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		<title>Peace to All: A new President, a new Bretton Woods&#8230;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&#8230;wait, was that a pale horse going by?</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Remember remember, the fifth of November.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Like a shot heard around the world, the reverberations of Obama&#8217;s victory are being felt from Chicago, to Hawaii to Kenya – with a lot of tears of joy, as well as a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">&#8230;wait, was that a pale horse going by?</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Remember remember, the fifth of November.</font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&nbsp;</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Like a shot heard around the world, the reverberations of Obama&#8217;s victory are being felt from Chicago, to Hawaii to Kenya – with a lot of tears of joy, as well as </font></font><a href="http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2008/11/medvedev_congratulates_then_th.htm"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>a little antagonism</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> for good measure from our favorite nemesis.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">The enthusiasm is palpable, and difficult to avoid.  Why not enjoy it for awhile. Some relief is overdue and well-earned, even if superficial.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Despite some obvious links to the same secret elite running the show, one cannot help but feel honored at having witnessed the election of the first black American president.  It is an amazing moment for so many people of every background and will not be forgotten.  I don&#8217;t blame anyone for their ignorance of the true ruling powers and their agendas; the fact that so many people rallied and voted for an African-American candidate for the highest post in the land, because they believed in him as a good man who would bring much-needed and positive change, is an honorable testament to the enduring vision and character of our nation&#8217;s people.  That is something to be proud of, as an American, whether the whole thing was contrived or not.  It would be nice to imagine that our government might actually reflect the good will and intention of the people it&#8217;s supposed to represent.  Even knowing what I know, I&#8217;m still grateful for the moment, however fleeting.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Indeed, just the simple fact that millions around the world are psychically vibing the Universe for change and hope is very, very powerful.  That alone could work wonders.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">That said, I have noticed a few interesting details.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">From now until the inauguration, our </font></font><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/oct/29/usa-bush-syria-elections"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>lame duck will be busy</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.  A new global financial authority?  What interesting timing.  The participation of the President-elect is already scheduled.  There&#8217;s no doubt he will join the game already in play, and could even help inspire the world towards a new &#8216;glorious&#8217; economic future.  Just consider the similarity between </font></font><a href="http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/newenergy"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Obama&#8217;s energy plan</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> and the recently announced </font></font><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/10/22/eaunep122.xml"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>plan from the U.N</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.  Thousands of new jobs all working towards energy sustainability?  Genius.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">This </font></font><a href="http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1852254,00.html"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Bretton Woods II</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> has been planned for a very long time.  </font></font><a href="http://www.engdahl.oilgeopolitics.net/Financial_Tsunami/Warfare_Behind_Panic/warfare_behind_panic.html"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>There is no accident in any of it at all</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.   There are so many world leaders calling for a &#8216;new world order&#8217; by name I can&#8217;t even bookmark them fast enough.  The noose is tightening, but it will be decorated with rainbows and glitter, thanks perhaps to Obama, who is </font></font><a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/usDollarRpt/idUSL537969020081105"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>already being called upon</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> to help usher it in.  Most people won&#8217;t realize what happened until it&#8217;s long over, and they don&#8217;t recognize the currency in their wallets anymore.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLPOeQZdHYw&amp;feature=related"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Colin Powell</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> and </font></font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keEsJVrlw6I"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Joe Biden</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> both recently and strangely predicted major world events that would test Obama&#8217;s presidency from Day One.  If a 9/11 type scenario presented itself under Obama&#8217;s reign, how would we react?  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">How about if UFOs finally landed on Obama&#8217;s watch?  I did notice that the director of his transition team is John Podesta, who has called for the </font></font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2Sz-MgoFos"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>declassification of UFO files</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> in the past few years.  And if Obama says the aliens are good guys, everyone will believe him.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">I can&#8217;t help but notice how well everything went yesterday, all voting malfunctions considered.  Unlike the past two elections, the major networks easily predicted Obama&#8217;s win in plenty of time for a well-written and generous speech from McCain, so it wouldn&#8217;t be too late for Obama to appear at his enormous rally in Chicago. And Obama&#8217;s acceptance speech – while I agree was incredibly moving and historic – contained several references that might seem innocent, but for those sensitive to the masonic lingo and the way they are known to communicate, questionable at the very least.  </font></font><a href="http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/politics/bal-text1105,0,2684817.story"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Here is the transcript</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.  New dawn?  Brick by brick?  “Arc” of history?  Well done, well done. </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">And just for the record, at the time of the pronouncement that Obama would become the 44</font></font><sup><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">th</font></font></sup><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> President, just after 11 PM Eastern time, he had 333 electoral votes and McCain had 155.  The inauguration is scheduled for January 20, </font></font><a href="http://www.livescience.com/history/081105-inauguration-date.html"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>77 days</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">, or 11 weeks exactly, after election day.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">I think – I hope &#8211; the world will indeed prosper from his leadership, at least for awhile.  The problem that has been presented to us (and been reacted to) has been offered a solution, once which has been enthusiastically embraced from all corners of the world.  A young, strong, handsome and inspiring face to lead us to the promised land.  Green jobs and economic prosperity.  The true start to a new millennium of racial and cultural hegemony. Perhaps even a new brand of world peace.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">So I am here along for the ride.  I expect there to be quite a bit of change indeed, maybe just not always the kind of change people are expecting.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">RFID chips?  Big Brother?  The Department of Homeland Security?  PSYOPS?  Radical military mind control technologies?  The North American Union?  Don&#8217;t expect such things to change under Obama, though they might be served to us with a bit more sugar and spice.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Myself, I&#8217;m starved for something tasty for a change.  I&#8217;ll go in for a bite, though I can&#8217;t eat very much.  I&#8217;m sure there are at least 3 ½ years before the poison takes effect.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><strong>&#8230;when a new leader is chosen, don&#8217;t offer to help him with your wealth or your expertise.  Offer instead to teach him about the Tao.”</strong></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><strong>-Tao Te Ching #62</strong></em></font></font></p>
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		<title>Are you surprised yet?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 01:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.&#8221;
Amschel Mayer Rothschild</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">&#8220;I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated in the hands of a few men.&#8221; </p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>&#8220;Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.&#8221;</span></span><br />
<em>A</em><em><strong>mschel Mayer Rothschild</strong></em></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">&#8220;I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated in the hands of a few men.&#8221; </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><strong>Woodrow Wilson, U.S. President, 1913, after the sneaky creation of the (non-governmental) &#8216;Federal Reserve Bank&#8217;</strong></em></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal"> <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">&#8220;I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around [the banks] will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered. The issuing power should be taken from the banks and restored to the people, to whom it properly belongs.&#8221; </font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><strong>Written by Jefferson in a letter to the Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin (1802). </strong></em></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>&#8220;It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.&#8221;</span></span></font></font></p>
<p><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">&#8220;The one aim of these financiers is world control by the creation of inextinguishable debts.&#8221;<em><strong><br />
Henry Ford </strong></em></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">&#8230;the tension is still building; at least, that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re all &#8216;supposed&#8217; to be feeling.  Can you rise above it?  Can you be the eye of the hurricane?</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">As far back as I am able to stand back from all of this, I still can&#8217;t shake that feeling of imminent disaster.  As positive as I struggle to remain, I can&#8217;t help but notice all of the dramatic emotions and desperate circumstances that continue to cross my path on a daily basis.  And I&#8217;m not even talking about politics or the stock market.</font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">On every level it seems, the angst seems widespread <font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">and unrepentant</font></font>.  The media continues to inflame the &#8216;crisis&#8217;, burrowing certain words and possible scenarios into our psyches to the extent that we unwittingly end up creating the reality They want, simply as a result of so many fearful thoughtforms crowding together in the noosphere.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">The other night I made a point of googling a chocolate cake recipe on the Internet, just so I could feel happiness at my discovery, rather than that pervasive sense of dread that&#8217;s been haunting my every click the past few days.  </font></font>Sometimes you just need a little chocolate to make it through. <img src='http://surfingthetao.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />   </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">I almost don&#8217;t want to post this stuff.  Could just be fomenting discord and spreading negative memes.  Notwithstanding the personal risk we take, simply exercising our free speech these days.  I should state for the record, I&#8217;m not one for physical revolt.  I have always believed the Way out is Within.  But be that as it may, I feel obligated to pass on what is resonating so strongly with me at this moment.  My personal life is currently being flooded with a deluge of questions from every direction, <em>what is going on? What should I do?</em>  And I can only say, it is the beginning of something big, both terrible and wonderful, I can&#8217;t say how or what exactly, or when it will end or change, but hold on tight and focus on love, that&#8217;s all I Know for sure. </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Daniel Pinchbeck&#8217;s newest article, </font></font><a href="http://www.realitysandwich.com/meditations_emergency"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><u><strong>Meditations in an Emergency</strong></u></em></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">, was a bit unexpected, though quite interesting.  It&#8217;s well worth a read.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XgkeTanCGI"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Naomi Wolf&#8217;s interview,</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> in which she discusses her book </font></font><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/surthetao-20/detail/1416590560"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><u><strong>Give Me Liberty</strong></u></em></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> (sequel to </font></font><a href="http://astore.amazon.com/surthetao-20/detail/1933392797"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><u><strong>The End of America</strong></u></em></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">) and the associated issues of the loss of freedom in our beloved America, was heartfelt and important.  Several friends posted or sent me the link recently, and I seriously recommend readers take a look.  </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Check out the trailer of Wolf&#8217;s coming film, </font></font><a href="http://endofamericamovie.com/"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><u><strong>The End Of America</strong></u></em></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.  Also please note the </font></font><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgMx2F41XD0"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>C-Span blurb</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"> from Congressman Brad Sherman regarding the recent threats of total financial collapse and/or martial law, made towards legislators if they didn&#8217;t rush to pass the bail-out.  The ramifications are enormous; sadly, most Americans will not grasp the gravity of the event that has already taken place in the &#8216;land of the free&#8217;.    </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqxmPjB0WSs"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Keith Olbermann&#8217;s outrage </strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">at the current administration&#8217;s actions is priceless, and extremely relevant still today.  I have to wonder why he&#8217;s even still on the air anymore, frankly.  He should be dead by now.  Else he&#8217;s really some kind of double agent.</font></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">No doubt They&#8217;re spinning us around faster and faster to disorient us, as They manipulate their agenda into action.  The </font></font><a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=3045&amp;art_id=vn20080928093020423C422115"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>October 14</strong></u></font></font></a><a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=3045&amp;art_id=vn20080928093020423C422115"><sup><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>th</strong></u></font></font></sup></a><a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&amp;click_id=3045&amp;art_id=vn20080928093020423C422115"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong> rumors </strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">of an alien landing have perked my ears, though some say it&#8217;s just another boy-crying-wolf scenario.  On the other hand, if it does happen, </font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em>especially now</em></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">, best brush up on </font></font><a href="http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_bluebeam04.htm"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><u><strong>Project Blue Beam</strong></u></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.  Or, perhaps, an episode of  </font></font><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_Serve_Man_%28The_Twilight_Zone%29"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><u><strong>The Twilight Zone</strong></u></em></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.  Don&#8217;t believe everything you see; look for truth within yourself.  Be discerning.</font></font></font></font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">Neil Kramer&#8217;s recent article at </font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em>The Cleaver</em></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">, </font></font><a href="http://thecleaver.blogspot.com/2008/10/into-fractal-core-get-ready-for-shift.html"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em><u><strong>Into the Fractal Core: Get Ready for the Shift</strong></u></em></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">, wraps up with some wisdom relevant to our times: “Greater dimensions of being await. Observe non-attachment. Do not cling to anything, and there shall be no suffering. Easier said than done, some may say, but take the first step. Know in your heart that all is one. Feel the impermanence of all things. Know the indestructibility of your soul. We have chosen to be here now, in this time of revelation, unveiling and transformation. Stand at the centre. </font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2"><em>You are the change</em></font></font><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 10pt" size="2">.”</font></font></p>
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		<title>The Political Charade, Act I: Sheep on a Merry-Go-Round</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 04:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Neatly coinciding with the programming void left by the Hollywood writer&#8217;s strike, the primary elections have taken on the buzz and excitement normally reserved for the best reality TV shows.  Final prize: the Presidency of the United States. Who will get eliminated this week??</p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Neatly coinciding with the programming void left by the Hollywood writer&#8217;s strike, the primary elections have taken on the buzz and excitement normally reserved for the best reality TV shows.  Final prize: the Presidency of the United States. Who will get eliminated this week??</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">In fact I don&#8217;t doubt that the drama isn&#8217;t as <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2008/1/3/vote_for_change_atrocity_linked_us"><strong>carefully crafted </strong></a>as our entertainment, keeping in mind of course that everything is at least partially scripted these days, “reality” or not.  You think we&#8217;re actually being given a choice this time around?  Interesting, when you consider that Hillary is backed by the <a href="http://www.portfolio.com/views/columns/the-world-according-to/2007/10/05/An-interview-with-Lady-de-Rothschild#page4"><strong>Rothschilds</strong></a>, and apparently <a href="http://www.hillaryproject.com/index.php?/en/story-details/how_the_rockefellers_created_hillary/"><strong>controlled by the Rockefellers</strong></a>; Obama, who is <a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2007/FOX_Obama_related_to_Bush_Cheney_1017.html"><strong>related to Bush and Cheney</strong></a>, gets his advice from <strong><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/12/foreign-policy-expert-stumps-for-obama/">Zbigniew B</a><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/09/12/foreign-policy-expert-stumps-for-obama/">rzezinski,</a></strong> a known Rockefeller lackey; McCain has <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2006/12/19/mccain-kissinger/"><strong>Kissinger</strong></a> on his side; and, perhaps most poignant of all, our votes are actually <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&amp;code=WHI20080116&amp;articleId=7819"><strong>controlled by Diebold</strong></a>.   And though it could be a red herring, don&#8217;t forget that our own GW, the biggest scab of them all, has written a secret, second draft of the script.  In that third act, another “catastrophic event” rips open the scars of 9/11 and <a href="http://www.concordbridge.net/NSPD-51.htm"><strong>locks his own lead role firmly in place</strong></a> forever.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Someone bring back the writers; this script is getting too predictable.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><em>Oh, whatever will happen??</em>,  I cry, in my best sarcastic tone.  Will it be a <a href="http://aftermathnews.wordpress.com/2007/10/31/the-handwriting-is-on-the-wall-its-a-clinton-obama-ticket-in-%E2%80%9808/"><strong>Hillary/Obama</strong></a> ticket as forecast months ago by those in tune with elitist agendas?  That would sure tie it up nicely, and give a surge of false hope to the masses; on the other hand, the traditional white male model is still quite fashionable these days.  If one wonders about whether there are warring factions within the ranks of the elite puppet masters, this year may reveal such a conflict.  Is it simply a matter of changing the lead actor in the role?  Or are they truly battling it out behind the scenes?  One cannot help but watch, like an accident in slow motion, knowing that the scaly talons that currently hold the ball will not relinquish control so readily.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Even if we can guess the ending, it is fascinating to watch the play enacted, particularly since voters themselves play a role.  It seems we have become part of the programming ourselves, so tidily manipulated from one side of the aisle to the other by the dangling carrot of hope and faith in the system.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">For such players, there seems to be the opportunity to ask, are we ready for an alternative?  Are people tired enough of the status quo to come out and make it happen, to read their lines as scripted?  Voters are being truly rallied this time around, like sheep on a merry-go-round.  But are we being deftly maneuvered towards what many believe could be a bright, new change, just to have all our hopes and dreams dashed by one sweep of the current presidential pen?  Many spirits would literally be crushed into submission, the prison walls would become visible and the veil would be lifted forever.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Red pills all around; we&#8217;re all out of blue.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Of course it&#8217;s all a farce.  Whatever it was back in the real GW&#8217;s day, it has become a mockery now.  But even knowing that, I&#8217;ll take four more years of the illusion rather than witness the final death rattle from my beloved country.  I&#8217;m just not ready yet.  I&#8217;ll frankly be pleased enough if there even IS an election in November, as long as it&#8217;s followed by an actual swearing-in come January.  Please – change the guard, even if it is in name only.  The alternative could mean the loss of many more lives, not to mention the <a href="http://www.freedomfiles.org/war/fema.htm"><strong>forced internment</strong></a> of those who think they can revolt.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">I&#8217;ll be busy in the amusement park on the studio lot this year, just enjoying the rides and praying they don&#8217;t get written out of the scene.  Because man oh man, I just really, really don&#8217;t want to have to say, I told you so.</p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">Baaa.</p>
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		<title>Notes from the Surf VII</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 20:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
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Back on the island; I notice there&#8217;s been more activity at Kilauea volcano since I left.  

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The Yes Men caught my attention for their unusual, clever and successful antics.  For one, they impersonated Halliburton at a global warming conference, introducing the “SurvivaBall” as a new way to survive catastrophe.  People [...]]]></description>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2">Back on the island; I notice there&#8217;s been <a href="http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070804/NEWS0101/708040341/1001/NEWS">more activity</a> at Kilauea volcano since I left.  </font></font></li>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2"><a href="http://www.theyesmen.org/">The Yes Men</a> caught my attention for their unusual, clever and successful antics.  For one, they impersonated Halliburton at a global warming conference, introducing the “<a href="http://ethicscrisis.com/2006/05/yes_men_survival_ball_yanks_halliburtons_chain.php">SurvivaBall</a>” as a new way to survive catastrophe.  People actually went for it!!  These ballsy fellows also posed as Exxon officials at the Gas &amp; Oil Exposition in Calgary and tried to suggest a new type of fuel, <a href="http://blogs.reuters.com/2007/06/19/its-new-its-disgusting-and-it-fooled-an-oil-industry-group/">Vivoleum</a>, made from the bodies of the millions of people who will die as a result of global climate change.  Not so readily accepted but poignant in it&#8217;s own way.</font></font></li>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2">A <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070717-3.html">new Executive Order</a> now makes it illegal to interfere with the government&#8217;s policies in Iraq.  Here is <a href="http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Oldline_Republican_warns_somethings_in_works_0719.html">an article</a> warning about a coming police state&#8230;duh.  Pretty much a done deal by now.</font></font></li>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2">I read a lot and yet still have a very long wish list&#8230;</font></font><a href="http://www.alcyone.com/max/lit/flatland/"><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2"><em>Flatland</em></font></font></a><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2"> is one, a novel of multi-dimensions written by Edwin A. Abbott in 1884, and I notice it&#8217;s being made into a <a href="http://www.flatlandthemovie.com/">film coming soon</a>.</font></font></li>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2">Can&#8217;t stop thinking about the <a href="http://www.etherzone.com/2007/mako070207.shtml">strange revelation</a>, if it&#8217;s true, regarding the Chinese secret society openly warning the “Illuminati” against moving ahead with their depopulation plans.  If you&#8217;ve done much research into <a href="http://surfingthetao.com/2006/05/25/weather-modification/">weather modification</a> and the possibility of weather wars, one begins to wonder if they are already afoot&#8230;  Who knows; something to think about anyway.</font></font></li>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2">What do you think of Ron Paul?  Been reading some of <a href="http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul-arch.html">his articles</a> lately; is he for real, or just another manipulation by the powers-that-be?  I suppose it will be interesting to see how far he makes it, given that the present game would have us believe that he is not one of Them.</font></font></li>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2">It seems the <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/2007/1979384.htm">Moebius Strip</a> conundrum has finally been solved.  Whew.</font></font></li>
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<li><font face="Verdana, sans-serif"><font style="font-size: 9pt" size="2">Here&#8217;s something new&#8230;<a href="http://www.goodnewsblog.com/">good news</a>!  <img src='http://surfingthetao.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </font></font></li>
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		<title>Happy Fourth of July</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2007 10:25:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angela</dc:creator>
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<p style="font-style: normal" align="left">The Constitution of the United States of America</p>
<p style="font-style: normal" align="left">We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our [...]]]></description>
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<p style="font-style: normal" align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>The Constitution of the United States of America</strong></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal" align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal"><span>We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. </span></span></span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal" align="left"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Amendment I</strong></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.</span></span></p>
<p style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here sir, the people govern. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal" align="right"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Alexander Hamilton, speech to the New York Ratifying Convention, June 17, 1788</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fear is the foundation of most governments; but it is so sordid and brutal a passion, and renders men in whose breasts it predominates so stupid and miserable, that Americans will not be likely to approve of any political institution which is founded on it. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal" align="right"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-style: normal"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finally, there seem to be but three Ways for a Nation to acquire Wealth. The first is by War as the Romans did in plundering their conquered Neighbours. This is Robbery. The second by Commerce which is generally Cheating. The third by Agriculture the only honest Way; wherein Man receives a real Increase of the Seed thrown into the Ground, in a kind of continual Miracle wrought by the Hand of God in his favour, as a Reward for his innocent Life, and virtuous Industry. </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0in; font-style: normal" align="right"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><strong>Benjamin Franklin, Positions to be Examined, April 4, 1769</strong></span></span></p>
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<p style="font-style: normal">“<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB">Power makes men wanton . . . it intoxicates the mind; and unless those with whom it is entrusted are carefully watched, such men will not govern the people according to the laws of the state.&#8221;</span></span></span> <strong><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"></span></span></span></strong></p>
<p style="font-style: normal"><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal"> Samuel 	Adams, famous US politician (1722-1803)</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal">Single acts of tyranny may be ascribed to the accidental opinion of a day; but a series of oppressions, begun at a distinguished period, and pursued unalterably through every change of ministers, too plainly prove a deliberate systematical job of reducing us to slaves.”</span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal"><br />
Thomas Jefferson (1743 – 1826)</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in">“<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal">You (International Trans-Atlantic Bankers) are a den of vipers and thieves. I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out. If the American people only understood the rank injustice of our money and banking system, there would be a revolution before morning.”</span></span></span></span><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal"><br />
- General Andrew Jackson in a speech in 1812. He would later become the 7</span></span></span></span></strong><strong><sup><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal">th</span></span></span></span></sup></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal"> president of the United States effectively abolishing a privately owned central bank. On January 30, 1835 he escapes from an assassination attempt when both guns from the attacker misfire.</span></span></span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0in"><em>“</em><em><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal">Masonry ought forever to be abolished. It is wrong &#8211; essentially wrong &#8211; a seed of evil, which can never produce any good.”</span></span></span></span></em><strong><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style: normal"><br />
- John Quincy Adams, sixth President of the United States, Ambassador and Secretary of State in his 1833 book &#8220;Letters on Freemasonry.&#8221; His father was the vice-president of George Washington, a Freemason.</span></span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal"> </span></span></span></p>
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<p>From The Plan to Disappear Canada by Murray Dobbin, “If the machinations going on in this country regarding so-called &#8220;deep integration&#8221; were instead a communist conspiracy to take over the country (you will, of course, have to try hard to imagine this) the news media would be blaring the story. </p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 9pt">From <a href="http://thetyee.ca/Views/2007/06/08/DeepIntegrate/"><em>The Plan to Disappear Canada</em></a> by Murray Dobbin, “If the machinations going on in this country regarding so-called &#8220;deep integration&#8221; were instead a communist conspiracy to take over the country (you will, of course, have to try hard to imagine this) the news media would be blaring the story. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Pundits would pontificate, editorialists would erupt, security forces would be unleashed. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Instead, a virtual conspiracy to make the country disappear through assimilation into the U.S. gets barely a mention.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt">But news of the scheme &#8212; formally called the <a href="http://www.spp.gov/" target="_blank">Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP)</a> &#8212; is finally breaking out of the secret chambers of the ruling elite and the federal government. This is both good news and bad. It&#8217;s good that ordinary citizens are finally getting a glimpse of the betrayal of their country. The news is bad because it reflects just how much of this scheme is already being implemented. “</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Mr. Dobbin goes on to summarize the main points of the arrangements in the works.<span> </span>Our government claims the agreement is still ‘informal’ (White House spokesman Tony Snow called the NAU a ’<a href="http://lonewacko.com/blog/archives/006693.html">myth</a>’), but <a href="http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/PropagandaBuster.html">others insist</a> it was signed without our approval on <a href="http://usinfo.state.gov/is/Archive/2005/Mar/23-209281.html">March 23, 2005</a> in Waco, Texas by President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin and Mexican President Vicente Fox.<span> </span>From <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Pastor">Robert Pastor</a> at the <a href="http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/NorthAmerica_TF_final.pdf">CFR,</a> “The main recommendation of the Task Force is the creation, by 2010 at the latest, of a North American security and economic community whose boundaries will be defined by a common external tariff and an outer security perimeter&#8221;.<span> </span>Indeed, over 300 agencies are already ‘harmonizing’ regulations of such things as energy, taxes, tariffs, and pesticides, many of which were originally part of NAFTA and are now being ‘fast-tracked’ by the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_and_Prosperity_Partnership_of_North_America">SPP initiative</a>.<span> </span>Even a trilateral <a href="http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&amp;y=2007&amp;m=June&amp;x=20070608184507JMnamdeirF0.3027918">open skies</a> initiative has been discussed.<span> </span>(Incidentally, the US and the EU are also <a href="http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&amp;y=2007&amp;m=April&amp;x=20070430185112MVyelwarC0.5934107">‘harmonizing’ regulations</a>.)<span> </span><a href="http://www.irc-online.org/americaspolicy/am/4276">Security</a> concerns have always topped the list of justifications for integration. At least one <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBmFrYWPoG8">NAFTA superhighway</a> is also in the works (with new <a href="http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/july2006/260706rfidcard.htm">RFID tracking</a> technology), even though fourteen states have petitioned Congress to abandon the SPP.<span> </span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt"><a href="http://thetyee.ca/News/2006/10/12/Forum/">Secretive summits</a> have been held as critics declare an elitist corporate agenda works out the details of their scheme away from prying eyes.<span> </span>Indeed they may have good reason: outspoken critics include <a href="http://www.augustreview.com/news_commentary/north_american_union/lou_dobbs_slams_north_american_union_2007040654/">Lou Dobbs</a>, <a href="http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/tst103006.htm">Rep. Ron Paul</a>, <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53947">Rep. Virgil Good (R-Va)</a>, and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uyWiGQ_tgM">Connie Fogal</a> of the <a href="http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/media.html">Canadian Action Party</a>, and there are <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56264">plans to protest</a> the next meeting of the SPP on August 21-22nd in Montebello, Quebec.<span> </span>Opponents from both <a href="http://www.vivelecanada.ca/staticpages/index.php/ribbon">Canada</a> and <a href="http://www.stopthenau.org/">the US</a> are up in arms over the potential loss of <a href="http://www.aim.org/aim_report/5517_0_4_0_C/">sovereignty</a>.<span> </span><a href="http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/NAUArticles.html">Others</a> go further, claiming the plans are an act of treason or sedition.<span> </span>At least two other recent acts, the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007(<a href="http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?tab=summary&amp;bill=h109-5122">NDAA</a>), which gives the President dictatorial powers in the case of ‘public emergency’, and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_Commissions_Act">Military Commissions Act</a> which suspended habeas corpus in 2006, have been linked to the plans by some opponents.<span> </span>For more information, <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&amp;code=VIV20061220&amp;articleId=4216">here</a> is a timeline of the events leading up to <a href="http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CRA205A.html">deep integration</a>, <a href="http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/ProLinks.html">those organizations</a> working to support the plan, and <a href="http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/AntiLinks.html">those</a> fighting against it.<span> </span><a href="http://www.spectrezine.org/NorthAmerica/hillard.htm">Pierre Hillard</a> also provides a substantial overview, as does Dr. Jerome R. Corsi in his book, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Late-Great-U-S-Coming-Merger/dp/0979045142">The Late Great USA</a></em>.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 9pt">Proponents insist there are no plans to undermine the US Constitution or create a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amero">unified currency</a>, but <a href="http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=21128">others maintain</a> these issues will likely be addressed eventually, and probably already have been behind closed doors.<span> </span><span> </span>Immigration will certainly play a major role in the decision-making process; some wonder if the issue is being used as a <a href="http://777denny.wordpress.com/2007/06/19/is-the-immigration-debate-a-diversion-for-a-north-american-union/">diversion</a>, or a “<a href="http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/PropagandaBuster.html">mechanism</a> for achieving the globalists’ NAU goal”.<span> </span>From <a href="http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55787">WorldNetDaily.com</a>, “WASHINGTON &#8212; The controversial <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comprehensive_Immigration_Reform_Act_of_2007">&#8216;Secure Borders, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Reform Act of 2007</a>,&#8217; which would grant millions of illegal aliens the right to stay in the U.S. under certain conditions, contains provisions for the acceleration of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a plan for North American economic and defense integration, WND has learned.&#8221;<span> </span>Attaching such an emotional and controversial issue to the globalization agenda is a cleverly sinister way to achieve their eventual goals of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_World_Order_%28conspiracy%29">New World Order</a>.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%">“When the will to power is in charge, the higher the ideals, the lower the results.” –Tao Te Ching #58</span></p>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="MsoNormal">The Random House dictionary defines a patriot as one who “defends his or her country and its interests,” but it also regards a patriot as a “defender, esp. of individual rights, against presumed interference by the federal government.”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our country today is troubled not only with another war abroad, but with a war of words at home.<span>  </span>On one side are those who defend the present government without question.<span>  </span>They are angered by those on the other side, who speak out against policies and decisions made by those in power today.<span>  </span>Both sides claim patriotism, but to what?<span>  </span>Could it be that our differing definitions of ‘patriotism’ could be undermining the stability of the very country we are all claim to be defending?<span>  </span>Lao Tzu wrote in his <i>Tao Te Ching</i>, “When the country falls into chaos, patriotism is born.”<span>  </span>Has it gotten that bad already?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Revolutionary War was fought by so-called ‘patriots’ – those who sought freedom from a government they didn’t agree with.<span>  </span>Did Britain consider them to be patriots?<span>  </span>In a sense these ‘patriots’ were actually rebels, engaged in what they considered to be a righteous rebellion against tyranny.<span>  </span>Adlai Stevenson said, “Do not&#8230; regard the critics as questionable patriots.  What were Washington and Jefferson and Adams but profound critics of the colonial status quo?”</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">And what issues did our founding fathers have with this ‘tyrannical’ rule of the time?<span>  </span>Our forefathers sought freedom from taxation without representation; they sought religious freedom; they sought freedom of speech and expression; they sought self-rule.<span>  </span>The resulting Declaration of Independence and Constitution attempted to provide a satisfactory alternative to rule by monarchy.<span>  </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Especially since 9/11, many argue that some of these freedoms have been curtailed, ironically by the USA Patriot Act, and other acts of government in which the general population had no say.<span>  </span>Was it done, as they say, to protect our freedom?<span>  </span>I suppose, as I believe Donald Rumsfeld once said, that we can have freedom or security, but not both.<span>  </span>Of course now we are at war as well, and many cry out in against those who choose not to support our government in this effort, claiming such people are un-patriotic.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I support our troops without question.  Those men and women didn’t start the war, they are just doing their duty, which happens to be following orders &#8211; many times to the death.<span>  </span>I applaud these people for their fortitude and stamina in this seemingly unending war against terrorism.<span>  </span>Regardless of the arguments some make about Iraq not having WMDs, or that Iraq didn’t destroy the WTC, or that war is a means to profit for the elite – these men and women in uniform aren’t to blame and should have our gratitude and respect.</p>
<p>But to call someone un-patriotic for questioning their government?<span>  </span>Of course the government itself feels slighted, so as Henry Steele Commager said, “Men in authority will always think that criticism of their policies is dangerous. They will always equate their policies with patriotism, and find criticism subversive.”<span>  </span>But going back again to the days of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, certainly these men would support the right to speak out.<span>  </span>They hoped the republic they created would provide a balance between the rulers and the ruled.<span>  </span>They provided the right to free speech and to bear arms – not so people could run around yelling and killing each other, but so they could defend themselves from a dishonest government if need be.<span>  </span>Certainly the citizenry will not always agree on whether this is the case -<span>  </span>but don’t we have the right to disagree?<span>  </span>Shouldn’t we at the very least respect each other’s opinion, and take the time to listen to each other?<span>  </span>Isn’t that really what it means to be an American?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you research famous quotes on patriotism the result is surprising.<span>  </span>Those who refuse to question the policies of our government might be advised to reread a little history.<span>  </span>It’s our job as patriots!<span>  </span>I saw a bumper sticker once which said, “Sometimes a patriot needs to defend his country against its government.”<span>  </span>And along those lines many famous people have spoken out over the years.<span>  </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From Teddy Roosevelt, “To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.” <i>(1918)</i></p>
<p>From Mark Twain: “The government is merely a servant &#8212; merely a temporary servant; it cannot be its prerogative to determine what is right and what is wrong, and decide who is a patriot and who isn&#8217;t. Its function is to obey orders, not originate them.”</p>
<p>From James Baldwin: “I love America more than any other country in this world, and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually.”</p>
<p>From Edward R. Murrow: “We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. When the loyal opposition dies, I think the soul of America dies with it.”</p>
<p>To be loyal to America doesn’t mean to sit back and allow one administration or another the power to make decisions without debate or dissent.<span>  </span>To be a loyal American is to stand up for our original freedoms, to stand up as our forefathers did, as ‘rebellious patriots’, and fight for the rights that made our country great <span> </span>- particularly the right to disagree, without repercussion.<span>  </span>This is the heart and soul of America, and when that is gone, then we become Americans in name only.<span>  </span>Some argue, this has already happened, but as long as this article remains posted we still have a chance.</p>
<p>Someday soon, I fear, being an “American” could become a thing of the past, in name as well.<span>  </span>As Ronald Reagan famously said in 1985, “I couldn&#8217;t help but say to [Mr. Gorbachev], just think how easy his task and mine might be in these meetings that we held if suddenly there was a threat to this world from another planet.  [We'd] find out once and for all that we really are all human beings here on this earth together.”<span>  </span>If we are truly on the road to world government, as many believe, we as Americans will have a lot more to fight for someday.<span>  </span>If our sovereignty is ever threatened, I can only hope that all Americans – those on both sides of the ‘patriot’ argument today – will come together to defend her from those who seek ultimate power.<span>  </span>As Daniel Webster said in 1850, “I was born an American; I will live an American; I shall die an American!”<span>  </span></p>
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