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[quote=”wspeed1195″]I’ve been clean 22 years,and seen A whole lot of prommisory programs come and go.
addiction is an affliction that is 3 fold.mental,physical and spiritual.
the dynamic to that is that theirs no way to manage 1 without the other 2.
it’s like the guy where they cut the pleasure sensory from his brain.5 mos. later he was using,2 years later he died.
it was A colombian kid,smoking basuko.
and theirs nothing deadlier than DRT.[/quote]“Spiritual” is a word which has only a literary value and is not a medical or scientific term. It is meaningless in the context of treating human addiction or any condition except as a placebo.
The 12 step program makes use of something they call the higher power but they are really only selling their version of some imaginary deity. Nonetheless, presented in context the of superstitious beliefs many people hold, it can have the temporary positive placebo effect of an illusory powerful “other” who is assisting. In the real world, the real power lies in the mind. Voodoo,Catholicism and other religions make use of this mind power and claim that it comes from a deity or from some sort of magic. Most sane, rational people know better.
Of all the addictions, the one that causes the most harm to the most people is the addiction to power and material acquisition (money). This addiction, in fact, is chiefly responsible for most of the other addictions and maladies of modern society. Try and take those particular drugs away from the addicts, and you see how violently they react….
Awww don’t feel badly about this. It’s all going down the drain soon enough anyway. All the social security, the savings accounts, the pension plans…even the money under the mattress and those coins and bars of precious metal will all soon enough be useless. Money has always been an illusion which was only useful as long as we believed in it. The illusion is getting more transparent as events unfold and as more and more of us see it for what is really is.
[quote=”grb1063″]Some people don’t know how to save.
Something like this would just about guarantee that our rookie, never-had-a-real-job, economic idiot president will NOT get re-elected.
I for one am just fine with that.[/quote]Try thinking in a more expansive way. Forget about the absurd political horse and pony show. That is there as a distraction. Politicians can’t solve our problems. They are there only to perpetuate the dysfunctional monetary system which enslaves us. While your brainwashed mind is busy looking for some political party or other individuals at which to point a finger, the Owners are busy picking your pocket too.
Some people do not know how to save? So what? Slaving for money is an absurd way to live a life whether you’ve saved some of your money or not.
Revolution? Don’t make me laugh! What can any citizen group do against an entrenched power like the US oligarchy? Especially a citizenry of fat, lazy, stupid cowards who have bought the lie of the American Dream. The dream was always a lie and freedoms and wealth have been stolen from us in increments for a long time.
But I doubt removal of social security is part of the plan. The social disruption would be more costly than any entitlement and these people who run the show are all about profit and control. They don’t need a military to control us as long as they control the money supply.
On the other hand……
The best definition of a pretend economy is the one that defines the entire set up we currently have. It is an economy of designed scarcity in order to increase earnings.
Rather than make a washing machine that would last a life time, and the technology exists for such things, these items are designed to require replacement within a certain period. Rather than plan an economy based on the best use of available resources to benefit humanity, we currently plan for obsolescence of goods and the purposeful destruction of resources to maintain the scarcity and improve profits. They burn diamonds and dump coffee.
And then we have all the idiots out there following the lunacy of right wing politics and blow hards like Limbaugh who claim there are plenty of resources and room to grow no matter how big the population and no matter how much we waste. But the cows are coming home now…
The internet is chock full of conspiracy theories claiming to explain everything from UFO’s to contrails to 2012 doomsday. It all makes for entertaining reading. But once you go down the rabbit hole in search of how the monetary economy functions, you realize this ain’t no run of the mill conspiracy theory. There is way too much factual history and evidence. This world wide, human societal meltdown is coming. Numbers don’t lie. It is as plain as daylight for anyone who wants to apply a little critical thinking. I am convinced it is going to be terrible. I just don’t have an idea as to when and at what pace it will take place. Those who know about this have to feel like I do, as if we are blind folded and stumbling towards a cliff’s edge.
[quote=”dboy”]You were talking about scrounging for food, fighting off the masses just above. That’s taking it a little far dontcha think?
I didn’t realize that I stated that I’m like a deer in the headlights. You read far more into things than you should. But again, given your outrageouse comments, I shouldn’t expect rational thought. Enjoy.[/quote]
This is just point-counterpoint. I intend no personal insult. If you call my position fearful, I call it cautious. Considering the topic, I don’t think exaggeration is possible.
If you have ever been in a large city that has shut down due to major a weather event such as a hurricane, you would immediately understand what I am talking about. Miami has gone through two such events in the last 18 years….and we all knew it was only temporary. The stores were empty by the second day. There was no water, food or fuel for a short time. I am extrapolating that experience to one in which we have no assurance that things will return to normal any time soon. This is what an inflation fueled depression or a collapsed banking system would be like everywhere.
In the end, the math doesn’t lie. There are way too many experts out there who have been warning us. The video in Scott’s entry above does not seem exaggerated to me at all.
I day trade. I know a little about the difference between fear and caution. Fear is just as likely as ignorance to blind one to caution. Your apathetic attitude towards extraordinary, unprecedented recent events may be itself a product of fear. Like a deer frozen to inaction in the sudden appearance of headlights at night, you cannot and will not accept a reality coming at you like a Mac truck
[quote=”Imxploring”
Time for the US and folks to get back to basics…. like producing something we can touch, use, and need…. not more pretend “business” models that do not![/quote]
Don’t you think it’s a bit too late for that? Am I the only one here who is seeing a complete collapse of the monetary system world wide? No business model will work in such an environment except the very simple one with only ONE step: dig up as much food as you can and eat it before the other hungry folks scratching around in the field see you.
Too bad the Ticos don’t do it like we do in the States. Used personal effects pay no duties coming into the US.Import tariffs are supposed to be protective of the national economy.
If you are bringing used electronics, cars, furniture and appliances, then you will not be spending money in the local economy on those necessities and that represents a hit.You have been brainwashed.
The US redefined the FARC as a drug cartel in order to justify the freeing up of money and hardware donated in the war on drugs for use in general insurgency operations.There does seem to be some evidence that the FARC had gone beyond the role of tax collector, but it was anecdotal and did not amount to accusing them of being the major drug traffickers in Colombia.
Meanwhile, you neglected to mention the paramilitaries, despite the fact that US State Dept described them as drug traffickers when it talked of the FARC being tax collectors. So too have you left out mention of the numerous US personnel which have been arrested smuggling drugs or exchanging weapons for drugs with the paramilitaries.The villain in this century old Latin American drama has always been the U.S, called by the 19th century Cuban patriot , Jose Marti, “El Monstro Del Norte”. face it, buddy; we are the bad guys in the world. We are the ones with soldiers occupying other countries, we are the ones dropping bombs and killing civilians, we are the ones subverting freely elected governments, we are the ones assasinating democratically elected leaders, we are the ones confiscating precious resources for excessive consumption and we are the biggest market for and the biggest smugglers of drugs.
[quote=”MICHAELANGELOF”]Hi, again,
I have friends from Columbia who are very glad for the UA help. They are very concerned about Presidente Chavez and his Gran Columbia ambitions which at some time will include the Canal.
Michael[/quote]
I hope you are just being funny here about Chavez wanting to take over Colombia and the Canal. Otherwise, your judgement on other world issues should be seriously questioned.
Florida is an climate improvement over any place further north but I am not so sure it would be much safer should we develop serious societal and economic problems. There are a lot of guns and very few people who know anything about self sufficiency in this country ( I am one of them). I would have more confidence in the people of a small Costa Rican farming community for self sufficiency than I would for a similarly sized North American community.,…and much of the north has a completely dead winter growing season. Try imagining yourself in a house on a frozen farm field in Ohio with no food or fuel supplies…and a large population of hungry, cold people who are armed to the teeth.
