Iran...but it didn't help

So today, the US, and company, presented Iran with their revised proposal and a little bit of bribery to get them to stop enriching uranium. Why? Because they told US that if we attack Tehran, they would pull the world's oil supply off the market - jacking the prices of the remaining exporters up to $200-300/barrel. Right now, it's at $70, and we're spanning $4.00/gal in California to $2.60/gal in Georgia for gasoline. Cutting that off, would throw gas up to $12-24/gallon.

But they're not the first to play that card. Just a few days ago, it was suggested on a news interview that I saw, that we place a blockade on their oil and not import it if they don't succomb. What sucks is when we can't enforce a threat, and they turn the threat around back on us.

On CNN tonight, on the Glenn Beck show, there was an interview with a CIA representative, who described the terms of the deal concerning Iran to be in an apocolyptic sense - i.e. the only solution for Iran's world-wide pullback of oil, and their threat to blow up the oil fields, would be to attack them with Nuclear Weapons. He also believes that we will be in conflict with Iran within the next 12 months...(which right on the timeframe that I've been looking at for the past 10+ years).

And then just today, insurgents have taken over the capital of Somolia, and ousted the fledgling UN-backed goverment there. So now, President Bush will be discussing how to handle that situation, saying that it "cannot become a breeding ground for terrorists to plot and plan."

I think in the coming days I might list the "signs" of the time, and correlate them to the current events that we're seeing unfold before us. Should be an interesting thing to read.

Are you ready?

So I didn't feel like blogging tonight, but this, I believe, requires my attention on the blog...

Back on May 11th, I wrote this, and I'm adding the bolded emphasis tonight:

"And then there is Iran...wtf. They need to stfu, gtfo, and quit being nubs. They know the reason that we don't want them to have nuclear teck...and they know what they're going to do with it when they get it. I don't think they're 10 years away from developing nukes, I think they're a couple months away. I don't have any solid evidence on this, just a sign of the times. I'm thinking that they're going to defy the UN, and the UN will oppose them. Other middle eastern countries will support Iran in return for protection by Iran and their new teck. They'll go against Isreal, with an alliance with other middle eastern countries - the US and it's allies will get involved to protect Isreal, Russia and China will ally with Iran...and bad things will happen."

Why is this a big deal? Well, because of these two news stories that have come out on CNN in the last couple days:

Iran: EU offer 'walnuts for gold' - Thursday, May 18th, 2006
"... The Security Council is debating a resolution, backed by the United States, Britain and France, that would give the demand the force of international law and open the door to possible sanctions if Iran continues to refuse.

Russia and China, two of the council's veto-wielding permanent members, have said they oppose sanctions. ..." Source - CNN.com

And then this one tonight:

Isreal: Iran 'months' from making nukes - Sunday, May 21st, 2006
" 'The technological threshold is very close,' Ehud Olmert said on CNN's "Late Edition" in an interview taped Thursday and broadcast Sunday.

'It can be measured by months rather than years.' ..." Source - CNN.com

So there you have it. The "solid evidence" that I was lacking in my paragraph on the 11th. And if you read the articles, Iran is saying "FUn00bs" and Isreal is saying "we won't go against Iran alone, but aren't opposed to joining a group of people that will go up against them.

And if Iran is actually only months away from nukes, and they carry out their threats on Isreal, then you can expect the US to get involved, and end the war in Iran with nukes, since Iran will insist on using Nukes against Isreal. But that won't end the war...just the war with Iran. Russia and China will send their support to the area.

What does this mean? Economic hardship, political unrest, and instability across the world. Your gas prices...$5-6/gallon will not be uncommon...gas goes up, so does the cost to transport food. Food costs go up, restaurant and service industry lose business. Service Industries start laying off people and closing, those families are out of jobs. Stock markets start taking note of other commodity increases, and big chain business stock holders start selling. Stocks sell, prices go down. People panic when the stock market starts going down, everyone pulls out from fear - we enter depression.

This is basically the chain of events that we went through in the 20s, and it's also what started to happen in the 80s with the "Great Recession."

So are you ready for something like that? Psychologically, yes, I am, but I've been expecting it in the back of my head since leaving my mom and stepdad's. Financially, no, I'm not...not anymore.

However, this is not necessarily to scare people that read it, but get people to start preparing for financial hard times and assess their current situation. It'll be interesting (at least from an educational standpoint) to see what events unfold in the coming weeks.

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This is the tsnX logo that I mentioned in the post below. Let me know what you think. I will make a black background one later to use on my phone, and in this page.

For some reason, Google's stock had exceeded 264...but couldn't quite make it to 265. Microsoft's had done it just a few minutes ago between 24.100 and 25.00.