NATION BUILDING IN A TIME OF RECESSION

A CATCH 22 TYPE SCENARIO IS GOING
ON IN PARADISE. ON JULY 2ND THE
COST RICA CONGRESS AUTHORIZED A
FLOTILLA OF 46 US VESSELS TO ENTER
THIS SMALL PARADISE.(A MINIMAL
FORCE OF 113,000 PERSONNEL IS THE
REQUIRED PERSONNEL TO MAKE THIS FLEET
FUNCTIONAL) THE MAXIMUM PERSONAL
NEEDED COULD BE AS MUCH AS 200,000.
THE OUTSTANDING FEATURE OF THIS
FLOTILLA IS THE 7000 BATTLE READY
MARINES WHO WILL BE ALLOWED ON
SHORE IN FULL DRAG. IN ADDITION
THERE ARE 200 HELICOPTERS AND
WARPLANES STORED ON BOARD THE
SHIPS. THE FLOTILLA INCLUDES SOME
DEADLY SUBMARINE KILLER SHIPS TO
HUNT DOWN THE PESKY LITTLE NARCO
SUBS WHICH ARE SELDOM IN COSTA
RICAN WATERS. THIS WOULD LEAD ONE
TO BELIEVE THAT THE FLEET IS NOT JUST
THERE FOR HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS.
BUT WAIT, COSTA RICA HAS MORE THAN
LESS DIVORCED VENEZUELA AS A
GUARDIAN ANGEL. MAYBE THE FOURTH
FLEET IS THE NEW ANGEL IN THE WATER.
IN THE PAST THE FLEET FUNCTIONED AS
A HAMMER TO MAINTAIN "TRANQUILITY"
AND "STABILITY" IN LATIN AMERICA.
THE COAST GUARD ADMIRAL WHO COMMANDS
THE FLEET SAYS THEY ARE THERE FOR
"ANTI-NARCOTICS OPERATIONS AND
HUMANITARIAN MISSIONS UNTIL
DECEMBER. YEP THAT'S RIGHT, A COAST
GUARD ADMIRAL,WHICH MUST TICK OFF
A LOT OF NAVY ADMIRALS SINCE THE
FOURTH IS HARDLY A FLEET THAT GUARDS
PORTS, BRIDGES OR STANDS GUARD
OVER FAR AWAY COASTAL WATERS.
THE FOURTH WAS DESIGNED FOR THE
DESTRUCTION OF NATIONS. THE FIRE
POWER OF THE FLEET GIVES MACHISMO
TO THE "WAR ON DRUGS" SINCE IT IS LIKE
KILLING A SINGLE FLY WITH A SHOTGUN.
EXPECT SOME DRAMATIC RESULTS. ARE
THE PEOPLE OF COSTA RICA UPSET ? THEY
MOST CERTAINLY ARE. POLITICIANS FROM
ACCION CIUDADANA (PAC), THE UNIDAD
SOCIAL CRISTIANA (PUSC) AND THE FRENTE
APLIO (FA) SAYS THIS IS MORE FORCE
THAN YOU NEED FOR A PETITE WAR ON
DRUGS, SINCE COSTA RICA HAS LESS OF
A DRUG PROBLEM THAN MOST CENTRAL
AMERICAN COUNTRIES. THEY HAVE A POINT.

COSTA RICA HAS NOT HAD A STANDING
ARMY FOR 60 YEARS WHEN THE LARGEST
MILITARY FACILITY WAS HANDED OVER
TO THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION WHO
CONVERTED IT INTO A SCHOOL. THE
ARMY WAS DISBANDED AND THE FUNDS
USED TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND
WELFARE PROGRAMS LIKE SOCIAL
SECURITY

PRESIDENT LAURA CHINCHILLA HAS
DENIED THAT A MILITARIZED FIGHT ON
DRUGS IS IN THE WORKS. THE PRESS
BLACKOUT BY THE WHITE HOUSE HAS
BEEN EFFECTIVE AND I DOUBT IF ANYONE
WILL NOTICE ANYTHING UNTIL THE
MARINES START SHOWING UP IN FULL
COMBAT DRAG AT THE LOCAL PUBS. THIS
INVASION OF PRIVACY MIGHT POSSIBLY
UPSET SOME COSTA RICANS. ?WHY NOT?

MANY WILL SUGGEST THEY QUICKLY SAIL
BACK TO MEXICO WHERE THIS KIND
OF FIRE-POWER AND THE MARINES
MIGHT BE PUT TO USE. IF THERE IS A
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN COSTA RICA
IT IS A VIRTUAL ONE CREATED BY THE
U.S. A MAJOR CRISIS IS ONLY A FEW
CLICKS AWAY FROM THE HOME OF THE
4TH. THE GULF OF MEXICO IS ONLY A
FEW HOURS SAILING FROM THEIR HOME
BASE. I ASSUME THEY HAVE SOME GPS
DEVICES ABOARD TO FIND THEIR WAY
BACK THERE TO ATTEND TO A MAJOR
CRISIS RIGHT NEXT DOOR IN THE U.S.

THEY PROBABLY NEED SOME OF THAT
GOVERNMENT MONOPOLY GAS
RESERVES STORED IN COSTA RICA
THAT MOST CITIZENS THERE CAN NOT
POSSIBLY AFFORD. MY PREDICTION IS
THE FLEET WILL SAIL ON TO VENEZUELA
TO DO THE TANGO WITH CHAVEZ.
HOWEVER SINCE THEY ARE THERE
THEY MIGHT CONSIDER ASSISTING IN
THE REPAIR OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE
THAT IS FAST DECOMPOSING SINCE
BUDGET CUTS AND THE WORLDWIDE
RECESSION HAVE PUT THE COSTA RICA
INFRASTRUCTURE AND ECONOMY IN A
SAD STATE OF REPAIR. LOOKS STRANGE
FROM WHATEVER ANGLE YOU LOOK AT
IT. THERE IS NO EARTHLY OR HEAVENLY
REASON FOR THE 4TH TO BE IN COSTA
RICA UNDER THE GUISE OF A COAST
GUARD HUMANITARIAN FLEET.

LOOKING FOR REAL CLUES IS NOT
DIFFICULT SINCE AN ENORMOUS
MILITARY BUILDUP OF U.S. ADVISERS
AND EQUIPMENT IS UNDERWAY IN
BOLIVIA. A HUGE BASE HAS BEEN
CONSTRUCTED ON THE FRONTIER
OF BOLIVIA/VENEZUELA WHERE YOU
CAN PROBABLY A THROWN ROCK
THAT WILL BOUNCE OFF THE HELMET
OF A VENEZUELAN SOLDIER WHO IS
WAITING THERE FOR THE INVASION OF
THE WELL FINANCED BOLIVIAN ARMY
INTO HIS HOME COUNTRY. SINCE THE
2008 REACTIVATION OF THE 4TH FLEET
THINGS HAVE BEEN TOUCHY. PUT IN
MOTHBALLS IN 1950, THE PURPOSE
OF THIS FLEET HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO
DEFEND U.S. INTERESTS IN THE LATIN
AMERICAN REGION. IT IS NOW PERCEIVED
AS A DIRECT SUPPORT TO BOLIVIA AND
TO INTIMIDATE VENEZUELA. IT IS ALSO
SEEN BY MOST LATIN COUNTRIES
AS A MEANS OF INTIMIDATION AND A U.S.
DE-STABILIZATION TOOL IN LATIN AMERICA.
ONE BASE IN THE GUAJIRA PENINSULA
BORDERING THE VENEZUELAN STATE
OF ZULIA HAS UP TO 800 TROOPS AND
AN UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF U.S.
ADVISERS.

A HUGE AIR BASE ON THE BORDER,
CONSTRUCTED WITH U.S. AID , HAS
OVER 600 COMBAT READY AIRCRAFT
ON ALERT. THIS INCLUDES A VARIETY
OF FIGHTER JETS, 111 TRAINER T-3
WITH U.S. ADVISERS IN THE BACK
SEAT AND A VARIETY OF 115 ATTACK
CHOPPERS. THEY ALSO HAVE AN
UNDETERMINED NUMBER OF PRIVATE
MILITARY CONTRACTORS ON THE SCENE.
TWO OTHER ALMOST IDENTICAL BASES
HAVE BEEN BUILT AND EQUIPPED WITH
THE SAME STRENGTH. MY PREDICTION
IS THAT BOLIVIA WILL PROD CHAVEZ
UNTIL THERE IS AN OPEN WAR. NO
NEED TO WORRY COSTA RICA THE 4TH
FLEET HAS BIGGER FISH TO FRY.

IT IS CALLED NATION BUILDING.

PERSHIBLE GOODS

Mention of the word "CRUSADES" was responsible
for an international tirade directed at the United States
and specifically at then president Bush. This makes one
wonder if the balance of good and evil in religion has
benefited society all that much. Make no mistake this
is not about Catholicism or any other specific religion,
but about all religions that make claims to profess faith,
hope and charity in some form. The balance may be on
the side of evil when you realize millions of people have
perished under the banner of various religions. Most
people who exclude themselves from participation in
formal religious activity seldom commit mass murder or
genocide. Of course there are exceptions but far less than
imagined. Religions on "specific crusades of promotion"
have killed, maimed and caused incalculable suffering
for centuries. Religions are often at the root of Racism
and economic manipulation of the masses. Mass
genocide has resulted and continues by misdirected
Muslims who now have declared a Jihad to eliminate
all who are not "true believers". The Catholic church
sweeps under the rug major crimes by the catholic
clergy. Possibly thousands of children have been
molested and injured for life. This is not just in specific
countries but is a global problem. Is this not evil
and injurious to society? Crimes committed by the
catholic clergy in the present and past are now in the
global spotlight.

Perhaps the problem with religions is that men write
the rules and not an illusive God. Man has always been

less than perfect. Most religions are headed by men who
claim the exclusivity of direct communication with
God through a most complicated system that most
people accept with "blind faith" . It would seem that
man in his ant-like existence in the universe would
have a low priority on any Gods list of things to do. We are
specifically not important in the grand scheme. Our
tiny satellite universe is infinitesimal when viewed as
part of the wider Universe.

Global warming is only important to those affected directly

, it would be presumptuous for all to wage a war on

Global warming when it might just be a glitch that is

a normal or abnormal continuous evolution of the universe.

Should it be man made then a correction of this massive

error in judgement is a hopeless challenge. The best man

can do is adapt to this change. I doubt that global

warming can be halted or slowed significantly.

However It has the potential to unite all nations on earth
who must adapt and work in unison together or perish.
The goal should not be to stop this natural or unnatural

evolution of the universe but to adapt to the change. A

common enemy may put a stop to the killing if nations unite

against a single inhumane catastophe instead of seeking

destruction of each other through aggressive wars.

However "Global Warming" may only result in more
chaos as protectionism becomes the new rule of survival.
I am not optimistic about prayers to the Gods at your
local church, temple or place of meeting. A plea to the
"God's", your special God, or your comercial representative

with a direct line to God will probably not stop the

evolution of the natural or unnatural Universe. One

option might be global peace, unification will allow

energy and resources to be redirected. Using these

resources for Destructive wars based on political,

economic, or religious platforms seems to be the norm

now. Stopping this useless waste of energy and money

may be critical to the survival of all who inhabit the

earth.

Like the Dinosaurs man can perish from the face
of the earth.

THE EDSEL FACTOR

The most obvious can sometimes
be completely overlooked. There
are hard facts that support the
fact that Lithium will become
unavailable for the production
of Lithium Ion batteries for the
EV's and Hybrid's of the future or
the present

The folly of dependance on LIthium
ion batteries for a power storage
source or as a bridge technology
until a more enduring technology
is developed is not a secret.
Until Fuel cell Batteries are in
production or an alternate source
is developed the EV market may
collapse.

This adds fuel to the theory that a
giant auto maker may face another
crisis. This mega auto producer
may be marching towards it's
decline as a world market leader.

There are great reserves of the heavy
metal Lithium in sea water but the
enormous cost of extracting it is
off the charts. There is no evidence
that this reserve will ever be utilized.

There is even less evidence that
the existing Lithium mines in
South America can deliver the goods
in less than 20 years. The reserves are
there but the infrastructure is not.
There is a complete absence of an
infrastructure central to these mines
and the political climate is less than
friendly for foreign capital.
Follow this link wtahil@meridian-int-res-com.
to get some facts from Meridian International
Research from a well researched paper
on Lithium reserves. This fact filled article
is worth reading if you are planing to buy
an EV in the future. My advice would be to
wait about 20 years unless you have an
excess of expendable income.

THE PAPER BY MR.WILLAM TAHILL
AT MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
IS SEEMINGLY A FRANK REPORT ON
THE AVAILABILITY NOW AND
IN THE FUTURE FOR LITHIUM. BELIEVABLE
OR NOT IT IS A FACT FILLED REPORT THAT
EVERYONE SHOULD CONSIDER READING.

THE TROUBLE WITH LITHIUM
Implications of Future PHEV for Lithium Demand

FROM MERIDIAN INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
BY William

wtahil@meridian-int-res-com.

The "Prius Edsel factor" part one

Prius is planing a switch from Nicad

battery to the highly touted lithium ion

battery. This will likely give the Prius a

place in auto history as infamous as the

Ford Edsel. The ion battery will disappear

from the market in less than 15 years.

Lithium mines are already having trouble

keeping up with the cell phone and laptop

computer demand. There will be zero

reserves of lithium within 12 to 15 years.

Hybrids will need to find an option to the

lithium ion battery.

Switching to the Ion battery will put the

Prius in a class of its own. The process

of adapting your Prius to an battery

powered ion plug in will cost you around

$12000.00 minus a tax break of an estimated

$4000.00 Not an economical option.

The battery problem might just price the

Prius out of the market for working stiffs

who make less than $200,000.00 a year.

Most of the over 10,000. prius owners will

need to replace their nicad batteries in

about 8 years. Presently he cost is around

$3000.00. The projected cost in 8 years

will likely exceed $6000.00 but supply will

be nill. They will need to find another

option to keep their Toyota humming along

at lightning speeds.

The Chinese are eating nickel

as if it were rice. Nickel is used to

produce stainless steel and China leads

in export and domestic production of

stainless steel. The cost of nickel is

expected to make a 500% cost leap in

less than 5 years. Reserves of nickel in

the world market are dangerously low.

Nicad batteries are already priced out

of the market. That eliminates the nicad

and switching to Ion batteries will result

in a bigger hit to Toyota than any of the

damaging recalls presently undermining

faith in the reliability of all Toyotas. The

option for a change to Ion batteries for

Hybirds to ion plug ins is like selling snake

oil to cure diabetics. Cost factors will not

be a problem but supply will. The raw

material, lithium, will not be available

since there are no producing

mines. Estimates are that it would take

at least ten years to develop the

infrastructure to allow production in

the two existing mines in South America.

Presently the worlds production ,which

is dwindling to nothing, is used to make

the wonderful exploding ion batteries

used in notebooks and cell phones.

You might recall the press bites on

flaming notebooks, Ion batteries are

prone to overheating a fault that is far

worse than "sudden acceleration".

Look for press bites in the future on

flaming or exploding Priuses. There

will be an acute shortage of Ion batteries

and the cost will be porhibitive for most

Prius owners other than Steve Jobs or

Bill Gates who both drive a Prius on

ocassion.

Again Toyota moves toward another

drop in sales when the Public realizes

that the Prius will be virtually obsolete

in less than ten years. Sooner if you were

a"pioneer" and need to change your

batteries sooner.

The annual sales volume of the Prius is

now exceeding 100,000 units. Which

proves that the gullible world market will

buy snake oil if you beat a drum hard

enough and package your product

attractively. Again "the Edsel Factor".

Consumers are simply uniformed by the

lack of truth and blinded by media hype.

Are there other options for this disaster

that are practical? The simple answer is

no. The only future option that might be

practical are fuel cells but development

of this clean technology will take at least

another 10 years. Production will probably

take another 5 years to commence. This

will allow time for the public to become

thourougly disillusioned with electric

power by any means. The Japanese

auto industry may be facing the same fate

experienced by the auto industry in the United

States, Death from arrogance, greed and

poor management. Even giants like Godzilla

can be reduced to ashes when they step into

a volcanic crater. Possibly there might be a

miraculous recovery of the auto industry in

the U.S. Henry Ford would be proud.

Look for part two in this blog "The Lithum

dictum".

VIOLENCE AND POLITICS

THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS IS A

LONG STANDING HISTORICAL FACT

IN AMERICA BUT PRACTICED NOW

IN A FOG OF DISTRUST AND HATE.

BOTH PARTIES CAN ONLY SEE ABOUT

20 FEET AHEAD ALLOWING THEM TO

AVOID AN UNINTENTIONAL SUICIDAL

HEAD ON COLLISION.

PERHAPS THE REORIENTATION

OF POLITICS AND TECHNOLOGY WILL

SOON MAKE DEMOCRACY A DEAD

ELEPHANT AND DONKEY BURIED AND

IN TIME AND FOSSILIZED LIKE

DINOSAURS.

DEMOCRACY WILL BECOME A MUSEUM

RELIC. THE POLITICAL PROCESS IN

AMERICA WILL REMAIN SHROUDED IN

MYSTERY LIKE MANY OF THE EARTHS

CREATURES, AMERICAS DEMOCRACY

WILL BE DIFFICULT TO DECIPHER

AFTER THE FACT,THE CATACOMBS

OF SECRECY AND DECEIT WILL MAKE

THIS A CHORE.

WE CAN SAY THIS ABOUT THE FIRST

100 DAYS OF OBAMA'S PRESIDENCY,

HE HAS BEEN STONE WALLED BY THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY WHO ARE HELL

BENT ON COMPLETELY HALTING THE

POLITICAL PROCESS AND THE

SUBSEQUENT RUNNING OF A POWERFUL

NATION AT ANY COST.

THIS REFLECTS AN ATMOSPHERE

OF VIOLENCE. THIS STONEWALLING

OF THE UNITED STATES POLITICAL

PROCESS IS A FORM OF PASSIVE VIOLENCE.

NO BETTER TERM COULD BE COINED THAN

IT'S "LIKE SHOOTING YOURSELF IN THE

FOOT". VIOLENCE HAS INFECTED THE

NATION.VIOLENCE IS NOW USED AS A

COMMON VEHICLE FOR EXPRESSING

FRUSTRATION, IT HAS BECOME A FORM

OF JUSTICE FOR AN ALARMING NUMBER

OF PEOPLE. VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A

IMPORTANT, AND POPULAR FORM OF

EDUCATION FOR YOUNG AMERICAN

MALES. QUICKLY IT IS BEGINNING TO

HAVE EQUAL FOOTING AS A

DESIRABLE FORM OF EDUCATION FOR

YOUNG AMERICAN FEMALES. WE ARE

A NATION OF WARRIORS WHO HAVE

BECOME EXPERTS IN THE MOST EFFICIENT

FORMS OF KILLING AND VIOLENCE.

WE HAVE BEEN AT WAR AS LONG AS

I CAN REMEMBER, MY MEMORY FAILS

ME WHEN I TRY RECALL ANY LENGTHY

PERIODS OF PEACE. THE ENORMOUS

BUDGET FOR THE SCHOOLS OF WAR

DWARFS THE BUDGET ALLOTTED TO

"PEACEFUL FORMS OF EDUCATION". IT

IS NO WONDER THAT VIOLENCE HAS

BECOME AN INHERENT PART OF THE

NATIONS PSYCHE.

IN THE PAST DEMOCRATS REPEATEDLY

USED THE POLITICS OF HATE AGAINST

BUSH AND OTHERS. THEY CONTINUE

THIS PRACTICE TO A LESSER EXTENT

BUT THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEGAN

TO PRACTICE WHAT IS AN EXTREME

FORM OF THIS FORM OF HATE THAT

WILL EVENTUALLY DESTROY THE POLITICAL

PROCESS IN AMERICA. THERE IS AFTER

ALL ONLY ONE PRESIDENT, THE

PRACTICE OF UNILATERALLY,

OFFENSIVELY, STONEWALLING THE

PRESIDENT IS SELF DEFACING AND

DESTRUCTIVE. IT IS THE MOST

UNDIGNIFIED FORM OF POLITICAL

ACTION. WHEN HAS THE PRACTICE OF

DOING NOTHING BECOME A PLATFORM

OF PROGRESS FOR THE NATION.

THE NOISE SURROUDING ME

There are two kinds of noise "the ordinary",

birds, dogs , nature , thunder , lightning all

normal and part of the natural universe.

Then with the introduction of humans

the noise I hate came to the earth.

Offensive temporal noise like farting,

burping, etc. and the accompanying

mechanical noises that humans

generate with their infernal machines,

car alarms, lawn mowers, weed whackers,

macho mufflers etc. The scientific name

in movies for this is "white noise"

and must be brought into the sound

proof world of the movie studios, in

other words all the noise that humans

bring to the table are combined and

mixed into a palatable background of

an offensive latent mix. Humans need

this latent sound in movies to feel that

things are "normal" and are not aware

of this "white noise". We now have a

plenitude of this man made offensive

garbage to combine into white noise.

I would like to have been here to

experience the silence before the

advent of humans on earth. White

noise did not exist. In my opinion it

was a sad choice the creator made.

People are incredibly self centered

and arrogant using the two feet God

gave them to carry garbage in the

form of real decomposing matter

and offensive sounds to different

locations where they can stop and

dump this shit in random patterns

on the face of the earth.

Some now predict the end, hooray!,

what an event to look forward to. It

should happen sooner. But there is

no regret by humans they only

celebrate this by taking a bigger

and more toxic shit extending it to

the deepest oceans and the far

poles north and south. Humans pretend

to care but continue to take a dump on

the Universe.

Again the United States has failed in its

attempts to truly win the hearts and

minds of another nation. The heroic

efforts and loss of life in Haiti could

have been diminished greatly by an

elevated protocol of giving aid with

built in requirements that are humane

in nature. You could almost apply buddhistic

precepts as a requirement for receiving

aid. Consider the following in relation

to Haiti. Simple but effective.

1. Not killing or causing harm to other living

beings.

Not requiring Haiti to have strong building codes

as a requirement for receiving aid is a failure.

How many lives could have been saved

by enforced construction laws?

2. Not taking the not-given.

Not requiring a viable means for the distribution

of aid in Haiti is a failure. Aid that would benefit

all Haitians is often going into the coffers of greedy

and corrupt politicians.

3. Avoiding sexual misconduct.

Not requiring a viable health policy before giving

aid is a failure.Haiti has a high rate of HIV and other

preventable deceases such as H.P.V.,DANGUE AND T.B.

4. Avoiding false speech.

Not projecting or clarifying intentions is a failure.

The intentions and expected results should be

transparent and not motivated mostly by projecting

a good image of the United States.

5. Abstaining from drink and drugs that cloud the

mind.

Not requiring strong drug laws and preventative programs

before giving aid is a failure.Haiti has a drug problem

that spills over into other nations. Not requiring strong laws

as a requirement for aid fails the people of Haiti.

Recipients of U.S. aid facilitates short term political

gains or emergencies. The impact of many emergencies

could be diminished greatly by requiring nations

that receive aid of any kind from the U.S. to have

protocols and laws that are humane. They should not

be motivated by greed or short term political gains by

the U.S., Local politicians or large corporations

A bhudist approach to giving aid would result

in long term gains for both recipients of aid

as well as the U.S. This ideal approach is

impossible but the present protocols are "less

than perfect" to use a often quoted Bhudist phrase.

We can certainly move closer to perfect.

The primary policy for giving aid should require the

recipients to put in place humane practices as outlined

above. This protocol would result in an efficient,

beneficial style of aid that would reach the people of Haiti.

No humane practices , No aid. The simple justice

of children is a better and more mature

protocol than that now practiced by the United

States. Perhaps it is time for more maturity.