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The NYPD is the poster child for everything that's wrong with a bloated empire. It seems that every democracy has eventually metastasized into some form of imperial regime bent on conquest of more and more peoples, their land, and their resources in order to satiate the greed for power and wealth of the ruling elite. The ordinary citizen and the newly conquered people get tired of endless wars and taxes and the rulers crack down on all of the protesters with an iron fist. The excuse is that in order to save the democracy,they have to suspend it until things return to "normal". But the power-that-be never liked democracy anyway, so they concoct one crisis after another so that basic rights are in perpetual suspension. And like all things devised by man, both good and bad, this too will come to an end. But it won't be pretty. We could be a force for such goodness in the world by exporting only our medical and agricultural knowledge. But there is more profit in war: the weapons of destruction, reconstruction, and occupation. We have forgone a golden opportunity to lead the world to true 'wealth". A wealth founded upon health and peace. I fear we are doomed.
Sir:
The last time that I was in New York City was 1982. Even then the atmosphere was oppressive. I have not been back since.
As a side observation, the United States spent many decades defeating the Soviet Union. Now we are becoming it. Witness the security procedures at any airport.
Kudos on an evenhanded, clear, thoughtful statement of fact at LRC.
I live here (Brooklyn) and truth be told the future is not looking good. Acceptance and groupthink is the norm.
Look forward to reading you again.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Making Sense of School Shootings
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Great study, but you really need to update your info to reflect today's media. Kids no longer have tapes or vcr's, they have smart phones and laptops. Tv is far less influential than the Internet and the numerous things they see on you tube and Facebook. An updated study would get more attention than outdated information.
In 1967 Madelain Murry O'Hair was successful in getting prayer outlawed in public schools. Since that time there has been an aggressive assault on anything "God" in school...and other public places. What we have is the result of a Godless agenda coming to full bloom. It is not rocket science. It is pretty much a no-brainer. These events in our schools are nothing more than a microcosm of a society that is obama's dream for America.
Great study, but you really need to update your info to reflect today's media. Kids no longer have tapes or vcr's, they have smart phones and laptops. Tv is far less influential than the Internet and the numerous things they see on you tube and Facebook. An updated study would get more attention than outdated information.
In 1967 Madelain Murry O'Hair was successful in getting prayer outlawed in public schools. Since that time there has been an aggressive assault on anything "God" in school...and other public places. What we have is the result of a Godless agenda coming to full bloom. It is not rocket science. It is pretty much a no-brainer. These events in our schools are nothing more than a microcosm of a society that is obama's dream for America.
Monday, February 27, 2012
The Horror! The Horror! Must-See War Films
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Mr. Whitehead:
Many years ago, when I was a graduate student in clinical psychology at Columbia University, I had the privilege of taking a course in medical ethics given by Robert Veatch. We met at Union Theological Seminary, and one evening he screened Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. The movie had a palpable effect on the entire class, which I suspect persisted long afterward. I am dismayed to see this movie missing from your list, as it conveys The Horror! The Horror! far more viscerally than any you cite (many of which really were made only to perpetuate Hollywood's war-as-entertainment ethos), and does so without resorting to the pyrotechnics and tissue-splattering effects that characterize much of your selection.
In closing, I salute you for including Chris Hedges' words in your essay. If only he were more widely appreciated ...
Well stated indeed.
Mr. Whitehead
I am big fan of yours. You left out one of the greatest war movies. The little-known "Go Tell The Spartans".
It starred Burt Lancaster and was about the early days in Vietnam and the utter hopelessness of that war, even in 1963. Charles Porter, MSgt, Retired, USAF
http://www.warbirdforum.com/spartans.htm
I think you should see and include the moviie We Were Soldiers about the horror of war---the movie is remarkable and based on the memoir of Lt. Col. Hal Moore in Viet Nam---it is not based on fiction or trying to create a mythical experience. And one should never leave All Quiet on the Western Front from a list of all time war movies. I have seen 90% of the movies you named.
Mr. Whitehead:
Many years ago, when I was a graduate student in clinical psychology at Columbia University, I had the privilege of taking a course in medical ethics given by Robert Veatch. We met at Union Theological Seminary, and one evening he screened Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun. The movie had a palpable effect on the entire class, which I suspect persisted long afterward. I am dismayed to see this movie missing from your list, as it conveys The Horror! The Horror! far more viscerally than any you cite (many of which really were made only to perpetuate Hollywood's war-as-entertainment ethos), and does so without resorting to the pyrotechnics and tissue-splattering effects that characterize much of your selection.
In closing, I salute you for including Chris Hedges' words in your essay. If only he were more widely appreciated ...
Well stated indeed.
Mr. Whitehead
I am big fan of yours. You left out one of the greatest war movies. The little-known "Go Tell The Spartans".
It starred Burt Lancaster and was about the early days in Vietnam and the utter hopelessness of that war, even in 1963. Charles Porter, MSgt, Retired, USAF
http://www.warbirdforum.com/spartans.htm
I think you should see and include the moviie We Were Soldiers about the horror of war---the movie is remarkable and based on the memoir of Lt. Col. Hal Moore in Viet Nam---it is not based on fiction or trying to create a mythical experience. And one should never leave All Quiet on the Western Front from a list of all time war movies. I have seen 90% of the movies you named.
Monday, February 20, 2012
13-Year-Old Middle School Student Suspended for ‘Pranking’ Fellow Student with Oregano, Charged with Distributing Counterfeit Drug
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Bullying by the Union county school board is not nice nor does it follow the basic philosophy of Christianity. To what end do they take this action? Better if they learned that KINDNESS COUNTS,, Kindness always counts!
Bullying by the Union county school board is not nice nor does it follow the basic philosophy of Christianity. To what end do they take this action? Better if they learned that KINDNESS COUNTS,, Kindness always counts!
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Dawn of the Drones: The Realization of the Total Surveillance State
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The purpose of the drones is to eventually arm them for use against American citizens, now that abu Hussein has the "legal" authority to assassinate any American, anywhere, anytime, at his leisure.
I would expect eventually the drones to be used to fire missiles at religious and political gatherings, or at any individual Hussein desires to murder.
Once he openly declares his overthrow of the US government, the missiles will be quite useful in terrorizing citizens into scared sheep. as with any fascist/marxist based dictator, one of his first moves upon the seizure of power will be the wholesale execution of untold Americans until all resistance to his Regime is silenced.
Proudhon?
He advocated worker self-management and was opposed to the private ownership of the means of production. As he put it in 1848: "Under the law of association, transmission of wealth does not apply to the instruments of labour, so cannot become a cause of inequality... We are socialists... under universal association, ownership of the land and of the instruments of labour is social ownership... We want the mines, canals, railways handed over to democratically organised workers' associations... We want these associations to be models for agriculture, industry and trade, the pioneering core of that vast federation of companies and societies, joined together in the common bond of the democratic and social Republic."
wonderful article on drones you wrote. we need more people like you to educate people on these issues. too many think, "if your not doing anything wrong what's the problem?" how do you get them to understand the big picture and see it for what it is? to realize this has been going on for years.
The purpose of the drones is to eventually arm them for use against American citizens, now that abu Hussein has the "legal" authority to assassinate any American, anywhere, anytime, at his leisure.
I would expect eventually the drones to be used to fire missiles at religious and political gatherings, or at any individual Hussein desires to murder.
Once he openly declares his overthrow of the US government, the missiles will be quite useful in terrorizing citizens into scared sheep. as with any fascist/marxist based dictator, one of his first moves upon the seizure of power will be the wholesale execution of untold Americans until all resistance to his Regime is silenced.
Proudhon?
He advocated worker self-management and was opposed to the private ownership of the means of production. As he put it in 1848: "Under the law of association, transmission of wealth does not apply to the instruments of labour, so cannot become a cause of inequality... We are socialists... under universal association, ownership of the land and of the instruments of labour is social ownership... We want the mines, canals, railways handed over to democratically organised workers' associations... We want these associations to be models for agriculture, industry and trade, the pioneering core of that vast federation of companies and societies, joined together in the common bond of the democratic and social Republic."
wonderful article on drones you wrote. we need more people like you to educate people on these issues. too many think, "if your not doing anything wrong what's the problem?" how do you get them to understand the big picture and see it for what it is? to realize this has been going on for years.
Friday, February 10, 2012
Rutherford Institute Challenges Constitutionality of Proposed Bill to Require Welfare Recipients in Virginia to Submit to Drug Testing
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Drug testing is required by many employers so what is the big deal.. I for one think its a great idea!
I have to disagree strongly with you on this one. If people who go to jobs, earn wages, and pay taxes to supports
entitlements which are doled out gratis must undergo drug testing, then why should the people who receive
the benefits not do the same. At some point, some one has got to give the middle class a break. You are all
breaking our backs. When the middle class no longer exists, you smart lawyers know what that will mean.
WISE UP!
Sorry your wrong on this one. if TAX payers money is being used congress has the power to put conditions on it. there is no privacy issue.
I could not disagree more with The Rutherford Institutes decision to challenge a bill that would require applicants, of any form of public assistance, to submit to drug screening as a prerequisite to receiving any assistance. Urinating into a cup is an erosion of our 4th amendment rights? This is a physically invasive screening method?
Most, if not all, applicants and employees of private companies and government agencies must submit to mandatory drug screening as a prerequisite for employment.
Pray tell, how do those individuals, people wanting something for nothing, excuse me, people in need of subsistence, differ from all the working people, who if they wish to remain employed, need to submit to the same screening methods.
Your exempting one group of people from a screening process that the very people who pay taxes, and indirectly pay the very people you want to exempt, must submit to in order to gain and retain employment is nothing short of hypocritical. What is good for the goose should be good for the gander.
Drug testing is required by many employers so what is the big deal.. I for one think its a great idea!
I have to disagree strongly with you on this one. If people who go to jobs, earn wages, and pay taxes to supports
entitlements which are doled out gratis must undergo drug testing, then why should the people who receive
the benefits not do the same. At some point, some one has got to give the middle class a break. You are all
breaking our backs. When the middle class no longer exists, you smart lawyers know what that will mean.
WISE UP!
Sorry your wrong on this one. if TAX payers money is being used congress has the power to put conditions on it. there is no privacy issue.
I could not disagree more with The Rutherford Institutes decision to challenge a bill that would require applicants, of any form of public assistance, to submit to drug screening as a prerequisite to receiving any assistance. Urinating into a cup is an erosion of our 4th amendment rights? This is a physically invasive screening method?
Most, if not all, applicants and employees of private companies and government agencies must submit to mandatory drug screening as a prerequisite for employment.
Pray tell, how do those individuals, people wanting something for nothing, excuse me, people in need of subsistence, differ from all the working people, who if they wish to remain employed, need to submit to the same screening methods.
Your exempting one group of people from a screening process that the very people who pay taxes, and indirectly pay the very people you want to exempt, must submit to in order to gain and retain employment is nothing short of hypocritical. What is good for the goose should be good for the gander.
Virginia School District Considers Cross-Dressing Ban for Students
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Dear Dr. Whitehead-- I was astounded by the position you took on this free speech issue in Virginia, especially your comment that "these days gender is a subjective thing." But my astonishment stems from the fact that I believe you got it RIGHT -- ( I am not suggesting you never do get it right :-)
I have personally struggled with the issue my entire life. I am 60 years old. There is so much we do not understand about gender or transgender matters that, even as a conservative and a committed Christ follower, it has been my perception that jurisprudence has for years been tilted against those who have a different understanding of gender or have a medical condition that puts them outside of the commonly accepted cultural norm. Thank you for your clear-headed thinking and courage.
When Christians abandon God's laws, just about anything can happen. The once Christian-oriented Rutherford Institute is now fighting for the rights of cross-dressers in public schools in Virginia! Once Christians abandon God's revealed laws and turn towards natural law theories or antinomian pietism, they are absorbed into the anti-Christ culture and fight for cross-dressing in America's public high schools! It's either objective biblical law or bust. Those who reject the Old Testament law will continue to lead the apostasy in the West.
Dear Dr. Whitehead-- I was astounded by the position you took on this free speech issue in Virginia, especially your comment that "these days gender is a subjective thing." But my astonishment stems from the fact that I believe you got it RIGHT -- ( I am not suggesting you never do get it right :-)
I have personally struggled with the issue my entire life. I am 60 years old. There is so much we do not understand about gender or transgender matters that, even as a conservative and a committed Christ follower, it has been my perception that jurisprudence has for years been tilted against those who have a different understanding of gender or have a medical condition that puts them outside of the commonly accepted cultural norm. Thank you for your clear-headed thinking and courage.
When Christians abandon God's laws, just about anything can happen. The once Christian-oriented Rutherford Institute is now fighting for the rights of cross-dressers in public schools in Virginia! Once Christians abandon God's revealed laws and turn towards natural law theories or antinomian pietism, they are absorbed into the anti-Christ culture and fight for cross-dressing in America's public high schools! It's either objective biblical law or bust. Those who reject the Old Testament law will continue to lead the apostasy in the West.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Rutherford Institute Defends Wisconsin Nurse Denied Religious Accommodation, Terminated for Objecting to Flu, TDAP Vaccines
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i disagree on this one. this is a PUBLIC health issue and not a freedom of religion issue. she is in contact with many people therefore the government has an obligation to protect the people. she must choose between her religion and her job.
i disagree on this one. this is a PUBLIC health issue and not a freedom of religion issue. she is in contact with many people therefore the government has an obligation to protect the people. she must choose between her religion and her job.
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Rutherford Institute Asks Federal Court to Defend the First Amendment Right of Retailers Not To Be Forced to Speak for Government
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AND, I might add that this is a tactic employed by minor officials, i.e. Town Halls, all over America - wherein the Town decrees something and then local businesses must post a sign on behalf of whatever it may be - always using a back door to grab more authority - just like the latest Internet dust up - which they dropped like a hot potato once the Internet went crazy about it and they were flooded with e-mails and the actual threat of protests and riots!
This of course is on a much less grand scale, but the Govt. is always trying to make business owners or any kind of front they can hide behind to be their "bag man". We now have good old Chicago 20's style gangster politics -IT IS VERY, VERY, SCARRY! Thank goodness you recognize it for what it is and jump on it before it gets to draw its first breath!
AND, I might add that this is a tactic employed by minor officials, i.e. Town Halls, all over America - wherein the Town decrees something and then local businesses must post a sign on behalf of whatever it may be - always using a back door to grab more authority - just like the latest Internet dust up - which they dropped like a hot potato once the Internet went crazy about it and they were flooded with e-mails and the actual threat of protests and riots!
This of course is on a much less grand scale, but the Govt. is always trying to make business owners or any kind of front they can hide behind to be their "bag man". We now have good old Chicago 20's style gangster politics -IT IS VERY, VERY, SCARRY! Thank goodness you recognize it for what it is and jump on it before it gets to draw its first breath!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Has the First Amendment Become an Exercise in Futility?
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This morning I found myself nodding in agreement as I read John Whitehead's column in the Lynchburg News & Advance headlined, "Free speech: an exercise in futility?"
Today it seems that ordinary citizens from both sides of the political spectrum find themselves with something in common -- disconnection from elected and government-appointed officials. Whether it's "Occupy" or "Tea Party" participants, political disenfranchsement seems to be common ground. As for me, a conservative Democrat (believe it or not), I also feel left out of the process. It seems that "big money" controls the steering wheel. I've noticed that man fellow citizens from a variety of political perspectives sadly agree with the notion that, "Our opinions don't matter ... other than during an occasional vote in a media-hyped election process. Elected leaders and candidates seem "out of touch" with many voters, or way too focused on stereotypical "hot buttons" which they ignor soon after elections. So what to do?
I don't know. I hope you do. If so, let me know. I have run an advertising/PR firm for the last 28 years. If your organization offers solutions that make common sense and serve the common good, I would like to help. Meanwhile, I will look over your web site with hope in my heart.
This morning I found myself nodding in agreement as I read John Whitehead's column in the Lynchburg News & Advance headlined, "Free speech: an exercise in futility?"
Today it seems that ordinary citizens from both sides of the political spectrum find themselves with something in common -- disconnection from elected and government-appointed officials. Whether it's "Occupy" or "Tea Party" participants, political disenfranchsement seems to be common ground. As for me, a conservative Democrat (believe it or not), I also feel left out of the process. It seems that "big money" controls the steering wheel. I've noticed that man fellow citizens from a variety of political perspectives sadly agree with the notion that, "Our opinions don't matter ... other than during an occasional vote in a media-hyped election process. Elected leaders and candidates seem "out of touch" with many voters, or way too focused on stereotypical "hot buttons" which they ignor soon after elections. So what to do?
I don't know. I hope you do. If so, let me know. I have run an advertising/PR firm for the last 28 years. If your organization offers solutions that make common sense and serve the common good, I would like to help. Meanwhile, I will look over your web site with hope in my heart.
Rutherford Institute Demands that Census Bureau Cease Requiring Americans to Respond to Lengthy, Highly Invasive American Community Surveys
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Who gave the Census people authority to take a GPS reading of every front door of every household in America? I refused to let them on my property but later cought one of the census workers by my front door. How many people know this was being done?
I felt the need to reply about the mail yesterday about the Commerce dept asking people if they had refrigerators.
do you know why that's in the survey?
Most targeted individuals will tell you the perps are using the refrigerator coilsan antenna linked up to their satellite surveillance and targeting system. That's why they want to know whether people have a refrigerator or not.
You're right -- it has nothing to do with the census.
Who gave the Census people authority to take a GPS reading of every front door of every household in America? I refused to let them on my property but later cought one of the census workers by my front door. How many people know this was being done?
I felt the need to reply about the mail yesterday about the Commerce dept asking people if they had refrigerators.
do you know why that's in the survey?
Most targeted individuals will tell you the perps are using the refrigerator coilsan antenna linked up to their satellite surveillance and targeting system. That's why they want to know whether people have a refrigerator or not.
You're right -- it has nothing to do with the census.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Victory: In 9-0 Ruling in US v. Jones, U.S. Supreme Court Declares Warrantless GPS Use by Police Unconstitutional
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Thank God you won!!!!!!
This is scarry,scarry - even George Orwell never imagined all this stuff!
Thank God you won!!!!!!
This is scarry,scarry - even George Orwell never imagined all this stuff!
U.S. v. Jones: The Battle for the Fourth Amendment Continues
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John, while I agree with just about everything you say, I've been working on both face and iris recognition for a long time, and there is nothing on the market that can scan 50 people a minute and get the results. I know that one company has made this claim over and over, but the technology just isn't there. That's not to say it won't be soon, but for now, we're safe.
Some of it can be a good thing in certain circumstances like tracking a
hiker for their own safety in case of getting lost or caught in an
avalanche. Others is just going to far. Big Brother is watching every
second.
John, while I agree with just about everything you say, I've been working on both face and iris recognition for a long time, and there is nothing on the market that can scan 50 people a minute and get the results. I know that one company has made this claim over and over, but the technology just isn't there. That's not to say it won't be soon, but for now, we're safe.
Some of it can be a good thing in certain circumstances like tracking a
hiker for their own safety in case of getting lost or caught in an
avalanche. Others is just going to far. Big Brother is watching every
second.
Monday, January 23, 2012
Virginia Supreme Court Refuses to Grant Petition for Rehearing in Case Involving Honor Student Expelled for Shooting Plastic ‘Spitwads’
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The public schools in America use no common sense at all! The action they took in this case is absolutely absurd, and points out another reason the public schools are failing. To think that some of the things kids use to do in school 50-60 years ago are now classified as "criminal" is ridiculous. No wonder more and more parents are choosing to send their children to private schools. I hope Andrew's parents will be able to enroll him in a private school -- or will either decide to homeschool him. His education should not be effective by the decision of the school board!
The public schools in America use no common sense at all! The action they took in this case is absolutely absurd, and points out another reason the public schools are failing. To think that some of the things kids use to do in school 50-60 years ago are now classified as "criminal" is ridiculous. No wonder more and more parents are choosing to send their children to private schools. I hope Andrew's parents will be able to enroll him in a private school -- or will either decide to homeschool him. His education should not be effective by the decision of the school board!
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Bill of Rights Day: Are Our Freedoms in Jeopardy?
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Mr. Whitehead,
I didn't come across your (Dec. 16th 2011...I think) op-ed piece in The Courier Tribune until a few weeks ago. Since I feel so alone in the fight for our freedoms, I decided to write to you and tell you there is someone out here that is like-minded in case you too feel alone!!! I know you are most likely a very busy man, so I will not take up too much of your time. However, I would like to mention that the scales fell from my eyes in 2007 when I found out that NC was being used as a guinea pig to test the issue of driver's licenses that contained a RFID chip and computerized facial recognition imaging. Since that time, I have researched the "rabbit hole" and found things that are most frightening to anyone who loves freedom. There is soooo many other things that I could mention, but to cut through the chase, I have found only ONE man who supports the type of government I want. His name is Ron Paul, and I hope despite the negative mainstream news spewing garbage that you will look deeply into his voting history and political platform and get on board in the fight against the tyranny that seems to be coming in like a flood!
Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter!
Mr. Whitehead,
I didn't come across your (Dec. 16th 2011...I think) op-ed piece in The Courier Tribune until a few weeks ago. Since I feel so alone in the fight for our freedoms, I decided to write to you and tell you there is someone out here that is like-minded in case you too feel alone!!! I know you are most likely a very busy man, so I will not take up too much of your time. However, I would like to mention that the scales fell from my eyes in 2007 when I found out that NC was being used as a guinea pig to test the issue of driver's licenses that contained a RFID chip and computerized facial recognition imaging. Since that time, I have researched the "rabbit hole" and found things that are most frightening to anyone who loves freedom. There is soooo many other things that I could mention, but to cut through the chase, I have found only ONE man who supports the type of government I want. His name is Ron Paul, and I hope despite the negative mainstream news spewing garbage that you will look deeply into his voting history and political platform and get on board in the fight against the tyranny that seems to be coming in like a flood!
Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
America’s Longest Ongoing War: The ‘Race’ War on Drugs
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I'm libertarian enough to favor legalizing marijuana. But the
"dispensaries" are a farce‹ways for doctors to advertise and get fees for
marijuana cards for "anxiety" and other light reasons, a blight to their
locations, mostly a phony way to get the drug to those who want it. It was
right of the federal government to enforce the law already on the books to
clamp down on these "businesses." The dispensaries are not the solution and
make a mockery of good health care. We who voted for the measure that
allowed them did not intend the result.
John,
I just finished your article and I also have another thought about drugs and what I believe to be their intended distribution. Have you considered how in the last twenty years, which goes along with the financial war being waged, the rampant increase in drugs that have sedated an entire population of young men who in more sober times would have been in a more revolutionary mindset towards all of the brazen political/banking corruption and the losses of liberty that cover present day America.
Mr. Rutherford,
Lo and behold there is a statement, a comment you quote for the Center on Juvenille and Criminal Justice..."California's Criminal system can be divided into two categories with respect to marijuana: one system for African-Americans, another for all other races". Why this statistic alone explains decades, centuries of a racial pecking ordering that even Winston Churchill describes in his biography with the African Negro and his descendants on the bottom of of it in his own
continent!..." The same man who would save Western civilization four decades later, writes Robert D. Kaplan in "Warrior Politics", writes about "brave and honest.....negroes as black as coal" who displayed the virtues of barbarism." He describes the Arabs as the "stronger race" that "imposed its customs and language (Islam?) on the negroes...the Egyptians were strong, patient, healthy...the negro was in all these repects his inferior"...and on he goes in infinite detail about this
dispensation of character as he saw it in all the races in order below the white male, of course. And if you saw Lena Horne's last interview you would have heard her rail at suggestions from Hollywood socialites that she try to pass as an Hispanic in order to have more success in her career and be more appealing to white audiences. And if you saw one of the ESPN specials you would have heard former Kansas Monarch's manager Buck Oneil testify that baseball owners in the National League sent a light skinned 'negro' to Cuba to learn to speak spanish so he could pass and be slipped into the major leagues in the United States in the late thirties before Jackie Robinson was even a high-school graduate!
So you see how one statistic like a good portrait is worth a thousand years of historical truth and in this case verification of the core and fiber of intent and purpose of american culture still deeply ingrained in the collective unconscious of our majority population!
staff,
kudos to the recent article on the failed drug war.
please, bring up this subject that i have never seen in the debate:
everyone says to legalize marijuana and TAX it. why should we PAY for freedom? why compromise? this mentality is far against the concept of Life. Liberty and Property and reverts straight back to over-taxation and promotes tyranny. make the tyrant happy by paying him off?
NO taxing freedom!!!!!!!!
Once again, a very good argument. Where are the teapublicans ? I thought they were all about state’s rights, government intrusion, freedom, economy, jobs and small business.
Thanks
I'm libertarian enough to favor legalizing marijuana. But the
"dispensaries" are a farce‹ways for doctors to advertise and get fees for
marijuana cards for "anxiety" and other light reasons, a blight to their
locations, mostly a phony way to get the drug to those who want it. It was
right of the federal government to enforce the law already on the books to
clamp down on these "businesses." The dispensaries are not the solution and
make a mockery of good health care. We who voted for the measure that
allowed them did not intend the result.
John,
I just finished your article and I also have another thought about drugs and what I believe to be their intended distribution. Have you considered how in the last twenty years, which goes along with the financial war being waged, the rampant increase in drugs that have sedated an entire population of young men who in more sober times would have been in a more revolutionary mindset towards all of the brazen political/banking corruption and the losses of liberty that cover present day America.
Mr. Rutherford,
Lo and behold there is a statement, a comment you quote for the Center on Juvenille and Criminal Justice..."California's Criminal system can be divided into two categories with respect to marijuana: one system for African-Americans, another for all other races". Why this statistic alone explains decades, centuries of a racial pecking ordering that even Winston Churchill describes in his biography with the African Negro and his descendants on the bottom of of it in his own
continent!..." The same man who would save Western civilization four decades later, writes Robert D. Kaplan in "Warrior Politics", writes about "brave and honest.....negroes as black as coal" who displayed the virtues of barbarism." He describes the Arabs as the "stronger race" that "imposed its customs and language (Islam?) on the negroes...the Egyptians were strong, patient, healthy...the negro was in all these repects his inferior"...and on he goes in infinite detail about this
dispensation of character as he saw it in all the races in order below the white male, of course. And if you saw Lena Horne's last interview you would have heard her rail at suggestions from Hollywood socialites that she try to pass as an Hispanic in order to have more success in her career and be more appealing to white audiences. And if you saw one of the ESPN specials you would have heard former Kansas Monarch's manager Buck Oneil testify that baseball owners in the National League sent a light skinned 'negro' to Cuba to learn to speak spanish so he could pass and be slipped into the major leagues in the United States in the late thirties before Jackie Robinson was even a high-school graduate!
So you see how one statistic like a good portrait is worth a thousand years of historical truth and in this case verification of the core and fiber of intent and purpose of american culture still deeply ingrained in the collective unconscious of our majority population!
staff,
kudos to the recent article on the failed drug war.
please, bring up this subject that i have never seen in the debate:
everyone says to legalize marijuana and TAX it. why should we PAY for freedom? why compromise? this mentality is far against the concept of Life. Liberty and Property and reverts straight back to over-taxation and promotes tyranny. make the tyrant happy by paying him off?
NO taxing freedom!!!!!!!!
Once again, a very good argument. Where are the teapublicans ? I thought they were all about state’s rights, government intrusion, freedom, economy, jobs and small business.
Thanks
Thursday, January 5, 2012
Tanks on Main Street: The Militarization of Local Police
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Arlington Texas PD has a drone now.
Absolutely NO experience with any kind of Aviation in the entire bunch.
Mr. Whitehead,
When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves from tyranny in government."--Thomas Jefferson
Your article was timely and excellent. I too have recently become aware of police militarization even here in Tn. Not only that, but police all over the nation seem to be very quick to slam people down face first for the least provocation, handcuff for embarrassment, stop cars in the most conspicuous, dangerous places with multiple vehicle reinforcements for even a simple traffic violation, traffic traps for small town "open collar politicians" to enhance their revenues and power base.
We are seeing the strong arm of big government instilling fear in it's citizens...and there seems to be no shortage of strong arm bullies willing to help accomplish this endeavor.
Please help save America as we have known it in the past. We must rein in big government. Don't let up and please keep exposing these travesties.
To compare our local police to hitlers army (jackboots, occupying forces) is extremely insulting. I hope you never care about someone who was outgunned by some crackpot strung out on drugs that is killed in the line of duty because his .38 Police Revolver was all you felt he should carry. Body Armor, forget it. We don’t need to “dress them like soldiers”
I am ashamed that I subscribe to a Union Newspaper that carries john whitehead’s column!
Arlington Texas PD has a drone now.
Absolutely NO experience with any kind of Aviation in the entire bunch.
Mr. Whitehead,
When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves from tyranny in government."--Thomas Jefferson
Your article was timely and excellent. I too have recently become aware of police militarization even here in Tn. Not only that, but police all over the nation seem to be very quick to slam people down face first for the least provocation, handcuff for embarrassment, stop cars in the most conspicuous, dangerous places with multiple vehicle reinforcements for even a simple traffic violation, traffic traps for small town "open collar politicians" to enhance their revenues and power base.
We are seeing the strong arm of big government instilling fear in it's citizens...and there seems to be no shortage of strong arm bullies willing to help accomplish this endeavor.
Please help save America as we have known it in the past. We must rein in big government. Don't let up and please keep exposing these travesties.
To compare our local police to hitlers army (jackboots, occupying forces) is extremely insulting. I hope you never care about someone who was outgunned by some crackpot strung out on drugs that is killed in the line of duty because his .38 Police Revolver was all you felt he should carry. Body Armor, forget it. We don’t need to “dress them like soldiers”
I am ashamed that I subscribe to a Union Newspaper that carries john whitehead’s column!
2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review
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Thanks for the great article on 2011 Civil Liberties Review.
Would have been better if you had included a paragraph on the loss of food freedom. Never thought I'd see the day when wholesome raw milk was poured in the gutter.
And the FDA calls walnuts a drug, while allowing Lay's Potato Chips to claim them as a "heart-healthy snack."
Also, what about medical freedom? As a vaccine truther, I know that parents are being harassed by pediatricians for exercising their freedom not to vaccinate. It's getting worse.
Hi John,
It’s all true, the police state and loss of freedom. What you have written is undeniably true. It is constant surveillance, I know, I’ve experienced it first hand. However, what you didn’t mention was how long this has been active. The constant surveillance state has been active for a long time. People under surveillance, which could be most of us, are under surveillance for extended periods of time, it’s unrelenting. It’s not days or months, it years and even decades. I’m very sincere, it is extended periods of time.
Hello,
I don't know who will be reading this email but after reading the HIGHLY disturbing article '2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review' by John W. Whitehead (Dec. 27, 2011) I must ask the following question. Does Mr. Whitehead believe there is ANYTHING we as a nation or as individual citizens can DO to turn back the erosion of our freedoms (other than the obvious 'vote them out')? Are we doomed to simply accept these invasions of our civil liberties and the affronts to our Constitution? Is there ANY HOPE for the United States of America?
I realize that everything Mr. Whitehead wrote is TRUE (sadly). But he offers NO hope, NO plan(s) of action so to speak. He leaves the reader with an inevitable sense of doom that we will never again be a nation of personal freedom and liberty, that for which our founders and thousands upon thousands of men and women over generations have bled and died that we might retain.
Can't he offer us any possible solutions? It would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks for the great article on 2011 Civil Liberties Review.
Would have been better if you had included a paragraph on the loss of food freedom. Never thought I'd see the day when wholesome raw milk was poured in the gutter.
And the FDA calls walnuts a drug, while allowing Lay's Potato Chips to claim them as a "heart-healthy snack."
Also, what about medical freedom? As a vaccine truther, I know that parents are being harassed by pediatricians for exercising their freedom not to vaccinate. It's getting worse.
Hi John,
It’s all true, the police state and loss of freedom. What you have written is undeniably true. It is constant surveillance, I know, I’ve experienced it first hand. However, what you didn’t mention was how long this has been active. The constant surveillance state has been active for a long time. People under surveillance, which could be most of us, are under surveillance for extended periods of time, it’s unrelenting. It’s not days or months, it years and even decades. I’m very sincere, it is extended periods of time.
Hello,
I don't know who will be reading this email but after reading the HIGHLY disturbing article '2011: A Civil Liberties Year in Review' by John W. Whitehead (Dec. 27, 2011) I must ask the following question. Does Mr. Whitehead believe there is ANYTHING we as a nation or as individual citizens can DO to turn back the erosion of our freedoms (other than the obvious 'vote them out')? Are we doomed to simply accept these invasions of our civil liberties and the affronts to our Constitution? Is there ANY HOPE for the United States of America?
I realize that everything Mr. Whitehead wrote is TRUE (sadly). But he offers NO hope, NO plan(s) of action so to speak. He leaves the reader with an inevitable sense of doom that we will never again be a nation of personal freedom and liberty, that for which our founders and thousands upon thousands of men and women over generations have bled and died that we might retain.
Can't he offer us any possible solutions? It would be greatly appreciated!
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