Is The Millennial Generation The Fallen Generation?

To whom it may apply in this generation, they'll be angered by these words, these truths, and thus easy to recognize for whom they are. If this generation had eyes to see and ears to hear then they’d have been prepared to avert disaster, (the signs were there). Yet surely they don’t want to see nor hear truth lest they must face reality instead of their individual false realities… Before the glory of Rome was falling the generation then was just as blind as our generation today.

For this generation there will be an increase in home grown terrorism in America, violence and instability will increase, the dangerous ideology spawned from the book Milestones will continue to be ignored by authorities, our nation’s economical troubles will continue, more liberties will be threatened, and wisdom will continue to decrease while a moral compass comes close to obsolete.  

                                                                                        ~N.Moore

“The Millennial generations' business initiatives declined to a six-year low. For every 100,000 young adults, only 230 startups were created. Whereas in the 55 to 64 and the 35 to 44 age groups, 340 business per 100,000 people were created.”

Kauffman Foundation report, in 2012

Studies show that Millennials are more likely than their elders to spend big, "especially on new technologies," says Julie Halpert at The Fiscal Times. These studies say Millennials are addicted to instant gratification, and view new gadgets as needs, not wants. They are also "the fastest-growing demographic of those who purchase luxury goods," says Rachel Krause at The Frisky, engaging in the kind of "lavish, indiscriminate consumerism" that will lead to the "death rattle" of their bank accounts.”

Twenty five percent of Millennials "reported not having enough money to cover their basic needs," a much higher percentage than older generations, says Corilyn Shropshire at Business Insider.

Millennials are less financially literate than their parents, and "the lack of financial savvy among Millennials could have a trickle-down effect with detrimental consequences for society," says Hadley Malcom at USA Today. 

“Polls show that 49 percent of Millennials "view socialism in a favorable light," compared with 43 percent who view it unfavorably. Millennials are also the generation of Occupy Wall Street, the anti-corporate movement, and "it's not hard to figure out why our generation isn't so gung-ho about capitalism — it has disappointed and, in some cases, straight-up failed us." Nona Willis Aronowitz at Good.

“One study says that Millennials are more narcissistic than their elders, and increasingly value "money, image, and fame more than inherent principles like self-acceptance, affiliation, and community." While college students in 1971 ranked "being very well off financially" as their number-eight concern, for Millennials it's consistently at "the top of the list."  Joanna Chau at The Chronicle of Higher Education.

“Millennials "are voting in increasing numbers," says Fred Bayles at Metro. Millennial support for President Obama was a key to his 2008 victory, and they overwhelmingly supported him over Mitt Romney in 2012, too.” (“We've made no progress whatsoever in terms of our political sophistication, and indeed, young people today may be worse because, thanks to their visual environment, they've stopped reading history and they've stopped reading the world's great literature." James Flynn, academic and author of Are We Getting Smarter, became famous for finding a massive increase in IQ test scores from one generation to the next. His research has come to be known as the “Flynn Effect.”)
http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2013/03/iq-tests-improve-in-america-yet-wisdom.html

Millennials biggest stresses are "money, work, and the cost of housing." They are also "more likely to say that relationship problems were sources of stress," and less likely "to express their feelings in their relationships,” says Alice G. Walton at The Atlantic.

The world economy is set to be even worse for the Millennial Generation, for here is a quick look at some key data emerging from around the world:

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-argument-entire-world-economy-145629302.html

The U.S.

• Housing, which has been a huge part of the economic recovery, is also showing signs of stalling. Building permits are down, homebuilder confidence is down, foreclosure starts are up, and capacity constraints among mortgage lenders are also impacting the recovery.
• America's manufacturing Renaissance also looks to be a way off. The Empire Fed manufacturing survey fell to 3.05 in April, missing expectations. This morning we saw the April Philly Fed fall to 1.3, with the unemployment sub-index falling to -6.8.
• Retail sales unexpectedly fell 0.4% in March. Nomura pointed out that the downward revisions to sales in the last two months showed that "consumer adjustment to lower disposable income at the start of the year has begun." Consumer confidence also missed expectations and fell to 72.3 in April, from 78.6 in March.
• And of course there is the jobs report, which showed that only 88,000 new jobs were created in March, very shy of expectations for 190,000. The unemployment rate fell to 7.6% but this was because of a decline in the labor force participation rate.
• On top of all this, there's the sequester, which has only just gotten going.

Europe

• Germany has seen some positive data, but economic sentiment tumbled to 42.
• In the United Kingdom, joblessness climbed by 70,000 to 2.56 million from December through February. The unemployment rate climbed to 7.9%. Moreover, Retail sales, including fuels, fell 0.7% on the month in March, and 0.5% on the year. And next week's GDP data will tell us if the U.K. has entered a triple-dip recession.

China

• Chinese GDP slowed to 7.7% in Q1, missing expectations of 8% growth. Industrial production, manufacturing (as represented through PMI) and exports also missed expectations. 
• The government's crackdown on corruption by way of 'gift giving' has impacted retail sales, especially the catering industry. 
• Latest data also showed that Chinese home prices were up in 68 of 70 cities surveyed. First-tier cities posted a huge rise in home prices. Policymakers are likely to continue with tightening measures to limit a rebound in property prices and shadow banking. 

Bottom line: In the three most important economic regions, there are signs of flagging all over the place.
 By Mamta Badkar | Business Insider 

“The wealthy elite may have been using the rules to the game passed down for generations but they are not of superior intellect and the evidence is there to be seen. Just looking at our present economy and our nations rising deficit, this shows how those who rule over the masses have a flawed system in place. Those of elite status who ruled over humanity in Roman times they also showed how their system was flawed, as the world fell into the Dark Ages. History is about to repeat herself once again…”  But what if they, the wealthy elite, do know what they're doing? Humanity is not beyond being domesticated.

http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2012/05/successful-domestication-of-man.html

http://news.yahoo.com/narcissistic-broke-6-other-ways-describe-millennial-generation-074800035.html

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/heres-argument-entire-world-economy-145629302.html

Tempted Beyond What You Are Able... A Way Out Will Be Provided

“There are few things we can be certain of in life, in this world. We can be sure that there will be despair, regret, and pain. We can be sure that until the bitter end we will always hope. We can also be certain that if there is no love, no truth to offer purpose or meaning, then there is no purpose... But we know there is meaning, or else all we’re feeling during our mourning would not feel so real; this is meaningful.”

 
                          ~N. Moore

 

“No temptation has overtaken you but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will provide the way of escape also, so that you will be able to endure it.”

1 Corinthians 10:13

Nowhere in the bible does it say God will not “give you more than you can handle”, it says “No temptation… beyond what you’re able.”

Temptation: desire for something bad, a desire or craving for something, especially something considered wrong. 2. The incitement of desire or craving in somebody. 3. Somebody or something that tempts somebody.

Any and every psychologist in the world could tell you that a suicidal person does not desire to die… They desire to live, but the world becomes too much for some, and at the particular moment of hopelessness they may give in. When someone commits suicide they are not giving in to temptation… they’re simply tired… so very tired.

“At 27 years of age, Matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many,” Warren, the popular author of The Purpose Driven Life, said in the letter. “Unfortunately, he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts.”

"I'll never forget how, many years ago, after another approach had failed to give relief, Matthew said, 'Dad, I know I'm going to heaven. Why can't I just die and end this pain?' but he kept going for another decade."

“He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.”

John 12:25

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/06/matthew-warren-suicide_n_3029792.html?icid=maing-grid7%7Cmain5%7Cdl1%7Csec1_lnk2%26pLid%3D294663#slide=2306809

Women & Girls Have Certain Rights To Appreciate In America; "We take them for granted daily..."

                                

To come across this update about a 6 year old and her father's debt being paid; no true justice happened. As expressed through out the article, she will eventually be put back into this situation later on in her young life. With poverty and a large family, this will buy her only a short amount of time until the next opportunity for a neighbor to help provide the family in exchange for her hand in marriage. What was truly accomplished in this kind gesture? Nothing. Eventually, the spotlight will be off her situation and sadly so many others. Tradition & culture will continue to play as fate for their lives and no change can happen without courage & action.


Original report updated by New York Times writer ALISSA J. RUBIN 

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/02/world/asia/donor-pays-afghan-familys-debt-but-questions-remain.html


With many here trying to bring awareness to the states, here below is a must see short documentary.

 Over an eight-year period, photographer Stephanie Sinclair has investigated the phenomenon of child marriage in India, Yemen, Afghanistan, Nepal and Ethiopia. Her multimedia presentation, produced in association with National Geographic, synthesizes this body of work into a call to action.

Stephanie Sinclair's images are featured in a story on child marriage in the June 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. With the haunting voices of these young brides, we can no longer just say how sad and forget. Education is a threat and civil rights for women & children is a crime punishable by death for many.

As an American woman, I must admit this freedom I have not truly appreciated until now. We cry out loud of injustice and our freedom being taken away daily. There are many injustices in this nation, child abuse, human trafficking, poverty etc. At least in America, these crimes are more likely to find some justice then be ignored completely and victims becoming the accused & punished. 

 After seeing this, you might also reconsider how much we are deprived from and how our right for education should not be wasted! No excuses what so ever on how hard it is to live as a woman/girl in America, when so many others in these nations would do anything for your opportunity and civil rights.

                                                                                              ~N. Moore~

For further information or what you can do to help & bring more awareness to this important cause, click on the link below. Thank you.

http://pulitzercenter.org/articles/child-marriage-brides-too-young-to-wed-afghanistan-ethiopia-india-yemen

                                                                                                                                     

Will Reality T.V Be Killed By Jesus, Zombies, And Dragons?

Seems as though television programs are improving amongst a large amount of lazy garbage which is still all over the networks. The viewers are proving that they are interested in thought provoking material, good writing, great acting, and less reality T.V.

"Basic cable conquered with AMC's zombie drama "The Walking Dead" and History's miniseries "The Bible." Even prestige cable got its licks in. HBO's "Game of Thrones" -- a show that people have to buy a premium service to see – earned more viewers than ABC's "Red Widow" and came in just below NBC's "The Apprentice," shows the broadcasters give away for free. Sunday night could represent the future of television: Cable gaining viewers as networks offer aging reality shows and underwhelming scripted ones. Only sports are still a sure thing."
http://movies.yahoo.com/news/jesus-zombies-bad-night-broadcasters-future-tv-023635168.html 

"History's "The Bible" miniseries scored a record 11.7 million viewers for its finale, and AMC's "The Walking Dead" drew even more souls -- 12.4 million. Maybe the holiday gave the Jesus-related programming a boost -- but you wouldn't expect it to help the zombies. Both "Walking Dead" and "The Bible" drew more twice the numbers of ABC and NBC's shows...  Broadcasters can take heart in the fact that cable networks can't usually perform as well as they did Sunday, because they "don't yet have enough shows." AMC and HBO roll out their prestige programming Sundays, essentially ceding other nights."


Here is a list of some shows I feel may be the game changers; those which will inspire future projects, and ultimately bring about the demise of the shallow, materialistic, narrow minded, and lazily produced soap opera like reality programs which seem to glorify ignorance.

The Walking Dead

http://www.amctv.com/shows/the-walking-dead                                             

Breaking Bad
http://www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad


Game Of Thrones
http://www.hbo.com/game-of-thrones/index.html



Sons Of Anarchy
http://www.fxnetworks.com/soa/

The Bible
http://www.history.com/shows/the-bible

American Horror Story
http://www.fxnetworks.com/ahs


Hannibal
http://www.nbc.com/hannibal/

Under The Dome

Vikings



   There is nothing more important than the written word, and I'm thankful to see that good writers are being offered jobs now in television. Too many mediocre producers and writers have been making millions off of ignorance, and it's time for us to have more quality for the buck.

Cyber Warfare, Where One Man Can Pull The Strings

"With cyber warfare a single man can prepare the largest stage for a World War. While the rulers of the world pass blame and accusation from one to another, a single individual could be sitting back and watching his handy work play out on the news. They could be smiling as they watch their plan unfold. The battlefield is one where an individual, (who has recognized the ignorance of the domesticated masses), could move his pieces into place like a game of chess. The player could remain unseen by those confused leaders who send in the pawns to fight and die."

                                                                                      ~ N. Moore 

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A cyberattack caused computer networks at major South Korean banks and top TV broadcasters to crash simultaneously Wednesday, paralyzing bank machines across the country and prompting

speculation of North Korean involvement.

Police and South Korean officials couldn't immediately determine

responsibility and North Korea's state media made no immediate comments on the shutdown. But some experts suspected a cyberattack orchestrated by Pyongyang. The rivals have exchanged threats amid joint U.S.-South Korean military drills and in the wake of U.N. sanctions meant to punish North Korea over its nuclear test last month.

The network paralysis took place just days after North Korea accused South Korea and the U.S. of staging a cyberattack that shut down its websites for two days last week. Loxley Pacific, the Thailand-based Internet service provider, confirmed the North Korean outage but did not say what caused it.

"Throughout the world, states that create cyber warfare and engage in those types of activities are precisely the same countries that develop nuclear weapons," Defense Ministry spokesman Kim Min-seok said.

"North Korea has strongly stepped up development of asymmetrical strategy with nuclear development and many types of ballistic missiles as well as a special forces of 200,000 strong."

http://news.yahoo.com/north-koreas-military-threatens-u-bases-within-target-021350990.html

http://news.yahoo.com/experts-suspect-north-behind-skorea-computer-crash-111917254.html

   

America Waits To Be Struck First As She Always Does

"America has a pattern, which is becoming too obvious. Our nation waits to be hit first, even though the threat is known. The nation waits because the political leaders don't want the people revolting if America were ever to make a preemptive strike. You can't always give the spoiled children whatever they want, because much of the time the children don't know what's best for them. The political leaders wait because they see the pattern as well; the people shout out "no to war", but once the enemy strikes us the people shout out for justice. So, like Pearl Harbor, and like 911, if Korea is a real threat the American people will not know till after we've been struck."

                                                               ~N. Moore

"The North Koreans need to understand if they attack an American interest or an ally of this country, they're going to pay a heavy price," Graham said on NBC's "Meet The Press" on Sunday. "I could see a major war happening if the North Koreans overplay their hand this time, because the public in South Korea, the United States, and I think the whole region, is fed up with this guy."

Only when they attack will they pay the price... but only once they have already killed some Americans or our ally.

"He's kind of reckless right now," Gen. James Thurman, the top U.S. military commander in South Korea, said on “This Week with George Stephanopoulos" on ABC. "If they decided to, you know, resume hostilities, I think we've got to be ready to go."

"The whole time we were there, all we saw was preparation for war," Van Susteren said. "If you go inside, they have been at war with us since the early 1950s. They think that every single one of us is spending every Saturday night sitting around planning how to get them while we're busy ordering pizzas and Chinese food carryout, they think that we're getting ready for war."
Fox News host Greta Van Susteren

Crazy people and nuclear weapons who proliferate those weapons throughout the world, who support terrorist organizations, are incredibly dangerous," Graham said. "That's why we need to stop Syria from getting chemical. Chemical weapons need to be controlled in Syria; the ayatollahs in Iran are just as crazy as this guy in North Korea." He added: "This could be a nightmare in the making with these chemical weapons falling into radical Islamists. The number of radical jihadists on the ground in Syria today is growing every day this war goes on."

"In a statement released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), North Korea said, "From this moment, the Supreme Command of the Korean People's Army will be putting in combat duty posture No. 1 all field artillery units including long-range artillery strategic rocket units that will target all enemy objects in U.S. invasionary bases on its mainland, Hawaii and Guam."

"North Korea has made similar statements in the past but has not included the term "No.1" until now. South Korean military experts are analyzing what that might mean. "

"There are also reports of a divide between North Korea and its traditional ally, China. China provides critical food aid and other support to North Korea but recently voted in support of sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea....China urged restraint in response to North Korea's announcement today."

"But according to Rodong Sinmum, a mouthpiece for the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), at a rally on March 8 in Pyongyang, North Korean General Kang Pyo-yong announced the military is in position to launch a "war of reunification" if the order is given. He said North Korea has developed nuclear warheads that can fit on the end of a long-range missile and are capable of hitting the United States."

"The U.S. should not forget that the Anderson Air Force Base on Guam, where the [American] B-52 takes off, and naval bases in Japan and Okinawa, where nuclear-powered submarines are launched, are within striking range of the DPRK's (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) precision strike means. Now that the U.S. has started open nuclear blackmail and threats, the DPRK, too, will move to take corresponding military action."

Every day is just another bullet dodged, another day of grace for those American Soldiers' in south korea, as they wait with apprehension.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/north-korea-kim-jong-un-war-201715650.html

http://abcnews.go.com/International/north-korea-puts-artillery-forces-high-alert-threatens/story?id=18812245

God Is (Start Of A Conversation)

Coming full circle, God is.

I ‘m sitting at a cubicle now, drinking coffee (black), I take a small drink and the coffee is warm, smelling strong. The weather outside is overcast and cold. The thick gray clouds block the sun. I am writing to you. I’m talking to you. I’m feeling melancholy, though I’m not sure why. I’m frustrated because of many changes on the horizon… You’re seeing where I’m at this moment, but at this moment you’re in a different time and place. You saw my desk, my cup of coffee; you can even hear my tone now in your mind as you read this. We’re communicating without saying a word out loud. Do you question the importance of the written word? I exist to you, even if only in your mind, we can be sure we both are able to question, visualize, and communicate; we exist. You can’t prove my existence by any scientific means. You can’t prove how you’re able to see me in this moment, and hear my tone, yet our existence is unquestionable. Even if nothing else you saw is real, you know the words in this paragraph are, for you see them. Knowing I am actually Consul Nicholas Moore, this would take faith, but knowing I (the writer of this) exists, this cannot be logically argued.

Who is God though? This should be the question involving faith, instead of asking if God is. I have never personally met the President, but I know who the President of the United States is, although I don’t really know him… My faith in your existence is just as easy as this, even though I have never met you in person.

Asking “if God exists why do bad/unjust things happen”; this is not a logical question to start an argument against the existence of an intelligent designer. For who are you to determine what is right and wrong? You open the door for another question, “Who is the moral law giver?”

We don’t need brains to exist on a world with oxygen and sustenance. How come we're able to think as we do?

The number 2 is an even number. How do we know? Because it’s not an odd number.

A triangle has three straight lines. How do we know? Because this is how we draw and see a triangle.

The basic building blocks of life are cells. How do we know? This has been observed in science.

You are. How do you know? Because you can think; you can ask why. (This is one thing you can be certain of; you are.)

God is. How do you know? Numbers exist and they are complex. Shapes exist.  Cells exist. You most certainly exist. Science does not use chance as a means of discovering answers, there are scientific laws which govern everything, these laws of science exist, and laws are created, so God is.

You know making sense is important if somebody wants to convince you of anything. Why?

You know when you want something, and what you’d have to do to acquire what you desire.

You know the sense of satisfaction you have when you overcome an obstacle in life, and gain success. Why do you feel so good when you win?

Why are you able to question?

“I think therefore I am.” Say this to yourself. "I think therefore I am!"

If everything is meaningless, as some may declare, how could their claim have meaning?

“I am always brought back to the fact that it is only what I clearly and distinctly perceive that completely convinces me. Some of the things I clearly and distinctly perceive are obvious to everyone, while others are discovered only by those who look more closely and investigate more carefully; but once they have been discovered, the latter are judged to be just as certain as the former. In the case of a right-angled triangle, for example, the fact that the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the square on the other two sides is not so readily apparent as the fact that the hypotenuse subtends the largest angle; but once one has seen it, one believes it just as strongly.”

Descartes

“But if the mere fact that I can produce from my thought the idea of something entails that everything which I clearly and distinctly perceive to belong to that thing really does belong to it, is not this a possible basis for another argument to prove the existence of God? Certainly, the idea of God, or a supremely perfect being, is one that I find within me just as surely as the idea of any shape or number. And my understanding that it belongs to his nature that he always exists is no less clear and distinct than is the case when I prove of any shape or number that some property belongs to its nature (AT 7:65; CSM 2:45).”

 Descartes

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-ontological/  

http://www.amazon.com/On-Writing-Stephen-King/dp/0743455967

IQ Tests Improve In America Yet Wisdom Decreases

IQ tests improve yet where intelligence has dropped in our nation is in the most important areas.

 “We've made no progress whatsoever in terms of our political sophistication, and indeed, young people today may be worse because, thanks to their visual environment, they've stopped reading history and they've stopped reading the world's great literature."

James Flynn, academic and author of Are We Getting Smarter, became famous for finding a massive increase in IQ test scores from one generation to the next. His research has come to be known as the “Flynn Effect.”

“If the lessons to be learned in history were heeded we would have never entered into the present mess we’re in with multiple nations in the Middle East. If our political leaders took the warnings from our founding fathers’ seriously then our nation would have never been in severe debt today. If the next generation is even more ignorant when it comes to the subjects of history and classic literature, common-sense and wisdom will continue to decrease. The only hope for our nation is if the next generation will change their mind and choose to not follow the blueprint which failed for their predecessors.”

Consul Nicholas Moore

"The new frontiers are going to be the burnt out urban centers, so it might be the Millennials who become the homesteaders, farmers, and gardeners of Detroit, or Camden," says Celente. "When people lose everything and have nothing left to lose, they lose it. And you're going to start seeing a lot of young people losing it in a lot of different ways."

“Gerald Celente, Editor and Publisher of the Trends Journal, believes the depressed livelihoods of today's younger generation — "generation eff'ed" as he refers to it in a recent edition of his magazine — will lead to a revolution of sorts.”

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/millenials-lost-generation-130643180.html

Got a topic you’d like covered? Have a guest you’d like to see interviewed? Send an email to: thedailyticker@yahoo.com.

http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/americans-getting-smarter-143840511.html

History Channel; The Game Changer? The Bible Series And Vikings

History Channel TV Series

History Channel is doing something potentially so original and thought provoking that this may be too good to last.

Is this generation ready for quality T.V Series; something historical, controversial, with quality performances, great writers, and not reality T.V? Let’s hope so.

 

 

 

Is this generation ready..?

Time for the reality T.V craze to be killed.

Sequester: If we Can’t Fix Stupid We’re In Trouble

 “Being under the leadership of dangerously simplistic mindsets proves to be ever so evident still. The old dogs prove to be stuck in their ways and ever so blind to what the priorities should be. They punish those who reveal evidence of their stupidity, yet they share all kinds of vital and self destructive information for any enemy to use against our nation. Our brave leaders give our enemies a loaded gun and then (with that stupid politician smile), they lick their lips, and then lean forward and place their foreheads against the point of the weapon. No they’re not quite that bad, for at least they attempt to look out for their own best interest. They actually place the loaded gun in the enemies hand and then help lift their arm and direct them towards the American people.”

Consul Nicholas Moore

One reason for the inaction in Washington is that both parties still hope the other will either be blamed by voters for the cuts or cave in before the worst effects predicted by Democrats come into effect.
 

"Pizza is not a vegetable silly!" Says Nicky, (a 4 year old boy).

"And what's 2+2?"  Asks Consul Moore.

"Four!" Nicky says with pride as he holds up four fingers.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineteen_Eighty-Four

"The U.S. government is the nation's largest employer, with a workforce of roughly 2.7 million civilians spread across the country. If the cuts stay in place, more than 800,000 of those workers could see reduced work days and smaller paychecks between now and September.

Furlough notices warning employees and their unions started to go out earlier this week and the pace picked up on Friday after it became clear that talks at the White House between Obama and congressional leaders would be fruitless."

"The discussion about revenue, in my view, is over. It's about taking on the spending problem," Boehner said after the meeting.

A Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Friday showed 28 percent of Americans blamed congressional Republicans for the sequestration mess, 18 percent thought Obama was responsible and 4 percent blamed congressional Democrats. Thirty-seven percent blamed them all, according the online poll.

The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office predicts 750,000 jobs could be lost in 2013, and federal employees throughout the country are looking to trim their own costs.
http://news.yahoo.com/u-lurches-budget-crisis-spending-005910205.html
 

WHEN WILL THE WORST OF IT START?

Not until April -- but some of the cuts could be felt before then.

Most of the sequester apocalypse, of which Obama's Cabinet has warned, relates to government-worker furloughs: Airport-security lines will get longer because TSA agents will work one fewer day every two weeks, thinning out the workforce; fewer commercial planes will fly because of furloughs to air-traffic controllers; prisons will be locked down because Bureau of Prisons staff will be sent home; terrorists may go undetected because fewer FBI agents and counterterrorism analysts will be working.

Those furloughs won't begin until April, at the earliest. In most cases, government agencies must give workers 30 days' notice before furloughing them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), for instance, expects some of its furloughs to begin April 7, but it's still haggling with unions over notification procedures.

But other bad things could happen before then. State programs that rely on federal money will have to begin accounting for lesser funds as soon as President Obama orders the sequester into effect on Friday. Government contractors, meanwhile, will feel the cuts immediately.  

From  http://news.yahoo.com/6-questions-answers-sequester-075134189.html

“I am not a dictator,” President Barack Obama urged Americans on Friday to help him pressure Republicans to help halt painful automatic government spending cuts.

"This is not going to be an apocalypse, I think, as people have said," the president underlined. "It's just dumb. And it's going to hurt. It's going to hurt individual people, and it's going to hurt the economy overall."

Apparently stung by criticisms that he has overhyped the possible damage from sequestration for political gain, Obama pointed to government workers—notably the janitors who mop the Capitol floors—who will get a pay cut, as well as small businesses that rely on dwindling government contracts, and warned of a "ripple effect" through the broader economy.

"I don’t anticipate a huge financial crisis, but people are going to be hurt," the president said. "We’re not making that up, that’s not a scare tactic."

Obama has accused Republicans of refusing to raise "a dime's worth" of new tax revenues by closing loopholes that chiefly benefit the wealthiest Americans and rich corporations in order to reduce the deficit. Republicans have countered that revenues raised that way should not go to pay for government spending but to lower tax rates, which they say will create jobs.

"I’d like to think that I’ve still got some persuasive power left " Obama said. But "I am not a dictator, I’m the president," he emphasized, saying it was beyond his power to "force Congress to do the right thing" unless the American people help squeeze congressional Republicans.

You can read more on the evident dangers of our political leaders’ mindsets, see all the facts you need at one of the following blog posts:

http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2012/02/12-scary-debt-facts-for-2012.html

http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2012/03/great-news-america.html http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2013/01/government-of-people.html

http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2011/12/time-to-exercise-our-rights.html

http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2013/02/debt-is-one-way-to-enslave-nation.html

http://consulmoore.blogspot.com/2012/10/most-unproductive-unpopular-congress-in.html

Manned Space Flight To Mars: Stepping Into A New Age

On January 5th, 2018 humanity heads to Mars. The plan is for the trip to take 501 days, but this is entirely dependent on timing. Two professional US crew members will head out on this mission, preferably a man and woman, flying as private citizens on a “fast, free-return” mission.”

"A manned space flight to Mars would be in vain without the proper equipment. A working moral compass provides humanity with the means to survive and live at peace, if this is lost then technological based knowledge leads down a faster path to destruction."

Theo Caprier

http://from-another-world.blogspot.com/2013/01/who-i-was-is-not-who-i-am.html

We’re stepping into a new age in space travel, the next great era of space exploration. There was a time when computers seemed like something out of science fiction, even people in their forties and late thirties remember being fascinated by computer technology. To our children though computers are so common, when a new PC or Apple brand comes out they don’t seem to be as impressed. Everyone has a computer now, it’s nothing special. The prediction is when our grandchildren are adults’ space travel will be the same as computers were to my generation; space travel will be so common place, everyone will have access to going beyond our planet. This next generation may be remembered as the age where science fiction became reality.

 “A new nonprofit led by the world’s first space tourist is mounting an ambitious plan to launch the first manned mission to Mars in 2018, a voyage that could include an adventurous married crew…

The project, led by American millionaire Dennis Tito — who paid his own way to space in 2001 — aims not to land people on the surface of the Red Planet, but to take advantage of a rare planetary alignment that would allow a relatively easy, quick flyby of Mars.”

http://news.yahoo.com/wanted-married-couple-private-mars-voyage-2018-180850635.html

“Investments in human space exploration technologies and operations by NASA and the space industry are converging at the right time to make this mission achievable,” said Taber MacCallum, chief technology officer for Inspiration Mars. MacCallum is also CEO/CTO of Paragon Space Development Corporation.

The foundation released a “feasibility fact sheet” of an analysis regarding a manned Mars mission by 2018. This sheet includes mathematics that show a spacecraft launch aboard a Dragon capsule and a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket would be able to deliver the crew to the proper trajectory to make the trip to Mars. They’ve broken down everything from how much carbon dioxide would be produced, to how much solid waste would be produced during the journey. Inspiration Mars even included items such as “Feminine Health” in its analysis.

“We are confident that this mission is feasible, and this investigation did not reveal any showstoppers. We believe that the cost would be significantly less than previous estimates for manned Mars missions, and could be financed privately without relying on government funding,” the foundation said in the analysis.

“We also believe that with current and near-term technology it is possible to be ready for a Mars flyby launch in January, 2018 and that we should not pass on this mission since the next opportunity does not occur again until 2031.”

http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112793455/mars-manned-trip-to-inspire-the-next-generation-of-explorers-022813/

My generation may be remembered as the age when computers became widely available to the public, but with this increase in technological knowledge wisdom seemed to decrease. Our world entered into a time of war, (a war which lasted for over ten years), and there was an economic crisis (where upon graduation Generation Y was dumped into a recession), and to top it off there was a historical record for broken families where the majority of children grew up in single parent homes. As we step into the Space Exploration Era, perhaps many of the problems we see today could be resolved. Perhaps the next generation will be inspired by the new possibilities, and hopefully they’ll not make the same mistakes as my generation. As we go forward we must retain wisdom, for knowledge without wisdom is how we make troublesome inventions like the atom bomb and chemical warfare. Knowledge with wisdom is how we gain the written word, the toilet, seat belts, the computer, digital technology, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), to name some. In summary the hope is in the next generation depending on the balance between knowledge and wisdom, instead of depending solely on technological knowhow.

On January 5th, 2018 a new path for us to follow will be cleared. A moral compass will be needed to guide all of us anywhere worth going, especially to other worlds. Without this our technological based knowledge will only lead us down a faster path to destruction.

http://from-another-world.blogspot.com/2013/01/who-i-was-is-not-who-i-am.html

http://news.yahoo.com/whos-riskiest-generation-them-not-141152814.html

Debt Is One way To Enslave a Nation

"Sure must be a great consolation to the poor people who lost their stock in the late crash to know that it has fallen in the hands of Mr. Rockefeller, who will take care of it and see it has a good home and never be allowed to wander around unprotected again. There is one rule that works in every calamity. Be it pestilence, war, or famine, the rich get richer and poor get poorer. The poor even help arrange it."

Will Rogers Diary of America

Successful Domestication of Man
http://www.articlesbase.com/culture-articles/the-successful-domestication-of-man-5820538.html

"The American people no longer believe the warm wet trickling sensation running down their backs is rain. We don’t like seeing stupid smiles on our political leaders’ faces, this becomes more irritating every day.

Certain political leaders seem to still think that words and well prepared speeches is enough to govern a nation. They need to stop passing the buck one to another and take full responsibility for their jobs!

The plan for the fiscal cliff was established to force congress to unite so as to fix our nation’s debt, in a nutshell. Instead they seem to keep on dancing around the thought that if they can’t unite and come up with a plan then we’ll just fall over that proverbial fiscal cliff. When this occurs it’s not going to matter which side they say is to blame."

                                                                                                   ~N. Moore~

“These were the years when the U.S. parliament became a historical punch line, a political obscenity on par with the court of Nero or Caligula — a stable of thieves and perverts who committed crimes rolling out of bed in the morning and did their very best to turn the mighty American empire into a debt-laden, despotic backwater, a Burkina Faso with cable.”

Matthew C. "Matt" Taibbi: American author and journalist reporting on politics, media, finance for Rolling Stone Magazine.

"Because I don't think Congress has ever been as bad as it is today.

Here is a time of very serious, painful economic hardship ... and a debt

that is threatening our future, national debt, and "WE REALLY HAVEN'T

DONE ANYTHING ABOUT IT."

Sen. Joe Lieberman

See some recent updates on our growing debt problem below.                                                                           

"They haven't done any of the tough stuff, any of the important stuff, they haven't reformed the tax code...they haven't done anything to slow the rate of health care to the rate of growth of the economy, they haven't made Social Security sustainably solvent. There's about $2.4 trillion more of hard work we've gotta do."

 Former Clinton White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles tells Politics Confidential.

“The deficit reduction mavericks are back. Alan Simpson and Erskine Bowles failed to get Washington to accept their original deficit reduction plan at the end of 2010; but this bipartisan duo is rolling out a revamped plan– and more tough talk aimed at both Congress and the President.”

To hear more about Simpson and Bowles new plan to deal with the country's fiscal problems, and to hear their thoughts about the impending sequestration on March 1, check out this week's Politics Confidential.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/power-players-abc-news/band-back-alan-madness-simpson-erskine-stupid-spending-121722531.html

“Pentagon officials have said their furloughs would be structured so that nearly all 800,000 civilian workers lose one day of work per week for 22 weeks, probably starting in late April. That means they would lose 20 percent of their pay over that period.”

"The furloughs contemplated by this notice will do real harm to our national security," Panetta wrote in his congressional notification letter, adding that it would make troops less ready for combat and slow the acquisition of important weapons.

"Overall, sequestration will put us on a path toward a hollow force and inflict serious damage on our national security."

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta

"...conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure -- one world, if you will. If that's the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it."

David Rockefeller

“Liberty is lost through complacency and a subservient mindset. When we accept or even welcome automobile checkpoints, random searches, mandatory identification cards, and paramilitary police in our streets, we have lost a vital part of our American heritage. America was born of protest, revolution, and mistrust of government. Subservient societies neither maintain nor deserve freedom for long.”

Ron Paul 2004