I have written before about Dr. Ron Paul, and why he is no different than the average politician. However the difference between Ron, and the other remaining GOP candidates and current Puppet in Chief Barack Obama is that Dr. Paul has millions of fans and followers in the "Truth" and "Liberty" Movements. While I agree with most of his stances towards personal liberties, and his "non interventionist" policies, there is one glaring hole in his economic beliefs. He has made it well known that he's all for an economy based on gold and other commodities. In my research I have found this to be severely flawed, and in actuality believe that he needs to be called out on this, as very few people in the alternative media will touch on the dangers of a gold standard. The only "big names" that I have come across who have even mentioned any criticism of Paul and Austrian Economics are Webster Tarpley, Bill Still, and Henry Makow. I'm sure most of the people reading this have watched "The Money Masters" and "The Secret of Oz" by Bill Still. However most do not remember what was stated by Mr. Still., and wrongly believe that the only way to fix the economic situation we are in is to go to a gold standard, as they believe that gold and silver are equivalent to Rothschild/Jesuit kryptonite. This is far from the case.


"Beware of calls to return to a gold standard. Why? Simple. Because never before has so much gold been so concentrated outside of American hands. And never before has so much gold been in the hands of international governmental bodies such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. In fact, the IMF now holds more gold then any central bank.

The Swiss are under intense pressure from the Money Changers to dispose of their gold. This is most likely either a prelude to the complete demonetization of gold (like silver before it), or to its monopolization and re-monetization by the Money Changers. Therefore, to return to a gold standard would almost certainly be a false solution in our case. As was repeated in the Great Depression: "In gold we trusted; by gold we're busted."

Likewise, beware of any plans advanced for a regional or world currency - this is another international banker's Trojan Horse - a deception to open the national gates to more international control."

Money Masters video transcript; Bill Still

I believe the reasoning for the pro gold beliefs has something to do with a plan that has been in the works for at least 20 years. Many of us have read "The Secret of Jekyll Island" by G. Edward Griffin. Most people don't understand that it's a ripoff of Eustace Mullins' book "The Secrets of the Federal Reserve". The only major difference is that Mullins' solution was not gold, but is actually a system based on "social credit", whereas Griffin claims that gold is the answer. I believe the reason for Griffin to write that book was so that many people would read it as they are being introduced into "Libertarian" ideals, and would falsely believe that gold/silver is the only way to stop the oligarchs.

Read more of it in this link:

http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2012/01/18/who-is-ed-griffin/


The beliefs in all of this goes back to Ludwig Von Mises and the Austrian School of Economics. However most people are not even aware of how Austrian Economics started and don't know that Mises was actually supported by the Rockefeller Foundation for a while when he came to the US. To me this is a huge red flag, and makes me wonder if the whole thing is not an inside job. There are many other ties to famous Austrian Economics believers like Mises, Griffin, Paul, and Murray Rothbard to the Koch funded John Birch Society, the Volker Fund and the Rockefeller Foundation. Check out this quote from Mises' biographer Richard M. Ebeling, and check out the links below it from writer Anthony Migchels.


“Many readers may be surprised to learn the extent to which the Graduate Institute and then Mises himself in the years immediately after he came to United States were kept afloat financially through generous grants from the Rockefeller Foundation. In fact, for the first years of Mises’s life in the United States, before his appointment as a visiting professor in the Graduate School of Business Administration at New York University (NYU) in 1945, he was almost totally dependent on annual research grants from the Rockefeller Foundation.” – Richard M. Ebeling, The Life and Works of Ludwig von Mises

http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/how-the-money-power-created-libertarianism-and-austrian-economics/

I think the writer does well in identifying who is ok or not in the alternative media, but as always use your own discernment, I agree with him on David Icke, but I don't believe in any of Icke's reptilian theories:

http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/2012/02/12/hate-the-state-buy-gold-and-all-will-be-well-an-alternative-media-in-crisis/


Now, another point that I wanted to get to is Ron Paul's ties to PNAC member Louis Lehrman. Most of you know about PNAC, but have no idea about "the other" document by PNAC about the gold standard. Dr. Paul co-authored a book with Lehrman called "A Case For Gold". It makes you wonder why we haven't heard Alex Jones mention the other PNAC document. I believe the reasoning for that is Jones is completely controlled opposition. You can read of Jones' exploits on this site, but I'm not going to go too far in this blog, because we've already exposed AJ's cointelpro activities. The truth is that he is not the Patriotic American that many have been led to believe, but he's a snake oil salesman, and has a huge interest in gold as his assets are tied up in it heavily as are Dr. Paul's. Writer Keith Gardner does a great job of exposing this in the next link.


http://libertyrevival.wordpress.com/2012/02/13/alex-jones-new-world-order-agenda/comment-page-1/#comment-6543


By now you are probably thinking that I'm a believer in Keynesian Economics or Marxism, but nothing can be further from the truth. I just see this coming, and see very few people exposing it in the alternative media. I was deeply bothered when I came across Dr. Paul's statement made on Congressional Record that proves that he has no problem with a single World currency: ie "A New World Order". Only the most dedicated Paulbot can make this next statement to be positive.


"There's nothing to fear from globalism, free trade and a single worldwide currency.... The effort in recent decades to unify government surveillance over all world trade and international financial transactions through the UN, IMF, World Bank, WTO, ICC, the OECD, and the Bank of International Settlements can never substitute for a peaceful world based on true free trade, freedom of movement, a single but sound market currency, and voluntary contracts with private property rights.... The ultimate solution will only come with the rejection of fiat money worldwide, and a restoration of commodity money. Commodity money if voluntarily and universally accepted could give us a single world currency requiring no money managers, no manipulators orchestrating a man-made business cycle with rampant price inflation."

Ron Paul, Congressional Record, 13 March 2001

The facts are that Dr. Paul will be the next President or VP, and most of you realize by now that the President is no more than a puppet. I have seen the mainstream media "warm up" to Paul, and I truly believe this is the next psycological operation, and the fact that so many "awake" people are falling for it drives me insane. I'm sure you realize that Presidents are selected and not elected, and yet choose to give so much of their time to a REPUBLICAN running for President amazes me. It seems that so many have traded their shepards from the MSM to the talking heads in the alternative media, and are not able to critically think, but just shout regurgitated statements like "End the FED", and talk about "fiat" money and "sound" money as if the only way to accomplish it is with Ron Paul and the gold standard. The truth is that we do need to rehaul our economy, but not the way so many people believe.


In fact Dennis Kucinich's Need Act of 2011 (Zarlenga Plan) is a better way to fix the economy. Keith Gardner of "Libert Revival" states that with that plan and a few suggestions, "The only thing I would suggest for the bill is to also eliminate taxation of wages in the income tax code and promote the land value tax and citizen dividend since that is equally important. Unfortunately, for the U.S., reforming the tax code will be difficult because taxes are on the federal, national, and state level, however The Zarlenga Plan does suggest a citizen dividend, paying off national debt, funding landed infrastructure, and public option health insurance, which i agree would all be good things to do while fractional reserve banking is ending. The great part of the Zarlenga Bill is that finance of deficit spending is done with printing rather than borrowing as a default course of action. Wealthy interests would limit spending if it devalues their wealth rather than allows them to collect interest."


Now I am not touting Kucininch as any type of hero either as believe that we have NOBODY left who is 100% legit in the Government as we observed him cave into Obama over the health plan, but I think this plan with Keith's suggestions would be a great start. Now there are a few things to consider before so many jump on the "gold" ship. Do you really think that the head of the World Bank, Alan Greenspan, and Louis Lehrman are thinking about us or the Country? They have all come out in support of the gold standard, and I believe that's a testament to how dangerous it really is.

Louis Lehrman
http://www.thegoldstandardnow.org/key-blogs/671-america-will-return-to-the-gold-standard-within-five-years

World Bank head calls for Gold Standard http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/08/us-gold-zoellick-idUSTRE6A70D720101108

Alan Greenspan http://www.zerohedge.com/article/stunner-gold-standard-fully-supported-alan-greenspan


So, there you have it, my opinion is that Ron Paul is out for a free lunch, and is complete controlled opposition, and it's very easy to see that he has all of his assets tied up in gold as well. What about the rest of us? I think this has a lot to do with the Ayn Rand philosophy that the Corporation owners and elite don't need a responsibility to the rest of society.

Also, I should note that Ron Paul doesn't care about American workers as he is not for tariffs, he just wants "free trade" which is basically an illusion. He also voted to repeal the "Glass Steagall Act" which helps protect us from the oligarchies. To date I've never heard him mention anything about Tesla's free energy or anything else that will truly benefit us. He is for the same old coal, oil, and nuclear energies, and also balks at putting any regulations on them.

I think a big misconception is that we need to get rid of all of the alphabet agencies. That is a fallacy as the big corporations would have free reign to pollute or do what they want to do. I'm in favor of getting rid of the CIA, DHS, TSA, and a few others, but the FDA, the EPA, and the SEC need to be totally revamped with the FDA getting rid of all Monsanto, Big Pharma, and other ties that bind, the EPA needs rehauling as well, and the SEC needs to be purged of Goldman Sachs and other banking insiders who look out for there buddies every step of the way.


He also claims to be anti-war, but has never called out the false flag of 9/11, and I'm sure that he would take us to war if the Israelis happened to pull off another false flag attack and blame it on Iran or Syria, as he did vote for the Afghanistan invasion after 9/11, and also was one of the few who voted against condemming Israel for an attack on Iran's nuclear reactor in 1981 Either way, the President is virtually powerless, and I believe Obama ran on an anti-war campaign as well. Maybe the days of war are over (I doubt it), and the New World Order is ready for the next chapter.


Never the less, his financial policies are far from sound, and have people like Henry George, Eustace Mullins and Ezra Pound spinning in their graves. For more information check out Keith Gardner's "Liberty Revival" blog, and Anthony Migchels' "Realcurrencies" blog for more detailed information, and also check out Bill Still's blog, and his movies again, as well as reading Eustace Mullins' book about the Federal Reserve (Secrets of the Federal Reserve).


http://libertyrevival.wordpress.com/


http://realcurrencies.wordpress.com/

                    I am writing this piece because too many people feel too secure when it comes to electronics like their computers. The situation is far from it. The Internet is full of bad people who want to make money any way possible. Some ways they do is is by putting malware on your computer and recording keystrokes, or by stealing your emails full of your information. Then there is crime from even higher. Crime as high a level as Google and Facebook. They install tracking pieces of information called cookies, that log all the websites you visit, and they compile some of that information and sell it to third parties advertisers who make advertisements relevant to you. Ever notice why some ads seem like they know what you want? They know who you are and what you like. Here are some of the ways to protect your information from third parties, and how to make your computer more secure.

                    The internet isn't like the days where you would see an email and know right away that it is a scam. Much like the Nigerian scam emails from the 90s and early 2000s. Did you know that it is not like anymore. Now, there are huge corporations paid to steal your information so they can make profits? Google is one of them. It isn't limited to what you do on the Internet. Now, there are programs that come with crap to install like those toolbars, and all they do is log information. Information gathering has come a long way since the 90s. We are in an age, where even the most trusted corporations are out to get your information.

Basic Networking:

•                  If you set up your own wireless connection, make sure you use WPA2 encryption instead of WEP because WEP is weaker than WPA, and a really long password. It doesn't matter if it isn't an easy password to remember. You want to prevent people from accessing your router or network. So you could write it down on a piece of paper and hide it. You only really need to enter the password once, and your computer will remember the password by itself. That WPA2 encryption means that the data sent from your computer to the router has more encryption and is less easy to be read and hacked. Also set up a a strong password to access the router. If someone has hacked your wifi password, they can mess around on your router and do unwanted things on it. So make sure you set up a good strong password for the router as well.

•                  DO NOT USE OR SEND PRIVATE DATA ON PUBLIC NETWORKS!!! I will only say that once. Seriously. If you are going to access Facebook at Starbucks or something, you have to use some type of encryption. You can use an SSH tunnel (requires skill to set up), a Virtual Private Network, or even a SOCKS proxy. Also when you are on a public wifi, make sure all the sites that use private data is using the HTTPS protocol. You can look at the address bar and if it says https://website.com, you are good.  There are people who steal data from public wifis. There is a Firefox extension that can do this for you. It is called Firesheep. It scans data sent over the wireless connection for cookies that hold password information to common websites. Websites like Facebook, Youtube, Myspace. etc. That means that the guy at Starbucks could steal your passwords and do unwanted things on your accounts. You should also never do banking or anything dealing with your money on public wifis. Not unless you have one of those forms of protection encrypting your connection to the bank(s).

•                  You can find out which VPN providers care about the anonymity of their users here. Make sure you do research on a VPN that you decide to get. Some VPN providers have sent browsing information to law enforcement officials. There are VPN programs out there. Hotspot Shield is a free software that creates a VPN for you to use for free, but comes with ads on every website you visit on the free version.

•                  HOSTS File: You can read about the HOSTS file here and how you can use it to block out advertising sites, data mining websites, pornographic sites, whatever you want. You can find a HUGE list of bad websites to add to your hosts file here. You do not have to add all of them, but I would recommend adding 127.0.0.1 google-analytics.com for sure. This is part of Google and what they do is capture the websites you visit, and many sites have this data miner on there. With using the HOSTS file, some websites may load faster because some of these ads that are blocked take a while to load since most of them use flash. Also, blocking off too many sites can break some websites causing them not to run properly.

•                  If you use a Homegroup to share files between computers on your network, make sure you have a pretty good password. You don't want to share files with an unknown computer on your network.

Operating System:

•                  Make sure that your system is updated to the latest version and that it has all the required files installed.

•                  If you don't have the most recent version of your operating system, at least update the system files to their current versions.

•                  Update old drivers as well. You can download free driver checker programs from the Internet. Make sure you get them from reputable sources. Don't be clicking on ads and downloading supposed driver checkers from there. Not unless you want a virus or something. You can find some driver checkers at Download.com or Softpedia. Most of them will make you pay to download the recent drivers to your computer. You can also check out the Driverpack Solution. Another site to check out is http://driverpacks.net/.

•                  If you are on Windows, install a good anti-virus program, even though they really give you a false sense of security. There are too many viruses, trojans, worms, etc. made everyday that most anti-viruses won't stop them all. Only a certain percentage of those risks are dected by anti-virus programs. That doesn't mean you shouldn't still have one. Good anti-virus programs include: Microsoft Security Essentials, Avast, Avira, Kaspersky, ESET NOD32, Bitdefender. Avoid McAfee and Norton.

•                  Yes, Macs do get viruses. Although they are rare. Apple covers up the fact that they can get viruses, so you do not hear of Mac viruses often.

•                  Install or tweak your firewall. If you are on Windows, you should think about getting a third party firewall since Windows Firewall isn't too good. I recommend getting Zonealarm.

•                  Easy to use Linux distros: Linux Mint, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu's derivatives (different desktop enviornments). I HIGHLY recommend using one of those distros if you only use your computer for browsing the web. They are real secure and get less viruses compared to Windows. But if you love Windows and want to try out Linux, you can install Linux with Windows using WUBI for the Ubuntu derivatives and this method for Linux Mint. You can always dual boot using partitions.

Internet Browser:

•                  Instead of Google Chrome, use Chromium. Chrome is built on Chromium and there is no significant difference between the two browsers but Chrome updates itself and Flash without your permission. That is a characteristic of a botnet. Chrome feels it does not need your permission to make changes to itself. Firefox is okay.

•                  Avoid using Internet Explorer as your main browser. It's a good browser, it just doesn't have much to offer in terms of addons and extensions to make it better or more secure.

•                  Extensions that are a must have for your browsers are Ghostery (anti-tracker) [Available on most browsers], Noscript (Javascript tweaker) [Firefox], Google Sharing (Anti-Google data mining) [Firefox], Better Privacy (cookie cleaner) [Firefox], Track Me Not (anti-data mining) [Firefox & Chrome], Adblock Plus (ad blocker) [Firefox, Safari, Chrome] HTTPS Everywhere (encryption) [Firefox]

•                  Disable Java, not Javascript, in your browsers. Java is not really secure and this is exploited by hackers on websites. You can have it installed, just disable it when browsing the Internet. Java applets are not that common on the web today so you really don't need it when browsing the web.

Software

•                  Use open source software if you can. That means they are free and you can modify the source code. You can trust open source over proprietary which is closed source software. Closed source software are usually bundled with crap you don't need and may even need adware and spyware to run.

•                  Encrypt sensitive documents and files using encryption programs like Safehouse Explorer and Truecrypt. Truecrypt can allow you to create a hidden drive and you could store files in it. Truecrypt can also encrypt a partition or drive.

•                  Microsoft Bitlocker built into Vista Ultimate and 7 Ultimate, also provides drive encryption and it will also encrypt flash drives.

•                  If you are prone to forgetting passwords, there are password “lockers” that will store your passwords. You only need to remember one password. An example of this is Keepass. 

•                  One must have program is CCleaner for the cleaning of unwanted files from your computer. It will clean up temp files, your recycle bin, browsing histories, memory dumps, bad registry files etc.

•                  Tor is an anonymizing program that will make you anonymous while browsing the Internet. It will NOT encrypt any traffic so it is not recommended for anything involving serious private data like banking. You can read a little bit more about Tor here.

•                  Peerblock is a program that blocks bad connections from connecting to your computer. It is used mainly when downloading torrents.

•                  There are two portable VPN programs that you can buy which will have your VPN settings and use them between computers. Portable VPN Portable VPN

•                  You can use these programs for setting up SSH Tunnels. Putty Myentunnel Tunnelier

•                  You can use Teamviewer to remotely login to other computers or you can use this to create a VPN between two computers. Available for Windows, Linux and Mac OSX. You can even remotely login to a computer using a mobile phone.

•                  Two programs that get around Internet firewalls, censorship, and makes you anonymous are Ultrasurf  and Freegate. Freegate is not available in the US.

•                  Extreme Password Generator Pro can create difficult to crack passwords if you can't think of any. It has different options for you to use.

•                  Wipefile is a program that can wipe files and folders and they can not be recovered. This is a must have if you deal with sensitive information and you need to delete them.

•                  DBAN is a bootable disk image that you can burn and with DBAN you can wipe out your hard drive when you want to sell your computer, or you have a lot of sensitive information that you need to get rid of.

•                  Revo Uninstaller is an amazing program used to uninstall files from Windows, and it scans for any stray files and registry edits that did not get removed during the uninstall process.

•                  System Explorer Process Explorer Process Hacker

•                  Autoruns is a program for Windows, that will search the computer for programs, files and services that run at the startup of the computer. You can use this program to disable the automatic run of malicious programs and services.

•                  Virtual Box and VMware Player are two amazing programs where you can install an operating system into! You can run Windows 7 and install Windows XP into one of those two programs and you can use some applications that may not run on Windows 7 and you can run them in a virtual machine. You can use virtual machines to install suspicious apps that you do not want on the host machine. You can run other operating systems like Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OSX and Solaris. Changes inside the virtual machine will not affect the host system. 

•                  Sandboxie is a program where you can install apps in an isolated space that will not make permanent changes to the operating system. You can install an internet browser and you can be rest assured that you will not get anymore infections to your computer. It is like running a program in a literal sandbox and it will not make changes outside the sandbox.

•                  VMWare Thinapp is exactly like Sandboxie for the professional crowd. You can even make programs portable by using this program.

•                  Dropbox is a cloud web file hosting service that you can use to backup some of your files for school or work. One thing to consider is not to upload sensitive data because they have looked at files before.

•                  Gnupg.org You can send encrypted emails with software found here. It is a little complicated to set up.

Websites

•                  There is no reason that we should keep using Facebook. They do not care about our privacy because they sell our private data to third parties. They also give data to law enforcement agencies. Google does the same. Just check out Gmail and look at the ads. They will always be relevant to what our emails are about because they data mine as well. There are alternatives out there like: DIASPORA. It is still in its Alpha phase, but it should be good enough to use as an alternative to Facebook.

•                  Disconnect all apps from Facebook. If you have apps on Facebook they will post to your wall the articles you read from news sites, the songs you are listening to on Pandora and Spotify, what games you are playing, etc.

•                  Portableapps.com is a good site that has applications that you can put on your flash drive. All of the settings are saved to the flash drive and not the computer itself. They are all optimized to do this. Some apps include Firefox, Chrome, Thunderbird, VLC among others. You do not need to be admin to install these to the flash drive.

•                  Portablefreeware.com is like portableapps.com but without the optimization. They do have a lot of apps to choose from and details as to it leaves traces on the computers you use them on.

•                  Google search engine alternatives: DuckDuckGo, Ixquick, Yahoo, Altavista, Excite, Lycos, Hotbot. Google Maps alternatives: openstreetmap.org maps.nokia.com

•                  Encrypted email hosts: lavabit.com gmx.com hushmail.com (hushmail has sent information to law enforcement officials )

•                  I2P2.de I2P is a layer of anonymity for many of the programs you use. It isn't perfect but it will make things harder for hackers and third parties

•                  FreeNet Project You can share, browse and publish files only accessible through freenet.

Money/Currency

•                  Paypal Alternatives: http://www.ehow.com/way_5481191_alternatives-paypal.html http://www.screw-paypal.com/alternatives/top_pick.html

•                  Bitcoins

•                  Prepaid cards: http://www.theprivacyguy.com/anonymous-credit-debit-cards/

Other things to know

•                  Use flash drives and external hard drives to store files that you don't want on your computer. These can be sensitive files in case your laptop gets lost or stolen.

•                  Install a fresh OS when you buy a new or used computer. I say this because sometimes computers come pre-installed with a bunch of crap that normal people have no use for. That includes manufacturer bloatware. They can also contain keyloggers or other mailicious applications. You can start fresh and install all of your favorite apps on a new operating system install.

•                  TRENDNET camera IP vulnerability. TRENDnet cameras have vulnerabilities that allow hackers to view what is being streamed by the cameras. If you have one of those cameras, update the firmware from here. Seriously, I have seen some of the feeds, and on two instances I saw bedrooms and one had a crib where a family kept their baby. It was some scary stuff.

•                  Be careful when you use your smart phones. They have GPS and other stuff that can track down your locations and keep records of them for long period of time. Some phones even have a keylogger called Carrier IQ as seen here.

Worrying about your privacy on the Internet DOES NOT MAKE YOU A TERRORIST. You are smart enough to know that there are bad people who want to do bad things with your information. That is a hypocritical statement by the Fraudulent Bureau of Idiots. They really care about their privacy otherwise anyone will seize their sensitive documents. http://publicintelligence.net/do-you-like-online-privacy-you-may-be-a-terrorist/ Having privacy means you own your information and not a third party. I don't get how people brush this off and not necessary. You wouldn't want people going through your mail nor to go through your house without your permission. That also means that whatever is in your house can be written down and sold to someone else without you knowing and you do not see a dime about it.