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Solari Catherine Austin Fitts February Playing to Win at Economic & Political Warfare

Overview I.Introducing Bill & Alice II.“Tapeworm Economics” III.Mapping the Landscape IV.A Paradigm for Economic Warfare V.Defense – Short Term Investment Strategy VI.Offense – The Solari Power Shift VII.Bringing it Home – A Solari Investor Circle “Diamonds in Your Own Backyard”

I. Introducing Bill & Alice An American Family Bill58Accountant in large accounting firm; 2 yrs to retirement Alice57Former librarian; mother of 3 grown children Joey33Tax accountant at large investment advisory; Married 2 years, 1 baby Dave31Environmentalist at small non-profit renewable energy; Married to co-worker, hoping to have kids Liz29Minister for TD Jakes prison ministries; Former Peace Corps volunteer in Peru

depends on the health of our wealth Building a wonderful world You, Your Family, Your Community Financial & Living Equity Our Wealth Living Financial where personal & planetary wealth are mutually energizing II. The Drain of “Tapeworm Economics”

You, Your Family, Your Community Spending Our wealth is tied in to a financial system Financial & Living Equity Our Wealth Centralized Financial System We feed it … and it feeds us Banking Taxes Working Voting Money Prestige

while injecting us with dirty money & dirty tricks You, Your Family, Your Community This financial system is like a Tapeworm Our wealth is tied in to a financial system Our Wealth Centralized Financial System Our Wealth draining & destroying our wealth

The Solari Opportunity You, Your Family, Your Community Enter: I see you, Mr. Tapeworm! 1. Illuminating the Tapeworm the Dirty Tricks how we feed it how it drains us Our Wealth It’s about

You, Your Family, Your Community Enter: The Solari Opportunity 1. Illuminating the Tapeworm the Dirty Tricks how we feed it how it drains us Our Wealth 2. Withdrawing i.e. “Coming Clean!” feeding local living economies avoiding dirty tricks earning clean money/prestige It’s about X X X X

Our Financial & Living Equity Our Wealth Enter: The Solari Opportunity 3. Profiting from a shrinking Tapeworm from growth in planetary wealth Attracting Global Investors You, Your Family, Your Community Growing & Protecting 1. Illuminating the Tapeworm the Dirty Tricks how we feed it how it drains us 2. Withdrawing i.e. “Coming Clean!” feeding local living economies avoiding dirty tricks earning clean money/prestige It’s about end

Risks & Double Binds Feeling the Drain at Home Bill Diminishing Retirement Security - Social Security - Pension - Health Care - Increased Family Needs Jobs Moving Abroad/Immigration Taxes Rising, Money Missing Performance Indicators 1.Popsicle Index A quality-of-life index for your neighborhood 2.Solari Ratio Your personal sustainability Challenge: No one sees the Tapeworm clearly Alice Deteriorating Health, Air/Water/Food Quality Current Events Depressing

Risks & Double Binds Feeling the Drain at Home Joey US Dollar Falling Financial System Deteriorating Drugs and Crime Rising Kids are at risk Dave Environmental Crisis Peak Oil Liz Spiritual Disconnect Challenge: No one sees the Tapeworm clearly

A Note About Financial & Living Capital Financial  Bill & Joey - Intellectual mastery of financial wealth creation and management Living  Liz & Dave - Intellectual and spiritual mastery of natural resources, renewable energy, living off the grid, organic food production, homesteading, natural healthcare, grassroots community organizing Opportunity  Alice – Sees and appreciates both, draws them together  Their success – from how deeply they care and honor the wealth of knowledge, wisdom, and integrity that each contributes  Alignment – of living and financial energy is magical – overcoming dirty tricks

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Key Risk Issues Falling US dollar Federal credit: $4 trillion missing / $11 trillion FY04 deficit Manipulated markets Dependency on centralized systems Dirty tricks Suppression of decentralizing technologies Peak Oil Environmental crisis Falling housing & small business income Community deterioration Spiritual and cultural crisis

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Tapeworm Tactics 1.Economic Warfare Tactic #1: Pump Increasing the value of a company or class of securities through uneconomic means in a manner that reduces total system wealth Mechanism Examples Govt. Contracts: Halliburton/Iraq, Enron/Harvard Govt. Subsidies: Washington Post/Hamilton Money Laundering: West Philly; RJR Nabisco Legislation: Wackenhut/CCA; AIG/WTC Predatory Lending: Freddie & Fannie “Piratization”: Energy/Enron; Mortgages/Hamilton; World Bank/IMF/World Bank/Stieglitz; Prisons/Hardemon Co.

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Tapeworm Tactics 1.Economic Warfare Tactic #1: Pump Richard Grasso hugging FARC Commander Bogotá Colombia, 1999

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Tapeworm Tactics 2.Economic Warfare Tactic #2: Pump & Dump Combining a Pump with a drop in earnings or market manipulation which allows trading on inside information to extract additional value at the expense of honest investors Mechanism Examples Stock Market: Enron/Harvard; Harken/Harvard Venture Capital: Dot.com Companies Cooked Books: TelCom Companies

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Tapeworm Tactics 3.Economic Warfare Tactic #3: Rigging Prices Manipulating financial markets to advantage insiders and rig profits Mechanisms Examples Suppression of Gold Prices: ESF/GATA Rigged Interest Rates: 1993/Citibank; 2001/WTC

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Tapeworm Tactics 4.Economic Warfare Tactic #4: Dirty Tricks Covert and overt operations to handicap the honest folks and provide smooth sailing for the criminal Mechanism Examples Enforcement “To Go”: Narcotics Trafficking/Sporkin & CIA MOU NSC Executive Orders Place Based Financial Disclosure: /Sporkin & the Targeting of Catherine Austin Fitts Control Files: J. Edgar Hoover Dirty Pictures;Kemp-Cuomo Franklin Cover Up Supressing Technology: Energy/Tesla; Health Care/Royal Rife & Sam Chachua Assassination: Reputation, Financial, Physical

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Tapeworm Tactics 5.Economic Warfare Tactic #5: Raping Places Combining Pump & Dump, Rigging Markets, and Dirty Tricks to liquidate the equity in a place, i.e. a “beat down” Mechanism Examples Squeezing Small Business: Hardeman Co./Wal Mart Squeezing Subsidiaries: Sun Shipbuilding/U. of Pennsylvania- Pew Foundation Drugs: Hardeman Co/Philadelphia, PA War on Drugs: DynCorp/Latin America “Piratization”: Harvard/Russia US Govt Missing Money: $4 & $11 trillion

III. Mapping Our Political & Economic Landscape Scenarios 1.Network News Myth Everything’s fine! Red Button Story 2.Armageddon Bubbles burst / Global slowdown Value shifts from “abstract” to “concrete” 3.Slow Bleed Tapeworm continues to liquefy the economy Missing money returns to “piratize” US Tougher, meaner 4.Solari Economics Local equity investment makes transformation profitable, therefore possible

IV. A Paradigm for Economic Warfare Introducing the Tapeworm “Achilles Heel” Tapeworm Economics Solari Economics Centralizing Low CoC for Insiders Decentralizing Low CoC for Performers Fiat CurrencySound Currency I. Sound Money Strategy * CoC = Cost of Capital

Tapeworm Economics Solari Economics Centralizing Low CoC for Insiders Decentralizing Low CoC for Performers Fiat CurrencySound Currency I. Sound Money Strategy Fiat Currency Example “Hacking the Dow Jones”

IV. A Paradigm for Economic Warfare Introducing the Tapeworm “Achilles Heel” Tapeworm Economics Solari Economics Centralizing Low CoC for Insiders Decentralizing Low CoC for Performers Fiat CurrencySound Currency No Privacy / No Transparency Privacy / Transparency Crowd votes for Tapeworm w/ our $ Crowd votes for Performers Debt BasedEquity Based I. Sound Money II. Transparency/ Privacy III. Vote Intention/ Resources IV. Equity Strategy

V. A Good Defense: Short Term Investment Strategy 1.Pick the political/economic scenarios you are planning for 2.Come Clean 3.Eliminate or reposition debt, interest rate, currency risk 4.Reposition your portfolio away from the Tapeworm 5.Reduce dependence on centralized systems and risky jurisdictions – invest in home self-sufficiency (water, health, energy, food, other) 6.Reduce monthly expenses

VI. A Good Offense: The Solari Power Shift Solari Toolkit for Transformation Actions  Coming Clean – withdrawing from the Tapeworm  Solari Investor Circles – organize locally to transform culture, power & wealth  Solari Databank & Venture Funds – syndicate locally  Solari Solution – reengineering public funds Leverage  Spiritual – alignment with each other, with nature, and the divine  Money as a “Power Tool” – real wealth creation

VII. Bringing It Home: Solari Investor Circles  Launching this Spring at  Coming Clean Together - self organizing, local control, open/free  Each Circle profits from  Building a Better Map  Lowering it’s Members’ Cost of Capital / Increasing the Tapeworm’s ~  Finding and Successfully Developing Local Opportunities  Short Term Focus/Long Term Opportunities  Save Time  Lower Expense  Improve Health  Increase Revenue  Reduce Risks of Dirty Tricks  Key Organizing Issues  Who can you trust?  What gives you and the people you trust energy this week?  Aligning culture and money

Who’s Who on the Pro-decentralization Team? Key Players in a Community –Consumers –Leaders – small business, farmers, professionals –Leaders – large business, farmers, professionals –Small and large investors Early Adaptors in a Community –10% Leaders –80% Followers –10% Unproductive/Criminal Local vs. Global –Key Challenges: Finding people you trust who are effective at operating profitably despite various challenges and dirty tricks

VII. Bringing It Home: Solari Investor Circles Transaction Menu Lowering Our Cost of Capital  Sound Money  Savings Plan: Hand  Savings Plan: Coins & Digital Gold  Community Currencies  Transparency/Privacy  Databank: One Area at a Time  Community Wizard Tool  Identify Reengineering Opportunities

VII. Bringing It Home: Solari Investor Circles Transaction Menu (cont) Lowering Our Cost of Capital  Vote with Intention / Resources  Coming Clean: Attractive Areas  Switch to Local, Well Managed Bank  Switch to Local, Clean Companies  Switch to Clean Endowments, Banks, Churches & Foundations  Develop “Back to Basic” Investment Strategies  Equity  Eliminate Debt  Invest in Helping Neighbors Eliminate Debt  Identify Local Investment Opportunities - Health, Energy, Food, Land, Other  Databank and Venture Funds

VII. Bringing It Home: Solari Investor Circles Transaction Menu (cont) Increase Tapeworm Cost of Capital  Support Honest Leaders  Illuminate Tapeworm Leaders (Internet Hotseat)  Pop Whacking  Shareholder Activim  Create Dirty Tricks Trickster Capacity  Solari Solution & Some Debt Elimination

Next Steps  Website  Forum (register for free updates)  CD/DVD Navigate the Falling Dollar  Teleseminars  Coming Clean