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We all know this, but ...

We all know this, but ...

NPR: Gun-violence-the-u-s-vs.-other-countries

   

it's timely, and maybe useful, to have current real numbers to support our thinking.

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Franklin Roosevelt said it very well.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
“The Economic Bill of Rights”

Excerpt from 11 January 1944 message to Congress on the State of the Union

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It is our duty now to begin to lay the plans and determine the strategy for the winning of a lasting peace and the establishment of an American standard of living higher than ever before known. We cannot be content, no matter how high that general standard of living may be, if some fraction of our people—whether it be one-third or one-fifth or one-tenth—is ill-fed, ill-clothed, ill-housed, and insecure.

This Republic had its beginning, and grew to its present strength, under the protection of certain inalienable political rights—among them the right of free speech, free press, free worship, trial by jury, freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures. They were our rights to life and liberty.

As our nation has grown in size and stature, however—as our industrial economy expanded—these political rights proved inadequate to assure us equality in the pursuit of happiness.

We have come to a clear realization of the fact that true individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. “Necessitous men are not free men.” People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.

In our day these economic truths have become accepted as self-evident. We have accepted, so to speak, a second Bill of Rights under which a new basis of security and prosperity can be established for all—regardless of station, race, or creed.

Among these are:

The right to a useful and remunerative job in the industries or shops or farms or mines of the nation;

The right to earn enough to provide adequate food and clothing and recreation;

The right of every farmer to raise and sell his products at a return which will give him and his family a decent living;

The right of every businessman, large and small, to trade in an atmosphere of freedom from unfair competition and domination by monopolies at home or abroad;

The right of every family to a decent home;

The right to adequate medical care and the opportunity to achieve and enjoy good health;

The right to adequate protection from the economic fears of old age, sickness, accident, and unemployment;

The right to a good education.

All of these rights spell security. And after this war is won we must be prepared to move forward, in the implementation of these rights, to new goals of human happiness and well-being.

America’s own rightful place in the world depends in large part upon how fully these and similar rights have been carried into practice for our citizens.


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source: The Public Papers & Addresses of Franklin D. Roosevelt (Samuel Rosenman, ed.), Vol XIII (NY: Harper, 1950), 40-42

A time to remember

It is a day to take a few minutes to remember our heritage.

The Law (s) of our Land

https://books.google.com/books?id=_8q5DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA57&lpg=PA57&dq=texas+constitution+number+of+words+amendments+2017&source=bl&ots=suAebRfSiT&sig=qlWtcCiby-3_vIK058TdCJlZxbA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjfoKHpn9HTAhWFWCYKHV9xCMIQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=texas%20constitution%20number%20of%20words%20amendments%202017&f=false

Democracy - Does it really exist?

Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 20th-century Italian thinkers Vilfredo Pareto and Gaetano Mosca (independently) argued that democracy was illusory, and served only to mask the reality of elite rule. Indeed, they argued that, 

elite oligarchy is the unbendable law of human nature, 
due largely to the apathy and division of the masses (as opposed to the drive, initiative and unity of the elites), and that democratic institutions would do no more than shift the exercise of power from oppression to manipulation.[133]

As Louis Brandeis once professed, "We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both."[134]"

OUR apathy - not our hard work - makes it possible !

WHY DO WE TOLERATE IT ?

 

Source: WalletHub

Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts”

Theodore Roosevelt: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”
Well said, and timely.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-03-04/brazil-assets-poised-to-rally-as-lula-targeted-in-police-raid

Bitcoin beat dollar in 2015

Bitcoin beat dollar in 2015  http://money.visualcapitalist.com/its-official-bitcoin-was-the-top-performing-currency-of-2015/

Is this a sign of the times ?

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Which one is real ?

Queen Mary 2 arrives in New York ...

This arrival is to be repeated 09/27/2015 starting at 02:40 AM 
On this voyage she'll be carrying very precious cargo.

To celebrate, lets all get up at 02:40 AM and view the video.

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Enjoy the music and the view! - Compliments of The Queens!
Last reported/estimated position 46N 52W at 10:00 AM CST Saturday

Tourist vs. Traveler? Which are you?

​The traveler sees what he sees ...     The tourist sees what he goes to see.      ~ G.K. Chesterson   (May 29, 1874 - June 14, 1936)

A very prophetic and timely quote from President Lincoln

"The money power preys upon the nation in times of peace,  and conspires against it in times of adversity. It is more despotic than monarchy, more insolent than autocracy, more selfish than bureaucracy. It denounces, as public enemies, all who question its methods or throw light upon its crimes. I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institutions in the rear. Of the two, the one in my rear is my greatest foe." ~ Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the US, November 1864.

A Reminder: The Decline of the United States

"The gradual slide towards our national bankruptcy of wealth, spirit, freedom, self-respect, morality, personal responsibility, and common sense began in 1913 with the secretive creation of the Federal Reserve and the imposition of a personal income tax. Pandora’s Box was opened in this fateful year and the horrors of currency debasement and ever increasing taxation were thrust upon the American people by a small but powerful cadre of unscrupulous financial elite and the corrupt politicians that do their bidding in Washington D.C. The powerful men who thrust these evils upon our country set in motion a chain of events and actions that will undoubtedly result in the fall of the great American Empire, just as previous empires have fallen due to the corruption of its leaders and depravity of its people. Creating a private central bank, controlled by the Wall Street cabal, and allowing the government to syphon the earnings of workers through increased taxation has allowed politicians the ability to spend, borrow, and print money at an ever increasing rate in order to get themselves re-elected and benefit the cronies, hucksters and bankers that pay the biggest bribes. None of this benefit the average American, who sees their purchasing power systematically inflated and taxed away. This is not capitalism and it is not a coincidence that war and inflation have been the hallmarks of the last century." Source:  http://www.theburningplatform.com/

Do you agree? Anyone who denies we are in the midst of an ongoing Crisis that will lead to a collapse of the system as we know it is either a card carrying member of the corrupt establishment, dependent upon the oligarchs for their living, or just one of the willfully ignorant ostriches who choose to put their heads in the sand and hum the Star Spangled Banner as they choose obliviousness to awareness.
Thinking is hard. Feeling and believing a storyline is easy.

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Atrocity, U.S.A. - 2013

When will the apathetic public get MAD​?​ 

The rich got a HUGE TAX CUT - maybe the biggest of all time - Payroll Workers got a big TAX INCREASE - 

​and ​Congress got a pay raise.

The new Tax Law makes the Bush tax cuts PERMANENT - taxes investment earnings at a lower rate than YOUR earned income - lets the ultra rich treat ALL their income as investment income - increases taxes on Social Security - and NOBODY EVEN GOT MAD. 

And in case you haven't noticed, U.S. average life expectancy is decreasing and now lags most of the OECD nations, the U.S. is one of the most income-unequal nations in the developed world, and everyone is singing "Sunny Side of the Street".

What to expect:

Since the buying power of the poor has been decreased, domestic demand will drop, while demand for luxury goods may rise slightly (made in China). So it's a good time to go "invisible" and search for government benefits like unemployment payments, food stamps and the like. The markets may soar as sidelined funds return, but since none of our companies will be able to expand demand, don't look for permanent prosperity.

​Leave a comment to tell me why I'm wrong.

If you never frown, how do we know when you're smiling?

And if you never criticize, what changes for the better?

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Bruce Malone Photography  has added new Google tours to their website.  

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For the best view of the new 360° tours, click the "full screen" link in the top right corner of any picture and use your mouse to tour through the picture. 

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13 Scientific Reasons To Drink Coffee - Business Insider

http://www.businessinsider.com/13-scientific-reasons-to-drink-coffee-2013-11