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September 11 always strikes a cord with Americans, especially New Yorkers.  The eighth year anniversary covers the news channels as it has the previous 7 years.  This year Mayor Bloomberg made a brief speech which he did not memorize or deliver with sincerity, I guess the rain water logged his brain or he’s too busy thinking about his rained out t-time.  Regardless, this day is a sad and a devastating memory for over 2,000 families and hits home to millions of Americans and American immigrants (documented or undocumented).

Who do we blame for this evil act?  The government blamed terrorists immediately and reacted with more devastating results, thousands more Americans slain in the front lines due to “The War Against Terror.”  This blind and emotional (or premeditated and deliberate) invasion of the Middle East to ensure National Security (or secure needed resources, oil) which has attributed to our unstable economy and loss of privacy.

Did the government know September 11 was coming? Yes.  Were they directly involved? Not sure, but let’s look at terrorism and what a terrorist is.

The word “terrorism” is politically and emotionally charged,^[1] and this greatly compounds the difficulty of providing a precise definition. A 2003 study by Jeffrey Record for the US Army quoted a source (Schmid and Jongman 1988) that counted 109 definitions of terrorism that covered a total of 22 different definitional elements.^[2] The term “terrorism” comes from Latin terrere, “to frighten.” The terror cimbricus was a panic and state of emergency in Rome in response to the approach of warriors of the Cimbri tribe in 105BC. The French National Convention declared in September 1793 that “terror is the order of the day.” The period 1793-94 is referred to as the regime de la terreur (Reign of Terror). Maximilien Robespierre, a leader in the French revolution proclaimed in 1794 that, “Terror is nothing other than justice, prompt, severe, inflexible.”^[9] The Committee of Public Safety agents that enforced the policies of “The Terror” were referred to as “Terrorists.”^[10]

If you look back in time to our Founding Fathers, today they would be considered terrorists.  Why is that?  Simply, they were not happy with the government and conspired to make some changes.  The truth is our government and sidekick enterprises have their hands in many places across the world, and we don’t know for certain what they are doing and who they may be wronging.  America has a history of dishonest and evil doing all over the world and it is easily forgotten apparently.  Here is a taste from this website:  http://usjamerica.wordpress.com/2008/03/16/surprise-america-has-done-some-pretty-terrible-things/

America has – in its long and distinguished history – enslaved millions of Africans and their descendents (in the process building much of our early national wealth), and once they were freed, engaged in a century-long effort to suppress them to the furthest margins of society.  During the course of the twentieth century, the United States has: waged an imperialistic war for the Philippines (killing close to a million Filipinos), overthrown governments in South America for the benefit of American corporations (and we’re only in the 1920s), overthrown a democratically elected government in Iran (again for corporate benefit), fought a decade-long war in Vietnam in a misguided effort to maintain imperial structures (killing two million Vietnamese and Cambodians in the process), overthrown a series of democratically elected South American governments, sponsored and trained right-wing death squads in South America, gave its support to South Africa’s brutal apartheid regime, and propped up murderous authoritarian dictatorships in the Middle East. All while at the same time ignoring (and sometimes exacerbating) its own systemic problems.

These so called terrorists may have been wronged by our government and they are simply fighting for change, even if it means the loss of human life.  War is an industry, it creates jobs and makes people rich over and over again.  The Founding Fathers had a great idea and had great intentions unfortunately, greed always gets the best of the human race, with catastrophic affects.  There are rich powerful families that run this country and they will stop at nothing to ensure their wealth and reign generation after generation.  Not to say that America is not a great place to live, much better than other countries, with great opportunities and freedom, but the corruption runs deep and affects run deeper.

Materialism keeps us domesticated and despite hard times we are too comfortable to revolt.  With that said feed your material needs and revolt with this t-shirt from Dishonest Apparel at dishonestappparel.com

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In 2008 they (the Associated Press, News Media, Financial Experts/Bullshit artists, Lobbyist, or anyone with a big mouth and an agenda) said 2009 would be a good year yet, unemployment has reached an all time high and our financial foundation is crumbling beneath us.  Clearly not a “good” year guys!  The fact is Greed has fueled the U.S. economic growth for the last 60 years, especially the last 15 or so.  From foreign manufacturing to false forecasting on Wall Street the business giants have robbed the middle class of a stable today and secure tomorrow.  If our four fathers of the Constitution were alive today I believe a revolution would be at hand, although they would have revolted years ago when the Federal Reserve was created.  America with so much promise and opportunity has become as immoral, dishonest, and corrupt as many third world countries.

With all that said let’s discuss “Karma.”  What is it and how will it help us or could it be the reason all of this happened in the first place?

Karma (Sanskrit: कर्म kárma (help·info), kárman- “act, action, performance”^[1]; Pali: kamma) is the concept of “action” or “deed” in Indian religions understood as that which causes the entire cycle of cause and effect (i.e., the cycle called saṃsāra) originating in ancient India and treated in Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist philosophies.^[2]. ‘Karma’ is an Eastern religious concept in contradistinction to ‘faith’ espoused by Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity, and Islam) which view all human dramas as a will of God as opposed to present- and past-life actions. In Eastern beliefs, the karmic effects of all deeds are viewed as actively shaping past, present, and future experiences. The results or ‘fruits’ of actions are called karma-phala.^[3]

Basically the actions and decisions that you conduct or perform will return to you in some form, good or bad or in between.  The drug, credit, mortgage, and investment companies knew what they were doing was wrong, but didn’t we know that purchasing a million dollar home with a $75,000 salary wasn’t realistic also?  My opinion is, the company offering the service is responsible and should conduct business responsibly and honestly.    There is a formula for lending and it should be used to qualify individuals appropriately.  Credit Card companies should not offer credit to teenagers and adults who cannot afford to keep up with them.  Stock brokers, executives, and the like should not conduct dishonest trades in order to make millions of dollars for their companies and then receive up-surd bonuses.

The drug companies are on a level of evil that makes murderers look like descent citizens.  This industry has a common practice of paying off doctors to use their drugs and spend most of their money on endearing advertising to ensure the masses agree to take the drugs prescribed by those very same doctors. The Cancer industry, almost every product used by humans can cause Cancer from hairspray to milk, so the Medical Industry pumps patients full of expensive and toxic chemicals.  Then spends exorbitant amounts of money on advertising their Cancer treatment services instead of educating the public on the dangers in their environment and exploiting the companies that sell these Cancer causing products.  I can go on and on about hundreds of American companies that use dishonest and irresponsible practices all in the name of the mighty dollar.  Then there are the other 194 countries~!

What is the solution or will Karma exact it’s revenge so we don’t have to?  This t-shirt from Dishonest Apparel implies that Karma like elephants, “Never Forgets.”  You can purchase this 100% organic tee shirt with non-toxic water based ink at dishonestapparel.com  Be honest and plant seeds for a world community that is free of greed and dishonesty.

Dishonest K