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We Move Like We're Suspended in Amber by: keirdubois Wed Jan 27, 2010 at 06:54:56 PST He wondered again at the bewildering gullibility of people. How baffling it was that even the most cunning and clever people would frequently see only what they wanted to see, and would rarely look beyond the thinnest of facades. Or they would ignore reality, dismissing it as the facade. And then, when their whole world fell to pieces and they were on their knees slitting their bellies or cutting their throats, or cast out into the freezing world, they would tear their topknots or rend their clothes and bewail their karma, blaming gods or luck or their lords or husbands or vassals-anything or anyone-but never themselves. "Say what?" My brother looks up from his computer, a Warcraft raid frozen on its monitor. "I didn't catch that, dude." I shift my ass on the living room couch in my brother's San Clemente apartment. His fiancée clanks some dishes in the kitchen, preparing for her own birthday party.   There's More... :: (3 Comments, 986 words in story)

Red Pill blogs in the American Matrix by: ANKOSS Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 10:00:48 PDT ( - promoted by buhdydharma ) Never has so much accurate and impartial information been so thoroughly ignored by the general public as in the current econmic downturn. There are numerous sites on the Internet that have been accurately predicting the steady decline of the world economy while government cheerleaders and corrupt "journalists" have been encouraging the public to smoke green shoots. As a public service, I will post a few links that are the equivalent of the "red pill" in the Matrix. The Automatic Earth Zero Hedge James Howard Kunstler Naked Capitalism Stirling Newberry at Firedog Lake Jesse's Cafe Americain Calculated Risk If you have the least interest in understanding the magnitude and direction of the economic turmoil around us, you owe it to yourself to swallow the Red Pill and visit these sites. Otherwise, you will be trapped in a Matrix dream characterized by this ridiculous headline from today's New York Times business section: "June Sales at Ford Fall Less Than G.M. or Chrysler" By contrast, here is a quote from Cafe Americain that shows the attitude of the Red Pill blogs: We are on the record in the opinion that the Obama economic team is ineffective, backward-thinking, compromised, and possibly corrupt. They are serving the corporate banks and not the people. They should be replaced starting with Larry Summers who is a Greenspan and Rubin crony and the core of failure on the team. Tim Geithner should follow to find better employment for his talents, possibly as a salesman of men's suits. Discuss :: (16 Comments)