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Is There A Conspiracy For Your Money?

2011-03-11T15:54:00.001+00:00

Recently (circa October 2010) the manager of the world’s largest private bond fund, also referred to as the Bond King, said that the Quantitative Easing, and various other efforts of the Federal Reserve, essentially represent the biggest Ponzi scheme on the planet and that investors should own fewer bonds.

In addition, over the past 10 years, as a result of excessive money printing leading to a runaway supply of money, we have seen an unprecedented bursting of bubble after bubble … first the tech industry bubble burst, then the telecom industry bubble burst, the housing industry bubble burst, and finally the investment banking industry (including AIG) bubble burst exposing the overall Global Financial Crisis.

With all the financial engineering enabling these activities, it has been estimated that the exposure (which is default insurance) associated with the derivatives, credit default swaps, and mortgage back securities is 50X the GDP of all the economies in the world. There would not be enough money on the planet to pay the insurance claims if only a small part of the underlying collateral such as mortgages and government, or sovereign, (both state and Federal) bonds were to default.

The fact is that the fate of Washington (including the Federal Reserve Bank) and Wall Street (including large Money Center Banks, the Stock, Commodities, & Futures Exchanges, and the Securities Industry) are more interconnected than ever.

Unfettered deficit spending, gluttonous consumption, and government’s control of the economy, and the financial system, has ravaged the business environment, devastated consumer confidence, and pushed the global economy to the brink.

Once again, America’s experiment with a central banking system, and fiat currency, has run its course. In all of the history of money, a fiat currency has never worked. There is a 100% failure rate with fiat currency.

This has lead to an epic financial bubble that is plaguing the United States and will soon bring an end to this once great empire nation.

The question becomes how to protect your financial well-being as the American empire collapses upon itself.

Since modern day bank robbers no longer wear masks, nor do they carry guns, what you know about money will determine whether you become rich or whether you become poor. There will no longer be a middle of the road approach; the middle class is about to be wiped out. Those waiting for the OLD economy to come back will risk losing everything.

The biggest risk in the years ahead is being financially uneducated because the financial industry is “cleverly” exploiting those who are uneducated about money. Since the rules of money have changed forever, it is best to learn about the NEW rules of money in the NEW economy.

As such, it is only natural that a large number of people are quickly undertaking efforts to become savvy with their money, like the insiders, by obtaining sufficient financial education

To gain the necessary financial education, it is best to pursue association with, access to, and membership in, a wealth creation community. As a result, you will learn about alternative wealth creating strategies and consider investments in non dollar- denominated assets … perhaps emerging markets … perhaps energy assets that are inherently useful like oil rigs, hydropower, or methanol plants … perhaps precious metals, rare earths, water rights, oil, natural gas, potash mines, or gold mines … things hard to build, difficult to replace, and costly to substitute … definitely not financial stocks, definitely not retail stocks, definitely not commercial property.

For those wanting protection of their purchasing power in gold, there are several ways that may be appropriate to obtain this protection. These include direct ownership in minted coins, use of gold exchange-traded funds, gold mutual funds, and junior gold stocks. Many are investigating having part of their IRAs in gold, silver, precious metals, and non-dollar denominated currencies.

Additionally, you will want to learn secrets to grow and protect your financial future by using methods and techniques of the rich, like Bank On Yourself. Bank On Yourself is a unique, powerful, and time-tested method that Wall Street, Banks, and Finance Companies do not want you to know. Being part of a wealth creation community, you will learn the secrets of the rich and understand that certain whole life insurance contracts with special features (not widely known) like a “paid-up additions rider” on the policy, enable you to become the source of financing for your home, home repairs, business equipment, college education, and other major purchases like cars, vacations, and even vacation or retirement homes. By using this method, you are able to pay yourself the interest that you would have paid to banks, if you had financed these purchases. You thereby reduce or eliminate the control these institutions have over you.

In addition, for those that truly believe sovereign risk is the greatest risk we all face, it is wise to learn how to implement a multiple flag strategy to diversify this risk or provide protection against higher taxes, capital controls, hyper-inflation, civil unrest, erosion of personal liberty, and the rise of a police state. With a multiple flag system, you consider taking preparations like, but not limited to, establishing a foreign bank account, purchasing some real estate overseas, seeking alternate sources of income, having dual citizenship, and carrying multiple passports.

I trust this post provides a little more insight into the financial crisis that is upon us in terms of the empire of debt, capital being on strike, and the lowering of our standard of living. If you take control of your financial life you can reduce the impact of the volatile stock market and the loss of your nest egg. You can use this insight to increase your lifetime wealth and reach your goals and dreams as long as you become an activist for your money.

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Control the Food - Control the People

2011-03-08T13:40:00.004+00:00

Some of the current bills in Congress could be some of the most dangerous legislation in the history of America. The upcoming lame-duck session will likely be a last ditch effort to jam some of these bills through in order to further advance a progressive agenda. Three of the most dangerous bills in Congress are Senate Bill S.510 the Food Safety Modernization Act, Senate Bill SB 787 the Clean Water Restoration Act, and HR 5101 the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2010. These bills, if passed, could put the United State government in control of the entire food and water supply in America.

Senate Bill S.510, the Food Safety Modernization Act, could make it illegal to grow, share, trade, or sell home-grown food. World renowned microbiologist, human rights activist, and Canada Health whistle blower, Dr. Shiv Chopra said of the bill, “If accepted [S.510] would preclude the public’s right to grow, own, trade, transport, share, feed and eat each and every food that nature makes. It will become the most offensive authority against the cultivation, trade and consumption of food and agricultural products of one’s choice. It will be unconstitutional and contrary to natural law or, if you like, the will of God.”

Steve Miller of Clarkston, Georgia is currently in the process of being fined $5,000 for "growing too many vegetables". In January of this year, DeKalb County Code Enforcement officers cited Miller for growing too many vegetables and having unpermitted workers on his property. If bill S.510 passes, this will become the norm instead of the exception.

The basis of SB 787, the Clean Water Restoration Act, is to expand the authority of the Corps of Engineers to control the land that is “adjacent to, near, is affected by, or affects” any body of water in the United States. The definition of “waters” in the bill will include even “dry desert potholes” and any location that has water, or might have water even for a temporary period of time. This has the potential to be one of the most destructive bills in the history of Congress regarding property rights. Under the authority of this bill, the Corps of Engineers could require a permit even to mow residential lawns! Advocates of the bill claim that statements like this are ridiculous because the “agency would never attempt such local control.” Does anyone believe that once a government agency has been granted “expanded authority” that they will choose not to exercise that authority?

HR 5101, the Wildlife Corridors Conservation Act of 2010, creates a program to accumulate data pertaining to wildlife migratory patterns in order to establish “corridors” that would minimize human activity within these corridors. This means no hunting, no fishing, no camping, or any other activity within these corridors. Is this in the interest of “wildlife conservation”, or is something else going on here?

The combination of these three bills in Congress would grant government bureaucrats control of the farming industry, the United States water supply, and even the food that could be obtained through hunting and fishing. Viewed separately, these bills may be spun as “in the interest of public safety”, “in the interest of environmental concern”, and “in the interest of wildlife preservation”, but when viewed collectively, this is an obvious attempt by the government to control the people. If the government is allowed to have total control of the food and water supply, they would by default have total control of the citizens of the United States. Control the food, control the people. This control, without a doubt, tramples on certain “unalienable rights” endowed to us by our CREATOR, among them Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. If you don’t have food, you don’t have life. If you have to rely on the government for food, you don’t have liberty. I don’t know for sure “yet”, so I can only assume that it would be rather difficult to pursue happiness while standing in government bread lines. America, are you listening?

Article Author:
Michael Kinzie

Think our problems are new problems?

2011-01-24T17:18:00.006+00:00

"The budget should be balanced; the treasury should be refilled; public debt should be reduced; and the arrogance of public officials should be controlled."

- Cicero. 106-43 B.C.

------------- 1900 years later and we're still ignoring this sage advice.

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is to fill the world with fools." -- 'State Tamperings with Money Banks' -- Herbert Spencer (1820-1903).

Well, I think it would be more accurate to say that the fools are crowding the halls of power, lending themselves as the instruments of a rather shadowy and influential, loosely linked group of people and corporations, none of whom have our best interests at heart. They are, of course, concerned solely with their own enrichment, and should not be permitted to manipulate populations through influence with our elected officials.

Please do not misunderstand me - I am not interested in communism or extremes of socialism, systems which have themselves been proven to be as open to corruption as any other. Rather, I would urge people to be a little more interested in what is happening around them, and ensure that, over time, some discipline is forced upon our political leaders. We do not have to put up with the depradation and level of exploitation to which we are, very quietly, subjected by the great and the 'good', and the fair and decent people of the reasonable right should be heard.

The nations of the west belong to their citizens, and we have the right, indeed the obligation, to prevent them from being gradually dismantled by people who show loyalty only to themselves. If you are in agreement with these sentiments, please let me know at dreadnought@zoho.com.

Blog Review - Crooks and Liars

2010-12-07T17:32:00.002+00:00

I recently came across crooksandliars.com (C&L), a blog covering stories about, you guessed it crooks and liars in the American Establishment. The site content is open to all, but has a membership option for people to publish their own posts; membership is also required to add comments to posts. Having browsed fairly extensively, I would say that the posts come from a combination of straightforward people from blue-collar backgrounds/proponents of small government:

... and people who lean just a little (only a little) to the left:

The comments on the posts tend to be a little less restrained than the articles, but most are nevertheless considered and to the point. The posts themselves, although almost exclusively US-centric, are really quite enlightening, with the right mix of fact and opinion. At the top of the site are tabs linking the reader to topic-specific areas, such as 'Blue America' ("actions dedicated to specific endeavors, like defeating Blue Dogs") and 'Third Branch', containing posts related to the goings-on in, for example, the Supreme Court.

Overall, this blog is well worth a look - a few of the articles are truly eye-opening, and many of the rest will hold the interest of people even in the UK and Europe.

Dreadnought Rating: 7 out of 10

Wikileaks Update

2010-12-03T17:10:00.000+00:00

Further to the previous post, it seems that Wikileaks is nowhere to be found. Sources suggest pressure has been put upon the current host, U.S.-based EveryDNS.net, to evict, or at least suspend, the controversial website from it's quarters, resulting in it's disappearance from the net.

EveryDNS.net has claimed that hacking attempts (Government sponsored? see previous post) aimed at Wikileaks have been disrupting service to it's other customers, but as usual this seems rather too neat and tidy for Dreadnought's liking. They have provided a statement:
"EveryDNS.net provided domain name system (DNS) services to the wikileaks.org domain name until 10PM EST, December 2, 2010, when such services were terminated. As with other users of the EveryDNS.net network, this service was provided for free. The termination of services was effected pursuant to, and in accordance with, the EveryDNS.net Acceptable Use Policy...

...Thus, last night, at approximately 10PM EST, December 1, 2010 a 24 hour termination notification email was sent to the email address associated with the wikileaks.org account. In addition to this email, notices were sent to Wikileaks via Twitter and the chat function available through the wikileaks.org website. Any downtime of the wikileaks.org website has resulted from its failure to use another hosted DNS service provider."

Will we see the exposure of the hacking source in the near future? After all, government employees are notoriously gossipy, and much given to spilling the beans to the press at every opportunity.

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Wikileaks Founder Named In Interpol Warrant - US Governmant Smear Tactic?

2010-12-02T14:40:00.003+00:00

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has recently been the subject of an Interpol 'red notice' regarding charges of alleged rape and sexual molestation in Sweden. This red notice is effectively an arrest warrant, requesting that a participating country detain and extradite the individual named in the warrant as soon as possible. Mr Assange is at the time of writing residing in the United Kingdom; however, Scotland Yard have not recieved any specific request to arrest him, and it has been put forward that the issuance of this red notice is in fact politically motivated, and is at the behest of the United States, angry at the publishing by Wikileaks of huge numbers of leaked secret and confidential documents.

A Swedish judge originally ordered Assange to be detained on November 18th, prior to which the former hacker had been given permission to leave the country, from where he proceeded to the UK. He has been living openly somewhere in the southeast of that country, leading some to speculate that the timing of the Interpol red notice, and indeed Interpol's very involvement, are a direct or indirect result of pressure from the US. This has in turn left the Obama administration open to accusations of using smear tactics to attack Mr Assange, as they are currently unable to prosecute him for publishing the leaked information - they are only able to pursue the source or sources of the leaks, rather than the publisher himself.

Additionally, the Wikileaks website has been under attack by a hacker or hackers, and has had to 'move house', possibly more than once. The perpetrator of these denial of service attacks has come forward as an ID-disguised private individual using a Russian email address, but sources claim that this is, again, the actions of a government department, be it the US or some other affected nation.

Dreadnought in no way condones the crimes alleged to have been commited by Mr Assange, and suggests that he return to Sweden freely and of his own accord to face the allegations. At the same time, however, we find that the tactics said to have been used by the US government smack of state bullying, and rather tarnish the reputation of the American people.

This is not the way to run a nation which boasts, with good cause, of being the best qualified to lead the way this century.

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