A Matter of Time

"I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs."
Thomas Jefferson, (Attributed)
3rd president of US (1743 - 1826)


"Banking was conceived in iniquity and was born in sin. The bankers own the earth. Take it away from them, but leave them the power to create money, and with the flick of the pen they will create enough deposits to buy it back again. However, take away from them the power to create money and all the great fortunes like mine will disappear and they ought to disappear, for this would be a happier and better world to live in. But, if you wish to remain the slaves of bankers and pay the cost of your own slavery, let them continue to create money." Josiah Stamp 1880 - 1941


“It is well enough that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.” - Henry Ford


"The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks."
- Lord Acton

Just A Whisper

Top to bottom
bottom to top
Let me give
you a tip
You can leave it
or not

Six feet from falling
fresh breath of stale air
Time is tickn’
and there’s no
time to spare

Overcoming the surge
Overcoming the strain
the path of destruction
the path of pain
Take my hand my friend
To my whispers
take heed
I don’t know what you’ve
been through
but I know what you need

See, I’ve been
to the same place
though a different path
I’m sure
but let me tell you this…
I know there’s a cure


Look at your feet
you’re standing on the ledge
You’ll hit bottom
Back away from the edge
You think you can take it
but it’s takin’ you
It’s eating your soul
It’s taken not a few

It will eat like a canker
It will rust you to bone
It will kill your
sense of humor
It will turn you
to stone
It will determine
your movements
Control every thought
Mind over matter…
or so you thought

What can I say
when I speak
to deaf ears?
I will still
only whisper
And you must
face your fears.

9-8-09
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