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From: Madeline G-B [mgb@astro-cycles.com] Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 1:09 AM Subject: Good Timing Update: More Abuses of Power Coming to Light; Economy Hello Everyone: I just want to pass on some of the information which is showing up now. I am amazed how exactly on target it is: revealing abuses of power and control. Hopefully you remember this is the energy we are mainly dealing with now and will deal with it through May 2002. Watch for it in your daily lives, at work, in your community, state, and nation. You may find this showing up in relationships at work or with business partners or vendors with whom you deal. It may also show up in government actions, as the story below my contact info indicates. This article is not my favorite in terms of writing style, but it includes information about abuses related to no longer having the freedom of information rights to Presidential papers from 12 years previously. It also discusses Ken Starr's recent prediction that civil liberties will be curtailed, including the use of torture, and this will be approved by "at least five Supreme Court justices." This was reported by The Washington Post last week. Note the info near the end of this about the huge tax rebate to wealthy companies that Congress is trying to pass as an "economic stimulation" act. To find out more about that you can go to www.moveon.org/warprofiteering
ECONOMY AND STOCK MARKET This is because you cannot BUY your way out of DEBT. U.S. consumers and businesses have built up a debt that is THREE times higher than ANY historical debt the U.S. has EVER had. Just imagine if this is your household, and you have three times more debt than you ever had and now need to liquidate some of your assets to stay afloat. A lower interest rate may allow you to refinance some of your debt and help you sell some assets (like a house). But in general, you cannot get yourself out of debt by buying more stuff with money you don't have. Lowering the interest rate is intended to stimulate the economy by encouraging consumers to buy more goods and services and encouraging businesses to increase their capacity. Unfortunately, this is like encouraging bloated Thanksgiving diners to purchase another meal. There is no demand for it and this is shown by Saturn in the sign of Gemini, showing decreased transactions and decreased buying. In economic terms, the velocity of money has slowed down dramatically. When money changes hands quickly, the velocity of money is up or increased. When people stop spending money, money changes hands more slowly and the velocity of money decreases. This is what Saturn in Gemini is like: many people slow down in spending their money. With that in mind, and remembering that Saturn is going to be in Gemini until June 2003, think about what the stock market can anticipate until then: lower earnings and lower stock prices. What about after that? Remember, the economy is at about 2:00 on the 19 year cycle. The economy hit its peak at 12:00 in late October 1998 and 1999. It will be a long time before the clock gets to 12:00 again. If you still have money in the stock market, consider cutting your losses and paying off your debts as an alternative method of shepherding your money. Whenever you pay off debt you earn the interest rate that you are paying on that debt. Often times, that debt is compounded daily, meaning that the actual interest rate is much higher than you think you are paying. You will earn a much higher percentage doing this, than you can in the stock or bond markets or with CDs etc. And you will help your economy get out of debt, so it can recover a LOT faster. Let's learn something from the Japanese and not follow in their footsteps. Let's pay off our debts as quickly as possible, so we can get out of this recession. Read on (below my contact info) for more insights into significant power abuses coming to light. And yes, astrology shows these power and control abuses could easily be related to any structure of society, including our government, the judicial system, educational and medical systems, religions, travel and international issues etc. Philosophy and beliefs also fall into the area of things that could be abused and/or transformed (including political parties). Eventually all these areas will have transformed structures. So this is the turning point (the oppostion or 180 degree aspect) of what those structures will become. And to a great extent, they will become whatever we allow them to become. So choose wisely. All my best, |
Madeline G-B
Astro Cycles Consulting
206-729-8820
mgb@astro-cycles.com
www.astro-cycles.com
Global Eye -- Weather Report
By Chris Floyd
It won't come with jackboots and book burnings, mass rallies and fevered harangues. It won't come with "black helicopters" or tanks on the street. It won't come like a storm -- but like a break in the weather, that sudden change of season you might feel when the wind shifts on an October evening: Everything is the same, but everything has changed. Something has gone, departed from the world, and a new reality has taken its place.
As in Rome, all the old forms will still be there: legislatures, elections, campaigns -- plenty of bread and circuses for the folks. But the "consent of the governed" will no longer apply; actual control of the state will have passed to a small group of nobles who rule largely for the benefit of their wealthy peers and corporate patrons.
To be sure, there will be factional conflicts among this elite, and a degree of free debate will be permitted; but no one outside the privileged circle will be allowed to govern or influence state policy. Dissidents will be marginalized -- usually by "the people" themselves. Deprived of historical knowledge by an impoverished educational system designed to produce complacent consumers, not thoughtful citizens, and left ignorant of current events by a media devoted solely to profit, many will internalize the force-fed values of the ruling elite, and act accordingly. There will be little need for overt methods of control.
The rulers will often act in secret; for reasons of "national security," the people will not be permitted to know what goes on in their name. Actions once unthinkable will be accepted as routine: government by executive fiat, the murder of "enemies" selected by the leader, undeclared war, torture, mass detentions without charge, the looting of the national treasury, the creation of huge new "security structures" targeted at the populace. In time, this will seem "normal," as the chill of autumn feels normal when summer is gone.
It will all seem normal. President George W. Bush signed an executive order last week overturning a law requiring the release of presidential papers 12 years after the end of an administration, The Associated Press reports. Bush officials say the president has "reinterpreted" the law -- ordinarily the job of the Supreme Court under the old republic -- to mean that no papers can be released unless both the current president and the former president in question agree to it.
Historians, journalists or ordinary citizens seeking information about the actions of past administrations will have to file suit to show a "demonstrated, specific" need for access to the blocked material. The mere assertion of a "right to know" about governmental affairs will not be sufficient. Such a right no longer exists.
A Bush spokesman acknowledged that anyone requesting to see such documents would be tied up in expensive court battles for years. But the use of executive fiat to abrogate the function of the Supreme Court and overturn a law passed by the people's representatives was necessary to protect "national security," the spokesman said.
Of course, a sitting president already has the authority to withhold any past documents that might endanger national security. But Bush's new edict will allow the quashing of presidential papers that might be politically embarrassing or reveal criminal behavior by past administrations.
Seem normal. Former special prosecutor Kenneth Starr predicts that the curtailment of civil liberties, including the use of torture, will be approved by "at least five Supreme Court justices," The Washington Post reports. (No points for guessing which five.) The Quiescent Quintet will gladly give "heightened deference to the judgments of the political branches with respect to matters of national security," says Starr.
Indeed, the Bush administration is now openly considering the use of torture to compel testimony from suspected terrorists -- or anyone designated as a suspected terrorist, Slate.com reports. True, a few girlie-men are still fretting about "constitutional rights," but the clever dicks in the Oval Office have that one sussed: Recalcitrant prisoners can always be exported to friendly regimes, like Egypt or Kenya, where they don't bother with such prissy concerns. Information "extracted" there can then be used in U.S. trials.
Wouldn't evidence acquired by such heinous and unconstitutional methods be thrown out by the courts? Ordinarily, yes -- under the old republic. But in America's new weather, the judiciary will no doubt "give heightened deference to the judgments of the political branches," etc. And if all else fails, a handy executive order can always "reinterpret" the constitution to accommodate the needs of "national security."
Normal. Armed with the sweeping new powers of the "U.S.A. Patriot Act" passed late last month, the Bush administration is acting to "shift the primary mission of the FBI from solving crimes to gathering domestic intelligence," The Washington Post reports.
In other words, the feds will move from protecting the people to spying on them. The CIA has also been given authority to take part in domestic surveillance and investigation for the first time. These domestic "black ops" will be overseen by a secret court appointed by the chief justice -- William "Top Quint" Rehnquist.
Like the chill of autumn. This week President Bush demanded that Congress pass his "economic stimulus" bill by the end of the month, The New York Times reports. The bill would give $25 billion in federal money directly to the nation's wealthiest corporations, including IBM, GM and GE, refunding taxes they paid over the last 15 years. In all, the bill will give $112 billion in tax breaks to the wealthiest individuals and corporations over the next two years.
It won't come like a storm. It will all seem normal. Like a break in the weather, a shift in the wind.
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