Rep Brad Sherman that he was told in closed door meetings "some of us have been told that if we don't pass this bill there might even be martial law if the stock market drops a couple thousand points.."

I don't know if what I saw recently has any bearing on this.My wife and I happened by a local bank yesterday.There was an armed guard placed at the door.There had never been one on premises before.Maybe there is some truth to this.

There were helicopters around a certain city in North Dakota all last night.

we are in the same spot as the Russians within a year of the collapse and seige of the last communist holdouts. Is there a federal reserve bank in ND? a mint or something?



[edit on 10/3/08 by stikkinikki]

[edit on 10/3/08 by stikkinikki]

There is always more helicopter activity at this time of year as it is harvest time for the illigal marijuana crops.This go's on all over the country
every year.

I was actually waiting for someone to say something about helicopter activity. I live in Virginia Beach. It's a city with a high military presence as it is but for some reason today there was a constant amount of helicopter activity around the entire city. When I would expect to see one every couple hours or so I constantly saw at least three in the sky at any given time. I've never seen anything like it aside from air shows and the like. There was no air show today.

I'd also like to note that I've recently spotted helicopters with a plain black paint job. They have absolutely no identifying markings on them what-so-ever. I must admit however that the choppers I saw flying around today were your everyday large gray ones.

[edit]: LMAO Until this point I've always just read posts this is my first post. I saw my avatar and just about had to change my pants... I suppose I was feeling a bit goofy the day I set up my profile


[edit on 3-10-2008 by M0n0lyth]

Hmm... wouldn't a Saturday be an odd day to make such a call? Not saying that they wouldn't , but you'd think it to be more of a Mon-Fri kinda call.

Please forgive my ignorance, but wouldn't shutting down credit/debit cards contribute to a crash? I don't know of too many people that solely use cash anymore. With that said, then no one can buy groceries, or anything. You know what kind of hit many business would take if no one was able to buy their products for a week or longer? Imagine all the perishable goods out there that go from production to consumption within a week or two?

Again, not saying that they wouldn't do such a thing, but sounds more likely that they'd just halt the movement or withdrawal of certain amounts of funds. I'm sure that the cash in ATMs are probably counted "as a loss" anyway, as it'd probably take time to get all the banks on the same page with the "holiday". I'll keep an ear out, though.