January 10, 2009 journal, Detroit has 10,000 foreclosures already this new year in one county according to the advertisements of the court. They have 137 pages of ads on the foreclosed houses (homes) somebody's home. What a shame & disgrace for this country bleeding to death while Burnie Madoff sets in his New York penthouse up in Manhattan. The Detroit Free Press newspaper advertised these homes for sale in Wayne County as property being foreclosed, they said this was for a 2 week period but it may be a month. America is about to become the largest homeless nation in the world if this continues on. Bank of America is being picketed by residents of Detroit to stop the foreclosure action. The Palestinian death toll is now reported to be 750 in the Israel attack on Gaza. A new movie is out highly recommended 'In the Valley of Elah' about meaningless war. This is a political war to save the Prime Minister of Israel whose popularity is zero. CBS 60 Minutes this week has a report on the Wall Street investors driving the price of crude oil up to 147 per barrel. I predicted it was Wall Street alone and not the greedy oil producers that drove the price up sky-high. Actually, I saw that it was their manipulation. The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff also on 60 Minutes said the war in Afghanistan is lost. He more or less said that about Iraq. The collapse of the dollar will bring an end to the many wars we fight. Economic hardship has resulted ramped child abuse. Reports of atleast 2 shootings of young black men by police, one in Oakland California face down was shot and killed while three officers sat on him. One that happened in Houston where a young athlete was accused of stealing his own car & shot in his family home driveway. We live in a police state where police are competing for the dollar daily, for fast dollars. The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs with 62 employees have voted to take a 10 percent cut in pay unanimously to avoid being laid off shrinking state payroll. News of employment layoffs is unbelievable with Alcoa Aluminum laying off 13,500. Bank of America 35,000, City group 75,000. We've not seen anything yet until 2009 begins unfold. One thing we have not seen is layoffs by the city, county, state & federal governments. They will be the last to go. They are still hiring like crazy. This economy will, to a complete halt and there will be nothing to tax anymore. The money will be of no value. Oil of clove is said to be good for an ear ache.