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THe WiZaRD oF PONZ...
The Symbolism Hidden Within "THE WIZARD of OZ"
~ author unknown
The "Wizard of Oz", written by L. Frank Baum, is not a mere child's story.
What is "Oz" a symbol for? Ounces.
What is measured in ounces? Gold.
What is the yellow brick road? Bricks or ingot bars of gold.
The character known as the Straw Man represents that fictitious, ALL CAPS, legal fiction - a PERSON, the Federal U.S. Government created with the same spelling as your birth name.
Remember what the Straw Man wanted from the Wizard of Oz? A Brain! No juristic person - legal fiction - paper corporation has a brain because he/she has no breath of life.
What did he get in place of a brain? A certificate: a Birth Certificate for a new legal creation.
He was proud of his new legal status, plus all the other legalisms he was granted. Now he becomes the epitome of the brainless sack of straw who was given a certificate in place of a grain of common sense.
Now, what about the Tin Man? Does Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) recall anything to mind? The poor TIN Man just stood there mindlessly doing his work until his body literally froze up and stopped functioning.He worked himself to death because he had no heart nor soul.
He's the heartless and emotionless creature robotically carrying out his daily task as though he were already dead. He's the ox pulling the plow and the mule toiling under the yoke. These days, his task masters just oil him nightly with beer and place him in front of a hypnotic television until his very existence no longer has any meaning or value. His masters keep him cold on the outside and heartless on the inside in order to control any emotion or feeling that might arise.
The Cowardly Lion was always too frightened to stand up for himself. Of course, he was a bully and a big mouth when it came to picking on those smaller than he. (Have you ever noticed how bullies are really the biggest cowards? They act as though they have great courage, but, in reality, have none at all. They roar, but with no teeth of authority to back them up.) When push came to shove, the Cowardly Lion always buckled under and whimpered when anyone of any size or stature challenged him. He wanted courage from the Grand Wizard, so he was awarded a medal of "official" recognition. Now, although remaining a coward, his official status allowed him to be a bully, but with officially recognized authority. (He's not unlike the Attorneys who hide behind the Middle Courts of the Temple Bar.) et al ad infinitum.
What about the trip through the field of poppies? Did you notice how this had no narcotic effect on the Straw Man (no brain) or the Tin Man (no heart or soul)? They weren't real people, so drugs could not influence them.
The Wizard of Oz was written at the turn of the century, so how could the author have known America was going to be drugged?
The Crown has been playing the drug cartel game for centuries.
Just look up the history of Hong Kong and the Opium Wars.
The Crown already had valuable experience conquering all of China with drugs, so why not the rest of the world?
What was the Emerald City? The Federal Reserve System.
Who finally exposed the Wizard for what he really was?
Toto, the ugly (or cute, depending on your perspective) and somewhat annoying little dog. Toto means "in total, all together; Latin in toto."
What was it that the witch wanted after she alleged that the little dog had bitten her? TOTO. ... everything. Notice how Toto was not scared of the Great Wizard's theatrics, yet he was so small in size, compared to the Wizard, that no one seemed to notice him?
The smoke, flames and holographic images of Oz were designed to frighten people into doing as the Great Wizard commanded.
Toto simply padded over, looked behind the curtain (the COURT, etc.), saw it was a scam, started barking until others paid attention to him and came to see what all the barking was about. Who was behind the curtain?
Just an ORDINARY PERSON controlling the levers that created the illusion of the Great Wizard's power and authority.
When Toto pulled back the curtain and completely exposed him, the charade was at an end. (The veil hiding the corporate legal fiction and its false courts was removed.)
The Wizard's game was UP. What was he after all? ... a con-man. A FRAUD.
We can see, in this tale, just how loud the bark from a little dog can be.
How about YOUR bark? How big is it?
Most of us remain silent and wait to be given whatever food and recognition, if any, by our legal master.
Let us not forget those pesky flying monkeys. What perfect mythical creatures to represent the Bar Association Attorneys who attack and control the little people for the Great Crown Wizard, the powerful and grand Bankers of Oz: GOLD!
How, finally, was the evil witch destroyed? .... pure, clean water LIQUIDATION!
How, at last, did Dorothy get home? She simply clicked her heels. She always had the power, and SO DO WE!
What would it take to expose the Wizard for what he is, tearing away his veils?
We each need only a brain, a heart and soul --- and COURAGE.
[Via the PowerHour.com]
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"This isn't Keynesia Toto..."
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"Watch how munch you munch Munchkin..."
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"If I were King of the distorted..."
"Some people without brains do an awful lot of talking, don't they?"
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"And Bears, oh my..."
"Hopeless..."
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"Go and bring him to me!"
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"Pay no attention to that Keynesian moron behind the curtain."
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The metaphore is pretty interesting, I read a superinformative book called "Schulden" (my guess as to the translation would be "Debt") by David Graeber (a former Yale prof. I dont know what the fuss was but he got kicked out - probably his view didn't conform with...) you can get the pdf everywhere.
So, the story is that he mentions a period of American history to which the "Wizard of Ponz's ... sorry Oz's" referes to. Now I'm working and dont have time to check exactly but It there was apparently a movement called "Greenbackers" and they had a Free-Silver-Platform's presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan, who run for office twice. If I recall correctly Bryan wanted to introduce a Silver standard.
Now, Graeber provides the folloing interpretation of the Oz mythology (consisten with what's above)
Oz - ounce
Dorothy and the home that was taken away - representative of mid-west families who lost homes during sever recession
Bad east and west witches - Bankers from both west and east coast
Lion - political class
Tin - proletariat
Scarecrow - farmers
Jennings Bryan's presidential campaign was launched as reaction to a panic in 1893.
And as we're at it... After 1929 the author claims that it was easier to launch Keynsianism since the currency system got discredirted (On purpose?, one may ask).
Recommend the book its great read, tells abut the psychological/philosophical/anthropological/moral/ and finally economic basis/principles of Debt.
William Jennings Bryan was Woodrow Wilson's Secretary of State. It was Bryan that declared the 17th Amendment to be ratified when there was no evidence that it had been ratified by 3/4 of the state legislatures. (Why would the state legislatures agree to have the power to appoint their US Senators taken away from them?)
Did the book mention that Jennings Bryan was also a prohibitionist and anti-Darwinist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan
Then there's the author himself. Read up on his kooky view of American Indians
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L._Frank_Baum
Google up Henry Littlefield while you're at it. He's the most likely source for the WJB allegory, not Baum, whose political views differed sharply from WJB's.
Personally, I think Mervyn LeRoy used the WJB allegory as the starting point for his own allegory of the time in which OZ was filmed. So then, taking my cue from Littlefield, the Tin Man becomes Stalin, the Lion is Churchill, and the straw man, Roosevelt. The Great Oz, all pomp and circumstance, would of course be Hitler, with enemies to the East and West. Emeralds are symbolic of hope ( Third Reich) but for a Yellow Brick Road of war reparations leading directly to, you guessed it - the western banks. The fallen house would of course be the Romanovs, and the Munchkins a mixture of Jews, Poles and Bolsheviks. Dorothy naturally represents the USA, caught up in the whirlwind of events circa 1939, trying desperately to stay out of it, wanting nothing more than the Splendid Isolation of her dear little farm in Kansas.
Oh, and the dog? Symbolic of the Totolitarianism sweeping the planet...heh.
See how easy this all is?
Next up: Alice in Wonderland!
Never doubt the works of Satan in any of this. Awarness of him makes many motives understandable where they elsewise would not be.
Yeah, Satan, that's it!
The everywhere boogeyman for mankind to blame for all his folly.
As Flip Wilson used to say, "The devil made me do it!"
If you want to understand evil, study the motives of men.
An evil Jinn then perhaps?
THis must be the most appropriate place I've ever found to post this:
28th Amendment (aka Corporate Firewall Amendment)
Corporations are not persons and shall be granted only those rights and privileges that Congress deems necessary for the well-being of the People. Congress shall provide legislation defining the terms and conditions of corporate charters according to their purpose; which shall include, but are not limited to:
1, prohibitions against any corporation;
a, owning another corporation,
b, becoming economically indispensable or monopolistic, or
c, otherwise distorting the general economy;
2, prohibitions against any form of intervention in the affairs of government by means of;
a, congressional lobbying
b, electoral sponsorship or advocacy
c, educational sponsorship or publication
d, media news reporting
3, provisions for;
a, the auditing of standardized, current, and transparent account books
b, closing the FRB and the establishment of state-owned banks
c, civil and criminal penalties to be suffered by corporate executives et al for violation of the terms of a corporate charter.
Optional: (or possible 29th amendment)
The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is hereby repealed and Congress shall re-write the U.S. Code to reflect the changes embodied herein.
(While we're at it, we could also repeal the 17th amendment)
Direct link:
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Direct link:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/falbergsawco/ConstitutionalEmergencyAmendment_zpsa109f85c.jpg
THis must be the most appropriate place I've ever found to post this:
28th Amendment (aka Corporate Firewall Amendment)
Corporations are not persons and shall be granted only those rights and privileges that Congress deems necessary for the well-being of the People. Congress shall provide legislation defining the terms and conditions of corporate charters according to their purpose; which shall include, but are not limited to:
1, prohibitions against any corporation;
a, owning another corporation,
b, becoming economically indispensable or monopolistic, or
c, otherwise distorting the general economy;
2, prohibitions against any form of intervention in the affairs of government by means of;
a, congressional lobbying
b, electoral sponsorship or advocacy
c, educational sponsorship or publication
d, media news reporting
3, provisions for;
a, the auditing of standardized, current, and transparent account books
b, closing the FRB and the establishment of state-owned banks
c, civil and criminal penalties to be suffered by corporate executives et al for violation of the terms of a corporate charter.
Optional: (or possible 29th amendment)
The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is hereby repealed and Congress shall re-write the U.S. Code to reflect the changes embodied herein.
(While we're at it, we could also repeal the 17th amendment)
Direct link:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/falbergsawco/ConstitutionalEmergencyAmendment_zpsa109f85c.jpg
THis must be the most appropriate place I've ever found to post this:
28th Amendment (aka Corporate Firewall Amendment)
Corporations are not persons and shall be granted only those rights and privileges that Congress deems necessary for the well-being of the People. Congress shall provide legislation defining the terms and conditions of corporate charters according to their purpose; which shall include, but are not limited to:
1, prohibitions against any corporation;
a, owning another corporation,
b, becoming economically indispensable or monopolistic, or
c, otherwise distorting the general economy;
2, prohibitions against any form of intervention in the affairs of government by means of;
a, congressional lobbying
b, electoral sponsorship or advocacy
c, educational sponsorship or publication
d, media news reporting
3, provisions for;
a, the auditing of standardized, current, and transparent account books
b, closing the FRB and the establishment of state-owned banks
c, civil and criminal penalties to be suffered by corporate executives et al for violation of the terms of a corporate charter.
Optional: (or possible 29th amendment)
The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is hereby repealed and Congress shall re-write the U.S. Code to reflect the changes embodied herein.
(While we're at it, we could also repeal the 17th amendment)
Direct link:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/falbergsawco/ConstitutionalEmergencyAmendment_zpsa109f85c.jpg
This must be the most appropriateplace I've ever found to post this:
28th Amendment (aka Corporate Firewall Amendment)
Corporations are not persons and shall be granted only those rights and privileges that Congress deems necessary for the well-being of the People. Congress shall provide legislation defining the terms and conditions of corporate charters according to their purpose; which shall include, but are not limited to:
1, prohibitions against any corporation;
a, owning another corporation,
b, becoming economically indispensable or monopolistic, or
c, otherwise distorting the general economy;
2, prohibitions against any form of intervention in the affairs of government by means of;
a, congressional lobbying
b, electoral sponsorship or advocacy
c, educational sponsorship or publication
d, media news reporting
3, provisions for;
a, the auditing of standardized, current, and transparent account books
b, closing the FRB and the establishment of state-owned banks
c, civil and criminal penalties to be suffered by corporate executives et al for violation of the terms of a corporate charter.
Optional: (or possible 29th amendment)
The 16th Amendment to the United States Constitution is hereby repealed and Congress shall re-write the U.S. Code to reflect the changes embodied herein.
(While we're at it, we could also repeal the 17th amendment)
Direct link:
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/kk264/falbergsawco/ConstitutionalEmergencyAmendment_zpsa109f85c.jpg
We already have this, it's called the 9th. and 10th. amendments. Not that they give a shit, as the criminals ignore the rest of the Constitution and Bill of Rights.
Time to obey the 11th. commandment: "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
Small error, potentially big consequence
The tin man is a worker whose purpose is to just complete the job, no heart or soul required or requested.
FU Bernanke is NOT a worker and he never had a heart or soul to begin with.
So many tin men, so few Totos. You are a Toto Banzai. Probably many ZH readers are at least part time Totos in their own way.
Which one's Punch; which is Judy? I'll guess the one on the left is Judy!
Nah, Boehner is Judy, he likes to cry a lot.
Boner was born to play the cowardly lion. Well done Billy.
Sleeper
right there, that is sublime,
sublimates to the place
it is more than talent or art
it is the heart of us
searching for the mind of the
world we live in.
anyway poems *t
Saw Eva in Chantilly, VA a few years before she died. Wasn't a dry eye in the house after she did this song. Even watching this video puts me back there.
The other local legend from this period was Danny, the "Humbler", Gatton. For 1 year I lived two blocks from Blues Alley ;-)
This guy is great. He sounds like early Roy Buchanan before he got self-indulgent. I worked near Dulles for a couple of years doing software for Dynatech and commuted home on weekends. Couldn't stand that area at all but the money was good.
went to get get you guys this one. jeff beck (thnx WB)- .... but then holy fuck!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJqrNAkndd0
....you won't believe what i found! be right back if it's any good ....(right back being about 15 mins.if the current state of the war between firefox and flash in my computer rages on.... if anyone can leave me a linky for how to fix that while i'm gone ....i would be eternally greatfull)
edit: nope. sorry no hendrix for you. bogus. and it only took me 13 mins. if anyone has answer to that mozilla v.s. flash thing id really really apreciate it.
Jeff Beck is another guitar animal.
Under the Firefox Tools Menu, select Add-ons. Make sure all the Plug-ins are set to "Always Activate" (my Flash plug-in is called Shockwave Flash). Sometimes these get set to "Never Activate" for various reasons.
thnx for the effort, but nah. way deeper than that. in fact, that is how i get around- by disabling it.
while it's active it's a constant pain. but then i have activate to watch anything. there are pages and
pages on both adobe and mozilla, but moderaters at both seem to not even acknowledge the problem.
interestingly enough, this guy's answers may be applicable (if a little above my pay grade)
http://www.welivesecurity.com/2010/10/06/adobe-flash-the-spy-in-your-com...
anyone else?
WB7, I wish you had been around to help me DJ my parties back in the day. I had only one friend that I trusted to relieve me with the music, so I could make the rounds. I discovered Eva much later. We would have listened to her the next day to help soothe the hangover.
Really great work Mr. Banz, and with Eva on top....you're killing me.
that pink bed of flowers resembles the bloody field scene in War of The Worlds...Hollywand?
A story worth repeating. Thank you WB7!
Oh.. and kudos, WB, for Snowden in the crystal ball and the drones in the flying monkeys :-)
we are not afraid of his wrath (eh, i mean wand)...
Willie-Brilliant.
What's with the ag axe? ;-p
Brilliant text, images and awsome guitar playing. Thanks
I'm viewing it again.
Boehner as the lion. Amazing. Fantastic job.
Oh no.. one more thing to be said..
Bonus question .. what color were her slippers IN THE BOOK as she skipped along the YELLOW brick road to the GREEN Emerald City to seek the man behind the curtain???
..although the thigh-highs are pretty cool, too.
Yes, silver indeed. I am not an expert, but I always thought that the book was written in the spirit of William Jennings Bryan (cross of gold) and was critical of the gold standard. Bryan advocated increase of the money supply by coining silver. He was the loose money guy of his era !! It all seems quaint now, 40 years into pure paper.
Many people claim it is heavily laiden with mind control metaphors too. Arent there more than one book in the series? Each book a phase of gaining control.
Correctamundo!
They were SILVER SLIPPERS in the book.
(..and you have got to think there was a reason they were changed to ruby red in the movie.. whoops, there I go again.. actually, it is probably because as it was the first color movie, the ruby red stood out more vibrantly than silver.)
I'll guess silver.
silver the puppys were silver
Wicked.
Absolutely Brilliant. Nothing more needs be said.
William - I am concerned that folks are trying to do the right things, but federal thugs are being employed to keep th green shoots of disobedience down. I.e. the Vietnam Vets who were arrested last night in NYC, or the folks touring our national parks that were imprisoned in a hotel by park police.
I am not sure what is next if we don't stop this tyranny right now. The wizard will do whatever he can to keep folks from looking behind the curtain.
This gets my vote for your best ever, WMBanzi7. The story analogy is true insight. Fantastic!
There is a dog trained to down arrow anything that vaguely looks like a compliment.
His name is Stanks.
You've just got to work harder at it.
Several regulars up to a solid two now, with a couple fence sitters in waiting...lol.
Great work as always ;-)
No 2 is currently busy "negotiating."
#1 is trying mightily to convince him its not really that far down there, the splash on the mass pushing from above will just have to wipe it off...and the waters really not that cold at all...lol.
The art of negotiating with turds ;-)
Colonel Jessup: The tyrants are doing their absolute best to get The People to shoot first so that they tyrants can claim the high road to martial law and total disarmament.