tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post217931131167781198..comments2023-11-05T03:25:20.581-08:00Comments on STOP THE MADNESS: SOLDIERS FOR PEACE-WHO WE ARERick Staggenborg, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-27590610111441027992015-05-08T17:47:01.327-07:002015-05-08T17:47:01.327-07:00That depends to some extent on what country you ar...That depends to some extent on what country you are talking about, I imagine. Unfortunately, you know better than I what power you may have to resist the corrupt Ugandan government, that is supported by the US. I would think that any serious protest would be met with violence, but you probably better understand the consequences.<br /><br />If you cannot gather to protest without endangering yourself and bystanders, I hope you will at least talk to trusted people about the problem. In the end however, it may take dealing with corruption in the US and electing a government that has human rights as the center of its foreign policy to create the conditions whereby ending the corruption of African leaders is possible. After all, it is mostly American politicians and the business interests they represent who are doing the corrupting.<br /><br />Short of tackling the corruption directly, I hope that you will do what you can to help battle injustice in general, because all efforts to end injustice contribute to the end of war, the ultimate injustice. Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-42112804186218631012015-05-08T00:25:47.935-07:002015-05-08T00:25:47.935-07:00What should we do to stop the rate of corruption i...What should we do to stop the rate of corruption in Africa?Kalyango Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14383745083581490541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-50800587227375393102013-09-21T12:37:12.300-07:002013-09-21T12:37:12.300-07:00Sorry for the delay in responding, James. If you s...Sorry for the delay in responding, James. If you see this, please send me an email at staggenborg4senate@hotmail.com so we can discuss it in more detail.<br /><br />What you are asking is the basic questions we need to answer if we are going to Take Back America for the People and keep it a government of ALL the people.<br /><br />The answer is very involved and depends on how you look at the question. To fully understand it you must consider it from many points of view.<br /><br />In the one sense, it involves creating a Tectonic Paradigm Shift in human consciousness such that the vast majority of people implicitly recognize our interdependence requires that we consider what is best for all in every decision that affects everyone (or any given subset, if they are the only ones affected). I describe this in The Tectonic Paradigm Shift, "Chapter" 77.<br /><br />In another sense, it requires building a united international front against fascism and war at the grassroots level (Chapter 89). The exact strategy can be debated, and that is what I am doing in my latest blogs on the website of Soldiers For Peace International and on SFPI Radio on BlogTalk. I hope you will join the conversation every Saturday at 9 AM PST/ 12 PM EST. The link to the show is on the website.<br /><br />In general, if the objective is to end war, the corollary is to establish democracy worldwide. That will require first getting it in the US, since it has the most powerful military and the economic muscle to push around any nation that Americans allow it to. <br /><br />To get democracy in the US requires ending the power of an economic elite to choose who we can vote for in elections for Congress and the President. This is the essential task: Ending their power to corrupt our government and using it to corrupt other governments, for the benefit of a small oligarchy with the immense wealth to dictate domestic and foreign policy to any nation, including the US.<br /><br />The two tools the oligarch has then are the economic and military power of the US. The task in defeating them is to awaken Americans to the connection between their declining standard of living and that of the rest of the world. Our common enemy is the international financiers who are at the top of the corporate food chain. They profit from war, banking bailouts (and bail-ins), private health care, weapons manufacture, control of the media and privatizing government assets.<br /><br />If people around the world CHOOSE to make this their focus in every nation, we can defeat the Empire. What will the Masters of the Universe do without a slave population?Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-9923475164671925752013-09-13T20:13:00.869-07:002013-09-13T20:13:00.869-07:00Rick,
I have an idea that I don't know where ...Rick,<br /><br />I have an idea that I don't know where to go with.<br /><br />If we had unlimited resources and unlimited people how could we take America back?<br /><br />I know how to get the unlimited resources and unlimited people but collectively everyone in the group would have their own ideas and agendas so how could we use this power without just becoming what we can't stand for in the first place?<br /><br />James Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04557251027357194094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-12682719873503229882013-09-10T16:12:31.263-07:002013-09-10T16:12:31.263-07:00I agree completely that we have to evolve as a spe...I agree completely that we have to evolve as a species, Sylvia. Since we will not evolve biologically unless the "occult families" succeed in destroying civilization and making human "society" become one based on survival of the fittest, that means evolving spiritually and psychologically along just the lines you say. <br /><br />I think this will happen rapidly after a critical point is reached, and sooner than most think. I call it the Tectonic Paradigm Shift:<br /><br />http://takebackamericaforthepeople.blogspot.com/2009/09/chapter-seventy-seven-tectonic-paradigm.html<br /><br />PS: I am not sure how occult these families are-We can name them and they can't hide from us!<br />Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-61711410634408363142013-09-10T16:05:45.465-07:002013-09-10T16:05:45.465-07:00Thanks Mary for joining and for all that you do fo...Thanks Mary for joining and for all that you do for justice.Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-84042614321659101902013-09-07T12:39:45.630-07:002013-09-07T12:39:45.630-07:00Divide and conquer is how they work ... they feed ...Divide and conquer is how they work ... they feed off of negative energy , ...... KNOW THE TRUTH, YOU CANT SERVE TWO MASTERS . These occult familys have been bred since Babylon, Atlantis and beyond, controlling the planet in cycles. Part of the grand design and the entire point of soul growth Is to recognize you want no part in hurting others .....http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=BNNZmwl4578 PLZ HELP HUMANITY AWAKEN ,COPY PASTE ,TAG & SHARE WITH ONLY LOVE FOR ALL<br /><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10213220202370414776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-13271205360249962432012-09-17T23:14:16.486-07:002012-09-17T23:14:16.486-07:00Excellent, Rick. Thanks for inviting me.Excellent, Rick. Thanks for inviting me.MaryLovesJustice Nealhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02911729765985760491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-53402008051673396532012-05-21T12:11:39.877-07:002012-05-21T12:11:39.877-07:00Thanks Atomic for checking out this book of essays...Thanks Atomic for checking out this book of essays and thank you for encouraging others to do the same!Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-27093948876331920162012-04-17T12:01:08.869-07:002012-04-17T12:01:08.869-07:00Thank you so much for inviting me here. I will tel...Thank you so much for inviting me here. I will tell others. :) <3atomic lieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07583207382557397848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-51167099802234069162011-12-02T17:03:12.070-08:002011-12-02T17:03:12.070-08:00Thank you, Whole Wide World. (It sure sounds nice ...Thank you, Whole Wide World. (It sure sounds nice when I say that to myself!).<br /><br />I am very glad that we have become friends and that you have an interest in reading this book of essays. Please share it with others.Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-55165144494775471182011-12-02T15:17:38.761-08:002011-12-02T15:17:38.761-08:00just now joined & grateful to share your well-...just now joined & grateful to share your well-written essay to recruit our global virtual army of people who believe our inalienable rights include universal healthcare for all people, not warfare. aloha omm marinaWholeWideWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676600086670888324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-50208957754226677372011-09-21T20:08:34.887-07:002011-09-21T20:08:34.887-07:00I should add as a postscript that evidence now sug...I should add as a postscript that evidence now suggests that a primary motivation for the second Iraq invasion was to show the Arab world that the Anglo-American Empire would not tolerate any oil producing country attempting to switch from the petrodollar to the Euro or God forbid, a gold-backed currency.<br /><br />For further details, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukpsdzjl9jc&feature=relatedRick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-90964909140519233742011-05-18T08:57:38.032-07:002011-05-18T08:57:38.032-07:00Thank you, my dear sister Monia. I hope that you w...Thank you, my dear sister Monia. I hope that you will share the essay with others and thereby become a recruiter for our virtual Army of those working for social justice as the means to end war: http://takebackamericaforthepeople.blogspot.com/2009/11/chapter-forty-one-soldiers-for-peace.htmlRick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-24396132343311731142011-04-20T13:04:44.949-07:002011-04-20T13:04:44.949-07:00Great work, my awesome Friend Rick!!.. is a honor ...Great work, my awesome Friend Rick!!.. is a honor to read all of this and to be Your Friend!!.. big big wishes for a great success and God Blessings to You, all soldiers of the world and Your Family and Friends!! <br />Happy Easter and much Love to You!Moniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07491472246376182857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3484662326396778106.post-46326265243795737782010-11-09T13:43:46.441-08:002010-11-09T13:43:46.441-08:00When I originally conceived of writing a book onli...When I originally conceived of writing a book online outlining the threat of corporate domination of America, I approached Thom Hartmann to see if he would do so with We the People. Although he told me that he didn't own the copyright, he announced today on his national talk show that he was serializing his latest book.<br /><br />Soldiers For Peace predates the idea for this book by 20 years. The impetus for writing the book was my belief that until more Americans understand the problem of corporate personhood, there is no real hope to address it. It appeared to me after my belated recognition of the danger to democracy that it represented that time is running out to organize. <br /><br />Increasingly coordinated and sophisticated methods of control having been developed by the corproatocracy along with their nearly complete control of Congress spurred me to do all that I could to sound the alarm. This book is but one such effort.<br /><br />It is critical that all advocates of social justice understand that the entire effort to restore America to its former trajectory toward a more perfect democracy depends on the general public understanding this clear and present danger to the Republic.<br /> <br />The point of putting this book online was to reach the largest audience possible, particularly young Americans who are more inclined to get their information from the Internet than to study from books what is happening as they live it.I am hoping that the book will spur interest in Soldiers For Peace International and vice-versa.<br /><br />The underlying point of this essay is that it is possible to build a world-wide grassroots effort to end war by challenging the corporatocracy around the world. You may think this grandiose and you would not be the first. However, as I point out in a later essay, you have to believe that a thing is possible before you can visualize how to make it a reality.<br /><br />As Kurt Vonnegut argued in Mother Night, you become what you pretend to be. I believe that most of us aspire to be what I have called Soldiers For Peace. If we can overcome our own egos and fight the evil of corporate domination of the planet, we can see the end of war and all the social injustice it creates and from which it springs.Rick Staggenborg, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16587630200799702811noreply@blogger.com