White Mercury » Power http://www.whitemercury.com The Triple Point Zeitgeist Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:42:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 The Coat Hanger Conspiracy http://www.whitemercury.com/specials/the-coat-hanger-conspiracy.html http://www.whitemercury.com/specials/the-coat-hanger-conspiracy.html#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:34:38 +0000 johndoe http://www.whitemercury.com/?p=94 Those of you who read between the lines, question what the powers that be would have us believe and ask “Why?” will probably know this is an article about a covert operation carried out by United States Special Forces (the original elements that made up what we now call Deltaforce) in September 1967 during the Tet Offensive in Vietnam, whereby the C.I.A. deployed a small selection of combat hardened Green Berets out of Fort Bragg to infiltrate NLF command posts in Laos and China (none of which has been confirmed nor denied by U.S. Government) and that this action has been unofficially labelled Operation : Coathanger.

In fact, I’m sure you already know all the gory details about that shameful human rights fiasco so I’m writing about a battle a lot closer to home instead. Has anybody noticed the increasingly unpredictable behaviour of coat hangers recently? I for one am getting fairly tired of hanging a shirt or sweater and then by merely touching it (opening a door or banging into it a little bit) it falls on the floor. It’s quite annoying. It wouldn’t surprise me if the government has introduced a de-stabilizing element into the manufacturing process to waste our time so we’re less productive and spend more time bending over to pick things up thereby increasing spinal wear and tear and lining the pockets of health care professionals and pharmaceutical companies who then in turn make “donations” to the government. Of course I’m kidding. This is my first blog of any kind, but you may find further comments from me about real issues in the future. By the way I made up all the stuff about Vietnam, there’s no such thing as Operation Coathanger as far as I’m aware, but if there was it would probably have been led by Brigadier General Francis X. Hummel United States Marine Corps. Go figure.

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]]> http://www.whitemercury.com/specials/the-coat-hanger-conspiracy.html/feed 0 WHAT IF WE ARE GOD – Threat To Democracy In The 21st Century http://www.whitemercury.com/literature/the-threat-to-democracy-in-the-21st-century.html http://www.whitemercury.com/literature/the-threat-to-democracy-in-the-21st-century.html#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:37:19 +0000 Writer http://www.whitemercury.com/literature/the-threat-to-democracy-in-the-21st-century.html The current political climate is showing a political will that is struggling to effectively come to terms with global warming, let alone deal with it. Whilst a serious threat of this nature is a first for civilisation, politicians struggle with it because it can directly conflict with the agendas of those who helped them into power – and it is those same agenda’s which seem to be contributing to global warming in the first place.

The finance required to fund an election attempt in the 21st century is now of a size that can only be raised in the corporate sector. (It also raises the issue of whether these financial implications inhibit the true application of the democratic process for anyone seeking office, because of onerous financial considerations.)

As far as the leadership of any political party is concerned, raising financial support produces the problem of divided loyalties between sponsors and electors. A solution seems to have been found in the introduction of the “Party Line”, which effectively fudges the issues of local democracy by confining activity to the Party Agenda.

Political parties can demonstrate control over their members through adherence to the Party Line. This in turn provides corporate sponsors with the confidence to invest and support an organisation that can manage its direction and any changes to that direction. In so doing it can deliver on policies which are capable of supporting corporate views and desires.

For business to invest in anything, be it new equipment, staff or sponsorship, it needs to be sure that there is an acceptable level of return on that investment, whatever that might be. That is the nature of business and we should have no problem with that discipline.

However the actual democratic process seems to be under increasing threat from the powerful influences the corporate sector can now wield, further exacerbated by the acceleration of the doctrines of Capitalism across the globe.

The challenge lies in the shift in people power that this process seems to be implementing. We now have a reduction in voters at the ballot boxes because of apathy we are told, but a greater assertion of control over the corporate sector through consumerism.

Companies react to the will of there customers and this in turn causes movement by political reaction to meet corporate need. Somehow the corporate sector has managed to inject itself between the politician and the voter, enabling it to increasingly introduce corporate values and the dictates of profit into our everyday life.

Whilst consumerism operates in a similar fashion to democracy, our ability to influence and change could become restricted to our needs as consumers, rather than our needs as members of society. This new democracy is unhealthy because of the serious imbalance it creates within society, at a time when we need to be able to function as flexibly as possible in coming to terms and dealing with climate change.

Copyright 2008 – John Coombes

Born in 1946 in South London and with a Secondary education, for 35 years John Coombes had a successful career in the City where he built several companies and a £100 million group. In the late 80′s he became disillusioned with “just making money” and in his early 40′s suffered several traumas including ME, Breakdown and Bankruptcy. In the space of 18 months Coombes went from a City boardroom to the paint shop in a small art metal works factory. At the time the Stock market and housing market also collapsed and he lost everything, including his family.

Over the last 20 years he has embarked upon a sabbatical which has resulted in him now coming to view life and its workings from a new, totally different and more meaningful perspective. In his manuscript “What if WE are God”, of which this article is an extract, there are amusing as well as very poignant stories that provide the backdrop to a deeply penetrating observation on the human condition, and how we seem to continually hold ourselves back from realizing our true potential as a species in this thing called life.

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