BIOPHILE 16 — JUNE/JULY 2007 R25 - Biophile Magazine

een fully exploited and will continuebe so until a total collapse occurs.So tough and so tightly do the richesthold the reins that even a full collapsewill not wipe them from the face of theplanet. With all the money on earththey are more than likely prepared withtheir underground bunkers and willprobably evolve into the same monsterspreviewed by H. G. Wells in his storyTime Machine.But as indicated by Icke, perhapsthere is no need to project that into thefuture since they truly seem to be actingin grotesque ways right now.Another terrorist attack, awarmer planet, death anddestruction from a naturaldisaster. These are amongAmericans’ grim predictionsfor the United States in2007.Associated PressProphecies of the end have alwaysbeen around but now it is basic sciencethat is screaming out dire warnings,which of course we deny in our mindsto the maximum possible. We are collectively,through unbalanced humanactivity, changing the weather and thevery fabric of life on earth throughintense pollution but people commonlybelieve everything is all right.In fact for some of us life has neverbeen better!The fantastically wealthy seem alsoto ignore reality or in all likelihood areeven welcoming events as the continuingsaga of a destiny that has been deliberatelycreated by them. From theirpoint of view times of adversity are agood time to start more wars to distractour attention and to generate morewealth and economic expansion.My goal in writing thisdocument is to provide peoplewith the gritty truths that theyneed to protect themselves.It is the year 2007 and the greatesttragedy to ever face humanity is well inprogress and will eclipse all the movieswe have watched these past years. Evenour snow storms are intensifying andthis last month we saw how they toocan paralyze modern day life. “This is avery significant storm; it’s in the recordbooks,” said Scott Blair, a meteorologistwith the National Weather Service, talkingabout the first of a series of threebig storms in January. “The magnitudeof the snow out here is astounding,”said Ed Cordes, project manager forPioneer Pork.In Australia, which is strugglingthrough its worst drought on record,the impact on farmers of global warmingis already devastating. The countryhas registered its smallest wheat harvestin a decade, food prices are rising,and severe water restrictions have putthousands of farmers at risk of bankruptcy.British climate scientists predict thata resurgent El Nino climate trend combinedwith higher levels of greenhousegases could touch off a fresh round ofecological disasters — and make 2007the world’s hottest year on record.Experts at NASA’s Goddard Instituteare saying that 2006 was the fifthwarmestyear since modern recordkeepingbegan.It was reported on December 12that exhaustive computer simulationscarried out at the National Center forAtmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.,suggest that the Arctic Ocean will bemostly open water in the summer of2040 — several decades earlier thanexpected. The rapidly opening artic watersare speeding up the warming effectbecause of the additional absorption ofsolar radiation.The weather and global warmingare both connected intimately to waterissues. The weather cares little for ourneeds and concerns and demonstratesa power that should humble us but stilldoes not. Physicians for Social Responsibility,in their 2006 Briefing Bookfor Congressional, Gubernatorial andMayoral Candidates, lay out a list of theMAJOR crises facing us in 2007 andbeyond.Their list:I. Climate changeII. Species loss & ecosystem disruptionIII. Air pollutionIV. Drinking water contaminationV. Food safetyVI. Toxic substancesVII. Environmental injusticesVIII. Environmental threats to childrenIX. Worker safetyX. TransportationXI. Urban sprawlXII. Stratospheric ozone depletionXIII. Global population growthXIV. Nuclear energyXV. Sustainable energyThe accountant-in-chief’ of theUnited States, David M. Walker’s professionalopinion is that the Americanpublic needs to tell Washington it’stime to steer the nation off the path tofinancial ruin.“ You can’t solve a problem until themajority of the people believe you havea problem that needs to be solved,”Walker says. Every year that nothingis done about it, according to Walkerthe problem grows by $2 trillion to $3trillion. According to Walker economicdisaster is looming but no one is reallypaying attention least of all the politicians.He is one of the few in Washingtonwilling and capable of telling the truthfor he has complete job security with afifteen year appointment. Believe it ornot others calculate the problem withhigher numbers. “ What really jumpsout is that the US financial position hasdeteriorated by over $22 trillion in only4 years and $4.5 trillion in the last 12months. The problem did not ‘get better’as a result of the excellent economicgrowth over the past 3 years but rathergot worse and is apparently acceleratingto the downside,” writes Dr. ChrisMortensen.Dr. Mortensen points out that anyeconomic weakness will only exacerbatethe problem. Budgetary assumptionsof the US government are fargreater than 5% nominal GDP growththrough at least 2011.In other words, because no economicweakness is included in the deficit projectionsbelow, $53 trillion could be onthe low side. Further, none of the longtermcosts associated with the Iraq andAfghanistan wars are factored in any ofthe numbers presented (thought to beupwards of $2 trillion more).Yet the greatest standup comedian inthe world spoke from the White Housesaying, ““By holding the line on spendingand continuing our pro-growthpolicies, we can balance the budgetand address the most urgent needs ofour nation.” One can truly wonder whoBush was talking to or who he thoughtwould listen to his ramblings.Crises rarely hit when investorsexpect them. Instead, theyshow up when investors arecomplacent. And that’s exactlywhat we have right now.Some watch the weather others thehousing market and many the dollar,which is set up on the wall like Humpty-Dumpy set for a great fall. With moredebt measurable in dollars than starsin the universe, the world has a greatproblem on its hands.Michael Nystrom writes, “Americans— consumers and the government alike— are spending money as fast as the FedBiophile Issue 16 41