“(1) The act of terrorizing. The use of force or threats to demoralize, intimidate, and subjugate, esp. such use as a political weapon or policy. (2) The demoralization and intimidation produced in this way.” That’s the way my dictionary (Webster’s Fourth Edition) defines it. “Terrorism” is all over the media. There is the “War on terrorism,” and lots of other stories and protections from, seeking out, and wars against “terrorism.” We can’t escape the word now-a-days. So, who are the terrorists? Where are they? How do they work? Where is their headquarters? How does their work affect us, the citizen? Are terrorists only those who blow themselves up and use explosives?
Go back to FDR’s 1930’s institution of welfare, and later no money down home “purchases,” which destroyed cities, resulting in ’white flight.’ (Welfare always increases, as it feeds on itself). Who caused all the freeways to be built because of the ’white flight?’ Who gives welfare to virtually all who apply, without our OK or vote? Who gives food stamps, which allows the lazy and inept to eat without working? Who provides and subsidizes the millions who commit crimes and would have long ago self-destructed and been buried, were it not for their monthly checks for being criminal, weak, stupid, sick, or even fat? Who got us into all the trillion dollar wars? Going back to 1913, who voted in the Federal Reserve, which creates dollars out of thin air, and loans them to the treasury at interest for us to pay with decreasing value dollars? Who voted for the income tax the same year? (This is the 16th Amendment, which was never legally ratified, but made part of our Constitution anyway). Who can’t balance its budget, and prints money to pay for deficits and uncontrolled spending? Who creates hundreds of bureaucracies, which harass us constantly, cost a lot of printed dollars to support, and cost us with their illegal and unconstitutional regulations? Who created the bureaucracies which act as law maker, investigator, judge, and punisher, all wrapped oftentimes, into one obnoxiously cocky bureaucrat? Who destroys our currency by endless printing of it? Who lies about statistics to keep themselves looking good, and defrauding Social Security recipients?
Who is responsible for hundreds of thousands of jobs going overseas, because of a failing currency, horrendous taxes, and limitless regulations? Who would love to collect all our guns and deny us the Constitutional right of self defense? Who refuses to seal the borders with Mexico, resulting in millions of illegals flooding the nation, costing hundreds of billions in free medical care, schooling, automatic citizenship for illegals’ children, sending $50 billion back to Mexico every year, and a crime wave without modern parallel? Who has made hundreds of millions of Muslims and lots of others hate us? If we could figure out who has done all of the above and more, wouldn’t this fit a definition of terrorism? Home grown style? Gosh, I don’t know.
Two other notes: Eric P. in Alabama, bought for the first time since 2003. On 11/1/03, he bought ten ounce silver bars for $5.42. On 5/22/08, he bought more at $187.40, or a 345% increase in a bit over 4 1/2 years. Alexandra sold her Krugerrands on May 16th for $904.20, against my strong advice. They’re now $935.40. Listen to me, and have a great weekend.
(The new Indiana Jones flick is a riot of stupidity, but a lot of fun.)