have condemned corporate welfare and the MIC, the amount that the current workers are fighting over is a pittance. We are talking about ~$140 million dollars, that's chump change nowadays. You couldn't pay employee bonuses at any respectable investment back with that measly amount.<br /><br />The government, however, is trying to portray this event as an important key in stemming a budget crisis. The truth is they just want to break the unions. In fact, the union leaders have already agreed to all the governor's demands, they just want to keep the right to represent the union members. (by represent I mean negotiate another pay cut for them next time the contracts are up)<br /><br />Ralph Nader probably explains things better than I could.<br /><br />http://www.counterpunch.org/nader02212011.html<br /><br />PS. I have been trying to find a column you wrote a few years back talking about how people who really support freedom and liberty in this country should be against the troops, because we are only going to get our own freedom if our current foreign policy overseas fails. Any way you could link it for me?<br /><br />Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1553260924309373162011-02-23T22:55:29.345-07:002011-02-23T22:55:29.345-07:00"The time for tax VICTIMS to revolt is long o..."The time for tax VICTIMS to revolt is long overdue, what's the holdup?"<br /><br />The holdup is due to the fact that in spite of the rampant plundering and immoral actions of our own government, the vast majority of us continue to live very comfortable lives. As long as most Americans still believe they can make good lives for themselves and their families, no one will be willing to take any drastic action. However, when the day comes that the vast majority of Americans see no alternative, the uprising will make Egypt look like nap time at kindergarten. Unlike most nations, America possesses a population that is still heavily armed and very capable in the use of those weapons. When the authorities are ordered to fire upon the citizens, these citizens will fire back.<br /><br />jkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-1634961500234610242011-02-23T19:34:46.561-07:002011-02-23T19:34:46.561-07:00Will, this just might be the first time I even a l...Will, this just might be the first time I even a little bit disagree with you. Yes, these public school teachers and the rest ARE tax feeders, and, as someone who used to public school teach until I started home schooling (no way was I letting my two kids go to public school!)--in other words, I've been on both sides of the equation--I say that if you are not allowing the teachers and the rest (BTW, my husband is a paramedic, and also has fire fighting certification...wouldn't you agree that medics and ambulance crews are just as worthy as fire fighters?) to have "collective bargaining" just because we pay their salaries, then wouldn't you agree that we should not allow private sector employees to have "collective bargaining" rights either? After all, in buying products they make, we also pay their salaries!!! (Good grief I hope you aren't agreeing with Wisconsin's gov. just because he's a Republican!)<br /><br />I say what's good or bad for the goose is also good or bad for the gander...to paraphrase my old HS Algebra teacher.<br /><br />If private sector workers have the right to protest, then so do public sector workers!<br /><br />However, I DO WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE with you in your final statement...that public sector folks WILL most assuredly do whatever they can to keep us "mundanes" (I love that term you use!) from protesting! Because ultimately, you are right about tax feeders no matter what their profession is...<br /><br />Right now, Providence, RI's school board is firing all teachers at the end of the school year...should be interesting, and I wouldn't mind if the majority of govts. just shut the heck down.D. L.http://www.somethinghappeninghere.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-18590739767346344552011-02-23T16:16:03.419-07:002011-02-23T16:16:03.419-07:00I know I am digressing from the topic at hand but ...I know I am digressing from the topic at hand but I wanted to direct you to a police scandal that just hit the news here in Baltimore. Seventeen police officer were just arrested in Baltimore for extortion.<br />Read about it here: http://www.wbal.com/absolutenm/templates/story.aspx?articleid=68102&zoneid=2Kevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16479620366654056823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-6578323179339843702011-02-23T13:57:20.629-07:002011-02-23T13:57:20.629-07:00FYI, taxfeeding the Planned Parenthood way. First...FYI, taxfeeding the Planned Parenthood way. First, an appeal from a blog at <i>Women'sHealth</i>:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.womenshealthmag.com/health/support-planned-parenthood" rel="nofollow">Women’s Health at Risk: Support Planned Parenthood</a><br /><br /><br />Then, PP's shrill victimology and adolescent demand for parasitism. Note well scurrilous hyperbole such as “assault”, “cruel”, “unconscionable”, and so on.<br /><br /><br /><b>I STAND WITH PLANNED PARENTHOOD</b><br /><br />The U.S. House of Representatives has just voted to bar Planned Parenthood health centers from all federal funding for birth control, cancer screenings, HIV testing, and other lifesaving care. <br /><br />It is the most dangerous legislative assault in our history,...<br /><br />Sign our open letter to every single representative in the House who voted for this cruel, unconscionable, unthinkable law, and to every senator who still has a chance to stop it."<br /><br /><br /><b><br />AN OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESS <br /><br />To the members of the House of Representatives who voted for the Pence Amendment to H.R. 1:</b><br /><br />How could you? <br />.<br />.<br />.<br />It was a vote against me.<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><b>To every member of Congress, know that we stand together today against this outrageous assault, and together we will not lose.</b><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://secure.ppaction.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=pp_ppol_ws_I_Stand_with_PP&s_src=standwithppfeb2011_taf&JServSessionIdr004=y2qx0hqmg2.app202b" rel="nofollow">An Open Letter To Congress</a>Paul in Chicagonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-79009800219316371762011-02-23T10:42:06.502-07:002011-02-23T10:42:06.502-07:00Michael Rivero,
You say the protesters are trying...Michael Rivero,<br /><br />You say the protesters are trying to keep "what is theirs." By what right is it theirs? They secured promises from politicians -- promises that the rest of us would be continually robbed to maintain the privileged positions of these spoiled crybabies.<br /><br />It is my sincere hope that the rotten politicians, acting entirely out of fear for their own positions, throw these union thugs under the [federally-mandated schoo] bus.<br /><br />Of course, in a perfect world, the politicians themselves, along with their bankster bosses, would be tarred, feathered, expropriated and deported to Afghanistan. But this is at least a step in the right direction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-74701829120397149712011-02-23T09:23:20.071-07:002011-02-23T09:23:20.071-07:00Christians are right to feel their faith is under ...<i>Christians are right to feel their faith is under attack. It is. They just do not know which Hidden Hand is wielding the weapons.</i><br /><br />Indeed. As I never tire of repeating, the greatest assault upon <b><i>true</i></b> Christianity, the Christianity of the Gospels, especially in Amerika, comes from within the walls of those pseudo-ecclesiastical corporations called "churches." (While I disagree with him on many other issues, Baptist Pastor and editorialist Chuck Baldwin is spot-on about this, a subject he expounds on <a href="http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=3022" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2947" rel="nofollow">here</a>, <a href="http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2645" rel="nofollow">here</a>, and <a href="http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2579" rel="nofollow">here</a>, among other articles on <a href="http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?page_id=915" rel="nofollow">his blog</a>.)liberranterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00555275410576294081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-5521794776204108982011-02-23T08:33:29.592-07:002011-02-23T08:33:29.592-07:00This blatant attempt to demonize Americans who mer...<i>This blatant attempt to demonize Americans who merely want to retain that which they already worked for is shameless, and betrays that the author of this piece is part of that agenda to force the people to make do with less so that the private central bankers can have more.</i><br /><br />Since I have frequently and unabashedly called for the abolition of the Federal Reserve System, root and branch, in what sense could this possibly be true? <br /><br />Doesn't the phrase "Americans who merely want to retain that which they already worked for" work better as a description of tax <i>victims</i>, rather than tax <i>feeders</i>? <br /><br />The rampaging revenue hogs in Madison aren't like Doris Day and her colorful little band of winsome union textile workers from <i>The Pajama Game.</i> They're not trying to wheedle out a pitiful seven-and-a-half-cent raise from the lard-butt proprietor of the Sleep-Tite Pajama company.William N. Grigghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14368220509514750246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-19165765754358788042011-02-23T08:04:18.859-07:002011-02-23T08:04:18.859-07:00Talk about government kool-aid!
The protesters in...Talk about government kool-aid!<br /><br />The protesters in Wisconsin are not demanding more money. They, like 300 million other Americans, are simply trying to keep what is already theirs in the face of a government whose sole agenda to to force the people to make do with less so that the private central bankers can have more. <br /><br />This blatant attempt to demonize Americans who merely want to retain that which they already worked for is shameless, and betrays that the author of this piece is part of that agenda to force the people to make do with less so that the private central bankers can have more.Michael Riverohttp://whatreallyhappened.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-16970805457644519732011-02-23T07:55:14.540-07:002011-02-23T07:55:14.540-07:00(Continued....)
I quote Menachem Begin, one of th...(Continued....)<br /><br />I quote Menachem Begin, one of the Inner Elite while he lived:<br /><br />"Our race is the Master Race. We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects. In fact, compared to our race, other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best. Other races are considered as human excrement. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races. Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron. The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves." <br /><br />WHY are the Global Elite now, in these days, seeming to be setting Islam against Christianity? Because those global elites are not Christian. They are Zionist so-called "Jews" (actually racist Jews, not religious Jews,) and Satanic Freemasons, who have decided this is the time for Islam and Christianity to destroy each other, and hopefully destroy China too in the process. This way a Zionist New World Order, outwardly and ostensibly Jewish, but in reality Godless and Satanic, may be established, with its capital in Jerusalem. The so-called Global Elite plan to rule the world, through their leader, the Third Antichrist spoken of by Nostradamus. <br /><br />Perhaps, this is the final battle between Christ and Satan, prophesied in Revelations.<br /><br />Along with St. John, I believe their plan will ultimately fail, due to the fact that God is more powerful than Satan, and Man is made in the image of God. Man is not an insect or a lump of excrement, to be crushed underfoot or flushed down the toilet.<br /><br />This MUST be understood by all: The Global Elite wants to destroy Christianity and the societies of Europe, America, and the whole world. All except Israel, which is supposed to become the seat of all power, in Jerusalem. We are living now in the end times, when the final stages of this Satanic plan for world conquest, which has been building for 2,000 years, are being set in motion. The methods are control of all global wealth, economic collapse, global war, and moral dissipation of every description. Think for a few minutes about our TV, advertising, and movies, and you will see how this nation, and all the other nations who copy us, have been morally weakened and made degenerate and spiritually bankrupt.<br /><br />Christians are right to feel their faith is under attack. It is. They just do not know which Hidden Hand is wielding the weapons.<br /><br />Readers may think me insane and call me names. If you live long enough, one day you will see that everything I say and have said is correct. Take it or leave it.<br /><br /> - Lemuel Gulliver.Lemuel Gullivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-52213809555096797762011-02-23T07:54:22.449-07:002011-02-23T07:54:22.449-07:00All,
I spend my days reading. In addition, I have...All,<br /><br />I spend my days reading. In addition, I have a contact very high up in the CIA, and another with close ties to Mr. Putin's Press Secretary. But even my CIA person cannot see what I see, because he does not have the time to spend as I do, reading and reading and reading. I put what he tells me together with other opinions, and other facts, and from this I form a picture.<br /><br />Besides my pessimistic prediction above, I made another couple of predictions about the future of Egypt, towards the bottom of Mr. Grigg's last January essay, "Saviors in Uniform," at 3:12 pm and at 7:51 pm.<br /><br />If you want confirmation of what I said there, go to this article:<br /><br />http://www.thedailybell.com/1778/More-and-More-Elite-Supports-Islamic-Enemy.html<br /><br />You also need to carefully read all the comments below the article, and to follow some of the links to other articles given in the body of the text. This will take a couple of hours, but is well worth the time.<br /><br />If you want to understand what it all means, (and you MUST read all those links and the comments to see the truth of what I now say,) here it is:<br /><br />The Global Elite spoken of is a small group of some 300 men, mostly Zionist Jews, (allied closely with the Freemasons, who are a Satanic cult seeking worldly power,) who control the creation of money all over the world. They also control all the world's media, and through that, control what the human race thinks about and believes. They also tightly control the lives and fortunes of most of the Jews in the world, through the local Kahal fraternities and the Beth-din tribunals. Ask any practising Jew about these. Their philosophy of eventual domination over all the Goyim of the world is set out in the Shulchan Aruk book in the Talmud.<br /><br />(Continued.....)Lemuel Gullivernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32869165.post-65029573650157330852011-02-23T04:49:15.705-07:002011-02-23T04:49:15.705-07:00Mr. Grigg,
Sorry to have diverted the discussion ...Mr. Grigg,<br /><br />Sorry to have diverted the discussion into privatization of "government" - provided "services." Back to the point....<br /><br />There is a time of tribulation on the way, the likes of which we have not seen since the 14th Century in Europe. That century saw the start of the Little Ice Age (in 1307,) the Black Death (in 1348,) crop failures, famines, endless wars, and armies of bandits thousands strong plundering cities and towns.<br /><br />We will soon endure sea level rise, massive refugee migrations, crop failures, world economic collapse, hyperinflation in food and energy, governmental bankruptcy, mass starvation, global disease, and perhaps nuclear war between India, Russia and America on one side, and China, Pakistan and the Islamic world on the other side, while Europe tries to stay neutral: <br /><br />http://www.thedailybell.com/1761/Afghan-War-Draws-in-China-and-Russia.html<br /><br />The pundits say the world population will be 9 billion by 2050. Perhaps they are wrong. Perhaps it will be only 4 billion. Or less. Perhaps only 2 or 3.<br /><br />And here are the tax-leeches of Wisconsin, fighting for their share of our blood, our sweat, and our tears. Alongside the tax-leeches of Washington. And Chicago. And Atlanta. And all the other seats of blood-sucking leeches in this nation. And their blood-sucking vampire neo-employers on Wall Street. And Dizengoff Street. And in boardrooms across America.<br /><br />What an absurdity.<br /><br />Fighting over who gets the family silver, as the house burns down around their ears.<br /><br />Here is an observation: In the coming tribulations, only those with friends, only those who are part of a society of some kind, only those who are selfless, only those who have joined forces with other social people for mutual support and defense, will survive. Those who are lone predators, those who are selfish, those who prey on others, those without allies, will perish. When it is all over, our world will be a very, very different place. A better place - for those alive to see it.<br /><br />Those who have ears to hear, let them hear.<br /><br /> - Lemuel Gulliver.<br /><br />PS: Christian Russia is now the de facto ally of a Christian USA. I predicted this on this blog before the 2008 election, and now it is so. We all hate Obama, but his accomplishment in this regard is enormous. The public does not know what astonishing events have happened behind the scenes, but trust me, this is a fact. Both our countries are breadbaskets to the world. Godless and soon-to-be-starving China is the enemy of both. India, militant Islam and Pakistan are in the middle, aligned respectively with the two camps. Wait a few years, and you will see the truth of this. Meanwhile, ever-ambitious and pestiferous Israel sows mischief everywhere, trying to culturally, politically and economically destabilize every other country, especially those nearby to it, in order to strengthen its own relative position.<br /><br />What a godawful mess.<br /><br />- LG.Lemuel Gullivernoreply@blogger.com