This Week's Random Musings

There are a few notable items of interest this week; however, these struck me as sticking out the most.

Terror Threat 'Most Heightened' Since 9/11, Napolitano Says

 "The terrorist threat facing our country has evolved significantly in the last ten years -- and continues to evolve -- so that, in some ways, the threat facing us is at its most heightened state since those attacks," she said before the House Homeland Security Committee.

Source:  http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/janet-napolitano-warns-terror-threat-heightened-sept-11/story?id=12874207

No, not really.  Nothing has recently changed in the past several years, home grown terrorism has always be viewed as a larger threat than external terrorism forces.  So why this statement from DHS at this time?  Well, that's easy, because Congress just voted down part of the unconstitutional Patriot Act, taking big government advocates by surprise.  So in retaliation, big government trotted out the specter of fear.  Once again, this is not about keeping you safe from terrorism, it never has been, it is about keeping you under the control of big government.

US lawmakers clash on Patriot Act measures

WASHINGTON — US lawmakers clashed Friday over how long to extend key provisions of a controversial surveillance law, designed to help authorities thwart terrorist plots, before they expire at month's end.

At issue were three core measures in the Patriot Act adopted in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist strikes to fill what the government complained were gaps in its abilities to track and catch extremists.

The provisions allow authorities to use roving wiretaps to track an individual on several telephones; track a non-US national suspected of being "lone-wolf" terrorist not tied to an extremist group; and to seize personal or business records seen as critical to an investigation

Source:  http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i53OCgmRV-LgD9bcuzdXwyvKoXRA?docId=CNG.b31639fa6d87c5c3f1e98f48717cb3b9.61

Notable Videos:

CALIFORNIA DEATH SPIRAL : L.A. Cinematographer Wakes Up - 1 of 2

 CALIFORNIA DEATH SPIRAL : L.A. Cinematographer Wakes Up - 2 of 2

A couple of notable videos.

SchiffRadio.com Exclusive! Peter Wallison of FCIC says investigation was COOKED! [Part 1]

SchiffRadio.com Exclusive! Peter Wallison of FCIC says investigation was COOKED! [Part 2]

Peter J. Wallison, a codirector of AEI's program on financial policy studies, researches banking, insurance, and securities regulation. As general counsel of the U.S. Treasury Department, he had a significant role in the development of the Reagan administration's proposals for the deregulation of the financial services industry. He also served as White House counsel to President Ronald Reagan and is the author of Ronald Reagan: The Power of Conviction and the Success of His Presidency (Westview Press, 2002). His other books include Competitive Equity: A Better Way to Organize Mutual Funds (2007); Privatizing Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and the Federal Home Loan Banks (2004); The GAAP Gap: Corporate Disclosure in the Internet Age (2000); and Optional Federal Chartering and Regulation of Insurance Companies(2000). He also writes for AEI's Financial Services Outlook series.  http://www.aei.org/scholar/58

SchiffRadio.com Exclusive! Charles Blahous admits Social Security is a PONZI SCHEME!

Charles Paul "Chuck" Blahous III (born 1963) is a Senior Fellow at the Hudson Institute and a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, specializing in domestic economic policy, a U.S. public trustee for the Social Security and Medicare programs,[1][2] and a former (2001–2007) Special Assistant to US President George W. Bush for Economic Policy within the National Economic Council whose Deputy Director he was in 2007-2008. He lives in Rockville, Maryland.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Blahous

Survivalist Jim Rawles On Peter Schiff Radio 02/03/11 (part 1)

Survivalist Jim Rawles On Peter Schiff Radio 02/03/11 (part 2)

 

Survivalism expert Jim Rawles on Coast to Coast AM with George Noory 11 Mar. 2010  This is an older video (obviously); however,  for those of you who are new to Rawles and "prepping", this videohas a lot of information in one segment.

 I've been a follower of Jim Rawles for a few years now, his books and blog are top notch, both have more information than you can possibly take in and I've yet to find much fault with his methods. Rawles website is www.survivalblog.com

             James Wesley Rawles is a survivalist-fiction author, blogger, and survival retreat consultant. Rawles is a Christian conservative. He is the editor of SurvivalBlog.com, a blog on survival and preparedness topics. Rawles is the author of the survivalist novel Patriots: A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wesley_Rawles