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An important question
Posted Wednesday, 22 July 2009 By Administrator
This is a strong question, one well worth debating.
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Climate Scapegoating…
Posted Thursday, 05 November 2009 By John Kewl
Climate Scapegoating…

Global warming, what phooey… Crisis in global leadership is more like it.

The financial crisis is actually a Euro Dollar war, like WWII was used by the bankers to mortgaged the pound and installed the dollar, same thing, they trying to do it again, but this time it wont work, the world is really broken now.

If you own your money, you can fix your country, so have a look at who owns your central bank, and you’ll know who is paying the clowns that we call leaders, that have done this to all of us.
Why is Africa always begging for money, just take your central bank back, PUPPET leaders!

Find real leaders, not all these phony organizations that just talk and do nothing.
If you haven’t got Africa right after 100 years, you now just crying wolf.
How come I don’t see any of these “wonderful” organizations helping Somali victims, Katrina victims, displaced Pakistan victims?

All banking Vipers masquerading as saints… to quote someone else that knew what He was talking about.
You trying to help normal people, prove it, show us what you have done, bankers!
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Ecological Debt
Posted Thursday, 20 August 2009 By Mandla
Poor countries, or at least their citizens, do not know how much they are owed because oil, gas and mining companies make payments directly to governments in the form of royalties, bonus payments and taxes, providing the state with an autonomous flow of funds that is independent of its citizens. These windfalls reduce the need for taxation and thereby eliminate a key motivator for citizens' scrutiny of public finances.
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Lack of public knowledge
Posted Friday, 21 August 2009 By Rumbi Masango
While it is interesting to read the comment given by Mandla, it seems clear that there is a lack of public knowledge on this issue. Ecological debt is still a foreign concept to 'joe the plumber'. It is not encouraging to hear that governments sit on bonus payments and taxes, instead of redistributing the funds in areas that need it most. We need to see more accountability to the voters. Citizens can only exercise their rights and voice their concerns once they know and understand ecological debt issues.
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Humanity is living off its ecological credit card and can only do this by liquidating the planet's natural resources - Mathis Wackernagel