THE INTERNATIONAL FORECASTER
(We only print excerpts from the IF)
Adversity has its good features and that is the real left and the right have
a common enemy, the elitists. The left could not pinpoint the real problem and
wouldn’t listen. Today they are listening and we are and will continue
to draw together as a people. We all realize we are victims of tyranny and live
in a fascist state. Government becomes more onerous as politicians and government
continues to expand, taking our freedom, ruining our lives and careers. All
we can say is you know who the enemy is, lock and load. You are going to have
to reach inside of yourselves and bring forth all the goodness you can muster.
We see massive debt defaults beginning in 2005 as a good part of America begins
its decent into poverty.
For the past three years the Bush Administration has quietly but efficiently
dropped a shroud of secrecy across many critical operations of the Federal Government,
cloaking its own affairs from scrutiny and removing from the public domain important
information on health, safety, finance, environmental and matters in Iraq. Information
and records previously available have been inaccessible. The neocons refused
to even say who were detained at Guantanomo Bay. They won’t say what they
have been doing under the USA Patriot Act. In part business and consumer information
is increasingly being withheld. They don’t even release product safety
findings. They use the state secrets privilege and terrorism to shut off all
communications with the government. There is no longer a monitoring of the Executive
Branch by Congress. This is the same kind of secrecy that existed in National
Socialist Germany in the 1930’s. In the first two years of Bush’s
term he classified records some 44.5 million times, or about the same as Clinton
did in four years. By executive order last March, Bush made it easier to reclassify
information that previously had been declassified, dropping an even larger cloak
over information already open to the public. Disgusted with the White House,
Rep. Dan Burton of Indiana said, someone should tell Mr. Bush this is not a
monarchy. Now even the Secretary of Agriculture, Health and Human Services and
the FDA can classify documents. Secrecy is also being used to protect elitist
corporate interests. The Firestone Tire caper is a good example. The government
refused to submit reams of information under the Fatherland Security Act, which
also protects big business interests. In fact, Fatherland Security recently
proposed extending secrecy to cover information submitted to any federal agency.
The litany goes on and on. We now have an elected secret government whose only
interest is to further elitist power and control.
We are frequently asked by new subscribers where is America headed? At this
point it’s an easy question to answer. America already has the beginnings
of a fascist government. Never before in our history have our basic rights been
trampled on and lost. As the dollar falls and gold and silver rise George W.
Bush will establish dictatorial controls over major economic power centers such
as banking, international trade and critical corporations. There is a good possibility
that exchange controls will be enacted, so those of you with offshore assets
either bring them home or be prepared to leave the US and go live with them.
That means it will be illegal to take money out of the country. Martial law
will be put into affect and our government will attempt to confiscate your weapons
and your gold and silver. It will be the beginning of the American nightmare.
You will have a choice either live on your knees or take action to end the suppression
of freedom. That is why it is tremendously important that George W. Bush is
not reelected.
The capture of Saddam Hussein looks to be another setup. It, of course, is difficult
to know exactly what the truth is when our government never tells the truth.
Last Friday the US government announced that UK-US troops would be out of Iraq
by July 1, 2004. CAP would be disbanded, a new panel would be put in place and
elections would be held. That, of course, is just before the Republican convention
in August. The sudden capture of Saddam Hussein was a surprise, how convenient.
A person with a gray beard with no gray hair on his head did this supposed Saddam
crawl out of his spider hole and make it to the hairdresser every three weeks?
The whole package stinks. We can’t believe DNA because our government
lies about everything. If this Saddam creature is Saddam and if he was playing
Spiderman, how can he be directing insurgents? It is an insult to intelligence
and now our Saddam says he was not leading the insurrection. No kidding little
beaver. This is psywar propaganda. We have spider holes to paint creepy dark
pictures to brainwash. What will happen in October? Will we be treated to another
planned apprehension in the person of Osama bin Laden? The controlled corporate
media has not only gone along with this fable they have embellished it. This
is supposed to be another great victory for that donkey in the White House.
The justification for the US invasion, occupation and looting of Iraq. It changes
nothing regarding the fundamental situation in Iraq and the violation of law.
This is an illegal colonial war. If Saddam is Saddam, he is not managing an
insurgency, which means all these rebels are fighting against the US, the occupying
invaders. Iraqi’s don’t want panels and councils to rule them; nor
do they want colonial-style police; intelligence services; paramilitary death
squads; their national assets put up for sale to foreigners; whole families
held hostage because a member of the household won’t rat out his fellow
Islamic friends. They don’t want all their villages surrounded with barbed
wire. They don’t want to be forbidden to leave their villages and if they
do they’ll be shot dead. The bottom line is the Iraqi people have the
right to determine who their leaders will be, not those appointed by George
W. Bush and Tony Blair. If tribunals are to be set up, the Iraqi’s should
set them up and run them, not some foreign power. If these things don’t
happen the violence will only escalate. What Iraqi’s don’t want
to see is a country run by crime warlords, drug pushers and US backup such as
we see in Afghanistan. The Iraqi people don’t want us there and don’t
deserve to have foreigners loot their country. Haven’t they been through
enough? The US and UK should get out now and let the Iraqi people sort out their
own future.
Interest rates are moving higher worldwide. Canada, the UK and Australia have
already raised rates as central banks make motions toward abandoning their easy
money policies. Higher rates and monetization are mutually opposite. The lack
of monetization of the past two months is the beginning and now with foreign
rates moving up it can only be a matter of time before FED rates follow. The
commodities and gold market are obviously aware because, whichever way the FED
proceeds, they have to go higher. Commodities are assets of last resort and
gold is the only real currency. Higher interest rates could also be brought
on by foreign sales of dollars as the dollar declines. That’s over $1
trillion just in Treasury debt. That’s 10% of GDP and 40% of outstanding
Treasuries. It will be of great interest to us how this unfolds. No matter what
the course, it is bad for the world and good for gold.
STATISTICS
The total assets of the US banking system are $4.381 trillion and their reserves
are $41 billion. That is one cent of reserves for every dollar lent.
GOLD, SILVER, PLATINUM, PALLADIUM AND DIAMONDS
The Gestapo has finally moved against coin owners. A number of banks, Washington
Mutual, Sterling Savings & Venture Bank have sent out changes of terms notices
to all of their customers. As of 1/1/04, you won’t be able to store cash,
or gold and silver, in your safe deposit boxes. This is being done under the
guise of terrorism and national security.
The new Intelligence Spending Bill (HB2417) that has just been passed provides
that institutions reveal their customer’s private financials as well as
general information, including tangible things. Banks must now spy on you along
with, stock brokers, operators of credit-card systems, insurance companies,
dealers in precious metals and stones or jewels, licensed senders of money,
telegraph companies, airplane and boat dealers, realtors and estate closings
and the US Post Office. George Orwell must be having a good laugh. He gave us
the roadmap to fight the conspiracy, but Americans were not interested. There
was no debate on this Bill. Coin dealers will have to turnover records to the
government upon request and if you hoard your gold at home you are anti-American
and a potential terrorist or a sympathizer.
CANADA
Paul Martin was no sooner sworn in as Prime Minister and he appointed Anne McLellan
from Alberta as Deputy Prime Minister. Martin has created a new Public Safety
and Emergency Preparedness Department, which will combine the tasks of several
current bodies to oversee the RCMP, CSIS and border and port authority. We believe
it will be similar to America’s Homeland (Fatherland) Security.