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The agenda of the Illuminati – 21st part of the series

by Marvin Ramíre­z­

­Marvin  J. Ramírez­Ma­rv­in­ R­­a­m­­­í­r­­ez­­­­­

­NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Given the important and historical information contained in this 31-page article on the history of the secret and evil society, The Illuminati, El Reportero is honored to provide our readers with the opportunity to read such a document by Myron C. Fagan, which mainstream media has labeled it a conspiracy theory. To better understand this series, we suggest to also reading the previous article published in our editorials.

This is the 21st part of the series.

The following is a transcript of a recording distributed in 1967 by Myron C. Fagan. He had hoped that if enough Americans had heard (or read) this summary, the Illuminati takeover agenda for America would have been aborted, just as Russia’s Alexander I had torpedoed the Illuminati’s plans for a One World, League of Nations at the Congress of Vienna from 1814-15. Fagan correctly describes those members of congress, the executive branch, and the judicial branch of that time as TRAITORS for their role in assisting to implement the downfall of America’s sovereignty. It’s understandable that most listeners of that period would have found it impossible to believe that the Kennedy’s, for instance, were (are) part of the Illuminati plot, but he did say that Jack had a spiritual rebirth and attempted to rescue the country from the Illuminati’s stranglehold by issuing U.S. silver certificates, which apparently greatly contributed to the Illuminati’s decision to assassinate him (his son, John Jr., was also murdered because he had intended to expose his father’s killers after he gained public office).

— In short, the day that Roosevelt entered the White House, the CFR conspirators regained full control of our foreign relations machinery and firmly established the United Nations as the housing for the Illuminati one-world government. I wish to stress one other very vital point. That Wilson’s “League of Nations” flop brought Schiff and his gang to the realization that control of just the Democratic Party was not enough.

True, they could create a crisis during the Republican administration as they did in 1929 with their Federal Reserve manufactured Crash and Depression which would bring another Democrat stooge back into the White House, but they realized that a four-year disruption in their control of our foreign relation policies could play havoc with the progress of their conspiracy. It could even break up their entire strategy as it almost did before Roosevelt saved it with his recognition of the Stalin regime.

Thereupon, after that Wilson debacle, they began to formulate plans to achieve control of both of our national parties. But that posed a problem for them. They needed manpower with stooges in the Republican Party with additional manpower for the Democratic Party and because control of just the man in the White House would not be enough, they would have to provide that man with trained stooges for his entire cabinet, men to head the State Department, the Treasury Department, the Pentagon, the CFR, the USIA, etc. In short, every member of the various cabinets would have to be a chosen tool of the CFR, such as Rusk and McNamara, as well as all the under Secretaries and assistant Secretaries. That would give the conspirators absolute control of all our policies, both domestic and most important, foreign.

That course of action would require a reserve pool of trained stooges, instantaneously ready for administrative changes and for all other exigencies. All such stooges would of necessity have to be men of national reputation, high in the esteem of the people, but they would have to be­men without honor, without scruple, and without conscience.

These men would have to be vulnerable to blackmail. It is needless for me to stress how well the CFR succeeded. The immortal Joe McCarthy fully revealed that there are thousands of such security risks in all federal agencies. Scott MacLeod unmasked thousands more and you know the price that Oetega had to pay, and is still paying, for his expositions before a Senate Committee of the traitors in the State Department and you know that the men in the State Department, who delivered Cuba to Castro, have not only been shielded, but promoted. Now let’s go back to the crux of the whole oneworld government plot and the maneuvering necessary to create another “League of Nations” to house such a government.

As I have already stated, the conspirators knew that only another world war was vital for the success of their plot. It would have to be such a horrifying world war that the peoples of the world would cry out for the creation of some kind of a world organization that could secure an everlasting peace. But how could such a war be brought about? All the European nations were at peace. None had any quarrels with their neighboring nations and certainly their stooges in Moscow wouldn’t dare to start a war. Even Stalin realized that it would mean the overthrow of his regime unless, so-called, “patriotism” would weld the Russian people behind him. But the conspirators had to have a war. They had to fi nd or create some kind of an incident to launch it. They found it in a little inconspicuous and repulsive little man who called himself Adolf Hitler.

Hitler, an impecunious Austrian house painter, had been a corporal in the German army. He made the defeat of Germany into a personal grievance. He began to rabble rouse about it in the Munich, Germany area. He began to spout about restoring the greatness of the German Empire and the might of the German solidarity. He advocated the restoration of the old German military to be used to conquer the whole world. Strangely enough, Hitler, the little clown that he was, could deliver a rabble rousing speech and he did have a certain kind of magnetism.

But the new authorities in Germany didn’t want anymore wars and they promptly threw the obnoxious Austrian house painter into a prison cell. IT WILL CONTINUE ON THE NEXT WEEK’S EDITION.

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Why focus on health freedom?

por Mike Adams,

Health Ranger Editor of NaturalNews.com

(NaturalNews) We’ve been covering health freedom topics with great intensity lately, and that has taken away from our typical coverage of natural cures, herbal remedies, medicinal foods and so on. Some people are asking why we’ve shifted our focus, and I want to answer those questions with clarity and determination.

It’s one thing to know HOW to use herbs and superfoods, and there’s a wealth of knowledge to be gained in that area. But it’s another thing entirely to have ACCESS to those herbs and superfoods without being criminalized or harassed by the government in the process. I would say that unless you have access to those healing remedies, all the knowledge in the world of how to use them makes no difference.

Our access to natural healing remedies, superfoods and herbs is under constant threat. For example, the FDA has outlawed supplement companies and food companies from offering scientificallyvalidated free speech about their products. If a cherry company links to a scientific study on its website, providing a scientific basis for clinical evidence that cherries can help prevent gout, for example, the FDA sends them a threatening letter claiming they may be subjected to criminal prosecution, have their products seized, and even thrown in prison for selling “unapproved drugs.” (http://www.naturalnews.com/019366.html)

Both local and federal authorities, meanwhile, have declared war on raw milk producers, treating them like drug dealers with armed raids, arrests and criminal prosecutions. If milking a cow and selling that milk to your neighbor is now a federal crime, what other foods or natural substances might the feds go after next? (It looks like they may soon outlaw the selling of breast milk!) With the passage of the recent Food Safety Modernization Act, the FDA will be moving forward with so-called Codex Alimentarius harmonization.

It’s written right into the bill text (http://www.naturalnews.com/030863_f…). This law also requires the FDA to set up enforcement offices in foreign nations to run a global food safety scheme that will try to pasteurize, irradiate or fumigate virtually all foods entering the United States. This is an effort to kill these foods and destroy most of their nutritive qualities. “Safety” is just the excuse to sterilize your food.

This same law also gives the FDA authority to inspect and shut down backyard gardeners, small local famers, small greenhouse operations, people who sell items at the farmers’ market, and so on. No, these groups are not automatically exempt from the bill as was claimed by bill proponents: They must “apply” to be granted exemption by the FDA — a process requiring them to produce tax returns, safety documentation and a pile of paperwork that the FDA can choose to declare “insufficient.”

With our health ­freedoms under attack, it’s crucial that we take a stand and support our Natural Law rights (Godgiven rights) to grow our own food and medicine, to buy food and natural medicine, and to sell what we grow to our local neighbors and community members. All these rights are under assault by the federal government, and if we don’t work to oppose the tyrants who want to take away our access to healing foods, herbs and supplements, we may end up living in a nation where vitamins are outlawed (or at least the natural, food-based vitamins are), herbs are regulated off the shelves and local farmers’ markets are shut down. Instead of getting your food from a neighbor, you’ll have to get it from a food factory that passes the FDA’s “safety” inspections even though it’s still injecting aspartame, sodium nitrite and a MSG into its food products. (The FDA considers all those chemical food additives to be “safe,” believe it or not.)

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Jesse Ventura lawsuit to ignite TSA revolt

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by Paul Joseph Watson

Infowars.com

The scanners at the airports have become a nightmare for millions of travellers, who have to endure being watched naked in the: machines. (PHOTO BY AP)The scanners at the airports have become a nightmare for millions of travellers, who have to endure being watched naked in the machines. (PHOTO BY AP)

News that Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura is striking back against being personally subjected to TSA harassment by suing the federal agency is sure to re-ignite a TSA revolt that has led many airports to consider abandoning the TSA altogether and replacing them with private security, while the TSA has until the end of today to respond to a FOIA request filed by former Congressman Bob Barr that could send further shockwaves through the Homeland Security-controlled federal body.

Having first privately told Alex Jones back in November of his intention to sue the TSA in a lawsuit that directly names DHS chief Janet Napolitano and TSA head John Pistole, yesterday’s announcement of legal proceedings against new invasive groping measures introduced last year has provoked a tidal wave of media coverage.

The TSA has become embroiled in a number of lawsuits and legal challenges over the past few months as the agency’s policies are flagrantly abused by TSA staffers in numerous blatant examples of sexual harassment, violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and wanton disregard for the 4th amendment to the Constitution.

Nowhere was this more evident than in the case of Lynsie Murley, 24, of Amarillo, Texas, who received compensation from the agency after TSA workers pulled down her blouse, exposed her breasts and then laughed in her face, leaving Murley, “extremely embarrassed and humiliated” according to the lawsuit.

The actions of Ventura, who is risking his television career by refusing to fly until TSA policies are changed, are sure to once again stir a

national debate about TSA ­policies that peaked back in November and culminated in a national opt out day protest on Thanksgiving.

The revolt was led largely by the Drudge Report website, which flexed its significant media muscle to ensure the issue was kept in constant focus for weeks on end.

In a crude political stunt designed to deflate the success of the opt out protest, the TSA completely reversed its procedures as travelers across the country reported that the agency had temporarily roped off naked body scanners and relaxed supposedly mandatory invasive pat down policies.

This led to former Congressman Bob Barr’s Liberty Guard organization filing a Freedom of Information Act request demanding an explanation as to why the TSA felt comfortable in briefly mothballing policies it claimed were vital for national security simply as a propaganda ploy. Stock up with Fresh Food that lasts with eFoodsDirect (Ad) Obviously reticent to address the FOIA, the TSA pulled out all the legal tricks to delay their response and in fact Liberty Guard’s Shane Cory informs us via email today that the agency has until the end of the day to formally respond to the FOIA request.

Any admission that the TSA amended its policies as part of a coordinated media stunt will send shockwaves through an agency already on the ropes, and we’ll have more on this story within the next 24 hours. Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a fill-in host for The Alex Jones Show. Watson has been interviewed by many publications and radio shows, including Vanity Fair and Coast to Coast AM, America’s most listened to late night talk show.

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Journalism groups press to preserve network neutrality

by Amalia Deloney and Joseph Torres

Last August, Latino organizations throughout the country joined forces to launch the coalition “Latinos for Internet Freedom” warning our community that the future of the free and open Internet was in jeopardy.

It now seems that our worst fears are about to be realized. The Internet is the most transformative communications network of our time because of the principle of Network Neutrality, which requires Internet service providers to treat all Web traffic equally. And for years big companies like Comcast, AT&T and Verizon have been trying to get rid of Net Neutrality. Now, finally, the Federal Communications Commission is poised to weigh in on this crucial issue. According to numerous reports, the rules being proposed by FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski would fundamentally change how the Internet has always operated.

If approved at the Commission’s Dec. 21 meeting, the chairman’s proposed rules would permit companies to discriminate online for the first time by interfering with the public’s ability to have unfettered access to content of their choice. The rules are worse for wireless, allowing carriers to block, degrade and slow down applications they don’t like. That is especially problematic for Latinos because mobile phones are the primary way this growing and significant segment of the community (almost 20 percent) accesses the Internet.

It would permit the big phone and cable companies to favor their own online content or that belonging to a select few by creating a pay-for-play scheme known as paid prioritization.

Any company that can’t afford the extra cost will be slowed down. The FCC chairman’s proposal is fake Net Neutrality that betrays President Obama’s pledge to “take a back seat to no one” on the issue. Many critics of open Internet protections claim that only so-called “privilege” Internet users care about Network Neutrality.

But this bogus argument is dismissive of the nearly 20 million Latinos who are online and use the open Internet to communicate with our families, organize in our communities, fight discrimination, support our businesses, educate our children, and speak for ourselves online.

In recent years, we have seen the Latino community use the power of the open Internet to fight for immigrant rights or to denounce anti-immigrant hate speech spewed by media personalities like former CNN host Lou Dobbs.

That is why more than 45 Latino organizations including, Presente.org, Center for Media Justice, National Hispanic Media Coalition and National Association of Hispanic Journalists joined the Latinos for Internet Freedom coalition to fight to preserve the open Internet that has allowed our community to speak for ourselves and tell our own stories.

The FCC chairman’s proposal would make it harder for Latinos to establish an online media presence. It would erect the same kind of economic barriers online that historically have prevented Latinos from owning their own radio and TV stations.

To get his proposed rule passed, the FCC chairman will need the support of Commissioners Michael Copps and Mignon Clyburn, both of whom have strong ­track records of standing up for the interests of the Latino community and communities of color.

We urge Commissioners Copps and Clyburn not to vote for a fake Network Neutrality rule that fails on several counts. It fails to ban paid prioritization, does not extend protections to wireless networks, does not close all loopholes, thus allowing broadband providers to exempt themselves from the rules; doesn’t prevent the creation of a private Internet, nor does it establish the commission’s clear legal authority to pass open Internet protections.

To protect our Internet freedom, the commission needs to hear not just from lobbyists, but from the public. Hispanic Link.

(Amalia deloney is the grassroots policy director for the Center for Media Justice. Joseph Torres is senior advisor for the public interest group Free Press. Contact the FCC at Juliu s.genachowski@fcc.gov. . Phone 202-418-1000).

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Boxing

­Friday, Jan. 14, 2011 — at Key West, FL (ESPN2)

Peter Manfredo Jr. vs. José Rodríguez.

Edwin Rodríguez vs. Aaron Pryor Jr.

Friday, Jan. 28, 2011 — at TBA, USA (ESPN2)

Chris Arreóla vs. Joey Abell

John Molina vs. Raymundo Beltran.

Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011 — at Pontiac, MI (HBO)

WBC/WBO light welterweight titles: Devon Alexander vs. Timothy Bradley Ryan Coyne vs. TBA.

Saturday, Feb. 19, 2011 — at TBA, USA (HBO)

WBC/WBO bantamweight titles: Fernando Montiel vs. Nonito Donaire.

Saturday, Mar. 5, 2011 — at Copenhagen, Denmark

Evander Holyfield vs. Brian Nielsen.

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Start the year with good music

por Yashenka Baca y Mark Carney

Coro Hispano de SFCoro Hispano de SF

Machete DVD set for release

The revenge-drama, Machete, will be released on Jan. 4, 2011, on Blu-ray and DVD. The film, directed by Robert Rodríguez, who also directed Sin City and Grindhouse,stars Danny Trejo, Robert DeNiro, and Jessica Alba. In the film, Machete, played by Trejo, is left for dead, but alas! he is not; soon, all feel his wrath: assassins, paramilitary squadrons and a drug cartel. The Blu-ray disc contains many scenes of violence and nudity edited from the movie. It will cost $39.99, and the DVD $29.98.

Art exhibition in the Mission

Southern Exposure, a nonprofit visual arts organization founded in 1974 and located in the Mission district, will be exhibiting the works of three artists in Jan. 2011. Universal Remote, an exhibition created by Jaime Cortez, is a meditation on the life and death of pop musician Michael Jackson; Both are True, by Ginger Wolf-Suarez, deconstructs experience into its sensory particles; Every Stone Unturned, by Kenneth Lo, is a self-examination, by the artist, of his life’s purpose.

The exhibitions run from Jan. 7 to Feb. 11, with a reception to introduce the artists and their exhibitions on Jan. 7.

In addition, two of these artists, Cortez and Wolfe-Suarez, will present public programs. On Jan. 29, Cortez will curate a performance of Truth Be Told, which, like his exhibition, will explore the meaning of Michael Jackson’s death. Singer Cedric Brown, and authors Tisa Bryant, Joel Tan and Ignacio Valero will also be on hand to eulogize the selfproclaimed King of Pop. On Feb. 10, Wolfe-Suárez will lead a discussion, entitled Uncertainty of the Expanded Field, which will be, in fine, a lecture on the history of West Coast sculpture, followed by a panel discussion. Southern Exposure, 3030 20th St., SF. (415) 863-2141 or www.soex.org.

Kings’ Concert at the Mission Cultural Center

The Coro Hispano de San Francisco, funded in 1975 to celebrate the bicentenary of the Mission and leader in the preservation of the Latin American coral legacy, will present a free concert aimed at those who love their extensive vocal ­and group repertoire. With songs and music from Latin America, Spain and Portugal, the concert promises to make you dance from your seats and send you home happier than when you arrived. On Jan. 8, 2011, at 1 p.m., at the main Gallery of the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco. (415) 821-1155.

Teatro Raw-Dios HeadRush Productions presents its new play Raw-God. When a popular radio DJ publically questions the war, he is forced to elect between the prestige and his principles. Meanwhile, the radio you listen will also have to decide what side they are in. Josie Talamantez, leader of Programming in the Counsel of Arts of California said “Master Raw-God, is a contemporary and incisive piece that combines a rich history, artistic quality and social comment.” January 20, 21 and 22, at 7:30 p.m. Admission $15. Young, students and seniors $12. Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, 2868 Mission Street, San Francisco. (415) 821-1155.

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Here’s the season for Grammy Awards nomination news

by Antonio Mejías-Rentas

Bruno MarsBruno Mars

The second most nominated artist for the 2011 Grammy Awards is a 25- year-old singer, songwriter and producer who honed his talents performing as a child with his Puerto Rican-Filipino musical family. Bruno Mars had seven nod, mostly for his collaborations with other singers, when Grammy nominations were announced Dec. 1. He was bested only by rapper Eminem, who has 10 Grammy nominations this year. Three of his nominations are for Nothing on You, a hit by rapper B.o.B, in which Mars is featured as a guest vocalist and which competes for Record of the Year. The two singers share a nomination for Best Rap/ Sung Collaboration and Mars earned his third nod in the Best Rap Song category as one of its songwriters.

Mars competes against himself with a second nomination in the Record of the Year category, as one of the producers of another raphit, F… You by Cee Lo Green. He has a second nomination as one of the songwriters of F… You, in the Song of the Year category.

As a member of the producing team The Smeezingtons, Mars shares a Producer of the Year nomination with partners Philip Lawrence and Ari Levine. His only nomination for solo work is in the Best Male Pop Performance category for Just the Way You Are, the first single from his debut album.

Released in October, the album Doo-Wops & Hooligans (Elektra) did not qualify for most Grammy categories this year and may still earn Mars a Best New Artist nod for the 2012 awards.

­Mars was born Peter Gene Hernndez in Honolulu, Hawaii. His father, a Puerto Rican percussionist from New York formed a musical act that featured his vocalist Filipina wife and several other family members and performed doo-wop and Motown hits in Waikiki hotels. Nicknamed Bruno after a chubby wrestler, Mars first performed as a 4-year-old Elvis impersonator. Praising his showmanship, a recent New York Times article described him as “one of the most versatile and accessible singers in pop, with a light, soul-influenced voice that’s an easy fit in a range of styles…” and called Mars “the most important male singer working in hip-hop.”

Mars is one of a handful of Latino recording artists nominated in non-Latin music Grammy categories this year: Los Lobos compete in the Best Rock Instrumental Performance category for Do The Murray, and Danilo Pérez has a nod in the Best Jazz Instrumental Album category, for Providencia.

The biggest news in the Latin music categories was who did not get nominated. There were no nominations ­in the Mexican Regional category because fewer than 10 qualifying submissions were received, according to the Recording Academy. The hardtodefine category has been awarded only in 2009 and 2010, and is one of seven existing in the awards’ Latin field. A complete list of nominees is available at www.grammy.com. Hispanic Link.

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California faces a scarcity of teachers

Compiled by Mark Carney

The Center for the ­Future of Teaching and Learning reported this past December 14th that California is at risk of a shortage of teachers due to the recent budget cuts and changes taking place in the educational bureaucracy in the last three years.

According to the report, California’s Teaching Force 2010, the planned cutbacks, amounting to more than $20 billion, will impair the state’s ability to recruit and train new teachers, thus endangering the quality of education to be received in the next few years by some 200,000 new students. Patrick Shields, director of SRI International, commented that the pool of available teachers in California is being drained off. “When the districts decide what to do, in terms of these budget cuts, they almost always choose not to hire teachers when there are vacant positions or to lay off teachers, which means that even though the number of students doesn’t change, the classroom size increases, “ he added.

Shields said that,” the cutbacks have made it hard for teachers to reach the increased expectations for academic performance,” and added that fewer people are choosing to embrace the teaching profession. The report foresees a reduction of 40 percent in the credentialing of teachers in the universities, which might cause state universities to cancel some teaching programs.

Brown announces restitution of $2.4 million to defrauded businesses

The offi ce of California Attorney General Edmund Brown announced a payment of $2.4 million by those responsible for an illegal scheme that threatened thousands of California companies with fines and even suspension of business licenses unless they turned in fraudulent forms along with the “obligatory” payment of a tax.

“The imposters used documents very similar to offi cial ones to obtain payment, “ Brown said. “This settlement ends the fraud and assures monetary restitution to the companies that were defrauded, “Brown added.

The offi ce had success last year when they managed to combine the cases of those responsible for the fraud in order to return the money to the affected businesses. The investigation determined that more than 5,000 businesses paid a $195 “tax” to this fraudulent organization established in Los Angeles County.

Assemblywoman Ma against Congestion Pricing

Fiona Ma, an assemblywoman representing the 12th District, which includes portions of San Mateo and San Francisco Counties, spoke out against the controversial proposal of the San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFTA) to charge drivers for entering and leaving downtown San Francisco.

Despite their recent revision of the proposal to permit free entrance and exit from San Mateo County, the SFTA proposal would still apply to drivers inside the city. “Working families cannot afford to pay outrageous fees just to drive from west of Twin Peaks to downtown. The SFTA should proceed with caution before approving any final congestion pricing plan. The reality is that many families have no other choice but to drive their children to school, soccer practice and the doctor’s offi ce, “ Ma said.

Ma has vowed to block passage of the law in the state legislature. (Translated by Mark Carney)

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Social Security is not insurance

by Ron Paul

Infowars.com

Perhaps the biggest media story of 2010 was the influence of Tea Party voters on the congressional landscape. The new congress comes to Capitol Hill with a mandate to end profligate spending and restore fiscal sanity, we are told. But when the House and Senate convene in January, the newly elected members will face tremendous pressure to maintain spending levels for entitlement programs. Even the most modest proposals to trim Social Security or Medicare spending will be met with howls of indignation and threats of voter revolt. Legislators who propose any kind of means testing or increased retirement ages can expect angry visits from senior citizen lobbyists ready to fund a candidate back home who supports the status quo.

But millions of Americans now realize that the status quo is an illusion that will not last even another 10 or 20 years. The federal government cannot continue to spend a trillion dollars more than it collects in revenue each year, because we are running out of creditors. Fiscal reality is setting in, and the consequences may be grim even if Congress finds the courage to take decisive action now.

Courage begins with a commitment to see things as they are, rather than how we wish they were. When it comes to Social Security, we must understand that the system does not represent an old age pension, an “insurance” program, or even a forced savings program. It simply represents an enormous transfer payment, with younger workers paying taxes to fund benefits.

There is no Social Security trust fund, and you don’t have an “account.” Whether you win or lose the Social Security lottery is a function of when you happened to be born and how long you live to collect benefits. Of course young people today have every reason to believe they will never collect those benefits.

Notice that neither political party proposes letting people opt out of Social Security, which exposes the lie that your contributions are set aside and saved. After all, if your contributions really are put aside for your retirement, the money is there earning interest, right? If your money is in your “account,” what difference would it make if your neighbor chooses not to participate in the program?

The truth, of course, is that your contributions are not put aside. Social Security is simply a tax. Like all taxes, the money collected is spent immediately as general revenue to fund the federal government. But no administration will admit that Social Security is nothing more than an accounting ledger with no money. You will collect benefits only if future tax revenues materialize as hoped; the money you paid into the system is long gone.

My hope is that at least some members of the new Congress will cut ­through the distortions and see Social Security as it really is. The best way to fix the impending Social Security crisis is also the simplest: allow younger individuals to opt out of the program and use their tax savings to invest privately as they see fit. This is the true private solution. Your money has never been safe in the government’s hands, and it never will be.

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A nation of immigrants

por Jorge Mujica

Mexico del Norte

According to general wisdom, this country is supposed to be “A nation of immigrants”. It must be true, because very few are the gringos who can take a look at their genealogy without ending up in two or three generation on the other side of the sea. Either sea, Atlantic or Pacific. The ones not descending from Brits are descendents of their Irish or Scott neighbors, or they jumped another sea, the English Channel, and are descendants of German, French, Polish, Norway, or from countries that don’t even exist today, like the Soviet Union or Prussia. Or they jumped even more seas, and came from Italy or Greece and beyond.

Or they come from across the other sea, from China, Japan, Vietnam, Korea, or from many African countries, in which case they were not voluntary migrants. Just the same, almost everyone crossed at least a sea, until we started coming here.

But as the Spanish saying goes, “Como te ves me vi…,” or “you are seen today as I was seen sometime ago…” It is one thing to be a descendant of immigrants and another one to be a “friend of immigrants,” despite the declarations of a bunch of politicians. Each wave of immigrants has tried to stop and discriminated against the next wave of immigrants. Working on a project, the Immigration Calendar for 2011, I was frankly surprised about this resistance. The first law restricting immigration dates from 1790, just 14 years alter the Declaration of independence.

It restricted immigration to people of “good moral character”, absurd classification between “good” and “bad” immigrants still used today. Eight years later the Alien Sedition Act was issued to deport “dangerous immigrants”. The XIX Century did not see many anti immigrant laws, but many brutal anti immigrant actions.

Two examples are the assassinations disguised as executions of the Irish miners organized in the “Molly McGuires,” and that of the Martyrs of Chicago of May Day. Legally, at the end of the century it prohibited foreigners to own land in the United States.

The Alien Danger

In 1911, Joe Hill, the very dangerous Swedishborn immigrant, was executed before a phony trial in Utah in 1917, after a twoweek strike, 1,186 “dangerous” miners were deported from Arizona, and in 1927 the dangerous Italians Sacco and Vanzetti were “legally” assassinated. Seventy years after their execution their trial was declared invalid. Between 1932 and 1936, a million-and-a-half Mexican immigrants and their U.S.- born daughters and sons were deported and “depatriated” to free jobs for American citizens, just like the Barack Obama administration is doing these days.

In 1917 Asians were banned from immigrating to the U.S., and by the way, it included “illiterate, alcoholic, stowaways, vagrants, persons of psychopathic inferiority, and epileptic immigrants.” Just because, Philippines were banned in 1934. In the second half of the century, “subversive actions”, from Nazi to communist, were seen as impediments to immigrate. From 2001 on, don’t even think about it… we are all terrorists in the eyes of the government.

But let’s be fair, despite that I have done 400 writings saying we are not dangerous immigrants, the truth is, we are. Among dozens of examples of this are the Molly McGuires, Alfred Renton (Harry) Bridges, Joe Hill and Daniel DeLeón, all worker’ organizers; John Altgeld, dangerous Illinois’ immigrant governor who opposed the use of the Army to break the Pullman strike; Lucy González Parson, striker, suffragist and rebel rouser beyond borders.

Beyond individual examples, there were crowds of Greek, Italian, German, Swedish, Russian and Irish immigrants who founded labor unions, stroke everywhere and sat-in in factories and mines, forcing the country to set up the Social Security, Unemployment Compensation, Minimum Wage, 8 hour workday and many other “foreign” and “dangerous” ideas.

­It is our time now, it is our wave, and we hold the most dangerous of all ideas, the idea that we all are equal and that we have the same right to immigrate as many others before us. We face the same treatment they all faced, but in the end we shall overcome. And I just hope we change the dynamic of trying to screw up the next wave of immigrants. It is 2011, time to change the country as the others changed it before us.

And, by the way, learn history. Instead of hanging a pretty cats or horses calendar in your kitchen, buy the “We The Immigrants 2011” calendar. Order it at wetheimmigrants@gmail.com

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