Comments on: A Survivor’s SOS http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ramsefall http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34592 Ramsefall Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:23:27 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34592 Moet, that knock-on effect which you mention could be powerful, provided people are prepared to sacrifice their insatiable appetite for more stuff first. Still, with the coming hyper-inflation of the dollar in response to the Feds emergency production of new bills as a life preserver for an already drowned economy that's quickly sinking, the only logical strategy may be to endure some very hard times ahead, or quietly expatriate yourself to another region of this beautiful planet which we call Earth. Everywhere has its problems, but some less than others, and many less than the US. Abandon heavy baggage like nationalism (if you carry it) and see what the world holds in store for you. Best to you. Moet,

that knock-on effect which you mention could be powerful, provided people are prepared to sacrifice their insatiable appetite for more stuff first.

Still, with the coming hyper-inflation of the dollar in response to the Feds emergency production of new bills as a life preserver for an already drowned economy that’s quickly sinking, the only logical strategy may be to endure some very hard times ahead, or quietly expatriate yourself to another region of this beautiful planet which we call Earth. Everywhere has its problems, but some less than others, and many less than the US. Abandon heavy baggage like nationalism (if you carry it) and see what the world holds in store for you.

Best to you.

]]> By: Moet http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34461 Moet Fri, 26 Dec 2008 14:47:48 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34461 Hi nice article, to the writer who asked about the end being the begining, all i got to say is you amerikans must only use essentials, dont buy unnecessary stuff. It will kill the banks. Also it will have a knock on effect on prices of everything. Peace out. Hi nice article, to the writer who asked about the end being the begining, all i got to say is you amerikans must only use essentials, dont buy unnecessary stuff. It will kill the banks. Also it will have a knock on effect on prices of everything. Peace out.

]]> By: brady http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34392 brady Thu, 25 Dec 2008 06:54:08 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34392 I was born in the U.S.A.68 years ago. Grandparents from Ireland. There were nine in our family. We all were educated in the U.S.A Proud that my Mother and Father worked hard. We live in the land of opportunity. Anyone can make it but it takes work! People from humble beginnings like Carter, Clinton and now Obama are examples. Almost all Americans that I have grown with are fun loving with no hate for anyone. We are here and should be heard. I was born in the U.S.A.68 years ago. Grandparents from Ireland. There were nine in our family. We all were educated in the U.S.A
Proud that my Mother and Father worked hard. We live in the land of opportunity. Anyone can make it but it takes work! People from humble beginnings like Carter, Clinton and now Obama are examples.
Almost all Americans that I have grown with are fun loving with no hate for anyone. We are here and should be heard.

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34380 Don Hawkins Thu, 25 Dec 2008 01:45:23 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34380 we have been given nothing to look forward to. Think of this as kind of a war and the next year will be forward thinking the push is on it's starting yes it is. The truth is becoming much easer to see. This isn't going to be easy but boring it will not be. we have been given nothing to look forward to. Think of this as kind of a war and the next year will be forward thinking the push is on it’s starting yes it is. The truth is becoming much easer to see. This isn’t going to be easy but boring it will not be.

]]> By: The Angry Peasant http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34373 The Angry Peasant Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:00:34 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34373 E.R., It is indeed a frightening time to be alive. Years ago, I'd read history and noticed many of the periods of history, many lasting hundreds of years, when millions of people suffered immeasurablu under the iron heel of their respective ruling classes. I'd always think to myself, "Geez, thank God I live in this day and age." How horrific to think that we're going through a period of hopelessness akin to those past eras now. I call this America's Dark Age. And it only seems worse all the time. I remember when I was in the 10th grade, my history teacher telling us that our generation, Generation X, would be the first American generation to have a worse standard of living than our parents. She was right, of course. And it's not only frightening, but depressing as hell. Thanks to the unmitigated contempt the ruling class has for the American public, and their boundless greed, we have been given nothing to look forward to but wage-slavery, immobilization, and ultimately, chronic illness. The last thirty years have been steadily leading to this time, when the government no longer bothers making it a secret what they're doing and intend to do us. We have arrived in an Orwellian world, clouded by uncertainty, lacking humanity, spiraling downward in Evil America. E.R.,
It is indeed a frightening time to be alive. Years ago, I’d read history and noticed many of the periods of history, many lasting hundreds of years, when millions of people suffered immeasurablu under the iron heel of their respective ruling classes. I’d always think to myself, “Geez, thank God I live in this day and age.” How horrific to think that we’re going through a period of hopelessness akin to those past eras now. I call this America’s Dark Age. And it only seems worse all the time. I remember when I was in the 10th grade, my history teacher telling us that our generation, Generation X, would be the first American generation to have a worse standard of living than our parents. She was right, of course. And it’s not only frightening, but depressing as hell. Thanks to the unmitigated contempt the ruling class has for the American public, and their boundless greed, we have been given nothing to look forward to but wage-slavery, immobilization, and ultimately, chronic illness. The last thirty years have been steadily leading to this time, when the government no longer bothers making it a secret what they’re doing and intend to do us. We have arrived in an Orwellian world, clouded by uncertainty, lacking humanity, spiraling downward in Evil America.

]]> By: Brian Koontz http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34327 Brian Koontz Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:24:19 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34327 "Next time, fish from shore. It’s more fun and more challenging." Corporations don't like that. It doesn't display their accumulated wealth the way a large fishing boat does. Think of that display as a mob boss displaying his balance sheet - it's a way to attract additional patrons - whether they be shareholders or employees. We enjoy the outcome of your survival since we get to read more posts from you. “Next time, fish from shore. It’s more fun and more challenging.”

Corporations don’t like that. It doesn’t display their accumulated wealth the way a large fishing boat does. Think of that display as a mob boss displaying his balance sheet – it’s a way to attract additional patrons – whether they be shareholders or employees.

We enjoy the outcome of your survival since we get to read more posts from you.

]]> By: David http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34305 David Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:22:29 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34305 Consider your ordeal a little payback from Mother Nature for patronizing a gas guzzling, pollution spewing 85 foot head boat. Next time, fish from shore. It's more fun and more challenging. Consider your ordeal a little payback from Mother Nature for patronizing a gas guzzling, pollution spewing 85 foot head boat. Next time, fish from shore. It’s more fun and more challenging.

]]> By: DavidG. http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34299 DavidG. Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:14:21 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34299 ER and Don, I built two yachts and lived on one so I know a bit about the ocean. You can't trust it just like you can't trust those who are running our world exclusively for their benefit. We need to scrap our current political and economic system, the one that allows 'parasites' to exploit us without restriction. We can't control the ocean but we can control them! ER and Don, I built two yachts and lived on one so I know a bit about the ocean. You can’t trust it just like you can’t trust those who are running our world exclusively for their benefit.

We need to scrap our current political and economic system, the one that allows ‘parasites’ to exploit us without restriction.

We can’t control the ocean but we can control them!

]]> By: Don Hawkins http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34297 Don Hawkins Tue, 23 Dec 2008 23:23:05 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34297 DavidG I have to admit in my drinking day's I drank with a few Australians and you are a tuff bunch and Bills I had a little run in with the ocean once wakes you right up and good story and your ending is the beginning, right. DavidG I have to admit in my drinking day’s I drank with a few Australians and you are a tuff bunch and Bills I had a little run in with the ocean once wakes you right up and good story and your ending is the beginning, right.

]]> By: DavidG. http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34289 DavidG. Tue, 23 Dec 2008 22:05:59 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34289 This article and the comment by Ramsefall certainly puts the illusion of the American Dream into some perspective. What I hate is when I see American officials telling folk from other lands that the whole world is queuing to get a green card and immigrate there. Quite frankly, America would be the last country in the world I would want to live in. Since we changed to a liberal Government in Australia, the whole place has changed significantly. I feel comfortable again. www.dangerouscreation.com I hope Obama can achieve the same result! This article and the comment by Ramsefall certainly puts the illusion of the American Dream into some perspective.

What I hate is when I see American officials telling folk from other lands that the whole world is queuing to get a green card and immigrate there. Quite frankly, America would be the last country in the world I would want to live in.

Since we changed to a liberal Government in Australia, the whole place has changed significantly. I feel comfortable again.

http://www.dangerouscreation.com

I hope Obama can achieve the same result!

]]> By: Ramsefall http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/12/a-survivors-sos/#comment-34259 Ramsefall Tue, 23 Dec 2008 16:33:11 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=5589#comment-34259 E.R. Bills, thanks for sharing your epic tale of survival, no doubt your family gives thanks for your instinct to survive and overcoming the elements in which you were adrift. Second guessing your survival in the rough seas of US economic reality is a functional metaphor to which (too) many can relate, it seems that the stakes have never been higher. I spent 13 years as an entrepreneur in Nebraska who never managed to be able to come up with adequate funds for health insurance...an unaffordable luxury. Emergency room visits, back injuries, dental issues, all payable on the cash plan and enough to throw the monthly expenses way out of whack, year after year. After being completely fed up with the dysfunctional US system of health coverage and excess taxation on the working man, I took a bold leap in relocation to Colombia where I mustered up a stable teaching position in a Swiss school that provides for an additional $100/month an outstanding health insurance plan through the Spanish company Colsanitas. I just had very successful back surgery a month ago which ended up costing less than $100 for all my office visits, MRI, anesthesiologist, surgeons, hospital stay and medications. Who would have thought that it's easier and more affordable to find a no-strings-attached insurance policy in the underdeveloped nation of Colombia than in the US? As pathetic as it is, watching the USS Aristocracy sink won't be braking this expat's heart. Best to you. E.R. Bills,

thanks for sharing your epic tale of survival, no doubt your family gives thanks for your instinct to survive and overcoming the elements in which you were adrift.

Second guessing your survival in the rough seas of US economic reality is a functional metaphor to which (too) many can relate, it seems that the stakes have never been higher.

I spent 13 years as an entrepreneur in Nebraska who never managed to be able to come up with adequate funds for health insurance…an unaffordable luxury. Emergency room visits, back injuries, dental issues, all payable on the cash plan and enough to throw the monthly expenses way out of whack, year after year. After being completely fed up with the dysfunctional US system of health coverage and excess taxation on the working man, I took a bold leap in relocation to Colombia where I mustered up a stable teaching position in a Swiss school that provides for an additional $100/month an outstanding health insurance plan through the Spanish company Colsanitas.

I just had very successful back surgery a month ago which ended up costing less than $100 for all my office visits, MRI, anesthesiologist, surgeons, hospital stay and medications. Who would have thought that it’s easier and more affordable to find a no-strings-attached insurance policy in the underdeveloped nation of Colombia than in the US? As pathetic as it is, watching the USS Aristocracy sink won’t be braking this expat’s heart.

Best to you.

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