Half US Households on Dole

Can't recomend the analysis in this article, but the headline says it all. Socialism matures into this kind of dependency, so we aren't slipping into socialism, we are already there. My theory is that govt. depency peaks just as its ability to care for its pawns craters.
Half of U.S. Households Received Government Benefits in 2010 - Yahoo! Finance:: finance.yahoo.com/news/half-u-households-received-...ylv=3
http://chumly.com/n/fa1308

More on the War on the West

Silver Valley is under the Federal boot and what is our governor doing about it? Where are our state legislators on this one? If state government will not resist federal tyrany, then no one will stand for life, liberty and property rights and the constitution has only one working provision--the one giving courts jurisdiction over what is constitutional and what is not. Where are all the men who have sworn to uphold the whole constitution, even if it means challenging the courts and bureaucracies? What will they say when they stand before the Judge of the universe and have to answer for all the evil they have abetted with their silence?
The War Against Us | SilverSeek.com:: www.silverseek.com/article/war-against-us
http://chumly.com/n/f902c9

More Idaho Jobs Destroyed

This could not come at a worse time. Federal regulators in Silver Valley have a history of hostility to the local extraction based economy, so I suspect this is just more of the economic war on the west. While the wolves put our ranchers out of business, federal wolves savage one of our few viable industries in the state. When will our state government fight back on behalf of its industry and its people?
Mine shutdown impact could exceed $25 million - Spokesman.com - Jan. 13, 2012:: www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/jan/13/mine-shutdow...llion
http://chumly.com/n/f85ee1

Brief Summary of US Govt. Financial Situation

The US Government Is Bankrupt - Casey Research:: www.caseyresearch.com/articles/us-government-bankr...krupt
http://chumly.com/n/f7a0f6

An Instructive Angle on the Police State

This article provides another perspective to use in analyzing our current crisis. The critical question is not whether you are middle, lower, or upper class, but rather are you part of the economic, political or praetorian class?
The Rise of the Praetorian Class - Casey Research:: www.caseyresearch.com/cdd/rise-praetorian-class
http://chumly.com/n/f79d6f

World Changing Trend

If this trend continues it will eventually chang our world. "as the chart below vividly demonstrates, the traditional diagonal rise in foreign holdings of US paper has not only pleateaued, but it is in fact declining: a first in the history of the post-globalization world." Up till now the US could import more than it exported becuase our trading partners bought our debt, then bought more, and more. If they no longer accumulate our debt, and no longer accumulate our currency as bank reserves it spells serious trouble for our economy and our currency. We may well soon see the price inflation that currency pegging and foreign exchange demand for the dollar have deffered for a long time.
Foreigners Sell Record $85 Billion In Treasurys In 6 Consecutive Weeks - Time To Get Concerned? | ZeroHedge:: www.zerohedge.com/news/foreigners-sell-record-85-b...erned
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Iran Dictatorship Tightens Grip

If you can decide who getts to run for parliament, what kind of power does that same parliament really weild?
Iran bans MPs from standing for re-election to parliament | World news | guardian.co.uk:: www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/10/iran-bans-mps...ction
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