Boy Scouts Train to Become Homeland Security Agents

Mon, May 18th 2009, 20:26 - Once upon a time the Boy Scouts were about camping, backpacking, and canoeing. Boy Scouts were into high adventure and sporting activities. Scouts were about preventing forest fires and “Do a Good Turn Daily.” Scouts worked with the Salvation Army and the Red Cross. They cherished ideals such as the Cub Scout Promise and the Law of the Pack. Now the Boy Scouts have a new mission — fighting terrorism, rounding up illegal aliens, search and destroying marijuana fields, and embracing the SWAT mentality. “The Explorers pro...

American Capitalism Gone With a Whimper

Mon, May 18th 2009, 20:12 - It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people. True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into ...

“Web of Debt”: The Inner Workings of the Monetary System

Thu, May 7th 2009, 19:46 - This is the first of several articles on Ellen Brown’s superb 2007 book titled “Web of Debt,” now updated in a December 2008 third edition. It tells “the shocking truth about our money system, (how it) trapped us in debt, and how we can break free.” Given today’s global economic crisis, it’s an appropriate time to review it and urge readers to digest the entire work, easily gotten through Amazon or Brown’s webofdebt.com site. Her book is a remarkable achievement - in its scope, depth, and importan...

124 congressman demand audit of Federal Reserve

Wed, May 6th 2009, 22:34 - A bill calling for the comptroller general of the United States to audit the private Federal Reserve is gaining widespread support in Congress, as 124 representatives have added their names to its growing list of co-sponsors. As WND reported, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, introduced in February H.R. 1207, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2009, a bill requiring that an audit of both the Fed's Board of Governors and the Federal Reserve Banks be completed and reported to Congress before the end of 2010. Paul was joined at the time of intro...

Is Your Blog a Weapon?

Tue, May 5th 2009, 16:34 - Law prof Eugene Volokh blogs about a U.S. House of Representatives bill proposed by Rep. Linda T. Sanchez and 14 others that could make it a federal felony to use your blog, social media like MySpace and Facebook, or any other web media “To Cause Substantial Emotional Distress Through “Severe, Repeated, and Hostile” Speech.” Oh lordy, there goes 4chan. Here’s the relevant text: Whoever transmits in interstate or foreign commerce any communication, with the intent to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substant...

Samuel Z. Batten: The New World Order, 1919

Mon, May 4th 2009, 22:27 - In this obscure book, published in 1919 by the American Baptist Publication Society, Samuel Zane Batten declares the “old order passes from view” and the “new world rises upon our vision” (George Bush Senior would make a likewise statement more than 70 years later). Batten advocates social control and the socialization of society at large. He declares a “world patriotism” must be created and it must be a religious faith. International peace, according to Batten, must also be a religious faith. “The only...

Poll Indicates More People Skeptical of Man-Made Climate Change Theory

Mon, May 4th 2009, 22:20 - Rasmussen has done another poll of registered voters about their views on global warming, just three months after a surprise revelation that more believe that natural causes drive climate than humans. Here are the findings reported Friday: Climate change caused by planetary trends: 48% Climate changed caused by human activity: 34% Other reason: 7% Aren’t sure: 11% Compare that to responses reported on January 19: Climate change caused by planetary trends: 44% Climate changed caused by human activity: 41% Other reason: 7% Aren...