Tom's Bigfoot Update

Here are five major developments that could prove the existence of Bigfoot in the near future:

1) The Ketchum DNA study: Currently being reviewed by a major science journal and expected to be published in the United States or Russia in a matter of weeks, this study will also include high-quality pictures and video of Bigfeet in the wild—footage likely purchased from Adrian Erickson’s documentary project.

2) The Sykes DNA study: Being led by Professor Bryan Sykes at Oxford University, this study is looking at more than 200 samples of alleged Bigfoot hair, blood, etc. 

3) The Sierra Kills. Justin Smeja, a hunter, allegedly killed two Bigfeet in Northern California in 2010 (an adult and a juvenile). Flesh and hair samples were retrieved and submitted to the Ketchum and Sykes DNA studies. Although Smeja claims the bodies were abandoned, he is probably lying to avoid bad publicity for Ketchum and criminal charges for himself. (Yes, homicide charges are a real possibility if Bigfoot turns out to be a hominid.) The bodies are being kept in a secret location and might never be revealed to the public, but it’s possible they will be revealed if the DNA results are not 100 percent conclusive.  The bodies may be in the possession of Wally Hersom, millionaire funder of the Ketchum DNA study, who has allegedly promised to pay for Smeja’s legal costs if he is ever charged with a crime.

4) BBC/Minnow Films documentary “Of Monsters and Men.” Features high-definition video of Bigfeet in the wild. During filming, Bigfoot enthusiast Rick Dyer allegedly shot and killed a Bigfoot in Texas and was kicked off the movie. Film AND body will be revealed at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2013. Until then, storage of the body has been contracted out to a third party. Note: Rick Dyer was involved in the Georgia Bigfoot hoax, so take this one with a grain of salt.

5) Matt Moneymaker. The secretive Moneymaker, host of Animal Planet’s Finding Bigfoot and head of the Bigfoot Field Research Organization, is allegedly sitting on a treasure trove of videos and photos that he will not release. My hunch is that Moneymaker wants Bigfoot to remain a mystery. The appeal of Finding Bigfoot is a group of scrappy amateurs searching for a legendary creature that most scientists reject as myth. When proof is found, Bigfoot research will become the province of established experts and nobody will care about Bobo’s reenactments. Moneymaker will probably release his footage stash when the DNA findings are published. He knows it’s only a matter of time but he wants to preserve his niche for as long as possible.   

The obvious question is, “What’s taking so long?” Here are possible explanations: 

1)      Peer review. According to insiders, what’s problematic about the Ketchum study is NOT its conclusions but rather its implications for zoology and evolutionary biology. Proof of Bigfoot will raise more questions than it answers. What is Bigfoot? How did it elude us for so long? Is it an ancestor of mankind or a distant cousin? Are they closer to man or apes? These kinds of questions are holding up the publication of the DNA study because the answers have the potential to blow up the evolutionary timeline. Remember, mainstream science has said for decades that Bigfoot DOES NOT EXIST, period. The DNA studies will embarrass a lot of people and deliver a serious blow to the credibility of the science establishment. If the history of science tells us anything, it’s that scientists resist paradigm shifts that threaten prevailing theories in which they have invested reputations and resources. Also, more investigators are now open to the possibility that Bigfoot has paranormal/telepathic abilities. Imagine trying to explain THAT as a scientist!

2)      Government cover-ups. According to retired Forest Park officials, the government knows Bigfoot exists but doesn’t want it to be discovered. The reasons are anyone’s guess. Maybe they fear widespread poaching or violent confrontations between Bigfoot and tourists/researchers. There are also legal implications if Bigfoot is shown to be part-human. Would they have equal rights? A push to recognize Bigfoots as an indigenous people could threaten cozy relationships between government and logging/mining companies. The discovery could even affect people’s worldviews and religious beliefs. In other words, proof of Bigfoot would be huge headache for government authorities. Since the scientist establishment depends on government funding, they don’t want to bite the hand that feeds them.

 

3)      Lawsuits / personal attacks. Every piece of Bigfoot evidence is the property of one person or another. In the last year, there has been a lot of buying and selling of evidence by major Bigfoot players behind the scenes. Since researchers involved in these projects have signed non-disclosure agreements, they can be sued for leaking information. Also, the Bigfoot community is a notoriously catty bunch. Many of them dislike each other and the Ketchum study in particular has created a lot of bad blood between different Bigfoot camps. To avoid attacks from rivals, researchers are now more hesitant to release evidence unless they know it is 100 percent legit.  

4)      Money. There is no money to be made by posting footage on the Internet and donating bodies to science. If the footage can made into documentary or the bodies can be sold to the highest bidder, a handful of people could be become very wealthy. Sure, it’d be nice to go down in history as the person who discovered Bigfoot, but it’d be even nicer to make a few million bucks in the process.

We are on the cusp of the greatest zoological discovery of all time! STAY TUNED!

On a final note, it’s awesome that Bigfoot will be proven real during the lifetime of Robert Grimlin, who helped film the iconic Patterson/Grimlin Bigfoot footage in 1967. Talk about vindication!

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What's the Matter with Thomas Frank? He's an Elitist Prick

In his 2004 book What’s the Matter with Kansas? liberal author Thomas Frank offered the following explanation for conservative dominance of Middle America: Conservatives trick people into voting against their own economic interests by shifting the debate to social issues like abortion and gay marriage. Frank's thesis has become gospel among the liberal chattering classes. It gets repeated daily at places like The New York Times, Slate Magazine, and The Huffington Post.

Thomas Frank is a delusional and condescending prick. In his eyes, the economic benefits of Big Government are so obvious that social issues are the only possible explanation for conservative majorities. That is simply not true. Conservatives can point to a mountain of evidence to support their argument that Big Government hinders economic growth. Many people vote for conservatives because they believe it will benefit the economy.

Frank's thesis says a lot about how liberal elites view the common people they claim to represent. This Washington-based journalist believes that voters in his home state of Kansas are oblivious to their own economic well-being. It’s a recurring theme among liberal intellectuals: The root cause of resistance to liberal policies are the irrational fears and prejudices of "red state" voters (homophobia, racism, sexism, xenophobia, paranoia, and superstition). In the words of Barack Obama, people are "clinging to guns and religion" instead of embracing the Left's plan for economic progress. Liberals' concern for the common man often masks a deep-seated contempt for the common man. They see average people as idiots and suckers who are incapable of thinking for themselves or acting in their own best interests.

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The National Debt Will Destroy America As We Know It

Some people argue that the national debt is not a big deal. Here are my responses to three such arguments:

1) Argument: The national debt can be reduced by a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts.

Response: No, it cannot. The debt is simply too big. When you factor in the projected shortfalls in Medicare and Social Security, the true size of the national debt is around $200 trillion. Spending cuts can’t solve the problem. Interest payments on the national debt will become the largest expenditure in the federal budget by 2020, to say nothing of paying down the actual principal. Spending on Medicare and Social Security will consume all remaining federal revenue by 2040. In other words, the government would have to eliminate all discretionary spending (military, education, agriculture, transportation, energy, etc.) just to meet existing obligations to creditors and the elderly. Tax hikes won’t help, either. Even if the government confiscated all the assets of the rich and the profits of every Fortune 500 company, the loot could only fund existing federal operations for ONE YEAR. In fact, it is now mathematically impossible for the U.S. government to pay off the national debt since the US government now owes more dollars than actually exist. Even if the U.S. government stole every penny from every American AND confiscated all physical assets in the United States and sold them off to foreigners—it STILL would not have enough money to pay off the national debt.

2) Argument: Since the U.S. government controls the amount of dollars in circulation, it can keep inflation under control.

Response: The U.S government does not issue currency. The Federal Reserve does. The Federal Reserve is a private bank owned and operated for profit. When the U.S. government needs to borrow more money, it asks for dollars from the Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve gives the government dollars in exchange for U.S. Treasury bonds (debt owed—with interest—to the Federal Reserve). In other words, for more dollars to enter circulation, the U.S. government has to go deeper into debt. The criminals who designed this system never intended for the national debt to be paid off. It was designed to enslave the American taxpayers to a powerful group of elite international bankers. It is corrupt and rotten to its core. The apocalypse will come when the US can’t make interest payments on its accumulated national debt. Sovereign default will trigger a chain reaction of bank failures that will end in a hyperinflationary depression. It could all go down in a matter of months because most banks are inter-dependent through fractional reserve banking, bullshit derivatives, toxic assets, and worthless government I.O.U.’s.

3) Argument: Since the U.S. government pays interest on its foreign debts in dollars, all the money will eventually come back to the U.S.

Response: This is true as long as the dollars remain in circulation. However, most new U.S. government debt is purchased by the Federal Reserve, not foreign governments. When debt is repaid to the Federal Reserve, dollars are actually removed from the system.

Conclusion

The national debt is a huge problem. It’s common sense. If you make $40,000 a year and have $100,000 in credit card debt, you would be in serious trouble. With the real U.S. government debt surpassing real U.S. GDP by many magnitudes, common sense dictates that America is in serious economic peril. Surprisingly, most economists don’t see it that way. In their eyes, common sense does not apply to their field of expertise. What’s true on the individual level is not true on the macro-level for all kinds of fancy-schmancy reasons that only academics are smart enough to understand.

The only way to end America’s debt slavery is to repudiate the national debt, abolish the Federal Reserve, and legalize competing currencies. That won’t happen because our government is owned by an evil banking cartel. The good news is that the current system cannot last forever. No government can go deeper and deeper into debt without collapsing eventually. The bad news is that economic collapse will be followed by a period of civil unrest, martial law, and possibly revolution. The mess in Europe is a preview of what’s coming to America. I would like to believe that people will behave in civilized and cooperative ways when facing mass unemployment, depleted savings, food shortages, and skyrocketing prices. Judging by how they act when Air Jordans go on sale, I have my doubts. I would also prefer that the sociopaths who control the Washington-Wall Street Axis of Evil will find honest work as burger-flippers when their cherished institutions finally go kaput. Judging from the bankster bailouts, the police state, Constitution-shredding legislation, and the martial law preparations underway in Europe and America, it seems the elite are prepared to do whatever is necessary to hold onto their power and privileges. We must be prepared to do whatever is necessary to stop them.

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