MOP
12-04-2008, 05:59 PM
Pretty scary reading, but this guy has not been wrong yet!
Isn't this scary? I think we should start buying gold coins and
putting them under the mattress.
Richard
>
> The man who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the
> Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and
> tax rebellions - all within four years, while cautioning that putting
> food on the table will be a more pressing concern than buying
> Christmas
> gifts by 2012.
>
> Gerald Celente (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Celente), the
> CEO of
> Trends Research Institute, is renowned for his accuracy in predicting
> future world and economic events, which will send a chill down your
> spine considering what he told Fox News this week.
>
> Celente says that by 2012 America will become an undeveloped nation,
> that there will be a revolution marked by food riots, squatter
> rebellions, tax revolts and job marches, and that holidays will be
> more
> about obtaining food, not gifts.
>
> "We're going to see the end of the retail Christmas....we're going to
> see a fundamental shift take place....putting food on the table is
> going
> to be more important that putting gifts under the Christmas tree,"
> said
> Celente, adding that the situation would be "worse than the great
> depression".
>
> "America's going to go through a transition the likes of which no
> one is
> prepared for," said Celente, noting that people's refusal to
> acknowledge
> that America was even in a recession highlights how big a problem
> denial
> is in being ready for the true scale of the crisis.
>
> Celente, who successfully predicted the 1997 Asian Currency Crisis,
> the
> subprime mortgage collapse and the massive devaluation of the U.S.
> dollar, told UPI in November last year that the following year
> would be
> known as "The Panic of 2008," adding that "giants (would) tumble to
> their deaths," which is exactly what we have witnessed with the
> collapse
> of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and others. He also said that the
> dollar would eventually be devalued by as much as 90 percent.
> The consequence of what we have seen unfold this year would lead to a
> lowering in living standards, Celente predicted a year ago, which is
> also being borne out by plummeting retail sales figures.
>
> The prospect of revolution was a concept echoed by a British
> Ministry of
> Defense report last year, which predicted that within 30 years, the
> growing gap �between the super rich and the middle class, along with
> an urban underclass threatening social order would mean, "The world's
> middle classes might unite, using access to knowledge, resources and
> skills to shape transnational processes in their own class interest,"
> and that, "The middle classes could become a revolutionary class."
>
> In a separate recent interview, Celente went further on the subject of
> revolution in America.
>
> "There will be a revolution in this country," he said. "It's not going
> to come yet, but it's going to come down the line and we're going
> to see
> a third party and this was the catalyst for it: the takeover of
> Washington, D.C., in broad daylight by Wall Street in this bloodless
> coup.
>
> And it will happen as conditions continue to worsen."
> "The first thing to do is organize with tax revolts. That's going
> to be
> the big one because people can't afford to pay more school tax,
> property
> tax, any kind of tax. You're going to start seeing those kinds of
> protests start to develop."
>
> "It's going to be very bleak. Very sad. And there is going to be a lot
> of homeless, the likes of which we have never seen before. Tent cities
> are already sprouting up around the country and we're going to see
> many
> more."
>
> "We're going to start seeing huge areas of vacant real estate and
> squatters living in them as well. It's going to be a picture the likes
> of which Americans are not going to be used to. It's going to come
> as a
> shock and with it, there's going to be a lot of crime. And the
> crime is
> going to be a lot worse than it was before �because in the last 1929
> Depression, people's minds weren't wrecked on all these modern drugs -
> over-the-counter drugs, or crystal meth or whatever it might be.
> So, you
> have a huge underclass of very desperate people with their minds
> chemically blown beyond anybody's comprehension."
>
> The George Washington blog has compiled a list of quotes attesting to
> Celente's accuracy as a trend forecaster.
> "When CNN wants to know about the Top Trends, we ask Gerald Celente."
>
> - CNN Headline News
> "A network of 25 experts whose range of specialties would rival many
> university faculties."
>
> - The Economist
> "Gerald Celente has a knack for getting the zeitgeist right."
>
> - USA Today
> "There's not a better trend forecaster than Gerald Celente. The man
> knows what he's talking about."
>
> - CNBC
> "Those who take their predictions seriously ... consider the Trends
> Research Institute."
>
> - The Wall Street Journal
> "Gerald Celente is always ahead of the curve on trends and
> uncannily on
> the mark ... he's one of the most accurate forecasters around."
>
> - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
> "Mr. Celente tracks the world's social, economic and business
> trends for
> corporate clients."
>
> - The New York Times
> "Mr. Celente is a very intelligent guy. We are able to learn about
> trends from an authority."
>
> - 48 Hours, CBS News
> "Gerald Celente has a solid track record. He has predicted everything
> from the 1987 stock market crash and the demise of the Soviet Union to
> green marketing and corporate downsizing."
>
> - The Detroit News
> "Gerald Celente forecast the 1987 stock market crash, 'green
> marketing,'
> and the boom in gourmet coffees."
>
> - Chicago Tribune
> "The Trends Research Institute is the Standard and Poors of Popular
> Culture."
>
> - The Los Angeles Times
> "If Nostradamus were alive today, he'd have a hard time keeping up
> with
> Gerald Celente."
>
> - New York Post
> So there you have it - hardly a nutjob conspiracy theorist blowhard
> now
> is he?
Isn't this scary? I think we should start buying gold coins and
putting them under the mattress.
Richard
>
> The man who predicted the 1987 stock market crash and the fall of the
> Soviet Union is now forecasting revolution in America, food riots and
> tax rebellions - all within four years, while cautioning that putting
> food on the table will be a more pressing concern than buying
> Christmas
> gifts by 2012.
>
> Gerald Celente (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Celente), the
> CEO of
> Trends Research Institute, is renowned for his accuracy in predicting
> future world and economic events, which will send a chill down your
> spine considering what he told Fox News this week.
>
> Celente says that by 2012 America will become an undeveloped nation,
> that there will be a revolution marked by food riots, squatter
> rebellions, tax revolts and job marches, and that holidays will be
> more
> about obtaining food, not gifts.
>
> "We're going to see the end of the retail Christmas....we're going to
> see a fundamental shift take place....putting food on the table is
> going
> to be more important that putting gifts under the Christmas tree,"
> said
> Celente, adding that the situation would be "worse than the great
> depression".
>
> "America's going to go through a transition the likes of which no
> one is
> prepared for," said Celente, noting that people's refusal to
> acknowledge
> that America was even in a recession highlights how big a problem
> denial
> is in being ready for the true scale of the crisis.
>
> Celente, who successfully predicted the 1997 Asian Currency Crisis,
> the
> subprime mortgage collapse and the massive devaluation of the U.S.
> dollar, told UPI in November last year that the following year
> would be
> known as "The Panic of 2008," adding that "giants (would) tumble to
> their deaths," which is exactly what we have witnessed with the
> collapse
> of Lehman Brothers, Bear Stearns and others. He also said that the
> dollar would eventually be devalued by as much as 90 percent.
> The consequence of what we have seen unfold this year would lead to a
> lowering in living standards, Celente predicted a year ago, which is
> also being borne out by plummeting retail sales figures.
>
> The prospect of revolution was a concept echoed by a British
> Ministry of
> Defense report last year, which predicted that within 30 years, the
> growing gap �between the super rich and the middle class, along with
> an urban underclass threatening social order would mean, "The world's
> middle classes might unite, using access to knowledge, resources and
> skills to shape transnational processes in their own class interest,"
> and that, "The middle classes could become a revolutionary class."
>
> In a separate recent interview, Celente went further on the subject of
> revolution in America.
>
> "There will be a revolution in this country," he said. "It's not going
> to come yet, but it's going to come down the line and we're going
> to see
> a third party and this was the catalyst for it: the takeover of
> Washington, D.C., in broad daylight by Wall Street in this bloodless
> coup.
>
> And it will happen as conditions continue to worsen."
> "The first thing to do is organize with tax revolts. That's going
> to be
> the big one because people can't afford to pay more school tax,
> property
> tax, any kind of tax. You're going to start seeing those kinds of
> protests start to develop."
>
> "It's going to be very bleak. Very sad. And there is going to be a lot
> of homeless, the likes of which we have never seen before. Tent cities
> are already sprouting up around the country and we're going to see
> many
> more."
>
> "We're going to start seeing huge areas of vacant real estate and
> squatters living in them as well. It's going to be a picture the likes
> of which Americans are not going to be used to. It's going to come
> as a
> shock and with it, there's going to be a lot of crime. And the
> crime is
> going to be a lot worse than it was before �because in the last 1929
> Depression, people's minds weren't wrecked on all these modern drugs -
> over-the-counter drugs, or crystal meth or whatever it might be.
> So, you
> have a huge underclass of very desperate people with their minds
> chemically blown beyond anybody's comprehension."
>
> The George Washington blog has compiled a list of quotes attesting to
> Celente's accuracy as a trend forecaster.
> "When CNN wants to know about the Top Trends, we ask Gerald Celente."
>
> - CNN Headline News
> "A network of 25 experts whose range of specialties would rival many
> university faculties."
>
> - The Economist
> "Gerald Celente has a knack for getting the zeitgeist right."
>
> - USA Today
> "There's not a better trend forecaster than Gerald Celente. The man
> knows what he's talking about."
>
> - CNBC
> "Those who take their predictions seriously ... consider the Trends
> Research Institute."
>
> - The Wall Street Journal
> "Gerald Celente is always ahead of the curve on trends and
> uncannily on
> the mark ... he's one of the most accurate forecasters around."
>
> - The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
> "Mr. Celente tracks the world's social, economic and business
> trends for
> corporate clients."
>
> - The New York Times
> "Mr. Celente is a very intelligent guy. We are able to learn about
> trends from an authority."
>
> - 48 Hours, CBS News
> "Gerald Celente has a solid track record. He has predicted everything
> from the 1987 stock market crash and the demise of the Soviet Union to
> green marketing and corporate downsizing."
>
> - The Detroit News
> "Gerald Celente forecast the 1987 stock market crash, 'green
> marketing,'
> and the boom in gourmet coffees."
>
> - Chicago Tribune
> "The Trends Research Institute is the Standard and Poors of Popular
> Culture."
>
> - The Los Angeles Times
> "If Nostradamus were alive today, he'd have a hard time keeping up
> with
> Gerald Celente."
>
> - New York Post
> So there you have it - hardly a nutjob conspiracy theorist blowhard
> now
> is he?