stevenbradley | February 13, 2010 20:48
stevenbradley | January 30, 2010 14:13
What
would you feel if America fell and the nation was taken over by a
dictatorial power? Would you adapt? Or, would you lay down body and
soul to protect your homeland? Read Chapter two of Steven Clark
Bradley's newest work in progress, Automated Response and feel what could happen unless we are vigilant and devoted to the United states of America.
Automated Response
Patriot Acts Part 3
A New Line Emerges
Chapter 2
Edgecombe County, North Carolina
September, 1969, 1:52 p.m.
“Just deal with it.” was the last thing Peter Barlowe’s father had told him, before he died.
Peter had walked into his home in Edgecombe County,
North Carolina just as he had as far back as he could remember. There,
to the right, he saw his father, Marshall sitting on the edge of the
couch with his face buried in his palms, shaking and weeping a torrent
of tears.
“Dad, where’s mom?”
Peter
Barlowe looked at the various things that were scattered around his
father, on the couch and the floor. He saw pictures of his childhood,
his mom Betty and his dad’s great-great grandmother Winnifred Atkinson Barlowe’s portrait, who had lived in Edgecombe Co. The floor was littered with old folders everywhere; all of them opened with their contents spilling out.
What’s he looking for? Peter wondered. “Dad, where’s mom? You’re starting to scare me.”
Marshall Barlowe looked up at his son with a face that screamed out disaster and guilt.
“Mother, you want your mother? Well, boy, you ain’t got no mother. Not no more.”
Young Peter Barlowe took in the words from his father. The pitch, the expression across his father’s face and grave sound of his father’s voice, and most devastatingly terrible thing of all was the words themselves. It all told this young twelve year old boy that his life had been drastically altered and was in permanent disrepair.
Marshall
Barlow sat on the edge of the couch with his eyes weeping into his
palms. He raised his head and gazed at the son he had always loved; an
affection he had rarely attempted to display.
The expression he saw on his son’s face made him hurt so badly that he had to hold the gun in his left hand down with his right lest he raise the barrel to his head and pull the trigger earlier than he figured he’d be forced to.
“Peter,
I tried to stop it, but I couldn’t; I swear I did. Everything about
that damn place is automated, and it’s only the beginning. Don’t try to
run, cause they’ll kill you.”
Peter looked over at his father and took in the words that even he, at his young age, realized would be the last ones his father would ever say to him.
“Son, I love you, I always have. But, you cannot give up what’s ours and what was started by our kin, our blood.”
Peter walked slowly closer to his father and saw the gun in his hand.
“Dad, what’s wrong? I know about the lost colony and the stupid shooting over a stolen cup that was to have killed off all of them, and I know about the SPU. I’m not afraid; tell me what I have to do.” Tears rolled down the boy’s face and he felt as if his knees wobbling under him. He took a deep breath and steadied himself.
Marshall looked at his son, Peter with serious etched all over his face.
“My boy, Michael O’Rourke has taken the line; he stole it from Eldridge Harrison.”
Marshall saw the confounded stare in his son’s eyes.
“Peter, I know, you’re young, way too young to endure what has happen here today. I …”
“What has happened? Where is my mom?” Peter demanded.
“Son, listen to me, you can’t run! If you run, they’ll kill you, and I can’t stop it now. Once a thing like this gets rolling, there’s no stopping it. This will never be far from you, Peter. Once they take you …”
“Take me, take me where?”
“You have to grow up fast and stop the system. The new line will build it, and they’ll use it too.”
“Dad, I don’t understand anything you’re talking about.”
“That’s
not important. They’re going to take you, son and when they do, you’ll
be chipped. No one knows the things we’ve done. No one even comprehends
how many masters we’ve served; all the while exacting all the power,
funding, technology and information they took as their booty. Every
president since Wilson’s been our puppet, and that was all under a
civil leadership. When this crowd gets their claws on the codes we have
from every nation that’s anything, no one will ever be able to stop the
SPU.”
Peter
mouthed the letters S.P.U. “You’ll forget these things after they block
out this day, and God knows how many others from your memory. But, my
only hope is that if you hear the words, ‘automated response’ they will
force this day back into your mind. That’s the best I can do, son.”
Marshall Barlowe stared back at his son and rose from the couch.
“Peter, listen carefully, they’ve built a system that will take down the whole thing down. Just deal with it …”
Young
Peter Barlowe turned his head toward the shattering sound of breaking
glass and then saw a hole appear in the center of his father’s
forehead. Blood shot out of his dad’s head and splashed over Peter’s
face. Peter dived to the floor and heard the back door fly open and
slam loudly against the wall. He lay silently and exposed on the living
room floor and saw four sets of feet enter the room. He saw them
walking over to him and then they grabbed him and lifted him up.
“Peter, we got here as soon as we could. You’re dad’s had a nervous breakdown, I’m afraid.”
“Mr.
O’Rourke, you just killed my dad. He told me everything. I will not go
with you. Did you kill my mom too, you lying bastard?”
“Listen, calm down. I didn’t kill anyone. Your father was about to kill you too. Come on now, you’re delirious, and I’ve got just the thing to help you forget all about this.”
Michael O’Rourke walked over to Peter and put his arm around his shoulder. Peter pulled away from him and punched the much larger man in the ribs. O’Rourke felt it, too.
“I don’t know what to believe.” Peter said in a child’s manner that seemed to pretend it all away.
“Of course you don’t, Pete. That’s actually good, in a strange sort of way. In fact, I fully intend to tell you what to believe, my boy.” O’Rourke looked at his men.
“Get him outta here. And, one of you get back in here and clean up this mess.”
Michael O’Rourke, the new chief of the Strategic Perception Unit could not believe it had come off so flawlessly.
“Finally, it’s all mine. Now, I’m the real most powerful man in the world.”
Three large men picked up Peter Barlowe and cuffed him and led him outside. As they walked him out the back door that had been kicked off its hinges, Peter saw the lifeless body of his mother sprawled across the blood-splattered table, with a large knife protruding out of her chest.
“You killed my mom! You bastards killed my mom!” Peter screamed and fought to get away from his captures.
Two
of the men carried twelve-year-old Peter Barlow out of the house and to
a black car with US Government plates. They jostled him into the car
and he looked to his left at another young unconscious body next to
him, in the back seat.
“Fish, Fisher is that you?”
“Oh, don’t worry about him; he’s OK. As a matter of fact, why don’t you join him?
The
SPU operative placed a mask over his own face and closed the backseat
divider and pressed a button his on his dash board that sprayed half
the normal dose of gas that he’s have administered to an adult. The
young boy pounded on the divider but soon, he felt his strength give
way to a sleepy, foggy haze and everything went dark.
Falls Church, Virginia inside SPU Center
March 7, 2011
“I
remember.” Peter said quietly, but more loudly than he had intended as
the darkness of 1969 fade and his eyes gazed into the darkness of 2011.
He fine-tuned his ears to the sounds of soldiers as they walked down
the huge Falls Church facility corridors.
“It’s an automated response.” Memories started flashing and streaming through his mind and he saw what this horrible system would do.
“Peter,
listen carefully, they’ve build a system that will take down the whole
…” his father had said. “Just before they blew him away.” Peter
whispered. “…if they take us down, everything goes with us.” He had
heard so often since he had become part of the SPU. The memory shot
through his mind and he grasped the sides of his head. “We’ve chipped
every soldier, Marine, Seaman and Airman since 1988, and Reagan,
Clinton nor Bush knew a thing about it. Even Tate didn’t get that
information.” He groaned in mental agony.
“Your dad killed himself!”
“No, you killed him.” Peter Barlowe, heard his mind silently cry out.
“Your father killed your mother; stabbed her in the heart.”
“You lie.”
He screamed out loudly and looked down at his watch. “Only two
minutes.” He told himself. “I have to stop it.” He heard the sound of
heavy footsteps voices approaching his location. He stopped breathing
and listened carefully.
“This O’Rourke guy is dead.” One soldier said to the other. “Yea, Harrison’s not gonna take any shit!”
“Jaime’s dead? That leaves only me to take all the heat.” Barlowe realized.
He
positioned himself with his back to the wall of the cleaning room and
switched his flashlight on. Peter looked down at the chameleon suit he
had put on. He pulled the mask over his face and pressed a button on
the inside of his jacket. The suit came to life and he took on the
colors and blended into the room, but the suit’s one flaw was the
initialization process that produced a whining sound that the SPU techs
had not managed to rectify, and which the soldiers policing the
corridor could hear.
“Did you hear that?” One soldier said to the other. Barlowe heard the soldiers walking toward the door.
“I have to get to the chamber and reset it the failsafe.” His watch told him he had forty-eight seconds.
He heard the footprints coming his way and saw light break through the darkness as the cleaning room door slowly opened. He pulled his legs back prepared himself.
Two
US Army soldiers aimed their weapons into the room and looked inside.
They saw nothing and walked into the room. When they came close enough
to trip over Peter, he drove the force of both his adrenalin-laced legs
into the chest of one of the soldiers. Peter leapt to his feet and
rapidly raced down the corridor, firing as he ran as fast as his legs
would take him.
The
Army advance soldier was one of a team of ten sent in to conduct code
enforcement and to shoot anyone on sight who threatened US Forces in
any way. The soldier ran into the corridor and saw him. The one soldier
still left breathing ran after him and radioed his commander.
“I got him, Peter Barlowe …”
“One second…”
“One second, I ain’t got one …”
“Who are you, what company?”
“Taggart, sir, Advanced Infantry Clearance.”
“Give it to me, soldier.”
“I got Barlowe. You know, like the number two … sir.”
“You’ve got a shoot to kill on that dirt bag, Taggart. You Copy?”
“You better believe it … sir. Target is racing around into the left corridor.”
“Secretary Blake wants Barlowe dead. Do you copy that?”
“That’s affirmative and happy to oblige; engaging now.”
Taggart crouched forward and advanced with his weapon held tightly and impatiently ready. When Taggart turned the corner, Barlowe sprayed bullets in every direction. Taggart
took cover and returned fire, even though he couldn’t see anything
except the holes that Barlowe was inflicting upon the facility walls.
Barlowe
turned to run and a bullet grazed the chameleon suit’s programs
controller, which rendered him instantly visible with only 22 seconds
left to stop the automated response.
stevenbradley | January 30, 2010 14:08

Arafat
only left his compound twice a day to greet his followers and to speak
with the press, which Fisher knew was now and which was why he had
placed his very steady eye peering through a chamber that would place a
beam of light, invisible to others, but very clear to Fisher, in the
center of the President of the Palestinian Authority’s forehead. As
soon as the clock struck two o’clock; as soon as the clock signaled the
last breath for an elected leader who Fisher Harrison regarded as a
terrorist, it would be time to unlock, pull back on the trigger and
then get the hell away. 
This new exciting novel is easy to find and available all over the net. Here are a few links to help you secure you own copy of Patriot Acts.
Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Amazon,com
Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Cambridge Books
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Ebooks on the net
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Amazon.com
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Fictionwise.com
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Mobipocket.com
I hope everyone who reads this will not just think
stevenbradley | December 20, 2009 21:29

The
premise of this book is something I have thought about doing as a
writer, myself. I am by no means a wealthy man now, but there was a
time when all I built up just was wised away and I wondered about
researching the homeless plight and try to get into their heads and
figure out what drove them to such depths.
w it all! I saw that and made a conscious decision to fight back and never give up my dreams. So, it seems is Brian, the main character of the novel, Homeless Like Me by Donald James Parker.
Wherever
we go, God is there, and He is not silent. This book very profoundly
demonstrates God's care in the deepest and most entrenched broken
lives. You should read it. It will speak to you.
Don
is a 1968 graduate of Madison Central High School in Madison, South
Dakota. He graduated from Dakota State University in Madison in 1972
with a degree in secondary education. After moving to Washington State
in 1981, Don studied computer programming and turned his writing
efforts to software.
Cheri
is an innocent fourteen-year-old raised in a small town in Nebraska.
Her father lands a promotion, demoting her to a status of 'nobody' in a
much larger and inhospitable city. One of the few people she connects
with in her new school spills the beans that Cheri is still a virgin.
Some of her cool schoolmates exert pressure on her to unbuckle the
chastity belt. Faced with the loneliness of the new environment and
coupled with relationship problems with her father, Cheri finds the
temptation growing strong. When her father recruits a sixty-something
babysitter, she is ready to rebel. However, she finds that Jean
Macalester is no ordinary woman. Jean's womanly wisdom, background as a
flute teacher, and love of God provide a counterweight to the peer
pressure of Judy Green, the girl who goes on a crusade to convert Cheri
to modern morality. When Cheri and Duke Williams, Cheri's new crush,
discover the church youth group plans a chastity pledge, they have to
decide whether to join or fly solo.
LOVE
BECOMES A REAL SCIENCE For Jeremy, a high school senior growing up near
Seattle, there are five seasons: rainy, dry, football, basketball, and
baseball season. Jeremy`s world has always revolved around his father
and sports. Now there is a new Heavenly body in town whose gravity is
pulling Jeremy away from the orbit around his dad. Maria Masterson, the
new girl in school, is on a mission to make her voice heard in the
debate over the theory that man evolved from lower life forms. Jeremy`s
father adamantly believes in Charles Darwin`s theory. Who will win the
tug of war over Jeremy`s heart and mind?
Jeremy
has studied the theory of evolution and its inherent weaknesses. His
conclusion is that the world itself is a testimony to the existence of
a creator. He decides to throw himself into studying religion to find
out if he can determine who that creator might be and what such a
powerful entity desires of him. His motivation is strong due to his
love for Maria, who introduced him to Christianity, but Jeremy won't
sacrifice truth even for the love of his life. He must find
satisfactory answers to all of his inquiries, in order to pave the way
to a mutually dedicated relationship based on common ideals.
Maria
Masterson and Jeremy Dillon are innocent kids whose world is altered
drastically. Their decision to engage the culture they live in and
battle for truth in the debate concerning the creation of the Universe
and mankind leads them into conflicts in which their adversaries do not
always fight by Queensberry rules. A reminder that Christians are to
overcome evil with good halts them in their tracks in an attempt to
fight back with similar methods. Their only weapon is the Sword of the
Spirit of Truth. Their dexterity in the use of this weapon increases as
the two are pulled into a battle that they can't win in their own
power. This novel could serve as a primer on how to stand tall in a
world that wants any person of faith in their Creator to lay low. This
book presents intellectual and moral handholds and toeholds for those
not afraid to do some spiritual rock climbing.
The
saga of Bambi continues as the young basketball player steps up to the
college level. Later, the end of his scholastic days brings new changes
and challenges as he enters the playing court of adult life. He
discovers his enthusiasm, energy, and talent aren't always enough to
win this game. A new friend introduces him to the Evolution debate, and
Bambi begins a new chapter in his life as he becomes a truth seeker.
Track and cross country are featured through the exploits of a
delightful new character named Maria.Patriot Acts by Steven Clark Bradley
This new exciting novel is easy to find and available all over the net. Here are a few links to help you secure you own copy of Patriot Acts.
Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Amazon,com
Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Cambridge Books
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Ebooks on the net
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Amazon.com
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Fictionwise.com
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Mobipocket.com
I hope everyone who reads this will not just think
stevenbradley | December 20, 2009 21:29

The
premise of this book is something I have thought about doing as a
writer, myself. I am by no means a wealthy man now, but there was a
time when all I built up just was wised away and I wondered about
researching the homeless plight and try to get into their heads and
figure out what drove them to such depths.
w it all! I saw that and made a conscious decision to fight back and never give up my dreams. So, it seems is Brian, the main character of the novel, Homeless Like Me by Donald James Parker.
Wherever
we go, God is there, and He is not silent. This book very profoundly
demonstrates God's care in the deepest and most entrenched broken
lives. You should read it. It will speak to you.
Don
is a 1968 graduate of Madison Central High School in Madison, South
Dakota. He graduated from Dakota State University in Madison in 1972
with a degree in secondary education. After moving to Washington State
in 1981, Don studied computer programming and turned his writing
efforts to software.
Cheri
is an innocent fourteen-year-old raised in a small town in Nebraska.
Her father lands a promotion, demoting her to a status of 'nobody' in a
much larger and inhospitable city. One of the few people she connects
with in her new school spills the beans that Cheri is still a virgin.
Some of her cool schoolmates exert pressure on her to unbuckle the
chastity belt. Faced with the loneliness of the new environment and
coupled with relationship problems with her father, Cheri finds the
temptation growing strong. When her father recruits a sixty-something
babysitter, she is ready to rebel. However, she finds that Jean
Macalester is no ordinary woman. Jean's womanly wisdom, background as a
flute teacher, and love of God provide a counterweight to the peer
pressure of Judy Green, the girl who goes on a crusade to convert Cheri
to modern morality. When Cheri and Duke Williams, Cheri's new crush,
discover the church youth group plans a chastity pledge, they have to
decide whether to join or fly solo.
LOVE
BECOMES A REAL SCIENCE For Jeremy, a high school senior growing up near
Seattle, there are five seasons: rainy, dry, football, basketball, and
baseball season. Jeremy`s world has always revolved around his father
and sports. Now there is a new Heavenly body in town whose gravity is
pulling Jeremy away from the orbit around his dad. Maria Masterson, the
new girl in school, is on a mission to make her voice heard in the
debate over the theory that man evolved from lower life forms. Jeremy`s
father adamantly believes in Charles Darwin`s theory. Who will win the
tug of war over Jeremy`s heart and mind?
Jeremy
has studied the theory of evolution and its inherent weaknesses. His
conclusion is that the world itself is a testimony to the existence of
a creator. He decides to throw himself into studying religion to find
out if he can determine who that creator might be and what such a
powerful entity desires of him. His motivation is strong due to his
love for Maria, who introduced him to Christianity, but Jeremy won't
sacrifice truth even for the love of his life. He must find
satisfactory answers to all of his inquiries, in order to pave the way
to a mutually dedicated relationship based on common ideals.
Maria
Masterson and Jeremy Dillon are innocent kids whose world is altered
drastically. Their decision to engage the culture they live in and
battle for truth in the debate concerning the creation of the Universe
and mankind leads them into conflicts in which their adversaries do not
always fight by Queensberry rules. A reminder that Christians are to
overcome evil with good halts them in their tracks in an attempt to
fight back with similar methods. Their only weapon is the Sword of the
Spirit of Truth. Their dexterity in the use of this weapon increases as
the two are pulled into a battle that they can't win in their own
power. This novel could serve as a primer on how to stand tall in a
world that wants any person of faith in their Creator to lay low. This
book presents intellectual and moral handholds and toeholds for those
not afraid to do some spiritual rock climbing.
The
saga of Bambi continues as the young basketball player steps up to the
college level. Later, the end of his scholastic days brings new changes
and challenges as he enters the playing court of adult life. He
discovers his enthusiasm, energy, and talent aren't always enough to
win this game. A new friend introduces him to the Evolution debate, and
Bambi begins a new chapter in his life as he becomes a truth seeker.
Track and cross country are featured through the exploits of a
delightful new character named Maria.Patriot Acts by Steven Clark Bradley
This new exciting novel is easy to find and available all over the net. Here are a few links to help you secure you own copy of Patriot Acts.
Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Amazon,com
Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Cambridge Books
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Ebooks on the net
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Amazon.com
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Fictionwise.com
Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Mobipocket.com
I hope everyone who reads this will not just think
stevenbradley | December 11, 2009 13:42


Have
you ever felt, when all around you seemed like only hurt, that there's
just one thin strand to cling to, when all your friends just desert?
Just like that old woman, left crying out in the dirt. She knew she
only need reach out to find mercy by simply touching his skirt, She had
tried all the doctors so what would touching him hurt?

She
was weary and burdened and was drained and so thin But, she pushed and
she cried as she reached out further to Him. The crowd was too big; she
believed His power from within. If she failed on this day, only a grave
she would win.
I believe!

The
throng had no mercy! They all had lives in need of healing in the land.
She would not be denied, for there she would take her stand! Only this
man could save her, right there in the sand. She knew he was the
Savior, so she stretched forth her hand!
Though
the masses were pressing, she would never give way. For the moment was
fleeting like on no other day! So, she cried out, "Messiah, will you
please look my way? For, I believe," and, she cried!
"Jesus, Oh Jesus, do you hear my strong plea? Jesus, Oh Jesus, will you too have no mercy on me? I come here now seeking; now, I know I believe Only you ever will be who you claim to be!"
I believe!

The
power, and the light, the lowly healer turned toward her worry-strained
face. "Tell me who touched me," He cried "for I have never seen greater
faith! It was not that you touched me that made your pain now erase It
was because that you sought me. It was because of your faith!"
"Jesus,
Oh Jesus, do you hear my strong plea? Jesus, Oh Jesus, will you too
have no mercy on me? I come here now seeking; now I know I believe Only
you ever could be who you claim to be!"
"Now,
as I crawl here in the sand, I beheld the form of this man It was just
to touch His tattered garment that sent power through my hand. My body
defied death and now here I will stand! I am redeemed!"
"Jesus, Oh Jesus, you heard my strong plea? Jesus, Oh Jesus, you had mercy on me?
I came here not knowing, but now, I know in whom I believe. Only you ever will be who you claim to be!"
"I am set Free!"
Steven C. Bradley
stevenbradley | November 01, 2009 21:16
We
have all heard about and watched the Obama Administration pass laws,
writing executive orders and creating a shadow government that is
literally breaking down the cornerstone of our existence as a nation
different than all others. A nation takes on the image of its
leadership. Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and a host of others regard America as simply a nation in a planet-full of them. For them, The United States of America possesses nothing special, nothing unique and they are dead set on impoverishing this nation to put us in our place, as they see it. Liberty, as enshrined in the Constitution of the United
States of America is that cornerstone that holds up a once proud and determined people. Take away the cornerstone and the whole house of cards will come tumbling down.
Perhaps,
you have asked yourselves, “What can I do?” Yet, perhaps we should draw
a line in the political and social sand and declare the things we are NOT willing
to do. I have asked myself this question and there are many things I am
NOT willing to do as America stumbles down Barack Obama’s long and
winding road into Communist failure and totalitarianism.

1. I am not
willing to be forced to accept a government health plan or a card with
all my medical, legal, educational and financial records held in its
memory.

Just
such a card will become mandatory if Barack Obama’s healthcare plan is
signed into law. I will say right here, if this becomes law, no matter
what penalties are imposed on me, monetarily or imprisonment, which is
also prescribed in this bill, I will not purchase an insurance policy
until I choose to do so, if ever. I will also not accept a government
smart card regardless of the difficulties or dangers I will face. What are you prepared NOT to do?


It
is time to insist that the constitution be imposed, once again, as the
law of this nation. Think about it, my fellow patriots. If Barack Obama
can continue to impugn the rights and the limits that are set forth in
the constitution, he can do nearly whatever he wants. Where is it said
that the people have the right to speak out, demonstrate, petition,
demand and refuse? It is in the constitution. Take a look at Nancy
Pelosi’s distain and loathing for the constitution in a recent CNS News
interview after being asked if she thought the constitution had any
provision to force the American people to purchase insurance, and if
not, what gave her and congress the right to force Americans to buy
anything at all.
“Where
specifically does the Constitution authorize Congress to force
Americans to purchase a particular good or service such as health
insurance?” CNSNews.com asked the speaker's office.
“If
it is the Speaker’s belief that there is a provision in the
Constitution that does give Congress this power, does she believe the
Constitution in any way limits the goods and services Congress can
force an individual to purchase?" CNSNews.com asked. "If so, what is
that limit?”

The
answer given by the Speaker’s office is very telling of her complete
disregard for the constitution she is sworn to preserve, protect and
defend.
CNSNews.com:
“Madam Speaker, where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress
the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?”
Pelosi: “Are you serious? Are you serious?”
CNSNews.com: “Yes, yes I am.”
Pelosi
then shook her head before taking a question from another reporter. Her
press spokesman, Nadeam Elshami, then told CNSNews.com that asking the
speaker of the House where the Constitution authorized Congress to
mandate that individual Americans buy health insurance as not a
"serious question."
“You can put this on the record,” said Elshami. “That is not a serious question. That is not a serious question.”
Pelosi’s
office also told CNS News, “If it is the Speaker’s belief that there is
a provision in the Constitution that does give Congress this power,
does she believe the Constitution in any way limits the goods and
services Congress can force an individual to purchase?" CNSNews.com
asked. "If so, what is that limit?”
Elshami
responded that Congress has “broad power to regulate activities that
have an effect on interstate commerce. Congress has used this authority
to regulate many aspects of American life, from labor relations to
education to health care to agricultural production.”
I am not willing to let the government tell me what I can drive, eat, say, watch or disagree with. Are you?
These
Marxist thugs are clearly out to rob the America people blind and
unless the constitution is followed by this cabal of evil men and women
called the United States government, they should all be impeached and
imprisoned for looting the people’s treasure.

It
has been a depressing sight to witness the nation going down the failed
road of Mao, Lenin, Stalin and Hitler with this President. Barack Obama
swore to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United
States of America. Yet, I cannot think of one thing this socialist
president has done that could be construed to be something that has
helped America follow the rule of law. Now, America has even been
called a ‘Banana Republic.’ The definition of a banana republic is a
government that passes laws for the rest of us and expects obedience
from the rest of us but contravenes the very laws they pass any time
the conniving thugs in Washington wish to do so.

Here’s another writer’s opinion:
“After
30 years of trying to defy economic gravity, the US is well on the way
to becoming the world's largest banana republic. If the current level
of government mismanagement continues, within 20 years the US economy
will be comparable to that of Mexico. With a more modest level of
mismanagement, this will occur in less than 10 years but under much
better economic circumstances.

“The
US government has been following this same path due to ever-increasing
balance of payment problems. It has managed to give away, or allowed
and encouraged US multinationals to move, manufacturing facilities from
the US mainland to foreign locations. These industries previously
provided the backbone of US exports to the world and the reason that
the US had become
the most prosperous country in the world. These industrial losses have
resulted in the almost unbelievable current account deficit seen (much
less contemplated) in the history of the world.


“But,
because the US government apparently believes that the economic factors
that have ruined Mexico do not apply to it, the government has done
nothing to remedy the situation. Consequently we find ourselves now in
the beginning stages of an inevitable substantial devaluation of the
dollar and decrease in American standard of living. The recent rapid
drop in the value of the dollar with prospective further devaluations
are simply an unavoidable consequence of these cavalier government
policies.”
America, The Next Great Banana Republic - January 29, 2008 by Richard Backus
2. I insist on knowing how the money I pay in taxes is spent.
Since
the end of 2008 until now, congress has raised the debt limit by a
lofty 120 percent and since that same period the America’s national
debt, that what we owe the whole world has grown to105 trillion
dollars. Such breaches of trust of the United States Government only
cause the American people to more fully distrust the lunatics sworn to
protect us. Such comedy and lunacy brought down all the great powers
throughout history, and it shall be no different with America, unless
the obviously lethal dose of economic, social and political poison is
purged from the nation’s veins.

The
process of taking a great nation into such a dishonorable
classification as a debtor nation does not happen overnight. In fact,
no one will ever convince me that the almost flawless takeover of the
nation’s economy, the coupe d’état of the constitutional limits of
power was simply planned and executed over night. It is clear that the
takeover of 1/7 of the nation’s economy in their healthcare charade and
the government’s takeover of the automobile industry, the proposed
silencing of dissents through what has come to be called Internet
Neutrality and the government’s long-armed reach ultimately into every
business boardroom, thusly dictating what one does at work and
how much
a company can pay its workers
are all more than individual decisions made in a vacuum. This is an
orchestrated implementation of a well designed, masterfully nurtured,
impeccably implemented plan to end American power and to merge us into
a powerful force with the world, over which Barack Obama will rule,
manipulate and gain control.
3. I will not submit to the Copenhagen treaty which is to be signed in December, 2009
It
has all taken place over a period of time; softening up the people and
changing the way we think from early ages. Such has been the
decades-long transformation, which has only culminated in the nation’s
first socialist president who seeks to instill fear and dread and to
take any measures he deems necessary to bring about the world according
to Barack Obama. First, we impose taxes that have never been approved
as constitutional. Over time, we overlooked the things that this
nation’s government has said were prescribed in the Constitution of the
United States of America. Prayer was abolished in
public
and blamed on the constitution’s establishment clause separating Church
and State. Every American will say you should believe as you want in
America. For, it was the founding fathers’ will that we have a
‘God-honoring’ society but never a Godless one. Listen to these very
informative videos to see what is just around the corner, the end of
the United States and the establishment of a one world government.


Salient Features of the Draft Climate Treaty
1. 1.Proposal of a Global Carbon Budget.*
2.
1.Envisages a Zero Carbon Action Plans (ZCAP) for Developed economies
and Low Carbon Action Plans (LCAP) for Developing countries.
3. 1.Designs a new institutional framework – the Copenhagen Climate Facility.
4.
1.Governing body of new institution to have fair regional
representation including members from intergovernmental and
non-governmental stakeholders.
5. 1.Seeks a firm commitments and binding targets for Newly Industrialized Countries like Singapore, South Korea.
6.
1.Demands more financial and technological support from developed
economies to ensure a low carbon path development in developing
economies.
7. 1.A tougher financial penalty regime for members which fail to meet their binding obligations.
*
A global carbon budget for 2020 is hereby defined as no higher than
36.1 Gt CO2e (11.7 Gt CO2e for industrialized countries’ industrial GHG
emissions; 23.5 Gt CO2e for developing countries’ industrial GHG
emissions and 1.0 Gt CO2e for emissions from land-use change) and the
budget for 2050 shall be no higher than 7.2 Gt CO2e.
Source: Draft Copenhagen Climate Treaty
Sir Christopher Monckton: Copenhagen treaty eviscerates U.S. sovereignity
By: Mark Tapscott
Editorial Page Editor
10/20/09 8:14 AM EDT
Sir Christopher Monckton is a global warming skeptic. Former Vice President
and Nobel Prize winner Al Gore has for years refused to accept
Monckton's repeated challenge to a public debate on global warming. He's
also a very close reader of the proposed UN Climate Change Treaty
President Obama is expected to sign along with other world leaders in
Copenhagen in a few weeks. Monckton says that 200-page treaty cedes
U.S. sovereignity to the UN, mandates a massive transfer of wealth from
the U.S. and Europe to pay our "Climate Debt" to the Third World, and
creates a new enforcement mechanism to make it all happen.

Is Monckton right? I don't know because I haven't yet read the treaty (But I soon will be). Here's his warning about the Copenhagen Treaty, and here's the draft text of the treaty. Judge for yourself. Here is my pledge. I am an American. I have been to many, many countries on this planet and appreciate Europe, Asia and Africa. Nevertheless, I am an
American. I will not bow
to any man or woman. I will not seek to impoverish any anyone. I will not seek to belittle a fellow human being and I will not submit to any force that
works ill against my nation, including this president. He is a traitor,
a communist and a force for evil in the world. If you love this nation,
I am sure you feel the same, for your freedom is hanging by a thread.
4. I refuse to accept that my taxes will be once again used to kill unborn children
The killing of more than forty million of our children, yet unborn is nothing less than American society’s version of honoring the gods as the world of antiquity did when they made their children pass through fire as appeasement sacrifices to the gods of pleasure, debauchery, lust, greed and power. Plentiful are such examples of American governmental
abuse of power
and it has been the imposition of the view of the constitution as a
living document that has made the cherished document to approve of
things that the writers would have never imagined nor condoned. This
interpretation of the Constitution has allowed us to mold the cherished
document to our liking, while refusing to pattern our lives and
behavior according to it. This is the rule of anarchy.

American leaders, both past and present, in the Congress, the White House and the Supreme Court, have made the historic parchment to say that it is correct to kill unborn children, to take over major industries, to force us to take government-sponsored healthcare and to limit Free Speech as well as many other obtuse things that the founding
fathers
had never envisioned and which Barack Obama is doing with impunity.
Little by little, the excusing of presidential usurpation and disregard
for the Law of the land has encouraged un-American leaders just like
Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Barney Franks to abuse and
breach the clear and well-defined limits of power set forth in the
Constitution without interruption. If unchecked, it will spell the end
of the United States of America.
5. The now signed hate-crime bill will not stop me from declaring that I believe homosexuality is wrong and that Same-sex marriage is immoral.
It
is only logical that every crime we face is a hate crime. The only
thing this new law creates is yet another way to limit free speech. So,
whether in church or in any venue where I choose to state my belief, I
will do so regarless of how much difficulty it might cause me. Nothing
will stop me from saying what I wish, even you, Barack Obama.
Obama signs 'hate-crimes' bill into law
'It's a very sad day for America and for religious liberties'
By Chelsea Schilling © 2009 World Net Daily
A
"hate crimes" bill opponents claim will be used to crack down on
Christian speech, even the reading of the Bible, was signed into law
today by President Obama.
“The
Senate approved the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes
Prevention Act by a vote of 68-29 on Oct. 22 after Democrats
strategically attached it to a "must-pass" $680 billion defense appropriations plan.
“Most Republicans,
although normally strong supporters of the U.S. military, opposed the
bill because it hands out federal money to states and local governments
in pursuit of "preventing" hate crimes. The bill creates federal
protections and privileges for homosexuals and other alternative
lifestyles but denies those protections to other groups of citizens.
“Obama
signed the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act at a White House
ceremony today. Prior to signing the act into law, Obama spoke briefly
of the hate crimes bill.

“American
Family Association President Tim Wildmon warned that the new law
"creates a kind of caste system in law enforcement, where the perverse
thing is that people who engage in non-normative sexual behavior will
have more legal protection than heterosexuals. This kind of inequality
before the law is simply un-American.
“Wildmon
said the legislation creates possible situations where pastors may be
arrested if their sermons on sexuality can be linked in even the
remotest way to acts of violence.
"It threatens free speech and freedom of religion and is totally unacceptable," he said.
“As
WND reported, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder admitted a homosexual
activist who is attacked following a Christian minister's sermon about
homosexuality would be protected by the proposed federal law, but a
minister attacked by a homosexual wouldn't be.
“The Alliance Defense Fund blasted the "hate-crimes" bill, calling it "another nail in the coffin of the First Amendment."
"All
violent crimes are hate crimes, and all crime victims deserve equal
justice," ADF Senior Legal Counsel Erik Stanley said in a statement. "This law is a grave threat to the First Amendment
because it provides special penalties based on what people think, feel,
or believe. ADF will be on the front line to defend those whose free
speech or free exercise of religion rights are violated by this
unconstitutional law and to ultimately overturn this attack on freedom."
Obama signs 'hate-crimes' bill into law

“He
said the adoption of hate crimes legislation has led to widespread
suppression of speech deemed politically incorrect. The Pacific Justice
Institute noted that in California, hate crimes laws are commonly
invoked as a basis for further laws pushing acceptance of homosexuality
in public schools and the workplace. The group also warned that use of
"hate speech" terminology is also now being employed by minority
religious groups in America to encourage suppression of free speech, as
a prominent Hindu group called on Congress and major Internet service
providers to shut down websites critical of Hinduism, including
websites of Christian mission organizations.” - 'It's a very sad day
for America and for religious liberties' by Chelsea Schilling

What
happened to Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. is wrong, evil and
should be punished to the full extent of the law, just as with any
other American or international living in America, as well as illegal
aliens deserve the same protections as any of us. So, why should gay
people be afforded extra protection than the rest of us?
I
will state publicly that I am against this lifestyle, but I would still
be willing to lay down my life to save the life of a fellow man or
woman, regardless of what we
disagree
on or where they are from or how they swing. If Gays are allowed into
the military, I believe it will be a mistake. Yet, if I found myself on
a battlefield together with a fellow American warrior who happened to
be gay, before stepping into death’s house, I would make sure he knew I
was his brother and that he felt likewise, and we’d be transformed into
each other’s keeper.
I
cannot be dictated into letting go of the fact that this lifestyle is
abnormal, immoral and against all that I believe pertaining to
sexuality. My faith would not let me hate, for loathing
is far worse
than what I declare to be
abnormal. Perhaps one of the greatest things George W. Bush did as
president was to very generously and humanely give the most money for
research and a cure for aids than any president in history, which kills
as many heterosexuals as it does homosexuals, across the globe. I do
not need a law to order me to respect my fellow man, and I will not
submit to legislation that limits my speech to say homosexuality is
wrong.
Today, the cultural battle now
rocking America concerning marriage and the right of homosexual males
and females to have recognition of same-sex marriages is considered by
many to be a virtual attack on civilization as we know it. Today, many
states and the federal government have laws that refuse to recognize
gay marriages, which Barack Obama wants to repeal.
In almost all
polls taken on this subject, Americans oppose legalizing gay marriage
by a 2-1 ratio. Nevertheless, gay marriage is closer than ever to
becoming a reality.
6. Internet Neutrality? I will not cease to publish anything required to tell my story as I see it.
Barack
Obama is ripping the constitution to shreds and doing everything it
prohibits. Is this not a breach of his oath of office to preserve,
protect and defend the constitution and only 11 months into his
presidency, Barack Obama has imprisoned the liberty that built this
nation. While taking over the banking, insurance, automobile, financial
and medical industries when nothing in the constitution grants the
government the power, either short term or long term to do so, is this
not an impeachable offence?

Barack
Obama should be impeached. But he shall never be. Our failure to resist
the destruction of our country and to refuse measures such as we are
witnessing has culminated into the not so slow destruction of our
nation. It is with a great sadness that we are insanely roaring in
applause as these thieves of liberty are robbing our children and
grandchildren of their freedom, peace and treasure, which will leave
them but the crumbs of self-determination and to our own demise.
A nation that is no longer able to rule themselves will always finally
yield their souls to a dictator, a tyrant, a usurper, of which Barack
Obama is supreme, as the people sell their birthrights for a mess of
poverty porridge. We are now a nation of takers and have a grave of
innovators, ‘imaginators’. We have shed the mantle of freedom and
self-determination, so we have reaped the whirlwind since we have
thrown our liberty to the destructive gust of socialism that will
literally tear our nation apart.

That
is why there are several things I am prepared not to do as the
administration transforms America into a Marxist state where are all
subservient to a government that will decide where you work, how much
you make, what doctor you can see, what car you can drive, how much you
can cool or heat your house and eventually, how long you live.

I will not be silent, I will not submit, I will not accept and I will defend any nation that commits such social terrorism as this administration is set on creating. Imprison me, torture me,, condemn me in public, lock me up even kill me, but as long as I have breath, I will declare that I am free to speak, free to disagree, free to worship as I please, free to live as long as I am able to and no government, not illegal
stevenbradley | November 01, 2009 21:13

There
is nothing more important than imparting strong values into the lives
of our children. It is getting tougher and tougher today, with parents
giving up more and more of their authority and responsibility to the
schools and the government, to be faithful to the call of bringing up
our children with examples of mercy, confession, fairness and
conviction. Yet, nothing can do more for a child's future than teaching
them about honesty, good choices and hard work when they are still
young. That is why I have started this little book called Four lessons For Willow Morgan.
“Willow Daisy Morgan, unchanged and alive.”
“It’s
obviously something clearly … cool.” Willow thought out loud as her
mind drifted back to a moment that had actually seemed to carry her to
this rustic, old beautiful place with ancient old monuments of a people
who lived and survived in the caves of Goreme, Turkey.
really
knew him. Walter Morgan had not been stingy with his talents and had
passed a portion of his gifts to her; things she was only now learning
about.
did do, though was to make her probing mind try to put two and two
together without the needed information. She was sure the one man she
loved completely and trusted without doubt had brought her there for
some reason other than he had said. 
Willow
pulled her boots on and her jacket. She just knew something big was on
for today. It was the strangest feeling she had ever had, and it
animated her ... energized her. She zipped up the jacket and put her
Cubs hat on her head and got ready for … whatever. Willow walked over
to the door and saw a picture on the wall suddenly tilt to the right.
Willow took hold of the picture and she felt
a gust of wind brush across the left side of her face and then on her
right and it seemed to swirl around her. She was afraid and wanted to
scream, but instead used the words she had made herself believe would shield her from any danger.
Willow
was flaying her legs and kicking at the white beast and it shook its
head and smiled. Franklin was again knocking on the door.
“And
how many Watch…angels have you known that would give you the ability to
form such an opinion of me?" Asked the Watcher as he leaped into the
air.
Willow's
father, Walter Morgan was up a hill on one of the caves; digging in one
of the ancient homes and collecting an ancient treasure of information.
He had a cell phone to his ear and a small pick in his other hand
pounding a certain stone that looked like nothing but which was
precious to his professional eye. He felt the other cell phone in his
pocket vibrate and threw down the pick. He took the phone read the name
of the caller and spoke into the cell already pasted to his ear.
“Honey,
I am sure this is about Willow. No, don’t worry; she’s going to be
fine, just like you and I were. With significance comes risk. I’ll call
you back. Love you too.” He closed the cell and opened the other.
Willow
heard the key enter the lock. She extended her hand and the Watcher
took hold of it. Franklin turned the key and suddenly, she felt herself
racing upward and saw the ceiling getting closer and closer and then it
was gone. They flew low and towards Israel.
“If
I get grounded, I am gonna tell God and he’s gonna … demote you!”
Willow said laughing with her hair flying backward and the wind
bouncing off her face. She was very much alive and loving it.
The
Watcher looked down at Willow and she smiled with great excitement. The
Watcher did as well, but knew the entire journey would not bring her
joy. “Not one with her type of personality.” Some things had to be
learned with difficulty and sometimes pain.
Willow’s
eyes again saw the present world again and left the past behind. She
looked down and saw the book neatly fitted inside the box. She picked
up the card again.
Willow
glared out the window into the dark night sky and saw the distant
flickering lights from homes down the hill of some who were not as rich
as she was but who probably had more peaceful hearts than she did. She
looked around the room again and walked over to her bed. Willow got
down on her belly by her bed and reached under it for the box she had
shoved under there right after she and her parents had arrived earlier
in the day. She pulled it out and gazed down at the box that she just
knew had something magical about it, because it was the only thing she
could think about all through dinner. Willow knew that she had not
found it by chance; the treasure, which is what Willow called it and
what she thought it might lead to.
or dreamt. Willow pinched herself to make sure it was real. The not to pleasant feeling shot up her arm that told her it was the real deal.
ut too. She was
sure they knew of her pretend life, singing, going on young people’s
outings at church, but not really because she liked it. She had
actually snuck away
three times from church, but her mom knew it, but had not told Willow’s
dad and Willow was sure her mom was smarter than her young mind liked
to admit.
er name there that she dropped it to the bed. Willow looked down at the box lying on the bed and her name was no longer there. That seemed to replace her fear
with intrigue and disappointment, especially disappointment, in fact.
Willow picked it up again and her name appeared there once more. “Isn’t
that amazing?” she almost shouted. She opened it and let a scroll slide
out. She unrolled it and began to read.
Beware
of the black hearts, for they will make you the same as all of them.
Look on with a full heart and become someone you have never ever been,
and by the way … have fun!”
“Look to your right at the window and be ready to take a dive, it’s a voyage of faith that will make you know you’re alive.”
ndow and be ready to take a dive, it’s a voyage of faith that will make you know you’re alive, and stop
playing around and pay attention.” That frightened her a bit and she
dropped the card, but her curious heart made her quickly pick it back
up, and she pinched herself again. She was awake alright. Patriot Acts by Steven Clark Bradley
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I hope everyone who reads this will not just think
stevenbradley | October 03, 2009 14:46
them into warriors of their people, though not always for their people. It is the final understanding
that no man makes me free. Only the realization that I am altogether
and utterly free, such liberty having been breathed into the nostrils
of the first man and woman.
I recently asked my students where they get their freedom, in their homelands. They all inevitably answered that their countries and their governments gave them
Rights. I only slightly hesitated and and retorted that no nation granted them freedom, for it was a gift of God;
instilled in the very genome of humanity. Since freedom is not granted
by any government, people always naturally forget that Power and
Freedom are always in conflict with each other. Freedom either slinks
away like a vapor; never aware that it was almost gone, until it is no
more.
Freedom can only be snatched away from a people too dependent to stand alone, too afraid to take a risk, told that they are in the eye of an emergency and made to believe that only The One can fix it. This sorry and destructive role can only lead to th
Such
a nation that has persuaded its people to hide under the great
suffocating tunic of governmental deceit shall be ultimately and
utterly cast out into a scorching realization that
the world they had undervalued, expected, abused, was now one in which
they, as the average man and woman, possessed nothing but utility and
servile thoughts of every word before it is uttered. After America
spent the past two decades seeking to move away from an all inclusive
government, we are about to embark on a quest, The Second Republic;
headlong into a 'Dictocracy.'
I
would be the last one to try to diminish all that Television and the
Internet have given to the world, for good. I do believe the good
outweighs the bad. Nevertheless, such wonderful sources of information
and entertainment have given us an auberg
e where we can hide from the real world and cease to worry, or to be responsible to the place where we truly dwell. No, This lethargic people, this land
of good and fickle masses has been awakened to see that all they worked
for, all that they had achieved, the very source of survival into their
years has been seized by those who were greedy and shameless, the
treacherous.
Then,
enters Congress, this group of thugs, those who not only think we are
stupid, but are sure of it. They cannot be accused of so much
under-the-table maneuvering, for they steal us blind, right under our
noses. Now that Congress and the White House have made this weakened people see a future, for which the government, itself a co-conspirator, it is obvious the American
people are Impoverished to such an extent that they feel the all consuming need to depend on the Government for every need. America has believed a lie.
How will those of us live in a world where, as he proposed, Obama
will regulate the coordination of the development of life-saving drugs,
supposedly to eliminate overlap of research for those studies that the
Federal government funds. This is code language for the Quality of Life
trumpeters who want to decide when a person should live or die. Every
evil leader enslaved a people, and he accomplished it by taking away
the people’s base of support and removing their source of survival,
rendering a brave and powerful people at the mercy of a beast in
Washington.

In this blog, I will introduce another of Barack Obama's henchmen, Science Czar, John Holdren. This man is so obtuse, so totalitarian that I felt the need to give a large portion of this expose to this communistic Czar's
own words; just to take away the notion of it all having been made up;
since so much of what he espouses is beyond belief. So, are you
surprised that our leaders do exactly what they know will not work?
The days of heroes has long passed us by and power is now the absolute motivation and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Obama science czar John Holdren stated in a college textbook that compulsory, government-mandated "green abortions" would
be a constitutionally acceptable way to control population growth and
prevent ecological disasters, including global warming, because a fetus
was most likely not a "person" under the terms of the 14th Amendment.
ng reproduction among
welfare recipients (perhaps by requiring the use of contraceptives or
even by involuntary sterilizations). This may sadly foreshadow what our
society might do if the human predicament gets out of hand." (Parenthesis in original text.) 
As previously reported, WND has obtained a copy of the 1970s college textbook "Ecoscience: Population, Resources, Environment"
that Holdren co-authored with Malthusian population alarmist Paul R.
Ehrlich and Ehrlich's wife, Ann. The authors argued involuntary
birth-control measures, including forced sterilization, may be necessary and morally
acceptable under extreme conditions, such as widespread famine brought about by "climate change." Get "The Audacity of Deceit," and learn about the looming hostile attack on Judeo-Christian values and freedoms Americans hold dear
for
purposes of the Constitution a fetus is probably not a 'person' within
the meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment. Thus under the constitution,
abortion is apparently not unlawful, although infanticide obviously
is."
On page 760, the authors categorically state that from the point of view of biology, "a fetus is only a potential human being, with no particular rights." (Italics in the original text.) And, again: "To most biologists, an embryo or a fetus is no more a complete human being than a blueprint is a complete building."
The authors further insist that because "the moment of birth is easier to ascertain than the moment of conception, implantation, or quickening," constitutional rights should begin only at birth: "Such
an easily ascertainable point in time [the moment of birth] is a
sensible point from which to date Constitutional rights, which should
not depend on imprecisions."
As WND has previously reported, Holdren has argued the U.S. Constitution would permit compulsory
birth control methods, including involuntary abortions,
government-imposed sterilizations and laws limiting the number of
children permitted to be born as steps justified under the banner of "sustainable well-being."
State-funded sterilizations
In a 2001 article entitled "The Energy Climate Challenge: Issues for the New U.S. Administration,"
Holdren noted world population estimates for 2100 ranged between 7
billion to 11 billion people. He argued it was important to strive for "a result near the low end of these possibilities" because the difference between these two figures in terms of the ease or difficulty of achieving a low-carbon-emission future "is immense."
To make sure global population remained near the low end of the 2100
estimates, Holdren once again returned to the theme of manipulating
human fertility through a variety of methods, including "government incentives for small families."
As
WND previously reported, a worldwide scientific agenda is emerging to
link global population growth with global warming, arguing that climate
change is such a severe crisis that the U.S. must participate in a
United Nations mandate to implement global birth control to reduce
carbon emissions. 
“Indeed,
it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even
including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under
the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently
severe to endanger the society.”
might
be obliged to go through adoption proceedings and demonstrate her
ability to support and care for it. Adoption proceedings probably
should remain more difficult for single people than for married
couples, in recognition of the relative difficulty of raising children
alone. It would even be possible to require pregnant single women to
marry or have abortions, perhaps as an alternative to placement for
adoption, depending on the society.”

“Adding
a sterilant to drinking water or staple foods is a suggestion that
seems to horrify people more than most proposals for involuntary
fertility control. Indeed, this would pose some very difficult
political,
legal, and social questions, to say nothing of the technical problems. No such sterilant exists today, nor
does one appear to be under development. To be acceptable, such a
substance would have to meet some rather stiff requirements: it must be
uniformly effective, despite widely varying doses received by
individuals, and despite varying degrees of fertility and sensitivity
among individuals; it must be free of dangerous or unpleasant side
effects; and it must have no effect on members of the opposite sex,
children, old people, pets, or livestock.”
“A
program of sterilizing women after their second or third child, despite
the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than vasectomy,
might be easier to implement than trying to sterilize men. 
“If
some individuals contribute to general social deterioration by
overproducing children, and if the need is compelling, they can be
required by law to exercise reproductive responsibility—just as they
can be required to exercise responsibility in their
resource-consumption patterns—providing they are not denied equal
protection.”
Czar John Holdren Believes: Nothing is wrong or illegal about the government dictating family size
“In
today's world, however, the number of children in a family is a matter
of profound public concern. The law regulates other highly personal
matters. For example, no one may lawfully have more than one spouse at
a time. Why should the law not be able to prevent a person from having
more than two children?”
Czar John Holdren Believes: A "Planetary Regime" should control the global economy and dictate by force the number of children allowed to be born
“Perhaps
those agencies, combined with UNEP and the United Nations population
agencies, might eventually be developed into a Planetary Regime—sort of
an international superagency for population, resources, and
environment. Such a comprehensive Planetary Regime could control the development, administration, conservation, and distribution of all natural resources, renewable or nonrenewable, at least insofar as international impl
ications exist. Thus the Regime could have the power to control pollution not only in the atmosphere and oceans, but also in such freshwater bodies as rivers and lakes that cross international boundaries or that discharge into the oceans. The Regime might also be a logical central agency for regulating all international trade, perhaps including assistance from DCs to LDCs, and including all food on the international market.
“The
Planetary Regime might be given responsibility for determining the
optimum population for the world and for each region and for
arbitrating various countries' shares within their regional limits.
Control of population size might remain the responsibility of each
government, but the Regime would have some power to enforce the agreed
limits.”
Czar John Holdren Believes: We will need to surrender national sovereignty to an armed international police force
“If
this could be accomplished, security might be provided by an armed
international organization, a global analogue of a police force. Many
people have recognized this as a goal, but the way to reach it remains
obscure in a world where factionalism seems, if anything, to be
increasing. The first step necessarily involves partial surrender of
sovereignty to an international organization.”
“Another
related issue that seems to encourage a pronatalist attitude in many
people is the question of the differential reproduction of social or
ethnic groups. Many people seem to be possessed by fear that their
group may be outbred by other groups. White Americans and South
Africans are worried there will be too many blacks, and vice versa. The
Jews in Israel are disturbed by the high birth rates of
Israeli Arabs, Protestants are worried about Catholics, and lbos about
Hausas. Obviously, if everyone tries to outbreed everyone else, the
result will be catastro
phe for all. This is another case of the "tragedy of the commons," wherein the "commons"
is the planet Earth. Fortunately, it appears that, at least in the DCs,
virtually all groups are exercising reproductive restraint.”
Czar John Holdren Believes: As of 1977, we are facing a global overpopulation catastrophe that must be resolved at all costs by the year 2000
“Humanity
cannot afford to muddle through the rest of the twentieth century; the
risks are too great, and the stakes are too high. This may be the last
opportunity to choose our own and our descendants' destiny. Failing to
choose or making the wrong choices may lead to catastrophe. But it must
never be forgotten that the right choices could lead to a much better
world.”

So, America,
Ride the storm of Nimrod Rising!
Have you ever felt that the world was guided in ways that are beyond man’s control? The constant changes in the world since
the time of Nimrod 4000 years ago until today and all the events that
have shaken the world have been to bring the universe back into the hands of
the Prince of Darkness, Lucia, a world that he had ruled with his Watchers before it was all ripped from his grasp when man was created. Nimrod Rising paints
a diabolical picture of how the Prince of Darkness executes his evil
plot to take the world back by force and destroy civilization in the process. From the Great Builder Nimrod
in 4000 BC to today, 666 generations later, you can ride the storm of
Nimrod Rising and experience the death of a world and the birth pangs
of another. You will swear it is really upon us!stevenbradley | September 28, 2009 13:55


Kevin Jennings, one of the nation’s leading gay activists, has been knighted by Obama's to be "Safe Schools"
Czar. Kevin Jennings has said he has dreamed of "Promoting
Homosexuality" to our Schoolchildren. Ironically, Obama has placed this
very dangerous activist, Kevin Jennings to be the Safe Schools Czar and
in reality, they placed our kids in the most dangerous situation that
any parent could imagine. I do not oppose him on his sexual preference,
though I am just as much against the gay lifestyle as gays would be
against believing there were only straights.

Though
it is his job as Assistant Deputy Secretary of the Office of Safe and
Drug-Free Schools inside the Department of Education, he has a very
open and searchable record of promoting the homosexual agenda to your
children. ‘That is our mission from this day forward’. It should be our mission to see to it that he is removed as far away from our children as possible.
Read a part of his speech at the “Looking to the Future”
panel at GLSEN’s Mid-Atlantic conference, held October 25, 1997 at the
Grace Church School in New York City and ask yourself if your child is
really safe with this Safety Czar…
“Two
years ago, one of our board members, one named Ann Simon, was called to
testify before Congress when they had hearings on the promotion of
homosexuality in schools. And we were busy putting out press releases,
and saying, ‘We’re not promoting homosexuality, that’s not what our
program’s about. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.’ And my best friend,
who’s a straight women who lives in London, e-mailed me…and she said,
‘So what if you are?’ And I thought of how I can get so wrapped up in
my own defensiveness, and…the day-to-day struggle, and
stuff,
that being finished might someday mean that most straight people, when
they would hear that someone was promoting homosexuality, would say
‘Yeah, who cares?’ because they wouldn’t necessarily equate
homosexuality with something bad that you would not want to promote.
And when we were talking there, and Mike said, ‘You know, and I’d like
five years from now—right now let’s face it, for large swells of people
they think of GLSEN and kids, and they think, ‘GLSEN is bad for kids.’
They do because of their stereotypes and misinformation—I’d like five
years from now for most Americans when they hear the word GLSEN to
think, ‘Ooh, that’s good for kids.’’
“I’d
like you to step back for a second if you can, and I know that many of
you here are going to return to meetings on Monday where the euphoria
of today will dissipate quite quickly…But if you could just close your
eyes for a second. I know this is very Californian. Close
your
eyes for a second and think, ‘What would the world look like if we were
through with our work? If we were done. If we could close the doors on
27th street [GLSEN’s New York City headquarters], and shut down the
chapters, and disband the board. What would be happening?”
Jennings Declared:
“One
of the people that’s always inspired me is Harry Hay, who started the
first ongoing gay rights groups in America. In 1948, he tried to get
people to join the Mattachine Society [the first American homosexual
“rights” group]. It took him two years to find one other person who
would join. Well, [in] 1993, Harry Hay marched with a million people in
Washington, who thought he had a good idea 40 years before. Everybody
thought Harry Hay was crazy in 1948, and they knew something about him
which he apparently did not—they were right, he
was
crazy. You are all crazy. We are all crazy. All of us who are thinking
this way are crazy, because you know what? Sane people keep the world
the same [sh*tty] old way it is now. It’s the people who think, ‘No, I
can envision a day when straight people say, ‘So what if you’re
promoting homosexuality?’ Or straight kids say, ‘Hey, why don’t you and
your boyfriend come over before you go to the prom and try on your
tuxes on at my house?’ That if we believe that can happen, we can make it happen.
The
only thing that will stop us is our lack of faith that we can make it
happen. That is our mission from this day forward. To not lose our
faith, to not lose our belief that the world can, indeed, be a
different place. And think how much can change in one lifetime if in
Harry Hay’s one very short life, he saw change from not even one person
willing to join him to a million people willing to travel to Washington
to join him. You can see the same changed happen in your lifetime if
you believe you can.’’
Jennings has said that he “can
envision a day when straight people say, ‘So what if you’re promoting
homosexuality,’ or straight kids [will] say [to a male homosexual
friend], ‘Hey, why don’t you and your boyfriend come
over before you go to prom and try your tuxes on at my house?’ ” 
"I’d like five years from now for most Americans when they hear the word ‘GLSEN’ to think ‘Ooh, that’s good for kids.’ ” Will
you say that? I will not! Kevin Jennings is now in a position to bring
his ‘dream’ into reality. The GLSEN conducts regular workshops that
discuss ways to change the curricula at schools from kindergarten to
high school, sometimes called “Inclusive Kindergarten,” “Inclusive Elementary School Curriculum,” and “Re-envisioning High School Literature.”
The
leaders of the GLSEN believe that the only way to win the minds of your
children for “homosexual rights,” is to redefine the next generation’s
view of homosexuality, and they intend to start as early as
kindergarten. According to activist Jaki Williams, kindergarten
children are “developing their superego,” and “that’s when the saturation process needs to begin.”
On national television, in front of hundreds of attendees, Jennings once stated that the GLSEN’s mission was to go beyond “teaching of respect for all,” the title of a GLSEN instructional video, to which he responded with a forceful “no.” yet, when the cameras were turned off, he gave the attendees at the
GLSEN conference a drastically different idea of their mission. One speaker called the desire for “tolerance” a “condescending campaign for the second-class citizenry.” “I don’t want to be tolerated. I don’t want to be put up with. I want to be ... celebrated,” said Stephen Glassman, a GLSEN chapter board member.
I
will not ask if you love your children, because that is a question that
goes without asking. Yet, we as parents often get so busy with everyday
life that we tend to yield our authority to those charged and trusted
with our kids’ education. Now, it is time to take charge again. Your
children are being taught everyth
school
with views and concepts that will lead them into a future without hope
and with lives that will lead them to ruin. We are looking
at a full-frontal assault on the traditions, morals, ideals that built
this nation. We are in the midst of the second revolution spearheaded
and conducted by Barack Obama’s Culture of Death.
The
resignation of Van Jones as President Obama's so-called "green jobs
czar" only cuts a small tip off the iceberg. The administration is full
of people who hate America -- or at least the America I grew up knowing
and loving. These radicals want to transform this country into a
socialist and amoral society.
There
are plenty more where Van Jones came from, like Kevin Jennings, who is
deputy assistant secretary of education in charge of the "safe and drug-free schools" program. Jennings is a homosexual activist. He's the founder and, until recently, the president of the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN), the
nation's leading homosexual group. GLSEN works to inject homosexual propaganda into the public schools. Its
budget is in the millions and it is the driving force behind the
formation of over 4,000 homosexual college campus clubs. Most of them
were formed by homosexual faculty members trained by GLSEN.
Jennings
will be much more difficult to expel, since the gay lobby is powerful
and contributes a lot of money to the Democratic Party and far-left
politicians. But do we have to give him our children? Fox did a special
on
what is in your children's government school textbooks.
How the homosexual movement got into the Massachusetts schools.
The
homosexual movement in the public schools has always been based on lies
and deception. But until the mid-1990s, they were still having
difficulty getting into the schools. Then they found the key to their
huge success -- what they call "re-framing the issue".
As a result, they've been able to persuade the Massachusetts
Legislature to budget hundreds of thousands of public dollars for
programs promoting homosexuality in the public schools. And their "gay-straight alliance" clubs, which started in Massachusetts, now are in hundreds of schools from Maine to San Diego.
The following is from a speech entitled "Winning the Culture War" by Kevin Jennings,
who at the time was Executive Director of the "Gay, Lesbian, and
Straight Education Network" (GLSEN). It was delivered at the "Human
Rights Campaign Fund Leadership Conference" -- a national homosexual
activists' event -- on March 5, 1995.
In this landmark speech to the national gay movement, Jennings described how GLSEN and Gov. Weld's "Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth"
brought homosexuality programs into Massachusetts schools by
purposefully confusing the argument in order to intimidate critics.
Since then, it's been used as a model for getting their propaganda into
school districts across America. (In the first sentence, note the
technique of marginalizing mainstream opposition as "the Radical Right.")
March 5, 1995
"If
the Radical Right can succeed in portraying us as preying on children,
we will lose. Their language -- "promoting homosexuality" is one
example -- is laced with subtle and not-so- subtle innuendo that we are
"after their kids." We must learn from the abortion struggle, where the
clever claiming of the term "pro- life" allowed those who opposed
abortion on demand to frame the issue to their advantage, to make sure
that we do not allow ourselves to be painted into a corner before the
debate even begins.
"In
Massachusetts the effective reframing of this issue was the key to the
success of the Governor's Commission on Gay and Lesbian Youth. We
immediately seized upon the opponent's calling card-- safety--and
explained how homop
hobia represents a threat to students' safety by creating a climate where violence, name- calling, health problems,
and suicide are common. Titling our report 'Making Schools Safe for Gay
and Lesbian Youth,' we automatically threw our opponents onto the
defensive and stole their best line of attack. This framing
short-circuited their arguments and left them back-pedaling from day
one.
"Finding
the effective frame for your community is the key to victory. It must
be linked to universal values that everyone in the community has in
common. In Massachusetts, no one could speak up against our frame and
say, 'Why, yes, I do think students should kill themselves': this
allowed us to set the terms for debate.
"In
Massachusetts, we made creating an environment where youth could speak
out our number one priority. We know that, confronted with real-live
stories of youth who had suffered from homophobia, our opponents would
have to attack people who had already been victimized once, which put
them in a bully position from which it would be hard to emerge looking
good. More importantly, we made sure these youth met with elected
officials so that, the next time these officials had to vote on
something, there would be a specific face and story attached to the
issue. We wanted them to have an actual kid in mind when they had to
cast their votes. We won the final vote in the Senate 33-7 as a result."
Now
do you get it? Parents are always astounded when they are told that the
gay assemblies, gay-themed plays, gay clubs, secret counseling
sessions, gay books, and other school-wide homosexual events are for
"safety" and "suicide prevention."
In
fact, none of these so-called suicide prevention programs have any
legitimate medical or psychological basis. No one with actual
credentials to deal with suicide, or even mainstream suicide-prevention
groups such as the Samaritans, are ever involved. Yet, they're dealing
with vulnerable children.
Why don't our public officials hold these up to the light, like other
academic subjects, and objectively examine their content? We've asked
that question a lot -- of school officials, teachers, and
legislators. And we never get an answer. Actually, we know what the
problem is. Too many of our public officials are intimidated by the
homosexual movement, and are afraid to challenge them.
So
they continue to get hundreds of thousands of your tax dollars from
your legislature for their insidious programs in your public schools.
"Many
of the difficulties encountered by gay and lesbian youth are within the
jurisdiction of state government and can be corrected by the
dissemination of information, training, and the implementation of
formal guidelines and state policy.
The
homosexual movement cannot operate without using lies and deception.
When the light of day is shown on their activities in the public
schools, and when people are forced to objectively
examine them, they are seen for the destructive things they are.
Parents
must shine the light of day on these activities and loudly and
forcefully demand that public officials get rid of them. But,
unfortunately, until this happens, it's the children who are continued
to be experimented on and used -- and it's the parents who are
eventually left to pick up the pieces.
A final interesting note: In 1995, when the speech referenced above was given, GLSEN was officially known as GLSTN, "Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Teachers Network." This was a more accurate description of the organization, since it is in fact a mostly network of homosexual teachers
working
to bring homosexuality into schools. But being honest is bad public
relations in this case. So soon afterwards, they changed their name to GLSEN - "Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network." Talk about framing the issue!
As
I predicted last year, Kevin Jennings, the former head of the Gay,
Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) would eventually become
part of the Obama Administration.
It’s
happened. He is President Obama’s latest Czar—the gay agenda Czar.
Jennings has been hired to head up the US Department of Education’s
“safe school” program.This drug free/safe schools program will be used
as an ATM machine to provide millions of dollars in funds for the
promotion of the gay agenda in our nation’s public schools. Jennings
has previously used the “safe school” ploy to push the gay agenda and
to promote anti-Christian bigotry while he ran GLSEN.
He
will use federal tax dollars as a way of silencing criticism of the gay
agenda as being “hate speech,” or “homophobia.” (This anti-Christian
agenda was carried out during the Clinton years in the “Healing the
Hate” curriculum and resources on government web sites.)
While
at GLSEN, he promoted “no-name calling” weeks, days of silence, and gay
pride celebrations in our nation’s public schools. GLSEN promotes a
LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) month in our nation’s public
schools, too.
GLSEN’s
motto is “Teaching Respect For All,” but Jennings doesn’t follow his
own advice. In a GLSEN conference in November, 1997, Jennings attacked
TVC Chairman Louis P. Sheldon. He told the audience: “I don’t have to
like Lou Sheldon. I don’t have to like or respect Lou Sheldon.”
This hypocrite is now running a multi-million dollar operation out of the Department of Education! At
this same GLSEN conference, Jennings told his fellow gay teachers that
they must teach kids to accept homosexuality “before the children have
a chance to be prejudiced by their parents and churches.” What he calls
prejudice, we call biblical morality and decency.
Read what else Jennings has said about conservative Christians: Twenty
percent of people are hard-core fair-minded [pro-homosexual] people.
Twenty percent are hard-core [anti-homosexual] bigots. We need to
ignore the hard-core bigots, get more of the hard-core fair-minded
people to speak up, and we’ll pull that 60 percent [of people in the
middle] over to our side. That’s really what I think our strategy has
to be. We have to quit being afraid of the religious right. We also
have to quit — I’m trying to find a way to say this. I’m trying not to
say, ‘[F—] ‘em!’ which is what I want to say, because I don’t care what
they think! [audience laughter] Drop dead!” — Jennings speech to Marble
Collegiate Church, March 20, 2000.
In
his 1994 book, One Teacher In 10, Jennings admits that he “did not
report sexual victimization of a student to the proper authorities”
when he worked as a school teacher in Concord, Massachusetts. Jennings
describes the advice he gave in 1988 to a sophom
ore student named Brewster who confided to him his gay involvement
with an older man he had met in Boston. Child protection laws in
Massachusetts require a teacher to notify child welfare authorities
within 48 hours if a child under 18 is suffering sexual abuse. (“NEA
Groups Protest Award To Gay Studies Activist,” Washington Times, July
3, 2004)
Thanks
to President Obama, Czar Jennings now has millions of our tax dollars
at his disposal to promote the gay agenda and to put policies in place
penalizing any criticism of LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender)
activities in our nation’s public schools.





Ride the storm of Nimrod Rising!
Have you ever felt that the world was guided in ways that are beyond man’s control? The constant changes in the world since
the time of Nimrod 4000 years ago until today and all the events that
have shaken the world have been to bring the universe back into the hands of
the Prince of Darkness, Lucia, a world that he had ruled with his Watchers before it was all ripped from his grasp when man was created. Nimrod Rising paints
a diabolical picture of how the Prince of Darkness executes his evil
plot to take the world back by force and destroy civilization in the process. From the Great Builder Nimrod
in 4000 BC to today, 666 generations later, you can ride the storm of
Nimrod Rising and experience the death of a world and the birth pangs
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America now owes over One Trillion Dollars to China. Last week, the head of the Chinese military called for his government to 'punish' the United States for its support of Taiwan by calling on his government to sell off the debt they purchased from us when Obama borrowed away this nation's future for an Economic Stimulus that has only lost over four million jobs. Welcome to China's newest Vassal State.
Steven Clark Bradley
The Looming Dangers of American Debt
(http://www.thetrumpet.com/index.php?q=2460.1126.0.0)
What does the term serf bring to mind? Poor, indebted, landless, forced labor—perhaps even medieval. Shockingly, serfdom is a reality many Americans may face in the future. Here is why.
The U.S. national debt now stands at more than $8.3 trillion, of which more than $2 trillion is owned by foreigners. Since 2000, the percentage of U.S. public debt owed to foreigners has doubled.
Take China for example. As of March of this year, China held over $321 billion$60 billion it owned at the end of 2000. Similarly, Japan now owns $640 billion worth of U.S. Treasuries, up from $317.7 billion in December 2000. Lately, however, America has also borrowed heavily from oil exporter nations (as defined by the Department of the Treasury), which include many nations that despise America. Luminaries such as Venezuela, Ecuador, Iran, Libya, Algeria, Indonesia and Iraq, and several other primarily Middle Eastern nations, now own $98 billion worth of U.S. debt. worth of U.S. Treasuries, up from the
According to Brad Setser, director of research at Roubini Global Economics, “The irony is that the three countries in the world adding to reserves the fastest and thus buying the most U.S. debt now are China, Saudi Arabia and Russia, none of them democracies. … We are increasingly counting on a group of creditors who are not our closest friends but have a bigger and bigger stake in America,” he says.
So America’s debt is growing, and a greater amount is in less reliable hands.
This creates two problems.
First, the value of the dollar is increasingly dependent upon foreigners. This makes the U.S. vulnerable to coercion and blackmail.
In commenting on this radical shift in holders of U.S. debt, Frederick Kempe of the Wall Street Journal says, “The more closely economists study that data, the more they worry,” especially over America’s “decrease[d] influence over … the world’s largest market, the $2 trillion in foreign exchange that changes hands daily. The dollar forex market can increasingly be shifted by decisions that foreign governments make about selling dollar assets. What’s also at stake is leverage on matters as diverse as U.S. home mortgage rates and America’s global political clout” (May 9).
For example, remember what happened on June 23, 1997, when former Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto wondered aloud about what would happen to the U.S. economy if Japan diversified and began to sell some of its, at that time, $300 billion in U.S. Treasury securities (remember Japan now owns more than $640 billion worth). Following Hashimoto’s remarks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by the largest single day amount (at that time) since the Crash of 1987. Aids to Hashimoto were quick to say that the comments were not intended as a threat. Since then, other foreigners have wondered aloud about dumping U.S. debt (Treasuries), also causing ripple effects through global markets (Moscow Times, May 11).
But what if, at some point, our debtors did want to influence American policy? In a potential conflict between China and Taiwan, would China stand idly by, holding $321 billion in U.S. debt, if the United States was to interfere to protect democratic Taiwan? Would Taiwan simply hold its $68.9 billion if China attacked it and America did not come to its aid?
What if China and Taiwan were to peacefully reunite? Together they would control $389.9 billion worth of U.S. debt. Since China also controls Hong Kong, you can add in an additional $46.6 billion worth of U.S. debt, for a grand total of $436.5 billion.
That is a huge chunk of potential economic or political influence. So much influence that if China even “reduces its Treasury purchases, the U.S. would run into difficulties” financing its debts, says the Nikkei Weekly. That same publication says Chinese leaders have boasted that because China is such an important lender to America, “Beijing is holding a dagger to Washington’s throat” (May 1).
The second problem with having foreigners hold so much U.S. debt is the risk that foreigners may choose to stop accumulating it and start spending it. As with any person, the more money you have, the greater the pull to spend. If foreign nations begin to spend their dollars, the increased supply of U.S. greenbacks in circulation would probably drive the value of the dollar down, making American possessions less expensive relative to assets in other currencies. Consequently, American corporations and businesses could increasingly become targets of foreign acquisitions.
There are signs that some of America’s top corporations are already being snapped up.
Last week, American-owned Engelhard Corporation, a strategic manufacturer of catalytic converters and precious metals processing, announced that it would succumb to German-owned basf’s $5.6 billion hostile takeover—the largest-ever hostile takeover of an American company by a German corporation. Engelhard employs approximately 7,000 people worldwide.
In April, France’s telecommunications giant Alcatel sa announced it would acquire American telecom equipment maker Lucent Technologies Inc. for $13.4 billion. Since then, thousands of American workers have been laid off.
In February, Japan’s Toshiba Corp announced that it had purchased Pennsylvania-based Westinghouse Electric, the manufacturer of nuclear reactor technology, for $5.4 billion (Chicago Sun Times, February 7). Westinghouse had previously been purchased by a British-owned company.
That same month, Dubai Ports World, a United Arab Emirates company, announced it was trying to purchase the right to manage six of America’s largest port complexes, including those of New York, New Jersey, Baltimore, New Orleans, Miami and Philadelphia, from another British company. That deal later fell through due to national security concerns and congressional resistance.
During 2005, congressional opposition blocked another high-profile foreign takeover when Chinese-owned oil company cnooc proposed to buy out U.S. oil company Unocal for $18.5 billion (Financial Times, London, February 9). Slightly more than a month prior to the attempted Unocal deal, China’s Lenovo Group bought ibm’s personal computer unit for $1.75 billion.
Unfortunately, American companies increasingly look like a smorgasbord ready to be gobbled up.
But what if Congress continues to block foreign acquisitions, as it did with cnooc and Dubai Ports World? Foreign investors might become less willing to lend money to the United States. If foreigners are prevented from spending their American dollars on American acquisitions, they might begin to ask themselves why they are purchasing and holding so many U.S. Treasuries—and decide to dump them. Not good news for an already weak dollar.
America’s indebtedness is endangering the nation. Edwin Truman, who directed the Federal Reserve System’s Division of International Finance for 20 years, is not a doomsayer, but even he is warning America that there is now a 10 to 15 percent probability of a “catastrophic collapse of the financial system.” Never mind about the regular-type collapses: He is warning about a “catastrophic” disaster on the scale of the Great Depression or worse (Wall Street Journal, op. cit.).
Overspending has indebted America to the rest of the world. We owe the world so much that the threat of other nations inducing a U.S. economic disaster by just refusing to lend us more money is now a reality. As such, as America’s indebtedness grows, America is less able to protect strategic industries from foreign takeovers.
Who is a serf? A serf is one whose destiny is owned by others. Someone else owns the land he slaves on. Someone else owns the profits and technology he develops. All the fruits of his labor flow to his owners.
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