Video: Social Security Scam Robs Elderly By Convincing Them They Are Dead

Talk about sticking it to the elderly. Who is afraid of a default on social security when there are people in the world scamming old people like this?

(For those who don't know, The Onion is a satirical news site)

Video: '9/11 Conspiracy Theories Ridiculous' - Al Qaeda

It's been a while seen I've looked into the so-called 9/11 truth movement - 2007 to be exact. As of right now, I'm not convinced of what this movement argues: that 9/11 was an inside job.

What you must say - in order for me to believe that "individuals within the United States government may have been either responsible for or knowingly complicit in the September 11 attacks" as Wikipedia puts it - or rather what you must do is define what you mean by "inside job." If you mean that the Bush administration coordinated the entire thing, then I'm not on your side. However, if you mean that foreign policy as advocated by Washington insiders lead to the events on September 11th, 2001, then sure, I'm on your side. I'm a big believer in blowback; I'm not big on.....

Truth is always important and in all ages. But right now, there's enough evidence that government corruption exists and has been existing for some time now. I can sleep at night not accepting the truth of 9/11. Any explanation for 9/11 is a bad one (if product of foreign policy, then bad; if product of Bush Administration, then it's still bad), and the resolution of contradictory explanations and accounts is not top priority right now.

...Oh yea...The Onion produced a classic in the above video. "How would you like it if you spent two months sleeping in a mountain cave, sleeping on rocks, planning something very special only to have someone take the credit from you?"

August 2011 Update:

I find the 9/11 truth movement more credible now. Better late than never.

H.L. Mencken on Democracy

"Democracy is a form of worship. It is the worship of jackals by jackasses." H.L. Mencken, Quotation taken from Walter Williams' Website

Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis (Film)

According to the Facebook Fan Page for the Movie, "Overdose is the story about the greatest economic crisis of our age - the one that awaits us."

Anarchy and Christianity

Somehow I keep on finding these great product descriptions that are worth mentioning. This latest one is from the back cover of Anarchy and Christianity:

"Jacques Ellul blends politics, theology, history, and exposition in this analysis of the relationship between political anarchy and biblical faith. On the one hand, suggests Ellul, anarchists need to understand that much of their criticism of Christianity applies only to the form of religion that developed, not to biblical faith. Christians, on the other hand, need to look at the biblical texts and not reject anarchy as a political option, for it seems closest to biblical thinking."(Italics added)

The notion that anarchy is closest to biblical thinking has been reiterated and expounded upon in the 2001 essay Biblical Anarchism by Stephen W. Carson. I thoroughly recommend it. In fact, one should listen to this brief 12-minute MP3 (The Biblical Prophet: He Told It Like It Is by the late Robert LeFevre) before reading the essay to get a good understanding of where Carson is coming from.

J.R. Hummel on The Death of the Welfare State

"What will ultimately kill the welfare State is that its centerpiece, government-provided social insurance, is simultaneously above reproach and beyond salvation." Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Why Default on The U.S. Treasuries is Likely

J.R. Hummel on "Pay-As-You-Go"

"Even conceding that federal taxes might rise rapidly enough to a level noticeably higher than during World War II overlooks an important consideration: All the social democracies are facing similar fiscal dilemmas at almost the same time. Pay-as-you go social insurance is just not sustainable over the long run, despite the higher tax rates in other welfare States." Jeffrey Rogers Hummel, Why a Default on the U.S. Treasuries is Likely

Video:The BLOWBACK SYNDROME: Oil Wars and Overreach

According to Merriam-Webster blowback is:

an unforeseen and unwanted effect, result, or set of repercussions

Ron Paul on Money and Our Economy

"To reclaim our dollar and our economy, Americans must oppose central banking per se. Fiat currencies cannot be “reformed” or “managed.” They are fundamentally subject to ruinous debasement courtesy of the political and economic ruling class. History shows that this is true in all nations at all times." Ron Paul, The World Shorts the Dollar

To listen to the entire article of which this passage was excerpted from, click here.

Hennacy on Anarchism

"Oh judge! Your damn laws! The good people don't need them, and the bad people don't obey them." Ammon Hennacy

Thomas Woods on Bipartisanship

"It's not always easy these days to tell which of our two major political parties is the Stupid Party and which the Evil Party. But it remains true, as a conservative wag once said, that from time to time the parties collaborate on something that's both stupid and evil and call it bipartisanship." Thomas Woods, Why I am a Catholic Libertarian