Dec. 19th, 2010

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You're reading that right.

Muhammed: Allah has revealed to me that you must be humble, so that no one boasts over another, or oppresses another.

"The effects of Satan' s influence may appear in various forms. As is known, rather than employing what Allah has granted him to draw nearer to Him, and feeling grateful to Him, Satan became pretentious. Failing to consider that Allah could reduce him to insignificance whenever He wills, He revolted against Allah' s command. Indeed, the adherents of Satan show forth this quality of his in many ways. For instance, though a person might render some service to Allah, he should consider this service as an opportunity granted by his Lord to earn His good pleasure. Otherwise, believing that one can attain success by one' s own efforts, without having been under Allah' s ordinance, and being boastful thereof, would be errant. Because, attributing that success to one' s own abilities, and being proud is a characteristic peculiar to Satan. Indeed, Qarun, who believed that his wealth was an outcome of his qualities, and thus, boasted, "…I have only been given it because of knowledge I have…" (Surat al-Qasas: 78), is an important example of one who was severely punished by Allah for his evildoing. The Prophet Muhammad (saas), too, told believers to abstain from being boastful:"
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State Police have begun being turned away from gas stations because their state credit cards were rejected. Illinois is apparently the state with the highest amount of debt, of all American states, but they are all facing a significant problem in the coming twelve months. They are estimating millions of public sector jobs lost, and pensions ceasing to exist. The municipal bond market may fall apart (and they say this is where a lot of retirement fund money is being stored and invested.)

All the while, there's a growing section of super-rich in this country that controls significant portions (over 80%) of all wealth. Curiously, this subject continues to evade the media spotlight, just as the fact wages have either declined or stagnated starting from the early 70s to the present day is only given passing mention - usually on publicly-funded television and radio.

But tonight they ran a special on sixty minutes discussing this massive state debt problem. States can no longer borrow money...their credit scores are destroyed...and they are going to enter a time when they can only use what they collect in taxes.

If this situation worsens, I can guarantee you will see eventually - especially when the middle and upper middle classes begin to get squeezed significantly (especially those working in the media, news and entertainment industry) - their anger begin to focus on the real culprits. The banking industry, the super-rich, the corporate interests, and the politicians that pander to them.

There is no real excuse for this situation, besides too much money being lended at too high of interest rates, and too much money sitting idly in the pockets of the super rich. It will come to a beautiful tragedy, that may even be the herald of a new era of EQUALITY.

What truly frightened me tonight is the mention of state-facilities being sold to corporations, and then leased or rented back to the state. This is a turning point in our history. This is, exactly as I foresaw it, the beginning of CORPORATE RULE over the people. It has existed behind closed doors for a long, long time...obvious only to a keen eye and to those who notice the continual kneeling of politicians to corporations...but now that it is entering more into visibility, I am fearful of the consequences.

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