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These holes are not only amazing, but some are really terrifying - especially #5.

The sheer scale of these holses reminds you of just how tiny you are.

1.  Kimberley Big Hole - South Africa

Apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 3 tones of diamonds before being closed.

2.  Glory Hole - Monticello Dam, California

A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the reservoir.

This is the “Glory Hole” at Monticello Dam.  Its the largest in the world of this type of spillway.  Its size enables it to consume 14,400 cubic feet of water every second.

3.  Great Blue Hole, Belize.

This incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole is situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize.

There are numerous blue holes around the world, but none as stunning as this one.

4.  Sinkhole in Guatemala.

This photo is of a sinkhole that occurred early this year in Guatemala.  The hole swallowed 2 dozen homes and killed at least 3 people.

And the really terrifying one!

5.  The Rat Hole.

This is the famous “Rat Hole” that you have heard about in D.C.

It is capable of swallowing trillions and trillions of Federal Reserve Notes annually, never to be heard from again.

Reputed to contain at least 535 ass-holes.

Dear Reader,

This is something everyone should think about and consider…

Separating People From Government
Linguistic Tools For
Seeing Your World More Clearly

Dear A-Letter Reader,

On the advice of the good doctor Ron Paul, I’ve made a few changes to the way I speak and write over the last few years. And one of those changes has helped make a crucial difference in the way I see and think about our country…

Dr. Paul insists that when we’re talking about our government, we say “The U.S. government” and not simply, “the US,” as you’ll often hear in the foreign media. So – for example – instead of talking about how “the U.S. plans to spend a trillion in stimulus,” you say “the U.S. government plans to spend a trillion in stimulus…”

It sounds like a miniscule change…something you’ll barely notice at first. But over the coming weeks and months, it will help you to make a critical distinction in your mind. The distinction between the people of the United States and their elected representatives.

It will remind you that those entities are separate. That one’s decision doesn’t necessarily imply the complicit cooperation of the other. That the elected officials of the U.S. don’t carry some kind of universal, unanimous mandate of the people.

This might sound a little fractious…a little rebellious or even *gasp* against the grain of blind nationalism. But then again nationalism and the truth never made for great bedfellows.

The Sovereign Society