The war industry is the only really profitable industry left in the US. It's close to uncompetitive, extremely high profit, and needs wars to consume its products. It can produce money by looting countries, but the loot is no longer big enough to justify the cost.

The result is an economy being destroyed by the owners of an industry who are destroying both themselves and their enemies out of a shortsightedness induced by greed.

I think it virtually a certainty there will be violence in the US, and an increasing acceptance of the fascism that already dominates its political workings.

The only escape from it is to go to church and listen to stories about how we should love others, even if they are Samaritans.

 I was going to post on poverty alone. I''m sure somewhere in my history or life guns have been involved..but frankly.. poverty sucks. Thankfully I am not spiritually poor today... it is such a dance though.

Quoted from Canada Without Poverty website

As expected, the effects of the recession were felt across the country and caused an increase in the number of Canadians struggling with low-income.  Yesterday, STATSCAN released its report on incomes for 2009, which indicated that almost 10% of the population (3.2 million) is struggling with poverty, and average incomes have stagnated.   This confirms what many social justice and anti-poverty advocates have long stated in the past year looking at recent foodbank and social assistance reports – poverty in Canada is getting worse.

In 1989 the Canadian House of Commons voted unanimously to end child poverty by the year 2000. 

Perhaps ending poverty is like finding peace, an impossible dream, although how will we ever know when we don't make the effort....

LB

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Give me the money that has been spent in war and I will clothe every man, woman, and child in an attire of which kings and queens will be proud.  I will build a schoolhouse in every valley over the whole earth.  I will crown every hillside with a place of worship consecrated to peace. 

      Charles Sumner (1811-1874)

What can we afford?  Hopefully, not this "future":  The Curfew.

The year is 2027.  The UK's "Shepherd Party" dominates its citizens by playing on their fears of terrorism.  It does this by, if you obey, you gain Citizen Points -- if you disobey, you lose Citizen Points.  All else is explained within the 'game'.