Kingston, NY -- The natives are
restless. The third shot of the “Second American Revolution” has
been fired. History is being made. But just as with the first two
shots, the third shot is not being heard.
America is seething. Not since the
Civil War has anything like this happened. But the protests are either
being intentionally downplayed or ignorantly misinterpreted.
The first shot was fired on April 15,
2009. Over 700 anti-tax rallies and “Tea Parties” erupted
nationwide. Rather than acknowledge their significance, the general
media either ignored or ridiculed both protests and protestors,
playing on “tea bagging” for its sexual innuendo.
Initially President Obama said he was
unaware of the tea parties. The White House later warned they could
“mutate” into something “unhealthy.”
Shot #2 was fired on the Fourth of
July, when throngs of citizens across the nation gathered to again
protest “taxation without representation.” And as before, the
demonstrations were branded right-wing mischief and dismissed.
The third volley, fired in early
August, was aimed point blank at Senators and House members pitching
President Obama’s health care reform package to constituents. In
fiery town hall meetings, enraged citizens shouted down their elected
representatives. It took a strong police presence and/or burly
bodyguards to preserve a safe physical space between the politicians
and irate townspeople.
The White House and the media have
labeled protestors “conservative fringe elements,” or as players
in staged events organized by Republican operatives that have been
egged on by Fox news and right-wing radio show hosts.
In regard to this latest wave of
outbursts, health industry interests opposed to any reform are also
bein g blamed for inciting the public. But organized or spontaneous is
not the issue. While most protestors exhibit little grasp of the
complex 1000 page health care reform document (that nary a legislator
has read either), their emotion is clearly real and un-staged.
Rightly or wrongly, the legislation is
regarded as yet another straw on the already overloaded camel’s
back. A series of gigantic, unpopular government-imposed (but
taxpayer-financed) bailouts, buyouts, rescue and stimulus packages
have been stuffed down the gullet of Americans. With no public
platform to voice their opposition, options for citizens have been
limited to fruitless petitions, e-mails and phone calls to Congress
… all fielded by anonymous staff underlings.
Now, with Congress in recess and
elected representatives less than a stone’s throw away, the public
is exploding. The devil is not in the details of the heath care
reform, the devil is the government mandating health care. Regardless
of how the plan is pitched or what is being promised, to the public
the legislation is yet another instance of big government taking
another piece out of their lives and making them pay for it; again
telling them what they can or cannot do.
Though in its early stages, the
“Second American Revolution” is underway. Yet, what we forecast
will become the most profound political trend of the century – the
trend that will change the world =E 2 is still invisible to the same
experts, authorities and pundits who didn’t see the financial crisis
coming until the bottom fell out of the economy.
Trend Forecast:
Conditions will continue to deteriorate. The global economy is
terminally ill. The recession is in a brief remission, not the early
stages of recovery. Cheap money, easy credit and unrestrained
borrowing brought on an economic crisis that cannot be cured by
monetary and fiscal policies that promote more cheap money, easy
credit and unrestrained borrowing.
Nevertheless, Washington will continue
to intervene, tax and exert control. Protests will escalate and riots
will follow.
Fourth Shot of the “Second American
Revolution”: While there are
many wild cards that could light the fuse, The Trends Research
Institute forecasts that if the threat of government-forced Swine Flu
vaccinations is realized, it will be the fourth shot. Tens of millions
will fight for their right to remain free and unvaccinated.
Publisher’s Note:
The power of the Internet and new technologies is inexorably
fermenting the “Second American Revolution.” However widespread
and emotionally charged, had the tax rallies, tea parties and
healthcare reform protests occurred in years past, they might have
been covered by the local media, but might not have made national
headline news and thus would have died stillborn.
Now, with the ubiquitous
camera-equipped cell phone, universal access to YouTube, and millions
of twitters and tweets, the uprisings cannot be ignored, contained,
managed, spun or edited down. The revolutionary fervor will prove
contagious.
Can anything stop it?
Trend Forecast:
Before the momentum of the “Second American Revolution” becomes
unstoppable, it could be derailed through some false flag event
designed to deceive the public, or a genuine event or crisis capable
of rallying the entire nation behind the President. In a worst-case
scenario, according to Trends Research Institute Director, Gerald
Celente, “Given the pattern of governments to parlay egregious
failures into mega-failures, the classic trend they follow, when all
else fails, is to take their nation to war."
A false flag attempt, a genuine crisis,
or a declaration of war, may slow the momentum of the “Second
American Revolution,” but nothing will stop it.
Charley Reese
has been a journalist for 49 years. He is a former
columnist of the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
545 PEOPLE
by Charlie Reese
Politicians are the
only people in the world who create problems and then
campaign against them.
Have you ever wondered, if both the Democrats and the
Republicans are against deficits, WHY do we have deficits?
Have you ever wondered, if all the politicians are against
inflation and high taxes, WHY do we have inflation and high
taxes?
You and I don't propose a federal budget, the President
does.
You and I don't have the Constitutional authority to vote on
appropriations, the House of Representatives does.
You and I don't write the tax code, Congress does.
You and I don't set fiscal policy, Congress does.
You and I don't
control monetary policy, the Federal Reserve Bank does.
One hundred Senators, 435 Congressmen, one President, and
nine Supreme Court justices, 545 human beings out of the 300
million are directly, legally, morally, and individually
responsible for the domestic problems that plague this
country.
I excluded the members of the Federal Reserve Board because
that problem was created by Congress. In 1913, Congress
delegated its Constitutional duty to provide a sound
currency to a federally chartered, but private, central
bank.
I excluded all the special interests and lobbyists for a
sound reason. They have no legal authority. They have no
ability to coerce a senator, a congressman, or a president
to do one cotton-picking thing. I don't care if they offer a
politician $1 million dollars in cash. The politician has
the power to accept or reject it. No matter what the
lobbyist promises, it is the legislator's responsibility to
determine how he votes.
Those 545 human beings spend much of their energy convincing
you that what they did is not their fault. They cooperate in
this common con regardless of party.
What separates a politician from a normal human being is an
excessive amount of gall. No normal human being would have
the gall of a Speaker, who stood up and criticized the
President for creating deficits. The president can
only propose a budget. He cannot force the Congress to
accept it.
The Constitution, which is the supreme law of the land,
gives sole responsibility to the House of Representatives
for originating and approving appropriations and taxes.
Who is the speaker of the House? Nancy Pelosi. She is the
leader of the majority party. She and fellow House
members, not the President, can approve any budget they want. If the president vetoes it, they can
pass it over his veto if they agree to.
It seems inconceivable to me that a nation of 300 million
can not replace 545 people who stand convicted -- by present
facts -- of incompetence and irresponsibility. I can't think
of a single domestic problem that is not traceable directly
back to those 545 people. When you fully grasp the plain
truth that 545 people exercise the power of the federal
government, then it must follow that what exists is what
they want to exist.
If the tax code is unfair, it's because they want it
unfair.
If the budget is in the red, it's because they want it in
the red.
If the Army & Marines are in IRAQ , it's because they
want them in IRAQ .
If they do not receive social security but are on an elite
retirement plan not available to the people, it's because
they want it that way.
There are no insoluble government problems.
Do not let these 545 people shift the blame to:
.gif)
bureaucrats, whom they hire and whose jobs they can
abolish;
to lobbyists, whose gifts and advice they can reject;
to regulators, to whom they give power to regulate and
from whom they can take away
this power.
Above all,
do not let them con you into the belief that
there exists disembodied mystical forces like "the
economy," "inflation," or
"politics" that prevent them from doing what they
took an oath to do.
Those 545 people, and they alone, are responsible.
They, and they alone, have the power.
They, and they alone, should be held accountable by the
people who are their bosses -- us!
Provided voters have the gumption to manage their own
employees, we should vote all of them out of office and
clean up their mess!
What you do with this article now that you have read it is
entirely up to you, though you have several choices:
1. You can send this to everyone in your address book and
hope "they" do something about it.
2. You can agree to "vote against" everyone
that is currently in office, knowing that the process will
take several years and ask your representative to vote in
TERM LIMITS.
3. You can decide to "run for office" yourself
and agree to do the job properly.
4. Lastly, you can sit back and do nothing or re-elect the
current bunch of selfish professional politicians.
It's our
choice.
A Letter
from Procter & Gamble Exec to Obama
Please read, even if you are an
Obama fan. It is legitimate, written by respected, Lou Prichett,
formerly of Proctor and Gamble. Lou Pritchett is one of corporate
America 's true living legends- an acclaimed author, dynamic teacher and
one of the world's highest rated speakers.
Successful corporate executives
everywhere recognize him as the foremost leader in change management.
Lou changed the way. America
does business by creating an audacious concept that came to be known as
"partnering." Pritchett rose from soap salesman to
Vice-President, Sales and Customer Development for Procter and Gamble
and over the course of 36 years, made corporate history.
Dear President Obama:
You are the thirteenth President under whom I have
lived and unlike any of the others, you truly scare me.
You scare me because after months of exposure, I
know nothing about you.
You scare me because I do not
know how you paid for your expensive Ivy League education and your
upscale lifestyle and housing with no visible signs of support.
You scare me because you did
not spend the formative years of youth growing up in America and
culturally you are not an American.
You scare me because you have
never run a company or met a payroll.
You scare me because you have
never had military experience, thus don't understand it at its core.
You scare me because you lack
humility and 'class', always blaming others.
You scare me because for over
half your life you have aligned yourself with radical extremists who
hate America and you refuse to publicly denounce these radicals who wish
to see America fail.
You scare me because you are a
cheerleader for the 'blame America' crowd and deliver this message
abroad.
You scare me because you want
to change America to a European style country where the government
sector dominates instead of the private sector.
You scare me because you want
to replace our health care system with a government controlled one.
You scare me because you prefer
'wind mills' to responsibly capitalizing on our own vast oil, coal and
shale reserves.
You scare me because you want
to kill the American capitalist goose that lays the golden egg which
provides the highest standard of living in the world.
You scare me because you have
begun to use 'extortion' tactics against certain banks and corporations.
You scare me because your own
political party shrinks from challenging you on your wild and
irresponsible spending proposals.
You scare me because you will
not openly listen to or even consider opposing points of view from
intelligent people.
You scare me because you
falsely believe that you are both omnipotent and omniscient.
You scare me because the media
gives you a free pass on everything you do.
You scare me because you
demonize and want to silence the Limbaughs, Hannitys, O'Relllys and
Becks who offer opposing, conservative points of view.
You scare me because you prefer
controlling over governing.
Finally, you scare me because
if you serve a second term I will probably not feel safe in writing a
similar letter in 8 years.
Lou Pritchett
on the
lighter side . . .