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Johnny Harpo Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 10:08 PM
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What's Happening And Why.....
Many of you (along with my wife and myself) have watched financial devastation roll through large portions of our country these past few months and wondered how in the hell this could have happened.

Many of you (along with my wife and myself) I’m sure have wondered: Are those ‘Fat Cat’ ‘Movers and Shakers’, the upper 2% of the population who control 90% of the money so greedy that they would allow this to happen for the sake of a higher dividend and some more money added to the millions they already have?

The sad answer, I’m afraid, is YES they would and they will tell us all that they all sleep very well at night.

What is happening now in the United States, is the ultimate culmination of the economic theories developed by Milton Friedman while head of the Economics Department at the University of Chicago and in turn espoused to hundreds, if not thousands, of impressionable young minds who, for whatever reason, decided that Friedman made sense and became his ‘disciples’.

Details of Friedman’s gory approach to economics and capitalism can be found in ‘The Shock Doctrine – The Rise of Disaster Capitalism’ by Naomi Klein. If you have not already read it, I encourage you to do so and soon. However, be warned, this is not a book to read just before you go to bed at night.

What is happening now in America was in fact tested out and refined in Latin America, South America and Europe. You will read of economic disasters and say to yourself, ‘My God! That is exactly what’s going on in our economy now’.

What is happening now in America is no accident, IT WAS PLANNED! The seeds were planted elsewhere. Once they matured they were transplanted here and the roots have run deep.

Right now I’m not sure if we can ever get rid of it, and I fear for my grown children’s future and for the future of my yet un-conceived grand-children.

And I fear for the future of our nation for there is indeed evil afoot in the land and far, far too many days until November. To paraphrase Gordon Lightfoot, ‘The gales of November come early’ and they are blowing now!
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AX10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 10:09 PM
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1. Milton Friedman: The Ultimate Economic Terrorist.
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zeemike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 10:47 PM
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2. You are right it is all planed
And I know that such a statement risks the charge of conspiracy theorist, but so it is.
The reason most of us can't see it is because we do not see globally but hold on to the past thinking of Nation and country.
When you get that rich and powerful...the top 2%...the world is yours and you feel no loyalty to anything but other global movers and shakers. And even when you are in your own country you never see it but go from the roof of tall buildings by chopper to the airport and private jet to luxury locations never touching the ground or seeing the people that live ordinary lives there.
And so no matter what the fate of a country, War famine, disaster, or any kind of conflict, it will never effect them. It will only provide more opportunity for growth of there own wealth and power.

In short we have created a beast that has concurred the whole world.
Which is also the metaphor that the bible uses to describe the last days.
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superkia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-04-08 11:14 PM
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3. Money, power and CONTROL of those of us who physically run...
Edited on Fri Apr-04-08 11:18 PM by superkia
the country for that small percent. Without us, they are nothing so in order to have control of us to continue their lifestyles, they must run us into poverty as a control measure. Its taking place all over and I would guess it is spoke about in every bilderberg meeting since the 1950's when it started. I saw a clip of Bill Clinton calling someone a conspiracy theorist because he asked about the bilderberg meetings, I would love to hear Bill answer two questions.

1: If the bilderberg meetings are people coming together to discuss ideas of how to make the world better in the future, why is it that only certain countries are invited? You will never see any oil rich country that isn't lockstep with America in these meetings, you will never see the so called axis of evil or terrorist states representatives at these meetings. Why? Wouldnt we want these people there so we can make our relationships better with them, find a way to a better future for all?

2: If no one is supposed to discuss what is spoke about at these meetings because they want everyone to be able to be honest without any persecution from their words or ideas, why then are top media officials invited? If they cant speak about the meetings what reason would the media representatives be there except to be a part of an agenda to control the media. Which we all already see is happening.


If you look at some of the past attendees, you will see some interesting names and will notice that even our Iraq war friends, Blair and Brown participate. Here is a list compiled on wikipedia, pretty interesting.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Bilderberg_attendees


The U.S. along with the E.U. leading the charge to takeover the world for the elite isn't going unnoticed abroad.

http://www.blacklistednews.com/view.asp?ID=6142
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crazymans economics Donating Member (77 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 07:42 AM
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4. Jack Bogle calls this a "Happy Conspiracy"
In my upcoming book, "Crazymans Economics," I refer to this group as "Masters of Illusion and Deception designed to seperate us from our money without accountability or prosecution." Either way, they are working to transfer as much actual wealth of the masses to their hands before all of the published value paper gets exposed as worthless.
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superkia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 12:35 PM
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8. And at that point the E.U. will either do the same to the euro and...
their people or they will make that switch to the supposed Amero or some other world currency that the elite will control. I think it is smart of Venezuela for instance, to start their own banking system because I am sure they are onto what is taking place. Do you have a time frame on a release of your book or is it in the works, sounds interesting.
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truedelphi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 12:15 AM
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11. People get all gnarly whenever anyone tries to point out the truth
Abt the Federal Reserve, as well. Makes on wonder, doesn't it?

And I find it of great interest that Hillary Clinton has already suggested that we ask Greenspan to come in and referee the mortgage crisis.
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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 07:56 AM
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5. What's Happening? It is called 'wealth transfer' or 'organized looting'. nt
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DemReadingDU Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 09:22 AM
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6. As I replied on a different thread


Why would Paulson leave Goldman Sachs where he was earning multi-millions, to be the Secretary of Treasury earning multi-thousands?

He wouldn't have left to fix problems, but to find ways to protect his rich cronies' investments.
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Celebration Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-05-08 09:59 AM
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7. one correction
It isn't the upper 2%-- that is not nearly exclusive enough for these dudes--it is the upper two tenths of one percent.
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Karenina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-07-08 12:13 PM
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12. I wonder who they are...
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liberal4truth Donating Member (309 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-06-08 02:21 AM
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9. Thanks for posting this. It makes sense to me. Greed, the root of all evil. nt
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-06-08 12:07 PM
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10. greed is good
unrestrained capitalism is the most potent form of terrorism ever invented. It should be illegal.
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