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The Werner video is excellent and the Ellen Green essay is fantastic! I actually saw the Green column this AM and the first thing I thought is that I need to let Mark know about this; but then I thought no, he will see it and write about it - LOL. The essay is so dense with useful information it is difficult to process all of its ramifications.

To me, the essay and Werner's comments set an odd tenor as to the past and future of the U.S. On the one hand it seems past time that we repent for "our" sins given the human misery our empire and its leaders have inflicted on the rest of the world over the last 60 years, even unbeknownst to a lot of us. Part of that repentance, I would think, is to no longer tolerate politicians who have personally lied and profited from this damage, and to no longer tolerate the intelligence community and the military/industrial complex that has instigated so much of it.

On the other hand, there is a hopeful note. Even if we do indeed alienate every other government on earth (as our "elites" seem determined to do) and yet if that does not result in nuclear war or a military invasion of the U.S., we will be blessed to at least have the opportunity to reestablish a self-sustaining economy, not dependent on making people in other countries slaves or on transient, unstable political agreements with tyrannical leaders in other countries. When will we (will we ever?) learn to "live and let live" in freedom from tyranny, as our founders so fervently wanted us to do via our governing charter? Perhaps, just perhaps, we will also be able to reestablish a foothold for our unalienable human rights and our God-given freedoms. The prerequisite for all of this is for us to stop making money and power our God, both in our government and in our society as a whole.

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AmericanCardigan's avatar

Speaking of the Treasury Dept... Janet Yellen comments. "Be ready to pay the price of war"...

https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/janet-yellen-economic-repercussions-russia-ukraine-war

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