40 Hard Questions That The American People Should Be Asking Right Now

[Mr. T]

40 Hard Questions That The American People Should Be Asking Right Now

 

If you spend much time watching the mainstream news, then you know how incredibly vapid it can be. It is amazing how they can spend so much time saying next to nothing. There seems to be a huge reluctance to tackle the tough issues and the hard questions. Perhaps I should be thankful for this, because if the mainstream media was doing their job properly, there would not be a need for the alternative media. Once upon a time, the mainstream media had a virtual monopoly on the dissemination of news in the United States, but that has changed. Thankfully, the Internet in the United States is free and open (at least for now) and people that are hungry for the truth can go searching for it. Today, an increasing number of Americans want to understand why our economy is dying and why our national debt is skyrocketing. An increasing number of Americans are deeply frustrated with what is going on in Washington D.C. and they are alarmed that we seem to get closer to becoming a totalitarian police state with each passing year. People want real answers about our foreign policy, about our corrupt politicians, about our corrupt financial system, about our shocking moral decline and about the increasing instability that we are seeing all over the world, and they are not getting those answers from the mainstream media.

 

If the mainstream media will not do it, then those of us in the alternative media will be glad to tackle the tough issues. The following are 40 hard questions that the American people should be asking right now....

 

#1 If Iran tries to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, what will that do to the price of oil and what will that do to the global economy?

 

#2 If Iran tries to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, will the United States respond by launching a military strike on Iran?

 

#3 Why is the Federal Reserve bailing out Europe? And why are so few members of Congress objecting to this?

 

#4 The U.S. dollar has lost well over 95 percent of its value since the Federal Reserve was created, the U.S. national debt is more than 5000 times larger than it was when the Federal Reserve was created and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a track record of incompetence that is absolutely mind blowing. So what possible justification is there for allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to issue our currency and run our economy?

 

#5 Why does the euro keep dropping like a rock? Is this a sign that Europe is heading for a major recession?

 

#6 Why are European banks parking record-setting amounts of cash at the European Central Bank? Is this evidence that banks don't want to lend to one another and that we are on the verge of a massive credit crunch?

 

#7 If the European financial system is going to be just fine, then why is the UK government preparing feverishly for the collapse of the euro?

 

#8 What did the head of the IMF mean when she recently said that we could soon see conditions "reminiscent of the 1930s depression"?

 

#9 How in the world can Mitt Romney say with a straight face that the individual health insurance mandate that he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts was based on "conservative principles"? Wouldn't that make the individual mandate in Obamacare "conservative" as well?

 

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[Westside Steve]

#1 If Iran tries to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, what will that do to the price of oil and what will that do to the global economy?

 

Prices will skyrocket and global strife will follow the imminent recession.

 

#2 If Iran tries to shut down the Strait of Hormuz, will the United States respond by launching a military strike on Iran?

 

We should. And it should be some kind of coaliition. And we should lead that coalition.

 

#3 Why is the Federal Reserve bailing out Europe? And why are so few members of Congress objecting to this?

 

We'll be in deeper shit should Europe collapse. We might benefit from the weakening of competition but probably China would more.

 

#4 The U.S. dollar has lost well over 95 percent of its value since the Federal Reserve was created, the U.S. national debt is more than 5000 times larger than it was when the Federal Reserve was created and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has a track record of incompetence that is absolutely mind blowing. So what possible justification is there for allowing the Federal Reserve to continue to issue our currency and run our economy?

 

Actually the dollar is backed by oil in a way.n HEnce it'ws unacceptable for oil rich countries {iraq} to trade it in Euros. Of course France loves the idea.

 

#5 Why does the euro keep dropping like a rock? Is this a sign that Europe is heading for a major recession?

 

Yes. And they are.

 

#6 Why are European banks parking record-setting amounts of cash at the European Central Bank? Is this evidence that banks don't want to lend to one another and that we are on the verge of a massive credit crunch?

 

No idea. Hedging the bet I assume. I don't know enough about complex international economy to say for sure.

 

 

#7 If the European financial system is going to be just fine, then why is the UK government preparing feverishly for the collapse of the euro?

 

Who says they're going to be just fine?

The Brits hang on to the Pound Sterling for a reason.

 

#8 What did the head of the IMF mean when she recently said that we could soon see conditions "reminiscent of the 1930s depression"?

 

The terms"could" and "reminiscent" tell us it's just rhetoric. Just a warning or a vague prediction.

 

#9 How in the world can Mitt Romney say with a straight face that the individual health insurance mandate that he signed into law as governor of Massachusetts was based on "conservative principles"? Wouldn't that make the individual mandate in Obamacare "conservative" as well?

 

We're going to have socialized medecine. We do now. It's more "conservative" (if we need to use those words) to make everyone have a stake in the process than just make it a handout.

 

Free stuff is rarely appreciated and that makes the programs given grudgingly.

WSS

[heckofajobbrownie]

For the most part, I think Steve did pretty well with some stupid questions asked by someone who is obviously living under a rock.

 

Europe might be headed for recession? No way! Someone alert the media.

[Mr. T]

For the most part, I think Steve did pretty well with some stupid questions asked by someone who is obviously living under a rock.

 

Europe might be headed for recession? No way! Someone alert the media.

 

 

For the most part you can say those who rely on mainstream news are living under a rock.

 

And Steve did answer the questions well. I would love to see your answers, we need a good laugh. I am sure your answers will have all of the talking points from the talking heads and the same ridicule to supress and shame anyone from not being uniformed.

 

Heck, Do you follow the crowd? Or can you be an independent thinker?

[heckofajobbrownie]

I follow the crowd. Like, when Ron Paul says shit about the Fed and tells me to buy gold, I run out and buy gold.

[Westside Steve]

I wish I had gold instead of mutuals.

Then again I wish I'd been the guy to think of putting tap water in plastic bottles.

Wss

[calfoxwc]

Pretty cowardly reply, Heck. You wouldn't answer one question, when Steve did a fine job.

 

Cowardly to always insist on controlling any discussion you initiate, then dissing anyone who

 

initiates any discussion without you.

 

Some days I think you are mz the pussy the pussy's prissy, weasel other brother named "stupid".

 

Heck, honestly, don't you think you are intelligent enough to start reasoning and thinking,

 

instead of just "feeeeeeeling" on every issue? As in, stop being a typical, programmed

 

liberal sissy?