TNSONSOFLIBERTY BLOG

Silver Circle Movie COMING SOON

2012-08-15T11:48:00.000-05:00

check out the official trailer:

official site:
http://silvercirclemovie.com/

check out the web comic:
http://www.silvercirclemovie.com/Comic-Page-1/

LIKE them on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/silvercirclemovie

Ron Paul carried a SILVER CIRCLE one ounce silver coin to a meeting with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke:
http://youtu.be/6LfnkQJRCqk

You're a Knuckledragger if you opposed the TARP Bailouts according to John Boehner

2012-08-15T09:26:00.000-05:00

John Boehner thinks your a KNUCKLE DRAGGER for opposing the TARP BAILOUTS. call Republican Speaker of the House John Boner and let him know that that we oppose bailouts and their phony conservatism... (202) 225-6205

MESSENGERS FOR LIBERTY

2012-08-14T09:36:00.003-05:00

MESSENGERS FOR LIBERTY

official website:
http://messengersforliberty.com/

Check out the trailer for the new Liberty inspired documentary that my friend James Denham and I have been working on all summer:

END THE FEDERAL RESERVE

2010-04-12T15:13:00.001-05:00

Invisible Children Revisited

2010-03-19T04:25:00.001-05:00

Newest Response to Invisible Children Controversy:
http://www.thegauntlet.com/article/1320/18249/Barry-from-Look-What-I-Did-responds-to-Invisible-Children-Organization.html

The above video of mine is the proverbial snowball of this controversy. This was taken on a whim after our trip to the Campaign for Liberty Convention and during our investigation into the Georgia Guidestones. This details a subject I have blogged about before, concerning the charity group INVISIBLE CHILDREN.

http://tnsonsofliberty.vox.com/library/post/invisible-children-is-a-front.html

As the snowball begins to roll down the hill and grow into a mammoth sized boulder of controversy, I'd like to make a couple of observations/clarifications...

I am Anti-War. I am pro-peace. I am against Endless War and Preemptive Strikes. I don't think America should be the WORLD POLICE. Why do we still have bases in Germany and Japan? America has troops in over 140 countries. That should shock the average teenager/young adult who contributes financially to INVISIBLE CHILDREN.
The dialogue in the video is said in a jesting and playful manner. This is because males tend to joke about serious subjects because they are uncomfortable to talk about or bring up. Previously, Barry and I had discussed this subject and the essay was probably two years old at that point. The suffering of the INVISIBLE CHILDREN is tragic and the money sent by Americans to aid them is donated by kind hearts. It is my grave concern that instead this money is drumming up support for America's next WAR or SKIRMISH in the guise of a PEACEKEEPING MISSION.
This video was dormant on Youtube for approximately 1 month. It has shot up two hundred hits or so in two days. The power of the Internet to spread Alternative Ideas/Observations still fascinates me.

Check out the bees I unintentionally released into the bonnets of these guys:

http://mattgromley.blogspot.com/2010/03/suffocation-through-blogosphere-death.html

http://blog.invisiblechildren.com/?p=5869

Now some new revelations:

TRANSPARENCY?

http://www.bbb.org/charity-reviews/national/invisible-children-in-san-diego-ca-4469

"Despite written BBB Wise Giving Alliance requests in the past year, this organization either has not responded to Alliance requests for information or has declined to be evaluated in relation to the Alliance’s Standards for Charity Accountability."

GREED

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/stuart-fl/TQJSGHMES035Q6OI0

Read the comment from Livingstone:

"First of all as a person from Northern Uganda, I would like to thank you, the Martin County Children for your effort to assist the children of Northern Uganda.
How ever i am also sad to say that Organisation like 'Invisible children' have turned from caring organisations to Fraudulent and scam. The directors of Invisible children forgot what they stated back in 2005 and have now turned to greed. Only less than 25% of money they have been raising in the name of the children of Northern Uganda gets there to the children.
The directors of Invisible children have turned this money to become their very personal money. The directors now drive expensive cars and refer to themselves as Movie directors. They have been shunned by all international Northern Uganda associations in Canda, UK, Sweden and even in Sandiego USA.
Associations such as "acholi in diaspora"(canada) Acholi association(UK) Freinds for Peace in africa(USA). Peace in Northern Uganda group(Sweden). "Campaign to end genocide in Northern Uganada)(USA) and many more.
"invisible children' functions are boycotted by many ugandans who are aware that they recieved bribes from General Salim Saleh to focus the suffering of the Northern Uganda Children to the Rebels...rather than tell the whole truth that both the rebels and Uganda government ave comitted atrocities and Genocide againts the acholi people of Northern Uganda..
Northern Uganda members of parliament have added 'invisible children' to their list Of NGO's under investigation for fraud.
They have been requested to publicly declare their accounts since 2005 however untill today that has not been done.
Your contributions are better off being sent directly to the children in Northern Uganda rather than to enrich the directors of 'invisible children'
However we leave it to God to be the judge. Thank you and God bless all of you

Why the sudden noncompliance with the BBB and the lack of transparency? Is the money which is so selflessly given being used to for ulterior motives? Is Invisible Children a RACKET?

FACEBOOK FRAUD?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/22/fraud-in-facebookchase-co_n_433928.html

"Invisible Children has won $1 million as the winner of the Chase Community Giving contest on Facebook. However, this victory may come with a price, as the final days of the contest spurred accusations of voter fraud."

INVISIBLE CHILDREN PUTTING THEIR FAITH AND POSSIBLY YOUR DONATION INTO OBAMA??? THE ONLY NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNER TO HAVE THE DECEPTIVE SKILLS OF VERBAL KUNG FU FOOLERY TO PROMOTE PEACE WHILE WAGING ORWELLIAN ENDLESS WAR IN AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ, WHILE USING ROBOTIC UNMANNED DRONES TO BOMB PAKISTAN???

OR THE The LRA Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act:

Senate Bill 1067-

http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s111-1067

http://blog.invisiblechildren.com/?p=5815

"If the final bill passes Congress, it will then be sent to President Obama for a final signature. Once the President inks his name to the bill, it becomes law. That’s when his administration gets down to business developing the strategy to stop Kony, protect people from LRA attacks and help put northern Uganda on the path to permanent peace."

"President Obama’s signature on the legislation mandates that President Obama devise a plan within 180 days to help stop LRA violence and also take steps to assist communities in northern Uganda. But there is no guarantee that these plans will be adequate or effective. That’s why it remains critical that Americans of all stripes call for President Obama to take ending this crisis seriously, and for our government to take the steps that can actually help bring peace."

Maybe I'm reading too much into this, but it seems that whomever wrote the above quotes doesn't think that some peaceful negotiations are going to be the solution...Reread the quotes and pay special attention to the italicized words (my doing).

Finally, a strange and seemingly contradictory statement was left as a comment on my youtube video:

"Sorry man, but when you said "a child army that's kidnapped, or something like that", all credibility went out the window. If you want to burn an organization, at least research enough so you can properly explain what they claim they're trying to do.Even if we are a front, which we are."

-Youtube Comment left by John Smithman 3/12/10

I know that this post will incite some anger and controversy. Before your fingers begin to type away in righteous indignation, realize who you are writing to. I am a Christian who takes his faith seriously. I pray for my enemies. I try to live the Beatitudes. I am pro-peace and anti-war. I am an RN. I care for the sick, poor, and needy on a daily basis. If I could somehow take all of those poor children into my household I would..But I resist the urge to give money simply to relieve my guilt for living in a prosperous country. I would feel even more dejected if I learned that my dollars, which only cost me time to earn them, somehow funded a peacekeeping mission which was a new Endless War in disguise. I know enough about recent American History and Events to comprehend that our Military Industrial Complex cannot promote or maintain peace via war and occupation.

I encourage anyone who has stuck around this long to read the following books:

'1984' George Orwell

'War is a Racket' Gen. Smedley D. Butler (free online version below..very short)

http://www.lexrex.com/enlightened/articles/warisaracket.htm

'A Foreign Policy of Freedom' Ron Paul (link below for purchase)

http://mises.org/store/Foreign-Policy-of-Freedom-A-P359C0.aspx

TO BE CONTINUED....

Who is Andrew Mwenda?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/7738297.stm

Mr Mwenda says that much of the money which comes from the international donor community "lines the pockets of civil servants, high end health workers and politicians".

Now, Mr Mwenda is speaking the truth! He is like an African Ron Paul!!!

Glenn Beck (pied piper for the NEOCONS)

2010-03-19T04:22:00.000-05:00

GLENN BECK IS AFRAID OF JESSE VENTURA:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4Y_Wzdp61w

The above is audio from Glenn Beck's radio show where he discusses Jesse Ventura's new book 'American Consipiracies"...When Glenn has no valid arguement or rebuttal he often resorts to juvenile insults as in this segment of his radio broadcast

GLENN BECK TELLS HIS FANS TO ABANDON THEIR CHURCHES:

http://abcnews.go.com/WN/glenn-beck-social-justice-christians-rage-back-nazism/story?id=10085008

GLENN BECK:

"I beg you look for the words social justice or economic justice on your church Web site," he said. "If you find it, run as fast as you can. Social justice and economic justice, they are code words. ... Am I advising people to leave their church? Yes!"

"If you have a priest that is pushing social justice, go find another parish," he said. "Go alert your bishop and tell them, 'Excuse me, are you down with this whole social justice thing?' If it's my church, I'm alerting the church authorities: 'Excuse me, what's this social justice thing?' And if they say, 'Yeah, we're all in on this social justice thing,' I am in the wrong place."

GLENN BECK HAS INSULTED/VERBALLY ASSAULTED RON PAUL SUPPORTERS, THE RELATIVES OF 9/11 VICTIMS BY SAYING THAT HE HATES THEM, AND THOSE WHO QUESTION THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE/ELIGIBILITY OF OBAMA AND THOSE WHO WANT 9/11 REINVESTIGATED:

http://tnsonsofliberty.blogspot.com/2009/06/glenn-beck-is-entertainershock-jock.html

http://tnsonsofliberty.blogspot.com/2009/06/glenn-beckwolf-in-sheeps-clothing.html

Glenn Beck is a Mormon..Their dangerous cult exposed:

http://tnsonsofliberty.blogspot.com/2009/12/mormon-mitt-romney-questioned-on-meet.html

http://tnsonsofliberty.blogspot.com/2009/05/sidenote.html

http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon530.htm

http://tothewire.wordpress.com/2009/03/17/glen-becks-deception/

power of the word 'NO'

2010-03-19T04:20:00.000-05:00

http://www.lewrockwell.com/grigg/grigg-w130.html

""Let your 'yes' be 'yes,' and your 'no' be 'no'; anything more than this comes from the evil one."

~ Jesus of Nazareth, as quoted in Matthew 5:37

Years ago, somebody coined the aphorism, "'No' is a complete sentence." While some grammarians might disagree with that conclusion, "no" is incontrovertibly the most powerful word that a freedom-focused individual can utter – assuming, of course, that he has the fortitude to let it be his final answer.""

Please read the above link..it is a very powerful article....

Endless War from a young Tennesseans' perspective

2010-03-19T04:17:00.000-05:00

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20100315/OPINION03/3150348/1053/OPINION02/An+America+at+war+is+all+young+adults+remember

"...My entire teenage life was spent with my country being at war. I have gone through middle school, high school and now, I have almost completed college hearing about the death tolls on the evening news. I cannot remember what it is like to live in a country that is not at war. If my teacher was to look at my seventh-grade class on Sept. 11, 2001, and say, "Boys and girls, most of you will probably graduate college before we are done fighting the war that began on this very day," I would have thought he was insane...."

Endless War and Iran

2010-03-19T04:13:00.000-05:00

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/17/tehran-aiding-al-qaeda-links-petraeus-says/

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/world-news/final-destination-iran-1.1013151

"Iran is assisting al Qaeda by facilitating links between senior terrorist leaders and affiliate groups, the commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East told Congress on Tuesday."

"Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, commander of the U.S. Central Command, also said Iran's nuclear program is facing problems, and as a result, Tehran is not expected to emerge with a nuclear weapon this year."

"“They are gearing up totally for the destruction of Iran,” said Dan Plesch, director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy at the University of London, co-author of a recent study on US preparations for an attack on Iran. “US bombers are ready today to destroy 10,000 targets in Iran in a few hours,” he added."

"The Sunday Herald can reveal that the US government signed a contract in January to transport 10 ammunition containers to the island. According to a cargo manifest from the US navy, this included 387 “Blu” bombs used for blasting hardened or underground structures."

"Experts say that they are being put in place for an assault on Iran’s controversial nuclear facilities. There has long been speculation that the US military is preparing for such an attack, should diplomacy fail to persuade Iran not to make nuclear weapons."

"Crucially, the cargo includes 195 smart, guided, Blu-110 bombs and 192 massive 2000lb Blu-117 bombs."

Are we any safer today thanks to Preemptive Strikes and Endless War? How is our economy and the morale of American soldiers and citizens after almost 10 years of POINTLESS WAR with Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, and now Iran? Who's next, Australia?

The NEOCONS and TPTB at FAUX NEWS have successfully infiltrated and taken over the Republican Party. Anyone who is conservative and even thoughtfully considers the plight of innocent men, women, and children in the Middle East are immediately labeled 'Conspiracy Theory Nuts', 'Terrorist Sympathizers', or 'Anti-Semitic'.

America has lost her way and is being destroyed systematically. The rational, conservative, Christians of America have put their heads in the ground like the Ostrich and have hoped the next candidate with the (R) next to their name would somehow fix things...

Both parties are corrupt. Ron Paul is the only Mainstream Conservative that I know of...And look how FAUX NEWS, Glenn Beck, O-Reilly, Hannity, the Republican Party, CPAC, etc. treats him...

Muslims are not our enemy. We are being lied to as a nation. Osama bin Laden is dead. The war on terror is really a war on American Soverieignty and our civil liberties...And no one really cares.

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WHY "WE HAVE TO" PROMOTE ENDLESS WAR:

America is bankrupt. China owns the majority of our physical fiat paper monies. Ever since we were ransacked by the Federal Reserve in 1913 there has been a direct correlation between an increase in the number of WARS (conflicts), a decrease in America's industries, and a decrease in the 'value' of the dollar (hyperinflation).

America does not produce anything. A majority of our manufacturing jobs have been shipped overseas (THANKS NAFTA and NEWT GINGRICH!). The steel industry is gone, textile industry capoot!, and no one buys GM or Ford cars.

So what does America produce? DEBT.

The Federal Reserve (a private banking cartel) prints money under the guise of being an American branch of the Federal Govt.

This debt is used to wage ENDLESS WAR against whomever the next 'terrorist' haven country is...as decided by ISRAEL and the CIA (NOT A BRANCH OF THE AMERICAN FEDERAL GOVT) and promoted to supposed CONSERVATIVES and CHRISTIANS by the MAINSTREAM MEDIA/FAUX NEWS.

Without 'ENDLESS WAR' and new enemies for Americans to HATE:

* Americans may realize that the events of 9/11/2001 should be re investigated and there were major failures and strange foreknowledge by the Federal Government
* The lower and middle class would be more vocal and outraged, because they would be in America instead of IRAQ looking for jobs which have been outsourced due to HEAVY FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INTERFERENCE INTO THE PRIVATE SECTOR
* The Republican Party could possibly wise up and see that they were scammed back in the 50's and 60's when they stopped listening to BARRY GOLDWATER and started taking advice from LEO STRAUSS!
* There would be no BOOGEYMAN to keep Americans submissive...Despite Osama Bin Laden's documented death the CIA still produces films/audio recordings of bin Laden to validify their WAR ON TERROR! Without bin Laden the boogeyman their would be no need for the Patriot Act or BODYSCANNERS at airports!

THUS, the 'survival' of America, if you can call it that, depends on WAR! because the Military Industrial Complex and the Federal Government are the only two 'PROFITABLE INDUSTRIES' right now. The private sector has failed and capitalism was dealt a death blow when the fiat dollars of tax paying Americans were used to bailout 'private companies'...which are now OWNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVT. This does not directly benefit the middle class or working class Americans whose tax dollars were used to bail them out. We do not get bonuses or dividend checks from AIG, BANK OF AMERICA, or a company car from GM. These belligerent and agressive actions by the Federal Govt/CIA/American Military Industrial Complex/FEDERAL RESERVE have widened the gap between the middle class and weathly and pummeled the lower middle class and the working poor...leaving only two classes: THE POOR AND THE WEALTHY...Historically, the ideals of freedom are usually birthed from the middle class and the prizes of freedom (such as the Declaration of Independence/Constitution) are obtained from the blood of patriots who are self reliant and distrust despotical tyrants...

The power of the Middle Class (which threw a ratchet into the serf/King relationship):

http://www.libertyandeconomics.com/2010/03/libertarianism-is-middle-class.html

"Karl Marx hated the middle class even more than the aristocracy. Though the aristocracy controlled the means of production, it could either be co-opted in a revolution or simply liquidated.

A far stickier wicket was the middle class, or bourgeois. It was this much larger emerging class of merchants and factory owners that Marx reserved special ire for."

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Here is the mission statement of the CIA:
"The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers."

This means the CIA is a private FOR HIRE cartel available to the highest bidder. They are not accountable to anyone or any governing power.

http://polidics.com/cia/top-ranking-cia-operatives-admit-al-qaeda-is-a-complete-fabrication.html

Federal Reserve..the real currency manipulator

2010-03-19T04:00:00.001-05:00

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62H0D520100318

"A semi-annual U.S. Treasury report due in mid-April could label China a "currency manipulator," adding to pressure on Beijing and threatening a deepening rift between the world's biggest and third-biggest economies."

Chinese officials have given no ground, saying they will not waver in sticking to a stable exchange rate while asserting that their nation is being made a "scapegoat" for the United States' own economic woes ahead of Congressional mid-term elections.

The Federal Reserve is the REAL CURRENCY MANIPULATOR. Private Banking Cartels have funded both sides of wars and basically dictate the political leaders appointment and decision via bribes, threats of inflation, and off shore banking.

The Federal Reserve via pulling the strings of the American Federal Govt. have stolen gold from the common people in 1933...taking away the hedge of protection that precious metals can be for paper money...leaving Americans set up for hyperinflation.

The Federal Reserve have destroyed this countries financial industry just as their previous incantations have in the past...Central banking has been a thorn in the side of Free Societies for ages...

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2010-03-19T02:29:00.001-05:00

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LIBERTY MUSIC IN NASHVILLE, TN

2009-12-21T09:08:00.003-06:00

NEW OFFICIAL WEBSITE IS UP AND RUNNING:
http://tnsonsofliberty.com/

LOOK WHAT I DID:

'FADE TO DAFT'

http://www.myspace.com/lookwhatidid
Please support my friends Look What I Did by favoriting and commenting on Youtube, purchase some merch through their Myspace, or attending a show...

http://www.myspace.com/illpatriot

Mccain/Rothschild/Clinton Family/Illuminati Connection

2009-12-21T08:44:00.003-06:00

"An invitation sent out by the campaign says the luncheon will be held at Spencer House, St. James's Place, "by kind permission of Lord Rothschild OM GBE and the Hon Nathaniel Rothschild." Tickets to the invitation-only event cost $1,000 to $2,300. Attire is listed as "lounge suits." "

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403897.html?hpid=topnews

"“Recent news reports suggest that Sen. John McCain and John McCain for President may have accepted an in-kind contribution from foreign nationals Lord Rothschild OM GBE and the Hon. Nathaniel Rothschild of Great Britain in contravention of federal election laws,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton wrote in a complaint letter dated April 22, 2008. “On behalf of Judicial Watch and its supporters, I hereby request that the FEC investigate the matter.”"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2010804/posts

Note how the Rothschild and other Banker/Illuminati Families fund both sides:
"At the Democratic national convention next week, Lynn Forester, Lady de Rothschild, one of Britain’s most influential political hostesses, will be contemplating treachery. She poured her heart and money into Hillary Clinton’s campaign and she is thinking of voting for John McCain, the Republican candidate, for president. "

"The Rothschilds spent the night of their wedding dinner in the Lincoln bedroom at the White House when Bill Clinton was president, so her loyalty to Hillary is understandable."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article4547425.ece

Rothschild on FAUX (FOX) News:

Rolling Stones VS. Obama

2009-12-20T08:59:00.000-06:00

http://www.rebelnews.org/opinion/money/131596-obamas-big-sellout

To anyone who stumbles upon my site...This site...TNSONSOFLIBERTY.BLOGSPOT.COM has been FROZEN AGAIN!

So this site is again in jeopardy of being deleted! If that happens please go to TNSONSOFLIBERTY.VOX.COM

The above link is written by a Rolling Stones Reporter...Apparently, liberal and far left Democrats are realizing that Saviour Obama isn't the saint he promised he would be...

I am shocked there weren't protests and more Mainstream Media News Coverage of Democrats protesting the Afghanistan War 30,000 Troop Surge by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Barack Hussein Obama...

We've been had America..We've been fooled and lied to..NOW...The question is...What are YOU going to do about it?!?!?!

Obama the Bully

2009-12-18T17:42:00.004-06:00

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/72889-pelosi-rahm-do-not-scare-rep-defazio

“Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother,” Obama told DeFazio during a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus, according to members afterward.

Obama and his gang of Wall Street goons are threatening members of their own party:
“Don’t think we’re not keeping score, brother,” Obama told DeFazio during a closed-door meeting of the House Democratic Caucus, according to members afterward."

Democrat- Representative Peter DeFazio:

"DeFazio was one of only two Democrats to vote against those measures and the $700 billion bank bailout. (The other was Rep. Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) a Blue Dog conservative.)"

"The White House chief of staff last month expressed frustration with DeFazio’s resignation calls for President Barack Obama’s top two economic aides — Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner and White House chief economist Larry Summers — and appealed for cooperation, according to DeFazio"

Deliberate Dumbing Down of America

2009-12-18T17:38:00.001-06:00

"Charlotte Iserbyt served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the first Reagan Administration, where she first blew the whistle on a major technology initiative which would control curriculum in America's classrooms.

http://www.deliberatedumbingdown.com

http://www.americandeception.com

"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." ~Ronald Reagan, 40th president of U.S."

High School Student Assaulted and Suspended for Handing Out Anti-Swine Flu Flyers

2009-12-18T17:28:00.002-06:00

"The flyers consisted of simple medical studies that disprove vaccine safety claims by the cdc. On December 16th Breckenridge High School was holding a free vaccination clinic for all willing students, I signed up on the 14th and intended to enter the science room to hand out educational fliers. When I began handing them out I was physically pushed around by my principal, this didn't stop me from handing out many more fliers to the waiting students, some of which changed their mind and began to leave the line. After being threatened with arrest and removal from school property, I went back to class. When I was dismissed at 1:30 I ran back to the clinic. After being physical blocked by a public health official I slid under her arm and began peacefully offering nurses more information. This is when my science teacher Scott Wermerskirchen Assaulted me by pushing, bumping, grabbing, and aggressively 'bearhugging' me in an attempt to get my video camera. The whole altercation was captured on multiple security cameras and seen by over 20 witnesses. The school is refusing to release any video footage, and has not taken action against this teacher. However, the punishment for handing out fliers was a 2 day out of school suspension which was issued to me. This is ludicrous unjust and downright fascist.

contact the school with your opinions
218-643-2694
(principal bettin)
bettind@breckenridge.k12.mn.us

Superintendent Schmidt
schmidtw@breckenridge.k12.mn.us

every student in this film has given me WRITTEN CONSENT to film and broadcast them, although I did not operate the camera, I therefore avoided breaking any rules. "

Ron Paul: The Free Competition in Currency Act

2009-12-18T10:48:00.003-06:00

http://www.dailypaul.com/node/118556

We are truly living in Revolutionary and Historical Times!

Ron Paul introducing the The Free Competition in Currency Act:

"Madame Speaker, I rise to introduce the Free Competition in Currency Act of 2009. Currency, or money, is what allows civilization to flourish. In the absence of money, barter is the name of the game; if the farmer needs shoes, he must trade his eggs and milk to the cobbler and hope that the cobbler needs eggs and milk. Money makes the transaction process far easier. Rather than having to search for someone with reciprocal wants, the farmer can exchange his milk and eggs for an agreed-upon medium of exchange with which he can then purchase shoes.

This medium of exchange should satisfy certain properties: it should be durable, that is to say, it does not wear out easily; it should be portable, that is, easily carried; it should be divisible into units usable for every-day transactions; it should be recognizable and uniform, so that one unit of money has the same properties as every other unit; it should be scarce, in the economic sense, so that the extant supply does not satisfy the wants of everyone demanding it; it should be stable, so that the value of its purchasing power does not fluctuate wildly; and it should be reproducible, so that enough units of money can be created to satisfy the needs of exchange.

Over millennia of human history, gold and silver have been the two metals that have most often satisfied these conditions, survived the market process, and gained the trust of billions of people. Gold and silver are difficult to counterfeit, a property which ensures they will always be accepted in commerce. It is precisely for this reason that gold and silver are anathema to governments. A supply of gold and silver that is limited in supply by nature cannot be inflated, and thus serves as a check on the growth of government. Without the ability to inflate the currency, governments find themselves constrained in their actions, unable to carry on wars of aggression or to appease their overtaxed citizens with bread and circuses.

At this country's founding, there was no government controlled national currency. While the Constitution established the Congressional power of minting coins, it was not until 1792 that the US Mint was formally established. In the meantime, Americans made do with foreign silver and gold coins. Even after the Mint's operations got underway, foreign coins continued to circulate within the United States, and did so for several decades.

On the desk in my office I have a sign that says: “Don't steal – the government hates competition.” Indeed, any power a government arrogates to itself, it is loathe to give back to the people. Just as we have gone from a constitutionally-instituted national defense consisting of a limited army and navy bolstered by militias and letters of marque and reprisal, we have moved from a system of competing currencies to a government-instituted banking cartel that monopolizes the issuance of currency. In order to reintroduce a system of competing currencies, there are three steps that must be taken to produce a legal climate favorable to competition.

The first step consists of eliminating legal tender laws. Article I Section 10 of the Constitution forbids the States from making anything but gold and silver a legal tender in payment of debts. States are not required to enact legal tender laws, but should they choose to, the only acceptable legal tender is gold and silver, the two precious metals that individuals throughout history and across cultures have used as currency. However, there is nothing in the Constitution that grants the Congress the power to enact legal tender laws. We, the Congress, have the power to coin money, regulate the value thereof, and of foreign coin, but not to declare a legal tender. Yet, there is a section of US Code, 31 USC 5103, that purports to establish US coins and currency, including Federal Reserve notes, as legal tender.

Historically, legal tender laws have been used by governments to force their citizens to accept debased and devalued currency. Gresham's Law describes this phenomenon, which can be summed up in one phrase: bad money drives out good money. An emperor, a king, or a dictator might mint coins with half an ounce of gold and force merchants, under pain of death, to accept them as though they contained one ounce of gold. Each ounce of the king's gold could now be minted into two coins instead of one, so the king now had twice as much “money” to spend on building castles and raising armies. As these legally overvalued coins circulated, the coins containing the full ounce of gold would be pulled out of circulation and hoarded. We saw this same phenomenon happen in the mid-1960s when the US government began to mint subsidiary coinage out of copper and nickel rather than silver. The copper and nickel coins were legally overvalued, the silver coins undervalued in relation, and silver coins vanished from circulation.

These actions also give rise to the most pernicious effects of inflation. Most of the merchants and peasants who received this devalued currency felt the full effects of inflation, the rise in prices and the lowered standard of living, before they received any of the new currency. By the time they received the new currency, prices had long since doubled, and the new currency they received would give them no benefit.

In the absence of legal tender laws, Gresham's Law no longer holds. If people are free to reject debased currency, and instead demand sound money, sound money will gradually return to use in society. Merchants would have been free to reject the king's coin and accept only coins containing full metal weight.

The second step to reestablishing competing currencies is to eliminate laws that prohibit the operation of private mints. One private enterprise which attempted to popularize the use of precious metal coins was Liberty Services, the creators of the Liberty Dollar. Evidently the government felt threatened, as Liberty Dollars had all their precious metal coins seized by the FBI and Secret Service in November of 2007. Of course, not all of these coins were owned by Liberty Services, as many were held in trust as backing for silver and gold certificates which Liberty Services issued. None of this matters, of course, to the government, which hates competition. The responsibility to protect contracts is of no interest to the government.

The sections of US Code which Liberty Services is accused of violating are erroneously considered to be anti-counterfeiting statutes, when in fact their purpose was to shut down private mints that had been operating in California. California was awash in gold in the aftermath of the 1849 gold rush, yet had no US Mint to mint coinage. There was not enough foreign coinage circulating in California either, so private mints stepped into the breech to provide their own coins. As was to become the case in other industries during the Progressive era, the private mints were eventually accused of circulating debased (substandard) coinage, and with the supposed aim of providing government-sanctioned regulation and a government guarantee of purity, the 1864 Coinage Act was passed, which banned private mints from producing their own coins for circulation as currency.

The final step to ensuring competing currencies is to eliminate capital gains and sales taxes on gold and silver coins. Under current federal law, coins are considered collectibles, and are liable for capital gains taxes. Short-term capital gains rates are at income tax levels, up to 35 percent, while long-term capital gains taxes are assessed at the collectibles rate of 28 percent. Furthermore, these taxes actually tax monetary debasement. As the dollar weakens, the nominal dollar value of gold increases. The purchasing power of gold may remain relatively constant, but as the nominal dollar value increases, the federal government considers this an increase in wealth, and taxes accordingly. Thus, the more the dollar is debased, the more capital gains taxes must be paid on holdings of gold and other precious metals.

Just as pernicious are the sales and use taxes which are assessed on gold and silver at the state level in many states. Imagine having to pay sales tax at the bank every time you change a $10 bill for a roll of quarters to do laundry. Inflation is a pernicious tax on the value of money, but even the official numbers, which are massaged downwards, are only on the order of 4% per year. Sales taxes in many states can take away 8% or more on every single transaction in which consumers wish to convert their Federal Reserve Notes into gold or silver.

In conclusion, Madame Speaker, allowing for competing currencies will allow market participants to choose a currency that suits their needs, rather than the needs of the government. The prospect of American citizens turning away from the dollar towards alternate currencies will provide the necessary impetus to the US government to regain control of the dollar and halt its downward spiral. Restoring soundness to the dollar will remove the government's ability and incentive to inflate the currency, and keep us from launching unconstitutional wars that burden our economy to excess. With a sound currency, everyone is better off, not just those who control the monetary system. I urge my colleagues to consider the redevelopment of a system of competing currencies and cosponsor the Free Competition in Currency Act."

"So Congressman Paul is saying, quite logically, that the Federal Reserve needs to be attacked in its very ability to create these destructive inflationary bubbles. The Free Competition in Currency Act would attempt to do this by introducing gold and silver as a legal currency along with Federal Reserve Notes."
-A quote from an article which agrees with his purpose for the bill but feels there is not enough physical silver and gold to coin new money...http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=16572

What are we doing to our Children?

2009-12-18T10:44:00.001-06:00

"The Medicated Child"

See the entire film at:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/?utm_campaign=homepage&utm_medium=proglist&utm_source=proglist

"In recent years, there's been a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and prescribed medications that are just beginning to be tested in children. The drugs can cause serious side effects, and virtually nothing is known about their long-term impact. "It's really to some extent an experiment, trying medications in these children of this age," child psychiatrist Dr. Patrick Bacon"

Survival Suggestions

2009-12-18T10:24:00.002-06:00

http://thehiddenforcewithin.wordpress.com

http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2009/12/chuck-baldwin-a-suggested-survival-list/

Guns and Liberty

2009-12-18T09:30:00.003-06:00

Without guns in the hands of the average citizen, there never would have been an America. A republic such as ours could not have been imagined and strived for without rifles and munition in the hands of ordinary and liberty leaning citizens...

"The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretence, raised in the United States." -Noah Webster

"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect every one who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are ruined...The great object is that every man be armed." -Patrick Henry

"The right of the citizens to keep and bear arms has justly been considered as the palladium of the liberties of a republic; since it offers a strong moral check against usurpation and arbitrary power of rulers; and will generally, even if these are successful in the first instance, enable the people to resist and triumph over them." -U.S. Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story from the 1833 Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States

The following quotes are from the New American Magazine, Fall/Winter 1994, Article entitled 'Insurance For Liberty' by Robert W. Lee:

"In one country after another during this century, totalitarian and authoritarian regimes have used gun registration records to confiscate firearms from those who might otherwise threaten their rule."

"Julio Rabel, who with his family escaped from Cuba in 1961, told the Post that under Batista the "owner of any gun, had to register it with the police, contained not only the make, number and description of the gun, but also the owner's picture and fingerprints. Thus it was a simple matter for Castro's men to collect every gun in the country."

Regarding Hitler's stranglehold on German freedoms:
"On November 11,1938, further regulations regarding the possession of weapons by Jews were issued, which asserted that Jews "are prohibited from acquiring, possessing, and carrying firearms and ammunition, as well as truncheons or stabbing weapons."

"Hitler's program of domestic disarmament served him well. Simkin and Zelman note that the "only armed effort to overturn the Nazis- an attempt to kill Hitler on 20 July 1944- was launched by disenchanted Nazi insiders, not by ordinary people."

"During the Warsaw Uprising of August-October 1944, resisters in the Polish Underground held an entire Nazi division at bay while armed with only ten or so handguns (the Nazis apparently did not realize how few guns were involved). As many as a thousand persons were able to escape with their lives before the rebellion was quelled."

Michael Hayden (former head of the NSA) hasn't read the Constitution

2009-12-18T06:46:00.002-06:00

Michael Hayden: "probable cause" is not in the 4th Amendment

In this disturbing exchange we see former head of the NSA, General Michael Hayden, argue with reporter Jonathan Landay that the words "probable cause" are not found in the Fourth Amendment.

Amendment IV of the Constitution:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particulary describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

OKC Bombing

2009-12-18T06:28:00.003-06:00

An alternative investigation into the Oklahoma City Tragedy...

The Forerunner to 9/11: The Oklahoma City Bombing

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

People's Awareness Coalition

2009-12-18T06:14:00.003-06:00

Kurt Kallenbach:
http://www.notmygovernment.us/iamthepeople/

http://www.pacinlaw.org/introduction.php

http://www.pacinlaw.org/system/win_out.php?http://www.notmygovernment.us

The above links pertain to Constitutional Education and Political Awareness...Seems like a good group to be associated with..

The Living Matrix Movie

2009-12-18T06:00:00.002-06:00

Full Movie here:
http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/educational_and_howto/watch/v18933562fZPyzDt9

Preview:

New movie similiar to 'What the Bleep Do We Know' about Alternative Medicine. Subjects covered include: Magnetism, Far Infra Red, Negative ions, QiGong, NLP, Faith Healing, Reiki, Accupunture, Tai Chi, Placebo cures.