The Wall Street market crash, precipitated by the failed government bailouts of Freddie and Fannie, has surpassed the Iraq War/War on Terror as the most important talking point for political pundits and politicians alike. For me, it was always more important to question where the trillions of dollars the war on terror has already cost us and how the government was going to pay for it.

For anyone who understands the Federal Reserve and what it really does, the answer is simple. Our grandchildren and great-grandchildren are going to be saddled with the costs of this so-called war. Did we ask them if they wanted this debt? No, it never occurs to the government that they should seek permission from those effected most by their policies. You know, the constituents.

Is this the future we want for our country? Our government is bankrupt and has been bankrupt for decades. When was the last time the government only spent what it brought in as revenue? I don't know either, but I'd be willing to bet it was before 1913, before financial control of our country was given over to private banking families, many of which were not even U.S. citizens.

Our money is worthless. FDR took us off the gold standard. LBJ oversaw the elimination of precious metals from our coinage. Nixon took us off the silver standard. The only thing backing our paper money was the "full faith and credit of the United States". Translated into plain English, that means that you and I are responsible for paying now or later what the government feels like spending.

In order to hide their financial shenanigans, the Federal Reserve eliminated the M3 Money Report. This important report showed how many paper dollars are in circulation at any given time, since the amount gives people an idea of inflation and the health of the economy. Bush wanted it gone, so it was stopped. That was pre-9/11. With the military-industrial complex standing to benefit from unchecked government spending, we now have no idea of the health of our economy.

Well, now we know. With China, Russia, and a host of other foreign governments buying American taxpayer assets, which our own government has been offering for sale as quickly as assets could be identified, we no longer own our own country. For those of you still with jobs, many of those freeways, bridges, and roads on which you travel to work--maybe even the buildings in which you work--are owned completely by foreign governments.

Is this the future we want for our country? With the presidential elections coming up in less than two months, our stomachs should churn with the idea that either McCain/Palin or Obama/Biden are going to take over and "fix" the mess. Both parties are completely beholden by the special interests that got us into the mess that there won't be a real solution to anything until they are finished looting what's left of our country and economy.

Since the last real hope to fix the problems was deliberately shut out of consideration, by which I mean Ron Paul, there isn't going to be a happy ending to this story. What there is going to be is civil unrest, food riots, and ethnic warfare all of which will be answered by the only way our government knows how to answer, with force. There are detention camps set up all over the country (Google it) for people who are unwilling to accept their fate.

I am optimistic that the future is unwritten and that those who are willing to deny the future that the powers that be have decided for us will be able to prevail. The way things are now and where they are headed is not the future I want for my country. What say you?