Now that’s an enlightened statement, something like a bell that doesn’t ring! Israel like all other countries has its interests. You might not like their interests, just as you probably don’t like big oil interests or fiat money interests ie privately owned Central Bank/Federal Reserve. Moaning and growning about special interests accomplishes about as much as pissing into the wind.

Zionism’s 15 minutes of fame came when the British government published the Balfour Declaration and the UN voted in ’48 accepting the Jewish right to self determination.

Israel, that little pup, is an ally to the US. The Arab states during the Cold War sided with the USSR. Prior to that the Arabs supported the Axis and the Nazi war agenda concerning the “Jewish Question”. So I really don’t understand this line of church: “Probably the least trustworthy”. Israel bombed the Iraqi power station and America put a Jewish American spy in jail going on 25 years.

Then when has it been any different?

Another co-worker and I were on break later and he mentioned the imminent attack on Iran, and how stupid it was. “Just like Iraq was stupid,” said I. “Well, we should really get out of there,” he said. “We did what we meant to do, we got rid of Saddam. The Iraqis are free now.” I said “so you think it was right to attack Iraq, but wrong to stay so long?” He said yes. I pointed out that attacking a country that has not attacked you is a war crime, in violation of the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions, and the Nuremburg Charter – and thus in violation of the US Constitution, since we are signatories of those treaties. He just shrugged, and said “whatever.”

On my way out to the parking lot, my employee from the earlier conversation got into her Chevy Suburban, which might get 10 miles to the gallon when coasting downhill.

This is just one day, talking to 2 people. There are hundreds more like them in the course of a month with others. In one building. In one little town. I’m sure you all have hundreds of examples yourself. Now multiply it by tens of millions, day in and day out, and you get the picture: too many people – Americans moreso than any other country – are just too damned lazy or can’t be bothered to make the necessary changes to their lifestyles to make a difference, to start to steer the ship away from the iceberg ahead. Or they still drink the kool-aid, or they still buy the government propaganda.

It is hopeless. There are simply too many sheeple in America and the world. It simply cannot happen to them, no matter what they hear and see around them.

I do my part, and I’ll do more. I know there are many more in the world who do, and do far more than I. But the numbers of the compliant and ignorant are just too overwhelming. Billions.

We are on – to quote David from another article – a road to hell. And we are stomping the pedal to the metal all the way.

Cheers.

For some reason many Americans feel that we deserve to consume the lion’s share of the world’s finite resources. This attitude of self importance will gradually turn the rest of the planet against us.

We Americans need to realize that it is much more productive to make friends that to make enemies.

We need a new caliber of leaders who can see the value of international cooperation and diplomacy.

It has been shown throughout history that the masses can be controlled by effective propaganda. The masses take marching orders from their leaders. This is not in itself a bad thing.

Societies are based on a top down structure. Our leaders present us with their goals and ideas and we of the masses proceed to achieve those goals and ideas as best we can.

The problem lies with the goals and ideas provided by our leaders. Most leaders are more interested in personal gain and therefore their goals and ideas are designed to keep them in power more so than to be beneficial to the masses. Mugabe in Zimbabwe is a prime example.

You might suggest that the masses should rise up and throw out such leaders. That is much easier said than done. And even if said upraising is successful all that really happens is, you replace one group of bad leaders with another.

The only way we humans are going to pull back from the brink is for our leaders to realize that good governance would benefit them as a group.

Our leaders must come to the realization that a destroyed planet would be bad for them as well as the masses.

The way to do this is to hammer away at the destructive manner in which our leaders are running the world. We must continuously present evidence and examples of how counterproductive their shellfish policies are.

Once our leaders realize they are digging not only the graves of the masses but their own graves as well then and only then will we see a change in how our leaders manage planet earth.

But then, maybe not……

Anti-neocon, it gives me no pleasure to highlight the gross failings of America and Israel. With global warming heading our way we have enough problems on our plate without two imperial nations threatening to use nukes on a nation that has none!

Cheers.