Requiem for 2011, welcome 2012

As 2011 winds down and slithers I into the dark and dismal past…I am realizing that many that I have lost touch with for whatever reason, have sent me holiday greetings, which are greatly valued and much cherished.  The list is long, and due to the difficulty I have in manipulating my fingers to type appropriately, I determined to just send a notice of my blog-post and trust that you can learn what you wish to from the posts I have been making for the past several months.

The challenges of 2011 for me have been emotionally intense, both fiscally and physically. To rationalize them as a balancing of the learning of life lessons triggered by mistakes of my past ignorance is little comfort, however learning to separate balanced vs. unbalanced behaviors or responses to inappropriate choices (now or in the past) is a way to develop integrity and responsibility, which are delicately intertwined..

In order to become impeccable in integrity, requires being responsible to the inner voice that guides your choices toward balanced or unbalanced thoughts, words, deeds, asking for guidance in recognizing your errors instantly.  When an error in judgment of what is right or wrong is made, it is not comfortable to the ego to become instantly accountable for a misdeed, but by paying careful attention  you may find that you will seldom if ever have to repeat that error.  The corollary is that by not paying attention, you will be presented with the lesson again and again, until you do get the message!!!

As 2011 finished its final days, for millions of American families, there was no Christmas this year. The sad truth is that an increasing number of families simply do not have money for Christmas presents or any other luxuries right now. The number of Americans that fell into poverty set a new all-time record last year and extreme poverty is at the highest level ever measured in the United States. This Christmas, a lot of American families had to decide whether to spend the little money that they do have on food, heat or medicine. All over America, the poor are getting poorer and each year the economic pain seems to get even worse, making Americans aware of a sinister, usurious process by which wealth has systematically been funneled into fewer and fewer hands.

Some predictions of the end-times include warnings of famine, pestilence and plagues, dramatic weather and earth changes of a disastrous nature, etc. and this past year has had more than its share, even in my little corner of the world… from snow changing to spring-like days back to snow again and again, from January through April, killing nearly all of the blossoms on the fruit trees along with excessive rain from January through May that apparently leached out all of the nutrients in the garden soil, an infestation of pests (fleas, spiders, mites, mice – the three cats now seem to have them under control!)  an unproductive growing year in the garden and orchard – due to leached out soil nutrients from the excessive rain and encroachment of roots into the garden beds by nearby douglas fir trees, one of my kitties dying of old age, my sister having brain surgery for an aneurism, mother giving up her house and moving into assisted care, breaking of two teeth by once biting into a rice cake and a week later a cracker, probably my worst nightmare is dental work both because of the pain and because I loathe having to pay for someone to cause me that kind of pain…  to finally being threatened with no internet access by my ISP because of sending out too many emails that were “unsolicited”…. Most of the emails I get are unsolicited also, but apparently communicating with my contacts approximately once a month with a signature line that had a website link was a red flag to someone, so I stopped sending out any emails and have refocused on doing my blog…that way, if anyone wants to knowing what is going on, they will have to go there to find out…our internet freedoms are being threatened, and we really do need to keep this channel open for free access to the real truth, since the controlled media certainly only gives us the “officially sanctioned version”…when I opened my Firefox browser today, the following message was front and center, “Congress is trying to censor the internet. Help Mozilla fight for a free and open web: Get involved today.”

My post of December 22^nd goes into great detail about what is being done to curtail our freedoms, so I won’t reiterate any of that here, you can read it yourself if you choose.  Just a few days ago, I finished reading a book by Susan Lindauer, “Extreme Prejudice”.... fascinating, chilling and riveting... took me 4 nights til past  midnight to get thru the 500 or so pages, but hard to put it down.. a good education into the mindset that created the Patriot Act, 9/11 and the Iraq war...highly recommend.  There are some times when she gets repetitive, but it may be for emphasis on points that are critical. This woman's story is a genuine wake up call for America...reminds me of the attempts to silence any type of dissent or criticism of the functioning of government by anyone who is being heard, I am specifically thinking of Sherry Peal Jackson, Aaron Russo, the people from PQI who were raided by alphabet agencies, etc.   we are all considered to be “enemy combatants” and to be silenced or irradicated as quickly and effectively as possible.

Not to leave you with all of the tales of gloom and doom, there were many good things that happened in 2011 as well.  A beautiful silky furred Russian blue kitty came to partake of the “sanctuary table” wherein I just can not turn any hungry animal away, and she blessed the household with four beautiful kittens 10 months ago, three of which found good families to provide them permanent homes the fourth has stayed on (yes they are both now “fixed” so there will be no more unexpected kittens…) and these two are now a part of the menagerie of “10 pair of hungry little eyes” that the sanctuary provides daily sustenance for.  The two large parrots, a blue & gold macaw and a scarlet macaw (now going through her “terrible twos”) have provided hours of entertaining antics and conversation. After months of special diets and varied approaches that are finally netting positive results, the big white Samoyed dog, Mikasa is finally improving and sleeps through the night without being in distress (thankfully, now I can sleep too!). The black kitty, Ebony is still a bit bent out of shape for being invaded by the two other kitties, but she will just have to make the best of it… and the chickens are happily producing eggs regularly… more than I can eat actually, and they do help keep the bugs at bay, at least outside.. 

The good family news:   my sister, even though she had extensive brain surgery, with an incision going from one ear to the other  - her scar is hidden in her hairline, is now doing very well with only one small residual issue, that she has lost her sense of smell… of all that could have been lost, I suspect this is probably one of the best one could hope for.  My mother seems to be happy in her new environment and there is less concern that she could fall and be injured without anyone knowing.  My grand-daughter graduated from college this summer and is now working as an administrative assistant in the department of Agriculture in Washington, DC.(knowing my views, it’s a bit unnerving, but so many new graduates are unable to find work now-a-days), my grandson just turned sixteen and is doing well in both school and sports, and both of my children are doing well in their careers and have been a great help to me during these lean times, in that I know I will always have a roof over my head, warmth, food and have a place to sleep, so I know that even though times seem difficult – I am aware of the many blessings that are bestowed on me…especially as I reflect on those who have lost their homes, due to the egregious actions of the few that have made them into collateral damage in their quest for wealth and power.

All of that said, with the coming of this long awaited year, 2012, we will now see what it brings.  My belief is that, if enough of us focus our thoughts and energies on bringing forth a world with clean air, clean water, clean food and peace, we can make it happen, and this is the time to bring it forth.

I will leave you with these thoughts from Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn, who comes as a Teacher, Friend, and as a member of the Host of Creator God, so that those of you who wish for understanding may find it.

Never underestimate the power of the Human Spirit to survive and create wonderful things—even if they come from the rubble and ruins of a once great civilization. More often than not, the ones on your world don’t appreciate what they have until it is stripped from them in a cold and heartless manner. However, the value of the lessons learned from such experiences is quite priceless in terms of REAL (soul) growth.

Please remember: the REAL treasures are what you take with you when you leave the physical. May your “coffers” be full of all the Joys that come from expanding the awareness of self and helping others to do likewise.

http://www.wisdomoftherays.com/02-6-6.html

May we all be blessed with a glorious bountifully prosperous and peaceful New Year!

Til next time and next year,

Merlyn

Will we thrive or merely struggle to survive in 2012?

2012 the shift to a new paradigm.  Will we thrive or merely struggle to survive?

Now that the US congress has passed the egregious National Defense Authorization Act all of us are subject to detainment at the whim of some bureaucratic enforcer... it is time for us to JUST SAY NO and realize that our Constitution and Bill of Rights are not going to protect us from these insane power mad politicians...

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.

When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.

When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.

When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.

-Martin Niemoeller

Perhaps when more people realize that when the National Emergency Act was passed in 1933 WE THE PEOPLE became "enemies of the state", we the People will begin to awaken and take back what is ours, the God given inalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. 

In 1973, it is said that Henry Kissinger (a key player of the global elite) stated the following:

Who controls the food supply controls the people.

Who controls the energy can control whole continents.

Who controls the money can control the world.

Unless the American people wake up and resist the global elite power brokers, (GEPB) – [defined as: the powers-that-be, The Committee of 300, Club of Rome, Bilderberg Group, Trilateral Commission, Council on Foreign Relations, proponents of the New World Order – NWO, International Bankers, Zionists/ Illuminati/ Freemasons/ the Matrix, etc. ] control over our lives and their goal of World Domination, it may soon be too late to reverse the course of events.   As more and more people are becoming aware of this agenda, the controllers are becoming ever more insistent upon maintaining their position and more aggressive in their agenda, which is to consolidate, commercialize, classify, claim and control EVERYTHING! 

The “reality” of our earthly experience is based on a plan that was not conceived on a moment’s notice but has been put together over eons of time.  The intent of darker/heavier energies who have engineered the experience of this 3rd dimensional existence into a pattern that puts us at the lower end of the scale in which the human body can exist, making it difficult for the body’s spirit to connect and communicate with its Soul, allowing the separation of these two energies. .

Those darker energies, the controllers that have designed the disconnect have the perception that by disrupting this flow of energy’s return back to its source, will cause a chain reaction which will allow for chaos to such a degree that they will be able to reorganize the chaos into their own matrix, thereby capturing that energy for their own ends, a very ambitious and arrogant undertaking. This need for control at all costs is a clue that their abilities and control are fragile and that their fear is even greater than our own.

The Elite controllers (GEPB) are few, we are many.  They are sucking our vital energy dry and using it to further their purpose of world domination, population control, the control of food supplies through genetically modified seeds, control of energy sources, creating war to keep us fighting with each other rather than uniting against them (divide and conquer) generating fear to feed off of the negative energy it provides and to convince us to give up our freedom in exchange for security, make us dependent on their “benevolence” so that we will beg for the sustenance we require, enslaving the masses for their benefit (problem, reaction, solution).

Along these lines, the use of the internet is now being threatened, as this is one of the few remaining sources of freely flowing information. 

So how do we opt out? Start by taking back control of whatever we are able to… As long as we are dependent upon “them” they have us on a leash. Dissenters are kept in survival mode by withholding of necessities via scarcity. Keep us in fear, broke and without the means to resist… as was stated as an axiom in George Orwell’s 1984…. “Resistance is futile”.  However, those who obediently comply with the agenda are rewarded with success and prosperity.. …

The elite cabal exerts control by using GMO foods, fluoride/aspartame/splenda and other toxic chemicals in our toothpaste/food/water putting toxins into our bodies; electromagnetic fields (EMF) bouncing off the ionosphere and using our electronic devices (cell phones, GPS, smart phones, etc.) to send frequencies that interfere with the normal electrical patterns of our brains, using HAARP, Chemtrails, and vaccines thus debilitating our physical regeneration ability. The constant barrage of fear inducing stimuli in the news and media helps them to control our thoughts, thus they they maintain control of our actions.  They have the problem, reaction, solution formula, the divide and conquer formula and the generation of fear formula (via terrorist false flag scenarios, control of media and education, etc.) down cold. 

The classic treatise of Sun Tzu, “The Art of War” has for more than 25 centuries allowed generals and commanders to prevail against overwhelming odds to win tremendous battles using these strategies.  In it Sun Tzu advises, that we must “force the enemy to reveal themselves that we may know where they are abundant and where they are lacking” and that we “position ourselves in high places so that we may observe the enemy”.  We must know our enemy, how they think, what they plan, how they accomplish their objectives in order to win this war for our very right to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” vs. the enslavement that is planned for us

The methods they have chosen to use for this control system which have been developed over millennia are the following:

·         Money – the medium that is required in order to exchange goods, services, necessities.

·         Energy – fuel for heat, transportation, electricity, agriculture, etc.

·         Law – the Uniform Commercial Code which regulates all commerce, and since most judges and elected officials are attorneys, the court system and government as well.

·         Information – by controlling what people are allowed to know, they can control what they think and how they behave.

·         Health – the medical/pharmaceutical cartel which controls access to health, enforces vaccination, and has developed a plan to enforce CODEX alimentarius which will make it impossible to obtain supplements in effective doses with out prescription and remove access to any alternative form of healing modality that is not recognized by the medical establishment.  By so doing they control access to health. 

·         Sustenance (by controlling all food, water, and even the quality of the air we breathe)

We must take back control of our body temple, and it all starts in our mind and heart…

Rescue without our participation is not an available option. Purposeful focused intention is an all-powerful tool. Commitment to a goal will attract the assistance required to allow its completion

We have to be able to see through their game, and stand back not allowing it to have an effect, on us.  There are rewards to be certain, although, this is much easier said than done, at least in my own experience.  The process of growing my own food, raising chickens for eggs, using wood for heat and generally staying as far away from the mainstream as much as possible is both labor intensive and daunting, creating an abundance to sustain my needs, while living in a state that can quite often be described as one of poverty  - which makes the downside one of being in a constant state of survival mode and isolation, just from the lack of participation in what many people consider normalcy.   .

Our system of “education” has served to dumb us down and train us to be compliant, not rock the boat or make waves, to be “politically correct” (the term came from the Russian period of being brought under communism, then from the Nazi regime long before it was ever heard here in our country).  There is an important distinction between allowance and indifference.  The only way they can maintain their position of power is to keep us dumbed down.  Our current public education system is designed to generate workers for corporations, wherein the students are trained to be on time, do what you are told to our specifications and don’t ask questions. An educated, informed populace is difficult to control.

For most of us here, this begins very early in life. Show up – be on time – do as you are told – DON’T ask questions! This begins our training to think only the programmed thoughts designed to lead us away from understanding the personal quest for remembering and reconnecting to our Source. We are taught to acquire things, escape from self directed thinking and to follow the opinions of authority figures, through entertainment, sports, pursuit of sexual experiences movies and TV.  There are many layers of false information that are designed to produce intimidation and fear, making us focus on survival and self preservation. 

Humanity does have a choice about its future experience; our power and permission are either retained or are given away as our choice, and as we begin to learn and understand more our desire to experience real freedom grows. There is no freedom without responsibility, these terms are interchangeable. As responsibility is relinquished, freedom dissolves into slavery, no matter how clever the excuse used for irresponsible behavior is encouraged.  Obedience and service are the watchwords of “goodness” which is the “ideal of life”, yet commitment to obedience and service allow for cruel and inhumane treatment of fellow humans at the discretion of religion and government.

The great teachers spoke to us of taking personal responsibility and creating our future reality through changing our thoughts, and in this way only will we be able to move through this period of chaos, which is a necessary step in the process of change.  Considering the loss of personal freedoms happening in quick succession as evidenced by what is presented to us through the written and spoken information that manages to present us with some truth, we may find that these sources may be silenced as we are placed under ever more strict surveillance and our only real communication can occur by word of mouth.  The controllers have studied human psychology to such an extent that they know all of the possibilities of our ability to resist, and those that are allowed to exist are because they serve a purpose for their plan, and these can then be used as graphic examples for others of what they will not allow.

The above is a compilation of research based on information from several sources, including notes from the Handbook for a new Paradigm, The Great Deception, and information presented in the recently released documentary, Thrive.-

THRIVE is an unconventional documentary that lifts the veil on what's REALLY going on in our world by following the money upstream -- uncovering the global consolidation of power in nearly every aspect of our lives. Weaving together breakthroughs in science, consciousness and activism, THRIVE offers real solutions, empowering us with unprecedented and bold strategies for reclaiming our lives and our future. The trailer for the video can be found at this link: http://www.thrivemovement.com/the_movie

IT IS TIME TO HOLD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS ACCOUNTABLE AND RESPONSIBLE FOR EVERY ACTION THEY TAKE!

"Nothing in politics ever happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way." Franklin D. Roosevelt

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution" .-Abraham Lincoln

Trusting that all of us will experience a  very Blessed Holiday Season and an extremely prosperous and abundant 2012, 'til next time...

Merlyn 

A lesson in economics

This came to my email box today.  I actually had received it at an earlier time as well, but this time I felt that it has enough merit to post itt....
Whether or not you agree, there are some rather astute observations included, so take it or leave it, from my point of view, it is worth sharing

A lesson in economics

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama's socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.

The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama's plan". All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A... (substituting grades for dollars - something closer to home and more readily understood by all).

After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.

The second test average was a D! No one was happy.

When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.

As the tests proceeded, the scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.

To their great surprise, ALL FAILED and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great, but when government takes all the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.

It could not be any simpler than that.

Remember, there IS a test coming up. The 2012 elections.

These are possibly the 5 best sentences you'll ever read and all applicable to this experiment:

1. You cannot legislate the poor into prosperity by legislating the wealthy out of prosperity.

2. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.

3. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else.

4. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it!

5. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that is the beginning of the end of any nation.

Can you think of a reason for not sharing this? Neither could I.

 

The point that I found most compelling was the concept of # 5, when people realize that there is no benefit to work, because somebody else is going to get what they work for...it removes all incentive for those who are productive to produce just so it can be taken away from them. It is one thing to give from your heart to those in need and a desire to be of help and service to others, this is noble.  To  have your efforts stolen from you and given to others who are unwilling to put forth any effort of their own, results in a loss of motivation to continue to produce.  Ponder that for a while.

Until next time,

Merlyn

CAFR Government's Best Kept SECRET!!!

Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports Government's Best Kept Financial Secret

The first portion of this post is based on information compiled by:
Walter Burien - CAFR1.com
P. O. Box 2112
Saint Johns, AZ 85936
Tel. (928) 458-5854
       

The Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) is a very little known, yet detailed presentation of a US governmental entity's financial condition. The CAFR is also one of government's best kept financial secrets, as these reports show that almost all governments have far more money than people would ever suspect. Literally hundreds of billions of dollars are available to governments in investment accounts that are never mentioned to the public, as verified in these publicly available government reports.

What CAFRs reveal is a devious policy whereby taxpayers collectively surrender enormous assets to the government, which then invests the trillions that swell in these accounts. As this money is secreted away, taxpayers are warned of debilitating budget deficits to either squeeze more taxes from them and/or cut public services. To add insult to injury, the state commits a gross lie of omission by never informing citizens of their withheld trillions as they eliminate jobs, reduce education, and attack the quality of our lives.

The American Constitution is a contract of limited government whereby the public informs and is informed by our representatives. CAFRs are damning public documents that expose political leadership from both left and right as a thoroughly corrupt and self-serving oligarchy.

Below is a link to a 10min video on why the government is NOT really broke!  Further on is the full length first edition of the video.

Walter Burien - CAFR1 Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uy8tnC4xLX8

The way our government can "and" should be.

This first cut is a video that is essential for viewing by every responsible American (1hr 12min). The "Final Cut" should be finished in 2012. (1hr 30) and will be released on DVD.

Link - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn3hUcmNDdA

Why have political leadership and corporate media not informed American taxpayers of this intriguing option? And why isn't this data publicly submitted for professional and independent economist cost-benefit analysis to consider other options which benefit both government and the people? As we all know, money talks and power corrupts.

According to Mr. Burien, "Any local government can be restructured to meet their annual budget needs "Without" taxes. TRF (Tax Retirement Funds) paying for every City, County, State’s annual budgetary needs!"  Probably this is also true even for the federal government, as seen in the video.

Check out this recent 60 minutes discussion of congressional "insider trading" which because of the laws that congress has passed in their favor they have made perfectly "legal".  In my estimate, these activities by the "representatives of the people" are highly immoral.  See whether or not you agree.

60 Minutes' Blows The Lid Off Congressional Insider Trading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x95uC_wzUX4

The deceipt about the economic conditions is designed to keep us enslaved, and when financial reality is all but impossible to ignore, we are bombarded with bread and circuses, which invite the masses to lust after the latest electronic gagets, distract them with televised entertainment (think the gladiator sport of football, or dancing with the stars, even the "greatest looser" showing off how our overly obese society has to resort to contests with each other for prizes in order to remove their excess pounds).  Truth be told, however, that like Greece and Italy and a good portion of Europe, the U.S. (corporate) government is headed down the slippery slope to insolvency.

Meanwhile, YOU are taxed when you earn (payroll taxes, paid by your employer), taxed when you save (capital gains taxes) and taxed when you spend (sales taxes). You're even taxed when you just sit on a pile of money and do nothing (monetary devaluation / price inflation). And remarkably, some of the more ignorant members of society have been out protesting, calling for more taxes on the People as a "solution" to all this!

The purpose of the federal tax code is to keep us down, heads buried in the sand so that we can never see the light, rise up and get ahead.  Taxation is a financial shakedown, used by governments to remind us commoners that we are slaves to the state.  In this way, federal taxes are very effecitve, all the while the IRS reminds everyone to "be afraid" and to comply in paying a tax that is technically  "voluntary". 

The bankster bailout monies went to their Insider pals, while the debt burden was heaped upon the working poor, and their children, grandchildren and future generations... the problems in America are not caused by capitalism, but rather corruption and criminality!  

The greater truth of money is that it is created through the energy and creativity of the people.  When a society begins to falter, the gaining of money is not by  consent of those trading their energy for reward, but by compulsion, and when you find that in order for you to produce any goods or services you need to obtain permission from those who produce nothing, you will realize that when men become richer by graft and by influence than by work, when you see that corruption is being rewarded and honesty is becoming a sacrifice of self, you will know that your society is doomed.

"Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start by destroying money, for money is men's protection and the base of a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold and leave to its owners a counterfeit pile of paper.This kills all objective standards and delivers men into the arbitrary power of an arbitrary setter of values.  Gold was an objective value, an equivalent of wealth produced.  Paper is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by a gun aimed at those who are expected to produce it.  Paper is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account which is not theirs: upon the virtue of the  victims..... Do not expect them to produce, when production is punished and looting rewarded."

The above is Francisco d'Anconia's reply to the claim that "money is the root of all evil." from Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, "THE MEANING OF MONEY".

Money in itself is not the evil, it is the corruption that accompanies the acquisition of it by dishonest means.  Ultimately, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely!.

Till next time,

Merlyn

CPI changes benefit government income and hide inflation

Inflation, COLA declines and tax increases

Another change to the CPI is being proposed by the congressional "supercommittee" just as the elderly recipients of Social Security are anticipating their first COLA (cost of living adjustment) in 3 years. It is expected to reduce future COLA increases and increase taxes for most families with the largest pain being felt by the populace with the lowest incomes.

Congressional "supercommittee" proposes new CPI calculations that show a lower level of inflation than currently is in use that would hurt low income earners and elders because it would let policy makers cut benefits and increase taxes in a way that might not be aparent to Americans. Changes would at first be small. Max Richtman, president and CEO of the National Committee to preserve Social Security and Medicare stated "I think the thought process behind this is slip this in, people won't understand it." His message to Congress was, "Don't believe that taking this approach to cutting Social Security will not be noticed, you will pay for it".

The eventual effrects of these changes are as follows:

TAXES: By 2021 taxpayers making between $10,000 and $20,000 would see a 14.5% increase in their federal taxes while those making in excess of $1 million would see a tax increase of 0.1%.

SOCIAL SECURITY: COLA adjustments would be reduced by an average of 0.3% each year. At 65 that would mean about $136/yr less but for someone who is 95 the loss would amount to about $1,392. "For someone in the first year, it may not seem like a lot", said David Certner of AARP, "But as people get older and then they get poorer and more reliant on Social Security, the cut gradually gets larger and larger".

 Just exactly what is the CPI? The U.S. Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a time series measure of the price level of consumer goods and services. a Core CPI, which excludes volatile food and energy prices and a Chained CPI are also widely used measures of consumer inflation. The U.S Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes both a headline CPI which counts food and energy prices and in August they released the statistics for July of 2011 reporting an increase in year-over-year CPI growth to 3.63%, the highest rate of U.S. price inflation since October of 2008. July's official government reported year-over-year U.S. price inflation rate of 3.63% was up from 3.56% in June, 3.57% in May, 3.16% in April, 2.68% in March, 2.11% in February, 1.63% in January, 1.5% in December, and 1.1% in November. This means that The official rate of U.S. price inflation has increased by 230% from November of 2010 through June of 2011. http://inflation.us/debtpoliticalcrisis.html

How does this affect you and I? As shown in the chart in my November 6th post, our dollars are able to buy less and less, the purchasing power has declined at an alarming rate due to the quantitative easing (QE) policy of the Federal Reserve (a move to print more and more fiat currency putting it into circulation and watering down the value of what is already in circulation). Bernanke has already given us QE 1 and QE2, with the potential of QE3 coming along as the government tries to raise the debt ceiling and put the current $14 trillion debt on the backs of the children's children's children of our country into perpetuity! (some are already saying it is now $15 trillion). The world is now recognizing the truth about how U.S. price inflation is spiraling out of control with the price of gold rising at an amazing rate -- $230/oz a few short years ago, now hovering around $1,700 - $1,800/oz. 

The National Inflation Association (http://inflation.us) went on to state in its December 9th article, "If there is one American who deserves to be charged with treason, it is Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke." "It is not humanly possible to betray ones country in a way that is more egregious than Bernanke's despicable acts."

Some economists would argue that as prices increase, consumers will switch to lower cost alternatives, as an example if the price of beef goes up and pork does not, people will buy more pork, and as the cost of home heating oil goes up, people will turn down the heat and put on more sweaters!

Perhaps Bernanke, the congress and especially the bureaucrats of  this Supercommittee would like to experience what it is like to live like the rest of us!!!

Till next time,

Merlyn

The MSM is beginning to reveal some truth..???

In spite of not being much of a TV watcher, nor actually sitting down to read the news paper thoroughly, I have recently noticed it has become apparent that the main stream media press (MSM) is opening up to more truth being allowed to reach the public as there have been a couple of recent items that made it past the smoke/mirror screens.  This is encouraging, as it gives a sense that there is an awakening of the sleepwalking public. 

The reference the to the occupy movement is only a minor part of this phenomenon.  I would like to  call your attention to a video from an older presentation by David Icke, referenced below which gives a clear picture of what the MSM is not telling  us...worth taking a bit of time to watch, though the quality of the video is less than perfect.

DAVID ICKE -THE CORRUPT MONEY  13 min & 40 sec long, which really explains what is happening behind the scenes of this latest occupy movement (the Tea Party was infiltrated quickly and quickly lost its effectiveness in the process)
THE CORRUPT MONEY & BANKING SYSTEM - ENSLAVING HUMANITY  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OgxTuVHlCc&feature=player_embedded

When I heard that Andy Rooney had died and that 60 minutes was going to do a short presentation on his life, I decided that I wanted to tune in, because he did have a wit and way of putting the things we see in life in a humerous if sometimes irreverent perspective.  To my astonishment, the first portion of the program addressed the corruption of the elected "representatives" in Washington D.C. by the lobbists, an interview of one who was an insider of K street responsible for easily $1million in influence a year on his own, for which he was convicted and spent several years behind bars.  He truly (he said) believed that he was doing no wrong, though now he says that he realized that what he did was evil.  The startling revelation though was that although there have been legislative controls put into place, that the lobbying groups just figure out another way around it and proceed with buying influence for their clients with bribes, favors, etc., etc., etc. so in reality, nothing has changed...

A headline in the regional newspaper which originated in the Washington Post from yesterday is another example:  "Wall St., bank profits soar under Obama".  The opening statement was "Taxpayer bailouts allowed financial institutions to avoid collapse, make huge gains."  however to quote Neil Barofslky, the former fed watchdog for the TARP $700 billion bail out used to help the banks remain solvent, "There's a very popular conception out there that the bail out was done with a tremendous amount of firepower and focus on saving the largest Wall Street institutions but with very little regard for Main Street. That's actually a  very accurate description  of what happened."  So although TARP was supposed to encourage the banks to increase lending, which might have spurred spending and growth, instead the banks increased their investment returns by nearly 10% , since lending to prime consumers did not seem to them the most profitable use of their capital... and we are now seeing a renewed slowdown in the U.S. economy.  This appears to me to be a direct result of the astronomical amounts of money spent to buy a corrupting influence of the elected "representatives" in Washington D.C.

The final item of note is that there is now a push to create the legislation that would allow entrepreneurs to actually sell products that they have made (handcrafted, homegrown, artisanal - buzz words for gourmets) that regulators are targeting to require an expensive assortment of of permits, inspections and controls that force would be bakers and chefs to go through a rigorous and proihibitively expensive approval process.  In recent years state and local ordinances have surrounded do-it-yourselfers with red tape on everything from sales of backyard flower bouquets to restaurants growing their own vegetables to an underground market peddling home baked breads and cookies!!  Currently, even bake sales are illegal here (in California) unless they are to benefit a charity.  Again, this appears to have been created as a protection for large food producers, preventing any would be customers from opting instead for the more flavorful crusty loaves  of home made bread that are made by artisan chefs...  This does not even address the recent attacks made upon growers of organic produce, raw milk, herbs and supplements and other products that could contribute to a healthier population... If we are healthy, who is going to support the pharmaceutical industry??

So now that there is a glimmer of light being focused upon some of the control mechanisms that have been placed upon us, based on the 5"C"s of the new world order, global elite's agenda:

     Consolidate
     Commercialize
     Clasify
     Claim 
       and
     Control
     EVERYTHING!!!

The truth is finally coming to light.  What are you and I, the majority of the humans upon this earth going to do about it?  Are we going to allow the current agenda to errode what little self determination we have remaining, or are we going to move in a new and more equitable direction for humanity and the planet? As a starting point, it is critical we become educated to what is actually going on.  Here is a starting point, a short excerpt from the book posted in .pdf format on my web site:  www.ItsEnergy.com "The Great Deception, Liberty Betrayed!!!

These are the five Cs of the New World Order (NWO). If the NWO is fully empowered, free speech, personality, personal goals and decisions, individual responsibility, private property, private business, morality, Constitutional government, national sovereignty; and religious freedom will no longer be tolerated. Everyone in every country will be subject to the NWO management system.

The global elite power brokers (GEPB) have determined that they have somehow been designated as the controllers of the planet, on the order of the doctrine of the “divine right of kings”.  They realize that their numbers are small by comparison with the commoners and in order to remain in power and maintain their wealth, they must be in a position to exert control over the “unwashed masses” or their underlings if you will.  They have set up their system of controls in a way that allows them to maintain their power, by controlling access to the things that the masses require in order to be able to survive and function effectively as the labor force that is the source of the value they seek to extract from the rest of humanity.  What they have chosen to use for this control system are the following:

·        Money – the medium that is required in order to exchange goods, services, necessities.

·        Energy – fuel for heat, transportation, electricity, agriculture, etc.

·        Law – the Uniform Commercial Code which regulates all commerce, and since most judges   and elected officials are attorneys, the court system and government as well.

·        Information – by controlling what people are allow to know, they can control what they think and how they behave.

·        Health – the medical/pharmaceutical cartel which controls access to health, enforces vaccination, and has developed a plan to enforce CODEX alimentarius which will make it impossible to obtain supplements in effective doses with out prescription and remove access to any alternative form of healing modality that is not recognized by the medical establishment.  By so doing they control access to health.  

·        Sustenance (by controlling all food, water, and even the quality of the air we breathe).

You may want to take note of this:  They have set up their system of controls in a way that allows them to maintain their power, by controlling access to the things that the masses require in order to be able to survive and function effectively as the labor force  (IN OTHER WORDS THEIR ENERGY SOURCE EXTRACTED FROM US) that is the source of the value they seek to extract from the rest of humanity.

Food for thought... till next time,

Merlyn

Promises, promises, promises...

This will date me significantly, but there once was an advertising campaign tha went something like this, "promise her anything but give her Arpege" - is that perfume still around anymore? No idea, but it seems that today that marketing is a combination of making promises that either are not possible to keep, over promising/under delivering and doing whatever it takes to convince (sell) your customer in such a way as to extract from them money - whether they need or can afford to purchase your (fill in the blank widget) or not.

Have you noticed the number of telephone sales solitiations, lately... seems that they are calling earlier, later and more often than ever. Thank goodness for caller ID - if I do not recognize the caller I usually do not bother to answer otherwise, I would waste all of my time explaining why I do not want to take advantage of whatever offer they are promoting. A recent article from the National Inflation Association points to in my opinion the reason there is such a concerted effort to separate the people from their money resources. The following quote explains:

"Although we believe the 'Occupy Wall Street' protests are a very positive sign, Wall Street is not the problem. The Federal Reserve and their policies of creating massive monetary inflation are the root cause of all our economic problems, including the destruction of the middle class. Having a prosperous Wall Street is important for the future of the U.S. economy. American entrepreneurs need to be able to access our capital markets in order to raise money to build the next Apple."

"If it wasn't for the Federal Reserve's unconstitutional actions and the moral hazards they create, instead of having massive assets bubbles that constantly blow up to overvalued levels and then burst to insanely undervalued levels, stocks would trade based on their true fundamentals. Companies that took reckless risks like Goldman, Citigroup, and Bank of America, would be out of business."

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Even though the government claims that the rate of inflation is extremely low, just one look at the prices in the grocery store, and at the items that one absolutely must have to maintain any kind of reasonable comfort level (food, heat, gasoline, necessities, etc. ) have been ratcheting upward at an astonishing pace. What this really means is that the purchasing power of your dollar has declined significantly.

I have avoided posting partly due to the overwhelmingly depressing and confusing tenor of the main stream news - the conflicting evidence of how difficult it is for the people who are either unemployed or underemployed and therefore not in the top earning levels to make ends meet, yet the mainstream news is talking about the "recovery" as if this news applies to anyone other than the top 1% of the populatio. Meanwhile the rest of us are struggling just to make it from pay period to pay period. . . An example is from an article written by Barry Gray, titled CEO pay in US soared 23% in 2010, in which he comments that US unemployment remains at near-Depression levels and health care, pensions and education are being slashed by all levels of the government, the pay of corporate CEOs is soaring. The compensation of the 200 highest-paid chief executives at large corporations increased by 23 percent in 2010 over the previous year, according to a New York Times report in July of 2011. Perhaps it is naive of me to ask, but just exactly what is it that these CEOs do that entitles them to such extreme pay and bonus levels while those that actually produce whatever it is their company sells have difficulty buying the necessities of life???

As we connect the dots, there is little question as to what the "occupy movement" is attempting to communicate to the world, "We are tired of the haves taking eferything from the have nots!"

The Greatest Depression now underway is an engineered event (just like the one in the 30's) . The destruction of the dollar, the increase in the fiat money supply that will create merciless inflation, and the slow withering away of the middle class — all of this is part of the plan to remake the world as the globalists see it. If the Greatest Depression is allowed to continue unabated billions of people will be reduced to serfdom under a global government scheme cooked up by the elite. Another problem reaction solution scheme to further their ends to a one world government with a one world currency, a one world army and a one world court.

The empty promises - of a free lunch, etc., etc., etc. are just that. If a government is powerful enough to give you everything, it can just as easily take everything away, since they create nothing of themselves, they must take it from someone else to provide it to you... Pretty soon there is no one else to take it from. Remember to ask the question, who actually benefits and follow where the money trail leads to find out.

That is about enough for now, till next time,

Merlyn

Undoing our negative programming

Fear generation via the media, news, movies, etc. has us believing that some and/or all of these items in this list combine to make us sick...including CODEX Alimentariuis (withholding of alternative cures, herbs & supplements), Chemtrails, pharmaceutical drugs, GMO foods, CFL lighting, toxins in the air/food/water, and are designed to induce control and oppress humanity.

WOW!
A very clear explanation by Bruce Lipton of why we have health and lilfe challenges. We tend to think that it is all coming from outside of ourselves, and adopt a victim mentality of how "they" are doing "it" to us....take a little over a half hour of your time to watch this video and see if you can relate to his science. It is mind over matter - we just have to learn how to control which part of our mind is controlling us...

http://www.2011tappingworldsummit.com/VideoSeries/?page_id=60&blog_prm=6465

Upcoming training apparently on 2/21/11

Till next time,

Merlyn