3/31/08
And now...going international
"George W. Bush, US president, and Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, have agreed to step up co-operation over the crisis in financial markets. They are setting up a joint working group which will develop plans to monitor and regulate the banking system."
"At the heart of the proposals, agreed on Wednesday by Hank Paulson, US Treasury secretary, and Alistair Darling, UK chancellor, is the creation of a body made up of senior Treasury and regulatory figures from London and Washington."
"However, officials say that, given the huge role that London and New York play in financial markets, the significance of the new body will go beyond that."
“We have both been seised of the fact that we need to do something to respond to the financial market turbulence, that we need to generate a shared agenda in the run-up to the spring meetings,” said a senior UK Treasury official.
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And now.....a newly created "international body", with a "shared agenda', to apparently merge with the soon to be newly reformed American financial system. These developments must be seen as 'late-stage', as to building their global system; i.e. "it's" almost ready to go. compare with: cui-bono-who-benefits
fyi
Watch and pray Christian
Luke 21:34-36
A little more Gore
"Former Vice President Al Gore and a nonprofit climate group have begun what they say will be a three-year $300 million advertising blitz to recruit 10 million advocates to seek laws and policies that can cut greenhouse gases.
"John P. Murry Jr., an associate professor of marketing at the University of Iowa who has studied public service advertising, said the campaign might be spending too little."
“I think the global warming project media budget should be 10 times as high,” he said. “Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi spend over a billion dollars each year to promote brand preference for soft drinks. In this light, the $100 million per year to change our lifestyles seems pretty small.”
"The ads will be coordinated with outreach through organizations like the United Steelworkers union and the Girl Scouts."
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"10 million advocates"....."laws and policies"......"project media budgets"...."change our lifestyles" ...."outreach through...the girl scouts"?
Dominion on earth
"Former Vice President Al Gore is launching a three-year, $300 million effort to make the world more aware of global warming and reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
"The three-year campaign by the Alliance for Climate Protection will start Wednesday with TV advertising, featuring unlikely alliances like Pat Robertson and Al Sharpton, and Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Republican former House Speaker Newt Gingrich."
"This climate crisis is so interwoven with habits and patterns that are so entrenched, the elected officials in both parties are going to be timid about enacting the bold changes that are needed until there is a change in the public's sense of urgency in addressing this crisis, Gore told the Washington Post."
"The options available to civilization worldwide to avert this terribly destructive pattern are beginning to slip away from us, Gore said. The path for recovery runs right through Washington."
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re: "Enacting the bold changes"
3/30/08
'Homeland' update
Second National Fusion Center Conference Held to Foster Greater Collaboration: source
"More than 900 federal, state, and local law enforcement and homeland security officials attended this week the National Fusion Center Conference here to further the U.S. government’s plans to create a seamless network of these centers."
"After the 9/11 attacks, states and various U.S. localities established information fusion centers to coordinate the gathering, analysis, and sharing of homeland security, terrorism, and law enforcement intelligence. Today there are more than 50 operational centers in 46 states."
"“Working together – leveraging federal as well as state and local networks; moving relevant information and intelligence quickly; enabling rapid analytic and operational judgments – that is what this network of centers is all about,”"
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related:wired.com
"Fusion centers are relatively new creatures on the homeland security scene and are intended to allow local and state police to combine their criminal and intelligence information with information shared by government agencies."
"While the original idea was to focus on anti-terrorism, both states and the federal government are now touting an all-encompassing "all threats, all hazards" model. That means the centers would focus not just on anti-terrorism, but also gangs, immigration, floods and common crimes -- under the justification that these other areas sometimes have links to terrorism."
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Police state?
While the stated objective is "information fusion", what is actually being 'fused', across the nation, are the various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies themselves. The military and the private sector are increasingly being incorporated also, according to the ACLU (see their fusion map). They are all quietly being fused into a monolithic system, which, by the nature of the 'beast', will have to come under a single authority. It could not work otherwise. This is what is meant by the buzzwords "seamless network". It will also be (quote) "all encompassing". Welcome to your "Homeland"!
Ever wondered why the name "Homeland" Security is used, rather than, say, e.g. "United States" Security? Could it be to disassociate the American people with the idea of national sovereignty, which at the same time would subtlety indoctrinate the masses while the country undergoes the transformation into the planned regional/global government system?
see: global/regional govt. (follow the links to 'connect the dots') also: global-police
fyi
Rev. 18:4
3/29/08
Global 'gag order' demanded
"DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Islamic and Arab leaders denounced a Dutch film Saturday that portrays Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at the West, demanding international laws to prevent insults to religions."
"Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir called on Muslims at an Arab summit in Damascus to "challenge those who insult" the prophet and proposed "a binding international charter" calling for the respect of religious beliefs."
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International laws and binding international charters? Well that certainly didn't take too long to come up with the "perfect solution". End free speech....concerning religious differences.
see first post directly below, or: global-content-approved-religion
quoted from:
"It should be understood that this is only going to increase, i.e. the 'quashing' of dissent. It will become much louder and more prevalent."
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see two posts down, or: cui-bono-who-benefits
quoted from:
"It's an amazing thing if you stop to consider how it is that the 'solutions' to all these various 'new problems', this being a prime example, always seem to contribute so greatly to the globalist agenda. Must be a coincidence. Cui bono "
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These are tremendously important developments in the grand scheme of things. Whether or not any "binding international charters" or "international laws to prevent insults" are created at this time remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the message is being sent out loud and clear, and it's only a matter of time.
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1Thessalonians 5:6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.
'Global Content Approved' Religion
Dobson editing radio show to avoid 'hate crimes' laws: worldnetdaily
"WND reported just a week ago on a Christian ministry based in Canada that essentially was ordered shut down under that nation's "hate crimes" laws which prevent Christians from expressing Biblical opinions on a wide range of issues." see: shot-across-bow
"Now comes confirmation from the Colorado Springs-based Focus on the Family, one of the largest Christian publishing and broadcasting organizations in the nation, that it has been reviewing, and if necessary editing, its broadcasts to avoid complications with Canadian "hate crimes" laws."
"In a statement attributed to Gary Booker, director of global content creation for Focus, the organization confirmed that broadcast standards have a "dynamic nature.""
"Parameters regarding what can be said (and how it should be said) are communicated by Focus on the Family Canada to our content producers here at Focus on the Family in the U.S. To the best of our ability, programming is then produced with Canadian law in mind," Focus continued."
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and right on cue...
Muslim, UN outrage over Dutch anti-Islam film: ynetnews
Muslim nations, the European Union and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Friday expressed outrage at an anti-Islam film posted on the Internet by a far-right Dutch lawmaker.
"I condemn in the strongest terms the airing of Geert Wilders' offensively anti-Islamic film," the UN chief said in a statement. "There is no justification for hate speech or incitement to violence."
Now as seen here, the UN and EU are on board with this one. The agenda moves forward. See progression of story from last week: sending-signal
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Condemning by Ban Ki-Moon, "hate crimes", "editing broadcasts", "outrage", what can be said or not said, etc. One phrase in one of the Focus on the Family quotes tells the whole story: "Global content creation". All of the 'players' are now singing that very song, in perfect harmony, as never before. Universally acceptable interreligion only thank you. No 'interreligious dissent' aka "hate speech" will be tolerated......we're trying to build a global kingdom here!
It should be understood that this is only going to increase, i.e. the 'quashing' of dissent. It will become much louder and more prevalent. Be aware. The prophetic clock is reading very late. Are you minding the time?
see hate crime laws in US?: christian-broadcasters-are-warned
also Radically Transforming Christianity: will-you-bow-the-knee?
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2Thessalonians 2:15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Cui bono (who benefits)
"WASHINGTON - The Bush administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the way the American financial industry is regulated."
"The proposal would designate the Fed as the primary regulator of market stability greatly expanding the central bank's ability to examine not just commercial banks but all segments of the financial services industry."
"In an effort to deal with the problems highlighted by the current severe credit crisis, the new plan would give major new powers to the U.S. Federal Reserve, according to a 26-page executive summary obtained Friday by The Associated Press."
"The administration proposal, which is to be formally unveiled in a speech Monday by U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, also proposes consolidating the current scheme of bank regulation..."
"The Fed would become the government's "market stability regulator," given sweeping powers to gather information on a wide range of institutions."
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All the money controlled by a single private interest (*the Fed)?
If you take out all the unnecessary words in the above selected quotes, you are left with an interesting picture:
"sweeping overhaul", "greatly expanding", "all segments", "major new powers", "consolidating", "the Fed", "sweeping new powers to gather information"
....and that picture looks remarkably like a financial takeover of the entire nation by the Federal Reserve is in the offing. It's an amazing thing if you stop to consider how it is that the 'solutions' to all these various 'new problems', this being a prime example, always seem to contribute so greatly to the globalist agenda. Must be a coincidence. Cui bono
*The Federal Reserve System....is a quasi-public (part private, part government) banking system: wikipedia (in other words, not really a government agency at all)
compare with these directly related articles: banking-new-world-order; mortgage market
3/28/08
Reforming and forming anew - one world
Britain and France to reform global organizations, Brown says: earthtimes.org
"Paris - Britain and France will work "hand in hand" to reform international institutions such as the United Nations, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said in an interview published Wednesday in the French daily Le Monde."
"and we have the same vision of a globalized world."
"Brown went on to say: "France and Britain can therefore work hand in hand with common interests and shared values. This is the case, and you will see it in the coming weeks, of the reform of international institutions created in 1945: the UN, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund.""
"These organizations, Brown said, "no longer correspond to the challenges of 2008.""
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The reforming of the entire social structure of this world can no longer be ignored or relegated to "conspiracy theories", but is now being openly promoted at all levels. It is undeniable, yet relatively few are willing to face the facts. Being informed is the first step. These developments do not promise any utopia for the common people, but an absolute authoritarian global network of control. Once again, can you say 666? This is the harsh reality, and it is really happening, step by step, piece by piece. Brick by brick (Gen. 11:3), the "Tower of Babel" (so to speak) is being 'rebuilt', as foretold in the Word of God. Also foretold is the failure and the destruction of this "tower", this global kingdom built by men, who are shown to be completely in rebellion against the authority of God Almighty in their globalizing efforts.
Question: Is this that?
To anyone who will believe the Word of God, it can be nothing else. Let us not be ignorant, for the Lord has given us His Word so that we would not be deceived.
see: regional-world-government ; also: blair-tells-depauw-unity-is-key (prophetic view), follow links
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Jeremiah 51:1 Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
51:6 Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompense.
Rev. 18:4
Don't be shocked....
All patrol officers to be given Tasers: sbsun.com
SAN BERNARDINO - In hopes of reducing injuries during arrests, every police officer patrolling the streets will be issued a Taser within months.
San Bernardino police has ordered a $13,000 shipment of 120 yellow Taser X26s, which is a new model. The stun guns will shoot two probes with charges of 1,200 watts.
No information was immediately available on how often police use Tasers on suspects.
More than 11,000 of the country's 18,000 law-enforcement agencies use Tasers, according to Taser International's Web site. see related; 11 yr old girl tasered: source
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Andy Taylor and Barney Fife have been "retired"...there's a new sheriff in town!
File this one under "absolute authoritarian control", as mentioned in the above post. This is a local story, but with all the law enforcement agencies in the country being linked together you can be sure this is coming to your town too, if not already there. compare with: not-good-ol-days-anymore (law enforcement agencies linking)
Brainwashing the masses
3/27/08
Noah's Day Was Judged By Water, Next Time All The Proud Will Be Burned Up - Saith The Lord
....but honor shall uphold the humble in spirit." (Pr. 29:23)
Brave new churches
"COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The senior pastor at a megachurch where a gunman killed two teenage sisters before being shot by a church volunteer recommends that all churches have armed guards."
"The forum, which was hosted by police and New Life security staff and closed to the media, included discussions on emergency planning, assessing potential dangerous situations, the role of church greeters and ushers, and how to recruit security staff, said Colorado Springs police officer Dave Husted."
"Several U.S. churches have been quietly adding armed guards in recent years, while others have avoided the practice because they either don't have the money or don't want to appear like a fortress."
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Just observing what may seem to be small and sometimes subtle changes in society at large. Sometimes these changes can slip right by without noticing.
Wonder what "role" they have in mind for the greeters and ushers?
compare this with [#5]: globalism-quick-primer
Would you like to see a menu?
3/26/08
Phase ll - Water Control: UN Says Water Not A 'Human Right'
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Answer: What saith the scripture! see: stone-builders-rejected (from Daniel ch. 2)
More 'interreligion' merging
"Come out of her, my people...." (Rev. 18:4)
3/25/08
UN - 'wiring' the system
excerpts from speech by Ban Ki-Moon on "World Water Day":
"(New York, 20 March 2008) - At the United Nations, March 22nd is World Water Day. We don’t expect people to stop what they are doing and observe a moment of silence – but maybe they should."
"Water is essential to survival. Unlike oil, there are no substitutes. But today, fresh water resources are stretched thin. Population growth will make the problem worse. So will climate change. As the global economy grows, so will its thirst."
"This September, I will gather top-level officials from across the world at a summit in New York on how to reach the Goals, particularly in Africa. In the meantime, we need to begin thinking about better strategies for managing water—for using it efficiently and sharing it fairly. This means partnerships involving not just governments but civil society groups, individuals and businesses." (e.g.Lion's clubs)
"We are at the early stages of this awakening."
"Earlier this month, members of the UN Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate citizenship initiative, gathered in New York for a meeting on water. The companies in that room had a total worth of about half a trillion dollars with employees in some 200 countries."
"The main theme: moving beyond the mere use of water to stewardship. This translates into a commitment to engage with the United Nations, governments and civil groups to protect what is becoming an increasingly scarce resource and ensure that local communities benefit."
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and another interesting article:
"(New York, 14 March 2008) – The United Nations Global Compact and Lions Clubs International announced today a new collaboration between the two organizations. The agreement was signed by Mahendra Amarasuriya, President, Lions Clubs International (LCI), and Soren Petersen, Head Local Networks and Partnerships at the Global Compact Office, during the 30th Annual Lions Day with the UN at UN Headquarters in New York."
"The Global Compact and LCI will promote cooperation in developing countries between local Lions Clubs and Global Compact Local Networks in order to harness the power of business in responding to the challenges and opportunities of globalization in particular with regards to the UN Millennium Development Goals."
"Mr. Petersen emphasized the potential synergy effects between local Lions Clubs and Global Compact Networks as “both organizations are based on a similar set of universal values and similar views on the role of corporate citizenship.”"
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A "moment of silence" for World Water Day? Lions Club and the UN?
These two recent articles from the United Nations are quite revealing. The first one, the "water issue", is going to become huge, as it is/will be the leverage used to create all sorts of legislative controls which will in turn be used to manipulate every aspect of life on the planet. This will affect food production, manufacturing, land usage, etc. Virtually everything.
This global "water control" network is now being 'hardwired'. It's the "early stages of this awakening" according to Ban Ki-Moon. This 'awakening' is more than likely already happening in your local community, although the parties involved (governing officials/community leaders, etc.) most likely have no idea that they are helping to further the one-world 'global transformation' agenda. see: water act 2007
As you can see, the Lion's Club also has now been 'drafted' by the globalist agenda and will now join in collaboration with the UN, which will, they claim, create 'synergy'....
The simplest way to see how all this fits together is to understand that basically the entire world is being organized into a "single corporation". 'Earth Unlimited' if you will. It really is that simple. All the partnerships between governments, private business, non-profits (e.g. Lion's club) will establish the 'world-management flow chart' (so to speak) for this huge 'corporation'. A "one world government" in other words. The consumer-friendly name for this global management plan is sustainable development. Strongly recommended that you learn about it, it's on your street already!
recommend also to take a little time and read these brief articles, and to follow the various links on the pages,as well as those above, i.e. connect the dots: UN water mandate; running out of water?
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Matt.24: 33 "So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things....."
*Infidel teaching/teachers
(loosely) a person who disbelieves or doubts a particular theory, belief, creed, etc.; skeptic.
(2 peter3: 3-5) "Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation. For this they willingly are ignorant...."
Scoffers, walking after their own lusts, who are, according to the the Word of God, willingly ignorant (infidel), have indeed come, and that in a big way. This is a subject that every person who claims to be a Christian must be informed of and know for himself what he believes. The stakes could not be any higher than they are! Do not accept anything that you hear without questioning because it could be the teaching of scoffing infidels fulfilling the above scripture. On that note here are some sources of information that should be given your careful attention:
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excerpted from an article concerning an upcoming speaking engagement by Brian Mclaren entitled "Brian McLaren to speak at World Future Society": herescope
"Jay Gary and Brian McLaren have both been actively eschewing "doomsday" eschatologies, a fact which we written about previously on Herescope (a very important read!). McLaren writes disparagingly of biblical prophecy, using extremely incendiary language and distortions:"The Jesus of one reading of the Apocalypse brings us to a grim resignation: the world will get worse and worse, and finally this jihadist Jesus will return to use force, domination, violence, and even torture - the ultimate imperial tools - to vanquish evil and bring peace." (Everything Must Change, p. 146)McLaren says that there needs to be a "rethinking" about eschatology, eradicating the belief about a Second Coming of Christ that is "characterized by violence, killing, domination, and eternal torture" (p. 144). He proposes an alternative Jesus of a "'flower child' theology" (although he doesn't like the term) protecting the "sacred ecosystem of God, which is the kingdom of God." (p. 142)"
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(quoted from "Dominionism/Emerging Church...." linked below)
"The attack against the prophetic portions of scripture have now become more open and deliberate than ever and it is imperative to be aware of this as the barrage will only intensify from here on out. The reason for this is that for the emerging church/dominionist movement to be validated the Book of Revelation must be discredited because it completely negates the entire concept of the so-called 'kingdom building' agenda, actually describing in detail the failure of it."
To learn more about this subject see: Dominionism/Emerging church, Brian McLaren, and denying the Revelation of Jesus Christ (Rev. 1:1): attacking the Revelation
3/24/08
Awana - red flags
Is Awana naive about contemplative spirituality? If so, then we beseech them to educate themselves and request a recall on their book, Perspectives on Children's Spiritual Formation. In the February 2008 edition of The Berean Call newsletter a question was asked about Awana:
"I've heard that Awana is drifting toward mysticism in the way they are ministering to children. What do you know about that?"
The Berean Call gave an excellent answer, stating that the issue arose from a book titled, Perspectives on Children's Spiritual Formation. Two leaders in the Awana organization are contributors of the book, and comments they made promoting the contemplative approach have caused concern for the direction Awana may be heading.
Involved in the Awana program? read this important article in full here
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This is not a new development in the Awana organization, but is the result of slow incremental change over the past few years. It is an ongoing "shifting", the same thing that is happening in churches and Christian schools and colleges across the land. This "shifting" is by design, and it is important to understand that this 'change process' is an ongoing project, with the final goal being the convergence of the world's religions into the global model of an inclusive universal spirituality. In other words, it won't stop here but will certainly continue to 'morph', as is happening in every sphere of society today. Suggestion: it's time to get off the bus Gus!
see also: awana-being-shifted . This is a short article, with a few quotes from the Awana website showing the new direction the organization is being 'taken' e.g.
- At Awana, we believe it’s time to rethink ministry and discipleship for kids:
- Awana becoming a 'global brand' name!
- Revolutionary new book!
- "Raising kids who know, love and serve Christ isn’t just a parent’s job or the church’s responsibility. It requires a partnership
The issues are serious and must be faced by any who either have children involved with the program or are themselves 'leaders'. Ignorance of the issues is unacceptable. Nothing can be taken for granted any longer, as evidenced by the christian-school-betrayal happening in the ACSI. This is no different!
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Gal. 1:8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
Crossless Christianity 2008
Should I question what I'm being taught, or should I just 'go with the flow', so as not to be 'divisive'? We're not supposed to judge others are we?
This classic work by A.T. Pierson (1900): Another Gospel, covers the topic of the false gospel, of which there are innumerable variations today, and also sheds light on how these questions should be answered. It is worthy to be printed out and studied.
Another Gospel: Which Is Not Another" Gal. 1:6-12 (A.T. Pierson) quoted:
"There is a conflict ahead, and it is alike irrepressible and irreconcilable, and may as well be recognized as such. There are some believers that cannot and will not relinquish their faith in the eternal verities and certainties of the Word of God, in which they have been instructed. They know of whom they have learned them, and that Teacher is God Himself. Moreover, it has pleased God to reveal Christ in them, as well as to them, and they have the witness in themselves that the Word of God is an inspired and infallible guide in doctrine and duty. It has proved itself the Word of God, and all its utterances true, “as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times,” that is, proven by the seven-fold test of varied earthly or human experience (Psalm 12-.6)."
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This 'timeless' sermon was written in 1900. One hundred eight years later, the conflict A.T. Pierson spoke of in the above quote is no longer coming but is here as never before. As stated, it may as well be acknowledged because what now passes for Christianity is so far off the mark that it is often little more than an absurd parody. Those who are orchestrating it's demise are doing so in order to assimilate it into a planned global spirituality. This "merging of religions" is deemed necessary to facilitate the management of their coming global society. They are "playing for keeps".
read full: Another Gospel by A.T. Pierson
3/23/08
'Hypocritcal' oath?
"The Senate is about to approve legislation (Mothers Act – S.1375) which mandates the indoctrination of pregnant and nursing mothers into the use of extremely dangerous psychiatric medication. We already know this class of medication poses serious health risks to both mother and baby. Consequences to the baby are now proven to cause nerve-related changes that can adversely affect health for a lifetime."
"Now that Senators are being called on the carpet for what this law will actually do; i.e., injure babies for life – they have gone behind closed doors to finish marking up the bill and plan to sneak it through the Senate in the beginning of April without any debate or chance for amendment. A marriage of Big Pharma dollars with a bizarre socialist medicine agenda is more compelling to them than real health. The legislation is cosponsored by both Clinton and Obama (members of the Senate HELP committee that will bring the legislation to the floor of the Senate), but make no mistake – it is also widely supported by republican senators and Bush will sign it in a heartbeat. Both sides of the aisle are owned by Big Pharma."
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re: mandates and 'no debates'
Once again....ya ain't seen nuthin yet!
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Psalms 146:3 Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.
Sending a signal
"A northern Virginia-based Internet host provider has suspended the Web site set up by a Dutch politician to promote his new film critical of Islam, after a spate of complaints and fears of a possible backlash, the French news service Agence France Presse reported."
"NETWORK SOLUTIONS pulled Dutch Member of Parliament Geert Wilders' page Sunday while it reviewed whether its contents conformed to company policy forbidding offensive material, according to the report."
See directly related post below, or: shot across the bow