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Glenn Beck who hosts one of the most popular cable talk-shows has become the greatest threat to the Conservative and Libertarian movement. It is said in many ways that the greatest threat to an organization, movement, or nation comes from within, a Benedict Arnold.
In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Glenn Beck places himself in the conservative/libertarian camp:
"I consider myself a libertarian. I'm a conservative, but every day that goes by I'm fighting for individual rights. I mean, you name it and I am there. Our individual rights, I think they are being taken away, dribs and drabs. I'm not going to give this government another right no matter what they claim." [Source]
On the surface the only troublesome thing is Beck's implication that fighting for individual rights is against a typical conservative agenda.
Glenn Beck gained the trust of conservatives by conducting favorable interviews of evangelical ministers and attacking liberal politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
In early 2009 Glenn Beck started the 912 Project who's mission "is designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001." A time in history when the majority of Americans were willing to hand over their rights to the government in allowing the passage of the PATRIOT Act.
Lately Glenn Beck has been calling for more taxes in his Value Added Tax (VAT). More taxes in the same manner as Pelosi's VAT?
Glenn Beck's hoard of tea baggers who have hi-jacked the original Tea Party movement started in 2007 have dumbed-down the face of the conservative movement.
Now Glenn Beck who claims to be a champion of individual liberties calls for the arrest of those who protest the 9/11 Commission Report.
After traitor has successfully infiltrated its target, it delivers the payload.
In an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Glenn Beck places himself in the conservative/libertarian camp:
"I consider myself a libertarian. I'm a conservative, but every day that goes by I'm fighting for individual rights. I mean, you name it and I am there. Our individual rights, I think they are being taken away, dribs and drabs. I'm not going to give this government another right no matter what they claim." [Source]
On the surface the only troublesome thing is Beck's implication that fighting for individual rights is against a typical conservative agenda.
Glenn Beck gained the trust of conservatives by conducting favorable interviews of evangelical ministers and attacking liberal politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi.
In early 2009 Glenn Beck started the 912 Project who's mission "is designed to bring us all back to the place we were on September 12, 2001." A time in history when the majority of Americans were willing to hand over their rights to the government in allowing the passage of the PATRIOT Act.
Lately Glenn Beck has been calling for more taxes in his Value Added Tax (VAT). More taxes in the same manner as Pelosi's VAT?
Glenn Beck's hoard of tea baggers who have hi-jacked the original Tea Party movement started in 2007 have dumbed-down the face of the conservative movement.
Now Glenn Beck who claims to be a champion of individual liberties calls for the arrest of those who protest the 9/11 Commission Report.
After traitor has successfully infiltrated its target, it delivers the payload.
It's April 28, 1975, and you pick up the latest Newsweek to find this article [PDF].
It's scary! The earth is cooling off and a new Ice Age is threatening your way of life:
The drop in food output could begin quite soon, perhaps only ten years from now.
Unfortunately none of the scientists have theories on what caused impending catastrophe:
Just what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery.
At the end of the article a solution is implied:
... the growth of world population and creation of new national boundaries make it impossible for starving peoples to migrate from their devastated fields, as they did in past famines.
Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even to allay its effects. ... some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot...
Notice the problems listed in the last citation? Apparently fixing the climate would be much easier without the current population growth and national sovereignty.
Knowing what you know now, imagine what today would be like if these solutions had been carried out.
Fast forward to September of 2009, and you read this Newsweek article on Global Warming.
Too few cold days disrupts the plants' flowering schedule which in turn affects pollination and hurts yield.
Sound familiar? Yes, but this article has a more direct answer to the problem:
In response to agricultural demands, the Waxman-Markey bill exempts the agricultural industry from emission caps and cedes control over what activities warrant carbon offset credit to the Agricultural Department, not the EPA.
Government has the answer. There is no question, and there are no alternatives. Only more legislation can save us. That's what Newsweek would have you to believe.
It's scary! The earth is cooling off and a new Ice Age is threatening your way of life:
The drop in food output could begin quite soon, perhaps only ten years from now.
Unfortunately none of the scientists have theories on what caused impending catastrophe:
Just what causes the onset of major and minor ice ages remains a mystery.
At the end of the article a solution is implied:
... the growth of world population and creation of new national boundaries make it impossible for starving peoples to migrate from their devastated fields, as they did in past famines.
Climatologists are pessimistic that political leaders will take any positive action to compensate for the climatic change, or even to allay its effects. ... some of the more spectacular solutions proposed, such as melting the Arctic ice cap by covering it with black soot...
Notice the problems listed in the last citation? Apparently fixing the climate would be much easier without the current population growth and national sovereignty.
Knowing what you know now, imagine what today would be like if these solutions had been carried out.
Fast forward to September of 2009, and you read this Newsweek article on Global Warming.
Too few cold days disrupts the plants' flowering schedule which in turn affects pollination and hurts yield.
Sound familiar? Yes, but this article has a more direct answer to the problem:
In response to agricultural demands, the Waxman-Markey bill exempts the agricultural industry from emission caps and cedes control over what activities warrant carbon offset credit to the Agricultural Department, not the EPA.
Government has the answer. There is no question, and there are no alternatives. Only more legislation can save us. That's what Newsweek would have you to believe.
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Perhaps you remember the law of supply and demand from school. Now what happens when a business increases the price of its product beyond its demand? One of two things happen: people learn to do without or they find an alternative method to get that product. Enter internet piracy.
I know internet piracy has existed for a long time and will continue to exist, but I wager to you that its popularity is due in large part to absorbent prices of movie tickets, software, and other media.
A big part of illegal file sharing had included many commercial-free versions of prime-time TV shows such as Lost and Heroes. In an attempt to stem the piracy of these shows and to regain some profit, some networks tried selling these shows on iTunes. But that never seemed to take hold. People wanted to watch the shows when they wanted, but they didn't want to pay for them and didn't want to purchase a DVR.
Thus, hulu was born. A quick Alexa comparison between thepiratebay.org and the rise of popularity in hulu.com shows a direct correlation.
Today the most popular torrent seed is the new Star Trek movie. This begged the question, "How much is a ticket?" In my town that's $13 for just one adult. Ouch!
Charge people $2, let them watch it on their computer, make them watch commercials, and you will see ticket sales skyrocket.
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Recently the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was gutted by the FISA. Despite the outrage, the bill was passed, and the mainstream news moves on to other news like lipsticks and pigs.
FISA may seem like a huge tragedy(and it is!), but it is one of many Constitutional violations committed in the last few presidencies. The Republicans and Democrats are both guilty.
Here's a few more examples:
H.R. 5122: John Warner National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2007
This grants the president the ability to declare martial law without a vote in Congress.
Homeland Security Act
Patriot Act
I understand a feeling of helplessness, but there is a solution.
It's called the American Freedom Agenda Act(pdf).
The American Freedom Campaign summarize the bill well:
"The American Freedom Agenda Act would bar the use of evidence obtained through torture; require that federal intelligence gathering is conducted in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); create a mechanism for challenging presidential signing statements; repeal the Military Commissions Act, which, among other things, denies habeas corpus to certain detainees; prohibit kidnapping, detentions, and torture abroad; protect journalists who publish information received from the executive branch; and ensure that secret evidence is not used to designate individuals or organizations with a presence in the U.S. as foreign terrorists."
I implore you to call your representatives. If you aren't sure how to contact them, us Congress.org. It's an excellent source.
Now is the time to take action!
This is the essence of what is wrong with our government:
Now, I'm not for socialism by any means, but why is our government sending $1 billion to the country of Georgia when gas prices are about to shoot through the roof from an impending hurricane? An infusion of a billion dollars could stem the cost of gasoline, or better yet, aid the recovery for the impending destruction of homes and businesses in Texas.
The government is broken.
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There really are no substantive differences between the two major party candidates:
Which candidate will end the fraudulent and unconstitutional War on Drugs, which funds covert counter-democracy CIA activities abroad while eroding civil liberties here at home?
Which candidate will end the fraudulent and unconstitutional War on Terror, which transforms the Middle East into a breeding ground for radical jihadists who are eager follow in the footsteps of the CIA-manufactured ones that attacked us on September 11th?
Which candidate will dismantle the secret state within the CIA, which has waged a continuous and covert war against peaceful, progressive, socializing movements throughout the world by aiding and arming repressive regimes who abet the plunder of their nation's resources by Western elites?
Which candidate will end our unconditional military, economic, and moral support for the apartheid, Zionist state of Israel?
Which candidate will eliminate the Federal Reserve, which puts control over our economic future and prosperity into the hands of a supra-elite cartel of international bankers?
Which candidate will repeal the unconstitutional income tax, which funds the cancer that is the military-industrial complex?
Which candidate will disclose what the government really knows about UFOs?
Which candidate will nullify the authority of sovereignty-eroding global governing organizations, that set policy and law on an international scale without any representation from or accountability to the people of any nation?
Which candidate will start a genuine investigation into 9/11, as opposed to the underfunded, stonewalled, still-born, shameful whitewash that was the 9/11 Commission Report?
Which candidate will ferret out and bring to trial the traitors in the White House, State Department, Justice Department, Pentagon, Congress, DHS, FBI, CIA, FEMA, and any other agency, who have been responsible for the subterfuge of our democracy, starting with the current president and vice-president?
Which candidate will restore our constitutional democracy by drastically reducing the power and scope of the federal government as well as that of the corporate estate?
If you still buy into the stage-managed "left" versus "right" game of political hot-potato that passes for political discourse in our society, these words will probably fall on deaf ears. But if you're willing to dedicate yourself to seeking the truth of things with an open mind, you'll soon wise up to the fact that so-called consensus reality is a well-crafted charade designed to conceal and perpetuate a power structure of global scope which is unmistakably totalitarian in both action and intent.
So, which candidate will work to abolish the institutionalized causes of terror, conflict, inequality, injustice, and suffering, in our nation, and throughout the world? Neither.