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More woes for the “U.S. Dollar”, as reported at Reuters.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar’s value is dropping so fast against the euro that small currency outlets in Amsterdam are turning away tourists seeking to sell their dollars for local money while on vacation in the Netherlands.

For the entire article click HERE.

A true Constitutional “American Dollar” (as Ron Paul supports by proposing H.R. 2755: Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act) and the “American” economy would not experience such troubles as these would not be in the hands of, and orchestrated by, a handful of elite private bankers leading America to a NWO Tyranny. This “economic terrorism” must come to an end.

An interesting article at UrbanSurvival.com about the Fed Moves over the last week with regard to the “economy.”  And as more and more people come to understand the trouble that lay ahead the “elite” continue to rape the taxpayers without fear of retribution.  Here are a couple of excerpts from the article.  Please click the link below to read the full article and roam the site for more interesting news.

With the interest rate cuts Tuesday the FED has now done 5 actions in ONE week!! UNPRECEDENTED in my memory (which unfortunately is longer than I wish it was)

Tues 3/11: Helicopter drop of $200 Billion Dollars into the banking system Fri 3/14: Helicopter drop of unknown amount of $$ into Bears Stearns via Chase Bank Sun 3/16: Helicopter drop of additional $30 Billion Dollars into Bears Stearns via Chase Bank Sun 3/16: 1/4 point rate cut Tues 3/18: 3/4 point rate cut

And the taxpayers footing the bill:

VOILA … since they did not file bankruptcy, but were instead “sold” for a mere $250 million (1/4 the value of their NYC office building) , the TAXPAYER, via the FED, ends up footing the MULTI BILLIONS DOLLARS in costs and expenses that would otherwise have been paid out of those returned Bonuses!!

In other words … and I am somewhat LIVID on this one: The Taxpayers GAVE those high paid INDIVIDUAL Wall Street Bankers at Bear Stearns a departing PERSONAL GIFT OF SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS by allowing this deal to be structured as it was!!

 See the entire article HERE.

Looking at the landscape - “putting two and two together” - I have made the prediction to several friends that September of this Year ( 2008 ) would tell the story. In anticipation of a “national emergency” that may keep the current administration at the reigns of the U.S. government and the event that certain legislation has been passed into law to pave the way for armed suppression of the American People via martial law I chose the economy and predicted September - 2 months prior to the General Election for Office of the President.

This prediction is now supported by the Global Europe Anticipation Bulletin (available at a cost of $300.00 annually):

“The end of the third quarter of 2008 (thus late September, a mere seven months from now) will be marked by a new tipping point in the unfolding of the global systemic crisis.

“At that time indeed, the cumulated impact of the various sequences of the crisis will reach its maximum strength and affect decisively the very heart of the systems concerned, on the front line of which (is) the United States, epicentre of the current crisis.

“In the United States, this new tipping point will translate into - get this - a collapse of the real economy, (the) final socio-economic stage of the serial bursting of the housing and financial bubbles and of the pursuance of the U.S. dollar fall. The collapse of U.S. real economy means the virtual freeze of the American economic machinery: private and public bankruptcies in large numbers, companies and public services closing down.”

Read the entire article posted at FiveDoves.com

We still have an opportunity to avert or alleviate this coming event. There are many GOP delegates whose votes have been freed up as those candidates have bowed out of the race and endorsed McCain. Those delegates can now vote their conscience. Even though the Mainstream Media is reluctant to report the fact that there are still TWO (2) candidates running in the GOP primary, many of those delegates are aware that they have a choice between the neo-con McCain and the Constitutionalist Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is the only viable candidate and the only candidate that offers any sort of plan to deal with the coming Economic Collapse. We still have a great work ahead of us if we are to avert or alleviate the troubles we face. In the hopes that the economy will hold tough until after the General Election - let us continue the work.

Did you hear what McCain said on ABC this week? “No New Taxes.” Sound familiar?

In an amazing coincidence, the day after George “No New Taxes” Bush endorsed him, John McCain made a hauntingly familiar promise to try and persuade you to vote for him.

Of course, if you’ve been around the block, you’ll remember how seriously “Daddy Bush” took his own “Read my lips! No new taxes!” promise. He reneged on it during his first term as president, more than likely why he had no second term.

Will John McCain do the same and flip-flop again? Considering his record, it shouldn’t be too hard to figure out:

• McCain voted twice against Bush tax cuts, but now presents himself as anti-tax
• McCain authored an amnesty bill for illegal aliens, but now claims to be for strong borders
• McCain gave us the McCain-Feingold bill restricting free speech

Mike Huckabee, one of the other two remaining Republican “front runners,” would likely be even worse. As governor of Arkansas, he raised taxes substantially, and now pushes the so-called “Fair Tax“… a misnamed taxation disaster second only to the present perverted IRS nightmare.

On the other hand, there is still a Republican presidential candidate with this sterling record:

• Ron Paul has never voted for a tax increase of any kind
• Ron Paul has a plan for massively reducing federal spending
• Ron Paul foresees a clear path to eliminating the Internal Revenue Service

Why don’t you hear about Ron Paul on the news? Why, when you do, is he called “unelectable,” “quirky,” and every other name in the book? Because the news is almost entirely owned by the military and industrial corporations with a stake in continuing global warfare and spending billions on military efforts around the world.

Both McCain and Huckabee are fair-haired Council on Foreign Relations favorites, both shamelessly pushed and promoted by a major media intent on continuing the global warfare / welfare state. And so you can be sure that ALL their posturing on taxes is nothing more than deceptively pandering window-dressing.

It’s time to look past the superficial sound-bites, ignore the “front runner” posing about trivially meaningless “changes” and phony ”tax cuts.” Read! Study! Think for yourself, America! Choose Ron Paul for a real change and put the US back on track to real prosperity!

 When You Know The Truth, Shouldn’t You Speak The Truth?

Why isn’t anyone talking about the fact that Ron Paul did well in Louisiana??

Delegate candidates endorsed by US Senator John McCain (R-AZ) appear to have won more state convention delegate positions than any other presidential slate at the Louisiana Caucuses.

“I offer my congratulations Senator John McCain on his success in the Louisiana caucuses,” Villere said. “Senator McCain is an American hero and this is further evidence that he enjoys strong support in Louisiana and throughout the South,” he said.

Supporters of Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) appear to have captured the next highest number of delegate positions.

“I applaud the supporters of Congressman Paul for their enthusiasm and superior organizational ability,” Villere said. “Our Party needs the infusion of new activists who have both political skill and a passion for protecting the freedoms guaranteed to us by the Constitution,” he said. “I left the caucus with a renewed commitment to promote our core Republican principles of limited government and individual freedom, thanks to the zeal displayed by Congressman Paul’s Louisiana supporters,” Villere said.

In addition to the uncommitted delegates and McCain and Paul supporters, Governor Mitt Romney appears to have won a handful of state convention delegates.
National Review Online

If Huckabee and Rudy (heh heh — lost another one to the Dr.) are short on cash - this could turn into a 3 man race. It may become a 2 man race if there is any truth to what they are saying about McCain’s finances also being in a bind.

The truth of the matter is that “President” Ron Paul could become a reality with the right circumstances. There is no doubt in my mind that the Dr. could win over any of the so-called “front runner” Democrats.

Donald Luskin (of Trend Macrolytics, LLC) also believes that if Ron Paul ran as an Independent “he could deny either major party candidate a mandate of a majority of the popular vote”. But he also states:

“Nut or not, Paul isn’t going away. His message is combining intense opposition to the war in Iraq with a strong agenda for free-market capitalism. So it’s drawing grass-roots support from both parties.“
National Review Online: “The Paulonomics Factor”

Yep … Ron Paul has a better chance than Faux News wants people to know.

Despite efforts to ban Ron Paul, the Message is still getting out there. And it is becoming increasingly difficult for the Media to avoid speaking his name… even though Faux News is putting up a tremendous effort not to.

Also see: Ron Paul Continues to Gain Legitimacy

The only weapon that has had any success against Ron Paul is not letting his message be heard and when it begins to be heard, to drown it out with laughter, so as publications like the National Review begin to soberly analyze his views it is tough to see how there is any hope for the Romney’s of the world.
Shaun Booth, Ron Paul, Election 2008

It seems to me that this is a “Media War” that the Media is losing and Ron Paul is still “Right on the Money.” As Congress attempts to “tinker” with the economy Ron Paul wants to “fix” it by getting the government out of the way and allowing the market to adjust itself.

On Glenn Beck’s Radio Show (1/23), Glenn Beck brought this situation up in his interview with Dr. Paul:

GLENN: Okay. So now, you mentioned tax cuts. Congress, both sides of the aisle are talking now about $800 tax rebates to the poorest people in America. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen a job created by a guy who’s at the bottom of the ladder. This seems just like a plan to get people to spend which to me is what got us here in the first place.

PAUL: Yeah, you are right. And all you do is you encourage consumption and we’re overdoing consumption right now. It’s not a tax rebate if you send somebody a check for $800 for not paying taxes. That’s a welfare check.

GLENN: Thank you.

PAUL: And that money really doesn’t go to producing jobs. What you have to do is restore the savings and encourage capital investment. You have to eliminate taxes on capital gains and we have to do whatever we can, get rid of the taxes, the death tax and eliminate taxes on dividends and savings. All these things would encourage savings and then have a market rate for interest rates to give us the signal on whether we should be investing or saving or spending. But that doesn’t exist anymore and that’s why we have these perpetual bubbles. I think this bubble right now that has been kept together for quite a few years is a major problem and the unwinding of this problem is very critical. The biggest bubble’s in the dollar bubble and now the dollar is coming under attack. And what are they proposing? Excessive spending, you know, deficit spending which, where are they going to get the money? They don’t have any money in Washington. They either have to borrow from China or print it, which means there’s more inflation. Or the Federal Reserve comes in and said, like yesterday, drastically lowering interest rates? How do they lower interest rates? They print a lot more money. Yesterday when they announced that, the dollar immediately reversed itself and sharply went down and it’s the weakening of the dollar that is the crisis that we face because everybody suffers from that. You and I suffer because all of a sudden the dollar in that wallet buys 80 cents worth of goods instead of a dollar’s worth. So we all get poor and we have to stop that cycle.
See the rest of the article at: GlennBeck.com Interview with Ron Paul

As so many other supporters, Democrat, Republican and Independent alike, are shouting: Go Ron Paul!!

The link in G. Banville’s comment to “Ron Paul: Right on the Money” was a very good read. If you missed that link, hold tight and we’ll take a look at it. First, allow me to share a quote and add some comment. Let us look at the questions raised in the last two paragraphs:

Are ever-growing entitlement and military expenditures really consistent with a free country? Do these expenditures, and the resulting deficits, make us more free or less free? Should the government or the marketplace provide medical care? Should younger taxpayers be expected to provide retirement security and health care even for affluent retirees? Should the U.S. military be used to remake whole nations? Are the programs, agencies, and departments funded by Congress each year constitutional? Are they effective? Could they operate with a smaller budget? Would the public even notice if certain programs were eliminated altogether? These are the kinds of questions the American people must ask, even though Congress lacks the courage to do so.

If we hope to avoid a calamitous financial future for our nation, we must address the hardest question of all: What is the proper role for government in our society? The answer to this question will determine how prosperous and free we remain in the decades to come.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul351.html

These questions may not seem important to some. One of the pundits has commented that the Democratic race is not about issues but only about “personality”. If memory serves me right, he claims the Dems have a choice between 1) “experienced” Hillary, 2) “hopeful” Obama and 3) “angry” Edwards. (That’s close enough to paint the picture). So these questions may not be all that important to some Independent & Democratic voters that are more concerned with voting personality, gender or race than they are the issues.

Let’s get to some Basics. How would your chosen candidate respond to the above quoted questions? Care to make a wager? It would be my guess that most of the candidates would answer with a “non answer” and leave you wondering what their true position is. Are they not all very experienced at such political speech?

To demonstrate some answers to a few of those questions here is some information that hasn’t been given the attention it deserves: While the government was on HIGH ALERT for VISA VIOLATIONS the INS renewed the Visa for 2 of the dead 9/11 hijackers and mailed them to the flight school they had trained at. Remember: THEY WERE ON HIGH ALERT !!

For many of the above questions we might want to begin by asking about the competency of government and the bureaucracy built into anything the government puts their hands to. Anyone that has ever had dealings with government run programs understands exactly what they will be supporting when the government begins any new venture “for the good of the people.” And we have this to look forward to: The Government is currently embarking on the REAL ID program which will not have any effect on Terrorism as they claim it will. (Need I remind that the American People gave the government a vociferous NO when it tried to enact National ID legislation? Did it stop them? Apparently NOT!)

For how many years have the southern borders been a major issue? Can anyone explain what the difficulty in building a solid fence is? How do the politicians respond to that question? Here is a Basic question: If the government needs to provide security against Terrorism why do they not start with the borders before “tagging” every American with this REAL ID (National ID card)?? Ask yourself: What is the priority here?

How many programs are there that the government could end that would go unnoticed by most Americans? There may be quite a few. That Lesko guy is telling people all about programs they never knew existed!

More Basics: Tax Cuts stir growth and provide revenue for the government. Okay, I’ll go along with that. The question then becomes: “If that is true then why do we have Income Tax and why are we spending millions to maintain the IRS when we could also have the savings along with all the benefits that come from “less” Taxes?

Even More Basics: If American households ran at huge deficits would they survive? What makes anyone think the government can survive with an ever increasing deficit? Are the two not related? What is the difference between your house and the White House other than location?

The Basics of the Vote: American Politics allows the candidates to explain their position on the issues and ask for our vote. This is part of the foundation. The question is: Are the candidates explaining their position on the issues? Are those explanations satisfactory answers to the questions? Do they offer any solutions to problems regarding any of the issues?

The candidates understand politics. Make no mistake about it, they will do whatever is advantageous to win the nomination of their party. They know how to give answers without stating a true position one way or the other. Even the news anchors report about the candidates “strategy” to win votes and claim the prize. All of the candidates are near perfect copies of each other with one exception.

Ron Paul is the only candidate that explains his position and policies and will do so in great detail if given the chance. He is the only candidate that answers questions honestly without using the latest hype or buzzword to catch the voters attention, give him a boost up or get him on the evening news. Ron Paul isn’t afraid to tell the voters the truth, no matter how hard it may be to take. Ron Paul isn’t afraid to bring the hard facts to the table and inform the voters of the hard choices that must be made. Ron Paul is genuine. Ron Paul seems to be the only real person in this race.

What is basic before a vote is cast is that the voter knows who the vote is being cast for, the positions, the policies and the plans of that candidate as well as the integrity and honesty of that candidate to follow through with things promised.

The Basic Question is: Which of the candidates is answering the basic questions needed answered before you cast your vote? I can think of only one. His name is Congressmen Ron Paul.

Links:

Ron Paul 2008

Ron Paul’s Congressional Voting Record

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul351.html

http://www.nolanchart.com/article1182.html

We have all seen the disrespect Ron Paul has received. The snickers of other candidates and way out of line comments regarding Congressman Pauls Foreign Policy Position during debates is most disturbing. Even worse is the Media’s ridicule, their misreporting of facts and lack of true in depth coverage … or even coverage that is anything slightly close to what the other candidates receive.

But there is a darker side to all of this. All of the other candidates and the Media are either keeping a secret from you or they are totally in the dark about the serious trouble the U.S. economy is in.

In the previous post it is mentioned that candidates will spend more regardless of the huge deficit the U.S. now has. The Democratic side, Hillary in particular, wants to initiate all sorts of new socialistic programs which is gathering the vote of the poor who may not be aware that they will only be hurt immensely if they dare to ask the government for anything more. The Republicans are not all that conservative either it seems. The War and military build up, programs that will shred your privacy and steal your liberty are high on their agenda. And let’s not forget that it will be business as usual with both parties: Foreign Aid will continue, the Welfare state will continue and you will continue to pay for all of it.

But Ron Paul is Right on the “Money”. Ron Paul is speaking out and warning the American People about the predicament they are in and giving them the only options they have. Ron Paul is not only the only candidate that has offered a “fix” but he is the only candidate that seems to have a clue. He is the only candidate that is willing to offer the hard medicine needed to undo the damage that has been caused by a Congress that has over stepped the bounds of their authority.

He has brought up the fact that over 70 million baby boomers will soon be added to the Social Security Retirement system, that there is no money to fund entitlement programs, that inflation is actually much more than actually reported and that these trends will continue as politicians feed voters their “feel good” messages instead of speaking out about the issue and of the undeniable fact that if hard choices are not made now the U.S. economy will simply collapse.

When Ron Paul speaks of the economy, currency devaluation, and overextending obligations he speaks of a priority issue for this nation. This nation cannot and will not stand if this is not brought to the forefront and dealt with. We deserve, at the very least, an honest and open discussion of this issue by all the candidates. If they won’t discuss it and bring serious options to the table - they don’t deserve your vote.

Again, in the previous post you heard Comptroller General David Walker speak regarding the trouble the economy faces. Ron Paul is not a “lone wolf” when it comes to this issue. And you can only agree that Congressman Paul’s assessment of the economic situation is highly accurate (right on the “money”) in light of what David Walker states.

David Walker’s tune isn’t changing any time too soon. Here he is again, speaking of the looming fiscal crisis the U.S. faces.

U.S. Headed for Fiscal Crisis?

60 Minutes Summary by Steve Kroft

And Ron Paul on the Korelin Economics Report: The Truth about the Economy: Total Collapse

The economic troubles faced by the U.S. can be dealt with. The U.S. must get back on track with the Constitution and steer away from Globalism and those politicians that are friends of it. The best medicine for this looming crisis is a vote for Congressman Ron Paul.

Still not convinced?

The Inevitable Collapse of the Dollar:

And “The Ultimate Dollar Collapse”

I’d like to share an article and a video that demonstrate the dire straits the U.S. economy is in.  And the problem we currently face is that there is only ONE candidate campaigning in these primaries that has any plan to fix the problem.  The rest of them all stand on positions that will secure the end of the U.S. economy and the end of the American way of Life.  Here are some excerpts from that article:

The problems our economy is facing today mirror that of the disastrous 1970’s stagflation.  Sadly, we still have not learned our lesson.  The causes are the same – high oil prices, tensions in the Middle East, a weak job market, and a plummeting dollar.  The only difference is that today interests rates are artificially low, whereas the 14% back then was relative to the dollar.  Today, the FED is allowing our dollar to lose its value in an attempt to stop the economy from crashing, however, the truth is that the Federal Reserve and the Federal Government are working hand-in-hand to make the dollar worthless in order to force the American People to accept a joint-currency with Mexico and Canada.  The Canadian People are against it, the American People are in the dark, and the Mexican government is pushing for it.

Apparently, the Iraq War has become a non-issue for all the candidates except for Ron Paul.  Democrats have turned their entire campaigns toward Universal Healthcare and increasing taxes and spending on even more government programs.  Needless to say they wouldn’t know an ounce of gold from a T-Bill.  The Republicans are still using fear-mongering and warning us of the “evil Jihadists” out to get us.  So, we are forced to choose between tales of poor children in crumbing schools and tales of desert dwellers with nukes.  Pleeeease!!!  Let’s get real!

We are facing economic collapse and the end of freedom as we know it.  Why, oh why, is no one talking about this?  Why is Ron Paul, against entitlement programs, the only candidate actually willing to pay for Social Security for our retirees and healthcare for all by simply bringing all our troops home and using all those trillions of dollars here, in America?  Why is Ron Paul the only candidate willing to use our defense budget to actually DEFEND America, here on our soil, by truly securing our borders and funding a real domestic anti-missile defense program?  Why do Republicans want to build a missile-defense system in Poland, when Iran is nowhere near Poland?  How can anyone believe that we do not intend to attack Russia?  Please, use some logic, People!

You can find the rest of that article, titled: “Reason to be Optimistic“, at www.natschultz.com.

And the video comes from the one and only Glenn Beck.  That’s right.  Glenn Beck interviews the Head of the GAO, the Nation’s top accountant, Comptroller General David Walker.