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Feb 28, 2009

Return the Superfund! + Lobbyists Up in Arms

This week should begin the fight against the Obama administration's new budget proposals which repeal tax breaks for the super-wealthy oil and gas industry, place caps on carbon and other green house gas emissions, and give the Environmental Protection Agency a 30% budget increase, among other things.

Yes, lobbyists for monied special interests are ready to storm Capitol Hill (which they think belongs only to them) and bring it on while Pres. Obama says he's spoilin' for the fight on our behalf.

Sounds great, Mr. President - I hope things can be evened up more fairly to benefit the common good.

Personally, I'd like to see the reinstatement of the Superfund for chemical clean-up costs (a tax that was rescinded under Pres. Clinton in 1995) because America's lungs have gotten grimier ever since while polluting evil-doers get off the hook every day by sticking the taxpayer with the costs of industry crimes against nature and the health conditions that result.

Then we have the pharmaceutical, medical, and insurance industries on the other side of us denying us care.

Amazing that we still call this America! Or how about: Land of Opportunity - the chance to shaft your fellow man all you want especially if you have the moola to pay the exorbitant fees of the most weasley lobbyists in the bunch.

Quotes from 1929 - 1931 and a little Astrology

Great Depression Quotes 1929 vs 2008: Have We Learned Anything? is a fascinating list of headlines and quotes from 1929 to 1931 replete with parallels to the 2008 Bail Out Bill of Hank Paulson and his political enabler, George Bush.

The information contained here makes tarring George Bush with the Herbert Hoover brush a natural thing to do, and you'll especially love the full spectrum of optimistic 'expert' remarks with mainstream media's well-timed cheer leading attempts to manufacture consent for bailing out...wait for it...Wall Street.

So have I personally learned anything from the list of quotes?

Oh Yes. I learned that the culprits and heisters of 2008 lifted their scripts almost word-for-word and their stage directions from what their predecessors said and did in Hoover's day even while propagandizing that the current meltdown "isn't the Great Depression"!

And of course they knew what they were doing, all wide-eyed and innocent - with Bernanke an admitted student - 'expert' - of the Great Depression.

So if you read, read to the last entry where the New World Cooperation propaganda rears its Gorgon head...July 12, 1931.

We now know the monster as the New World Economic Order, or NWO for short.

After all, it's been the knitting together of national economies in the last decades that has made a world economic crash possible.

Bwa ha ha...the better to rule you with, m'dear.


Now For A Little Astrology:

Checking the chart for July 31, 1931, noon, Manhattan, NYC, NY to get a little flavor of the times, we see Sun 19Can20 conj Pluto 20Can24 (critical degree '20Can' is Pluto's heliocentric North Node degree, an excessively powerful point in the zodiac and often involved when power plays are afoot.)

Opposite, also at critical degree, is Saturn 20Cap01 Rx which forms two Cardinal T-square patterns with Uranus 19Ari18 at apex, the outlet for this enormous energy.

Here are their midpoint pictures with the usual 'all, any, or none' limitation:

Sun-Saturn = Uranus: fluctuations; unusual circumstances; crises; imprisonment; separation; mourning; nervousness; inhibitions; a clash between the old, established ways of doing things and the new.

Saturn-Pluto = Uranus: brutal efforts to start a new order; an attack, regardless of potential losses; an ability to make sudden decisions in the most difficult circumstances; sudden acts of violence. (Tyl; Ebertin.)

As apex (focal) planet in a Cardinal T-square, Uranus acts as social catalyst, a role 'it' was born to play. (Uranus, or Ouronos, = a place, not a 'he' at all, but the sky.)

This catalyzing action is on behalf of collective reform and general social progress with radical disruption of Saturn's status quo the goal. (And Saturn is strong in his own sign of Capricorn.)

There is a strong urge to break down and shatter whatever impedes this 'progress' toward new ideals. This can be the social misfit that is purposefully out-of-tune with the established order of the environment.

Or, acting as radical reformer political groups, this is the law-unto-oneself type of entity where the will is defensively detached from all outer considerations. (How else can they cause misery of the masses and still look at themselves in the mirror?)

Highly intuitive, this apex Uranus uses insights with others to expose human frailties to themselves in a manner that compels them to radically alter their lifestyles. (Now there's a pretty good description of the effects of a staged economic meltdown - and with much media assistance ad nauseum.)

Positively, an apex Uranus can represent a social visionary with a charismatic power able to liberate mass consciousness from obsolete collective patterns of expression. (It took FDR's charisma for that. Hoover had none.)

The Cardinal (outgoing, initiating energy) quality of the T-square refines the apex Uranus to the role of a self-proclaimed social activist and head crusader for some current group cause or mass movement.

Abruptness may tend to alienate or intimidate those upon whom reforms fall. This reformer is prone toward excitement, vigor, and a straightforward approach yet too-sudden moves may appear illogically inconsistent and contrary to plans that are already set in motion.

Yet with staid Saturn involved, a measure of restraint and self-control is evident - yet there is danger of a build-up of active, compressed pressure which eventually must vent itself with an authoritarian flavor.

Inaugurating sweeping social changes was on the agenda in 1931, but within existing social structures. And the radicals' need for ultimate power and control are marked by the presence of both Saturn and Pluto.

The New Millennium has timed the breakdown of 'existing social structures' with 9/11's Saturn-Pluto opposition conjunct America's ASC/DESC axis (16 The Tower in the Tarot deck), and now with the manufactured meltdown of the economic crisis of 2008+.

Plus, on May 28, 2000, the Great Conjunction of Jupiter (expansion) and Saturn (restriction), the two social planets that affect financial cycles at their core, was very important in the scheme of things, so naturally I noticed that wounded and wounding Chiron on July 12, 1931 was conj the Jupiter-Saturn 2000 Conj degree...

'23Taurus'..."A Jewelry Shop Filled with the Most Magnificent Jewels" which has associations with greed, theft, loot, and rewards.

Yes, Republicans (Jupiter) and Democrats (Saturn) had a big planning session in May-June 2000 as they looked toward their shared millennial goals.

And now, by the trillions, jewels of wealth and ultimate power are falling into certain elite laps - just as they envisioned so long ago. Quite a pay-off!

~:~

Apex Uranus details: Dynamics of Aspect Analysis, Bil Tierney.

Feb 27, 2009

Finding Your March 2009 Forecast

Astrologer Julie Demboski has written her March 2009 Forecast which covers Venus retrograde in Aries, the Jupiter (expansion) inconjunct (150 degr = adjustment) Saturn (restriction) which perfects Mar 21-25, plus, the Full Moon 20Vir40 of March 10, March 26's New Moon 6Ari08, and the Sun-Mercury Superior Conjunction at the end of the month, March 30.

Sounds like a bunch of stuff, doesn't it?

But never fret - with Julie's clear writing style, you'll be up to snuff and primed for the Mystic Rectangle pattern ('practical mysticism') of planetary energies that are involved with the March 26 New Moon. Let Julie fill you in as Spring Equinox 2009 sashays closer by the minute.

The Sun-Mercury Superior Conj will be highlighting issues that originated during the recent Mercury Rx period which included Inauguration 2009 when Mercury 00AQ41 was conjunct Pres. Obama's natal Jupiter as well as the Inaugural Sun of Jan 20.

So because I've been 'under the weather' for several days and not publishing as much as usual, I scouted out for you this excellent analysis for the month of March 2009, authored by Julie Demboski...because March waits for no blogger!

Feb 26, 2009

US financial system was built to fail

Now why would Richard C. Cook say that the US financial system was built to fail ever since the US government gave over its currency creating rights to the Federal Reserve in 1913?

Hmmm...around here we'd call that a long-range plan for world restructuring and domination.

And remember the seemingly better old days of March 24, 2008 when the Fed had a Moon Return and the Solar Eclipse from the NYSE's Pre-natal Eclipse Series had yet to occur on August 1, 2008?

Ron Paul's economic remarks 2.23.09 video

Raw Story has it and if you missed it, you may wish to view the video of Rep.Ron Paul's statement prior to Ben Bernanke's panacea of Wednesday, Feb 25.

Rep. Paul once again reveals the naked truth about the US financial system as he hit the high notes with such Greatest Hits as: 'You Can't Re-Inflate the Bubble' and 'Credit Ain't Capital, Baby' plus, other hummable tunes.

But one of my favorite parts of this brief video comes at its end - the visible discomfiture of CNBC's chair-warmers wiggling and squirming in their seats as they realize that too-clear truth had (inadvertently) been told - and they had broadcasted it on air.

Excessive (Jupiter) liquidity (Neptune) reigns as Jupiter and Neptune, the speculator-wastrel pair of planets when working together on financial projects, meet up three times in 2009 with their first conjunction occurring on May 27.

All their meet-ups conjunct US natal Moon in Aquarius, so once again I repeat myself ad nauseum with the midpoint picture that is formed throughout the year:

Jupiter-Neptune = Moon: little sense of reality; the tendency to lose oneself in plans; becoming involved in speculation, instability, and wastefulness.

Though I sincerely hope that monitoring where the money goes by way of Recovery.gov will actually prevent waste and fraud, still I am compelled to report to you the Astrology of the matter.

Feb 25, 2009

Save Money: make Peace not War

If Pres. Obama's pledge to include war costs within the annual budget is kept, won't it become even more obvious that it's Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld's wars that have skewed our nation's fiscal position?

In 2008, when Bush, Bernanke, and Paulson began the econo-crisis drumbeat, I wondered if an imminent financial collapse was primarily about the US' Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan expenses taken on since the coup of the Bush-Cheney regime - war by fiscal slight of hand.

And that perhaps 2008's dramas of secret meetings and rushing back to Washington to inject trillions into the system were, to them, a necessary attempt at hiding this fact, plus, hiding how they had cleared out US coffers while they had the chance and no one could stop them. Kind of like setting the barn afire after you've stolen the thoroughbreds.

Now Rep. Barney Frank has written a few words which may be of interest to everyone, especially those who said pre-March 2003: America can't afford years and years of war, you obscene profiteers, you.

And the reply I always got was: America is too rich to fail: Turns out...not so much:


Cut the Military Budget

By Barney Frank

Those organizations, editorial boards and individuals who talk about the need for fiscal responsibility should be challenged to begin with the area where our spending has been the most irresponsible and has produced the least good for the dollars expended--our military. #

But do spend more to better care for the medical and re-employment needs of the men and women whose lives have been forever changed by George Bush's illegal, ill-fated, lie-based, and oil-grabbing wars.

Feb 24, 2009

Pres Obama speaks 2.24.09, US Saturn rising

Zounds! Information Clearing House has done it again - come up with some apt quotes for today's crap that governments of the world are hawking to its subjects:


"Every single empire in its official discourse has said that it is not like all the others, that its circumstances are special, that it has a mission to enlighten, civilize, bring order and democracy, and that it uses force only as a last resort. And,sadder still, there always is a chorus of willing intellectuals to say calming words about benign or altruistic empires."

Edward W. Said, author of "Orientalism 25 Years Later," CounterPunch.org, 4 August 2003.

(That's because the world domination agenda has infected academia as well as media, banking, business, religion, and politics. They're 'willing' all right.)

"If the citizens neglect their Duty and place unprincipled men in office, the government will soon be corrupted; laws will be made, not for the public good so much as for selfish or local purposes; corrupt or incompetent men will be appointed to execute the Laws; the public revenues will be squandered on unworthy men; and the rights of the citizen will be violated or disregarded."

Noah Webster - (1758-1843) American patriot and scholar, author of the 1806 edition of the dictionary that bears his name, the first dictionary of American English usage.

(And prophet, imho. He expressed himself perfectly here, agreed?)

~Above quotes may contain my own italics.~

Information Clearing House

~:~

Yes, I have studied this evening's chart for Pres. Obama's address to a joint session of Congress, his first, where he is to "lay out his comprehensive approach to confronting our economic and fiscal crises," says the White House website.

Scheduled for 9:00 pm est, Capitol Building, Mars Hour, we find 14Lib34, the natal position of Saturn in America's chart (Sibly; July 4, 1776, 5:10 pm LMT; Philadelphia, PA) so our Saturn (responsibility; work; restriction; accountability; managers; authority) is about to be discussed.

Hopefully, the fact that Saturn is Exalted in Libra, an Air or mental sign, may help us figure this mess out. But the clock is ticking, with Saturn the ruler of Time.

Actually, this brings up America's natal Sun-Saturn square which shows our nation's early inferiority complex. But after enough experience, this square can become a very useful aspect even though success may not come easily - hard work and concentration are required.

In fact, this is a 'one step' or 'one day at a time' aspect, so I'll be listening tonight for words along those lines; or 'don't under-estimate America's potential," or perhaps something about "starting at or near the bottom" (re-training for jobs? restructuring systems from near-scratch?)

If our present lack of confidence - in markets, banks, leaders, etc - can be overcome well enough, we'll find again our natural self-assurance though it will be less buoyant than before. But more of Saturn's realism is no bad thing!

Perhaps we should 'retrain' our positive attitude toward, and love of, enterprise and hard work in order to get this recovery show on the road, no matter how long the dusty trail turns out to be.

And 9:00 pm in Washington is mere minutes beyond tonight's New Moon 6Pisces35, which I'm glad of - better than a few minutes before. We'll see how plans mentioned tonight are going come the next Full Moon (in 2 weeks, the Culmination stage.)

That we're poised at a new cycle of activity is obvious. Keeping the self-interested critics with their whines and dramatic flourishes - sour grapes from sore losers - in proper perspective while being certain their lies are exposed, will be big challenges going forward under the hazy, veiling influence of a Pisces New Moon.

Especially within the Politics of a not-so-revealing Washington, DC.

Obama adminstration letting us down on torture

The whole truth is needed from the Obama adminstration concerning prisoner torture. Falling back on Bush-Cheney tactics won't be good enough.

Makes me wonder what were the contents of the mash note Bush left in the Oval Office's desk drawer for the new president to, one assumes, profit by.

Perhaps it contained a "Please don't march me to the Hague" plea?