I refer to the latest crisis as the “So-Called Swine Flu” because I’ve heard that the pathogen is a combination of human, swine, and avian flu.  I believe this is referred to as a recombinant virus.  I’ve also heard that these qualities could enable the germ to pass from humans to animals and back again, possibly mutating into a more deadly form.

I think we need a new and easier name for this illness.  How about “Cocktail Flu?”

Are there any Stephen King fans out there?  How about “Captain Trips?” Well sorry, that would be premature at this point…maybe later…let’s pray not.

I have listened to several different epidemiologists and docs on talk radio and in mainstream news stories over the last several days.  The general consensus seems to be that we don’t know yet if this flu outbreak will be a pandemic or peter out.  (Many of the docs I’ve heard on alternative media think there’s a possibility this virus was cooked up in a lab and either released accidentally or on purpose.  Gary Ridenour, M.D., was all ready with a book on the pandemic potential of avian flu.)

Until we know what this virus is going to do, I think extreme caution with any long positions would be wise. Obviously, if this turns into a pandemic, your portfolio will suffer.  (Gold, silver and other hedges should be OK.)

Quote of the Week:

“When there are two conflicting versions of a story, the wise course is to believe the one in which people appear at their worst.”

~H. Allen Smith, as quoted in the April 27, 2009 issue of Forbes magazine.

Buried News of the Week

I had a very strange experience last night. In listening to all the commentary about this flu outbreak, I realized, hey, I heard something like this a couple of weeks ago.  Then I thought, “Hey wait a minute.  A couple of weeks ago, there was no flu outbreak.”

Having said that, I am NOT vouching for the veracity of what the woman in the clip below says.  Quite frankly, there are several things in her story that don’t make sense to me.

However, I do find it very strange that a few short weeks before this outbreak, someone called into a radio show claiming that the Department of Homeland Security was transporting large amounts of bird flu virus to various parts of the country.

The woman provides an incredible amount of detail, ostensibly to back up her story.  That leads me to believe that if this is just a “lucky” hoax, it should fall apart fairly quickly due to the level of detail she provides.

If anyone has any theories about this caller, I’d be happy to share mine as well.  Please comment!

Check it out at your own risk!

I first ran across this Youtube.com clip yesterday.  At first I felt somewhat vindicated to hear former Bill Clinton adviser and Fox News contributor Dick Morris proclaim that people like me “have been crazy, but now they’re right.  It’s happening.”

“People like me” are those who according to Morris “have been yelling, ‘Oh, the UN is going to take over, global government.’”  Hannity added, “Conspiracy theorists.”

What were these “conspiracy theorists” right about?  Morris proclaimed on the April 1, 2009 Hannity show that the G20 Summit in London includes planning “to put our Fed and our SEC under the control, in effect, of the IMF.”

Hannity expanded on Morris’s point by adding “…Geithner said he would be open to the idea of a global currency…those conspiracy people…had suggested that for years.  You’re not wrong!”

Later, I felt less vindicated by Morris’s comments and more sad and frustrated; many still consider this information crazy when all that’s necessary is to pay attention to alternative media and read the globalists own documents and listen to their own statements.  None of this is a secret.  No one is forcing the American people to dismiss this information until the mainstream media talks about it!

Here’s a good Web site to start with that helps people break through denial about global government.  Not only is this a professional and well-sourced site but the man who runs it, Alex Jones, also has a great radio show which can be accessed at that site.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I don’t agree with everything Jones says.  I try not to check my critical thinking skills at the door no matter who I’m listening to.  However, I believe Jones provides a valuable service to our society, because he’s willing to look at information and come up with uncomfortable conclusions.

Also as I’ve said before, I believe Naomi Wolf provides a similar service; it’s nice to have both sides of the political spectrum represented!

Listen here as Alex interviews Ms. Wolf:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZIezVXKV3E

Jones sometimes gets callers who may be a little too enthusiastic about what a great guy Jones is.  Jones often responds by asking what’s so great about someone who can “read the TV Guide?”

I’ll try to illustrate what I think he means by that with this example, taken from the “G20 Summit Meeting in London” link above.

Please read these excerpts from an essay by Harvard Professor Richard N. Cooper: “‘I suggest a radical alternative scheme for the next century: the creation of a common currency for all of the industrial democracies, with a common monetary policy and a joint Bank of Issue to determine that monetary policy.‘ [Emphasis in original]

“‘How can independent states accomplish that? They need to turn over the determination of monetary policy to a supranational body.’  (Emphasis added)”

Does any of this sound familiar so far?

Cooper goes on to write, “‘This one-currency regime is much too radical to envisage in the near future,” he said. “But it is not too radical to envisage 25 years from now….’”

When and where was the above published?  In the Fall 1984 issue of Foreign Affairs, the journal of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR).

I think this is an example of what Jones means by “reading the TV Guide.”

However, I believe Jones is too modest.  People aren’t in denial about what’s going to be on TV. (” Oh look, a re-run of Seinfeld!”)  No one has a vested psychological interest in disbelieving TV schedules.  This makes Jones’s job very, very challenging, although more and more people are waking up.  (People are getting angry, which is working wonders, and we’re just getting warmed up!)

Just as an FYI, what started my process of waking up was the 1993 BATF raid in Waco, TX, and the subsequent  documentaries, Waco: The Rules of Engagement and Waco: A New Revelation.  Please check ‘em out.

See you next time, hopefully before the next blizzard hits!

Blog update, 04-07-09: G20 Unsuccessful in Implementing IMF Regulations on Fed and SEC.

Here’s a quote from a Rapid City Journal article entitled, “Time to come down from G-20 Summit,” page E3 of the 04-05-09 edition: “France and Germany were instrumental in blocking the Obama initiative but then, they did not get their main objective either-a global supranational regulatory body to oversee the world’s largest financial institutions.”

Quote of the Week: “Human progress is furthered not by conformity, but by aberration.”

~H.L. Mencken

Buried News of the Week

Rapid City slated for nationwide tax protest at the Corner of 5th and Omaha, Noon on April 15th, 2009