Category Archives: Poli-Philos

Iran Welcomes the E.U. & Repudiates U.S. Dollar

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Curtis Greco

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani returned to Tehran with a smile. The release of international sanctions has brought a bounty all its own to both the E.U. and Iran; 40 Billion Dollars’ worth.

Conspicuous as these events may be, there remain a few that reveal much more about the Obama Administration’s handling of both the Nuclear Agreement and Iraq/Syria. It continues to be my contention that the President deliberately avoided taking aggressive actions in either Syria or Iraq and for one very good reason. A pipeline from Iran to either the Black Sea and/or thru Syria to the Med (there is also a planned pipeline from Iran to the terminal hub in Turkey just west of Istanbul.)  Read more...

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U.S. Government Negotiating Away Your Privacy Rights

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Curtis Greco

The government’s continuous assault on a person’s Fourth Amendment rights continues; while the hunt for the fleeting illusion of State Security blunders forward, Privacy Rights continue to suffer.

The U.S. Government is now, believe it or not, working on an agreement with the U.K. that would allow their authorities to serve wiretap orders directly on U.S. communications companies. This agreement would open, to non-U.S. jurisdiction and outside the domestic due-process regiment, all manner of data including, but not limited to, emails (including archived), live communications, GPS data etc.  Read more...

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Trans Pacific Partnership: Signed but thankfully not yet sealed!

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Curtis Greco

With a deliberate absence of fanfare, the Obama Administration placed the U.S. Signature, along with 11 other Nations, upon the TPP document. The Administration is so committed to the strength of their outstanding performance that they wanted to be certain that you were unaware of it.

We’ve studied the agreement as it made its way through the process and it is my opinion, as with each of the Trade Agreements since the GATT/WTO, that these agreements are without question diametrically opposed to the sovereign economic interests of the American People; period!  Read more...

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Silencing the Debt Load of Consumerized-Canabalism

Posted on February 3, 2016 by Curtis Greco

The only thing worse than the mounting Federal Debt (and Unfunded Mandates) is that none of the candidates, save for the occasional comment by Trump, can even begin to grasp the overwhelming problem that it represents or how to approach solving it.

Gone, it would seem, is any semblance of interest in or the crushing effect of this burden – now nearing $179 Trillion- as their silence has only given way to the lunacy of the many programs typified by the offerings of Sanders, Clinton and most of the GOP.  Read more...

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$19 Trillion; No-Limit Spending!

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Curtis Greco

On Friday, January 29th, 2016 the Federal Debt hit slightly above the $19 Trillion mark – $19.012 Trillion to be exact. Interesting to note that the last $1 Trillion increase occurred in a mere 13 months; the previous increase required 14 (months).

Congress, with immense pressure from the White House, has found it fitting to do-away with any financial restraint and it has accomplished this merely by successive suspensions of the Debt Ceiling Limit. This began in February of 2014 with the introduction of the “Temporary Debt Limit Extension Act.” The greater shame in all of this is that no one seems to care that this exhibition is not only a complete abdication of fiscal responsibility but also a brazen taunt that can and most certainly will end in crisis and for those not protected by government influence, it will be apocalyptic.  Read more...

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