updated 12/22/09

While Big Brother keeps assuring us they’re protecting us from terrorists, and that they cant afford to protect our Rights, Health or Environment, because of their fraud known as the “war on terror” and because they’re giving to many billions of dollars to rich bankers in this massive theft called a “bail-out”, what can we do, rather than live in fear of the possible next manufactured crisis?

If we want real “national security” why not support greater health and self-sufficiency?  Why not bring back Victory Gardens?  Why not promote & support the use of effective natural medicines and people owning their own land so they don’t have to pay rent their whole lives and can grow their own food/medicine and not be dependent on corporations for basic necessities?  Why not end our dependency on the private central bank debt-based fractional reserve system (The Federal Reserve) that our entire economy is basically run by, that is a continual crime against the American People?!  The Federal Reserve, a private central bank, produces money out of thin air, (that’s what the fractional in a Fractional Reserve means basically) and then charges us, the taxpayers, interest on every dollar they produce, so that we can never truly “balance the budget”; the system is designed to create continual debt, and therefore make the Public continually dependent, and solidify the control of the banks over our society.

So how can we be less dependent on bankers who don’t care about people suffering? How can we avoid poverty without participating in a rigged/unjust monetary system?

First of all, what is poverty exactly? We are told it is lack of money. But is it really? When we think of those that are extremely poor, what do we picture? Someone who doesn’t have adequate food, water, clothing and shelter. Yet, is money really necessary for those things? If someone lives in a home they own, on land they own, and grows their own food, has access to clean drinking water, and perhaps even some solar power and a small wind turbine, what do they need money for? If they had little to none, but were content with their lives, would you call them “poor”?  Isn’t that what we’re really after, security of the basic necessities and happiness, not money?  But I cant afford to buy land or a house, let alone solar panels, you are probably thinking, and that’s the main problem that needs to be dealt with, as I will discuss more shortly.

“Though people have not progressed beyond the need to eat food and drink water and wear clothes and live in houses, most people have progressed beyond the domestic arts – the husbandry and wifery of the world – by which those needful things are produced and conserved. In fact, the comparative few who still practice that necessary husbandry and wifery often are inclined to apologize for doing so, having been carefully taught in our education system that those arts are degrading and unworthy of people’s talents.

Educated minds, in the modern era, are unlikely to know anything about food and drink, clothing and shelter. In merely taking these things for granted, the modern educated mind reveals itself also to be as superstitious a mind as ever has existed in the world. What could be more superstitious than the idea that money brings forth food? …Most people appear to assume that when they have paid their money for these things they have entirely met their obligations.

Money does not bring forth food. Neither does the technology of the food system. Food comes from nature and from the work of people.”

- Wendell Berry, in “Orion” magazine, summer 1999.

Increasing one’s self-sufficiency makes a lot of sense, but can be very difficult, and maybe becoming completely self-sufficient is not even the ideal. Strong communities that support each other can be a source of needed physical resources as well as friendship, service and real fun, things our modern society greatly lacks. Being dependent on private central banks for the basic necessities of life is dangerous, as Americans learned during the last Great Depression, (which was basically caused by the banks, by suddenly shrinking the money supply drastically, to cause the collapse of smaller banks, so they could further concentrate their wealth and power to even more astronomical heights, which today is higher than ever).   Trying to afford the basics while having a low-paying job is hard enough, but then it may be difficult to find any job in the first place. Unemployment keeps rising, as the bankers wallets get fatter… A population that is without the means to the basic necessities of life can be much more easily manipulated and controlled by the few that have abhorrent amounts of wealth, to further grow that wealth even more.  One possible future manifestation of this has been reported on by The Natural Solutions Foundation: the possibility of a manufactured flu being released on the public, and then pushing unhealthy vaccines on an already mostly unhealthy populace.  Sound crazy?  Well it is!  But guess what?  There are people that crazy in positions of great power, and historically there always has been!

Back to the issue of poverty and dependency (on corporations/government that obviously don’t have our health & happiness in mind); being more self-sufficient and less controllable by government/corporations sounds great, but you may not be able to afford to own your own house or land.  Me neither! That’s why this unjust social system has continually expanded the gap between rich and poor, and made it so a few earn in days of interest on the money sitting in their accounts what the majority would have to work for years to earn. It’s a system of that is inherently unjust, which if after realizing this, you want to boycott, is not easy to get out of.  Many Americans think getting into debt by taking out loans and getting credit cards is just the way it has to be, and so they get into so much debt they have to work the rest of their lives (doing work that isn’t their passion) just to pay it off, and never have money enough to own the land/house, etc. we really need, and that money is just a manufactured tool to obtain. There are options that I’ve discovered though, for those that want to be less dependent on money, but don’t have a large amount of money to start with to make that happen (which is the situation most people are in).

When we make choices that rely less on fossil fuels, global finance, and long supply chains and more on conservation, savings, and local production, we become less vulnerable to crises and more resilient in recovering from them.  What once looked to the larger society like “hippie” behavior from the far-out fringe, now simply looks smart.

-Fran Korten, Publisher, Yes! Magazine, Winter 2009

A growing movement now is communities creating their own debt-free local currency and individuals buying very small homes, that many people can afford to buy outright, avoiding the debt (and therefore corporate work), that is needed to live in a large house. You trade living space for increased free time/freedom, which is really a win-win, considering that a very small home would probably encourage you to go outside more, experiece Nature more, be involved in your community more, and reduce materialism/consumerism by minimizing one’s possessions and simplifying their lives.  It’s like the supposed down-side of renewable energy having a lower output than coal plants; we should reduce our consumption anyway so we create less demand and therefore environmental impact, so having less energy available can actually be a good thing, for our finances and the environment.  Speaking of which, if you’re not familiar with Peak Oil and Global Warming, those are two more great reasons to become less dependent on corporations for the basic necessities of life.

If gas prices go up to $8.00 a gallon, the cost of the food you eat that is dependent on trucks that use petroleum gasoline to get it to you will also go up simultaneously and proportionately, it will become unaffordable for most Americans.  Community sufficiency is the best way we can deal with this coming situation, as shown in the documentary “The Power of Community” , which shows how Cubans dealt with losing half their oil supply and 80% of their food supply when the USSR collapsed, by creating small food gardens throughout the country, which immediately had a positive effect on the health of the population as well, since they started riding bicycles and eating more fruits and vegetables.  Click here for an excellent article on Cuba’s “Green Revolution”, which included a major shift away from artificial medicines to natural ones.  Also with dealing with the crisis of Global Warming, strong self-sufficient communities are again the best place to be, help will not need to completely come from the outside, resources will be available at hand.

An ecovillage provides a framework for community-sufficiency and security, while also eliminating the necessity cars, which are a hazard in the city, or speeding on windy and hilly country roads.  Check out the great books Creating a Life Together: Practical Tools to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities and Finding Community: How to Join an Ecovillage or Intentional Community by Diana Leafe Christian for more information on that.

Another idea is to work on an organic farm or perhaps to live at/create an intentional community or ecovillage, where your labor/service is exchanged for food and shelter and/or ownership of some land. WWOOF.org, OrganicVolunteers.com and IC.org are some good resources for that.  Another, and less drastic, thing you can do is sign up with a CSA (Community supported Agriculture) farm in your area, so that you are supporting community empowerment and not dependent on food coming from big corporations/long distances to reach you.

Another is to sign up with, or help create a new community garden, or turn your lawn into a food garden, or turn someone else’s unused lawn into a garden that you can harvest food from (“Landshare” is a promising example of this happening now in England) or even garden on land that is not being utilized by anyone, known as “Guerilla Gardening”.   Or you can grow without any accessible land at all, using something like an “Earth Box”.  The “Transition Towns” project is also promising:

“The main aim of the project generally, and echoed by the Towns locally, is to raise awareness of sustainable living and build local resilience in the near future. Communities are encouraged to seek out methods for reducing energy usage as well as increasing their own self reliance…”

These projects can supplement your food purchasing, as well as connect you with your community members in a positive, healthy way.  See also:

From the Community Food Security Coalition: Your Community, Your Food: Seven Ways to Get Healthy Food into Your Community

Another great book:

Speaking of health, the leading cause of bankruptcy today in America is health care costs, which thanks mostly to the Health Insurance Industry, have become so high, that if your insurance wont cover the operation/medicine, etc. chances are you can’t afford to get it. The silver lining to this however is that much of western medicine isn’t really effective anyway, oftentimes it can actually make you worse off. The never ending list of side-effects from unnecessary surgeries and prescription drugs, along with treatments like chemotherapy (that kill more people than they save), have led many to look for more traditional medicine solutions, and luckily those don’t cost nearly as much and are much more time-tested than modern chemical medicine and health care that relies heavily on surgery and treatment of symptoms rather than causes.  The most critical example of this is mainstream western medicine institutions neglecting the science that shows that the leading cause of death in the US, Heart Disease, is caused by a diet that is unnatural to the human body, i.e. One high in animal flesh and cow’s milk.   But how can you get all the protein, or vitamin B12 you need if you have a vegan diet?, you may say automatically, due to massive societal conditioning.  It’s very easy to get enough complete protein and B12 on a vegan diet, it’s not rocket science. And if you don’t think you can be strong on a vegan diet, take a look at some vegan body-builders, or Olympic Athletes.

When all the facts are considered, veganic gardening is shown to be the ideal for the aforentioned gardening projects, for health, ethical and environmealt reasons.

Like wars based on lies, eating animals is a huge example of how the Public is duped into participating in something that not only isn’t healthy for them, the environment or society, but is unethical to boot. And living an unethical life, even if you are supporting the violence/destruction once-removed, has its consequences, i.e. Unhappiness. But that’s another topic in itself, and something you have to investigate/experience for yourself to verify.

So to recap, we have a society that creates dependency, a competitive/non-cooperative mindset, ill-health, and unhappiness… all of which benefit the few while harming the many.

It’s time for a change. And by change I mean a complete reversal, not the illusory change that the status-quo is offering us, like requiring health insurance, which just makes us life-time corporate sponsors with no choice about it, or telling us there will be a hybrid car available in a few years that we can afford (as long as the gas prices don’t get too high). Meanwhile there are cars running on compressed air in India right now, and there’s enough clean renewable energy available right now in the USA to power every home indefinitely.

Meanwhile the liberating truth is out there, if we seek it out, so don’t trust the so-called “elite” to tell us what it is, it’s not in their selfish/power-crazed interest to do so.

updated 4/20/09

I am fully aware that basically what is being proposed here is not a new idea to the Native Peoples of this continent; my contribution is only one of specificity. An excellent overview of this issue can be found in the documentary “Standing Silent Nation” (www.standingsilentnation.com).

In this essay, I begin with background information and arguments and finish with a short strategy plan that can be adopted by any Native Americans that believe it will be effective. I humbly submit this in support of all Native Americans in hope that it may serve as a plan of action that can not only increase the health, wealth and well-being of Native Americans, but also heal Mother Earth from the ravages of the oil, coal, uranium, timber, chemical/GMO agribusiness and livestock industries, along with the systematic problems of corporate exploitation/forced dependence and tyrannical sovereignty violations (by the DEA and others). Also this sustainable and self-sufficient model will be an example to Americans outside of Native Land (of course it’s really ALL Native Land) who have been thoroughly indoctrinated by corporate consumerism and participation in destructive industries and systems that harm the environment and their own health and well being.

Background

The amazing environmental and economic potential of Industrial Hemp is well understood, especially by Native Americans. The following is from an article by Winona LaDuke which appeared in Indian Country Today, September 19, 2001:

“The federal government should grant a waiver to Native Nations who seek to legalize the production of industrial hemp… Over the long term, the DEA’s policies and actions set back the economic, environmental, and public health needs of not only Native America, but also the broader American community.”

“Decriminalizing industrial hemp is the way of the future. The sovereign status of Native Nations raises questions about the application of DEA regulations in the face of tribal ordinances. The need for alternative economies in Indian country supports the need for change.”

In a letter to the U.S. Attorney for South Dakota, Oglala Tribal President John Yellowbird Steele said:

“The Controlled Substance Act of 1970 did not divest the Lakota people of our reserved right to plant and harvest whatever crops we deem beneficial to our reservation… we regard the the enforcement of our hemp ordinance and production of our marijuana laws tribal matters… we ask for your government’s compassion as we try to ease the pain of our poverty through hemp manufacturing… my nation needs to grow industrial hemp to aid our efforts at becoming more self-sufficient.”

Of course the immediate reaction of the US Federal Government/DEA will be something like: “Hemp is illegal to grow because it interferes with our ability to “eradicate” Marijuana.” One could argue that industrial hemp has no usable THC, and therefore marijuana laws are not relevant, and this is true. However, the backward politicians will always use marijuana as the excuse as to why Native (and non-Native) American farmers can not grow hemp, regardless of whether that makes sense or not. The “war on drugs” is of course a farce, the CIA and other governmental agencies have been involved in the illegal drug trade for a long time. They use this fake “war” to maximize profits and “justify” police state measures domestically and violence abroad. This is just like the “war on terror” which is based on the Big Lie known as the official 9/11 story (See the documentary “9/11 Press For Truth” (www.911pressfortruth.com) and the book “The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions” by David Ray Griffin, along with the research of Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice (stj911.org) and Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth (ae911truth.org), that they use to “justify” an illegal war that has killed over a million Iraqis, and tortured and illegally detained countless others, while removing American citizens Constitutional Rights through treasonous bills like The Patriot Act, The Military Commissions Act, etc. I mention this here because it is necessary to openly reject these foundational lies if we are to move forward in the interests of sustainability, peace, justice and freedom. We must openly “honor, present and serve the truth”; it is the only way to effectively reject supposed “justifications” for the violence, oppression and destruction brought by a few ill-minded individuals in positions of power.

The oppression and tyranny imposed in the name of “the war and drugs” is well documented: illegal forfeiture (property seized from citizens who were not even charged with a crime), police-state surveillance, innocents killed in “drug raids”, Native American crops being destroyed, arbitrary arrests and unjust imprisonments, etc. All of this will go on as long as we accept the unjust prohibition of marijuana. The international illegal drug trade causes more harm then the drugs themselves, and prohibition supports the continuation of this criminal market. Drug abuse and addiction is a health problem and should not be criminal in itself; Education and treatment are far more effective and compassionate to those that suffer from drug addiction.

The hypocrisy and destructive insanity of US Federal policy can be found in numerous areas, including cannabis laws. (For more on public policy solutions see “The Progressive Manifesto”.)

Industrial hemp is the tough, course fiber of the cannabis sativa plant, which contains less than 1 percent tetrahydrocannabinol – THC – the main active ingredient in marijuana. Marijuana is a strain of cannabis that contains much higher levels of THC. You can’t get high from smoking hemp, and eating hemp foods will not make you test positive for marijuana use in a drug test.
Hemp can easily replace trees for paper and building materials with a higher-quality fiber, significantly reducing the deforestation that accelerates global warming and the extinction of wildlife and plant species. Hemp is also an alternative to cotton for clothing that does not require the use of toxic pesticides. Hemp seeds are a nutritious food source, and the high cellulose content of the hemp plant makes it ideal for conversion into ethanol fuel, which can be used by flexible fuel vehicles.

Industrial hemp is legal to grow in more than 30 countries, including Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, New Zealand, Romania, Russia and Spain. The U.S. federal government is certainly out of step with other countries concerning hemp policy. However, things are better at the state level: Hawaii, Kentucky, Maine, Montana, North Dakota and West Virginia have removed state-level barriers to industrial hemp production and research.

Drugs are placed into one of five schedules under the federal Controlled Substances Act. Marijuana is listed as a Schedule 1 drug, the most dangerous category, defined as having a high potential for abuse and having no currently accepted medical use in the United States. Claiming that natural marijuana has no medicinal value by placing it in the Schedule 1 drug category goes against the findings of doctors throughout the world, and is contradicted by the 10 states that have laws allowing seriously ill patients to use natural medical marijuana with their doctors’ recommendation. It is also contradicted by the existence and use of artificial marijuana, known as Marinol, which is legal.

Many prohibitionists discredit the need for a hemp industry, saying hemp relegalization is being used as a vehicle to relegalize marijuana. The Drug Enforcement Administration said hemp legalization would interfere with its marijuana eradication program because of the similarities between the two types of cannabis plants. Therefore, hemp will probably never be relegalized as long as marijuana remains prohibited. Marginalizing the legitimacy of the call to legalize marijuana by focusing solely on hemp relegalization would be fruitless as well as wrong. After all, marijuana prohibition is an unconstitutional and oppressive policy, violating citizens’ right to control their own bodies without harming others or their property. Therefore, the call for legalization should be for industrial hemp, medical marijuana and the private and responsible recreational adult use of marijuana.

Arguments

The many materials that hemp can produce including paper, cloth, and Biomass fuel, can be of great benefit to Native Americans and the environment. Why are we using toxic polluting fuels instead of cleaner renewable fuels like Biofuel, Solar and Wind energy? Why are we destroying forests, drastically altering the Earth’s ecosystem for the worse, when we can use hemp to create higher quality paper and construction products instead? One is left to conclude that the reasons for the restrictions on the use of this plant are not based on the well being of the American people (and certainly not Native People either), but rather this law serves the financial interest of industries/agencies that would lose money and power if hemp and marijuana were a legal commodity.

The Industrial Hemp Farming Act has been introduced in Congress, along with state -level legislation, but they have not passed because of “concerns about marijuana”. This will always be their excuse and that is why I believe we should reject both laws restricting the growing of industrial hemp and marijuana for responsible adult use. Only if marijuana is legalized is it likely that hemp will be legalized, and marijuana should be legal, so there is no good reason to separate the issues; the US Federal government continues to use lies about marijuana as their supposed justification to continue the destructive and oppressive status-quo.

Why are marijuana’s many medicinal properties ignored by the federal government? Its placement as a Schedule 1 drug is in defiance to the conclusions of doctors and medical professionals from around the world. The debatable negative health effects of marijuana are minuscule when compared to the dangers of alcohol or tobacco, not one death has ever been attributed solely to marijuana use, while hundreds of thousands die from tobacco and alcohol every year in America. Defending the continued prohibition of cannabis in the interest of public health is completely ridiculous. The truth is the cannabis plant has been used as a safe and effective medicine throughout the world for centuries. A citizen’s responsible personal use of marijuana should no longer be a crime, it is an act that is certainly no more criminal then drinking wine or smoking tobacco.

The argument that marijuana prohibition protects our children is also not based in reality. Illegal drug dealers do not care how young a buyer is, and without legalizing and regulating marijuana, many children find it easier to buy than alcohol or tobacco. In Holland, where the sale of marijuana to adults is not criminalized, the percentage of teenagers using marijuana is less than half that of American teenagers.
Cannabis should be removed from the Schedule 1 category and be legalized and regulated like alcohol and tobacco – a minimum age of 21 for purchase and use, illegal for use while driving, and so on.

Marijuana and hemp prohibition costs billions every year to enforce, creates a black market that generates violence and corruption, and makes criminals out of millions of productive and harmless adults. Americans (both Native and non-Native) should once again have the legal right to use the cannabis plant for its many beneficial uses including medicine, paper, fuel, clothing and food. The book “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” by Jack Herer (http://jackherer.com/) and the documentary “The Hemp Revolution” directed by Anthony Clarke are two great resources for further information on the benefits of hemp.

For those who wish to use this plant responsibly for medical or private use, and those who wish to use industrial hemp to help end deforestation and provide a source of income, food, clothing, shelter and fuel for their families, the US Federal government acts as an oppressor. Legalizing marijuana and hemp for adult use would not be a promotion of drug use, it would be a promotion of freedom and liberty that we are all entitled to.

There is no reason why we should allow lies, propaganda and outright oppression and tyranny to continue on for another generation; they are few, we are many. All we need is an effective plan of non-violent action to overthrow the destructive paradigm with a sustainable, just and healthy one.

Action Plan

There are many hemp products on the American market today, and their popularity grows every year. There are hemp clothing stores (www.hempstores.com) throughout the country as well as hemp food products (www.manitobaharvest.com, www.naturespath.com, etc.) on the shelves of countless markets coast to coast as well All of the hemp that is used in these products is imported from other nations since it is “illegal” for Native and American farmers to grown hemp. There has been a lot of resistance to this from both Native and non-Native American farmers. There is the organizations Vote Hemp (www.votehemp.com), the Hemp Industry Association (www.thehia.org) which has a Hemp Business Directory, among many other environmental groups that support hemp legalization. There are online hemp stores like Hemp.com, the Hempest.com and SantaFeHemp.com. All of these should be business partners with Native Americans growing industrial hemp. The millions of dollars being made in this industry today can be made by Native Americans along with other hemp growers throughout the world.

When I buy hemp bread, cereal, hummus, waffles, hemp milk (www.livingharvest.com, a personal favorite), protein powder, hemp seed oil, etc. and I see the label “Product of Canada” etc., I think it should say “Product of the Republic of Lakota” (or any other tribe)! And I know I am not alone with this sentiment. Millions of Americans would support Native American business if given the opportunity; many Americans are aware of the history of European colonization, the genocide, the tyranny, the treaties that were all broken, etc. Many Americans of European descent like myself would love the opportunity to do anything, however small, in supporting Native American sovereignty and enterprise, especially when incorporating the industrial hemp industry, that all well-informed Americans support for the environmental and health benefits it offers. We would not only be helping Native Americans, we would be helping ourselves through the expansion of a sustainable industry that can replace the destructive and harmful petrol-chemical/coal/timber/nuclear, etc. industries currently dominating the market. Industrial hemp, used for biofuel, paper, clothing, etc., when coupled with renewable clean energy like solar and wind power, has the potential to save our planet’s ecosystem, our health and economic well-being.

All of the stores that carry hemp products currently would certainly purchase from Native Americans instead of other nations if given the choice. And yearly, there are Hemp Festivals held throughout the country (www.hempfest.org, www.bostonhempfest.com, etc.) that promote the hemp industry and speak out against cannabis prohibition, these festivals would be ideal for spreading the word about Native American grown hemp. Also along the many cannabis law reform organizations that have chapters throughout the country like NORML (www.norml.org), MPP (www.mpp.org), the Drug Policy Alliance (www.drugpolicy.org) would surely support the movement for a Native American Hemp Industry.

If multiple tribes worked together and called on the support of these already existing businesses, organizations and festivals that support Hemp Legalization, it would be an unstoppable force. The Feds/DEA would be powerless once the lies behind their “war on drugs” and “war on terror” are fully exposed.

The potential for economic growth on Native reservations is astronomical, and of course this income is urgently needed due to the extreme poverty that currently exists on reservations. Who better than Native Americans to prosper from a new sustainable paradigm that incorporates the most beneficial plant known to man? Who better to openly reject and lead non-violent rebellion against the hypocrisy, ignorance, destruction and oppression of US Federal governmental policy? Like Winona La Duke said: “Decriminalizing industrial hemp is the way of the future.”

Peace,

Colin Donoghue

p.s. Watch the great documentary, “The Hemp Revolution”:

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Updated 12/22/09

Obama as president is a good sign, and is a good thing, as far as progress from racism goes.  For those racist dinosaurs that still roam America, this is a clear message that their ideas are no longer mainstream in the slightest, judging a man or woman by the color of his/her skin is extremely ignorant, and the mindset is gratefully being evolved out of human consciousness. That being said, I’m afraid this is not as “historic” a moment for “change” as the media has been portraying it.

Remember the Constitution? Remember our RIGHTS that are still being violated by the Patriot Act and similar legislation?  Remember that over a million civilians have died (and are still being killed) in occupations based on complete lies?!  Remember that the official 9/11 story doesn’t hold up to science or common sense, and is still being used to justify the killing of civilians in multiple countries?  On the “White House Christmas Special” with Oprah Winfrey that showed tonight on TV, when she asked him about his unpopular decision to send 30,000 more troops to Pakistan, guess what Barack mentions right away?  9/11, of course.  This “just war” as he put it, is to protect us from the same characters in a story that has been proven false in multiple ways.  Also he talked about how he thinks everyday about the unemployed and poor in America, struggling to pay their mortgage and afford college… it’s important to notice that both things Barack mentioned people are struggling to do is pay off loans from banks… the same banks he gave hundreds of billions of tax payer dollars to in the charade known as the bail out… (See my “Redefining Poverty & Wealth” post for more on that).

Also let us not forget that the 2000 & 2004 presidential elections were clearly rigged, and that corporations control the election process.  Why did the corporate media completely ignore Green Party Candidate Cynthia Mckinney, who along with Congressman Dennis Kucinich and others, were talking about 9/11 Truth, The Federal Reserve, and Election Truth? Is Obama winning really a “miracle”? Or is it just the move needed by the people that really run the show, to get the support they need for their “Big Picture” / “Esoteric” agenda (i.e. more centralized power, less personal freedom)?  Obama pushing MANDATORY health insurance (violating our Rights and giving a windfall perpetual profit to the insurance corporations), and increasing the authority of the Federal Reserve (a fraudulent private banking cartel), and also this:

“Obama to bypass Congress and allow the indefinite detention of terrorist suspects without charges. Another solemn campaign promise bites the dust.“(Raw Story 2009 Sept 25)

…are three strong indications that his message of “Change” and “Hope” is really just hype and propaganda.

If there’s another act of “terror”, as Biden, Powell, Brzezinski, Albright and the Pentagon have “guaranteed” there will be, who better then the messianic Obama to talk the People into going along with a police state agenda? If you got Obama fever, I’m not trying to bring you down. McCain/Palin symbolized the ignorant minority that we need to leave behind. I’m trying to point out that a black president is great, but Constitutional Rights are greater. A black president is great, but the end of imperial occupations and “terrorist” acts based on lies is greater. A black president is great, but the end of the Federal Reserve and our central bank debt-based economy is greater. Lets get real people, anyone who isn’t a moron isn’t racist. Can we move on to the 21st century now? ——–> http://progressivemanifesto.us/

We need to focus on whats really important, and has always been whats most important: Truth, Peace, Freedom and Rights. Naomi Wolf’s books “The End of America” & “Give Me Liberty” should be on every American’s bookshelf, if you haven’t read them yet, I highly recommend you do so.

This is a transparent game they’re playing, despite what the corporate media presents to us as reality. The “Problem, Reaction, Solution” strategy of tyrants/fascists is something all Americans should be familiar with thanks to the 9/11 Truth Movement. The evidence is so overwhelming that the official 9/11 story is false anyone with common sense would see that, if they saw the evidence (sources below). So that information is of course being repressed, and often attempts are made to discredit those giving factual info on 9/11, trying to make it out to be some “crazy conspiracy theory”, while the truth is the official story is the nonsensical theory.  Yet enough people are still deceived because they trust the corporate media and don’t investigate things for themselves, so we now have the Nazi inspired Dept. of Homeland Security, suppressing dissent throughout the nation (violating countless citizen’s rights) while urging us to “be ready” (ready.gov) and to “prepare” for upcoming emergencies. And guess what the “solution” will be, just as it always has been throughout history? More centralized power, less personal freedoms. We must always consider “Who benefits”? Freedom must stay at the forefront of American consciousness as what is always most important.

‘Those who would sacrifice freedom for security deserve neither’
- Benjamin Franklin.

And what is currently restricting our freedom above all else in America? Debt. This financial crisis is not caused simply by greed and uniformed consumers, as has become the Media’s suggestion, it was manufactured, just like many previous financial emergencies of the past. See the excellent documentary The Money Masters (themoneymasters.com) and part 3 of zeitgeistmovie.com for a good overview of the Central Banking/Federal Reserve System and how it creates never ending debt and market crashes to further consolidate wealth and power in fewer hands. There are other excellent books and documentaries on the Federal Reserve listed on the “Sources” section of the website (and elsewhere) worth seeing, but that’s basically the crux of it, and that’s what Benjamin Franklin said was the main cause of the Revolution: the colonist’s desire to disconnect from the Central Bank of England and the dependence and exploitation they caused. Unfortunately Americans forgot about that by 1913 and were duped into thinking the Fed, a new privately owned and controlled central bank for America, would prevent a future financial crisis, but of course that was not the case. We need to abolish the Federal Reserve and have our own government return to printing our money, as Lincoln did with the “GreenBacks”, and abolish the fractional reserve banking system that exploits the public and creates ever growing inflation and debt. This and more is outlined in a proposed Monetary Reform Act that should be passed by Congress immediately. The Corporate Media has been talking a lot about the Fed in recent months, about how they are doing all they can to keep the economy afloat, by “bailing out” huge financial institutions. This is simply “cover my ass” maneuvering by the Fed (and more importantly corporate theft of our tax dollars), so that the current crisis, which may get worse, will not appear (to those uniformed) to be the fault of the Central/International banks behind it all along.

And guess who Obama is appointing as Treasury Secretary? Timothy Geithner, president of the New York Federal Reserve! So the institution that causes financial collapses, is going to save us from a financial collapse?!  And look at Obama’s other appointments, they mostly represent business as usual in Washington, D.C.  Why not appoint someone who really stands for peace and justice like Congressman Dennis Kucinich?  As the “bailouts” (tax-dollar thefts) keep on coming for some of the richest people in the world while millions of Americans struggle to put food on their family’s table, we can expect the dollar to lose more and more value. It’s probably wise to prepare for another Great Depression, and grow some food if you can.

” If the American People ever allow the banks to control the issuance of their currency, first by inflation and then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around them will deprive the people of all property, until their children will wake up homeless on the continent their fathers occupied. The issuing of money should be taken from the banks and restored to Congress and the People to Whom it belongs!”

-President Thomas Jefferson

So along with continued financial tyranny, what else should we “be ready” for? I suggest you read some of these “Executive Orders” that support various dictatorial powers and FEMA police-state powers (mass illegal detentions of citizens, etc.), in the event of a “National Emergency”: http://www.freedomfiles.org/war/fema.htm

Among the many “Anti-Terror” laws (Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act, Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act, etc.) that were passed with little to no attention by the corporate media, were details such as allowing martial law and the suspension of elections altogether if another attack or major crisis emerges. Although suspending elections are unlikely in any scenario, you see, there’s really no need when they are rigged in the first place. The evidence that the 2000 and 04 elections were stolen is so vast it makes the Obama victory suspect; not that he didn’t get the most votes, I’m sure he did, but we should be skeptical that the people that really run America (central banks/multi-national corporations) didn’t choose him as President long before the public cast their votes. Why would they suddenly relinquish their control of America? They’ve suddenly grown tired of fascism and are now compassionate beings? I doubt it.

So what manufactured crisis may come next, leading to the “unpopular decisions” that Biden said they would have to make?

Here are possibilities:

1) Full Economic Depression (engineered by the central banks)/Complete collapse of US Dollar followed by the “solution” of a North American Union and the Amero currency.
2) Avian/Swine Flu or other biological illness outbreak (state-sponsored).
3) Another “terrorist” attack, possibly blamed on Iran, N. Korea, or their old CIA standby “Al Queda”. (Illegal arrests and detention of activists, etc. who will be labeled “enemy combatants” is also likely in this scenario.)

There is a lot of evidence to suggest all of these are possible, and even likely, due to the amount of preparation that has already been done by the neo-con/fascists to carry out each of them. (Look into each are you not familiar with that evidence.) The reason why none of it is really far-fetched is because it has been shown beyond any reasonable doubt that 9/11 was an act of state-sponsored terrorism, and therefore something similar happening while the same perpetrators are in power is actually probable. It’s important for the public to be aware of these possibilities, so that if one actually occurs, they wont be fooled again.

If there is another trauma inducing event, please don’t buy the line they feed you through their 4th Branch (aka the Corporate Media), like you may have bought the 9/11 Fairy Tale. Don’t allow your Rights (and democracy) to be ignored in the name of their latest deception.

The real “change” we should demand Congress and Obama/Biden bring is the repeal of all unconstitutional laws that have been passed in the name of this manufactured “war on terror”, and get our troops out of all operations supposedly justified by the same deception.

Over 1 million Iraqi and Afghani civilians (a fact the corporate media ignores), and thousands of our troops, have already been killed on an operation based on lies. The only thing that can probably stop their insane imperial/police-state agenda, bring our troops home and get our Rights back, is the same thing I and many others have been saying for years now: Accountability for war crimes, torture and violating our Constitution & expose the 9/11 Lie which is the foundation of the entire imperialist agenda, through quality sources of information, like these:

a) Books:
1.”The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions”, “Debunking 9/11 Debunking”, and “9/11 Contradictions: An Open Letter to Congress and the Press”, all by David Ray Griffin
2.“The Terror Timeline” by Paul Thompson
3.“Crossing the Rubicon” by Michael Ruppert 4.“The War On Truth: 9/11, Disinformation And The Anatomy Of Terrorism” by Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

b) Documentaries:
1.”9/11 Press For Truth” (http://www.911pressfortruth.com/),
2.”9/11 Mysteries” (http://www.911mysteries.com/)
3.”Martial Law: 9/11 and the Rise of the Police State” (http://www.martiallaw911.info/)
c) Groups:
1.Scholars for 9/11 Truth & Justice: http://stj911.org/, http://journalof911studies.com/
2.Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth: http://www.ae911truth.org/

It’s an old game people and it’s as simple as this: There have been a few that have always sought increased wealth and power no matter what harm that causes, and there have also always been the many that know there is much more to life than that and have no desire to harm anyone. The battle between good and evil, I’m sure you’ve heard of it. It’s time to stop buying the lies of mass murderers and “strike at the root of evil” as Thoreau said, and in this time and this place, that means abolishing the Federal Reserve and exposing the official 9/11 conspiracy theory for what is: pure bullshit.