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Is this a late April fools joke? Whites feel like they are oppressed.

Ever since the media began reporting on various statistics that people of color will become the new majority by 2050 in the United States and throughout most of the globe, there have been parallel reports circulating about the plight of the oppressed white guy.

Yeah, you read that correctly. White men, who have long lived off of the divine privilege of whiteness, are now pulling out of the ole’ proverbial race card and claiming that their whiteness is somehow prohibiting them from moving ahead in society.

You need a second to stop laughing? Sure, I’ll wait. Okay, got that out of your system? Good. Let’s continue.

CNN published a story a last month asking if whites are racially oppressed. In the story, there were various accounts from white folks who thought that they were losing their country, their identity and more importantly, their jobs to blacks, immigrants and Jews. To counteract their impending loss of white privilege, one of the many things these dispossessed white folks are doing is starting courses at colleges called “Whiteness Studies.”

I’ve tried to ignore these stories, but the same premise kept showing up in other places like in a Public Religion Research study that suggested that 44 percent of Americans believe that present-day discrimination against whites has become as much of a problem as discrimination against blacks and other minorities. Most recently, Newsweek ran a piece called “Can Manhood Survive the Recession,” which highlighted the true victims of the down economy: “The same guys who once drove BMWs, in other words, have now been downsized to BMWs: Beached White Males.”

As defined by Newsweek, these BWMs are the former white corporate suits who are now finding themselves out of work and on the unemployment line with those “other” people. Apparently, its pretty bad for these BWMs—in the first quarter of 2011, nearly 600,000 college-educated white men ages 35 to 64 were unemployed, which equates to a jaw-dropping five percent of the unemployment rate. Shocking, isn’t it?

I find it hard to pity the “plight of the white man,” which so happens to be one of the most entitled positions in our society. Before I can even get to the point of shedding a tear or two for the alleged racial oppression of White America, we must first address the history of racial inequalities against people of color.

Despite Newsweek’s best attempt to garner sympathy, the story failed to acknowledge the other color spectrum of manhood, i.e. men of color who have seen an unemployment rate in the double digits since the beginning of the recession. According to the Center for American Progress, the unemployment rate in 2010 for African Americans and Latinos was upwards of 15 percent compared to 8.7 percent for whites. In that same period, homeownership rate for African Americans and Latinos was 45.0 percent and 47.0 percent, respectively, while the homeownership rate for whites was 74.7 percent.

According to the National Urban League’s 2010 State of Black America report, whites are still more than one and a half times as likely as blacks, and more than two and a half times as likely as Latinos to hold a bachelor’s degree. Also, whites are more likely to have health insurance and six times less likely to be incarcerated.

By definition, oppression is the systematic mistreatment of one group of people by another group of people or by society as a whole, with institutional power as a means of asserting that mistreatment. By sheer birthright, white men have had a historic advantage to feel secure in the fact that when it says ‘All men are created equal’ that it really means ‘all white men.’

So Mr. White Man, if you still feel like society is giving you the short end of the stick than it’s best not to point the finger at blacks, Hispanics or women. Instead, point it at your fellow white men at the very top of this pyramid, who seem to be doing quite well for themselves unlike the rest of us who are losing out on jobs and benefits.

So just because whites are becoming a minority in America,which they fear, because they feel like karma is going to get them from all the evil they did to other ethnic brown and black people, so they believe they are being oppressed. When they were already the minority of the planet to begin, but a shift in power is changing and western society is collapsing and they fear this, because they created oppression system racism where they ran country socially,politically and economically and they fear they'll lose that if there aren't many whites around. Obama is the so called first black president that come from a Caucasian mother, but he's still controlled by his puppet master which most likely is Caucasoid. Ninja Please!

http://atlantapost.com/2011/04/20/are-white-men-the-new-racially-oppressed-group-in-america/

Melanin and the "Black" Cube

FEMA CAMP handbook ordered by government

Interesting dates! They ordered it on Apr, 18 2011 and want it disclosed on Apr, 29 2011

1+8=9 2011 11 and 2+9= 11 2011 11 11. Also the same day as the royal wedding. And I don't believe in coincidences.

Gold Hits $1500 Per Ounce

Source: Bloomberg

The reason is clear: the U.S. dollar is going into the crapper. As I wrote in Gold Bullion: The Ultimate Hedge to Insure Your Portfolio, gold guards against currency debasement and protects the purchasing power of your wealth. According to the measuringworth.com website, the U.S. dollar lost 91.6% of its value between the end of World War II in 1945 and 2009. In other words, to have the same $1,000 worth of purchasing power in 1945 required $11,900 in 2009. In contrast, the purchasing power of gold has remained constant over the same time period. Actually, the purchasing power of gold has remained virtually constant since ancient Roman times. Now that’s protection!
Gold Goes Up When the U.S. Dollar Goes Down

The U.S. dollar may experience periodic short-term rallies – especially around June 30th when the Fed is scheduled to end its quantitative easing campaign -- but the long-term trend is still down. How can it be otherwise given the trillion dollar annual budget deficits the U.S. government is running year after year? The only way that the U.S. can get out from under its massive debt burden is to monetize the debt through inflation. The U.S. debt problem is so severe that Standard and Poor’s downgraded to “negative” the outlook for our country’s credit rating!

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Gold Hits $1500 Per Ounce

By Jim Fink
4/20/2011
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The yellow metal has maintained its value throughout the ages and will recover from this temporary swoon to $1,360 per ounce.

-- Ben Shepherd, Personal Finance (Feb. 11, 2011)

Yesterday (April 19th), gold bullion traded at $1,500 per ounce for the first time in history:

Source: Bloomberg

The reason is clear: the U.S. dollar is going into the crapper. As I wrote in Gold Bullion: The Ultimate Hedge to Insure Your Portfolio, gold guards against currency debasement and protects the purchasing power of your wealth. According to the measuringworth.com website, the U.S. dollar lost 91.6% of its value between the end of World War II in 1945 and 2009. In other words, to have the same $1,000 worth of purchasing power in 1945 required $11,900 in 2009. In contrast, the purchasing power of gold has remained constant over the same time period. Actually, the purchasing power of gold has remained virtually constant since ancient Roman times. Now that’s protection!
Gold Goes Up When the U.S. Dollar Goes Down

The U.S. dollar may experience periodic short-term rallies – especially around June 30th when the Fed is scheduled to end its quantitative easing campaign -- but the long-term trend is still down. How can it be otherwise given the trillion dollar annual budget deficits the U.S. government is running year after year? The only way that the U.S. can get out from under its massive debt burden is to monetize the debt through inflation. The U.S. debt problem is so severe that Standard and Poor’s downgraded to “negative” the outlook for our country’s credit rating!

Take a look at the following chart which shows the inverse correlation of gold with the U.S. dollar:

Gold is Stronger than Crude Oil

If the U.S. dollar continues to go down, that means only one thing: gold is going to continue going up. Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) agrees. As I wrote last week in Goldman Sachs Recommends Selling Commodities, Goldman didn’t recommend selling all commodities. In fact, while Goldman recommended selling crude oil and industrial metals, it continued to recommend buying gold and soybeans. As the following chart shows, gold has significantly outperformed Brent rude oil over the past three years:

Gold’s outperformance compared to oil is quite extraordinary when you take into account the price spike oil has seen from the recent Middle East political turmoil. Part of the reason may be the continued supply glut of natural gas, which can act as a partial substitute for oil and may be keeping pressure on oil going even higher.

How high can gold go? Many analysts believe gold will hit at least $2,100 an ounce is in the cards over the next three years and upwards of $5,000 an ounce by the end of the decade. While many commodities have surpassed their inflation-adjusted highs of 1980, gold has – hard to believe – lagged and would need to top $2,000 an ounce to surpass its 1980 high.
Find the Best Gold Mutual Fund with the Help of Personal Finance!

Ben Shepherd, mutual fund editor of Personal Finance, believes gold is going much higher for reasons other than just U.S. currency debasement. He recently told subscribers that increasing consumer demand for gold jewelry in high-growth emerging markets is also fueling gold’s rise:

Not only is gold the ultimate insurance in an uncertain market, but the precious metal also remains in high demand. According to the World Gold Council, Chinese demand for gold amounts to roughly 530 tons per year. The country’s gold imports rose fivefold in 2010. Consumers and retail investors accounted for much of this spike; demand for gold in jewelry and as an investment has increased as fears of inflation intensify.

To capitalize on gold’s continued meteoric rise, Ben likes one particular gold-focused mutual fund that includes both bullion and gold mining stocks. Mr. Shepherd describes the mutual fund this way:

A track record of success and an extraordinarily low expense ratio of 0.94 percent -- the average is 1.5 percent -- make this fund a winner

http://www.investingdaily.com/id/18585/gold-hits-1500-per-ounce.html

Mcdonalds the only job available for most Americans.

It's a sad day in America, when adults are competing for teenage jobs.



Job hungry Americans flock to McJobs AFP – Fast food giant McDonald's vowed to hire 50,000 new employees in a single day.(AFP/Jim Watson)
by Sebastian Smith – Tue Apr 19, 3:28 pm ET

NEW YORK (AFP) – Thousands of job-hungry applicants sank their teeth into a McDonald's mass hiring event Tuesday, with the fast-food giant attempting to sign up 50,000 new employees across America in a single day.

The home of the Big Mac turned itself into Big McJob as 14,000 US outlets laid out the welcome mat, each looking to fill on average three to four positions.

For job seekers in a still shaky, post-recession economy, the offer was a rare glimmer of hope.

New Yorker Thomas Hill, 24, raced to make it to as many interviews as possible before the day's end. The New York area counts 620 McDonald's and by mid-morning Hill and a friend had already interviewed at five.

"I'm open to any position. I'd do anything. I just need the finances to get myself steady," he said after interviewing at a midtown Manhattan outlet.

Wearing pointed black leather shoes, an over-sized tie, and a velvety jacket embroidered with sequins, Hill said: "We got up early and we got dressed nicely."

Bosses are keen to dispel the common perception of McDonald's jobs as low-wage and low-prospect.

Applicants are given leaflets promising "fun in a fast-paced environment," a chance to "feel good about yourself," and "learn as you earn."

"We love our McJobs and are very proud," said Elaine Diekmann, owner of a Manhattan franchise.

A dyed-in-the-wool McDonald's enthusiast, she's worked for the company for 37 years, starting at entry level and working her way up, along with her McDonald's veteran husband, to joint-owner.

"McDonald's is anything you want it to be. It can be part-time, short-term, pay-for-college type thing, or if they have the interest and ability to go through management development they can do anything," she said.

Jonathan Harris, 21, said he needed to finance paralegal courses that he takes at a New York community college with a view to an ambitious career.

"I want to be a district attorney and work with children and victims of domestic violence," the soft-spoken youngster said after putting in his McJob application.

Demand was also fierce for the 2,500 jobs on offer in the Chicago area, where McDonald's is headquartered.

John Lemond, 21 came dressed in a red shirt and tie in hopes of standing out from the crowd of applicants.

"I'm not picky at all -- I just need a job," he said while waiting for his turn for a brief interview at a franchise in the suburb of Evanston.

Chris O'Conner, 32, is hoping for a job in management but also said he was willing to take anything.

He's working a couple part-time jobs right now and is drawn to the health care and other benefits McDonald's offers.

"I'm looking for something full-time with benefits and a job I can grow in," he said as he waited with his hands resting on his application.

"McDonald's, they have a very good reputation as a very fast growing company. They have different career opportunities that appeal to me."

Managers declined to say how much they were offering candidates.

Nicole Curtin, a spokeswoman for McDonald's, said benefits include medical coverage and education support, although wages could go as low as the national minimum of $7.25 an hour.

"Some of our restaurants do pay minimum wage, but we're not considered a minimum wage employer. Depending on what your position is you may start above minimum wage," Curtin said.

In 24-hour outlets the work and the odd shifts can be demanding. With the pressure of fast-food, sometimes grumpy customers, and modest pay, the employee is still expected to serve with a smile.

But that's OK, New York franchise manager Daisy Perez said: "We train people to smile."