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America has become a monster and you are its next meal…
There was an old (now) song by Steppenwolfe of this name, i.e., “America the Monster” and as I began to consider the nature of this country’s government …well, it seemed appropriate.
That said, America has become a monster. Like Goya’s mythical portrait it devours its own children, 1 in 100 are convicts, education becomes more and more expensive and thus exclusive, employment becomes scarcer and less well paid, ”social safety net programs” expand, without solving the problems, and it feels free to lay waste whatever sections of the world it desires to . Been in Iraq for almost a decade and show no signs of leaving Afghanistan. Not to mention the “bill” for all this.
Ah, the “bill”. Well, the Government doesn’t have to worry about that, does it? After all that part of the fun and games will be delivered to us, you and me…and our great grandchildren. And such a bill! No one
can even guess what it will come to – no one. But some of us will pay it. Of course, it won’t be called “the bill”. Oh no. It will be called Taxes. Increased taxes? Devalued currency? The joys of having an unaccountable monster in charge of our futures!
Some will say that it cannot happen – not here. To them I would say, just wait a bit. Remember that income taxes were supposed to be only temporary and never to exceed 2% of income. Yes, and your check is in the mail. But, I hear them say, the Law forbids such. I would say to them: The Law forbids nothing – if it is re-written (as it has been before) and if it is re-interpreted (as it has been before) to
permit…even mandate such (as has been done before). Ah, what of a Law that has become only a way for those who desire to re-distribute wealth to do so “legally”?
So, we come to a point of decision: Do we allow all that we have to be devoured by this monster? Or do we try to save some bit of it for our own use? You know, retirement and the need, even then, to eat and have a roof over our heads? Are we to be, as so many ‘round the world are, looking for a safe currency that will retain some of its value in years to come? And a safe haven for our bit of fortune, as well as ourselves? These would seem to our choices from all that the news from Congress and the world financial markets would have us believe.
Ah well, perhaps if we just “close our eyes and click our heels together three times, while repeating…” no, that’s to get back to Kansas, isn’t it? Well, we left Kansas a long time ago I’m afraid.
However, we can get to somewhere much better than Kansas – if we try. It does take planning and forethought but that is why there is Escape from America. As you are reading this world class E-zine it would seem you are concerned, rightly so, about this monster. But, will you do something or just keep clicking your heels and wondering where Toto is? Choice is yours – I have made mine, some time back.
It is up to us to decide that it is time to go. Time to go before we, like so many before us in other nations, have to go with what we are allowed to carry. The plight of the Jews of Germany and Eastern Europe, after WWI and in the 1930’s The Cubans after Castro. The Chinese and Mao? Hmmm, the list could go on. Will it include you, along with the Armenians? Shall we be reduced to “portable wealth”?
Read that as diamonds we can carry in our rectums or sew into our children’s clothing or dolls. Is that to be our future? Remember, no one wanted to accept those refugees of the 1930’s – what makes us think anyone will be more willing to accept us? Do you recall the warnings of the Euro-countries, during the talked of exodus of Americans, during Iraq-2? No one wanted to accept “us” then. Not even Canada. Do you believe they would be any more willing if times became such as to necessitate real expatriation?
Consider the differing circumstances of the “average” Czarist Aristocrat of 1920 and those of Crown Prince Yusapov. Yusapov had been exiled, by the Czar, and allowed to keep that part of his fortune he had previously moved to France and Switzerland. Keep in mind that delightful word previously. What about the others? Well, for the most part they drove taxis, waited tables and became … “Ladies of certain virtue”. Shanghi was replete with its “houses of former Aristos”, what a future to contemplate …as our own?
Now it doesn’t have to be quite like the above. Weren’t there lots of Cuban Attorney’s who came to USA and did quite well – as shoe salesmen? Hmmm? Yes, quite so.
Here comes that nasty but needful concept: Planning and (here it is) previously deposited funds. However, these funds must be such and in such form as to assure that the sticky fingers of government cannot reach out and confiscate them. As the Nazi’s , Russian Soviets and Chinese Communists did with accounts and holdings they could identify. Are there ways to secure our fortunes and thus our futures from government as well as others? Yes. Are they legal? Yes, as of now. But those ways are going to close and then…, ah then, then any who attempt such will have “committed a crime” (the crime of thinking the money belonged to you?) and they and their assets will be ceased.
For now there are still ways to secure our freedom and our financial futures. How long this will remain the case only our fearless, because unaccountable, leaders may say. But it shan’t be long.
In the pages of EFAM you can find companies who can and will help you to secure your personal and financial future. Other companies can show you the way to a better and more pleasant place to retire to. For now these and second passports remain available – for now. However, who may say when the monster will become hungrier? Perhaps glance your way and decide that your financial vehicle would make a toothsome dainty? All, of course, in the name of “saving”…something or other. But, devoured nonetheless, America the Monster? Yes. Now, will you stay around to be, eventually, put on the menu?
The choice is yours…for now;)
Those who are awake are the seers, those who sleepwalk are the slaves…Stay tuned for Part II of Swiss Uncle Timmie Rudizuli as he looks to the USA…next week!
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Uncle Timmie, I’ve read from time to time on these pages that EFAM is not unpatriotic and un-American, and that the real impetus behind EFAM’s work is to 1) explore overseas alternatives to the now-moribund American model for achieving economic independence, and 2), find, and encourage discussion of, opportunities in congenial foreign cultures for personal growth and a more humane way of life. I have no reason to disbelieve these implied guiding principles. But it’s hard to forget the frisson that (older?) readers experience when they first come across the title, “Escape from America.” What can this mean to the generations who were raised on the shibboleths of “last, great hope of earth,” “arsenal of democracy,” “the richest, freest people in the world,” and “land of opportunity”?
Well, Uncle Timmie, it can create consternation. But among the thoughtful, not for long. Because these supposedly empirical statements of America’s greatness are testable. (Only not in the same way by different people). What follows is just one person’s interpretation of why “Escape from America” is an indispensable descriptor of the sentiments of many of the Americans for whom EFAM is “must” reading.
Precisely because this old man was raised in the “greatest democracy on earth” and heeded its lessons, I will not countenance a criminal war of aggression, let alone two (three if you count Viet Nam, and I do). On 9/11 America was the victim of terrorist crimes. Crimes! Not a casus belli! The government of Afghanistan, a country without modern armaments and a trained military, did not declare war on America. We invaded Afghanistan anyway, AS IF a sovereign nation had struck us, and announced that a state of war existed between it and another sovereign nation, the United States. AS IF!
The case of Iraq is an even more squalid, Hitlerian use of superior military power to “defeat” a non-enemy. (At least Hitler trumped up a spurious incursion into German territory to justify his attack on Poland.)
When the American people (more properly, those who could be bothered) returned the chief malefactor to our highest elective office in 2004, I began to understand why thinking the unthinkable, escaping from America, was MORALLY imperative. When our degenerate economic system, American crapitalism, “proletarianized” millions of hard-working people beginning in 2008, I began to understand why escaping from America was a PRACTICAL imperative.
Because I was raised to believe passionately in democracy, Uncle Timmie, and because I believe that the warmongers and profiteers (often one and the same) who rule us hold democracy in contempt, I need for both the reasons adduced above to live in the freedom envisioned by the founders. And further, I want desperately not to be complicit anymore in the military adventurism and economic depravity that have cursed my country for nearly half my middle-aged life.
Dear Mr. Blackmun, I can only say: Bravo! Our sentiments are somewhat similar as are, or seem to be, our reasons for holding them. Delightful to hear from you .
Uncle Timmie
Stop speculating. Read the well documented details about the plans for your future on this Web site — http://www.green-agenda.com . All information on the site is sourced back to the original document or speech.
This is not my web site. I found it some time ago, from someone who posted this information in a comments section just like this one. The person who compiled this information is working for the people who created the plan, albeit at a very low level.
I find this very helpful as it weeds through the intentional disinformation and distraction to get to the heart of the issue at hand.
Thanks for the article. Unfortunately, it is in dire need of editing.
Dear Bruce, glad you enjoyed the article . As to editing, well – to some that may be more important than to others, eh?
Uncle Timmie
Does the moderator here work for the CIA? I posted something that was completely sourced and documented as fact, and it was deleted. Do you bother to read what people are posting here, or do you delete helpful comments based on preconceived notions of reality?
Go on and remove this post, too. But keep in mind you give away your intentions by removing quality information in your comments section.
Dear Anon, Don’t know of any post , by you, that was deleted??? Perhaps the delay between submission and posting on the site confused you? Anyway, I have responded to two of your posts now. Is there something you wished to convey? So far just a site link and this last.
As to CIA – I am afraid you have EFAM confused with the Mainstream Media, hmmm? Best of luck.
Uncle Timmie (most definitely not a CIA agent) :)
Uncle Timmie
To understand my thoughts: I believe God and the saving power of Jesus, however I also believes he tells us and shows us what we need to do, if we choice not to follow that advice, it’s our own fault. In the past few years I am growing very concerned and now believe that we have been put on notice. If America doesn’t change its ways, there is an end coming.
I agree with most of what you said, the unanswered question, how long do we have until it’s too late? A year, 5 years, longer? My next questions which I am searching for answers: how much do I need to exit with my family of 4 young kids? And to where, that I can still provide without eating my net worth? While giving them a place to grow up and make their own future? Uncle Timmie, I would like to know your thoughts, on finding a country, or countries that you consider as a optional, knowing that you had 4 children under 10 years old and you could exit with a little over a million dollars.
Best regards,
Bob
Dear Mr. Horst,
I thank you for the implied trust and belief that I might have advice worth following in a situation such as yours. However, I would submit to you that you would need to do your due diligence on any advice or ideas anyone might give or suggest to you. You must , as a father and husband, do this , as the fate of your family is in your hands.
That said, I would , in your position and with the capital you seem to have, look into the possibilities of establishing businesses in USA and whatever other country I finally chose. I would wish to be assured of the educational quality available to my children and the ability to make their own way as they matured. Further I would consider the cultural component and was it of the sort I wished my children to absorb.
Real estate can be a fine investment – but not single family. Not as an investment,eh? No income until sold.Multi-use and low rise are my personal favorites – especially in non-USA sites.
There are so many aspects to consider and so much is at stake – I can only say again: Do your due diligence and do not simply “invest your money in a fund”, etc.
With best wishes for your successful relocation and life I remain:
Uncle Timmie
P.S. You might find …instructive a reminiscence of mine which EFAM is going to publish here soon, I’m told. It is entitled “A Family Tale”. A tale told me by an old man in Zurich, many years ago.
Best wishes, Uncle T
That’s it for me and Escape Artist — apparently its part of this website’s goal to trash the USA. Why you would want to alienate your readers is beyond me, but mission accomplished. Your emails shall now be spammed.
Dear Mr. Whitmore, A shame you are unwilling …perhaps unable(?) to tolerate any critique of the USA. It is , however, illustrative of the very conditions which have brought about and will further the ills mentioned in the article. Reminds me of an old fellow who , while spitting blood and cough his head off, told his Doctor: ” Nah Doc, it ain’t the smoking, its the pollen.” Yes well, there you have it.
Uncle Timmie
Dear Mr. Whitmore, I awakened to this long ago. I, as I have said, enjoy many countries. I do not require a fixed residence and don’t intend to adopt one country over another, in that regard. That said: Switzerland is quite nice – if you’ve the funds for it. India is much less expensive and very plesant. If you don’t object to allowing others the right to run their country as they see fit. The Slavic Republic is delightful and not too expensive. Nice investment possibilities there – do your due diligence (!).
As to transferring funds out of the control of the USA government…That is an area requiring legal expertise and exact “dotting of i’s and crossing of t’s” – beyond my willingness to discuss. I do, however, recommend that before you attempt any such act(s) that you seek the advice of knowledgeable and trustworthy experts and attorneys. The penalties for transgressing the monsters dictates, in such matters, are …draconian (??).
Best of luck to you and to your efforts. Go and examine various locales for yourself and see which strikes your fancy. You might be a “tropical island” sort of person, eh?
Uncle Timmie
By “and their assets will be ceased”, did you mean an their assets will be seized?
Dear BC MAY, Good of you to correct me – I am not a typist and sometimes (??) my spelling becomes…inventive? Was that the only thing in the article that was of interest to you? I do hope you realize that there are a number of job opportunities for EASL teachers.
Uncle Timmie
Personally, I thought it was, perhaps, a Freudian slip? I got a good chuckle out of it. :o)
Good article. I do think the “closing of the door” will be inevitable at some point. The same will happen in the UK. 10% of the UK population have already left, and that’s just the ones the government knows about, and well over 50% want to leave (if they could). I also believe that America, despite many strengths, is now in a negative downward spiral – the positives such as the big successful companies, like Apple and Microsoft, can only shoulder the burden of supporting a collapsing social and economic infrastructure for so long. It’s interesting watching from afar, and trying to anticipate how it’s all going to pan out, but I don’t think it’s going to be pretty. I’ve already built my escape tunnel.
Dear Tony, Thanks for the kind words. Yes, the door will close. G.B. has lots of expats – all ’round the world. Large Corporations are part of the problem and will continue to devour the smaller ones, i.e., Walmart . However, this is the tenor of the times, eh? Glad to hear you’ve a “tunnel” . However, do remember how the monster treated the Waco tunnels, hmmm?
Uncle Timmie
You are fear mongering and playing to the paranoia running rampant in a stressed out America. What a sad way to sell your message concerning international living.
Dear Keenan, I know, I know…have you made sure you’ve enough meds to keep your rosy-glow? Just ask your Doctor if Xanax might help. Fear mongering? My dear Keenan, you’ve no idea, obviously, what where you live and how you live costs. Costs in human lives, dignity, and liberty. I hope you never will. Do you know anything of Special Operations Group or what they do – in your name. Be well and know that some care and are engaged in doing something about the issues and not just feeling about the unpleasantness of truth.
Uncle Timmie
Hi Uncle Timmie,
Unfortunately I have to agree with everything you have written, If you were just waking to this reality, what would be your plan of action? What countries do you like best? How do you get money out of this country without having to hide it in your prison wallet? Thanks for your insight.
Dear Mr. Whitmore, I must apologize to you , I entered your name in a reply to another persons comments and it was un-caught and thus un-corrected. My apologies sir. Your comment was quite pleasant and I’ve no wish to offend you in any way.
There are ways to remove your funds from the USA without violating the laws , rules and regulations. However, it requires an expert in these matters and I do not hold myself out to be such a one and would, therefore not offer to anyone any such explicit advice as would be needful.
As with all such endeavors: do your due diligence and be sure you’ve adequate legal counsel knowledgeable of this complex area of the law. Best of luck to you and may I suggest you read an up coming article of reminiscences of mine? “A Family Tale”, soon to be published here in EFAM.
Your apologetic Uncle Timmie
Leave the political diatribe elsewhere.
Dear Mr. Vernon, How I should love to – if the political conditions would leave themselves “elsewhere”. As they will not – despite my desires – I make mention of them , in passing, as a reminder of why I, and those who also see them, would wish to leave the “Have-A-Heart-Trap” that the USA has become.
Perhaps you , in your haste to have something to say, did not read the recommendations for living, as well as leaving ? The admonitions as to planning and forethought required to have a successful expatting? Ah…well, there you have it, eh? Typical of the average “above average” (as all must be here) USA person.
Thanks for reading ( at least part of) the article and I hope you find time to read all of it sometime.
Uncle Timmie
Who is Uncle Timmie Rudzuli?
What is he selling?
But if he is the least bit accurate – the time for you to act is now!!!
RICH Novak
Republic of Panama
Dear Mr. Novak, I am Timmie and I am selling nothing – I am merely an observer of and commentator on the conditions of the world. Here, on EFAM, I comment with regard to my observations on/of the USA. I have been and will continue to be an expat. But not a political expat. I am more concerned with mine and my family’s continuance and prosperity. Selling? No, I am not attempting to sell anything – only to discribe and , perhaps, to warn.
Uncle Timmie
“…and they and their assets will be ceased.”
I believe you mean to say “seized”, as in “take or capture by force”.
Dear JTS, Kind of you to draw my attention to this – mea culpa, mea culpa,…. However, can you fault the statement? Again, thanks.
Uncle Timmie
I’ll be amazed is this comment passes moderation but people like you just burn me up. Unfortunately there are maybe hundreds of thousands of ingrates that have prospered here and now they want to “escape”.
“Uncle Timmie” eh? Well, “Uncle Timmie”, I’ve lived all over the world for decades…probably many, many more places than you. The United States, while struggling with the problems mentioned, is still, unquestionably, the best place to live despite the trash-talk you’ve given here. So join up with these real estate hustlers and get your ass out and take your “fortune” with you. adios.
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Dear Rock, Your comment was posted and I am so glad it was(!!). Honesty is in such short supply and you have provided it. Yes, I am an ingrate – decidedly so.
I am ungrateful for the attempts to enslave me and others. I am ungrateful for the damage done to the “Great Experiment” that the USA was to be. I am ungrateful for the denigration of the franchise to meaninglessness. I am ungrateful for so many things of similar nature. I am an ingrate par excellence! I am such an ingrate as brought this country into existence – Thomas Paine was such an ingrate as I. You, on the other hand are such a grateful person as would have delighted George III and did , I am sure, delight the USA’s own George II.
Such honesty as you bring has been heard down the Halls of History from the Rome of Octavian (soon to become Augustus) to the Halls of the Riechstag and the excuses for the “understandable excesses of Herr Hitler.” Such honesty is seldom in short supply…in certain places in history, eh?
I, too, have lived in many countries and have a great respect for what USA was supposed to be – supposed to be – not what it has/is becoming.
As to real estate…I have no interest ( of any kind) in the offerings of EFAM, nor would I wish to. My situation is already well settled. I do but observe and comment – as I see fit to. A right which I would have thought such an “American” as yourself would endorse. Not so??
“When they came for the jews, I said nothing….”, Hmmm?
Uncle Timmie
Dear Timmie,
You are very much on target in “America the Monster,” except for one nuance.
In the year 1988, I was privy to a prophecy (a story in itself) revealing, among other things, that “there is not much time,” that we are to “read the ‘Book of Revelation’ because it applies to our time,” and that “Russia will change direction the year that the Feast Day of Annunciation coincides with Easter,” (according to Orthodox calendar, fulfilled in the year 1991).
It was also said that while life is good in the West, it will be difficult in the East, but this will change – the situation will flip.
Seeing details in the prophecy come to pass lends the courage to go out on a limb.
Without going into supportive explanations and details, IF Revelation applies to our time, the “red beast” in Revelation can only be Russia (Soviet Union), the “great city Babylon,” can only be New York City (Act II will be the destruction of the entire city), and the “other beast” can only be America, which eventually, transfigures into the only beast, before its demise.
It’s necessary to understand that what seems to lie ahead will not only be the folly of man, but events preordained since the beginning of time.
America is the “Beast of Revelation” and the events that you anticipate in the article seem to be on the edge, ready to transpire, sooner than later. It’s not so much an opinion as what seems to be the inevitable.
Americans seem destined to making an important choice, soon – one that is the essence of Revelation’s warning.
Wishing you the courage to keep up the good work, as long as possible.
Best regards,
Jonathan Summers
Dear Mr. Summers, I thank you for taking the time to respond. As I am not of , quite, the same persuasion as yourself, nor do I regard the Bible in quite the same way, I must decline to go further with your explication of modern history. That said, I am all in favour of your exploration of these matters – to your hearts content.
In the USA, unlike a number of other countries, you have this right still recognized…for now. That the conditions here could change – I do not doubt. Hopefully you will escape persecution and the tender mercies of the modern day Torquemada’s’ who lurk about, eh? Best of luck to you.
Uncle Timmie
Uncle Timmie: While I agree with much you have written, exactly what is your point? You’ve said nothing new that hasn’t been discussed and written in countless articles and magazines. What I think you are spouting is that Americans should leave America to save their money. Well, Uncle Tim, I guess my question is, for those of us who have lost much of our retirement savings, and, in our case, our entire company, how do you suggest we leave? Just pack up a suitcase and move to ???????? I’m sure Europe, Asia, South America, etc. would love to be the new safe haven for penniless ex-pats. Penniless might be exaggerated, but it’s not so easy to just walk away, especially now. And what makes you think we will be warmly embraced? Oh, and there’s that nasty little citizenship problem that prevents most of us Americans from working overseas.
Thank you for mentioning the companies listed on EFAM willing to assist us. Of course, will I ever see any return for my money in dealing with a “company” that I am unfamiliar and unacquainted with? Oh Uncle Timmie – are you trying to convince us folks to give away what little we have left? Do you honestly think the majority of us are that stupid? And, in case you have not heard, we actually have money managers, lawyers, accountants, investment advisors, etc. over here. Perhaps you are one of them.
I lived overseas several years ago and dream everyday of returning to my island. I am not really old enough to retire even if I had the money, but not young enough to be a dishwasher in order to live overseas. There is a middle group that you do no seem to recognize or understand. And again, that nasty citizenship problem. Americans would be the illegal “Mexicans” of Europe. No offense to the Mexican people but you don’t get it.
However, thank you for your opinion of America as the Monster. However, I think we are years, if not lifetimes away from seeing a mass exodus or deployment of Americans to other countries. If nothing else, we don’t have the money to leave, and apparently according to you, no other country wants us.
And how dare you compare the current state of America to “the plight of the Jews of Germany and Eastern Europe, after WWI and in the 1930’s The Cubans after Castro. The Chinese and Mao?” Those were mass genocides, political pograms meant to eradicate entire groups of religions and beliefs.
Years ago when we were extensively traveling, Americans were warmly greeted and embraced. We are no longer. Hate my government if you wish, but get your facts straight first. And don’t hate me because I am an American. “I” am not my government.
Looking forward to your next issue. Try doing some real research before spouting off your political rhetoric.
Dear Barbara, How very good of you to agree with much of what I wrote. My point, I had thought was adequately expressed…. However, here it is again. If you don’t want to wind up ( as it appears you have) without the funds and resources to escape from America ( or anywhere else) you must plan with that in mind. You perhaps noticed ( or was it too much to ask?) : “planning and previously deposited ” , hmmm? Ah, you didn’t attend to that – did you? What a shame! Planning is such a bore, eh?
I am so very sorry that you, as have so many others, lost all that you had worked for. This, however, is not a new story or even unique to USA or this time. As I stated in the article, many : The Jews, Aristocrats in Russia (France, some time before), Cubans, Chinese, et alia – all have a similar tale to tell. All that is except for those who “planned and previously “…well, you , perhaps now, “get the picture”?
Hard as it may be you must start over, start over and build again. Only this time with the , hard won, knowledge acquired from this experience.
As to “your welcome” – I also mentioned this …difficulty. You wont be if you do not have the resources to become useful. Perhaps you , also , chose to ignore this bit of of the article , as well? So much you seem to have ignored or chosen to re-focus. Jews, Gypsies, communists,Fundamentalist Protestants and many other “undesirables” were the subjects of Adolf’s attentions. But none were allowed to leave the Reich with their money – none.
EFAM, as an organ of information dissemination, serves the purpose of directing attention to certain sorts of companies and institutions as well as countries that might , to one so minded, be of interest and facilitation. That is all one may ask of such, is it not? As to what you do with your money, or your life – that , Dear Barbara, is , as it should be, up to you. Do your due diligence ( as you seem not to have done with your earlier investments) before you entrust anyone, anyone, with your fortune and your future. This is fundamental advice, somewhat akin to : “If it looks to good to be true – it probably isn’t.”, Hmmm? But then “Bernie M” found that most don’t do the due diligence…if they are greedy enough.
I am unsurprised that you believe the USA is so far from any of the “monstrous” acts which I postulated – completely unsurprised. As I am to hear you lost everything. They are of a piece…intentional blindness, I believe it is called.
As to “how I dare to compare …” I do because the underlying conditions are the same. Government is accruing to itself ( as it always does) powers for which it cannot have authority. I hasten to add, not all of the groups mentioned were the subjects of genocidal acts. Though I understand that “Americans” are unable to deal with and have little knowledge of and less interest in history. Only the current “victim status empowerment criteria” are of interest. As an aside: Do you even know anything about the aftermath of the Austro-Hungarian Empire’s fall? The new concept of “Stateless Persons”? How this permitted Adolf to do what he did? I wonder…truly I do. The requisite pre-conditions are present in the USA’s socio-cultural base and are reflected in its’ current maneuverings (foreign and domestic) if one looks without fear/hope. Of course this objectivity is too much to ask of the spoiled adolescents of the USA. Never, since your War Between the States, has the USA experienced real disaster. No, 9-11 doesn’t qualify. Israel, Germany, Pakistan, India, Viet Nam, the list goes on, have the USA has not.
My facts have been researched and the rest of the world is aware of these trends in the USA and expects expats…refugees really, in the near future. One of the problems will be , as I mentioned in the article – they won’t want to accept them. Unless, ah unless, they are able to contribute to the economy , as other than “cheap foreign labour”. Your “Mexicans”, eh?
Hate the USA? Goodness no! I despair of its future but I do enjoy watching the machinations of its powerful as they exercise the modern “droit de signour” over the populace.
Barbara, if you wish to be able to return to your “island” you must begin, again, as so many have and this time with open eyes and sound planning. I wish you well and good luck. I do not wish to watch you (or anyone) On the news as “The Plight of the American Refugees”.
When is Part 2 to be read? Who is Swiss uncle Timmie?
Dear Darla Duran, I am Timmie Rudizuli, a neutral observer of the USA scene, and a somewhat amused commentator thereon. The next article will be presented when the editors so decide.
Dear Timmie Rudizuli,
But in order to spend money (moving) one has to have money to start with, and if one has money, he or she will be anyway all set in the US, investing in a small business etc. Your line of thinking is correct and I cannot refute it but have you given though that the world as a whole has become a “monster”? The grass always looks greener elsewhere, but what if it isn’t so? Humankind is based on monetary relationships and not mutual caring. There are sites such as RentaFriend because even that costs money. My point is that moving away cannot guarantee a better life. There is no certainty anywhere. Eat or get eaten is a Darwinist truth that exists worldwide. Perhaps becoming a monk in Tibet is free, but I would not recommend it, missing so much on other delights you deserve. You must know with the NOW increasing power, we are not safe anywhere, unless we would opt for living in the jungle a’ la Jane Goodall , and even then, the chimps or gorillas(whoever they were) can always have a tantrum…Can’t say I want to leave a country I have worked so hard to establish citizenship in. Perhaps when one is not born here, he or she has much more appreciation for their new adoptive land, especially if the previous country was much worse (and believe me, there IS much worse). Maybe you know better, so if you have a “ticket to ride” maybe you could bring me along? I will consider your offer if you dare. By the way, seeing that no one else responded to your beautifully written article, I took the initiative to be the first one. I hope you do not mind, but if you do, please let me know. Tell me truly, do you expect a second Holocaust here? Do you think the American people will cry like sheep at the face of another Hitler? I myself have no foreknowledge but I believe you have certain superior forces…
PS Perhaps another song?
I think I’m gonna be sad
I think it’s today Yeah
The boy that’s driving me mad is going away.
He’s got a ticket to ride
He’s got a ticket to ride
He’s got a ticket to ride
and he don’t care, don’t care.
Dear Rin Tin Tin, Your appreciation of your new country is quite understandable – I, too, appreciate the USA in comparison to citizenship in many another. With that said, I must , also, state that this same could be and was said by many immigrants to the post WWI Germany, France, et alia. This appreciation did not affect the outcome of these nations , and persons fates. A shame , but true nonetheless.
You are entirely correct in stating that , to paraphrase, living anywhere requires money – funds adequate and of such continuance as to permit one a lifestyle worth living. Tibetan monks don’t escape this either – despite the Western beliefs to the contrary. Even these need funds and power. The wars among the “Red-Hats” and the “Yellow Hats” are notorious and well documented – as well as vicious.
As to “having a ticket to ride”…a “Solitary” experience, eh? Hmmm, “tell me truly”.
Sheep, Adolf, USA persons? Ha! One of Uncle Timmies’ favorite sayings is: “A nation of sheep will, in time, beget a government of wolves.” I cannot help but hear the resounding USA “Bah, Bah”. Can you not hear it?
I remain: Your Swiss Uncle Timmie Rudizuli
Thank you for this clever quote by Edward R. Murrow. Sure I can hear them but I don’t care about them; I care about you. I can only save one lamb and even he could be too heavy at times. Uncle Timmie, “Two are better than one”. Even the “Professional” realized that at the end. Doreen Orion’s Queen of the Road proves that as well-she has her Tim, so how about moi? “My beloved is mine, and I am his, that feedeth among the lilies”
Tell me truly, Wasn’t Abraham Sarah’s uncle? I hope the editors will approve soon all of your posts.
Have you heard the latest about Wikileaks? It doesn’t look good for us at all in Afghanistan. The point of not allowing us to take any moneys with-how true. Doesn’t that remind you of the 30s and confiscating gold from people? We’ve been spoiled here, and when the (four letter word) hits the fan, it may be too late. At any rate, becoming a stateless person is not pleasant, to say the least. Are you going for your Swiss citizenship then? I heard it’s very hard to get it. What kind of other planning do you recommend, specifically, for one who lacks any funds?
Dear Mariamne, Your Uncle Timmie has a saying , of which he has become most …fond:
“A person can get by on one set of documents , just as they can with one set of underwear – but it can be inconvenient and sometimes rather messy.”
As to Swiss citizenship: It can be obtained and does not cost that much – depending upon which Canton. But there are certain requirements. With enough money these ( as everywhere) can be circumvented and speed can be attained.
Swiss citizenship is not , necessarily the sine qua non of citizenships. Such considerations are best reviewed with where, how and with what way to live one has in mind, hmmm? Considerations for lawyers, bankers, accountants and other experts to advise one on, not so?
All the best,
Uncle Timmie
Dear Mathilda, Delightful of you to take the time to comment. Lovely comment. However, not really on point to the article, hmmmm? Still, most kind of you to comment and to regale me with your Biblical allusions. Be careful of lambs – they often secret wolves under their clothing, hmmm?
Uncle Timmie
“When is Part 2 to be read? Who is Swiss uncle Timmie?”–Now you’re right on target there. Good shot.
Hmm, We can’t be too harsh on our uncle…he enjoys disappearing and taking his time. He also takes pleasure in making us wonder. Mind games is his very style and he gets bored very quickly and moves to another place. Now don’t ask who because He walks in mysterious ways. Better not try to find him…No, I am not kidding at all. Wish I were. He will always appear distant because he wants to remain a mystery. He will never give in to emotion although he does feel it. He would leave indeed, not love. He has as many identities as the grains of sands and the stars in the skies. Not so sure he as Swiss as Rolex. Perhaps we should call him Uncle Sammie as in Uncle Tom’s Cabin? Catch him if you can. I bet you can’t.
I hope our uncle will do better than Vanni Fucci. I don’t know who he is, and I am not afraid of him. I feel sad for him. He probably despises me for feeling that. But anyway. I would love to read more of his posts.
Dear Dora, Ah, “Spoken like a true Protestant.”. Always a delight to hear from you and there is nothing I’d enjoy more than a nice chat…. Hmmmm? As to Vanni , well you know what is said: “A wise man may live comfortably, even in Hell.” Besides, I’ve never bothered a Cathedral.
Tata now
Uncle Timmie
amen, brother! love the Goya analogy, dead on.
Dear David, Thank you, so much, for the kindness of your comment and the agreement with the Goya allusion. Do you care for his (Goya’s) work? Perhaps his Black Paintings? They are in the Prado and beg to be examined , at length and at leisure. Have you been? Worth the trip for these alone. However, while there ,may I suggest that the Bosch paintings are well worth spending some few days with?
All the best, and thanks, again,
Uncle Timmie
Dear Uncle Timmie,
I thoroughly enjoyed your article even though it does break my heart. I am a woman free to choose my destination as I have already fled my country of birth (Iran) and now reside on a tiny island. I grew up in Florida and have know the US as my primary home for many years and I have been planning to go back, but I keep coming to the same conclusion: the US is not a place I can start over and build a foundation. At least not now anyways. I think you were a but too harsh in your article but I am sorry to say that you are probably right. I have watched and studied the US economy for years and now more than ever I believe things are just getting worse…I hope I’m wrong. I long to feel the same comfort and safety I felt years ago…there is still a chance of that, no?
My Dear Afi, of course there is always a chance…for anything. Anything is possible – likely? Probable? No. Possible? Yes. However, with that said: USA will ,because of its size, take some time to completely decompose. Therefore, pick a way to survive on that which is/remains available…or leave, eh? Best of luck.
Uncle Timmie
Hmmm, echoes of Richard Baxter? I would say you must have read more than a milllion books.
Uncle Timmie: I would rather be in hell with you than in heaven with anyone else. Take me with.
My Love Reveals Objects
my love reveals objects
silken butterflies
concealed in his fingers
his words
splash me with stars
night shines like lightning
under the fingers of my love
my love invents worlds where
jeweled glittering serpents live
worlds where music is the world
worlds where houses with open eyes
contemplate the dawn
my love is a mad sunflower that forgets
fragments of sun in the silence
Isabel Fraire
Mi amor descubre objetos
mi amor descubre objetos
sedosas mariposas
se ocultan en sus dedos
sus palabras
me salpican de estrellas
bajo los dedos de mi amor la noche
brilla como relámpago
mi amor inventa mundos en que habitan
serpientes cuajadas de brillantes
mundos en que la música es el mundo
mundos en que las casas con los ojos abiertos
contemplan el amanecer
mi amor es un loco girasol que olvida
pedazos de sol en el silencio
Isabel Fraire
Dear Mina, What a kind offer! However, as you are not Virgil , I must refuse…reluctantly , but still. Hmmm, Mina, Mina,…a familiar name. Wasn’t your , former, husband a real estate agent, hmmmm?
Best, Uncle Timmie
I think ole uncle ridizuli has some points, but just like conspiracy theorists (which i am myself sometimes) he is just prone to this sort of doomsday thinking. Some people just always feel a need to tell the rest of us, “it’s almost over yall”. Sure things can and probably will change in america. We always say and we always know that life is ever changing, nothing stays the same. America is going thru a tough time. There will be a “correction” in terms of money, income, standards of living,etc. It willbe agood thing, not a bad thing, i believe. But realizing this and planning for it is the key. America will still be one of the best places to live in the world for the next century and beyond, i’m sure of it. We all just have to re-evaluate certain things and live within our means, and stop thinking that life in america is supposed to mean ever-increasing property values, bloated salaries and spending and wasting resources like spoiled children. Go ahead and look back over the decades at how many people, writers, said or made all sorts of predictions that never came to fruition. We have just as much right, and appropriately so, to doubt ridizulis point of view as he has the right to say them. And appropriately so. A lot of people like him just always exist in this state of thinking, like a self-fullfilling prophecy. People have short memories, just think of how many doomsdayers have said this over and over and over again. Change will come, but not like he’s saying. America is not “finished”, it will just change like it ALWAYS has, like it did since it”s founding, like it has every single decade. That’s nothing new. We have a better chance of some extraordinary weather phenomenons wreaking havoc on us then the united states going down the drain for good. If you wanna be an expatriot, and live someplace else (as i may do myself), then go ahead and do it. There are lot and lots of good reason to do it when you retire with your fixed income, or before that when there absolutely are nice places to live in the world that can be much better for you and your family, and more fun and beautiful then how you are living here. That just comes from traveling and seeing how nice it is in other places. But stop making a bunch of short-sighted predictions that you have absolutely no idea will come tru. America will be fine, far longer than any of us alive now will ever be around to see.
Dear Merdock,
My goodness. How easy it seems to substitute what one can defend against for what is actually said. People never cease to amaze your poor old Uncle Timmie.
I did not say that USA was “finished” – like yourself, I believe USA will, and has, change(d). However, I do not care for its current direction. Do you? Perhaps some in Germany appreciated Uncle Adolf? I would not have. But, change is inevitable and all one may do is to guard against those effects one does not wish to undergo and , if needful, remove one’s self from the “meat-grinder” of “those who know best for you”. A course of action I do , heartily, recommend.
However:
“Don’t y’all worry too much – shoot, change is inevitable! We need a good shower after all that train riding,eh Izak ?”
Uncle Timmie
Hey Uncle Timmie,
You so eloquently articulated what I have been feeling for quite a while now… I believe you’re right on the money. The term “conspiracy theorist” feels to me today, outdated. Conspiracy implies concealment. The big banks and corporations aren’t even trying to conceal their greedy motives and actions. They have become so brazen, and are the key players in elections. Publicly traded companies’ primary focus is making $ for their sharholders, regardless of workers’ safety, ethics, etc. My partner is a patented inventor. Unless you are friends with someone in that line of work, most people have no clue that the US patent office is under seige by multinational corporations who have banded together to try to dismantle the laws that protect individual inventors, essentially destroying any competition in thier field. And the sad casualty is the very ingenutiy, entrepreneurialism and individual drive that created America in the first place. One can only bleed the cow so much, until she becomes so week and ill she collapses. Rome collapsed, not overnight. But it happened.
Fortunately, the world is large and still has some happy, healthy places in it. Thanks for doing your part to share them with your readers, and to remind people that they have choices in where they live and what kind of society they support.
Kudos!!
Dear Bella, Thank you for your most kind comment. Always enjoy, so much, hearing from those , like yourself, who do not bemoan the conditions they find but set out to master them.
As to conspiracies…? Well, your Uncle Timmie has a saying in which he places much credence:
“Only the powerless conspire – the powerful simply make plans.”
Too often have I seen it prove itself out – perhaps for you , too? What a world and yet, where else, eh? I do love it so! Do you not also?
Make of it and your life in it what you would have it be – I will.
All the best,
Uncle Timmie
“Perhaps some in Germany appreciated Uncle Adolf?”
Historically a lot of Germans were very supportive to his ideas. Uncle, u’re twisting economical and political reasons. Again, document-ally, the Jews were set to immigrate from Germany and Germany controlled areas to other regions, like Madagascar, Palestine and anywhere their Zion leaders will provide money for those who “qualified”. Read the Wannsee Protocol” and dig up why E.Rommel’s African Expeditionary Corps (Deutsches Afrikakorps) was sent to Northern Africa.
There were pretty clear reason for NSDAP to begin such preparation.
And just to cut straight down to escapement to a “greener pasture” I’d suggest that its all taken. All under control by those who boils “bail-outs” in the US and implementing another crafty ponzi scheme that some Shnobel Prize winner just about to announce. O-oh, forgot to say – its not conspiracy any longer. They’ve call it “economy”.
But what if I made you an offer you could not refuse? I did not mean as your guide, Dante, born under the sign of Gemini, but rather as your Francesca. You do remember what Mark Twain said: “Go to heaven for climate, Hell for the company”. Do come to Transylvania or Bukovina sometime, Mr. expat Uncle…
Dear Mina, Ah, am I to ask you to enter of your own free will (?)…I have been to the Borgo – too windy for me. Have you ever been to the real Alamut? Lovely ! My guide is Hoopoe and I fly The Valley’s, from peak to trough and on. Pleasing diversion, hmmm? Gemini ….looks a bit like Janus, as well, hmmm?
All the best,
Uncle Timmie
[…] In case you missed Part – 1 America the Monster […]
Insightful article, Uncle Timmie. It’s true. America has become a prison, a police state. I am an American but have lived in Europe. I watched helplessly as the government in America stole my fortune. Now my wife and I are practically destitute and in our mid-fifties. We would love to move to another country but I don’t think we can afford to now. I must write a book and tell the story of what has happened to my wife and I over the past twenty years at the hand of the government in the US. I just don’t know if I can. It hurts and makes me irate just to think about it. Writing a book about it all will be a painful exercise.
Tim,
You are exactly right. America has long ago outstayed its welcome. The government is massive, clueless, and driven by ego. The values we had after WW2 are almost gone. We had better reverse the trend, or we will have some type of warfare in this country. And, if that happens, God help us. But, we warned the government. Business is not to blame, they create something called jobs, and they don’t tax us.
Everybody walks around miserable. I go to different countries, and people are simpler. They have less worries. “America, love it or leave it” is now a questionable statement. I want to live in peace and prosperity, and not live in fear of being arrested for child abuse if i hold my granddaughter, or summoned to court if i swim in a lake on federal property, as a friend of mine recently was.
Russia went through such ridiculous bullshit with communism, that they learned better (we hope). But, we seem to want to squelch freedom, not promote it. All these environmental groups and human rights groups want to arrest you if you throw a cig butt on the ground, or spank your kids in public. This is ridiculous, and has to stop, or we will have a civil war.
You can’t tell a girl at work that she is attractive, or you risk losing your career for sexual harrassment. If you accidentally have a fight with someone, the state can take you to jail, instead of settling it right there, like we used to do as real men and women. I miss John Wayne, because he was a real man. He wouldn’t sue you if you punched him, or arrest you if he caught you smoking a joint.
Heed the warnings. People will fight back if pushed too hard. Let’s all chill and enjoy life, and get back to the simpler things.
In the immortal words of SFC Hulka from the 1981 movie, “Stripes”…”Relax, Francis”
There is no peaceful way out of tyranny. Gandhi was a freak of history and his passive method only worked in India against a sclerotic British bureaucracy. Passive and non-violent means of confronting tyranny have never worked. All of MLK’s labors have ultimately been in vain. America the Monster co-opted blacks all too easily and got them roiling against each other and blaming Whitey on top of that. Alex Jones’ infowar is full of sound and fury and patriotic posturing. All of it impotent and not the least bit frightening to our plutocracy.
Either God provides 10,000 Robespierres on steroids to purge the evil from America or we enter into a New Dark Ages vastly more terrifying that what befell Europe after Rome fell. Everything we regurgitated in the madness of the Reagan Revolution is now uncloaking itself as predatory capitalism in the service of Globalism. Some of us saw the New World Order ascend to the throne in 1982 but, the people were drunk on the glorified caricatures of the yuppies and the Wall Street predators. The banking creatures sowed their evil seed in our body-politic. During the reign of Lord Bush and Viceroy Cheney was when the monster tore us open and hatched out. The United States of America, Inc. has become an insane howling monster from Hell. The world will never have any peace until we are destroyed.
In the meantime, there must be places of refuge where Americans can flee to and stay ahead of the malignant cancer’s tentacles. Uruguay seems nice. Heck, even Greenland would be good if one goes there with the right understanding.