Quite keen insight. He was laughed at by most of the people on these shows … “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.” No one wanted to hear it. And articles like this really should make you take a step back and listen: Fiscal ruin of the Western world beckons … I’m starting to wonder if people really understand how bad off things really are.

Update 8.1.2009: and this prophetic warning from a proven trends forecaster does not bode well for the US … The Collapse of `09.