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County Convention 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 08:42:00 +0000

It's 3:25AM and I'm going to my county convention in 5 hours. I'm not tired; instead I'm getting a few strategic Ron Paul items from the closet.

Here is some good linkage I just found on a business card from 2008:
http://www.TrueWorldHistory.info
http://www.truthattack.org/
http://freedomtofascism.com/
http://saveourguns.com/
http://www.loosechange911.com/
http://www.restoretherepublic.com/

America is in a big mess and continues to get worse! Are you unclear as to how it got this way or exactly what is at the root of almost all the problems? If so, it's mainly because you have been perpetually misled by a very corrupt educational system and a very corrupt mainstream media (TV, radio, magazines and newspapers). They are both filled with lies, distortions, biases, omissions and propaganda. Sadly, the people controlling these things don't care about you at all. It's not your fault that you've been highly misinformed, but now that you know, you need to take action by educating yourself on the issues. You should also try to get others to do the same.

I will report when I return from the convention. I may very well become a delegate for Ron Paul.

Captain Ray Lewis #occupy wall street #ows

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:13:00 +0000

NY Observer: Captain Ray Lewis in Cuffs Credit: crosscrowdedrooms

Rick Perry Has No Moral Values - Gay Adulterer Rick Perry is Lower than Scum

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 04:03:00 +0000

Rick Perry and his San Francisco Values

Strippers, hookers, gay sex with closeted homosexual men, gay prostitutes,, cocaine, adultery, a lifetime of sodomy, fornication, arrogance, entitlement, recklessness, and whopping doses of Hypocrisy& Lying

** We don’t need “arrogant and reckless” in the White House **

Robert Morrow Austin, TX 512-306-1510

There are two things you need to know about Rick Perry: 1) he has been a homosexual for his entire life as well as a rampaging bisexual adulterer living a dirty double life every bit as much in the gutter as Bill Clinton for his entire “marriage” of 30 years to poor Anita 2) he wears his religion on his sleeves and has for many years used his Christian witness, Bible talk and anti-gay policies for political gain. Rick Perry has had sex with many strippers, female hookers, closeted gay men and gay escorts. Rick Perry also a longtime user of cocaine. Many of Perry’s sex partners have been as young as 18 or 19 years of age.

Here is Rick talking about Anita: “If they put pictures in the Bible the way they do in the dictionary, Anita’s picture would be near Proverbs 31.” Also, “She is the love of my life and has probably taught me more about God’s love through her personal example than anything else.”

The Perry reality is something different. Rick and Anita have a Bill and Hillary Clinton political “marriage.” Ann Fraley, my Facebook friend from Texas, posted: "We were on vacation a few years ago in Colorado and a lady we met on the gondola that takes you to the top of the mountain said she was a cousin of Anita Perry's and the whole family was just disgusted at the mean way he treats her. She didn't mention adultery but just hatefulness in his manner toward her."

Rick Perry for years has been driven up to strip clubs in a limousine (or an SUV). Because he is so high profile, Perry rarely goes in. Instead Perry stays in the limo, either half coked up or half drunk, and regularly sends his entourage in to bribe some strippers into coming with the Perry entourage. I have a source who has been in the San Antonio strip clubs for 10 years and he says that is exactly what Perry and his enabling entourage used to do. My source says, “He [Perry] used to take the dogs, the girls who were pretty well traveled, if you know what I mean.” I was given the name of an 18 year old stripper who Rick Perry had sex with. She told her friends that he sweated a lot. One of the side effects of cocaine use is profuse sweating.

I gave her name to a reporter and to an opposition researcher on Perry. They are currently looking for her.

Perry reminds me a lot of Ken Haggard, who rose to the leadership position of the national evangelicals while at the same time living a double life of highly promiscuous gay sex and crystal meth usage. Other folks Perry reminds of are Jimmy Swaggart, Jim Bakker, Gary Hart, Elliot Spitzer, Larry Craig, Bill Clinton, John Edwards. Political leader and outwardly religious on the outside while rampantly bisexual adulterous drug user on the inside.

People ask, if there is that MUCH dirt on Perry, why in the world would he even think of going under the microscope of a presidential campaign? Answer: Perry is arrogant, entitled and reckless. Like some other politician/evangelists, Perry feels that he is bulletproof and above the law. He has been deceiving people so long and is so expert in living his double life that he, like Bill Clinton, feels he can lie his way through any situation. Bill Clinton used to tell his state troopers that unless they find me with a live goat, I will just lie about it. Ditto Rick Perry.

Nobody knew about Tiger Woods’ rampant adultery until it blew sky high a few years ago. Tiger Woods with his wholesome image was/is is one of the most high profile people in the world. Same thing: Michael Jordan for years- now divorced. Most folks don’t know that the real reason Republican Sen. Trent Lott resigned in 2007 was because of his affair with a gay escort Benjamin Nicholas of San Antonio was being exposed. Trent Lott has probably been living a double life as a homosexual for his entire political career and marriage.

In 2004 Rick Perry came dangerously close to personal and political annihilation when his likely affair with gay Secretary of State Geoffrey Conner was exposed. The story in Austin was that Anita walked in on Rick Perry and Geoffrey Conner having sex and she responded in an understandably explosive way. Anita moved out of the Governor’s mansion and into the Driskill Hotel. Supposedly she retained Becky Beaver, the top divorce attorney in Austin. Rumors about Rick Perry & Geoffrey Conner gay affair were at a crescendo around Austin; as were rumors of an impending Perry divorce. Homosexual activists in Austin even gathered around the governor’s mansion and had a “coming out of the closet” rally on behalf of Rick Perry.

Then something funny happened. 2004 was an election year and the national Republicans swooped down to put a lid on the scandal. Ray Hill told me that his contacts in the Driskill Hotel said that President George W. Bush, Laura Bush and Anita Perry had a private dinner by themselves, over in the corner of the Driskill dining room. Very probably the Bushes told Anita to not get a divorce which would also bring on a political scandal with it, especially during an election year.

I think that from that point on Rick and Anita have had a Bill and Hillary Clinton type of phony “marriage.” I was one of the folks fooled by the cover up. If you had asked me in 2004 if I though Rick Perry had sex with me, I would have said no way! Based on what I know in the year 2011, I think Rick Perry has been a promiscuous homosexual for his entire adult life – really a rampant bisexual. Perry uses his outward religion and Christianity like a lizard changes his skin to camouflage his adulterous lifestyle.

I initially found out about Perry’s double life in 2009 when an attractive female stripper told me about her direct dealings with Rick Perry. This lady said that she was dancing on the center stage one night when a member of Perry’s entourage came up to her and said here is $500 – that is just for starters and just for coming with us. $500 is about what a dancer in Austin would make all night with table dances and tips – so she said yes and got dressed in her regular clothes.

Perry’s entourage took her out side to the parking lot of the strip club and guess who was waiting for her in the back of a limousine: Rick Perry! The stripper got in the limo and soon was playing around with Perry – I think she was trying to give him a Monica Lewinsky (oral sex). Here are her direct words to me “I think he [Perry] was too coked up” to get it up, to perform sexually. When it came time to leave, Perry gave her and outrageous sum so money, so much that I assume Perry is taking bribes and illegal gifts to fund his extracurricular activities. The amount that Perry gave this stripper for a little special time was $5,000. I think he was giving her such a large amount of money to make sure she would be quiet; instead he made a story out of it.

Later in 2009, I had another young lady tell me about her direct dealings with an inner circle member of Perry’s entourage. She said that this man was bragging to her about what Rick Perry does on the road when he travels. He said that Perry gets the “young hotties” and they take them back to Perry’s hotel where they are literally having orgies and group sex. For example, Perry might be having sex with one young woman about the age of his 24 year old daughter Sydney while his entourage member might be having sex with another woman on another bed. Perry and his entourage are either calling escort services or picking up “young hotties” impressed by an arrogant, entitled governor of Texas.

The second lady who told me about the “young hotties” is very credible. She is educated and she knows her way around the world politically in Austin. She runs with the elite of Austin and after she told me her story there was no doubt in mind that Rick Perry has been rampantly adulterous with strippers and escorts.

In August, 2011, I was told by yet another young woman in Austin who is friends with one of Austin’s longtime and popular escorts that Rick Perry had a tryst with her friend in one of the nicer hotels in Austin. In June, 2011, a local Austin reporter was telling me that they had heard about Rick Perry and the strippers in 2006, but they never could nail it down. Well, consider it confirmed.

Recently I spoke with a man who has spent 10 years working in the strip club industry in San Antonio. My source also confirmed that Rick Perry does the same thing in San Antonio that he does in Austin. Perry’s entourage used to drive up to strip clubs in San Antonio; Perry, because he is high profile, does not actually go into the clubs, instead he sends his entourage inside to procure the strippers. My source said “He [Perry] used to take the dogs, the girls who were pretty well traveled, if you know what I mean.” That would be older strippers, running late on the rent money, who will hope in a limo or SUV with any member of Rick Perry’s entourage who waves money in front of their noses.

I was also given the name of an 18 year old stripper who Rick Perry had sex with years ago when he was governor. She told her girlfriends that he sweated a lot.

I have yet another source here in Austin who used to be the manager of one of the nicer hotels. He said that on 2 separate occasions in 2006 that he personally escorted 18 or 19 year old women to Rick Perry’s room. The escorts were being sent to the front desk of the hotel and his job was to make sure they got directly to Perry’s room. Obviously, there was no Anita Perry around when these shenanigans were occurring.

After hearing all these credible stories about Rick Perry’s rampant promiscuity, I began to think about Rick’s and Anita Perry’s outspoken and vocal support for a mandatory HPV vaccination shot for every 11 year old girl in the state of Texas. There might be a personal reason for that in addition to the fact that Mike Toomey, the former chief of staff for Rick Perry, is a lobbyist for Merck and was being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for the HPV vaccine scam. Merck is the maker of Gardisil. Having said that, I do not think that Anita has allowed Rick the opportunity to give her an HPV infection in a very long time. She knows about Rick’s rampant bisexual adultery. The man is probably a walking Petri dish of HPV virus.

Side note: it is no secret in Austin that for years Rick and Anita Perry have been having marital problems (no wonder); but enabling Anita is wearing her “Hillary Clinton” boots as she supports his presidential run. Anita sure did not support Perry’s 2010 governor’s race, as she rarely went to campaign events and when she did she never smiled, had a robotic look on her face and obviously did not want to be there. At the moments of Rick’s greatest triumphs, Anita would be on stage with a blank look on her face, looking like a lost, unhappy child amidst all the cheering for Adulterer Rick.

Anita’s behavior was so obvious that a local columnist John Kelso wrote an article about her never smiling on the campaign trail: “Somebody needs to goose Anita Perry to get a smile out of her.”http://www.statesman.com/news/local/somebody-needs-to-goose-anita-perry-to-get-1203160.html

Perry’s fraudulent behavior, his use of his Christian buzzwords and Bible talk, while living a reckless life of flagrant adultery is enough to completely disqualify the man for office. Key point: Slick Rick is arrogant and entitled.

Here is a excellent example of that fraud Slick Rick in action. Perry has been running for president for 5 years now, carefully attempting to position and market himself. He has written 2 books – one hypocritically title On My Honor: Why the American Values of the Boy Scouts are Worth Fighting For (2008 and targeted at social conservatives) and Fed Up!: Our Fight to Save America from Washington (2010 and targeted at fiscal conservatives). Remember, moral relativist Perry wrote that book about “American values” and the Boy Scouts all the while he was playing with strippers and “young hotties” the age of his daughter as per my sources.

Anita Perry clearly did NOT want Perry to run governor in 2010; in 2012 Perry is telling folks that the reason he is running is because his poor wife is telling him to! Perry is doing that because I have embarrassed him so much by telling folks what he is really like. Here is Perry pulling the wool over conservative columnist Cal Thomas’ eyes:

“Some wives don't want their husbands to run for president. Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry doesn't have that problem. In an interview following an address to the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, he told me, "My wife is a nurse and the daughter of a country doctor. She sees Obamacare with the potential to devastate this country. ... She basically said, 'Listen, I know you love your job and you're comfortable there. But your country is in trouble and you need to get off the sideline and get in this game, serve your country and do your duty.' When someone you've known and been married to for 42-plus years (says that), it had a real impact on me. I had to go back and re-evaluate my consistent message that I don't want to be president of the United States."”

My response to that is: a) Did Anita tell you to go play with all those strippers, prostitutes and “young hotties?” b) It was obvious from her face and attitude that Anita was NOT on board for the 2010 governor’s race, but you ignored her and ran anyhow and c) You have already been running for president for 5 years so cut out the perpetual play acting.

Here is one of the anonymous comments posted on John Kelso’s column about Anita Perry rarely smiling in public or at campaign events:

“Kelso just said the obvious. It has been common knowledge for over five years that they are not 'living together', in the Biblical sense. Anita vented at the hair salon about Rick's behavior and his kids told everyone in the halls at Austin High School. Then the chair of RNC shows up to pour oil on the water -- take Rick and Anita 'to the Caribbean' and explain to Anita why she should play nice and not hire Becky Beaver. They now have a huge house so she has her own wing. She just shows up for official events as arm candy. She is probably unhappy about the talk of his running for President -- how long does she have to continue this charade?” (Anonymous post Austin American Statesman 1/22/11)

Rick Perry has had sex with many men

For years I did not believe that Rick Perry had sex with men, even though the *gay rumors* surrounding Rick Perry in Austin, TX, have been voluminous, intense and will not go away. I certainly did not believe Perry was gay when I found out about his playing around with strippers and some female escorts that I knew in Austin. I figured that Rick was like me: that is he liked women … except that I have not been married for 30 years, I don’t go around autographing Bibles in South Carolina and I don’t curry favor with extremist, religious authoritarian preachers for political gain – all things Rick Perry does.

I am now convinced that Rick Perry has sex with men and has had sexual relationships with men for many decades. Perry is a longtime, rampaging bisexual adulterer who has attempted to wrap himself in the Bible to cover for his dirty double life in the gutter.

On 9/8/11 I spoke with a longtime newspaperman who has been following the gay angle on Rick Perry for 10 years. He told me that he has a source who went to high school with Perry at Paint Creek and even back then Rick Perry was a homosexual. Then it was off to Texas A&M where Perry was a cheerleader or yell leader. No primary source on Rick Perry’s homosexuality has even gone publicly on the record, but I think that the secondary sources of his homosexuality are overwhelming. I am also 100% sure that Perry has been rampantly adulterous for a very long time with strippers and female escorts.

I know at least 2 gay men who are trying to talk other gay men into coming public with their gay sex affairs with Rick Perry. One of these men is a corporate executive in Austin and the other one is a traveling gay escort.

Here is a post on FIT News by MuscleJockTx on 8/15/11 on the article “Is Rick Perry Gay?:” I think it reflects well the disgust that almost all gays in Austin and Texas have about Rick Perry. They have inside information on Perry’s homosexuality and they are appalled at the man’s rank hypocrisy. I have been in contact with “MuscleJockTx” and he and his friend are encouraging the man who had sex with Perry to come forward:

“I’m a Native Texan, and have lived in Austin 3 times, having traveled a good bit and always finding myself back in our beautiful city–it draws me back like a magnet. This time around, I’ve been here since 1999.

I’m also a gay man, and am out to my family, friends and clients. I personally know a gay man who had a fling with Perry, shortly before he was Governor. He currently lives here in Austin, and holds a high level management position with a multi-national corporation. Personally, I couldn’t care less who Perry drops his undies with. But what I do take personal offense about is how he’s allied himself with extremist gay hatemongers, the so-called Religious Right–whom I call Evangelical Dumbf___s. Perry’s festival of hatred and exclusion in Reliant Stadium last weekend, hosted by the ED’s, was truly the last straw. Bad enough that these people have such wacked out, batshit crazy ideas and ideologies. But it’s truly unforgivable that they have targeted gay people with such a virulent hatred–and Mr. P is cheerily complicit in this, might as well have his pom-poms out and do a little cheering on the sidelines. It’s all good, so long as they’re lining his pockets with cash, and guaranteeing him a huge voting block of Jeebus zombies.

It is NOT okay to incite gay bashing, hate crimes and contribute to gay teen suicides, and I do hold Mr. P partially responsible for all these things. And really, how repugnant is this, that a person would stoop to such a low level just to gain more power. Perry is such a classicly closeted gay bashing RepugnantCon on the DL (psychologists call it Reaction Formation, when one attacks a person or ideology outside of oneself because they find it unpalatable that the same stuff is inside of them). Larry King asked Bill Maher on one of his last shows, “So why would a supposedly gay and closeted Republican express so much hatred towards other gays?” Maher replied with a smirk, “Because, Larry, don’t you know that the greatest love of all is self hatred?” See anything here that rings a bell, Ricky P?

Anybody who thinks this twisted, morally bankrupt, corporate owned hooker would make a good prezzy needs to have their head examined. And frankly, years of research have led me to believe that the whole Bilderberger thing is for real–and God help all of us if these global elitists manage to inject this sick bastard into the White House. He’ll make us think Shrub and Chumley were Boy Scouts.”

Another post by J. Wilson at FIT News on 8/13/11 had this to say about Perry – and by the way, this type of anecdote on Perry is extremely common in Austin, TX. Basically, Perry was trying to use the sympathy ploy to seduce another man. J. Wilson said:

“Of course Prick Perry is gay. He approached one of my friends in the hall of the capital a year or so ago. Put his arns around him and told him that he was sorry that my friend and his wife had separated and told him to come over to the mansion and he would make things all better for him. My friend had to be restrained from knocking the living hell out of him. Perry is scum and many of his family members will tell you the same thing. If this dude were to ever become president, I am moving to Canada – cold or no cold. He is white trash. There also needs to be an investigation about his involvement with Turner who was once President of Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene. He is seen in more of Perry’s pictures than his alleged wife.”

Jose Soto is another source on Rick Perry’s homosexuality. Watch the You Tube video “Rick Perry is Definitely Gay” – go to the 9 minute mark and hear Jose Soto describe a gay escort who says he had sex with Rick Perry. Apparently Rick Perry likes young latino men. Uploaded on YouTube by JoseSotoShow.

Jose Soto on Rick Perry 6/30/11:

“And I’ve been told that Rick Perry is just like Larry Craig. He is very gay, very greedy. And he LOVES young latino men. That’s what I know. That is what I have been told. And I believe these people. And I believe them. Because they are very credible. And I have my own source in one of the big gay media outlets. I’m not gonna say which one.

Because he tells me what is happening behind the curtains of the gay mafia. And he tells me, you know, what’s happening. He is a little older than me. And he tells me.

Oh, yes, Rick Perry, Rick Perry is one big flamer. He is HUGELY gay. And I was of the confidence, that is what I believe. And I know that some of you may have your own opinions and your own assumptions. But because of the evidence that I have seen, the people that I talk to, the people that I know in the gay media who know these prostitutes- these gay prostitutes and gay porn stars that fly into the Bohemian Grove every year in June. They told me yes [Rick Perry is gay.] And I believe them because they are credible.” Jose Soto 6/30/11

And it is what I believe it is the people that I talk to in the gay media. They told me yes. And I believe them because they are credible.

Rick Perry is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oiVcL7tNAs

A Woman in Texas Republican party politics speaks about

Rick Perry:

“I know of a lady from Manchaca who goes to his church. She is gorgeous, successful and single. He came on to her very strongly a few years ago and made her feel uncomfortable.

At a wine bar in College Station, my very gay waiter sat down and dished all sorts of insider information about the proclivities of both Anita and Rick (separately) and how they never drink or dine there together, but always to meet someone else. [The waiter was basically telling her in a matter of fact way that Perry was also gay, a constant rumor here in Texas.]

Someone you and I both know in Republican politics had his ass grabbed in public by Perry during a photo opp. He is a relatively recent college grad and not at all bi, that I know of. He felt groped and humiliated.

Now you understand why Perry is not so keen to sign an anti-groping bill. He doesn't want his victims to come forward! :)

I met Perry 3 weeks after I moved to Texas, not knowing anything about him. I did manage to make him laugh when I answered his questions, but felt decisively dirty after the introduction--like he was trying to sell me a used car.

My gut said, "Fake! So fake!" I can't believe other people don't see it.”

Rick Perry in the year 1999

My friend Ed, who is now an executive with a prominent local corporation, worked for the Texas Republican party in 1999 when Rick Perry was Lt. Governor. Ed tells me even then many of his Democratic friends would openly tell him that Rick Perry was gay. His Republican friends would tell him that Rick Perry’s entourage would go to strip clubs first, find the women and the VIP room, and then only later once privacy had been assured, bring Rick in or deliver the strippers to Rick. And that is pretty much how Rick Perry behaved for 10 years of governor.

A friend’s friend’s son used to be the cook at the strip club the Landing Strip and he was introduced to Rick Perry on the premises by the manager of the club. The Landing Strip is one of the lower end topless bars in town and Rick Perry’s presence their as governor speaks volumes: 1) That Perry would risk expose by entering the club 2) by trolling on the lower end of trip clubs. When I think of the Landing Strip, I think of the land of Chlamydia, not high end exotic dancers.

Here is an interesting comment at Dallasblog.com by a TMM:

written by TMM , August 30, 2011

i would call myself an independent.....i do not like hypocrisy, like most people....these stories about Perry are the real deal. He flirted with me and touched my navel in 1999 when I was in college..and he winked. very creepy. true story.....

From PatriotOne: “What people don’t understand about Perry is this. Perry is an evangelical if that wins an election. He would be a Democrat, Republican, socialist or sock puppet if that would win. With Perry it is all about power and sucking up to his corporate cronies. It is all about money and power with Perry. He is a man without politics or principle. It is all about power and money. There is no other guiding light. Tenth Amendment, Ten Commandments, it makes no difference.

Ron Paul Still Exploding!

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 21:09:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0nUDUYl8sA

Last Statement Sent to Sentinel by Self-Immolation Victim Concerning Domestic Violence Arrests

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:35:00 +0000

Heavy read. Well worth it. This man did his homework.

http://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/last-statement-sent-to-sentinel-from-self-immolation-victim/article_cd181c8e-983b-11e0-a559-001cc4c03286.html

We're in for the worst depression the US has ever seen

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:42:00 +0000

Have you seen the news? Have you been watching the times? The price of gold is rising, while stocks are falling. The price of food is rising, and the FED is preparing to bailout the economy again with a sum of printed money that exceeds all the previous bailouts combined.

Libertarians and Tea-Partyers are voting to cut government programs like Medicare, and foodstamps. Municipalities are running out of money and schools, police stations, and firehouses are being shut down.

The US is losing its safety net, slowly but surely. Many lives will be changed and organizations will have to adapt to the changing flow of money.

I'm ready. I WANT my freedom! If you take away my college financial aid, my stock investments, my subsidized toxic food, my environment-destroying gasoline, my high-interest rates on credit, my social security, and my taxes (God willing), I WILL THRIVE! I care not about financial security. I have an over-abundance of talents, motivation, people skills, and the love from God. No matter what happens, brothers and sisters, we will come together and build a new economy. We will apply the Christ principles of generosity, forgiveness, discipline, self-love, community, and perseverance to focus on caring for the sick, growing healthy sustainable foods, providing pure drinking water to the public, and setting our own value for our work and belongings.

I may not have the best explanation of my understanding of what Christ-centered capitalism would be like, but it's what I daydream about. We are free to dream.

College Conspiracy

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 13:55:00 +0000

The One Percent

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 21 May 2011 03:57:00 +0000

I just watched this documentary last night. Apparently it's been out for a while, but the part discussing the Estate Tax really stuck on me.

On one side, I don't think anyone should have to pay a death tax, but in 2013, the Estate Tax will only apply to 3 or 4000 estates... the EXTREMELY wealthy.

So here I am, thinking I might have to pay a death tax someday, when really it's only applicable to the richest of the rich.

I may still be a libertarian at heart, but I feel like I've been duped in the past that repealing the death tax is a number one priority.

Of course, in order to live in a free nation, all taxes must be abolished. If the rich get their taxes repealed, then I want MY taxes repealed. Fair is fair, and free is free.

Quotes for a new era

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:05:00 +0000

“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy." ~Jessica Dovey

"Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” ~MLK Jr.

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Osama bin Laden Dead, Obama's Birth Certificate, and Ron Paul's 2012 Campaign

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 02 May 2011 14:40:00 +0000

Last night, news of bin Laden's death was all over the net. Reports of fireworks, chanting, and rallies throughout America. His body was buried at sea after a DNA test.

Not only that, just recently, Donald Trump has been pressing for Obama's birth certificate, and it was finally released.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/27/president-obamas-long-form-birth-certificate

And not too long ago, Ron Paul announced he is exploring a 2012 presidential run. We'll know before June if he is serious.

I've noticed that no one I know is angry about taxes, inflation, and unemployment any more. Nobody cares this time. Even for me, I got my spiritual house in order in 2009 and gave my life to Jesus since he's the only way to salvation anyway. If it is pointless to love things of this world, then where is the energy needed to stamp out the NWO? If that's the job of the second coming of Christ, then we are powerless, and only our faith in God will save the gentiles and destroy Satan.

So, may we find peace in our hearts? and God bless America?

- confused

intellect, heart, and technique

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:21:00 +0000

"For me, the intellect is always the guide but not the goal of the performance. Three things have to be coordinated and not one must stick out. Not too much intellect because it can become scholastic. Not too much heart because it can become schmaltz. Not too much technique because you become a mechanic. Always there should be a little mistake here and there - I am for it. The people who don’t do mistakes are cold like ice. It takes risk to make a mistake. If you don’t take risk, you are boring. These youngsters who win a competition are like the assembly line. Every trill is so perfect but everyone is the same and in 10 minutes you will be bored and go home."

Vladimir Horowitz

Creator of Ron Paul Liberty Dollar, Bernard von NotHaus, convicted in Federal Court

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 20:36:00 +0000

Citizen Times - Liberty Dollar Creator Convicted

Bernard von NotHaus was convicted Friday at the conclusion of an eight-day trial in U.S. District Court in Statesville. The jury deliberated less than two hours, according to the Department of Justice.

Charges remain pending against William Kevin Innes, an Asheville man who authorities said recruited merchants in Western North Carolina willing to accept the “barter” currency, according to court records. Innes was indicted along with von NotHaus in 2009.

It's outrageous that this man gets sentenced to prison while Ben Bernake and all the Federal Reserve cronies are still walking the streets free.

Gold and silver are, in my eyes, more legitimate than our current inflated Federal Reserve paper notes. I remember the raid back in 2007 where the FBI came in and stole all their coins and computers one morning. That was back when they had just begun to mint Ron Paul Liberty Dollars. You could by a thousand-dollar Gold Ron Paul coin. The day after the raid, the price of Ron Paul dollars sky-rocketed on eBay. But you ran the risk of your dollars being confiscated.

“Attempts to undermine the legitimate currency of this country are simply a unique form of domestic terrorism,” U.S. Attorney Anne Tompkins said. “While these forms of anti-government activities do not involve violence, they are every bit as insidious and represent a clear and present danger to the economic stability of this country.”

The case was investigated by the FBI, Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office and U.S. Secret Service with help from the U.S. Mint.

Well, this is sad news. Go to http://www.libertydollar.org/ and there is big text that says "Site Removed Due to Court Order".

Here is a 2007 article on the raid as well as the reaction...
http://www.nysun.com/national/us-raids-issuer-of-ron-paul-coins/66542/
http://www.nysun.com/national/libertarians-react-to-the-raid/66631/

Mr. von NotHaus said he suspects the raid is in response to "the competition" his currency poses to the U.S. Mint. His Liberty Dollars, whose value is the price of the coin's metal, have proven a better investment in recent years than government issued notes, whose value has plummeted in relation to the price of gold.

"This is an example of Bernanke trying to protect his own nest because he knows it's got holes in it," Mr. von NotHaus said, referring to Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve. "He can't have something like the Liberty Dollar running around competing with his currency. It points out the fallacy of the fiat monetary system. They had to do something. Their currency is losing and we're going to the moon."

In addition to silver and copper coins, agents seized more than 3 pounds of gold and several ounces of platinum, Mr. von NotHaus said. All that coinage, as well as bearer certificates held at the Evansville office, belonged to purchasers of the currency. In an e-mail message, Mr. von NotHaus urged the owners of the seized currency and seized bearer certificates to file suit against the government. Mr. von NotHaus has already sued government officials for issuing the "consumer alert" against his currency last year.

The impact, if any, on Mr. Paul's presidential campaign is difficult to predict. On the one hand, he could be criticized for permitting, if he did permit, his face to be used on a coin whose circulation the U.S. Mint contends is illegal. On the other, the raid could throw into even sharper relief the argument he has been making for sound currency. Videos of Mr. Paul cross-examining Mr. Bernanke in recent congressional hearings have been widely viewed on the Internet.

I remember buying some chocolate ron paul foil coins back in the day during my Ron Paul R[evol]ution adventures back in 07 and 08. :)

THE AMERICAN DREAM

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:41:00 +0000

END THE FED

Chemotherapy = Assisted Suicide

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 14:35:00 +0000

David Icke quickly talks about Salvestrol, which turns cancer against itself.

Cancer is actually a fungus and can be rid with an alkaline system.

Foods that are sprayed with fungicides never have a chance to produce Salvestrol. Organic foods are rich in Salvestrol.

We are who you've been waiting for

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 18:58:00 +0000

Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 13:45:00 +0000

Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?

"Judging by every metric, decriminalization in Portugal has been a resounding success," says Glenn Greenwald, an attorney, author and fluent Portuguese speaker, who conducted the research. "It has enabled the Portuguese government to manage and control the drug problem far better than virtually every other Western country does."

Organics Rising

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 04:35:00 +0000

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. ~Buddha

I have recently discovered an organic paradise in my own backyard. A group of brave women have collaborated to open a truly noble establishment. It's a landmark achievement for the health freedoms movement. I'm talking about Organic Emporium, LLC and Raw Waves, an oasis of nutrition in their own rights. The focus of Organic Emporium is to benefit human health, and the side effects are environmental sustainability and community prosperity. I no longer have to spend my money at a big chain store for my special organic and gluten-free needs, and so my money continues to circulate locally. The selection of foods have opened my eyes. Organic Emporium refuses to stock anything in aluminum cans because all canned goods have been made toxic by being cooked in the can. The women in this store are well endowed with knowledge of nutrition and they are so very eager to listen and teach. Raw Waves is the organic, ice-free smoothie bar where intoxicating blends are served to rejuvenate the mind, body, and soul! It brings a tear to my eye that somebody understood the need for nutrition and acted on it. I come to this place as a customer and a humble servant. They have made their visions known, and I wish to see their enterprises grow and grow and grow.

My heart goes out to these women and the hard work they do. This is only the beginning, and I am so amazed that I can take part in the victory for food. We have every reason to be optimistic about our generation and the evolution of soil, water, food, energy, and humans and animals alike.

God Bless Organic Emporium and Raw Waves.

Aquaius - The Age of Evil

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:32:00 +0000

If you have ever seen Zeitgeist or Zeitgeist Addendum, it is vital that you also watch Keith Thompson's documentary that explores and debunks the misinformation that is spreading. It's history unraveling. Great interviews. Good work.

Very long. Beware falling asleep. :b But overall, necessary alternative vantage point in the anti-new-world-order realm.

Large Oil Spill

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:12:00 +0000

http://paulrademacher.com/oilspill/

5 Positive Science Fiction Novels To Enjoy While Waiting for the Singularity | h+ Magazine

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:11:00 +0000

5 Positive Science Fiction Novels To Enjoy While Waiting for the Singularity | h+ Magazine

100 Great Anti-War Quotes

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 12:57:00 +0000

http://breakthematrix.com/war/100-great-anti-war-quotes/
http://breakthematrix.com/?p=209

1. “As far as I am concerned, war itself is immoral.” -U.S. WWII General Omar Bradley

2. “The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home.” -James Madison

3. “If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy.” -James Madison

4. “No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare. ” -James Madison

5. “Of all the enemies of public liberty, war is perhaps the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other.” -James Madison

6. “The executive has no right, in any case, to decide the question, whether there is or is not cause for declaring war.” -James Madison

7. “It is a universal truth that the loss of liberty at home is to be charged to the provisions against danger, real or pretended, from abroad.” -James Madison

8. “Having seen the people of all other nations bowed down to the earth under the wars and prodigalities of their rulers, I have cherished their opposites, peace, economy, and riddance of public debt, believing that these were the high road to public as well as private prosperity and happiness.” -Thomas Jefferson

9. “The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.” -Thomas Jefferson

10. “The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force.” -Thomas Jefferson

11. “Governments constantly choose between telling lies and fighting wars, with the end result always being the same. One will always lead to the other.” -Thomas Jefferson

12. “I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind.” -Thomas Jefferson

13. “Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy, and I wish we may be permitted to pursue it.” -Thomas Jefferson

14. “If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.” -Thomas Jefferson

15. “Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.” -Thomas Jefferson

16. “War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.” -Thomas Jefferson

17. “A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.” -Thomas Jefferson

18. “Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.” -Thomas Jefferson

19. “War…is as much a punishment to the punisher as to the sufferer.” -Thomas Jefferson

20. “I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.” -Thomas Jefferson

21. “Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.” -George Washington

22. “The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.” -George Washington

23. “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.” -George Washington

24. “It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” -George Washington

25. “Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force…Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.” -George Washington

26. “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.” -George Washington

27. “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.” -George Washington

28. “Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.” -Benjamin Franklin

29. “A highwayman is as much a robber when he plunders in a gang as when single; and a nation that makes an unjust war is only a great gang.” -Benjamin Franklin

30. “I hope….that mankind will at length, as they call themselves responsible creatures, have the reason and sense enough to settle their differences without cutting throats…” -Benjamin Franklin

31. “When will mankind be convinced and agree to settle their difficulties by arbitration?” -Benjamin Franklin

32. “All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.” -Benjamin Franklin

33. “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” -Benjamin Franklin

34. “Those who give up essential liberties for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” -Benjamin Franklin

35. “Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war.” -John Adams

36. “Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak…” -John Adams

37. “A people free to choose will always choose peace.” -Ronald Reagan

38. “The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor.” -Ronald Reagan

39. “History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap.” -Ronald Reagan

40. “Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.” -Ronald Reagan

41. “…no mother would ever willingly sacrifice her sons for territorial gain, for economic advantage, for ideology.” -Ronald Reagan

42. “People do not make wars; governments do.” -Ronald Reagan

43. “We must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.” -Ronald Reagan

44. “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

45. “How far can you go without destroying from within what you are trying to defend from without?” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

46. “We seek peace, knowing that peace is the climate of freedom.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

47. “We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

48. “Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

49. “You can’t have this kind of war. There just aren’t enough bulldozers to scrape the bodies off the streets.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

50. “War settles nothing.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

51. “There is no glory in battle worth the blood it costs.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

52. “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

53. “Disarmament, with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing imperative.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

54. “When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

55. “This world of ours… must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be, instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

56. “I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower

57. “Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing.” -Ayn Rand

58. “Do not ever say that the desire to ‘do good’ by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.” -Ayn Rand

59. “No protracted war can fail to endanger the freedom of a democratic country.” -Alexis de Tocqueville

60. “All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.” -Alexis de Tocqueville

61. “If we don’t stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, we’re going to have a serious problem coming down the road.” -George W. Bush, before becoming president and doing exactly what he promised not to.

62. “Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.” -George W. Bush (I wish he had governed according to the principles in this quotation.)

63. “War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it.” -George Orwell

64. “Every war when it comes, or before it comes, is represented not as a war but as an act of self-defense against a homicidal maniac.” -George Orwell

65. “The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor.” -George Orwell

66. “Political language… is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable.” -George Orwell

67. “War is a way of shattering to pieces…materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and… too intelligent.” -George Orwell

68. “All the war-propaganda, all the screaming and lies and hatred, comes invariably from people who are not fighting.” -George Orwell

69. “The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them.” -George Orwell

70. “What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood.” -Aldous Huxley

71. “A state of war only serves as an excuse for domestic tyranny.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

72. “The next war … may well bury Western civilization forever.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

73. “In all history there is no war which was not hatched by the governments, the governments alone, independent of the interests of the people, to whom war is always pernicious even when successful.” -Leo Tolstoy

74. “A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over…is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.” -G.K. Chesterton

75. “War is the greatest plague that can affect humanity; it destroys religion, it destroys states, it destroys families. Any scourge is preferable to it.” -Martin Luther

76. “How vile and despicable war seems to me! I would rather be hacked to pieces than take part in such an abominable business.” -Albert Einstein

77. “It is my conviction that killing under the cloak of war is nothing but an act of murder.” -Albert Einstein

78. “There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.” -The Mahatma Gandhi

79. “What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy?” -The Mahatma Gandhi

80. “Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.” -The Mahatma Gandhi

81. “Liberty and democracy become unholy when their hands are dyed red with innocent blood.” -The Mahatma Gandhi

82. “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.” -The Mahatma Gandhi

83. “If we don’t stop behaving like the British Empire, we will end up like the British Empire.” -Pat Buchanan

84. “All forms of violence, especially war, are totally unacceptable as means to settle disputes between and among nations, groups and persons.” -The Dalai Lama

85. “The best defense is no offense.” -Dr. Ivan Eland

86. “It is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

87. “The chain reaction of evil–wars producing more wars — must be broken, or we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

88. “We have guided missiles and misguided men.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

89. “The bombs in Vietnam explode at home; they destroy the hopes and possibilities for a decent America.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

90. “Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

91. “The greatest purveyor of violence in the world today is my own government.” -Martin Luther King, Jr.

92. “‘Emergencies’ have always been the pretext on which the safeguards of individual liberty have been eroded.” -F.A. Hayek

93. “The essence of so-called war prosperity; it enriches some by what it takes from others. It is not rising wealth but a shifting of wealth and income.” -Ludwig von Mises

94. “Economically considered, war and revolution are always bad business.” -Ludwig von Mises

95. “The attainment of the economic aims of man presupposes peace.” -Ludwig von Mises

96. “History has witnessed the failure of many endeavors to impose peace by war, cooperation by coercion, unanimity by slaughtering dissidents…. A lasting order cannot be established by bayonets.” -Ludwig von Mises

97. “War prosperity is like the prosperity that an earthquake or a plague brings.” -Ludwig von Mises

98. “War…is harmful, not only to the conquered but to the conqueror.” -Ludwig von Mises

99. “Society has arisen out of the works of peace; the essence of society is peacemaking. Peace and not war is the father of all things.” -Ludwig von Mises

100. “Whoever wants peace among nations must seek to limit the state and its influence most strictly.” -Ludwig von Mises

The Obama Plot Thickens...

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 05:56:00 +0000

Are you Cannabis Deficient?

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:04:00 +0000

http://health.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/03/10/are-you-cannabis-deficient/

Are You Cannabis Deficient?
by The Medicine Hunter

If the idea of having a marijuana deficiency sounds laughable to you, a growing body of science points at exactly such a possibility. Scientists have known that the active psychoactive compound in marijuana is THC, which is short for tetrahydrocannabinol.

In August 1990, researchers reported in the journal Nature the discovery of receptors in the brain that specifically accommodate the cannabinoids in pot. Cannabinoids bind to particular neurological sites in the brain, as though the brain was specifically designed to utilize this plant. Did nature toss cannabinoid receptors into the brain by random chance? Are cannabinoid receptors part of an intelligent design for deriving maximum benefit from cannabis? Is cannabis a divine elixir of sacred communion for which we are ideally suited? Actually, a more sober answer seems likely. When there are receptors in the brain for a particular type of compound, that compound is made in the brain. This is true of many important agents that work to transmit brain messages of all types. So a hunt began to find such a compound.

In that vein, in 1992 researchers in Israel isolated the cannabinoid anandamide in the human brain. Unlike THC, anandamide is manufactured in the brain, and is therefore an endogenous cannabinoid. This agent, anandamide, is the compound that attaches to the built-in cannabinoid receptors in our brains. The name anandamide is based on the Sanskrit word ananda, which means bliss. Anandamide is a bliss molcule, enhancing greater well being and emotional satisfaction.

Ever since the pioneering work of Dr. William O’Shaughnessy on cannabis and pain compiled in the 1840’s a growing body of science has shown that cannabis offers relief for various types of pain. In the brain, the endogenous agent anandamide also plays a role in mitigating inflammation and pain. So both cannabinoids from inside and outside the body play a role in pain reduction. More recent studies show pain relief among sufferers of multiple sclerosis when cannabis is consumed.

Anandamide also plays a role in proper appetite, feelings of pleasure and well-being, and memory. Interestingly, cannabis also affects these same functions. Cannabis has been used successfully to treat migraine, fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and glaucoma. So here is the seventy-four thousand dollar question. Does cannabis simply relieve these diseases to varying degrees, or is cannabis actually a medical replacement in cases of deficient anandamide?

At least one author, medical doctor Ethan Russo, believes in the possibility of endocanabinoid deficiency, and suggests that such a deficiency might actually be a significant cause of the types of health problems listed above. His paper “Clinical Cannabinoid Deficiency,” published in Neuroendocrinology Letters in 2004, delved deeply into the various ways that cannabinoids function in the body, and how a deficiency in cannabinoids can lead to a broad range of diseases. Since the publication of that paper, a number of studies have further confirmed the effectiveness of cannabis for many health disorders.

The idea of clinical cannabinoid deficiency opens the door to cannabis consumption as an effective medical approach to relief of various types of pain, restoration of appetite in cases in which appetite is compromised, improved visual health in cases of glaucoma, and improved sense of well being among patients suffering from a broad variety of mood disorders. As state and local laws mutate and change in favor of greater tolerance, perhaps cannabis will find it’s proper place in the home medicine chest.

Guns, Germs, and Steel

noreply@blogger.com (Unknown) — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:13:00 +0000

A 3-episode documentary by National Geographic based on Jared Diamond's extensive book Guns, Germs, and Steel.

Explore the inequalities of humankind and discover why Europeans have had an advantage during the age of conquest.

Jared Diamond's journey of discovery began on the island of Papua New Guinea. There, in 1974, a local named Yali asked Diamond a deceptively simple question:

"Why is it that you white people developed so much cargo, but we black people had little cargo of our own?"

Diamond realized that Yali's question penetrated the heart of a great mystery of human history -- the roots of global inequality.

Why were Europeans the ones with all the cargo? Why had they taken over so much of the world, instead of the native people of New Guinea? How did Europeans end up with what Diamond terms the agents of conquest: guns, germs and steel? It was these agents of conquest that allowed 168 Spanish conquistadors to defeat an Imperial Inca army of 80,000 in 1532, and set a pattern of European conquest which would continue right up to the present day.

Diamond knew that the answer had little to do with ingenuity or individual skill. From his own experience in the jungles of New Guinea, he had observed that native hunter-gatherers were just as intelligent as people of European descent -- and far more resourceful. Their lives were tough, and it seemed a terrible paradox of history that these extraordinary people should be the conquered, and not the conquerors.

To examine the reasons for European success, Jared realized he had to peel back the layers of history and begin his search at a time of equality -- a time when all the peoples of the world lived in exactly the same way.