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Pump and Dump: The Intentional Bankrupting of the U.S. (Part II)

As we outlined in Part I, there are powers at work that are trying to bankrupt the United States. (And if you haven’t read that piece, we recommend that you do for background purposes.)

We believe that the economic roller coaster of the past few years has been an intentional effort on the part of various Progressives to use the free market system against itself. They know how the free market system works, they know that the free market system does, in fact, work, and they are using free market principles against the free market in an effort to bring it down.

The current stock market prices defy all logic. Unemployment is officially over 10%, and in some areas of America it’s double that. Consumer spending is down. Yet stocks are on the rise? There is no reason that stocks should be as high as they are, especially stocks of companies making consumer goods. If you ignore the statements by the White House and the mainstream media that “we have turned the corner” and “the economy is on the rebound”, look deeper. Look at the unemployment rates. Look at the ads on TV that are pitching products as ways to save money. Look at the stores that are going out of business and the remaining stores that are positioning themselves to try harder then ever to get your business. Look at the uptick in telemarketers selling “extended auto warranties” and the increasing number ads encouraging you to keep your older car and change your own oil to save money. Look at the headlines saying that advertising sales are down… There’s no better indicator on the state of the economy than looking at the advertising market.

Look around you… pay attention. The economy is still heading south, and there’s no rebound any time soon. That is the reality.

Listen to the White House and the parrots in the media tell you the opposite.

What is going on here?

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Common Sense Suggestions

Getting serious about airline security

In the wake of the failed Christmas day Fruit of Kaboom bombing attempt, our response has been predictable. Add more air marshals. Full-body x-ray scanners that allow operators to see you naked, and don’t work against all explosives anyway. Policies and procedures — like forbidding you from having anything, including a magazine, in your lap 1 hour from landing — that are overly restrictive and totally worthless, since we have no control over the airports in other countries.

It’s more 9/10 thinking in a post-9/11 world: treat everyone like criminals and hope that the bad guys don’t figure out a way around new rules and regulations. Thanks to the current administration, we’re back to playing prevent defense, and as any football fan will tell you, prevent defense doesn’t do anything but prevent you from winning. We need to go back on offense when it comes to finding and killing terrorists abroad. But we’ll leave the Global War on Terror discussion for another time.

If we were serious about airline security, we’d take the following 3-step procedure:

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