MY NEW PRINTING PRESS

Here is a print that I did using a baren.

Here are two prints using my "new" to me printing press.
I used the same ink...Speedball water based ink.

This printing press was a beaten biscuit maker.

My husband added some bolts and metal bar

to make a platform for the metal plate to ride on.
I cut and layered a piece of suede and two pieces of wool felt
to put the stamp on and cover it to cushion the pressing.

I have made beaten biscuits with this machine..
but I just don't need the calories as much as I need a printing press.

Maxed Out and Out of Time

Money

George W. Bush

Pilger's law: 'If it's been officially denied, then it’s probably true'

Bush: “I’m a strong believer in free enterprise, so my natural instinct is to oppose government intervention. I believe companies that make bad decisions should be allowed to go out of business. Under normal circumstances, I would have followed this course. But these are not normal circumstances. The market is not functioning properly.”

Assuming Bush’s explanation is valid, the first question is why are we not in “normal circumstances”? If “something” has caused abnormal circumstances, shouldn’t we identify and attack that root cause rather than apply a $700 billion band-aid to the effects? If we don’t find and eliminate the fundamental cause for our “abnormal circumstances,” it’s certain that this fundamental cause will continue to generate the same kinds of dire consequences (effects) the Bush administration is currently trying to bandage.

Bush won’t identify, let alone challenge, the real “root cause” of our “abnormal circumstances,” because that cause is the fiat monetary system and unconstitutional government. Read Article 1 Section 10, Clause 1 of the Constitution which declares in part, “No State shall . . . make any Thing but gold and silver Coin a Tender in Payment of Debts.” That section of the Constitution has never been amended. Nevertheless, when was the last time you saw gold or silver coin in general circulation as our money? Answer: A.D. 1968—the last year gov-co redeemed “silver certificates” with silver dollars. Since then, we’ve been in a brave new fiat-money world.

September 29, 2008 12:20 PM

Bush Administration Adds $4 Trillion To National Debt

The Wars Bush got us in have cost us 2.4 trillion dollars as of December 2007.

Recent Bush Quotes on Economy

Overdose: The Next Financial Crisis

Securitizing Debt with Deflating Assets

An older strand of institutional economics understood that a security is a contract in law. It can only be as good as tthe legal system that stands behind it. Some fraud is inevitable, but in a functionaing system it must be rare. It must be considered-and rightly - a minor problem. If fraud - or even the perception of fraud - comes to dominate the system, then there is no foundation for a market in the securities. They become trash. And more deeply so do the institutions responsible for creating, rating and selling them. Including, so long as it fails to respond with appropriate force, the legal system itself.

Control frauds always fail in the end. But the failure of the firm does not mean the fraud fails: the perpetrators often walk away rich. At some point, this requires subverting, suborning or defeating the law. This is where crime and politics intersect. At its heart, therefore, the financial crisis was a breakdown in the rule of law in America.