Re: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: Remember Armistice Day

Hi Mary,
I understand that it appears that the Corporate American Empire(ACE)
has troops and advisors in places where it seems they have no
investments. But if you do a search, taking any of the areas you are
questioning, and google the name of the country or area, with the
question, "Why is the USA involved in this nation/area"?
It could be that we are "protecting" some mineral deposits. We might
be staking our claim in order to prevent another world power, like
China, from getting in ahead of us. It could be a place we feel is
important to our control of an area, like our heavy support of Israel
in order to maintain our foot in the door of the Middle East. But I
am personally convinced that the Empire is not wasting resources in
areas that have no value...present or future.
Let me know what you think.

Carl Jarvis


On 10/21/17, MARY CONVY <CCRUSER@msn.com> wrote:
> Carl, We are in far too many places where we have no corporate interests.
> What the heck are we doing in Niger and when did anyone tell us we were
> sending troops there? Get us out.
>
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> Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: Remember Armistice Day
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> On 10/20/17, Carl Jarvis <carjar82@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Mary,
>> Miriam summed it up perfectly. Those troops are in place to defend
>> our military industry and the corporations profiting from it. These
>> are the same corporations that have taken over our American
>> government, and turned our citizens into consumers. So every holiday
>> is another opportunity to force American Consumers to buy buy buy. We
>> have been under years of conditioning to become enraged if any upstart
>> nation dares to challenge our right(our corporate right) to plunder
>> when and where we wish.
>> And by the way, one reason I love this list so much is because we can
>> say whatever is on our mind, and those who read our words are not
>> forced in any way to accept a single word. No cash, no credit cards,
>> no coupons, no going into debt. It's all free!
>> Carl Jarvis
>>
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>> On 10/20/17, MARY CONVY <CCRUSER@msn.com> wrote:
>>> Carl, We have 1.3 million troops stationed around the world. They are
>>> trained to fight, not make peace. I worry much more about our
>>> militarization
>>> than commercialism of holidays.
>>>
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>>> From: blind-democracy-bounce@freelists.org
>>> <blind-democracy-bounce@freelists.org> on behalf of Carl Jarvis
>>> <carjar82@gmail.com>
>>> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2017 11:48 AM
>>> To: blind-democracy@freelists.org
>>> Subject: [blind-democracy] Re: FW: Remember Armistice Day
>>>
>>> Maybe Veterans Day would be a good Holiday to take over and promote
>>> World Peace and Brother/Sisterhood. But we'd probably find a way to
>>> corrupt it, if we did. Look at what we've done to Christmas, Easter,
>>> Labor Day, Thanksgiving(football day), The Fourth of July, and even
>>> Mother's Day. All have become highly commercialized. And we wonder
>>> if Capitalism has any impact in our thinking?
>>> My dad was born on November 11, 1912, just another regular day. For
>>> his sixth birthday they declared it to be Armistice Day. But it's
>>> hard to celebrate an armistice that went South, so they changed the
>>> name to Veterans Day in honor of all the men...and later, women, who
>>> went forward to defend the right of our Capitalists to plunder
>>> wherever they chose. But anyway, since the day is used to having its
>>> name changed, calling it World Peace Day would be no big deal. And as
>>> long as Capitalism is our way of life, the name would not interfere
>>> with the Capitalists from their plundering and stealing our hard
>>> earned dollars.
>>>
>>> Carl Jarvis
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/20/17, Miriam Vieni <miriamvieni@optonline.net> wrote:
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>>>> Originally called "Armistice Day," the holiday began in 1918,
>>>> celebrating
>>>> the end of World War I and the idea of ending all war. A 10-year
>>>> campaign
>>>> launched that year resulted in the ratification of the Kellogg-Briand
>>>> Pact
>>>> which legally banned all war-making.
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>>>> The United States is party, with much of the world, to a treaty banning
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>>>>> World Beyond War: Armistice Day 99 Years On and the Need for a Peace
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>>>>> List of Upcoming Armistice Day Events
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