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THREE PILLARS OF CHRISTIAN LIVING

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<br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">One of the great classics of American Buddhism is Philip Kapleau’s <i>Three Pillars of Zen. </i>His pillar metaphor might be borrowed from Islam, which has four or five pillars depending on who you are reading. What sticks in my mind is the pillar image and for Christianity three is decidedly the right number. I am convinced that there are three pillars of Christian living, three pillars of the way to godly joy and the peace that passes all human understanding. But pillars must rest on a foundation – so let me start briefly with the foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">The Foundation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">The foundation of Christian living is our relationship with Jesus – but not just the Jesus in our heads, not just the Jesus we imagine, not just the Jesus we read about in the Bible. The Biblical teachings of Jesus are very clear, and the Epistles are very clear, that we encounter Jesus in each other. The Kingdom is found in the relational space among us. That is why we need the Church. Just as a Buddhist cannot practice without a sangha, a Christian needs the Church. Christ is present sometimes through others who support, encourage, and inspire us – other times through people who are hurt, angry, and confused needing our ministry – sometimes through those who try our patience. But always Christ meets us, challenges us, inspires and grounds us through our communion, community, and communication.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      That foundation requires constant shoring up. I see encouraging signs of healing and reconciliation in our Church relationships these days in many parts of the diocese. Other broken relationships are still painfully obvious. Other broken relationships are so broken there is a taboo on even speaking of them, so I can only recognize their presence through vague references and by watching behavior patterns, like an astronomer recognizing a black hole by the motion of nearby planets.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Continued attention to our relationships, finding opportunities for people who are not speaking to actually talk with one another, must remain our first priority. If you missed my article on this last July, you might want to check it out on my blog. See “Are They Still Fighting?” June 30,2013. <a href="http://bishopdansblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-they-still-fighting-how-christian.html">http://bishopdansblog.blogspot.com/2013/06/are-they-still-fighting-how-christian.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     The Three Pillars of Christian living are Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism. There is a chicken and egg relationship between the Three Pillars and the Foundation. Obviously, we cannot accomplish our part of God’s Mission without solid relationships among the people doing the mission. We cannot practice Stewardship in a broken community because Stewardship depends on trusting the group. It is the same with Evangelism. We cannot invite people into a broken family. Most of them already have one. But, here’s the kicker. We cannot form a healthy community except in the context of mission stewardship, and evangelism. To put a point on it:<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">              <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      <i>We cannot form a healthy community except in the context <o:p></o:p></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      of mission, stewardship, and evangelism!!!<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Without those pillars, our relationships will be torn by individual agendas. Just as community is essential to the Three Pillars, the Three Pillars are essential to community. They all go together. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Mission: The First Pillar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Our <i>raison d’etre, </i>our reason to exist, is as essential to life as air. (Victor Frankl, <i>Man’s Search For Meaning). </i>Individuals can only find that meaning in our relationships with each other. We find our purpose not as solitary hermits but in community. (Bishop Tutu, We cannot be human without each other.) The Church is the Christian Community and its purpose for existing is to continue Jesus’ mission. He states that mission at Luke 4:18ff. But to put it simply, we see Jesus’/our mission in three parts: healing, feeding, and liberating.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Cumulatively, Jesus changed lives and gave us the job of changing lives. We change lives in three ways. The first is healing. That can be physical, spiritual, emotional, or relational. Forgiveness and reconciliation are part and parcel of healing. “He heals the broken hearted and binds up their wounds.” Ps. 147. Isaiah 61 (the model of Jesus mission) “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me to bind up the broken hearted.” <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Feeding today is often quite literal. We have the hungry around the world and in our own neighborhoods. Our best-established ministries are literal food ministries. But feeding is more than nutrition. It includes teaching, spiritual support, providing people with the strength and courage for life. Feeding can be pastoral care. It can be partnering with a neighborhood school. It can be supporting character building scouting or providing a place for safe, wholesome fun for young people. It can be providing young parents a night out. There are many forms of feeding.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Liberating is setting people free from social structures that hold them back from becoming who God created them to become. Our fight against human trafficking is the clearest example. Working with prison inmates and helping the recently released inmates reintegrate into the community is another clear example. The fear that constrains the lives of immigrants is another shackle that we could break. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Our Mission is to the world. That includes each other. When we invite people into our community. It is not to reinforce ourselves. It is so we can be better healers for them. But most of our healing mission is to the world. Dietrich Bonheoffer called Jesus “the man for others” and said that the church is special because we “exist to serve those who are not our members.” We are not all agreed on this. I know some of us explicitly want the church to be a “club” for each other and no one else. I understand the need. I understand the fear. But Jesus calls us beyond that need and fear to a larger life. It is fine to form such inward looking clubs, but not to pretend they are the Church. To do so would be a hypocritical claiming of the name of Jesus while rejecting his message and it would be a corruption of the sacraments. We are the Church if and only if “the Spirit of the Lord is upon us” to do all Jesus did – to heal, feed, and liberate a broken, hungry, enslaved world.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Stewardship: The Second Pillar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">The peace and joy of Christian life come from the triumph of faith over fear. Stewardship is purely and simply the spirituality of faith overcoming fear – not as an abstraction but in actual practice. We put our toe in the baptismal water of Christian living when we devote our resources to the Kingdom Mission through our Church. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     For our Church to bless us with Christian peace and joy, it has to do two things: 1. Teach us the spirituality of faith over fear; and 2. Engage us in a part of God’s mission that we can recognize as more important, richer in meaning, more worthy of our life and its resources than our individual projects. One year at my last parish it came time for the Fall Pledge Drive. We really hadn’t done much mission that year. So I told the Chair of the Stewardship Committee that I knew he had to go through the motions, but that I was not expecting much and didn’t think he should either. You can’t harvest where you haven’t planted. But over time we did engage in mission and we tripled the amount our people chose to give to support that mission.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     Stewardship is how we bless two people: the giver and the receiver. The Church is the connection between the two. The Mission is how we make that connection. When we make it, the world lights up. I commend for your reading <i>Fearless Church Fundraising </i>by Charles LeFond. He means the title to say a lot more than is immediately obvious. He means our fundraising is how our Church can become <i>fearless</i>, which is another way of saying <i>faithful </i>– full of faith.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Evangelism: The Third Pillar<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      </span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">One could rightly call Evangelism part of Mission. But I name it separately because it really does something distinctive from the rest of Mission and too often I see Churches that do not want to do Evangelism just folding it into other parts of Mission to as to muffle the fact that they have passed on The Great Commission. (Matthew 28: 16-20)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">      Evangelism is not selling a product. It is sharing hope. When I discover a good nutritional supplement or workout plan, I tell my friends. If I see a good movie or read a good book, I tell my friends. If I find something that gives me life, and if I care about other people, I want to share it with them. If our spiritual life is flourishing in a Church that is: 1. A healthy, dynamic community; 2. Working together in a genuine mission of healing, feeding, and liberating; 3. Where we discover peace and joy coming from the triumph of faith over fear – then we will want to share that with others. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     There are a lot of books that make the case for why we should do authentic evangelism. My favorites are <i>Transforming Evangelism </i>by Gortner and <i>Biblical Perspectives on Evangelism </i>by Brueggemann. But if you don’t need to be sold on the <i>why</i> and are ready to go straight to the <i>how, </i>the best book I’ve found yet for evangelism in our time is <i>Speaking Faithfully </i>by Naughton and Wilson. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     But here’s another kicker: When we share with people outside the walls what a great thing is happening in our community, we experience our community in a different way ourselves. We value each other more when we have told others out the community. We are more willing to support our community with our resources if we know we are going to be giving it to other people we care for. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">Conclusion</span></b><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt;">     I hope nothing I have said here is new to you. You know the importance of each the Foundation and you know the importance of the Three Pillars. What I hope to elucidate is the interconnectedness. I have heard churches divide up and squabble over inreach vs. outreach, etc. But the truth is that they are all of one piece. Almost all of the petty church fights that cripple us spiritually arise because we haven’t bound ourselves together in the Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism that lift our hearts and minds above the need to get our way. Yes, we need a lot of healing in our relationships in order to engage effectively in Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism. But it is only through engaging in Mission, Stewardship, and Evangelism – as best we can right now – that we can heal and build our relationships – the relationships in which we will experience the Kingdom of God.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

THREE PILLARS OF CHRISTIAN LIVING

One of the great classics of American Buddhism is Philip Kapleau’s Three Pillars of Zen. His pillar metaphor might be borrowed ...

GLOBAL INFLATION HAS BEGUN:

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<div style="text-align: left;"><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span style="color: #134f5c;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM IS TILTING</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gLrKrheuZ7o?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Globale Inflation hat begonnen: Das Finanzsystem kippt </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 1;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Via </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.deutsche-mittelstands-nachrichten.de/autor/deutsche-mittelstands-nachrichten/"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Deutsche Mittelstands Nachrichten</span></a></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die dramatischen Zusammenbrüche in den jungen Volkswirtschaften der Welt sind Vorboten für den Crash des Weltfinanzsystems. Der Schulden-Tsunami rollt an. Er wird zu einer Inflation des Zorns gegen jene führen, die sich die Ausbeutung der Welt zum Ziel gemacht haben. Das Ende wird schmerzhaft sein, sagt Marc Faber. Christine Lagarde spricht vom Dammbruch, gegen den Verteidigungs-Linien errichtet werden müssen. Doch die Angreifer handeln aus Notwehr: Millionen Menschen beginnen, gegen das Finanzsystem zu rebellieren. Die Lage kippt. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Alchemisten des globalen Finanz-Systems werden unruhig.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Aus vielen Ländern der Erde kommen beunruhigende Zeichen.Und sie kommen in immer schnellerer Folge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Schulden-Blase beginnt zu platzen. </span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Folgen sind klar: <b>Inflation und soziale Unruhen.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><b> </b></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In immer schnellerer Folge geraten Länder unter Druck, die in den vergangenen Jahren die bevorzugten Ziele einer globalen Spekulations-Elite geworden sind. Währungen sind mit einem Mal nicht mehr wert: <b>Brasilien, die Türkei, Indien, Indonesien, Südafrika</b> – überall beschleunigen sich inflationäre Tendenzen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das Kapital wird nervös.</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Es zieht sich aus jenen Ländern zurück, in die es die verantwortungslose Niedrigzins-Politik der Zentralbanken getrieben hat. Zurück bleiben immer größere soziale Probleme.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Investor <b>Marc Faber</b> hat in einer sehr scharfsinnigen Analyse (Video am Ende des Artikels) genau vor dieser Entwicklung gewarnt. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Faber erklärt, dass das maßlose Gelddrucken zu keiner Inflation in den USA oder in Europa geführt hat. Durch die unkontrollierten <b>internationalen Verflechtungen wurde die Inflation exportiert</b>. Anleger haben in Blasen investiert, weil sie von den Zentralbanken verführt wurden. Wie schon beim Internet-Boom, bei der Immobilien-Blase oder beim Goldrausch sind gewaltige Summen über Finanzprodukte in die sogenannten Schwellenländer geflossen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Fiktion, mit der die globale Finanzindustrie operiert hat, ist simpel: Durch das viele Geld sind <b>keine Produkte oder Werte geschaffe</b>n worden. Es wurden einfach die Preise von Assets erhöht. Faber sagt, dass das Bruttosozialprodukt der ganzen Welt in einem Jahr so hoch ist wie die Summe der künstlichen Finanz-Papiere, die innerhalb einer einzigen Woche auf den Markt geworfen werden.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Folge: Diejenigen, die in einer real existierenden Wirtschaft leben müssen, können sich nichts mehr leisten. Faber, der in Asien lebt, beschreibt die Lage in Thailand: Wegen des Irrsinns der Spekulationen sind die <b>Immobilienpreise</b>so massiv gestiegen, dass sich eine junge thailändische Familie kein Haus mehr leisten kann. Die <b>Lebensmittelpreise</b> sind explodiert. Für die Reichen der Welt ist das kein Problem: Wer eine Million Dollar im Jahr zur Verfügung hat, gibt nur 3 Prozent für Lebensmittel aus. Wer 1.000 Dollar im Jahr verdient, gibt 60 Prozent und mehr für das Essen aus.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das ist der Punkt, an dem das morsches System bricht.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Brechen muss.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Nach Fabers Einschätzung waren die Unruhen in Tunesien, Ägypten, der Türkei und anderswo ausschließlich soziale Unruhen. Die <b>Leute rebellieren, weil sie keine Zukunft mehr haben.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">In Europa und den USA wird der Ausbruch von Unruhen noch verhindert, weil die Staaten manisch weiter Geld in die <b>Sozialsysteme</b> pumpen, um die Leute ruhig zu stellen – Geld, das sie nicht mehr haben.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Zugleich wird die Gesellschaft immer älter – und es ist eine Überlebensfrage für die Systeme, dass die Rentner Geld bekommen. Die <b>Pensionsfonds</b> sind hypernervös, weil sie wissen: Wenn das Finanzsystem wirklich crasht, können sie die Renten nicht mehr bezahlen. Sie jagen daher von einer Blase in die nächste.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch bald gibt es keinen sicheren Ort mehr.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Denn am Ende muss hinter jedem Investment, selbst hinter dem absurdesten Finanzprodukt, ein realer Wert stehen: Ein Unternehmen, ein Stück Land, ein Rohstoff.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch die realen Werte können mit den Preisen nicht mithalten, die diese selbstmörderische Strategie der globalen Spekulanten in die Höhe getrieben haben.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Und nun wollen die Alchemisten, die das Fiasko ausgelöst haben, <b>den Geist wieder in die Flasche zurückdrängen.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch das gelingt nicht.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Geist ist aus der Flasche, es ist der Ungeist der ungedeckten Kredite, der Todeshauch der globalen Schulden.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das System steckt in der Falle.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">IWF-Chefin Christine Lagarde</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> hat in ihrer </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><a href="http://www.imf.org/external/np/speeches/2013/082313.htm" target="_blank"><span lang="DE-AT" style="color: blue; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT;">Rede</span></a></span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> vor den Finanz-Jongleuren in Jackson Hole daher die Kassandra gegeben und gesagt: Der Damm drohe zu brechen. Es müssen Verteidigungslinien erreichtet werden, um den System-Crash zu verhindern.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Die Krise in den Schwellenländern gerät außer Kontrolle. Hilflos hat Lagarde angekündigt, der IWF stehe bereit, Ländern, die in Not geraten zu helfen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mit politischem Rat.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Mit Geld.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch auch der IWF hat kein Geld mehr.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Es wurde zu viel gedruckt.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Geld verliert in dem Moment seinen Wert, wenn hinter dem Geld nichts mehr steckt. Diesen Moment erleben wir gerade.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Daher fummeln die Zentralbanker, die von niemandem gewählten, niemand verantwortlichen, von niemandem kontrollierten Animateure der weltweiten Gier, nun am Ausstieg herum.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Lagarde sagte, das Gelddrucken müsse langsam zu Ende gehen.</span><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Der „Exit“, </span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">wie sie das nennt<b>, müsse kontrolliert erfolgen.</b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lagarde ist Juristin. Sie hat von Wirtschaft keine Ahnung.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wovon sie etwas versteht, ist <b>das kalte Spiel der Macht</b>. Sie klammerte sich daher in ihrer Rede an die bekannte Fiktion, an das gefürchtete Instrument der Drohung: Die Staaten müssen alles gemeinsam machen. Nationale Egoismen müssten nun zurücktreten gegenüber dem großen, gemeinsamen Ziel – der <b>Rettung</b>des Weltfinanzsystems.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch die Beschwörungen verfangen nicht.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Für den überwiegenden Teil der Menschheit ist das Weltfinanzsystem nichts, was sie retten müssen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Im Gegenteil: <b>Für 99 Prozent der Menschen ist dieses Monopoly</b>, bei dem sie nichts sind als die kleinen Plastikfiguren, die beim Monopoly hin- und hergeschoben werden, der sichere <b>Untergang</b>.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marc Faber, der immer wieder etwas schrullig wirkt, versteht von Wirtschaft eine Menge.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ganz anders als Lagarde sieht er die Konsequenzen: Die Folge der globalen Schuldenblase werden <b>Krieg, soziale Unruhen und Zerstörung</b> sein.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der sich abzeichnende Crash in den jungen Volkswirtschaften ist ein sicheres Indiz, dass das Endspiel erreicht ist.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das Bruttosozialprodukt der ganzen Welt, das Faber mit etwa 60 Billionen Dollar beziffert, entspricht dem Umsatz, den die Banken in einer Woche machen.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Das <b>Geld</b>, das im Umlauf ist, hat mit der <b>Realität</b> nichts mehr zu tun.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wenn nun Indien, Indonesien, Brasilien, die Türkei und all die Staaten, in die die Finanzindustrie das Geld in Form von Krediten und Wetten auf diese Kredite gepumpt haben, mit einem Schlag die Balance verlieren – dann ist das ein untrügliches Zeichen dafür, dass die Finanz-Industrie die Leute nicht mehr länger im globalen<b> Schulden-Gefängnis</b> festgehalten werden können.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Es kommt zum Ausbruch.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Lagarde redet immer noch von einem ineinander verwobenen Finanzsystem und behauptet, dass alle gesittet an diesem System mitwirken sollten, damit weiter Geld verdient werden kann mit Werten, die es in der Höhe niemals wird geben können.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sie übersieht jedoch, dass gerade die Menschen in jenen Staaten, die nun als erste zu fallen drohen, kein Interesse mehr haben an diesem System.</span> So korrupt und von den Banken abhängig kann gar kein Politiker sein, als dass er nicht bei der einsetzenden Beschleunigung merken würde: <b>Jetzt geht es um das Überleben</b>.</div><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Beppe Grillo</span></b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> hat in einem Interview für die BusinessWeek gesagt, dass Italien schleunigst aus der <b>Schuldenfalle</b> kommen müsse. Nicht der Euro sei das Problem, sondern die Schulden. Die italienische Wirtschaft kann die Kredite nicht zurückzahlen, die dieses absurde politische System der Finanzinvestoren ihnen aufgezwungen hat – jene Kredite, die die ganz und gar skrupellosen Politiker gerne genommen haben, um sich bis zur nächsten Wahl am Futtertrog der Macht zu halten.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Doch nun kippt der Futtertrog.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Und wenn in Indien, Brasilien oder der Türkei Millionen auf die Straße gehen und das System kurz und klein schlagen, dann hilft kein „financial engineering“ mehr, wie es der IWF so gerne betreiben würde.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Russland und China werden folgen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Und die <b>Euro-Zone wird mit ihrer Schuldenlast mitgerissen werden</b>. Das Ansteigen der Zinsen im Bond-Markt zeigt für Deutschland einen signifikanten Anstieg innerhalb kürzester Zeit. Auch die US-Staatsanleihen stehen schon bei 2 Prozent. Es wird immer teurer für die reichen, großen Schuldner, ihre Kredite zu bedienen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Daher werde die Dämme nicht nur im Reich von Madame Lagarde brechen, sondern schon sehr bald auch die Grundfesten der westlichen <b>Sozialsysteme</b> unterspült und schließlich zum Einsturz gebracht werden von den gewaltigen Fluten an Geld, das gebraucht wird, um Schulden abzuzahlen.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Zypern, Griechenland, Portugal – das sind die Vorboten im Kleinen. Nun kommen die Großen an die Reihe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dem Dammbruch wird die Sintflut folgen.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Tsunami der globalen Schulden.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Den kann der IWF nicht stoppen, die EZB nicht und auch die US-Notenbank nicht.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Die Inflation, die sich jetzt überall in der Welt zusammenbraut, kennt keine nationalen Grenzen.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das ist der Denkfehler der Alchemisten, die so gerne die neue Weltordnung sehen würden: All das, was die Oligarchen, die dieses System erfunden und von ihm maßlos profitiert haben, in dieses System gesteckt haben, wird sich in der selben, unvorstellbaren Dimension gegen sie selbst richten.</span><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Mark Faber sagt, das System geht zu Ende, „entweder durch Krieg oder den finanziellen Kollaps“.</span> </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Christine Lagarde glaubt, dass der Crash, den sie in ihrer Rede in Jackson Hole erstaunlich konkret beschreibt, durch noch mehr Kredit verhindert werden könne, durch die Aufgabe von nationaler Souveränität, durch noch härtere Sparmaßnahmen bei den Leuten.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><b><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Marc Faber sagt, das Ende werde „sehr schmerzhaft“ sein.</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Denn was sich nun zusammenbraut, ist die Inflation des Zorns all jener, die sich betrogen und ausgebeutet sehen, um ihre Zukunft betrogen, in den Sklavenstand zurückversetzt von einer kleinen Elite, die ihnen selbst im Endspiel noch einreden will, dass „Wachstum“ die einzige Lösung sei.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Welches Wachstum?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das Wachstum der Armut?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Der Ausbeutung?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Des Nichts?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: DE-AT; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Das Ende wird sehr schmerzhaft sein.</span></div></div></div>

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Teamsters still marching, 50 years later

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<div class="MsoNormal"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/aeyJBHduQ_s" width="420"></iframe><br /><br />The<a href="http://teamster.org/" rel="nofollow"> Teamsters</a> are continuing the struggle for jobs and dignity 50 years after the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Recognizing that much remains to be done, the Teamsters National Black Caucus met in Atlanta recently (see video above) and pledged to rededicate themselves to the struggle. Over the weekend, <a href="http://teamsternation.blogspot.com/2013/08/teamsters-march-on-washington.html" rel="nofollow">Teamsters from all over America</a> came to Washington to join the<a href="http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/24/scenes-from-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-march-on-washington/?_r=0" rel="nofollow"> march commemorating the anniversary</a> of Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream Speech."<br /><br />A Teamster sister reminds us that Teamsters were at that historic event: </div><div class="MsoNormal"><blockquote>Teamsters played a very important role in the March on Washington 50 years ago. They were at the forefront of the march demanding better jobs, better education and a decent living for all working men and women. There were Teamsters from all over the nation in Washington, D.C.,  on August 28, 1963. At the time, there was desperate need for economic equality for all. The Teamsters didn’t care about race, sex, religion, age, physical disability or national origin.  </blockquote><blockquote>Everyone deserved a chance to experience the American Dream; the dream of having freedom, a decent education, safe working conditions and a fair wage, regardless of who you were. A Teamster contract was as close to civil rights as one could get. It was a form of insurance to those who actually joined. Teamsters will always fight to protect working families. </blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLugJljPqFa9S8uGMEQywWrcQIun61Ls19I_kZWohQKTcNJO8KIa4zhyZM9lP8X5zJR2c6MvxN2d0UzeT4kCwNgAHU5ixVwpZIPIOJ1-TfXre7hEL1a_hIPiw1De8irA6V7bSk7fTRa2Bk/s1600/March+on+Washington+Local+507.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLugJljPqFa9S8uGMEQywWrcQIun61Ls19I_kZWohQKTcNJO8KIa4zhyZM9lP8X5zJR2c6MvxN2d0UzeT4kCwNgAHU5ixVwpZIPIOJ1-TfXre7hEL1a_hIPiw1De8irA6V7bSk7fTRa2Bk/s320/March+on+Washington+Local+507.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This sister came all the way from Cleveland to Saturday's march.<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><blockquote>The Teamsters are still front and center fighting the war on workers. On Saturday,  the Teamsters -- along with hundreds of other unions, civil rights groups, clergy and community leaders -- were present demanding economic equality, better working conditions and better wages for every working-class man and woman. </blockquote><blockquote>Many forget that the labor movement jump-started the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom 50 years ago. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Philip_Randolph" rel="nofollow">A. Phillip Randolph</a>, president of the<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Sleeping_Car_Porters" rel="nofollow"> Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters</a>, organized the march, demanding change for economic equality, freedom and fair treatment in the workplace. He wanted all to have an opportunity to a good education and a decent wage to obtain the American Dream. </blockquote><blockquote>In 1963, everyone felt the impact of the low wages, the discrimination and inequality. Forward-thinking workers in America understood that. To show their concern they traveled from near and far, bringing men and women from all walks of life to support the union as well as blacks in the March on Washington 50 years ago. </blockquote><blockquote>The Teamsters Union continued that tradition on the 50<sup>th</sup>anniversary. </blockquote></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div>                  <br /><div class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></div>

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The Future's Too Bright!

11:29 AM Tukiyooo 0

The following chart shows sales at food services and drinking places divided by wages.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtwWnrILi7EI4h6FS_UQ8iuZG_hTkyLy1YKtBmb7qjF-nMZAFJSktux6BheNH-9uA21iVGzw2cyE2YfZAtH2eqkFnl5QuKdEZUUzOXk79ouN17tkN-3MXQYxD3U2W_7nflxirznSzv0U/s1600/Happy+Times+vs.+Happy+Hour.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxtwWnrILi7EI4h6FS_UQ8iuZG_hTkyLy1YKtBmb7qjF-nMZAFJSktux6BheNH-9uA21iVGzw2cyE2YfZAtH2eqkFnl5QuKdEZUUzOXk79ouN17tkN-3MXQYxD3U2W_7nflxirznSzv0U/s320/Happy+Times+vs.+Happy+Hour.jpg" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br />Don't think of it as a linear trend failure. Think of it as a transition from happy times into a perpetual happy hour!<br /><br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_hour">Happy Hour</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>In most cases the "happy hour" lasts longer than a single hour.</i></div><br />Yes! 13 years and counting!<br /><br /><b>August 25, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.reflejos.com/en/stories/business/13-08-25/beer_here_wal-mart%E2%80%99s_quiet_push_to_go_big_on_brew.aspx">Beer here: Wal-Mart’s quiet push to go big on brew</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Beer is “a traffic-driving category,” said Colin McGranahan, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York. “High-frequency consumables can help them with their traffic problem. Beer fits that.”</i></div><br />Yes! Beer shines when it comes to solving traffic problems! Just ask any police <a href="http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ocifer">ocifer</a>!<br /><br /><b>March 26, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/business/small_business/2013/03/liquor_license_moratoriums_nimby_idiots_are_strangling_great_neighborhoods.html">Your Neighborhood Needs More Bars</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>How NIMBY stupidity is stifling urban bars and restaurants—and blocking a major opportunity for small-business growth.</i></div><br />Yes! We've experienced so many <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com/2013/04/409-million-missing-jobs-musical-tribute.html">exponential trend failures</a>! Exponential liquor growth for the perma-win!<br /><br /><b>February 19, 2013</b><br /><a href="http://management.fortune.cnn.com/2013/02/19/alcohol-whiskey-renaissance-us/">The new United States of Booze</a><br /><br /><div style="color: #666666;"><i>"<span style="color: red;">No one writes happily about liquor</span>," observed John McDonald in a 1961 Fortune story called "The Perplexed Liquor Industry." "Only recently have a few bold distillers in their advertising set forth pictures of men and women in pleasant social settings having drinks. And even now the advertisement almost never shows the women holding drinks in their hands. The drinks just sit on the table in front of them."</i></div><br />Au contraire mon frère! Happy times! Happy hour! Happy! Happy! Happy!<br /><br /><b>September 7, 2011</b><br /><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/7-ways-to-hide-the-fact-that-youre-hungover-a">7 Steps To Hiding Your Hangover At Work</a><br /><br /><div style="color: red;"><i>Step 5: Turn The Brightness On Your Screen Down</i></div><div style="color: #666666;"><br /></div><div style="color: #666666;"><i>Bright things and your eyes are not friends right now. Maybe tomorrow they can reunite like those dudes with Christian the Lion, but right now… fuck lions. Or something. Look just trust me. Turn down the brightness. (But don’t go too low, then you’ll just strain your eyes. This is a balancing act.)</i></div><br />The future isn't just bright, it's too bright!<br /><br /><b>Source Data:</b><br /><a href="http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/graph/?g=lOv">St. Louis Fed: Custom Chart</a>

The Future's Too Bright!

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