Comments on: My Eyes Have Been Opened http://www.thebigbags.com/my-eyes-have-been-opened/ Life is a joke... are you in on it? Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:04:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Sesasha http://www.thebigbags.com/my-eyes-have-been-opened/comment-page-1/#comment-5488 Sesasha Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:07:23 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=547#comment-5488 Fortunately, Americans have a lot of ingenuity, and though the fed controls interest rates, and indirectly, a number of other things, we've learned to work within this system to get the things done that need to be done. Yeah, it totally sucks that %15 of my income goes towards the federal government because I'm self-employed, and more would if I made money over the poverty limit, but that's the way it is, and wages have gone up to compensate, and continue to do so. Hooray for inflation. I can't wait until the value of everything is so high that truly nothing is worth anything. Fortunately, Americans have a lot of ingenuity, and though the fed controls interest rates, and indirectly, a number of other things, we’ve learned to work within this system to get the things done that need to be done. Yeah, it totally sucks that %15 of my income goes towards the federal government because I’m self-employed, and more would if I made money over the poverty limit, but that’s the way it is, and wages have gone up to compensate, and continue to do so. Hooray for inflation. I can’t wait until the value of everything is so high that truly nothing is worth anything.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.thebigbags.com/my-eyes-have-been-opened/comment-page-1/#comment-5461 Ryan Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:23:55 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=547#comment-5461 It shouldn't be that strange that a few words from someone didn't have much impact, but that a video did. Videos are a powerful medium for communicating ideas. And yes, sensationalism can blind people, which is what I dislike most about these kinds of videos. The sensationalism gets people's attention, but it's also used to discredit the ideas. It's too easy to find a few things wrong with videos like these and subsequently discredit everything else. For the LDS readers, the BofM teaches us what will happen in the last days (gadiaton robbers, corruption and deception everywhere, etc). If you were to take the Nephite and Lamanite experiences with the gadiaton robbers and put it into a video you might call the video "Freedom to Fascism" and it'd be a lot closer to this video than you might think. It shouldn’t be that strange that a few words from someone didn’t have much impact, but that a video did. Videos are a powerful medium for communicating ideas.

And yes, sensationalism can blind people, which is what I dislike most about these kinds of videos. The sensationalism gets people’s attention, but it’s also used to discredit the ideas. It’s too easy to find a few things wrong with videos like these and subsequently discredit everything else.

For the LDS readers, the BofM teaches us what will happen in the last days (gadiaton robbers, corruption and deception everywhere, etc). If you were to take the Nephite and Lamanite experiences with the gadiaton robbers and put it into a video you might call the video “Freedom to Fascism” and it’d be a lot closer to this video than you might think.

]]> By: Stephanie http://www.thebigbags.com/my-eyes-have-been-opened/comment-page-1/#comment-5460 Stephanie Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:42:24 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=547#comment-5460 That is an intriguing movie. Here is another one: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279 It is called "Money as Debt", by Paul Grignon. If the link doesn't work google Money as Debt. It is about 45 minutes long. More to think about That is an intriguing movie.

Here is another one: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-9050474362583451279
It is called “Money as Debt”, by Paul Grignon. If the link doesn’t work google Money as Debt. It is about 45 minutes long.

More to think about

]]> By: jeff http://www.thebigbags.com/my-eyes-have-been-opened/comment-page-1/#comment-5457 jeff Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:47:48 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=547#comment-5457 I am with Sam, it seems rather one sided. Kinda like Michael Moore. However, I am concerned about us being lied to, I find it strange that I told you about some of this stuff a couple months back and it made little impression on you. but watch it in a movie, and now it is legit... lol ;) I am with Sam, it seems rather one sided. Kinda like Michael Moore. However, I am concerned about us being lied to, I find it strange that I told you about some of this stuff a couple months back and it made little impression on you. but watch it in a movie, and now it is legit… lol ;)

]]> By: sam http://www.thebigbags.com/my-eyes-have-been-opened/comment-page-1/#comment-5431 sam Tue, 02 Sep 2008 06:57:53 +0000 http://www.thebigbags.com/?p=547#comment-5431 I love a conspiracy as much as the next guy, but I wouldn't get too swept up in all this stuff. Yea, we're being lied to and manipulated every day by the government, corporations, and other organizations but I'm not ready to run for the hills. Sensationalism blinds people to real problems. It discredits the simpler truths. The IRS is legal and the collection of taxes is supported by the 16th amendment. "The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." Other claims made in the movie are similarly one sided in my opinion. I love a conspiracy as much as the next guy, but I wouldn’t get too swept up in all this stuff. Yea, we’re being lied to and manipulated every day by the government, corporations, and other organizations but I’m not ready to run for the hills. Sensationalism blinds people to real problems. It discredits the simpler truths.

The IRS is legal and the collection of taxes is supported by the 16th amendment.

“The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration.”

Other claims made in the movie are similarly one sided in my opinion.

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