Money Meltdown & Climate Change

Chapter 1 - The need for change Pg 3. “The pursuit of infinite economic growth is an extremely dangerous philosophy. In the first place infinite means never ending and the only way to achieve never ending economic growth, would be to keep printing never ending supplies of worthless money to meet the never ending rewards that never ending growth demands. If the world remains on that course it will lead to inevitable self-destruction.” Pg 5. “In one way or another, money, politics, religion and national sovereignty are the common denominators found in all forms of global, community and domestic problems around the world.” Chapter 2 - The Culture of Conflict Pg 9. ”Mankind is the only life form that possesses the cognitive intelligence, the technology, the physical capability, the communication facilities and organisational skills, to possibly minimise the long term devastating effects of climate change. It will become increasingly evident that such an enormous campaign of sustainable protection and continuous recovery, will only be attainable if the entire human race unites under a common sense of urgency, of determination and co-operative intention to make it happen. If the present culture of conflict becomes worse, such a campaign is unlikely to ever come to pass. Chapter 3 - Climate Change – Is humanity really at risk? Pg 20. He (Man) certainly has the ability to destroy himself, and by contaminating the delicately balanced life support systems Mother Earth has so freely provided, he is headed in that direction” Pg 34. “Expert opinion suggests things will get much worse before the entire population becomes sufficiently challenged to attempt survival strategies.” Chapter 4 - Money – The stuff of dreams and nightmares Pg 39. “In all its various forms, money has become the fuel, the weapon and the reward of power.” Pg 61. “The value of any unit of global currency today is not measured against the life sustaining needs of humanity. It is measured against the market value of commodities, including all other currencies, all of which are subjected to those market influences of supply and demand …….” Chapter 5 - Politics & Politicians – The League of Scoundrels Pg 62. “What is politics actually all about? George Washington (1732-1799), 1st US President under the Constitution, in his farewell address said: "Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it." Pg 66. “Politics can be a serious business for those in pursuit of power and wealth, disguised as a selfless crusade fighting the good fight for their constituents in general and the nation as a whole.” Pg 92. (Quotations from Prof. Kader Asmal, when he was South Africa’s Minister of Education in 2000): “Far too many of our (ANC) comrades have accepted their positions, salaries and benefits, while lacking the training and skills to perform their responsibilities, having previously removed those (whites) qualified to do so. If we are to achieve the desired results, these people will have to go and we must outsource the work to the (white?) private sector.” (Author’s parenthesis) “The poor state of management and administration effectiveness begs an important question: Why, six years after the first democratic elections [in 1994], do the weaknesses and shortcomings continue to persist?” Pg 100. “(Zwelinzima Vavi general secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions.) "Many of the millions who are unemployed, or whose jobs have been casualised, are even worse off than under apartheid. About 20-million of our people are still mired in poverty. We still face many challenges and the task of transformation is far from complete." Pg 113. “By adopting a proactive stance now, nation leaders could immediately embark upon the creation, or radical upgrading, of dedicated environmental rejuvenation authorities, geared and equipped to train and employ presently unemployed human resources. ……..South Africa alone could gainfully employ at least 500 000 people expressly for this purpose, enabling trickle down benefits for perhaps another two million or more.” Chapter 6 – A History of Religion Pg 135. “……. the complete removal of illiteracy, poverty and starvation from our planet must be given a much higher level of proactive attention than has been the case thus far. Religious faiths and ancient cultures have sadly failed to achieve this desirable objective.” Pg 155. (Prof. Trevor Watkins, a member of the archaeological science) “In fact, we know as little about the origin and evolution of religious representations as we know about the origin and evolution of symbolic representation in terms of material culture.” Pg 156. “In short, there is no single, convincing account of the nature of religion and religious experience, and there certainly isn’t an account of the evolution of religious representations.” Chapter 7 - Sovereign State Countries – The deliberate segregation of humanity Pg 194. “The creation of monetary systems, political rule and various religious doctrines, planned to become powerful instruments of influence over the lives and minds of people, could never have come about without the creation of countries.” Pg 195. “William Penn (1644–1718), an English real estate entrepreneur and philosopher, summed it up perfectly when he said: "Let the people think they govern and they will be governed." He became the founder and proprietor of the State of Pennsylvania.” Pg 200. “Country has been made big in the minds of people. It is not so much an inbred feeling of instant patriotism at birth. It has been a deliberate and expertly choreographed programme of indoctrination that has been superbly played out over thousands of years.” Pg 210. “In the light of devastating poverty, starvation and death being experienced in so many third world countries, arising very largely from the brutal devaluation of their currencies and disposable incomes, I believe the IMF members should be held totally accountable. They have the power to proclaim a moratorium on all currency trading activities as a prelude to determining equitable and stable international currency exchange values. Or have they been working to a deliberate agenda of conspiracy to increase the survival dependency of the poor upon the favours and profitable conditional assistance of the rich? I am inclined to believe so.” Pg 221. “The large multinationals have quietly and expertly dictated the way the wealth generating game is played. They hold all the aces and all the trump cards. They are the world’s covert dictators, running their brilliantly customised New World Order under the globalisation brand. Some carefully selected politicians are invited to conditionally share some of the benefits.”