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OLD AMERICA VS. NEW AMERICA |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Thursday, 26 February 2009 |
The current leader of Japan
has the most appropriate name for a politician in world history. He is Prime Minister Taro Aso, pronounced
"ass-hoe."
This week (2/24), Prime Minister Aso met President Zero in
the White House. Albeit that, at 47, the
American is the junior of the Japanese by 21 years and embodies youth and
fitness, it was nonetheless a meeting of Old Japan and Old America.
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has had a monopoly of
power in Japan
since the end of World War II. Here is
how Hidekazu Kawai, professor emeritus of comparative politics at Gakushuin
University in Tokyo,
describes the LDP today:
"The LDP has become a source of structural corruption
permeating the entire society. The Aso
administration of the LDP exists to win elections, not cope with economic
crisis. All that the ruling party has
come up with as a solution to our crisis is to distribute cash."
Remind you of some other party and its leaders in some other
country?
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WHAT WE HAVE GOT AND THEY HAVE NOT |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009 |
One of the more arresting observations of the way we view
history, past and current, was that of 18th century British writer
(and son of England's first Prime Minister Robert Walpole, 1676-1745), Horace
Walpole (1717-1797):
"This world is a comedy to those that think, a tragedy
to those that feel."
This is because those for whom rationality runs their brains
rather than their emotions are more in charge of their lives and
destinies. They can thus look upon the
Obozos of history as droll.
Those who only have their feelings to keep them afloat are
mere flotsam in the river of events. As
such, they can't help but see themselves as helpless victims in a tragedy
beyond their control.
There is another difference between those who think and
those who feel: they react very
differently in a crisis, with one consequence being the former survive more
than the latter. Especially if the
former are better armed.
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THE SOLUTION OF CHINA |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Thursday, 12 February 2009 |
Zihuatenejo, Mexico. My wife and I have managed a quickie escape from Zeroland to stay at a friend's home here. If this isn't paradise, it will certainly do until paradise comes along.
My rationale for being here (as if I really needed one) is that my buddy who lives here has been a top advisor to more Global Fortune 100 companies for more years than perhaps anyone else on earth. Who better to talk to regarding the meltdown of the global economy?
Name any major insider or player in global finance or global business, and the odds are high that my friend has known them well for a decade or two. He's been calling them up, asking them the same question I had for him: What the hell is going on?
Their answer, which is the same as his answer? "Damned if I know."
He tells me: "Jack, I know the heaviest hitters out there. And I'm hard put to think of any who weren't blind-sided by this. You could see damage coming, a recession, okay. But a multi-multi trillion dollar total global wipeout? No one I know saw it, nor can explain it, nor knows what's coming next. We're all flying blind, and going broke doing so."
Naturally, I needed another Margarita after that. Then we started to think about real solutions.
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THE BEAUTY OF 2010 |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Thursday, 05 February 2009 |
Right now, it is dawning on folks all over the country that
Zero really isn't ready for prime time, that they were conned by the leftstream
media to elect an empty suit who has never managed as much as a corner store
and is a clueless naïve fool who doesn't know what he's doing.
When the public has maniacally high expectations, only to
see them thwarted and dashed to the ground, heroes turn into zeros very, very
fast.
What happens to Zero when he is no longer worshipped but
hated instead? For someone whose
personality consists primarily of empty narcissism and hubris, it could be
psychologically catastrophic. When that
someone is the single most powerful human being on earth, it could be
catastrophic for all of us.
This disturbing question was asked by a perceptive TTPer on
the Forum, who notes that: "The One having a functional, emotional and psychological
breakdown under the calamitous pressure and problems of office in the next year
is a very serious possibility."
Underneath that famously calm and cool exterior lies a
fragile ego, like that of all narcissists.
As his failures and flounders mount, as his inability to deal with the
monumental problems and threats voters expect him to solve becomes obvious no
matter how much the media covers for him, his ego could disintegrate.
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CAREFREE IN AN UNCAREFREE WORLD |
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Written by Dr. Jack Wheeler
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009 |
It's not easy to summarize in a few hundred words all that
was discussed over many hours at Carefree.
What's far easier is to summarize what we all experienced: the straightforward joy of getting together
with fellow TTPers.
Here's a collection of photos, courtesy of Maureen Bowen, to give you
an idea. Or see the Forum posts by
attendees such as Spartan
and Mitch
Rapp.
Thanks to Google Earth wizard Dan Barak, we could focus in on
any country or geographical location in the world and discuss it - which we did
for dozens of countries all over the planet.
When it came to the main event, however, what we didn't discuss regarding the United
States was how and why Zero and his "Stimulus"
will be catastrophically bad. We all
knew that the entire $800+ billion stimulus program will make the economy much
worse, because its purpose is not improving the economy but increasing the
political power of Democrats and their fascist allies on the Left.
There was no point in discussing this. So we focused instead on: what do we do about it, how do we get out of
its way, how do we keep our freedom and save our financial derrieres?
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