E Archer...ever wonder what happened to the billions in bullion that was removed from the vault under the WTC the night before the planes hit? I do....

The Federal Deficit is indeed an illusion and the method by which you are enslaved in perpetuity.

The purpose being the eventual ruin of the American people. Broke and ruined, you will capitulate to world governance. Or not....it's up to you.

"Government is the only agency which can take a valuable commodity like paper, slap ink on it and make it totally worthless" ~Ludwig von Mises

Damn straight Mike! Big changes are coming, and not everyone is going to make it.

could be reverse by saying "banks create credit by lending". .....By Lending What? Nothing! Paper..that's it. Your hard work for Paper. Paper that the state can devalue at the drop of a hat. Paper that will hold no value the day the state decides to exert control. Wake up Waffler...its a system of slavery.

How are we supposed to save and plan our retirement with an increasing incremental tax and inflation of what passes for currency? The dollar you save today won't be worth 25 cents in 15 years. It is then a method of wealth control is it not? Could it be said that if we can not determine our own futures we live at the whim of the state, no matter how hard we try? The National Debt is a fraud and we the people are the defrauded. Don't forget to vote! The system needs you to play the game.

Anon BC...do you not know the difference between capitalism and fascism?

The ramifications of "state owned" currency should scare the hell out of everybody. We need money...not paper currency.

Support Ron Paul's "Audit the Fed" bill by phoning or writing your Representative. Because its the (mystery) people who own the Fed that give "our government" its marching orders. Doesn't matter who you vote for either.

Cal, Marx had plenty of influence on today's USA. (see 10 planks of Marx's Communist Manifesto) And for more on Lincoln / Civil War and other US wars, read John V Denson's "A Century of War". It will definitely open your eyes. States Rights should for sure supersede the crooks in DC.

Join the NRA, there's strength in numbers.

Anything else is tyranny.

Waffler, I take it you're aware that US Soldiers are sworn to uphold the Constitution, (which they don't do), and that they themselves do not enjoy Constitutional rights? And since when does the US Government have the right to set world policy?

Thanks RBE, I was feeling a little lonely. :)

Wow we have people talking about being a "Republic" which isn't true and the "Bill of Rights" which has been almost totally negated. And pretty much everyone whipped into a bloody froth...I would have assume from this post that American's consider everyone who isn't American has no rights and are expendable. None of you have any way of knowing if the people in Gitmo even deserve to be there, you're taking the "Government's" word for it. And why not, they've never lied to you before right? People need to question authority at home before passing judgement on the rest of the world. People need to look at US (Corporate) foreign policy before getting too self righteous and sentencing everyone to prison, torture or death. If they are PROVEN guilty...hang em.

"Obligation to TOLERATE free speech"? What an a**hole.

Archer, take a run at the "asia times". They were situated in Hong Kong until the Reds took it over and are now in Karachi. Not saying they don't have their spin as well...but its a very different spin.

Sadly, "those wretched countries" is getting to be ....us!

This statement would also represent "Media Spin and Political Spin". Or, falsehoods wrapped in the flag...

Wow! "Natural Laws"! Can you imagine?

Censorship may be seen as the state asserting control of an individual's thoughts. Sometimes a good thing, most times not.

RBE...stop it you'll make me cry. ;-) The fact is, Illuminati or no Illuminati, the media is a mere propoganda machine and not worth the paper and ink it requires. Everything we are fed is designed to put a slant on everything we think which is why I choose to ignore it for what it is...garbage.

"J Carlton you are so naive. American Riflemnan and NRA arer the mind control agencies of gun manufacturers".....The remark was made in sarcasm Waff. No one has to convince me to buy guns, I'm all over second amendment rights. I'm very well read..."very". And there is nothing a communist can recommend to me. I'll stick with the original Homeland Security Team...the NRA.

Here's one interpretation of how the 10 planks of the communist manifesto are working in the US... http://www.libertyzone.com/Communist-Manifesto-Planks.html