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Pentagon Study: ‘08 Financial Crisis May Have Included Work of Finanical Terrorists

It seems those Pentagon economic “war games” we reported on in December may have been a very good idea.

That’s because it was revealed yesterday that a Pentagon contractor report suggests the U.S. may have been, and may currently be, the victim of financial terrorism. As the Washington Times says, the 2008 economic crisis may have included “financial subversion carried out by unknown parties, such as terrorists or hostile nations … covertly using vulnerabilities in the U.S. financial system.”

The report was authored by financial analyst Kevin D. Freeman in 2009, and is called “Economic Warfare: Risks and Responses.”

From the Times:

“There is sufficient justification to question whether outside forces triggered, capitalized upon or magnified the economic difficulties of 2008,” the report says, explaining that those domestic economic factors would have caused a “normal downturn” but not the “near collapse” of the global economic system that took place.

Suspects include financial enemies in Middle Eastern states, Islamic terrorists, hostile members of the Chinese military, or government and organized crime groups in Russia, Venezuela or Iran. Chinese military officials publicly have suggested using economic warfare against the U.S.

“The new battle space is the economy,” Freeman told the Times. “We spend hundreds of billions of dollars on weapons systems each year. But a relatively small amount of money focused against our financial markets through leveraged derivatives or cyber efforts can result in trillions of dollars in losses. And, the perpetrators can remain undiscovered.

“This is the equivalent of box cutters on an airplane.”

So who does Freeman think could be responsible? The answer may not surprise you: Islamic terrorists, Russia, and China.

That possibility seems to be supported by news reported late last year that the Pentagon has been “war gaming” for a financial attack since early 2009 — and many of those scenarios have focused on China.

According to Freeman’s new report, the attack has three stages, two of which may have already been implemented:

  • The first phase was a speculative run-up in oil prices that generated as much as $2 trillion of excess wealth for oil-producing nations, filling the coffers of Sovereign Wealth Funds, especially those that follow Shariah Compliant Finance.
  • The second phase appears to have begun in 2008 with a series of bear raids targeting U.S. financial services firms that appeared to be systemically significant [such as Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers]. … This created a system-wide crisis, caused the collapse of the credit markets, and nearly collapsed the global financial system.
  • The risk of a Phase Three has quickly emerged, suggesting a potential direct economic attack on the U.S. Treasury and U.S. dollar. Such an event has already been discussed by finance ministers in major emerging market nations such as China and Russia as well as Iran and the Arab states. A focused effort to collapse the dollar by dumping Treasury bonds has grave implications including the possibility of a downgrading of U.S. debt forcing rapidly rising interest rates and a collapse of the American economy. In short, a bear raid against the U.S.financial system remains possible and may even be likely. [Emphasis added]

“We have taken on massive public debt as the government was the only party who could access capital markets in late 2008 and early 2009,” Freeman told the Times regarding phase three, which has put the U.S. dollar’s global reserve currency status at risk.

“This is the ‘end game’ if the goal is to destroy America,” he added, noting that in his view China’s military “has been advocating the potential for an economic attack on the U.S. for 12 years or longer as evidenced by the publication of the book Unrestricted Warfare in 1999.”

According to the Times, Freeman’s suggestion has been largely ignored by the government, and there are many who don’t agree with his scenario. But while Freeman says at this point he’s only saying financial terrorism is a possible factor, ignoring that possibility is a mistake.

“The preponderance of evidence that cannot be easily dismissed demands a thorough and immediate study be commenced,” the report says. “Ignoring the likelihood of this very real threat ensures a catastrophic event.”

Pajamas Media has obtained a copy of the report and posted it online.

Rad the entire report from the Washington Times.

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  • positive1
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:09am

    OR Maybe it was poor management by our government, Ivy League educated Elitist who run our country, Corporate America with the help of Lawyers and the Universities that educate our leaders. If they can’t fix this mess who can? Hold them accountable America.

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  • Nations
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:09am

    Well, be sure you investigate the Democratic Party and its connections to all its special interest groups and the man who pays for everything…Mr. George Soros. Glenn Beck has already done most of the work.

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  • rightwingheroes
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:08am

    and the deck of cards will include, but not limited to: King Obama the merciful, Harry the Red, Nanny Pelosi, Ben Bernanke, Tim Geithner, Larry Summers, Cass Sunstein, Andy Stern, Imam Emanuel and David Axelrod just to start things off. I’m sure there are more criminals in the Obama regime than the ones i stated above.

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  • Teapartywoman
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:06am

    Is America stronger then Soros, this is the question. I sure think so, but only time will tell.

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  • mcFirst
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:06am

    RON PAUL we would be on our way back to real recovery if he managed to get elected in 2008.

    No more games folks.

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    • mamawalker
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:24pm

      Been a supporter of his for a long time but we need him to be put in charge of getting rid of The FED!

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  • temple62
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:06am

    Yes and the leading culprit was and is Bernanke!

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  • fmonson
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:05am

    http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/speeches/lyceum.htm

    Please read it and weep! Our built-in protections have not, do not and likely, will not work to our advantage. I am not oblivious to the nature of man, so, we hire substantial numbers of people to keep us honest – especially in financial matters. As Mr. Lincoln said (paraphrase), ‘If those who govern do not obey the laws they pass, how can we expect the lawlessness to not to spread? Barney Frank is a fool, not a terrorist. His loyal electorate may be the problem, but he is just one of those who has dedicated himself to life as a problem framer rather than as a problem solver. I suspect that neither he, nor Mr. Dodd, nor Mr. Sanders, or Mr. Obama – who is one who swears an oath to defend and protect a document for which he harbors some contempt. Ask yourselves the following question. Why do we have representatives who, in a 2,000 page health care bill, could not – having given the power of numbers to single-proprieters with respect to health care rights – provide the same equity to all citizens? Perhaps it is because, the President NEVER voiced dismay that Congress was essentially permitting the Insurance Lobby the right of first-refusal in the development of the legislation. HE obviously does NOT serve every citizen when he has the chance, but rather voters with his pen for problems beyond the small ones he has in hand that he cannot solve. He is not the first mistake we have made, because we do not have candidates who control their own messages to the electorate. Running for office is simply much too easy. God bless the United States, please!

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  • Flyovergirl
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:03am

    How long did it take for “the Smartest people in the World” to come to this conclusion? Can you say manipulation to get to the final goal. With people this “brilliant ” sure helps me sleep soundly at night ..NOT!

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  • bhelmet
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:03am

    Our politicians are in on it

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  • smithclar3nc3
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:03am

    Really could these financial terrorist be members of the Democratic party. Could it be one William Jefferson Clinton who in his final days in office signed beefed up regulations reguarding the CRA that required financial institutions to practice poor judgement when writing minority home loans and urban area business loans. Could it be part of a Cloward and Pivens strategy to collapse the system with debt.
    http://www.americanthinker.com/Motor%20Voter%20Signing.jpg
    Notice Cloward and Piven in the back ground as Clinton signed the motor voter act

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  • dealer@678
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:02am

    You wont see this report in the msm.

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  • neverending
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:01am

    None of what has happened in the last 2 – 3 years is happenstance!

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:27am

      The article was about the first segment of the last 12 years.

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  • dabbo
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:00am

    Financial crisis sinks McCain campaign……..

    Manchurian Candidate enter stage left……..

    Leftist, Marxist, and Communists take control of the levers of Power…..

    Obama shoots hoops and walks his dog.

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    • Gentlemen I suggest you beam me aboard
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:34pm

      Exactly Dabbo, Think of how many national secrets the Manchurian candidate will give to the enemy when he leaves office. All protocall’s will have to be changed when the commie leaves, hopefully in 2012,God willing.

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  • Pattondog
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:00am

    one moe story, the main stream media will ignore.

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  • NE12012
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:54am

    Community Reinvestment Act

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  • An AmericanMom
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:53am

    Hello George Soros!…….He already took down 5 countries….and wanted the crown jewel for his trophy case!

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    • Sugabee
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:55am

      Exactly!! Can anyone say “GEORGE SOROS”???

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:54am

      That is such a pat answer for everything wrong isn’t it, “George Soros did it”.
      Couldn’t have anything to do with anything else could it? Fools

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  • mcFirst
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:52am

    Lets talk about financial terrorism . I am really terrorized by congress and its spending. I mean really that is what terrorizing me. I don‘t care about Al Quaida I’ll take my chances. I do care about all my dollars which buy my housing and food.

    This is a trial ballon issue. Don’t fall for it. Please it was corruption form the top down to mess with the free market and generally accepted accounting rules that were around for decades.

    This happened because banks, fannie and freddie way overleveraged which created inflation inside the real estate market which then bled into the broader economy. All we saw was inflation froom the easy money that looked like true valuations. Counties loved it, they were collecting taxes like crazy.

    Look no further then Credit Default Swaps. This creation was at the core of it all. The creators of CDS invented it to get debt off banks books, so they could lend more. DC liked it because it gave a false impression the economy was getting better, so they let it go. States and counties were making billions so they weren’t going to say anything.

    So it goes back to whos minding the store. Kind a like democrats not really representing taxpayers when at the bargaining table for the unions.

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:56pm

      What you are not saying is how the Acorn and other community organizers where pushing for and got political support to get the banks into this mess. The banks were simply looking to pass the buck and get who wound up with it? We did. Now the Left is calling the banker greedy trying to gain the high ground when they were in it from the start.

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  • seemsew
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:52am

    This was one crisis that I have always thought…it came on too fast…things were just fine a month ago. The urgency never made sense and the “must act NOW” right before a national election rang every bell in my head. What an October surprise that left everyone with their mouths hanging open. Bush appeared to be totally out of his element taking the advice of those who were URGING him to act or the WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEM would collapse TOMORRO0W!!! By the way, where is Hank Paulsen today???

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  • GrandpaGreer
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:50am

    I wonder why Soros wasn’t mentioned in the article. I have always wondered if he, possibly along with others with similar politics and wealth, was behind it. My thoughts are that the timing of the collapse…right before the November 2008 election…is awfully suspicious. Our economy was somewhat precarious, sure, but it seems odd that we couldn’t recover, doesn’t it?

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    • bccrane
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:37pm

      The brokerage houses that ran the hedge funds will not divulge that information. During 07′ & 08′ I was receiving emails and faxes wanting me to invest in oil because it was headed to $200.00/barrel I didn’t bite, because in May of 08‘ I realized that the oil prices weren’t based on supply and demand it was all based on hedge funds and it was sure to collapse. People coming into my place of business kept complaining how Bush and his cronies were running up oil to line their pockets and I had to keep reminding them that if that were so why would they do it in an election year wouldn’t that piss off the voters? It hit me then that is was timed to piss off the voters and the only one who had the experience and money was Soros.

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  • JQCitizen
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:50am

    “According to the Times, Freeman’s suggestion has been largely ignored by the government…”

    Unfortunately, in the Executive Branch, the Fox is guarding the hen house. Everyone must ask for this man to be heard by an appropriate committee of our House of Representatives. If the truth can be found, it should.

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  • vetswife
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:49am

    Dems won’t believe it….they still think it‘s Bush’s fault.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:48am

    “There is sufficient justification to question whether outside forces triggered, capitalized upon or magnified the economic difficulties of 2008,” Two words: George Soros

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    • moreteaplease
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:27am

      Those are the first two words that came to my mind as well.

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    • Togger
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:47pm

      I always suspected George Soros had his finger prints on it, too coincidental, just before the election.

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  • constitutionaldirective
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:46am

    IT WAS Terrorists.. the same ones that blew up the Pentagon!!! P.R.O.G.R.E.S.S.I.V.E.S.!!!! They‘ve been trying to collapse the system since the 60’s!

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    • rodamaa
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:53am

      No! those are responsible for blowing up our constitution and country

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:24am

      It amazes me how self-hateful we have become in only 10 years. Please, patriots! This is the US of A!

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  • APatriotFirst
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:45am

    Suspects include financial enemies in Middle Eastern states, Islamic terrorists, hostile members of the Chinese military, or government and organized crime groups in Russia, Venezuela or Iran. Chinese military officials publicly have suggested using economic warfare against the U.S.

    ——————————————————————————————————————————————

    Seems he forgot to add in our own members of govt. here.

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    • Marylou7
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:49am

      Soooooooooo true.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:23am

      It amazes me how anti-government we have become in only 10 years. What we need to do is pay our bills. That would stop those “financial terrorists” cold!

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    • GroundZero is Nuclear Demolition x3
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:40pm

      @ slezyhippo U have no solid proof what soever that so called Islamic extremist took down the towers. Contrary to ur circumstantial radio transmission evidence which has never been verified in any way, most intel agencies point to Israel who’s teachings allow them to “screw over any gentile”. How is a non-oil producer in the middle east the most economically dominate?
      It’s people like U who believe the hoax/insurance scam that has cost the US TRILLIONS of dollars, not some figment of the CIA’s imagination like al-ciada.
      And until u, and people like u, admit mossad is the only org that could pull this off the deeper this LIE cuts this entire country.
      Dimitri Khalezov knows WTH he is talking about, LEARN SOME REAL PHYSICS OR ETERNALLY CHASE THE LIE.

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    • RN MOM
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:24pm

      zero- There is plenty of evidence that islamic terrorists took down the WTCs and hit the pentagon. I am not going to waste everyone’s time by educating you. Hang your head in shame, you and your comrades are fools in sheep’s clothing.

      After 9-11, Islamic terrorists did say that their next attack will be in the financial arena. It would appear that if the government hasn’t been monitoring and war gaming this possibility on 9-12- they should be put in jail for dereliction of duties.

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  • Obama Bin Lying
    Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:37am

    I knew it….Barney Frank is a terrorist.

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    • cnsrvtvj
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:51am

      I always thought Barney was a terrorist too. It‘s weird that we can’t seem to control our own electronic information. That was the first thing that caught my attention about the Obamacare bill. When they started talking about electronic health records, I thought that doesn’t sound like such a good idea.

      http://www.donsmithshow.com – see the Society in Decline video

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:54am

      wow

      These ECONOMIC TERRORIST

      have been busy a very long time

      in order to crash the market in 2008

      they must have started in

      1977 with the COMMUNITY REINVENSTMENT ACT

      then in 1995 musht been the ones who sued Citi bank to lower the application standards of those who make minimum wage. So that a minimum wage earner could buy a

      500 THOUSAND DOLLARS HOME

      then in 1999 they were really busy pasing the

      GRAHAM LEACH BLILEY ACT
      which changed the GLAS STEGAL act of 1933

      if you ask me I dont think it is economic terrorists

      I THINK IT IS A BUNCH OF DUMB ASS DECISIONS

      BY A BUNCH OF DUMB ASS PEOPLE

      WHO WE HIRE TO RUN THIS COUNTRY

       
    • fertlmind
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 10:56am

      Soros!!

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    • sWampy
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:00am

      Democrats caused it period.

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    • Nick Pable with Buckshot
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:08am

      Now maybe we’ll find out who Bernard Madoff was really working for.

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    • randy
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:10am

      Bawney fwank came to my mind first. The economic terrorists they talk about are Radical progressives who think it‘s a great idea to give loans to people who can’t afford them.

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    • sleazyhippo
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:16am

      The islamoterrorists added Trillions to out debt since 9/11 by instilling fear in our congress and administration that has flowed into our people’s consciousness. The difference in the amount of our class warfare between 1990 and 2010 is stark. We used to be proud and strong as a people, Standing Together, and ready (like Reagan said) for great things. We used to be the City on a Hill, providing American leadership in the hostile world with a characteristic bravery, and optimism.

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    • Ironmaan
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:19am

      The “flash crash” is still unexplained. The report that was recently released admitted as much and alluded to the possibility. The point though is actually moot because either way the stock market is extremely vulnerable to collapse due to many factors be it a Terroist attack financial or of the usual type, geoplolitical risk or the economy here at home. The only way to protect ones self of catastrophic loss is to own something physical. Gold and silver come to mind.
      http://guerillatics.com

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    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:21am

      Will Obama take back his words blaming Bush? No he won‘t because he’s aware of the manufacture crisis that paved the way to his election.

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    • Evileye
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:22am

      I would not be to critical of this scenario,there are more than one way to skin a cat.
      They know that they cannot do us in military.
      but we are certainly going bankrupt.

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    • bccrane
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:31am

      What do you think the run up of oil by the hedge funds in ‘07 ’08 was about? It brought about two important things the downfall of the economy and the election of Obama. Obama was supported by the hedge fund king himself “Soros”. The Brokerage houses won’t divulge who was behind the hedge funds, but Jan. 2009 report by 60 minutes (note the timing) said it wasn’t Bush or his cronies, it wasn’t the oil companies, and it wasn’t OPEC.

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:39am

      Democrats and liberal idiots may have ignited it but subversive economic activities on the part of the governments and groups listed is being monitored very closely by military experts as a very real threat to the security of the US. To ignore the very real threats is short-sided and unwise. That is why the conservative mantra has been to get off foreign oil. It creates an economic security risk !!!!

      http://www.csa.com/discoveryguides/terror/overview.php
      http://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1711883.html
      http://www.nber.org/feldstein/oil.html

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:43am

      The Target of the Terrorists Has Always Been Our Economy…They will keep trying until they get it right.

      Their genocidal death agenda to establish a global caliphate….a Fourth Reich….is moving forward. Al Qaeda is recruiting Mexican narco-terrorists as mercenaries. They’re slowly surrounding us. Jack Bauer is a myth. The Great Wall of China wasn’t breached by marauding Mongol tribes in a bloody siege….their inside guy opened up the front door at 3AM and they strolled in.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:44am

      Yep…a fat lil’ terrorist at that!

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    • Boojer56
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:48am

      The president and democrats are the econimical terrorists.

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    • AzDebi
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:52am

      Big Finance in the 21st century = Big Fraud! Does anyone besides me think that the Pentagon COULD BE a little LATE coming to the table about this??????????????????? Any one of us here at the Blaze could do a better job and we’d have finished the investigation by now and a whole s*it-load of criminals would be sitting behind bars!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • Lantern
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:52am

      Yet ANOTHER reason for domestic oil drilling and nuclear plants. Don’t forget the terrorism lying hidden in the WH Administration.

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    • AmericanSoldier
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:55am

      By Terrorist they mean the entire Federal Government and Federal Reserve, then yes, we were victim to terrorism. Terrorism doesn’t have to come from some cave in the Middle East.

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    • HappyStretchedThin
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 11:59am

      The best antidote to foreign perhaps ill-wishing meddling in US markets is for the US govt to get out of the way except to prevent and punish cheating, for free trade to exist everywhere, and for the US govt to stop spending. The dollar would be strong, the confidence of the world in the US economy would be unshakable and the decisions would remain outside the control of govt bureaucrats as much as possible.

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    • lylee
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:07pm

      I remember Hugo Chavez saying early in 2008 that the United States financial system would collapse very soon, you will see. Did he know something? I believe the did. Bear raids play an important role in the demise of any company. You just keep borrowing money and selling a stock so that the public loses confidence in the stock and destroy the company’s value. This was enabled by our politicians by getting rid of the uptick rule. So ask yourself, who would want to destroy companies? George Soros anyone? Another question to ask, why did our government bail out everyone except Lehman Brothers? Lehman Brothers was the major competitor of Goldman Sachs, but I’m sure that had nothing to do with it! Even though the so-called “Republican” Treasury Secretary at the time, Henry Paulson, was the ex-chairman at Goldman Sachs, I’m sure that this had nothing to do with him letting Lehman Brothers go belly up. There was also a money market fund at the time that was in danger of “busting the buck”. That happens when you get large redemptions at one time. Could be that some nefarious entity would put all their money, and money of other entities that they control into one fund with the intent of causing a financial crisis and the busting of the buck. All of this could cause political upheaval and a mood to throw the bums out. I would be real interested in what entities asked for redemptions at the same time. The timing of all this is very strange, why just before an election? Again, George Soros anyone? He certainly has the assets especially if he picks a small money fund.

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    • gman46
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:09pm

      I’m thinking Soros also!

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    • colonial10
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:16pm

      It is our administration that has set us up for this fall. Also previous admins as well. You would think that these ivy leaguers with these degrees would be able to handle this situation but they have learned that the biggest investment in the world is our tax dollars. It has become a slush fund for them. They recruit each other and say, “look my fellow ivy leaguers, a pot of cash, grab as much as you can”. Just one or two of our Founding Fathers had more intelligence then the whole lot of them up there. I believe we have lost our chance as a Republic to make a stand. We can’t even act upon our own Constitution to replace the government with moral and ethical people. The Tea Party has good people but have there hands tied. The only one we can rely on is God to guide us in these days. God bless us all.

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    • Showtime
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:32pm

      @DashRipRock ~
      Bunch of cute Democrats at work, but smart, too. They blame it all on Bush.

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    • CatB
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:33pm

      Soooo … where do I apply for my reinbursement for the terrorist attack? I doubt very much that they could have done so much damage with out the Democrats and Rinos picking winners and losers … and I was on the losing end (Lehman Bros and others in my investment account).

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:35pm

      No, this has come as no suprise to myself; I remember seeing the connection in part of where the oil prices would flux along with the stock market almost like a pendulum. When futures on oil would be higher in the morning, then the dow would plummet, and vice versa. It occured often enough over a few days to be predictable for the most part.

      I have to wonder how they failed to notice the trend earlier.

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:37pm

      Well at least now I know how these DUMBASSES

      in Washington get away with being so stupid.

      EVERYBODY ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISLE

      FAILED HIGHSCHOOL ECONOMICS

      AND NOBODY!!!!!!!! KNOWS THE DIFfERENCE

      BETWEEN FISCAL POLICY AND MONETARY POLICY

      OR WHO CONTROLS THE FISCAL POLICIES

      OR THE MONETARY POLICIES

      GOD HELP US ALL

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    • mikem1969
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:38pm

      Yes, we know it was caused by terrorists. The anti-AMERICAN liberal and progressive terrorists that have saught to bring down the US for decades.

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    • proudconservative
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 12:56pm

      The Muslim Brotherhood has a strong foundation in the U.S. and throughout the world. It is high time our leaders stopped being so politically correct and start calling them out like Congressman West recently did, but they need to go much further and the days of tolerating these groups like CAIR should be over and sedition charges should be in the works against these radicals.

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    • ablisterin
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:03pm

      Why do they assume it to be groups outside our country? We now have more people within our borders that are salivating over the demise of America. Foreign countries can just sit back and enjoy the show without any risk of getting involved. Television should make a new reality show of it and call it something like, “The Implosion of America” or “Brilliant Intellectual Idiots.”

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    • DashRipRock
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:06pm

      IF YOU SEE …DOCGREEN

      Tell him this is as far as I have gotten with his request
      I have some domestic issues Im going to be Ironing out for awhile

      ..

      The devil went down to Georgia,
      he was looking for some votes to steal.
      He was in a bind ‘cos he was way behind:
      he was willin’ to make a deal.
      When he came across this young woman
      on the stump and she was hot.
      And the devil jumped behind a teleprompter and said:
      “girl let me tell you what:
      “I bet you didn’t know it,
      but I’m a socialist radical oooo.
      “And if you’d care to take a dare,
      I’ll make a bet with you.
      “Now you talk alot of sense girl,
      , but give the devil his due:
      “I bet the whitehouse against your reputation,
      ‘cos I think I’m better than you.”
      The girl said: “My name’s Sarah “barracuda” Palin,
      I’ll take your bet, your gonna regret,
      because the truth will always win.”

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:14pm

      I think everyone is touching on good points but rather than separating out our comments I think we should be realistic and realize that yes – economic terrorism from outside our borders is a very real threat. Yes – economic “terrorism” from inside our borders is a real threat. Both groups want essentially the same thing…..destruction of the current American economy and way of life. They may want it for different reasons in the end, but until then they work together to achieve their agenda. Those who would enjoy freedom and liberty must be vigilant against those who would assault it ……both foreign and domestic.

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    • dawg of gawd
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 1:58pm

      I thought Bush kept us safe from another terrorist attack. Damn, another myth revealed.

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    • mill
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:00pm

      OMG…thought i was only oe thinking Barney!!!

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    • Jim S
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:12pm

      Now let’s test our reading skills..If a headline says…” Terrorists maybe involved in ABC.” What does that mean? It means there is little or no evidence to prove the ABC after the word MAY. Another was to always read such a headline is change MAY or POSSIBLY to MAY NOT…if you read the article replacing may with may not, it really doesn’t change the story much. Terrorists, China others MAY have but we don’t know and this is a few facts and lots of speculation. It’s a funny sort of news. Unlike a “real”news article, with real facts and concrete conclusions, this is a what if story. What a reader should find most disturbing is that after almost 3 years of investigation by the best and brightest in their fields, we don’t know how & who’s of this economic implosion.

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    • docvet
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:23pm

      I guess there is only one thing left to do. The President will have to ask congress to suspend the constitution and name him President for life. Then we will really by like Egypt, etc. and riot in the streets demanding he leave. Then another, probably muslim, will assume leadership and place an order for 30 million burkas. and have dump trucks full pf easily thrown rocks strategically placed throughout the country. N O T !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • JoeBtfsplk
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 2:34pm

      Soros.

      NEXT !

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:10pm

      @ PARADIGM………….amazingly we are in complete agreement on this issue !!!!!!!! Good article read it myself on another site I believe.

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    • CultureWarriors
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 3:41pm

      We all know many economic terrorists. They are called Democrats. The proof is all across the country. Everywhere they have been in control, the local economy has tanked. I know facts are hard for liberals to accept but, Democrats are not capable of running anything except into the ground.

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    • Paradigmm
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:02pm

      WATCHTHEOTHERHAND; I think you will find we agree on many of the issues and problems we face today but thanks to corporate owned media pitting us against one another we rarely stop yelling at one another to see that. We call each other names and use ad-hominem attacks when we should be calmly and rationally talking to one another. All one needs to do is look through this thread alone you will see that. The first rule of winning a war is to divide your opponent, and I see that mantra working all too well here in the US.

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    • Paradigmm
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:11pm

      CULTUREWARRIORS; The economic terrorists you write about are the bankers and wall street hedge fund managers that where enabled by our politicians (all of them) and cross both party lines. The only party they relate to is the money party. The banks turned our financial system into a gambling house and lost, big time. Put it on one group or another if you like but if you did a little research yourself you would find the truth. I know the corporate owned media blames the other side for our problems and that is splitting this country in half. Divide and conquer so to speak. While we are fighting with one another, they are stealing the show.

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    • sclibertymom
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:17pm

      V……..V
      .V……V
      …V..V
      …..V
      for victory
      fight globalism
      infowarscom

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    • Xcori8r
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 4:38pm

      Frank is at the vewy weast an accessory to the attacks on the US economy. They are coming from all sides.. you can include the government unions and all the poverty pimp community organizers including the organizer-in-chief. If 2008 was an outside cyber hit, they probably did us a favor by accelerating the inevitable.

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    • koasurferdude
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 5:14pm

      Stop and think who benefited from the crisis and how coincidental that it was just a month before presidential election. Could it be that’s how Soros got his BOY in th house?

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    • thestimulusmonkey
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:30pm

      @Dashriprock – Thankyou! And thousands of other bad decisions by our government.

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    • Paradigmm
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:31pm

      WATCHTHEOTHERHAND; Notice how my first post got censored! Those in power don’t want the truth to be told, they would rather spread their lies…..

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    • dr_funk
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:35pm

      Democrats are economic terrorists.

      This is news?

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:36pm

      @ PARADIGM……………..Yep had it happen to me a number of times as well. Just keep stating what you can when you can and I completely agree about the ad hominem business. I do like to use sarcasm though on occasion to emphasize absurdities and logical contradictions. My dirty little pleasure he he.

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    • Paradigmm
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:46pm

      WATCHTHEOTHERHAND; It shows you something about the problem we face doesn’t it. How can we have an intelligent discussion when half of what we say is censored? As for the sarcasm, is it really constructive to the overall conversation? I left all that behind long ago. No disrespect but it just seems rather childish to me.

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    • EP46
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 6:57pm

      Excuse me for jumping in…but this needs to be read by as many as possible.

      In 2008 BEFORE the election, Mike Huckabee discussed this very subject…that we might HAVE been hit by a terrorist attack against the financial system of the U.S. Then, it was like a door closed, and there was NEVER a mention of it again. I have emailed Huck and asked him if this is something he can discuss.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:18pm

      George Soros …..has he left the country yet?

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:49pm

      @ PARADIGM…………actually as a literary device when used properly it can be useful. Not really directed at any one individual but at an inconsistent position. Well, have a good one !!!!!

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    • Colonel-Burkhalter
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 7:52pm

      Yup, Barn Frank terrorizeds us every time he opens his nasty little mouth!

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:12pm

      To the finger prints lead back to the OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE computers???? It sure is looking a lot like the fact that Georgy Schwartz/Soros has his hands all over this.

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on March 1, 2011 at 8:36pm

      DASH I would also post a song but I am tiered of working on a post only to see
      it censored or deleted.
      Go get them.
      I think I will take some time off from the Censorship Blaze.
      I guess free speech is really dead.

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    • t00nces2
      Posted on March 2, 2011 at 6:30am

      Michael Savage was saying that this story is a ruse and that it is just being pushed out to allow the politicians who caused the problem to noot get blamed and punished.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:02pm

      And now that they have a pretty good idea what are they going to do about it? Punish Russia, China…Iran? Punish the stupid politicians who let our enemies buy our debt, and the politicians who made banks loan money to people who are unlikely to pay it back? I doubt they will do either of these things but I bet they will punish the American people.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:11pm

      Doesn’t George Soros have some of his people in the Pentagon?

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    • amf1277
      Posted on March 3, 2011 at 12:30pm

      Curious —- Glenn reported that the DOD has something akin to a foreward to the effect that the American people should be aware, etc. Can anyone actually find this in writing on the web? I’d love to post this article but I know how my naysayer FB friends are and I like to put as many verifiable facts out there as possible.

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