"This is why the whole principle of foreign aid is wrong.
As long as they do what we tell 'em then we give them money.
If they don't do what we tell 'em, we bomb them.
When it comes to Pakistan, we do both -
we bomb them with our drones
and at the same time we give them money
and at the same time they are protecting our biggest enemy"
~Ron Paul
(from an interview about Pakistan with Fox News May 2011)~
"I myself have never been an isolationist.
I favor the very opposite of isolation: diplomacy, free trade,
and freedom of travel.
The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions
and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe
because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies
of their leaders.
The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas
to promote democracy, rather than seeking change
through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example.
The real isolationists are those who isolate their country
in the court of world opinion by pursuing needless belligerence
and war that have nothing to do with
legitimate national security concerns."
~Ron Paul (from the book: The Revolution: A Manifesto)~
"The obligations of our representatives in Washington
are to protect our liberty, not coddle the world,
precipitating no-win wars, while bringing bankruptcy
and economic turmoil to our people."
~Ron Paul ~
Trilateral Commission Run Congress, Interview with Green Party Presidential Candidate Jill Stein on the Green New Deal.
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Questions That The Mainstream Media Should Be Asking
By Michael Snyder
October 10, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - Why is there so little trust in the mainstream media these days? CNN ratings have been hovering close to record lows over the past few months. A recent Gallup survey found that 60 percent of all Americans "have little or no trust" in the mainstream media. That was a record high according to Gallup. So why is this happening? Sadly, the truth is that the mainstream media quit telling the truth a long time ago. The mainstream media has an agenda, and more Americans than ever are beginning to recognize this. Once upon a time, control of the news in the United States was at least somewhat decentralized. But now there are just six giant media corporations that control almost everything that we see, hear and watch. The version of "the news" that they give us is designed to serve the interests of those corporate giants and the other corporate giants that spend billions of dollars to advertise their products through those outlets. Watching the news on television can be an extremely frustrating experience these days. Yes, there are little bits and pieces of the truth in there, but you have to wade through an awful lot of "infotainment" to get to those bits and pieces. That is one of the reasons why the "alternative media" has absolutely exploded in recent years. The American people are hungry for the truth, and they are increasingly turning to alternative sources of news on the Internet in an attempt to find it.
By Michael Snyder
October 10, 2012 "Information Clearing House" - Why is there so little trust in the mainstream media these days? CNN ratings have been hovering close to record lows over the past few months. A recent Gallup survey found that 60 percent of all Americans "have little or no trust" in the mainstream media. That was a record high according to Gallup. So why is this happening? Sadly, the truth is that the mainstream media quit telling the truth a long time ago. The mainstream media has an agenda, and more Americans than ever are beginning to recognize this. Once upon a time, control of the news in the United States was at least somewhat decentralized. But now there are just six giant media corporations that control almost everything that we see, hear and watch. The version of "the news" that they give us is designed to serve the interests of those corporate giants and the other corporate giants that spend billions of dollars to advertise their products through those outlets. Watching the news on television can be an extremely frustrating experience these days. Yes, there are little bits and pieces of the truth in there, but you have to wade through an awful lot of "infotainment" to get to those bits and pieces. That is one of the reasons why the "alternative media" has absolutely exploded in recent years. The American people are hungry for the truth, and they are increasingly turning to alternative sources of news on the Internet in an attempt to find it.
We live at
a time when the world is changing more rapidly than ever
before. Just about everything that can be shaken is being
shaken, and anyone with half a brain realizes that we are
heading for challenges that previous generations never even
could have imagined.
There
certainly is no shortage of news, but instead of focusing on the
terribly important issues that we are facing, the mainstream
media feeds us an endless stream of fluff, scandals and
celebrities.
Just check
out some of the headlines that I found on the front pages of
major mainstream news websites today....
"Man Dies
After Roach-Eating Contest"
"Ex-NFL
Cheerleader Admits To Sex With Minor"
"Facebook
Rolls Out Pinterest-Like Tool For Buying Stuff"
"Grumpy
Cat Becomes Internet Sensation"
So what
should the mainstream media really be talking about today?
The
following are 28 good questions that the mainstream media should
be asking....
1. Why is the IMF
warning that there is an "alarmingly
high" risk of a deeper global economic slowdown?
2. Why is
Switzerland preparing for "major
civil unrest" throughout Europe?
3. If the Spanish
financial system
completely collapses, what is that going to mean for the
rest of Europe and the rest of the globe?
4. Is Turkey about
to drag
the rest of NATO (including the United States) into a war
with Syria?
5. Why aren't
people screaming in outrage about the fact that the U.S.
national debt increased by more than a trillion dollars
for the fourth straight year in 2012?
6. Should we be
concerned that the U.S. government added more to the U.S.
national debt
on the first day of fiscal year 2013 than it did from 1776
to 1941 combined?
7. If temporary
refinery problems can cause some gas stations to shut down and
cause gas prices in California to skyrocket
to all-time highs, what would a real crisis do?
8. Why are some
analysts predicting that a "rapid
collapse" is coming for the U.S. dollar?
9. Will the U.S.
dollar soon
lose its status as the primary reserve currency of the
world?
10. Why is Marc
Faber warning that the wealthy "may
lose up to 50 percent of their total wealth"?
11. By keeping
interest rates near zero, is the Federal Reserve
crushing the retirement dreams of millions of elderly
Americans?
12. Why do Barack
Obama, Mitt Romney and most members of Congress continue to
stand behind the TSA when
nearly 400 TSA employees have been fired for stealing from
travelers since 2003?
13. Why are
nearly half a million employees of the federal government
making over $100,000 a year?
14. How in the
world can you have a debate about the economy that lasts for an
hour and a half and
never even mention Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve or
quantitative easing?
15. Why are Romney
campaign signs
being smeared with excrement?
16. British
taxpayers spent 57.8 million dollars on the royal family in
2011. U.S. taxpayers spent
1.4 billion dollars on the Obamas that same year. How in
the world can this be justified?
17. Why does the
U.S. government treat our military veterans
like garbage? Many of them have given everything for their
country. Shouldn't we treat them with more respect?
18. Why is the
mainstream media ignoring a warning that an international gang
of cybercriminals plans "to
steal money from the online accounts of thousands of consumers
at 30 or more major U.S. banks"?
19. The New
England Complex Systems Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts
is warning that rapidly rising global food prices could soon
lead to massive food riots all over the planet. Is this
something that we should be concerned about?
20. Why is the
United Nations pushing to have the authority to impose "global
taxes" on all of us?
21. How did we get
to the point where sex trafficking is now
at epidemic levels all over the United States?
22. Why are so
many young people being arrested? Should we be concerned that
41 percent of all Americans have been arrested by the time
they reach the age of 23?
23. Why are
most Americans either overweight or obese or severely obese?
24. How was one
Baltimore woman able to accumulate
30 free cell phones all paid for by the federal government?
25. Why are
nearly 30 percent of all young adults in the 25 to 34 year
old age bracket living at home with their parents?
26. Why has the
birth rate in the United States fallen to
an all-time low?
27. With the race
for president
incredibly tight right now, will the side that loses end up
accusing the other side
of using voter fraud to steal the election?
28. Is the U.S.
Supreme Court
about to make it illegal to resell our own stuff at yard
sales, in thrift stores and on eBay?
Do you
have any questions to add to this list?
Please
feel free to post a comment with your thoughts below....
This
article was originally posted at
The Economic Collapse
..............................keep fighting the good fight, with your minds as weapons..................
.......................kosmicdebris......................
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