From the Desk of Michael Ross

Here you'll find my thoughts on business, marketing, psychology, government intrusion, freedom of thought and person, all from a commonsense point of view. I also house all my products here too.

January 31, 2004

A New World Order, And Other Conspiracies

After the first Gulf War in '91, President Bush uttered the worlds, "A new world order." He spoke those words because never before had the world come together as it did when it united against Saddam Hussein to get his troops out of Kuwait. It was as if there was a new world order. A new world were countries truly unite.

Since those words, the conspiracy theorists have had a field day. Every little thing is now a huge plot created the members of this new world order. And every person in some position of power (within certain limits) is deemed to be part of this plot.

One interesting thing is how often those claimed to be behind the new world order are either Jews or (American) people with oil interests or large business interests. And always capitalists - even if socialists with vastly larger fortunes are well known.

Let me give you an example: George Soros is a socialist who is extremely wealthy. He is never named in any world order global control theories. But someone like the current President Bush is always being named - even if his wealth is a tiny dot compared to Soros' wealth.

One conspiracy theory is about the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001. The theory goes... the Jews (who also control the CIA) helped mastermind the whole thing to help the government pass controlling laws it wouldn't have been able to pass otherwise. And, to also bury a lot of incriminating evidence under tons of rubble. To help give the government an excuse to give money to the airlines - who had been floundering for years previously anyway. And because President Bush's government was about letting Palestine be a legitimate country (and the Jews did not want that, so destroyed the trade center as a warning). Some part of the theory also holds evident that Osama Bin Laden is on the payroll of the CIA.

In short, this theory is incredibly elaborate and intricate it boggles the mind. And if you feel inclined to see what lengths these theorists go to, here is the theory in all its glory: World Trade Center Bombings.

This theory starts off answering the question, "Who Benefits". As in, who benefits by the world trade center attack. And then goes off on it's "new world order controlled by the Jews" theory. In fact, it reads very anti-Semitic.

But lets look at it in a common sense way.

What makes more sense: That the Jews have infiltrated the CIA and actually control it, and are manipulating the world for their gain by destroying entire buildings in the heart of financial center of the world's most powerful country - or - that a man who has made millions by being a terrorist (and who is also a staunch anti-capitalist Marxist), and whose second in command (who some actually believe is the actual leader) just happens to have a PhD in psychology and brainwashing, enticed some young impressionable Muslims into hijacking a plane and flying it into a building?

Common sense says, the socialist Marxist man who has over a decade of experience in being a terrorist for profit and who also HATES freedom loving capitalist societies, would do something like this. He gains millions of dollars from other socialist Marxist supporters, as well as new recruits to the cause of "standing up to the great Satan [USA]." Plain and simple, blowing things up for profit.

Some conspiracy nuts hint that President Bush went into Iraq because he has oil interests, and partial control of Iraq's oil would increase the value of his oil holdings. Or his buddies in the oil business would win the contracts to rebuild Iraq's oil networks. (No one questions the Dutch Queen and her Shell oil interests; no one questions the interests of B.P. No one questions the Duke of England - the richest man in England by a mile. They only question American Capitalists - which should let you know their motivation behind their theories)

What they conveniently ignore is that the previous president (Bill Clinton) signed into law (made it USA policy) that the regime in Iraq was to be overthrown. Yet no-one questions Clinton's motives for wanting to effect regime change in Iraq.

If one would just apply Occam's Razor - the simplest answer is almost always the right one - we could get on with our lives instead of getting tied up in knots over some kookie theory.

How much chance is there that a bunch of people are controlling the world by their actions?

Let's look at "business workings" to see how much control can really be had...

When a business begins it is under the control of the owner. As it grows, control becomes less and less and the business takes on a life of its own. With no one person really have full control over it. And no one single person within the business knowing what is going on, or how to make it "go on."

Take getting more office paper, for example. Someone at the photocopier at the end of the halls runs out of paper. They can't find any so call the office supply department. The office supply department calls the warehouse and tells them to get more paper up to you. The warehouse finds a ream of paper and calls their office goffer and instructs them to deliver paper to you.

A close look at such a simple set of steps reveals no one person KNOWS how it is all done. The office worker has no idea where the paper is or how to get it. So they call Supplies and leave it in their hands. Supplies likewise doesn't know exactly where it is and calls the Warehouse and asks them to get the paper to you. The Goffer has no idea how warehouse was informed you needed more paper.

And when paper runs low in the warehouse, the warehouse guy orders more in from the manufacturer. Something the office worker wouldn't have a clue how to do.

In large business, each department appears to work totally without control from any other department. And they all serve each other. It is almost like "Profitable Chaos." The company makes money despite of itself.

And yet, after all this, the conspiracy theory folks expect us to believe the same people at the top of these chaotic companies can control the world.

Give me a break.

Use common sense and conspiracy theories fall apart. If they appear to make sense, that is because they are written in such a way they cannot be disproved. Or, are written to show apparent details without actually providing real details. The details make you think the text is real.

January 26, 2004

The Devil Inc

The Devil is the supreme spirit of evil whose goal is the subjugation of the human race.

This evil spirit is incarnate on the planet right now at this point in time. And its name is Monsanto - a U.S.A. company which makes a whole host of horrendous chemicals and gets those chemicals into out food chain.

How evil and insidious is this company?

Well, I don't call them The Devil Inc for nothing. Let me tell you a little about the not-so-well known Monsanto and you make up your own mind...

Recently, they [Monsanto] took a milk producer to court because the milk producer was guilty of the crime of not using and/or giving artificial hormones to their cows, and saying as much on their packaging.

That's right. The milk producer did not give their cows artificial hormones. And said as much on their labels. It went something like... "Contains No Artificial Hormones"

Monsanto objected to this and took them to court because it would make them [Monsanto] look bad. You see, Monsanto makes artificial hormones and their hormones are injected and fed into lots of cows. And they feared - rightly so - that people would prefer to drink milk without artificial hormones over milk with artificial hormones. Monsanto's business would decline as a result.

Pretty bad, right? Well, it gets better - or worse.

Monsanto also makes genetically modified crops. One such crop is canola. And they grew such a crop on a farm in Canada. And as is the nature of the birds and the bees going about their business, they spread pollen. Some of this pollen went onto the crop of the 73 year old farmer next door. This farmer did not grow genetically modified crops and did not want to. All his crop seeds came from the previous year's harvest.

Well, Monsanto - acting on an anonymous tip - hired a private investigator to take crop from the edge of the farmer's land. This crop tested positive for their genetically modified gene and they took the farmer to court for not paying them for the right to grow their genetically modified crops. And they won! - $140,000 in damages.

Did it matter that Monsanto's crop had infected the farmers crop without his permission? Nope. Not at all. As far as Monsanto is concerned, the farmer owed them for using their proprietary crop - when they modified the crop genetically they were able to own it.

This case has NOW gone all the way to the Canadian supreme court, where it currently is.

But their chicanery doesn't end there.

Monsanto also makes Aspartame. A nerve toxin better known as Nutrasweet. This is real bad stuff with a list of side-effects that scare you and should be banned from the human food chain immediately. Side-effects such as: headaches/migraines, dizziness, seizures, nausea, numbness, muscle spasms, weight gain, rashes, depression, fatigue, irritability, tachycardia, insomnia, vision problems, hearing loss, heart palpitations, breathing difficulties, anxiety attacks, slurred speech, loss of taste, tinnitus, vertigo, memory loss, and joint pain. And can bring on or make worse: brain tumors, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, parkinson's disease, alzheimer's, mental retardation, lymphoma, birth defects, fibromyalgia, and diabetes (notice is can make diabetes worse, yet it is touted as something a diabetic should take!).

Despite this, and the damning report to the FDA of how bad this stuff is, the evil and powerful Monsanto has managed to get this into our food chain - and - get natural sweeteners like Stevia banned. (see http://www.nexusmagazine.com/stevia.html)

This piece isn't designed for a discussion on the dangers of Aspartame. For more information please see the following websites...

http://www.aspartamekills.com/
http://www.dorway.com/
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/Aspartame.html (excellent article)

Monsanto also makes weed killers such as Roundup.

And they also make genetically modified Soy beans. Of the 100 million acres under soy cultivation in the U.S.A. Monsanto owns 45 million of them. All growing their genetically modified Soy.

What's so bad about that?

The genetically modified soy does not die when Roundup weed killer is sprayed on it. This means the farmers can spray their crop for weeds without concern the crop will also die. BUT what they don't tell you is... ALL plants take up (absorb) the weed killer - even the genetically modified soy. This means, the soy is loaded with weed killer!!!

As if that is not bad enough, soy itself is a hideous physiological poison which inhibits cell growth, leads to osteoporosis, creates Oestrogen imbalance - which can lead to infertility - inhibits thyroid function which can thus effect the adrenals, and a whole host of serious problems.

For more scary information about the dangers of soy see:

http://www.nexusmagazine.com/soydangers.html
http://www.soyonlineservice.co.nz/

They have managed to get this insidious "food" into nearly everything. It is in bread even! Baby formula too. Is what lecithin is made from (lecithin is a soy processing waste by-product). And is not fit for human consumption.

The funny thing though, is that Monsanto is ceasing the sale of genetically modified soy in Argentina because of the black market in normal seeds which is making it impossible for Monsanto to make money. So instead, they are going to concentrate on selling their genetically modified sunflower seeds and sorghum. That means, selling their sunflower seeds and sorghum that will not be killed by the weedkiller Roundup.

But notice how many things this company is genetically modifying? Soy, canola, sunflower seeds, sorghum and it doesn't stop there. They have also genetically modified wheat!

Maybe you have heard about it. Maybe you haven't. Basically, Monsanto has made a genetically modified wheat which also stays alive after being sprayed with their weed killed. They are trying to get approval for this product to be imported into Africa even though is has not been approved in the U.S. yet.

Of course, Monsanto likes to call their crops "Roundup Ready" instead of Genetically Modified because Roundup ready doesn't sound so bad or remind people that the crop is not natural.

But with wheat, people generally do not want to eat genetically modified bread - little do they realize it's already modified because it has soy in it. And there is concern that genetically modified wheat will mix with natural wheat for U.S. export - and many customers of U.S. wheat do not want modified wheat and won't buy any if there is doubt about the wheat's genuine nature.

Also, farmers are already growing so much genetically modified crop, wheat will become another headache as farmers will need to buy more Roundup to kill off the naturally growing crops.

That's right. As far as Monsanto is concerned, a farmer who grows their genetically modified crop is contracted to not grow natural crops and MUST get all seeds from Monsanto - genetically modified crop seeds do not produce a crop which produces seeds, resulting in a situation which forces farmers to buy ALL seed crops from Monsanto and effectively resulting in Monsanto owning all crop production on the planet, in the end. (Our subjugation will be complete.)

Monsanto and Pioneer Hi-Bred are currently in a price-fixing court case and the judge, who was part of the legal defense team for Monsanto some years earlier when they sued another grain company over seed issues, will not excuse himself from the case. Excuse my cynicism, but this looks like another case Monsanto will win.

They have also developed a new technique for Maize and are trying to get that sold in poor countries. Their new technique involves spraying the whole plot for weeds - effectively killing everything - then soaking the maize seeds in a chemical stew so they won't die when planted into the toxic soil, then letting the maize grow. Sounds like something you'd just love to eat after harvest, doesn't it? NOT!

To see that latest news stories with Monsanto go here: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&num=100&edition=usa&q=monsanto

There is plenty there to read.

Finally, please spread the word about this evil company - even link to this. Their actions are destroying the world's natural food crops, creating pests with greater resistance which will mean more and more chemicals, and they are putting our health (you, me, everyone's) in extreme danger.