The "Bailout Bill" has officially passed both houses of congress, and been signed by the executive tyrant.

Get out while you can.

I don't mean physically leave the country, necessarily. For most people, there is no better option than the U.S., but this 800 billion dollar boondoggle is certain to have some far-reaching, terribly devastating effects.

Did anyone else notice that every "expert economist" allowed to voice an opinion in the mainstream media had no answer to the so-called "economic crisis?" They held either one of two opinions: a) the bailout won't work, b) i don't know if the bailout will work, but we can't do nothing.

Irony, anyone?

It's this "we must do something, whether or not we know the likely effects" attitude that has created every socio-econo-political mess in history. I have a suggestion for anyone holding a government office:

Don't do anything.

Try it, it feels good sometimes.

As for the rest of you, disappear. Do it as soon, and as discreetly as you can. Your self-appointed masters in Washington, and in the various state capitols, are dragging you as deep into the throes of depression and domination as you will let them. They are creating new currency out of thin air and giving it to corporations whose practices and decisions led them to financial ruin, and it will lead you there too.

This is not about saving Main St., it's not even about "saving" Wall St. (fun fact: Wall Street has been around a lot longer than the Federal Reserve, legal tender laws, and even the U.S. Congress). This is about buying time. Period.

"Buying time for what?" I pretend to hear you ask.

The easy answer is: the election. Beyond that, I wish I could say exactly - rest assured, it's not good - but I doubt that most politicians have any vision beyond the end of this year. They just wanted to be able to stop sweating about this for now. When that bailout money finally gets spent and starts to be distributed throughout the rest of the plebeian economic sectors, we will see a massive devaluation of the dollar, loss of purchasing power, and sudden drop in standard of living, for everyone except Secretary Paulson's friends.

To clarify: 1) government governs. Period. There is no other purpose for such an institution, so of course there is no surprise about what has transpired concerning the bailout, and there will be no surprise when more power to whoever stands at the helm of the next "crisis." 2) Politicians seek power. Period. And I'm not talking about your "divine-inner-self-mind-over-matter-power-of-now-eckhart-tolle" power (though, as far as mind-over-matter goes, a favorite Washington slogan is, "Reality is negotiable"), I'm talking about raw, naked, force - coercive power over the lives of other people: their subjects, namely: you.

Disappear.

Don't get caught in their web of destruction. Get out of all intangible investments - put what money you still have to work for you. A bank can't "save" your money when they can't even save themselves. So take it out of there, and trade those worthless pieces of paper for some real, tangible assets (e.g. gold, silver, oil, productive equipment, etc.), think of things people will need when the system starts to fall apart, then trade with real people. Find others who hold a healthy distrust of the current situation and agree on your own "currency." Move away from the big cities if you can, find communities that rely on character and productive work, rather than credit and slick sales pitches.

When you've discovered that your values, those things that you work to achieve and protect, are being destroyed by the puppeteers and minions of the state apparatus, and that your ability to protect them depends only on your ability to hold on to one word (one simple, little word - my first, perhaps yours, too), you will never have to worry about any government "crisis" ever again.

What's the word?

No.