Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, As our nation is once again being put through hell by the parasitic/predatory financial class, its important to maintain your optimism and confidence in our final victory over this abberation afflicting humanity. While we approach the battle in that spirit, it's not a certainty - it could be seen as a kind of test, whether mankind really has a claim (and responsibility) as stewards of our planet and of our own destiny. Who knows? - over eons of time, life forms like ours in other galaxies may have allowed themselves to be extinguished through an inability to face and decisively stop the insane power hungry among them; those with only an immature sense of immediately grabbing, without concern for the well being of their species.
It appears to fall upon us to see that no such calamity befalls mankind. That is whats truly at stake in this fight. And it would be truly incredible that this rescue task should depend upon us, at the vanguard of monetary reform. Incredible, except that its true. Our 4th Annual Monetary Reform Conference was again a highly acclaimed success. Well send out comments in a report I'm expecting from Jamie Walton who helped organize this years event. He'll be back next year and we are expecting to bring together about 250 monetarily aware people. We think the monetary, economic and employment situation will worsen in the coming months and even years, perhaps to depression levels, unless true corrective action is taken. While this will mean unnecessary suffering for our people, it will also mean a growing opportunity to demand and implement the monetary reform we need - The American Monetary Act. (Please see it at our website at _http://www.monetary.org_ (http://www.monetary.org/) and attached) Friends, with some small financial assistance from you to the AMI (Any amount helps through Paypal or by check) you have it in your power to magnify the effects of our work many times over. Please give now by pressing the donate button at our website at _http://www.monetary.org_ (http://www.monetary.org/) (Please for example send $10 or $20 now. We'll send you a monetary reform audio presentation.) The real success of our conferences will be judged by whether we succeed in enacting the crucial monetary reform. It is summarized on less than a page in the attached Green Party's monetary plank. Three really important developments to report: First is from Congressman Dennis Kucinich, who briefly and inspiringly addressed our conference by telephone, under the pressure of the developing crisis in Washington. Please read especially point number 16 below: Kucinich’s Main Street Recovery Plan (This plan includes programs on the following 16 points, abbreviated here) 1. Health Care for All and Medicare for All 2. Prescription Drug Benefit for Seniors 3. Stop the Oil Companies’ Price Gouging 4. Protecting the American Homestead 5. Jobs for All 6. American Manufacturing Policy 7. Works Green Administration 8. Fair Trade 9. Education for All 10. Protecting Pensions 11. Social Security 12. Protect Bank Deposits 13. Protect Investors 14. Strength through Peace 15. Safety in America and last but most important point of all - "16. Monetary Policy: It is long past the time that we looked at the implications of our debt based monetary system, the privatization of money created by the 1913 Federal Reserve Act, the banks fractional reserve system and our debt-based economic system. Unless we have dramatic reform of monetary policy, the entire economic system will continue to accelerate wealth upwards. I am currently working on drafting legislation for an 'American Monetary Act' to address these and other issues in order to protect the economic wellbeing of America." Congressman Dennis Kucinich Friends thats a major announcement from a truly patriotic American Political leader. This followed upon the monetary epiphanies of two other of America's most respected progressive voices - Thom Hartman of Air America Radio, and William Greider of The Nation Magazine. On July 22nd after Thom interviewed me he said: "We need two major reforms - We need electoral reform so our votes count and we need monetary reform. We have to nationalize the Federal Reserve System." Then in the August, 2008 cover story of The Nation Magazine, William Greider wrote that we need to: "§ Assign the Federal Reserve's regulatory role to a new public agency that is visible and politically accountable. Make the Fed a subsidiary agency of the Treasury Department and reform its decision-making on money and credit to restore an equitable balance between competing goals and interests--seeking full employment but also stable money and moderate inflation." Friends, these are interesting times! Stay tuned, and please do help by sending a donation! Go to _http:/www.monetary.org_ (http:/www.monetary.org) and click on the contribute button. Do it now - We'll use it wisely. Sincerely, Stephen Zarlenga AMI P.O. Box 601 Valatie, NY, 12184 **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This is a Free Speech forum. The owner of this list assumes no responsibility for the intellectual or emotional maturity of its members. If you do not like what is being said here, filter it to trash, ignore it or leave. If you leave, learn how to do this for yourself. If you do not, you will be here forever. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
