This Harris rant originally posted here on March 5th, 2016
My disdain towards party politics extends back many years. The thoughts first gestated in my early 20s when I looked back at my university days. My girlfriend at the time had some connection to some guy running in an election and was helping out, so I figured I'd pitch in. I ended up joining some sort of 'Young Liberals' association, and for a few weeks I was raw-raw Red all the way. There was no other reason for me jumping in other than that personal connection, but I was still propagating that our guy was better than their guy, you know, just because - raw-raw Red!
I started thinking deeply about political parties and the whole system after that, but it wasn't until after my experiences with the Green Party in 2006 that I swore off any direct involvement with any political party ever again. It's not that I had any magnificently horrible experiences with that particular party. I interacted with some very lovely people in fact, and I gained a tremendous amount of experience running as a federal candidate. My split initially came with the seal hunt. I'm not going to rehash all the details, but it can be summed up quite simply; they were against it, and I was for it. I didn't toe the party line on that one, not at all. And let me tell ya, it's not fun attempting to run a campaign for a party that was barely visible at the time, while at the same time infighting with members about a foolish position that I refused to support. It wasn't long after the election that I decided to walk away from the party, and swore off branding myself all together.
That was until I found the Libertarian Party of Canada.
Having self identified as a libertarian for much of my adult life, it seemed logical to me that if I were to give another party a chance, it would be that one. Having witnessed the liberty movement grow over the years, and finally discovering the manifestation of it within our country, I thought I should do my part to help it grow. I can actually credit Norman Andrews for my decisions to be more vocal about being a libertarian. It was his decision to run as a Libertarian candidate in a Labrador by-election in 2013 that gave me the drive to 'come out'. I think it was that 'wow I'm not alone' feeling that pushed me. And here I was thinking that I'd be the first Libertarian candidate in Newfoundland and Labrador. I was certain that I'd be the 2nd one though, and since that by-election I had been mentally, and otherwise, preparing to run as a candidate in the next general election, whenever that would be.
Sometime early in 2014, a fellow libertarian who I had earlier friend-ed on Facebook wrote me a message asking if I minded him nominating me to the Libertarian party board of directors. It didn't take me long to say yes, and a couple months later I was elected to the board. From there on out I met monthly with the other board members from across the country. It was a new board, with a new leader in Tim Moen at the helm, all focused on building awareness and money for the coming election. This was perhaps the most 'in' a party I've ever been.
It's funny how quickly things change...
In debating libertarianism, I frequently propagated the fact that most libertarians respect each other, no matter any differences they may have. There is plenty of debate within the liberty movement, as the 'left' and 'right' and in-between liberty lovers push their personal positions forward. I always thought this was a beautiful thing, frankly, and it was something I commonly bragged about as I shared libertarian content. There is sometimes a limit to this, however, and that limit does not come within the movement as a whole. The limit comes within an organized group of liberty lovers with a goal. Sometimes that goal requires decisions that cannot respect all debate, all positions. If an organized party within an organized system wants to be noticed in said system, they have to play by certain rules. These rules manifest as party politics...
And back to the beginning we go - my disdain for party politics.
A few months before the election, for reasons I won't get into right now, and maybe never will, I stepped down from the board, and removed myself pretty much totally from the Libertarian Party. It was my decision, and one that, after some careful consideration, I thought was best. I haven't really looked back since. After years of prepping myself to step into the political arena again, including a long time within the party, helping where I could, I walked away, and it's most likely that I stay on the outside of any political party forever, for real this time.
I do feel pretty horrible that there was no candidate for the party at all in Newfoundland and Labrador though, and thus the option not available for anyone who may have wanted to support them. I'm sorry for that. The decision did not come easily for me, but it was definitely for the best, for me and the party. I still support them, and I hope they get millions of votes in years to come. There's some pretty incredible people involved within the organization, and I wish them all the best - moreso, I thank them for pushing the idea's of liberty forward.
What all this boils down to really, is that I've solidified the fact that I am far better off being a small l libertarian, on the outside looking in. It took a few eye opening moments for to get me back here, but it feels right. I feel good. I feel like me. Free.
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Sunday, October 10, 2021
FHRITP - Fuuuck Me
This Harris rant originally posted here on May 21st, 2015
I'll apologize now if what I'm about to say offends you. Probably not the best way to start a post, I realize, but there it is.
I waded into some particularly dangerous waters last week, and I guess I am again now. It was against my better judgement to dive in, but in the end I came to the inevitable realization that I was never one to censor myself. A friend once told me that not censoring yourself is fine, but it's really all about timing, and that's something I still probably haven't learned. Or maybe I have. Maybe last week was the perfect time... but I could analyse that to death, and have, but for brevity sake let me get to the point.
FHRITP - Fuck Her Right In The Pussy.
There, I said it. I'm sure you're having some type of emotional response to that statement. It may have even come as a complete shock to you, to see those words being presented so boldly out of nowhere. In all likelihood though, images flashed in your mind of reporters, live on the scene of whatever story they were working hard trying to cover, being interrupted by nimwits yelling that phrase. Most people have heard the story by now, and have seen at least one example of the many that are out there on the interwebs.
The conversation I waded into was the debate that surrounds this unfortunate behaviour from the aforementioned nimwits. What caught my attention was a very vocal element of society propagating a viewpoint that was becoming widely accepted: FHRITP is rape, or at the very least promotes it.
It was this that I challenged.
Okay, I fully admit that attempting to debate such big conversations on a platform such as Twitter is a horrible idea. I think everyone who uses Twitter probably knows this. Nonetheless, this is where my challenge took place - it normally does - and I did it because I think it needs to be challenged. I feel that applying something as horrible as the act of rape to this phrase, which absolutely does not suggest it, is not helpful in any way.
Just read the phrase.
Now read it again without your angry goggles on. Just read the words. Look past the perceived vulgarity in it, and just read what it says.
It's not FHRITPWC - ...without consent.
It's not FHRITPEISSN - ... even if she says no.
It's not PHDAFHRITP - Pin her down and...
It's not DHAFHRITP - Drug her and...
It's not ... I'll stop. You get the point I hope. That phrase in no way suggests rape, and those who continue to propagate that horrible accusation onto these individuals need to be challenged... in my opinion.
Is it sexual harassment, though? I don't know. What I do know is that the accusations that fly shouldn't be focused on men solely. There should not be this vocal hatred focused on the male half of the population, and their inability to control themselves, or whatever other bullshit - as I believe - surrounds the conversation. IF - and that's an all caps if - this is sexual harassment, then it should solely be applied to the individual in question, and not a gender in totality. Why? Because men have yelled the childish phrase to male reporters as well. And you know what? Women have yelled it to both male and female reporters too. It's a fact. I just like to point these things out to those who try to focus this childish prank into something much worse then what it actually is. I do this because I think it's not right to shift the focus this way, and moreso, I think it's unfair.
In my mind - call me naive, or caught in a mans bubble, all you want - FHRITP is a childish prank where individuals get their jollies out of using censored words on live TV. Yeah, it might be an extremely simple view of this situation, but that's exactly what I think it is. That's what I think it clearly is, in fact.
Do I condone this behaviour, you may ask? NO. Should people stop choosing to partake in this stupid prank? YES. I can not be any more succinct than that.
I wont even get into the conversations that followed, and how this whole conversation expanded to be people being fired, and calls for fines for the behaving like this. I just don't have the energy to tackle that mess right now. This one really took the good out of me, and I feel a lot of people viewed me as a misogynist that day, just for sharing this opinion I have. Nobody came out and directly said it, but boy did I get the feeling from the contentious tone of the tweets I was receiving. Of course, my tone is often misunderstood on the old twit box as well, so perhaps my perception was wrong. I actually hate that I feel the need - whether actually necessary or not - to defend myself, to declare that I'm not a misogynist. But simply put, as an individualist, misogyny just doesn't jive.
Some conversations really do drain me, however - the ones I know better to get involved in basically - and this one definitely was one of them. I'm sure any of you who share your opinions widely as well, have had those days of mental exhaustion. Sharing an opinion sometimes can take the good out of you - not to say my opinions should not also be challenged. That's the source of the exhaustion - and I was pretty beaten down by this one I must admit.
The next morning, however, I was shaken out of it by - stick with me here - Penn Jillette. As if the almighty internet knew I was blue, I just happened to come across this Penn quote. It was perfect. I have to be true to myself, and part of me is sharing my opinion. It's jumping in those troubled waters to see what calm can be found. It's challenging things that I feel the need to be challenged. None of this comes from hate though, and none of it from anger, nor any other dark side influence. It's just a joy of being alive.
I'll apologize now if what I'm about to say offends you. Probably not the best way to start a post, I realize, but there it is.
I waded into some particularly dangerous waters last week, and I guess I am again now. It was against my better judgement to dive in, but in the end I came to the inevitable realization that I was never one to censor myself. A friend once told me that not censoring yourself is fine, but it's really all about timing, and that's something I still probably haven't learned. Or maybe I have. Maybe last week was the perfect time... but I could analyse that to death, and have, but for brevity sake let me get to the point.
FHRITP - Fuck Her Right In The Pussy.
There, I said it. I'm sure you're having some type of emotional response to that statement. It may have even come as a complete shock to you, to see those words being presented so boldly out of nowhere. In all likelihood though, images flashed in your mind of reporters, live on the scene of whatever story they were working hard trying to cover, being interrupted by nimwits yelling that phrase. Most people have heard the story by now, and have seen at least one example of the many that are out there on the interwebs.
The conversation I waded into was the debate that surrounds this unfortunate behaviour from the aforementioned nimwits. What caught my attention was a very vocal element of society propagating a viewpoint that was becoming widely accepted: FHRITP is rape, or at the very least promotes it.
It was this that I challenged.
Okay, I fully admit that attempting to debate such big conversations on a platform such as Twitter is a horrible idea. I think everyone who uses Twitter probably knows this. Nonetheless, this is where my challenge took place - it normally does - and I did it because I think it needs to be challenged. I feel that applying something as horrible as the act of rape to this phrase, which absolutely does not suggest it, is not helpful in any way.
Just read the phrase.
Now read it again without your angry goggles on. Just read the words. Look past the perceived vulgarity in it, and just read what it says.
It's not FHRITPWC - ...without consent.
It's not FHRITPEISSN - ... even if she says no.
It's not PHDAFHRITP - Pin her down and...
It's not DHAFHRITP - Drug her and...
It's not ... I'll stop. You get the point I hope. That phrase in no way suggests rape, and those who continue to propagate that horrible accusation onto these individuals need to be challenged... in my opinion.
Is it sexual harassment, though? I don't know. What I do know is that the accusations that fly shouldn't be focused on men solely. There should not be this vocal hatred focused on the male half of the population, and their inability to control themselves, or whatever other bullshit - as I believe - surrounds the conversation. IF - and that's an all caps if - this is sexual harassment, then it should solely be applied to the individual in question, and not a gender in totality. Why? Because men have yelled the childish phrase to male reporters as well. And you know what? Women have yelled it to both male and female reporters too. It's a fact. I just like to point these things out to those who try to focus this childish prank into something much worse then what it actually is. I do this because I think it's not right to shift the focus this way, and moreso, I think it's unfair.
In my mind - call me naive, or caught in a mans bubble, all you want - FHRITP is a childish prank where individuals get their jollies out of using censored words on live TV. Yeah, it might be an extremely simple view of this situation, but that's exactly what I think it is. That's what I think it clearly is, in fact.
Do I condone this behaviour, you may ask? NO. Should people stop choosing to partake in this stupid prank? YES. I can not be any more succinct than that.
I wont even get into the conversations that followed, and how this whole conversation expanded to be people being fired, and calls for fines for the behaving like this. I just don't have the energy to tackle that mess right now. This one really took the good out of me, and I feel a lot of people viewed me as a misogynist that day, just for sharing this opinion I have. Nobody came out and directly said it, but boy did I get the feeling from the contentious tone of the tweets I was receiving. Of course, my tone is often misunderstood on the old twit box as well, so perhaps my perception was wrong. I actually hate that I feel the need - whether actually necessary or not - to defend myself, to declare that I'm not a misogynist. But simply put, as an individualist, misogyny just doesn't jive.
Some conversations really do drain me, however - the ones I know better to get involved in basically - and this one definitely was one of them. I'm sure any of you who share your opinions widely as well, have had those days of mental exhaustion. Sharing an opinion sometimes can take the good out of you - not to say my opinions should not also be challenged. That's the source of the exhaustion - and I was pretty beaten down by this one I must admit.
Canada Strong and FREE (#HarrisRants)
This Harris rant originally posted here on Oct 26th, 2014
I could have written the plot to what's unfolding in Canada at the moment a month ago. Some parts of me wishes I did post these thoughts back then... but better late than never, I guess. Let me back up to the point this was all heavily on my mind, and get these thoughts out there now.
I was visiting a good friend not long ago when his partner, who was also there having a gab with us, asked him what was up with all the news about possible threats to Canadians. My friend fairly quickly directed the question at me, knowing I'd likely have something to say about the topic - he knows me well - and of course I did. I'm not sure if I ranted or not, but I did express some clear thoughts that evening about what was happening, and what I thought could possibly happen in the near future.
Before jumping into geo-political analysis, I immediately suggested to her to not let herself live in fear, at all, ever. I was actually taken aback when she mentioned that a lot of her acquaintances were worried about these threats. I hadn't up to that point realized how strong the fear campaign was, not really being affected by such tactics. Not that she was overly worried herself, but I did want to try and calm any part of her mind that was fearful, being a huge believer that we never should live in fear, as nothing good can ever come from it.
It wasn't long after that suggestion that I turned to the topic at hand, and asked her to consider the fact that our government was just about to wage war in Iraq or Syria - SyrIraq - joining the coalition forces that were being gathered to fight the threat that known as ISIS, or ISIL, or IS - those evil bastards on the other side of the planet. This was before there was really any discussion in our parliament, but I knew it was coming from the rhetoric I was reading from officials. Sure enough, before the week was through, the debate began... which of course really didn't matter. Though it was nice to hear the opposition's views on this new war, as soon as it was announced it was clear we were indeed going to go. The majority government solidifies it before any challenge to joining this new war could have been made.
So, what did this have to do with the threats we were hearing about? Well, I know how propaganda works, and I know that if I wanted to sell an idea, fear is a strong motivator to do just that. I asked her to just consider the possibly that the threats which we were being told about was information being spread, massively highlighted if nothing else, by the very people who wanted to join the war, in effort to sell our need to join it. I just wanted her to consider that possibility.
I switched gears at this moment, saying "Not to say we will not be attacked. In fact, I think it's a real possibility"...
On October 22nd, a lone gunmen shot a soldier standing on ceremonial guard at the national war monument in Ottawa, before storming the parliament building and firing shots in there as well. Nobody was hurt during that later incident, but it was a dramatic scene of gunfire, eventually ended by Sargent at Arms Kevin Vickers.
The very second this happened, I knew exactly what was to follow; it was going to be blamed on ISIS, giving reason to not only expand the war beyond the air involvement we've already dedicated, but also to give excessive powers to police and surveillance infrastructure here in Canada. The expansion of the war has not yet come, but attack on our civil liberties is very much in the forefront. This horrific act of violence in our capital was indeed nearly immediately blamed on Muslim radicals, and the following days saw much promotion of new powers being fast tracked for our law enforcement agencies; terror bills which would drastically expand police powers, including preventative detentions; and online surveillance and anti free speech bills. This is surely just the start, and again due to a majority government, there is very little we're going to be able to do to stop it... and this concerns me more than any extremist, or lone mentally unstable individual, can.
The fact of the matter is this: even if this attack was a man radicalized by IS**, then we have to realize we had it coming. I put full blame on Stephen Harper for creating an enemy by joining 'coalition forces' in not only this recent foray into attack missions in Iraq and Syria, but also for hopping onto the incredibly destructive war on terror train we've seen rapidly evolve over the past 13 years or so.
Blowback is a bitch.
If I were to dive into the world of alternative media, as I often do in effort to gather as much information as I possibly can, I'm sure they are picking apart this moment to figure out if this event was a false flag - a generated event, used to further an already desired agenda. They will look for similarities to other suspected events; things like war games taking place which are eerily similar to events that eventually unfold; things like multiple suspects that eventually turn out to be nonexistent; things like false information being presented by officials; any strange connections overall. They will pick apart every single detail of this event to determine if this obviously unstable man was not pushed by ISIS to carry this attack out, but instead by our own intelligence agencies...
Then again, groups like ISIS were funded, armed, and trained in some cases by western democracies anyway... but that's a post for another time.
Regardless of which angle you wish to tackle this event on, Canada's future remains the same. In my mind, this is one individual who made some horrible choices in life, and obviously suffered from some sort of mental illness. The event is no doubt being used for political gain, however, and I saw this coming during that conversation that one random night. I wish many more could have prepared themselves for what eventually has come. Maybe then we'd have a chance to stop this fast moving train towards a world I do not want to be a part of. It truly breaks my heart that Canadians are gong to fall for this same tired terror plot, like so many others have. But as broken-hearted as I am at the moment, I refuse to give up. I will not live in fear, and I will not let my liberties be stolen from me out of fear. I can only hope many more of my fellow citizens feel the same way.
'True north STRONG' yes absolutely, but let's not forget 'and FREE'!
I could have written the plot to what's unfolding in Canada at the moment a month ago. Some parts of me wishes I did post these thoughts back then... but better late than never, I guess. Let me back up to the point this was all heavily on my mind, and get these thoughts out there now.
I was visiting a good friend not long ago when his partner, who was also there having a gab with us, asked him what was up with all the news about possible threats to Canadians. My friend fairly quickly directed the question at me, knowing I'd likely have something to say about the topic - he knows me well - and of course I did. I'm not sure if I ranted or not, but I did express some clear thoughts that evening about what was happening, and what I thought could possibly happen in the near future.
Before jumping into geo-political analysis, I immediately suggested to her to not let herself live in fear, at all, ever. I was actually taken aback when she mentioned that a lot of her acquaintances were worried about these threats. I hadn't up to that point realized how strong the fear campaign was, not really being affected by such tactics. Not that she was overly worried herself, but I did want to try and calm any part of her mind that was fearful, being a huge believer that we never should live in fear, as nothing good can ever come from it.
It wasn't long after that suggestion that I turned to the topic at hand, and asked her to consider the fact that our government was just about to wage war in Iraq or Syria - SyrIraq - joining the coalition forces that were being gathered to fight the threat that known as ISIS, or ISIL, or IS - those evil bastards on the other side of the planet. This was before there was really any discussion in our parliament, but I knew it was coming from the rhetoric I was reading from officials. Sure enough, before the week was through, the debate began... which of course really didn't matter. Though it was nice to hear the opposition's views on this new war, as soon as it was announced it was clear we were indeed going to go. The majority government solidifies it before any challenge to joining this new war could have been made.
So, what did this have to do with the threats we were hearing about? Well, I know how propaganda works, and I know that if I wanted to sell an idea, fear is a strong motivator to do just that. I asked her to just consider the possibly that the threats which we were being told about was information being spread, massively highlighted if nothing else, by the very people who wanted to join the war, in effort to sell our need to join it. I just wanted her to consider that possibility.
I switched gears at this moment, saying "Not to say we will not be attacked. In fact, I think it's a real possibility"...
On October 22nd, a lone gunmen shot a soldier standing on ceremonial guard at the national war monument in Ottawa, before storming the parliament building and firing shots in there as well. Nobody was hurt during that later incident, but it was a dramatic scene of gunfire, eventually ended by Sargent at Arms Kevin Vickers.
The very second this happened, I knew exactly what was to follow; it was going to be blamed on ISIS, giving reason to not only expand the war beyond the air involvement we've already dedicated, but also to give excessive powers to police and surveillance infrastructure here in Canada. The expansion of the war has not yet come, but attack on our civil liberties is very much in the forefront. This horrific act of violence in our capital was indeed nearly immediately blamed on Muslim radicals, and the following days saw much promotion of new powers being fast tracked for our law enforcement agencies; terror bills which would drastically expand police powers, including preventative detentions; and online surveillance and anti free speech bills. This is surely just the start, and again due to a majority government, there is very little we're going to be able to do to stop it... and this concerns me more than any extremist, or lone mentally unstable individual, can.
The fact of the matter is this: even if this attack was a man radicalized by IS**, then we have to realize we had it coming. I put full blame on Stephen Harper for creating an enemy by joining 'coalition forces' in not only this recent foray into attack missions in Iraq and Syria, but also for hopping onto the incredibly destructive war on terror train we've seen rapidly evolve over the past 13 years or so.
Blowback is a bitch.
If I were to dive into the world of alternative media, as I often do in effort to gather as much information as I possibly can, I'm sure they are picking apart this moment to figure out if this event was a false flag - a generated event, used to further an already desired agenda. They will look for similarities to other suspected events; things like war games taking place which are eerily similar to events that eventually unfold; things like multiple suspects that eventually turn out to be nonexistent; things like false information being presented by officials; any strange connections overall. They will pick apart every single detail of this event to determine if this obviously unstable man was not pushed by ISIS to carry this attack out, but instead by our own intelligence agencies...
Then again, groups like ISIS were funded, armed, and trained in some cases by western democracies anyway... but that's a post for another time.
Regardless of which angle you wish to tackle this event on, Canada's future remains the same. In my mind, this is one individual who made some horrible choices in life, and obviously suffered from some sort of mental illness. The event is no doubt being used for political gain, however, and I saw this coming during that conversation that one random night. I wish many more could have prepared themselves for what eventually has come. Maybe then we'd have a chance to stop this fast moving train towards a world I do not want to be a part of. It truly breaks my heart that Canadians are gong to fall for this same tired terror plot, like so many others have. But as broken-hearted as I am at the moment, I refuse to give up. I will not live in fear, and I will not let my liberties be stolen from me out of fear. I can only hope many more of my fellow citizens feel the same way.
'True north STRONG' yes absolutely, but let's not forget 'and FREE'!
Climate Change ChitChat (#HarrisRants)
This Harris rant originally posted here on Sep 21st, 2014
I consider myself an environmentalist. I don't know what that means for anyone else, if anything, but for me it means I feel a deep connection with the planet, and more-so, a responsibly to protect it as best I can. I'm sure this side of me was developed from being born and raised in an isolated community in the middle of Labrador, or the fact that I was a Boy Scout until I was nearly 17 years old, which I'm sure also helped lead me in this direction. Regardless of where this side of me came from, it carried on into my later life, remaining with me today.
In 2006, I felt so strongly about ensuring our natural environment was remembered and protected as much as possible, that I ran as a Green Party of Canada candidate for the federal election in January of that year. Needless to say I didn't get elected, but I was one of 308 candidates, a full slate of environmentally conscious individuals standing up for what they believe in on a political stage. None of us were elected that year, but the leader of the party, Elizabeth May, did manage to win a seat in the following election, one in which I did not run as a candidate. In fact, I've since parted ways from that party totally due to some major differences in our outlooks and solutions...
But all that was just a primer really, as I attempt to sort out my thoughts on the topic at hand; Climate Change. I bring this up now because there is massive worldwide action taking place today, and I've not been able to stop thinking about the topic for days now. It really began when I went to watch a documentary/call to action a few days ago, called 'Disruption', which was followed by a general discussion between those who participated. I was left with many emotions, and the wild debate within flared ferociously again.
At this point, let me be clear: I have no doubt that climate change is happening. That's obvious. I just question, for the sake of thoroughness if nothing else, whether we're missing something. I've honestly not totally accepted the fact that it's human activity, carbon emissions precisely, and solely that, that is causing our climate to change. I am in no way saying that carbon emissions are wonderful, or that they should not be immediately reduced as much as possible; of course I want that. I just do not want it because I fear the earth is in implosion mode, about to wipe humanity off the face of it. In fact, the fear-mongering I hear from the climate change movement is a personal turn off. I realize that fear is motivator, but I despise it's use as a manipulative tool, whether it's for something as good as making our environment cleaner or not.
More-so however, I worry that if we put all our focus on one possibility, we may choose incorrectly and fail in preparing for all possibilities. What if it's the combination of the carbon, and say the increased solar activity we've seen over the 20th century? What if it's the pole shift that is happening, constantly, that's aiding in the ice cap shift - the melting of the Arctic, and the growing of the Antarctic - or simply causing climate change altogether? What if it's countless other possibilities from the realities yet known from the vast universe we exist within? What if it's something we've missed totally and we, as an entire planet, go down one solo path to some promised land of rainbows and butterflies, by only forcing a full stop to emitting massive amounts of carbon. What if...?
As I've debated this topic with myself for years now, one thing I've always done - like many things I debate within - is 'follow the money'. We've reached a point in the climate movement where real possibilities of change exist. There is no doubt many important, well-connected, people who are aware of this, and have been before the majority of the public were perhaps. I remember how the public reacted to me in 2006, just with minor discussions on environmental issues, but things are vastly different now, as more and more hop into the climate change chat - once called global warming, by the way. Regardless, those who know change is coming, have invested in that change, and anyone invested will surely push for that change to happen no matter what.
Here's where my main concern comes into play; incentive. Who has the most incentive to push the 'climate change agenda'?
At this point, the solutions I hear most revolve around government solutions: I hear much talk about nationalized energy resources; I constantly hear about full subsidization of green technology; and we know all about the carbon taxes proposed already. Basically, all I hear are demands for government to grow considerably as a means to take care of this potentially massive issue - whether we can fix it ourselves or not. So, I ask myself; who has incentive? People who want government to grow even more first and foremost, and people invested in green or clean technology second - I'm sure there are others. It will be very difficult, damn near impossible, to change these peoples minds, even when you find countering information to their claims. To me, it is these very people who would use manipulative tools like fear-mongering, in fact, as they have full incentive to push this agenda. And it is these people I cannot ignore as I debate this issue in my head.
At this point, you're probably asking what then is my solution. Well, it's a good question, and for me, it starts with the individual. Everyone's choices matter when we're dealing with the environment, from the products you choose, to the activities you do, to anything in between and beyond. Nearly 7 billion people making better choices would do a lot for this world.
For me personally, I've made the choice to:
- consume conservatively, and respectfully recycle.
- buy locally as much as possible.
- not have a car (until I buy an electric one).
- use my voice to denounce the oil wars. I speak out against all wars in fact, not only for the needless murder, but also for the massive amount of energy wasted, and environment destroyed.
- purchase and promote more environmentally friendly products, like green or clean technology. Also, though I do not support subsidization, I do support individuals choosing green technology. In fact, if it weren't for the massive subsidization of Big Oil, we would be in much better shape right now.
- promote alternate ways to protect the environment, via a different role of government, that being one which fully protects property rights, which would extend to air and water. This would give individuals, and groups of individuals, far more power to protect themselves from other people, industries, and even government harm, and also add more incentive for everyone to act better.
There is definitely much more I could be doing, and I'm sure there will be as life continues, but I feel that as an individual I'm doing something. I think that if we all made similar, or even better, choices, we'd be that much closer to protecting our planet. In the jungle, the strong survive. Economics is much the same. If we all made the right choices, the weak - old, tired, dirty, destructive companies, for example - will die. I understand we're a long way from inspiring that type of shift, and I in no way suggest the climate change movement stop what they are doing, but I feel the need to keep reminding my peers that forcing the world to change, and growing government even more, is not a requirement to saving the planet. Individuals choosing to change is.
Nobody has really said this better than Gandhi: 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world.'
I consider myself an environmentalist. I don't know what that means for anyone else, if anything, but for me it means I feel a deep connection with the planet, and more-so, a responsibly to protect it as best I can. I'm sure this side of me was developed from being born and raised in an isolated community in the middle of Labrador, or the fact that I was a Boy Scout until I was nearly 17 years old, which I'm sure also helped lead me in this direction. Regardless of where this side of me came from, it carried on into my later life, remaining with me today.
In 2006, I felt so strongly about ensuring our natural environment was remembered and protected as much as possible, that I ran as a Green Party of Canada candidate for the federal election in January of that year. Needless to say I didn't get elected, but I was one of 308 candidates, a full slate of environmentally conscious individuals standing up for what they believe in on a political stage. None of us were elected that year, but the leader of the party, Elizabeth May, did manage to win a seat in the following election, one in which I did not run as a candidate. In fact, I've since parted ways from that party totally due to some major differences in our outlooks and solutions...
But all that was just a primer really, as I attempt to sort out my thoughts on the topic at hand; Climate Change. I bring this up now because there is massive worldwide action taking place today, and I've not been able to stop thinking about the topic for days now. It really began when I went to watch a documentary/call to action a few days ago, called 'Disruption', which was followed by a general discussion between those who participated. I was left with many emotions, and the wild debate within flared ferociously again.
At this point, let me be clear: I have no doubt that climate change is happening. That's obvious. I just question, for the sake of thoroughness if nothing else, whether we're missing something. I've honestly not totally accepted the fact that it's human activity, carbon emissions precisely, and solely that, that is causing our climate to change. I am in no way saying that carbon emissions are wonderful, or that they should not be immediately reduced as much as possible; of course I want that. I just do not want it because I fear the earth is in implosion mode, about to wipe humanity off the face of it. In fact, the fear-mongering I hear from the climate change movement is a personal turn off. I realize that fear is motivator, but I despise it's use as a manipulative tool, whether it's for something as good as making our environment cleaner or not.
More-so however, I worry that if we put all our focus on one possibility, we may choose incorrectly and fail in preparing for all possibilities. What if it's the combination of the carbon, and say the increased solar activity we've seen over the 20th century? What if it's the pole shift that is happening, constantly, that's aiding in the ice cap shift - the melting of the Arctic, and the growing of the Antarctic - or simply causing climate change altogether? What if it's countless other possibilities from the realities yet known from the vast universe we exist within? What if it's something we've missed totally and we, as an entire planet, go down one solo path to some promised land of rainbows and butterflies, by only forcing a full stop to emitting massive amounts of carbon. What if...?
As I've debated this topic with myself for years now, one thing I've always done - like many things I debate within - is 'follow the money'. We've reached a point in the climate movement where real possibilities of change exist. There is no doubt many important, well-connected, people who are aware of this, and have been before the majority of the public were perhaps. I remember how the public reacted to me in 2006, just with minor discussions on environmental issues, but things are vastly different now, as more and more hop into the climate change chat - once called global warming, by the way. Regardless, those who know change is coming, have invested in that change, and anyone invested will surely push for that change to happen no matter what.
Here's where my main concern comes into play; incentive. Who has the most incentive to push the 'climate change agenda'?
At this point, the solutions I hear most revolve around government solutions: I hear much talk about nationalized energy resources; I constantly hear about full subsidization of green technology; and we know all about the carbon taxes proposed already. Basically, all I hear are demands for government to grow considerably as a means to take care of this potentially massive issue - whether we can fix it ourselves or not. So, I ask myself; who has incentive? People who want government to grow even more first and foremost, and people invested in green or clean technology second - I'm sure there are others. It will be very difficult, damn near impossible, to change these peoples minds, even when you find countering information to their claims. To me, it is these very people who would use manipulative tools like fear-mongering, in fact, as they have full incentive to push this agenda. And it is these people I cannot ignore as I debate this issue in my head.
At this point, you're probably asking what then is my solution. Well, it's a good question, and for me, it starts with the individual. Everyone's choices matter when we're dealing with the environment, from the products you choose, to the activities you do, to anything in between and beyond. Nearly 7 billion people making better choices would do a lot for this world.
For me personally, I've made the choice to:
- consume conservatively, and respectfully recycle.
- buy locally as much as possible.
- not have a car (until I buy an electric one).
- use my voice to denounce the oil wars. I speak out against all wars in fact, not only for the needless murder, but also for the massive amount of energy wasted, and environment destroyed.
- purchase and promote more environmentally friendly products, like green or clean technology. Also, though I do not support subsidization, I do support individuals choosing green technology. In fact, if it weren't for the massive subsidization of Big Oil, we would be in much better shape right now.
- promote alternate ways to protect the environment, via a different role of government, that being one which fully protects property rights, which would extend to air and water. This would give individuals, and groups of individuals, far more power to protect themselves from other people, industries, and even government harm, and also add more incentive for everyone to act better.
There is definitely much more I could be doing, and I'm sure there will be as life continues, but I feel that as an individual I'm doing something. I think that if we all made similar, or even better, choices, we'd be that much closer to protecting our planet. In the jungle, the strong survive. Economics is much the same. If we all made the right choices, the weak - old, tired, dirty, destructive companies, for example - will die. I understand we're a long way from inspiring that type of shift, and I in no way suggest the climate change movement stop what they are doing, but I feel the need to keep reminding my peers that forcing the world to change, and growing government even more, is not a requirement to saving the planet. Individuals choosing to change is.
Nobody has really said this better than Gandhi: 'Be the change that you wish to see in the world.'
13 Years Of Deceit (#HarrisRants)
This Harris rant originally posted here on Sept 11th, 2014
It was in 2005 that I was first introduced to some alternate theories about the horrific attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001 - the day forever known as 9/11. That first exposure poked at my natural curiosity, and what began as a harmless attempt to disprove some of that information, became an obsessive digestion of all things 9/11... for months. It was years really, considering I've never in fact stopped consuming whatever I could find surrounding this topic, and probably never will.
Coming to the realization - no, acceptance - that the conspiracy theory actually contains conspiracy fact, set me on a life altering path. From depression, to feelings of solitude, to eternal anger, came an activist - a 'Truther'.
It was a harmless beginning, posing questions to friends, and then to message boards as I became somewhat ashamed to discuss this non-anonymously - some of those boards I was eventually outright banned from. Soon after, when I realized there was no real Canadian focus of 9/11 Truth at that time, I turned to creating a blog, and eventual collection of embedded documentaries; 100 of them. I sent emails - so many emails; to most every politician in Canada, in every level of government; every major journalist in Canada; every architect or engineer I could find in my Province; every friends email I had; everyone. And the more people ignored it, or got angry with me, or made fun of me, the more determined I was to get this truth out there.
It was a couple years into this before I started hitting the streets with my activism. Come 2008 people all over the world were being local activists on the 11th of every month - I have no doubt this still goes on in some places - pulling off random awareness initiatives in ever creative ways. I too joined this awareness campaign, inspired by those fearless citizens reaching out to their own communities. I began walking the streets, wearing my t-shirt and holding my signs demanding 9/11 Truth. I postered poles with messaging - some of which I later saw ripped down, or written upon with extremely hateful messages. I even wrote chalk messages all around the city asking St. John's to 'Investigate 9/11'. This eventually turned into face to face dissemination of information: I handed out DVDs which I earlier burned, held screenings of documentaries, and just simply asked questions to random strangers on the street. Yes, I was that 'crazy' person.
Fast forwarding to this year, I reached a pinnacle moment of 9/11 Truth activism, when I had the incredible opportunity to help bring an important figure in the '9/11 Truth Movement' to this Province for a presentation. This all came about when I noticed on a random website that a 'Rethink 9/11 Canada Tour' was about to happen, and I immediately wrote the organizers, practically begging to have them add Newfoundland to the tour. They obviously did, and the rest is now history...
It was during the months preparing for and promoting this event, that I realized I was about to retire from being a '9/11 Truther'.
Words cannot begin to describe how amazing it was to meet Richard Gage, to shake his hand, and to personally thank him for all the work he's done for this extremely important cause. I will never forget the conversations we had, and moreso, the fun we had as he experienced much of St. John's; from our cultural places like The Rooms, to our entertainment centre known as George Street. While extremely unfortunate that a snow storm caused the original date to be cancelled, I feel extraordinarily lucky to have had that extra time with this wonderful human who chose to stay here for a couple days to do the presentation. This was all indeed a pinnacle moment in my 9/11 truth life, and I'm still quite in shock that it even happened.
It is my deep desire, my eternal hope, that the exposure of Richard Gage's visit to MUN that wintery day in April, and consequent exposure to the entirely of the Province, sparked something in somebody, somewhere, to do what they can to spread 9/11 truth. I'll forever keep dreaming of the day that I walk past a chalk messages or posters that I didn't put there. When that day happens, you'll know who I am by the incredible smile I'll have on my face.
Until that day comes, I forever implore you, dear reader, to investigate thoroughly the topic of 9/11, and from there demand truth as you see it - moreover, demand that those truly responsible be found, and held accountable in a massive way.
After 13 years of deceit has now passed, and nearly as many years of research, pain, and even hope, this Truther is now signing off. I haven't given up, and truly feel we are closer than ever to reaching critical mass, but I'm changing directions in my fight for peace and freedom. This was not an easy post to write, nor an easy personal reality to accept, but the time has indeed come to refocus. I feel we've reached a point where I no longer have that extreme urge, that deep need, to be a voice for 9/11 Truth.
From the bottom my heart, I want to sincerely thank all the Truthers who came before me, and all those who will no doubt come after.
Peace. Love. Truth.
It was in 2005 that I was first introduced to some alternate theories about the horrific attacks that occurred on September 11th, 2001 - the day forever known as 9/11. That first exposure poked at my natural curiosity, and what began as a harmless attempt to disprove some of that information, became an obsessive digestion of all things 9/11... for months. It was years really, considering I've never in fact stopped consuming whatever I could find surrounding this topic, and probably never will.
Coming to the realization - no, acceptance - that the conspiracy theory actually contains conspiracy fact, set me on a life altering path. From depression, to feelings of solitude, to eternal anger, came an activist - a 'Truther'.
It was a harmless beginning, posing questions to friends, and then to message boards as I became somewhat ashamed to discuss this non-anonymously - some of those boards I was eventually outright banned from. Soon after, when I realized there was no real Canadian focus of 9/11 Truth at that time, I turned to creating a blog, and eventual collection of embedded documentaries; 100 of them. I sent emails - so many emails; to most every politician in Canada, in every level of government; every major journalist in Canada; every architect or engineer I could find in my Province; every friends email I had; everyone. And the more people ignored it, or got angry with me, or made fun of me, the more determined I was to get this truth out there.
It was a couple years into this before I started hitting the streets with my activism. Come 2008 people all over the world were being local activists on the 11th of every month - I have no doubt this still goes on in some places - pulling off random awareness initiatives in ever creative ways. I too joined this awareness campaign, inspired by those fearless citizens reaching out to their own communities. I began walking the streets, wearing my t-shirt and holding my signs demanding 9/11 Truth. I postered poles with messaging - some of which I later saw ripped down, or written upon with extremely hateful messages. I even wrote chalk messages all around the city asking St. John's to 'Investigate 9/11'. This eventually turned into face to face dissemination of information: I handed out DVDs which I earlier burned, held screenings of documentaries, and just simply asked questions to random strangers on the street. Yes, I was that 'crazy' person.
Fast forwarding to this year, I reached a pinnacle moment of 9/11 Truth activism, when I had the incredible opportunity to help bring an important figure in the '9/11 Truth Movement' to this Province for a presentation. This all came about when I noticed on a random website that a 'Rethink 9/11 Canada Tour' was about to happen, and I immediately wrote the organizers, practically begging to have them add Newfoundland to the tour. They obviously did, and the rest is now history...
It was during the months preparing for and promoting this event, that I realized I was about to retire from being a '9/11 Truther'.
Words cannot begin to describe how amazing it was to meet Richard Gage, to shake his hand, and to personally thank him for all the work he's done for this extremely important cause. I will never forget the conversations we had, and moreso, the fun we had as he experienced much of St. John's; from our cultural places like The Rooms, to our entertainment centre known as George Street. While extremely unfortunate that a snow storm caused the original date to be cancelled, I feel extraordinarily lucky to have had that extra time with this wonderful human who chose to stay here for a couple days to do the presentation. This was all indeed a pinnacle moment in my 9/11 truth life, and I'm still quite in shock that it even happened.
It is my deep desire, my eternal hope, that the exposure of Richard Gage's visit to MUN that wintery day in April, and consequent exposure to the entirely of the Province, sparked something in somebody, somewhere, to do what they can to spread 9/11 truth. I'll forever keep dreaming of the day that I walk past a chalk messages or posters that I didn't put there. When that day happens, you'll know who I am by the incredible smile I'll have on my face.
Until that day comes, I forever implore you, dear reader, to investigate thoroughly the topic of 9/11, and from there demand truth as you see it - moreover, demand that those truly responsible be found, and held accountable in a massive way.
After 13 years of deceit has now passed, and nearly as many years of research, pain, and even hope, this Truther is now signing off. I haven't given up, and truly feel we are closer than ever to reaching critical mass, but I'm changing directions in my fight for peace and freedom. This was not an easy post to write, nor an easy personal reality to accept, but the time has indeed come to refocus. I feel we've reached a point where I no longer have that extreme urge, that deep need, to be a voice for 9/11 Truth.
From the bottom my heart, I want to sincerely thank all the Truthers who came before me, and all those who will no doubt come after.
Peace. Love. Truth.
No More War (#HarrisRants)
This Harris rant originally posted here on Aug 26th, 2013
Once again, the drums of war are beating loudly... Then again, when have those drums really stopped? I can honestly no longer remember a time that we weren't discussing some ongoing costly battle to free people to death - by that I mean, bomb, kill, mame, and destroy, all the in sake of bringing freedom to some foreign country. Currently the country in question is Syria, and those war drums are being pounded in an increased tempo for military intervention into their ongoing civil war. The psy-op for this one has been building for quite some time now, with the latest trigger move being a supposed chemical weapons attack from President Assad.
The mainstream media and random political pundits all around the world are now ramping up the case for western intervention into Syria, and it baffles me that there are people out there who are agreeing with this case, demanding that something be done about this evil Assad. More than baffle however, it upsets me, it angers me even. I'm actually in shock that there are people out there who are not seeing this for what it really is, that people from all around the planet continue to fall for this same old song and dance we've seen over and over again...
Even though the US were totally fine - gave their blessing, in fact - with Iraq using chemical weapons against Iran in the 1980's...
Even though the world was later pushed into deadly and costly Iraq war based on total lies, mainly that Saddam had WMDs and promised to use them...
Even though groups like the CIA has been exposed as ones who overthrow governments via coups - like their admitted involvement in the 1953 Iran coup...
Even though in 2007 retired 4-star U.S. army general, Wesley Clark exposed a US plan to take out 7 countries - Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Iran - and have since mostly succeeded in that...
Even though documents have been leaked discussing plans in 2011 that the US were going to stage a collapse of Syria using rebels, guerrilla tactics and assassinations...
Even though other leaked documents tell us that the “US Backed Plan to Launch Chemical Weapon Attack on Syria and Blame it on Assad Government”...
Even though we know Obama has authorized covert support for Syrian rebels, and have also directly funded rebels in Syria - who just happen to be human heart eating cannibals ...
Even though a chemical attack has already happened, attempted to be pinned on Assad, before confirming it was actually the rebels who carried it out, in attempt to draw in the rest of the world...
Even though we have all the information we could possibly need to formulate a case for non-intervention into Syria, people are still calling for the US military, and their allies, to intervene. Yes, that's right; many are demanding more war; demanding it when we all know this is just continued imperialist behaviour from an elite group of people, and the governments they are in bed with.
The more I think about these topics, there more I actually don't believe that people aren't aware of what exactly is going on. There just happens to be people who agree with the course of action. They agree with the destruction of other countries. They agree with the murder of certain groups of people. They agree with the destabilisation of the middle east, and anywhere else that stands in the way of the imperialistic grand plan. These people aren't oblivious to what's up; they just want this war. They continuously want more war. Maybe they just want endless war, I don't know. What I do know is that it pisses me off, these people who crave war, these people who want to send somebody else's kids off to the battleground while they sit comfortably in their own homes thousands of kilometres away, these people who...
... you know what; I better stop there before I go on a long, anger-filled, tirade. What I really want to express at this point is that foreign interests have to leave Syria alone. The very prospect of military intervention in that country is creating massive tensions all over the world, and all of this tension could very easily lead us to a World War III scenario. As a non-interventionist, and as somebody who is very much aware of the reality of the situation, I say the world let Syria figure out it's own mess - that includes not funding rebels, not creating reasons to go to war with them, and certainly not taking military action against them. This mentality shouldn't end with Syria either. Creating enemies via imperialistic warfare does nothing to bring peace and freedom to everyone else. In fact, it has quite the opposite affect, and I think people know this by now. This debate is no longer about people waking up to the realities of warfare. It's about those who want this cycle of war-filled madness to continue, versus those who - and I know what side I'm on - just want no more war.
Once again, the drums of war are beating loudly... Then again, when have those drums really stopped? I can honestly no longer remember a time that we weren't discussing some ongoing costly battle to free people to death - by that I mean, bomb, kill, mame, and destroy, all the in sake of bringing freedom to some foreign country. Currently the country in question is Syria, and those war drums are being pounded in an increased tempo for military intervention into their ongoing civil war. The psy-op for this one has been building for quite some time now, with the latest trigger move being a supposed chemical weapons attack from President Assad.
The mainstream media and random political pundits all around the world are now ramping up the case for western intervention into Syria, and it baffles me that there are people out there who are agreeing with this case, demanding that something be done about this evil Assad. More than baffle however, it upsets me, it angers me even. I'm actually in shock that there are people out there who are not seeing this for what it really is, that people from all around the planet continue to fall for this same old song and dance we've seen over and over again...
Even though the US were totally fine - gave their blessing, in fact - with Iraq using chemical weapons against Iran in the 1980's...
Even though the world was later pushed into deadly and costly Iraq war based on total lies, mainly that Saddam had WMDs and promised to use them...
Even though groups like the CIA has been exposed as ones who overthrow governments via coups - like their admitted involvement in the 1953 Iran coup...
Even though in 2007 retired 4-star U.S. army general, Wesley Clark exposed a US plan to take out 7 countries - Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Iran - and have since mostly succeeded in that...
Even though documents have been leaked discussing plans in 2011 that the US were going to stage a collapse of Syria using rebels, guerrilla tactics and assassinations...
Even though other leaked documents tell us that the “US Backed Plan to Launch Chemical Weapon Attack on Syria and Blame it on Assad Government”...
Even though we know Obama has authorized covert support for Syrian rebels, and have also directly funded rebels in Syria - who just happen to be human heart eating cannibals ...
Even though a chemical attack has already happened, attempted to be pinned on Assad, before confirming it was actually the rebels who carried it out, in attempt to draw in the rest of the world...
Even though we have all the information we could possibly need to formulate a case for non-intervention into Syria, people are still calling for the US military, and their allies, to intervene. Yes, that's right; many are demanding more war; demanding it when we all know this is just continued imperialist behaviour from an elite group of people, and the governments they are in bed with.
The more I think about these topics, there more I actually don't believe that people aren't aware of what exactly is going on. There just happens to be people who agree with the course of action. They agree with the destruction of other countries. They agree with the murder of certain groups of people. They agree with the destabilisation of the middle east, and anywhere else that stands in the way of the imperialistic grand plan. These people aren't oblivious to what's up; they just want this war. They continuously want more war. Maybe they just want endless war, I don't know. What I do know is that it pisses me off, these people who crave war, these people who want to send somebody else's kids off to the battleground while they sit comfortably in their own homes thousands of kilometres away, these people who...
... you know what; I better stop there before I go on a long, anger-filled, tirade. What I really want to express at this point is that foreign interests have to leave Syria alone. The very prospect of military intervention in that country is creating massive tensions all over the world, and all of this tension could very easily lead us to a World War III scenario. As a non-interventionist, and as somebody who is very much aware of the reality of the situation, I say the world let Syria figure out it's own mess - that includes not funding rebels, not creating reasons to go to war with them, and certainly not taking military action against them. This mentality shouldn't end with Syria either. Creating enemies via imperialistic warfare does nothing to bring peace and freedom to everyone else. In fact, it has quite the opposite affect, and I think people know this by now. This debate is no longer about people waking up to the realities of warfare. It's about those who want this cycle of war-filled madness to continue, versus those who - and I know what side I'm on - just want no more war.
Police State Canada (#HarrisRants)
This Harris rant originally posted here on July 30th, 2013
Canadians are outraged over the weekend police shooting on a Toronto streetcar of teenager Sammy Yatim. Many have spoken out loudly against the actions of the officers, and many others have even taken to the streets in protest, demanding 'Justice for Sammy' - and rightfully so. This whole story is outrageous. The police apparently had no idea how to diffuse the situation, and instead, they shot - killed - first, deciding to ask questions later. Worse, as the Toronto Star points out, this is only the latest in a long line of police shooting deaths.
Whenever tragic events such as this happen, I can't help to be reminded of the Toronto G20 summit, specifically the protests that took place that weekend, and subsequent largest mass arrest in Canadian history. While there were thankfully no killings that weekend, we did get to clearly see the mentality of the police and security forces in this country, and how they feel about citizens. While I'm sure this disturbing and brutal mentality isn't found amongst all individuals within the police forces, if events like G20 - and moreso, the Sammy Yatim murder - are left unchecked, the disturbing mentality will continue to grow like a virus. We have to be hyper vigilant in times such as these to ensure these 'protectors' are punished appropriately in order to stop the growth of the deadly mindset.
I'm embedding 'Into The Fire' below, which is a documentary that documents and exposes the crimes of the security forces during the Toronto G20 summit. Please take the time to watch this wonderful and insightful film from Press For Truth. With more information via films such as this, perhaps we'll have a chance to end Canada's police state, before it takes hold any further.
Canadians are outraged over the weekend police shooting on a Toronto streetcar of teenager Sammy Yatim. Many have spoken out loudly against the actions of the officers, and many others have even taken to the streets in protest, demanding 'Justice for Sammy' - and rightfully so. This whole story is outrageous. The police apparently had no idea how to diffuse the situation, and instead, they shot - killed - first, deciding to ask questions later. Worse, as the Toronto Star points out, this is only the latest in a long line of police shooting deaths.
Whenever tragic events such as this happen, I can't help to be reminded of the Toronto G20 summit, specifically the protests that took place that weekend, and subsequent largest mass arrest in Canadian history. While there were thankfully no killings that weekend, we did get to clearly see the mentality of the police and security forces in this country, and how they feel about citizens. While I'm sure this disturbing and brutal mentality isn't found amongst all individuals within the police forces, if events like G20 - and moreso, the Sammy Yatim murder - are left unchecked, the disturbing mentality will continue to grow like a virus. We have to be hyper vigilant in times such as these to ensure these 'protectors' are punished appropriately in order to stop the growth of the deadly mindset.
I'm embedding 'Into The Fire' below, which is a documentary that documents and exposes the crimes of the security forces during the Toronto G20 summit. Please take the time to watch this wonderful and insightful film from Press For Truth. With more information via films such as this, perhaps we'll have a chance to end Canada's police state, before it takes hold any further.
Libertarian in Labrador (#HarrisRants)
This Harris rant originally posted here on May 11th, 2013
On May 13 the people of Labrador will go to the polls to vote for their representative in a federal by-election. Anyone who has been following the story this past month or so, have heard the names of Conservative candidate Peter Penashue - who triggered the election by resigning from his elected post after a spending scandal, just to run again - Yvonne Jones, the Liberal candidate, and Harry Borlase of the NDP. There is one name however, that we've not heard much about - Norman Andrews, Libertarian Candidate.
Norman was bit later than the previously mentioned three in tossing his hat in the ring. Most people didn't know he had until the deadline day for candidates. Perhaps Norman didn't even know for certain until that day, I'm not sure. None the less, the hat was tossed in time, and the fine people of Labrador have four choices when they head out to vote, not just the main three that everyone is talking about.
For me personally, though I'm not in Labrador, I'm extremely ecstatic over this development. Libertarianism is a set of political philosophies that I've come to identify with over the past number of years - though I do lean more towards Libertarian-Socialism over Anarchism, as a note. Not in my wildest imagination did I expect a candidate representing those ideals would pop up in Labrador, or anywhere else in the Province for that matter; not yet anyway. I do realize that Libertarianism is quickly breaking into the mainstream as more and more people are coming to find, and agree with, this set of ideals. I really didn't expect it to hit so close to home, though I'm extremely happy it did. Not only does it provide the people a brand new choice but, selfishly, it provides me with an extra boost to freely discuss, debate, and promote this set of ideals as well.
I'm sure I'll have far more to say on Libertarianism - either here or on my Liberty Manifesto Blog - but if you are reading this and interested in a new vision for our country, I do recommend you check out the Libertarian Party of Canada website. Their platform and any other information you may want to read is clearly listed there, and I suggest you follow that up with some research elsewhere on the philosophy. You may quickly realize that this set of ideals is somewhat unique, and the party that represents it in Canada is basically the only one in our country that has a completely different vision. The rest are all stuck in neutral, playing the same old tired politics that are obviously failing us all. If you happen to like what you read - and again, I don't suggest you stop with just that party website - give Norman Andrews a vote of confidence by selecting him and the Libertarian Party of Canada in the Labrador by-election. I certainly would at this point.
On May 13 the people of Labrador will go to the polls to vote for their representative in a federal by-election. Anyone who has been following the story this past month or so, have heard the names of Conservative candidate Peter Penashue - who triggered the election by resigning from his elected post after a spending scandal, just to run again - Yvonne Jones, the Liberal candidate, and Harry Borlase of the NDP. There is one name however, that we've not heard much about - Norman Andrews, Libertarian Candidate.
Norman was bit later than the previously mentioned three in tossing his hat in the ring. Most people didn't know he had until the deadline day for candidates. Perhaps Norman didn't even know for certain until that day, I'm not sure. None the less, the hat was tossed in time, and the fine people of Labrador have four choices when they head out to vote, not just the main three that everyone is talking about.
For me personally, though I'm not in Labrador, I'm extremely ecstatic over this development. Libertarianism is a set of political philosophies that I've come to identify with over the past number of years - though I do lean more towards Libertarian-Socialism over Anarchism, as a note. Not in my wildest imagination did I expect a candidate representing those ideals would pop up in Labrador, or anywhere else in the Province for that matter; not yet anyway. I do realize that Libertarianism is quickly breaking into the mainstream as more and more people are coming to find, and agree with, this set of ideals. I really didn't expect it to hit so close to home, though I'm extremely happy it did. Not only does it provide the people a brand new choice but, selfishly, it provides me with an extra boost to freely discuss, debate, and promote this set of ideals as well.
I'm sure I'll have far more to say on Libertarianism - either here or on my Liberty Manifesto Blog - but if you are reading this and interested in a new vision for our country, I do recommend you check out the Libertarian Party of Canada website. Their platform and any other information you may want to read is clearly listed there, and I suggest you follow that up with some research elsewhere on the philosophy. You may quickly realize that this set of ideals is somewhat unique, and the party that represents it in Canada is basically the only one in our country that has a completely different vision. The rest are all stuck in neutral, playing the same old tired politics that are obviously failing us all. If you happen to like what you read - and again, I don't suggest you stop with just that party website - give Norman Andrews a vote of confidence by selecting him and the Libertarian Party of Canada in the Labrador by-election. I certainly would at this point.
Election Truth Bomb (#HarrisRants)
This unedited Harris rant posted here on Mar 29th, 2011
In January of 2006, Stephen Harper gained control of the Canadian Government by successfully campaigning with a desire to instate an 'Open and Accountable Governnent'. I remember this quite well, as I actually ran as a candidate during this same election. I knew even while in my rookie outing into politics what reality we were facing with a Harper Government...
Before I go on, I must declare that it disturbs me that more people didn't demand Harper remove his name from being plastered all over our official documents. It is not his Government. It is our government. I just had to make that clear.
From proroguing Government multiple times when he was under pressure, to silencing his ministers (or worse, enabling them to conduct criminal activity), to allowing the largest mass arrest in Canadian history during the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto, this Government has clearly shown that it is anything but 'Open and Accountable'. The reality of the situation is that, there has never been a more secretive, less accountable Government in the history of our Dominion, and it disgusts me. It doesn't surprise me, but it disgusts me.
On May 2nd, the citizens of Canada get a chance to right this wrong and while it will be a tough battle to rid Harper of power, it's a fight that we much take on. But it's also a fight which we must realize that the choices we have beyond Stevie are much of the same, no matter the color. The world has changed and our Country with it. The ideal of Democracy has been dismantled into a shell of what it once was and our Government has descended down a path which Prime Ministers of old have warned us about. Worse, we are well into this descent and well beyond it being a partisan issue. It has become (or must become) a peoples issue; a People vs the Government issue, and we must demand true change; true democratic change that goes beyond just ensuring we never have such a dictatorial leader as Stephen Harper ever again.
This next election provides people with a true opportunity to expose certain realities to the rest of the country. Nearly 24 hour attention will be focused on this campaign and increased opportunities for snippets of said realities will be available. Patriots for truth (whatever the topic may be) have grown exponentially in numbers since the 2006 election and these patriots will surely take this opportunity to further their tireless causes. Debate during the campaign will likely focus on all the same old push button issues, unless these patriots force anyone running for election answer questions on the larger issues; questions like these...
1) More than 90% of our money is supplied via private banks with compounded interest attached. The Bank Act enabled them to provide this money without having that value in their vaults in what is called a fractional reserve system. IF elected, will you be willing to demand true economic change by declaring that Bank of Canada supply our money, considering this declaration is supported by our Constitution and the Bank of Canada Act to do so and do so without any interest attached?
2) Will you demand accountably (and assurance it'll not happen again) for the passing of the Public Works Protection Act without debate during the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto which lead to the largest mass arrest in Canadian history and an overall incredible abuse of power from the security and police force during that weekend?
3) Will you demand an independent Canadian investigation into the attacks of 9/11 which killed 24 Canadians, launched multiple wars (which Canada's involvement is now a combat one over Peace Keeping) and also effectively caused the cessation of basic human rights via the Anti-Terrorism Act passed shortly after September 11th, 2001 and still in affect today?
It is honestly my belief that by focusing on these major issues (to start) we can truly resolve many other problems we are challenged with, and finally change our democracy to the beautiful ideal it could be, and should be. By true democratic and economic change we take control from the Banksters and restore power to the people of our great nation. Thus, we make our country that much stronger and better able to succeed in the future. Everyone knows the Government will never do this willingly; It must be the peoples will. The people must stand up for themselves, stand up for their families, stand up for their Countty and above all... stand up for truth.
In the end though, it all starts with a vote, and as long as we have at least that means to make a choice, we should all use it.
In January of 2006, Stephen Harper gained control of the Canadian Government by successfully campaigning with a desire to instate an 'Open and Accountable Governnent'. I remember this quite well, as I actually ran as a candidate during this same election. I knew even while in my rookie outing into politics what reality we were facing with a Harper Government...
Before I go on, I must declare that it disturbs me that more people didn't demand Harper remove his name from being plastered all over our official documents. It is not his Government. It is our government. I just had to make that clear.
From proroguing Government multiple times when he was under pressure, to silencing his ministers (or worse, enabling them to conduct criminal activity), to allowing the largest mass arrest in Canadian history during the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto, this Government has clearly shown that it is anything but 'Open and Accountable'. The reality of the situation is that, there has never been a more secretive, less accountable Government in the history of our Dominion, and it disgusts me. It doesn't surprise me, but it disgusts me.
On May 2nd, the citizens of Canada get a chance to right this wrong and while it will be a tough battle to rid Harper of power, it's a fight that we much take on. But it's also a fight which we must realize that the choices we have beyond Stevie are much of the same, no matter the color. The world has changed and our Country with it. The ideal of Democracy has been dismantled into a shell of what it once was and our Government has descended down a path which Prime Ministers of old have warned us about. Worse, we are well into this descent and well beyond it being a partisan issue. It has become (or must become) a peoples issue; a People vs the Government issue, and we must demand true change; true democratic change that goes beyond just ensuring we never have such a dictatorial leader as Stephen Harper ever again.
This next election provides people with a true opportunity to expose certain realities to the rest of the country. Nearly 24 hour attention will be focused on this campaign and increased opportunities for snippets of said realities will be available. Patriots for truth (whatever the topic may be) have grown exponentially in numbers since the 2006 election and these patriots will surely take this opportunity to further their tireless causes. Debate during the campaign will likely focus on all the same old push button issues, unless these patriots force anyone running for election answer questions on the larger issues; questions like these...
1) More than 90% of our money is supplied via private banks with compounded interest attached. The Bank Act enabled them to provide this money without having that value in their vaults in what is called a fractional reserve system. IF elected, will you be willing to demand true economic change by declaring that Bank of Canada supply our money, considering this declaration is supported by our Constitution and the Bank of Canada Act to do so and do so without any interest attached?
2) Will you demand accountably (and assurance it'll not happen again) for the passing of the Public Works Protection Act without debate during the 2010 G20 Summit in Toronto which lead to the largest mass arrest in Canadian history and an overall incredible abuse of power from the security and police force during that weekend?
3) Will you demand an independent Canadian investigation into the attacks of 9/11 which killed 24 Canadians, launched multiple wars (which Canada's involvement is now a combat one over Peace Keeping) and also effectively caused the cessation of basic human rights via the Anti-Terrorism Act passed shortly after September 11th, 2001 and still in affect today?
It is honestly my belief that by focusing on these major issues (to start) we can truly resolve many other problems we are challenged with, and finally change our democracy to the beautiful ideal it could be, and should be. By true democratic and economic change we take control from the Banksters and restore power to the people of our great nation. Thus, we make our country that much stronger and better able to succeed in the future. Everyone knows the Government will never do this willingly; It must be the peoples will. The people must stand up for themselves, stand up for their families, stand up for their Countty and above all... stand up for truth.
In the end though, it all starts with a vote, and as long as we have at least that means to make a choice, we should all use it.
New Year No Fear (#HarrisRants)
This unedited Harris rant originally entitled 'Second Decade of New Millennium' posted here on December 31st, 2010
When we entered the first decade of this new millennium, we did so in fear of some computer malfunction shutting down all essential services on earth. The threat of Y2K caused much panic among the masses but, eventually faded into nothingness like most other fabricated threats. This was a pattern seen many times throughout the past decade, which eventually caused an induced state of constant fear.
The later creation of the threat meter, for example, kept everyone in a state of heightened stress, never dropping below orange when placed there. 9/11 was the event which facilitated the creation of this meter. This, an event which itself inflicted a magnificent amount of fear on the populous. So much fear that we handed over all our freedoms in the name of security as we allowed the destruction of everything else, everywhere else in the world. 9/11 showed the true power of fear and through shock and awe our future was constructed.
This past decade ushered in a bevy of fears; bird flu for example. The threat of a massive global pandemic. Swine flu came later in the decade, causing panic and the complete willingness of people to line up and subject themselves to an injection of untested foreign substances. This is the true power of fear. It is all consuming. It it relentless. Our populations have been taught to fear the evil that lurks around every corner of every place on earth. We must fear terrorists who can be anywhere just waiting to blow you up. We must constantly panic about tiny diseases waiting to give us a quick death as stocks of Purell go through the roof. We are designed to fear each other as we no longer visit one another, more and more keeping to ourselves. We have been breed to listen, to obey, to sit at home waiting for instructions. We now just sit in shock after being subjected to consistent doses of fear throughout a decade of uncertainty.
As I sit here and ponder all these thoughts, I come to realize that my new years resolution this year will be to enter the year with love and peace in mind, not fear. As we continue into year 2 of this second decade of the new millennium, I invite you to join me as I repel these dark images and thoughts of fear and focus on making this next decade about something far more valuable: Love... because all we need is love.
When we entered the first decade of this new millennium, we did so in fear of some computer malfunction shutting down all essential services on earth. The threat of Y2K caused much panic among the masses but, eventually faded into nothingness like most other fabricated threats. This was a pattern seen many times throughout the past decade, which eventually caused an induced state of constant fear.
The later creation of the threat meter, for example, kept everyone in a state of heightened stress, never dropping below orange when placed there. 9/11 was the event which facilitated the creation of this meter. This, an event which itself inflicted a magnificent amount of fear on the populous. So much fear that we handed over all our freedoms in the name of security as we allowed the destruction of everything else, everywhere else in the world. 9/11 showed the true power of fear and through shock and awe our future was constructed.
This past decade ushered in a bevy of fears; bird flu for example. The threat of a massive global pandemic. Swine flu came later in the decade, causing panic and the complete willingness of people to line up and subject themselves to an injection of untested foreign substances. This is the true power of fear. It is all consuming. It it relentless. Our populations have been taught to fear the evil that lurks around every corner of every place on earth. We must fear terrorists who can be anywhere just waiting to blow you up. We must constantly panic about tiny diseases waiting to give us a quick death as stocks of Purell go through the roof. We are designed to fear each other as we no longer visit one another, more and more keeping to ourselves. We have been breed to listen, to obey, to sit at home waiting for instructions. We now just sit in shock after being subjected to consistent doses of fear throughout a decade of uncertainty.
As I sit here and ponder all these thoughts, I come to realize that my new years resolution this year will be to enter the year with love and peace in mind, not fear. As we continue into year 2 of this second decade of the new millennium, I invite you to join me as I repel these dark images and thoughts of fear and focus on making this next decade about something far more valuable: Love... because all we need is love.
Crash Chaos Currency (#HarrisRants)
This unedited Harris rant originally posted here on December 18th, 2010
The lust for world domination has existed since civilizations were born; Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Nero, Hitler, etc, etc, etc. Not for one second do I believe that this mentality, which evidently exists in all mankind, has ceased to be present today. Understand that, first and foremost, before I continue down this rant.
Next, please forget any radical terms like Illuminati or Skull and Bones (whether real or not) and focus on this fact: Various political world leaders DO meet with each other in private and they do so along with members of the banking elite (IMF, World Bank, CEO of Royal Bank, CEO of the Federal Reserve) leaders of wealthy industries (Oil, Power, Transportation), head honcho media moguls not to mention the other influential people like European royalty and such. You could research Bilderberg Group if you want more information on these gatherings but, whether you do or your don't, it's important to realize that critical conversations are being had at these private meetings. What's worse is that decisions by these unelected officials are being made out of these secret discussions. This is without even touching on the fact that millions of dollars are being spent each year on security for these super secret meetings. This is our tax dollars we're talking about and we are not even allowed to know what is discussed, let alone have a vote on these decisions. How is this a democracy?
That's easy; it's not. It's a Corporatocracy. It's all about money, the bottom line, not people and their health and wellness and as Jesse Ventura would say in his quest for truth; one must always follow the money. To take that a little further though, one must understand money, or better yet the financial systems of the world. Money is just paper after all. It’s just a symbol and without the system, it is worthless. And right now the financial systems of the world are being reworked into a centrally controlled grid.
At this point, I could go into a shit load of information about how all our resources and Canadian companies have been sold out in a transfer or wealth and resources to international corporations (HBC for example; the oldest company in North America, sold. Molson too. Vial Rail. Petro Canada. Nearly Everything) who in most cases run their businesses in unethical ways exempt from Canadian scrutiny. I won't get into that though. I'll get to the meat of the conversation for brevity sake (if that's possible). Let's talk money and the money supply.
In the US, they have the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is a Private banking system that prints and controls the money the Americans use. In Canada, it is much the same but instead of one bank, it's a few. 90% of our money supply is printed and controlled by RBC, Scotiabank, TD and BOM... Private banks.
The thing is though, we have a Bank of Canada which could be printing and controlling our money with no interest associated with it. The Bank of Canada Act specifically states that it is owned by the people of Canada and a servent of the people of Canada, regarding to the control of the money supply. If we printed our own money, our wealth would truly be ours because every single tax doller we ever paid would be going to our money and our country, not some private interest. We would never truly have a debt, meaning more money for health care, schools, transportation, the list goes on. Most of our Governments' spending as it stands now goes to the lining of these CEO's pockets who control these private interests. These private banks that charge our governments compounded interest to have their money, 10% or more at that. What's worse is that these private banks also are not even required to have any reserve at all in order to issue this money. These private companies are literally creating wealth out of nothing, by making interest on collateral that they do not have. It’s robbery, plain and simple.
I keep thinking at this point; what happens if everyone who has money in the bank (savings, bonds, holdings, stocks, etc) wants it taken out? What happens if a few hundred million people say they want all their money back? How will these banks pay out money it does not have? Simple; they won’t. The system will crash. History tells us that. This is essentially what caused the dirty thirties, isn't it?
And at this point, if that's not what crashes the system, inflation will be. I mean, inflation is caused by the amount of money in circulation, right? The more money printed means the more things cost. That's why things 5 cents in the day of our parents are now a buck fifty today. Simplified explanation sure, but that's what it is in essence. What’s so shocking about at this however, is how easy it would be to crash a system due to said inflation if a group of people wanted to. All one would have to do is keep printing a certain currency and eventually that would completely devalue that monetary system. It’s happened many times throughout history, Zimbabwe being one great example; an entire country was crippled by this very tactic of over issuing money and it's not the only example.
Shifting focus to the present tense; In this most recent economic drop last year, the US’s recovery plan was to issue the Federal Reserve to print money so that they could fund companies to ensure they survive the recession. They printed lots and lots of money and they weren’t the only county to do this as a survival tactic (including Canada). They just happen to be the ones that transferred the most wealth... by far. I wont get into where all this money went (ahem, car industry, banks) but there is no sign that these bailouts did anything, as the US is far from recovering. Worse, the printing of more money continues at a rapid pace (600 billion dollar bail bonds most recently) and soon enough the inevitable will happen; the American dollar will be devalued into something you just as well use as wall paper (like the Germans did when extreme inflation hit them).
If the American dollar crashed, it wouldn’t be long before the rest followed suit I figure and I keep wondering about what life would be like if these fiat money systems of the world were worth nothing. I'm assuming that, due to humanities need for this paper symbol currently, there would be mass panic and chaos first and foremost; something Europe is crippled with as I type this. Eventually, if our systems on this continent get that bad, I assume the anger in the people here will manifest much the same way.
With mass panic and chaos, military control is quite likely. A police state where G20 cops rule full time is scary to think about sure, but we learn daily that it’s the most likely scenario. With all that I've learned about the Fema camps being developed all over North America combined with the historical context of imprisoning our own in internment camps during times of war or stress (Japanese for example), who knows how far a police state could escalate? With all the laws that have been passed since 9/11 that practically handed over every freedom we ever had, even without full blown martial law it does not look good.
I can only assume a solution to the crashed economies of the world would be presented at this point in the future (should it become reality). That's generally what happens in a Problem Reaction Solution scenaio such as this, but what might that solution be? Is a one world currency a possibility? It's true that leaders all over the world, both political and corporate and inbetween have been calling for such a thing for years, all out in the open: Harper calls for it and many others at the most recent G8 and G20 summits, Gordon Brown (UK Prime Minister) very recently called for a world government to handle the crises and Tony Blair has been speaking on it for years prior to him, Obama has been talking about it since his election campaign, Paul Martin is propogating the call for it in discussions with University Students, Henry Kissinger, all the Rothchild family including the youngest David De Mayer, the list goes on and on and on and on. And if that's not enough to digest, universal coins have already been pressed and presented at G8 and G20 summits (as depicted in the picture within this post) so it's clear to me that this is more than just a possible 'Solution'..
Coincedently enough, the people calling for this world currency (and beyond that to world governance) are the same influential people that take part in these meetings I mentioned at the start of this very long rant; one which you are likely not even reading any longer... but if you are this far, you are probably asking "So what, we'll have a global currency, a global government even; what's the big deal?"
The big deal, first and foremost, is that I did not get to vote on it. You did not. You and I and everybody else will never get to vote on these changes. This is a clear indication that our Government is a scam and not here for us but for 'Them', the Corporatocracy. The Left-Right, Red-Blue paradigm is just theater and until there are radical changes, that is all it'll ever be. Change is desperately needed and fast because the reality of the situation to me at this point in our existence is that, not only is the lust for world domination alive and well, those who are filled with said lust are winning.
The lust for world domination has existed since civilizations were born; Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, Nero, Hitler, etc, etc, etc. Not for one second do I believe that this mentality, which evidently exists in all mankind, has ceased to be present today. Understand that, first and foremost, before I continue down this rant.
Next, please forget any radical terms like Illuminati or Skull and Bones (whether real or not) and focus on this fact: Various political world leaders DO meet with each other in private and they do so along with members of the banking elite (IMF, World Bank, CEO of Royal Bank, CEO of the Federal Reserve) leaders of wealthy industries (Oil, Power, Transportation), head honcho media moguls not to mention the other influential people like European royalty and such. You could research Bilderberg Group if you want more information on these gatherings but, whether you do or your don't, it's important to realize that critical conversations are being had at these private meetings. What's worse is that decisions by these unelected officials are being made out of these secret discussions. This is without even touching on the fact that millions of dollars are being spent each year on security for these super secret meetings. This is our tax dollars we're talking about and we are not even allowed to know what is discussed, let alone have a vote on these decisions. How is this a democracy?
That's easy; it's not. It's a Corporatocracy. It's all about money, the bottom line, not people and their health and wellness and as Jesse Ventura would say in his quest for truth; one must always follow the money. To take that a little further though, one must understand money, or better yet the financial systems of the world. Money is just paper after all. It’s just a symbol and without the system, it is worthless. And right now the financial systems of the world are being reworked into a centrally controlled grid.
At this point, I could go into a shit load of information about how all our resources and Canadian companies have been sold out in a transfer or wealth and resources to international corporations (HBC for example; the oldest company in North America, sold. Molson too. Vial Rail. Petro Canada. Nearly Everything) who in most cases run their businesses in unethical ways exempt from Canadian scrutiny. I won't get into that though. I'll get to the meat of the conversation for brevity sake (if that's possible). Let's talk money and the money supply.
In the US, they have the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve is a Private banking system that prints and controls the money the Americans use. In Canada, it is much the same but instead of one bank, it's a few. 90% of our money supply is printed and controlled by RBC, Scotiabank, TD and BOM... Private banks.
The thing is though, we have a Bank of Canada which could be printing and controlling our money with no interest associated with it. The Bank of Canada Act specifically states that it is owned by the people of Canada and a servent of the people of Canada, regarding to the control of the money supply. If we printed our own money, our wealth would truly be ours because every single tax doller we ever paid would be going to our money and our country, not some private interest. We would never truly have a debt, meaning more money for health care, schools, transportation, the list goes on. Most of our Governments' spending as it stands now goes to the lining of these CEO's pockets who control these private interests. These private banks that charge our governments compounded interest to have their money, 10% or more at that. What's worse is that these private banks also are not even required to have any reserve at all in order to issue this money. These private companies are literally creating wealth out of nothing, by making interest on collateral that they do not have. It’s robbery, plain and simple.
I keep thinking at this point; what happens if everyone who has money in the bank (savings, bonds, holdings, stocks, etc) wants it taken out? What happens if a few hundred million people say they want all their money back? How will these banks pay out money it does not have? Simple; they won’t. The system will crash. History tells us that. This is essentially what caused the dirty thirties, isn't it?
And at this point, if that's not what crashes the system, inflation will be. I mean, inflation is caused by the amount of money in circulation, right? The more money printed means the more things cost. That's why things 5 cents in the day of our parents are now a buck fifty today. Simplified explanation sure, but that's what it is in essence. What’s so shocking about at this however, is how easy it would be to crash a system due to said inflation if a group of people wanted to. All one would have to do is keep printing a certain currency and eventually that would completely devalue that monetary system. It’s happened many times throughout history, Zimbabwe being one great example; an entire country was crippled by this very tactic of over issuing money and it's not the only example.
Shifting focus to the present tense; In this most recent economic drop last year, the US’s recovery plan was to issue the Federal Reserve to print money so that they could fund companies to ensure they survive the recession. They printed lots and lots of money and they weren’t the only county to do this as a survival tactic (including Canada). They just happen to be the ones that transferred the most wealth... by far. I wont get into where all this money went (ahem, car industry, banks) but there is no sign that these bailouts did anything, as the US is far from recovering. Worse, the printing of more money continues at a rapid pace (600 billion dollar bail bonds most recently) and soon enough the inevitable will happen; the American dollar will be devalued into something you just as well use as wall paper (like the Germans did when extreme inflation hit them).
If the American dollar crashed, it wouldn’t be long before the rest followed suit I figure and I keep wondering about what life would be like if these fiat money systems of the world were worth nothing. I'm assuming that, due to humanities need for this paper symbol currently, there would be mass panic and chaos first and foremost; something Europe is crippled with as I type this. Eventually, if our systems on this continent get that bad, I assume the anger in the people here will manifest much the same way.
With mass panic and chaos, military control is quite likely. A police state where G20 cops rule full time is scary to think about sure, but we learn daily that it’s the most likely scenario. With all that I've learned about the Fema camps being developed all over North America combined with the historical context of imprisoning our own in internment camps during times of war or stress (Japanese for example), who knows how far a police state could escalate? With all the laws that have been passed since 9/11 that practically handed over every freedom we ever had, even without full blown martial law it does not look good.
I can only assume a solution to the crashed economies of the world would be presented at this point in the future (should it become reality). That's generally what happens in a Problem Reaction Solution scenaio such as this, but what might that solution be? Is a one world currency a possibility? It's true that leaders all over the world, both political and corporate and inbetween have been calling for such a thing for years, all out in the open: Harper calls for it and many others at the most recent G8 and G20 summits, Gordon Brown (UK Prime Minister) very recently called for a world government to handle the crises and Tony Blair has been speaking on it for years prior to him, Obama has been talking about it since his election campaign, Paul Martin is propogating the call for it in discussions with University Students, Henry Kissinger, all the Rothchild family including the youngest David De Mayer, the list goes on and on and on and on. And if that's not enough to digest, universal coins have already been pressed and presented at G8 and G20 summits (as depicted in the picture within this post) so it's clear to me that this is more than just a possible 'Solution'..
Coincedently enough, the people calling for this world currency (and beyond that to world governance) are the same influential people that take part in these meetings I mentioned at the start of this very long rant; one which you are likely not even reading any longer... but if you are this far, you are probably asking "So what, we'll have a global currency, a global government even; what's the big deal?"
The big deal, first and foremost, is that I did not get to vote on it. You did not. You and I and everybody else will never get to vote on these changes. This is a clear indication that our Government is a scam and not here for us but for 'Them', the Corporatocracy. The Left-Right, Red-Blue paradigm is just theater and until there are radical changes, that is all it'll ever be. Change is desperately needed and fast because the reality of the situation to me at this point in our existence is that, not only is the lust for world domination alive and well, those who are filled with said lust are winning.
Checkmate: Full Control (#HarrisRants)
This Harris rant originally posted here on December 1st, 2010
Those who have looking, really looking, would have noticed that in the past 10 years we have seen a rapid increase in the control on our world, on our very existence. With surveillance increased massively, invasive search techniques employed and the stripping of literally all human rights and freedoms, the case can be said that we now have little control of our own. In fact, the true question may be; do we have any control anymore, in any aspect of life? Body? Mind? Spirit?
Not to be a bummer, but I'm really not so sure that we do...
Control to the heights that we see now as we march into 2011 however, did not come over night and it did not come willingly... not consciously anyway. The way I see it (whether 'right' or 'wrong'), it's been an extremely long progression to the point we are today; to the point where we so effortlessly toss away everything we rightfully deserve. When you really dive into it, getting us to this moment in our existence was a ingenious plan slowly played piece by piece through a centuries long chess game. One may never know the order in which the pieces were played, because history is told by the victor, but when wandering through history with your minds eye open you can nearly visualize the board and it's pieces. This is a chiché no doubt, but truly how else can it be viewed? Two sides lined up on opposite ends, looking to command the playing field. The sides, light and dark. In this case each side is drawing inspiration from opposite spectrum's of humanity; one thriving on fear, the other on love. Dark. Light. It is unfortunate however, that those who were empowered by love throughout existence weren't really aware that this chess game even existed, or if they ever did, they lost sight of it along the way.
Looking back at this game at it's inception though, you can see a pawn or two moving forward as they crushed humanities need to be in full sync with their surroundings, their true need to follow the natural cycles of the earth and the universe it exists in. I'm not sure if this was the first piece played or the only piece in this initial tactic, but confusing our biorhythms with the creation of the Julian calendar and similar systems of unnatural keepers of time were an important piece to be played I figure. A move that I don't think anyone can truly understand what affect it has had and continues to have on us. I'm sure if we asked the Mayans, they'd probably know...
But yet, the 2nd move was played before we got that chance. That perhaps the knight, moving in to put all the food under lock and key, deciding who gets to eat and who doesn't. When thinking now, perhaps this came even before the aforementioned pawns, but no matter when this piece was first played, it has since evolved into a life of it's own. Today that lock and key is money, paper, used as trade in exchange for a life's necessity. But worse, this knight doesn't even bring nutrition it it's delivery of food. No, it brings along poisoned unnatural genetically modified food which could or could not be yours depending on whether or not you have the right amount of paper. Food that eventually will make you sick.
But quickly, the 2nd knight swooped in. This the knight that brings the medicine. The drugs. The chemicals. The created synthetic substances which humanity now gobbles down to make them 'Better'... perhaps even injects to counter the poisoning from the unnatural foods they previously devoured. Or maybe they swallow pill after pill to heal them from the synthetic diseases that the rook in this game created and played later. The Rook at that point in the future perpetuating this knights necessity, it's necessity to provide the cure.
And yet, even after that, the Light side sat on unaware. Or maybe this is when they lost sight but irregardless, at this point the White side of humanity had yet to make any move. There was no pawn, nor rook, nor king, nothing in response to the dark sides movements thus far.
But still, the Black side continued perpetuating his plan undetected, now playing the bishop who brought with it Religion. A belief. Something for all the sick and poor and hungry people to have in exchange for nutrition and health. A false sense of hope was created. A blind faith that somebody was watching over them was consumed by the masses, thus willingly handing over their own power to some other entity... loosing control. But even still, pawns pushed in with that bishop destroying any belief that connected humanity to it's universe, every belief that was not the Dark chess players belief. These moves together broke humanities desire for truth... having 'found' faith.
Quickly after that move, the 2nd bishop was played and with that move came education. But not knowledge. No, knowledge is power and to win in this game, you cannot succeed power. Education though, that is the key. Education in a institutionalized atmosphere where at an early age you are indoctrinated into society, taught bare necessities from one point of view and kept that way until the age of 17... and many far beyond that. This education, this breeding of faithful 9 to 5 workers in this giant hamster cage that is the chess board, stripped our abilities to critically think and to rightfully discover the true vastness of our existence.
And still, loves side of humanity has yet to move a piece to this point. The queen and king slumbered on, not knowing the game has started or even exits. Their minions sit there dazed on their tiny squares waiting for orders, direction from somebody... anybody.
But it continued still; another rook was moved, this time bringing governance. Societal control. A system that has evolved from a monarchical stance to a now democratic approach. The Rook in all it's maneuverability has convinced society that those systems of governance are different, when they are not. A monarchy is merely more blatant in it's approach; the control is evident. A democracy gives humanity the belief it is not being controlled but meanwhile they people bicker amongst themselves as the Government moves forward with whatever desire it pleases. A system of divide and conquer was created and while humanity was already nearly under full control, now societies and populations of humanity are as well.
But the Black side isn't done, not yet. There are many pieces to be played; several pawns again next perhaps, these bringing all forms of media and entertainment. Afterall, humanity cannot have a mind either. In order to win this game, they must be brainwashed into near comma like status, more involved in what Hollywood stars are eating for breakfast than they are with their own children. Children more involved in death stuffed video games (which only prepare them for war) than they are with their own parents. The Dark king and queen believe that humanity must be kept oblivious to their true existence around them as they ensure everyone pounds their ear drums with IPods packed with synthetic music saturated with subliminal messaging keeping them busy rodents. But even if humanity can ignore the entertainment, the pawns bring advertising and advertising keeps them with desire and lust for the media and entertainment, continuously keeping them running the wheel in this hamster cage labeled life. A cage which, as I see it, has been surrounding the Light side of humanity for an eternity.
These latest measures (the rapid influx of control mentioned at the start of this rant) were merely a few final pieces being moved. These pieces were propelled using a familiar tactic; large scale Psy-ops, most notably in recent history being 9/11. The use of massive psychological operations expertly employed to sway general opinion and control through fear is how we got so quickly to this point in recent years. What's truly disgusting to me is that we willingly (but again semi unconsciously) accepted this mauling of essential freedoms, all in effort to find safety. It was a brilliant move and expertly executed. And not surprising when you look at how the game has been played this long. The Dark side have truly been in control for a rather long time.
And now, here the game sits with all pieces from the Dark side sitting on the Light's doorstep; the breaths of the Pawns and Rooks and Knights now hitting the pale unaware White faces. And still, even then, they sit oblivious that the game has started, that it's very existence is real.
And I question here at this moment, looking down on this game; how long will will this side of humanity slumber? How long will they sit sleeping as their world, their chess board, is consumed and destroyed. How much longer can this world survive as those who need to protect it, those who are fulled by love not fear, are keep dazed? Dazed by the dark side who now controls it?
I question further; Is this game already over? I'll let YOU decide that.
Those who have looking, really looking, would have noticed that in the past 10 years we have seen a rapid increase in the control on our world, on our very existence. With surveillance increased massively, invasive search techniques employed and the stripping of literally all human rights and freedoms, the case can be said that we now have little control of our own. In fact, the true question may be; do we have any control anymore, in any aspect of life? Body? Mind? Spirit?
Not to be a bummer, but I'm really not so sure that we do...
Control to the heights that we see now as we march into 2011 however, did not come over night and it did not come willingly... not consciously anyway. The way I see it (whether 'right' or 'wrong'), it's been an extremely long progression to the point we are today; to the point where we so effortlessly toss away everything we rightfully deserve. When you really dive into it, getting us to this moment in our existence was a ingenious plan slowly played piece by piece through a centuries long chess game. One may never know the order in which the pieces were played, because history is told by the victor, but when wandering through history with your minds eye open you can nearly visualize the board and it's pieces. This is a chiché no doubt, but truly how else can it be viewed? Two sides lined up on opposite ends, looking to command the playing field. The sides, light and dark. In this case each side is drawing inspiration from opposite spectrum's of humanity; one thriving on fear, the other on love. Dark. Light. It is unfortunate however, that those who were empowered by love throughout existence weren't really aware that this chess game even existed, or if they ever did, they lost sight of it along the way.
Looking back at this game at it's inception though, you can see a pawn or two moving forward as they crushed humanities need to be in full sync with their surroundings, their true need to follow the natural cycles of the earth and the universe it exists in. I'm not sure if this was the first piece played or the only piece in this initial tactic, but confusing our biorhythms with the creation of the Julian calendar and similar systems of unnatural keepers of time were an important piece to be played I figure. A move that I don't think anyone can truly understand what affect it has had and continues to have on us. I'm sure if we asked the Mayans, they'd probably know...
But yet, the 2nd move was played before we got that chance. That perhaps the knight, moving in to put all the food under lock and key, deciding who gets to eat and who doesn't. When thinking now, perhaps this came even before the aforementioned pawns, but no matter when this piece was first played, it has since evolved into a life of it's own. Today that lock and key is money, paper, used as trade in exchange for a life's necessity. But worse, this knight doesn't even bring nutrition it it's delivery of food. No, it brings along poisoned unnatural genetically modified food which could or could not be yours depending on whether or not you have the right amount of paper. Food that eventually will make you sick.
But quickly, the 2nd knight swooped in. This the knight that brings the medicine. The drugs. The chemicals. The created synthetic substances which humanity now gobbles down to make them 'Better'... perhaps even injects to counter the poisoning from the unnatural foods they previously devoured. Or maybe they swallow pill after pill to heal them from the synthetic diseases that the rook in this game created and played later. The Rook at that point in the future perpetuating this knights necessity, it's necessity to provide the cure.
And yet, even after that, the Light side sat on unaware. Or maybe this is when they lost sight but irregardless, at this point the White side of humanity had yet to make any move. There was no pawn, nor rook, nor king, nothing in response to the dark sides movements thus far.
But still, the Black side continued perpetuating his plan undetected, now playing the bishop who brought with it Religion. A belief. Something for all the sick and poor and hungry people to have in exchange for nutrition and health. A false sense of hope was created. A blind faith that somebody was watching over them was consumed by the masses, thus willingly handing over their own power to some other entity... loosing control. But even still, pawns pushed in with that bishop destroying any belief that connected humanity to it's universe, every belief that was not the Dark chess players belief. These moves together broke humanities desire for truth... having 'found' faith.
Quickly after that move, the 2nd bishop was played and with that move came education. But not knowledge. No, knowledge is power and to win in this game, you cannot succeed power. Education though, that is the key. Education in a institutionalized atmosphere where at an early age you are indoctrinated into society, taught bare necessities from one point of view and kept that way until the age of 17... and many far beyond that. This education, this breeding of faithful 9 to 5 workers in this giant hamster cage that is the chess board, stripped our abilities to critically think and to rightfully discover the true vastness of our existence.
And still, loves side of humanity has yet to move a piece to this point. The queen and king slumbered on, not knowing the game has started or even exits. Their minions sit there dazed on their tiny squares waiting for orders, direction from somebody... anybody.
But it continued still; another rook was moved, this time bringing governance. Societal control. A system that has evolved from a monarchical stance to a now democratic approach. The Rook in all it's maneuverability has convinced society that those systems of governance are different, when they are not. A monarchy is merely more blatant in it's approach; the control is evident. A democracy gives humanity the belief it is not being controlled but meanwhile they people bicker amongst themselves as the Government moves forward with whatever desire it pleases. A system of divide and conquer was created and while humanity was already nearly under full control, now societies and populations of humanity are as well.
But the Black side isn't done, not yet. There are many pieces to be played; several pawns again next perhaps, these bringing all forms of media and entertainment. Afterall, humanity cannot have a mind either. In order to win this game, they must be brainwashed into near comma like status, more involved in what Hollywood stars are eating for breakfast than they are with their own children. Children more involved in death stuffed video games (which only prepare them for war) than they are with their own parents. The Dark king and queen believe that humanity must be kept oblivious to their true existence around them as they ensure everyone pounds their ear drums with IPods packed with synthetic music saturated with subliminal messaging keeping them busy rodents. But even if humanity can ignore the entertainment, the pawns bring advertising and advertising keeps them with desire and lust for the media and entertainment, continuously keeping them running the wheel in this hamster cage labeled life. A cage which, as I see it, has been surrounding the Light side of humanity for an eternity.
These latest measures (the rapid influx of control mentioned at the start of this rant) were merely a few final pieces being moved. These pieces were propelled using a familiar tactic; large scale Psy-ops, most notably in recent history being 9/11. The use of massive psychological operations expertly employed to sway general opinion and control through fear is how we got so quickly to this point in recent years. What's truly disgusting to me is that we willingly (but again semi unconsciously) accepted this mauling of essential freedoms, all in effort to find safety. It was a brilliant move and expertly executed. And not surprising when you look at how the game has been played this long. The Dark side have truly been in control for a rather long time.
And now, here the game sits with all pieces from the Dark side sitting on the Light's doorstep; the breaths of the Pawns and Rooks and Knights now hitting the pale unaware White faces. And still, even then, they sit oblivious that the game has started, that it's very existence is real.
And I question here at this moment, looking down on this game; how long will will this side of humanity slumber? How long will they sit sleeping as their world, their chess board, is consumed and destroyed. How much longer can this world survive as those who need to protect it, those who are fulled by love not fear, are keep dazed? Dazed by the dark side who now controls it?
I question further; Is this game already over? I'll let YOU decide that.
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