"Security Advisers Tied to $40 Bln in Contracts"

"National security advisers to the Republican presidential candidates have ties to defense, homeland security and energy companies that have received at least $40 billion in federal contracts since 2008.

...Romney and former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich of Georgia, who are leading in the polls, have advisers who sit on the board of directors of BAE Systems Inc., which has received at least $37 billion in U.S. government contracts since 2008...

If democracy is government by the people, plutocracy by the wealthy

oligarchy by a few, aristocracy by nobility, theocracy by clergy

corptocracy by business and autocracy by one

who has what where, and who’s on who’s side and why?

Justice Frances A. McIntyre on free speech, Occupy and "an enabling act for police violence"

“Little in the way of expression is outlawed

under the United States Constitution,

but an act which incites a lawful forceful response

is unlikely to pass as expressive speech.”

Justice Frances A. McIntyre

Occupy Boston et al vs. City of Boston et al

"So, that which the police suppress violently
is unlikely to be protected by the First Amendment?

What should the electorate expect

from leadership dependent on the status quo?

Can law and morality

unreasonably rationalize the status quo?

Must Read: Hussman Mash Up on Europe, Inflation, Money Printing, Italy, Greece, ECB, EFSF Etc...

"...we've heard all sorts of propositions
that the European Central Bank (ECB) "must" begin printing money
to bail out Italy and other countries, because "there is no other option."

Occupy Tea: "More Than 500 Injured...in Renewed Protests "

"...security forces blocked roads leading to the interior ministry
to stop the protesters from advancing to the ministry’s building,
and at least nine policemen were injured...
Security forces used tear gas and rubber bullets...

Money, Politics & Occupy Tea

Governments cannot create but merely redirect.

When the government spends,
the money has to come from somewhere.

If the government doesn't have a surplus,
then it must come from taxes.

If taxes don't go up,
then it must come from increased borrowing.

If lenders won't lend,
then it must come from the printing press...

each additional dollar printed
diminishes the value of those already in circulation.

Something cannot be effortlessly created from nothing.

Peter Schiff

Think = Chess

A metaphor.

If there are 9,183,421,888 ways to play the first nine moves,
9,417,681 the first six, 72,078 the first four, 5,362 the first three,
and 20 to play the first, are early moves more important than later?