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<p>Unbelievably, there are people in the United States that are still obsessed with the fear of a socialist take over of the government. I have to pinch myself to make sure I&rsquo;ve not fallen asleep and somehow been transported back in time to the McCarthy era or the Reagan era of the 1980&rsquo;s, when then president Ronald Reagan sought to and&nbsp;destroyed the &ldquo;evil empire&rdquo;, referring to the former USSR.</p>
<p>In 2009, many communist countries don't even believe in true communisim anymore (if they ever really did).&nbsp; I am not here to defend communism, socialism or even capitalism for that matter,&nbsp;but to explore the inane rhetoric being espoused by many white&nbsp;U.S. citizens and sadly Black and non white&nbsp;people are&nbsp;joining in on the&nbsp;socialist/communist hooplah.&nbsp; The very idea that communist/socialist are taking over the U.S. government and creating a one world government is flying all over the radio airwaves and the blogsphere, including the black blogshere.&nbsp; But,&nbsp;obviously these radio host may&nbsp;be hiding something else behind their use of the word socialist when referring to president Obama, but thats another story in another book.&nbsp; How then can&nbsp;Black bloggers and radio host really believe in a communist take over of the U.S. government and the world, when the facts of who is really behind it betray their beliefs?&nbsp;</p>
<p>President Obama has made it very clear in his actions that he is very pro Wall Street and somewhat oblivious to Main Street as I interpret his actions.&nbsp; In an 89 page white paper president Obama spread the blame across the board by saying from Wall Street, to Washington, to Main Street</p>
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<p>Unbelievably, there are people in the United States that are still obsessed with the fear of a socialist take over of the government. I have to pinch myself to make sure I&rsquo;ve not fallen asleep and somehow been transported back in time to the McCarthy era or the Reagan era of the 1980&rsquo;s, when then president Ronald Reagan sought to destroy the &ldquo;evil empire&rdquo;, referring to the former USSR.</p>
<p>Carter G. Woodson once said</p>
</span></span></span>&ldquo;If you can control a man&rsquo; s thinking, you don&rsquo;t have to worry about his actions...&rdquo;&nbsp; &nbsp;<span style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;">With that thought in mind, I have to ask myself; what&rsquo;s the purpose of this resurgence of socialist fear mongering? My point is far from the defense of socialism, communism or capitalism for the matter. What concerns me is the purpose behind this inane rhetoric, especially when espoused by Black people.</span></span></p>
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<p>On this site in a post entitled Do You Love Obama More Than You Love America&rsquo;s Sovereignty? there is a quote by Lord Christopher Monckton former policy advisor to Margaret Thatcher, from an speech he gave concerning the Framework Convention on Climate Change to the Free Market Institute at Bethel University. Lord Monckton is quoted as saying &ldquo;I have read that treaty and what it says is this: That a world government is going to be created...they are <span lang="EN">about to impose a <em>communist</em> world government on the world. You have a president that has very strong sympathies with that point of view.&rdquo;</span></p>
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<p>Communist? Is this a twist of the definition of the word communist such as the South Africans did during their oppression of Black people under Botha and De Clerk?&nbsp; That, anyone who was not for their government was labeled communist. President Obama seems to be very pro Wall Street and anti Main street as I see his actions. In an 89 page white paper president Obama spread the blame across the board for the recession/depression, from Wall Street, to Washington to Main Street. Of course we, everyday wage earners, are Main Street and some how we have to share in the blame for the recession that the corporations and banksters orchestrated.</p>
<p>The government, which includes president Obama and actually starting with former president G.W. Bush, has pumped nearly 1 trillion dollars into the banking system in order to stay afloat.&nbsp; On the surface, this gives the appearance the government is taking over the banking system and "we the people" now own the banks and the government has now taken control of the banks.&nbsp; This&nbsp;is part of the fodder those who want to lead others down the path of a belief in a socialist take over</p>
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<p><span lang="EN"><span style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: SimSun; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN">by screaming socialism and communism with every other breath. But, in actuality the president, according to the white paper would put the U.S. central bank in charge of monitoring the nations biggest financial firms, those considered critical to the health of the system as a whole. Or more specifically president Obama will give greater oversight powers to the Fed.</span></span></span></span></p>
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<p>But, ask yourself; who is the U.S. central bank, ie the Fed? The Federal Reserve Board is not, I repeat, is NOT a federal agency at all, but a cartel of PRIVATE banksters. Yes, private bankers and not a government agency, will have the greatest oversight. These bankers (represented by Ben Bernanke) are far from communist and I cannot imagine anyone with the slightest bit of sense could say that the government is becoming socialist under president Obama when he is giving more power to private banksters, many of whom are international banksters. Maybe Lord Monckton does have a point about a one world government. If we take a look at who is advocating for a one world government, could we still come to a belief in a communist world government?</p>
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<p>So, when Lord Monckton says a &ldquo;...impose a communist world government...&rdquo;, what is he saying by using the word communist when these capitalist banking families admit to undermining the U.S. government? David Rockefeller proudly admits to being part of this &ldquo;cabal.&rdquo; What is the purpose of these Black conservatives that join in on this verbal garbage? It&rsquo;s a shame when Black people are being led by the&nbsp;<span lang="EN"></span></p>
<p>nose by the likes of Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh or Michael Savage by joining in and repeating such mis-information. We should be about educating Black people first and foremost and stepping away from joining &ldquo;boss&rdquo; in his mis-education of the public.</p>
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<p>Unbelievably, there are people in the United States that are still obsessed with the fear of a socialist take over of the government. I have to pinch myself to make sure I&rsquo;ve not fallen asleep and somehow been transported back in time to the McCarthy era or the Reagan era of the 1980&rsquo;s, when then president Ronald Reagan sought to destroy the &ldquo;evil empire&rdquo;, referring to the former USSR.</p>
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<p>Words, phrases and sayings all have roots in other languages that have come over into English and on to the (A)Merican language. Many words we use today may have common origins and meanings familiar to us and others may not. For instance I&rsquo;ve noticed how the word Black evolves and bleaches to white in it&rsquo;s origins. Here are some words that we use everyday and may not have thought of their etymological roots or where they come from and how they just may affect our psyche without us ever noticing. I thought about this when I saw the Chris Tucker character in the movie Rush Hour said to his Chinese collegue &ldquo;do you understand the words that are coming our of my mouth?&rdquo; So I ask do you understand the words that are coming out of your mouth?</p>
<p>Wife - Having roots in that of a veiled person, shame or female shame; pudenda &ldquo;one being made to shame.&rdquo; To the Germanic wibam (wombman) or simply woman. Originally having nothing to do with being in a state of marriage.</p>
<p>Witch - Later understood to be a woman having dealings with the devil. From the Germanic female soothsayer, wikken. One skilled with drugs or poisons (pharmacology). From the Gothic weihs meaning sacred. Ultimately a witch is a WISE woman.</p>
<p>Wit - As you can see the root of the word wit-ch. From the Germanic witz; a joke. Wid meaning to see, to see is to know.</p>
<p>Genius - One possessing superior intelligence. A person with distinguished mental prowess or an outstanding creative talent. The Romans believed the genius was the guiding or &ldquo;tutelary&rdquo;(guardian) spirit of a person, an inborn nature. From the Arabic Djinn or Genii, coming into English as &ldquo;genie,&rdquo; from the Kemetan (Egyptian)&nbsp;Guardian Angel.</p>
<p>God/god - Origins of the word are uncertain. Possibly from Proto-Germanic gudan. The immanent spirit in a burial ground. Or the pouring of libations. Also, believed to be from the heathen word for deity. Possibly from the Proto-Indo-European grau meaning &ldquo;to call or invoke&rdquo;(conjure?) Others believe the word God/god derives from the Buddha&rsquo;s patriarchal name Guatama or Gotama, to the Danish Gud, German Gott, to English God. At any rate the word God/god is a relatively new EUROPEAN invention in terms of history.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 110%;"><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WnkGoYF6Ggk&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WnkGoYF6Ggk&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>In this last video I will post, Dr. Pookrum speaks of the profound resistance and lack of care in the health industry she faced. She speaks of advising pregnant women of their options other than taking prenatal vitamins which she found, by reading several studies, have the possibility of causing birth defects and the effects of long term birth control pills usage on women. She expresses her surprise as a young doctor, to learn the older Black people on her staff (nurses and doctors) were not supportive of her decisions and down right hostile against her. The older Black staffers remained in support of a system that was not working, at least for the benefit of the patients. This supposes often that our greatest enemy can be those of our own collective. What guides this mentality? Why do people continue to support a system that is not helpful for the patients? Will the healthcare bill address the mentality of the healthcare worker? Will nurses work less hours? Will new doctors be afforded proper rest during residency? Or will it be the same ole&rsquo; medisin?</span></p>
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<p><img src="http://wwwimage.cbsnews.com/images/2009/09/25/image5339586x.jpg" border="0" alt="" />24 year old <a href="http://www.lasentinel.net/The-Disappearance-of-Mitrice-Richardson.html" target="_blank">Mitrice Richardson</a> is missing. Her face has not been plastered on the national morning news shows like Annie Le was posted everywhere Nor has she been a subject on the evening televised entertainment rags (can you call a television show a rag?), any way you get my drift. We have not even heard her name mentioned on the Warren Ballentine, Bev Johnson, Al Sharpton or Michael Baisden shows, Nope, not a peep. I guess that may be too much to ask. Fortunately, I was gleaning <a href="http://brotherpeacemaker.wordpress.com/2009/09/26/mitrice-richardson-is-just-another-missing-black-woman/" target="_blank">BrotherPeaceMaker</a> when I had the fortune of reading about her.</p>
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<p>As with all missing persons cases, the main question asked is &ldquo;who was the last person to see her?&rdquo; Well, we need to go back into Mitrice&rsquo;s evening on September 17th to answer this one. Ms. Richardson decided to treat herself out to a nice dinner and probably an after dinner cocktail. Per the reports, when the restaurant ran her Visa card it was declined for whatever reason, for the 89 dollar meal and drinks. Her family was called and they offered to pay the bill, but the restaurant manager refused, stating they could not take a payment over the phone. The restaurant manager then called the police since she could not pay her tab and she was supposedly &ldquo;<a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/authorities-to-search-malibu-hills-today-for-missing-24yearold.html#more" target="_blank">acting oddly</a> as if she was under the influence of some substance&rdquo; says Latice Sutton, Mitrice&lsquo;s mother. So, the Los Angeles sheriff&rsquo;s office was called.</p>
<p>Mitrice was accused of not being able to pay her bill. Since a card could be declined for many reasons including an issue with the magnetic strip I will stick with her being accused of not paying. Yet, the deputies show up for non bill payment of dinner and what do they proceed to do? THEY GO OUT AND SEARCH HER CAR!!!! She was not accused of driving away without paying, nor was she stopped for DUI, she was still in the restaurant! She was arrested for less than an ounce of the good good. Marijuana! If you are from California such as myself, or have ever lived there for any length of time, then you know, less than an ounce of marijuana an offense to be served by a citation, not arrest. I suppose Ms. Richardson needed to be put in her place by the LA Sheriff&lsquo;s deputies. She needed to be reprimanded for dining in Malibu and not on Crenshaw. Not to say there&rsquo;s anything wrong with the Crenshaw district, but Black folk in Cali should know their place. Ok, sarcasm is not cute. But, my southern Californians know what I&rsquo;m talking about.</p>
<p>So, to answer the most important question when a person goes missing. Who was the last to see young Ms. Richardson? THE LA SHERIFF&rsquo;S DUPTIES ON DUTY, when they released her into the pitch black night without ID, cell phone, money, purse, or any protection. Yep, the Babylon themselves were the last to see Mitrice Richardson. Into the night she went after being in their custody. I know this begs the question how could officers of the law do such a thing. Did I forget to mention Mitrice is a young Black female? How could they do this?</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s the normal M.O. for officers of the law in southern California. They are very well adept to releasing Crips into the night in Blood neighborhoods or Bloods into the night in Crip neighborhoods. So, when one or the other ends up dead, its all chalked up to gang violence and the hands of the police/sheriff are wiped clean. Maybe they released this young Black woman to walk by herself, thirteen miles back to the restaurant, in a well known skinhead or KKK area? Yes. these white supremacists gangs are deep in Cali.&nbsp; I'm not saying this is the case, but it's not far fetched.</p>
<p>For her family&rsquo;s sake I pray she is alive and well, but her father seems to think she is being held against her will. He may be right. In the end we, the Black blogsphere cannot not wait for Brien Williams or Michael Baisden to talk about Mitrice Richardson. We have the power right here.</p>
</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-5309947.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>Mr. Obama are you practicing Reaganomics?</title><category>Reaganomics</category><category>automakers</category><category>economic recovery</category><category>healthcare</category><category>payroll</category><category>taxes</category><category>trickle down theory</category><dc:creator>[Victor Amenta]</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:53:48 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/2009/9/24/mr-obama-are-you-practicing-reaganomics.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">89242:775759:5290479</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-size: 70%;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5380413253783910610" style="text-align: center; margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 304px; display: block; height: 400px; cursor: pointer;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_of9ue2vob2g/SqsRWQCX-NI/AAAAAAAAKbI/m_SuLPScFKo/s400/obama-the-snake-oil-salesman.png" border="0" alt="" /></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 70%;">We are being sold a bill of goods. What&rsquo;s more wicked is most of us are buying the bill. Like the Chinese, constantly buying IOU&rsquo;s in the name of U.S. Treasury Bonds, the U.S. public constantly buys into hope and no change. President Obama has proved to be exactly what he is, the poster boy for marketing and snake oil sales. When I&rsquo;ve spoken to others of the Black Collective the response has gone from &ldquo;give the man time&rdquo; to &ldquo;he is only the president, it takes congress and the senate to get things done.&rdquo;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 70%;">This president has actually done nothing for the everyday citizen, nor anything different than the previous administrator. He has had the opportunity to repeal the most oppressive parts of the Patriot act and he has not. He has kept many of Dubya&rsquo;s appointees, including Ben &ldquo;Bankster&rdquo; Bernanke who has quietly pumped a trillion dollars (which doesn&rsquo;t include the T.A.R.P. funds into the ever failing banking system.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 70%;">He&rsquo;s kept Robert Gates to prosecute the war in Afghanistan. But, if history proves to be a fortune teller, a war in Afghanistan is a sure loser. Afghanistan has never been subdued. The will of the Afghanistan fighters, the weather and the terrain have proven to bring down giants in the past (just ask Russia) and I don&rsquo;t think the U.S. has the will to defeat them. This is not to say the American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines don&rsquo;t have the skill, but may lack the will and determination to prosecute this war to a successful conclusion.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 70%;">But, more importantly Obama is silently pushing what looks a lot like the Ronald Reagan theory of economics, the trickle down theory. Reaganomics. Remember during the campaign he mentioned that he admired the Reagan presidency. His insistence on pushing funds into the banking system, appear to be a &ldquo;hope&rdquo; that the banks will loosen up credit to other businesses and will trickle down to the everyday consumer. This sure smells like Reaganomics to me. It didn&rsquo;t work for the masses of U.S. population then and certainly is not working now. The banks have not loosened up credit and are continuing to fail.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 70%;">Its obvious there will be fewer jobs. When we look at the auto industry alone we see fewer models being made, which means fewer manufacturing lines, which means less people working directly for the car companies. This in turn means less people working in the smaller companies that manufacture lights, bumpers, seat belts, etcetera. I suppose this would be the reason the president is&nbsp;pushing so hard for some sort of health care reform since he is well aware a recovery will not entail employment (<a href="http://rawdawgb.blogspot.com/2009/09/no-such-thing-as-jobless-recovery.html" target="_blank">Raw dawg</a> Buffalo postulates a recovery is not possible without employment.) This should signal our sensory perception that this man has no intention of putting people back to work. At least not like it was before this recession/depression. All in all there is still money to be made, but now is the time to dig deep within yourself and pull out the business woman or man trying to get out.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 70%;">This healthcare madness really has me thinking deeply about the full effect, and how its going to play a roll in the coming economy and with our personal lives. Health care, the economy and you.</span></p>
</span></span></p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-5290479.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>The politics of healing; Dr. Jewel Pookrum</title><dc:creator>[Victor Amenta]</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 15:49:04 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/2009/9/6/the-politics-of-healing-dr-jewel-pookrum.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">89242:775759:5098860</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>Wellness is our own&nbsp;personal business.&nbsp; The Healthcare bill being pushed by the white house&nbsp;will only be a bandaid on a cancer&nbsp;if we don't take our own health and wellness&nbsp;into our own hands&nbsp; Today, we are constantly bombarded with (mis)information typically presented to us via the television.&nbsp; The Swine flu is the title of latest weapon of fear hoisted upon the people for whatever purposes and as told by the news our only hope is to get the vaccine, which won't be available to the general populace until sometime in October.&nbsp; However, we have other alternatives to this discomfort, one being our own immune system which has the power to overcome the most feared of dis-eases, if we would only take the steps to help our immune systems flourish.</p>
<p>In that vein, I would like to present a&nbsp;couple videos&nbsp;by <a href="http://www.queentswana.org/drjewelpookrum.htm" target="_blank">Dr. Jewel Pookrum</a> over the next week for an alternate view of our health, society&nbsp;and the politics involved with healing.</p>
<div><span style="color: #f3868b; font-size: small;">Born in <span id="lw_1201056649_9" class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: pointer">Detroit</span> in 1948, Dr. Pookrum grew up in <span id="lw_1201056649_10" class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; CURSOR: pointer">Chicago</span> and returned to <span id="lw_1201056649_11" class="yshortcuts" style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #0066cc 1px dashed; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; CURSOR: pointer; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial">Detroit</span> for residency and medical practice. She is the mother of four children and she credits her great grandmother and an aunt with helping her shape a preventative and wholistic career path.</span></div>
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<div><span style="color: #f3868b; font-size: small;">Jewel I. Pookrum, M.D. brings a sense of vitality and boundless energy to her work. She is the Medical Director and founder of Perfect Health Institute of Nutritional Medicine, a health environment where clinical medicine and wholistic practices are combined in a highly individualized approach. Her treatments have helped patients to heal visible signs of cancer erase aging lines and learn to live happy, balanced and pain free lives.</span></div>
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<p>&nbsp;</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-5098860.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>How can insurgents sustain a war against a super power?</title><category>Insurgents</category><category>Iraq</category><category>Taliban</category><category>logistics</category><category>medical</category><category>supplys</category><category>weapons</category><dc:creator>[Victor Amenta]</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 02:50:06 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/2009/8/22/how-can-insurgents-sustain-a-war-against-a-super-power.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">89242:775759:4979745</guid><description><![CDATA[<p>&nbsp;</p>
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<p>In any war, logistics are the back bone of an army or more recently any fighting force, since its difficult to label the people fighting against Britain and her military, the U.S. Army as an army or military. At any rate, weapons break or wear out, have to be replaced. Bullets and all other munitions have to be re-supplied, not to mention medical treatment and medical supply&rsquo;s.</p>
<p>In wars past, armies would focus on and spend great resources to disrupt and destroy supply lines. I have wondered, since the beginning of the ground war in Iraq, who was supplying the insurgents. One soldier I know that fought in Iraq from 2005-2006 said he saw miles of weapons and ammunition that was never confiscated. He said they were told to leave it and move on. Curiously, logistics of the &ldquo;enemy&rdquo; are rarely discussed if ever.</p>
<p>My soldier friend&rsquo;s statement wasn&rsquo;t a plausible explanation as to why the Iraqi insurgents could sustain a war from 2005 continuing on to 2009 and will no doubt last until the mid 2020&rsquo;s. Despite the pledge by (candidate) Obama to draw down forces from Iraq, he is keeping his pledged to intensify the prosecution of the war in Afghanistan. Afghanistan will be his undoing, at least militarily. With that said here is an interesting post I found via my gleaning of <a href="http://muslimbushido.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Muslim Bushido</a>. If you ever wonder as I have, about how the insurgents, but more specifically in this case the Taliban fighters in Afghanistan are surviving logistically <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/global/2009/08/13/who-is-funding-the-afghan-taliban-you-dont-want-to-know/" target="_blank">here</a> will be a place to begin.</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-4979745.xml</wfw:commentRss></item><item><title>The state of the economy and what president obama won't say</title><category>China's bubble</category><category>Ensayn</category><category>Nasdaq</category><category>Obama</category><category>The Dow</category><category>dollar</category><category>economy</category><dc:creator>[Victor Amenta]</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 01:27:15 +0000</pubDate><link>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/2009/8/19/the-state-of-the-economy-and-what-president-obama-wont-say.html</link><guid isPermaLink="false">89242:775759:4946786</guid><description><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://globalresearch.ca/coverStoryPictures/14704.jpg" border="0" alt="" />Amazingly, President Obama tells us the <a href="http://www.enewspf.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=9436:remarks-by-president-obma-on-the-economy-august-7-2009&amp;catid=88888983:latest-national-news&amp;Itemid=88889930" target="_blank">economy</a> is showing signs of recovery because we are losing jobs at half the rate than when he first took office. Somehow this should be interpreted as good news and we should all rejoice as the shepherds did upon receiving the message from the host of angels of the impending birth of the baby Jesus.</p>
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<p>One such indicator pointed out by the president, is the rise of the stock market in recent days. On August 7<sup>th</sup>, <a href="http://www.enewspf.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=9436:remarks-by-president-obma-on-the-economy-august-7-2009&amp;catid=88888983:latest-national-news&amp;Itemid=88889930" target="_blank">CNN</a> reported The Dow gaining 114 points, S&amp;P 500 index rising 13 points and The Nasdaq up 27 points, which is a nine month high. Does this really deserve a fat presidential pat on the back? I think not. Not when we really examine the facts, something the president and his slight of hand stage crew led by Rahm Emanuel are betting most U.S. citizens will not do.</p>
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<p>Since this economic downturn, (a depression to millions of U.S. citizens) companies have been closing doors, furloughing workers, laying off massive amounts of employees, not replacing machines that break down and cutting back in general to save money. The long term effect shows on the books as each company making a profit. Basically, showing a profit from the demise of the workforce. Not really a profit in the traditional sense and raising the stock market numbers. A house built on sand. False hope.</p>
<p>Private business alone has shown that its incapable of truly supporting an economy since the basic premise of corporations today are laid on a foundation of greed, of tapping out as much sap from the population to feed the upper most ten percent. So, here comes the government to the rescue, with a trillion dollars to bail out private business. Our dollars, and yet there is talk on the wire of another rescue/bailout. An economy cannot rise with an out of work population, which is in essence what the president is attempting to convince us he can do.</p>
<p>So, how does this place us within the scale of the global economy? Many in the Russian population feel the U.S. is responsible for their poor economic situation. I&rsquo;m not sure if the Russians bought into the mortgage loan bundles being sold all over the world until the real estate bubble burst here, (<a href="http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/275919" target="_blank">Russian politicians</a> refusing to shake president Obama&rsquo;s hand) which would have been their poor choice of investment. At any rate, with its citizens unemployed there are less U.S. dollars being spent. And spending is the backbone of the U.S. economy. So how can Mr. Obama really bring about a recovery with an unemployed population?</p>
<p>Which brings us to China. The Chinese economy is an export economy, and relies heavily on the buying power of the U.S.(their population cannot afford to buy its products.) Since the U.S. has lost so many jobs (Western Europe and Canada included) it&rsquo;s citizens are not spending and killing the Chinese economy. China&rsquo;s government is injecting massive amounts of cash into its banks and essentially propping up it&rsquo;s economy and the affect is China is sky rocketing at the stock markets. But, can China sustain upward stock market mobility? What happens when their export bubble burst? A tsunami?</p>]]></description><wfw:commentRss>http://ensaynreality.squarespace.com/journal/rss-comments-entry-4946786.xml</wfw:commentRss></item></channel></rss>