Excellent video, my heart goes out to so many good Americans that are suffrering because of the incredible greed of a comparative few.
I have always believed that Empires are built on greed and destroyed by Nepotism and further greed, we are seeing this in action right now!
It is often said that 'when America sneezes England catches a cold', and whatever seems to happen in America, usually results in a scaled down version here sooner or later.
The bankers and politicians worldwide, that have engineered this current situation, need to be hunted down,and brought to Justice, what they have done is beyond outrageous, in fact, I do not possess the words to adequately describe the actions of these depicable people.

In great sadness, and close to tears,

Horsegiver.

Bush the far right? He spent money like a welfare mother on check day. That is not the way of the far right. Sure he cut some taxes but the skid marks in the American checkbook from the uber spending he did was not anything like far right. Far right would be cut taxes. Shrink the government, not spending like a mad man. It wasn't all on the war..Money went flying all over the place.

Shouldn't the title of this thread be edited? Most Americans don't know the meaning of the word "philosopher". Just ask JK Rowling.

Must say I enjoyed the video and I have started e-mailing that c*&k s#$*ck.
I love flaming ace holes.
cecil.payne@wstreet.com

I think it's time some vigilantes start removing these people in power before it's too late...

no, I'm not kidding.

This is all true and I will not even try to argue any of it. However one must ask one's self a simple question. Why did it happen, and who is ultimately to blame?

We are.

We are the one's who continue to vote for people that represent everyone but us.

To be represented is exactly that, you represent the people whom you serve. Represent, not think for, not make decisions for, represent. These people are supposed to be our voice, yet WE have allowed them to become our brain.

Every six months or so I get a pamphlet from my congressman telling me all of the WONDERFUL things he has done for me. This costs money to print, costs money to employ the people who draft, print, and mail them out. And costs money for postage. Wouldn't it be easier to make a web page and say something like

Here is what is on the agenda for the next session of congress. How do you want me to vote?

tally up the votes and vote according to those you

represent

We do not elect these people to think for us; however. this is what they believe their purpose is. What they think or believe is in fact completely irrelevant, their purpose is NOT to think for us, but to represent us, our desires, and be OUR voice.

This is just not happening, thus we need to fix the machine. When your car is broken, you fix it or replace it with one that works the way it is suppose to. When your washing machine is broken you either fix it or replace it with one that works the way it is supposed to. Yet for some unbeknown reason, when our politicians are broken, we RE-ELECT them. This defies all logic.

So again I would dare to ask, who is really responsible for what is happening here? That's right, we are.

If you have an abscessed tooth, do you just leave it in your mouth hoping that it abscesses more teeth and causes you more grief? Of course not, you have it removed. I simply do not understand the intellect of the American people. I sometimes think we want this stuff to happen just so we can have something to complain about. If we didn't want it to happen, why aren't we doing anything about it?

[edit on 12/17/2008 by DarrylGalasso]

Look, the government has been propping us up for the past 400 years and through subtle national economic policy it will find a way to do so again. The Fed is limited in it's ability to redistribute capital, the American people don't seem willing to discover new technologies or work very hard, the country is getting totally complacent, and now it's up to the government to do it's job and let the American people live in abject comfort for another few hundred years. Let's go to war!

[edit on 17-12-2008 by cognoscente]

If I was an american i'd put these quotes on billboards and things like that, indicating the date and who said it. (a picture withouta name as the source of the quote might encourage people looking for themselves?). People are still smart enough to recognzie that if someone predicts the future accurately, they must at least be "investigated" if not believed. Something like this could easilybe used to wake people up.

Originally posted by David9176
..but people voted in the wrong guy for it

Nope, imho people voted for one of the only 2 choices that have been given to them, and the result will be, alas, the same.
I'm sorry to say that!

I'd really really (really) want things to get better and stuff, but I'm sure obama is but the lesser evil, that's because he presented himself better than mccain and he doesn't like to make a fool of himself, and for god's sake... he actually seems educated!

But compare obama to ron paul and obama loses.
Ron Paul should have been the leader of the United States of America, or at least he should have a chance to get voted and not ignored by everyone.

The sad truth is that nobody could ever reach president position if not already corrupted. This is true for nearly every government in existence.

What worries me is the fact that there have been people warning us about this and nothing has been done to avoid the collapse. Even now during this election the persons who warned us over and over again have been shadowed and pushed away.I find that disturbing.

Every empire meets his downfall sooner or later...i just hope this is not the case for us. Not yet at least.