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Justice Ginsburg Violates Her Oath-read more

J. Lugo — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:27:00 +0000

By KrisAnne Hall

If you are wondering what causes the destruction of America, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, may give part of the answer to this question.

Al Hayat TV in Egypt interviewed Justice Ginsburg asking her for the advice she would give Egypt in writing the Constitution for their newly formed government. Her reply to this question gives insight into this her thoughts and understanding of the very Constitution she has given an oath to support and defend.

“I can’t speak as to what the Egyptian experience should be” she said, “because I am operating under a rather old Constitution, the United States in comparison to Egypt is a very new nation, yet we have the oldest Constitution still in force in the world…”

Immediately, Ginsburg diminishes the value of our Constitution because it is the “oldest Constitution”. She is completely ignoring the fact that it is the oldest Constitution because of the very foundation and principles it espouses. Our founders, although wise and possibly geniuses, were not making up things as they went along, they built a nation upon 700 years of experience with human nature, tyranny, and Liberty in mind. Our Constitution is not over 200 years old, but in reality, its principles and practices are over 1,000 years old. And it IS its age that gives it its credibility. It IS the tried and tested principles and practices that make America the shining city on a hill and the envy of the world.

But Mrs. Ginsburg’s criticism of our Constitution doesn’t end there. When asked by the reporter if Egypt should look to the US Constitution as an example to form their own, her response is shocking.

“You should be aided by all the constitutional writings that have gone on since the end of World War II, I would not look to the US Constitution if I were drafting a constitution in the year 2012.”

Yes, you heard right, she is telling Egypt to disregard our Constitution when drafting theirs. She offers up, rather, the Constitutions of South Africa and Canada. She even strongly suggests the European Union’s Human Rights statement as a BETTER example of Constitutions.

“I might look at the Constitution of South Africa, that was a deliberate attempt to have a fundamental instrument of government that embraced basic human rights; [they have] an independent judiciary, it really is, I think a great piece of work that was done, much more recently than the United States Constitution. Canada has a charter of rights and freedoms that dates from 1982. You would most certainly look at the European convention on human rights…”

Can we glean from these statements that Mrs. Ginsburg does not believe OUR Constitution was a “deliberate attempt to embrace basic human rights”? I am really beginning to wonder what Mrs. Ginsburg actually KNOWS about our Constitution. After all, how is a nation founded upon the principles that “All men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” not deliberately attempting to embrace basic human rights? Maybe she missed Sam Adams’ explanation of the rights of the colonists when he said they were “First, a right to life; Secondly, to liberty; Thirdly, to property; together with the right to support and defend them in the best manner they can.” I guess in Mrs. Ginsburg’s books, those are not principles of basic human rights. In this interview, Mrs. Ginsburg says she is “a very strong believer in learning and listening to others”, unfortunately she never took the time to learn and listen to the men and women who founded this nation.

Mrs. Ginsberg does acknowledge the wisdom of our founders but points out the absence of women at the Constitutional Convention:

“…we were just tremendously fortunate in the US that men who met in Philadelphia were very wise, it is true they were lacking one thing, that is there were no women as part of the Constitutional Conventions, but there were women around, who sparked the idea…”

It is interesting that even if it is just in passing, Mrs. Ginsberg does acknowledge that women were involved in the foundational “ideas” of this nation. Yet she does a great disservice to the women of that era by completely ignoring the magnitude of their input. Her perpetration of revisionist history even becomes part of her advice to the country of Egypt.

“John Adams who was one of our first presidents, and instrumental in the Constitutional Congress, his wife Abigail was very well known, intelligent, said “Now John when you write that Constitution, please remember the ladies.” And he wrote back something amusing, he said, “are you suggesting that women should be part of the political community, look if we do that everyone will be claiming the right to vote, 12 year old boys will be claiming the right”, he treated like a joke…”

The internet is an amazing thing. It was not difficult to find the letters between Abigail and John that she references and John Adams said NOTHING like what Mrs. Ginsburg claims. Most historians not in the business of rewriting history are quick to acknowledge that John Adams held his wife in very high regard and often relied on her wisdom. Additionally, most of our founders felt the same way about the strong women in their lives. To suggest as Mrs. Ginsburg does, that the men excluded women from this process because they were tyrants and oppressive husbands, is as ridiculous as her rendition of the letters she quotes. Liberty, as John Adams describes in this letter is contagious. Our founders knew that with patience and proper focus on Liberty, in time, all would enjoy as much or as little Liberty as they wished to obtain. This is a valuable point Mrs. Ginsburg would do well to point out to a newly forming nation.

The truly puzzling thing is that she admits that our founders were “wise” and calls them “genius” and even admits that women had a role in sparking the “idea” of Liberty. But she then immediately perpetuates the liberal lie that our founders were not interested in women’s rights and wanted slavery to remain a guiding principle in this nation. May I remind Mrs. Ginsberg that the Declaration of Independence states “ALL” men are created equal. Not all men of a particular race, color or creed, or not even just all AMERICANS, but all men. In my dictionary “all” means “all”. In “listening and learning” from our founders they made it clear that slavery was something that must be abolished. It is precisely why they set a “sunset” for the institution of slavery. Maybe Mrs. Ginsburg doesn’t understand that provision since our current government doesn’t respect “sunset” provisions and simply votes to perpetuate them.

To our founders, who were focused on Liberty, creating a union of states was the most important aspect to ensuring that Liberty would prosper. They knew they could not plow new fields overnight and if they tried to change the world in one move, the union would never have a chance, and Liberty would not have its way in all the states. They understood the fundamental aspect of Liberty, that if the focus of a society is on Liberty, that Liberty will be contagious. People who observe others enjoying Liberty will always want to enjoy it for themselves. Our government was established as a Republic so once that desire for Liberty began to spread, a minority group could have a society-changing voice. Our founders deliberately did not establish a democracy, because in that form of government, the majority would always choke to death the desire for Liberty of a minority. Yet another point that Mrs. Ginsberg might be wise to share with Egypt instead of encouraging them to strive “to achieve a general democracy…”

The dichotomy of her praise and criticism of our founders and our Constitution shows that she is greatly misinformed of both. The fact that she would lift up the European Union’s Human Rights statement should greatly concern us. But the finality of her statement to a newly forming nation, that they should NOT look to the wisdom of our founders and use our Constitution as a guide gives us the greatest insight into what she believes about the founding of our nation and the supreme law of the land.

I have begun to understand that those in our government repeatedly take oaths that they do not understand do not actually believe. Taking an oath and not understanding what that oath means, is the equivalent of taking no oath at all. Mrs. Ginsberg is a great example. Here is the oath every Supreme Court Justice takes:

“I, _________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

According to an online dictionary the word “support” means to keep from weakening or failing, to strengthen. Synonyms for this word are uphold, back, advocate, champion. According to the same online dictionary the word “defend” means to keep safe from danger, attack, or harm, to ward off an attack. It seems to me, that putting down our Constitution and lifting up others above it is a very strange way to keep it from weakening, to advocate for it, and to ward off attacks against it. This justice, whose entire job depends upon the definition of words, seems to have forgotten the meaning of these vital words. Mrs. Ginsburg might do well to pick up a dictionary and put down her distorted Constitutional law books.

Mrs. Ginsburg did make one statement that was right on. When asked her ideas on how to draft a constitution, her reply should cause every patriot to sit up and take notice.

“A Constitution, as important as it is, will mean nothing unless the people are yearning for liberty and freedom if the people don’t care, then the best Constitution in the world won’t make any difference, so spirit of liberty must be in the population.”

Bravo, Mrs. Ginsburg, you have the fundamental foundation for being a patriot. Now, put down your law books, put down your revisionist history, set aside your agendas and REALLY “learn and listen” to the men you called genius. Learn WHY they were able to pledge their lives, their fortune, and their sacred honor so ages and millions yet unborn could live in the greatest nation on the planet protected by the greatest human rights statements ever drafted. You may just then begin to understand the pledge you took, and the principles embodied in the document you are supposed to support and defend. You will then be qualified to maintain that seat on the Supreme Court. May I be so bold as to suggest a really great book for you to get started? Not A Living Breathing Document, Reclaiming Our Constitution

for information email: lugo@ddtv.org

Brewing Up a Fools War in the Gulf-(read more)

J. Lugo — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:47:02 +0000

by Eric Margolis

The United States and Iran are playing an increasingly dangerous game of chicken in the Gulf. Threats and counter-threats are flying fast and furious. War could be only an accidental ship collision or aircraft intrusion away.

Nations often blunder into war due to miscalculation, arrogance, or wrong intelligence. One need only recall August, 1914, when joyous throngs of French or Germans cried out, “on to Berlin!” and “On to Paris!” and “Home for Christmas.”

The current confrontation between the US/Israel on one side and Iran on the other is about more than Tehran’s UN-inspected nuclear power program that some claim is a front for developing nuclear weapons.

With Iraq defanged and Syria in turmoil, Iran is the last major Mideast state that refuses to be part of the US sphere of influence – what I call the American Raj.

As Iran’s noisy defiance grows, Washington fears its influence and prestige will suffer unless it brings the annoying mullahs to heel. The so-called “Arab spring” has a confused Washington ready to lash out, as Libya showed. A crisis in the Gulf could derail US plans to reassert its influence over the Mideast.

Iran’s nuclear program has become the symbol of that nation’s fiery nationalism. Iranian leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, insists the West is determined to keep the Muslim world technologically backward. Iran’s nuclear program is a great technological leap forward for all Muslims, asserts the ayatollah.

Embarrassingly for Washington’s hawks, two recent US national intelligence estimates so far support the ayatollah’s assertions that Iran’s nuclear program is strictly for power generation.

However, US allies on the UN’s Atomic Energy Agency continue to raise questions as to the intent of the Iranian program, without producing any hard proof of warlike intent.

Israel is straining every muscle to push the US into war against Iran, as it did in 2002-2003 with Iraq, thus sparing itself the difficult task. The recent string of murders of Iranian scientists appears designed to provoke Iran into a retaliation that would set in motion a full-scale war. So far, Iran has refrained from any retaliation.

The powerful US pro-Israel lobby and its Christian fundamentalist allies (now 44% of all Republican voters) have gotten Congress to impose new sanctions aimed at sharply curtailing Iran’s oil exports – in effect, economic all-out warfare that could spark a shooting war. A war, like Afghanistan and Iraq, that the US bankrupt government will finance through borrowed money, not taxes.

Israel’s rightwing Likud Party is using the non-existent threat of Iranian nuclear attack to divert attention from the burning issue of Palestine, and from Israel’s own internal economic problems and protests.

America’s media is baying for Iran’s blood. We just saw Republican presidential candidates – Ron Paul and John Huntsmen excepted – vying to sound the most bloodthirsty over Iran.

Candidate Newt Gingrich got $5 million of indirect support from an American casino mogul who is a major financial backer of Israel’s West Bank settlers and expansionist Likud Party.

My assessment is that America’s military does not want war with Iran. Muscle-flexing yes to back up muscular diplomacy, but not a full-scale conflict involving repeated air and naval strikes against a minimum of 3,200 Iranian military and civilian targets, according to US Navy senior sources.

America’s warplanes are aging or nearly worn out after Afghanistan and Iraq. Falling military budgets will make aircraft, missiles, bombs and ships harder and harder to replace.

The US has been at war about every five years or so since the 1950’s. With 1,000 bases around the globe and 11 aircraft carrier battle groups, the Pentagon can no longer afford to project global power just as it’s getting involved into East and West Africa, now America’s leading source of non-North American oil. US military spending already accounts for almost half the global total.

All wars are unpredictable; all carefully laid plans break down after the first shot is fired. The Pentagon rightly fears it will get sucked into a wider war against Iran – including ground operations in which Iran could effectively fight back against US forces.

The vulnerability to attack by Iranian special forces of US bases in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and even Central Asia is of great concern to the Pentagon’s Central Command.

Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad became a celebrated hero in the war against Iraq for leading deep penetration raids into enemy territory.

For its part, Iran seems to be foolishly going out of its way to goad and challenge the US and its allies. Last week, Tehran trumpeted that it was producing more 20% enriched uranium at a new underground plant at Fordow.

Few westerners understand anything about nuclear technology, never mind making weapons. To them, the Iranian announcement translated into “Iranian Nuclear Weapons!” Iran’s foes were delighted.

Iranian hardliners have told me they welcome war with the US. “The Americans will break their teeth on Iran!”

Brave words, but we heard similar foolhardy boasts from Iraqis in 2003.

Hot air, posturing and national egos can lead to disastrous real war – one that neither side wants, Israel excepted.

Fortunately, some wiser heads in Tehran – where figuring out who is really in charge is always a challenge – are letting in a new bunch of UN nuclear inspectors at month end and talking about more talks.

The Obama administration, showing more mettle than usual, has reportedly told Israel not to attack Iran without prior US approval.

A war over Iran is totally unnecessary and would be a major disaster for all concerned. But it could happen any day.

January 19, 2012

Eric Margolis is the author of War at the Top of the World and the new book, American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World.

Jose Lugo, editor ddtv.org

I wouldn’t Hire Ron Paul—–(read more)

J. Lugo — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:45:17 +0000

I will grant that Ron Paul is both intelligent and wise. And yes, it is true, that he is the most effective champion of human liberty in public life and seems to know more about the U.S. Constitution than any other elected official. He does seem to be personally kind and is even patient with the most obnoxious media figures. And it’s clear from his voting record that he is a man of principle and integrity.

Still, I wouldn’t hire Ron Paul…

… to fix my car. He could be a backyard automotive tinkerer for all I know. But there is no public evidence to that effect. And I sure wouldn’t hire him to do eye surgery.

He’s not that kind of doctor.

Nor would I hire him to structure a leveraged buyout or manage a hostile corporate takeover. He’s not experienced in those things. In fact, for something like that, or to run a private equity firm that does corporate turnarounds, I actually might hire Mitt Romney. It seems he has both experience and demonstrable success in that area.

But I certainly wouldn’t hire Romney to be president.

Especially now.

With the global doomsday debt clock ticking down, the dollar’s world reserve currency status unwinding, and the American dream clearly beginning to fade, we desperately need someone knowledgeable about the economic principles and monetary policies that have gotten us into this mess.

Someone who knows how to get us out.

And that wouldn’t include Mitt Romney.

With all the demands of amassing his substantial personal fortune, Mitt has clearly been too busy to spend any time learning about the Federal Reserve and its role in our perpetual sequence of bubbles and busts, or studying Hayek to find out why state central economic planning must fail, or learning about money and credit from Mises.

It is unfortunate that people tend to confuse some of these financial and economic matters, imagining skills in one to be interchangeable with knowledge about the other. But they are not the same thing.

If Mitt Romney understood the key economic issues of our time, he wouldn’t have voted for TARP, Bush’s $700 billion bailout bill in 2008.

Did it do anything for the real estate market as promised?

No.

Did it do anything for employment or the debt crisis?

No.

After years, we still have depression era levels of unemployment and 45 million Americans on food stamps. And a national debt that has exploded from $9 trillion when the recession began to $15 trillion today.

Romney asserts the tired and the unverifiable: that if the Keynesians’ pump-more-money-into-the-popped-bubble crowd hadn’t done what they did, things would really be bad.

That’s a good self-exonerating line that the crowd plays over and over. But it is they themselves who did exactly what they have done for generations, blowing up one bubble after another.

Or, stated differently, they sold us the map that marched us into the swamp to begin with. And then they sold us another bogus $700 billion map that was supposed to lead us out.

Only it didn’t.

One could charitably say that Mitt understands none of this. Or cynically, that while TARP did nothing for homeowners in places like Kansas City, or for the unemployed in Modesto, it sure did something for Wall Street.

If Romney understood the Federal Reserve, he might not support its chairmen and its mission. But because Romney hasn’t devoted time to understanding central banking perhaps it needs to be described to him in a way that a corporate turnaround professional can understand.

What would Romney say about a hundred year old family-owned company whose outside management had destroyed 96 percent of the value of the company’s product?

Because that’s exactly what the Fed has done to the value of the dollar.

Would any self-respecting equity manager say, as Romney has said of the Fed, that such malfeasance doesn’t deserve his effort or focus? What if a closer look revealed just how much the company’s directors had prospered by their destruction of the family wealth? Would that be worth Romney’s attention?

It might be said that Mitt is altogether pleased that the nation’s monetary affairs are arranged to benefit investment bankers at the expense of the people. But if that is too cynical, it could be more charitably said that he just hasn’t had time to master the arcane world of central banking.

That’s fine.

But then Romney simply shouldn’t offer himself up as president.

Especially now.

Of course the very busy Mitt Romney seems to have given no more thought to American foreign policy than to the bailouts and the Fed. His glib call for a new American century of global military dominance has the anachronistic ring of someone who missed all the unintended consequences of our propping up sheiks and shahs and dictators around the world. And of someone who slept right through Bush’s elective war in Iraq. It sounds like someone who is completely clueless about the way the $1.2 trillion a year we spend on the national security state has bankrupted this country.

Romney says that if he knew then what we know now about Iraq, he wouldn’t have gone in.

That’s not good enough.

Because plenty of people knew then what we know now.

Ron Paul was clear that Iraq posed no threat to the security of this country. He knew that the war was being undertaken without constitutional authorization and that rather than an affair of days or weeks that we were told, he said that Bush’s splendid little war would be the biggest since World War II. He foresaw that the war would be accompanied by the growth of military and police powers along with the erosion of our civil liberties.

Having studied central banking and applied the insights of great economist like Mises, Ron Paul has described both in advance and in detail the cycle of bubbles and busts the Federal Reserve has plagued us with.

His 2003 description in Congress of the way the housing bubble would develop and the long-term damage it would do the U.S. economy was stunningly exact, a precise step-by-step preview of the calamity just as it unfolded.

The Federal Reserve may not merit Mitt Romney’s attention, but if the Fed had not been worthy of Ron Paul’s attention, we would not have learned the shocking truth about how the Fed had been acting as central bank to the world, secretly loaning trillions of dollars to the most politically powerful banks and companies. Not to mention foreign banks including Barclays, Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank, UBS, Credit Suisse, and even one owned in substantial part by the Central Bank of Libya.

At this point it is not reasonable to expect that Mitt Romney has any idea what the economic consequences of these Federal Reserve policies will be. Since the mortgage meltdown the Federal Reserve has blown up its balance sheet, the adjusted monetary base, from $800 billion to more than $2.6 trillion. The cost of this policy is yet to be seen, but for one who understands money and credit like Ron Paul, that cost is entirely foreseeable. The consequences will be severe. It is America’s next big economic calamity.

Mitt Romney doesn’t know what the consequences of that will be. He hasn’t applied himself to understanding central banking and monetary theory. He hasn’t studied Mises and Hayek and Rothbard. He’s an equity raiser and corporate turnaround guy.

It’s a different skill set.

Mitt Romney might be a capable venture capitalist, but it would really be a serious mistake to hire him to be president. And that’s putting it charitably.

Ron Paul hasn’t spent his time structuring debt/equity ratios, thinking about mezzanine financing, or doing venture capital deals. But after a succession of shallow Romneys, following generations of failed Keynesian spend-our way-to-prosperity economics, and facing now the bankruptcy of the welfare/warfare state, for what ails this country Ron Paul is the doctor.

Let’s hire the right man this time.

Charles Goyette, author

Jose Lugo, publisher DDTV.ORG

January 19, 2012

Charles Goyette [send him mail] is the author of the New York Times bestseller The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments, now available in paperback. And coming in February 2012, Charles Goyette’s Freedom & Prosperity Letter. His new book Red and Blue and Broke All Over: Restoring America’s Free Economy will be released March 15.

Is Our Constitution a threat.—-(read more)

J. Lugo — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:04:13 +0000

Congress Decides Constitution is a Threat to National Security.

The principles of habeas corpus and due process extend as far back as 12th century England. These principles were among the most fearfully guarded liberties among America’s founders. If truth be told it was abuses of due process and an unresponsive government (not simply burdensome taxes) that were the primary causes of the American Revolution. Notice the words of these distinguished Americans:

Ø “Trial by jury in civil causes…trial by jury in criminal causes, [and] the benefits of the writ of habeas corpus…all stand on the same footing; they are the common rights of Americans.” ~Richard Henry Lee

Ø “For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences” ~Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson

Ø “The founders of our nation considered the right of trial by jury…an important bulwark against tyranny and corruption, a ‘safeguard too precious to be left to the whim of the sovereign.” ~Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 1979

Yet, here we are today in the midst of a startling attack on some of our most fundamental liberties. Our government has passed a bill that will undermine the very due process rights that thousands of brave souls have bled and died for.

Senate Bill 1867, also known as the National Defense Authorization Act, is the means by which Congress funds the military and is therefore a “must pass bill.” No politician wants to be the one who voted to defund the military, especially if you are a so-called conservative. Those who would be disposed to usurp the Liberties of this land take these must pass bills and convert them into Trojan horses. This particular Trojan horse puts the due process rights of American citizens in serious jeopardy through sections 1031 and 1032.

Sections 1031 and 1032 of this bill are completely unrelated to the funding of the military. These sections, we are told, will ‘save us from terrorists’. The plan is to remove the Constitutional right of habeas corpus and persons deemed to be terrorists will be detained indefinitely, out of the country. The built-in premise is that the right of habeas corpus is somehow a threat to national security.

Who wouldn’t want to stop terrorists? Don’t we all want to be safe? Aren’t terrorist the very demons we should be fighting today? If you don’t support this bill you are a terrorist sympathizer.

Am I a terrorist sympathizer simply because I believe that you shouldn’t have to circumvent the Constitution to do your job? Particularly considering the very job description these Congressmen swore to do was to “support and defend the Constitution.” It is mindboggling that those with the power and responsibility to PROTECT LIBERTY are the very ones who will justify its destruction. Here are the arguments put forth in favor of these dangerous provisions:

1. These Sections Specifically Limit Actions Of The Government To Al-Qaeda And Taliban Terrorists Involved In 9/11

False. This refers to sec. 1031(b) Covered Persons: (1) A person who planned, authorized, committed , or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, or harbored those responsible for those attacks. (2) A person who was part of or substantially supported al-Qaeda, the Taliban, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition forces…

I suppose all would be well, if this were the end of this section. However, the devil is always in the details. Attorneys are trained to look for loopholes, and those who wrote this bill were attorneys, so they are either ignorant or inserting holes to provide doors for future activity. Door No. 1:

…including any person who has committed a belligerent act or has directly supported such hostilities in aid of such enemy forces.

Belligerent act? There you have it, the open door to include just about anyone. Now don’t think these words are not well planned and don’t for one minute assume you know their definitions. Remember John McCain and Joe Leiberman’s “Enemy Belligerent Interrogation, Detention, and Prosecution Act of 2010″? This act failed, but that has not stopped John McCain. This Enemy Belligerent Act defines a Belligerent as: an individual, including a citizen of the United States, determined to be an unprivileged enemy belligerent…an individual who: 1) has engaged in hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners; or 2) has purposefully and materially supported hostilities against the United States or its coalition partners.” Hostilities? And the door swings wide open.

Next argument:

2. Section 1032 Does Not Cover US Citzens.

False. Section 1032(2) states that the requirement to detain an individual applies to someone who has been determined to be “a member of, al-Qaeda or an associated force that acts in coordination with or pursuant to the direction of al-Qaeda: and to have participated in the course of planning or carrying out an attack or attempted attack against the United States or its coalition partners.”

Sounds pretty limiting right? Well, here’s Door No. 2, section (4) “The Secretary of Defense (Leon Panetta) may, in consultation with the Secretary of State (Hillary Clinton) and the Director of National Intelligence (James R. Clapper), waive the requirements of paragraph (1) if the Secretary submits to Congress a certification in writing that such a waiver is in the national security interests of the United States.”

There you have it. All limitations fly out the window if the government determines a “national security interest”. But those that planted these loopholes are not finished.

The next argument alleges:

3. Section 1032(b)(1) Specifically Excludes US Citizens

False. Section 1032(b)(1) states “The requirement to detain a person in military custody under this section does not extend to citizens of the United States.” Is this the part that is supposed to stop the government from detaining US Citizens? Any decent attorney would tell you that the “prohibitive language” in this statement is a bit ambiguous. What this section says is the REQUIREMENT to detain doesn’t extend to US Citizens. That means they don’t have to detain them, but what if they want to! Open Door No. 3, let all who enter beware!

All this sounds a bit alarmist right? Why do I think the language is cleverly crafted to be more than it appears? Because those who support this bill do not WANT to protect the liberty of US Citizens. They will, when cornered with the truth, tell you that any US Citizens who is involved with terrorists “DOES NOT deserve Constitutional rights.” The idea that US Citizens do not deserve their Constitutional rights is a very frightening statement. But put that in conjunction with the understanding that it is the government, specifically this current administration, that gets to CHOOSE which citizens do not deserve their Constitutional rights.

Still sounds alarmist right? After all we are talking about terrorists. So you don’t like terrorist? I don’t either. But I do love Liberty and I do fear the power of unlimited government. And what happens when the government determines you to fit the definition of a terrorist? Janet Napolatano says that soldiers returning from Iraq and those who oppose abortion fit the bill. Which US Citizens DO YOU think should not have protections under the Constitution? Which one of our rights is a threat to national security and need to be curtailed or eliminated? Remember William Pitt’s words, “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants. It is the creed of slaves.”

Terrorism is real and we must combat it. But you cannot have peace without Liberty! According to Benjamin Franklin, “Anyone who would trade Liberty for temporary security deserves neither Liberty nor security”. He specifically said, “temporary security” because he knew that being “safe” is a fleeting feeling. You may think trading just a small piece of Liberty today is worth feeling safe. However, tomorrow safety will fly away when a bigger boogey man turns the corner. Then will you be willing to trade a little more? Remember, the funny thing about temporarily giving anything to the government is that you don’t get it back and they always want more. Two words: Income Tax.

John Adams stated in his inaugural address in 1797, if “our Government can be influenced by foreign nations by flattery or menaces, by fraud or violence, by terror or intrigue the Government may not be the choice of the American People, but of foreign nations. It may be foreign nations that govern us and not we the people who govern ourselves.” He was telling us that when the government operates under the motivating factor of fear, those that scare us rule us. He continued with his warning by saying, “If we are to have a free republican government we must have an attachment to the Constitution and a conscientious determination to support it.” Our only hope of Liberty, our only hope of peace, is through the Constitution, not by circumventing it.

Congress took an oath to PROTECT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES; they did not take an oath to defeat terrorism. They must stick with their oath; because, the principles in the Constitution do not change; the definition of terrorist apparently changes based on political ideology.

Ronald Reagan called America the last bastion of hope. He was remembering a statement by Daniel Webster, “Hold onto the Constitution and to the republic for which she stands. Miracles do not cluster and what has happened once in 6000 years may never happen again. Hold on to the Constitution, for if the American Constitution should fail, there will be anarchy throughout the world.” Our Congress has an obligation to us, an obligation to our children, and an obligation to the world.

We must stand for Liberty today or our children will bow tomorrow. I stand with Patrick Henry when he said, “Gentlemen may cry, “Peace! Peace!” — but there is no peace. What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”

KrisAnne Hall, author

Jose Lugo, editor ddtv.org

for information email: lugo@ddtv.org

Debates and Free Stuff—-(read more)

J. Lugo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:37:26 +0000

When Obama ran for office there were not as many debates among Democrats as there are now among Republicans. This may be bias against the Republicans. But if this true or not, it doesn’t matter, because it appears that having alot of debates is turning out to be a good thing. It’s giving the citizens a good look at the people who may be leading the country.

But it must be said that the first real surprise of the debates is that the Republicans seem to be having trouble finding a Republican. The reason for this, may be that there are no real Republicans out there, or maybe its that Republicans have finally figured out (like the Democrats) that you win elections by giving away free stuff (with taxpayer’s money). Stuff like section 8 housing, food stamps, heating allowances etc., some Democrats even want to give away free diapers. Then when they get into public office they get all those great benefits of being a Congressman; straight time pensions, great free health care, kickbacks, insider trading tips– the list is endless because they give themselves all the free stuff. Or, maybe the Republicans finally figured out that helping the rich and the corporations is a really bad idea, because the corporations then send jobs to other countries. This has the people angry and so not likely to vote for them.

This is why every Republican that makes it to the top of the polls, then starts talking like a Democrat to give away free stuff to get elected. And so far every candidate that rose to the top of the polls was quickly knocked off his perch because he started talking like a Democrat. A majority of citizens realize the mess the country is in, and they blame the Democrats and their social spending for this mess, but the Republicans also spend alot by giving business interests all kinds of tax breaks and other favors. General Electric paid no taxes last year.

First Mitt Romney was top of the heap, probably because he’s a real smooth talker. But his history of setting up government health care, shows the mindset of what got us in the current mess. So he’s stuck at the same level in the polls. Then it was Rick Perry, but then it was realized that he wants to give low cost college tuition to illegals and force medical treatment on teenage girls ( just like a Democrat), so he’s now off the top of the heap.

Then it was Newt Gingrich on top of the heap. A great speaker, but with many skeletons in his closet. His main advantage is the fact that he balanced the budget when he was the speaker of the House and had to fight the Bill Clinton administration to get it. He’s sliping from the top spot and fellow Republicans are attacking him, claiming he’s a progressive and his statement that he wants to give amnesty to illegals that have been here for over 25 years, and his desire that everybody have a home, seems to prove this. So he’ slipping.

So, since its a revolving door on the top of the heap, who’s next in line for the top spot.

The first of these is Ron Paul. He certainly does not talk like a Democrat, he doesn’t want to give away anything free to anybody. Also, he does not have a bunch of special interests groups tacked onto him like the others. He’s been gaining steadily because the citizens want to stop the gravy train express to bankruptcy, especially since we’re now 15 trillion in debt; but he keeps making the same mistake, that if not corrected, will loose the race for him; that is his position on terrorism which many see as weak and ineffective.

After 911, the government went after the terrorists in a big well publicized attack, but now the terrorists have been beaten down to the point that they may not be able to launch major attacks on the scale of 911, but they remain very dangerous because many sources say they want to acquire nuclear weapons. Since Ron Paul is the strongest supporter of the Constitution among the candidates running for the Presidency, it ’s becoming an ever more urgent question as to why he’s not stating that America use the Constitutions authorized use of “Letters of Mark and Reprisal” against terrorism.

The use of “Letters of Mark and Reprisal” is perfect for the present terrorist threat. If this method is used it means contacting the good people in countries where terrorists are active and help them find these terrorists and bring them to justice. “Letters of Mark and Reprisal” would be simple and not so costly in lives and resources as we are now spending. If Ron Paul can promote this, he certainly would have a chance at the presidency.

The other Republicans, Michael Bachmann, Jon Huntsman and Rick Santorum are real Republicans, they don’t want to give away free stuff. They want people who break the law to answer to the law. They also want a balanced budget and to get rid of Obama Care; real Republican type stuff. Most likely when Newt Gingrich gets knocked off the top, they will have their chance.

Or in the end, America might do what it does too much of; vote for the lesser of two evils. But it’s obvious that Americans are getting tired of this and looking for something else. That something else just might be the continuing trend to electronic democracy; by this I mean the increasing use of the mass media in politics. First by increased use of polls to gauge voter sentiment and now the increasing use of televised debates.

The people are starting to realize that the magic man is not coming to save them, that they must get involved in government. What’s next could be interesting.

Jose Lugo, editor DDTV.ORG

Nullification Letter——(read more)

J. Lugo — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:56:12 +0000

An Open Letter to State Legislators

     Most of us learned in school about checks and balances between the branches of the Federal government, such as a presidential veto of a bill in Congress, or Congress overriding a veto. But what should be done if any of the branches of the federal government impose unconstitutional laws or mandates on your State, such as forcing us to buy health insurance, or taking over private pensions or 401K plans? Are you willing to enforce the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to nullify those mandates?
     Nullification is a resolution by a state that it will not comply with any unconstitutional Federal law or mandate. It is not about overthrowing Constitutional order, it is about operating within it, to enforce the Constitution. It also has the advantage of avoiding lawsuits and U.S. Supreme Court intervention. Contrary to what you may have been taught in law school, the Supreme Court is not the final arbiter on Constitutional issues. Thomas Jefferson said that if the Federal government had a monopoly on Constitutional interpretation, it would naturally read the Constitution in it’s own favor. He insisted that the States were entitled to make ultimate Constitutional determinations, because the alternative was a central government monopoly that would “swallow up the States”. His Kentucky Resolutions of 1798 and 1799 are about nullification. This is not a new concept.
     It is important to keep in mind that the U.S. Constitution provides for a Federal government of sovereign States, not a national form of government, as evidenced in the ratification debates. The 10th Amendment states that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people”. The Federal government’s powers are limited to those few enumerated in the Constitution, mostly in Article 1, Section 8.
     There are several clauses in the Constitution frequently used to try to justify an unconstitutional law or mandate. The “general welfare” clause in Article 1 Section 8 is not an unlimited power because a list of specific powers delegated to Congress does not give general power to do whatever it wants. James Madison said that is like saying that Congress can do A, B, and C, plus whatever it wants.
     The “commerce clause” was intended to regulate trade between States only, it has no Constitutional control over activities within State borders. Commerce was mentioned 63 times in the Federalist papers at the time of the ratification of our Constitution. The intent was well known by our Founding Fathers.
     The “necessary and proper” clause is only for carrying out delegated Constitutional powers, nothing else.
     The “supremacy” clause in Article 6 is only for laws and treaties that are Constitutional, it does not mean that the Federal government can make laws to trump any other law.
     The President’s Executive Orders and Signing Statements are also for Constitutional objectives only, to carry out existing laws, not to rewrite laws or create new laws.
     For more information and sample legislation, please go to tenthamendmentcenter.com.

Pat Miketinac
Brooksville FL

A Real Jobs Plan—–(read more)

J. Lugo — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:08:55 +0000

A Real Jobs Plan

The first thing that has to be done to create jobs in America is to correct the wage difference between foreign workers and American workers with the current cost of foreign labor being way lower than American labor, so that manufacturers can make a profit in America and so bring jobs back to America.

The main stumbling block to this is the fact that Americans will have to pay for products made with high cost American labor, and so far they have proved beyond any doubt that they are not willing to do this. If you look in most American stores you will see that most products are made in foreign countries. This is not because of greedy shopkeepers or an anti-America conspiracy, its because Americans refuse to pay the high cost of products made with American labor. If Americans were to pay for products made at the cost of American labor, this will cause huge inflation in manufactured goods and to counter this inflation, the government must stop the crazy spending binge its on and spend less than it takes in so that taxes can be cut in a responsible way. But so far the government can not do this. Politics, you know.

Another problem of getting jobs back to America is one I have been writing about for a long time now, that Republicans like the current situation where business take advantage of low foreign wages to get products made at the lowest cost possible and then sell them in the high price American market. This makes for huge profits for business interests that give campaign contributions to Republicans so they can keep them in office to keep doing favors for them.

The jobs issue can be corrected with tariffs that do not choke off all trade, because foreign trade does create jobs, but too many low cost products coming into America only destroys jobs. But just enough tariffs to level the wage difference between America and low wage countries so that a fair trade atmosphere can be created, will definitely create more jobs. But nobody is talking about this because Congress and the American people are hooked on cheap foreign labor.

Another alternative will be Congress passing legislation to counter the exchange rate manipulation that China is doing, and Congress is now in the process of doing this; but exactly how they are going to do this remains unclear at this time. But either way, if China stopped its currency fooling around, this will not fix the whole problem; it will have only a minuscule effect because you can’t trust China to fix a problem that is counter to their interests. America has to fix this to take care of its own people.

Another way to create jobs in America is really politically incorrect, but it is a fact that there are about 12 million illegals in America, so get rid of the illegals and millions of jobs will be available! But this will not happen because the Republicans want the cheap foreign labor, because this is what the people who give Republicans money for their campaigns to stay in office want. As for the Democrats, they know that illegals mostly vote Democratic, so they want as many of them as they can get in America. Funny thing though, the much hated Tea Party has taken a clear stand against illegals by stating that they must be deported. Could this mean that the Tea Party is the only political entity that represents main stream America, you know, the tax paying majority who are paying the bill for all the short sighted policies the government is making?

The last time America had a normal economy was in 1950, but just after that products started being imported from low wage countries and American factories started closing. Back then Americans paid the cost of products made with American labor. They didn’t have as many possessions back then as they have now, they were lucky to have one radio and one car. They had small houses and they didn’t go on many vacations as we do. They fixed things instead of throwing them away, or did without them. But that was a normal economy, it was balanced with Americans making products for Americans. Today we have more toys, but fewer jobs and a skyrocketing national debt. Clearly we were better off with a simpler way of life.

So, the point here is that Americans will not vote for any politician who advocates bringing Americans back to a 1950 economy (they like their toys), but neither are Americans willing to pay the higher price of American made goods. So, America will either go into a permanent malaise like Japan, or with massive debts and ineffective government collapse into another great depression. Then the price of American labor will be reset to a lower more competitive rate, but this will destroy a lot of American lives in the process.

We have had the $878 Billion stimulus program that did nothing and now all we’re getting from presidential candidates are some cute little jingles like 999 and another $447 Billion Jobs plan. These will not work, because they are not touching the low foreign labor cost that is the main problem . The American people have to drink some strong coffee and wake up, the government is just offering us smoke and mirrors to solve the problems they created, while America is going down the drain.

The only way anything has been accomplished in America is when the American people get together and do something about it. Smooth talking politicians eating $16 muffins while getting $500 hair cuts, and their multi-million dollar ad agencies working to get them in office are not helping anything.

In the mean time, the clueless one in the White House still hasn’t figured out that the garbage his Harvard professors told him about re-distributing the wealth was a historically proven failure BEFORE he was born.

Jose Lugo, editor ddtv.org

Toxic Government——(read more)

J. Lugo — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:10:12 +0000

The Super Committee has failed to find 1.2 trillion in budget cuts for the next 10 years. This is a minuscule budget cut that will have little or no effect on the overall bloated federal budget, but yet this Congress has not been able to pass even this tiny little cut in spending. And, even though a 10% automatic across the board spending cut must now be made, Congressmen are already demanding that their pet projects not be cut.

This is despite the fact that the Gallop poll has shown that the approval rating of Congress is a paltry 12%. One would think that Congress would pass this pathetic little budget cut to try to show some good faith to the American people. A simple gesture that says they are at least trying to balance the budget. But NO. Not even a symbolic effort is to be made by this Congress to show at least the beginning of responsible financial planning. NOTHING.

Why is this so, what has happened to our Congress?

Our founding fathers all agreed that:

“Government at its best, is but a necessary evil”

We should have listened to them more carefully. Even though they set about to write a Constitution that limits the power and scope of government, this is not the government we have today. This Congress, and many before them, have passed legislation that controls ever increasing aspects of the citizens lives, and financial responsibility is not even talked about seriously anymore.

The reasons for this are many and complicated. But one main reason is that, although the founders wanted congressmen who had the same interests as the citizens who elected them; this has gone to such an extreme that those in Congress represent exclusively the people who actually voted for them; they have absolutely no interest in the nation as a whole. The only reason they support only their narrow band of citizens is because it’s necessary for their careers that gives them a full time pension, an exclusive medical plan and many other perks they can not get anywhere else. They think of America only as a source of funding for their pet projects and if America fails to provide the funding, they cast America aside like a used rag and seek other sources of funding nationally or internationally, they don’t care. Their recklessness has gotten to the point that even though it appears that other nations do not want to lend money to America anymore, that they have gone to financial tricks like one government organization lending money to other government organizations. This is dangerous beyond any belief because this will in a very short time send America into financial default and the dollar will loose whats left of the little value it has.

Although the current members of Congress have been legitimately elected to office by the narrow group of citizens who support them, they have lost the moral right to govern because by refusing to engage in financially sound financial practices they have shown that they do not have any ethical values and are so not fit to govern. They should all be voted out of office and a new Congress should be denied the right to govern until they first pass a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution whereby they can not spend more than the tax revenues the government collects, and borrowing has to be made completely illegal except in time of War and all revenue collected is to be used for that War or national emergency only, and repaid as quickly as possible.

The citizens have to realize that they are in the mist of a national emergency caused by an irresponsible Congress that can not stop its reckless spending. The only thing they are capable of doing is the blame game, just pointing fingers at each other, while the nation goes into financial default. Clearly, the Democrats and the Republicans are responsible for this mess. The Democrats for over spending on social programs that were never affordable the first place. They even named these programs “Entitlements”. In America there has never been anything called an entitlement, the only thing people are entitled to are the profits from their jobs or investments. Nobody is entitled to other tax payers money.

The Republicans are just as responsible as the Democrats for reckless over spending as well as giving business interests just about anything they want; from immunity from the law, to tax breaks for sending our factories to other countries.

Members of Congress have become so selfish and narrow minded that they do not realize that if America goes into default that the very people they are trying to help with their so called “entitlement programs” will be the first ones in harms way, because they will be the first to be cut off from financial aid with no one to help them except the church and other charities.

Congress has America headed for the same world of hurt that Greece is in; complete with higher unemployment and riots in the streets. America needs a change as it has never needed before.

Beware the Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing-(read more)

J. Lugo — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 23:36:42 +0000

    I want you to imagine a map of the United States of America. In place of the continental outline, envision a giant, pulsing, human heart. The blood it pumps are the fruits of our labors. Blood vessels from every community carry our life blood to Washington, D.C. where our politicians decide how to use it. As fast as it flows, it hemorrhages out vessels everywhere. It gushes through bailouts and TARP programs. It bleeds into experimental companies that waste our precious life blood. It is wasted in subsidies, awarded for doing nothing. It wells up in expensive unconstitutional agencies that infringe upon the rule of law and justice. It wastes the fruits of our labors on Taj Mahal style embassies in foreign countries. It wastes the lifeblood of our youth and our economy in foreign bases and wars that never end. The Aorta is connected directly to the Federal Reserve Bank, which is neither federal nor are there any reserves. It is a global banking cartel that works to make profits for its member banks and wealthy global elitists, not in the best interests of the United States of America. Our life blood is hemorrhaging mainly through the Federal Reserve, directly to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and World Bank, to bail out other countries who have been enmeshed in a New World Order globalist scheme. It is no coincidence, that our Federal Reserve Chair, Ben Bernanke and our Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, are also our IMF representatives. It’s rather like vampires to the feast. Common sense will tell you that the hemorrhaging must be stopped or the patient will be lost. Even if we pump the fruits of our labors as fast as possible, through new revenue-neutral tax schemes, the patient will die unless we stop the hemorrhaging first. Critical care supports the idea that we must stop this hemorrhaging (the spending) first. The United States of America needs to go into shock, drawing all its life-blood out of the world, back to our central core, to save ourselves. First we must survive. All connections must be staunched to the United Nations, the IMF, the World Bank, world trade agreements and The Federal Reserve. Then we could revive ourselves constitutionally, with true free market capitalism, based on sound money (gold and silver). We could once again, become the strong republic envisioned by our Founding Fathers. It is what George Washington and Thomas Jefferson famously warned us of. They encouraged mutual respect for other sovereign nations, mutual world trade, but entangling alliances with none. They realized the devastation of global empires. They watched the British Empire imploding. This is not isolationism; it is non-interventionism, it is wisdom, it is survival.
    How did we get into this life-support situation? The answers are vividly researched in a publication called The Creature From Jekyll Island, by G. Edward Griffin. This book explains the history behind The Federal Reserve System, and the rise of global socialism. It is a must read for all Americans or for that matter, citizens of the world. It will give you the answers as to why we are struggling for survival now, as well as the solutions we need. It’s a lengthy read, but even if you read the chapter summaries, you’ll learn a wealth of eye-opening facts. Another publication that gets to the heart of the matter is Ron Paul’s End the Fed. His book is an easier read that centers most effectively on learning our lessons from the past with solutions for today.
     Following is a simplistic explanation based on my personal opinions and the books mentioned above.

      Many of you are already familiar with the story of the birth of the Federal Reserve System. It comes alive in “The Creature”, which is the name Griffin gives to this system. It was born through the efforts of wealthy elitists (like J.P. Morgan, Paul Warburg, & John D. Rockefeller), to completely control world banking (central banking), world currencies and to spread global socialism. Their efforts have been unfortunately, quite successful to date. It comes as no surprise, that the 16th and 17th amendments to the Constitution came at the same time as The Federal Reserve Act in 1913. This was a terrible year for our Republic. The power and political influence of these families cannot ever be underestimated. Read the stories in the history provided in “The Creature” (which I‘ll use as a shortened version). Your life will be forever changed.
     Federal Reserve policy directly brought about and kept us in The Great Depression. Franklin D. Roosevelt wrote an executive order to confiscate the gold of U.S. citizens, continuing us on a path of economic destruction. In 1944, a socialist economist, John Maynard Keynes, continued to expand policies that will lead to the complete destruction of our economy and that of the world. It is meant to establish a “New World Order”, with the wealthy elite families and their minions in control, with a socialistic order of serfs and slaves to serve them (that’s our role). You can see today, that our standard of living is being continually eroded on the road to their goals. Does that make you angry? It should. Let’s stop them! Knowledge is power.
    All Democrats follow Keynesian economics. That’s no surprise. But what might surprise you is how thoroughly the Republican Party has been infiltrated by the Keynesians. Many of you are already familiar with the work of John Maynard Keynes, a British economist. Why is he important today? After all, he died in 1946. He’s important because his destructive legacy lives on. Keynes was the major force behind global socialism through slow economic demise. He espoused replacing sound, solid gold and silver backed currency globally, with empty, worthless, unbacked paper money called fiat currency. Central banking is at the heart of the plan. (Remember that the fifth plank of the Communist Party is central banking.) Controlling a nation’s currency and the ability to print more unbacked currency at will, gives potentially dangerous, destructive power to any group. He secretly plotted debt and redistribution of wealth globally, to bring all of the Earth’s inhabitants down to a serf’s existence, with the chosen few, wealthy elite, as their masters.
     Our government leaders, both Democrat and Republican have followed this destructive, printing press-mad, spending spree, until they have brought us to the edge of the destruction of The United States of America as we know it. Some are actually complicit in the schemes. Others are ill-informed or naïve, but are taking us down the same economic path of destruction. Both parties are hopelessly addicted to spending money on their chosen causes, so that now we are in a dire state of indebtedness that would make Keynes proud. We as citizens keep getting drawn to the wolves in sheep’s clothing, to their alluring promises. They promise new tax plans, less spending, more jobs, a better economy, none of which get at the heart of the problem; the spending and our indebtedness.   We foolishly believe them and vote them into office. Will we finally learn before it’s too late?
     From his book, Revolution A Manifesto, Ron Paul talks about the broken promises from every election cycle. “. . . ‘change’ always means more of the same: more government, more looting of Americans, more inflation, more police-state measures, more unnecessary war, and more centralization of power. Real change would mean something like the opposite of those things. It might even involve following our Constitution. And that’s the one option Americans are never permitted to hear.” 1 He warned us that we’re living in a fantasy world where the housing market and our dollar were in a state of collapse, indebtedness and foreign involvement out of control. He was right then and still is now!
    This fiat money creation makes a blank check possible. Imagine the printing presses are cut-off.   Envision that we as taxpayers, would have to actually count the dollars out of our pockets for military spending, directly into the palms of the politicians who continue to keep us at war and maintain worldwide military bases. (This is not to be confused with a defense budget, which is desirable and necessary to the protection of a sovereign nation.) It would probably cost over $5,000 for each man, woman and child in this country, per year. If you have a family of four, you would owe $20,000 in military taxes above your regular income taxes. Are you personally willing to pay this? Most people can’t afford it. Over 47% of Americans pay no income taxes at all right now. Would the paying half be required to pick up the entire bill?   Then double that number. You now owe $40,000 in direct military taxes for a family of four. It’s called the pay-as-you-go plan of taxation. Most people would revolt if so directly taxed. Here’s where the central banking system steps in. They lend money to governments to finance wars, extended military empires, and for other over-the-budget expenditures, collecting profitable interest. The big bankers are well aware, and have been since the Rothschild banking family of the 17th century, that this strategy works very well. The people would dethrone monarchs or vote leaders out of office, if burdened with a direct military tax. Take away any real backing to the currency, make central bankers the masters of the fiat currency printing presses, and you have the vehicle for the destruction of our global economy. If we continue the borrowing, they immerse us in perpetual indebtedness from which we can never economically recover. In the process, we suffer for these strategies through the continued devaluation of our dollar, and in the cruelest tax of all, INFLATION. If most people only realized how we’ve been manipulated, we could reverse this tragedy in the making. Maybe then we would curtail some of the endless trillions that are draining our prosperity and pouring into a global redistribution of wealth scheme.
    But the wealthy elites always skim the profit-cream off the top, leaving average citizens with the bill. (Witness the bank bailouts of 2008). Every printed fiat dollar created by the Federal Reserve, is charged to us in the devaluation of our currency and inflated prices. Candidates promise us new tax plans. Tax plans will mean nothing, if your chosen candidate is not sworn to stop the Federal Reserve printing presses, the United Nations/IMF/World Bank bankrupting of the United States of America.   All will be lost if we don’t recognize our true enemies. We quibble and fight amongst ourselves while the wolves decimate the herd.
    Everything we value is under attack. This was the design of the wealthy, intellectual elitists from before the formation of one of their greatest weapons in 1913, The Federal Reserve. They have proceeded at a slow pace, which has picked up speed considerably as they near their final New World Order utopia. John Maynard Keynes was a founding member of the semi-secret Fabian Society. Their members worked for world, totalitarian-style socialism. They use slow economic demise as their primary weapon, with a turtle to represent their patience in acquiring world domination. They owe no allegiance to any country, least of all the United States, but are citizens of the world. Their guiding forces are wealth and power. Their symbol is a coat of arms with a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Many of their followers and political powerhouses are hidden in positions within our government and globally, poised to carry out their total world domination. Many are the leaders of their countries, and treasury departments. As mentioned earlier, it is no coincidence that our Secretary of the Treasury, Timothy Geithner, and Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke are also our International Monetary Fund Representatives. It makes it handier to redistribute our U.S. taxpayers wealth globally that way. Henry Dexter White, for instance, Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury in 1944, was a closet Communist, who assisted in carrying out plans for Keynes. The CFR, Council for Foreign Relations, works for these globalist goals. David Rockefeller and John Kerry are current members.   George H. W. Bush (41), talked openly of “The New World Order”. Hillary Clinton wants to be President of the World Bank. The Rockefellers, J.P. Morgans, Rothschilds and friends make no secret of their membership. One of our current GOP candidates regularly attends the wealthy elite Bilderberg conferences and defends doing so. Is he complicit or a pawn? Do your own research and make up your own mind. We are surrounded by wolves in sheep’s clothing and must be vigilant to ferret them out.
     What the Progressive Movement, Federal Reserve Act, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt nurtured, the Keynesians continued. In Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, in 1944, the world’s wealthy elite met to continue their conquest called the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference. (This is today more commonly known as the Bilderberg Conferences…different city, same families, elitists and goals).   Here they conceived of the United Nations, established the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank as mechanisms for eliminating gold from world finance. The hidden agenda behind the United Nations, IMF and World Bank though, is world socialism with the Federal Reserve playing the lead role. In this short article, I cannot possibly do justice to these great topics in history. But I ask you please to care enough about our country to at least read the chapter summaries from The Creature from Jekyll Island by G. Edward Griffin. He tells this hidden history in detail and is a must read for anyone who calls himself a patriot, a tea partier, an American citizen, or a human being for that matter. Get a copy. Read it. There’s a free download summary at   spielbauer.com .
    You have no excuses unless you choose to be purposefully blind to the coming disaster. We need your help to stop the plot to steal what’s left of our lives, liberty and property. If we continue to support the status quo in both parties, our time is short. I’ll attempt a summary of some of the most important points of “The Creature” ( the Federal Reserve), but it is no substitute for the graphic details uncovered in the book.
     The public was told that the IMF/World Bank through the United Nations would promote monetary cooperation between nations with fixed exchange rates. They were to make loans to war-torn nations and underdeveloped countries, so their economies would be strong. Our Federal Reserve was and still is the mechanism to transfer our wealth to the rest of the world to equalize us all in a socialistic scheme. The methods they use to reach their goals have been planned to destroy all free nations, free enterprise, and capitalism, by terminating gold as the basis of international currency. Paper money is being used and politically manipulated to bring down world economies. The sovereign nations of the world are being murdered one by one. It’s not an accident of a slow world economy. It’s a part of a continued plot to bring us back to Medieval Times. (As Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ireland will be the first dominos in Europe to fall, so will we all without major reversals in our survival strategies.) Isn’t it ironic, that the cradle of democracy, Greece, is under attack first. Some Greek leaders are at this very moment making a valiant stand to deny the IMF/World Bank control that they know will end their national sovereignty. But the might of the New World Order is powerful. I’m hoping the Greek people get the chance to vote, get the opportunity to put their own house in order without all the strings attached that will cost them their sovereignty. These globalist powers create money out of nothing to destroy all that we know as liberty and opportunity. The United States is the lender of last resort. If we continue to participate in these global bailouts, we also will fail.
    The Globalist Keynesians have been responsible for the rise of petty dictatorships in the Middle East and Africa. They have been responsible for genocide, continued wars, famine and atrocities. They care for nothing except the attainment of their ultimate New World Order. It doesn’t matter how many lives are lost or dreams destroyed or sovereign nations crushed to bring this about. And don’t think that because you have a strong stock portfolio or even a few million in the bank, that you’ll prosper under their reign. The destruction of all classes except their elite one, is a part of this plan. Unless you regularly attend the Bilderberg Conferences, are a chosen politician or minion that carries out their bidding, you’ll not be on the New World Order guest list.
       Our economy has been damaged almost to the point of no return. Homes have been lost, bank accounts drained, jobs lost, and liberties trampled. New regulations have been designed to ruin any attempts at genuine productivity, manufactured by unconstitutional agencies. NAFTA-type trade agreements have destroyed our jobs. We are being systematically, by design, shut down as a nation, as a people. Our presidents in this century, and especially of late, have become executive-order legislators and justices, making a mockery of the separation of constitutional powers. Everyday, our executive branch becomes more dictatorial by usurping legislative and judicial powers never intended by the Constitution. Our Presidents have given much too much authority to the United Nations. They seek approval for military action there instead of the U.S. Congress, the only constitutionally legal mandate for war. United Nations Agenda 21 creeps insidiously into our communities, sanctioned not by the Legislature, but by executive orders. (See executive order 13575).    Agenda 21 is an act passed by the United Nations to limit single home ownership, rounding us up into “sustainable communities”, so we can be completely controlled. We as Americans would be prohibited from living on millions of acres of land near waterways, and in the most beautiful rural areas. We are being misled into believing that these restrictions are all for environmental reasons. Our jobs, habits, use of fossil fuels, use of automobiles at all, with forced transportation by mass transit, food supplies, all strictly controlled. The United Nations plan is to herd us like so many sheep into compounds of communities, just as their central bank schemes have caused the people of many African nations to suffer and die. If we don’t fit the plan of productivity, we are dispensable. Many of these initiatives in the United States, have already unwittingly been passed by local county and city councils, erroneously thinking they’re just getting extra money for their communities. But it comes with oaths and strings attached that give up more of the control of our properties, liberties and lives. It’s another strategy to achieve global socialism in addition to the economic strategies.
     Will you go to controlled communities if ordered? If Americans are starving and homeless, many will go with no choice. Get out of debt if you can and store necessities as an investment in survival.   We are being brought down daily to our knees. We keep rising up, but at some time we may be beaten, like the terrible pictures of famine you’ve seen on the African Continent. Don’t think it can’t happen here.
   From The Creature from Jekyll Island :
     “But if Americans can be brought to the point where they are suffering from a collapse of their economy and from a breakdown in civil order, things will be different. When they stand in bread lines and face anarchy in their streets, they will be more willing to give up sovereignty in return for ‘assistance’ from the World Bank and the UN ‘peacekeeping’ forces. This will become even more acceptable if a structured demise of Communism can be arranged ahead of time to make it appear that the world’s major political systems have converged into the common denominator of ‘social democracy’.” 2
    I believe that may be what is happening in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. What if the elitists are consolidating these areas of the world into a supposed democracy? Each area is converging toward the final goal of a One World Order. Iran has not fallen into line as easily as some of the other dictatorships and sovereign nations. We’ll have to be convinced to invade them to bring them into a Potentate. Did you think that embassy we built for billions of our hard earned taxpayer dollars, that holds 17,000 employees was strictly for Iraq? It is the largest and most expensive embassy in the world! Will it become the seat of Middle Eastern rule? Of Euro-Asian rule? Oil would be completely controlled in that part of the world, and the wealthy elitists will have done it with the blessings of many (but not all) of their uninformed, American Keynesian flock. They are harvesting nations into their scheme like flies caught in spider webs, all eventually joining in one huge global web. The final fate of all nations in their plans is the same as the spiders’ patient amble to the feast.
     Is this making you sick? Are you getting angry? I hope you can channel that anger where it belongs, at the politicians and leaders who continue to sell us out to this Federal Reserve, New World Order nightmare. Do you begin to see why many of us are so concerned with this next and possibly last free 2012 election for President?   I challenge you once more, to read The Creature From Jekyll Island .
    Now from the world’s big bankers . . . . . The Rothschild Formula………
    ”All that is necessary, therefore, to insure that a government will maintain or expand its debt is to involve it in war or the threat of war. The greater the threat and the more destructive the war, the greater the need for debt.
    To involve a country in war or the threat of war, it will be necessary for it to have enemies with credible military might. If such enemies already exist, all the better. If they exist but lack military strength, it will be necessary to provide them the money to build their war machine. If an enemy does not exist at all, then it will be necessary to create one by financing the rise of a hostile regime ” (This has been going on since the banking family Rothschilds in the 17th century, perfected the art of playing both sides of a war for profit. -my comment).
    ”The ultimate obstacle is a government which declines to finance its wars through debt. Although this seldom happens, when it does, it will be necessary to encourage internal political opposition, insurrection, or revolution to replace that government with one that is more compliant to our will. The assassination of heads of state could play an important role in this process.
    No nation can be allowed to remain militarily stronger than its adversaries, for that could lead to peace and a reduction of debt. To accomplish this balance of power, it may be necessary to finance both sides of the conflict. Unless one of the combatants is hostile to our interests and, therefore, must be destroyed, neither side should be allowed a decisive victory or defeat. While we must always proclaim the virtues of peace, the unspoken objective is perpetual war.”3
     In other words, war is profitable. War is power. They will convince us that it is in our best interests to be involved in perpetual war. They’ve done a good job of it. The average citizen has been manipulated like a pawn. Are you tired of it? Do you want to save what’s left of our American way of life? There is hope. It’s not too late. To begin, we need to find some powerful weapons to fight the enemy:

First, the ballot box! We must find leaders who understand the true nature of our dire peril and who will adhere to the solutions that follow. . . . .

Second, a faithful adherence by these leaders to Austrian School Economic Theory and

Third, just as importantly, a faithful adherence to the Constitution of the United States of America as written by our Founding Fathers as well as

Fourth, a belief in a limited central government, with respect for the Tenth Amendment, releasing Constitutional authority back to state and local governments for all functions possible and finally

Fifth, a well-educated republic filled with citizens who understand and support these Constitutional safeguards for our lives, liberties, properties and opportunities in a free land.

The basic beliefs in Austrian School Economics are the perfect antidote for Keynesian poison. Only sound money, real money backed by gold and silver are honored. Spending beyond a government’s means is discouraged. Severely limited debt is the order of the day. No unbacked currency printing presses are allowed. Following Austrian School Economic policy could restore free markets, sound money and true capitalism for the United States of America. It would restore our chances to pursue happiness again. It’s more of a common sense, pay-as-you-go plan that all of us should live under every day. Founders and advocates include Ludwig Von Mises, Friedrich A. Hayek, Murray Rothbard, and Ron Paul to name a few. (Thomas Jefferson led our country under these economic principles also.)   mises.org and lewrockwell.com are websites where you can learn more.
    We must learn to distinguish the “Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing”. Candidates with a liberal background who have flip-flopped their way to the Republican ticket are suspect. Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday, October 30, 2011, repeated a criticism of most of these contenders as “perfectly lubricated weathervanes on all major issues”. Those who have advocated for large government spending projects, including healthcare, TARP bailouts and stimulus projects, food stamps, or NAFTA highways, are suspect Keynesians. Those who believe in unaffordable, global warming, climate change theories which play into the hands of U.N. Agenda 21, are leading us down the path of destruction. Again, they are either complicit in the plans, or unaware and naïve. They’re undeserving to be our leaders.
    Beware the flashy tax plan pushers. After all the economic loses of the past decade, we may have become so desperate to get ahead, that we’re forgetting the big picture. No single tax plan is going to get us out of this mess. As a matter of fact, it may exacerbate the situation. The Cain, Perry, Gingrich , Bachman and Romney plans are touted as being “revenue neutral”. This means the central government in Washington, D.C. is guaranteed to receive in taxes from the fruits of our labors, at least the same amount of money that it has been hemorrhaging out for the past nonexistent budget. These plans do nothing to get at the heart of the problem, THE SPENDING.   These plans support the Keynesian policies that are bleeding us to death. Even if you were so lucky as to pocket some extra jingle-change in one pocket, you will pay dearly in inflated dollars out of your other pocket. We need severe revenue reduction to the Federal Government if we’re to survive. Keep sending it and Congress will keep spending it as well as borrowing even more. It’s got to stop!
     The only true tax plan that cuts taxes for all, is to lower the level of spending by the federal government, to levels that no longer require the collecting of an individual federal income tax on the fruits of our labors. Common sense says, spend less, pay less. No new tax bureaucracy is required. No personal income tax! That’s the way it was before 1913, before the 16th amendment (which has got to be repealed). The federal government can supply all the necessary services that are constitutionally allowed with the 60% of other taxes. That’s about the level of spending in 1997. It can be done. Eliminate all the unnecessary agencies, the unending, unnecessary foreign bases and wars. That will even leave enough revenue to rescue the promise of the entitlement programs to seniors with future options for our young people and enough to lower corporate taxes as well. If you think we’d be prosperous with a 20% income tax or a 23% consumption tax, try no personal income tax at all.
     There is only one candidate who understands and advocates these concepts. . . . .RON PAUL. It’s rather like the story of feed a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish, he thrives for a lifetime. Only a true understanding of the importance of abolishing the Federal Reserve System and a serious reduction in spending (talk trillions not billions) will restore any fiscal sanity and bring back a chance at prosperity. With a return to constitutional government, free markets, sound money, constitutionally limited foreign policy, and guaranteed individual liberty we could again live the American Dream of opportunity.
     While all the other GOP candidates have been passing out lollipops for votes, Ron Paul has been accurately identifying our problems and trying to legislate to correct them. From the House floor in 2002, Ron Paul warned about the dangerous policies of our government concerning Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. He warned about the coming housing bubble and predicted its bursting. How did he know?   His thorough knowledge of Austrian economic theory supports the outcome. From the floor of the House, he asked for support. This is only the last paragraph in a very prophetic speech:

”Mr. Speaker, it is time for Congress to act to remove taxpayer support from the housing GSE’s before the bubble bursts and taxpayers are once again forced to bail out investors misled by foolish government interference in the market. I therefore hope my colleagues will stand up for American taxpayers and investors by cosponsoring the Free Housing Market Enhancement Act.”

     Of course Congress didn’t, and the housing fiasco occurred with taxpayers on the hook. If we would listen, Ron Paul has always predicted accurately, our economic fate. An interesting comparison is the complete oblivion of other candidates to the real issues. On October 28, 2006, Peter Schiff, President of Euro-Pacific Capital, and an ardent supporter of Austrian Economic Theory, debated with Art Laffer, PHD, supply-side economist. Art Laffer was totally oblivious of the coming crash. He stated that the U.S. economy had never been in better shape. Peter Schiff reinforced the downfall that Ron Paul had predicted and tried to prevent in 2002. Ron Paul used Peter Schiff as one of his economic advisors.   Some of Herman Cain ’s economic advisors are Art Laffer, his protégé Steve Moore of FairTax fame, who recently admitted that they actually authored the 999 tax plan, and a local Ohio Wells Fargo Investment broker, Rich Lowrie, with no economics degree, (who got credit for 999). In a recent interview, Steve Moore actually admitted that a national sales tax may not be a good idea. Figure that one out! The economic track record of Ron Paul’s associates is clearly more accurate. Their message doesn’t change because it is based on the economic truth.
     Dr. Paul has sponsored legislation for years to end and/or audit the Federal Reserve System. After finally winning a partial Fed audit, he’s uncovered some 16 trillion in newly created money since 2008, that propped up banks and bailed out governments around the world. Without his relentless efforts, we wouldn’t have a clue.
     Some of the other candidates are adopting issues that Ron Paul has championed for decades. Newt Gingrich now questions the Fed, but like the other candidates, he is counting on the Fed to keep the cash flowing for a continued worldwide war and defense empire. Gingrich actually voted to approve the WTO (World Trade Organization), while acknowledging how much power we were delegating to such a global organization. Herman Cain is a former Kansas City Federal Reserve Chair, who doesn’t think it’s much of a problem at all. He says there’s nothing secret going on in the Federal Reserve. He invites us to just call them up and ask them.   Oh really? I don’t think so! This is another case of complicit behavior or naïve oblivion. Either scenario does not inspire confidence.
     Most important of all, is the overall plan of the billionaire, global elitists, who have utilized strategies designed to keep us all at each other’s throats. They revel in our class warfare, in our major party disputes, in our candidate battles which are promoted by the media they control. All the while, they infiltrate as wolves in sheep’s clothing. They exult in the tearing apart of our society. All the while, they plan to win no matter what. As long as they have assured that the winning candidate will keep the Federal Reserve intact, they have won. As long as the winning candidate has plans to just switch Federal Reserve chairs to yet another candidate from the Fed’s list, they have won. As long as the winning candidate has plans to only “tweak” the system, they have won. Does it matter whether you choose lethal injection, firing squad, or electric chair? Does it matter which of the major candidates you choose, if they lead down the same path to destruction, only with different platforms?
     Are you willing to let them win? To lose all that we know as the American way of life?   Will you sell out the sovereignty of the United States of America for some promised tax plans that even the President has no power to enact? Will you sell out for a few more dollars in your pocket? We’ll all lose anyway then, because those devalued dollars won’t be worth any more than the currency in Greece or even Zimbabwae if economic policy is not drastically changed to stop the insane levels of spending, printing and borrowing.   It won’t matter then whether the haves or the have nots pay more taxes. It won’t matter if we have a national sales tax or an income tax. It won’t matter if we protest or petition or vote anymore if we’re all standing in soup lines, or herded like so many sheep into camps controlled by FEMA, the United Nations forces, or other military forces.
    Ron Paul understands how dangerous it is to the sovereignty of the United States of America, to maintain membership in the United Nations, and has sponsored legislation to remove us. He fully understands the threat of Agenda 21, the IMF, the World Bank, the World Trade Organization, the Federal Reserve and all the trade agreements that have actually destroyed free trade. He is an economics expert in his own right. And isn’t that what we need now more than ever? We also need an honest person who doesn’t tolerate lobbyists who write bills for special interests. We need someone who understands our dilemma and has for decades. He never flip-flops because he doesn’t have to. He tells the constitutional truth. His supporters are so loyal because it’s not just loyalty to a man, it’s loyalty to the Constitution and a sovereign United States. He has never let our country down. He’s a true patriot with no ulterior motives, just a lifelong devotion to preserving our Republic as envisioned by our Founders.

”The time has come to act. May future generations look on our work and say that these were men and women who, in a moment of great crisis, stood up to the politicians, the opinion-molders, and the establishment, and saved their country.” -Congressman Ron Paul in a forward to a printing of the U.S. Constitution.

Shirley and Pat Miketinac

1 Ron Paul, Revolution a Manifesto, New York, N.Y., Grand Central Publishing, 2008, page ix.

2 G. Edward Griffin, The Creature From Jekyll Island, Westlke Village, California, American Media, (1994-2011), p. 108.

3 Ibid., Griffin, page 230, The Rothschild Formula

GOP where are you?—–(read more)

J. Lugo — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 21:10:22 +0000

GOP where are you?

OK, everybody knows what’s going on now. We’re 14 trillion in debt, our credit rating has been downgraded; by the year 2055 the payments on the national debt will consume all government revenue and the dollar will soon become worthless and be replaced with food stamps as the national currency.

So, the Republicans, who have been telling us they are our saviors put together some debates and a Florida straw poll gave us some results, where are we now?

Well, the debates started out as expected with Mitt Romney and Rick Perry having a slug fest, but what we got instead was the spectacle of them knocking themselves out of the race. This happened because they exposed themselves as the establishment politicians the public is tired of and wants to get rid of.

This was already suspected of Mitt Romney because of his RomneyCare health care plan, but the debate showed beyond any doubt that he has the mindset of a person that thinks the government has to take care of the people. Despite the fact that current experience has shown that this leads to entitlement programs that are not affordable and is leading America to financial disaster.

Rick Perry was a big disappointment when he showed himself as also having the mindset that the government has to take care of everything for the people as if they were children. This came out again with the fact that he ordered that 12 year old girls should be injected with medications as ordered by the government. This got even worse when it was disclosed that he approved a bill that gave illegal aliens free tutuion money so that they can attend college in his state of Texas. The question was raised as to why American kids can’t get this free tuition money to which Mr. Perry had no effective answer. He only said “you gotta have a heart” , and so missing the point that the people are sick of politicians showing a big heart for foreigners and sticking the taxpayer with the bill.

So, its Rick Perry and Mitt Romney as just a couple of establishment politicians running for office when the people are basically looking for something else. This was proved with a Florida straw poll that showed Rick Perry and Mitt Romney tied with 15% and 14% of the vote; but Herman Cain got 37% of the vote and is now way ahead of the Rick an Mitt show.

The reason Herman Cain is now ahead in the race is because he impressed the audience when he told them about his fight with cancer; he is a cancer survivor and a brave man beyond question. When a man is told by a doctor that he has a 30% chance to live, this changes a person forever; they forget about the petty things in life and focus on what is important. And I hate to say this, but this makes for a better man. His financial plan of 999 meaning: 9% national sales tax, 9% flat business tax and 9% flat personal income tax sounded like a tax cut, (a popular thing to do when running for office) but if it is a tax cut, it was not explained how can he cut taxes when America is 14 Trillion dollars in debt? Then his advocating of the Social Security plan that Chile has of personal saving plans as a workable alternative to the American Social Security system, raises the question of the IRA accounts that Americans have and are ignoring, so can this be a workable plan? More answers are needed here from Mr. Cain who is now the front runner in the GOP race.

Then there is Newt Gingrich, who only got 8% in the poll; but he was perhaps the only real political operator on the stage at last weeks debate. He looked like a big wise old Yoda throwing out sound bites. But the real question about him is, who is the real Newt Gingrich, why did all his campaign managers just quite one day recently? Was he too much of a maverick for them? He resigned his speakership of the House of Representatives and his Congressional seat in 1998 and was sanctioned for ethics violations. But he was speaker of the House during the Clinton presidency when he forced a government shutdown to force a compromise plan that lead to a balanced budget (ah, the good old days). So there remain a lot of questions about him. But, maybe he has to be looked into a bit more. Is he the rebel America needs now?

Then there is Michele Bachmann. In many of her other appearances she showed herself to be a great public speaker, but in the debate she showed herself to be too measured in her statements. She also repeated statements she made in the last debate. She lacked the sharp come backs the other candidates had and so had the lowest vote in the poll of 2%. I was disappointed.

Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman had that new kid on the block look that many voters do not like, perhaps more public exposure can help them.

This leaves Ron Paul, you know, the small guy in the over size suit. A strict Constitutionalist who has many good ideas. He may be just the guy to cut the Washington D.C. over-bloated bureaucracy down to size. He spent just about his whole career demanding to audit the Federal Reserve, a questionable organization of private bankers that control the currency. If Ron Paul becomes President, its a sure thing that he will balance the budget and terminate useless agencies and seriously cut down to size other agencies. But those suits he wears? He has to realize that he is running for the Presidency of the United States, ( the big enchilada) and you just can’t do this while swooshing around inside an oversize business suit. He has to dump that Wal-Mart rag and get some serious threads if he wants to get the Presidency. His vote total in the Florida straw poll was 10%, this puts him in fourth place, behind Herman Cain, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney.

Herman Cain has little political experience, no foreign experience; only business experience, so is he what America needs now? Should we replace the clueless one in the White House with an “on the job training” administration?…..Let us pray.

Jose Lugo

lugo@ddtv.org