DVD Review - Bill Hicks: Sane Man

Classic patriotic truth-telling comedy performance FINALLY on DVD!

The historic first-ever full-length stand-up comedy performance that was ever filmed of the truth-telling patriotic comedian BILL HICKS is now available on DVD, and it's about time!


For those readers who have never heard of the late Bill Hicks, this DVD entitled SANE MAN is something that each and every one of you need to experience. A comedian, whose meteoric talent was right up there with Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks was a man who could mix humor with the hard realities of a world ruled by Corporate overlords and their Satanic minions, and leave his audience with many serious things to think about, as they left the comedy club, after seeing his act.

SANE MAN was filmed at THE LAFF STOP in Austin, Texas USA on July 14, 1989 --- and it was the first time ever that Hicks' act was caught in its' full-length glory. One might wonder how timely was the subject matter, being that this performance was filmed more than sixteen years ago. However, as a twist of fate and the forward march of the globalist agenda would have it, the material throughout this entire DVD remains just as prescient as it was on the very night it was filmed.

The Sagittarian energy that Bill Hicks possessed helped him to find his destiny as a comedic truth-teller, taking things many orders of magnitude ahead of the brave waters Lenny Bruce navigated in the early 1960's. In fact, much of what Hicks spoke of in his act have been subsequently proven to be correct by those of us who perform research into the many reasons why this world is being manipulated from far behind the veil of secret societies and groups that you and I would never be asked to join.

Released on DVD on December 6, 2005, the SANE MAN DVD is a nearly four hour magnum opus of funnier-than-hell jokes, self-evident truths, and the boistrous and sometimes nervous laughter from the audience. The DVD contains BOTH of the original VHS edit of Hicks' stand-up and a newly expanded version, which adds the rest of the performance that Hicks gave that night. The DVD contains 59 minutes of extras and backstage footage, as well as a full thirty-three minutes of audio excerpts from his entire Rykodisc back catalog, which was obviously added to interest newer fans of Hicks' comedy AND truth-telling.

A special thank you is also in order to Sacred Cow Productions:

Thank you for keeping the dream alive! To SANE MAN producers Kevin Booth and David Johndrow, thank you for knowing you had a diamond in the rough. And finally, to Bill Hicks himself; thank you for making people THINK whenever your material was before them; and also, for waking people up to the stark realities that confront us, and for making them smile for a moment of infinity, laughing to themselves that they will make it through these tough times that lay immediately ahead.

Hicks' stand-up ranged from talk about the music business, and how BAD music has gotten. My oh my, what would he have thought of the putridity that is out there in 2005, which is much, much worse than his most-hated and reviled mentions of pop music; Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, George Michael, and Barry Manilow.

When speaking about Debbie Gibson for example, Hicks referred to her as a "little mall creature," and he further opines that "Debbie Gibson had the number one album. Doesn't this make your blood curdle? Is it me? Am I over-reactive? Who's buying this shit? Is there that much babysitting money being passed around right now?" Then, Hicks gets right to the heart of the matter concerning Ms. Gibson; "You've got no titties, you look like John-Boy [from the 1970's TV show The Waltons], and your music SUCKS. Shut up and go back to the mall that spawned you!" Hicks then gives Keith Richards as an example of music that was written under the influence of drugs --- excellent music that was written under the influence --- as he hums the familiar riff from Satisfaction --- one of Richards' best-ever compositions.

'Nuff said on that subject!

In continuing his diatribe against the AmeriKan orgy of consumerism, Hicks claimed that it was all a "CIA plot to make you think malls are good. But Bill, malls ARE good. Malls allow us to shop 365 days a year at 72 degrees. That MUST be good. We are HAPPY CONSUMERS!"

When talking about advertising and marketing, Hicks exhorts the members of the audience who work in the field to KILL THEMSELVES. What is interesting is that both Jordan Maxwell and Michael Tsarion have since spoken at length about the globalist's hidden symbolism that can be found in advertising, corporate logos, and marketing campaigns. This was a theme that he would later explore to great effect on ARIZONA BAY, which is arguably his best album --- his comedic DARK SIDE OF THE MOON --- as Hicks himself referred to the 1997 posthumous release that was prepared before his untimely death in February 1994.

In fact, among the links in the SOURCES section at the very end of this DVD review, is a link to Michael Tsarion's lecture on the subversive use of sacred symbolism in the media. I would encourage everyone reading these words to check out this lecture, which is extremely interesting and very revealing in how the public is being manipulated by those who wish to sell toothpaste and other products of dubious value.

SANE MAN also marks the performance of many smaller bits that would later go on to becoming signature pieces from his stand-up act. One of these is known as GREAT TIMES ON DRUGS. This was one of the bits that pointed out in startling clarity, the hypocracy inherent in the manner in which the DRUG WAR and drug use is portrayed in the globalist-controlled mass media. Hicks spoke of the apocryphal and mythical news story about the moron who took LSD and then, believing he could fly, jumped off a tall building. Hicks' response to this was chillingly simple; "If he thought he could fly, why didn't he take-off from the ground, and check it out first?

And Hicks pulled no punches:

"Oops, there's one less moron in the world, too bad."

Even when talking about tragedy, Hicks skewers his subjects with his razor-sharp wit:

"Jimi Hendrix died in a pool of his own vomit. Do you know how much you have to puke to fill a pool?!"

Just with a pun like this, the comedy fan should realize that Hicks was someone very special, indeed.

Some of the bits cannot be discussed in a family-oriented forum such as this, simply because some of these bits were truly ADULT in their nature. The bit about working in a shoe store, helping women try on their new shoes, is but one example of this. Funny, yes, but nevertheless, a bit too raunchy for younger ears. The same goes for his discussion of the activities that would immediately follow the cure for AIDS, which would see people literally copulating in the streets.

Who else would have the BALLS to say something like this?!

The true genius that was Bill Hicks is found within the statement where he said that he did all of his best writing on stage. He had such a free-form stream-of-consciousness way about his delivery, that he was clearly one of the true geniuses of comedy. And, he did it all without ever telling a single joke about how bad the food was on airplanes, or any of the obvious observations that went on to plague former greats of comedy like Jay Leno, and . . . well, Jay Leno!

If comedy is your thing, or perhaps you are looking for a way to wake up someone in your life, I wholeheartedly recommend anything by Bill Hicks, including the wonderfully thought-provoking SANE MAN, a historically important stand-up set that was recorded before the release of his first comedy record.

Kentroversy Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (out of five)


Sources:

The following sources were used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Bill Hicks - Official Website

Bill Hicks - Rykodisc Catalog

Sacred Cow Productions - Comedy Multimedia Page

Sacred Cow Productions - Sane Man DVD Order Page

Rykodisc - Sane Man DVD Page

Austin Chronicle - Requiem For A Sane Man (March 12, 2004)

Stylus Magazine - The Last Sane Man (April 26, 2004)

Maybe Logic Academy - Maybe Quarterly Interview: Kevin Booth Talks About Bill Hicks (Spring Equinox 2005)

Michael Tsarion - The Subversive Use of
Sacred Symbolism in the Media

The Konformist - The Silence of Bill Hicks (December 2000)

NOTE: The COMPLETE unedited letter from Bill Hicks to New Yorker critic John Lahr (January 1994), as well as the article on Bill Hicks that was published in the New Yorker (November 1993) can BOTH be found in the book "BILL HICKS - Love All The People: Letters, Lyrics, Routines," which was published in 2004 by Soft Skull Press, a book publisher known for their steadfast committment to the truth:

Bill Hicks - Love All The People: Letters Lyrics, Routines (Amazon.com Order Page)

Finally, here is where you can purchase Kevin Booth's excellent memoir of his life-long friend and spiritual brother, which is entitled BILL HICKS: AGENT OF EVOLUTION --- I highly recommend this book:

Kevin Booth - Bill Hicks: Agent of Evolution (Amazon.com Order Page)

DVD Review - Jordan Maxwell's Basic Slide Presentation (Globalist Symbolism)

"You have to go back and do your homework. The world is not what it seems ..."


Has the reader ever wondered why it is that all secret societies, globalist corporations, and the logos and symbolism used by these groups, often times repeats the same design motifs, ad nauseum? Have you ever wondered what the symbols TRULY MEAN, that are found on our money, that appears in our advertising, and literally surrounds us in our lives? Have you ever suspected that these symbols mean something very different than what the public is told they mean?

I have been studying these things since 1980, when my own spiritual WAKE-UP CALL occurred on May 5th of that year. In these past twenty-five years, I have learned a great deal, especially in the following self-evident truth:

There are two meanings for everything the globalists do --- one meaning for the public --- which is referred to as the exoteric meaning --- and quite a different meaning for those who are insiders --- which is known as the esoteric, or hidden, meaning. This is the way in which these globalist groups communicate, by the use of symbolism that is literally hidden in plain sight. This is the way it has been since time immemorial, and this is how they continue to taunt the general public, whom THEY believe to be so ill educated that they refer to us as no better than dumb animals --- that which they call "beasts of burden."

However, the one thing that the globalists never counted on was the Internet, and how it has united and educated the mass public in ways that are destroying the secrecy that they worked so hard to create and enforce.

And, there are so many examples of this symbolism, which precludes any possibility that its' use is coincidental, or the direct result of mere happenstance. Quite the opposite, this symbolism is there by design, and its' use has remained consistent throughout the many centuries from Babylon, Egypt, Greece, Rome, and all the way into our modern world of today.

Once we are able to decode and understand the globalists use of this esoteric symbolism, suddenly the world looks much different, and we are never able to keep our denial intact. In strict terms of our awakening to a truth that has surrounded us throughout our entire lives, it is important that we understand the many uses of this symbolism, as it helps us to understand our enemy, in relation to opposition research.

One of the best and most concise explanations of this symbolism and how it works can be found on a DVD entitled "Jordan Maxwell's Basic Slide Presentation." Over the course of two short hours, Mr. Maxwell is able to explain what it is and how it works. A video shot of a lecture from January 1993, this DVD is a valuable tool in understanding the globalist use of symbols, and how the meanings are different for the public, than they are for insiders of this group of the global criminal elite.


WHO IS JORDAN MAXWELL?

From the back of the DVD package:

JORDAN MAXWELL continues as a preeminent researcher and independent scholar in the field of occult/religious philosophy. His interest in these subjects began as far back as 1959. The research on Illuminati and Secret Societies that he has talked about since then are some of the most talked about subjects in the world today, and have become the subjects of television, documentaries, and motion pictures. It is because of his years of work and dedication to this subject that Jordan is often referred to as the GODFATHER OF SECRET SOCIETIES.

Considering the rapidly moving events of today, and the very real part that hidden religious agendas play in our modern war-torn world, these controversial subjects are not only interesting to explore, but too important to ignore! This two hour exposé on the hidden world of symbols, national coats of arms, flags, national seals, corporate logos, insignias, underworld words and terms, secret societies, subversive movements, and of course, the Illuminati has caused the subject of conspiracy and terrorism to be an influence in people's thinking all around the world. When viewing this program, remember this was done in the early '90's.

"The video that started it all"


Just as its' title implies, this DVD is of a slide presentation, where many symbols are described and fully explained in the course of two hours, which goes by rather quickly. Throughout the lecture, the viewer is told the true meaning of THE GREAT SEAL of the United States, as well as the true hidden meanings of the phrases ANNUIT COEPTIS and NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM, which are found on THE GREAT SEAL, which is on the back of the Federal Reserve Bank's one dollar bill.

Jordan also explains the TRUE MEANING of the pyramid, why it has thirteen levels of stone, and the meaning of the all-seeing eye, and even the meaning of the owl that can be found on the front of the dollar bill. The meaning, in each case, is NOT what the general public is told they are! For example, the real meaning of the year 1776 has NOTHING to do with it being the year in which the USA established their independence from England!

When discussing religious symbols, Jordan shows a slide of the very first synagogue in Los Angeles, which was built in 1873:



Do you notice anything peculiar about the design of the building shown above?

How about if I show you a close-up of that same photograph?



I don't know about you, dear reader, but I personally find it very peculiar to see an inverted pentagram as part of the design of ANY religious building. And symbols like this are found in society, in Catholic churches and associated with membership organizations like the freemasonic women's organization ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.

Another phenomena is their IL CORNUTO devil hand signs, which the globalists are periodically photographed making these hand gestures. The Bush family could not stop flashing this hand sign during the Republican convention last year, as many of the photos made their way into the mainstream press. Their excuse was that they were flashing the University of Texas HOOK 'EM HORNS, which no one with any credibility believed.

I would just like to know myself --- what are these people giving as a message when they make this hand sign? And to WHOM are they sending it?

However, as these people have a compulsion to hide their symbols in PLAIN SIGHT, they are actually revealing something important about themselves, which is namely, the globalists are NOT true Christians or members of any other group established by religion, but are actually occultists who practice black-magic, such as what they do at Bohemian Grove each July, with the CREMATION OF CARE ceremony, which is clearly NOTHING like anything I had ever seen in any church I have ever been to.

Talking about FASCISM, Jordan shows the ancient Roman symbol of FASCES, the bundle of rods wrapping up an axe-head, as below:



Then, he shows this very symbol in the U.S. Congress, which are hung upon the wall behind the President, Vide-President, and Speaker of the House, each and every time a State of the Union address is televised:



Then, when the definition of FASCISM is given, it helps us to better understand what has been happening to the USA under the BUSH CRIME FAMILY:

"In most cases, fascists have come to power after a nation has suffered an economic collapse, a military defeat, or some other disaster. The fascist party wins support by promising to revive the economy and restore national pride.

Personal liberty is severely limited under a fascist government. The government also controls the newspapers, radio, and other means of communication in its' country. It issues propaganda to promote its' policies, and it practices strict censorship to silence opposing views. All children are REQUIRED to join youth organizations, where they exercise, march, and learn fascist beliefs. A secret police force crushes any resistance. Opposition may lead to imprisonment, torture, and death."

Does this sound familiar, as in, does this sound like the type of behavior that the Bush Jr. regime has been engaged in? It sure sounds familiar to me. The torture, media black-out of opposing viewpoints, and the government control of private business are all components under which the Bush-Cheney madhouse has operated for the past five years.

The fascist symbol of the fasces has also appeared on U.S. money, as in the 1916 Winged-Liberty-Head dime, which featured the fasces on the reverse of the coin.

Another symbol frequently seen in this world is the cross and crown:



Does this mean anything to you, dear reader?

Well, this cross and crown design is a symbol of freemasonry, which represents BOTH the York Rite and the Order of the Knights Templar. Therefore, whenever you see this symbol, please realize that it is directly related to freemasonic control, and has nothing to do with religion. But, this does NOT stop religious groups and organizations from using this cross and crown symbol. It is used by the Watchtower Society of the Jehova's Witnesses, and also appears as the logo for the Christian Science Journal publication.

Jordan also talks about how this cross and crown symbol is used by the Methodist Hospital of Southern California as their logo, and the secret society groups controlling the healthcare systems on this planet are known as the Knights Hospitaliers.

Jordan also talks about many, many other aspects of this HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT symbolism, and what it all means to our lives.

The symbol and the motto of the 33rd degree of freemasonry, which is a so-called honorary degree, is the two-headed eagle/phoenix, and the two mottos ORDO AB CHAO and DEUS MEUMQUE JUS, as seen immediately below:



The motto ORDO AB CHAO means ORDER OUT OF CHAOS, and is related to the concept of Problem-Reaction-Solution. This is where, problems are created, which in turn causes public outrage, and the globalists are then able to introduce solutions that they have already set up, and had been waiting in the wings.

The mottto DEUS MEUMQUE JUS means literally GOD AND MY RIGHT, and is related to the globalist belief that God has pre-ordained them to rule by birthright, as well as their falsely held belief that they are better than those who are less financially fortunate than they are.

The two-headed eagle/phoenix means that they are in control of the entire RIGHT-LEFT DUALIST worldview, and they are in control of both the Eastern and Western worlds of this planet.

Using more than fifty examples of this symbolism, Jordan Maxwell is able to show the world to be a much different place, than what we have been previously led to believe. This is an important subject, and just in terms of boycotting alone, this DVD will help the viewer to understand what businesses out there are run by the GOOD GUYS, and which are run by the BAD GUYS, and thusly, should be boycotted and fail to receive our implicit and ongoing support.

Finally, this DVD receives BOTH my highest grade and highest recommendation, as it is an educational tour de force which rips apart the secrecy that these globalist scum have been trying to maintain. Thank God for people like Jordan Maxwell, as this world needs this type of patriotic hero to step up and expose these hidden meanings and hidden agendas.

Kentroversy Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (out of five)


Sources:

The following sources were used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Jordan Maxwell Official Website

Jordan Maxwell's Basic Slide Presentation DVD

Jordan Maxwell's Biography and Resume

Jordan Maxwell's Articles Page

Contact Jordan Maxwell

Jordan Maxwell Interview

Baphomet

Global Elite

Illuminati

Jordan Maxwell

Order of the Eastern Star

Merry Christmas From David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd)

David Gilmour, guitarist extraordinaire of Pink Floyd, has released a video and an MP3 as a special Christmas gift to his fans


If you love Pink Floyd and David Gilmour as I do, then you will want to head over immediately to David Gilmour's official website, where he has released an exclusive track from his forthcoming solo album, ON AN ISLAND, due to be released on March 6, 2006 on EMI Records.

As a special gift to his fans for Christmas 2005, David has released a video and MP3 of a wonderful six and a half minute blues track called ISLAND JAM.

Here is the OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT from DavidGilmour.com:

Friday 23rd Dec 2005: Merry Christmas from David Gilmour

To celebrate the holiday season, David has arranged an exclusive video clip, taken from the ‘On An Island’ album sessions. The track is ‘Island Jam’, featuring David with Paul ‘Wix’ Wickens on keyboards, Guy Pratt on bass, and Ged Lynch on drums. Click on the link to view the clip, and enjoy some amazing blues guitar playing, but before you do, David would like you to consider contributing to the ‘Crisis’ charity for the homeless. The link below allows you to make a contribution online and help the less fortunate.

NB: the links will only be posted until 11:59PM UK time on 27th December 2005.


Here is the link for the audio AND video of ISLAND JAM, a track that features an emotional guitar solo in David's own unique style. I cannot wait to hear the rest of the album!

DavidGilmour.com


Here is the link for you to donate to CRISIS --- I guess the question is, how much do you value this man's music, over the past 37 years? Do you value his music enough to make a donation of any size, big or small?

CRISIS: Make A Donation Online

© 2005 DavidGilmour.com
All international rights reserved.


Sources:

The following sources were used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

DavidGilmour.com

CRISIS: Make A Donation Online

Report: Constitution In Crisis

The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic, and NOT a Democracy!!


The following report was released today by the House Judiciary Sub-Committee, under the direction of John Conyers, one of the true American Patriots that work inside of our criminally occupied government. The link to download a PDF file of the report can be found at the bottom of this article, in the Sources section ...


Report: The Constitution in Crisis
by House Judiciary Committee Minority Staff
Tuesday December 20, 2005

The Downing Street minutes and deception, manipulation, torture, retribution, and coverups in the Iraq war.

Executive Summary

This Minority Report has been produced at the request of Representative John Conyers, Jr., Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee. He made this request in the wake of the President's failure to respond to a letter submitted by 122 Members of Congress and more than 500,000 Americans in July of this year asking him whether the assertions set forth in the Downing Street Minutes were accurate. Mr. Conyers asked staff, by year end 2005, to review the available information concerning possible misconduct by the Bush Administration in the run up to the Iraq War and post-invasion statements and actions, and to develop legal conclusions and make legislative and other recommendations to him.

In brief, we have found that there is substantial evidence the President, the Vice President and other high ranking members of the Bush Administration misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision to go to war with Iraq; misstated and manipulated intelligence information regarding the justification for such war; countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment and other legal violations in Iraq; and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of their Administration.

There is a prima facie case that these actions by the President, Vice-President and other members of the Bush Administration violated a number of federal laws, including (1) Committing a Fraud against the United States; (2) Making False Statements to Congress; (3) The War Powers Resolution; (4) Misuse of Government Funds; (5) federal laws and international treaties prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment; (6) federal laws concerning retaliating against witnesses and other individuals; and (7) federal laws and regulations concerning leaking and other misuse of intelligence.

While these charges clearly rise to the level of impeachable misconduct, because the Bush Administration and the Republican-controlled Congress have blocked the ability of Members to obtain information directly from the Administration concerning these matters, more investigatory authority is needed before recommendations can be made regarding specific Articles of Impeachment. As a result, we recommend that Congress establish a select committee with subpoena authority to investigate the misconduct of the Bush Administration with regard to the Iraq war detailed in this Report and report to the Committee on the Judiciary on possible impeachable offenses.

In addition, we believe the failure of the President, Vice President and others in the Bush Administration to respond to myriad requests for information concerning these charges, or to otherwise account for explain a number of specific misstatements they have made in the run up to War and other actions warrants, at minimum, the introduction and Congress' approval of Resolutions of Censure against Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney. Further, we recommend that Ranking Member Conyers and others consider referring the potential violations of federal criminal law detailed in this Report to the Department of Justice for investigation; Congress should pass legislation to limit government secrecy, enhance oversight of the Executive Branch, request notification and justification of presidential pardons of Administration officials, ban abusive treatment of detainees, ban the use of chemical weapons, and ban the practice of paying foreign media outlets to publish news stories prepared by or for the Pentagon; and the House should amend its Rules to permit Ranking Members of Committees to schedule official Committee hearings and call witnesses to investigate Executive Branch misconduct.

The Report rejects the frequent contention by the Bush Administration that there pre-war conduct has been reviewed and they have been exonerated. No entity has ever considered whether the Administration misled Americans about the decision to go to war. The Senate Intelligence Committee has not yet conducted a review of pre-war intelligence distortion and manipulation, while the Silberman-Robb report specifically cautioned that intelligence manipulation "was not part of our inquiry." There has also not been any independent inquiry concerning torture and other legal violations in Iraq; nor has there been an independent review of the pattern of coverups and political retribution by the Bush Administration against its critics, other than the very narrow and still ongoing inquiry of Special Counsel Fitzgerald.

While the scope of this Report is largely limited to Iraq, it also holds lessons for our Nation at a time of entrenched one-party rule and abuse of power in Washington. If the present Administration is willing to misstate the facts in order to achieve its political objectives in Iraq, and Congress is unwilling to confront or challenge their hegemony, many of our cherished democratic principles are in jeopardy.

This is true not only with respect to the Iraq War, but also in regard to other areas of foreign policy, privacy and civil liberties, and matters of economic and social justice. Indeed as this Report is being finalized, we have just learned of another potential significant abuse of executive power by the President, ordering the National Security Agency to engage in domestic spying and wiretapping without obtaining court approval in possible violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.

It is tragic that our Nation has invaded another sovereign nation because "the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy," as stated in the Downing Street Minutes. It is equally tragic that the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress have been unwilling to examine these facts or take action to prevent this scenario from occurring again. Since they appear unwilling to act, it is incumbent on individual Members of Congress as well as the American public to act to protect our constitutional form of government.

© 2005 Truthout.org


Sources:

The following sources were used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Truthout.org - Report: The Constitution in Crisis

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Brainwaves To Be Used As Identification

The cutting edge of biometrics is the new idea of using brainwaves as identification


The cutting-edge of the new technologies commonly known as biometrics are receiving an update. Forget about the thumb-scanners, iris and retina scanners, and even those full-body scanners that have been recently installed at some of the world's largest and best-known airports. The new rage in biometrics is using your brainwaves as personal identification.

I try to remain hopeful and optimistic about the world around me, but when I hear about things like this, it gets my blood boiling. With brainwave I.D., no one will ever leave home WITHOUT their identification --- as it will be stored safely in their head. This is NOT some sci-fi 'theory,' but the real deal, and it is coming soon to public spaces near YOU!

Think about this . . .

When (and NOT if) these brainwave I.D. scanners are implemented, what will become of ideas such as ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE, privacy, and an individual's right to privacy regarding their own thought processes? When we enter a public courthouse, for instance, will we be forced to be scanned to see if we are THINKING bad thoughts? Our brainwave patterns are supposed to be as individual as our fingerprints, and as such, will we be forced to undergo some sort of re-education training if it has been determined that we are too free, too individual, and refuse to march lock-step with the sheeple that surround us in our lives?

And believe me, if THIS is the kind of technology that THEY are admitting to, you can safely assume that the technology that THEY truly harbor is much more advanced than what is being admitted to in the article below. And you know full well who THEY are, don't you?!

With external technologies such as NEURO-LINGUISTIC PROGRAMMING, already the freedom of private thought is endangered. Take a look at the non-lethal weaponry that is now being used against those of us who protest in the streets, technologies that are designed to manipulate thought and brainwave patterns are already out there, being used against people whose only CRIME (so to speak) is their exercising of their own Constitutional rights of FREE SPEECH, ASSEMBLY, and the right to have their GRIEVANCES REDRESSED by the government.

What is it going to be NEXT?!


Brainwaves To Be Used As Identification
‘Pass-thoughts’ are the new fingerprints
December 15, 2005

OTTAWA - Canadian researchers hope to soon be able to use brain waves to unlock doors and get access to bank accounts.

Some companies are already offering iris recognition systems that many countries want to put into biometric passports. But Julie Thorpe, a researcher at Carleton University in

Ottawa wants to take the idea much further.

She says it is possible to do away with key cards, pin numbers and a litany of other security tools that allow people to retrieve bank money, access computer data or enter restricted building.

“A user would simply think their password,” said Thorpe, who hopes to develop the first biometric security device to read your mind to authenticate users.

Her idea, yet to be proven viable for commercial application, assumes that brainwave signals, like fingerprints, vary slightly from person to person, even when they think alike.

“Everyone’s brainwave signal is a bit different even when they think about the same thing. They’re unique just like fingerprints,” she said.

While people may be tricked into giving up their passwords, smart cards may be lost or stolen, as can biometric templates stored on computers for comparing eye or fingerprint scans, so-called “pass-thoughts” are unique.

A user would only have to think up a different password and save it on a computer, Thorpe said, describing what would become the world’s first changeable biometric security tool.

The doctoral student is working with leading Canadian security technology researcher Paul Van Oorschot in Ottawa to turn her idea into reality.

Her research builds on other efforts to develop rudimentary brain-computer interfaces to help paralysed patients control their environment and communicate.

Whereas slight differences in brainwave patterns created difficulties for researchers trying to build universal tools that could translate thoughts into computer commands, these peculiarities make brainwaves ideal for security applications, Thorpe said.

“You could use a sound or music or childhood memory as your pass. You could even flash someone an image to help them remember their pass-thought,” she said.

Thorpe must still prove that people can reproduce clear, concise signals over and over.

“Often, unconscious thoughts, maybe a song in the back of your mind, may blur a signal.

There’s a lot going on in people’s heads,” she said. Also, current brain-computer interfaces are not yet up to the task.

The latest electroencephalogram (EEG) hardware, which measures electrical signals in the brain, consists of a costly bowl-shaped cap dotted with electrodes that takes time to put on and requires a gel be smeared on the person’s head to bridge the gap between the electrodes and their scalp.

“It’s not very fashionable, looks like a polka-dot swimming cap,” Thorpe said, noting how refinements are in the works.

© 2005 Daily Times of Pakistan


Source:

The following source was used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Brainwaves To Be Used As Identification (December 15, 2005)

GOLD - $650 An Ounce By End of 2006, Say Analysts

How high will the price of GOLD rise before YOU consider buying some?


Gold Will Shoot Up To $650 An Ounce By End of 2006, Say Analysts

Sunday, 18 December, 2005 (08:26am)

LONDON (Reuters) - Heavy demand for gold from Russia, China, India, the Middle East and possibly the US is likely to push the price up to a record high of $650 an ounce by the end of 2006, a fund manager said.

In the US, where demand for gold is about half that of Europe, concern about the impact of the changeover at the millennium boosted gold demand in 1999, and fear could at some time be a factor again, Frank Holmes, chief executive of US Global Investors, said this week.

“If fear takes hold the price of gold could jump faster than people are expecting,” he told Reuters.

Historically the highest price for spot gold was seen in 1980 at $850 an ounce and recently Japanese demand has pushed prices up over $540 an ounce, a rise of nearly 24% so far this year.

Most of the demand has come from fund managers looking to diversify their portfolios into precious metals which have little or no correlation to stocks and bonds and central banks swapping dollar reserves for gold. Emerging market consumers are also buying more gold jewellery.

“Emerging markets are driving up the price of gold,” Holmes said.

Holmes’s fund invests in gold miners. It has around $1bn under management and in the 12 months to September it returned nearly 20%.

“The supply coming out of gold mines has been falling for the past couple of years and will continue to fall to the end of the decade. The birthing process to bring new supply on stream can take 10 to 15 years.”

The prospect of some central banks raising the proportion of gold they hold in their reserves is also on the agenda and adding to the atmosphere of gold fever in the market.

Last month, Russian President Vladimir Putin called on the central bank to gradually raise gold reserves. Russia currently holds around 386 tonnes or 12.4mn troy ounces of gold.

“That triggered a rise above $500 an ounce,” Holmes said.

“Prior to that there was China, which we know is aiming to turn 2.4% of its foreign currency reserves into gold.”

UK-based consultancy GFMS expects total world demand for gold to rise 7% this year to 3,383 tonnes.

It sees the fastest pace of demand growth in India - 26% to 881 tonnes in 2005 from 702 tonnes in 2004.

“Economic growth and incomes are rising in India,” Holmes said. “The Middle East is also recycling some of its trillions of petrodollars into gold.”

GFMS expects a 6% rise in gold demand to 679 tonnes compared with 641 tonnes in 2004 in the Middle East.

But Holmes thinks that a trigger for another lurch higher, towards $650 an ounce could be a sharp rise in demand from consumers in the US.

“Americans become gold buyers out of fear. In 1999 everyone was worried that at the turn of the millennium everything would fall out of the sky. Americans bought 2mn ounces of gold eagle (coins) that year,” he said.

US demand for gold is likely to rise just 1% this year to 251 tonnes and European demand to fall 6% to 533 tonnes, according to GFMS.

“If European central banks hadn’t been selling gold it would have been at $650 already,” Holmes said, adding that if they accelerate their gold sales then price rises could be limited.

© 2005 Reuters News Service


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Gold Will Shoot Up To $650 An Ounce By End of 2006, Say Analysts (December 18, 2005)

WAL-MART Calls Police On Christmas Carol Singers

It is for reasons such as what is pointed out in the article below; along with the rest of Wal-Mart's predatory capitalism, abuse of their employees through willful violation of national labor laws (including the widespread use of illegal aliens), outsourcing, and placing MADE IN USA labels on clothing items actually made in the third-world --- that I REFUSE to shop at this store.

Furthermore, it is very worrisome to me that this is one more example of the De-Christmasizing of America. As long as we keep things to conspicious consumption, Happy Holidays, and the avoidance of anything that might refer to Christianity at this time of year, things are okay. But, just try to ask your town council to put up a manger scene in front of town hall, and then there are all kinds of problems --- threats are made --- and lawsuits begin to fly.

The way to fight these globalists is to vote with your dollars, the only language they understand. In my own case, I know about all the BAD THINGS that Wal-Mart has done, and I simply boycott them. Additionally, once I had taken the time to explain to people in my life what Wal-Mart is truly all about, I was successful in changing the shopping habits of several people I know, including my best-friend Robert and his family. If we ALL did this, this store chain would get hurt in their BOTTOM LINE.

The demoralization of religion is all a part of the agenda to destroy the USA from within. When global empires fall, they fall because of a demoralized citizenry, corrupt government, an overextended economy and runaway debt. Before the inevitable final collapse, the empire needs to engage in war in a last-ditch attempt to prop up the flagging economy.

Does any of this sound like the AmeriKa of today?


HOW WAL-MART IS DESTROYING AMERICA AND THE WORLD

The paperback book with the above title was written by a man named Bill Quinn. A short read at 172 pages, it wastes no time at all getting down to the business of showing what it is exactly that Wal-Mart has been doing to get themselves in the position of the most suded corporation on the planet.

In a concise seven chapters, Mr. Quinn tells the tale of how Wal-Mart behaves which has earned them them their highly negative reputation. For example, Wal-Mart claims they have the lowest prices around. This is only true when they first come into a new area. Once they have successfully lowered their prices to the point of bankrupting local small businesses, they INCREASE their prices, which harms the consumer.

Here are the contents of the above-named book by Bill Quinn:

Chapter 1 - Seven Bad Things That Happen When Wal-Mart Comes To Town

Store Owners Take The Biggest Hit
Jobs Are Lost
Other Businesses Suffer
Downtown Dies
Taxpayers Pay For The Disaster
Other Towns Suffer
Wal-Mart Moves On
We Get Letters . . .
. . . And We Get Calls


Chapter 2 - One Sure-Fire Way Wal-Mart Barges Into Town (And 3 Ways It Sneaks In)

Location, Location, Location
Manipulate Existing Zoning
Use A Front Man
Hell, Use A Straw Man


Chapter 3 - Two Ways Wal-Mart Is Oh So Greedy

Employees Are Wrung Dry
Suppliers Are Squeezed


Chapter 4 - Six Reasons To Beware Of Wal-Mart

Promises, Promises
Always The Low Road
Untruth In Advertising
The Liars' Club
Made In The USA? No Way!
Santa or Scrooge?


Chapter 5 - Nine Ways Wal-Mart Is Bad To The Bone

Sweatshop Labor
"Grey Market" Advertising
Quota Busting
Overcharging The Consumer
Tax Hijinks
Pork-Barrel Treats
Gats For Tots
Wal-Mart: "A Bad Neighbor?"
A Rotten record With Women and Minorities


Chapter 6 - Five Ways Wal-Mart Is A Menace To America - And The World

Stamping Out The Free Market
"The Law Is For Little People"
Supercenter Consolidation
First The Supercenter, Now The "Neighborhood Market"
International Expansion


Chapter 7 - Here's What You Can Do About It!

Can We Keep Wal-Mart Out Of Our Cities?
Write Your Local Newspaper
Enlist Your Hometown Bank
Who You Gonna Call?
Fight 'Em In Cyberspace!


If anyone reading these words is at all interested in or concerned about the destruction of America --- please pick up a copy of this book by Bill Quinn. It is quite an eye-opener --- and it can be used as an educational tool to further educate about the REAL nature of the world.



A SOUR NOTE FOR CHOIR AT WAL-MART

by CHRISTINE ARMARIO
NEWSDAY STAFF WRITER

December 16, 2005

A festive group of high school choir students from Central Islip singing at an Islandia shopping center discovered over the weekend that some people were not in the holiday spirit.

After entering a Wal-Mart store, the choir was quickly asked to leave before even starting to sing its first song.

The Central Islip High School concert choir had just finished a performance at the United Methodist Church off Veterans Memorial Highway, when the students proposed to go caroling in the shopping center across the street.

Their director, John Anthony, approved the move and the group of about 30 students found warm welcomes at the Stop & Shop grocery store and other shops in the center. That is, until they entered Wal-Mart.

Right away, a store manager approached the award-winning group, announcing that they did not have an appointment and that the sheer size of the group posed a fire hazard, Anthony said.

The teens then sang one song - "Guide Me," a classic Welsh tune - to the delight of the customers.

"Sing more!" Anthony said the shoppers were screaming. But Wal-Mart was adamant and even called police. The students left peacefully before police arrived and no arrests were made.

The choir's merriment quickly disintegrated, the director said. "The kids were just 'Bah humbug!'" he added.

Wal-Mart officials released a statement this week saying the choir's appearance was unscheduled and created a fire code violation. "For their safety and the safety of our customers, we asked them to move," the statement read.

Wal-Mart has offered the school an opportunity for the choir to return at a scheduled time. The store also made an undisclosed donation toward the choir's trip next summer to Austria, where they will be one of three student choirs from the United States to perform at a celebration of the 250th anniversary of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's birth.

Copyright 2005 Newsday Inc.


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Bill Quinn - How Wal-Mart is Destroying America (and the world) - Ten Speed Press

Bill Quinn - How Wal-Mart is Destroying America (and the world) - Amazon.com

Bush Says Eavesdropping on AmeriKans Helps Save Lives

Bush claims in CLASSIC ORWELLIAN DOUBLESPEAK that eavesdropping on innocent Americans helps to save lives


Bush: Eavesdropping Helps Save U.S. Lives
December 17, 2005 (5:06pm)
by Jennifer Lovin

WASHINGTON (AP) - Facing angry criticism and challenges to his authority in Congress, President Bush on Saturday unapologetically defended his administration's right to conduct secret post-Sept. 11 spying in the United States as "critical to saving American lives."

One Democrat said Bush was acting more like a king than a democratically elected leader. But Bush said congressional leaders had been briefed on the operation more than a dozen times. That included Democrats as well as Republicans in the House and Senate, a GOP lawmaker said.

Often appearing angry in an eight-minute address, the president made clear he has no intention of halting his authorizations of the monitoring activities and said public disclosure of the program by the news media had endangered Americans.

Bush's willingness to publicly acknowledge a highly classified spying program was a stunning development for a president known to dislike disclosure of even the most mundane inner workings of his White House. Just a day earlier he had refused to talk about it.

Since October 2001, the super-secret National Security Agency has eavesdropped on the international phone calls and e-mails of people inside the United States without court-approved warrants. Bush said steps like these would help fight terrorists like those who involved in the Sept. 11 plot.

"The activities I have authorized make it more likely that killers like these 9/11 hijackers will be identified and located in time," Bush said. "And the activities conducted under this authorization have helped detect and prevent possible terrorist attacks in the United States and abroad."

News of the program came at a particularly damaging and delicate time.

Already, the administration was under fire for allegedly operating secret prisons in Eastern Europe and shipping suspected terrorists to other countries for harsh interrogations.

The NSA program's existence surfaced as Bush was fighting to save the expiring provisions of the USA Patriot Act, the domestic anti-terrorism law enacted after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Democrats and a few Republicans who say the law gives so much latitude to law enforcement officials that it threatens Americans' constitutional liberties succeeded Friday in stalling its renewal.

So Bush scrapped the version of his weekly radio address that he had already taped - on the recent elections in Iraq - and delivered a live speech from the Roosevelt Room in which he lashed out at the senators blocking the Patriot Act as irresponsible and confirmed the NSA program.

Bush said his authority to approve what he called a "vital tool in our war against the terrorists" came from his constitutional powers as commander in chief. He said that he has personally signed off on reauthorizations more than 30 times.

"The American people expect me to do everything in my power under our laws and Constitution to protect them and their civil liberties," Bush said. "And that is exactly what I will continue to do, so long as I'm the president of the United States."

James Bamford, author of two books on the NSA, said the program could be problematic because it bypasses a special court set up by the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act to authorize eavesdropping on suspected terrorists.

"I didn't hear him specify any legal right, except his right as president, which in a democracy doesn't make much sense," Bamford said in an interview. "Today, what Bush said is he went around the law, which is a violation of the law - which is illegal."

Susan Low Bloch, a professor of constitutional law at Georgetown University Law Center, said Bush was "taking a hugely expansive interpretation of the Constitution and the president's powers under the Constitution.

That view was echoed by congressional Democrats.

"I tell you, he's President George Bush, not King George Bush. This is not the system of government we have and that we fought for," Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., told The Associated Press.

Added Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.: "The Bush administration seems to believe it is above the law."

Bush defended the program as narrowly designed and used "consistent with U.S. law and the Constitution." He said it is employed only to intercept the international communications of people inside the U.S. who have been determined to have "a clear link" to al-Qaida or related terrorist organizations.

Government officials have refused to provide details, including defining the standards used to establish such a link or saying how many people are being monitored.

The program is reviewed every 45 days, using fresh threat assessments, legal reviews, and information from previous activities under the program, the president said. Intelligence officials involved in the monitoring receive extensive training in civil liberties, he said.

Bush said leaders in Congress have been briefed more than a dozen times. Rep. Pete Hoekstra, R-Mich., told House Republicans that those informed were the top Republican and Democratic leaders of the House and Senate and of each chamber's intelligence committees. "They've been through the whole thing," Hoekstra said.

The president had harsh words for those who revealed the program to the media, saying they acted improperly and illegally. The surveillance was first disclosed in Friday's New York Times.

"As a result, our enemies have learned information they should not have," Bush said. "The unauthorized disclosure of this effort damages our national security and puts our citizens at risk."

Bush has more to worry about on Capitol Hill than his difficulties with the Patriot Act. Lawmakers have begun challenging Bush on his Iraq policy, reflecting polling that shows half of the country is not behind him on the war.

On Sunday, the president was continuing his effort to reverse that by giving his fifth major speech in less than three weeks on Iraq.

One bright spot for the White House was a new poll showing that a strong majority of Americans oppose, as does Bush and most lawmakers, an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. The AP-Ipsos poll found 57 percent of those surveyed said the U.S. military should stay until Iraq is stabilized.


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Bush: Eavesdropping Helps Save U.S. Lives

DVD Review - Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove

The newly updated DARK SECRETS INSIDE BOHEMIAN GROVE - now on DVD!


In what has to be the most disturbing of all TRUTH-TELLING documentaries, DARK SECRETS INSIDE BOHEMIAN GROVE provides clear evidence of the occult infiltration of the highest levels of both business and government. Caught by hidden video camera during the July 15, 2000 CREMATION OF CARE ritual, Alex Jones and his staff successfully infiltrated and filmed this black-magic ritual for all the world to see.

Originally released on VHS in October 2000, DARK SECRETS INSIDE BOHEMIAN GROVE was filmed as part of a coperative effort between broadcaster and documentarian Alex Jones and Jon Ronson of the British Broadcasting Network's Channel 4; where it was later broadcast on international television as part of the SECRET RULERS OF THE WORLD documentary.

The newly released DVD, which features a redited version of DARK SECRETS and an updated ORDER OF DEATH segment, traces the story in the intervening five years. Also, there is some intriguing hidden camera film footage, which was taken by a former worker at the Grove, a brave young man who is known only by the pseudonym KYLE. His footage shows close-ups of the 40-foot owl idol MOLOCH, as well as the effigies that are burned in the funeral pyre in the CREMATION OF CARE ritual. KYLE took big risks to secure the film footage, who later provided the footage to Alex Jones for inclusion in the ORDER OF DEATH update segment.



Motto of Bohemian Club: "Weaving Spiders Come Not Here!"


Because BOHEMIAN GROVE is primarily attended by the elite of the elite of business and government during the mid-summer time in the middle of July, the WEAVING SPIDERS line has been taken from Shakespeare's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, a mystery play that is of extreme importance to these people. In the segment of the DVD which shows the CREMATION OF CARE ritual, the high-priest is heard proclaiming to thunderous applause and much cheering from the crowd:

"Midsummer sets us free!"


What is the CREMATION OF CARE ritual all about?

The CREMATION OF CARE ritual is a mock human-sacrifice to the Druidic-Canaanite-Babylonian owl god Moloch, the god of the sacrifice of children, who in ancient times, were sacrificed in ritualized burnings. The ritual features wording concerning the defeat of DULL CARE, which is the ritualized burning of the cares and concerns that these deeply sick individuals must do to clear their consciences of all the evil and twisted things they must do in the coming year.

This ritual is the centerpiece of the annual SUMMER FIRE FESTIVAL that is held during the last two weeks of July of every year since 1872, when the Bohemian Club was formed.

Here is a short excerpt of the ritual:

“Hail Bohemians! With the ripple of waters, the song of birds, such music as inspires the sinking soul. So, we invite you into midsummer’s joy. The sky above is blue and sown with fragrant grit. The evening’s cool kiss is yours. The campfires glow, the birth of rosy fingered dawn. Shake off your sorrows with the city’s dust, and cast to the winds, the cares of life.”



The CREMATION OF CARE ritual participants. Does THIS look like a Christian ceremony?!




The Grove is located on a 2,700 piece of private property 65 miles north of San Francisco, in the town of Monte Rio.




Here is a 1963 photo of BOTH Ronald Reagan (far left) and Richard Nixon (far right) at the Grove, BOTH of whom were later tapped to become President of the USA. The man standing in the photo is Glen Seaborg, who headed the plutonium development work of the Manhattan Project, which was the secret project that developed the Atomic Bomb; which was later used in the Japan cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.


In recent times, Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose last name means literally "darkness of the darkness," was seen attending the Grove shortly before he was manipulated into the Governorship of California. It is of interest that this man idolizes ADOLPH HITLER, and has spoken of having dreams in which he is a dictator.

Bohemian Grove has been the site of many nefarious plans which have been foisted upon America by these members of the global elite. The Manhattan Project, which was a program which developed the Atomic Bomb, was planned and later executed from a Grove building known simply as THE CHALET; a building in which KYLE'S hidden camera takes the viewer inside. THE CHALET was also the location in which the Reagan SDI Star Wars program was developed.




The 2000 program for the CREMATION OF CARE ritual, which contains several occult black-magic elements in its' design.


Again, I ask the reader, does any of this represent compassion? How about conservatism? Christian morals and ethics? Bush Jr. would like people to believe that he IS a Christian, even though he does not belong to any church, has never been seen at any church, and never bothered to attend any of the funerals or memorial services of any of the 9/11 victims. Bush frequently takes the Lord's name in vain, just as with his recent "godamned piece of paper" quote which referred to the U.S. Constitution, in what has to be one of the more interesting Freudian slips of all-time!



The 1915 Cremation of Care ritual


So, if any reader has a friend or family member who STILL tries to assert that Bush is a Christian and is compassionate and conservative, THIS DVD is the one thing which you can lay before them that will more than likely change their viewpoint on the smirking chimp himself.

In closing this review, allow me to quote Alex Jones himself, from within the DARK SECRETS INSIDE BOHEMIAN GROVE DVD:

"Doublethink --- one has to have it to stay safe in this world --- I refuse to be a part of it. In the news, black helicopters are stupid, in our culture, commercials, movies. At the same time, almost every month in this country, THEY are attacking and terrorizing some town --- burning buildings and [terrorizing citizens]. I don't want to be a part of their sick, control-freak system. I don't like these degenerate New World Order crowd people. They're not going to control me. I am trying to expose them, and I think we've had some success doing that."

If TRUTH is important to you, then you cannot afford to miss this DVD, which features VIDEO PROOF of the global elite's involvement in black-magic occultic rituals.

Kentroversy Rating: ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ (out of five)


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Bohemian Grove Exposed! - Infowars.com

The Bohemian Grove Is an Offshoot of Skull and Bones - New, Exclusive Photos - Infowars.com

The Story PEOPLE MAGAZINE Won't Let You Read

Index of Bohemian Grove Reportage

Bohemian Grove Action Network

Bohemian Grove

Bohemian Grove Action Network

Bush Crime Family

Cremation of Care

Dark Secrets Inside Bohemian Grove

Alex Jones

Weaving spiders, come not here!

U.S. Senate Blocks Patriot Act Extension

Bush plan to extend unconstitutional Patriot Act defeated in Senate on Friday


We have successfully defeated the extension of the Patriot Act, which is a huge blow to the Bush Crime Family, and is further proof of the LAME DUCK status of Junior's 'Residency. Of course, in the AP article below, there is talk about how Bush is very upset about this defeat, and he will more than likely lash out at who he sees as his "enemies," as frequently reported upon by Doug Thompson at the great Capitol Hill Blue website.

This is a crushing blow to the Bush White House, who thought that passage of this Patriot Act extension was a forgone conclusion.

I would invite all my readers to write their members of the House and Senate, and even the White House itself; which I had done when the outrageous "godamned piece of paper" quote was leaked from a high-level White House staff meeting, and reported upon by many websites across the Internet, including The Kentroversy Papers.

In our Constitutional Republic (NOT a democracy!!), it is the responsibility of every citizen to participate in our government, which is why I write letters on a regular and continuing basis. Just these people knowing they are being watched is enough to prevent further terrorist strikes in this country. Anyone who does proper research eventually comes to realize that people like Mohammed Atta, Saddam Hussein, and even going back to Lee Harvey Oswald and Jack Ruby, these people were all in some way connected with our own government's intelligence community.

So, when you hear about Al-CIAaeda threatening a terror attack, please realize that this is being done on purpose to create a STRAW MAN enemy; an enemy that would not be there if it weren't for the Neo-Nazi-Con belief that "There is no profit in peace." And these matters ALWAYS involve the same corporate players --- companies like Haliburton, Bechtel, Carlyle Group, and the complete players of the military-industrial complex.

Of course, Bush is going to paint this defeat as making AmeriKa more vulnerable to terror attacks in the future. However, now that tens of millions of Americans are waking up en masse, there is a much greater risk to bringing future attacks to fruition, as it will have been pitifully obvious as whom was behind the attack ...

... Al-CIAaeda ....


Bush Raps Senators on Blocking Patriot Act
By JENNIFER LOVEN
Associated Press Writer
December 17, 2005 (10:23am)

WASHINGTON - President Bush said Saturday that senators who are blocking renewal of the terrorism-fighting Patriot Act are acting irresponsibly and standing in the way of protecting the country from attack. President Bush said Saturday that senators who are blocking renewal of the terrorism-fighting Patriot Act are acting irresponsibly and standing in the way of protecting the country from attack.

"In the war on terror, we cannot afford to be without this law for a single moment," the president said in a live broadcast from the White House of his weekly radio address.

Senate Democrats, with the aid of a handful of Republicans, succeeded Friday in stalling the bill already approved by the House. The vote to advance the measure, 52-47, fell eight votes shy of the 60 votes required to end debate.

"That decision is irresponsible and it endangers the lives of our citizens. The senators who are filibustering must stop their delaying tactics and the Senate must reauthorize the Patriot Act," Bush said.

Opponents of renewing the law, most of whom are Democrats, argue that it threatens constitutional liberties at home.

Most Republicans and other supporters say the act is essential for protecting the country against terrorists. The law was enacted in the aftermath of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

© 2005 Associated Press



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Bush Raps Senators on Blocking Patriot Act (December 17, 2005)

Capitol Hill Blue - Doug Thompson "The Rant" article index

Microsoft Windows Live Will Spy On You

New Microsoft product will give up its' users location to Big Brother ...


Okay, I admit it.

There was once a time when I liked and admired Bill Gates and the software empire he built seemingly out of nothing. I liked Windows, and actually worked as a software tester for three of their Windows products; Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT. I accumulated an expertise related to computers and the entire Windows platform.

On the day of its' public release, I published online, the Windows 95 Registry FAQ, which was the first-ever document on the Registry, and this FAQ document can still be found online to this very day.

The computer knowledge that I gained from this experience, still benefits me to this very day. Being an expert at something like this helps me to understand and maximize the efficiency of the computer system that I currently own --- a system which is NOT running on Microsoft Windows. Furthermore, because of privacy issues and concerns, I will never again purchase any of Microsoft's products.

In late February 2003, I received a spam e-mail, which had come to my own MSN dial-up account. The nature of this e-mail was hugely pornographic and highly offensive. It asked me if I wanted to see a video of a young woman giving oral sex to a horse. Of course, bestiality is ILLEGAL and as such, I immediately reported it to MSN. Besides, I am NOT one of those people who are constantly thinking of and obsessed with sex. However, instead of writing out a NO-SPAM report, and sending it to MSN; I sent my report to Bill Gates' himself. Accompanying this report, naturally, was a copy of the actual spam e-mail I had received.

I then FAXed the whole thing to Gates' office in Redmond, Washington. In this report, I mentioned that I was resigning my MSN account, which I had since the service first started a few years earlier.

To my surprise, a couple of days later I received a telephone call from Bill Gates' private secretary. She had told me that Mr. Gates was extremely upset at the matter which saw me resign my MSN membership, and he wanted to make sure I walked away a satisified customer. The solution was to refund my entire multiple-year MSN payments, which were $19.95 per month.

In all, I ended up with several hundred dollars refunded to my account, which I thought was an honorable thing for Mr. Gates to have done, considering the circumstances.

I also ended up hearing about a very secret Registry Key for Windows, which was known as NSAKEY. This referred to the NSA [National Security Agency], and was tantamount to a governmental back-door in Windows 2000 Professional, which was the operating system I was running at the time.

I did some research, and spoke with many people about the NSAKEY issue, which I had proven beyond any doubt, was a true story. There was only one thing for me to do, and that was to get the Hell off of Windows.

As coincidence would have it, around this very same time, an APPLE STORE had opened its' doors for business at a local shopping mall. I went there, and spoke with a salesperson who I will call John. I asked him if he had ever heard of the Windows Registry NSAKEY. He responded by telling me that not only had he heard of it, but they were having sales meetings on how to convert people from Windows users to Mac OS 10 owners.

So, I came home with a brand-new system which I am still using to this day.

Now it appears that Microsoft has developed a GPS [global positioning satellite] version of Windows, which is called Windows Live. The GPS geolocator software is so precise that it is good to FIVE DECIMAL PLACES, i.e. 741.74147. This will be able to pinpoint YOUR location to within feet of where you are actually located.

As a matter of fact, in the Windows Live licence agreement, Microsoft admits that it will use the information collected to provide the user with a “more effective customer service, to improve Location Finder and any related Microsoft products or services.”

Microsoft will disclose Windows Live location information if asked by a member of the police or judiciary. It will also use the information "to protect the personal safety of Microsoft employees or agents, users of Microsoft products or services, or members of the public." So, now Micorosft is the official protector of the public good? This not only applies to the USA, but, the licence states it applies to "any country in which Microsoft or its affiliates, subsidiaries or agents maintain facilities."

And, they are going to do this with a operating system that is riddled with holes, back-doors, viruses, and spam attacks?!

Boy, I feel SAFER already!


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Microsoft's Windows Live Will Spy On You (December 12, 2005 - 6:53am)

Microsoft Stonewalls NSAKEY Questions (May 25, 2000)

NOTE: The following link contains the "Windows 95 Registry FAQ" near the bottom of the page, under the section WINDOWS 95 CLASSICS ...

Windows 95 Registry FAQ (PDF File in .ZIP format)

The Microchip Agenda (Redux)

The Microchip Agenda Marches Forward ...


Four months ago, I wrote an article entitled THE MICROCHIP AGENDA, where I discussed the steps of gradualism that are being used to brainwash the American public into accepting this disgusting plan. I mentioned SIX SPECIFIC STEPS that need to be taken to properly condition the population into accepting this gross miscarriage of high-technology.

The six steps of gradualism were as follows:

01) Farm Animals and Livestock (identification and inventory)

02) Household Pets (protection from getting lost)

03) Criminals (probation and parole)

04) Alzheimer's Patients and the Mentally Impaired (medical info, identification, and location)

05) Children (protection and kidnapping prevention)

06) Total Adult Population (military and police, security, identification, and medical info)

However, a mere 110 days later, in an article on Tommy Thompson refusing to get chipped, the following appeared:

" ... only about 60 living persons in the U.S. have agreed to be chipped. In addition to the voluntary recipients, the company's implants were injected into the deceased victims of hurricane Katrina, and there are plans to chip mentally disabled patients at a residential center in Chattanooga. VeriChip has also had talks with the Pentagon about chipping military personnel ...."

In recent developments, TiVo has filed a patent application for the use of their system with an embedded microchip in the customer's body.

The agenda marches ever onward ...

© 2005 Kentroversy Papers
All rights reserved. Used with permission.


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Tommy Thompson Refuses To Get Chipped (December 9, 2005)

TiVo Files Patent For RFID Personal Video Recorder (November 23, 2005)

The Kentroversy Papers - The Microchip Agenda (August 22, 2005)

Applied Digital Solutions

Gradualism

Microchip Agenda

RFID

TiVo

VeriChip

Pentagon Devising Scenarios for Martial Law in USA

Remember what the Neo-Nazi-Cons are telling you; with the NEXT domestic false-flag terror attack, we can ALL say GOODBYE to the Constitution!


Pentagon Devising Scenarios for Martial Law in USA
by Patrick Martin

According to a report published Monday by the Washington Post, the Pentagon has developed its first ever war plans for operations within the continental United States, in which terrorist attacks would be used as the justification for imposing martial law on cities, regions or the entire country.

The front-page article cites sources working at the headquarters of the military’s Northern Command (Northcom), located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The plans themselves are classified, but “officers who drafted the plans” gave details to Post reporter Bradley Graham, who was recently given a tour of Northcom headquarters at Peterson Air Force Base. The article thus appears to be a deliberate leak conducted for the purpose of accustoming the American population to the prospect of military rule.

According to Graham, “the new plans provide for what several senior officers acknowledged is the likelihood that the military will have to take charge in some situations, especially when dealing with mass-casualty attacks that could quickly overwhelm civilian resources.”

The Post account declares, “The war plans represent a historic shift for the Pentagon, which has been reluctant to become involved in domestic operations and is legally constrained from engaging in law enforcement.”

A total of 15 potential crisis scenarios are outlined, ranging from “low-end,” which Graham describes as “relatively modest crowd-control missions,” to “high-end,” after as many as three simultaneous catastrophic mass-casualty events, such as a nuclear, biological or chemical weapons attack.

In each case, the military would deploy a quick-reaction force of as many as 3,000 troops per attack—i.e., 9,000 total in the worst-case scenario. More troops could be made available as needed.

The Post quotes a statement by Admiral Timothy J. Keating, head of Northcom: “In my estimation, [in the event of] a biological, a chemical or nuclear attack in any of the 50 states, the Department of Defense is best positioned—of the various eight federal agencies that would be involved—to take the lead.”

The newspaper describes an unresolved debate among the military planners on how to integrate the new domestic mission with ongoing US deployments in Iraq, Afghanistan and other foreign conflicts. One major document of over 1,000 pages, designated CONPLAN 2002, provides a general overview of air, sea and land operations in both a post-attack situation and for “prevention and deterrence actions aimed at intercepting threats before they reach the United States.” A second document, CONPLAN 0500, details the 15 scenarios and the actions associated with them.

The Post reports: “CONPLAN 2002 has passed a review by the Pentagon’s Joint Staff and is due to go soon to Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and top aides for further study and approval, the officers said. CONPLAN 0500 is still undergoing final drafting” at Northcom headquarters.

While Northcom was established only in October 2002, its headquarters staff of 640 is already larger than that of the Southern Command, which overseas US military operations throughout Latin America and the Caribbean.

About 1,400 National Guard troops have been formed into a dozen regional response units, while smaller quick-reaction forces have been set up in each of the 50 states. Northcom also has the power to mobilize four active-duty Army battalions, as well as Navy and Coast Guard ships and air defense fighter jets.

The Pentagon is acutely conscious of the potential political backlash as its role in future security operations becomes known. Graham writes: “Military exercises code-named Vital Archer, which involve troops in lead roles, are shrouded in secrecy. By contrast, other homeland exercises featuring troops in supporting roles are widely publicized.”

Military lawyers have studied the legal implications of such deployments, which risk coming into conflict with a longstanding congressional prohibition on the use of the military for domestic policing, known as posse comitatus. Involving the National Guard, which is exempt from posse comitatus, could be one solution, Admiral Keating told the Post. “He cited a potential situation in which Guard units might begin rounding up people while regular forces could not,” Graham wrote.

Graham adds: “when it comes to ground forces possibly taking a lead role in homeland operations, senior Northcom officers remain reluctant to discuss specifics. Keating said such situations, if they arise, probably would be temporary, with lead responsibility passing back to civilian authorities.”

A remarkable phrase: “probably would be temporary.” In other words, the military takeover might not be temporary, and could become permanent!

In his article, Graham describes the Northern Command’s “Combined Intelligence and Fusion Center, which joins military analysts with law enforcement and counterintelligence specialists from such civilian agencies as the FBI, the CIA and the Secret Service.” The article continues: “A senior supervisor at the facility said the staff there does no intelligence collection, only analysis. He also said the military operates under long-standing rules intended to protect civilian liberties. The rules, for instance, block military access to intelligence information on political dissent or purely criminal activity.”

Again, despite the soothing reassurances about respecting civil liberties, another phrase leaps out: “intelligence information on political dissent.” What right do US intelligence agencies have to collect information on political dissent? Political dissent is not only perfectly legal, but essential to the functioning of a democracy.

The reality is that the military brass is intensely interested in monitoring political dissent because its domestic operations will be directed not against a relative handful of Islamic fundamentalist terrorists—who have not carried out a single operation inside the United States since September 11, 2001—but against the democratic rights of the American people.

The plans of Northcom have their origins not in the terrible events of 9/11, but in longstanding concerns in corporate America about the political stability of the United States. This is a society increasingly polarized between the fabulously wealthy elite at the top, and the vast majority of working people who face an increasingly difficult struggle to survive. The nightmare of the American ruling class is the emergence of a mass movement from below that challenges its political and economic domination.

As long ago as 1984—when Osama bin Laden was still working hand-in-hand with the CIA in the anti-Soviet guerrilla war in Afghanistan—the Reagan administration was drawing up similar contingency plans for military rule. A Marine Corps officer detailed to the National Security Council drafted plans for Operation Rex ’84, a headquarters exercise that simulated rounding up 300,000 Central American immigrants and likely political opponents of a US invasion of Nicaragua or El Salvador and jailing them at mothballed military bases. This officer later became well known to the public: Lt. Colonel Oliver North, the organizer of the illegal network to arm the “contra” terrorists in Nicaragua and a principal figure in the Iran-Contra scandal.

As for the claims that these military plans are driven by genuine concern over the threat of terrorist attacks, these are belied by the actual conduct of the American ruling elite since 9/11. The Bush administration has done everything possible to suppress any investigation into the circumstances of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon—most likely because its own negligence, possibly deliberate, would be exposed.

While the Pentagon claims that its plans are a response to the danger of nuclear, biological or chemical attacks, no serious practical measures have been taken to forestall such attacks or minimize their impact. The Bush administration and Congress have refused even to restrict the movement of rail tank cars loaded with toxic chemicals through the US capital, though even an accidental leak, let alone a terrorist attack, would cause mass casualties.

In relation to bioterrorism, the Defense Science Board determined in a 2000 study that the federal government had only 1 of the 57 drugs, vaccines and diagnostic tools required to deal with such an attack. According to a report in the Washington Post August 7, in the five years since the Pentagon report, only one additional resource has been developed, bringing the total to 2 out of 57. Drug companies have simply refused to conduct the research required to find antidotes to anthrax and other potential toxins, and the Bush administration has done nothing to compel them.

As for the danger of nuclear or “dirty-bomb” attacks, the Bush administration and the congressional Republican leadership recently rammed through a measure loosening restrictions on exports of radioactive substances, at the behest of a Canadian-based manufacturer of medical supplies which conducted a well-financed lobbying campaign.

Evidently, the administration and the corporate elite which it represents do not take seriously their own warnings about the imminent threat of terrorist attacks using nuclear, chemical or biological weapons—at least not when it comes to security measures that would impact corporate profits.

The anti-terrorism scare has a propaganda purpose: to manipulate the American people and induce the public to accept drastic inroads against democratic rights. As the Pentagon planning suggests, the American working class faces the danger of some form of military-police dictatorship in the United States.


Source:

The following source was used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Pentagon Devising Scenarios for Martial Law in USA

The Constitution Explained: A Constitutional Republic

The United States of America is a Constitutional Republic, and NOT a Democracy!!


NOTE: In the book excerpt below, any emphasis with regard to bold and italic type, bracketed and capitalized text --- is mine, and mine alone. This has been done to highlight certain important points brought up by Harry Atwood, a Constitutional scholar, and a true American patriot. He gave up his law practice in 1918, to study the legal issues surrounding U.S. Constitution. His book, although rare and difficult to find, is of sufficient depth and intelligence, that it could be used as a University textbook, and represents nine years of Mr. Atwood's intensive research.


The Constitution Explained
by Harry Atwood (1927)

Chapter XX: A [Constitutional] Republic (Representative Government) pgs. 149-158

One of the outstanding features and chief merits of the Federal Constitution is that it provides for a strictly representative form of government and in Article IV, Section 4, guarantees a representative form of government to each of the States.

A Republic is the standard form of government adopted by the Constitution for the nation and for the States. This is a fundemental fact which is too frequently overlooked, resulting in much confusion.

There are just three basic forms of government:

An AUTOCRACY is a form of government in which a monarch derives power through heredity and permits too little participation by the people, with a final result of reaction against tyranny. It creates the kind of condition in the world of government that would be created in the field of medicine if we were required to engage the services of a doctor whose father was our father's doctor, whether we wanted it or not.

A REPUBLIC is a form of government in which power is vested in regularly selected representatives with authority to act and decide public questions. It provides just enough participation by the people in governmental affairs and leads to orderly progress. It creates the kind of condition in the world of government that is created in the field of medicine when, in the event of our illness, we select a doctor whom we regard as qualified to treat our ailment.

A DEMOCRACY is a form of government in which the people speak and act directly on public questions. It permits too much participation by the people and finally results in chaos. It creates the kind of condition in the world of government that would be created in the field of medicine if, in the event of our illness, we were to submit to a popular vote what medicine we should take, and then take it regardless of the consequences.

A REPUBLIC does not bring a perfect condition, but it is the best form that human agency can devise. It is the GOLDEN MEAN between the extremes of AUTOCRACY and DEMOCRACY.

The authors of the Constitution seemed to understand clearly the meaning and importance of the law of the "GOLDEN MEAN," and applied it effectively to the science of government. It is that middle point or degree in any quality, state, or activity which avoids the dangers or errors of either extreme by the striking of a well-balanced medium.

In the study of any science or of any problem, we can learn much by observing the laws of nature. Too little food means starvation; the proper amount of food makes for health; too much food means gluttony. Again, too little seed means meager crops; just enough seed means the best possible crops; too much seed means crops sickly from over-crowding. The application of the principle can be clearly seen by stating it graphically, as follows:

EXTREME = Starvation and drought

GOLDEN MEAN = Nourishment and moisture

EXTREME = Gluttony and food

It is plain that not much is accomplished by discussing the value of either extreme, unless, indeed, it is to emphasize the great value of the mean. There is no sphere of activity in which the extremes are more disasterous or the mean more beneficial than in the realm of government. Some illustrations of the results are as follows:

EXTREME = Autocracy, Autocrats, and Bondage

GOLDEN MEAN = Republic, Statesmen, and Liberty

EXTREME = Democracy, Demagogues, and License

The Constitution was written in a convention by selected representatives, and there is convincing evidence running all through the Constitution that the men who wrote it intended to provide for strictly representative government in the nation and in the States, as proved by the following significant provisions:

"All legislative powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States."

"The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States."

"The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in sucn inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish."

"The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican (representative) form of government."

The ratification of the conventions of nine States shall be sufficient for the establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the same."

"The Congress, whenever two-thirds of both houses shall deem it necessary, shall propose amendments to this Constitution, or, on the application of the legislatures of two-thirds of the several States, shall call a convention for proposing amendments ... when ratified by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States, or by the conventions in three-fourths thereof."

Thus we see nowhere in the Constitution is there any suggestion of government through direct action, which is DEMOCRACY. The Constitution provides for vesting the legislature, executive, and judicial powers in representatives. It guarantees a representative form of government to every State in the Union and provices for its' ratification and amendment through representatives.

The form of government established by the Constitution is discussed in The Federalist, Numbers 10, 14, and 39, all written by James Madison. In The Federalist, Number 10, he said:

"Democracies have never been spectacles of turbulance and contention; have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property; and have in general been as short as their lives as they have been violent in their deaths ... A republic, by which I mean a government in which the scheme of representation takes place, opens a different prospect, and promises the cure for which we are seeking."

In The Federalist, Number 14, he wrote:

"The adversaries of the new Constitution are availing themselves of the prevailing prejudice with regard to the practicable sphere of republican administration, in order to supply, by imaginary difficulties, the want of those solid objections which they endeavor in vain to find. ... It seems to owe its' rise and prevalence chiefly to the confounding of a republic with a democracy, applying the former reasonings drawn from the nature of the latter. The true distinction between these forms [of government] was also averted to on a former occasion. It is, tat in a democracy, the people exercise the government in person; in a republic, they administer it by their representatives. ... Under the confusion of names, it has been an easy task to transfer to a republic, observations applicable to a democracy only."

In The Federalist, Number 39, he went on to say:

"If we resort for a criterion to the different principles on which different forms of government are established, we may define a republic to be ... a government which ... is administered by persons holding their offices during pleasure, for a limited period, or during good behavior."

In the first session of Congress, in 1789, when proposed amendments were being discussed, Representative Tucker of South Carolina proposed that Congress offer to the States for consideration, an amendment "giving people the right to instruct their representatives.""

In opposing the proposed amendment, Representative Hartley of Pennslyvania said:

"Representation is the principle of our government; the people ought to have confidence in the honor and integrity of those they send forward to transact their business; their right to instruct them is a problematical subject. We have seen it attended with bad consequnces both in england and America ... I kave known within my own time so many inconveniences and real evils arise from adopting the popular opinions of the moment, that ... I hope this government will particularly guard against them, at least I hope that they will not bind themselves by a Constitutional act, and by oath, to submit to their influence; if they do, the great object which this government has been established to attain will inevitably elude our grasp on the uncertain and veering winds of popular emotion."

Representative Clymer, also of Pennslyvania, said:

"Do gentlemen forsee the extent of these words? If they have a Constitutional right to instruct us, it infers that we are bound by those instructions ... This is a most dangerous principle, utterly destructive of all the ideas of an independent and deliberative body, which are essential requisites in the legislatures of free governments ...

It is the duty of a good representative to inquire what measures are most likely to promote the general welfare, and, after he has discovered them, to give them his support. Should his instructions, therefore, coincide with his ideas on any measure, they would be unnecessary; if they were contrary to the conviction of his own mind, he must be bound by every principle of justice to disregard them."

Representative James Madison, who was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention and later served two terms as Secretary of State and as President of the United States, said:

"Suppose they instruct a representative, by his vote, to violate the Constitution; is he at liberty to obey such instructions? Suppose he is instructed to patronize certain measures, and from circumstances known to him, but not to his constituents, he is convinced that they will endanger the public good, is he obliged to sacrifice his own judgment to them?"

The proposed amendment was not submitted --- a fact which indicates that Congress at that time understood clearly the importance of adhering to representative government, as provided in the Constitution and emphasized in The Federalst.

For more than a century, not only the nation at large, but the States also adhered closely to the convention plan of naming candidates for office, and entrusted the making, interpreting, and enforcing of the laws to chosen representatives. Under the representative plan of procedure we made progress unparalelled in the history of government.

Toward the latter part of the last century, agitation became insistent for direct primaries, the initiative, the referendum, and the recall, and many of the States have enacted legislation providing for these methods of direct action.

DIRECT PRIMARIES are a substitute for the delegate convention plan of nominating candidates for public office, providing for their nomination by a direct vote of the people.

The INITIATIVE is a system whereby a given number of voters may, on petition, propose a law and require the legislature to submit it to a popular vote.

The REFERENDUM is a system which requires the reference of an act passed by the legislature to the voters for approval or rejection.

The States have gradually adopted the custom of submitting State constitutions to a referendum of the people for ratification. It will be generally conceded, however, that no State has adopted a constitution so well adapted to the national government.

The RECALL is a system for submitting to the voters the question whether or not a public official, regularly elected for a definite term, shall be removed before the term expires, without the opportunity of a trial based on the rules of evidence.

These innovations were inspired because of charges that conventions were not naming good candidates, thatthe legislative bodies were enacting undesireable laws, and that public officials were frequently untrustworthy.

Unfortunately, there was much justification for these contentions, but it is extremely doubtful if the introduction of the direct action of democracy is the proper remedy, as the evils resulting from the change seem greater than those which it sought to rectify. The real remedy, it would seem, is to continue the plan of representative government provided for by the Constitution, and to exercise greater vigilance and discretion in the selection of delegates for executive and legislative positions.

Perhaps the point can be made clearer by way of analogy if we apply the principle of the direct action of democracy to the great game of baseball.

If in the game of baseball, umpires were chosen by virtue of their fathers' having been umpires, it can readily be seen that through autocracy, baseball would degenerate just as hereditary government always has.

We play baseball as a republic, based on strictly representative government. The selection of the players and the umpire is usually left to those who are interested in baseball and understand the game.

Players are selected becauuse of their ability to play. The umpire is selected for his knowledge of the rules and his moral courage to make decisions in accordance with them, regardless of public clamor of the moment in the bleachers.

Under these conditions, baseball as played is a wonderful game, and we have excellent players and efficient umpires, and enormous crowds are hadled with little disorder.

Suppose that the method of conducting baseball should be changed, and provisions were made for selecting members of the teams through direct primaries by a vote of the people in attendance at the game, or for referring the rulings of the umpire to the bleachers for decision by referendum, or for circulating a petition for the initiative to change the rules of the game, or to recall the umpire or some of theplayers, it can readily be seen that chaotic conditions would result.

If the selection of the members of debating teams and football and baseball teams were left to a voye of the student bodies in high schools and colleges, it is not likely that championship teams would be assembled.

Apply the principle of the direct action of democracy to the fields of engineering, surgery, and other activities and consider the inevitable results. Such contemplation will help us appreciate the wisdom of the authors of the Constitution in understanding that in the plan of things, great responsibility was placed upon a wise exercise of the law of selection, which is the essence of a REPUBLIC.


CHAPTER QUESTIONS:

01) What is one of the outstanding features of the Constitution?

02) What form of government was adopted by the Constitution?

03) What is an autocracy?

04) What is a republic?

05) What is a democracy?

06) What law did the authors of the Constitution seem to understand?

07) What is the "golden mean?"

08) Illustrate with reference to the laws of nature.

09) Illustrate with reference to the natural results of the three forms of government.

10) What are the six significant provisions in the Constitution proving that it provides for a representative form of government?

11) What did James Madision say regarding the matter in The Federalist, Numbers 10, 14, and 39?

12) What did Representative Tucker propose in the first session of Congress?

13) What was said in opposition by Representative Hartley?

14) By Representative Clymer?

15) By Representative Madision?

16) For what did agitation become insistent duing the latter part of the last century [i.e., the late 1800's]?

17) What are direct primaries?

18) What is the initiative?

19) What is the referendum?

20) What is the recall?

21) What inspired these innovations?

22) Illustrate the application of the three forms of government to the game of baseball.

23) What is the essence of a republic?


KENTROVERSY COMMENT:

The U.S. Constitution USED TO be taught in school, but that is no longer the case. Most Americans believe that the USA is a DEMOCRACY, and this is because it is what they are told to believe. As anyone with a clear mind can come to realize upon reading this book excerpt, the USA is anything BUT a democracy.

Such semantical nonsense is the hallmark for ORWELLIAN DOUBLETHINK, which serves the evil forces that have hijacked our Constitutional Republic. Controlling thought is the basis of BRAINWASHING and MIND-CONTROL --- which in our modern world --- is carried out through the television. In 1984, it is called the TELESCREEN, and is described as being able to be dimmed, but never shut off entirely.

George Orwell [real name: Eric Blair] knew what was coming because he was one of THEM.

Recently, George Bush Jr. complained in a staff meeting that the Constitution was just a "godamned piece of paper." I immediately sent a FAX to the White House to voice my own personal outrage at his ignorant and ill-informed statement, but there is no one in the streets marching on Washington, as they should be.

Most people do not understand how the Constitution is being shredded before our very eyes, and this is because, they do not understand WHAT the Constitution means to them in their own lives. They believe they have freedom of speech, because this is what they are told to believe. However, people from other parts of the world, upon visiting the USA, comment on how HEAVILY CENSORED the mass media is here.

There is NO representation of alternate viewpoints --- and a perfect example of this has been the mass news media's treatment of dissident voices --- such as Alex Jones --- a great American patriot from Austin, Texas. There was a point in 2004 when Brian Lamb, on CSPAN'S Washington Journal program, spent an hour trashing Mr. Jones' name and reputation on the air. However, Mr. Lamb has NEVER allowed Mr. Jones to come on as a guest, and this is because of the HEAVY CENSORSHIP of our so-called FREE PRESS.

How many wounded soldier's have been shown on the TV news? How many flag-draped caskets have been shown? When is the last time DEPLETED URANIUM AMMUNITION has been discussed in any part of the US mass media?

NONE! NEVER!

Most people do not understand what the LOSS of the Constitution will mean to their lives, because they never knew what the Constitution meant to begin with.

And, it's as simple as that . . .


Source:

The following source was used in the creation of this Kentroversy Paper . . .

Harry Atwood - The Constitution Explained (1927)