The Weekend Vigilante
Friday, January 6, 2012 at 9:16PM Welcome to the first Weekend Vigilante of 2012!
According to the Mayans, this year will entail a transformative or cataclysmic event. But, we don't pay too much credence to this. After all, if the Mayans were so great at predicting the future there'd still be Mayans.
But you don't have to be Mayan to know that, almost without doubt, there will be a major transformative change in the world in the coming years. Whether it happens on December 21st of this year or not, is almost irrelevant. The western monetary system and the welfare/warfare democratic nation-state period will collapse. The numbers are already baked in the cake. It's just a matter of preparing and finding ways to profit from the collapse and securing your financial and personal effects to survive through the Great Transition to come.
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS
If you're reading this, we've all made it through another rotation of the sun on this space rock! Hopefully you have your health and some degree of freedom... and are surrounded by friends and family you love. If you have this, then you are already rich. Now it's just a matter of trying to keep it that way.
A new year is regularly used to look forward to the coming year and make "resolutions". All things must start with health, for which without it, we have nothing. So, ensure you have your health in check first and foremost. Secondly, your freedom. If you are happy having your life controlled by governments and most of your labor taken away by force, then stay as you are. If you are not, and live in the western world, look to make a change. Or, at least, get your assets outside of the control of the western financial system to start.
Pioneering psychologist and philosopher, William James, had three rules for changing your life. "Start immediately. Do it flamboyantly. No exceptions."
That sounds like good advice to us.
WHAT'D THEY DO TO RON THIS WEEK?
Watching the way the media lies and avoids anything to do with Ron Paul has become very entertaining! We may have to make this a weekly feature as each week they come up with new ways to do it.
This week's creative effort to make Ron Paul disappear comes from CBS "News" and their infographic about the main contenders for New Hampshire's Republic primary. Let's see, 43 + 9 + 7 + 6 = 65%.
Who could the other 35% be?
Then, CNN gave us a glimpse of the man behind the curtain when they made the mistake of interviewing a US soldier over his views on Ron Paul. He began to state that he is excited about Ron Paul's ideas "on bringing the troops "home. He went on to state that he didn't think the US should go around "nitpicking wars with other countries," going on to state that, "Someone like Ira...". And that's where the feed began to cut. It carried on for a few more seconds with him stating, "Israel is more than capable of..." and that was enough for Big Brother! See how it transpired below.
It was surely just a coincidence! Ron Paul, however, in his speech after the Iowa primary had that soldier on to finish his message. You can see that here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lNbiIdraso
Meanwhile, Ron Paul in the last few weeks was chided for holding gold and gold stocks in his portfolio, as we mentioned in our "What Would Ron Paul Own?" article. Yet, the fact that 151 members of Congress had up to $195.5 million of their personal assets invested in companies that invest in weapons of murder (defense corporations) is not raised as being a problem!
You see, after decades of the military industrial complex and war machine almost everyone in the US has their hands dirty with blood. One of the members of the White House media corps (you know, those guys who re-read government press releases to you) makes this point for us when he was caught on tape in this YouTube video, stating that, "You see this room? Two-thirds of us would be laid off if Ron Paul is President."
And he's probably right. Without all these wars, and without the government involved in every facet of life in the US, there'd really not be much need for anyone to be there. And those news-repeaters would actually have to go out and do something productive in society rather than be a part of the State machine which does nothing but destroy wealth.
THE RON PAUL VIDEO OF THE WEEK
This video from the Morton Downey Jr. show in 1988 speaks for itself. Ron Paul owns this statist fatboy:
AND NOW A MESSAGE FROM THE BANK OF CANADA
Friend, Redmond Weissenberger of Mises Canada, sent us the following link from the central bank of Canada's (BoC) "Educational Resources" section of their website. On it is all the usual propaganda, but one in particular caught our eye. A "dynamic program for high school economics students" called "Inflation Busters".
According to the BoC, "Fighting inflation is no easy job". Well, BoC, it actually is very easy. In fact, you don't even need to fight it. Inflation, after all, is caused by an increase in the money supply. So, if you want to "fight inflation", the best way to do that is to allow the free market to choose its money - a choice that has always resulted in gold due to the fact that is almost impossible to increase the supply of gold significantly each year.
So, if you are in a Canadian indoctrination camp (school) and the BoC comes to your classroom with its "Inflation Busters" propaganda, stand up and state that you know how inflation can be vanquished for eternity.
Stand up, show the following chart and say, "Close the Bank of Canada."
See, it's not that hard to fight inflation after all.
OPPORTUNITIES, FUN AND SUN FOR VIGILANTES IN THE COMING MONTHS
There are a number of exciting events coming up in the coming weeks and months that could provide you education, profit and the opportunity to network and have fun amongst like-minded people. Here are a few of the events:
The Vancouver Investment Resource Conference
A little over two weeks from now is one of the biggest resource conferences of the year at the Vancouver Investment Resource Conference on January 22-23rd. It looks to be a fabulous conference... they've even done up a Hollywood quality trailer for what they are calling "The Investment Conference of the Decade". If you pre-register now, it's free. Or, $20 at the door.
The Global Financial Summit
Then, I'll be going straight to the sunny Bahamas for The Global Financial Summit from February 1-5. This is a conference run by Mark Skousen of FreedomFest and looks to be excellent. Among the speakers will be Peter Schiff, David McAlvany and yours truly. This should be a very interesting and fun conference and is a great way to get away from winter in the Northern Hemisphere for some fun and sun amongst some of the top names in the financial business. We'll be sending a full invite to you tomorrow but you can register now if you want to ensure your attendance.
The California Investment Conference
Soon after that, I'll be in another sunny local, in Palm Springs for the California Investment Conference on February 11-12th. It should also be a good time and some nice sun for those who live in the snowy north.
Special Harvest Events at Doug's Gultch in Cafayate, Argentina
And, to finish off winter, we'll head down to Argentina, where it is the end of summer, for the harvest season and a visit to Doug Casey's libertarian enclave. For those who are unfamiliar with this development, we believe it is one of the better and more interesting places to live for the next few years as the world falls apart. It's beautiful, nearly totally self sufficient, in the middle of nowhere and hundreds of the worlds most interesting entrepreneurs, businessmen, scientists and thinkers are moving there.
Exact dates are just being finalized, and we'll soon be sending out an invite for this event as well, but the rough dates to keep open are anywhere from March 6-22nd.
IN CLOSING
That's all for this week. We wish you the best in 2012 and hope you have your affairs squared away, or make a resolution to get them sorted this year as we continue down the road into The End Of The Monetary System As We Know It (TEOTMSAWKI) and through the Great Transition ahead! Come visit with us in Vancouver, Bahamas, Palm Springs or Argentina this winter and be a part of our ever growing community of dollar collapse survivors!
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Reader Comments (1)
I recently found your site and think you have great ideas. Nice interview you did with SGT report. I would like to point out that capital controls in Europe are also appearing. Italy, Greece and France implemented some forms already as far as I know. Do you guys have plans on expanding to Europe? I would like that for sure, we can use some freedom help :).
Another thing I lke to point out is that there are 2 kinds of central banks on this globe. The ones who support the dollar block (using dollars as the backing of their currency) and the ones who MTM their gold and use that as the backing of the currency. I think thats a good argument in favor of gold (vs silver).
Keep up the good work!