Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Rich of Medford saw the Michael Savage et al purge coming

To my readers

Richard Peterson posted the article below to his blogspot on May 3, 2009. A few short days later, Great Britain released a list of 16 people "named and shamed" by it and banned from coming to Great Britain. Most prominently on the USA list was Jewish radio commentator Michael Savage, now labeled in effect as a terrorist for criticisms of a religion other than his own. As to others on the list including Pastor Phelps of Topeka, Kansas, I understand that perhaps at least some of the people on that list never intended to go there and enrich it with their tourist dollars. Although I am generally not a fan of "shock jock" type radio, I am deeply concerned about freedom of speech issues -- both as a citizen and as a lawyer viewing where our our Orwellian 1984 society adjourned for 25 years to 2009. Richard and I have been doing some telephone and on-line collaboration and the circumstantial evidence is that the Alliance of Civilizations is lurking in the near foreground on this Great Britain move which may unfortunately presage our near global future. Read this and stay tuned. Today it was Michael Savage. Tomorrow it may be any one of us.

Constance


Free Speech in Fetters


by Richard Peterson

The Second Forum of Alliance of Civilizations has passed and the American media coverage has amounted to little more than did or did not Obama attend the Forum? One might have expected better media coverage with questions ranging from what is the Alliance of Civilizations to what is United States’ interest in this initiative. Instead, the media expressed confusion despite Turkey’s Foreign Ministry had published President Obama’s itinerary on its web site. The itinerary shows President Obama was expected to give a speech at the forum.

Heritage Foundation writer Brett Schaefer contacted both the White House and the Alliance of Civilizations seeking confirmation that the President would indeed address the conference. The White House said it simply did not know. The Alliance responded it would neither confirm nor deny the President’s attendance. If what the Alliance has planned for us is such a good thing, why not be more forthcoming? Why does the media neglect to give this coverage? In Hitler’s Germany, a resistance group known as the White Rose wrote in their first pamphlet:
  • "Nothing is so unworthy of a civilized nation as allowing itself to be governed without opposition by an irresponsible clique that has yielded to base instinct. It is certain that today every honest German is ashamed of his government…by means of gradual, treacherous, systematic abuse, the system has put every man into a spiritual prison. Only now, finding himself lying in fetters, has he become aware of his fate."
This eerily describes present day governments whose politicians have eroded them giving favor to global governance, doesn’t it? These days, I believe the media is contributing to similar treacherous, systematic abuse. Yet, along with the rest of us, the media, too, shall soon learn of its fate. What a shock it should be as they learn they assisted in sealing it.

This September the UN General Assembly will vote whether the Alliance of Civilizations initiative moves from that of preparatory to activation stage. The Alliance openly calls for tight controls on free speech. A Media Rapid Response force has been established to provide newspapers and television stations reporting “guidelines” during times of crisis, particularly in the area of where politics and religion intersect. Given the system of global governance intends to unify religion and the state rather than maintain separation, everything now falls within this intersection. To ensure that media coverage adheres to a code of conduct, the Alliance of Civilizations has called for journalistic accreditation as well as a review board which will monitor news coverage. The Alliance, to show it upholds the principles of a free press, says that the he media will be “self-regulating” although it acknowledges that “regulation is not possible without pressure to bear”.

There are two individuals whom I would like to credit for recently drawing attention to the Alliance’s global gag on free speech. These articles are by Claudia Rosett writing for Forbes and Brett Schaefer writing for Heritage Foundation. These journalists get it. Claudia Rosett has clearly spent time reading the Alliance of Civilizations materials. Quoting from Rosett:
  • “…the Alliance in 2005 set up a secretariat in New York, and enlisted a founding panel of 20 "eminent persons" to further shape its agenda. This group, heavy on eminences from Islamic states, included Iran's Khatami--proposer of the original Dialogue. ..And in the four years since it morphed into existence as the latest phase of the Iranian-sponsored Dialogue, the Alliance has become another megaphone for some of the U.N.'s most troubling campaigns. In deference to Islamic anti-blasphemy laws, the Alliance favors a global gag on free speech. ....”
Among the latest attacks on free speech include the resolution to combat defamation of religion which was voted on by Human Rights Council last March (analysis here). This defamation of religions framework has its way of appearing throughout the interlocking UN initiatives. The Alliance of Civilizations is committed to making it a high priority.

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joyce said...

Len,

Ten men holding on to the tzizit of a Yehudi ( Jew) does not constitute practicing Judaism. This is a subtile distinction that might not be clear.

Here's what the tzizit or the corner of a Jews garment or tassels were commanded for:

Num. 15:38-40 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and tell them that they shall make for themselves atassels on the corners of their garments throughout their generations, and that they shall put on the tassel of each corner a cord of blue. “It shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the LORD, so as to do them and not follow after your own heart and your own eyes, after which you played the harlot, so that you may remember to do all My commandments and abe holy to your God.

It's to remember the commandments and not play the harlot.

This is why Yeshua taught that we should keep the commandments, so if you grab the tzizit of Yeshua...you will have His righteousness:

Matt. 5:17-19 “Do not think that I came to abolish the aLaw or the Prophets; I did not come to abolish but to fulfill. “For truly I say to you, auntil heaven and earth pass away, not 1the smallest letter or stroke shall pass from the Law until all is accomplished.
“Whoever then annuls one of the least of these commandments, and teaches others to do the same, shall be called least ain the kingdom of heaven; but whoever keeps and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

The Greek word according to Thayer's is to "fill up completely" or to cram full, according to Strong's..
When we look at Yeshua's life and we grab hold of His tzizt, we receive His righteousness. He filled these commands up with their real meaning. He didn't try to make an "ism".

He taught on Shabbat, but He healed on Shabbat, He went to Jerusalem for Pesach and He was the Lamb of Pesach, He cleansed people from unrighteousness, through His own righteousness. Through His blood. He did annul Torah. He explained Torah.

Here Yeshua explains His justice to the corrupt religious leaders of His day. Take heed. Religion will not save anyone:

Matthew Chap 23- you can read the rest of the chapter yourself. I'll just post the first few verses.
Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples, saying: “The scribes and the Pharisees have seated themselves in the chair of Moses;
therefore all that they tell you, do and observe, but do not do according to their deeds; for they say things and do not do them.“They tie up heavy burdens and lay them on men’s shoulders, but they themselves are unwilling to move them with so much as a finger. “But they do all their deeds to be noticed by men; for they broaden their phylacteries and lengthen cthe tassels of their garments.

Joyce

Anonymous said...

I for one would LOVE Joyce to have her own blog/website.

Mainly so that we could ask questions and not feel we are diverting from the subject of Constance's material.

She CAN preach & teach! God could use her mightily to bridge understanding for all Jew, Gentile and Christian.

The downside would be that it may take her time away from the valuable research she has given re: this blog.

prayerful

Susanna said...

Len,

EINSTEIN AND PROBABILITY

This discussion, besides being a very interesting "adventure," is also very educational in so far as it is really giving my brain a workout. :-)

After reasoning things through I have concluded that I don't really have a problem with Einstein's acceptance of probability. Ergo, I feel that as far as probabilism goes, I can philosophically remain safely in the Einstein camp without letting go of my determinist view of reality. Because I don't believe that Einstein was completely rejecting determinism when he came to embrace the "probabalism" needed to properly get one's mind around Quantum Physics. :-)

This is because acceptance of the idea of probability isn't necessarily a rejection of determinism.

Probababilism is, by its very definition, simply a way of saying that one doesn't know with complete certainty what the "cause" is of any given phenomena.

"In theology and philosophy, probabilism (from Latin probare, to test, approve) holds that in the absence of certainty, probability is the best criterion."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Probabilism

The way I learned it, whether we are talking about science or philosophy, EVERYTHING in the physical universe NECESSARILY has a cause - whether we can know said cause with any certainty or not.

In fact, the only "uncaused Cause" (a.k.a. "unmoved Mover") is what is commonly understood as "God."

The place where confusion can arise is when science and the discipline proper to science is morphed into "scientism" and applied to everything - including philosophy and religion.

This is where the "necessitarian" philosophies arise - according to which FREE WILL in man is nonexistent.

Susanna said...

P.S.

In his Nichomachean Ethics, Aristotle's DOCTRINE OF THE MEAN teaches that VIRTUE consists of finding an appropriate middle ground between two extremes.

Determinism, like anything else, can be carried to extremes as well.

A friend of mine who studied law at Dartmouth gave me his textbooks because he knew that I was seriously into philosophy.

The book had to do with determinism and free will.

Again.....according to certain "necessitarian" (a.k.a. totalitarian) philosophers, free will in man is non-existent.

And yet there has been an "iron curtain," a Berlin Wall and other unpleasant means by which men have been FORCED to live in the necessitarian "utopias" whose grand poobahs unequivocally claimed would be naturally "irresistable" to humanity.

C.S. Lewsi made this same observation in his book ABOLITION OF MAN.

The fact of the matter is that free will is SELF-EVIDENT by virtue of the very fact that LAWS have always existed. LAWS that man has always been FREE to obey or disobey.

The Law given to Adam in the Garden of Eden was not only God's way of revealing to Adam that Adam was NOT God - but also Gods way of revealing to Adam the gift of free will with which Adam had been endowed by God - one of the qualities by which man is described as having been made "in the image and likeness of God."

When one thinks about it, if Adam were merely an "automaton," why would God have made a LAW forbidding something that Adam "couldn't help doing anyway?"

Susanna said...

Dear Len,

Re: your comment

This is very technical and I am no quantum expert. In fact, as an old electrical engineer, with a master's degree, I never took a course in this subject.Believe me. I humbly admit that am no quantum expert either! Ergo, perhaps we are BOTH somewhat in a learning mode here -although you DEFINITELY have the advantage over me by virtue of your profession as an electrical engineer with a Master's Degree.

I guess if I were to put things in a nutshell here in terms of where I am coming from, I would have to say that as long as Einstein wasn't an extremist vis a vis completely rejecting the determinist view of reality, I don't really have a problem per se with his interpretation of Quantum Physics.

The main reason why I feel the need to take the trouble to learn about what the Quantum Theory entails is in anticipation of the "probability" (LOL) of certain sectors of the "scientific" community weasel-wording the interpretions of some of these discoveries in ways calculated to try to "disprove" the existence of God......in which case we had better shift our own brains into "warp nine" so that we can stand guard over our faith in the existence of God and credibly defend it.....ON THEIR TURF!

Susanna said...

Dear Len,

I can see where Einstein's view of a "static" universe would be problematic. I don't necessarily have any problem with the idea of an "exanding" or a "contracting" universe.......as long as the term "infinity" isn't being implied.

Whether or not the universe had a beginning is ultimately a matter of faith whether we are scientists, philosophers or theologians.....mathematical speculations notwithstanding. :-)

Moreover, I don't think that my having a problem with an "infinite" universe - a la Giordano Bruno's pantheistic view which seems to be making a comeback in certain quarters - unreasonable in view of the impossibility of an actually infinite magnitude or multitude in the physical universe.

While magnitudes and multitudes can be spoken of in terms of being potentially infinite in terms of an actual magnitude or multitude having the potential ability to be added to or increased, neither a magnitude nor a multitude can be simultaneously actual AND infinite.

Bob said...

"With each passing year, we come closer to our past", the Text of Bankimoon is a Hoax. The desinformation war, on the net, is largely in favour of propalestinians, anti-sionists and as usually for anti-semites.

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