The following quotes were taken from a book that is supposedly fiction, and written by Barry Eisler. I couldn't agree more with the things he projects in his book as a conversation between two people. It is the reason I don't believe in conspiracy theory.
"Conspiracies are hidden. The oligarchy is right out in the open. It's just a collection of people in business, politics, the military, and the media who recognize their interests are better served by cooperation than they would be by competition. There aren't any secret handshakes. Most of the people who are part of the oligarchy don't even recognize it's existence. If they recognize it at all, they think of it as just a benevolent, informal establishment. They tell themselves it selflessly serves the country's interest rather then selfishly serving it's own."
"The establishment is huge now, more entrenched then ever. The Roosevelt and Truman expansions were ratified by Eisenhower, Kennedy's and Johnson's abuses were ratified by Nixon. Bush Jur.'s extraconstitutional moves have all been ratified by Obama. It's a ratchet effect. There hasn't been a federal law in the last sixty years that's done other than increase the government's power and influence, and the power and influence of the corporations that manage the government by extension. The leviathan only grows."
"You can't beat the oligarchy. You can't beat it because the oligarchy has already won. The establishment is like a virus that's taken over the organs of the host. Now it acts as a kind of life support system, and if you remove it, the patient it battens on will die. Remember the scene in that movie Alien? Where the creature attaches itself to John Hurt's face, runs a tentacle down his throat, and puts him in a coma, but if they cut it off, it'll kill him? That's the oligarchy. The establishment is a creature whose first priority is ensuring that if you try to remove it, you'll wind up killing the host."
"So, there's nothing that can be done."
"No, there is.........the only possible solution is to manage this fucked-up system from the inside."
My observation here is that Taylor Caldwell (among others), wrote about this some 60 years ago, in her book: "The Devils' Advocate.
"The way this system operates is based on two Japanese concepts. Honne is the real truth. Tatemae is the facade of truth. The public needs Tatemae or talismans, things like airport security, silly things like taking your shoes and belt off and leaving your six-ounce tube of toothpaste at home. On a Honne level, those kind of 'security' measures are laughable. On a Tatemae level, they convince people it's safe to fly, and the economy keeps humming along, safe and profitable for the politicians and the corporations they work for. If you are part of the Oligarchy, what's more important: that Americans be safe, or that they feel safe?"
"Or what matters more: convicting a guilty man, or having society believe the guilty have been convicted? One guilty man going free is irrelevant, as long as society believes the guilty have been punished. But if society loses that confidence, you get anarchy. And the oligarchy doesn't like anarchy."
My take on all of this: They say truth is stranger then fiction, but this came from a book that is supposedly fiction. I say it's probably closer to Honne then anything I've ever read. Our entire county is ruled by corporations, from the Economy, to the Military, to the Resources we are allowed to consume. This has been predicted over and over, by various sources, Taylor Caldwell merely one of them. I believe firmly now, that the only solution is anarchy. I never did before, and maybe it was because I had blinders on, as from the little bit of political history quoted, it's been far too late, for far too long, for anything else to have any effect whatsoever.
I hope the Feds do hold back on Sending out SS checks in August. With 500,000 participants, marching on the white house, we will finally have the power we need to begin the change back towards a true republic, when the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and the Federalist papers, weren't merely "artifacts of an ancient mythology".
Quotes all taken from the book: Inside Out; by Barry Eisler.
On another note:
I happened to catch parts of a fund raiser on PBS with Dr. Fuhrman. The gist of it was the acronym: GOMB. This stands for the priority of how we should arrange our diets, not only for health, but to beat the things that threaten it, such as: cancer, heart disease, digestive issues, etc. etc.
The Acronym stands for: Greens, Onions, Mushrooms, Beans/Berries, and Seeds. He was talking about how just eating 10 mg of mushrooms (1 tiny button 'shroom), and 10 mgs of onion, would reduce the chance of people developing cancer, by 84%.
Not sure where he got his numbers, and didn't know about the 'shrooms, but knew that about the onions.
Like the acronym! :)That, along with the idea that "Salad should be the main meal", makes for an easy and quick reminder for the refrigerator door!
I am also a firm believer in the idea that salad should always be the main meal. Can't afford to send PBS 150 bucks, but what he was saying made a lot of sense. Of course, it's mainly for the average Standard American Diet (SAD) consumer, of which I have not been one for many years, but still.
It's soooooooo easy to fall off the wagon and forget how to eat right. My stomach has been so messed up, for so long, that I haven't been following the plan, which I know works, and which is how I used to eat, before my surgery and subsequent stomach issues.
Well, so, it was a good reminder and since I have salvation by way of oxy-powder, I was encouraged to try and do it, today. we'll see what happens. :)
Signing out from Rara Avis at the House of Found Goods. :)
