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In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Dr. Phil says Nadya called him yesterday afternoon, distressed after talking to Kaiser officials. She taped two episodes of Dr. Phil’s show, the first of which is scheduled to air today. Says the talk show host: “What she is telling me is that unless and until she has a better living arrangement, that they are not likely to release the children to her.”
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Okay, prepare for a RANT FROM HELL here. First, stop calling Dr. Phil a doctor. He's a giant pile of ass hair. Doctor my ass! And if you think Nadya shouldn't be allowed take her own children home because she lives in a tiny house..then you'd better wise up. Nadya is, in my opinion, a bit off her rocker. Who in the Hell has 14 kids and no job? But, if "officials" deny her her own children based on an inspection of her home, then they'd damn well better inspect the homes of every single baby ever born there.
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Has Nadya ever been accused of abusing or neglecting her kids?? Do her kids not have food to eat? Are they malnourished? No. The only thing they have on Nadya is that she's poor and lives off welfare and her parents. If you support this outrageous custody thing the hospital and Gloria Fucking Allred have going..then be prepared to be next to lose YOUR rights. Let them inspect YOU before you bring your baby home. Oh, don't tell me that's different. If baby home inspections and financial inspections were the norm, Jon and Kate Gosselin would never have been allowed to step out the hospital door with their sextuplets. They went on welfare too. Jobs? What jobs? Duuh.
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And now to sweeten the media pot..an entertainment company has offered Nadya $1 million to make a porn movie! When did Nadya become a whore???? When did a sad mentally unstable baby collector equal "whore?" I'm sick to death of all these god damn people. Nadya is starting to look sane to me in comparison.
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The real question we need to address is WHY AREN'T THERE LAWS REGARDING IVF? Nadya is not the problem here. She's just one sad woman with a shitload of kids she can't afford. I know at least 10 of those in my neighborhood. But, instead of addressing the real problem and fixing it so this never happens again, people would rather take Nadya's kids away, send her death threats and hack her website. Oh, and break her PayPal account with stupid penny donations. And those people are supposed to be mature and concerned with child welfare? Eat my ass. It's going to backfire on you if you think that any of this stuff is going to help.
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Nadya's kids are here. She brought the problem to the nations attention. Now fix the cause of the problem. And stop interfering with peoples choices. Paypal? People have a right to donate to Nadya if they want (I don't want to)..it's THEIR choice. Nadya has a right to believe her embryos are children. It's HER choice. She shouldn't have the right to be implanted with a litter and live off tax money. But, she did. THERE'S your fucking problem. Fix it. Legally. Without taking rights away from her, unless YOU want yours taken away too.
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I agree 100%. That's right DD!! that's why i keep coming back
Wasn't some place investigating how/why dr. phil was calling himself that in CA when he's not licensed to BE a dr. in CA??
IVF does need to be more regulated and i think this case is going to highlight that to lawmakers and perhaps bring some changes.
octograndpa said his daughter needed to be mentally evaluated, i think her mom has said that too...but these claims by the hospital aren't based on her mental health....
won't the 8 have medical needs once they come home? i mean, they would need special cribs, suction equipment, etc?
i do understand your point DD...but i'm conflicted on my viewpoint right now....so i shall think about it more!
Gloria is a fine person, a fine attorney and she doesn't need publicity. The "Angels" have to get together their resources, a place for the babies to live so they can provide 24/7 care. I don't think asking Nadya to make a decision is over the top at all.
Tia, think of it this way..suppose they made a law that only people who had high incomes could get pets. Suppose they looked at our (yours and mine) incomes and said..nope, you can't provide for a pet. But, you and I know our pets have everything they need or want regardless of our incomes. We'd eat Ramen for a week to make sure out pets were vacinated, right?
Now, make it babies instead of pets. Oh, the heartbreak. I can't even imagine how scared Nadya is right now. She may be loopy, but, she loves her kids.
Gloria and her "angels" are not asking Nadya to make a decision. They are forcing her to. I think Gloria is as fine an attorney as Dr. Phil is a doctor.
Parents have to bring a car seat to the hospital before they take a baby home.
Having worked in a NICU, those babies are more vulnerable because they are premature octuplets. They have many special needs.
SS always gets involved, even for a single premie, to help the parent(s) prepare for the care required at home.
Here's an example...
Some of those babies may need to be on heart monitors, due to apnea or bradycardia of prematurity. The hospital is obligated to make sure she has been trained on how to use a heart monitor and learn CPR.
Every state has programs and clinics that do follow-up care for the special needs premies have. There is a lot of structure to get set up for her.
I don't think it is about her choices, but about making sure she is helped to find all the resources she will need to care for those fragile babies. It's not about her status, they do that for all parents. There are already social workers working to manage this case and help this family in the hospital. You have case mangers for most families! It's normal. I hear you , DD, but it's not so simple, you need to carefully prepare the environment for their needs.
Maybe there be a new law called,The Nadya Law,which requires an IQ test, morals & values exam and finally a license to reproduce. I vote YES! Too many stupid ppl are breeding and it's not good for the human race.
I appreciate your view and comment, but, it's not quite true. At least not everywhere. I can't even tell you how many special needs preemies have come home around here with no instructions or help. Lissa for one. She had me though...heh. One of my asshole neighbors brought a new born preemie home, got drunk, slept with the kid, and rolled over on her. Dead kid. Where was all the follow up care then? I don't know. But no one inspected HER house or they'd have known she had 6 other kids and was a drunk.
PS..I had to learn to use the heart monitor online. I googled it.
I don't understand why this is so outrageous. What is the hospital supposed to do?
I have been a nurse for 30 years, and have worked in maternity for the majority of that time. I've seen babies go home to bad living situations (to live in a tent along the river, or with parents who had not bathed in such a long time that their hands, arms, feet, etc. were literally black from the dirt, and they did not desire to bathe, etc.), but those were singleton pregnancies, with term babies. In a case where there are multiples, and they obviously are going to need medical support, social services absolutely must intervene, and attempt to insure that those babies are not allowed to go home with the parents until arrangements have been made. Do you think the hospital is blind to the press coverage, and the outrage people feel over the circumstances of this pregnancy? They know that not many will come forward to help, as have with other multiples. There is also the issue of planning. Octomom knew she was having a large multiple pregnancy, but didn't plan for these babies. How do you propose the practical needs of these children will be met? Nadya has already shown that she is spending money that could be used to provide cribs, diapers, etc. on manicures and other luxuries. She still is not planning for these babies! She is expecting everyone else to do everything for her and her children.
I also should speak to your comment about her other children not suffering malnutrition. You are right. They are not, but I suggest that they are not suffering malnutrition because the money spent on food was what probably was earmarked for the mortgage. They will soon have no roof over their heads. (and this includes the preemie 8!) No mortgage payments have been made for 10 months! Why is this okay? Why should she be allowed to bring these new, medically-challenged children home with her? Yes, she has her rights. We get so up-in-arms about rights, in this country! Well, what about those babies' rights? What about their right to have their existence nurtured, to have their needs met, to have an opportunity to live?
When a relative of mine had her second child, and I knew it was a poor situation, I attempted to intervene with social services at the hospital, but it was useless. There was nothing they could do at that point. I had to report abuse I saw the mother committing on the older child (a toddler) at a later time, and they worked with the mom every day--monday through friday--before it became apparent that the baby would die in her care. She was allowed to give them up, but the baby was neglected enough that he almost died, anyway. She has gone on to have three more, and lost those three to the foster care system in the last 6 months, too. (I did not intervene.) My point is, hospitals or social service agencies do not take these actions lightly. They are very careful about family rights and dynamics. Just think how you would feel if she took them home and they lived from one friends' home to another, and were abused or died. She may love her babies, but Dishy, love isn't enough.
I'm sorry to hear that your little Lissa went home without instructions for family. That doesn't happen here. We actually contract with an outside agency that comes to the hospital and hands-on teaches new parents about the monitors and CPR prior to discharge.
As far as the drunk mom who rolled on her baby, there are definitely people who fall through the cracks. She probably went to all her prenatal appointments, never showed up drunk, or with alcohol on her breath, made a good or at least reasonable appearance at the hospital, and acted nurturingly toward her baby. If she does the right things, no-one will suspect enough to call social services.
We have mothers and babies in the hospital for such a short time, and the truth is, we can't change the world. We just try to do as much as we can in that brief interval.
DD,
You called her mentally unstable yourself. Once she is living on her own and her parents are not there to provide a living compass for her to find her own ass, those kids are in danger.
What's next? She packs them in the van and drives off a bridge (it happens)- because she can't take the pressure?.
While I don't want Gov up my ass telling me how to raise my kids; I also don't think it's fair for a baby collector to potentially endanger/ignore/abuse her brood.
Sad, sad, sad stories DD, in repsonse to my previous post at 2:50. Lots of kids fall thru the cracks.
My saddest case was caring for an 18 mon old who had been shaken by mom's boyfriend. He had old and new radiator burns, bites and bruises. He was declared brain dead after a few days. He was an organ donor and saved many other kid's lives. I will never forget taking his little body to the morgue after the organ donation. I had a hard time leaving him.
Your Lissa has thrived because you were proactive and an advocate for her. You have your **** together.
I have worked at Level 3 NICUs at urban regional referral hospitals, so I hear you, not all places have the ability to do what we did. Nadya is at a place equipped to help her in CA.
As a nurse, it isn't easy to feed 4 babies on a 12 hr shift at least every 3-4 hrs. I don't know how she can do it for 8, there aren't enough hrs in the day. And take care of 6 growing, active children, several with special needs.
The hospital can't release 8 premies to a woman that is going to lose the roof over her head in March. The state will have to work with her to develop a plan of care and secure resources.
Total agreement from me, the babies are here, they need to be given resources from the state. I was mad at first, but changing IVF treatment guidelines is the only way to make certain this doesn't happen again. (how about her insurance reimbursement for the procedures, HELLO? no alarms went off anywhere? how did she get approval???)
I don't appreciate members of the general public giving her time limits on national TV. I bet the hospital is vetting sincere volunteers and donations.
3:53:00 PM..I don't know how you did that. Took care of that baby, dying baby. Oh, man. I'm thankful there are strong people like you in this world.
3:37:00 PM, I DO think she's mentally unstable (for her choices), but she hasn't endangered her kids yet. If we predict that for NS and let it dictate custody, then we have to do the same for everyone else. And we can't and shouldn't. That's all I'm sayin'.
3:24:00 PM..nope. Everyone knew what she was. Lots of people reported her. Nothing was done.
with you 100% here DirtyDisher
Dr . Phll should buy her a house
Opah can chip in
This whole thing just pisses me off I know I know better pissed off then pissed on but still. The friggn dr who loaded this mental case with babies should have his medical degree taken away and be examined because he too is a nut case. Did the wack job save up for the procedure with allowance she gets from her parents or did the wonderful tax payers provide the money needed to pregnate the slum sucker which in that case it would be up to them to support them ya know child support and all...I cant stand this woman!!! Swamp
I have no sympathy for her. She planned this and its backfiring on her. She has proven that she cares nothing for these children. She is nothing more than a pimp masquerading as a parent.
3:13 the mortgage wasn't in NS name, it's in her parents, it's they and they alone who have choosen not to make payments for months and months. In interviews it appears from various comments made of all 3, it was NS herself who made them stick to a budget, when she was in the hospital on total bed rest and wasn't present to make them stick to it, they stopped paying their bills. This is in no way her fault or responsibility.
As for 2:50, Gloria A is FORCING a situation that has NOTHING to do with her or the FOSTER CARE services. Angels of mercy is FOSTER CARE not a nanny service, they are giving NS 1 week to willingly turn over her babies to them, to willingly put them in FOSTER CARE (and possiblly forced adoption down the road). And you see nothing wrong with this?
There is nothing substantial, only what if's and possibilities of things that MIGHT HAPPEN done the road to base taking her children from her.
Yes social service programs will be in place to help her with the premmies special needs along with anything else any of the children and she might require, but being on welfare has never been reason enough in and of itself to remove a child from a home. If that were the national critiera, there would be a need to haull MILLIONS of children out of their homes. And if they do this to NS, then they damned well better do it to every one else in the country who's on welfare. I dare say alot of ppl who read this blog are on it, you willing to stand aside and let Gloria A the angels of mercy foster care and various gov't agencies take YOUR children just because YOU choose to collect welfare, individual stories and circumstances aside. If welfare is the criteria, then no one can afford to have or continue to have children if they collect. Don't you see the massive danger signal in this? It's the total obliteration of human rights.
I'm a little surprized that some pro life groups haven't stepped up and supported her right to choose, in not to have the embroys destroyed once implanted and the realized so many took. I'm pro choice, it's a womans right to choose, and my choice would have been the same as her's, not to kill them. The difference is, i wouldn't have been after more children if i had 6 to begin with.
The issues here are human rights, gov't control and laws needed regarding IVF practices.
Inspite of not supporting a number of her choices, i can't help but feel so sorry for NS, she must be terrified. And im's sure her other children are too, they aren't stupid, when they hear the talk about taking the new babies, whats to stop someone from taking them.
There should be outrage at this point, outrage at whats taking place, as DD said the babies are here now, deal with the issues that allowed this IVF mess to have taken place, and protect the rights of the innocent. If you don't you might as well face fact, you could be next. Is your home up to an inspection? Are you finances? How could you go get a haircut & buy smokes, get mcdonalds, buy a video on and on, when your on welfare and you have kids to care for? Same thing wether you have 1 child or 14. I hope someone helps this woman stand up to all thats about to tidal wash over her and her family.
4:54:00 PM, YES! How I wish you'd signed with a name! Thank you! That's exactly right. And you did it without even cussing! The whole thing made me cussy cuss cuss. It's infuriating!
We need less of you peasants in this world not more, which is why that Octowhore creature should be shot to death and its offspring gassed at once.
Festering proletariat scum.
misstiajournal
you are such a left-winged nut it's ridiculous. it's people like you that are going to turn America into a socialist country... no wonder why your neighbors hate you
From 2:50 In response to 4:54
I said...
"I don't appreciate members of the general public giving her time limits on national TV."
I was referring to what a twat Gloria A is, and yes I cussed. She is a member of the general public, not from a county/state/federal agency.
I never suggested anyone had the right to take her children. I agree with you.
Lots of intelligent thoughts (apart from Maggie Gyllenhall there) but I wonder why all this outrage when the government decides everyday who should have what and what rights you and your children have. Right now the government in Hawaii is carrying on (again) about whether gay people have the right to have civil unions and it sure as hell shouldn't be anyone else's business who adult people want to share their lives with. The government already makes decisions that stop gay people from adopting and lesbian women from having IVF. Decisions are made everyday about who gets to keep their kids and that absolute scum child molestors get out of jail and get to move in across from your kid's school. Personally I wish people got outraged over issues more often and then maybe some of the crappy things about the world would change.
With all of this publicity if the hospital let her take those babies home when they have so many medical issues and they ended up living in a cardboard box or dying then there would probably be all sorts of enquiries and demands for accountability. Of course they are just trying to protect their own arses. If it wasn't on TV 24-7 and all over the net then no one would give a shit.
"misstiajournal
you are such a left-winged nut it's ridiculous. it's people like you that are going to turn America into a socialist country... no wonder why your neighbors hate you"
yes, saying that i'm conflicted on my viewpoint and have to think about it more is certainly something a left-winged nut would do. how dare i take time to consider my current thoughts and take into consideration the thoughts of others? socialism indeed!
and uh only 1 neighbor hates me and that's because i expose her medical scams...all my other neighbors like me....
ok tia, soooooo you WANT this to be a socialist county!? are you kidding me?? why do you think everybody who is from canada comes HERE for serious illnesses? why do you think nobody in france works?? SOCIALISM DOES NOT WORK. the government should have no RIGHT to take our babies from us under these circumstances among many many other of our rights that have been taken away from us. that's what china does.. let me guess.. you agree with communism too!!??
absolutely ridiculous
i'm totally with you DD
Dr. Phil is not as good a doc as Gloria is a lawyer (or vice-versa). You need to check out what Gloria has done over the years for individuals and groups for no money and no publicity. Dr. Phil is a shill and a fraud.
I don't think the Angels are a foster group. I think all the babies would be in one house with all the other members of Nadya's family, and they would provide the house. They would also provide the care the babies would need. How is that part of a foster plan?
when i said socialism indeed i was being sarcastic.....no one in france works? really? wow....
excuse me for having conflicted feelings about this and wanting to think about it....
DD---i do understand the point you make in your comment to me and i agree with that! and octomom does love her kids....
excuse me all, i have to go to school...that liberal bastion called kent state university...
Finally, someone said exactly what I would have if I were able to string together a cognizant string of words.
Before everyone found out that she was unemployed and unmarried the entire country was excited about the octuplets. Since we've learned the truth everyone turned on her. I cannot believe this woman is treated so badly because she's poor. She's a good mother who is in a bad predicament. Either help the poor woman or don't..... but if you choose not to help at least shut up about it. More of your tax dollars were spent torturing prisoners in Gitmo than have gone for Nadya Suleman's food stamps and medical care, and even if you loathe the woman are you so hard-hearted that you would deny innocent children food and medical coverage? Aren't there more important things to be outraged by?
Meanwhile in America the top 10% get richer while cutting jobs and wages and instead of being angry at the people who deserve it, we all attack Nadya Suleman like a bunch of rabid ferrets.
What's wrong with living in a tent by a river if you are loved, fed, and cared for? I knew a couple who did that for quite some time and they were able to bathe and work. A tent may not be the best option (I wouldn't want to live in one), but it IS shelter. As long as you love your child and care for it why should you lose your child over a decision someone else finds objectionable?
She's not a good mother.
6:39, Angels of mercy is a foster care group it was on the Today show as well as GMA. The 'nurse' involved, who has experience with premmies who works for/runs the foster care group is the one who approached Gloria A tobegin with and said she'd see that all 8 of them were placed in preapproved premmie caring homes, and that she wanted to take legal action against a woman she doesn't know, has never met, has no real concrete information of her life and parenting and plans etc, Gloria saw this as another lime light moment, hence the "you have one week to turn over the children willingly or we will forcable take them into our care". The angels of mercy 'nurse' and gloria being their legal guardian's from that point on and 'will make sure they are cared for and raised properly'.
If this doesn't make you quake in your boots and seriously question the motivations and backlash of all this, nothing will.
If they take those babies from her based on this nothingness, count on someone starting a petition that every single welfare recipent in the country must have their residence inspected & approved, finances gone over and children removed from the home until the parents are off welfare. Makes sense doesn't it?
It's outrageous.
As for all the 'good' gloria has done over the years, i suggest you read more then her PR ppl put out there. The woman has helped some total slime buckets, like helping the poor women who wanted conjugal visits with the love of their lives, menendes brothers for starters. Yes she's a saint.
Does no-one here get it that the home situation this young woman would take these babies home to is completely inadequate, and she has done little or nothing to prepare for them?
I've heard enough stupid comments about socialism to last a lifetime. This has nothing to do with socialism and everything to do with trying to preserve the babies' lives.
Just think of all the accusations and threats that would be made against the hospital if they allow the babies to go home to a known poor situation, and one or more of them dies. I can guarantee that Ms.S would retain the best possible attorney and sue that place for all it was worth.
No, I don't think that we should all be subject to home inspections. That's not what this is about. There is no money for that, and the vast majority of homes pose minimal threat. (There are hazards everywhere, what matters is if you are paying attention to your child, and can prevent problems.) (It's impossible for a single mother, alone, to watch six young children--three with disabilities, and have her watch 8 more--preemies.) What happens when you have more than one monitor go off at a time? I've worked higher risk nursery, and I can tell you that there are days when I have felt inadequate for two or three babies.
What this is about is trying to ensure the safety of these tiny babies. I wish the hospital good luck. If this blog is proof of anything, it is proof that emotions run high, and that they will probably not win this one, no matter what they do.
I work for Child Protective Services and the only way we can remove a child is if the child is being or is in danger of being abused/neglected. Sometimes it's a combination of things...after removing a child the case is heard in court a few days later and a Judge determines whether or not the removal was appropriate.
I hate removing children but sometimes you can't let your feelings get in the way and you have to act in the best interest of the child.
Every time you hear on the news of a child dying due to abuse in the home everyone always asks where were CPS then? The thing people need to understand is- if CPS was not involved with the family it is because no one ever reported that family. Every single report made is investigated....so if you do not call no one will know. It is the law to call even if you suspect....we will investigate and make the determination.
How can anyone justify what this woman has done? Her actions have nothing to do with loving her children. If she truly cared for the 6 that she had this situation would not exist. A part of being a loving mother is ensuring that you and your children are properly cared for. This woman has proved that her actions were totally self-serving. We all have sob stories I can tell mine however, it doesn't change the fact that what she did was calculated and her sense of entitlement because she brought these kids into the world is nauseating. There is no way this woman will ever be able to give these children the LOVE they need.
No, it is NOT a foster group. Nadya and her other kids would be right there on the premises -- they also would be given the same house in which to live. What don't you get about that?
If you don't like Gloria, that's your opinion. Maybe my also being an attorney makes me see the good in her while you see her grabbing the limelight. We can agree to disagree.
Yes it is a foster group, they themselves (gloria and nurse) said so during the interview. Disagree if you want.
But that IS the point here 'nurse' 9:10 & cps, there is NO abuse here, not in the past nor at present.
Millions of babies leave the hospital every year and go into what most of us might call "inadquate homes", wether its a an issue of tidy, clean, well stocked, nuturing and stimulating, let alone safe.
The fact still remains you can NOT remove a child from a home based on WHAT MIGHT HAPPEN.
As for what & how she will provide for the new 8's needs, Suleman DOES have existing nanny services inplace, provided by the state so it meets all state guidle lines. That nanny care will continue and be increased, as well as any equipment that might be required will be being provided for those with special monitoring needs etc.
The director of the nanny agency in question released a lenghty statement several days ago addressing alot of the hype, the types of comments that have been made here by readers, state of the home, food, cloths, nuturing & stimulation, educational needs, how N.S is as a mother and frankly the director not only had nothing bad to say about her, she sang her praises and asked for some common sense to be exercised and help given longterm, to curb this hatred based on Jolie comments and embryo issues.
She also said that no nanny working with her and her children have ever had a complaint about her behavior or anything else for that matter.
This seriously lessens the claims of abuse and 'probable' neglect or inability to care for the children. She has social worker help in looking for another home that will meet their needs, she has state funded, run and guided child care.
A lawyer was on CNN earlier today talking about the hospitals ability to 'refuse discharging' the children, and he said that at best they can only hold them a few days while the court gets an update on what services are in place for the provisions and care of all 14 children, then they have no choice legally but to release them to her.
I work in the system as well @ nurse & cps posters, and there are a hell of alot of children who go home to far far worse conditions & situations then Suleman's. The percentage of parents that have childcare & other helps in place before they even leave the hospital is minute, and you both should know that without it having to being pointed out.
I do not agree with how Suleman handled the IVF,, but she isn't the only one to hold accountable here, the Doctor that went along with this hairbrained scheme is. But as DD has pointed out, hating Suleman and her children isn't going to fix the crux of the problem that allowed this mess in the first place.
And it sure as hell doesn't justify the emotional hell the family is being subjected to atm, with the threats and demands to turn over her children. Outrageous doesn't cover it, let alone illegal. If this is allowed to happen, it screams of things to come. If the presadent is set with this case, that children can be removed from a home simply because the mother is on welfare, theres nothing to stop any one else from loosing their children for the same reasoning given here in this case, lack of funds, lack of childcare etc. Which in her case she actually has @ inplace long term child care & nursing care if needed.
If someone says, "i don't like how tia spends so much time outside, theres no way she's taking care of those 6 kids, she's on welfare but that doesn't stop her from smoking or going to walmart everyweek, something needs to be done about it" (safe example, only as i know tia has no children). Then if action was taken to remove her children from that home because of those lame totally insubstantiated reasons, wouldn't that be completly outrageous!?
THATS exactly whats happening here with the Suleman case, just on a larger scale. The questions, and valid ones, on how is she going to provide, and child / nursing care etc have been answered. 8 children are not going home to sleep on the floor with no food, clothing or medical care.
I'd be seeing red and would have exploded long before this if i were in her shoes, with the likes of gloria a, threatening me and my family.
I'm astounded at the lack of compassion and common sense i've been reading here. It's like a massive case of selective hearing when it comes to the facts in her case & circumstances. And i can only applaude DD for having the guts to give a voice to the hanious incroachment on against her rights, wether we like dislike, support her or not, some things are just plain wrong. And gloria & the premmie foster care service threating & bullying her like this is just that, WRONG.
This is typical for America. Octomum will be made an example of because she's 'in the public eye'...yet all the other children that really do live in filth and squalor in your country will continue to be ignored.
America - land of the free...
i thought that the biggest thing was....SHE DOESN'T HAVE ROOM IN A THREE BEDROOM HOUSE FOR 14 KIDS AND THREE ADULTS. sorry but i think they should look into this. no, i do not believe she is mentally stable. what I am saying has nothing to do with cleanliness, etc. THERE JUST ISN'T ENOUGH ROOM.
10:57 that 3 bdroom house isn't her's it was her parents home, and her parents are loosing that home because they stopped making payments months and months ago. So obviously she won't be living there and all the (ligit) news reports are saying she's got help looking for housing that will meet their needs.
As for her mental stability, i can't fathom wanting 14 children, especially in this day and age. But all the uproar really boils down to, it being about her choice to not abort the majority of the embryo's. And that really is personal choice, like her hate her w/e, but she had the freedom to choose, just like all of us would have had.
She obviously views it as murdering a viable human being, and we all have the right to agree or disagree with that stance.
10:38, the issue is not cleanliness, or whether other children go home to welfare parents, or not. This involves EIGHT babies. Not one. Not two. Eight preemie babies being added to a single-parent household, whose small living space is in foreclosure, and already contains six children, three of whom have disabilities. A little clearer now? This isn't like all other hospital discharge situations. This is different due to the aforementioned reasons.
The hospital is in a tough spot. If anything happens to any of these babies at home, you can be sure that Ms.S will have an attorney scrutinizing the entire medical record for any mistake to pin that death on. I don't fault the attorneys, it's their job. It's just the way our system works. Something bad happens. . . quick--find someone to blame it on.
As a health care worker, I would not be doing my job if I sent someone home with a newborn, when I have any reason to believe they are unsafe. I get social services involved, right away. It's their job to involve CSD, or make arrangements for home health, etc. . . whatever is appropriate for that family's needs. I think that if the hospital has concerns about sending those babies home, you had best believe they have a reason. I don't think they would chance the shitstorm without one.
Due to the circumstances I believe CPS will file for care & supervision of the children. Which means they will all remain in thier mother's physical custody, however, CPS is in charge of ensuring all of the children's needs are met and can force the mother to comply with the services for the good of the children..... These 8 premies need a lot of attention and it is impossible for one person alone to do this..... and then add 6 other children, 3 of which have special needs. It is impossible for one person to do..... she can't provide for her children and her children should not suffer because of that.... b/c this is such a high profile case CPS has probably held off on removing the children since they are still in the hospital but it is very possible these children may be removed or at the very least be under CPS' care & supervision.
O and to the people who said you can't remove a child on what MIGHT happen- you are wrong. You CAN remove a child....what do you want to wait for a kid to end up dead or severely hurt and then remove? I'm not saying this fits this case but for example... I cannot and will not leave a child in a home where the parent abuses drugs.... what if they get to high and do something to the child or don't is too high to realize the child needs something? I can't leave the child in that home waiting to see if that will happen or not. I have to weigh out the possibilites and the risks.
There are bigger issues that you all need to realize...there are 14 kids and high stress... this is a perfect scenario for shaken baby syndrome....CPS has to ensure the mother is psychological capable of handling it...and how is she going to feed all these children? There are just a lot more factors that need to be considered and collectively may pose enough of a risk to remove.
I had just ONE premie baby years ago, and was a LOT of work! Feedings are every two hours around the clock 24/7. They are at risk for so many things for the first two years.
Parents of premies have a much higher incidence of child abuse because of the stress.
As irresponsible as she has been to date, I don't for one second think that she can handle 8 premies, plus 6 other children.
I don't necessarily think they should permanently take them away, but I don't think those little babies are going to do too well without a lot of help.
I feel 1000000% the way you do.
People disgust me launching into tyrades about her deep personal crap. we need to worry about our own shit & shut the F up.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.
the only people who think ivf should be regulated are the people who don't need it and they only think it until they are buttonholed by an infertile person. infertile people, backed by the infertility industry (powerful pharmaceutical companies and ambitious fertility specialists) are as powerful as the gun lobby, anti abortionists and right wing fundamentalists. good on you dd, you are a person that donor conceived activists would refer to as a person who 'gets it' not many people do.
straight from the horses mouth from an american sperm donor
"I donated to my local sperm bank weekly for 10 years Some donations
were used fresh but most were divided in 20-30 vials and frozen for shipment nationwide. The bank will not provide me an official count as it is against their policy, but having become friends with the head nurse, she un-officially told me that I initiated over 450 pregnancies.
Then a National Sperm Bank which only dealt with exceptional men (IQ, physical, accomplishments, etc.) requested I donate to them, which I did for 2 years, of which I estimate at least another 100 pregnancies nationwide.
The internet has enabled me to become a free-lance donor which has
resulted in the birth of 73 additional healthy offspring plus 15 ongoing pregnancies.
Due to my long involvement with DI, my offspring span all ages up to 23 years old. I do not mind communicating with them, if they so
desire, but I agree, to meet them all would be quite taxing."
I am totally against all the octohatred going on right now, but I do agree that the Dr. shares responsibility for this situation. Is it medically necessary to put 6 eggs inside of one woman? I'm not being sarcastic, I really want to know if it's that hard to get them to "take."
Nadya is getting the fame that she desired. Fuck all the arguments about her rights being violated. She is neither sane nor normal.
Her wanting fame is assumption.
Cps & 11:56 You keep going on about the same things even when your question is answered.
1, she isn't taking 8 home alone, she has nanny and nursing care provided by the state, what part of that don't you grasp?
2. they are not going to that inadaquate 3 bedroom home, a house that isn't even hers, it's her parents and her parents are loosing that home because they (not nadya) defaulted on payments.
3 And no you can not remove a child from a home based on what might possibly take place in the future when there is no proof , evidence or even rumor of abuse in the past. There are millions of children that are in abusive & neglectfull circumstances every year and even after trips to the emergency room, numerous calls from family or friends wishing to remain anon they still aren't hauled out of those homes until the child has unduely suffered. Is it wrong, hell yes. But it going on in every town from coast to coast.
4 For cps to take children out of a home they have to present a case listing why they feel the child(ren) are in danger or are being neglected. In Sulemans case her income is welfare wether we like it or not, her support system is largely state based with pre-existing & ongoing child and nursing care. She has no history of abusing or neglecting her other children, she has statements the polar opposit of that from various people and agencies whove been involved with her and the children.
5 She has state help in looking for and aquiring housing that will meet their needs.
There is nothing to justify permanently removing those 8 babies at this time. Who knows what 6 months will bring, i'm sure it will be difficult even with nanny and nursing help. But you can not say 'well remove the babies now just incase'.
I agree with you, DD. She needs help but the kids don't need to be torn from their mother already. She clearly loves them & wants to do right by them. She just needs some serious help to show her how to properly care for them.
ou know what, i don't care if it's fucking jack the rippers "house"..it is where she lives, therefore, it is her home. and it is was not built to house 14 children 7 and under and three adults.
i just don't understand why people don't get it.
They don't get it because they are fucking idiots who defend this crazy bitch. Yes, the children are here but this bitch shouldn't be championed because her actions were deliberate and self-serving. If she care one iota about any of her children she would not have done this. I'm one of the ones who hate what this woman has done and the precedent she has set for other. Yes, others will follow this puffed lipped freak.
To: February 26, 2009 12:04:00 PM GST
I work for CPS I am the one who removes children when it is needed....so whether you agree or disagree what I say is fact.
CPS can & will remove a child if we feel that child is in danger and can prove it. You are right in how in CERTAIN instances the hospital calls us b/c it suspects something is going on and the child stays in the home because there is lack of proof and then something happens, but those instances are statistically rare. You just see it a lot on those news b/c it's what makes news.
Anyway, If you read correctly you would've noticed where I said what I was explaining my not apply to octomom....it really depends on what is found and what services are in place.
No one has the right to threaten this woman just b/c of the amount of children she has....but now that some concerns have been expressed it is up to CPS to investigate and make that determination. Like I said at the very least CPS will file for care and supervision which means the children remain in their mothers custody. If the children were to be removed it would be because of facts not know to the public and are kept confidential.
I hope that cleared a few things up.
This woman is a pig. I hope that clears it up.
The vast majority of website operators don't have the guts to allow this post. It has been deleted more than 90% of the time. The vast majority of syndicated talk radio hosts are screening their calls and won't allow this topic. The vast majority of callers don't have a clue. We are in big trouble. The truth is so Earth shattering, that no public figure has the guts to acknowledge it. Very few have the guts to allow a statement anything like this in their forum. The truth is being suppressed. We are in much more serious trouble than we have been told by any public figure. Don't be fooled by fluctuating economic indicators or short term market stability. The entire foundation of our economy is crumbling. Get ready people. Get your affairs in order. Get your households in order. Get your communities in order. Be prepared. This is no 'correction'. This is no ordinary recession. This won't be just another Great Depression. This will be much worse. Save this post now before it gets deleted.
Sometimes, I wonder why I bother fighting so hard for the little guy. Whats the point if they are too stupid to listen? Say that reminds me.
Amazing. The worst economic and cultural crisis of all time will go down in history horribly misunderstood. What a pathetic bunch of ignorant fools we have become. Consumer junkie credit card morons. Perfect little victims.
Don’t believe one optimistic word from any public figure about the economy or humanity in general. They are part of the problem. Its like a game of Monopoly. In America, the richest 1%, now hold ALMOST 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. Unlike ‘lesser’ estimates, this includes all stocks, bonds, cash, offshore accounts, and material assets held by America’s richest 1%. Even that filthy pig Oprah Winfrey acknowledged that it was near 50% in 2006. Naturally, she put her own ‘humanitarian’ spin on it. Calling attention to her own ‘good will’. WHAT A DISGUSTING SELF-CENTERED SELF-PROMOTING HYPOCRITE SLOB. THE RICHEST ONE PERCENT HAVE LITERALLY MADE WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. Don’t fall for any of their 'good will' ‘humanitarian’ CRAP. ITS A SHAM. THESE PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT. THE EQUATION THEY STAND FOR ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK. Ask any professor of economics. Money does not grow on trees. The government can’t just print up more on a whim. There are serious concequences for doing so. Regardless, there is always a relative limit to the wealth within ANY economy of ANY size. So when too much wealth accumulates at the top, the currency looses value, the middle class slip further into debt, and the lower class further into poverty. A similar rule applies worldwide. The world’s richest 1% now own over 40% of ALL WORLD WEALTH. This is EVEN AFTER you account for all of this ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS from celebrities and executives. ITS A SHAM. As they get richer and richer, less wealth is left circulating beneath them. This is the single greatest underlying cause for the current US recession. The middle class can no longer afford to pay all the bills or sustain their share of the economy. Their wealth has been gradually transfered to the richest 1%. One way or another, we suffer because of their incredible greed. We are talking about TRILLIONS of dollars which have been transfered FROM US TO THEM. All over a period of about 30 years. Thats Reaganomics for you. The wealth does not ‘trickle down’ as we were told it would. It just accumulates at the top. Shrinking the middle class and expanding the lower class. Causing a domino effect of socio-economic problems. But the rich will never stop. They just keep getting richer. Leaving even less of the pie for the other 99% of us to share. At the same time, they throw back a few tax deductible crumbs and call themselves 'heros' or ‘humanitarians’. Cashing in on the PR and getting even richer the following year. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. Their bogus efforts to make the world a better place can not possibly succeed. Any ‘humanitarian’ progress made in one area will be lost in another. EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. This is going to end very much like a giant game of Monopoly. The current US recession will drag on for years and lead into the worst US depression of all time. The richest 1% will live like royalty while the rest of us fight over jobs, food, and gasoline. So don’t fall for any of this 'good will' 'humanitarian' BS from Hollywood, Pro Sports, and Wall Street PIGS. ITS A SHAM. Remember: They are filthy rich EVEN AFTER their tax deductible contributions. They get richer as we speak. They absolutely will not stop. Greedy pigs. Now, we are headed for the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. SEND A “THANK YOU” NOTE TO YOUR FAVORITE MILLIONAIRE. ITS THEIR FAULT. I’m not discounting other factors like China, sub-prime, or gas prices. But all of those factors combined still pale in comparison to that HUGE transfer of wealth from poor to rich. Anyway, those other factors are related and further aggrivated because of GREED. If it weren’t for the OBSCENE distribution of bottom line wealth within our country, there never would have been such a market for sub-prime to begin with. IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE OBSCENE, UNREASONABLE, ILLOGICAL, AND IMMORAL DISTRIBUTION OF UNITED STATES WEALTH, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A MARKET FOR SUB-PRIME AND THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A COLLAPSE IN THE HOUSING MARKET. Sub-prime did not cause the problem. It only accelerated the outcome. Make no mistake. The housing market would have been in decline by now with or without sub-prime. Which by the way, was another trick whipped up by greedy bankers and executives. IT MADE THEM RICHER. Along with many investors, developers, and public figures. Including three of the most greedy, disgusting, hypocrite pigs that have ever lived. The credit industry has been ENDORSED for years by Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, and Dr Phil. In fact, they specifically endorsed Countrywide by name. IT MADE THEM RICHER. In order to fully appreciate this, you must realize what a rotten trick Countrywide had up their sleeve to begin with. How it was ENDORSED by OPRAH WINFREY, ELLEN DEGENERES, AND DR PHIL. How incredibly irresponsible they were. How they decieved and betrayed their own loyal fans. How they were PAID FOR IT. How they contributed to the artificial rise and accelerated fall of the US housing market. Not only by concentrating so much wealth. Not only by flaunting their own extravogant lifestyles. Not only by promoting this unrealistic concept of 'bigger, better, faster, upscale' EVERYTHING. But also by endorsing sub-prime. How many middle class dreams were shattered because of their GREED. Don't believe what you've heard from them or any other filthy rich public figure. THEY ARE LIARS. It wasn't just about irresponsible lending, borrowing, local banker bonuses, or weak oversight. That was going on BEFORE sub-prime. It was actually much more cruel and calculated. Orchestrated from the top down. 'Predatory lending' is just that. Their plan was to give easy credit to millions while the housing market was still high, inflate the market even higher in the process, reap a few years worth of payments from unsuspecting middle class buyers, allow them to accumulate little or no equity, lie in wait as those homes increased in value, then jack up their rates making it near impossible for those middle class buyers to make the payments on time. At which time, those middle class buyers would be evicted, their dreams shattered, and their homes forfeited. Which by then, until mid '07', would be even higher in value and re-sold for a higher price. The plan was to be executed primarily while the market was strong. Leaving all those previous buyers with NOTHING to show for all those payments made. This incredibly cruel and calculated plan was orchestrated in part by Countrywide. THE SAME COUNTRYWIDE ENDORSED BY OPRAH WINFREY, ELLEN DEGENERES, AND DR PHIL. IT MADE THEM RICHER. It also made many of their loyal fans homeless. What a rotten, disgusting trio of greedy, self-serving, self-promoting, hypocrite pigs. What a rotten, disgusting, immoral way to turn a quick buck. To make as many people as possible love you. Then tell those love-sick people to run out and buy a product or service because you say so. Because you were PAID to endorse it. Without the slightest regard for the downside or anything but your own obscene bottom line. Thats why they did it. GREED. Now, there are similar ties between every major industry, every Fortune 500 company, and nearly every public figure. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. It also drives up the cost and consumption for nearly every product, service, and resource on the market. So don’t fall for their ‘good will’ 'humanitarian' BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT A CALCULATED, TAX DEDUCTIBLE, MARKETING PLAN TO RAISE THE VALUE OF THEIR OWN IMAGE. If you fall for it, then you’re a fool. If you see any real difference between the moral character of a celebrity, politician, attorney, lobbyist, executive, or card shark, then you’re a fool. No offense fellow citizens. But we have been mislead by nearly every living public figure. We still are. Even now, they claim to be ‘hurting’ right along with the rest of us. As if gas prices actually effect the lifestyle or bottom line of a millionaire. ITS A LIE. IN 2007, THE RICHEST 1 PERCENT INCREASED THEIR AVERAGE BOTTOM LINE WEALTH AGAIN. Most of these financial assets are on the books. Others hidden. Material assets aren't always disclosed. But make no mistake. America's richest 1 percent keep getting richer. On average, they are now worth almost $5,000,000 each. Thats an all time high. As a group, their net worth is over $20,000,000,000,000. THATS OVER TWENTY TRILLION DOLLARS. Another all time high. Which by the way, is much more than the entire middle and lower classes combined. Also more than enough to pay off our national debt, fund the Iraq war for a decade, repair our infrastructure, and bail out the US housing market. Still think that our biggest problem is China? Think again. Its the one percent club. That means every big name celebrity, athlete, executive, entrepreneur, developer, banker, and lottery winner. Along with many attorneys, doctors, and politicians. If they are rich, then they are part of the problem. Their incredible wealth was not ‘created’, ‘generated’, grown in their back yard, or printed up on their command. The lion's share was transfered FROM US TO THEM. Directly and indirectly. Its become near impossible to spend a dollar without making some greedy pig even richer. Don’t be fooled by the fall of the stock market, industry losses, lower profit margins, bank failures, or the occasional reported loss of a millionaire’s fortune. Overall, they just keep getting richer. They do so with little or no regard for their own industries or the economy as a whole. They are obsessed primarily with a desire to accumulate more personal wealth. They absolutely will not stop. Still, they have the nerve to pretend as if they care about ordinary people. ITS A LIE. NOTHING BUT CALCULATED PR CRAP. WAKE UP PEOPLE. THEIR PRIMARY GOAL IS TO WIN THE GAME. The one percent club will always say or do whatever it takes to get as rich as possible. Without the slightest regard for anything or anyone but themselves. Reaganomics. Their idea. Loans from China. Their idea. NAFTA. Their idea. CAFTA. Their idea. Outsourcing. Their idea. Downsizing. Their idea. Sub-prime. Their idea. High energy prices. Their idea. Oil ‘futures’. Their idea. The commercial lobbyist. Their idea. The multi-million dollar lawsuit. Their idea. The multi-million dollar endorsement deal. Their idea. $400 cell phones. Their idea. $200 cell phone bills. Their idea. $200 basketball shoes. Their idea. $30 late fees. Their idea. $30 NSF fees. Their idea. $20 DVDs. Their idea. $50 event tickets. Their idea. $30 books. Their idea. $400 PC operating systems. Their idea. $60 video games. Their idea. Obscene health care charges. Their idea. Subliminal advertising. Their idea. Commercial brainwash plots on TV. Their idea. Vioxx, and Celebrex. Their idea. Excessive medical testing. Their idea. The MASSIVE campaign to turn every American into a brainwashed, credit card, pharmaceutical, medical testing, love-sick, celebrity junkie. Their idea. IT WAS ALL THEIR IDEA. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. All of the above drive up the cost of living, shrink the middle class, concentrate the world’s wealth and resources, create a domino effect of socio-economic problems, and wreak havok on society. All of which have been CREATED AND ENDORSED by celebrities, athletes, executives, investors, developers, entrepreneurs, attorneys, and politicians. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for any of their ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. In many cases, the ‘charitable’ contribution is almost entirely offset. Not to mention the opportunity to plug their name, image, product, and ‘good will’ all at once. Which is usually done just before or after the release of their latest commercial project. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. These greedy pigs even have the nerve to throw a fit and spin up a misleading defense with regard to ‘federal tax revenue’. ITS A SHAM. THEY SCREWED UP THE EQUATION TO BEGIN WITH. If the middle and lower classes had a greater share of the economic pie, they could easily cover a greater share of the federal tax revenue. They are held down in many ways because of greed. Wages remain stagnant for the vast majority because the executives, investors, developers, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, politicians, and entrepreneurs, are paid millions. They over-sell, over-charge, under-pay, outsource, lobby, re-locate, cut jobs, and cut benefits to increase or preserve their own obscene personal bottom line. They do so even at the expense of their own industries. Even after you account for the fall of the market and lower industry profit margins, the richest 1 percent still keep getting richer on average. Simply because their wealth is drawn from the majority in many ways. Not necessarily at the same rate, but still in their favor. They continue to reap more than they spend down or 'give back'. They have done so for many years. As more United States wealth rises to the top, the middle and lower classes inevitably suffer. This reduces the potential tax revenue drawn from those brackets. At the same time, it wreaks havok on middle and lower class communities and increases the need for financial aid. Not to mention the spike in crime because of it. There is a domino effect to consider. Caused primarily by a constant transfer of wealth from poor to rich. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. But our leaders refuse to acknowledge this. Instead they come up with one trick after another to milk the system, feed the rich, and screw the majority. These decisions are heavily influensed by the 1% club. Every year, billions of federal tax dollars are diverted behind the scenes back to the rich and their respective industries. Loans from China have been necessary to compensate in part, for the red ink and the multi-trillion dollar transfer of wealth from poor to rich. At the same time, the feds have been pushing more financial burden onto the states who push them lower onto the cities. Again, the hardship is felt more by the majority and less by the 1% club. The rich prefer to live in exclusive areas or upper class communities. They get the best of everything. Reliable city services, new schools, freshly paved roads, new lighting, sidewalks, drainage, upscale parks, ect. The middle and lower class communities get little or nothing without a raise in basic service charges or a local tax increase. Which, they usually can’t afford. So the red ink flows followed by service cuts and lay-offs. All because of the OBSCENE distribution of bottom line wealth in this country. Anyway, when you account for all federal, state, local taxes, and fees, the middle class actually pay about the same rate as the rich. The devil is in the details. So when people forgive the rich for their incredible greed and then praise them for paying a greater share of the FEDERAL income taxes, its like nails on a chalk board. I can not accept any theory that our economy would suffer in any way with a more reasonable distribution of bottom line wealth. Afterall, it was more reasonable 30 years ago. Before Reaganomics came along. Before GREED became such an epidemic. Before we had an army of over-paid executives, investors, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, doctors, entrepreneurs, developers, lobbyists, and sold-out politicians to kiss their greedy asses. As a nation, we were in much better shape. Strong middle class, free and clear assets, home equity, savings, widespread prosperity, stable job market, lower deficit, ect. Our economy as a whole was much more stable and prosperous for the majority. WITHOUT LOANS FROM CHINA. Now, we have a more obscene distribution of bottom line wealth, and resources than ever before. We have a sold-out government, crumbling infrastructure, energy crisis, home forclosure epidemic, credit crunch, weak job market, weak middle class, weak US dollar, 13 figure national debt, and 12 figure annual shortfall. The cost of living is higher than ever before. Most people can’t even afford basic health care. ALL BECAUSE OF GREED. I really don’t blame the upper class in general. At least not as a group and not without exception. No economy could ever function without some reasonable scale of income and wealth. But it can’t be allowed to run wild like a mad dog. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. UNBRIDLED CAPITALISM ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK. TOP HEAVY ECONOMIES CAN NOT BE SUSTAINED. THEY ALWAYS COLLAPSE. Bottom line: The richest 1 percent will soon tank the largest economy in the world. It will be catastrophic. Like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The American dream will be shattered. and thats just the beginning. Greed will eventually tank every major economy in the world. Causing millions more to struggle, fight, starve, suffer, and die. Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, and Bill are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE HUMANITARIAN. EXTREME WEALTH MAKES WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL. Of course, the rich will throw a fit and call me a madman. Of course, they will jump to small minded conclusions about 'jealousy', 'envy', or 'socialism'. Of course, their ignorant fans will do the same. You have to expect that. But I speak the truth. If you don’t believe me, then copy this entry and run it by any professor of economics or socio-economics. Then tell a friend. Call the local radio station. Re-post this entry or put it in your own words. Be one of the first to predict the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time and explain its underlying cause. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
So what can we do about it? Well, not much. Unfortunately, we are stuck on a runaway train. The problem has gone unchecked for too many years. The US/global depression is comming thanks to the 1% club. It would take a massive effort by the vast majority to prevent it. Along with a voluntary sacrifice by the rich. THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. But if you believe in miracles, then spend your money as wisely as possible. Especially in middle and lower class communities. Check the Fortune 500 list and limit your support of high profit/low labor industries (Hollywood, pro sports, energy, credit, pharmaceutical, cable, satelite, internet advertising, video, and music, cell phone, high fashion, jewelry, ect.). Cancel all but one credit card for emergencies only. Call the provider and demand a lower rate. Be persistent. You may get it. (By the way. I gave this piece of advice long before NBC. I'm not looking for kudos. I'm telling you that NBC is directly affiliated with the credit industry. They could have given you this piece of advice years ago. Instead, they stood by and allowed their parent company, sister companies, and network sponsors to RIP YOU OFF. Even now, they give the occasional 'good guy' financial advice only because they are pressured to do so. They carefully balance every piece of 'good guy' advice with their primary goal to GET YOUR MONEY. Which is why their 'good guy' advice is so often followed by a plug for one of their sister companies, sister channels, network sponsors, or coorporate partners. For example: They tell you to pay down your credit card debt. Good advice. They should have given it years ago. Then, they tell you to GET MORE CREDIT CARDS and use them. Bad advice. One week Jean Chatzky tells you to avoid the 'free credit report' scam because it is always followed by a monthly service charge. Good advice. They should have given it years ago. The following week she stands by as her paid fellow advisor strongly implies for you to have your credit monitered on a monthly basis and praises a caller for doing so. Bad advice. This is actually a plug for one of their network sponsors, coorporate partners, or parent company. The praise is nothing but a psychological trick. DON'T FALL FOR IT. Don't take ANYTHING they say at face value. Instead, read between the lines. Carefully weigh every piece of 'good guy' advice given against their primary goal. THEY WANT YOUR MONEY.). If you need a cell phone, then do your homework and find the best deal on a local pre-pay. You may be able to get one for as little as $10 a month. Don't text. The charge may seem low at the time but their profit margins are obscene. If you want home internet access, then use the least expensive provider, and share accounts whenever possible. If you need to search, then use the less popular search engines. They usually produce the same results anyway. Don’t click on any internet ad. If you need the product or service, then look up the phone number or address and contact that business directly. Don't pay for any internet download. Their profit margins for such data transfers are obscene. Don’t pay to see any blockbuster movie. Instead, wait a few months and rent the DVD from a local store, borrow it, or buy it USED. Then loan it to a friend or family member. If you prefer the outing, then choose a film produced by the lesser known studeos with lower paid actors. If you want to see a big name game or event, then watch it in a local bar, club, or at home on network TV. Don’t buy any high end official merchandise and don’t support the high end sponsors. If its endorsed by a big name celebrity, then don’t buy it. If you can afford a new car, then make an exception for GM, Ford, and Dodge. If they don’t increase their market share soon, then a lot more people are going to get screwed out of their pensions and/or benefits. Of course, you must know by now to avoid those big trucks and SUVs unless you truly need one for its utility. Don’t be ashamed to buy a foreign car if you prefer it. Afterall, those with the most fuel efficient vehicles consume a lot less foreign oil. Which accounts for a pretty big chunk of our trade deficit. Anyway, the global economy is worth supporting to some extent. Its the obscene profit margins, trade deficits, and BS from OPEC that get us into trouble. Otherwise, the global economy would be a good thing for everyone. Just keep in mind that the big 3 are struggling and they do produce a few smaller reliable cars. Don’t frequent any high end department store or any business in a newly developed center or upper class community. By doing so, you encourage greedy developers, make them richer, and draw vital support away from industrial areas and away from the middle and lower class communities. Instead, support the local retailer and the less popular shopping centers. Especially in lower or middle class communities. If you can afford to buy a home, then do so. But go smaller and less expensive. Don’t get yourself in too deep and don’t buy into the newly developed condos or gated communities. Instead, find a modest home in a building or neighborhood at least 20 years old. If you live in one of the poorer states, then try to support its economy first and foremost. Be on the lookout for commercial brainwash plots on TV. They are written into nearly every scene of nearly every show. Most cater to network sponsors and parent companies. Especially commercial health care. In particular, high profit pharmaceuticals and excessive medical testing. These plugs are countless, calculated, and VERY well written. They have brainwashing down to a science. DON'T FALL FOR IT. Get off the couch and take care of your body the way nature intended. There is no substitute. If you must see a doctor, then DEMAND that he/she give you more than 5 minutes of their undivided attention. Otherwise, dispute their unreasonable charges. Be prepared with written questions about your condition and get them answered one at a time. If they refuse, then dispute their unreasonable charges. If they prescribe excessive medical testing then ask if they personally own the equipment or if they are paid a commission for each test. If they find nothing new or signifigant, then dispute their unreasonable charges. If they prescribe a pharmaceutical, then ask for a generic. Better yet, concider a change in lifestyle or simple tolerance. If they still recommend the name brand pharmaceutical, then ask about any financial ties or conflict of interest. If they get offended, then dispute their unreasonable charges and consider a new doctor. If you must drug away your sniffles, worries, jitters, aches, and pains, then at least do your homework. Be aware of the possible side-effects ahead of time. Don't be surprised to find yourself back a week or two later feeling worse. In which case, you should dispute their unreasonable charges. If you are diagnosed with another medical condition, then ask your doctor what he/she has done to rule out those possible side-effects. Otherwise, dispute their unreasonable charges. Don't let any greedy doctor treat you like a number, make you wait an hour, or rush you out of their office. Otherwise, dispute their unreasonable charges. Don't fall for this CRAP that doctors have no choice but to over-book their time or over-charge their patients because of high overhead. ITS A LIE. YOUR DOCTOR IS MOST LIKELY A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE. So don't fall for their CRAP. Demand their undivided attention and respect. Afterall, they took an oath. If you have the opportunity before being admitted, then check the record of your hospital. Check to see if they have been investigated or sued for providing unnecessary treatment, excessive medical testing, or fraudulent billing. Dozens have already been caught doing so. Do all of the above regardless of your coverage. Don't force your employer to cover the obscene and often fraudulent charges of a corrupt health care industry. By doing so, you make the problem worse. Keep your guard up when watching ANY talk show. These people are not your friends. They are not your advocates. They are paid actors hired to get your attention and your money. Some of them are also executive producers (Oprah Winfrey, Ellen Degeneres, and Dr Phil.). Nearly every word, smile, and stupid joke is rehearsed ahead of time. Including those which take place so often during what appear to be 'technical oversights' (Today Show. Even their stage hands are mixed in behind the scenes so that you can hear them laugh at every stupid joke.). Its all fake. Its all calculated. These people are not trying to make the world a happy place. They are trying to entertain you only because their marketing studies have shown that you are more likely to drop your guard and support their sponsors. Nearly every segment is about marketing some over-priced product or service. They will use any excuse to plug a gadget, fashion item, travel destonation, university, drug, medical test, surgical procedure, movie, TV show, book, magazine, song, website, ect. Almost all of it over-priced. Almost all of it resulting in higher profits for their sponsors, partners, and parent companies. DON'T FALL FOR IT. Big business is fine on occasion depending on their product, ethics, employment, profit margins, and profit sharing. Do your homework. If they are screwing up our economy or society, then don't pay them for it. If you want to support any legitimate charity, then do so directly. Never support any celebrity foundation. Don't be fooled by the sale of baby photos, lies about percentage of income donated, or praise from other well known public figures. Celebrity foundations are CRAP. They spend most of their funding on PR campaigns, exotic travel, and super high end accomodations for themselves. Thats right. Filthy rich public figures have been jet-setting the world in the name of 'humanity' for years. Riding in personal jets, staying in super-exclusive resorts, and living it up in exotic locations around the world the likes of which most people could never afford even if their lives depended on it. They bring along agents, advisors, publicists, hair, make-up, wardrobe, lighting, and photo crews who are also in it for themselves. They are paid six or seven figures for their part to schedule, manage, document, showcase, praise, and publicize the 'good will' of said public figures and their respective industries. Every possible expense is passed of as 'incidental' or 'necessary' and billed right back to some 'foundation' named after said public figure and/or respective industry. Every possible tax deduction is claimed. Which are incredibly vague and diverse thanks to our sold-out government. Deals are cut with major networks who agree to praise the 'good will' or 'humanitarian' effort of said public figures and plug their latest commercial project around the same time. Others from around the world pick up the story and save these industries billions in advertising every year. Resulting in higher profits and paychecks for the 1% club. When its all said and done more wealth is transfered from poor to rich. NOT the other way around. So don't support any charity named after a living celebrity. Don't be fooled or inspired by any photo you see in a magazine, any clip on TV, any affiliation, or any short term short sighted progress report. Instead, go to Charitywatch.org and look up a top rated charity to support your favorite cause. Its all there. For example: 'Habitat For Humanity' is a top rated charity. They have been for many years. They operate with a low overhead, volunteer workforce, and donated materials. They have built homes for the less fortunate in nearly every city nationwide. Including New Orleans. They do so as we speak. No similar effort can match their progress hour for hour or dollar for dollar. So there is no legitimate reason to support a slower, less efficient effort represented by a filthy rich Hollywood actor who flies in on a personal jet, takes most of the credit, and makes a deal with a major network for plugs just days before the premier of his latest film or DVD release. By doing so, you support not only the inefficient effort, but also the filthy rich actor. Concentrating more wealth and dumbing down our society further in the process. Instead, support 'Habitat For Humanity'. Its not perfect. It is affiliated with some big business. However, it is MUCH more efficient, effective, and less corrupt than 'Make It Right'. The difference is profound. In general, support the little guy as much as possible and the big guy as little as possible. Keep your own greed in check. Don't play the big stakes lottery games, and don't invest only for profit. Don't believe for a second that you can get rich and still manage to keep your soul because you can't. Don't believe for a second that you can concentrate even more of the world's wealth and somehow 'give back' enough to make up for it because you can't. If you do come into a fortune, then give away the bulk of it to a legitimate cause or directly to others who have far less. Do it quickly before that big money turns your heart black. Find the courage and do it. STAY OUT OF THE 1% CLUB. Encourage others to do the same. Their standard is obscene, unjust, illogical, and immoral. There is no excuse for it. Do your part to reverse the transfer of wealth away from the rich and back to the middle and lower classes. Otherwise, there will be no economic recovery EVER. Unfortunately, there is no perfect answer. Jobs will be lost either way. Families will go cold and hungry either way. Innocent children will starve and die either way. But we need to support the largest group of workers with the most reasonable profit margins. We need to stand for a more reasonable distribution of income, bottom line wealth, and resources. We need to support LEGITIMATE charities (Check that list at Charitywatch.org). This is our only chance to limit the severity or duration of the comming US/global depression. In the meantime, don’t listen to Bernanke, Paulson, Bartiromo, Orman, Dobbs, Kramer, Pickens, Larson, O'Reiley, Limbaugh, Bruce, Inghram, or any other public figure with regard to the economy. They are all plenty smart but I swear to you that they will lie right through their rotten teeth. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. These people work for big business. The ‘experts’ they cite also work for big business. They are motivated primarily by their obsessive desire to accumulate even more personal wealth. THEY WILL LIE RIGHT THROUGH THEIR ROTTEN TEETH. So don’t fall for their tricks. Instead, look at the big picture. The economic problems we face have been mounting for well over 20 years. All of them caused or aggrivated by a constant transfer of wealth from poor to rich. Soon, it will cause the worst ever GLOBAL DEPRESSION. Its not brain surgery. For the mostpart, Its simple math. Like I said, you are welcome to copy this entry and run it by any professor of economics or socio-economics. Go ahead and do it. Ask them specifically about the link between the distribution of wealth and economic stability. If thats not good enough, then look up what Albert Einstein had to say about greed, excess, extreme wealth, and its horrible concequences. I speak the truth. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
Its already underway. A massive campaign to divert our attention. Trump, Buffet, O'Reiley, Dobbs, Winfrey, Pickens, Larson, Norris, Branson, Bohannon, Limbaugh, Coulter, Clinton, Bloomberg, and several other well known filthy rich public figures have been running their mouths about the economy. Finally admitting a hint of severity after almost 2 years of denial. They even have the nerve to FINALLY acknowledge the possibility of a US/global depression. Still, they refuse to acknowledge the single greatest underlying cause. GREED. Instead, they focus on policies, procedures, and circumstances that were born FROM the underlying cause. GREED. They ramble on about 'sub-prime', 'toxic debt', 'junk bonds', and 'risky investments'. As if somehow all of this could have been avoided if those transactions had never taken place to begin with. What a joke. Those factors don't represent the underlying cause of this global economic crisis. They represent the effect of a shrinking middle class and massive consumer debt. CAUSED BY GREED. A MASSIVE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM POOR TO RICH. Otherwise, there wouldn't have been such a market for sub-prime to begin with. The debt wouldn't have been 'toxic'. The bonds wouldn't have been 'junk'. The investments wouldn't have been so 'risky'. By focusing on such factors, they attempt to divert our attention, limit our hindsight, disregard the OBSCENE concentration of wealth and capital, that shrinking middle class, the high cost of living, and the particular form of evil responsible for almost all of it. GREED. Dancing their way around the big picture. DON'T FALL FOR IT. Remember: Our national debt was way up BEFORE sub-prime. Consumer debt was way up BEFORE sub-prime. The cost of living was up BEFORE sub-prime. Wall Street profits were obscene BEFORE sub-prime. The middle class were loosing free and clear assets BEFORE sub-prime. Our infrastructure was in bad shape BEFORE sub-prime. Loans from China were taken out BEFORE sub-prime. The dollar was loosing value BEFORE sub-prime. So don’t let these cowardly, hypocritical, filthy rich public figures divert your attention or limit your range of thought. THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY A SINGLE POLICY, PROCEDURE, OR ADMINISTRATION. IT WAS CAUSED PRIMARILY BY A MASSIVE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM POOR TO RICH. THIS ALSO REPRESENTS A MASSIVE CONCENTRATION OF CAPITAL WORLDWIDE. OTHERWISE, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A MARKET FOR SUB-PRIME AND THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GLOBAL CREDIT CRUNCH. MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES AND IT DOES NOT JUST FLOAT AWAY. IT ONLY TRANSFERS FROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
A word for those who respond with the usual ‘I know more than you. I spell better than you. I talk like an economist. Look how smart, knowledgable, and articulate I am’ crap. Let me say this in advance. I don’t claim to be an expert in this field. I never will be. I'm still learning and I don't claim to be infallible. But I did go on record with these predictions long before any public figure uttered the word ‘recession’. I've done so 'on the air' and 'online'. Millions of you already know my voice. My first call was in September of '05'. I tried to explain that we will never have world peace without world prosperity and that we will never have world prosperity without a 'fair and reasonable pay-scale'. I also tried to explain the link between 'extreme wealth' and 'extreme poverty'. My call was immediately followed by attacks from so called 'patriots' who felt that my cause must have been to promote 'socialism' or 'bring down America'. Not warn her citizens. You may also remember me from chat rooms criticizing the 1% club and Hollywood humanitarians in particular. If you search long enough, you will find my early postings online from ‘05' and ‘06'. At first, they were written specifically to fit within a few hundred characters. Including the first draft of this rant. It started with one short paragraph predicting a 'total collapse of the US economy'. Others included phrases like 'game of Monopoly', 'recession is inevitable', 'global recession', 'greed kills', and 'the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time'. Some of which were eventually included here. From day 1, I have tried to explain the link between extreme wealth, poverty, and economic instability. My internet account was eventually cancelled for posting 'spam' in response to articles about the economy. In December of '06', I predicted market instability by spring of the following year. I did so 'on the air'. In January of '07', I called another morning talk show and spoke with a guest host who was filling in for a well known public figure. Again, I specifically predicted growing market instability, the current US recession, and the subsequent US/global depression.Which by the way, will be the worst of all time by far. In February of '07', Allen Greenspan acknowledged a 'one in three' chance of a US recession. I immediately called another talk radio show and guranteed AGAIN that it was iminent. I criticized Greenspan and tried to explain that it was not about 'odds' but instead a very simple equation with regard to distribution of income and wealth. I also gave credit to Albert Einstein who went on record with similar views in 1949. As far as I know, he was the first to do so. By late spring of '07', the market was rattled and the economic 'stimulus' in the works. Which turned out to be around $160,000,000,000. THATS ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY BILLION DOLLARS. Well over 1% of our GDP. Deemed appropriate at the time by our leaders. In fact, Bush went on record with a claim that it was based on a mathematical formula and proven strategy. They said it would work. I immediately predicted that it would have little or no effect. By summer of '07' the stock market was more unstable. The housing market in decline. Again, I predicted that it would get MUCH worse. In September of '07', I predicted that our government would have no choice but to acknowledge a US recession by October of '08'. I also assured the audiance that our economy would "go down in a ball of flames" because of greed and that no recovery would EVER take place without a more reasonable distribution of wealth and resources. I have made these predictions 'on air' and 'online' literally hundreds of times. The first call was in September of '05'. Made to a well known public figure with a large audiance. The first blog post a month or so later. Prior to that, I had never even seen one. In fact, my very first post to a blog was written specifically to warn my fellow citizens about the comming US/global depression. Which I was already convinced at the time would be SEVERE within a decade. That was in October of '05'. At the time, there were literally only a few of us worldwide posting any such prediction online. I'm talking maybe a dozen searchable links. This particular rant began with one short paragraph in '06'. Like the others, it was originally intended to fit within a few hundred characters. At the time, I was unaware of any blogs which allowed for longer entries to be posted anonymously. This paragraph was first written in early-mid '08'. Its been updated several times. There has also been a running debate on iVillage.com which began in October of '07' (don't click on their ads). In February or March of '08', I refered specifically to the bank failures of the Great Depression and predicted that it was about to happen again. At the time, I was one of only a few worldwide to go on record with any such prediction. This was still several weeks to months before Greenspan, Paulson, Bartiromo, Orman, Kramer, O'Reiley, Larson, Bohannon, Dobbs, Celeste or any other well known public figure had acknowledged even a hint of severity. It was also several weeks before Fanny May and Freddie Mac made the news. I also predicted in March that our markets would end the year much lower than they began. Which was still contrary to what we were being told by any public figure. I was allowed to post but when my predictions came true, the site operators went back all the way to October of '07' and deleted nearly every one of my previous entries (they missed a few.). Their motive was obvious. They wanted to 'erase' my credibility. IVillage.com is directly affiliated with NBC, GE, Universal Studeos, Countrywide, CityBank, Capital One, Oprah Winfrey, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Ellen Degeneres, Dr Phil, and others who I persecute by name. All of which depend on the constant dumbing down of society. All of whom are partially responsible for the current economic crisis. None of which or whom have the GUTS to acknowledge the single greatest underlying cause. GREED. In fact, those who epitomoze it (all of the above) want my big mouth SHUT. For 3 solid years, I have been ripping on the 1% club for their incredible greed and hypocrisy. From day 1, my call has been for a more reasonable distribution of income, wealth, and resources. My warning that without it, we would face the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. Since then, I’ve gone on record against people like Greenspan, Bernanke, Paulson, Laffer, O'Reiley, Bartiromo, Orman, Kramer, Larson, and Dobbs. So far, my predictions have been accurate. The public figures DEAD WRONG. Afterall, not one of them acknowledged even a hint of severity in '05', '06', or '07'. When they FINALLY did this year, they all said something to the effect of "None of us saw this comming.". LIARS. There were a few of us typing our fingers to the bone trying to warn people. There were a few of us calling talk radio shows almost daily trying to warn people. I was one of them. Again, I don't claim to be an expert in this field. But I do understand simple equations, basic economics, and cultural trends. I also realize that mainstream views are DEAD WRONG and based on LIES told by filthy rich public figures who will say whatever it takes to serve their own interests. GREED. Afterall, what kind of incredible MORON could even glance at the numbers and somehow think the equation could work? What kind of incredible MORON could possibly hope to sustain an economy based on a constant transfer of wealth from poor to rich? What the hell did they expect to happen when the middle class finally ran low on money to spend on over-priced crap like everything that I mentioned in that first long paragraph? What the hell were they thinking of? I'll tell you what. RICHES. FILTHY STINKING RICHES. Thats what. Now, they are spinning themselves dizzy trying to divert our attention. Mark my words: They will never acknowledge the obscene concentration of wealth or the negative effect had on economic stability. They will never acknowledge the downside of their own incredible greed. They will all come up with one campaign or strategy after another to blame the other guy, the other administration, the other politician, the other party, the other policy, the other industry, the other country, ect. Whatever it takes to dumb down our society. They will NEVER have the GUTS to acknowledge the single greatest underlying cause for this global economic crisis. GREED. They won't even have the guts to acknowledge the views or predictions of Albert Einstein made way back in 1949. THOSE PARTICULAR VIEWS AND PREDICTIONS. Instead, they will produce their own big money/big business/big celebrity 'experts' who have the same motive to lie right through their rotten teeth. GREED. Its not their knowledge I question. Its their character. GREED. Like I said. This is not brain surgery. For the mostpart, its simple math. When you concentrate the world’s wealth, you also concentrate its capital, and shrink the middle class along with the potential market for every major industry. Homes go unsold. Bills go unpaid. Jobs are lost. Banks fail. More products go unsold. More jobs are lost. More banks fail. and so on. and so on. and so on. It happened 80 years ago in that order beginning with a concentration of wealth. It will happen again. This time on a catastrophic global scale. Throughout the cycle, the rich will panic and tighten their grip. Concentrating the world’s wealth and resources even further, getting richer in the process, and ensuring the collapse of every major economy worldwide. Think it can’t happen? Think again. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
Another thing. I don’t want credit for any of this. Otherwise, I would have given my full name a long time ago. I havn't. IT DOESN'T MATTER. I'm not selling a book and I'm not looking for any notoriety. At least not yet. I do have a plan to go public when my parents die. In fact, I have BIG plans for my inheritence. Every single penny of it. In the meantime, I don't want them to know about it. I also don't want them punished for my big mouth. Which is why I've gone out of my way to remain anonymous for 3 solid years. When I do go public, it won't be for profit and it won't be for popularity. It will be for a legitimate cause and NOTHING ELSE. In fact, I hope to be just one of many. A face in the crowd. In the meantime, I don't care who gets to say "I told you so." IT DOESN'T MATTER. As far as I’m concerned, you can put this entire rant in your own words and take credit for all of it. I don’t care. Just spread the word. Otherwise, the greatest injustice of all time will go down in history unchecked.
By the way. The bailout won’t work. IT WON’T WORK. The plan fails to address the fundamental problem. The middle class don’t need more credit. They need a reasonable share of the economic pie. They also need a lower cost of living and a chance to catch their breath. They need a break from all of the psychological marketing tricks and mass market BS. Most of all, they need to wake up, see the truth, and take a stand. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
10.01.08
To my surprise, two public figures have found the courage to acknowledge this problem to some degree. On 11.07.07 former presidential candidate Ron Paul mentioned the massive transfer of wealth from poor to rich. He also hinted at the possibility of economic collapse. He did so on 'Face the Nation'. He was blacklisted almost immediately for doing so. On 9.28.08 former secretary of labor Robert Reich refered to the obscene levels of income inequality as part of a "recipe for disaster". He mentioned the richest one percent in particular. He did so on 'Late Night With Conan O'Brien'. As far as I know, Albert Einstein was the first to explain the link between extreme wealth and economic instability. He did so in 1949. He explained how the first Great Depression was actually caused by a massive transfer of wealth from poor to rich. He predicted that it would happen again. He also predicted much greater levels of economic instability proportional to much greater levels of income and wealth inequality. He was right. Amazing. The prosperity of an entire world is about to be compromised. Almost entirely because of greed. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
Another word about the first Great Depression. It really was a perfect storm. Caused almost entirely by greed. First, there was unprecedented economic growth. There was a massive building spree. There was a growing sense of optimism. There was a growing obsession for celebrities. The American people became spoiled, foolish, brainwashed, and love-sick. They were bombarded with ads for one product or service after another. Encouraged to spend all of their money as if it were going out of style. Obscene profits were hoarded at the top. All of this represented a MASSIVE transfer of wealth from poor to rich. Executives, entrepreneurs, celebrities, and share holders. By 1929, the wealthiest 1 percent had accumulated around 40% of all United States wealth. The upper class held around 30%. The middle and lower classes were left to share the rest. When they finally ran low on money to spend, profits declined and the stock market crashed. Of course, the rich threw a fit and started cutting jobs. They would stop at nothing to maintain their disgusting profit margins and ill-gotten obscene levels of wealth as long as possible. The small business owners did what they felt necessary to survive. They cut more jobs. The losses were felt primarily by the little guy. This created a domino effect. The middle class shrunk drastically and the lower class expanded. With less wealth in active circulation, banks failed by the hundreds. More jobs were cut. Unemployment reached 25% in 1933. The worst year of the Great Depression. Those who were employed had to settle for lower wages. Millions went cold and hungry. The recovery involved a World War and higher taxes on the rich. With so many men in the service, so many women on the production line, and those higher taxes to help pay for it, the lions share of United States wealth was gradually transfered back to the middle class. This redistribution of wealth continued until the mid seventies. At the time, the richest 1% reaped about 10% of all private income and held about 20% of all United States wealth. Far less than previous levels. The middle class had home equity, free and clear assets, and money in the bank. Most American households were secure with a single full time provider. Most retirees could enjoy their lives, live in their own homes, afford basic health care, and not have to worry about going bankrupt. THATS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE. The tide began to change in 1976. Jimmy Carter was blamed for a recession that was actually caused by a number of global circumstances including greed. Then a short sighted greedy little pig by the name of Arthur Laffer came along. Known for his famous 'Laffer Curve'. A simple and short sighted equation whipped up to increase tax revenues and profit margins without the slightest regard for ANYTHING ELSE. He convinced Ronald Reagan to campaign on and grant massive tax breaks to the rich and their respective industries. His half-baked theory was that by doing so, unprecidented levels of economic growth and revenue could be achieved. He was right. Unfortunately, he failed to see or acknowledge the big picture. He failed to understand or admit what should have been incredibly obvious after the first Great Depression. That 'economic growth' and 'actual prosperity' are two very different things. Jobs don't 'create' wealth. They only transfer it from one party to another. The devil is in the details. Reaganomics, gave the rich and their respective industries the incentive to 'expand' and 'create jobs'. But those products and services were over-priced and then sold or billed right back to the people. Often, without their knowledge, understanding, or consent. Certainly without a clue about how the economy REALLY works. All of this resulted in higher profits for those at the top and stagnant wages for almost everyone else. The cost of living went up right along with those obscene profit margins. The American people ended up working more hours just to maintain their standard of living. So with Reaganomics, the transfer of wealth from poor to rich was kicked back into high gear. Here we are 27 years later. Trillions in wealth and capital have been concentrated all over again. National and consumer debt are both at an all time high. The middle class are weak, the lower class flat broke, and the cost of living higher than ever before. The dollar is weak because too many of them have been hoarded and the government left with no choice but to print billions more backed up by loans from China. Its another perfect storm. THE BIG ONE. The largest economy in the world is about to go down in a ball of flames. Ground zero of a global economic crisis. CAUSED ALMOST ENTIRELY BY GREED. A MASSIVE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM POOR TO RICH. As a nation, we don't even see it because our entire culture has been defined by Washington, Wall Street, Hollywood, Pro-sports, and commercial health care. We have been led around like puppies by those with the worst possible motive. GREED. THEY WANT OUR MONEY. For the mostpart, we just bend over and let them take it. We have become their perfect little victims once again. A nation of consumer junkie, credit card, couch potatoe, drug and doctor morons. We spend most of our spare time on that couch getting brainwashed by greedy public figures who will say or do whatever it takes to get our money. Even worse, those public figures have re-defined any logical standard we ever had for 'good will'. Mother Teresa is dead. America's favorite 'humanitarian' is now a filthy rich multi-media pig who reaped a billion dollar fortune from the middle class by making damn sure they stay on that couch long enough to watch her show and read her magazine. Transforming them into pathetic, naive, love-sick fools who turn around and buy any product or service given away to a cheering studeo audiance or endorsed by their idol. The same goes for Ellen Degeneres, Dr Phil, Regis and Kelly, Rachael Ray, The View, and their respective demographics. Which by the way, are almost identical. Primarily, middle class housewives, retirees, and welfare mothers. Who have been shown through marketing research to spend most of their money and food stamps on over-priced CRAP advertised on TV or a TV show website (ivillage.com). Especially if that over-priced crap is endorsed by a 'hero' or 'humanitarian'. They are easy targets. Not like the rest of us are much less gullible. We're not. In fact, every filthy rich well known public figure and every major industry have followed suit with a similar marketing strategy. Dumbing down our society and cashing in on bogus promises to make the world a better place. They do it because they know it works. They also know that we are too stupid, short sighted, smitten, and love-sick to take a closer look at the world and see that they are wolves in sheep's clothing. To see that what they are doing is FALSE. For example: In the fall of '01', Jennifer Lopez was invited to take part in a music video for charity. The effort was hailed as a benefit for victims of AIDS and 9/11. Well, Jennifer Lopez doesn't do ANYTHING for free. She DEMANDED AND RECIEVED the following for her exclusive use: A 45 foot trailer with a TV, VCR, stereo, an assortment of CDs, a white dressing room with lavish all white decor, all white furniture, and an assortment of exotic fruits and desserts. All of this was necessary just to get her sorry ass in the studeo for 30 minutes. FOR CHARITY. Of course, the organizers are partly to blame for selling out to a 'diva'. In fact, I have my doubts about the entire project. Charity just isn't what it used to be. Most of it has gone commercial. SOLD OUT. Even the UN has become a PR firm for Hollywood and Pro-Sports. Most of their 'good will ambassadors' are filthy rich, hypocrite pigs who dumb down their ignorant fans, take as much of their money as possible, buy up mass acreage and multiple mansions, flaunt their extravogant lifestyles, jet-set the world, burn through life sustaining resources like they are going out of style, drive up the cost of living worldwide, and then run their mouths about 'poverty' or 'injustice' everytime their latest commercial project hits the market. They do it for publicity. They even have the nerve to run their mouths about 'global warming' and 'green' living. As if the example they set is anything but obscene. Of course, they have NOTHING to say about greed or economic injustice. NOTHING to say about the concentration of wealth and resources worldwide. NOT A SINGLE F%$#@#$ WORD. What a bunch of false heroes. These people have little or no desire to make the world a better place. Their primary goal is to APPEAR as if they do. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. It also gives them a lame excuse to be such greedy, disgusting, squandering, hypocrite pigs. Amazing. EVERY big business, EVERY big celebrity, EVERY billionaire, and damn near every multi-millionaire on the planet have all taken up 'philanthropy' or 'good will'. Those with the most money, also have the most power, and influense by far. They own or influense every government, manage every major industry, and the lion's share of life sustaining resources. They literally rule our world. They always have. Still, every major problem of modern society gets worse by the day. The world's wealth is more concentrated than ever before. Her life sustaining resources are in high demand, more expensive than ever before, and squandered by the rich on extravogant living. Meanwhile, families loose their homes, retirees loose their pensions, heroes loose their lives, crime is up, and red ink flows in nearly every community. The global economy is in a state of crisis. The prosperity of an entire world is about to be compromised. Still, those with the most power, money, influense, and 'good will' promise to make it all better. If only we continue to buy any product or service with their name on it. IT IS A SHAM. GOOD WILL HAS BECOME BIG BUSINESS.
The point about our government printing up more money was that it can't be done "on a whim" and that there are serious concequences for doing so (weak dollar, higher gas prices, inflation). I never said that it can't be or hasn't been done at all. Afterall, those loans from China weren't infused in the form of Chinese currency. They were infused in the form of our own. Not given to the middle or lower classes but instead to the banks in the form of credit. Its done nothing but perpetuate the problem. It never has been and never will be the answer. Sorry if I wasn't explicit enough the first time. The original draft of this particular rant was written over 2 years ago and intended to fit within 300 characters. I've been updating it weekly for the last year or so. Responding to a constant line of BS from the media and inserting those updates where they seem most appropriate. Which is why I jump so often from one issue to another and back again. Anyway, I'm no English major. I don't think in paragraphs and I find it difficult to write in paragraphs. So if any of you want to re-organize or re-word this post, feel free to do so. Whatever it takes to make people understand.
11/05/08
A new president will be taking office soon. Backed up by a heavily democratic congress who have all campaigned on a promise to raise taxes on the rich. Unfortunately, this will be too little too late. Nowhere near enough to compensate for the incredible corruption of both major parties. Nowhere near enough to pay for the bailout. Nowhere near enough to stop that runaway train. There will be no change for the better. Obama's financial advisers are pigs. Warren Buffet is a pig. Oprah Winfrey is a pig. Obama himself is a multi-millionaire politician married to a multi-millionaire attorney. He has already run the most expensive political campaign in history. Some of it squandered on a $400 lobster feast for his wife. Financed for the mostpart by ordinary people who can't even afford a $400 lobster feast. It happened on Obama's watch. Probably more than once. He even had the nerve to ask those ordinary people to help pay off the campaign debt of another filthy rich multi-millionaire politician PIG (Hilary Clinton). I will admit that Barack Obama seems to have more character than most of his colleagues. Certainly more than Clinton, Gore, McCain, Palin, Bush, Cheney, Romney, Schwarznenager, Palosi, Kerry, Guliani, Kennedy, Bloomberg, or Edwards. He was probably a very good down to earth man at one time. The same goes for Joe Biden. Not anymore. Afterall, John McCain was also a very good down to earth man at one time. A true American hero. NOT ANYMORE. Now, he is a filthy rich politician pig married to a filthy rich big business pig. SOLD OUT. Mark my words: Obama and Biden will do the same. Whatever moral character they may have left, will be lost or heavily compromised while in office. Like the others, their administration will be riddled with scandals of greed and corruption. Like the others, they will succumb to the greatest epidemic ever faced by modern man. By far, the most intoxicating element of modern society. Greed. Simply the desire to get as rich as possible. It has the potential to blacken any heart. Break the will of any human being. Influense any government. Corrupt any society. Those who succumb to it are lost forever. You can not get through to these people. You can not make them understand. No matter how bad it gets for the little guy. No matter how many families loose their homes. No matter how many people go cold and hungry. No matter how many innocent children starve and die. No matter how much blood is shed. NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS. The rich will ALWAYS blame the other guy. They will ALWAYS say or do whatever it takes to secure their own extreme personal wealth. When they 'give back', its only because they expect more in return. They will NEVER compromise their own bottom line. They will NEVER jeapordize their position in the 1% club. They will NEVER stand for a more reasonable distribution of wealth and resources. They will NEVER acknowledge greed as a form of evil. They will NEVER acknolwedge the potential it has to ruin EVERYTHING. They will NEVER admit the simple truth. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
Ford, GM, and Dodge are begging the current admistration for some type of 'bridge loan' in order to avoid bankruptcy. The unions are begging for it. The people are divided. All because of a LIE. Again, we have been mislead. I'm not disputing their need. Its legit. I'm disputing the underlying cause. Competition my ass. China my ass. Japan my ass. Those factors are real but not fatal. They are also concequential. Not primary. Again, its GREED and CORRUPTION. Not only that of the auto executives and celebrities who demand millions to endorse the product (Toby Keith, Tiger Woods) but also within the health care industry. Thats right. Health care. The average doctor is a millionaire several times over. The average health care executive many times over. Both on average, are members of the 1% club. AGAIN, ITS THEIR FAULT. If it weren't for the OBSCENE health care charges, brainwash plots, and artificially inflated market, then the financial burden placed on Ford, GM, and Dodge wouldn't be anywhere near as high. They could easily match the labor of Honda, Toyota, and Hyndai who's workers are younger on average, more liberal, and not so demanding when it comes to 'health care'. In this case, the little guy is partly to blame for their incredible ignorance. They smoke, drink, get fat, fall for the most OBVIOUS health care scams, live by drug and doctor, kiss greedy doctor ass, drive up the cost of their own health care, demand full coverage, and then strike if they don't get it. Retired US auto workers on average are now causing their former employers to incur several hundred thousand dollars PER RETIREE in health care expenses over the span of their retirement. Those in the current workforce are partly to blame as well. Not for greed. Their wages are reasonable. But their health care demands are well in excess. If they would simply open their eyes, acknowledge the incredible greed and corruption within the health care industry, get off the couch, get off the pharmaceuticals, and take care of their own bodies, then their own cost of living would be lower, their health would be better, the market for their product would be higher, and the financial burden placed on Ford, GM, and Dodge would be MUCH lower. I'm not discounting other factors like gas prices, competition, and the US product line. But greed and ignorance wreak havok like no other elements of our society. They cause or allow the cost of living to rise and the middle class to shrink along with the potential market for every major industry. In this case, they also raise the financial burden placed on US auto makers. Mark my words: One or two of the big three US automakers will go bankrupt. They will do so regardless of any 'bridge loan'. Other well known foreign auto makers will follow. The entire manufacturing industry will become a shell of its former self. Millions of retirees will be cut off entirely. ALL BECAUSE OF GREED, CORRUPTION, AND IGNORANCE. The ripple effect is profound. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
12/16/08
The feds have reduced their interest rate to an all time low. IT WON'T WORK. The same goes for any potential bailout for the US auto industry or any other. IT WON'T WORK. IT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY WILL NOT WORK. I would bet my life on it a hundred times over. Again, our own leaders refuse to acknowledge the single greatest drag on our economy. The single greatest underlying cause for the global economic crisis. GREED. They all refuse to acknowledge the downside. That idiot pig Arthur Laffer refuses to acknowledge it. Greenspan, Bernanke, and Paulson refuse to acknowledge it. Bush, Clinton, Kerry, Gore, Obama, and Kennedy refuse to acknowledge it. Lars Larson, Tammy Bruce, Lou Dobbs, Mike Gallagher, Suze Orman, Bill O'Reiley, Maria Bartiromo, Jim Kramer, Rush Limbaugh, and Jim Bohannon refuse to acknowledge it. Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Oprah Winfrey, Richard Branson, and T-Boone Pickens refuse to acknowledge it. The same goes for all of their filthy-rich billionaire friends. All of the above are hypocrite pigs who don't have the guts to admit the simple truth. This is not brain surgery. For the mostpart, its simple math. WE ARE IN THIS MESS BECAUSE OF GREED. The world's richest one percent are now so incredibly rich that there simply isn't enough wealth circulating beneath them to sustain the global economy. Its on the brink of collapse. IT WILL COLLAPSE. We are now entering what will go down in history as the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time by far. You think its bad now? YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHING YET. NOTHING. Trillions more in wealth/capital will be concentrated (Not lost. Concentrated.). Many more banks large and small will fail. Tens of millions will loose their savings (Transfered from poor to rich.). Even FDIC accounts will be forfeited (Yes they will. Yes they will. Yes they will.). Every major industry will become a shell of its former self. Unemployment will reach unprecidented levels. Millions of retirees will be cut off entirely. The lower class will become dominant. The financial aid system will fail miserably. The vast majority of those in need will have no access. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. There will be riots and random acts of violence at banks, hospitals, and government buildings. The next generation will be left to fight in the crumbling streets over a shattered American dream. The rest of the world will have it even worse. So don't blame innocent people from other countries you idiots. Blame the rich. Blame the government. Blame the health care industry. Then blame yourselves for being so stupid for so many years. We have allowed a particular form of evil to grow out of control, intoxicate our society, consume our government, wreak havok on our own economy and culture, RUIN any chance we ever had at world prosperity, and jeapordize the very foundation of modern society. At the same time, we have allowed those who epitomize it to get away with calling themselves 'heroes' or 'humanitarians'. Putting a happy face on greed and dumbing down our society further in the process. THAT MEANS YOU. So wake up fellow citizens. Grow a spine. Don't fall for all of this 'good will' 'humanitarian' BS from the rich. IT IS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. Instead, look at the bottom line. IT'S F#@&#%$ OBSCENE. NOW GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK SKULLS YOU IDIOTS. WE ARE IN THIS MESS BECAUSE OF GREED. AMERICA'S RICHEST ONE PERCENT NOW OWN ALMOST 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. THE WORLD'S RICHEST ONE PERCENT NOW OWN OVER 40% OF ALL WORLD WEALTH. THATS WAY TOO MUCH. THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT HEROES. THEY ARE NOT HUMANITARIANS. THEY ARE DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE SLOBS. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW MUCH THEY GIVE BACK. THEY STILL KEEP WAY TOO MUCH. IT CAN'T WORK THIS WAY. IT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. IT NEVER HAS AND IT NEVER WILL. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
1% CLUB PIGS: I've said it many times and I will say it many more. Greed is not the desire to break the law or intentionally oppress another human being. Greed is simply the desire to take more than your reasonable share of wealth or any limited resource. By doing so, you reduce the value of currency and raise the cost of living worldwide. You shrink the middle class and the potential market for every major industry. You expand the lower class and the need for financial aid. You cause a domino-effect of socio-economic problems. You literally cause innocent people to suffer and die. YOU MAKE WORLD PROSPERITY MATHEMATICALLY AND PHYSICALLY IMPOSSIBLE. It does not matter how much you 'give back'. It matters how much you KEEP. This is why I will go to my grave with nothing but bleeding and burning hatred for all of you. Thats right. I hate you and I'm not afraid to admit it. Afterall, its OK to hate a rapist. Its OK to hate a terrorist. I do. But I also hate wolves in sheep's clothing. THAT MEANS YOU. In fact, I consider the equation you stand for to be the greatest injustice of all time. It makes my f$#@&$# blood boil. Jealosy my ass. Low self-esteem my ass. Self-pity my ass. Anyone who still thinks that after reading all of this is a F&#@%$# MORON. You disgusting hypocrite pigs. I've noticed the little shots you've been taking at me, a few others, and the cause we stand for. The psychological stunts. Thats right Will Smith, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Today Show pigs, Regis and Kelly, Ellen DeGeneres, Dr Phil, Oprah Winfrey, Lars Larson, Bill O'Reiley, Lou Dobbs, Ann Coulter, Tammy Bruce, Laura Inghram. I've noticed the crafty elusive statements you've been making about greed and subtle insults directed at those very few of us who stand against it. I also know that you're well aware of this campaign and that you're trying to shut it down. You've even gone out of your way to specifically attack 'anonymous' bloggers in general. As if we are somehow less credible without a registered account. I'm not the slightest bit intimidated by any of it. YOUR TRICKS WILL NEVER WORK ON ME. Mark my words: No matter what you say or do, I will spend the rest of my life persecuting all of you for the disgusting, obscene, unjust, illogical, and immoral equation you stand for. I won't break any laws. I won't harm one hair on your rotten heads. Its not that I don't wish you were gone. I do. But I would never jeapordize such an important cause with a criminal act. NEVER. My only realistic goal is to make as many people as possible understand. Including future generations. I hope they look back on these words and spit on your graves. Afterall, they won't achieve any degree of world peace or prosperity until after they acknowledge GREED as a form of EVIL. Not until they acknowledge it with a number or some type of material standard. In the unlikely event they ever do, I hope they FINALLY come up with a system that works for the vast majority. One with a reasonable pay scale and caps on personal wealth. Otherwise, their system will fail over and over again. Just like the one you stand for. It can't work this way. It never has and it never will. NEVER. NO WAY IN HELL. So mark my words: I will not make excuses for a single one of you. I don't care how smart you think you are. I don't care how talented you think you are. I don't care how pretty you think you are. I don't care what you think you've done to earn up to fifty thousand times the pay of a firefighter, soldier, farmer, teacher, cop, truck driver, or garbageman. You're not worth it. I don't even care if your personal fortune fell out of the sky. If you're rich, I hate you. I don't care how much you 'give back'. I care how much you keep. Therefore, I will do everything within my power and within the law to expose your incredible greed and hypocrisy. If you want to break my will, then you're going to have to break my neck first. and if you pull a stunt like that, then a lot of people will know what happened to me and why. I've planned in detail for it. Most of you have no idea. Regardless, you pigs will not go down in history as 'heroes' or 'humanitarians'. Not if I can help it. We're in this mess primarily because of you. Its going to get MUCH worse primarily because of you. Thats what I believe and thats the message I intend to spread for the rest of my life. DEAL WITH IT.
1.21.09
A few more words about our new president and how certain public figures are using him to divert our attention, dumb down our society, shut my big mouth, and discredit the cause I stand for. I said it during the presidential campaign, I said it again in November, and I will say it again now. Our new president has more character than most of his colleagues. Much more. In fact, he puts Bush, Cheney, Rice, Clinton, Gore, Palosi, Reagan, Carter, Romney, Schwarzenegger, Bloomberg, and Kennedy to shame. He also puts nearly every living public figure to shame. Including those who claim to support him. By politician, public figure, and 1% club standards, he is an angel. That being said, he is still a politician. Still a public figure. Still a member of the one percent club. Just a man. Like any other, he is a product not only of genetics but also of his environment. Like any other, he is intoxicated by certain elements of modern society. Including three of the worst. Fame, fortune, and power. All three have the potential to corrupt the mind, the heart, and the will of any human being. I can name only one who resisted the influense of all three. Mother Teresa died in 1998. The amazing standard she set died with her. Since then, an army of public figures and false heroes have sold out the very concept of 'good will'. Capitalizing on bogus promises to make the world a better place. The vast majority, on day one. The rest, along the way. Obama will do the same. Its just pathetic human nature. Put any man or woman on a stage or throne and something about them is different. Make any man or woman rich and something about them is different. I said it in November and I will say it again. Barack Obama was probably a very good down to earth man at one time. That was before the corrupt influense of fame, fortune, and power. Now, something about him is different. The same goes for Michelle Obama. They have already begun to sell out. Not only as necessary during the campaign because of our ignorant society and the fact that we won't elect ANYONE unless they look a certain way, dress a certain way, talk a certain way, kiss our babies, cut our taxes, tell us what we want to hear no matter how unrealistic, believe in God, follow a certain religion, support a certain industry, and show up on our favorite talk show with a fake smile, stupid jokes, and lame dance moves. That was bad enough. A sell-out necessary to get elected by a pathetic, ignorant, naive, short sighted, half-wit, couch potatoe, love-sick, celebrity junkie society. But also for profit before, during, and after the election. I already mentioned the $400 lunchtime lobster feast. Paid for mostly by ordinary people who were willing to cut into their modest bottom lines in order to help get their hero elected. SHE ATE IT. That was bad enough. Another sign of the times. As expected, its already getting worse. I have no problem with the armor plated presidential limo, the extra security, the inauguration, or the speech. I have no problem with the concept of a public celebration. But I do have a problem with the $35,000 ring, the $150,000 dress, the exotic crystal, the exotic food, the coorporate plugs, NBC, MTV, BET, Beyonce, LL Cool J, Miley Cyrus, and every other filthy rich big business/big money/big celebrity hypocrite pig who had the nerve to fly in on their personal jets, stand there lavished in gold, and jewels, and fur, and $10,000 suits and pretend as if they and Obama share a desire to make the country and our world a better, more stable, more peaceful, and more 'just' place for all its people. Once again, promoting their own interests, dumbing down our society, and dancing their way around the single greatest underlying cause for the global economic crisis. GREED. The single greatest threat to modern society. GREED. Filthy, rotten, disgusting, self-centered, self-serving, black-hearted, hypocritical GREED. By doing so, they divert our attention AGAIN at a crucial time when we need more than ever to finally acknowledge GREED as a form of EVIL. At a time when we need more than ever to understand how it burns through moral character, spreads like wildfire, jumps from one industry to another, one person to another, and wreaks havok on society worldwide. IT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY BEYOND ANY SHADOW OF A DOUBT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL. All of this happened on Obama's watch. I understand that he didn't plan most of the details. But he did know about many. He stood by and watched that event sell out to the highest bidder. He also bought the ring. He didn't even have a word to say about the double standards or many ethical contradictions. Afterall, he got elected. It was no longer necessary to kiss so much big business, big money, big celebrity, 1% club ass. SELL-OUT. Now, that army of filthy-rich, self-centered, self-serving, self-promoting, hypocrite pigs are using Obama's hopefull words against those very few of us who know better. They even have the nerve to belittle and villianize people like me simply because we don't float around with happy uplifting thoughts and a smile on our face. They pretend as if our message can't possibly be legitimate if its expressed with anger, contempt, hatred, or fear. As if a 'positive' attitude is any match for that domino-effect of socio-economic problems caused almost entirely by GREED. I understand that Obama could never go on record with views anything like mine. He has no choice but to be tolerant of other filthy-rich and powerful public figures. I can even forgive the affiliation to some extent. I also believe that he truly does want some degree of government reform, ethics, accountability, peace, prosperity, stability, opportunity, and economic justice for all people. Like I said, by politician standards he is an angel. Which is probably the nicest thing I will ever say or even think about a rich and powerful public figure. I find it near impossible to hate the man. He is literally the only rich and powerful public figure on this planet that I don't hate. I also understand why he gave the uplifting speech. I really don't blame him for a single word of it. But I will not pretend as if a smile or 'positive' attitude is any match for that particular form of evil consuming our world. I will not choose 'hope' over 'fear' just because it feels nice. Of course, I want things to get better. Of course, I will try in vain to help make things better. Of course, I want something legitimate to celebrate. Something that we could all be a part of. Of course, I desperately want Obama to succeed. Of course, I desperately want all of my predictions to be proven wrong. I just don't see it happening. With or without Obama, we are still stuck on that runaway train. Its not going to be any better. Its not going to be alright. Not for the vast majority. Its going to get much worse and stay that way for a very long time. I fully expect to die knowing that I devoted myself to a cause which was lost from day one. Greed will always triumph over good will. The people will never take any real stand against it. The vast majority are pathetic, ignorant, naive, short sighted, brainwashed, pharmameutical, medical-testing, couch potatoe, credit card, love-sick, celebrity junkie, powderpuffs. Perfect little victims. I hate to say that about my fellow citizens but its the truth. Afterall, they didn't see this comming. I tried to warn them and they still didn't see it. Others tried to warn them and they didn't see it. Albert Einstein tried to warn them SIXTY F$#&#$# YEARS AGO. They didn't listen. They didn't see it. They did NOTHING to stop this or even slow it down. Even now, when the problem is so much more obvious. Even now, when the futures of their children are at stake. Still, they do NOTHING. Sometimes, I wonder if they are even worth fighting for. What the hell is the point? They will never listen. They will never wake up. They will never do simple math. They will never take a stand. There will never be economic justice. There will never be a more reasonable distribution of wealth and resources. Therefore, there will never be any degree of world peace or prosperity. Its only going to get worse. A LOT WORSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
The new stimulus won't work. The new money won't work. The new budget won't work. There may be a shallow revival later this year or next but it won't sustain itself. It absolutely positively will not work. Obama's efforts are revolutionary but they are too little too late. The opposition too strong. Obama will have no choice but to acknowledge a severe US depression by the end of his first term. There will be no economic recovery without a more reasonable distribution of bottom line wealth. The wealthiest one percent must be willing to settle for less. A lot less. Trillions in bottom line wealth must be transfered back to the middle and lower classes. Otherwise, there will be no economic recovery ever. Not one of us will live to see it.
3.04.09
We are being fed a constant line of BS from the media about 'lost' market wealth. Similar to the line of BS we have been fed for years about wealth 'creation'. NBC and their panel of paid 'experts' (liars) recently took a question from a viewer (it may have been staged) about market 'losses' and 'gains'. Their answer was downright vague and misleading as usual. Stock values don't simply represent our collective 'productivity' or 'hard work'. Otherwise, Ford, GM, and Dodge would be doing fine. Afterall, the cars got built. If their answer had been true, then we could all just work a little harder, produce a little more, buy a little more, and revive our own economy. We can't. Its not that simple. Their answer was CRAP. Another stunt to make it appear as if we're all in this together. That panel of paid 'experts' (liars), also refered to stock values as 'phantom' wealth. Thats not exactly true either. Otherwise, those shares could never be traded for any actual product or service (They are. They always have been.). They also wouldn't give the majority share holders such authority. So what did NBC and their filthy rich trio of paid 'experts' (liars) leave out? The ugly truth as usual. Corporate stock values are not 'phantom'. They actually represent past profit margins, current profit margins, accounting scams, bailouts, and the potential transfer of more dollars FROM US TO THEM. The only 'phantom' elements involved are the shady speculation and accounting scams. Which do effect those values but they still result in a transfer of dollars from one party to another. Otherwise, those fluctuating values are based on real world events. In the meantime, they are traded like an alternative form of currency. Eventually cashed in for market value. Just like gold and silver. Like any other form of currency, the richest one percent hold the lion's share. They currently own about 1/2 of the entire US market. The upper class own around 1/3. Foreign investors own around 1/8. The lower 90% of us own the scraps leftover. This equation has contributed to a constant transfer of wealth from poor to rich. Its been accelerating for decades along with obscene, record setting profit margins for big business. These record setting profit margins were mathematically impossible to sustain with a shrinking middle class. The housing and stock markets were impossible to stabilize long term. They were on a crash course with or without sub-prime. Which is why in part, the rampant speculation and accounting scams took place. Also why the 'mark to market' rule was changed. Which basically allowed traders to take their profits and disregard the potential liabilities that inevitably came with a concentration of wealth and capital worldwide. These were all stunts whipped up by the 1% club to artificially inflate and sustain the market at a time when the very foundation of our economy was crumbling. To sell out their own industries and convert capital into dividends, bonus checks, and golden parachutes. Now, the cat is out of the bag. The market has finally crashed. Those artificially inflated stock values have fallen on average by about 50% in the past two years. They are down worldwide. Which may lead one to believe that America's richest 1% are finally taking a loss. They are not. Those values are down not only because they were artificially inflated. But primarily because so many people are finally running out of money to give them. This is the single greatest underlying cause for the global economic crisis. Unfortunately no public figure has the guts to acknowledge it. When the filthy rich pigs (Bill Clinton, Jean Chatzky, Bill O'Reiley, Jim Kramer, Suze Orman, Maria Bartiromo, Lars Larson, Lou Dobbs, ect) talk about 'lost' market wealth, they fail to acknowledge that much of that wealth wasn't 'lost' at all. It was transfered to various members of the 1% club. These transfers took place before, during, and after the height of the market in 2007. In some cases, 'junk bonds', 'toxic debt', or 'artificial values' were left in their place. Otherwise, those pigs are primarily refering to lost 'business'. There is a HUGE difference. Actual wealth can't be 'created' and it doesn't just float away. Stock values fluctuate but they still represent a transfer of actual wealth from one party to another. Unfortunately, that transfer of wealth has been in favor of the rich for too many years. THEIR CURRENT PROFITS ARE DOWN ON AVERAGE BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TOO OBSCENE FOR TOO LONG. THEY ALREADY OWN THE LION'S SHARE OF UNITED STATES WEALTH. A SIMILAR RULE APPLIES WORLDWIDE. MARKETS ARE DOWN BECAUSE THE WORLD'S WEALTH AND CAPITAL HAVE BEEN CONCENTRATED. AMERICA'S RICHEST 1 PERCENT NOW OWN ALMOST 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. THAT IS MUCH MORE THAN THE ENTIRE MIDDLE AND LOWER CLASSES COMBINED. THE WORLD'S RICHEST ONE PERCENT NOW OWN OVER 40% OF ALL WORLD WEALTH. THAT IS MUCH MORE THAN THE LOWER 90% WORLDWIDE. PROFITS FOR THE RICHEST 1% ARE DOWN ON AVERAGE BUT NOT GONE. THEY STILL GET EVEN RICHER AS WE SPEAK. THEIR INCREDIBLE WEALTH WAS NOT CREATED, GENERATED, OR GROWN IN THEIR BACK YARD. IT WAS TRANSFERED FROM US TO THEM. NOT ONLY THROUGH CORPORATE PROFITS BUT ALSO THROUGH INDIVIDUAL PROFITS. THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST 1 PERCENT ARE NOW SO INCREDIBLY RICH, THAT THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ENOUGH CURRENCY CIRCULATING BENEATH THEM TO SUSTAIN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY. ITS FINALLY ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE. ANYONE IN THE FIELD OF ECONOMICS WHO STILL WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE SINGLE GREATEST UNDERLYING CAUSE FOR THIS GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS IS EITHER A MORON OR A COWARD. ITS NOT BRAIN SURGERY. FOR THE MOSTPART, ITS SIMPLE MATH. THE RICH ALREADY OWN TOO MUCH OF EVERYTHING. STILL, THEY WANT MORE. THEY ABSOLUTELY WILL NOT LET GO OF THEIR INCREDIBLE GREED. THEY ARE USING EVERY ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL TRICK IN THE BOOK TO AVOID TAKING THEIR LOSSES. THEY DO SO WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST REGARD FOR ANYTHING OR ANYONE BUT THEMSELVES. IT CAN'T WORK THIS WAY. IT ABSOLUTELY POSITIVELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. IT NEVER HAS AND IT NEVER WILL. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
3.11.09
The organized campaign to suppress the truth and divert our attention continues. Forbes has reported that many of the world's billionaires have lost bottom line wealth. They wen't out of their way to crunch all those numbers, draw their conclusions, and plaster them all over the media. Still no data for 2008 on the wealthiest one percent or the distribution of bottom line wealth worldwide. Why not? I'll tell you why not. Because they don't want us to make the connection. The current economic crisis was not caused by subprime, China, Japan, Mexico, the CRA, one bad policy, one administration, one major political party, or the other. These factors are only proximate at best. Not underlying. The current economic crisis was caused primarily by a massive transfer of wealth from poor to rich. In particular, the richest 1%. I realize there is some debate in the US over their share of her bottom line wealth. Some studies have shown it to be as little as 35%. Others near 50%. Nearly all recent studies have shown about 40% of the world's bottom line wealth to be held by the richest one percent. However, most studies to date have not included 'everything'. They refer only to one reported set of financial assets or another. They often take no stab at material assets or hidden assets. It is well known that various currencies, gold, silver, platinum, jewels, and other holdings are being hidden in secret accounts and vaults around the world. Well known but impossible to calculate. Also, when it comes to greed, fraud, oppression, corruption, or any other form of evil, history has shown time and time again that its almost always worse than first reported. However, there is very little debate that wealth is being concentrated worldwide. Virtually every study shows it to some degree. The rate at which wealth is concentrated has increased over the last decade or so. It is incredibly obvious when you look around. For these reasons, I tend to believe the higher estimates. Regardless, it has become an epidemic worldwide. IT IS THE PROBLEM. Mark my words: Bottom line wealth may be fluctuating at the very top but its not comming back down to the majority where it belongs. When a billionaire looses a chunk of his or her net worth, it is almost always to other high ranking members of the 1% club. Not the majority. I would believe otherwise only with bankruptcy down, forclosure down, consumer debt down, unemployment down, home sales up, car sales up, middle class savings up, and a shrinking lower class. That would indicate a transfer of wealth from rich back to poor. Again, it can't be 'created'. It can't be 'stimulated'. It must be transfered from the rich and back to the majority. That, unlike GDP, would indicate a healthy, stable, and sustainable US economy. On a global scale, it would be the single greatest step we could possibly take torwards world peace and prosperity. In which case, I would be thrilled to see my predictions proven wrong. I would gladly apologise for my rotten attitude. I would do so 'on-air' and 'online'. I would do my very best to apologise to every single critic. Including the filthy rich public figures I rip on. Its not going to happen. Wealth is still being transfered from poor to rich. Here in the US and also worldwide. Their stock values are down on average but their share of the world's bottom line wealth up on average. There is no doubt in my mind. There is also no doubt in my mind that the rich are converting and hiding assets like never before. I don't claim to know half their tricks. But I do know they have many. They also have the world's leaders in their pocket. Almost all of whom will stop at nothing to get or remain as rich as possible. They absolutely will not let go of their incredible greed. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
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