Cargill threatens the environment in both the United States and abroad. It has spilled toxic waste into the San Francisco Bay, violated the Clean Air Act with harmful emissions, and deforested key habitats for endangered species in South America. And Cargill treats people no better than it does the environment. Its operations are known to pay their workers low wages, expose them to dangerous pesticides, and shortchange American farmers by transferring production overseas. Cargill pushes genetically modified products, invests in irradiation, and lobbies for the right to use carbon monoxide to artificially imbue red meat with the look of freshness long past its expiration date.

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Apart from outright war, the US sponsored war preparations serve several other foreign policy objectives. The threat of war coupled by advanced military preparedness are often used to bully countries into compliance, to oblige them to give up their sovereignty, to open up their economy to Western investors, to privatize and sell off their assets to American companies, etc. These threats will only be effective if the country does not have the ability to defend itself militarily. The strength of its national economy is also a major consideration. (With our resources stretched so thin, and our standing in the world and Bush's popularity at home hitting bottom, it's incredible to think that they are even considering more military engagement.)

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Don Harkins is the publisher of The Idaho Observer, and a recent guest on Out There TV. He sent out the following letter which I believe is something everyone in this country should read.

We must all consider what is happening to our youth and to this country as mood-altering drugs become the answer to every little bout of depression or anxiety. Whatever happened to support systems? Whatever happened to talking it out? Where are you when a friend or loved one reaches out? Read this letter, and be aware. This could be your son or daughter, your brother or sister, your friend.

Kate Mucci

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Alex Panameno is the former principal and managing director of various commodity firms. He is an experienced and licensed trader of everything from financials, energies, grains and precious metals.

In light of what appears to be an imminent worldwide financial meltdown, Alex was invited on the show to help us understand how we got into this situation, and what, if anything, we can do to get out of it.

In this, Out There TV's 300th episode, Alex Panameno, Trading Director at Goldworth Financial, offered his perspective on the current economic state of affairs in the U.S. and worldwide. Dispelling many financial myths, Alex shocked hosts Kate and Richard Mucci by saying that the long-discussed Amero has actually been minted, and that the North American Union is a political and economic reality. ...

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