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2016 March 5 – 11
2016 March 5 – 11
Can the Constitution be improved?
Can the Constitution be improved?
Last week we examined an essay written in 1960 by the late Senator William Fulbright in which he theorized that there is a natural distinction between two perpetual classes in any society, what he called the elite and the electorate.
Using the analogy of a cruise ship, he presented a strong argument for letting the voters determine the destination of the ship-of-state but that the professional crew (the politicians) should then be left alone to run it as they see fit. Not a bad concept, but he wasn’t telling the truth about the role of the crew. In actual practice, once in office, collectivist politicians like Fulbright always want the crew to determine the destination as well.
The question remains whether or not the theoretical distinction between passengers and crew can actually be established in politics. I believe that the answer is a resounding yes.
America came very close to doing exactly that with the creation of its founding constitution. Nothing like it had ever been done. It was, however, a beta model and, as even the Founding Fathers agreed, it was not perfect. One of the weaknesses lay in the fact that phrases, such as ‘general welfare’ were not clearly defined. That left the door open for future corruption by those who are masters of wordsmanship.
The place to start for keeping the ship’s crew from becoming masters of the passengers is to draft the contract in such clear and unambiguous terms that it is impossible to interpret it any other way. The next step is to make sure that the passengers as well as the crew read the contract; and, third, there must be a small group of volunteer guardians who see to it that the content and especially the wisdom behind the content of that contract is perpetually disseminated among all future passengers.
What would be the essence of that contract? Those of you who have visited the Freedom Force website already know where this is going. It is described in The Creed of Freedom, and made particularly clear in the last paragraph, “Proper Role of the State”.
It can be done. Perhaps we will have the privilege of improving on the beta model and creating something of great value for future generations.
G. Edward Griffin
2016 March 11
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
THIS WEEK IN REVIEW
Former Republican presidential candidate, Ben Carson, has endorsed Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Trump said he didn’t see a need to have more debates, because the same questions are being asked by the same people. AP 2016 Mar 11 (Story)
The Wounded Warrior Project, that receives hundreds of millions of dollars in donations each year, is searching for new leadership. The charity’s board of directors fired CEO Steven Nardizzi and Chief Operating Officer Al Giordano after a CBS News investigation reported that almost half of all money received was spent on lavish parties and employee conferences. [It seems to us that the board, itself, must have known about this and board members also should be taken to task for participating and approving.] CBS News 2016 Mar 11 (Story)
US drones and airstrikes in Somalia killed at least 150 people, despite never having declared war on that country. The media usually refers to victims as militants or terrorists but seldom identifies who they were. That suggests they merely are repeating what is reported by the Pentagon. When Obama became President, the anti-war left adopted the same pre-emptive-war mentality it despised during the Bush years. True Activist 2016 Mar 10 (Story) (Cached)
Real Climate Science reports that NOAA, the government weather agency, falsified data when it published a chart showing an increase in planetary temperature over the last 37 years. They did this by showing only part of the data, which was available for the past 58 years. If they had used all of the data, it would have shown that there has been zero warming during that period. Here is another case of ‘cooking the books’ to support the myth of global warming and to justify all the controls and taxes that flow from that. Next News Network 2016 Mar 9 (Story)
The Pentagon has admitted that it uses drones to spy on US citizens on American soil. Activist Post 2016 Mar 9 (Story) (Cached)
Attorney-General Loretta Lynch says that the Justice Department has ‘discussed’ how the FBI could take legal action against the fossil-fuel industry for ‘denying’ the ‘threat of carbon emissions’ as a factor in global warming. The Blaze 2016 Mar 9 (Story)
Israeli biotech firm, Pluristem Therapeutics, has developed a treatment that it says could cure nearly all patients suffering from exposure to radiation, especially when administered within the first 48-hours of exposure. Reuters 2016 Mar 9 (Story)
Trump won the Michigan and Mississippi primaries. He attributed his strong support to backlash against special interests and lobbyists that have long dominated politics. His opponents are desperately seeking anything they can use to discredit him, such as his untasteful demand that supporters raise their right hands and pledge to vote for him – but all of that continues to backfire, because his critics are recognized as part of the Establishment that voters are rejecting. ABC News 2016 Mar 8 (Story)
The FBI wants high-school students and teachers to help find terrorists by reporting on anyone who takes photos of government buildings, uses private-messaging apps on cell phones, talks about travel to ‘suspicious’ places, or is interested in ‘extreme ideologies’ such as animal rights, anarchy, veganism, and punk-rock music. RT 2016 Mar 8 (Story)
Iran conducted ballistic-missile tests in a display of “deterrent power” in spite of US sanctions imposed earlier this year to disrupt the missile program. AFP 2016 Mar 8 (Story) (Cached)
In 2015, France indicted Baron David de Rothschild for embezzling from British pensioners and for violation of inheritance-tax laws. His whereabouts are currently unknown. Now France is opening a criminal investigation of the Swiss branch of the Edmond de Rothschild organization. InfoWars 2016 Mar 8 (Story)
A recent report has exposed that a chemical, GenX, found in DuPont’s Teflon products causes a wide range of health problems in laboratory mice, including cancer. The company, however, has dismissed the findings by saying there is no evidence that humans could be affected in the same way. RT 2016 Mar 8 (Story)
The US made its first payment of $500 million to the UN Green-Climate Fund. This is the first tranche of $3 billion pledged by Obama at the December Climate Agreement in Paris. Republican members of Congress threatened to block the climate funding but, as is often the case, failed to follow through. Reuters 2016 Mar 8 (Story) (Cached)
Nancy Reagan, wife of former president, Ronald Reagan, died at age 94. She reportedly despised the Bush family and suspected them of arranging the assassination attempt by John Hinckley Jr. against her husband in 1981. The Bush family has close ties with the Hinckley family. Ronald Reagan won his presidency through a brokered convention designed to push George H.W. Bush into power. InfoWars 2016 Mar 7 (Story)
Saudi Arabia is demanding that Syrian President Assad be deposed and also has sent F-15 fighter jets to Turkey in preparation for joining forces with Turkey in its war against Syria. Code Pink, an anti-war peace group is calling for BDS (boycott, divestiture and sanctions) against The Gulf states that are funding ISIS and creating discord. RT 2016 Mar 7 (Story)
Mike Adams provides helpful tips on how to avoid serious health damage from forced vaccines that contain toxic components such as mercury, aluminum, MSG, formaldehyde and squalene. NaturalNews 2016 Mar 6 (Story)
Israel to launch one of the most advanced missile defense systems in the world, with U.S. taxpayers picking up the tab. The US has provided more than $3.3 billion for this purpose. Washington Post posted 2016 Mar 5 (Story) (Cached)
Utah: Piute County Sheriff Stanton Gleave is standing against federal agents in Utah and has threatened to deputize every man, woman and child in his jurisdiction if the feds impound cattle grazing on public lands. He says he will arrest federal workers if they take action against ranchers and miners who are boycotting federal permits. Federal agents have armed themselves with high powered military equipment, creating a virtual standing army to enforce federal decrees. InfoWars 2016 Mar 5 (Story)
Indiana will pull $50 million in retirement investments out of companies that are seeking to boycott Israel in protest over its occupation of Palestinian territory. Several other states, including South Carolina and Illinois, have passed laws against boycotting Israeli products. USA Today posted 2016 Mar 5 (Story) (Cached)
Mexico: The Organization of American States reports that as many as 98% of crimes in Mexico go unpunished. Drug cartels account for much of that, but corruption in law-enforcement is rampant. Often the two work together. Fox News posted 2016 Mar 5 (Story) (Cached)
ANALYSIS
ANALYSIS
News and commentaries that reveal historical facts and trends that place current events into perspective and make it possible to anticipate future events.
Technology giants and old-guard Republicans met on Sea Island, near the Jekyll Island resort, where the Federal Reserve was hatched, to create strategies to stop the Trump bandwagon. When you read the list of attendees, you’ll realize as never before, how well entrenched the Establishment has become. The author of this analysis contends that Trump’s major contribution to the presidential elections is smashing standard political rhetoric and that his best strategy against the forces organized against him is to continue doing the same only a lot more of it. Jon Rappaport 2016 Mar 10 (Story) (Cached)
The US military will spend $62 million to develop an implantable microchip that will allow the human brain to directly communicate with computer systems. The goal is to create a real cyborg, a human with both organic and manufactured body parts. 21st Century Wire 2016 Mar 9 (Story) (Cached)
A Canadian couple whose unvaccinated baby died of meningitis after being treated with home remedies, is on trial in Alberta. They say the government lawyers have an agenda to go after those who are opposed to vaccination. [We can be sure that governments will not prosecute parents of children who died after receiving vaccinations. It’s a rigged game created and financed by drug companies.] Vice 2016 Mar 9 (Story) (Cached)
WHO SAID THAT?
HUMOR
HUMOR
Need to Know is as serious as it gets, but laughter is good for the soul and helps to keep our equilibrium amid the chaos. So, here are quips, gags, and images to put a smile on your face. If you have some you would like to share, please send them here.
Q: What did the daddy chimney say to the baby chimney?
A: You are too little to smoke!
Q: What do you call a ghost’s mom and dad?
A: Transparents
Q: What did the grape do when it got stepped on?
A: It let out a little wine!
Q: What do you call the new girl at the bank?
A: Nutella!
Q: What did the judge say when the skunk walked in the court room?
A: Odor in the court.
Q: What did the fish say when he swam into the wall?
A: Dam!
Q: Why don’t skeletons fight each other?
A: They don’t have the guts.
Q: What do you call cheese that is not yours?
A: Nacho Cheese.
Q: What streets do ghosts haunt?
A: Dead ends!
Q: Why did the boy tiptoe past the medicine cabinet? A: He didn’t want to wake the sleeping pills!
Q: What goes up when the rain comes down?
A: An umbrella.
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PROSTITUTES AND POLITICIANS
2016 March 11 from Bill Madden
If, loosely defined, a prostitute is someone who performs immoral acts for personal gain, it follows, therefore, that most politicians are prostitutes. The immorality of their actions is virtually everything they legislate that is in opposition to the Constitution such as our undeclared, no-win wars, social and corporate welfare, etc. This unconstitutional activity usually results in government squandering which flows primarily into the pockets of the major owners of our largest corporations.
This wealth transfer is, I feel, the primary reason that politicians are rented by the establishment. Humans are slaughtered, taxpayers are cheated and the economy contracts as the rich are getting richer at the expense of those who pay taxes and are also responsible for our enormous national debt.
Donald Trump’s presidential primary campaign has been successful because he is considered an “outsider”. We have heard those working against Mr. Trump described as the Washington establishment, the Republican establishment or just the establishment with few, if any, names connected to the titles. Wouldn’t the country benefit by having the financial benefactors of our politicians unmasked? If they represent the root cause of all that is bad about the country, wouldn’t it be important to at least know who they are? Knowing the enemy is a principle of warfare, and those filling their pockets by purchasing unconstitutional legislation are enemies. Once their identities have been disclosed, we can decide what should be done about their immoral activity.
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GENIUSES VS. IDIOTS
2016 Mar 3 by Jeff Foxworthy
If plastic water bottles are okay, but plastic bags are banned, — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots
If you can get arrested for hunting or fishing without a license, but not for entering and remaining in the country illegally — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you have to get your parents’ permission to go on a field trip or to take an aspirin in school, but not to get an abortion — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If you must show your identification to board an airplane, cash a check, buy liquor, or check out a library book and rent a video, but not to vote for who runs the government — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If the government wants to prevent stable, law-abiding citizens from owning a gun that hold more than ten rounds, but gives twenty F-16 fighter jets to the new leaders in Egypt — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If, in the nation’s largest city, you can buy two 16-ounce sodas, but not one 24-ounce soda, because 24-ounces of a sugary drink might make you fat — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If an 80-year-old woman who is confined to a wheelchair or a three-year-old girl can be strip-searched by the TSA at the airport, but a woman in a burka or a hijab is only subject to having her neck and head searched — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If your government believes that the best way to eradicate trillions of dollars of debt is to spend trillions more — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If a seven-year-old boy can be thrown out of school for saying his teacher is “cute” but hosting a sexual exploration or diversity class in grade school is perfectly acceptable — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
If hard work and success are met with higher taxes and more government regulation and intrusion while not working is rewarded with Food Stamps, welfare checks, Medicaid benefits, subsidized housing, and free cell phones — you might live in a nation that was founded by geniuses but is run by idiots.
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Thoms Jefferson
Principle author of the American Declaration of Independence, Third President of The United States 1743 – 1826
“Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add ‘within the limits of the law’ because law is often but the tyrant’s will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual.”