Why I consider myself conservative

I believe in protecting what is right, or what is rightfully ours, without taking what isn't, or not being able to pay for it. I create my own well-being while considering that same right for all.

Here's One I Couldn't Put Down

  

The Food Dictators

Wouldn't it be nice if our public servants (government) was really serving us, the people, instead of promoting fear?

Farmageddon Trailer from Kristin Canty on Vimeo.

What do you think? Comment below please.

How to Recognize an Alien

Posted by the Hummus Offensive. I love this piece. Check it out.

A Message to My Congressman

How often do you contact your congressman? Here is my latest email to Keith Ellison:

I certainly hope you, as a public servant, oppose H.R. 4173 and support a stand-alone vote on Ron Paul's Audit the Fed bill. How could 1500+ pages of bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo improve our understanding of where the heck our money went. Please listen to sense. Anyone who hears Ron Paul cannot deny the truth in his message. I'm sure you agree. If not, let me know your reasoning in a return message--instead of a canned reply of all that government needs to take care of. All we need from government is support in our liberty and enforcement of the laws that protect our lives and property.

Keep it simple! No more complex laws and regulations that only construct a lace-work of loopholes for those who would limit our freedom and route more revenue to their own pockets.

I believe it is wrong to take other people's money--even if the government says it's okay. What do you think?

Our public official work for us. Let them know what you want them to do.

Health is Our Choice

There is the prevalent opinion in the media that our lives are at risk in this winter flu season, especially since the current variety of the swine flue (H1N1) is rampant.

But is it? What authority should we look to for facts on the subject?

The popular media would have us accept the edicts of the CDC. But the Centers for Disease Control has been given more voice than science seems to support. If you want a balanced view of the current health concern, you would do well to expand your sources of scientific information. Ultimately, our health is a function of our choices in care and lifestyle. There are more choices than the media commonly presents. And health is not necessarily a result of the most popular method to address the flu this season.

Here is an excerpt from a post by Dr. Joeseph Mercola on the subject:

Oh, how short our memories are.

It was only four short years ago when President Bush projected that TWO MILLION Americans would die from the bird flu . Guess how many in the US died from bird flu?

Zero, not one person…

I actually wrote a NY Times best seller on this called The Great Bird Flu Hoax.

With the H1N1 flu we have yet another example of how the CDC and the World Health Organization brazenly distort reality.

In addition, they ignore and deny the dangerous and life-threatening side effects of their expensive solution, encouraging innocent people to suffer for the cause of “herd immunity” – the idea that the benefits of vaccinating everyone outweigh the rights of those who are harmed by the vaccine.

And even though reports of severe adverse reactions to the H1N1 vaccine, including deaths, are streaming in from countries around the world, these two governing bodies are continuing their campaign in the U.S. and around the world to promote a vaccine that has not been proven safe – or even necessary.

H1N1 is the Pandemic that Never Materialized Just Like Bird Flu

I’ve already addressed the non-necessity of this vaccine in previous articles revealing that H1N1 is nothing but a hyped-up blip on the radar. In fact, a former Ontario, Canada, chief medical officer of health went on CBC/TV and called H1N1 a “dud” as far as a pandemic goes.

Sadly, you’re not hearing this in the mainstream media, although stunning coverage by CBS Chicago has finally blown the lid off the hype. In an investigation by reporter Sharyl Attkisson, this station recently revealed that only a fraction of reported H1N1 cases actually are H1N1!

Sharyl found this out by doggedly pursuing the numbers, first through a Freedom of Information Act request from the CDC, and then by contacting each state individually when the CDC refused to respond.

The states’ responses were shocking: The vast majority of cases being reported as H1N1 actually are not flu at all – instead, they are some other kind of respiratory infection!

To read about this report and listen to an interview I did with Attkisson on this topic, please see this previous article.

See the rest of the story on his website: mercola.com. Take responsibility for your health and the health of those you love. Make your choices based on facts of safety and health. Don't give up your health freedom to those who may have contrary motives to your own.

Liberty and Justice for All

An article in the Arkansas Times made me ponder the words of the Pledge of Allegiance. I guess I could really only stand and say the following words from it with conviction:

"I pledge allegiance to liberty and justice for all."

And that is with the #2 definition of "allegiance" on dictionary.com: "loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like."

If I were to reword that shortened version to better suit the way I believe and think, it would be:

"I will support and defend liberty and justice for all."

I believe that any political system or religion or leader which/who encourages followers to do the same is good for those who choose such. And we are still (at this point) free to choose our own affiliation. Words or the "letter of the law" are meaningless unless we support good law (liberty and justice for all). That is the Spirit of the Law.

Forced Vacinations? -- Fear Not

A friend sent me this message:

My dear friends:

You must read this and forward to all your loved ones; go to YouTube and search this title:
Forced vaccinations: a whistleblower's clear warning - reposted by Project Camelot.

Or, click onto this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNrMY9vsiCc
　
Or, you can get to the YouTube video via the ProjectCamelot website at this link:
http://www.projectcamelot.net/

And at this website you should see the YouTube Video by arrowing down below the photos (about 1 page down).

Love you all; this young courageous woman is a national hero in my eyes.

Scary?? If it is a fact that forced vaccination is on the way, what is your response?

Here are some common-sense suggestions by Dr. Joseph Mercola, MD, DO.

Also, I am currently attending a conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota on essential oils and aroma therapy showing safe, effective healing methods for many diseases, illnesses and injuries. The information is shared by professional doctors and scientists, including MDs, PTs, physicists, chemists and more. Some of the maladies being addressed are cancer, diabetes, influenza, inflammation, stress, autism and Alzheimers. There is no reason to risk the dangerous side-effects of drugs when these less expensive and more effective alternatives are being integrated into many practices with outstanding results. This is real science, not the pharma-funded brain-washing the media is paid to promote. How many doctors or nurses do you know that will get the untested swine flu shot? All those I have heard from will not. And if you freely choose to, perhaps you might ask your doctor if his/her family has. And how are they doing since.

There are still those who believe that healing is an honorable service to humankind, rather than a means to reap huge corporate profits. Check it out while you are still free to do so: http://preview.tinyurl.com/klkx5d.

Fear serves only those who promote the insanity. React not with fear, but rather respond with the calm of knowledge and wisdom.
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Gran Torino—A Great Ride with a Good Old Bastard

Last night we watched Gran Torino. Clint Eastwood plays Walter Kowalski, a bitter old man with nothing good to say about the world or anyone in it since the early ‘70s, except that he married the best woman on earth. The story starts with her funeral and his attitude decrements from there on interaction with his ungrateful sons and grandkids, the boyish priest who promised his wife he’d hear his confession, and the foreigners degrading the neighborhood.


His disposition doesn’t seem salvageable due to some unknown baggage he’s been carrying since the Korean War, and worsens with an attempted theft of his 1972 Gran Torino. But the situation starts a turn after he intervenes in a gang incident protecting the Hmong family next door. Other Asian families in the area honor him as a hero with gifts of food and flowers—which he precedes to toss in the trash. He begins to soften after accepting an invitation to the neighbor’s party only after he realizes he’s out of beer himself.


Walter’s honesty in expressing his wrath with life and everyone affecting, or confirming, his redneck awareness is far from politically correct (refreshingly so), very colorful – and hilarious to those who know today’s world is built by ex-military construction worker sons-a-bitches.


You’ll learn to love the main characters of this film, despite their human condition. It is a story about hearts opening with the maturity of diverse relations, and tolerance of blatant imperfection. It’s about learning the fine line between rough-shod walking the calf-paths of the mind and doing what’s right because someone’s got to do it.


I’m giving it the 5-Star (Really-Loved-It) Netflix rating.

Adaptation

It started with random thoughts that coalesced into a review -- of a movie, and of my writing life . . .

We watched "Adaptation" again last night. On Netflix I gave it a 5 rating--Loved it! It's a movie about the writing life, writers block and the freedom of creative expression. It's about love and passion, about our connections with the origins of being--our very genesis. And about how our culture would suppress the drive of Soul.

Yet that expression does ultimately prevail. It's a story of hope and beauty, and daring to live ones passion. I love this flick, and the title says it all--Adaptation. In this world of hazard and suppression--man-made and natural--we can not only survive, but thrive. The focal point of the movie is the fragile life balance of a rare flower, the Ghost Orchid.

Waking up with variations on the movie topics rolling in my mind, the voice spoke: You can write lightly or with rigidity. Like the wingtips of an eagle, or with the weight of a freight train. You have the freedom to write by formula, and never use it. Run on the track, or lay down a new one. Or soar to unknown heights.

As I write this, the only blossom I see in the early morning light of the bay window is a large, pink orchid. It says, Patience is a virtue. So is decision. I've seen the ghost, and fear no more. I write as I like.

The Law of Allowing: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Last night we watched the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Watch it if you dare. After seeing it, as well as a few other significant news items lately -- like the forced medication of Danny Hauser, and the torture memos -- I decided to distill into words my outlook on the matter of liberty. Here goes:

There is one law -- the Higher Law -- that all others or based on, either in support of, or in defiance of that law.

• The Law grants the freedom to do anything . . .

But because we live here, and the Higher Law is manifest in this world of opposites, it proceeds in statement as:

• . . . except denying others the same freedom.

And because the passivity of allowing has an opposite activity, it continues:

• Only the defense of freedom will assure it. Passivity in its defense is activity in its corruption.

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There is awareness and there is action. Where do I stand?

What do we do when we become aware that freedom is denied to another who is not being justly defended? Should we speak out, state the obvious and make others aware? Or is not doing so passivity in defense of The Law? Passivity, I believe, will result in heightened action -- either in defense of The Law, or its corruption. Revolution need not be violent.

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Be aware that
what and when and where
to speak and act
is best guided by
a more direct connection
to The Source
of the Higher Law.

The Spirit of Life
does not degrade it.

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There are no Others. We are all Soul. Soul is a spark of the Divine.

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Some points to ponder . . .

. . . in this time of economic uncertainty:

1. News of the economy is a lot like reality TV: Dramatic challenges and extravagant plans of action that do not seem to align with common sense, except for the new emotional charge it gives the watchers of and players in the drama. Somehow it seems so unreal. A lot like primetime TV.

2. The announcers of every day’s bad news always seem to add a glimmer of hope, (though not sounding like they really believe it themselves) only to be overshadowed by the next day’s spiraling descendance in the stock market, state budget news, layoffs, foreclosures and corruption.

3. I personally believe that the situation has deteriorated to beyond the point of no return, and that things will actually get much worse before they get better. I wish I didn’t believe this, because I know that the more people that do hold a certain belief, the more likely is its inevitability.

4. How can one prepare for what is coming? Buy gold or silver? Invest in foreign currency? Some say by putting food and provisions in storage. Even taking certain security measures, such as beefing up a room in the basement or acquiring some weapons for self-defense. Some of these may be prudent, but as I see it, the better off anyone is materially, the more they will be targeted by those who are not. Therefore . . .

5. Better actions of preparation would be in the non-material areas. That is, communication and community building skills. Better yet, spiritual attunement. This may be the only way to face a desperate situation. Immediate threats take immediate action. Spiritual preparation is really the only way we can face an event never experienced before.

6. One thing that will not help, but only make any situation worse, is to project negative energy toward the party or parties who we believe to be at fault. Hope for remedy is by responding with love, rather reacting with fear or counteracting with power. Loving all those involved is the virtue of crisis.

7. Though things may be getting worse in the objective/material sense, spiritually there is now great opportunity for growth as soul.

Financial Responsibility

As I was bemoaning the woes of this long, Minnesota winter the other day, I felt weighted down, as if in armor. A poem came to mind. (See Shedding the Mask on River Tree Whispers, my poetry blog.) As I wrote it down, other conditions of this bleak time also began to surface, as if to support my lament. Not wanting to get up on a political soapbox in that e-venue, I step up here.

And to start, I’d like to say that, even though I did not vote for Obama (I wrote in Ron Paul), I do not dislike our new president. I think he has a good heart. Barack Obama gives many people more hope than they had before—in economy and world harmony. That can never be wrong. And to finally have a black president indicates a giant and positive change of consciousness. My best wishes and heartfelt support goes to President Obama.

But that does not change the fact that taking on debt to pay off bad debt is never a good idea, nor is it even possible. It will never be paid off. Eventually we will have to face the full measure of consequence and responsibility.

The right course is to stop borrowing. Stop creating dubious programs we can’t afford. Stop subsidies that prevent the self-righting of a free market. Stop funding an illegal, private corporation that charges us interest to use our own money. Check it out. The system that taxes our productivity and maintains an arbitrary value of its worth is not part of our government, nor was it ever authorized by it under constitutional law. It can be stopped.

Increasing the money supply (printing money) only raises the cost and lowers the value of all that we have and produce. And the burden is on us. Not the banks or the automakers with poor and illegal business practices. Making risky loans for houses we can’t afford, knowing profits return in interest as long as payments are made and then foreclosing when we can no longer afford them—this is wrong. Withholding the technology for clean and renewable energy and fuels because of arrangements with suppliers of unclean energy (with all the political and global manipulation in its support) is criminal.

Remember, public servants serve us and must be accountable to us. When we demand a return to constitutional responsibility and prosecution of criminal activity we will once again be heading in the right direction. We have been blind or ignoring what is evident too long. Because of that, it won’t be easy, but only we can make it right.

Money, Banks and Free Trade – Common Sense Can Rule

-- by Ardi Keim

What would it be like if we weren't isolated from the real world?
What is real? And what is illusion?

Take the economy, for instance:

I'm not an economic analyst. I'm not even sure how the whole monetary system works. I do understand that money is supposed to be an instrument to make exchanges between people easier. And that banks are sort of the safe-keepers of money. I'm all for easy and safe. And that all would make complete sense to me if money itself had any real value. Like it did when it represented an amount of precious metal in Fort Knox. But, as I understand it now, currency has a somewhat arbitrary value. That value is completely outside the control of most people using it in exchange. If it was backed by gold or silver, or if those metals were still used commonly as legal tender, then I could understand the reason for banks. They would be intermediary (or point of use) forts with guards to protect against loss (theft) of the value therein. And I guess because currency is currently ever-decreasing in value, the fact that it takes so much more to buy what it could have bought when it was backed by gold — well then maybe banks are needed now.

But, since gold or silver isn't used anymore, why do we even need currency at all? Aren't agreements between parties in a trade all that is necessary? If I trade my potatoes for your flowers, or your hours of labor repairing my car (or the nuts and bolts to fix it myself) – a few words and a handshake would be the instrument of trade. If the transaction is to take place over time, then a documented agreement would be that instrument. Need any other party or institution be involved? If one side of the bargain was complete and the other was not, or if it was delayed beyond the agreed upon time, and no resolution was forthcoming, then a trade for legal service might be in order.

Keeping agreements, and respecting other people and their property seems so simple to me. Who is acting under illusion? Those who put their trust in an arbitrary system that devalues the worth of those using it? Or those who know what they want and know others with it, willing to make an exchange. Simple, free trade makes sense to me.

Do we really have an economic crisis? Or a shortage of common sense?

What do you think? How much do we pay in taxes for support of unnecessary government and laws that put us in servitude, instead of our public servants with six-figure incomes? Remember – they work for us. That includes county clerks, governors, senators, representatives ... all the way to the top.

Anastasia

by Vladimir Megre

Words of wisdom, hope and peace from a woman of the forest in northern Siberia

This is the first of nine books in the Ringing Cedars Series now translated into over 20 languages.

As a slow reader I have started many good books, many of which I never finish. But Anastasia (and each one after) just got better and better. Read just one and you too will understand why 10 million copies were sold before they were ever commercially advertised--just word of mouth.

The author presents the life and lifestyle one who lives in harmony with the earth and all life. And her story shows us how to do the same. So much of what I’ve always known is finally put into words.




Check out the other 8 on Amazon too.
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Why I Wrote In "Ron Paul"

Because I didn't want to waste my vote. You'll see soon enough. See his ideas. The Constitution works. Read the book.

The Rule of Freedom

A friend sent an article with unpleasant view of current events (much of which is ignored by the mass media) leading to ominous possibilities in the near future. Here is how I responded:

The content of the message you sent seems dire indeed. And I'm pretty much in agreement with most of it's being of high probability.

On the other hand, the biggest reason for that high probability is that so many now have bought into the dire possibilities. Fear attracts that which is feared. Now I don't believe one should ignore the signs and the world around us. Burying ones head in the sand serves no purpose. We must prepare the best we can. On ALL levels. But what level is most important? That is the issue. We must each answer that for ourselves.

For me, my highest priority is spiritual well being. Part of that is putting ones focus on the good in this world. There is really a lot of it. Even if it is not predominant in the media, in people's consciousness and in the apparent unfolding of our day-to-day lives, it is there. If we put our attention, our focus, on the positive, like an athlete focuses on winning the game or the race, the good will prevail. If there are 10 runners in a race there is only one winner, even when all 10 are focused on that feat. If 9 were not focused on winning, it would be so much easier for the one who does have that focus to win. That's obvious.

We must realize that we all are able competitors. What percentage of this planet's population intend to do it and its inhabitants harm? If it is as high as 10%, and I don't believe it is, then the other 90% of us have the advantage. All we have to do is understand that and apply the understanding. If the 10% has the power it is because the rest of us believe the lies, that money or material possession has the upper hand. Or that power or greed is the advantage. That the absurd is acceptable.

But when we support our higher self, we know that the values of love and acceptance, understanding and forgiveness, self-responsibility, honesty, and reason are the attributes of a winning team.

It is only fear that blinds us to this truth. When we have fear, the corrupt have the upper hand. Fear weakens the shield of true value. Worse than the events of 9/11/01 is the fear that predominated its aftermath. What freedom have we given up by submitting to that fear? How many lives were lost in an unnecessary war? The path of fear leads only downward.

So, what if we take the higher road and the bad guys defeat us anyway, because there weren't enough of us focusing on that high path? What if we become enslaved, destitute or hung by our buts?

This is the big test. How do we handle the worst?

For me, it is by considering what life of value really is. Physical life is not the ultimate state of being. Living a life of fear, or of lies or corruption is not a life worth living. In life after death there is so much more potential. I (personally) know this because of my practice of certain spiritual techniques. I experience that higher state enough to know its reality. Everyone has that same potential. Everyone is a spiritual being. Knowing that most people are not trying to subvert that becoming, gives us the advantage. Knowing that it is actually impossible to do so, helps even more. Freedom from fear is the only real freedom. And it is the only life worth living.

Fear not, and live in peace. Here or hereafter.

Now I suppose you may consider this a bit too preachy, but I love you anyway. We all must make our own choices. Free will is a divine gift. I honor yours.
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I Write . . .

I write what I believe to be true, and I share what I believe to be helpful to others. The truth exists whether it is believed in or not. If you believe what I write, you are subject to the same chance of being wrong as I am. We base our beliefs on evidence. What is evident to me may be evident to others as well. And the right to express what we believe is granted by a Higher Source other than worldly government. But that right is still part of the Constitution of the United States of America.

The First Amendment to the Constitution reads:

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Adhering to the Constitution is what has kept us free so far. It was not by fear of, or retaliation to, would-be terrorists. It was not by treating our fellow humans as anything less, whether by torture of possible perpetrators or withholding civil liberties.

Let us protect the values of freedom, and the document that defines them.

What is Essential Harmonic Enhancement? And Why?

When I decided to call my version of the Raindrop Technique: Essential Harmonic Enhancement Technique (EHET) I was asked, Why?

As anyone who has ever experienced the Raindrop Technique knows, it is so much more than a technique of dropping essential oils like raindrops on the back. It has more to do with attitude, with harmony, with all that is essential to enhancing health, well-being and life. It has to do with the life-force of therapeutic grade essential oils and the belief that all which is in harmony with life supports it.

Harmony is essential for advancement in all levels of existence. And the intent of harmonic balance is more important than technical skill--though that skill will be refined by right intent.

Essential oils are the volatile and aromatic liquids distilled from shrubs, flowers, trees, roots, bushes and seeds, and essences expressed from citrus fruits. Those essential oils produced without chemicals and distilled by low heat and pressure for the proper length of time (ensuring complete extraction) maintain the life force in a higher degree.

Besides essential oils, there are many other substances and methods for harmonic enhancement of our lives, as well. And as we seek improvement of our health and well-being in all areas of our lives we are led to the resources -- material and energetic, human and spiritual -- that reinforce our quest and evolution. We are free to choose the ones that best suit our needs. As we choose our resources in thought and feeling, action and association we develop our well-being and worth to self and community. We are unique individuals in the universal body of unlimited potential.

There is always the possibility of advancement, always the risk of regression. And there are always cycles of each--large and small. And accepting our place on the wave is a matter of free will and harmonic intent.

Recognizing there is a Higher Source outside ourselves and inside as well, is key to understanding advancement and decline. Understanding that if we can be better, we can be worse -- and we probably have been. Understanding that if we can do the right thing, we can do the wrong thing. That perfection is dynamic, not static. That if we can seek, we can find. If we can help, we can hinder. That we can help others, and others can help us. That we can choose for ourselves, and we can allow others to choose for us.

That health and abundance and harmony are possibilities realized in stages according to our state of acceptance, our state of consciousness. I accept my guidance, inner and outer, because I am a free agent of divine being.

Why Essential Harmonic Enhancement? Because I want to.

How about you?

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A Manifesto for Living by the Spirit of the Laws of Life

--by Ardi Keim

I write this down because I know the truth in it.

I know that there are laws of life that govern our ways and means within it.

I know that the heart of that law is the spirit of the law. The letter of the law is merely a record of it, and that human records and human language is subject to human error.

I know that the spirit of the law is the Spirit of Life . . .

1. And that That One Force allows us free will and that such allowing is no error, though we may err in our willing.

2. And that such freedom ends where another's begins.

3. And that such freedom to choose our own circumstances, relationships and well-being underlies the fact that we are not owed anything.

4. And that all we have and attain is by focused manifestation by our own action in thought, planning, feeling and action.

5. And that our wealth is not because of ownership of any material substance, including money, but by claiming the values of freedom, respect, security, well-being, gratitude and love.

6. And that enriching our lives and the lives of others by the exchange of goods and services is of these positive values.

7. And keeping track of completion of such exchange can be by accurate record, or agreed upon token, or memory and trust.

8. And that no one has a right to claim a portion of the value of that exchange other than the parties to it.

9. And that those who do are operating outside the Laws of the Spirit of Life.

10. And that any entity regulating the following of the Laws are serving those who are guided by it.

11. And that when members of such entity do not operate by the Law, they are best replaced with those that will.

12. And that all ways and means to prompt compliance to the Law must be according to the Law.

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What do you think?


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