Brasscheck TV: Resource extraction 101 Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 21:56:07 -0500 (CDT) Yesterday's video "Economic Hitman" showed how the banking system is designed to bankrupt borrower nations. The long term goal is to extract resources as super low prices and to limit progressive poltical ideas. The method is simple: 1. make an impossible-to-pay-back loan; 2. negotiate collateral far in excess of the loan's value; and 3. collect The system works that much better when it's backed up with the capacity for overwhelming violence. Michael Parenti talks about the history and reality of so-called Third World "underdevelopment" and points out that Americans are next on the agenda: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/318.html - Brasscheck - Brasscheck P.S. Please share Brasscheck TV e-mails and videos with friends and colleagues. That's how we grow. Thanks. ============================== Brasscheck TV 2380 California St. San Francisco, CA 94115