Just wise to consider ALL viewpoints. Entrepeneur - yes, but a citizen of world first. Could make certain sacrifices if it meant a better world. But perhaps and option for a younger generation.
A closing viewpoint:
by Oscar Heck
Venezuela's Chavez has the guts to say it as it is … Fox is a traitor to his people
VHeadline.com commentarist Oscar Heck writes: There are more storm clouds on the horizon … and Jimi Hendrix predicted it … and I am not referring to the ever increasing number of devastating hurricanes and tornadoes that have been hitting US and almost-US territory (Mexico and Central America) in recent months.
This storm is much greater, it carries a much greater punch and will be significantly more devastating than any hurricane or tornado could ever be.
As I have been predicting for over a year, mass popular uprisings against "western" society have begun … in France … and now in Belgium and … soon … in several other "western" countries. Sooner or later, it will happen on US territory … and, I believe, we should witness this within the next year (in 2006).
As far as I can see, the reason these violent anti-west uprisings are happening first in Europe is because most (or all) European countries have less restrictive laws. Their societies are less of a "police state" than the USA. Most of US society (law and order) is based on coercion, force and repression. Proportionately, US citizens enjoy the highest rate of incarceration in the world … for anything as harmless as sleeping on a park bench to not paying a traffic ticket.
The leaders of the USA, the elite, the power-mongers (and war-mongers) are well aware of this, I am sure.
Why do you think that "Homeland Security" was created? To protect the US citizenry from "terrorists?" No, not at all. The cheapest, most effective way to protect the US from "terrorist" threats is simple and highly effective … take all US military and CIA personnel out of every country in the world. The bosses of the USA know this. Why are they not doing it? The answer is simple. There are major interests that control US government foreign policies … interests that stand to make billions of dollars ($$$) by acquiring and controlling the massive natural resources of other countries … those resources which the present US territory does not have.
If the US withdrew all its troops immediately from the hundreds of military bases/operations which they have oversees, the people of the USA could finally begin to feel safe … abroad and within their own country. As in the past, they would once again enjoy at least a little respect. However, and unfortunately, this is far from being the case.
So why was Homeland Security created?
It was created so that the powers which run the US government gain more "police" control over their citizens. The excuse of "terrorism" was the best excuse to justify further repression against US citizens and instill an even greater level of fear (of authority) within the US population.
Some people may think I am crazy … but just look at what is happening … and watch, stay tuned to what is about to happen in the coming months. Here are a few clues … only a few.
1. The bombings of (US) hotels in Jordan.
2. The unceasing revenge attacks on US and US-friendly people in Iraq and abroad.
3. The fact that the Chinese government has announced (today) that they have no intention whatsoever of assisting the US in balancing the trade imbalance (China manufactures massive amounts of items for the USA whilst the USA manufactures little for China) … unless the US government decides to allow China to purchase high-tech items such as satellites from the USA or military or nuclear technology (which the US government does not allow and has no intention of allowing due to self-inflicted paranoia).
4. Chavez recently accused Fox, Mexico's US-friendly president, of being a traitor to Latin America (and Mexicans) for siding with and promoting the US-led "Free Trade For The Americas." Chavez is right. My wife and I interviewed many workers in Mexico in recent times and I can vouch for the fact that the vast majority of Mexican laborers are becoming more and more anti-USA and blame their increasingly desperate situation on "Free Trade." I predict that things will get worse in Mexico and throughout most of Central America, where traitorous governments have basically sold their countries to the USA and to other international multinational "western" interests. The time is approaching.
5. The increased discontent within the USA … the increasingly difficult financial situations in which most USA people find themselves, the increase in violence and drug use … the losing of basic human values.
6. The millions of US manufacturing jobs which have been lost to China and to Central America (cheap labor!).
Now, I am not talking only about the USA … I am talking about the "western world" as a whole.
I am Canadian-born … and I used to be proud of being Canadian because there were differences between "Americans" and Canadians. I am no longer proud, not at all. I am in fact ashamed to call myself Canadian.
Most Canadians now watch US violence-ridden television, listen to US-made music, buy at Walmart and eat at McDonalds. Millions of Canadians have lost their jobs (and/or their cultural identity) due to "Free Trade" with the USA … and our governments do absolutely nothing to curb the situation. On the contrary, Paul Martin, like Fox, promoted the US-pushed "Free Trade For The Americas" in Argentina recently.
Worse of all, Canada is becoming like the USA in terms of being a repressive police state … like we see in US-made movies. When I was growing up, the police in Canada rarely handcuffed anyone. Today, they do like in the USA. They will handcuff you for the slightest reason. They use weapons as tools of coercion … they act like the actors in many US movies and television programs … and at the major airports, the security people look and behave like clones of US security people, gun-toting drones brainwashed to be paranoid and trained to treat people like numbers and robots rather than humans. To me, it is disgusting … but an inevitable result of "western" values: money, ownership of property (physical and intellectual), consumerism, materialism, individualism and overwork … which understandably leads to overindulgence, drug abuse, increased violence, ignorance, divorce, suicide, indifference, depression and disease.
Chavez is right!
Why do leaders such as Fox (and Martin) continue to promote "Free Trade" when they know that it is not good for society as a whole? It is only good for a minority … and for large multinationals … and for the elite. They know it. They know it full well!
If Chavez knows this, so do billions of people throughout the world. Chavez, however, has the guts to say it as it is … and in public. Fox is a traitor to his people … and Paul Martin is a traitor to Canadians.
There will be an increase in violent popular uprisings throughout the "western" world and in countries that have been siding with the "western" world. Europe is experiencing it and the USA is being put into a vice that will eventually squeeze the people of the USA into internal uprisings, the likes of which have never before been seen on US territory. And … this is in addition to the unstoppable threat against US citizens and US-friendly people throughout the world due to US military aggression … to avenge the blood on their hands … to clear the slate of mass assassinations and the history of the maiming of millions of innocent people … including women, children and elders.
Imagine if China invaded the USA and the Chinese soldiers raped or maimed or killed your five teenage daughters and your wife and your 82-year-old father … what would you do and how would you feel? How would you react? Just imagine. Now, your government is run by the Chinese and so are your police and military forces. What exactly would you do? What?
"Enough is enough," will cry the people. Now they are whispering.
Venezuelans are doing it, at least the majority who follow Chavez (about 70%). Why can't Mexicans and Colombians and Guatemalans and people in Honduras and Costa Rica, Belize and Panama do the same? Is it because they have leaders who do not dare to speak up for what is right?
"Free Trade" is worse than any "avian" flu … it kills slowly but surely … yet only really affects the 80% poorer, darker-skinned, excluded majority who cannot afford the necessary medical attention.
The new storm-clouds are looming over the horizon and they are even more devastating … but … they will only affect the minority "western" 20% (and their without-conscience traitors, cohorts and co-collaborators) who can indeed afford to pay for insurance … but who cannot buy it because no insurance company will cover against such "acts of God."
Oscar Heck has been a VHeadline.com commentarist for nearly 3 years and has contributed close to 400 articles. Born in Canada, Oscar has spent most of his life working as an executive recruiter and corporate investigator. He has traveled to 34 countries and lived/worked in 12, including Kuwait during the Gulf War (1991). Oscar's love affair with Venezuela began 28 years ago when he first went to work as a missionary in the shantytowns (barrios) of Caracas and in the Barlovento area, east of Caracas. Over the years, Oscar has traveled and worked throughout much of Venezuela, living mostly in the barrios. Oscar's strong anti-US-government stance stems mostly from his experience in the Gulf War and from his vast exposure to the inside workings of large corporations. His strong pro-Venezuela stance stems from his love for the Venezuelan Pueblo and from his unwavering belief that Hugo Chavez, Venezuela's current President, is taking positive steps toward enhancing the lives of the traditionally exploited, abused and excluded 80% majority. Oscar is fluent in English, Spanish and French.
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