Brush it off, Chris. Slander and attack is the lot of those who take a stand, follow the truth and their heart, but all that is of no consequence - it will not hurt you or your work. Time will show what is what. Here’s my response letter to the editor of Boston Magazine:
Regarding Boston Magazine article “The End is Near” by Pagan Kennedy, published online June 24 2010:
I cannot understand how Boston Magazine came to the conclusion that Chris Martenson’s motives are personal financial gain and that his service is designed to destroy confidence in the status quo, promote doomsday thinking and encourage survivalism.
On the contrary, he is clarifying an understanding that people everywhere are increasingly sensing is the reality: that the old economic model and human ecology is no longer relevant or positive, and that a bright new paradigm is rising, including a better economy and a higher quality of life. He suggests how to get there gracefully and, in case the road there is rocky, how to stand on our own feet and help our society.
I would call his motives and service a sincere concern for humanity and the Earth, basic common-sense risk management, intelligence and vision for positive outcome through positive, cooperative action at the grassroots and government levels.
If this article was meant to be objective, why didn’t it mention the recognized limits we are exceeding in all aspects of our life support - especially manageable debt, natural resources and fossil energy - which the establishment is ignoring or not addressing adequately in favor of maintaining the status quo?
Why didn’t the article mention the abuses of the fiat monetary system and apparent attendant manipulation of the markets through distorted government data to create false confidence?
Why didn’t it mention that at the recent G20 meeting the majority of countries chose to bail out of the Fed’s bailout strategy, in consonance with Martenson’s objective assessment, or that Martenson recently presented his big picture assessment on invitation to government leaders at the UK House of Commons?
Why did the article not state that Martenson’s assessment of the significance of Peak Oil on our way of life is shared by prominent oil geologists, economists and the DOE’s own risk assessment efforts in the 2005 Hirsch report, apparently shelved to maintain “confidence” in the status quo?
In publishing this article did Boston Magazine consider that America might indeed be going down the wrong path, that we may be caught unawares and that this could be tragic? And that the primary reason for this is ignorance due to the failure of the press in its sacred role to make the truth available to the people. Is Boston Magazine on the status quo and ignorance bandwagon?
What a disappointment! This article distorts the truth and slanders a truthful person and servant of humanity.
