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Paul Craig Roberts: "Insanity Grips The Western World"
Authored by Paul Craig Roberts,
Just as Karl Marx claimed that History had chosen the proletariat, neoconservatives claim that History has chosen America. Just as the Nazis proclaimed “Deutschland uber alles,” neoconservatives proclaim “America uber alles.” In September 2013 President Obama actually stood before the United Nations and declared, “I believe America is exceptional.”
Germany’s political leaders and those in Great Britain, France, and throughout Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan also believe that America is exceptional, which means better than they are. That’s why these countries are Washington’s vassals. They accept their inferiority to the Exceptional Country — the USA — and follow its leadership.
It is unlikely that the Chinese think that a handful of White People are exceptional in anything except their diminutive numbers. The populations of Asia, Africa, and South America dwarf those that comprise Washington’s Empire.
Neither do the Russians believe that the US is exceptional. Putin’s response to Obama’s claim of American superiority was: “God created us equal.” Putin added: “It is extremely dangerous to encourage people to see themselves as exceptional, whatever the motivation.”
If all countries are exceptional, the word loses its meaning. If America is exceptional, it means others are inferior for lacking this designation. Inferiors have less rights and can be bullied into submission or bombed into oblivion.
The Exceptional Country is above all the others and, therefore, doesn’t have to be concerned about how it treats them. Obviously, Americans and their vassals think America is exceptional as the millions of people murdered, maimed, and dislocated by Washington’s wars in eight countries in the 21st century has not resulted in condemnation of Washington. Merkel, Hollande, Cameron and the puppets in Canada, Australia, and Japan still suck up, holding tight to Washington.
Instead, Russia and Iran, countries that, unlike the US, are not militarily aggressive, are portrayed in the White People’s Media as threats and are condemned.
The White Media claims, and has claimed since February 2014, that there are Russian tanks and troops in Ukraine. Putin has pointed out that if this indeed was the case, Kiev and Western Ukraine would have fallen to the Russian invasion early last year. Kiev has been unable to defeat the small breakaway republics in eastern and southern Ukraine and would stand no chance against the Russian military.
Recently a brave news organization made fun of the White Media’s claim that Russian tanks have been pouring into Ukraine for 14 months. The parody pictured Ukraine at a standstill. All traffic on all roads and residential streets is blocked by Russian tanks. All parking places, including sidewalks and people’s front and rear gardens have tanks piled upon tanks. The entire country is immobilized in gridlock.
Although a few have fun making fun of the gullible people who believe the White Media, the situation is nevertheless serious as it concerns life on planet Earth.
There is little sign that Washington and its vassals care about life on Earth. Recently, the largest political group in the European Parliament–the European People’s Party–expressed a cavalier opinion about life on Earth. We know this, because, if we can trust Euractive, an online EU news source, the majority EU party believes that declaring the EU’s readiness for nuclear war is one of the best steps to deter Russia from further aggression. The aggression to be stopped by Europe’s declaration of its readiness for armageddon is the alleged Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the “further aggression” is Putin’s alleged intention of reestablishing the Soviet Empire.
It must be disappointing to the Russian government to see that leaders of the European Union prefer to endorse nuclear war than to challenge Washington’s propaganda.
When I read that the governing party in the European Parliament thought non-existent aggression had to be stopped by a declaration of readiness for nuclear war, I realized that money could buy any and every thing, even the life of the planet. The European People’s Party was speaking on behalf of Washington’s propaganda, not on behalf of Europe. Europe’s nuclear war with Russia would end instantly with the destruction of every European capital.
The crazed vice-president of the European People’s Party, Jacek Saryusz-Wolski revealed who the real aggressor is when he declared: “Time of talk and persuasion with Russia is over. Now it’s time for a tough policy.”
Clearly, the European Parliament is a great danger to life on the planet. Is it realistic to think that Russia will allow herself to become a concubine of Washington?
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At the end of the day, someone has to take out the trash, remembering all the while, that the law's aim is to balance justice for all.
The devil is in the details.
The USA and most of the rest of the world is run by people who will only be satisified when everyone else has nothing or is dead. They will crawl into their bunkers and nuke the planet if that's what it takes. They'll crash currencies if that's what it takes. That's the sort of mentality the people running governments on this planet have and it's evident by their actions right down to the bunkers they've built for themselves.
WOW, I didn't know that, "Obama actually stood before the United Nations and declared, “I believe America is exceptional.”...
As a US Citizen, I find that extremely embarassing! What Hubris!
Obama said he "believed it with every fiber in his body"
da fudgepacker shoud know when its stuffed from behind with its favorite meat bassoon.
The rampant exceptionalism as well as rampant individualism are concocted as ruling elites moral justifications for their crimes. That's all.
It is part of propaganda of “justified” submission. It just means that they may steal murder, enslave, rape and dominate because they are exceptionally moral and good.
Very interesting take on origins and core of modern exceptionalism as well as debunking some misconceptions about Ideas of Marx that author unfortunately fell pray to, can be found at:
https://contrarianopinion.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/subversive-ideas-of-k...
I'm a little shocked he doesn't know the real definition of Deutschland uber alles.
it means simply Germany above all else. To put the country above youself in importance. Above family, life,
Nonetheless, the real definition is as stupid as the assumed one.
The real definition is no different than the idea of "American Exceptionalism" in practice. It's one of the basic pillars of any strongly nationalistic ideology.
There is only one glimmer of good in the Light that shines here. Everybody knows what a shit show it is. The question to the mass mind is, will you willingly sit idle and allow your world/matrix to be destroyed forever right before your unbelieving eyes?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h27HRNm_r4U
Choices.
People reject the gift of God in Christ; shows just how very foolish people really are and we know the why; people love to sin..it is part of their DNA.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMlv21zGARM
"Yes,yes - exceptionally gullible," thought the mighty Kenyan to himself as he suppressed a chuckle.
The ruling class is the parasitic class. You can debate the morals of the ruling class, which I will agrue they have none. I borrow 5 questiosn from Larken Rose for the statist to answer;
1) Is there any means by which any number of individuals can delegate to someone else the moral right to do something which none of the individuals have the moral right to do themselves?
2) Do those who wield political power (presidents, prime ministers, legislators, etc.) have the moral right to do things which most people do not have the moral right to do? If so, from whom and how did they acquire such a right?
3) Is there any process (e.g., constitutions, elections, legislation) by which human beings can transform an immoral act into a moral act (without changing the act itself)?
4) When law-makers and law-enforcers use coercion and force in the name of law and government, do they bear the same responsibility for their actions that anyone else would who did the same thing on his or her own?
5) When there is a conflict between an individual's own moral conscience, and the commands of a political authority, is the individual morally obligated to do what he personally views as wrong in order to "obey the law"?
If your moral standard is based on anything but that which was given by the life and law-giver, then your morality is a "relative morality" just like theirs.
Only one fits the MO.
Government alone does all this when Democracy as we were taught it falls (never really existed).
Realise that Democracy was a tool to control a population and NEVER FOR A POPULATION TO CONTROL ITS GOVERNMENT,
<<Germany’s political leaders and those in Great Britain, France, and throughout Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan also believe that America is exceptional, which means better than they are. That’s why these countries are Washington’s vassals. They accept their inferiority to the Exceptional Country — the USA — and follow its leadership... There is little sign that Washington and its vassals care about life on Earth. Recently, the largest political group in the European Parliament–the European People’s Party–expressed a cavalier opinion about life on Earth... When I read that the governing party in the European Parliament thought non-existent aggression had to be stopped by a declaration of readiness for nuclear war, I realized that money could buy any and every thing, even the life of the planet.>>
Faith-based money can indeed buy anything, but that faith is dying. Even the MSM cannot spin away the evidence of a dying western economy from those of us in the West. We are one good collapse away from awareness, and the timing of that collapse is not in western hands. I try to tell people who see what is going on, not to worry, b/c the 'exceptional' people only look that way to western eyes. The western leadership is this obvious and this desperate only b/c its time is very short, and the timeline is not within their control. Without foreigners going along with the Reserve Currency pretense, the west cannot even look strong. The foreigners whom the west is threatening are the same ones who control its Reserve Currency status, which is all that enables the west. The end of their patience will not mean the end of the world, but only the end of the west.
The post-collapse soviet union is our future, not nuclear armageddon. The western leaders are nowhere near as powerful as their terrorised populations think they are. They have little global credibility; all are compromised; some are senile. Regular reading of the eastern-based news sources and blogs -- BRICS Post, China Daily, China.org, New Eastern Outlook, Russia Today, Sputnik, South China Morning Post, Vineyard of the Saker -- all show a different view. There is no fear in them, but great confidence in their various co-operative projects all over the world, a growing awareness of their power and discussion of how to use it. There is anger and sadness for the west, but not fear. The carnage in the west will be terrible, but it won't be global.
This is a good article by PCR, but flawed by the (usual) USian obsession with 'race'. It isn't a "White" media, but an Anglo-Zionist one. "White" is no more a synonym for "Anglo-Zionist" than "German" was a synonym for "Nazi". That's propaganda. Let's call them what they are: Anglo-Zionists.
I just don't buy all this fear, despite the best efforts of our western media and 'leadership' to terrorise me into expecting the worst. My information comes from other sources too, and I think this fear for the whole globe is mostly projection of fear by the west, for itself. In this, maybe, we are exceptional, just as the soviet union seemed to be as it was collapsing. We are neither as strong nor as terrible, nor as big a threat to the world, as we like to think we are. It's time to take off these western blinkers, and see the world's situation from another, more powerful perspective.
Cooperation in the new connected world? Such a thing is unthinkable, old boy, we must keep them chained to the Neo-Darwinist, Nazi, necessisty of competition, eh; My Lord.
Bullshit! The EU leadership 'follows' US. leadership because they are captured and corrupted by the same powers. These powers have one goal only: Complete control, and no allegiance to any sovereign nation.
Perspicacious.
"Don’t bemoan your misspent life quite yet. Forgive me for flaunting my experience, but you have no conception of what a misspent life constitutes."
- David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, 2004
plenty of generals who will follow the orders, and mercenaries, spies and others to do the dirty work. it is only a question of time for the false flag to happen, it is the only reason why I look up the news these days. I hope I am crazy!
EU is in terrible trouble anyway, it is cracking from every angle.
While the politicians play along, the people of Europe are not.
Greece will break away, Italians and Spaniards can not stand the EU anymore, in France, being against the EU is a recipe to get votes, so politicians will turn their coats....
So the EU is a zombie anyway...
Call it a the European Disunion.
They need an external enemy to try to federate the thing but it won´t work.
Nobody can unite Europe, not even teh "exceptional" USSA.
"Insanity Grips The Western World"
hmmmmm
What is "gripping" the islamic cult world ????
What is "gripping" the russian gangster world ????
Anglo-Zionists
Insanity of the Western World....
The only thing that is more insane about the western world than all the rest is that we are self destructing everything that has been built and accomplished. The rest of the world has nothing to lose.
The article says that some countries think USA is not exceptional. The only way we can do that is to defend our positions.
When are we going to wake up and stop the take down that is happening now. We ALL need to work together to fix this.
If exceptionalism encompases a drug and debt addicted country that relies on a corrupt ponzi scheme to give the illusion of awsomeness, then, I would have to agree with Oh Bummer.
I just realised. The description above applies to the western world as a whole. Well what do you know, the whole western world is exceptional.
Pretty sure the insanity has gone global. Just sayin.
What did people think was going to happen when Baby Boomers tried running the Deep State by themselves?
We all knew that hilarity would ensue when that day came. And look at what they came up with. And just think, this is the best they can do. lol!
Good read. And an opportunity for me to repeat my crackpot theory that the subprime housing bubble was engendered by Alan Greenspan at the urging of the Pentagon. Why? In 1973 Hubbert's theory about 'peak oil' became a reality. 'Shale oil' or no shale oil, with the growth of capitalism and the reserves of oil the US mlitary wanted in their bank, somewhere around the middle of the 21st century, 'peak oil', or consumption exceeding production, would hit.
In the late 1970s American demographers began to theorize exactly when the Black and Latino minorities would become a majority, and in the American democratic system, outvote the Whites, including the oligarchs. And cause the rich all kinds of problems.
The first event in the destruction of the status quo was the election of Ronald Reagan, who brought into government, no less a fiend than Grover "Starve the Beast" Norquist. Thus began our soon to be $20 Trillion National Debt. Most of that cash went to the Pentagon to buy weapons they couldn't otherwise afford. Weapons they are swimming in today and forcing NATO members to buy as they are required to spend 2% of their GDP on their military.
In 1987 Volker was out and Greenspan took the chairmanship. In 1992 he raised no objection to a dramatic increase in the number of subprime mortgages made by Freddie and Fannie. The content of the MBSs started to accrue.
In 1999 Greenspan could have jawboned Congress and Clinton not to repeal Glass-Steagall, but he chose not to.
With the Fed's low interest rates, all the elements of the bubble and the eventual crash of 2008 were in place.
By 2009 I had heard that between $65 and $100 TRILLION had been lost when all the MBS and CDO mortgages were underwater.
The United States had not just beggared their neighbor, they had beggared the WHOLE WORLD.
Of course, they beggared plenty of their citizens, but if you want to make an omelet, you have break a few eggs.
It was only 6 years ago that the Fed began printing currency the way that Pfizer grinds out Advil. America's ass was saved by the electronic creation of money.
And 8 years ago in 2007, to drive a stake in the heart of the status quo, Washington struck up its band of vassals and commenced 'The Eastward March of the Patriot Missiles."
Russia was soon to become Cuba East. The Patriots got closer and closer until Moscow backed two Russian enclaves in Georgia to preclude Patriots that far East.
Even Negro Lips Obama admitted that there was some US involvement in Kiev before the coup. And mirabile dictu, the FSB had photographs of John O. Brennan, Director of the CIA, Dragging his weary, pimpled ass around the Maidan a week or two before the West's Holy Revolution. He was followed around by a 40 foot container full of freshly printed money.
Make no mistake. Big event's have already happened. And even bigger ones are to follow.
"And an opportunity for me to repeat my crackpot theory that the subprime housing bubble was engendered by Alan Greenspan at the urging of the Pentagon. Why? "
You still have not explained it...
"Even Negro Lips Obama admitted that there was some US involvement in Kiev before the coup."
Zionist State operator Nudelman gave the game away in a leaked conversation with Ambassador Pyatt - the US put $5 billion into regime change and Yatsenyuk is their man. Other leaks indicate that some protestors were paid $100 a day to attend. The snipers at the Maidan were a classic CIA flase flag - firing at both sides. The snipers, and leaders of the Maidan, were trained in Poland, confirmed by a Polish politician.
Part of the big picture.
For the umpteenth time: 'American Exceptionalism' refers not to the American people per se, but rather to our form of government which is based on rights given to us by God, not by man. For, what man gives, man can take away. No wonder the current administration is hell bent on expunging God from all public discourse and relegating Him to the confines of houses of worship. Government is not God!
there is no 'G0d'.
There is, however, a government.
And it hates you.
+100
<--- God
<--- No god / unsure
There seems to be a fair share of atheists/agnostics here on ZH, which isn't much of a surprise for a generally critical-thinking crowd.
Because Christians can't be critical thinkers, right?
History proves you wrong.
I've met Christians who aren't critical thinkers, but I've met many atheists who aren't as well.
ZH attracts its share of critical thinkers from many backgrounds.
In fact, your quiz is a study in logical fallacies- it is a false dichotomy.
There are many gods- self, money, pleasure, convenience, sports stars, movie stars, science, etc- that many would overlook.
In fact, your tactic is one you learned from the oligarchs- divide and conquer. You seem to have shown your hand, as to what you worship.
"Because Christians can't be critical thinkers, right?"
Well, Depends. If you say the earth is 10,000 years old. Etc. Well...
I'm confused- what does a deep subject, and adult diapers, have to do with the age of the Earth? And why bring up a deep subject a second time?
I'm on the side that wins. I have a Chinese, Russian, American and Japanese flag and whatever army walks down my street I'll be welcoming them. I'm an internetist. dataist. a universalist, globalist individualist of sorts.
I'm on no one's side, because no one is on my side.
i'm stuck on bandaid, cuz bandaid's stuck on me
When German communists did exactly what you state, mainly, welcome the Russians as they entered Berlin circa 1945 they were raped, killed and then raped again. Stupid is as stupid does.
Dumkopf. The Nazis rounded up communists and trades union members before they started on the Jews.
The Jews were pro Communist. REmember that it was Zionist Jews who did the Bolshevik Revolution and were in the Kremlin for decades until the USSR fell, and then they hightailed it to Israel.
Exactly right! Lenin (a Jew) was smuggled into Russia via boat and train from New York City and was financed by the Wall Street gang . . . 'nough said.
say what?
When dealing with a continuous flurry of lies in everything it is worth noting that all the lies eminate from governments whose economies do not really add up. So the lies get bigger and bigger trying to stave of the discovery by populations until the lies becomes so big they start to incite their populations.
Yeah right the Russians are invading because ... your economy is a pile of shit and collapsing.
All governments once they cross a threshhold of being more important than THEIR OWN POPULATION become trapped in the game of having to sacrifice their own populations to keep government alive the biggest parasite in a nation and all this to distrasct from a shit economy.
Seeing as I am a sacrifice for government I am not supporting the action it will take to preserve itself and for me anyway never voting again. You can if you want but then you continue the system!
Georgia Guide stone 2014 cube gets taken down and replaced.
http://vigilantcitizen.com/sinistersites/new-strange-2014-addition-georg...
Just laugh about it. FYI. The video of cube removal is priceless.
I don't worry much about the Georgia stones.
I have my 'Jesus in a piece of toast' oracle.
http://31.media.tumblr.com/f079dfdc5aa8c37c577efb318908e499/tumblr_inlin...
SurveyMonkey.com Goldberg says.. Nevermind. Even my wife laughs at these liberal cunts who don't have any set skills in life.
Goldberg was also an outspoken ally of his wife’s efforts to promote equal pay and treatment for women in the workplace.
http://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-DGB-41583
I want-to comment Bitchez
Don't. It's a fist fucking fest,remain as a observer.
The exceptional country is blind to The exceptional Scourge of Empires >>> http://wp.me/p4OZ4v-eK
Aurthoured by Paul Craig Roberts and the Kremlin. I'm not anti-Russian and generally like ZH anti-establishmentesque take but this shit flies in the face of anti-establishment.
You have a small nasty soul
Russia is not aggressive country?
What a joke! Russia is clearly the most aggressive country on Earth!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Russian_history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_groups_in_Russia
The Useless Snakes of Americunts has killed over 10 milllion innocents around the globe since 1960. FACT.
Only during Hunger-extermination (Holodomor) Stalin starved to death about 5 million Ukrainians.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holodomor
Stalin's henchmen, that killed millions of their own people, were all part of the Khazarian mob, which is now based in a little country at the east end of the Mediterranean . . . .
Idiot Wikipedia is controlled by CIA editors. I know I fight them.
"It is unlikely that the Chinese think that a handful of White People are exceptional in anything except their diminutive numbers. "
Then why the fuck do they try to either copy or steal everything they do?
Ha ha. That's done on purpose by the CIA - so the Americans can then copy from the corrected/improved Chinese versions.
". . . . so the Americans can then copy from the corrected/improved Chinese versions."
Sure, keep on believing that. That's why the Chinese have to buy their high-end jet engines for their fighter planes from the Russians . . .
Lots of afterbirth(Sunday open).... F/X
OT but very important, kind of on topic actually...................In the Video below, Gunderson interviews Lovins. Lovins was not on my radar until this video, but he is amazingly cognizant on all forms of energy, including renewables and directly addresses some of the anti-renewable canards that are being tossed around. He does it in a very clear, almost bullet point type way.
WATCH THIS VIDEO! And drop a comment please.
http://nukeprofessional.blogspot.com/2015/04/arnie-gunderson-takes-on-nuclear-cartel.html
Amory Bloch Lovins (born November 13, 1947)[1] is an American physicist, environmental scientist, writer, and Chairman/Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute.
He has worked in the field of energy policy and related areas for four decades. He was named by Time magazine one of the World's 100 most influential people in 2009.
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This shit is retardedf!
I'm sure there are guys in DC who are muttering that the famous Cambridge five were in fact SIX !
PCR the last of the Amerikanski Mohicans !
I am being tongue in cheek, for those who have doubts.
But his diatribe should rile a lot of the Neo-con tribe!
Americans (generally speaking) are EXCEPTIONALLY IGNORANT. All you need to do is travel throughout the USA for a couple of weeks.
And the Dutch are famous for...
wooden shoes.
Inventing the stock market. inventing CD/DVD tech ., The Delta Project. Wifi , etc etc etc.,
And also famous for sticking their fingers into dykes.
The world is an ugly place. Who are we to speak I'll of it?
Guys, can we leave religion out of debates? Differences in narrow belief systems have motivated and murdered and maimed as many people as greedy oligarchs and bankers have.
We're discussing a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
If you call that "religion", then the answer is no.
We're also discussing how Biblical prophecies relate to current events.
If you call that "religion", then the answer is still no.
As far as what has motivated, murdered and maimed- perhaps you should read up on Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao Tse Tung and other avowed atheists.
And as far as bankers go - why would you want to exclude the #1 reason for war from discussion? All wars are bankers wars.
Censorship much? Ever heard of freedom of speech?
Me thinks yea protest too much . . . .
Methinks you chose an appropriate screen name and avatar for yourself ;-)
Methinks you chose an appropriate screen name and avatar for yourself ;-)
I REALLY am in awe of your wisdom! If I could extract my head from my anal region I'd give you a BIG SLOPPY KISS!
Religion (particularly the Roman Catholic Church) has killed more people than all the oligarchs and bankers combined and literally wiped out a civilization in the New World! Happy Sunday!
Your assertion is patently false:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism_and_Mass_Murder
http://scholarscorner.com/content/atheisms-body-count-ideology-and-human...
Try fact checking before you post such obvious lies.
PS- not to mention, as a medley Butler said- all wars are bankers wars. You are wrong on all counts.
So it was the atheists that wiped out the Aztecs in the New World, tortured and killed all the people during the Inquisition and slaughtered countless people during the Crusades . . . . got it. I stand corrected.
You are comparing what those nominal "christians" did to what atheists like Stalin, Pol Pot and Mao did?
How do the body counts stack up?
You didn't read either of those links I posted, did you?
I'll summarize then, because you're too lazy to read and learn something.
Atheists killed 10s of millions more than so-called "Christians" have.
And true Christians murdered no one.
If you're building a bunker, please, note that most bunkers flood. Bunker builders don't take water and air into account. They think their bunkers will, always, be dry, their wells will, always, be good and the air will be fit to breathe.
Having a personal relationship with a mythical figure can hardly be described as sane, and using an ancient script that could maybe be described as a sort of factual history of the jewish people as a blueprint of things to come is just about as deluded, so ascribing reason to any of your arguments is ludicrous. But good luck with your assumptions of what is happening here on this planet, even though I'm sure you'll get your reward in heaven.
"the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than human strength." - 1 Corinthians 1:25
"the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness" - 1 Corinthians 3:19
Enjoy your self congratulatory "wisdom" while it lasts, blind one ;-)
Your avatar is a little bit misleading, truth seeker is one who believes in primacy of fact and implacable logic.
God seeker is one who seeks divine light that has nothing to do with "truth" as we understand it.
As "eternity" and "afterlife" are metaphysical concepts that defy human reason.
Its a question of blind belief systems and truth does not correspond to that state of mind.
As its well known : That God acts in mysterious ways beyond human comprehension and therefore beyond human truths which are a FABRICATION of his own COMPREHENSION.
God's truths are not Man's truth, that is if God exists. We know that Man exists; but we have no proof of the other ONE's existence in Our terms.
To console your soul of man, I will concede that God or Mother Nature created water, source of life, whereas Man created wine.
You choose : wine or water! One to survive the other to LIVE ! Each has its own sense of truth in it.
Most popular science is either fabricated or patently false.
<< But good luck with your assumptions of what is happening here on this planet, even though I'm sure you'll get your reward in heaven.>>
You have no idea what assumptions you make about this planet --- only because some teacher or a lab-coat character in a "documentary" show told you so. Start with staring at the map-logo of the United Nations and spiral outwards from there --- chose any direction you want.
Is there anything more "mythical" than the shit floating around inside our minds? Everything is a perception which is why none of see the same thing exactly the same way.We are not machines that can be finely tuned to a specific point of view no matter how much indoctrination and manipulation we receive.
So, the battle continues....
Ouch. Paul just lost a lot of credibility, first time I've heard the New York Times et al called the White Media. Is this guy full of shit? How exactly is the race baiting and pro Isreal shit put out by the NYT and WP the White Meida? Fuck off Paul you stupid, concieted American aristocrat.
Most of the Neocon wars in the middle East and across the world are being pushed by the Zionist media and Israel. As for destruction of the planet which country has the Samson option as part of it's defence policy?
Sunday morning rants masquerading as opinion-worthy articles.
I am a Canadian, want out of NATO and want those liars and murderers in DC tried for war crimes. The CIA should be disbanded, its members brought to trial.
I read of riots in Baltimore and other places, cops stealing cash. The unwillingness by authorities to be transparent, droning of innocents.
Many Americans do think themselves exceptional, but have trouble locating Canada on a map. You have no freedom but you think you do. You are ruled by media and $.
You used to have a huge manufacturing base which in so longer as you prefer to pay serfs less than a living wage anytime you get the opportunity. You have a drug problem you make billions on and force other countries to do your bidding as you fund a war time military when there is no war except of your making.
You have a ruling elite that gets away with murder and theft if not more. Force countries like Iraq to take on mercenaries and give these mercenaries "immunity" from rape and murder charges.
Keep your country and your vaunted exceptionalism, but leave the rest of the world out of it.
I personally met more than one American when Canada is mentioned that look down their noses at us, but these same people haven't worked in decades and are alcoholics or prescription drug abusers who really have not accomplished much in their lives.
Yes, there are Americans who are not this way and may likely agree with me, but unfortunately they are drowned out by the ignorant.
It's wonderful that you can be so candid in your review of America. Unlike the stereotypical, "sorry. Excuse me," Canukistanis we're always reading about and seeing on youtube.
More to the point however. You do recognize that Canada is a willing supporter of the American way, right? I mean, a vocal, willing, co-conspirator. Completely complicit. Right? Because the elites running Canada recognize that as the U.S. goes so goes Canada.
I mean, it's not like your country is boycotting the U.S., right?
I never did personally and the fact that Canada never went into Iraq says a lot.
From George W on, the USA's attitude toward Canada does not bode well with many Canadians I know.
Canada not going into Iraq says nothing.
Canada boycotting the U.S. for going into Iraq would have said "a lot." It would have said, "we Canadians are willing to sacrifice some security and prosperity in order to do the right thing." Instead, you took a phony principled stand that only had the effect of mollifying some Canadians, and kept right on supporting the war machine in the U.S. through your continued economic interaction.
Reality check - you are worse than the the U.S. you describe because you're just the complicit toady.
The truth of the matter is that nobody cares what Canadians think.
They are just English interlopers who speak the language poorly and play hockey instead of cricket.
(Hehe, that always gets em riled up.)
I'm glad you said all of that. More critical criticism, and less slander would be better, but nonetheless, where you're right, you're right.
Yes, I'm American, and indeed, I am exceptional, but the rest of them, not so much. ;-) j/k
Finding Canada is easy.
Just watch where all the draft dodgers go.
Behold... Canada.
Soviets? Give me a break! This is 2015, not 1985 . . . .
Don't miss his classics "I Wish I Were Still Important" and "There Are Zionists In My Cocktail."
Germany’s political leaders and those in Great Britain, France, and throughout Europe, Canada, Australia, and Japan also believe that America is exceptional, which means better than they are. That’s why these countries are Washington’s vassals.
a tad of understatement/misleading. in fact those leaders endured a long testing and integration process before being allowed to speak in MSM-public and before they were assimilated by the corporate world.
I've been reading some PCR on and off... I think he's mostly spot on, though for the man on the street this is just fear porn. OK, a hot nuclear war looms - SO WHAT ? I'm well aware of some of the geopolitical risks, but there is very little I can do to change that. How can you prepare for a nuclear holocaust? You CANNOT. Just hope it does not happen. Else it's just game over for humanity and the world as we know/knew it.
Exactly.
A highly unlikely event that no amount of preparation will mitigate.
Next, what happens when an asteroid hits planet Earth.
Fear porn - it's what pays the bills.
You could build a cheap bunker and prep :-) then you might get to play Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome! Personally, I'd love a dune buggy ;-)
If it goes hot - I want the top of my head to be ground zero. I can't even imagine what it would be like surviving a nuclear war. Right here buddy - the top of my head!
Dr. Roberts undermines his arguments by using anti-semitic jew slurs created by a member of America's Socialist Party......
Why do libertarians repeat that bullcrap?
Why call a jew a name just because he does not vote democrat?
Anti-semetic???? Where???? You clowns need to find another disparaging phrase cause you sure as hell wore that one out!
You two trolls should get a room.
You two trolls should get a room.
I, for one, really appreciate your guidance and wisdom. Most of all I appreciate your well thought out, snappy, comments.
I'm pleased.
You should really try harder not to troll so much- I've seen some of your comments show a degree of intellligence.
As for "Bored Room"- he is definitely nothing but a troll. As evidence, I present the fact that on this thread he was baiting you. 6055848 Here he casts the "anti-semite" canard.
Now, take a look at the "Major U.S. Retailers Are Closing More Than 6,000 Stores" thread- you'll find he took exactly the opposite tact- in order to bait that thread. 6055945 Here he does a 180, and uses the term "chosenite".
Bored Room- only purpose on ZH is to troll. Perhaps it was guilt by association that lead me to believe you were doing the same thing.
I agree that these people care little about the planet. Scientist Michael Murphy just announced that there is now legislation to legalize global engineering, i.e. food production and life on earth.
Climate change treaties and legislation will, if passed, lead to global governance, the disintegration of nations (including the sovereignty of Native American Nations), transfer potentially trillions of dollars of wealth into the hands of a few at the expense of many and allow an unelected body (IPCC) to intervene and micro manage our lives. This legislation/treaty, which is a violation of The U.S. Constitution, is expected to go into effect in December of 2015. If passed, it will most likely lead to the legalization of geoengineering which in turn will prevent lawsuits, establish global governance start a public propaganda campaigns to influence people's support, create clear and open financing to such programs and therefore make it exponentially more difficult to stop. Also, because geoengineering is being sold as the quickest and most cost effective step in addressing the issue of climate change, it is almost certain that climate treaties will include the legalization of the very damaging programs. It is essential that we address the legislative attempts to legalize these damaging programs.
This is a radio show Michael Murphy did where he explained the importance of addressing the legislative and political implications of the planned climate treaties. He discussed the legislative and political implications starting around the 36 minute mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elj4ZZGAJyk#t=43
www.whyintheworldaretheyspraying.com
http://www.coalitionagainstgeoengineering.org/
http://www.organicsulfur.net/
http://www.gofundme.com/mri4es
Paul Craig Roberts is a hypocrite who spent a life time in .gov contributing to the machine that now suffocates us all. He sits in his cushy house collecting a big fat .gov pension while he goes on about the evil of gov. Hypocrisy 101.
well said. if he doesn't like it here he should go live in the islamic state and see howthat goes. people from around the world still want to come here.
and why is it when there's a major disaster in the world (Nepal) it's always the Amercans there firstest with the mostest?
I love the jerks that tell me that. Well I was in one of their little made up useless wars and I'll damn well like or dislike what I want. I love America, but hate what the government has turned it into. The POS reeks of tyranny, corruption and is full of control freaks.
Now if you like that sort of BS then fine with me, the constitution they told me I was fighting for protects the dumbasses as well.
and in Nepal, the Russians were there long before Americans and the Ruskies evacuated Americans from Yemen where the u.s government said they were on their own.
Exceptional writing! I only wish you had used oil instead of nuclear. We need oil to make a lot more than cheap gas, and so do our children, our children's children and so on. Oil to make styrofoam and vaseline. Oil to make any countless number of products we now depend on to get through our daily lives and yet the focus is only on how cheap can we fill up a tank with? A $1 more or a $1 less? and at a $1 less we will save the economy! Not! Epic Fail! Win the battle, lose the war, this is the short term stupid thinking that can only lead to ruin and our great-grand children cursing our name!
And don't forget snake oil.
I am a 70 year old American watching his country die. They can use all the terms they want to like exceptional but America is still dying. It really boils down to a much simpler equation that is universal in mans history. Here is the equation:
Human Spirit * Individual Freedom * Individual Self Determination - Government - Society = Progress
Human spirit goes from 0 to 100. Individual Freedom from 0 to 1. Individual Self Determination from 0 to 1. Government and society each from 0 to 50. Progress greater than 50 is a growing country with a sound government and fostering society. Progress less than 50 is a contracting country with an unsound government and thwarted society. America is about 39 and falling.
This equation has been the same since the dawn of time. When man created government and society to foster his growth but failed to manage them he creates his own downfall. When mans institutions become corrupt, progress stops and the void is filled with wars and blight. Then after the wars the human spirit rises from the ashes gains freedom asserts individual self determination while distrusting government and society and progress resumes.
Nice one , I reckon you nailed it! :-)
Um, good try at the math, but it really doesn't work.
Example. If you have 100 human spirit, 0.7 individual freedom, 0.7 Individual self determination, 0 government and 0 society, then things are bad?
Better to just generically say, "maximize indiviual liberty and minimize government."
fyi: http://www.starvingthemonkeys.com/
Instead, Russia and Iran, countries that, unlike the US,
are not militarily aggressive,
are portrayed in the White People’s Media as threats and are condemned.
More Libertarian BS.
Not aggressive? Where u been looking Ahole?
Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, Iraq, Uraine, Crimea.
Crimea was liberated. Watch this video. The people happily voted to join Russia where the flat tax rate is 17 percent .
Did you see the big smiles on their faces as they voted? Oh, no, they don't show that on USA media/.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1zvb_ottiw Crimea for Dummies. a great video.
USA/Israel/UK/Nato the real axis of evil.
Americans don't really comprehend voting - voting in America is just a feel good exercise. Any voting result the System doesn't approve of is simply voided by a Judge. The much vaunted US Constitution does not provide for Initiative or Referendum or Recall. So when people in foreign lands vote in referendums and that vote is honored is is incomprehensible to Americans. Americans have been conditioned to a top down Soviet type system of governance.
Americans in the USA have been under attack by the inside fascist TRAITORS in government since 9/11/01, the financial collapse of the dollar is baked in.
The inside terrorist attacks on America continue on many fronts: bankster Empire of Debt and Fraud, geoengineering, secret trade agreements, immigration and war have taken America down from within; not the Muslims.
We need to make a list of the lying criminals and charge them with treason; they are actively at war with the American People and are using geoengineering genocide to kill us, not save us, from global warming.
Anyone that thinks that there will be “good” coming from the bankster Empire of criminals “evil” actions, is insane. Look! Look! At the millions of innocent civilian victims murdered and the total destruction of countries in the name of Free Trade, Democracy and Freedom. Are the American People brainwashed stupid or insane?
The Oligarchy that runs the US is not Fascist, wish that it were, but a multicultural Empire cannot be Fascist, more of a Soviet.
In reply to Blussman:
Your reply makes no sense and is a contradiction in terms. Your wish for Fascist government (merger of corporate monopoly with government) is a reality; you may as well gloat about that.
In your pea brain do not confuse Multinational Corporate Monopoly with cultural diversity. Ha. Ha. Ha.
Resorting to name calling illustrates the weakness of your position and demonstrates total lack of knowledge of Fascism. True, the post WWII dictioniares simply and inaccurately define Fascism as a corporate-government system, but it really is much more. You should at least read, if not study, what Fascist political philosiphers had to say about the nature of Fascism - try to read some of Mussolini's speeches. And, allow me to observe, you are a simpleton.
In reply to blussmann: Here is your idiot statement with no argument to back it up: “dictioniares simply and inaccurately define Fascism as a corporate-government system, but it really is much more.”
Fascism is much, much more alright, like; totalitarian dictatorship by central government. Ha. Ha. Ha.
Are you part of the new wave of paid troll operatives that are assigned to stomp on sites like ZH?
Well, I guess I have to communicate with you on your level:
Idiot, Ha,ha,ha.
The Third World Fourth Reich Anglozionazi Empire of Chao$ is exceptional in that the bananas republikkk gone-to-seed thugocracy in Washing town, led by the alpha sect of chosen racer neo con shamans is shrivelling and withering away as its Ponzi crapper rigged market "economy" ruptures like a stagnant sewer reeking of nothing more than the insanity and delusions of the liars and cheats in the zero 1 % who think that they are somehow beyond the laws of flesh and blood. BS will always smell like BS, even if in the psychopathic madhouse of USSA, it has long since been acclaimed as the parfum du jour.
Onward with our Jaded Helmets and the culling of the lumpen that Pentacon Kill Industries has been training for on the fetid rim of empire these many a lost war.
I think either PCR doesn't quite grasp what Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Portugal et al are planning, or he's intentionally not divulging their intentions. Germany's proclamation that the EU needed an EU Army was a cover story, the EU wants an Army to separate and defend itself from NATO, not Russia. And it's more than obvious that Europe realizes Europe was ass fucked raw by American Exceptionalism, and cabal bankers / government tools. Europe will not tolerate being subservient to American Exceptionalism any longer, and the signs of that are ever present. AIIB. Enough said.
Wait for the real events to transpire in the currency wars, this tactical weapons use is just a failed paradigm grasping at straws. Europe has said they will fight to a Nuclear War, not against Russia, but against the USA. That's the reason western coalition is failing at so many plots / schemes.
The good guys are going to win this war, and save humanity, and we can put American Exceptionalism in the toilet where it belongs. YAY World. Go You.
http://davidstockmanscontracorner.com/bellicose-gen-breedlove-pushes-nato-toward-war-in-ukraine/?utm_source=wysija&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mailing+List+Sunday+10+AM Bellicose Gen. Breedlove (and others?) Pushes NATO Toward War In Ukraine
American Exceptionalism?
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/police-kill-citizens-70-times-rate-firs...
Killings of Americans by American police? The tally for 2014? 1,100 people killed by those sworn to protect. That is an average of three people a day.
From 2010 through 2014, there were four fatal police shootings in England, which has a population of about 52 million. By contrast, Albuquerque, N.M., with a population 1 percent the size of England’s, had 26 fatal police shootings in that same time period.
China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the United States, recorded 12 killings by law enforcement officers in 2014.
From 2013-2014, German police killed absolutely no one. In the entire history of Iceland police, they have only killed 1 person ever. America imprisons almost twenty five percent of all people imprisoned in the world, although containing only about 5% of the worlds population, an extremely disproportionate share of people imprisoned globally. The U.S. houses 2.3 million inmates, while China, a country with four times the population of the U.S., is a distant second with 1.6 million prisoners.
Does anyone see something really wrong in this country?
In reply to savyindallas:
I would like to add that the US private prison system is the fifth largest employer in the USA.
Yes, we can! compete with the Chinese slave labor force with pay at about 17 cents an hour for a USA prison slave!
I was just trying to validate your info a little.
"now, there are 100 (Private Prisons), with 62,000 inmates. It is expected that by the coming decade, the number will hit 360,000, according to reports."
" From less than 300,000 inmates in 1972, the jail population grew to 2 million by the year 2000. In 1990 it was one million. "
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"Private prisons are the biggest business in the prison industry complex. About 18 corporations guard 10,000 prisoners in 27 states. The two largest are Correctional Corporation of America (CCA) and Wackenhut, which together control 75%. Private prisons receive a guaranteed amount of money for each prisoner, independent of what it costs to maintain each one. According to Russell Boraas, a private prison administrator in Virginia, “the secret to low operating costs is having a minimal number of guards for the maximum number of prisoners.” The CCA has an ultra-modern prison in Lawrenceville, Virginia, where five guards on dayshift and two at night watch over 750 prisoners."
"Who is investing? At least 37 states have legalized the contracting of prison labor by private corporations that mount their operations inside state prisons. The list of such companies contains the cream of U.S. corporate society: IBM, Boeing, Motorola, Microsoft, AT&T, Wireless, Texas Instrument, Dell, Compaq, Honeywell, Hewlett-Packard, Nortel, Lucent Technologies, 3Com, Intel, Northern Telecom, TWA, Nordstrom’s, Revlon, Macy’s, Pierre Cardin, Target Stores, and many more."
"According to the Left Business Observer, the federal prison industry produces 100% of all military helmets, ammunition belts, bullet-proof vests, ID tags, shirts, pants, tents, bags, and canteens. Along with war supplies, prison workers supply 98% of the entire market for equipment assembly services; 93% of paints and paintbrushes; 92% of stove assembly; 46% of body armor; 36% of home appliances; 30% of headphones/microphones/speakers; and 21% of office furniture. Airplane parts, medical supplies, and much more: prisoners are even raising seeing-eye dogs for blind people."
Yup.
Public sector unions such as police unions should be outlawed.
That and for-profit prisons.
For profit prisons is where the ape rioters in Baltimore belong!
One of the few things fdr did right was to not sign that legislation that Kennedy ultimately did. Allowing government workers to unionize dismantled our country almost as much as Wilson's decisions.
I don't hate the thirteenth amendment of the constitution.
Legalized slavery has certain benefits for certain people. I hate that there is no mechanism to buy a slave. Only the government gets to own them. That just isn't right!
/sarcasm applied liberally
China doesn't have a vibrant community.
The US should export it's obvious surplus.
What is an "American". I'm trapped here but don't consider myself "American". To me, it is a society dominated by an Oligarchy replacing the original racial stock with less intelligent and more violent and ungovernmable stock - thus more violence and more prisons. I guess that is "exceptional".
The original racial stock refused to be enslaved.
Other racial stocks are all too willing to enslave themselves.
What holds these countries to "American exceptionalism"?
A crumbling financial façade?
What threat could possibly bind them to us?
Bought off rulers, fabricated threats, and endless lying.
"Futures made of virtual insanity now
Always seem to, be govern'd by this love we have
For useless, twisting, our new technology
Oh, now there is no sound - for we all live underground"
Exceptional whining.
Good article.
The Kill order has been given. "Immanentize the Eschaton".
Having a discussion about Moral Relatevism is like having a discussion about who's the bigger sinner, the Pimp or the Whore or who has more faith, the Gnostic or the Catholic ?
More smupid & smupidity, less HOPIUM.
All dominant empires are exceptional.
Until they're not and someone else takes their place.
Nuke ICBM's could make those entrance and exit points rather sticky.
If any other country attacks the US head on, they will be surprised at how effective air, space, and sea borne laser and rail gun weapon systems actually are.
USA invented WMD's, but currently finds little use for them.