Hurricane Oddities...

Strange.

That's the word that comes to mind when I mused over the recent rash of devastating hurricanes. Let's start by stating a few things.

1. Hurricane seasons appear to cycle from devastating to annoying over the course of decades.
2. Hurricane Rita appears on a near-perfect devastation course for Houston, TX and it's shipping lanes/refineries.
3. On June 5th of this year, the FX network premiered the faux-documentary Oil Storm. In the made for TV movie, a hypothetical scenario is set up in which a series of events triggered by a hurricane set into motion massive increases in gas costs which result in martial law.
4. We know for a fact that legislation exists that prohibits 'Weather Modification'. Why would such proposals even be drawn up that consider this, unless it was a remote possibility.
5. US Defence Secretary Cohen at one point said -

"Others [terrorists] are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves... So there are plenty of ingenious minds out there that are at work finding ways in which they can wreak terror upon other nations...It's real, and that's the reason why we have to intensify our [counterterrorism] efforts."

The Real Effect
Does anyone else find it odd that in the wake of a war that secured much of the Mideast oil in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have not one, but two hurricanes that jeopardize much of our production?

Look for oil to explode well over $3 a gallon and the dreaded word 'shortage' to start to appear. I believe that we will see the economy start to stutter like a dying giant, staggering into a recession, if not a depression.


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Rita and Oil

It has been a little while since I posted an oil update, so here is a quick recap on my opinions.

I have been tracking oil increases June with the stated prediction (see bottom of the page) that prices on crude would double over the next year, resulting in a depressed economy. So far we are 1/2 way there.

I believed, but admittedly did not post, that oil would retreat temporarily in order to allow profiteers to buy at a lower cost and then drive up to it's next plateau. We can see that happening here.

Now comes news that Hurricane Rita is menacing the Texas coast and oil refineries are shutting down.

The Real Effect
Do not panic, but fuel up your car now, before the price increases come. I believe that this will further reduce the American refining capacity and continue the coming American recession.

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EU and the Coming AU

Back at the end of August in the posting entitled Katrina, Gas and the Economy I introduced to my blog the globalist used term of "harmonization".

The term refers to a process in which different societies begin to adopt the same: laws, ways of solving problems and governments. We all like 'harmony' don't we?

By using this insidious war on words, the globalists are able to demonize those that would resist their efforts based on the meaning of a single word, not their process of governance.

I introduce to you ABC, a long-standing global propagandist, as it offers up the following piece on a proposed EU telephone law.

"The European Commission has adopted proposals to log details of all telephone, Internet, and e-mail traffic, to combat terrorism and serious crime."

Let's stop for a second. Notice that in the first sentence of the article there is two important points.

1. The EU is writing laws for their member states. Given all states must approve, but that can be changed. For all those who support the "free trade" shadow, take note. First you get the trade bloc in place, then you start passing laws to regulate the trade in the name of protecting the public.
2. "to combat terrorism AND serious crime." (Emphasis mine) This statement accomplishes two things - it links terrorism and crime in the public mind and it expands the reach of anti-terror legislation to serious crime.

The piece continues -

" The Commission's text aims to harmonise the current patchwork of data retention practices across the bloc."

Notice how it refers to individual national laws as a "current patchwork....across the bloc."

Now, take this in context with much of what has been done/is being done in the name of free trade and one is left with the stunning realization that the United States is on the same track. Recently, The Age reported on George Bush's proposal to the United Nations for "trade liberalisation and the removal of trade barriers and subsidies on agriculture" Some sources reported this as a total removal of all trade barriers.

The Real Effect
For those of you that still believe that George Bush is a true conservative, follow the overall effect on what is happening to the sovereignty of the American Republic. (Note we are NOT a Democracy) Here are a few of the thousands of disturbing trends that should serve to convince you that our leaders do not have our best interests at heart.

1. The implementation of a track and trace network for control of the "civilian" population.
1. Traffic cameras, electronic tolls, RFID, Verichip, GPS.
2. National ID card
2. Removal of any semblance of personal sovereignty
1. The Supreme Court Kelo case, code enforcement, modern city planning, oppressive property taxes.
2. Enforcement/passage of "hate laws" which criminalize opinions and speech.
3. Failure to enforce one of the few Constitutionally mandated reponsibilities to secure the border.
3. Martial Law
1. Increased military presence and talks of cooperation between law enforcement and the Department of Defense.
2. FEMA
4. Depressed personal economy
1. Inflation
2. Increased 'law enforcement' resulting in increasing oppressive taxes that attack wealth and encourage poverty.

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National ID - Redux

Secretary of State James Baker III and former President Jimmy Carter have come out in favor of a National ID card.

The Real Effect
This is a tricky issue. On it's surface, I am in favor of standardized (read 'national') ID's being required in order to vote. I believe this greatly reduces the amount of vote fraud that is being perpetuated in not only our state of Wisconsin, but many others.

However, I do believe that this issue is a bit of a Trojan horse.

If there are not verifiable paper trails on many of the new electronic machines that are going in (a result of the Help America Vote Act of 2002), which there is not, than it does not matter who votes, or in what manner he or she votes as the actual vote can be manipulated on the receiving end. Seeing as how many of the voting machines that are currently in place are not able to be reviewed for security, (http://www.blackboxvoting.org/) then it matters little how we verify the voter, because in the end, we deploy a National ID card.


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Rita Watch

Rita, now a level 2 hurricane is on the horizon of the Gulf and a possibility to menace the LA area once again. More as it becomes available.

Clinton Positions for U.N. Post

Clinton sounds off by breaking longstanding tradition of ex-President's non-commenting on sitting President's policy thereby effectively positioning himself for the head United Nations position.

According to the report, Clinton stated the Bush administration had decided to invade Iraq

"virtually alone and before UN inspections were completed, with no real urgency, no evidence that there were weapons of mass destruction."

Way to follow the times Clinton. We established this well over a year ago.

Clinton said there had been a "heroic but so far unsuccessful" effort to put together an constitution that would be universally supported in Iraq.

Talk about stating the obvious. But why do you suppose this is? Do you think it has anything to do with the Clinton Global Initiative?

The Real Effect

He seems to be following the standard issue progression:

1. Identify or selectively 'notice' a given problem publicly.
2. Issue statements to the press condemning the problem, invoking the name of The People in order to legitimize your stance.
3. Create a perceived groundswell of opposition to the problem through manipulation of public opinion via the mainstream media.
4. Announce that The People will no longer tolerate such behavior and enact a given "solution".

Expect continued condemnation of supposed 'religious wars' as conditioning to accept a one-world religion and reorganization of the United Nations into a supposedly less corrupt, more efficient (read dictatorship) global body.

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Avian Flu, the Next Big Shamdemic?

Avian Flu: Is the Government Ready for an Epidemic?

Piggy-backing off the insanity prevalent in the New Orleans area, ABC news runs the latest panic piece invoking apocalyptic images designed to elicit mass-fear and terror. Recently we have had SARS, West Nile, and a whole host of 'killer diseases' posing the newest threat to the public at large.

The article starts off with -

"It could kill a billion people worldwide, make ghost towns out of parts of major cities, and there is not enough medicine to fight it. It is called the avian flu." (Cue music from the movie Halloween.)

"Gasp....Oh no!" we are supposed to say. "Whatever will we do?" Never mind the fact that it has killed only 57 people so far, Laurie Garrett, a senior fellow on global health policy at the Council on Foreign Relations has something to say. "Right now in human beings, it kills 55 percent of the people it infects, That makes it the most lethal flu we know of that has ever been on planet Earth affecting human beings." I guess we take our public health cues from the CFR now.

Not to be confused with a slow response kind of individual, President Bush "agreed to stockpile $100 million worth of a still-experimental vaccine".

The Real Effect
Let's get real here for a second. (No pun intended)

.000000016% of the human population has had the Avian Flu and of that a little more than 1/2 of those have died. This is hardly an "epidemic" let alone the dreaded "pandemic" that we keep hearing about. I think it is safe to assume/conclude a few things -

1. We know little about how the 'Avian flu' would affect the general population.
2. There are few/no known cases in the U.S. (Assumed)
3. Therefore the response to "stockpile" 1/10 of a BILLION dollars worth of "experimental" vaccines can safely be construed as an over-reaction at best and most likely, panic-pandering.

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Schwarz To Run Again, For Which Office?

An Ah-nuld aide today proclaimed that Arnold would be running for election in the great state of Cal-e-fornia. Wonderful...and there was much rejoicing by the peasants.

Fortunately for you, I have been in on much of the inside scoop on Arnold for quite some time. Knowing that he was going to run and win before he announced his bid to the nation's surprise in the now somewhat famous late-night moment, I feel somewhat confident in joining the band wagon that claims that Arnold has his sites set on the U.S. presidency.

The Real EffectI strongly believe the following is not only very possible, but likely to happen -

1. Sagging poll numbers mean little to the elite. This will not effect much of anything and is a virtual moot point.
2. Arnold will run and will win another term in 2006 by a solid margin.
3. Some city, most likely LA, will receive the blunt of a terrorist attack. In the aftermath of the scenario, likely nuclear, Arnold will display Giuliani style resolve and repose which will catapult him to the national scene, setting his stage for a run on the Presidency in 2008, which I believe he can win.
4. Recognizing his new-found popularity, the clarion call to end the 'discriminatory' status of the U.S. constitution which prohibits foreign born persons from running for the office, which will be passed overwhelmingly in a pseudo-patriotic fervor.

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Milwaukee Journal Runs Thompson Chip Piece

Just to show the almost incredible lag that many of the mainstream media sources display on important issues on a regular basis, the Milwaukee Journal ran an article discussing ex-governor Tommy Thomspon's appointment to the board of Verichip Corp. and subsequent chipping. Yours truly covered this way back on August 8th, and many "alternative" sites covered it before me.

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Playmobil Creates Checkpoint Toy

The following toy is listed on Playmobil's website. Good to know that our children are being marketed toys that cheerfully depict the decline of American freedoms.


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DeLay declares 'victory' in war on budget fat

The following article blew my mind when I read it. It appears that House Majority Leader Tom DeLay feels that the government has declared "victory" and that there is 'simply no fat left to cut in the federal budget.' I believe this betrays many who in good faith voted for representatives that they honestly believed that they would hold the conservative line. Sucks to be deceived, no?

As I sit here somewhat shell-shocked, I wonder how many conservatives really believe much of the tripe they have been ingesting from these posers formerly known as conservatives. Honestly, did we expect anything else?


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A couple of quick updates...

Hot on the heels of the AP report that Mexican troops are aiding in New Orleans, reports are streaming in that armed Mexican troops are in the United States. Specifically, Texas. They are reported to be combat ready, "fully armed with Heckler & Koch German assault rifles." The report continues -

"The eyewitness described at least ten vehicles, four jeeps (other witnesses described them as Humvees) and six combat trucks brimming with armed Mexican troops wearing body armor, helmets and rifles. The troops riding in the jeeps were wearing holstered hand guns. The vehicles were not being escorted by the US army or any other government vehicles and the vehicles were festooned with insignia reading 'Mexico MP's' and the Mexican flag."

For those of you that doubt that globalization is the goal, keep watching the south as the call goes out for global cooperation.

The Real Effect
Watch for continued calls from key legislators to bolster our defenses by adding 'foreign assets'. I will go on record that I think that the following scenario is extremely possible, if not totally likely.

I believe there will be another terrorist attack(nuclear/biological) in the next few months, quite possibly near the anniversary of 911 that sets into motion the following script. In the haze of the next attack, Al-Quaeda accuses us of being 'weak' in the wake of the New Orleans attack and that they will continue to attack us to 'foster further division' among us. In response to this and criticism of FEMA's response to New Orleans, the government decides to "get tough" and foster unity in order to combat the invisible enemy. This will result in more gun confiscation, silencing of free speech and the like. After all, what do we have to hide?

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Martial Law in New Orleans

As I stated earlier, I spent some of the day Sunday preoccupied with CNN coverage of hurricane Katrina and their seeming apocalypse-oriented coverage of a storm and their seemingly conjoined relation to FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Come Monday morning, it would have seemed that their rantings were largely unwarranted and New Orleans had "dodged a bullet".

However, time sometimes leads to change and several levees saw fit to collapse which led to the Superdome having more in common with alligators than it previously had.

This situation eventually led to the declaration of martial law in the area to contain the damage. I have reason to believe that this is Federal martial law and not what would be a proper city/state martial law.

This in addition to the revelation that it would seem that the levees might have been allowed to collapse by what would seem to be Federal 'Officials' (one wonders why we tolerate our servants telling us what to do). In addition to this, we see the Pentagon is sending in warships to assist.

Is this just weather or has the federal government seized on this opportunity to do a 'trial run' on the upcoming martial law? It is definitely far to early to say, but it is definitely possible.

The Real Effect
You only have to look at a few pictures to understand that at the bare minimum, this is tragic. But it appears on the surface it is being used to condition the public that martial law is a good thing and can be used to help people. More updates later...

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Katrina, Gas and the Economy

While not as catastrophic as CNN would have led you to believe she would be on Sunday afternoon, hurricane Katrina appears to dealt a major wound, if not a fatal blow to the New Orleans and Gulf Coast area. We have oil platforms floating down rivers and hitting bridges, gators in the city and other miscellaneous craziness.

On a side note, why put tens of thousands evacuees in a giant bowl when it's raining? I realize that it's better than outdoors, but something about a bowl leads me to believe that it is designed to contain water, not repel it. Back to the topic.

Reports are streaming in, martial law has been declared in some areas, looting, and just to make matters more interesting, gas prices are surging something fierce on the news that 95% of gulf coast production has been shut down. This has resulted in what some would see as astronomical prices with sightings of $3.60 around parts of Southeastern Wisconsin.

The Real EffectIt is difficult to say with any certainty exactly what is taking place behind the scenes. However, it is obvious that the globalists are wasting little time in allowing much of this catastrophe to achieve a tanking of the American economy. I believe this is the first wave of the depression of 2005. Look for staggering heating costs with natural gas come this winter combined with yet increasing gas costs looking to take on the $4 benchmark. The globalists call this "harmonization" as our prices come in line with the rest of the world.
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Cue Greenspan....

I have maintained that the fall of 2005 would see a few things -

1. A major increase in the cost of crude oil, doubling, perhaps even tripling from May/June of 2005 to May/June of 2006.
2. An United States invasion into Iran. (This adds to the oil instability.)
3. A moderate to severe US economic collapse that would lead to further calls for 'free trade' and globalization. (I.E. - The American Union)

With regards to point #3, I see several things that are extremely troubling -

1. The US dollar has fallen by 45% over the last three years. This has in part been accomplished by the Federal Reserve flooding the market with dollars.
2. Many families are increasingly floating large amounts of debt to maintain their current 'lifestyle'.
3. This has led to the purported 'housing bubble' that has been largely responsible for the economic turnaround of the last few years.
4. Oil costs are eating up much of the economy's cash flow.

Hot on the heels of this series of developments comes the economic bogeyman, Alan Greenspan, with a new word in his vocabulary.

Crash.

The Real Effect
What I see is the makings of a possible economic 'perfect storm'. Oil prices are approaching inflation adjusted records achieved in the late 70's/early 80's and indebted Americans with little playroom in their budgets. Add-in a campaign of war in the middle east and a fiscal policy that is somewhat reminiscent of the "New Deal" and one is left feeling slightly chilled.
I believe that Mr. Greenspan's statements will scare the market into further decline over the next few months.


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Crude Watch - Significant Jump

As hurricane Katrina is decimating New Orleans, crude futures surged about $4 a barrel. For those keeping track, that is a 27% increase in crude since June.


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Asset Protection

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Crude Watch

In early trading this morning, crude oil futures played with $68 a barrel. It would seem that the small plateau is over and oil is set to begin marching up again.


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John Roberts - Conservative?

The issue of the Supreme Court Judiciary has been a sore subject for me for many years. In 1999 when Bush was running for his first term, this very issue became the main stumping point for many of my Republican friends in their attempts to persuade me that my growing suspicion of the Republican party was unwarranted. Unfortunately, their attempts worked. In the fall of 2000, I logged my vote for the Republican party and banked on the hope that not only would replace a retiring moderate with a strong constitutionalist but that he would in addition, stem the flood of bureaucratic red tape that had blossomed under Bill Clinton.

Sadly, not only has George been liberal in his social policy, I believe he has replaced a moderate with yet another moderate.

True, it would appear that Roberts appears to be a conservative, but then again, so did George. Countless hours have been spent debating a man who appears to have little record of his own, so many have turned to his memos in an attempt to glean what sort of man this is.

Now comes news from the L.A. Times that Roberts supports national ID cards. The Times posts the following -

When faced with what he called "the real threat to our social fabric posed by uncontrolled immigration," Roberts urged his superiors to switch course and support national ID cards."

"I yield to no one in the area of commitment to individual liberty against the spectre of overreaching central authority, but view such concerns as largely symbolic so far as a national ID card is concerned,"

He wrote in a memo to White House Counsel Fred Fielding on Oct. 21, 1983.

"We already have, for all intents and purposes, a national identifier -- the Social Security number. ... And I think we can ill afford to cling to symbolism in the face of the real threat to our social fabric by uncontrolled immigration,"

This revelation would be largely moot if it were not for the fact that the Real ID act had passed recently. Is it possible that Bush is loading the Supreme Court in an attempt to uphold the legality of a nationally mandated ID card?

The Real Effect
Look for Roberts to hold a conservative line for a while, disarming most arguments against his nomination. Then when key arguments come to SCOTUS, I believe he will suddenly become a Sandra Day and hand us over to the globalists.


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Checkpoints, Coming to a City Near You?

I have been following specific trends in our society both here and abroad now for well over 10 years. One of those has been the gradual implementation of police/military checkpoints in and on our freeways.

I distinctly remember conversations with friends roughly 6 years ago when permanent gates were installed on both the Hwy 20 and Hwy 11 ramps to I-94 here in Racine. I stated that those gates would eventually be used for checkpoints, yet I was often dismissed as being paranoid. Never mind the fact that federal officials have stated publicly that they would like to see this sort of thing implemented.

As little as 10 years ago, the American spirit was largely resistant to any government controls proposed on our movement especially in our autos. The globalists, undaunted, started a massive PR war against the public to persuade the people to accept a large level of intrusion as being necessary to preserve the integrity of the Democracy.

I believe it began by convincing the populace that driving was a "privilege" not an inherent "right." After all, if you pay for the roads, car, gas, and police, why should you have access to something that you built? This eventually took form through licensing and registration in state DMV's and was used to centralize control of all movement to a state level.

Today, we have been convinced that we should accept tracking chips (pay-tolls), GPS and surveillance cameras on the road to improve managability of a given city or road.

We have seen the "Click it or Ticket" campaign which has resulted in an increased 'awareness' in safety. And checkpoints. All in the name of safety of course.

Then came the Transport Security Agency's federally run intrusions into our personal lives by preparing us to dump our effects and get used to 'ID please' mentality. Ultimately, I and many others knew that this would lead to some type of tracing system to track all movements.

In addition to the new fangled "mileage-tax", I believe this may be one of the possible routes that the ultimate goal may be achieved. From TechNewsWorld we get -

"The so-called e-Plate, developed by the British firm Hills Numberplates, is a license plate that also transmits a vehicle's unique identification via encryption that can be read by a small detector, whose output can be used locally or communicated to a distant host."

...and.....

"Security access points could justify the expense, but placing them even at key intersections may not be very practical, according to lawyers at Pittiglio, Rabin, Todd & McGrath in Costa Mesa, Calif., a spokeswoman said."

Ahhhh.... Do we see clearly now? "Security access points." Not checkpoints. At least we can rest assured knowing that our 'freedom' is still intact.

The Real EffectAll that is needed is a terrorist attack on the United States that involves a vehicle of some kind to rationalize the need for massive tracking and checkpoints. With Bush's approval ratings sagging and Iran looming on the horizon, will the globalist pull the trigger and implement a police state in order to usher in a "New World Order"?
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