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What Can Be Done Now?

By Doug “Uncola” Lynn via TheBurningPlatform.com

In reading a recent article by Straight Line Logic’s Robert Gore  entitled “The Young Have Nothing to Lose But Their Chains”, I was reminded of a quote that always seems to surface while considering future generations:

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.

– Thomas Jefferson, (Attributed), 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

Although some claim that quote is an amalgamation of statements by Jefferson and others, it doesn’t diminish its validity.

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How Donald Trump Can Win in a Landslide

Hat tip Ed

Guest Post by the Bionic Mosquito

I have worked with and for people like Donald Trump.

You see, such people have minds that move very fast through mountains of information and are satisfied if they capture about the most relevant 20% of the key points that convey 80% of the story. They then have no problem telling you how much they know about the subject, while messing up on the 80% of the points that tell only 20% of the story.

Their minds can move faster than their mouths at times; while delivering a message to an audience, they might forget about the specific angle that should be taken with that audience – not that the message is different, but that different points need be emphasized or minimized.

They will move to tangential subjects if asked – even if not as prepared on these; they do this for all of the aforementioned reasons, plus they believe they are the smartest person in the room.

Such people can be great successes at business – the most successful people focus on the 20% that give 80% of the value; handling the rest is why they hire others.

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