Myth 5: It’s A Free Country
谣言5：这是个自由的国度
There is a general belief that we can walk anywhere, rest anywhere or do whatever we need to do to survive. Tell that to the homeless. Although courts struck down laws against vagrancy years ago, sleeping on the streets or in public parks is still illegal, as is hitchhiking, panhandling and other "freebies" poke people need to survive.
人们普遍认为在美国，想去哪儿都可以，想睡哪儿也没人干涉，为了生存什么都能干。流浪汉们可不这么想。即使多年前法庭就已经废除了“流浪罪”，但在街道或公园里睡觉仍然是违法的，同样，搭便车、行乞等流浪汉们用来赖以生存的“免费的东西”，也都是违法的。
And there are countless laws and ordinances designed to give police officers probable cause to violate our freedoms. In June 2011, a woman in Rochester, New York was arrested simply for filming a traffic stop from her front lawn, proving that we aren’t free -- even if we stay in our yards.
此外，还有数不清的法规和条例使警察们拥有充足的理由来干预人们的自由。2011年的6月在纽约州的罗切斯特市，一位女士仅仅因为站在自家草坪上拍摄一个停车标记而被捕——这件事证明了我们是不自由的——即使站在自己地盘里，也同样不自由。
Myth 6: The Federal Reserve Is U.S. Owned &Operated
谣言6：美联储是由美国掌控的
The Fed conducts the nation’s monetary policy, but faces no regulation from the government aside from the appointment of its President and Board of Governors. Otherwise, the central bank can do what it pleases.
美联储管理着全美的货币政策，却完全不受政府约束，只受美联储主席和理事会成员指挥。要不是有这层限制，央行简直可以为所欲为了。
Recent proof comes direct from former Chairman Alan Greenspan, who stated point blank that the U.S. Government cannot do anything to influence the Fed’s policy. And, more recently, according to Bloomberg News, the bank refused "to disclose the recipients of more than $2 trillion of emergency loans from [the bailout] and the assets the central bank is accepting as collateral."
最近的证据来自前主席阿兰格林斯潘，他直白地点出：美国政府对美联储货币政策的影响力几乎为零。不久前，据彭博新闻社的消息，央行“拒绝公开2万亿美元紧急贷款的接受人名单，这些贷款均来自于保释金及央行持有的担保资产。”
Myth 7: The Bushes Are Texan
谣言7：布什家族是得克萨斯人
Despite deep ties to the Texas oil business, including failed ventures from G.W., the roots of the Bush family are about as Texan as, say, Connecticut. The Bush’s are a northeast elite banking family, whose lineage extends back to the British crown. W’s grandfather Prescott Bush was a member of Yale’s elite Skull and Bones secret society, as were Bush, Sr. and W. himself. Prescott went on to unfathomable Wall Street riches and infamy, after he was tried and charged with money laundering for the Nazis during WWII.
尽管布什家族在德州有庞大深厚的石油产业，其中也包括小布什那些失败的投资，但这个家族真正的产业根基其实是在康涅狄格州。布什家族是东北部的银行世家，可往前追溯到英国皇室。小布什的爷爷普利史考特·布什曾是耶鲁大学“骷髅会”秘密精英社团的成员之一，他的儿子、孙子也不例外。普利史考特也曾是深不可测又臭名昭著的华尔街一员，二战时被指控曾为纳粹洗钱。
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