Thoughts on a Great Victory
A speech by the Right Hon. Mr. Slick Sicko
Satire by Stephen J. Gray
We are gathered here today to hear my presentation on our great victory over the dictator who used to be our friend and who was called a “staunch ally” by a NATO member country. Our former dictator friend is now dead, murdered by a bullet to the head after being terribly abused by our brave rebel fighters, who are led by an Al- Qaeda associate. Yes, I know Al-Qaeda is supposed to be our enemy but on this occasion they are our friends. Al-Qaeda on the ground and NATO in the air performed heroics to bring this war to a successful conclusion. Thousands upon thousands of bombing sorties were carried out, oops, I mean surgical strikes. Missiles were released on unsuspecting targets and some civilians and children were killed by the brave operators in the sky. Still, the price of a humanitarian mission is to save lives and if we did some killing oops, I mean collateral damage; then that is the price that has to be paid in a safe bombing attack. Cities were reduced to rubble, peoples’ homes were destroyed, electricity and water supplies were damaged and hospitals were overflowing with dead and wounded. We created hell on earth. But, that is the price that had to be paid for this humanitarian mission to be successful. I know some silly and ignorant people have been saying, it would have been cheaper and saved lives if we had sent in an assassination squad like we did with old Osama Bin Laden. But hey, that was not in the cards. Why do things on the cheap? We have an expensive taxpayer funded military arm called NATO whose business is war.
This was a war; and wars cost money and they also make money for some of us. This one lasted around eight months. Billions of dollars were spent by the “Friends of Libya” on bombs, missiles, guns etc. Now all that weaponry will have to be replaced. This will keep the arms manufacturers busy and keep people working. The ruined homes and infrastructure of the country will have to be rebuilt and our people will help rebuild it after destroying it. Is that a make work project or what? And the good old taxpayers of the free world will pay through the nose as always. ( cheers ensue from the respected audience of the international community)
Let me just paraphrase an old saying: “Out of evil work comes good work” ( much laughter and burst of applause ensues from the eminent persons in attendance)
But, I digress.
Working and warring for democracy is never easy but we keep doing our best to see that the world gets it. I know some cynical people will say that we supplied our old murdered dictator and former friend with guns, tanks and tear gas etc to suppress his own people, so how can we say we are believers in democracy? Quite simply, selling him arms and fawning over him was a business decision at the time, all of us elites did it. People say there are no ethics in our kind of business, still, somebody has to do it.
At the moment, we have a financial fraud and moral bankruptcy in the financial system and it just so happens our old deceased friend had “144 tons of gold” and billions of dollars in our respectable banking system not to mention plenty of oil. So when the chance came to bring our democracy to his country we decided to help with a humanitarian mission. In fact, we are hoping we might get a Nobel Peace Prize for our efforts. Still, you cannot please everybody, some people are saying we are war criminals and we should be put on trial. But hey, that will never happen; who would run the world? (A number of hear, hears are heard and a standing ovation ensues)
In closing let me say this, I would like to thank the corporate media who did a great job suppressing the Al-Qaeda and Islamist connection to the brave rebels. NATO for its big bang up job, no pun intended, of bombing the country back to the stone age. And let us not forget “The Friends of Libya,” without your authorization this massive bombing campaign, oops, I mean surgical strikes, would never have happened.
God Bless you all as you continue to bring democracy to the world and support international law.
Stephen J. Gray
October 23,2011.
Info for further reading:
The Battle For Libya Is Almost Over... As Is The Battle For Its 144 Tons Of Gold
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/battle-libya-almost-over-battle-its-144-tons-gold
Al-Qaeda and NATO’s Islamic Extremists Taking Over Libya
http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/africa-mainmenu-27/8795-al-qaeda-and-natos-islamic-extremists-taking-over-libya
Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 8-9, 2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo
NATO Reconsidered
http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/28/nato-reconsidered
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Letter to National Post
Copy of Letter sent to National Post.
Letter to the Editor
National Post
October 21. 2011.
Dear Editor, re: "Canada's proud role in Libya" National Post, October 21, 2011.
You state in this editorial: " the true heroes... are the Libyan rebels themselves." Don't you people know that: "A significant proportion of the revolutionary army is composed of Islamist fighters, some of whom were previously in the al-Qaida-linked Libyan Fighting Group..." ( Guardian U.K. Oct. 20, 2011) [1]
So here we have Al- Qaeda and NATO destroying and bombing a country back to the stone age, and killing civilians and children [2] and you call this a "proud role" for Canada! Give your heads a shake and do some research before you start sounding off in an editorial. Whatever happened to so-called "investigative journalism?"
Stephen J. Gray
Info links below:
[1]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/20/libya-bloody-victory-gaddafi-beginning
[2] Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 8-9, 2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo
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Check out my blog: http://graysinfo.blogspot.com for more info on Libya and other issues.
Letter to the Editor
National Post
October 21. 2011.
Dear Editor, re: "Canada's proud role in Libya" National Post, October 21, 2011.
You state in this editorial: " the true heroes... are the Libyan rebels themselves." Don't you people know that: "A significant proportion of the revolutionary army is composed of Islamist fighters, some of whom were previously in the al-Qaida-linked Libyan Fighting Group..." ( Guardian U.K. Oct. 20, 2011) [1]
So here we have Al- Qaeda and NATO destroying and bombing a country back to the stone age, and killing civilians and children [2] and you call this a "proud role" for Canada! Give your heads a shake and do some research before you start sounding off in an editorial. Whatever happened to so-called "investigative journalism?"
Stephen J. Gray
Info links below:
[1]
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/oct/20/libya-bloody-victory-gaddafi-beginning
[2] Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 8-9, 2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo
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Check out my blog: http://graysinfo.blogspot.com for more info on Libya and other issues.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Has Corruption Become Legitimate?
Has Corruption Become Legitimate?
By Stephen J. Gray
People around the world are protesting in the streets, and many of the elites and corporate media are asking: “What is their problems?”
Any thinking person can see what the problems are.
We have massive financial fraud perpetrated on the money system and the fraudsters were bailed out with tax-payers dollars. Meanwhile, we have a cabal of political leaders who call themselves the G20 or Gang of 20 meeting in opulent surroundings debating how to fix the financial system. The solution is staring them in the face. Jail the financial fraudsters! Shut down all these offshore tax havens and publish the names of all the elites, banks and corporations who keep their money offshore. But, of course that will not happen. The powerful elites are too powerful and the politicians are their dumb lackeys.
“Truth is treason in an empire of lies.” - Ron Paul.
Meanwhile the war campaigns are never ending. Young men and women are sent to foreign countries to fight wars based on lies. The Iraq war was supposed to be about Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) but this turned out to be untrue. Young men and women were killed or terribly maimed and disfigured and it was all based on political lies. The people of Iraq also suffered casualties, men and women, children and babies were also killed, maimed and disfigured all because of political liars. Some of them now write books and travel the world on speaking tours after reducing a country to a hell on earth. A decent and moral society would put these “leaders” on trial for war crimes, but hey, these are the “good guys.”
The “good guys” also supply weapons, missiles, tear gas etc. to dictators around the world. They also have been known to supply both sides in a war. Think Libya where the “political pillars of society” supplied the Gaddafi regime with all kinds of weapons and are now helping the Al- Qaeda rebels to destroy the country courtesy of NATO and its bandits of bombing. Libya is another country reduced to rubble and the war criminals are the “good guys.”
Then the “good guys” get contracts for re-building the same countries they help destroy. This is called “humanitarian help” and “bringing democracy” and “responsibility to protect.” Or to quote from George Orwell’s book: 1984. “War is Peace”
Now the “good guys” are gearing up for another war. Iran is the latest enemy to be considered for a “humanitarian mission.” The NATO war horse is surely champing at the bit, and the political “leaders” and the “respected” think tanks dressed in their combat gear of expensive suits are shooting off their mouths calling for combat. As always they will lead from the rear, safely ensconced in their luxury bunkers while others do their killings and bombings. While back at the ranch and the luxury office towers, the arms dealers and bankers count their perverted profits with bloodstained hands.
Meanwhile, families lose mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters in these endless wars in defence of corporate freedom, to pillage, plunder and loot the world.
Somebody once said: “Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.” Based on what we see happening today it would appear the scoundrels are in charge, and young men and women in uniform are dying because of these lying political “patriots” who sell out their national sovereignty to the unelected manipulators and supporters of the New World Order. No wonder people around the world are protesting and asking the question: Does Corruption Rule?
Stephen J. Gray
October 19, 2011.
Info for further reading:
Goldman ‘Too Big’ to Face Prosecution Over Mortgage Securities, Hintz Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/goldman-too-big-to-face-prosecution-over-mortgage-securities-hintz-says.html
JPMorgan settles bid-rigging case for $228 million
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-07-08/business/29750189_1_bid-rigging-jpmorgan-chase-competitive-bidding
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Banks Financing Mexico Gangs Admitted in Wells Fargo Deal
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-29/banks-financing-mexico-s-drug-cartels-admitted-in-wells-fargo-s-u-s-deal.html
Wachovia to Pay $160 Million to End Money Laundering Probe
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=avbx.9LIE6.A
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Libyan gold rush followed end to sanctions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/libyan-gold-rush-followed-end-to-sanctions/2011/05/25/AGGgbVBH_story.html
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How al-Qaeda got to rule in Tripoli
By Pepe Escobar
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/middle_east/mh30ak01.html
nato-commanders-should-be-prosecuted-by-international-criminal-court-2011-8
http://www.businessinsider.com/kucinich-nato-commanders-should-be-prosecuted-by-international-criminal-court-2011-8
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Military Admits: $360M in Taxpayer Money Lost to Taliban & Criminals in Afghanistan
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/military-admits-360-mill-in-taxpayer-money-lost-to-taliban-criminals-in-afghanistan/
Last stand in Sirte: Extraordinary pictures show Libyan city shelled to smithereens
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049108/Libya-wars-stand-Sirte-Pictures-city-shelled-smithereens.html
Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 8-9, 2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo
Diplomat's suppressed document lays bare the lies behind Iraq war
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diplomats-suppressed-document-lays-bare-the-lies-behind-iraq-war-428545.html
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html
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Corporate-Fascists Clamor for Iran War
http://www.prisonplanet.com/corporate-fascists-clamor-for-iran-war.html
Reports: CIA Working with Mexican Drug Cartels
http://thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/north-america-mainmenu-36/8599-reports-cia-working-with-mexican-drug-cartels
Absurdity of Iranian Assassination Allegations: If This Was a Hollywood Script it Would Go In the Garbage Immediately
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo65.1.html
By Stephen J. Gray
People around the world are protesting in the streets, and many of the elites and corporate media are asking: “What is their problems?”
Any thinking person can see what the problems are.
We have massive financial fraud perpetrated on the money system and the fraudsters were bailed out with tax-payers dollars. Meanwhile, we have a cabal of political leaders who call themselves the G20 or Gang of 20 meeting in opulent surroundings debating how to fix the financial system. The solution is staring them in the face. Jail the financial fraudsters! Shut down all these offshore tax havens and publish the names of all the elites, banks and corporations who keep their money offshore. But, of course that will not happen. The powerful elites are too powerful and the politicians are their dumb lackeys.
“Truth is treason in an empire of lies.” - Ron Paul.
Meanwhile the war campaigns are never ending. Young men and women are sent to foreign countries to fight wars based on lies. The Iraq war was supposed to be about Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) but this turned out to be untrue. Young men and women were killed or terribly maimed and disfigured and it was all based on political lies. The people of Iraq also suffered casualties, men and women, children and babies were also killed, maimed and disfigured all because of political liars. Some of them now write books and travel the world on speaking tours after reducing a country to a hell on earth. A decent and moral society would put these “leaders” on trial for war crimes, but hey, these are the “good guys.”
The “good guys” also supply weapons, missiles, tear gas etc. to dictators around the world. They also have been known to supply both sides in a war. Think Libya where the “political pillars of society” supplied the Gaddafi regime with all kinds of weapons and are now helping the Al- Qaeda rebels to destroy the country courtesy of NATO and its bandits of bombing. Libya is another country reduced to rubble and the war criminals are the “good guys.”
Then the “good guys” get contracts for re-building the same countries they help destroy. This is called “humanitarian help” and “bringing democracy” and “responsibility to protect.” Or to quote from George Orwell’s book: 1984. “War is Peace”
Now the “good guys” are gearing up for another war. Iran is the latest enemy to be considered for a “humanitarian mission.” The NATO war horse is surely champing at the bit, and the political “leaders” and the “respected” think tanks dressed in their combat gear of expensive suits are shooting off their mouths calling for combat. As always they will lead from the rear, safely ensconced in their luxury bunkers while others do their killings and bombings. While back at the ranch and the luxury office towers, the arms dealers and bankers count their perverted profits with bloodstained hands.
Meanwhile, families lose mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters in these endless wars in defence of corporate freedom, to pillage, plunder and loot the world.
Somebody once said: “Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.” Based on what we see happening today it would appear the scoundrels are in charge, and young men and women in uniform are dying because of these lying political “patriots” who sell out their national sovereignty to the unelected manipulators and supporters of the New World Order. No wonder people around the world are protesting and asking the question: Does Corruption Rule?
Stephen J. Gray
October 19, 2011.
Info for further reading:
Goldman ‘Too Big’ to Face Prosecution Over Mortgage Securities, Hintz Says
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/goldman-too-big-to-face-prosecution-over-mortgage-securities-hintz-says.html
JPMorgan settles bid-rigging case for $228 million
http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-07-08/business/29750189_1_bid-rigging-jpmorgan-chase-competitive-bidding
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Banks Financing Mexico Gangs Admitted in Wells Fargo Deal
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-06-29/banks-financing-mexico-s-drug-cartels-admitted-in-wells-fargo-s-u-s-deal.html
Wachovia to Pay $160 Million to End Money Laundering Probe
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=avbx.9LIE6.A
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Libyan gold rush followed end to sanctions
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/libyan-gold-rush-followed-end-to-sanctions/2011/05/25/AGGgbVBH_story.html
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How al-Qaeda got to rule in Tripoli
By Pepe Escobar
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/middle_east/mh30ak01.html
nato-commanders-should-be-prosecuted-by-international-criminal-court-2011-8
http://www.businessinsider.com/kucinich-nato-commanders-should-be-prosecuted-by-international-criminal-court-2011-8
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Military Admits: $360M in Taxpayer Money Lost to Taliban & Criminals in Afghanistan
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/military-admits-360-mill-in-taxpayer-money-lost-to-taliban-criminals-in-afghanistan/
Last stand in Sirte: Extraordinary pictures show Libyan city shelled to smithereens
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2049108/Libya-wars-stand-Sirte-Pictures-city-shelled-smithereens.html
Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 8-9, 2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo
Diplomat's suppressed document lays bare the lies behind Iraq war
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/diplomats-suppressed-document-lays-bare-the-lies-behind-iraq-war-428545.html
Secret memos expose link between oil firms and invasion of Iraq
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/secret-memos-expose-link-between-oil-firms-and-invasion-of-iraq-2269610.html
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Corporate-Fascists Clamor for Iran War
http://www.prisonplanet.com/corporate-fascists-clamor-for-iran-war.html
Reports: CIA Working with Mexican Drug Cartels
http://thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/north-america-mainmenu-36/8599-reports-cia-working-with-mexican-drug-cartels
Absurdity of Iranian Assassination Allegations: If This Was a Hollywood Script it Would Go In the Garbage Immediately
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo65.1.html
Saturday, October 8, 2011
The Political “Warriors”
The Political “Warriors”
By Stephen J. Gray
Standing on their platforms on the World Stage
Stood the political warriors of the present age
Dressed in their combat gear of expensive suits
These are today’s warring kooks
They are the warriors who never fight in battle
The rear end heroes who endlessly prattle
Their mouths are their weapons to lay waste a land
While others do their dirty work when they issue a command
Political hypocrites who don’t fight in the blood soaked action
Posturing and pontificating is their satisfaction
“Warrior leaders” creating hell on earth
Cackling and laughing in their insane mirth
Political clowns and dangerous with power
Authorizing bombings by the endless hours
Children are dying and a country laid waste
The “warriors” call this “humanitarian” it’s to their sick taste
They feed off death and call it victory
Their propaganda sycophants will write their history
Political warriors who lead from the rear
While authorizing missiles to instill fear
Do political terrorists control and rule?
Is the world stage a platform for dangerous fools?
People are paying a terrible bloodstained price
But hey, they are being “saved” by political lice
Where will it all end, one might ask?
Political war criminals are up for the task
Creating death and destruction is their forte
Thousands and thousands of “successful” bombing sorties
The slaughtered children cry out for justice
Bombed into oblivion by those who say: “trust us”
Their homes reduced to smouldering rubble
By those who were “saving” them, but caused them trouble
Who will be the next target for this “humanitarian mission?”
By these political killers and the brotherhood of perdition
Like sharks in the water, they have tasted blood
And these “warriors” feed on adulation, even though it’s crud
Are they political filth, as bad as the dictators: they say they abhor?
Birds of a feather! Are they are all warmongering whores?
It would be nice if they had to lead by example
Put them in the front lines of war. Let them have a sample
Let them feel the horror and misery of the bombings they started
Let’s see if they are “heroes” amongst the unwanted
But hey, political cowards don’t fight in war
They just encourage it, more and more
Can we afford these “honorable” ones?
Who are spending billions of dollars on missiles and guns
Are they sick in the head? Are they diseased war carriers?
God save us all from these Political “Warriors?”
Stephen J. Gray
October 8, 2011.
By Stephen J. Gray
Standing on their platforms on the World Stage
Stood the political warriors of the present age
Dressed in their combat gear of expensive suits
These are today’s warring kooks
They are the warriors who never fight in battle
The rear end heroes who endlessly prattle
Their mouths are their weapons to lay waste a land
While others do their dirty work when they issue a command
Political hypocrites who don’t fight in the blood soaked action
Posturing and pontificating is their satisfaction
“Warrior leaders” creating hell on earth
Cackling and laughing in their insane mirth
Political clowns and dangerous with power
Authorizing bombings by the endless hours
Children are dying and a country laid waste
The “warriors” call this “humanitarian” it’s to their sick taste
They feed off death and call it victory
Their propaganda sycophants will write their history
Political warriors who lead from the rear
While authorizing missiles to instill fear
Do political terrorists control and rule?
Is the world stage a platform for dangerous fools?
People are paying a terrible bloodstained price
But hey, they are being “saved” by political lice
Where will it all end, one might ask?
Political war criminals are up for the task
Creating death and destruction is their forte
Thousands and thousands of “successful” bombing sorties
The slaughtered children cry out for justice
Bombed into oblivion by those who say: “trust us”
Their homes reduced to smouldering rubble
By those who were “saving” them, but caused them trouble
Who will be the next target for this “humanitarian mission?”
By these political killers and the brotherhood of perdition
Like sharks in the water, they have tasted blood
And these “warriors” feed on adulation, even though it’s crud
Are they political filth, as bad as the dictators: they say they abhor?
Birds of a feather! Are they are all warmongering whores?
It would be nice if they had to lead by example
Put them in the front lines of war. Let them have a sample
Let them feel the horror and misery of the bombings they started
Let’s see if they are “heroes” amongst the unwanted
But hey, political cowards don’t fight in war
They just encourage it, more and more
Can we afford these “honorable” ones?
Who are spending billions of dollars on missiles and guns
Are they sick in the head? Are they diseased war carriers?
God save us all from these Political “Warriors?”
Stephen J. Gray
October 8, 2011.
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Did the National Post Capitulate on Free Speech?
Did the National Post Capitulate on Free Speech?
By Stephen J. Gray
“We obviously don’t want to offend anyone, but we also understand that everyone has a freedom of speech,” [1] Enzo Loschiavo “National Post’s manager of advertising sales,…” Quoted in Xtra, Sept. 29, 2011. Canada’s, Gay and Lesbian News.
The National Post says it believes in free speech and free expression, yet it recently withdrew an ad after some people were, “offended” and who did not like the ad. In fact, it issued a grovelling apology in defence of its suppression of free expression. The newspaper stated: “The ad in question was attempting to make the case that the Ontario curriculum was teaching very young children about issues that, at that age, should be the domain of parents.” Parents “domain” should certainly include the right to object, and expose what they consider indoctrination of the minds of their children, especially when “human sexuality” is being taught to them. The paper went on to state: “Where the ads exceeded the bounds of civil discourse was in their tone and manipulative use of a picture of a young girl; in the suggestion that such teaching “corrupts” children, with everything that such a charge implies; and in their singling out of groups of people with whose sexuality the group disagrees.” Oh really, when did it become “manipulative” to show a picture of a young person in an ad. Or wrong to “disagree” with anyone on anything?
Newspaper ads show pictures of children and adults all the time, in an attempt to sell the product, are these not “manipulative?” And the National Post “disagrees” nearly every day in editorials as do some of its columnists writing on various issues, such is the role of a free press. But, it seems with its censorship of the ad in question the paper’s stand is as the old say goes, “free speech for me, but not for thee.” The paper also said: “The National Post believes strongly in the principles of free speech and open, unhindered debate. We believe unpopular points of view should not be censored simply because some readers may find them disturbing, or even offensive.” The newspaper’s apology for suppressing free speech and free expression is surely bizarre? They say they believe in “unpopular points of view” and they also say: “This ad will not run in the National Post again.” Are they confused or what? Do they need some kind of help to straighten out their thought processes? Or were they under pressure from special interest groups to suppress the ad?
Xtra, Canada’s Gay and Lesbian news of September 29, 2011, stated: “A coalition of queer community groups has also drafted an open letter response to the ad. The signatories, including Egale, the Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line, the 519 Community Centre, Sherbourne Health Centre, Rainbow Health Ontario, Queer Ontario, Fife House, Ontario AIDS Network, Black CAP and the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation, call on the leaders of Ontario's political parties to denounce the ad and clarify "where each party stands on the position advanced" in it.”
Questions need to be asked regarding the behaviour of the National Post regarding this ad. First they publish it. Then they make a craven apology and say:
“The fact that we will not be publishing this ad again represents a recognition on our part that publishing it in the first place was a mistake. …The Post will also be donating the proceeds from the advertisement to an organization that promotes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.” [2] (emphasis added)
People should be asking themselves; is the National Post practising censorship and trashing the principles of free speech and free expression by capitulating to the strident voices of political correctness?
Stephen J. Gray
October 2, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Activists_respond_to_transphobic_ad_in_National_Post-10837.aspx
[2] http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/30/an-apology-from-the-national-post/
Note: A picture in the ad can be seen at link below:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-national-post-apologizes-for-pro-family-ad-donates-proceeds-to-gay
By Stephen J. Gray
“We obviously don’t want to offend anyone, but we also understand that everyone has a freedom of speech,” [1] Enzo Loschiavo “National Post’s manager of advertising sales,…” Quoted in Xtra, Sept. 29, 2011. Canada’s, Gay and Lesbian News.
The National Post says it believes in free speech and free expression, yet it recently withdrew an ad after some people were, “offended” and who did not like the ad. In fact, it issued a grovelling apology in defence of its suppression of free expression. The newspaper stated: “The ad in question was attempting to make the case that the Ontario curriculum was teaching very young children about issues that, at that age, should be the domain of parents.” Parents “domain” should certainly include the right to object, and expose what they consider indoctrination of the minds of their children, especially when “human sexuality” is being taught to them. The paper went on to state: “Where the ads exceeded the bounds of civil discourse was in their tone and manipulative use of a picture of a young girl; in the suggestion that such teaching “corrupts” children, with everything that such a charge implies; and in their singling out of groups of people with whose sexuality the group disagrees.” Oh really, when did it become “manipulative” to show a picture of a young person in an ad. Or wrong to “disagree” with anyone on anything?
Newspaper ads show pictures of children and adults all the time, in an attempt to sell the product, are these not “manipulative?” And the National Post “disagrees” nearly every day in editorials as do some of its columnists writing on various issues, such is the role of a free press. But, it seems with its censorship of the ad in question the paper’s stand is as the old say goes, “free speech for me, but not for thee.” The paper also said: “The National Post believes strongly in the principles of free speech and open, unhindered debate. We believe unpopular points of view should not be censored simply because some readers may find them disturbing, or even offensive.” The newspaper’s apology for suppressing free speech and free expression is surely bizarre? They say they believe in “unpopular points of view” and they also say: “This ad will not run in the National Post again.” Are they confused or what? Do they need some kind of help to straighten out their thought processes? Or were they under pressure from special interest groups to suppress the ad?
Xtra, Canada’s Gay and Lesbian news of September 29, 2011, stated: “A coalition of queer community groups has also drafted an open letter response to the ad. The signatories, including Egale, the Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line, the 519 Community Centre, Sherbourne Health Centre, Rainbow Health Ontario, Queer Ontario, Fife House, Ontario AIDS Network, Black CAP and the Toronto People with AIDS Foundation, call on the leaders of Ontario's political parties to denounce the ad and clarify "where each party stands on the position advanced" in it.”
Questions need to be asked regarding the behaviour of the National Post regarding this ad. First they publish it. Then they make a craven apology and say:
“The fact that we will not be publishing this ad again represents a recognition on our part that publishing it in the first place was a mistake. …The Post will also be donating the proceeds from the advertisement to an organization that promotes the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered people.” [2] (emphasis added)
People should be asking themselves; is the National Post practising censorship and trashing the principles of free speech and free expression by capitulating to the strident voices of political correctness?
Stephen J. Gray
October 2, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Activists_respond_to_transphobic_ad_in_National_Post-10837.aspx
[2] http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/09/30/an-apology-from-the-national-post/
Note: A picture in the ad can be seen at link below:
http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-national-post-apologizes-for-pro-family-ad-donates-proceeds-to-gay
Friday, September 30, 2011
The Loss of Freedom in Canada
Note: I wrote the article below in 2002. It was published in Catholic Insight Magazine in its November Issue 2002. Nearly nine years later, nothing much has changed regarding freedom in Canada SJG.
The Loss of Freedom in Canada
By Stephen J. Gray
"Freedom can primarily be characterized by the absence of coercion or constraint. If a person is compelled by the state or the will of another to a course of action or inaction which he would not otherwise have chosen, he is not acting of his own volition and he cannot be said to be truly free." Chief Justice Bryan Dixon in the "Big M Drug Mart Ltd." decision.
Substitute "the judiciary" for "the state" in the above quote and we realise we are not "truly free." To understand how we lost our freedoms we have to go back a number of years to the beginning.
The loss of personal freedom in Canada had its roots in a decision by an appointed Supreme Court judge. His name was Ivan C. Rand. This judge brought compulsory union dues to Canada in 1946. This assault on personal freedom was known as the Rand Decision.
The rationale behind his decision was that trade unions needed money for collective bargaining and since workers benefited from negotiated agreements all persons in the union had to pay compulsory dues. There should be no freeloaders. Collective bargaining evolved into collective coercion, and trade unions became a tax-free money machine for numerous political, social, and moral issues that had nothing whatsoever to do with the workplace. Support of abortion, homosexuality, radical feminists, socialism, and numerous other causes became the agenda of trade unions.
There are over 2 million compulsory union members in Canada. These people, just like everybody else in society, have different social, moral, political, and religious beliefs, yet they are forced to support non-work issues with their forced union dues. Even union members' personal views on society are under attack. Chris Kempling a member of the B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF), was disciplined by the British Columbia College of Teachers (BCCT) for "conduct unbecoming a member." What was Mr.Kempling's crime? On his own time, he chose to write letters to the newspapers criticizing the homosexual agenda of the BCTF.
We have reached a dangerous crossroads in Canada when a person can be disciplined by a union for expressing his opinions in letters to the newspapers. Whatever happened to "freedom of expression" in this country? The union bosses say all these non-work issues are decided democratically at conventions. This begs the question: how can anything be democratic if membership and dues are compulsory? And what does this say about our so called Charter of Rights and Freedoms? When a person is in a forced association, how can he have freedom of association?
More Union Involvement
We also have the Vriend decision where the Canadian Labour Congress( CLC) was an intervenor -- what a system this compulsory payment of union dues has become. Another intervenor in this case was the Women's Legal Education Action Fund (LEAF). LEAF has received money from trade unions and also receives government grants. The CLC and LEAF are in favour of "democracy" and "equality" but have no problem taking compulsory union dues to finance their agendas.
Recently we saw the furore over the Durham School Board's attempt to stop a homosexual youth taking his homosexual date to the school prom. The Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) issued a press release in favour of the homosexual couple, stating: "We have pushed employers, legislators, and courts in our demand for equality." The press release was signed by union boss Buzz Hargrove. This is hypocrisy, talking about "equality" while being funded by compulsion. Buzz and his union buddies obviously have clout when they boast they can push "legislators" and "courts" to comply with their demands.
More on Judges
What started with Judge Rand and his edict of compulsion has now opened a whole judicial can of worms that is eating away at tradition, normalcy, and morality.
We have a judge in the Nesbitt and Egan case "read in" words that are not written in the constitution. We have a judge in the Singh decision that allowed criminals to stay in Canada. We have another judge declaring a pervert's work has "artistic merit." Now we have another piece of judicial tripe from a judicial threesome in Ontario on homosexual marriage: "The restriction against same sex marriage is an offence to the dignity of lesbians and gays because it limits the range of relationship options available to them" (Judge Harry LaForme quoted in the National Post of July 13, 2002. The other two judges "concurred" with him.) The judges gave Parliament 24 months to change the "legal definition of marriage." Our elected representatives are now being given ultimatums by the non-elected. One could call this a judicial coup d' etat.
Somebody once said the law is an ass; now the law is three asses braying in unison. As mentioned earlier, some of these court cases have some trade union involvement. It would be interesting to see how much union time and money has been diverted to intervening in cases that are unrelated to the workplace. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is on record as saying that it "leads the labour movement in its support of lesbian and gay issues" (CUPE Quarterly, October 1992). CUPE has also been to court on behalf of "same-sex" pensions. Morgentaler, Canada's foremost abortionist has received money from unions, which is evidenced by the following: "The Ontario Federation of Labour has donated thousands of dollars to the Morgentaler defence" (The Charter of Rights and the Legalization of Politics in Canada, page 301.)
Other ways in which we are losing our freedoms are through appointed human rights commissions. These non-elected bodies have also imposed bizarre decisions. The National Post of July 26, 2002, had a headline on page 2 that stated, "Rights commission tells Ottawa 'do what's right' on gay unions." These non-elected commissars are in existence due to the cowardice of elected politicians who have abdicated responsibility to these kangaroo courts.
There are two common threads to the loss of freedom in Canada, by compulsion and by appointment. The trade unions' weapon is compulsion. The Judiciary's and Human Rights Commission's weapon is appointment. All have one thing in common, they are anti-democratic. We live in a pretend democracy. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms has become a judicial monster that devours freedom, morality and decency, and vomits compulsion, filth, and depravity.
In this country the peoples' own money, compulsory union dues and tax dollars, are used to fund this loss of freedom. The Court Challenges programme is one example in which the politically correct interest groups receive funding from our tax dollars to take their cases to court. Meanwhile people who are opposed to these groups have to raise their own funds to oppose them. Canada has become a country where the majority is dictated to by an appointed minority, where tax-free unions, funded by compulsion, dictate to their forced membership and use union dues as they see fit, courtesy of an appointed judge, where the Parliamentary system has become subservient to judicial tyranny under the guise of "independence of the judiciary." A more appropriate phrase for these judicial outlaws would be "the perversion of the judiciary."
Robert Bork in his book The Tempting of America--The Political Seduction of the Law, wrote, "Once the judges make the law, the democratic process is at an end." His words aptly sum up what is happening in Canada today.
Stephen J. Gray
The Loss of Freedom in Canada
By Stephen J. Gray
"Freedom can primarily be characterized by the absence of coercion or constraint. If a person is compelled by the state or the will of another to a course of action or inaction which he would not otherwise have chosen, he is not acting of his own volition and he cannot be said to be truly free." Chief Justice Bryan Dixon in the "Big M Drug Mart Ltd." decision.
Substitute "the judiciary" for "the state" in the above quote and we realise we are not "truly free." To understand how we lost our freedoms we have to go back a number of years to the beginning.
The loss of personal freedom in Canada had its roots in a decision by an appointed Supreme Court judge. His name was Ivan C. Rand. This judge brought compulsory union dues to Canada in 1946. This assault on personal freedom was known as the Rand Decision.
The rationale behind his decision was that trade unions needed money for collective bargaining and since workers benefited from negotiated agreements all persons in the union had to pay compulsory dues. There should be no freeloaders. Collective bargaining evolved into collective coercion, and trade unions became a tax-free money machine for numerous political, social, and moral issues that had nothing whatsoever to do with the workplace. Support of abortion, homosexuality, radical feminists, socialism, and numerous other causes became the agenda of trade unions.
There are over 2 million compulsory union members in Canada. These people, just like everybody else in society, have different social, moral, political, and religious beliefs, yet they are forced to support non-work issues with their forced union dues. Even union members' personal views on society are under attack. Chris Kempling a member of the B.C. Teachers Federation (BCTF), was disciplined by the British Columbia College of Teachers (BCCT) for "conduct unbecoming a member." What was Mr.Kempling's crime? On his own time, he chose to write letters to the newspapers criticizing the homosexual agenda of the BCTF.
We have reached a dangerous crossroads in Canada when a person can be disciplined by a union for expressing his opinions in letters to the newspapers. Whatever happened to "freedom of expression" in this country? The union bosses say all these non-work issues are decided democratically at conventions. This begs the question: how can anything be democratic if membership and dues are compulsory? And what does this say about our so called Charter of Rights and Freedoms? When a person is in a forced association, how can he have freedom of association?
More Union Involvement
We also have the Vriend decision where the Canadian Labour Congress( CLC) was an intervenor -- what a system this compulsory payment of union dues has become. Another intervenor in this case was the Women's Legal Education Action Fund (LEAF). LEAF has received money from trade unions and also receives government grants. The CLC and LEAF are in favour of "democracy" and "equality" but have no problem taking compulsory union dues to finance their agendas.
Recently we saw the furore over the Durham School Board's attempt to stop a homosexual youth taking his homosexual date to the school prom. The Canadian Auto Workers Union (CAW) issued a press release in favour of the homosexual couple, stating: "We have pushed employers, legislators, and courts in our demand for equality." The press release was signed by union boss Buzz Hargrove. This is hypocrisy, talking about "equality" while being funded by compulsion. Buzz and his union buddies obviously have clout when they boast they can push "legislators" and "courts" to comply with their demands.
More on Judges
What started with Judge Rand and his edict of compulsion has now opened a whole judicial can of worms that is eating away at tradition, normalcy, and morality.
We have a judge in the Nesbitt and Egan case "read in" words that are not written in the constitution. We have a judge in the Singh decision that allowed criminals to stay in Canada. We have another judge declaring a pervert's work has "artistic merit." Now we have another piece of judicial tripe from a judicial threesome in Ontario on homosexual marriage: "The restriction against same sex marriage is an offence to the dignity of lesbians and gays because it limits the range of relationship options available to them" (Judge Harry LaForme quoted in the National Post of July 13, 2002. The other two judges "concurred" with him.) The judges gave Parliament 24 months to change the "legal definition of marriage." Our elected representatives are now being given ultimatums by the non-elected. One could call this a judicial coup d' etat.
Somebody once said the law is an ass; now the law is three asses braying in unison. As mentioned earlier, some of these court cases have some trade union involvement. It would be interesting to see how much union time and money has been diverted to intervening in cases that are unrelated to the workplace. The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) is on record as saying that it "leads the labour movement in its support of lesbian and gay issues" (CUPE Quarterly, October 1992). CUPE has also been to court on behalf of "same-sex" pensions. Morgentaler, Canada's foremost abortionist has received money from unions, which is evidenced by the following: "The Ontario Federation of Labour has donated thousands of dollars to the Morgentaler defence" (The Charter of Rights and the Legalization of Politics in Canada, page 301.)
Other ways in which we are losing our freedoms are through appointed human rights commissions. These non-elected bodies have also imposed bizarre decisions. The National Post of July 26, 2002, had a headline on page 2 that stated, "Rights commission tells Ottawa 'do what's right' on gay unions." These non-elected commissars are in existence due to the cowardice of elected politicians who have abdicated responsibility to these kangaroo courts.
There are two common threads to the loss of freedom in Canada, by compulsion and by appointment. The trade unions' weapon is compulsion. The Judiciary's and Human Rights Commission's weapon is appointment. All have one thing in common, they are anti-democratic. We live in a pretend democracy. The Charter of Rights and Freedoms has become a judicial monster that devours freedom, morality and decency, and vomits compulsion, filth, and depravity.
In this country the peoples' own money, compulsory union dues and tax dollars, are used to fund this loss of freedom. The Court Challenges programme is one example in which the politically correct interest groups receive funding from our tax dollars to take their cases to court. Meanwhile people who are opposed to these groups have to raise their own funds to oppose them. Canada has become a country where the majority is dictated to by an appointed minority, where tax-free unions, funded by compulsion, dictate to their forced membership and use union dues as they see fit, courtesy of an appointed judge, where the Parliamentary system has become subservient to judicial tyranny under the guise of "independence of the judiciary." A more appropriate phrase for these judicial outlaws would be "the perversion of the judiciary."
Robert Bork in his book The Tempting of America--The Political Seduction of the Law, wrote, "Once the judges make the law, the democratic process is at an end." His words aptly sum up what is happening in Canada today.
Stephen J. Gray
Friday, September 2, 2011
Do “The Friends of Libya” include Al-Qaeda?
Do “The Friends of Libya” include Al-Qaeda?
By Stephen J. Gray
“Elements of al-Qaeda and other Islamic extremist groups were known to be key players in the NATO-backed uprising in Libya from the beginning, but now it appears that prominent Jihadists and terrorists are practically leading the revolution with Western support.”[1]
The New American August 30, 2011.
There they were a gathering of “humanitarian” hypocrites. An international community of political charlatans who go to war with their mouths, while NATO does their “humanitarian bombing,” that kills children and civilians. Most of this gang calls itself “Friends of Libya,” and they are the instigators of these mass bombings that result in destruction and death in that country. Now these humanitarian “friends” are going to “help” reconstruct it. The New American of August 30, 2011, stated: “Elements of al-Qaeda and other Islamic extremist groups were known to be key players in the NATO-backed uprising in Libya from the beginning, but now it appears that prominent Jihadists and terrorists are practically leading the revolution with Western support.” [1] But hey, all these political hypocrites are going to bring “democracy” after NATO has rained destruction and death on the Libyan people. Surely, thinking people everywhere must be wondering what is really going on?
“In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act”
George Orwell
Deceitful politicians from various countries supplied their old friend, the dictator Gaddafi with all kinds of weapons, some even trained his troops then they spend months trying to kill him. Thousands of bombing and missile attacks, over many months were needed by NATO, for this “humanitarian mission” to succeed, and in the process NATO manages to kill innocent children and civilians in this illegal war. Which raises the question: Should these politicians and NATO along with Gaddafi be charged with war crimes? After all, what is the difference between the dictator killing his people and NATO, at the behest of politicians, killing the Libyan people? [2] Are some people in the so called “international community” allowed to plot and kill with no repercussions? And why are the so-called “investigative media” not asking these questions? Has anybody seen the Al-Qaeda connection to the so-called Transitional National Council (TNC), [3] mentioned in any corporate news reports, and if not, why not? I guess the “investigative media” is too busy reporting official versions of the “Friends of Libya” meeting!
One has to ask: Is this a meeting of mutt-heads or political dogs of destruction all poking their noses into the affairs of Libya and sniffing at the chaos and hell on earth most of them created? Oh, I forgot, these are the “eminent persons” and the “honourable ones” dressed in their combat gear of expensive suits that make war with their mouths. Others do their dirty work for them, now they have the gall to call themselves, “Friends of Libya.” Orwell’s, Big Brother is surely alive and well in the political world of today. Bombing children is “humanitarian” and pressing buttons to release missiles from thousands of feet in the air is an act of “bravery.” Or to paraphrase the words of an old song: “You always hurt the friends you love with a hasty missile you can’t recall, but if we killed you dead last night, it’s because we love you most of all.” Of course, truth is the first casualty in an illegal war, and the end result, will probably be a civil war. Perhaps, that was the plan all along? But hey, the arms dealers and their political puppets in governments are savouring the profits and more to come from the war business. This war business is just like any other business. Fast food outlets sell and market hamburgers. The war business sells and markets weapons and needs war to showcase their “products” in action. Therefore, the war in Libya is “good” for their evil business.
In this business NATO plays a lead role. “NATO was formed initially to counter the communist East.” Now that the “Cold War” is no longer available a new reason for being had to be found for NATO. It has become the Military Arm of the New World Order, financed by the peoples’ tax dollars, ever ready to bomb, blitz and kill on orders from the “international community.” One wonders: Is this “international community” made up of political misfits, marauders and morons, dictators and dopes, criminals and crackpots who rule over the taxpaying serfs while pretending to be “honourable” and “eminent persons?” Still, these are supposedly “the Friends of Libya” and a cynic might say, “God help Libya, with friends like this.” They are a curse on society. First, they bomb and blitz it non stop for months then they say they need to “help” it, because it is “devastated.” Can you believe this crazy political gang of war criminals? The quote below says it all.
"We have to help the National Transitional Council because the country is devastated, the humanitarian situation is difficult and there's a lack of water, electricity and fuel," French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on RTL radio. [5]
Reuters September 1, 2011.
Stephen J. Gray
September 2, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/africa-mainmenu-27/8795-al-qaeda-and-natos-islamic-extremists-taking-over-libya
[2] http://www.thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/africa-mainmenu-27/8651-nato-rebels-accused-of-war-crimes-in-libya
[3] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs0DPb8d-Yg
[4] http://www.thedailynewsegypt.com/economy/france-unblocks-libya-cash-ntc-denies-oil-deal.html
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Info for further reading:
How al-Qaeda got to rule in Tripoli
By Pepe Escobar
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/middle_east/mh30ak01.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/kucinich-nato-commanders-should-be-prosecuted-by-international-criminal-court-2011-8
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Sunday, August 28, 2011
The “Humanitarian Mission” Report
The “Humanitarian Mission” Report
By Stephen J. Gray
The National Air Terror Organization (NATO) oops, pardon me, I mean the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is doing its business with a bang, in fact big bangs—no pun intended. In the past six months it has, according to one report, done over “6,000 sorties.” These bombing missions have killed civilians and children but NATO did apologise for some of its “surgical strikes” going awry. You have to admit “surgical strikes” sounds better than bombing the place to rubble and ruins. Still, I did like how one dingbat politician described these criminal air strikes in an illegal war: He called them “dropping ordinances.” This guy certainly knows how to camouflage killing. But hey, this is a “humanitarian mission” to save lives and if we slaughter a number of innocent lives in the process that’s the cost of the war business.
Talking about business, the oil companies are all lining up to get back to doing what they do best—profiting from oil, and they are all ready to get their hands on that black gold. Gold, as you all know, is all the rage and it just so happens that this old dictator who used to be our friend had a reported 143.8 tons of gold. [1] Wow, what a treasure. Still, the spoils of war go to the victor and this precious cargo will be a boon to the financial system. Hopefully, we can find a “respected” banker to handle and look after this loot. I hear that a central bank has already been formed out of all this mayhem and bloody chaos and that it will take care of the gold and the dictator’s money.
Who will pay for all this death and destruction by NATO? The taxpayers of course! Millions of dollars have been spent on this “humanitarian mission” and “safe bombing campaign,” and all this money came from taxpayers of various governments. These “caring” governments all agreed that the dictator who used to be their friend must go, so the solution was bomb him back to the stone age. But hey, that’s the age we live in today. War criminals, or an old dictator friend, must not be tolerated; unless, of course, they are our war criminals and our dictators and our “allies” and are still our “friends.” Some people are saying NATO and the governments who authorized this “humanitarian mission” are all hypocrites and war criminals and should be put on trial. [2] NATO did kill people, and NATO was approved by governments and even if it was an illegal war you can’t put NATO or the politicians on trial. They are “humanitarians” who run the system, though one straight talking politician did call this evil foray by the system, the “new international gangsterism.” But surely gangsters have a role to play and the system needs them? In fact, perhaps they will be getting a medal for valour in arranging the bombing to save lives, while taking lives by killing innocent children and civilians. Anyway, I am sure a medal will be struck in their honour for “bravery,” perhaps even a Nobel Peace Prize for their “services to humanity.”
Humanity must be protected and that’s why the “international community” will be meeting at a “high level conference” to discuss the safety and security of the country they have just blitzed and bombed to bloody rubble. They are calling their meeting “Friends of Libya.” Isn’t that a nice Orwellian phrase? They approve bombing, mayhem, killing and destruction, and now they are having a friendly discussion to plan its “re-building” and “help” with the distribution of its money held by bankers. One is reminded of that old saying, with friends like these who needs enemies? What a nice bunch they are? Aren’t we lucky to have such “humanitarian” rulers? Birds of a feather flock together as the saying goes, and the political and business vultures of the New World Order are getting ready to feed off the country’s “reconstruction.” Still, these are “honourable people” and respected members of the “international community” doing what they do best, spreading B.S., lies and hypocrisy in the name of “humanitarianism” around the world, when their mission was really about “regime change.”[3] Meanwhile, the taxpaying serfs in various countries pay for their insane and criminal excursions, and the killing and bloody destruction is all done in the name of “responsibility to protect.” God help us all and save us from these dangerous criminal political hypocrites.
Stephen J. Gray
August 28,2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH27Ak03.html
[2] http://www.businessinsider.com/kucinich-nato-commanders-should-be-prosecuted-by-international-criminal-court-2011-8
[3] http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH27Ak03.html
Info for further reading:
The Bloody Aftermath of NATO’s Libya War
…
Incredibly, as The New American reported months ago, U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks showed that a high-level American delegation to Libya in 2009 was swooning over the Gaddafi regime. U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman called the dictatorship “an important ally in the war on terrorism,” while Sen. John McCain assured the regime that the U.S. government wanted to supply Gaddafi with military equipment….
http://thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/africa-mainmenu-27/8761-the-bloody-aftermath-of-natos-libya-war
CIA Libya Rebels are Al-Qaeda Fighters From Iraq
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article27232.html
Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 8-9, 2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo
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By Stephen J. Gray
The National Air Terror Organization (NATO) oops, pardon me, I mean the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is doing its business with a bang, in fact big bangs—no pun intended. In the past six months it has, according to one report, done over “6,000 sorties.” These bombing missions have killed civilians and children but NATO did apologise for some of its “surgical strikes” going awry. You have to admit “surgical strikes” sounds better than bombing the place to rubble and ruins. Still, I did like how one dingbat politician described these criminal air strikes in an illegal war: He called them “dropping ordinances.” This guy certainly knows how to camouflage killing. But hey, this is a “humanitarian mission” to save lives and if we slaughter a number of innocent lives in the process that’s the cost of the war business.
Talking about business, the oil companies are all lining up to get back to doing what they do best—profiting from oil, and they are all ready to get their hands on that black gold. Gold, as you all know, is all the rage and it just so happens that this old dictator who used to be our friend had a reported 143.8 tons of gold. [1] Wow, what a treasure. Still, the spoils of war go to the victor and this precious cargo will be a boon to the financial system. Hopefully, we can find a “respected” banker to handle and look after this loot. I hear that a central bank has already been formed out of all this mayhem and bloody chaos and that it will take care of the gold and the dictator’s money.
Who will pay for all this death and destruction by NATO? The taxpayers of course! Millions of dollars have been spent on this “humanitarian mission” and “safe bombing campaign,” and all this money came from taxpayers of various governments. These “caring” governments all agreed that the dictator who used to be their friend must go, so the solution was bomb him back to the stone age. But hey, that’s the age we live in today. War criminals, or an old dictator friend, must not be tolerated; unless, of course, they are our war criminals and our dictators and our “allies” and are still our “friends.” Some people are saying NATO and the governments who authorized this “humanitarian mission” are all hypocrites and war criminals and should be put on trial. [2] NATO did kill people, and NATO was approved by governments and even if it was an illegal war you can’t put NATO or the politicians on trial. They are “humanitarians” who run the system, though one straight talking politician did call this evil foray by the system, the “new international gangsterism.” But surely gangsters have a role to play and the system needs them? In fact, perhaps they will be getting a medal for valour in arranging the bombing to save lives, while taking lives by killing innocent children and civilians. Anyway, I am sure a medal will be struck in their honour for “bravery,” perhaps even a Nobel Peace Prize for their “services to humanity.”
Humanity must be protected and that’s why the “international community” will be meeting at a “high level conference” to discuss the safety and security of the country they have just blitzed and bombed to bloody rubble. They are calling their meeting “Friends of Libya.” Isn’t that a nice Orwellian phrase? They approve bombing, mayhem, killing and destruction, and now they are having a friendly discussion to plan its “re-building” and “help” with the distribution of its money held by bankers. One is reminded of that old saying, with friends like these who needs enemies? What a nice bunch they are? Aren’t we lucky to have such “humanitarian” rulers? Birds of a feather flock together as the saying goes, and the political and business vultures of the New World Order are getting ready to feed off the country’s “reconstruction.” Still, these are “honourable people” and respected members of the “international community” doing what they do best, spreading B.S., lies and hypocrisy in the name of “humanitarianism” around the world, when their mission was really about “regime change.”[3] Meanwhile, the taxpaying serfs in various countries pay for their insane and criminal excursions, and the killing and bloody destruction is all done in the name of “responsibility to protect.” God help us all and save us from these dangerous criminal political hypocrites.
Stephen J. Gray
August 28,2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH27Ak03.html
[2] http://www.businessinsider.com/kucinich-nato-commanders-should-be-prosecuted-by-international-criminal-court-2011-8
[3] http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/MH27Ak03.html
Info for further reading:
The Bloody Aftermath of NATO’s Libya War
…
Incredibly, as The New American reported months ago, U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks showed that a high-level American delegation to Libya in 2009 was swooning over the Gaddafi regime. U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman called the dictatorship “an important ally in the war on terrorism,” while Sen. John McCain assured the regime that the U.S. government wanted to supply Gaddafi with military equipment….
http://thenewamerican.com/world-mainmenu-26/africa-mainmenu-27/8761-the-bloody-aftermath-of-natos-libya-war
CIA Libya Rebels are Al-Qaeda Fighters From Iraq
http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article27232.html
Bloody NATO Massacre Kills 85 Civilians Incl. Children (August 8-9, 2011) near Zlitan/Majer, Libya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3Zt18n_Fwo
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Are We Engulfed By Evil?
Are We Engulfed By Evil?
By Stephen J. Gray
Bloody Wars:
Endless war is being waged around the globe. The weapons supplied by governments of all political stripes. A recent example was the illegal war in Libya supported by the “democratic” governments in the West against their “old friend.” It was called a, “humanitarian mission” to unseat a dictator. Meanwhile, there are other dictators supported by the West. Saudi Arabia and communist China are but two examples. Which makes one wonder why are there no “humanitarian missions” bombing these other dictatorships? Oh, I forgot these other dictatorships are “friends” and “allies,” and so this evil political farce continues with politicians claiming to be in favour of “human rights” while sanctioning illegal bombings and the killing of children and civilians by NATO, which of course is funded by the tax dollars of people from various countries. One hypocritical political “leader” even said these missile and bomb attacks as being done by “brave soldiers.” Which makes one wonder what is “brave” about pressing a button thousands of feet in the air that releases a missile that kills innocent children? One might ask; are war criminals not only the dictators, but also, the so-called political “leaders” spouting democracy and human rights as they create bloody mayhem? Meanwhile the profiteers of these bloody atrocities, who never participate in combat and operate out of luxury office buildings are laughing all the way to their stock portfolios. It would be interesting to see the names of just who is making a killing – no pun intended – from financing wars that are unjust. Justice would be served if all the political warmongers and all the dictators were put on trial for crimes against humanity. But hey, who would run the corrupt system if we did that?
Financial War:
Financial war is being waged on taxpayers everywhere by the financial elites of the monetary system. We are told the financial system is in crisis and that austerity is the only solution. The people of Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy etc. are in the process of being punished by the dictators of austerity, also known as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the European Central Bank (ECB) and other banking cabals of the financial world. The unelected money changers are dictating financial policy to puppet politicians who are, I believe, betraying their own peoples’ and their countries sovereignty at the behest of these financial parasites who are funded by the tax dollars of the people. In fact, the peoples’ tax dollars bailed out many of these financial bandits who looted the financial system. None of the perpetrators have gone to jail and some even wrote a letter to Congress telling them to solve the debt crisis. What a joke, first they milk the system then they give advice to the political cows to get their political barnyard in order. If it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny. But hey, financial pillaging is now acceptable and goes unpunished in the “land of the free.”
War on the Unborn:
A hidden war is being waged on the innocents in their mothers’ wombs by abortion. This war is camouflaged by the banal slogan called “freedom of choice.” Killing by choice is sanctioned by governments’ world wide and is today’s “final solution” for unwanted humans. Human life is disposable and hypocrite politicians of all political stripes are mostly in favour of killing by choice. But now, the consequences of killing by choice are starting to show up world wide. Old people are beginning to outnumber young people. Politicians everywhere are bemoaning this fact that there is a demographic crisis. Only they call it “low fertility,” rather than lay the blame on abortion. None of these politicians will admit that the millions of unborn killed by state sanctioned slaughter is the result of their political perfidy. They sowed death and now they are reaping the results of their hidden holocaust.
War on Free Speech:
Free speech everywhere is under attack by unelected so-called Human Rights Commissions (HRCs). These unelected, appointed bureaucrats are terrorizing society. People are dragged before them and forced to pay their own costs, meanwhile their accusers are given a free ride at tax-payers expense. So called “democracy” has been hijacked and freedom is fast becoming a word you can only read in a dictionary. Political correctness has become the rule, and the political rulers who created these HRCs are drawing big pensions and the next generations of politicians allow these unelected, appointed commissars of correctness to continue to rule with impunity. Democracy and freedom are prisoners of the system. The appointed are in control and the controllers are the appointed. But hey, think yourself lucky. Every three or four years you get to place an X in a ballot to choose which political party you wish to punish you. This political game is called “democracy.”
In summing up, I believe the evils that are happening today can only result in some form of horrific tragedy. Society has lost all recognition of right and wrong. We are headed for some great catastrophe. No governments, no politicians, no leaders and no one can continue to perpetrate evil and call it good, for as the good book says:
“Woe to those who call evil good” (Isaiah 5:20).
Stephen J. Gray
August 23,2011.
Note: I have added some links to interesting info below
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Info worth reading and listening to at links below:
http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/catherine-austin-fitts-interview-on-the-looting-of-america
Catherine Austin Fitts: The Looting Of America 1/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9dGHuRExiM
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http://www.thedailybell.com/1327/BIS-Trading-With-the-Enemy-The-Whole-Story.html
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/333389/title/Financial_world_dominated_by_a_few_deep_pockets
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/military-admits-360-mill-in-taxpayer-money-lost-to-taliban-criminals-in-afghanistan/
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Bosnia, Kosovo, and Now Libya: The Human Costs of Washington’s On-Going Collusion with Terrorists
http://japanfocus.org/-Peter_Dale-Scott/3578
Al-Qaeda Group To Become Main Power In Post-Gaddafi Libya
http://www.prisonplanet.com/al-qaeda-group-to-become-main-power-in-post-gaddafi-libya.html
EDITORIAL: Obama’s illegal war
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/18/obamas-illegal-war/
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/goldman-too-big-to-face-prosecution-over-mortgage-securities-hintz-says.html
http://www.infowars.com/genetic-genocide-humanitys-greatest-threat/
www.unmaskingchoice.ca
http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=wujian
http://graysinfo.blogspot.com/2009/03/freedom-of-expression-and-conservative.html
By Stephen J. Gray
Bloody Wars:
Endless war is being waged around the globe. The weapons supplied by governments of all political stripes. A recent example was the illegal war in Libya supported by the “democratic” governments in the West against their “old friend.” It was called a, “humanitarian mission” to unseat a dictator. Meanwhile, there are other dictators supported by the West. Saudi Arabia and communist China are but two examples. Which makes one wonder why are there no “humanitarian missions” bombing these other dictatorships? Oh, I forgot these other dictatorships are “friends” and “allies,” and so this evil political farce continues with politicians claiming to be in favour of “human rights” while sanctioning illegal bombings and the killing of children and civilians by NATO, which of course is funded by the tax dollars of people from various countries. One hypocritical political “leader” even said these missile and bomb attacks as being done by “brave soldiers.” Which makes one wonder what is “brave” about pressing a button thousands of feet in the air that releases a missile that kills innocent children? One might ask; are war criminals not only the dictators, but also, the so-called political “leaders” spouting democracy and human rights as they create bloody mayhem? Meanwhile the profiteers of these bloody atrocities, who never participate in combat and operate out of luxury office buildings are laughing all the way to their stock portfolios. It would be interesting to see the names of just who is making a killing – no pun intended – from financing wars that are unjust. Justice would be served if all the political warmongers and all the dictators were put on trial for crimes against humanity. But hey, who would run the corrupt system if we did that?
Financial War:
Financial war is being waged on taxpayers everywhere by the financial elites of the monetary system. We are told the financial system is in crisis and that austerity is the only solution. The people of Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Italy etc. are in the process of being punished by the dictators of austerity, also known as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) the European Central Bank (ECB) and other banking cabals of the financial world. The unelected money changers are dictating financial policy to puppet politicians who are, I believe, betraying their own peoples’ and their countries sovereignty at the behest of these financial parasites who are funded by the tax dollars of the people. In fact, the peoples’ tax dollars bailed out many of these financial bandits who looted the financial system. None of the perpetrators have gone to jail and some even wrote a letter to Congress telling them to solve the debt crisis. What a joke, first they milk the system then they give advice to the political cows to get their political barnyard in order. If it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny. But hey, financial pillaging is now acceptable and goes unpunished in the “land of the free.”
War on the Unborn:
A hidden war is being waged on the innocents in their mothers’ wombs by abortion. This war is camouflaged by the banal slogan called “freedom of choice.” Killing by choice is sanctioned by governments’ world wide and is today’s “final solution” for unwanted humans. Human life is disposable and hypocrite politicians of all political stripes are mostly in favour of killing by choice. But now, the consequences of killing by choice are starting to show up world wide. Old people are beginning to outnumber young people. Politicians everywhere are bemoaning this fact that there is a demographic crisis. Only they call it “low fertility,” rather than lay the blame on abortion. None of these politicians will admit that the millions of unborn killed by state sanctioned slaughter is the result of their political perfidy. They sowed death and now they are reaping the results of their hidden holocaust.
War on Free Speech:
Free speech everywhere is under attack by unelected so-called Human Rights Commissions (HRCs). These unelected, appointed bureaucrats are terrorizing society. People are dragged before them and forced to pay their own costs, meanwhile their accusers are given a free ride at tax-payers expense. So called “democracy” has been hijacked and freedom is fast becoming a word you can only read in a dictionary. Political correctness has become the rule, and the political rulers who created these HRCs are drawing big pensions and the next generations of politicians allow these unelected, appointed commissars of correctness to continue to rule with impunity. Democracy and freedom are prisoners of the system. The appointed are in control and the controllers are the appointed. But hey, think yourself lucky. Every three or four years you get to place an X in a ballot to choose which political party you wish to punish you. This political game is called “democracy.”
In summing up, I believe the evils that are happening today can only result in some form of horrific tragedy. Society has lost all recognition of right and wrong. We are headed for some great catastrophe. No governments, no politicians, no leaders and no one can continue to perpetrate evil and call it good, for as the good book says:
“Woe to those who call evil good” (Isaiah 5:20).
Stephen J. Gray
August 23,2011.
Note: I have added some links to interesting info below
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Info worth reading and listening to at links below:
http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/catherine-austin-fitts-interview-on-the-looting-of-america
Catherine Austin Fitts: The Looting Of America 1/4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9dGHuRExiM
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http://www.thedailybell.com/1327/BIS-Trading-With-the-Enemy-The-Whole-Story.html
http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/333389/title/Financial_world_dominated_by_a_few_deep_pockets
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/military-admits-360-mill-in-taxpayer-money-lost-to-taliban-criminals-in-afghanistan/
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Bosnia, Kosovo, and Now Libya: The Human Costs of Washington’s On-Going Collusion with Terrorists
http://japanfocus.org/-Peter_Dale-Scott/3578
Al-Qaeda Group To Become Main Power In Post-Gaddafi Libya
http://www.prisonplanet.com/al-qaeda-group-to-become-main-power-in-post-gaddafi-libya.html
EDITORIAL: Obama’s illegal war
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/mar/18/obamas-illegal-war/
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/goldman-too-big-to-face-prosecution-over-mortgage-securities-hintz-says.html
http://www.infowars.com/genetic-genocide-humanitys-greatest-threat/
www.unmaskingchoice.ca
http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=wujian
http://graysinfo.blogspot.com/2009/03/freedom-of-expression-and-conservative.html
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Why Are These Looters Still Free?
Why Are These Looters Still Free?
By Stephen J. Gray
“Pension and social security funds have also been stolen and moved offshore, leading to the end of fiscal responsibility and sovereignty as we know it.” [1]
Finance Examiner, November 7, 2010.
The financial system world wide has been looted by financial criminals yet none of the elites have gone to jail. There is very little in depth coverage of these financial crimes in the corporate media. No pictures are flashed across the evening news, asking: “has anyone seen or have information on these financial thieves.” No endless front page stories calling for law and order or for the arrest of these sophisticated financial thugs. No calls for confiscation of their offshore tax free and banking facilities. No demands by politicians to make the financial system safe from rogue bankers. In fact, no calls for jail time, investigations or any prohibitions on these monetary bandits who destroyed the financial system. Instead they got bailed out by tax-payers dollars. Some have been known to advise governments and others are known as “eminent persons” in the financial field. Something is rotten and festering financially. The smell of corruption in high places permeates the system and the system has become a playground for financial gangsters and looters, aided and abetted by people in power.
“Over the past decade, the UK has allowed its capital city to become the home for many of the world’s most cut-throat and dodgy global financiers.”
John Kampfner, The Guardian, July 26, 2007. [2]
Now compare the powerful reaction to the vulgar and criminal looters in the U.K. Police are arresting the looters in England. They are smashing down doors to get at some of the accused. The corporate media world wide are in a reporting frenzy, with stories about the looters and there is a call for martial law. Some people are even asking for the army to be brought in. Meanwhile the politicians are all screaming: “We must have Law and Order.” Who would argue with that? After all, if the law is not obeyed and order becomes disorder then we are no longer a decent, honest and honourable society. Which raises very important questions once again: Why are the looters of the financial system not in jail? Why are the luxurious offices of the economic looters not being raided or their oak panelled doors being broken down, and the well heeled racketeers inside dragged out by the scruff of their necks? Is there one law for the crude rioting looters in the U.K. and no law for the sophisticated financial criminals who looted the monetary system? Where is the political outrage by politicians against their financial friends some of whom contribute money to their political campaigns? Where are the front page stories about these professional corporate criminals who brought down the world’s financial system. Why are they free? Do they have a free pass to break the law with impunity after looting the system? An article from the Finance Examiner of November 7, 2010, headlined: “Catherine Austin Fitts interview on the Looting of America” said this:
“Former Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush Catherine Austin Fitts blows the whistle on how the financial terrorists have deliberately imploded the US economy and transferred gargantuan amounts of wealth offshore as a means of sacrificing the American middle class. Fitts documents how trillions of dollars went missing from government coffers in the 90's and how she was personally targeted for exposing the fraud.” [3]
The financial fraudsters who looted the system are laughing all the way to their banks and tax free havens. The only people arrested and charged are the crude uncivilized looters in England. Meanwhile the “civilized” financial looters continue their depredations world wide and it’s all done in the name of saving the financial system. What a joke! What a farce, and what does this say about the so-called “justice system?”
Stephen J. Gray
August 14,2011.
Endnotes:
[1]http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/catherine-austin-fitts-interview-on-the-looting-of-america
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/26/comment.china
[3] http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/catherine-austin-fitts-interview-on-the-looting-of-america
By Stephen J. Gray
“Pension and social security funds have also been stolen and moved offshore, leading to the end of fiscal responsibility and sovereignty as we know it.” [1]
Finance Examiner, November 7, 2010.
The financial system world wide has been looted by financial criminals yet none of the elites have gone to jail. There is very little in depth coverage of these financial crimes in the corporate media. No pictures are flashed across the evening news, asking: “has anyone seen or have information on these financial thieves.” No endless front page stories calling for law and order or for the arrest of these sophisticated financial thugs. No calls for confiscation of their offshore tax free and banking facilities. No demands by politicians to make the financial system safe from rogue bankers. In fact, no calls for jail time, investigations or any prohibitions on these monetary bandits who destroyed the financial system. Instead they got bailed out by tax-payers dollars. Some have been known to advise governments and others are known as “eminent persons” in the financial field. Something is rotten and festering financially. The smell of corruption in high places permeates the system and the system has become a playground for financial gangsters and looters, aided and abetted by people in power.
“Over the past decade, the UK has allowed its capital city to become the home for many of the world’s most cut-throat and dodgy global financiers.”
John Kampfner, The Guardian, July 26, 2007. [2]
Now compare the powerful reaction to the vulgar and criminal looters in the U.K. Police are arresting the looters in England. They are smashing down doors to get at some of the accused. The corporate media world wide are in a reporting frenzy, with stories about the looters and there is a call for martial law. Some people are even asking for the army to be brought in. Meanwhile the politicians are all screaming: “We must have Law and Order.” Who would argue with that? After all, if the law is not obeyed and order becomes disorder then we are no longer a decent, honest and honourable society. Which raises very important questions once again: Why are the looters of the financial system not in jail? Why are the luxurious offices of the economic looters not being raided or their oak panelled doors being broken down, and the well heeled racketeers inside dragged out by the scruff of their necks? Is there one law for the crude rioting looters in the U.K. and no law for the sophisticated financial criminals who looted the monetary system? Where is the political outrage by politicians against their financial friends some of whom contribute money to their political campaigns? Where are the front page stories about these professional corporate criminals who brought down the world’s financial system. Why are they free? Do they have a free pass to break the law with impunity after looting the system? An article from the Finance Examiner of November 7, 2010, headlined: “Catherine Austin Fitts interview on the Looting of America” said this:
“Former Assistant Secretary of Housing under George H.W. Bush Catherine Austin Fitts blows the whistle on how the financial terrorists have deliberately imploded the US economy and transferred gargantuan amounts of wealth offshore as a means of sacrificing the American middle class. Fitts documents how trillions of dollars went missing from government coffers in the 90's and how she was personally targeted for exposing the fraud.” [3]
The financial fraudsters who looted the system are laughing all the way to their banks and tax free havens. The only people arrested and charged are the crude uncivilized looters in England. Meanwhile the “civilized” financial looters continue their depredations world wide and it’s all done in the name of saving the financial system. What a joke! What a farce, and what does this say about the so-called “justice system?”
Stephen J. Gray
August 14,2011.
Endnotes:
[1]http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/catherine-austin-fitts-interview-on-the-looting-of-america
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/26/comment.china
[3] http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner-in-national/catherine-austin-fitts-interview-on-the-looting-of-america
Friday, August 5, 2011
The World Banking Politburo
The World Banking Politburo
By Stephen J. Gray
‘I believe the world is ready for a shift to this more “systemic” vision of IMF surveillance’ [1]
“Address by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director,
International Monetary Fund,
At Bretton Woods Committee Annual Meeting
Washington D.C., February 26, 2010”
It would appear from the words of the former managing director of the IMF that the world is prepared for “ IMF surveillance.” The IMF is funded by tax-payers dollars from various countries, so one wonders when did the people anywhere decide that unelected bankers should be watching over them? Especially when it was out of control bankers that caused the financial crisis and then were bailed out by tax-payers dollars. Are we the new tax paying slaves who need to be watched over by bankers who operate in the global markets?
The global marketplace is where capitalism merges with and invests with communist China, and the communist rulers are spoken of as an “ally” by a “conservative” politician. Politicians are elected by the people of democratic countries but is it really only a game played out to make the people think they still have a voice, while their national sovereignty is sold out by treacherous political leaders? The European Union is but one example. Once elected the puppet politicians punish the people with ever increasing taxes. The real rulers of the money system are the central bankers; the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). The BIS is in fact the head office where the central banks report to. In fact, it has been called “the central bankers' bank,…” [2] The Money Changers are in charge and governments listen when the money changers dictate policy. Austerity programs are dictated by the IMF and politicians bow to their commands. Greece and Ireland are but two recent examples, where the people are subjected to austerity so that bankers can be bailed out.
Central Bankers are the controllers and issuers of money. [3] Bankers dictate austerity programs through the auspices of the IMF, and politicians of all countries whether capitalist, communist, conservative, liberal, socialist or despotic all are mostly under the monetary control of the central bankers. Bankers have proposed a single world monetary system [4] and it could come to fruition, under the guise of “saving the world.” It is just a matter of convincing the people of different countries that this would be to their advantage. (A pause here for incredulous laughter from cynical persons). Anyway, the banking politburo have seen how easy it is to manoeuvre independent countries into the European Union (EU) and how easy it is to get politicians to sell out their national sovereignty for the Euro. In fact many people wondered if the Euro had been the testing ground for an eventual world currency. The banking politburo could prevail if a single world currency is propagandized properly. After all, puppet politicians of all political stripes in the G20 had earlier agreed on “global economic governance.”
“The Group of Twenty ("G-20") nations, the new Financial Stability Board ("FSB"), and the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") are progressing on two fronts: the monitoring and revision of national and regional economic plans to facilitate global economic governance…” [5]
It appears that “global economic governance” is being facilitated. The question is: Are these politicians and political leaders from various countries guilty of political treason? Was “global economic governance” discussed in any of their parliaments? Are they traitors to their countries by selling out their national sovereignty? Should they be impeached? And finally, I ask, what is the point in electing politicians if an unelected bankers politburo are dictating monetary policy to most of the world? The quote below by a famous banker is worth thinking about.
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws."
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Stephen J. Gray
August 5, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2010/022610.htm
[2] http://thedailybell.com/1812/Bank-for-International-Settlements-BIS
[3] http://www.webofdebt.com/excerpts/introduction.php
[4] http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=213953
[5] http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/g20-and-imf-officials-institutionalize-economic-global-governance
By Stephen J. Gray
‘I believe the world is ready for a shift to this more “systemic” vision of IMF surveillance’ [1]
“Address by Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Managing Director,
International Monetary Fund,
At Bretton Woods Committee Annual Meeting
Washington D.C., February 26, 2010”
It would appear from the words of the former managing director of the IMF that the world is prepared for “ IMF surveillance.” The IMF is funded by tax-payers dollars from various countries, so one wonders when did the people anywhere decide that unelected bankers should be watching over them? Especially when it was out of control bankers that caused the financial crisis and then were bailed out by tax-payers dollars. Are we the new tax paying slaves who need to be watched over by bankers who operate in the global markets?
The global marketplace is where capitalism merges with and invests with communist China, and the communist rulers are spoken of as an “ally” by a “conservative” politician. Politicians are elected by the people of democratic countries but is it really only a game played out to make the people think they still have a voice, while their national sovereignty is sold out by treacherous political leaders? The European Union is but one example. Once elected the puppet politicians punish the people with ever increasing taxes. The real rulers of the money system are the central bankers; the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Bank of International Settlements (BIS). The BIS is in fact the head office where the central banks report to. In fact, it has been called “the central bankers' bank,…” [2] The Money Changers are in charge and governments listen when the money changers dictate policy. Austerity programs are dictated by the IMF and politicians bow to their commands. Greece and Ireland are but two recent examples, where the people are subjected to austerity so that bankers can be bailed out.
Central Bankers are the controllers and issuers of money. [3] Bankers dictate austerity programs through the auspices of the IMF, and politicians of all countries whether capitalist, communist, conservative, liberal, socialist or despotic all are mostly under the monetary control of the central bankers. Bankers have proposed a single world monetary system [4] and it could come to fruition, under the guise of “saving the world.” It is just a matter of convincing the people of different countries that this would be to their advantage. (A pause here for incredulous laughter from cynical persons). Anyway, the banking politburo have seen how easy it is to manoeuvre independent countries into the European Union (EU) and how easy it is to get politicians to sell out their national sovereignty for the Euro. In fact many people wondered if the Euro had been the testing ground for an eventual world currency. The banking politburo could prevail if a single world currency is propagandized properly. After all, puppet politicians of all political stripes in the G20 had earlier agreed on “global economic governance.”
“The Group of Twenty ("G-20") nations, the new Financial Stability Board ("FSB"), and the International Monetary Fund ("IMF") are progressing on two fronts: the monitoring and revision of national and regional economic plans to facilitate global economic governance…” [5]
It appears that “global economic governance” is being facilitated. The question is: Are these politicians and political leaders from various countries guilty of political treason? Was “global economic governance” discussed in any of their parliaments? Are they traitors to their countries by selling out their national sovereignty? Should they be impeached? And finally, I ask, what is the point in electing politicians if an unelected bankers politburo are dictating monetary policy to most of the world? The quote below by a famous banker is worth thinking about.
"Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws."
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Stephen J. Gray
August 5, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2010/022610.htm
[2] http://thedailybell.com/1812/Bank-for-International-Settlements-BIS
[3] http://www.webofdebt.com/excerpts/introduction.php
[4] http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=213953
[5] http://www.globalgovernancewatch.org/spotlight_on_sovereignty/g20-and-imf-officials-institutionalize-economic-global-governance
Friday, July 29, 2011
Here is a Letter I sent to the National Post. Some of my more important words were censored out, And the word "allegedly" was never in my letter.
Letter to Editor
National Post
July 27, 2011.
Dear Editor, re: "Don't call China an 'ally'" National Post, July 27,2011.
You state in this editorial, "China's human rights record remains troubling,..." China is responsible for the slaughter of millions of its own people. Engages in torture, removes the organs forcefully from people, suppresses free speech, has used tanks against dissidents in Tiamen Square, has a history of forced abortions; need I say anymore? I believe a more apt word in your editorial regarding its "human rights" would have been atrocious or inhuman.
Stephen J. Gray
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Here is the National Post Version of my letter published July 29,2011
. or are there better words?
National Post · Jul. 29, 2011
This editorial states: "China's human rights record remains troubling." Troubling? China engages in torture, allegedly removes organs forcefully from people, suppresses free speech and has used tanks against dissidents in Tiananmen Square. I believe better words to describe China's "human rights" would have been "atrocious" or "inhuman."
Stephen J. Gray, Chilliwack, B.C.
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/there+better+words/5176182/story.html
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Excerpt below from The Epoch Times July 14, 2011. (emphasis added)
"Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been imprisoned, and according to some estimates, over 40,000 have had their organs forcefully removed in lucrative transplant operations. To date, the Conservative government has not mentioned any of these issues in a major public speech."
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/canada/baird-heads-to-china-to-build-ties-59098.html
Letter to Editor
National Post
July 27, 2011.
Dear Editor, re: "Don't call China an 'ally'" National Post, July 27,2011.
You state in this editorial, "China's human rights record remains troubling,..." China is responsible for the slaughter of millions of its own people. Engages in torture, removes the organs forcefully from people, suppresses free speech, has used tanks against dissidents in Tiamen Square, has a history of forced abortions; need I say anymore? I believe a more apt word in your editorial regarding its "human rights" would have been atrocious or inhuman.
Stephen J. Gray
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Here is the National Post Version of my letter published July 29,2011
. or are there better words?
National Post · Jul. 29, 2011
This editorial states: "China's human rights record remains troubling." Troubling? China engages in torture, allegedly removes organs forcefully from people, suppresses free speech and has used tanks against dissidents in Tiananmen Square. I believe better words to describe China's "human rights" would have been "atrocious" or "inhuman."
Stephen J. Gray, Chilliwack, B.C.
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays-paper/there+better+words/5176182/story.html
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Excerpt below from The Epoch Times July 14, 2011. (emphasis added)
"Thousands have died, hundreds of thousands have been imprisoned, and according to some estimates, over 40,000 have had their organs forcefully removed in lucrative transplant operations. To date, the Conservative government has not mentioned any of these issues in a major public speech."
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/canada/baird-heads-to-china-to-build-ties-59098.html
Friday, July 22, 2011
Communist North Korea Claims Discrimination by CPC
Communist North Korea Claims Discrimination by CPC
(Satire) By Stephen J. Gray
Dear Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), it has come to our notice that your Minister of Foreign Affairs has been, how do you say, bad mouthing us. He is reported as saying, "North Korea is simply not a credible chair of a disarmament body,…” [1] We find this statement by your Minister to be very hypocritical. This is the same gentleman and government which supports the illegal bombing of Libya where civilians and little children have been killed. Yet, you people call this a “humanitarian mission.” Your allies even supplied arms to Libya when the dictator was your friend.
Libya of course is a dictatorship, as are we in North Korea yet your foreign minister visits the dictatorship in China and calls them a “friend” and an “ally.” [2] Are some dictatorships more equal than others? Quite frankly we are feeling slighted and discriminated against. Where is the fairness and equality in your foreign minister’s behaviour? We are treated like pariahs, yet China is hailed as a beacon of light in your unfair governmental decisions. How can this be? We are just as good dictators as China! Look at our record. We have starved and jailed our people, we even have Gulags while China has used tanks against their own people, sold poisoned goods to the West, and committed all kinds of atrocities, like forced abortions [3] and taking live body parts from prisoners, and torture etc. [4] Your Conservative Party congratulates them on their 90th anniversary despite its slaughter of millions of its own people. We say shame on you and of course shame on us too. Still, we ask you, who is more ethical, us or them? In fact, we could argue that they have done worse things than we have. We believe your foreign minister and your government should look in the mirror and ask themselves, “Are we hypocrites?” It is all so disheartening to see communist China being praised and congratulated by you conservatives while we are vilified. We believe your minister needs to give his head a big shake and get with some kind of equal opportunity program for dictators. Human rights are human rights, and we believe our rights have been violated and discriminated against. We believe your treatment of us is biased, yet your praise of China could be seen as grovelling and sycophantic. Perhaps we should complain to your Human Rights Commission that we are being discriminated against.
We understand your Human Rights Commissions are very good at arriving at the proper political decisions, so we are weighing them as an option; however we only want to do this as a last resort. Please do not think we are resorting to threats, but we have heard that your minister has been described as a “pit bull” and we do not want to be bitten by him anymore in the world of public discourse. Dog is a delicacy in our country, but we do not think this type of dog is edible. Tee, hee, hee. Sorry, did I make a silly pun or joke? Very sorry, hope no offence taken, please. It really saddens us to write this letter, but in all conscience, how could we let this slight upon our country pass without comment? Your foreign minister should come visit us and he will see that we are just like his friends in China, a dictator who can smile. We will shake his hand and politely inform him of his double standards, we will smile with him just like his friends do in China. Then hopefully we will receive his blessing and the approbation that he gave to China’s dictator. After all, what is good for the goose should surely be good for the gander, as the saying goes. Thank you for your attention to this matter, because one dictator should not be made a favourite over other dictators, we are all equal.
Yours in Comradeship and Concern.
-----------------
Stephen J. Gray
July 22, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www2.canada.com/story.html?id=5036246
[2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/effusive-john-baird-wraps-up-china-visit-with-praise-for-strategic-partner/article2103353/
[3] http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=wujian
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iDZnkn1xo
(Satire) By Stephen J. Gray
Dear Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), it has come to our notice that your Minister of Foreign Affairs has been, how do you say, bad mouthing us. He is reported as saying, "North Korea is simply not a credible chair of a disarmament body,…” [1] We find this statement by your Minister to be very hypocritical. This is the same gentleman and government which supports the illegal bombing of Libya where civilians and little children have been killed. Yet, you people call this a “humanitarian mission.” Your allies even supplied arms to Libya when the dictator was your friend.
Libya of course is a dictatorship, as are we in North Korea yet your foreign minister visits the dictatorship in China and calls them a “friend” and an “ally.” [2] Are some dictatorships more equal than others? Quite frankly we are feeling slighted and discriminated against. Where is the fairness and equality in your foreign minister’s behaviour? We are treated like pariahs, yet China is hailed as a beacon of light in your unfair governmental decisions. How can this be? We are just as good dictators as China! Look at our record. We have starved and jailed our people, we even have Gulags while China has used tanks against their own people, sold poisoned goods to the West, and committed all kinds of atrocities, like forced abortions [3] and taking live body parts from prisoners, and torture etc. [4] Your Conservative Party congratulates them on their 90th anniversary despite its slaughter of millions of its own people. We say shame on you and of course shame on us too. Still, we ask you, who is more ethical, us or them? In fact, we could argue that they have done worse things than we have. We believe your foreign minister and your government should look in the mirror and ask themselves, “Are we hypocrites?” It is all so disheartening to see communist China being praised and congratulated by you conservatives while we are vilified. We believe your minister needs to give his head a big shake and get with some kind of equal opportunity program for dictators. Human rights are human rights, and we believe our rights have been violated and discriminated against. We believe your treatment of us is biased, yet your praise of China could be seen as grovelling and sycophantic. Perhaps we should complain to your Human Rights Commission that we are being discriminated against.
We understand your Human Rights Commissions are very good at arriving at the proper political decisions, so we are weighing them as an option; however we only want to do this as a last resort. Please do not think we are resorting to threats, but we have heard that your minister has been described as a “pit bull” and we do not want to be bitten by him anymore in the world of public discourse. Dog is a delicacy in our country, but we do not think this type of dog is edible. Tee, hee, hee. Sorry, did I make a silly pun or joke? Very sorry, hope no offence taken, please. It really saddens us to write this letter, but in all conscience, how could we let this slight upon our country pass without comment? Your foreign minister should come visit us and he will see that we are just like his friends in China, a dictator who can smile. We will shake his hand and politely inform him of his double standards, we will smile with him just like his friends do in China. Then hopefully we will receive his blessing and the approbation that he gave to China’s dictator. After all, what is good for the goose should surely be good for the gander, as the saying goes. Thank you for your attention to this matter, because one dictator should not be made a favourite over other dictators, we are all equal.
Yours in Comradeship and Concern.
-----------------
Stephen J. Gray
July 22, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www2.canada.com/story.html?id=5036246
[2] http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/effusive-john-baird-wraps-up-china-visit-with-praise-for-strategic-partner/article2103353/
[3] http://www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org/index.php?nav=wujian
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iDZnkn1xo
Sunday, July 17, 2011
Alleged Fraudsters “Agreed” to Fines: No Jail Time
Alleged Fraudsters “Agreed” to Fines: No Jail Time
By Stephen J. Gray
“We participated in things that were clearly wrong and we have reason to regret and we apologize for them,…” Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs, quoted in Bloomberg News, November 18, 2009. [1]
Despite the alleged massive frauds perpetrated by financial scam artists in the sub-prime mortgage scandals none of the really big fish have gone to jail. The smell of corruption permeates the system, and yet the system appears to have accepted that some people are too big to fail or jail. An article in Bloomberg news of June 1, 2011, stated,
“ Goldman Sachs Group (GS) won’t face criminal prosecution related to sales of mortgage-linked securities because such a move could threaten the U.S. financial system, according to Brad Hintz, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.” [2]
Well excuse me, does this mean that the justice system hands down no jail time for the powerful but gives jail time to the powerless? The article went on to say: “In July, Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million to settle a civil fraud suit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that alleged the firm misled clients about a mortgage-linked investment.”
Goldman Sachs is not the only financial firm that has plenty of money to pay a fine but does not do any hard time. Here is an excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle of July 8, 2011:
“JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $228 million to settle federal charges that the bank conspired to rig the bidding on investment contracts sold to state and local governments to boost its profits at taxpayer expense.” [3] The article went on to say:
“The Justice Department and the SEC have been investigating for more than four years the ways that banks and financial advisers fixed the bidding on investments sold to municipalities. Prosecutors say the conspiracy cost taxpayers by allowing banks to pay governments below-market rates. JPMorgan's penalties are the largest yet to result from the investigation, which also led to settlements with UBS AG and Bank of America Corp.”
Well, isn’t it nice that these “respectable” bankers “agreed” to pay a fine? Did they also “agree” that jail time was not necessary in their cases? After all, if they were innocent of these charges, why would they have “agreed” to pay fines? But, they “agreed” to pay. What does that say about guilt?
I believe something is rotten in the halls of justice when the powerful can waltz away free after allegedly committing fraud. Many of these bankers and financiers were bailed out by taxpayers’ dollars. Many of them have subsidiaries in offshore tax havens, and some of these powerful bankers have been known to advise governments on monetary policy. Meanwhile, there are over 40 million Americans on food stamps and an article of January 19, 2011, at prisonplanet.com, headlined: “The More Americans that Go On Food Stamps The More Money JP Morgan Makes,” is well worth reading. [4]
http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-more-americans-that-go-on-food-stamps-the-more-money-jp-morgan-makes.html
A woman in Michigan has been threatened with jail time for planting a vegetable garden in her front yard. [5] Perhaps, she would be treated differently if she was a banker? Many people have lost their jobs and homes, their pension funds are in the dumpster and their taxes helped bail out the perpetrators of their predicaments. Yet, the predicaments of the perpetrators are washed clean by them agreeing to pay fines! Are these perpetrators getting special treatment? No jail time has been handed down, yet unimportant people have gone to jail for much less. If there was any justice in the system surely some of these pin striped suited bankers should be doing hard time? Instead some of these bankers and financiers are flying around free as vulture birds and feeding off the misery and despair they created.
Stephen J. Gray
July 17, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQWV0pN.Y1LQ&pos=1
[2] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/goldman-too-big-to-face-prosecution-over-mortgage-securities-hintz-says.html
[3] http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-07-08/business/29750189_1_bid-rigging-jpmorgan-chase-competitive-bidding
[4] http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-more-americans-that-go-on-food-stamps-the-more-money-jp-morgan-makes.html
[5] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/08/woman-jailed-for-vegetable-garden_n_893516.html
By Stephen J. Gray
“We participated in things that were clearly wrong and we have reason to regret and we apologize for them,…” Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs, quoted in Bloomberg News, November 18, 2009. [1]
Despite the alleged massive frauds perpetrated by financial scam artists in the sub-prime mortgage scandals none of the really big fish have gone to jail. The smell of corruption permeates the system, and yet the system appears to have accepted that some people are too big to fail or jail. An article in Bloomberg news of June 1, 2011, stated,
“ Goldman Sachs Group (GS) won’t face criminal prosecution related to sales of mortgage-linked securities because such a move could threaten the U.S. financial system, according to Brad Hintz, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co.” [2]
Well excuse me, does this mean that the justice system hands down no jail time for the powerful but gives jail time to the powerless? The article went on to say: “In July, Goldman Sachs agreed to pay $550 million to settle a civil fraud suit by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that alleged the firm misled clients about a mortgage-linked investment.”
Goldman Sachs is not the only financial firm that has plenty of money to pay a fine but does not do any hard time. Here is an excerpt from the San Francisco Chronicle of July 8, 2011:
“JPMorgan Chase & Co. has agreed to pay $228 million to settle federal charges that the bank conspired to rig the bidding on investment contracts sold to state and local governments to boost its profits at taxpayer expense.” [3] The article went on to say:
“The Justice Department and the SEC have been investigating for more than four years the ways that banks and financial advisers fixed the bidding on investments sold to municipalities. Prosecutors say the conspiracy cost taxpayers by allowing banks to pay governments below-market rates. JPMorgan's penalties are the largest yet to result from the investigation, which also led to settlements with UBS AG and Bank of America Corp.”
Well, isn’t it nice that these “respectable” bankers “agreed” to pay a fine? Did they also “agree” that jail time was not necessary in their cases? After all, if they were innocent of these charges, why would they have “agreed” to pay fines? But, they “agreed” to pay. What does that say about guilt?
I believe something is rotten in the halls of justice when the powerful can waltz away free after allegedly committing fraud. Many of these bankers and financiers were bailed out by taxpayers’ dollars. Many of them have subsidiaries in offshore tax havens, and some of these powerful bankers have been known to advise governments on monetary policy. Meanwhile, there are over 40 million Americans on food stamps and an article of January 19, 2011, at prisonplanet.com, headlined: “The More Americans that Go On Food Stamps The More Money JP Morgan Makes,” is well worth reading. [4]
http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-more-americans-that-go-on-food-stamps-the-more-money-jp-morgan-makes.html
A woman in Michigan has been threatened with jail time for planting a vegetable garden in her front yard. [5] Perhaps, she would be treated differently if she was a banker? Many people have lost their jobs and homes, their pension funds are in the dumpster and their taxes helped bail out the perpetrators of their predicaments. Yet, the predicaments of the perpetrators are washed clean by them agreeing to pay fines! Are these perpetrators getting special treatment? No jail time has been handed down, yet unimportant people have gone to jail for much less. If there was any justice in the system surely some of these pin striped suited bankers should be doing hard time? Instead some of these bankers and financiers are flying around free as vulture birds and feeding off the misery and despair they created.
Stephen J. Gray
July 17, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aQWV0pN.Y1LQ&pos=1
[2] http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-01/goldman-too-big-to-face-prosecution-over-mortgage-securities-hintz-says.html
[3] http://articles.sfgate.com/2011-07-08/business/29750189_1_bid-rigging-jpmorgan-chase-competitive-bidding
[4] http://www.prisonplanet.com/the-more-americans-that-go-on-food-stamps-the-more-money-jp-morgan-makes.html
[5] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/08/woman-jailed-for-vegetable-garden_n_893516.html
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Real Women Praises Harper
Real Women Praises Harper
By Stephen J. Gray
“Whether one supports the Conservative Party or not, it cannot be denied that Mr. Harper is an outstanding leader of his party.”
Page 8, Real Women of Canada, newsletter May/June 2011.
Mr. Harper is being touted as an “outstanding leader.” So let us examine what Mr. Harper the “outstanding leader” says and does on a number of issues:
Free Speech: “Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society,” says Stephen Harper, president of the National Citizens' Coalition. “It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.” [1]
Yet, the Harper government intervenes against free speech: “The Attorney General of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and B'nai Brith Canada will be intervening in the Lemire case in support of Section 13, arguing that it is a reasonable restriction on freedom of speech” (Canadian Constitution Foundation Letter of April 28, 2008).
Bilingualism: “As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.” (Stephen Harper) [2]
Now Mr. Harper says this: “My friends, for me a prime minister should speak French,” Harper said, calling French “the founding language of this country” (Source: The Gazette, Sept 8, 2008 [3]).
Same-sex marriage: “I don't see reopening this question [of same-sex marriage] in the future.” (Stephen Harper, CTV News Dec. 7, 2006 [4]).
Sexual orientation and its illegitimate offspring “same-sex marriage” were never in the Charter, yet we had the silly spectacle of a supposedly conservative government introducing a motion on this that they knew would be defeated. A government with principles would have used the not-withstanding clause to return sanity to this country. But unfortunately Mr. Harper is on record as saying, regarding this nonsense called same-sex marriage, “I will never use the notwithstanding clause on that issue” (Lifesite News December 16, 2005, [5]).
The Status of Women: This group achieved increased funding under the Harper Conservatives as witness the following quote from a minister’s speech: “As a demonstration of our firm commitment to the success of Status of Women Canada, Budget 2007 provided $10 million in funding to the Agency, bringing the total budget to $29.9 million, a record for Status of Women Canada” [emphasis added] (Speech for The Honorable Josée Verner, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, on the occasion of an appearance before the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, House of Commons, Ottawa, February 5, 2008, [6]).
Abortion: “The Conservative government won't be initiating or supporting abortion legislation, and I'll use whatever influence I have in Parliament to be sure that such a matter doesn't come to a vote…” (Stephen Harper, [7]).
And we thought we lived in a democracy? Or is it a hypocrisy?
And talking about hypocrisy, based on the evidence we have seen from Mr. Harper’s government, are they really a conservative government? Or is it back to the days of the Red Tories and the Mulroney government? A former Reform party member and MP had this to say about Mr. Harper: “he will be remembered as an opportunistic, masterful tactician who, in the course of only three years completely purged the Conservative party of its Reform ideals and restored the Mulroney model of government.” (Lee Morrison, former Reform M.P. in the Calgary Herald, September 14, 2008 [8]).
Furthermore, a former Mulroney supporter is now in “charge of various files…” Read this:
“[Senator] Ms. LeBreton is one of the women Mr. Harper put in Cabinet and trusts. She was a staunch Progressive Conservative, most closely tied to Brian Mulroney, and made it into Mr. Harper's inner circle despite her vocal opposition to his vision to unite the right (the former Reformer Party/Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservatives). Mr. Harper appointed her Conservative leader in the Senate and put her in charge of various files,...” (National Post, September 22, 2008).
This makes one wonder, is Ms. LeBreton now in charge of the abortion “file?” Ms. Breton has said this on abortion:
“… there are certain issues, particularly those that concern women and children, and those of particular concern to women, and here I will use the abortion issue as an example, where even if 99.9 per cent of the members of my party were going one way, I would not support any policy that did not give women the right to choose” (http://www.parl.gc.ca/infoparl/english/issue.htm?param=147&art=983).
And on the “right to choose,” Mr .Harper is on the record as saying this: “Let me be very clear on the positions I’ve have taken on that. I want there to be no misunderstanding. I’ve said repeatedly, that I will not, that my Conservative government will not be tabling any legislation impacting in any way a woman’s right to choose” (June 27, 2006, LifeSiteNews, http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/060627a.html).
Mr. Harper is now heading a majority government. But on moral issues is there really any difference between the “conservatives” and the other parties? Are we now immersed in “throw the dogs a bone politics” where we are being promised all kinds of goodies with our own tax dollars and moral issues are not even discussed? Are we back to what a former Reform M.P. called in his Calgary Herald article, “Liberal, Tory, same old story?” And will social conservative people buy the “story” that we have a “conservative” party?
For, as Andrew Coyne wrote in MacLean’s of September 10, 2008,
“…Harper's whole time in office has been spent reassuring the public he has no plans to lead them anywhere, that under a Conservative government nothing much would change — they would govern much like the Liberals,…” [9]
Stephen J. Gray
July 9, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/20/harper-must-act-now-to-protect-free-speech/
[2] http://gerrynicholls.blogspot.com/2008/03/bilingualism-harpers-new-god.html
[3] http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=5cc31fca-80a5-448b-ab5b-ffce081a7502
[4] http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061207/samesexmarriage_vote_061207/20061207?hub=TopStories
[5] http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/dec/05121606.html).
[6] http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/med/spe-dis/2008/0205-eng.html
[7] http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06011707.html
[8] http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=55305055-5bff-4b78-8427-7f3c15bcd213
[9] http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20080910_115261_115261
By Stephen J. Gray
“Whether one supports the Conservative Party or not, it cannot be denied that Mr. Harper is an outstanding leader of his party.”
Page 8, Real Women of Canada, newsletter May/June 2011.
Mr. Harper is being touted as an “outstanding leader.” So let us examine what Mr. Harper the “outstanding leader” says and does on a number of issues:
Free Speech: “Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society,” says Stephen Harper, president of the National Citizens' Coalition. “It is in fact totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff.” [1]
Yet, the Harper government intervenes against free speech: “The Attorney General of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and B'nai Brith Canada will be intervening in the Lemire case in support of Section 13, arguing that it is a reasonable restriction on freedom of speech” (Canadian Constitution Foundation Letter of April 28, 2008).
Bilingualism: “As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions.” (Stephen Harper) [2]
Now Mr. Harper says this: “My friends, for me a prime minister should speak French,” Harper said, calling French “the founding language of this country” (Source: The Gazette, Sept 8, 2008 [3]).
Same-sex marriage: “I don't see reopening this question [of same-sex marriage] in the future.” (Stephen Harper, CTV News Dec. 7, 2006 [4]).
Sexual orientation and its illegitimate offspring “same-sex marriage” were never in the Charter, yet we had the silly spectacle of a supposedly conservative government introducing a motion on this that they knew would be defeated. A government with principles would have used the not-withstanding clause to return sanity to this country. But unfortunately Mr. Harper is on record as saying, regarding this nonsense called same-sex marriage, “I will never use the notwithstanding clause on that issue” (Lifesite News December 16, 2005, [5]).
The Status of Women: This group achieved increased funding under the Harper Conservatives as witness the following quote from a minister’s speech: “As a demonstration of our firm commitment to the success of Status of Women Canada, Budget 2007 provided $10 million in funding to the Agency, bringing the total budget to $29.9 million, a record for Status of Women Canada” [emphasis added] (Speech for The Honorable Josée Verner, P.C., M.P., Minister of Canadian Heritage, Status of Women and Official Languages, on the occasion of an appearance before the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, House of Commons, Ottawa, February 5, 2008, [6]).
Abortion: “The Conservative government won't be initiating or supporting abortion legislation, and I'll use whatever influence I have in Parliament to be sure that such a matter doesn't come to a vote…” (Stephen Harper, [7]).
And we thought we lived in a democracy? Or is it a hypocrisy?
And talking about hypocrisy, based on the evidence we have seen from Mr. Harper’s government, are they really a conservative government? Or is it back to the days of the Red Tories and the Mulroney government? A former Reform party member and MP had this to say about Mr. Harper: “he will be remembered as an opportunistic, masterful tactician who, in the course of only three years completely purged the Conservative party of its Reform ideals and restored the Mulroney model of government.” (Lee Morrison, former Reform M.P. in the Calgary Herald, September 14, 2008 [8]).
Furthermore, a former Mulroney supporter is now in “charge of various files…” Read this:
“[Senator] Ms. LeBreton is one of the women Mr. Harper put in Cabinet and trusts. She was a staunch Progressive Conservative, most closely tied to Brian Mulroney, and made it into Mr. Harper's inner circle despite her vocal opposition to his vision to unite the right (the former Reformer Party/Canadian Alliance and Progressive Conservatives). Mr. Harper appointed her Conservative leader in the Senate and put her in charge of various files,...” (National Post, September 22, 2008).
This makes one wonder, is Ms. LeBreton now in charge of the abortion “file?” Ms. Breton has said this on abortion:
“… there are certain issues, particularly those that concern women and children, and those of particular concern to women, and here I will use the abortion issue as an example, where even if 99.9 per cent of the members of my party were going one way, I would not support any policy that did not give women the right to choose” (http://www.parl.gc.ca/infoparl/english/issue.htm?param=147&art=983).
And on the “right to choose,” Mr .Harper is on the record as saying this: “Let me be very clear on the positions I’ve have taken on that. I want there to be no misunderstanding. I’ve said repeatedly, that I will not, that my Conservative government will not be tabling any legislation impacting in any way a woman’s right to choose” (June 27, 2006, LifeSiteNews, http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jun/060627a.html).
Mr. Harper is now heading a majority government. But on moral issues is there really any difference between the “conservatives” and the other parties? Are we now immersed in “throw the dogs a bone politics” where we are being promised all kinds of goodies with our own tax dollars and moral issues are not even discussed? Are we back to what a former Reform M.P. called in his Calgary Herald article, “Liberal, Tory, same old story?” And will social conservative people buy the “story” that we have a “conservative” party?
For, as Andrew Coyne wrote in MacLean’s of September 10, 2008,
“…Harper's whole time in office has been spent reassuring the public he has no plans to lead them anywhere, that under a Conservative government nothing much would change — they would govern much like the Liberals,…” [9]
Stephen J. Gray
July 9, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/20/harper-must-act-now-to-protect-free-speech/
[2] http://gerrynicholls.blogspot.com/2008/03/bilingualism-harpers-new-god.html
[3] http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=5cc31fca-80a5-448b-ab5b-ffce081a7502
[4] http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061207/samesexmarriage_vote_061207/20061207?hub=TopStories
[5] http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2005/dec/05121606.html).
[6] http://www.swc-cfc.gc.ca/med/spe-dis/2008/0205-eng.html
[7] http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2006/jan/06011707.html
[8] http://www.canada.com/calgaryherald/news/story.html?id=55305055-5bff-4b78-8427-7f3c15bcd213
[9] http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20080910_115261_115261
Thursday, July 7, 2011
An Imaginary Letter of Thanks from CPC to CPC
An Imaginary Letter of Thanks from CPC to CPC
(Satire) By Stephen J. Gray
“Dear Comrades in the Conservative Party of Canada(CPC) I would like to thank you for your best wishes to the Communist Party of China(CPC) on our 90th anniversary. I notice we have the same initials CPC and surely this is a good omen between us. I hope that you also can attain a 90th anniversary of your CPC. You have a great leader in your country just like we have in ours. He does not accept any dissent in the party and neither do we. The people need vigilance and control if there is to be any great leap forward and I am sure they will get it from your and our comrade leader. One must rule the people with strength and vigour. They need a forceful hand and this must always be used with firmness. Your great leader impresses us with his dogmatic statements. I personally liked his stance on your abortion issue, where he stated: ‘This government will not open, will not permit anyone to open the abortion debate.’ He sounds like he is in complete charge of your country and a very strong man, and a strong man does not need to be democratic. He must be like a wise father who knows what is best for his children who are the people of the country. Chairman Mao was our wise and strong father and his legacy is still with us. Now you have a Chairman of your own who will bring accountability to your country.
“I hear that your party is sometimes called the Red Tories and we have been called Red China. So you see there is another nice coincidence. You have been called Red and we have been called Red so our colors could be called compatible. Did I make silly joke? Ha Ha, He, He, no offense comrades. I hear your CPC is a big defender of human rights just like our CPC. We believe free speech is not a right and your government has intervened against free speech so once again our policies are somewhat similar. Your great CPC leader has appointed party members and losers to your politburo, pardon me I believe you call it the Senate. Anyway, not much difference, it is a place for party supporters who are losers but need a place to sleep, same as here. Please, just another joke ha, ha, he, he, no offense please. I see also you handle demonstrators much like us. We used tanks as in Tiananmen Square to control them. You used other methods in the Toronto Square against G20 protestors, perhaps you should try using tanks they work well. Still, the relations between our countries are very good and I am sure we can learn from each other. It is so good to have CPC comrades in this world today where there is so much misery and unhappiness. Your letter gave us so much happiness that we cried tears of joy knowing we were accepted by your CPC. We, who have received so much criticism are now treated with respect and acclaim by your CPC. Chairman Mao must be smiling wherever he is, vindicated at last by the great CPC and its great leader Chairman of the Majority in the land across the sea.”
Yours Very Truly
A Comrade of the CPC to the Comrades of the CPC
Stephen J. Gray
July 7, 2011.
(Satire) By Stephen J. Gray
“Dear Comrades in the Conservative Party of Canada(CPC) I would like to thank you for your best wishes to the Communist Party of China(CPC) on our 90th anniversary. I notice we have the same initials CPC and surely this is a good omen between us. I hope that you also can attain a 90th anniversary of your CPC. You have a great leader in your country just like we have in ours. He does not accept any dissent in the party and neither do we. The people need vigilance and control if there is to be any great leap forward and I am sure they will get it from your and our comrade leader. One must rule the people with strength and vigour. They need a forceful hand and this must always be used with firmness. Your great leader impresses us with his dogmatic statements. I personally liked his stance on your abortion issue, where he stated: ‘This government will not open, will not permit anyone to open the abortion debate.’ He sounds like he is in complete charge of your country and a very strong man, and a strong man does not need to be democratic. He must be like a wise father who knows what is best for his children who are the people of the country. Chairman Mao was our wise and strong father and his legacy is still with us. Now you have a Chairman of your own who will bring accountability to your country.
“I hear that your party is sometimes called the Red Tories and we have been called Red China. So you see there is another nice coincidence. You have been called Red and we have been called Red so our colors could be called compatible. Did I make silly joke? Ha Ha, He, He, no offense comrades. I hear your CPC is a big defender of human rights just like our CPC. We believe free speech is not a right and your government has intervened against free speech so once again our policies are somewhat similar. Your great CPC leader has appointed party members and losers to your politburo, pardon me I believe you call it the Senate. Anyway, not much difference, it is a place for party supporters who are losers but need a place to sleep, same as here. Please, just another joke ha, ha, he, he, no offense please. I see also you handle demonstrators much like us. We used tanks as in Tiananmen Square to control them. You used other methods in the Toronto Square against G20 protestors, perhaps you should try using tanks they work well. Still, the relations between our countries are very good and I am sure we can learn from each other. It is so good to have CPC comrades in this world today where there is so much misery and unhappiness. Your letter gave us so much happiness that we cried tears of joy knowing we were accepted by your CPC. We, who have received so much criticism are now treated with respect and acclaim by your CPC. Chairman Mao must be smiling wherever he is, vindicated at last by the great CPC and its great leader Chairman of the Majority in the land across the sea.”
Yours Very Truly
A Comrade of the CPC to the Comrades of the CPC
Stephen J. Gray
July 7, 2011.
Sunday, June 26, 2011
A Speech by the Respected Financier and Arms Dealer, Mr. Unctuous Evil
A Speech by the Respected Financier and Arms Dealer, Mr. Unctuous Evil
By Stephen J. Gray
“ Dear Friends, I see there are many eminent persons, politicians, leaders of governments, honorable persons, members of the international community, dictators, despots oops, I mean authoritarians gathered here today.
“We are assembled to discuss the state of the world. Despite all the gloom and doom being reported, I have to say things are going well in the weapons industry. This so-called recession has not hurt us one bit. We are still selling arms to dictators and despots, pardon me, I mean respected authoritarian regimes. We are also supplying both sides in wars and we are still making massive profits.” (Mr. Evil pauses while massive applause takes place.)
“War is a profitable business except for those who die in it. Killing and slaughter, oops, I mean collateral damage can never be avoided. I mean, just look at Libya, we sold all kinds of bombs and missiles to its dictator who is now our enemy, but it is still a win, win situation for our business of death. We are bombing Libya non-stop, and taxpayers will pick up the tab, but it is a humanitarian mission even though we are killing civilians and little children. Bombs and missiles don’t discriminate and mistakes can be made, but we do offer apologies. Anyway these missile attacks are surgical strikes, though some innocent patients die, and when this is all over we will inscribe a memorial to their memory.
“One must never forget we are involved in a humanitarian mission. We are bringing democracy to some places and helping keep dictators in power in other places, but this is not a perfect world, and dare I say thank goodness for that. (a number of hear, hears are heard and some more applause takes place) The beauty of our business is we never have to go to the front lines or wear combat gear. We are the planners and plotters who make things happen. We are the humanitarians of the planet ever ready to do our duty. Of course duty comes with a price, and our price is ever increasing profits. But, surely making money off bloody death and destruction is an honorable profession? After all, somebody has to do it and who better than us?
“We have an impeccable record in this world of deceit, lies, disinformation, treason and treachery. Some people are even saying that some of us are war criminals. Still, one cannot please everybody and some of us have been known to get a Nobel Peace Prize, so we can’t all be that bad. (applause takes place and a standing ovation ensues)
“Out of evil comes good, the Libya situation is a good example. When it’s over we will help rebuild the country, we will sell arms to the next leader of the country. The oil will still be there for us to help manage and the money and gold that the dictator entrusted to us is safe in the hands of our respected bankers. Though, I must admit one of our trusted financial institutions did manage to lose over a billion dollars of his money. But hey, who ever said the price of doing business investing was always profitable. Still, never mind, at least we know his money is somewhere safe in our financial system. The only monetary losers are the Libyan people. Oh well, at least we are performing a humanitarian service for them with our bombing mission, and what could be more caring and profitable than that? Thank you and God Bless us all as we continue our humanitarian work.”
Stephen J. Gray
June 26, 2011.
By Stephen J. Gray
“ Dear Friends, I see there are many eminent persons, politicians, leaders of governments, honorable persons, members of the international community, dictators, despots oops, I mean authoritarians gathered here today.
“We are assembled to discuss the state of the world. Despite all the gloom and doom being reported, I have to say things are going well in the weapons industry. This so-called recession has not hurt us one bit. We are still selling arms to dictators and despots, pardon me, I mean respected authoritarian regimes. We are also supplying both sides in wars and we are still making massive profits.” (Mr. Evil pauses while massive applause takes place.)
“War is a profitable business except for those who die in it. Killing and slaughter, oops, I mean collateral damage can never be avoided. I mean, just look at Libya, we sold all kinds of bombs and missiles to its dictator who is now our enemy, but it is still a win, win situation for our business of death. We are bombing Libya non-stop, and taxpayers will pick up the tab, but it is a humanitarian mission even though we are killing civilians and little children. Bombs and missiles don’t discriminate and mistakes can be made, but we do offer apologies. Anyway these missile attacks are surgical strikes, though some innocent patients die, and when this is all over we will inscribe a memorial to their memory.
“One must never forget we are involved in a humanitarian mission. We are bringing democracy to some places and helping keep dictators in power in other places, but this is not a perfect world, and dare I say thank goodness for that. (a number of hear, hears are heard and some more applause takes place) The beauty of our business is we never have to go to the front lines or wear combat gear. We are the planners and plotters who make things happen. We are the humanitarians of the planet ever ready to do our duty. Of course duty comes with a price, and our price is ever increasing profits. But, surely making money off bloody death and destruction is an honorable profession? After all, somebody has to do it and who better than us?
“We have an impeccable record in this world of deceit, lies, disinformation, treason and treachery. Some people are even saying that some of us are war criminals. Still, one cannot please everybody and some of us have been known to get a Nobel Peace Prize, so we can’t all be that bad. (applause takes place and a standing ovation ensues)
“Out of evil comes good, the Libya situation is a good example. When it’s over we will help rebuild the country, we will sell arms to the next leader of the country. The oil will still be there for us to help manage and the money and gold that the dictator entrusted to us is safe in the hands of our respected bankers. Though, I must admit one of our trusted financial institutions did manage to lose over a billion dollars of his money. But hey, who ever said the price of doing business investing was always profitable. Still, never mind, at least we know his money is somewhere safe in our financial system. The only monetary losers are the Libyan people. Oh well, at least we are performing a humanitarian service for them with our bombing mission, and what could be more caring and profitable than that? Thank you and God Bless us all as we continue our humanitarian work.”
Stephen J. Gray
June 26, 2011.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
The Liberal Party, oops I mean “Conservative” Party Win a Majority Government
The Liberal Party, oops I mean “Conservative” Party Win a Majority Government
By Stephen J. Gray
“The Globe and Mail published its editorial endorsement on Wednesday, saying, ‘Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party are best positioned to guide Canada’ into a new period of global ambition.” [1] ( CBC News, April 29, 2011)
Wow. Isn’t that something the liberal Globe and Mail endorsing “conservatives.” Does this mean that the country still has liberals in power albeit they call themselves “conservatives?” But hey, all power to the Red Tories, oops I mean “conservatives” they have been governing and acting like liberals for the last number of years and finally they have achieved success. Is all this talk about the Liberal Party being nearly dead, propaganda? Are they still alive only they call themselves “conservative?” Anyway, what’s in a name, by their actions you will know them as the saying goes, and certainly on moral issues there is no difference between any of the parties. But hey, who needs or wants morality in politics? Just promise the serfs all kinds of goodies with their own tax dollars then punish them after getting elected. Around 40% of the people refuse to participate in this political con game. Perhaps, they are the wise ones who still have some concept of morality and refuse to compromise their principles.
Principles mean that one stands for something. So where does the Liberal Government, oops I mean “conservative” government stand on morality? On the greatest moral issue of our time the killing of the child in the womb by abortion all parties boast they are in favor of this continuing slaughter. In fact, our democracy challenged Prime Minister is on record as saying. “As long as I am prime minister we are not opening the abortion debate…” (Stephen Harper quoted in Globe and Mail, April 21, 2011). One would think in a so-called “democracy” any issue would be up for debate, but it appears this is not so in “democratic” Canada. Have we given a majority government to a dictator? And on the issue of free speech Mr. Harper’s “conservative” government intervened with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and other powerful groups against it.
“The Attorney General of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and B'nai Brith Canada will be intervening in the Lemire case in support of Section 13, arguing that it is a reasonable restriction on freedom of speech” (Canadian Constitution Foundation Letter of April 28, 2008)
Mr. Harper is on record as saying this about Human Rights Commissions:
“Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society … It is, in fact, totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff” (Stephen Harper) [2]
Here is Mr. Harper speaking on “conservative values.”
“Individual freedom is something Conservatives value…
"What exactly are those conservative values?
I think we all instinctively recognize them when we see them, although it is sometimes difficult to define them. I like to summarize my idea of conservatism in three "Fs" --freedom, family and faith.” Stephen Harper
{National Post, April 30, 2009.) [3]
Oh well, at least Mr. Harper says he believes in “freedom” though, I believe, by his actions and words he contradicts himself. Still, the liberal Globe and Mail endorsed him as did most other newspapers in the country. Yet, these newspapers are always trumpeting their support for free speech. Dare one call most of them hypocrites? Because not one of them, I am aware of, has raised the issue of Mr. Harper’s dictatorial quote on abortion. Imagine if he had said: “As long as I am prime minister we are not opening debate on the killing of ducks on Alberta Tar Sands.” Imagine the furore this would have caused!
But hey, he did speak out on “dead ducks” even though he refuses debate on dead and slaughtered babies by abortion.
CTV news of May 2, 2008. had this headline:
“Canada's image hurt by oilsands duck deaths: PM” the article went on to quote PM Harper as saying: "I'm not here to make any excuses for the particular event that occurred over the last few days. It is a terrible event. It is not going to do anybody's image any good,...'' [4]
Oh well, at least ducks appear to have more sympathy from the P.M. than the terrible events of slaughtered humans murdered by abortion. Anyway, as I said earlier, liberals should take heart. I believe, liberal ideology still holds power even though those in power call themselves “conservative.” So Liberals should not despair, if the Globe and Mail can endorse Mr. Harper surely all is well in Liberal Land under a “conservative government?” A final comment for those “true believers” who kept saying “wait until Harper gets a majority.” The quote below is for you.
“Our agenda is the same agenda with a majority government or a minority government,”
(Stephen Harper quoted in National Post, April 4,2011) [5]
Stephen J. Gray
June 12, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/04/election-word-of-the-day-endorsement.html
[2] http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/20/harper-must-act-now-to-protect-free-speech/
[3] http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/04/30/terence-corcoran-no-room-for-libertarians-in-harper-conservatism.aspx
[4] http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20080502/oilsands_standards_080502/
[5] http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/04/04/conservatives-would-govern-the-same-with-majority-harper/
By Stephen J. Gray
“The Globe and Mail published its editorial endorsement on Wednesday, saying, ‘Stephen Harper and the Conservative Party are best positioned to guide Canada’ into a new period of global ambition.” [1] ( CBC News, April 29, 2011)
Wow. Isn’t that something the liberal Globe and Mail endorsing “conservatives.” Does this mean that the country still has liberals in power albeit they call themselves “conservatives?” But hey, all power to the Red Tories, oops I mean “conservatives” they have been governing and acting like liberals for the last number of years and finally they have achieved success. Is all this talk about the Liberal Party being nearly dead, propaganda? Are they still alive only they call themselves “conservative?” Anyway, what’s in a name, by their actions you will know them as the saying goes, and certainly on moral issues there is no difference between any of the parties. But hey, who needs or wants morality in politics? Just promise the serfs all kinds of goodies with their own tax dollars then punish them after getting elected. Around 40% of the people refuse to participate in this political con game. Perhaps, they are the wise ones who still have some concept of morality and refuse to compromise their principles.
Principles mean that one stands for something. So where does the Liberal Government, oops I mean “conservative” government stand on morality? On the greatest moral issue of our time the killing of the child in the womb by abortion all parties boast they are in favor of this continuing slaughter. In fact, our democracy challenged Prime Minister is on record as saying. “As long as I am prime minister we are not opening the abortion debate…” (Stephen Harper quoted in Globe and Mail, April 21, 2011). One would think in a so-called “democracy” any issue would be up for debate, but it appears this is not so in “democratic” Canada. Have we given a majority government to a dictator? And on the issue of free speech Mr. Harper’s “conservative” government intervened with the Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC) and other powerful groups against it.
“The Attorney General of Canada, the Canadian Human Rights Commission, the Canadian Jewish Congress, the Simon Wiesenthal Centre and B'nai Brith Canada will be intervening in the Lemire case in support of Section 13, arguing that it is a reasonable restriction on freedom of speech” (Canadian Constitution Foundation Letter of April 28, 2008)
Mr. Harper is on record as saying this about Human Rights Commissions:
“Human rights commissions, as they are evolving, are an attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society … It is, in fact, totalitarianism. I find this is very scary stuff” (Stephen Harper) [2]
Here is Mr. Harper speaking on “conservative values.”
“Individual freedom is something Conservatives value…
"What exactly are those conservative values?
I think we all instinctively recognize them when we see them, although it is sometimes difficult to define them. I like to summarize my idea of conservatism in three "Fs" --freedom, family and faith.” Stephen Harper
{National Post, April 30, 2009.) [3]
Oh well, at least Mr. Harper says he believes in “freedom” though, I believe, by his actions and words he contradicts himself. Still, the liberal Globe and Mail endorsed him as did most other newspapers in the country. Yet, these newspapers are always trumpeting their support for free speech. Dare one call most of them hypocrites? Because not one of them, I am aware of, has raised the issue of Mr. Harper’s dictatorial quote on abortion. Imagine if he had said: “As long as I am prime minister we are not opening debate on the killing of ducks on Alberta Tar Sands.” Imagine the furore this would have caused!
But hey, he did speak out on “dead ducks” even though he refuses debate on dead and slaughtered babies by abortion.
CTV news of May 2, 2008. had this headline:
“Canada's image hurt by oilsands duck deaths: PM” the article went on to quote PM Harper as saying: "I'm not here to make any excuses for the particular event that occurred over the last few days. It is a terrible event. It is not going to do anybody's image any good,...'' [4]
Oh well, at least ducks appear to have more sympathy from the P.M. than the terrible events of slaughtered humans murdered by abortion. Anyway, as I said earlier, liberals should take heart. I believe, liberal ideology still holds power even though those in power call themselves “conservative.” So Liberals should not despair, if the Globe and Mail can endorse Mr. Harper surely all is well in Liberal Land under a “conservative government?” A final comment for those “true believers” who kept saying “wait until Harper gets a majority.” The quote below is for you.
“Our agenda is the same agenda with a majority government or a minority government,”
(Stephen Harper quoted in National Post, April 4,2011) [5]
Stephen J. Gray
June 12, 2011.
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2011/04/election-word-of-the-day-endorsement.html
[2] http://www2.macleans.ca/2009/09/20/harper-must-act-now-to-protect-free-speech/
[3] http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2009/04/30/terence-corcoran-no-room-for-libertarians-in-harper-conservatism.aspx
[4] http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/SciTech/20080502/oilsands_standards_080502/
[5] http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/04/04/conservatives-would-govern-the-same-with-majority-harper/
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
An Update on The New World Order
An Update on The New World Order
The international elites are holding their yearly conference in one of the offshore tax havens. Mr. Juan Elitist is this year’s respected speaker. His speech begins.
“First of all let me say welcome to the international community gathered here today. You are the crème de la crème of the world community and the real rulers of the earth today. Oh sure, many of the masses elect politicians but we, the unelected, advise the politicians. Still, democracy is a wonderful system, though I am sure our dictator and despot friends, oops, I mean authoritarian friends amongst us would beg to differ. But hey, the end result is the same, we hold the power and the power is us. ( much applause ensues and squeals and shrieks of approval are heard from the eminent persons, statesmen, stateswomen, respected financiers and business oligarchs in the audience.)
“Power and money go hand in hand and handling money is not for simpletons. It takes respected bankers to handle money a good example is one of our most respected financial firms. They came out of the recession unscathed, thanks to a bailout of taxpayers’ dollars. Still, I must say I wonder how they managed to lose nearly one hundred percent of one of our former dictator friend’s money after he invested with them. It wasn’t peanuts either, over 1 Billion dollars according to one report. Still, they did offer to turn him into one of their major investors, and surely that was a good business solution to the problem. This is a firm, whose boss has said they are doing God’ work, and surely there is no higher calling than that? There was only one disgusting note to this episode of free enterprise investing of a dictator’s money. Our reputable and respected financial firm received threats and had to get some security for itself before it left the dictator’s country. I ask you what is the world coming too? The sooner we get rid of this ungrateful guy the better. Anyway, I am sure our former dictator friend’s money is somewhere in our system so it will not go to waste. Meanwhile, we are now wasting our old friend’s country with massive bombing raids and missiles or as one simple politician put it planes “dropping their ordinances.” I have to admit that does sound better than bombing them back to the stone age. Still, we have wonderful air support from our National Air Terror Organization (NATO) sanctioned by our Gang of Eight (G8.), oops I mean governments of eight. It is a humanitarian mission to save the people, of course some people including children are being slaughtered but this is only collateral damage and they are surgical strikes, and eventually after our old dictator friend goes we can go about re-building his country. I am sure some of you are already preparing bids on the rebuilding process and others will want to help out with the country’s oil business.
“Our business of ruling the world is coming to fruition. I mean, who would have believed that nearly all those countries in Europe would agree to a European Parliament and one currency called the Euro. It just shows what can be done by not asking most of the people whether they want this type of governing system. Still, it does help when we have pliable politicians prepared to sell out their national sovereignty for a seat in our world politburo. As I said earlier, our vision is happening before the eyes of the people and the people don’t see it. I always say, under the guise of a perimeter of national security one can impose anything. Soon, we will have a North American Union (NAU), and that along with the European Union (EU) brings our agenda of eventual World Union (WU) much closer. So you see good things are happening for us while the people are kept busy watching games and soap operas. Give the masses entertainment before enslavement, and dull their capacity to think and they don’t realize what is happening to them. Still, as long as their taxes keep rolling in to bail us out who would argue that we have the greatest system going for us. I’ll close for now, and let us all head to the hotel bar and raise a toast to the continuing success of our New World Order. (A standing ovation ensues and shouts of “three cheers for Juan Elitist are heard throughout the hotel.)
(Satire) by Stephen J. Gray
June 8. 2011.
The international elites are holding their yearly conference in one of the offshore tax havens. Mr. Juan Elitist is this year’s respected speaker. His speech begins.
“First of all let me say welcome to the international community gathered here today. You are the crème de la crème of the world community and the real rulers of the earth today. Oh sure, many of the masses elect politicians but we, the unelected, advise the politicians. Still, democracy is a wonderful system, though I am sure our dictator and despot friends, oops, I mean authoritarian friends amongst us would beg to differ. But hey, the end result is the same, we hold the power and the power is us. ( much applause ensues and squeals and shrieks of approval are heard from the eminent persons, statesmen, stateswomen, respected financiers and business oligarchs in the audience.)
“Power and money go hand in hand and handling money is not for simpletons. It takes respected bankers to handle money a good example is one of our most respected financial firms. They came out of the recession unscathed, thanks to a bailout of taxpayers’ dollars. Still, I must say I wonder how they managed to lose nearly one hundred percent of one of our former dictator friend’s money after he invested with them. It wasn’t peanuts either, over 1 Billion dollars according to one report. Still, they did offer to turn him into one of their major investors, and surely that was a good business solution to the problem. This is a firm, whose boss has said they are doing God’ work, and surely there is no higher calling than that? There was only one disgusting note to this episode of free enterprise investing of a dictator’s money. Our reputable and respected financial firm received threats and had to get some security for itself before it left the dictator’s country. I ask you what is the world coming too? The sooner we get rid of this ungrateful guy the better. Anyway, I am sure our former dictator friend’s money is somewhere in our system so it will not go to waste. Meanwhile, we are now wasting our old friend’s country with massive bombing raids and missiles or as one simple politician put it planes “dropping their ordinances.” I have to admit that does sound better than bombing them back to the stone age. Still, we have wonderful air support from our National Air Terror Organization (NATO) sanctioned by our Gang of Eight (G8.), oops I mean governments of eight. It is a humanitarian mission to save the people, of course some people including children are being slaughtered but this is only collateral damage and they are surgical strikes, and eventually after our old dictator friend goes we can go about re-building his country. I am sure some of you are already preparing bids on the rebuilding process and others will want to help out with the country’s oil business.
“Our business of ruling the world is coming to fruition. I mean, who would have believed that nearly all those countries in Europe would agree to a European Parliament and one currency called the Euro. It just shows what can be done by not asking most of the people whether they want this type of governing system. Still, it does help when we have pliable politicians prepared to sell out their national sovereignty for a seat in our world politburo. As I said earlier, our vision is happening before the eyes of the people and the people don’t see it. I always say, under the guise of a perimeter of national security one can impose anything. Soon, we will have a North American Union (NAU), and that along with the European Union (EU) brings our agenda of eventual World Union (WU) much closer. So you see good things are happening for us while the people are kept busy watching games and soap operas. Give the masses entertainment before enslavement, and dull their capacity to think and they don’t realize what is happening to them. Still, as long as their taxes keep rolling in to bail us out who would argue that we have the greatest system going for us. I’ll close for now, and let us all head to the hotel bar and raise a toast to the continuing success of our New World Order. (A standing ovation ensues and shouts of “three cheers for Juan Elitist are heard throughout the hotel.)
(Satire) by Stephen J. Gray
June 8. 2011.
Sunday, May 29, 2011
Are We Seeing Hypocrisy and Corruption Incorporated?
Governments and corporations sell bombs, tanks, guns, missiles, tear gas etc. to dictators and despots. Then, when these same dictators use these weapons to suppress and attack their own populations they pretend they are outraged. Just look at what is happening in Libya, a mass bombing campaign is in progress. Missiles are launched and mayhem is the order of the day. All this is done in the name of a “humanitarian mission.” Which makes one wonder what is “humanitarian” about killing civilians and children? Surely, the political pimps for the arms industry, who make up the Gang of Eight (G 8) and who used to be friends of this Libyan dictator could have used Mafia type tactics and had him taken care of. Oh, I forgot, our “democracy” does not do such criminal acts.
We do not have criminals or war criminals in our midst we only have politicians who support “humanitarian missions.” There are no profits to be made in mafia type solutions and the country is not reduced to rubble, only a “good war” attacking the dictator at home produces profits for the weapons industry. The reconstruction of the country creates opportunities for the multi-national elites in re-building the country after the bombing frenzy. The big prize, the oil is already there and the money and gold in the dictators bank accounts probably held offshore by “respectable bankers,” is surely worth having. But hey, we know that money will be returned by the bankers to the Libyan people, don’t we?
The Washington Post of may 25,2011 stated this:
“Some of the world’s most sophisticated banks and investment firms rushed to do business with Moammar Gaddafi’s government in Libya after the United States rescinded the country’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism five years ago, according to an internal financial document obtained by The Washington Post.
“HSBC, Goldman Sachs and other top banks took on hundreds of millions in cash deposits. Hedge funds and private investment firms, including the Washington-based Carlyle Group, sold Libya’s investment authority complex financial products. The Libyan sovereign wealth fund bought more than $1 billion in U.S. Treasury bills, effectively giving Libya a chance to underwrite U.S. debt.” [1]
Meanwhile another “friendly dictatorship” in Saudi Arabia that is supplied with weapons from the democracies in the West is using these same weapons on populations in the Gulf, but there is no “humanitarian mission” in progress there, after all the Saudis are “good dictators.”
A British M.P. had this to say in the Guardian of May 28, 2011.
“Jonathan Edwards, a Plaid Cymru MP who has tabled parliamentary questions to the MoD about its links to Saudi Arabia, said he found it difficult to understand why Britain was training troops for ‘repressive undemocratic regimes.’”[2]
.
It is not only Britain that beds down with tyrants and dictators. The Ottawa Citizen of April 23, 2011 had this headline, “DND reports reveal Canada's ties with Gadhafi”
The article went on to say: “Western politicians have labelled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi a despot and a brutal dictator, but Defence Department reports portray him in another way -as a staunch ally in the war against al-Qaeda and Islamic extremism.” [3]
So there we have it, yesterday’s friend is now today’s enemy. The Libyan dictator is now a pariah, while other dictators and despots are praised as friends. Therefore, based on the evidence, I ask the question: Are we seeing hypocrisy and corruption, not to mention political evil continuing to be incorporated into the democratic system?
Stephen J. Gray
May 29, 2011
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/libyan-gold-rush-followed-end-to-sanctions/2011/05/25/AGGgbVBH_story.html
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/28/uk-training-saudi-troops
[3] http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/reports+reveal+Canada+ties+with+Gadhafi/4663544/story.html
We do not have criminals or war criminals in our midst we only have politicians who support “humanitarian missions.” There are no profits to be made in mafia type solutions and the country is not reduced to rubble, only a “good war” attacking the dictator at home produces profits for the weapons industry. The reconstruction of the country creates opportunities for the multi-national elites in re-building the country after the bombing frenzy. The big prize, the oil is already there and the money and gold in the dictators bank accounts probably held offshore by “respectable bankers,” is surely worth having. But hey, we know that money will be returned by the bankers to the Libyan people, don’t we?
The Washington Post of may 25,2011 stated this:
“Some of the world’s most sophisticated banks and investment firms rushed to do business with Moammar Gaddafi’s government in Libya after the United States rescinded the country’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism five years ago, according to an internal financial document obtained by The Washington Post.
“HSBC, Goldman Sachs and other top banks took on hundreds of millions in cash deposits. Hedge funds and private investment firms, including the Washington-based Carlyle Group, sold Libya’s investment authority complex financial products. The Libyan sovereign wealth fund bought more than $1 billion in U.S. Treasury bills, effectively giving Libya a chance to underwrite U.S. debt.” [1]
Meanwhile another “friendly dictatorship” in Saudi Arabia that is supplied with weapons from the democracies in the West is using these same weapons on populations in the Gulf, but there is no “humanitarian mission” in progress there, after all the Saudis are “good dictators.”
A British M.P. had this to say in the Guardian of May 28, 2011.
“Jonathan Edwards, a Plaid Cymru MP who has tabled parliamentary questions to the MoD about its links to Saudi Arabia, said he found it difficult to understand why Britain was training troops for ‘repressive undemocratic regimes.’”[2]
.
It is not only Britain that beds down with tyrants and dictators. The Ottawa Citizen of April 23, 2011 had this headline, “DND reports reveal Canada's ties with Gadhafi”
The article went on to say: “Western politicians have labelled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi a despot and a brutal dictator, but Defence Department reports portray him in another way -as a staunch ally in the war against al-Qaeda and Islamic extremism.” [3]
So there we have it, yesterday’s friend is now today’s enemy. The Libyan dictator is now a pariah, while other dictators and despots are praised as friends. Therefore, based on the evidence, I ask the question: Are we seeing hypocrisy and corruption, not to mention political evil continuing to be incorporated into the democratic system?
Stephen J. Gray
May 29, 2011
Endnotes:
[1] http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle-east/libyan-gold-rush-followed-end-to-sanctions/2011/05/25/AGGgbVBH_story.html
[2] http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/may/28/uk-training-saudi-troops
[3] http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/reports+reveal+Canada+ties+with+Gadhafi/4663544/story.html
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Here is a letter I sent to the National Post. The letter was published May 18, 2011.
The letter was edited by the newspaper. Here is the complete letter. SJG.
Letter to Editor
National Post
May 14, 2011
Dear Editor, Re your editorial, "Respect for life,respect for free speech" May 14, 2011.
Excellent editorial and straight to the point. Unfortunately most of the media, including the National Post have been silent on the most recent attack on free speech by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He has been quoted as saying:“As long as I’m prime minister, we are not reopening the abortion debate,” National Post, April 21, 2011. I find it amazing that none of the investigative media who are supposed to support free speech and free expression never even criticized him for this dictatorial comment. Surely, in a supposedly free country all issues should be up for debate in Parliament? Perhaps your next editorial will take him to task for this assault on democracy in Canada.
Stephen J. Gray
The letter was edited by the newspaper. Here is the complete letter. SJG.
Letter to Editor
National Post
May 14, 2011
Dear Editor, Re your editorial, "Respect for life,respect for free speech" May 14, 2011.
Excellent editorial and straight to the point. Unfortunately most of the media, including the National Post have been silent on the most recent attack on free speech by Prime Minister Stephen Harper. He has been quoted as saying:“As long as I’m prime minister, we are not reopening the abortion debate,” National Post, April 21, 2011. I find it amazing that none of the investigative media who are supposed to support free speech and free expression never even criticized him for this dictatorial comment. Surely, in a supposedly free country all issues should be up for debate in Parliament? Perhaps your next editorial will take him to task for this assault on democracy in Canada.
Stephen J. Gray
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Society at “Work”
They kill their young by abortion and call the atrocity “freedom of choice.” They carry out this heinous slaughter in abortion chambers, decapitating, disemboweling and beheading the victims. They even awarded the country’s highest honor to one abortionist for doing his dirty “work” over many years. He is declared a “hero” in society and lauded in most of the media. The present leader of the country, just like the others before him believes in “freedom of choice” to kill by abortion and he is on the record as saying: “This government will not open, will not permit anyone to open the abortion debate.” These kinds of words are surely worthy of a dictator.
They sell weapons, missiles, tear gas, tanks etc to their dictator “friends” who use these weapons to kill and slaughter their own people. Then they attack one of their “friendly dictators” with missiles and bombs in a “humanitarian mission” to save lives! Yesterday’s friend is now today’s enemy. Innocent men, women and children are killed and maimed by their attempt to “save lives.” Cities are reduced to rubble, homes are destroyed, and thousands of refugees are left homeless, but, this is a “humanitarian mission.” Meanwhile, massive profits are made by the weapons industries that specialize in bloody death and destruction. Their stocks rise on the stock markets of the world and the bloodstained profits of perdition are hailed as “good business” investments. The killing business knows no recession, but its victims suffer not only depression but horrible deaths, others suffer disease and deformity; and those still alive live in despair, searching for water and food.
They manipulate the price of food on the commodity markets of the world. Massive profits are made by “respected” financial firms while deaths occur in many of the poorer countries of the world. The “free marketers” are running amok manipulating the food system. Starvation and hunger is the price that is paid resulting in human misery. Laughter engulfs societies clubs and mansions as another “good day” on the stock market raises them to dizzy heights of optimism. They watch their “investments” increase in value as they speculate on the necessities that people need to survive. Still, this is “respectable” society at “work” and their “hard work” is paying off big time. Meanwhile, the peasants in the poorer lands are cattle to be herded and culled by starvation.
Elsewhere, in the “greatest country in the world” over 40 million of its people are on food stamps. Many have lost their homes to the financial fraud artists who were bailed out by the peoples’ tax dollars. Young men and women are sent overseas to fight in wars because there were supposed to be “weapons of mass destruction.” This turned out to be untrue. Now many of these young men and women are dead. Others have lost limbs or been disabled. Their political leaders live on in luxury, still spouting political nonsense about bringing “democracy” to the world while they consort with communist dictators who suppress freedom and rip the organs from their own people. This then is our high and mighty society at “work.”
Stephen J. Gray
May 8, 2011.
They sell weapons, missiles, tear gas, tanks etc to their dictator “friends” who use these weapons to kill and slaughter their own people. Then they attack one of their “friendly dictators” with missiles and bombs in a “humanitarian mission” to save lives! Yesterday’s friend is now today’s enemy. Innocent men, women and children are killed and maimed by their attempt to “save lives.” Cities are reduced to rubble, homes are destroyed, and thousands of refugees are left homeless, but, this is a “humanitarian mission.” Meanwhile, massive profits are made by the weapons industries that specialize in bloody death and destruction. Their stocks rise on the stock markets of the world and the bloodstained profits of perdition are hailed as “good business” investments. The killing business knows no recession, but its victims suffer not only depression but horrible deaths, others suffer disease and deformity; and those still alive live in despair, searching for water and food.
They manipulate the price of food on the commodity markets of the world. Massive profits are made by “respected” financial firms while deaths occur in many of the poorer countries of the world. The “free marketers” are running amok manipulating the food system. Starvation and hunger is the price that is paid resulting in human misery. Laughter engulfs societies clubs and mansions as another “good day” on the stock market raises them to dizzy heights of optimism. They watch their “investments” increase in value as they speculate on the necessities that people need to survive. Still, this is “respectable” society at “work” and their “hard work” is paying off big time. Meanwhile, the peasants in the poorer lands are cattle to be herded and culled by starvation.
Elsewhere, in the “greatest country in the world” over 40 million of its people are on food stamps. Many have lost their homes to the financial fraud artists who were bailed out by the peoples’ tax dollars. Young men and women are sent overseas to fight in wars because there were supposed to be “weapons of mass destruction.” This turned out to be untrue. Now many of these young men and women are dead. Others have lost limbs or been disabled. Their political leaders live on in luxury, still spouting political nonsense about bringing “democracy” to the world while they consort with communist dictators who suppress freedom and rip the organs from their own people. This then is our high and mighty society at “work.”
Stephen J. Gray
May 8, 2011.
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