In 50 words or less, what's the biggest threat facing the country today?

[MzVaFf]

What you think??:pray::pray::pray::pray:

http://www.aolnews.com/elections/article/war-on-terror-never-heard-of-it/19682683?icid=main|main|dl1|sec1_lnk3|179801

[Anchor]

Off the cuff, so to speak:

The biggest threat facing the country (/world) is that the majority of people are still not thinking wholly for themselves, but are serving those who presume to think for them who in turn lie and get away with it.


(I read the article after reading this. Wished I hadn't. It is based on lies and propaganda)

[Dale]

In fifty words of less?

I'd say the greatest threat facing America, or the world, would certainly be amnesia.

Not in terms of clinical amnesia, but rather a sense of amnesia concerning our true nature. I believe we're a culture in amnesia. We've simply forgotten who we are.

We're magnificent, spiritual beings with a spark of divinity deep within each and every one of us.

Until we "under-stand" this, we'll continue stumbling about, century after century, making the same mistakes our forefathers had made generations past.

[Teakai]

I go for what both John and Dale said.

Not very original, but it's definitely our biggest threat as far as I see it.

[Ross]

[QUOTE=John;62946]Off the cuff, so to speak:

The biggest threat facing the country (/world) is that the majority of people are still not thinking wholly for themselves, but are serving those who presume to think for them who in turn lie and get away with it.


No need for my opinion as John has said it for me...;)

Thanks John

Regards
Ross

[Lost Soul]

Not enough people have awakened and turned toward spirituality. We are our own creators of our reality. Instead, we are distracted by television, sports, faux news and other nonsense. Like David Icke said, Mankind, Get off your knees!

[xbusymom]

[QUOTE=John;62946]Off the cuff, so to speak:

The biggest threat facing the country (/world) is that the majority of people are still not thinking wholly for themselves, but are serving those who presume to think for them who in turn lie and get away with it.


No need for my opinion as John has said it for me...;)

Thanks John

Regards
Ross

that was my thought too, ... abdication of personal responsibility to action/duty

[Jonathon]

Selves failing to see other selves as the self.

[Swami]

Other: The Weather

[norman]

Whatever it is they have set up the South Pole Telescope to observe.

[MariaDine]

«In 50 words or less, what's the biggest threat facing the country today?

With the U.S. fighting wars on two fronts against terrorism, in addition to the massive counterterrorism operations in the U.S., you'd think that terrorism would rank up there as the biggest threat to the country today.

But apparently the vast majority of candidates for the House and Senate see the war on terrorism as somewhat passe.

In fact, only 6 percent of them listed terrorism as the chief threat to the U.S. (nearly as many listed Congress!).

Instead, things like the national debt, the economy, political corruption and big government topped the list of top threats to the country. (Keep in mind that these aren't scientifically valid survey results.)»

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MY COMMENT.....

....Country ? ...how about the treath to the whole World ?!

If Terrorism had just a small percentage of the answers of the «quizz», still... it is a sign of how much fear plays a major part in people choosing and giving away their liberty, for the sake of security.
Laws are and will done to ensure that. There is bound to be consequences of trusting the goverment to «touch» the civil rights and liberties.

MD

[Swami]

Whatever it is they have set up the South Pole Telescope to observe.

http://rabbithole2.com/presentation/news/cosmic_news/dead_star_in_1987_encyclopedia.htm

[The One]

Passport fraud is the 'biggest threat facing the world', claims Interpol

Interpol Secretary-General Ronald Noble said more

Millions of stolen passports are being fraudulently used by terrorist, drug smugglers and human traffickers to travel the globe in the ‘biggest threat facing the world’, according to Interpol.

Heightened airport security such as body scanners are also a ‘misguided solution’ in deterring criminals, the international police agency chief has said.

Secretary-General of Interpol Ronald Noble spoke out at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland yesterday.
He revealed there are more than 11million passports currently listed as missing or stolen.

And he questioned the amount of money that has been spent on airport security in the wake of the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an airline headed for the U.S.

Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab allegedly tried to detonate explosives hidden in his underwear December 25 on the Detroit-bound flight.

Noble last night called for better intelligence, and better intelligence sharing, among countries.

He also warned people hoping to donate money to Haiti to be ‘very careful’, citing several cases of fraudsters stealing money via fake charity websites.

He said: ‘The greatest threat in the world is that last year there were 500 million, half a billion, international air arrivals worldwide where travel documents were not compared against Interpol databases.

‘Right now in our database we have over 11 million stolen or lost passports.

‘These passports are being used, fraudulently altered and are being given to terrorists, war criminals, drug traffickers, human traffickers.’
New Swiss biometric passport. Passports are being used by war criminals and drug traffickers, said Mr Noble
‘You don't know the motivation behind the person carrying the passport.

‘If you're a terrorist, are you going to carry explosives that are going to be detected? No.’

Noble cited a case two weeks ago in a Caribbean country where five people were arrested carrying European passports, but were caught after they were found to be carrying stolen documents - one dating back to 2001.

The five were found to have ‘definite links to crime, organised crime, human trafficking but no definite links to terrorism,’ he said - though he wouldn't name the country.

Noble said U.S. authorities are recognising the threat of passport fraud. In 2006 they carried out 2,000 checks on the Interpol database – increasing to 78 million times.
They came up with 4,000 people traveling on stolen or lost passports.

'Misguided solution': Noble hit out at airports - such as Amsterdam's Schiphol pictured - that are spending cash installing security scanners

Intelligence experts have cast doubt on the usefulness of the so-called no-fly lists of suspects shared among airports worldwide, saying that criminals can change their names or make simple spelling changes that render them untrackable.

Noble agreed that the lists ‘are useful but I don't believe they are the be-all and end-all’.

He said he's concerned about governments' efforts to expand them.

Noble, who has expanded Interpol's efforts to fight terrorism, cybercrime, corruption and maritime piracy in his nearly 10 years at the helm of the France-based agency, also had words of warning for people hoping to donate money to Haiti after its devastating earthquake.

‘Whenever there's a tragedy it seems to bring out the best in people and unfortunately the worst,’ he said.

He said several U.S. websites have been taken down since the earthquake after they were found to represent no known charity.

Interpol has a team helping identify victims in Haiti, a daunting task with an estimated 200,000 dead. Another daunting task will be rebuilding Haiti's law enforcement.

Policing in Haiti ‘was a challenge before this happened,’ he said.

[Ethereal Blue Being]

The biggest threat I think it is Cell Phones/laptop computers...Cancer in various places in the head /body I watch my daughter and her friends texting /speakerphone while holding the phone near the solar plexis/heart area. and their laptop in their lap/ feminine organs. Imagine tomorrow an AP press release that says for example THAT VIRTUALLY ANYBODY Who talks on their cell phone lets say 3 hrs per month for at least three years already has cancerous tumors growing in their face. When will the truth come out mainstream. There will be an anti -technology backlash. The laws in several European countries concerning restricting cellphones and wifi use at schools is starting to open eyes.

[Anchor]

Cellphones and laptops as the biggest threat? Cancer as the biggest threat? I dont deny the problems you state, but really - the BIGGEST threat? What about other causes of cancer - poor nutrition, pollution, selfishness, anger, stress, witholding of love, victim conciousness, unreleased emotional trauma, blah blah blah.

At some level it seems to boil down to Pollution - inner/external - mental, physical and/or emotional pollution.

Very few humans express "perfect" health, we all have either a fatal disease, or a body that will eventually wear out anyway. We will still, taken as a racial sum, seem to make it in sufficient numbers that the population still grows. The resilience of the human body is staggering - especially as more and more awaken to their true powers, enter into states of compassion, realisation, forgiveness, higher awareness and so can effect healing without even a second thought about it.

[truthseekerdan]

I'll take my pick at the following 3 major threats that need to be abolished in order to have less problems:

1. Power/Money
2. Governments
3. Religion (organized)

Everything else is just details. JMHO

[Luke]

I would say people, who refuse to see, instead they force their lame vision of the world upon everybody else. And call that state normal.
One can call that pollution .. I call it self-imposed blindness though.

[The One]

We are the biggest threat the human species its that simple

[Heartsong]

We've forgotten our history...if in fact we ever learned it.

[Beth]

We've forgotten our history...if in fact we ever learned it.

Great one Heartsong.

I guess I might chime in and say that we forget to follow our own lead, and just tend to follow the loudest one speaking.

[Hiram]

People give up on themselves way down deep inside.

They often do this unconsciously. They give up on themselves when they see themselves making the same mistakes they have made before. We do this as individuals and as a species. When they give up on themselves they dedicate themselves to aquiring material possessions. Avarice for material possessions is a symptom of this despair. Its true. look around and think with your heart.

The aim of mankind is to clear the vision of the living, so that you can join in the full consciousness of the dead. Once this is accomplished you no longer fear death. The secret of mankind is that we can reconcile the irreconcilable.

We can square the circle.

[Samson]

money monetairy money debt based money ppl go in the army 4 money ppl kill for money... money, some dagobert ducks can buy the world 3 times... and still all and everything is dilluted and willing to give up everything and do everything for the piece of paper called money. The country is the world we live on.

[Carmody]

In 50 words or less, what's the biggest threat facing the country today?

Willful Human Ignorance.

[pilotsimone]

Fear.


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[TigaHawk]

I fear that my country is not the land of the free anymore.

I feel our governments are lying to us, passing laws thru senate and only telling the public about said law the day it goes through. If you find out early, and request documentation (Telecommunications act) they will release the entire document, with 90% cencored.

I am afraid of what our government will do to our country when it's not abiding by the very rules it was created to preserve.

[Zook]

Fear.
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Excellent answer. Masterful in the economy of words. I won`t even try and top that. Here`s mine:
Extreme satisfaction with merely licking the candy apple when nutrition requires biting it.

:typing:

ps: my disdain for sucrose over fructose, if you will.

[Carmody]

I used "Willful Human Ignorance" for the reason that it can be used to state the situation in as few words as is possible..while at the same time containing the essence... at the same time bringing the potential to crack open the mind (create directed thought patterns-it is a leading statement) of the reader/listener..and also allowing an opening if used in a conversation. It is a directed 'self aimed' arrow, or barb... that can be used, or exist on it's own.

[EsmaEverheart]

Us.

People are the biggest threat, until we can all become "service to others," "service to self" will be a threat.

[truthseekerdan]

We believe our thoughts are private, inconsequential, and have no power unless we act them out.
To the contrary, our thoughts are power. The power of our 'attention and intention' manifests reality, as humans understand that term.

And, because we co-create reality with others, our thoughts impact the lives of those around us.
Each of us is responsible for our share of co-creating all the evils in this world. To improve human living conditions, we must learn to manifest consciously from love rather than unconsciously from fear.

[Hiram]

You couldn't have been more correct when you wrote: "The power of our 'attention and intention' manifests reality, as humans understand that term."

This is so difficult for people to understand. And so many, even on this board, vehemently disagree with it. Nevertheless, it is the center of the onion, the very edge of human understanding at this stage of development.

You must stop the victim mentality of believing that things "Happen to you" They don't. This is an illusion created by your own mind.

What's really quite wild is that once you "get" this, an even deeper mystery presents itself. Like turning an onion inside out!

[shiva777]

people being distracted and polluted by external events so that they don't ,or that they find it very difficult, to access their inner Godselves

[Sabrina]

Toner cartridges apparently...

[THIRDEYE]

love peace and abundance ....thirdeye.....

[Beth]

Toner cartridges apparently...

LOL, good one Sabrina :P

[Kulapops]

Does this mean Dell's cartridges are going to get even more expensive ?? Oh nooooo !

I'd agree with Shiva777 ... distraction is our biggest enemy. Distraction from who we are. We get little enough time as it is in these bodies. There is more whistleblower testimony available now than you could probably read in a lifetime. And if you only did that...

Well, we're too distracted I think. It's not the shoe bombers you have to watch out for, or even the politicians. Ultimately, we are our own worst enemies. Knowing yourself is surely the only true way to turn this lifetime into something to be truly happy about...

Then the rest is pure distraction, and of no more consequence than a passing butterfly.

K

[Sensual One]

I would list the following for a start:

1. The culture of debt.
2. The BBC.
3. The power wielded by big pharma over the NHS.
4. The big supermarkets being allowed to sell the tripe they do.
5. The will of our governments to go to war based on lies.
6. Simon Cowell and his sort creating dross that millions watch. Disgusting and completely pointless.

I could go on but then I'd start ranting !:blabla:

[norman]

I would list the following for a start:

1. The culture of debt.
2. The BBC.
3. The power wielded by big pharma over the NHS.
4. The big supermarkets being allowed to sell the tripe they do.
5. The will of our governments to go to war based on lies.
6. Simon Cowell and his sort creating dross that millions watch. Disgusting and completely pointless.

I could go on but then I'd start ranting !:blabla:

GO ON...... HAVE A GOOD RANT !!!

some of it might land on fertile ground before you're dragged away as the butt of propagandist's derision.

[Hiram]

Then the rest is pure distraction, and of no more consequence than a passing butterfly.

K

Interesting choice there Kula. I make it a point to pay very close attention to things such as a passing butterfly. As you very succinctly expressed above, distraction is one of the prison guards that people tend to be oblivious to.

They are the victims of their own untrained and unfocused minds, believing themselves to be running their own lives and making their own decisions, when this couldn't be further from the truth.

I would only add to your description, that people should indeed pay attention to a passing butterfly, as sometimes the fate of many, can be tied up in the very smallest of things.

The distraction is the human control system and all of its nuance. Talk to most educated people and they are not even aware it exists. Those who DO know it exists, make excuses for it of all things!...They justify it as a necessary means of control in order to create what we think of as civilization. But they never want to answer: what is it doing to us?

Follow the control-system to it inevitable and logical conclusion.

Think! I ask them.

Attention.....Intention.

[Kulapops]

Hi Hiram,

Yes.. an interesting choice of words from me there. I don't mean a passing butterfly is of no consequence. I am a firm believer in gut feel, intuition, and everything that crosses my path being 'significant'. The trouble is that so much of this doom only crosses my path in the sense that people talk about it. I have no direct experience of it. Lucky me !

The reality is I would pay more attention to a passing butterfly in my life than I do to the next round of 'things to watch out for' whatever they may be.. disclosure... a promise of certain death to any who will listen (I'm pretty sure that death is certain too ;) )

oh.. that and cake ;)

Hope that clarifies my position. Good to see you about...

[Hiram]

Hi Hiram,

The reality is I would pay more attention to a passing butterfly in my life than I do to the next round of 'things to watch out for' whatever they may be.. disclosure... a promise of certain death to any who will listen (I'm pretty sure that death is certain too ;) )

oh.. that and cake ;)

Hope that clarifies my position. Good to see you about...


Kula,

Don't worry friend, I never doubted you for a second. You're always come off so level headed and I really appreciate your comedic pragmatism!

Though I also don't want to sidetracked here...I'd like to read more contributions......

50 words or less....whats the biggest threat?????

[Kulapops]

Lack of cake ??

Ooh.. sorry. :)

s'got to be the financials, surely. I believe the wheels are coming off that cart, before I beleive the global warming, totatlitarian tiptoe, alien invasionists.

To me, that really does look like the stern of the Titanic rising sharply out of the water... tables and chairs sliding down the decks, while the musicians continue to play to encourage us that all is still well with the world and the captain smiles beatifically from the helm.

And we've all seen what happens next in that film. (Bagsy I get to play Kate Winslet...did you ever see anyone hammer down on someone elses fingers so hard. Ok.. so it was off camera, but while she was declaring her undying love, she was poundin on those pinkies to make Leo let go for all she was worth)

Jim Sinclair is one of the few people I actually believe these days (and I'm prepared for that to be wrong someday :) ). He writes like it makes sense. No one has done anything about OTC derivatives, this debt will cripple nation states.. Already France and Britain are discussing a joint security force to save money ! I'd love to be a fly on the wall at that war room meeting. UK: Let's invade Iran, France: No -You Eenglish pig dogs, your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of eldeberries. We want to invade Holland and deeestroy all theiryre 'orribul cheeeses)

Additionally , we've got an aircraft carrier ordered , but we can't afford the toy planes to go on it :) ! Sheesh. Not to mention 490,000 jobs to go from government. You read that one right ????!! Oh.. and nigh on a million acres of forrest that belongs to the people to go to private hands... (should be ample space for Boho grove 2, eh ??)

If ever there was general evidence of a wheel coming off here and there, it's the financial situation. No pay rises, unless you're you know who. The only thing that goes up is the cost of everything. Fuel, food, services, utilities, cost of borrowing (if you're not a bank). I pay £32 this year for a card account that cost £28 last year. Only £4 increase you say, but that's 15 bl**dy percent !! Like I didn't do maths at school ? That I can't figure out if I don't find 15% more money from somewhere, I'm losing out ?

No, that state of affairs can't go on indefinitely... stores closing, sales becoming the norm, VAT rising...erm.... at what point does that all go 'ping' ?

See how easy it is to right about what's wrong with the world. That's why these days I concentrate on what's right. I'm not foretelling doom. I'd rather look at pictures of cake, but if there's something that has an outside chance of actually coming true.. it's the dire financial situtation facing the whole world. You can put illuminati spin on that if you like and say it's contrived. Doesn't matter, it looks more real that a lot of other so called 'threats' facing us now.

i still believe the solution is an internal one, reachable by us all. Positive Quantum change. If we start incorporating the needs of others as being our needs.. their is hope yet for humanity if enough people start seeing the world this way. With a positive quantum change, I'm hoping, nearly every one will see the world this way, one Wednesday morning perhaps...

K

P.S. sh** I just read the 50 words bit ! Sorry Hiram !!! Oops...:painkiller: