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An Economic Pearl Harbor?
The Constitution Club ^ | 03-06-11 | Dave the Sage

Posted on 03/06/2011 10:29:51 PM PST by TheConservativeCitizen

Financial terrorism suspected in 2008 economic crash

"The unclassified 2009 report “Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses” by financial analyst Kevin D. Freeman, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times, states that “a three-phased attack was planned and is in the process against the United States economy.”…

…“There is sufficient justification to question whether outside forces triggered, capitalized upon or magnified the economic difficulties of 2008,” the report says, explaining that those domestic economic factors would have caused a “normal downturn” but not the “near collapse” of the global economic system that took place…

…Officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said senior Pentagon policymakers, including Michael Vickers, an assistant defense secretary in charge of special operations, blocked further study, saying the Pentagon was not the appropriate agency to assess economic warfare and financial terrorism risks…"

You’d think this would be the screaming headlines on every media outlet, but it is not. This report was completed in 2009 but now someone in the Pentagon or Department of Defense (think about that for a second) deems it important enough to be declassified and released to the general public. Someone in a significant position of power wants you to know this information. If true, we came within about 48 hours of an American economic collapse as well as a probable global meltdown BECAUSE SOMEONE WANTED THAT TO HAPPEN. Scary stuff. And they almost succeeded.

When former Colorado congressman Tom Tancredo was mounting an independent bid for governor this last election cycle I was present when he spoke of the events surrounding his vote for TARP (which is unpopular among the Tea Party types). He described economists and administration officials coming to Congress in a panic.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: conspiracy; economy; financial; terrorism
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1 posted on 03/06/2011 10:29:55 PM PST by TheConservativeCitizen
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

we’ve all suspected it....but what to do?...in the end, we are nothing but the powerless rabble peasantry....our votes are probablly worthless, and our political contributions are probably worthless


2 posted on 03/06/2011 10:35:04 PM PST by cherry
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

All I can say is DUH????? If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like one... You gotta a duck baby! Any one who was not completely drunk, stoned or ignorant could see the 2008 melt down for exactly what it was.... an attack on this country at a critical moment (during a presidential election).


3 posted on 03/06/2011 10:35:15 PM PST by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

The bubble was not sustainable no matter what deliberate act took place.

The real economic Pearl Harbor will be when the Chinese and other nations dump the dollar. That will bring our nation to it’s knees. The Chinese might even make money on the proposition considering their currency would be one of the possible replacement choices.

I have read many accounts from congress critters and it sounded like the economic braintrust painted a very bleak scenario if congress did not pass Tarp. It’s hard to fault them if the stories are true no matter how much I wish that we had done nothing. However, the banksters with connections made out quite well....

Makes one wonder does’nt it?


4 posted on 03/06/2011 10:45:08 PM PST by volunbeer
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

Why do you excerpt your own articles on FreeRepublic?


5 posted on 03/06/2011 10:49:33 PM PST by shibumi (I am The Nexus One - I want more life, Baby I aint done!)
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

Remember that 1000 point drop in the dow for a short time one day that was blamed on someone fat-fingering an amount. My brother and sister both work at different financial firms. None of the pros bought that explanation. It was ludicrous on the face of it. But apparently the media was instructed to let it go.

Which begs the questions, what happened and what caused it to mostly recover?


6 posted on 03/06/2011 11:35:53 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: shibumi

>>Why do you excerpt your own articles on FreeRepublic?<<

I’m gonna go with schizophrenia. I mean, either that or blog pimping. I’m slow to suggest the latter normally, but...


7 posted on 03/06/2011 11:40:00 PM PST by RobRoy (The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

bump


8 posted on 03/07/2011 12:09:40 AM PST by japaneseghost
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

I believe that the bedbug outbreaks are an inexpensive form of economic terrorism. It’s clear to me that these insects are being planted in stores, airplanes, theatres and other public places in order to disrupt economic activity.


9 posted on 03/07/2011 3:44:15 AM PST by Salvey
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To: shibumi; TheConservativeCitizen

I thought blogs were supposed to be the “new media.” Sure seems to be a lot of warmed over news from the “old media” re-written in blogs.

And I’ll never understand excerpting. JimRob gives you a soap box to speak your mind, and you speak half of it instead, before wanting a “word from your sponsors”? Geez.


10 posted on 03/07/2011 6:05:52 AM PST by Larry Lucido (The "examiner" is the Typhoid Mary of blogs. Crank up the antivirus and visit at your own risk!)
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To: volunbeer
RE post 4. That might be the long term plan. The country that is strong enough to have its currency used as the primary world reserve currency has a tremendous financial and strategic advantage over the rest of the world. The US is perceived to be losing its economic strength since 2008. Obama is presiding over this debacle.

If the Chinese think they can trash the dollar and supplant it as the world reserve currency, they will do so. They will have won the war without firing a shot.

11 posted on 03/07/2011 6:58:22 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (How do I change my screen name now that we have the most conservative government in the world?)
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To: TheConservativeCitizen
(Excerpt)...

Why? Low on blog hits this month?

12 posted on 03/07/2011 7:18:43 AM PST by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog!!!)
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To: shibumi
Why do you excerpt your own articles on FreeRepublic?

I know your question is rhetorical...

13 posted on 03/07/2011 7:23:57 AM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Why do you excerpt your own articles on FreeRepublic? I know your question is rhetorical...

No. It's not. Many want to know the answer.

14 posted on 03/07/2011 7:24:47 AM PST by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: RobRoy
Remember that 1000 point drop in the dow for a short time one day .... Which begs the questions, what happened and what caused it to mostly recover?

Well.... most of the volume in the stock market is controlled by high-speed software, the purpose of which is to make money by taking advantage of short-term price fluctuations; and also to minimize losses if prices start down. Transactions are computer-to-computer.

Although I'm sure the programmers try to put in safeguards, I also know that they can't think of everything; and eventually things are going to line up just right so that the software fails in some highly-noticeable way.

I've always figured that's what happened here.... and I would not be at all surprised to learn that somebody had recently dropped a new software version onto their system, too.

15 posted on 03/07/2011 7:42:17 AM PST by r9etb
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To: paulycy
No. It's not. Many want to know the answer.

I think most of us know that the reason this guy excerpts his own articles, is that he's pimping his blog.

Having read the silly excerpt, however, I'm more than happy to avoid the blog itself.

16 posted on 03/07/2011 7:44:20 AM PST by r9etb
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To: paulycy

It’s a group blog with many different writers. Excerpted in this case due to the links, video etc. at main article. Normally I do not excerpt and post the entire article.


17 posted on 03/07/2011 8:11:48 AM PST by TheConservativeCitizen
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

This is something you need to explain up front. Just because it is a gang bang blog doesn’t mean it’s OK to pimp it here. It is OK to post full articles, but not OK to post excerpts and drive traffic off this site, per Jim Robinson. You may wish to take this into account in choosing your next articles to share with THIS community...


18 posted on 03/07/2011 8:19:29 AM PST by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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To: paulycy

I’ll take that into account. Never been a problem before and I’ve been posting articles and blog posts here since 2001.


19 posted on 03/07/2011 8:58:39 AM PST by TheConservativeCitizen
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To: TheConservativeCitizen

Blog pimping is becoming a problem. Things are getting out of hand and FR is being taken advantage of. Since FR is self-policing there are quite a few of us that are making a point of saying something to blog posters that break the rules. Only the hard core blog pimpers that argue or fail to mend their ways get zotted (we had one this morning.) They are real jerks that simply want to use FR as a marketing device which is not appreciated around here.

I doubt if someone like you will have any trouble keeping to the rules since you’ve been around so long. Most of the problem people are n00bs who post to establish click-through streams. They are treated rather rudely if they are warned then start up with the attitude. Jim has defined the ground rules and we stick to those. The mods agree. So, that’s what’s up and why you may not have run into this before. Be sure to tell your other blog partners.

No excerpting. Just full articles. OK? Thanks. :0)


20 posted on 03/07/2011 9:05:06 AM PST by paulycy (Islamo-Marxism is Evil.)
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