martes, 28 de abril de 2015

Krugman's Failed love affair!!!...Aborto, Eutanasia, Matrimonio gay...leyes de los Masones!!!...The Globalization of Hate and Indifference!

Paul Krugman’s Love Affair with France

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APRIL 27, 2015
In recent years, Paul Krugman has incessantly defended France and its welfare state, even going so far as to pretend that the French economy was in fact in better shape than the British economy.According to him, “To an important extent, what ails France in 2014 is hypochondria, belief that it has illnesses it doesn’t.” However, except for some Keynesian propagandists, nobody believes that the French economy is not deeply in crisis and it is now more and more obvious that Krugman is wrong.
The UK, on the other hand, is growing faster than any other major advanced economy this year. Growth has picked up since the first quarter of 2013 to 2.6 percent in 2014 — a seven fold higher rate than for France — and employment in Britain, both in absolute terms and as a share of the adult population, has never been higher. Even wages, which were constantly depressed after the 2008 crisis, has begun to rise again.
As usual, British politicians took advantage of the British economy’s good performances to make fun of France. Chancellor Mr. Osborne has claimed: “And which county has created more jobs than the whole of France? The great county of Yorkshire,” after the latest UK jobs figures showed employment at a record high. David Cameron recently stated that “Labour will make us as bad as France.” French bashing is almost part of the British culture, it is true, but for now, the UK is indeed in better shape than France.

Fiscal Austerity vs. Spending Austerity

Since 2009, France and the UK have used opposing economic policies. France increased taxes and didn’t decrease government expenditures. The UK, on the other hand, decreased government expenditures but didn’t increase taxes. Between 2010 and 2013, the UK reduced its structural deficit by more than any other advanced economy (4.7 percent of GDP).
If you follow Krugman’s ideas, then this should suggest to you that there was less economic growth in the United Kingdom and more in France. Not very surprisingly, however, the exact opposite happened, and while the French economy stagnates, the UK has mounted an economic recovery.
Public spending in France is now more than eleven points of GDP higher than public spending in the UK. Taxes are also much higher in France and government regulations, particularly in the labor market, are not as problematic in the UK. Thus, it was easier for the structure of production to adapt itself after the crisis in UK than in France.
But while the public sector shrank in the UK, it expanded in France. Therefore, measuring economic progress via GDP — a deeply flawed strategy — underestimates the development of the British economy.
People who are forced to pay for public expenditures via taxation were not expressing actual preferences. Thus, as Dr. Salerno put it: “it is certainly true that a reduction in real government spending causes a reduction in real GDP, as it is officially calculated. But ... the reduction in government spending does not retard the growth of production of goods that satisfy consumer demands and, in fact, most likely accelerates it.”
Fiscal Austerity vs. Spending Austerity
But even if the French economy is as great as Paul Krugman says it is, why then are so many French leaving their country to cross the English Channel? When you want to know if an economy is thriving look how people vote with their feet. If Krugman had done that, he could have seen that it is mainly the French that are immigrating to London, and not the English to Paris. Indeed, the number of French immigrants in the UK has increased dramatically over the past twenty years. The mayor of London, Boris Johnson, likes to say that he is the mayor of the sixth largest French city in the world. There are now more than 200,000 French immigrants in London alone.
Of course, the UK is far from perfect. Public debt and deficits remain too high and much needs to be done, mainly in the very public British healthcare sector. Indeed, health care public spending is still rising — 4 percent in volume between 2010–2011 and 2014–2015. Moreover, the Bank of England has conducted an expansionary monetary policy which could lead to instability and further crisis. There could be, for example, a new real estate bubble in England in the works.

Krugman’s Data vs. Actual Data

On November 8, 2013, Krugman denounced the S&P decision to downgrade France:
I’m sorry, but I think that when S&P complains about lack of reform, it’s actually complaining that Hollande is raising, not cutting taxes on the wealthy, and in general isn’t free market enough to satisfy the Davos set.

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Serge Abad-Gallardo estuvo en la masonería 24 años

Aborto, eutanasia, matrimonio gay... son leyes «preparadas en las logias», afirma un ex masón

Aborto, eutanasia, matrimonio gay... son leyes «preparadas en las logias», afirma un ex masón
Serge Abad-Gallardo estuvo recientemente en España para promocionar su libro.

Actualizado 28 abril 2015
 






  

Muchas personas abandonan la masonería, pero muy pocas lo cuentan. Es el caso de Serge Abad-Gallardo, arquitecto francés que tiene ahora 60 años y pasó 24 como miembro de una de las obediencias más importantes de Francia, Derecho Humano. Su libro Por qué dejé de ser masón (LibrosLibres), publicado ahora en español, relata su apasionante experiencia. Tras su conversión al cristianismo (estaba bautizado, pero alejado de la Iglesia), percibió la incompatibilidad entre la religión católica y la ideología masónica y decidió irse. El proceso de vuelta a la fe resultó largo.

-¿Por qué ingresó en la masonería?
-Tenía la edad y la situación social ideales para la masonería: tenía 33 años y era alto funcionario municipal como director de urbanismo. Estaba alejado de la Iglesia y mi fe era bastante tibia. Un amigo que yo no sabía que era masón me propuso entrar. Me atrajo la curiosidad por los secretos que la masonería dice tener.

-¿Cuándo empezó a ver o saber cosas que le desagradaban?
-Al principio algunas palabras del ritual masónico (Rito Escocés Antiguo y Aceptado) me sugirieron una relación entre la masonería y la Iglesia. Por ejemplo, en la iniciación hay frases como “busca y encontrarás” o “llama y se te abrirá” que se encuentran en los Evangelios. Pero poco a poco me di cuenta de que su sentido no era el mismo. También escuché expresiones muy anticlericales. Eso no me gustó, pero me adapté, porque yo me encontraba lejos de la Iglesia. Además, en la masonería se hablaba mucho de fraternidad, pero me di cuenta de que detrás de esa “fraternidad” se encontraban algunos “arreglos” y luchas por el poder dentro de la misma masonería. Por último, cuando volví a la fe, comprendí las incompatibilidades entre el catolicismo y la masonería.



-¿Cómo fue ese proceso de conversión?
-¡Duró unos 9 años! Creo que Dios me dejó pasar tanto tiempo en el error de la masonería (24 años, hasta ser venerable maestro e ingresar en los altos grados) para que hoy ningún masón pueda decirme –como algunos lo han intentado, con mucha mala fe- que no comprendí nada. Pasé por varios estadios. Primero, como explico en el libro, tuve conciencia de la presencia de Cristo a mi lado. Esto empezó en 2002, cuando conocí a un padre franciscano cerca de Aix-en-Provence. Sus palabras al principio me parecieron masónicas y me gustaron porque pensaba que había una relación entre masonería y catolicismo, pero a medida que le iba escuchando comprendí que el sentido de esas palabras era fundamentalmente distinto.

-¿Por ejemplo?
-Cuando la masonería habla de “Luz”, habla de un “Conocimiento”, un saber esotérico, hermético y oculto. Mientras que aquel franciscano me hablaba de “Luz” como el amor de Dios por nosotros. Otro ejemplo: cuando la masonería dice “busca y encontrarás”, se trata de buscar por uno mismo y encontrar en uno mismo, es la palabra hermética masónica “V.I.T.R.I.O.L.” (Visita Interiorem Terrae Rectificando Invenies Occultum Lapidem: Visita el interior de la tierra y rectificando encontrarás la piedra oculta). Pero las palabras del Evangelio no significan nada de eso: significan que Dios nos busca antes incluso de que nosotros pensemos en buscarle a Él. Es Dios quien da el Amor al hombre, más que al revés. El amor del hombre es una imagen del Amor de Dios, Dios nos ha hecho a su imagen. ¡Todo esto no tiene nada que ver con la magia, el ocultismo o fórmulas simbólicas! Salí de este encuentro con el franciscano totalmente conmovido, y sentí la presencia de Cristo a mi lado. No podía imaginar que Él me amaba con ese Amor inmenso que ahora sí sentía. No hay palabras para expresarlo.

-Pero aún no se convirtió del todo…
-Empecé de nuevo a rezar, aunque no a ir a misa. Un día de 2005, en una época mala de mi vida, estaba en la capilla cuando Cristo me contestó. Fue una experiencia tremenda, casi me caigo del banco. Aun así, seguía resistiendo y no comprendía lo que Cristo esperaba de mí.

-¿Qué pasó después?
-En 2012 experimenté lo que podríamos llamar “el Mal”. Me encontré de frente a lo más negro del alma humana y ante la presencia del diablo en nuestras vidas con embrujos y magia. Puede parecer increíble, pero no tengo más remedio que contar las cosas como pasaron. El mundo se cerró para mí. En unos meses perdí mi empleo, mi buen sueldo, el chalet donde vivíamos, mi velero de doce metros, mi coche deportivo, mis amigos… Me sentía totalmente perdido y no hallaba respuestas en la masonería, que no podía contestar a la pregunta de por qué existe el mal en el mundo. Se me ocurrió pasar unos días de retiro en la abadía de Lagrasse, y allí, ante Cristo en la cruz, me puse a llorar y me di cuenta de que aquel Cristo lloraba conmigo. Ese amor fue como una luz. Pasé una semana con los monjes, y mi corazón se abrió ya totalmente al Amor de Cristo. Continue con el Articulo y el video

The Globalization of Indifference and Violence

Ever since the beginning of his papacy, Pope Francis has spoken out against the culture of “global indifference” that reigns in many of our societies. He has addressed the issue within the context of a wide variety of problems facing us today, for example the unspeakable drama of boat refugees crossing the Mediterranean and the untold numbers dying when trying to reach the shores of Europe in search of a better life. In his Lenten message the Holy Father commented:
As long as I am relatively healthy and comfortable, I don’t think about those less well off. Today, this selfish attitude of indifference has taken on global proportions, to the extent that we can speak of a globalization of indifference. It is a problem which we, as Christians, need to confront.
This is a problem we as Christians indeed must confront, because this indifference not only leads to loneliness and despair of those ignored, it also leads to new waves of violence coming out of our very own societies that claim to be peaceful, tolerant and democratic. The following example illustrates this point: the weekly newspaper “The Economist” reports in its April 18th-24th, 2015 issue that the top nine countries from which jihadists flow to Iraq and Syria are west European. What does this tell us about our Western societies? Despite the freedom and prosperity enjoyed by those in Europe, many thousands of young men and women from Europe are flocking eagerly to the Middle East to participate in ideologically inspired acts of hatred and brutal violence.
Why do these young men and women choose violence and death over a relatively comfortable life in prosperous Europe, where mainstream society promises them instant pleasure and material bliss with the latest smartphone and a cradle to grave social welfare state? Aside from the many useful explanations sociologists and politicians may give us about radicalization of certain youths, there is a much more profound cause at work here, which is the institutionalization of indifference towards the good, the true and the beautiful. When a society and its laws become dependent on mere feelings, opinions and preferences, rather than the pursuit of what is right and the avoidance of what is wrong, emptiness and desperation are the logical consequences.
This is the problem we Christians in Europe and other Western nations need to confront. We need to win back our youth for Christ, who is the way, the truth and the life. We cannot win young men and women back to Christ merely by doing good deeds, by being nice people, or by staying within the walls of our parishes and communities. It is important, but it is far too little. We need to go out, leave our comfort zones, and follow the Gospel call to “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, until the end of the age.” (Matthew 28, 20). We need to speak about the love of God the Father, in private and in public, and we need to show and proclaim at every suitable occasion that living a life in Christ is good, and beautiful, and true – even if at times quite a challenge (but we all know that noting truly good and lasting comes easy). As Pope Francis says, we should not be afraid of being rejected but rather be assured that God’s love will redeem the world:
God is not indifferent to our world; he so loves it that he gave his Son for our salvation. In the Incarnation, in the earthly life, death, and resurrection of the Son of God, the gate between God and man, between heaven and earth, opens once for all. The Church is like the hand holding open this gate, thanks to her proclamation of God’s word, her celebration of the sacraments and her witness of the faith which works through love (cf. Gal 5:6). But the world tends to withdraw into itself and shut that door through which God comes into the world and the world comes to him. Hence the hand, which is the Church, must never be surprised if it is rejected, crushed and wounded.
He then concludes this thought by reminding us that “God’s people, then, need this interior renewal, lest we become indifferent and withdraw into ourselves”. When we Christians withdraw into ourselves and become indifferent to what happens in the world, we risk becoming silent bystanders of the many grave injustices that take place around us every day, near and far. Many courageous Christians are giving the example by their initiatives to spread the Gospel and do good around the world, others even by their martyrdom. But so much more witness is needed, especially to turn the ever growing tide of institutionalized indifference towards the sanctity of life; whether it be the life of the unborn, the elderly, the refugees or fellow human beings professing a different faith. Christ died on the Cross and rose from the dead out of love for every human being to be redeemed and to live.
The makers of this video show how radical Christ’s love – and thus ours – needs to be.