“All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.” Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860)
Yes… for those of you who don’t know, the Social Security program has a massive investment trust fund that hoards your hard earned money into it every single year, and uses that money to invest in such things as war and occupation of other countries, junk bonds and federal securities – including mortgage-backed securities – and of course national and international banks and investments.
Remember, the main function of government’s taxation program is not to support government operations, but rather to increase the fund balances of governmental funds in order to create and support a massive investment based pool, which is then used for all of the non-taxpayer legal criminal activities that government participates in – what it deems as “non-governmental operations” using what it likes to consider “non-taxpayer money” derived from these investments and their returns. You see, your corporate government figures that any gains it is able to collect from investing your taxpayer money is there’s to keep and play around with at its leisure.
Of course, the Federal government continues to tell the people of America that the Social Security system is in financial ruin, and will be broke by the time many of us come-a-collectin’ in just a couple of decades. They tell us that the evil baby-boomers will strip Social Security bare, and drain the entire program into oblivion.
But I’m here to tell you that this just isn’t true. In fact, it is one of the biggest fallacies ever perpetrated upon the American public. It is a lie hidden in plain sight, just as most government programs and funds have turned out to be.
And so, according to the 2011 CAFR for the Board of Trustees of the Social Security System, the Social Security Trust Funds have a combined total of…
$2.6 trillion dollars.
W-W-What? You heard that right, my friends. Spelled out with all of those pesky zeros in place, that looks like this…
Total assets, December 31, 2010
$2,608,950,000,000
If that were to be displayed in 1 dollar bills, it would be a pile of green notes that, when stacked on top of each other, would reach all the way to the moon… and back!!!
For those of you who didn’t see the ending of “The Great Pension Fund Hoax”, we discovered that the Social Security trust funds had over $2.5 trillion dollars in the 2009 CAFR. In 2006, that figure was $1.8 trillion. That was an investment return of about $700 billion dollars in just 5 short years.
See the full film here, or skip ahead to the last half hour to see this information:
Now, as is usually the case, the government omits this knowledge from its public disclosure of the Social insurance system by simply omitting the pertinent investment portfolio and interest gains from the taxpayer budget report that is spirited out to the public. And it does not mention the word CAFR in any session of government or in any public forum. You will not hear about this report on the nightly news. In short, by hiding this information from taxpayer disclosure, the government is lying by omission. And this sort of malfeasance is taking place in every facet of local, county, state, and federal government.
Now, let’s take a look at what Timothy Geithner and the other Trustees of the Social Security Trust Funds have to say to the public about the state of these funds…
Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs
A SUMMARY OF THE 2011 ANNUAL REPORTS
Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees
A MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC:
Each year the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust
funds report on the current and projected financial status of the
two programs. This message summarizes our 2011 Annual Reports.
Social Security
Social Security expenditures exceeded the program’s non-interest
income in 2010 for the first time since 1983. The $49 billion deficit last year (excluding interest income) and $46
billion projected deficit in 2011 are in large part due to the
weakened economy and to downward income adjustments that
correct for excess payroll tax revenue credited to the trust funds
in earlier years. This deficit is expected to shrink to about $20
billion for years 2012-2014 as the economy strengthens.
After 2014, cash deficits are expected to grow rapidly as the
number of beneficiaries continues to grow at a substantially
faster rate than the number of covered workers. Through 2022,
the annual cash deficits will be made up by redeeming trust fund
assets from the General Fund of the Treasury. Because these
redemptions will be less than interest earnings, trust fund
balances will continue to grow. After 2022, trust fund assets will
be redeemed in amounts that exceed interest earnings until trust
fund reserves are exhausted in 2036, one year earlier than was
projected last year. Thereafter, tax income would be sufficient to
pay only about three-quarters of scheduled benefits through 2085.
Well now, wait a darn minute here! Didn’t the CAFR just state that the Social Security system had a $90 billion dollar increase in capital gains? How then can this budget report state with a straight face that the fund suffered a $46 billion dollar loss?
Ah… this is government’s creative accounting.
But let’s go one step further.
Back to the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, where it shows on page 36:
Actuarial Estimates
Table IV.A1. – Operations of the OASI Trust Fund, Calendar Years 2006-2020
1) Best case scenario – The fund will increase to
$4.054 trillion dollars by 2020, which equals an investment gain of about $1.4 trillion dollars in just 8 years.
2) Intermediate scenario – The Fund will increase to
$3.671 trillion dollars by 2020, which equals an investment gain of about $1 trillion dollars in just 8 years.
3) Worse case scenario – The fund will increase to $3.278 trillion dollars by 2020, which equals an investment gain of about $600 billion dollars in just 8 years.
So here the Board of Trustees is telling us in the CAFR (audit) of these funds that they will no doubt increase by at least many hundreds of billions of dollars, while at the same time publicly announcing that the Social Security system is showing a current and a future projected deficit of $46 billion dollars for 2011 fiscal year.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the perfect embodiment of how your many governments, be it local, state, or federal, are literally fooling you by the simple act of omission of the pertinent information held within the government audit (the CAFR report) and spoon-feeding the American public a heaping dose of fear-based half-truths sprinkled with a splash of treason, and finished off with a good laugh all the way to the banks (which government owns as majority stock holder of those banks).
And we the people keep feeding the monkeys instead of starving them!
Oh, I’m sorry…
Did I interrupt re-runs of “Dancing With The Stars”?
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Friday, January 27th, 2012
Think that the label that says “organically grown” has anything to do with the packaging, storage, and transport of that product to stores?
What if I told you that cow, pig, and chicken collagen is now used in place of wax on your fruits and vegetables, among many other things much worse than you can probably imagine?
And what if then I told you, as with most atrocities that happen now-a-days, that this is all approved by the FDA…
Since the early 12th century, there has been a tradition of applying wax onto the skins of fruits and vegetables for longer storage life. Today, that tradition is being carried on with a whole new generation of chemicals and compounds that are genetically designed to accomplish the same goal. But in these modern times, the health and well-being of the consumer of that apple is not necessarily the goal of this unnatural, inorganic process.
Bottom line… your produce is being dipped and sprayed with an experimental host of holy horrors in the name of “food safety” and longer shelf-life. Prepare yourself to be shocked and amazed that our Federal agency that is designed to protect us, the Food and Drug Administration, is allowing these dangerous and unhealthy practices to be perpetrated on an unwitting public, all in the name of profits.
This video was recently posted to Youtube, showing a woman peeling off of her freshly bought supermarket romaine lettuce what appears to be a plastic coating, similar to the type one would peal off of the screen of a new electronic gadget. She has no idea what she has discovered…
Now, while this seems to be an almost incredible and hard to believe hoax, the truth is even stranger. Please read on…
For those of you that know of my writing, you know that I like to get right down to the nitty-gritty… the primary source. And so we will go right to what the FDA has to say about what this strange plastic-like substance is, and whether or not it approves of such food handling practices (which it does).
Here is the link for the FDA’s website, entitled:
“Chapter VI. Microbiological Safety of Controlled and Modified Atmosphere Packaging of Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce – Analysis and Evaluation of Preventive Control Measures for the Control and Reduction/Elimination of Microbial Hazards on Fresh and Fresh-Cut Produce”.
Wow! That sounds so wonderfully official and scientific, doesn’t it?
So what are these “preventative control measures” as referred to in this report?
Well, for our purposes, since these measures are actually edible, let’s explore what the FDA approves for our fruits and vegetables to be dipped in and sprayed with for our own “safety”…
The report states:
This chapter addresses the use of modified atmosphere packaging and controlled atmosphere packaging for the preservation of fresh produce. There have been great technological advances in this area of preservation, particularly as it refers to improving the quality and shelf-stability of highly perishable food products, such as produce. However, when using these technologies, careful attention must be paid to the effect on the survival and growth of pathogenic organisms. This chapter focuses on food safety aspects of packaging technologies that are either commercially available or under investigation…
Over the past 20 years, there has been an enormous increase in the demand for fresh fruit and vegetable products that has required the industry to develop new and improved methods for maintaining food quality and extending shelf life…
One of the areas of research that has shown promise, and had success, is that of modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). This technique involves either actively or passively controlling or modifying the atmosphere surrounding the product within a package made of various types and/or combinations of films. In North America, one of the first applications of this technology for fresh-cut produce was introduced by McDonald’s (Brody 1995), which used MAP of lettuce in bulk-sized packages to distribute the product to retail outlets…
A modified atmosphere can be defined as one that is created by altering the normal composition of air (78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 0.03% carbon dioxide and traces of noble gases) to provide an optimum atmosphere for increasing the storage length and quality of food/produce (Moleyar and Narasimham 1994; Phillips 1996). This can be achieved by using controlled atmosphere storage (CAS) and/or active or passive modified atmosphere packaging (MAP).
The numerous film types used in MAP are listed in Table VI-2 (see below), and some commercially available MAP systems are listed in Table VI-3. Oxygen, CO2, and N2, are most often used in MAP/CAS (Parry 1993; Phillips 1996). Other gases such as nitrous and nitric oxides, sulphur dioxide, ethylene, chlorine (Phillips 1996), as well as ozone and propylene oxide (Parry 1993) have been suggested and investigated experimentally.
So was that plastic looking film being peeled off of that supermarket lettuce above actually one of many forms of modified atmosphere packaging? Was it dipped in or sprayed by a “MAP” chemical compound for “food safety”?
Lets read further into this FDA report…
1.3. Films used in MAP
Edible biodegradable coatings are yet another variant of the smart film technology, where a film is used as a coating and applied directly on the food…
The use of MAP for whole and fresh-cut produce involves careful selection of the film and package type for each specific product and package size . Effective MAP of produce requires consideration of the optimal gas concentration, product respiration rate, gas diffusion through the film, as well as the optimal storage temperature in order to achieve the most benefit for the product and consumer. In addition, when selecting an appropriate film, one has to take into account the protection provided, as well as the strength, sealability and clarity, machineability, ability to label, and the gas gradient formed by the closed film (Zagory 1995).
Recently, the long list of films and commercially available MAP systems has been augmented with the conception of both smartand edible packaging systems (Guilbert and others 1996; Phillips 1996). “Smart” or “intelligent” packaging is being used in the fresh-cut industry and includes indicators of time and temperature, gas composition, seal leakage, and food safety and quality (Rooney 2000). Some intelligent systems alter package oxygen and /or carbon dioxide permeability by sensing and responding to changes in temperature. Other smart films incorporate chemicals into packets placed in the packaging system, with no contact with the product; an example would be the use of O2 scavengers with O2 indicators. Another type of smart film, developed with food safety in mind, is currently undergoing testing. This novel system, when incorporated into a packaging film, uses an antibody detection system to detect pathogens, and expresses a positive finding as a symbol on the surface of the package, thereby alerting food handlers to the presence of pathogens. Although this technology shows promise, it is still in its infancy and comprehensive assessments have yet to be performed. Several limitations have been suggested with this technology; for example, it would not likely be able to detect pathogens at concentrations below 104 CFU/g or cm2 and would not detect pathogens within the product.
Edible biodegradable coatings are yet another variant of the smart film technology, where a film is used as a coating and applied directly on the food (Guilbert and others 1996; Francis and others 1999). Wax has been used in China since the 12th and 13th centuries as an edible coating to retard desiccation of citrus fruits, and in the last 30 years, edible films and coatings made from a variety of compounds have been reported. Guilbert and others (1996) and Baldwin (1994) have extensively reviewed some of the newer edible films (see Tables VI-3 and VI-5). These films are gaining popularity due to both environmental pollution and food safety concerns (Padgett and others 1998). However, a number of problems have also been associated with edible coatings. For example, modification of the internal gas composition of the product due to high CO2 and low O2 can cause problems such as anaerobic fermentation of apples and bananas, rapid weight loss of tomatoes, elevated levels of core flush for apples, rapid decay in cucumbers, and so on (Park and others 1994).
Edible films may consist of four basic materials: lipids, resins, polysaccharides and proteins (Baldwin and others 1995). Plasticizers such as glycerol as well as cross-linking agents, antimicrobials, antioxidants, and texture agents can be added to customize the film for a specific use (Guilbert and others 1996). Plasticizers have the specific effect of increasing water vapor permeability. Therefore, their addition must be considered when calculating the desired water vapor properties of each specific film, since too much moisture can create ideal growth conditions for some foodborne pathogens. The most common plasticizer used to cast edible films is food-grade polyethylene glycol, which is used to reduce film brittleness (Koelsch 1994).
Plasticizers (UK = plasticisers) or dispersants are additives that increase the plasticity or fluidity of a material. The dominant applications are for plastics, especially polyvinyl chloride (PVC). The properties other materials are also improved when blended plasticizers including concrete, clays, and related products. The worldwide market for plasticizers in 2000 was estimated to be several million tons per year.
Plasticizers work by embedding themselves between the chains of polymers, spacing them apart (increasing the “free volume”), and thus significantly lowering the glass transition temperature for the plastic and making it softer. For plastics such as PVC, the more plasticizer added, the lower its cold flex temperature will be. This means that it will be more flexible and its durability will increase as a result of it. Some plasticizers evaporate and tend to concentrate in an enclosed space; the “new car smell” is caused mostly by plasticizers evaporating from the car interior.
Plasticizers make it possible to achieve improved compound processing characteristics, while also providing flexibility in the end-use product… Plasticizers also function as softeners, extenders, and lubricants, and play a significant role in rubber manufacturing.
Other uses include:
Phthalate-based plasticizers are used in situations where good resistance to water and oils is required. Some common phthalate plasticizers are:
Diisononyl phthalate (DINP), found in garden hoses, shoes, toys, and building materials
Bis(n-butyl)phthalate (DnBP, DBP), used for cellulose plastics, food wraps, adhesives, perfumes, and cosmetics – about a third of nail polishes, glosses, enamels, and hardeners contain it, together with some shampoos, sunscreens, skin emollients, and insect repellents
Butyl benzyl phthalate (BBzP) is found in vinyl tiles, traffic cones, food conveyor belts, artificial leather, and plastic foams
Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP), used for insulation of wires and cables, car undercoating, shoes, carpets, pool liners
Di-n-octyl phthalate (DOP or DnOP), used in flooring materials, carpets, notebook covers, and high explosives, such as Semtex (plastic explosive). Together with DEHP it was the most common plasticizers, but now is suspected of causing cancer
Diisooctyl phthalate (DIOP), all-purpose plasticizer for polyvinyl chloride, polyvinyl acetate, rubbers, cellulose plastics, and polyurethane.
Di-n-hexyl phthalate, used in flooring materials, tool handles, and automobile parts
and on and on…
Continued…
Lipids, or waxes and oils, and resins such as shellac and wood rosin have been widely used for intact fruits and vegetables in two distinct forms, laminates and emulsions (Baldwin and others 1995). Lipid-based edible barriers are known for their low water vapor permeabilities. Koelsch (1994) found that the water vapor permeability of a cellulose-based emulsion barrier is dependent on the lipid moiety used; a minimum permeability can be achieved when stearic acid is used as the lipid. This is due to the effective barrier formed by stearic acid through an interlocking network. However, lipid-based edible films also require a support matrix to reduce brittleness, and have difficulty adhering to the hydrophilic cut surfaces of fruits and vegetables (Koelsch 1994; Baldwin and others 1995). Some of the most common compounds used for support matrices are modified celluloses of hydroxypropylmethyl, ethyl and methylcellulose, chitosan and whey protein isolate (WPI; Koelsch 1994).
*** Authors note: Steric acid is also known as tallow (animal and plant fatty acids used in the production of soap).
In general, polysaccharides such as cellulose, pectin, starch, carrageenan, and chitosan, can adhere to cut surfaces of produce and effectively allow gas transfer; however, they are not effective moisture barriers. Due to their CO2 and O2 permeabilities, polysaccharide-based films allow the creation of desirable modified atmospheres, an attractive advantage over plastic or shrink wrap MAP which can be labor intensive, expensive and environmentally harmful (Baldwin and others 1995). A number of cellulose derived coatings are available commercially, most taking advantage of the modified atmosphere effect of the barriers. Pro-long (Courtaulds Group, London) and Semperfresh (Surface Systems International, Ltd., Oxfordshire, U.K.) are examples of water-soluble composite coatings comprised of the sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) and sucrose fatty acid ester emulsifiers (Baldwin and others 1995). Their properties are discussed in Table VI-6. A newer product called “Snow-White,” based on sucrose esters of fatty acids, has also been used to combat oxidative browning in the potato industry. Nature-Seal is a polysaccharide-based surface treatment that uses cellulose derivatives as film formers, but unlike Semperfresh and Pro-long, does not contain sucrose fatty acid esters. Nature-Seal is a browning inhibitor that is applied as a dip or spray and has been shown to delay ripening of whole fruits and vegetables, and to retard discoloration of peeled carrots and cut mushrooms.
*** Authors note: Sucrose is the organic compound commonly known as table sugar and sometimes called saccharose. This is the kind of processed sugar many health conscious people avoid, and which diabetics aren’t supposed to consume, though the natural sugars in fresh fruit is acceptable for diabetics. This is a blatantly deceiving practice.
Finally, proteins such as casein, soy, and zein, can also adhere to hydrophilic cut produce surfaces and are easily modified to form films; however, they also allow water diffusion (Baldwin and others 1995). Unlike lipid-based barriers, protein-based barriers do not require the addition of a support matrix, since the protein acts as both the water vapor barrier and structural component of the film (Koelsch 1994). Park and others (1994) reported the successful application of a corn-zein film to extend the shelf life of tomatoes. Color change, loss of firmness, and weight loss during storage were delayed, and shelf life was extended by 6 d in comparison to untreated tomatoes. The corn-zein product used in the above study was a commercial product that was brushed onto the tomatoes (Regular Grade F4000, INC Biomedicals, Inc.), and consisted of 54 g of corn-zein, 14 g of glycerine, and 1 g of citric acid dissolved in 260 g of ethanol. Park and others (1994) did not comment on the use of citric acid in the film solution; however, others have found that edible films composed of zein were more successful in preventing the rancidity of nuts when citric acid was added (Guilbert and others 1996).
*** Author’s note: Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volitile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a solvent, and as a fuel. In common usage, it is often referred to simply as alcohol or spirits.
In order to obtain an edible film that incorporates all the best qualities of these four basic materials, as well as fulfilling the specific conditions for each fruit or vegetable, manufacturers are now producing films comprised of different combinations. Some of the advantages and disadvantages of the four basic edible film barriers, as well as combinations thereof, are listed in Table VI-5 (discussed below).
Here is Table VI-3:
“Commercially available modified atmosphere packaging systems for small and large quantities of produce”
Edible Films1
TAL Pro-Long (Courtaulds Group)
Blend of sucrose esters of fatty acids and sodium carboxymethylcellulose; depresses internal O2 and is edible.
Pears
Nutri-Save
N, O-carboxymethychitosan edible film.
Pears, apples
Semperfresh, Nu-Coat Fo, Ban-seel, Brilloshine, Snow-White and White Wash products (Surface Systems Intl. Ltd.)
Sucrose ester based fruit coatings with sodium carboxymethyl cellulose products manufactured exclusively from food ingredients available in dip or spray.
Most fruits and vegetables, processed and whole potatoes (Snow-White and White-Wash)
PacRite products (American Machinery Corp.)
Variety of products, water-based carnauba-shellac emulsions, shellac and resin water emulsions, water-based mineral oil fatty acid emulsions, and so forth.
Apples, citrus, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, squash, peaches, plums, nectarines
Fresh-Cote product line (Agri-Tech Inc.)
Variety of products including; shellac-based, carnauba-based and oil emulsion edible films.
Apples, pears, eggplant, tomatoes, cucumbers, stone fruits
FreshSealTM (Planet Polymer Technologies Inc. has licensed CPG Technologies of Agway, Inc. to produce)
A patented coating that slows the ripening process by controlling the O2 and CO2 and water vapor flowing in and out of the product. It can be tailored to the individual respiration rates of different fruit and vegetable varieties.
Currently available for avocado, cantaloupe, mangoes and papaya. Use on limes, pineapples and bananas is currently under investigation.
Typically polyethylene bags with powdered clay material made of powdered aluminum silicates, incorporated into the film matrix. Possibly reduces ethylene concentration by facilitating its diffusion out of the bag.
Variable
Temperature Responsive Films (Landec Labs)
Films increase their gas permeabilities in response to temperature increases as well as increases in respiration. Stabilizes the modified atmosphere so it remains the same under various temperatures.
Specific for each product
CO2 Scavengers FreshLock (Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co.), Verifrais (Codimer Tournessi, Gujan-Mestras)
Sachet type product which is placed directly in the package and absorbs both carbon dioxide and oxygen.
Fruits and vegetables, coffee
Ethylene absorbents Ethysorb (StayFresh Ltd), Ageless C (Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company), Freshkeep (Kurarey), Acepack (nippon Greener), Peakfresh (Klerk Plastic Industrie, Chantler Packaging Inc.)
Sachet type product which is placed directly in the package and absorbs ethylene. They are composed of a variety of products such as aluminum oxide, potassium permanganate, activated carbon, and silicon dioxide.
Fruits and vegetables
Antimicrobial Films-unsure of commercial availability
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So let’s take a look at what some of these “food safety” MAP products actually are, as listed in the above table:
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Shellac is a resin secreted by the female lac bug, on trees in the forests of India and Thailand. It is processed and sold as dry flakes which are dissolved in ethyl alcohol to make liquid shellac, which is used as a brush-on colorant, food glaze and wood finish. Shellac functions as a tough natural primer, sanding sealant, tannin-blocker, odour-blocker, stain, and high-gloss varnish. Shellac was once used in electrical applications as it possesses good insulation qualities and it seals out moisture. Phonograph (gramaphone) records were also made of it during the pre-1950s, 78-rpm recording era.
Shellac is one of the few historically appropriate finishes (including casein paint, spar varnishes, boiled linseed oil and lacquer) for early 20th-century hardwood floors, and wooden wall and ceiling paneling.
From the time it replaced oil and wax finishes in the 19th century, shellac was one of the dominant wood finishes in the western world until it was replaced by nitrocellulose lacquer in the 1920s and 1930s.
Morpholine is a common additive, in parts per million concentrations, for pH adjustment in both fossil fuel and nuclear power plant steam systems. Morpholine is used because its volatility is about the same as water, so once it is added to the water, its concentration becomes distributed rather evenly in both the water and steam phases. Its pH adjusting qualities then become distributed throughout the steam plant to provide corrosion protection. Morpholine is often used in conjunction with low concentrations of hydrazine or ammonia to provide a comprehensive all-volatile treatment chemistry for corrosion protection for the steam systems of such plants. Morpholine decomposes reasonably slowly in the absence of oxygen at the high temperatures and pressures in these steam systems.
The European Union has forbidden the use of Morpholine in fruit coating.
Morpholine is widely used in the USA, Canada, Australia and other parts of the world as a food additive for use as a component or coating for fruits and vegetables. However, the use of Morpholine is prohibited in the European Union, those countries where its use is permitted are fully aware of these restrictions. Consequently, they have strict protocols to ensure waxes containing Morpholine are not used for fruit destined for the UK and the EU.
Morpholine is not permitted in Europe because it is known to be a precursor of N-nitrosomorpholine, a carcinogen.
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) or cellulose gum is a synthesized cellulose derivative.
CMC is used in “food science” as a viscosity modifier or thickener, and to stabilize emulsions in various products including ice cream. As a food additive, it has E number E466. It is also a constituent of many non-food products, such as K-Y Jelly, toothpaste, laxatives, diet pills, water-based paints, detergents, textile sizing and various paper products. It is used primarily because it has high viscosity, is non-toxic, and is hypoallergenic. In laundry detergents it is used as a soil suspension polymer designed to deposit onto cotton and other cellulosic fabrics creating a negatively charged barrier to soils in the wash solution. CMC is used as a lubricant in non-volitile eye-drops (artificial tears). Sometimes it is methyl cellulose (MC) which is used, but its non-polar methyl groups (-CH3) do not add any solubility or chemical reactivity to the base cellulose.
Following the initial reaction the resultant mixture produces approximately 60% CMC plus 40% salts (sodium chloride and sodium glycolate). This product is the so-called Technical CMC which is used in detergents. A further purification process is used to remove these salts to produce pure CMC which is used for food, pharmaceutical and dentifrice (toothpaste) applications. An intermediate “semi-purified” grade is also produced, typically used in paper applications.
CMC is also used in pharmaceuticals as a thickening agent. CMC is also used in the oil drilling industry as an ingredient of drilling mud, where it acts as a viscosity modifier and water retention agent. Poly-anionic cellulose or PAC is derived from CMC and is also used in oilfield practice.
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Paraffin – medicinal liquid paraffin is used to aid bowel movement in persons suffering chronic constipation; it passes through the gastrointestinal tract without itself being taken into the body, but it limits the amount of water removed from the stool. In the food industry, where it may be called “wax”, it can be used as a lubricant in mechanical mixing, applied to baking tins to ensure that loaves are easily released when cooked and as a coating for fruit or other items requiring a “shiny” appearance for sale.
It is often used in infrared spectroscopy, as it has a relatively uncomplicated IR spectrum. When the sample to be tested is made into a mull (a very thick paste), liquid paraffin is added so it can be spread on the transparent (to infrared) mounting plates to be tested.
Mineral oil has also seen widespread use in biotechnology for preventing the evaporation of small volumes of liquid during heating. Polymerase chain-reaction samples may need to be overlaid with a layer of mineral oil to prevent evaporation during the high heat (95 °C) required to denature DNA.
Paraffin wax as a food grade substance is used in:
Shiny coating used in candy-making; although edible, it is non-digestible, passing right through the body without being broken down
Coating for many kinds of hard cheese, like Edam cheese
Sealant for jars, cans, and bottles
Chewing gum additive
It is also used for:
Candle-making
Coatings for waxed paper or cloth
Investment casting
Anti-caking agent, moisture repellent, and dust-binding coatings for fertilizers
Agent for preparation of specimens for histology
Bullet lubricant – with other ingredients, such as olive oil and beeswax
Crayons
Solid propellant for hybrid rocket motors
Component of surf-wax, used for grip on surfboards in surfing
Component of glide wax, used on skies and snowboards
Friction-reducer, for use on handrails and cement ledges, commonly used in skateboarding
Ink. Used as the basis for solid ink different color blocks of wax for thermal printers. The wax is melted and then sprayed on the paper producing images with a shiny surface
Microwax: food additive, a glazing agent with E number E905
Forensics aid: the nitrate test uses paraffin wax to detect nitrates and nitrites on the hand of a shooting suspect
Antiozonant agents: blends of paraffin and micro waxes are used in rubber compounds to prevent cracking of the rubber; the antiozonant waxes can be produced from synthetic waxes, FT wax, and Fischer Tropsch wax
Mechanical thermostats and actuators, as an expansion medium for activating such devices
“Potting” guitar pickups, which reduces microphonic feedback caused from the subtle movements of the pole pieces
“Potting” of local oscillator coils to prevent microphonic frequency modulation in low end FM radios.
Wax baths for beauty and therapy purposes
Thickening agent in many Paintballs, as used by Crayola
An effective, although comedogenic, moisturizer in toiletries and cosmetics such as Vaseline
Prevents oxidation on the surface of polished steel and iron
N(6)-Carboxymethyllysine (CML), also known as N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine, is an advanced glycation endproduct (AGE). CML has been the most used marker for AGEs in food analysis.
An advanced glycation end-product (AGE) is the result of a chain of chemical reactions after an initial glycation reaction. Side products generated in intermediate steps may be oxidizing agents (such as hydrogen peroxide), or not (such as beta amyloid proteins). “Glycosylation” is sometimes used for “glycation” in the literature, usually as ‘non-enzymatic glycosylation.’
AGEs may be formed external to the body (exogenously) by heating (e.g., cooking);or inside the body (endogenously) through normal metabolism and aging. Under certain pathologic conditions (e.g., oxidative stress due to hyperglycemia in patients with diabetes), AGE formation can be increased beyond normal levels. AGEs are now known to play a role as proinflammatory mediators in gestational diabetes as well.
The formation and accumulation of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) has been implicated in the progression of age-related diseases. AGEs have been implicated in Alzheimer’s Disease,cardiovascular disease,and stroke.The mechanism by which AGEs induce damage is through a process called cross-linking that causes intracellular damage and apoptosis.They form photosensitizers in the crystalline lens, which has implications for cataract development.Reduced muscle function is also associated with AGEs.
AGEs may be less, or more, reactive than the initial sugars they were formed from. They are absorbed by the body during digestion with about 30% efficiency. Many cells in the body (for example, endothelial cells, smooth muscle, and cells of the immune system)from tissue such as lung, liver, kidney, and peripheral blood bear the Receptor for Advanced Glycation End-products (RAGE) that, when binding AGEs, contributes to age- and diabetes-related chronic inflammatory diseases such atherosclerosis, asthma, arthritis, myocardial infarction, nephropathy, retinopathy, periodontis, and neuropathy.. There may be some chemicals, such as aminoguanidine, that limit the formation of AGEs by reacting with 3-deoxyglucosone.
The total state of oxidative and peroxidative stress on the healthy body, and the accumulation of AGE-related damage is proportional to the dietary intake of exogenous (preformed) AGEs, the consumption of sugars with a propensity towards glycation such as fructose and galactose. (So naturally, this AGE is used to coat fructose engorged fruit!!! Real safe…)
AGEs affect nearly every type of cell and molecule in the body, and are thought to be one factor in aging and some age-related chronic diseases.They are also believed to play a causative role in the vascular complications of diabetes mellitus.
They have a range of pathological effects, including increasing vascular permeability, inhibition of vascular dilation by interfering with nitric oxide, oxidising LDL, binding cells including macrophage, endothelial, and mesangial cells to induce the secretion of a variety of cytokines and enhancing oxidative stress.
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Gelatin (or gelatine) is a translucent, colorless, brittle (when dry), flavorless solid substance, derived from the collagen inside animals’ skin and bones. It is commonly used as a gelling agent in food, pharmaceuticals, photography, and cosmetic manufacturing. Substances containing gelatin or functioning in a similar way are called gelatinous. Gelatin is an irreversibly hydrolyzed form of collagen, and is classified as a foodstuff and therefore carries no E Number. It is found in some gummy candies as well as other products such as marshmallows, gelatin dessert, and some low-fat yogurt. Household gelatin comes in the form of sheets, granules, or powder. Instant types can be added to the food as they are; others need to be soaked in water beforehand.
Gelatin is a mixture of peptides and proteins produced by partial hydrolysis of collagen extracted from the boiled crushed bones, connective tissues, organs and some intestines of animals such as domesticated cattle, chicken, and pigs. The natural molecular bonds between individual collagen strands are broken down into a form that rearranges more easily. Gelatin melts to a liquid when heated and solidifies when cooled again. Together with water, it forms a semi-solid colloid gel.
The worldwide production amount of gelatin is about 300,000 tons per year (roughly 600 million lb).On a commercial scale, gelatin is made from by-products of the meat and leather industry.Gelatin is derived mainly from pork skins, pork and cattle bones, or split cattle hides; contrary to popular belief, horns and hooves are not used.The raw materials are prepared by different curing, acid, and alkali processes which are employed to extract the dried collagen hydrolysate. These processesmay take up to several weeks, and differences in such processes have great effects on the properties of the final gelatin products.
Authors note… And so the practical joke of the century from the villainous FDA? Vegetarians and vegans have all this time been eating organic fruit and veggies covered in pig, beef, and chicken byproducts. Oh, they must get a kick out of themselves!
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Could this food safety practice actually be causing harm and promoting disease and harmful pathogens?
Oh, most certainly, according to the FDA report.
In fact, it after reading this report, I am very suspicious that the recent outbreaks of food-borne illness caused from produce may X have ironically been caused by this scientific process of food safety.
Remember the great spinach scare of the 2006, when almost all prepackaged washed and ready to eat spinich was recalled due to the strain of E. coli called 0157:H7? Several of those infected during that outbreak were diagnosed with hemolytic uremic syndrome, a serious form of kidney failure (remember, the kidneys are your renal system, a side effect of which is mentioned above).
How about the recent February 2011 recall of broccoli, where a number of broccoli products sold under the Signature Café, TFarms and Raley’s labels were recalled due to the risk of Listeria food poisoning?
It seems most if not all of these recalls have to do with “fresh cut” or “washed and ready to eat” produce, as well as whole produce.
So let’s take a look at the report to see what this Map film can do for our little pathogenic food poisoning friends…
3.2. Pathogenic organisms
…MAP produce is vulnerable from a safety standpoint because modified atmospheres may inhibit organisms that usually warn consumers of spoilage, while the growth of pathogens may be encouraged. Also, slow growing pathogens may further increase in numbers due to the extension of shelf life. Currently, there is concern with the psychrotrophic foodborne pathogens such as L. monocytogenes, Yersinia entercolitica and Aeromonas hydrophila, as well as non-proteolytic C. botulinum, although clearly a number of other microorganisms, especially Salmonella spp., E. coli O157:H7 and Shigella spp., can be potential health risks.
3.3. Clostridium botulinum (botulism)
…there is some concern about the use of MAP with respect to this organism (Zagory 1995). Depending on the product in a MA package, the level of O2 can decrease rapidly if the product is temperature abused and product respiration increases, leaving a highly anaerobic environment ideal for the growth and toxin production of C. botulinum (Francis and others 1999)…
…in 1987, four circus performers in Sarasota, FL became ill with symptoms of botulism after consuming coleslaw prepared from packaged shredded cabbage purchased three weeks earlier in New Orleans (Solomon and others 1990). Researchers suspected that the cabbage had been packaged using MAP and that contaminated cabbage further contaminated the dressing, leading to the recovery of C. botulinum type A toxin and spores from the dressing.
…Lilly and others (1996) found that only 0.3% (1 of 337) of sampled shredded cabbage obtained from retail suppliers in the United States contained C. botulinum. However, the products tested had all been stored at 4°C (39.2°F), below the minimum for growth of proteolytic C. botulinum…
Growth and toxin production of C. botulinum before obvious product spoilage has also been observed on Agaricus bisporus mushrooms (Sugiyama and Yang 1975) and potato slices (Dignan 1985). As well, Austin and others (1998) performed challenge studies using both nonproteolytic and proteolytic strains of C. botulinum on MAP fresh-cut vegetables and found that samples of butternut squash (5°C [41°F], 21 d) and onion (25°C [77°F], 6 d) appeared organoleptically acceptable when toxin was detected. It was also demonstrated that toxin production by C. botulinum varied with the vegetables tested. Only nonproteolytic strains growing on butternut squash were capable of producing neurotoxin at temperatures as low as 5°C (41°F ) in 21 d, whereas proteolytic strains were able to produce toxin on all vegetables tested (onion, butternut squash, rutabaga, romaine lettuce, stir-fry and mixed salad), except coleslaw at 15°C (59°F) and higher (Austin and others 1998)…
Fresh mushrooms and tomatoes have also been shown to contain spores of Clostridium spp., and therefore the possibility of botulism associated with these MAP products must not be ignored (Zagory 1995).
3.4. Listeria monocytogenes
Recently, concerns about possible pathogen contamination in MAP produce have focused on L. monocytogenes due to its ability to grow at refrigeration temperatures (NACMCF 1999). Numerous researchers have reported that this organism can remain largely unaffected by MAP, while the normal microflora is inhibited (Amatanidou and others 1999; Francis and O’Bierne 1997, 1998). Thus, although MAP produce can remain organoleptically acceptable, L. monocytogenes, with a reduced microflora and, especially if low levels of lactic acid bacteria are present, can grow at low temperatures to potentially harmful levels during the extended storage life of a MAP produce product…
Early studies showed that L. monocytogenes inoculated onto broccoli, asparagus and cauliflower was unaffected by a modified atmosphere of 3% CO2, 18% O2 and 79% N2 for 10 d at 10°C (Berrang and others 1989a). Further studies by Beuchat and Brackett (1990a) clearly demonstrated thatL. monocytogenes increased significantly in number on lettuce stored in a modified atmosphere of 3% O2 and 97% N2…
…Francis and O’Beirne (1997) also reported that the growth of L. monocytogenes was stimulated by nitrogen flushing at 8°C (46.4°F). In addition, increasing CO2 levels from 10 to 20% has been reported to stimulate the growth of L. monocytogenes in a surface model system (Amanatidou and others 1999).
Challenge studies conducted by Farber and others (1998) focused on commercially available packaged vegetables and salads, as well as vegetables processed to mimic foodservice conditions. The importance of refrigeration was clearly demonstrated as L. monocytogenes population levels remained constant on all fresh-cut, processed and packaged vegetables stored at 4°C (39.2°F), with the exception of butternut squash and carrots on which the levels increased and decreased, respectively. At 10°C (50°F), the growth of L. monocytogenes was supported on all vegetables tested with the exception of chopped carrots, where the population decreased by 2 log units over 9 d. The inhibitory properties of raw, uncooked carrots and carrot juice on the growth of L. monocytogenes have been previously reported (Beuchat and Brackett 1990b). As well, Jacxsens and others (1999) reported a decline in L. monocytogenes on both Brussels sprouts and carrots packaged under a modified atmosphere (2 to 3% O2, 2 to 3% CO2, and 94 to 96% N2) and stored at 7°C (44.6°F)…
…and the authors concluded that these conditions might allow L. monocytogenes to reach potentially hazardous levels during the shelf life of the product…
The effects of competition between the indigenous microflora and pathogens on MAP produce have not been studied extensively. However, in a recent study, Francis and O’Beirne (1998) used a surface model agar system to examine the effects of storage atmosphere on L. monocytogenes and the competing microflora (Pseudomonas fluorescens,P. aeruginosa, Enterobacter cloacae, Enterobacter agglomerans and Leuconostoc citreum). The findings suggested that MAP conditions (5-20% CO2, balance N2 and 3% O2) might increase the growth rate of L. monocytogenes…
…Liao and Sapers (1999) also reported that P. fluorescens strains inhibited the growth of L. monocytogenes on endive leaves and spinach, possibly due to the production of a fluorescent siderophore by the pseudomonads. In general, at 3% O2, a level often reached in commercial MAP packages, it appeared that growth of the inoculated mixed natural population was decreased, whereas L. monocytogenesproliferated.
Reports of L. monocytogenes growing on sliced apples in controlled atmosphere (Conway and others 1998) and peeled potatoes in vacuum-packages (Juneja and others 1998) at abusive temperatures provide further evidence that this organism may pose a safety risk with respect to certain MAP fruit and vegetable products, and reiterates the importance of Good Agriculture Practices (GAP), Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and HACCP for produce post-harvest handling and processing.
More research needs to be done to examine the influence of different atmospheres, background microflora and storage temperatures on the survival and growth of L. monocytogenes on MAP fresh-cut produce.
3.5. Aeromonas hydrophila
Aeromonas spp. can be found on a wide variety of foods, as well as in most aquatic environments and most often causes gastroenteritis, and occasionally septicemia (Kirov 1997)… A. hydrophila can grow at refrigeration temperatures, and several studies have shown that growth is not affected by low O2 levels (1.5%) and CO2 levels up to 50% (Francis and others 1999). A survey of 97 prepared salads found A. hydrophila to be present in 21.6% of them, significantly lower than in meat products tested (Fricker and Tompsett 1989). Hudson and De Lacy (1991) also did a small survey of 30 salads and found A. hydrophila in only one salad package not containing mayonnaise. They surmised that the mayonnaise lowered the pH of the food, thereby inhibiting the growth of or inactivating the aeromonads present…
Berrang and others (1989b) determined that although at both 4°C (39.2°F) and 15°C (59°F), the shelf life of broccoli, asparagus and cauliflower was prolonged by MAP (that is, 11-18% O2, 3-10% CO2, 97% N2), it did not negatively affect the growth of resident or inoculated A. hydrophila. Interestingly, the organism was detected on most lots obtained from the commercial producer. Therefore, for storage periods of 8-21 d, depending on the product, A. hydrophila increased from roughly 104 to 108 or 109 CFU/g, and product that appeared suitable for consumption was heavily contaminated with the pathogen. As with L. monocytogenes, the CO2 levels that were inhibitory to A. hydrophila (that is, >50%) also damaged the product (Bennik and others 1995)…
3.6. Other pathogens of concern with respect to MAP produce
Organisms such as Salmonella, Shigella, E. coli, and various enteric viruses, such as hepatitis A, have been implicated in produce outbreaks, and, therefore, there is concern about their behavior under modified atmosphere conditions (Zagory 1995; Amanatidou and others 1999). A 1986 outbreak of shigellosis was traced back to commercially distributed MAP shredded lettuce; 347 people were affected in two west Texas counties (Davis and others 1988). Fernandez-Escartin and others (1989) tested the ability of three strains of Shigella to grow on the surface of fresh-cut papaya, jicama, and watermelon and reported that populations increased significantly when the inoculated product was left at room temperature for 4-6 h. Shigella is not part of the normal flora associated with produce, but can be passed on as contaminants by infected food handlers and contaminated manure and irrigation water.
More recently, an outbreak of Salmonella Newport was reported in the U.K., associated with the consumption of ready-to-eat salad vegetables (PHLS 2001). To date, nine human cases have been identified with the isolated strain from the implicated salad vegetables having an identical PFGE pattern to three of the human isolates.
Salmonella Typhimurium and L. monocytogenes actually had an increased growth rate at these concentrations; growth increased from 0.011 and 0.031µ/h to 0.023 and 0.041 µ/h for S. Typhimurium and L. monocytogenes, respectively. In general, E. coli O157:H7, S. Hadar and S. Typhimurium were only inhibited by CO2 levels that caused damage and spoilage to the produce (Piagentini and others 1997; Amanatidou and others 1999; Francis and others 1999). A modified atmosphere of 3% O2 and 97% N2 also had no significant effect on E. coli O157:H7 inoculated onto shredded lettuce, sliced cucumber, and shredded carrot and incubated at 12 and 21°C (21.6 and 69.8°F) (Abdul-Raouf and others 1993). At 5°C (41°F), populations of viable E. coli O157:H7 declined on stored vegetables; however, at 12 and 21°C (53.6 and 69.8°F), populations increased, demonstrating the importance of refrigeration temperatures in maintaining product safety. Richert and others (2000) who, although not studying MAP, reported that E. coli O157:H7 could survive on produce (broccoli, cucumbers and green peppers) stored at 4°C (39.2°F) and proliferate rapidly when stored at 15°C (59°F). In 1993, there were two foodborne outbreaks of enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) linked to carrots in a tabouleh salad served in New Hampshire and to an airline salad on a flight from North Carolina to Rhode Island (CDC 1994). Although these carrots were of U.S. origin, ETEC is a common cause of diarrheal illness in Mexico and developing countries that import fresh product to North America. Research on the behavior of this pathogen on fresh and fresh-cut product, both under MAP and without MAP, seems warranted…
…A more recent study, investigating the survival of C. jejuni on MAP fresh-cut cilantro and lettuce, found that refrigeration temperatures in combination with a modified atmosphere of 2% O2, 18% CO2 and 80% N2 can be favorable for bacteria (Tran and others 2000). Due to the microaerophilic nature of Campylobacter spp., which require 5% O2, 10% CO2 and 85% N2 for optimal growth, the investigators suspected that a low O2 modified atmosphere may provide an environment conducive to survival of the pathogen…
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Table VI-2: Polymers, film types and permeability available for packaging of MAP produce:
Edible Films
O2 permeability (mL.mm/m2.d.atm)
-
CO2 permeability (mL.mm/m2.d.atm)
Relative Humidity
Pectin
57.5
-
-
87
Chitosan
91.4
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1553
93
Wheat (gluten)
190/250
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4750/7100
91/94.5
Na caseinate
77
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462
77
Gluten-DATEM
153
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1705
94.5
Gluten-beeswax
133
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1282
91
Na casenate/Myvacet
83
-
154
48
MC/MPMC/fatty acids
46.6
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180
52
MC and beeswax
4
-
27
42
Gluten-DATEM and beeswax
<3
-
15
56
Gluten-Beeswax and beeswax
<3
-
13
56
Methylcellulose-palmitic acid
78.8
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100
Zein
0.362
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2.672
0.1163
Cozeen
0.892
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5.252
0.4073
Polyethylene
8.32
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26.12
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Polypropylene
0.552
-
-
0.000653
Sucrose polyester
2.102
-
-
0.000423
Smart Films
O2scavengers with O2indicators
antibody based detection systems for detection of microbial pathogen
Antimicrobial filmsi) Edible
Chlorinated phenoxy compound with biocide incorporated into the polymer layer (that is, nisin, lysozyme)
Chlorine dioxide with biocide incorporated into polymer layer
Edible films with sorbic acid, sodium benzoate, benzoic acid and potassium sorbate
Pine based volatiles added to edible film
Horseradish extract added to edible film
ii) Non-edible films/products
Propyl paraben dispersed in a polymer emulsion (Permax 801 or Carboset)
LDPE with Imazalil
LDPE with grapefruit seed extract
Gas, as produced by sachets or other materials to produce sodium metabisulfite to obtain the production of sulfite
This list of ingredients includes substances that many people have high allergic reactions to, including wheat (gluten) and milk (caseinate), and ones that are just downright bad for your health, including Chlorine, corn byproducts, and other animal fatty acid byproducts.
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So now at least you know. That shiny, healthy looking high-pro glow that is emanating from your fresh store-bought produce is more than likely this MAP – a film consisting of any number of inorganic, unhealthy compounds, including pork rinds and chicken bones!
The most important factor here is to understand that in an attempt prolong shelf life and reduce natural spoilage of our produce, these film covers are also creating an environment for bad pathogens to grow. And since the produce shows no signs of spoilage or contamination, the consumer may never know what is actually thriving thanks to that prolonged life allowed by modern, yet impossibly dangerous and deceiving food science.
And so once again, this is your Federal Food and Drug Administration at work.
When will we learn that the FDA is in the business of making its government owned corporations lives easier, by deregulating the rules that govern the food and drug industries and by allowing just about anything to be called “edible” and “food”, while simultaneously destroying the lives of anyone who tries to heal or cure disease without the FDA’s permission… and stealing their patents to boot? And now arresting farmers who transport raw milk across state borders as if milk is a illicit drug?
What is it going to take to make you stand up to this beast… this tyrant?
Less fluoride, perhaps…
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Sunday, January 8, 2012
I’ve been asked by several folks who live in other countries whether or not their country is on a similar Comprehensive Annual Financial Reporting structure as is the United States. The answer… absolutely. This is a world organized crime syndicate.
Here are just a few examples of what a quick search can find:
So we could go on and on, but now you know these reports are out there for all countries, who are all on the same general accounting structures as the United States. We are in globalism whether we want to admit it or not.
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Thursday, December 22, 2011
This might seem like a strange question to most… but the answer is even stranger and more terrifying to comprehend.
When a question like this is posed, we the people often look to our legislature and our constitution for the answers, as esoteric and interpretable as those answers may be. But without the rose-colored glasses, we can actually read with our own eyes what the answer to this question is from the eyes and opinion of our government.
Before you can truly attain the answer to this question though, and comprehend how it applies to you and your children, you must first temporarily suspend your emotion, your idealism, and your beliefs. For when we refer to law, these things do not apply. And when it is a corporation that writes these laws, morals, ethics, and values go out the window.
Anger though, for the purpose of the information you are about to receive, is permitted and requested…
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First of all, let’s clarify that what we are about to see is the opinion of the court system. Courts do not offer “judgment”, only “opinion”. The justices (not judges) of the “Supreme Court” as well offer nothing but opinion, which then becomes what the BAR association considers to be “Public Policy” or public opinion. The BAR copyrights these opinions then misleadingly calls it the “law”.
The side effect of being a consenting citizen of the United States (corporation) is that these copyrighted codes are applied to you with what the U.S.CODE itself calls Prima Facie law (law which derives its authority from presumed consent). Therefore, all branches of government technically operate under presumed law, meaning that the consent of the governed is automatically assumed in all legal matters and decisions based on court opinion.
This, unfortunately, applies to all contracts made with or on behalf of the state…
And one of those contracts is called a “Marriage License“.
Yours and your spouses signature on that state-sanctioned and federally registered document signifies a consent-based contract between all three parties – you, your spouse, and the “State“.
But don’t take my word for it… Let’s see what the court system offers in their opinion about this subject?
First, lets visit an Illinois Appellate Court judgment from 1997:
Appellate Court of Illinois, NO. 5-97-0108:
“Marriage is a civil contract to which there are three parties-the husband, the wife and the state.“
Van Koten v. Van Koten. 154 N.E. 146.
Continued…
“…When two people decide to get married, they are required to first procure a license from the State. If they have children of this marriage, they are required by the State to submit their children to certain things, such as school attendance and vaccinations. Furthermore, if at some time in the future the couple decides the marriage is not working, they must petition the State for a divorce. Marriage is a three-party contract between the man, the woman, and the State“
Linneman v. Linneman, 1 Ill. App. 2d 48, 50, 116 N.E.2d 182, 183 (1953), citing Van Koten v. Van Koten, 323 Ill. 323, 326, 154 N.E. 146 (1926).
“The State represents the public interest in the institution of marriage.“
Linneman, 1 Ill. App. 2d at 50, 116 N.E.2d at 183 (1953).
Continued…
“This public interest is what allows the State to intervene in certain situations to protect the interests of members of the family. The State is like a silent partner in the family who is not active in the everyday running of the family but becomes active and exercises its power and authority only when necessary to protect some important interest of family life. Taking all of this into consideration, the question no longer is whether the State has an interest or place in disputes such as the one at bar, but it becomes a question of timing and necessity.“
Also, this case law states…
“The state has a wide range of power for limiting parental freedom and authority in things affecting the child’s welfare… In fact, the entire familial relationship involves the State.”
Prince, 321 U.S. at 167, 64 S.Ct. at 442, 88 L.Ed. 645.
Well now… the courts sure do seem to offer the opinion that your child is owned by the state!
But heck, what should we the people (not People) expect?
When such authority and jurisdiction is just arbitrarily handed over to a bunch of attorneys running around in black moo-moos with little wooden hammers yelling that they rule supreme in their houses of judicial worship simply because the state allows them to presume such authority and jurisdiction… I suppose those people who consent to this charade get just what they deserve – slavery through a bondage contract.
But then, when the President of the country is also a lawyer, along with his wife, and for that mater more than half of all U.S. Presidents, 56/100 Senators, over 35% of Congressmen, both “speakers” of the house, and most of the State Governors in office today are all BAR attorneys/lawyers, I suppose we shouldn’t be at all surprised that the opinion of the BAR Association is the law of the land…
Of course, the above opinion is not just some isolated case. This opinion is quite general in its purview, and quite common in its legal application. In fact, it is the very basis of the criminal racket we call the dreaded “Child Protective Services (CPS)”, which claims its overarching authority from the Federal “Health And Human Services (HHS)” as it legally kidnaps your children.
So where else can we find such blatant power abused so absolutely?
How about in the case of MEADOWS v. MEADOWS, (Aug 2008), in the “Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama”?
“The primary control and custody of infants is with the government.”
Tillman V. Roberts. 108 So. 62
“There is no wider area for the exercise of judicial discretion than that of providing for and protecting the best interests of children.“
Ex parte Handley, 460 So.2d 167 (Ala.1984).
“The court stands in the position of parens patria[e] of children.“
Ayers v. Kelley, 284 Ala. 321, 224 So.2d 673 (1969)․
“…we held that the best interest of the child took precedence over the parent’s right to travel.“
Everett, 660 So.2d at 601-02.
“In 1984, the Court of Appeals of Idaho ruled that the State had a ‘compelling governmental interest’ that justified restricting the residence of the custodial parent, holding that the best interests of a child had priority over the parent’s right to travel.“
**Note: The word “interest”, when it is used by the courts on behalf of “the state”, should be considered here to be defined in layman’s terms as the monetary interest in what the State considers one of its trade-able commodities. For to a for-profit government, people are considered legal “persons”, and their value is not in flesh and blood, but in labor and tax. Persons are the original form of legal tender.-Clint-
Continued…
“Parens patriae,” literally “parent of the country,” refers traditionally to role of state as sovereign and guardian of persons under legal disability.”
Ex parte Bayliss, 550 So.2d 986, 988 n. 1 (Ala.1989) (quoting Black’s Law Dictionary 1003 (5th ed.1979)).
“Pursuant to the parens patriae doctrine, ‘the primary control and custody of infants is with the government, to be delegated, as of course, to their natural guardians and protectors, so long as such guardians are suitable persons to exercise it.’ ”
Ex parte Wright, 225 Ala. 220, 222, 142 So. 672, 674 (1932). See also Fletcher v. Preston, 226 Ala. 665, 148 So. 137 (1933); and Striplin v. Ware, 36 Ala. 87 (1860).
“In other words, the state is the father and mother of the child and the natural parents are not entitled to custody, except upon the state’s beneficent recognition that natural parents presumably will be the best of its citizens to delegate its custodial powers… ‘The law devolves the custody of infant children upon their parents, not so much upon the ground of natural right in the latter, as because the interests of the children, and the good of the public, will, as a general rule, be thereby promoted.’ “
Chandler v. Whatley, 238 Ala. 206, 208, 189 So. 751, 753 (1939) (quoting Striplin v. Ware, 36 Ala. at 89) (‘ ’).
Wait a minute, you say. This doesn’t sound very “constitutional” to me…
Oh, you mean that mythical and more importantly interpretable (in court opinion) document that you believe gives you rights? Silly rabbits, tricks are for kids.
In reality, everything that happens is in fact “constitutional” as long as the court (an attorney in a black moo-moo) says it is “constitutional” from within its (his/her) opinion.
In the end, you have only one right. And that right is the right of non-consent. (Consent is the most important legal term that you can possibly ever comprehend.)
But don’t take my word for it… here are a few more instances of “case law” which let you know that the constitution simply does not apply to you in the corporate world of commercial (copyrighted) code…
“But, indeed, no private person has a right to complain, by suit in court, on the ground of a breach of the Constitution. The Constitution it is true, is a compact, but he is not a party to it.“
Padelford, Fay & Co., vs. Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Savannah 14 Ga. 438, 520
**Note: Remember, the word “person” refers to your veil of artificial person-hood; your STRAWMAN if you will. The court will never refer to you in the sense that you are a living, breathing, sentient being with god-given rights that cannot be taken away, but instead relies on your presumed consent as the physical representation of your fiction, your corporate self. “Person” is defined in U.S. CODE as an “individual, association, corporation, group…” etc. It is not defined as “people” unless those people are a group of “persons”, in which case, as in the constitution, the word “people” is capitalized (i.e. We, the People – referring to the men who signed the constitution, and whom were the only men for which that constitution held under “contract” with any authority. The constitution has no authority accept that for which the court passes judgment (opinion) upon. -Clint-
“The people of the United States resident within any State are subject to two Governments: one State, and the other National; but there need be no conflict between the two. The powers which one possesses, the other does not. They are established for different purposes, and have separate jurisdictions. Together they make one whole, and furnish the people of the United States with a complete government, ample for the protection of all their rights at home and abroad. True, it may sometimes happen that a person is amenable to both jurisdictions for one and the same act… It is the natural consequence of a citizenship which owes allegiance to two sovereignties, and claims protection from both. The citizen cannot complain, because he has voluntarily submitted himself to such a form of government.“
The Supreme Court, 92 US 551: “U.S. v Cruikshank”
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Well, there you have it!
Even as the Supreme Court – which has mistakenly translated the word “supreme” to mean that these seven appointed “justices” who pass “opinion” upon the masses of consenting “citizens” are more supreme than even God himself – these men and women; who are not voted into these positions of power in any way by the people, but instead are appointed by the President of the United States (corporation)… these self-imposed deities clearly state here that they are the law of the land, and that that “the natural consequence of citizenship” is for the people to be under their supreme opinion!
Well I for one do not voluntarily submit to the opinions of these megalomaniacs any longer.
And for the record, as a free man with God as my witness…
I DO NOT CONSENT!!!
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Stay tuned…
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This is an advanced lesson in government corruption – in legal, organized crime.
Covered here are the CAFR’s for the “Rim Of The World” school district in San Bernadino County, and for the California State Lottery.
With this information, anyone should be able to read their own school district CAFR which will be similar in its structure according to generally accepted government accounting practices.
I was quite taken by this segment of a George Galloway show in which a caller had the typical American point of view that somehow Iran is both an enemy and an aggressor…
In the end, can fact, logic, and reason prevail?
Iran may be the free world’s last hope.
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Saturday, December 3rd, 2011
There is such an effort to convince people about the reality of what are popularly called “chemtrails” – but what should be properly referred to as geoengineering, cloud seeding, or weather modification.
Most people simply point to the sky and say “look!”.
Others go into extreme technical detail on the nature and conspiracy of these trails in the sky and where they originate from. But as with most of the topics that are considered by many to be conspiracy theory, weather modification can simply be “proven” to the most skeptical among us by the very state and federal codes that allow these trails in the sky to be laid in the first place.
There is no crime if all crime is legal…
And all 50 states are in a cooperative agreement to allow this spraying to commence uninhibited across state borders, which means that the governor of your state is in full compliance and acquiescence.
In the state of Washington for instance, the Washington State legislature passed the following legal codes regarding the aerial spraying over the State of Washington:
WAC 173-495-070 – Permit Requirements.
(1) Each weather modification operation not specifically exempted by statute or these regulations requires a permit. A separate permit must be issued for each operation.
(2) A license holder desiring to conduct a weather modification operation shall submit an application for a permit to ecology.
(3) The permit applicant must hold a valid weather modification license from the state of Washington.
(4) The applicant shall publish a notice of intention at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper that has general circulation within the county in which the operation is to be conducted or affected.
(5) The licensee shall file proof of publication of the notice of intention with ecology within fifteen days from the date of last publication of the notice.
(6) The notice of intention must contain at least the following:
(a) The name and address of the licensee;
(b) The nature and object of the intended operation and the person or organization on whose behalf it is to be conducted;
(c) The area in which and the appropriate time during which the operation will be conducted;
(d) The area intended to be affected by the operation; and
(e) The materials and methods to be used in conducting the operation.
(7) The applicant shall furnish proof of financial responsibility, as described in WAC 173-495-120 of this chapter.
(8) The applicant shall pay a permit fee outlined in chapter 173-455 WAC.
(9) Before issuing a permit, ecology shall state, in writing, that the weather modification and control activities proposed have been determined to be for the general welfare and public good.
(10) Ecology shall hold a public hearing before any weather modification permit is issued.
So with a little clever reverse engineering, one could go and request through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request the permit that was issued to that entity responsible for the weather Modification. Or, one could attend the “public hearing” as outlined in #10 above and get that information as well, and probably protest the weather modification where, when and before it starts.
The point here is that instead of trying to convince people to believe something that in effect is hardly believable accept in classic science fiction movies and novels, why not just point to this law which allows it to happen in the first place. And while your at it, shouldn’t we be making citizens arrests for the bastards in government who are allowing these experimental geo-engineering dumps to happen in the first place?
Here is the law as set forth by the Texas Legislature on Weather manipulation and control:
CHAPTER 301. WEATHER MODIFICATION AND CONTROL
SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS SECTION 301.001 Definitions.
In this chapter:
(3) “Operation” means the performance of weather modification and control activities entered into for the purpose of producing or attempting to produce a certain modifying effect within one geographical area over one continuing time interval not exceeding four years.
(4) “Research and development” means theoretical analysis, exploration, experimentation, and the extension of investigative findings and theories of a scientific or technical nature into practical application for experimental and demonstration purposes, including the experimental production and testing of models, devices, equipment, materials, and processes.
(5) “Weather modification and control” means changing or controlling, or attempting to change or control, by artificial methods the natural development of atmospheric cloud forms or precipitation forms that occur in the troposphere.
(6) “Weather modification and control program” means the research, development, licensing, and permitting and other associated activities to be administered by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Section 301.112. Publication of Notice.
The notice of intention required under Section 301.110 must be published at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in each county in which the operation is to be conducted.
CHAPTER 302. WEATHER MODIFICATION AND CONTROL GRANT PROGRAM.
AGRICULTURE CODE
TITLE 9. WEATHER AND CLIMATE
CHAPTER 302. WEATHER MODIFICATION AND CONTROL GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 302.001. FINDINGS. The legislature finds that weather modification and control activities may have a significant impact on Texas agriculture. The legislature further finds that the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is the proper state agency to administer grants to political subdivisions for weather modification and control activities.
Really? How could this possibly harm the environment? (pause for humorous repose…)
A recent public notice posting in the San Luis Obispo Tribune stated:
NOTICE OF INTENTION WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM THE SANTA BARBARA COUNTY WATER AGENCY HEREBY GIVES NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONDUCT A WEATHER MODIFICATION PROGRAM NATURE AND PURPOSE:
The purpose of the project is to increase rainfall to help alleviate deficiencies of water supplies in Santa Barbara County. Clouds would be seeded by the dispersal of Silver Iodide (AgI). Two possible modes of seeding, air based and ground based, would be used. LOCATION OF PURPOSE: Project operations could be conducted during the period between November 15 and April 15, for each year, 2011-2012 through 2015-2016. Airborne seeding operations would utilize air space over Santa Barbara County, portions of San Luis Obispo County as well as the Pacific Ocean immediately west of Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties. Ground based seeding operations would be conducted from the Santa Ynez Mountains, the Casmalia Hills and the San Rafael Mountains. The target areas for seeding operations are the watersheds behind Cachuma and Gibraltar reservoirs on the Santa Ynez River as well as Twitchell reservoir on the Cuyama River. LICENSEE: The project would be operated and supervised by a licensed weather modification consultant.
Now, when I was first pulled aside and someone pointed to the sky and said, “look up” I was immediately taken in by these trails and the fact that I never noticed them before, as if they were just a natural part of the skyline. And, perhaps the reason for this past perception is that this aerial spraying and weather modification has been going on since before I was even conceived!
After that day, I noticed that in the movie “The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming” which was released in 1966, there was a scene that just happened to show an airplane leaving a trail in the sky, and it was a persistentcontrail if ever there was one. I was quite surprised to see this considering the date of the movie, and brushed it off as a normal contrail.
I realize know that this was nothing to be surprised at or to be brushed off!
Here is the Santa Barbara County website describing the history of its use of weather modification:
As early as 1948, Santa Barbara County has participated in weather modification activities in order to augment local water supplies. Weather conditions are “modified” by seeding clouds – cloud seeding – with condensation nuclei to increase the amount of rain that falls. There are a number of benefits from doing this, which are supported by statistical analysis. The most significant benefit is that in some years up to 20% more rain falls in areas where clouds have been seeded than in control (unseeded) areas. There are three distinct benefits of cloud seeding: infiltration of significant amounts of water into ground water basins; runoff into reservoirs; and irrigation effects on grasslands and crops.
Then there is this letter from the Department of Water Resources in California:
May 4, 1964
Honorable Edmund G.. Brown, Governor
and Members of the Legislature of the
State of California
Gentlemen:
I have the honor to transmit herewith a report of the Department of Water Resources, entitled “Weather Modification Operations in California, October 1, I962 – September 30, I963.”
During the period covered by the report, there were ten projects Involving weather modification operations which were undertaken in California. These were accomplished by nine of the eleven operators who were licensed by the department for such activities…
{Report}
WEATHER MODIFICATION OPERATIONS IN CALIFORNIA OCTOBER 1, 1962 – SEPTEMBER 30, I963
INTRODUCTION
This report presents a summary of all weather modification projects conducted in California during the period October 1, 1962, through September 30, 1963: as reported to the Department of Water Resources in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4, Division 1 of the Water Code,
Appended to this report are the statutes on the regulation and control of natural precipitation by artificial means…
…No person, without first securing a license from the department, shall cause or attempt to cause condensation or precipitation of rain, snow, moisture, or water in any form contained in the atmosphere, or shall prevent or attempt
to prevent by artificial means the natural condensation or precipitation of rain, snow, moisture, or water in any form
contained in the atmosphere.”
On being Issued a license by the department, the licensee may operate projects in the areas and periods specified in the notices of Intention to modify natural precipitation by artificial means. These notices must be published by the licensee in newspapers having a general circulation and published In each county where the operation is to be conducted…
Another public notice from 1965, in the Heppner Gazette Times reported:
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MODIFY NATURAL PRECIPITATION BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS
Notice is hereby given that it is the intent of the Water Resources Development Corporation of 460 South Broadway, Denver 9, Colorado, which holds License No. 54 of the State of Oregon, to engage in operations to modify natural precipitation by artificial means, for and on behalf of MORROW COUNTY WEATHER RESEARCH ASSOCIATION, located at Echo. Oregon…
And yet another public notice in The Intermountain News, October 16th, 1969:
NOTICE OF INTENTION TO MODIFY NATURAL PRECIPITATION BY ARTIFICIAL MEANS
Notice is hereby given that Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California corporation… License No. 23 of the State of California to engage in operations to modify natural precipitation by artificial means, will for and on behalf of itself conduct a program of weather modification by artificial nucleation of clouds with silver iodide and other nucleating agents…
So let’s stop pointing to the ever expanding, non-dispersing lines in the sky that everyone has nowadays virtually grown up with to try and prove that weather manipulation exists. If it were a snake it would bite them on the nose! Now you can simply point to over 70 years worth of cloud seeding and weather control by “artificial means” as listed in your own state governments and archives.
Now how can anybody deny that?
Credit for these links goes to this gentleman, for whom we should all post a big thank you on his web forum…
“The Russian Air Force, during a mission to clear the skies of potentially rain-filled clouds, dropped a mixture of silver iodide, liquid nitrogen and cement powder in an attempt to seed the clouds. This form of climate modification is common practice in Russia, when attempting to engineer dry days on public holidays and special events in Moscow…”
Japanese Cloud Seeding Experiments for Precipitation Augmentation (JCSEPA)
Masataka Murakami, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
In some populated areas of central and western Japan, they have recently had a potential problem of water shortage. For the last twenty years, they have had the problem of water shortage almost every two or three years.
MRI, in cooperation with 10 other research organizations, has launched the five-year research project (2006-2011) “Japanese Cloud Seeding Experiments for Precipitation Augmentation (JCSEPA)” to aim drought mitigation and water resources management.
I was fortunate enough to have been invited and treated to a fancy buffet in Park City, Utah, as opposed to an unmentionable meager alternative. This was my first un-home-cooked thanksgiving if I recall correctly – so no leftover cold turkey sandwiches or soup.
As wonderful of a spread as it was, it hit my system hard, and I was forced to detour to the Men’s room before leaving the no doubt geo-engineered buffet.
Now, as the title of this particular blog suggests, I was desperately in need of a courtesy flush. But to my surprise, I was sitting on a machine…. There was no option for random flushes. No buttons or handles to push. Nothing. I was a victim of forced green technology! As I panicked and felt around for some sign of relief for all parties involved, I realized with ponderous curiosity that I was once again caught in a world where “the machines have taken over”, a previous story I wrote last year.
As I finished my duty and went to the sink to freshen up, I was forced to hold my hands in front of a heat sensor before I could receive the glorious gift of water from the hotel bathroom faucet machine. After a brief pause, the water flowed. But I felt helpless, as I could not adjust the temperature, pressure, or length of the aqua-stream in question.
And then the toilet flushed…
Since there were no paper towels to dry my wet hands with, I waited for the machine-driven man in front of me to finish his encounter with the air delivery robot on the wall. And I then re-activated the machine with my heat signature.
And then the water faucet finally shut off, and I wondered at the water I could have saved were I allowed to control the faucet myself.
And so once again I was reminded that the machines are indeed taking over – as the green light allowed me to drive through the intersection, the traffic cameras kept me from disobeying the red lights, the bank ATM robot teller gave me money while charging a fee for its digital services, and the self-checkout robot takes my cash or credit card and makes me bag my own groceries at no discount.
If freedom requires responsibility for ones own actions, what sort of society do we live in when the police are no longer there to protect the people, but instead to protect the computer structure if the people don’t obey the machines and robots who control us?
Long live the courtesy flush!!!
Just a random thought…
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Thursday, November 25, 2011
Retraction: After many quite personal attacks on my character, it has been pointed out to me that the “gold” in question is pledged to the Federal Reserve specifically as collateral, meaning that the Treasury must pay the contract if the Federal Reserve calls in the “collateral”. I don’t mind being wrong, and will always endeavor to correct such mistakes. But I must say the abuse is intolerable (in the comments below) from what are supposed to be the good guys; “the people”. This gives little hope of our future as an organized group of people. I apologize for being tricked by this misleading writing, and hope to correct that here:
Here is a comment from Walter Burien, correcting my error:
The report Clint sent out was a trap he fell into after certain circumstances of reporting changed to hide the assignment of the Treasury gold to the FR.
Most would not have caught the word play for misrepresentation now revised in the reports including maybe myself if I looked for the first time now. Being that I looked over a decade ago, that is why I caught it.
In reference to Clint: “This is the problem with most Americans today.” and that is 99% not accurate in reference to Clint.
He has done what 1 out of a million would do and that is take the time and have the intelligence; fortitude; and will to “look”. We all get caught in traps from time to time. You should not diminish him for having done so…
Note 19 on page 101: “Notes to the Financial Statements” and line item values listed.
Page 102. The key phrase is the last sentence:
“All of the Department of the Treasury’s certificates issued are payable to the Federal Reserve banks.”
Being gold certificates issued by the Treasury, the word “payable” means payable in gold.
Now I did notice they are doing something differently then they were doing in 1999. They are now “floating” the certificates back and forth between the federal reserve member banks redeemable in dollars and foreign currency. There is no physical gold that changes hands, just the paper certificates. I mentioned to look at the 1999 Federal AFR being the wording and the swaps of certificates were not being done then and there was no word play. The “gold was pledged to the Federal reserve by “gold certificates” to do what they do. If the Federal Reserve called up those certificates, the FR got the gold in redemption of those certificates.
As I mentioned I put out a CAFR1 post eight years ago on that point and Opps, the gang had to cover their asses in extended word play and the new certificate swaps to blur what they did in the “give up” of the gold by certificates issued at $42 oz.
Hell probably hit the fan when the full Congress and the Senate realized what had been done and thus implemented the gold certificate swaps to generate money for the Treasury.
If the Federal Reserve had ever “called up” the original certificates issued and took possession of the gold, the Treasury would not have had the ability to profit off the gold certificate swaps. The treasury would no longer have the gold in their possession to do so. I note the gold certificates is a VERY small percentage of the value listed in the Federal Reserve’s AFR.
Being that I now have had to focus on this issue, I now understand the play push to audit the Federal Reserve “members” of if which done would collapse the Federal Reserve’s participation of and from member banks. It was used as a pressure point to accomplish several points. One to force the FR into taking on more US Debt between the members (as the increase is noted in both the FR and Federal Government’s AFR report’s notes) and also probably to force the ability to use the gold certificates (never redeemed for the physical gold) through in and out swaps in trade mandating return of the certificates (owned by the FR) on call where the “Treasury” directly benefited from that activity.
–Walter
***Note that Walter alludes to the most important aspect here: the collusion – not competition – between the Federal Reserve and the Treasury. And the gold, of course, can’t just be ignored. It is the peoples wealth pledged without acquiescence to contract.
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And here was the original post:
It is always good to know that the sacrifices I’ve made and the endless hours of research I’ve done don’t just fall on deaf ears…
I received an email a couple of days ago from a reader of my blog, who went above and beyond the call of duty to verify the research in my recent videos, not just taking it at face value. If only all of us did this with each others research, we would no doubt have a whole lot less confusion in our search for “truth”.
Besides my gratitude, I would also offer this man my highest accommodation of valor (if I had one) for taking the time to not only find the Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports (CAFR’s) I mentioned, but to read them and link them in his email.
Thank you, sir!
I’d like to share that email here…
“John Smith” wrote:
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Fact: The Federal Reserve Notes are backed by gold.
Yes, you read that right. The Federal Reserve notes are backed by gold.
Hitler (Joseph Goebbels) was right when he said, “If you repeat a lie enough times, people will believe it (paraphrase).”
I know what you are thinking. OK, John. Prove it.
If you look at page 453 and 490 of the 2009 Annual Financial Report of the Federal Reserve (CAFR) you will see there actually is collateral held against Federal Reserve Notes. This means the money we use is backed by something.
How many (troy) ounces (of gold) is backing the Federal Reserve Notes? On page 62, the last paragraph reads:
“Gold is valued at the statutory price of $42.2222 per fine troy ounce. The number of fine troy ounces was 261,498,900 as of September 30, 2010, and 2009. The market value of gold on the London Fixing was $1,307 and $996 per fine troy ounce as of September 30, 2010, and 2009, respectively. Gold totaling $11.1 billion as of September 30, 2010, and 2009, was pledged as collateral for gold certificates issued and authorized to the FRBs by the Secretary of the Treasury. Gold certificates were valued at $11.0 billion as of September 30, 2010, and 2009, which are included in Note 19—Other Liabilities. Treasury may redeem the gold certificates at any time. Foreign currency is translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate at fiscal year-end. The foreign currency is maintained by various U.S. Federal agencies and foreign banks.”
How much money (Federal Reserve Notes) is in circulation?
All of that hard and easily liquidated currency is known as the M0 money supply. This includes the bills and coins in people’s pockets and mattresses, the money on hand in bank vaults and all of the deposits those banks have at reserve banks. According to the Federal Reserve, there was $908.6 billion in the M0 supply stream as of July 2009.
What is the real value of the Federal Reserve Notes?
This can be viewed 2 ways (statutory value or market value).
Let’s do some calculating:
The statutory price of gold is $42.2222 per ounce. The Fed is holding 261,498,900 ounces of gold This equals to $11,041,058,855.58 ($11 billion). There is $908,600,000,000 ($908 billion) in circulation. According to the statutory price of gold, the dollar is worth $.012 (Just over 1 cent per dollar).
The market price of gold is $1,307.00 per ounce. The Fed is holding 261,498,900 ounces of gold. This equals to $341,779,062,300.00 ($341.7 billion). There are $908,600,000,000 ($908 billion) in circulation. According to the market price of gold, the dollar is worth $0.37 (37 cents per dollar).
(Note: The average market price of gold is actually over $1,600 for November)
I guess the dollar really isn’t worth a dollar (in gold).
Warning: My lack of funds are being compensated by my knowledge.
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Again, my congratulations to John for taking the initiative to research and verify the facts (instead of just insulting the messenger).
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Monday, November 21, 2011
Back to some good old fashioned public official confrontations. My favorite!
I was always curious about this, and now I know…
A police officer who does not know what the word “consent” means is just about the most frightening thing I can imagine when dealing with these officers of the corporate code. A whole United States military and police department without such knowledge, and the true nature of our society comes rushing in.
Note that this was on Veteran’s Day, and that there was no good reason for these city workers to be replacing this sign on a holiday. It merely changed one word, “dusk”, as the time to exit the park.
Note also that this was very much yet another media photo op, and that they took about 20 minutes to change over this sign while each camera-person got their footage.
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Sunday, November 20, 2011
As the time for Occupy Salt Lake protesters to be physically removed came closer, the news media spin machine jumped into action. For it is always necessary to occupy public opinion, especially when it comes to squashing the rights of individual Americans.
Here we see the conclusion to our Agent Provocateurs’ performance the day before the police and city workers marched on Pioneer Park and bulldozed all private property into a rather large industrial dump truck.
Now, as you can see, the ABC news editors were quite busy in the editing room making it look like this “crazy” man was one of the protesters, claiming that he was angry about being asked to leave the park as a protester, and was arrested as a violent protester.
Of course, as we documented earlier, not only were the real protesters demanding for this agent provocateur to clean up the mess he was making and to cease and desist from entering other people’s tents, but actually clapped their hands in praise of him being arrested for his actions, as HE WAS NOT ONE OF THE PROTESTERS!
That footage here:
Of course, this isn’t the only time that I have been a victim of the lies and clever editing crew of ABC News and its anchor Brett Hunsaker. Back in 2010…
And then Hunsaker lied to his public, after speaking with us for over half an hour and watching as we passed out hundreds of fliers…
The worse part about this? I apparently have no legal recourse to hold this propaganda spin machine called ABC responsible for its actions. All we can do is stop watching and supporting this CIA front.
But I suppose sitcoms are more important than peoples rights.
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Sunday, November 20, 2011
I have had an amazing look into the paradigm of institutionalization ever since I began speaking negatively about the actions of Congressman Ron Paul. Out of the woodwork they came; people whom, without reason or rational thought, defend the career of one Dr. Ron Paul without prejudice or fact. And though I make every attempt to not attack Ron Paul in a personal way, only referring to his political motives and actions, and though I list him as someone I want on my own dream-team cabinet if I were elected President of this gigantic corporate structure called the United States… those people who refuse to see anything but the mature, angelic doctor guided by the hand of Jesus himself as presented in the propaganda images that have inundated the Ron Paul campaign have certainly attacked me.
I was and still am being taken by surprise by these ad hominem attacks on my personal character, the Strawman arguments regarding this virtually mythical man, the appeals to novelty, pity, and popularity regarding his campaign and the so-called “blackout” of it in the media, and the constant divergent red herrings that always lead to an emotionally fueled debate down a road other than the acknowledgment of the facts at hand. These fallacies have taken hold of otherwise logical folks and cleared the logic centers of their brains.
Of course, at no time has there been this kind of response from anyone who isn’t a Ron Paul supporter, which again leads me to the only reasonable comparison: Obama supporters – who are equally unable to ingest facts about their chosen candidate due to the prophet-like pedestal that Obama has been set upon by themselves.
Further research has now lead me to take upon myself more of this burden of personal attack by taking a closer examination of the Ron Paul “HR 459, The Audit the Fed Bill to the 112th Congress“, as described on Paul’s website.
Interesting to note here is that according to Ron Paul’s congressional (.gov) website, this bill’s predecessor:
“HR 1207garnered broad bi-partisan support with 320 cosponsors in the 111th Congress, and was attached (but removed in conference) as an amendment to the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill“.
This is especially confounding to me as this would have meant that this “Audit the Fed” bill had enough votes through its co-sponsors (320) to pass in congress as its own free-standing bill, among the 435 congress-people that would have voted on this bill. A simple majority of 218 votes would have passed this bill. And so the question of why this perfectly stable bill was attached to another bill instead as an amendment to that bill, where it could then be swatted away like a pesky fly, comes into question.
What did Congressman Paul have to say about this on the same (.gov) website?
“I was very pleased that so many of my colleagues were willing to stand up for transparency and accountability in government by cosponsoring HR 1207 in the last Congress. I am optimistic about our prospects for a full and complete audit in the 112th Congress,” stated Congressman Paul.
In short, this was a colossal fail on the part of Ron Paul, allowing this bill to be arbitrarily removed from the law-books by allowing it to be transformed into an amendment instead of a bill! Whether or not this was a purposeful and preconceived failure is a question that I am not qualified to answer. But I will state that I believe this to be highly suspicious behavior for a bill that would otherwise be a sure thing.
It is also interesting to note that Ron Paul has sponsored another bill for this years session, H.R. 1496: Federal Reserve Transparency Act, 112th Congress: 2011-2012. Though this bill is identical to H.R. 459 except for the last paragraph, this bill has no co-sponsors whatsoever. What is most important to understand though is this statement, which is the description of the bill and what it strives to accomplish:
“To amend title 31, United States Code, to reform the manner in which the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited by the Comptroller General of the United States and the manner in which such audits are reported, and for other purposes.”
Sometimes we miss the most important things when we read them. Here it states “…the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System is audited…“. This tells us that the Board is already, in fact, audited. It also states that the goal of this bill is “…to reform the manner in which…” that already existing audit is reported to Congress.
In fact, the Federal Reserve Act, which is of course codified into U.S. (Federal) CODE, (12USC 225b) states clearly that this audit already exists:
Section 2B. Appearances Before and Reports to the Congress
(b) Congressional report. The Board shall, concurrent with each semi-annual hearing required by this section, submit a written report to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Banking and Financial Services of the House of Representatives, containing a discussion of the conduct of monetary policy and economic developments and prospects for the future, taking into account past and prospective developments in employment, unemployment, production,investment, real income, productivity, exchange rates, international trade and payments, and prices.
[12 USC 225b. As added by act of Dec. 27, 2000 (114 Stat. 3028).]
(c)Public access to information. The Board shall place on its home Internet website, a link entitled `Audit‘, which shall link to a web page that shall serve as a repository of information made available to the public for a reasonable period of time, not less than 6 months following the date of release of the relevant information, including–
the reports prepared by the Comptroller General under section 714 of title 31, United States Code;(Note: This is the only thing that is amended by the “Audit The Fed” bill.)
the annual financial statements prepared by an independent auditor for the Board in accordance with section 11B; (Note: This is, in fact, the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR), the actual audit of the Federal Reserve.)
the reports to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate required under section 13(3) (relating to emergency lending authority); and
such other information as the Board reasonably believes is necessary or helpful to the public in understanding the accounting, financial reporting, and internal controls of the Board and the Federal reserve banks.
[12 USC 225b. As added by act of July 21, 2010 (124 Stat. 2118).]
And so we can see that the CAFR, which is the over 500 page audit of the Federal Reserve, is readily available to the public for its consumption. So it is, in this author’s opinion, safe to assume that the men and women of Congress, including Dr. Ron Paul, absolutely have access to this audit.
The real question that must be asked here is whether or not the Congress is actually allowed to take the audited financial information reported in the CAFR reports into consideration regarding its day to day legislation and budget, since it is not specifically mandated to be given as evidence to the Congress itself.
Just as every local, county, and state government prepares its financial measures and budgetary requirements for the people and their governance through the carefully selected portion of their Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports, which they call the “budget report”, is this also how Congress operates? Does Congress also receive a hand selected budget report for which it must operate under, not being allowed to take into consideration what is reported in the Comprehensive Audit of government as printed in the CAFR (fund investments, real estate investments, foreign currency and precious metals holdings, securities, and so much more)?
This would finally make the whole shell-game make sense!
If the Congress is not allowed to take the CAFR (audit) into consideration, and indeed only legislates through a limited and hand selected budget report that excludes the majority of liquid assets held by the Federal Government and funneled out of the taxpayer base into 1000′s of various investment funds and portfolios, then we can finally understand why our Congress can never create a balanced budget! And perhaps we can then begin to understand why Congressman Ron Paul does not talk about the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for government and its Federal Reserve Bank in any public forums, including within the halls of Congress.
A closer look at H.B. 459 reveals a startling conclusion… This bill does not create an audit of the Federal Reserve. That audit already exists, according to the writing of H.B. 459 itself, as well as its senate counterpart, S.202, sponsored by who else but Ron Paul’s son, Rand Paul, who was recently elected to the Senate.
In fact, the bill only refers to the Comptroller General under U.S.CODE, deleting only a few restrictions for what the comptroller general may audit from the Federal Reserve. This in no way creates a new audit or changes the current audit, or the CAFR.
Amazingly, while these cuts are not bad things by any means, the paragraph in H.B. 459 states the following:
Interestingly, it seems that subsection (f) has already been stricken, making paragraph (d) of these “Audit the Fed” bills redundant. However, in Ron Paul’s new bill H.B. 1496 – the one with no co-sponsors – this problem is addressed (see link above).
When we go to the U.S.CODE and read Section 714 of TITLE 31, we find the following:
(b) Under regulations of the Comptroller General, the Comptroller General shall audit an agency, but may carry out an onsite examination of an open insured bank or bank holding company only if the appropriate agency has consented in writing. Audits of the Board and Federal reserve banks may not include—
(1) transactions for or with a foreign central bank, government of a foreign country, or nonprivate international financing organization;
(2) deliberations, decisions, or actions on monetary policy matters, including discount window operations, reserves of member banks, securities credit, interest on deposits, and open market operations;
(3) transactions made under the direction of the Federal Open Market Committee; or
(4) a part of a discussion or communication among or between members of the Board and officers and employees of the Federal Reserve System related to clauses (1)–(3) of this subsection.
So this entire subsection will be amended to read as the following:
(b) Under regulations of the Comptroller General, the Comptroller General shall audit an agency, but may carry out an onsite examination of an open insured bank or bank holding company only if the appropriate agency has consented in writing.
Now, so that we are clear here… if the Federal Reserve Bank is allowed to retain the power of consent regarding which banks or bank holding companies that the Comptroller General is able to audit, then this whole paragraph is completely worthless. And the 4 subsections that are being cut out of this portion of this “Audit” bill might as well stay in the bill, for the Federal Reserve retains the power after amendment to simply say no!
Only if H.B. 459, s.202, and H.B. 1496, which are almost identical bills and are identical regarding this amendment… only if these bills were to have cut out the statement “only if the appropriate agency has consented in writing” would they actually accomplish any significant change in the accounting and auditing structure afforded in this CODE. In other words, this is a complete fail once again for Ron Paul, and now for his son. Once again, I cannot say for certain whether or not this colossal mistake was purposeful or not, but I must state with perfect clarity that I am starting to believethat there is a devious and purposeful betrayal here, using the lack of careful examination of the very supporters of this bill and the bill’s blatantly misleading semantics to fool Ron Paul’s fans into thinking this bill will do anything at all to change the auditing that already exists within the Comptroller General’s office.
In effect, these bills do absolutely nothing. And I find that highly suspicious and deeply concerning.
If, after reading this article and checking the provided sources and the U.S.CODE itself, you do not come to the same conclusion that I have here today, then I must admit that I am deeply concerned for my America and in the ability for its people to think for themselves.
And so, once again, I sight this research as just one of the reasons that I am running for President of the United States.
Let the insults and fallacies begin!
Please comment below…
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Wednesday, November 16, 2011
As some of you know, I am running for President and CEO of the United States (Incorporated).
Opinions on this effort vary widely of course, from “what an idiot” to “he can’t win” to “god-willing“.
“Why…?” – This is another response I get, no doubt coming from the implausible thought that I don’t have any chance of winning, or for that matter even making a dent… Which is the whole purpose of running in the first place.
Here are some slogans I thought would be appropriate.
Vote for Clint, because he can’t win!
Don’t throw away your vote on the winner, throw it away on Clint!
Voting machines are rigged, just like the candidates. So pressing Clint for president wont matter anyway!
The law makes it impossible to get on the ballot in all 50 states, so write in Clint for president!
Dream a little dream… I sure am. Vote for Clint!
Save the world, literally. You’ll be glad you did. Clint for president in 2012!
Vote for Clint in 2012! After all… the world is ending anyway.
Ok, so they’re probably not the best campaign slogans, but then I don’t have a speech writer. And more importantly, I never will. No teleprompter. No limo. No bullet-proof glass. No secret service. Just me…
So why am I running?
After a long consideration, pondering the ether of possibilities in search of how to fix this country and all of the damage that it has done to the rest of the world, I came to the conclusion that the only position of power that actually exists in America by law is in fact the President of the United States. The real battle is in getting someone (like me) into that office who would be independent from lobbies and other influences. Someone who wishes to actually act as CEO of the corporation, making self-actualized decisions on behalf of the people of the country. Someone who isn’t a puppet of the board of directors. And someone who will appoint the right people to positions of power.
After all, the president is the only office in the Federal government that is actually elected by the people. The vice-president is just along for the ride, and everyone else is either hired or appointed.
So the logical conclusion is that only one man can really lawfully act on behalf of the people and in their best interests, and that just happens to be the man (or woman) who is actually elected by the people. At that point – as President – all of the other departments in the federal executive office of government are under the authority and jurisdiction of that one man.
Do you want that man to be someone like Herman Cain – former Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Omaha and Kansas City, and a ballistics analyst for the U.S. Department of the Navy (the guy who helps streamline and create better bombs)?
Or how about Michelle Bachmann – a tax attorney who worked for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) stealing peoples property legally through the Federal Income Tax Code?
There’s always Mitt Romney – the Harvard Law and Business school son of a Michigan Governor and a Nixon administration cabinet-man, who helped Monsanto become what it is today and criminally made the Olympics happen in Salt Lake City (the Mormon capital). He was also on the board of directors of Damon Corporation, a medical testing company found guilty of defrauding the government. He is cousins with George Bush, the Warburg family, the Roosevelt family, and the Queen of England though, if that makes you feel any better.
I could go on to the Democrats, but trust me when I say the choice has been made already, with or without your vote.
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So here it is… my 10 step plan to heal the world economy
(paraphrased, obviously).
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Step 1 – Establish a Federal (national) anti-usury law.
Usury is interest. It is the making of money from money. It is the creation of debt. By outlawing this practice with the stroke of a pen, banks and investment firms would collapse. Perhaps this sounds like a bad thing, but I assure you it’s not. My dream is to see all these bankers and men in three piece suits become farmers – complete with dirty fingernails and a suntan. With no interest allowed to be charged, the Federal Reserve will instantly be crippled, the first step to actually reigning in and ending the Fed. National banks that are chartered with the Federal Reserve will be equally handicapped, and the people who work for these corporations will have to seek real work elsewhere. As we will cover though, opportunity will be abundant for these newly freed corporate automatons.
Step 2 – Freeze the stock market.
The “stock market” is nothing more than a few private corporations moving paper around and profiting from that movement, even as they trade themselves on their own markets. There is no physical stock market to speak of; only corporate charters, paper, digital usury, and computers. This “market” serves humanity in no tangible or ethical way, other than to redistribute the wealth of the nation and indeed the world into the hands of a very small demographic of wealthy bastards. Of course, the concept that there can only be wealth if there is abject poverty seems to be lost on these people, who promote that world hunger and poverty with their wealth. The stock market is unnecessary and redundant. Corporations will be required to improve their products and services or close their doors due to competition. Ethics will be reinstated as the sought after business model. Competition will be newly sought after, and government will invest in the best and brightest new ideas and charter to be the main investor in alternative energy corporations. Even the little guy will have the opportunity to save the world with his ideas. Bailouts will no longer be allowed, and nothing will be too big to fail. Because government institutional funds are already the major majority shareholder of most or all corporations on earth – allowing government to be the proxy voting power and authority in this corporate structure – a significant house-cleaning of these corporations and their boards will be done through corporate governance; new boards put into place; and new CEO’s created by said boards. An ethical, non-usury policy will be instituted into the corporate structure via proxy vote, and the promotion of human interest will become the forefront of corporate ambition and motive. Profit will be made secondary, and profit-sharing encouraged. For those corporations who do not wish to be included in this business model, the government investment funds will sell those majority shares back to the corporation and it will be left to find new investors that are not foreign. This is a death sentence for any corporation who wishes to survive in an ethical environment with true competition via government sponsorship.
Step 3 – Forgive all unlawful debt and taxation.
All banking interest (usury) and national debt using the people of America, their property, and their prosperity as collateral will be immediately forgiven. Since most of the debt in America is self-funded (borrowed from itself and bonded to the public or “nationalized”), the only economic threat of this action is, again, to harm banks and investment corporations. I can live with that. All “seigniorage” and interest on Federal Reserve Notes and other money will be halted and dismissed. No new bonded debt will be created until all old lawful debt is paid, and no new debt should be necessary that is bonded to the people. With no debt pushing the economy, which will become based on a no debt model, the economy will have time to stop and think. Foreclosures will be halted and titles given to the people without debt or contract, with the intention of housing all Americans. Taxes are not necessary, as they are created out of the money supply every time a dollar is spent or earned (creation of taxes equals the creation of new debt-money). The true value of the United States is its interest and ownership of the corporate structure of America, for which the dollar has purchased. The “dollar” will become an instrument of value solely by the good faith and credit – i.e. the “reputation” – of the people and government of the United States. In this way and only in this way can the currency of America be “sound money”.
Step 4 – Overhaul the Patent Office.
All corporations as patent-holders will be required to begin immediate production of said held patents, with the requirement of offering the product produced from that patent for an affordable price to the public. Those that do not have a working model by the end of 6 months time and ready for production will loose all patent protection, and said patent will become public domain (the property of all people) and not eligible for re-patenting. Once again, the intention here is to induce competition to overcome corporate greed. Life-saving technology or medical miracles should never be kept secret or be owned by anyone.
Step 5 – Replace paper, plastics, and textiles with hemp and produce alternative energy.
Since steps 1, 2, and 3 will severely effect the economy. And so, all laws regarding the growth and use of hemp and the products made from it will be mute. In short, hemp will be made into a “weed” again, neither legal nor illegal. Government investment into new agricultural endeavors seeking innovations in hemp production and products will be made priority #1. Again, bankers will have to get their hands dirty, as the hemp and alternative energy industries will be the basis of this new economy, not usury. Quite soon, the petroleum/oil dependence suffered for so long will be replaced with such things as water power and zero point energy. The poisonous corn and soybean industry will be replaced by nourishing hemp products, which can be harvested multiple times a year instead of just once. Concrete, rope, clothing, protein, fuels, plastics, and so many other products can be made from hemp, and are in fact stronger, healthier, and non-polluting.
Step 6 – Dismantle the Armed Forces into state militias.
All conflicts in foreign countries will be ceased. All occupations of foreign countries will be terminated, unless requested by that foreign government for the purposes of rebuilding what U.S. Inc. has destroyed. Since no war has lawfully been declared by congress since World War 2, this process will be simple. Only voluntary assistance will be offered before leaving said country. As troops come home, their contractual service to the U.S. (federal) military will be terminated, at which time they may choose to serve in a state sanctioned and coordinated militia. These militias will be from time to time called upon for national purposes, but only with the consent of all 50 states and their representatives. No war or occupation will commence without declaring said war with approval from all representatives from all 50 states. The function of state military militias will become assisting with local or state emergencies in conjunction with federal oversight (which will be advisory only), and only at the request of the governor and county officials, and only by the consent of the people. These militia men will only “help” with the need and consent of the individual people requesting that “help”. Militia membership and leadership will imply no authority whatsoever over the individual people of the United States. All other regulations for these militias will be left to the individual states, with recommendations for uniformity by the strictly advisory Department of Defense.
Step 7 – Dismantle the prison industry and abolish 100% of victimless crimes.
The Federal Prison Industries Corporation will be unincorporated and destroyed. Any prisoners held in forced labor prisons shall not be required to work against their will, but may volunteer their skills if so desired. All victimless crimes that have no plaintiff or damage to other sentient people shall be dismissed, including tax protesters, and these prisoners shall be set free on a probationary status, with assistance from local governments to help in this transition stage. State prisons will be duly required to show evidence of a victim-oriented crime, and ordered to immediately release all other “prisoners”. The privatization of the prison industry will not be tolerated, and these corporations will be nationalized with the intent to rehabilitate prisoners. “Due no harm to others or their property” is the only law needed. All other codes and legalities shall cease to be enforced. Police will no longer be protected by municipal bonding (insurance), and will be responsible to the people for their own actions once more. Sheriff’s offices will be released of federal and United Nations constraint, contract, treaty, and takeover, and the elected Sheriff will be the law of the land (county) by consent of the voting public, with no extraordinary jurisdictional powers and full responsibility for his actions to the people by common law grand jury.
Step 8 – Education is paramount, voluntary, and free.
Many in this country, when presented with the option of volunteering to teach, would gladly give of their time to do so. Apprenticeship – the art of learning by doing – is a time honored tradition that has been lost with the advent of mandatory public education and technology. Every opportunity should be available to those who wish to receive them. Homeschooling, another cherished tradition, should be cherished once more. And the Department of Education should not be in charge of this art, but again act as a strictly advisory structure in promoting a liberal arts education – “how to think instead of what to think”. The concept of penalizing the people for not conforming to a standardized learning system is ludicrous, and the authority of the state over parental educational guidance will not be tolerated. With many instances of foreign governments offering free or extremely affordable education that wholly surpass that of America, a new model for education will be instituted. Sponsorship by industry is an option as well, being voluntary for trade schools, yet implying no special interest in curriculum (again, advisory only) accept to produce the best of the best in the academic realm of possibilities. There are many of these possibilities here, and there shall be no restrictions on these possibilities accept on the profiteering or control of them.
Step 9 – Promote the liberal arts, free thinking, and sovereignty.
With no taxation or interest pushing the economy, the concept of unemployment becomes mute. The liberal arts and betterment of human health and well-being can be pushed to the forefront of this country. This is where ideas come from, by way of and promotion of the freedom of thought and promotion of further education. The acquisition of land for individual land “ownership” will be encouraged, protected, and cherished, with mining and farming rights once again becoming the top tier of importance in economic function. Participation in foreign import and export trade will not be interfered with, but legislation for the protection of American people will ensure that foreign corporate trade will be minimized and frowned upon if not necessary, maintaining that self-sufficiency and responsibility (freedom) should become the economic norm again, even in the corporate structure. The great works of art in all facets of life, from architecture to music, art to rhetoric, from the spoken and written word to music, shall not be infringed by the 9 to 5 grind that currently keeps usury alive and well in America. Monopolies will be broken, anti-trust will be a natural consequence, health and longevity will become paramount, and cures for disease non-profit and easily attainable.
Step 10 – Apologize to the world and start a new beneficial friendship with our now foreign enemies.
One side effect for all involved will be the renewal of the independence and sovereignty of all nations. The choice to trade in mutually beneficial international commerce is the end goal. Wars need not be started for oil or food when these commodities are abundant and readily available and sharable. Water and land rights will be returned to the sovereign nations of the world, and the United States will swear to protect its own sovereignty and rights. The threat of traditional war is obsolete with the advent of energy weaponry and modern technology. And the Department of Defense will be transformed into a representation of its name: an federal “advisory” office in times of need for the national defense by state consent.
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Now, the natural response from many people reading this will be… That sounds like socialism, or, that sounds new age or hoity toity, or, who is this commie?
And honestly, I can never overcome that kind of conditioning, and I wont even attempt to. There is no reason among the dogs of war and certainly no path of logic to the minds of the institutionally indoctrinated. Belief is a tall fence to climb, and so I don’t expect to hurdle that fence by just what I’ve written here. And that’s OK!
It will never be the masses that endeavor to change the world, only the few souls that dare to try.
And so with that, I ask you to let these ideas simmer and brew in your minds eye, and if you think there is some merit in what I propose here, then support me in my efforts. If you think I’m just a nut-job who lost his tinfoil hat, well… that’s OK too. I’ll fight for your rights even if you don’t know what they are.
Thanks for your time, and please leave your comments below. But try and keep them civil and constructive, for I don’t mind being wrong or changing my mind…
Check out my presidential website (still under construction), wish me luck, and pass this on if it so behooves you.
Occupy Salt Lake City is over as of 6pm tonight – meaning that the permits that allowed these Occupy protesters to “camp” with tents in the public park have been revoked. Of course signs say no camping (city code) as you enter the park, so do with this what you will.
The reason: A homeless man died of a drug overdose…
And the police/agent provocateurs have, as you can see above, been busy.
As of right now, there are 9 patty wagons and a big blue bird bus waiting to arrest all protesters who are left over. (Video will be posted here of that soon, so check back.)
In about half an hour, all hell will break loose. Or… not. They will probably freely give up their freedom and go quietly into the night – in hand-cuffs. We will see…
Check back here and see.
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Saturday, November 12, 2011
Not sure I could define it any better than this bloke!
Please don’t beat my head in for not supporting the troops. You see, I don’t support the troops, because I don’t support the “wars” they are fighting. I’m sorry if that offends you to the point of violence against me, but here are the facts:
1) I don’t support murder, and therefore don’t support the murderers.
2) I don’t support rape, and therefore don’t support the rapists.
3) I don’t support nation building, and therefore I don’t support the nation builders.
4) I don’t support theft, and therefore don’t support the thieves.
5) I don’t support the the war, and therefore don’t support the warriors.
Is it such a horrific thought that our men in uniform aren’t acting in the best interest of the people of the United States? That they aren’t protecting our rights, but instead infringing on all other peoples rights in the name of corporatism? Or that they are now poised, locked, and loaded to do the same to the people of America… their own people?
Has the madness of being a privileged American become such a barrier to logic, reason, and self-awareness that we so easily conform with such emotional fervor to this silly catchphrase – “Support the troops, not the war” – and then beat down all those who see the complete paradox of that completely illogical, irrational slogan?
By supporting the troops, we the taxpayers are in fact supporting the wars.
Take it for what you will, but… I do not support the troops because I do not support the wars!
And that should be a good enough reason for any decent, thinking human being.
Gonna beat me up now and call me an un-American – terrorist – insurgent?
P.S… War is peace.
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–Clint Richardson (realitybloger.wordpress.com)
–Friday, November 11th, 2011
