Market Changes

I can't say much about what I'm working on right now for fear of letting the cat out of the bag early, but I wanted to say a few things about market changes.

The impending collapse of Lehman Brothers investment bank and the stresses put on the oil supply by Hurricane Ike are just recent examples of what we have been working on behind the scenes for many years.  Don't get us wrong, we're not trying to ruin the economy, but we are choosing specific parts of it and working behind the scenes to underscore the current problems.  We recognize that the world is a mess, and that without some strategic adjustments it would all fall into unrecognizable chaos forever.  Just as Juliana was recently able to exert her influence to get Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae rescued by the government we are also working on real solutions to these problems.  The bottom line is that we can't make the deep, fundamental changes we need until people recognize the need for change, at least not until the Board of Dictators is fully empowered. 

Your average dictator might refuse to admit his own involvement in affairs his citizens find uncomfortable, but here at the GNU Public Dictatorship we are nothing if not committed to open, honest communication with our subjects.