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The US dollar index on Bloomberg.com (DXY:IND) compares the value of our Federal Reserve Notes against a basket of other world currencies. As the value of our dollar declines through redistribution and the unchecked policies of the Federal Reserve, the fruits of our labor (savings/retirement) are evaporating. Since January 1, 2011 through the end of April, the dollar has lost 7.59% of its value compared to other currencies. Almost half of this loss (48.7%) occurred in the month of April where the dollar declined 3.7%. The price of gold has seen a meteoric rise in April as the dollar collapses...

The Supreme Court of the United States has put the final nail in the coffin for the Constitution. The justices declined to rule on whether the president's health care legislation is legal under the Constitution. This one ruling would have ended the huge costs already burdening corporate America - not counting the hundreds of exceptions granted by the administration as favors. A Constitutional ruling on health care legislation now could have breathed a spark of fire back into the burning embers of our country. Instead, we now only have the ashes of the greatest experiment in history as the "judiciary"...

Eric Holder will not prosecute "his people" under federal law making two classes of citizens in our country . Does this protection include transgendered individuals? Federal Legislation passed under the Obama administration makes the following individuals "protected" under hate crimes: Bills H.R. 2647 & S. 909 became law Added gender, sexual orientation and disability as protected classes. It would thus protect female, male, intersexual, heterosexual, bisexual, homosexual, transgendered, transsexual, cis-gendered, disabled, and able-bodied persons. That is, it would protect every person in the U.S. in four new ways, in addition to the earlier four, making a total of eight-way protection....

The Korea-U.S. Free Trade agreement is being pushed through Congress with little fanfare but huge consequences to our trade and sovereignty. What do Walter Jones (R-NC) and Ron Paul (R-TX) have to say about this agreement: “This pact is a sneaky form of international preemption, undermining the critical checks and balances and freedoms established by the U.S. Constitution’s reservation of many rights to the people or state or government…[it] sets up foreign tribunals to which the United States must submit for judgment. We urge you to oppose President Obama’s Korea Agreement. --Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) & Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC)...

Desertec is an initiative in North Africa to generate electricity from solar and wind sites for transmission to both local and European markets as shown in the map below.Bringing the Desertec vision into realityHow are the various government changes in the Middle East and North Africa impacting their plans? The following excerpt and link to the entire article from the Desertec website gives an interesting perspective. It appears that this instability may be an "ideal opportunity". Revolution offers a ray of hope for solar energyThe future of solar energy in the Middle East and North Africa is uncertain. The current...

In my last post, I suggested we need to attack the structures that enable the Imperial Presidency (History Repeats Itself). The keyboard was not yet cool from my fingers when our current president made a public declaration of his arrogance: In a statement issued Friday night, President Obama took issue with some provisions in the budget bill – and in one case simply says he will not abide by it.Last week the White House and congressional Democrats and Republicans were involved in intense negotiations over not only the size of the budget for the remainder of the FY2011 budget, and...

The mission statement below for Institute for Environmental Security represents a prelude for one world order under the guise of "environmental security". It is associated with the Club of Rome and Agenda 21. This article is the first of a series detailing the activities of this organization. Part 1 will outline the "Potentially catastrophic climate impacts on food production over the long-term". Part 2 will cover energy will show a correlation between the geography of the Jasmine Revolution of North Africa and this group's plans. "The Institute for Environmental Security (IES) is an international non-profit non-governmental organisation established in 2002...

The European Central Bank (ECB) has announced the possibility of an increase in their interest rate in April. This action is being taken preemptively to slow their rate of inflation. What are the consequences in the United States: The Euro has risen 0.5% against the US dollar on this news. Further weakening of the dollar will occur based on the amount of the increase(s). Investors around the world will put their money into European bonds/accounts instead of US Treasury bonds. As investors flee US Treasury bonds, the Federal Reserve must raise the interest on our bonds in order to be...

Do you support the use of tax dollars to rebuild churches in our country? How about mosques in Muslim countries? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z43q69W1Dz8Our country was founded on religious freedom which has now been manipulated so that our dependence on faith is being transferred to the government. Which do you find more offensive: the government's support of the Islamic faith here and abroad or the attacks on our nation's Judeo-Christian religions? David DeGerolamo

The discussions and facts concerning an impending economic collapse have been an ongoing source of contention since the last presidential election. I am cognizant of the facts and the Cloward-Piven Strategy as well as the lack of leadership in the political arena to address the necessary measures to return to a responsible fiscal policy. The issue that I want to address is one with “We the People”. How many conversations have you had concerning your personal finances in respect to credit cards? Have you considered running up multiple credit card balances since the dollar will collapse or hyperinflation will make...

Alabama is the only state in the union which will not have a budget deficit in 2012. Seven other states have either not reported data or their budget deficit is “not applicable”. The current budget deficit for the fifty (not fifty-seven) states and the District of Columbia is now $125 billion. If each affected state was able to balance their budget using state worker reductions, this would amount to 2.5 million people out of work starting July 1st , 2011. This assumes an average salary of $50,000 per worker. If we assume an average salary of $40,000, this would increase...

Glenn Beck released the audio of a former (or current) high level SEIU employee Michael Lerner outlining a plan to collapse our stock market and JP Morgan Chase Bank. In North Carolina, SEIU has taken control of our state workers' association SEANC. Listen to Dana Cope who is currently in charge of SEANC explain how we need a revolution in North Carolina and throughout the country. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6lSia3FzMEHere is a thought: instead of SEIU collapsing our economic system by encouraging people to not pay their mortgages, why don't we encourage people to quit SEANC. This will reduce their funding and hopefully...

This is the second video from the Moveon.org meeting in Garner, NC on 3/15/11 that I attended. The moderator starts his presentation concerning their plans with: "We can't be too nice about this. We're going to have to do this revolution, do what they do in Wisconsin to get anything out of the powers that be"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5i2Tc4Ohs2oThe article that is read in this video is "Power Concedes Nothing Without a Demand" by Chris Hedges. I encourage everyone to read the entire article. The liberal class is discovering what happens when you tolerate the intolerant. Let hate speech pollute the airways. Let...

I remember the celebration among real taxpayers after the November 2010 elections. Happy days are here again and the Republican led House of Representatives will save the country. Really? One of the first consequences was a “deal” with the devil where the Bush tax cuts would be continued in exchange for extending unemployment benefits for 99 weeks through December 2011. The news from March 9th told us that 35% of the total wages and salaries comes from government payouts. From CNBC.com: Government payouts—including Social Security, Medicare and unemployment insurance—make up more than a third of total wages and salaries of...

<p>However, the following excerpt from another article has caused me to reconsider my actions in the future. I knew that a time would come where I would have to draw the line in the sand. I believe we all knew that this day would come but we never knew the hour or the day.</p>

The Democratic National Committee and President Obama's Organizing For America are responsible for directing the protests in Wisconsin. As these "union" protests spread throughout the country, Twitter and Facebook are being used as the social network tools for the administration's efforts to destabilize our own country by inciting civil unrest. The following video from FoxNews provides the details: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH6v5bWK-0w The next few days will be critical in our nation's history. Will the president and the DNC be successful in the implementation of their Cloward-Piven Strategy? At what point will Americans recognize treason at the highest level of our government? Our...