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2012Consult
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 2012Consult...is a newsletter designed to offer you ONE SOURCE for receiving the varied
information relating to our current world affairs
and "changes."
The only constant in
the upcoming years will be "Change"
and how you deal with it. To take the appropriate steps
regarding this change, you need information. You cannot
trust your fate by relying on the "historical past" because
the scenario we are now facing has never happened
before.
Never before in the
history of the world has one date, one moment in time, been so
significant to so many cultures, so many religions, so many
scientists, so many governments and to so many people all
around the world.
We are
a "One Stop Shopping" website that will give you the
latest, up-to-date information regarding the current as well
as upcoming changes affecting the planet from politics to the
price of gold, from earth changes to ET's. We will
offer you a spectrum of information - and depending
upon your level of indoctrination, some of it
you may agree with & some you may
not... it is then up to you to do as you
choose.
 2012Consult's primary
goal is designed to inform you so that you may make
the right decisions for yourself and your family during a
period that could soon be termed "Cataclysmic" in
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NASA Fights Back Against "2012" Fear Campaigns
Is
anyone really worried that the world will end in 2012? The
answer is "YES," many people are worried. There have been over
200 books and 1,000 websites created to push various doomsday
scenarios, and its scaring a large portion of the population.
Plus the new "2012" movie is not helping.
 Sony Pictures has recently launched a
viral campaign, comprising of numerous websites that are meant
to look like credible sources of scientific information, all
supporting the film's claim that the world will end in three
years.
Some of those sites are for a fake institute as
well as a fake news website that distributes fake press
releases about a fake aerospace company winning government
contracts. It all looks legit and people are being fooled into
believing that the information is true.
To fight back,
NASA scientist David Morrison launched a column, called "Ask
An Astrobiologist," to answer questions that people may have.
After the first 1,000 questions came in, he realizes that
there's real panic out there.
"I think people are
really, really worried about the world coming to an end," he
said. "Kids are contemplating suicide. Adults tell me they
can't sleep and can't stop crying. There are people who are
really, really scared."
He added: "I don't have
anything against the movie. It's the way it's been marketed
and the way it exploits people's fears. People are very
gullible. It a sad testimonial that you need NASA to tell you
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FIVE THINGS WE SHOULD DO TO
PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR LOVED ONES UNTIL WE GET THROUGH THIS
MESS:
 1. Take your money out of your bank if it
took bailout money and place it in a locally-owned bank or,
preferably, a credit union.
2. Get rid of all your credit cards but
one -- the kind where you have to pay up at the end of the
month or you lose your card.
3. Do not invest in the stock market. If
you have any extra cash, put it away in a savings account or,
if you can, pay down on your mortgage so you can own your home
as soon as possible. You can also buy very safe government
savings bonds or T-bills. Or just buy your mother some
flowers.
4. Unionize your workplace so that you and
your coworkers have a say in how your business is run. Here's
how to do it (more info here). Nothing is more American than
democracy, and democracy shouldn't be checked at the door when
you enter your workplace. Another way to Americanize your
workplace is to turn your business into a worker-owned
cooperative. You are not a wage slave. You are a free person,
and you giving up eight hours of your life every day to
someone else is to be properly compensated and
respected.
5. Take care of yourself and your family.
Sorry to go all Oprah on you, but she's right: Find a place of
peace in your life and make the choice to be around people who
are not full of negativity and cynicism. Look for those who
nurture and love. Turn off the TV and the Blackberry and go
for a 30-minute walk every day. Eat fruits and vegetables and
cut down on anything that has sugar, high fructose corn syrup,
white flour or too much sodium (salt) in it. Get seven hours
of sleep each night and take the time to read a book a month.
I know this sounds like I've turned into your grandma, but,
dammit, take a good hard look at Granny -- she's fit, she's
rested and she knows the names of both of her U.S. Senators
without having to Google them. We might do well to listen to
her. If we don't put our own "oxygen mask" on first (as they
say on the airplane), we will be of no use to the rest of the
nation in enacting any of this action plan!
I'm sure there are many other ideas you
can come up with on how we can build this movement. Get
creative. Think outside the politics-as-usual box. BE
SUBVERSIVE! Think of that local action no one else has tried.
Behave as if your life depended on it. Be bold! Try doing
something with reckless abandon. It may just liberate you and
your community and your nation.
Michael
Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com
The opinions of the author do not necessarily reflect
those of
2012Consult.
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Did you know?
 Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are
sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on
the bottom are firmer and better for
cooking. |
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Cash for Carts...
 You're going to love this.
I came across a recent story from The Wall Street Journal
about how Uncle Sam is now paying Americans to buy, of all
things, golf carts. Yes, you too can own that great necessity
of modern life thanks to the federal tax credit to buy
high-mileage cars that was part of President Obama's stimulus
plan.
Here's an excerpt
from the article:
The federal credit provides from $4,200
to $5,500 for the purchase of an electric vehicle, and when it
is combined with similar incentive plans in many states the
tax credits can pay for nearly the entire cost of a golf cart.
Even in states that don't have their own tax rebate plans, the
federal credit is generous enough to pay for half or even
two-thirds of the average sticker price of a cart, which is
typically in the range of $8,000 to $10,000. "The purchase of
some models could be absolutely free," Roger Gaddis of Ada
Electric Cars in Oklahoma said earlier this year. "Is that
about the coolest thing you've ever heard?"
The golf-cart boom has followed an IRS ruling that golf carts
qualify for the electric-car credit as long as they are also
road worthy. These qualifying golf carts are essentially the
same as normal golf carts save for adding some safety
features, such as side and rearview mirrors and three-point
seat belts. They typically can go 15 to 25 miles per
hour.
In South Carolina, sales of these carts
have been soaring as dealerships alert customers to Uncle
Sam's giveaway. "The Golf Cart Man" in the Villages of Lady
Lake, Florida is running a banner online ad that declares:
"GET A FREE GOLF CART. Or make $2,000 doing absolutely
nothing!"
Golf Cart Man is referring to his
offer in which you can buy the cart for $8,000, get a $5,300
tax credit off your 2009 income tax, lease it back for $100 a
month for 27 months, at which point Golf Cart Man will buy
back the cart for $2,000. "This means you own a free Golf Cart
or made $2,000 cash doing absolutely nothing!!!" You can't
blame a guy for exploiting loopholes that Congress
offers.
The IRS has also ruled that there's no
limit to how many electric cars an individual can buy, so some
enterprising profiteers are stocking up on multiple carts
while the federal credit lasts, in order to resell them at a
profit later. We should note that some states, such as
Oklahoma, have caught on to the giveaway and are debating
whether to cancel or limit their state credits. But in
Congress they're still on the driving
range.
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A Few
Quick Thoughts on the Dollar, GDP, and the
Recession
Just a few quick notes. When world
trade collapsed, so did the need for US dollars, which is what
the world uses to transact business. The data looks like world
trade is finding a bottom and maybe even recovering somewhat.
That means there will be the need for more dollars. And since
everybody and their mother are shorting the dollar, there
could be a vicious snap-back rally. I am still bearish on the
US dollar (and the yen and the euro and the pound) over the
long term, but there is the potential for a real rally here.
Mish Shedlock commented on the US GDP
report, which said the US GDP rose 3.5%:
"Today the market is cheering over what is actually
an ugly report. A misguided Cash-for-Clunkers added a one-time
contribution of 1.66 percentage points to GDP. Auto sales have
since collapsed so all the program did is move some demand
forward. Government spending increased at 7.9 percent in the
third quarter which is certainly nothing to cheer about.
Personal income decreased $15.5 billion (0.5 percent), while
real disposable personal income decreased 3.4 percent, in
contrast to an increase of 3.8 percent last quarter. Those are
horrible numbers. The savings rate is down, which no doubt has
misguided economists cheering, but people spending more than
they make is one of the things that got us into trouble. The
only bright spot I can find is exports. However, even there we
must not get too excited as imports rose much more."  John Williams notes that one-time
stimulus or inventory items represented 92% of the reported
quarterly growth. The nature of the stimulus-related gains was
that they tended to steal business activity from the future.
The months ahead are the future. Accordingly,
fourth-quarter quarterly GDP change will likely turn negative,
again. (The King Report) And David Rosenberg writes: "Only
economists see the recession as being over; the man on the
street sees it a little differently, perhaps less enthused by
the fact that a lower rate of inventory destocking is
arithmetically underpinning GDP growth at this
time. Put simply, a Wall Street Journal/NBC News
poll just found that 58% of the public believe the economic
recession still has a ways to go -- and that is up from 52% in
September. This means that the private investor, unlike
the hedge fund manager, is not interested in adding risk to
the portfolio even after a 60% surge in the equity market.
"Only 29% of those polled believe the economy has hit
bottom -- imagine having that psychology with nearly zero
interest rates, a bloated Fed balance sheet and unprecedented
fiscal deficits (poll was taken from October 23-25). Nearly
two in three (64%) said the rally in the stock market (still a
bear market rally -- not the onset of a new bull market) has
not swayed their view (or ours for that
matter)."
John Mauldin, Best-Selling author and
recognized financial expert, is also editor of the free
Thoughts From the Frontline that goes to over 1
million readers each week.
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What has
happened to the Office of the President!
One persons
opinion...
What this picture implies about attitude,
diminished respect for the President's Office and people that
elected her husband, and the obvious lack of comprehension of
the nobility of the national legacy she has currently
inherited I find personally offensive and demeaning in the
extreme.
jb
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Quote of the Day ~
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back
on the
crowd."
-- Max Lucado
A conscience is what hurts when all
of your other parts feel so good.
Experience is a
wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake when
you make it
again.
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what's best for you regarding the upcoming changes in our
world. All information and data has been gleaned from sources
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forwarned is being forearmed.
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