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Sex Toys May Make You Go Wild with Excitement

October 18th, 2008

The sex toy market has found an enormous increase in business since the 1970s. This is part of the marital toy revolution and a large benefit to mankind. Sex aids are a nice way to add passion into your sex life, sexy toys will often help you come to orgasm and sexual toys always put a cheeky grin on your face.

Whichever superb marital aid you decide to get this Fall let your needs be your guide. If you are into rough sex then go and buy yourself bondage gear. if you are into romantic play then go and purchase yourself some oil. Keep your eyes open and see where it takes you. You can always get a bargain with Cheap Sex Toys.

The most attractive marital aids on the sex market have got to be the vibrating marital aids. The above excellent marital aids have been all over for years and you have perhaps seen a vibrator in your local sex retailer. Vibrators come in a variety of girths and colours, you can get them in mini size for your handbag right up to eleven inches. The wonder of a vibrating marital toy is the wonderful vibration that it gives off, this vibration is the big source of orgasm for chicks and will often usually be changed in intensity to suit the female. Sexy toys are excellent.

Hair Loss for Guys Can Be Confidence Destroying

October 17th, 2008

Hair loss in men affects approximately eight million in the UK, the most common sort of baldness is genetic male pattern baldness. The loss of hair might start as early as twenty and cause emotional turmoil.

Hair loss is typically hereditary and will develop in guys as well as women. The loss of hair seems due to the hair follicles on the head getting smaller and the hair strands falling out and never regrowing. Baldness usually follows a balding pattern around the hair line and also at the crown of your head. Watch a hair loss video online from Advanced Hair Studio today.

Hair loss is not an awful disease and does not affect your health, although your emotional health will often become affected through low self esteem.

There are 3 phenomenal prime treatments for loss of hair, Minoxidil, Finasteride and Strand by Strand from Advanced Hair Studio, also known as AHS. The very first prime male pattern baldness treatment is a topical liquid that is applied on the scalp and is available from online pharmacies. Minoxidil works by reducing the speed of hair loss, simply magnificent. Finasteride works by stopping the chain reaction of the baldness hormone. The marvellous Strand by Strand technique from Advanced Hair Studio uses the most recent baldness medical technology and involves new hair strands appearing on the head strand by strand over a brief amount of time. With both the Minoxidil and Finasteride treatments they need to be consistently applied for the hair effects to work.

Don’t Monkey With Morality: The Human Cloning Debate

October 16th, 2008

The Intruder Bulletins: The Dark Side of Technology
by Mark Antony Rossi

Published by Hard Shell Word Factory
Electronic and Print
http://www.hardshell.com/eb.php3?ebookid=17112

The tale of the mad scientist predates Shelly’s novel of “Frankenstein” by thousands of years. Since the dawn of the written word man has tried to alter his appearance, environment or internal makeup in a vain attempt to gain more power to substitute for something deeper he lacks such as self-esteem, popularity, intelligence, community-standing, etc. “The Intruder Bulletins” is a righteous voice of reason in a dumbed-down world of digital echoes and blatant propaganda as evident in the new ice-age nonsense of films like “The Day After Tomorrow.”

Mark Antony Rossi, playwright and futurist science writer investigates the segments of society infected with the fever of advanced technological extremism. He touches upon a scientific community unable to cope with ethical ramifications of its creations due to conflicts of interest by patenting their works or owning stock in the commercial entities that finance their bizarre experimentation into human cloning, stem cell research, artificial wombs, male pregnancy, xenotransplantation, life-extension, organ theft, and a host of other dreaded procedures designed to serve a superficial society seeking to look better, feel younger, be smarter, run faster and reproduce at the drop of a credit card.

Yet the commercial application of these scientific breakthroughs threatens humanity’s existence when considering the terrorist exploitations that could allow human clones to become the perfect assassins or use designer diseases to infect certain ethnic groups. The discovery of a gay gene might sound like a wonderful way to finally put to rest centuries of bigotry only to be used as a method to exterminate a group of people through gay gene fetal identification and gigantic worldwide spikes in the abortion rate.

Rossi to his credit does not permit this book to be merely a collection of speculative alarmist tracts but rather backs up his notions with hard data and a stimulating end chapter that outlines many positive steps average people can take (Senate Bill, S790, The Human Cloning Prohibition Bill) to safeguard their liberties from the marshalling storm that is morally-challenged commercial science. Read it and trust your instincts. Or trust the scientists and their monkeys—and take your chances.

Mark Antony Rossi is the author of seven books including “The Intruder Bulletins: The Dark Side of Technology” published in Microsoft Reader 2.0, Palm Pilot, HTML and Paperback versions at Hard Shell Word Factory
http://www.hardshell.com/eb.php3?ebookid=17112
He has been recently honored the leading biographical reference Marquis Who’s Who In America, 2004 edition, which includes an extensive profile of his public policy and writing achievements.

Amendment One Vote NO

October 16th, 2008

We’ve heard the made up speeches “we’ll Stop Nafta,Create Jobs, Cut Taxes, Balance the Budget,
Reduce Drug Costs, cut insurance costs, fix Social Security and Work for the Taxpayers”! Yeah, right!
What they fail to tell you is all the monies taken from American and, yes, Foreign Companies and that
they won’t be ‘permitted’ to do anything for Taxpayers. Folks, we are talking about big money!
Check following websites. You’ll see that until Taxpayers demand that Politicians and elected people
quit taking monies to support their Pet Projects, Conventions, and all their “freebies”, from
Insurance,Pharmecutical Companies and the supporters of their projects,your taxes, medicines,
insurance premiums, and cost of living, will keep on increasing and your chances of having a future is
looking dimmer by the minute. Speaking of the “Proverty Level”?
http://www.followthemoney.org
http://www.noamendmentone.org
Taxpayers need to take a stand and put an end to this Tax and Spend.It is now a proven fact that
Politicians and Elected people cannot be trusted to make decisions that affect America!
Now along comes ‘Amendment One’ (another enormous tax burden for Taxpayers, their children and
grandchildren that can never be paid for). I personally printed and read all 26 pages of this Bill.
Speaking of Pen Robbers! Taxpayers should most definitely Vote NO! This Bill is being supported by
all Cities and Towns! Know why, it’s so they can steal more money from Taxpayers. This is their way
of “Opening Your Doors” without a key! Think about it, Folks.

Shirley deLong
Jamestown, NC
336-454-5040

About the Author

Shirley deLong, Jamestown, NC Activist and environmentlist.
See: http://shirleydelongartist.com
http://oldejamestowneart.com

A Little Summer Reading

October 14th, 2008

Want to have a few laughs during your summer holiday? Don’t leave home without these reading “gems” from business columnist Lisa Nirell.
A Little Summer Reading

One of the toughest things I have to do as an executive mentor is to convince my clients–most of whom are tough-as-nails, driven workaholics–that they’re more effective when they routinely take some time off. Recharging your batteries isn’t optional for growth; it’s mandatory.

The good news is, the power of escape is at our fingertips. All you have to do is get in your car, fight off the Del Mar Fair traffic, jockey for the last parking spot at the Beach, and stake your claim on the sand.

Or, just close the office door for 30 minutes every day, and savor some classics. When the going gets tough, the tough get reading. With tongue only slightly in cheek, I’d like to recommend some personal favorites, slotted into “traditional categories.” Remember: The point is to enjoy. This isn’t homework. Laugh a little. ‘Tis the season for light clothing, light food, and light reading.

Fiction and Poetry Birth of the Chaordic Age. Dee Hock (1999, Berrett-Koehler) The Founder of VISA International explains the magical birth of VISA’s creation, revealing how chaos and order merged to allow competing banks to peacefully create a $1.25 trillion organization for a time (who can forget the 1998 Department of Justice antitrust lawsuit against VISA and Mastercard?). Hock has a magical way of discussing the impact the “monkey mind” (aka “inner voice” or “doubting Thomas”) on the success of new projects.

Non Fiction The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women. Harriet Rubin (1999, Dell) Rubin offers practical examples of how women, ranging from George Eliot to Golda Meir, have gained power using ease and grace. She outlines a critical distinction between winning the battle versus “besting” your enemy, and demonstrates how a battle strategy defeated Hilary Clinton’s efforts to launch her Health Care Initiative (her own husband’s team was sent in to work against her!). Who needs fiction when you can learn age-old lessons from real-life political drama?

Mystery Cyber Rules. Thomas Siebel, et. al. (2000, Doubleday) Want to learn how to write a company brochure disguised as a hardcover visionary book? Add this flavor of the month from days gone by to your paperweight list! In this high-tech “whodunit,” protagonist Siebel carefully orchestrates twists, turns, and surprises that finally culminate in the revelation of The Secret Of Success. (If you hate spoilers, skip ahead to the next book.) The real twist in the plot appears when Siebel asks a Board member - Charles Schwab - to write the Foreword. Later, the big secret comes out: “Put the Customer First.” While the real mystery might be how it took civilization 2000 years to figure this out, Cyber Rules remains a relatively good read. Auctioned copies start at $.09, so hurry and order your copy today.

Science Fiction The Road Ahead. Bill Gates (1995, Penguin) Wherein Mr. Gates describes his future dream home: “A house that tracks its occupants in order to meet their particular needs and combines two traditions: Unobtrusive service, and that an object we carry entitles us to be treated in a certain way.” (Does this mean I can program the bulletin board to refuse to give my husband the Mercedes keys when he’s just going to the grocery store? Sign me up!) The title appears to have been a mix-up; I am convinced that it really meant to say, George Orwell goes to Redmond. Still an amusing read after all these years.

Children’s Books The One Minute Millionaire. Mark Victor Hansen and Robert G. Allen. (2002, Harmony) Here’s a novel idea for an industry that once prided itself in get rich quick schemes, high margin products and services: What if you gave away a percentage of your profits each year to mentor young people, or to support worthwhile non-profit endeavors? The storybook layout of this book keeps things entertaining and light, yet the messages are compelling. If you want to create new prosperity possibilities for yourself and your family, read on–especially the story about Millionaire Michelle.

What Should I Do With My Life? Po Bronson (2002, Random House) Two years have passed since we saw early signs of the dot-com collapse’s impact on millions of careers. This turn of events inspired Bronson to listen to the life stories of more than 900 people who have challenged their own career choices. “What makes this a children’s book,” you ask? Many of Bronson’s subjects dug deep into their childhoods to remind themselves of what fuels and inspires them.

Isn’t that what summer is all about?

Lisa Nirell, President of Nirell & Associates, mentors high-tech entrepreneurs and executives to accelerate growth. Lisa also writes for ComputerWorld, San Diego Daily Transcript, and Software Strategies and has served on three Boards of Directors. For more information, visit www.nirell.com.

About the Author

Lisa Nirell, President of Nirell & Associates, advises high-tech entrepreneurs and executives who want to accelerate growth. With more than 20 years in software, consulting, and sales, Lisa has served on 3 Boards of Directors and has published in ComputerWorld and Software Strategies. For more information, visit www.nirell.com.

Hotel River in San Giovanni Valdarno

October 14th, 2008

The Hotel River, comfortable 3 stars, is located on the bank of the river Arno, at San Giovanni Valdarno (Ar), at the center of the triangle of art Florence-Siena-Arezzo.
Its geographic position is truly favorable because it allows to reach easily Florence, the Chianti zone (San Gimignano, Montalcino, Pienza), the Valdarno, Cortona, the Bolsena lake, Orvieto, Tuscania, Umbria (Assisi, Perugia, Gubbio).

San Giovanni Valdarno, moreover, is the town of Masaccio with his born house and a museum dedicated to him.

The total capacity of the hotel is of 77 people. All 39 rooms, recently restored, (some of which face the gravel-bed of the river) are equipped of balcony, private bath, TV and telephone.

Breakfast room can receive until a max of 50 people.
The restaurant of the hotel (closed in August), managed with extreme cure for quality and service, proposes dishes of the local and regional typical cuisine.
The private parking is big enough for all our guests.

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Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami, 1964

October 13th, 2008

The 1964 Anchorage, Alaska, earthquake and the resulting tsunami struck without warning on Good Friday, March 27.

It was a quiet spring day in Anchorage, a holiday. Temperatures were seasonably mild with a moderate amount of snow on the ground. Children had the day off from school, and customer traffic in the stores downtown was light. Many residents were preparing or enjoying dinner at home. At 5:36 p.m. a major earthquake began to shake the ground, and the earth beneath Southcentral Alaska moved in waves for the next four long minutes.

Parents and children slipped, stumbled and fell on shifting floors in a panicked effort to get outdoors to escape breaking windows. Two inch cracks appeared in the ground in many places. Roads wrinkled and split and Fourth Avenue in downtown Anchorage broke apart and collapsed 10 feet or more. The Government Hill Elementary School twisted, shifted and became unusable in a moment. The outside wall of the J.C. Penney building crashed to the street. In the Turnagain residential district the ground liquefied like quicksand, slid away, and swallowed up 75 or more homes.

The four minute earthquake released the energy roughly equivalent to 10 million times the force of an atomic bomb. The mass of the earth and ocean absorbed most of the force, but manmade structures in the area could not absorb the rest of the force without suffering massive damage. Total property damage was estimated at $500 million.

Anchorage was crippled as gas lines and water lines were severed abruptly. Residents resorted to melting snow for water while awaiting repairs. Four days later students returned to available schools as life in Anchorage began to recover.

The Earthquake

The center of the Alaska earthquake was located about 75 miles east of Anchorage and about 55 miles west of Valdez. It began 14 to 16 miles deep in the earth’s crust, a comparatively shallow depth, where the Pacific plate dives beneath the North American plate. The huge subduction zone is located at the north end of the Ring of Fire, a semicircle of volcanic and earthquake activity that defines the rim of the Pacific Ocean.

The earthquake fault, more precisely the thrust fault, which was the cause of the Good Friday earthquake stretched 750 miles from Alaska’s Aleutian Islands to Valdez. The Pacific plate that day moved an estimated 25 to 30 feet northward, diving beneath the North American plate. The grinding of the two massive tectonic plates caused the Alaska earthquake and measured 8.4 on the Richter scale. In later years the measurement of the Alaska earthquake was upgraded to 9.2 on the Mw, or moment magnitude, scale as the Richter scale was determined to be inaccurate at measuring very large earthquakes above 8.0. Within a day of the initial major earthquake 11 more tremors of 6.0 or greater shook an already nervous population. In fact, aftershocks continued for nearly a year.

The earthquake caused the ground to displace upward by as much as 25 feet on several Alaskan islands and by nearly 3 feet upward at the city of Valdez. In other areas the ground displaced downward as much as 9 feet, for example in the town of Portage.

The Alaska earthquake on Good Friday was the strongest earthquake ever recorded in North America. It was the second strongest ever recorded worldwide, surpassed in strength by the 9.5 Mw earthquake in Chile on May 22, 1960. The recent December 26, 2004, earthquake off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra measured 9.0 Mw. The deadliest earthquake occurred in Shensi Province, China, in 1556 where over 830,000 residents perished.

The Tsunami

Tsunami is an adapted Japanese word meaning “port wave,” a reference to the fact that the wave’s danger and destructive power only become evident as it approaches the shore.

During the 1964 Alaska earthquake the North American plate released upward, displacing a huge volume of ocean water and causing a seismic wave, a tsunami, to travel outward. The wave traveled at an estimated 450 miles per hour in the deeper ocean in a long wave of almost imperceptible height.

As the tsunami wave passed over the continental shelf and approached shore its length shortened, its speed decreased and its height increased as the massive volume and weight of water prepared to release its incredible energy on anything in its path.

At the shallow Valdez Inlet the wave reached a maximum height of nearly 200 feet. Further on, at the old town of Valdez, a 30 foot wall of water struck and demolished all structures. Twenty eight Valdez residents died when the tsunami crashed ashore. Valdez was later rebuilt at a higher elevation and further from the waterfront.

In Seward, Alaska, the earthquake caused a portion of the bay to slide. The slide caused a local tsunami which devastated Seward’s port and downtown district, both of which were eventually rebuilt. Twelve residents perished in Seward.

The small town of Portage was leveled by its own local tsunami and never relocated or rebuilt. Another local tsunami struck the small port of Whittier killing 12 residents.

The Destruction

The original tsunami traveled about 8400 miles. It caused damage in the Hawaiian Islands and along the Oregon and California coasts. A 20 foot wave struck Crescent City, California, and killed 10 residents. The tsunami was responsible for the deaths of 16 people in Oregon and California.

The tsunami killed a total of 122 people in three states. By comparison, the earthquake resulted in 9 deaths.

It has been more than 40 years since the Alaska earthquake and tsunami. In the meantime construction materials and building practices have been enforced to produce structures more capable of surviving strong earthquakes. Also in the meantime, the population in Alaska’s vulnerable areas has increased tremendously.

Smaller earthquakes along Alaska’s subduction zone and other fault zones occur on a daily basis, presumably relieving the internal pressures that would otherwise produce another massive earthquake.

However, nobody knows with certainty when, where, or whether another huge and destructive earthquake will strike Alaska.

About the author:

Garry Gamber is a public school teacher and entrepreneur. He writes articles about real estate, health and nutrition, and internet dating services. He is the owner of http://www.Anchorage-Homes.comand http://www.TheDatingAdvisor.com

AIDS - Black ops work

October 13th, 2008

I have heard that Japan once thought the AIDS virus was developed as a miliatary weapon by the US. West Nile almost took the life of my sister-in-law and Horowitz says it is the same weaponization program at work.

The following quote is something that came to me from a fellow researcher who lives near Rosslyn Castle in Scotland. She is a nurse and there are many other things like this I could quote. In fact I had sent her a piece from another researcher with even more detail on similar things. I include it here because Gardner is allied with these Sinclairs of Rosslyn and the St. Clair that figures heavily in this quote. I guess I will understand if you regard it as entirely too far fetched but I know it is not. In 1985 I was a partner with John Campbell in Indianapolis. He was a top researcher on AIDS and he said it came from the green monkey in Africa.

“In 1969 the US military asked for 10 million dollars from Congress to further its cancer studies by developing:

‘A new infective microorganism which could differ in certain important aspects from any known disease-causing organism. Most important of these is that it might be refractory to the immunological and therapeutic processes upon which we depend to maintain our relative freedom from infectious disease’.

Quoted from the Dept. of Defense Appropriations Hearings, 91st Congress, July 1, 1969, Washington DC regarding the Special Virus Cancer Program (SVCP).

The HIV virus, a mutation of the monkey leukemia virus SIV, could not be a better fulfillment of this brief. Following DNA tests, leading AIDS scientist Dr. David Ho placed the common genetic ancestor of the modern AIDS viruses somewhere around “the 1940’s or early 50’s” - the exact time that Mengele and his Nazi backers, then the CIA and its numerous military contractors were conducting their genetic engineering research. However, the transference of SIV to man would not have required any great leap in technology, as recent fears of new diseases from organ transplantation testifies. Not surprisingly, Israeli scientists led by Dr. Alexander Kalinkovich at the International AIDS Conference 2000 in South Africa announced that their latest research shows that HIV may be race-specific to black Africans.

It is accepted that HIV/AIDS was initially spread in Africa by Roman Catholic missionary hospitals and their re-use of “dirty needles”. These hospitals regularly get donations of medical supplies/vaccines directly from the Roman Catholic order of the Knights of Malta, via its members within the pharmaceutical industry. Since the 1970’s Knights of Malta-supported aid organizations such as AmeriCares or Knightsbridge International have provided medical supplies to needy countries including South Africa, Haiti, and Cambodia - countries which are now hardest hit by HIV/AIDS.

When historians/journalists Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh & Henry Lincoln were investigating their book “The Messianic Legacy” about the political links between secret societies, the Vatican and intelligence agencies, they based much of their study upon the Catholic secret society “The Priory of Sion”. From 1963 to 1981 the Grand Master of Sion was a Catholic abbot, Francois Ducand-Bourget, who prior to this appointment was the Magistral Chaplain of the Knights of Malta. Michael Baigent’s contact within Sion was its new Grand Master Pierre Plantard de St. Clair, of the Sinclair “Grail family” of Roslin, Edinburgh, which coincidentally is the global center of genetic engineering. Starting in 1982 Plantard indicated that 1984 was to be a critical year in the plans of Sion. In 1984 he said ‘everything was in place, nothing could stop it now, the time had come to move on, and nothing could now stop it’. When asked was the present Pope a potential ally or adversary in whatever schemes were afoot, Plantard replied ‘a rapprochement had been reached with the Vatican. Rome would cooperate. Certain concessions had been necessary in return, but they were essentially nominal’.

Nothing unusual occurred in 1984, apart from in April when the discovery of the HIV virus that causes AIDS was announced to the world.

Also at this time Plantard de St. Clair suddenly announced his resignation from Sion, not only as its Grand Master but from the order itself, after 41 years a member. He did so because he could not approve “certain maneuvers” performed by his “English and American brethren”. The Priory of Sion is a secret order of the European Holy Grail bloodline families, and authors of the infamous “Protocol of the Elders of Sion” that was directly responsible for inciting anti-Semitism and the Holocaust. Its members include prominent figures of the Knights of Malta, and neo-Nazi organizations with links to South Africa’s apartheid regime. Africa is of prime importance to Sion’s members - a 1959 article written by Plantard de St. Clair in Sion’s internally circulated publication “Circuit”, stresses the need for a solution to the African independence movement, and proposes a ‘United States of Euro-Africa… this being the sole stable foundation on which peace can be constructed’. Obviously his elite brethren didn’t agree, as recent documentation proves Knight of Malta/CIA chief Allen Dulles ordered the assassination of the Congo’s first democratically elected President. The Anglo-American contingent, the Knights Templar/Dragon Court and the Knights of Malta/CIA within the Order of Sion, swiftly deposed Plantard de St. Clair when they found out about his loose-tongued meetings with journalists Baigent, Leigh & Lincoln at such a crucial time in their covert endeavors.

Taking into account all these facts, our fictional policeman might ask himself what the motive for such devilry could be. He would soon discover it was the same motive that the “Secret Church” and the orthodox Roman Catholic Church have always pursued.

According to the white supremacist dogma of the Rosicrucian “Secret Church”, the “Negro and other sub-races” must die and be reincarnated to allow for the evolution of Man’s consciousness.

Rosicrucian beliefs date back to ancient Egypt, and ironically its influence can be seen in the much criticized statement by Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Ovadia Yosef who recently said ‘the Holocaust victims were reincarnations of the souls of sinners… they had to be reincarnated in order to atone’.

Initiated Rosicrucian Adolf Hitler said ‘The greatest and most ruthless decisions will have to be made. A barbaric measure for the unfortunate who is struck by it, but a blessing for his fellow man and posterity, the passing pain of a century can and will clearly redeem millenniums from sufferings’. Though talking about the Jewish Holocaust, Hitler could well have been speaking of the African AIDS Holocaust. During the late 70’s and early 80’s the Vatican announced various warnings attributed to the “Virgin Mary” from a variety of sources. She constantly repeated that a ‘Great Warning would come from God that would be good for some, and bad for others’. Perhaps the Virgin Mary and Adolf Hitler had the same speechwriters, so similar is their outlook. For how could the suffering endured by anybody be good for others?

Like the deceptive use of the Protocols of the Elders of Sion that Hitler used to “prove” a fictitious “Jewish conspiracy”, {But who is a Jew if not the Milesians or Stuart/Sinclairs?} the majority of the scientific community, while ignoring their own obvious culpability, is similarly blaming the victims of AIDS in Africa for having created the disease through their irresponsible behavior i.e. ‘eating or having sex with a monkey’. As Hitler wrote in Mein Kampf ‘If you tell a lie long enough, eventually it will be believed as truth… and the greater the lie, the more people will believe it’.

As regards the orthodox Roman Catholic Church, it is merely continuing its policy of genocide against Shamanism and the indigenous peoples of the world, as the history of Christianity & Racism clearly demonstrates.

Ultimately, the AIDS epidemic in Africa and throughout the developing world prevents these nations from achieving economic stability. This would have given them the power to control their own natural resources, and ultimately have affected the wealth and power of the Western corporate-aristocratic-military-industrial complex.

The Pentagon’s retired Joint Chiefs of Staff Colonel Jack Kingston, currently Chairman of the National Security Advisory Board in Washington DC intends to take the AIDS issue before a Congressional Hearing.

He recently said ‘In my estimation, AIDS is a covert operation run amok that is bigger than any secret operation in U.S. history. It is more momentous in its implications to humanity than the atomic weapons Manhattan Project of World War II’.

Any experienced detective will tell you, a killer always leaves a trail of incriminating evidence, and Man’s history is not so dissimilar. In the context of everyday life, the sordid thoughts and actions of a murderer are difficult to grasp and seem unbelievable. As individuals we are unlikely to consider the causes and effects of such malevolence, unless through fate it touches our own lives. Similarly, the demonic manifestations of History are rarely faced until it becomes unavoidable. While the suggestions of a calculated genocide seem fantastic, a brief glance at perhaps the worst century in Man’s history shows this crime to be only another murderous act by the same historical predators.

It is perhaps, if we have the courage to look it squarely in the face, only equal to the unbelievable facts of recent European slaughter - the shipment of men, women and children in railway carriages, to over five hundred purpose-built camps, where they were put into shower rooms, and gassed with Zyklon B. Their bodies were placed into purpose-built ovens where the evidence of their existence was destroyed - why? Because they were Jews. If somebody had knocked upon your door pointing to the train and telling you this bizarre story, it would it have been easier to believe they were lying, than to try and stop the train.

The only hope is the fact that our fictional policeman can use the law of a democratic and free country, and stand before elected political representatives in the ancient struggle against feudalism and evil.

They may find that like a puzzling murder mystery, several hands were clutching the dagger.

As the medieval prophet Michel de Nostradamus is often used by secret society occultists as a reference to interpreting global political events, it may not be completely inappropriate to quote from this French mystic’s visions of the future:

‘O vast Rome, your ruin draws near, not that of your walls, but of your lifeblood and substance, the harsh one of letters will make so horrid a notch, pointed steel all wounding up of the sleeve’. C10 Q65

‘Not from Spain but from ancient France, will be elected for the trembling ship, he will make a promise to the enemy, who will cause great plague during his reign’. C5 Q49″

About the Author

Author of Diverse Druids
Columnist for The ES Press Magazine
World-Mysteries.com guest ‘expert’

Accountability In Government

October 13th, 2008

The government is the biggest employer in the world. They hire and maintain more employees than any other organization in history.

The question is whether the elected officials (who are really employees of every person in their jurisdiction, voted into office to represent the concerns of the voter) and the employees of the government are accountable to the same standards and common practices that all other workers are. This is food for thought.

When you contact any government office, are you prepared to receive an autorespond answer thanking you for your time and input but then never hear from them again? Do you picture that wastebasket file drawer just under the e-mail printer ready to accept any and all messages? Is this something you can take with you to the polling place when the important time comes to pick and choose those that you want to represent you and what you would like to see the nation, your state, or your local government achieve? Most emphatically, yes.

If any government official (elected or just hired) does not offer the common courtesy of an answer to questions and concerns, then there is always someone in the wing who is also capable and would appreciate the general public enough to offer them this small token of value. Too busy-too many requests? In this type of position, it comes with the territory. It is part of the job-description, and no voter should ever be given a pat-automatic response that everyone knows leads to nowhere but to that inevitable file drawer just beneath the computer printer.

Accountability seems to grow less and less in those who become too comfortable in their positions and feel that they are unbeatable and in permanent employment. As there is no work security in the private sector, may those in public office also remember that there is no job security in government either.

So, what is the proper way of handling the current trend toward non-accountability and machine answered “thank-you” notes? Basically, it is studying the candidates as people. Cross over party lines if a certain candidate does not possess the values and innate ability to take his job with all the attachments and demands on time and ability. Each candidate should be voted upon individually, as to how they will perform and what their particular attributes are. If each voter took this criteria to the voting booth, our government would be stronger and more intuned to the only requirement of each and every government office - “For the people, by the people…”

Can you imagine what our country could do if our government officials and employees were truly accountable to those who elected them or actually give them a pay envelope? In no uncertain terms, each citizen should be the priority and main concern, and then they can schedule their hectic appointments and meetings around this very basic job-related requirement. Also voters would not feel so taken advantage of when the limos, airplanes, travel amenities, and other “perks” come into play.

This election time, vote for the person and who he/she is and what they truly stand for, and not which party they belong to, who they know, or who someone else tells you to vote for. You are alone behind that curtain in the voting booth, so let your conscience be looking over your shoulder.
ENJOY!
©Arleen M.Kaptur 2002 August

About the Author

Arleen M. Kaptur has written numerous articles, booklets, fiction/non-fiction books
http://www.Arleens-RusticLiving.com
http://www.arleenssite.com
http://www.webspawner.com/users/rusticliving

A Look Ahead to 2008 (Part I)

October 12th, 2008

Just as everyone has breathed a sigh of relief at the end of 2004 presidential campaign, I would like to take a quick look ahead to 2008. Unless George W. Bush is unable to complete his second term, 2008 will bring the third open presidential election (no incumbent running) in 20 years. Even though that’s still four years into the future, the campaign will be unofficially getting underway almost immediately. Therefore, many of the potential candidates can already be identified and there should be no shortage of them on either side.

Today, I will be taking a look at the potential Republican candidates. Among them are Arizona Senator John McCain, Tennessee Senator Bill Frist, Florida Governor Jeb Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge, Virginia Senator George Allen, and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.

John McCain is probably in the best position to capture the GOP nomination, should he decide to run. He was beaten by Bush in the 2000 primaries, but he has since been one of the President’s most loyal supporters, despite some differences of opinion. McCain is one of the most popular politicians in the U.S. and won re-election to his Senate seat last week with more than 70% of the vote! Unlike the Democrats, the Republicans have a history of sometimes awarding their nomination to someone who has waited his “turn.” A case in point is Bob Dole, who was rejected in his bids for the nomination in 1980 and 1988, only to finally get it in 1996.

Bill Frist is a surgeon is who was first elected to the Senate during the “Republican Revolution” of 1994. He is now the majority leader of the Senate and should benefit from the GOP’s pick-up of four additional seats in this election cycle. Frist seems to be well liked by all factions of the party. He would probably have the inside track to the Republican nomination if McCain decides not to run.

Jeb Bush would like to continue a streak that the Republicans currently have in place. Since 1976, they have featured either a Dole or a Bush on every national ticket. That’s eight straight presidential elections! The fact that he was able to help his brother do better than anyone expected in Florida (winning by five percentage points) bodes well for him. That alone should greatly improve his stature within the Republican Party. Having family ties to the White House won’t hurt either.

Dick Cheney has said he probably will not run for president (and there are even rumors that he might even resign before the end of Bush’s second term). If he doesn’t run, or if he does run and subsequently fails to get the nomination, the 2008 election would be the first without the inclusion of a sitting president or vice president since 1952. However, politicians have been known to change their minds. I still think he might ultimately decide to run. If he does, unlike most sitting vice presidents, he will have an uphill battle for the nomination. However, his popularity with the far right wing of the party would play to his advantage and could ultimately give him the edge he would need. There’s still a question mark as to how evangelicals within the party would react to his support of his gay daughter.

Rudy Giuliani rebuilt his image with his handling of the 9/11 aftermath. Previously, he had to withdraw from a potential Senate race against Hillary Clinton, because of health problems. That was the official line, but most people believed it was because of a nasty divorce and rumors about extramarital affairs. He is now a very popular politician, but whether he is conservative enough to win the Republican presidential nomination is questionable at best. He will likely be opposed by the evangelical wing of the party.

Before being elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002, Mitt Romney headed up the Salt Lake City Olympic Organizing Committee earlier that same year. He had also made a run for the U.S. Senate against Ted Kennedy in 1994 and lost. However, he did so much better against Kennedy that most of his previous challengers had done, that his loss actually helped boost his political career. Since being elected governor, he has become one of the bright young stars of the Republican Party. His father, the late George Romney, served as governor of Michigan and sought the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 but lost to Richard Nixon. His father’s remarks made during the nominating process about having been “brainwashed” about Viet Nam ultimately cost him the nomination. Should Mitt Romney decide to run, he will want to avoid that kind of blunder.

Like Frist, Rick Santorum was first elected to the Senate in 1994. As Conference Chairman, he is now the third highest ranking Republican in the Senate. Santorum is a favorite of the Christian Right with his strong anti-abortion and anti-homosexuality views. However, pragmatic primary voters might shun him, feeling that he may be a bit too extreme to win a general election. Of course, four years before the 1980 election, many Republicans expressed those same sentiments about Ronald Reagan.

Tom Ridge was a very popular and effective governor of Pennsylvania before taking over Homeland Security. He was in his second term as governor when he resigned to take over that post. Prior to being elected governor, he served several terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Ridge is more of a moderate Republican, but unlike Giuliani, seems to have some appeal to the party’s conservative base. Whether he has enough remains to be seen. He is pro-choice, so he will get some opposition from the Christian Right, should he decide to seek the nomination.

George Allen is another rising star within the Republican Party. A former state delegate and son of the late Washington Redskins’ coach of the same name, he was elected to Congress in 1990. However, his district was redrawn and he ended up in the same district as another, more established Republican congressman, Tom Bliley, by the end of his first term. He decided not to seek re-election in 1992 and was elected governor of Virginia in 1993 and then elected to the U.S. Senate in 2000. He headed up the GOP’s Senate Election committee for the last two years. The extra seats that the Republicans picked up in the Senate last week will be a feather in his cap. He has strong conservative credentials but is relatively unknown nationally.

Before taking her current post, Condoleezza Rice had previously served on the National Security Council under President George H. W. Bush. She is not a career politician or lawyer, but comes from an academic background - she has been a member of the Stanford University faculty for over 20 years. She has never held elective office but has sometimes given indications that she has presidential ambitions. She has been a very loyal member of the Bush Administration and that has earned her a great deal of respect throughout the party. Where she stands on social issues is still uncertain. She might ultimately prove to be a better prospect for vice president than president.

Next week I will continue my look ahead to 2008 with the potential Democratic presidential candidates.

About the Author

Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, free-lance writer, and trivia buff from Hopewell, VA. He operates a website, http://www.commenterry.com, on which he posts commentaries on various subjects such as politics, technology, religion, health and well-being, personal finance, and sports. His commentaries offer a unique point of view that is not often found in mainstream media.