Food Costs cited as Major Trigger for Egyptian Upheaval– What’s the Future of the Dollar there?

America 20xy

1/28/11

By Andrew Steele

Protestors are citing rising food costs as one of the reasons for the swift and startling revolt taking place in Egypt this week. No doubt the pent up rage of three decades of tyrannical rule have had an effect on the explosion of anger that we’re witnessing. However, with inflation being held up as one of the sparks for unleashing the revolutionary spirit of a country that has been accused in the past of being trapped in a quagmire of political apathy, one can’t help but wonder what the future of the dollar will be in Egypt if its government topples, since the dollar’s weakness is one of the main causes for soaring food prices across the globe.

The dollar is the world’s reserve currency. Because nations use it to trade commodities such as food and oil, the rapidly sliding value of the dollar from over-printing and lack of confidence in the ability of the U.S. to meet its debt obligations has caused the prices of these goods to rise, while the wages of ordinary people remain the same. It’s no surprise that making the basic goods needed for everyday life in modern society less accessible to the majority of people have broken down the walls of civility and resulted in a stinging backlash against the figureheads of leadership within nations. While some reactionaries may place blame for food costs squarely on their national leaders, more economically aware resisters realize the true source of their trouble, begging the question of what solution they intend to offer if and when their government topples and they take charge.

The revolts taking place in the Middle East right now are like forest fires, one tree igniting the other, with each nation using the previous one as the inspiration for its actions. In the wake of the upheaval, this spirit is very likely to continue. Viewing the situation squarely from the perspective of a foreign national looking out for the interests of his or her country, a step away from the dollar and a willingness to trade in other currencies would certainly be on the table, and such a rejection of the dollar’s supremacy would no doubt cause an even greater loss of confidence in it.

Since the economy of the United States’ is dependent on the dollar’s status as world reserve currency, any action taken against the dollar is closely watched and responded to by our government and the Federal Reserve that runs it. A move away from the dollar—out of step with the controlled decline orchestrated by the bankers that is intended to move us towards a world currency—would be considered a threat to the global power structure, and could jeopardize the economic stability of the United States. Whoever takes charge in Egypt (even if Mubarak somehow manages to stay in power) will no doubt have to contend with the heavy handed interference of the United States and its Globalist rulers in its internal policies, whether they interfere openly or through clandestine actions. After all, only a few years after Saddam Hussein sought to trade oil in euros instead of dollars, his country was invaded, his regime toppled, and he found himself hanging at the end of a rope. While other interests were involved in the decision to take over Iraq, Hussein’s attempt to challenge the dollar’s power played a major role in his own demise.

Americans must not only be vigilant by keeping track of what happens in the Middle East, but our own government’s reaction to it. Any attempt to meddle in Egypt’s national affairs and buck the tide of public sentiment there will only result in more resentment towards innocent Americans trapped–either by ignorance or by fear of speaking out– under the thumb of a government with a foreign policy they have no say in, many believing that anti-American sentiments overseas are only the result of “them hating our freedom”. Our own economic stability will not come by interfering with the policies of other countries, but by taking the sour medicine at home and doing what’s necessary– reducing the size of government, abolishing the Federal Reserve System, and regaining control of our currency once again

Obama proclaims China’s rise as ‘good for the world’ despite all the horrible things its government does

America 20xy

1/19/11

By Andrew Steele

President Barack Obama said during Hu Jin Tao’s visit to DC Wednesday that China’s peaceful rise is “good for the world, and it’s good for America.” This statement is a laugh in the face of reality and a sarcastic middle finger to Americans who have lost their jobs to Chinese slave labor, as well as the Chinese slaves themselves…many of whom have been imprisoned and killed by China’s repressive Communist government.

Writing like their counterparts in third world dictatorships, trying to portray Dear Leader as a bold figure so he isn’t overshadowed by a foreign rival with the upper-hand status of creditor nation, many mainstream news writers are making a heroic mountain out of Obama’s mild lip-service to the issue of human rights in the presence of President Hu. In the meantime, China saturates Western markets with cheap products made in rundown factories by peasants, laced with dangerous toxins, and…in the case of cosmetics…the body parts of executed prisoners. To say that China exploits its people is an understatement when you study how freakishly gruesome the fates of many of its people are. For example, 20/20 did a special report a couple years ago exploring why the plastic coated bodies of the “Bodies Exhibit” show done around the world (in which cadavers are put on display in funny poses) had so many young and fit dead people as subjects. The conclusion was that it was very likely that the people on display were executed Chinese prisoners, their final disgraces being that they were mutilated and put on a pedestal for foreign tourists to gawk at.

While the White House, DHS, CIA, and Pentagon launch wars in small nations to fight goat herders and petty local warlords, and while the mainstream media plays up make believe threats like Iran’s hypothetical nuclear weapons as precursor to Armageddon, China is expanding its empire around the world, now stationing troops in North Korea, which allegedly sunk a South Korean ship last year and is constantly engaged in hostilities with its hated southern neighbor and the United States military protecting it.

China now controls the world’s supply of rare earth minerals needed to make high-tech weapons and other important products despite the fact that the United States has a sufficient supply of rare earth minerals within its own borders. The rare earth processing industry of the United States defected to China years ago and according to a GAO report for the Pentagon and the Department of Energy, it would take fifteen years at the very least to rebuild the industry if we tried. China has already used the threat of halting rare earth exports in disputes with the United States and Japan. If any foreign country poses a national security threat to the United States China is it, not only because of its control of important industries but also because of our government’s reliance on it. China’s ability to bring America to its knees by refusing to buy treasuries is outlined perfectly in the video “The Day the Dollar Died” put out by the National Inflation Association.

In reality, even if “drone strike” Obama really cared about human rights, he would have no leverage to push the issue. Seeing the red carpet rolled out in front of the White House today for America’s Communist conqueror should make it clear to everyone– on paper, the Chinese own us. Though some politicians may openly lament this fact, the greater majority of them welcome it, with the leadership of America having decided long ago that rather than defeating tyranny it would be more lucrative to embrace it. In the process they’ve sold America out, and are putting chains around the necks of our children as we enter a future of economic bondage.

Terrorists in ties tell you to shut up or more people will die

America 20xy

1/9/11

By Andrew Steele

This afternoon pundits on MSNBC, along with certain politicians, have been hungrily picking the meat off the Tucson, AZ tragedy for all its worth, trying to associate Jared Loughner with Tea Party activists, though most of his Internet postings were more nonsensical ramblings than political manifestos. Law enforcement officials have been brought on to give their take on the situation and are being politely coaxed by hosts to call for further federalization of local police forces, even when they say there was little that police could have done to stop the shooting from happening. I personally haven’t seen any mention yet of the man who took over the Discovery Channel building last year with a gun calling for extreme measures to combat global warming in the media’s scare-mongering of so-called dangerous political rhetoric. Nor have I seen mention of the British commercial showing children blown to bits for refusing to participate in a pro man-made global warming event.

Instead we’re faced with the post 9/11 style propaganda assault on our senses, with the media questioning not only if we’re “too free” but also if the political tone is “too loud”. Essentially the flickering box is telling America to shut-up…that if you speak up and protest more people will die…indirect terrorist threats made by people in suits and ties.

Americans using their free speech didn’t shoot Gabrielle Giffords anymore than did J.D. Salinger shoot John Lennon for writing The Catcher in the Rye. The notion that a deranged person– picking out keywords from sound-bytes he heard like “gold currency” and including them in a rant before doing some random crazy act– has anything to do with the millions of people assertively but peacefully protesting their government is itself insane. The media and fake left politicians are trying to assume the roles of brave heroes by righteously stating that they won’t be intimidated, when in fact it is them who are trying to intimidate us.

Calling for Americans to quiet their voices and join hands with the puppets voting away their freedoms and using them as personal cash batteries is like making a deal with the devil because he tells you that a few people might someday die in your name, while in the meantime millions die in his.

The wars overseas have not ended. The U.S. tortures people. Congress members refuse a new 9/11 investigation despite scientific evidence that fire didn’t bring down the towers. The Federal Reserve is destroying the value of your money to pay for their wars (yes their wars, not yours) and also gives it to their Wall Street friends, threatening you with economic Armageddon if you don’t agree.

The fact is that we call them criminals because they are criminals. We call Obama a liar because he is a liar. Nothing changed Saturday afternoon except that a group of opportunists decided to use an isolated tragedy as a vice to tighten their grip on the minds of Americans who are waking up. If we let them do that, their words will prove true– we will have let the actions of Jared Loughner threaten the stability of our Republic…by limiting our free speech, not theirs.

We need a REAL media in the aftermath of the Giffords shooting

America 20xy

1/8/11

By Andrew Steele

There’s no words strong enough to condemn the violent, cowardly acts of the gunman who shot Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords this afternoon. I’m waiting with everyone else to see what happens and I pray that Giffords and other victims survive. Already it’s being said that a small child has died. To say that nothing justifies this violence is a no brainer.

Many in the media are already starting to demonize protestors and those with opposing political views to Giffords, irresponsibly associating them with the actions of the gunman. This is disgusting political opportunism and a cynical attempt to seize the reigns of this tragedy and use it to chill free speech. Regardless of the gunman’s motivation, (which at the time of this writing has still not been reported), his actions do not represent the intention of the majority of Americans who stand against big government, and this incident should not be used as a weapon against the American people’s right to openly challenge to their elected officials.

Widening the gap between officials and their constituents will only create more civil unrest.

While the police on the scene have a duty in these early hours after the event to find out what led to the tragedy, and while the doctors have a duty to save lives, the press has a duty to get to the bottom of this event without capitalizing on it to push an agenda.

The American people did not shoot the Congresswoman, and they don’t deserve to be punished through “guilt by association” for using their First Amendment rights.

Two soldiers die in the war Obama declared over

America 20xy

1/3/11

By Andrew Steele

Recently a study reported that 3,605 Iraqi civilians, police and army personnel were killed in 2010. That number was higher than the 3,481 killed in 2009. This is not to mention the defects and deformities of other Iraqi civilians due to U.S. weapons, which was investigated in another study to be published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health and was reported on by Guardian last week.

Now the U.S. has suffered its first casualties of 2011 in Iraq.

2 soldiers were killed in an attack this weekend. The attack came within 6 months after President Obama told the American people that “combat” had ended, and the script reading Sears catalog models of the corporate media congratulated him for it. Already, writers at major newspapers are using their talents to bring us propaganda that would make them shoe-ins for Winston Smith’s vacated job at the Ministry of Truth if it didn’t just exist in the world of fiction. Some articles, like this one from the Washington Post, are attempting to reassure the American people that the continued violence in Iraq is only a hiccup in the plan for the eventual withdrawal of Obama’s “non-combat troops”. Sounding like a nervous husband explaining the lipstick on his collar to an already jilted wife, articles like this one try to cement the myth that Iraq was only George Bush’s war and that it went away shortly after he did. In reality the occupation and the resistance to it continues, and it always will, living on in different chapters as the puppet government there gets better at controlling the people with less supervision from its conquering overlord.

Smoothing over the crowd for the administration and the Pentagon is not the role of the press. The basic commandments of journalism dictate this, but thanks to egos, careers, and the corporate domination that both giveth and taketh away these things, the old commandments of the fourth branch now lay busted at the feet of Lady Liberty, buried under the thermite peppered rubble of the Trade Towers, sarcastically decorated with American flags made in China.

Brushing off the deaths of soldiers who, as the Fox News variety of brainwashed zombies enjoy claiming, made “the ultimate sacrifice” in a war that most Americans think is over is not only disrespectful, but also a stark dereliction of duty by members of the press, even in the transparently Orwellian world of today. Reporters, like the author of the Washington Post article, are acting as PR reps for the war under Obama, nervously stating, “Yeah some soldiers just died, so sad, but…wait a second…stay seated…the war is over…really…Yes We Can!”.

If not for the existence of the Internet, America would already be deeply entrenched in the next war with Iran, pulling its hair out in fear of even more horrendous, uninvestigated terror attacks.