Demonization/Demoralization of Value

The billionaire Osama bin Laden has gone to sea to be with his fellow sharks. He tried to destroy America's economy - but did not succeed - we were able to foul up the economy all by ourselves or, at least by those without need.

Now, we will have to look to reconstruct the fragility of our involvement in the Middle East with the end of Osama bin Laden, al Qaeda, and terrorism - all being our primary rationale for America's security. Our military adventurism in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Pakistan must be reevaluated with US troops withdrawn and eliminating having to spend billions of dollars weekly.

The Iraqis and Afghans have constantly and publicly demanded US withdrawal from their countries by year end 2011, but now they seem to be reconsidering - actually they prefer to see dead Americans rather than their own dead people.

If we are suckered by their entreaty - which they define as "Humanitarian" - you have to remember that the Libyans and Syrians are intentionally murdering their own people - one with oil requiring a fly-over and the other rejecting outside involvement, which is somehow acceptable to the world's protectors.

In my last column, I wrote about a line of attack called a "Global Marshall Plan" seeking a world rebuilding rather than one of a world military devastation. Some of your thought that it was a variety of Alice in Wonderland or Utopia. Based on how you look at things, it can be all things and yet it can be nothing. We already have an insecure world in place where it is always available to play geopolitics with the "Unimportant:" and to avoid rebuilding in favor of financial shenanigans, thus making a viable economic world beyond consideration.

Now if you really want to analyze it - the saving of the financial segment of society has been the worldwide key to the preservation of capital for those who had it. Money is the driving force of technology, industry, agriculture, etc. - not money to save and build industry and growth; but solely for investment and making profits - screw the infrastructure and any global renewal.

The bail-outs saved the financial communities of banks, brokerage firms, insurance corporations and any other groups which know how to make election contributions.

When word came out for a bail-out of the automotive industry, all sorts of hell came from the acknowledged financial wizards who said that we were destroying the economy. Lo and behold, with the infusion of bail-out monies, the industry became vibrant and showed a profit. Rather than merely creating bonuses, the automotive bail-out created jobs, created growth, and created a feeling of revitalization of a way of life.

Our Nation is "too big to fail" - that coined phrase which seems to only apply to financial institutions. The fault continues to be ours, especially when we erase our own assets in favor of nation building and nation ruin elsewhere. It's what happens when we allow the world to consider the United States as the world's Piggy Bank.

Matter of fact, our Piggy Bank has made corrupt foreign officials able to feather their own bank accounts and grow with our money while their citizens are wanting. Sometimes I feel that we could get better control over the corrupt officials if we allowed for our direct deposit or debit cards so that we would be able to directly discuss policy and implementation with them, which might result in trickle up or down or wherever.

The financial geniuses say that the US should very carefully examine our budget and cut our useless spending so that there can be available funds to fly over Libya or whatever theatre someone thinks we should be at. No use forcing the rebels to fight since they are too busy putting their democracy in place and throwing out the big bad leader with our US blood and our funds - it's humanitarianism - it's the right thing to do. So being the good guys, we expend our selves to resolve the problems instead of wasting our "humanitarian" monies on Alabama's tornadoes or Katrina or the cresting of the Mississippi River or decreasing our own non-funded debt.

Seems as though we may default in interest payments if Congress doesn't raise the debt limit. Just think of it - if our Budget Cutters refuse the increase, we may not have money to lay out, then our allies might have to lay out their own money or withdraw their troops and support - so, if China, Saudi Arabia, and other creditor nations who have been enjoying a free ride do not come forward - will the world come a-tumbling down?

Or are you ready for another fantasy? If you or I have more debts than assets, we look to negotiate a settlement or trot our little backsides down to Bankruptcy court. So, how about the US sitting down and offering a settlement of say 80% of the $14 trillion on a pay out schedule [we have already spent between $3 and $4 trillion in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan]. If that doesn't work, we can do what General Motors did and file a prepackaged bankruptcy plan without stock and without an open wallet approach to world affairs. Wouldn't that burn their backsides?

Well, there you have it. Based on all the facts, you can be assured that nothing positive is going to happen for you but rather happen to you. Just listen to the Budget Cutters who would eliminate your health, your education, your veteran entitlements, your development and all in favor of their greed and egos.

Ben Franklin said our concern was "death and taxes" - the Budget Cutters' only concern is no taxes - welcome to the real world.