The bolsheviks to make US communistic - with fiat dollar collapse ? - to make a second new us-sr - anti-American - anti-Christian - a new financed lenin and trotsky banksters$million for the super red mass killing of the Christian souls? - the bolsheviks did it with old Great Russia - history to repeat itself - Time to Start Honing the Message -
7/20/2008 by John Rubino
For gold bugs, the past few years have been kind of peaceful, intellectually speaking. Because they understood the dynamic of fiat currency leading to excessive borrowing leading to financial crisis, they were neither confused about what was happening nor swayed by the gibberish that passed for expert opinion. Alan Greenspan could ramble and Larry Kudlow could rant, but who cared? In the end the laws of economics would prevail; housing would tank, inflation would surge, and gold would soar. Today’s world looks pretty much the way Doug Casey or James Turk would have predicted, had you asked them a decade ago. So while the talking heads talked, the gold bugs calmly accumulated precious metals and shorted the financials, and won big. They didn’t have to change anyone’s mind or win any arguments. All they had to do was see clearly and invest accordingly.
But that’s about to change, because the next stage of the process will be a real debate. When the fiat currency/welfare state/military industrial complex system finally implodes, Americans will have to figure out what kind of society to rebuild from the rubble. Barring a coup, the majority will decide, which means people who value the rule of law and sound money will have to have to argue effectively in favor of those ideals. And they’ll face an uphill battle, because, as in the 1930s, the loudest voices will be those blaming capitalism and freedom, and calling for an enlightened state to save us from ourselves. Those arguments will strike a chord because, after decades of wealth-without-effort, most Americans lack a clear understanding of this stuff. Most won’t immediately grasp concepts like Constitutional limits on government power, and many will buy the “bankers and rich people bad, government good” arguments of populists hoping to use the crisis to consolidate power in Washington.
So just when the gold bugs could be kicking back and enjoying the fruits of their prescience, they’ll be pulled back into the stream of history. They’ll have to debate, argue, and maybe fight to avoid living out their lives in a dictatorship.
In Saturday’s Wall Street Journal, James Grant, editor of Grant’s Interest Rate Observer, published a long piece that offers some ammunition for the good guys. Here are a few excerpts:
Why No Outrage?
The American people are famously slow to anger, but they are outdoing themselves in long suffering today. In the wake of the "greatest failure of ratings and risk management ever," to quote the considered judgment of the mortgage-research department of UBS, Wall Street wears a political bullseye. Yet the politicians take no pot shots.
Wall Street is off the political agenda in 2008 for reasons we may only guess about. Possibly, in this time of widespread public participation in the stock market, "Wall Street" is really "Main Street." Or maybe Wall Street, its old self, owns both major political parties and their candidates. Or, possibly, the $4.50 gasoline price has absorbed every available erg of populist anger, or -- yet another possibility -- today's financial failures are too complex to stick in everyman's craw.
I have another theory, and that is that the old populists actually won. This is their financial system. They had demanded paper money, federally insured bank deposits and a heavy governmental hand in the distribution of credit, and now they have them. The Populist Party might have lost the elections in the hard times of the 1890s. But it won the future.
They got their government-controlled money (the Federal Reserve opened for business in 1914), and their government-directed credit (Fannie Mae and the Federal Home Loan Banks were creatures of Great Depression No. 2; Freddie Mac came along in 1970). In 1971, they got their pure paper dollar. So today, the Fed can print all the dollars it deems expedient and the unwell federal mortgage giants, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, combine for $1.5 trillion in on-balance sheet mortgage assets and dominate the business of mortgage origination (in the fourth quarter of last year, private lenders garnered all of a 19% market share). Thus, the Wall Street of the Morgans and the Astors and the bloated bondholders is today an institution of the mixed economy.
In other words, it wasn’t private property and freedom that brought down the American Empire, but their opposite: an expanding government armed with a printing press. Seen this way, the fix is simple: A return to Constitutional ideals of limited government and sound money. Convincing a voting majority of this will be a long, sometimes depressing process. But considering the alternative, there’s not much choice. So start honing your message; you’re going to need it.
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed his elementary education in that city and then went to Virginia Union University. After three and a half years at Virginia Union, Pastor Wright left school and entered the United States Marine Corps. He transferred from the USMC into the United States Navy where he served as a cardiopulmonary technician.
After six years in the military, Pastor Wright transferred to Howard University where he completed his undergraduate studies and received his first Master’s Degree. His second Master’s Degree was from the University of Chicago Divinity School. His Doctorate was received from the United Theological Seminary under Dr. Samuel DeWitt Proctor. In addition to Pastor Wright’s four earned degrees, he has been the recipient of eight honorary doctorates.
Rev. Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr. became Pastor of Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC) on March 1, 1972. Within a matter of months he demonstrated an understanding and deep commitment to help TUCC achieve its motto and vision. The motto, "Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian", was a phrase coined by his predecessor, the Reverend Dr. Reuben Sheares, and was officially adopted by the congregation shortly after Pastor Wright began his ministry.
Since 1972, under Dr. Wright’s leadership, the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ grew from 87 members; and currently exceeds 6,000! The membership continues to grow numerically and spiritually with large numbers of members tithing, studying in bible classes and serving in over 70 ministries offered to enhance the Christian journey.
Dr. Wright has lectured at seminaries and universities across the United States and has represented TUCC and The United Church of Christ around the world. He is recognized as a leading theologian and pastor and has published four books and numerous articles.
United Church of Christ Statement of Faith in the form of a doxology
We believe in you, O God, Eternal Spirit, God of our Savior Jesus Christ and our God, and to your deeds we testify: You call the worlds into being, create persons in your own image,and set before each one the ways of life and death. You seek in holy love to save all people from aimlessness and sin. You judge people and nations by your righteous will declared through prophets and apostles. In Jesus Christ, the man of Nazareth, our crucified and risen Savior, you have come to us and shared our common lot, conquering sin and death and reconciling the world to yourself. You bestow upon us your Holy Spirit, creating and renewing the church of Jesus Christ, binding in covenant faithful people of all ages, tongues, and races. You call us into your church to accept the cost and joy of discipleship, to be your servants in the service of others, to proclaim the gospel to all the world and resist the powers of evil,to share in Christ's baptism and eat at his table, to join him in his passion and victory. You promise to all who trust you forgiveness of sins and fullness of grace, courage in the struggle for justice and peace, your presence in trial and rejoicing, and eternal life in your realm which has no end. Blessing and honor, glory and power be unto you. Amen.
We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.
The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:
1. A congregation committed to ADORATION. 2. A congregation preaching SALVATION. 3. A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION. 4. A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA. 5. A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION. 6. A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION. 7. A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA. 8. A congregation committed to LIBERATION. 9. A congregation committed to RESTORATION. 10. A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.
Click here to read about Dr. Wright’s talking points for Trinity United Church of Christ its Web site and the Black Value System.
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