Out of the great mass of advent believers in '44, I do not believe you knew of twenty that did not think the days were ended in '44. We will try to show, by-and-by, who have followed sound reason, and who have got "the plain word of God." You say you "know enough of the effect of that theory that teaches the 2300 days are ended." Allow me to tell you that you do not know so much about it as you think you do, or as you will wish you had. You are as much afloat here as you are on the subject of the Sabbath and commandments. That portion who abandoned the idea of the days being ended, of which you boast, are of those that organized and entered the state of the Laodicean church, "neither hot nor cold;" neither in one position nor yet in another; "always learning and never coming to the knowledge of (the present) truth". The ending of the 2300 days was the great burden of the advent teaching in '43 and '44; 'then the sanctuary shall be cleansed." You will have it that this cannot be before the coming of the Lord, and you see he may come at any time; yes, now, by the first of January, as your Bible Advocate states. You have now heard something of the character of this J.Weston. He would have us believe that he was so full of the spirit of the Lord, that God had revealed to him that Jesus would come the 24th of December, or by the 1st of January. All good - we will publish it! What about the 2300 days, Br.W.? Oh, no matter, Jesus is coming now. H.H.Gross has refuted this time, but look at him last spring; the 1335 days must end the 18th day of April, and the resurrection, or they would not end under forty-five years. Well, he confessed that he was wrong in ever believing that they had ended in '44. Come, then, where will they end here? On, somewhere a little while before the 1335 days end in the spring of 1847. Well, time has passed on; out he comes again and says the Lord will come in the spring of 1848. Where will the 2300 and 1335 days end, friend Gross? Can't say - that is, he doesn't say - neither does J.Weston, and he does not correct him for this; it is only because the advent cannot be until spring. And here I will risk an opinion - that there is not a man in the whole advent ranks - (it seems to me that I will not even except you) - that can show that the Lord will come this winter or next spring. H.H.Gross is just as much mistaken in his calculation this coming spring, as he was the last. Now you may go on and call us what it seems to you good, we are confident that you have not got the present truth, neither have you had it since you have followed any thing but "the word of God and sound reason." And this is the main reason why you cannot answer brother Fuller's important questions on THE OPEN BOOK OF REV.10:2 It requires some one that has followed the truth, the present truth, nearer than you have, to reply to such questions, and they as surely involve the days as a cry at midnight brought us to the end of them. Do you not see how you are first blowing hot and then blowing cold? Six weeks ago, you said you knew enough of the effect of that theory that the days are ended. You say "all will see by reading the article, what are Br. F's views." That is, he is one that we have no fellowship for. But, you say, we hope that he and many others may be benefited by a careful and prayerful investigation of some of the many questions he has asked, &c.&c. Now this is the right and only way to investigate. But if some one undertakes to follow your advice by the Scripture, it would not amount to much, for we should expect to see you right out against them, for these that have rejected plain Scripture, connected with experience, as you have, and ridiculed those who had faith in it, have but little hope now, since you have become an editor. We deeply lamented that you should have taken such a course; but we have seen since, that it required something more than common moral courage, for a shepherd to remain with the tried and tempted flock, when he sees that all his fellow shepherds were deserting them. The warnings you have had, have no doubt brought many solemn convictions to yours and their minds, or else we should not find you in this luke-warm state. Yes, you have been faithfully warned by your old, firm friends, not to come out with your Advocate; you have heard their voice, that two were enough to give the light on the doctrine of the advent, and they had hard work to get along. But no, your paper was going to take different ground, in some things! In one respect, it has shown pretty clearly, as the Scriptures fully demonstrate, that "the dead know not any thing;" and allow me here to tell you, if you go on with your no-law-of-God and no-commandment system, and continue to reject the clear fulfillment of prophecy, in our past experience, you will as clearly prove that you know but a very little more. But after all you have said and done, you are following hard on in the track - the same old deep-cut rut, made by your predecessors. Pharoah's host like, the ruts so deep you can neither back nor turn out; but on you drive after them, thinking, no doubt, that you are going to accomplish something for God and his cause. The only way that I can see for you to do that, will be, either to abandon your load, or shift the tongue of your chariot on the opposite end, drive back with all speed, and get into the highway of the Waymarks and high heaps, that you so willfully abandoned more than three years ago.” Joseph Bates, A Vindication of the Seventh-day Sabbath, and the Commandments of God, p 170-171 (p 52-53).
“(Brother Merriam asks question #)2. Do the 1335 days of Dan.xii,12, reach to the end of the wonders, in answer to the question, [verse 6,] How long? &c. What blessing is given to those who wait and come to those days? If they ended in 1844, what is understood by the last verse, Thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot at the end of the days? If the prophetic periods are all ended, in what time are we living now, and how long will it last?"
“Your first question here is, Do the 1335 days of Dan.xii,12 reach to the end of the wonders in verse 6? We answer, they do not. We understand that the same period of time from the cleansing of the Sanctuary in 1844 to the breaking of the little horn without hand in chap.viii, as proved above, will also be found between the 1335 days and the end of the wonders in Dan.xii; because we further show that the 1335 days ended with the 2300 in 1844. When the first angel's message [Rev.vi,7; x,1-6] was given on time from 1840, and finished in 1844, proclaiming the judgment hour cry, and "that there should be time no longer," it was then understood and afterwards seen more clearly that this declaration was in reference to the long periods of time given to Daniel in chap.viii,13; xii,12. For he was expressly told that the vision should "be at the time of the end," and afterwards told to go his way, "for the words are closed up and sealed till the time of the end." Chap.viii,17; xii,9. So when this time of the end came, the words of the vision that had been sealed, were unsealed, and the book open in the angel's hand declaring with an oath that there should be time no longer. Referring of course to all the time which had been sealed up. The angel symbolizes a body of people giving the message in question.
“Time here cannot mean duration as measured in months and years, for 1000 years are measured after this, and after that Jesus is set on his father David's throne, "and of his kingdom there shall be no end." Therefore the angel could swear to no other time but prophetic time, which was the burden of his message.
“In the typical day of atonement under the first covenant the earthly Sanctuary was cleansed at an appointed time once a year, at which time the lot was cast to obtain blood for a sin-offering which the high priest bore into the most holy place to make an atonement for the transgressions of Israel in all their sins. Thus all Israel were in their lot. In the antitypical day of atonement under the new covenant the time appointed for cleansing the Sanctuary is unto 2300 days. This being the day of atonement to cleanse the whole Israel of God, both the dead and living saints, from all their transgressions in all their sins, it was previously declared to Daniel, "Thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot at the end of the days." This shows most clearly that both of these periods, viz., the 2300 and 1335 days bring all of God's people in their lot, to be cleansed from all, their sins by the precious blood of Christ in the antitypical day of atonement. And when the great High Priest has accomplished the work for them all, even to the last, and the sins of Israel are all blotted out forever, the living saints will surely know (and so will you, Bro. Merriam, if faithful) that "blessed is he that waiteth and cometh to the 1335 days." Daniel stands in his lot with all the righteous dead, that all their sins of ignorance may be blotted out before the resurrection.
“In regard to your question about Daniel's standing in his lot at the end of the days, I refer you to Bro. White's article on that point in the Review, Vol. IX, No. 13.
“Your last question under this head is this, "if the prophetic periods are all ended, in what time are we living now, and how long will it last?"
“Answer. The prophetic periods as you see are all ended, and we are now living in the day of atonement; the finishing, crowning work of God; being addressed by the third angel, declaring "here is the patience of the saints: here are they that keep the Commandments of God, and the Faith of Jesus." When this message closes the work is done. The mandate will then go forth, "He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: he which is righteous, let him be righteous still." We are also living in the Laodicean, the last state of the church, in imminent danger of being spued out of the Saviour's mouth, unless we hastily repent and seek a closer walk with God. We see therefore that it will take every moment of our time to get ready for the auspicious hour that is now dawning. Let us haste then and tarry not in all the plain. God, and Christ, and holy angels are urging us onward. Time was given in the first message. In this last message time is not given, but signs which are unmistakable, showing that we are in the closing scene.” Joseph Bates, Review and Herald, June 4, 1857 (Vol. 10, #5).
“The time times and an half or dividing of time, in Daniel vii and xii, or 1260 years commenced in A. D. 538, where Justinian made his head bishop the pope. These two periods added, ended 1798 when Berthier took away his dominion. This harmonized with the prophecy as saith Daniel vii,26, and xii,7. The 1290 of Daniel xii,11, Eld. H. (Joshua Himes) declared in the "Signs of the Times," commenced in A. D. 508, when Clovis, king of France, with a large army abolished the daily Pagan worship and set up in its place the Roman Catholic religion, or what Daniel calls the abomination that maketh desolate. The same as shown also in chapter xi,31. Then the 1290 were added to the 508 which also ended in 1798. Does not Daniel xii,11, say there are to be 1290 from the time the daily is taken away? Yes; then the foregoing addition is right, and there were no 30 years beyond 1798 to be added anywhere. In verse 12 a blessing is pronounced on those that come to the 1335 years from where the 1290 commence. Here then were 45 years to be added on where the 1290 ended, viz., in 1798; this brought us to 1843. How many times he made his opponents yield the point when he stated that the 70 weeks of Daniel ix, were the beginning of the 2300 years of Daniel viii,14, and that the 25th verse pointed to a commandment or decree that would go forth to begin those years, and how readily he pointed them to Ezra vii,1,7,13; ix,9, and showed them from thence, and from history that that decree went forth in 457 B. C., which number subtracted from 2300 would leave us in 1843 Roman time, 1844 Bible time. Then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.
“How like God and the Bible that looked and sounded then! Such harmony with the prophetic numbers made the world tremble. They ended with the mighty cry, "The hour of his judgment is come."” Joseph Bates, Review and Herald, August 7, 1860 (Vol. 16, #12)
“DEAR BRO. WHITE:- We are still among the accountable beings of the world. Shut in as we are, we are trying to live out the truth of the third angel's message. There are truly many trials connected with our daily endeavors to do good to those around us, in presenting the truth to those we hope to benefit. The Timeists are how coming along with additional folly to their theory. They are presenting to the public that the 1335 days end the 19th of next May, and that "Blessed are they that wait and come to that time; for Daniel is to stand in his lot at that time. They contend that the law was abolished at the crucifixion; that the commandments could not be kept as God gave them, therefore Christ nailed them to his cross, and therefore Christ says, A new commandment I give unto you, that you love one another. This course they have to pursue in order to get rid of the third angel's message.
“The angel said to John, If any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city. Rev.xxii,19. Now men have the power to resist the truth; but like Jannes and Jambres their folly shall be manifest unto all men, as theirs also was. We hope the truth will shortly begin to take effect here. We have done what we could in our unworthy way. There has been no meeting here since last October. We have been almost discouraged, but we have continued to cry to God for help. He is our only help: thanks be to his ever blessed name.” I.D. Cramer, Review and Herald, August 15, 1854 (Vol. 6, #1).
“The Advent chart of 1843, without doubt, was arranged in the order of God's counsel; but perfection of knowledge in understanding all parts of the inspired volume had not then been attained; knowledge is still increasing. It is evident that God saw fit to suffer a mistake in some of the figures on the '43 chart, but for wise purposes hid that mistake until the proper time arrived for the mistake to be developed.
“There was no mistake in the figures given on the chart for the beginning of the 2300 days, there must also of necessity be, and there was, a harmony of the dates of the 1260, the 1290, and the 1335 days with that of the 2300 days. These then were all correct. True there was a mistake in the minds or faith and teaching of Advent believers in dating the commencement of the 2300 days from the first month of 457 B. C., but this mistake was not on the chart. 457 is the true year from which to reckon the 2300 days: 457 and 1843 full years added together make just 2300 full years; hence there was no mistake on the chart in all these figures. And as I understand the time which the angel of Rev.x,5,6, swore should be no longer, included all prophetic time, and that that testimony given, and that most solemn oath was fulfilled in the time of the tenth of the seventh month move 1844, hence I believe that all of the prophetic periods were then ended, and none of them can be extended beyond that point.” Hiram Edson, Review and Herald, January 10, 1856 (Vol. 7, #15).
“Reformation has succeeded reformation, during the 45 years waiting time between the 1290 and the 1335 years. Just call to mind the wonderful outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and the almost unparalleled reformations that swept over the land in the closing scenes of the 1335 days, while the first angel of Rev.xiv,6,7, was giving his message with a loud voice, which contained the healing balm that was capable of healing the breach and confusion of divisions and subdivisions among Protestant religionists; for it did heal all that embraced and lived out its holy truths, and united them in one body. But this healing balm, was by the great body of Protestants rejected, and they were not healed. The 1335 days ended in 1844, and O how sad the change which then came over the great body of Protestant religionists, themselves being judges. Hiram Edson, Review and Herald, January 17, 1857 (Vol. 7, #16).
“Again: it was said to Daniel that he should "rest and stand in his lot at the end of the days," or prophetic periods. I can find none that extend beyond 1844. The periods of 1290 and 1335 days commence at the downfall of Paganism, 508: adding the 1290 years, they carry us to 1798, and 1335 full years would carry us to 1844, the last period. I know of no period that can be so reckoned as to come this side of 1844; so that the time Daniel was to stand in his lot at the end of the days was 1844. The word which is rendered lot, does not signify his redeemed state, but, chance. Daniel should stand his chance. Why? Because his sins had been confessed, and on the day of atonement those sins which have been confessed are opened before-hand to judgment.” J.N. Loughborough, Review and Herald, February 14, 1854 (vol. 5, #4).
“The events which took place in the year 1798, are strong evidence that my calculations of these numbers are correct. Papacy then lost the power to punish heretics with death, and to reign over the kings of the earth. All must agree that Papacy has no temporal power over any kingdom, except the little kingdom of Italy, one of the horns of which the ten are composed. It is very evident, too, that the church is not now in the wilderness, and the time, times and a half of the church in the wilderness were fulfilled when free toleration was given to all religions in Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, &c.; where Bonaparte obtained power and granted free toleration. Also, the two witnesses are not clothed in sackcloth, and the 1260 years are fulfilled. No one can doubt for a moment that the Bible was forbidden to the common people, and forbidden to be translated in any common language, after the orthodox put down the Arian heresy in Italy and the West, by Bellisarius, the general of Justinian's troops, sent into Africa and Italy for the express purpose of suppressing the Arian power, and giving the Church of Rome the pre-eminence over all schismatics. Then was the Bible taken from the common people, and remained in a sackcloth state from A.D. 538 until A.D. 1798, during 1260 years. Here we find the prophetic time of days fulfilled in years, by two ways more. And now it remains to show the end, by Dan.xii.11,12. "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be 1290 days." Paganism taken away A.D. 508; add 1290, makes 1798. "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the 1335 days: but go thou thy way until the end be, for thou shalt rest and stand in thy lot at the end of the days."
“When will the end of these days be? you may inquire. I answer, 1335 years from taking away the first abomination of the Roman kingdom, A.D. 508, to which add 1335 and it makes A.D. 1843, when Daniel will stand in his lot, and all who have waited for the Lord will be blessed.” William Miller, Millers Works, vol 1, “Views of the Prophecies and Prophetic Chronology”, p 50-51.
“From a farther study of the Scriptures, I concluded that the seven times of Gentile supremacy must commence when the Jews ceased to be an independent nation at the captivity of Manasseh, which the best chronologers assigned to B. C. 677; that the 2300 days commenced with the seventy weeks, which the best chronologers dated from B. C. 457; and that the 1335 days commencing with the taking away of the daily, and the setting up of the abomination that maketh desolate, Dan.xii.11, were to be dated from the setting up of the Papal supremacy, after the taking away of Pagan abominations, and which, according to the best historians I could consult, should be dated from about A. D. 508. Reckoning all these prophetic periods from the several dates assigned by the best chronologers for the events from which they should evidently be reckoned, they all would terminate together, about A. D. 1843.” William Miller, Mr. Miller’s Apology and Defence, “COMMENCEMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PROPHETIC PERIODS”, p 11.
“VERSE 11. And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away, and the abomination that maketh desolate set up, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days."
“We have here a new prophetic period introduced; namely, 1290 prophetic days, which would denote the same number of literal years. From the reading of the text, some have inferred (though the inference is not a necessary one) that this period begins with the setting up of the abomination of desolation, or the papal power, in 538, and consequently extends to 1828. But while we find nothing in the latter year to mark its termination, we do find evidence in the margin that it begins before the setting up of the papal abomination. The margin reads, "To set up the abomination," etc. With this reading the text would stand thus: "And from the time that the daily sacrifice shall be taken away to set up [or in order to set up] the abomination that maketh desolate, there shall be a thousand two hundred and ninety days." The daily has already been shown to be, not the daily sacrifice of the Jews, but the daily or continual abomination, that is, paganism. (See on chapter 8:13.) This had to be taken away to prepare the way for the papacy. For the historical events showing how this was accomplished in 508, see on chapter 11:31. We are not told directly to what event these 1290 days reach; but inasmuch as their commencement is marked by a work which takes place to prepare the way for the setting up of the papacy, it would be most natural to conclude that their end would be marked by the cessation of papal supremacy. Counting back, then, 1290 years from 1798, we have the year 508, where it has been shown that paganism was taken away, thirty years before the setting up of the papacy. This period is doubtless given to show the date of the taking away of the daily, and it is the only one which does this. The two periods, therefore, the 1290 and the 1260 days, terminate together in 1798, the one beginning in 538, and the other in 508, thirty years previous.
“VERSE 12. Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the thousand three hundred and five and thirty days. 13. But go thou thy way till the end be; for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days."
“Still another prophetic period is here introduced denoting 1335 years. The testimony concerning this period, like that which pertains to the 1290 years, is very meager. Can we tell when this period begins and ends? The only clue we have to the solution of this question, is the fact that it is spoken of in immediate connection with the 1290 years, which commenced, as shown above, in 508. From that point there shall be, says the prophet, 1290 days. And the very next sentence reads, "Blessed is he that waiteth, and cometh to the 1335 days." From what point? - From the same point, undoubtedly, as that from which the 1290 date; namely, 508. Unless they are to be reckoned from this point, it is impossible to locate them, and they must be excepted from the prophecy of Daniel when we apply to it the words of Christ, "Whoso readeth, let him understand." Matt.24:15. From this point they would extend to 1843; for 1335 added to 508 make 1843. Commencing in the spring of the former year, they ended in the spring of the latter.
“But how can it be that they have ended, it may be asked, since at the end of these days Daniel stands in his lot, which is by some supposed to refer to his resurrection from the dead? This question is founded on a misapprehension in two respects: First, that the days at the end of which Daniel stands in his lot are the 1335 days; and, secondly, that the standing of Daniel in his lot is his resurrection, which also cannot be sustained. The only thing promised at the end of the 1335 days is a blessing unto those who wait and come to that time; that is, those who are then living. What is this blessing? Looking at the year 1843, when these years expired, what do we behold? - We see a remarkable fulfilment of prophecy in the great proclamation of the second coming of Christ. Forty-five years before this, the time of the end commenced, the book was unsealed, and light began to increase. About the year 1843, there was a grand culmination of all the light that had been shed on prophetic subjects up to that time. The proclamation went forth in power. The new and stirring doctrine of the setting up of the kingdom of God, shook the world. New life was imparted to the true disciples of Christ. The unbelieving were condemned, the churches were tested, and a spirit of revival was awakened which has had no parallel since.
“Was this the blessing? Listen to the Saviour's words: "Blessed are your eyes," said he to his disciples, "for they see; and your ears, for they hear." Matt.13:16. And again he told his followers that prophets and kings had desired to see the things which they saw, and had not seen them. But "blessed," said he to them, "are the eyes which see the things that ye see." Luke10:23,24. If a new and glorious truth was a blessing in the days of Christ to those who received it, why was it not equally so in A.D.1843?” Uriah Smith, Daniel and Revelation, p 341-343.
"I have seen that the 1843 chart (which placed the 1335 days as ending in 1843) was directed by the hand of the Lord, and that it should not be altered; that the figures were as he wanted them; that His hand was over and hid a mistake in some of the figures, so that none could see it, until His hand was removed....Time has not been a test since 1844, and it will never again be a test." Early Writings, p 74-75.
"We told him [Brother H] of some of his errors in the past, that the 1335 days were ended, and numerous [other] errors of his." Manuscript Releases, vol 5, p 203 (Letter 28, November 7,1850: To "The Church in Brother Hastings' House").
“The day and hour of Christ's second coming are not revealed in the Scriptures. Neither is the year in which this glorious event is to take place pointed out. No one of the prophetic periods reaches to the second coming of Christ. The sanctuary is to be cleansed at the end of the 2300 days, and Daniel is to stand in his lot at at the end of the 1335 days. But that these events occur before the second appearing of Christ, is susceptible of the clearest proof. Both these prophetic periods terminated in 1844.” James White, The Second Coming of Christ, p 62.
“The view that the 1335 days extend to the resurrection we do not endorse. - ED. REVIEW.” James White, Review and Herald, January 31, 1856 (Vol. 7, #18).
“In the great day of atonement for the blotting out of the sins of all of every age, the cases of patriarchs and prophets, and sleeping saints of all past ages will come up in judgment, the books will be opened, and they will be judged according to the things written in the books. It is thus, at the end of the 1335 days, [Dan.xii,13,] that DANIEL STANDS IN HIS LOT.
“The first and second definitions of the word lot, as given by Webster, are, 1. "That which in human speech, is called chance, hazard, fortune, but, in strictness of language, is the determination of Providence; as, the land shall be divided by lot. 2. That by which the fate or portion of one is determined; that by which an event is committed to chance, that is, to the determination of Providence; as, to cast lots; to draw lots."
“By reference to the Englishman's Hebrew Concordance, we find that the Hebrew word from which lot in Dan.xii,13 is translated, is "goh-rakl" This word occurs, and is translated lot, seventy-five times in the Old Testament, besides Dan.xii,13. That the reader may be able to determine the signification of the word, we will give the seventy-six instances of its use.
“Lev.xvi,8. Aaron shall cast lots. One lot for the Lord, and the other lot for the scape-goat.
“9. upon which the Lord's lot fell.
“10. on which the lot fell.
“Num.xxvi.55. the land shall be divided by lot.
“56. according to the lot shall the possession of the land be divided. See also Num.xxxiii,54; xxxiv,13; xxxvi,2,3; Josh.xiv,2; xv,1; xvi,1; xvii,1,14,17; xviii,6, 8, 10, 11; xix,1, 10, 17, 24, 32, 40, 51; xxi,4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 20, 40; Jud.i,3; xx,9; 1Chron.vi,54, 61, 63, 65; xxiv,5, 7, 31; xxv,8, 9; xxvi,13, 14; Neh.x,34; xi,1; Est.iii,7; ix,24; Ps.xvi,5; xxii,18; cxxv,3; Prov.i,14; xvi,33; xviii,18; Isa.xvii,14; xxxiv,17; lvii,6; Jer.xii,25; Eze.xxiv,6; Dan.xii,13; Joel iii,3; Obad. 11; Jonah i,7; Micah ii,5; Nah.iii,10.
“There is another word [gheh-vel] which is translated "region," "country," "lot of inheritance," &c., as in Deut.iii,4, 13, 14; xxxii,9; Josh.xvii,5, 14; xix,9, 29.
“It will now be seen that Daniel does not stand in the "lot of his inheritance," as it has been expressed, at the end of the 1335 days, but he stands in his lot in the decisions of the judgment of the righteous dead.
“When did those days end? Evidences are conclusive that the 1335 days ended with the 2300, with the Midnight Cry in 1844. Then the angel [Rev.x,1-6] swore that time should be no longer. Time here cannot mean duration, as measured in months and years, for 1000 years are measured after this; but it must refer to prophetic time, which was the burden of the angel's message. As Daniel was to stand in his lot at the end of the days, we must conclude that the judgment of the righteous dead commenced at that time, and has been progressing more than twelve years.
“When will the cases of the living saints pass in review in the investigative judgment of the house of God? This is a question worthy the candid and most solemn consideration of all who have a case pending in the court of heaven, and hope to overcome. In the order of heaven, we must look for their judgment to follow that of the dead, and to occur near the close of their probation.” James White, Review and Herald, January 29, 1857 (Vol. 9, #13)
“[To Correspondent.] H. C. Crumb. We do not know of any other date that can be assigned for the commencement of the 1290 years but 508 where the Abomination of Desolation was "set up." Thirty years later, A. D. 538, the saints, times and laws, were given into his hands, which marks the commencement of the 1290 years. The two periods end together in 1798. The 1335 years evidently commence at the same time with the 1290. No prophetic period can extend beyond 1844, if the first angel's message be correct; for he solemnly swears that time (and he must have exclusive reference to prophetic time) shall be no longer.” James White, Review and Herald, October 27, 1859 (Vol. 14, #23).
THE WORLD AGAINST GOD'S PEOPLE
The dragon was wroth with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. Rev. 12:17.
Our people have been regarded as too insignificant to be worthy of notice, but a change will come. The Christian world is now making movements which will necessarily bring commandment-keeping people into prominence. {Mar 217.1}
The whole world is to be stirred with enmity against Seventh-day Adventists, because they will not yield homage to the papacy, by honoring Sunday, the institution of this antichristian power. It is the purpose of Satan to cause them to be blotted from the earth, in order that his supremacy of the world may not be disputed. {Mar 217.2}
Every position of truth taken by our people will bear the criticism of the greatest minds; the highest of the world's great men will be brought in contact with truth, and therefore every position we take should be critically examined and tested by the Scriptures. Now we seem to be unnoticed, but this will not always be. Movements are at work to bring us to the front, and if our theories of truth can be picked to pieces by historians or the world's greatest men, it will be done. {Mar 217.3}
We must individually know for ourselves what is truth, and be prepared to give a reason of the hope that we have with meekness and fear, not in a proud, boasting, self-sufficiency, but with the spirit of Christ. We are nearing the time when we shall stand individually alone to answer for our belief. {Mar 217.4}
We shall be attacked on every point; we shall be tried to the utmost. We do not want to hold our faith simply because it was handed down to us by our fathers. Such a faith will not stand the terrible test that is before us. We want to know why we are Seventh-day Adventists, what real reason we have for coming out from the world as a separate and distinct people. . . . {Mar 217.5}
The powers of darkness will open their batteries upon us; and all who are indifferent and careless, who have set their affections on their earthly treasure, and who have not cared to understand God's dealings with His people, will be ready victims. No power but a knowledge of the truth as it is in Jesus, will ever make us steadfast; but with this, one may chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight. {Mar 217.6}
Maranatha, Ellen G. White, Page 217.
NATIONAL RUIN FOLLOWS NATIONAL APOSTASY
National Ruin Follows National Apostasy
The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant. Isa. 24:5.
The people of the United States have been a favored people; but when they restrict religious liberty, surrender Protestantism, and give countenance to popery, the measure of their guilt will be full, and "national apostasy" will be registered in the books of heaven. The result of this apostasy will be national ruin. {Mar 216.1}
By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy in violation of the law of God, our nation will disconnect herself fully from righteousness. When Protestantism shall stretch her hand across the gulf to grasp the hand of the Roman power, when she shall reach over the abyss to clasp hands with spiritualism, when, under the influence of this threefold union, our country shall repudiate every principle of its Constitution as a Protestant and republican government, and shall make provision for the propagation of papal falsehoods and delusions, then we may know that the time has come for the marvelous working of Satan and that the end is near. {Mar 216.2}
Through spiritualism, Satan appears as a benefactor of the race, healing the diseases of the people, and professing to present a new and more exalted system of religious faith; but at the same time he works as a destroyer. . . . {Mar 216.3}
While appearing to the children of men as a great physician who can heal all their maladies, he will bring disease and disaster, until populous cities are reduced to ruin and desolation. . . . {Mar 216.4}
And then the great deceiver will persuade men that those who serve God are causing these evils. {Mar 216.5}
As men depart further and further from God, Satan is permitted to have power over the children of disobedience. He hurls destruction among men. There is calamity by land and sea. Property and life are destroyed by fire and flood. Satan resolves to charge this upon those who refuse to bow to the idol which he has set up. His agents point to Seventh-day Adventists as the cause of the trouble. "These people stand out in defiance of law," they say. "They desecrate Sunday. Were they compelled to obey the law for Sunday observance, there would be a cessation of these terrible judgments." {Mar 216.6}
PSALM 24
Psalm 24
1The earth is the LORD's, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
2For he hath founded it upon the seas, and established it upon the floods.
3Who shall ascend into the hill of the LORD? or who shall stand in his holy place?
4He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
5He shall receive the blessing from the LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
6This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face, O Jacob. Selah.
7Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
8Who is this King of glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle.
9Lift up your heads, O ye gates; even lift them up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.
10Who is this King of glory? The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
JESUS LOVES ME
JESUS LOVES ME
Jesus loves me! This I know,
For the Bible tells me so.
Little ones to Him belong;
They are weak, but He is strong.
Refrain
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
Yes, Jesus loves me!
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me! This I know,
As He loved so long ago,
Taking children on His knee,
Saying, “Let them come to Me.”
Refrain
Jesus loves me still today,
Walking with me on my way,
Wanting as a friend to give
Light and love to all who live.
Refrain
Jesus loves me! He who died
Heaven’s gate to open wide;
He will wash away my sin,
Let His little child come in.
Refrain
Jesus loves me! He will stay
Close beside me all the way;
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.
Refrain
This stanza from the original is commonly omitted in hymnals:
Jesus loves me! Loves me still,
Though I’m very weak and ill,
That I might from sin be free
Bled and died upon the tree.
Words: Stanza 1,
Anna B. Warner, 1860. Stanzas 2-3, David Rutherford McGuire. This hymn first appeared in the novel Say and Seal, by Warner’s sister Susan; she wanted a song for a Sunday School teacher to sing to a dying boy, and asked Anna to write it.
Music:
William B. Bradbury, 1862
(MIDI, score).
The Rev. Dr. Jacob Chamberlain, who for many years has been working among the Hindus, writes as follows regarding this hymn, long one of the most popular children’s songs in the world: “Many years ago I translated into Telegu the children’s hymn, ‘Jesus loves me’ and taught it to the children of our day-school. Scarcely a week later, as I was going through the narrow streets of the native town on horseback, I heard singing that sounded natural, down a side street. I stopped to listen, cautiously drawing up to the corner, where unobserved I could look down the street and see and hear. And there was a little heathen boy, with heathen men and women standing around him, singing away at the top of his voice: ‘Jesus loves me this I know…’
As he completed the verse some one asked the question: ‘Sonny, where did you learn that song?’ ‘Over at the Missionary School,’ was the answer. ‘Who is that Jesus, and what is the Bible?’ ‘Oh! the Bible is the book from God, they say, to teach us how to get to heaven, and Jesus is the name of the divine Redeemer that came into the world to save us from our sins; that is what the missionaries say.’ ‘Well, the song is a nice one. Come, sing us some more.’ And so the little boy went on—a heathen himself, and singing to the heathen—about Jesus and his love. ‘That is preaching the Gospel by proxy,’ I said to myself, as I turned my pony and rode away, well satisfied to leave my little proxy to tell his interested audience all he himself knew, and sing to them over and over that sweet song of salvation.”
Sankey, pp. 179-80
In 1891, when my grandfather, Rev. Harutune S. Jenanyan, took his wife and little daughter on a perilous and dangerous missionary journey from Tarsus, Asia Minor, the city of St. Paul, to Sivas in Armenia, they travelled on horse-back through robber-infested country for fourteen days. Two of the leading robber chiefs on that territory were Chollo, whose “name cast terror on every side” since he had successfully evaded pursuing Government forces for many months, and Kara Agha, a famous Koorish chief, whose name caused even the fearsome Chollo to tremble. Harutune took his small party directly into the heart of Kara Agha’s country, telling those he met enroute that he was going to be Agha’s guest in his own village. When they reached the brigand’s head-quarters, the missionary asked that they be received as guests for the night. The surprised robber chief gave them accommodations, entertaining Harutune in his own spacious tent while his wife, Helene, and their little daughter, Grace were cared for in another tent by the women of the village. The next morning, before taking their leave, the missionary asked for permission to read a portion of the Holy Scripture, and then offered a prayer. Seeing that the chief was somewhat affected, he then said, “Do you wish to have the little child sing for you?” The chief replied, “Oh yes; can she?” Then little Grace, only three-and-a-half years old, came forward and stood before the tall old man and sang two songs she had recently learned in the Sunday School in Tarsus, singing them in the native tongue, “Jesus loves me, this I know” and “I want to be an angel”. The chief was so deeply touched, that he sent his own son, Bekkeer Agha, mounted on a handsome Arabian steed, to lead the small missionary party through the rest of his territory.
Emurian, p. 61
JESUS LIEBT MICH GANZ GEWISS
Jesus liebt mich, ganz gewiss
Denn die Bibel sagt mir dies,
Alle Kinder schwach und klein,
Lad’t Er herzlich zu sich ein.
Ja, Jesus liebt mich,
Ja, Jesus liebt mich,
Ja, Jesus liebt mich,
Die Bibel sagt mir dies.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
RON PAUL, NOTHING BUT NET.
Thursday, October 11
Ron Paul; nothing but net.
He won the Michigan debate with numbers of 70 to 80% according to the CNBC poll; so they took the poll off the site. He wins everywhere and he has won everywhere and the money is pouring in. Dr. Paul, barring some- “wink, wink, nod, nod” event is going to be a real factor in the election. Ron Paul looks like he might win.
There are a very few other honest candidates; relatively honest candidates (in my opinion)- Kucinich, Gravel and possibly John Edwards; candidates who would certainly be better than anything we have had to work with for awhile.
Al Gore could have well been one of the best presidents America had but he got gang-raped and neutered by a nasty band of thugs who knew that the whole country was ripe for the same thing. It was an orgy of excess and abuse. They stole everything that wasn’t nailed down and then they sent out for crowbars.
John Kerry was a stalking horse who never intended to win. What they promised or threatened him with we will probably never know but we can take it prima facie that that is what happened.
So far the media has been content to not mention the truth about the numbers and just ignore Ron Paul. Other times they just make up their own numbers and the people nod their heads and migrate for the icebox. If people don’t hear about him then he probably isn’t there. The debate moderators are content to smirk into their sleeves and play chutes and ladders with the process.
The commentators don’t mention him and when they do it’s with a mocking, ‘he can’t win’ contempt. The entire mainstream media is all of a piece, owned and manipulated by a small cabal of neo-con imperialists, centered in Tel Aviv, London and Washington D.C.
At certain periods of history these same slithering reptiles appear again and again. They materialize in periods of confusion and uncertainty and they warp the mass understanding with a calculated series of events that herd the bi-pedal livestock along pre-determined routes. First they stoke their fear, then they grab their minds and their hearts and asses follow.
Whether it’s the sinking of a battleship, a Reichstag Fire or a 9/11- 7/7 series of false flag actions, they manage to facilitate the will of the bankers and fill the coffers with booty while the public is shaking their own.
You would think that people would catch on after awhile. For some reason this formula always works. It’s probably because most people just aren’t very bright. Those that are can be had through intimidation or a piece of the action.
Yes, this Ron Paul is a problem. He is catching the heart of the people and they are responding. Every public poll you see, whether it’s on MSNBC or CNN invariably shows Ron Paul with a massive volume of support. FoxNews says that a small handful of Ron Paul supporters are manipulating the data. A cursory look at the potential for this proves it is a lie and begs the question that if it is possible to do… then… why aren’t all of the other candidates doing the same thing?
There’s no difference between Hillary Clinton and George W. Bush. Her vote on the Lieberman/Kyl bill showed that. Her snuggling with Rupert Murdoch in the cloakroom tells us even more. I used to defend her. I used to hope for something from her. She sold her soul for the wrong kind of power. The same people that own Bush own her.
Obama is a callow poster boy for glamour over substance and the rest of the field doesn’t warrant an opinion.
I do not agree with Ron Paul on all of his positions. However, I am a utopian in a world that will never see it and my views on how things should be and what the right course ought to be are not important. I don’t represent the general views of the American people in any identifiable way. I’m not even an American anymore, if I ever was.
America seems to be blessed with a mysterious protection that brims forth in dark hours. All along the course of America’s short journey to the top of the heap she has been the beneficiary of some serendipity of the right people showing up at the right time. Even with all of the ugliness in her history and the continuous effort to control her for all the wrong reasons she seems to have always found her way forward. I begin to wonder if Ron Paul is not another expression of that.
I don’t know Ron Paul and I don’t trust politicians. Politicians can be expected to behave as long as the constitution is strong and a solid balance of power exists; as long as there is an informed public. I don’t know what Ron Paul plans to do about the pernicious influence of Israel upon American domestic and foreign policy. The biggest problem in the world today is Israel and unless they are brought to heel there is no telling where events may lead.
What I do know is that Ron Paul is most often captured telling the truth. Nothing is more undesirable for the present rise of fascism than truth-tellers. It is far more undesirable that they would seek the highest office in the land. Out of the blue here comes Ron Paul and there is no doubt that he has captured the popular imagination. It will be interesting to see what the criminals who are presently in control are intending to do about him.
Ron Paul appeals across the board to a very wide spectrum of the population. He has managed to position himself on every issue in a way that makes a strong connection with large blocks of voters. He is one scary guy and that’s a very good thing.
These times in which we are living appear like a drunk lurching down the sidewalk. There is no vision and there is no room for honest speech and action. The police are behaving like private contractors. The people have lost their own integrity and replaced it with empty rituals of obeisance to a corporation Jesus or they wander in the flesh-pits of instant gratification. Their leaders are hollow vessels filled with sound-bites and false promises. Ron Paul can only be a good thing by comparison.
Until now there has been nothing that has stoked the fires of possibility with the same power. Most of the people know that 9/11 didn’t happen the way they said it did but that hasn’t come to much. Most of the people want out of Iraq and know that lies led you into it but that hasn’t come to much. Most of the people know that Bush and his handlers are criminals but that hasn’t come to much. Most of the people voted in a new congress that had assured them they would make the necessary changes and that has come to nothing.
Nothing is going to happen until you have the sense to support and vote for honest men and women because nothing can change until there are people in a position to change things. Given what we’ve seen of the swine at the helm I would say that Ron Paul could be in a lot of danger. But maybe, as I said, this is another one of those times where America is the beneficiary of some mysterious force. If that is the case then, America- you have my congratulations. If not, you have my deepest sympathy from a distance.
My Pickup Truck is Pregnant http://tinyurl.com/2mazaj
Source: http://smokingmirrors.blogspot.com/2007/10/ron-paul-nothing-but-net.html
UNDERGROUND BASES AND TUNNELS
Underground Bases and Tunnels
There are dozens of underground bases and tunnels in the United States with access given only to a select list of the elite. In this section, documented information on numerous proven bases and tunnels will be presented, along with information regarding the Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) which have created these elaborate underground fortresses. Most of the documented tunnels and bases are decades old, leading many to speculate on current projects.
The magnitude of constructing such facilities is done largely in secret by the Army Corp of Engineers with an unlimited budget and workforce. With information public about the numerous base and tunnel locations in the country, it is assumed that modern tunnels and bases exceed the imagination in their sophistication. Tunnels which dig miles into the earth, and travel for thousands of miles in length under the Earth’s surface, are most likely a reality kept very secret.
It can be reasonably assumed that Mt. Weather, Mt. Cheyenne, and other popular bases are no more than a diversion for other deeper and more secret bases, or access points to tunnels leading to deeper locations. With Mt. Weather built in the 1950s, we can only begin to imagine what luxuries the secret cities contain today.
It can also be reasonably assumed, as much circum-stantial evidence points, that there are numerous underground cities. They may have elaborate tunnels, reaching thousands of miles in length deep underground, spanning the country, if not the globe.
Mount Weather
A 1991 article in Time Magazine titled Doomsday Hideaway, described Mount Weather in detail.(#74) Designed to survive the unthinkable and completed in 1958, Mount Weather is operated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (See FEMA) At the time of the article, in FEMA’s international telephone directory, Mount Weather was referred to simply as SF, for Special Facility and on Loudoun County’s tax map covering 434 acres, the property was designated “United States of America.”
The facilities are elaborate, with an on-site sewage-treatment plant with a 90,000 gallon-a-day capacity, and two tanks holding 250,000 gallons of water which could last 200 people more than a month. There are also several underground ponds that were carved from solid rock, some of which are approximately 10 feet deep and 200 feet across. Outside of the entry gate is a control tower and a helicopter landing pad.
In the early 1900s the site was a National Weather Bureau facility where weather balloons were sent up to monitor the Earth’s weather conditions. In 1936 the U.S. Bureau of Mines began to dig an experimental mine into the mountain 250 to 300 ft. below the surface. The tunnel extended a quarter-mile and measured 7 ft. wide by 6 ½ ft. high, and would later be expanded into an underground complex of offices and living quarters.
It was built primarily in response to the Soviet Union’s test of an atomic bomb in 1949, and in the 1950s provisions were made to protect the country’s leaders from a nuclear attack. Due to the rock structure, the government believed it would make an ideal bunker. In 1954 a massive expansion of the mine began to create the most secure shelter and command post that scientific and military minds of the time could imagine.
F. Fowler was foreman of one of the three 40-man shifts and he reported, “That was some rough, tough, dirty work,” he recalls. Between 1953 and 1969, Fowler witnessed the construction of the most elaborate feats of engineering in history. In the tunnels was a cold damp environment of 52 degrees. The Bureau of Mines started the project and the Army Corps of Engineers took it over and finished it. “It was amazing the way they could drive a straight line through solid rock.” In the following months, inside the mountain, the tunnel was expanded into a self sustaining underground complex.
Sleeping quarters were set up to accommodate hundreds of government officials. “Diesel engines were installed to generate electricity in an underground utility plant called the power chamber. Refrigerators were brought in for food storage. A cafeteria became part of the complex, as well as a hospital.”(#75) Because the country’s Emergency Broadcasting System could be obliterated in a nuclear strike, a radio-and-television studio was included so that the president or other key officials could address the nation, providing people with emergency instructions and telling them that at least some units of government were intact and carrying on.
Underground complexes can be sealed to prevent contamination from radiation or other massive attacks. A so-called guillotine gate is used, consisting of a 5 foot thick solid steel door that is 10 feet high and 20 ft. across. The door rests on wheels and can be opened and closed electronically.
Mt. Weather reportedly has more than 240 people who work at the site; some are second generation employees, and most are unwilling to speak about the facility, having been sworn to secrecy. The complex is also home to the National Emergency Coordination Center, which monitors disasters worldwide, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, or a nuclear at-tack.
Tens of millions of dollars have been spent on maintaining and upgrading the Mt. Weather complex as the threat of a nuclear holocaust increases. The man in charge of Mount Weather since 1968 is Bernard “Bud” Gallagher, a former Air Force bomber pilot who was shot down over Denmark and held captive by Germany’s Gestapo during World War II.
Directions to Mount Weather
48 air miles from Washington in Virginia
Go on County Route 601
Past Heart Trouble Lane
Past flashing yellow light and 10 m.p.h. sign
Around corner
Surrounded by 10 ft. high barbed wire fence 6 strands
Armed guards patrol perimeter
Warning signs forbid drawing diagrams or sketches
More Construction
In 1949 the Air Force started digging in the foothills of the Manzano Mountains near Albuquerque New Mexico. A miner reported to Richard Sauder, Ph.D., author of Under Ground Bases and Tunnels (1995) that the facility was used as a nuclear weapons plant upon it’s completion.
In 1989 U.S. News & World Report ran an article that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) had approximately 50 different underground command posts in the country. In 1992 the Air Force completed construction of another underground facility near the Manzano Base. (Sauder, Richard - Underground Bases and Tunnels p. 43)
These kinds of bases could be almost anywhere. They could be under a military base, under prominent government buildings, under major hotels, and even in small towns or on national parks, and most likely are.
Known Locations
Site R (Raven Rock or the Richie Facility) The “Underground Pentagon” is located in the hills of southern Pennsylvania near the town of Blue Ridge Summit. 265,000 square foot facility contains five buildings and is staffed by several hundred people. Contains: Barbershop, dining facilities, exercise equipment and millions of gallons of water in a reservoir. Rumors persist that Site R is connected to Camp David by an underground tunnel.
The White House, Washington D.C. There is a large bunker under the basement of the White House which reportedly dates back to the Eisenhower administration.
Kaneohe, Hawaii. Underground base connected with U.S. Pacific Fleet operations.
Omaha, Nebraska. Offutt Air force Base is underground command post for the Strategic Air Command.
Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) 4.5 acres and contains 15 buildings. Operational since 1966. Jointly staffed by Canadian and American military personnel. Monitors all space traffic, missile launches, submarine movements, and is Warning Center for FEMA.
Ontario, Canada. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) 200 miles north of Toronto. Jointly staffed by Canadians and Americans. Operational since 1963. 142,000 sq feet of floor space filled with offices and equipment. Kitchen and dining facilities that can accommodate 400 people. Hospital, infirmary, showers.
Bluemont, Virginia. Mount Weather in northern Virginia. Hub of FEMA.
Culpeper, Virginia. Mount Pony. Off of Rt. 3 in northern part of state. 140,000 sq feet. Several facilities exist in the “Federal Arc” area. The Federal Reserve monitors all major financial transactions in the U.S. from this location using an electrical system called the “Fed Wire”
West Virginia, White Sulphur Springs. The Greenbriar Hotel Located approximately 250 miles southwest of Washington D.C. in the Allegheny Mountains. Large enough to house 800 people. Also has a crematorium for getting rid of the bodies of people who may die inside.
Onley, Maryland. FEMA facility off Rt. 108, between Olney and Laytonsville, MD.
Fort Meade, Maryland. National Security Agency NSA headquarters. It is said that there are more than ten acres of underground computer systems located here. This system could be a part of Echelon (See Echelon)
Camp David, Maryland. Underground base at presidential retreat.
Amherst, Massachusetts In 1992 a decommissioned Strategic Air Command bunker in Amherst Massachusetts was put up for sale. The facility is three stories high and 44,000 square feet. The asking price was $ 250,000.
Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs)
Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs) are mechanical boring machines which can bore a hole up to 35 feet in diameter into solid rock. The head of such machines are covered with numerous cutting blades, and the front unit of the machine spins around, grinding and chipping stone away where the small pieces are then taken away by a conveyor belt system.
TBMs can be 100 feet long or more and tower over the workers below. These machines have been used to create highways and subways for decades by creating passages through mountainous terrain.
There are numerous companies who manufacture such machines. One leading manufacture of TBMs is the Robbins Company of Kent, Washington. A United States Patent was issued on September 26, 1972 for a nuclear powered tun-neling machine for the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission.
The design would allow the device to melt stone as it bores a tunnel, leaving behind a smooth lining for the tunnel. It is not known if such devices have actually been built, as of 2005, but their existence is most likely a reality.
Resist Exclusion to the Underground Cities
We must maintain awareness of the locations of these bases and entrances to the tunnels. It is important with the building threat of nuclear war, that members of The Re-sistance know where access points are to this vast cavernous system of bunkers and cities. With the probability of nuclear TBMs creating tunnels, the network of tunnels and bases most likely spans the country, if not the globe.
In the event of a nuclear emergency, and numerous officials are evacuated to these tunnels, then The Resistance must also flood to the entrances to gain shelter. Our tax dollars paid for these creations, and the government is supposed to protect the interests of the people, therefore it is our right as American citizens to have free access to the under ground cities. Power to The Resistance!
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Published on: 2005-07-21
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...LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY
Al-Qaeda: Sort of Like the Energizer Bunny
For those of you slipping back into normalcy, no longer particularly bothered by “al-Qaeda” or the interminable GWOT, along comes another White House report on national security. “We also must never lose sight of al-Qaeda’s persistent desire for weapons of mass destruction, as the group continues to try to acquire and use chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear material,” the neocons claim, hardly coincidentally at the same time they have “called anew on the Democratic-led Congress to expand the power of US intelligence agencies to eavesdrop on suspected terrorists ‘while protecting the civil liberties of Americans,” that last part added as an obligatory calmative, as anybody even halfway acquainted with the Bill of Rights understands full well that eavesdropping, especially in high-tech NSA vacuum cleaner fashion, is a full court press against the Constitution.
Source: http://adereview.com/blog/
'WAR OF THE WORLDS' REVIVED
By DOUG GROSS – 6 hours ago
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A "meteorite" has slammed into the ground near Georgia's Fort Yargo State Park.
A public radio station in the nearby college town of Athens interrupts a variety show to report the freak event and announce that a reporter is on his way to the scene.
Then, all hell breaks loose. A creature climbs from the crater, sparking fears of a bizarre terrorist attack or renewed hostility from Russia. Then the truth becomes clear: Thousands of similar scenes are unfolding around the world, part of an attack from "out there."
That story will air Saturday on a live Georgia radio and Internet broadcast, as University of Georgia theater students slam lead pipes into watermelons, scrape hairbrushes across cookie sheets and otherwise provide the sound effects for a modern version of Orson Welles' famous 1938 broadcast of "The War of the Worlds."
The troupe will perform the radio play on stage before a live audience at the university's Classic Center. At the same time, the show will be broadcast on WUGA-FM, the local Georgia Public Broadcasting affiliate, and on the Internet — giving the live audience and broadcast audience two unique ways to enjoy the show.
"We get to see the knife going into a watermelon," said Amy Roeder, a graduate student in acting who voices four characters in the show. "They get to hear an alien leg skewering a body."
The refurbished script is the work of UGA theater and film professor John Kundert-Gibbs. He originally signed on to direct a radio production of Welles' original script, but discovered the original broadcast was only 45 minutes long and full of dated material he felt wouldn't play well with the audiences of today.
"We needed to have a version of this that speaks to a modern audience," said Kundert-Gibbs, who began rewriting and extending the original script in May.
During a recent rehearsal, actors scrambled from microphone to microphone, sometimes providing the voices of more than one character in the same scene. To represent callers being interviewed on a radio broadcast, actors stuck their mouths inside cracker boxes and spoke into standup mics.
Sound effects technicians — onstage alongside the actors — slammed brooms into pillows for fight scene noises and dragged a school desk across the stage to represent tanks and military trucks rumbling into position.
"It works remarkably well, but it looks ridiculous," Kundert-Gibbs said.
The radio play was adapted from science fiction writer H.G. Wells' 1898 novel. Over the years, there have been multiple versions — from a 1953 movie to a 1988 PBS broadcast on the 50th anniversary of Welles' Mercury Theater production to a special effects-laden 2005 movie starring Tom Cruise.
The original radio broadcast famously sparked panic across the United States, as listeners who missed a warning that the program was fiction mistook it for actual news. The Atlanta Constitution reported "consternation, stark fear, indignation, the gamut of emotions" from citizens who jammed the paper's switchboard trying to verify the report. The paper said one woman ran onto her lawn and organized neighbors in a prayer vigil, and a man "tore loose surgical stitches when he jumped from the bed."
Kundert-Gibbs and his cast say they doubt a contemporary audience could be similarly fooled. For one thing, Federal Communications Commission rules will now require them to announce every 15 minutes that the production is not a real newscast.
And they say that with television, the Internet, e-mail and text messaging having joined radio as major sources of news, it would be hard for people to pin too much faith on a single radio broadcast.
"Back then, everybody sat around listening to the radio every night," said Brandon Wentz, another graduate student who acts in the show. "Now, anyone who's listening to the program is probably tuned in specifically to hear it."
Still, they say, under the right circumstances, the broadcast could be jarring to some listeners.
Just as the 1898 novel addressed England's fading role as a superpower and the 1938 broadcast played on uneasiness as Adolf Hitler revved up Germany for World War II, Kundert-Gibbs' script evokes fears of a terrorist strike — complete with an Office of Homeland Security official suggesting "elements wishing to destabilize our country and the forces of democracy" could be to blame.
"I think the skepticism level would have been much higher pre-Sept. 11," Roeder said. "But we're so fearful as a nation, I think we're willing to believe anything bad could happen."
- Listen to "The War of the Worlds" at 8 p.m. Saturday,: http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.wuga.org/listen_online.html&usg=AFQjCNErUD1lO_QS764Cm7gb82oXN7ksNQ
Source: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hH4aZ2Gg41Z8YrJ4qIWxRyzDmsmgD8S77P1O0
