As in printed dollars. I clicked on a
link to a presentation; I think it was a banner ad at WND. A guy was
making a torturously redundant and drawn out claim that the US
economy is in grave danger because the US dollar was going to not be
the world's reserve currency in the future. I'm cautious about using
one source, so I looked for others. I saw an article, I would have to
reread it several times to begin comprehending all of it; but it
talks about a trend of foreign central banks selling US treasuries to
bolster their own currencies. I read a second article, about a deal
between Russia and China, where oil transactions would be made in
Chinese currency, not US dollars. So it looks as though there might
be something to it. Besides, look at the spiritual aspect. Look at
the second half of Deuteronomy chapter 28. Quite sobering and
ominous, but merciful of God to point it out beforehand, and in
writing. Look too at the verse from Proverbs that says:”Pride goes
before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.” The US has
disregarded God, and, arrogantly uses its financial position to spend
what it pleases.
As for following the situation with
Syria so closely, I can't say that I'm operating from a view to the
spiritual aspects behind the headlines, other than the above verse in
regards to President Obama's view of his own importance.. It's
actually the exchange of slights and insults that I'm looking at as
the underlying cause of the news. What will happen next, I haven't
thought about it other than from a personal perspective. Right this
moment the exchange is causing President Obama to pace the room
formulating an address to the Russian people about perverts' rights.
One can know that so much of this is
an effort to bolster image by looking at what the political-media
complex is airing these days. NPR had a piece (Thursday?) about a
lengthy dialog between John Kerry and his Russian counterpart. It was
laboring the fact that discussions about Syria's chemical stockpile
have been going on for months; and that Kerry's remarks in England
really weren't offhand. Well, the only reason for telling us all this
is if most of the world saw the remarks as offhand; maybe because
Kerry was so sure that the disarming wouldn't take place. I think
the Russians seized on the statement as a two pronged way to slight
President Obama. One, because it was an official offer made without
Obama's input, and, it gave the Russians a chance to become the
arbiters of peace. Speaking of which, notice how the Bing news
headlines proclaim a joint US-Russian agreement on Syrian weapons.
Gee, I thought it would be a Russian-Syrian agreement; or one that
included the UN. The headline isn't even in alphabetical order; if
so, it would read Russian-US agreement. The left will do anything to
save face for their guy.
As for my personal perspective, it
might be summed up in an imaginary letter to Russia's guy, President
Putin.
Dear sir, I have been following
recent events involving Russia and the US. I suspect that your
biggest difficulty isn't in navigating these waters, but in keeping a
straight face while doing so. Your counterpart in the US has exposed
his buttons, and you're adapt at pushing them. Consider though, how
this could affect people like me. You are a world leader, I am at the
other end of the social strata, a meager craftsman from the
hinterlands. As this country deteriorates, I am desiring to emigrate
to your country. As you probably know, the federal tax agency here
has been stalling the exemptions of conservative groups; the Attorney
General is selective about which laws to enforce, and there was a
suspicious helicopter explosion with 16 elite military personnel on
board. So it's obvious this administration plays by their own rules;
if they perceived that I favored your policies more than theirs, they
might do to me what happened to the homeschooling family in Germany.
Their children were seized, and their passports taken.
So please sir, could you at least
pretend to lose once in awhile?
