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It's not all a bed of roses for China, their p...

2012-02-11T19:39:47.193-08:00

It's not all a bed of roses for China, their pop. is not growing and they are using their resources, ie Water at an unsustainable rate. Rivers and aquifers are being depleted. Poor agri practices are leading to soil depletion which leads to poor crop yields, dust bowls and crop failures. This leads to social unrest. Hungry people are easily pissed off. This will escalated and China has WAY to many people to be dealt with in a reasonable fashion, so expect some form of government "remediation" of the situation.....

http://shanghaiist.com/2010/07/26/chinas_middle_cl...

2011-06-09T09:59:23.936-07:00

http://shanghaiist.com/2010/07/26/chinas_middle_class_will_reach_700.php

China's Middle Class to be 700 million by 2020, while our USA middle class has been shrinking since the 1980s. USA population is now 330 million. The working, professsional, and skilled people who compose the Middle Class are the economic engine of any country. This is why China is growing their middle class. But why are we shrinking our middle class?

"There's no way to rule innocent men. Th...

2011-05-27T23:52:48.405-07:00

"There's no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Who wants a nation of law-abiding citizens? What's there in that for anyone? But just pass the kind of laws that can neither be observed nor enforced nor objectively interpreted--and you create a nation of law-breakers--and then you cash in on guilt. Now that's the system, Mr. Rearden, that's the game, and once you understand it, you'll be much easier to deal with."-Atlas Shrugged
I know I broke at least 10 traffic laws today.If you can't pay, the fines easily qudrupple by the time it goes to collections and you can now be arrested for even riding a bycicle while suspended, more fines, more arrests because you have to travel somehow..another slave for the courts in perpetuity. That's what you get when you give up your rights for privileges just to be "safe". You get neither liberty nor safety.

What is happening in this country is pitifully hor...

2011-05-17T08:12:39.111-07:00

What is happening in this country is pitifully horrifying. But what's even more outrageous is still the public's overall ignorance or apathy to this growing menace. The people posting on this blog are smart, but most Americans are dumber than a box of rocks!

I am on disability, I owe a lot in past medical bi...

2011-05-10T19:21:09.044-07:00

I am on disability, I owe a lot in past medical bills. I am being harassed on a more than daily basis by one collection agency. I am about to have even more surgery. I do not have the money to pay them at this time and will not be able to scape together enough to pay them for a while and I worry all the time about when they'll be able to haul me off to jail for it. At the rate this country is going, with privatizing prisons on the agendas all over the place,I have no doubt that we'll have debtors prisons in no time if we as a nation do not stand up and fight back.

Here in Clark County Washington, where right on th...

2011-03-03T08:25:53.903-08:00

Here in Clark County Washington, where right on the courthouse steps a plaque declares the county to be under maritime law, all the judges on the county bench are vested investors in the private jail labor setup that's going on and for each county jail inmate that corporation sees something like $75 per inmate per day! One would think there to be a conflict of interest somewhere in there, would they not? Not under maritime law I am told... The system has reached the point of being the most dangerous "thing" for every citizen's well being! I naively use to think telling the truth in court or to a cop (on misdemeanor crap) was noble. HAH! It's moronic in the first degree! Don't even say "hello" to a cop, it gives them reason to reply while at the same time suspect you for whatever and hem you up. Costing at the minimum your time or potentially you doing time! It is us vs. them in their world people need to start looking at it through the same goggles!

The footnoted text says that debtors' prisons ...

2010-12-25T09:39:13.556-08:00

The footnoted text says that debtors' prisons were abolished by 1833. But the sign in the graphic says that there was a remodel in 1842 for it to serve as a debtors' prison.

It's well away from the point of the essay, but as a point of historical accuracy, when did that practice really cease?

Thank you.

2010-10-08T19:50:33.920-07:00

Thank you.

Your a complete idiot!!!! And no need to thank me

2010-10-08T19:46:54.512-07:00

Your a complete idiot!!!! And no need to thank me

How can you not mention the war on drugs in this a...

2010-10-08T09:34:43.355-07:00

How can you not mention the war on drugs in this article? Its the bread,butter,meat AND potatoes of the prison industrial complex as we all know.

Get caught with 'too much dope' and you will do 30 years of slave labor (depending on which judge you get or what state you live in).

Yes, exactly. So, naturally, there would be an in...

2010-10-06T08:35:16.671-07:00

Yes, exactly. So, naturally, there would be an incentive to increase the prison population, correct? And so we see incarceration rates that are the highest in the world.

Thanks again. M.E.

Another element to all this is that corporations a...

2010-10-06T08:25:23.606-07:00

Another element to all this is that corporations are obtaining cheap labor from prison occupants at 25 cents an hour. Debtors prisons arising forces people into slave labor into these systems.

Instead of shipping American jobs overseas, corporations see it even more profitable to use prison labor. This is a sad day in America how we're all being manipulated. Sounds like Nazi Germany all over again.

Thank you for the comment Cheryl. Have to keep an ...

2010-10-06T08:23:56.990-07:00

Thank you for the comment Cheryl. Have to keep an eye on these judges -- there is a lot of money at stake, and we know what that can lead to. -- M.E.

Thanks Michael, this is scary stuff. These judges...

2010-10-06T08:22:19.563-07:00

Thanks Michael, this is scary stuff. These judges are really doing whatever they want.

Sorry for the VERY late response. Thanks for shar...

2010-08-24T22:45:50.845-07:00

Sorry for the VERY late response. Thanks for sharing your story. You said it perfectly: A dictatorship of judges. Be well -- Michael Edwards

This is a clear path of the future. I witnessed h...

2010-07-31T09:55:58.889-07:00

This is a clear path of the future. I witnessed how this is done. I was literally set up and harassed by cyber stalkers with a big brother mindset into filing a lawsuit in San Diego for defamation and emotional distress. (I'm from San Francisco). The harassment happened over 3 years and continues to this day. I was a singer trying to start a career back then.

The cyberstalker dumped his attorney who knew he was guilty and went directly to Judge Robert Longstreth with his perjurious claims in another jurisdiction where the suite was filed. The judge was brutally political and acted as the Defendant's attorney since he was in pro per. The judge threatened me with consequences for my lawsuit and demanded I withdraw everything after I refused to remove the case to his court.

After I dismissed the case due to an additional person I didn't have a DOES for, I was further "punished" by a court ordered judgment to pay his attorney's fees. Yet this man is guilty! He is still harassing me and my busineses and I have new evidence of that fact. It was a cyberstalking operation.

The gov't essentially used criminal cyber stalkers to provocateur and set me up to file a lawsuit to financially benefit the local legal community. The judges acted brutally towards me as a notary public and legal document assistant, simply because another person was involved in the dispute. They issued sanctions over a discovery request of $2,400 and legal fees for a man largely in pro per, in the thousands of dollars.

It is clear I was set up by a criminal court system in San Diego. Judge Longstreth is now in the family court division in San Diego. This was criminal as this judge envisioned severe consequences for my filing a lawsuit against the defendant. They set up a "secret off calendar" hearing a month after the case was dismissed to award legal fees in a court judgment.

I recently won a judgment in San Francisco for $25,000 against another cyber stalker who also set me up as a big brother kind of operation. These cyber stalkers are acting as provocateurs on behalf of the government to imprison and disarm Americans. The gov't is criminal. The gov't is clearly acting in a criminal manner with visions of debtor prisons for judgments. This is a dictatorship of judges forming.

Thank you for your comments. Unfortunately, the m...

2010-07-29T06:31:07.342-07:00

Thank you for your comments. Unfortunately, the military mission is being completely warped. The military man or woman is normally a brave soul, but they are trained to be completely non-thinking. When the leaders become corrupt and totally criminal, then so too right down the line. And, I agree, the state of the military and what they are currently supporting should be refused.

in addition to all our manufacturing jobs being ou...

2010-07-28T22:06:27.856-07:00

in addition to all our manufacturing jobs being outsourced outside the country and most jobs no longer even paying a sustaining wage; this country is becoming more fascist and totalitarian all the time. i encourage all young men and women to refuse military service. this evil system is unworthy of your protection and allegiance.