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 Referee Joe Cortez was looking the other way Joe Cortez born in 1945 may be just a bit too old to be a boxing referee.
In the fight on September 17th between Floyd Mayweather and Victor Ortiz, it was Joe Cortez who delivered the knock-out punch to Ortiz.
It is the duty of the referee to step between the fighters on a break and separate them—something Joe Cortez did not do.
Instead, aging Joe Cortez was not watching the fight at all as he was looking away from the fighters and appeared to be talking to someone in the corner.
Joe Cortez didn’t even see the knock-out punch or the punch before that.
The end of the bout went like this. After being assessed a penalty for a head but, Ortiz went to Mayweather, smiling and apologizing.
Joe Cortez gathered the two in the middle of the ring, they touched gloves and each backed off a step for an instant. Then, with Cortez not even looking at the fighters or separating them as per the rules for a break and with Ortiz waiting for some signal from Cortez for the action to continue, Mayweather stepped forward and hit him with a shot in the mouth.
That sent Ortiz staggering backward and, in a flash, Mayweather followed with another shot, a huge right that put Ortiz down and out for good. Cortez, who didn’t see either shot, then counted Ortiz out and the uproar and boos cascaded down.
The guilty Joe Cortez said afterward, in an attempt to cover his error, “Time was in. The fighter needed to keep his guard up. Mayweather did nothing illegal.”
Yeah sure, Joe.
Joe Cortez should never referee another fight.
 America's Blackout In February, National Association for Business Economics forecasters predicted a 3.3 percent growth rate in real GDP for the year. In May, they lowered that to 2.8 percent. Now, they're predicting an anemic 1.7 percent increase. Adjust that for 3+ percent inflation, and you have negative growth—in other words, a recession.
There will be no "double dip" as the U.S. has been in a recession all along.
The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans in poverty jumped to 15.1 percent in 2010, a 17-year high. About 46.2 million people, or nearly 1 in 6, were in poverty. That’s up from 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent, in 2009. It was the highest level since 1993.
Now comes the September 8, 2011 electrical blackout—just another sign of America's collapse.
Apparently, the blackout provoked by the unexplained failure at a private utility company substation in Yuma.
There will be no "official" explanation for the event.
Mainly, the story covered the 1.4 million people in San Diego, who lost their power.
Preliminary economic losses estimated in the $300 million ball-park in the U.S. Firefighters responded to people trapped in elevators, while restaurant owners and workers watched food rot away. On the US side, some places were reported to have gone without electricity for almost 24 hours.
In addition to San Diego, the blackout rolled across the border and affected more than 1.3 million people in northern Mexico including all of Baja California all the way down, 900 miles, to Cabo San Lucas.
For more than ten hours in the states of Baja California and part of neighboring Sonora workplaces ground to a halt, classes were canceled, traffic lights stopped functioning and water service was interrupted.
In the Baja California state capital of Mexicali the electricity shut-down came as temperatures soared to 111 degrees.
Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission explained that Baja California and a section of Sonora are hooked into a cross-border electrical grid that extends up the West Coast north to Canada.
In Tijuana, alone, the assembly-for-export industry which employs 155,000 people in more than 500 Tijuana plants was shut down completely.
All in all, the power outage disrupted the lives of nearly seven million people in the United States and northern Mexico-not just the 1.4 million in San Diego.
It is telling to note, however, that Wal-Mart in Calexico, California, shut down as most of its refrigerated food spoiled. Just across the border in Mexicali, Mexico, Wal-Mart Mexicali remained open during the entire blackout thanks to its back-up electrical generators.
The blackout was just another sign that the U. S. infrastructure continues to crumble, along with the U. S. economy.
Viva Mexico!
Wikileaks revealed that Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew described Islam as a "venomous religion" in a July 5, 2005 meeting with then Senator Hillary Clinton. Clinton's meeting was with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, then Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and then Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew.
Lee Kuan Yew, Singapore's founding prime minister and elder statesman, denied that he made the statement, because "nowhere does it record me describing Islam as 'venomous', nor did I say anything which could have given that impression." However, the leaked cable was signed off by then US ambassador to Singapore Frank Lavin.
Clinton was accompanied by staff member Huma Abedin. Abedin who was later to marry Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is a practicing Muslim. Surely she had to be offended by Lee Kuan Yew's slighting of her religion.
Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong then continued with Lee Kuan Yew's criticism of Islam, stating according to Wikileaks: In Malaysia, the change in prime minister was for the better. SM Goh commented that former PM Mahathir enjoyed fighting with everyone. The long-term problem was what type of Islam would dominate in Malaysia. He expressed concern that a more radical version of Islam was gaining ground and forcing moderates to take more extreme positions.
 Exam Paper Singapore has a predominantly Chinese population with minority races including Malays, who are mostly Muslim, making up 13.4 percent of its population of five million. The remarks of Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong were extremely insensitive, but revealing.
In Singapore, the cards are clearly stacked against Malays—and all non-Chinese.
The Singapore educational system requires that primary students study a "second language," the choices being Chinese, Malay, or Tamil (Indian). The second language is all-important in Singapore's grading of its primary students. Succeed in all other subjects but failing in the second language can subject a primary student being streamed at age twelve to non-academic courses.
Mainly, it's the students from poor families that are streamed in Singapore. Singapore schools do not stick to teaching what is going to be on the examinations. In order to learn what you need to pass, you must hire a tutor, and buy "exam papers" that do teach what will be on the examination.
Obviously, many students from poor families cannot afford tutors, or exam papers.
Such students are doomed to lives of menial labor. Many of them drop out of school. In Singapore, you see children working at McDonalds, and often serving as uniformed doormen for Singapore's fancy hotels.
Those who do not choose Chinese as a second language are at a disadvantage, even if they do pass. Those non-Chinese second language students do not do well Singapore.
They are usually passed over for promotions, and looked down upon by their Chinese colleagues.
To succeed in Singapore, you had better be Chinese.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable.
The full text of the original cable is not available.
C O N F I D E N T I A L SECTION 01 OF 02 SINGAPORE 002073
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 07/06/2015
TAGS: PGOV PREL ECON SN
SUBJECT: VISIT BY SEN. CLINTON TO SINGAPORE (JULY 5-7)
Classified By: Amb. Franklin L. Lavin. Reasons 1.4 (b)(d)
¶1. (C) Summary: Singapore's senior leadership discussed the
challenges of combating Islamic terrorism, the need for
moderate Muslims to speak out, and the importance of success
in Iraq in meetings with visiting Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton
(D-NY). GOS leaders told the Senator that cross-Strait
relations were calmer than last year. While China did not
want a collision with the United States, it could not allow
Taiwan to pursue independence. At the same time, they urged
the United States to continue to play a major role in Asia
since it was the only country capable of balancing China's
rising power. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong encouraged the
U.S. military to be more engaged with its regional
counterparts. PM Lee also reviewed Singapore's border
controls and immigration policies. End Summary.
¶2. (U) Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) visited Singapore
from July 5-7. She was accompanied by staff member Huma
Abedin. The Senator met with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong,
Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong, and Minister Mentor Lee Kuan
Yew on July 5. Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) also participated
in the three meetings.
Islamic Radicalism and Iraq
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¶3. (C) The problem of Islamic terrorism would not be easily
extirpated, observed MM Lee. While Muslims in Southeast Asia
were traditionally moderate and tolerant, they had been
affected by radicalism emanating from Middle East and the
spread of wahhabism from Saudi Arabia. Singapore's Muslim
leaders were rational and educated in English and the GOS
kept a limit on madrassah-based education. He stressed that
moderate Muslims had to be encouraged to stand up and speak
out against radicalism. They needed confidence that they
could win. We could get to the tipping point, noted MM Lee,
but he didn't know how long it would take.
¶4. (C) MM Lee said Islamic terrorists would continue to use
violence until shown that their methods would not succeed.
If they were successful in Iraq, they would try to topple
secular governments in other countries, such as Indonesia.
PM Lee said Singapore supported U.S. efforts in Iraq; it was
important to get the Iraqi government working, with a
security force that could take over from U.S. forces and fend
for itself.
¶5. (C) Asked by Rep. Rangel how organized terrorists were
internationally, MM Lee responded that orthodox Islam was a
powerful force capable of recruiting volunteers for terrorist
groups. He noted Singapore's experience in 2001 and 2002 in
dealing with Jemaah Islamiyah's terrorist plots in Singapore
and characterized Islam as a "venomous religion."
Democracy and Islam
-------------------
¶6. (C) SM Goh told the Senator that democracy and Islam were
compatible. It was necessary, however, to first carry out
economic and social reforms to prepare the ground for
democracy -- such as empowering women and encouraging
education. Democracy was not just elections. He noted that
some Middle Eastern countries had been looking at Singapore
as a model for economic development. Many of these countries
also preferred the "Singapore model" of democracy to that of
the United States, given the ruling People's Action Party's
consistent electoral success. MM Lee questioned the wisdom
of pushing hard for greater democracy in Egypt. He urged a
more gradual political opening to avoid ending up with a
government like in Iran. Do not be dewy-eyed about the
situation, he admonished, since one man, one vote would put
the radicals in charge of Egypt.
Cross-Strait Relations
----------------------
¶7. (C) SM Goh commented that cross-Strait relations were
calmer than last year, due to the joint U.S.-Japan security
statement in February, China's Anti-Secession Law, and the
visits by Taiwan opposition leaders to China. The PRC
leadership had become more flexible and subtle in its
approach to Taiwan, SM Goh argued. President Hu Jintao was
more patient about Taiwan and was willing to put the issue
aside for a decade or more.
¶8. (C) China had no interest in a collision with the United
States, according to MM Lee. The PRC wanted peace and
stability so it could concentrate on promoting economic
growth, which was critical to the regime's legitimacy. The
one issue they could not overlook was Taiwan. While China
supported the status quo, the People's Liberation Army (PLA)
would continue its build up to dominate the Taiwan Strait to
deter the United States from getting involved in any
cross-Strait conflict.
U.S. Role in Asia
-----------------
¶9. (C) All three GOS leaders urged the United States to
continue to play a major role in Asia. MM Lee commented that
the United States was the only power capable of balancing the
rising power of China. SM Goh observed that India had to
become more involved in the region as well to balance China.
Singapore wanted all outside powers to be active in Asia so
that "no dominant country could call the shots for its
neighbors."
¶10. (C) Noting that he had attended the Army Command and
General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, PM Lee urged the
U.S. military to be more engaged with its counterparts in the
region, especially Indonesia and Pakistan. The Indonesian
Armed Forces (TNI) had been cut off for a long time. The
United States was fortunate to have invested in the right
friend in President Yudhoyono, according to PM Lee.
Regional Situation
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¶11. (C) The regional situation had improved over the last
year, according to SM Goh. Indonesia had conducted
successful elections and President Yudhoyono understood the
West and could reach out to it. He was a decent man who was
taking action against corruption, but the problem was endemic
in Indonesia. In Malaysia, the change in prime minister was
for the better. SM Goh commented that former PM Mahathir
enjoyed fighting with everyone. The long-term problem was
what type of Islam would dominate in Malaysia. He expressed
concern that a more radical version of Islam was gaining
ground and forcing moderates to take more extreme positions.
Border Controls and Immigration
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¶12. (SBU) Asked about Singapore's border control system, PM
Lee said it helped that Singapore was an island. While some
people were able to sneak into the country, it was far easier
to control than the Rio Grande. Rep. Rangel noted that
Singapore's sanctions for illegal immigrants were different
than in the United States and PM Lee noted that they were
caned and then deported. Employers and landlords of illegal
immigrants also faced sanctions. The GOS was experimenting
with biometrics to speed up the entry process, especially for
the tens of thousands of people entering from Malaysia every
day.
¶13. (SBU) While unemployment was 3.9 percent, there were many
jobs that Singaporeans no longer wanted to do, such as in
construction and domestic positions, observed PM Lee. The
GOS allowed in some 200,000 workers in these fields. The
GOS, however, did not want these workers to "establish roots"
in Singapore and encouraged turnover. At the same time, the
GOS was trying to attract skilled workers, notably scientists
and engineers, to come and stay in Singapore. They were
needed to help offset Singapore's low birth rate and to help
the country develop new industries, such as its emerging
biotechnology sector.
LAVIN
 The American economy sinks into the past Washington incorrectly blames the lack of new jobs on sagging consumer confidence, and looks to the Federal Reserve to provide more monetary stimulus, driving the U.S. deeper into debt.
Nonfarm payrolls were unchanged last month, the Labor Department said today. It was the first time since 1945 that the government has reported a net monthly job change of zero.
The government claims “the hiring slowdown probably will not be seen as a recession signal as layoffs are not rising that much.” Why does the government put out such misleading statements?
Doesn’t the U.S. government realize that, every week, 400,000 Americans are losing their jobs?
And what about the government’s claim that the slowdown will not be seen as a recession signal? This is pure propaganda, calculated to mislead the American people.
I’ve got news for the U.S. government. The worst recession in U.S. history never stopped. There is no double-dip, just one big single dip.
The U.S. government measures gross domestic product (GDP) growth without taking into account the decrease in the value of the dollar—a little something called “inflation.” Factor the decline of the dollar into the equation, and GDP growth has been negative—even during the so-called, “recovery.”
Obama’s speeches and the government’s throwing money (away) at the economy will do nothing to create jobs.
Keeping taxes low on the high end “job creators” to stimulate the economy will also not work. It is those very “job creators” who have sent millions of U.S. jobs overseas to improve the profits of Big Business. These people are not “job creators” they are “job destroyers.” Restore the Bush tax cuts for the rich.
The Obama administration refuses to enforce the laws against illegal immigrants working in America, thereby giving away 8 million jobs to illegal immigrants.
If the 8 million illegal immigrants were to lose their jobs and be replaced by Americans, there would be only 5 million unemployed Americans, and the unemployment rate would drop to 3.7%.
And why not bring back some of those American jobs that have been sent overseas, by the “job creators?” If necessary, raise import duties on foreign manufactured goods. That’ll do the trick, and it’s an easy cost-free fix.
Let’s bring the jobs back to America and to Americans.
 The most indebted countries (Fortune magazine) Tony Tan has been elected as Singapore’s next president. He won by the narrowest of margins, with 744,397 votes—only 7,000 some votes ahead of runner-up Tan Cheng Bock, who garnered 737,128 votes.
This was out of a total of 2,153,040 votes, which means that Tony Tan won only 35% of the votes cast. This is significant as it means that 65% of Singapore’s voters were against Singapore’s entrenched People’s Action Party (PAP)—the party of Lee Kuan Yew.
Interestingly, 37,826 ballots were rejected by the Singapore authorities. What Singapore needs are U.N. inspectors who could have made sure that the ballots were rejected properly.
Tony Tan, who lost billions as head of Singapore’s General Investment Corporation (GIC), and who has been plagued by scandals, will now be the country’s president. GIC is one of the guardians of Singapore’s national reserves, its sovereign wealth.
Maybe only a handful of people know the size of Singapore’s reserves. The amount was and is a closely guarded secret, known only to certain family members of Singapore’s de-facto ruler, Lee Kuan Yew.
Soon after his election to the presidency in 1993, Ong Teng Chong felt it was his duty to know the value of Singapore’s financial reserves.
The Singapore government resisted Ong, saying it would take 56 man-years to produce a dollar-and-cents value of Singapore’s immovable assets (real property) alone. Ong never found out the value of Singapore’s reserves. He completed his term as president in 1999 and died in 2002.
Now we learn from the August 15, 2011 issue of Fortune Magazine that Singapore has no sovereign wealth.
Instead it has a sovereign debt of US$254 billion, which is 95% of Singapore’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). This puts Singapore at 8th position as one of the world’s most indebted nations. Singapore is near the bottom of the pile; only seven developed countries are more in debt, in terms of GDP.
By this standard, France, Portugal, and nearly every developed country in the world is doing better than Singapore in terms of debt.
Apparently, Singapore has borrowed heavily from its own Central Provident Fund (CPF) which holds the retirement funds of Singaporeans. This explains why Singapore is not only raising the retirement age, but making it more difficult for Singaporeans to get their retirement funds even when they reach that age.
Like many Americans, it appears that few Singaporeans will ever be able to afford to retire.
The United States borrowed to pay for its continuing wars. That we know. Where, however, did all Singapore’s borrowed money go?
The Singapore government has always had a surplus of tax revenues over expenditures. It has virtually no social entitlements. You become poor in Singapore and all you may have is a cardboard box on the void deck, as the Singapore government will not be there to help you.
Only a few people control Singapore’s national reserves, in secrecy, and only they are in a position to use those reserves as they wish.
Maybe Carlos Slim of Mexico is no longer the world’s richest man.
Is Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew the world’s richest man?
 Mullah Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Tripoli, Libya (CNN) reports that ” Hundreds of Islamist militants were among the prisoners freed from a notorious Tripoli prison this week, according to a former Libyan jihadist.
“The freed militants had been imprisoned in Tripoli’s Abu Salim prison by Moammar Gadhafi’s regime during the height of the insurgency in Iraq, according to Noman Benotman, once a senior figure in the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group. Benotman said he believes as many as pro al Qaeda 600 militants may have been among the prison population at Abu Salim.”
The Libyan rebels are firmly under the control of Shariah lawyer and Muslim Mullah (religious leader) Mustafa Abdul Jalil, Obama and Hillary Clinton’s choice to be the next ruler of Libya.
 Hillary Clinton Hillary and Obama have the media behind them in this effort.
Neighboring Algeria, which waged a long battle against Islamist insurgents in the 1990s, has already expressed concern about the instability in Libya being exploited by al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and other jihadist groups. Algerian officials are also concerned that weapons such as ground-to-air missiles may have fallen into militant hands, a worry that has also been expressed by U.S. commanders.
According to Al Jazeera, “Before Tripoli has completely fallen, before Gaddafi and his supporters have stepped down and before the blood dries on the bodies that have yet to be counted, Western powers are already eyeing up what they view us just rewards for the intervention.
“There are no more illusions over how far NATO forces exceeded the UN security resolution that mandated its campaign. For months, NATO officials insisted it was operating within brief - an air campaign, designed to protect civilians under threat of attack. But now it is described as an ‘open secret’ that NATO countries were operating undercover, on the ground.
“Add to that the reluctance to broker a negotiated exit, the practice of advising, arming and training the rebels, and the spearheading of an escalation in violence and it looks like NATO’s job morphed from protecting civilians to regime change.”
This is good news for Hillary Clinton and Big Business in America.
And Hillary wants more—another regime change in Syria.
The Obama administrations media mouthpiece, CNN’s Anderson Vanderbilt Cooper, literally shrieks , Goebbels-like, for regime change in Syria.
Mr. Cooper is well-suited for the job of pushing for war, both by nature and by nurture. Cooper’s Mommy, Gloria Vanderbilt was heiress to the vast Vanderbilt New York Central railroad fortune at the young age of 15 months. Anderson Vanderbilt Cooper was born into the world of Big Business.
Meanwhile, on a much lower level economically than Hillary or Anderson, polls show that the American people oppose America’s series of wars. The Rasmussen poll shows that only 12% of America wants war with Syria and only 20% want to bomb Libya.
Unfortunately, the American people no longer have much say in the matter.
 Tony Tan Tony Tan has seen better days.
In the late 1980s, he was Lee Kuan Yew's first choice to succeed him as Prime Minister of Singapore, but Tan declined.
Until July 1, 2011, he was Executive Director and Deputy Chairman of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (where he lost money), and Chairman of Singapore Press Holdings Limited (where he controlled Singapore's press).
When Tony Tan delivered his two-minute Presidential Nomination Day speech on August 17th, the crowd jeered as he spoke. The hecklers chanted "Patrick Tan, Patrick Tan."
Tony Tan's decision to run for Singapore's presidency has brought to light a scandal.
Tony Tan's son, Patrick Tan, had just been exposed for an unprecedented 12-year leave from Singapore's compulsory two-year military duty called National Service. Even worse, this happened while his father was Singapore's Minister of Defense.
Patrick Tan served for only seven months as a trainee at the Basic Military Training Centre and Officer Cadet School before being granted a 12-year leave, ostensibly to study medicine at Harvard. His leave was much longer than what was normally granted, and medicine was not what he studied.
Upon his return to Singapore after his leave, Patrick Tan was "officially" given a cushy assignment as a Defense Medical Scientist doing lab work. However, researchers at the lab where Patrick Tan was supposed to have worked had never come across Patrick Tan or any National Service person working there.
According to a few ex-Singapore Armed Force officers it is likely that the research position was created specially for Patrick Tan upon his return from the United States to ensure that he did not have to complete the rugged combat training like others in Singapore's National Service.
 Daddy's boy, Patrick Tan Why was Patrick Tan was so special that he was granted an unusually long leave from National Service, and then given a cushy job that does not even normally even exist?
The explanation is that his father, Tony Tan was, at the time, Singapore's Minister of Defense and controlled Singapore's military.
It gets even better (or worse for Tony Tan).
In addition to his extended leave from National Service, Patrick Tan was awarded a prized President's Scholarship and a Loke Cheng Kim Scholarship to study medicine in the United States, (Source: Channel News Asia, 30 July 2011).
Here, the Singapore press was wrong (again) as Patrick Tan was not studying medicine but only pursuing a Bachelor of Arts at Harvard.
These Singapore awards included funds for his education-funds he didn't need as his father was one of Singapore's million dollar ministers.
Yes, Singapore Cabinet Ministers command million dollar annual salaries and million dollar annual pensions.
Now it has been revealed that Patrick Tan's official position during his National Service was only that of Chief Clerk in charge of administrative matters during in-camp training.
In a desperate attempt at damage control, on July 28, 2011, the Office of Tony Tan issued a clarification on Facebook (of all places) claiming that Patrick Tan has fulfilled all requirements of in-camp training by writing, "Throughout his National Service, he received a National Service man's salary and fulfilled all requirements of National Service"
Two days later, Singapore's Ministry of Defense parroted Tony Tan releasing a "clarification" stating, "Dr Patrick Tan received an NSman's salary and fulfilled all requirements of NS, such as the Individual Physical Proficiency Test."
So did Dr Patrick Tan fulfill his National Service, including his reserve duties?
According to sources, Patrick Tan did not serve his reservist duties as a 'defense medical scientist' nor even as Chief Clerk. Nor did he even have to complete his full period of reserve duties. The National Service requires men to serve as reservists until they reach the age of forty—not so for Patrick Tan.
Instead, Patrick Tan was "promoted" straight into the Ministry of Defense Reserve which consists of National Service men who have completed their training cycle but have yet to reach the statutory age of forty years. Patrick Tan apparently had an early out, even from his reserve duties.
Most likely, no one would have ever known about Patrick Tan's preferential National Service treatment had his Daddy, Tony Tan, not decided to run for President of Singapore.
For some people, a million dollars a year is just not enough.
 What, me worry? The unemployment rate is at 9.1% as hiring has slowed to a near stand-still.
"The economy is not producing nearly enough jobs," said Obama, adding that Congress should not wait to act on measures to boost job growth.
However, Obama, himself, is vacationing in posh Martha's Vineyard. Since Obama has waited over 900 days to do anything about jobs, another two weeks or so shouldn't hurt. Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and the other elected fat cats have plenty of time to wait—the millions of unemployed Americans don't.
So far, neither Obama, nor anyone else in government (or the media) has dared to say what it will take to boost job growth.
This is because Big Business is vehemently opposed to the only steps that can really create jobs.
Jobs cannot be created out of thin air or by pouring deficit money into companies, large and small. Jobs are only created by demand. Since 70% of the U.S. economy is based on American consumer demand, and many of those consumers are out of work, what can be done?
The solution is simple; bring the jobs back to America and to Americans. This is the only way the American economy can revive and for the country to survive.
Big Business, which lives only from quarter to quarter, makes huge profits through the use of cheap foreign labor. However, this is a short sided approach which has led us to the disaster of high unemployment—and the decline in the force that drives the American economy—the consumer.
America's lack of consumer demand is now even hurting China.
Bringing the jobs back to America means more than curbing imports—it means taking jobs away from the illegal immigrant workforce and giving those jobs back to Americans.
As we wrote in our prior article, Bernanke Puzzled—here's why, just getting rid of illegal alien workers alone would solve the problem. According to the U.S. Census, there are 8 million illegal immigrants that are employed.
If the 8 million illegal immigrants were to lose their jobs and be replaced by Americans, there would be only 5 million unemployed Americans, and the unemployment rate would drop to 3.7%.
Problem solved.
All that has to be done to get rid of the illegal alien workforce is to enforce the laws that are already on the books.
Of course, there are difficulties involved in getting rid of the illegal alien workforce—political gridlock being the main problem. In addition, our elected officials want to win the illegal alien vote. Yes, many illegals do vote.
There may be even more difficulties in curbing manufactured imports.
Big Business and their lobbyists will bring all their money and influence to keep their profitable overseas manufacturing going. Does Big Business (the so-called "job creators") realize that their elimination of jobs and therefore consumers will dry up demand?
The current American system is a self-defeating. Killing jobs by sending them overseas and firing consumers will only kill demand.
And demand is the only thing that really creates jobs.
 To replace the secular non-religions Gadhafi, Hillary Clinton has anointed the Muslim Mullah (religious leader) Mustafa Abdul Jalil, to be the next ruler of Libya.
Mullah Mustafa Abdul Jalil proudly shows is commitment to Islam by the sacred callous, called a “prayer bump” in the middle of his forehead.
The sacred “prayer bump” or “prayer scar,” also known as a zebibah (“raisin” in Arabic), is a mark on the forehead of a Muslim, due to five times a day contact of the forehead with the prayer mat or floor.
Islam requires its adherents to pray five times a day. This involves kneeling and touching or even hitting the ground with one’s forehead. Muslims consider the prayer bump to be a sign of great piety. Many Muslims also believe that on the Day of Judgment, the sacred prayer bump will suddenly fluoresce an immense blinding white light.
 Hillary Clinton It would appear that Hillary is impressed by Abdul-Jalil’s fervent commitment to Islam.
Abdul-Jalil, a religions name which means “Slave of the Majestic Allah,” graduated from the department of Shari’a Law in the Islamic Studies faculty at the Libyan University in 1975. He is an extreme advocate of Islam and Shari’a Law. For a while, Abdul-Jalil was on the side of Gadhafi. From 2007 to as recently as this year, he was Minister of Justice in Gadhafi’s regime.
However, Abdul-Jalil knows that the smart money is on Hillary, where he can use U. S. taxpayer money along with the military power of the U.S. and NATO to promote his radical brand of Islam and takeover of Libya.
Supporters of the rebels led by Abdul Jalil are eager to exact their own Islamic revenge on Gadhafi and his regime by the Sword of Islam (and we all know what that means).
Thanks to U. S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, radical Islamist Abdul Jalil is now America’s man in Libya.
The Mullahs in Iran are gonna love this guy!
 Burn Baby, Burn! The current news of riots and violence by minorities and the disenfranchised continues to increase.
The violence of the Arab Spring has spread to the West.
In West Allis, Wisconsin, the investigation into 11 of the violent incidents on the opening night of the Wisconsin State Fair has resulted in the arrest of a 16-year-old African-American who reportedly told investigators he targeted whites.
The Wisconsin State Fair has stepped up security since the attacks.
In Philadelphia, some 50 teenagers were arrested for violating a newly enforced curfew for minors aimed at cracking down on mobs of young people responsible for random attacks on people as well as property damage.
Britain struggles to make sense of its violent urban riots.
Throughout England people are still shaken and shocked by the worst urban riots Britain has seen in decades.
Courts in London work day and night to process a stream of suspects, most accused of burglary, theft and arson, with some facing murder charges. Thousands have been imprisoned.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau the average unemployment rate for teens ages 16 to 19 in Washington, D.C. was 50.1 percent as of June 2011.
The violence in England raises questions about American unrest.
Poverty, especially among minorities, and high unemployment, have led to a breakdown of social values. Social media, Facebook, and Twitter, designed to bring people together, has now become a major weapon for violence.
As Americans look across the Atlantic, a natural question arises: Could the flames and violence that erupted in Britain scar America, too?
The unrest is clearly due to economic discrimination by race and the widening gap between haves and have-nots.
The apologists for the establishment, like British Prime Minister David Cameron, blame the violence on "criminality, pure and simple."
"What we're seeing on the streets in Britain right now is something we may be starting to see here," columnist Peggy Noonan wrote in the Wall Street Journal. Then, she continues, "The cause was not injustice ... (it was) greed, selfishness, a respect and even lust for violence, and a lack of moral grounding."
Peggy Noonan's defending of the establishment shows either that she is completely how out of touch with reality or dishonest—probably both.
David Cameron and Peggy Noonan reflect the views of those in power, and more importantly of the majority of the elected representatives of both England and the United States.
This being the case, there is no justice to be achieved through peaceful elections. The only choice appears to be a revolution led by those who are oppressed, the minorities and have-nots—the underclass who represents, in fact, the majority of the American people.
Burn baby, burn!
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Obama Solyndra loan of $500 million saved 1,100 jobs for a year at a cost of $450,000+ per employee.
Sept. 25th - "If asking a billionaire to pay the same tax rate as a Jew, uh, as a janitor makes me a warrior for the working class, I wear that with a badge of honor. I have no problem with that." President Obama.
Eternal War for Eternal Peace?
Wars on the way: Syria, Yemen, Somalia...
War# 4, US War in Libya - cost, so far - $1 billion. Cost of all the wars, $4 trillion and causing the debt crisis, but good for Big Business.
War #3, Libya: Western powers are re-colonizing Libya.
War #4 on the way as U.S. and Allies say Syrian Leader must step down. Rasmussen poll - "Only 12% Think U.S. Should Step Up Involvement in Syria."
War #2 in Afghanistan, 59% want troops home.
War #1 in Iraq has produced a failed state and killed millions as the violence continues.
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Japan’s health-insurance system covers everybody, including illegal aliens. It pays for physical, mental, dental, and long-term care.
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Cost: And yet Japan produces all that high-quality care at bargain-basement prices. The aging nation spends about $3,500 per person on health care each year; America burns through $7,400 per person and still leaves millions without coverage.
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