| Today China is quite the player on the world stage. In fact, many think China is poised to become the worlds next global super-power. There is little doubt, China is no longer sleeping, and they are a giant, but could they be the next super-power?
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Militarily, China is a nuclear power and gets to sit at the table with the rest of the world rulers, but China's military might does not stop there. China has what many have called the 200 million man army. Think about that for a second! That is an army of (literally) biblical proportions! Based on China's current military strength, I don't think anyone will be invading them anytime soon.
Economically China has some work to do. Although they are growing by leaps and bounds, as of now their markets depend largely on American consumerism. This will have to change if they want to build lasting economic security for themselves. And things are changing. Recently, China has formed various alliances with other nations involving many aspects of economics. They have aligned with Russia in insisting that the world move away from the dollar and into a global currency backed by the IMF. This has greatly influenced the OPEC arrangement. You see, as of now the entire world can only buy oil in U.S. Dollars (or more accurately, Federal Reserve Notes). This means that if China wants to buy oil from Saudi Arabia then they have to pay for that oil with U.S. Dollars. This arrangement forces all the other nations of the developing world to stock-pile U.S. dollars, this in-turn allows us to sell them our debt. This is how we, as Americans, have lived so rich the past few decades (Especially since 1971 when we came off the gold standard). We have been borrowing it (by trading mere paper, treasuries and bonds, for actual goods)...and now the gig is up. They have also joined with India, Brazil and Russia in forming the BRIC trading bloc. This BRIC bloc could easily match any aggregate power derived from the EU, not too mention give these countries stability even when the world reserve currency is waining. One great move China has done in looking ahead is to stake out ownership of all rare-earths. This is going to prove very valuable to them as the world moves ahead with our technologies as China will find themselves controlling the 'oil' of the 21 century.
China has been maneuvering and positioning themselves within the political arena for years. China has their hands in the panama canal and many other strategic places on the Earth...surprise surprise! They are in a position to be heard and I think they are getting ready to speak. All China has to do is start liquidating their dollar holdings and the rest of the world will panic and do the same (in order to get some return for *their* investment in *our* prosperity.)
Why would China do this? I don't know, and maybe they won't but let's just look at some facts. For starters, The U.S. uses almost half of the entire available resources. This means that other nations, like China and Russia and India (which happen to outnumber the U.S. by *billions* of people) have to get by on what we don't use or throw away. How long can you ask a nation to stand by and not only put up with this...but finance it. In a sense, China is our enabler. Why would they buy into this...well, they have been getting fairly rich in the process too.
But the world of the future is going to be much different from the world of the past. I have a hard time seeing another Rome or U.S. The scene of the world is changing and we must accept this. We are venturing into uncharted waters and we will soon experiment with new forms of government. The new governments will be based on the global community. China will certainly have a prominent place at the table, but so will other mighty nations. America too, no doubt, will have her place at the table but not as a ruler or even an example -- The truth is closer along the lines of we will mostly fund this new global government and supply it with a military arm.
One might ask, "How can we avoid this from happening?" The answer is you can't. It is inevitable. Picture yourself around the year 75 A.D. Rome has solidified its dominance and at that time, there was nothing that could bring her down. Now she is simply a tourist destination. The era of city-states has run its course. Things *do* change and we must move with these changes. America has done well and will continue to for some time I hope, but we will be taken down a few notches in order to further promote the globalist agenda. I do not see China or any other nation becoming an empire as we have; the world is too volatile and another world war would be very, very bad for all. We can't stop this, but we can hopefully have a strong influence over it in order to keep it palatable to us. Even as Rome was falling apart it survived for awhile as the Byzantine empire.
I tell you, pay attention to these events because we are witnessing history in the making...most of us just don't realize it yet.
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| A computer hacker was able to obtain some evidence that the global warming insiders know it is a hoax...And we have the files as released by this hacker.
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Many of you have been reading about the global warming debate. No doubt a good percentage of those don't know on which side of the fence to choose. Recently a computer hacker was able to obtain some important data that should help shed light on what the insiders think.
Articles:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/columnists/christopherbooker/6679082/Climate-change-this-is-the-worst-scientific-scandal-of-our-generation.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/11/20/AR2009112004093_pf.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/20/climate-sceptics-hackers-leaked-emails
The actual documents and private emails as uncovered/released by the hacker can be found here. You can also get these documents here at WikiLeaks.
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| A college level economics class had insisted that socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer.
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The professor then said, "OK, we will have an experiment in this class on socialism. All grades would be averaged and everyone would receive the same grade so no one would fail and no one would receive an A.
After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B.
The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy.
As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.
The second test average was a D! No one was happy.
When the 3rd test rolled around, the average was an F.
The scores never increased as bickering, blame and name-calling all resulted in hard feelings and no one would study for the benefit of anyone else.
All failed, to their great surprise, and the professor told them that socialism would also ultimately fail because when the reward is great, the effort to succeed is great but when government takes the reward away, no one will try or want to succeed.
Could not be any simpler than that.
What a profound short little paragraph that says it all
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for,that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
~ Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931
Source: Unknown
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Have you ever had that friend that kept insisting that we were headed for a Brave New World written about by Huxley? They may be right, in fact I am starting to think that that we are already that Brave New World.
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That's right, we are already that Brave New World -
We just get our daily dose of soma so we don't really care.
Every day I am shocked by something I read in the news.Some of the latest headlines of interest are:
If you have not read this classic written by Aldous Huxley - Do so now! Click below to read reviews and purchase this book:
Brave New World (P.S.)
UPDATE (Dec 17,2009): I just read an article that goes into greater detail about this very subject:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/198907-Financial-Economic-and-Climate-Crisis-Ushering-in-Brave-New-World-2009
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That speaks volumes does it not?!? Allow me to repeat that: Planned Parenthood Director Quits After Watching Abortion on Ultrasound.
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Really, I have never been very passionate about this issue one way or another. I have generally landed on the pro-choice side of the fence; although I would choose not to. I'm not trying to be politically correct, that's just the we way I viewed this matter...that is until I saw real abortions on film in a college class.
I will not get involved in this whole abortion issue...it's not my battle. But I will say this:
ANYONE who wants to get an abortion should be made to watch a few abortions before they can continue with the procedure. Once they know and fully understand what it is that they are going to do to the child in their womb...then (and only then) should they make that decision. There is no playing dumb later if/when judgment day arrives.
Original Articles:
http://www.catholic.org/prwire/headline.php?ID=8032
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,571215,00.html
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Have you ever wondered if animals have emotions, more specifically, do they mourn? Is it possible for animals to comprehend death?
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"Chimps are not silent. They are gregarious, loud, vocal creatures, usually with relatively short attention spans", she said.
"But they could not take their eyes off Dorothy, and their silence, more than anything, spoke volumes."
Read the entire article:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/wildlife/6444909/Chimpanzees-grief-caught-on-camera-in-Cameroon.html
There is also much to be said about the many death rituals performed by other species. Why do they do this? How would this benefit them from an evolutionary standpoint?
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| And there before me was a black horse! Its rider was holding a pair of scales in his hand. Then I heard what sounded like a voice among the four living creatures, saying, "A quart of wheat for a day's wages, and three quarts of barley for a day's wages" [Revelation 6:5-6]
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America is often referred to as the breadbasket of the world, and rightly so as we are among the largest global producers of grains, wheat and other staple food products. This being the case when our harvests suffer, the global reserves are strained. In fact, here in the US, a combination of biofuel subsidies and record rainfall has experts worried...not too mention that prices may never be this low again. A possible food crisis could be just over the horizon.
Illinois Corn Harvest Slowest in 42 Years
Agricultural Commissioner Says Alabama's Crops Are in Trouble
Iowa Facing Latest Corn Harvest in Decades
Illinois Soybean, Corn Harvests at Record Lows
Nebraska Crop Waits for Sun to Dry Fields
Wet Weather Continues to Hinder Iowa Harvest
Tennessee Harvesters Race to Beat River Flood Threats
Cool, Wet Weather Slows Kansas Wheat Planting
Weather Delays Wisconsin Corn, Soybean Harvest
The story on foods doesn't end there. There is much still left to be said regarding GMO foods and the decline of our health. I will write about this in more detail soon but for now here is an interesting article:
Depression linked to processed foods
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