Watching the news screens around the world, I noticed the amount of airtime given to the American Mid Term elections, and as always, the world in general show a keen interest in the shannegans of the American elections. I raised this question, because it would appear, at least to the outsider, that the two issues this elections is fought on are the state of the economy, and the mosque in Manhatten... the mosque in Manhatten issue is the residue of the traumatic 911 episode, and the state of the economy can largely be tied to the credit crises that struck the world in general and the USA in particular.
I'm not even sure if we can call it the Credit Crisis of 2008, because the world economy is still reeling from the after effects of this self inflicted economic equivalent of a tsunami.
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| Is this MSNBC cartoon a fair reflection on the causes of the credit crisis...? |
In my mind, there is no doubt, that the economic crisis should take centre stage in this election, and consequently, if I have to answer the question raised above, then certainly the issue of 911 should be relegated in terms of importance to the issue of the credit crisis.
Assuming we dont agree with this view, and hold them equally destructive and therefore, equally worthy of election fodder... which, it would appear, watching the news screens, is what many on the Republic Party side (or to be more accurate, the Tea Party movement) wants to do.
Consequently, they are trying to link the issue of the Mosque in Manhatten to the 911 issue by claiming it was Muslims who caused 911, and therefore we don't trust Muslims, and dont want their mosque in our midst...
If this logic seems appropriate, fair, and reasonable, then certainly the same logic should be applied to those who caused the biggest economic trauma to the people of the USA? There seems to be a national consensus that Wall Street should bear the brunt of the blame for the issues that caused the economic meltdown... but who is Wall Street...? Wall Street Firms, Wall Street CEO's, Wall Street Analysts, Wall Street Bankers, Wall Street Investment Advisory employers, Wall Street Lawyers... are pre-dominantly people from the Jewish Faith...! think Bernie Madoff, Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, Merryl Lynch, AIG.. and the list go on and on... Even the supposed good guys who were suppose to help America out of the crisis, and spent trillions in the process, Geithner, Bernanke... they certainly weren't Muslims!
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| No prizes for guessing how many Jews in this picture of Wall Street CEO's. |
