Thursday, June 21, 2007

SUN WORSHIP IN AMERICA?

Sun-god worship in America?

Entrance to the Temple of Luxor in Egypt


The Temple of Luxor is located on the east bank of the Nile River in Egypt and is thousands

of years old. These obelisk strutures are of Egyptian origin and appeared at the entrance of

ancient Egyptian religious temples and were associated with sun worship. The obelisk is the

Egyptian symbol of the sun-god Ra (aka Re, Phra, Aton, Aten, or Yati), who is Baal.

The "o-BEL-isk" literally means the "shaft of baal".

If this obelisk structure looks familiar that's because it's at the entrance to the Temple of

America in Babylon. The Washington Monument, constructed by the beast, is the

EXACT same structure! They've added a few more flags around the bottom though.

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"WORLD WAR 3" PLANNED IN 1871 A.D.


The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the 'agentur' of the 'Illuminati' between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion. - Albert Pike

There are three sentences in the above quotation.
1. The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the 'agentur' of the 'Illuminati' between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World.
2. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism mutually destroy each other.
3. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion.

Pike states that the aim of world war 3 is to cause general chaos by manipulation of the friction between Zionism and Islam, for which purpose Israel was created. The chaos is being caused by Israel invading its neighbours and Islam reacting with terrorism, or so it would appear. The stage is set for a global war starting between Islam and Zionism, and Zionism now includes not just Israel but the USA. For years terrorists, both Zionist (in the form of the IDF) and Islamic (in the form of PLO etc), have been killing innocent civilians on the opposite side. But now the Zionists appear to have overt control of the USA. Israel could not have survived without the assistance it has received from the USA, now standing at $3 billion per year and rising.

There were Islamic terrorist actions before 11th September 2001, e.g. the kidnap of Israeli athletes at 1972 Munich Olympics recently dramatized by Steven Spielberg. But on 11th September 2001 Islamic terrorism came to the USA in a big way. Islamic terrorism had found a sanctuary in London, or "Londonistan" as it is called, and was allowed if not encouraged to grow. The alleged mastermind of 9/11 Osama bin Laden had a mansion there, and had been trained by MI6 in Scotland. I say alleged because the FBI has not listed 9/11 as a crime for which bin Laden is wanted. The FBI say they do not have sufficient evidence to indict bin Laden. And if bin Laden had gone to all that trouble of financing and training and planning for the greatest terrorist attack ever, why has he not come forward and claimed responsibility? After all it appears the plan succeeded.

Following 9/11 the USA invaded Afghanistan and Iraq. Both countries are now in disarray, particularly Iraq. This has seriously cheezed off a lot of Muslims. Israel has stepped up its attacks on its neighbours, invading and laying waste to Lebanon under some highly suspicious circumstances. In the mid-1990's several members of the Bush Administration wrote a report for the buddy of Dick Cheney and then Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu. The report was entitled A Clean Break : A New Strategy for Securing the Realm which called for a massive expansion of Israel, in gaining territory and influence. One target was Lebanon. Another was Iraq. Well, let's see. Iraq has been invaded and is about to splinter into three regions of lesser power, and Lebanon was emptied of Syrian influence after Syria was blamed for the assassination of Rafik Hariri, and was recently invaded by Israel under a highly suspicious pretext, the kidnap of two IDF soldiers on the Israel/Lebanon border. Iran now seems to be the next target, with more and more bogus reports about Iran and the bomb. This aggression by Israel and its Zionist chum the USA stokes the flames of anger in the world of Islam. To add to this images and reports of torture and abuse at American detention centres, Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and the publication of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed contribute to drive Islam into a state of frenzy. This will lead to more Islamic terrorism, which will result in the arrest of Muslims, probably known to be innocent so when released their torture in an American detention centre can be used to show the USA as "The Great Satan" and act as a recruiting sergeant, inevitably leading to more terrorism, and on and on and on... The never-ending cycle of violence will escalate, with the world divided;
You're either with us, or with the terrorists - President George W Bush.

But Remember! All this would not exist if Israel had not come into existence. I argue that besides Communism taking hold in WW1, Palestine was stolen from the Arabs by the British and given to the Zionists, which then permitted mass Jewish immigration into Palestine, which led to the friction we now see today.

Things undoubtedly took a turn for the worse on 9/11. Whenever the USA wants to do anything now, it is always, "911" . Since 9/11 there have been several terrorist attacks blamed on Islamic terrorists including in Madrid, London and Mumbai. But were they really genuine attacks, or what are called "false-flag", designed to be blamed on someone and used as a pretext for action, be it military invasion and/or introduction of police-state rule?

What events have been used as "false-flag" operations before?

And were the terrorist atrocities on 9/11 and 7/7 examples of "false-flag" operations?

A Brief History of False Flag Operations

September 11th 2001

July 7th 2005

Source: http://www.theconspiracyexplained.com/pikeworldwar3.html

TO BE CONTINUED...

Source: http://www.theconspiracyexplained.com/pikeworldwar3.html

NOTE: Highlights and Bolds added for emphasis: BLOGMASTER

REMEMBER, not TO PLACE all the blame on Israel; Albert Pike was being controlled by a force much greater than the Zionists, The Vatican. The same entity that today is "still lurking" (as a snake in the grasss) behind the smoke and mirrors. Arsenio

ALBERT PIKE'S LETTER TO GUISSEPPE MAZZINI

A Diabolical Plan, or A Wild Prophecy?

Cardinal Caro Y Rodriguez published The Mystery of Freemasonry Unveiled in 1925. Rodriguez names several references for a particular letter written by Albert Pike in 1871 suggesting a plan of universal destruction, one of which is Le Palladisme : Culte de Satan-Lucifer dans les Triangles Maconniques by Domenico Margiotta which I quote on the front page of this website, and which I believe indicates that Pike did indeed write something of that nature. Rodriguez alleges that on 15th August 1871 Albert Pike proposed the following plan in a letter to Giuseppe Mazzini. The quoted text below lays out a plan for three world wars ending with Luciferian World Government. WW1 occured as proposed by Pike. WW2 occured as proposed by Pike. WW3 is looking like it will occur as proposed by Pike.

"The First World War must be brought about in order to permit the Illuminati to overthrow the power of the Czars in Russia and of making that country a fortress of atheistic Communism. The divergences caused by the 'agentur' (agents) of the Illuminati between the British and Germanic Empires will be used to foment this war. At the end of the war, Communism will be built and used in order to destroy the other governments and in order to weaken the religions.

The Second World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences between the Fascists and the political Zionists. This war must be brought about so that Nazism is destroyed and that the political Zionism be strong enough to institute a sovereign state of Israel in Palestine. During the Second World War, International Communism must become strong enough in order to balance Christendom, which would be then restrained and held in check until the time when we would need it for the final social cataclysm.

The Third World War must be fomented by taking advantage of the differences caused by the 'agentur' of the 'Illuminati' between the political Zionists and the leaders of Islamic World. The war must be conducted in such a way that Islam (the Moslem Arabic World) and political Zionism mutually destroy each other. Meanwhile the other nations, once more divided on this issue will be constrained to fight to the point of complete physical, moral, spiritual and economical exhaustion.

We shall unleash the Nihilists and the Atheists, and we shall provoke a formidable social cataclysm which in all its horror will show clearly to the nations the effect of absolute Atheism, origin of savagery and of the most bloody turmoil. Then everywhere, the citizens, obliged to defend themselves against the world minority of revolutionaries, will exterminate those destroyers of civilization, and the multitude, disillusioned with Christianity, whose deistic spirits will from that moment be without compass or direction, anxious for an ideal, but without knowing where to render its adoration, will receive the true light through the universal manifestation of the pure doctrine of Lucifer, brought finally out in the public view. This manifestation will result from the general reactionary movement which will follow the destruction of Christianity and atheism, both conquered and exterminated at the same time."

So who were Albert Pike and Giuseppe Mazzini?

Albert Pike, pictured above left, was an attorney, military general, a 33rd Degree Freemason and author on Masonry, and was considered a genius. Pike wrote Morals and Dogma which was given to every member on entering the 14th Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry. He was asked to help divide the USA by using slavery in preparation for the Freemason-engineered civil war of 1861. He was also investigated regarding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and pardoned for his role by President Andrew Johnson. Pike's tomb is in the House of the Temple, the HQ of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry whch is 13 blocks north of The White House.
Giuseppe Mazzini, pictured above right, was also a 33rd Degree Freemason, a British Intelligence agent, a revolutionary terrorist, and founder of Young Europe, a network of revolutionary groups designed to cause chaos around the world, which eventually grew to include Young America, Young Russia, and Young Bosnia, a fact which will become very significant regarding World War 1.
So we are talking about two powerful men with access to the corridors of power, access to the whole freemasonic network, and access to the occult underground.
What you must understand is that what Pike proposed was not some fantastic act of prophecy made at a party for some fun after a couple of bottles of claret.

THIS IS A PLAN IN OPERATION!!

And to show how much Freemasonry is upto it's neck in this, here is a photo of a bust of Albert Pike in the House of the Temple, the HQ of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, located at 1733 16th St, NW in the District of Columbia, Washington DC, just 13 blocks north of The White House.

BEWARE THE DOMINIONIST "LOVE BOMB"

Religion
Beware the Dominionist "love bomb"

By Kerry Tomasi

Online Journal

Contributing Writer

Jun 20, 2007, 01:08

During a recent address to the Good Shepherd Baptists in Terre Haute Indiana, Col. J. Tyler Ryberg had this to say about our "war on terror", and its current focal point, Iraq: " . . . it's an act of love to kill evil people who seek to kill Americans, it's an act of love for our nation". And with regards to those "Islamic jihadists" in Iraq seeking to kill us: "Peace is not an option."

In light of the half million innocent (i.e. – not "Islamic jihadists") Iraqi men, women, and children who may have been killed (thus far) as a result of our invasion, many have questioned where Col. Ryberg gets his reasoning (not to mention his definition of "love").

But I'm not one of them. I know where he gets his reasoning. He gets it from what he deems the "supreme law of the land" - the Bible, and specifically the Old Testament.

Consider the biblical account of God's 'chosen ones' (the first ones, not us) and their foray into the land of Canaan. Recall that God instructed Moses and Joshua to invade the "promised land" and kill everything and everyone they could get their hands on. They were to " . . . save alive nothing that breatheth". (Deut 20:16-17, 7:1-2, Josh 10:40)

So how many Canaanite "insurgents" (i.e., those who the land actually belonged to) were targeted by this "act of love" for the nation of Israel?

Based on biblical data of the size of Israel at the time, and with seven nations larger than them occupying Canaan, the number God ordered killed was likely 10-15 million! Every last one of them, apparently, one must presume, evil. Men, women, children, infants, fetuses, zygotes, all evil.

And if they weren't inherently evil, God had a back-up plan to insure 'peace was not an option': " . . . for it was of the LORD to harden their hearts, that they should come against Israel in battle, that he might destroy them utterly, as the LORD commanded Moses" (Josh 11:20).

Now, the task of destroying all these folks was not as easy as one might think. Those 10-15 million all had to be killed by hand, with swords and clubs and axes and things. And that took an awful lot of time and effort. So much so that it appears Joshua & Co. were not able to fully complete the task (although they gave it their very best).

Had they possessed more proficient weaponry, like the ones we have today, they could have easily finished the assignment. Heck, if they had just a few nuclear weapons, they could have killed every last Canaanite "insurgent" in a few minutes! Now that would have been a 'loving' act for the nation of Israel!

Talk about the ultimate "love bomb"!

If the point I'm trying to make here is a bit too subtle, I’ll spell it out.

It appears many in this mostly Christian land have been conditioned to view others unlike themselves as not fully human, or at least not quite as human as they are. Some of this conditioning can be traced to our evolutionary past, but I think most of it derives from biblical stories like the one I just related. These accounts of mass murder, of genocide, of hacking to death millions of women and children, are celebrated in this country as something wonderful or holy. They’re even portrayed as such in children’s coloring books! That’s what I mean by conditioning.

When you combine this myopic “we’re special” conditioning with the reasoning espoused by Ryberg and others within the Dominionist movement (Google or Mash it), you create an extremely volatile and dangerous situation. And it's all the more dangerous because these folks have infiltrated and/or control much of the Republican Party.

All it would take is for just one of these 'servants of the Lord' to bamboozle enough Christian followers into giving them the keys to power, and we could be facing a cataclysm of unprecedented proportions. One which has the potential to destroy all life on earth, save the bugs and microbes.

I'm well aware that Ryberg's sentiments are not those of the majority of Christians, or of the majority of mainstream conservatives and Republicans, but they are sentiments that must be taken very seriously. These are not just a bunch of bible-thumping traveling evangelists here. This is an extremely powerful and organized movement, with tremendous resources. It’s a movement that has, as its objective, a desire to replace our constitutional form of government with an authoritarian theocracy, and to (militarily) spread that theocratic construct around the world. (Ironically, the exact same objective fundamentalist Muslims have! It's a veritable match made in "heaven"!)

They want an authoritarian theocracy similar in design and kind to that in the days of Moses and Joshua.

A theocracy that believes it has a god-given right to exercise dominion over the entire earth, including other people and their property.

A theocracy that views billions of others not quite like themselves as evil.

A theocracy with enough nuclear firepower to destroy the planet.

The point I'm trying to make?

Do not give them those keys. Don't even let them get close.

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NEGROPONTE BEHIND SAMARRA BLAST

Negroponte behind Samarra blast
Sun, 17 Jun 2007 14:25:52
US Deputy Secretary of State john Negroponte
The US Deputy Secretary of State reportedly planned the attack on the holy Shia shrines in Samarra to help topple the Iraqi government.

According to an informed source John Negroponte plotted the attack during an unannounced trip to Iraq on June 12 in order to fuel insecurity and sectarian violence in the country.

Negroponte's motive was to overthrow Iraq's legitimate government, the same source added.

Negroponte, who was a staunch supporter of right-wing death squads in Central America during the 1980s, held several informal meetings with Iraqi officials prior to the June 13 terrorist attack on the revered Shia shrines in Samarra, the source said.

During his meetings, Negroponte reportedly strongly cautioned that the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki must change.

Negroponte also asked several Iraqi officials, including Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, to resign- a move the source said was aimed at paving the way for al-Maliki's government to eventually 'topple'.

The source said Negroponte made “empty promises” to the Iraqi officials, saying they would be appointed to key governmental posts.

But the US still wants to return the Baathists, the loyalists of the former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, to power.

The blast in Samarra which destroyed the minarets of the sacred shrines of the Shia Imams was performed with the assistance of the former Saddam regime's security agents, the source added.

As ambassador to Honduras, Negroponte played a key role in US aid to the Contra death squads in Nicaragua and in shoring up the brutal military dictatorship of General Gustavo Alvarez Martinez in Honduras.

During his term as ambassador there, diplomats alleged that the embassy's annual human rights reports made Honduras sound more like 'Norway than Argentina.'

However, according to a four-part series in the Baltimore Sun, in 1982 alone the Honduran press ran 318 stories of murders and kidnappings by the Honduran military.

HA/MR/NN


Source: http://www.opednews.com/maxwrite/linkframe.php?linkid=37231

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

SOLSTICE REVELERS HEAD FOR STONEHENGE

Solstice Revelers Heading for Stonehenge


Thursday June 21, 2007 1:46 AM

By RAPHAEL G. SATTER

Associated Press Writer

STONEHENGE, England (AP) - Thousands of modern-day druids, pagans and partygoers converged on Stonehenge early Thursday as people across the northern hemisphere prepared to welcome the summer solstice - the longest day of the year.

The ancient stones were bathed in a brilliant purple light hours before dawn Thursday as screaming, chanting revelers staggered between the ancient stones amid the sound of drums and whistles.

An estimated 20,000 people are expected to crowd around the site in Wiltshire, in southwestern England, to witness the sun rise.

Solstice celebrations were a highlight of the pre-Christian calendar. People in many countries still celebrate with bonfires, maypole dances, and courtship rituals.

In more recent years, New Age groups and others have turned to Stonehenge to celebrate the solstice, and the World Heritage Site has become a magnet for those seeking a spiritual experience - or just wanting to have a good time.

But the celebrations can also attract their share of troublemakers. Police closed the site in 1984 after repeated clashes with revelers. English Heritage, the monument's caretaker, began allowing full access to the site again in 2000.

Police were deployed early Thursday to keep the hedonists from getting out of hand, and to prevent revelers from climbing the stones.

Solstice celebrations also take place in other countries, although most are deferred until the last weekend in June. Swedes will gather to sip spiced schnapps, Danes will light bonfires, and Balts and Finns will flock to the countryside to dance, sing and make merry under the midnight sun.

Stonehenge, on the Salisbury Plain 80 miles southwest of London, was built between 3,000 B.C. and 1,600 B.C., although its purpose remains a mystery. Some experts say its builders aligned the stones with the sun as part of their sun-worshipping culture.

It is one of 20 monuments competing to be named one of the new seven wonders of the world in a massive online poll.

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Associated Press writers Jan M. Olsen in Copenhagen, Denmark, Louise Nordstrom in Stockholm, Sweden, Gary Peach in Riga, Latvia, and Matti Huuhtanen in Helsinki, Finland contributed to this report.

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On the Net:

Stonehenge: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.876

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6724383,00.html

TEENS ONLINE CHAT ABOUT DRUGS, SEX

Jun 20, 2007 7:48 pm US/Eastern

Study: Teen Online Chats Largely About Drugs, Sex

Alarming Statistic Should Be Call To Arms For Parents

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Mary Calvi / Reporting

Teens Flirt With Danger On Chat Sites


(CBS) NEW YORK Parents who think their teens' online conversations with peers are innocent may want to reconsider. A new study shows 1 in 10 of their messages discuss drugs or sex.

The messages are posted on common online message boards.

"'Crunked' is like the cool way of saying 'I got drunk,'" said 19-year-old Lucky O'Donnell. "'Scag' is one of the harder ones to figure out and that's heroin."

O'Donnell knows the risks all too well. He went online to find out where to get cocaine. He's now in recovery.

"Mostly it was, where are we going to meet up to get it," he said in reference to scoring some cocaine.


A new study by Caron Treatment Centers finds 1 in 10 messages analyzed involved teens seeking advice from their peers on how to take illicit drugs "safely" and without getting caught.

One reads: "Let's go candy flipping tonight" -- another term for using ecstasy.

The study also found several other messages pertaining to sexual activity.

"All these terms are ways to get around the eye of people who may be monitoring your conversations," O'Donnell said.

Then there's the online lingo for marijuana. There's "420," "51" and "A-Bomb." Experts say most parents have never heard of them. One other term mentioned frequently, "pre-game." It describes the practice of getting drunk before parties.

In the messages, teens confessed to destructive behavior while they were under the influence.

"It's very, very frightening," said Dr. Harris Stratyner of the Caron Treatment Center.

In the messages, while few teens expressed any regret, many chalked it up to having a good time.

"A tremendous amount of talk about hooking up, bigger and better highs," Stratyner said.

As for advice for parents, you may want to crack down hard on your child's online activities.

"Everybody wants to trust their child, but sometimes children aren't to be trusted," O'Donnell said.

So "PAW" -- parents are watching -- may be just what teenagers need.

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Mary Calvi

Anchor

Mary Calvi serves as anchor for CBS 2's weekend evening newscasts.

Award-winning journalist Mary Calvi has provided live breaking news reports on a wide range of stories across the tri-state area. Calvi gained unprecendented access to the FBI's underwater anti-terrorism team and reported from underwater. She actually found a missing grandmother lost in the Blackout of 2003. She also travelled to Rome to cover the events surrounding Pope John Paul II. Calvi had also provided coverage on the attacks at the World Trade Center, in 2001 and in 1993.

Calvi's credits include three Emmy awards, two for her live breaking news coverage, and the other for an in-depth series on sexual pedophiles, "Predator Next Door.”

Calvi has been honored for her writing at the New York Festival's World Media Awards. She also earned a National ACE Award for Excellence in Journalism, a Clarion Award for Excellence in Reporting, and the ACIM Award for Excellence in Community Service.

She joined WCBS-TV in 2002 from News 12 Westchester where she served as anchor and assistant news director. She also worked with News 12 Long Island and served as a national correspondent for USA Networks. She began her career in New York in radio.

Calvi graduated magna cum laude from the S.I. Newhouse School at Syracuse University with a degree in journalism. A native of Westchester County, Calvi lives in her hometown with her husband and their three children.
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Source: http://wcbstv.com/topstories/local_story_171170917.html

P2OG

Pentagon, CIA & P2OG: Agent Provocateurs of Terror
by FRANK MORALES
Pentagon, CIA & P2OG: Agent Provocateurs of Terror



(EDITOR'S NOTE: Who were the agent provocateurs in the London Bombing? In the immortal words of George W. Bush: "There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, it's probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. It fool me. We can't get fooled again.")

"...The new organization - "Proactive, Preemptive Operations Group (P2OG)" - would actually carry out secret missions designed to provoke terrorist groups into committing violent acts."

The requirement of an ever-escalating level of social violence to meet the political and economic needs of the insatiable "anti-terrorist complex" is the essence of the new US militarism.

What is now openly billed as "permanent war" ultimately serves the geo-political ends of social control in the interests of US corporate domination, much as the anti-communist crusade of the now-exhausted Cold War did.

Back in 2002, following the trauma of 9-11, Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld predicted there would be more terrorist attacks against the American people and civilization at large.

Source: http://www.conspiracyplanet.com/channel.cfm?channelid=80&contentid=2404

SEN. RODHAM CLINTON BOOED AGAIN

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Hillary Clinton Booed Again

[Byron York]

Sen. Hillary Clinton was booed again this morning at the Take Back America conference, sponsored by the lefty activist group Campaign for America's Future here in Washington. At this same conference last year, Sen. Clinton was booed for her position on the war in Iraq. This morning, she was enthusiastically received as she bashed the Bush administration — "a stunning record of secrecy and corruption" — but the crowd became less friendly when, at the end of her speech, she turned to Iraq.

"We're going to end the war in Iraq and finally bring home the troops," she said as a number of Code Pink protesters stood up in the audience. When she declared, "The American military has done its job," boos began to be heard around the room. As the boos increased, Sen. Clinton raised her voice. "The American military has succeeded," she said, to more boos. "It is the Iraqi government that has failed to make the tough decisions." Still more boos.

At that point, there was a round of cheers. "I love coming here every year," Clinton said. "I see the signs, 'Get Us Out of Iraq Now.' That's what we're trying to do."


MICHAEL EVANS, GENERAL IN ARMY

Michael Evans, A General in God's Army

Source: IPS, June 13, 2007



Bill Berkowitz reports on the rise of Michael D. Evans: "In recent appearances on two U.S. cable news networks, he was slinging and zinging -- the well-rehearsed pitchman for the Biblical 'End Times' was dead certain that 'Iran is going to have to be attacked' before 2008. He also claimed that during a recent visit to Iraq, he was told by intelligence sources that Iran had given the green light to Hezbollah to unleash suicide bombers in the United States this summer. ... These days, the bestselling author and head of the 'Jerusalem Prayer Team' ... is at the top of his game. On June 3, his new book, 'The Final Move Beyond Iraq: The Final Solution While The World Sleeps', made it onto the New York Times bestsellers' list at number one in the paperback category. ... Evans had 'made himself a major religious movement and media figure long before his new book was published,' CMD's John Stauber ... told IPS. 'He's not just an author, he's a general in God's patriotic army, and he knows how to mobilize his troops.'"

Source: http://www.prwatch.org/node/6146

GUNPLAY AT WALTER REED HOSPITAL

Guard Opens Fire Outside Walter Reed

Jun 20 11:50 AM US/Eastern



WASHINGTON (AP) - An armed security guard at Walter Reed Army Medical Center opened fire at another guard Wednesday outside a busy entrance to the hospital, police said. No one was injured.
The guards had been arguing at about 8:30 a.m. when one of them fired as many as 10 shots, Lt. Jimmie Riley said.

The other guard, who was not hit, ran to a nearby house to call police, Riley said. The guard who fired the shots was taken into custody.

"We're very fortunate," Riley said. "It could've been tragic."

The guards are employed by a private security firm, which is under contract to Walter Reed.

Police did not immediately release the identities of the guards.

The hospital in Washington is the Army's premier center for treating injured soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.



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Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PSKQ600&show_article=1&catnum=0

FIVE HUNDRED YEARS OF INJUSTICE



Five Hundred Years of Injustice: The Legacy of Fifteenth Century Religious Prejudice


Contributed by Rich


Saturday, 16 June 2007




by Steve Newcomb

When Christopher Columbus first set foot on the white sands of Guanahani island, he performed a ceremony to "take possession" of the land for the king and queen of Spain, acting under the international laws of Western Christendom. Although the story of Columbus' "discovery" has taken on mythological proportions in most of the Western world, few people are aware that his act of "possession" was based on a religious doctrine now known in history as the Doctrine of Discovery. Even fewer people realize that today — five centuries later — the United States government still uses this archaic Judeo-Christian doctrine to deny the rights of Native American Indians.

Origins of the Doctrine of Discovery



06/15/07 "ICH" -- -- To understand the connection between Christendom's principle of discovery and the laws of the United States, we need to begin by examining a papal document issued forty years before Columbus' historic voyage In 1452, Pope Nicholas V issued to King Alfonso V of Portugal the bull Romanus Pontifex, declaring war against all non-Christians throughout the world, and specifically sanctioning and promoting the conquest, colonization, and exploitation of non-Christian nations and their territories.

Under various theological and legal doctrines formulated during and after the Crusades, non-Christians were considered enemies of the Catholic faith and, as such, less than human. Accordingly, in the bull of 1452, Pope Nicholas directed King Alfonso to "capture, vanquish, and subdue the saracens, pagans, and other enemies of Christ," to "put them into perpetual slavery," and "to take all their possessions and property." [Davenport: 20-26] Acting on this papal privilege, Portugal continued to traffic in African slaves, and expanded its royal dominions by making "discoveries" along the western coast of Africa, claiming those lands as Portuguese territory.

Thus, when Columbus sailed west across the Sea of Darkness in 1492 — with the express understanding that he was authorized to "take possession" of any lands he "discovered" that were "not under the dominion of any Christian rulers" — he and the Spanish sovereigns of Aragon and Castile were following an already well-established tradition of "discovery" and conquest. [Thacher:96] Indeed, after Columbus returned to Europe, Pope Alexander VI issued a papal document, the bull Inter Cetera of May 3, 1493, "granting" to Spain — at the request of Ferdinand and Isabella — the right to conquer the lands which Columbus had already found, as well as any lands which Spain might "discover" in the future.

In the Inter Cetera document, Pope Alexander stated his desire that the "discovered" people be "subjugated and brought to the faith itself." [Davenport:61] By this means, said the pope, the "Christian Empire" would be propagated. [Thacher:127] When Portugal protested this concession to Spain, Pope Alexander stipulated in a subsequent bull — issued May 4, 1493 — that Spain must not attempt to establish its dominion over lands which had already "come into the possession of any Christian lords." [Davenport:68] Then, to placate the two rival monarchs, the pope drew a line of demarcation between the two poles, giving Spain rights of conquest and dominion over one side of the globe, and Portugal over the other.

During this quincentennial of Columbus' journey to the Americas, it is important to recognize that the grim acts of genocide and conquest committed by Columbus and his men against the peaceful Native people of the Caribbean were sanctioned by the abovementioned documents of the Catholic Church. Indeed, these papal documents were frequently used by Christian European conquerors in the Americas to justify an incredibly brutal system of colonization — which dehumanized the indigenous people by regarding their territories as being "inhabited only by brute animals." [Story:135-6]

The lesson to be learned is that the papal bulls of 1452 and 1493 are but two clear examples of how the "Christian Powers," or "different States of Christendom," viewed indigenous peoples as "the lawful spoil and prey of their civilized conquerors." [Wheaton:270-1] In fact, the Christian "Law of Nations" asserted that Christian nations had a divine right, based on the Bible, to claim absolute title to and ultimate authority over any newly "discovered" Non-Christian inhabitants and their lands. Over the next several centuries, these beliefs gave rise to the Doctrine of Discovery used by Spain, Portugal, England, France, and Holland — all Christian nations.




The Doctrine of Discovery in U.S. Law



In 1823, the Christian Doctrine of Discovery was quietly adopted into U.S. law by the Supreme Court in the celebrated case, Johnson v. McIntosh (8 Wheat., 543). Writing for a unanimous court, Chief Justice John Marshall observed that Christian European nations had assumed "ultimate dominion" over the lands of America during the Age of Discovery, and that — upon "discovery" — the Indians had lost "their rights to complete sovereignty, as independent nations," and only retained a right of "occupancy" in their lands. In other words, Indians nations were subject to the ultimate authority of the first nation of Christendom to claim possession of a given region of Indian lands. [Johnson:574; Wheaton:270-1]

According to Marshall, the United States — upon winning its independence in 1776 — became a successor nation to the right of "discovery" and acquired the power of "dominion" from Great Britain. [Johnson:587-9] Of course, when Marshall first defined the principle of "discovery," he used language phrased in such a way that it drew attention away from its religious bias, stating that "discovery gave title to the government, by whose subject, or by whose authority, the discovery was made, against all other European governments." [Johnson:573-4] However, when discussing legal precedent to support the court's findings, Marshall specifically cited the English charter issued to the explorer John Cabot, in order to document England's "complete recognition" of the Doctrine of Discovery. [Johnson:576] Then, paraphrasing the language of the charter, Marshall noted that Cabot was authorized to take possession of lands, "notwithstanding the occupancy of the natives, who were heathens, and, at the same time, admitting the prior title of any Christian people who may have made a previous discovery." [Johnson:577]

In other words, the Court affirmed that United States law was based on a fundamental rule of the "Law of Nations" — that it was permissible to virtually ignore the most basic rights of indigenous "heathens," and to claim that the "unoccupied lands" of America rightfully belonged to discovering Christian European nations. Of course, it's important to understand that, as Benjamin Munn Ziegler pointed out in The International Law of John Marshall, the term "unoccupied lands" referred to "the lands in America which, when discovered, were 'occupied by Indians' but 'unoccupied' by Christians." [Ziegler:46]

Ironically, the same year that the Johnson v. McIntosh decision was handed down, founding father James Madison wrote: "Religion is not in the purview of human government. Religion is essentially distinct from civil government, and exempt from its cognizance; a connection between them is injurious to both."

Most of us have been brought up to believe that the United States Constitution was designed to keep church and state apart. Unfortunately, with the Johnson decision, the Christian Doctrine of Discovery was not only written into U.S. law but also became the cornerstone of U.S. Indian policy over the next century.




From Doctrine of Discovery
to Domestic Dependent Nations



Using the principle of "discovery" as its premise, the Supreme Court stated in 1831 that the Cherokee Nation (and, by implication, all Indian nations) was not fully sovereign, but "may, perhaps," be deemed a "domestic dependent nation." [Cherokee Nation v. Georgia] The federal government took this to mean that treaties made with Indian nations did not recognize Indian nations as free of U.S. control. According to the U.S. government, Indian nations were "domestic dependent nations" subject to the federal government's absolute legislative authority — known in the law as "plenary power." Thus, the ancient doctrine of Christian discovery and its subjugation of "heathen" Indians were extended by the federal government into a mythical doctrine that the U.S. Constitution allows for governmental authority over Indian nations and their lands. [Savage:59-60]

The myth of U.S. "plenary power" over Indians — a power, by the way, that was never intended by the authors of the Constitution [Savage:115-17] — has been used by the United States to:







  1. Circumvent the terms of solemn treaties that the U.S. entered into with Indian nations, despite the fact that all such treaties are "supreme Law of the Land, anything in the Constitution notwithstanding."

  2. Steal the homelands of Indian peoples living east of the Mississippi River, by removing them from their traditional ancestral homelands through the Indian Removal Act of 1835.

  3. Use a congressional statute, known as the General Allotment Act of 1887, to divest Indian people of some 90 million acres of their lands. This act, explained John Collier (Commissioner of Indian Affairs) was "an indirect method — peacefully under the forms of law — of taking away the land that we were determined to take away but did not want to take it openly by breaking the treaties."

  4. Steal the sacred Black Hills from the Great Sioux nation in violation of the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie which recognized the Sioux Nation's exclusive and absolute possession of their lands.

  5. Pay the Secretary of the Interior $26 million for 24 million acres of Western Shoshone lands, because the Western Shoshone people have steadfastly refused to sell the land and refused to accept the money. Although the Western Shoshone Nation's sovereignty and territorial boundaries were clearly recognized by the federal government in the 1863 Ruby Valley Treaty, the government now claims that paying itself on behalf of the Western Shoshone has extinguished the Western Shoshone's title to their lands.


The above cases are just a few examples of how the United States government has used the Johnson v. McIntosh and Cherokee Nation v. Georgia decisions to callously disregard the human rights of Native peoples. Indeed, countless U.S. Indian policies have been based on the underlying, hidden rationale of "Christian discovery" — a rationale which holds that the "heathen" indigenous peoples of the Americas are "subordinate to the first Christian discoverer," or its successor. [Wheaton:271]

As Thomas Jefferson once observed, when the state uses church doctrine as a coercive tool, the result is "hypocrisy and meanness." Unfortunately, the United States Supreme Court's use of the ancient Christian Doctrine of Discovery — to circumvent the Constitution as a means of taking Indian lands and placing Indian nations under U.S. control — has proven Madison and Jefferson right.




Bringing an End to Five Hundred Years of Injustice
to Indigenous Peoples



In a country set up to maintain a strict separation of church and state, the Doctrine of Discovery should have long ago been declared unconstitutional because it is based on a prejudicial treatment of Native American people simply because they were not Christians at the time of European arrival. By penalizing Native people on the basis of their non-Christian religious beliefs and ceremonial practices, stripping them of most of their lands and most of their sovereignty, the Johnson v. McIntosh ruling stands as a monumental violation of the "natural rights" of humankind, as well as the most fundamental human rights of indigenous peoples.

As we move beyond the quincentennial of Columbus' invasion of the Americas, it is high time to formally renounce and put an end to the religious prejudice that was written into U.S. law by Chief Justice John Marshall. Whether or not the American people — especially the Christian right — prove willing to assist Native people in getting the Johnson ruling overturned will say a lot to the world community about just how seriously the United States takes its own foundational principles of liberty, justice, and religious freedom.

As we approach the 500th anniversary of the Inter Cetera bulls on May 3 and 4 of 1993, it is important to keep in mind that the Doctrine of Discovery is still being used by countries throughout the Americas to deny the rights of indigenous peoples, and to perpetuate colonization throughout the Western Hemisphere. To begin to bring that system of colonization to an end, and to move away from a cultural and spiritual tradition of subjugation, we must overturn the doctrine at its roots. Therefore, I propose that non-Native people — especially Christians — unite in solidarity with indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere to impress upon Pope John Paul II how important it is for him to revoke, in a formal ceremony with indigenous people, the Inter Cetera bulls of 1493.

Revoking those papal documents and overturning the Johnson v. McIntosh decision are two important first steps toward correcting the injustices that have been inflicted on indigenous peoples over the past five hundred years. They are also spiritually significant steps toward creating a way of life that is no longer based on greed and subjugation. Perhaps then we will be able to use our newfound solidarity to begin to create a lifestyle based on the first indigenous principle: "Respect the Earth and have a Sacred Regard for All Living Things."

Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1, 8 L.Ed. 25 (1831).

Davenport, Frances Gardiner, 19l7, European Treaties bearing on the History of the United States and its Dependencies to 1648, Vol. 1, Washington, D.C.: Carnegie Institution of Washington.

Johnson and Graham's Lessee V McIntosh 21 U.S. (8 Wheat.) 543, 5 L.Ed. 681(1823).

Rivera-Pagan, Luis N., 1991, "Cross Preceded Sword in 'Discovery' of the Americas," in Yakima Nation Review, 1991, Oct. 4.

Story, Joseph, 1833, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States Vol. 1 Boston: Little, Brown & Co.

Thacher, John Boyd, 1903, Christopher Columbus Vol. 11, New York: G.P. Putman's Sons.

Williamson, James A., 1962, The Cabot Voyages And Bristol Discovery Under Henry VII, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Wheaton, Henry, 1855, Elements of International Law, Sixth Edition, Boston: Little Brown, and Co.

Ziegler, Benjamin Munn, 1939, The International Law of John Marshall, Chapel Hill: The University of North Carolina Press.




Steve Newcomb is an American Indian of Shawnee & Lenape ancestry. For over a decade, he has studied the origins of United States federal Indian law and international law dating back to the early days of Christendom. He is the author of a book on his findings titled, Pagans In the Promised Land: Religion, Law, and the American Indian.
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Tuesday, June 19, 2007

IDENTITY THEFT


IDENTITY THEFT
OR
MISPLACED ATTRIBUTES
Statue of Liberty Picture

The New Colossus


Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame
With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame,
"Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she
With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your
poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

by Emma Lazarus, New York City, 1883

This was a misappropriation or secularization of Jesus's words:

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.

For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

Matthew 11:28-30. KJV


Our land has been the Earthly "Promised Land" for Millions of people struggling to be live in freedom, and to worship their Creator without government interference; A feat never achieved to this extent anywhere in the world before, or since. But, to borrow the words of the Redeemer of Mankind, The Son of Jehovah; And to give it a social slant, or an economic connotation is shallow to say the least, or opportunistic to call it by its proper name.

"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden"

Jesus refers to his Kingdom to come, not a Heaven on Earth, with all its flaws and corruptions. Of course, this land was blessed by God, so that His faithful could find a "haven" from the persecution of Kings, Feudal Lords, and Religious (zealous) Tyrants, such as the Popes of Rome.

And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days. Revelation 12:6.

The Pilgrims came to America fleeing the persecutions of the Tyrannical Church of England(begun by Henry VIII, because of a dispute with the Pope of Rome), only to be "followed here" by the Puritans, who were Church of England "Reformers", but tyrannical never the less.

The Lord wants "His" faithful people to prepare themselves for the Kingdom that he will establish soon, not by man's efforts, not by man's "enlightened" standards; But by accepting his Graceful Sacrifice on the cross.

Anything that man devises is sub-standard to God. In a world of imperfection this is the best nation under the heavens because, The Lord willed it that way. There is nothing inherently benevolent in mankind; Without the assistance and guidance of God.

What I see here is an Image. A pretty ideal made of brick and copper. Yet, the ideals that it personifies are humanistic and secular. Nowhere is there a mention of the Creator, but, there is mention of "Mother Liberty". Is that the same Ms. Liberty that exemplified the French Revolution?

"Madame Liberte, the one that embodies: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity? The one that brought about the reign of Terror?
The Guillotine, the assassination of the King and Queen of France? The one that brought mayhem and Chaos to an all time high? The "Madame Liberte" that attempted to remove all semblance of Christianity from France? And produced the carnage, that is called the French Revolution?
Conclusion
The French Government, Eiffel, and Bartholdi, gave America a fine towering sculpture as a gift. Emma Lazarus wrote an impressive Sonnet to dedicate to the Statue.
But, The Lord Almighty has blessed our land with Freedom, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
All these have been achieved, not by Socialism or Freemansonry, not even Theosophy or Philosophy!

God has blessed America. Not Mother Liberty, or Madame Liberte!

Everything else is an Image of the Lord's Creation.

I call it Identity theft, when you try to attribute The Lord's providential blessing to anything else.

Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

Exodus 20:4-6.

COLOMBIA RECOGNIZES GAY UNIONS

June 19, 2007

Colombia Abomination: Colombia Approves of Homosexuals With Extension of Benefits

By Juan Forero / The Washington Post
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Colombia's Congress voted to recognize gay unions, approving a bill to give sodomites full rights to health insurance, social security and inheritance benefits. The measure would make Colombia the first country in Latin America to extend such rights to gay couples, a prospect celebrated by gay rights advocates from Buenos Aires to New York. Full story...

Posted by Editor at June 19, 2007 07:41 AM

Source: http://www.aboms.com/archives/005945.html

VATICAN VEHICULAR 10 COMMANDMENTS

Vatican's 10 Commandments for Drivers

Jun 19 08:40 AM US/Eastern
By NICOLE WINFIELD

Associated Press Writer

VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican on Tuesday issued a set of "Ten Commandments" for drivers, telling motorists not to kill, not to drink and drive, and to help fellow travelers in case of accidents.

An unusual document from the Vatican's office for migrants and itinerant people also warned that cars can be "an occasion of sin"—particularly when they are used for dangerous passing or for prostitution.

It warned about the effects of road rage, saying driving can bring out "primitive" behavior in motorists, including "impoliteness, rude gestures, cursing, blasphemy, loss of sense of responsibility or deliberate infringement of the highway code."

It urged motorists to obey traffic regulations, drive with a moral sense, and to pray when behind the wheel.

Cardinal Renato Martino, who heads the office, told a news conference that the Vatican felt it necessary to address the pastoral needs of motorists because driving had become such a big part of contemporary life.

He noted that the Bible was full of people on the move, including Mary and Joseph, the parents of Jesus—and that his office is tasked with dealing with all "itinerant" people—including refugees, prostitutes, truck drivers and the homeless.

"We know that as a consequence of transgressions and negligence, 1.2 million people die each year on the roads," Martino said. "That's a sad reality, and at the same time, a great challenge for society and the church."

The document, "Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road," extols the benefits of driving—family outings, getting the sick to the hospital, allowing people to see other cultures.

But it laments a host of ills associated with automobiles: drivers use their cars to show off; driving "provides an easy opportunity to dominate others" by speeding; drivers can kill themselves and others if they don't get their cars regular tuneups, if they drink, use drugs or fall asleep at the wheel.

It also pointed the finger at traffic problems particular to Rome: "Danger also derives from city cars, which are driven by youngsters and adults who do not have (full) driving licenses, and the reckless use of motorbikes and motorcycles."

It called for drivers to obey speed limits and to exercise a host of Christian virtues: charity to fellow drivers, prudence on the roads, hope of arriving safely and justice in the event of crashes.

And it suggested prayer might come in handy—making the sign of the cross before starting off and saying the rosary along the way. The rosary was particularly well suited to recitation by all in the car since its "rhythm and gentle repetition does not distract the driver's attention."

The document is intended for bishops conferences around the world, and as such offered recommendations for their pastoral workers, including setting up chapels along motorways and having "periodic celebration of liturgies" at major road hubs, truck stops and restaurants.

The "Drivers' Ten Commandments," as listed by the document, are:

1. You shall not kill.

2. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.

3. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.

4. Be charitable and help your neighbor in need, especially victims of accidents.

5. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.

6. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.

7. Support the families of accident victims.

8. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.

9. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.

10. Feel responsible toward others.


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Source: http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8PRSUB80&show_article=1&catnum=0

NORTH KOREA TEST-FIRES MISSILE

Asia-Pacific News

North Korea test-fires short-range missile: reports (Roundup)

Jun 19, 2007, 14:59 GMT



Seoul/Tokyo - North Korea on Tuesday test-fired a missile for the third time in four weeks, according to regional media reports.

Japanese broadcaster NHK citing government sources said the test appeared to involve a short-range missile fired over the Sea of Japan. News agency Kyodo however said the missile trajectory was unknown but the test was believed to form part of new North Korean military manoeuvres.

South Korean news agency Yonhap citing domestic intelligence sources also surmised that the test was part of exercises conducted by Pyongyang.

The South Korean Ministry of Defence was unable however to confirm the reports.

South Korean military officials said Pyongyang had on July 7 test- fired two short-range missiles over the Yellow Sea to the west of the Korean peninsula. At least one missile was also fired over the Sea of Japan on May 25.

The White House had described the tests as 'not constructive.'

The reports come amid signs of clear progress being made in the international dispute over North Korea's nuclear programme after a long period of stagnation.

Inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had on Saturday been invited for talks on the dismantling of the communist state's nuclear apparatus. The invitation represented the first concrete step taken by Pyongyang towards the shutdown of its atomic programme.

Christopher Hill, chief US negotiator in the nuclear talks process, on Tuesday called on North Korea to accelerate the dismantling process.

'We really have to pick up the pace, get back to the timelines and get through this very crucial phase of disablement,' said Hill in Seoul.

Pyongyang agreed to shut down its main nuclear reactor as part of an agreement reached reached in February during the six-nation talks process. Implementation of the agreement has however been held up by a number of points, chief among them the issue of North Korean funds frozen by the US in a Macau bank.

© 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

Source: http://news.monstersandcritics.com/asiapacific/news/article_1319641.php/North_Korea_test-fires_short-range_missile_reports__Roundup_

TROUBLOUS TIMES RIGHT UPON US

Troublous Times Right Upon Us

A firefighter takes a moment after helping to put out the fire that claimed the lives of nine Charleston area firefighters at the Sofa Super Store in Charleston, South Carolina, 19 June 2007

Charleston, South Carolina 6/19/2007

After these things I saw four angels standing on the four corners of the earth, holding the four winds of the earth, that the wind should not blow on the earth, nor on the sea, nor on any tree. Rev. 7:1.

Haltom City, Texas 6/18/2007

Four mighty angels are still holding the four winds of the earth. Terrible destruction is forbidden to come in full. The ... winds will be the stirring up of the nations to one deadly combat, while the angels hold the four winds, forbidding the terrible power of Satan to be exercised in its fury until the servants of God are sealed in their foreheads. {Mar 175.1}

The signs of the times give evidence that the judgments of heaven are being poured out, that the day of the Lord is at hand. The daily papers are full of indications of an intense conflict in the future. Bold robberies are of frequent occurrence. Strikes are common. Thefts and murders are committed on every hand. Men possessed by demons are taking the lives of men, women, and little children. All these things testify that the Lord's coming is near. {Mar 175.2}

The restraining Spirit of God is even now being withdrawn from the world. Hurricanes, storms, tempests, disasters by sea and by land, follow one another in quick succession. The signs thickening around us, telling of the near approach of the Son of God, are attributed to any other than the true cause. . . . {Mar 175.3}

The time is right upon us when there will be sorrow in the world that no human balm can heal. Even before the last great destruction comes upon the world, the flattering monuments of man's greatness will be crumbled in the dust. God's retributive judgments will fall on those who in the face of great light have continued in sin. Costly buildings, supposed to be fireproof, are erected. But as Sodom perished in the flames of God's vengeance, so will these proud structures become ashes. I have seen vessels which cost immense sums of money wrestling with the mighty ocean, seeking to breast the angry billows. But with all their treasures of gold and silver, and with all their human freight, they sank into a watery grave.... But amid the tumult of excitement, with confusion in every place, there is a work to be done for God in the world. {Mar 175.4}

Maranatha, Ellen G. White, Page 175.

BROWNS SAY THEY WON'T SURRENDER



Browns Say They Won't Surrender

Ruby Ridge Survivor Weaver Speaks At Press Conference



POSTED: 11:46 am EDT June 18, 2007

UPDATED: 6:07 pm EDT June 18, 2007
PLAINFIELD, N.H. --
A Plainfield couple convicted of tax evasion held a press conference Monday in which they and their supporters reiterated their belief that they are not required to pay taxes.

"For many years, many thousands of people have been asking the (Internal Revenue Service) to show them the law requiring the average American to pay tax on the fruits of their labor," said Elaine Brown. "They have never done so."

Ed and Elaine Brown have been holed up in their Plainfield home since they were each sentenced to more than five years in prison in April on federal tax evasion charges. The press conference was held outside their home on their 110-acre property.

Elaine Brown said that there was no possibility that they would surrender.

"If they come in, we're dead. That's it," she said. "We will not be arrested. We will not volunteer to go into their prison for a non-crime. We have committed no crime."

The Browns were joined by Ruby Ridge survivor Randy Weaver, whose wife and son were killed along with a deputy U.S. marshal in the Idaho standoff in 1992. Weaver said that he was concerned that a similar event could occur in Plainfield.

"This is why I'm here," Weaver said. "Because if this gets out of control, it's going to happen here."

An emotional Weaver drew parallels between the Ruby Ridge standoff and law-enforcement activities in Plainfield earlier this month, when armored vehicles and bomb-disposal units arrived at the property while a warrant was served at a commercial property owned by the couple in Lebanon.

"This is serious stuff. Bring it on," Weaver said.

Ed Brown dismissed the police as "mercenaries" and the media gathered for the press conference as "order-takers." He said law enforcement officers were using the excuse of just following orders as they engaged in a waiting game with the Browns.

"All police officers today in this nation are mercenaries," he said. "They are all guns for hire."

U.S. Marshal Stephen Monier has stated that there were no plans to storm the property or attempt to take the Browns by force. He said that they are trying to encourage them to surrender, and officials last week cut power, phone and Internet service to the property.

In a press release issued Monday, the U.S. Marshals Service said that it is still trying to resolve the matter without violence.

"The U.S. Marshals Service is committed to resolving this peacefully," the statement read. "Edward and Elaine Brown can end this today by doing the right thing, which is to call us and make arrangements for their surrender."

Ed and Elaine Brown said Monday that they would be able to stay indefinitely in their house, which has solar and wind power sources.

In the meantime, Plainfield residents and officials said they are getting increasingly anxious about the situation. Selectmen recently sent a letter to federal officials stating that they believe the time has come for definitive action.

U.S. marshals recently held a stakeout near the Browns' property, and the letter expressed concern that no local officials knew about it, according to state Sen. Peter Burling.

"The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office knew nothing, and the Plainfield police chief, who is superb, had no warning at all," Burling said.

Laura Ward and her daughter live near the Browns, and she said the ongoing situation has become stressful.

"It does kind of make you worry because I am not sure how long they intend to have it go on," she said.

Several supporters of the Browns are staying with them, and many are thought to be armed, officials said. Some residents said that they hope that however it gets resolved, it happens soon.

"If you like celebrity, it's a good time to be in Plainfield, but most of us don't," resident Craig Wehde said.


Source: http://www.wmur.com/news/13521122/detail.html

Monday, June 18, 2007

CHARLIE ROSE INTERVIEWS MR. BIG & KISSIE

Charlie Rose interviews Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger and Brent Scowcroft

Published: June 18, 2007

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Transcript of the Charlie Rose show of June 15, 2007, with guests Zbigniew Brzezinski, Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft.

CHARLIE ROSE, HOST: Tonight, an extraordinary conversation with three foreign policy giants: Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, former National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft, and former National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. I interviewed them in New York yesterday evening, at an event organized by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. The conversation took place at the Rainbow Room high above Rockefeller Center here in New York.

CHARLIE ROSE: We are at the top of Manhattan at the Rainbow Room this evening for a conversation about the future of American foreign policy with Henry Kissinger, former secretary of state, former national security adviser. Zbigniew Brzezinski, former national security adviser. And Brent Scowcroft, former national security adviser.

I want to begin this conversation with Henry Kissinger with this question, and which I hope everybody will respond to - where are we as we think about this time in American foreign policy? Are we at a special moment, which is being redefined? Are we creating a new world order? What are the forces shaping all this?

HENRY KISSINGER: We're at a moment when the international system is in a period of change like we haven't seen for several hundred years. In some parts of the world, the nation state, on which the existing international system was based, is either giving up its traditional aspects, like in Europe, or as in the Middle East, where it was never really fully established, it is no longer the defining element. So in those two parts of the world, there is tremendous adjustment in traditional concepts.

In Asia, the nation state still is extremely vital, and of course, then in Africa, a whole new pattern is emerging because the states in Africa reflected the preferences of the colonial powers when they were established.

So all of these things are occurring simultaneously, and American foreign policy has to deal with all these aspects simultaneously, and there isn't a single recipe that fits all of them. And that is one of our dilemmas.

And another is that we are used to dealing with problems that have a solution and that can be solved in a finite period. But we're at the beginning of a long period of adjustment that will -- does not have a clear-cut terminal point, and in which our wisdom and sophistication and understanding is one of the -- has to be one of the key elements. And so all of these things are in play at this moment.

CHARLIE ROSE: Zbigniew, you said to me in a conversation last night on my program that there is a new global political awareness, which is central to

the future of America's foreign policy, how they recognize it, how they deal with it, how they plan for it.

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: That's right. I don't disagree with what Henry said, but ...

CHARLIE ROSE: Agree? Agree?

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: I don't disagree.

CHARLIE ROSE: You don't.

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: ... but my perspective...

HENRY KISSINGER: I've made great progress.

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: Don't be too optimistic.

HENRY KISSINGER: I take what I can get.

CHARLIE ROSE: Don't get -- don't get too excited, he says. The caveat comes.

ZBIGNIEW BRZEZINSKI: The political awakening that is happening worldwide is a major challenge for America, because it means that the world is much more restless. It's stirring. It has aspirations which are not easily satisfied. And if America is to lead, it has to relate itself somehow to these new, lively, intense political aspirations, which make our age so different from even the recent past.

But the challenge that we face is rooted much more in the immediate problem, which we have partially created -- namely, we are the number one superpower today in the world. We are the only superpower. But our leadership is being tested in the Middle East, and some of the things that we have done in the Middle East are contributing to a potential explosion region-wide. And if that explosion gets out of hand, we may end up being bogged down for many years to come in a conflict that will be profoundly damaging to our capacity to exercise our power, to address the problems implicit in this global awakening, and we may face a world in which much of the world turns away from us, seeks its own equilibrium, but probably slides into a growing chaos.



Source: http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/06/18/america/web-rose.php

NEW THEOLOGY



Former President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists


Neal C. Wilson stated for the SDA Church:


"Although it is true that there was a period in the life of the Seventh-day Adventist Church when the denomination took a distinctly anti-Roman Catholic viewpoint, and the term 'hierarchy' was used in a perjoritive sense to refer to the papal form of church governance, that attitude on the church's part was nothing more than a manifestation of widespread anti popery among conservative Protestant denominations in the early part of this century and the latter part of the last, and which has now been consigned to the historical trash heap so far as the Seventh-day Adventist Church is concerned."

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission vs the Pacific Press Publishing Association and SDA Church, civ #74-2025 CBR, 1975.

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