"George W Bush Lite With Sugar On Top"

Jim Kunstler warns that we may be flirting with a French-Revolution-type scenario, God forbid, if the banksters and fraudsters and CEOs aren't brought to justice soon. Like a train wreck, you can't look away. Monday doom to go along with the plummeting market. Mr. Obama is brilliant, well-spoken and seems genuinely good-hearted, quite a refreshing change in many ways, but you know what they say about good intentions...scroll down on Kunstler's blog til you arrive at the Clusterf*ck Nation on the left side.

QUOTE People of good intentions and progressive predilection are scratching their heads wondering just how President Barack Obama managed to turn himself into George W. Bush Lite with sugar-on-top just twelve weeks after that fateful walk down the US Capitol's east stairway to the waiting helicopter. I'm hardly the first observer to note that Mr. Obama's actions in the face of an epochal finance fiasco and economic collapse are a mere extension of the pre-January-20 policies, carried out by much the same cast of characters. UNQUOTE

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Useful and Practical Doom

From ExRanger's blog, WTF!, comes some advice on what do do when you realize you are, as the Irish say, fecked. Be sure and scroll down to read part one also. Practical Doom 101. Good stuff.

QUOTE I have been reading a lot of Blogs, in particular the comments sections, for the last few months. Most of the time there are regular contributors that you recognise after a while, a bunch of anonymous people, the truly weird ones and ever so often, the person who has just realized that they are totally screwed. The usual response of these poor people is wide eyed, deer in the headlights panic. For those people, here is some advise. (sic)

Sit down, close your eyes, take a deep breath and exhale very slowly. You are going to get through this some how and your mind set in approaching the problem could make all the difference.First off, take stock of your situation. Are you warm, dry and not in imediate danger. Do you have access to food and water. Good. Next get some paper and a pencil and list the assets and debits of your situation in detail. Have you lost your job or about to loose your job? Do you have savings? How much debt? Do you have shelter or are you about to loose it? Do you have friends or relatives you can move in with for the time being? What skills do you have? Do you have any time before your situation gets dire to learn new skills? UNQUOTE
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Doom & Gloom from FOX News

The man who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and tax rebellions - all within four years, while cautioning that putting food on the table will be a more pressing concern than buying Christmas gifts by 2012.

Gerald Celente, the CEO of Trends Research Institute, is renowned for his accuracy in predicting future world and economic events, which will send a chill down your spine considering what he told Fox News this week. Celente says that by 2012 America will become an undeveloped nation, that there will be a revolution marked by food riots, squatter rebellions, tax revolts and job marches, and that holidays will be more about obtaining food, not gifts.

Fasten your seat belts, m'dears ~ it's going to be a bumpy ride.
http://www.trendsresearch.com/


"When CNN wants to know about the Top Trends, we ask Gerald Celente."— CNN Headline News

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"Gerald Celente has a knack for getting the zeitgeist right." — USA Today

"There’s not a better trend forecaster than Gerald Celente. The man knows what he’s talking about."- CNBC

"Those who take their predictions seriously ... consider the Trends Research Institute."— The Wall Street Journal

"Gerald Celente is always ahead of the curve on trends and uncannily on the mark ... he's one of the most accurate forecasters around." — The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

"Mr. Celente tracks the world’s social, economic and business trends for corporate clients."— The New York Times

"Mr. Celente is a very intelligent guy. We are able to learn about trends from an authority."— 48 Hours, CBS News

"Gerald Celente has a solid track record. He has predicted everything from the 1987 stock market crash and the demise of the Soviet Union to green marketing and corporate downsizing."— The Detroit News