Jewish Satanic Illuminati New Age Banksters: Am I A Kook?

I could be, but I doubt it. But then again, I would be the last to know. 

I just read a website where Ron Paul was criticized for reading books by Jewish economists. Another site suggested that the solution to all our problems was to pay off the national debt by printing money. That way we did not have to pay interest to the Jews. I think this kind of thing is crazy. 

How then do I use the term "powers that be”? In my view such powers do exist, but they do not have secret club meetings to send out their orders. 

I first became aware of how this worked by listening to Noam Chomsky. (Yes I know…) He was asked by a hostile interviewer about the supposed conspiracy of the elites. His answer made a lot of sense. To paraphrase  Chomsky, he asked why we should be surprised if people who are of the same class, went to the same schools, have the same economic self-interests, read the same books, watch the same TV shows, and in the political sphere drink in the same bars—end up with the same views. This is why good people who are sent to Washington end up corrupted. They never see it. Conservative or liberal, it does not matter. 

For some reason the Patty Duke theme song is running though my head as I type this. Patty Duke played identical twin cousins. 

Still, they're cousins, 
Identical cousins and you'll find, 
They laugh alike, they walk alike, 
At times they even talk alike --  

You can lose your mind, 
When cousins are two of a kind.  

What we end up with is "When politicians are all of one kind." (What is really scary is Patty Duke just turned 65 and was hired by the Social Security Administration to promote Social Security! If Patty Duke is 65, then that would mean I would be in my 50's! Oh. Wait. I AM in my fifties. Never mind…) 

Our culture is powerful in our minds and hearts, yet no one creates it. I suppose each of us creates a little bit of it,  but the percentage is so minuscule that I might as well say we as individuals do not create it. But it does make us. Even an icon like Madonna, who affects culture far more than any of us do, is still formed by the culture in which she lives. This is why a book entitled "Hollywood Conservatives" would be very short. 

As a Christian this may be the singularly most difficult thing we have to overcome. As Jesus said at the Passover (the anniversary of that meal is coming up), be in the world, but not of the world.

How do we do this? One way I am doing it is cutting the cable. We do not have cable TV, nor do we have over-the-air-reception. We have not cut ourselves off entirely. We still have Netflix. We use Hulu. I buy season passes for some series on iTunes. A little mindless entertainment is a good thing, but do we need 4 hours a day? That is the American average.  My wife does stream Russian TV, but that is about it. (A word of warning, do not buy Game of Thrones unless you like soft core porn.) 

This was a super Bowl Ad. Hulu Plus needs better ads. I think the biggest problem is the commercials. My consumption of ads is quite small. But I swear if I see that Hulu commercial one more time where the young man marries bacon I will go insane. Each of us in our own way needs to learn to opt out—to leave Babylon the Great described in Revelation 18. 

But no there is no secret cabal with secret handshakes and magic decoder rings. It is just people corrupted by the system. Leave before you too become corrupted. 

And yes, here is the entire theme song from the Patty Duke Show. 

Meet Cathy, who's lived most everywhere, 
From Zanzibar to Barclay Square. 
But Patty's only seen the sights 
A girl can see from Brooklyn Heights -- 
What a crazy pair! 

But they're cousins, 
Identical cousins all the way. 
One pair of matching bookends, 
Different as night and day. 

Where Cathy adores a minuet, 
The Ballet Russes, and crepe suzette, 
Our Patty loves to rock and roll, 
A hot dog makes her lose control -- 
What a wild duet! 

Still, they're cousins, 
Identical cousins and you'll find, 
They laugh alike, they walk alike, 
At times they even talk alike -- 

You can lose your mind, 
When cousins are two of a kind. 

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/thepattydukeshowlyrics.html

Your Mom Was Right, Eat Your Vegetables

While I had originally planned to continue my series on war and propaganda, I saw this video and felt it was important enough to replace my planned blog post on the Mexican-American War. 

MS is incurable, yet this doctor, though diet, has recovered her physical abilities. The reason I tagged this as "Leaving Babylon" is that a large part of leaving Babylon is avoiding advertising. Advertising can only pay for the producer if the margin is high enough and the product is not easily substituted. You will not see too many ads for vegetables, but twinkies on the other hand ... 

Econ 101

I posted in a Facebook thread and decided to make it a post on my blog. Here is what I said:

If inflation was factored in I would not object to one relatively high rate for everything. I would abolish SS taxes. No deductions except the basic exemption. Obama's proposed tax on dividend income of 35% plus 44% on the remainder is absurd. 35+28.6 + 10 (ca) is 82%. Obama is brain dead.

In particular I want to discuss the high marginal tax rate that Obama is proposing as I have already discussed inflation here. (Warning, my editor referred to this post as mind numbingly boring!) 

(Calling Obama brain dead may be unnecessary hyberbole, but it is incrediblely bad policy to raise marginal tax rates this much. This is especially true as Obama may not even want these proposals to pass, he knows they won't pass. He is pandering to his base.) 

The 35% tax rate that US corporations pay is among the highest in the world. If the corporation makes money, it can then declare a dividend. Obama is proposing that the rate for that is 39.6%. So where did I get the 44%? There is a new Obamacare tax of 3.8% on investments. Most will not pay it as it only kicks in at $250,000, but it does affect the marginal tax rate. 39.6 +3.8=43.4, close to the 44% I said in my back of the envelope calculation. I did not even mention the President’s proposal to eliminate the Social Security ceiling that limits that tax.  The Wall Street Journal comments:

Well, At Least California Has BeachesSo, for a family in high-cost California taxed at the top federal rate, the expiration of the Bush tax cuts in 2013, the 0.9% increase in payroll taxes to fund ObamaCare, and the president's proposal to eventually uncap Social Security payroll taxes would lift its combined marginal tax rate to a stunning 58.4%

If the cap is eliminated this will really hammer the upper middle class. 

Of course there is also the Buffet rule.  Here is what Business Insider said of the tax:

For example, a taxpayer making $1.6 million dollars is 60% of the way from $1 million to $2 million, so his or her minimum rate would be 30% times 60%, or 18%. In practice, taxpayers in this income range tend to pay effective rates of around 25%, so the Buffett rule would typically affect only taxpayers whose incomes are high enough to require at least that minimum rate (about $1.8 million.) … Consider a taxpayer who earns exactly $1.8 million and is subject to the new minimum tax. In this case, the minimum is equal to 80% x 30% x $1.8M: $432,000. Next, assume he gets a $10,000 bonus, so that his income is now $1.81 million. The minimum is now 81% x 30% x $1.81M: $439,830. An income increase of $10,000 has led to a tax increase of $7,830 ($439,830 – $432,000) – in other words, the marginal rate on that additional $10,000 is 78.3%.

The rate gets as high as 90% at the upper end of the phase-in range before dropping back down to 30% for as long as the taxpayer is affected by the minimum tax. Combined this with state and local income taxes, as well as the new 3.8% tax on investment income beginning in 2013, and the marginal tax rate on investment income could plausibly exceed 100% within a narrow range. In other words, taxpayers in this range would have an incentive to lose money. (Bold in the original)

This does not even include the fact that some business income is a result of inflation is and is not real income. This can push the tax rate to greater than 100%. Again be sure to read the mind-numbingly boring post from last May I did on inflation.   (BTW I agree with Pam that it is boring and difficult, but that does not mean it is not important.) 

I have decided to end this post by quoting the previous post on inflation:

Mad as Hell?

Of course each of these people in these case studies are wealthy individuals deserving of a tax increase come 2013. (Sarcasm alert.) The super wealthy, of course, will not be affected as much, as they understand this and hedge their investments.

It is the moderately wealthy, the suckers, who pay and pay.  There are not enough of these people to generate real money, so the middle class is going to suffer as well. This is especially true if the entrepreneurial class stops investing and hiring the middle class to work for them.

But the real unforeseen effect of inflation is the false signals that are given to each of our people in these case studies. They think they are doing well, but in fact they are losing money. These false signals are distorting the economy and are the major source of our boom/bust history. Yes they will survive, but if they realize they are being had and that the system is stacked against them, then watch out as investment and savings plummet. If they realize that the system, Babylon the Great, has stacked the deck against them, the only rational thing to do is not play the game.

Homeschooling Myths

The main reason we are home schooling our daughter is the extra flexibility it gives. In September we were in Russia. In November and December we were in Missouri. We are now in California. This would not be possible in a traditional school year. 

Stacy gets individual attention. Would the average 3rd grader be learning Russian? Nyet. The following video was made by a home schooled youth. He turned out all right. 

Modern Gomorrah

This is funny right?

While the school has announced that they will not do this in the future, the fact is that not one parent that participated complained. What were the parents thinking? What was the school thinking?

What was your first reaction to the clip? Was it wry amusement or disgust? I am ashamed to admit that it was wry amusement for me. As I thought about it my view changed. 

Robert Bork wrote an interesting book a few years ago, Slouching Toward Gomorrah. His point was that we have begun to accept things as “normal” that a few years ago we would have not accepted. 

One-third of all children born in America are born to a single mom. Yes, many of the parents do live together. I think we are just beginning to see the effects of the lack of stable marriages in our society. 

There is not much that I can do personally as my wife and I are beyond the normal age for child bearing. But I do have some younger readers—and you can do something. YOU MUST THINK ABOUT THIS IN ADVANCE, before you start your family. (The all caps here was a typo, but I decided to leave it.) 

I think that the question we need to ask ourselves is not “Are we corrupt?” Instead the question we need to ask ourselves is “How can we stop being corrupt?” 

The answer to this latter question is more interesting. It might involve some work on your part. It might involve watching TV more selectively. It might involve going to a different church, or start going to one. It might involve avoiding the water cooler banter. Yes, it will involve some effort on your part. Is our society worth a little effort?