The Illuminatti Update predictions come to pass
(As predicted by the researchers of the Illuminatti Update last year 2007)


Dodd: The United States may be "Days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system"


Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd says the United States may be “days away from a complete meltdown of our financial system” and Congress is working quickly to prevent that.

Dodd said Friday that Democrats and Republicans on the Hill are coming together to support the Bush administration’s developing plan to buy up bad debt from financial institutions and get the credit system working again. Dodd told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the nation’s credit is seizing up and people can’t get loans.

The ranking Republican on the Banking Committee, Senator Richard Shelby, predicts the new bailout plan will cost at least half a trillion dollars.

Shelby says the nation has “been lurching from one crisis to another.” Both veteran lawmakers say this is the most serious financial crisis they’ve seen in their years in Congress.

Press denied access in wake of hurricane Ike

Hurricane Ike news blackout on dead bodies in Bolivar, Texas
And fear of Internet gossip should not prohibit responsible journalism. The ABC News affiliate in Houston carried a video of investigative reporter Wayne Dolcefino confronting Texas governor Rick Perry about temporary “no-fly” zones for TV helicopters over parts of the Bolivar peninsula and west Galveston, the hardest hit areas. Later in the video, Dolcefino tells the ABC anchors:
After Katrina, we were able to go to Waveland, Mississippi, and Gulfport, and Biloxi, and places that were devastated, where there were, sadly, bodies on the road. Now that’s a horrible thing to see and a horrible thing to show, but people who live there, who have friends there, who have relatives there, have a fundamental right to know that stuff. They have a fundamental right to know, not just from the words of a politician or public official, but from the news media, which are independent of government and have also the responsibility of trying to help the public evaluate response…

We couldn’t get crews back on Galveston last night and this morning until we complained on the air for about twenty hours. And it’s not because we want to sightsee, guys, it’s because we have the responsibility of telling people… I made it as clear to [Gov. Perry] off camera as I did on camera that this is not going to be tolerated. You know, we hear about disasters in other countries—what was it, Burma, Myanmar—where they won’t let people in to see and you know, this is the state of Texas; this America. And we’re not trying to interfere with rescue and search operations, nor did anyone suggest we would be.

When asked why he thought the government was obstructing access, Dolcefino did not mince words:
I don’t think they want us to see images that may remind people… of the images that we saw in New Orleans. I don’t think they want us to see the images that were seen in Waveland, Mississippi or Gulfport… I think that’s the reality; they do not want us to see yet, until they can control what we see and how we see it. And that is simply, at least in my career, unacceptable. Maybe a lot of reporters won’t say it, but I will. I think they do not want us to see images of potential fatalities that may be on land or on water.

Other reporters didn’t think access was much of a problem. The Houston Chronicle’s Matthew Tresaugue said he wasn’t sure why TV choppers were prohibited from flying last Sunday, but that there were, in fact, reporters in the air. On SEJ’s list-serv he noted that:
The Chronicle had a photographer over Bolivar on Sunday about the same time as the televised confrontation. I flew with a photographer from High Island to Galveston’s west end to Surfside Beach in a Cessna yesterday, and one of our columnists and a photographer got a closer view of the same area from a helicopter. … I think the difference is the television guys wanted to take their helicopters, and we hitched rides. On my flight, I was able to see what I needed and even double back to take second looks. I can’t complain.

At any rate, its’ hard to imagine that information about the government’s response to Hurricane Ike would not get out sooner or later, and access seems to have improved since the weekend. But authorities should realize that obstructing the media’s ability to report in disaster zones only makes the public more suspicious about the adequacy of their response.

Hurricane Ike 2008.. The big show..

The Hurricane hit the Texas gulf coast, plowed right over Galveston and right into Houston..
We hadn't seen a hurricane like this since 1983.
Now, aside from it being a wild time, Houston survived with much damage but, survived none the less. Galveston, on the other hand, suffered devastating damage and loss, Crystal beach (along with other beach towns) was, for all sakes and purposes, wiped completely of of the map.

Which bring me to the psychological impact put upon us by the government..

FEMA (Homeland Security) showed up right on time to start the psychological warfare. Michael Chertoff opened his foul mouth and the real disaster began... He chanted crap like "Certain Death", "Loss of life" etc. Obviously we don't need a government suit to tell us that, we're Texans, we take our chances.. Jerk...
The Media, of course, followed suit by their constant chants of "Monster Storm", "Deadly Storm", "Hunker Down", etc.. Then the constant broadcasts afterward, that also continues to this day.. All of the media's updates were being placed online, ONLINE? without electricity in our homes, what the hell were they thinking??!! Oh, and by the way, we are sick of constantly hearing about it, it's over !!! Jerks...

FEMA: Half assed dip shits, denying help, in fighting, closing areas of the city, denying people access to their homes. marshal law
PODs: Half assed, short on supplies, awash with excuses, and being politicized.
Media: Same old crap, double speak, doom and gloom, touting themselves as hero's.
Gasoline: No supplies, no tankers, no gas. This was staged because the roads were clear.
People: Moving faster than the federal government in helping their neighbors.
Looting: There was some of that, but you know who was doing the looting, don't you.

It started with the loss of electricity, water, gas, and phone service. This, mind you, was hours before the storm was even close to land ! One week after the storm, people are still without power, the grocery stores are still out of food, and FEMA PODs are out there distributing water, Ice and MREs. Funny how these PODs are only at the poor sides of town, the middle class is left to forage for themselves.

The pompous political circus that has arrived is awash with political hacks looking for votes and trying to look like hero's but, only in their political areas.. Jerks...

Repairing Katrina's legacy

FEMA needed to repair it's horrible image because of the Katrina fiasco, to which they did a worse job than before. By cutting power and communications, they wanted to appear as the saviors, to assume power and control, they imposed curfews and limited food supplies in order to bring the population under it's control, calling it "Texas Task Force Ike", More like "City under siege". Is it practice for future events of control and marshal law?

Well, I guess they didn't see it coming because they don't understand that Texas is NOT like other states, Texans have a habit of standing up when they are knocked down, ready to finish the fight. That didn't set well with the Federal government, however, Texans (again) do not care what the fed thinks.
You see, the day after Hurricane Ike, Texans were already cleaning up their neighborhoods, cutting down the trees, helping neighbors, pretty much getting ready for work the following Monday. By Sunday, the streets and debris were already cleaned up and looking normal.

The next time FEMA thinks about coming to our rescue, Please don't bother, you were more of a hindrance than help, stay in Washington where you belong, we do not need your help.