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19. December 2009 by admin.
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Pope John Paul II was a step closer to sainthood Saturday after Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree recognizing the late pontiff’s “heroic virtues” and declaring him “venerable,” the Vatican said.
Just a week after the Pope met Irish Church leaders in Rome the Catholic Church continues to make news in the turbulent aftermath of the publication last month of the Murphy Report on clerical child sex abuse in the Archdiocese of Dublin. The Bishop of Limerick Dr Donal Murray bowed to the inevitable yesterday when he resigned over his “inexcusable” investigation into the Dublin paedophile priest Fr Thomas Naughton.
In a prepared statement, the campaign’s organizers (ICNA) are quoted as saying, “Islam is often a misunderstood religion, leading some to hold bias views of Islam with discrimination and suspicion of Muslims…. ICNA is a front for JI [Jamaat-e-Islami], a violent movement that advocates revolution and the erection of an Islamic order
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Researchers announced Wednesday that for the first time ever they have found a shroud that has been verified to be from the era of Jesus in a tomb on the edge of the Old City of Jerusalem. The DNA-tested shroud had a simple weave, researchers said. In contrast, the Shroud of Turin has a much different weaving that is more complex and not known to be available until the medieval period.
A billboard at a New Zealand church depicting a downcast Joseph lying beside Mary in bed and the heading “God is a hard act to follow” provoked more than the intended reconsideration of the meaning of Christmas The sign…..triggered passionate and sometimes angry debate on talk radio and the Internet.
On December 16, 2009, YouthWorks!, Inc.® completed the acquisition of Youth Specialties (YS) from Zondervan. YouthWorks’ purchase includes the entire YS brand and the events division; however, the publishing division will continue to operate under Zondervan.
http://stuartmarket.blogspot.com/2009/12/youthworks-inc-acquires-youth.html
Opinion- From Religion Dispatches- The Key to Interreligious Harmony and World Peace—But Then Again, I May Be Wrong
You can simultaneously be certain that Christianity is true and everything conflicting with it is false, and yet acknowledge that you may be wrong without taking away your certainty. You can thus keep your certainties without having to claim that you are, in fact, and grossly implausibly, infallible. It’s what everyone (other than bakers) has yearned for since time immemorial: the proverbial cake, both eaten yet had!
The Air Force Academy says religious tolerance has improved dramatically since allegations five years ago that evangelical Christians harassed cadets who didn’t share their faith. Even the school’s most vocal critic agrees.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34448998/ns/us_news/
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12. December 2009 by admin.
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American Retired Generals- the new fascist elitists- an investigative report This is a report in response to the recent letter signed by 11 retired US Generals raising alarmist fears of global warming in counter to the truth emerging from climate-gate at East Anglia. We wanted to understand why so many retired generals, all of whom have multiple ties to defense contractors, private armies, progressive entities, are so clearly shilling the progressive agenda, complete monopolistic control of the world’s means’ of production. The corruption of the American military began the moment it came into being, as all organizations experience. For most of American history, this danger of corruption was held in check by limited powers and connections the military did NOT have to the private sector. These barriers began to fall away with the creation of an industrial complex married to private interests during WWII. Dwight D. Eisenhower recognized this threat in his famous speech on military industrialization: http://coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst306/documents/indust.html Yet, in holding scientific research and discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite. In the wake of Climate-gate, this idea of scientific technological elitism has become glaringly apparent. All that Eisenhower has warned about has come to pass, along with the creation and proliferation of private armies, much like the last days of the Roman Republic saw the personalization of legions. Cassius, a famous Roman aristocrat, once made the comment that no man in Rome could be seen to be wealthy (and thus not be in the ‘power club’) unless he could support his own legion. The wealthy families that largely run (or at least strongly manipulate) most world affairs do so behind gated communities now protected by these private armies. Here is a quick glance at just a couple of these growing private armies, always ‘started’ by retired Generals, with no disclosure as to who funded the creation of these armies in the first place. The generals serve as the front men that keep Americans from looking behind the curtain, where Corporate board directors are directing the monies to create these private armies: http://www.americanprivatesecurity.com/ American Private Security Services is a Sacramento, California based company dedicated to providing premier service. We at American Private Security Services not only encourage and promote feelings of safety, but we ensure it. http://www.airscan.com/about.html AirScan® was founded in 1989 by two retired United States military officers to provide effective state-of-the-art airborne surveillance and security operations for government and private sector customers. G4S Risk Management is the specialist protective security and consulting arm of G4S, which combines the comprehensive experience of ArmorGroup and the global expertise of G4S to provide a range of services for clients operating in complex or sensitive environments.Global organisations face ever increasing risks to their markets, personnel and supply chains. Our core business is devising and implementing effective solutions to our clients’ complex security issues, enabling them to work more securely and confidently, even in the most hazardous situations.G4S Risk Management is the trusted partner of commercial organisations and governments around the world, providing the best possible strategic and operational support to assist clients in identifying and mitigating operational risk, as well as a wide range of complementary and integrated services.G4 is a special example, because they are building armies that include support forces, like nurses, lawyers, etc. Just comprehend this worldwide army, by the site’s own calculations. North America 52,910 employees G4S Worldwide Location Number of Employees Europe 134,247 employees Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - Greece - Hungary - Ireland - Latvia -Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Montenegro - The Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Russia - Serbia - Slovakia -Slovenia - Sweden - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom G4S Worldwide Location Number of Employees Middle East 40,365 employees Bahrain - Djibouti - Egypt - Iraq - Israel - Jordan - Kuwait - Lebanon - Oman - Qatar - Saudi Arabia - Syria - United Arab Emirates - Yemen G4S Worldwide Location Number of Employees Asia / Pacific 207,235 employees Afghanistan - Australia - Bangladesh - Bhutan - Brunei - Cambodia - China - Guam - Hong Kong - India - Indonesia - Japan -Kazakhstan - South Korea - Macau - Malaysia - Nepal - Pakistan - Papua New Guinea - Philippines - Singapore - Sri Lanka -Taiwan - Thailand - Turkmenistan - Uzbekistan G4S Worldwide Location Number of Employees Africa 106,605 employees Algeria - Botswana - Cameroon - Central African Republic - Democratic Republic of Congo - Gabon - Gambia - Ghana -Guinea - Ivory Coast - Kenya - Lesotho - Libya - Madagascar - Malawi - Mali - Mauritania - Mauritius - Morocco - Mozambique- Namibia - Nigeria - Rwanda - Sierra Leone - South Africa - Sudan - Tanzania - Uganda - Zambia G4S Worldwide Locations Number of Employees Latin America 45,538 employees Argentina - Barbados - Bolivia - Chile - Colombia - Costa Rica - Dominican Republic - Ecuador - El Salvador - Grenada -Guatemala - Honduras - Jamaica - Mexico - Nicaragua - Panama - Paraguay - Peru - Puerto Rico - Saint Lucia - Trinidad & Tobago - Uruguay - VenezuelaG4 is a 500,000 strong standing army deployed around the world, with more of a worldwide presence than the US military itself. No list would be complete without Dick Cheney’s Blackwater group, that, like Acorn, tried to hide its nefarious roots by renaming itself. Xe (formerly Blackwater Worldwide, formerly Blackwater USA). Please note Xe does not currently have a website, and we doubt they will have one any time soon. The description below (and links) belongs to their former image: http://www.allbusiness.com/government/government-bodies-offices-government/5372130-1.htm
Risk management
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12. December 2009 by admin.
BOSTON — Technest Holdings, Inc. www.technestholdings.com (OTC BB:TCNH.OB), a defense and homeland security company transforming advanced laboratory technology into real-world products, announced today that retired Major General David R. Gust has agreed to join the Technest Holdings Inc. Board
of Directors as an Independent Director. His appointment as an Independent Director is to begin on March 15, 2006.
Mr. Gust retired the US Army in 2000 after completing a very distinguished career of 34 years of service. At retirement he was the US Army Deputy Chief of Staff for Research, Development and Acquisition, Army Materiel Command. At the time he was responsible for fiscal planning and program management oversight of $6 billion worth of research, development and acquisition programs. Before and during his tenure with the US Army Major General (Ret) Gust received degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of Denver, Systems Management from the University of Southern California and a degree in National Security and Strategy from the US Naval War College.
Retired Army general James Marks, who begins working as an analyst for CNN in 2004 (until his firing three years later—see July 2007) is a senior executive with McNeil Technologies, and helps that firm land military and intelligence contracts from the government.
Thomas McInerney, a retired Air Force general and Fox News analyst, sits on the boards of several military contractors.
CBS military analyst Jeffrey McCausland is a lobbyist for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, a major lobbying firm where he is director of a national security team that represents several military contractors. His team proclaims on the firm’s Web site, “We offer clients access to key decision makers.”
Shortly after signing with CBS, retired Air Force general Joseph Ralston became vice chairman of the Cohen Group, a consulting firm headed by former Defense Secretary William Cohen (also an analyst for CNN). The Cohen Group says of itself on its Web site, “The Cohen Group knows that getting to ‘yes’ in the aerospace and defense market—whether in the United States or abroad—requires that companies have a thorough, up-to-date understanding of the thinking of government decision makers.”
Gordon R. Sullivan, General (Retired) U.S. Army
General Sullivan is the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Association of the United
States Army, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Since assuming the presidency in 1998,
General Sullivan has overseen the transformation of the Association into a dynamic 100,000+
individual and 500+ sustaining member organization that represents Soldiers, families, and the defense industry (which stands to make billions from the so-called war on climate change)
Sits on the board of the nuclear energy group, a pro-cap and trade group that stands to make billions from the war on climate change:
Join NEI at the U.N. Climate Change conference in Denmark and read about industry, U.S. and global efforts to curb carbon emissions.
The Board of Directors of the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA NDIA National Defense Industrial AssociationNDIA New Doha International Airport (Qatar) ) has selected Lt. Gen. Lawrence P. Farrell Jr., USAF (Ret.), as the association’s new president.Gen. Farrell brings to NDIA in-depth business experience, having worked with a variety of companies, including Raytheon, KPMG KPMG Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler (accounting firm)KPMG Kaiser Permanente Medical GroupKPMG Keiner Prüft Mehr Genau (German)KPMG Kommen Prüfen Meckern Gehen , Huber Corp, Labat-Anderson Inc., the Boeing Company, LABBLEE Corp, and Philadelphia Electric Company.
This gentleman is riddled with connections to groups that stand to make millions from the war on climate change.
THE SENATE SHOULD APPROVEU.S. ACCESSION TO THE LAW OF THE SEA CONVENTION
This far left subversive has quite a connection to the green-left movement. His connections show how the far left has already infiltrated many defense contract firms. Bill Clinton’s firing of top generals in the military helped pave the way for this wave of promotions of leftists to General to give them the credentials they need to infiltrate the defense contractor industry.
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (July 23)—James A. Armour, AM General chairman, president and chief executive officer, announced today that he will step down as president, effective August 1, 2008 and retired U.S. Army General Paul J. Kern will join AM General as president and chief operating officer.
General Kern has a very distinguished record of service to our nation, including two tours of duty in Vietnam and service with the 24th Infantry Division during Desert Shield/Desert Storm.• Commanding General, Army Materiel Command• Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology• Commander, 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized)• Senior Military Assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense
At the conclusion of his career General Kern led the investigation into Abu Ghraib and continues to work with the Center for Victims of Torture.
After retirement in January 2005, Kern joined the Board of Directors of EDO Corporation[3] and iRobot Corporation[4], and is a member of the External Advisory Board of the University of Michigan Department of Mechanical Engineering, and a Senior Counselor of The Cohen Group.[2]
Here are his connections to this far left group:
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/pdf/090108-ETN-dec12-ltr-supp-sec327.pdf
This is a letter to congress pleading to ban torture. The credentials of the generals never include their direct ties to the defense industry that now sees green in the war on climate change, green for their personal wallets at the expense of millions, and the sacrifice of freedom to perpetuate their lavish, isolated lifestyles in their gated communities.
Here he shows up with the Cohen group:
Paul J. KernSenior Counselorpkern@cohengroup.net
Commanding General, Army Materiel Command (2001-2004)Senior Advisor for Army Research, Development, and Acquisition (1997-2001)Commander, 4th Infantry Division (1996-1997)
General Paul Kern joined The Cohen Group as a Senior Counselor in January, 2005. In addition, he holds the Class of 1950 Chair for Advanced Technologies at West Point, is an Advisor to Battelle Memorial Institute and serves on the Board of Directors of iRobot Corporation, CoVant Technologies LLC and Agent Science Technologies, Inc.
http://www.cohengroup.net/about/teammember.cfm?id=7
Our generals are using American tax dollars to fund their training, to build up their resumes, then taking that knowledge the American people paid to give them, and using it to undermine our American freedoms by advocating solely for the propagation of defense dollars for the companies they ‘consult’ with (consulting simply means the power of the General, through his personal governmental connections, to win contracts for the defense contractor).
They are complicit in the fascist green movement because defense contractors see how their services can be utilized to impose martial law in the name of climate change protections.
Here is more on the Cohen group:
About Us “A truly successful America will not only be strong domestically, invest in the best defense and keep allies and make new friends, but will be a nation which successfully competes in the global marketplace. Maintaining our competitiveness in international markets is a broad challenge; it includes improving education, committing to a domestic society of innovation, compassion and success and supporting a business community willing and able to meet the challenges of a globalized world. I formed The Cohen Group, and have chosen the magnificent TCG team, to provide enterprises large and small the help they need to compete and succeed in the global market place.”
This is the same Willam H Cohen who served as Defense Secretary under Clinton, another example of how tax-payer funded leaders utilize that knowledge to lobby against the interests of America in the name of the almighty defense dollar. This is why America is not interested in actually ending ANY war. Perpetual war is sweet manna to these corrupt players.
By the way, this lovely fellow, Paul Kern, also served as an assistant to…..former Defense Secretary William Cohen.
These men are not the exception, but rather the norm for our military generals. Many of them are tied to wealthy families that sponsor them and maneuver to get them promoted by political operatives like Bill Clinton to positions of power and influence, the sacred Generalship, which is every bit the cash cow that being a retired Senator or Representative is in America today.
http://www.cna.org/about/leadership/board/lopez.aspx
With the establishment of a true global marketplace, international affairs has become a critical component of strategy and planning for government officials, policy makers, and business leaders.
CNA has a long history of working around the globe and providing clients with the insights, perspectives, and understanding they need to meet the challenges of operating internationally.
CAN is nothing but a conduit to provide non-american interests with the best knowledge, tactics, science of the American military. What began as a thinktank group to help military operations (in WWII) has become a legal supplier of American Operations methods, following the dollar over national security.
Every single signee of this letter are connected to CAN’s military advisory board. This fact was not included in the letter, though the can website shows it openly:
http://securityandclimate.cna.org/mab/
Here are 4 more signees. Follow the links and you can find some of their contractor, leftist connections as well:
Perhaps the most weighty of all the signees is General Anthony Zinni, with direct ties to progressivism.
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2009/02/more_on_anthony_zinni
Mr Zinni had recently worked for Dyncorps, a large defense contractor that has many dealings in Iraq.
General Zinni currently holds positions on several boards of directors of major U.S. companies. He has also held academic positions that include the Stanley Chair in Ethics at the Virginia Military Institute, the Nimitz Chair at the University of California- Berkeley, the Hofheimer Chair at the Joint Forces Staff College, and the Harriman Professor of Government appointment and membership on the board of the Reves Center for International Studies at the College of William and Mary. He has worked with the University of California�s Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation and the Henry Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue in Geneva. He is also a Distinguished Advisor at the Center For Strategic And International Studies and a member of the Council On Foreign Relations.
In 2005, the fascist group that has seized power in America, the progressives, were attempting to draft this coprrupt global consultant for public office because he fits the progressive agenda (the untold one, destroy America to allow for their worldwide control.
Progressivism is nothing but the latest vehicle for the weathly families of the world to seize total monopolistic control of everything and anything that could possibly generate dollars for these fat, gate-protected families. The progressives are trying to steal a page from Bush, using the last remaining instititution of respect in America, the military, to ramrod their central-controlled monopolies on the world.
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11. December 2009 by admin.
In the battle between Rinos and Conservatives for the soul of the GOP, Arizona has become the tipping point of that war, as the Arizona GOP machine, controlled by the Rino wing of the party, utilizes illegal tactics and other nefarious political moves to aggressively attack the conservatives of Arizona, to prevent them from unseeding their unethical hold on the AZ GOP.
We hav e been following the attempts by the Rinos of Arizona to shut down Sherrif Arpaio of Mericopa County through the shakedown attempts of the Rino goon patrol, the county supervisors who have used their offices to bring frivilous charges against the defenders of Sherrif Arpaio. These Rinos are de facto troopers for the Obamarx marchine.
One such example is the Executive Drirector of the AZ GOP, Bret Medum, who has used his office to attack personal and political enemies, most recently using his access to private voter information to stalk a woman at her home, in an apparent effort to intimidate her.
From the Article- The executive director of the Arizona Republican Party is accused of using voter registration information from the GOP’s online database to find a woman’s address and crash a party at her house in an affidavit dated last month, filed with the sheriff’s office and obtained by Yellow Sheet. But Brett Mecum, the subject of the complaint, denies the accusations, calling them “politics at the lowest level.” In the document (viewable under the “documents” section on yellowsheetreport.com), the woman who filed it claims Mecum arrived uninvited at her home for an Aug. 29 party. “I was shocked to see him show up at my party,” writes the woman, whose name is redacted in the document that Yellow Sheet obtained. ”He had never been to my house, and I had never told him where I lived. I asked him how he found my address, and he responded, ‘I looked it up on Voter Vault. I called a staffer to look it up for me there.’” State law (ARS 16-168) says voter registration lists can be accessed or reproduced by the voter, authorized government officials, for signature verification on petition and candidate filings, for election purposes and for news gathering purposes. Violation of the statute is a class 6 felony. To access Voter Vault information, the state party requires users to accept an agreement stating that they are using the information for political purposes authorized by the party. Lt. Brian Lee, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, confirmed the complaint has been filed. “We have received the complaint and we are looking into it,” he said.
Mecum said accusations that he improperly or illegally used information from Voter Vault are “completely inaccurate.” “This is completely bogus. … At the end of the day, I will be exonerated in all of this,” Mecum told our reporter. “This happens a lot in politics unfortunately. When you have a high profile job like mine you sometimes make some enemies.”
The woman also wrote in the affidavit that Mecum did not threaten or intimidate her to prevent her from reporting the incident, but “he alluded to the power, connections and authority he has as a result of his position. I have seen what malicious things he has done to others and do not want to be subjected to similar retaliatory actions.” She wrote that she is “very upset that someone in his high-level position of authority in the Republican Party is able to use voter registration information to stalk women.”
(viewable under the “documents” section on yellowsheetreport.com- subscription required)
Paul Collier
An American Freedomist
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11. December 2009 by admin.
From the SF examiner, a bit of a jolt to the sense of well-being in the economy from Ralph Benko
“The federal government currently pays…..$202 billion a year in interest. The White House estimates that interest payments will rise to $700 billion per year in 2019….Out of the $3.1 trillion federal budget, $1.89 trillion is considered “mandatory spending.”……Leaving $1.2 trillion. If one subtracts the budget of the Defense Department, which is $515 billion …. the rest of the money the government currently spends is $686 billion a year..”
Read the whole story here
Commentary: Ralph Benko has pointed out in as nice a way as possible (bearers of bad tidings tend to get treated badly, so Benko is walking a fine line here) that the remaining dollars for the 2019 budget are projected to be less than the extra amount of cost added by the rising interest rates on US debt that are inevitable.
If that doesn’t make you choke on your coffee, nothing will, and if the mainstream media doesn’t pick up on this alarming statistic, then the news media itself has to be jettisoned along with the excessive overspending of the past few spend and tax regimes that has swept through America like Communists through a third world country.
Paul Collier
An American Freedomist
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