Friday, January 14, 2011

10 Things That Would Be Different If the Federal Reserve Had Never Been Created

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep2/if-fed-had-never-been-created.html

"I too have been a close observer of the doings of the Bank of the United States. I have had men watching you for a long time, and am convinced that you have used the funds of the bank to speculate in the breadstuffs of the country. When you won, you divided the profits amongst you, and when you lost, you charged it to the Bank. You tell me that if I take the deposits from the Bank and annul its charter I shall ruin ten thousand families. That may be true, gentlemen, but that is your sin! Should I let you go on, you will ruin fifty thousand families, and that would be my sin! You are a den of vipers and thieves. I have determined to rout you out and, by the Eternal, (bringing his fist down on the table) I will rout you out." Andrew Jackson on central banking.

Our Hidden History of Corporations in the United States

http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org/corporate_accountability/history_corporations_us.html

Initially, the privilege of incorporation was granted selectively to enable activities that benefited the public, such as construction of roads or canals. Enabling shareholders to profit was seen as a means to that end.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

GOPAC Memo: Language | A Key Mechanism of Control

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOPAC_memo

The GOPAC memo was a controversial memo written and distributed by US Republican Congressman Newt Gingrich in 1994. The title of the memo was Language: A Key Mechanism of Control. It was distributed to Republicans and contained a list of words with positive and negative connotations that Republicans should use to describe Republicans and Democrats, respectively.

The cover page of the memo had the sentence: "The words in that paper are tested language from a recent series of focus groups where we actually tested ideas and language." more

Thursday, January 6, 2011

42 Fallacies: Dr. Michael C. LaBossiere,

http://www.triviumeducation.com/texts/42Fallacies.pdf

Fallacies
Ad Hominem
Also Known as: Ad Hominem Abusive, Personal Attack
Description: Translated from Latin to English, “ad Hominem” means “against the man” or “against the person.”
Example#1:
Bill: “I believe that abortion is morally wrong.”
Dave: “Of course you would say that, you’re a priest.”
Bill: “What about the arguments I gave to support my position?”
Dave: “Those don’t count. Like I said, you’re a priest, so you have to say that abortion is wrong. Further, you are just a lackey to the Pope, so I can’t believe what you say.”