Senator Byrd’s tearful speech about his beloved “Ted” is the culminating work of one of America’s most prolific politicians. Senator Byrd has achieved what no other American politician has ever achieved - the longest serving and oldest Senator. Senators are very much the same as “Senators” in ancient Rome used to be. They were rich, influential, and powerful; just as American Senators are today. I find it amusing that Senator Byrd is still so “with it”. I get the feeling that Senator Byrd has so finely mastered the art of politicking; that his recent “powerful” performance at the Senate Finance Appropriations Comittee sent haters back to their caves like the parasites they are. Senator Byrd is literally an old crazy person, but still knows how to “politic” when he has too. Senator Byrd made politics his business; if you want to duplicate his success check out the video above. In the finest of Roman fashion’s Senator Byrd, like Plato, was able to give a tear moving performance in front of the “political power crowd” and more importantly the masses of the nation (or plebes in roman times). Bravo Senator!

Kings and queens have ruled their nations for hundreds of years through modern marketing and advertising principles. In Thailand the King Bhumibol Adulyadej and some woman (who may or may not be the queen - I’m not going to spend the time researching them) plaster Bangkok and Thailand’s country side with their images. In the video above you can see how King Bhumibol plasters his face in the airport over every overhand so all travelers have to see his mug. 80% of the Thai population know who they are, but don’t know wtf they do - they are considered the “rulers” or “leaders” of the country.

Most people in the world can’t imagine what it would be like to be the King/Queen of a country with 60 million inhabitants. If the population of Thailand is taxed at around 10% the annual revenue of the Thai Government must be around ($1.2 Billion = $2K (average annual income)*60million people *.10) I don’t think the Thai King gets all of that revenue, but I’m sure he has a hand in administering it. Additionally, the Thai king owns a massive amount of realestate, national treasures, and probably has a few billion dollars, not to mention the prestige and power of being The King. The Thai King is probably no way near as rich as some European royalty. Regardless, the Thai king is excellent at owning the “position” of king/ruler in the Thai people’s mind. I believe that the Thai king lives abroad as he was ousted by a military general. Owning this position in the peoples “mind” is far more powerful than any Thai General can ever have.

In nearly every shop or enterprise that I have encountered has had a picture or statue of Buddha, incense, and wasted food to Buddha. In a large percentage of these shops there is also a picture of The King; according to Wikipedia The King is considered by many Thai to be a Deity - now thats a powerful position to have in the minds of the people. It seems like selling statues and pictures of The King is a rather lucrative business. I wonder who manufacturers these pictures and statues. I assume the statues are manufactured and sold by a crafty entrepreneur, and the pictures of the King are probably manufactured and distributed by the king’s administration.

I haven’t watched TV or listened to the radio in Thailand - but I can only assume that the King administration actively promoted itself through these means as well. Does royalty in other countries do this? Certainly, and I would assume it has been this way through all the ages. Look at Iraq for example. Saddham filled Baghdad and the countryside with his image, statues, and victory monuments - all dedicated to himself. When I traveled to the country of Jordan I was amazed to see that Sadham and Bin Laden were cult-like heroes and t-shirts, key chains, posters, and other paraphanalia were availabel for purchase. I don’t believe that any organization were responsible for these items, as manufacturers were probably using current events to dictate their product cycle.

What does it mean to be a king or a queen? Is there any down time to enjoy your fabulous wealth and power? Are all kings corrupt and licentious? If you could control an entire country that is somewhat modernized what would it be like? If being a king of a third world country is cool - what would it be like to be the president of the United States!? Being the president would not afford you the ability to do as much as you could if you were the king of a third world country. The President of the United States and other modernized countries are constantly scrutinized by a free press. But in a third world country you can do whatever you please, and face no scrutiny. It appears that in Thailand the King loves his people and has their best interest at heart - however, I have a feeling that being a king is about owning the position of being the ruler or leader of a nation and therefore banking from it.

Yahoo recently reported that the finest wines in Europe are being sold to China on an ever increasing scale.  Wines are going for record amounts as Billionaire, and Multi-Millionaire slave masters and neo-Capitalist-Communist party leaders, are purchasing the fine wines with their ever increasing pocket books.  As the ultra rich have so much money they have to find places to put it; there is just THAT MUCH of it.  Leaders in the United States need to learn that in order to be the economic and global banking masters of this world we need to stop spending more money then we have by printing more and more money - you are fleecing your people and pimping out the people!  You are ruining us from the inside out, and making other countries our masters and far more powerful then us economically and militarily.  Ask your government to stop taxing us so much and spending our money, and then some, and therefore serve its people, instead of US serve them.  I would encourage Americans to fund political action committees that can press politicians to introduce radical legislation to eliminate government spending and taxation.

The # 1 viewed YouTube video today is Chinese propoganda. Below are screen shots:

I have to admit, the video brings out some valid points about Tibet being part of China. However, I don’t want to get into a political debate about whether or not Tibet should be a free nation or part of China. I would rather discuss the marketing and public relation aspects of using YouTube to espouse political views. To make a YouTube video one of the most watched videos, it is 99% of the time, viewed on a popular website with lots of visitors, and it becomes one of the most watched videos of the day, and then people visit the most watched videos of the day, generating even more daily views. This video receive a majority of its views from this chinese website. This video refutes all the negative press that US Media puts out about China, and hundreds of thousands of Americans have watched this. This hurts the Bush administration’s position on China and Tibet - and I think that position is pro Tibet and passively against China, as the Lama was just recently given some sort of peace prize from Bush. In short, YouTube is becoming a PR nightmare for powerful organizations and governments.

The above video by Jeremiah Wright discusses why America hates Barack Obama. This video is great negative PR for the Hillary campaign to shove in the front of white American’s faces. I’m fairly confident you will see this video on television shortly. Rev. Wright says, “Hillary ain’t never been called a nigga, she aint neva been passed up by a taxi because of the color of her skin, etc….” This video (to most white people) will scare them into voting for Hillary, and worrying what it would be like to have a “Black” president as the head of the United States. So Barack, get this video removed ASAP before if damages your campaign with “White Americans”.