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Good morning everyone! Situation in Iraq remains interesting. It's beginning to appear as if the Kurds are going to benefit from the ISIS actions. Here's the situation: The Kurdish peoples largely do not like Maliki, and for good reason. Maliki has held his position as Prime Minister since 2006 and has not played fair with the opposing party, doing things like withholding funds that should have been distributed to them and the like. In recent months, we have heard about the Kurdish Regional Gov't bypassing Baghdad and Maliki's stranglehold on funds by selling oil direct and collecting the funds independently. This takes Baghdad out of the picture and I don't blame them one bit for taking that action, although it is technically illegal. Additionally, there is reason to believe that they will soon complete (or connect) a second major oil pipeline, which will further enable them to export oil directly to Turkey, which further strengthens their ability to bypass Baghdad and collect revenue on their own. There is always the random news blip about Kurdistan breaking off and becoming their own country, but they have pretty much zero outside support for that - neither the US, Russia, China, or any of the major influences have shown any sign of even considering supporting the KRG in seceding… but the fact remains that in the Kurdish areas, they fly their own flag and the Flag of Iraq is rarely seen. ISIS is a terrorist group that has the lofty goal of taking over Iraq. They began their invasion in the north/northwest areas of Iraq, where there is a large Kurdish population. The actual army of Iraq is largely controlled by the Shiite (Maliki/Baghdad) powers, and they rely heavily on the support of the locals in any situation like this. The local Sunnis had no desire to risk their lives helping Maliki in any way at all, so ISIS didn't have much trouble with their push so far. The largely Shiite military forces were forced to retreat without the assistance of the local peoples, and that is how they have been successful thus far. However, now that they are knocking at Baghdad's door… I don't see them making much more progress. Baghdad is a Shiite majority with over 9 million people, more than 3X the size of any other city in Iraq, and ISIS is simply spread too thin to continue to be more than a small nuisance… but that small nuisance may be just what we need to force a change in Iraq. I say that for a couple reasons. Here comes the summary: Now that the Shiite military is pushed out of the Kurdish region, the KRG actually has more freedom to continue working on the things that benefit them, and ultimately they have become more powerful and independent as a result of the ISIS insurgency. The elections are at a standstill - the Kurds/Sunnis walked out of the most recent Parliament session, where the hope was they would be discussing the next Prime Minister and Government. Maliki will hold his seat for a minimum of this month, provided he isn't assassinated at some point. Maliki is starting to show some signs of worry, using very harsh language in reference to the Kurds. Unfortunately, the Sunnis still do not have a strong candidate to replace Maliki so they are forced to use stall tactics and basically do nothing that is significant to the things we want to see, like strengthen the Iraqi government or make progress on the HCL. Here's the bottom line. Right now we have 2 things going against an RV - the stalled elections and Ramadan. But on the other hand, we have one thing that is starting to look very positive in the near future - the KRG is in a much stronger position and this will force Maliki to either make concessions or be pushed out. We all know he doesn't want to be pushed out! When he makes the concessions, or is pushed out, Iraq as a country will be stronger and it will lead into everything we need to see for them to raise the value of their currency… which, by the way, is remaining strong in spite of the political, holiday, and ISIS situations. We will not see an RV in July, but I will continue to monitor the situation and give my updates on a weekly minimum. Best regards to all of you.

With all do respect To Adam. Ramadan has nothing to do with RV or any change to Monterey policy . Kuwait put new currency in circulation on the first day of Ramadan.

If I wasn't so busy cracking up laughing, I'd be gagging at the meteoric rise of the arrogance displayed by this guy.... My favorite pick for sentences this round has to be: The pres and the Pm are already known to the coalition and approved by the Sunni's and Kurds....Its delayed and there is nothing I can do about it... Kerry is being sent.... If nothing else, the guy just proved he lives in his own little world of importance dripping with power.... unbelievable.... did "they" send Kerry in place of Tlar?.... And T-man if Kerry is returning it would be to keep them on track with their time table.... Not move it up...They are on track as of this minute...(minus the appointing of their Speaker). In this little grouping of words T man proves he is completely and absolutely clueless as to how the government works in Iraq: The government was to be put together on the 1st.... Apparently T man also forgot he announced that the PM was to be appointed on 15 June... and it was that Chabibi (sp) guy... Leading one to wonder where the condescending attitude is coming from at this juncture of once again incorrectly presenting the process.. And they were to elect their speaker and his two deputies today, if everything went perfect, which is NEVER does so far.... so yeah Tlar, pretty much everyone but you expected this to happen. Then we have: It will happen just as I described. It hasn't so far. You have been seriously incorrect on several very key process elements of the Iraqi political proceedings... I genuinely don't understand the arrogance with which you make this false claim. The stuff you have stated is part of a written record, for everyone to review... And you have been seriously wrong.... (which btw is totally okay. We can all make a bad call.... its when you act as if you've been correct all along that it gets annoying) . Those of you that continue to say mean things are not watching close enough but either way get your jollies now. For the record, please be clear that I for one am not getting jollies... I am angry as I would be with anyone who so irresponsibly makes false claims, moves on to the next false claim and then acts like they had it right all along.... I find it further angering that anyone ever feels entitled to be so condescending, and most especially so with such a poor track record of being historically correct... There is no substance backing such a dismissive tone.... ... They will be short lived. Up to this point, longevity is on the side of those calling bull sheeet to many of your process calls... And quoting one adoring fan:. Tlar and lojak have consistently shared with us "the plans." But as everyone should know...once actual construction begins on any project...there are always surprises. It just comes with the territory. Sharing opinions can be a contribution to be sure..... pretending to have Maliki's office wired, or some degree of actual authority in presenting information as if it were vetted, is quite another... And of course things alway change as a matter of human variability, and construction demands,..... however, one pretending to be an architect instead of an opinionated carpenter is quite another..... Not to mention, of course that the building design does not follow the actual blueprints, in many cases.... . . Once again I have shown you my under belly so those of you that want to, take your best shot. Not really true, and saying so doesn't make it true.... You've consistently presented information as if it carries vetted authority, and when questioned, you play humble servant....to throw people off and pull on their emotions, and you wrap it with huge overtones of condescending circular logic... that's not even that good.... And btw, I don't need to see your under belly. I'm not interested in finding some weak spot to attack... You pretty much throw that out there in people's faces... There are lots of people here on DV with whom I don't agree and I'm sure they don't agree with me.... but I respect its their opinion as they put it out as their opinion.... Right or wrong, they throw it out for consideration and we all drill down and learn... Its when you put it out there with an air of authority... vetted, codified yet to be revealed authority, that it becomes a problem and a target for debate.... So please, for all our sakes... Stop with the humble under belly talk.... Its false humility... and a humility you don't genuinely reflect anywhere in your counters to anyone challenging you... Personally I find it offensive the way you verbally slap people around with your putting on of airs... Oh and countering your incorrect, inaccurate, and mistaken understanding of the blueprint for the Iraqi government infra structure is not negative... Countering you is not negative.... And for the record has nothing what so ever to do with a belief in the raising of the value of the currency... I don't directly link them necessarily... The fact that you do so directly, is your world... I am sorry my friend if you don't know or you are unsure; then let me say it again so you can hear it loud and clear. North of $3.25 and South of $3.65. If you know something I don't, then say so I would love for this to be true all day and all night....and if it happens that way, thank you G-d, and kuddos to you for calling it.... However, I don't know that your mere assumption of authority in stating this to be true, means that anyone should be apologetic for questioning it.... You have not given any more evidence of having vetted information than Okie did when he said it would come in at 53.00.... Not exactly grounds for being dismissive of those who would ask about the foundation for this claim..... And maybe a really good place to practice the humble thing you're working on, in replying with something a bit more genuinely humble than if you know something I don't..... etc etc... And relative to what you have not done, yet demand others do... be advised you have not genuinely met the test of credibility to make this demand: Then you can say what you want but unless you know something I don't, I would appreciate your respect. And hopefully its clear, that the multitude of variables that can and will impact this process will not... do not, change the seriously inaccurate proclamations you've rendered thus far, and continue to engage.... Human variability was not an issue in your gross errors of calling various things out.... They were plain wrong... Which again is okay. We can all be wrong, and we are all wrong at some point every day... Its all the pretending parts that surround it that needs to ratchet down a bit... ... BTW, you put yourself in this place.... not anyone else... so hopefully you're good to go with the feedback... I hold you to a higher standard than I would most, as that is where you put yourself in the lives of those whose many needs depend upon an "RV".. It is a place of responsibility you have put yourself into.. that you assumed... and it's my expectation of anyone volunteering to step into that responsibility, that they proceed with integrity in pursuing the absolute truth of every word stated, including the truth about the actual level of vetted authority with which those words are stated... People are tired and worn out from so many years on this ride. There are some who don't have that many more emotional threads to be played with in some careless emotional ride..... and the last thing anyone needs right now, is yet one more person who needs them even more...

Lord Help! by now many of us should have learned "how" to read some of these news articles. if ISIS had really packed their backs and deserted Fallujah, Anbar, Mosul etc etc it would be on all the major wires covering this. it has nothing to do with the banking cartel, the rothschild, elites, or whomever else. it would be an obvious event taking place that is easily confirmed. come on my friends, we are better than this.

Thanks DM... What a great piece. And this is just one way they do it... The Language of Despotism by Bruce Thornton Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Long before 1984 gave us the adjective “Orwellian” to describe the political corruption of language and thought, Thucydides observed how factional struggles for power make words their first victims. Describing the horrors of civil war on the island of Corcyra during the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides wrote, “Words had to change their ordinary meaning and to take that which was now given them.” Orwell explains the reason for such degradation of language in his essay “Politics and the English Language”: “Political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible.” Tyrannical power and its abuses comprise the “indefensible” that must be verbally disguised. The gulags, engineered famines, show trials, and mass murder of the Soviet Union required that it be a “regime of lies,” as the disillusioned admirer of Soviet communism Pierre Pascal put it in 1927. Our own political and social discourse must torture language in order to disguise the failures and abuses of policies designed to advance the power and interests of the “soft despotism,” as Tocqueville called it, of the modern Leviathan state and its political caretakers. Meanwhile, in foreign policy the transformation of meaning serves misguided policies that endanger our security and interests. One example from domestic policy recently cropped up in Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor’s dissent in the Schuette decision, which upheld the Michigan referendum banning racial preferences. In her dissent, Sotomayor called for replacing the term “affirmative action” with “race-sensitive admissions.” But “affirmative action” was itself a euphemism for the racial quotas in use in college admissions until they were struck down in the 1978 Bakke decision. To salvage racial discrimination, which any process that gives race an advantage necessarily requires, Bakke legitimized yet another euphemism, “diversity,” as a compelling state interest that justified taking race into account in university admissions. Thus the most important form of “diversity” for the university became the easily quantifiable one of race. Not even socio-economic status can trump it, as the counsel for the University of Texas admitted during oral arguments in Fisher vs. University of Texas last year, when he implied that a minority applicant from a privileged background would add more diversity to the university than a less privileged white applicant. All these verbal evasions are necessary for camouflaging the fact that any process that discriminates on the basis of race violates the Civil Rights Act ban on such discrimination. Promoting an identity politics predicated on historical victimization and the equality of result is more important than the principle of equality before the law, and this illiberal ideology must be hidden behind distortions of language and vague phrases like “race-sensitive” and “diversity.” Another example can be found in the recently released report from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. The report is the basis for the government’s numerous policy and procedural suggestions to universities and colleges in order to help them “live up to their obligation to protect students from sexual violence.” Genuine sexual violence, of course, needs to be investigated, adjudicated, and punished to the full extent of the law by the police and the judicial system. But the “sexual assault” and “sexual violence” the Obama administration is talking about is something different. At the heart of the White House report is the oft-repeated 2007 statistic that 20 percent of female college students have been victims of “sexual assault,” which most people will understand to mean rape or sexual battery. Yet as many critics of the study have pointed out, that preposterous number––crime-ridden Detroit’s rape rate is 0.05 percent––was achieved by redefining “sexual assault” to include even consensual sexual contact when the woman was drunk, and behaviors like “forced kissing” and “rubbing up against [the woman] in a sexual way, even if it is over [her] clothes.” The vagueness and subjectivity of such a definition is an invitation to women to abandon personal responsibility and agency by redefining clumsy or boorish behavior as “sexual assault,” a phrase suggesting physical violence against the unwilling. As one analyst of the flawed study has reported, “three-quarters of the female students who were classified as victims of sexual assault by incapacitation did not believe they had been raped; even when only incidents involving penetration were counted, nearly two-thirds did not call it rape.” As many have pointed out, if genuine sexual assault were happening, colleges would be calling in the police, not trying the accused in campus tribunals made up of legal amateurs and lacking constitutional protections such as the right to confront and cross-examine one’s accuser. What matters more than protecting college women against a phantom epidemic of rape, then, is the need to expand government power into the social lives of college students, empowering the federal bureaucrats, university administrators, and ideological programs like women’s studies that all stand to benefit by this sort of coercive intrusion. This enshrining of racial and sexual ideology into law through the abuse of language has had damaging consequences, whether for the minority college students mismatched with the universities to which they are admitted, thus often ensuring their failure and disillusion; or for the young women encouraged to abandon their autonomy and surrender it to government and education bureaucrats who know better than they how to make sense of their experiences and decisions. In foreign policy, however, the abuse of language is positively dangerous. Since 9/11, our failure to identity the true nature of the Islamist threat and its grounding in traditional Islamic theology has led to misguided aims and tactics. Under both the Bush and Obama administrations, for example, the traditional Islamic doctrine of jihad––which means to fight against the enemies of Islam, which predominantly means infidels––has been redefined to serve the dubious tactic of flattering Islam in order to prevent Muslim terrorism. Thus in 2008 the National Terrorism Center instructed its employees, “Never use the term jihadist or mujahideen in conversation to describe terrorists,” since “In Arabic, jihad means ‘striving in the path of God’ and is used in many contexts beyond warfare.” Similarly, CIA chief John Brennan has asserted that jihad “is a holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one’s community,” despite the fourteen centuries of evidence from the Koran, hadiths, and bloody history that jihad is in fact predominantly an obligatory armed struggle against the enemies of Islam. The reluctance to put Muslim violence in its religious context reflects not historical truth, but a public relations tactic serving the delusional strategy of appeasing Muslims into liking us. That’s why, to this day, the 2009 murders of 13 military personnel at Fort Hood by Muslim Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan are still classified as “workplace violence” rather than an act of terror. This despite the fact that Hasan––whose business cards had the initials “SoA,” “Soldier of Allah,” on them––shouted the traditional Islamic battle cry “Allahu Akbar” during his rampage. Or that in a presentation at Walter Reed Hospital, Hasan had put up a slide with the great commission to practice jihad that Mohammed delivered in his farewell address: “I was ordered to fight all men until they say ‘There is no god but Allah.’” This command to wage jihad was echoed in 1979 by the Ayatollah Khomeini, revered as a “Grand Sign of God” for his theological acumen, and by Osama bin Laden in 2001. Those ignoring this venerable jihadist tradition must use verbal evasions like “workplace violence” and “striving in the path of God” to hide the indefensible––and failed––tactic of appeasement that prevents us from accurately understanding the religious motives of Muslim terrorists, and the extent of the Muslim world’s support for them. No foreign policy crisis, however, is more illustrative of the “regime of lies” and abuse of language to serve “indefensible” aims than the conflict between Israel and the Arabs. The Arabs’ aim, of course, is to destroy Israel as a nation, a policy they have consistently pursued since 1948. Since military attacks have failed ignominiously, an international public relations campaign coupled to terrorist violence has been employed to weaken Israel’s morale and separate Israel from her Western allies. An Orwellian assault on language has been key to this tactic. Examples are legion, but one is particularly insidious, here seen in a New York Times headline from 2011: “Obama Sees ’67 Borders as Starting Point for Peace Deal.” The common reference to “borders” in regard to what is in fact the armistice line from the 1948 Arab war against Israel is ubiquitous. Yet there has never been recognized in international law a formal “border” between Israel and what the world, in another Orwellian phrase, calls the “West Bank,” because that territory has never been part of a modern nation. Its only international legal status was as part of the British Mandate for Palestine, which was confirmed by the League of Nations in 1922, and which was intended as the national homeland for the Jewish people. The Arabs’ rejection of the U.N. partition plan and their invasion of Israel in 1948 put the territory’s status in limbo once Jordan annexed Judea and Samaria, which the international community with a few exceptions refused to recognize. In 1967 Israel took it back in another defensive war against Arab aggression. Since then, its final disposition has awaited a peace treaty that will determine the international border. This may sound like quibbling over careless language, but the dishonest use of “border” reinforces and encodes in peoples’ minds the big lie of the conflict––that a Palestinian “nation” is being deprived of its “homeland” by Israel, a canard that didn’t become current among Arabs and the rest of the world until after the 1967 Six Day War. And this lie in turns validates the common use of “occupation”––which implies an illegal invasion into and control of another nation, as the Germans did to France in 1940––to describe Israel’s defensive possession of territories that have long served as launch pads for aggression against Israel. Until a peace treaty, the territory known as the “West Bank”––more accurately Judea and Samaria, the heartland of historical Israel for centuries––is disputed, not “occupied.” To paraphrase Thucydides, words like “borders” and “occupation” have had their ordinary meanings changed, and been forced to take meanings that serve tyranny and aggression. And we who accept those new meanings are complicit in the resulting injustice that follows. http://www.hoover.org/research/language-despotism

AMERICA... Imagine The World Without Her Now Playing in a theater near you! Watch the Trailer... http://www.americathemovie.com/ Someone once observed: "America is great because she is good; if she ever ceases to be good she will cease to be great." Today that notion of the essential goodness of America is under attack, replaced by another story in which theft and plunder are seen as the defining features of American history—from the theft of Native American and Mexican lands and the exploitation of African labor to a contemporary foreign policy said to be based on stealing oil and a capitalist system that robs people of their "fair share". Our founding fathers warned us that, although the freedoms they gave us were hard fought, they could very easily be lost. America stands at a crossroads, and the way we understand our past will determine our future. America the movie takes 21st-century Americans into the future by first visiting our past. Gerald Molen, the Academy-award winning producer of Schindler's List, and Dinesh D'Souza, the creator of 2016: Obama's America, invite you on a journey of discovery that will bring you face-to-face with the heroes who built America, in the times in which they lived, bled, and sacrificed in order to build a great nation: Christopher Columbus, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and others. You'll be there as Columbus sets foot on American soil, as bullets whiz by Washington's head, as Douglass demands that America live up to the promises of her Founding Fathers, and as Lincoln sacrifices thousands of lives, including his own, to right a great wrong of history. We'll also meet their present-day critics, hear their stories, and then let you decide which America you believe in. From the team that created 2016: Obama's America comes the story not of a man but a nation, at the crossroads of hope or disaster, whose destination will soon be decided.

Yes that was our motto from years past, yes years past when people really was concerned about what their children was being taught and what kind of person they were aligning themselves with as a mentor. People are slowly sinking into a don't care mode, "To much stress they say". Parents are literally shoving their kids aside to grow and think what they want as long as they get out of their hair. One Nation under God, really, more and more people could care less and the younger generations don't even know about God and why he matters and what effect he has on each life. How can parents teach their kids right from wrong when they don't even know themselves. Even adults have set aside wanting to learn about what's right and just for our country that we live in, much less go to church. God has been shoved aside and his voice has become so small that people will not be able to hear him when he is about to signal life's end. Millions of people are Godless, meaning they have chosen to live a life without God. I have always said even an Atheist must know there is a higher power because in my thinking, one cannot be against something unless he knows that there is something to be against. People are passing out of this life every day slipping into an eternity of unknown darkness because they wasn't taught, because they were taught and chose to take life's way. Free will of choice, key factor God give us to decide for ourselves if each person wanted to be associated with him or not. He is saddened each time one of his creation slips into the bonds of eternity without at least trying to understand who God is. One nation under God, I can remember when America was proud of this motto and the rights and wrongs of the people were way less than what they are now. Laws were obeyed, churches taught morals along with love, the govt of this nation was for the most part governed with integrity. Now flash forward, kids grow up in gangs, kill their friends, parents homes has no place for God, Church doors are being shut because no one comes, schools and teachers are trying to teach everything that was is wrong. We have a runaway govt, they are neither productive or useful. This nation has 460 million reasons that God would like to hold a rightful place in each heart given the chance and in return he would pour out the blessings of Heaven on our nation and in each life. The sins of each person and our nation can be forgiven but only through admittance and repentance. But the truth is this: America as a nation has forgotten even the original laws was hammered out of Gods commandments. God is looking down, he see's how corrupt and careless his creation has become. He is slow to anger but rest assured he is going to correct what man has broken one day soon.

MY TRAVEL PLANS FOR POST RV I have been in many places, but I've never been in Kahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Kahoots with someone. I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my children, friends, family and work. I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore. I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often. I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm. Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older. One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get! I may have been in Continent, and I don't remember what country I was in. It's an age thing. They tell me it is very wet and damp there.

WELL DESERVED......HE WORKED HARD TO EARN THAT DISTINCTION...........................

And their Mexican cousin, Jose Cuervo.

Humanistic Presidential Suicide Cult Protected by "Journalists" as US Torn Asunder Obama’s Treason & the Disgraceful Intellectuals Obscuring his Anti-American Mission What exactly is it about socialism that attracts such illogical, undying, uncritical, and blind devotion—even in the face of overwhelming evidence this theory is utterly flawed? Or, is there some universal rule which dictates that intellectuals, Hollywood players and so-called journalists must be liberal, socialist, Marxist or communists? And, why does America create such waves of revulsion in these same liberals? Finally, why must these progressives do everything in their powers to obscure the agenda and acts of other Marxists, even those in high office harming the traditional interests of the US? In the absence of a better theory, one must deduct that in many important ways, leftism acts like a godless pseudo-religion, or cult. For it seems to have all of the burdens of a religious worldview, without any of the benefits. Most alarmingly, Marxism has been the single most destructive set of beliefs in world history. America staggers from one contrived disaster to another, as Barack—god of chaos—cackles up his sleeve while pretending to be an icon of rectitude, restraint and moral probity. Meanwhile, the stable of mainstream journalists cheer as if Obama just cured cancer. The list of president-made debacles swells daily. Today it’s the sea of illegals surging across domestic borders, quickly whisked into the country, whereas overseas we’re informed the world’s first terror-state is being implemented between Iraq and Syria. Yesterday, it was the trading of 5 Taliban generals for an army deserter. Tomorrow it could be any number of currently unfathomable decisions by Barack, knowing full well the GOP does not have the stones to impeach him. Judge Richard Posner, in Public Intellectuals, A Study in Decline, claims that a large problem in the failure of public intellectuals is their overspecialization at the university. But more important than this is Julien Benda’s claims that intellectuals must refrain from bias when disseminating information. Yet the most obvious aspect of most public intellectuals is their very obvious affection for Marx’s ideas. What exactly was it that made America such a horrible place that Barack was sent by the dark lord to destroy us? The Emotivism of the intellectual class, the emotional decision making of progressives dressed up as the fruit of hard-minded analytic philosophy, is a key problem. Not just because Marxism can only be supported by childish infatuation, but because it is bred-in-the-bone, and delivered as if like mother’s milk to these young, intellectually deformed progressive drones. So, it’s cherished like a family myth or religious rite. Or as Paul Kengor describes in The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor, Obama was raised by, and is communist, and needs a phalanx of Fellow Travelers to help obscure his journey to destroy USA. American intellectuals and journalists are these Fellow Travelers. I. Opium of the Intellectuals: Intelligentsia’s Failure to Value TruthOne of the truly strange and disquieting aspects of the modern West is the juvenile default towards leftist ideology in every conceivable setting by liberals occupying positions of trust. Add to this the sad presumption of these defaulted leftists that their audience is not astute enough to detect this liberal bias, but will be essentially corrupted into the progressive worldview with barely a whimper. Idea of ClerisyBen Knights, in The Idea of the Clerisy in the Nineteenth Century, outlines the foundation for the modern intellectual. In 19th century England developed the notion of a secular intellectual elite, or ‘clerisy’. These educated writers sought to be freed from former constrictions. Instead, like the members of a new, secular priesthood, they sought to find transcendent values and the very best in national culture and then pass it on to the society at large. The phrase itself was coined by Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Opium of the IntellectualsRaymond Aron’s Opium of the Intellectuals, gives a devastating review of modern intellectuals wholly given over to ideology predetermining their conclusions, and makes redundant any actual work on their parts. The title is borrowed from Simone Weil, directed at Marx’s own dismissal of religion, who wrote “Marxism is undoubtedly a religion, in the lowest sense of the word. Like every inferior form of religious life, it has been continuously used, to borrow the apt phrase of Marx himself, as an opiate for the people.” Aron writes, It is a simple fact of the 21st century media that most intellectuals, writers, and media workers are far to the left. A recent study revealed over 90% of journalists consider themselves liberals, and vote democrat. How can this possibly be healthy for America when, in our pluralistic society, we supposedly start every day seeking the truth on any number of issues? Aron observes, “Intellectuals suffer from their inability to alter the course of events. But they underestimate their influence. In a long term sense, politicians are the disciples of scholars or writers.” Communism is a degraded version of the Western message. It retains its ambition to conquer nature, to improve the lot of the humble, but it sacrifices what was and must remain the heart and soul of the unending human adventure: freedom of enquiry, freedom of controversy, freedom of criticism, and the vote. How is it possible so many prominent intellectuals are ignorant or dismissive of history? No Marxist nation has ever prospered except in lawlessness and murders. Aron writes, “Despotism has so often been established in the name of liberty that experience should warn us to judge parties by their practices rather than their preachings.” Further, these intellectuals are illogical and immoral, being “merciless toward the failings of the democracies but ready to tolerate the worst crimes as long as they are committed in the name of the proper doctrines.” II. The Stillborn Journalist—The Canary in the Coal Mine Flew the Coop!Only if US journalists tell the truth, to the best of their abilities, can Americans have any hope of understanding the complex detail of current events. If not, they are merely mute canaries in a coal mine. Sadly, these reporters are so beholden to the transcendent theories of Marx that they cannot dare do anything that would harm his dream. For example, no real background study of Barack Obama’s life was ever commissioned by any liberal media group before his election. We still have many major holes in his story. Treason of the IntellectualsJulien Benda, in his book The Treason of the Intellectuals (La Trahison des clercs), decried the modern habit of intellectuals, like the journalist class, abandoning an independent spirit and embracing an ideology. This caused them to enter into the fray of politics, which Benda—writing before WWII—claimed would help create an incredible new war. Despite the incredible number of failures by Barack, we still have no real reporting out of the mainstream media. This is despite how much more dangerous the world has become since he took office. So the obvious question is what kind of failure would be enough for the mainstream media to abandon ship? Or is all failure which is seen as harming the US really acceptable to this pack of Marxist reporters? But then again, as Benda writes: “politics decides morality.” Benda particularly cites Nietzsche’s Will to Power, which put control of the political over every other concern. Likewise, in America it has become a simple fact of ordinary life that so-called journalists carry water for every garden-variety liberal politician. But they specialize in deceit for the POTUS—lying, by omission or commission, about Obama’s most monstrous and destructive deeds. Nietzsche would certainly approve. Benda’s book is described in Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom: Benda stated in Treason, Benda argued that in past ages intellectuals (clercs) engaged in a disinterested search for universal truths; they searched for ideals that transcended the needs of the state or society in which they lived. In recent times, however, intellectuals have become more and more the handmaiden of political and national causes. As a result of this betrayal of the clercs, extremist political passions had recently become more universal, coherent, continuous, and preponderant. Our age is indeed the age of the intellectual organization of political hatreds. It will be one of its chief claims to notice in the moral history of humanity. Ever since these systems have been in existence, they have consisted in establishing for each passion that it is the agent of good in the world and that its enemy is the genius of evil. But today these passions desire to establish this not only politically, but morally, intellectually and aesthetically.” Certainly modern journalists have for the most part utterly surrendered any commitment to keep their politics out of the “reporting.” What a scandal! This puts the impossible onus of having to fact-check the work of the supposed professional “reporters” for omissions, misstatements, false narratives, misleading ideas, and plain lying. For the average American this is an impossible task. So the unacceptable choice is either to avoid the news altogether or accept being misled in story after story. III. Emotivism: Spirit of Modern Liberalism is Emotionalism After VirtueIs proper belief based upon passionately stubborn emotion that refuses to give in? Alasdair MacIntyre, in After Virtue, claims the spirit of modern political debate has degenerated into “emotivism,” or emotional claims pretending to be moral claims regarding truth and ethics. He defines emotivism here: Emotivism is the doctrine that all evaluative judgments and more specifically all moral judgments are nothing but expressions of preference, expressions of attitude or feeling, insofar as they are moral or evaluative in character. Modern liberals who embrace emotivism are merely claiming that what they prefer morally is also “true.” MacIntyre claims there are profound problems with this idea. Feelings are not statements about truth. There are many things in life that produce warm and fuzzy feelings, but which in hindsight turn out to be misleading. Yet, modern intellectuals are constantly smuggling their Marxist conclusions into their analysis, pretending the conclusions are inevitably the result of cold logic instead of bias. Yet, since many Marxists pick up their beliefs in school, it is closer to a religious affection than anything else, and therefore defies reasonable scrutiny. The problem with literally the entire world of liberalism is that emotion has replaced logic, historical study, and common sense. In other words, entire lifetimes are wasted by these people arguing emotionally based beliefs which are utterly disprovable and disproved. For example, it hardly matters how much one “cares for the poor” if the policies one supports make their problems worse. The upshot is that a theory like Emotivism is made necessary when the things which one believes are either patently false or have been disproved by history. Both of these categories of disproof apply to Marxism. ConclusionIt has come to the time for the People of America to stand up for themselves. We must march in the street, harass our representatives, and go to DC. But things appear so bad that we cannot turn it around without divine intervention. So please pray daily for revival and a miracle of national repentance. We need Obama permanently removed and the spirit of evil and compromise swept from our great land.

"You are Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord Our Provider." Amen Lord, you are Everything! Wm13

In Jesus name, Amen.

CNN. Broadcasting While Tlar Receives The Full Primadonna Guru Treatment From His Slobbering And Adoring Fans Before Doing A 'Show' Tonight ! Aaanth: Has anyone heard anything from Tlar on this recent turn of events? Brule: I have not seen anything from Tlar here or anywhere else. When Tlar knows something definitively, I would think he would report it, but not until then. Pagerdr: I'm sure he will chime in somewhere... This thing is not in his control, I hope everyone understands that. I like Tlar and I feel he's a good enough guy. When he has something to add, I'm sure he will be more than willing. I'm not discouraged by today's events. Truth be told, I'm not sure how I could have expected anything else. M can't stay forever, I just wish HE knew that ~~~ Investor1: For any of you who might be interested Tlar will be a guest on a live question and answer call with BBG tonight 8:30 CST. Lojak: and he will say what I just said--there is a plan and they will get Parl back into session and get M out. simple. Ralph: slimjim321 , here ya go... Topic: What happened... DINAR Talk INFO Call W/BGG , Mr. White and ?? July 1st @ 8:30 pm CST 760-569-7676 PIN # 398647 Candy: Well, the RV sure did NOT happen on the FIRST of July as Tlar predicted!! WHATEVER!! :( Tlar: Candy, the government was to be put together on the 1st. Not the RV. I am very thick skinned guys. No body thought that what happened today and the way it happened would take place. There is a plan; Government together then RV. The pres and the Pm are already known to the coalition and approved by the Sunni's and Kurds. So take your best shot. Its delayed and there is nothing I can do about it. Kerry is being sent to try to move the timetable up. We will see if he is successful. All plans work perfectly until you add people. Until the new government is seated, the RV is on hold. Blame me if it makes you fell better. I don't give a Shiite. Bless those that understand. Maliki will be removed and there will be a new government. The Rv will take place shortly after. PS. I am on my phone. I had to work with my daughter today or I would have been on earlier. Everyone and Iran wants this guy gone. So don't be too disappointed. It will happen just as I described. Those of you that continue to say mean things are not watching close enough but either way get your jollies now. They will be short lived. By the way, the rate is north of $3.25 and south of $3.60. This will get resolved but the CBI is waiting just like you and me. I am sorry if there is alot of typing mistakes but I have a fat thumb and this key board is small. I can only see two lines of text while I am typing. Tlar Candy: Tlar, Will you PLEASE accept my FULL apology, friend? I sure hope so! I am VERY sorry! It was just the frustration, financial pain and disappointment talking. I will NEVER do this again, I PROMISE!! VERY SORRY! Buttercup: I have always thought the word "prediction" was a complete [and most unfortunate] misnomer to characterize what Tlar and lojak have brought to the forum. To me it is clear their contributions all along have been to simply unveil to us the very specific, at times even date-driven intentions of those behind the scenes. Intentions. That is all. Personally I've never once doubted the dates or specifics given -- but that is probably because I also never classifed them as rigidly *predictive.* But rather a privileged opportunity freely offered all of us to look through a porthole and into the hidden world behind the scenes....where architects roam...and blueprints are drawn up. Tlar and lojak have consistently shared with us "the plans." But as everyone should know...once actual construction begins on any project...there are always surprises. It just comes with the territory. I pray that we can all remain respectful to these generous souls who have done nothing but attempt to help and encourage all of us along a most difficult path. Aloha Alex: Thanks tlar for chiming in. Today's news so far, as far as I'm concerned, was a neutral; it could have been worse. Since Malaki hadn't left the country, it is predictable now that his plan is to squat his big arse and dig in. I feel he is making a big mistake and will realize his fate "soon." No need to waste energy playing the blame game. Let's just kick back and watch history unfold. Kolstar777: TLAR no im not gonna call you names however i knew something was gonna take place, as always there is a stall or a put off. Im not one to go say i told ya so. I know you are doing the best you can, I give KUDOS to you for that. IMOO~~ i still think we got a way to go but thats just me. Keep up the good work!~~~until then we wait as usual BlueyesinLevis: Kolstar... I am one who cuts you no slack... and so I am also here to thank you for your grace and your even tempered post. I appreciate your tact and compassion with the board on this tough day. You are obviously a good guy... Thanks. ~ Blue just a guy : Tlar how can you put a dollar amount out there? Tlar: Because that is the number. Tlar just a guy: ...and you got this information from where? just a guy: Tlar how can you put a dollar amount out there? Tlar: Because i know the rate. Sorry, if you think I am a fool but I will be proven right. The banks are saying three to four dollars. I am just honing it down a bit for you guys.. Here I go again. Once again I have shown you my under belly so those of you that want to, take your best shot. This is the range of the rate but I would guess you already know where I am going with this, I can't tell you the rate. tlar Nwa: Tlar give me .10 on the dinar and I have millions of it for you. You can cash it with your silly cashin story of $3+ and make a fortune off me alone. I am sure some others will join in. Hold true to your promise please. You lose. Tlar: Thanks Weatherford. (nwa) I can always count on your negativity. Ask yourself this. Why do you think you are still on my list after all the negative things you continue to say. Let me answer that question for you. It is because I believe in you and the ultimate good of people and you are worth saving.. You are not alone in your belief that this is not going to happen. It can't go any other way than what it is supposed to. Yes unfortunately, it did not go the first time but I can assure you it will. As persistant as the SOL to stall this, it will happen. Bless your heart weatherford. Life will change for you to. My hope is that you might learn something from this and be satisfied with the outcome. My hope is you become a better person from all of this. I have known for a while that you are a lurker. Welcome back my friend. Tlar just a guy: Tlar, "so why wont we need any more dates past the 8th"??? ..and anywhere between 3.25 and 3.60 am i correct on this? date and rate.... care to bet ALL your dinar on this? Tlar: OK just a guy, you must know something I don't. How committed are you. Tell me the rate. I am sorry my friend if you don't know or you are unsure; then let me say it again so you can hear it loud and clear. North of $3.25 and South of $3.65. If you know something I don't, then say so. Don't tell me I'm wrong because I am trying to invite you to privileged info. Don't believe. I don't care. Quickly we will know if I am right. Then you can say what you want but unless you know something I don't, I would appreciate your respect. That's where we differ. Put your arse on the line my friend. Tlar Just a guy: DO I know something that you do not.....Hmmmm You are wrong And the 8th will fly right on by. And the rate is something no one and I mean no one knows except for the CBI? Pagerdr Tlar, I wouldn't want to be in your position. Please don't allow any of this to change who you are. Too many bad apples have made it difficult by lying in the past. You seem pretty committed to what you have stated, and I honor that. I understand both sides. People are frustrated because of all the past disappointments and they're already adding this instance to that long list. The fact is that no matter what we are not in control of this situation. All we can do is watch and wait. Anyone with access to privileged information is lucky but this thing is a fluid, moving target and people make moves daily that alter plans. I'm comfortable with having your back. I hope this works out for us all. Many folks need it. God Bless. Pagerdr .

This is part of a seven (7) day event to pray for our nation - The USA...! (1-7 July) RON URGENT CALL TO PRAYER: DAY TWO - 2 July 2014 Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive all WEALTH "God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers by the prophets, has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has appointed Heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds." -- Hebrews 1:1-2 We worship You, Lord Jesus Christ, as the Father’s only begotten Son, the One to whom the Father has given everything. You are His Heir of all things. You made the world at Creation, You bought it at Calvary, and it’s Your right to own and rule it…and us. You hold the world in the palm of Your hand, yet You are the same One who sees when a sparrow falls. The same One who clothes the lilies of the field. The same One who fed 5000 hungry men and their families with five loaves and two fish. You have promised to meet all our needs according to the riches of Your glory, because You are Jehovah-Jireh, the Lord Our Provider. I worship You as _______________ We repent of hoarding our own wealth when You have freely given us all things. We repent of our greed that has run up trillions of dollars of national debt. We repent of closing our eyes and ears to the needs of others around us because we want more for ourselves. We repent of allowing the material blessings You have given us to deceive us into thinking we don’t need You. We repent of feeling entitled to and demanding what someone else has earned, instead of taking responsibility for ourselves and our families as we trust You. We repent of living as though material wealth and prosperity will bring happiness. We repent of being consumed with worry over our financial, material needs as though You are not sufficient for all things. I repent of___________ We choose to give You all that we have and all that we own, not just 10%. We trust You to give us, in return, our next breath and to supply, not everything we want, but everything we need. I choose now to__________ We ask You to reveal to us the debt we owe You so that we can sincerely acknowledge it, then forgive us as we forgive our debtors. We ask that You open our eyes to the spiritual as well as the material needs of others, and use us to act on Your behalf to meet those needs. We ask that You give us a fresh vision of Your power and wealth, so that we would be encouraged as we look forward to the Home You are preparing for us. We ask that You give us courage to see, believe and live in the Light of eternity, so that we resist the attractiveness of temptation, sin, selfishness and evil and abandon ourselves to Your will. I humbly ask that________ FOR YOUR GLORY, AMEN * To sign up to receive the remainder of the daily prayers via email, please click here. View Day One Prayer

http://www.ijreview.com/2014/07/153055-obama-places-1-poll-wouldnt-like-measuring/ President Obama tops the rest in a recently released Quinnipiac University poll. The measure? The worst presidents since World War II. The President won’t be pleased to hear that: Over half of those polled (53%) disapprove of the way Obama is handling the presidency. More of those polled say Romney would have been a better President. They were evenly split when asked if they considered Obama honest and trustworthy. 33% of those polled say the Obama has been the worst since WWII, followed by George W. Bush with 28%. Nixon earned 13% of the vote. Conversely, 35% say Ronald Reagan has been the best Commander in Chief in that same time period. Those polled are not the only ones having a change of heart. It seems like a lot of Americans have felt a sudden pang of voter regret. As we previously reported, one newspaper apologized last week for endorsing Obama in 2008. The President can continue to insist that the Republican opposition is drumming up “phony scandals,” but the lack of leadership and distrust in federal government is apparently striking a chord with the American public.

URGENT CALL TO PRAYER: DAY ONE - 1 July 2014 Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive all POWER "I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice He judges and makes war. His eyes are like blazing fire, and on His head are many crowns…on His robe and on His thigh He has this name written: King of Kings and Lord of Lords." -- Revelation 19:11-12, 16 We worship You, Lord Jesus Christ, as the Lamb who was slain, but who is now enthroned at the center of the Universe as the King of Kings and the Lord of Lords, soon to return in power and glory. You are Jesus, who calmed the stormy seas with just a word. You turned water into wine. You created sight in a man born blind. You raised the dead. You are the same One who set the boundaries for the oceans. The same One who hung the stars in space and calls them all by name. The same One who strides the winds of the earth so that the clouds are the dust of Your feet. I worship You as ___________ We repent of complaining as we wring our hands in despair, thinking our nation and our world are falling apart when they are really falling into place—right at Your feet. We repent of striving to control our own destiny, or our church’s ministry, or our nation’s priorities so that they conform to our standards and agenda. We repent of caring more about what our neighbor says, than what You say; of being more afraid of what our employer or government official thinks, than what You think; of grasping earthly position to gain earthly power. We repent of being so intimidated by the opinions of others that we are silent and do not boldly proclaim who You are. I repent of ___________ We choose to surrender our lives to Your power and authority, in utter moment-by-moment dependence on your moment-by-moment control. I choose now to ____________ We ask that You would manifest Your power in such a way that we, Your people, would stop pointing our finger at others, and instead fall on our faces in repentance of our own sin; that the church would wake up in its relationship with You and wake up to the urgency of the times in which we live; and that our nation’s attention would once again be so fixed on You that it would return to the faith of our founding fathers. We ask that Your power would permeate our lives, our churches and our nation; that in the light of Your presence, evil spirits would flee; that Your strong arm would protect us from the encroaching evil and deliver us. I humbly ask that _____________ FOR YOUR GLORY, AMEN * To sign up to receive the remainder of the daily prayers via email, please click here. This is part of a seven (7) day event to pray for our nation - The USA...! (1-7 July) RON

http://www.c-span.org/video/?320269-1/kurdish-independence-movement-iraq JULY 2, 2014 Iraq Crisis and the Kurds Two representatives of the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG). talked about increased violence in Iraq and the potential for an independent Kurdish state.

I'm not sure if they're all related......but they do all hang out in the same bars. GO RV, and NO BV

Who is 2nd degree cousin of Jack Daniels.

I was never able to find a reliable news source saying that the ISX was going international. The Guru Spew was the onl place I could ever find that. The closest I found was a story about them switching to a new trading platform - one that is use by 25 other exchanges, but it doesn't mention anything about them interacting with any of those other exchanges. Basically the Guru's took a software upgrade and turned it into a another non-event. The Iraq Stock Exchange (ISX) is currently in the process of upgrading to the latest Nasdaq trading platform after signing an agreement with Nasdaq OMX in June 2013. The new platform, currently used by more than 25 exchanges globally, is capable of supporting multiple asset classes, although the ISX concentrates mainly on cash equities. “We will complete the implementation at the end of June, and it will go live at the beginning of July,” said Taha Ahmed al-Rubaye, chief executive of the ISX. “We are working hard to modernize the exchange.” Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/iraq-stock-market-outlook-achievements-challenges.html#%23ixzz36EI8yvMa#ixzz36KIOiMwo http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2014/05/iraq-stock-market-outlook-achievements-challenges.html#%23ixzz36EI8yvMa

But Tlar said..... Have a Great 4th of July B M !!!

I have been in toxicated many times. But the next day for the life of me I cant remember how I got there. But I do remember that there was this guy Jim Beam that went with me. Hmmmm

Tlar.....rate and date..?

Funny Fly...Thanks! I too want to be in Line!

That's right, disassociate from the dollar and look to your neighbors in the region to help determine the value of your currency. Kick those radical bums out of your country, send Malaki on an extended vacation and then pull the trigger on the RV. Now get to work.

R Veyron I would have a tendency to side with you in this matter but I'm going to look this guy up and see what he's saying. I don't think anyone at this point has a clue. Only CBI knows what's up and I suppose they're hands have been a bit full with terrorist riding in trucks lopping people's heads off. Not to mention the fact that these knuckleheads have stolen millions from banks in the regions they've taken over. Maybe I'm wrong but if I'm hanging out in Iraq I'm not much worrying about RV at this point. I'm just trying to keep my head on my shoulders and looking for the guys with hoods riding in trucks. Just saying.... JMHO Go RV/RI

http://www.forbiddenknowledgetv.com/videos/geopolitics/the-fall-of-iraq-what-you-arent-being-told.html

Experts: Iraqi dinar's peg to a basket of foreign currencies enhances the diversification of the economy of the country Called on the Finance Committee and an expert in economic affairs the central bank to the need to activate the financial trading by linking the Iraqi dinar to a basket of foreign currencies and not rely mainly on the U.S. dollar to build a diversified economy and a flexible retractable face of economic crises present and future. Said a member of the parliamentary Finance Committee Abdul-Hussein al-Yasiri The the main currency in the country is among the dinar offset by the U.S. dollar, which is considered the base currency in the trading process locally and globally because of its economic power on the most influential countries in the world ». He added that «having a basket of multiple foreign currencies greatly help to ensure resilient economy can cope with financial crises and their impact on the dinar National, where he owns a currency trading many advantages, including maintaining the rate of real exchange in the face of financial shocks and the decline in the value of the currency and avoid any exaggeration in the rate of exchange as well as the relative stability of the exchange rate of the currency, as the rise in the value of a particular currency in the basket means lower other currencies for that currency and vice »Yasiri that« the general acceptance and how widespread the circulation of the U.S. dollar put data by which dispense with the other currencies such as the Japanese yen and the euro European and other, which helped on their laurels citizen in a single currency more assurance than others ». confirmed Yasiri that« the central bank bears the responsibility of turning financial dealings of the monopoly of a particular currency for the stock market to the entry of foreign currencies competition through the activation of its own laws and the Order for more than 5 different currencies representing the states leading economic and economically strong »and pointed to« the necessity of diversifying reserve national from various world currencies in addition to the coins of other private gold to support the Iraqi dinar and increase Rsanth financial and reflected significantly on the level of improvement in the economy of the country »He pointed out that« the exchange rate in any state depends on the balance of payments which arise from factors affecting the presentation of the national currency and the demand for them, any surplus in the balance of payments of the state leads to increased demand for the national currency, which leads to higher disbursement versus other foreign currencies and vice versa ». turn the economic expert Abbas Bahadli that» choose Other currencies represent a basket of global economic must be on the basis of serving the national economy and the movement of trade and mutual investment with countries with an economy strong financial, and considers this step to enhance the value of the Iraqi dinar, and reduce the potential risks to the local currency as opposed to linking them in a single currency as dollar ». added that« increase and diversify foreign currency and use it as a reserve pick it economically by the Central Bank of Iraq represents the addition of monetary policy and help to enhance the value of the dinar by increasing dealing with other countries » http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ar&u=http://www.al-nhar.com/index.php%3Faa%3Dnews%26id22%3D31738&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%25D8%25B9%25D9%2585%25D9%2584%25D8%25A9%26lr%3D%26cr%3DcountryIQ%26hl%3Den%26tbs%3Dqdr:d,ctr:countryIQ

I think there is some "double-talk" in this post1

Happy fourth Nadita!!

I can't wait to be in Line.......at the bank. Thanks, Fly....funny stuff. GO RV, and NO BV

A member posted they had lost their pet and Sandfly thanked them...........Thanksgiving is being delayed thanks(no pun intended) to Sandfly

The liberals are so smart they say send us your sick don't worry about immigration we will deal with that once your hear They are intentionally destroying America that's obamas plan

BTW, they are not going to meet again until 8 July.... they did not even get close to electing a speaker...And the Shia alliance did not come up with a replacement candidate for Maliki as PM....So to say Maliki is officially out, would be to say one knows more than the actual people dealing with it as they have not figured it out yet... and most certainly have not made a formal announcement of any other name as of today.... And there will not be any further discussion until 8 July, at which point, they are still dealing with figuring out the election of a speaker.... (provided there is a quorum... the Kurds remain at the session this next time, AND they stop trying to hijack the meeting with trying to put the budget on the agenda, in the middle of electing a Speaker...) The political seating of a government is so far from over.... Which may have nothing at all to do with increasing the value of the currency.... despite the notion that some people seem hellll bent upon linking the two... (maybe they are... maybe they aren't linked) We can barely figure out in our country what our own Fed is doing, or our own politicans are doing, let alone figure out how the two work together if at all.... PS, actually election of Speaker is majority and quorum is not necessary... And.. Speaker is the only office that must be elected in first session.... the other two positions can be but are not constitutionally demanded... ....

Good Stuff Once I was in Competent and I don't want to go there again. Wm13

Great stuff my Friend. Grazie.

this is awesome!

I feel the same dang way sometimes!

they will not succeed like they said they been trying for over 2000 yrs God will get them

Could not have said it any better - If this country do not get their act together lots of investors and businesses will have NOTHING to do with Iraq and they will loose out on lots of deals and money - Its a darn shame!!!

I have followed Britling for years. Some like him and some don't. Seems to be pretty level headed.