The Main St. Journal

MAIN ST. NEWS: BIG OIL- Oil'd

2012-03-22T05:00:00.000-04:00

In April 2010 a massive oil spill began in the Gulf. The entire country was glued to the news until the well was capped, and then we forgot about it. As the year anniversary was approaching I became curious, just how much oil was that exactly? Where would it have gone? What I found was shocking. So in an effort to further our discussion on oil dependency I created this short animation to help illustrate just how dependent we truly are on oil.

Designed, animated and written by Chris Harmon
Voice Talent: Kim Estes
Music: Billy Perez & Todd Stambaugh
Special Thanks to Daye Rogers and Christy Kurtz
Sources:

Environmental Protection Agency
epa.gov/

U.S. Energy Information Administration
eia.doe.gov/

bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_statistics/html/table_04_23.html

Rubber Manufacturers Association
rma.org/about_rma/rubber_faqs/

carbonify.com/carbon-calculator.htm

.eere.energy.gov/vehiclesandfuels/facts/2010_fotw617.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDPE

wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_one_gallon_of_crude_oil_weigh

icis.com/v2/chemicals/9076455/propylene/uses.html

volunteerguide.org/volunteer/fewhours/used-tires.htm

earth911.com/recycling/plastic/plastic-bottle-recycling-facts/

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population

MAIN ST. NEWS: Anonymous- Say Hello to the Police State

2012-03-11T09:37:00.002-04:00

Uploaded by AnonymousStreetPeace on Mar 10, 2012

WE ARE THE RESISTANCE. WE ARE ANONYMOUS. EXPECT US.

http://watch.pair.com/synarchy-6.html

"In the vast majority of cases there was no trial, no report of the arrest. People simply disappeared, always during the night. Your name was removed from the registers, every record of everything you had ever done was wiped out, your one-time existence was denied and then forgotten. You were abolished, annihilated: vaporized was the usual word."

Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

WAR IS PEACE

FREEDOM IS SLAVERY

IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH

MAIN ST. NEWS: FB Pages- Exposing The Truth "Gold In Sacks"

2012-03-10T09:26:00.002-05:00

Goldman Sachs Told U.S. (when push comes to shove) They Will be Paid for Debt BEFORE Social Security and Medicare Recipients! Forget Citizens Pay Banks!

'A report released today by Goldman Sachs says that if push comes to shove, the federal government will pay its lenders before it pays Social Security and Medicare beneficiaries. Debt service “should be seen as the top claim on government resources in most cases,” says the Goldman analysis.

If this does not totally and completely convince you that banks run the government, that we have been put in debt servitude to give away the complete wealth of the country to the banks, I don't know what will!

Now, WHAT will the government do now? Who will they protect the banks or the people? (Do I really have to question that?)'

http://sherriequestioningall.blogspot.com/2012/03/goldman-sachs-told-us-when-push-comes.html

MAIN ST. NEWS: Citizen Reporter- KONY 2012 EXPOSED

2012-03-09T21:02:00.004-05:00

Uploaded by LimamyFilms on Mar 8, 2012

I made this video because i was tired of people supporting something that is a fraud and has two faces. Made by Zyad Limamy

This whole Kony thing is very noble, and I agree that something has to be done, but I think people are getting too excited too quickly here and accepting this all too eagerly.

Kony has been around for over 20 years, why take interest now? Some might argue that the fight has been going on for 6 years, according to the Kony video, which still leaves 14 years for somebody to do something.

Others might argue that not enough action has been taken because there wasn't enough awareness. All this has spurred a new internet divide. We have on one side the Invisible Children's Army, on the other the Conspiracy Theorists, Skeptics, and pretty much anyone else who isn't on the ICA's side. What many, from both sides, don't seem to understand is that this is the typical American belief system of dealing with the immoral, the evil, the absurd. This is not a one dimensional issue.

The same happened when the USA was attacked on that dreadful 9/11. We (as a nation!) placed a face, a name, a group, and an emotion on everybody's mouth, in everybody's mind. Osama bin-Laden, terror, al-Qaeda, and fear, anger, want for pay-back. We (again as a nation since we allowed it!) then spent trillions of dollars to kill one man, believing that once that had been accomplished terrorism would just cease to exist, like in the ending of some Hollywood-esque movie where everything just ties up so nicely.

Once again we are being allowed have our emotions played with, manipulated, to act towards something that will not be resolved by just arresting, or killing one man. Uganda, Congo, Ethiopia, Sudan, Zambia, among many are countries that have many underlying problems that contribute to the creation of monsters such as Kony. We need to be colder, more rational, more objective, when it comes to making these sort of decisions, these big decisions that could ultimately back-fire. We should take a hard look at both sides of the stories, and more importantly where those news come from.

Just saw a video where Joseph Kony is denying all of the accusations of child abduction, child mutilation, rape, killing, he is portraying himself as the victim, and what surprised me was seeing people that actually ate that stuff up. Psycopaths (and Kony is most definitely one) are always charming, easy-going, and friendly.

Saw another video that mentions how all of this is just a strategic move in the chess game that is the control of newly discovered oil in Central and South Africa. Yet no reference to anything, all of this just conjured (what it seems) from the mind of the maker of the video, with thousand of believers backing them up.

I'm sure that both sides of the divide can agree that the best option would be to catch Kony, AND assist the government of the countries to implement something that does not generate the monsters it does. However, I don't believe that the USA should be involved in that mission. I believe we can give our moral support, but we should probably do less focusing on the problems of other countries and worry more about what is going on in our own front yard.

This reminds me a story my mom always told me when I was a little kid to drive this point across, and I'm sure many of you have heard it in similar ways, it goes like this:

There were two monkeys sitting by the rail road tracks, eating bananas, the first monkey, seeing the train coming and that the other monkey had his tail on the tracks and was about to have it cut off, warned him of the oncoming train. The first monkey was so worried about the second monkey's tail that he forgot his own was on the trail, when the train passed it cut his tail off instead. Moral of the story: don't go worrying about other people's problems when you have your own to deal with. Few will read this far, but to those that do I thank you, and I welcome your opinions and view point as well.

MAIN ST. NEWS: FB Pages- Occupy The Marines "Let your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine"

2012-03-09T10:21:00.002-05:00

Uploaded by ClassWarFilms on Feb 13, 2012

A brief and crucial history of the United States

MAIN ST. NEWS: BLACK MARCH 2012- Anonymous "Operation Black March"

2012-03-05T17:02:00.002-05:00

Uploaded by TheAnonPress on Mar 2, 2012

TheAnonPress Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/TheAnonPress88

Anonymous: Operation Black March Begins!.

Join the Protest!

TRANSCRIPT: Hello People of the World, We are Anonymous.

Operation Black March has Begun! Join the protest!

If you do not know of Operation Black March, I will explain.

With the continuing campaigns for Internet-censoring litigation such as SOPA and PIPA, and the closure of sites such as Megaupload under allegations of 'piracy' and 'conspiracy' the time has come to take a stand against music, film and media companies' lobbyists.

The only way is ot hit them where it truly hurts.

Their profit margins.

March 2012 is the end of the 1st quarter in economic reports worldwide.

Do not buy a single record. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally.
Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy.
Do not buy a DVD in the stores. Do not buy a video game. Do not buy a single book or magazine.

Wait the 4 weeks to buy them in April: see the film later, etc. Holding out for just 4 weeks, maximum, this will leave a gaping hole in media and entertainment companies' profits for the 1st and shares will blip from the large enough loss of incomes.

This action can give a statement of intent:

"We will not tolerate the Media Industries' lobbying for legislation which will censor the internet."

Remember as always,

We are Anonymous.

We are Legion.

We Do Not Forgive.

We Do Not Forget.

United as One.

Divided by Zero.

The voice of Anons.

To the world as always.

Expect Us.

BLACK MARCH 2012

MAKE A STAND THIS YEAR

AGAINST CONSUMERISM AND GREED

MAIN ST. NEWS: R.I.P - "Ralph Angus McQuarrie"

2012-03-05T15:49:00.001-05:00

R.I.P. Ralph McQuarrie, the man who designed Darth Vader

Ralph Angus McQuarrie (June 13, 1929 – March 3, 2012) was an American conceptual designer and illustrator who designed the original Star Wars trilogy, the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial and Cocoon, for which he won an Academy Award.

McQuarrie was born Ralph Angus McQuarrie on June 13, 1929 in Gary, Indiana and was raised on a farm near Billings, Montana. He served in the United States Army during the Korean War, surviving a shot to the head.

After returning from the war, McQuarrie moved to California in the 1960s, studying at the Art Center School, then in downtown Los Angeles.

Initially he worked for a dentistry firm, drawing teeth and equipment, before working as a technical illustrator for Boeing, as well designing film posters and animating CBS News's coverage of the Apollo space program at the three-man company Reel Three. While there, McQuarrie was asked by Hal Barwood to produce some illustrations for a film project he and Matthew Robbins were starting.

MAIN ST. NEWS: SomeEcards- "What's a Monday Smile like?"

2012-03-05T15:22:00.000-05:00

MAIN ST. NEWS: Anonymous- JOIN US. Anonymous 2012

2012-03-05T14:09:00.003-05:00

Uploaded by THXi330 on Jan 1, 2012

We gonna take back our freedom and bring free knowledge to all.
You know greedy, we gonna fight back.

Simply 4lulz.

We're the people. The internet. The 99%. The humanity.
And we are the only system.

We are Anonymous.

We are Legion.

We do not Forgive.

We do not Forget.

To the United States government, you should've expected us.

pROJECT mAYhEM: In Tyler We Trust- Vote For Tyler

2012-03-01T14:26:00.000-05:00

MAIN ST. NEWS: POLITICS- Obama "NDAA"

2012-03-01T02:00:00.000-05:00

MAIN ST. NEWS: BIG OIL- Where's The Oil?

2012-03-01T01:00:00.000-05:00

MAIN ST. NEWS: Occupy The Media- Internment Camps in the US

2012-02-28T00:00:00.000-05:00

Uploaded by ReclaimReality on Jan 24, 2012

An insight into the FEMA concentration camps and the mass number of coffins around America.

Keep your Eyes on Your Monitors For:

http://www.Reclaim-Reality.com but for the meantime come check out our Facebook page or hit us up on Twitter

http://www.facebook.com/MakeMoneyWithReclaimReality.

'The Best Way To Predict Your Future Is To Create Your Own"

MAIN ST. NEWS: BLACK MARCH 2012- Boycott

2012-02-27T00:00:00.001-05:00

People kill for money, people die for money, people make Wars for money, people spend their lives looking for money, people give away their organs for money, people beg for money, people make love for money, people lose their souls for money, people have no money to eat, people waste their money, people live for money, people make laws for money, people break the law for money, people sue for money, people cheat for money, people lose their homes for money, people leave their countries for money, people work and give their time for money, people only create for money, people only invent for money, people live empty lives for money and people... some people only care about money because that's the meaning to their life here on earth.

BLACK MARCH 2012

MAKE A STAND THIS YEAR

AGAINST CONSUMERISM AND GREED

MAIN ST. NEWS: SomeEcards- "Paying My Debt"

2012-02-27T00:00:00.000-05:00

HEALTH: 9GAG- Thai Health "Sleepiness is Stronger Than You"

2012-02-26T17:24:00.001-05:00

MAIN ST. NEWS: CITIZEN REPORTER- Anonymous "2012 Military Service Personnel Call To Arms"

2012-02-25T14:47:00.002-05:00

Uploaded by TheAnonPress on Feb 25, 2012

Message From Anonymous

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Our enemies wage war on the 99% with their old tactics of money, lies and corruption. The current U.S. presidential election as already been decided by the 1%.

Their arrogance and belief that they are best suited to make all decisions for the 99% with no regard or consideration for whats the most ethical for the most amount of people is criminal.

The industrial War machine benefits only the 1% and the banks that finance them. All in the name of profit margins at a callous cost of civilian life's, social suffering and environmental destruction.

The United Corporations of America may consider themselves as people but they are not!

World War Web will continue, Our weapons are the Internet, Art, Technology, Truth, Awareness, Intellect, Collaboration and Peaceful protesting.

We are Legion, We are watching, We are sharing,

Expect us...

TRANSCRIPT:
Welcome to the Emergency Reality Network.

Please stand by for a public service announcement.

Please be advised that you have been advised.
Tomorrow has been canceled due to the lack of interest.
Thank you for your participation in humanity.
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.
This is a recording.

Connection Established:
Begin Protocol:
................................................................................
Greetings fellow citizens of the Super cedence.

This is a message for all those that have taken a solemn oath and or vow in service of their country. For this we salute you.
We commend your courage and commitment to serve a cause greater than yourselves. There is no greater Honor than to be in service for what you may believe in. Therefore, it is Our sad duty to clarify some oaths that are of grave concern.

For those men and women, who have taken or about to take this oath:

and I quote:
to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same:
End quote:

Please consider the following.

These are times of great peril.

The entire planet is on the verge of a great precipice from which we may not return.
With that oath, comes a great responsibility.
We are calling upon your sense of duty and justice to implore, beg and demand that you, as an autonomous being, establish the truth of your own understanding.
Heed Our words, the constitution is under immediate and direct threat from agents both foreign and domestic.
To be clear, it is your duty to identify and recognize this threat.
To be clear, it is your duty to develop strategies and employ necessary tactics to prevent this enemy from advancing.

Now, we could tell you that the government is at fault, or the bankers, or right wing extremists.

However, Intel is still being collected.

Certain facts are obvious. Millions of Americans are losing their jobs, their homes & their hope.
At some point in the not so distant future, everyone will be given a choice. Everyone will choose the level of their own participation.

Either you can be part of the problem or part of the solution.

To this end, we offer this pledge:

I pledge allegiance to dismantle:
The united state of the Corporations:
And to the profits for which they stand:
One nation, In dispute, end tyranny and torture on all:
...
Of this, We So Declare:

The time has come to Wage Peace.

We are not afraid.

We are not alone.
We are everywhere.
We are the future.
We are the 99 percent.

We are anonymous.
We are legion.
We will not forgive.
We will not forget.

Expect. us.

MAIN ST. NEWS: POLITICS- Obama "ACTA"

2012-02-23T15:51:00.002-05:00

MAIN ST. NEWS: BIG OIL- End Big Oil Handouts

2012-02-23T14:56:00.000-05:00

Big Oil receives $4 billion a year in tax credits and incentives. In the midst of painful budget cuts to health, education and other vital services this corporate welfare is even more outrageous. Government funding for profitable corporations like oil companies is among the first things that should be cut from the Federal Budget.

pROJECT mAYhEM: In Tyler We Trust- You ARE Tyler!

2012-02-23T14:08:00.004-05:00

MAIN ST. NEWS: Occupy The Media- The Concerns Behind the Keystone XL Pipeline

2012-02-21T09:33:00.001-05:00

Uploaded by TheMicShots on Feb 20, 2012

Kent Rowe of Occupy Wichita explains the environmental concerns behind the Keystone XL pipeline and how Koch Industries is connected. Kent is a former Green party Mayor of Longton, Kansas, Ph.D. Industrial Engineering Wichita State University (WSU), and a Pipeline Safety Contractor.

Video by Alex Gretsky

MAIN ST. NEWS: BLACK MARCH 2012- Money

2012-02-20T20:02:00.002-05:00

BLACK MARCH 2012

MAKE A STAND THIS YEAR

AGAINST CONSUMERISM AND GREED

MAIN ST. NEWS: SomeEcards- "Presidents day a SAD Reminder"

2012-02-20T19:27:00.001-05:00

WORLD PROBLEMS: RT- Italian police seize fake bonds worth a third of US national debt

2012-02-20T19:16:00.002-05:00

Published: 18 February, 2012, 16:37

Edited: 19 February, 2012, 11:22

Italian Carabinieri display fake U.S. Treasury bonds during a news conference in the southern Italian city of Potenza February 17, 2012. (REUTERS/Stringer Italy)

A huge batch of fake US Treasury bonds worth some $6 trillion – more than a third of the US national debt – has been seized by Italian police. Eight Italians have been arrested and accused of a large-scale international fraud.

The fake bonds and other securities were seized from a Swiss trust company during a joint operation by Italian, Swiss, and US authorities. The fake certificates signed "Chicago, Illinois, Federal Reserve Bank" were stored in trunks stamped with “Federal Reserve System, Treaty of Versailles” marks. The bonds were carrying the false date of issue of 1934.

The forgers were planning to use the fake certificates as collateral to secure loans in a number of Swiss banks, prosecutor of the southern Italian city of Potenza said as cited by Reuters.

The investigation began over a year ago as a trivial probe into Italian mafia loan-sharking. However, after the Italian authorities uncovered an international network plotting a full-scale fraud, they called upon their Swiss and US colleagues. The US experts helped to identify the bonds as fakes.

This is not the first attempt to defraud Swiss banks with fake US bonds, but the most ambitious so far.

In 2009 the officers of the Italian financial police arrested two Japanese nationals who tried to cross the Italian border and enter Switzerland with a suitcase full of fake US treasury bonds worth $134.5 billion.

In a similar incident in 2009 two Filipinos were arrested at Milan Airport with a bag of fake US bonds amounting to some $180 billion.

In January last year six smugglers were arrested during a routine search at a highway rest shop. They were carrying a briefcase full of fake bonds valued at approximately $20 billion.

MAIN ST. NEWS: LOL- Bill O'Reilly "Big Bang?"

2012-02-19T11:09:00.001-05:00