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Harper’s new BLOC

Seemed crazy it did that the Bloc Québécois wanted to get elected in the national elections in order to separate Quebec from Canada. Ridiculous you might say. Of course, they never got their way, largely because they made no bones about their agenda. Their mandate never seemed to make any sense. But don’t let their confused honesty fool you. The world of politics in Canada is far from what most believe.

We all knew using a national election for provincial needs was ludicrous. But what about using a national election to further the cause of globalization and complete lack of democracy? Would that be any nuttier?

Harper used the promise of sovereignty to win a majority in this election. The problem is, he has repeatedly told Canada we have no real sovereignty.

But, the only way he was to ensure a majority and  win the national election in Canada was to appear patriotic. Wave the flag, even though your past actions have suggested Canada should be patriotic, at the same time as telling Canada that there is a new reality; that Canada is part of a global economy; a reality that means we have to give up our sovereignty.

Now, had Stephen Harper been as brazen as the Bloc in Quebec, he might have come out and said that he wants Canada to give up it’s sovereignty and join a North American Union, leading to the new global government model when enough pain has been dished out. And that would be a bottom line of losing our political process, to go the way of the European Union, where democracy has been replaced by a “corporate-like” autocracy.

There are no true democratic elections to decide the leaders in Europe, it is simply a board of directors appointing their lackies to follow the bigger agenda, regardless if the people want it or not.

Would Harper have gone by way of Iggy and the Liberals if presented his platform that way?

Now, let’s look at a film that is well done, and well worth the two hours it will take to watch. It’s called the Global Hostile Takeover, and it paints a picture based on fact that irrefutably brings home the mission that has transcended party lines, countries, and perceived differences.

It shows a mission that may make you have that ah ha moment when you realize they are taking away our prosperity, and shaking the foundation of our security with the resurrection of the Al-Qaeda threat.

All part of creating the two problems before they roll out the solution. The first, your prosperity and financial wealth is under attack. Second, your safety will be challenged with the promise of more terror attacks. Goodbye security.

Hence, the Security and Prosperity Partnership rolled out in Canada first by Paul Martin, and then furthered by Harper with Bush’s support, not to mention Mexico, was designed as the solution to the created problems that we are witnessing today. Boy, they sure knew what was coming, didn’t they?

It may leave you wondering if those conspiracy people had a point after all. When they told you of the problem-reaction-solution nature of the globalists ploy to create problems, watch the people squirm, and then come in as the heroes, you might realize that the events that have taken place the world over are absolutely no random acts – - oh the contraire — this has all been planned a long time ago, and is just being unraveled as we watch the horror of the globalists’ current panic.

The bin Laden hoax has had many lies and inconsistencies and backtracking to cover lies. It is horrifying not so much because it is a government caught in a lie, but what it represents and clarifies.

The Bush Administration working with the current Obama Administration, working with leaders the world over to support a lie, to further wars and occupations; to give excuse to get at Pakistan, and one step closer to disaster.

The bin Laden “going for broke” announcement is the globalists playing the joker card, and proving there is no turning back now. The Jeannie is out of the bottle, the full circle effect of 9/11 is going to give some more people the realization that the globalists pulled off 9/11, the ensuing Patriot Act, and are part of something purely sinister.

But if you haven’t got the big picture yet, here’s a great place to start:

Olsen: “When did the Constitution become negotiable?”

What does Charlie Sheen and “Winning” have to do with Canadians wanting more hockey? Read on my friends…..Dos Equis or not!

Gotta love it, eh?

Canada, you are getting a taste now why hockey in Glendale has always been a political battle. And my theory is that there are investors in Abu Dhabi that have become a nightmare for the City of Glendale. Attached to them are the names that put the investors in touch, so to speak, with “the deal”, and they are all hoping the big penalty doesn’t come in to play. And no, it’s not even close to a game misconduct, far worse in fact. The game misconduct is in not providing the game of usury debt streams.

If it were not a political battle then, as argued before, this case would have been over a long time ago.

My daughter likes to blurt regularly, “Get over yourself”, whenever someone seems a little self righteous. And when I hear people tell us they have “told us” something many times before I agree with her. That’s what will make this situation and the far out angle we have taken come home to roost. So, excuse me for rubbing it in here shortly.

If indeed this was a pure battle of what makes the most economic hockey sense from a pure profit angle, Jim Balsillie would be putting the finishing touches on the new state of the art arena. The only issue would probably have been what to name the arena. Do we change it from Copps to RIM, or something else? What a dilemma that would be. The problem du jour would be a whole lot different than where we are today. Canadians you could simply keep focused on what you always wanted to focus on coming to makeiteighteh.com – - talk on the Coyotes and giving you the trash on the corruption. You could come looking for any dirt that would suggest Hamilton, or Winnipeg, or Quebec might get hockey back.

And worst of all, you might still be thinking if we don’t piss off Gary Bettman, we may actually get him to see Canada as a deserving place to put more hockey. Be good fellow Canucks, Gary seems to be happy about Canada today! Don’t rock the boat. Phewie! Wake up! It’s time to tip the boat over because it has a leak caused by years of corruption. The same corruption that has taken over the U.S. government and is trashing that Constitution!

When Gary Bettman asked who the Goldwater Institute answers to, he might as well have said, “Didn’t they get the memo on the new economy?” Who do they answer to indeed! Wow! Some entity not in on the taxpayer wealth stripping party! Absurd!

I am going to insert a very loaded interview between Brahm Resnik who is a broadcaster in Phoenix, but first and foremost a Canadian. He is interviewing Darcy Olsen of the Goldwater Institute that has the Constitution of the United States of America on her side. And, in a country where the current White House Administration views the Constitution as a thorn in the side of the real agenda, she is a refreshing change of pace from Corruption Incorporated. You know Brahm as the man with the twitter account who, like a gracious Canadian, answers everybody!

He even answered a good friend of mine that wrote an article for this site way back when that showed some detail about the Jobing.com bond issue – - a bubble within a bubble. Eloquently put I would say. Unfortunately Resnik  at the outset commented to him that there didn’t seem to be a point. I wonder if he would care to reread it now and see if that opinion has changed, In fact why don’t you all read it again and see the points made that are suddenly becoming significant. The bubble within a bubble – - the economic sell out of Glendale.

What are the new sky is falling numbers out of Glendale’s City Hall – - $500 million and complete collapse? Why? Really? Forty home dates of hockey is going to impact a City putting in a Casino and can increase concerts? Something is not right. Where’s the real deal Glendale? Who is holding your City hostage? Why is Gary Bettman really bending over backward to spare an embarrassment that will make Jerry Moyes’ pale in comparison?

In this interview, I love the fact that Olsen points out to Resnik that although hockey is important to many, there is the case against pulling the plug on Grandma that they are involved with that is challenging the U.S. Healthcare reform. Sorry Canada, that is a little more important!  Here’s where I insert my own shameless plug, proving I am a hypocrite when I say that I hate self-promotion.

And where did my article end up? Infowars.com and the leader of the battle against the attack on that nasty Constitution.

That’s right, you may have heard of Alex Jones, if at no other time than on the View with Barbara Walters, as she was ready to blow a gasket. You see, Jones wanted to cram in as much stuff on the bad things that have been done to Americans and the Constitution that he took every opportunity to tell us all about “building 7″ in New York on 9/11, the killing of innocent Iraqis during the war on the weapons of mass destruction, and on and on. Whoopie Goldberg looked like she was taking downers for a change, trying to get Jones to slow down. It was a crazy few minutes, but a victory and a way to further the Charlie Sheen cause .

Is it any wonder Sheen is basking in the glory of destroying the New World Order and is as popular as ever for the campaign of “Winning”? The next time you watch Saturday Night Live try to separate the attack from the humor and you will see something far from funny. The system controlled by mainstream media is scared, and they are threatened.

You must excuse Charlie for looking disturbed and overcoming substance abuse. Anyone who has come from that place and is still effective at bringing attention to the issues of the day is brilliant. It is an interesting dilemma – - do you look at Charlie the man and say he is at this time a little off, or do you look at the bigger picture and agenda, and realize he truly is winning? And by winning, again, we mean drawing attention to supporting the Constitution, peoples’ rights, and freedom. Or, did you miss the whole point? He may come across as the madman across the water, but the point is the people across the water want to hear him.

When Whoopie Goldberg said she wanted to figure out what was happening with Charlie, they should have let Alex Jones have an hour to explain that Sheen’s problems happened when he wanted 20 minutes with the President. In fairness, if the system wanted to vilify you, you’d go a little nuts too!

So hockey, right?

Point is, hockey and politics, and the U.S. Constitution is all in focus. The Coyotes in Phoenix and the other NHL teams are all affected by corruption and taxpayer abuse by a sports league that is no different than the rest. John McCain has come forward to support the Coyotes because of political issues. We have seen a lot on this site, and we have shown a glimmer of those over time to you here. We have seen the politics, the ties to land developers, and we have seen the game within the game.

When we realize that the game of hockey has been held hostage to land developers and financiers, we will look at the next bubble within a bubble coming to Edmonton right now, and see it for what it really is. Edmonton is being held hostage by the “convenient excuse” that the taxpayers should own the arena, just like in Glendale. The real reason is because the taxes are guaranteed to those behind the financing, and they can score many times the value of the arena in interest payments over time.

Glendale saying that their economy will collapse makes no sense to anyone on the surface. It’s what you cannot see that is the issue. Will we let it become the issue in Edmonton too? Are they the replacement cash cow?

Will we, as Canadians think we are living in a protective bubble, where Stephen Harper is not part of the Club? We have looked at him too here on this site.

It’s time to realize hockey is politically driven. It’s time to join the party and start winning too.

When Resnik asked Olsen if Canadians were making contributions to the Goldwater Institute’s battle against the case for keeping the team in Glendale, it made me laugh.

It made Olsen laugh too.

As an issue for a Canadian like Resnik who really knows better because of his political analysis agenda, it shows that there has always been a more important mission. It has been a mission of human rights and freedoms. It’s all about a bigger issue of righteousness! It’s about people having rights. Like Jerry Moyes! Remember him? The man served proxies instead of compassion?

When are we going to understand there are bigger issues than hockey? And you can’t just throw money at that! In short, any Canadians who think throwing money at the Goldwater Institute will motivate them more to take on the NHL had better “get over themselves”!

It’s about WINNING!…. DUH! Winning the big picture not the little hockey picture!

While Darcy Olsen does it the politically correct way,  Charlie Sheen lets it all hang out – -  what’s the difference?  He is in essence saying the heck with all things politically correct because politics is corrupt people!  They built him up and gave him power and now he is turning the machine against themselves- – a stroke of brilliance!

Who does he need to answer to? Nobody! Who does Goldwater need to answer to — normal everyday people fed up with the system of taxpayer abuse. So, Mr. Bettman, I hope that clarifies things a little bit. After all, you did want to know who Goldwater is accountable to.

It’s all about loving the preserving of human rights! It’s about upholding the Constitution that represents those rights. And in Canada, we need to pay careful attention too.

A man’s actions define him. Sheen is overcoming all odds to show just how intelligent he is. Playing the nutbar to bring attention to himself to further the bigger issues.

If Lindsay Lohan’s drinking can bring her fame and attention, Sheen is getting more than 20 minutes with the world. Why bother trying to influence the President when you are more popular than Obama? Refreshing and fresh! Free and carefree! Liberated and fanciful!

So thank you Charlie Sheen for taking your popularity to a meaningful level, despite what they are trying to do to you! Oh, and Darcy and the Goldwater Institute: Many thanks as well.

And with Charlie Sheen’s popularity hitting an all-time high, there is something about him that attracts people. Perhaps it is the underlying truth! Maybe he should have this to say, being “the most popular man in the world”,

” Stay thirsty for the truth my friends!”

Find us a replacement Cash Cow!

Who’s kidding who?

Daryl Katz has said that the tax base would provide revenue from the new Edmonton Arena into “perpetuity”.

Let’s go south, way south, and ask  Glendale, AZ  if they could do it all over again would they have taken ownership of the arena that has the bondholders holding them hostage? And, I know you are sick of this question, but we are going to keep asking it until we get an answer – - who the heck are the arena bondholders at Jobing.com?

The financing for the Edmonton Arena District is also a big question. The mayor wants to approve it, but has he and council been given enough details to make a real decision? To look at the opportunity and true costs? To consider how this affects their model for City growth?

Who the heck do these boys from the NHL think they are coming into town like gangsters looking for “protection money” and holding the Oilers fans hostage? The city is obviously hockey mad. And to add to the experience, the Rexall arena is apparently a great cozy place to take in the game.

If you want to compare a similar mistake, head over to the ACC in Toronto and compare the feeling you got at  Maple Leaf Gardens of old to the new, improved giant. Memories and Dreams has been replaced by, “wow, we are way up here aren’t we?”

But, despite it all, the Rexall Place lease is up in 2014, and they will not be renewing their lease. They will simply not be playing there, according to Gary Bettman. It’s too small potatoes for the vision of greatness and those confusing “revenue streams” that are so important. The big question remains who gets the biggest revenue streams? And, is the stream of cash going offshore?

For the 2009/10 season average attendance at Rexall was 16,839. With capacity at 17,100, we are close to filling the place, but not overburdened at Rexall. Gary Bettman sees it a problem that true hockey fans represent 60% of attendance – - individuals that is. I say where’s the problem? Hockey is for individuals. The Coyotes under the Gretzky Project could not find businesses to buy into the corporate game, and that was the telltale kiss of death. If there were enough individuals in love with hockey in Phoenix it might stand a chance.

How is it perceived that Edmonton will find more fans to pay even more than they are now?

Both the fans and residents will no doubt be paying large to fund the new digs.

There are examples of taxpayer nightmares all over the NHL wasteland, and the road show has now been taken north because the roadkill of the south is starting to stink in the heat.

In Columbus, the owners followed the lead of the NHL and built the private boxes and the new arena, and they still lost money. The answer from the NHL we will learn below, was to tap into the community as a whole.

Is it all about the big money surrounding financing?

Why pressure Edmonton now?

It’s easy to see the lure to exploit a city making some money, and where people have some pretty good jobs.

It’s time to take Alberta’s current economic boom and dip into the trough of dough of the City of Edmonton. But it should be understood they are a little tight, and in debt themselves. The City’s  AAA rating hasn’t been ravaged by the aggressive aspirations that ruined the City of Glendale. We all know they are now one of the most debt-burdened cities in the entire U.S.

Edmonton would be wise to ensure they don’t go down that road on promises backed by hot air.

Unfortunately we have seen that once the city takes on the gamble, the fiasco in the desert of Arizona has proven that the finance pitbulls aren’t going to release the death grip. They will call the shots, and the municipality and the league will have to react and keep them happy. Common sense and what is good for the game will not be at the control of those supposedly in charge of bringing a game for the benefit of the fans. Options, options and more options!

What else could be behind Bettman and the NHL dragging their heels and bending over backwards for a team that by merit needs to relocate?

Is it those pesky financiers of the Jobing.com arena? Yeah, it’s got to be a rhetorical question, n’est-ce pas?

Important here is the  capacity of Edmonton to weather the storm of a potential similar mistake. Where do they stand financially going into this  critical, and ill-informed decision ?:

The City is projecting that the tax-supported debt burden grew by 60% in 2009 to $878 million, or $1,123 per capita, with ongoing capital projects pushing the burden to roughly $1,800 per capita by the end of 2011. Although this represents a significant increase and further squeezes the budget due to debt servicing requirements, DBRS views the burden as potentially manageable provided the City continues to exhibit fiscal discipline. However, Edmonton will have consumed most of its room to manoeuvre within the current rating category. Beyond 2011, the outlook for capital spending and debt is less certain. DBRS notes that any material increase beyond the current tax-supported debt forecast would likely apply notable downward pressure to the rating.

A decent credit rating and some room for more debt makes them a target for abuse.

Who are the real investors and bondholders and developers behind this mega project? Will they be hidden from public view and scrutiny as in the case in Glendale, AZ?

It’s my ball, and if you don’t play my way, I’m taking my ball home

Or, as Darcy Olsen would say, Gary Bettman is playing hide the ball.

I must apologize to Darcy Olsen of the Goldwater Institute, I didn’t realize she was a lady, and a sharp cookie at that!

She can be seen here discussing the issues of the Constitution with Judge Andrew Napolitano. I think Gary Bettman must wonder how the whole country wasn’t in on the taxpayer tapping party, and the Constitution it would seem is a roadblock, at least in Phoenix, to the sports leagues ability to squeeze the taxpayers more:

It’s almost too much research to do, but we don’t have to dig hard to scratch the evidence even at the surface.

When Ross Perot Jr. and Tom Hicks took on the Victory Park Project in Dallas, it wasn’t long before their vision of world-class venues and offices, and apartments went caflooey.

How about Columbus and their “arena district”. How have they done? Gone “world class?” Well:

Priest said he met with National Hockey League Commissioner Gary Bettman and Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly more than a year ago and presented the team’s business plan, wondering how, despite decent ticket sales and corporate sponsorships, the team was still losing so much money. The league’s response: The team isn’t making as much money off the arena as other clubs.

It’s all about taxation folks. Quick, simple. Hockey doesn’t make money without taxing residents of a city. Is the verdict in that it brings in more than it takes away?

Perot and Hicks’ Victory Park – promises, promises

Read up on Dallas’ Victory Park and make your own decision. The game seems to be the same. Someone somewhere is making money, but it is not because the developments have been successful.

And why should they be when the coercion cart was put before the development horse?

The people making decisions were not experts in land use planning, but sales agents for sports leagues, and the NHL seems to be a driver. The real money is holding the debt that is backed by the city’s taxpayers.

Tom Hicks is losing or lost most sports teams so why is he still on the finance audit committee and Vice Chairman of the NHL ?

Where’s the real set of books when teams from all over are charging less for a nosebleed seat than most people can see a movie for?

A team is only “unsustainable” for as long as it takes to get them to build an arena.

And we haven’t gotten to the title of this article yet. Show me the new money.

How much you want to bet that Winnipeg sees hockey only if Edmonton builds the arena district? Otherwise, the NHL will “exercise” other options. And those options will include putting the Coyotes in a place where sooner or later an arena district will be needed.

Winnipeg, you made a mistake in having an arena all ready for the team.

The options the NHL is considering may have more to do with finding the replacement cash cow for a bunch of rich dudes in a place where sand is everywhere.

If Edmonton isn’t Glendale’s replacement opportunity for taxpayer- related revenue streams for those mystery financiers, then they may yet again shun Canada.

If you build it they will come. If you sold your league out to greedy financiers you may have to build it whether they come or not. And then, you will start looking stupid by all the excuses you have to make.

You might really get agitated when a group like the Goldwater Institute rains on the parade, and throws the plan off-course. And worse, it may expose the game surrounding the game.

If Edmonton doesn’t pay the price, the fans of Winnipeg may pay a price too.

In a league where it’s a new arena and development “or else”, the pure enjoyment of the sport is lost. And in the case of hockey for Canadians, it really is a shame, eh?

Sure would hate for you guys to lose your Oilers because you didn’t build that new, taxpayer-owned arena

Pathetic people, pathetic.

Look at all the NHL waste in the deep southern U.S. But let me guess, those are “bigger markets” than the relatively small market of Edmonton. Do we have that right?

In Tampa Bay, you can get nosebleed season tickets for a whopping $5.43 per game (yes that’s right people in Toronto, that decimal is two places from the right – - you got it!). Toonie movie Tuesdays may have some competition after all!

In Phoenix Glendale, excuse me, you can get that same Tampa experience for $10.73 per game. Still not bad.

How about Edmonton? You know, the small market team that will have to build a new arena to stay sustainable? That will be $31.53, or almost 6 times the Tampa deal, and almost 3 times more expensive than for the Coyotes.

It’s called market demand, and what someone is willing to pay. It also means that hockey in Phoenix is a little more popular (perhaps) than hockey in Tampa, but by no means is it as popular as in Edmonton.

So, the Edmonton fans are willing to part with more money as an entertainment choice than the two other markets mentioned above.

And that brings us to this point: How can Gary Bettman and Daryl Katz tell us that to sustain the hockey franchise you will have to build a new arena?

Put another way, why is Gary Bettman not saying to Glendale that hockey is not sustainable with these revenue streams in Glendale?

The only factor that makes it okay to live with NHL welfare in Glendale is the fact that the team was put there with the development of the Westgate Arena District.

What, therefore makes Glendale worth preserving is the “deal” that was put in place to build the arena and the development with a city-owned arena similar to that planned for Edmonton.

Revenue streams are a complex issue I am sure Gary Bettman would tell us. He continually mentions these words to explain why these new complexes and infrastructures must be built. In other words, Katz who made his money in pharmacies, and Bettman who is a lawyer and sports league commissioner are suddenly experts in urban planning.

Like they have looked at the demographic of Edmonton? They studied the flow of immigration and how residents are attracted to the city? They have looked at the social costs and issues that are competing with the all important “revenue dollars” of Edmonton, and can immediately, with conviction say this is how taxpayer funds should be spent? Really?!?

I like to call a con a con.

The truth is they have something to sell and the issue of answering the objections to their “sell” is how this will truly be money well spent. How will it benefit the city compared to other investments? Taking hockey away from Edmonton is the emotional sell that is supposed to cloud better judgement. The threat is often mentioned strategically to let its audience say, “Well, if it means we don’t lose hockey, then I guess we had better go with it, something, anything, as long as we keep our Oilers!”

There’s a term for this type of persuasion – - it’s called Coercion! Here’s the state of your city Edmonton, and if you don’t do this, then you will be worse off, you will likely lose a lot – - the hockey team, the “world-class status”. In short, you will become losers! You don’t want to be losers do you? We don’t mean this year’s record of the Oilers either. We mean real losers. Nobody will want to come here from other parts of the world for education. You won’t be able to get businesses to locate here, and yada, de, dada, dada day!

Daryl Bonar who ran for mayor  in 2010 said he was not a big fan of PPP (Public-Private Partnerships).

We have a lot more digging to do, but we will leave you with this for the moment, Gary Bettman has said that the Goldwater Group are not elected officials, and if they want to make an impact they are not part of Glendale’s City Council.

Really Gary?

So, Goldwater should not be suggesting what belongs in another department so to speak?

So why are you and Katz telling Edmonton how to spend its tax dollars, and how did you guys become experts in urban planning, development, and tax planning?

I think there are other people whose noses are now out of joint.

It’s all about tapping that taxpayer with publicly-owned arenas and more important providing revenue streams of taxpayer debt payments to a bunch of guys nobody will ever truly see.

When Katz was questioned why he didn’t just build the arena with his own money, he had all kinds of reasons, the least of which was just how complex and mind-blowing the financing would be. Yes, paying into perpetuity is the goal Mr. Katz, isn’t it? Getting at the taxpayer bucks.

If Katz owns the team, why doesn’t he own the arena and leave the taxpayers alone? Why do they delve into other areas of urban development as well. It’s hockey he is the owner of right? Don’t do this mega complex and the Oilers disappear? Hello, anybody out there?!?

Yeah, just how complex those “revenue streams” must be as Gary Bettman explains it as an excuse to why arenas need to be built. Impossible to figure out for the average shmo. And that’s the whole point, isn’t it?

Hulsizer: ” I don’t know why the NHL would cut its price. I don’t know about Glendale cutting the bond offering.”

Think back to how fast the Winnipeg team was swept out from under the feet of the good people of Winnipeg. And let’s be clear, I am not one of those good people. I am not from Winnipeg. But, after all this time, I feel like a brother. I feel like the moment I cross the border into Manitoba, it will feel like going to a friend’s house, where his mom asks if you would like to stay for dinner, and although it’s Canada, there’s “an apple pie in the oven”, and boy does it smell good.

Matthew Hulsizer caught wind it would seem that the NHL may have a further trick up its sleeve to sell to someone, anyone, at drastically reduced prices, because although they need revenue to cover losses, they may not want to admit what might be the bigger kettle of fish facing them.

It may not be about getting value for a franchise as the facade being displayed to the hockey world. Something tells me that if the powers that be say hockey will remain at Jobing.com arena, the gods have spoken. Hockey will remain!

Those encumbrances were not part of the picture for Winnipeg way back when in 1996 (it was then, wasn’t it?). You can look up some old video on YouTube where a lady in a bar is seen saying why should the team take tax dollars away from the City of Winnipeg when we have starving homeless people on the street?

That’s just it, isn’t it? Why should a sports league demand a situation where cities are held hostage? Well, one might consider this: Is it the NHL that has taken on more than it can chew in Glendale with whomever holds those nasty Jobing.com bonds? Worth repeating, the lawyers for the City of Glendale mentioned in court that if they lost the team, another hockey team would have to replace it.

Okay, search everyone, search. Where’s the legal arrangement that is holding everyone hostage? It’s so bad, that things will become even more obvious.

What if there are a bunch of rich dudes in Abu Dhabi that are jumping up and down, adamant that this get fixed, or else!

Hulsizer is scratching his head. Hey, wait a minute, why would the NHL sell this team for less than what it offered it to me?, he might be thinking. Would he be then getting ripped off? What’s up with that?

Well, Mr. H should remember Jim Balsillie’s offer that was but wasn’t $212.5 million. Or was it higher? Eh, doesn’t matter really, because unless it was a bajillion dollars it would not satisfy the “sales tax” hound investors likely!

According to the Bet man, the offsets and credits would make it a much lesser number, but it didn’t matter. Probably it didn’t matter because it wasn’t a bajillion “walk away” dollars. It was probably about 87.5 % shy of breaking even to break out of the deal. How much cash is in the NHL vaults? Uh oh!

And unlike the Military Industrial Complex that can raise bucks by telling us all that a guy in a beard hiding in a well-ventilated cave is a threat, the Sports Industrial Complex has to do it by creating a “fear war” that a franchise is not viable if you don’t go along with taxpayer-buck-sucking developments fronted often by owners coming across as “good generous guys. Oh my, they are so nice to make our city world class! Hurrah for the big complex that the Mayor is just wondering why there aren’t any details for – -hurray!! Find the money quick – - keep those investment savages happy – - hurry !

To admit the team must, by some agreement somewhere be kept in Glendale would suggest there are investors behind the scenes that didn’t exist in Winnipeg.

Things happened a whole lot differently where there were no incumbrances, eh?

That huge sucking sound was the arena and the team draining down the bathtub hole – — squish shoomp – - good to the last drop, get over it Winnipeg, pretend we never were here! I think I could see Gary and Bill in their overalls on the back of the moving truck attaching the sticker “Phoenix or bust”.

Okay the verdicts in — it’s BUST!

The next rabbit up the sleeve might be even more telling and embarrassing for the embattled Commissioner: What if he has to sell at any price to keep the team in Glendale because those investors won’t budge? What if those investors are going to get that sales tax related revenue by cracky or it’s going to get Coyote ugly for the NHL, and all the good boys that put this stinkindeal together? Ouch!

Might lead to a very weary Commissioner feeling a little less than happy to have his job right about now. The house of cards, she’s a shakin’ no?

The option is “whatever someone might pay, right Mr. B?:

“I will not say today when the end is and I will not set a deadline. But at some point, we may have no choice but to begin pursuing our other alternatives,” he said. “We have options but I’m not going to discuss them.”

A rock bottom price might be negative $40 million.

That’s right, pay us $40 million a year and we will put our name on the ownership papers, because wasn’t that what the team lost on pure hockey operations this year?

And, let’s look at the parking thing.

Goldwater says that the City has rights  to parking, and the City is saying the team does. Someone call Jerry Moyes…..“Jerry Moyes to the stand, the plaintiff calls Jerry Moyes”. “Mr. Moyes, did you know you had rights to parking even though you asked repeatedly, and the City of Glendale never returned your phone calls?”

That would mean Goldwater stayed awake during this two-year merry-go-round.

Let’s see, there was Jerry Moyes trying to hang on to the team asking for parking rights – - nope, City no talky to Jerry (Moyes that is, the other Jerry, different treatment).

Ellman wanted to dip into parking at some point too. Sorry Mr. E.

Reinsdorf came with concession list in hand like a kid at Christmas laying out the cookies and milk for Santa. Nope, not even the White Knight can pull it off. Bye Jerry, see ya buddy!

The “low-lying fruit” that Ice Edge had included in their thinking that would get this off the ground, including parking, we were not supposed to remember? Man, no wonder the NHL  was so quick to want to get this resolved in court, but as soon as the case was over – - they put the brakes on, and went back in the huddle for a year and a half or so. Problemo amigo!

And, the rabbit that Glendale hopes is in the hat to solidify their case is parking?

They were hoping the Goldwater Group would not remember the charade of parking concessions paraded up and down every single offer as crucial to make the deals fly?

Is it any wonder Goldwater wants to do a joint press conference with Gary Bettman, but Bettman will not fight the losing battle?

So, if the last rabbit from the hat is Glendale cutting the bond offer, and the NHL will have to give away the ship because of the men in Abu Dhabi it would be so sweet poetic justice wouldn’t it?

It would mean the NHL and Glendale’s only other option would be to maybe pay those mystery men $720 million  - – the lease break penalty and hope they go away. Then Glendale could sue the NHL, but then they would be up against every sport like football and basketball, and all other sports that tap into taxpayer dollars. Well maybe not basketball, Phoenix would have that problem.

Yeah, the Goldwater Group might just look at the Sports Industrial Complex and see it is just a means to separate people from their money. Is it a wonder so many hockey owners also run the horses and Casinos?

See – - nobody lies! They tell us exactly what it’s all about, we just choose not to see the monopoly of wealth suckers because they go by the title of sports owners, foreign investors, investment bankers, and on and on.

Don’t pay attention Goldwater to the fact that all the sports teams were behind keeping the Coyotes in Glendale. They were so nice to support a friend in the NHL. It makes us all warm and fuzzy, doesn’t it? Yeah, they had no reason to support the location of a franchise built on land and urban planning, no. It was all just the “principle of the thing”. Mmmmm hmmm.

So Mr. Hulsizer, if you can find even a little cash on your own, here’s a hint, forget the bond offer, do us a favor and help us show just how desperate and helpless the NHL really is on this one.

And at that point, the jig will officially be up!

Climate Change has been long-coming: The goal remains UNCED

Like a slasher movie, it’s like watching people run from the evil only to eventually slip up, fall down, and get caught

Freddie Krueger couldn’t plan a better plot. Jason from Friday the 13th couldn’t write a better script. If you are into twists, turns, slip-ups and horror, the current drive to world power and control has the best of them, for the most part missing the boat on the big picture.

I don’t mean to be critical to those I have learned a lot from. I admire some people for bringing truth, but at the same time showing their own mortality – - the fact that they are mere humans, and capable of being conned by a labyrinth of evil that plagues the workings of this world.

Watching the Keiser Report, episode 121 this week brought me back to reality. Max’s guest, Barry Ritholtz explained that those “climate change deniers” are for lack of a better term, spawned by the very lobbyists that promoted smoking. Nicotine/tar deniers from the ’50′s I guess can be lumped in with the climate deniers of 2011. According to Ritholtz and the gentleman he claims to be extremely smart who wrote the article in question, it’s the big oil companies that are denying climate change, because they stand to lose if cap and trade goes through. Hmm….

And our heads are supposed to nod in agreement and awareness…not so fast!

Isn’t it the Royal Family and the Queen with  a large stake in BP, whose “green” agenda is a welcome tribute to admission of their own guilt? How about Standard Oil baron (Esso) Rockefeller? Aren’t the royals and the Rockefellers, not to mention the Rothchild’s represented at the secret cabal meetings of the global elites, and the Bilderberg heads? Of course that’s rhetorical – of course they are. Oil may have helped bring the wealth, but it is by no means the cause of keeping it — especially if you can find “alternative means” of wealth creation and redistribution.

Ironic it is that Max Keiser is an expert on finance and Wall Street scandal, but is absent on comprehending the notion that Climate change legislation known as carbon taxation is a means to control the population, grab land, stop farming, and as Bill Gates would say, get that nasty carbon to zero. “Zero”, egad, that would mean, yes, we would have no plant life as they need carbon dioxide to create oxygen, and well let the earth survive. Getting it to zero for a man who is brilliant at computer science proves that is where his expertise should stay.

Peak Oil is the argument held that we are running out of means to bring that nasty carbon producing oil to the surface without expending more energy to get it than the energy acquired would give. We’ve seen that argument.

If it can be shown that the global cartels are using financial disasters, self-imposed to strip wealth from the average human from the financial derivatives markets the world over, would it be a stretch to put it past them to use de-industrialization to further destroy economies? After all, it cannot simply be a means to transfer wealth to the big boys and then stop, can it?

Don’t nod off, Max, Freddie is laughing and waiting….

What if what’s left is the extremely rich, and a whole bunch of starving poor people? That would not last long. Look at Egypt, and the people who won’t take $2 a day in wages as the solution. There has to be an end game for these elite that makes more sense. The question that has been explored for years is that there is a drive to cleansing the earth of the “bloated bellies”, the “cannon fodder” that have taken up valuable space and have used valuable resources.

It would make the likes of Bill Gates drive to put vaccines in mosquitos more understandable if the world refuses to take those “population reducing” vaccines voluntarily. It would explain the biohazard of Plum Island – - a crisis waiting to happen. It would explain why paying money to Al Gore is supposed to somehow affect the well-being of the planet. Go figure, give me money and get salvation of a “green” sort. The theme is the same, only the means has changed.

We must excuse most folks for not piecing together the bigger picture that takes all the madness into account. The financial fraud some are experts in really does tie into the “food safety bills” worldwide, where vitamins and gardening, or small farms are becoming taboo. It’s all about a bigger picture of control.

So, think of the errors we make as the likes of that Monty Python movie, where the man could not remember if it was a ‘African Swallow’ or a ‘North American Swallow’……. ahhhhhhhhh! Away he went! Tripped up, dag nabbit.

Evil fools people – even those good people with good intentions.

Which brings us to an eery prophesy that dates back to the ’70′s. Long before Al Gore was telling us the inconvenient truth. A time when Maury Strong stood up in a group and told those listening that the wealthy countries are not likely to go voluntarily into bondage – they must be destroyed. Where the goal was to take control of the world and it’s resources. To bring the earth into control of the elite, and to do away with most of earth’s “bloated bellies”, that were considered “cannon fodder”. I suppose that would be ultimately who we are – victims of the most evil of wars.

George Washington Hunt needs to have his day, yet again, to bring it full circle and to give some the ah ha moment they need to piece some loose puzzle pieces together – to help those that see the economic crisis and climate change for what makes the most sense.

Please watch this video series, and tell me if it doesn’t change some thinking you may have, and put a different spin on the reason climate change is suddenly of grave concern.






And, followed up in the series with Alex Jones:

And confirmation from Alan Watt:

Glendale is in the ‘Moody’s’ for a favorable bond sale: Can the “White shoe boys” make it happen?

The pot calling the kettle black.

So, Glendale has been downgraded by Moody’s rating agency, but not low enough to completely put them in the extreme risk category. Despite the fact that their debt is much higher than similar municipalities throughout the country.

The Winnipeg Free Press gives us the latest:

The bonds have been given a rating of A1, the lowest of the “A” ratings, and will officially go on sale Tuesday. The all-important interest rate to be paid on the bonds has not been released but it must be made public before the sale period begins. Industry speculation has the rate being pegged anywhere from six per cent to nine per cent.

In its report, Moody’s downgraded Glendale’s general obligation rating to Aa1 from Aa2 but revised its outlook on the city’s general obligation and related ratings to “stable” from “negative.”

Which begs the question. Who do you have to do a favor for to ensure a little bit better rating? Come on, we all know the game is played!

There are foreclosures in Glendale that have the folks who used to own the homes wondering what happened. There are pension plans that are wondering why they bought securities where homes were bundled in, and turned into derivative investments based on no underlying asset.

There are lawsuits going on in court where banks are trying to foreclose on people’s property, with just one little glitch – - they do not have proper title to go through with it.

The bankers have done what they do best. If you happened to catch Jesse Ventura’s Conspiracy Theory show when he confronted the Goldman Sachs “white shoe boys”, as Gerald Celente would say, the big argument they had was, hey, if they let us do it, it is their fault. Pass the buck 101. If you can get away with it, why not? Have a look at this segment on the Wall Street episode:

Notice when Ventura questioned the fact that bankers worldwide seemed to come from Goldman Sachs, including the “Canadian National Bank”.

Should we in Canada then be surprised to read headlines like this?: “

Mark Carney exempted Goldman Sachs from Flaherty’s income trust tax

Flaherty’s income trust was structured by Mark Carney in such a way that only the little investor was taxed and the big guys were given a free ride. Not only were the big guys given a free ride, this tax was imposed in such a way that the big guys were able to prey upon the small investor and expropriate wealth from the small investor in the amount of some $35 billion.

The white shoe boys, eh Gerald? Hmmm…

Can any adult say bribes and payoffs”? Gerald, stop, your killing me. “When you retire you want a piece of it back”, Gerald, yeah we do. But I guess the white shoe boys, strategically placed from the ivy league of finance have other ideas.

The rules for these guys are different than for the average folk, right?

False numbers, corrupt investment brokers, Congress held captive or manipulated by corruption. But it could not have easily been pulled off without the co-operation of the ratings agencies. Why were they so accommodating to ensure the con took hold? The above clip tells us that Moody’s was part of the conspiracy to bolster the true value of the toxic waste known as the derivatives from Wall Street bankers like Goldman Sachs.

The L.A. Times and others in 2008 let the cat out of the bag further on Moody’s malfunctioning:

At issue are ratings on so-called constant-proportion debt obligations, investment vehicles that borrowed heavily to bet on credit-default swaps. (Swaps, in turn are a way to bet on, or hedge against, companies defaulting on their debt.) Trying to understand CPDOs will make your brain explode, but suffice to say they were designed by Wall Street’s rocket scientists to pay investors high returns at what appeared to be low risk.

That’s exactly how many sub-prime mortgage bonds were structured, of course. Whoops.

Ironically, we had the CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase, Jamie Dimon telling us all not long ago to beware of municipal bonds because they are risky.

The same bond rating agency is now determining the value of Glendale’s bonds?

Once you are part of a scam related to other people’s money, who can trust you again?

Beware investors.

Moody’s has failed to advise the true state of Arizona. Under fire from the illegal drug war that is encroaching the borders of Arizona as we have reported before.

The “long-term” risk is the issue. Stability is the issue., Uncertainty of the economics of Glendale and the U.S. as a stable investment is in question, and not what should be supporting Glendale’s bond bid. But that information wouldn’t help the cause much would it?

Oh, and did we mention the Goldwater Group is still ready to pounce too?

Gerald Celente gives us the top trend of 2011: “Screw the people”; never mind seeing if the “flag is still there”

Forget the diversion of the Super Bowl and Aguilera’s missed words, Celente can tell us the way it is in the way we need to hear it

Did you happen to catch the big Super Bowl news last night? Christina Aguilera botched up the singing of the Star Spangled Banner. How tragic!

It might suggest Americans are concerned with their heritage. How dare anyone make a mistake on the words that represent freedom, and the pride of the U.S.A.

Knowing what we know about the facade going on in the world, I don’t know if I think it humorous, sad, or just sick.

The Super Bowl, if taken on its own merit, would suggest an America in fine shape. Ticket sales were so robust to the extravagant event that they actually oversold some. Many folks were still upset at getting a refund of three times the ticket price because after all, with all the snow, they may have spent an equal amount ($3000) just to get to the game. Wow, those folks must be rich. What’s wrong with the rest of us?

Then there’s the clip of the man who has attended all of the Super Bowls. There must be something wrong with you then, if you couldn’t have made it to at least one. Loser!

The contrast of “the show” to the reality of the “real world” is mind-boggling. So, Aguilera missing a beat in the words is not as vital as most Americans perhaps missing the message – where has all their freedom gone?

I understand it was a trial run of the vaster coming of the police state. Security tight. A  truck or two to walk through that took information only Buck Rogers would understand. They are gathering data on most of us that is incomprehensible and non-sensical. Are the Americans really sure that “their flag is still there”?

They had a home, the question is when did it get taken over? Some believe it was when Rothschild cared not who set policy as long as his dynasty controlled the nation’s money supply. He was right. Perhaps they should create the new version of the Star Spangled Banner when Americans fight the next battle and win over the Federal Reserve system that has put them into bondage.

Or, maybe they can write a tune worth being proud of when they finally decide “Made in China” has cost them dearly and they need to bring back industry to that has labels on the product, “Made in the U.S.A.”.

But that would mean they would have to see beyond the hype and diversion of J-Lo’s visit to the White House for the Super Bowl party. They would also have to see beyond the President with Bill O’Reilly, as Obama gave us a soundbite that was supposed to end debate on healthcare. You know, the fact that he is not willing to allow those folks with pre-existing conditions to be denied coverage.

The Prez forgot to bring up the fact that the benefit levels are so low that a really sick person would be tapped out before meaningful treatment would have taken place, not to mention the death panels that would effectively decide if treating him was really worth it anyway. No, the soundbite from Obama would be good enough for an America that just wanted to hear a little good-sounding news to comfort them in their quest to enjoy the American brand of pigskin. All is still good, go away naysayers!

According to Gretchen on Fox and Friends this morning, the President looked good in his interview with Bill. Oh goody.

I guess we can take comfort in the fact that despite Glenn Beck’s promise that it isn’t a battle of left versus right, he will still bring up the extreme left. He will continue to try to tie socialists in the U.S. to the socialists in the Middle East, justifying what should now bring us full circle. Of course this is all about the “war on terror”, what were we thinking? Surely it’s not what has been conveyed from Egypt – - Christians and Muslims hand in hand, shoulder to shoulder for peace and human rights. Surely it could not be that simple.

That would be in keeping at the end of the day with the focus on Murdoch’s News Corp – support the war effort, the Bush war on terror, and everything related.

It brings us back to the pickup truck ride through the ranch in South America with George W. Bush that Hannity took. Yep, Hannity was just as hard-hitting as O’Reilly was the other night with Obama. They sure got them on their knees didn’t they? Sound journalism to get to the real story.

Anyhow, this brings us to the title and the reason for this post. Gerald Celente tells a story far removed from the glory of the diversion of the Super Bowl. He paints a picture of the world and America that would have people wondering why anyone would want to blow hard-earned fiat currency on a ticket to the big game. You’d think they would be buying more gold wouldn’t you?

Well, here’s Gerald telling it plainly like no one else can:

So, should we all worry that Aguilera blew the words, when most of us have missed the meaning?

Under Occupation: Global Hostile Takeover (movie)

The battle over the Coyotes reflects all that is wrong with the World

In the new global economy, sovereignty is gone, protection is a twisted concept, and Protectionism is taboo

Wimpy: "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"

Yes, this is a story of the Phoenix Coyotes hockey team.

The team whose name it was suggested should be changed to the Glendale Coyotes if it were to be sold, to give it a truer name. After all, it was no longer located in Phoenix – it was for the last several years in Glendale.

Canadians are looking upon the disaster in the U.S. economy with similar “distance”. Yeah, it’s really too bad the Americans are having a hard time. Good thing we live in Canada.

And, did you happen to catch President Obama’s State of the Union address last night? I haven’t yet, but I read a short recap. He has “challenged” business to step it up in “some way”. At this point it’s all just watching his lips move, and hearing sound come out, because it’s all hooey isn’t it?

I get around on my job. I can’t believe what I am hearing lately. We in Canada get it more than I thought. We could be waking up too.

Perhaps we are not like Glendale saying how great they are for hockey compared to Phoenix. Glendale must be safer, being so much further removed from the Mexican drug wars. Or is it, I don’t know.

Kind of silly if you ask me. Silly because nobody is going to escape what is happening globally, not just locally.

Europeans are feeling the heat. They are rioting. Politicians in charge keep flapping their lips the world over, and sound comes out of their mouths. But their talk does not match the reality of what we see, backed up by the gut feeling we have that something is really not right.

Hockey isn’t right unfortunately for the people of Phoenix, er excuse me, Glendale. Unfortunate but true.

The entire region is a reflection of what is inevitable unless we as North Americans, and global citizens step to the plate and stand for the rights and safety of our neighbors – whether they are in the next City, the next Province/State, or the next country, continent, or timezone.

It’s thinking that we somehow will not be affected and we are more deserving because we are better prepared to take care of the spoils than our “unfortunate” neighbour.

Winnipeg may be in a better position to take on the Coyotes, or Thrashers, or whichever team for now, as the country known as the U.S. enters the result of what the corrupt in government have directed as puppets. Behind the scenes pulling the strings of the talking head politicians are the  the elite looking to destroy the people, their rights, their freedoms, and their borders.

While the elite have cleared out to South America, China, and other remote places, they didn’t bother to tell anyone they also left the system of lies for the rest of us. While they invest in hard assets like gold and silver (and buy land over water aquifers), they direct the media they control to tell us the stock markets are fine, and don’t pay attention to the rumors that hyperinflation is a heartbeat away. No, they want to ensure more of us are left high and dry when the sudden collapse of the empire takes place. Isn’t that right, Mr. Ferguson?

I think I can here Wimpy, only instead of hamburgers, let’s look at the futures contracts accumulating for March in the silver markets. Put off to tomorrow instead of facing the music today. Even the Gold futures suggest at least a 20 to 25% gain to December. We all know with the QE2, and beyond, that doesn’t even factor in the panic buying that will inevitably take place.

How long will the words of Stephen Harper be insignificant words, where his lips flapped, and sound came out, until we realize we should have questioned those words, sentences, and phrases?


How long will it be before we realize that they are slipping an agenda by us as we continue to sleep?  Like a post- hypnotic suggestion our psyche is yelling – “Hello, danger, danger”. Yeah, something doesn’t feel right, because something just isn’t right. It’s not about butterflies for crying out loud!

Obama’s lips will continue to move, and sound will come out – - all the while supporting Mexican trade and co-operation, even though the war further invades American soil.

Obama will continue to bow to world leaders such as China, as they come and play piano concertos that include how great their victory over America is.

While they tell us that it is a global economy, they tell us to not even trust our neighbours because they could be terrorists. While global should mean free movement, they are installing full naked body scanners at airports, suggesting that mere travel is hazardous.

They are isolating us more, while telling us to branch out to the world.

How will they pull off selling us this conflict in ideas, and get us to agree to whatever it is they are trying to accomplish?

Well, doesn’t hockey bring the answer again.

If you have any experience with kids hockey you might have experience with the ever-challenging “rep tryout” process. The kids and the parents act very accommodating to the powers that decide if the kid makes the team or not, don’t they?

I don’t think I will ever forget the suggestion from a coach that said it plainly. As long as you don’t cut my kid, sorry about the luck of the others.

The suggestion is that parents, kids, and people in general will sacrifice standing up for the rights of others if it means they get spared themselves. Sad yes. True – unfortunately yes.

The powers in the world have known this for years. Hitler was a master at ensuring this process started with a few targets, and eventually it didn’t matter who was put “on the train”. It was all just a process to see who would buy the propaganda, and how easily manipulated the people would be. And, we know they were.

Glendale needs to understand that their town is not immune to the turmoil in Arizona that is affecting Phoenix. Winnipeg needs to understand that the spoils of NHL hockey is because a global neighbour has suffered greatly, and the spoils will be short lived if we are willing to turn our backs on the injustice.

Eventually this infection will affect us all. It already has.

It’s time to challenge the politicians whose lips move, and sounds come out for what this really is. It’s time to wonder why there are telescreens in Wal-Marts suggesting Americans should spy on their American neighbours while Obama ignores the threat of drug wars blatantly crossing Mexico into Arizona. It doesn’t add up.

If we opened our eyes to reality, the pictures might have underlying words that paint a story far removed from what they are telling us.