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The BDI Index Points To Worldwide Disaster
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The BDI Index Points To
Worldwide Disaster
By James Wickstrom
2-7-9


Please be made aware that I am not interested in your feedback or dribble to me
on the information
you are about to read. Just understand and ponder the information and how it is
going to relate to
you, your family, your loved ones, your friends, and to your Nation as a whole.

Most of the masses haven't pulled their heads out of their rectums yet as to
their Super Bowl
fantasy. Well, REALITY is about ready to kick them in the ass like they have
never been kicked
before, and for many, will never be kicked again.

The scope as to the gutting out, sell-out, and vicious TREASON by the political
and religious
elements (note it is plural) of the United States has been the greatest in all
of modern history.
Don't let your eyes deceive you as to what you are going to read.

John Wayne is not going to come out of his grave and save you or this nation.
Tinker Bell is not
going to show up with her magic wand and save the day. It is time to suck it up
and face the music
of forthcoming violence and suffering like never seen before in the United
States and throughout
the world.

For over 30 years I have been ostracized, ridiculed, scoffed at, thrown in
prison, had my home
destroyed, and looked upon as an outcast of this Nation. The same Nation I went
to war for during
Vietnam. If you have one ounce of reasoning and common sense left in your head,
what you are going
read is going to send you for a jolt. Please share this with all who you feel
would like to know
and understand.

Thank you.
Dr. James P. Wickstrom, D. Litt.

http://posse-comitatususa.blogspot.com
www.jameswickstrom.com

Subject: Baltic Dry Index
(Shipping situation that effects all of us)

Follow-up letter on BDI Video

An Email Received On the Baltic Dry Index Video:

I've been discussing the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) with everyone I can for months
now. I started
following it in June of 2008. It's not a traded index so no one profits from the
index itself,
which makes it virtually manipulation proof. It is what it is and that doesn't
bode well for any
of us.

OK, we have 26 shipping routes around the world that the BDI looks at. Shipping
stocks are slaves
to the BDI. Capesize Ships (over 100,000 tons) make up only 10% of the World
Fleet but move 62% of
Dry Bulk Traffic (at a given time Australia has 35/40, China 20, Brazil 40-50,
S. Africa 1-7).
Panamax Ships (60,000-80,000 tons) make up 19% of the world fleet and move 20%
of the Dry Bulk
Traffic (at a given time Australia has 40-60, China 20-35, Brazil 3-12, S Africa
0-1). There is a
third and fourth ship size but they are quite small and they aren't moving
either.

If we can use the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) as a guide for the next 12 months of
product delivery and
food availability in the stores we shop in then the BDI says shelves will be
virtually empty of
almost every product we use each and every day.

If the BDI is wrong it will be an historic first. The BDI is used by bankers,
financial experts,
brokers, traders and everyone in high-end finance to assess the global financial
condition and the
availability of products worldwide.

The BDI has dropped 94% in a short few weeks which means raw materials, grains,
ores, steel, iron,
cement and all imported products for food manufacturing and product
manufacturing even though we
actually do very little of that here in the US. We do make bread and other
products that require
grains, like cereals. We import clothing, gasoline, various fuels and, well,
just about everything
these days and the BDI says global shipping has shut down. NOTHING is moving.
Because this spells
disaster for a country that produces little and imports everything I have been
intently blogging
about the subject and asking people to view a short video I have posted (8
minutes) on:

http://thegreendragon.ning.com/video/vital-critical-you-must

The Baltic Dry Index (BDI) is an indicator of how much product is actually out
for delivery
throughout the world. It cannot be cheated or manipulated because it deals with
actual products
that are either actively being shipped, or are on docks awaiting to be shipped
as Freight On Board
(FOB). As the chart below proves, back in June, 2008 the BDI stood at a
reasonably healthy 11,600.
As of today, the BDI has plummeted to 791. That's about a 94% drop in goods
actually being shipped
worldwide.

This portends unprecedented disaster around the world, especially as it relates
to food. Products
are simply not being shipped. They aren't being shipped because there aren't any
orders for them.
This will translate into massive, unprecedented unemployment worldwide and, as
things get worse,
massive food shortages.

I have urgently asked each of you to stock up on dry foods like 50 lb bags of
rice, 50 lb bags of
oatmeal, beans, powdered milk, canned foods, canned vegetables and such to
assure your family will
have enough to eat when the world economy totally collapses. Many of you laughed
me off as some
sort of kook for making those suggestions, with some of you going so far as to
call me "chicken
little, the sky is falling." Well, it appears I'm having the last laugh.

I correctly forecast the economic meltdown which took place in September. For
over a year prior to
that meltdown, I warned it was coming and, in March of 2008, I actually
pinpointed the month the
meltdown would take place, warning you it would happen in September. It did. Now
I am once again
warning you about food shortages because the facts are irrefutable. The BDI
proves that goods are
not being shipped.

There has been a 94% reduction in shipped goods since June of this year and it
is only going to
get worse. If you do not have food stored up for your family, you will starve to
death. If you do
not own guns and ammunition, any food you DO have will be stolen by roving bands
of savages who
are trying not to starve to death.

The social breakdown that is coming is unparalleled in modern history. We are
going to suffer on
an order of magnitude greater than folks suffered during the Great Depression.
Please, I urge you,
prepare. There are only a few precious months left before it all goes to hell.
So, as I said, I
have been e-mailing everyone I can think of and here's a very interesting email
I received back
from a friend tonight. He's a senior level electrical engineer for a large
engineering and
construction firm in Denver and designs and builds large power plants for a
living.


Hi,

Quite the contrary, I'm well acquainted with the Baltic Dry Index. My brother is
a mid-to
high-level executive with a logistics/cargo firm. His company (as well as all
other shipping
companies) have seen huge dives in the amount of business they do. The main
point that many people
do not understand is that without trade between states and nations no one
prospers!

It's always tempting to say "screw the third world countries and screw the
Chinese with all the
crap they send over here! Let's shut our borders down and not import anything!"
But the reality is
that no country that practices such Draconian protectionist policies ever lasts
very long. So with
that, it is of huge concern to you, me, and everyone else "in the know" when the
BDI drops so
drastically! The whole world is truly tied at the hip, as the saying goes!

Brother, I'm on board with you 100%! I sincerely appreciate you taking the time
to send me the
link (which I will watch by this weekend). You hit the nail on the head in that
98% of the people
in this country have not one clue what the BDI is, what it indicates; nothing!

The truly sad thing, to me at least, is that the masses of "useful idiots" (as
Lenin called them)
have no clue what is going on around them, yet they so eagerly and boisterously
vote! I'm afraid
that this country is going to have to go through a considerable amount of pain
before the
uneducated, ignorant (and I won't say stupid because they simply have not been
taught) masses "get
it".

I am a senior level electrical engineer for a large engineering and construction
firm in Denver. I
design and build large power plants for a living. Without giving the whole story
of my career,
believe me when I say that in the next few years this country will see rolling
blackouts (and
that's not taking into account another terrorist attack on our country!). If the
people in this
country knew what I know first-hand about our power grid and the condition of
our (very old!)
power plants in this country, they would probably crap themselves in fear!

The only surprise to me is that the blackouts didn't happen this past summer,
but that was due to
2008 being a cooler year than expected. The bottom line is, our power grid (and
for that matter,
much of the infrastructure in this country) is tapped out and actually older
than its expected
life. And yet, our wonderful federal government, elected by us "useful idiots",
continues to
spend, spend, spend like drunken sailors. Why? Well, because that's what we've
"always" done! It
sickens me!

Take a look at www.chrismartenson.com

This fellow has his head screwed on straight!

Take it from me, I build power plants for a living. But I still have a basement
full of not just
guns, ammo, and food, but of fuel! White gas, propane bottle's, even sterno &
alcohol type cans.
Do yourself a favor if you haven't already, STOCK UP on a fuel supply, at least
so that you can
cook and have some modest heat if you don't have a fireplace! Consider what you
have and ask
yourself if you have enough to get you through a month, 2 months? Three? God
Bless Sam's Club for
carrying Coleman fuel and propane and such...

I'll share more of my knowledge (limited though it is) with you later on.

Peace be with you brother. Hope for the best but prepare for the worst!


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Believe or don't, the choice is yours but at the very least I suggest you start
doing the research
on this subject or you may be starving in a few short months.