Memorial Day 2008 AMI reflections

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Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute,

Memorial day is the most reflective of American Holidays, when we ought to honor and devote our attention to those who've given above and beyond to the advancement of humanity.
How far we have strayed from such an honor system! Look and see who is "honored" in our nation, and for what. Our society is so very sick, that instead of honoring those who contribute to its well being, the diseased mostly promote and emulate those who have unjustly accumulated an obscene share of our nation's wealth and power. There is often a direct relation between how much damage someone does and how much wealth they receive in payment for it! For example in the media: Rush Limbaugh, Shawn Hannity and even characters like ABC's Stephanopoulis and Gibson. We have no real media in this country. Keith Olberman is a rare exception but remember one third of Americans (the poorest and least educated) don't have cable television.

However the media problem is small change compared to the macro-destroyers operating against America - the financial sector (and the same is true in other lands). This does not require a conspiracy because in any case it would be the inevitable result of our flawed monetary and banking system. It results from the privatization of control over the nation's money system which has removed it from the checks and balances of our constitutional republic. Allowing it to function on a fractional reserve basis, which gives the banking system a huge accounting privilege. Letting the miscreants keep the loot they have stolen under color of law; so called "laws of economics" which deify the market.

That has fostered the accumulation of unearned wealth to obscene levels that are destructive to democracy, to justice and to humanity. With present day weaponry, it now even risks the annihilation of the species.

Thus the banking/money system promoted real estate speculation and created the real estate bubble, instead of focusing on repairing our vital infrastructure. New Orleans and Minneapolis and the army of unemployed pay the price so far, while the financial establishment gets bailed out. Who pays for the bailouts? One way or another the people of our country. Why? Because they don't understand how our money system operates against the general welfare. Their legislators also either don't understand, or find it convenient to pretend they don't understand.

The media does its best to block understanding, in order to promote the interests of the medias ultimate owners/controllers: the financial sector.

Memorial Day rightfully honors our veterans and our warriors who have and are now paying the ultimate price for the misdirection of our society by corrupt finance. A more meaningful thing would be to take better care of them. To pretend that America does not have the ability and resources to do that is an obscene lie.

Am I, as Director of the AMI overly passionate about this? Perhaps. You see we are involved in this battle on a daily basis. To get an idea how we are in combat against this insane system, please see our website at http://www.monetary.org/ Attached is a two page summary of the problem and solution: The Need for Monetary Reform. We try to make our materials easy to understand, yet accurate.

And we do this without comfortable funding. The Institute did not begin with an endowment but with a donation of books in 1996. We have survived and will continue to grow and move forward based on much appreciated donations, and the sales of our classic research achievement, the Lost Scence of Money book, and our CD's. (see http://www.monetary.org/lostscienceofmoney.html )

But to continue our work in a more effective way, we really need your help. I better repeat that:WE CAN REALLY MAKE A BIGGER DIFFERENCE WITH YOUR HELP!

With a slightly higher level of funding, we could be moving five times as rapidly. So we ask your assistance this memorial day: Please support us in this battle. Make a tax deductible contribution at our website, through Paypal or by mailing a check. The American Monetary Institute will use your contribution to achieve monetary reform, to move our country towards justice, truth, freedom and what should be the American way.

I've just returned from the Northwest U.S. where we made important strides with forming AMI Chapters in Portland, and Seattle and Albuquerque. Seattle drew some really sharp young people who understand the challenge. Albuquerque attracted an older more experienced group who want to move forward on monetary reform activities. In neither city were they afraid of taking up this challenge.

With better funding for trips more chapters could be organized much faster. These chapters educate our citizens and state and local legislators on the need for monetary reform, and how it can help solve their most pressing local problems. With the assistance and support of such local politicos, and normal down to earth citizens, really effective pressure will be brought to bear at the national level.

You can help by joining a chapter in your area and by making a donation, or purchasing a copy of our book The Lost Science of Money, at our website. Consider attending the 4th annual AMI Monetary Reform Conference at Roosevelt University in Chicago, this September 25-28th. We bring together twenty of the most knowledgeable speakers on monetary questions, and we make it an enjoyable event. See the description at the website, and since I have not had a chance until now to remind people, the conference discount ($245 instead of $295 will remain in effect if postmarked by May 31. (registration form is at http://www.monetary.org/2008conference.html)

Stay in touch and don't be shy about communicating any questions or comments.A happy, thoughtful Memorial Day to you!Sincerely,Stephen ZarlengaAMI