http://www.commondreams.org/news2008/0716-05.htm

"BERKELEY, CA - July 16 - The House Foreign Affairs Committee may soon begin considering a resolution offered by Reps. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) and Mike Pence (R-Ind.) that would prohibit exporting petroleum to Iran and impose "stringent inspection requirements" on all people, vehicles, and cargo going in and out of the country. This legislation has sent off alarm bells throughout the peace and security community.

"The Ackerman-Pence resolution includes a clause that could be interpreted as calling for a naval blockade of Iran," remarked Cara Bautista, Deputy Political Director of Peace Action West. "According to international law, that would be an act of war."

The resolution is intended to tighten the screws on Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions, despite the fact that there is no evidence that Iran is attempting to build a nuclear weapon, and if they were, most experts believe that Iran would be years away from achieving any kind of nuclear weapons capability. "

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I mentioned this a day or so ago. This is a resolution demanding the executive start economic warfare upon Iran. A hot war will just be around the corner thereafter.

War, war, war. Damn, I am weary of this country continually wanting to murder women and children around the globe in places that have not harmed us and are unlikely or unable to do so. Perhaps a total economic collapse would at least slow down the murder machine known as the USA military. Then again, perhaps a collapse would only make more war come sooner to distract us from our domestic troubles.

A little optimistic news just once in a while would be nice. Hell, even if it is wrong.

I'd rather listen to Jebbie's ascerbic comments all day long than deal with even one back-handed, side-swiping, mealy-mouthed, argumentative, nit-picking, other-pruning, personal-issue-pushing, quibblish, "concerned", aha!-gotcha emanation from the black hole of Uranus. And Jebbie's funny.

Damn!

I just want to say that I hope to not get on your bad side there lady. :-)

Ah wait, excuse me. I am sure you do not even have a bad side, but you know what I was trying to say.

At one time the Zimbabwean dollar was equal in value with the U.S. dollar.

Today, one U.S. dollar costs about 50 billion Zimbabwe dollars and this after the adjustment in 2006 which knocked three zeros off the Zimbabwe dollar. I was going to calculate the percentage but am afraid it might break my calculator! Economic analysts say unless the rate of inflation is slowed, annual inflation will likely reach about 5 million percent by October.

Earlier this month in Zimbabwe a newspaper cost $200,000. Today it costs $25 billion. That is one copy, not the newspaper company. Hmmm, what about cat food? I hesitate to look it up.

Why post this here? Is it off topic? Well, let us look at Zimbabwe as a warning for us.

Those in control of Zimbabwe are shielded from the effects of the inflation. The rulers and the very rich are often above the effects that destroy the middle class, the working class, and the destitute. Does the ruling class in America take care of the very rich while letting the "average American" be evicted? Why yes, we protect the interests of the very rich - 'big rich' as they say down in Texas.

Zimbabwe protests are stamped out by a very well-funded police and military. The USA has beefed up "security measures" that can easily be used against the protester in the streets. All they really had in Chicago in '68 were clubs to beat us with. Now, my town has police outfitted better than a lot of third world armies.

The government of Zimbabwe dare not admit that it's not in control of the situation. Do you need convincing that the USA government will act in the same way in an emergency? And hell, the people of Zimbabwe have experience with having very little. Wait till the soccer moms go to the grocery store and the selves are empty. Riots!

"As hyperinflation spiraled last year, Fidelity printed million-dollar notes, then 5-million, 10-million, 25-million, 50-million. This year, it has been forced to print 100-million, 250-million and 500-million notes in rapid succession, all now practically worthless. The highest denomination is now 50 billion Zimbabwean dollars (worth a U.S. dollar on the street)." -- LA Times

Hyperinflation can not happen here you say? A little google shows it has happened everywhere around the globe over centuries; but you think it can not happen here?

By the way, how much value has the US dollar lost since 1900? Since 2000? Feel safe?

Does freedom sell in America? Usually anyone trying to sell the public on less government involvement gets clobbered at the polls. I think Ron Paul did 3 percent in my state, but I am going from memory on that figure.

Glenn G. has the strange bedfellows organization and it all sounds good, but over the years it seems that any group that was against certain government actions or programs had a ton of different actions or programs that they wanted to see happen rather than the current programs.

I have heard it said that the largest difference in American parties is who they would invade; not if they would invade some poor country.

I hope this group is different from what I have seen in the past.

Does the idea of real freedom and liberty sell in this country?

Air Force Print News service reports:

An F/A-18C dropped a GBU-12 onto an enemy building engaging coalition forces near Delaram.

Finally we see who the real enemy is: real estate!