Market Manipulation - Page 3

It would seem to me that everything is a lie; From the stock market and metal prices to our economy and employment numbers, to the manipulation of the news stories of what we hear and what is presented as important. I believe the lies can only go on so long. At some point, the curtain will be pulled back and we will be faced with the choice not believing it is the man behind the curtain or that it is.

Gold and silver are truth. Paper and promises are not.
Plumbing is real. Banking is not.
Doctors are real. Health care insurance is not.




The Gods of the Copybook Headings
Poems - 'The Gods of the Copybook Headings'



AS I PASS through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings, I notice, outlast them all.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Uplift, Vision and Breadth of Mind,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Mankind.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market Place,
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a tribe had been wiped off its icefield, or the lights had gone out in Rome.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch,
They denied that the Moon was Stilton; they denied she was even Dutch;
They denied that Wishes were Horses; they denied that a Pig had Wings;
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised these beautiful things.

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace.
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."

On the first Feminian Sandstones we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour and ended by loving his wife)
Till our women had no more children and the men lost reason and faith,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "The Wages of Sin is Death."

In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "If you don't work you die."

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, and Two and Two make Four
And the Gods of the Copybook Headings limped up to explain it once more.

As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;

And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!

I'm not sure who controls who, it's business controls the government, whats it matter same results. Lincoln was a railroad attorney for the Illinois Central RR before he was president, campaigned on the expansion of the country and growth of the railroads (big business). It's been USA Inc. ever since.

A book that changed my mind about government, business and how the two work to manipulate markets for the benefit, wealth and power of a few. The Book "Nothing like it in the World" by Stephen E. Ambrose, released 2000. The book is about the building of the transcontinental railroad in the 1860's. A great read for a history buff and government/business manipulation, scandals and political corruption. The book is not 100% correct, but close enough demonstrating how big business and politicians do their dirty deeds.

It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you.

The Black Helicopters are really after you.

Sirscrapalot - Everything that is wrong or can go wrong is of course, the fault of A. The Man, B. Big Brother. C. The Illiumaniti. D. Some other power holding group. - The internet of course.

in regards to Trump...how do I say this nicely..

Hell with it..

He's an idiot. Seriously. He needs to stay where he is, the private sector.

They are doing just fine screwing things up in DC without Trump hogging the limelight all the time. :P

Sirscrapalot - Voting for Mickey Mouse, or a house fly over Trump.

Eh, Olddude...you hit my point in the second reply.

Someone is always blaming someone other then..themselves.

You also said.."The Fault is ours.". Further proof your a wise fella.

Mike had it right to. As Albert Einstein said.."Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.".

By that definition the Country is insane. We keep doing the same thing over an over. We elect as Mike said..Career Politicians. Who continue to divide an conquer. If it's not race, it's a sex, if not sex it's <insert big bad scary guy here> fear mongering. Yet despite the promises, apologies, times caught with hand in the cookie jar we still keep electing the same types of people with different faces.

One guy yells about the left screwing him, another is yelling about the right doing it..Neither stop to realize their both getting ****ed. In the end we all lose. People fight, rights get restricted, etc etc. Nobody wins but the politicians.

Back to my original point...we're to blame for all this. ALL OF US. Not the Illiumanti, Knights Templars, Freemasons, CIA, FBI, DEA, etc.

Now pardon me, I hear helicopters, I think their on to me, so...time to move the cooler. Seek the symbols to find the way.

Sirscrapalot - It's easy to talk about change, it's a lot harder to affect it. - No clue, but it' sounded great!

Hip o Gear -My apologies for hijacking your thread about "Market Manipulations", it kind of went from oil, scrap metal, financial markets to governmental controls. So sorry for that!

AdmiralAluminum - I went to school in France long enough to learn how to order my food, get a beer and still make change. So I for one can get by (I won't starve or go thirsty). I wonder how my fellow Quebec Icans (is that right?) will do as far as speaking Spanish? My Spanish is much better than my French, so no matter what I'll eat! I don't know how we got to hating or misunderstanding us weird people from the "left coast" (California).

we must ask ourselves:

WHY has the headquarters for American/U.S. Law always been in London England?

I know the answer and it's not a popular one.

What many view and believe is Truth and Reality is just a very well constructed grand illusion.

That is why I don't follow any of the popular concepts and themes as being anything more serious then pro wrestling that is also VERY popular with many.

I can seem to be a stick stuck in the mud, but in some parts of the world a stick stuck in the mud is viewed and worshiped as a GOD.

If your choices are vote for whichever is the lesser idiot...then the system truly has failed.

An of course, it has been like this since..what..Kennedy? Everyone will always be an "idiot" untill someone gets in there an realizes the country isn't made up of red an blue, but Americans. Last I checked the fella on the right is just as much a citizen as I am, despite our differing views. To bad..the majority of folks feel it's them vs everyone else.

Not allowed to please these folks, cause you know..it's insulting to the others who don't share the same view.

I've said it before, I do not subscribe to either party. So you'll see no endorsements from me. Let's be honest tho..this country is so far divided, why would you ever expect them to agree on a rational choice for President? It's all about "my party" being right. Not whats best for the Country an it's Citizens.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself. - Mark Twain

Feel free to sub out Congress for Politician, President, etc etc.

Sirscrapalot - It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them. - Mark Twain

Like them or hate them I think both Reagan and Clinton will go down in history as better than average presidents and overall they were leaders wanting to do better for this nation. President Reagan was a very sick man his last two years of office. President Clinton could have easily won a third term if it was legal to do so. JFK never really had a opportunity to do all he wanted, don't think the "no war" in SE Asia would have continued had he not been assassinated. President Bush (#41) was a decent man, he was in between perhaps two very popular men (depending on your own beliefs). I voted for all three of them, as I'm not for any party, but the american one. The rest of them probably should have stayed in the "clown car" and kept moving down the road (we would have been better off). IMOP!

I need to quit talking government, politics and history, as this is about "MARKET MANIPULATION", then again maybe it's all the same.