The Bush Administration’s Efforts to Cover Up the North American Union Myths, Facts -- Truth
September 20, 2006
By Tom DeWeese
"Conspiracy theories." "Fringe nuts." "Lies." "Myths." These are the words being used by officials of the Bush Administration and others to brand those who have reported on the activities of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP), currently operating out of the U.S. Department of Commerce. Opponents have charged the SPP will result in the establishment of a North American Union, much on the same lines as the European Union.
In response to its critics, the SPP has added a "SPP Myths Vs Facts" section to its website at www.SPP.gov. According to the "Myths Vs Facts" document the SPP is simply a "dialog" among the three countries to "enhance prosperity." It goes on to say the SPP is not an agreement, nor is it a treaty. It says "no agreement was ever signed."
The truth is, on March 23, 2005, President Bush met at his ranch in Crawford, Texas with Vicente Fox and Paul Martin (then PM of Canada) in what they called a Summit. The three heads of state then drove to Baylor University in Waco, where they issued a press release announcing their signing of an agreement to form the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP).
This year, on March 31, 2006, Bush. Fox and new Canadian PM, Stephen Harper met in Cancun, Mexico. This time their press release celebrated what they called the first anniversary of the SPP.
The use of the word "dialog" is a carefully selected euphemism designed to make the SPP sound like an innocent discussion among friends. To admit that it is anything more would force the government to provide Constitutional justification for its actions.
Moreover, the SPP says it won’t change our court system or legislative process and that it respects the sovereignty of each nation. And, says the SPP Myths and Facts document, it strongly rejects the idea that it is creating a European Union-like structure.
That defense is almost laughable in light of the massive activity taking place in the SPP office located in the Commerce Department.
First one must know that the European Union was also originally sold to the nations on the European continent as simply a trade and security framework. The idea, said proponents, was to create an economic structure to allow a combined European economy to compete with the United States and other economic powerhouses. Only a few years later nations were told they needed a common currency to provide seamless trade. At the same time, the working groups organizing the EU policy began to morph into what today has become a European Union parliament, which now is working to create a means of taxation, regulation of commerce and a court system.
Now, in offices buried in the bureaucratic structures of the United States, Canada and Mexico, twenty "working groups" are hard at work writing policy initiatives for the SPP, covering a wide range of issues including, the manufacture and movement of goods across the borders of the three North American nations: creating a common energy policy and common environmental regulations over the three nations; regulating E-commerce and information communications and technologies; establishing financial services, including loan policy and foreign aid policy; overseeing business facilitation, creating the rules under which businesses will operate in the three nations; establishing food and agriculture policy; and overseeing transportation and health policy.
These policy directives will infringe on every aspect of our lives. Can anyone seriously accept the Administration’s explanation that nothing really important is going on here? That this is only a friendly discussion taking place? That nothing will change in the way our government operates? If that were so, then why are we doing it? Why are so much time, money and energy being taken up in an effort that means nothing? The answer, of course, is that lots is going on.
It’s no accident that the SPP is working out of the NAFTA office of the Department of Commerce. The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was the precursor to the Security and Prosperity Partnership. According to investigative journalist, Jerome Corsi, a key part of the SPP plan is to expand the NAFTA tribunals into a North American Union court system.
Under Chapter 11 of the NAFTA Agreement, a tribunal conducts a behind closed-doors "trial" to decide the cases dealing with how state and federal laws may damage NAFTA business. If NAFTA investors believe state or federal laws damage their NAFTA businesses, under the tribunal the investor may sue the government and taxpayers will foot the bill. The NAFTA tribunal decision trumps the U.S. courts, all the way to the Supreme Court. Yet, the Bush Administration insists the SPP will have no effect on our court system.
The SPP says it is a myth that Congress is not involved or supportive of its actions. The truth is, to date, there has been no legislation passed by Congress to permit its actions. No taxpayer funds have been appropriated. One "hearing" was held in Senator Richard Lugar’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee. It was a friendly affair with friendly "dialog." No tough questions were asked. No one was held accountable for their actions.
Meanwhile, members of Congress are beginning to become aware of the SPP activities at the Commerce Department. Representative Tom Tancredo (R-Colo.) is demanding the Bush Administration fully disclose the activities of the SPP, which he says, has no authorization from Congress.
Specifically, Tancredo wants to know the membership of the SPP working groups. To date, no one knows who is involved, or is performing the work to create the policies of the SPP. Geri Word, who heads the SPP office told World Net Daily that the work has not been disclosed because "We did not want to get the contact people of the working groups distracted by calls from the public." Yet the SPP denies it is working in secret.
Additional congressional reaction has come from Senator John Cornyn (R-TX). He had introduced a bill, "The North American Investment Act" (S.3622). Incredibly the bill contains near exact language from the book by Robert Pastor entitled "Toward a North American Community." Pastor’s book is largely considered to be the blue print for the creation of the North American Union. Much of the contents of the book later appeared in a report from the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) entitled "Building a North American Community." That report was issued just a week before the Summit in Waco.
However, once these facts were demonstrated to Senator Cornyn, he immediately took efforts to assure S.3622 would not be voted on in the Senate. His spokesman stated that Senator Cornyn "is adamantly opposed to any ‘North American Union’ being formed like the EU had been formed in Europe." Regardless of how the Administration spins it, there is no congressional authorization for SPP actions or spending.
The SPP denies that it is planning to create a unique currency some have called the "Amero." However, on April 6, 2006, the SPP announced the formation of the Financial Services Working Group. According to its own news release, the Financial Group will focus on "enhancing processes for addressing banking, securities, and insurance issues." It goes on to say, "U.S. financial regulatory agencies will play a critical role in the SPP."
In truth, the SPP is being put into place incrementally. It will take years before everything is in place. It took the European Union several years to create the Euro. However, the guiding documents from Dr. Pastor’s book and the CFR report both call for the creation of a North American currency. It is obvious, if one dissects the double speak of the bureaucratic language of the SPP, in order for it to reach its goal to "reduce the cost of trade," "combat counterfeiting," and "facilitate trade" among three nations trying to act as one, the drive for a single currency will not be questioned.
And finally, there is the issue of the NAFTA super highway. NAFTA was the first step in creating a North American Union. It was sold as a means to enhance trade among the North American nations. All were promised greater exports, better jobs and better wages. In truth, NAFTA is an unmitigated failure for all but a very few. The U.S. trade deficit has soared to almost $1 trillion per year; The U.S. has lost some 1.5 million jobs and real wages in both the U.S. and Mexico have fallen significantly. Yet, the agenda is set and so our government presses on.
The latest objective is the NAFTA super highway on which construction is planned to begin next year. It would bisect Texas from its border with Mexico to Oklahoma. It will travel on to Kansas City where an "inland port" is now in the final planning stages.
Plans call for a ten lane, limited access highway to parallel I-35 It would have three lanes each way for passenger cars, two express lanes each way for trucks, rail lines both ways for people and freight, plus a utility corridor for oil and natural gas pipelines, electric towers, cables for communications and telephone lines. The highway will require the taking of more than 500,000 acres of private land and is estimated to displace a million Americans from their property. Eminent Domain will be the tool of choice for the massive land grab – now made easier by last year’s Supreme Court ruling in the Kelo case.
The Kansas City Smart Port will be literally the first checkpoint on a highway that will run all the way from Columbia through the Hartland of the United States. Mexico will have a facility on the KC Smart Port site that it now insists will be Mexican sovereign land.
To make the NAFTA super highway reality, the borders of the three nations must disappear. Immigration will simply become "migration." Border laws cannot exist. "Harmonizing" of our societies is becoming the catch phrase.
The SPP says its purpose is to guarantee security and prosperity for the three nations. The NAFTA model has already proven there will be no prosperity. The NAFTA super highway is proof there can be no security as we pave the way for more illegals to flood the nation, as truckloads of illegal drugs fly up the highway and terrorists just hitch a ride.
The United States is the most unique nation on earth. We were created out of a radical idea that free people, with their freedoms protected by the government would be happy and prosper beyond imagination. The idea worked. Now, the Bush Administration is ignoring this historic fact to "harmonize" us with Canada and especially Mexico, which is not a free country; has no property and has just proved its unworthiness of conducting free and fair elections. At risk are our culture, our wealth, and the once proud American way of life.
Americans must now understand that the battle to stop the North American Union is the last stand for a free and independent United States. That’s not a "Myth" it’s the truth.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Thursday, February 14, 2008
The Mexican Customs facility in Kansas City
Well here I go again on a tirade about the Mexican customs port planned for Kansas City. I located the text of the Committee Substitute for Ordinance No. 071068, which regards finance for the facility.
The link I tried to provide is broken but you can google it under CityClerk.kcmo.org.
This is all PAID FOR by the City of Kansas City. Let's see, $600,000 just to pave the thing, and $2.5 million for construction of it. I've heard rumours that an old building in the West Bottoms area will be utilized, so if this is true, why do they need $2.5 million dollars???? There's also a stipulation in there for $20,000 additional reimbursement from the City for scouting for "other sites." I think this could possibly be money for officials' travel expenses back and forth between here and Mexico. I could be wrong though, but it's a sneaky suspicion.
I don't remember voting for this. Do you? Of course there is a "disclaimer" that Smartport will have to pay the City back, at a rate of 4 percent over 15 years. Gee...do you know of any business loans right now that are offering those kind of rates? Meanwhile, Kansas City residents are fighting to keep their mortgages paid at rates of 6.5% or higher in this volatile market and economy. Who does this benefit? Why, Mexico, of course! And when the North American Union is formed, and the Amero is forced upon us, who will we have to thank for it? Kansas City will have blood on their hands.
Now are we so stupid to think that we will actually get this money back? Having lived in Oklahoma City as well, I know just how quickly funds can get "paid back" to the city for services. There was a "MAPS" project in the works many years ago to help revitalize the downtown area of Bricktown. People naively voted for the additional sales tax. Then came the bombing and MILLIONS of dollars poured into the city. All of a sudden we see a river ride, new restaurants, new entertainment venues, all things that were not to be laid to ground for some time because of the collection of this MAPS tax. I even saw elected officials proudly proclaiming in the Gaylord empire's mouthpiece, The Daily Oklahoman, that funds from the bombing should be combined with MAPS taxes to "help rebuild" Oklahoma City. I bet they were giddy with excitement when they saw the envelopes of donations! Just like the televangelists. Meanwhile, MAPS taxes were collected in their entirety from the folks. Uh, did we get reimbursed for that? You decide.
That money was supposed to help the victims and small businesses get back on their feet, not to build a glitzy river ride. But it was all handled in the usual political way, behind closed doors and under the table shady deals. In the end, many bombing victims did not receive the fair compensation they were entitled to.
Don't get me wrong. I love Bricktown, but it should not have been paid for because of an act of domestic terrorism and the sincere outpouring of support from everyday Americans. And Kansas City could very well be headed down that same road, but instead of revitalizing it as they claim to be doing, the money we are paying for this will instead destroy American jobs and our economy in this beautiful city.
Meanwhile, we buy our hybrid cars to save on gas and pollution. Wait...I see some Mexican trucks coming up that superhighway without EPA regulations....
The link I tried to provide is broken but you can google it under CityClerk.kcmo.org.
This is all PAID FOR by the City of Kansas City. Let's see, $600,000 just to pave the thing, and $2.5 million for construction of it. I've heard rumours that an old building in the West Bottoms area will be utilized, so if this is true, why do they need $2.5 million dollars???? There's also a stipulation in there for $20,000 additional reimbursement from the City for scouting for "other sites." I think this could possibly be money for officials' travel expenses back and forth between here and Mexico. I could be wrong though, but it's a sneaky suspicion.
I don't remember voting for this. Do you? Of course there is a "disclaimer" that Smartport will have to pay the City back, at a rate of 4 percent over 15 years. Gee...do you know of any business loans right now that are offering those kind of rates? Meanwhile, Kansas City residents are fighting to keep their mortgages paid at rates of 6.5% or higher in this volatile market and economy. Who does this benefit? Why, Mexico, of course! And when the North American Union is formed, and the Amero is forced upon us, who will we have to thank for it? Kansas City will have blood on their hands.
Now are we so stupid to think that we will actually get this money back? Having lived in Oklahoma City as well, I know just how quickly funds can get "paid back" to the city for services. There was a "MAPS" project in the works many years ago to help revitalize the downtown area of Bricktown. People naively voted for the additional sales tax. Then came the bombing and MILLIONS of dollars poured into the city. All of a sudden we see a river ride, new restaurants, new entertainment venues, all things that were not to be laid to ground for some time because of the collection of this MAPS tax. I even saw elected officials proudly proclaiming in the Gaylord empire's mouthpiece, The Daily Oklahoman, that funds from the bombing should be combined with MAPS taxes to "help rebuild" Oklahoma City. I bet they were giddy with excitement when they saw the envelopes of donations! Just like the televangelists. Meanwhile, MAPS taxes were collected in their entirety from the folks. Uh, did we get reimbursed for that? You decide.
That money was supposed to help the victims and small businesses get back on their feet, not to build a glitzy river ride. But it was all handled in the usual political way, behind closed doors and under the table shady deals. In the end, many bombing victims did not receive the fair compensation they were entitled to.
Don't get me wrong. I love Bricktown, but it should not have been paid for because of an act of domestic terrorism and the sincere outpouring of support from everyday Americans. And Kansas City could very well be headed down that same road, but instead of revitalizing it as they claim to be doing, the money we are paying for this will instead destroy American jobs and our economy in this beautiful city.
Meanwhile, we buy our hybrid cars to save on gas and pollution. Wait...I see some Mexican trucks coming up that superhighway without EPA regulations....
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Buzz words, phrases and mispellings I'm sick of
As I watch these political debates, caucuses and primaries, I'm getting tired of certain phrases used by the candidates and media. Maybe it's the result of the writer's strike or something, I don't know. But something's got to give with this terrible use of the English language, and its deterioration in our everyday lives. A few examples:
"At the end of the day..." followed by whatever tag line du jour, used with the intention to prop up either side's candidate. All networks and print media seem to be guilty of this. (This means what exactly?) Taking the "moral high ground" and assuming something about American voters that they want or don't want, which may or may not be true? Frankly, it's overused and they need to get more creative with their coverage (or attempt thereof) GET RID OF IT! It sucks.
Okay. Home remodeling shows that keep using the phrase, "Make your room POP with color," "Just make that room you know, POP" and, "I wanna get that to just POP out." Almost every designer I watch is guilty of using this statement, and again, it's overused. The producers of these shows need to get with it.
"Absolutely." This word seems to be used as a put down rather than an agreeable statement. "Oh, absoloootely," with emphasis is particularly annoying when stressing a point that contradicts with another, combined with a condescending smile. This is particularly popular with guests on talk shows that want to duke it out regarding their ideology.
News reports. "Why this incident happened or why Mr. X did not return our phone calls was immediately unclear."
Unclear, inconclusive.....this means that they probably know but have been instructed not to say because it is immediately UNCLEAR just who might lose their jobs if they spill the beans. It's a nice little idiotic disclaimer that I hear or read every day, and it's really wearing me out.
"Couple minutes," "Couple times," "Couple pieces of..."
What's missing here? The word OF, of course! Come on...it's a simple one syllable word that won't take but a second to type or say.
"Your a moron."
"Your a great person, don't ever change!"
"Your so great!"
Sigh....must I keep going? "You are" means "You're!"
"Like you know, he was like, OMG! And like, I go, like yeah!"
"Hey like how ya doin? Like dude....OMG..."
(Do I REALLY need to explain this one?)
"Well you know I would of gone if I'd of known."
Sigh, I guess people just don't understand plain English anymore and can actually type or say, "I would have gone if I would have known," or I would've gone if I'd have known." RIDICULOUS!
Just another ramble from me on the downfall of our society as Americans.
"At the end of the day..." followed by whatever tag line du jour, used with the intention to prop up either side's candidate. All networks and print media seem to be guilty of this. (This means what exactly?) Taking the "moral high ground" and assuming something about American voters that they want or don't want, which may or may not be true? Frankly, it's overused and they need to get more creative with their coverage (or attempt thereof) GET RID OF IT! It sucks.
Okay. Home remodeling shows that keep using the phrase, "Make your room POP with color," "Just make that room you know, POP" and, "I wanna get that to just POP out." Almost every designer I watch is guilty of using this statement, and again, it's overused. The producers of these shows need to get with it.
"Absolutely." This word seems to be used as a put down rather than an agreeable statement. "Oh, absoloootely," with emphasis is particularly annoying when stressing a point that contradicts with another, combined with a condescending smile. This is particularly popular with guests on talk shows that want to duke it out regarding their ideology.
News reports. "Why this incident happened or why Mr. X did not return our phone calls was immediately unclear."
Unclear, inconclusive.....this means that they probably know but have been instructed not to say because it is immediately UNCLEAR just who might lose their jobs if they spill the beans. It's a nice little idiotic disclaimer that I hear or read every day, and it's really wearing me out.
"Couple minutes," "Couple times," "Couple pieces of..."
What's missing here? The word OF, of course! Come on...it's a simple one syllable word that won't take but a second to type or say.
"Your a moron."
"Your a great person, don't ever change!"
"Your so great!"
Sigh....must I keep going? "You are" means "You're!"
"Like you know, he was like, OMG! And like, I go, like yeah!"
"Hey like how ya doin? Like dude....OMG..."
(Do I REALLY need to explain this one?)
"Well you know I would of gone if I'd of known."
Sigh, I guess people just don't understand plain English anymore and can actually type or say, "I would have gone if I would have known," or I would've gone if I'd have known." RIDICULOUS!
Just another ramble from me on the downfall of our society as Americans.
Friday, February 8, 2008
The "Act of God" clause
I think it's time for the atheists and non believers to start suing everybody out there that includes an "Act of God" clause in their warranties, etc.
Here's an example:
Customers who purchase WHITESPA product for personal, family, and commercial use can rely upon our guarantee which covers all manufacture imperfection. However, we do not take responsibility for damages, defects or failures caused by delivery accident, misuse, fire and act of God. Also, we cannot give guarantee when customers deliberately change or modify the products for their own and when they do not follow the instructions. We provide warranty exclusively for the customers with registered cards.
Come on guys, where's your spirit? I see this everywhere on just about everything I purchase. So do you. Now I want to start seeing "act of evolutionary involvement" or "act of nature" or "act of Mother Earth" or something else politically correct on my warranties from now on!!!! Get out there and add this to your "to do" list along with removing "under God" from our pledges, "In God we trust" from our money, and "so help me God" when taking any oaths. I also don't want to see any swearing on Bibles anymore. I think we should start swearing on Darwin's "Origin of Species" from now on, or some socialistic/humanistic ideology. It just makes more sense, doesn't it?
This brings me to even more issues. I think we should give in to the UN, turn our power over to the international authorities, surrender our national identity, currency, and entire culture to those who want to infiltrate us and make us more "diverse." Come on! We can't be American patriots anymore. That's SO Reagan era. Big businesses run this country, we no longer do, so let's just give in!! No matter who gets elected president in 2008, it won't matter. America's gonna get sold out.
Here's an example:
Customers who purchase WHITESPA product for personal, family, and commercial use can rely upon our guarantee which covers all manufacture imperfection. However, we do not take responsibility for damages, defects or failures caused by delivery accident, misuse, fire and act of God. Also, we cannot give guarantee when customers deliberately change or modify the products for their own and when they do not follow the instructions. We provide warranty exclusively for the customers with registered cards.
Come on guys, where's your spirit? I see this everywhere on just about everything I purchase. So do you. Now I want to start seeing "act of evolutionary involvement" or "act of nature" or "act of Mother Earth" or something else politically correct on my warranties from now on!!!! Get out there and add this to your "to do" list along with removing "under God" from our pledges, "In God we trust" from our money, and "so help me God" when taking any oaths. I also don't want to see any swearing on Bibles anymore. I think we should start swearing on Darwin's "Origin of Species" from now on, or some socialistic/humanistic ideology. It just makes more sense, doesn't it?
This brings me to even more issues. I think we should give in to the UN, turn our power over to the international authorities, surrender our national identity, currency, and entire culture to those who want to infiltrate us and make us more "diverse." Come on! We can't be American patriots anymore. That's SO Reagan era. Big businesses run this country, we no longer do, so let's just give in!! No matter who gets elected president in 2008, it won't matter. America's gonna get sold out.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
The economy and Frances Semler
Okay, today I'm going to start on the economy. I'm not surprised that the Fed has taken drastic steps to avoid a recession. I'm not surprised that the media is trying to put everyone into a panic. I'm not surprised that the stocks are plummeting and the dollar is growing weaker. Why? Because we are headed toward a global economy, the loss of the American dollar as we know it, and a new North American Union. along with the new currency, the Amero. This is all being set up to present us, within a few years, no choice but to accept the Amero once the market and US dollar completely crashes.
I read the book "The Late Great USA" by Jerome Corsi, and he lays out a really compelling argument for an integration of American, Canadian and Mexican borderless trade and commerce, starting with the Security, Prosperity and Partnership Act signed by Vicente Fox, George Bush, and the Canadian PM just a few years ago. Jobs for the California Longshoremen Union railworkers will be lost to Mexicans in order to import goods from China all the way up the Trans Texas Corridor, with a Mexican customs office right here in Kansas City. Please visit the website for KC SmartPort for a complete layout of their plans to integrate this new trade system.
Many people think this is all BS. But this is why Bush won't close the borders, why the MinuteMen are being demonized, and why this issue isn't really being covered in the Presidential debates. No clear cut answer. Glossed over.
Frances Semler, a member of the KC Parks Board, just resigned her position today. Why? From increased pressure by minority groups. She uncovered the real info. behind the Mexican customs office and WHO is really paying the taxes on that facility. US citizens. Not Mexico. Yet they will have a sovereign port here. Does anyone else see something seriously wrong with this?
The "official" reason for her resignation, I believe, is because a big Latino group threatened to pull their huge convention from KC if she didn't resign. One little person, and her membership in Minute Man, and millions lost in KC revenue. That's very odd, isn't it?
But off the record? The real reason, IMHO, combined with her MM membership, is because of what she uncovered and everyone is pissed about it because then the people will actually KNOW the truth. And we can't have that.
This is what happens to you when you go against the grain, don't believe everything that everyone tells you, and start to investigate for yourself. You get demonized, threatened, and lose your job, all because you stand for what is right. When the dollar crashes and the Amero hits the scene it will be the result of Americans having put their heads in the sand and taking everything at face value, not questioning anything for any reason.
Most everyone is jumping for joy at Ms. Semler's resignation from what I'm reading in the media. But it's not enough. Not by a longshot. Now they are angry because the mayor didn't fire her like they wanted. Well, she's out of there, so be gleeful. Be happy. Go party and celebrate the end of someone's career. Go enjoy the fruits of your labors. Yay!!! WOOT!
Go pick up a copy of Mr. Corsi's book. It's hard to get in the bookstores. Not surprising there. The truth hurts.
I read the book "The Late Great USA" by Jerome Corsi, and he lays out a really compelling argument for an integration of American, Canadian and Mexican borderless trade and commerce, starting with the Security, Prosperity and Partnership Act signed by Vicente Fox, George Bush, and the Canadian PM just a few years ago. Jobs for the California Longshoremen Union railworkers will be lost to Mexicans in order to import goods from China all the way up the Trans Texas Corridor, with a Mexican customs office right here in Kansas City. Please visit the website for KC SmartPort for a complete layout of their plans to integrate this new trade system.
Many people think this is all BS. But this is why Bush won't close the borders, why the MinuteMen are being demonized, and why this issue isn't really being covered in the Presidential debates. No clear cut answer. Glossed over.
Frances Semler, a member of the KC Parks Board, just resigned her position today. Why? From increased pressure by minority groups. She uncovered the real info. behind the Mexican customs office and WHO is really paying the taxes on that facility. US citizens. Not Mexico. Yet they will have a sovereign port here. Does anyone else see something seriously wrong with this?
The "official" reason for her resignation, I believe, is because a big Latino group threatened to pull their huge convention from KC if she didn't resign. One little person, and her membership in Minute Man, and millions lost in KC revenue. That's very odd, isn't it?
But off the record? The real reason, IMHO, combined with her MM membership, is because of what she uncovered and everyone is pissed about it because then the people will actually KNOW the truth. And we can't have that.
This is what happens to you when you go against the grain, don't believe everything that everyone tells you, and start to investigate for yourself. You get demonized, threatened, and lose your job, all because you stand for what is right. When the dollar crashes and the Amero hits the scene it will be the result of Americans having put their heads in the sand and taking everything at face value, not questioning anything for any reason.
Most everyone is jumping for joy at Ms. Semler's resignation from what I'm reading in the media. But it's not enough. Not by a longshot. Now they are angry because the mayor didn't fire her like they wanted. Well, she's out of there, so be gleeful. Be happy. Go party and celebrate the end of someone's career. Go enjoy the fruits of your labors. Yay!!! WOOT!
Go pick up a copy of Mr. Corsi's book. It's hard to get in the bookstores. Not surprising there. The truth hurts.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Frustrating fundamentals
I found an Independent Baptist preacher on youtube whose video sermons I tried to watch with an open mind. Now I was raised with this so much of his preaching was like an old hat in a way, taking me back to my childhood. I smiled at some of his words but then got really angry at others.
One of the things he was talking about was where "saved" Christians must be now if they aren't in his congregation. He alluded to the fact that they might be in some "wacky liberal" church if they had left his church after having been saved by his "soul winners."
Well, jiminy Christmas, if they decided not to stay in his church, they must have just "fallen" and got sucked into something less austere. That made me so mad, I cannot tell you. No mention that they might just be exploring something else, going deeper into Christian history or anything, just that they must be "wacky liberals" now. To his credit, he did say that maybe they might be going to "mom and dad's" church instead. But that could mean anything, really, according to his interpretation. Mom and dad's church could mean "the wacky liberal Methodists or Anglicans" or "the Mary-worshipping Catholics" or "the singing Orthodox." Take your pick.
Or they might not be going at all, he said. "Not everyone is on fire for the Lord, and many people are just too afraid to get that close to God." WHAT?????
So fine, if I don't go to his church, that's okay, but it must just mean I'm in some "namby pamby" church or just "not on fire for God," are the basic conclusions.
What I think it really means is a way to explain away the people that probably leave his congregation and he doesn't want to own up to it.
This all ties into the cult mindset of feeling like you are anointed and being chosen to be something "special" i.e. this man's ministry.
He preaches against having a television in your home, not watching DVD's, not allowing a woman to have a male gynecologist, and uses the word "faggot" to describe the sodomites (I think faggot is a vile, disgusting word and should not ever be used around children, and yeah, if I want a male OB gyn I'll have one, thank you very much.)
All you have to do is study these types of sermons to see what is really at play here:
1) Guilt trips
2) Mind/thought control
3) Abuse of scripture and reinterpretation for their own purposes
4) Attempts to take you out of the "world box" and put you into the "little box"
5) Make you question your independent thinking skills so you'll be right in line with their thinking and abandon anything you might question. Like this: the King James version of the Bible of 1611 is not the only version in existence, unlike what many people will shout from the mountaintops. And the hymns that Christians sing now (i.e. Amazing Grace) are not the same ones they sung when Christianity was first formed, although many people will want you to think that.
So I posted a little note that said "Well I was a Baptist and now I'm Orthodox and I feel closer to God than I ever have before." Well darnit if the guy didn't go and censor me! Can't have anyone of a different path posting on his little yoootoober there.
Not even open for discussion. That's what gets me. People that don't want their views or opinions challenged are everywhere, on every side of the fence. Just look and you'll find them.
You're not going to go to hell for watching TV. Last time I checked, the Bible was silent on that issue.
One of the things he was talking about was where "saved" Christians must be now if they aren't in his congregation. He alluded to the fact that they might be in some "wacky liberal" church if they had left his church after having been saved by his "soul winners."
Well, jiminy Christmas, if they decided not to stay in his church, they must have just "fallen" and got sucked into something less austere. That made me so mad, I cannot tell you. No mention that they might just be exploring something else, going deeper into Christian history or anything, just that they must be "wacky liberals" now. To his credit, he did say that maybe they might be going to "mom and dad's" church instead. But that could mean anything, really, according to his interpretation. Mom and dad's church could mean "the wacky liberal Methodists or Anglicans" or "the Mary-worshipping Catholics" or "the singing Orthodox." Take your pick.
Or they might not be going at all, he said. "Not everyone is on fire for the Lord, and many people are just too afraid to get that close to God." WHAT?????
So fine, if I don't go to his church, that's okay, but it must just mean I'm in some "namby pamby" church or just "not on fire for God," are the basic conclusions.
What I think it really means is a way to explain away the people that probably leave his congregation and he doesn't want to own up to it.
This all ties into the cult mindset of feeling like you are anointed and being chosen to be something "special" i.e. this man's ministry.
He preaches against having a television in your home, not watching DVD's, not allowing a woman to have a male gynecologist, and uses the word "faggot" to describe the sodomites (I think faggot is a vile, disgusting word and should not ever be used around children, and yeah, if I want a male OB gyn I'll have one, thank you very much.)
All you have to do is study these types of sermons to see what is really at play here:
1) Guilt trips
2) Mind/thought control
3) Abuse of scripture and reinterpretation for their own purposes
4) Attempts to take you out of the "world box" and put you into the "little box"
5) Make you question your independent thinking skills so you'll be right in line with their thinking and abandon anything you might question. Like this: the King James version of the Bible of 1611 is not the only version in existence, unlike what many people will shout from the mountaintops. And the hymns that Christians sing now (i.e. Amazing Grace) are not the same ones they sung when Christianity was first formed, although many people will want you to think that.
So I posted a little note that said "Well I was a Baptist and now I'm Orthodox and I feel closer to God than I ever have before." Well darnit if the guy didn't go and censor me! Can't have anyone of a different path posting on his little yoootoober there.
Not even open for discussion. That's what gets me. People that don't want their views or opinions challenged are everywhere, on every side of the fence. Just look and you'll find them.
You're not going to go to hell for watching TV. Last time I checked, the Bible was silent on that issue.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
The Iowa Caucus
Well it looks like my theory on Oprah Winfrey, so far, is proving correct. Her endorsement of Barack Obama has indeed paid off. As I stated in an earlier post about Oprah's "Favorite Things" and its effect on the psyche of Christmas retail shoppers, I applied this theory to the psyche of American voters. Now I'm not saying that her endorsement is the SOLE reason Obama is leading in the polls, but I suspect it is a big reason.
So get ready, America. If Barack wins the nomination for the Democratic candidate and goes on to successfully win the US Presidency in Nov 2008, we'll have a new progressive leader on our hands. Is this good news?
I wonder: Are the more SP Democratic voters going to hold Obama accountable for endorsing religion in the public arena? Have they considered that, or will he get a complete pass? Will they still vote for him?
Since the ACLU has been silent on this issue, I think all will be forgiven and not much will be said. It will be glossed over.
Now if Mike Huckabee wins the Republican nomination, I believe that the SP's and the media, etc. will turn on him and go after him the likes we have not seen. He WILL be held accountable and WILL be held to the fire for his religious beliefs. If he even mentions like a fart in a windstorm the least BIT about religion in the public arena, you can bet it will be an all-out war. How's THAT for a fair and balanced voting America?
So get ready, America. If Barack wins the nomination for the Democratic candidate and goes on to successfully win the US Presidency in Nov 2008, we'll have a new progressive leader on our hands. Is this good news?
I wonder: Are the more SP Democratic voters going to hold Obama accountable for endorsing religion in the public arena? Have they considered that, or will he get a complete pass? Will they still vote for him?
Since the ACLU has been silent on this issue, I think all will be forgiven and not much will be said. It will be glossed over.
Now if Mike Huckabee wins the Republican nomination, I believe that the SP's and the media, etc. will turn on him and go after him the likes we have not seen. He WILL be held accountable and WILL be held to the fire for his religious beliefs. If he even mentions like a fart in a windstorm the least BIT about religion in the public arena, you can bet it will be an all-out war. How's THAT for a fair and balanced voting America?
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