tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post8084850242534246609..comments2023-10-26T23:16:27.762+08:00Comments on DUNIATIGER: THE BIG DAY PADA 16 SEPTEMBER NI?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-43923152069977080312008-06-17T15:04:00.000+08:002008-06-17T15:04:00.000+08:00Sdr Epain,Setuju. Rakyat Malaysia tidak boleh memu...Sdr Epain,<BR/><BR/>Setuju. Rakyat Malaysia tidak boleh memusnahkan negara ini kerana kita tiada tempat lain untuk berlindung. Inilah tanah tumpah kita yang perlu dilindungi selagi ada bulan dan matahari. Lainlah jika kita ada alternatif. Saya tiada.ibrahim yahayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360197638326041053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-79099522702383800472008-06-17T15:02:00.000+08:002008-06-17T15:02:00.000+08:00Sdr Man Helang,Mungkin Sdr salah orang kot. Tapi a...Sdr Man Helang,<BR/><BR/>Mungkin Sdr salah orang kot. Tapi apapun yang penting kita jangan menggunakan agama demi kepentingan politik. Ini termasuk menggunakan ayat-ayat al-Quran separuh-separuh untuk memperkuatkan hujjah atau pun mengkafirkan orang lain kerana tidak sehaluan dengan kita. Lebih teruk lagi ialah memfitnah orang lain yang menyebabkan rakyat membenci mangsa fitnah.ibrahim yahayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360197638326041053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-28923727494772996202008-06-17T13:27:00.000+08:002008-06-17T13:27:00.000+08:00walau siapa pun yg pegang kerajaan...jgn sampai mu...walau siapa pun yg pegang kerajaan...jgn sampai musnah sudah lah msia ni....<BR/><BR/>jgn hanya gila kuasa tapi tak reti nak control...epainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10298502500016613400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-33259377157714139442008-06-17T11:48:00.000+08:002008-06-17T11:48:00.000+08:00salam datuk...yg guna agama untuk politik tu mcm s...salam datuk...<BR/><BR/>yg guna agama untuk politik tu mcm sy kenai jek...time dia masuk dlu bkn main hebat org duk angkat dia, mr. clean, anak imam besar dan d tambah dgn ideology islam baru, tp nampak sgt dia pun kurang mempraktikkan ideology islam yg d bawanya, sampaikan org boleh memperlekeh denagn panggilan IMAM BESAR HADHARI...<BR/><BR/>KPD AINUL AB...<BR/><BR/>kalau yg lompat party tu dianggap musuh dlm selimut, duri dlm daging, maka berlambaklah org tersebut didlm pentadbiran UMNO, tak caya cuba selidik...maka tdk hairanlah ianya berada di ambang kehancuran sekarang...man_helanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04385608584856284372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-38143605518176722672008-06-17T10:02:00.000+08:002008-06-17T10:02:00.000+08:00Sdr Ainul AB,Kawan, Ustad Mat berkata kepada saya ...Sdr Ainul AB,<BR/><BR/>Kawan, Ustad Mat berkata kepada saya tiga kategori ahli politik di negara ini yang menggunakan agama ketika berpolitik. Pertama, ada orang politik menggunakan agama untuk kepentingan politik. Yang kedua ada orang yang berpolitik untuk agama. Yang ketiga, berpolitik dan berselindung di sebalik agama. Daripada ketiga-tiga kategori itu, yang paling bahaya ialah menggunakan agama demi untuk kepentingan politik.ibrahim yahayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360197638326041053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-47036850069154368392008-06-17T09:47:00.000+08:002008-06-17T09:47:00.000+08:00Assalamualaikum Tok Rimau,Berdasarkan teori yg dik...Assalamualaikum Tok Rimau,<BR/><BR/>Berdasarkan teori yg dikeluarkan oleh mantan PM, terdapat 4 jenis kelompok pengundi (dalam UMNO) semasa PRU12 yg lalu.<BR/><BR/>Kita ketepikan golongan yg setia tetapi lihat kepada golongan 2, 3 & 4. Daripada pengamatan saya yg masih mentah ini, parti pembangkang menang disebabkan protes rakyat terhadap BN, bukan disebabkan mereka betul2 menyokong pembangkang. Mereka memangkah PKR, PAS & DAP kerana kecewa dgn Kerajaan BN.<BR/><BR/>Tetapi sayang sekali Pak Lah tidak mahu mengambil iktibar dari kekalahan2 tersebut. Enggan, buat2 tak nampak.<BR/><BR/>Bagi pemimpin2 yg lompat parti, mereka ini jelas tiada pendirian. Faktor utama sebab nak jaga perut sendiri. Orang seperti ini tiada kesetiaan & sama sekali tidak layak memimpin negara kerana mereka adalah musuh dalam selimut, api dalam sekam & duri dalam daging.<BR/><BR/>Mereka ini jenis yg suka tikam dari belakang. Bahaya.<BR/><BR/>Pada pandangan saya, PKR adalah parti perjuangan individu. Bukan untuk rakyat. Tetapi mereka bijak 'membutakan' kita dgn kewarakan, kebijaksanaan, kelancaran ucapan & kepintaran memujuk rakyat. Org yg terlalu mengharap mungkin terpedaya.<BR/><BR/>Tetapi masalahnya, seperti sudah tiada beza antara mereka & pemimpin UMNO sekarang... Masalah besar!<BR/><BR/>Jika dulu saya melihat Wawasan 2020 sebagai satu harapan, kini tidak lagi. Samar. Uncertain.<BR/><BR/>Jika benar PKR akan menubuhkan Kerajaan baru, saya tidaklah kecewa mahupun gembira tetapi sebagai rakyat biasa yg tak punya kuasa, saya hanya mampu melihat & berdoa agar 'Big Day' itu membawa manfaat kepada rakyat.<BR/><BR/>Tok, saya pun nak cari ejen kenit jugalah.<BR/><BR/>Wassalam.* ainul AB *https://www.blogger.com/profile/09909558622529779029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-17296139341492112362008-06-17T06:50:00.000+08:002008-06-17T06:50:00.000+08:00August 4, 2007How Money Is Created As A Debt By Pr...August 4, 2007<BR/><BR/>How Money Is Created As A Debt By Private Banks - The<BR/>Money Castaways<BR/><BR/>The story I present to you here today has nothing with<BR/>to do with web 2.0, new media or how to make money<BR/>with your site. Today's story is all about waking up.<BR/>Realizing that something you have given for good and<BR/>granted since you were born, may actually deserve some<BR/>heavy rethinking ASAP.<BR/><BR/><BR/>This is the story of how private banks force most of<BR/>us into the vicious, enslaving circle, in which you<BR/>have long been feeling trapped. Working your ass off<BR/>for six days a week only to be able to pay the rent,<BR/>the gas, the bills and very little more. If getting a<BR/>mortgage to buy a house means signing a slavery<BR/>contract for the rest of your life, maybe THERE IS<BR/>something deeply wrong with the economics of our<BR/>system and the way create debt out of money THEY DO<BR/>NOT OWN.<BR/><BR/>But you know what fucks us bad?<BR/><BR/>Our ignorance.<BR/><BR/>Unless you can understand yourself how economy and the<BR/>monetary debt system works, you are bound to be a<BR/>slave of whoever knows more than you.<BR/><BR/>This is why I have decided to reserve today<BR/>counter-information slot for something you can't find<BR/>an article or an opinion piece on any magazine or<BR/>newspaper of the world: a simple story that explains<BR/>to you how money is actually created and how bankers<BR/>manage to sell it to you in exchange for extra money<BR/>(the interest). <BR/><BR/>They do not have the right, nor the math, to do<BR/>that.... but unless you see the forest beyond the<BR/>trees, and start showing that the emperor has really<BR/>no clothes, bankers of the world will not stop doing<BR/>what they have mastered so well.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to Louis Even and Michael Journal (A journal of<BR/>Catholic patriots for the Social Credit monetary<BR/>reform through the education of the population and not<BR/>through politicial parties), here is a great story and<BR/>an opportunity to understand how money, debt and<BR/>interests are created out of thin air right under your<BR/>eyes. <BR/><BR/>Read on<BR/><BR/>The Money Myth Exposed<BR/><BR/>The financial enigma resolved — A debt-money system<BR/><BR/>1. The Shipwrecked Survivors <BR/><BR/>An explosion blew their ship apart. Five survivors<BR/>remained huddled on a raft which the waves carried<BR/>along at their will. As for the other victims of the<BR/>disaster, there was no sign of them.<BR/><BR/>Hour after long hour their eyes searched the horizon.<BR/>Would a passing ship see them? Would their make-shift<BR/>raft find its way to some friendly shore?<BR/><BR/>Suddenly a cry rang out: “Land! Look, over there, in<BR/>the direction the waves are carrying us!”<BR/><BR/>And, as the vague silhouette proved to be the outline<BR/>of a shore, the figures on the raft danced with joy.<BR/><BR/>They were five. Frank, the carpenter, was big and<BR/>energetic. It was he who had first cried, “Land!”<BR/><BR/>Then there was Paul, a farmer. You can see him front<BR/>and left in the picture on his knees, one hand against<BR/>the floor, the other gripping the mast of the raft.<BR/><BR/>Next was Jim, an animal breeder. He's the one in the<BR/>striped pants, kneeling and gazing in the direction of<BR/>land.<BR/><BR/>Then there is Harry, an agriculturist who was a little<BR/>on the stout side, seated on a trunk salvaged from the<BR/>wreck.<BR/><BR/>And finally there was Tom the prospector and a<BR/>mineralogist. He is the merry fellow standing in the<BR/>rear of the picture with his hand on the carpenter's<BR/>shoulder.<BR/><BR/>2. A Providential Island<BR/><BR/>Setting foot on land was like returning to life from<BR/>the grave for the five men.<BR/><BR/>After they dried and warmed themselves, their first<BR/>impulse was to explore this little island that they<BR/>had been cast on to, far from civilization.<BR/><BR/>A quick survey raised their spirit. The island was not<BR/>a barren rock. Despite being the only men on it at the<BR/>moment, judging from the herds of semi-domesticated<BR/>animals they saw, there had been men here at some time<BR/>before them. <BR/><BR/>Jim, the animal breeder, was sure he could completely<BR/>domesticate the animals and put them to good use.<BR/><BR/>Paul found the island's soil, for the most part, quite<BR/>suitable for cultivation.<BR/><BR/>Harry discovered fruit trees which would give good<BR/>harvests if properly tended.<BR/><BR/>Most important were the large forests with a range of<BR/>wood type. Frank, without too much difficulty, would<BR/>be able to build houses for the little community.<BR/><BR/>As for Tom, the prospector, the island showed signs of<BR/>rich mineral deposits. Despite lacking the tools, Tom<BR/>still felt his ingenuity and initiative could produce<BR/>metals from the ores.<BR/><BR/>Each could serve the common good with his special<BR/>talent. And all agreed to call the place Salvation<BR/>Island, giving thanks to Providence for a reasonably<BR/>happy ending to what could have been stark tragedy.<BR/><BR/>3. True Wealth<BR/><BR/>Here are the men at work.<BR/><BR/>The carpenter built houses and made furniture. At<BR/>first, they found food where they could. But soon the<BR/>fields were tilled and seeded, and the farmer had<BR/>crops.<BR/><BR/>As season followed season, this Salvation Island, this<BR/>heritage of the five men became richer.<BR/><BR/>Its wealth was not of gold or paper bank notes, but of<BR/>true value - a wealth of food, clothing, shelter and<BR/>all the things to meet human needs.<BR/><BR/>Each man worked his own trade. Whatever surpluses he<BR/>might have, he exchanged for the excess products of<BR/>the others. <BR/><BR/>Life wasn't always as smooth and complete as they<BR/>could have wished it to be. They lacked things they<BR/>had been accustomed to in civilization. Yet, it could<BR/>have been far worse. All five had experienced the<BR/>depression in Canada. They still remembered empty<BR/>bellies despite stores being crammed with food. <BR/><BR/>However, at least on Salvation Island, they weren't<BR/>forced to watch food rot before their eyes. And taxes<BR/>were unknown here. Nor did they constantly fear the<BR/>bailiff. They worked hard but could enjoy the fruits<BR/>of their labour.<BR/><BR/>So they developed the island, still in possession of<BR/>life and health (those two greatest of blessings),<BR/>thanking God and hoping for the day of reunion with<BR/>their families.<BR/><BR/>4. A Serious Inconvenience<BR/><BR/>Our men often got together to talk over affairs.<BR/><BR/>Under the simple economic system which developed, one<BR/>thing was beginning to bother them more and more: they<BR/>had no form of money. <BR/><BR/>Barter, the direct exchange of goods for goods, had<BR/>its drawbacks. The products exchanged were not always<BR/>at hand when a trade was discussed. For example, wood<BR/>delivered to the farmer in winter could not be paid<BR/>for in potatoes until six months later. Sometimes one<BR/>of the men would have a large item that he wished to<BR/>exchange for a number of smaller articles produced by<BR/>different men, at different times.<BR/><BR/>All this complicated business and was taxing to their<BR/>memory. However, with a monetary system, each one<BR/>could sell his products to the others for exact<BR/>amounts of money and buy from the others things he<BR/>wanted when he wished, and when they were available.<BR/><BR/>It was agreed that a money system would be convenient,<BR/>but none knew how to set up one. They knew how to<BR/>produce true wealth - goods - but producing money (a<BR/>symbol of this wealth) was quite beyond them. <BR/><BR/>They had no idea how money originated, and how to<BR/>produce it. (Certainly, many educated men have been in<BR/>the same boat - all our governments experienced the<BR/>same predicament during the ten years prior to the<BR/>war. The only thing the country lacked at that time<BR/>was money, and governments apparently didn't know how<BR/>to get it.)<BR/><BR/>5. A Refugee Arrives<BR/><BR/>One evening, when our boys were sitting on the beach<BR/>going over their problem for the hundredth time, they<BR/>saw a small boat approaching with a solitary man at<BR/>the oars.<BR/><BR/>He was the only survivor of a wreck, named Oliver.<BR/><BR/>Delighted to have a new companion, they provided him<BR/>with the best that they had and they took him on an<BR/>tour of the colony.<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Even though we're lost and cut off from the rest of<BR/>the world,” they told him, “we can't complain too<BR/>much. The earth and forest are good to us. We lack<BR/>only one thing. Money. It would make exchanging our<BR/>products much easier for us.”<BR/><BR/>“Well, you can thank Providence,” replied Oliver,<BR/>“because I am a banker and, in no time at all, I'll<BR/>set up a money system guaranteed to satisfy you. Then<BR/>you'll have everything people in civilization have.”<BR/><BR/>A banker! A BANKER! An angel come down from the clouds<BR/>couldn't have inspired more reverence and respect in<BR/>our men. For after all, are we not accustomed, we<BR/>civilized people, to genuflect before bankers and<BR/>those men who control the lifeblood of finance?<BR/><BR/>6. Civilisation's God<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Mr Oliver, as our banker, your only occupation on<BR/>this island will be to look after our money; no manual<BR/>labour for you.”<BR/><BR/>“I shall, like every other banker, carry out to<BR/>complete satisfaction my task of forging the<BR/>community's prosperity.”<BR/><BR/>“Mr. Oliver, we will build you a house in keeping with<BR/>your dignity as a banker. But meanwhile, do you mind<BR/>if we lodge you in the building that we use for our<BR/>get-togethers?”<BR/><BR/>“That will suit me, my friends. But first of all,<BR/>unload the boat. There's paper and a printing press,<BR/>complete with ink and type, and a little barrel which<BR/>I advise you to treat with the greatest care.”<BR/><BR/>They unloaded everything. The small barrel aroused<BR/>intense curiosity in our good fellows.<BR/><BR/>“This barrel,” Oliver said, “contains a treasure<BR/>beyond dreams. It is full of... gold!”<BR/><BR/><BR/>Full of gold! The five all but swooned. The god of<BR/>civilization here on Salvation Island! The yellow god,<BR/>always hidden yet terrible in its power, whose<BR/>presence, absence or slightest caprice could decide<BR/>the fate of all civilized nations!<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Gold! Mr Oliver, you are indeed a great banker! Oh<BR/>honorable Oliver! Great high priest of the god, Gold!<BR/>Accept our humble homage, and receive our oaths of<BR/>fidelity!”<BR/><BR/>“Yes, my friends, gold enough for a continent. But<BR/>gold is not for circulation. Gold must be hidden. Gold<BR/>is the soul of healthy money, and the soul is always<BR/>invisible. But I'll explain all that when you receive<BR/>your first supply of money.”<BR/><BR/>7. The Secret Burial<BR/><BR/>Before they went their separate ways for the night,<BR/>Oliver asked them one last question: “How much money<BR/>will you need to begin with in order to facilitate<BR/>trading?”<BR/><BR/>They looked at one another, then deferentially towards<BR/>the banker. After a bit of calculation, and with the<BR/>advice of the kindly financier, they decided that $200<BR/>each would do fine.<BR/><BR/>The men parted, exchanging enthusiastic comments. And,<BR/>in spite of the late hour, they spent most of the<BR/>night lying awake, their imaginations excited by the<BR/>picture of gold. It was morning before they slept.<BR/><BR/>As for Oliver, he wasted not a moment. Fatigue was<BR/>forgotten in the interests of his future as a banker.<BR/>By dawn's first light, he dug a pit into which he<BR/>rolled the barrel. He then filled it in, transplanting<BR/>a small shrub to the spot about which he carefully<BR/>arranged sod. It was well hidden.<BR/><BR/>Then he went to work with his little press to turn out<BR/>a thousand $1 bills. Watching the clean new banknotes<BR/>come from his press, the refugee turned banker thought<BR/>to himself: “My! How simple it is to make money. All<BR/>its value comes from the products it will buy. <BR/><BR/>Without produce, these bills are worthless. My five<BR/>naive customers don't realize that. <BR/><BR/>They actually think that this new money derives its<BR/>value from gold! <BR/><BR/>Their ignorance makes me their master.”<BR/><BR/>And as evening drew on, the five ran to Oliver.<BR/><BR/>8. Who Owns the Money<BR/><BR/>Five bundles of new banknotes were sitting on the<BR/>table.<BR/><BR/>“Before distributing the money,” said the banker, “I<BR/>would like your attention.<BR/><BR/>The basis of all money is gold. And the gold stored<BR/>away in the vault of my bank is mine. Consequently,<BR/>the money is also my money. Oh! Don't look so<BR/>discouraged. I'm going to lend you this money, and<BR/>you're going to use it as you see fit. <BR/><BR/>However, you'll have to pay interest. <BR/><BR/>Considering that money is scarce here, I don't think<BR/>8% is unreasonable.”<BR/><BR/>“Oh, that's quite reasonable, Mr Oliver.”<BR/><BR/>“One last point, my friends. Business is business,<BR/>even between pals. Before you get the money, each of<BR/>you is going to sign a paper. It you will bind you to<BR/>pay both interest and capital under penalty of<BR/>confiscation of property by me. A mere formality -<BR/>your property is of no interest to me. I'm satisfied<BR/>with money. And I feel sure that I'll get my money,<BR/>and that you'll keep your property.”<BR/><BR/>“That makes sense, Mr Oliver. We're going to work<BR/>harder than ever in order to pay you back.”<BR/><BR/>“That's the spirit. And any time you have a problem,<BR/>you come to see me. Your banker is your best friend.<BR/>Now, here's two hundred dollars for each one of you.”<BR/><BR/>And our five brave fellows went away, their hands full<BR/>of dollar bills, their heads swimming with the ecstasy<BR/>of having money.<BR/><BR/>9. A Problem in Arithmetic<BR/><BR/>And so Oliver's money went into circulation on the<BR/>island. <BR/><BR/>Trade, simplified by money, doubled. Everybody was<BR/>happy.<BR/><BR/>The banker was always greeted with unfailing respect<BR/>and gratitude.<BR/><BR/>But now, let's see... Why does Tom, the prospector,<BR/>look so grave as he sits busily figuring with a pencil<BR/>and paper? <BR/><BR/>Tom, like the others, signed the agreement to repay<BR/>Oliver in one year's time $200, plus $16 interest. But<BR/>as the date of payment drew near, Tom had only a few<BR/>dollars in his pocket.<BR/><BR/>For a long time he had wrestled with this problem from<BR/>his own point of view, without success. Finally, he<BR/>viewed it from the perspective of the little community<BR/>as a whole. “Taking into consideration everyone on the<BR/>island,” he mused, “are we capable of meeting our<BR/>obligations? <BR/><BR/>Oliver turned out a total of $1000. He's asking for<BR/>$1080 in return. But even if we bring him every dollar<BR/>bill on the island, we'll still be $80 short. Nobody<BR/>made the extra $80. We turn out produce, not dollar<BR/>bills. So Oliver can take over the entire island,<BR/>since all the inhabitants together can't pay him back<BR/>the total amount of the capital and interest.<BR/><BR/>Even if a few (without any thought for the others)<BR/>were able to, the others would fail. And the turn of<BR/>the first spared would come eventually. The banker<BR/>will take everything. We'd better hold a meeting right<BR/>away and decide what to do about it.”<BR/><BR/>Tom, with his figures in his hand, had no difficulty<BR/>in explaining the situation. All agreed that they had<BR/>been duped by the kindly banker. <BR/><BR/>They decided upon a meeting at Oliver's.<BR/><BR/>10. The Benevolent Banker<BR/><BR/>Oliver guessed what was on their minds, but he put on<BR/>his best front. While he listened, the impetuous Frank<BR/>stated the case for the group.<BR/><BR/><BR/>“How can we pay you $1080 when there is only $1000 on<BR/>the entire island?”<BR/><BR/>“That's the interest, my friends. Has not your rate of<BR/>production increased?”<BR/><BR/>“Sure, but the money hasn't. And it's money you're<BR/>asking for, not our products. You are the only one who<BR/>can make money. You've made only $1000, and yet you<BR/>ask $1080. An impossible task!”<BR/><BR/>“Now listen, fellows. Bankers, for the greater good of<BR/>the community, always adapt themselves to the<BR/>conditions of the times. I'm going to require only the<BR/>interest. Only $80. You will go on holding the<BR/>capital.”<BR/><BR/>“Bless you, Mr Oliver! Are you going to cancel the<BR/>$200 each of us owes you?”<BR/><BR/>“Oh no! I'm sorry, a banker never cancels a debt. You<BR/>still owe me the money you borrowed. But you'll pay<BR/>me, each year, only the interest. If you meet the<BR/>interest payments faithfully each year, I won't push<BR/>you for the capital. <BR/><BR/>Maybe some won't be able to repay even the interest<BR/>because of the money changing hands among you. Well,<BR/>organize yourselves like a nation. Set up a system of<BR/>money contributions, what we call taxes. <BR/><BR/>Those who have more money will be taxed more; the poor<BR/>will pay less. See to it that you bring me, in one<BR/>lump sum, the total of the amount of interest, and<BR/>I'll be satisfied. And your little nation will<BR/>thrive.”<BR/><BR/>So our boys left, pacified, but still dubious.<BR/><BR/>11. Oliver Exalts<BR/><BR/>Oliver is alone. He is in deep reflection. <BR/><BR/>His thoughts run thus: Business is good. These boys<BR/>are good workers, but stupid. Their ignorance and<BR/>naivety is my strength. They ask for money, and I give<BR/>them the chains of bondage. They give me flowers, and<BR/>I pick their pockets.<BR/><BR/>True enough, they could mutiny and throw me into the<BR/>sea. But pshaw! I have their signatures. They're<BR/>honest. They'll honor their pledges. <BR/><BR/>Honest, hardworking people were put into this world to<BR/>serve the Financiers.<BR/><BR/>Oh great Mammon! I feel your banking genius coursing<BR/>through my entire being! Oh, illustrious master! How<BR/>right you were when you said: "Give me control of a<BR/>nation's money, and I won't mind who makes its laws."<BR/>I am the master of Salvation Island because I control<BR/>its money.<BR/><BR/>My soul is drunk with enthusiasm and ambition - I<BR/>could rule the universe. <BR/><BR/>What I, Oliver, have done here, I can do throughout<BR/>the entire world. Oh! If only I could get off this<BR/>island, I know how I could govern the world without<BR/>wearing a crown.<BR/><BR/>My supreme delight would be to instill my philosophy<BR/>in the minds of those who lead society: bankers,<BR/>industrialists, politicians, reformers, teachers,<BR/>journalists - all would be my servants. <BR/><BR/>The masses are content to live in slavery when the<BR/>elite among them are overseers.<BR/><BR/>12. The Cost of Living Unbearable<BR/><BR/>Things went from bad to worse on Salvation Island.<BR/>Production was up, although bartering dropped to a<BR/>minimum. <BR/><BR/>Oliver collected his interest regularly. The others<BR/>had to think of setting money aside for him. Thus,<BR/>money tended to clot instead of circulating freely.<BR/><BR/>Those who paid the most in taxes complained against<BR/>those who paid less. They raised the prices of their<BR/>goods to compensate for this loss. <BR/><BR/>The unfortunate poor who paid no taxes lamented the<BR/>high cost of living, and bought less.<BR/><BR/>If one took a salaried job with another, he was<BR/>continually demanding increases in salary in order to<BR/>meet the mounting cost of living.<BR/><BR/>Morale was low. <BR/><BR/>The joy went out of living. <BR/><BR/>No one took an interest in his work. Why should he?<BR/>Produce sold poorly. When they would make a sale, they<BR/>had to pay taxes to Oliver. They went without things.<BR/>It was a real crisis. And they accused one another of<BR/>wanting in charity, and of being the cause of the high<BR/>cost of living.<BR/><BR/>One day, Harry, sitting in his orchard, pondered over<BR/>the situation. <BR/><BR/>He finally arrived at the conclusion that this<BR/>“progress”, born of a refugee's monetary system, had<BR/>spoiled everything on the island. Unquestionably, all<BR/>five had their faults, but Oliver's system seemed to<BR/>have been specifically designed to bring out the worst<BR/>in human nature.<BR/><BR/>Harry decided to demonstrate this to his friends and<BR/>to unite them for action. <BR/><BR/>He started with Jim, who was not hard to convince.<BR/>“I'm no genius,” he said, “but for a long time now<BR/>there's been a bad smell about this banker's system.”<BR/><BR/>One by one they came to the same conclusion, and they<BR/>ended up by deciding to have another conference with<BR/>Oliver.<BR/><BR/>13. Enslaved by Oliver<BR/><BR/>A veritable tempest burst about the ears of the<BR/>banker.<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Money's scarce on the island, fellow, because you<BR/>take it away from us! We pay you and pay you, and<BR/>still we owe you as much as at the beginning. We work<BR/>our heads off! We've the finest land possible, and yet<BR/>we're worse off than before the day of your arrival.<BR/>Debts! Debts! Up to our necks in debts!”<BR/><BR/>“Oh! Now boys, be reasonable! Your affairs are<BR/>booming, and it's thanks to me. A good banking system<BR/>is a country's best asset. But if it is to work<BR/>beneficially, you must have faith in the banker. Come<BR/>to me as you would to a father... Is it more money<BR/>that you want? Very well. My barrel of gold is good<BR/>for many thousands of dollars more. See, I'm going to<BR/>mortgage your latest acquisitions, and lend you<BR/>another thousand dollars right now.”<BR/><BR/>“So! Now our debt goes up to $2000! We are going to<BR/>have twice as much interest to pay for the rest of our<BR/>lives!”<BR/><BR/>“Well, yes — but I'll lend you more whenever the value<BR/>of your property increases. And you'll never pay<BR/>anything but the interest. You'll lump all your debts<BR/>into one — what we call a consolidated debt. And you<BR/>can add to the debt, year after year.”<BR/><BR/>“And raise the taxes, year after year?”<BR/><BR/>“Obviously. But your revenues also increase every<BR/>year.”<BR/><BR/>“So then, the more the country develops each year<BR/>because of our labor, the more the public debt<BR/>increases!”<BR/><BR/>“Why, of course! Just as in your country – or in any<BR/>other part of the civilized world for that matter. The<BR/>degree of a country's civilization is always gauged by<BR/>the size of its debt to the bankers.”<BR/><BR/>14. The Wolf Devours the Lamb<BR/><BR/>“And that's a healthy monetary system, Mr. Oliver?”<BR/><BR/>“Gentlemen, all sound money is based on gold, and it<BR/>comes from the banks in the form of debts. The<BR/>national debt is a good thing. It keeps men from<BR/>becoming too satisfied. It subjugates governments to<BR/>the supreme and ultimate wisdom, that which is<BR/>incarnate in bankers. As a banker, I am the torch of<BR/>civilization here on your little island. I will<BR/>dictate your politics and regulate your standard of<BR/>living.”<BR/><BR/>“Mr. Oliver, we're simply uneducated folks, but we<BR/>don't want that kind of civilization here. We'll not<BR/>borrow another cent off of you. Sound money or not, we<BR/>don't want any further transactions with you.”<BR/><BR/>“Gentlemen, I deeply regret this very ill-advised<BR/>decision of yours. But if you break with me, remember,<BR/>I have your signatures. Repay me everything at once —<BR/>capital and interest.”<BR/><BR/>“But that's impossible, sir. Even if we give you all<BR/>the money on the island, we still won't be square with<BR/>you.”<BR/><BR/>“I can't help that. Did you or did you not sign? Yes?<BR/>Very well."<BR/><BR/>“By virtue of the sanctity of contracts, I hereby<BR/>seize your mortgaged property which was what you<BR/>agreed to at the time you were so happy to have my<BR/>help. If you don't want to serve willingly the supreme<BR/>authority of money, then you'll obey by force. You'll<BR/>continue to exploit the island, but in my interests<BR/>and under my conditions. Now, get out! You'll get your<BR/>orders from me tomorrow.”<BR/><BR/>15. Control of the Press<BR/><BR/>Oliver knew that whoever controlled the nation's<BR/>money, controlled the nation. <BR/><BR/>But he knew also that to maintain that control, it was<BR/>necessary to keep the people in a state of ignorance,<BR/>and to distract them by a variety of means.<BR/><BR/>Oliver had observed that of the five islanders, two<BR/>were conservatives and three were liberals. That much<BR/>had evolved from their evening conversations,<BR/>especially after they had fallen into slavery. And<BR/>between the conservatives and those who were liberals,<BR/>there was a constant friction.<BR/><BR/>On occasions, Harry, the most neutral of the five,<BR/>considering that all had the same needs and<BR/>aspirations, had suggested the union of the people to<BR/>put pressure on the authorities. Such a union, Oliver<BR/>could not tolerate; it would mean the end of his rule.<BR/>No dictator, financial or otherwise, could stand<BR/>before a people united and educated.<BR/><BR/>Consequently, Oliver set himself to foment, as much as<BR/>possible, political strife between them.<BR/><BR/>The refugee put his press to work, turning out two<BR/>weekly newspapers, “The Sun”, for the Liberals, and<BR/>“The Star”, for the Conservatives.<BR/><BR/>The general tenor of “The Sun” was: “If you are no<BR/>longer master, it is because of those traitorous<BR/>Conservatives who have sold out to big business.”<BR/><BR/>That of “The Star”: “The ruinous state of business and<BR/>the national debt can be traced directly to the<BR/>political responsibility of those unmentionable<BR/>Liberals.”<BR/><BR/>16. A Priceless Bit of Flotsam<BR/><BR/>One day, Tom, the prospector, found on a small beach,<BR/>hidden by tall grass at one end of the island, a<BR/>lifeboat, empty except for a trunk in good condition<BR/>lying in the bottom of it.<BR/><BR/>He opened the trunk. Among the articles within, a sort<BR/>of album caught his eye: “The First Year of Social<BR/>Credit”.<BR/><BR/>Curious, Tom sat down and began to read the volume.<BR/>His interest grew; his face lit up.<BR/><BR/>“Well, just look at this!” he cried out loud. “This is<BR/>something we should have known a long time ago.”<BR/><BR/>“Money gets its value, not from gold, but from the<BR/>products which that money buys."<BR/><BR/>“Simply put, money should be a sort of accountancy,<BR/>credits passing from one account to another according<BR/>to purchases and sales. The sum total of money will<BR/>depend upon the sum total of production."<BR/><BR/>“Each time production increases, there is a<BR/>corresponding increase in the amount of money. Never<BR/>at any time should interest be paid on new money.<BR/>Progress is marked, not by an increase in the public<BR/>debt, but by the issuance of an equal dividend to each<BR/>individual... Prices are adjusted to the general<BR/>purchasing power by a coefficient of prices. Social<BR/>Credit...”<BR/><BR/>But Tom could no longer contain himself. He got up and<BR/>set off at a run, the book in his hands, to share this<BR/>glorious discovery with his four comrades.<BR/><BR/>17. Money - Elementary Accounting<BR/><BR/>So Tom became the teacher. He taught the others what<BR/>he had learned from that God-sent Social Credit<BR/>publication.<BR/><BR/>“This,” he said, “is what we can do without waiting<BR/>for a banker and his keg of gold, nor without<BR/>underwriting a debt."<BR/><BR/>“I open an account in the name of each one of you. In<BR/>the right hand column are the credits which increase<BR/>your account; to the left are the debits which<BR/>subtract from your account."<BR/><BR/>“Each wants $200 to begin with. Very well. We write<BR/>$200 to the credit of each. Each immediately has<BR/>$200."<BR/><BR/>“Frank buys some goods from Paul for $10. I deduct $10<BR/>from Frank, leaving him $190. I add $10 to Paul, and<BR/>he now has $210."<BR/><BR/>“Jim buys from Paul to the amount of $8. I deduct from<BR/>Jim $8, leaving him $192. Paul now has $218."<BR/><BR/>“Paul buys wood from Frank for $15. I deduct $15 from<BR/>Paul, leaving $203. I add $15 to Frank's account, and<BR/>it goes back to $205."<BR/><BR/>“And so we continue; from one account to another, in<BR/>the same fashion that paper banknotes go from one<BR/>man's pocket to another's."<BR/><BR/>“If someone needs money to expand production, we issue<BR/>him the necessary amount of new credit. Once he has<BR/>sold his products, he repays the sum to the credit<BR/>fund. The same with public works; paid for by new<BR/>credits."<BR/><BR/>“Likewise, each one's account is periodically<BR/>increased, but without taking credits from anyone, in<BR/>order that all may benefit from the progress society<BR/>makes. That's the national dividend. In this fashion,<BR/>money becomes an instrument of service.”<BR/><BR/>18. The Banker Despair<BR/><BR/>Everyone understood. <BR/><BR/>All of the members of this little island community<BR/>became Social Crediters. <BR/><BR/>The following day, Oliver, the banker, received a<BR/>letter signed by the five:<BR/><BR/><BR/>“Dear sir! Without the slightest necessity you have<BR/>plunged us into debt and exploited us. <BR/><BR/>We don't need you anymore to run our money system. <BR/><BR/>From now on, we'll have all the money we need without<BR/>gold, debts, nor thieves. <BR/><BR/>We are establishing, at once, the system of Social<BR/>Credit on the island. The national dividend is going<BR/>to replace the national debt.<BR/><BR/>If you insist on being repaid, we can repay you all<BR/>the money you gave us. <BR/><BR/>But not a cent more. <BR/><BR/>You cannot lay claim to that which you have not made.”<BR/><BR/><BR/>Oliver was in despair. His empire was crumbling. His<BR/>dreams shattered. <BR/><BR/>What could he do? <BR/><BR/>Arguments would be futile. The five were now Social<BR/>Creditors: money and credit were now not more<BR/>mysterious to them than they were to Oliver.<BR/><BR/>“Oh!” said Oliver. “These men have been won to Social<BR/>Credit! Their doctrine will spread far more quickly<BR/>than mine. Should I beg forgiveness? Become one of<BR/>them? I, a financier and a banker? Never! Rather, I<BR/>shall try and put as much distance between them and me<BR/>as I can!”<BR/><BR/>19. The Fraud Unmasked<BR/><BR/>To protect themselves against any future claim by<BR/>Oliver, our five men decided to make him sign a<BR/>document attesting that he again possessed all he had<BR/>when he first arrived on the island.<BR/><BR/>An inventory was taken; the boat, the oars, the little<BR/>press, and the famous barrel of gold.<BR/><BR/>Oliver had to reveal where he had hidden the gold. Our<BR/>boys hoisted it from the hole with considerably less<BR/>respect than the day they had unloaded it from the<BR/>boat. Social Credit had taught them to despise gold.<BR/><BR/>The prospector, who was helping to lift the barrel,<BR/>found it surprisingly heavy for gold. If the barrel<BR/>was full, he told the others, there was something in<BR/>it besides gold.<BR/><BR/>The impetuous Frank didn't waste a moment; a blow of<BR/>the axe, and the contents of the barrel was exposed.<BR/><BR/>Gold? Not so much as a grain of it! Just rocks —<BR/>plain, worthless rocks! Our men couldn't get over the<BR/>shock.<BR/><BR/>“Don't tell us that he could bamboozle us to this<BR/>extent!”<BR/><BR/>“Were we such muttonheads as to go into raptures over<BR/>the mere mention of gold?”<BR/><BR/>“Did we mortgage all of our possessions for a few<BR/>pieces of paper based on a few pounds of rocks? It's a<BR/>robbery, compounded with lies!”<BR/><BR/>“To think that we sulked and almost hated one another<BR/>all because of such a fraud! That devil!”<BR/><BR/>Furious, Frank raised his axe while, in great haste,<BR/>the banker takes sudden flight towards the near-by<BR/>forest.<BR/><BR/>20. Farewell to Salvation Island<BR/><BR/>After the opening of the barrel, and the revelation of<BR/>his duplicity, nothing further was heard of Oliver.<BR/><BR/>Shortly after, a ship, cruising off the normal<BR/>navigation route, noticed signs of life on this<BR/>uncharted island, and decides to cast anchor a short<BR/>distance offshore.<BR/><BR/>The men on the island learned that the ship was en<BR/>route to America. So they decided to take with them<BR/>what they could carry, and return to the United<BR/>States.<BR/><BR/>Above all, they made sure to take back with them the<BR/>album, “The First Year of Social Credit”, which had<BR/>proven to be their salvation from the hands of the<BR/>financier, Oliver, and which had illumined their minds<BR/>with an inextinguishable light.<BR/><BR/>All five solemnly promised to get in touch with the<BR/>management of this paper, once back in America, and to<BR/>become devoted and zealous apostles of the Cause of<BR/>Social Credit in their country. <BR/><BR/>Originally written by Louis Even and entitled "The<BR/>Money Myth Exposed"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-91599589803317225462008-06-16T22:11:00.000+08:002008-06-16T22:11:00.000+08:00Sdr Wakmasnoor,Selepas PRU12, saya diberitahu oleh...Sdr Wakmasnoor,<BR/><BR/>Selepas PRU12, saya diberitahu oleh seorang rakan ramai pemimpin PKR tidak sangka mereka mendapat "keuntungan besar" daripada "jualan produk" mereka pada pilihanraya lalu. APAR Tian Chua pernah berkata kepada rakan saya bahawa dia terkejut dan terperanjat dengan kemenangannya. Itu dikatakan rezeki daripada keuntungan tindakan rakyat meluahkan kemarahan mereka.<BR/><BR/>Oleh itu, siapa yang menang itu fikirlah baik-baik kerana dalam politik adakalanya kita menang dan kemudian kalah semula. Ada juga yang menang sekali saja dalam seumur hidup mereka. Jadi, buatlah terbaik ketika ini dan jangan tamak tidak tentu hala sehingga yang dikejar tak dapat, yang dikendung berciciran pula.ibrahim yahayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360197638326041053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-79835040800124457812008-06-16T17:48:00.000+08:002008-06-16T17:48:00.000+08:00Salam DIY.From day one until now...itu sajalah yan...Salam DIY.<BR/><BR/>From day one until now...itu sajalah yang diperkatakan dan menjadi kegilaan mereka (PKR). <BR/><BR/>Perang saraf atau tidak, kenyataan seperti ini hanya menambahkan kesangsian Rakyat terhadap keikhlasan PKR dalam membela nasib Rakyat. Kini jelas nyata AGENDA UTAMA mereka adalah KUASA. <BR/><BR/>Sepatutnya mereka cuba belajar mentadbir Selangor dahulu. Cuba membela Rakyat dengan cara berkerajaan. Bukan terburu2.Wakmasnoorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00542766121807630788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-84469332206120760262008-06-16T17:28:00.000+08:002008-06-16T17:28:00.000+08:00Sdr Jantan Giler,Rakyat tidak akan "berlakon" untu...Sdr Jantan Giler,<BR/><BR/>Rakyat tidak akan "berlakon" untuk menunjukkan kesengsaraan mereka. Mereka juga tidak peduli jika ada pihak mengatakan mereka "berlakon" untuk mendapatkan simpati. Yang suka "berlakon untuk mendapatkan simpati" adalah golongan opportunis dan yang tidak jujur.ibrahim yahayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360197638326041053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-49697426949297432592008-06-16T16:51:00.000+08:002008-06-16T16:51:00.000+08:00Kenyataan Datuk kepada Mat Terab amat saya setuju....Kenyataan Datuk kepada Mat Terab amat saya setuju. Kita kini berada dikemelut permainan minda dan teka teki. Seperti kata George Santayana ‘ Art of Listening is to hear isn’t words’. Kesensaraan rakyat bukan teka teki tetapi itu adalah reality. – Jantan Giler-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-64104491165671268782008-06-16T16:26:00.000+08:002008-06-16T16:26:00.000+08:00Sdr Mat Terab,Saya melihat kenyataan mengenai The ...Sdr Mat Terab,<BR/><BR/>Saya melihat kenyataan mengenai The Big Day oleh pemimpin PKR terutama DSAI sebagai satu perang saraf kepada BN. Maklumat yang disebarkan semata-mata untuk mengeksploitasikan perasaan manusia agar mereka mempercayainya. Apabila mereka mempercayai bahawa hari itu akan tiba atau berlaku, maka mereka akan bersedia jiwa raga dan meletakkan seribu harapan. <BR/><BR/>Saya menyokong parti yang dipilih rakyat untuk membentuk kerajaan pada PRU lalu. Bukan parti yang dapat "berkuasa" kerana ada wakil rakyat yang melompat.ibrahim yahayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12360197638326041053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281735958764803727.post-3293678292816545232008-06-16T16:13:00.000+08:002008-06-16T16:13:00.000+08:00Harap-harap The Big Day jadi kenyataan la tak gitu...Harap-harap The Big Day jadi kenyataan la tak gitu Dato...?mat_terabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584387328048578616noreply@blogger.com