Ron Paul: Audit Fort Knox: FLASHBACK Nov 07

If he wanted to audit Fort Knox, that means something fishy is going on. I think he has officially withdrawn from the presidential race. But anything is possible, there are 5 and a half months left. And people who rock the boat, disappear, often with heart attacks. I wouldn’t count him out of the running. He seems to have a sense of how far he can go. But Fort Knox being filled with Hershey bars could upset some people. Ron Paul has made the preservation of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights a centerpiece in his campaign for the Whitehouse and has said in the past that he would ‘repeal the police state’ referring to the Patriot Act. Paul hammered the Federal Reserve monetary system for creating money out of thin air and said that true inflation was being covered up. He also said to volcanic cheers that he wanted to Audit Fort Knox. Paul linked freedom to prosperity. We can’t afford empire, empire costs money and we are going into debt to finance the war. Paul criticized the cost of ‘maintaining empire’  referring to the U.S. global military presence.

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Natural News: The Economics of World Hunger, explained

Source: http://www.naturalnews.com/023387.html See also : http://foodcrisis.wordpress.com/

Dow plummets 3%, Oil record high 138.5$.

Will it be black Monday (on Monday). Even if the Dollar is crashing and banks are failing. Life will continue, the States may begin to be like Argentina after the crash. Barter will get stronger. The rest of us will continue, albeit with some uncertainty. The press, the president and officials will say it is just a blip. But it is the beginning of the end for Free Market Capitalism, (and monopoly money) and for the Multinational that is not beholden to a country. What went wrong? Messianic instincts! The idea of shaping a legacy was so powerful, bigger than any individual’s common sense. And so at the height of power, people over extended themselves. The NeoCons could see this threat of recession as an opportunity to further their war aims, but a sudden crash could derail war intentions because it will cause social unrest in the US. Increasingly out on a limb is how authority looks, like in a bubble wrap. Like Nixon was. And in the midst of a revolution based on the internet. People all over the world sharing knowledge and attitudes. One of these Mondays there will be a crash. All the major traders will be recognised as rogue traders, without any concern for cum uppence day. The worst part is: in the end everything was contingent on Iraq. Now the western financial system is sinking at the bottom and at the top. These people are in no condition to go to war. They might know how to start a war, with multiple maps and plans. But they have no clue as to what the enemy can do, nor do they know who all of the countries that would join the enemy are. Nor could they be relied upon to make a sane judgment in a crises. Whatever supporters they think they have, they do not include the populations of any country, except perhaps Israel. The NeoCons have lost, it has manifested in the economy. How much more folly are we going to allow?

The economy in Southern Spain: personal observations

I rely on the tourist trade in Andalucia, having been here three years, there has been a noticable decline each year, but this year is 25 per cent of last years tourist dinero. So less money and less people. Restaurants are down by far, and every other tourist trade. The Spanish economy is reportedly suffering, with a big slide in housing prices, 20% and more. The tourists and the expats are mostly of the ‘expect more gloom’ mood. Spain also has rural non commercial destinations where there is little consumerism. But if relying on the commerce of tourism be ones way of life, then right now it is looking terminal. With inflation noticable (particularly with food), and vacant seats and shops on the increase, it feels like the end of capitalism. Keynesian roadworks are everywhere, and the infrastucture is amazing (compared to the UK). But a whole way of life, of living off of tourists seems to be evaporating. The west is seeing the end of Reagonomics/Thatcherism, free trade and markets are starting to be scrutinised. Where’s the trickle down part? (picture from: http://www.nerja.to/nerja_beaches.htm the picture is only true symbolically)

Asia Times: Economic mayhem

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JF04Dj03.html http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JF04Dj01.html If the financial system does not change, Sharia law could start to look attractive.

Gold, the best guarantee against inflation.

Money, the way it has turned out.

Money the root of all evil. That is how the saying goes. And wouldn’t I love some.
But if you should offend anyone with lots of it, you are slowly made aware of its true value. You are greeted by a smile or by hostility, according to an economic chain of command.
Your ability to make money is likewise limited and confined.
Yet as an observer it seems the money system has run out of control. Inflation and debts, missing millions etc. And those that are no longer needed are chased with accusations of embezzlement.
And what is the war on terror if not a war for money.
Praising the ruling ideology should insure more income. To question it might not be so profitable.
Money has become a religion, and it is driving a wedge between people. And its prime function is as a tool to control. People will gladly be hostile for money. Similarly money can generate a falseness in a person, a false smile.
This is a money system, and even with inflation, it will still be here. We have a few years left as the world approaches end times. Money will rule in this period. And be more and more mafia like as well.
There is an equation between money and deception.

We are getting poor for the Iraq war

We are getting poor for the Iraq war
Inflation has arrived and is coming big time. So many trillions are owed by the banks that it would be more correct to call them zillions.
There have been major meetings in the past; like Bretton Woods for example. Where an entire financial system was redesigned. We need something of that magnitude.
There isn’t one benefit of the Iraqi war to visualize. Not that if there were one, it could be justified. But still to add insult to injury: just sky high oil prices going even higher. Yes war contractors have benefited. Well for those of us not that way inclined, life is getting harder. Less money coming in and prices going up, and the forecast is far worse.
Almost all inflation figures are already breaking records. Although there are some semantical spin games to rearrange the figures, and even those look bad. And what are our lords and chiefs doing, nothing, just more of the same.
For inflation figures, see The Mogambo Guru: www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JE17Dj01.html

The end of the economic credit carnival

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Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.
Karl Marx

Sell a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man how to fish, you ruin a wonderful business opportunity.
Karl Marx

“The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class are to represent and repress them.”

Karl Marx

“Religion is the impotence of the human mind to deal with occurrences it cannot understand”

Karl Marx

What goes down with the US dollar?

What goes down with the US dollar.
Spin goes down (Advertising Companies), Imperialism, Corporate/brand loyalties evaporate. Suddenly ‘thou shall not worship false Gods’ rings true. No media figures, that means no modern deities.
Banks, financial institutions, working in the City, no more. That means an end to credit cards, bank loans and mortgages.
Bric a brac, garage sales will be a growth industry.
The back biting will be deafening, trying to apportion blame.Cars with no fuel.
Somehow the US will split up. Even if it keeps its federal structures. It will in reality be a load of fiefdoms. Or more commonly known as Gangs.
The infrastructure has already long been neglected, now it’ll be the turn of advanced weaponry, like the concerns were when the soviet union broke up.
There isn’t much justice now, there will be far less after there are only more fiefdoms and nepotism.
The people will vent there anger at the wealthy. Somehow the entire echelon of politicians will be so unpopular they’ll run for their lives.
The goal posts will be moving. the wealthy would be grateful if even the communists could create order from the lynchings. Probably Islam will stand tall with some social programs.
If the crash comes before the November elections, surely (out of the three) Obama would be the only hope. As the other two could only polarize, being such apparent apostles of the rich.
The end of trickle down capitalism. Out of chaos will be opportunities for the opportunists, but that will be short lived. The wrath of a people is too large.
The rest of the world will suffer a little, but in fact be strengthened.
The empty properties will be occupied. Gone will be the sacredness of the private landlords.
Now, writers should end on a positive note:
With the decline of the current oligarchy and the military oil complex, will come some self examination and hopefully less self righteousness.
And there will be a return to a sense of community, which is only natural for us humans.

There is a more scientific prognosis here: Draining national prosperity
www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JE07Dj02.html

Foodstamps anyone?

Foodstamps anyone?
Central banks reserve funds to be kept secret. Which banks to be bailed out will not be publicised. This suggests insolvency.
Inflation will disguise the lowering value of houses. Only if the prices were expressed in purchasing power would they be revealing. If houses go down ten per cent and there is inflation of ten per cent, then houses have really gone down twenty percent.
Lend lend, print print. Pass laws, all of which are stop gap.
The real issues are: lack of wealth creation, that is everything being outsourced.
There will be anger on the street.
And there aren’t any alternatives being offered. Just patchwork.
The whole debt/lend/borrow economy is the general malignancy. And the global free trade which means own the factory, the transport and lend to the consumer. Somehow it is not sustainable. A fortune being spent on wars and security, and no one in power saying, ’stop’!
The unfolding food crises is new, and it is going to cause a rethink.
Maybe Capitalism has peaked.
Can our leaders (not our politicians) think of a new way.
A social welfare system is going to be required. A compassionate idealogy. The golden handshakes aren’t helping anyone.
And taxes going up or down, are also not a solution. A new system is needed. Take a look at communism, capitalism, democracy, religion, take the best from each, and put it in a blender.
The powerful now rely on a human’s weaknesses and fears. But if everyone should get together, in a show of anger, then it all be torn down.
No more bio fuels, no more GM, no more reliance on free market principles. It is a case of going back to market intervention for social reasons.

Capitalism won’t end

Capitalism ends when Money is worthless.

Irrespective of the warning shots that are around, we are still beholden to money. While inflation is apparent, and loose money seems rarer, it is still a very functioning system.
Even when countries suffer hyperinflation, they still use paper money, although we could guess more bartering will go on.
Nevertheless there is some type of end game developing. Food shortages and ever abundant weaponry, widening gap between poor and rich. And mans inhumanity to all living things.
Imagine mayhem with a still functioning capitalism.
No country is able to extricate itself from globalisation. And globalisation is free capitalism. No Albanias, no closed systems.
However food is a different story, export bans are increasing.
So at the very least we can have money and weapons.
The stock markets could collapse, so could financial institutions. It is arguable if they actually create any wealth. And insider trading as a crime, is a contradiction in terms. In other words it is the norm.
Capitalism has now brought us biofuels. The ramifications defy language. How does one explain the results of bio fuels?
When the hungry riot and revolt, will they be called AlQueda? Or what? What bogey word will be devised?

Dear Israel, its Goodbye America time

Doesn’t matter, Obama, Clinton or McCain

Vietnam ended with the intelligentsia; the people on the streets came at the end.

It was the intellectuals, the professors and the students

Now it is the internet.

Food Inflation war dead, false intelligence plummeting dollar oil prices

Don’t be angry with me for saying what everyone can feel.

There is far worse and more explicit stuff circulating.

Now is the time to consider the divorce details

You want it to go to court?

Scupper the ship?

Remove more of your superiors.

Somehow separating religion from the states affairs (aka Meretz) might be a good idea, but that is for the future, now is the time to contend with the aftermath of the Likud and the Neo cons, who cared so very very much.

With foresight, there is a lot to gain, if only to prevent an even greater loss.

Considering assets and good will in Europe, the Gulf and Asia, Why jeopardise those.

Americans aren’t in fact that supplicant, and given their short history, there is a loose cannon element.

How to let go, is the biggest question?

And if you are driven to take the American Jews with you, this could well be a mistake; most of them are probably more American than jewish.

Maybe this unfolding separation will cause the Zionist movement to reinvent itself.

Allowing the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to go on is a disaster. This is the root of the problems, and with every day it continues, so it will be worse.

Even with CBS, Fox, NBC and ABC and 9 ten or 11 major Networks. They only command the cacklers and the hens.

But they are peoples Mothers, a voice cries …………..

The world is also watching as America is being bled dry, in Iraq etc.

C’mon you decision makers, right the boat.

It all went horribly wrong because of a perceived bequeathed nobleness. Hence Bush’s “Noble cause”.

Pull the plug, not on me, not the weak, but on the misguided reps of greater Israel.

Wall Street Journal: Stock up on Food

 

 

R.O.I.

By BRETT ARENDS

Load Up the Pantry
April 21, 2008 6:47 p.m.

I don’t want to alarm anybody, but maybe it’s time for Americans to start stockpiling food.