Can Anyone Say: DUH!

Daily world financial news from Thomson Financial News

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What geniuses these people be. Oil prices are the magic bullet to kill the American economy. And when our economy goes south, it's gonna take some other countries down with it. This whole "Global Economy" is going to bring a world of hurt upon all nations of the earth.

In reviewing my blog's stats' I see that there are people from quite a few different nations reading the blog. Glad you can visit. How about dropping us a comment on the current economic view from your nations perspective? Feel free to post a comment, please!

U.S. Achieves Goal: Osama Bin Laden Dead

It was widely reported today in the Arab world media that Osama Bin Laden has died.

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency confirmed the report as true. It seems that Osama died in a fit of uncontrollable laughter after reading the headlines touting the crash of the American economy, brought on by the greed of Commodity Traders driving the price of gasoline and food out of the reach of most consumers.

The resulting meltdown has all but stopped deliveries of foodstuffs to urban centers and the Government is now encouraging citizens to relocate to specially designed food distribution camps, run by FEMA. Security teams provided by Blackwater will be on hand to keep order and reduce the possibility of rioting. You are encouraged to bring bedding and the whole family for verification of food allocation. Pickup services will be provided.

An emergency session of congress has decided to remedy the crisis by giving themselves a 20% cost of living raise, personal security teams and guaranteed delivery of pizza at all hours. Certain members of congress urged that a bill be passed that outlaws law enforcement sting operations in public bathrooms. This bill has met stiff opposition from members of both partys.

In other news, a nationwide truckers strike has been called because, well , they are fed up with the way fuel costs have skyrocketed. Government handling of this crisis has created windfall riches for the ruling elite at the expense of the middleclass. However, nothing was heard from anti-poverty advocates as they have all starved to death.

Following this development, demand for government services has dropped tremendously from the previous 2 quarters. Demand for welfare benefits such as housing, healthcare and food stamps has fallen off 99% in this quarter as it seems the dead require nothing in the way of services. This has worried government workers in the Welfare system as they now face layoffs due to lack of demand.

If I don't laugh, I will cry.

Unlimited Greed Destroys American Economy

Oil hits $135 a barrel on new supply concerns

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At this rate, we could be in full collapse by early fall. If not, we will most certainly be seeing $200 a barrel by the end of the year or early next spring.

God help us all.

Persistent Gloom

It is my turn now it seems to have the feeling of dread and gloom hanging over me.

My post today is but a sampling of what I feel, weighing me down.

A storm came through the other night and decimated my onions, radishes and greens. It flooded my trays and floated the little guys right out of the tray. I need to build a small greenhouse for growing the small stuff in.

The largest amount of my stimulus has gone into my gas tanks, and I hesitate to spend whats left.

Damn the greedy bastards.

May all their wealth be as dust in their mouth come the crash! Let not a crumb of bread be available to them. May they thirst and not a drop be found to drink!

That is my curse upon those who drive the prices up.

Dire Warning

Oil crosses $130 a barrel for first time

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What evil purpose is there, that requires destroying the American economy? Is it to force us all into FEMA controlled food distribution camps? Halliburton (God curse them) has contracts for building more, and they will probably be staffed by Blackwater mercenaries.

Or is it merely to shift ownership of our lands back to the banks so they can sell them yet again for more ill gotten gains. Many people fear that the Government will request UN help to pacify the unruly mobs that will form when food supplies are withheld (to coerce us into the camps).

Seeing the performance of these clowns wherever they are deployed leads me to believe that they will be ineffective at controlling our population. The only way they can do it is if they weaken us with hunger and disease and reduce the population down to numbers they feel they can control with UN assistance.

Do not go to the camps. The camps will be slow death and servitude. Better to starve in your home or the wilderness than enter the camps. Fight to the death to stay out of the camps. Better to die free than serve the beast.

Buy more food. Arm your family.

Get out of the cities if you can.

Hunker down and prepare for future house to house searches if you can’t leave.

Hide your stuff! They will take your preps and leave you with nothing.

Perhaps they will take you too!

Or maybe just your children, to use as leverage against an unwilling population.

Something Wicked Comes.

Goodbye To Fruit Salad

With the demise of cheap fuels, we can expect to say goodbye to the large variety of tropical fruits that we now enjoy. The price of shipping will make them unaffordable. My favorite fruit happens to be Oranges. I just about cry when I consider that in the future their wonderful taste may be just a memory.

So, I have been buying fresh oranges whenever possible and pigging out on them. Same with orange juice. Yeah, I buy the cheap SunnyD but it goes down good on a hot day.

Hmmm, Think I will freeze some into cubes and store them in freezer bags for later in the summer when the heat is screaming for a 'cool me down but not beer' drink. (did I really just say that? not beer?) Toss a couple of cubes into a tall glass of really cold Ice Tea and start sippin.

Ahhh.... sounds good.

Sure, you can buy the frozen concentrate, but realistically, in a possible grid down SHTF you would not want all that stored frozen food to be ruined. You can buy fruit cocktail in a can and store it when possible, but what about Oranges? I don’t recall seeing regular (not Mandarin) canned oranges. Fresh or juice concentrate is the only choice.

Except…

How to Can Oranges, Grapefruit, Tangerines and Other Citrus at Home - Free, Easy, Illustrated Directions!

Woohoo! Do it yourself canning instructions for citrus. Lemons, Limes, Oranges, Tangerines, Grapefruit; all of your favorite, scarce after SHTF citrus, in a jar, on a shelf, in your root cellar (with the cheapo air filtration system of course!).

I will be looking for fruit on sale and will be purchasing and processing. Peaches, Apricots and Nectarines are other fruit that don’t grow well in some northern climates. Canned isn’t as good as fresh but it sure beats not having it at all.

For those of you who are using an incremental purchasing plan, add 1 package ea. regular and wide mouth canning lids per grocery day. Stock up if possible come canning season; jars, lids and extra rings. These will become non-existant except in manufacturer's shipping warehouses when TSHTF. If you can't use them yourself you will be able to barter them for food later.

Happy Canning!

P.S. Gas just hit $3.95 a gallon yesterday.

Get your ropes ready.

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