A Personal Story
publication date: Oct 4, 2011
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author/source: Brad Hamill
Greetings,
I’ve put off writing this economic update for over a week, as I have struggled between knowing I had to write it and not wanting to write it. Please extend grace as I give a feeble attempt at expressing what is within me.
Have you ever been in a position where you had great joy and immense sorrow at the same time? A scenario might be where a fellow Christian died and there was much lamenting over not getting to see them again on this side of the river. However, there’s an inner joy knowing that there will come a day when an incredible reunion will occur as you enter God’s Kingdom.
What is causing this sorrow within me? It is my sincere and studied belief that everyone reading this newsletter will know somebody who has been killed in action in the coming international war. I’m not talking about a small regional skirmish. I’m talking about the deaths of tens of millions of people.
What is an Economist?
Sometimes I struggle with what to call myself when it comes to economics. I don’t have a PhD from some ivory-towered institution of “higher learning”. Surely those holding such distinguished credentials must know much more than I in terms of monetary analysis and counseling.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I am an economist. I am someone who studies the discipline very deeply, while also having worked in industries with exposure to “top-level” analysts with high-value portfolios.
What makes my economic hypotheses any different from those of others? Is it because I’m smarter? Or I’m more demented? Or I’m a person who sees a conspiracy behind every bush?
In other words, how have I come to the conclusions that I have written about for the past three years?
The answer is almost embarrassing in this day and age to say. I pray to God for wisdom and answers. Then I beg God some more when I don’t understand what he places before me. Then I plead with God when my tiny brain gets sore. Then I repeat the process for sometimes weeks at a time for one particular aspect that I seek to understand.
I’ll bet you haven’t heard that answer from too many economists. The point I’m trying to make is that I cry out for God’s mercy upon me and His infinite wisdom in order that He might show this cracked clay vessel of His the knowledge and wisdom that He desires me to have.
All that I write, or speak, that is of any benefit to anyone is solely to the credit of my Heavenly Father. I seek no accolades. All that is sin is mine alone – but forgiven by my Father through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, upon the cross
From Green To Red
I wrote an article a few months ago about how things have turned from Green to Red. I hope it is worth your reading if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to do so.
It is my contention that we all have been taught things in our life which adds to economic confusion in these uncertain times. It is a valued study to review economic news headlines on Google over the past three months to see how the “news” follows the events. In other words, there is no learned explanation that authors hold to in order to educate the masses. Ideas change with the wind.
As an example, how many times have you heard about the hyperinflation that is coming? They’re wrong. How about the “fact” that the US Dollar is worthless fiat currency? They’re wrong. Or what about the claims that oil would hit “peak demand” and drive oil prices into the stratosphere? They’re wrong. Remember when we were told on commercials that mortgage interest rates were going to skyrocket at any moment? They’re wrong. Now we’re hearing that gold and silver prices are going to go to the moon. They’re wrong.
I want to draw your attention to a 30-mintue video that was just released, showing how people have been affected by mass propaganda – even here in the United States. Evangelist Ray Comfort shows us in “180 - Movie” how to teach people truth when all they started with were lies. Any children that may be reading this newsletter should first speak to their parents before watching this movie, as it has some graphic scenes. Parents – I would not only ask you to view this video, but would also beg you. It’s easy to laugh at some of the people in this movie, until one realizes that they are lost souls destined for eternity in hell if God does not draw them to Himself.
There is a scene in the video where German citizens are escorted through a concentration camp after the war ended. They enter the gates of the camp in a jovial mood – and exit the camp as broken men and women, having seen first-hand what occurred within.
But that’s Germany Brad! What’s it have to do with the good ‘ol US of A?
Those Germans exiting the camp are like me. They saw things that nobody should ever have to see.
Let’s Get Real
We live in a culture where it’s easy to get jaded. We get used to seeing people hurt. We lose compassion for those in need. We want to “get in and get out” if there might be some idea of discomfort nearby. We can pack tens of thousands in each sports stadium all across our land, but have trouble facing uncertainty in our daily lives
I used to be a sports addict. I used to be a television addict. That all changed in the course of one very late evening.
Have you ever wondering what happened to “tissue” a.k.a. babies after they are aborted? I wanted to know. Late one evening I went with a friend of mine to an abortion clinic located a block away from an enormous church in Southern California. This church has a pastor whose name is very well known.
We proceeded under cover of darkness to the very back of the lot to where the trash dumpster was located. A trash truck was scheduled to empty it early the following morning and take it to a Los Angeles dump.
I started to lift the lid on one side to see what was inside. It was at that moment that a police helicopter came by with its search beam on. My friend and I immediately threw ourselves into the grease and grime underneath the dumpster. The helicopter must have been looking for somebody else, because it soon left our area.
With my heart beating fast I again opened the lid to the dumpster. It was completely full of white trash bags, the same sort you might find at any grocery store. Each bag was tied in a knot at the top.
We discovered that we had to be very careful in removing the bags from the dumpster, since each bag had numerous syringes inside with the needles poking out. Our wives backed the “getaway” car into the parking lot while we loaded the bags as quickly as possible into the trunk. It was then off to our friend’s apartment to see what was inside.
Wickedness
I wanted to be somewhere else. What seemed like a good idea earlier in the evening was now a sickening one.
We opened the first bag and saw tons of cotton gauze. I won’t describe it in detail. We proceeded to systematically look through each piece. It was then that my heart forever broke. Inside most pieces of cotton were the most perfectly formed limbs, hands, feet, heads, eyes, and torsos that one could ever set eyes upon. I held the pieces of these babies in my very hands.
We spent the rest of the night gathering up all of the babies so that they could be presented for proper burial.
This is America. This is what has happened approximately 4,400 times each and every day for the past 38 years!
Why Am I Telling You This?
The international banks have a plan. It is a plan that they have executed a number of times since 1693. It is a plan that ends in warfare and death to make them wealthier. It is a plan where they will fund both sides of the warfare in order to reintroduce inflation back into the world economy. It is a plan where young men will die on the battlefield believing they’re fighting for their respective country, while their death is simply the final culmination of an economic reset.
I look at families all around me. I look at their young sons and wonder if they will be in the groups that will be drafted. I wonder if they will give their lives while unknowingly fulfilling a wicked plan set forth by the international bankers.
My economic hypothesis ends in war. History shows the pattern.
Unlike most economists, I want my economic hypothesis to be completely wrong and die a fiery death! That is why it is so hard to write these.
May God give us His wisdom in the times ahead.
Send comments, or requests to be added / removed to this newsletter to:
brad@newfamilyeconomics.com
There is no charge and your email address will never be shared.
I’ve put off writing this economic update for over a week, as I have struggled between knowing I had to write it and not wanting to write it. Please extend grace as I give a feeble attempt at expressing what is within me.
Have you ever been in a position where you had great joy and immense sorrow at the same time? A scenario might be where a fellow Christian died and there was much lamenting over not getting to see them again on this side of the river. However, there’s an inner joy knowing that there will come a day when an incredible reunion will occur as you enter God’s Kingdom.
What is causing this sorrow within me? It is my sincere and studied belief that everyone reading this newsletter will know somebody who has been killed in action in the coming international war. I’m not talking about a small regional skirmish. I’m talking about the deaths of tens of millions of people.
What is an Economist?
Sometimes I struggle with what to call myself when it comes to economics. I don’t have a PhD from some ivory-towered institution of “higher learning”. Surely those holding such distinguished credentials must know much more than I in terms of monetary analysis and counseling.
I’ve come to the conclusion that I am an economist. I am someone who studies the discipline very deeply, while also having worked in industries with exposure to “top-level” analysts with high-value portfolios.
What makes my economic hypotheses any different from those of others? Is it because I’m smarter? Or I’m more demented? Or I’m a person who sees a conspiracy behind every bush?
In other words, how have I come to the conclusions that I have written about for the past three years?
The answer is almost embarrassing in this day and age to say. I pray to God for wisdom and answers. Then I beg God some more when I don’t understand what he places before me. Then I plead with God when my tiny brain gets sore. Then I repeat the process for sometimes weeks at a time for one particular aspect that I seek to understand.
I’ll bet you haven’t heard that answer from too many economists. The point I’m trying to make is that I cry out for God’s mercy upon me and His infinite wisdom in order that He might show this cracked clay vessel of His the knowledge and wisdom that He desires me to have.
All that I write, or speak, that is of any benefit to anyone is solely to the credit of my Heavenly Father. I seek no accolades. All that is sin is mine alone – but forgiven by my Father through the sacrifice of His Son, Jesus Christ, upon the cross
From Green To Red
I wrote an article a few months ago about how things have turned from Green to Red. I hope it is worth your reading if you haven’t yet had the opportunity to do so.
It is my contention that we all have been taught things in our life which adds to economic confusion in these uncertain times. It is a valued study to review economic news headlines on Google over the past three months to see how the “news” follows the events. In other words, there is no learned explanation that authors hold to in order to educate the masses. Ideas change with the wind.
As an example, how many times have you heard about the hyperinflation that is coming? They’re wrong. How about the “fact” that the US Dollar is worthless fiat currency? They’re wrong. Or what about the claims that oil would hit “peak demand” and drive oil prices into the stratosphere? They’re wrong. Remember when we were told on commercials that mortgage interest rates were going to skyrocket at any moment? They’re wrong. Now we’re hearing that gold and silver prices are going to go to the moon. They’re wrong.
I want to draw your attention to a 30-mintue video that was just released, showing how people have been affected by mass propaganda – even here in the United States. Evangelist Ray Comfort shows us in “180 - Movie” how to teach people truth when all they started with were lies. Any children that may be reading this newsletter should first speak to their parents before watching this movie, as it has some graphic scenes. Parents – I would not only ask you to view this video, but would also beg you. It’s easy to laugh at some of the people in this movie, until one realizes that they are lost souls destined for eternity in hell if God does not draw them to Himself.
There is a scene in the video where German citizens are escorted through a concentration camp after the war ended. They enter the gates of the camp in a jovial mood – and exit the camp as broken men and women, having seen first-hand what occurred within.
But that’s Germany Brad! What’s it have to do with the good ‘ol US of A?
Those Germans exiting the camp are like me. They saw things that nobody should ever have to see.
Let’s Get Real
We live in a culture where it’s easy to get jaded. We get used to seeing people hurt. We lose compassion for those in need. We want to “get in and get out” if there might be some idea of discomfort nearby. We can pack tens of thousands in each sports stadium all across our land, but have trouble facing uncertainty in our daily lives
I used to be a sports addict. I used to be a television addict. That all changed in the course of one very late evening.
Have you ever wondering what happened to “tissue” a.k.a. babies after they are aborted? I wanted to know. Late one evening I went with a friend of mine to an abortion clinic located a block away from an enormous church in Southern California. This church has a pastor whose name is very well known.
We proceeded under cover of darkness to the very back of the lot to where the trash dumpster was located. A trash truck was scheduled to empty it early the following morning and take it to a Los Angeles dump.
I started to lift the lid on one side to see what was inside. It was at that moment that a police helicopter came by with its search beam on. My friend and I immediately threw ourselves into the grease and grime underneath the dumpster. The helicopter must have been looking for somebody else, because it soon left our area.
With my heart beating fast I again opened the lid to the dumpster. It was completely full of white trash bags, the same sort you might find at any grocery store. Each bag was tied in a knot at the top.
We discovered that we had to be very careful in removing the bags from the dumpster, since each bag had numerous syringes inside with the needles poking out. Our wives backed the “getaway” car into the parking lot while we loaded the bags as quickly as possible into the trunk. It was then off to our friend’s apartment to see what was inside.
Wickedness
I wanted to be somewhere else. What seemed like a good idea earlier in the evening was now a sickening one.
We opened the first bag and saw tons of cotton gauze. I won’t describe it in detail. We proceeded to systematically look through each piece. It was then that my heart forever broke. Inside most pieces of cotton were the most perfectly formed limbs, hands, feet, heads, eyes, and torsos that one could ever set eyes upon. I held the pieces of these babies in my very hands.
We spent the rest of the night gathering up all of the babies so that they could be presented for proper burial.
This is America. This is what has happened approximately 4,400 times each and every day for the past 38 years!
Why Am I Telling You This?
The international banks have a plan. It is a plan that they have executed a number of times since 1693. It is a plan that ends in warfare and death to make them wealthier. It is a plan where they will fund both sides of the warfare in order to reintroduce inflation back into the world economy. It is a plan where young men will die on the battlefield believing they’re fighting for their respective country, while their death is simply the final culmination of an economic reset.
I look at families all around me. I look at their young sons and wonder if they will be in the groups that will be drafted. I wonder if they will give their lives while unknowingly fulfilling a wicked plan set forth by the international bankers.
My economic hypothesis ends in war. History shows the pattern.
Unlike most economists, I want my economic hypothesis to be completely wrong and die a fiery death! That is why it is so hard to write these.
May God give us His wisdom in the times ahead.
Send comments, or requests to be added / removed to this newsletter to:
brad@newfamilyeconomics.com
There is no charge and your email address will never be shared.
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