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		<title>CONGRESSMAN KUCINICH: WAKE UP AMERICA</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American taxpayers are donating billions to Pakistan, who are in turn supporting the Taliban to kill our troops.  Congressman Dennis Kucinich calls on Americans to wake up.  91,000 documents leaked by WikiLeaks.com, and 91,000 reasons to get out of the war in Afghanistan Share and Enjoy:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>American taxpayers are donating billions to Pakistan, who are in turn supporting the Taliban to kill our troops.  Congressman Dennis Kucinich calls on Americans to wake up.  91,000 documents leaked by WikiLeaks.com, and 91,000 reasons to get out of the war in Afghanistan</p>
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		<title>Gen. McChrystal Must Do The Honorable Thing &#8211; Fire Obama; Regime Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 17:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know that almost every act committed by the current President since he was &#8220;elected&#8221; has been less than honorable. He flat out lied to lure the voters.  Essentially stole a democratic election without any opposition.  No accountability for his dishonest actions ; dumbed-down American&#8217;s merely shrug their shoulders &#38; say, &#8220;oh well, he [...]]]></description>
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<p>He flat out lied to lure the voters.  Essentially stole a democratic election without any opposition.  No accountability for his dishonest actions ; dumbed-down American&#8217;s merely shrug their shoulders &amp; say, &#8220;oh well, he won&#8217;t be re-elected&#8221;  &#8220;Anyways&#8230;.Where&#8217;s LaBron James gonna end up?&#8221;.</p>
<p>Obama promised to end wars &amp; war spending.  He actually doubled both.  In Afghanistan, its a fact that troops are guarding the $80 billion per year crop of opium used to manufacture  heroin.  Through his silence, he advocates drug trafficking, as well as theft of Afghanstan&#8217;s natural resources through military occupation.</p>
<p>Barack Obama has sworn an oath to defend the Constitution &amp; the United States from all enemies; foreign and domestic.  He has failed miserably for more reasons than can be described in this post, but for one; trillions given to Bankster&#8217;s.</p>
<p>General McChrystal, however, has also sworn an oath to the United States that I believe he should uphold.  In fact, McChrystal should do the most honorable, patriotic deeds by removing Obama from office.  In my opinion, regime change <strong><em>now</em></strong> will revitalize our democracy more peaceably &amp; smoothly than if Obama were allowed to continue on his destructive path to dismantling the U.S. Constitution and selling the sovereignty of the US to foreign Banskter&#8217;s.</p>
<p>McChrystal is suppose to disobey unlawful orders, and must stand courageously as a warrior in the face of enemies opposed to our democracy.</p>
<p>I challenge each and every military warrior, especially my fellow Marines, to defend our freedom.</p>
<p>Remember your oath to our country.  Obama &amp; the elite&#8217;s who placed him in the position to effect the New World Order &amp; destroy our country need to be eliminated sooner or later &#8212; make it sooner, for the sake of peace and prosperity in our country.</p>
<p>Do what is right for your people.  Unjust war, senseless foreign occupation, seizing natural resources via military occupation, drug trafficking, and ignoring our own boarders (Mexico) is something your Commander in Chief is ordering you to do.  Grow some &#8220;round courage between your legs&#8221; &amp; refuse those unlawful orders.</p>
<p>General McChrystal, don&#8217;t let this opportunity pass.  As the Obama administration says, &#8220;You never want a serious <em>crisis</em> to go to waste,&#8221; <em>[Rahm</em> Emanuel]</p>
<p>On behalf of all Americans I challenge you to either be <strong><em>with</em></strong> freedom and democracy, or <strong><em>against</em></strong> us.  Do the right thing &amp; tell Obama that it&#8217;s time for regime change.  Fire him.</p>
<p>Finally, a message to my fellow U.S. Marines, Obama has hi-hacked our Constitution; he advocates a police state; has given our checkbook to Bankster&#8217;s; and is now trying to control the heartbeat of our freedom &#8212; the internet.  In my opinion, if you don&#8217;t see this as a justifiable reason for immediate regime change, it&#8217;s no wonder you can&#8217;t find Osama Bin Laden.  He&#8217;s probably hiding in your barracks; right under your nose.</p>

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		<title>5 Things Our Dad Would Never Do &#8211; Santilli Daughter&#8217;s Father&#8217;s Day Message To The Obama Daughter&#8217;s</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jun 2010 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Sasha &#38; Malia First &#38; foremost, we&#8217;re not &#8220;political&#8221;, but our Dad discusses political issues, so we&#8217;d thought we&#8217;d chime in.  You see, we believe our Dad when he says he&#8217;s most concerned about the world his girl&#8217;s live in.  It&#8217;s obvious that your Dad cares more about other people&#8217;s worlds than yours, so [...]]]></description>
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<p>Dear Sasha &amp; Malia</p>
<p>First &amp; foremost, we&#8217;re not &#8220;political&#8221;, but our Dad discusses political issues, so we&#8217;d thought we&#8217;d chime in.  You see, we believe our Dad when he says he&#8217;s most concerned about the world his girl&#8217;s live in.  It&#8217;s obvious that <em>your</em> Dad cares more about other people&#8217;s worlds than yours, so we figured we&#8217;d try to get you two to influence him some way &#8212; for all of our sake.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a few things our Dad would <em>NEVER</em> do, and maybe you could have your Dad go by our Dad&#8217;s fatherly example:</p>
<p>1) Our Dad Peter Santilli would NEVER promise to end wars to win an election, and as soon he got in office, start listening to all the &#8220;advisors&#8221; to keep the war going even stronger.  First, it costs way too much money;  we can&#8217;t afford to spend 15 billion per month, and second, although our Dad is a US Marine, he&#8217;d never put others lives in jeopardy just for profit.</p>
<p>2) Our Dad is a man of principle, and always wants to do the right thing.  He&#8217;d never be a coward to Bankster&#8217;s like your Dad, especially after they ruined our country.  Our Dad would stand up for our people, and your Dad only talks about doing that &#8212;especially to the black people (to get their vote).  In fact, our Dad is more loyal to the inner city black&#8217;s than your Dad is. We&#8217;ve seen it first hand. You Dad is an Uncle Tom when it come to bowing to Bankster&#8217;s.  Our Dad is blacker than yours when it comes to fighting Bankster&#8217;s.  You should tell your Dad to man-up.</p>
<p>3) Our Dad would never be involved in using American boys to guard heroin, and allow the CIA to traffic drugs from Afghanistan to inner city youth.  Your Dad is obviously a coward to stand up to the CIA and the drug lords.  Our Dad would never be so deeply involved in the drug trade.</p>
<p>4) Our Dad would <em><strong>never </strong></em>let BP walk all over him, and then try to pretend he&#8217;s in charge by making a stupid, lame, weak speech on TV.  Our Dad wouldn&#8217;t have to go on TV to make people believe he was in charge, it would just happen&#8230;.and our Dad wouldn&#8217;t wait a month top do something.  Although our Dad is a great delegator, he&#8217;s an even better manager to make sure that the people he delegates to actually get the job done.</p>
<p>5)  Our Dad would <strong><em>NEVER</em></strong> sell our country, our constitution; our civil rights up the river for any reason.  Our Dad also has bigger family jewels to stand up to the global banksters that want to suck our country dry.  Our Dad would also NEVER let our civil rights be compromised, including giving away the freedom of the flow of information over the internet.</p>
<p>In fact, OUR Dad would make a much better President than yours, and on this Father&#8217;s Day, we ask that you tell him that anyone can be your Dad, but it takes a really special person to be a good Father.  Maybe you can come over to our house &#8212; Our Dad will take really good care of you; your country; and your future than your Dad ever can.  He can also teach your Dad how not to be so Ghetto with his lack of integrity &#8212; your Dad lies like a street crack-dealer trying to get more money from his homies.</p>
<p>Our Dad&#8217;s more Patriotic than yours, cuz he would never drive our country off a cliff like your Dad is doing&#8230;and then throw parties, go golfing or attend baseball games like rich people &#8212; while the entire country suffers from economic depression.</p>
<p>Instead of getting your Dad a &#8220;jersey&#8221; for father&#8217;s day, you should buy him a plane ticket (we don&#8217;t think he should be blowing our taxpayer money) to visit our Dad so he can learn something about character &amp; integrity.</p>
<p>Tell Your Dad We Said &#8220;Happy Father&#8217;s Day&#8221;</p>
<p>Sincerely,</p>
<p>Frankie &amp; Sabrina Santilli</p>

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		<title>VIDEO: Nancy Pelosi Pounded By Hecklers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 19:49:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was loudly interrupted by hecklers during a speech at a conference  Tuesday morning in Washington. The standoff got so heated that an aide, telling Pelosi that "they're throwing stuff," tried to get her to leave the stage. Pelosi refused to go and delivered her speech over the heckling.]]></description>
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was loudly  interrupted by hecklers during a speech at a <a id="KonaLink0" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/08/pelosi-heckled-speech-refuses-leave-crowd-starts-throwing-stuff/?test=latestnews#" target="undefined"><span style="color: blue;">conference</span></a> Tuesday morning in Washington.  The standoff got so heated that an aide, telling Pelosi that &#8220;they&#8217;re  throwing stuff,&#8221; tried to get her to leave the stage. Pelosi refused to  go and delivered her speech over the heckling.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m used to noise. I talk to the Democratic  caucus every single day,&#8221; she told the crowd.<br />
Pelosi was speaking at the Campaign for America&#8217;s Future Conference,  where a mixed bag of protesters was in attendance. The group Code Pink  had a sign in the crowd that said &#8220;stop funding Israel terror,&#8221; but the  protesters making the most noise were angry about <span style="color: blue;">health care</span>.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am not going back to a nursing home,&#8221; one  of them screamed out, triggering more protesters to start chanting:  &#8220;Our homes, not nursing homes.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pelosi tried to calm them down and proceed.  &#8220;I&#8217;ve heard your message. I hear what you&#8217;re saying. I appreciate your  concern,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>As the chanting and shouting continued, a  man walked up behind Pelosi to tell her, &#8220;I don&#8217;t know if we can stop  it. There are too many of them.&#8221;</p>
<p>Shortly afterward, another aide told Pelosi:  &#8220;Ma&#8217;am &#8212; they&#8217;re throwing stuff. We need to leave.&#8221;</p>
<p>Pelosi did not move.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m going to make my speech over your  voices, because I came here to thank you for helping us to get health  care reform passed,&#8221; she said.</p>
<p>The rest of the audience cheered, but the  chanting continued while Pelosi launched into the rest of her speech.</p>
<p>The protesters shouted out that they had  supported President Obama and Pelosi. The <a id="KonaLink2" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/08/pelosi-heckled-speech-refuses-leave-crowd-starts-throwing-stuff/?test=latestnews#" target="undefined"><span style="color: blue;">Washington Post</span></a> reports that the  protesters claimed to be from a group called ADAPT, which advocates for  the rights of the disabled.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/7521268" target="_blank"><strong>Click  here to watch the full Pelosi speech.</strong></a></p>

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		<title>&#8220;Republicans Vow To Crash The Party&#8221; (Obstructionism?!) #TCOT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:48:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[House Republican Whip Eric Cantor declared in a memo that if the Senate goes ahead with plans to use a controversial legislative tactic known as reconciliation to pass the bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "will not be able to muster the votes" to pass it in the House. Speaking ahead of Obama's upcoming televised health summit, House Minority Leader John Boehner also told fellow Republicans in a closed-door event Tuesday: "We need to show up and crash the party," an aide told Reuters. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>February 24, 2010</p>
<p><a href="http://petersantilli.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/boehner_doomsday_604x341.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1158" title="boehner_doomsday_604x341" src="http://petersantilli.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/boehner_doomsday_604x341-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a>Today I read an article that; once again; made me feel nauseous with anger directed at the GOP.  Here&#8217;s an excerpt:</p>
<blockquote><p>House Republican Whip Eric Cantor declared in a memo that if the Senate  goes ahead with plans to use a controversial legislative tactic known as  reconciliation to pass the bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi &#8220;will not  be able to muster the votes&#8221; to pass it in the House.</p>
<p>Speaking ahead of Obama&#8217;s upcoming televised health summit, House  Minority Leader John Boehner also told fellow Republicans in a  closed-door event Tuesday: &#8220;We need to show up and crash the party,&#8221; an  aide told Reuters.</p></blockquote>
<p>I&#8217;m a disgusted former life-long Republican, and I can say unequivocally that the Republican party is nothing but a terrorist sleeper cell lurking in our democracy.  They contribute absolutely nothing but campaign funds and severely obstruct our legislative process.</p>
<p>Since they do nothing, and say nothing to contribute to meaningful health care reform, who are they working for?  They seem to be masterful at <strong><em>working against</em></strong>.</p>
<p>Until the Republican Party fully realizes that all of our citizens need health care, they should simply offer productive solutions, not destructive interference.  Most importantly, they need to let the process move forward.</p>
<p>Dear #TCOT Republicans.  Help our people; don&#8217;t hurt them any more than you already have.</p>

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		<title>Kick Out All Democrats &amp; Republicans In 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can't help but call this a "Pirate Party", because it represents an effort to commandeer the ship for our people.  This idea is certainly not an "overthrow" of our government; it's more of a constitutional obligation to give our government and democracy back too our people.  Don't you dare think we can't accomplish this task....remember....the revolution was initiated and our country was founded with only 3-5 percent of the population coming forward in anger --- everyone else woke up &#038; joined in.  Now, we're the United State Of America.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>This was sent to me by <a href="http://twitter.com/momus1978">@momus1978 on Twitter</a>.  He asked that I re-tweet it to all my followers, but I thought it was such a powerful message and idea that I stepped it up a notch with a dedicated blog post.  Be sure to give me your input by commenting below.<br />
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<p>Every Democrat &amp; Republican (Except for Ron Paul) must be fired.  A lot of Americans share this sentiment, and a &#8220;Tea Party&#8221; has sprouted up to capitalize on it.  Unfortunately for the angered, the Republicans have infiltrated the movement and are trying to hijack it for their benefit.  Don&#8217;t be drawn in by their hokus-pokus &#8212; the Tea Party headquarters is in the same office as Republican fund raising command center.  It&#8217;s a grand scam greater than &#8220;New Coke&#8221;.  Same corporation peddling crappy, deadly ingredients;  new packaging.</p>
<p>Democrats. Republicans.  We need to fire every one of them.  I nominate Ron Paul to lead and manage the movement.</p>
<p>Think about it.  How many years have Democrats and Republicans been bickering back &amp; forth? One vote from each of us could solve our current problems overnight. All we need to do is vote for the common man who is truly representative of our country (I say we replace every Democrat &amp; Republican politician with an unemployed person).</p>
<p>Sample qualifications for the next election in every political campaign in America:</p>
<ul>
<li>Must be presently unemployed for more than 6 months.</li>
<li>Must fully disclose the truth that they will pocket cash while in office.</li>
<li> Must not have ANY prior political experience.</li>
<li>Must never have made more than the average American wage.</li>
<li>Must be willing to forgo any corporate political campaign contributions.</li>
<li>Must be willing to immediately stop all CHINESE imports.</li>
<li> Must be willing to suspend income taxes for 3-4 years.</li>
<li> Must be willing to cut off any additional borrowing from foreign countries for 10 years.</li>
<li> Must be willing to shut down EVERY military base outside of the USA.</li>
<li> Must be willing to end every war immediately &amp; disassemble the CIA.</li>
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<p>Let me know your thoughts.  I say &#8220;F&#8221; the New World Order, &#8220;F&#8221; the Banksters, &#8220;F&#8221; the military-industrial complex &amp; &#8220;F&#8221; the Global Elite.  I&#8217;d rather listen to common Americans bicker amongst each other because I trust that ~any~ situation will be better for our PEOPLE than what we have right now.</p>
<p>The rich &amp; influential serve themselves.  Let&#8217;s vote each of them out &#8212;like cutting a tumor out of our system.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t help but call this a &#8220;Pirate Party&#8221;, because it represents an effort to commandeer the ship for our people.  This idea is certainly not an &#8220;overthrow&#8221; of our government; it&#8217;s more of a constitutional obligation to give our government and democracy back too our people.  Don&#8217;t you dare think we can&#8217;t accomplish this task&#8230;.remember&#8230;.the revolution was initiated and our country was founded with only 3-5 percent of the population coming forward in anger &#8212; everyone else woke up &amp; joined in.  Now, we&#8217;re the United State Of America.</p>
<p>For me; I believe the America we &#8220;think&#8221; we&#8217;re suppose to be is worth fighting for.  How bout you?</p>
<p>If we really deserve to enjoy the freedoms our predecessors have handed to us;   to celebrate democracy &amp; independence with fireworks on the Fourth of July;  we need to think about what each of us must do with our individual vote.  In 2010, every eligible man, woman &amp; child needs to smartly cast their vote for any candidate who is not a Democrat or Republican.   In fact, since America has been so dumbed-down, it doesn&#8217;t even require a super-intelligent 19 year old to cast a vote for a non-politician.</p>
<p>The right thing to do is employ one of the MILLIONS of unemployed.  Let&#8217;s start putting people back to work by putting them in political office.  We can do this&#8230;all we need is leadership like Ron Paul to guide us.</p>
<p>What are your thoughts and ideas?</p>

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		<title>VIDEO: Santilli Calls For Nationwide, Community-Based, Peaceful Protests</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do we do about it? Tea Parties in Washington, DC are a great idea, but who the heck want to take time off from work and hang out with a bunch of angry white sore loser Republicans who hide under their Ku-Klux-Klan “Conservative” disguise? Besides, Tea Party people are not truly representative of America. In fact, their mainly perceived as radical right-wingers.]]></description>
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<p>Civil liberties are being stripped under the guise of protecting us from terrorism.<br />
America is saving the world though preemptive war.<br />
Unemployment is high &amp; permanent, and we continue to import goods manufactured in China.<br />
Politicians do nothing to serve their constituents, they just bicker amongst each other and serve their campaign contributors – corporations.<br />
We’re all living on a credit card; Our government, as well as its slaves.</p>
<p>What do we do about it? Tea Parties in Washington, DC are a great idea, but who the heck want to take time off from work and hang out with a bunch of angry white sore loser Republicans who hide under their Ku-Klux-Klan “Conservative” disguise? Besides, Tea Party people are not truly representative of America. In fact, their mainly perceived as radical right-wingers.</p>
<p>Peter Santilli proposes a solution. How bout we all show up at our local City Council after dinner?</p>
<p>His ideas are thought provoking. Be sure to let Peter Santilli know what you think by visiting <a href="http://ConsumerAdvocate.TV">ConsumerAdvocate.TV</a> and entering your comments</p>

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		<title>US Government Refuses To Forewarn Its Citizens</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Peter Santilli If you pay close enough attention, you’ll notice a few alarming trends: 1)   Investment money is leaving the United States. 2)   Jobs are departing the “land of opportunity” 3)   Popular, career politicians are retiring 4)   Consumer &#38; government debt is unmanageable 5)   US currency has become worthless If you tie each of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>by Peter Santilli</p>
<p>If you pay close enough attention, you’ll notice a few alarming trends:</p>
<p>1)   Investment money is leaving the United States.</p>
<p>2)   Jobs are departing the “land of opportunity”</p>
<p>3)   Popular, career politicians are retiring</p>
<p>4)   Consumer &amp; government debt is unmanageable</p>
<p>5)   US currency has become worthless</p>
<p>If you tie each of the above 5 trends together; it spells the following: Doom &amp; Gloom.</p>
<p>Let’s perform a simple, elementary analysis.</p>
<p>Investors have lost faith in the USA economy, and foreign countries are selling their most secure US investments; Treasuries.</p>
<p>Individual Banksters are parking their money elsewhere, and American corporations are outsourcing labor, materials, etc. to foreign markets altogether.  Their most reliable consumers are now obese &amp; broke, and they are now turning to international currencies and markets for growth.  The USA is all-tapped-out.  The end of high consumerism is almost near.</p>
<p>Politicians have lost faith in our entire system, and have decided to retire.  One has to wonder if they know something of the coming “changes”.  Could it be disaster that looms ahead for Washington?  If I were a Washington politician and had access to information of an impending implosion of the federal government, I’d leave too.</p>
<p>Look around you.  Is America still the land of opportunity?  Is our country as stable and prosperous as it was 10 years ago?  Do you feel confident that our federal government will turn things around economically &amp; bureaucratically?</p>
<p>US government officials know that the debt we’re incurring will cause the apocalypse.  They’re paid by taxpayers, and they either (a) do everything they can to conceal the truth from us or (b) are too dumb and distracted by partisanship to know what’s coming.  Either way, they deserve to be fired by taxpayers.  Every one of them &#8212;democrat and republican.</p>
<p>The level of arrogance of Washington politicians to think they are protecting us by concealing the truth; under the guise of “national security”; is disturbing.</p>
<p>What’s worse; The level of stupidity of the American public to allow its government to run up the credit card bill unchecked.  Worse yet, the unemployed don’t even protest the export of American jobs.  The next time you’re at Wal-Mart, look around you.  There are unemployed shoppers purchasing mass quantities of household items that were manufactured in China; at the behest of bailed-out American corporations who call themselves “profitable”.</p>
<p>The US Government refuses to forewarn its citizens of the impending collapse of America. Why?  Because they can get away with it.  All Obama needs to do when our debt-load finally bankrupts and suffocates our country is blame it all on Bush &amp; the Republicans.</p>

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		<title>Lawmaker Seeks to Ban Federal Currency</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:35:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Carolina Rep. Mike Pitts has introduced legislation that would mandate that gold and silver coins replace federal currency as legal tender in his state.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>Posted by <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/politics/politicalhotsheet/main503544.shtml?contributor=41361">Brian  Montopoli CBS<br />
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<p><a href="http://petersantilli.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image6217493.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-969" title="image6217493" src="http://petersantilli.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/image6217493.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="256" /></a>South Carolina Rep. Mike Pitts has introduced legislation that would  mandate that gold and silver coins replace federal currency as legal  tender in his state.</p>
<p>As the Palmetto Scoop first reported, Pitts, a Republican, introduced  legislation this month banning &#8220;the unconstitutional substitution of  Federal Reserve Notes for silver and gold coin&#8221; in South Carolina.</p>
<p>In an interview, Pitts told Hotsheet that he believes that &#8220;if the  federal government continues to spend money at the rate it&#8217;s spending  money, and if it continues to print money at the rate it&#8217;s printing  money, our economic system is going to collapse.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;The Germans felt their system wouldn&#8217;t collapse, but it took a  wheelbarrow of money to buy a loaf of bread in the 1930s,&#8221; he said.  &#8220;The Soviet Union didn&#8217;t think their system would collapse, but it did.  Ours is capable of collapsing also.&#8221;</p>
<p>The lawmaker believes that a shift to an economy based on gold and  silver coins would give the state a &#8220;base of currency&#8221; should that  collapse come. As one expert told the Scoop, however, his bill would  likely be ruled unconstitutional because it &#8220;violates a perfectly legal  and Constitutional federal law, enacted pursuant to the Commerce Clause  of the U.S. Constitution, that federal reserve notes are legal tender  for all debts public and private.&#8221;</p>
<p>In addition, since gold and silver regularly fluctuate in value,  they could not easily function as stable currency.</p>
<p>But Pitts maintains that his state is better off with something he  can hold in his hand and barter with as opposed to federal currency,  which he described to the Scoop as &#8220;paper with ink on it.&#8221; He says he  resents what he considers the federal government&#8217;s intrusions on states&#8217;  rights.</p>
<p>Though he did not offer a timeframe, Pitts told Hotsheet that he  anticipates a nationwide economic collapse &#8220;if our federal government  continues the course it&#8217;s been traveling under the previous  administration and this administration.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Drowning In Debt: Economists Predict Cutbacks, Tax Increases That &#8216;Aren&#8217;t Even Imaginable&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:48:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[American political and economic leaders have sounded the alarm for years about the red ink rising in reports on the federal government's fiscal health.

But now the problem of mounting national debt is worse than it ever has been before with -- potentially dire consequences for taxpayers, according to a report by the nonpartisan Peterson-Pew Commission on Budget Reform.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><div><strong>By DEVIN DWYER</strong><br />
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17, 2010</div>
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<p>American political and economic leaders have sounded the alarm for years  about the red ink rising in reports on the federal  government&#8217;s fiscal health.</p>
<p>But now the problem of mounting national debt is worse than it ever has  been before with &#8212; potentially dire consequences for taxpayers,  according to a report by the nonpartisan Peterson-Pew  Commission on Budget Reform.</p>
<p>&#8220;It keeps me awake at night, looking at all that red ink,&#8221; said President Obama in Nashua, N.H., on Feb. 2. &#8220;Most  of it is structural and we inherited it. The only way that we are going  to fix it is if both parties come together and start making some tough  decisions about our long-term priorities.&#8221;</p>
<p>Obama will sign an executive order tomorrow that establishes a  bipartisan National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform to  make recommendations on how to reduce the country&#8217;s debt.</p>
<p>Over the past year alone, the amount the U.S. government owes its  lenders has grown to more than half the country&#8217;s entire economic  output, or gross domestic product.</p>
<p>Even more alarming, experts say, is that those figures will climb to an  unprecedented 200 percent of GDP by 2038 without a dramatic shift in  course.</p>
<p>&#8220;Within 12 years…the largest item in the federal budget will be interest  payments on the national debt,&#8221; said former U.S. Comptroller General David  Walker. &#8220;[They are] payments for which we get nothing.&#8221;</p>
<p>Economic forecasters say future generations of Americans could have a  substantially lower standard of living than their predecessors&#8217; for the  first time in the country&#8217;s history if the debt is not brought under  control.</p>
<p>Government debt, which fuels the risk of  inflation, could make everyday Americans&#8217; savings worth less.  Higher  interest rates would make it harder for consumers and businesses to  borrow. Wages would remain stagnant and fewer jobs would be created.   The government&#8217;s ability to cut taxes or provide a safety net would also  be weakened, economists say.</p>
<p>While much attention has been focused on the government&#8217;s  deficit-spending surge during the recession, many economists agree  short-term budget overruns &#8212; as ominous as they may seem &#8212; are not  particularly problematic.</p>
<p>&#8220;What threatens the ship are large, known and growing structural  deficits,&#8221; said Walker, a problem that few politicians seem eager and  readily able to fix.</p>
<p>In a recent ABC News poll, 87 percent of Americans said they  are concerned about the federal budget deficit and national debt, and  most strongly disapprove of how their political leaders are handling the  situation.</p>
<p>But public dissatisfaction has not proven enough to compel members of  Congress or current and previous Administrations to set aside their  partisan differences to achieve a balanced budget.</p>
<p>Most Republicans don&#8217;t want to raise taxes; most Democrats don&#8217;t want to  cut spending. The result is a stalemate on how to put America back in  the black.</p>
<h3>Partisan Gridlock Stalling &#8216;Drastic Changes&#8217; Needed</h3>
<p>Politicians &#8220;don&#8217;t have a way to say &#8216;no&#8217;&#8221; to their constituents, said Doug Holtz-Eakin, a conservative economist and  former director of the Congressional Budget Office, who says  unrestrained government spending is the crux of the problem.</p>
<p>John Podesta, former Clinton White House chief of  staff and president of the liberal Center for American Progress, says  lawmakers need to raise more tax revenue as part of the solution to fund  &#8220;investments&#8221; for the future.</p>
<p>Ultimately, analysts say, solving the debt problem will likely require both tax hikes  and spending cuts, along with broader structural reforms of the way  government operates.</p>
<p>&#8220;Habitually spending more money than you make is irresponsible,&#8221; said  Walker. &#8220;Irresponsibly spending someone else&#8217;s money when they&#8217;re too  young to vote or not born yet is immoral.&#8221;</p>
<p>Future generations of Americans will largely foot the bill for the  present financial predicament, economists say.</p>
<p>The United States currently owes over $12 trillion to its debtors –  that&#8217;s more than fifteen $787-billion economic stimulus packages worth of cash.   Divided out, each American bears a $40,000 share of the country&#8217;s tab.</p>
<p>&#8220;The American people today are not remotely prepared for the changes  that are necessary,&#8221; said former Congressional Budget Office director  Rudolph Penner.</p>
<p>He says Americans who have been accustomed to buying on credit and living beyond their means at  home may soon face a painful reality as the government tightens its  belt further.</p>
<p>&#8220;They aren&#8217;t hearing about the drastic changes needed, and they  certainly didn&#8217;t hear about it in the President&#8217;s budget,&#8221; Penner said.</p>
<p>President Obama&#8217;s $3.8 trillion budget request for 2011 represents an  increase in government spending by more than $100 billion over last  year, yet projects slight decrease in the budget deficit over the year before to $1.267  trillion.</p>
<p>While deficit spending is widely regarded as a necessary  evil during times of recession to revive and stimulate the economy, the President has acknowledged it&#8217;s time to rein  in that practice.</p>
<p>Obama has touted as &#8220;steps forward&#8221; both a  proposed freeze on some discretionary spending in fiscal  year 2011 and the creation of a bipartisan fiscal commission to make  recommendations for long-term deficit reduction.</p>
<p>&#8220;The president has taken a very bold act,&#8221; said White House economic  adviser Christine Romer on &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; today. &#8220;He has said we  want a non-security dscretionary spending freeze that is pretty  unpopular with his own party, but he thought it was important to make  one of those tough choices.&#8221;</p>
<h3>Federal Deficit: &#8216;Paygo&#8217; as Solution?</h3>
<p>On Saturday, the president also signed into law new &#8220;pay-as-you-go&#8221; rules, which require lawmakers  to match each spending increase with a spending decrease or a new source  of revenue.</p>
<p>So-called &#8220;paygo&#8221; was largely credited with helping to  balance the federal budget and lead to surpluses in the 1990s.</p>
<p>&#8220;The American people are tired of politicians who talk the talk but  don&#8217;t walk the walk when it comes to fiscal responsibility.  It&#8217;s easy  to get up in front of the cameras and rant against exploding deficits.   What&#8217;s hard is actually getting deficits under control.  But that&#8217;s what  we must do,&#8221; Obama said Saturday.</p>
<p>Still, economists say that while Obama&#8217;s plans may help curb deficit-spending in the near future, they don&#8217;t do  enough to solve the structural problems and skyrocketing expenditures  of massive government entitlement programs like Medicare and Medicaid.</p>
<p>&#8220;The basic outline [of Obama's plan] is appropriate, but we reach out  for the &#8216;magic aspirin&#8217; in the form of a [budget] commission&#8221; and I&#8217;m  just not sure if that will work, said Robert Reischauer, former director  of the Congressional Budget Office and president of the Urban  Institute, a nonpartisan economic research center.</p>
<p>The National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility, to be co-chaired by  former Clinton White House chief of staff Erskine Bowles and former  Senate Republican Whip Alan Simpson, will  try to issue its plan by  December &#8212; after the midterm elections.</p>
<p>For now, the presidential commission may be the best  politically-gridlocked Washington can do until lawmakers from both  parties demostrate a more vigorous willingness to tackle an ever-ominous  fiscal problem.</p>
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