Power

Relationships with the Elite or the Forgotten People?

Another Google search for Howard and September 11 came to me.  This article came up.  Who chooses our leaders? Why?

 I always recall Howard and the Children Overboard Affair whereby boat people were demonised as throwing their children overboard refer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children_Overboard_affair. The media carried this and it created the impression that muslim… Continue reading

Old Fossils Energising Wars

 

He who owns the gold rules the world is the driver.

The last point first:

Twenty-first century energy wars: how oil and gas are fuelling global conflicts

“…In a fossil-fuel world, control over oil and gas reserves is an essential component of national power. “Oil fuels more than automobiles and airplanes,” Robert Ebel of… Continue reading

Koch Brothers Wish to Repeal Social Security and Government Taxation?

Fascinating what Bernie Sanders is saying.  He says the Koch Brothers have economic wealth of $80 billion. Their wealth increased by $12 billion. Koch Industries is the second largest privately owned company invested primarily in the energy industry.

So they won’t be to interested in free energy or intentional communities. I don’t think… Continue reading

IMF Indicates Fiscal Deficit for Saudi Arabia

I found this article interesting.  The influence of oil wealth is changing.  We are moving into interesting times.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-could-be-bankrupt-within-five-years-imf-predicts-a6706821.html

Saudi Arabia could be bankrupt within five years, IMF predicts

Saudi Arabia generates 90 per cent of its income from oil – a commodity which has recently plummeted in value

Noam Chomsky Lecture on Power at Deakin University, Australia

It takes courage to speak the truth, speaking truth to power is essential for those in power.  I have become clear that the checking of power is a service, as abuses become infinite as those who control lose their way when others conform and give tacit consent without critique, when in truth they do… Continue reading

Tony Abbott Blue Tie Response to PM Resignation – Why?

My only question here is why would Tony Abbott wear a blue tie when responding to Julia Gillard’s resignation as Australian Prime Minister. This is an important question given the statement below:

As speculation about her leadership intensified, the Prime Minister said a government dominated by ”men in blue ties” would mean hard-won financial gains… Continue reading

Mohandas Gandhi

“Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong”

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