State Your Piece

I recall vividly the events of this time, prior to a presidential election in 2008, where capital markets were rocked in alarming fashion.  Amid all the chaos, seemingly orchestrated, rang out the proclamations of a US Representative noting an electronic run on the banks questioning an attack of economic terrorism.

On this day, along with factual evidence of the wreckage of a collapse in value of bundled mortgages as a result of a crashing housing market, conspiracies abound on the causes on the actual influence which took the market from an aftershock downdraft of a bubble to something potentially far worse.

What had actually happened remains in question.  Did a series of mutually exclusive events occur in random as part of a what could be considered a perfect storm?  Was it infiltration from within, attempting to influence the election?

In recent months, former Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson recently confirmed what many has long speculated, which was there was orchestrated efforts to collapse our economic system, with only the level of teamwork remaining in question. Russia and China collaborated on potential plan to destroy the US dollar.

The hardest thing to explain is the glaringly evident which everybody had decided not to see – Ayn Rand.

Its the Euro theatre.

While our President is seemingly disengaged from the world (he is NOT), the world is on fire.  The middle east is in complete chaos, Israel is engaged in an offensive to preserve liberty for their people against HAMAS, a militant terrorist group and proxy militia of Iran, who just gets closer and closer to nuclear weapon everyday amidst all the distraction. Perhaps a reflection on the definition of the flexibility Obama described to Russian PM Medvedev would be appropriate.

Recently, Russia and China have been reported to have signed a historic gas pipeline mega deal, which could have severe economic ramifications on the US capital markets, perhaps phasing out the dollar.

After a tussle with Georgia a few years back, since the conclusion of the Olympics, Vladmir Putin and Russia have been flexing their muscles, engaging in invasive military strikes against their neighbors in the Ukraine.  With the west in a weakened position, seemingly by design, the opposition to the activities of Russia goes unabated, even in the aftermath of the shooting down of a commercial passenger airline. 

You may think China is watching all this with a bucket of buttered popcorn and a Coca Cola, but you would be wrong.

China has been reported to have increased and expanded naval drills in areas off the coast of Vietnam and the Philippines. China has been building its naval forces for years now, and has been found to have been lurking around America and our outposts around the world, inclusive of Taiwan and Japan.

China is pretending to be a diplomatic ally of the west even as it is actively engaging in trade pacts with Russia and subverting US military influence around its borders, and especially in regions it deems of vital national interest--Tyler Durden/Zero Hedge.

Kevin Freeman, in his book "Secret Weapon", examines the evidence linking rogue elements in Communist China, Russia, and Islamic finance to economic warfare against the United States.

Ominous warnings are everywhere, yielding appropriate concerns of The United States being on the precipice of an event, which could range from economic terrorism to the potential of another terrorist attack.  It is worth noting, the latter could well initiate the former.

From John Kerry and his meeting with the opponents of Israel to President Obama's inability or unwillingness to curtail the brazen encroachment of Russia, it seems clear our leadership is not going to be much help in deterring our enemies from attacking us in various forms.

In fact, it remains unclear which side these charlatans are actually on, as they're actions are not representative of our people.

While foreign affairs are screwing us rotten
Line morale has hit rock bottom
Dying embers stand forgotten
Talks of peace were being trodden
Stand or fall
State your peace tonight

The Company He Keeps

It has been a busy week. Did you get your brackets filled out? Get all the accommodations made made on the next of your monthly vacations? Me neither.

While the world is seemingly on fire, what with our great friends in Japan suffering unparalleled disaster and the middle east in significant turmoil, Obama got all this done. He is all Rock Talk Jayhawk to cut the nets down.

Our response to the crisis in Japan is most troubling, as is most of the significant moves made by Obama. Beyond that, however, is a much more serious matter, and that has to deal with the action undertaken in Libya. I know what you are thinking, and you are right. But there is more.

We were all scratching our heads on the apparent dithering going on as President Obama watched as Colonel Muammar Gaddafi blasted rebels in country, threatening to cleanse them. While we are not the policemen of the world, but we do expect a level of leadership from our Commander in Chief.

We were not getting that leadership in this case. Why? It is not hard to come to a conclusion. Obama may claim he is not tight with Rev. Jeremiah Wright or Louis Farrakhan, but he is, and these guys are friends with Gaddafi. So while Obama will claim publicly Gaddafi "has to go", he will sit out the affair.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was reportedly incensed by the failure of Obama to make a decision in this matter, but she knows the real story. Already this week, we have heard in the media that Hillary would have been better as President in this arena, even from Rudy Giuliani. As I have written before, tread most carefully on that score.

France, leaders in absolutely nothing but surrender over the years, took the lead under President Nikolas Sarkozy to form a coalition to enter into military action against Libya. After getting the United Nations on board, Obama had no choice but to reluctantly go along.

Now, Obama has got a whole slew of issues that extend far beyond the lack of any orchestrated plan of action in Libya. First, by not consulting the Congress, did Obama act outside his constitutional authority in attacking Libya? J. B. Williams over at American Thinker makes that case.

In fact, Obama has been very effective at operating outside of Congress, from the appointing of the Czars early in his administration to enforcing cap and trade measures through the office of the EPA.

With the military action, Obama's base of support, including Wright and Farrakhan, have issued stern rhetoric his way. Weasel Zippers has more on Farrakhan. Certainly, all the left wing moon bats and George Soros led organizations will be up in arms over such action, or is that just when George W. Bush is in office? Will they turn on him?

The real story here is Obama is not against Gaddafi as you and I are. Obama is on the side of Wright and Farrakahn, who share the same beliefs as Gaddafi. The actions of France, France mind you, put Obama in a reluctant position of acting. Otherwise, one would expect, even given our media, reasonable questions regarding his beliefs in the role of America in the world would be put forth.

The real answer to those questions is not the same answers you and I would give. Any sound thought on the subject would draw this conclusion. You can learn volumes about someone by the company they keep. With Obama, it is not E. F. Hutton, Great Britain and Japan; it is Venezuela and the likes of Gaddafi, Farrakahn and his nation of Islam, and the Reverend Jeremiah Wright.