Seig Heil!


The man who occupies the Oval Office has a distinct strategy to quell opposition of any kind to his policies and the Republicans and Democrats in Congress are letting him do it. This strategy is found in his legislative and legal actions. The Defense Authorization Act set very general language in its Section 1021 that did not require the government to detain US citizens without due process, and it exempted US citizens from the requirement, but the way the language is written, the president can call for a waiver due to a national emergency and actually detain US citizens without due process. Since then, however, the president has issued Executive Orders (EOs) that leave no doubt.

Friday March 16, he issued the Defense Resource Preparedness EO which ordered the nationalization of all of America's natural resources, energy, private industry, property, transportation, food resources, health supplies, farm equipment, technology and potable water. All the president has to do is declare a national emergency. On April 23 and again on May 16, the president issued EOs declaring a national emergency that people materially opposing his policies in Syria, Iran and Yemen could have their property confiscated because they are considered threats to national security. These EOs specifically stated that US citizens were included.
The president was dealt at least a temporary blow on May 16 when US District Judge Katherine Forrest ruled that the National Defense Authorization Act violates the First and Fifth Amendments. Forrest issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Administration from enforcing section 1021 pending further court or congressional action. Notwithstanding, each of these EOs and laws that undermine the Bill of Rights must be challenged otherwise they will remain in effect. The Federal Restricted Buildings and Grounds Act--passed overwhelmingly and immediately signed by the president--makes it a felony to protest or impede government business in a "restricted area" which could be arbitrarily determined.
What happens if Americans impede the business of government while protesting? Isn't the right to assemble and speak what the First Amendment was designed to protect? What prevents the president from declaring it a national emergency against criticizing Islam? Or same sex marriage? Where is the outrage from the salt and light? Has Christianity become so neutered by bad doctrine that it no longer will stand against evil? Nations are comprised of people. We are a Christian nation because Christians occupy it. Have we no longer the will to occupy that the thief has clear access to our liberty?
In Jeremiah 4 there is an account of the Lord calling for repentance and expressing sorrow for the doomed nation of Israel. I cannot help but think that in spite of warning after warning, so many Americans, so many Christians, nonchalantly go about their business with no concern about the encroaching evil that will squeeze the lifeblood from them and their children. Verse 18 says, "Your way and your doings have procured these things unto you." How many people in the nations around the world envy our freedom, yet we are complacent to allow an evil rebellion to take it from us without so much as a shout.
EO Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen-- http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/05/16/executive-order-blocking-property-persons-threatening-peace-security-or-
EO Blocking Property of Persons regarding Syria and Iran--http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/04/23/executive-order-blocking-property-and-suspending-entry-united-states-cer
EO Nationalizing all US resources and property--http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/03/16/executive-order-national-defense-resources-preparedness
Federal Court blocks citizen detention plan--http://www.wnd.com/2012/05/obama-citizen-detention-plan-in-trouble/

Obama Accomplishments

First President to apply for college aid as a foreign student, then deny he was a foreigner.
First President to have a social security number from a state he has never lived in.
First President to preside over a cut to the credit-rating of the United States.
First President to violate the War Powers Act.
First President to be held in contempt of court for illegally obstructing oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
First President to defy a Federal Judge’s court order to cease implementing the Health Care Reform Law.
First President to require all Americans to purchase a product from a third party, a violation of the U.S. Constitution.
First President to spend a trillion dollars on ‘shovel-ready’ jobs when there was no such thing as ‘shovel-ready’ jobs.
First President to recommend changing our National Anthem as it portrays and promotes violence and is warlike in its theme.
First President to cancel the National Day of Prayer Breakfast and activities.
First President to initiate a Cash for Clunkers Program to clean up exhaust that adds to global warming, then extended it because it was so popular — wasting hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.
First President to abrogate bankruptcy law to turn over control of companies to his union supporters.
First President to bypass Congress and implement the Dream Act through executive fiat.
First President to order a secret amnesty program that stopped the deportation of illegal immigrants across the U.S., including those with criminal convictions.
First President to demand a company hand over $20 billion to one of his political appointees.
First President to terminate America’s ability to put a man in space.
First President to have a law signed by an auto-pen without being present.
First President to arbitrarily declare an existing law unconstitutional and refuse to enforce it.
First President to threaten insurance companies if they publicly spoke out on the reasons for their rate increases.
First President to tell a major manufacturing company which state they are allowed to locate a factory in.
First President to file lawsuits against the states he swore an oath to protect (AZ, WI, OH, IN).
First President to withdraw an existing coal permit that had been properly issued years ago.
First President to fire an inspector general of Americorps for catching one of his friends in a corruption case.
First President to appoint 45 czars to replace elected officials in his office.
First President to golf 73 separate times in his first two and a half years in office, 90 to date.
First President to pledge complete transparency while campaigning, then hide his medical, educational,and travel records.
First President to win a Nobel Peace Prize for doing NOTHING to earn it.
First President to go on multiple global ‘apology tours’.
First President to go on 17 lavish vacations, including date nights and Wednesday evening White House parties for his friends; paid for by the taxpayer.
First President to have 22 personal servants (taxpayer funded) for his wife.
First President to keep a dog trainer on retainer for $102,000 a year at taxpayer expense.
First President to repeat the Holy Qur’an and tells us that the early morning Islamic call to worship is the most beautiful sound on earth.
Now it is up to us Freedom-loving Americans to see to it that he is voted out after his FIRST term. May God bless America again. Stay safe, and be aware of your surroundings.

Monday, May 21, 2012

The Sunni Shia War For Supremacy Part III



Patriots,
Today we continue discussing the word of understanding God gave me about the Sunni and Shia war for supremacy in the Middle East with a focus on The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) This group along with Quds Forces run Iran’s terror networks worldwide. The IRGC has created two special units to undermine the regimes in the Persian Gulf and push America out of the region. The new terror outfits are Unit 110 and the Unit Madinah – named after the second holiest city in Islam. Unit 110 is an intelligence gathering organization while Unit Madinah is in charge of military operations. The new units are under the command of Gholam Parvar. Parvar is one of the regime’s most radical military commanders and is the overall commander of the IRGC. The new groups have two orders: 1. Incite uprisings & protests within the Shiite minorities in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and other countries. 2. prepare military & terrorist operations against the enemy’s facilities.

The IRGC finances operations, forms alliances with local Shia, guides assets, & recruits Muslims for reconnaissance of potential targets in enemy countries. An IRGC defector revealed that all Imam Ali mosques worldwide are under the operation & control of the IRGC and are used as terror command centers. Noteworthy are the ones in Stockholm and Hamburg. Other Imam Ali mosques are in New Jersey, New York and Ohio. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Naghdi, the commander of the Basij told IRGC members: “Today we are in a full-scale war with our enemies … and you all have managed to infiltrate into the heart of the enemy’s nest, where even in the streets of New York and London, mourning and prayers for Ashura (the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Shiites’ third imam, Hossein) are observed. This is what it means to penetrate into the enemy camp.”
Hassan Azghodi, a close adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, boasted in a speech on Iranian TV: “Our forces are present all across the globe. … We must get ready for a global operation and an international jihad.”
According to sources in Egypt, the IRGC, in collaboration with the Muslim Brotherhood is working on overthrowing the military junta and creating another front against Israel and America. Recently Iranian cleric Ahmad Mobaleghi stated that if Iran and Egypt become one, the future of the Islamic world will be guaranteed. The IRGC is active in sub-Saharan African countries, where they train and arm Islamic militias and fund Imam Ali mosques and Islamic centers. The IRGC’s grand plan called, “Time for The Collapse,” and includes trafficking in weapons, counterfeiting money and trafficking drugs. This activity is going on in Mexico and Venezuela as I speak. These activities help to destabilize the West. In a recent speech, Khamenei stated: “In light of the realization of the divine promise by almighty God, the Zionists and the Great Satan (America) will soon be defeated. Allah’s promise will be delivered, and Islam will be victorious.”
Our one true God says in 1 Thess 1:10 “And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” God only promises to rescue the Church from His wrath – The Great Trib which is Daniel’s 70th Week.
God Bless
Alan

Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Sunni Shia War For Supremacy Part II


THE DEAD TERRORIST BROTHERS
Today I continue on the word of understanding God gave me about the Sunni and Shia war for supremacy in the Middle East and Persia.

Please note that when I use the term Gulfies it refers to the Persian Gulf states & Saudi Arabia.
• The Gulfies do not object to using foreign soldiers to protect them. They already use armies of foreigners to do everything for them.
• No Gulfie state trusts its own military, besides the Gulfies are just too small to counter the warrior state of Persia. The Persians have a long proud military tradition. The Gulfies are simply no match for Iran.
• The Iranian military would clean the Gulfies clocks faster than you could say, Muhammad and they know it.
• What the Gulfies lack in military skills, they more than make up for in underhanded cunning. After all the Muslims invented assassins. If they can’t import an infidel army and they can’t build their own army, then they will follow the honorable tradition of finding a counterbalance to the enemy. The Sunnis have been nurturing the Muslim Brotherhood, rogue elements of Al Qaeda, other Sunni radicals and funding Al-Jazeera to counter the Persia threat. Combine that with an American administration eager to win over the Muslim world by changing & transforming American foreign policy, and one finds a debt ridden USA beholden to Saudi oil and the Gulfies.
• If Syria can be tipped into the Sunni camp, then Iran will lose its major puppet however, I think Iran will fight covertly to the bitter end to keep Syria in its camp.
• The Sunni super state will have a military equipped with top of the line American and Russian equipment, funded by Gulfie oil money and backed by the lunatic fanaticism of Islamic fighters.
• The Emir of Qatar is demanding that his slaves in Washington get cracking and “liberate” Syria so Syria is fit for membership in the Sunni Caliphate.
That just leaves one wild card in the equation – Israel
• The Sunnis are far more patient than the Shia. They want Israel gone, but they also recognize it as a valuable pawn in their own political games. Rather than being a disruptive influence in the region, like Iran, Israel is a unifying force that gives Muslims a common enemy.
Friends, remember what God tells us:
Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Eph 5:12 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret.
Eph 5:13 But all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light: for whatsoever doth make manifest is light.
Eph 5:14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.
God Bless
Alan

The Sunni Shia War For Supremacy Part I

               
                                                                              Shia praying (hands at their side)
Sunni praying with hands raised
(You can tell the difference between Sunni & Shia by the placement of their hands while praying.)
The following article discusses the first part word of knowledge God gave me about Persia, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and nuclear weapons. While the USA was sleeping war began in the Middle East, on the Arabian peninsula & Persia. This war proves how clever Satan is. He can do things to us and we don’t even realize it until it is too late. This war began in Tunisia, then engulfed Algeria & Egypt. Then this war swallowed up Ghadaffi in Libya and now it has thrown Syria into civil war pitting Alawite Shia against Sunnis and foreign Sunni mercenaries. Assad has massed his army in Damascus because he feared a military coup against his regime. The Syrian army is starving on the border of Israel & the Israelis are giving them food. Assad is also building a mountain fortress in the hills of northern Syria where he and his loyal Alawite followers can hole up.
I will use the term "Gulfies" to represent the Persian Gulf States & Saudi Arabia.

• Everyone thinks the U.S. and the West supported and funded the Arab Spring but in actuality it was Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Gulfies who supported and funded the Sunni rebels. The real purpose of the Arab Spring was to create a Sunni superstate to counter the Iranian Shiite superstate.
• Add nuclear weapons to the Iran-Iraq-Syria-Hezboallah axis and you are looking at a Sunni’s worst nightmare.  Who would hate an Iranian Shia bomb more than Israel. The answer is quite simple, the biggest and most important Sunni monarchy in the world – Saudi Arabia.
• The rise of a fanatically violent Shiite Iran has done more to destabilize the region than anything else.
• As much as Sunni Arabs prattle on about Zionist conspiracies, a few million Jews sandwiched in a narrow strip of land against the Mediterranean pose no threat to them.
What keeps the Saudis, Jordanians and Gulfies up at night are the following:
1. a rival version of Islam – Shiism that the Sunnis have suppressed since the death of the prophet and that is dedicated to converting the world to Shia global caliphate and whose masses await the apocalyptic "Hidden 12th Imam"..
2. the disappearance of old, Sunni monarchies in the Muslim world
3. a spearhead by a non-Arab ethnic group – the Persians
4. the powerful Persian military machine and rival Persian oil economy
5. A regional power – Persia as old as human history itself; Persia was creating a world empire and a powerful culture while Jewish, pagan and illiterate nomads were pitching tenting on the Arabian peninsula.
It was the Persians who lost their great empire to Alexander the Great.
6. The fall of Saddam that made Iraq available to the Persians and raised the prospect of a Shia superstate
7. The battle for hearts and minds that threw Syria directly into Tehran’s paws.
8. A Shiite super state checkmates the Sunni oil monarchies and leaves them no choice but to demand that the USA and the West garrison them with troops, air bases and weapons. 

Friday, May 18, 2012

Israeli Linkage To Daijo-Sai

                                                   Emperor Akihito Dressed For Daijo-Sai
Friends,
I think you will find this to be a very interesting article that impacts all Americans.
“The Daijo-sai or the Great Thanksgiving Festival is the most important – and also the most controversial – of the Japanese inauguration rituals.
Deification of the emperor was a major factor in Japan starting WWII. The Japanese people believed Hirohito was a god. Daijo-sai kept emperor Hirohito from surrendering during WWII. He did not want to give up his deified status as a god. In fact, he was more concerned about his pagan instruments of power such as the emperor’s mirror for Sun God than for his citizens. Also the Japanese flag had a pagan rising sun on it.
During the Daijo-sai ritual the Emperor (Akihito) is united to his Imperial Ancestress (Amaterasu Omikami), the sun goddess, in such a way as to share in a unique way in her divinity.
This pagan ceremony was not permitted by General MacArthur after Japan was defeated in WWII and it is not mentioned in the Japanese Constitution that the U.S. imposed upon Japan after Japan's defeat. When emperor Akihito ascended the throne on 7 Jan 1989 he re-instituted the Great Thanksgiving Festival ritual.
Here is how the ritual works, “First, two special rice paddies are chosen and purified by elaborate Shinto purification rites...
“Two thatched two-room huts are built within a corresponding special enclosure, using a native Japanese building style. One room contains a large couch at its center...
“After a ritual bath the emperor is dressed entirely in the white silk dress of a Shinto priest, (see picture above) with a special long train. Surrounded by courtiers, the emperor solemnly enters first the enclosure and then each of these huts in turn from 6:30 to 9:30 PM in the first, and in the second enclosure from 12:30 to 3:30 AM...”
The only furniture in the second hut is a couch.
The ceremony climaxes in an intimate encounter between the new emperor and the sungoddess, Amaterasu Omikami, the chief spiritual ruler over the nation.
In the ensuing intercourse both physical (succubus) & spiritual the emperor and Amaterasu Omikami become one flesh and, through the emperor, Japan officially invites demonic control in as long as he is emperor.
As I said earlier the Daijo-sai ritual was re-institued in 1989 by Emperor Akihito. Unfortunately for the Japanese people this was a stupid decision because the Emperor was once again “deified”.
The Japanese people paid the expenses of the multimillion dollar ritual over the vehement protests of the Japanese Christian leaders. Japanese government officials and national leaders participate in this rite through pilgrimages and rituals connected with traditional Japanese paganism. I think re-institution of Daijo-Sai is connected to the fact in 1990 Japan’s fantastic economic bubble burst and the economy flattened. Japan’s economy has never fully recovered.
The Japanese people are open to Jesus and Christianity. For example, more Japanese young people choose a Christian wedding rather than a Shinto or Buddhist wedding. The Japanese are not enemies of the Gospel – they are simply blinded by the satanic Sun Goddess and her occult Shinto trappings.
We need to pray that the Emperor gets filled with the Holy Spirit & repudiates his vows to the Sun Goddess. If this were to happen in Japan we would surely see one of the greatest conversions to Yeshua the world has known.
Besides, occultism, there is also a correlation between the 11 Mar 11 Japanese earthquake and tsunami that destroyed 55,000 homes and Japan’s treatment of Israel. Let me explain
First in Gen 12:3 God says, And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
On 11 Mar 10 Japan demanded Israel stop building housing East Jerusalem.
On 11 Oct 10 the Japanese laid a Cornerstone in Jericho.
In Joshua 6:26 God says, “Cursed be the man before the Lord who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest he shall set up its gates.”
Then again on January 11, 2011, Japan condemned Israel’s building homes in Jerusalem, and declared Japan did not recognize Israel’s right to East Jerusalem. Instead Japan “strongly encouraged” Israel and Palestinians to create two states out of the Holy Land.
In Gen 15:18 God said: In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Japan or any other country that gives away God’s land enters the area of God’s curses specifically designated for the last days. No nation is to touch the apple of God’s eye or God’s land.
The Japanese went against almighty God and told the Israelis they could not build homes. The Japanese brought God’s wrath upon themselves and it continues on 1 Jan 2012 Japan was struck with another 7.0 quake.  Another 7.0 or a 7.5 quake or another Tsunami could cause the Fukashima power plant's #4 reactor to spew out deadly radiation in a plum that will include Cesium 134 & 137. Just a tiny bit of Cesium smaller than your pinkie finger’s tip will kill several people. Just such an accident occurred in Latin America years ago. The effected town had to have all its topsoil removed and placed in haz mat containers. These toxic substances would be at the minimum 20 to 30 times worse than the Chernobyl disaster.
Number 4’s fuel rods are radioactive and they are sitting in a toxic pool of water. If another powerful earthquake or Tsunami occurred the fuel rods would combust in the open air. In 6 to 10 days this deadly cloud would spread to North America and create a nuclear nightmare. The 2012 Presidential election doesn’t matter if the Fukushima #4 fuel rods explode.So friends, be aware, the #4 reactor is on the verge of catastrophic failure. Mitsuhei Murata, the former Japanese ambassador to Switzerland said, “It is no exaggeration to say that the fate of Japan and the whole world depends on the #4 reactor.” If Japan asks the U.S. for help it would take our Nuclear Regulatory Commission two or three years to fix Fukushima #4. Friends, how we lookin NOT GOOD!

Executive Order Concerning Yemen

Yemen sits on a crucial naval choke point the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

Patriots,
In an effort to keep you more informed I will post the President's executive orders (EO). The EO below pertains to Yemen. and I have highlighted in yellow key provisions of the EO. This EO permits the arrest of U.S. citizens and U.S. persons under the provisions of the National Emergencies Act. It is my opinion that President Obama with this EO is supporting the creation of the Saudi Arabia/Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Sunni caliphate in opposition to the govt. of Iran and the creation of Shia caliphate. The President is clearly supporting Saudi Arabia and the Sunni governments in the Middle East against Iran. Hence Israel is at this point of time a non-player to these events. To put it quite simply Saudi Arabia and its Sunni allies in the Gulf have told the President to oppose all attempts by Iran to get the "bomb" and to give them time to  form their counter-balance, a Sunni caliphate, against Iran. This is just another indication of the ongoing war between the Sunnis and Shia in the Middle East and Iran. The next Watchman Report 12-222 will discuss the ongoing Shia Sunni war in the Middle East and Persia.
This EO also seems to impact humanitarian organizations as well as opposition to the U.S. government's policies concerning the government of Yemen. It is also provides a legal cover to arrest U.S. citizens who oppose King Obama.
God Bless
Alan
For Immediate Release May 16, 2012 Executive Order -- Blocking Property of Persons Threatening the Peace, Security, or Stability of Yemen

EXECUTIVE ORDER
BLOCKING PROPERTY OF PERSONS THREATENING THE PEACE, SECURITY, OR STABILITY OF YEMEN
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code,
I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, find that the actions and policies of certain members of the Government of Yemen and others threaten Yemen's peace, security, and stability, including by obstructing the implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition of power that meets the legitimate demands and aspirations of the Yemeni people for change, and by obstructing the political process in Yemen. I further find that these actions constitute an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States, and I hereby declare a national emergency to deal with that threat. I hereby order:
Section 1. All property and interests in property that are in the United States, that hereafter come within the United States, or that are or hereafter come within the possession or control of any United States person, including any foreign branch, of the following persons are blocked and may not be transferred, paid, exported, withdrawn, or otherwise dealt in: any person determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, to:
(a) have engaged in acts that directly or indirectly threaten the peace, security, or stability of Yemen, such as acts that obstruct the implementation of the agreement of November 23, 2011, between the Government of Yemen and those in opposition to it, which provides for a peaceful transition of power in Yemen, or that obstruct the political process in Yemen;
(b) be a political or military leader of an entity that has engaged in the acts described in subsection (a) of this section;
(c) have materially assisted, sponsored, or provided financial, material, or technological support for, or goods or services to or in support of, the acts described in subsection (a) of this section or any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; or
(d) be owned or controlled by, or to have acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order.
Sec. 2. I hereby determine that the making of donations of the type of articles specified in section 203(b)(2) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1702(b)(2)) by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to section 1 of this order would seriously impair my ability to deal with the national emergency declared in this order, and I hereby prohibit such donations as provided by section 1 of this order. (Patriots, could this include humanitarian relief that is provided by Christian organizations?)
Sec. 3. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order include but are not limited to:
(a) the making of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services by, to, or for the benefit of any person whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order; and
(b) the receipt of any contribution or provision of funds, goods, or services from any such person.
Sec. 4. The prohibitions in section 1 of this order apply except to the extent provided by statutes, or in regulations, orders, directives, or licenses that may be issued pursuant to this order, and notwithstanding any contract entered into or any license or permit granted prior to the effective date of this order.
Sec. 5. Nothing in section 1 of this order shall prohibit transactions for the conduct of the official business of the United States Government by employees, grantees, or contractors thereof.
Sec. 6. (a) Any transaction that evades or avoids, has the purpose of evading or avoiding, causes a violation of, or attempts to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
(b) Any conspiracy formed to violate any of the prohibitions set forth in this order is prohibited.
Sec. 7. For the purposes of this order:
(a) the term "person" means an individual or entity;
(b) the term "entity" means a partnership, association, trust, joint venture, corporation, group, subgroup, or other organization; and
(c) the term "United States person" means any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.
Sec. 8. For those persons whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to this order who might have a constitutional presence in the United States, I find that because of the ability to transfer funds or other assets instantaneously, prior notice to such persons of measures to be taken pursuant to this order would render those measures ineffectual. I therefore determine that for these measures to be effective in addressing the national emergency declared in this order, there need be no prior notice of a listing or determination made pursuant to section 1 of this order.
Sec. 9. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to take such actions, including the promulgation of rules and regulations, and to employ all powers granted to the President by IEEPA as may be necessary to carry out the purposes of this order. The Secretary of the Treasury may re-delegate any of these functions to other officers and agencies of the United States Government consistent with applicable law. All agencies of the United States Government are hereby directed to take all appropriate measures within their authority to carry out the provisions of this order.
Sec. 10. The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby authorized to submit the recurring and final reports to the Congress on the national emergency declared in this order, consistent with section 401(c) of the NEA (50 U.S.C. 1641(c)) and section 204(c) of IEEPA (50 U.S.C. 1703(c)).
Sec. 11. This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments


Monday, May 14, 2012

George Orwell Interview



Orwell was a true visionary. Enjoy his interview below.
God Bless
Alan

Grant Jeffrey


Dear Friends,
Last Friday we lost a great man of Christ, my friend Grant Jeffrey. I had the honor and privilege of meeting, speaking with and being a guest speaker with Grant at the International Prophecy Conference in Brooksville, FL. last year.
Grant, we will miss you but we know we will see you in heaven in the near future because we know the Rapture is near. We know that you are enjoying the mansion Yeshua has prepared for you. Please pray for Grant's family in this hour of their grief.
Marantha
Alan

Saturday, May 12, 2012

GB Exposes The Liar in Chief


Patriots,
After watching this video below I came to the conclusion that Obama is a pathological liar and will do or say anything. Obama makes Richard Nixon look like an amateur.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/do-you-know-anybody-like-obama-becks-latest-expose-could-go-down-in-history/
Alan

Presidential Election David Walker



                                                  TRILATERALIST DAVID WALKER
Patriots,
I want to warn you about an interesting political move that appears to be a front to divide the electorate and throw the upcoming Presidential election to Obama. A small committee has formed to draft former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker to run as an independent for president. The people behind Walker have ties to the White House, top Democrats, the Council on Foreign Relations, and support President Obama.
Americans Elect (AE), is a mysteriously funded, highly organized effort to put a third-party candidate on this year’s election ticket. AE is seeking to get Walker on the ballot in all 50 states. Walker has announced he would consider a presidential campaign if a draft committee qualified him for the AE ballot line.
David Walker was the CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation. In 2008, Walker was personally recruited by Peter G. Peterson, co-founder of the Blackstone Group, and former Secretary of Commerce under Richard Nixon, to lead his new foundation. The Foundation distributed the documentary film, I.O.U.S.A., which follows Walker and Robert Bixby, director of the Concord Coalition, around the nation, as they engage Americans in town-hall style meetings, along with luminaries such as Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul Volcker and Robert Rubin. Peterson was cited by the New York Times as one of the foremost "philanthropists whose foundations are spending increasing amounts and raising their voices to influence public policy." In philanthropy, Walker has advocated a more action-based approach to the traditional foundation: “I do believe, however, that foundations have been very cautious and somewhat conservative about whether and to what extent they want to get involved in advocacy.”David Walker stepped down as President and CEO of the Peter G. Peterson Foundation on October 15, 2010 to establish his own venture, the Comeback America Initiative.
Walker serves on various boards and advisory groups, including as Chairman of the United Nations Independent Audit Advisory Committee, as a member of the Boards for the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, and the Partnership for Public Service, as well as a member of Advisory Committees for The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the Peterson Foundation, and Toffler Associates. He is also a member of the Trilateral Commission.

Seems like a strange bedfellow for the ex-Comptroller David Walker. Let's take a look at Peterson's biography from his website, search some of the names mentioned and draw your own conclusions! The old fashion term "Hen House" comes to mind"!
Peter G. Peterson is senior chairman and co-founder of The Blackstone Group. He is founding chairman of the Institute for International Economics, chairman of the Council on Foreign Relations, and founding president of The Concord Coalition. Mr. Peterson was the co-chair of The Conference Board Commission on Public Trust and Private Enterprises (co-chaired by John Snow, former secretary of the treasury). He was also chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from (2000–04), chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers (1973–77), later chairman and CEO of Lehman Brothers, Kuhn, Loeb Inc. (1977–84), and chairman and CEO of Bell and Howell Corporation (1963–71).
Below is an old video of GB interviewing David Walker.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-16u9x3tfE
In 1971 President Richard Nixon named Mr. Peterson assistant to the president for international economic affairs. He was named secretary of commerce in 1972 and assumed the chairmanship of the National Commission on Productivity and was appointed US chairman of the US-Soviet Commercial Commission. Mr. Peterson was chairman of the US Council of the International Chamber of Commerce in 1978–79.
President Ford appointed him chairman of the Quadrennial Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries in 1976, and in 1994 President Clinton named him as a member of the Bipartisan Commission on Entitlement and Tax Reform.  Mr. Peterson is the author of several books, including Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans
Can Do About It; Gray Dawn: How the Coming Age Wave Will Transform America—and the World; Will America Grow Up Before It Grows Old?; and Facing Up: How to Rescue the Economy from Crushing Debt and Restore the American Dream. His Atlantic Monthly cover article, “The Morning After,” received the National Magazine Award for Best Public Interest Article of the Year in 1987. He has been awarded honorary degrees by Colgate University, Georgetown University, George Washington University, Northwestern University, New School University, the University of Nebraska, the University of Rochester,
and Southampton College of Long Island University. He is married to Joan Ganz Cooney, creator of Sesame Street.
Alan



Syria Moving Scuds Closer To Israel's Border


 
            Syrian nuclear facility

In Isaiah chap 62 the Lord says "I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, and give Him no rest till He establishes and till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth"  I am your Watchman on the Wall in these troubled times.
Isa 17:1 The burden of Damascus. Behold, Damascus is taken away from being a city, and it shall be a ruinous heap.

A news report out of Jordan reveals that satellite photos show evidence Syria is moving Scud missiles closer to its border with Israel. The government of Syria is fighting a widespread rebellion and is the focal point of the current Sunni/Shia war for supremacy in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf states. The Assad regime is desperately clinging to power, and some analysts fear that an attack on Israel might be launched to unify the country against an outside enemy. The last time this happened last summer the Israelis warned the Syrians to move their Scuds back or the Israelis would personally kill Assad. The Syrians moved their missiles back. This week Netanayahu formed the strongest coalition in Israel's history. This indicates to me that Israel feels threatened militarily and is going on a war footing.
The report says that "hundreds of heavy missile launchers" were involved in the move--the type that launch longer-range missiles capable of striking anywhere inside Israel. The Israeli Defense Force (IDF) along the northern border have been on heightened alert. Friends, I believe we are very close to the Isaiah 17 War.
What follows is a word of knowledge God gave me about Persia (Iran), Saudi Arabia, the Gulf states and nuclear weapons. While the USA was sleeping war began in the Middle East. It is being fought on the Arabian peninsula, the Levant & in Persia. This war proves how clever Satan is. He can do things to us and we don’t even realize it until it is too late. This war began in Tunisia, then engulfed Algeria & Egypt. Then this war swallowed up Ghadaffi in Libya and now it has thrown Syria into civil war pitting Alawite Shia against Sunnis and foreign Sunni mercenaries. Assad has massed his army in Damascus because he fears a military coup against his regime. The Syrian army is starving on the border of Israel & the Israelis throw food parcels over the security fence.
• Everyone thinks the U.S. and the West supported and funded the Arab Spring but in actuality it was also funded by Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the Gulfies who support and fund the Sunni rebels. The real purpose of the Arab Spring was to create a Sunni superstate to counter the Iranian Shiite superstate.
• Add Shia nuclear weapons to the Iran-Iraq-Syria-Hezbollah axis and you are looking at a Sunni’s worst nightmare. Who fears and hates an Iranian Shia bomb more than Israel. The answer is quite simple, the biggest and most important Sunni monarchy in the world – Saudi Arabia.
• The rise of a fanatically violent Shiite Iran has done more to destabilize the region than anything else.
• As much as Sunni Arabs prattle on about Zionist conspiracies, a few million Jews sandwiched in a narrow strip of land against the Mediterranean pose no threat to them.
What keeps the Saudis, Jordanians and Gulfies up at night are the following:
1. a rival version of Islam – Shiism that the Sunnis have suppressed since the death of the prophet and that is dedicated to converting the world to Shia global caliphate.
2. the disappearance of old, Sunni monarchies in the Muslim world
3. a spearhead by a non-Arab ethnic group – the Persians
4. the powerful Persian military machine and rival Persian oil economy
5. A regional power – Persia as old as human history itself; Persia had an empire and a powerful culture while the Arabian peninsula was populated by nomadic Jewish, pagan and illiterate tribes.It was the Persians who lost their great empire to Alexander the Great.
6. The fall of Saddam made southern Iraq available to the Persians and raised the prospect of a Shia superstate
7. The battle for hearts and minds threw Alawite Syria directly into Tehran’s paws.
8. A Shiite super state checkmates the Sunni oil monarchies and leaves them no choice but to demand that the USA and the West garrison them with troops, air bases and weapons.
Please note that when I use the term Gulfies below it refers to the Persian Gulf states & Saudi Arabia.
• The Gulfies do not object to using foreign soldiers to protect them. They already use armies of foreigners to do their work for them.
• No Gulfie state trusts its own military and besides the Gulfies are just too small to counter the warrior state of Persia. The Persians have a long proud military tradition. The Gulfies are simply no match for Iran. The Iranian military would clean the Gulfies clocks faster than you could spell Muhammad and they know it.
• What the Gulfies lack in military skills, they more than make up for in underhanded cunning. After all the Muslims invented assassins. If they can’t import an infidel army and they can’t build their own army, then they will follow the honorable tradition of finding a counterbalance to the enemy. The Sunnis have been nurturing the Muslim Brotherhood, rogue elements of Al Qaeda, other Sunni radicals and funding Al-Jazeera to counter the Persia threat. Combine that with an American administration eager to win over the Muslim world by changing & transforming American foreign policy, and one finds a debt ridden USA beholden to Saudi oil and the Gulfies.
• If Syria can be tipped into the Sunni camp, then Iran will lose its major puppet however, I think Iran will fight long and hard to keep Syria in its camp. Syria is a vital ally for Iran.
• A Sunni super state will have a military equipped with top of the line American and Russian equipment, funded by Gulfie oil money and backed by the lunatic fanaticism of Islamic fighters.
• The Emir of Qatar is demanding that his slaves in Washington get cracking and “liberate” Syria so Syria is fit for membership in the Sunni Caliphate.
That just leaves one wild card in the equation – Israel
• The Sunnis are far more patient than the Shia. They want Israel gone, but they also recognize it as a valuable pawn in their own political games. Rather than being a disruptive influence in the region, like Iran, Israel is a unifying force that gives Muslims a common enemy. Israel is the Sunni raison d'etre.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) along with Quds Forces run Iran’s terror networks worldwide. Now the IRGC has created two special units to undermine the regimes in the Persian Gulf and push America out of the region. The new terror outfits are Unit 110 and the Unit Madinah – named after the second holiest city in Islam. Unit 110 is an intelligence gathering organization while Unit Madinah is in charge of military operations. The new units are under the command of Gholam Parvar. Parvar is one of the regime’s most radical military commanders and is the overall commander of the IRGC. The new groups have two orders:
1. Incite uprisings & protests within the Shiite minorities in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Yemen and other countries.
2. prepare military & terrorist operations against the enemy’s facilities.
The IRGC finances operations, forms alliances with local Shia, guides assets, & recruits Muslims for reconnaissance of potential targets in enemy countries. An IRGC defector revealed that all Imam Ali mosques worldwide are under the operation & control of the IRGC and are used as terror command centers. Noteworthy are the ones in Stockholm and Hamburg. Other Imam Ali mosques are in New Jersey, New York and Ohio. Brig. Gen. Mohammad Naghdi, the commander of the Basij told IRGC members: “Today we are in a full-scale war with our enemies … and you all have managed to infiltrate into the heart of the enemy’s nest, where even in the streets of New York and London, mourning and prayers for Ashura (the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Shiites’ third imam, Hossein) are observed. This is what it means to penetrate into the enemy camp.”
Hassan Azghodi, a close adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, boasted in a speech on Iranian TV: “Our forces are present all across the globe. … We must get ready for a global operation and an international jihad.”
According to sources in Egypt, the IRGC, in collaboration with the Muslim Brotherhood is working on overthrowing the military junta and creating another front against Israel and America. Recently Iranian cleric Ahmad Mobaleghi stated that if Iran and Egypt become one, the future of the Islamic world will be guaranteed. The IRGC is active in sub-Saharan African countries, where they train and arm Islamic militias and fund Imam Ali mosques and Islamic centers. The IRGC’s grand plan called, “Time for The Collapse,” and includes trafficking in weapons, counterfeiting money and trafficking drugs. This activity is going on in Mexico and Venezuela as I speak. These activities help to destabilize the West. In a recent speech, Khamenei stated: “In light of the realization of the divine promise by almighty God, the Zionists and the Great Satan (America) will soon be defeated. Allah’s promise will be delivered, and Islam will be victorious.”
Our one true God says in 1 Thess 1:10 “And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” God only promises to rescue the Church from His wrath – The Great Trib which is Daniel’s 70th Week.
Alan





Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Steve Vaus Video


Friends, below is Steve Vaus' newest promo video. I think you will enjoy the message. This man has played at the White House and at the Grand Ole Opry. He is an American treasure and a gifted Christian musician.
https://vimeo.com/41812297
God Bless
Alan

Out With Sherrod Brown



Patriots,
Let's get rid of another professional politician - Sherrod Brown. Personally, I have a new policy give a politician one term and vote him or her out. We have to do that because our two party system is too corrupt and politicians accumulate too much personal wealth and power.
http://www.redstate.com/jasonahart/2012/01/21/sherrod-browns-shameful-record
Alan

The Sound of the Spirit Movie


              Yeshua Hamashiach Suffered God's Wrath For Us
You are going to have an opportunity to see the Ohio premier of the movie "Sound of the Spirit". The response of Christians and Jews to screenings of the rough-cut version was overwhelmingly positive. There were few dry eyes in the house. Now the final cut is finished and will be shown Tuesday, May 15th and Wednesday, May 16th at the Kenwood Theater, 7815 Kenwood Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45236. You can check out the trailer at (www.soundofthespiritmovie.com).
Please go to the website to buy your tickets and please plan on being in the theater and seated no later than 7:15 PM.
The first ever full-length Messianic Jewish film has just been released. And the eye-opening story will grip your heart.
Beautiful and precocious Rivka is a twelve-year-old Jewish girl who believes in Yeshua Hamashiach/Jesus Christ. She and her father attend a Messianic Jewish congregation in their community. But when her father suddenly dies, Rivka's life changes forever. She ends up moving in with her traditional Jewish relatives and attending their synagogue. From her stormy relationship with her uncle, to a meeting with the synagogue’s senior rabbi, to the attention of the cutest boy in the synagogue, Rivka learns life lessons that stir her faith to new levels, touching the hearts of those whose lives she has reluctantly impacted.
"The Sound of the Spirit" is the never-before-told story of a young girl caught in the crossfire of strong feelings between two different faiths. It’s told with humor, compassion, and grace.
Tickets are $10.00 each, and are available at (www.bethmessiah.net). You can select the day you want to see the film as well as the number of tickets you want to purchase. The movie will start between 7:20 PM and 7:25 PM each night and there will be no trailers before the film. The doors to the theater will open at 7:00 PM and we encourage everyone to arrive by 7:10 PM latest due to the large number that will be coming.
I hope you will attend this unique film, as well as spread the word about it to Jewish and Christian friends.
A link to Michael Wolf's book The Upper Zoo and movie trailer can be seen to the right on this blog site.
Alan

Tea Party - Alive & Well




How we lookin? Not bad! Things are lookin up in the heartland and fruited plain! We had a North Carolina
Primary victory. There, a Constitutional Amendment banning gay marriage and same-sex civil unions was passed. North Carolina is now one of 30 states in the nation to have a gay marriage ban.


WEST VIRGINIA
VOTE FOR JUDD HE'S NO DUD!
JUDD - IT TAKES A FELON TO KNOW A FELON!
TURN A NEW THIEF - VOTE AGAINST THE COMMANDER IN THIEF!


In West Virginia, a Federal inmate, Keith Judd, squared off against President Obama in that state's Democratic Primary. I think it speaks to the president's popularity (or lack of it) when a no-name, federal inmate, incarcerated out of state in Texas, can garner 40 percent of the vote in a state that typically leans Left! The president didn't even break 60 percent!
But the results in the Indiana Republican Primary are HUGE! There, the State Treasurer Richard Mourdock beat six-term incumbent senator, Dick Lugar. Mourdock was backed by the Tea Party, who felt Lugar, 80, was out of touch and too moderate. Mourdock's supporters painted Lugar as "Obama's favorite Republican."
Lugar will most likely be the only incumbent senator to lose renomination this year.
These are potent reminders that we are on the right track, and that a majority of the country agrees with the Tea Party principles of Limited Government, Fiscal Responsibility and Free Markets.
Alan

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

American Money Thrown Down The Toilet In Egypt

Patriots,
When are we going to stand up to the thieves, crooks and traitors in Washington who keep sending our hand earned money to our enemies and people who hate us? If you need proof watch the video below.
http://youtu.be/QI3wG3loKlA
God Bless The USA
Alan

Alleged Trentadue Suicide

Patriots, WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES!
this is an interesting and gory video of Trentadue, the John Doe #2 allegedly involved in the Oklahoma city bombing. Oh, and by the way, Eric Holder was involved in Trentadue's case.
http://westernjournalism.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=b58f5402a9ab54bddf0c908c8&id=4d4f97e6cf&e=10b83c9dd1
God Help Us!
Alan

The "Black Bloc"


Patriots,
Some things never change and we can count on the radicals and Marxists to come out of the woodwork to do their dirty work. Many of these people are merely unreformed juvenile delinquents who have been out of control since they were little children. We human beings at heart are natural born rebels like our parents Adam & Eve.
John Perazzo wrote this excellent article about the history of the anarchist "Black Bloc". Last Tuesday, an army of left-wing radicals descended, in a violent May Day rampage, upon the city of Seattle. They smashed shop windows, vandalized banks, and even carried out a number of unprovoked assaults on innocent people who were sitting in their cars. So bad was the chaos, that Seattle mayor Mike McGinn went on television and announced that he would use his emergency powers to expand police authority to subdue the “anarchist or Black Bloc type individuals” who were now infesting his city, just as they have previously infested other cities in the U.S. and Europe.

Who exactly are these “Black Bloc” individuals cited by Mayor McGinn? Black Bloc is not an organization, but rather a protest tactic employed by anti-capitalists and anarchists. Clad in black helmets, black ski masks, and black garments to conceal their faces and whatever distinctive clothing they may be wearing underneath their dark coverings, Black Bloc radicals make their presence felt by participating in all manner of left-wing demonstrations against free-market capitalism and Western culture; they generally are far outnumbered by fellow protesters who, while likeminded, are more traditionally attired. Because the Black Blockers so carefully hide their identities, they are often able to engage in criminal behavior—most notably property destruction—with impunity. In instances where they are pursued by police—whom they contemptuously regard as nothing more than “guard dogs for the rich”—fleeing Black Bloc protesters typically shed their dark coverings and blend into the crowd.
The animating core belief of Black Block, as explained in the Green Mountain Anarchist Collective’s Black Bloc Papers, is that “private property—and capitalism, by extension—is intrinsically violent and repressive and cannot be reformed or mitigated.” Lamenting “all the violence committed in the name of private property rights,” the document charges that “corporate private property” in particular “is itself infinitely more violent than any action taken against it.” By this logic, the destruction of a storefront window can be redefined and justified as the laudable creation of “a vent to let some fresh air into the oppressive atmosphere of a retail outlet.”
The origins of Black Bloc can be traced back to about 1980 in West Germany, where black-masked countercultural radicals calling themselves “Autonomen” (Autonomists) demonstrated against such despised targets as Western popular culture, conservatism, patriarchy, traditional gender roles, nuclear energy, and capitalist “greed.” They channeled their efforts chiefly toward the destruction of property belonging to corporations and financial institutions, because of their significance as symbols of capitalism.
In June 1987 a contingent of some 3,000 Black Bloc demonstrators were among the 50,000+ marchers who swarmed the streets of Berlin to condemn the policies of the conservative, pro-capitalist U.S. President, Ronald Reagan, who was visiting the city at that time. Berlin was again the scene of Black Bloc tactics fifteen months later, when demonstrators protested against the World Bank and International Monetary Fund meetings which were being held there.
The first organized Black Bloc initiative in North America took place on October 17, 1988, when a relatively small number of black-clad protesters were among the 1,000+ demonstrators who convened outside the Pentagon to demand an end to U.S. intervention in the El Salvadoran civil war; the rally was organized by the communist Committee in Solidarity with the People of El Salvador.
On Earth Day in 1990, Black Bloc militants were among a crowd of some 2,000 demonstrators who gathered on Wall Street in New York City to protest the allegedly anti-environmental practices of major American corporations. The protesters’ goal, as one supporter put it, was “to shut down business-as-usual in the heart of the capitalist beast.”
When the first Gulf War began in January 1991, several hundred Black Bloc demonstrators participated in a massive anti-war rally in Washington, DC. At a certain point, the Black Blockers broke away from the main hub of the protest and proceeded to smash windows at both the Treasury Department and the World Bank, to drive home the idea that “imperialist wars” are underwritten by “capitalist institutions.”
Embracing the premise that Western culture and its promoters are irredeemably evil to their core, Black Bloc demonstrators in 1992 marked the 500-year anniversary of Christopher Columbus‘ arrival in the New World by denouncing, in numerous cities nationwide, the “five centuries of genocide” that Europeans and their descendants had brought to the Americas.
And because every anti-capitalist movement needs its Marxist heroes, Mumia Abu Jamal has become a revered figure in Black Bloc circles. In 1999, some 800 to 1,200 Black Bloc activists took part in Millions 4 Mumia, a massive Philadelphia rally in support of the convicted cop-killer and former Black Panther.
At the 1999 anti-World Trade Organization (WTO) riots in Seattle, a contingent of Black Bloc anarchists trashed the storefronts of multinational corporations and helped force the WTO meetings to collapse. As one supporter puts it, the Black Bloc struck a blow against “the insulting and deadly march of corporate power,” as embodied by “irresponsible, money-starved vampire [capitalist] organizations who feed themselves by the selling and trade of increasingly trivial and noxious products.” Four years later in Cancun, Mexico, Black Bloc demonstrators played a role in forcing yet another round of WTO talks to break down.
Given the similarities between the worldviews of Black Block and Occupy Wall Street (OWS), it is not at all surprising that a number of Black Blockers have found a home in the Occupy movement—prompting some OWSers to complain that Black Block’s destructive tactics may tarnish Occupy’s reputation. In light of OWS’s well-documented history of objectionable and criminal activity—as evidenced by the thousands of arrests which have been made at Occupy sites nationwide—that complaint is laughable. Black Block and Occupy Wall Street are merely two sides of the same socialist coin.



Marxism & The Occupy Movement


Patriots,
David Horowitz provides another valuable service to his country with the video below. By the way, some of Marx's ideas came from the Book of Acts in the Bible. Marx blatantly misinterpreted and deliberately distorted what the Bible says. Some people say that is why the Bible is the most dangerous book in the world. The Communist Manifesto is simply man attempting to create his utopia, kingdom of heaven, on earth. These utopias will never work but human beings will think the anti-christ has the answers just like they thought Nimrod, Marx, Lenin, Hitler, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot and the Democrats have the answers to our problems.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlTwTZ19ZhE&feature=youtu.be
God Bless
Alan

The Economy


The video below is a Romney campaign ad.
I would like to add two comments about the economy. First, it was reported today that the hard core unemployed have given up filing for unemployment compensation. The reason - filings for federal Social Security Disability (SSD) have risen 66%. People are simply seeking permanent federal disability. Patriots, we cannot continue as a viable nation with more and more citizens on SSD. Secondly, I have a friend who regularly visits power plants in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Michigan, Pennsylvania etc. In every state the power plant officials are only buying what is absolutely essential to keep the plant operating. The reason - the officials told my friend the power plants are down 35% in energy producation because so many companies have simply gone out of business. I asked my friend where this business went and he said China and India.
http://westernjournalism.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=b58f5402a9ab54bddf0c908c8&id=962c7ee6f7&e=10b83c9dd1

Jihadists & Radical Lawyers Mock Military Tribunal





Artist renderings of the 4 defendants and a photo of KSM.
This article was written by Rick Moran.
was supposed to be a routine arraignment — a reading of the charges and entering of pleas by the defendants.
But the hearing before the military commission charged with trying the 5 major 9/11 plotters for crimes ranging from nearly 3,000 counts of murder to terrorism quickly bogged down and became a circus. A legal proceeding that was expected to last about 2 hours became a 13 hour marathon when defense attorneys used a variety of delaying tactics that bordered on the surreal at times, while the defendants ignored the presiding judge, Col. James Pohl, and refused to enter pleas as a protest against what they believe is an “unfair” system. Their pleas were deferred until a later date.
The arraignment, broadcast on closed circuit TV to 4 other military bases, was witnessed by members of the press, military officials, human rights advocates, and six family members who lost loved ones on 9/11. Some family members who spoke to the press after the arraignment were outraged at the cavalier attitude toward the hearing by the terrorists. The untried system of military commissions will no doubt slow the legal process down even more, as defense attorneys explore the limits of their client’s rights. President Obama and Congress amended the system in 2009 and gave the defendants more legal rights while denying some evidence from being presented that was obtained from the prisoners via “enhanced interrogation techniques.” Human rights groups still say the proceedings are unfair and wish the trials to take place in civilian court.
The five accused included the boastful mastermind of the attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed; Ramzi Binalshibh, who allegedly scouted flights schools; Waleed bin Attash, who allegedly ran a terrorist training camp in Afghanistan and researched flight simulators; Mustafa Ahmad al-Hawsawi, who allegedly supplied Western clothing and credit cards, as well as acting as a conduit for money to the hijackers; and Mohammed’s nephew, Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, who also helped with financing the operation. The crimes committed by the 5 are outlined in an 87-page indictment that includes charges such as “conspiracy, attacking civilians, attacking civilian objects, intentionally causing serious bodily injury, murder in violation of the law of war, destruction of property in violation of the law of war, hijacking or hazarding a vessel or aircraft, and terrorism.”
It became clear that one of the tactics of defense lawyers — both civilian and military — was to put the entire concept of military commissions on trial. In pursuit of this goal, they have filed hundreds of motions challenging every conceivable aspect of the proceedings, leading Col. Pohl to put back the start of the trial until May, 2013.
The cloak of secrecy — necessary to protect counterterrorism methods and confidential informants — is one of the major bones of contention about the commissions pointed to by human rights groups. While evidence obtained from defendants at CIA black sites has been made inadmissible by congressional reforms, some testimony from witnesses who may have been “renditioned” will be accepted. And there will be no mention of alleged mistreatment of the prisoners by their attorneys, although Col. Pohl allowed he will hear motions challenging that matter. Also, as a matter of secrecy, attorneys will not be able to discuss the government’s treatment of their clients while in custody.
Commission critics say that secrecy could still be maintained at a civilian trial — a questionable supposition given the opportunity for the terrorists and their lawyers to wreak havoc under the far more generous protections granted by the Constitution in such a trial. The outrage expressed by both Republicans and Democrats to the Obama administration’s announcement two years ago that Mohammed and his 4 co-conspirators would be tried in New York City caused the Justice Department to beat a hasty retreat and the idea of a civilian trial was dropped.
Prisoners now have access to civilian defense attorneys who specialize in complex death sentence cases — at taxpayer expense. And it was from civilians that most of the posturing and courtroom antics came from. For instance, attorneys for two of the plotters asked that the entire 87-page indictment be read word for word — a right that is granted defendants but is rarely exercised. It took 2 1/2 hours and 6 prosecutors to plow their way through the mind-numbing legalese. At one point, it was thought that all 2,976 names of the 9/11 victims would be read aloud, but prosecutors only mentioned the number of dead without objection.
But that was a small blessing. There were constant interruptions and trivial objections. Binalshibh’s attorney, James Harrington, interrupted the hearing to inform the judge, “My client would prefer to have his name pronounced Bin-al-shib-ah.” Pohl acceded to the request while Binalshibh laid a rug on the floor and began to pray. No attempt was made to stop him.
One female attorney for Mr. bin Attash, Cheryl Bormann, came dressed to the hearing in an abaya, covered head to toe with only her face showing. She suggested that females on the prosection side do likewise, “so that our clients are not forced to not look at the prosecution for fear of committing a sin under their faith,” she said.
The defendants themselves were alternately defiant and disinterested. Mr. Bin Attash had to be brought into the courtroom chained to a wheelchair because he refused to enter voluntarily. They all refused to put on headphones to listen for the simultaneous translation in Arabic, so Col. Pohl ordered the loudspeakers in the courtroom to carry the translation. This slowed the pace of the hearing down even more as the defendant’s lawyers would often speak over the Arabic translation, causing confusion and forcing the translator to repeat. The Guardian referred to the “near-farcical scenes in which the defendants prayed, read the Economist, talked among each other and ignored the judicial events around them.”
At one point during the reading of the charges, Judge Pohl asked Mr. bin Attash’s attorney Capt. Michael Schwartz, who was the attorney who demanded that the charges be read in their entirety, why he wasn’t paying attention. “You are the one who wanted it to be read,” Pohl said. “Your honor, it’s not my right. It is my client’s right,” the lawyer replied.
All of these antics angered many of the family members of 9/11 victims who were granted access to the proceedings at Guantanamo after winning a lottery. Prominent spokesperson for the families, Debra Burlingame, whose brother Charles was a pilot of the plane that crashed into the Pentagon, said, “They’re engaging in jihad in a courtroom.” An emotional statement issued by Eddie Bracken, whose sister died in the World Trade Center, echoed the thoughts of many family members:
“I came a long way to see you, eye to eye. … If you would have this in another country, it would be a different story. They would have given you your wish to meet your maker quicker than you would realize. But this is America, and you deserve a fair and just trial, according to our Constitution, not yours. That’s what separates us Americans from you and your ideology,” he said.
The hearing will continue next month as Judge Pohl will entertain the first of several hundred motions filed by attorneys for the defendants.