Kentroversy Papers Reader Inspired By Eyes Wide Shut Special Report

A reader of THE KENTROVERSY PAPERS who hails from England, has written me today to tell me that he produced a YouTube video based on my March 2006 report and subsequent RED ICE RADIO interview on the occult symbolism of the film EYES WIDE SHUT.


KENTROVERSY PAPERS READER INSPIRED BY 'EYES WIDE SHUT' SPECIAL REPORT
by Kent Daniel Bentkowski

Earlier today, I received an e-mail from a reader of THE KENTROVERSY PAPERS from Kent, England (coincidentally enough!!) -- who had written me to tell me that my report and RED ICE RADIO interview on EYES WIDE SHUT had inspired him to create a YouTube video related to occult symbolism. He asked me to look it over when I had the time. I did that -- and it was pretty good, actually.

I consider this to be a HUGE COMPLEMENT -- as it is quite amazing to me to hear about the number of people who are finding my work to be a great value. To hear about people that I inspire is something that I had never thought I would hear, to be honest.

Here is what my reader had to say:

I respect what you do and it's great that we have people like yourself, to help get this important information out to the public. Since learning from Maxwell, Tsarion, yourself, and others; I'm finding my own talents and wish to put them to good use. Your work is very important to help do that.

I loved the Eyes Wide Shut interview and report. That was so excellent It inspired me to make a small video to go on Youtube. Please check it out if you have time.

Thanks for the reply and Cheers!

From Kent, England.


And, here is the video that I inspired this reader to create:




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YouTube - Illuminati Symbols: Pyramids and Eyes (July 31, 2007)

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A Little Something To Think About

Is the connection between Hitler and Bush Jr. warranted -- or is it the product of the so-called 'conspiracy theorists' with overactive minds? You be the judge, as you read this classic Sunday strip from Aaron McGruder's BOONDOCKS [click on graphic to enlarge].


A LITTLE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
by Kentroversy

On October 13, 2002 -- Aaron McGruder ran a provocative Sunday version of his wonderfully hilarious BOONDOCKS comic. It spoke about Hitler and George Bush Jr. -- which is a connection that many had drawn -- especially after the events at the World Trade Center looked so much like the Reichstag Fire of February 27, 1933 at 9:15p.

It also doesn't help matters that inside the Skull and Bones clubhouse on the Yale University campus --- tributes to Hitler can be found -- and whose members privately refer to themselves as the Fourth Reich! Additionally, Prescott Sheldon Bush, the grandfather of Bush Jr. -- was an American financier of Hitler -- to whom he funneled vast amounts of money through Wall Street.

These things continue to unite Hitler and Bush Jr. in the minds of many -- as Aaron McGruder so skillfully pointed out in his comic strip of October 13, 2002 -- as pictured above.

Also, it doesn't help that he keeps making statements like the one below:

“If this were a dictatorship, it would be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.”

-- Bush Jr. on CNN (December 18, 2000)


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Boondocks - Official Website

Aaron McGruder - Wikipedia Webpage

The New Yorker - The Radical: Why Do Editors Keep Throwing “The Boondocks” Off The Funnies Page? - Ben McGrath (April 19, 2004)

Boondocks

George Bush Jr.

Adolph Hitler

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Kentspiracy Kronicles Newsletter

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Political Dissent

Words To Heed From A Hopi Elder

Thomas Banyaca Sr. (1910-1999); Speaker of the Wolf, Fox and Coyote Clan, and Elder of the Hopi Nation.


WORDS TO HEED FROM A HOPI ELDER
by Kentroversy



The artwork immediately above signifies the Wolf, Fox, and Coyote Clan of the Hopi Nation.


As far as I am concerned, my own personal experience in working with the Seneca Nations of Indians in my area of Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY USA -- the wisest people that I have ever spoken to have been the oral historians of these sovereign Indian nations. As a commercial printer, I dealt directly with a fascinating woman named Twylah Nitsch, of the Wolf Clan Teaching Lodge; who is actually world-famous, and renowned among those who are deeply into spirituality. It was a please to know someone of such stature -- and the stories she would tell -- well, let me just say that it was nothing short of amazing to hear some of these tales of true Native American history!

As we are in some extremely troubling times at the moment, the Hopi Prayer from Thomas Banyaca Sr. below is fitting, and I felt it appropriate to reprint it here today.

Please take HEED of these words -- as this could help us ALL change our lives for the better!

We are the one's we have been waiting for!


You have been telling the people,
That this is the eleventh hour.
Now, you must go and tell the people,
That THIS is the hour,
And there are things to be considered.

Where are you living? What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in the right relationship?
Where is your water?

Know your garden ...

It is time to speak your truth.
Create your community,
Be good to each other.
Do not look outside yourself for a leader.

There is a river flowing now very fast,
It is so great and swift.
That there are those who will be afraid,
They will try to hold onto the shore.
They will feel they are being pulled apart,
And will suffer greatly.

Understand that the river knows its' destination,
The elders say we must let go of the shore.
Push off into the middle of the river,
Keep our eyes open and our heads above water.

And I say; see who is in there with you,
Hold fast to them and celebrate!

At this time in history,
We are to take nothing personally.
Least of all, ourselves!
For the moment we do,
Our spiritual growth and journey comes to an end.

The time of the Lone Wolf is over!

Gather yourselves!

Banish the word 'struggle' from
Your attitude and vocabulary.
All that we do now must be done,
In a sacred manner and in celebration.

We are all about to go on a journey,
We are the one's we have been waiting for!

--- Thomas Banyacya Sr. (1910-1999);
Speaker of the Wolf, Fox and Coyote Clan
Elder of the Hopi Nation

I can think of no better message for our times!

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... On The Passing Of Elders - Thomas Banyacya Sr. (1910-1999)

Interview With Seneca Nations Elder Twylah Hurd Nitsch (2005)

In Sweet Company: The Women - Gramma Twylah Hurd Nitsch

Thomas Banyacya Sr. (1910-1999)

Hopi Elder

Hopi Nation

Twylah Nitsch

Kentroversy

Kentroversy Papers

Kentroversy Tapes

Kentspiracy Kronicles Newsletter

Native Americans

Seneca Nations

Kentroversy Papers and Kentroversy Tapes Within Top One Percent Of All Sites, As Ranked By Technorati

Both Kentroversy blog sites -- The Kentroversy Papers and The Kentroversy Tapes are ranked well within the TOP 1% of the 105.8 million blogs monitored by this service.


KENTROVERSY PAPERS AND KENTROVERSY TAPES WITHIN TOP ONE PERCENT OF ALL SITES, AS RANKED BY TECHNORATI
by Kent Daniel Bentkowski

Every so often, I check my websites rankings' on TECHNORATI -- the online blog-ranking service. The following figures are current as of Friday, September 21, 2007 ...

TECHNORATI currently monitors 105.8 MILLION blog sites, such as THE KENTROVERSY PAPERS and THE KENTROVERSY TAPES websites.

Out of these 105.8 MILLION sites, THE KENTROVERSY PAPERS is ranked at 196,198 -- which means it is within the TOP 0.1854% of all sites -- which places it firmly within the TOP ONE-FIFTH OF THE TOP ONE PERCENT of all sites!

THE KENTROVERSY TAPES is currently ranked within the TOP ONE MILLION sites -- ranked at 876,360. This is within the TOP 0.8283% of all sites -- which places it firmly within the TOP FOUR-FIFTHS OF THE TOP ONE PERCENT of all sites!

I would like to thank all my readers and listeners of my radio interviews and podcasts for their continued support -- which means a great deal to me!

Thank you, one and all!


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Kentspiracy Kronicles Newsletter

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Technorati.com

Buffalo News Desperate For Readers! They're Giving Out Free Papers For An Entire Week!!

Above is a copy of a flyer that was stuck inside my FREE SAMPLE copy of today's Buffalo News. This is SUPPOSED to get me to subscribe to the newspaper -- but I think Warren Buffett has enough money, and I am NOT going to contribute to his increased riches!

Also, please note that among the come-ons in the advertisement above -- by merely agreeing to sign-up for a subscription -- they are enrolled in a drawing where they could win $1,000! Sorry, but I don't need the money THAT BAD!


BUFFALO NEWS DESPERATE FOR READERS! THEY'RE GIVING OUT FREE PAPERS FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK!!
by Kentroversy

For the past several days, I have held court to an unwanted visitor to my home -- my FREE SAMPLE copies of the Buffalo News newspaper. With circulation down a full 40% in just the past two years (!!), the management has come up with a new marketing scheme -- which is to give out free newspapers to people living in neighborhoods they feel may be potential subscribers. However, all this has done is contributed to the garbage in my recycle bin, which sits in my garage.

I just pulled up the most recent audit numbers for the BUFFALO NEWS -- which come from the AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS and the NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA. Links to both of these data sets can be found at the end of this article.

According to September 2007 figures available on the AUDIT BUREAU OF CIRCULATIONS website -- the BUFFALO NEWS has a Sunday paid circulation of 266,123 papers sold to subscribers, newsstands, and other retail locations. The NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA, however, states that the weekday paid circulation is ONLY 116,865 -- which is down from 194,225 from only two years ago.

This is a 40% drop in paid circulation -- in merely two years!

The BUFFALO NEWS is the nation's 53rd largest newspaper, out of 200 that are tabulated on a regular basis by the NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA.

Their web presence is pathetic -- getting approximately 32,721 hits per day. Most of the alternative websites online get more than this ...

The age group with the highest level of readership is the 65 and over crowd. The group with the lowest level of readership is the 18-24 years group.

The household income level with the highest level of readership is the $35,000-$49,999 group -- and the income level with the lowest readership is the $150,000+ group.


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Newspaper Association of America website

Top 200 Newspapers by Largest Reported Circulation - Audit Bureau of Circulations website (March 31, 2007)

Net Reach of Newspaper Print and Web Sites (September 2007)

Buffalo News Averages 478K Daily Readers - Buffalo Business First (October 1, 2005)

Audit Bureau of Circulations

Buffalo News

Buffalo News Daily Circulation

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Warren Buffett

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Kentspiracy Kronicles Newsletter

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November 2007 Will Belong To Led Zeppelin (w/ Updates!)

On November 20th, 2007 -- Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment will release a newly EXPANDED version of the CD Soundtrack and a deluxe 2-DVD Set of the bands' 'The Song Remains The Same' concert film, respectively.

Just in time for my 46th birthday!!


NOVEMBER 2007 WILL BELONG TO LED ZEPPELIN (w/ UPDATES!)
by Kentroversy

This November of 2007 will see the release of three separate Led Zeppelin audio-video projects, which will no doubt delight long time fans, such as myself and most people I know who enjoy great 'classic-rock' music. Selling over 300 million albums worldwide since 1969, with 109.5 million albums sold in the USA during this time, the Led Zeppelin juggernaut rolls onward -- and nothing is going to slow it any time soon.

November 13th will see the release of yet another official Led Zeppelin greatest hits collection, allegedly compiled by the three surviving members of the band -- Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, and John Paul Jones. I say 'allegedly' here, simply because this new release, entitled MOTHERSHIP, is suspiciously similar to the 1990 compilation REMASTERS -- which was a 2-Disc 'sampler' of that years' 4-Disc box set, which was referred to as simply, LED ZEPPELIN. Aimed squarely at 'new' fans, MOTHERSHIP contains 24 tracks spread out over two discs, with a nearly identical track listing. An example, 'When The Levee Breaks' was added, and 'Battle of Evermore' was deleted.



On November 13, 2007 -- Atlantic Records and Rhino Entertainment will release the compilation MOTHERSHIP, which is suspiciously similar to the 1990 compilation REMASTERS. Except for a couple different songs, and a slightly different running order, they are identical.

MOTHERSHIP will be released in multiple editions:

• Standard Edition - 2-CD Set


• Deluxe Edition - 2-CD/1-DVD Set (DVD contains excerpts from 2003's 'Led Zeppelin' DVD box set release)


• Collector's Edition - 2-CD/1-DVD LIMITED EDITION


• Vinyl Edition - 4 LP Set, audiophile quality vinyl with collectable memorabilia.

'MOTHERSHIP' TRACK LISTING:



Disc One:

01. Good Times Bad Times
02. Communication Breakdown
03. Dazed And Confused
04. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
05. Whole Lotta Love
06. Ramble On
07. Heartbreaker
08. Immigrant Song
09. Since I've Been Loving You
10. Rock And Roll
11. Black Dog
12. When The Levee Breaks
13. Stairway To Heaven


Disc Two:

01. Song Remains The Same
02. Over The Hills And Far Away
03. D'Yer Maker
04. No Quarter
05. Trampled Under Foot
06. Houses Of The Holy
07. Kashmir
08. Nobody's Fault But Mine
09. Achilles Last Stand
10. In The Evening
11. All My Love


'THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME' DVD REVISITED:

To cash in even further, Warner Brothers Home Video is releasing a brand-new expanded edition of the bands' 1976 concert film, which is entitled 'The Song Remains The Same.' For the first time ever, the ENTIRE CONCERT will be presented in Dolby 5.1 Surround.




The new DVD of 'The Song Remains The Same' comes in a 'Limited Collector's Edition' -- which includes the DVD's, a copy of the CD Soundtrack, a limited-edition t-shirt, lobby cards, a replica of the ticket to the premiere of the film, tour schedule for the 1976 tour, plus even more goodies!


The new 'The Song Remains The Same' DVD will be available in the following editions:

• Deluxe Edition DVD


• Deluxe Edition HD DVD and Blu-Ray DVD


• Limited Collector's Edition - 2-DVD LIMITED EDITION includes collectible vintage T-shirt with original album artwork design, soundtrack CD, lobby cards, reproductions of original premiere invites, tour schedule, and more! "We have revisited 'The Song Remains The Same'," says Jimmy Page, "and can now offer the complete set as played at Madison Square Garden. This differs substantially from the original soundtrack released in 1976, and highlights the technical prowess of Kevin Shirley, who worked with us on 'How The West Was Won'. When it comes to 'The Song Remains The Same', the expansion of the DVD and soundtrack are as good as it gets on the LED ZEPPELIN wish list."

In addition, a new Soundtrack CD Set of 'The Song Remains The Same' concert film will be released on the same day -- here is the track listing (the asterisks indicate newly added material):

Disc One:

01. Rock And Roll
02. Celebration Day
03. Black Dog (including Bring It On Home)*
04. Over The Hills And Far Away*
05. Misty Mountain Hop*
06. Since I've Been Loving You*
07. No Quarter
08. The Song Remains The Same
09. The Rain Song
10. The Ocean*

Disc Two:

01. Dazed And Confused
02. Stairway To Heaven
03. Moby Dick
04. Heartbreaker*
05. Whole Lotta Love

But, that's NOT ALL ...

Billboard.com, the website of the music industry's trade paper, on Friday July 27, 2007 -- made the following announcement:

All the catalog activity gives further heft to rumors Plant, Page and Jones will reunite to perform at a proposed Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert this fall in London. Although no details have been announced, the group is also said to be mulling offers to tour under the Led Zeppelin name in 2008 with the late John Bonham's son Jason filling in on drums.

All of this activity takes place a few days before my own birthday, which I am going to enjoy immensely ...


UPDATE: September 12, 2007



Today, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin had a press conference held in their honor, to announce their reformation for what is now a one-off performance, which will be held in London on November 26, 2007. A tribute benefit concert to honor their comrade and co-consiprator, Ahmet Ertegun, the co-founder of Atlantic Records -- who signed the band to his label in 1968 -- and who died at age 83 in December 2006 after falling at a Rolling Stones concert.

The son of the late John Bonham -- Jason Bonham -- will be sitting behind the drums for this two-hour performance that marks the band's first full concert since 1980, when the band toured Europe prior to Bonham's untimely death in September 1980.

There are heavy rumors that there may be a full-fledged reunion tour in 2008, which were fueled by none other than Jimmy Page himself, who told the BBC rather cryptically:

"When we get into a room together to play, if we look around and smile, we know it feels good to play together again. And this has happened."

Until those plans for the 2008 reunion tour are officially announced -- demand for the November 26th show had brought TWENTY-FIVE MILLION fans to try to register for tickets through the lottery system that has been established, crashing the website under the weight of the demand. In all, the ticket registration website had gotten 125 MILLION hits in its' first twenty-four hours. It had been estimated by concert promoter Harvey Goldsmith that perhaps ONE-MILLION people would try to get tickets.

However, Goldsmith was OFF by a factor of TWENTY-FIVE ... !!!

My name has been entered in the lottery, as if I have a chance to go, I am NOT going to miss what could very well be my last-ever chance to see this band live -- the one rock concert I have never had the chance to see previously -- by my all-time favorite group -- LED ZEPPELIN.


UPDATE: September 19, 2007



On November 26th, 2007 -- LED ZEPPELIN will play their first full-length gig since the IN THROUGH THE OUT DOOR tour, which was cut short by the untimely death of John Bonham, the greatest rock drummer of all-time! The graphic above is from the band's official website at LEDZEPPELIN.COM.


Registration for the LED ZEPPELIN ticket lottery for the November 26, 2007 show has officially closed. In the seven days that the registration was open, the AhmetTribute.com website received ONE BILLION page hits, as more than ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION people attempted to register. I am certain that this is some kind of record for the Internet.

I have never heard of ANY website getting ONE BILLION page hits in a seven day time-frame ...

During the first twenty-four hours, the demand was so high that not only did it crash the ticket lottery website, but it also crashed the entire ISP that the website was using to bring it online to the world. It was getting 80,000 page hits per minute, for a total of five million hits per hour!

The good news is this ...

Of all these ONE-HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILLION PEOPLE who had attempted to register, only one million were able to get through to actually successfully register their name for a pair of the highly coveted tickets.

This is a 1 in 50 chance of scoring a pair of tickets to the most anxiously awaited reunion show that has ever been held ... !!!

Finally, let us all who are ZEPPELIN fans hope that the band uses these numbers as a gauge of interest in a full-out reunion tour in 2008. They are ALREADY talking about performing a second show in the very theatre where they performed STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN for the very first time -- when it reopens after renovations in 2008. This is in Ulster Hall in Belfast, Ireland; where STAIRWAY was first performed on March 5, 1971.

Stairway To Heaven is the all-time most requested song in the history of contemporary rock music -- and it often appears at number one whenever the most popular songs are compiled at various radio stations across the world.

The promoter of the November 26, 2007 show had this to say:

"We are absolutely overwhelmed with the number of hits received," declared promoter Harvey Goldmsmith.

He added: "In the first day alone, we received an unprecedented number of hits that literally knocked the website out. Over the last seven days we have recorded over 1,000 million hits. This response is amazing and from it we have had over one million registrations. We would like to thank all the fans for their support and we hope that all those fortunate to be successful will keep the tickets out of the hands of touts [ticket scalpers]."


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Led Zeppelin Official Website

LED ZEPPELIN: Double-CD Collection, Reissue Of 'The Song Remains The Same' Due In November (July 27, 2007)

Led Zeppelin Readies Fall Reissue Bonanza (July 27, 2007)

Billboard Magazine

Kentroversy

Kentroversy Papers

Kentroversy Tapes

Kentspiracy Kronicles Newsletter

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin Mothership

Jimmy Page

The Song Remains The Same

O.J. Simpson Charged With Ten Felonies In Vegas Armed Robbery Case

The book pictured above has become a runaway bestseller, now that proceeds are going where they should, to the family of Ron Goldman, who was murdered by someone many believe to be former Buffalo Bills Hall of Fame running back O.J. Simpson.


O.J. SIMPSON CHARGED WITH TEN FELONIES IN VEGAS ARMED ROBBERY CASE
by Kentroversy

"Whatever happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas," the advertising tagline informs us, and although I am NOT a betting man, I AM willing to bet that today, O.J. Simpson wishes this were more than just a marketing slogan. On the heels of an armed robbery in a Vegas hotel room, Simpson has been charged with TEN FELONIES related to the armed robbery, as well as the circumstances surrounding the robbery.

In my opinion, this man is a complete sociopath, and he appears to believe that he is above the law. For example, in a recording released on TMZ.com -- Simpson admits that he "set up offshore accounts." [see link below] Additionally, Simpson doesn't even believe he committed any crime at all, even as he sits behind bars without bail, facing the rest of his life in prison.

Two years ago, in Dade County Florida -- Simpson was under investigation for dealing massive amounts of Ecstasy -- a popular recreational drug. However, the investigation was stopped short, when witnesses were allegedly tampered with. This has never been made public until now. As a resident of the city in which this man played football, it is my duty to report EVERYTHING that I uncover, no holds barred.

Simpson has also been known to take massive amounts of Crystal Meth AND Cocaine, two other drugs in which he allegedly trafficked.

Here are the TEN FELONY COUNTS with which Simpson has been charged:

1. Conspiracy To Commit A Crime


2. Conspiracy To Commit Kidnapping


3. Conspiracy To Commit Robbery


4. First Degree Kidnapping With Use Of A Deadly Weapon


5. Burglary While In Possession Of A Deadly Weapon


6. Robbery With Use Of A Deadly Weapon


7. Assault With A Deadly Weapon # 1


8. Assault With A Deadly Weapon # 2


9. Coercion With Use Of A Deadly Weapon


10. Suspicion Of Assault And Robbery With A Deadly Weapon

If convicted, Simpson faces the rest of his life behind bars.

As far as the offshore accounts are concerned, it is going to be left up to the private investigators for the Goldman family to locate and disperse these funds in accord with the $30+ million dollar judgment levied against Simpson in a civil lawsuit, in which he was found to be responsible for the deaths of his wife Nicole Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman -- both of whom were brutally murdered on June 12, 1994.

Let us all who believe this man to be guilty of these crimes in Las Vegas, see some proper justice meted out to this man, who clearly deserves it.


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Las Vegas Arrest Report of O.J. Simpson (September 13, 2007)

Indictment of O.J. Simpson (September 18, 2007)

Kim Goldman On Simpson Arrest - Transcript (September 18, 2007)

TMZ.COM - O.J. On Tape - I Set Up Offshore Accounts (September 19, 2007)

TMZ.COM - O.J. Confrontation Caught On Tape (September 17, 2007)

TMZ.COM - O.J. Simpson Category

The Smoking Gun - O.J. Simpson Search Results

Kentroversy

Kentroversy Papers

Kentroversy Tapes

Kentspiracy Kronicles Newsletter

Las Vegas

O.J. Simpson

The Smoking Gun

TMZ.COM

"Whatever happens in Vegas, Stays In Vegas!"

U.S. Marshals Intimidate and Arrest Videoographer

Documentary filmmaker Terry Melton, on September 12, 2007; was arrested and harassed by U.S. Marshals for the 'crime' of "running his video camera," as Terry himself said.


U.S. MARSHALS INTIMIDATE AND ARREST VIDEOGRAPHER
by Kentroversy

In an internet video posted to GOOGLE VIDEO, We The People Radio Network on-air personality Kevin Smith interviews Terry Melton, a Patriot who on his way back home from the 9/11 activites in NYC, was arrested and badgered by U.S. Marshals, who were trying to intimidate him to extract information concerning Danny Riley, a supporter of Ed and Elaine Brown, of New Hampshire. Ed and Elaine are asking the government to show the citizens the specific federal law that requires anyone to pay taxes on their income.

The Browns are now besieged and are being help captive in their own home by zealots of the Bush-Cheney Fourth Reich, emboldened by bosses that are sociopaths, and by any number of unConstitutional and immoral Presidential Executive Orders.

Please take the time to view the videos below, and hear for yourself what Terry Melton experienced the day after the sixth anniversary of 9/11, on September 12, 2007.



We The People Radio Network on-air personality Kevin Smith interviews Terry Melton, a documentary filmmaker, about his arrest and harassment by U.S. Marshals on September 12, 2007. [filmed the next day]


Finally, Charles Riley, Danny Riley's father, has released the following concerning his son's arrest, and the U.S. Marshall raid on his home on September 12, 2007 at 2:30p. This video statement was taken on September 15, 2007. Watching Mr. Riley was tough, as he has been through a series of serious health issues -- such as a heart attack, Cancer, and Diabetes. So, these men roughed up a 73 year-old man who is definitely slow, and who has been slowed by these illnesses.

Way to go, U.S. Marshals! I hope you feel like big, strong men for going after a man who has many medical problems!



The father of Danny Riley, Charles Riley, tells his side of the story of the U.S. Marshall raid on his house on September 12, 2007. [filmed three days later]


And, when you are done watching this, please leave a comment. I am interested in what you think about what is discussed on these videos above.

Thank You, and I will look forward to your comments ...


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GOOGLE VIDEO - U.S. Marshals Intimidate Videographer (September 13, 2007)

GOOGLE VIDEO - Charles Riley Tells His Side of the Story of His Son's Arrest (September 15, 2007)

We The People Radio Network website

Ed and Elaine Brown blog - Show Us The Inherent Law

Ed and Elaine Brown

BATF

FBI

Kentroversy

Kentroversy Papers

Kentroversy Tapes

Kentspiracy Kronicles Newsletter

Danny Riley

U.S. Marshals

Video Clips From Van Halen Dress Rehearsals

The "new" VAN HALEN -- (from left to right) Alex Van Halen (drums), David Lee Roth (vocals), Eddie Van Halen (guitar and keyboards), and Wolfgang Van Halen (bass guitar).


VIDEO CLIPS FROM VAN HALEN DRESS REHEARSALS
by Kentroversy

Second only to the news of the reformation of LED ZEPPELIN for one night, the Mighty Van Halen has reunited with original vocalist David Lee Roth, who was in the band from 1978-1984 -- recording six albums during that time -- two of which have sold ten million copies each. These two albums have been awarded the coveted DIAMOND AWARD by the RIAA -- the Recording Industry Association of America -- Van Halen I and 1984 -- ironically the first and last albums of the Roth era.

During these years, I used to follow this band all over the east coast where I live, just like a Deadhead. When they would tour and make their way to my area of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and the Southern Ontario part of Canada -- I would simply disappear for a couple of weeks to see the show in a number of cities in these areas. Over that six year time period, I am guessing that I saw the band live thirty or forty times.


The infamous FRANKENSTRAT guitar that was created soley by Eddie Van Halen. Recently, 300 limited-edition replicas of this guitar were sold for $25,000 each.

For more information on this limited-edition custom guitar, please visit:

Eddie Van Halen - Official Website of Frankenstrat Limited Edition Guitar ($25,000 -- SOLD OUT!).


This reunion has raised many hopes, as we fans have been waiting for this for 23 years -- is the band any good at this point? Is Wolfie a suitable replacement for Michael Anthony -- who left to become Sammy Hagar's bass guitarist? What do they SOUND like?

Will I get my $125.00 per ticket worth of enjoyment and value out of the money I have spent on tickets?

Well, here below are some excerpts from the most recent dress rehearsal -- which have been held at the L.A. Forum.

What do YOU think?

Is this gonna be worth it -- or NOT?!


Here below are several video clips -- I think they sound pretty good -- and I am looking forward to seeing them in a few weeks ...

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Wolfgang Van Halen

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Book Review: Everything You Know About God Is Wrong

The new book published by the Disinformation Company is full of many examples of the contradictions found within ALL organized religions.


BOOK REVIEW: EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT GOD IS WRONG
by Kentroversy

As soon as I received my review copy of Everything You Know About God Is Wrong, I knew that many people would be offended by the books’ title alone. When I actually read the contents of the books’ forty-one essays and lists -– I knew beyond any doubt that many more people would be both put off and pissed-off by the books’ subject matter. And there is little doubt as to why -– the subjects of God and organized religion have been used to set off one religious group against another -– and this has been going on for centuries.

One of the major reasons why organized religion and God have been the subjects of such controversy is because of the systemic contradictions that have been integrated into these institutions. Information archeologist Russ Kick’s latest edited volume of essays, recently released by the alternative-thought multimedia publisher The Disinformation Company, is by far, their most controversial title to date. And, while some people will no doubt find the subject matter to be intolerable, others will find the book to be highly intriguing -– backing up their doubts and wonderment about the falsehoods they have been expected to believe on faith alone.

George Carlin, the great societal commentator and comedian, in his February 6, 1999 HBO special 'You Are All Diseased,' had the following pointed observations about both organized religion AND God, which I would be derelict in my journalistic duties NOT to include here:

“I gotta tell you the truth, folks. I gotta tell you the truth. When it comes to bullshit; big-time, major league bullshit, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims – religion. Think about it, religion has actually convinced people that there is an invisible man; living in the sky, who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do, and if you do any of these ten things; he has a special place full of fire, and smoke, and burning, and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and choke and scream and cry for ever and ever till the end of time.

But, he LOVES you!

He loves you, and he needs MONEY!

He ALWAYS needs money! He’s all powerful, all perfect, all knowing, and somehow – just can’t handle money. Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more [money].

Now, you talk about a good bullshit story – HOLY SHIT!”

-- George Carlin; HBO Special You Are All Diseased (02/06/99)
Live at the Beacon Theatre; New York, New York USA
MPI Home Video / HBO Productions (May 27, 2003)


Ontological prankster and prolific author, the late Robert Anton Wilson, had the following to say about God and organized religion:

“The Bible tells us to be like God, and then on page after page, it describes God as a mass murderer. This may be the single most important key to the political behavior of western civilization.”

Finally, genius musician and satirical political commentator, the late Frank Zappa, had the following to say about the dangers of mixing religion with politics and the political structure in general on CNN’s Crossfire, which was broadcast on March 28, 1986:

“The biggest threat to America today is not Communism. It’s moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that’s happened during the Reagan administration is steering us down that pipe … when you have a government that prefers a certain moral code derived from a certain religion and that moral code turns into legislation to suit one certain religious point of view, and if that code happens to be very, very right-wing, almost toward Attila The Hun …”

Ever the biting satirist, Zappa toward the end of his career, often skewered tele-evangelists, who were during those times, having problems with their own moral codes. Among the more prominent songs that Zappa released in this vein could be found on the albums 'You Are What You Is' and 'Broadway The Hard Way.' 'You Are What You Is' contained the following three song medley; 'The Meek Shall Inherit Nothing,' 'Dumb All Over,' and 'Heavenly Bank Account.' 'Broadway The Hard Way' contained the track 'Jesus Thinks You’re A Jerk.'

What these three men had in common was an intense distrust for organized religion, which they viewed as being filled with contradictions and control of the masses. In his latest book, 'Everything You Know About God Is Wrong,' editor Russ Kick has assembled an extensive group of essays that point out a great deal of these so-called fatal flaws of organized religion. The book is broken down into subheadings such as the following:

• In The Beginning


• Current Events and Controversies


• Bible Tales


• I Was There! (True Encounters With Religion)


• God-Free Living


• Doing God’s Work


• The Most Popular Sin


• Sounds and Words


• Holy History


• Grab Bag

The essays in this book carry such provocative titles as:

• The U.S. is a Free Country, Not A Christian Nation


• Posting the Ten Commandments


• Philadelphia Grand Jury Report on Abusive Priests and the Cardinals Who Enabled Them


• Who Wrote the Gospels?: (Hint: It Wasn't Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John)


• Comforting Thoughts About Death That Have Nothing to Do With God


• The Private Parts on the Pope's Altar


• Holy Blood, Holy Code [The DaVinci Code Lawsuit]


• “Incomplete Jews” and “International Monetarists”: Veiled Anti-Semitism in the Left Behind Series


• Legion's Legacy: Possession and Exorcism

Here, Russ Kick has created a firestorm of many of organized religion’s fallibilities, inconsistencies, and outright controversies. The primary targets, some might say deservedly so, are Christianity, Judaism, and the Muslim religions. Perhaps the most controversial were the photographs of the Papal Altar, which contains carvings that most Christians might find a bit obscene. Depicted on the Papal Altar are carvings that depict anatomically correct genitals of a woman. Interestingly, concealing her breasts and her womb are three bees, which are known to be a predominant symbols associated with Freemasonry -– which represents “industry, regeneration, wisdom, and obedience.” Beneath, is a representation of the labia, which is surprisingly detailed and life-like. And, for this reason, photos of this never appear in books dedicated to St. Peter’s Basilica, where this very odd piece of art may be found.

Without any doubt, the most disturbing aspect of this book were the excerpts from the Philadelphia Grand Jury investigation into sexually abusive priests, and the protection they received from the superiors. I happen to have a very big problem with child molesters, as I have known several people who were molested as children. I will not go into detail as to the types of scenarios discussed in the excerpts, because quite frankly, they sicken me. But suffice to say that instead of prosecuting these sick and evil men, they were merely sent to another assignment, where they continued their molestation on a fresh batch of children. The archdiocese also sought to eliminate any opportunity for these children to later prosecute their molesters, and this is one of the major reasons why so many people have left the Catholic Church. In fact, it was one of three reasons why I myself left, way back in 1981-1982.

Two other fascinating aspects of this book were the essays on the DaVinci Code lawsuit and the “veiled anti-Semitism” in the fifteen volume Left Behind series. What was most shocking about the DaVinci Code lawsuit was how little Dan Brown seemed to know concerning the subject about which he had recently written a book, and the details of his own research. The author of this essay was present in the courtroom, and the quotes from Brown were extremely detailed, and many of his answers while on the stand were “I don’t know,” or “I don’t recall.” In fact, it appears that his wife had done the research for him, or so he told the courtroom observers and jury. This was very informative all to itself, as I personally found the DaVinci Code to be a rather weak piece of popular literature.

The co-authors of the Left Behind series, which consists of fifteen books (!), are charged here with whipping up Anti-Semitism among fundamentalist Christians; who refer in the books to “Incomplete Jews” and “International Monetarists,” two terms that could certainly be viewed as Anti-Semitic. Essayist Michael Standaert goes on to say the following:

“Simply chalking off the books as a didactic screed against modern ‘secular’ society, as many have done, likely misses the most dangerous aspect of the Left Behind books: the revival of anti-Semitism as a strong undercurrent in American society. LaHaye, in these books, has combined both the old anti-Semitic idea of Jews as ‘deniers’ with Jews as being the leaders in anti-Christian ‘secular’ society, nicely wrapped together with hints of conspiracy theories of Jewish world domination, Elders of Zion style.”

Standaert also explains that “at one point in the books, the character Buck Williams, an international journalist who later becomes a premillennial believer and part of the Tribulation Force, happens to comment that the ‘Israelis hate Jesus.’” Standaert also points out that these Jewish International Monetarists are setting up a one-world currency in Left Behind, to which Buck Williams states in the book’s pages, “I’m being overrun by Jews.” The choices left to Jews in Left Behind are pretty grim – death is meted out at every turn. As Standaert states at the conclusion of his essay:

“Either the Antichrist kills you or else the Christians, with their returned Messiah, will. The choice is clear: Remain an incomplete Jew and perish, or become a believing Jew and live with your new-found Messiah.”

However, there is one shortcoming with this book, that I was quite surprised to find omitted. There is absolutely nothing concerning or dealing with Astrotheology, which I found to be quite a glaring omission. Astrotheology bears the distinction of being the very first global ‘religion,’ one that pre-dates Christianity, Judaism, and all other contemporary global organized religions that ARE covered extensively in this book. Certainly, an essay on Astrotheology would have shown where certain myths and religious symbols originated. For the reader who is unfamiliar with the concept, Astrotheology is the worship of the Heavenly bodies, and their movement throughout the skies. It is typified by four religious ‘cults,’ which worshipped different aspects of what they saw when they looked toward the heavens – Stellar, Lunar, Solar, and Saturnian. However, this was the only disappointment with the entire book – and perhaps WHY it wasn’t covered was because an entire book could be written about the subject.

In closing, let me say that I highly recommend this book to anyone daring enough to question the religious ideas upon which they were raised. It truly is a wonderful book, and it does in fact cover enough ground to sit upon the serious student’s shelf as a reference book on the complicated subjects of God and Religion. While the absence of any material on Astrotheology was noticeable to myself, one who has personally researched these subjects since 1980, I doubt that very many others would have noticed. Therefore, because of this, I give this book my highest recommendation.

Kentroversy Rating: ☆☆☆☆-1/2 (out of five)


Kent Daniel Bentkowski
September 18, 2007

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Amazon.com - Everything You Know About God Is Wrong by Russ Kick (editor) (2007)

Russ Kick Wikipedia Entry

The Memory Hole - Russ Kick Website

The Disinformation Company

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Michael Tsarion Astrotheology and Sidereal Mythology DVD Page

A Personal Message From Kentroversy

The following message is to a particular reader of mine, whom I tried to locate, but could not. Therefore, I will pass along the following message through my website.


A PERSONAL MESSAGE FROM KENTROVERSY
by Kent Daniel Bentkowski

To my 'devoted Kentroversy blog reader' named Violeta -- I just wanted to THANK YOU for the wonderful GET WELL wishes I received in today's mail. I tried to contact you through other means -- but was unable to do so -- therefore I am posting my thanks of gratitude here on my website -- where I know you will see it.

I have been completely touched in a very heartfelt way by the HUNDREDS of cards, letters, e-mails, and phone calls I have received wishing me well in my current health struggles. I had no idea that I mean so much to so many people!

Violeta -- the good news is that two days ago I had my post-hospitalization doctor check up -- and my doctor has been extremely impressed with the quick manner in which I have been able to bounce back from where I was on August 10, 2007 -- literally at death's door from a horrible Hepatitis attack on my Liver. The healing powers of prayer, positive energy, and my own forceful application of WILL have all in their own way contributed to these results.

Also, all the well wishes from my readers has greatly contributed to these results as well.

Thank you again for the wonderful surprise in the mail today -- I greatly appreciate your having taken the time to send them to me!


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American Drug War: The Last White Hope (DVD Review)

Kevin Booth's new documentary, American Drug War: The Last White Hope is the BEST Drug War documentary I have ever seen! A true masterpiece!


AMERICAN DRUG WAR: THE LAST WHITE HOPE (DVD Review)
by Kentroversy

Let me remind the reader that it says in the Declaration of Independence, and these are unalienable rights we are talking about here, that no one person or governmental body can take the following away from We The People:

“Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”

These words were written by founding father Thomas Jefferson, who would have been aghast at the way in which otherwise innocent Americans are being treated as a result of the longest running, and most expensive war with which this nation has ever been involved. While some people who have a vested and clear conflict of interest in these matters are willing to say that the so-called Drug War has been a success – on the street level this is simply untrue. In the thirty-five years since Richard Nixon first declared war on what he called public enemy number one; the street drugs available to anyone who wants them, are more plentiful, of a higher potency, and are less expensive than they were in 1972 – the year in which all this madness officially began.

However, the Drug War appears to be about having more control over undesirable population groups, than in stopping casual drug use. For instance, in 2000, marijuana arrests had hit record levels. Out of 4.1 million arrests, 88% of them were for possession – sometimes for as little as a single marijuana cigarette. Possession of marijuana accounts for just over half of all drug possession arrests. To place this in proper perspective, in 1999, there were more marijuana arrests than for ALL violent crimes combined – murder, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Think about it; is marijuana a greater danger to society than murder? The Drug War propagandists would have you believe so, although this is a ridiculous assertion.

Whose business is it if my pursuit of happiness involves smoking marijuana instead of drinking alcohol or sucking nicotine into my lungs? Well, as Kevin Booth discovered and reveals in his exquisite documentary American Drug War: The Last White Hope, the corporations behind the propaganda unit Partnership For A Drug Free America, are these very same alcohol and tobacco companies. These multi-billion dollar globalist companies do not want to risk losing even the smallest portion of their profits when former users of their products switch to smoking marijuana, instead of pulling another can of beer from the six-pack they picked up after a hard days’ work, or another cancer-stick from its’ colorful foil packaging. This is but one aspect of the American Drug War, in which we see corporate profits ruling above all else.

Both alcohol and nicotine carry very specific health risks, such as Cirrhosis of the Liver, and Cancer. Both of these substances combined kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, while marijuana has not been the cause of a single reportable death. In addition, the Drug War completely ignores the dangers of prescription drug abuse, which I saw within my own family. During my teen years, my own father had an addiction to the prescription drug Halcion. This was a horrible time for my family, as we never knew how he was going to behave from one moment to the next. In fact, this was among the worst addictions I had ever witnessed anyone go through, and it was all perfectly legal!

The vast majority of the people in the United States Congress and Senate have sold their souls to the lobbyists and corporate interests who roam the halls of Washington, DC like the energy vampires that they are. These multi-billion dollar companies whose names we all know – always seem to get what they want, always at the expense of the American people, whose interests Congress is supposed to be serving. As Kevin Booth further points out, 80% of Americans simply do not agree with the idea that marijuana is a dangerous drug – and 75% support the idea of marijuana as a compassionate medicine.

There actually is a synthetic pharmaceutical marijuana product, which goes by the name Marinol. This capsule contains a synthetic version of the active ingredient in marijuana – THC – suspended in Sesame Seed oil. Each capsule is roughly equivalent to one marijuana cigarette, which can cost as little as two dollars when purchased in larger quantities. However, Marinol started out costing seven dollars a capsule. That was only until the scam known as Medicare Part D came into being on January 1, 2006. It was supposed to be a subsidy program to help people pay for their unaffordable prescription drugs, but it turned out to be a financial free-for-all for the pharmaceutical industry. Once January 1, 2006 came around and Medicare Part D went into effect, the price of Marinol jumped from seven dollars to twenty dollars per capsule, nearly triple the price at which it had been originally sold before Medicare Part D went into effect!

Now costing fifty-billion dollars per year, the Drug War has been an abysmal failure, no matter what Maricopa County, Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio claims to the contrary. One would think that with all the money which has been thrown at this alleged scourge of society, that there would be some appreciable difference in the availability of drugs in our nation. But, this has not been the case. In fact, our jails and prisons are overflowing with non-violent drug offenders, most of which were arrested on simple possession charges. With mandatory minimum sentencing, these people rot behind bars for ten years or more, while violent offenders – murderers, rapists, and child molesters – see their sentences reduced due to overcrowding. I have to ask – does this make our nation any safer? No, it does not.

Arpaio is a propagandist through and through. At one point during his interview, Kevin mentions Amsterdam, a city that has greatly decriminalized marijuana. Arpaio claims on camera that the city is a mess, with drugged-out people laying in the streets. To his credit, Kevin takes a flight over to Amsterdam, and provides a split screen comparison between the inner city of Los Angeles and Amsterdam. One city is clean, and the people walking the streets are orderly, posing no threat or concern to the population as a whole. The other city is a complete shambles, the streets littered with used drug paraphernalia, which itself causes yet another health risk to the general population, through the risk of infection of HIV through these dirty needles, syringes, and empty Heroin balloons. Of course, the city that lies in a shambles is the inner city of Los Angeles. But, Sheriff Joe does not want anyone to know this.

The two things that ran through my mind as I viewed Kevin Booth’s four years in the making documentary on the American Drug War were; how did he get the access to the people that appeared throughout, and what are some of these pro-Drug War government kooks going to think once they see the finished product? Here, I am talking about people like General Barry McCaffery, former Drug Czar; and the aforementioned Sheriff Joe Arpaio, former Director of the DEA, and who now runs a tent city in Maricopa County, Arizona. Arpaio’s treatment of prisoners can be called nothing but inhumane. He feeds his prisoners green baloney, and makes them wear pink garments. His guard dogs rest in air-conditioned quarters, while non-violent drug offenders bake in the 130 degree temperatures for which the state of Arizona is so well known.

The viewer is shown an insiders-only meeting of the Bloods street gang, and Kevin was able to interview and film Tommy Chong while he was incarcerated for selling glass over the Internet. While Tommy spent nine months behind bars, the publicity actually helped his career, along with his credibility as a life-long advocate of marijuana and individual’s rights. Kevin was also able to speak with Freeway Ricky Ross via prison telephone, and in doing so, reveals that the Wal-Mart of Crack Cocaine was really supplied by the CIA. Ricky Ross made between $2-3 million dollars per week in Cocaine and Crack sales, and he mentioned that sometimes he would make that much in a single day!

This was likewise confirmed by former DEA agent Cele Castillo, who in doing his job, uncovered the connection between high-level international drug kingpins and the CIA. However, no one would listen to him, and when he pursued this further, he began to be reprimanded and harassed by his own superiors, who clearly didn’t want this connection revealed. It also must be said that because of the timing of all of this, the most likely governmental coordinator of the drug sales to the inner cities of America appears to have been none other than George Bush Sr. The Iran-Contra affair was run out of the White House, and with Bush being a former CIA Director, he was the most likely candidate for this heinous task.

Kevin also talks about the Pulitzer Prize winning investigative reporter Gary Webb, who published the multi-part investigative series Dark Alliance in the San Jose Mercury News during August 18-20, 1996. Pointing out the connection between drug dealing, the Contras, and the American CIA, Webb had clearly ventured into dangerous waters. Later in April 1998, Seven Stories Press published Dark Alliance from Webb’s expanded manuscript. Reading like some adventure thriller, it told the woeful tale of the takeover of the inner city of Los Angeles by drug dealers, crack houses, and street gangs, who saw drugs as the only way out of a hopeless situation. Weighing in at 548 pages, Dark Alliance featured Webb’s masterful reportage; as well as his attention to detail, facts, people, and places – all of which were making those governmental officials involved truly nervous.

Although the paper first stood behind Webb and his reporting, they later backed away, bowing to pressure from both the government and rival newspapers. David Corn, of The Nation, even tried to claim that Webb failed to provide adequate proof to back up his assertions. However, the book version of Dark Alliance included 462 footnotes, which is more than an adequate amount of research proof for a book of 548 pages. The controversy resulted in Webb being fired from his paper, and up until the end of his life, he could find no other work in his field. This led to a depression, with his career in ruins. Ironically, if this had happened today, Webb would have simple started his own investigative reporting website or blog, and would have continued onwards with nary a delay.

Without a doubt, the saddest part of Webb’s story occurred on December 10, 2004. He was found dead with two gunshot wounds, which was later declared a suicide. Has the reader ever heard of a suicide that saw the victim surviving the first gunshot, and later shooting themselves a second time, this time fatally? Webb had reported all sorts of surveillance outside his home, with what he thought were CIA operatives lurking about, peering in windows, and as a result he felt he was in danger. It is more likely that Gary Webb was suicided, as opposed to having committed suicide. This too is part and parcel of the modus operandi of the CIA, that they simply take out those whom are seen as an immediate threat to their ongoing operations, and with the Drug War, there is simply too much money to be had.

Over the years, I have seen several excellent documentaries on the Drug War, including Ron Mann’s 1999 film entitled Grass. However, what Kevin Booth has done has taken the viewer far beyond the front lines and into the minds and thought-process of the rabid Drug Warriors, who actually either believe the nonsense that comes from their mouths, or are such good propagandists, they could sell their message to the American people at large. American Drug War: The Last White Hope is by far the best, most complete look at the costliest failed action ever carried out by the American government. These are our tax dollars at work, folks.

When all is said and done, the most sobering comment from the entire documentary comes courtesy of Pam Sakuda, a terminal lung cancer patient, who sought out compassionate medical treatment in an attempt to extend her own life:

“The people who are waging the war on drugs have every interest in continuing to do so. Especially medicines like hallucinogens. And I think we all agree that what they do is they allow you to change your perspective. And to think outside of the box that you’re closed into. And that is the last thing that this power structure wants is for you to think outside of the box. In fact, they would rather make your box smaller.”

--- Pam Sakuda;
Terminal Lung Cancer Diagnosis Study Participant;
UCLA Medical Center

In the end, this is exactly what the Drug War is all about – limiting our potential as individuals and controlling a large sector of society through arrest and incarceration. This point comes across loud and clear throughout this documentary. Kevin Booth has created a true masterpiece here, and if the reader of these words is so inclined, I would highly recommend that they run – don’t walk – to the website of Sacred Cow Productions and pick up a copy of what is sure to go down as the premier documentary numerating the failings of the American Drug War.

Perhaps with enough people educated in this matter, We The People might be able to work toward repealing the most heinous prohibition that this nation has ever seen. Tens of millions of people who have AIDS, Cancer, and a number of other serious ailments and diseases would immediately benefit and receive relief, not to mention the burden on our taxes and justice system, which is overflowing with people who have done nothing more than seek the wrong from of happiness – an unalienable right we are supposed to be guaranteed from our own Declaration of Independence.

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


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American Drug War: The Last White Hope

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Drug War

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Partnership For A Drug-Free America

An Important Message From Kentroversy

Please read the following message to learn what happened to me during the past few weeks, and WHY there haven't been any updates to either of my two websites, or my podcast.


AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM KENTROVERSY
by Kent Daniel Bentkowski

On Friday, August 10, 2007 I was rushed to the hospital by ambulance — I had a severe Hepatitis attack which saw my heart rate well over 170/140 — which also caused chest pains and shortness of breath. Because of these Liver problems, I had also begun to accumulate excess waste fluids in my abdomen and legs. When they tapped my abdomen, they withdrew a full TEN LITERS of fluid from my body! I had so much garbage fluid in my system, that it also gave me pneumonia.

By the time I made it up to my private room, several people from Hospice were sent in to see me. My doctors felt that I might die right then, but, I knew better and I sent them away. I never felt like I was going to die, and I knew I would be okay. Things would just be a bit shitty for awhile first!

I was in the hospital for a full week, and the swelling in my legs caused serious internal hemorrhaging — basically my legs from my knees down to the tips of my toes were one large wraparound bruise on each leg! This hurt like nothing I had ever experienced before — it was a burning, stinging, throbbing ‘bruise brush-burn’ type of pain, that was completely off the chart!

When I came home on August 17, 2007 — I consigned myself to bed rest. I needed to keep my legs elevated until I could simmer down this pain in my legs — which required twice per day infusions of clotting factor. This was done twice per day to 100% of normal clotting response and this is because the half-life of this clotting component of the blood has a twelve hour half-life.

I am feeling much better now, but I have not been able to keep up my research-journalism duties — because I needed to concentrate on getting healthy again. The good news is that my medical team and my friends and family have all commented on how much better I am sounding and looking these days. The swelling has gone down in my legs and abdomen — and I am feeling much better.

I am eating lots of fresh fruit, organic foods, and flushing my body with the vitamins I need most.

I have learned quite a bit this month — for instance — Hepatitis is nothing to fuck around with. It is a serious disease with serious ramifications. I am still here, I believe, because my voice is needed right now. I am getting ready to get back to work, and after this much needed rest — I am looking forward to bringing you the best of what I am most capable — a unique, unfiltered perspective on today’s most important events.

I am working on my next couple of written articles, and my next podcast episode — which I am expecting to publish shortly after the beginning of September ...

Thank you for your patience in waiting to hear what has been going on with me, and thank you for your continued support of both my sites during my absence ... I greatly appreciate it!!



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