Y'all,
I hate NAFTA!
China is a cesspool. Mexico is dirty and corrupt. The Gaza Strip is a
retch-ed, little football tossed back and forth between all the Arab
States around it, just like The West Bank. These states use these
problems to keep the hate going and to batter Israel. This country is
far too entrenched in the "Me me me" generation to worry about
national debts, national quagmires like Iraq, and the torture of
Christians around the world. This country isn't going to the dogs,
it's going to hell!! What we need in this country is a return to
traditional values. Abortion must be illegal in all circumstances!!
What is happening to my homeland makes me want to freakin' puke!
Mari, with her faithful scribe, Reeva Parry.
On Friday 6/29/2007 10:36 AM, Brad D said:
>My great grandmother came to this country from Germany back in 1917,
>worked as a maid cleaning houses, and vowed that if she lived in
>this country she would respect and live by the standards of this
>country. She taught herself English as she went along knowing it was
>only right to do such. When she was living day to day, she did not
>expect others to learn German for her to communicate, she would only
>talk in German to her relatives within their own homes. I agree the
>mentality of those days are, for the most part, becoming rare. It
>would help however, that the USA actually have a national language.
>Did you even know that we do not have a national language? You'd
>assume it is English, but we do not have one. You can't enforce what
>you don't have. I often say "freedom is valued to the degree
>morality, or the value system which holds it up", or some such
>similar saying. The point being we can only enjoy freedoms if we
>have a value system that upholds it, and of course wisdom as well.
>However, this is not a situation in and of itself alone. There is a
>bigger picture that comes into play, especially regarding the US
>which plays such a role in the world, self-imposed or invited, for
>this consideration it really doesn't matter. The point being that
>for whatever reason we are a major player in the global workings, we
>are, and that makes us a target economically as well as spiritually.
>I like to refer to the global economics as this. First of all we
>know without a doubt, that we are moving towards a one world
>government. That is as obvious as the nose on our face, not to
>mention biblical references, when you look at how countries have
>expanded the trade borders over the years. Technology has really
>went a long way to help that in a short time, which also must be
>noted as we get on in years of the last days, the seals released as
>shown in revelation can happen even in a shorter time than we might
>expect, we are told to be as watchman and it will come like a thief
>in the night. . But anyway, imagine each geopolitical entity on the
>globe as a glass tower or giant test tube. Each one tall, clear and
>empty. Now, each tube is filled with water to the level of their
>economic strength of its citizens, such as wages, debt to income
>ratio and etc. I'm sure you would have no trouble envisioning the
>USA being quite full of water up nearer the top than many countries,
>than say Mexico, some African states and even countries such as
>Australia where their dollar is worth only maybe 85 cents of ours.
>So each one of the geo-political entities filled to their
>respective water level representing the economics. The USA pretty
>full, Mexico maybe a quarter full, Australia maybe three quarters
>full, UK as well pretty full, Central American countries pretty
>low too. Now, as we create trade agreements with each of the varying
>political entities it is very much likened to connecting a hose to
>the bottom of each tube and opening up the valves. What happens? The
>law of physics applies. The trade, or hose, allows a common water
>level to be established to each tube, equalizing or making even the
>level of all who are connected. We, the US with wages of $25 an hour
>in manufacturing are now connected to similar manufacturing of that
>of $5 per hour and because we can no longer be competitive in the
>international economics at that wage, our wages, or water
>level, must go down to the level of those lesser to keep people
>buying. Perhaps the level of the other countries will rise slightly,
>but that is dependent upon the volume of lower paying jobs against
>those of higher paying jobs. If you have 10 jobs at $10 per hour and
>two jobs at $20 per hour, the average when balanced out isn't going
>to be $15 per hour, it will be much less maybe $11 or $12 per
>hour. We get companies that realize this, and either move
>operations overseas, or sell out to new owners, and the guy who was
>making $25 per hour can keep his job under the new owners for $10
>per hour, of course he refuses and looks for work elsewhere in
>hopes to maintain his or her lifestyle. It is inevitable that if we
>are establishing trade with other countries of lower wages, we in
>this country will be lowered in wages. The American worker does not
>want low wages, therefore does not apply to those jobs, and
>therefore we have immigrant labor which the current administration,
>well let's face it, our president is pushing for. He blatantly said
>that the jobs the American workers do into want will be filled by
>immigrant workers. And of course they can easily control the
>attractiveness of the jobs to the American worker and thus control
>the amount of immigrant workers, and ultimately the economics of
>this country, making us more like other countries as Russia where
>there is upper class and lower class and no middle class. The
>American worker can not be paid what he or she wants or maybe even
>needs right now and so there is a scurry of employment options.
>Statistics will tell you that X amount of jobs were created this
>month or last month, but do they tell you how many were lost? Or,
>how many folks had jobs of $25 per hour but lost them then got a new
>job at $10 because that is all he can find. Or, such as is the case
>here in the Twin Cities area, the commute back and forth from
>outlining areas is no longer worth the gasoline cost and rising
>taxes, that they will either move closer to the job, or in many
>cases especially now with housing markets fallen, quit the job, do
>not move but keep the home they have due to unlikelihood of selling
>at a decent price, and take a lesser paid job, but have less
>traffic time in their life. So in essence we still have a lesser
>paid job for that person. So there is a much larger picture of our
>economics than just within our borders, it is a world wide
>situation. But, you say, "the trade agreements are called Fair Trade
>Agreements". The trades yes were meant to be evened off, made fair
>but we sit with millions and millions of trade deficit with China
>and growing everyday which congress is scratching their head how to
>fix. And as of last year already, China owns 45% of our debt. Does
>that give you any clue as to where we are headed? Last year we had a
>national debt of just shy of 9 trillion dollars, when I was just out
>of high school, which I'm sure yawl would agree it really wasn't all
>that long ago right? :) Well. OK. It was 26 years ago, but the
>national debt was 3 trillion dollars. I remember that because it was
>also the value of revenue, properties and etc. of the Disney Company
>and I remembered thinking if we took that money and did without
>Disney, we'd have no national debt wow!! Anyway, six trillion
>dollars later we are past any point of digging out especially
>with the war costing what it does. Last year I calculated it out
>according to our own governments figures and it boiled down to like
>$1100 per every second we are occupied there, unfathomable figures.
>When I was in Texas, probably six years ago now, I got a specific
>word from God saying to get out of debt. Anyone holding credit card
>debt will be in trouble soon, and to get debt free. I am not yet, I
>don't have any real credit card debt or unsecured miscellaneous to
>speak of, probably did one major purchase of a car that countered
>that but I'm a whole ton better towards that end than I was and I
>now am reviewing our finances to push for that goal, I haven't
>forgotten God, I haven't forgotten. However, the economics are only
>a part of what is happening. The spiritual end globally is also
>active. I was listening to a radio station in Israel the other day
>through freedom Box, and they had a gentleman on there explaining
>that if America and Europe media would let the citizens actually
>know what is going on over there, they would be shocked. Not just
>Christians but of course Jewish folks in the Gaza Strip are being
>tortured.. An M16 round, one round of it will make a couple three
>inch hole in you and Islamic fundamentalists are blasting 40 rounds
>into their victims, hand cuffing arms behind people and pushing
>them off buildings, tragic things happening. Gaza just announced
>that the Christian population there will, without exception , follow
>the cultural rules such as women with uncovered heads, no
>evangelizing and etc. or they will be killed. Any woman, American or
>not, if head is uncovered will be killed. However, in this country,
>when three or four suspicious Islamic men were understood by another
>passenger strictly by happenstance of her understanding Fata
>language, gets very nervous of what they are talking about, writes a
>note to the captain, has it sent discretely to the cabin, and the
>men are removed for questioning, the men become appalled at the
>mistreatment because of their praying in public and want recompense.
>What is wrong with that picture? It is clearly one sided
>economically and spiritually. This is really only a mild waft of
>what will come in the latter days. The bible says folks will wish
>they could commit suicide but won't and there will be martyr
>believers, well we have that happening in other countries but it
>seems so far away as we look on life here in our country. It is
>times as we are in and will go through in the future that it is a
>thankful thing to have the strength and guidance of God to give us
>insight and peace and not be fearful.
>
>Nonetheless because of the encroachment and preparation of a world
>government, we will most certainly be more affected in this country.
>Those with the most, have the most to lose. Also keep in mind we
>are yet the teenager in the world compared to century upon century
>old countries. The descendants of Jacob and Ishmil were poised
>against each other long ago, have been fighting since, and I frankly
>do not understand how we, a bit of an arrogant teenager, can feel we
>can jump in the middle of what God spoke, put our hand up to both
>sides and say stop, without expecting to get by unscathed. Perhaps
>some of you more biblical scholars have a different perspective on
>it and I am wrong on the last part? But that is how I see it at this point.
>
>Brad
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