>> ^marinara:

nice find on that gerald celente vid


Cheers! Thought it was a rather good rant too

nice find on that gerald celente vid

This is the man who predicted a complete currency melt down by the end of 2009 or first quarter of 2010...by the latest.

It's a shtick. He constantly predicts doom and on the rare occassions he comes "close enough" to getting it right it's held up as proof of his prescience. Don't bother to check out his long list of failures...he's obviously channeling Nostrodamus here. Which is pretty close to the truth because Celente routinely fills out his commentary with vague and meaningless rhetoric that people mostly overlook as they fill in the white noise with whatever they want to hear.

Celente provides a service that's very marketable right now. His product is predictions of doom. Anyone looking for commentary on the impending catastrophic failure of society can call him up and purchase his services. His product is neatly packaged in such a way that you can use it to support nearly any view you're trying to sell. As long as you're looking to perpetuate fear. Because that's what he's selling.

This man is saying nothing of interest. Anything intelligent sounding has been cribbed from actual intelligent people with true understanding of the issues he's blustering about. Providing Celente with a forum does nothing to elevate discussion. Better to look for commentary from the sources he uses to fabricate the nonsense he's selling to the media.

>> ^Truckchase:

He's got some decent points, but it's hard to take him seriously when he's talking to a head while wearing a shirt without working buttons. Please people, represent the people without looking like you're going to offer my child milk duds to come into your van.


you make me cry. *promote

Two sides to a coin....

http://videosift.com/video/Gerald-Celente-This-isn-t-reform-its-depression

Gee, a guy from IMF saying the system is fine? Figure that one out.

Inevitable total worldwide economic collapse is SUCH OLD NEWS. Just ask Ron Paul, Peter Schiff, Gerald Celente, the list goes on... Get an acre and plant a big garden or riot and die.

>> ^Citrohan:
In reply to this comment by Psychologic:
...it's Fox that is placing the blame on Obama ... he isn't someone who goes around blindly criticizing Obama just for the sake of partisanship (or if he does, it isn't in this video).
If he is not blaming Obama, why does he refer to his predictions as "Obamageddon" ?



To get attention mainly.

Celente opposes the current economic policy, and Obama just happens to be the one pushing it. If we enter a period of hyperinflation then that will pretty much be Obama's fault, and that is what Celente is predicting in essence. Obama isn't to blame for the economy going south before he took office, but that doesn't mean his policies can't do more damage.

It's sorta like Peter Schiff. Some people call him partisan for attacking Obama's economic policies, forgetting that he made the same criticisms of Bush (and he criticizes others for not having done the same).

>> ^brycewi19:
And next up we're going to resurrect Edgar Cayce from the dead. He'll give us his predictions of the end of the world as seen here in the Weekly World News! He's been accurate in the past.
Stay tuned!


Celente looks at numbers and trends.. not the eternal ether or whatever Cayce was into.

And he has been right before. He doesn't have any particular political leanings, as he describes it himself, he's a "political atheist."

He refers to facts, and I assume he calls it 'Obamageddon' is because it's happening under Obama. I am pretty sure he doesn't solely blame Obama himself but the economic policies undertaken by both the previous and current U.S. administration.

In reply to this comment by Psychologic:
...it's Fox that is placing the blame on Obama ... he isn't someone who goes around blindly criticizing Obama just for the sake of partisanship (or if he does, it isn't in this video).

If he is not blaming Obama, why does he refer to his predictions as "Obamageddon" ?

In reply to this comment by Psychologic:
Don't confuse the guest with the network that is interviewing him. Cente is talking about economic policies... it's Fox that is placing the blame on Obama, ignoring the fact that Celente criticizes Bush for doing the same thing.

The issue that he is talking about is the crash of the dollar. If China and others decide to sell of their dollar assets then there isn't a damn thing the US can do to keep the dollar from dropping like a rock.

The problem is that our excessive spending is making that even more likely. The stimulus and bank bailouts could work perfectly, but if it scares our large investors away from our currency then it won't matter. If the dollar does collapse then you will likely see the things he is predicting. Printing money to pay the bills is not sustainable.

This guy isn't saying "republicans are right" or democrats are evil", he's saying that specific economic policies are very dangerous and should be avoided. Celente's predictions may be avoided, but he isn't someone who goes around blindly criticizing Obama just for the sake of partisanship (or if he does, it isn't in this video).

If he is not blaming Obama, why does he refer to his predictions as "Obamageddon" ?

>> ^westy:
I would much rather see companies under government control than under the control of a couple of wealthy men or unelected random people. granted it depends on the type of government you have which in Manny cases is just controlled by a few wealthy men. (...) having sead all that its allso posable that a goverment based magment could be a compleate fuck up because the people who would be incharge of it in goverment might be idoits as thay have been part of a public systamatic system that can be very slow.

*sigh* When will people stop criticizing profit as if it's the source of all evil?

The opposite of profit is wasting money, something far far worse for society, and governments are very good at it on a very large scale, just look at the recession we're in.

Don't confuse the guest with the network that is interviewing him. Celente is talking about economic policies... it's Fox that is placing the blame on Obama, ignoring the fact that Celente criticizes Bush for doing the same thing.

The issue that he is talking about is the crash of the dollar. If China and others decide to sell of their dollar assets then there isn't a damn thing the US can do to keep the dollar from dropping like a rock.

The problem is that our excessive spending is making that even more likely. The stimulus and bank bailouts could work perfectly, but if it scares our large investors away from our currency then it won't matter. If the dollar does collapse then you will likely see the things he is predicting. Printing money to pay the bills is not sustainable.

This guy isn't saying "republicans are right" or democrats are evil", he's saying that specific economic policies are very dangerous and should be avoided. Celente's predictions may be avoided, but he isn't someone who goes around blindly criticizing Obama just for the sake of partisanship (or if he does, it isn't in this video).

I don’t know where conservatives get their crystal ball, but I hope they kept the receipt. Lets take a look at their track record:

*Prediction: The Iraq war will be over in six months
*Prediction: Our troops will be welcomed as heros, candy and flowers will rain down on them
*Prediction: The oil revenues will pay for the Iraq war.
*Prediction: Overthrowing Sadam will cause a domino effect of stability breaking out in the Mid East
*Prediction: WMD will be found in Iraq
*Prediction: A connection between Sadam and 9-11 will be proven.
*Prediction: The autopsy will prove Terry Schivio had a fully functioning brain
*Prediction: It will be proven that Mark Foley/Larry Craig were set up by dastardly liberal operatives.

Basically, these tools couldn’t predict six o’clock at five-thirty. Additionally, this Gerald Celente has been making the same predictions for the last 20 years. It’s almost as if he wants these things to happen.

This interview has all the charm of a late night infomercial, but I found it interesting in a sci-fi kinda way. I've never heard of Mr. Celente before but I agree with some of what he says.

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