Wall Street Journal interviews Mike Ruppert

[Freedom Slave]

Good interview, and there's a two-minute clip from "CoLLapse", too.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703932904574511942676683258.html

 

[EastcoastJD]

Cripes, if the Wall Street Journal is interviewing Mike Ruppert and not painting him as a total crackpot...well...let me just say I hope everyone has their preps in order and are loaded for bear.  Shit's going to get really FUBAR really soon, soon as in months and not years.

[berkeley]

no kidding.  this is bad.

[Cycling in Hollywood]

Cripes, if the Wall Street Journal is interviewing Mike Ruppert and not painting him as a total crackpot...

What's next?!

FYI I'm planning to go see Collapse in the theater when it shows in LA starting on the 13th...

[pamplemousse]

I like how the interview ends with the mention of Mike being behind on his rent, and how there are damages to be paid for the sexual harassment suit.  Probably that gives every person who reads the WSJ permission to ignore what Mike Ruppert has to say.

[berkeley]

it's kinda disgusting, like their totally hedging their bets

1. if he's right - "hey, we featured him in 11/2009!"

2. if he's wrong - "we clearly tipped you off that this was a guy that couldn't get his life together enough to pay rent and was appealing a sexual harassment judgment."

[Unconventional Ideas]

The WSJ video is particularly poignant.

[picasso moon]

What Berkeley said, the article notes how he comes across as "both authoritative and dubious". 

And this is really not getting it
Until you change the way money works, you change nothing. The current economic paradigm calls for infinite growth, from fractional reserve banking to compact interest. So Wall Street needs to somehow help us find an economy that works without requiring more and more consumption.
Capitalism is about capital accumulation, growth, Wall Street is not gonna do any such thing. But i do like the fact that he minces no words when he talks about the coming collapse of industrial civilization and the uselessness of alternative energy re preventing this.

[ninakat]

The comments are mostly DENIAL comments or worse on the WSJ page (click on the Comments tab just below the title of the article).

[Arraya]

The comments are mostly DENIAL comments or worse on the WSJ page (click on the Comments tab just below the title of the article).

Shit, I knew I would cringe if I read them.  I just could not help myself, though.

The sad thing about Ruppert is that scary scenarios sell books and he is tapping into fear. If we don't have growth in population at or above replacement we won't have sustainable economic growth. And I think that is what he is most about, that overpopulation is a problem. This is just radical environmentalism married to the peak resources crowd. It is a dangerous agenda.

And what is that agenda?  Here we are at 1 minute to midnight.

[ninakat]

Cripes, if the Wall Street Journal is interviewing Mike Ruppert and not painting him as a total crackpot...well...let me just say I hope everyone has their preps in order and are loaded for bear.  Shit's going to get really FUBAR really soon, soon as in months and not years.

I know what you're saying, but I just don't see this to be as significant as it appears. This is simply an Arts & Entertainment profile piece. In other words, the WSJ didn't just let the cat out of the bag. If major editorials start popping up on the WSJ as a result, however, then I'll be convinced that this is significant. But hey, it's a start and I'm glad Ruppert's finally getting more attention. Let's see how this develops before we get too carried away with Hope^TM.

[berkeley]

. . . before we get too carried away with Hope^TM.

_{Photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009 in the Oval Office at The White House.}

[Pegasus]

The comments are mostly DENIAL comments or worse on the WSJ page (click on the Comments tab just below the title of the article).

Shit, I knew I would cringe if I read them.  I just could not help myself, though.

The sad thing about Ruppert is that scary scenarios sell books and he is tapping into fear. If we don't have growth in population at or above replacement we won't have sustainable economic growth. And I think that is what he is most about, that overpopulation is a problem. This is just radical environmentalism married to the peak resources crowd. It is a dangerous agenda.

And what is that agenda?  Here we are at 1 minute to midnight.

I've always had a soft spot for the sure minded person that is no fool, they are confident and knowlegable, they understand this world.  EXCEPT FOR ONE BIG THING THEY'RE MISSING EVERYTHING F'D UP THAT IS GOING TO KILL THEM.  It's the good ole boy mentality that the alarmists are making a fuss as they always have about nothing and that life will go on without a hitch.  Ouch, owie, whoops.

[Roberto Thorn]

and so it begins..............

[Mezzanine]

Am I the only person that thinks that Ruppert is little bit late to the party on this one?

Independent journalist Michael Ruppert predicted the global recession. Now he's foreseeing an imminent energy crisis

*claps slowly*