Showing posts with label capitalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label capitalism. Show all posts

Thursday, September 24, 2009

More indoctrination... hide your stuff...

If you've been watching Glenn Beck this week, you've probably seen this one. I figure there are a whole buncha folks who are at work when he's on, who aren't hooked into all the conservative blogs, Twitter, etc., etc., and thus may have missed this one. So... here goes...

This video is being shown across the country in schools... from what I understand it's been being shown for about two years and no one seems to have raised a stink about it until someone brought it to Glenn Beck's attention and he shared it with the world a few days ago.

Here's a link to Beck's page where they debunk the garbage that's in the video above: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/198/30932/

I watched Beck's program the day after he first showed it (I watched that one, too ;-) and he mentioned that parents called him on his radio show saying they'd asked their kids about it... and discovered their children had watched it, some for two years running.

How many of us would think to ask our kids what they watched in school? If we do think to ask, we're lucky to get any kind of an answer! If you ask your child about what they learned you might pull enough info out of them to know that maybe they learned about the discovery of America or watched a science film or that they started learning about whatever... but it's doubtful they'd even think to share that they watched a movie that showed how nasty Americans are poisoning children... killing innocent people... killing our world...

One day they might pipe up and tell you that using 2-ply toilet paper is destroying our planet... or you may wonder why they toss their pillow on the floor every night (watch the video above)... or tell you how bad George W. Bush was after 9/11 (watch the video above)... or start crying when they wear a hole in their tennis shoes, telling you they can't buy another pair (watch the video above)... You may never know where some of the stuff they share comes from.

I watched the video above all the way through. There's some stuff I kind of agree with in the video. But... there are so many "buts"... I can't believe a teacher would show children this video without doing their own homework, but then again, if they're showing it they probably swallow the concepts it's built upon it completely. The only saving grace is that it seems geared toward younger kids yet the moderator uses words that I bet half the kids wouldn't understand... but I suppose the kind of teachers who'd share this with their class would probably look at it as a good discussion and teaching vehicle. Let's learn some new words kids...

If you saw the videos I shared in some of my earlier posts today, and you manage to get all the way through this one, it should spur you to spend a bit more time picking the brains of your kiddos... and make you wonder where we're heading in this country.

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Interesting blog on economy, where the world is heading...

Logistics Monster, one of my fellow Read My Lipstick Network member blogs, is doing a series on 'America's Economic Collapse'. I'll have to admit I haven't read them all - yet. The one on Swiss Bank Closing Offshore American Accounts (below) caught my attention in the four-part series (thus far). Interesting points and rather scary, too.

Per the article Logistics cites, UBS is closing offshore accounts under pressure from the IRS. In broad, general terms: The Swiss have always had strict privacy rules that allowed the world's wealth to earn interest outside the bounds of their own country without taxation.

Now it seems the U.S. government has pierced the veil.

While many will be clapping their hands because those greedy capitalists now have to pay taxes on their money, there's more to the issue than just one Swiss bank handing its' customers over to be potentially prosecuted.

What's the next step? Where are we headed in this world? What's going to happen when all the money made by our home-grown businesses and individuals is pulled back into this country? Will businesses start to move to other countries? Is there a mad scramble going on right now to find other ways to shelter money? Is this the first domino or is UBS different because they've been setting up shop here in the U.S.?

This little story may end up being the beginning of a huge shift in our world!

Swiss Bank Closing Offshore American Accounts
Posted on January 9, 2009
According to Reuters, (and this post is being updated), UBS, a Swiss wealth manager, is closing U.S. clients’ offshore accounts because of pressure from the United States Government, and the IRS is benefiting.
http://logisticsmonster.com/2009/01/09/swiss-bank-closing-offshore-american-accounts/

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Save a lifestyle...

(Thanks to Patriot Writer via Twitter for finding this video.)