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		<title>By: Bazman</title>
		<link>http://johnredwoodsdiary.com/2008/08/27/time-for-a-strategy-rather-than-more-dangerous-spin-against-russia/#comment-5497</link>
		<dc:creator>Bazman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:51:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description> &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/dec/21/russia.topstories3&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/dec/21/russi...&lt;/a&gt; 
 
Says it all really. </description>
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<p>Says it all really.</p>
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		<title>By: Bazman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bazman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well! except for the gymnast chick. 
  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.inoutstar.com/news/Vladimir-Putin-s-Gymnast-Girlfriend-Underage-When-They-First-Met-6562.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.inoutstar.com/news/Vladimir-Putin-s-Gy...&lt;/a&gt; </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well! except for the gymnast chick.<br />
  <a href="http://www.inoutstar.com/news/Vladimir-Putin-s-Gymnast-Girlfriend-Underage-When-They-First-Met-6562.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.inoutstar.com/news/Vladimir-Putin-s-Gy&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: mikestallard</title>
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		<dc:creator>mikestallard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 09:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yes. NATO is expanding. 
The reason, of course, is ideological. 
The US was founded on these self evident truths: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. 
(Wrongly) The US assumes that the Georgians are obeying these self evident truths and the (wicked) Russians are going against them. 
We are going to see a lot more of this kind of conflict which, of course, broke up the British Empire (wrongly) and caused interference (disastrously) in Iraq. 
Just as Communism drove Russia, so now the US Constitution drives America. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes. NATO is expanding.<br />
The reason, of course, is ideological.<br />
The US was founded on these self evident truths: that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights. That among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.<br />
(Wrongly) The US assumes that the Georgians are obeying these self evident truths and the (wicked) Russians are going against them.<br />
We are going to see a lot more of this kind of conflict which, of course, broke up the British Empire (wrongly) and caused interference (disastrously) in Iraq.<br />
Just as Communism drove Russia, so now the US Constitution drives America.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:35:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Russia is a Superpower again as the United States, CNN (as stated here on CNN August 1, 2008) and other news media&#039;s have admitted &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=768929&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=768929&lt;/a&gt; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8dNr2GH08I, this is an NATO expansion war. US former president Ronald Reagan promise Russia there would be no NATO expansion into post Soviet Union countries back 1989 which has clearly been violated. NATO is the new cold war, they are expanding and we cannot trust NATO. NATO is evil and Russia is the ally here. People need to Google the truth about what NATO means and what relation is NATO, EU &amp; Bilderberg together. I support Russia and I am against NATO, NATO is the enemy here. NATO wants to expand membership and spread every they can into more countries. NATO is about building a military block and when countries apply for NATO membership, they wave their rights to protect themselves or governored themselves but are under the rules of NATO. It is a communist movement on a private sector by NATO and this is wrong. Russia &amp; China has been dead set against NATO and this is why. I want Russia to make its stance and stand against NATO, this evil lying agency that has no business taking countries rights away. 
 
Who start this conflick? Georgia, NATO &amp; the US, read link by Pat Buchanan : &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan94.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan94.ht...&lt;/a&gt; and this video link here: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBRl-BvKJII&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBRl-BvKJII&lt;/a&gt; 
 
And read what Ron Paul has said about NATO pushing into Russia: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJiWYmXGLY&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJiWYmXGLY&lt;/a&gt; 
 
Here is a couple of Americans living in Georgia admitting Georgia &amp; the US started the conflicts with Russia and that Georgia was indeed killing Russian people inside of Georgia. Something the US bilderberg media is not going to air on US television news channels.  &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DdRmALFYg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DdRmALFYg&lt;/a&gt; 
 
We have to understand that Russia is protecting itself from NATO. 
 
NATO is an organization whose purpose ended with the end of its Warsaw Pact adversary. When NATO struggled to define its future after the Cold War, it settled on attacking a sovereign state, Yugoslavia, which had neither invaded nor threatened any NATO member state. 
 
This current round of NATO expansion is a political reward to governments in Georgia and Ukraine that came to power as a result of US-supported revolutions, the so-called Orange Revolution and Rose Revolution. The governments that arose from these street protests were eager to please their US sponsor and the US, in turn, turned a blind eye to the numerous political and human rights abuses that took place under the new regimes. Thus the US policy of &#8220;exporting democracy&#8221; has only succeeding in exporting more misery to the countries it has targeted. 
 
NATO expansion only benefits the US military industrial complex, which stands to profit from expanded arms sales to new NATO members. The &#8220;modernization&#8221; of former Soviet militaries in Ukraine and Georgia will mean tens of millions in sales to US and European military contractors. The US taxpayer will be left holding the bill, as the US government will subsidize most of the transactions. Providing US military guarantees to Ukraine and Georgia can only further strain our military. This NATO expansion may well involve the US military in conflicts as unrelated to our national interest as the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia. The idea that American troops might be forced to fight and die to prevent a small section of Georgia from seceding is absurd and disturbing. 
 
By Congressman Ron Paul: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/01/ron-paul-disband-nato/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/01/ron-paul-d...&lt;/a&gt; </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Russia is a Superpower again as the United States, CNN (as stated here on CNN August 1, 2008) and other news media&#039;s have admitted <a href="http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=768929" rel="nofollow">http://www.kommersant.com/page.asp?id=768929</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8dNr2GH08I" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8dNr2GH08I</a>, this is an NATO expansion war. US former president Ronald Reagan promise Russia there would be no NATO expansion into post Soviet Union countries back 1989 which has clearly been violated. NATO is the new cold war, they are expanding and we cannot trust NATO. NATO is evil and Russia is the ally here. People need to Google the truth about what NATO means and what relation is NATO, EU &amp; Bilderberg together. I support Russia and I am against NATO, NATO is the enemy here. NATO wants to expand membership and spread every they can into more countries. NATO is about building a military block and when countries apply for NATO membership, they wave their rights to protect themselves or governored themselves but are under the rules of NATO. It is a communist movement on a private sector by NATO and this is wrong. Russia &amp; China has been dead set against NATO and this is why. I want Russia to make its stance and stand against NATO, this evil lying agency that has no business taking countries rights away. </p>
<p>Who start this conflick? Georgia, NATO &amp; the US, read link by Pat Buchanan : <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan94.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.lewrockwell.com/buchanan/buchanan94.ht&#8230;</a> and this video link here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBRl-BvKJII" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBRl-BvKJII</a> </p>
<p>And read what Ron Paul has said about NATO pushing into Russia: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJiWYmXGLY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyJiWYmXGLY</a> </p>
<p>Here is a couple of Americans living in Georgia admitting Georgia &amp; the US started the conflicts with Russia and that Georgia was indeed killing Russian people inside of Georgia. Something the US bilderberg media is not going to air on US television news channels.  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DdRmALFYg" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4DdRmALFYg</a> </p>
<p>We have to understand that Russia is protecting itself from NATO. </p>
<p>NATO is an organization whose purpose ended with the end of its Warsaw Pact adversary. When NATO struggled to define its future after the Cold War, it settled on attacking a sovereign state, Yugoslavia, which had neither invaded nor threatened any NATO member state. </p>
<p>This current round of NATO expansion is a political reward to governments in Georgia and Ukraine that came to power as a result of US-supported revolutions, the so-called Orange Revolution and Rose Revolution. The governments that arose from these street protests were eager to please their US sponsor and the US, in turn, turned a blind eye to the numerous political and human rights abuses that took place under the new regimes. Thus the US policy of &ldquo;exporting democracy&rdquo; has only succeeding in exporting more misery to the countries it has targeted. </p>
<p>NATO expansion only benefits the US military industrial complex, which stands to profit from expanded arms sales to new NATO members. The &ldquo;modernization&rdquo; of former Soviet militaries in Ukraine and Georgia will mean tens of millions in sales to US and European military contractors. The US taxpayer will be left holding the bill, as the US government will subsidize most of the transactions. Providing US military guarantees to Ukraine and Georgia can only further strain our military. This NATO expansion may well involve the US military in conflicts as unrelated to our national interest as the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia. The idea that American troops might be forced to fight and die to prevent a small section of Georgia from seceding is absurd and disturbing. </p>
<p>By Congressman Ron Paul: <a href="http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/01/ron-paul-disband-nato/" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiwar.com/blog/2008/04/01/ron-paul-d&#8230;</a></p>
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		<title>By: Bazman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bazman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To quote David Cameron: 
 
&quot;Russia&#039;s elite value their ties to Europe &#226;&#8364;&#8220; their shopping and luxury weekends. We should look at the visa regime for Russian citizens. Russian armies can&#039;t march into other countries while Russian shoppers carry on marching into Selfridges.&quot; 
 
Absolutely right Dave me old mate. Russia should be given a clear choice. Either they continue to be part of the West  and enjoy that, or they will have personal problems in terms of money and benefits. No more hanging out on the French Riviera will upset their wives and girlfriends. Britain has other ways to make life uncomfortable for the Kremlin elite and the ranks of crony capitalists around them. Huge sums of Russian money are deposited with London&#039;s finance houses, much of it from dubious transactions. If the UK financial authorities probed a lot of those dealings rigorously, it would make the Russian elite feel very uncomfortable. 
It will work and is the only way. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To quote David Cameron: </p>
<p>&quot;Russia&#039;s elite value their ties to Europe &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; their shopping and luxury weekends. We should look at the visa regime for Russian citizens. Russian armies can&#039;t march into other countries while Russian shoppers carry on marching into Selfridges.&quot; </p>
<p>Absolutely right Dave me old mate. Russia should be given a clear choice. Either they continue to be part of the West  and enjoy that, or they will have personal problems in terms of money and benefits. No more hanging out on the French Riviera will upset their wives and girlfriends. Britain has other ways to make life uncomfortable for the Kremlin elite and the ranks of crony capitalists around them. Huge sums of Russian money are deposited with London&#039;s finance houses, much of it from dubious transactions. If the UK financial authorities probed a lot of those dealings rigorously, it would make the Russian elite feel very uncomfortable.<br />
It will work and is the only way.</p>
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		<title>By: Bazman</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bazman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:33:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>All this is very interesting, but Russian leaders have been (words left out) just legal gangsters. The whole culture of the Russian state reads like a mafia plot. The characters and the population are always on a conveyor belt that leads to prison, (It is said that the Statue of Lenin points to the prisons in Samara), abroad, (Exile) or death, (Because one day you might live).  Better to have young men fighting wars in the Caucuses than asking questions in Moscow. 
Read for a century, study for a century, and you&#226;&#8364;&#8482;ll die a fool in the snow. (Russian proverb) </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>All this is very interesting, but Russian leaders have been (words left out) just legal gangsters. The whole culture of the Russian state reads like a mafia plot. The characters and the population are always on a conveyor belt that leads to prison, (It is said that the Statue of Lenin points to the prisons in Samara), abroad, (Exile) or death, (Because one day you might live).  Better to have young men fighting wars in the Caucuses than asking questions in Moscow.<br />
Read for a century, study for a century, and you&acirc;&euro;&trade;ll die a fool in the snow. (Russian proverb)</p>
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		<title>By: Richard Calhoun</title>
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		<dc:creator>Richard Calhoun</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Cameron&#039;s courageous and well thought through stand with Georgia is refreshing. 
 
We have a bellicose Russia that should not be appeased, Cameron&#039;s proposal is an excellent first step to opposing Russia&#039;s actions. 
 
We will no doubt be at variance with Germany, France, Italy and Spain but will find the new EU members in the East falling in behind us. 
 
This will mean strengthening our ties with the US, assuming that McCain is the next President, which looks increasingly likely. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cameron&#039;s courageous and well thought through stand with Georgia is refreshing. </p>
<p>We have a bellicose Russia that should not be appeased, Cameron&#039;s proposal is an excellent first step to opposing Russia&#039;s actions. </p>
<p>We will no doubt be at variance with Germany, France, Italy and Spain but will find the new EU members in the East falling in behind us. </p>
<p>This will mean strengthening our ties with the US, assuming that McCain is the next President, which looks increasingly likely.</p>
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		<title>By: Eddie Allen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Eddie Allen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If people were to take time enough to research what politicians are saying and listen carefully to what they say, then you know they already know there are massive problems with our foreign and economics policies and Georgia simply brings these problems to a head.

Recently, President Medvedev related to western global economics being a threat to the GLOBE. His ambassador to the EU also related to the economic threat imposed by enlargement.
Then you have two guys in the audience at the Democrat Convention just yesterday referring to the Georgian President Saakashvili being the pawn of the New World Order.

I take you back also to 10th July and to Sarkozy giving his presidential speech to the EU when he indicated there were arguments from &quot;two opposing economic theories&quot; which we &quot;need to debate&quot;, and he clearly outlined his own position when he said he didn&#039;t understand it but he wanted to listen, and that he knew there was a problem.

Sarkozy is undoubtedly aware having spoken with Medvedev, that our economic encroachments are a threat to world peace and they are a threat to democracy because they place capitalist policies before people.

This is why we people have no political power because every western country is threatened by economic change -
i.e. A pull out of investment if investors don&#039;t like the &quot;social policies&quot; which are / were once shaped by democratic voices like ours.

This is how extreme rampant capitalism now plays the tune and how its march into other nations which don&#039;t agree with it, must end in defeat for the prime capitalist motivator ( Milton Friedman&#039;s theory and Maastricht ), or a defeat for the opposition - Russia!

Once you understand the monetary systems we use MUST have continual growth otherwise our economies will die at varying degrees of decline ( if alone in a cause to change them ), then you know they&#039;ll eventually take our economic invasion forces into Asia and China and so on until the economic and political geo-sphere has been fully Globalized.

Hence rampant unfeterred capitalst growth under present economic policies will one day dominate all nations and threaten all national economies which oppose it.

The issue of turning &quot;sovereign nations&quot; into unions under the guise of freedom - globalization - free markets - inevitable consequences - global security etc etc etc, ( all the catchwords they can find with totally meaningless spin ), simply removes the capacity for a government to argue for change as power is placed into lesser hands, economic unelected bureaucrats and non-elected officials who take no responsibility.

Politicians are not really able to contest what&#039;s happening because collectively they look to these non-elected &quot;advisers&quot; for guidance themselves as political life has become even more complicated by the geo-political and economic systems which appear too complicated for a politician to involve him/herself thus leaving it up to bureaucrats and advisers and no collective authority to change it by reason of a lack of skill and subject knowledge on the part of shorter term politicians who don&#039;t want to upset the apple cart.

If you have &quot;breakaways&quot;, then the system would disintegrate, and if you have democracy it would stop altogether simply because social needs of the people would come first rather than the mean economic advantages or disadvantages worked out by non-elected &quot;officials&quot;.

It is a ruthless system and I doubt it was planned to be this way but unless politicians agree to tackle it and alter it back to more to socially accountable economics then it will engulf the remnants of our democracy and sovereignty, whole nations and will evaporate even our cultures.

Why ?

Because mass immigration is the essential means to create a mobile workforce to serve capitalism. To think economic advantage rather than social implication.
NO possible reckoning could have been made of any social factors when our country adopted monetarist policies ( Denis Healy 1976 ) - Hence we are without control now, without a  distinct national awareness , we&#039;re under constant economic threat, and people are completely at odds with their leaders which cannot change the system on their own, politicians are frustrated and turn to spin, and the inevitable globalizing of the planet as an affect of monetarism which MUST produce continual grow, will one day either dominate the planet or it will sell us into a war with those who oppose it et al Russia.

Social economics is the way to peace and to finding a return of democracy, and it is the means to secure good foreign relations between nations with common interests so we can share the world rather than seeking to dominate it wittingly or unwittingly it doesn&#039;t matter. The only thing that matters is that politicians begin to understand the natural end game of monetarism and begin to see that economics without a social conscience must fail simply because it is adverse to humanity itself and totally corrupting because it essentially produces elitism. Hence we have lots of billionaires in tax havens which the government is too afraid to tackle so instead outs the costs of social needs on to ordinary taxpayers for fear of the threat of investor pull-out.

How can it be changed ?

Politicians need to change Maastricht and make the trading area work for the people first and then for business. i.e. To remove the areas where an investor can take advantage where investors would otherwise continue to play countries &quot;and economies&quot; off against each other.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If people were to take time enough to research what politicians are saying and listen carefully to what they say, then you know they already know there are massive problems with our foreign and economics policies and Georgia simply brings these problems to a head.</p>
<p>Recently, President Medvedev related to western global economics being a threat to the GLOBE. His ambassador to the EU also related to the economic threat imposed by enlargement.<br />
Then you have two guys in the audience at the Democrat Convention just yesterday referring to the Georgian President Saakashvili being the pawn of the New World Order.</p>
<p>I take you back also to 10th July and to Sarkozy giving his presidential speech to the EU when he indicated there were arguments from &#8220;two opposing economic theories&#8221; which we &#8220;need to debate&#8221;, and he clearly outlined his own position when he said he didn&#8217;t understand it but he wanted to listen, and that he knew there was a problem.</p>
<p>Sarkozy is undoubtedly aware having spoken with Medvedev, that our economic encroachments are a threat to world peace and they are a threat to democracy because they place capitalist policies before people.</p>
<p>This is why we people have no political power because every western country is threatened by economic change -<br />
i.e. A pull out of investment if investors don&#8217;t like the &#8220;social policies&#8221; which are / were once shaped by democratic voices like ours.</p>
<p>This is how extreme rampant capitalism now plays the tune and how its march into other nations which don&#8217;t agree with it, must end in defeat for the prime capitalist motivator ( Milton Friedman&#8217;s theory and Maastricht ), or a defeat for the opposition &#8211; Russia!</p>
<p>Once you understand the monetary systems we use MUST have continual growth otherwise our economies will die at varying degrees of decline ( if alone in a cause to change them ), then you know they&#8217;ll eventually take our economic invasion forces into Asia and China and so on until the economic and political geo-sphere has been fully Globalized.</p>
<p>Hence rampant unfeterred capitalst growth under present economic policies will one day dominate all nations and threaten all national economies which oppose it.</p>
<p>The issue of turning &#8220;sovereign nations&#8221; into unions under the guise of freedom &#8211; globalization &#8211; free markets &#8211; inevitable consequences &#8211; global security etc etc etc, ( all the catchwords they can find with totally meaningless spin ), simply removes the capacity for a government to argue for change as power is placed into lesser hands, economic unelected bureaucrats and non-elected officials who take no responsibility.</p>
<p>Politicians are not really able to contest what&#8217;s happening because collectively they look to these non-elected &#8220;advisers&#8221; for guidance themselves as political life has become even more complicated by the geo-political and economic systems which appear too complicated for a politician to involve him/herself thus leaving it up to bureaucrats and advisers and no collective authority to change it by reason of a lack of skill and subject knowledge on the part of shorter term politicians who don&#8217;t want to upset the apple cart.</p>
<p>If you have &#8220;breakaways&#8221;, then the system would disintegrate, and if you have democracy it would stop altogether simply because social needs of the people would come first rather than the mean economic advantages or disadvantages worked out by non-elected &#8220;officials&#8221;.</p>
<p>It is a ruthless system and I doubt it was planned to be this way but unless politicians agree to tackle it and alter it back to more to socially accountable economics then it will engulf the remnants of our democracy and sovereignty, whole nations and will evaporate even our cultures.</p>
<p>Why ?</p>
<p>Because mass immigration is the essential means to create a mobile workforce to serve capitalism. To think economic advantage rather than social implication.<br />
NO possible reckoning could have been made of any social factors when our country adopted monetarist policies ( Denis Healy 1976 ) &#8211; Hence we are without control now, without a  distinct national awareness , we&#8217;re under constant economic threat, and people are completely at odds with their leaders which cannot change the system on their own, politicians are frustrated and turn to spin, and the inevitable globalizing of the planet as an affect of monetarism which MUST produce continual grow, will one day either dominate the planet or it will sell us into a war with those who oppose it et al Russia.</p>
<p>Social economics is the way to peace and to finding a return of democracy, and it is the means to secure good foreign relations between nations with common interests so we can share the world rather than seeking to dominate it wittingly or unwittingly it doesn&#8217;t matter. The only thing that matters is that politicians begin to understand the natural end game of monetarism and begin to see that economics without a social conscience must fail simply because it is adverse to humanity itself and totally corrupting because it essentially produces elitism. Hence we have lots of billionaires in tax havens which the government is too afraid to tackle so instead outs the costs of social needs on to ordinary taxpayers for fear of the threat of investor pull-out.</p>
<p>How can it be changed ?</p>
<p>Politicians need to change Maastricht and make the trading area work for the people first and then for business. i.e. To remove the areas where an investor can take advantage where investors would otherwise continue to play countries &#8220;and economies&#8221; off against each other.</p>
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		<title>By: Susan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Susan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 21:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The double-speak of the EC doesn&#039;t help.  In trying to assert itself as a world power, the EU simply muddies the waters and then stands back, incapable, while others take the flack.  It does untold damage to diplomatic relations whilst trying to assert an assumed authority which it doesn&#039;t democratically possess. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The double-speak of the EC doesn&#039;t help.  In trying to assert itself as a world power, the EU simply muddies the waters and then stands back, incapable, while others take the flack.  It does untold damage to diplomatic relations whilst trying to assert an assumed authority which it doesn&#039;t democratically possess.</p>
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		<title>By: mikestallard</title>
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		<dc:creator>mikestallard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent post here, John, and super comments from the punters. 
 
The world situation is changing and fast. 
China is (an authoritarian-ed) state, based on (low cost-ed) labour (more or less), discipline and harsh government. 
(Islamist terrorism fights against British troops in the Middle East -ed) 
Russia has a lot of raw materials and trained KGB men in command. 
The US is, as you say overreaching itself. 
Europe is a talking shop but some of its nation states still have an army. 
All five of these have a nuclear arsenal and large armies which work. And all four have totally different ideals and, indeed, religions. 
 
We also have, as you say, a clash between the idea of self determination and the idea of the Cold War where frontiers were knows and respected. In Georgia, it was noticeable that the Georgians wore the same uniforms and had the same tanks as the Russians. They also invaded, just like the Russians did. In Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, these two factors clash horribly. 
 
And, as ever, Mr Brown did not even contact Mr Saakashvili more than once during the crisis. He is, as usual, in hiding. He has not loved and cherished the soldiers in the same way that he cherished the Olympians. I do not see any of the people with medals getting the MBE, for instance. And I do not see Mr Brown greeting the coffins as they return home from the Eastern theatres of war. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent post here, John, and super comments from the punters. </p>
<p>The world situation is changing and fast.<br />
China is (an authoritarian-ed) state, based on (low cost-ed) labour (more or less), discipline and harsh government.<br />
(Islamist terrorism fights against British troops in the Middle East -ed)<br />
Russia has a lot of raw materials and trained KGB men in command.<br />
The US is, as you say overreaching itself.<br />
Europe is a talking shop but some of its nation states still have an army.<br />
All five of these have a nuclear arsenal and large armies which work. And all four have totally different ideals and, indeed, religions. </p>
<p>We also have, as you say, a clash between the idea of self determination and the idea of the Cold War where frontiers were knows and respected. In Georgia, it was noticeable that the Georgians wore the same uniforms and had the same tanks as the Russians. They also invaded, just like the Russians did. In Georgia, Ukraine, Lithuania and Poland, these two factors clash horribly. </p>
<p>And, as ever, Mr Brown did not even contact Mr Saakashvili more than once during the crisis. He is, as usual, in hiding. He has not loved and cherished the soldiers in the same way that he cherished the Olympians. I do not see any of the people with medals getting the MBE, for instance. And I do not see Mr Brown greeting the coffins as they return home from the Eastern theatres of war.</p>
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