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Guest Post: How I Reached My Breaking Point Ten Years Ago
Submitted by Simon Black of Sovereign Man blog,
Exactly ten years ago to the day, I was in the Kuwaiti desert waiting for George W. Bush to ‘make his decision’.
You may remember the circumstances. Ever since labeling Iraq, Iran, and North Korea the ‘Axis of Evil’ in January 2002, the President had been gradually advocating war with Iraq based on the threat of nuclear weapons.
We knew it was going to happen. At the time, I was a rising intelligence officer, my head still filled with ideals of national duty from my time at West Point.
One of the generals that I served under gathered together his officers in early 2002 and said, “We’re going to war. It’s not a question of IF, but WHEN.”
By late summer of that year, my unit was ordered to Kuwait to pre-position assets and begin gathering boots on the ground intelligence. So every time Mr. Bush would say “I haven’t made a decision yet,” I winced from the heavy stench of his BS.
But still, I held out hope.
It all came crashing down ten years ago today. On February 5, 2003 Colin Powell, four-star general turned US Secretary of State, made a case to the United Nations that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.
Now, I won’t bother delving into the inaccuracies of the intelligence he presented. In Powell’s own words, making that presentation to the UN was “the lowest point in [his] life” and a “lasting blot on his record.”
For me, it was pivotal. At that instant, I knew without doubt that my government had reprehensibly lied through its teeth. And if they were lying about this... what else were they lying about?
Everything, it turned out.
The event set me down a path on which I never looked back. The fraud of the Iraq War soon led to the frauds of previous wars, our monetary system, taxes, the global banking system, the national balance sheet, the police state, etc.
It all unraveled so quickly, and I soon realized that I was not living in a free country... that all the loud, bombastic nonsense and pledges of allegiance were illusions masking modern day serfdom.
The subsequent ten years have only reinforced this trend. The political and banking elite have given us more war, inflation, and epic financial crises. They’ve turned Western civilization into a giant police state. And they’ve managed to brainwash the great masses so effectively that the people are crying out for more.
And yet, there are solutions.
After an emotional, gut-wrenching awakening, I traveled to more than 100 countries looking for freedom and opportunity. I learned that awareness, prudent planning, and global thinking can rebuild much of our stolen liberty.
Quite simply, you don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. History shows that when governments enter a period of terminal decline, they try to control EVERYTHING– wages, prices, borders, money supply, foreign exchange, private property, etc.
Of course, these tactics never work and only hasten the decline, as everyone from Emperor Diocletian of ancient Rome to Argentina’s modern day President Cristina Fernandez [will] have learned.
As destructive as these politicians are, though, they’re easy to defeat. Individuals who take action early have plenty of options to buy precious metals, move a portion of their savings abroad to a stable banking jurisdiction, and scout out locations overseas in case they ever need to get out of dodge.
These steps make sense no matter what. It’s hard to imagine that you’ll be worse off for shipping a few physical ounces of gold abroad, having some savings stashed away in a healthy foreign bank, or taking control of your retirement account.
However if it’s a bumpy road ahead– gold criminalization, capital controls, pension fund confiscation, etc.– you’ll be well ahead of the crowd.
I had to reach my breaking point before taking these steps. Fortunately I was early. Most people either ignore the writing on the wall… or they won’t do anything until it’s too late and there are no more options. I’m willing to bet that you’re different.
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No, wait! Iraq DID have weapons of mass destruction. Tony Bliar told us so. They must have been Corzined before we got there. Or something.
I thought the Kurds found out the hard way they existed, but I could be wrong...
Those were only little ones.
WMI's...Weapons of Mass Inconviences.
Unless they landed on you.
Yea he did have gas, but that was sold to them by Germany, China, Russia, the UK and the US.
I remember the US army engineers core footage on the news , those guys were pissed. All the barrels had the proud Made In XXXX on them, and this Corporal is saying 'We sold iot to them?', then the officer turns off the camera.
Strangely, you don't see that on youtube or anymore.
that article was a wasted 2 minutes of my life. i want my time back.
TerminalDebt is soooo right
Simon Black, another shill on the outside of the good ol boys club still trying to prove he can get in. Loyal to his money and nothing else.
Sovereignman almost sounds ok until the last point of "Mingle with the absolute elite", no fucking thank you. Those are the exact people I want to fucking avoid like the plague.
If you believe for a moment that your gold is safe out of your hands, overseas, then I've got a friend you should call in Lagos, Nigeria. Call 1 800 DUMFUCK.
When they come looking for anything of value, they will find it and take it, in the name of freedom.
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On (1/23/13) sarcastic humor crept into my thoughts,
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Don’t be a Klingon, instead join the Enterprise:
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“Become a mindless zombie in The United World Federation,
Accept and welcome The Great Plan aka the “Great Transition”
Christopher –Albert- Pike was relpaced from his duty,
Could he have been a front man for The Knights Templar of Jerusalem, the first International Socialists>Communists, now hammer in this utopian Unity,
Spock and his fellow Illumined ones will take care of you,
Give up your individuality, be a worker bee, be gleeful, and be told what to do,
In this Darwinian Age, the End Justifies the Means,
Survival of the fittest and man is God is what the masses see and now believes,
The Founding Fathers Dream and Vision has been twisted, co-opted,
By “1000 Points of Light”, “Zeitgeist”, and men like Manly P Hall with his “Secret Destiny of America”, ALL perverted,
So don’t be a Klingon, instead Join the Enterprise,
Because if you don't, there will be starvation or a drone or scud for you, don’t be surprised “
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CUFE Jan 24 2013
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Aid for the poem
Star Trek
Captain Christopher Pike preceded Captain James T Kirk >Backwards = (KTJ) Knights Templar of Jerusalem
Klingon’s > Holding on to the old order of things
Worker Bees >the mindless crew
Spock > the Illumined One, who keeps the emotions of the Captain and crew in Check
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http://explosivereports.com/2013/01/20/captain-kirks-predecessor-star-tr...
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=43950#.UQGrjPLufTq
Kirk and Spock were both portryayed by members of the Hebrew club.
Jus sayin
Ha- thanks
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We have become a "survival of the fittest" and "the end justifies the means", 100%Darwinist infused culture; could we be witnessing the end result? Now I do not adhere to a young earth or a "entire" global flood ideology but I do believe Jesus is who He said He is and there a God.
In travelling around the world I have found that you are screwed no matter where you go. Unless you want to live in a small Cambodian fishing village.
You are pretty much going back to the stone age if you try to escape.
If you do go to South America and try to farm, you will need your own private militia to defend your land. With just you, and a few guns, you might hold off a small attack. However, when thousands come rushing your compound, you won't survive.
Gold wil only be usefull if a civilized society remains after the collapse. Throwing a gold bar at a gang of hungry people isn't going to do any good.
I'm afraid the world will look like Africa. Warlords, atrocities, supply hoarding, rape, murder, etc.
Of course Obama would relish the opportunity to sit on a giant throne with bullets draped over his chest. Have some big muscular thugs stading next to him, a nice harem down the hall. You know he I itching to make the White Ouse look like James Earl Jones palace from Coming to America.
I think you mean Thulsa Doom's palace from Conan
;-)
the riddle of gun confiscation:
http://youtu.be/wgN1sLcAQnw
the people awaken:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj2JORdzs1g
oh.. so you know the riddle of steel ...
Sorry adr ., wrong conclusion. You might have traveled lightly and have not long enough stayed with the local lords.
Foreigners are fair game I agree with you.
Gold will not be very useful to who fails to accept the new old power mechanisms : be your own warlord or perish !
Sorry to say, if you bet on any civilized society to
remain, gold is the wrong bet.
Gold is to buy arms, get them taken from you and forever
keep that game up.
Gold will not do you any good unless you are willing to throw just about everything upon your adversaries, it is a means to an end.
Gold is the money of kings and their power is bestowed by ?
Be careful what you wish for or keep your hands off gold.
Our leaders listened to the wrong guys who told them what they wanted to hear to justify their moves.
Too bad somebody did not stand up and say wait a minute.
first mistake was to believe there were some leaders in positions of power in the US, second mistake was to believe they listened to anyone else other than their buddies or someone with ridiculous amounts of money
nothing, most preparations are useless. live beneath your means save some PM's join the Y, walk learn to like beans and rice
I travelled to more than 100 websites.
Me too. And have a portion of my wealth stored at a few of them. I'm sure it will be okay.
Fuck George W. Bush. Fuck his wretched offspring and every "Bushie" that sucked his dick.
Organized crime is alive and thriving in America and they are entrenched in the fraud-banks and fraud-government.
a free "paisan" was really free
not sure if you can truly replicate this nowdays...
There are a few free peasants up here in the hills of Mont Pilat. I have been learning from them for the past ten years.
...and what about those who are reaching their breaking point HERE....NOW....WITH NOWHERE TO GO? When these people start the dominoes and people begin going haywire in droves, then you will see what a breaking point is....at that point I wil "get out of dodge". It'll be ugly.
I would agree for the most part but there ain't no way in Hell I would ever make it through customs packing all of this shit so I'm staying. I only hope the idiots kill one another off to start with and I don't end up in the crossfire.
Shipping my gold abroad has never sit well with me. If I can't defend it I don't own it.
I can just see it happen like this.
1) America crashes, economy and all
2) Any "American money" abroad gets seized.
3) your screwed
After all the screwing over we did to other countries, hah, their reply, you want what when? HAHAHAHAHA!
EDIT: I see we have an opening on our calander 7 years from now to send you your gold!
"After all the screwing over we did to other countries, hah, their reply, you want what when? HAHAHAHAHA!"
AND, imagine living abroad and then all the folks there deciding that it's now officially sanctioned that the "Americans" are fuckers and that any "ex-pats" hanging around are fair game.
I'll spend my energy making a batter world right here in the US. My energies will be in making that which I want rather than spending them fighting what I do not (been there, done that!). TPTB leverage opposition my tightening the screws: they unleash their Praetorian Guards, the ranks which seem to be firming because there's no employment elsewhere.
I'm going to sell Herbalife in Tajikistan and start my own Kingdom.
Simon Black IS Keyser Söze.
Ok so...Simon...it all started with GW Bush...and the heroic, but lied to Gen. Powell.
Such sophmoric, Huff Post bullshiite.....one could only find on....well the Huffing n Puffing Post.
"Quite simply, you don’t put all of your eggs in one basket. History shows that when governments enter a period of terminal decline, they try to control EVERYTHING"
Governments try to control everything anyway, unless steps are taken to stop them. Let's remember this friends, so that when it is time to build America 2.0 we place a higher priority on designing our government with structures in place so as to prevent the centralization of power.
Hey Simon, tell us all about that one time, back when you were in the 'Nam. Show 'em the ear necklace too, man!
“It all unraveled so quickly, and I soon realized that I was not living in a free country...” – Simon Black
The opposition that earlier patriots had to unjust war was nothing compared with the eventual erosion of freedom that we have experienced under the new American Empire.
Years ago, I read Mark Twain’s war prayer and yesterday saw an excerpt. But the “prayer” then never had the impact that it has had for me concerning the slaughtering of the innocents in these Middle East wars as it does now.
This excerpt from Mark Twain was referenced yesterday by Joel Poindexter on LewRockwell.com in Are Modern Christians Doing the Devil’s Work?:
“O Lord our God, help us to tear their soldiers to bloody shreds with our shells; help us to cover their smiling fields with the pale forms of their patriot dead; help us to drown the thunder of the guns with the shrieks of their wounded, writhing in pain; help us to lay waste their humble homes with a hurricane of fire; help us to wring the hearts of their unoffending widows with unavailing grief; help us to turn them out roofless with their little children to wander unfriended the wastes of their desolated land in rags and hunger and thirst, sports of the sun flames of summer and the icy winds of winter, broken in spirit, worn with travail, imploring Thee for the refuge of the grave and denied it – for our sakes who adore Thee, Lord, blast their hopes, blight their lives, protract their bitter pilgrimage, make heavy their steps, water their way with their tears, stain the white snow with the blood of their wounded feet!”
This is a good one, Simon. Thanks. And as those of us who care individually one by one reach our breaking point, so America is fast reaching her breaking point. Just as Rome’s decline was like a falling rock, so now is America’s.
I think Mrs. Black reached her breaking point when she could no longer be a secret agent man trapped inside a Singaporean woman's body.
Kind of an abrupt end dontchathink? This definitely needs to be expanded upon.
This guy has got to be kidding. ZH needs to up the screening level for articles allowed on this blog.
Well, it's deja vu all over again. I've been thru this before (have great past life recall). Just like Rome, here I am again a citizen of an empire that is crumbling before my very eyes. Nothing new. Just hope that I can still accomplish the goals I've set out for this lifetime.
Have to get used to living with being affronted on a major scale, uncertainty and inability to predict the future.
There have been worse lifetimes.
Your material rings a bell. For me, it’s an alarm bell on the status of who can be counted on when the chips are down. Fewer than one might think; especially those who, like you, are too spaced out to learn the lessons of history, the lessons of what made America, and, yes, the lessons of what destroyed the Roman Empire.
And one thing more! Apparently you would favor censorship to remove these principles from your vision.
Simon Black, whatever his political persuasion, just made one of the most important points over the last decade. Here was a FOUR-STAR GENERAL who lied to Americans and if he didn’t know he was lying should have resigned his commission, immediately, when he discovered that his material was fraudulent. And when he didn’t resign, he became a traitor.
A lot of Americans died, a lot of innocent people died, because of this general.
America wouldn’t have been able to go to war but for Colin Powell. Bush and Cheney sacrificed Colin Powell to go to war (for Israel). No one believed in their story until they used Colin Powell. I heard that speech. He not only spoke to Americans, he spoke to the world, the U.N., and we went to war on that lie. And he now is enjoying his life on his retirement pay as a four-star general.
This is one of the reasons you don’t promote people just because of color; you need people of integrity, of character; and because Colin Powell lacked these qualities, because of him, more than a million people died.
Simon Black made a point, and at least for me as well as for him, this was the turning point of America. We’ve had wars based on lies before, but rarely have we had a war that turned on one single incident. A lie told by a four-star general.
why nail a forty year american hegemony morph, fed on the MIC ideology of pathological desire to dominate and obliterate the perceived enemy, post WW2, played out on all continents, just on ONE MAN. What happened in 2003 happened in 1953 with Iran, in 1964 with NAM, in 1973 with Chile etc. etc. etc. You could name a host of four star generals and POtus s and politicians who ALL LIED until they were blue in their faces.
Your total lack of historical focus, finger pointing albeit to one big US LIE, in a never ending string of US MIC lies, shows you don't want to admit to the whole picture.
Its staring you in the face and the NOW financialista hubris is in the same vein and deflagrates the same kind of mayhem as that of the MIC plays before it.
One of the biggest liars of all time was Franklin Delano Roosevelt; I mention him because you have championed him in the past. In your recount of military-industrial complex wars, you omitted a couple of skirmishes, WWI and WWII (FDR’s).
Few will argue, falak, that politicians and generals have not been part of our nation’s problem. But if you read Simon Black’s article, he pointed to the Colin Powell event as a sea change for him concerning the loss of freedom in America. And that’s the point I was addressing as that was a major event for me as well.
And to paint General Colin Powell as only a part of “a forty year American hegemony morph, fed on the MIC ideology of pathological desire to dominate and obliterate the perceived enemy, post WW2,” is a complete whitewash of a very serious turning event in America’s history. President George Washington would have had Colin Powell shot if he had discovered that CP was not sure of his facts when he walked on the world stage.
Washington shot ‘em.
Powell was a piece of shit, a puppet of the empire, WAY before the Iraq BS.
Powell's "confessions" are just a way for him to try and re-write his history so that he can slink off with a healthy retirement.
Damn near everyone in D.C. was recruited, paid the price to empire in order to achieve their positions.
Ain't NONE of this going to change. This is what happens when you have POWER. No options other than to suck up to it, accept it, or turn your back on it and walk away: yeah, go ahead and fight it and give your life so that it can obtain MORE power.
here is what happened ten years ago : when GWB was King of the world and the axis of evil played ball with him !
Extraordinary Rendition Report Finds More Than 50 Nations Involved In Global Torture Scheme
50 Nations were part of the band of torture INC. Pax Americana legacy to world...and not ones we would expect to be part of the "dirt dozen" of western schweinhund fest!
Welcome to civilization.
when the author says this : Individuals who take action early have plenty of options to buy precious metals, move a portion of their savings abroad to a stable banking jurisdiction, and scout out locations overseas in case they ever need to get out of dodge....
He is virtually saying HIS country is at par with the Third Reich...that is the gist of his rant based on his sense of betrayal. Damning beyond redemption.
Hmmm... I'm doing my tax preparation now. Current events and viewing my country and government's profile (hypocricy, criminality, fraudulence, etc.) makes it harder and harder to deal with paying taxes. Giving my hard earned money to a corrupt government that will then misallocate it in some fashion. The idea that it is going towards building drones that kill innocent people, or to some fat ass lazy welfare recipient who is sitting in his lounge chair with a beer, bag of cheetos and watching his big screen, or to some Congressperson's salary or pension, etc. etc. is emotionally draining, exasperating and painful.
How to solve this? Not to even beat the system, but just avoid its taking from or hurting you?
Well, you could just not pay the fuckers and tell then the cat ate your homework. Better yet though, since you are filing relatively early you could try to pay them with homemade cash if you buy one of these.
http://www.meritline.com/marking-press-printing-money-machine-magic-tricks-toy---p-74961.aspx?source=fghdac&gclid=CIPmhtqioLUCFYl7QgodAAYA_A
I don't know, you would definitely NOT want to forget to add an "/S" somewhere on the return paperwork. Just make sure there are no $ signs on anything that you include or you will end up with von Nothaus.
But seriously, every tax return we send in should have "Fuck You Bernanke" written clearly on it as well as on the outside of the mailing envelope. And/or make sure to use as many one, two and three cent stamps as possible as postage. If you have any postage with the American flag on it make sure to affix the stamp upside down.
Or you can just grin and bear it and wait for the rioting to start because there are some definite undertones of frustration out there.
Just a few ideas. Hope that helps.
i am glad you saw the light, simon.....most fucktarded americans still buy that rah rah ooorah crap about american virtue and its perpetual virginity....the usa is ruled by a nazi coalition consisting of the bush crime syndicate and the rockefeller axis of evil.....
" In Powell’s own words, making that presentation to the UN was “the lowest point in [his] life” and a “lasting blot on his record.”"
bullshit.....colin blow powell is a strong member of the bcs, having spent the early 1970s whitewashing the myi lai massacres in vietnam - you know that place where vital national security interests were at stake due to threats from an armada of boat people attacking the west coast....he lied straight through his teeth with joy.....powell is a card carrying bcs nazi....which is one reason he has such strong affinity for the indonesian-in-chief
This post describes exactly how I feel. Thanks for posting.
Some questions to you Simon:
1. Remember "Iraqi soldiers throwing babies out of incubators [in Kuwait]"? Did you believe that one?
2. What is the REAL reason Bush II invaded Iraq?
3. What is the REAL reason Bush I didn't march on to Baghdad?
Does Black have a bunch of airline stock?
"After an emotional, gut-wrenching awakening, I traveled to more than 100 countries looking for freedom and opportunity. I learned that awareness, prudent planning, and global thinking can rebuild much of our stolen liberty."
"Freedom?" How about you tell us what the means to YOU, Mr. Black?
"Opportunity?" For what, to exploit people elsewhere?
I'm a bit busy, so excuse me if I didn't read about all your adventures (I, as well as most humans on this planet, don't have the "wealth" to throw around flying all over the place visiting the various natives), but do you actually say that you've found some place that knows what "freedom" means? Unless it's some place where no govt exists I'm NOT going to believe you.
Everybody is a douchebag.
I'm a douchebag too.
So leave me alone.
"I had to reach my breaking point before taking these steps. Fortunately I was early."
Wasn't early enough. By that time, most of the world and I already knew the US govt was lying through its teeth. Maybe if you had known earlier you wouldn't have bought the hype of 9-11, for example...