Why you are f***ed. Plain and simple. What you can do.

As Bond dad will attest, this economy is fucked.  

But, it is much, much worse than that.

As we learned today, several large financial institutions have agreed to allow FOREIGN COUNTRIES to take large EQUITY positions in their own companies.  

Merrill Lynch and Singapore?

WTF?

This is just the beginning folks.  I have written before about the Rumsfeld redux.  But I will ask you to again recall history: what did Vietnam, Cheney, Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz beget?

That's right.  Stagflation.  Oil Shock.  Recession.  It's coming.  Are you and your family prepared?  More on the flip.

Many commentators have already spoken about the coming downturn.  The supposed trigger is supposedly the "failed" sub-prime mortgage market.

For a number of reasons, I don't believe it.  If you know anything about Cheney, Rumsfeld and their neo-con backers you know that these guys don't do anything half-ass.  They've had "Stage II" of the Iraq invasion planned for years.  That's right, YEARS.

(BTW, many Democrats aren't in on it, but that doesn't make it any less likely to succeed.  Read that sentence again and see if that makes you feel better.  Heh.)

The fact is, just like with Rumsfeld planting the seed in 1998 and then reaping what he sowed in 2003, the corporate Rethugs are now standing at the ready to reap the benefits of the massive sub-prime failure.  It coulda happened in '04. it coulda happened in '05, in coulda happened in '06...but, NOOOOO, it happened toward the end of '07.  

And futhermore, the effects won't be felt until after '08.  What a perfect economical shitstorm!

I'll leave analysis of these statements and the merits of my predictions to stand the test of time and dkos.  

What I want to do is offer a real solution for you all.  Consider it your Merry-fucking-Christmas present.

1.  Sell your stocks now.  Do it gradually over the next 6 months.  Take 50% of your recouped money and invest it in local ventures aimed at increasing LOCAL power generation and LOCAL power distribution.  ONLY invest in people and companies you have personally met.

2.  Stock up water and gasoline.  Do it gradually over the next 6 months.  Take 10% of your money recouped from stock investment and invest it in gasoline (or other energy sources that will power you home heating/hot water and your vehicles).

3.  Begin to learn how to become self-supportive.  Where do you get your food from?  Do you have a garden?  Livestock?

In short, get ready.  Understand how to live without.  That's right, without.  You will make you, your family and your country stronger.

Many will say this is an alarmist diary.  I just say that those who you know as "Rethugs" have been way ahead of everyone in this country.  They beat us in 2000.  They beat us in 2004.  

Why do you think they won't beat us in 2008?  Because our candidate is such a better person???

* 1st UPDATE: Shout out to my friends over at the NSA, etc...