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Mar 29, 2015 06:26:01   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
Bill Bonner is an economist. An unusual one to be sure. This last from a series of 4:


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by Bill Bonner, Chairman, Bonner & Partners


Bill Bonner


Dear Diary,


"But when he is disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader". Plato on tyrants, The Republic

This is the last in our series on how America's money, economy and government have changed since the collapse of the Bretton Woods agreement and the end of gold-backed money.

Today, we keep the focus on government and what it has become.

The period is hardly coincidental: On August 15, 1971, President Nixon hammered the last nail in the coffin of honest money.

It was not the only reason for the profound changes that followed. There was also the opening up of C*******t China to capitalism, the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of the Internet, to name just a few.

But the new credit-based money system was the least obvious change, and probably the most important.

Caution: Deep State at Work

The credit-based dollar brought about a new economy. It changed the way people thought and the way their government operated.

Now, deep pools of money determine which candidates are presented to v**ers.

And there is a new branch of government: the Deep State. It is not mentioned in the Constitution. And it operates above and beyond the visible process of democratic government.

Americans v**ed for Barack Obama in 2008 because they wanted a change from the Bush-era policies. But nothing changed.

Why?

Because the fix was in!

Candidate Obama was a critic of the war in Iraq; he promised to bring the Pentagon under control. But under President Obama, security spending in the US rose to its highest level since World War II.

President Eisenhower warned us about this. He called it the military-industrial complex. This was the Deep State at work.

There are always some people in a society who are more ready than others to bully, steal and make jackasses of themselves.

As 18th-century political philosopher William Godwin observed, if a government has any legitimate purpose at all it is to keep those people from doing harm to their neighbors. But over time, they infest government and its related industries.

Then instead of keeping these pests under control, government gives them authority funding even a kind of ersatz respectability. Their predations, illusions and vanities become public policy.

Like a Manure Pile to a Herd of Pigs

A Diary reader describes what happens next:


Children can no longer sell lemonade. One cannot control his/her own puddle in their yard. Our communications (Internet and phones) are being monitored. Our police forces are no longer there to help us, but are militarized and react to every situation as if it were a deadly threat. Our government is now trying to control every aspect of our lives. The most recent of course is medical, but don't get me started there.

All major industries, education, health care, finance attract these bullies and jackasses. But the Deep State calls to them like a manure pile to a herd of pigs. Soon, they are rooting and wallowing in the biggest heap of misspent resources in all of history.

Today, its agents bark at you to take off your belt in airports. Try to dig a pond in your backyard or let your teenage boy work on the family farm and they want to make a federal case of it.

They snoop and spy, looking for secrets they can hold over you. They tax. They regulate. And they control.

But it is they who are out of control and unstoppable.
America's Gulag Industry

According to US civil rights attorney Harvey Silverglate, the typical American commits three felonies a day in his own home without realizing it.

Former Virginia senator Jim Webb describes the police state that results:


We have 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's known prison population. We have an incarceration rate that is five times as high as the average incarceration rate of the rest of the world. We have a system of mass incarceration.

There are only two possibilities here: Either we have the most evil people on Earth. Or we are doing something dramatically wrong in terms of how we approach the issue of criminal justice.

What Webb doesn't mention is that putting other people in jail pays for some. America's gulag industry makes money on every prisoner and lobbies for harsher minimum sentences.

It pays so well that, at home and abroad, the profiteers don't merely go abroad in search of monsters to slay, as one of America's founding fathers, John Adams, warned against. They create monsters.

Did you know that the FBI entices, ensnares and enables young men to plan acts of terrorism?

Recently, FBI agents arrested three sad-sack men in Brooklyn and charged them with conspiring to travel to Syria to fight for ISIS.

None of the men could have done so without FBI help. They were broke. And one was unable to follow through because his mom had taken away his passport.

These were the perfect terrorists, created, nurtured and funded by the FBI.


Overseas, the situation is much the same. In the absence of real enemies, the Deep State has created phony ones. A Bonner & Partners subscriber explains:


The US went to war in Afghanistan to kick out a batch of radical Islamist thugs. Now the whole Mideast is fighting a batch of much more radical Islamist thugs, who have the advantage of large quantities of US-supplied arms.

The last that I heard the US was still providing arms to the Islamist thugs in Syria and complaining when these arms are used in Iraq.

Ron Paul recently wrote that none of the military adventures the US has been involved in in the last 25 years had done any good at all. I do not know why he didn't extend it to 50 or 60 years.

There is no question about US military power but there are a lot of very serious questions about its choice of targets. On balance it seems clear that the US does more harm than good in its foreign affairs.

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Deep State faced its biggest threat: It no longer had a plausible enemy.

Since then, it has brought the US jackboot down on a series of pseudo-enemies all laughably inferior to the Pentagon.

But with all its firepower all its superior military technology and all its trillions of dollars in spending did a single one of America's wars since the end of the Cold War result in a clear or honorable victory?

Instead, one fumbled mess led to another. Enemies became angels; allies became devils.

You'd think this would bring the American public to its senses. Maybe all this spending, blustering and bombing is not really paying off? Maybe it is creating more enemies than it defeats?

But that is just the point: For the plain people, a war is little more than a Super Bowl with mortal stakes. They holler and hoot for the Homeland team. They salute their heroes and h**e the enemy, even when they're not sure who the enemy is.

Those who do the thinking, on the other hand, have another agenda. They are just as happy with a defeat as a victory.

Victory, and the peace that followed World War II, almost put them out of business. It is war, not peace, that pays. And war pays well.

The US security industry has about $1 trillion a year in spending power. You can buy a lot of v**es with that kind of money. And you can build a lot of mansions in the Virginia suburbs.

The Deep State is now in charge. The fix is in.

Regards,


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by Bill Bonner, Chairman, Bonner & Partners ... (show quote)


I read Plato's Republic when I was still in grade school. It may be time to read it again!

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Mar 29, 2015 07:18:06   #
Orrie
 
BigMike wrote:
Bill Bonner is an economist. An unusual one to be sure. This last from a series of 4:




I read Plato's Republic when I was still in grade school. It may be time to read it again!


Those who make war for profit have blood on their hands. My wish is that they all choke on it!

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Mar 29, 2015 10:50:05   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
BigMike wrote:
Bill Bonner is an economist. An unusual one to be sure. This last from a series of 4:




I read Plato's Republic when I was still in grade school. It may be time to read it again!


Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afghanistan, I kept asking, "where are the insurgents getting their weapons from?". The question was ignored for years, finally, it was revealed that they were coming across the Pakistani ( an ally )border.

During the war in Iraq, I asked the same question, which was also ignored for years, then it was revealed that Iran ( an enemy ) was supplying them. When ISIS raised it's head, it was suggested that they were supplied by American weapons abandoned by the Iraqi army, but, where did the weapons come from that allowed them to
scare" the Iraqi army away?

I have been asking, for a long time now, - who is supplying ISIS with weapons and ammunition? The "captured" supplies have been expended long ago. None of my letters, phone calls or e-mails have been returned, sent to members of Congress, the White House and the DoD. This question is being ignored again.

The MSM aren't asking that question, the critics of the President aren't asking that question, the "potential" P**********l candidates aren't asking that question and neither is anyone else. Is everyone but me in on the big secret? There is only one way, that I can see, for American weapons, ammunition, spare parts and technical support, to get to ISIS in such huge quantities - they are being supplied by US defense industry sources.

Can a country, that can see what is in the newspaper that Putin is reading in Moscow, by use of their 100's of "eyes in the sky" - completely blind, when it comes to ships and trucks carrying massive quantities of war goods to ISIS forces? Do we have no idea how many weapons are being manufactured here and where they end up?

I can only conclude, that elements in the US Government are complicit in the wholesale sale of US weapons - to our enemies. The FBI can take a piece of metal from a bomb - and catch a bomber, but they can't take the serial number from a captured M16 - and figure out where it came from.

Sometimes, no news - is NOT good news.

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Mar 29, 2015 12:28:16   #
Orrie
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afghanistan, I kept asking, "where are the insurgents getting their weapons from?". The question was ignored for years, finally, it was revealed that they were coming across the Pakistani ( an ally )border.

During the war in Iraq, I asked the same question, which was also ignored for years, then it was revealed that Iran ( an enemy ) was supplying them. When ISIS raised it's head, it was suggested that they were supplied by American weapons abandoned by the Iraqi army, but, where did the weapons come from that allowed them to
scare" the Iraqi army away?

I have been asking, for a long time now, - who is supplying ISIS with weapons and ammunition? The "captured" supplies have been expended long ago. None of my letters, phone calls or e-mails have been returned, sent to members of Congress, the White House and the DoD. This question is being ignored again.

The MSM aren't asking that question, the critics of the President aren't asking that question, the "potential" P**********l candidates aren't asking that question and neither is anyone else. Is everyone but me in on the big secret? There is only one way, that I can see, for American weapons, ammunition, spare parts and technical support, to get to ISIS in such huge quantities - they are being supplied by US defense industry sources.

Can a country, that can see what is in the newspaper that Putin is reading in Moscow, by use of their 100's of "eyes in the sky" - completely blind, when it comes to ships and trucks carrying massive quantities of war goods to ISIS forces? Do we have no idea how many weapons are being manufactured here and where they end up?

I can only conclude, that elements in the US Government are complicit in the wholesale sale of US weapons - to our enemies. The FBI can take a piece of metal from a bomb - and catch a bomber, but they can't take the serial number from a captured M16 - and figure out where it came from.

Sometimes, no news - is NOT good news.
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afgh... (show quote)


Any country and especially the United States will give weapons of war to agitate and provoke conflicts between the nations of the world. They enjoy seeing people k**l one another. It's a game to them. They play with human life for the sole purpose of their enjoyment.

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Mar 29, 2015 19:39:15   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
Orrie wrote:
Any country and especially the United States will give weapons of war to agitate and provoke conflicts between the nations of the world. They enjoy seeing people k**l one another. It's a game to them. They play with human life for the sole purpose of their enjoyment.


Personal pleasure has little to do with it...except that which comes from money and power.

Remember, after B******i, when it began to come out that the Special Mission, as it was carefully referred to in the government reports, was collecting weapons from the Libyans and sending them to Syrian rebels, the administration shifted gears. Obama came out openly with the plan to arm Syrian rebels. Dick Cheney supported this. Ordinary Americans on the right and the left, however, raised so much hell, they backed off. Since then our government has resumed sending weapons secretly. So much for what the American people think!

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Mar 29, 2015 19:54:42   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afghanistan, I kept asking, "where are the insurgents getting their weapons from?". The question was ignored for years, finally, it was revealed that they were coming across the Pakistani ( an ally )border.

During the war in Iraq, I asked the same question, which was also ignored for years, then it was revealed that Iran ( an enemy ) was supplying them. When ISIS raised it's head, it was suggested that they were supplied by American weapons abandoned by the Iraqi army, but, where did the weapons come from that allowed them to
scare" the Iraqi army away?

I have been asking, for a long time now, - who is supplying ISIS with weapons and ammunition? The "captured" supplies have been expended long ago. None of my letters, phone calls or e-mails have been returned, sent to members of Congress, the White House and the DoD. This question is being ignored again.

The MSM aren't asking that question, the critics of the President aren't asking that question, the "potential" P**********l candidates aren't asking that question and neither is anyone else. Is everyone but me in on the big secret? There is only one way, that I can see, for American weapons, ammunition, spare parts and technical support, to get to ISIS in such huge quantities - they are being supplied by US defense industry sources.

Can a country, that can see what is in the newspaper that Putin is reading in Moscow, by use of their 100's of "eyes in the sky" - completely blind, when it comes to ships and trucks carrying massive quantities of war goods to ISIS forces? Do we have no idea how many weapons are being manufactured here and where they end up?

I can only conclude, that elements in the US Government are complicit in the wholesale sale of US weapons - to our enemies. The FBI can take a piece of metal from a bomb - and catch a bomber, but they can't take the serial number from a captured M16 - and figure out where it came from.

Sometimes, no news - is NOT good news.
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afgh... (show quote)


The people who really pull the strings have made a k*****g (pardon the pun) at supplying both sides of virtually every war since the 1600s. Since they also own virtually every media outlet, they've also perfected the art of shaping public opinion.

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Mar 29, 2015 19:54:53   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afghanistan, I kept asking, "where are the insurgents getting their weapons from?". The question was ignored for years, finally, it was revealed that they were coming across the Pakistani ( an ally )border.

During the war in Iraq, I asked the same question, which was also ignored for years, then it was revealed that Iran ( an enemy ) was supplying them. When ISIS raised it's head, it was suggested that they were supplied by American weapons abandoned by the Iraqi army, but, where did the weapons come from that allowed them to
scare" the Iraqi army away?

I have been asking, for a long time now, - who is supplying ISIS with weapons and ammunition? The "captured" supplies have been expended long ago. None of my letters, phone calls or e-mails have been returned, sent to members of Congress, the White House and the DoD. This question is being ignored again.

The MSM aren't asking that question, the critics of the President aren't asking that question, the "potential" P**********l candidates aren't asking that question and neither is anyone else. Is everyone but me in on the big secret? There is only one way, that I can see, for American weapons, ammunition, spare parts and technical support, to get to ISIS in such huge quantities - they are being supplied by US defense industry sources.

Can a country, that can see what is in the newspaper that Putin is reading in Moscow, by use of their 100's of "eyes in the sky" - completely blind, when it comes to ships and trucks carrying massive quantities of war goods to ISIS forces? Do we have no idea how many weapons are being manufactured here and where they end up?

I can only conclude, that elements in the US Government are complicit in the wholesale sale of US weapons - to our enemies. The FBI can take a piece of metal from a bomb - and catch a bomber, but they can't take the serial number from a captured M16 - and figure out where it came from.

Sometimes, no news - is NOT good news.
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afgh... (show quote)


The people who really pull the strings have made a k*****g (pardon the pun) at supplying both sides of virtually every war since the 1600s. Since they also own virtually every media outlet, they've also perfected the art of shaping public opinion.

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Mar 29, 2015 19:58:08   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afghanistan, I kept asking, "where are the insurgents getting their weapons from?". The question was ignored for years, finally, it was revealed that they were coming across the Pakistani ( an ally )border.

During the war in Iraq, I asked the same question, which was also ignored for years, then it was revealed that Iran ( an enemy ) was supplying them. When ISIS raised it's head, it was suggested that they were supplied by American weapons abandoned by the Iraqi army, but, where did the weapons come from that allowed them to
scare" the Iraqi army away?

I have been asking, for a long time now, - who is supplying ISIS with weapons and ammunition? The "captured" supplies have been expended long ago. None of my letters, phone calls or e-mails have been returned, sent to members of Congress, the White House and the DoD. This question is being ignored again.

The MSM aren't asking that question, the critics of the President aren't asking that question, the "potential" P**********l candidates aren't asking that question and neither is anyone else. Is everyone but me in on the big secret? There is only one way, that I can see, for American weapons, ammunition, spare parts and technical support, to get to ISIS in such huge quantities - they are being supplied by US defense industry sources.

Can a country, that can see what is in the newspaper that Putin is reading in Moscow, by use of their 100's of "eyes in the sky" - completely blind, when it comes to ships and trucks carrying massive quantities of war goods to ISIS forces? Do we have no idea how many weapons are being manufactured here and where they end up?

I can only conclude, that elements in the US Government are complicit in the wholesale sale of US weapons - to our enemies. The FBI can take a piece of metal from a bomb - and catch a bomber, but they can't take the serial number from a captured M16 - and figure out where it came from.

Sometimes, no news - is NOT good news.
Here's a funny coincidence; While at war with Afgh... (show quote)


The people who really pull the strings have made a k*****g (pardon the pun) at supplying both sides of virtually every war since the 1600s. Since they also own virtually every media outlet, they've also perfected the art of shaping public opinion.

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Mar 29, 2015 20:03:58   #
dennisimoto Loc: Washington State (West)
 
That's why "they"want to disarm ordinary American citizens. So they can send the guns & ammo to ISIS.

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Mar 29, 2015 20:26:25   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
Internet freakout! Sorry! :lol:

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Mar 29, 2015 23:19:34   #
lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas
 
BigMike wrote:
Internet freakout! Sorry! :lol:


Sometimes, repetition is necessary to get the point across. Sometimes, repetition is ne........... :mrgreen:

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Mar 29, 2015 23:43:22   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
lpnmajor wrote:
Sometimes, repetition is necessary to get the point across. Sometimes, repetition is ne........... :mrgreen:


:lol: :thumbup:

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Mar 30, 2015 00:20:07   #
didymusdo
 
BigMike wrote:
Bill Bonner is an economist. An unusual one to be sure. This last from a series of 4:




I read Plato's Republic when I was still in grade school. It may be time to read it again!


Rachel Maddow (I am wearing a string of garlic) (Phd, Rhodes scholar) has continually outlined and underlined the Speaker of the House failings, naming him the very worst ever by far. No leadership. He is a blight on democracy...and intelligence. His treasonous or, at the very least, undermining of our democracy in inviting the Prime Minister of Israel to speak was enough to have him resign, if not jailed. Why is he still being a poisonous thorn in our democratic process?

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Mar 30, 2015 02:20:35   #
BigMike Loc: yerington nv
 
didymusdo wrote:
Rachel Maddow (I am wearing a string of garlic) (Phd, Rhodes scholar) has continually outlined and underlined the Speaker of the House failings, naming him the very worst ever by far. No leadership. He is a blight on democracy...and intelligence. His treasonous or, at the very least, undermining of our democracy in inviting the Prime Minister of Israel to speak was enough to have him resign, if not jailed. Why is he still being a poisonous thorn in our democratic process?


I think he should be horsewhipped, but not for that. I kinda got a kick out of the whole show! :lol: :lol:

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Mar 30, 2015 06:15:09   #
Orrie
 
BigMike wrote:
Personal pleasure has little to do with it...except that which comes from money and power.

Remember, after B******i, when it began to come out that the Special Mission, as it was carefully referred to in the government reports, was collecting weapons from the Libyans and sending them to Syrian rebels, the administration shifted gears. Obama came out openly with the plan to arm Syrian rebels. Dick Cheney supported this. Ordinary Americans on the right and the left, however, raised so much hell, they backed off. Since then our government has resumed sending weapons secretly. So much for what the American people think!
Personal pleasure has little to do with it...excep... (show quote)


There is always an ulterior motive behind what governments do to provoke war besides the money and power they gain from it. Human life means nothing to them as long it's not them being physically involved in it. It's easy for them to sacrifice the son's and daughters of others for gain. They don't like being told what they can and can't do by the people.

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