I Feel Like I've Just Been Robbed

Where's the outrage, America?

I feel like I've just been robbed.

Gisele Bundchen wants to remain the world's richest model and is insisting that she be paid in almost any currency but the U.S. dollar.

Indeed, we've all been robbed - of our wealth

right before our eyes - in real time

by a criminal syndicate of international bankers

who never had to lay a hand on any one of us - to get exactly what they wanted

all through a bill called "the dollar."

You truly have to marvel at the scope and breadth of their reach, at how effortlessly they rape us, and at how badly our Congress betrayed us.

It seems 9/11 was just the beginning - a tenderizing process, to prepare us for THE MAJOR CONTROLLED DEMOLITION - one that would require no guns, no planes, and no bombs.

All they needed was our TRUST and they got it, through corruption and deceit, they reeled us in.

We built our existence around them - 401ks, savings accounts, CDs, stocks and bonds, mutual funds, insurance policies - EVERYTHING - denominated in dollars.

And everything gone at the drop of their hat, sooner than we can say WHO, WHAT, WHERE, HOW did this happen?

We "owe" them FAR too much - they insist.

We live "way beyond our means."

They tried nicely to get us to PAY, of our own accord. But, we're too proud, too "free" to give up our hard earned cash without cause.

We won't let them raise our taxes another cent and we won't let them bail out of their promises.

In short, they couldn't get what they wanted through our elected officials.

So, now they're simply taking what is (not) theirs, with or without our consent.

From across the seas and without a sound, they're Robbers Sans Frontiers and they're robbing our purchasing power.

From May 1st, 2006:

THE dollar has embarked on a big decline that will see it fall against all leading currencies, according to analysts.

The plunge is being prompted by America’s $800 billion (£438 billion) current-account deficit, they say.

The dollar has been under pressure following last weekend’s meeting of G7 finance ministers and central bankers, which emphasised “global imbalances” and said currencies should reflect economic fundamentals. Then China raised its key interest rate to 5.85%, its first hike for months, and Ben Bernanke, the new Federal Reserve chairman, hinted that American rates would pause at 5% after a rise in May.

Analysts say that without interest-rate support, the dollar will be weighed down heavily by America’s imbalances.

“I think this is it,” said Tony Norfield, global head of currency strategy at ABN Amro. “The dollar has been supported by high yields but markets are saying that is no longer enough.

The question for policymakers [is] how to manage the dollar’s decline. It won’t be a one-way street but the fall is likely to be biggest against Asian currencies.”