[GJM] Fw: One Way For The Elite To Destroy The People Keep Raising Prices
mary rose
maryrose333 at att.net
Mon Jun 2 21:48:34 MDT 2008
IMHO, people will find a way to handle higher prices. And,
what higher prices are going to do is to bring an end to out
of control consumption of goods and services provided by the
corporate world, and bring us back to "self-reliance" and in
alignment with the Implicate Order of the Earth and the Greater
Universe.
What this means is retuning to the natural world and reconnecting
with the basic biological qualities that were inherent at the beginning of
our social evolution. Connecting back with the environment which is
our life support system.
Our sub-conscious mind is leading us in this direction as a collective
consciousness. The Universe, of which we are a part, is always moving
toward health and wholeness. In so-doing it takes each of us with it.
The Earth, as a living organism is guiding us in hands-on experiential
learning. When we go too far astray, the Earth Mother, like
a mare with her colt, nudges us back into alignment with the Implicate
Order. We are learning and growing. This is the way it has always been
and the way it will always be. And, frequently growing is a painfu experlence,
particularly for those who are still attached to their body through the ego.
It is important to remember that we are spiritual beings having an earthly
experience. It is important for us to grasp that we are more, much more than
this one experience. We are fields of bio-electromagnetic energy, and we
must remember that energy never dies, it only changes form, so we have
eternal life. .
with love and gratitude for all that we do together.
mary rose
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Jack Lancaster <jacklancaster at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:40:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Jack Lancaster <jacklancaster at sbcglobal.net>
Subject: One Way For The Elite To Destroy The People Keep Raising Prices
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mary rose <maryrose333 at att.net> wrote:
From: "mary rose" <maryrose333 at att.net>
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Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 16:18:54 -0700
Subject: [GJM] Fw: [globalnetnews-summary] Feeding frenzy
As I indicted some time ago, there are some things
that just should not ethically be commodified. And,
it may be that nothing should be commodified if
one considers the ethics of commodificiation.
It may very well be that neither a national or an
international currency system is viable when one
considers the ethical ramications of the system in
terms of global justice.
I have been contending for a long time that people
need control of the money at the local level, at the
level of production. People need to take care of
themselves first and only after this has happened
should any thing be sold in the marketplace.
Subsistence has to be the first concern. And when
you have outside ownership and control, then the
money is taken out of the community.
And, if there is either a national or an international
currency, then the people at the local level must also
have a currency to ensure that they are getting thier
fair share.
mary rose
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For some time we've been warning that industral agriculture is headed for
trouble, and we can take steps to protect ourselves locally. Now it's
approaching critical. First excerpts, then whole article from the UK. Eight
more pages at that link.
paul tradingpost at lobo.net
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... in the more than 3½ decades he has been farming, he has never seen
anything quite like this. The prices of wheat, corn, soybeans and rice more
than doubled in value in the span of several months, sowing equal measures
of confusion and fear in the American heartland.in the more than 3½ decades
he has been farming, he has never seen anything quite like this. The prices
of wheat, corn, soybeans and rice more than doubled in value in the span of
several months, sowing equal measures of confusion and fear in the American
heartland. ... At the same time, the costs of fertilizer, herbicides and
fuel - all crucial to agriculture - have skyrocketed to record heights: Mr.
Giessel's expenses alone jumped half a million dollars in the past year,
twice what they normally are.
One big culprit in the global food crisis has been overlooked: The money.
Pension and index funds used a loophole to plow hundreds of billions of
dollars into commodities markets. .. These funds have plowed tens of
billions of dollars into agricultural commodities as a way to diversify
their assets and improve returns for their investors. .. The amount of fund
money invested in commodity indexes has climbed from just $13-billion (U.S.)
in 2003 to a staggering $260-billion in March, 2008, according to
calculations based on regulatory filings.
Michael Masters, a veteran U.S. hedge fund manager, warned a Senate hearing
this month that this number could easily quadruple to $1-trillion ... "If
immediate action is not taken, food and energy prices will rise higher
still," he told the hearing. "This could have catastrophic economic effects
on millions of already stressed U.S. consumers. It literally could mean
starvation for millions of the world's poor."
-----
Feeding frenzy
May 31, 2008
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080531.RCOVER31/TPStory/TPBusiness/America/
One big culprit in the global food crisis has been overlooked: The money.
Pension and index funds used a loophole to plow hundreds of billions of
dollars into commodities markets
LARNED, KAN. -- Tom Giessel rubs the heel of his palm against his forehead,
exhales a moment, and then begins again, trying to make sense of how the
global food market has suddenly descended into chaos.
He is seated on a couch in his modest white farmhouse, surrounded by acres
of wheat that in a few days will begin to flower, blanketing this central
Kansas town with millions of tiny green beards. Beside him, a sheaf of dried
wheat spills out of a vase, while across the room, a stylized crucifix looms
above the entrance to the kitchen, a solitary stem writhing on the cross.
For three generations, grain has been his family's lifeblood, a source of
sustenance and pride, reward and hardship.
Mr. Giessel, 55, lived through the Russian Wheat Deal in the 1970s, when a
sudden rise in exports to the Soviet Union sparked a boom in prices. He has
endured credit crises, political embargoes, and the vicissitudes of weather
and drought.
Yet in the more than 3½ decades he has been farming, he has never seen
anything quite like this. The prices of wheat, corn, soybeans and rice more
than doubled in value in the span of several months, sowing equal measures
of confusion and fear in the American heartland. Commodities markets, where
these prices take their cue, have become so unpredictable that farmers now
liken them to blackjack tables in Las Vegas.
At the same time, the costs of fertilizer, herbicides and fuel - all crucial
to agriculture - have skyrocketed to record heights: Mr. Giessel's expenses
alone jumped half a million dollars in the past year, twice what they
normally are.
"It used to be that I could figure on things from year to year," shrugs Mr.
Giessel, a stout man with dark eyes, thick forearms and a weathered
countenance. "But now it's like driving down the road with no headlights.
You can look out the window and see the white lines, but you don't know what
the hell you're going to hit. This is the most risk I've been exposed to
since I started farming."
The problems here go well beyond the Kansas border. The record escalation of
food prices has played havoc with every link in the food chain, from grain
merchants to futures markets, from publicly traded food companies to
consumers.
Producers such as Mr. Giessel now find themselves on the front line of a
mushrooming global crisis, one that has sparked violent protests in some of
the world's poorest countries, prompting aid agencies to warn of a pending
humanitarian catastrophe.
In the search for answers, pundits have attempted to pin the blame on the
usual suspects: rising demand from China and India, bad crop conditions and
booming ethanol production.
Yet one major culprit behind these gyrating markets and unprecedented price
spikes has been largely overlooked: the deep-pocketed pension and index
funds upon which most Canadians and Americans depend for their retirements.
These funds have plowed tens of billions of dollars into agricultural
commodities as a way to diversify their assets and improve returns for their
investors.
The amount of fund money invested in commodity indexes has climbed from just
$13-billion (U.S.) in 2003 to a staggering $260-billion in March, 2008,
according to calculations based on regulatory filings.
Michael Masters, a veteran U.S. hedge fund manager, warned a Senate hearing
this month that this number could easily quadruple to $1-trillion, if
pension funds allocate a greater portion of their portfolio to commodities,
as some consultants suggest they are poised to do. Because agricultural
markets are small - relative to stock markets - the amount of cash pouring
in gives these funds substantial clout. Mr. Masters estimated that that
these big institutional investors control enough wheat futures to supply the
needs of American consumers for the next two years, and blamed the "demand
shock" from these recent entrants to the commodities markets as arguably the
primary factor behind the sudden take-off in food prices.
"If immediate action is not taken, food and energy prices will rise higher
still," he told the hearing. "This could have catastrophic economic effects
on millions of already stressed U.S. consumers. It literally could mean
starvation for millions of the world's poor."
Continued on Page 2.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080531.RCOVER31/TPStory/TPBusiness/America/?pageRequested=2
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