Friends, Thanks to Larry and several others for checking up on this purported interview. All seem to agree that the report I published was grossly embellished by my sources. If anyone forwarded the 'interview' on, please also forward on this later information. As I hope you can understand, I don't have time to check up on every article I publish. I generally rely on the credibility of the material, based on my general understanding, and on the past reliability of my sources. This particular article seemed quite believable to me, as regards our likely economic future. Recently the number of "questionable articles" I've been receiving has increased. I've rejected a number of them because they just didn't ring true. Perhaps there is a certain kind of disinformation campaign underway, although it's far too early to say. In any case, I'll be a bit more cautious in future. In some cases, where the information is both interesting and questionable, I'll put a "CAUTION" at the top. thanks to Larry et al, rkm -------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:18:16 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: Larry Tesler <> Subject: Re: Renowned Funds Manager Predicts Global Economic Collapse Richard, I think your source may have been tricked. See http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic8524-0-asc-15.html about halfway down: OilsNotWell- Intermediate Crude: "he says nothing REMOTELY close the disaster as described...concerned yes, but not apocalyptic!" It links to a video of the Robertson interview at http://online.wsj.com/public/page/0,,8_0000-w5I7hOX7DWKfJAmLbmDgaEP6D_QMveeR-QPsZS4JeL|3Mz9yMeIghu9Abeo4jF3m1,00.html?mod=ARTICLE_VIDEO I watched it. After a discussion of hedge funds, Insana asks him his general outlook. He does say "I am more disturbed than ever...about what lies ahead ...the American consumer is out of gas". And he is is worried by the housing bubble and sees no easy way out. He expects inflation. But "we could have a soft landing." He cites Japan's survival of their crash. Nothing about food riots, Bushonian cabals, Republican gated communities, barbarians, etc. Unless CNBC or WSJ edited stuff out--and it does not look to me like they did--the Al Martin account is mostly fabricated. Larry --------------------------------------------------------
