Posted on 06/20/2009 10:25:47 AM PDT by Lorianne
Imagine you are on the Titanic, and the ship is sinking after sideswiping an iceberg. Does it matter if you need a haircut? Should you be worrying about your investments? Under life-and-death circumstances, only life seems to matter. The trivia that clogs our existence is swept away by the sudden realization of what is actually at stake. In this sense, true philosophy is found on the deck of the Titanic. It leads us to discover what really matters; that is to say, why most things actually do not matter.
Using the Titanic as an analogy, we all find ourselves on a ship of state. And for Europeans, Russians and Americans – at the least – a figurative iceberg has torn through the underside of our ship. In other words, something cold and dangerous has damaged us from underneath. Of course, this is something we strenuously deny. We say to ourselves, “The ship of state is not fatally damaged.” We therefore continue our vain activities, imagining that the latest rearrangement of the deck chairs constitutes a move in the right direction. People do not consider their actual position, where they are headed or what vessel they have embarked upon. The passengers and crew of many countries have deluded themselves with rhetoric and ideas that are utterly at variance with reality.
Cold bureaucratic words seem harmless enough, like the ocean rolling endlessly along. But sometimes whole icebergs are hidden in such words. The recent meeting of the BRIC countries is a good example. BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China. Combining these four countries into a new economic powerhouse was the brainchild of a KGB general. In such waters, cold and forbidding, one finds ice in abundance. “We the leaders of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Russian Federation, the Republic of India and the People’s Republic of China,” etc. What does it mean? The joint statement says: “The emerging and developing economies must have a greater voice and representation in international financial institutions….” Note the sharp edge of the iceberg itself: “We also believe that there is a strong need for a stable, predictable and more diversified international system.” (Dominated by Russia and China.) “The poorest countries have been hit hardest by the financial crisis. The international community needs to step up efforts to provide liquid financial resources for these countries.” (Read “bailout.”) The BRIC statement also proposes to deal with “climate change based on the principle of common differentiated responsibility….” (Read “the Americans pay” to lower global temperatures.) “We underscore our support for a more democratic and just multi-polar world order … and collective decision-making for all states.” (Read, “We support socialism and an international redistribution of wealth, and taking America down a peg or two.”)
In the name of stabilizing the world, Russian President Medvedev encapsulated the destabilizing principle of BRIC when he said, “The idea of fairness is probably one of the key terms that we should use today.” The reader may ask, in this context, what is fairness? It is a codeword for the redistribution of global power from rich to poor countries. It is “communism” writ large, yet disguised behind innocuous language. To make a revolution that will ultimately kill billions of people through starvation, famine and war, you must emphasize “fairness.” There is no better slogan for promoting global catastrophe. Here is a thinly disguised assault on the U.S. dollar, capitalism and the protecting hand of America.
If the United States was the all-power malignant cancer that so many prefer to denounce, then why hasn’t this malignancy devoted its vast treasury to the construction of a successful pro-American mythology? Why are the people of Brazil and India allowing themselves to be used by Moscow and Beijing? To answer simply: The United States does not defend itself rhetorically, and does not have a coherent strategy – failing to recognize its enemy. The Americans believe in freedom, and they believe that the “truth will prevail in the market place of ideas.” They believe that their benevolent intentions will persuade others to adopt the American way. In a speech given to senior Party cadres in 2005, Chinese Defense Minister Chi Haotian once noted, “In Chinese history … the ruthless have always won and the benevolent have always failed.”
What is true for Chinese history, however, has not been true in American history. Only those who appreciate this fact will understand what the elimination of the United States would signify. No country is perfect, of course; but the intentions of the United States are not those of China or Russia. The strategic misdirection of these two countries will ultimately produce the most devastating war that the human race has yet experienced. BRIC is part of that strategic misdirection. Much of the poison that circulates on the internet, entering our political discourse, belongs to that same mode of information warfare once referred to as “active measures.” Consider, in this context, the words of yet another Chinese general, Li Jijin: “Unconsciously accepting an opponent’s strategic misdirection causes a nation to be defeated or collapse, and not know why.”
Is this really possible? Decades of information warfare – through active disinformation – has already had an effect. The process touches on topics as unrelated as religion and art, diplomacy and child-rearing. The subtle poison of certain ideas, the mischief of new disciplines, has sometimes arisen through a generalized nihilistic tendency. But also, there is a positive design at work. For nobody has yet explained civilization’s sudden unwillingness or inability to crush pathological growths that have sabotaged our collective sanity. The serious strategist, looking at society’s gradual surrender to one suicidal idea after another, says to himself: “An enemy could not have devised a better engine for our ultimate destruction.”
I am reminded that society does not automatically promote its own health, or its defense against enemies (foreign and domestic). Somebody has to know what is needed and do something. The problem we face today is best described in the words of Cato the Younger, when he characterized the Roman Senate in the midst of a plot to destroy the state as “each waiting for someone else to act.” That seems to be our position, today. We do not see the danger as it approaches, or maybe we don’t want to see the danger. The evil of our time is not easy to cope with. One might say it is “inconvenient.” As General Chi explained to his Party comrades four years ago, “Death is the engine that moves history forward.” This totalitarian admonition is not put forward as a principle of American foreign policy, but as a hint regarding Chinese and Russian intentions.
That others are promoting conditions leading to your demise should be understood; that language itself is a tool in the promotion of life or death, should also be understood. But we understand next to nothing. We are too busy with things that do not matter. Meanwhile, we ignore something of great importance. We ignore something that is a matter of life and death.
What matters now is a good stock of Guns & Ammo ( magazines )
“We support socialism and an international redistribution of wealth, and taking America down a peg or two.”
Wonder if obozo & the RAT leadership are silent partners in BRIC. Their actions have done much to destructively lead our Republic in this path.
I’ve said for years - One world government, currency and standard of living is the goal of these people. This has been foretold in the Bible and we are seeing it with our own eyes. With a new “crisis”, the Anti-Christ shall lead.
God, Guns and Rock & Roll matter. My family matters. The love in eyes of my bride of 38 wonderful years matters, the future of our children and my grandchildren matter. My lust for the ocean matters.....
Our Constitution and freedoms matter, being left to heck alone matters, fishing and hunting matters, my Harley’s matter (;>)) .... I have a long list of things that matter, but at the moment, the survival of our country is in the group at the top.
To those that fight against us....We are coming, We the People are coming, we are coming for you....
We are in a situation where most people are comfortable with their existence, but the powers-that-be are putting the gears in motion to take away all of our freedoms away in a gravely short period of time.
People in this country forget what it means to fight. We run for a bandage for a paper cut and think that a few sutures means we’ve earned our war wounds (I recently cut off the tip of my thumb; I speak from experience). The men who fought in WWII were real men. Korea, even. Vietnam saw regular use of opiates and cannabis, but I know plenty of Nam vets who deserve a place in history. 6 very close friends have fought in our recent Iraqi wars; 3 of them are dead from a lack of post-war mental health support. They’ve earned their place in the annals of our country’s heroes.
We’re rotting from the inside. Our Constitution is no longer being upheld (think Birth Cert-gate and ACORN), our government is in the tank for polarized political groups, and the world smells fresh blood in the Atlantic with a neutered Canada and a scandal-clad Mexico unable to care for themselves. Surprise, a$$h0les, you’re in bad shape too if we’re out of the picture!
I’m sick over what we’re marching towards. All of the Limbaughs and Becks in this world aren’t going to motivate an America where NASCAR and football are showing right on schedule and Lifetime/WE is consuming the addled minds of the proletariat. The people who want to change things don’t feel they have the numbers or the support.
One thing I heard on the radio the other day was a caller asking why is it that there aren’t more local groups trying to advance conservative agendas? All politics are local, right? The big problem, as I see it, is money.
Here in Florida, Charlie Crist is running against Marco Rubio in the upcoming primaries. Rubio is a staunch conservative. He’s highly intelligent, young, and an excellent voice for America. However, Charlie Crist has hoards of moderate Republicans in his wake along with their money! Name recognition alone can and will vault him to the Senate, but that’s my biggest concern about our country: no one cares about who they’re electing.
C’mon guys, you know you’ve watched the Final 4 or the World Series and not given a rip about either team, but you always rooted for the team that was on the comeback trail. Having a couple of Republicans duke it out is all fun, but Crist has financing and name recognition behind him, and most people aren’t going to read about some of the moderate to progressive things he’s done. As a result, Rubio loses due to lack of name recognition first and through the vein of lack of funds compared to Crist. It’s a no-win: replace Martinez, get Crist instead.
No Joe-the-Plumber (pre-popularity) is going to win against candidates with deep pockets. Thus, our country is relegated to a bunch of lawyers, doctors and academicians to run the infrastructure. Even with the backing of a radio host or a TV analyst, most homegrown candidates would be better off running for county commission or school board.
Add food and water to your list.
Its up to us to make it all matter.
Shrug it off, consider it gone now.
In the rush for globalization, supported by many of our own, nobody ever stopped to think how it would open the door wide to international control. It was always a rather sick joke to think it would last forever in this manner. Since when has a free trader ever done *anything* demonstrating that they will put American soveriegnty ahead of a short term bump in stock price?
Stripped to essentials, globalization is the use of poverty level 3rd world labor, then bring the product here to charge us full price.
The whole model counts on 3rd worlders never wanting earn more than 9 bucks a day. It really shouldnt surprise anyone that they don’t want to be in this position, or at the mercy of wall street and London Bankers.
I don’t think this BRIC group means anything good for the USA, but i think it was utterly predictable for them to form. Whats their alternative, to happily live as the cheap labor pool for the globalists, and have all the decisions made overseas?
Good post
BTTT
I don’t know if i said that right, but it seems to me that most leaders in the in the world of finance do not view themselves as American. The greatest snow job they’ve ever done, is convincing many conservatives that the *only* purpose of America is to maximize trade and the DOW.
An analogy would be a man who had his wife work as a prostitute in the daytime. Family income would undoubtedly improve. Shoot, if she is hot enough, it might even skyrocket. The costs are not seen on the balance sheet.
He is destroying something intangible, his family. The globalists are this man, America is the family they could care less about. Repubs are just as guilty as dems on this.
Indeed, they said it would be good for us what is bad for America's sovereign respect. It's another way of mentioning the UN or some doctrine in order to avoid having to tell the truth: I don't know and I don't have the balls to know, and I don't care, I got a job. Brainwash and induction to easy outs is the trick and spell we are under.
Hahahaa thank you, i had my flame suit on. My dad and i talk about this a lot when we get together. It really bugs when i see those WTO types protesting, i kinda tink they are right about some stuff, but for ALL WRONG REASONS.
Sometimes I feel like a hexagonal peg, all the holes are round or square. I just don’t fit right anywhere!
It’s the let them eat cake mantra. THey cannot take care of a cat nor build a nice bird house, they thus, when in power blame or reject America since they cannot do it when on the spot, thus they pretend they can take care of the world and everyone. It’s a disaster of pretense of Masonic proportions. We are run by illuminated idiots.
BRIC created by Goldman-Sachs, the creator talks about how they need more say in the world economy.
BTW,,this was kind of funny, someone said B R I C could also be arranged to read “CRIB”!
You are not alone....our manufacturung running over to Red China has rashed my ass for years....it’s never been explained to me how this has helped America....slick words are used but it never adds up.
Welll,,That sure is nice to hear sometimes. It sure seems like i don’t ever hear it from the repubs. Like you, I don’t buy what they are trying to sell. Yet, i know a democrat is an international socialist and trust them even less.
Who in heck represents America?
It’s no coincidence that the BRIC countries are forming their alliance- it’s always been on the globalist agenda for ‘trade blocs’ to form that will put the US out of economic dominance. It’s no coincidence that Obama ‘bailed out’ GM so that they could invest a billion dollars in an automotive manufacturing plant in Brazil, a BRIC country. GM has no problem with BRIC, they see an opportunity for a growth market. It’s no coincidence that GM shed it’s business here, because no one will buy the socialist ‘green’ cars that the government will force them to build— think of the bailout as a payoff to get them started in a new country while Obama takes our economy down.
It will eat you up if you dwell on it.....i mean that...i watch very little news anymore...i used toscream at the TV and stomp around the living room...my mother told me that my grandfather did the same...it’s nothing new...things are swirling down the bowl much quicker these days....you can almost feel it in the air...at least i can...i’m not sure what i feel...but it’s there.
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