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What is Major Depression

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It is a medical condition that is thought to be caused by a lacking of various nuerotransmitters ,such as serotonin, dopomine nd many others, which are attributed to allowing people to experience feelings or normal well-being. It may also be linked with a failure for a body to produce other harmones. It is lnked to nutrition, and often is found coexisting with other chronic medical conditions.

Depression should be called something else, like feel-like-crap Syndrome, or really-really tired and unmotivatedism, or everything-hurts disease. It doen not necessarily denote "little D" depression or simple sadness. it is not a mood or a mood swing. It is a disease, a condition, and it requires serious treatment. If you know someone who has been diagnosed with Major Depression, they are not merely feeling sorry for themself=ves, and such things must not be expressed tothem if you hope to help them. It usually doesn't just go away unless the chemical lacking that causes it is solved. It is serious and it can kill you--in a variety of ways.

Karen Carpenter sang, "Rainy days and Mondays get me down." Feelings like this have come and gone before. No need to talk it out. We know what it's all about. Hangng around. Nothing to do but frown. Talking to myself and feeling blue."

Few people knew that as she sang this song, that she was turely dying from the affects of depression, which was linked to a developing disorder. Karen Carpenter dies of Major Depression, in one way or another. Some people, with their mental faculties encumbered, chooseto take their own lives in an attempt to gain relief.

Many famous pwople have suffered from major depression. TV announce rmike Wallace is one outspoken personality who suffered thorugh it and mostly overcame Major Depression over time with proper treatment. Alchoholism and addicitons are oftne an attempt for peoplesuufering from majr depression to self medicate. To kill the pain. This usually just exacerbates the problems.

Many people never get over Major Depression, but thye can learn to know the signs, hedge their emotions with knowledge and to be kind to thmeselves hwen they should, to minimize thier symptoms.

Major depression may not casue any blues or small D depression. It can cause edginess anxiety, and loss of aner control. It distorts a person's rality. Rather thatn looking at the world through rose colored glasses it distorts to view to be green, ble or black and white. It decreases one overall acuteness of sense. Colors ay not be vid=vid are literaly black ad white, tasted are not satisfying the zest of senses that makes life enjoyalbe can often be curbed.

Major Depression can mimick and even lead to other serious mental-physical problems. The negative stigma and misunderstanding of this serious illness, because it has long been classified as mental, still carries a negative societal stigma--primarily armong the ignorant and uneducated. Things are improving, but much distance has yet to be covered, before Major Depression. Family members or sufferers often refuse to admit to having the disease and forego seeking the treatment required to hep them and thier loved ones. It can be very frustrating if it is considered just a mere character flaw or laziness.

Although a trial to deal with for fmaily and associates of those afflicted with Major depression (used ot be called clinical Depression). However assigning blame should not be part of the treatment, anymore than is should for unpreventable cancers, genetic diabetis, MS, or any other debilitating disease. Modern medicine is rapidly cclosing the gap betwen disease cause by the mind and those cause by the body. By for the conncensus of medial and psychological authorities are concluding thea the nind and the mnody are inseperably connected. Efforts need to be made to force insurance companies to pay for treatment programs just as they will for strictly physical conditions. The move would actually reduce all illness, both mental and physical and reduce overall healthcare costs.

Although not imericallyproven, genetics seemsot play a big role in the propensity to have Major Depression. It may lie dormant for eyars and be captivated, as it were, with tauma and/or stress or loss of job, or grief in it's many m=forms, or severe disappointment.

Sensitive and caring epopel, such as artist and writers seem expecially at risk, as are combat veterans.

It is important to recongnize the signs of Major Depression. There are may authoritative web sites devoted to this end, which an Internet search will disclose. Beware of charlotons and snake-oil salesmen who pray on the vulnerable. There is some crdible evidence that a non-ppharmacuetical approach called Cognitive Theorpy may supplement other treatments, which also include electric-shock (not the same thing in the old moveies. It tries to reset your normal default mode, and sometimes works.m Nutrition can help, as can supplements, but for th emost part you need qualified, serioulsy educated professionals to discussall opitons. the condition can also be a symptom of other yet-undiuagnosed medial conditions such as pituitary ad adreanenale dysfunction, thyroid problems, diabetes, heart disease, and numberous others. It is NOT jus tin your head. Don't let anyone tell you that, as it shows antiquated views and ignorance--doctor ornot. Older doctors sometimes take this apporach. Althoug certainlynot all.

So You Want Change, Do you . . .

God almost always performs his little and big miracles for us through other people. I guess our hope should always be that enough people will hear his urgings and heed them. We too should try to do the same. Often we figure into our Fathers plan by following simple thoughts of kindness that come into our minds. If we are living close to the Lord, we might not even distinguish our own thoughts from the promptings of the Holy Spirit. His thoughts are our thoughts. This state is difficult to maintain when we are bombarded by the clever darts of Darkness. Minions work the media, fellow workers, and our own weaknesses to throw us off.

 

When our children were young, we tended to be much more guarded about the influences we allowed into our home. Whether it was right or wrong, we chose to not turn the TV on in our house until the oldest, Brett, was in first grade. We kept a small black and white TV in a closet, but seldom used it. Instead, we tried to see that the children were read to, played with, and learned to entertain themselves, rather than relying upon television to dominate their thoughts. When they were a bit older, we got a nice color TV, but continued to monitor what they watched.

 

We didn’t watch TV on Sundays. I think all of this was a good policy. What few positives we missed out on by such practices, were mediated by the net gain of family activities and alternative education. We feel that our children learned early how to think independently rather than relying on the media to direct their thoughts.

As I have waxed and waned over the years, in various stages of my own spiritual development, I time and again return to the conclusion that TV is now a worse influence than ever. In the nearly forty years that Martha and I have been married, we have seen a complete reversal of societal moors in

America

. It used to be unseemly to practice homosexuality. Now it is considered a legitimate minority.

 

It was once the norm to have prayer in our schools. Now it is illegal. It was proper to feel patriotic. Now it is un-cool. Abortion was once considered something akin to killing babies, or exactly that. Now it is “Women right to Choose,” They conveniently leave off the right to choose to ” Kill their Babies”. Unions, contracts, or even a man’s word or handshake was once as binding as anything needed to be. Now such institutions are routinely dissolved, never intended to be binding, and quitting them is easily justified.

 

 

Pray that the Supreme Court Gets it Right on Gun Rights

There is a paradox regarding this decision. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of our federal government rights of Individual gun ownership as per The Second Ammendment to the Constitution,  it MAY mean a victory for gun owners' rights, but it may also be a loss for states' Rights. I'm not going to worry much about the latter, since over a million lives were shed fighting over the latter, and the states lost. We have to believe in something. It may as well be in the Second Ammendment and the Constitutionas per our fed. We'll soon know.

The pending decision regarding a citizen's federal rights to own guns over-riding a states' right's to ban them is certainly a bell-weather of our times. It will essentially predict whom will win the ongoing gun battle, concerning our constitution's Second Amendment recent "re-interpretation" by those who want the Constitution to be a "living, flowing, changing document", Instead of one having divine origins.  I can understand the problem, for those who don't believe in a real God--You know those who still cling to their guns and religion. That of course is mostly passe' in elite circles now.

I love science, notwithstanding the several diametric about-faces of many, if not most, scientific "facts" during my in my lifetime alone. Still, the quest for empirical knowledge is fun and interesting. But you can't take it as the Gospel, can you? I once wanted to be a scientist until, while during the fourth grade, I decided higher mathematics gave me a headache. I probably just was not ready for higher math by then, but so it goes. Science in general is one of the best tools we have. It's not the only one.

Anyone who believes that there is only one way to look at things, anythings, is dangerous, arrogant, and deluded.--I suspect. I was once a very liberal liberal, but over time I changed my views almost 180. My premises changed, that changed everything that followed. If my premises change, I'll have to adjust accordingly. However, I have found that most people don't much want to change. I don't. I enjoy the idea of living in a safe, happy, non-threatening world most of the time, and increasingly as I grow older. But it just isn't. You know, like being in love with the idea of being in love. In truth, most of the world sucks. But don't turn my cage over. Happy people are scientifically proven to live longer--given they don't live in Memphis and die in a drive-by.

However, deep down, I know that many evil people loom large in this world, and Heaven forbid, even in Washington, DC (and Memphis). I have oft, though not long, felt that if I could just share my true heart with people who oppose my liberal views on gun ownership--to own guns liberally. The more guns in the hands of good, sane, law-abiding citizens, the safer this country and world will be. Why can't people get that? I suppose for the same reason many believe that God is bad, soldiers are killers, when baby-aborters are not. Down with defense, down with God, down with guns. Down with smoking (tobacco), down with male rights, down with reward-by-merits and individual rights. Up with failed ideologies, down with proven gazzillion-year-surviving ideologies. Down with capitalism and class-distinction, except for those anointed (self-) ones who should make the decisions for the stupid ignorant masses. Down with with communism, except of course, progressives.

But that's just me.

Read Sun Su's, The art of War. Then the more formidable Communist Manifesto. Or look at the history of communism, anecdotally, anyone's anecdotes. Or the Rise and Fall of The Third Reich, or get a marketing and communications degree. Or compare any Administration's campaign rhetoric with their actual post-election history. Deception is and has always been part and parcel to human existence.  Casually or emotionally believe things at your own risk. Anythings. Everyone has an agenda, most have hidden ones. Things are hidden to win wars. Many people are bad, want what you've got, and are willing to lie in order to take it from you.

Many people want ot take your rights, your possessions, your religion, your ideals. Before that they will have to take our guns. Gun-bans do not decrease crime. Any casual cursory research proves that--albeit imperically. Scientifically. Mathematically. But figures can lie and liars can figure. Go figure.

Here lies a truism: Let a man attempt to go into a responsibly trained (responsible) gun-owner' home and take or harm his wife or kids or person, possessions, or lawful ideals--and he'll likely shoot you. What's hard about that?

Another truism: Bandits go after easy targets; they're criminals, not idiots. Depend on 911 alone for your defense against these criminals, and you'll likely die--because they have guns--even though it is illegal for them to possess them. Duh. How hard? It is a basic right of life to defend your life. Your life is in your own hands. If not yours, then someone else's. Do you trust them explicitly with your life.

Truism: Governments do not look out for you. Government looks out for itself.Government is the scapegoat euphemism for what bad people don't want to accept blame for. Do you trust yours? Why do they lie? What do they really want?  Your guns, or your rights? Our founding fathers well understood the malice or tyrancial governments. Pray that the Supreme Court gets it right. Your children, your rights, your country, your life depends upon them.

Ironic that Comunism has Failed Everywhere Except America

There was a strong communist movement during the first half of the last century in America that few people have talked about recently. It involved a lot of heroic names. On paper, Communism looked good. It did not work, because of one thing--Human Greed. Oddly, this is the same ingredient that enables Capitalism to work. While I don't believe that individual greed is good, I do believe that Collective Capitalism IS Good. It is the best we've got--until greed is eradicated as a human trait. I don't see that happening without divine intervention. Many people believe that will happen one day. I do. But meanwhile back at the world . . . Capitalism enables individual freedom over government tyranny. Individual freedom fosters an environment where religion can survive.

Although Communism is a failed ideology, it has never failed without a devastating loss of human life. There is no historical argument against this. Even staunch Communists believe that a great loss of life is probably necessary in a purge to arrive at some ultimate Utopian Society. Still others have no expectation of a Utopian Society. They merely want the power, and bank on being on the right side.

Show me a communist, and I'll show you an atheist. The two cannot coexist. Show me a communist, and I'll show you a liar, because deception is necessary to achieve their designs of control of the people. The end justifies the means. During the time that many of the rotten fruits of communism came to light in America and around the world, the die-hard idealists had to go underground. Many communists were persecuted and prosecuted in this country in what may have been a witch hunt. Any kind of extremesism is bad. Extreme rights-wingers are as dangerous as are extreme left-wingers. An all-or-none ideology is simply bad for most people.

Extemists are those who can't see another view but their own. We must be allowed to exercise our rights, even if they are wrong, up and until we prove our societal irresponsibility to the point of harming the majority of the people--and hopefully before the point of harming anyone. Coexistence upon this cold rock is a hard thing. But the communist extremists who were arrogant enough to believe that their form or Communism will not fail, or those who are just along for the greed-ride they are too lazy to get from Capitalism (similar to stealing instead of working.

I once knew a panhandler who would ask me to borrow money. He did this diligently at various prime locations. It was his job, and the guy worked hard. He even paid me back once in a while, just to keep the faith, or I suppose to keep my faith, in him, at least a little. I  liked the guy. I wished at the time I could find a few employees with his work ethic. Honestly. But he wouldn't change. He was a panhandler. I can only guess that underground communists are something like this guy, except their aims are far more dangerous.

These extremists re-badged their brand of Communism as Progressive Communism. When Communism fell much out of favor in the USA, they dropped the Communist part because the label became so negative, that they didn't want to let their deceptive  aims out of the bag until they had worked their designs upon enough people and took over enough institutions that it would be too late to resist. That's how they went underground. However, their were and still are many Communists living, working, and actively attempting to overthrow the government. Deception is a legitimate tool to achieve their ends. They feel that they know better. No, best, for the masses, who are not as bright or informed or enlightened as are they.

It is amazing that these hardheaded and persistent progressive communist have all but completely taken over our government, and institutions. In truth, it may already be too late. Their next phase will leave little doubt about what their objective really are, because their mission is almost complete. Even those who wake up, may do so too late to keep the Progressive Communists from completely taking control of our lives. And they feel they must do this for the greater good.

If they follow the pattern of other Communists, and they must in order to achieve their objectives, anyone who resists their notions will be eliminated one way or another. I can't believe it because it has been happening right in front our our collectively complacent noses. After all, greed also motivates us--more or less. We follow the money that's enticingly waved inform of our noses. Very predictable. Them and us. These folks have been refining their techniques and have studied the great masters and have more or less got the overthrow of our Capitalist Government down to a science. The steps are pretty simple. It just takes time, and they have had plenty of time. Their day is almost fully at hand. They know they must work fast in order to keep from being found out. Meanwhile they lie to an essentially good and believing society of complacent Americans.

The following are the steps they have followed, as per a Congressional Document prepared in 1963. It showed programmed steps from early reorganization ofthe  "Progressive movement", and those planned for the future (after 1963). The document was released from the library of Congress only after they were sued via the Freedom of Information Act. Why so secretive. Draw you own conclusion about this after reading the document.

Other interesting Reading Links:

http://dallasbasketballdotcom.yuku.com/topic/39785/t/communism-in-America.html

http://www.nocommunism.com/communisms_persecution_of_religion.php

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2001/01-007.html

Read Here:

The Communist Takeover Of
America - 45 Declared Goals
From Greg Swank
12-4-2

You are about to read a list of 45 goals that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963. As you read this, 39 years later, you should be shocked by the events that have played themselves out. I first ran across this list 3 years ago but was unable to attain a copy and it has bothered me ever since. Recently, Jeff Rense posted it on his site and I would like to thank him for doing so. http://www.rense.com Communist Goals (1963) Congressional Record--Appendix, pp. A34-A35 January 10, 1963 Current Communist Goals EXTENSION OF REMARKS OF HON. A. S. HERLONG, JR. OF FLORIDA IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Thursday, January 10, 1963 . Mr. HERLONG. Mr. Speaker, Mrs. Patricia Nordman of De Land, Fla., is an ardent and articulate opponent of communism, and until recently published the De Land Courier, which she dedicated to the purpose of alerting the public to the dangers of communism in America. At Mrs. Nordman's request, I include in the RECORD, under unanimous consent, the following "Current Communist Goals," which she identifies as an excerpt from "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen: [From "The Naked Communist," by Cleon Skousen] 1. U.S. acceptance of coexistence as the only alternative to atomic war. 2. U.S. willingness to capitulate in preference to engaging in atomic war. 3. Develop the illusion that total disarmament [by] the United States would be a demonstration of moral strength. 4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war. 5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites. 6. Provide American aid to all nations regardless of Communist domination. 7. Grant recognition of Red China. Admission of Red China to the U.N. 8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states in spite of Khrushchev's promise in 1955 to settle the German question by free elections under supervision of the U.N. 9. Prolong the conferences to ban atomic tests because the United States has agreed to suspend tests as long as negotiations are in progress. 10. Allow all Soviet satellites individual representation in the U.N. 11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. If its charter is rewritten, demand that it be set up as a one-world government with its own independent armed forces. (Some Communist leaders believe the world can be taken over as easily by the U.N. as by Moscow. Sometimes these two centers compete with each other as they are now doing in the Congo.) 12. Resist any attempt to outlaw the Communist Party. 13. Do away with all loyalty oaths. 14. Continue giving Russia access to the U.S. Patent Office. 15. Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States. 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights. 17. Get control of the schools. Use them as transmission belts for socialism and current Communist propaganda. Soften the curriculum. Get control of teachers' associations. Put the party line in textbooks. 18. Gain control of all student newspapers. 19. Use student riots to foment public protests against programs or organizations which are under Communist attack. 20. Infiltrate the press. Get control of book-review assignments, editorial writing, policy-making positions. 21. Gain control of key positions in radio, TV, and motion pictures. 22. Continue discrediting American culture by degrading all forms of artistic expression. An American Communist cell was told to "eliminate all good sculpture from parks and buildings, substitute shapeless, awkward and meaningless forms." 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art." 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press. 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV. 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy." 27. Infiltrate the churches and replace revealed religion with "social" religion. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch." 28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state." 29. Discredit the American Constitution by calling it inadequate, old-fashioned, out of step with modern needs, a hindrance to cooperation between nations on a worldwide basis. 30. Discredit the American Founding Fathers. Present them as selfish aristocrats who had no concern for the "common man." 31. Belittle all forms of American culture and discourage the teaching of American history on the ground that it was only a minor part of the "big picture." Give more emphasis to Russian history since the Communists took over. 32. Support any socialist movement to give centralized control over any part of the culture--education, social agencies, welfare programs, mental health clinics, etc. 33. Eliminate all laws or procedures which interfere with the operation of the Communist apparatus. 34. Eliminate the House Committee on Un-American Activities. 35. Discredit and eventually dismantle the FBI. 36. Infiltrate and gain control of more unions. 37. Infiltrate and gain control of big business. 38. Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand [or treat]. 39. Dominate the psychiatric profession and use mental health laws as a means of gaining coercive control over those who oppose Communist goals. 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce. 41. Emphasize the need to raise children away from the negative influence of parents. Attribute prejudices, mental blocks and retarding of children to suppressive influence of parents. 42. Create the impression that violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition; that students and special-interest groups should rise up and use ["]united force["] to solve economic, political or social problems. 43. Overthrow all colonial governments before native populations are ready for self-government. 44. Internationalize the Panama Canal. 45. Repeal the Connally reservation so the United States cannot prevent the World Court from seizing jurisdiction [over domestic problems. Give the World Court jurisdiction] over nations and individuals alike. Note by Webmaster: The Congressional Record back this far has not be digitized and posted on the Internet. It will probably be available at your nearest library that is a federal repository. Call them and ask them. Your college library is probably a repository. This is an excellent source of government records. Another source are your Congress Critters. They should be more than happy to help you in this matter. You will find the Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto interesting at this point. Webmaster Forest Glen Durland found the document in the library. Sources are listed below. Microfilm: California State University at San Jose Clark Library, Government Floor Phone (408)924-2770 Microfilm Call Number: J 11.R5 Congressional Record, Vol. 109 88th Congress, 1st Session Appendix Pages A1-A2842 Jan. 9-May 7, 1963 Reel 12 1963- The Year That Changed America By Greg Swank 12-4-2 Over the years, I have shared in debates and discussions regarding the current state of affairs in the U.S., and the changing social climate of this great nation. Since the "baby-boomer" generation, society and its culture have become noticeably different than the way it was 50 years ago. From the late 50's to the 70's a series of events took place contributing to the way we are currently living. However, like anything else, there has to be a starting point at which the wheels are put into motion. Sometimes it can be a single event, such as war, but more often, it is a series of events, some intentional, some planned, others unpredictable. There is always a pivotal point when things begin to change. I believe that time was 1963. For my generation, some of the following will certainly stir old memories. If you born later, this may serve as a brief history lesson into the times your parents traveled through. By 1963 television was the leading sources of entertainment. The public enjoyed a different type of programming back then. Lessons on life could be viewed weekly on "Leave it to Beaver" or "My Three Sons." There were hero's back then that never drew blood, "The Lone Ranger" and "The Adventures of Superman." Cartoon series evolved, such as, "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons" without messages of empowering the children, using vulgarities or demeaning parental guidance. Family's could spend a weekend evening watching "Ed Sullivan," "Bonanza" or "Gunsmoke." For those who enjoyed thrill and suspense, we were blessed with "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" and the "Twilight Zone." 'My Favorite Martian," "Ozzie and Harriet," "Donna Reed" and "Sea Hunt" also kept viewers entertained weekly. Movie theaters were not multiplex units with 15 screens, rather, one single, giant big screen with adequate sound and hard seats without springs. "Tom Jones" had won the Academy award for best picture. "How The West Was Won," "Cleopatra," "Lily of the Fields," "The Great Escape," "The Birds," and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" were all box office hits. By years end, "The Beatles" had played for the British Royal Family and were laying the groundwork to conquer the U.S. the following year. Eric Clapton began his journey to fame with Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Jim McCarty and their band, "The Yardbirds." Out on the west coast the surf was beginning to rock'n'roll with "The Beach Boys" and their first song to reach the top ten list, "Surfin' U.S.A." "Joys of Jell-O" recipes for quivering florescent foodstuff hit the stores. U.S. Postal rates went up to five cents for the first ounce. AT&T introduced touch-tone telephones. The Yankees played in the World Series again; but lost to the Dodgers in four straight. The government and NASA began the Apollo program. This is just a brief snapshot of some things that were going on back in 1963. Remember? While some of these events played an important role in the direction of change that affect us today, many of them were lost to much greater, more political events, that I believe put everything into motion. On January 10, 1963, the House of Representative and later the Senate began reviewing a document entitled "Communist Goals for Taking Over America." It contained an agenda of 45 separate issues that, in hindsight was quite shocking back then and equally shocking today. Here, in part, are some key points listed in that document. 4. Permit free trade between all nations regardless of Communist affiliation and regardless of whether or not items could be used for war. 5. Extension of long-term loans to Russia and Soviet satellites. 8. Set up East and West Germany as separate states. 11. Promote the U.N. as the only hope for mankind. 13. Do away with all loyalty oaths. 16. Use technical decisions of the courts to weaken basic American institutions by claiming their activities violate civil rights. 23. Control art critics and directors of art museums. "Our plan is to promote ugliness, repulsive, meaningless art." 24. Eliminate all laws governing obscenity by calling them "censorship" and a violation of free speech and free press. 25. Break down cultural standards of morality by promoting pornography and obscenity in books, magazines, motion pictures, radio, and TV. 26. Present homosexuality, degeneracy and promiscuity as "normal, natural, healthy." 27. Discredit the Bible and emphasize the need for intellectual maturity, which does not need a "religious crutch." 28. Eliminate prayer or any phase of religious expression in the schools on the ground that it violates the principle of "separation of church and state." 40. Discredit the family as an institution. Encourage promiscuity and easy divorce. 44. Internationalize the Panama Canal. You can see the entire list on this web page - http://www.truthtrek.net/politics/takeover.htm Now, I am not saying that the U.S. is under some kind of Communist control, but what I do find frightening, is of the 45 issues listed, nearly all of them have come to pass. Remember this was in January 1963. In 1963 the news media showed women burning their bras as the women's liberation movement took off with the publishing of "The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan. Martin Luther King was jailed in April and civil unrest was being brought to the forefront. On August 28th the media brought us live coverage of the march on Washington and Dr. Kings famous "I had a dream" speech. The Cuban missile crisis found its way in to our homes and our nation was gearing up for conflict. By September of 1963 we had lost some very influential people, Pope John XXIII, Robert Frost, and country legend Patsy Cline, to name a few. In the early hours of November 22nd we learned of the quiet passing of C.S. Lewis and hours later we were brought to our knees when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated and our nation mourned. So you see, while long since forgotten, 1963 could very well have been, one of the most important years since our founding fathers provided us with the Constitution of the United States. Which brings me to one final and extremely important decision that was made during this most provocative year. On June 17, 1963 the U.S. Supreme Court concluded that any Bible reciting or prayer, in public schools, was deemed unconstitutional. While American's have endured great prosperity over the past 40 years we have also lost our moral compass and direction. In reviewing the research, data supports 1963 as a focal point, demonstrating a downward slope in our moral and social decline through 2001. Certainly, one would have to agree that all of these events have had a profound impact on the way our current social structure has been changed. Personally, if I had to choose one specific event that has demonstrated the demoralization of our country, it would have to be the decision of the U.S Supreme Court in June of 1963. But there is always "hope." As always, I welcome your comments and can easily be reached. Thanks for the response to "Daddy, What's Fluoride?" My email is: [email protected] Comment From Founders' America [email protected] 12-7-2 Jeff...adding a couple of my own numbers: __ 46. Import anti-white racists from the Third World, via an open-borders policy, then force their integration to divide and conquer white Western civilization in North America. __ 47. Feminize and disarm both the citizenry and military; especially disarm white males. Founders' America P.O. Box 71024 Richmond, Va 23255

The Healthcare Fight is not Really about Healthcare!

It is about a liberal power-grab in an effort to "fundamentally change America". The content of the bill doesn't really matter to those powers who are pushing it. It is not about helping the American people. It is about shifting the power of balance irreparably in favor of Socialism. It is a classic example of how liberal ideologues move quickly to cram an unpopular measure down unwilling American's throats.

By now most Americans are concerned that something is awry, but it may be too late. Just a few weeks ago, after an evident mandate made apparent by the election of a republican senator in a historically red state, Pelosi and Obamma and the liberal dems made haste to express how that "now were turning their attention to the economy", that they had heard the mandate to "knock it off already with the unwanted health-care push". So what happened within a week or so that caused the new big illegal push for passing an unwritten health-care bill using questionable legislative devises and downright unethical and illegal antics in congress?

"No taxation without representation." That was one of the main tenants that led to the American Revolution giving birth to this country. Make no mistake, this bill represents a huge tax increase for almost everyone. President Obaba and Pelosi and their henchmen are declaring bold-faced lies about the "savings" this program will lead to. This is not only absurd, it flies in the face of reason. Americans may be quick to trust and slow to notice, but they are not stupid. However, they may have been caught so off-guard that they don't know what to do to stop it.

This bill, if passed, will represent a major departure form the rule of law, regarding how laws are passed and funded. This is serious. Apparently no one can do anything about this overthrow of our constitutional capitalist government! Scary? You bet! You better be afraid. What will you do when the President and this lawless congress suddenly takes over the media, Sates Rights, and the Armed Forces and turns them on you and I to take our guns and control every aspect of life? What about the Supreme Court? The administration has alreadyy made unprecedented moves to disembowel this branch of the carefully balance third tier of our government as guaranteed by our Constitution. The balance of powers are alreadyy out of balance. They checks and balances are already out of place. I don't know why I even bother to continue to write. I suppose because it is about all I can do.

Think I'm nuts. Go back and read my desperate blogs and tell me I was wrong. If you still don't get it, just wait. I'm not sure you can do anything else anyway. This coup may already be over.

Who's White Trash?

Do they live in Mobile Homes? I've lived in a couple. I bought them outright. No debt. The last one I lived in provided more comfortable living space on thirteen acres as many million plus dollar penthouses in the finest areas of the biggest cities. When my family decided to move, we moved into an extraordinarily built non-mobile home on five acres; at the time it was considered to be the nicest house in the college town of some sixty-thousand people. We bought it, having saved all the interest by living in a mobile home and not paying all that interest that many people pay.

When we moved there, one of our quasi-friends, who liked us because they could come eat biscuits and gravy with us on Saturday mornings, and then write home and laugh about their white-trash friends, tactlessly said, "I guess you guys make more money than we thought you did."

Darned right. Both of them worked, whereas only I worked in our family. Still, not only did I make more money than they thought, I made considerably more money than both of them did. When we moved into a real house, they stopped being our friends. No more jokes.

Why is it not okay to refer to people with various racial epitaphs and then have people everywhere in the media refer to trailer-park livers as white trash. They might be further enlightened to know that we also bathe daily, if not twice daily. That we can read, and have several pairs of shoes. Wear wool suits and three-ply starched Egyptian cotton shirts (bought on sale at discount stores). Speak flawless English (but we seldom do). and that we are sometime comfortable enough with our writing style to break the rules of punctuation. Sadly, however, we can not spell, but neither can they.

Yes, some of do drive pick-up trucks because we have room and time to do some of our own outdoor improvements. We own boots for similar reasons. We go to church because we believe in God--or know nd like our neighbors. We also DO pack heat, but it is legal where we live. Buy we seldom become crime statistics.   

I am probably white trash because the North barely won the Civil War--which was fought over States Rights--not slavery, as they have come to believe. Therefore anyone living south or west of New England or working outside of Washington, D.C.--have been labeled by people living in those spaces as "White Trash". If it makes them feel better, fine. They are still bigoted ass-holes.

More Federal Government Lawlessness? John Morton, Criminal?

Now the Director of ICE, the top law officer when it comes to enforcing immigration issues, has stated that he may not choose for ICE to receive criminal illegal alien's handed over to them by the State of Arizona. The Department of Justice has further reiterated the statements of John Morton in this vein. More and more, it appears that we have a rogue regime in control of America. Again I ask, honestly, "What does the populace do when the Administration they elected on a stated platform, begins to blatantly ignore the laws of our Constitution, and the Congressionally-enacted Law of the Land.

The Arizona law is largely a restatement of Federal Law. It is not even as rigid as the Federal Law, certainly not violating it. But the criminals are. And the administration is. And some congressmen are.

To make matters worse, the President of Mexico appears to be jointly dictating (along with our own president) our immigration laws. Let us not forget that the Administration our president heads, has no legal right when it comes to making law. That specific duty falls upon Congress and Congress alone--although the President seems to be making law effortlessly by "dictating rules" to be enforced by various departments.

Is our president behaving pretty much like a dictator? He ignores laws in preference for his personal opinions of how the laws SHOULD be. He directs rules and policies to be enacted and enforced that are not for him to enact and enforce (or not enforce). This is not among presidential duties, responsibilities, nor rights. He uses his administration officials to intimidate.

He wants to limit the Media's right to free speech, and actively manipulates the media message with staged "PR". He wants to curb the earnings of businessmen and free trade. He is taxing, without representation, sometimes calling it by code names other than "taxing". He is stretching to regulate the Internet against the opinions of the courts, by handily renaming the Internet a "utility". He wants to regulate what we eat, what we read, what we drive, what we grow, what we watch, what we worship, what we teach, and what we say .

Here's what I'll bet is coming next: Guns will be restricted if not outright banned. The BATFE will be enlarged and officers of the law sent door to door to take our guns. Good citizens will be declared criminals, or insane retroactively and arrested and imprisoned for exercising their Constitutionally guaranteed rights.

People will be harassed, placed on no-fly lists, or terrorism watch lists for expressing any thoughts contrary to what the administration believes.

Why do I profess to know this? It has been done before. It is a textbook overthrow of governments, and it is happening to us.

Can America Co-exist with Islam?

As a lifelong history buff, I have known more about Islam in history and as a religion than the average bear. But I have little firsthand experience with Islam or Muslims. I was heartbroken when Cat Stvens gave up his music for Islam, but I guess that doesn't count. I once worked alongside a Muslim imigrant from Yemen. He was a staunch believer, and I admired his commitment to his values. I didn't necessarily admire the actual values, however.

From our many discussions, it is interesting that the main thing I remember is that Muslims men, to be correct, must sit on the cammode to pee. This is to avoid standing up, which would be like an animal such as a dog. I recalled at the time, that my studies from The Old Testament that bad and vulgar people were sometimes described as "one who pisseth against the wall", (like a dog hiking his leg). I think this was once part of the culture of all semetic peoples. But does it define a religion? Is it even important. I hope not.

I once asked my friend, "If I visited Yemen, would I likely be killed right off the bat, just traveling through the county?"

His answer didn't comfort me. But he made no apologies. In my more recent studies I have learned how some, if not most Muslims, are able to justify acts of violence or disrespect against non-Muslims because, in their eyes, infidels are not deserving of the higher status of being fully human. Interestingly, many Orthadox Jews also have similar beliefs; non-Jews or gentiles are pretty much to them as infidels are to Muslims.

I guess these belief explain why God could pronounce a commandment forbidding killing and then turn around and require the utter distruction of Jerico, which stangely Joshua's entire army did not even do correctly. They took pity on some and let them live. They also took opportunity to aquire a few extra good-looking wives and let them live as well, maybe more out of selfishness.

The reason God wanted to have all the inhabitants of Jerico and other cities that the Jews were to occupy eradicated, was to give the Jews the opportunity to start over with a clean slate. All the old idolators were caused to stumble around in the wilderness until they died off. Even Moses was not allowed to enter the promised land. If you are a believer, then you believe that God giveth and God taketh away. 

As a Christian, I belief that Jews were indeed God's Covenent People or Chosen People, and so I can understand how a "belief system", could compell people to do such things. However, I also conveniently believe that Jews blew it and through Christ, so-called gentiles who truly follow Christ ,have become his Chosen People. You see, it is all about us. If they are not like us, then kill those bastards, seems to be the active belief common to the semetic religions--AND MANY OTHER RELIGIONS.

I am happy that Christ did not teach such things, however, you'd never know it by the way we sometimes act. We tend to pick and choose the beliefs from the Old and New Testements that enforce our own agendas.

So it is with such confessions that I submit the idea that a country founded on basic Judeo-Christian values, with a constitution in place ensuring the pursuit of such beliefs, by definition, will have problems with any political or religious ideology that conficts with such values. Like it or not, although the constitution and intent of our constitution and our founding fathers protects the rights to worship as any individual or group's desires, it is superceded by the over-riding protEctions of "the rest of the group". A religion cannot override the constitution and tramp on the rights of others, by enforcing their own laws as in a theocracy.

It is my understanding that it has always been a goal of Islam, as presented by the Koran and the subsequent body of writings and Islamic religious case-law, to impose the teachings of Islam upon the entire world, thereby conquering and subduing all other peopels and other relgions at the peril of loss of status, to the extent of expulsion, enslavement, or eradication (death). History backs this up.

I am a student of a bunch of martial arts, including the FMA's (Fillipino Martial Arts). All of these FMA came from the soouthern islands such as Kali. In fact the most well-defined andlethal (in my opinion) of all martial arts is Kali that takes its name from the largest island. It is not mere coincidence that this was the island conqurered by Islam during its first great era of conquest. Muslims conquered this island, along with most of Indonesia, half a dozen hundred years ago.

As happens with many particularly insular islands, the teachings of Islam as taught at the time of the conquest was preserved very well by the natives of Kali. Kali is considered a merciful martial art, as it were. It uses knives and sticks, primarily. It gave the Spanish fits, leading to the death of Magellean even. At the turn of the last century the US helped the fillipinos overthrow the Spanish (only to betray them and effectively take them over for themselves--part of the Doctrine of Mnifest Destiny.) The US Marines ganed the name of Leathernects fighting the fiece Kali warriors.

US Marines were not called leathernecks because they were tough, they gained that tough sounding name for more practical reasons. They being killed with sticks and knives by the Kali's, who targeted their necks in close quarters combat. So the Marines devized steel-framed tich padded leather collar to protect their necks. I'll add, thnat I believe that the Kali marine experience is also what led to changing from a small-caliber revolver to the Browning automatic 45 caliber and pistol. The heavier, relatively slow 45 cal bullets, were designed to physically stop, even knock back a charging enemy. This correct a big problem met by the marines in Kali.

But my whole point is that Kali was originally developed by Muslims, probably dispatched from what was then a leading center for Islam, the Islam-subdued South of Spain--which also to this day is still consider a foremost knife culture of the modern world. The commonly accepted practice of Mercy displayed by the Kali fighters has less to do with mercy than it does with religious conversion.

You see, the martial art of Kali, begins with non-lethal blows are knife wounds of the outer body parts, legs, feet, hands arms, face, eyes, hands, etc--working inward--thus allowing the unfortunate/fortunate recipient of the wounds to convert to Islam prior to death. This is the accepted origin of the especially effective FMA's.

Just for the sake of continuity, Kali went underground after it was forbidden by the Spanich Conquistadores. It did not disappear, however, because it was passed down by secret Kali societies from master to master. The basic moves were even preserved by the local dances. You may have participated in the footwork game using bamboo poles during elementary school. I did. I believe that this also was part oif the Kali efforts to camoflage and preserve the maritial art of Kali.

While the religion may have been largely lost by the Kali peopl, the lethal martial art was not.

I know less about Indonesian martial arts, as I have not had the opportunity to practice it myself. But I know that one of them, silat, is reliant on knives for added lethality. I beieve Indonesia to be the home of the best knife warriors in the world. Most people do not understand that Indonesia is also home to by far the largest population of Muslims in the world as well. Do  you remember the drawings of Sinbad the Sailor, with his wicked looking short sword that curved upward. Or the pictures of the crooked Kris daggers? This too began as an ancient depiction of Islam on the conquest.

Constantinople was once the very heart of Christianity. It is now called Istanbul, and where are the Christians? Mostly, all gone.

Where are the Chritians (or proponents of any religion other that Islam, within an Islamic conquered country? Some are more tolerant of others. Invariably it is not the conquering variety, who tolerant of other religions. Egypt is one example of a tolerant country. But it is not a Islamic theocrachy. Nor is Indonesia, thank Allah.  

I belive that it is very clear that Islam is a warrior religion. In order to accomplish their aims, Islam HAS to use warfare, because people seldom just convert from their religions without serious persuation. The promise of death slow death, I would suppose, is a quick and effective persuader.

No, I do not think that Islam, as I understand it, can ever coexist with the US Constitution. One or the other must give way.

http://loganswarning.com/2010/01/23/indonesia-1000-muslims-burn-down-two-churches/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_in_Indonesia#History

http://www.marvunapp.com/Appendix4/sinbadvoyages.htm

What is Right is Right, and it is Always Right

While dealing with issues such as the TSA Screenings and invasion of our individual rights, I believe that common sense provides clear guidelines. Whether we are judging Sara Palin, Glen Beck, President Bush, President Obamma, or President Putin, or Muslim, Bhudist, Jew, pr Atheist, these basic principles should still provide us clear ansers. Our Constitution requires it.

Our Rights are Under Seige and they must be guarded and Defended Jealously.

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Back in the day, during the sixties and seventies, we young folks started bucking the establishment and daring to declare wrong wrong, intolerance intolerance, facism facism, unfair unfair, and draconian draconian. As it turned out, we were justified. History tells us of illegal spying on individuals by Presidents of our nation and FBi directors, and a general culture of routine deceit: hidden indiscresions by politicians at tax-payer expense, criminal use of governmental resources for private agendas, planting of evidence by law-enforcement, shooting and killing innocent college students by National Guard troops, and a host of other "evil" and "wicked" practices.

We protested such things as not being constitutional or American in spirit. We decried the increasing eyes and ears of Big Brother crowding our privacy and limiting our personal rights. We were considered liberals and communists and pinko communist fags. But we hung in there an we did make changes in our government and in our popular culture. Most of us did not identify ourselves so much with a particular political agenda, as we identified ourselves as individuals seeking our duely guaranteed rights. As it so happened, the Democratic Party supported our collective agenda more closely than did the GOP. But if you were there, you would know that there were plenty of Democratic legislators who did not support our changes. Ours was largely a generation-gap issue--with just a few acceptions. But ourissues were real.I find it amazing that the same old stunts are now being used by those same old fellow protestors--now grown up.

Today, some half a century later, it is interesting to me that the issues are much the same, but the parties have flipflopped. I have changed a little with maturity, self-education, and experience. But not that much. I still am in favor of helping the helpless, cheering for good and right, eliminating the erosion of our constitutionally guraanteed individual rights00so long as they do not hurt others, and changing laws, cultures, and habits when they need to be changed. And yet, I find more promise among Independent candidates and Republicans than I do in Democrats. Let us explore a few examples.

Common Sense has always seemed fairly easy for me to define define. But for many others, it has apparently become murky. Although I am less black-and-white today than I once was, I still hold basic intuitive truths.

• Killing the innocent is wrong. Defending yourself, your family,your community, your kind, and your nation is good, even if it necessitates killing. How hard is that?
• Waste is wrong. Thrift is right. Extravagance is bad. Conservation is good.
• Dishonesty is bad. Honesty is Good.
• A man's (or woman's) word is his/her bond.
• What is right is right--and it is always right. What's wrong is wrong and its always wrong.
• Liars shouldn't be believed. Dishonesty should not be rewarded. Honesty should b e rewarded.
• There is Good and there is Evil. Good and Bad is NOT relative.
• There is a God. There is a Devil. Call them what you may. Some serve God. Some serve the Devil.
• OUr spirits will live on after this life. we will be judged for our actions.
• Selfishness in not a trait of success. Service is a true trait for success.
•  Family is sacred. We should strive to maintain our family units. Marriage between man an d woman is good.
• Men and women are different, albeit not a lot different. There are some things, albeit few, that can be done better, for the most part, by one sex over the other.
• Men and women are both equally important and necessary. Neither is better than the other.
• There are such things as justice and injustice.
• Humans are intended to be stewards over the earh, plants, animals, and resources. They should use the above principles to govern wisely.
• Plants and naimals should be managed as carefully as possible. Humans are omnivores. animal flesh should be used sparingly. Plants and resources should be used sparingly.
• There is a hierachy of survival. In most environments, humans are at the top of the food chain. It is hard to look at nature and deny this. Survival of the fitest is a truism, but man has the capacity and ability to decern and chose right from wrong.
• Free agency is devine. Speech, travel, religion, and commerce should be unrestricted.
• Agents of the government will serve at the behst of the majority.
• Government is made for man, not man for the government. Which invented which. this should be evident.
• It is okay to disagree, as long as we do not hurt others.
• In civil matters, the majority rules.
• We should assist the less fortunate among us. This should be a matter of individual and religious freedom. Altruism is an inherent human quality.
• Laws should be established by the people for the people. Laws should be enforced by those fairly appointed by the people. Judgement should be tempered by mercy. But laws must be enforced by consequences equal to the crimes.
• Wars may be fought as agreed upon by the majority. Citizens should volunteer to serve and fund the Military as per majority rule.
• Private property may be acquired and owned by those who exercise the ingenuity and ability to acquire it legally, by their families, and as gifted to other individuals and institutions.
• Commerce between individuals and organizations is a human right.
• Everyone has a right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness as long as those things dop not interfere with the same rights of others.
• The collective knowledge, morality, and experience of past civilizations should be given ample weight and not changed lightly. any suchg changes should also be decided upon by the majority.
• Any person given civil authority over the freedoms of others should be chosen and removed by the majority. Such civil servants should be limited in terms of service to a majority-decided period of time as would provide for learning ample proficiency and providing a reasonable period of service, but not so long as to invite croniism and corruption.

Of course these basic principles could and should be added to, but they really are all founded upon human rights and fairness. Our original Constitution of the USA is the foremost doucment of its kind, and reperesents the grandest and most successful experiment in human history. It should be closely adhered to. Our leaders should not govern by exception, but by following the Spirit or Intent of the Constitution rather than finding loopholes, which will allow them to by-pass this intent.

 

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How can the Fairness Doctrine be fairly invoked with this kind of poular support?