First, a correction in case you didn't catch the newly inserted disclaimer in "Y2K, Damn the torpedoes, Full Spin Ahead". A sharp eyed gold-eagle.com reader emailed that my brilliant, at least in my eyes, but mangled title quote was based on Admiral Farragut's oratory at the 1864 Battle of Mobile Bay and not by Dewey at the 1898 Battle of Manila Bay. I stand corrected for sloppy journalism. However, I'm going to spend some time on this due to comments made by this gentleman. He called this a mistake, just like USA Today made.

The gentleman who pointed out my historical error doesn't like McPaper, USA Today, any more than I do, but says we all make mistakes. Well, I disagree with him calling what USA did a mere journalistic mistake. One of the reasons I'm so harsh on the media is because I really do feel that they are coconspirators in a Y2K suppression effort that values money and the status quo over human lives. I really do believe that media concentration has led to a deep sickness in the American Republic. These "journalists" are really too comfortable with the power, prestige and perks of being a part of the elite. The media owners are predator corporations that are only interested in screwing workers and maximizing profits. The journalists, even if they wanted to tell the truth, wouldn't be allowed to by their corporate masters. Y2K represents a direct hit on all this corrupt status quo. Instead of questioning and investigating Y2K the media simply fell in line and began parroting the government line.

These journalists are really much too comfortable at the President's picnics and celebrity roasts. The one time a journalist asked a nasty question at a picnic, in other words did his job, that twit Lockhart whined that it wasn't fair. Well, what is a journalist doing hobnobbing with the President anyway? I have a theory that the uglier the news became, the prettier the bearer of it had to become. Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley, David Brinkley or Edward Murrow weren't the pretty boy anchors of today. Only a thought.

At any rate, I'm going to revisit the USA Today article and highlight exactly why it is a prime example of why Y2K is going to strike the United States populace unprepared for global chaos. The information is there; yet, McNugget paper deliberately hides it in plain sight. The first "mistake" USA McNugget made I pointed out was in reference to Indonesia. There is no way any rational person can view the Y2K evidence about Indonesia with anything but gloom. Indonesia is universally held to be a Y2K basket case in virtually every area. Indonesia always shows up on the least prepared nations list. Everyone knows Indonesia will suffer severe Y2K problems. The only other country as universally listed is Russia. So there is no reasonable doubt in my mind that Indonesia is toast. 18 months of research and Indonesia shows up every time. That's the first thing.

The second thing is the Indonesian Y2K context. In other words, what is going on in Indonesia politically, economically, socially and in terms of the people's attitudes. Here also the outlook is pretty grim. Even if Indonesians weren't facing Y2K, they would have a full plate. The autocratic, corrupt and incompetent dictatorship has collapsed. This has caused nationwide instability, religious violence, economic hardship and the fraying of the social fabric. There is serious doubt as to the ability of a unified Indonesian nation, of some 1000 islands divided along ethnic, religious and economic fault lines, to endure. So this is the Y2K context of Indonesia: a basket case with a fraying social order. What is the Y2K context of Venezuela? It is a nation undergoing populist fervor, economic chaos and 40,000 dead from flooding. What is the Y2K context for Western and Eastern Europe, along with Russia? It is 90mph storms that have left dozens of dead amid bitterly cold weather. So USA Today's veiled reference to Gazprom's problems take on new meaning don't they? Wouldn't want to lose natural gas deliveries to Europe in the next week or so would you? Blood guilt USA Today. Blood guilt. It's on you and not on me. I don't have much in the way of this world, except my integrity and honor.

Not that you would get any idea of this from the USA Today article. Bearing this in mind, now read the words about the possibility of the Indonesia's capital going dark. Read the words about the small but heavily populated areas of Java and Bali not having electricity in 72 hours. Most Americans wouldn't have a clue that this is code for a social explosion in Indonesia. But it's well hidden until a raving lunatic on a fringe precious metal web site exposes USA Today for being whores and liars. I don't back down one word from what I wrote. For a mainstream newspaper to downplay the likely implications of an Indonesian grid failure, in the context we just discussed, is not a "mistake", it is a deliberate distortion, a deliberate attempt to deceive and a desperate attempt to maintain the Y2K illusion right up to the end. As such, it deserves to be treated in the contemptuous manner that I have done. Whatever else I have done, I have never tried to deceive gold-eagle.com readers. The "unpardonable sin" of journalism is to try and deceive your readers. For that, USA Today deserves everything I said about it and more.

The second area where USA Today deliberately lied about Y2K status is in its comments about Deutsche Bank. Further research shows(the bomb thrower Gary North has a link in his banking section, "Deutsche Bank suffers a Computer Breakdown" dated 12-8-99) that the "excellent" German banking system suffered a catastrophic failure December 1, several days before the USA Today article. Either they admit they are incompetent or liars. How can you write that German banks in general are Y2K ok when one of them nearly takes out the global trading system five days before? Either they didn't know, which means they didn't do their homework, or it means they knew and deliberately lied in order to deceive their readers. That's two unpardonable journalistic sins in a single one page article. The Deutsche Bank is Yardeni's bank in case you didn't know. It's ironic that the only "official" economist who is predicting a Y2K recession almost had a banking collapse started by his employer fully a month before Y2K. I'm also predicting a recession/depression, but I don't count as a gold-eagle.com columnist.

A few years back I saw one of those Latin American peasants against "El Supremo Commandante" movies the name of which escapes me. I do remember they had this peasant girl revolutionary that I would have gladly followed into combat, especially if I had a good rear or side view. Anyway, the climactic scene comes when El Supremo and his cronies are on the balcony of his palace overlooking this huge square. On the far side are thousands of revolting peasants waiting to storm across and turn El Supremo into a cigar. On the near side are a line of tanks with guns facing the howling mob of peasants. El Supremo and his cronies, probably an editor of the local El Supremo Today newspaper there-maybe a Kossi the klown clone is there too. El Supremo has hand picked his armor commanders for their absolute loyalty to El Supremo. He has assured himself that they will die shouting "Long Live El Supremo!" He has tested them. He has equipped them well. El Supremo is on his balcony, surrounded by his trusted advisers and supremely confident of victory against the rebellious rabble.

El Supremo is like those people who believe what the media tells them about Y2K. El Supremo really believes that he will prevail against Y2K. As for what happened to the movies El Supremo? The tank commander turned and saluted El Supremo. El Supremo felt reassured until the tank commander turned and saw the howling mob about to rip his armor command to pieces. El Supremo watched in horror as his hand picked, well tested tank crews turned their guns around to face the rear, towards El Supremo. And then he watched as the howling mob stormed across the square towards him while his hand picked tankers ran up the white flag.

So there you have it. This is why I feel there will be a changing of the media elite next year, along with the other elites. Wonder if the butchers of Teinmein Square, the Chamber of Commerce's buddies, caught this one in the late night reruns?