Somehow I doubt my personal experience is so very unique, if only because the salient parts were shared with large numbers of others. Every time I have worked within a government bureaucracy, there were several kinds of people I could easily catalogue one way or another:
- the decent sort who just want to do their job
- the bewildered bunch who managed to muddle through
- the few true believers — it matters not what, since observed behavior is more a matter of true belief itself
- the team players
- the frauds who continue unchallenged for any of several reasons
What matters most is there will always be a few who are completely and utterly sinister. Some types of organization and activities seem to draw them in larger concentrations. My primary complaint is they often seem to take pivotal roles, even rising to high leadership. To some degree, I feel certain this is by some design, a sort of helping each other along, though not necessarily conscious. Indeed, the evil itself is more a matter of effect than intent.
Most of the humans I face every day are worried, but really have no clue what’s going on behind the scenes. I can’t pretend there is a single reason for this, only a very noticeable dearth of understanding, almost hypnotized by the very conscious efforts of the sinister bunch who run things. Some very close friends simply cannot fathom my contention our government is now the greatest threat to “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” They cannot comprehend my cynicism about what’s coming, even though they recognize some disembodied evil in the rising Police State.
So when the FDIC finally released their quarterly report yesterday, we should hardly be surprised the announcement included hiding the identity of the 400 weak banks they mentioned. Frankly, I believe they are lying about the amount of money left in the insurance fund, at least in the implication they haven’t had to borrow any. The declarations don’t match the previous declarations of what they had, what they spent, and how much they took in via payments from banks. This smells to me more like creative bookkeeping, for which our entire federal government is famous.
Like everyone else, I’m not eager to see a run on the banks. I’m relieved to see that sort of panic is not happening, even while I realize it would be wholly justified. Before it’s over, a great many people with trust in the system will be hurt badly. How many of us remember FDR’s boys literally confiscating precious metals stored in bank safety deposit boxes, with not a penny of compensation? Having seen the ugly belly of the beast, I would not be surprised at confiscation of whole accounts when things go crazy.
Our problem is not paranoia; the citizens of this nation do not fear enough.
