_____ From: Subject: SF Chronicle: nearly 50% of all dwellings stood empty Dec 2008, i.e. 19 million homes, US Census Bureau due to foreclosures
Definitely check out http://www.alternet.org/workplace/125575/happy_birthday_ronald_reagan_%28tha nks_for_ruining_america%29/?page=entire, including some of the other writings listed on the link's page and the ads there, too. In addition, here are some other writings of possible interest irrespective of whether one agrees with the individual authors' interpretations of events and conclusions or not... A <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/a_startling_sta.html> Startling Statistic & an Appeal from ACORN Fifteen percent of all houses and apartments in the United States stood empty at the end of 2008 - a record 19 million homes - according to data released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau. Vacant housing units in the fourth quarter increased nearly 7 percent compared with the same period in 2007, largely because of bank foreclosures and owners who abandoned their properties.' - San Francisco Chronicle, February 5, 2009 <http://www.lewrockwell.com/crovelli/crovelli23.html> The Growing Army of Angry Men <http://www.lewrockwell.com/crovelli/crovelli23.html> Whose Lives Have Been Destroyed by <http://www.lewrockwell.com/crovelli/crovelli23.html> the Federal Government by <mailto:[email protected]> Mark R. Crovelli One of the hardest things to deal with in the current economic depression is the disgusting hypocrisy of the U.S. congress, the new president, and the members of the Federal Reserve System. It is one thing to be told, as we all are, that we must hand over fat wads of our hard-earned money to these warmongering and thieving snakes or face jail terms, but one feels a whole new level of revulsion when these people make statements to the effect that they, and they alone, are in a position to "save the economy" by "creating jobs." These statements are made by people who have done virtually everything in their power to destroy the American economy over the last few decades, but who have now proclaimed themselves to be our saviors. Only the most naïve and unlearned among us could possibly be falling for the idea that a bunch of self-serving politicians, bureaucrats and bankers are going to "save" us from problems they have caused. On its face, the idea that politicians, bureaucrats, and bankers could "save" the economy is laughable... [Article continues.] Financial <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/financial_coup.html> Coup d'Etat The response from the pension fund investors to this analysis was quite positive until the President of the CalPERS pension fund -- the largest in the country -- said, "You don't understand. It's too late. They have given up on the country. They are moving all the money out in the fall [of 1997]. They are moving it to Asia." Sure enough, that fall, significant amounts of moneys started leaving the US, including illegally. Over $4 trillion went missing from the US government. No one seemed to notice. Misled into thinking we were in a boom economy by a fraudulent debt bubble engineered with force and intention from the highest levels of the financial system, Americans were engaging in an orgy of consumption that was liquidating the real financial equity we needed urgently to reposition ourselves for the times ahead. The mood that afternoon in London was quite sober. The question hung in the air, unspoken: once the bubble was over, was the time coming when we, too, would be "de-modernized?" - Catherine Austin-Fitts Democracy <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/democracy_incor.html> Incorporated: Managed Democracy and the Specter of Inverted Totalitarianism Wolin portrays a country where citizens are politically uninterested and submissive--and where elites are eager to keep them that way. At best the nation has become a "managed democracy" where the public is shepherded, not sovereign. At worst it is a place where corporate power no longer answers to state controls. Wolin makes clear that today's America is in no way morally or politically comparable to totalitarian states like Nazi Germany, yet he warns that unchecked economic power risks verging on total power and has its own unnerving pathologies. Wolin examines the myths and mythmaking that justify today's politics, the quest for an ever-expanding economy, and the perverse attractions of an endless war on terror. He argues passionately that democracy's best hope lies in citizens themselves learning anew to exercise power at the local level. It's <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/its_not_going_t.html> Not Going to Be OK The American left, he said, has crumbled. It sold out to a bankrupt Democratic Party, abandoned the working class and has no ability to organize. Unions are a spent force. The universities are mills for corporate employees. The press churns out info-entertainment or fatuous pundits. The left, he said, no longer has the capacity to be a counterweight to the corporate state. He said that if an extreme right gains momentum there will probably be very little organized resistance. "The left is amorphous," he said. "I despair over the left. Left parties may be small in number in Europe but they are a coherent organization that keeps going. Here, except for Nader's efforts, we don't have that. We have a few voices here, a magazine there, and that's about it. It goes nowhere." - Chris Hedges Suicides <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/suicides_surge.html> Surge as Financial Crisis Worsens ...in western culture we worship those who have money. They are paraded in front of us daily as an example of the 'winners' in our society. HOW they made their money is irrelevant. Sweat shops, prison labor, snake oil, we don't care how the money was made. The fact that they made money at all makes them a 'winner'! THAT'S why we will never go after these bass turds or stop the next wave of people just like them. - Cybershaman BASES, <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/bases_empire_an.html> EMPIRE, AND GLOBAL RESPONSE States that invest their people's wealth in overseas bases have paid direct as well as opportunity costs, the consequences of which in the long run have usually been collapse of the empire. In The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, Kennedy notes that previous empires which established and tenaciously held onto overseas bases inevitably saw their wealth and power decay and that history demonstrates that military "security" alone is never enough. It may, over the shorter term, deter or defeat rival states ... [b]ut if, by such victories, the nation over-extends itself geographically and strategically; if, even at a less imperial level, it chooses to devote a large proportion of its total income to "protection," leaving less for "productive investment," it is likely to find its economic output slowing down, with dire implications for its long-term capacity to maintain both its citizens' consumption demands and its international position - Catherine Lutz Change <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/change_in_rheto.html> (in Rhetoric) We Can Believe In? Obama and the Empire Mr. President, there's a lot more to be undone in our foreign policy if you wish to be taken seriously as a moral leader like Martin Luther King, Jr.: banning the use of depleted uranium, cluster bombs, and other dreadful weapons; joining the International Criminal Court instead of trying to sabotage it; making a number of other long-overdue apologies in addition to the one mentioned re Vietnam; and much more. You've got your work cut out for you if you really want to bring some happiness to this sad old world, make America credible and beloved again, stop creating armies of anti-American terrorists, and win over people like me. And do you realize that you can eliminate all state and federal budget deficits in the United States, provide free health care and free university education to every American, pay for an unending array of worthwhile social and cultural programs, all just by ending our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, not starting any new ones, and closing down the Pentagon's 700+ military bases? Think of it as the peace dividend Americans were promised when the Cold War would end some day, but never received. How about you delivering it, Mr. President? It's not too late. But you are committed to the empire; and the empire is committed to war. Too bad. - William Blum 21st <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/21st_century_la.html> century land grab - rich countries snap up land in Africa and elsewhere History may be repeating itself. Until the mid-20th century, many European countries grew rich on the resources of their colonies. Now, countries including China, Kuwait and Sweden are snapping up vast tracts of agricultural land in poorer nations, especially in Africa, to grow biofuels and food for themselves. The land grabs have sparked accusations of neocolonialism and fears that the practice could worsen poverty. Yet some organisations think this could be a chance for poor countries to trade land and labour for the technology and investment vital for developing their own food and energy production. The rush for land was triggered by this year's food crisis and the European push for biofuels. The South Korean firm Daewoo made headlines last week when it sought a 99-year lease on 1.3 million hectares of Madagascar to grow maize and oil palm. The deal is far from unusual. A <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/a_task_to_make.html> Task to Make Democracy Matter: Educating Obama Building a more just, ecologically sustainable, and democratic future, or as Jacques Derrida puts it, the promise of "a democracy to come,"11 demands a politics in which the new technologies are important but only insofar as they are used in the context of bringing people together, reclaiming those public spheres where people can meet, talk, and plan collective actions. We must learn to resist all technologies that reinforce the sense of excessive individualism and privatization at the heart of the neoliberal world view. We need more than bailouts; we need a politics that reinvents the concept of the social while providing a language of critique and hope forged not in isolation but in collective struggle that takes social responsibility, commitment, and justice seriously. - Henry Giroux Endless <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/endless_propaga.html> Propaganda: The War on Terror is a Hoax Hamas is a small organization armed with small caliber rifles incapable of penetrating body armor. Hamas is unable to stop small bands of Israeli settlers from descending on West Bank Palestinian villages, driving out the Palestinians, and appropriating their land. The great mystery is: why after 60 years of oppression are the Palestinians still an unarmed people? Clearly, the Muslim countries are complicit with Israel and the US in keeping the Palestinians unarmed. The unsupported assertion that Iran supplies sophisticated arms to the Palestinians is like the unsupported assertion that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. These assertions are propagandistic justifications for killing Arab civilians and destroying civilian infrastructure in order to secure US and Israeli hegemony in the Middle East. - Paul Craig Roberts Public <http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2009/02/public_revolt_b.html> Revolt Builds Against Rip-off Rescue Plans for the Economy Its message was simple enough. You--politicians and CEOs huddled at some trade summit--are like the reckless scamming execs at Enron (of course, we didn't know the half of it). We--the rabble outside--are like the people of Argentina, who, in the midst of an economic crisis eerily similar to our own, took to the street banging pots and pans. They shouted, "¡Que se vayan todos!" ("All of them must go!") and forced out a procession of four presidents in less than three weeks. What made Argentina's 2001-02 uprising unique was that it wasn't directed at a particular political party or even at corruption in the abstract. The target was the dominant economic model--this was the first national revolt against contemporary deregulated capitalism. - Naomi Klein Definitely check out http://www.alternet.org/workplace/125575/happy_birthday_ronald_reagan_%28tha nks_for_ruining_america%29/?page=entire, including some of the other writings listed on the link's page and the ads there, too. In addition, here are some other writings of possible interest irrespective of whether one agrees with the individual authors' interpretations of events and conclusions or not... *** exposing the hidden truth for further educational research only *** CAVEAT LECTOR *** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. 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