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To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (9483)	7/18/2004 9:55:57 PM
From: orkrious	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 116555

I sure didn't read that piece and get the impression puplava was blaming our mess on terrorism. In fact, I've read a lot of his stuff and I don't remember thinking that. he loathes greenman as much as anyone.

To: Haim R. Branisteanu who wrote (9483)	7/19/2004 12:46:50 AM
From: glenn_a	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116555

Hi Haim. ((IMHO - it is widely assumed that terrorism is US worst enemy - it is my assumption that WS, the BLS and the present Federal Reserve is US worst enemy and inflicted much more damage on our economy that all terrorist action combined and even WWII.)) I personally feel that the higher echelons of the U.S. power structure have become effectively criminalized. To my mind, you've got a very small minority of the population (whose interests are represented most significantly by some combination of a military-industrial-corporate-media complex) going for a power grab over much of the rest of the planet's humanity. (BTW, I don't feel that such institutions, or their primary power brokers, are by any means unanimous in their outlook. Only that there is a significant constituency that would favor such an outcome, as hard as it may be to fathom.) The War in Iraq, the War on Terror, Fed Monetary Policy, Enron, Fannie & Freddie, all part and parcel of a "production" designed to effect a desired result on the part of a minority in whom wealth is powerfully concentrated. It's been my contention for some time that problems would not really come to a head until the middle class in the West began to feel real pain. As long as the suffering is borne by peasants in Guatemala or the Middle Class in Argentina, and as long a such suffering can be either rationalized or ignored by mainstream media, then as long as "I" can send my kids to school, live in my beautiful house, with my beautiful wife (with apologies to David Byrne), alas it seems that for most, the red pill will do just fine. But now the pain is nearing the doorstop of the developed world's middle classes. They've been seduced into debt up to their eyeballs, and are losing their jobs to China, India, and the like. At some point, the pain will be felt deeply. I truly believe that the power elite of the U.S., at the very top, had planned for a fascist takeover of the state. It may be that this is still the plan. It is my personal belief that the U.S. administration knew about the 9-11 attack in advance, but required the attack to garner public support for sending troop to secure oil supplies in the Middle East. I believe they have been a bit taken aback at the difficulties their propaganda efforts have ran into in much of the world, and a significant portion of American society as well. I was very happy that Marshall Auerback of Prudent Bear gave special thanks in his article this past week to Michael Ruppert whose done such tireless work in bringing to light the importance of "Peak Oil", and its implications for global societies and geopolitics (See Ruppert's website at www.fromthewilderness.com ). I am somewhat surprised as well actually that Puplava can have a Gold roundtable discussion with John Embry and Bill Murphy, have Catherine Austin-Fitts as a guest, and comment about the economic lies of "bubblevision", yet to my observation appear to take the "War on Terror" at face value. Or perhaps he doesn't, and I just haven't understood his position properly. Anyway, all JIMHO. Regards, Glenn