Protests as U.S. city gives illegal immigrants IDs
By Lucy Nalpathanchil Reuters
New Haven, Connecticut, on Tuesday became the first U.S. city to issue identification cards to illegal immigrants, as opponents of the controversial cards booed the mayor and its backers cheered. About 250 people gathered at the city hall as New Haven started issuing the cards that grant access to services such as libraries and parks, and give illegal immigrants a chance to open bank accounts.
http://tinyurl.com/2p9qog
See why every community needs 287G, which enables local police to enforce immigration laws.
United Patriots of America
Illegal alien rams car into house!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxxMkWjrdG0
Military To Crackdown On North American Union Protesters
Secretive SPP confab to be protected by 25km military cordon, forums blocked
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
The US army is to enforce a huge security perimeter around the upcoming North American Union meeting in Canada this August as well as cracking down on expected protests, having already shut down a public forum due to take place close to the event.
http://tinyurl.com/3byggb
No "Conspiracy Theory": OKC Mayor Signed North American Union Document
Mayor Mick Cornett endorsed "The Declaration of North American Integration"
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Ridiculing claims by the establishment media that the North American Union plan is a "conspiracy theory," an activist has brought to light a document signed by the Mayor of Oklahoma City, which was also approved by 90 other officials, that endorses an economic and political integration of the U.S. with Canada and Mexico.
http://tinyurl.com/2k3cr6
Saturday, July 28, 2007
NYPDS 07/28/07
US plays down report of rift with Riyadh
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
The White House Friday called relations with Saudi Arabia in the US war on terror on "very strong" despite a report saying Washington is deeply frustrated with Riyadh over its role in Iraq.
http://tinyurl.com/3dw83b
US 'plans huge Saudi arms deal'
BBC
Robert Gates is said to be preparing to discuss the plans in Saudi Arabia
The United States is reported to be preparing a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia worth $20bn (£9.8bn) over the next decade.
http://tinyurl.com/2h83au
Water Experts Find Earth’s Warming, Rainfall Linked to Sun
By Dennis T. Avery, Hudson Institute
Canada Free Press
A team of water experts says the pattern of droughts and floods in South Africa shows our global warming was triggered by the variability of the sun’s irradiance rather than by human-emitted CO2.
http://tinyurl.com/3agqql
Britain almost out of troops, memo reveals
By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent, Telegraph
Gen Sir Richard Dannatt has told senior commanders that reinforcements for emergencies or for operations in Iraq or Afghanistan are "now almost non-existent".
http://tinyurl.com/2vh66s
"TOP SECRET" U.S MILITARY DOCUMENT DECLARES EXISTENCE OF "DOMESTIC INSURGENCY" INSIDE UNITED STATES
PLAN OUTLINES GOVERNMENT INTENT TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OVER POLITICAL ISSUES!
DESCRIBES USING PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS, OUTRIGHT MILITARY FORCE AND MEDIA PROPAGANDA AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS
By: Hal Turner
http://tinyurl.com/37q35e
The EU constitution is back and more dangerous than ever!
By DANIEL JOHNSON - Daily Mail
But the so-called 'new' EU Treaty has all the same ingredients as the old constitution. In fact, it was revealed yesterday that it is 96 per cent identical to the old constitution.
http://tinyurl.com/2wcd5q
FBI Wants Its Own Stasi
Proposes building network of US informants
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
In a move startlingly similar to that of the East German government during the Cold war, the FBI wants to recruit thousands of covert informants in the US and work with the CIA to train them in an effort to expand and adopt more aggressive intelligence capabilities.
http://tinyurl.com/2moj5u
New Evidence Clearly Indicates Pat Tillman Was Executed
Army medical examiners concluded Tillman was shot three times in the head from just 10 yards away, no evidence of "friendly fire" damage at scene, Army attorneys congratulated each other on cover-up, Wesley Clark concludes "orders came from the very top" to murder pro-football star because he was about to become an anti-war political icon
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
http://tinyurl.com/388rh7
It's the 1930s All Over Again
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
On the other side of the world, there were Stalin and Hitler and Mussolini, but in the United States we weren't in very good shape either. Here we had FDR, who imagined himself capable of astonishing feats of price setting and economy boosting. Of course he used old-fashioned tricks: printing money and threatening people with guns. It was nothing but the ancient despotism brought back in pseudo-scientific garb.
http://tinyurl.com/2f5hvx
By Agence France Presse (AFP)
The White House Friday called relations with Saudi Arabia in the US war on terror on "very strong" despite a report saying Washington is deeply frustrated with Riyadh over its role in Iraq.
http://tinyurl.com/3dw83b
US 'plans huge Saudi arms deal'
BBC
Robert Gates is said to be preparing to discuss the plans in Saudi Arabia
The United States is reported to be preparing a major arms deal with Saudi Arabia worth $20bn (£9.8bn) over the next decade.
http://tinyurl.com/2h83au
Water Experts Find Earth’s Warming, Rainfall Linked to Sun
By Dennis T. Avery, Hudson Institute
Canada Free Press
A team of water experts says the pattern of droughts and floods in South Africa shows our global warming was triggered by the variability of the sun’s irradiance rather than by human-emitted CO2.
http://tinyurl.com/3agqql
Britain almost out of troops, memo reveals
By Thomas Harding, Defence Correspondent, Telegraph
Gen Sir Richard Dannatt has told senior commanders that reinforcements for emergencies or for operations in Iraq or Afghanistan are "now almost non-existent".
http://tinyurl.com/2vh66s
"TOP SECRET" U.S MILITARY DOCUMENT DECLARES EXISTENCE OF "DOMESTIC INSURGENCY" INSIDE UNITED STATES
PLAN OUTLINES GOVERNMENT INTENT TO USE MILITARY FORCE AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS OVER POLITICAL ISSUES!
DESCRIBES USING PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS, OUTRIGHT MILITARY FORCE AND MEDIA PROPAGANDA AGAINST U.S. CITIZENS
By: Hal Turner
http://tinyurl.com/37q35e
The EU constitution is back and more dangerous than ever!
By DANIEL JOHNSON - Daily Mail
But the so-called 'new' EU Treaty has all the same ingredients as the old constitution. In fact, it was revealed yesterday that it is 96 per cent identical to the old constitution.
http://tinyurl.com/2wcd5q
FBI Wants Its Own Stasi
Proposes building network of US informants
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
In a move startlingly similar to that of the East German government during the Cold war, the FBI wants to recruit thousands of covert informants in the US and work with the CIA to train them in an effort to expand and adopt more aggressive intelligence capabilities.
http://tinyurl.com/2moj5u
New Evidence Clearly Indicates Pat Tillman Was Executed
Army medical examiners concluded Tillman was shot three times in the head from just 10 yards away, no evidence of "friendly fire" damage at scene, Army attorneys congratulated each other on cover-up, Wesley Clark concludes "orders came from the very top" to murder pro-football star because he was about to become an anti-war political icon
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
http://tinyurl.com/388rh7
It's the 1930s All Over Again
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.
On the other side of the world, there were Stalin and Hitler and Mussolini, but in the United States we weren't in very good shape either. Here we had FDR, who imagined himself capable of astonishing feats of price setting and economy boosting. Of course he used old-fashioned tricks: printing money and threatening people with guns. It was nothing but the ancient despotism brought back in pseudo-scientific garb.
http://tinyurl.com/2f5hvx
Blogs For Borders 072407
More violence threatened on our southern border, when will our feckless gubmint notice?
Illegal alien rampage in St Paul Minnesota, media uninterested?
100% Preventable! A harvest of American children!
More coverage of the ongoing war with Mexico.
Watch the entire Minnesota news story here. More blog coverage here and here.
This has been the Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst. The Blogs For Borders Blogroll is dedicated to American sovereignty, border security and a sane immigration policy. If you'd like to join go to the Blogs For Borders Website and send us an email with "sign me up" in the subject line.
Illegal alien rampage in St Paul Minnesota, media uninterested?
100% Preventable! A harvest of American children!
More coverage of the ongoing war with Mexico.
Watch the entire Minnesota news story here. More blog coverage here and here.
This has been the Blogs For Borders Video Blogburst. The Blogs For Borders Blogroll is dedicated to American sovereignty, border security and a sane immigration policy. If you'd like to join go to the Blogs For Borders Website and send us an email with "sign me up" in the subject line.
Friday, July 27, 2007
Weird or Real? 07/27/07
Secret image ‘found’ in last supper
Italy Magazine
An Italian IT expert claims to have found a secret image of the Virgin Mary and a Knight Templar inside Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper.
http://tinyurl.com/3cspw2
Ancient Dogon mystery
LARRY STROUD Batesville Daily Guard
...[C]ertain knowledge the Dogon people of Mali in West Africa have cannot easily be explained away. What was the Dogons’ source of information about the star Sirius B, its makeup and its orbit? And of Sirius itself, which we’ll call Sirius A here and which they call Po Tolo. They also know about the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter, which are considered invisible to the naked eye. ...The Dogons say their information came from their ancestors’ "instructors," said to have landed somewhere northeast of the present Dogon homeland in prehistoric times in a craft that descended with a spinning or whirling motion while creating a great noise and wind.
http://tinyurl.com/3bv6bs
Saucer-shaped drone makes first flight
UPI
The X-48B weighs in at 500 pounds and has a 21-foot wingspan. It is powered by three turbojet engines and will be put through its paces in a series of low-speed flights at around 140 miles per hour.
http://tinyurl.com/2h4f6q
Homeland Security Funds LED Light Saber
By Ryan Singel Wired
The Department of Homeland Security is funding the creation an LED flashlight that uses powerful flashes of light to temporarily blind, disorient and incapacitate people. Homeland Security's Science and Technology arm hopes government agents can use the "light saber" to arrest people on planes and at the borders without using traditional weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/32h2yd
Italy Magazine
An Italian IT expert claims to have found a secret image of the Virgin Mary and a Knight Templar inside Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper.
http://tinyurl.com/3cspw2
Ancient Dogon mystery
LARRY STROUD Batesville Daily Guard
...[C]ertain knowledge the Dogon people of Mali in West Africa have cannot easily be explained away. What was the Dogons’ source of information about the star Sirius B, its makeup and its orbit? And of Sirius itself, which we’ll call Sirius A here and which they call Po Tolo. They also know about the rings of Saturn and the moons of Jupiter, which are considered invisible to the naked eye. ...The Dogons say their information came from their ancestors’ "instructors," said to have landed somewhere northeast of the present Dogon homeland in prehistoric times in a craft that descended with a spinning or whirling motion while creating a great noise and wind.
http://tinyurl.com/3bv6bs
Saucer-shaped drone makes first flight
UPI
The X-48B weighs in at 500 pounds and has a 21-foot wingspan. It is powered by three turbojet engines and will be put through its paces in a series of low-speed flights at around 140 miles per hour.
http://tinyurl.com/2h4f6q
Homeland Security Funds LED Light Saber
By Ryan Singel Wired
The Department of Homeland Security is funding the creation an LED flashlight that uses powerful flashes of light to temporarily blind, disorient and incapacitate people. Homeland Security's Science and Technology arm hopes government agents can use the "light saber" to arrest people on planes and at the borders without using traditional weapons.
http://tinyurl.com/32h2yd
Government Plots?
Recently, government officials have been doing their best to scare as much of the American populace as possible. Everything from heightened terrorist warnings to Homeland Security director Michael Chertoff's bad gas have gained a lot of attention lately, and have many running for their Y2K bunkers.
Editor/RP
DeFazio asks, but he's denied access
Classified info - The congressman wanted to see government plans for after a terror attack
JEFF KOSSEFF The Oregonian Staff
Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents.
On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED.
http://tinyurl.com/2dg9jv
White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official
Russian News & Information Agency
A former Reagan official has issued a public warning that the Bush administration is preparing to orchestrate a staged terrorist attack in the United States, transform the country into a dictatorship and launch a war with Iran within a year.
http://tinyurl.com/224rnw
Conquering Canada: The Elite Re-Configuration of North America
By Carl Teichrib The August Review
The piece that caught my breath was the proclamation of an unveiling. The New York-based Council on Foreign Relations would be releasing a study on integrating the continent, a move that would take us well beyond NAFTA. For the observant, it was clear that all three nations would have to re-configure their priorities.
http://tinyurl.com/27hdjc
Robotic Bird Designed to Spy on Humans
By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Staff Writer
A shape-shifting, robotic bird that can sweep through the skies without a peep has all the right stuff for ground surveillance and even spying on its real-life inspiration—the common swift.
http://tinyurl.com/yr6u6w
Pentagon Plots Digital "Crystal Ball" to "See the Future" in Battle
By Noah Shachtman Wired
Darpa, the Pentagon's way-out research arm, is looking to design a software suite that predicts the future for battlefield commanders. At the heart of the package: A digital "Crystal Ball" that forecasts how a mission is going to turn out, before it's done.
http://tinyurl.com/2x4f6v
Secret Buildings You May Not Photograph, Part 643
By Marc Fisher Washington Post
If you happen by 3701 N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington and decide you have a sudden craving for a photograph of a generic suburban office building, and you point your camera at said structure, you will rather quickly be greeted by uniformed security folks who will demand that you delete the image and require that you give up various personal information.
http://tinyurl.com/yrzacm
Retired generals predict US-Russia war
By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow Telegraph
Interviewed by Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia's biggest circulation newspaper, the four senior generals - who now direct influential military think tanks - said the United States had hatched a secret plan to seize the country's vast energy resources by force.
http://tinyurl.com/238gzb
DHS warns states not to reject Real ID
Agency implementing law despite legislative efforts to circumvent it
Marc L. Songini Computerworld
Despite several state and federal efforts to force noncompliance with the new federal identification law, or Real ID Act, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has continued work on the law's guidelines and warned states that they face consequences for failing to comply.
http://tinyurl.com/24qwwq
Editor/RP
DeFazio asks, but he's denied access
Classified info - The congressman wanted to see government plans for after a terror attack
JEFF KOSSEFF The Oregonian Staff
Oregonians called Peter DeFazio's office, worried there was a conspiracy buried in the classified portion of a White House plan for operating the government after a terrorist attack. As a member of the U.S. House on the Homeland Security Committee, DeFazio, D-Ore., is permitted to enter a secure "bubbleroom" in the Capitol and examine classified material. So he asked the White House to see the secret documents.
On Wednesday, DeFazio got his answer: DENIED.
http://tinyurl.com/2dg9jv
White House preparing to stage new September 11 - Reagan official
Russian News & Information Agency
A former Reagan official has issued a public warning that the Bush administration is preparing to orchestrate a staged terrorist attack in the United States, transform the country into a dictatorship and launch a war with Iran within a year.
http://tinyurl.com/224rnw
Conquering Canada: The Elite Re-Configuration of North America
By Carl Teichrib The August Review
The piece that caught my breath was the proclamation of an unveiling. The New York-based Council on Foreign Relations would be releasing a study on integrating the continent, a move that would take us well beyond NAFTA. For the observant, it was clear that all three nations would have to re-configure their priorities.
http://tinyurl.com/27hdjc
Robotic Bird Designed to Spy on Humans
By Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Staff Writer
A shape-shifting, robotic bird that can sweep through the skies without a peep has all the right stuff for ground surveillance and even spying on its real-life inspiration—the common swift.
http://tinyurl.com/yr6u6w
Pentagon Plots Digital "Crystal Ball" to "See the Future" in Battle
By Noah Shachtman Wired
Darpa, the Pentagon's way-out research arm, is looking to design a software suite that predicts the future for battlefield commanders. At the heart of the package: A digital "Crystal Ball" that forecasts how a mission is going to turn out, before it's done.
http://tinyurl.com/2x4f6v
Secret Buildings You May Not Photograph, Part 643
By Marc Fisher Washington Post
If you happen by 3701 N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington and decide you have a sudden craving for a photograph of a generic suburban office building, and you point your camera at said structure, you will rather quickly be greeted by uniformed security folks who will demand that you delete the image and require that you give up various personal information.
http://tinyurl.com/yrzacm
Retired generals predict US-Russia war
By Adrian Blomfield in Moscow Telegraph
Interviewed by Komsomolskaya Pravda, Russia's biggest circulation newspaper, the four senior generals - who now direct influential military think tanks - said the United States had hatched a secret plan to seize the country's vast energy resources by force.
http://tinyurl.com/238gzb
DHS warns states not to reject Real ID
Agency implementing law despite legislative efforts to circumvent it
Marc L. Songini Computerworld
Despite several state and federal efforts to force noncompliance with the new federal identification law, or Real ID Act, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has continued work on the law's guidelines and warned states that they face consequences for failing to comply.
http://tinyurl.com/24qwwq
NYPDS 07/27/07 Part II
CORPORATE AMERICA: FREEDOM'S GREATEST THREAT
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
Most of us who believe in the free enterprise system have been taught that business interests normally work to the betterment of America's overall health, both commercially and politically. While there might have been a time when this was true, it is definitely not true today. Not only has Big Business become unfriendly to the principles of freedom, it has also become freedom's greatest threat.
http://tinyurl.com/yq5z6e
GLOBAL BACKLASH AGAINST GLOBALIZATION?
Patrick Wood
NewsWithViews.com
For decades, global elitists have claimed special knowledge that they alone could solve the world’s problems if only we (the ignorant masses) would leave them alone to get on with it.
http://tinyurl.com/3xm94x
Eating blueberries slashes colon cancer risk by 57 percent
Some thirty different species of blueberries are native to North America. The berries are rich in anthocyanins, widely recognized for their antioxidant qualities. Blueberries are also a good source of ellagic acid, which blocks metabolic pathways that can lead to cancer.
http://www.newstarget.com/021951.html
"Premium" pet food made in the same factories as cheap brands
Among the brands recalled are Iams and Eukanuba (manufactured by Procter& Gamble), Science Diet (Colgate-Palmolive) and Mighty Dog (Purina), along with low-end brands produced for Wal-Mart and Food Lion. According to Burt Flickinger of the consulting firm Strategic Resource Group, this is because "premium" pet foods are really just regular pet foods repackaged and sold for higher profit.
http://www.newstarget.com/021950.html
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
Most of us who believe in the free enterprise system have been taught that business interests normally work to the betterment of America's overall health, both commercially and politically. While there might have been a time when this was true, it is definitely not true today. Not only has Big Business become unfriendly to the principles of freedom, it has also become freedom's greatest threat.
http://tinyurl.com/yq5z6e
GLOBAL BACKLASH AGAINST GLOBALIZATION?
Patrick Wood
NewsWithViews.com
For decades, global elitists have claimed special knowledge that they alone could solve the world’s problems if only we (the ignorant masses) would leave them alone to get on with it.
http://tinyurl.com/3xm94x
Eating blueberries slashes colon cancer risk by 57 percent
Some thirty different species of blueberries are native to North America. The berries are rich in anthocyanins, widely recognized for their antioxidant qualities. Blueberries are also a good source of ellagic acid, which blocks metabolic pathways that can lead to cancer.
http://www.newstarget.com/021951.html
"Premium" pet food made in the same factories as cheap brands
Among the brands recalled are Iams and Eukanuba (manufactured by Procter& Gamble), Science Diet (Colgate-Palmolive) and Mighty Dog (Purina), along with low-end brands produced for Wal-Mart and Food Lion. According to Burt Flickinger of the consulting firm Strategic Resource Group, this is because "premium" pet foods are really just regular pet foods repackaged and sold for higher profit.
http://www.newstarget.com/021950.html
Invasion News 07/27/07
DOJ says privacy rights of illegal alien supercede people's right to know
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com
...[T]he DOJ is saying "the public does not have a right to know the details of the records that we're seeking [or] to understand exactly what happened in that shooting and in the prosecution subsequent to that."
http://tinyurl.com/ys8kgt
HUNTER NAFTA SUPER HIGHWAY AMENDMENT PASSES HOUSE
Press Release from the office of US Rep Duncan Hunter, R-CA
Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) successfully offered an amendment to H.R. 3074, the FY2008 Transportation Appropriations Act, prohibiting the use of federal funds for participation in working groups under the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), including the creation of the NAFTA Super Highway. The Hunter amendment gained strong bipartisan support, passing the House by a vote of 362 – 63.
http://tinyurl.com/2xxewm
Guard numbers on border to be halved
Support mission to end entirely by Sept. 2008
By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star
As the presidentially mandated Operation Jumpstart mission begins its second year in support of the U.S. Border Patrol, the number of troops is being reduced as planned. It will be trimmed from 6,000 to 3,000 nationally and from 2,400 to 1,200 in Arizona, said National Guard Capt. Kristine Munn. The pullout began July 1 and is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 1.
http://tinyurl.com/yseb8s
Specter has new immigration package
By Elana Schor The Hill
Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), who accompanied President Bush Thursday on his visit to Pennsylvania, said he has spoken to Bush and the two Cabinet members who have led immigration talks about his new bill. Specter also told reporters that he has spoken to most senators involved in this spring’s failed "grand bargain," outlining his plan and appealing for a restart to the arduous immigration debate. "I’m ready to unveil it now," Specter said. "I’ve got letters to the 100 senators on my desk."
http://tinyurl.com/2pjqak
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com
...[T]he DOJ is saying "the public does not have a right to know the details of the records that we're seeking [or] to understand exactly what happened in that shooting and in the prosecution subsequent to that."
http://tinyurl.com/ys8kgt
HUNTER NAFTA SUPER HIGHWAY AMENDMENT PASSES HOUSE
Press Release from the office of US Rep Duncan Hunter, R-CA
Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) successfully offered an amendment to H.R. 3074, the FY2008 Transportation Appropriations Act, prohibiting the use of federal funds for participation in working groups under the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), including the creation of the NAFTA Super Highway. The Hunter amendment gained strong bipartisan support, passing the House by a vote of 362 – 63.
http://tinyurl.com/2xxewm
Guard numbers on border to be halved
Support mission to end entirely by Sept. 2008
By Brady McCombs Arizona Daily Star
As the presidentially mandated Operation Jumpstart mission begins its second year in support of the U.S. Border Patrol, the number of troops is being reduced as planned. It will be trimmed from 6,000 to 3,000 nationally and from 2,400 to 1,200 in Arizona, said National Guard Capt. Kristine Munn. The pullout began July 1 and is scheduled to be completed by Sept. 1.
http://tinyurl.com/yseb8s
Specter has new immigration package
By Elana Schor The Hill
Sen. Arlen Specter (Pa.), who accompanied President Bush Thursday on his visit to Pennsylvania, said he has spoken to Bush and the two Cabinet members who have led immigration talks about his new bill. Specter also told reporters that he has spoken to most senators involved in this spring’s failed "grand bargain," outlining his plan and appealing for a restart to the arduous immigration debate. "I’m ready to unveil it now," Specter said. "I’ve got letters to the 100 senators on my desk."
http://tinyurl.com/2pjqak
Ron Paul Updates 07/27/07
Picking Apart the Poll (Paul) Numbers
by James Ostrowski
So, all indications are that Ron’s numbers will continue to slowly rise in the coming weeks. How will we know when he has reached the promised land of "contenders"? That’s easy. When he passes Romney’s national poll number of about ten percent. Since all agree that Romney is a "contender," when he is eclipsed by Ron Paul, the media will be hard-pressed to deny him the same consideration.
http://tinyurl.com/yrzfw9
Ron Paul vs. SOX
by Jennifer Haman
Ron Paul: Best friend to small businesses seeking relief from the costly effects of Sarbanes Oxley regulations and to the workers who will be caught in the crossfire.
http://tinyurl.com/ysx2dq
by James Ostrowski
So, all indications are that Ron’s numbers will continue to slowly rise in the coming weeks. How will we know when he has reached the promised land of "contenders"? That’s easy. When he passes Romney’s national poll number of about ten percent. Since all agree that Romney is a "contender," when he is eclipsed by Ron Paul, the media will be hard-pressed to deny him the same consideration.
http://tinyurl.com/yrzfw9
Ron Paul vs. SOX
by Jennifer Haman
Ron Paul: Best friend to small businesses seeking relief from the costly effects of Sarbanes Oxley regulations and to the workers who will be caught in the crossfire.
http://tinyurl.com/ysx2dq
NYPDS 07/27/07 Part I
Secy. Rice: Israel Must End Occupation of 'West Bank'
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) Speaking with Arabic-language Radio Sawa, based in Washington and Dubai, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice went further in her demands on Israel than President Bush did in his recent speech on Israel.
http://tinyurl.com/2ue8a6
U.S. TROOPS NOW FIGHTING FOR U.N. IN IRAQ?
By Cliff Kincaid & Andy Selepak
NewsWithViews.com
Let’s quit beating around the bush. A U.S. military victory in Iraq is not the goal anymore. Both sides—President Bush and the liberal Democrats—want to turn the country over to the United Nations.
http://tinyurl.com/3ayybc
JAMES MADISON CALLING ELIZABETH EDWARDS
By: Devvy
© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com
The political process in this country continues to be eroded by flaky females who have no idea what the U.S. Constitution says, what it means or even our legal form of government.
http://tinyurl.com/2vo3hp
USING TERRORISTS TO ESTABLISH WORLD GOVERNMENT
PART 1 of 2
Patrick Briley
NewsWithViews.com
This August 1, 2003 article from the New Republic quotes senior US officials as saying Saudi Royal government officials were involved in the 9/11 attacks - Missing 28 Pages: 9 - 11 Congressional Report Says Saudi Government Involved.
http://tinyurl.com/ysc53l
USING TERRORISTS TO ESTABLISH WORLD GOVERNMENT
PART 2 of 2
Patrick Briley
NewsWithViews.com
Condi Rice and Bush have intentionally kept the AlFuqra terror group off the US terror list even though AlFuqra has been involved in more terror attacks in the US since 1978 than all other terror organizations combined.
http://tinyurl.com/35xzxc
Protester removed from Fred Thompson event
CNN
A woman screaming "you’re not a real conservative, sir" was removed by police from a welcoming reception for likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson Wednesday morning. A second protester was also taken from the room. The woman questioned Thompson as he talked to reporters. She asked him why he was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and noted that the organization supported the North American Union with Canada and Mexico.
http://tinyurl.com/2hbu2s
Chinese Stocks Hit New Record High
Associated Press
China's roller-coaster stock markets surged to a new high Thursday, boosted by expectations of stronger corporate profits despite government efforts to cool the sizzling economy.
http://tinyurl.com/2jc9q2
by Hillel Fendel
(IsraelNN.com) Speaking with Arabic-language Radio Sawa, based in Washington and Dubai, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice went further in her demands on Israel than President Bush did in his recent speech on Israel.
http://tinyurl.com/2ue8a6
U.S. TROOPS NOW FIGHTING FOR U.N. IN IRAQ?
By Cliff Kincaid & Andy Selepak
NewsWithViews.com
Let’s quit beating around the bush. A U.S. military victory in Iraq is not the goal anymore. Both sides—President Bush and the liberal Democrats—want to turn the country over to the United Nations.
http://tinyurl.com/3ayybc
JAMES MADISON CALLING ELIZABETH EDWARDS
By: Devvy
© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com
The political process in this country continues to be eroded by flaky females who have no idea what the U.S. Constitution says, what it means or even our legal form of government.
http://tinyurl.com/2vo3hp
USING TERRORISTS TO ESTABLISH WORLD GOVERNMENT
PART 1 of 2
Patrick Briley
NewsWithViews.com
This August 1, 2003 article from the New Republic quotes senior US officials as saying Saudi Royal government officials were involved in the 9/11 attacks - Missing 28 Pages: 9 - 11 Congressional Report Says Saudi Government Involved.
http://tinyurl.com/ysc53l
USING TERRORISTS TO ESTABLISH WORLD GOVERNMENT
PART 2 of 2
Patrick Briley
NewsWithViews.com
Condi Rice and Bush have intentionally kept the AlFuqra terror group off the US terror list even though AlFuqra has been involved in more terror attacks in the US since 1978 than all other terror organizations combined.
http://tinyurl.com/35xzxc
Protester removed from Fred Thompson event
CNN
A woman screaming "you’re not a real conservative, sir" was removed by police from a welcoming reception for likely GOP presidential candidate Fred Thompson Wednesday morning. A second protester was also taken from the room. The woman questioned Thompson as he talked to reporters. She asked him why he was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, and noted that the organization supported the North American Union with Canada and Mexico.
http://tinyurl.com/2hbu2s
Chinese Stocks Hit New Record High
Associated Press
China's roller-coaster stock markets surged to a new high Thursday, boosted by expectations of stronger corporate profits despite government efforts to cool the sizzling economy.
http://tinyurl.com/2jc9q2
America Gone Wacky
Another example of America gone wacky
By Peter Callaghan
70-year-old Perry was roughed and cuffed by a police officer for the crime of having a brown front lawn. Police say Perry brought it upon herself because she refused to give her name to an officer who normally works to rid neighborhoods of drug houses.
http://tinyurl.com/3a2zdo
Well, let's not kill all the lawyers
By Steven Greenhut
I'm personally sickened by the degree to which Americans rely on the legal system. I despise the way many Americans sue corporations and even governments for supposed harms and slights that have no grounding in reality (i.e., the Detroit employee now suing the city because she is bothered by fragrances worn by other employees; or those who sue for, say, discrimination based on unequal results rather than any provable acts of discriminatory behavior).
http://tinyurl.com/3a66pk
Bill on Voting Member of House for D.C. Is Delayed
By CQ Staff
Why is this even being voted upon anyhow? It is unconstitutional...oh, wait, no one goes by that anymore...all right, go ahead.
http://tinyurl.com/393doz
Excuse Me: That’s My Earmark You’re Trying to Kill
By Kathleen Hunter
Tempers flared in the House again Tuesday when GOP conservatives tried to kill funding for dozens of pet projects. Earmarks are always a sensitive subject, but the discussion of one proposed cut was particularly personal.
http://tinyurl.com/38lray
By Peter Callaghan
70-year-old Perry was roughed and cuffed by a police officer for the crime of having a brown front lawn. Police say Perry brought it upon herself because she refused to give her name to an officer who normally works to rid neighborhoods of drug houses.
http://tinyurl.com/3a2zdo
Well, let's not kill all the lawyers
By Steven Greenhut
I'm personally sickened by the degree to which Americans rely on the legal system. I despise the way many Americans sue corporations and even governments for supposed harms and slights that have no grounding in reality (i.e., the Detroit employee now suing the city because she is bothered by fragrances worn by other employees; or those who sue for, say, discrimination based on unequal results rather than any provable acts of discriminatory behavior).
http://tinyurl.com/3a66pk
Bill on Voting Member of House for D.C. Is Delayed
By CQ Staff
Why is this even being voted upon anyhow? It is unconstitutional...oh, wait, no one goes by that anymore...all right, go ahead.
http://tinyurl.com/393doz
Excuse Me: That’s My Earmark You’re Trying to Kill
By Kathleen Hunter
Tempers flared in the House again Tuesday when GOP conservatives tried to kill funding for dozens of pet projects. Earmarks are always a sensitive subject, but the discussion of one proposed cut was particularly personal.
http://tinyurl.com/38lray
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Baptists & American History
The following links are to a second round of articles on Baptist, and cover the Baptist effect upon American History, something most often left out of the text books, even in Baptist schools.
Editor/RP
The Bible and the Declaration of Independence
By Dr.James Sightler
For the Declaration of Independence, the Bible, not the philosophy of John Locke or Thomas Jefferson, can be seen as the source of the words life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774 the words were life, liberty, and property. The Bible also shows the nature of these three great ideas and that they are necessarily related to each other.
http://tinyurl.com/yo5y8v
You Can Thank the Baptists for Freedom of Worship
By Pastor David F. Reagan
Baptist preacher Thomas Helwys and "radical" thoughts on freedom of religion.
http://tinyurl.com/ytguo2
The Biblical Doctrines of Separation of Church and State and Religious Liberty
by Marty Tate
I am afraid that we have fallen into, or are in danger of falling into some ideas about religious liberty that are unbiblical and that go against historic Baptist doctrine. We are going to look at the Old and New Testament scriptures that deal with this, but first I’d like for you to answer these two questions:
1. Does the Bible teach the separation of church and state?
2. Does the Constitution contain the separation of church and state?
http://tinyurl.com/296fy5
Separation of Church and State Not a Myth, Not a Lie, But a Vital Baptist Principle of Civil Government
Keith Ellison Case: A Call for the Education of the American Public
By James R. Beller
An open letter to the leaders of the independent Baptists in America.
http://tinyurl.com/2z8hz7
Editor/RP
The Bible and the Declaration of Independence
By Dr.James Sightler
For the Declaration of Independence, the Bible, not the philosophy of John Locke or Thomas Jefferson, can be seen as the source of the words life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1774 the words were life, liberty, and property. The Bible also shows the nature of these three great ideas and that they are necessarily related to each other.
http://tinyurl.com/yo5y8v
You Can Thank the Baptists for Freedom of Worship
By Pastor David F. Reagan
Baptist preacher Thomas Helwys and "radical" thoughts on freedom of religion.
http://tinyurl.com/ytguo2
The Biblical Doctrines of Separation of Church and State and Religious Liberty
by Marty Tate
I am afraid that we have fallen into, or are in danger of falling into some ideas about religious liberty that are unbiblical and that go against historic Baptist doctrine. We are going to look at the Old and New Testament scriptures that deal with this, but first I’d like for you to answer these two questions:
1. Does the Bible teach the separation of church and state?
2. Does the Constitution contain the separation of church and state?
http://tinyurl.com/296fy5
Separation of Church and State Not a Myth, Not a Lie, But a Vital Baptist Principle of Civil Government
Keith Ellison Case: A Call for the Education of the American Public
By James R. Beller
An open letter to the leaders of the independent Baptists in America.
http://tinyurl.com/2z8hz7
Baptist History
I came across some good articles today on the subject of Baptist History. Some of my readers, who are not Baptist, probably will not care for these, and that is fine; just pass them over. However, as I state at the very top of this site, I am, unashamedly, an independent, Bible-believing Baptist. It is a gross error and shame upon us, that most of us who claim to be Baptist know little if anything of our distinct history and heritage. The following links will, I hope, educate my Baptist brethren on our history.
Editor/RP
Ten Affirmations Concerning Our Baptist Heritage
By James R. Beller
Ignorance of Baptist heritage, which is so infectious in our pulpits and pews today, is dangerous and must be over come with a renewed teaching of our Baptist heritage and heroes of past generations.
http://tinyurl.com/2r83ak
Whitsitt, the Baptists, and the 1641 Theory
By Dr. David Cummins
It is interesting to realize that the view that Baptist history extends only back to 1641 was unknown until 1886, when William H. Whitsitt, then president of Southern Baptist Seminary, wrote articles which appeared in "...Johnson’s Universal Cyclopedia claiming that Baptists as a denomination had emerged from English Separatism in the early 1600s."
http://tinyurl.com/2ofx7m
Baptist Protestant?
By Bobby Mitchell
In recent years it seems that the terms "Baptist" and "Protestant" have become closely related by many that consider themselves Fundamental Baptists. Some have gone so far as to make them almost interchangeable. Recently a noted Fundamentalist leader intermingled the two terms by referring to himself and others that believe like him as "Baptist Protestant people."
http://tinyurl.com/2p7hor
The Book and Their Blood
By Dolton W. Robertson II
Pastor, Liberty Baptist Church - Callahan, FL
The contemporary, market-driven, Christian culture is flooding our churches with a torrent of "feel-good" pabulum, leaving the majority of Christianity to drown in its own irrelevance and misinformation. This trend of doctrinal and methodological declension is most difficult to accept when found in Baptist churches. It is downright nauseating when discovered in independent Baptist churches. Our heritage should produce better things.
http://tinyurl.com/2328j4
Baptists are Ancient
By Charles H. Spurgeon
All who know much of the Baptist denomination must have regretted that so few are acquainted with its early history. We are not surprised that those who do not admit the scripturalness of our principles should be thus ignorant; nor can we be surprised that those who have superciliously looked upon our comparative feebleness should have put us down as of latter-day growth; but it remains a matter of great surprise that our own congregations should be, for the most part, uninstructed in the past doings of our body.
http://tinyurl.com/2dxgw7
Editor/RP
Ten Affirmations Concerning Our Baptist Heritage
By James R. Beller
Ignorance of Baptist heritage, which is so infectious in our pulpits and pews today, is dangerous and must be over come with a renewed teaching of our Baptist heritage and heroes of past generations.
http://tinyurl.com/2r83ak
Whitsitt, the Baptists, and the 1641 Theory
By Dr. David Cummins
It is interesting to realize that the view that Baptist history extends only back to 1641 was unknown until 1886, when William H. Whitsitt, then president of Southern Baptist Seminary, wrote articles which appeared in "...Johnson’s Universal Cyclopedia claiming that Baptists as a denomination had emerged from English Separatism in the early 1600s."
http://tinyurl.com/2ofx7m
Baptist Protestant?
By Bobby Mitchell
In recent years it seems that the terms "Baptist" and "Protestant" have become closely related by many that consider themselves Fundamental Baptists. Some have gone so far as to make them almost interchangeable. Recently a noted Fundamentalist leader intermingled the two terms by referring to himself and others that believe like him as "Baptist Protestant people."
http://tinyurl.com/2p7hor
The Book and Their Blood
By Dolton W. Robertson II
Pastor, Liberty Baptist Church - Callahan, FL
The contemporary, market-driven, Christian culture is flooding our churches with a torrent of "feel-good" pabulum, leaving the majority of Christianity to drown in its own irrelevance and misinformation. This trend of doctrinal and methodological declension is most difficult to accept when found in Baptist churches. It is downright nauseating when discovered in independent Baptist churches. Our heritage should produce better things.
http://tinyurl.com/2328j4
Baptists are Ancient
By Charles H. Spurgeon
All who know much of the Baptist denomination must have regretted that so few are acquainted with its early history. We are not surprised that those who do not admit the scripturalness of our principles should be thus ignorant; nor can we be surprised that those who have superciliously looked upon our comparative feebleness should have put us down as of latter-day growth; but it remains a matter of great surprise that our own congregations should be, for the most part, uninstructed in the past doings of our body.
http://tinyurl.com/2dxgw7
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Ron Paul Update 07/25/07
Ron Paul's Constituents and Grandchildren
Greg Groogan of the Fox News affiliate in Houston goes to Lake Jackson, Texas to talk with Congressman Ron Paul's constituents and several of Dr. Paul's grandchildren.
Watch Video
Greg Groogan of the Fox News affiliate in Houston goes to Lake Jackson, Texas to talk with Congressman Ron Paul's constituents and several of Dr. Paul's grandchildren.
Watch Video
Invasion News 07/25/07
Congressional posse rides to help jailed border agents
Tancredo amendment would cut funds keeping Ramos, Compean behind bars
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
http://tinyurl.com/3cm8sh
Obama, Clinton court support from La Raza
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com
Earlier this year Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) named former La Raza president Raul Yzaguirre to co-chair her campaign and lead its outreach to Hispanic voters. Both she and chief rival Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) showed up in Miami Beach on Sunday to court the endorsement of the Hispanic advocacy organization.
http://tinyurl.com/286rrk
Minuteman founder hitting campaign trail in support of 'secure border' candidates
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com
The founder of the Minuteman Project says he will be traveling around the country during the next 14 months to campaign for candidates he truly believes are serious about securing the border and stemming the tide of illegal immigration.
http://tinyurl.com/yqb9du
Tancredo amendment would cut funds keeping Ramos, Compean behind bars
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
http://tinyurl.com/3cm8sh
Obama, Clinton court support from La Raza
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com
Earlier this year Senator Hillary Clinton (D-New York) named former La Raza president Raul Yzaguirre to co-chair her campaign and lead its outreach to Hispanic voters. Both she and chief rival Senator Barack Obama (D-Illinois) showed up in Miami Beach on Sunday to court the endorsement of the Hispanic advocacy organization.
http://tinyurl.com/286rrk
Minuteman founder hitting campaign trail in support of 'secure border' candidates
Chad Groening OneNewsNow.com
The founder of the Minuteman Project says he will be traveling around the country during the next 14 months to campaign for candidates he truly believes are serious about securing the border and stemming the tide of illegal immigration.
http://tinyurl.com/yqb9du
NYPDS 07/25/07
Chips: High tech aids or tracking tools?
By TODD LEWAN
AP NATIONAL WRITER
To others, the notion of tagging people was Orwellian, a departure from centuries of history and tradition in which people had the right to go and do as they pleased, without being tracked, unless they were harming someone else.
http://tinyurl.com/yuphuj
What Sicko Left Out
by Humberto Fontova
That Michael Moore got some of his most heated rebuttals on Sicko from CNN bemused many Cuba watchers. CNN, after all, was the first network to receive benediction from the Maximum Leader to open a Havana bureau. For years their Cuba correspondent, Lucia Newman, performed magnificently, amply keeping up CNN's side of the bargain.
http://tinyurl.com/2e3kqp
Were American Indians Really Environmentalists?
By Thomas E. Woods
In other words, the American Indians were human beings who responded to the incentives they faced, not cardboard cutouts to be exploited on behalf of environmentalism or any other political program.
http://www.mises.org/story/2642
A Pair of Liberals
By Joseph Sobran
Today liberals hate President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. I’m not too crazy about those two birds either, but there’s a difference: they are exactly the bogus “conservatives” the liberals deserve and ought to be grateful for, or at least accept as a penance. So why are liberals rejecting their own?
http://tinyurl.com/2338vb
HILLARY, JOHN AND BARAK
PART 1 of 2
By Jon Christian Ryter
NewsWithViews.com
America's far left still thinks socialized medicine is good for everyone simply because everyone would be covered (whether they want to or not) and, because everyone (except their poor constituents) would be forced to pay exorbitant taxes to the federal government to finance it.
http://tinyurl.com/2fes5q
SELLING AMERICA TO COMMUNIST CHINA
By Cliff Kincaid & Andy Selepak
NewsWithViews.com
Corsi comes close to arguing that China is the ultimate power broker behind the scheme, saying that “In order to solidify its economic superiority over North America, Red China is working to restructure the North American transportation infrastructure.”
http://tinyurl.com/27cjtl
By TODD LEWAN
AP NATIONAL WRITER
To others, the notion of tagging people was Orwellian, a departure from centuries of history and tradition in which people had the right to go and do as they pleased, without being tracked, unless they were harming someone else.
http://tinyurl.com/yuphuj
What Sicko Left Out
by Humberto Fontova
That Michael Moore got some of his most heated rebuttals on Sicko from CNN bemused many Cuba watchers. CNN, after all, was the first network to receive benediction from the Maximum Leader to open a Havana bureau. For years their Cuba correspondent, Lucia Newman, performed magnificently, amply keeping up CNN's side of the bargain.
http://tinyurl.com/2e3kqp
Were American Indians Really Environmentalists?
By Thomas E. Woods
In other words, the American Indians were human beings who responded to the incentives they faced, not cardboard cutouts to be exploited on behalf of environmentalism or any other political program.
http://www.mises.org/story/2642
A Pair of Liberals
By Joseph Sobran
Today liberals hate President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. I’m not too crazy about those two birds either, but there’s a difference: they are exactly the bogus “conservatives” the liberals deserve and ought to be grateful for, or at least accept as a penance. So why are liberals rejecting their own?
http://tinyurl.com/2338vb
HILLARY, JOHN AND BARAK
PART 1 of 2
By Jon Christian Ryter
NewsWithViews.com
America's far left still thinks socialized medicine is good for everyone simply because everyone would be covered (whether they want to or not) and, because everyone (except their poor constituents) would be forced to pay exorbitant taxes to the federal government to finance it.
http://tinyurl.com/2fes5q
SELLING AMERICA TO COMMUNIST CHINA
By Cliff Kincaid & Andy Selepak
NewsWithViews.com
Corsi comes close to arguing that China is the ultimate power broker behind the scheme, saying that “In order to solidify its economic superiority over North America, Red China is working to restructure the North American transportation infrastructure.”
http://tinyurl.com/27cjtl
US Government Responds to Liberty Dollar Complaint
Shortly after noon on Thursday, July 19, 2007, the last day to respond, the US Attorney representing the Attorney General Gonzales, Secretary of the Treasury Paulson and Director of the US Mint Moy filed a Motion and a supporting Brief to Dismiss our lawsuit filed with the US District Court in Evansville, Indiana. It represents a sizable amount of work and a serious attitude toward our lawsuit. I am confident that our attorneys will give our response their very best effort and justice will prevail.
Please click HERE to view the Motion and Brief.
Courtesy of Liberty Dollar
Please click HERE to view the Motion and Brief.
Bernard von NotHaus
Monetary Architect
Courtesy of Liberty Dollar
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Ron Paul's Statement of Faith
Statement of Faith
By Rep. Ron Paul, MD.
Appeared originally on The Covenant News on July 21, 2007
We live in times of great uncertainty when men of faith must stand up for our values and our traditions lest they be washed away in a sea of fear and relativism. As you likely know, I am running for President of the United States, and I am asking for your support.
I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do. I know, as you do, that our freedoms come not from man, but from God. My record of public service reflects my reverence for the Natural Rights with which we have been endowed by a loving Creator.
I have worked tirelessly to defend and restore those rights for all Americans, born and unborn alike. The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideal of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle.
In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman. In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, H.R. 1094. I am also the prime sponsor of H.R. 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn. I have also authored H.R. 1095, which prevents federal funds to be used for so-called “population control.” Many talk about being pro-life. I have taken and will continue to advocate direct action to restore protection for the unborn.
I have also acted to protect the lives of Americans by my adherence to the doctrine of “just war.” This doctrine, as articulated by Augustine, suggested that war must only be waged as a last resort - for a discernible moral and public good, with the right intentions, vetted through established legal authorities (a constitutionally required declaration of the Congress), and with a likely probability of success.
It has been and remains my firm belief that the current United Nations-mandated, no-win police action in Iraq fails to meet the high moral threshold required to wage just war. That is why I have offered moral and practical opposition to the invasion, occupation and social engineering police exercise now underway in Iraq. It is my belief, borne out by five years of abject failure and tens of thousands of lost lives, that the Iraq operation has been a dangerous diversion from the rightful and appropriate focus of our efforts to bring to justice to the jihadists that have attacked us and seek still to undermine our nation, our values, and our way of life.
I opposed giving the president power to wage unlimited and unchecked aggression, However, I did vote to support the use of force in Afghanistan. I also authored H.R. 3076, the September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001. A letter of marque and reprisal is a constitutional tool specifically designed to give the president the authority to respond with appropriate force to those non-state actors who wage aggression against the United States while limiting his authority to only those responsible for the atrocities of that day. Such a limited authorization is consistent with the doctrine of just war and the practical aim of keeping Americans safe while minimizing the costs in blood and treasure of waging such an operation.
On September 17, 2001, I stated on the house floor that “…striking out at six or eight or even ten different countries could well expand this war of which we wanted no part. Without defining the enemy there is no way to know our precise goal or to know when the war is over. Inadvertently more casual acceptance of civilian deaths as part of this war I'm certain will prolong the agony and increase the chances of even more American casualties. We must guard against this if at all possible.” I’m sorry to say that history has proven this to be true.
I am running for president to restore the rule of law and to stand up for our divinely inspired Constitution. I have never voted for legislation that is not specifically authorized by the Constitution. As president, I will never sign a piece of legislation, nor use the power of the executive, in a manner inconsistent with the limitations that the founders envisioned.
Many have given up on America as an exemplar for the world, as a model of freedom, self-government, and self-control. I have not. There is hope for America. I ask you to join me, and to be a part of it.
Sincerely,
Ron Paul
For More Information Contact:
Paul Dorr
Iowa Field Director
RonPaul2008@iowatelecom.net
Phone: 712-758-3660
Ron Paul 2008
Presidential Campaign Committee
www.RonPaul2008.com
Phone: 703-248-9115
FAX: 703-248-9119
By Rep. Ron Paul, MD.
Appeared originally on The Covenant News on July 21, 2007
We live in times of great uncertainty when men of faith must stand up for our values and our traditions lest they be washed away in a sea of fear and relativism. As you likely know, I am running for President of the United States, and I am asking for your support.
I have never been one who is comfortable talking about my faith in the political arena. In fact, the pandering that typically occurs in the election season I find to be distasteful. But for those who have asked, I freely confess that Jesus Christ is my personal Savior, and that I seek His guidance in all that I do. I know, as you do, that our freedoms come not from man, but from God. My record of public service reflects my reverence for the Natural Rights with which we have been endowed by a loving Creator.
I have worked tirelessly to defend and restore those rights for all Americans, born and unborn alike. The right of an innocent, unborn child to life is at the heart of the American ideal of liberty. My professional and legislative record demonstrates my strong commitment to this pro-life principle.
In 40 years of medical practice, I never once considered performing an abortion, nor did I ever find abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman. In Congress, I have authored legislation that seeks to define life as beginning at conception, H.R. 1094. I am also the prime sponsor of H.R. 300, which would negate the effect of Roe v Wade by removing the ability of federal courts to interfere with state legislation to protect life. This is a practical, direct approach to ending federal court tyranny which threatens our constitutional republic and has caused the deaths of 45 million of the unborn. I have also authored H.R. 1095, which prevents federal funds to be used for so-called “population control.” Many talk about being pro-life. I have taken and will continue to advocate direct action to restore protection for the unborn.
I have also acted to protect the lives of Americans by my adherence to the doctrine of “just war.” This doctrine, as articulated by Augustine, suggested that war must only be waged as a last resort - for a discernible moral and public good, with the right intentions, vetted through established legal authorities (a constitutionally required declaration of the Congress), and with a likely probability of success.
It has been and remains my firm belief that the current United Nations-mandated, no-win police action in Iraq fails to meet the high moral threshold required to wage just war. That is why I have offered moral and practical opposition to the invasion, occupation and social engineering police exercise now underway in Iraq. It is my belief, borne out by five years of abject failure and tens of thousands of lost lives, that the Iraq operation has been a dangerous diversion from the rightful and appropriate focus of our efforts to bring to justice to the jihadists that have attacked us and seek still to undermine our nation, our values, and our way of life.
I opposed giving the president power to wage unlimited and unchecked aggression, However, I did vote to support the use of force in Afghanistan. I also authored H.R. 3076, the September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001. A letter of marque and reprisal is a constitutional tool specifically designed to give the president the authority to respond with appropriate force to those non-state actors who wage aggression against the United States while limiting his authority to only those responsible for the atrocities of that day. Such a limited authorization is consistent with the doctrine of just war and the practical aim of keeping Americans safe while minimizing the costs in blood and treasure of waging such an operation.
On September 17, 2001, I stated on the house floor that “…striking out at six or eight or even ten different countries could well expand this war of which we wanted no part. Without defining the enemy there is no way to know our precise goal or to know when the war is over. Inadvertently more casual acceptance of civilian deaths as part of this war I'm certain will prolong the agony and increase the chances of even more American casualties. We must guard against this if at all possible.” I’m sorry to say that history has proven this to be true.
I am running for president to restore the rule of law and to stand up for our divinely inspired Constitution. I have never voted for legislation that is not specifically authorized by the Constitution. As president, I will never sign a piece of legislation, nor use the power of the executive, in a manner inconsistent with the limitations that the founders envisioned.
Many have given up on America as an exemplar for the world, as a model of freedom, self-government, and self-control. I have not. There is hope for America. I ask you to join me, and to be a part of it.
Sincerely,
Ron Paul
For More Information Contact:
Paul Dorr
Iowa Field Director
RonPaul2008@iowatelecom.net
Phone: 712-758-3660
Ron Paul 2008
Presidential Campaign Committee
www.RonPaul2008.com
Phone: 703-248-9115
FAX: 703-248-9119
Ron Paul Updates 2.0 07/24/07
"Freedom Brings Us Together"
Ron Paul in Las Vegas - July 7, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vnfkDiVXjc
Ron Paul in Las Vegas - July 7, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vnfkDiVXjc
NYPDS 07/25/07 Part II
“Jihad Bee” Calls for Child Martyrs on Hamas TV
by Ze'ev Orenstein
The latest character on the children’s show Tomorrow’s Pioneers on Hamas’s Al-Aqsa television station is Nahool the Bee, who encourages young children to follow “[the path] of Jihad” and to become “Jihad warriors” in order to “liberate Al-Aqsa from the filth of the criminal Jews.”
http://tinyurl.com/26s72d
Has the Court Moved Right?
By George Detweiler
In truth, the Roberts court is not the court conservatives “long yearned for,” if by “conservative” it is meant a constitutionalist who values and upholds the original intent of the Constitution, and who opposes judicial activism.
http://www.jbs.org/node/4822
by Ze'ev Orenstein
The latest character on the children’s show Tomorrow’s Pioneers on Hamas’s Al-Aqsa television station is Nahool the Bee, who encourages young children to follow “[the path] of Jihad” and to become “Jihad warriors” in order to “liberate Al-Aqsa from the filth of the criminal Jews.”
http://tinyurl.com/26s72d
Has the Court Moved Right?
By George Detweiler
In truth, the Roberts court is not the court conservatives “long yearned for,” if by “conservative” it is meant a constitutionalist who values and upholds the original intent of the Constitution, and who opposes judicial activism.
http://www.jbs.org/node/4822
Invasion News 07/24/07
GOVERNMENT ARROGANCE IS OUT OF CONTROL!
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
As I watched Lou Dobbs interview Johnny Sutton, the only word that came close to describing Sutton's despicable attitude was blatant and unadulterated ARROGANCE. But then, arrogance seems to be the common attitude of many, if not most, who work in and for this administration.
http://tinyurl.com/2f7vcn
WE CAN'T FIGHT TERRORISM WITH OPEN BORDERS
by Michael Cutler
NewsWithViews.com
Yet even though aliens attacked our nation because they were able to gain entry into our country and then remain here by gaming the immigration bureaucracy, the Clinton Administration embarked on an insane program known as "Citizenship USA."
http://tinyurl.com/2yk6ch
ETHNIC CLEANSING OF AMERICANS IN AMERICA’S CITIES
By Frosty Wooldridge
NewsWithViews.com
As it worsens from Bush not enforcing our immigration laws and Congress twiddling its thumbs, ‘ethnic cleansing’ of we Americans out of our communities creates tension, anger, failing schools and frustration that boils into violence.
http://tinyurl.com/29pdzn
Big Brother Biometric Plans in New Haven Planned for All Americans?
By William Gheen
President, Americans for LEGAL Immigration PAC / ALIPAC
Let us stand together against Big Brother, Real ID, FRT and biometrics. Why should American citizens give the government more knowledge and power over us, when they are clearly failing to enforce our existing laws and do not have the best interests of the public or the will of the American majority in mind?
http://tinyurl.com/3ab8tt
By Pastor Chuck Baldwin
NewsWithViews.com
As I watched Lou Dobbs interview Johnny Sutton, the only word that came close to describing Sutton's despicable attitude was blatant and unadulterated ARROGANCE. But then, arrogance seems to be the common attitude of many, if not most, who work in and for this administration.
http://tinyurl.com/2f7vcn
WE CAN'T FIGHT TERRORISM WITH OPEN BORDERS
by Michael Cutler
NewsWithViews.com
Yet even though aliens attacked our nation because they were able to gain entry into our country and then remain here by gaming the immigration bureaucracy, the Clinton Administration embarked on an insane program known as "Citizenship USA."
http://tinyurl.com/2yk6ch
ETHNIC CLEANSING OF AMERICANS IN AMERICA’S CITIES
By Frosty Wooldridge
NewsWithViews.com
As it worsens from Bush not enforcing our immigration laws and Congress twiddling its thumbs, ‘ethnic cleansing’ of we Americans out of our communities creates tension, anger, failing schools and frustration that boils into violence.
http://tinyurl.com/29pdzn
Big Brother Biometric Plans in New Haven Planned for All Americans?
By William Gheen
President, Americans for LEGAL Immigration PAC / ALIPAC
Let us stand together against Big Brother, Real ID, FRT and biometrics. Why should American citizens give the government more knowledge and power over us, when they are clearly failing to enforce our existing laws and do not have the best interests of the public or the will of the American majority in mind?
http://tinyurl.com/3ab8tt
Health News 07/24/07
Don't be fooled by "all natural" claims on foods and grocery products
Factory food manufacturers have figured out that slapping an "all natural" claim onto their processed, chemically-altered food products results in increased sales. Consumers, it seems, are trying to shop for healthier foods, and they're easily fooled by "all natural" claims, even though the vast majority of food products sporting such claims are anything but natural.
http://www.newstarget.com/021937.html
Are You Playing Pharmaceutical Roulette?
By: Greg Ciola
Pharmaceutical drugs kill, perhaps not as fast as a bullet in many cases – but just as effectively. Stay on them long enough and you’re almost assured of the deadly consequences.
http://tinyurl.com/2tywxq
China's Toxic Warfare Against America Continues - Botulism Poisoning From Chili Sauce Now A Problem
FDA Warns Consumers about Risk of Botulism Poisoning from Hot Dog Chili Sauce Marketed Under a Variety of Brand Names
http://tinyurl.com/2qztuh
Bush To Veto Ban On Mercury In Vaccines
President Bush is to veto a bill that would ban mercury in flu vaccines for children despite its known links to autism and other neurological disorders and despite the fact that he pledged in 2004 to support such a move when campaigning for re-election.
http://tinyurl.com/ypq7xv
Ritalin stunts growth of children; long-term risk to children's health unknown
New research published in the August, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds that Ritalin, the amphetamine drug used to treat a fictitious medical disorder labeled Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, stunts the growth of children. After three years on the psychotropic drug, children are one inch shorter and 4.4 pounds lighter than their peers, researchers have documented.
http://www.newstarget.com/021944.html
Factory food manufacturers have figured out that slapping an "all natural" claim onto their processed, chemically-altered food products results in increased sales. Consumers, it seems, are trying to shop for healthier foods, and they're easily fooled by "all natural" claims, even though the vast majority of food products sporting such claims are anything but natural.
http://www.newstarget.com/021937.html
Are You Playing Pharmaceutical Roulette?
By: Greg Ciola
Pharmaceutical drugs kill, perhaps not as fast as a bullet in many cases – but just as effectively. Stay on them long enough and you’re almost assured of the deadly consequences.
http://tinyurl.com/2tywxq
China's Toxic Warfare Against America Continues - Botulism Poisoning From Chili Sauce Now A Problem
FDA Warns Consumers about Risk of Botulism Poisoning from Hot Dog Chili Sauce Marketed Under a Variety of Brand Names
http://tinyurl.com/2qztuh
Bush To Veto Ban On Mercury In Vaccines
President Bush is to veto a bill that would ban mercury in flu vaccines for children despite its known links to autism and other neurological disorders and despite the fact that he pledged in 2004 to support such a move when campaigning for re-election.
http://tinyurl.com/ypq7xv
Ritalin stunts growth of children; long-term risk to children's health unknown
New research published in the August, 2007 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry finds that Ritalin, the amphetamine drug used to treat a fictitious medical disorder labeled Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, stunts the growth of children. After three years on the psychotropic drug, children are one inch shorter and 4.4 pounds lighter than their peers, researchers have documented.
http://www.newstarget.com/021944.html
Ron Paul Updates 07/24/07 1.0
Ron Paul upholds people's rights
By Timothy Finnegan Boyle Seacoast Online
If you care about your natural rights as a human being, if you wish not to be controlled as if a slave to the government, than there is only one candidate to vote for: Congressman Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is the last man in Washington that understands the principles of liberty that this country was founded upon and the only politician left who is fighting for your rights as an individual.
http://tinyurl.com/2g9amv
No Patronizing, No Sloganeering
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
If you want to be talked down to and spoken to in slogans, there is no shortage of opportunities in today’s America. Ron Paul, on the other hand, on this as on everything else, refuses to pander to anyone, and tells the truth as he sees it.
http://tinyurl.com/yopuoz
Who Speaks for the American Military on Iraq?
by William Marina
Based on who they are giving money to - Ron Paul.
http://tinyurl.com/2m6crl
Protecting Health Freedom
by Ron Paul
Speech before the US House of Representatives on May 2, 2007.
http://tinyurl.com/2hqdfh
CENSORING A LEADER
Rudy Takala
NewsWithViews.com
A friend of mine who works for a Congressional representative has been muttering frequently as of late, “Light shines brightest in the darkest places.” By all means, let the darkness continue. That metaphor is the singular explanation for Ron Paul’s meteoric ascendancy. He is the northern star personified.
http://tinyurl.com/22txst
Exposing the True Isolationists
by Ron Paul
Yet globalism has a consequence that is, if we are to believe the rhetoric of its greatest proponents, entirely unintended. Globalists often label those of us who resist their schemes as “isolationist.” Yet it is, somewhat remarkably, the globalists themselves who promote policies that isolate our nation from the rest of the world.
http://tinyurl.com/248kcc
By Timothy Finnegan Boyle Seacoast Online
If you care about your natural rights as a human being, if you wish not to be controlled as if a slave to the government, than there is only one candidate to vote for: Congressman Ron Paul. Dr. Paul is the last man in Washington that understands the principles of liberty that this country was founded upon and the only politician left who is fighting for your rights as an individual.
http://tinyurl.com/2g9amv
No Patronizing, No Sloganeering
by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
If you want to be talked down to and spoken to in slogans, there is no shortage of opportunities in today’s America. Ron Paul, on the other hand, on this as on everything else, refuses to pander to anyone, and tells the truth as he sees it.
http://tinyurl.com/yopuoz
Who Speaks for the American Military on Iraq?
by William Marina
Based on who they are giving money to - Ron Paul.
http://tinyurl.com/2m6crl
Protecting Health Freedom
by Ron Paul
Speech before the US House of Representatives on May 2, 2007.
http://tinyurl.com/2hqdfh
CENSORING A LEADER
Rudy Takala
NewsWithViews.com
A friend of mine who works for a Congressional representative has been muttering frequently as of late, “Light shines brightest in the darkest places.” By all means, let the darkness continue. That metaphor is the singular explanation for Ron Paul’s meteoric ascendancy. He is the northern star personified.
http://tinyurl.com/22txst
Exposing the True Isolationists
by Ron Paul
Yet globalism has a consequence that is, if we are to believe the rhetoric of its greatest proponents, entirely unintended. Globalists often label those of us who resist their schemes as “isolationist.” Yet it is, somewhat remarkably, the globalists themselves who promote policies that isolate our nation from the rest of the world.
http://tinyurl.com/248kcc
NYPDS 07/24/07 Part I
Pentagon Junking Millions in Gear
Associated Press
Millions of dollars' worth of gear, including combat boots, helmets, vests and aircraft parts, is being junked by the Pentagon rather than stored or sold as surplus to suppliers who sometimes sell it back to the military.
http://tinyurl.com/2sz5bq
Every Marine to be a Kung-Fu Fighter
Stars and Stripes | Jeff Schogol
All Marines must now qualify for their tan belt in the Corps' version of martial arts by the end of 2007, Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway said in a recent Corps-wide message.
http://tinyurl.com/3e22lg
Reinventing Government
by Joan Veon
NewswithViews.com
The Seventh Global Forum on Reinventing Government recently concluded in Vienna. For the first time since this type of meeting was organized in 1999, the United Nations hosted a conference on changing the structure of government worldwide to be more democratic. What does it mean to have the United Nations in charge of changing the structure of national government worldwide? We must primarily consider the actions of President Clinton who began the reinventing government process in the United States......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Veon/joan47.htm
IS JAVIER SOLANA GOING TO SPEAK FOR EU AT UN?
By: Attorney Constance Cumbey
NewsWithViews.com
If a very recent British newspaper article is to be believed, Great Britain may soon surrender its permanent Security Council seat at the UN to the European Union's Javier Solana. According to EU Referendum blogspot, Great Britain won't lose their Security Council seat, nor will France, but the EU will instead have its own seat. Britain and/or France will have to defer to the EU and remain silent at the UN Security Council, should an issue arise on which the EU has taken a "common position."
http://tinyurl.com/2nrsll
MORE DANGEROUS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES THAN YOU THINK
By Marsha West
NewsWithViews.com
Soon thousands of teens and twentysomethings will be going off to "institutions of higher learning." Young people who've been raised with moral values will go behind the fortified walls of Babylon, pretty much unarmed. And the barbarians are prepared to chew them up and spit them out.
http://tinyurl.com/2j3y5s
JAVIER SOLANA & THE LARGER PLAN
By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D.
NewsWithViews.com
The power elite’s plan, however, is larger than simply linking regional political and economic arrangements. It involves a spiritual dimension as well. Remember that in the Rockefeller Brothers Fund 1959 Special Studies Project panel report, “The Mid-Century Challenge to U.S. Foreign Policy,” one reads: “We cannot escape, and indeed should welcome, the task of helping to shape a new world order in all its dimensions – spiritual, economic, political, social.”
http://tinyurl.com/27xbas
BUSH'S LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER & JURISDICTION
By: Devvy
© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com
The U.S. Constitution does not authorize Congress to steal from the people's treasury to reconstruct or rebuild any foreign country. If it's not direct funding by Congress writing hot checks, it's stealing from the people's purse by channeling the money through the Communist United Nations, another unconstitutional travesty, to fund all of these components for a one world totalitarian government.
http://tinyurl.com/ytvezt
Associated Press
Millions of dollars' worth of gear, including combat boots, helmets, vests and aircraft parts, is being junked by the Pentagon rather than stored or sold as surplus to suppliers who sometimes sell it back to the military.
http://tinyurl.com/2sz5bq
Every Marine to be a Kung-Fu Fighter
Stars and Stripes | Jeff Schogol
All Marines must now qualify for their tan belt in the Corps' version of martial arts by the end of 2007, Corps Commandant Gen. James Conway said in a recent Corps-wide message.
http://tinyurl.com/3e22lg
Reinventing Government
by Joan Veon
NewswithViews.com
The Seventh Global Forum on Reinventing Government recently concluded in Vienna. For the first time since this type of meeting was organized in 1999, the United Nations hosted a conference on changing the structure of government worldwide to be more democratic. What does it mean to have the United Nations in charge of changing the structure of national government worldwide? We must primarily consider the actions of President Clinton who began the reinventing government process in the United States......
http://www.newswithviews.com/Veon/joan47.htm
IS JAVIER SOLANA GOING TO SPEAK FOR EU AT UN?
By: Attorney Constance Cumbey
NewsWithViews.com
If a very recent British newspaper article is to be believed, Great Britain may soon surrender its permanent Security Council seat at the UN to the European Union's Javier Solana. According to EU Referendum blogspot, Great Britain won't lose their Security Council seat, nor will France, but the EU will instead have its own seat. Britain and/or France will have to defer to the EU and remain silent at the UN Security Council, should an issue arise on which the EU has taken a "common position."
http://tinyurl.com/2nrsll
MORE DANGEROUS ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES THAN YOU THINK
By Marsha West
NewsWithViews.com
Soon thousands of teens and twentysomethings will be going off to "institutions of higher learning." Young people who've been raised with moral values will go behind the fortified walls of Babylon, pretty much unarmed. And the barbarians are prepared to chew them up and spit them out.
http://tinyurl.com/2j3y5s
JAVIER SOLANA & THE LARGER PLAN
By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D.
NewsWithViews.com
The power elite’s plan, however, is larger than simply linking regional political and economic arrangements. It involves a spiritual dimension as well. Remember that in the Rockefeller Brothers Fund 1959 Special Studies Project panel report, “The Mid-Century Challenge to U.S. Foreign Policy,” one reads: “We cannot escape, and indeed should welcome, the task of helping to shape a new world order in all its dimensions – spiritual, economic, political, social.”
http://tinyurl.com/27xbas
BUSH'S LATEST EXECUTIVE ORDER & JURISDICTION
By: Devvy
© 2007 - NewsWithViews.com
The U.S. Constitution does not authorize Congress to steal from the people's treasury to reconstruct or rebuild any foreign country. If it's not direct funding by Congress writing hot checks, it's stealing from the people's purse by channeling the money through the Communist United Nations, another unconstitutional travesty, to fund all of these components for a one world totalitarian government.
http://tinyurl.com/ytvezt
The Fascination with Witchcraft
After nearly a full week of being absent, I have returned. It was nice to get away, but it is always better to be back home.
This past Friday, my wife and I made the mistake of going to one of the large book store chains while in South Carolina on vacation. To compound our error, we went in the late evening. It really didn't matter which book store we went to, even if we had more than one option, which we did not.
As most folks know, at 12 AM on Saturday, the final Harry Potter book was released. Even though the book was not for sale until midnight, that did not stop the many people who came out as early as possible in order to be one of the first to purchase the new book.
I had completely forgotten about the book's release, as well at the cult following the series has. How could I have possibly forgotten about the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows? I don't know...it probably has something to do with the fact that I do not care one bit about the book.
I found it slightly disturbing to see not only children, but teenagers and adults all anxiously awaiting the first copies of the most sought-after book of the year. Well, that's at least what all the news reports say. And, it just wasn't this particular location, but the scene was the same at book stores all across the United States, and probably the world.
The weirdest thing about the whole deal was the it looked like I had entered a witchcraft convention as opposed to a chain bookstore. It was bad enough, I thought, that parents would dress their children up as witches and warlocks. It was even worse that teenagers dressed up. But, it was frightening to see the adults dress up in the costumes! My wife commented that people were not just dressed in Harry Potter style constumes, but in anything witchcraft related.
It is interesting that despite what many say, the Harry Potter books have created a vast increase of fascination with the subject of witchcraft. Some may do it in sport, just because it is "the thing to do" right now. Others have a genuine interest in witchcraft, and the books seem to be a launching pad for them to explore the subject.
What kind of an affect is this having upon the spiritual condition of our communities, states and nation? Are books like these being used by Satan and his minions to gain control over millions of people in order to deceive them? I really cannot answer those questions, but I do think books like the Harry Potter series are opening doors to things that we do not understand, and will wish one day we had left them closed.
Editor/RP
This past Friday, my wife and I made the mistake of going to one of the large book store chains while in South Carolina on vacation. To compound our error, we went in the late evening. It really didn't matter which book store we went to, even if we had more than one option, which we did not.
As most folks know, at 12 AM on Saturday, the final Harry Potter book was released. Even though the book was not for sale until midnight, that did not stop the many people who came out as early as possible in order to be one of the first to purchase the new book.
I had completely forgotten about the book's release, as well at the cult following the series has. How could I have possibly forgotten about the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows? I don't know...it probably has something to do with the fact that I do not care one bit about the book.
I found it slightly disturbing to see not only children, but teenagers and adults all anxiously awaiting the first copies of the most sought-after book of the year. Well, that's at least what all the news reports say. And, it just wasn't this particular location, but the scene was the same at book stores all across the United States, and probably the world.
The weirdest thing about the whole deal was the it looked like I had entered a witchcraft convention as opposed to a chain bookstore. It was bad enough, I thought, that parents would dress their children up as witches and warlocks. It was even worse that teenagers dressed up. But, it was frightening to see the adults dress up in the costumes! My wife commented that people were not just dressed in Harry Potter style constumes, but in anything witchcraft related.
It is interesting that despite what many say, the Harry Potter books have created a vast increase of fascination with the subject of witchcraft. Some may do it in sport, just because it is "the thing to do" right now. Others have a genuine interest in witchcraft, and the books seem to be a launching pad for them to explore the subject.
What kind of an affect is this having upon the spiritual condition of our communities, states and nation? Are books like these being used by Satan and his minions to gain control over millions of people in order to deceive them? I really cannot answer those questions, but I do think books like the Harry Potter series are opening doors to things that we do not understand, and will wish one day we had left them closed.
Editor/RP
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