Ron Paul’s message deserves full attention and I’m glad John Stewart gave him some time on the show. That said, something stuck out to me and is gnawing at me because I really wish there had been more time to address this particular idea. It’s something that seems to puzzle many Americans and unfortunately most of the nation has a warped perception of what is happening so they assume we need big brother to protect us from the monster. Let me try to address it here.
John Stewart asked Ron Paul if he agreed that even from a libertarian perspective, we need a government to protect the country from enemies. Dr. Paul nodded. Fair enough, that does fall in the scope of the governments place according to our Constitution. Then, Mr. Stewart continued and asked “but what about protection from corporatization?” Hmmm….
Now I understand what John was asking, and I think that a large number of Americans wonder about the same issue. We see companies become inflated and corrupt, shifting the balance of economical power and destroying local economies. We see Haliburton and big Pharma and banks reeking havoc on the middle class. We see Walmart setting up in the middle of small town USA and putting hundreds of local entrepreneurs out of business.
Our first reaciton is to scream out “there should be a law! protect us! help us! stop them!” Right….
There seems to be this mass mal-understanding that the goverment needs to intervene in order to stop the big corporate monsters from chowing down on the American family.
So in his response, Ron Paul tried to explain that the way to protect the people is through prevention, and not to try and correct the problem after it already became a problem. It has to start at the begining. This is absolutely correct, but unfortunately Dr. Paul was not given enough time to truly answer that concern, and it is unfortunate because I think it is a very legitimate concern that should really be addressed.
Here’s the thing folks…. Walmart and companies like it ARE very much indeed “the corporate monster” that the average entrepreneur should not have to be devoured by. But more government intervention is NOT the answer! Why? Because it is government intervention that created the monster in the first place! Don’t you see?
These companies receive government subsidizing in order to operate and become the fat carnivores they are. They do not stand on the quality of their product or service! Not a chance! They offer crap and their practices are corrupt and unethical. Their brick is held together by the mortar of government financing (which ofcourse is money printed out of thin air thanks to the Federal Reserve, but that’s another - albeit related - story).
The preventative care here friends, is to prevent the government from intervening in the first place. Stop the handouts, stop the subsidizing! Walmart can not put an entire town out of business with cheaply made polyester flip flops and plastic dishes. They could not afford to give you that can of peas for 19 cents without being awarded millions of YOUR tax dollars. And yes, Walmart is but a mere example.
Here’s a story…
Joe owns a local hardware store. He gets up every morning and goes to work at his store. He has worked hard for many years. Business is good because service is good. He treats his customers well, he treats his employees well, and he offers products of quality. Out of his profit, he pays a percentage of that to the government in taxes because he thinks that it makes him a good American.
The government uses some of that money to subsidize Walmart. Walmart opens a store a few miles down the road from Joe and offers similar products at half the price. Within 6 months Joe is out of business. His family begins to suffer. His oldest daughter gets a job at Walmart. A year later, she gets sick from a virus she caught at work and their government provided health care plan doesn’t cover the good doctor that she usually goes to.
I think you get the point here.
Folks, the answer is NEVER bigger government. This is how the scale works Big Gov = Less liberty. That is the law of physics in Freedom.
Lets not ask more more intervention, lets prevent any intervention to begin with.
Lets expect companies to provide quality goods and services in order to stay afloat. Lets have a free-market system within which a business must compete to survive and not just simply coast by on gov’t favor, providing crap to its customers. How far do we think the cheap garbage we get at these monster shopping centers will go? Think!
And for the love of grapes! Let us stop consuming this stuff like it’s our heroin! Shop for quality, chose to support your local businesses and try to comprehend that the answer is not more fingers from the government, but less… far less!
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]]>Glenn Beck and left-right confusion
(updated below)
Last night during his CBS interview with Katie Couric, Glenn Beck said he may have voted for Hillary Clinton and that “John McCain would have been worse for the country than Barack Obama.” This comment predictably spawned confusion among some liberals and anger among some conservatives. But even prior to that, there had been a palpable increase in the right-wing attacks on Beck — some motivated by professional competition for the incredibly lucrative industry of right-wing opinion-making, some due to understandable discomfort with his crazed and irresponsible rhetoric, but much of it the result of Beck’s growing deviation from GOP (and neoconservative) dogma. Increasingly, there is great difficulty in understanding not only Beck’s political orientation but, even more so, the movement that has sprung up around him. Within that confusion lies several important observations about our political culture, particularly the inability to process anything that does not fall comfortably into the conventional “left-right” dichotomy through which everything is understood.
Some of this confusion is attributable to the fact that Beck himself doesn’t really appear to have any actual, identifiable political beliefs; he just mutates into whatever is likely to draw the most attention for himself and whatever satisfies his emotional cravings of the moment. Although he now parades around under a rhetorical banner of small-government liberty, anti-imperialism, and opposition to the merger of corporations and government (as exemplified by the Bush-sponsored Wall Street bailout), it wasn’t all that long ago that he was advocating exactly the opposite: paying homage to the Patriot Act, defending the Wall Street bailout and arguing it should have been larger, and spouting standard neoconservative cartoon propaganda about The Global Islamo-Nazi Jihadists and all that it justifies. Even the quasi-demented desire for a return to 9/12 — as though the country should be stuck permanently in a state of terrorism-induced trauma and righteous, nationalistic fury over an allegedly existential Enemy — is the precise antithesis of the war-opposing, neocon-hating views held by many libertarian and paleoconservative factions with which Beck has now associated himself. Still other aspects of his ranting are obviously grounded in highly familiar, right-wing paranoia.
So it’s not surprising that confusion has arisen over someone who transformed overnight from a fairly typical Weekly Standard/Wall St. Journal/Bush-following polemicist into some sort of trans-partisan populist libertarian. All of that, in turn, is colored by the powerful influences on him from the profoundly strange conspiratorial Mormonism pioneered by Cleon Skousen, as documented by the superb Salon series authored by Alexander Zaitchik. Ultimately, Beck himself is just a histrionic intellectual mess: willing to latch onto any hysterical accusations and conspiracy theories that provide some momentary benefit, no matter how contradictory they might be from one moment to the next. His fears, resentments and religious principles seem fixed, but not his political beliefs. Like the establishment leadership of both political parties, he has no core political principles or fixed, identifiable ideology. His description of himself as a ”rodeo clown” might be the most perceptive thing he’s ever said. Attempts to classify him on the conventional political spectrum are destined to fail, and attempts to demonize him as some sort of standard Republican bogeyman will inevitably be so over-simplified as to be false. Such efforts assume far more coherence than he possesses. Editorial Page
Far more interesting than Beck himself is the increasingly futile effort to classify the protest movement to which he has connected himself. Here, too, confusion reigns. In part, this is due to the fact that these “tea party” and “9/12″ protests are composed of factions with wildly divergent views about most everything. From paleoconservatives to Ron-Paul-libertarians to LaRouchians to Confederacy-loving, race-driven Southerners to Christianist social conservatives to single-issue fanatics (abortion, guns, gays) to standard Limbaugh-following, Bush-loving Republicans, these protests are an incoherent mishmash without any cohesive view other than: “Barack Obama is bad.” There are unquestionably some highly noxious elements in these groups, but they are far from homogeneous. Many of these people despised the Bush-led GOP and many of them loved it.
Add to all of that the fact that this anti-Obama sentiment is being exploited by run-of-the-mill GOP operatives who have no objective other than to undermine Democrats and return the Republicans to power — manifestly not the goal of many of the protesters — and it’s impossible to define what this movement is or what is driving it. In many ways, its leadership (both organizationally and in the media) is fundamentally at odds with the participants. How can people who cheered on the Bush/Cheney administration and who want to re-install GOP leaders in power (i.e., Fox News, Limbaugh, the right-wing blogosphere, GOP House members) possibly make common cause in any coherent way with those who are in favor of limited federal government power, reduced debt, privacy, and Constitutional protections — all the things on which the GOP relentlessly waged war for years? In one important sense, the “tea party” movement is similar to the Obama campaign for “change”: it stays sufficiently vague and unspecific to enable everyone to read into what they want, so that people with fundamentally irreconcilable views believe they’re part of the same movement.
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I’m still trying to make sense of the Swine Flu situation. Is it an elaborate PsyOp designed to create reactions for nefarious purposes, including invoking martial law and selective concentration camp detentions? Is it a real threat, a dangerous pandemic? Or is it a fraud to enrich vaccine makers, administrators and others with another scare? Or is it a combination of all three, and maybe more?
The evidence is still out. My money’s on All of the Above.
1. A little bit of research shows that the virus was birthed in a laboratory, not nature. And its release is intentional, not accidental. Whatever happens has been staged. That by itself is enough to sound to go on high alert and activate all your precautionary measures. Who would do this and why? If you reject this idea because it sounds “conspiratorial” or you can’t believe humans would do this to other humans, you had better grow up — fast! A large part of written history is man’s inhumanity to man.
2. There are countless stories that the vaccine at this time is not only untested, but likely much more dangerous than the Swine Flu itself. Not only is there no proof it is effective against H1N1, but the adjuvents can cause much more harm, especially auto-immune diseases and cancer. There is a danger of live viruses in the vaccines. Baxter Labs, which released vaccines containing live viruses last spring, is active in manufacturing and promoting swine flu vaccines.
Moreover, I’ve seen indications that these vaccines can recombine into more virulent viruses, making vaccine recipients into combination human petri dishes and “Typhoid Mary-type” carriers to spread the greater disease. So the fall wave of H1N1 may be just the first step in creating a larger, more virulent pandemic.
3. A pandemic crisis can easily be used to justify martial law, mandatory vaccinations and concentration camp confinement for whomever the authorities choose (political opponents?). While mandatory vaccinations are unconstitutional, the military and many employers are now mandating them as a requirement of continued employment.
4. Any in-depth study of the Global Elite and their philosophy, shows that they are adherents of eugenics and advocate the reduction of the planetary population by at least 3/4. What better way than plague? Eugenics = Genocide.
5. Other than hand washing and self-quarantine, you seldom see any natural prevention or cures mentioned by the MSM. Since Big Pharma only peddles drugs, and since drugs are dangerous/ineffective, the MSM has little incentive to bit the financial hand that feeds them by promoting their more cost-effective competition.
6. You can use religious and spiritual objections to opt out of mandatory vaccines.
7. If you plan on self-quarantine (which you should), then make sure you have the supplements, nano-silver, herbs, food, etc. that you will need to survive.
8. The internet is full of stories of body bags, caskets, micro-chipped ID bracelets, mandatory vaccination programs, vaccines that are more dangerous than the virus, training for martial law, etc. The MainStream Media (MSM) are busy with the typical re-assuring stories that if we’re lucky, there will be enough vaccine for all of us! Just roll up your sleeve and trust the nice government minion with the syringe.
9. I’m also hearing stories from all over the world that at least half of all doctors, nurses and other health workers will refuse the vaccine. (What do they know, anyway?)
10. What I do know is this: YOU had better do your own research, and don’t trust the MSM. If you don’t think they’re all controlled by the global elite, you’re living in La La Land — and you deserve everything that happens to you and your loved ones because of your misplaced trust and naivete. Rupert Murdoch is heavily involved in this scheme, so don’t expect to hear the truth about vaccines from Faux News.
There are many things you should read to help you understand what is going on. High among your list should be Dr. Len Horowitz’ recently filed affidavit charging criminal conspiracy in the creation of the current flu pandemic. The affidavit includes an interesting history of the Rockefeller-controlled Big Pharma in the US and the rest of the world. Though it is a long read, you’ll find many mind-blowing facts in one coherent narrative.
Ten Swine Flu Lies Told By Mass Media
How to Prevent an H1N1 October Surprise
Half of UK Docs to Refuse Swine Flu Vaccination
Swine Flu: Natural Pandemic or Man-Made Pandemonium
Chinese Herbs Prove Effective in Curing H1N1
A Conspiracy of Silence about Natural Swine Flu Remedies
Vaccinations: Deadly Immunity
Manipulating the Data to Justify a Worldwide Public Health Care Emergency
Forced Vaccinations, Quarantine Camps, Health Care Interrogations and Mandatory “Decontaminations”
More Damning Science on Squalene and Related [Vaccine] Adjuvents
A Million Times More Squalene in Swine Flu Vaccine Than What Caused Gulf War Syndrome
Ingredients Found in Spermacides, Cleaners and Cosmetics Along with Thimerosol and Squalene
18 Reasons Why You Should Not Vaccinate Your Children Against Flu This Season
Feds Plan Public Relations Campaign to Persuade Americans to Take the Vaccine
Flu Salvation: The Creator’s Message for Destroyers and Plan for Survivors
Canada Sends Body Bags for Flu Battle
Deadly Second Wave of Swine Flu on the Way
Written by Porter Davis
]]>Well it’s certainly not A FATAL VACCINATION!!!
Folks, will you please PAY ATTENTION!!!
The Swine Flu… the swine flu… States are passing laws PASSING LAWS PEOPLE… that allow police and state “officials” to FORCE vaccinations on you and your children. Mass is passing a law that allows for police to come to your HOME, and attempt to force vaccinate you and your family. If you refuse you can be forcibly quarantined, and your children can be taken away from you!!
HOW THE HELL IS THIS OKAY?
Don’t you realize that these laws cannot pass without our PERMISSION?
Oh you say you didn’t give your permission in your state? Well wake the heck up my friend because YES YOU DID! Start taking some responsibility here, realize that your complacency and your attention to Monday night football instead of the goings on in your House of Representatives is what allowed it.
You give your permission by not paying attention. That is how it happens. You give your permission by seeing articles posted by folks like me and shrugging it off thinking we are just some kind of wacko politico nuts. Yes, YOU have given permission for this to happen.
Tracking bracelets that lock onto your arm have been manufactured to use on YOU to insure that you’ve been injected, and if you haven’t you will be subject to prison camps and quarantine.
The vaccine contains neuro-toxic poisons that can and will cause severe permanent damage or death, and yet somehow it’s okay to allow the force of this injection?
Oh what was that now??? It’s not okay?
Well then why did you let it happen? Yeah, I said YOU!
It’s time to realize your place in this world, it’s time to realize that you have a responsibility to uphold, it’s time to realize that it’s not acceptable for you to ride the coattails of those of us who are willing to participate. Because if it comes down to me protecting my family I will throw you right off my coattails my friend, so the time to learn to stand up and defend your rights as a human being is NOW.
Stop sleeping. Wake up and do something about the insanity of these legislation!
Watch…WATCH!! Pay attention!
Read more:
The vaccine:http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2009/09/23/mass-immunization-a-doctor-explains-his-views/
The bracelet: http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/get-a-shot-win-a-free-tracking-bracelet-pandemic-high-fashion-accessory/
The Swine Flu hype center: http://drtenpenny.com/swine_flu_hype.aspx
SAY NO!
The truth about the flu shot: http://drtenpenny.com/the_truth_about_the_flu_Shot.aspx
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However, I think it’s important to remind everyone that while we are have our attention successfully directed at the current issue in fad, other events that are equally important to our liberty slip by unnoticed.
Every news talk show I tuned into today was just about completely monopolized by discussion of the healthcare bill - and even more specifically, Former President Carters’ remarks regarding Senator Wilson’s outburst.
Hmmm… this is really worth the entire focus of our media huh? Whether the nation is opposing the healthcare bill because the president is black? Whaaaaat? Why is this even an issue folks? Are we serious?
If we are going to discuss the bill, lets discuss the BILL and not whether those who oppose it are doing so because they are nasty racists. (come on people!). But even so, lets not forget that while we are looking over here, there is still alot going on that deserves our attention.
Always pay attention to the man behind the curtain folks.
While we watch the news media collect ratings over the en vogue topic, all sorts of valuables are being slipped out unnoticed, from your back pocket.
Here’s a glimpse:
- President Obama extended provisions for the Patriot Act. Fairly important and deserving of our attention.
- Charlie Sheen extended an invitation to the President to discuss some questions regarding one of the most significant event in our nations history. Surely worthy of attention considering that New York is inches from completing a petition initiative where NY citizens will vote on whether or not to re-open an official investigation into the events of 9/11. Oh, you didn’t know? Well, this is very real folks, so pay attention.
- Our government is creating laws in preparation for a manufactured pandemic, that will almost completely strip you of your rights in the name of “health care”. You didn’t think it was a coincidence that Swine Flu is expected to arrive full-throttle in the fall?
- Obama sends more troops to Iraq (yup)
- FEMA is building “camps” to house potential troublemakers in preperatoin for an expected food panic
So why exactly did I not hear about any of this on Hannity or NPR? Because it’s all the same nonesense. In order to see clearly we are going to have to leave the party box and pay attention to the entire view on the horizon.
Again, this is surely an important issue. All I’m saying here folks is this - pay attention and keep your hands on your back pockets. Quite often, as our attention is diverted, that is when matters of crucial importance mutate and end up blindsiding us later on.
]]>Keep falling for the False/Left Paradigm that TV pundits, radio salesmen and politicians want you to believe. Oh how soothing that sleep must be… to believe that Obama is evil and has a maniacal plan that only the Democrats have devised… yeah, all we need is Sarah Palin in office and all will be right with the world. WAKE UP!!!!
And all you Democrats out there that would nail Bush for this… where are you now?! Is that crickets I hear? that’s what our Constitution is worth today. I guess Glenn Beck didn’t cry for this one. So no tea party eh?
So the Government having access to your medical records is unconstitutional… but reading your emails is ok?.
America… there are no Democrats or Republicans in Washington. There are only those who work hard to defend the Constitution or pervert it… and both parties have a monopoly on the ladder. So stay divided. Keep fighting amongst yourselves over this and that… while they chop up what’s rest of this great nation and leave you the crumbs to protest about.
Our nation deserves better FROM US.
-Desiree
Obama supports extending Patriot Act provisions
from AP
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration supports extending three key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, the Justice Department told Congress in a letter made public Tuesday.
Lawmakers and civil rights groups had been pressing the Democratic administration to say whether it wants to preserve the post-Sept. 11 law’s authority to access business records, as well as monitor so-called “lone wolf” terrorists and conduct roving wiretaps.
The provision on business records was long criticized by rights groups as giving the government access to citizens’ library records, and a coalition of liberal and conservative groups complained that the Patriot Act gives the government too much authority to snoop into Americans’ private lives.
As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama said he would take a close look at the law, based on his past expertise in constitutional law. Back in May, President Obama said legal institutions must be updated to deal with the threat of terrorism, but in a way that preserves the rule of law and accountability.
In a letter to lawmakers, Justice Department officials said the administration supports extending the three expiring provisions of the law, although they are willing to consider additional privacy protections as long as they don’t weaken the effectiveness of the law.
Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote Sen. Patrick Leahy, the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, that the administration is willing to consider stronger civil rights protections in the new law “provided that they do not undermine the effectiveness of these important (provisions).”
Leahy responded with a statement saying it is important for the administration and Congress to “work together to ensure that we protect both our national security and our civil liberties.”
The committee has scheduled a hearing next week on the Patriot Act.
From 2004 to 2007, the business records provision was used 220 times, officials said. Most often, the business records were requested in combination with requests for phone records.
The lone wolf provision was created to conduct surveillance on suspects with no known link to foreign governments or terrorist groups. It has never been used, but the administration says it should still be available for future investigations.
The roving wiretaps provision was designed to allow investigators to quickly monitor the communications of a suspects who change their cell phone or communication device, without investigators having to go back to court for a new court authorization. That provision has been used an average of 22 times a year, officials said.
Michelle Richardson of the American Civil Liberties Union called the administration’s position “a mixed bag,” and said that the group hopes the next version of the Patriot Act will have important safeguards on other issues, particularly the collecting of international communications, and a specific bar on surveillance of protected First Amendment activities like peaceful protests or religious assembly.
“We’re heartened they’re saying they’re willing to work with Congress,” Richardson said, adding that is “definitely a sea change from what we’ve seen in the past.”
]]>I have pondered this topic for so many years, not unlike most Americans. We go about our day, coming and going, with constant reminders…hints, vignettes…symptoms really, that speak of this country’s worsening condition. And the solutions to “the problem” are as varied as “the problem” itself.
But today, September 11, 2009, eight years after the attacks upon NYC, the Pentagon and the very spirit of a nation, I could not choose a more fitting day to write about it.
I will never forget the day that I exited my rented home, strolled across the carport to my car and heard an under-breath, but loud enough, tone of disgust “degenerate”. I was stopped in my tracks to whirl about in a 100-120 degree angle and find the source of this disdain – my neighbor “Bob”, who was staring with great contempt, right at me. We had been neighbors for about ten or eleven months and I could only assume that my party, the night before, was the catalyst for his disgust.
Being more surprised than angry over the moment, I then approached him, an elderly, proud man, standing statuesque near the invisible property line that separated our homes. All of those anecdotes he had shared with me about the neighborhood – suddenly found their original intent. I realized, at that moment, that I was standing in the presence of a man who built his home in a “new area” with great hopes of all it would become – yet it had not. Suddenly, as never before, in an instant, fighting through the logic in my rapid-fire brain – without any justifiable reason…I felt shame; and I did not know why.
So I asked this man “Bob, what have I done to you? Why am I now a ‘degenerate’? Why would you call me that?” A second or two passed before he replied, “Do you even know what it means?” I had to think about that. Yes I knew, but what did he mean by it? As I stood there - speechless, he took the opportunity to address me further. Since that happened about thirty years ago, I do not recall “verbatim” what he went on to say. But I know what I walked away from him feeling – I had failed him. I had failed our community. There was something very lacking in my moral fiber…and I needed to know what that was.
I still have that feeling. Not so much as an individual anymore, but as an “American”. Today, especially today, I look upon the collective of this nation and I ask, on our behalf as a whole, “What have we done to deserve so harsh a reply? What blood do we have on our hands, so to speak, that would justify so great an atrocity as the attack on us, eight years ago?”
Again, I am not the first, and certainly not the only one asking this exact same question. And the answers are many – though I’m not sure I agree with any one of them. But I do applaud the courage it takes to pose one – even one answer, that could possibly justify “that day”. National pride, foolish arrogance or whatever the source, has shown little patience or understanding towards those that would dare speak of America in any less tone than “A Great Nation”. America IS a “great nation” by most any standard. I sometimes weep with gratitude when I see the ghastly fate and life of others born in far lesser places. But know this - every great nation has failed; every great nation has made significantly large mistakes; every great nation has the potential to become even greater.
A fitting quote regarding America was made about her years ago:
“America is great because she is good. If America ceases to be good, America will cease to be great.” - Alexis de Tocqueville
Are we “there” yet? Have we ceased to be good?
As a nation, I do not believe that for one minute. I deeply believe in my heart of hearts that this nation, like NO OTHER nation on Earth, is filled with good and honest, hard-working people who will not think a moment about helping someone in need. I challenge anyone to name a more charitable country than America.
But, what about America as a “World Super-Power Government”? What is the nature of the “collective” that form America’s Federal Government? Never mind the fact that the ratio of US Representation spelled out in the US Constitution was abandoned long, long ago. I am not writing about America’s Constitutional breaches – that, as they say, is another story. But taking what we do have, legal or not: 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, 9 Supreme Court Justices (as well as a plethora of Federal Court assigns) and the White House/Presidential Administration (growing like an outbreak of head lice); What is the collective nature of these that equal less than one percent of our country, yet wield so much power?
In a word – “sick”.
And if recent history has shown us anything, it has revealed to us (less than most of us, obviously) that the sickness is pervasive – every party, every gender, every ethnic background, every age…every “demographic” one could use to describe this collective reveals the same sickness. And the sickness has “gone viral” into every branch and reach of the Federal Government; from Pennsylvania Avenue to the dirt trails walked by US “contractors”, all over the world. It is epic.
I am not a doctor. What I know about medicine is only slightly more than that of any average American. But fortunately, even the average American knows what to do when a pandemic virus breaks out – quarantine the affected, that the healthy may be spared. Yet, we do not quarantine – we “re-elect”…the same dynasties, over and over – the same “carriers”.
Was 9/11 in “inside job”? For years I did not even consider it. For years, I did not even WANT to know or even imagine the implications of that being true. To do so, would destroy most everything I held sacred and loved about my country – America. But one day, after many years, after suffering vicariously through my eldest son, who walked the deserts of Iraq in an Army uniform from the onset, I began to examine the “official story”. I did NOT do this to find culpability, but to hush those “un-patriotic, America-hating” neighbors of mine – the “degenerates”. Right now, many of you reading this are feeling that exact same angst – I understand.
After two years of intense study, careful examination of “the report” versus what I know about building construction – over twenty-five years of it, not including architectural studies in college, my thoughts…my FACT-BASED thoughts, formed a different view than the one I had hoped was true. As with any “fair judge”, I had to set aside most of my prejudices and examine the evidence. I had to examine the video footage, along with exhaustive “eye-witness” testimony, as well as consider other experts, far greater than my own knowledge of structural materials, if I were ever to arrive at an un-biased verdict.
As for me, the verdict is in – GUILTY!
Guilty of what, I’m just not sure, other than knowing that our government has lied to us about what really happened on that day – “The Day” that changed the lives of Americans in so many ways – none of which, I argue, for the better.
May the many, many lives that have been lost as a result of that tragedy rest in peace. May the families of all those who have suffered, not only as a direct result of those events, but suffered for all that followed as well, be comforted in knowing that one day – and that day will come, we will all know the truth.
And for that heartfelt prayer, I guess you can call me a “Truther”, too.
So be it…I have been set free. God bless America – may our government find her “goodness” again.
-Jim Callihan
]]>Excerpts from senate bill 2028
During a declared emergency, a designated health officer, with the approval of the state health commissioner, may exercise the authority to:
- “require the owner or occupier of premises to permit entry into, and investigation of, the premises.”
- “close, direct, and compel the evacuation of … any building or facility.”
- “decontaminate or … destroy any material.”
- “require in-state health care providers to assist in the performance of vaccination, treatment, examination, or testing of any individual.”
Source: Senate Bill 2028, An Act Relative to Pandemic and Disaster Preparation and Response in the Commonwealth
Pandemic response bill draws fire
Rants about “mandatory vaccinations” and “forced quarantines” on blogs and Web pages paint a false and inflammatory picture of a pandemic response bill under review on Beacon Hill, supporters of the legislation said this week.
But the real pandemic legislation, which would give authorities emergency powers to enter any building and require health providers to assist with vaccinations, invokes a frightening image of the future, according to opponents. 
The legislation, Senate Bill 2028, which passed the state Senate unanimously in April, would revamp the state’s emergency response plan if it gains approval in the state House of Representatives. House lawmakers are expected to consider the bill this fall.
Proposed and killed three times this decade, the the legislation is designed to update the state’s pandemic response planning and prepare residents for the extraordinary circumstances of a pandemic disease situation, according to state Sen. Richard Moore, an Uxbridge Democrat and the bill’s main sponsor.
“Many mistruths have been promulgated over the past several weeks,” Moore wrote in a written statement. The bill does not force vaccinations on people, and “there are no ‘quarantine camps’ or jail-like facilities that would be utilized.”
With provisions that require “the owner or occupier of (a) premises to permit entry,” the bill still compromises citizens’ constitutional rights and personal freedoms, some opponents said.
Parts of the legislation, first proposed in 2001, mirror the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act, a federal template commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for states to follow in updating their emergency response plans.
The federal act, introduced soon after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was intended to combat chemical warfare threats more than flu pandemics at a time when bio-terrorism was a greater threat than swine flu, critics say.
Now eight years later, the federal model’s provisions compromise constitutional rights and personal freedoms more than they protect citizens, according to state Rep. Jeffrey Perry, R-Sandwich. “I’m a big student of history. … We hope we’ve learned lessons from the things we’ve done as a nation in times of crisis,” said Perry, Cape Cod’s lone representative to the House Ways and Means committee, which has been reviewing the proposal. “Apparently, some people have not.”
The state Senate approved the bill unanimously in April, following the recommendations of Moore, a former regional director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, according to state Sen. Robert O’Leary, D-Barnstable. O’Leary supported the bill to help fight pandemic threats, though its provisions may be questionable, he admitted. “If it was an overreaction, and I’m not sure it was, I’d be more than happy (to look at it again),” he said.
Other Cape lawmakers did not return calls for comment yesterday.
To date, three states — Delaware, Oklahoma and South Carolina — have adopted the Model State Emergency Health Powers Act in its entirety. A total of 37 states have adopted portions of the federal model, though most have avoided contentious issues such as home entry and required assistance with vaccination efforts, according to George Annas, chairman of Boston University’s Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights Department.
No state, including Louisiana during Hurricane Katrina, has ever taken action on the federal model’s provisions.
“Overall, it’s totally unnecessary,” said Annas, a vocal opponent of the bill. “Almost everybody now concedes that it makes no sense for pandemics. … All it does is undermine public trust in public health.”
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Furthermore Oklahoma, THIS below needs looking into IMMEDIATELY!!
Oklahoma passes law regarding Vaccinations?
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Now, What thinks ye? Should the President address our concerns and our questions? Or should we just continue to wonder because asking questions is a terrible taboo????
Thoughts?
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