Ajax, where are you from?

I have been involved in the business of war for a long time and unfortunately, the literary tool used to describe war is propaganda.

The internet has only made things worse.

As far as our civil rights being eroded, this has been happening for some time. We still have an ace in the hole, because if things ever get too bad we can still mount an effective, armed resistance…as our founding fathers intended.

The world is run by businessmen, politicians only put on a show. At the core of business lies greed and the desire to amass more wealth than you can use and manipulate humanity to that end.

The people that are pulling the strings of this global conflict know what they are doing. At the risk of venturing off into tinfoil hat land, the best thing to do is look at who is profiting from this conflict.

Its nice to think that the powers of good will triumph over the powers of evil, but the world isn't organised like that…its not black and white. Its grey…and from religion to predatory corporations, bad things will always happen to good people. Throughout human history, war has been the most consistent thing that unites people in a concerted effort. What does that say about us?

…and as a life long Democrat living in a world of ultra right-wing Republicans, I agree. Obama is useless and detrimental to the US.

Mr Harrop, everything that you have said about the state of the world is true as to who holds the power,But i disagree that that is the way it has always been, and that we should just accept it, maybe it is the warrior in me that will not accept anothers ideas about how i should live and what i should think, and i think you are the same, but you are being pragmatic, i get that.
Your ace in the hole as you put it may be a poison chalice in the end the only victory it begets will be a pyrrhic one.
There is always another way.
I also live in the world of Grey, they named a shade of it after me but i have learned to come out every once and a while to see the sun, and discovered there are other colours.
Dont lose hope sir, cultivate it.
Jag, powerful words you too are right. very smart people on this site, now what are we doing with those smarts?

Putin is dangerous…because he's ruthless.

I'd put the Dalai Lama in charge of the world. He seems to be pretty level headed, fair and smart.

Putin is a man doing a job. He tried to befriend NATO and the US/NATO said bog off. Since then he's been looking to halt NATO expansion.

From a Russian geo-political stand point he's done a good job. As a democratic leader who champions human rights and engages in the world, I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.

But then I'm just a dumb blond bimbo with no sense of global politics. What do I know?

When Hitler started running Germany, everyone was impressed with how he made things happen.

When Stalin started running Russia, everyone was impressed with how he made things happen.

When Muossolini started running things in Italy, everyone was impressed with how he made things happen.

They all were a little rough in the human rights arena but sometimes you have to do that to make things happen.

Are you detecting a trend, yet?

Again I agree with bill.

2 party politics isn't perfect and relies on disagreement. In short the system is designed to have faults. It is the presence of faults that ensures us we still have freedom.

The GWOT of the Bush/Blair years has stripped away rights, however we are now seeing the kickback. The fact you can list those issues publicly shows the system is working.

"In totalitarian states everything works" is an oxymoron. You may have busses that run on time, but then you don't have the freedom to complain when they don't.

Question: Why are most Americans convinced there is some global conspiracy going on? Is it some type of religious freak out because of 9/11?

Anyway, do you mean this? The Fasces



Because I can't see that in Lincoln's chair.



It symbolizes magisterial power, strength in unity and power over life and death.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasces

Ajax wrote on Dec 10^th, 2014 at 5:49pm:


Oh my! Aren't we sure of ourselves? I'll overlook the blatant arrogance and just disagree that my point of view on a multi-party system is only valid if I believe what the "leaders" tell me. By its nature a multi party political system of democracy can only work if members of the electorate question the "leaders". If nothing is questioned because all is believed then what is left to debate?

You then suggest that what is really happening is that we are all being duped by the "leaders" as we succumb to evil. At this point in our conversation I'm reaching for my tin foil hat.

You propose that we're all being feed false data that will result, presumably, in the collapse of society and our enslavement or demise.

Finally you presume that because others do not see what you see, then we are somehow lacking in the capability to question the world around us.

First, false data is propaganda. Every country, party, business, church congregation and boy scout club engage in propaganda. Its called marketing. Now personally I review ALL available information, take it with a pinch of salt, analyse, categorise and prioritise. As for the "leaders", I am no man's slave no will I ever be.

Second this assertion that I somehow lack the courage to fight this "evil" you perceive is also unfounded. This idea that I just "accept" what I am told. Let me explain.

The Christian west insists that God exists. That god says humans are born male or female. That homosexuality is a sin. An act of the devil. That women are secondary to men. That men have power over women's life's and bodies. That the world was made in 7 days. That evolution is a lie. That God created all, and all things bad are the result of our failings as humans. That man is made in Gods likeness, seperate to the beasts of nature ruled by the devil.

I question all of these historic accepted truths. I know I was born both man and woman because I'm trans. I know that homosexuality isn't a sin but an act of love because I'm bisexual. That women are different to men but equal because I've lived as both a man and a woman. That no man has power over any woman except at the point of a sword. That the world is billions of years old, a constant ongoing process of evolution. Not some creation of a magical sky God. That humans are not seperate to nature because we are just another animal.

I don't question "leaders"? People like me have been questioning and defeating those "leaders" who promote slavery wrapped up as freedom for 2000 years.

Evil isn't an entity. It is that which is in every human heart. The daily decision to do good or bad. There is no global conspiracy, just global politics. And man doesn't rule the Earth. The Earth rules man.

These are the truths of the Goddess. I suggest you find comfort in them. 

Any one have any thoughts on the events that gripped france and the world last week.
Or the energy fiasco between europe and russia?