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Dennis Behreandt of New American writes:
I have a theory about the canary in the coal mine. I
expect that before it died of asphyxiation, it would panic and chirp loudly
and vigorously at the prospect of its coming demise. It would then fall
silent, and pass out, and its change in behavior would warn the miners that
the air in the mine had become foul.
Take a look at what has transpired in Greece over
the last couple years, namely in the last few months, and it should be clear
that the canary is dying of asphyxiation before our eyes. Panic has set in at
the highest levels of the Greek political and financial echelons, and they
are thrashing violently and with the kind of irrational volatility of a
canary that senses its imminent demise.
There is no way out of the coal mine.
Last week the Dow Jones was propelled 600 points to
new yearly highs after news that European Unions
leaders had finally found a solution for the crisis – the third or
fourth of its kind (we’ve lost count, at this point). By Monday morning
that deal, like all of those that preceded it, was once again on the brink of
falling apart when Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou called for a nation wide referendum that would allow the Greek people
to vote on whether or not the EU deal should be approved.
Global markets were instantly spooked. Rather, shall
we say, it was the bankers, financiers and political powerhouse leaders like
Germany’s Angela Merkel and France’s Nicolas Sarkozy who were
worried. If it were up to them, the Greek people should have no say in what
their government should do. Their idea of a solution is one that is approved
without incident by Greek parliament leaders and economic ministers who are
in the pockets of the lobbyists and special interests that would benefit from
a sell out of the country’s future resources,
capital and labor force.
A solution that includes and looks out for the
interests of the Greek people is simply not a viable option for the global
elite. The people are, after all, just proles and
serfs – certainly not capable of holding their government and financial
institutions accountable for their transgressions.
Looking back at the 2008 banking collapse in the
United States, and the subsequent trillions of dollars in bailouts that
followed against calls of protest by nine in ten Americans, it’s
impossible to ignore the pattern that has emerged.
- The governments and their money interests
leverage the system with innumerable trillions in debt.
- The system hits a breaking point and collapses.
- The same individuals and conglomerates involved
in creating the crisis and destroying the wealth of nations then call
upon the people to sacrifice their well being,
their future, their childrens’ futures
and their liberty for a new worldly solution.
- The majority of the people reject such
solutions, as they see that their lives are being sacrificed in favor of
global political and economic governance.
- Those elected to serve the people, believing
themselves to be gods, ignore the people, and move forward with their
plans that do nothing but further enslave the populations of the once
free world.
In this respect, Greece and the USA are one in the
same.
Of late, the Greek canary is showing us what happens
at the point of asphyxiation. We are witnessing the last breaths of a
European Union of which Greece is still a member. The canary is struggling
desperately to find a way out. The Greek Prime Minister calls for a
democratic referendum one day, and less then 72 hours later reneges. One minute there are rumors that
he will resign under pressure,
then the reports disappear. Last week the Greek
issue had been stabilized, a week later EU members are openly
talking of a Greek exit to preserve the Euro – previously touted as impossible, now
seriously being considered as the only viable orderly option.
It’s a mess out there. But if you look closer,
it’s a mess over here as well – and it’s much worse than
anything we could ever imagine happening as a result of a Greek, Italian or
Portuguese collapse.
What is happening in Greece right now has already
begun in the USA. We’re a much bigger canary, though, so it is going to
take a while longer for the toxic fumes to kill us. But make no mistake, like
Greece, the United States is just as volatile. The
canary is chirping vigorously. The problem is that the majority of those in
the coal mine have misinterpreted what the canary’s chirping really
means. Rather than evacuating, they are joining the canary in song and dance
– ignorantly awaiting their own demise.
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