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Did you ever wonder what would happen when an “Irresistible Force meets an Immovable Object”? OK, let’s try it again. Have you wondered what will happen when the “Occupy Wall Street Protesters” meet an “Immovable System” that is firmly implanted within a mature society? There is only one thing that needs to materialize, from somewhere, when objects that are immovable are targeted to be moved. More Power Scottie, we need more power.
And more power we get. Each day the crowds grow in size, and the “object” remains in place, and he just chuckles as he surveys the growing force. Chuckle you say, “Could this really be?” Of course we understand now. More and more force appears, but it just wanders here and there. Everywhere you look, there is awesome power, but the object remains unmoved. Who says we need a reason to gather all this force? The reason will come they say. For that, we can be sure, but the needed focus is still elusive, after weeks of growing in size.
Already, we hear that jobless students are mad at the banks who want their loans repaid; there are homeowners that owe 50% more than their homes are worth. There are government programs to help selected segments of this problem. But who helps homeowners who are current on their payments with an upside down mortgage and locked in with a high rate of interest. Big time investors, with pockets full of cash, simply walk away and hand the keys to the bankers. This solution, however; is not a viable option for the average homeowner. He still needs some sort of shelter, and walking away from the one they have only closes doors for the one they seek. The only options remaining are for the victims to take action, because no one, with real horsepower, is getting the various “fixes” to actually work.
There’s growing sentiment that the OWS crowd is just the flip side of the Tea Party. Wow, now that’s got to be interesting. Could this really be happening in America? Are we simply confronting a problem where we see it to be “America facing the big, bad Giant”? Let’s see if we can dig a little deeper. How big is this Giant? Well, probably he’s pretty big. And he laughs a lot because he thinks we are running a powerful protest down the “frontage road” instead of sticking the super highway. Chuckle, Chuckle.
History, where are you when we need you? Are we fighting the same Giant we fought once before? Let’s see if we can analyze that line of thought. Surely it won’t be all that hard. Where should we go — – just fifty years back is all we need…
“In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial-complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist..
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted. Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields. In the same fashion, the free university, historically the fountainhead of free ideas and scientific discovery has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity. For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers. The prospect of domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present. And is gravely to be regarded. ”
Did he say, “The power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded.”? Maybe Eisenhower was using “military code” when he speaks of the Military-Industrial-Complex. Is this military complex the immovable object we seek in our discussion, or was IKE laying that trip on the “POWER OF MONEY? Why not be clearer? Survival perhaps? Did he also say “domination of the nation’s scholars by Federal employment?” Surely he must have come back from the future, or perhaps some speech writer “knew the plan” because it was “out there”, even then!
Well, the answer to IKE’s question increases with clarity as we read the words stated by another previous President. Let’s not forget, this presidednt also stayed out of trouble when he kept his profound thoughts away from the public he served. Another desire to survive, seems appropriate?
It was FDR, in a private letter to Col. Edward Mandell House, on 21 November 1933, just a few months after taking office.
“The real truth of the matter is, as you and I know, that a financial element in the larger centers has owned the Government ever since the days of Andrew Jackson…”
Did FDR actually say that a financial element in the larger centers owns the government? Did he mean that this financial element actually owns the entire U.S. Government? Now that is a real immovable object. No wonder his words were private. Surely the U.S. Government is pretty powerful, but a force hiding in the “larger centers” that owns our government, now that’s an object big enough to make heads turn. All powerful, you might say, and totally immovable. Or perhaps just another “paper tiger”. Yeah Right, “Beeb, — – Wrong Answer”. Let’s take an even closer look at the history.
Again, another president steps up to the plate to take the action he surely knows will help. He was the guy who followed IKE. Is it possible that the “financial element” was expecting Nixon when they “encouraged” the CIA to set up the Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba? Certain investors from the “financial elements” lost a lot when the Cuban Sugar Plantations were nationalized by Castro. We do not need to be a very serious student of history to realize that JFK did not get metals for keeping the US out of that failed action, a mission that some say the CIA already knew would fail without U.S. support. The pressure on JFK was enormous and applied under the full force of the “financial element” behind “the plan”. It now appears that JFK did the right thing but, even today, some will still disagree.
So if FDR and IKE knew something about this “financial element”, what do we learn with a similar statement from JFK, “The great free nations of the world must take control of our monetary problems if these problems are not to take control of us.” We can find this JFK quote in a highly regarded pamphlet authored by Pastor Sheldon Emry, titled Billions for the Bankers — Debts for the People. link http://liberty-tree.ca/research/Billions.for.the.Bankers
Yes indeed, JFK really knew about the immovable object, and we heard, but we soon forgot. Well, not quite. JFK not only spoke, he acted with the intent to kill this beast when he signed EO 11,110. Looking back, one actually can see the irresistible force of JFK being focused on the immovable object. This EO created new U.S. Currency, printed by the U.S. Treasury, which were real wholesome Treasury Certificates, not those flaky Federal Reserve notes. Hey, no big deal, the notes could still be used to buy things, just like the certificates. Yes, but there is a difference, the Treasury Certificates did not add to the national deficit. There, we said it, the big bad 800 pound gorilla in the room called the United States Deficit. We used the nasty “D” word. Yes, and it would have only take a few years for the certificates to chase the notes out of the market. That would be a good thing!
It’s not so hard to predict what would happen if JFK served another term. In the Six months between June 4 and November 22, 1963, 4.2 Billion dollars in Treasury Certificates entered the economy. The total federal budget in 1963 was 94.3 Billion Dollars. Since the plates were engraved during the first six months, the next six would have likely produced another six to eight billion dollars. Let’s stipulate an average of 20 billion dollars a year for five years!
That’s a full 100 Billion dollars raised by 1968. Corporate and individual Income taxes for 1968 added up to 97.4 Billion dollars. The Outlays exceed Revenues in 1968 by 27.7 Billion Dollars. Surely the possible five years of Treasury Certificates could be used by the government to tame the deficit. Now that is a force with some real power. Over time, the entire deficit would be retired for good. It didn’t happen, did it? Did the immovable object prove that they still owned the government? Hmm, it wouldn’t be the first time. Even Andrew Jackson was among the first to be physically threatened, most likely for his battle with the bankers. Two pistols were used, and both misfired. However, neither ever misfired again, even after hundreds of tests. “Old Hickory” triumphed again. He was tough as nails, he was. He’s still here; you see him often on the $20 Federal Reserve Note.
Well, it would be even more interesting if the USA still issued the Treasury Certificates initiated by JFK. The man in the car that followed JFK in Dallas on November 22, 1963 somehow knew he was expected to get this “real money” out of the system. And that he did. It was one of his highest priorities. http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/07/the_year_1965_and_the_destruction_of_american_currency.html He lived to finish a second term.
Ellen Brown, in her book Web of Debt, Chapter 44 shows how the government can fix itself. She shows that we do not need an income tax when the government prints it’s money instead of borrowing it from the “financial centers” that FDR says is the real owner of our government. She shows why there would be no federal income tax on anybody. Even the rich will finally be paying their fair share. It will be zero. And we are to believe this is really possible? Think about it. GE can sell bonds and pay interest, or they can sell stock and get the money for free. Why would the USA be any different? That’s easy to answer. When the USA sells bonds, the Wall Street bond holders get to hold periodic depressions to transfer real property (houses) in exchange for sheets of paper. Only a sick mind favors that trick, but it surely is a pretty good trick. Most of the planet seems to go along with the trick. Now we’re “occupying everything” to figure out what’s wrong with the global picture. Hey, if the federal income tax goes away maybe taxpayers could afford a little more for our local districts, where we can actually have an obvious impact. So; is it possible that the Modern Tea Part marches with the Wall Street crowd, and joins forces? Kind of like “ALL” Americans, together, working side by side, and cutting off every head of Andrew Jackson’s multi-headed hydra. Good Luck. This hydra wants to survive and stay planted right where it is. More Power Scottie, more power!
Edison observed that a government, able to stand by its bonds, is a government that is just as capable to stand behind its currency. China does it and they grow faster than 8% a year. A confused world really needs to seek more clarity and focus the new energy where it will do the most good. Maybe there is a motivated reader somewhere who has the insight to point the “irresistible force” into the core of the “immovable object”. Then we can “hide and watch” to see how it unfolds. Let’s kill the Hydra.
Author:: This article has been submitted by Len.