By Mark Finnern
The evening’s Tweets
First of all Catherine Austin Fitts is just an amazing person. When I ask myself: “Whom would you like to have as a dinner guest?” For me she is up there with Peter Ustinov.
She is super smart, has an amazing background, but is so grounded. She sees the coming turmoil, but keeps her humor and the positive outlook on life. So refreshing.
And she tells great stories: “Remember the Enemy of the State movie with Will Smith? Well I lived through it. [She was persona non grata for a while in Washington, a longer story.] There is this scene in the movie, where even his family believes more the fabricated stories they read in the newspaper. They are that good in fabricating stories, it drives you crazy.”
One of her great quotes to live by: Anger gives energy to evil. We need to channel all of our energy to ourselves and those who help and protect us.
She used to have everything under control, the perfect nails and her assistant would check three times the lunch reservation at the perfect restaurant, … She let go of all of that. Life is a lot more fluid. I chimed in with: Like accepting the Future Salon invitation three weeks ago 😉
Our Financial System: Facing Hard Facts, Creating Positive Futures Videos:
By Mark Finnern
Slides for Financial System Future Salon
To help people understand how the global financial system affects their well being, Future Salon speaker Catherine Austin Fitts came up with a very simple quality-of-life index based on one question: what percentage of the people in your place believe that a child can leave their home, go to the nearest place to buy a popsicle or other snack, and return home alone safely?
Your answer gives you the Popsicle Index or Solari Index of your place.
The Popsicle Index is the % of people who believe a child can leave their home, go to the nearest place to buy a popsicle or snack, and come home alone safely. For example, if you feel that 50% of your neighbors believe a child in your neighborhood would be safe, then your Popsicle Index is 50%.
Future Salon: Our Financial System: Facing Hard Facts, Creating Positive Futures
Related reading:
Rebel of The Week: Catherine Austin Fitts of Solari Report
Silver Circle Underground (10 Nov 10)