I thought this video was appropriate, given some of the frightening stories I’ve read about vote fraud and issues with electionic machines: Of course, in Canada, we didn’t need corrupt machines. We just needed a few extra parties to split the vote.
This retelling of the financial situation in Iceland is direct and honest and clearly illustrates how what happened in Iceland over the last 4-5 years can easily happen in most other developed countries. The main point: we’ve abdicated our social and financial control to non-governmental and non-democratic organizations that could care less about the welfare of the states that they impose their ‘rules’ on. I’ve […]
Author’s Note: The following is Chapter 62 of the my online book "Excited Delirium". Please post comments. Please tell your friends about this story. If you’ve missed a chapter, please click here for Chapter 1 (Prelude) or here for the full index . August 7, 2008 Those with very little experience with Chinese culture, but with significant influence in the West – people like Griffith […]
I don’t think the little nation of Iceland entered the news much before September 2008. When it did, it was depicted as iconic in its efforts to purchase hydrogen buses, run everything on geo-thermal energy and the home land of Bjork. Now, it’s the victim of economic larceny . The people of Iceland are being forced to pay 18% interest on their debts in order […]
For those of you who don’t read the Star, I thought this was a great piece , as it added a very unique spin to the whole financial crisis and why our corporations are the way that they are. After seeing The Corporation several years ago, I understood their point that there was some kind of psychosis that was driving this institution. However, when you […]