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I bet you could ask almost any American today why the U.S. was fighting in Vietnam and they couldn't give you a good reason. You know the reasons that Johnson and Kennedy gave?--"We're fighting for freedom for the Vietnamese. We're fighting to protect free South Vietnam. Well, whether they wanted to be or not they wound up not being free, the U.S. lost the war and North Vietnam took over!
Really now, how many Americans really cared about the Vietnamese being free or not? How many American boys would have been happy to go over there and give their lives to free the Vietnamese? How many had such idealistic ideals? They don't know what they fought the Korean war for either, which they lost. They also don't know why they fought the Grenadian war or why they fought the Panamanian war. They don't know what they fought these wars for.--And they know just as little about why they're now going to be made to fight and die. I don't even think most of them would be willing to go there and die for the oil.
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Posted by Ted Rudow III on 05/31/2012 at 9:38 AM
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Fighting
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Fighting
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77@aol,com )
Wednesday May 30th, 2012
I bet you could ask almost any American today why the U.S. was fighting in Vietnam and they couldn't give you a good reason. You know the reasons that Johnson and Kennedy gave?--"We're fighting for freedom for the Vietnamese.
We're fighting to protect free South Vietnam Well, whether they wanted to be or not they wound up not being free, the U.S. lost the war and North Vietnam took over!
Really now, how many Americans really cared about the Vietnamese being free or not? How many American boys would have been happy to go over there and give their lives to free the Vietnamese? How many had such idealistic ideals? They don't know what they fought the Korean war for either, which they lost. They also don't know why they fought the Grenadian war or why they fought the Panamanian war. They don't know what they fought these wars for.--And they know just as little about why they're now going to be made to fight and die. I don't even think most of them would be willing to go there and die for the oil?
Ted Rudow III, MA
Fighting
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77@aol,com )
Wednesday May 30th, 2012
I bet you could ask almost any American today why the U.S. was fighting in Vietnam and they couldn't give you a good reason. You know the reasons that Johnson and Kennedy gave?--"We're fighting for freedom for the Vietnamese.
We're fighting to protect free South Vietnam Well, whether they wanted to be or not they wound up not being free, the U.S. lost the war and North Vietnam took over!
Really now, how many Americans really cared about the Vietnamese being free or not? How many American boys would have been happy to go over there and give their lives to free the Vietnamese? How many had such idealistic ideals? They don't know what they fought the Korean war for either, which they lost. They also don't know why they fought the Grenadian war or why they fought the Panamanian war. They don't know what they fought these wars for.--And they know just as little about why they're now going to be made to fight and die. I don't even think most of them would be willing to go there and die for the oil?
Ted Rudow III, MA
Monday, May 28, 2012
Defense?
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Defense?
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 28th, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Sunday that it would be "disastrous" for Congress to allow cuts in defense spending as scheduled in January. If the U.S would cancel all of its military spending, they'd eliminate the deficit in no time at all! The deficit is going to destroy the U.S. But the Americans don't want to reduce weapons, because they know that will also wreck the American economy.
Defense spending is the biggest part of the American budget, about 631 billions Dollars a year.--That means the salaries of hundreds of thousands of Americans. So they don't really want peace, because it would bring economic collapse.
The Americans want war because it is more profitable, it's better for the economy! They can't stand peace, they've got to have war, or the threat of it, to survive! It would destroy all their excuses for spending so much on arms and the military and defense because there would no longer be any reason for it. They know that this huge expenditure on war and "defense" and the military and arms is what's literally keeping their economy going. And if they stop producing weapons, they're going to fall flat on their face!
They've got to keep spending these hundreds of billions on the military, just to keep the economy going. But if the people don't fear an enemy, because peace has been made, they're going to ask, "Why do we have to spend all of this money on defense?" They've got to keep up the propaganda of the threat in order to keep the military and defense industry going.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Defense?
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 28th, 2012
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta warned Sunday that it would be "disastrous" for Congress to allow cuts in defense spending as scheduled in January. If the U.S would cancel all of its military spending, they'd eliminate the deficit in no time at all! The deficit is going to destroy the U.S. But the Americans don't want to reduce weapons, because they know that will also wreck the American economy.
Defense spending is the biggest part of the American budget, about 631 billions Dollars a year.--That means the salaries of hundreds of thousands of Americans. So they don't really want peace, because it would bring economic collapse.
The Americans want war because it is more profitable, it's better for the economy! They can't stand peace, they've got to have war, or the threat of it, to survive! It would destroy all their excuses for spending so much on arms and the military and defense because there would no longer be any reason for it. They know that this huge expenditure on war and "defense" and the military and arms is what's literally keeping their economy going. And if they stop producing weapons, they're going to fall flat on their face!
They've got to keep spending these hundreds of billions on the military, just to keep the economy going. But if the people don't fear an enemy, because peace has been made, they're going to ask, "Why do we have to spend all of this money on defense?" They've got to keep up the propaganda of the threat in order to keep the military and defense industry going.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Saturday, May 26, 2012
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Peter Edelman, member of President Bill Clinton's administration, until he resigned in protest after Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform legislationour economy has been very unkind to the entire bottom half of our people over the last 40 years.
We have terrific public policy in place, although it's threatened now by Paul Ryan, as you just showed.
The fact that people in the bottom half have been absolutely stuck, that the wages for people at the bottom have not have grown only 7 percent over that 40-year period. So we're fighting uphill with the public policies that we have. But 20 million people now and these are census numbers live in deep poverty, extreme poverty, incomes below half the poverty line. That's below $9,000 for a family of three.
We have six million people in this country whose only income is food stamps. That's an income at a third of the poverty line. In the state of Wyoming, there are 644 people in the whole state, 4 percent of the state's poor children. For are not many nations of the world driven by the same power? Are not many world leaders driven by the same corruption, the same lust, the same greed? Is this not the powerful force which motivates and guides them? For her hypocrisy, greed, selfishness and lust are exposed. The world clearly that she cares not for the hearts and lives of the innocent, but only looks to greed and lust as her god.
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Friday, May 25, 2012
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Peter Edelman, member of President Bill Clinton’s administration, until he resigned in protest after Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform legislationour economy has been very unkind to the entire bottom half of our people over the last 40 years.
We have terrific public policy in place, although it’s threatened now by Paul Ryan.
The fact that people in the bottom half have been absolutely stuck, that the wages for people at the bottom have not—have grown only 7 percent over that 40-year period. So we’re fighting uphill with the public policies that we have. But 20 million people now—and these are census numbers—live in deep poverty, extreme poverty, incomes below half the poverty line. That’s below $9,000 for a family of three.
We have six million people in this country whose only income is food stamps. That’s an income at a third of the poverty line. In the state of Wyoming, there are 644 people in the whole state, 4 percent of the state’s poor children. For are not many nations of the world driven by the same power? Are not many world leaders driven by the same corruption, the same lust, the same greed? Is this not the powerful force which motivates and guides them? For her hypocrisy, greed, selfishness and lust are exposed. The world clearly that she cares not for the hearts and lives of the innocent, but only looks to greed and lust as her god.
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Issues Beyond Palo Alto, posted by Ted Rudow III, MA, a member of the Palo Alto High School community
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Peter Edelman, member of President Bill Clinton’s administration, until he resigned in protest after Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform legislationour economy has been very unkind to the entire bottom half of our people over the last 40 years.
We have terrific public policy in place, although it’s threatened now by Paul Ryan.
The fact that people in the bottom half have been absolutely stuck, that the wages for people at the bottom have not—have grown only 7 percent over that 40-year period. So we’re fighting uphill with the public policies that we have. But 20 million people now—and these are census numbers—live in deep poverty, extreme poverty, incomes below half the poverty line. That’s below $9,000 for a family of three.
We have six million people in this country whose only income is food stamps. That’s an income at a third of the poverty line. In the state of Wyoming, there are 644 people in the whole state, 4 percent of the state’s poor children. For are not many nations of the world driven by the same power? Are not many world leaders driven by the same corruption, the same lust, the same greed? Is this not the powerful force which motivates and guides them? For her hypocrisy, greed, selfishness and lust are exposed. The world clearly that she cares not for the hearts and lives of the innocent, but only looks to greed and lust as her god.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Thursday, May 24, 2012
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by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday May 24th, 2012
Peter Edelman, member of President Bill Clinton’s administration, until he resigned in protest after Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform legislationour economy has been very unkind to the entire bottom half of our people over the last 40 years.
We have terrific public policy in place, although it’s threatened now by Paul Ryan, as you just showed.
The fact that people in the bottom half have been absolutely stuck, that the wages for people at the bottom have not—have grown only 7 percent over that 40-year period. So we’re fighting uphill with the public policies that we have. But 20 million people now—and these are census numbers—live in deep poverty, extreme poverty, incomes below half the poverty line. That’s below $9,000 for a family of three.
We have six million people in this country whose only income is food stamps. That’s an income at a third of the poverty line. In the state of Wyoming, there are 644 people in the whole state, 4 percent of the state’s poor children. For are not many nations of the world driven by the same power? Are not many world leaders driven by the same corruption, the same lust, the same greed? Is this not the powerful force which motivates and guides them? For her hypocrisy, greed, selfishness and lust are exposed. The world clearly that she cares not for the hearts and lives of the innocent, but only looks to greed and lust as her god.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday May 24th, 2012
Peter Edelman, member of President Bill Clinton’s administration, until he resigned in protest after Clinton signed the 1996 welfare reform legislationour economy has been very unkind to the entire bottom half of our people over the last 40 years.
We have terrific public policy in place, although it’s threatened now by Paul Ryan, as you just showed.
The fact that people in the bottom half have been absolutely stuck, that the wages for people at the bottom have not—have grown only 7 percent over that 40-year period. So we’re fighting uphill with the public policies that we have. But 20 million people now—and these are census numbers—live in deep poverty, extreme poverty, incomes below half the poverty line. That’s below $9,000 for a family of three.
We have six million people in this country whose only income is food stamps. That’s an income at a third of the poverty line. In the state of Wyoming, there are 644 people in the whole state, 4 percent of the state’s poor children. For are not many nations of the world driven by the same power? Are not many world leaders driven by the same corruption, the same lust, the same greed? Is this not the powerful force which motivates and guides them? For her hypocrisy, greed, selfishness and lust are exposed. The world clearly that she cares not for the hearts and lives of the innocent, but only looks to greed and lust as her god.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Wobblies
In 1905 representatives of 43 groups who opposed the policies of American Federation of Labour, formed the radical labour organisation, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW). The IWW's goal was to promote worker solidarity in the revolutionary struggle to overthrow the employing class. Its motto was "an injury to one is an injury to all". Many unions refused to accept immigrant workers. This was especially a problem for Jewish and Irish immigrants. This was not true of the Industrial Workers of the World and as a result many of its members were first and second generation immigrants. Several immigrants such as Mary 'Mother' Jones, Hubert Harrison, Carlo Tresca, Arturo Giovannitti and Joe Haaglund Hill became leaders of the organization.
The Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies) was a radical syndicalist labor union. Composed primarily of unemployed and homeless workers, including dissatisfied elements from the lumber industry, Their voices for social and economic justice. Tom Morello is the Harvard-educated guitarist who dabbled in politics, then chose rock music to make a difference.
Two things that inspire me about the Wobblies is it was a singing union, first of all. And they realized that, in order to organize diverse groups of immigrants who often didn't speak the same language, they would do it through song. And their solidarity came through music.And Joe Hill, the great poet laureate of the early 20th century, you know, said, "You--" I'm paraphrasing. But--"A pamphlet you'll read once. But a song you can sing again and again and stays in your heart."
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The Industrial Workers of the World (Wobblies) was a radical syndicalist labor union. Composed primarily of unemployed and homeless workers, including dissatisfied elements from the lumber industry, Their voices for social and economic justice. Tom Morello is the Harvard-educated guitarist who dabbled in politics, then chose rock music to make a difference.
Two things that inspire me about the Wobblies is it was a singing union, first of all. And they realized that, in order to organize diverse groups of immigrants who often didn't speak the same language, they would do it through song. And their solidarity came through music.And Joe Hill, the great poet laureate of the early 20th century, you know, said, "You--" I'm paraphrasing. But--"A pamphlet you'll read once. But a song you can sing again and again and stays in your heart."
Ted Rudow III,MA
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Too big fail
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Too big fail
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday May 16th, 2012
JPMorgan’s latest woes stem from the flaws endemic to "too big fail." "Allowing [banks] to be this big, even conservative economists call this crony capitalism-
the only way this can work is to shrink the systemically dangerous institutions — this is the 20 largest banks in the United States — down to the point that they no longer pose a systemic risk, they are no longer too big to fail, and therefore, they will no longer have this implicit federal subsidy that completely distorts competition". William Black
They had about $15 billion in distressed European debt. Europe has been in just a ton of trouble. A hedge is something where you invest in a second asset that is supposed to offset losses that you suffer in the first asset. In this case, the first asset was that distressed European debt, and the second asset, the supposed hedge, was a derivative of a derivative. In this case, it was an index of credit default swaps, which are a form of derivative that blew up AIG.
JPMorgan is nobody was looking very carefully at the supposed hedge, and the hedge didn’t perform to offset losses, instead it increased the losses and increased the losses dramatically. And supposedly, no one was looking, and no one adjusted for this. And they woke up, and they had a $2 billion loss. So this is hedginess: not really a hedge, but you call it a hedge to evade the law. This also destroys democracy, because these giant institutions have so much political power.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Too big fail
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday May 16th, 2012
JPMorgan’s latest woes stem from the flaws endemic to "too big fail." "Allowing [banks] to be this big, even conservative economists call this crony capitalism-
the only way this can work is to shrink the systemically dangerous institutions — this is the 20 largest banks in the United States — down to the point that they no longer pose a systemic risk, they are no longer too big to fail, and therefore, they will no longer have this implicit federal subsidy that completely distorts competition". William Black
They had about $15 billion in distressed European debt. Europe has been in just a ton of trouble. A hedge is something where you invest in a second asset that is supposed to offset losses that you suffer in the first asset. In this case, the first asset was that distressed European debt, and the second asset, the supposed hedge, was a derivative of a derivative. In this case, it was an index of credit default swaps, which are a form of derivative that blew up AIG.
JPMorgan is nobody was looking very carefully at the supposed hedge, and the hedge didn’t perform to offset losses, instead it increased the losses and increased the losses dramatically. And supposedly, no one was looking, and no one adjusted for this. And they woke up, and they had a $2 billion loss. So this is hedginess: not really a hedge, but you call it a hedge to evade the law. This also destroys democracy, because these giant institutions have so much political power.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Narco-industrial complex
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Dear Editor: Nearly five decades ago, in January 1961, President Eisenhower warned in his farewell address about the influence of what he famously called the "military-industrial complex." What we're witnessing now is something new. It's the emergence of a narco-industrial complex: a proliferation of U.S. companies lining up, with congressional support, to obtain public money for anti-drug campaigns overseas.
Foreign aid isn't exactly aid if it has to be spent on U.S. military equipment and weapons. They'd do better to feed and clothe the poor, and that would help to eliminate a lot of the need for such weapons.
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Narco-industrial complex
Dear Editor: Nearly five decades ago, in January 1961, President Eisenhower warned in his farewell address about the influence of what he famously called the "military-industrial complex." What we're witnessing now is something new. It's the emergence of a narco-industrial complex: a proliferation of U.S. companies lining up, with congressional support, to obtain public money for anti-drug campaigns overseas.
Foreign aid isn't exactly aid if it has to be spent on U.S. military equipment and weapons. They'd do better to feed and clothe the poor, and that would help to eliminate a lot of the need for such weapons.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Palo Alto
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Narco
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Narco
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Sunday May 13th, 2012
Nearly five decades ago, in January 1961, President Eisenhower warned in his farewell address about the influence of what he famously called the "military-industrial complex."
What we're witnessing now is something new. It's the emergence of a narco-industrial complex: a proliferation of U.S. companies lining up, with congressional support, to obtain public money for anti-drug campaigns overseas.
Foreign aid isn't exactly aid if it has to be spent on U.S. military equipment and weapons. They'd do better to feed and clothe the poor, and that would help to eliminate a lot of the need for such weapons.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Narco
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Sunday May 13th, 2012
Nearly five decades ago, in January 1961, President Eisenhower warned in his farewell address about the influence of what he famously called the "military-industrial complex."
What we're witnessing now is something new. It's the emergence of a narco-industrial complex: a proliferation of U.S. companies lining up, with congressional support, to obtain public money for anti-drug campaigns overseas.
Foreign aid isn't exactly aid if it has to be spent on U.S. military equipment and weapons. They'd do better to feed and clothe the poor, and that would help to eliminate a lot of the need for such weapons.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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Crash course to bankruptcy again! : Indybay
by indybay.org Thu May 3 13:12:15 PDT 2012
In the great economic depression of the late 20's and 30's , they had no economic guarantees on wages.The auto business was one of the first places where people cut their spending, because it's a luxury to buy a new car. It was a vicious cycle, a downward spiral that just couldn't stop, and industry kept cutting prices to where people could afford to still buy. This was the deflation. Inflation at home mostly hurts the rich, but it mostly helps the poor, except for those who are on set incomes, like pensions.
That's why the rich are trying to bring about deflation. The very rich, however, profit from the deflation, because their dollars grow in value even though they're doing nothing with them. We're on a crash course to bankruptcy again, but they think they're going to patch it all up instead of curing the disease: which is that they're hanging onto their riches instead of putting them into circulation.
In the past, deflation and depression have frequently led to a vicious circle of nationalism, xenophobia, the disintegration of states, and even war which is happening today. It collapsed!--In total deflation! That's a deflation: It The Dollar, the green Dollar, the Green Pig, is literally inflating right now very rapidly. But I was thinking, well it's inflating, so of course it's going up! But the dollar is definitely inflating and it's got to eventually explode.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
This Doesnt mean the US has won the war
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by Ted Rudow III, MA Thursday, May. 10, 2012 at 8:38 PM
This Doesnt mean the US has won the war
Killing Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein won't mean the U.S. has won, because terrorism will continue and probably grow worse than ever. In fact, there's not only no definite ending to the war on terrorism, there's no definite enemy! First Osama was the evildoer, then Saddam was, since he had all these "weapons of mass destruction" that seem to have become invisible. Maybe the Iranians will morph into the enemy next, or the Syrians, or the North Koreans. After all, there are vacancies on the "Axis of Evil" now that Iraq has been occupied.
"It's very important to use this defining moment, I think, to rally the American people and to remind the American people that we are spending trillions of dollars, billions every week, on this open-ended longest war in American history and that we have economic priorities, economic recovery, job creation priorities here in our own country that this money can be used for," U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee said. We've got to remove our young men and women from harm's way, and we've got to really make sure that our presence in countries throughout the world does not create more danger and more anger toward the United States, which, you know, diminishes our national Regcure security.
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by Ted Rudow III, MA Thursday, May. 10, 2012 at 8:38 PM
This Doesnt mean the US has won the war
Killing Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein won't mean the U.S. has won, because terrorism will continue and probably grow worse than ever. In fact, there's not only no definite ending to the war on terrorism, there's no definite enemy! First Osama was the evildoer, then Saddam was, since he had all these "weapons of mass destruction" that seem to have become invisible. Maybe the Iranians will morph into the enemy next, or the Syrians, or the North Koreans. After all, there are vacancies on the "Axis of Evil" now that Iraq has been occupied.
"It's very important to use this defining moment, I think, to rally the American people and to remind the American people that we are spending trillions of dollars, billions every week, on this open-ended longest war in American history and that we have economic priorities, economic recovery, job creation priorities here in our own country that this money can be used for," U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee said. We've got to remove our young men and women from harm's way, and we've got to really make sure that our presence in countries throughout the world does not create more danger and more anger toward the United States, which, you know, diminishes our national Regcure security.
Ted Rudow III ,MA
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Won't mean the U.S. has won
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Won't mean the U.S. has won
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77@aolcom )
Tuesday May 8th, 2012
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement, and drew both praise and skepticism around the world. But critics called the Nobel committee's decision premature, given that Obama has achieved few tangible gains, as he still grapples with challenges ranging from the war in Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea, and now the war on Libya. The raid has further strained ties between the United States and Pakistan. They are quick to highlight his recent successes against Osama bin Laden
Killing Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein won't mean the U.S. has won, because terrorism will continue and probably grow worse than ever. In fact, there's not only no definite ending to the war on terrorism, there's no definite enemy! First Osama was the evildoer, then Saddam was, since he had all these "weapons of mass destruction" that seem to have become invisible. Maybe the Iranians will morph into the enemy next, or the Syrians, or the North Koreans. After all, there are vacancies on the "Axis of Evil" now that Iraq has been occupied.
"It's very important to use this defining moment, I think, to rally the American people and to remind the American people that we are spending trillions of dollars, billions every week, on this open-ended longest war in American history and that we have economic priorities, economic recovery, job creation priorities here in our own country that this money can be used for," U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee said. We've got to remove our young men and women from harm's way, and we've got to really make sure that our presence in countries throughout the world does not create more danger and more anger toward the United States, which, you know, diminishes our national security.
Ted Rudow III ,MA
Won't mean the U.S. has won
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77@aolcom )
Tuesday May 8th, 2012
Barack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize in a stunning decision that honored the first-year U.S. president more for promise than achievement, and drew both praise and skepticism around the world. But critics called the Nobel committee's decision premature, given that Obama has achieved few tangible gains, as he still grapples with challenges ranging from the war in Afghanistan and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to nuclear standoffs with Iran and North Korea, and now the war on Libya. The raid has further strained ties between the United States and Pakistan. They are quick to highlight his recent successes against Osama bin Laden
Killing Osama bin Laden or Saddam Hussein won't mean the U.S. has won, because terrorism will continue and probably grow worse than ever. In fact, there's not only no definite ending to the war on terrorism, there's no definite enemy! First Osama was the evildoer, then Saddam was, since he had all these "weapons of mass destruction" that seem to have become invisible. Maybe the Iranians will morph into the enemy next, or the Syrians, or the North Koreans. After all, there are vacancies on the "Axis of Evil" now that Iraq has been occupied.
"It's very important to use this defining moment, I think, to rally the American people and to remind the American people that we are spending trillions of dollars, billions every week, on this open-ended longest war in American history and that we have economic priorities, economic recovery, job creation priorities here in our own country that this money can be used for," U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee said. We've got to remove our young men and women from harm's way, and we've got to really make sure that our presence in countries throughout the world does not create more danger and more anger toward the United States, which, you know, diminishes our national security.
Ted Rudow III ,MA
Monday, May 07, 2012
Banned books
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/05/07/18713110.php
Banned books
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 7th, 2012
A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content. In some cases, banned books of the past have been burned and/or refused publication. Possession of banned books has at times been regarded as an act of treason or heresy, which was punishable by death, torture, prison time, or other acts of retribution. They have banned books today for less offenses along those lines than the Bible. They're just circling around and circling around like this, circling around and getting all the other books.
They got rid of Mexican-American studies in the state of Arizona. They put all of the books that they took away from the students, they boxed them and put them away. The catch-22 seems to be that anybody who's not from that ethnic studies world could teach it but that there would be disciplinary action as I understand it if anyone complains about those being taught. So in essence they've been, what I call a soft-banning. They're out of the picture.
Chicano, the History of the Mexican Civil Rights Movement, boxed. Critical Race Theory by Delgado and Stefancic, boxed. Five Hundred Years of Chicano History in Pictures, boxed. Message to Aztlan, boxed. Occupied America, boxed. Rethinking Columbus, the Next 500 Years, boxed. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire, boxed. And then Howard Zinn’s, A People's History of the United States? The Tempest- William Shakespeare's because it deals with race--It's anti-colonial.
1984 again!
Ted Rudow III, MA
Banned books
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 7th, 2012
A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content. In some cases, banned books of the past have been burned and/or refused publication. Possession of banned books has at times been regarded as an act of treason or heresy, which was punishable by death, torture, prison time, or other acts of retribution. They have banned books today for less offenses along those lines than the Bible. They're just circling around and circling around like this, circling around and getting all the other books.
They got rid of Mexican-American studies in the state of Arizona. They put all of the books that they took away from the students, they boxed them and put them away. The catch-22 seems to be that anybody who's not from that ethnic studies world could teach it but that there would be disciplinary action as I understand it if anyone complains about those being taught. So in essence they've been, what I call a soft-banning. They're out of the picture.
Chicano, the History of the Mexican Civil Rights Movement, boxed. Critical Race Theory by Delgado and Stefancic, boxed. Five Hundred Years of Chicano History in Pictures, boxed. Message to Aztlan, boxed. Occupied America, boxed. Rethinking Columbus, the Next 500 Years, boxed. Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire, boxed. And then Howard Zinn’s, A People's History of the United States? The Tempest- William Shakespeare's because it deals with race--It's anti-colonial.
1984 again!
Ted Rudow III, MA
Saturday, May 05, 2012
Crash course to bankruptcy again!
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Crash course to bankruptcy again!
Issues Beyond Palo Alto, posted by Ted Rudow III, MA, a member of the Palo Alto High School community,
Crash course to bankruptcy again!
In the great economic depression of the late 20's and 30's , they had no economic guarantees on wages.The auto business was one of the first places where people cut their spending, because it's a luxury to buy a new car. It was a vicious cycle, a downward spiral that just couldn't stop, and industry kept cutting prices to where people could afford to still buy. This was the deflation. Inflation at home mostly hurts the rich, but it mostly helps the poor, except for those who are on set incomes, like pensions.
That's why the rich are trying to bring about deflation. The very rich, however, profit from the deflation, because their dollars grow in value even though they're doing nothing with them. We're on a crash course to bankruptcy again, but they think they're going to patch it all up instead of curing the disease: which is that they're hanging onto their riches instead of putting them into circulation.
In the past, deflation and depression have frequently led to a vicious circle of nationalism, xenophobia, the disintegration of states, and even war which is happening today. It collapsed!--In total deflation! That's a deflation: It the Dollar, the green Dollar, the Green Pig, is literally inflating right now very rapidly. But I was thinking, well it's inflating, so of course it's going up! But the dollar is definitely inflating and it's got to eventually explode.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Letter: The conservative religion
March 06, 2012, 05:00 AM Letter
Editor,
When conservatives think they have won an argument by comparing liberals to communists, they are promoting a myth. Liberals don’t want to destroy capitalism. They just want all Americans to share its benefits. Sharing the wealth is evidently not a conservative belief. This country prospered when there was greater economic equality. There were more consumers for more products. What could be wrong with that?
I think it’s really ironic that conservative businessmen are profiting by selling Chinese communist-made goods to American consumers. Another irony: why do conservative politicians argue against supporting American auto manufacturers? Is it because foreign automotive companies have plants in their states? How patriotic is that? As Ted Rudow III mentioned in his letter “Taking responsibility” in the Feb. 18 edition of the Daily Journal, conservatism has become a religion which is based on a number of faith-based beliefs. To be truthful and logical, a conservative must face reality, which conflicts with their beliefs.
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Thursday, May 03, 2012
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Crash course to bankruptcy again
Crash course to bankruptcy again!
,In the great economic depression of the late 20's and 30's , they had no economic guarantees on wages.The auto business was one of the first places where people cut their spending, because it's a luxury to buy a new car. It was a vicious cycle, a downward spiral that just couldn't stop, and industry kept cutting prices to where people could afford to still buy. This was the deflation. Inflation at home mostly hurts the rich, but it mostly helps the poor, except for those who are on set incomes, like pensions.
That's why the rich are trying to bring about deflation. The very rich, however, profit from the deflation, because their dollars grow in value even though they're doing nothing with them. We're on a crash course to bankruptcy again, but they think they're going to patch it all up instead of curing the disease: which is that they're hanging onto their riches instead of putting them into circulation.
In the past, deflation and depression have frequently led to a vicious circle of nationalism, xenophobia, the disintegration of states, and even war which is happening today. It collapsed!--In total deflation! That's a deflation: It The Dollar, the green Dollar, the Green Pig, is literally inflating right now very rapidly. But I was thinking, well it's inflating, so of course it's going up! But the dollar is definitely inflating and it's got to eventually explode.
Ted Rudow III, MA
,In the great economic depression of the late 20's and 30's , they had no economic guarantees on wages.The auto business was one of the first places where people cut their spending, because it's a luxury to buy a new car. It was a vicious cycle, a downward spiral that just couldn't stop, and industry kept cutting prices to where people could afford to still buy. This was the deflation. Inflation at home mostly hurts the rich, but it mostly helps the poor, except for those who are on set incomes, like pensions.
That's why the rich are trying to bring about deflation. The very rich, however, profit from the deflation, because their dollars grow in value even though they're doing nothing with them. We're on a crash course to bankruptcy again, but they think they're going to patch it all up instead of curing the disease: which is that they're hanging onto their riches instead of putting them into circulation.
In the past, deflation and depression have frequently led to a vicious circle of nationalism, xenophobia, the disintegration of states, and even war which is happening today. It collapsed!--In total deflation! That's a deflation: It The Dollar, the green Dollar, the Green Pig, is literally inflating right now very rapidly. But I was thinking, well it's inflating, so of course it's going up! But the dollar is definitely inflating and it's got to eventually explode.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Fizzy Logic: Bring on the body positivity EX-NFL Player Junior Seau's Death Shocks Sports World
News Sports Opinion A&E Multimedia Tech Class Reports National World Campus San Jose Fizzy Logic: Bring on the body positivity for people everywhere
by Julie Tran
May 2, 2012 2:57 pm
Tags: body image, body positivity, Fizzy Logic, girls, Julie Tran, models, sexuality, Valeria Lukyanova, women
Julie Tran is a Spartan Daily staff writer. Her column "Fizzy Logic" appears every other Thursday.
Ladies and gents, it’s that one time that we’ve all been dreading ever since the weather started warming up — swimsuit season.
As a woman, I loathe the idea of swimsuit shopping because I feel I am exposing my flaws to the world, especially with hot supermodels prancing around in their skivvies.
Although I have a small frame, I get extremely self-conscious of my stomach, thighs and arms in a swimsuit because it’s not fit or toned like a celebrity’s body.
According to a recent news story from ABC News, a 21-year-old Ukrainian woman named Valeria Lukyanova who modified her appearance to look like a Barbie doll.
With her voluptuous chest, tiny waist and full lips, Lukyanova’s body looks as plastic as the infamous dolls lining toy shelves across the nation — but why did she do it?
Sure, it could just be a horrible Photoshop botch but the image holds a more subliminal message to women everywhere.
On a daily basis, there are advertisements on television that tell women to become skinnier, prettier or to buy a certain product to feel better about their appearance.
In a 2009 statistic from the University of Washington, 40 percent of girls ages nine to 10 years old tried to lose weight and by age 13, 53 percent of girls feel dissatisfied with their bodies.
It also doesn’t help that 56 percent of commercials targeted at women use beauty as a tool to persuade them to buy a product as oppose to three percent of these commercials targeted at men, according to a Kaiser Foundation study.
With this type of subliminal messaging presented in both broadcast and print media, people may succumb to low self-esteem and eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia or binge eating.
In a journal article from Academic Psychiatry, eating disorders are on the rise due to the media's portrayal of beauty with younger girls and even men are being admitted to treatment facilities for these issues.
Words such as “fat” or “chubby” are thrown around as insults to people in a degrading manner, which forms self-loathing within the individual.
From personal experience, I have heard several nasty comments from my older relatives about how people deemed as “fat” aren’t even human.
During Thanksgiving a few years ago, my family didn’t dine on the traditional American fare such as mashed potatoes, roast turkey or pumpkin pie in fear of getting big like the majority of the American population.
While eating baked fish with salad and rice noodles, one of my aunts exclaimed, “I’m so glad the Vietnamese diet is so much better than the American diet! If any of our family members were fat, I would totally disown them!”
On another occasion, my mother had watched an episode of Travel Channel’s “Man v.s. Food” and she felt disgusted upon looking at the host.
“Why does he always have to eat so much?” my mom asked. “I’m surprised that he’s not dead yet because he is so fat.”
I’ve been made fun of from my family members about eating a bit too much during family reunions or ostracized for not exercising as much as I used to. It kind of hurts, not going to lie.
On the other end, some of my peers gripe about me for being too thin and it feels as if I can never satisfy anyone.
Why the constant criticism about a person’s body size? A person should be judged based on the individual’s character rather than the number on the clothing tag.
So if anyone ever makes you feel ostracized for your body shape, forget them and strut your style for the world to see.
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MOST OF ALL SEEK THAT INDEFINABLE THING CALLED PERSONALITY, that sparkle, that thing we used to call "it" back in the '20s.--Seek not only the vivaciousness of the flesh, but the liveliness of the spirit, the fascination of the mind, the irresistibility of her heart and its genuine unselfish love, and the greatness, and magnanimity of her soul, that spiritual part of her--her whole composite personality make up--which, in turn, can only be satisfied by the spiritual in you, and the absorbing interest of your mind, and the warmness of your heart, and the thrill of your soul! The things of this earth can satisfy your body, but God has made you so that your soul or heart or spirit can only be satisfied by the things which are spiritual and the things of the spirit.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Class of 1996
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