Four Horsemen and the collapse of the American Empire

This movie explains in a very clear way the idea of the end of the american empire. To begin with the film uses a very simple argument. They say that the U.S represents an Empire and so one of the main characteristics of empire is the fact that they have an end. So if the U.S is really an empire, The American Empire, it will collapse sooner or later. Also, as a matter of fact, the collapses of the empires are characterized by having a period of chaos and disaster before its end. If we continue to connect these clues and acknowledging that the end of the Twentieth Century was an absolute period of "chaos" and "parties" and liberal ideas.

To be conscious about this information is very important because it could even stop the ending the American Empire, and our way of living. As Napoleon Bonaparte once said "He who does not know history is doomed to repeat it." And if eventually the end of this Empire arrives it will bring with it a whole new and different way to live. I believe that at the beginning, the change will not be very big and outstanding, at least here at Colombia, but afterwards the change will be huge. The whole political and economical system will be reformed.

Photo Credit: Joel Pett

For more info visit:

http://thecomingcrisis.blogspot.com/2011_08_22_archive.html

COLOMBIAN BANKING SYSTEM

The banking system in Colombia is quite complicated and similar to the US reserve banking system in the inflation it produces. Colombia is out of the gold based system many years ago. Its National Bank the " Banco de la Republica" is the one that controls the production of the money. It is managed by a board and also by the minister of finance and estate.

The Colombian peso has a rate of inflation of 1,94% which is lower than the one of the United States of America. There is a lot of similarities among both economic systems and has changed a lot among times hand by hand with other economic systems like the french and American systems.

  

FRACTIONAL RESERVE BANKING SYSTEM

The United States fractional banking system is a system that basically creates money out of thin air. The process by which the money is made is the following. First the US government asks for money to the Federal Reserve and gives them the printed paper. Then the US government puts the money into a private account. The bank is obligated to keep the 10% of the money physical and the other 90% is available for loans. This generates money from thin air. For every 10 billion dollars the US government creates, about 80 billions are created from thin air.

This system only generates difference among social clases and a bigger amount of poverty. Inflation is one of the main characteristics of the fractional reserve banking system. This is basically the devaluation of the money and the production of more money. This is very similar to the system in colombia but it has a bigger rate of inflation.

ONE PROTEST, ONE MURDER

A Thai protestant died today at Bangkok after a several gun men opened fire on a bus that took some protestants from the antigovernment march in the capital. "The shooting lasted for around two minutes, the convoy stopped and everyone took shelter as they raked bullets over the vehicles," group leader Uthai Yodmanee told AFP news agency. Some time later the authorities were informed of 4 more injured people during this act of violence. There are several rumors about the purpose of the attack but some dare to say that it was a political strategy to silence the protestants.

In my opinion this in unacceptable, freedom of speech and freedom to express yourself is not a reason to be murdered or to be even silenced. This guy who was shamefully murdered after assisting to a peaceful march protesting for a better government will remain as a martyr. Its incredible to see how power and fear of other peoples way to think can take a fragile government to attack a bus, injure four and kill one of their own citizens.

Photo Credit: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/04/cloneofkilled-bangkok-protest-shooting-201441922-20144119521751472.html

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

"One Killed in Bangkok Protest Shooting." - Asia-Pacific. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2014.                     <http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2014/04/cloneofkilled-bangkok-protest-shooting-201441922-20144119521751472.html>.

FOOD-ECONOMIC HITMAN

The food inc movie that we saw last week was very interesting and expressed many wrong things on the US industrial way to cultivate and process food. This type of system generates a type of monopoly in the food branch of the country and causes the people to join big companies who end up lending them money and then using that debt to control them. 

The movie made me think and relate this system to the economic hitman system. In this case the small farmers are represented by the undeveloped countries in the economic hitmal while the big and corrupt companies who used debt to manipulate the small farmers are represented by the US government from the economic hitman. It is simply using economic power to influence over others choices. The economic hitman movie, race as a concept and the food inc movie relate in the way economic resources influence the importance of the people, in that there is no concrete prove of their existence (they are just concepts that people use), and finally in how important and harmful they are at the same time for society.

¿Que esta pasando en Venezuela?

Today I was looking for a good source that explained the trouble of Venezuela in a simple but accurate way. I found a really good video that expresses the problem in a simple way.

 There are also other sources that say totally different things and that express that everything is the students fault. If you want more information about this point of view and about how the minister of interior Miguel Rodriguez expressed it go to: http://www.tiempo.hn/el-mundo/noticias/venezuela-gobierno-culpa-a-oposicion-de-adiestrarse-en-mexico

Finally the las point of view is from Raul Castro, President of Cuba, who expresses that what is happening in Venezuela and Ukraine is the US fault. http://www.martinoticias.com/content/cuba-castro-apoyo-venezuela-maduro/32313.html#page=1

CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC HIT MAN PRACTICES

Economic Hit men practices generated infinite amount of consequences but not only positive for the US but negative for the other unconsciously controlled territories.

Two of the greatest consequences of the economic Hitman practices from my point of view are the whole amount of military interventions that the US. Interventions that are not with the purpose of helping others but helping the economy of the US. The other consequence that I see is the several amount of assassinations during a certain period of time. Assassinations that were even executed in the same way like the two " aircraft accidents" from presidents of Panama and Ecuador Omar Torrijos and Jaime Roldos.

PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI CONFLICT

According to the economist the conflict of Israel and the gasa strip is like a snowball getting bigger every day. This is a very weird fight because both sides are fighting for the same reason and they both argue that the land is their property and that the other side is taking away territory from them. This kind of disputes are the most difficult to solve and the ones that cause more deaths. Other factors that cause this conflict are religious, language, and territorial factors.

This war is endless and in my opinion the only way to solve the problem is making honest and effective treaties that guarantee security and happiness to both sides. This sides are well structured and with Egypt supporting Gaza with resources, they are quite similar in power. They need to solve that problem as soon as posible do to the amount of deaths and injures that these conflicts caused.

Photo Credit: Roberto Ortiz (http://ortizfeliciano.blogspot.com/2009/02/ola-de-juicios-por-guerra-en-gaza.html)

MLA citations:

Israel and the Palestinians: Old battles, new Middle East | The Economist. (n.d.). Retrieved       from http://www.economist.com/news/21567086-ceasefire-between-israel-and-hamas-could-yet-be-unlikely-foundation-peace-old-battles-new

SOCCER FANS CONFLICT

Soccer is a very beautiful sport. A sport full of excitement and passion.  Soccer is so beautiful that people usually get in love of a team and argues that they support it until death. I kind of get it, i love Real Madrid C.F. But there is a point where a soccer match or a soccer team is not important at all. When a person´s life is exposed every other thing is worth nothing. Shamefully some of the soccer fans don´t get that, and in lame attempts to defend their beloved teams end up killing and committing crimes.
Recently I have seen a lot of news of soccer fans here at Colombia that kill just for wearing a soccer jersey. That is very stupid and should be punished be the Colombian law in a very harsh way.

TO KNOW ABOUT SPECIFIC CASES:

• http://www.elespectador.com/noticias/bogota/asesinan-hincha-de-nacional-bogota-articulo-448349 
• http://www.eltiempo.com/colombia/bogota/ARTICULO-WEB-NEW_NOTA_INTERIOR-8892940.html
• http://elheraldo.co/noticias/nacional/hinchas-de-millonarios-matan-al-padre-de-un-hincha-de-santa-fe-125561

VIDEOS:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKH0TgXdJM8
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3FGTOy42VM

TO REFLECT...

Sometimes people just waste their time thinking and complaining about things that aren´t simply so important. On the other hand are the people who fight and support infinite amount of abuses waiting for better life conditions... conditions that never get to be. Places like Syria, Egypt or Sudan where there is not much you can do. Human rights left in the shadows as kids are being killed and tortured with no reason. No concept of a stable, fair economical model. How can you live with just 1 dollar a week? how can you have a family living under this conditions?

These questions; questions that the "observers" normally have are those people´s every day life, and still they live it in a happier way than most of the people that waste their time complaining about stupid things and little problems.

ABOUT ME

My name is Juan Daniel Garcia Sanchez, I am 16 years old. Currently I am in grade 12 on Colegio Panamericano. I am a huge fan of Real Madrid F.C and love to spend time with my family and friends. As soon as I graduate I plan to begin my medicine studies at Bogota, Colombia. Since I was a little kid I was captivated by this amazing career and dreamed to be a successful doctor to follow the legacy of my dad.  To me Colombia is the best country on the hole world. It has the best food, and people.