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I have taken the oath to the Constitution on three different occasions in my life, I have felt the overwhelming pride, the overpowering sensation of belonging to a sacred, select, and solemn body of men and women who have done so over the course of history in this country, which forever binds us through the centuries for time immortal.

I have felt the sting of the slings and arrows of the foes who rise against this great republic, cast by those who would wish to see her utter destruction both from without and from within. This solemn oath is to me a sacred honor that few can live up to when storms rage, but many affirm in times of sunshine and clear skies.

The economy has already imploded and is now reinflated with volatile hydrogen-like fiat, just waiting for the right spark to bring the whole zeppelin crashing down in flames.
Giordano Bruno, Neithercorp Press

It is one thing to hold a theory that says something will happen, but it quite another to see it actually happening.
Jesse, Jesse’s Café Américain

It’s bad. Rigor and Mortis are running the housing industry, employment is still falling like a sack of concrete, finished goods prices are surging, the Treasury is borrowing back—with interest—the same dollars it gives away to the Federal Reserve, nuclear power plants are melting down and blowing up in Japan, month over month food prices shot up the most since Gerald Ford was President—that’s before our western farm land gets dusted with radioactivity, inflation is spooling up big time, only antiquarians talk about ‘consent of the governed’ any more, and hefty pieces of the economy are dropping off as it lurches like a leper to its final pratfall. Yeah, this will turn out well.

Baron Bodissey at Gates of Vienna says,

The Western welfare state is built out of enormous, unthinkable quantities of debt. It is the greatest Ponzi scheme in history, and its demise is mathematically inevitable. The only question is exactly when the scam starts to unravel in earnest.
Article, The Shadow Knows, Part 1

Meanwhile, our representative government is mainly representing itself. As Mat Negrin noted last week in Politico:

U.S. consumers face “serious” inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart’s U.S. operations warned Wednesday.

The world’s largest retailer is working with suppliers to minimize the effect of cost increases and believes its low-cost business model will position it better than its competitors.

Still, inflation is “going to be serious,” Wal-Mart U.S. CEO Bill Simon said during a meeting with USA TODAY’s editorial board. “We’re seeing cost increases starting to come through at a pretty rapid rate.”

The phrase “Black Swan” is really making the rounds these last few months. Uttering the term a year ago would have earned you a collection of confused looks and a general attitude of disinterest. Now, people behave as if they had learned about economic shockwave events and the global domino effect when they were in kindergarten. The problem is that when this kind of terminology hits the mainstream, in most cases it comes prepackaged with dumbed down and diluted definitions which promote an inadequate, cartoonish understanding of the circumstances.

To be sure, most Americans are well aware that the world’s political and economic foundations are about as stable as fresh pudding under a heat lamp. The problem is that they are now being conditioned by the mainstream media to view the idea of collapse as “cinematic”; a kind of live action fantasy in which we all get to play the part of the audience, watching safely from the dark in our cushy theater seats with a bag of overpriced popcorn, Dolby surround sound, and a hot date to keep us company during the boring parts. Three years ago, even mentioning the idea of a breakdown in society or a financial catastrophe beyond a minor recession earned you the label of “doom monger”; a rather inept and naïve attempt on the part of the MSM to silence any economic analysis that stepped outside the establishment Keynesian framework. Today, I turn around to look at a magazine stand at the airport and right in front of me is Newsweek openly declaring “Apocalypse Now”!

First a quick thank you and hello to all my readers at the Department of Homeland Security and the F.B.I. who are doing the legitimate work of trying to prevent another 9-11 or other attack which would cripple our nation. You are the ones doing old fashioned police and investigative work which could save thousands of lives and prevent the decimation of the lives of Americans across our fair land.

Then there is U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins.

Ms. Tompkins successfully won a case against an old man who performed an illegal and foolish act by daring to infer that the silver coins he minted were “currency” and “dollar” by imprinting those words and/or promoting the coinage he struck as such. Even the most basic of counterfeiters knows and understands that once you replicate any portion of the American monetary system with the word “dollar” on the item reproduced, that individual knows he has violated a very basic Federal law. Hence when Von NotHaus, age 67, of North Carolina began to mint and promote the “Ron Paul Dollar” most of us who have collected or dealt with coins in our lives simply uttered the phrase “uh-oh” and/or “he’s toast” because it was not going to be long before the Feds visited the gentleman.

I was in the midst of the Save America Convention in Tampa, Florida when I heard, first, that Libya was under bombardment by the UN (led by U.S. forces), and, that Bernard von NotHaus of Liberty Dollar had been convicted of “counterfeiting”. It was a stressful day, to say the least. For those not familiar with the Liberty Dollar incident, In November of 2007, federal officials raided the group’s headquarters nestled in a strip mall and seized all documents and the gold and silver that backed up the paper certificates and digital currency being distributed through the Liberty Services website. The Justice Department asserted that Von NotHaus was placing gold and silver coins, along with precious metals currency, into circulation with the purpose of mixing them “into the current money of the United States.”

To be clear, NotHaus made some serious mistakes, including pressing his coins to look semi-similar to standard federal currency, and also using language which could be interpreted to insinuate that his currency was “legal tender”. There are many barter networks in the U.S. that use gold and silver that do not have these kinds of problems with the government simply because they are careful not to make the same blunders.

NEW ORLEANS, La. – New research indicates 2011 will be the first year that federal aid becomes the largest component of state revenues. Already 27 states, including Louisiana, rely on federal aid as their primary source of funding, but the report’s author describes this year’s level as a critical breaking point.

“It sends a profound message,” says Sven Larson, a research fellow with the Wyoming Liberty Group. “There is a growing consensus among the states that dependency on the federal government is tolerable, even desirable.”

While state revenues have declined during the Great Recession, debt-financed federal aid has risen. Nationwide it now stands at more than one third of total state revenues, with greater state conformity over the level of federal aid dependence.

ATF Deals Death In Massive False-Flag Psy-Op

What would take the average writer an afternoon has taken me well over a week. Yet I must acknowledge that this story is breaking like storm waves on the government’s beach, and every time I think I’ve got the story covered another breaking wave of new developments hits home hard. Suffice, that this story is going to “grow legs”, with much credit to CBS’s Sharyl Attkisson.

As I write tonight, Thursday, March 24, 2011, I’ve viewed a video of President Obama discussing this case with a Mexican journalist. He used the interview like a pick-me-up photo-op as he slyly got in a plug for the Security and Prosperity Partnership < spp.gov >, and boldly confronted reality with a Presidential air of denial.

Attorney General Eric Holder is under the heat-lamp, and so is head of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano. Not to mention every salty dog atop the ATF’s hierarchy of internal power, the big-wigs of America’s most rogue Federal enforcement agency, the allegedly brilliant but certainly power-damaged minds of ATF’s leadership. This story is going to grow and spread universally, and its gravity is more than significant. It is a scandal of extreme proportions, enough-so that the President is now asserting that neither he nor Attorney General Eric Holder was aware of this massive criminal ploy by ATF. So as readers dive in below, recall that this is just an accounting of facts I’ve gathered as of March 24, 2011. I’ll give links to a couple of the original timelines by David Codrea and Mike Vanderboegh below.

One of the most frequently asked questions we receive at the National Inflation Association (NIA) is what warning signs will there be when hyperinflation is imminent. In our opinion, the majority of the warning signs that hyperinflation is imminent are already here today, but most Americans are failing to properly recognize them. NIA believes that there is a serious risk of hyperinflation breaking out as soon as the second half of this calendar year and that hyperinflation is almost guaranteed to occur by the end of this decade.

In our estimation, the most likely time frame for a full-fledged outbreak of hyperinflation is between the years 2013 and 2015. Americans who wait until 2013 to prepare, will most likely see the majority of their purchasing power wiped out. It is essential that all Americans begin preparing for hyperinflation immediately.

Here are NIA’s top 12 warning signs that hyperinflation is about to occur:

1) The Federal Reserve is Buying 70% of U.S. Treasuries. The Federal Reserve has been buying 70% of all new U.S. treasury debt. Up until this year, the U.S. has been successful at exporting most of its inflation to the rest of the world, which is hoarding huge amounts of U.S. dollar reserves due to the U.S. dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency. In recent months, foreign central bank purchases of U.S. treasuries have declined from 50% down to 30%, and Federal Reserve purchases have increased from 10% up to 70%. This means U.S. government deficit spending is now directly leading to U.S. inflation that will destroy the standard of living for all Americans.

Wyoming residents no longer have to seek permission from state officials to exercise their Second Amendment rights now that Governor Matt Mead signed a constitutional carry bill into law this month.

This comes as welcome news to gun rights activists who treasure our constitutional freedoms.

After all, America has come a long way from its 17th century founding. Massachusetts and Virginia used to have laws requiring travelers to be armed. In Massachusetts, congregants had to be armed.

That all changed, though, over the next couple of centuries when states began imposing massive amounts of gun control. These restrictions turned countless Americans into mandatory victims, and many innocent lives were lost as a result.

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Debt-stressed Portugal’s Parliament on Wednesday refused to endorse more austerity measures aimed at avoiding a bailout — a move that was likely to trigger the minority government’s resignation.

All opposition parties rejected the government’s latest proposal for spending cuts and tax hikes in a binding parliamentary vote.

Prime Minister Jose Socrates previously said he would no longer be able to run the country if the plan was defeated.

The setback could thwart efforts by European leaders to persuade nervous investors that all is well in the eurozone, including Portugal, launch another spell of market turbulence for the bloc, and doom Lisbon to accepting financial assistance like Greece and Ireland last year.

According to constitutional procedure, the prime minister has to present his resignation to the head of state. Socrates and President Anibal Cavaco Silva were due to meet later Wednesday. Officials said Socrates would address the nation on television after that meeting.

Many analysts expected the government’s parliamentary defeat to lead to elections in May or June.

As a promotion we are offering a free Oath Keepers silver coin in a giveaway contest on the Oath Keepers forum. Simply click the link and post on the Giveaway Thread to enter. You do not have to be a member of Oath Keepers win but you do have to be a user on the forum to access the link.

Well, those devious gold bugs and sound money advocates are at it again! They had the audacity to produce economic analysis that consistently outshines and embarrasses mainstream Keynesian pundits. They had the nerve to expose the seedy underpinnings of the private Federal Reserve. They even had the gall to bring the long established short manipulations of metals markets by global banks like JP Morgan and HSBC into the light of day, where anyone whose head was not buried in the dark recesses of their own colon could see and say “My god! There really is an organized cabal against gold and silver!” But if you thought all that was outrageous, these people, who promote the insane notion that our currency should actually be backed by tangible wealth and should be under the control of the voting public instead of some unaccountable parasitic corporate central bank, have now brought state legislators into the mix! The return to sound money has begun…

Thirteen states currently have proposed measures which would reinstitute the long suppressed need for a precious metals standard. Utah is the furthest ahead in this battle, its House just recently passing a bill which would make gold and silver officially recognized as legal tender within its borders. All that remains is a signature from Utah’s governor:

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/04/utah-house-passes-recognizing-gold-silver-legal-tender/

Colorado, Georgia, Montana, Missouri, Indiana, Iowa, New Hampshire, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont and Washington all have similar bills to that of Utah in different stages of development. Why, after decades of treating gold and silver standards like a cocktail party joke, have the states suddenly turned friendly towards the idea of commodities as currency? It makes perfect sense when you examine what is happening all around us in the world today…

It was 2003 when I took my first oath. I can remember the pride I felt that day and the overwhelming feeling of responsibility and obligation that came after swearing in. I had just enlisted into the marines just after 09/11. I went infantry option and knew what my near future had in store for me, which added a bit more weight to my oath. I later took another oath and began my career in law enforcement. My wife and I were blessed 18 months ago with an amazing little boy who is my world. Our forefathers were great men who had an insightful vision of this great country and wrote the constitution for the people. It is our commanded duty to ensure it is not infringed upon to secure a sound future for our children. I hold these beliefs true to my heart and I am glad I found people who share that same belief. Thank you all for having me and I look forward to establishing strong new friendships.

Our nation is at a cross-roads. We know it. Our liberty is under relentless assault, and whether our children and grandchildren enjoy even the eroded liberty we have will depend on what we do NOW. The Constitution truly hangs by a thread.

And one of the greatest threats we face, which could provide a pretext for pulling the plug on the Constitution once and for all, is the ongoing destruction of our economy and the pending collapse of the Federal Reserve orchestrated fiat money system, with the dollar no longer backed by anything of real value. None of us has a crystal ball, so we don’t know exactly when, but at some point it will, sooner or later, come crashing down as all fiat systems do.

We need to face that fact, and deal with it. As Patrick Henry said, it is better to know the worst, and provide for it, than to delude ourselves with false hope.

So, let us accept reality but then also provide for it. That means we need to DO SOMETHING to get ready for what is coming, and we need to work hard now to rebuild the core institutions of a free republic that we have allowed to whither and die. If we restore those institutions, we can weather the storm. If we do not, then we will be weak and desperate in an economic collapse, and it is more likely that our Republic will fall.

So, the fate of this nation is in our hands. And it is especially in the hands of us veterans. If we lead, and get it done, we can save this nation. If we fail to lead, and fail to get it done, then this Republic will eventually fall. If not, us, then who?

in upcoming articles I will be writing about a full spectrum of thing we veterans must do to save this Republic, but right now I want to let you know about a new effort that will go a long way toward correcting one of our greatest weaknesses – our dependence on a fiat dollar who’s days are numbered.

The movement that is going to help do something about that dependency is called the Alternate Market Project. It has just been launched, at my urging, by Brandon Smith, who writes under the pen name “Giordano Bruno” at Neithercorp Press. Oath Keepers will be working closely with Brandon and his new org, as part of our overall mission to restore the Republic, and defend the Constitution. We will of course also be working with Dr. Edwin Vieira, who will serve as an advisor to Oath Keepers on sound money as well as on revitalizing state militias, and the Alternative Market Project will certainly utilize Dr. Vieira’s vast knowledge about constitutional money, and will be advocating his model legislation for use in the states (which has already made considerable headway, with sound money bills based on Dr. Vieira’s research being introduced across the nation), and hopes to spread the message in a very grass-roots way.

Alternative Markets, Civil Defense and Security, Preparedness, and Strong, Sovereign States.

This weekend, Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes will be joined by Brandon Smith and John Galt at the Save America Convention in Orlando Florida.

Brandon Smith aka Giordano Bruno is the owner of NeitherCorp Press and is working with Oath Keepers on the Alternative Market Project.

John Galt is a blogger and radio host who is known for his fictional piece, “The Day The Dollar Died”

The structure of this presentation will be:

1. Stewart will open for ten minutes, with a focus on the legal and military infrastructure for tyranny that has been erected, i.e. NORTHCOM, FEMA, DHS, and the martial law/military law paradigm. All that is now needed is a trigger event to serve as the justification for pulling the plug on the Constitution …

2. Then John and Brandon will spend 20 minutes discussing the economic situation, how we got here and what is coming, and how that will be the most likely trigger event.

THEN, ONE HOUR ON WHAT TO DO ABOUT IT: SOLUTIONS

TAKAJO, Japan — Japanese police say the official death toll from last week’s massive earthquake and tsunami has risen to 2,414.

Police said Tuesday that a big share of the deaths were in Miyagi prefecture, where 1,254 people are confirmed dead.

The number of people officially missing is at 3,118. But regional officials said they believe that tens of thousands may have been swept away by the tsunami that devastated a long stretch of Japan’s northeastern coast Friday.

Millions of people were facing a fifth day without water, food or heating in near-freezing temperatures along the devastated northeast coast. Meanwhile, a third reactor at a nuclear power plant lost its cooling capacity, raising fears of a meltdown, while the Japanese stock market plunged for a second day.

“We have already begun cremations, but we can only handle 18 bodies a day. We are overwhelmed and are asking other cities to help us deal with bodies. We only have one crematorium in town,” said Katsuhiko Abe, an official in Soma.

On the coastline of Miyagi prefecture, which took the full force of the tsunami, a Japanese police official said 1,000 bodies were found scattered across the coastline on Monday. The Japanese news agency Kyodo reported that 2,000 bodies washed up on two shorelines in Miyagi.