is the president still commander in chief?

i'm wondering if the military is still under control of the politicians, or if they've gone rogue and there's a cover up. i got a sense when obama increased troops in afghanistan, that it might not have been a willing act. now that we've pulled out of iraq, except that we haven't - does the source of the double talk originate from politicians who want to be in the war but also want to get re-elected, or is it from the military-industrial complex that wants to placate the public through their controlled talking heads?

reminds me of rome - beware the visigoths!

the oil standard, nuclear energy, and iran

• the us has had a pseudo oil backed currency




• charge whatever you want, but only take dollars




• iran has recently accepted other currencies for its oil


• this is a threat to dollar stability, and may be the last straw before collapse


• nuclear energy is scary because of nuclear bombs, but it's also a way for iran to maintain its independence


• globalists don't like independence

aliens, lots and lots of aliens. and salt

i am a big fan of alternative media. however, it exists, by definition, on the fringe; and then there exist fringe elements beyond that. when individuals start looking beyond mainstream media, they may not be prepared with the filters necessary to deal with the the fringier elements. please, take everything with a grain of salt ... or even two

the liberty movement: measured in degrees

philosophy can be perceived as a condition of absolutes: e.g. you are free or you are not free. however, reality works in the grey - you are somewhat free, but you could me more free. the overwhelming sense i get is that people are not as free as they would like to be, and they're willing to do something about it. so let us use the idea of freedom as the beacon towards which we make progress, knowing that we may not win every battle on the way. remember to enjoy the journey as well as the destination

spare some freedom, mister?

hey, mister ... mister - got any freedom? we ran out. i ... i think we shipped it somewhere. i remember something about the '80's where we were exporting it everywhere, but our supply ran out - got dilluted. I've got lcd's, sports cars, computers, ipods - wanna trade for freedom?

is there some in mexico still? or thailand? i heard they were trying to raise some in iceland. oh, if only i could get to iceland!

they said the terrorists wanted to take it away. and i guess they did

we're starving here! can't i be free for just a night. just in my bed tonight? or in the shower? can i be free in the shower? - or does the man need to keep me safe from terrorists in there, too?

big ole mess of conspiracy

i just can't help myself - this is pure conjecture

so, "we"'ve got all these south american countries mad at "us". one of them had a dispute with britain not long ago about some islands. russia went through the panama canal for the first time in a long time early in the obama administration, no one in the middle east has reason to be happy with us - especially iran who can do something about it (and they're pretty close with russia and china).

i'm just guessing deepwater horizon wasn't an accident. and if it wasn't an accident, what would i do as pres? send some military (coast guard) down there to protect the remaining oil rigs and pay bp for damages so they don't bail - and that sounds like what they've done privately if not publicly. i've heard that the us gov doesn't admit attacks unless it's beyond cover up, so you try to find an internal fall guy to distract the public - and it makes sense - look at what 911 did to the airlines. you think people are more likely to continue working in the gulf if they know chavez has submarines and torpedoes? remember, a s. korea vessel recently got hit by one. and i remember an article about china testing advanced (aka stealth) submarines

Housing Market Manipulation

RUMOR ALERT

I have a source that has reconfirmed that the banks are holding large inventories of houses that they will not release until later this summer. This is despite the tax credits that were designed to prop house prices, and now housing sales have dropped 33%.

The geo-libertarian part of me says we need to raise taxes on idle resources, while the capitalist part of me says the banks can do what they want with their property. Since the banks are using (my/our) tax dollars to remain solvent (theft), I say take back the land. Tit for tat (with forgiveness)