Arkady's Thoughts

Inevitably while exploring the nature of our frail financial system one gets awfully suspicious of the big bad federal reserve, an institution created by several bankers and politicians at the turn of the century in order to avoid banking panics.  Several core tasks of the Federal Reserve were to preserve and maintain the health of the American economy and avoid banking panics the likes of 1908.  A secondary and rather subjective task was to preserve the integrity of the US Dollar.  After eleven recessions, a great depression and the current financial crisis one would agree that the Fed failed.  Worse yet, since 1913 (The Fed's creation) the dollar has lost 95% of it's value, so that is another second failure.  A catastrophic failure of such proportion would send most private corporations into exile and permanent banishment, but since the Fed is the creation of Congress and the Fed's members are partially appointed by our Government - continued failure can be ...

In case you have been living under a rock, recently a tragedy unfolded in Washington DC at the sight of a massive Holocaust museum where a deranged gunman fatally shot a guard . The story is deeply saddening considering that the shooter was an 88 year old nut job and reminds us that evil comes in many forms and shapes. What is equally interesting about the development is the portrayal of the shooter in the media and from the left in general. I have collected a few samples from the web that depict the shooter; James von Brunn as a right-wing extremist. Why does this matter to me? I have been called many things; conservative, right-winger, nut job , republican, hardliner, etc. I assure you that I have very little to do with the musings of Mr. Brunn as I will demonstrate later. Washington Independent -‘Right-Wing’ Rhetoric on Hold After Museum Shooting - "The details of von Brunn ’s life and views spilled out across the airwaves and across the Internet, revealing ties to neo -...

If you have been reading any of my articles then you know my general dislike for conspiracy theories and those that espouse them. Specifically Ron Paul's supporters and 9-11 T ruthers the embodiment of everything wrong with tinfoil hat wearing nutcases. I could care less you think there was a 2nd gunman or the bullet was embued with magical properties, but do not accuse our government of killing almost 3,000 of our citizens. Conspiracy theories will always be around us, like festering tumors in the heart of society and I have largely come to terms with that. I have written my theory as to why people turn to this dark "science" and stipulate that an absence of religion must be a primary explanation. For those of you who know me, this might sound hypocritical because I am an atheist, but my atheism does not push me into believing that some shadow organization is trying to control the world. I find it amusing that conspiracy nuts destroy the concept of religion and level a...

Someone on facebook (from a conservative group) sent me a link to the Obama Deception movie, a documentary by Alex Jones. This will be coming out on March 15 th and there is a short preview on the website, but no additional information. I watched the preview and frankly, I am a little disturbed. If this is what the conservative/libertarian base is rallying around, then we are stooping lower than Michael Moore, possibly much lower. While I recognize it is dangerous to judge a movie by a preview, the following signs lead me to believe that this not only comes from a Ron Paul supporter, but one of the crazier Ron Paul supporters a distinction probably not worth making anymore. - New World Order mentioned, first sign of a conspiracy nut. - Illuminati and free masonry symbols shown. - Manchurian candidate and shadow control from up and above. I gathered this much from just watching a two minute movie clip. I then researched Alex Jones and found his website, called InfoWars which at firs...

The Internet is a beautiful thing, most will argue that it is probably the most substantial technological advancement humanity has experienced since the automobile. The ability to communicate and disseminate information at such rapid rates has made our society more aware, more educated and regrettably more paranoid. I am talking about the emergence of conspiracy theories that seem to dominate our political landscape now more than ever. I have pondered much on the reasoning behind this rapid development and attribute the Internet as the catalyst. Still, the propensity for a human being to lean towards a conspiracy is still somewhat of a mystery to me and something I would like to explore. My first stipulation is that human nature since the beginning of time has gravitated towards explanations of events that are of a certain magnitude and significance. Ever since early man discovered the wrath of mother nature and without any scientific explanation was forced to turn to religion as the...

Ron Paul got up in front of Congress and very simply in about two sentences, stated that Israel created Hamas . (Video below) The problem of course is that as a politician he created himself some wiggle room in case he is ever confronted, after all he could spin this in a multitude of ways. He could easily say "Israel never stopped Hamas from forming, therefore they helped create them". Whatever, not the point. What Ron Paul did however is set off a virtual firestorm among his constituency and much more importantly, among the anti-Israeli crowd as if they need any additional encouragement. Just perusing the YouTube videos alone, will give you an indication of how passionate and emboldened his supporters are upon hearing this. They praise him for being a lone voice of reason, a hero, etc. The truth is that Ron Paul is either purposely spreading vague misinformation or somehow - I have a hard time believing this - truly believes this garbage. For now we have the effect ...