Sunday, October 3, 2010
Some 3,000 Millionaires Claim Jobless Benefits, IRS Data Show
After the economy slipped into recession in 2008, millions of Americans received unemployment benefits to make ends meet -- including almost 3,000 millionaires.
According to U.S. Internal Revenue Service data, 2,840 households reporting at least $1 million in income on their tax returns that year also collected a total of $18.6 million in jobless aid. They included 806 taxpayers with incomes over $2 million and 17 with incomes in excess of $10 million. In all, multimillionaires reported receiving $5.2 million in jobless benefits.
Those numbers are a minuscule fraction of the 9.5 million taxpayers who reported receiving $43.7 billion from jobless benefits in 2008, up from 7.6 million recipients reporting $29.4 billion in benefits in 2007. Still, economists said they are surprised so many people with seven-figure incomes claimed benefits.
“It’s a larger number than I would have expected,” said Alan Viard, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington research organization. “But, people at any income level can lose their jobs.”
The first 26 weeks of unemployment benefits are paid by states. Nationally, benefits average about $300 per week. Because unemployment benefits are insurance, funded with taxes paid by employers, the program isn’t need-based like welfare. A millionaire who loses his or her job is entitled to benefits the same as a laid-off factory or restaurant worker, Viard said.
An Insured Loss
“Getting an insurance payment doesn’t depend on need but only on suffering an insured loss,” said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow and expert on tax policy at the Urban Institute, another Washington policy research organization. “We don’t say that your homeowners’ policy shouldn’t pay off if you’re a millionaire.”
Since 2008, the federal government has helped fund jobless benefits beyond the 26 weeks that states pay. The federal aid is scheduled to expire in November. It also lapsed in June and was renewed in July following a battle in Congress, where some lawmakers said it was time to wind down aid and Republicans said it shouldn’t be financed with deficits.
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According to U.S. Internal Revenue Service data, 2,840 households reporting at least $1 million in income on their tax returns that year also collected a total of $18.6 million in jobless aid. They included 806 taxpayers with incomes over $2 million and 17 with incomes in excess of $10 million. In all, multimillionaires reported receiving $5.2 million in jobless benefits.
Those numbers are a minuscule fraction of the 9.5 million taxpayers who reported receiving $43.7 billion from jobless benefits in 2008, up from 7.6 million recipients reporting $29.4 billion in benefits in 2007. Still, economists said they are surprised so many people with seven-figure incomes claimed benefits.
“It’s a larger number than I would have expected,” said Alan Viard, resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington research organization. “But, people at any income level can lose their jobs.”
The first 26 weeks of unemployment benefits are paid by states. Nationally, benefits average about $300 per week. Because unemployment benefits are insurance, funded with taxes paid by employers, the program isn’t need-based like welfare. A millionaire who loses his or her job is entitled to benefits the same as a laid-off factory or restaurant worker, Viard said.
An Insured Loss
“Getting an insurance payment doesn’t depend on need but only on suffering an insured loss,” said Roberton Williams, a senior fellow and expert on tax policy at the Urban Institute, another Washington policy research organization. “We don’t say that your homeowners’ policy shouldn’t pay off if you’re a millionaire.”
Since 2008, the federal government has helped fund jobless benefits beyond the 26 weeks that states pay. The federal aid is scheduled to expire in November. It also lapsed in June and was renewed in July following a battle in Congress, where some lawmakers said it was time to wind down aid and Republicans said it shouldn’t be financed with deficits.
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33 Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out To Be True, What Every Person Should Know...
By Jonathan Elinoff
After reading the article released by Cracked.com, I decided to update and revise their work. The article gave me a chuckle because it lacked many famous and much larger conspiracy theories that became known. Their article had only listed seven. I can name 33 and I am about to release a revised list soon with 75. The article I read at cracked can be viewed here, but don't waste your time, all of that is in this article and more.
Most people can't resist getting the details on the latest conspiracy theories, no matter how far-fetched they may seem. At the same time, many people quickly denounce any conspiracy theory as untrue ... and sometimes as unpatriotic or just plain ridiculous. Lets not forget all of the thousands of conspiracies out of Wall Street like Bernie Madoff and many others to commit fraud and extortion, among many crimes of conspiracy. USA Today reports that over 75% of personal ads in the paper and on craigslist are married couples posing as single for a one night affair. When someone knocks on your door to sell you a set of knives or phone cards, anything for that matter, do they have a profit motive? What is conspiracy other than just a scary way of saying “alternative agenda”? When 2 friends go to a bar and begin to plan their wingman approach on 2 girls they see at the bar, how often are they planning on lying to those girls?“ I own a small business and am in town for a short while.Oh yeah, you look beautiful.”
Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal or political conspiracy. However, it has come almost exclusively to refer to any fringe theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning. To conspire means "to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or to use such means to accomplish a lawful end. "The term "conspiracy theory" is frequently used by scholars and in popular culture to identify secret military, banking, or political actions aimed at stealing power, money, or freedom, from "the people".
To many, conspiracy theories are just human nature. Not all people in this world are honest, hard working and forthcoming about their intentions.Certainly we can all agree on this.So how did the term “conspiracy theory” get grouped in with fiction, fantasy and folklore? Maybe that’s a conspiracy, just kidding. Or am I?
Skeptics are important in achieving an objective view of reality, however, skeptism is not the same as reinforcing the official storyline. In fact, a conspiracy theory can be argued as an alternative to the official or “mainstream” story of events. Therefore, when skeptics attempt to ridicule a conspiracy theory by using the official story as a means of proving the conspiracy wrong, in effect, they are just reinforcing the original “mainstream” view of history, and actually not being skeptical. This is not skeptism, it is just a convenient way for the establishment view of things to be seen as the correct version, all the time, every time. In fact, it is common for "hit pieces" or "debunking articles" to pick extremely fringe and not very populated conspiracy theories. This in turn makes all conspiracies on a subject matter look crazy. Skeptics magazine and Popular Mechanics, among many others, did this with 9/11. They referred to less than 10% of the many different conspiracy theories about 9/11 and picked the less popular ones, in fact, they picked the fringe, highly improbable points that only a few people make. This was used as the "final investigation" for looking into the conspiracy theories. Convenient, huh?
In fact, if one were to look into conspiracy theories, they will largely find that thinking about a conspiracy is associated with lunacy and paranoia. Some websites suggest it as an illness. It is also not surprising to see so many people on the internet writing about conspiracy theories in a condescending tone, usually with the words "kool-aid," "crack pot," or "nut job" in their articulation. This must be obvious to anyone that emotionally writing about such serious matter insults the reader more than the conspiracy theorist because there is no need to resort to this kind of behavior. It is employed often with an "expert" who will say something along the lines of, "for these conspiracies to be true, you would need hundreds if not thousands of people to be involved. It's just not conceivable."
I find it extremely odd that the assumption is on thousands of participants in a conspiracy. I, for one, find it hard to believe any conspiracy involving more than a handful of people but the fact remains that there have been conspiracies in our world, proven and not made up, that involved many hundreds of people. It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact.
One more thing to consider, have you noticed that if the conspiracy is involving powerful interests with the ability to bribe, threaten or manipulate major institutions (like the mafia, big corporations or government) then don't you find it odd when people use one of those as the "credible" counter-argument? What I mean is, if you are discussing a conspiracy about the mafia, and someone hands you a debunking article that was written by the Mafia, it doesn't seem like it would take rocket science to look at that with serious criticism and credibility. This is the case with many conspiracies. In fact, I am handed debunking pieces all the time written in many cases by the conspirators in question. Doesn't this seem odd to anybody else but me?
While intelligent cynicism certainly can be healthy, though, some of the greatest discoveries of all time were initially received (often with great vitriol) as blasphemous conspiracy theories -- think of the revelation that the earth was not the center of the universe, or that the world was not flat but actually round.
What follows are some of these most shocking modern conspiracy theories that turned out true after thorough investigation by our society. Some through congressional hearings, others through investigative journalism. Many of these, however, were just admitted to by those involved. These are just 33 of them, and I still had a long list of others to add. There are a total of 33 in this article. Many of these are listed with original and credible news clips on the matter, as well as documentaries.
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After reading the article released by Cracked.com, I decided to update and revise their work. The article gave me a chuckle because it lacked many famous and much larger conspiracy theories that became known. Their article had only listed seven. I can name 33 and I am about to release a revised list soon with 75. The article I read at cracked can be viewed here, but don't waste your time, all of that is in this article and more.
Most people can't resist getting the details on the latest conspiracy theories, no matter how far-fetched they may seem. At the same time, many people quickly denounce any conspiracy theory as untrue ... and sometimes as unpatriotic or just plain ridiculous. Lets not forget all of the thousands of conspiracies out of Wall Street like Bernie Madoff and many others to commit fraud and extortion, among many crimes of conspiracy. USA Today reports that over 75% of personal ads in the paper and on craigslist are married couples posing as single for a one night affair. When someone knocks on your door to sell you a set of knives or phone cards, anything for that matter, do they have a profit motive? What is conspiracy other than just a scary way of saying “alternative agenda”? When 2 friends go to a bar and begin to plan their wingman approach on 2 girls they see at the bar, how often are they planning on lying to those girls?“ I own a small business and am in town for a short while.Oh yeah, you look beautiful.”
Conspiracy theory is a term that originally was a neutral descriptor for any claim of civil, criminal or political conspiracy. However, it has come almost exclusively to refer to any fringe theory which explains a historical or current event as the result of a secret plot by conspirators of almost superhuman power and cunning. To conspire means "to join in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act or to use such means to accomplish a lawful end. "The term "conspiracy theory" is frequently used by scholars and in popular culture to identify secret military, banking, or political actions aimed at stealing power, money, or freedom, from "the people".
To many, conspiracy theories are just human nature. Not all people in this world are honest, hard working and forthcoming about their intentions.Certainly we can all agree on this.So how did the term “conspiracy theory” get grouped in with fiction, fantasy and folklore? Maybe that’s a conspiracy, just kidding. Or am I?
Skeptics are important in achieving an objective view of reality, however, skeptism is not the same as reinforcing the official storyline. In fact, a conspiracy theory can be argued as an alternative to the official or “mainstream” story of events. Therefore, when skeptics attempt to ridicule a conspiracy theory by using the official story as a means of proving the conspiracy wrong, in effect, they are just reinforcing the original “mainstream” view of history, and actually not being skeptical. This is not skeptism, it is just a convenient way for the establishment view of things to be seen as the correct version, all the time, every time. In fact, it is common for "hit pieces" or "debunking articles" to pick extremely fringe and not very populated conspiracy theories. This in turn makes all conspiracies on a subject matter look crazy. Skeptics magazine and Popular Mechanics, among many others, did this with 9/11. They referred to less than 10% of the many different conspiracy theories about 9/11 and picked the less popular ones, in fact, they picked the fringe, highly improbable points that only a few people make. This was used as the "final investigation" for looking into the conspiracy theories. Convenient, huh?
In fact, if one were to look into conspiracy theories, they will largely find that thinking about a conspiracy is associated with lunacy and paranoia. Some websites suggest it as an illness. It is also not surprising to see so many people on the internet writing about conspiracy theories in a condescending tone, usually with the words "kool-aid," "crack pot," or "nut job" in their articulation. This must be obvious to anyone that emotionally writing about such serious matter insults the reader more than the conspiracy theorist because there is no need to resort to this kind of behavior. It is employed often with an "expert" who will say something along the lines of, "for these conspiracies to be true, you would need hundreds if not thousands of people to be involved. It's just not conceivable."
I find it extremely odd that the assumption is on thousands of participants in a conspiracy. I, for one, find it hard to believe any conspiracy involving more than a handful of people but the fact remains that there have been conspiracies in our world, proven and not made up, that involved many hundreds of people. It's not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact.
One more thing to consider, have you noticed that if the conspiracy is involving powerful interests with the ability to bribe, threaten or manipulate major institutions (like the mafia, big corporations or government) then don't you find it odd when people use one of those as the "credible" counter-argument? What I mean is, if you are discussing a conspiracy about the mafia, and someone hands you a debunking article that was written by the Mafia, it doesn't seem like it would take rocket science to look at that with serious criticism and credibility. This is the case with many conspiracies. In fact, I am handed debunking pieces all the time written in many cases by the conspirators in question. Doesn't this seem odd to anybody else but me?
While intelligent cynicism certainly can be healthy, though, some of the greatest discoveries of all time were initially received (often with great vitriol) as blasphemous conspiracy theories -- think of the revelation that the earth was not the center of the universe, or that the world was not flat but actually round.
What follows are some of these most shocking modern conspiracy theories that turned out true after thorough investigation by our society. Some through congressional hearings, others through investigative journalism. Many of these, however, were just admitted to by those involved. These are just 33 of them, and I still had a long list of others to add. There are a total of 33 in this article. Many of these are listed with original and credible news clips on the matter, as well as documentaries.
Read More...
The Hope Conspiracy Revealed
by Peter Chamberlin
We have to stop thinking of the organized effort to control society as a dark conspiracy and learn to see its very existence as a sign of hope. If a small group of evil men can figure-out a way to take control of human fate, then other groups of intelligent men and women with the best intentions should be just as capable of learning how to break their control.
Hope is the commodity that we are most in need of at this time. If we look at the plot to control mankind’s destiny through the lens of “conspiracy,” we feel compelled to surrender to the broken spirit of hopelessness, thinking that our situation is above human resolution.
This is the weakness of spirit that compels many to look for outside intervention from a divine or extraterrestrial source, or else from imaginary unions of upright moral men. We will find that no one else will save us.
It is a task which we must accomplish for ourselves.
The world is in the unbelievable mess it is in not by accident, but because of an ancient plan. All the money and power in the world cant’ make anything better by themselves, simply because the people with all the power, who control nearly all the money, won’t let things get better until they get what they want. What they want isn’t merely the Asian oil and gas resources; what they want is the entire world.
The existential problems we face today as a Nation are the symptoms of a long-term condition of deterioration, where the rot has had plenty of time to settle in. Presidents only have 4-8 years to try to set the country on the path to recovery (if any of them was ever of a mind to try), but the powerful individuals and families who are causing all the trouble have their entire lifetimes in their positions of ill-gotten power to screw things up. With their hands on the bank accounts of every politician, they work with their stables full of lifetime representatives to create the perception that change is afoot, even though they work twice as hard making sure that everything remains the same.
The many problems that W. inherited from Bill Clinton and from his father (not to mention the mountain of crises created by the father of the neoconservative revolution, Ronnie Ray-guns) were without simple solutions, these things were never meant to be solved. In our great social experiment in the behavioral science of the “strategy of tension,” problems are created as solutions unto themselves; crises are opportunities for social control that presidents are to “manage” (as in “conflict management”).
Proof of this can be seen in the continuity of political, military, economic and legal decisions made by successive administrations of alternating political parties. If the two parties really had differing interests, then policies would have swung back and forth between polar extremes. But this never happens. Despite the fact that every candidate for office campaigns on promises to correct the misguided policies of his predecessor, no president has ever fulfilled his promises to correct anything. Social problems are created with the intention of allowing them to compound, or accumulate, until they approach something like a “critical mass.” When society is agitated to this point, then controlled events and reactions to them provide the means to full control, without resorting to massive force. “Conflict management” is a very real behavioral science and it is made possible by an intimate knowledge of human reactions to shocking events.
Our behavior is not actually “controlled,” it is predicted. That’s one of humanity’s principle traits—our actions are usually predictable. With the astounding technology available to those who wish to direct the course of human destiny, it is fairly obvious that American leaders probably understood beforehand just what the negative reactions will be to any American action. Nasty little backlashes to American policies like “al Qaida” are never really “bolts out of the blue.” It is usually fairly easy for anyone to foresee certain reactions, if they are familiar with the person actors who are involved.
With the right analytical hardware and software, it should be possible for anyone to predict some future events with a high degree of accuracy. If negative reactions to American policies such as the 911 attacks were anticipated by the planners beforehand, then the fact that they were allowed to take place becomes proof that they had been incorporated into the master plan. It is highly probably that our leaders knew 911 would be a horrific day, yet they did nothing to deter the attacks, and probably took significant steps to guarantee a successful outcome leading to perpetual war and world government.
Every president builds on the mistakes of his predecessors, adopting and adapting all the idiotic mistakes, making them his own. Obama became Bush, just as Bush became Clinton the globalist, interventionist, war-hawk before him. The hybridized mutant policies that grew out of these compounded errors were each president’s personal “window dressing,” to cover a central plan that has never changed or swayed one iota from its sick original goals, which were formulated many decades ago. If each president was really “his own man,” following his own best ideas and solutions for what is clearly wrong with our country, then this binding thread of continuity of purpose and plan would not exist. But, “exist,” it clearly does.
The problem with running a government that never admits error is that each new administration is saddled with baggage generated by the past. Instead of ending defective popular programs from the previous administration, the new president merely bent each program to his liking, producing freakish new programs which gave with one hand, while taking back with the other. Such programs continued to produce mandated increases to cover inflationary cost increases, yet they contained contradictory “needs based” standards which usually confiscated whatever was given.
Nothing else seemed to be possible in a system of government which never admits its mistakes or corrects its past errors. Bureaucracy always multiplies itself if given the opportunity. The same applies to military bureaucracy; it always finds ways to multiply itself, also by replicating past mistakes. In our case, the strategy of redundancy provided the easiest (though most dangerous) solution. American military strategy was to replicate small copies of the US Army in allied countries.
Clinton’s sadly mistaken policies compounded Reagan’s error of allowing CIA Dir. Wm. Casey to ship militants to Uzbekistan and the Ferghana Valley. The intervention-loving Democrat president shamelessly created the “Islamist” mercenary forces who operated in “liberated” Soviet space, from Bosnia, to Chechnya, to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. These militants were all ours. Clinton’s “Islamist” armies waged war in the former Yugoslavia, in both Chechen wars, as well as in the Tajik civil war.
Bush Jr. merely revived the same policy, using the same militant leaders in the same locations, with similar results. Only Bush had his military minds adapt a less violent “democratic-revolutionary” counterpart for his “Islamist” forces, putting the behavioral conditioners to work softening-up the ground in countries that offered no military openings. This gave us the series of “colored revolutions” in Eurasia.
By contracting-out much of these operations to private security firms and foreign governments without oversight, it has become easier for the international networks of criminals, militants, arms-traders, drug-runners to coalesce into a powerful force which operates outside of all laws. Thanks to Bush and Cheney, some folks refer to the International militant networks as “al Qaida,” even though bin Laden’s real organization only consisted of a few thousand Arab and N. African militants.
After each illegal covert paramilitary operation, where contractors were secretly supplied with Soviet military equipment, often using American military transport (SEE: The Tuzla Airlift–Sometimes History Refuses to Be Silent), the controllable remnants of these private armies were either absorbed into standing national militaries, or transferred to the next secret war. The wild, unreliable remnants of the private armies split-off into smaller private networks, each independently pursuing its own goals. Even though broken-down into separate militant components, all of these mercenary forces continued to serve the mission of the planners, by sowing destabilization wherever they went and whoever they hooked-up with.
In Europe, some of the right-wing nationalists and their networks of friends merged with the “stay behind forces” created by American and British military intelligence to fight covert “low-level insurgencies” against their allies in liberal democrat European governments. These were the so-called “Gladio” forces. Gladio was basically a large series of interconnected psychological warfare experiments conducted upon America’s European allies, without their consent, much like the illegal US syphilis research conducted on Guatemalans without consent which Obama recently apologized for. Gladio provided the American military with the valuable lab results it needed before designing the global Gladio program which we are engulfed in.
The terror war is a global campaign to force worldwide acceptance of a distorted redefinition of words certain words like “terrorism,” and “aggression,” in order to paint our own acts of state terrorism as self-defense. This purposeful distortion of everyday reality has produced the expected state of cognitive dissonance in the population at large, making the blurring of other lines much easier. By forcing the people to accept that “black is white” and to hold contradictory beliefs, they are left confused, not knowing what to think. They are stunned. The introduction of further shock or extreme tension to someone in this confused state of mind produces fear and a reaction to run away or withdraw from the source of the tension. In this manner, groups of select people are herded like frightened cattle, in whatever direction the controllers want to stampede them.
The shock of the 911 event is a steering force. Since the early days of the wars which followed this event, the American people have been bounced from steering event to steering event. We have become extremely weary from all of this bouncing. We don’t bounce so easily anymore. They have cried “wolf” once too often, Obama is slowly finding out. Hopefully, we will one day discover that the strategy of terror was self-defeating, meaning that it was better suited to short term operations, since the shock value diminished with successive events. Targeted populations became accustomed to the constant shocks. Constant terrorism in places like Peshawar has hardened the wills of many people just as much as it has broken the will of others.
Obama is continuing a very big mistake of Bush and Cheney by continuing the pipeline wars in the traditional/unconventional American way, that of using “Islamists” to gain an unfair advantage over Russia and Gazprom on their “home turf” in Central Asia. Instead of working with Russia, China and others to find solutions to the sadly mistaken and corrupt energy policies set down by Bush and Cheney, Obama is continuing their mistakes and making them worse. America is sticking to its guns, continuing the war in Afghanistan, relying on military force wherever we can, bribing and extorting our partners in crime, to take or buy what we want, instead of finding acceptable common ground with others for turning a planned military solution into an international logistics problem, one carried-out for the common good.
Now that Obama has inherited this mélange of compounded errors from his predecessors, he finds that the less extreme options of both the military and the revolutionary angles have largely played-out. He is backed into a corner and has no choices left to him, except to begin trying to solve some of the previous mistakes, even if that means forgetting about a second term and taking a stand for truth against his powerful backers and handlers. The problem with Obama is that he doesn’t seem to realize that he has reached the end of his rope. Tinkering with revisions to the mistakes, making cosmetic changes around the edges of separate dilemmas, is only making matters worse by running-out the ticking clock and wasting money on imaginary solutions which solve nothing.
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We have to stop thinking of the organized effort to control society as a dark conspiracy and learn to see its very existence as a sign of hope. If a small group of evil men can figure-out a way to take control of human fate, then other groups of intelligent men and women with the best intentions should be just as capable of learning how to break their control.
Hope is the commodity that we are most in need of at this time. If we look at the plot to control mankind’s destiny through the lens of “conspiracy,” we feel compelled to surrender to the broken spirit of hopelessness, thinking that our situation is above human resolution.
This is the weakness of spirit that compels many to look for outside intervention from a divine or extraterrestrial source, or else from imaginary unions of upright moral men. We will find that no one else will save us.
It is a task which we must accomplish for ourselves.
The world is in the unbelievable mess it is in not by accident, but because of an ancient plan. All the money and power in the world cant’ make anything better by themselves, simply because the people with all the power, who control nearly all the money, won’t let things get better until they get what they want. What they want isn’t merely the Asian oil and gas resources; what they want is the entire world.
The existential problems we face today as a Nation are the symptoms of a long-term condition of deterioration, where the rot has had plenty of time to settle in. Presidents only have 4-8 years to try to set the country on the path to recovery (if any of them was ever of a mind to try), but the powerful individuals and families who are causing all the trouble have their entire lifetimes in their positions of ill-gotten power to screw things up. With their hands on the bank accounts of every politician, they work with their stables full of lifetime representatives to create the perception that change is afoot, even though they work twice as hard making sure that everything remains the same.
The many problems that W. inherited from Bill Clinton and from his father (not to mention the mountain of crises created by the father of the neoconservative revolution, Ronnie Ray-guns) were without simple solutions, these things were never meant to be solved. In our great social experiment in the behavioral science of the “strategy of tension,” problems are created as solutions unto themselves; crises are opportunities for social control that presidents are to “manage” (as in “conflict management”).
Proof of this can be seen in the continuity of political, military, economic and legal decisions made by successive administrations of alternating political parties. If the two parties really had differing interests, then policies would have swung back and forth between polar extremes. But this never happens. Despite the fact that every candidate for office campaigns on promises to correct the misguided policies of his predecessor, no president has ever fulfilled his promises to correct anything. Social problems are created with the intention of allowing them to compound, or accumulate, until they approach something like a “critical mass.” When society is agitated to this point, then controlled events and reactions to them provide the means to full control, without resorting to massive force. “Conflict management” is a very real behavioral science and it is made possible by an intimate knowledge of human reactions to shocking events.
Our behavior is not actually “controlled,” it is predicted. That’s one of humanity’s principle traits—our actions are usually predictable. With the astounding technology available to those who wish to direct the course of human destiny, it is fairly obvious that American leaders probably understood beforehand just what the negative reactions will be to any American action. Nasty little backlashes to American policies like “al Qaida” are never really “bolts out of the blue.” It is usually fairly easy for anyone to foresee certain reactions, if they are familiar with the person actors who are involved.
With the right analytical hardware and software, it should be possible for anyone to predict some future events with a high degree of accuracy. If negative reactions to American policies such as the 911 attacks were anticipated by the planners beforehand, then the fact that they were allowed to take place becomes proof that they had been incorporated into the master plan. It is highly probably that our leaders knew 911 would be a horrific day, yet they did nothing to deter the attacks, and probably took significant steps to guarantee a successful outcome leading to perpetual war and world government.
Every president builds on the mistakes of his predecessors, adopting and adapting all the idiotic mistakes, making them his own. Obama became Bush, just as Bush became Clinton the globalist, interventionist, war-hawk before him. The hybridized mutant policies that grew out of these compounded errors were each president’s personal “window dressing,” to cover a central plan that has never changed or swayed one iota from its sick original goals, which were formulated many decades ago. If each president was really “his own man,” following his own best ideas and solutions for what is clearly wrong with our country, then this binding thread of continuity of purpose and plan would not exist. But, “exist,” it clearly does.
The problem with running a government that never admits error is that each new administration is saddled with baggage generated by the past. Instead of ending defective popular programs from the previous administration, the new president merely bent each program to his liking, producing freakish new programs which gave with one hand, while taking back with the other. Such programs continued to produce mandated increases to cover inflationary cost increases, yet they contained contradictory “needs based” standards which usually confiscated whatever was given.
Nothing else seemed to be possible in a system of government which never admits its mistakes or corrects its past errors. Bureaucracy always multiplies itself if given the opportunity. The same applies to military bureaucracy; it always finds ways to multiply itself, also by replicating past mistakes. In our case, the strategy of redundancy provided the easiest (though most dangerous) solution. American military strategy was to replicate small copies of the US Army in allied countries.
Clinton’s sadly mistaken policies compounded Reagan’s error of allowing CIA Dir. Wm. Casey to ship militants to Uzbekistan and the Ferghana Valley. The intervention-loving Democrat president shamelessly created the “Islamist” mercenary forces who operated in “liberated” Soviet space, from Bosnia, to Chechnya, to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. These militants were all ours. Clinton’s “Islamist” armies waged war in the former Yugoslavia, in both Chechen wars, as well as in the Tajik civil war.
Bush Jr. merely revived the same policy, using the same militant leaders in the same locations, with similar results. Only Bush had his military minds adapt a less violent “democratic-revolutionary” counterpart for his “Islamist” forces, putting the behavioral conditioners to work softening-up the ground in countries that offered no military openings. This gave us the series of “colored revolutions” in Eurasia.
By contracting-out much of these operations to private security firms and foreign governments without oversight, it has become easier for the international networks of criminals, militants, arms-traders, drug-runners to coalesce into a powerful force which operates outside of all laws. Thanks to Bush and Cheney, some folks refer to the International militant networks as “al Qaida,” even though bin Laden’s real organization only consisted of a few thousand Arab and N. African militants.
After each illegal covert paramilitary operation, where contractors were secretly supplied with Soviet military equipment, often using American military transport (SEE: The Tuzla Airlift–Sometimes History Refuses to Be Silent), the controllable remnants of these private armies were either absorbed into standing national militaries, or transferred to the next secret war. The wild, unreliable remnants of the private armies split-off into smaller private networks, each independently pursuing its own goals. Even though broken-down into separate militant components, all of these mercenary forces continued to serve the mission of the planners, by sowing destabilization wherever they went and whoever they hooked-up with.
In Europe, some of the right-wing nationalists and their networks of friends merged with the “stay behind forces” created by American and British military intelligence to fight covert “low-level insurgencies” against their allies in liberal democrat European governments. These were the so-called “Gladio” forces. Gladio was basically a large series of interconnected psychological warfare experiments conducted upon America’s European allies, without their consent, much like the illegal US syphilis research conducted on Guatemalans without consent which Obama recently apologized for. Gladio provided the American military with the valuable lab results it needed before designing the global Gladio program which we are engulfed in.
The terror war is a global campaign to force worldwide acceptance of a distorted redefinition of words certain words like “terrorism,” and “aggression,” in order to paint our own acts of state terrorism as self-defense. This purposeful distortion of everyday reality has produced the expected state of cognitive dissonance in the population at large, making the blurring of other lines much easier. By forcing the people to accept that “black is white” and to hold contradictory beliefs, they are left confused, not knowing what to think. They are stunned. The introduction of further shock or extreme tension to someone in this confused state of mind produces fear and a reaction to run away or withdraw from the source of the tension. In this manner, groups of select people are herded like frightened cattle, in whatever direction the controllers want to stampede them.
The shock of the 911 event is a steering force. Since the early days of the wars which followed this event, the American people have been bounced from steering event to steering event. We have become extremely weary from all of this bouncing. We don’t bounce so easily anymore. They have cried “wolf” once too often, Obama is slowly finding out. Hopefully, we will one day discover that the strategy of terror was self-defeating, meaning that it was better suited to short term operations, since the shock value diminished with successive events. Targeted populations became accustomed to the constant shocks. Constant terrorism in places like Peshawar has hardened the wills of many people just as much as it has broken the will of others.
Obama is continuing a very big mistake of Bush and Cheney by continuing the pipeline wars in the traditional/unconventional American way, that of using “Islamists” to gain an unfair advantage over Russia and Gazprom on their “home turf” in Central Asia. Instead of working with Russia, China and others to find solutions to the sadly mistaken and corrupt energy policies set down by Bush and Cheney, Obama is continuing their mistakes and making them worse. America is sticking to its guns, continuing the war in Afghanistan, relying on military force wherever we can, bribing and extorting our partners in crime, to take or buy what we want, instead of finding acceptable common ground with others for turning a planned military solution into an international logistics problem, one carried-out for the common good.
Now that Obama has inherited this mélange of compounded errors from his predecessors, he finds that the less extreme options of both the military and the revolutionary angles have largely played-out. He is backed into a corner and has no choices left to him, except to begin trying to solve some of the previous mistakes, even if that means forgetting about a second term and taking a stand for truth against his powerful backers and handlers. The problem with Obama is that he doesn’t seem to realize that he has reached the end of his rope. Tinkering with revisions to the mistakes, making cosmetic changes around the edges of separate dilemmas, is only making matters worse by running-out the ticking clock and wasting money on imaginary solutions which solve nothing.
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Fear Mongering: U.S. issues European travel alert
The U.S. State Department has issued an alert for Americans travelling in Europe, warning them there is a greater potential that al-Qaeda may launch attacks against U.S. citizens and Europeans.
Authorities are concerned that militants may be planning co-ordinated attacks similar to the Mumbai shooting rampage in 2008.
The alert does not focus on any particular areas of Europe but urges U.S. citizens to be extra vigilant when they're in public places such as tourist spots and transportation hubs.
The travel alert is a cumulative result of information the U.S. has received over an extended period, an official said.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley declined to comment Saturday on the matter. But he said the administration was focused on al-Qaeda threats to U.S. interests and would take appropriate steps to protect Americans.
U.S. and European security experts have been concerned for days that terrorists may be plotting attacks in Europe with assault weapons on public places.
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Authorities are concerned that militants may be planning co-ordinated attacks similar to the Mumbai shooting rampage in 2008.
The alert does not focus on any particular areas of Europe but urges U.S. citizens to be extra vigilant when they're in public places such as tourist spots and transportation hubs.
The travel alert is a cumulative result of information the U.S. has received over an extended period, an official said.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley declined to comment Saturday on the matter. But he said the administration was focused on al-Qaeda threats to U.S. interests and would take appropriate steps to protect Americans.
U.S. and European security experts have been concerned for days that terrorists may be plotting attacks in Europe with assault weapons on public places.
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Iran ready to help nab 9/11 perpetrators
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has once again renewed a call for a probe into the 9/11 US terror attacks, insisting that facts about the event must be clearly established.
The US and its allies used the September 11 incident as a pretext to come to the Middle East region and carried out whatever they wanted, President Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.
The Iranian chief executive urged the United States to respond to hundreds of questions that still remain unanswered regarding the 9/11 attacks.
He emphasized that the US started a game in order to "attack our region," adding that Washington seeks to plunder regional assets and dominate the entire region.
President Ahmadinejad urged the United States to identify and execute the rouge elements involved in the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 people and declared, "We are ready to help Washington arrest them if it supplies us with the evidence."
He also pointed to US crimes in the region and urged Washington to apologize to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan for its criminal measures.
The president demanded that the US stop committing crimes and pull out of the region before regional nations drive it out by force.
In his September 22 speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raised serious doubts about the credibility of Washington's account of the source and nature of the attacks implying that a “very powerful and complex terrorist group, able to successfully cross all layers of the American intelligence and security, carried out the attack.”
Ahmadinejad said that despite US efforts to establish its own version of events as facts, many throughout the world remain unconvinced and believe that “some segments within the US government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its loosening grips on the Middle East in order to save the Zionist regime [of Israel].”
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The US and its allies used the September 11 incident as a pretext to come to the Middle East region and carried out whatever they wanted, President Ahmadinejad said on Sunday.
The Iranian chief executive urged the United States to respond to hundreds of questions that still remain unanswered regarding the 9/11 attacks.
He emphasized that the US started a game in order to "attack our region," adding that Washington seeks to plunder regional assets and dominate the entire region.
President Ahmadinejad urged the United States to identify and execute the rouge elements involved in the 9/11 attacks that killed 3,000 people and declared, "We are ready to help Washington arrest them if it supplies us with the evidence."
He also pointed to US crimes in the region and urged Washington to apologize to the people of Pakistan and Afghanistan for its criminal measures.
The president demanded that the US stop committing crimes and pull out of the region before regional nations drive it out by force.
In his September 22 speech at the UN General Assembly in New York, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad raised serious doubts about the credibility of Washington's account of the source and nature of the attacks implying that a “very powerful and complex terrorist group, able to successfully cross all layers of the American intelligence and security, carried out the attack.”
Ahmadinejad said that despite US efforts to establish its own version of events as facts, many throughout the world remain unconvinced and believe that “some segments within the US government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy and its loosening grips on the Middle East in order to save the Zionist regime [of Israel].”
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William Cooper's Mystery Babylon: Part 37 – Rose Cross College, Part II
Transcribed by wakingup72 @ http://www.waronyou.com/forums
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[William Cooper]: You're listening to the Hour of the Time. I'm William Cooper.
[Carolyn Nelson]: (faint)And I'm Carolyn Nelson....(louder)and I'm Carolyn Nelson.
[William Cooper]: And we'll get it together sooner or later here, folks. Well, we were supposed to have a metal report from Gene Miller, but he hasn't called, so we're going to get right into the program, and I'll guess he'll have to do it in this hour tomorrow night.
Right off the bat I want to read a letter here from a listener named John, who sent the reply from the office of Arlen Specter, United States Senator for Pennsylvania:
"Dear Mr. John:
Thank you for contacting my office regarding your request for
Public Law 87-297. In an effort to be helpful as possible, I have
contacted the Senate document room who informs me that Public Law 87-297
is currently out of stock with no authority to reprint.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Please let me know if I
can be of further assistance on this or any other matter of concern.
Sincerely,
Arlen Specter"
And John enclosed a little note at the bottom:
"Dear Bill,
This is the reply I received from the Specter staff to my request for
Public Law 87-297 and State Department Paper 7277. I called Washington and
told them at 87-297 can be found on page 652, volume 9 of title 22, United
States Code, 1998 edition. I thank you for providing this information.
I went on to inform the Specter staff that, as a citizen, I am entitled
to be allowed to learn the law and requested that they make a photocopy of
the page specified and to send that photocopy of 87-297 to my location. I
have received a copy of the booklet State Department Paper 7277 from the
John Burkes Society. It is exactly what you said it was: a written plan to
disarm America. You have my permission to quote these letters.
God bless you,
John"
So folks, don't let them get away with it. You see, since we ran the treason series, they have been telling you that the Public Laws are out of print and no longer available and that is a blatant lie. Not only are they in print and available to all Senators and Congressmen in Washington, D.C., the Justice Department, the President of the United States, the Library of Congress and every library in this country [sic]. So don't let these scumbag creep-o treasonous traitors get away with it. Call them on it, just like John did, and make sure that you force their hand every single time; otherwise, they will ride right over you.
In the earlier hour of the Hour of the Time, we began a new series on the Rose Cross College and I quoted, verbatim, from a book, entitled A Rose Cross College:, edited by R. Swinburne Clymer, copyrighted 1917, A Resume of the Teachings and Proceedings of the Rose Cross College During its Session Held in the Month of October, 1916, on the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the Order. The Imperialistic Council and Venerable Order of the Magi, its instructions and the Official Degree 'Priests of Melchizadek.' The 'Knights of Chivalry and Order of the Holy Grail.' So folks, if you missed that hour, make sure that you order the tape. For non-CAJI members, tapes are eight dollars postpaid; for CAJI members, they're six dollars postpaid. You may order tapes by sending your money to William Cooper, P.O. Box 1420, Show Low (spelled S-H-O-W L-O-W), Arizona, 85901. That's P.O. Box 1420, Show Low, Arizona, 85901.
In the beginning of this book, it described the initiation (laughs) in the Grove of Osiris and, uh, many other things, ladies and gentlemen, that you need to know. The ancient degrees of Osiris were conferred upon the delegates during that period of time in 1916. And, you know, I put out some hints for you people to be examining the Gritz SPIKE training tape, that there was symbolism there. Some of you did, most of you, as usual, stayed on your butts and didn't do anything. Many of you have been sucked in by Mr. Trojan Horse himself, Lt. Col. James ["Bobo"] Gritz. If you look real closely at his SPIKE training literature and his SPIKE training video, you will see that SPIKE is spelled S-P-(Obelisk)-K-E. S-P-(Obelisk)-K-E. Now, for those of you who don't know what that means: S-P-(Penis of Osiris)-K-E. He's playing you for a fool and again, just like all the others, he is laughing at you. A day-and-a-half SPIKE training, (sarcasm:)uh-huh. And he teaches you how to fight with a double-edged blade and tells you that you are now a member of Delta Force.
Let me read to you from a dictionary of Freemasonry exactly what "delta" means. And during a later program, ladies and gentlemen, we will play a tape, a briefing tape, for high-ranking officers in the United States Army on the First Earth Battalion which describes, again, what task force Delta is really all about. "Delta, the name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In form, it is a triangle, and was considered by the ancient Egyptians a symbol of fire and also of God. And the Scottish and French systems, and also that of the Knights Templar are delta is the unspeakable name."
And we go back a little farther, ladies and gentlemen: "INRI -- in effect, Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum, which means, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews," the inscription, which was placed upon the cross of the savior. In the philosophical lodge, they represent fire, salt, sulfur and mercury. In the system of the Rosicrucians, they have a similar use: IGNE NATURA RENOVATUR INTERGRA, meaning literally, "By fire, nature is perfectly renewed." This idea is also found in the degree of Knights, Adepts of the Eagle or of the Sun. Remember, fire is connected to Delta; remember that they burn their enemies to purify the soul so that the enemies will not come back after them.
Don't go away. You, you my dear sheeple, have an awful lot to learn.
(opening music: The Rose, by Bette Midler)
Governments are controlled and operated by a few, not with the thought of producing the most good for the greatest number of people, but to obtain power and riches for the few at the expense of the many. The few are wading in streams of gold while the many are growing under hard burdens.
[reading from A Rose Cross College]:
(start quote here):
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In the myths surrounding King Arthur and the Round Table and of those Knights of the Holy Grail who are the forerunners of the Order of the Garter and other knighthoods, one particularly is worthy of interpretation, demonstrating as it does, the use and abuse of power.
The story of Merlin is soon told:
"Merlin was the son of no mortal father, but of an Incubus, one of a class of beings not absolutely wicked, but far from good, who inhabited regions of the air. Merlin's mother was a virtuous young woman, who, on the birth of her son, entrusted him to a priest, who hurried him to the baptismal fount, and so saved him from sharing the lot of his father, though he retained many marks of his unearthly origin.
"At this time Vortigern reigned in Britain. He was a usurper, who had caused the death of this sovereign, Monies, and driven the two brothers of the late king, whose names were Uther and Pendragon, into banishment. Vortigern, who lived in constant fear of the return of the rightful heirs of the kingdom, began to erect a strong tower for defense. The edifice, when brought by the workmen to a certain height, three times fell to the ground, without any apparent cause. The king consulted his astrologers on this wonderful event and learned from them that it would be necessary to bathe the corner-stone of the foundation with the blood of a child born without a mortal father.
"In search for such an infant, Vortigern sent his messengers all over the kingdom, and they, by accident discovered Merlin, whose lineage seemed to point him out as the individual wanted. They took him to the king; but Merlin, young as he was, explained to the king the absurdity of attempting to rescue the fabric by such means, for he told him the true cause of the instability of the tower was its being placed over the den of two immense dragons whose combats shook the earth above them. The king ordered his workmen to dig beneath the tower, and when they had done so they discovered two enormous serpents, the one white as milk, the other red as fire. The multitude looked on with amazement, till the serpents, slowly risen from their den, and expanding their enormous folds, began the combat, when everyone fled in terror, except Merlin who stood by clapping his hands and cheering on the conflict. The red dragon was slain, and the white one, gliding through a cleft in the rock, disappeared.
"These animals typified, as Merlin afterwards explained, the invasion of Utherand Pendragon, the rightful princes, who soon after landed with a great army. Vortigren was defeated, and afterwards burned alive in the castle he had taken such pains to construct. On the death of Vortigren, Pendragon ascended the throne. Merlin became his chief adviser, and often assisted the king by his magical arts.
"Merlin, who knew the range of all their arts,
Had built the King his havens, ships and halls." -- Vivian.
"Merlin continued to be a favorite counselor through the reigns of Pendragon, Uther, and Arthur, and at last disappeared from view, and was no more found among men, through the treachery of his mistress, Viviane, the Fairy, which happened in this wise.
"Merlin, having become enamored of the fair Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, was weak enough to impart to her various important secrets of his art, being impelled by fatal destiny, of which he was at the same time fully aware. The lady, however, was not content with his devotion, unbounded as it seem to have been, but 'cast about,' the Romance tell us, how she might 'detain him for evermore,' and one day addressed him in these terms: 'Sir, I would that we should make a fair place and a suitable, so contrived by art and by cunning that it might ever be undone, and that you and I should be there in joy and solace.' 'My lady,' said Merlin, 'I will do all this.' 'Sir,' and she, 'I would not have you do it, but you shall teach me, and I will do it, and then it will be more to my mind.' 'I grant you this,' said Merlin. Then he began to devise, and the damsel put it all in writing. And when he had devised the whole, then had the damsel full great joy, and showed him greater semblance of love then she had ever before made, and they sojourned together a long while. At length it fell out that, as they were going one day hand in hand through the forest of Breceliande, they found a bush of white-thorn, which was laden with flowers; and they seated themselves under the shade of this white-thorn, upon the green grass, and Merlin laid his head upon the damsel's lap, and fell asleep. Then the damsel rose, and made a ring with her wimple round the bush, and round Merlin, and began her enchantments, such as he himself had taught her; and nine times she made the ring, and nine times she made the enchantment, and then she went and sat down by him, and placed his head again upon her lap.
"And when he awoke and looked round him, it seemed to him that he was enclosed in the strongest tower in the world, and laid upon a fair bed. Then said he to the dame: 'My lady, you have deceived me, unless you abide with me, for no on hath power to unmake this tower but you alone.' She then promised she would be often there and in this she held her covenant with him. And Merlin never went out of that tower where his Mistress Viviane had enclosed him; but she entered and went out again when she listed.
"After this event Merlin was never more know to hold converse with any mortal but Viviane, except on one occasion. Arthur, having for some time missed him from his court, sent several of his knights in search of him, and, among the number, Sir Gawain, who met with a very unpleasant adventure while engaged in this quest. Happening to pass a damsel on his road, and neglecting to salute her, (as all true Knights should) she revenged herself for his incivility by transforming him into a hideous dwarf. He was bewailing aloud his evil fortune as he went through the forest of Breceliande, when suddenly he heard the voice of one groaning on his right hand; and looking that way, he could see nothing save a kind of smoke, which seemed like air, and through which he could not pass. Merlin then addressed him from out of the smoke, and told him by what misadventure he was imprisoned there. 'Ah sir,' he added, 'you will never see me more, and that grieves me, but I cannot remedy it; I shall never more speak to you, nor to any other person, save only my mistress. But do thou hasten to King Arthur, and charge him for me to undertake, without delay, the quest of the Sacred Grail. The knight is already born, and has received knighthood at his hands, who is destined to accomplish the quest.' And after this he comforted Gawain under his transformation, assuring him that he should speedily be dischanted; and he predicted to him that he should find the King at Carduel, in Wales, on his return, and that all the other knights who had been on like quest would arrive there the same day as himself. And all this came to pass as Merlin had said."
[William Cooper]: Now the interpretation of this story, ladies and gentlemen, goes something like this:
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(end quote here)
And remember in the earlier hour, ladies and gentlemen, we learned that, to the Mysteries, the Holy Grail represents the soul. The soul. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, and they don't even believe that most people have a soul until they prepare the body to receive it. (laughs) So, you are learning...you are learning much faster than you ever could on your own. Skipping ahead:
"In this respect, the Pyramid is a perfect symbol of man when he has reached the state called Illumination of Soul, or Soul Consciousness, or in other words, 'has found the Center, or located the All-Seeing Eye.'"
Skipping ahead again:
"[Dr. Clymer asking:] 'May we look to Masonry in completing the great work, or will it continue to be purely materialistic? Let this be the mission of Masonry, to perfect the work for which its outer symbology stands. Shall it be so?'"
This is an admission that they are purely materialistic at this point and have been throughout their history.
"While this is truly a Masonic work, the work for which the Mason has made a good foundation when he has completed his three degrees, yet it is also a work for every man, and especially a work for those who have taken up, or who have opportunity and inclination to take up, the special training offered freely today by the representatives of the Ancient Schools, through the Illuminati, Sons of Osiris, Magi, and other Fraternities.
Skipping ahead again, several pages...:
"The 'Fire Philosophy' is the basis of all Religious Mysteries and all the secret philosophies of the Universe. It is also the underlying principal on which All Secret Occult Brotherhoods are founded. It was taught in the Ancient Mysteries, and, although the knowledge of it has long been lost to the world, it has always been preserved in the Occult Fraternities.
"'The aim of all true initiation, no matter what the name of the Fraternity may be is to know the nature of the Secret Fire that regenerates the world and which renders him who comes into its possession immortal...'
"...The mystic has always held that Masonry was one of the basis upon which religion was founded, that the Mysteries of Masonry when fully understood, are the same as the Ancient Mysteries, and therefore the Mysteries of religion itself.
"...[section header:]THE WAY TO GODHOOD[?] Be thou a man and thou mayst be a god."
Be a man and thou mayst be a god -- this is the divine command of the New Age. The new commandment teaches how to live that man shall be the first great stage of growth and that God could, may follow manhood. Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz is a 32nd degree Freemason of the Scottish Rite, he is a member of the Mormon church and has been initiated in the temple ceremony in which it is revealed to him that Lucifer is the god he follows; that Christ had his chance on earth and failed, and that it is Lucifer's turn. This can be found and referenced and confirmed fully in a book entitled, The Godmakers, and in the video tape by the same name.
Don't go away, folks. We'll be right back.
(break music: Day by Day, from the musical, Godspell)
And now, ladies and gentlemen, we move to another book, entitled The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages:
[reading from The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages]:
"An Exposition of the Ever-Active and Constantly Operating Spiritual Laws, Applicable not only to the Regeneration of Man, changing Mortality into Immortality, Transmuting the 'son of man into a Son of God, ' but equally potent in helping Man to achieve Success and Economic Independence; Health, Strength of Body, [and the] Peace of Mind and Heart called 'Heaven.'"
[William Cooper]: Below that is a symbol of a Christian cross, upon which is the caduceus: two serpents intertwined about the winged staff.
"Enlarged and Completely Revised, Together with many Additions, by Reverend R. Swinburne Clymer, Director [General], Church of Illumination, Supreme Grand Master of the International Confederation of Initiates, Supreme Grand Master of the Merged Occult Fraternities comprising: The Priesthood of AEth, The Rosicrucian Order, The Secret Schools, The Hermetic Brotherhood, Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, Temple of the Rosy Cross, The Order of the Magi, Sons of Isis and Osiris, Illuminatae Americanae [which, translated, means, 'The American Illuminati']. Published by the Philosophical Publishing Company, Beverly Hall, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, copyright 1952 by Beverly Hall Corporation, all rights reserved.
"PROLOGUE. Early in the year 1916, instructions were received from the Count M. de St Vincent, Supreme Hierarch of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, to make preparations for a sacred Convocation on the 68th Anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Grand Dome of the Fraternitas and Associate organizations as established in America by Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph.
"At this Convocation, which was to convene on June first, 1916, the Neophyte body was to be informed of a crisis that would be the beginning of the enslavement of the people of America in a manner so insidious that they would not be aware of it. America was to become engaged in a war that would only be the beginning of greater wars.
"It was prophesied that an effort would be made to destroy the Christian religion, so secretly and silently, that only the alert and elect would be aware of this activity.
"This effort is in full bloom today and is making atheists out of millions, even before their churches are destroyed; the reverse of what has happened, and [what] is happening, in other countries.
"At this Convocation we were instructed to hold daily lectures on subjects vitally important to all…in fact, to all the world, and more especially so to Neophytes of the August Fraternity. These instructions were to be after the manner of Plato and the Round Table of King Arthur.
"In addition, we were to prepare for the exemplification of the entire ritual of the Fraternity, Sons of Osiris, up to, and including, the Royal Purple Degree -- the ultimate of Ancient Ritualistic Initiation, symbolizing the Neophyte's travels and efforts, beginning with the first step, and including the final step, which is the second, or spiritual birth."
[William Cooper]: So, ladies and gentlemen, you are now beginning to learn some things that you thought was absolutely impossible, and I told you on many episodes of the Hour of the Time that none of this is hidden; anyone can find it. Anyone, that is, except sheeple, who are too lazy to get up and look. Those who will, may.
[William Cooper]: I am a messenger. Do not doubt that, ever. And the message that I am bringing to you is clear. It is concise, and there can be no mistake in its interpretation. You must wake up now or be enslaved. The war has begun many years ago. The war was declared by our enemies upon us. We are absolutely within our rights to restore our nation using any method or any manner that is required in so doing. You had better listen.
[continuing reading from The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages]:
"Some years ago, R. Swinburne Clymer, following his graduation as a physician, and author of many books; among them The Mysticism of Masonry, The Rosicrucians, Their Teachings; The Mysteries of Osiris, a book for members only; The Philosophy of Fire; Soul Science and Immortality, and over thirty other works, bought a mountainous tract of land, and on this was built 'Beverly Hall,' an Assembly Hall; press [rooms]; chemical laboratories which [were] surrounded by orchards, vineyards…rose gardens...set amongst terraced lawns, presents a splendid combination of the beautiful and practical."
[William Cooper]: And upon the front lawns are perfect duplicates of the three pyramids of Giza.
"[And to] this was added the Mystic, or Arcane[, for, folks,] in a secluded wooded tract of fifty acres of this land, an artificial lake was built from a mountain stream, a Throne Room erected for the explication of the Royal Third Degree of Osiris and the [secret] Seal of Solomon built under the protection of a mighty oak."
[William Cooper]: The Temple of the Sun, an exact duplicate of that of the outer courtyard of the Vatican, and exact duplicate of the separate four sections of that which can be found in Dealey Plaza. The obelisk, the phallus of Osiris, which can be found in New York, in London, in the Vatican and in Dealey Plaza. The Grove of Osiris, represented in Dealey Plaza by Elm Street. Wake up.
"During the period of the Convocation, the teachers and delegates delivered many lectures on the subjects of Eugenics, Scientific Motherhood, Code of Ethics, Spiritual Christianity [William Cooper: That's a laugh when you discover what it is.], Initiation, Reincarnation, Soul Development, the Four-Square man, Mystic Significance of the Seal of the United States, and other important subjects; all interpreted in their Arcane significance by the Masters of the See [spelled S-E-E].
"Moses was well versed in all the Mysteries of Egypt, while Joseph took the Nazarene to Egypt where he was educated.
[William Cooper]: The Nazarene, ladies and gentlemen, was Jesus Christ. This is what they claim.
"[They claim that] no ceremony of the Greater Mysteries was ever permitted unless the circle or Seal of Solomon, also known as the Sacred Seal of Equilibrium, had been previously prepared. Since the fall of Egypt and the Temple of Solomon, the seal has received little or no attention, except by a limited few students and Neophytes of Ancient religion and the Mysteries.
"During the first week in June, in the grove so carefully prepared for the dramatization of the Ancient Initiation into the Mysteries of Osiris, the ritual in its entirety was re-enacted by those present.
"The Seal of Solomon which had been especially built for the purpose, was dedicated on June the 11th, 1916, in the presence of the members and delegates of the Rosy Cross; some of whom were natives of Germany, England and (white) Russia. This was in accordance with, and after the manner of, the system [as] practiced by the ancient Initiate Priests of Egypt, and the Altar in the Temple of Solomon.
"On the night of June [13th], the first section of the delegation, including those of the Order taking part in the Initiation, assembled in the grove of Osiris [under the majestic Oak, the whole illuminated by a central power house prepared for the Initiation ceremonies of the Ancient Mysteries of Egypt in three degrees and six scenes."
[William Cooper]: Three degrees and six scenes, represented by the number 18, or 666. It is the number of a man, that man is the illumined man who has passed the travails of the three degrees in six acts. It is the man, it is the Anti-Christ, it is the rulers of the New World Order. I'm going to skip ahead, ladies and gentlemen, for we must go to that portion that is relevant to what you need to learn tonight. And we will continue; if we do not finish tonight, and I guarantee we will not, we will finish sometime in the future. We will continue on consecutive nights until we do.
"Few Americans at the present day have the slightest idea of how fortunate they are and that they are living in the greatest, freest nation that ever existed, despite its many shortcomings. [William Cooper: Now, remember, I'm reading this from the book, Teachings of the Masters.] Neither are they aware that America, "the land overshadowed with wings," is at the crossroads, one leading to…freedom, both individual and universal, and the other to the most abject and degrading serfdom, as a result of failing to accept the full responsibility for the management of their personal and Governmental affairs so that these may harmonize with the ancient prophecies."
[William Cooper]: Remember, I warned you and I told you that is exactly what is happening. This was the Great Experiment. If you had been proven worthy, this could have been the New World Order, sheeple.
"A still lesser number are aware that the history of America, from its very beginning to the end of its days, whether from good or ill, is told in its Seal [William Cooper: exactly as I have told you on past programs]; while only the very few know that their own destiny is irrevocably interwoven with the destiny of AMERICA; America, the last trying chamber for human Souls, and that when this trial is over, either heaven or hell will reign supreme. Few care because they selfishly think only of themselves; they forget the future welfare of their sons and daughters."
[William Cooper]: And, of course, we saw that when you all padded your sons and daughters on the butt and sent them off to die in a war in a desert in the Middle East, all the while claiming that they were going off to fight for their country, you fools! "Desert Scam."
"An old saying has it that 'familiarity breeds contempt.' As a corollary to this, there should be another maxim: 'We are blind to that which we see so frequently.' Most Americans, even though the spirit of America dwells within them, are actually only dimly aware that the great Seal of the first actually free country in the world shows an eagle, a constellation of stars, an olive branch and a set of thirteen arrows. This is the seal we all know. Symbolically, the eagle 'overshadows' the land by its protective wings, BUT ONLY AS LONG AS MAN PROVES WORTHY OF SUCH OVERSHADOWING or protection. Man has the power to destroy the 'Eagle' that overshadows or protects him.
"The constellation of stars indicates that the founders of America accepted the absolute law that is governed the 'Drama of Heaven' since the beginning of the world and must be accepted and obeyed in this new world. The olive branch is the symbol of peace and friendship held out to all who are willing to forget and completely root out from their consciousness, the degeneration of old worlds and elect to live in the spirit of the New World [or the New Age].
"The thirteen arrows are symbolic of the wars which are part of THE DRAMA IN THE HEAVENS AND THE WARS THAT MUST BE WAGED AGAINST ALL EVILS, AS WELL AS ALL EVIL INDIVIDUALS; THAT MAN'S FREEDOM IS TO BE MAINTAINED. IT IS EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN'S PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ETERNALLY FIGHT AGAINST THESE INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL EVILS.
"There is the prophetic reverse side of the seal; uncut, because the time is not ready for the prophetic fulfillment, which was known to few others than the Philosophic Initiates, prior to its profane and premature use on the American one-dollar certificate.
"Several attempts have been made to cut this reverse side of [this] seal, but in each instance, an invisible hand or force, restrained the effort. At the time of the Chicago World's Fair, this reverse side was ordered cut together with the familiar reverse side as an object of display, but those in charge, WHOLLY IGNORANT OF ITS MEANING, AND (also ignorant) OF THE SPIRIT OF TRUE AMERICA, questioned: 'What a peculiar design! Why are we given this inartistic design?' And this WHITE STONE, symbolic of the nation's destiny, as of the nation's true Souls, was once again rejected.
"THE SOUL OF AMERICA is betrayed and is in travail. Foreign inimical hordes in almost unrestrained access into the country without a thought as to whether or not they are ready to throw off the gross, degrading, destructive evils of the old world and INVEST THEMSELVES WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW WITH A WHOLEHEARTED WILLINGNESS TO OBEY AMERICA'S FUNDAMENTAL LAWS.
"Nor is that all! [They're] given high places; usurping the rights and privileges of those MORE CAPABLE, BORN AMERICANS WHOLLY IMBUED WITH THE TRUE AMERICAN SPIRIT."
[William Cooper]: If you have ears and you can hear and eyes and you can see, you will begin to understand what the author is saying within a few more paragraphs. And you will be shocked.
"This helps bring about the gradual degradation of all that is TRULY AMERICAN; so much so that the 'eagle whose wings overshadow America,' is GRADUALLY FOLDING HER WINGS AND WITHDRAWING Heaven's protection. The time is come when a full knowledge of the two-fold seal and all it stands for shall be known to the people, so they MAY ACCEPT AND BE PROTECTED ([or] saved); OR IGNORED AND BE DAMNED ([and be] swept into the sea of oblivion) -- as have been other nations before America -- because they permitted foreign invasion and the adoption of destructive ideas to take the place of the constructive ideas which had made them great.
"America must awaken! She must be awakened by one means or another. Her own safety and the welfare of our own people must be protected against all foreign spawned ideologies born as the result of selfishness and defiance of God Himself and all his Laws; Laws which, throughout the eons, have preserved the world and the Drama of Heaven, through the peoples of nations unnumbered have perished as a result of their own disobedience and degradation.
"America, its people individually and collectively, must become valiant and now henceforth stand before the world as EXEMPLARS. They must be leaders and promulgators of a new and equitable system of ethics, religious inculcations based on sound material and spiritual truths, and a citizenship that is honorable and noble; a justice and generosity to other nations that is unquestioned (but WITHOUT THE WEAKNESS OF COWARDLY COMPROMISE lacking all honor and fairness to her own people), and emphasize the possibility of brotherhood based on individuality, personal freedom and obedience to laws that apply universally.
"[Now,] to digress, but vital to our thesis: Late in the afternoon of July 14th, 1776, the New Continental Congress 'Resolved, that Dr. Franklin, Mr. J. Adams and Mr. Jefferson, be a committee to prepare a device for a Seal of the United States of America [-- all of these men, members of the Mystery Religion].'
"The committee was identical with the one that had drawn up the Declaration of Independence, except for the omission of Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman. The Declaration itself had been signed at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and Congress desired to at once complete the evidence of the independence of the United States and [of] its people, by formally adopting an official sign of sovereignty and National Coat of Arms.
"The coat of arms of England, the mother country, illustrated the union of Judas' lion, with the unicorn of 'Lost Israel' in accordance with the science governing Heraldry. The young republic, born out of the throes of religious persecution more than as a result of the sufferings of unjust taxation, was through, finished, with thrones and crowns. It was ready to blaze a new path, UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE'S WINGS, through the forest of the new world in the cause of liberty, which should express her dissent from the SPIRIT OF THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLES OF ALL NATIONS and open a door for all who sought help and shelter upon her shores. "
[William Cooper]: She rejected, she rejected British Israelism, she rejected the Lion of Judah.
"In the early colonel days, a knowledge of Heraldry was considered an important part of education, just as throughout the ages, it was necessary to have an understanding of symbolism which indicated a knowledge of the governing Law of the Universe and the DRAMA OF THE AGES AND THEIR EFFECT ON HUMANITY, individually and collectively. It was through William Barton, son of the rector of St. James Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, learned in Heraldry and Baron Prestwich, of England, that the designs expressive of America's destiny were developed and drawn."
[William Cooper]: First, you must understand that the lion represents the tribe of Judah. Judah was not a part of the state of Israel. That is a historical fact, ladies and gentlemen. Israel was separate from the tribe of Judah and Benjamin. Our forefathers knew this. The British, apparently, do not and neither, apparently, do identity Christians.
"The two sides of America's seal express in Heraldry the countless ages of the evolution of man. This evolution had its beginning even before the time of the so-called or misinterpreted 'fall' of man. The seal symbolizes man's progress in Egypt (eagleland -- America's actual fatherland) where, for a time, a wondrous race incarnated to build an unexplainable and inconceivable monument as a symbol of, and memorial to, the knowledge imparted to her by the more ancient Atlantis."
[William Cooper]: And this is confirmation of everything that I have been telling you about the beliefs of the Mystery Religion.
"The ancient memorial or altar, the Great Pyramid, unites in a blaze of glory with the later building of King Solomon's temple, as a prophecy of the coming of a master-teacher, the Nazarene. He should be trained, taught and Initiated in the 'eagleland' and bring into manifestation the human-spiritual temple, PERFECTING THE SON OF MAN INTO THE SON OF GOD, as a fulfillment of ancient prophecy; that in this same Egypt, there should remain an altar where Light should shine in the land of darkness. Another prophecy by Isaiah, in symbolism, connected the land of Egypt ([or] eagleland) with the land 'overshadowed by the wings of the Eagle' (America), where there is an altar (statue of Liberty) upon which is burning the light of freedom for all who accept the law and are worthy of their freedom.
This great Pyramid, an altar at the center of the earth (symbolic of man's spiritual or Soul center), recognized as a temple of the highest initiation, was emblematic of the perfect man; four-square, of body, mind, spirit and Soul.
[William Cooper]: Where have you heard: "As I raise my hand to the square," or "As I raise my arm to the square?"
"Its white copestone symbolizes the attainment of Immortality or Cosmic Consciousness [William Cooper: and you hear that throughout the New Age movement]. It represents the measure of the earth as well as that of the Universe, as also the evolution of physical man through those countless ages of reincarnation, now drawing to a restricted time.
[William Cooper]: A time in which man will revert in his evolutionary path, or will become gods.
"'The last Cumaen Song now comes,' wrote Virgil, and prophesied that a race should arise which would be the offspring of all races, except those who isolated themselves, and bring about the end of the ages of iron ([or] war); ushering in the Golden Age; an age of honor, personal responsibility, and obedience to the Divine Law.
"It was therefore fitting that the mottoes upon the reverse side of our seal, above and below the pyramid, should be taken from Virgil, ANNUIS CŒPTIS – [means] 'Prosper us in our daring, ' and NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM – [means] 'A New World Order.' [*note: book says, 'a new and select order'] It is well to constantly keep in mind the term SELECT, because it is only the obedient, hence the 'select' that may, or can, reap the benefit of the REacting Law."
What unadulterated bullshit. Good night, and God bless you all.
(closing music: The Rose, by unknown artist)
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[William Cooper]: You're listening to the Hour of the Time. I'm William Cooper.
[Carolyn Nelson]: (faint)And I'm Carolyn Nelson....(louder)and I'm Carolyn Nelson.
[William Cooper]: And we'll get it together sooner or later here, folks. Well, we were supposed to have a metal report from Gene Miller, but he hasn't called, so we're going to get right into the program, and I'll guess he'll have to do it in this hour tomorrow night.
Right off the bat I want to read a letter here from a listener named John, who sent the reply from the office of Arlen Specter, United States Senator for Pennsylvania:
"Dear Mr. John:
Thank you for contacting my office regarding your request for
Public Law 87-297. In an effort to be helpful as possible, I have
contacted the Senate document room who informs me that Public Law 87-297
is currently out of stock with no authority to reprint.
Again, thank you for contacting me. Please let me know if I
can be of further assistance on this or any other matter of concern.
Sincerely,
Arlen Specter"
And John enclosed a little note at the bottom:
"Dear Bill,
This is the reply I received from the Specter staff to my request for
Public Law 87-297 and State Department Paper 7277. I called Washington and
told them at 87-297 can be found on page 652, volume 9 of title 22, United
States Code, 1998 edition. I thank you for providing this information.
I went on to inform the Specter staff that, as a citizen, I am entitled
to be allowed to learn the law and requested that they make a photocopy of
the page specified and to send that photocopy of 87-297 to my location. I
have received a copy of the booklet State Department Paper 7277 from the
John Burkes Society. It is exactly what you said it was: a written plan to
disarm America. You have my permission to quote these letters.
God bless you,
John"
So folks, don't let them get away with it. You see, since we ran the treason series, they have been telling you that the Public Laws are out of print and no longer available and that is a blatant lie. Not only are they in print and available to all Senators and Congressmen in Washington, D.C., the Justice Department, the President of the United States, the Library of Congress and every library in this country [sic]. So don't let these scumbag creep-o treasonous traitors get away with it. Call them on it, just like John did, and make sure that you force their hand every single time; otherwise, they will ride right over you.
In the earlier hour of the Hour of the Time, we began a new series on the Rose Cross College and I quoted, verbatim, from a book, entitled A Rose Cross College:, edited by R. Swinburne Clymer, copyrighted 1917, A Resume of the Teachings and Proceedings of the Rose Cross College During its Session Held in the Month of October, 1916, on the Four Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the Order. The Imperialistic Council and Venerable Order of the Magi, its instructions and the Official Degree 'Priests of Melchizadek.' The 'Knights of Chivalry and Order of the Holy Grail.' So folks, if you missed that hour, make sure that you order the tape. For non-CAJI members, tapes are eight dollars postpaid; for CAJI members, they're six dollars postpaid. You may order tapes by sending your money to William Cooper, P.O. Box 1420, Show Low (spelled S-H-O-W L-O-W), Arizona, 85901. That's P.O. Box 1420, Show Low, Arizona, 85901.
In the beginning of this book, it described the initiation (laughs) in the Grove of Osiris and, uh, many other things, ladies and gentlemen, that you need to know. The ancient degrees of Osiris were conferred upon the delegates during that period of time in 1916. And, you know, I put out some hints for you people to be examining the Gritz SPIKE training tape, that there was symbolism there. Some of you did, most of you, as usual, stayed on your butts and didn't do anything. Many of you have been sucked in by Mr. Trojan Horse himself, Lt. Col. James ["Bobo"] Gritz. If you look real closely at his SPIKE training literature and his SPIKE training video, you will see that SPIKE is spelled S-P-(Obelisk)-K-E. S-P-(Obelisk)-K-E. Now, for those of you who don't know what that means: S-P-(Penis of Osiris)-K-E. He's playing you for a fool and again, just like all the others, he is laughing at you. A day-and-a-half SPIKE training, (sarcasm:)uh-huh. And he teaches you how to fight with a double-edged blade and tells you that you are now a member of Delta Force.
Let me read to you from a dictionary of Freemasonry exactly what "delta" means. And during a later program, ladies and gentlemen, we will play a tape, a briefing tape, for high-ranking officers in the United States Army on the First Earth Battalion which describes, again, what task force Delta is really all about. "Delta, the name of the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet. In form, it is a triangle, and was considered by the ancient Egyptians a symbol of fire and also of God. And the Scottish and French systems, and also that of the Knights Templar are delta is the unspeakable name."
And we go back a little farther, ladies and gentlemen: "INRI -- in effect, Jesus Nazarenus, Rex Iudaeorum, which means, "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews," the inscription, which was placed upon the cross of the savior. In the philosophical lodge, they represent fire, salt, sulfur and mercury. In the system of the Rosicrucians, they have a similar use: IGNE NATURA RENOVATUR INTERGRA, meaning literally, "By fire, nature is perfectly renewed." This idea is also found in the degree of Knights, Adepts of the Eagle or of the Sun. Remember, fire is connected to Delta; remember that they burn their enemies to purify the soul so that the enemies will not come back after them.
Don't go away. You, you my dear sheeple, have an awful lot to learn.
(opening music: The Rose, by Bette Midler)
Governments are controlled and operated by a few, not with the thought of producing the most good for the greatest number of people, but to obtain power and riches for the few at the expense of the many. The few are wading in streams of gold while the many are growing under hard burdens.
[reading from A Rose Cross College]:
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In the myths surrounding King Arthur and the Round Table and of those Knights of the Holy Grail who are the forerunners of the Order of the Garter and other knighthoods, one particularly is worthy of interpretation, demonstrating as it does, the use and abuse of power.
The story of Merlin is soon told:
"Merlin was the son of no mortal father, but of an Incubus, one of a class of beings not absolutely wicked, but far from good, who inhabited regions of the air. Merlin's mother was a virtuous young woman, who, on the birth of her son, entrusted him to a priest, who hurried him to the baptismal fount, and so saved him from sharing the lot of his father, though he retained many marks of his unearthly origin.
"At this time Vortigern reigned in Britain. He was a usurper, who had caused the death of this sovereign, Monies, and driven the two brothers of the late king, whose names were Uther and Pendragon, into banishment. Vortigern, who lived in constant fear of the return of the rightful heirs of the kingdom, began to erect a strong tower for defense. The edifice, when brought by the workmen to a certain height, three times fell to the ground, without any apparent cause. The king consulted his astrologers on this wonderful event and learned from them that it would be necessary to bathe the corner-stone of the foundation with the blood of a child born without a mortal father.
"In search for such an infant, Vortigern sent his messengers all over the kingdom, and they, by accident discovered Merlin, whose lineage seemed to point him out as the individual wanted. They took him to the king; but Merlin, young as he was, explained to the king the absurdity of attempting to rescue the fabric by such means, for he told him the true cause of the instability of the tower was its being placed over the den of two immense dragons whose combats shook the earth above them. The king ordered his workmen to dig beneath the tower, and when they had done so they discovered two enormous serpents, the one white as milk, the other red as fire. The multitude looked on with amazement, till the serpents, slowly risen from their den, and expanding their enormous folds, began the combat, when everyone fled in terror, except Merlin who stood by clapping his hands and cheering on the conflict. The red dragon was slain, and the white one, gliding through a cleft in the rock, disappeared.
"These animals typified, as Merlin afterwards explained, the invasion of Utherand Pendragon, the rightful princes, who soon after landed with a great army. Vortigren was defeated, and afterwards burned alive in the castle he had taken such pains to construct. On the death of Vortigren, Pendragon ascended the throne. Merlin became his chief adviser, and often assisted the king by his magical arts.
"Merlin, who knew the range of all their arts,
Had built the King his havens, ships and halls." -- Vivian.
"Merlin continued to be a favorite counselor through the reigns of Pendragon, Uther, and Arthur, and at last disappeared from view, and was no more found among men, through the treachery of his mistress, Viviane, the Fairy, which happened in this wise.
"Merlin, having become enamored of the fair Viviane, the Lady of the Lake, was weak enough to impart to her various important secrets of his art, being impelled by fatal destiny, of which he was at the same time fully aware. The lady, however, was not content with his devotion, unbounded as it seem to have been, but 'cast about,' the Romance tell us, how she might 'detain him for evermore,' and one day addressed him in these terms: 'Sir, I would that we should make a fair place and a suitable, so contrived by art and by cunning that it might ever be undone, and that you and I should be there in joy and solace.' 'My lady,' said Merlin, 'I will do all this.' 'Sir,' and she, 'I would not have you do it, but you shall teach me, and I will do it, and then it will be more to my mind.' 'I grant you this,' said Merlin. Then he began to devise, and the damsel put it all in writing. And when he had devised the whole, then had the damsel full great joy, and showed him greater semblance of love then she had ever before made, and they sojourned together a long while. At length it fell out that, as they were going one day hand in hand through the forest of Breceliande, they found a bush of white-thorn, which was laden with flowers; and they seated themselves under the shade of this white-thorn, upon the green grass, and Merlin laid his head upon the damsel's lap, and fell asleep. Then the damsel rose, and made a ring with her wimple round the bush, and round Merlin, and began her enchantments, such as he himself had taught her; and nine times she made the ring, and nine times she made the enchantment, and then she went and sat down by him, and placed his head again upon her lap.
"And when he awoke and looked round him, it seemed to him that he was enclosed in the strongest tower in the world, and laid upon a fair bed. Then said he to the dame: 'My lady, you have deceived me, unless you abide with me, for no on hath power to unmake this tower but you alone.' She then promised she would be often there and in this she held her covenant with him. And Merlin never went out of that tower where his Mistress Viviane had enclosed him; but she entered and went out again when she listed.
"After this event Merlin was never more know to hold converse with any mortal but Viviane, except on one occasion. Arthur, having for some time missed him from his court, sent several of his knights in search of him, and, among the number, Sir Gawain, who met with a very unpleasant adventure while engaged in this quest. Happening to pass a damsel on his road, and neglecting to salute her, (as all true Knights should) she revenged herself for his incivility by transforming him into a hideous dwarf. He was bewailing aloud his evil fortune as he went through the forest of Breceliande, when suddenly he heard the voice of one groaning on his right hand; and looking that way, he could see nothing save a kind of smoke, which seemed like air, and through which he could not pass. Merlin then addressed him from out of the smoke, and told him by what misadventure he was imprisoned there. 'Ah sir,' he added, 'you will never see me more, and that grieves me, but I cannot remedy it; I shall never more speak to you, nor to any other person, save only my mistress. But do thou hasten to King Arthur, and charge him for me to undertake, without delay, the quest of the Sacred Grail. The knight is already born, and has received knighthood at his hands, who is destined to accomplish the quest.' And after this he comforted Gawain under his transformation, assuring him that he should speedily be dischanted; and he predicted to him that he should find the King at Carduel, in Wales, on his return, and that all the other knights who had been on like quest would arrive there the same day as himself. And all this came to pass as Merlin had said."
[William Cooper]: Now the interpretation of this story, ladies and gentlemen, goes something like this:
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And remember in the earlier hour, ladies and gentlemen, we learned that, to the Mysteries, the Holy Grail represents the soul. The soul. That's right, ladies and gentlemen, and they don't even believe that most people have a soul until they prepare the body to receive it. (laughs) So, you are learning...you are learning much faster than you ever could on your own. Skipping ahead:
"In this respect, the Pyramid is a perfect symbol of man when he has reached the state called Illumination of Soul, or Soul Consciousness, or in other words, 'has found the Center, or located the All-Seeing Eye.'"
Skipping ahead again:
"[Dr. Clymer asking:] 'May we look to Masonry in completing the great work, or will it continue to be purely materialistic? Let this be the mission of Masonry, to perfect the work for which its outer symbology stands. Shall it be so?'"
This is an admission that they are purely materialistic at this point and have been throughout their history.
"While this is truly a Masonic work, the work for which the Mason has made a good foundation when he has completed his three degrees, yet it is also a work for every man, and especially a work for those who have taken up, or who have opportunity and inclination to take up, the special training offered freely today by the representatives of the Ancient Schools, through the Illuminati, Sons of Osiris, Magi, and other Fraternities.
Skipping ahead again, several pages...:
"The 'Fire Philosophy' is the basis of all Religious Mysteries and all the secret philosophies of the Universe. It is also the underlying principal on which All Secret Occult Brotherhoods are founded. It was taught in the Ancient Mysteries, and, although the knowledge of it has long been lost to the world, it has always been preserved in the Occult Fraternities.
"'The aim of all true initiation, no matter what the name of the Fraternity may be is to know the nature of the Secret Fire that regenerates the world and which renders him who comes into its possession immortal...'
"...The mystic has always held that Masonry was one of the basis upon which religion was founded, that the Mysteries of Masonry when fully understood, are the same as the Ancient Mysteries, and therefore the Mysteries of religion itself.
"...[section header:]THE WAY TO GODHOOD[?] Be thou a man and thou mayst be a god."
Be a man and thou mayst be a god -- this is the divine command of the New Age. The new commandment teaches how to live that man shall be the first great stage of growth and that God could, may follow manhood. Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz is a 32nd degree Freemason of the Scottish Rite, he is a member of the Mormon church and has been initiated in the temple ceremony in which it is revealed to him that Lucifer is the god he follows; that Christ had his chance on earth and failed, and that it is Lucifer's turn. This can be found and referenced and confirmed fully in a book entitled, The Godmakers, and in the video tape by the same name.
Don't go away, folks. We'll be right back.
(break music: Day by Day, from the musical, Godspell)
And now, ladies and gentlemen, we move to another book, entitled The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages:
[reading from The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages]:
"An Exposition of the Ever-Active and Constantly Operating Spiritual Laws, Applicable not only to the Regeneration of Man, changing Mortality into Immortality, Transmuting the 'son of man into a Son of God, ' but equally potent in helping Man to achieve Success and Economic Independence; Health, Strength of Body, [and the] Peace of Mind and Heart called 'Heaven.'"
[William Cooper]: Below that is a symbol of a Christian cross, upon which is the caduceus: two serpents intertwined about the winged staff.
"Enlarged and Completely Revised, Together with many Additions, by Reverend R. Swinburne Clymer, Director [General], Church of Illumination, Supreme Grand Master of the International Confederation of Initiates, Supreme Grand Master of the Merged Occult Fraternities comprising: The Priesthood of AEth, The Rosicrucian Order, The Secret Schools, The Hermetic Brotherhood, Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, Temple of the Rosy Cross, The Order of the Magi, Sons of Isis and Osiris, Illuminatae Americanae [which, translated, means, 'The American Illuminati']. Published by the Philosophical Publishing Company, Beverly Hall, Quakertown, Pennsylvania, copyright 1952 by Beverly Hall Corporation, all rights reserved.
"PROLOGUE. Early in the year 1916, instructions were received from the Count M. de St Vincent, Supreme Hierarch of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, to make preparations for a sacred Convocation on the 68th Anniversary of the establishment of the Supreme Grand Dome of the Fraternitas and Associate organizations as established in America by Dr. Paschal Beverly Randolph.
"At this Convocation, which was to convene on June first, 1916, the Neophyte body was to be informed of a crisis that would be the beginning of the enslavement of the people of America in a manner so insidious that they would not be aware of it. America was to become engaged in a war that would only be the beginning of greater wars.
"It was prophesied that an effort would be made to destroy the Christian religion, so secretly and silently, that only the alert and elect would be aware of this activity.
"This effort is in full bloom today and is making atheists out of millions, even before their churches are destroyed; the reverse of what has happened, and [what] is happening, in other countries.
"At this Convocation we were instructed to hold daily lectures on subjects vitally important to all…in fact, to all the world, and more especially so to Neophytes of the August Fraternity. These instructions were to be after the manner of Plato and the Round Table of King Arthur.
"In addition, we were to prepare for the exemplification of the entire ritual of the Fraternity, Sons of Osiris, up to, and including, the Royal Purple Degree -- the ultimate of Ancient Ritualistic Initiation, symbolizing the Neophyte's travels and efforts, beginning with the first step, and including the final step, which is the second, or spiritual birth."
[William Cooper]: So, ladies and gentlemen, you are now beginning to learn some things that you thought was absolutely impossible, and I told you on many episodes of the Hour of the Time that none of this is hidden; anyone can find it. Anyone, that is, except sheeple, who are too lazy to get up and look. Those who will, may.
[William Cooper]: I am a messenger. Do not doubt that, ever. And the message that I am bringing to you is clear. It is concise, and there can be no mistake in its interpretation. You must wake up now or be enslaved. The war has begun many years ago. The war was declared by our enemies upon us. We are absolutely within our rights to restore our nation using any method or any manner that is required in so doing. You had better listen.
[continuing reading from The Teachings of the Masters, the Wisdom of the Ages]:
"Some years ago, R. Swinburne Clymer, following his graduation as a physician, and author of many books; among them The Mysticism of Masonry, The Rosicrucians, Their Teachings; The Mysteries of Osiris, a book for members only; The Philosophy of Fire; Soul Science and Immortality, and over thirty other works, bought a mountainous tract of land, and on this was built 'Beverly Hall,' an Assembly Hall; press [rooms]; chemical laboratories which [were] surrounded by orchards, vineyards…rose gardens...set amongst terraced lawns, presents a splendid combination of the beautiful and practical."
[William Cooper]: And upon the front lawns are perfect duplicates of the three pyramids of Giza.
"[And to] this was added the Mystic, or Arcane[, for, folks,] in a secluded wooded tract of fifty acres of this land, an artificial lake was built from a mountain stream, a Throne Room erected for the explication of the Royal Third Degree of Osiris and the [secret] Seal of Solomon built under the protection of a mighty oak."
[William Cooper]: The Temple of the Sun, an exact duplicate of that of the outer courtyard of the Vatican, and exact duplicate of the separate four sections of that which can be found in Dealey Plaza. The obelisk, the phallus of Osiris, which can be found in New York, in London, in the Vatican and in Dealey Plaza. The Grove of Osiris, represented in Dealey Plaza by Elm Street. Wake up.
"During the period of the Convocation, the teachers and delegates delivered many lectures on the subjects of Eugenics, Scientific Motherhood, Code of Ethics, Spiritual Christianity [William Cooper: That's a laugh when you discover what it is.], Initiation, Reincarnation, Soul Development, the Four-Square man, Mystic Significance of the Seal of the United States, and other important subjects; all interpreted in their Arcane significance by the Masters of the See [spelled S-E-E].
"Moses was well versed in all the Mysteries of Egypt, while Joseph took the Nazarene to Egypt where he was educated.
[William Cooper]: The Nazarene, ladies and gentlemen, was Jesus Christ. This is what they claim.
"[They claim that] no ceremony of the Greater Mysteries was ever permitted unless the circle or Seal of Solomon, also known as the Sacred Seal of Equilibrium, had been previously prepared. Since the fall of Egypt and the Temple of Solomon, the seal has received little or no attention, except by a limited few students and Neophytes of Ancient religion and the Mysteries.
"During the first week in June, in the grove so carefully prepared for the dramatization of the Ancient Initiation into the Mysteries of Osiris, the ritual in its entirety was re-enacted by those present.
"The Seal of Solomon which had been especially built for the purpose, was dedicated on June the 11th, 1916, in the presence of the members and delegates of the Rosy Cross; some of whom were natives of Germany, England and (white) Russia. This was in accordance with, and after the manner of, the system [as] practiced by the ancient Initiate Priests of Egypt, and the Altar in the Temple of Solomon.
"On the night of June [13th], the first section of the delegation, including those of the Order taking part in the Initiation, assembled in the grove of Osiris [under the majestic Oak, the whole illuminated by a central power house prepared for the Initiation ceremonies of the Ancient Mysteries of Egypt in three degrees and six scenes."
[William Cooper]: Three degrees and six scenes, represented by the number 18, or 666. It is the number of a man, that man is the illumined man who has passed the travails of the three degrees in six acts. It is the man, it is the Anti-Christ, it is the rulers of the New World Order. I'm going to skip ahead, ladies and gentlemen, for we must go to that portion that is relevant to what you need to learn tonight. And we will continue; if we do not finish tonight, and I guarantee we will not, we will finish sometime in the future. We will continue on consecutive nights until we do.
"Few Americans at the present day have the slightest idea of how fortunate they are and that they are living in the greatest, freest nation that ever existed, despite its many shortcomings. [William Cooper: Now, remember, I'm reading this from the book, Teachings of the Masters.] Neither are they aware that America, "the land overshadowed with wings," is at the crossroads, one leading to…freedom, both individual and universal, and the other to the most abject and degrading serfdom, as a result of failing to accept the full responsibility for the management of their personal and Governmental affairs so that these may harmonize with the ancient prophecies."
[William Cooper]: Remember, I warned you and I told you that is exactly what is happening. This was the Great Experiment. If you had been proven worthy, this could have been the New World Order, sheeple.
"A still lesser number are aware that the history of America, from its very beginning to the end of its days, whether from good or ill, is told in its Seal [William Cooper: exactly as I have told you on past programs]; while only the very few know that their own destiny is irrevocably interwoven with the destiny of AMERICA; America, the last trying chamber for human Souls, and that when this trial is over, either heaven or hell will reign supreme. Few care because they selfishly think only of themselves; they forget the future welfare of their sons and daughters."
[William Cooper]: And, of course, we saw that when you all padded your sons and daughters on the butt and sent them off to die in a war in a desert in the Middle East, all the while claiming that they were going off to fight for their country, you fools! "Desert Scam."
"An old saying has it that 'familiarity breeds contempt.' As a corollary to this, there should be another maxim: 'We are blind to that which we see so frequently.' Most Americans, even though the spirit of America dwells within them, are actually only dimly aware that the great Seal of the first actually free country in the world shows an eagle, a constellation of stars, an olive branch and a set of thirteen arrows. This is the seal we all know. Symbolically, the eagle 'overshadows' the land by its protective wings, BUT ONLY AS LONG AS MAN PROVES WORTHY OF SUCH OVERSHADOWING or protection. Man has the power to destroy the 'Eagle' that overshadows or protects him.
"The constellation of stars indicates that the founders of America accepted the absolute law that is governed the 'Drama of Heaven' since the beginning of the world and must be accepted and obeyed in this new world. The olive branch is the symbol of peace and friendship held out to all who are willing to forget and completely root out from their consciousness, the degeneration of old worlds and elect to live in the spirit of the New World [or the New Age].
"The thirteen arrows are symbolic of the wars which are part of THE DRAMA IN THE HEAVENS AND THE WARS THAT MUST BE WAGED AGAINST ALL EVILS, AS WELL AS ALL EVIL INDIVIDUALS; THAT MAN'S FREEDOM IS TO BE MAINTAINED. IT IS EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN'S PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO ETERNALLY FIGHT AGAINST THESE INDIVIDUAL AND UNIVERSAL EVILS.
"There is the prophetic reverse side of the seal; uncut, because the time is not ready for the prophetic fulfillment, which was known to few others than the Philosophic Initiates, prior to its profane and premature use on the American one-dollar certificate.
"Several attempts have been made to cut this reverse side of [this] seal, but in each instance, an invisible hand or force, restrained the effort. At the time of the Chicago World's Fair, this reverse side was ordered cut together with the familiar reverse side as an object of display, but those in charge, WHOLLY IGNORANT OF ITS MEANING, AND (also ignorant) OF THE SPIRIT OF TRUE AMERICA, questioned: 'What a peculiar design! Why are we given this inartistic design?' And this WHITE STONE, symbolic of the nation's destiny, as of the nation's true Souls, was once again rejected.
"THE SOUL OF AMERICA is betrayed and is in travail. Foreign inimical hordes in almost unrestrained access into the country without a thought as to whether or not they are ready to throw off the gross, degrading, destructive evils of the old world and INVEST THEMSELVES WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE NEW WITH A WHOLEHEARTED WILLINGNESS TO OBEY AMERICA'S FUNDAMENTAL LAWS.
"Nor is that all! [They're] given high places; usurping the rights and privileges of those MORE CAPABLE, BORN AMERICANS WHOLLY IMBUED WITH THE TRUE AMERICAN SPIRIT."
[William Cooper]: If you have ears and you can hear and eyes and you can see, you will begin to understand what the author is saying within a few more paragraphs. And you will be shocked.
"This helps bring about the gradual degradation of all that is TRULY AMERICAN; so much so that the 'eagle whose wings overshadow America,' is GRADUALLY FOLDING HER WINGS AND WITHDRAWING Heaven's protection. The time is come when a full knowledge of the two-fold seal and all it stands for shall be known to the people, so they MAY ACCEPT AND BE PROTECTED ([or] saved); OR IGNORED AND BE DAMNED ([and be] swept into the sea of oblivion) -- as have been other nations before America -- because they permitted foreign invasion and the adoption of destructive ideas to take the place of the constructive ideas which had made them great.
"America must awaken! She must be awakened by one means or another. Her own safety and the welfare of our own people must be protected against all foreign spawned ideologies born as the result of selfishness and defiance of God Himself and all his Laws; Laws which, throughout the eons, have preserved the world and the Drama of Heaven, through the peoples of nations unnumbered have perished as a result of their own disobedience and degradation.
"America, its people individually and collectively, must become valiant and now henceforth stand before the world as EXEMPLARS. They must be leaders and promulgators of a new and equitable system of ethics, religious inculcations based on sound material and spiritual truths, and a citizenship that is honorable and noble; a justice and generosity to other nations that is unquestioned (but WITHOUT THE WEAKNESS OF COWARDLY COMPROMISE lacking all honor and fairness to her own people), and emphasize the possibility of brotherhood based on individuality, personal freedom and obedience to laws that apply universally.
"[Now,] to digress, but vital to our thesis: Late in the afternoon of July 14th, 1776, the New Continental Congress 'Resolved, that Dr. Franklin, Mr. J. Adams and Mr. Jefferson, be a committee to prepare a device for a Seal of the United States of America [-- all of these men, members of the Mystery Religion].'
"The committee was identical with the one that had drawn up the Declaration of Independence, except for the omission of Robert Livingston and Roger Sherman. The Declaration itself had been signed at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon, and Congress desired to at once complete the evidence of the independence of the United States and [of] its people, by formally adopting an official sign of sovereignty and National Coat of Arms.
"The coat of arms of England, the mother country, illustrated the union of Judas' lion, with the unicorn of 'Lost Israel' in accordance with the science governing Heraldry. The young republic, born out of the throes of religious persecution more than as a result of the sufferings of unjust taxation, was through, finished, with thrones and crowns. It was ready to blaze a new path, UNDER THE SHADOW OF THE EAGLE'S WINGS, through the forest of the new world in the cause of liberty, which should express her dissent from the SPIRIT OF THE CHRISTIAN PEOPLES OF ALL NATIONS and open a door for all who sought help and shelter upon her shores. "
[William Cooper]: She rejected, she rejected British Israelism, she rejected the Lion of Judah.
"In the early colonel days, a knowledge of Heraldry was considered an important part of education, just as throughout the ages, it was necessary to have an understanding of symbolism which indicated a knowledge of the governing Law of the Universe and the DRAMA OF THE AGES AND THEIR EFFECT ON HUMANITY, individually and collectively. It was through William Barton, son of the rector of St. James Episcopal Church of Philadelphia, learned in Heraldry and Baron Prestwich, of England, that the designs expressive of America's destiny were developed and drawn."
[William Cooper]: First, you must understand that the lion represents the tribe of Judah. Judah was not a part of the state of Israel. That is a historical fact, ladies and gentlemen. Israel was separate from the tribe of Judah and Benjamin. Our forefathers knew this. The British, apparently, do not and neither, apparently, do identity Christians.
"The two sides of America's seal express in Heraldry the countless ages of the evolution of man. This evolution had its beginning even before the time of the so-called or misinterpreted 'fall' of man. The seal symbolizes man's progress in Egypt (eagleland -- America's actual fatherland) where, for a time, a wondrous race incarnated to build an unexplainable and inconceivable monument as a symbol of, and memorial to, the knowledge imparted to her by the more ancient Atlantis."
[William Cooper]: And this is confirmation of everything that I have been telling you about the beliefs of the Mystery Religion.
"The ancient memorial or altar, the Great Pyramid, unites in a blaze of glory with the later building of King Solomon's temple, as a prophecy of the coming of a master-teacher, the Nazarene. He should be trained, taught and Initiated in the 'eagleland' and bring into manifestation the human-spiritual temple, PERFECTING THE SON OF MAN INTO THE SON OF GOD, as a fulfillment of ancient prophecy; that in this same Egypt, there should remain an altar where Light should shine in the land of darkness. Another prophecy by Isaiah, in symbolism, connected the land of Egypt ([or] eagleland) with the land 'overshadowed by the wings of the Eagle' (America), where there is an altar (statue of Liberty) upon which is burning the light of freedom for all who accept the law and are worthy of their freedom.
This great Pyramid, an altar at the center of the earth (symbolic of man's spiritual or Soul center), recognized as a temple of the highest initiation, was emblematic of the perfect man; four-square, of body, mind, spirit and Soul.
[William Cooper]: Where have you heard: "As I raise my hand to the square," or "As I raise my arm to the square?"
"Its white copestone symbolizes the attainment of Immortality or Cosmic Consciousness [William Cooper: and you hear that throughout the New Age movement]. It represents the measure of the earth as well as that of the Universe, as also the evolution of physical man through those countless ages of reincarnation, now drawing to a restricted time.
[William Cooper]: A time in which man will revert in his evolutionary path, or will become gods.
"'The last Cumaen Song now comes,' wrote Virgil, and prophesied that a race should arise which would be the offspring of all races, except those who isolated themselves, and bring about the end of the ages of iron ([or] war); ushering in the Golden Age; an age of honor, personal responsibility, and obedience to the Divine Law.
"It was therefore fitting that the mottoes upon the reverse side of our seal, above and below the pyramid, should be taken from Virgil, ANNUIS CŒPTIS – [means] 'Prosper us in our daring, ' and NOVUS ORDO SECLORUM – [means] 'A New World Order.' [*note: book says, 'a new and select order'] It is well to constantly keep in mind the term SELECT, because it is only the obedient, hence the 'select' that may, or can, reap the benefit of the REacting Law."
What unadulterated bullshit. Good night, and God bless you all.
(closing music: The Rose, by unknown artist)
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