Is the Current Crisis
on Wall Street Deliberate?

What's causing the current crisis on Wall Street? Is it deliberate?
We don't pretend to have the answer to what's going on with our economy, but we have to admit the comments in this e-mail hit us right between the eyes when it hit our mailbox today.

Is it possible that someone is deliberately causing so much financial misery for millions of Americans right now, in order to swing this election?

We don't know, but we can't dismiss the idea as beyond the realm of possibility, either. And it's worrying us more and more.

We know the real estate market has been struggling for months, with record numbers of foreclosures. Many have accepted this as a normal response to the real estate boom enjoyed in many areas of the country in recent years. Chicken Littles have been crying for several years, "The bubble's going to burst! The bubble's going to burst!" Well, it looks like they were right.

Is it a self-fulfilling prophecy, or is our economy being manipulated?

And if it is, who's behind it?

With the current crisis on Wall Street, multiple major financial industry giants are either tanking or being bailed out to keep them from tanking, in a span of just a couple of weeks.

Interestingly, this occurs just after both nominating conventions and less than 60 days before the election. It sure gives one pause to wonder if maybe there is something a little fishy going on here. Maybe it's not as simple as the media and the market would have us believe. And maybe the timing is not a coincidence.

What is it that caused such a sudden, precipitous drop in the US economy, and why did it happen at this particular time? Is it possible that it's just a natural market response? We don't know -- but it's awfully suspicious for a coincidence.

So, we'll pass along the e-mail message we received, and you can decide for yourself:

BAM! That question hit us like a ton of bricks.

What??? Is that possible? Would a power-hungry billionaire actually be able to BUY the White House? And would he be willing to destroy the country's economy and send millions of Americans into bankruptcy to get there?

We don't know the answers to those questions, but we'll tell you, just the thought scares the heck out of us.

Think about this: Which party stands to gain more if the economy is in the dumpster just before the election? The party of the current administration, who's being blamed for everything that's wrong in this country? Or the party trying to wrestle the White House away from them?

If it's possible to buy the White House (and we sincerely hope it isn't) and someone is willing to destroy our economy and send millions of Americans into bankruptcy just to get there, what else is he/she willing to do once he/she controls the power?

As much as Barack and Michelle Obama want you to think they're marching to their own tune, the marionnette strings are becoming more and more obvious as the campaign progresses.

Notice how Michelle ("I'm finally proud of my country for the first time in my life") was suddenly silenced when her "outspokenness" started drawing the same kinds of criticism leveled at Hillary during the Clinton Administration. She was becoming a liability, drawing negative attention and causing the numbers to drop. So suddenly this outspoken woman has morphed into "the little woman," quietly backing up her husband and keeping her own mouth mostly shut. Is she baking cookies, too?

The Obama campaign has had its share of problems, because of the candidate it supports, and his curious mix of attributes. He has a Harvard law degree, yet seemingly has accomplished very little compared to what one would expect from someone with his credentials.

But perhaps one of the bigger problems for voters: He has numerous alliances with questionable friends and mentors.

They include:

• Jeremiah Wright ("God d*m* America");
• convicted felon and Arab-American Tony Rezko, whose wife helped the Obamas buy their home by purchasing the lot next door because it was part of the deal and they couldn't afford the whole package (conflicting reports say she paid either $300,000 or $625,000 for it) -- she later sold them a portion of it;
• various ties to the "Chicago political machine" of Mayor Richard Daley, including the fact that Michelle was once on the Mayor's staff;
• unrepentent radical and terrorist William Ayers ("We didn't go far enough"), a member of the 60's domestic terrorist group "The Weather Underground" that bombed the Pentagon, U.S. Capitol and a string of other government buildings, and in whose living room Obama's political campaign was launched. Obama has attempted to downplay their connection, claiming, "He's just a guy who lives in my neighborhood." But Ayers and Obama worked together on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge and according to Fox News, "both men served together on the board of the Woods Fund, a Chicago-based charity that develops community groups to help the poor. Ayers joined the board in 1999 and is still on it. Obama left it in December 2002 after nine years. Ayers was clearly more than someone Obama just ran into in the neighborhood on occasion."

It seems pretty clear that Obama rocketed to prominence as quickly as he did because someone wanted him to, and had the money to spend to make it happen. He certainly didn't do it based on his own record of accomplishments (or lack thereof).

The thing that scares the bejeesus out of us is not knowing who's pulling those puppet strings, or what their ultimate goal is.

The e-mail next linked to a page that says:

It goes on (and we'll warn you here, they're trying to sell you a book):

We don't know if this is the answer to what is behind the current economic crisis on Wall Street. But the prospect is frightening. We do urge you to do your own research into these allegations.

We'll also tell you this is not the first time we've heard this claim that Geffen and Soros are trying to buy the White House.

So, is there any truth to that? We don't know, and we hope we don't have to find out.