Now with Haiti, I have been reading up quite a bit on it recently and the reality in the situation. There are reports claiming US is trying to occupy the country and they are after uranium and oil that it has. Other reports talk about the military being put there on purpose to further bankrupt the nation and lend it more money to further enslave its citizens forcing the country to give up their natural resources in return for the debt they owe.

The point I am making is that people seem to quickly make assumptions and believe anything the media tells them when in reality the media is filtered and is used as a communication tool to alter our perceptions and obviously not for our benefit but for others, those at the top.

@ Mike: Welcome and thank you for your comments! I think we are all connected and we can see ourselves in so many different people and situations — it’s fascinating to me. I’ve also checked out your blog… it’s great stuff as well! Looking forward to more articles.

Oh and Mac, stop reading the conspiracy theories. Peak Oil is as big a myth as man made global warming. It’s as real as the tooth fairy.

Just a quick note America prospered after WW2 because it destroyed(physically) it’s competition in the war. Those nations where rebuilding, like Japan, Germany, now those very country’s threaten the US industry to the point that it needs tax payer bailouts…
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Yea it is a fad, and it saddens me. As for the created problems… I just know I have to remind myself everyday that my problems really aren’t that big. One thing that really pissed me off (I just remembered), and it was a while ago since I last heard about it, was cankle surgery. CANKLE surgery. Really, now?

1) Americans were not always as dependent on oil as they are now. We’ve been around much longer than cars, and we were already a self-sustaining nation well before cars and oils were the major influence that they are now. Yes oil did have a part in getting us to where we are now, BUT it is definitely not the only factor. I’m willing to bet if oil ran out tomorrow, some smart people will find a way around it. I don’t buy into the doom and gloom at all. Sometimes people need a rug pulled out from under them before they start thinking of other options. Up until now, we’ve never had to seriously think about other options.

2) By the time America won independence from Britain in the 1700s, the citizens/colonists already had a basic but sustainable economic foundation laid. They had business connections, they had business owners, they already had a stable system of government in place. Contrast that with Haiti, which in my opinion, broke away from France too soon. So now you have a new nation with mostly newly minted ex-slaves who aren’t accustomed to sustaining themselves outside of working on someone else’s plantation. They didn’t have a whole lot of connections then and they aren’t much better off now. They didn’t have a lot of business skills then and they aren’t much better off now. Back in the 1800s they promised France millions of francs in order to get France to recognize them as a nation. With what money? Using what business model? Ever since then Haiti has been bankrupt.

3) Re: not teaching Haitians how to fish. What do you propose then? You’re saying that America has too much dependency on foreign oil and that it will cause a crisis. Wouldn’t we be creating a dependency with Haiti if we just keep giving them food and money without showing them how to get it on their own? We’ve been giving aid to Haiti for decades and they aren’t really that much better off than they were before.

4) I don’t understand your logic behind blaming the earthquake on Haitians because they choose to live over a fault. It’s like blaming Canadians for living in subzero temperatures and if they die from frost, its their fault. Or blaming people in Florida for choosing to live in Hurricane alley so if they die, it’s their fault. Maybe it is their fault, but what difference does it make? Every place has its dangers, where do you suggest we move? Pluto? And who knows what dangers await there? I’ve never heard of a place that is completely free from natural disaster or bad weather. If you know of any, please let me know so I can move there.

Government functions only when their is fear in the people. The people do what they are told. The moment its the other way around, people get what they want like in France.

Their is blame for the Haitians in my opinion if you know that you are settled on fault lines which may cause earthquakes…

I have to disagree with you on the topic of teaching “Hatti” how to “fish”. North americas great prosperity came because of a lot of oil. Many products that use use come from hydrocarbons. Cars, tires, pesticides, fuel, toothpaste and so on. The problem is that oil is a finite resource, and many people have with the data on the oil reserves realized that America is Dependant heavily on foreign oil and natural gas. (You can do extensive research by typing in Peak Oil, End of Suburbia, Collapse, Mike Ruppert)

Combine that cheap oil which aloud America to pretty much dominate the markets is know having problems. As well as the amount of debt they got, the reality is America will be in a crisis as well.

Great post though, keep it up!