The Economy Has Not Recovered.
posted by Josiah Garber on May 10, 2009
in Economics
Just because the stock market has risen recently does not mean the economy has recovered. Let’s look at the fundamentals. Unemployment still rising, 1st and 2nd quarter of 2009 negative GDP, massive government and personal debt, large government spending, 3 active wars. The economy is in trouble. We will see massive inflation soon.
Don’t put your faith in the economy or anything but Jesus Christ. He is the only thing that will not fail you.
Economic casualties pile into tent cities
posted by Josiah Garber on May 8, 2009
in Church, Economics
By Emily Bazar, USA TODAY
PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Jim Marshall recalls everything about that beautiful fall day.The temperature was about 70 degrees on Nov. 19, the sky was “totally blue,” and the laughter from a martini bar drifted into the St. Petersburg park where Marshall, 39, sat contemplating his first day of homelessness.
Is Anyone Minding the Store at the Federal Reserve?
posted by Josiah Garber on May 8, 2009
in Economics, Politics
Obama’s First 100 Days: Mixed Messages On Torture
posted by Josiah Garber on May 7, 2009
in Politics
by Andy Worthington, May 07, 2009
At a press conference to mark his first 100 days in office, President Obama declared, “We have rejected the false choice between our security and our ideals by closing the detention center at Guantánamo Bay and banning torture without exception.” I have looked at the President’s misleading statement about Guantánamo, and analyzed his progress — or lack of it — in closing the prison in a previous article, and in this second article I’m going to focus on his assertion that the new administration has been responsible for “banning torture without exception.”
On the surface, Obama appears to have been true to his word. In two Executive Orders issued on his second day in office (along with an order relating to the closure of Guantánamo), he established that the questioning of prisoners by any US government agency (including the CIA) must follow the interrogation guidelines laid down in the Army Field Manual, which guarantees humane treatment under the Geneva Conventions, and also required the CIA to close any still-existing secret prisons.
The Real GOP – Featuring Adam Kokesh
posted by Josiah Garber on May 6, 2009
in Politics
Stagflation? Time will tell.
posted by Josiah Garber on May 5, 2009
in Economics
NAIS Threatens Access to Organic, Local and Sustainable Food
posted by Josiah Garber on May 4, 2009
in Health, Politics
www.NaturalNews.com
by: Barbara Minton, Natural Health Editor
At first glance, many readers of Natural News will think the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is nothing that concerns them because they eat only plant based foods. However, NAIS is only one part of a much bigger issue. The implementation of NAIS directly threatens the ability of everyone to eat locally grown, organic, and sustainable foods, including fruits and vegetables. NAIS is the first step in the final round of the takeover and regulation of all agricultural products, including plant based foods and supplements. Once NAIS is implemented it will be easy for growers of all agricultural products to be pushed around, intimidated and finally taken over by big agribusiness and its best friend, the government. NAIS is the next step in the destruction of the freedom to eat as we choose and enhance our health with supplements.
If you are opposed to the loss of liberty and the expansion of government tyranny that NAIS represents, your help is urgently needed to block the next step in its implementation. Comments must be received at the USDA by March 16, 2009. Specific information and a link to sample comments appear at the end of this article.
NAIS hands over production of food to factory farms
NAIS is a system of regulation that poses a serious threat to consumers of organic animal products. As a consequence of the implementation of NAIS, the small scale farmers and ranchers who produce high quality products meeting the certifying standards to be labeled as organic will be put out of business. NAIS stacks all the cards against small organic farmers in favor of the huge factory farms owned by big agribusiness that produce products that in many cases are not fit to eat.
Conspiracy of the Rich – The 8 new rules of money
posted by Josiah Garber on May 2, 2009
in Economics
I found this free book in development online. It is written by Robert Kiyosaki, author of the #1 bestselling personal finance book of all time, Rich Dad Poor Dad.
I have read the introduction and Chapter 6. So far it seems right on.
I suggest you take a look. At least to open your mind to a couple new ideas: Are bonds one of the most risky investments in 2009?, is saving money unwise?
This could be the book that turns your ‘financial education’ on it’s head and starts you on the right path.
Let me know what you think in the comments.
Hints That Detainees May Be Held on U.S. Soil
posted by Josiah Garber on May 2, 2009
in Politics
By ELISABETH BUMILLER and WILLIAM GLABERSON
WASHINGTON — As many as 100 detainees at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, could end up held without trial on American soil, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates suggested Thursday, a situation that he acknowledged would create widespread if not unanimous opposition in Congress.
The estimate was the most specific yet from the Obama administration about how many of the 241 prisoners at Guantánamo could not be safely released, sent to other countries or appropriately tried in American courts. In January, President Obama ordered the prison closed by the end of the year, but his administration is still trying to decide what to do with the detainees.
Silver Linings
posted by Josiah Garber on May 2, 2009
in Economics
by John M. Peters
As the existing economic structure collapses, I see a return to ways of doing business which existed not only in my father’s time, but in my grandfather’s time. Although the transition will be painful the journey will be worth it. The shockwaves of the latest depression are wiping away the traditional pillars of the economic system. Here are just a few of the changes we can expect as the current economy grinds to a halt.
Less jobs = less income and less income = less income tax. Nothing will reduce the size of government faster than the absence of revenue. Regardless of how ambitious the government is in its central planning, all plans will require money to carry them out. Having borrowed to the hilt to finance its current excesses, government will soon find itself unable to borrow any more. This leaves only taxes to fund the machine. Once that runs out government will have to shrink to stay alive.
Whether cash becomes less available or simply less valuable there will be a return to the system of barter and exchange. Barter involves trading services for services, goods for goods, services for goods and goods for services. Barter will also result in less income tax being reported and less income tax being paid, ergo, smaller government. Then there is the added social benefit of people reconnecting with people. Nothing will bring people together like some good old-fashioned bartering. The barter method will also force people to hone their product knowledge, and negotiating and salesmanship skills, boosting real competition in the marketplace.
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