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Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Editorial: Republic of Lakota - LOST any patriotism in me now .....
This afternoon the temperature hit in the lower 70's and I was able to be outside and always tough for me with the dying foliage. I can't be in denial to the change of seasons with winter not one of my favorites because it is as if I'm denied being able to spend enjoyable time outside. Maybe growing up and having greenhouses all winters with blooming flowers spoiled me as a child! One of dad's greenhouses in the fall, always being filled with poinsettias with black plastic pulled like curtains over the many beds insuring they get the exact number of hours of sunlight so that they would bloom at the right time prior to Christmas.
American Indians have the expression of WINTER COUNTS. This refers to the number of winters you have lived through to experience another Spring. For several decades I've said in spring that I can make another "Winter Count" ... like taking a knife and cutting a notch on a stick. Given my liking of 'poking sticks' .. I chuckle to myself with my own little joke of my long poking stick having a bunch of notches ... and who I said that to just blows me off and ignores my statement in reference to making through another winter.
CONFISCATION OF HORSES ON PINE RIDGE BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY
Prior to going outside, I read a news article from the website called " Republic of Lakota" and my eyes were drawn to the name of David Swallow. This is the man that my brother worked with on Pine Ridge at the time he was preparing to participate in the Sun Dance back in the late 1980's early 1990's - now many years back. David Swallow was the man that oversaw his 'vision quest' experience and told him his Lakota Name of 'One Bear'.
There is no doubt that many, many Native Americans have been thoroughly transformed into walking around like the European white man. This meaning thoroughly contaminated by self-centeredness and greed and their integrity can be bought. Park Rangers vary from those that view all around as sacred. What can I say??
I remember asking my brother about the Sun Dance. He told me about the days of having to go through fasting and prayer and that the days of dancing on Pine Ridge was a prayer dance. There are Holy Men in the Lakota tradition and I ask WHERE ARE THE HOLY MEN IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION? And, after the time I spent involved in a synagogue here in Lincoln, I found none there either. I'm a bit envious of my younger brother got to spent so much time with a real Lakota Holy Man.
FEMA WORK CAMPS
Several months past I communicated news regarding the 'missing homeless people' in tent cities set up in various places on the West coast. The internet has enable the total debunking of denials regarding our governmental building of FEMA camps.
Websites such as even the following enables the easy passing of news and information - TOTALLY IGNORED by our corporate bought off media such as the republican Foxx news and all the democrat news channels.
The private prison business in our nation is BIG business. Our nation has more people in prisons per capita than any other nation on the globe and these are built by such as Halliburton, and other governmental hired private contractors.
Our private prison system much like CHINA uses their prisoners in various 'labor programs' at a low wage (China wages paid are another story - and brings one into the Big Business of selling Chinese prisoner's organs and Israel being one of the biggest black markets on the globe for locating what organ you need. I am not anti-semantic, I merely research alot of subjects.) The following is quickly pulled up internet article:
I live in Nebraska with Boys Town and the following articles disclose one of the reasons why I call our nation Mystery Babylon:
Tonight, I'm too weary to start pulling up all the websites focused upon Native American children on Reservations and those in high governmental offices and the topic of pedophilia.
I hold great fear for children in governmental work camps where they live with homeless and jobless parents!!
We need alot of prayers for our nation's children as the economy tanks!!
CIA Complicity in the Global Drug and Child Trafficking Trade
This statement in bold above sums up why our southern border with Mexico is totally porous and why our Federal government keeps it that way - while doing naked body ex-ray scanning and body searches on CHILDREN, WWII veterans, old ladies, etc by TSA at airports.
And, tonight on the Drudge Report there is:
Heck with me sending 'Police State' news ... it would be more appropriate to begin to realize our government has set Americans to exist in one huge Reservation with the middle class gone having their assets pumped and dumped.
At least the Native Americans put a fight before they were conquered. Please tell my grandchildren in the future, this grandmother put up a fight and with all those that once read my blog, I WOKE UP a lot of people. It is now too late.
American Indians have the expression of WINTER COUNTS. This refers to the number of winters you have lived through to experience another Spring. For several decades I've said in spring that I can make another "Winter Count" ... like taking a knife and cutting a notch on a stick. Given my liking of 'poking sticks' .. I chuckle to myself with my own little joke of my long poking stick having a bunch of notches ... and who I said that to just blows me off and ignores my statement in reference to making through another winter.
CONFISCATION OF HORSES ON PINE RIDGE BY GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY
Prior to going outside, I read a news article from the website called " Republic of Lakota" and my eyes were drawn to the name of David Swallow. This is the man that my brother worked with on Pine Ridge at the time he was preparing to participate in the Sun Dance back in the late 1980's early 1990's - now many years back. David Swallow was the man that oversaw his 'vision quest' experience and told him his Lakota Name of 'One Bear'.
The title of article written by David Swallow is entitled Sunka Wakan Oyate (http://www.republicoflakotah.com/2010/sunka-wakan-oyate/) referencing their Sacred Horse. He refers to Pine Ridge Indian Reservation with it's official name: The United States Prisoner of War Camp Number 344. I have set out just a part from his writings:
Statement by David Swallow, Jr., Wowitan Yuha Mani
Teton Lakota Spiritual Leader, Sun dance Chief of the Medicine Wheel Sun dance, and a Headman of the Lakota Nation Band of Wana Way Gu (Broken Bow)
But today, in 2010, the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council at the Pine Ridge Agency created their own laws against the People of the Reservations and one of these new laws is against our Sacred Horse [ Sunka Wakan ]. Two Councilmen from the Porcupine District of the Pine Ridge have spear headed this law. The whole Tribal Council supports it. Without asking the People on the Pine Ridge Reservation to whom they are to represent, they created new Park Ranger positions on the Reservation to confiscate the People’s horses, impound the Sacred Horses of the People and then charge the owners an outrageous amount of money to get their horses back. It seems they have no intent to return the Horses to the People.
There is no doubt that many, many Native Americans have been thoroughly transformed into walking around like the European white man. This meaning thoroughly contaminated by self-centeredness and greed and their integrity can be bought. Park Rangers vary from those that view all around as sacred. What can I say??
I remember asking my brother about the Sun Dance. He told me about the days of having to go through fasting and prayer and that the days of dancing on Pine Ridge was a prayer dance. There are Holy Men in the Lakota tradition and I ask WHERE ARE THE HOLY MEN IN THE CHRISTIAN TRADITION? And, after the time I spent involved in a synagogue here in Lincoln, I found none there either. I'm a bit envious of my younger brother got to spent so much time with a real Lakota Holy Man.
FEMA WORK CAMPS
Several months past I communicated news regarding the 'missing homeless people' in tent cities set up in various places on the West coast. The internet has enable the total debunking of denials regarding our governmental building of FEMA camps.
Websites such as even the following enables the easy passing of news and information - TOTALLY IGNORED by our corporate bought off media such as the republican Foxx news and all the democrat news channels.
Halliburton Watch
Covers the corporation's practices including cronyism and corruption.
www.halliburtonwatch.org
Covers the corporation's practices including cronyism and corruption.
www.halliburtonwatch.org
The private prison business in our nation is BIG business. Our nation has more people in prisons per capita than any other nation on the globe and these are built by such as Halliburton, and other governmental hired private contractors.
Our private prison system much like CHINA uses their prisoners in various 'labor programs' at a low wage (China wages paid are another story - and brings one into the Big Business of selling Chinese prisoner's organs and Israel being one of the biggest black markets on the globe for locating what organ you need. I am not anti-semantic, I merely research alot of subjects.) The following is quickly pulled up internet article:
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| | Illegal Human Organ Trade from Executed Prisoners in China Postmodern cannibalism; Black Market Trade of Human Organs. Information Access Company, a Thomson Corporation Company. Page 16; ISSN: 1097-5268. www1.american.edu/TED/prisonorgans.htm |
I live in Nebraska with Boys Town and the following articles disclose one of the reasons why I call our nation Mystery Babylon:
| | American Chronicle | New Book Exposes Pedophilia, Government New Book Exposes Pedophilia, Government Officials and Cover-up ... highest levels of our government, connections to the CIA, and used venerable Boys Town ... www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/117567 - Proxy - Highlight | |
| | Conspiracy of Silence : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive Documentary which was taken down before it was broadcast on Discovery Channel, dealing with pedophilia and child abuse at an orphan's institution, Boys Town,... www.archive.org/ details/ Censored_Discovery_Channel_on_Pedophilia_in_Boys_Town - Proxy - Highlight | |
| | Boys Town « No More Ignorance Documentary which was pulled out before being broadcast on the Discovery Channel and deals with pedophilia in a institution for orphans, … all » “ Boys Town “, with involvement ... fadi420.wordpress.com/category/boys-town/ - Proxy - Highlight |
Tonight, I'm too weary to start pulling up all the websites focused upon Native American children on Reservations and those in high governmental offices and the topic of pedophilia.
I hold great fear for children in governmental work camps where they live with homeless and jobless parents!!
We need alot of prayers for our nation's children as the economy tanks!!
CIA Complicity in the Global Drug and Child Trafficking Trade
This statement in bold above sums up why our southern border with Mexico is totally porous and why our Federal government keeps it that way - while doing naked body ex-ray scanning and body searches on CHILDREN, WWII veterans, old ladies, etc by TSA at airports.
And, tonight on the Drudge Report there is:
PENTAGON: TROOPS MAY STAY IN IRAQ...
U.S. Commander: U.S. Will Be Fighting in Afghanistan in 2014...
U.S. Commander: U.S. Will Be Fighting in Afghanistan in 2014...
Heck with me sending 'Police State' news ... it would be more appropriate to begin to realize our government has set Americans to exist in one huge Reservation with the middle class gone having their assets pumped and dumped.
At least the Native Americans put a fight before they were conquered. Please tell my grandchildren in the future, this grandmother put up a fight and with all those that once read my blog, I WOKE UP a lot of people. It is now too late.
Federal Reserve Banks Are Private Institutions - It Is Not a Conspiracy Theory
Economic Crisis Watch - Sunday, November 7, 2010
During the second circuit court of appeals case for FOX News & Bloomberg v. Board of Governors, a lawyer in defense of the Federal Reserve made revealing statements that prove the Federal Reserve Banks are private institutions. For those who still think only crazed conspiracy theorists believe the Federal Reserve is a private institution, then I invite you to watch the clip below.
Economic Crisis Watch - Sunday, November 7, 2010
During the second circuit court of appeals case for FOX News & Bloomberg v. Board of Governors, a lawyer in defense of the Federal Reserve made revealing statements that prove the Federal Reserve Banks are private institutions. For those who still think only crazed conspiracy theorists believe the Federal Reserve is a private institution, then I invite you to watch the clip below.
Watch the clip: here.
U.S. Citizens need to understand that their Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Banks, are not represented by the U.S. government. The Central Bank is represented by the largest banks that sit on the board of directors of their associated Federal Reserve Bank. The Federal Reserve being described as a "private" institution is no conspiracy theory, rather the Federal Reserve Banks conspire for the private, largest banks. We need a monetary system controlled by our government, not private institutions!
Source: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/291182-1
Side Note: Federal Reserve Bank websites always end in a .org vice a .gov. More proof that Federal Reserve Banks do not represent the government.
www.bos.frb.org
www.newyorkfed.org
www.philadelphiafed.org
www.clevelandfed.org
www.richmondfed.org
www.frbatlanta.org
www.chicagofed.org
www.stlouisfed.org
www.minneapolisfed.org
www.kansascityfed.org
www.dallasfed.org
www.frbsf.org
Side Note: The Federal Reserve cunningly embeds the fact its Federal Reserve Banks are private institutions in its own document: The Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions (2005). The only mention of private is in this misleading paragraph: "Congress chartered the Federal Reserve Banks for a public purpose. The Reserve Banks are the operating arms of the central banking system, and they combine both public and private elements in their makeup and organization. As part of the Federal Reserve System, the Banks are subject to oversight by Congress." Sounds pretty innocent. No wonder, Tim Geithner has rationalized that he was a "public servant" while serving as the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The fact is, his paycheck was not coming from the U.S. Treasury.
U.S. Citizens need to understand that their Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Banks, are not represented by the U.S. government. The Central Bank is represented by the largest banks that sit on the board of directors of their associated Federal Reserve Bank. The Federal Reserve being described as a "private" institution is no conspiracy theory, rather the Federal Reserve Banks conspire for the private, largest banks. We need a monetary system controlled by our government, not private institutions!
Source: http://www.c-spanarchives.org/program/291182-1
Side Note: Federal Reserve Bank websites always end in a .org vice a .gov. More proof that Federal Reserve Banks do not represent the government.
www.bos.frb.org
www.newyorkfed.org
www.philadelphiafed.org
www.clevelandfed.org
www.richmondfed.org
www.frbatlanta.org
www.chicagofed.org
www.stlouisfed.org
www.minneapolisfed.org
www.kansascityfed.org
www.dallasfed.org
www.frbsf.org
Side Note: The Federal Reserve cunningly embeds the fact its Federal Reserve Banks are private institutions in its own document: The Federal Reserve System: Purposes and Functions (2005). The only mention of private is in this misleading paragraph: "Congress chartered the Federal Reserve Banks for a public purpose. The Reserve Banks are the operating arms of the central banking system, and they combine both public and private elements in their makeup and organization. As part of the Federal Reserve System, the Banks are subject to oversight by Congress." Sounds pretty innocent. No wonder, Tim Geithner has rationalized that he was a "public servant" while serving as the President of the New York Federal Reserve Bank. The fact is, his paycheck was not coming from the U.S. Treasury.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Cave Editorial | 14 October 2009
First snowfall - October 10, 2009
I look out my windows and see the effects of hard frost - my butterfly bushes still had blossoms when there was snow landing upon them.
October 14, 2009
The Service Berry bush on my patio has the prettiest leaves that are changing color. Service Berry bushes usually grow as thickets and are native to Nebraska and the berries were once gathered by the Native Americans and dried for the winter.
It was said that there is a season and a time for everything. Today, is the time for the updating on this blog to cease.
I will maybe keep my Web Bot Links blog updated, however, it is time to focus exclusively upon myself and those I love.
What is going to be happening within this nation is fast approaching times of great turmoil - as the news from across the globe is likewise in turmoil.
I am leaving behind more than enough links to both science and news sites. Who knows how long the Internet will stay up ... as we know it. The Treasury Bond bubble will be ugly as will the commercial real estate bubble ... the dollar is dead and its like a walking zombie right now.
Those still playing the game of right/left, republican/democrat, gay/against gay, and all the other divisive games made up by the PowersThatBe are beyond my control to awaken ... I have family and friends that will also be among those described as Muckers ... when the proverbial SHTF in the very near future.
If people can't figure out about Banksters in bed with our government with the $Trillion bailouts - how can they figure out that Big Pharma is sleeping in that bed also. My favorite cousin died as a result of their depopulation targeted vaccines.
My prayers are with everyone during the time period that Clif described as EPIC. I am moving swiftly to my 60th birthday and as I've said for decades ... "
It was said that there is a season and a time for everything. Today, is the time for the updating on this blog to cease.
I will maybe keep my Web Bot Links blog updated, however, it is time to focus exclusively upon myself and those I love.
What is going to be happening within this nation is fast approaching times of great turmoil - as the news from across the globe is likewise in turmoil.
I am leaving behind more than enough links to both science and news sites. Who knows how long the Internet will stay up ... as we know it. The Treasury Bond bubble will be ugly as will the commercial real estate bubble ... the dollar is dead and its like a walking zombie right now.
Those still playing the game of right/left, republican/democrat, gay/against gay, and all the other divisive games made up by the PowersThatBe are beyond my control to awaken ... I have family and friends that will also be among those described as Muckers ... when the proverbial SHTF in the very near future.
If people can't figure out about Banksters in bed with our government with the $Trillion bailouts - how can they figure out that Big Pharma is sleeping in that bed also. My favorite cousin died as a result of their depopulation targeted vaccines.
My prayers are with everyone during the time period that Clif described as EPIC. I am moving swiftly to my 60th birthday and as I've said for decades ... "
Life is not a puzzle to be solved, but an adventure to be experienced
and
I exist within a most miraculous Universe
and
I exist within a most miraculous Universe
Friday, October 9, 2009
Cave Editorial | October 9, 2009
EARTHQUAKES AFFECT BURIED WATER PIPE
DID THEY REALLY NEED TO HIRE ROCKET SCIENTISTS FROM THE JET PROPULSION LAB TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM IS EARTHQUAKES?
WHY CALIFORNIA IS BROKE - Supporting globalist interests?
DID THEY REALLY NEED TO HIRE ROCKET SCIENTISTS FROM THE JET PROPULSION LAB TO FIGURE OUT THE PROBLEM IS EARTHQUAKES?
WHY CALIFORNIA IS BROKE - Supporting globalist interests?
Outgoing Department of Water and Power head David Nahai's departure coincided with a loss of confidence in his ability to head the utility from all over City Hall.But what may have cinched his end, was when the water mains started bursting last month. They haven't stopped yet (one broke in Harbor Gateway this weekend). Even Angelenos unfamiliar with his name started having bad thoughts about the person who clearly wasn't managing the utility well enough to keep the streets from flooding during a water shortage. Nahai may as well have been standing atop the firetruck that got sucked into one of the sinkholes created by the breaks. Just days before his resignation to join Bill Clinton's Climate Initiative, Nahai sat in the hot seat before the Los Angeles City Council. Council members wanted to know why pipes are popping all over town; Nahai didn't have an answer.
(NOTE: Globalists don't hire based on brains - this guy is NOW going to work for globalist Bill Clinton's Climate Initiative)
The William J. Clinton Foundation launched the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to create and advance solutions to the core issues driving climate change. We take a holistic approach, addressing the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions and the people, policies, and practices that impact them. Working with governments and businesses around the world, CCI focuses on three strategic program areas: increasing energy efficiency in cities, catalyzing the large-scale supply of clean energy, and working to stop deforestation.
Clinton Climate Initiative assessing possibility of South Africa solar park
The Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) was convinced that a solar energy revolution was about to take place in the world and that South Africa would be one of... Full Article
The investigation into what could be causing a sharp rise in “major blowouts” of Los Angeles water mains has expanded to examine whether tectonic activity might be playing a role.
The L.A. Department of Water and Power have asked scientists at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for help. As it happened, JPL officials were already evaluating ground movement in the Los Angeles Basin because of a several recent minor earthquakes.
Examining the timing and location of the breaks, JPL scientists notice “some deviation from the normal range” of ground movement in L.A. in the last 100 days, said Andrea Donnellan, a geophysicist at JPL. FULL STORY
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Cave's Editorial | September 22, 2009
| BANKSTERS A friend emailed me a news article the other day: Friday is now the day that the FDIC has been announcing their bank closings - AFTER the markets have closed for the weekend. This is what I have had posted on the right hand column of my Cave Blog for quite some time:  FDIC "insurance" is a Ponzi scheme, except in this case Mr. Ponzi has the power to create money and bail himself out indefinitelyClick the picture of the bank blowing up and the link will take you to http://www.fdic.gov/ and this is what is currently showing at the FDIC link (NOTICE they DO NOT list the great number of BRANCH OFFICES of these banks affected through a region or across the country ... last count branch offices were now listing around +3700): Bank Closing Information - September 18, 2009 Irwin Union Bank, F.S.B., Louisville, KY Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company, Columbus, IN The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) is a United States government corporation created by the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933. IMPORTANT FACT: YOU PUT MONEY IN A BANK - YOU HAVE JUST LOANED THE BANK MONEY AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY YOU BACK! The public is also led to believe that their "deposits" are THEIRS, when there is, in fact, no bailment made by the account contract, and the legal truth is that you have lent your money and the bank is NOT required to pay you back. Bailment - Lawyers.com For years I have said that arithmetic is the art of money counting and mathematics is a SCIENCE. BIG DIFFERENCE!! Heck with teaching school students mathematics ... our nation now demonstrates WHY people should have been educated in the art of money counting ... it is an OLD ART and the BANKSTERS are the professionals!! Most Americans DO NOT HAVE A CLUE that when they deposit their money in a bank they have just made a loan transaction with that bank. Why there is the old saying "I don't trust banks". After the Savings and Loans Crisis of the 80's and 90's the good 'ol taxpayers picked up the tab and the FDIC picked up the tab for the banks that closed. But WHO is the FDIC - a GOVERNMENT CORPORATION. A tiny bit of research discloses the following: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fdic According to the FDIC.gov website (as of January 2009), "FDIC deposit insurance is backed by the full faith and credit of the United States government". This means that the resources of the United States government stand behind FDIC-insured depositors."[28] The statutory basis for this claim is less than clear. Congress, in 1987, passed a non-binding resolution to this effect [29], but there appear to be no laws strictly binding the government to make good on any insurance liabilities unmet by the FDIC. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO LAWS STRICTLY BINDING THE GOVERNMENT TO MAKE GOOD ON ANY INSURANCE LIABILITIES UNMET BY THE FDIC..... You should seriously ask yourself WHY you are loaning a bank your money if you have money deposited in a bank. Is it the GOLD badge FDIC on its doors?  So now - if you decide you really don't want to loan a bank your US$ because you wake up to the fact that once you hand it over to that teller that bank legally doesn't have to pay you back and the FDIC also legally doesn't have to pay you back ... WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO with those US$ in your hand? Take a look at what is printed on the top: FEDERAL RESERVE NOTE. It DOES NOT say "United States Federal Reserve Note" ... Hum.... I wonder why?Most of the general public have finally awaken to the fact that the Federal Reserve (What is printed on the top of our paper $US) is NOT a part of the federal government - but rather a private bank - with district banks (in regions much similar to FEMA regions):  Fema Regions Federal Reserve Districts  "Turbo Tax Timmy" (Given the name because he owned back income taxes) Tim Geithner is our current Secretary of Treasury - AND he has been a past president of the New York Federal Reserve Bank . But then, most of the past Treasury Secretaries in the federal government have also worked for the Federal Reserve Banks. A central bank is a banking institution granted the exclusive privilege to a lend a government its currencyThe Federal Reserve Banks in the United States BOW to their MASTER BANK located within the City of London. The City of London sits within its own separate district within England, as the Vatican in Italy and Washington in the District of Columbia (DC). CENTRAL BANKING SYSTEM There are the Federal Reserve BANKS and there is the Federal Reserve SYSTEM. Maybe an idea like there are vacumn cleaners and there is the activity of vacumning ... if you are going to vacumn you will need to have a vacumn to push around the house ... what kind of vacumn are you going to get for your house? Federal Reserve is such a nice comfortable name of a bank for a bankster to do business in ... having 1st National Bank of Banksters Note printed on top of your $US would be just TOO obvious and blatant! And the 1st National Bank of Banksters System would make the "system" really sound like WHAT IT IS!!  The Federal Reserve System (also known as the Federal Reserve, and informally as the Fed) is the central banking system of the United States. It was created in 1913 by the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act. The CENTRAL BANKING SYSTEM IN THE UNITED STATES (Federal Reserve system) finds a history dating back to 1913. I remember vividly Mother's Father (Granddaddy) talking to me one time back in the very late 50's or early 60's - he had a hard time knowing what to talk to kids about - so he pulled a couple dollars out of his billfold. On the top of one bill it said "Silver Certificate" and on the top of another it said "Federal Reserve Note". He then went on to explain how you might as well just wad up the bills that say Federal Reserve Note because they were just GARBAGE. Since Granddaddy held very few personal conversations with me - this is a memory I hold very vividly. From the time I was maybe 10 years old I was aware of the Federal Reserve and it was "no good". The Federal Reserve System came into power while the Congress was on Christmas recess in 1913:  Newspaper clipping, December 24, 1913  Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. This also in the column of my blog (Helicopter Ben):  Federal Reserve Warns Congress Again To Stay Away... WHY Bernanke is called "Helicopter Ben": What this says is that the healthy banks - those that didn't make crappy loans - will NOW be forced to lend to banks that make those crappy loans - eroding the healthy bank's balance sheets, loan portfolio, and ability to survive. |
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Cave's Editorial | September 16, 2009 - Copied and pasted from a forum I've visit for several years
I thought this should be shared with fellow Americans.
This is from someone I know, so I know it is a first hand factual report.........It is a sad report. What is happening in our country, as well as Canada, will break your heart.
For those who don't know me personally, I operate a large custom aquarium business, catering mostly to the wealthy. We do work all over North America.
I just returned from a job re-doing the interior design of an aquarium aboard a very large yacht. The work began in Vancouver, BC - Canada, then was moved to Seattle, WA.
I have several things to report about what I experienced and saw in both Vancouver, BC and Seattle, related to the economic devastation which is occuring in both our nation and in our neighbors to the North.
First, Canada. I've done a fair amount of work in Canada, but our last job there was two years ago. Times have truly changed - for the worse.
We never had a problem entering Canada to do work as our business is so specialized and there are very few firms in the world which do what we do, namely very large aquariums (1000 to 500,000 gallon), museum grade aquariums and specialty aquariums for boats and other venues which require engineering and marine biology expertise.
Not this time. Canada has clamped down on immigration and work visas in the past year. Whereas we could normally get a Labor Market Opinion and work permit in less than a week before, we were informed by Canadian customs/immigration that as Canada's unemployment has skyrocketed since last year, they are now running six weeks or longer to approve temporary job pemits and now require a multitude of paperwork to prove that the work one does cannot be done by a Canadian company.
We had less than a week's notice and had to hire a lawyer in Quebec for a lot of money to walk our application through channels. Even with our papers all in order, we were delayed at customs for an hour while we were grillled about what we were doing and why only our company could do the work.
In other words, Canada, unlike the US, has clamped down their borders, stopped illegal immigration cold and are fiercely protecting their citizen's jobs. When we arrived in Vancouver and were driving to the marina, we found out why.
Folks, there were literally dozens of homeless people on almost every single block of the city holding signs, begging for money, food, anything to help them. There are no jobs and many have lost their homes. Canada, like the US, is lying to their people about their unemployment rate. The situation in Vancouver is dire. Shelters are packed beyond capacity. Tent cities were common in vacant lots in the more rundown neighborhoods.
I bought a very thin woman and man who were so hungry they could barely stand a few sandwiches and bottled water. They had two children with them and were so grateful. One showed me his old employment ID which showed he was an engineer. He and his wife had worked in a factory together which is now closed. We got in our truck and left. I looked in a rearview mirror only to see a crowd of other homeless people fighting with the couple for a share of the food. I tried to stop and help them but traffic wouldn't let me pull over.
But the desolation didn't end in Canada. Seattle seemed even worse. We drove down as with security and all, driving was faster. When we arrived and left the Seattle motel in the morning and started the drive into the city, I was shocked and horrified to find downtown Seattle and almost every neighborhood filled with homeless folks on the steets, camped out in city parks, living under bridges. Everywhere we went, we were asked for handouts every few feet. Even Pikes Place was packed with homeless, seeking handouts from tourists.
Many factories have closed. Dozens of large freighters and barges sit empty in the harbors with no cargo to haul. Shipyards have closed. Sure, there are white collar jobs aplenty, but blue collar industries have been destroyed.
Many shops have closed and only those catering to the wealthy seem to be thriving - barely. It is my custom to treat my employees to a very nice dinner on our last night after successful completion of a project. We went to what is described as the best steak and seafood joint in the city on a Saturday night. The place was dead - only three tables filled out of a hundred or more.
Then there were the illegals. We have our share of them here in Chicago camped out in Home Depot parking lots, but NOTHING like the hundreds we saw in two or three Home Depot parking lots we visited in Seattle. The city has had to station a dozen or so police in each lot to protect customers and break up fights when a "job" becomes available.
One of the crew on the boat had just came down from Los Angeles where he lived. He told us that what we saw in Seattle is nothing compared to LA.
Heartbreaking.
This is from someone I know, so I know it is a first hand factual report.........It is a sad report. What is happening in our country, as well as Canada, will break your heart.
For those who don't know me personally, I operate a large custom aquarium business, catering mostly to the wealthy. We do work all over North America.
I just returned from a job re-doing the interior design of an aquarium aboard a very large yacht. The work began in Vancouver, BC - Canada, then was moved to Seattle, WA.
I have several things to report about what I experienced and saw in both Vancouver, BC and Seattle, related to the economic devastation which is occuring in both our nation and in our neighbors to the North.
First, Canada. I've done a fair amount of work in Canada, but our last job there was two years ago. Times have truly changed - for the worse.
We never had a problem entering Canada to do work as our business is so specialized and there are very few firms in the world which do what we do, namely very large aquariums (1000 to 500,000 gallon), museum grade aquariums and specialty aquariums for boats and other venues which require engineering and marine biology expertise.
Not this time. Canada has clamped down on immigration and work visas in the past year. Whereas we could normally get a Labor Market Opinion and work permit in less than a week before, we were informed by Canadian customs/immigration that as Canada's unemployment has skyrocketed since last year, they are now running six weeks or longer to approve temporary job pemits and now require a multitude of paperwork to prove that the work one does cannot be done by a Canadian company.
We had less than a week's notice and had to hire a lawyer in Quebec for a lot of money to walk our application through channels. Even with our papers all in order, we were delayed at customs for an hour while we were grillled about what we were doing and why only our company could do the work.
In other words, Canada, unlike the US, has clamped down their borders, stopped illegal immigration cold and are fiercely protecting their citizen's jobs. When we arrived in Vancouver and were driving to the marina, we found out why.
Folks, there were literally dozens of homeless people on almost every single block of the city holding signs, begging for money, food, anything to help them. There are no jobs and many have lost their homes. Canada, like the US, is lying to their people about their unemployment rate. The situation in Vancouver is dire. Shelters are packed beyond capacity. Tent cities were common in vacant lots in the more rundown neighborhoods.
I bought a very thin woman and man who were so hungry they could barely stand a few sandwiches and bottled water. They had two children with them and were so grateful. One showed me his old employment ID which showed he was an engineer. He and his wife had worked in a factory together which is now closed. We got in our truck and left. I looked in a rearview mirror only to see a crowd of other homeless people fighting with the couple for a share of the food. I tried to stop and help them but traffic wouldn't let me pull over.
But the desolation didn't end in Canada. Seattle seemed even worse. We drove down as with security and all, driving was faster. When we arrived and left the Seattle motel in the morning and started the drive into the city, I was shocked and horrified to find downtown Seattle and almost every neighborhood filled with homeless folks on the steets, camped out in city parks, living under bridges. Everywhere we went, we were asked for handouts every few feet. Even Pikes Place was packed with homeless, seeking handouts from tourists.
Many factories have closed. Dozens of large freighters and barges sit empty in the harbors with no cargo to haul. Shipyards have closed. Sure, there are white collar jobs aplenty, but blue collar industries have been destroyed.
Many shops have closed and only those catering to the wealthy seem to be thriving - barely. It is my custom to treat my employees to a very nice dinner on our last night after successful completion of a project. We went to what is described as the best steak and seafood joint in the city on a Saturday night. The place was dead - only three tables filled out of a hundred or more.
Then there were the illegals. We have our share of them here in Chicago camped out in Home Depot parking lots, but NOTHING like the hundreds we saw in two or three Home Depot parking lots we visited in Seattle. The city has had to station a dozen or so police in each lot to protect customers and break up fights when a "job" becomes available.
One of the crew on the boat had just came down from Los Angeles where he lived. He told us that what we saw in Seattle is nothing compared to LA.
Heartbreaking.
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Cave Editorial | Sunday 30August09
While I'm writing I am multi-tasking listening to Webster Tarpley's WORLD CRISIS RADIO program from yesterday.
He begins by talking about Cindy Sheehan's protest:
He begins by talking about Cindy Sheehan's protest:
1 day ago Anti-War protestor Cindy Sheehan, the so-called "Peace Mom" who rose to fame several years ago when she protested against the Iraq War outside former ...CBS News - 66 related articles »
President Obama is on vacation at Martha's Vineyard playing golf with a wealthy Swiss bankster Robert Wolf - the President for Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) Investment Bank. Wolf also serves as Chairman & CEO for UBS Group for the Americas. (Hedge Fund) $5 Billion has been paid by taxpayers for the survival of this Hedge Fund UBS - under AGI Bailout. Obama is flaunting not hiding this socializing with banksters ...
Cindy Sheehan commented, "While Obama is playing golf with his rich friends, 4 GI's died in Afghanistan".
Obama SAW the anti-war protest ... while flaunting his kissing up to banksters and more troops and paid mercenaries being sent to Afghanistan and our troops are getting killed for a cause that is MORE THAN QUESTIONABLE. Our nation has millions that are loosing their jobs and loosing their homes and our nation's president Obama is playing golf with foreign banksters.
NATO's attack on Afghanistan ... based on the wake of 911 ... now has current Afghanistan's casualties (August) that are approaching the WORSE phase of the Iraq war. Trapley knows his stuff.
Ruling class Wall Street news now talks about "vote fraud" and this talk is ominous in Tarpley's opinion ... representing the card of total chaos. Breakdown of central government of Afghanistan - promoting the collapse of Afghanistan and thereby our administration's hopes that collapse spills over into Pakistan (what to watch for).
The Left was blinded that Obama was a war monger during his campaign ("Butcher Barkey")... "I'm going to bomb Pakistan". Listening to Webster Tarpley is worth your time.
There is currently a famine of foundations to fund the peace movement. Obama's only other employment other than government work was with foundations. These foundations that once funded the peace movement also funded Obama - so they will not now fund the peace movement, i.e., George Soros funded Moveon.org.
A MUST READ:
The Silence of the Antiwar Movement is Deafening | Cindy Sheehan's lonely vigil - by John V Walsh http://counterpunch.org/walsh08262009.html
Webster Tarpley provided two examples of HONEST antiwar movements deserving to be backed :
Visit Genesis Communications and listen to Webster Tarpley's World Crisis Radio program ... there is SO much to learn from that man:
August 29, 2009 (hour 1) mp3
August 29, 2009 (hour 2) mp3
Cindy Sheehan commented, "While Obama is playing golf with his rich friends, 4 GI's died in Afghanistan".
Obama SAW the anti-war protest ... while flaunting his kissing up to banksters and more troops and paid mercenaries being sent to Afghanistan and our troops are getting killed for a cause that is MORE THAN QUESTIONABLE. Our nation has millions that are loosing their jobs and loosing their homes and our nation's president Obama is playing golf with foreign banksters.
NATO's attack on Afghanistan ... based on the wake of 911 ... now has current Afghanistan's casualties (August) that are approaching the WORSE phase of the Iraq war. Trapley knows his stuff.
Ruling class Wall Street news now talks about "vote fraud" and this talk is ominous in Tarpley's opinion ... representing the card of total chaos. Breakdown of central government of Afghanistan - promoting the collapse of Afghanistan and thereby our administration's hopes that collapse spills over into Pakistan (what to watch for).
The Left was blinded that Obama was a war monger during his campaign ("Butcher Barkey")... "I'm going to bomb Pakistan". Listening to Webster Tarpley is worth your time.
There is currently a famine of foundations to fund the peace movement. Obama's only other employment other than government work was with foundations. These foundations that once funded the peace movement also funded Obama - so they will not now fund the peace movement, i.e., George Soros funded Moveon.org.
A MUST READ:
The Silence of the Antiwar Movement is Deafening | Cindy Sheehan's lonely vigil - by John V Walsh http://counterpunch.org/walsh08262009.html
Webster Tarpley provided two examples of HONEST antiwar movements deserving to be backed :
- Iraq Veterans Against The War: http://ivaw.org/
- The World Can't Wait! : http://www.worldcantwait.net/
Visit Genesis Communications and listen to Webster Tarpley's World Crisis Radio program ... there is SO much to learn from that man:
August 29, 2009 (hour 1) mp3
August 29, 2009 (hour 2) mp3
Saturday, August 29, 2009
Cave Editor's Editorial | PICTURE CAPTION CONTEST - Saturday 29August09
Cave Editor's Note: Playing with pictures is too much fun! I need to get a life?
Submissions may be emailed to: bunik@yahoo.com
Caption contest? For example:
Submissions may be emailed to: bunik@yahoo.com
Caption contest? For example:
Thursday, August 6, 2009
Cave Editorial | Thursday 6 August 09
I feel like writing an editorial - was sitting outside this evening after my current evening ritual of feeding my pond fish, turtle, frogs, filling my bird feeder, watering my flower beds and my thoughts drifted to a particular day last winter. It was the day after my small grandson was murdered and my backyard filled with over 100 doves - a sight I had never nor yet again have seen.Birds have been said to be messengers of the spirit - and those 100+ doves that I counted that day from my kitchen window - filled my soul ... a sad and dark day that now seems almost like a lifetime ago.
Normally at this time of the summer my butterfly bushes, honeysuckle vines, etc. are busy with the activity of an array of butterflies. It had always dazzled me at the number of beautiful colors carried by those little creatures that seem to dance from flower to flower. Where have all the butterflies gone?
In 1985 I experienced my only hurricane - Hurricane Gloria. Tonight sitting outside with my cup of coffee, the energy felt as it did when I was waiting for the 2nd half of that hurricane and was within the stillness of its center. Perhaps if I could paint this feeling of energetic stillness with a word - the word ominous comes immediately to mind.
- ominous: 1589, from L. ominosus "full of foreboding," from omen (gen. ominis) "foreboding" (see omen).
- omen : 1582, from L. omen "foreboding," from Old L. osmen, of unknown origin; perhaps connected with the root of audire "to hear."
- heaven: O.E. heofon "home of God," earlier "sky," possibly from P.Gmc. *khemina- (cf. Low Ger. heben, O.N. himinn, Goth. himins, O.Fris. himul, Du. hemel, Ger. Himmel "heaven, sky"), from PIE base *kem-/*kam- "to cover" (cf. chemise). Plural use in sense of "sky" is probably from Ptolemaic theory of space composed of many spheres, but it was also formerly used in the same sense as the singular in Biblical language, as a translation of Heb. pl. shamayim. Heavenly "beautiful, divine" is from 1460, often (though not originally) with reference to the celestial "music of the spheres;" weakened sense of "excellent, enjoyable" is first recorded 1874.
- PIE Proto-Indo-European, the hypothetical reconstructed ancestral language of the Indo-European family. The time scale is much debated, but the most recent date proposed for it is about 5,500 years ago.
For decades now I have referred to this particular EARTH WALK that I am experiencing in this particularized energy form ... and have likewise been called Earthwalker due to to my referencing this earth walk I've been on now for pushing 60 years. My little home is what I term as a manifestation of my soul ... my own creation and what I call my spiritual oasis. Little home is quite literal given it is a one-bedroom! I've frequently sat outside in my backyard in the evenings with my cup of coffee and contemplated ... that I hoped that if there was my heaven after death ... it would be just like what I was experiencing ... mosquitoes and all. What would my beautiful blue dragonflies do without its mosquitoes? I definitely want dragonflies in my heaven!
What Does a Dragonfly SymbolizeTo HEAR a silence like that within the center of hurricane is to hold awareness of that which encircles one's beingness. Having grown up and lived in tornado country, I carry intelligent respect for the power within a storm.
Dragonflies are adaptive insects belonging to order odonata. They are more powerful during the summer, under the effects of sunlight and warmth. Their lifecycle starts in water and they move to air after maturity. However, they tend to live close to water. Well, what does a dragonfly represent? A dragonfly represents monsoon and rain. It also represents uncertain or unexpected changes in the climate or weather of a particular place. Being a creature of the wind, the dragonfly totem represents change. Its iridescent wings are extremely sensitive to the slightest breeze. They remind us to heed where the proverbial wind blows. A dragonfly is also a creature of the water and hence, it is a symbol of subconscious or dreaming mind and thoughts.
What does a dragonfly symbolize? A dragonfly is a symbol of sense of self, which comes with maturity. It represents renewal, positive forces and power of life. A pair of mating dragonflies is believed to be a symbol of love. The animal symbolism of a dragonfly is associated with good luck, prosperity, swiftness, strength, peace, purity and harmony. These symbolic meanings of a dragonfly are popular, specifically, with the Japanese and Native Americans. In Japanese paintings, dragonflies represent new light and joy. Dragonflies help you see through your illusions and allow your own light to shine in a new vision. They remind us to pay attention to our deeper thoughts and desires. In Japanese culture, dragonflies are considered as a symbol of strength, happiness and courage. They are often mentioned in Japanese literature and art, especially haiku. In ancient mythology, Japan was recognized by the name, Akitsushima that means ‘Land of the Dragonflies’. According to the Japanese people, a dragonfly is associated with the rice plant’s spirit. To some Native Americans, dragonflies are the souls of the dead. In England, dragonflies were considered to be evil and dangerous. They were nicknamed as ‘horse stingers’.
A dragonfly lives a very short life and it tries to live to the fullest with what it has. I think this is the greatest lesson for all of us. We should try to enjoy every moment of life with what we have.
There are great storms ahead wherein many within our nation will be taught the difference between the words WANT and NEED. I still recall San Jose, CA when I was visiting during the time period of older brother's death and the words of a yuppy saying, "how can anyone live with only one bathroom?". Wonder what the price of a roll of toilet paper will be once the dollar collapses?
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