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The Dire State of Our Nation (What You Won’t Hear from the Politicians)

Saturday, January 24, 2015 5:37
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“As nightfall does not come at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be most aware of change in the air – however slight – lest we become unwitting victims of the darkness.”

― Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas

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I TRULY WISH PEOPLE WERE NOT SO IGNORANT AND WOULD TAKE THE TIME TO READ AND ACTUALLY LEARN WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING ALL AROUND THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES… BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE!

If I had to name my two favorite blogs that I follow (and believe me it’s hard to pick just two), I’d pick the following:

Michael Snyder is the author of the post I originally wrote this preface to which was titled: THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE UTTERLY CLUELESS ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AS WE ENTER 2015. One reason I really like his writing is because he has a knack for putting financial matters into very simple to understand language for everyday people. I already get it, but I’m not trying to open my own eyes, I’m trying to get through to people out there who don’t think the coming crash is real. Michael does great work that is real easy to follow. Like myself, he just wants to wake people up to what is coming. I often post a lot of his pieces which I’m sure many of you have noticed, but I’m usually a bit more blunt about things than he is. I don’t think we can afford to be be “gentle” or ”politically correct” with as little time as we have left. I define little time left to mean BEFORE 2016… so… I mean LITTLE. 

I completely understand why people might read something that Michael or myself write and think to themselves, “There is no way that could happen here.” I am referring largely to things like PEOPLE KILLING ONE ANOTHER FOR FOOD, or what has become know by some economists as a “MAD MAX EVENT.” For 100+ years, there was never anything that was SO bad, that “government” couldn’t fix it is the belief most people hold. They think the “system” will save them. Little do they know it is the “system” that has continued to make the “system” infinitely worse. Those who control it, care much less about FIXING problems, as they do ASSIGNING BLAME, which they later use in their re-election campaigns. 

Sadly, if you’ve ever heard some of the people in Congress speak, you know there are a many who’s elevator does not go to the top floor. Ever hear MAXINE WATERS SPEAK? Need I say more? Even THEY have no idea what they’ve done. For a GREAT intro to how the people have been BRUTALLY LIED TO, check out the post titled: OBAMA’S UNEMPLOYMENT NUMBERS: LIES, LIES, LIES, LIES! All of the information can be independently verified. Try it. You won’t like the outcome, but at least maybe you’ll begin to PRIORITIZE and worry less about creature comforts, and more about what might get you through a VERY bad time. 

Speaking of VERY bad times, that is why I like THE COMMON SENSE SHOW with Dave Hodges. He doesn’t pull punches either. We are in for hell on earth when the crash comes, and Dave tells it like it is. If I had to guess, we come to the same conclusions about things about 85% of the time, but we have totally different sources, and different ways we go about making our predictions. The fact that we both end up the same place time after time using different sources should be an eye opener to skeptics. Unfortunately too many wheels have been set in motion to unwind the ticking time bomb. Now we just have to wait and pray for safety WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOSE IN 2015.

I try to include as many relevant posts at the bottom of each post as possible. This one has many peppered within. I urge you to start reading them. Even better, I urge you to prove me wrong. Nothing would make me happier than to be wrong, however I know I’m not…. not because I’m better or smarter than anyone else, but because I don’t read headlines… I read and learn as much as I can. If just about ANYONE reads the evidence, there is little to dispute. 

WAKE UP, WHILE YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO PLAN!

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No matter what the politicians say about how great America is and how we, as a people, will always triumph, THE FACT IS THE NATION IS IMPLODING!

Despite the dire state of our nation, however, you can rest assured that none of the problems that continue to plague our lives and undermine our freedoms will be addressed by our so-called elected representatives in any credible, helpful way, and certainly not during a State of the Union address.

CONSIDER THE FOLLOWING FACTS:

Our government is massively in debt. Currently, the national debt is somewhere in the vicinity of $18 trillion. More than a third of our debt is owned by foreign countries, namely China and Japan.

Our education system is abysmal. Despite the fact that we spend more than most of the world on education ($115,000 per student), we rank 36th in the world when it comes to math, reading and science, far below most of our Asian counterparts. Even so, we continue to insist on standardized programs such as Common Core, which teach students to be test-takers rather than thinkers.

Our homes provide little protection against government intrusions. Police agencies, already empowered to crash through your door if they suspect you’re up to no good, now have radars that allow them to “see” through the walls of your home.

Our prisons, housing the largest number of inmates in the world and still growing, have become money-making enterprises for private corporations that rely on the inmates for cheap labor.

We are no longer a representative republic. The U.S. has become a corporate oligarchy. As a recent survey indicates, our elected officials, especially those in the nation’s capital, represent the interests of the rich and powerful rather than the average citizen.

We’ve got the most expensive, least effective health care system in the world compared to other western, industrialized nations.

The air pollution levels are dangerously high for almost half of the U.S. population, putting Americans at greater risk of premature death, aggravated asthma, difficulty breathing and future cardiovascular problems.

Despite outlandish amounts of money being spent on the nation’s “infrastructure,” there are more than 63,000 bridges—one out of every 10 bridges in the country—in urgent need of repair. Some of these bridges are used 250 million times a day by trucks, school buses, passenger cars and other vehicles.

Americans know little to nothing about their rights or how the government is supposed to operate. This includes educators and politicians. For example, 27 percent of elected officials cannot name even one right or freedom guaranteed by the First Amendment, while 54 percent do not know the Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war.

I’LL GO A STEP FURHTER: WHAT’S WORSE IS THEY THINK THEY DO!

Nearly one out of every three American children live in poverty, ranking us among the worst in the developed world.

Patrolled by police, our schools have become little more than quasi-prisons in which kids as young as age 4 are being handcuffed for “acting up,” subjected to body searches and lockdowns, and suspended for childish behavior.

We’re no longer innocent until proven guilty. In our present surveillance state, that burden of proof has now been shifted so that we are all suspects to be spied on, searched, scanned, frisked, monitored, tracked and treated as if we’re potentially guilty of some wrongdoing or other.

Parents, no longer viewed as having an inherent right to raise their children as they see fit, are increasingly being arrested for letting their kids walk to the playground alone, or play outside alone. Similarly, parents who challenge a doctor’s finding or request a second opinion regarding their children’s health care needs are being charged with medical child abuse and, in a growing number of cases, losing custody of their children to the government.

Private property means little at a time when SWAT teams and other government agents can invade your home, break down your doors, kill your dog, wound or kill you, damage your furnishings and terrorize your family. Likewise, if government officials can fine and arrest you for growing vegetables in your front yard, praying with friends in your living room, installing solar panels on your roof, and raising chickens in your backyard, you’re no longer the owner of your property.

Court rulings undermining the Fourth Amendment and justifying invasive strip searches have left us powerless against police empowered to forcefully draw our blood, forcibly take our DNA, strip search us, and probe us intimately. Accounts are on the rise of individuals—men and women alike—being subjected to what is essentially government-sanctioned rape by police in the course of “routine” traffic stops.

Americans can no longer rely on the courts to mete out justice. The courts were established to intervene and protect the people against the government and its agents when they overstep their bounds. Yet the courts increasingly march in lockstep with the police state, while concerned themselves primarily with advancing the government’s agenda, no matter how unjust or illegal.

FOR ANYONE WHO SUGGESTS WE DO NOT LIVE IN A POLICE STATE…

SEE THE FOLLOWING…

 

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I KNOW THE OLD SAYING GOES, “EVERYONE IS ENTITLED TO AN OPINION,” HOWEVER IF YOU ARE SO IGNORANT THAT YOU DON’T SEE THE POLICE STATE GROWING OUT OF CONTROL, THEN WHILE YOU MIGHT BE ENTITLED TO AN OPINION, I WOULDN’T EXPECT ANYONE TO TAKE YOUR DUMB*** SERIOUS. I’m kidding, I’m not a liberal… so therefore I dont tell others what they have to think. I will however tell you what I think: I think you are a total cluebag and you better  WAKE UP! I’d be willig to bet though, that like most liberals, you’re a “selective cluebag.” If George W. Bush got back in office, and began giving you directives you’d change your tune and get real smart reaal quick… just a hunch though. 

Americans have no protection against police abuse. It is no longer unusual to hear about incidents in which police shoot unarmed individuals first and ask questions later. What is increasingly common, however, is the news that the officers involved in these incidents get off with little more than a slap on the hands.

If there is any absolute maxim by which the federal government seems to operate, it is that the American taxpayer always gets ripped off. This is true, whether you’re talking about taxpayers being forced to fund high-priced weaponry that will be used against us, endless wars that do little for our safety or our freedoms, or bloated government agencies such as the National Security Agency with its secret budgets, covert agendas and clandestine activities. 

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UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTS PERFORMED BY THE NSA:

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FURTHERMORE, WITH ALL THE DRONES FLYING OVER US?

Rubbing salt in the wound, even monetary awards in lawsuits against government officials who are found guilty of wrongdoing are paid by the taxpayer.

Americans are powerless in the face of militarized police. In early America, government agents were not permitted to enter one’s home without permission or in a deceitful manner. And citizens could resist arrest when a police officer tried to restrain them without proper justification or a warrant. Daring to dispute a warrant with a police official today who is armed with high-tech military weapons would be nothing short of suicidal.

Moreover, as police forces across the country continue to be transformed into extensions of the military, Americans are finding their once-peaceful communities transformed into military outposts, complete with tanks, weaponry, and other equipment designed for the battlefield.

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Now these are not problems that you can just throw money at, as most politicians are inclined to do. As I point out in my book A Government of Wolves: The Emerging American Police State, these are problems that will continue to plague our nation unless and until Americans wake up to the fact that we’re the only ones who can change things.

For starters, we’ll need to actually pay attention to what’s going on around us, and I don’t mean by turning on the TV news, which is little more than government propaganda. Pay attention to what your local city councils are enacting. Pay attention to what your school officials are teaching and not teaching. Pay attention to whom your elected officials are allowing to wine and dine them.

Most of all, stop acting like it really matters whether you vote for a Republican or Democrat, because it doesn’t, and start acting like citizens who expect the government to work for them, rather than the other way around.

While that bloated beast called the federal government may not listen to you, you can have a great impact on your local governing bodies. This will mean gathering together with your friends and neighbors and, for example, forcing your local city council to start opposing state and federal programs that are ripping you off. And if need be, your local city council can refuse to abide by the dictates that continue to flow from Washington, DC.

All of the signs point to something nasty up ahead. The time to act is now.

John W. Whitehead is an attorney and author who has written, debated and practiced widely in the area of constitutional law and human rights. Whitehead’s aggressive, pioneering approach to civil liberties has earned him numerous accolades and (more…)

Read the article at Op Ed News here:

 

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FOR MORE ON OBAMA’S HISTORY WITH WHISTLEBLOWERS:

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FOR MORE ON OBAMA’S UTTER LAWLESSNESS:

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FOR LINKS TO UNDERSTAND THE ECONOMY & THE COMING ECONOMIC COLLAPSE:

 

BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE GIFT SHOP!

 

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