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Wednesday 20 August 2014

The Reichstag Fire and 911


On 22nd February 1933, a young communist called Marinus van der Lubbe carried out an arson attack on the the Reichstag  Building in Berlin which is the main assembley location for the German Parliament. Adolf Hitler had been sworn in as German Chancellor four weeks earlier and he used this as evidence of a communist plot in operation. He manipulated the situation President Paul von Hindenburg and persuaded him to pass an emergency decree suspending civil liberties which enabled Hitler to organise a series of mass arrests of Communist party members. This included all the Communist Party Parliamentary delegates and the Nazis thus managed to eliminate their main political rivals at a stroke and became the majority party in German Parliament.

Whether van der Lubbe acted alone is still a matter for debate and it has been suggested that the Nazis carried out the attack as an under cover operation to discredit their political opponents. Hitler and the Nazis certainly used the situation to consolidate their political power but was President von Hindenberg very naive in issuing the emergency decree. To be fair, he could not have forseen the far reaching consequences of his actions

On September 11th 2001, the World Trade Center in New York was attacked and the USA adopted a whatever it takes approach to punish those responsible. Security concerns were deemed to be more important than individual civil liberties but some of the tactics used, when details emerged, could be described as questionable at the very least. Tales of secret prisons, the rendition of terror suspects, waterboarding and the abuse of detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq produced a collective guilty conscience in the USA population.  Widespead wire tapping, arrest without trial and invasive airport security are other examples which are not just confined to the USA and have gradually increased in severity 

It is difficult to ignore the similarities between the Reichstag fire and 911. In each case, ordinary people were persuaded to give up their liberty for increased security. What will be the consquences this time?

In 1945, Nazi Germany was defeated and Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker. Twelve years after the Reichstag Fire and the world was able to move on. 

Thirteen years have passed since 911 and there is still no let up is in sight. A supposed terrorist threat means security is still more important than individual freedom and our hard won, long established civil liberties are still being slowly eroded. Each reduction is barely noticeable but taken as whole, over a period of time the effect will be very significant. Nobody notices and nothing is said. 

There is a famous quote by Edmund Burke:

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing"

In Nazi Germany, the good men stood aside while the Jews were persecuted because it didn't concern them. In post 911 USA, the good men said nothing while innocent men were imprisoned without trial. 

Who will be next? Maybe it's your turn?

 

Tuesday 19 August 2014

An International Conspiracy

The Federal Reserve Act was passed Congress in 1913 and it established a privately owned central bank in the USA called The Federal Reserve. It had the power to issue currency and charge interest but it was only introduced after a very long campaign. 

One of the founders of the House of Rothchild, Mayer Anselm Rothschild said in 1790: 

“Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws...”

President Andrew Jackson knew that a privately owned central bank would work against the interests of ordinary people and for the benefit of a wealthy few so he refused to renew the charter of an earlier version of the central bank. He was the subject of a unsuccessful assassination attempt in 1836

President Abraham Lincoln printed his own currency (called Greenbacks) after the banks tried to charge him exorbitant rates of interest during the Civil War. He used the money to defend the Union by financing the war effort against the South.  

The Times newspaper based in London printed: 

“If that mischievous financial policy, which had its origin in the North American Republic, should become indurated down to a fixture, then that Government will furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off debts and be without a debt. It will have all the money necessary to carry on its commerce. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in the history of the civilized governments of the world. The brains and the wealth of all coun­tries will go to North America. That govern­ment must be destroyed, or it will destroy every monarchy on the globe.” 

Soon after, the British Government began to actively support the South

Were the British Government controlled by the bankers? Did the bankers control the media?Was there an international conspiracy?

President Lincoln eventually led the Union forces to victory against the South but he was assassinated in 1865. His currency was withdrawn and Congress passed the National Banking Act which provided for privately owned banks able to issue their currency and charge whatever interest they liked

It has been estimated that President Lincoln's policies have saved the USA about $4 billion in interest payments alone. They were only implemented for a brief period of time and this gives an indication of how much the USA owes as a nation and how much interest has actually been paid. 

If President Lincoln's policies had continued, would the predictions made in The Times newspaper have come true? Would the USA be a debt-free nation? Would it be the most prosperous nation in the world?

The Bankers understood at the time and understand now that the only real threat to their power is sovereign govern­ments printing interest free and debt free money. It would break their power.

The National Banking Act led to The Federal Reserve Act being passed. Congress gave up Its power to create its own money and gave it to the Bankers who called themselves the Federal Reserve. They now had what they wanted, the power to control the government by controlling the creation of the money.

President John F Kennedy started to undermine the Federal Reserve and began the process of printing his own currency for the benefit of ordinary people. He was assassinated in 1963.

Three Presidents trying to reduce the power of the banks. Three assassination attempts, two dead Presidents. Is this a coincidence?  

The USA is only one country. Throughout the world, the vast majority of sovereign nations have their money controlled by privately owned central banks. Do these bankers work together? Is there an international conspiracy?

It 2003, it was reported that only seven nations remained without a privately owned central bank. They were named as Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Sudan, Cuba and Libya. A USA led coalition invaded Iraq and Afghanistan soon after and also led military action against Libya in 2011. Who makes these decisions? Who will be next?

Friday 15 August 2014

Abraham Lincoln and the Greenbacks

Mayer Anselm Rothschild was one of the founders of the well known House of Rothchild. In 1790 he said: 

“Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws...”

In 1791, a central bank was established in the USA with a twenty year charter. It was called the First Bank of the USA but the charter was not renewed although a Second Bank of the USA was established in 1816. In 1832, President Andrew Jackson successfully ran his campaign for a second term using the slogan:

"Jackson and no bank"

In 1836, he was the subject of an unsuccessful assassination attempt but again the charter was not renewed.

The Civil War was fought between 1861 and1865 between the pro-slavery, Confederate South and the anti-slavery, Union North. President Abraham Lincoln led the union campaign and he attempted to raise money to finance the war from private banks based in the north. He was horrified and greatly distressed when bankers tried  to charge an interest rate of between 24% to 36%. President Lincoln was an honest man of great principle who loved his country and he refused to burden it with a massive debt which would be impossible to repay .

After much deliberation, he was advised to print his own currency to pay for the war effort and, with the backing of congress, he printed $400 million of treasury notes which had full legal tender. The notes were printed with green ink on the back and they became known as “Greenbacks”

President Lincoln soon recognized the great benefits of this course of action. He wrote:

“... (we) gave the people of this Republic the greatest blessing they have ever had – their own paper money to pay their own debts...”

The money was debt free and interest free and was used to finance the war effort by purchasing supplies, paying civil service employees and paying soldiers 

Soon after, The Times newspaper based in London printed: 

“If that mischievous financial policy, which had its origin in the North American Republic, should become indurated down to a fixture, then that Government will furnish its own money without cost. It will pay off debts and be without a debt. It will have all the money necessary to carry on its commerce. It will become prosperous beyond precedent in the history of the civilized governments of the world. The brains and the wealth of all coun­tries will go to North America. That govern­ment must be destroyed, or it will destroy every monarchy on the globe.”

The British Government began to actively support the Confederate South and tried to defeat the Union forces controlled by President Lincoln. They were stopped by two things. 

1.  President Lincoln knew that the British people would not support slavery so he issued the Emancipation Proclamation and declared that slavery was abolished in the USA. The British Government could not then openly support the Confederate South against the wishes of the British people.

2.  The Union forces were blockading southern ports to stop fresh supplies arriving from abroad. The Czar of Russia sent part of his Pacific fleet to the USA with orders to operate under the command of President Lincoln. They docked San Francisco and New York and acted as a deterrent to the Royal Navy and prevented them from breaking the blockade and helping the South.

The North won the war, the Union was preserved and the USA remained as one nation.

In 1865, President Lincoln said:

"I have two great enemies, the Southern Army in front of me, and the financial institutions in the rear. Of the two, the one in my rear is my greatest foe."

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated soon after.

Congress repealed the Green­back Law and brought in the National Banking Act instead. The national banks became privately owned and able to issue interest bearing currency. The Greenbacks were removed from circulation as soon as it was possible.

In 1913, Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act which replaced the National Banking Act. It relinquished the power to create money (initially given by the Constitution of the USA) and handed it to a group of private bankers who called themselves the Federal Reserve. 

In 1963, President, John F. Kennedy signed Executive Order 1110 giving him the power to create his own currency. He was assassinated soon after

In 1972, the Treasury Department of the USA calculated that President Lincoln saved $4 billion dollars in interest payments by creating his own currency. Think about how much interest the government has actually paid

Monday 11 August 2014

JFK and Executive Order 11110

The 40th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy (often known as JFK) was commemorated on 22nd November 2013 and a large number of people throughout the world believe that he was the victim of a conspiracy.

President Kennedy was always a maverick and very keen to confront controversial issues. He was fully aware of how the Federal Reserve used its power against the interests of ordinary people and for the benefit of a few rich individuals. President Kennedy knew all about the problems faced by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, how corrupt banking corporations worked against him and how he was forced to print his own currency called Greenbacks.  

On June 4th, 1963, President Kennedy signed a document, called Exec­utive Order 11110 which gave him the power to create his own currency. He intended to use it for the benefit of ordinary people and he proceeded to issue more than $4000,000,000 of cash  which was both interest free and debt free. It seems obvious that President Kennedy was seeking to under­mine the Federal Reserve. Was he considering a full repeal of the Federal Reserve Act to allow Congress to create its own money?

A few months later, in November 1963 the world was shocked to hear the news of the President's assassination. As the days passed, there was frantic speculation about why anyone would commit such an appalling crime and it didn't take long for people with financial knowledge to put the two and two together. 

The day day after the assassination, all the JFK issued bank notes were withdrawn from circulation. Did newly installed president, Lyndon B. Johnson, order this? Who was President Johnson afraid of? Was he part of the conspiracy? Either way, the money issued by JFK was destroyed and ordinary American people were not informed. 

JFK  was the first President since Abraham Lincoln with the courage to stand up to the large banking corporations and they were both assassinated. Is this a coincidence?

The first ever assassination attempt on a US President was on President Andrew Jackson in 1836. It was unsuccessful but he was another Presidential opponent of the large banking corporations. Is this a coincidence too? 

Why would anybody assassinate a President? Why must everything be covered up? 
What are they trying to hide?

Wednesday 6 August 2014

President Jackson and the Second Bank of the United States

Andrew Jackson was elected and served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829–1837.  His greatest fight was against a privately controlled banking corporation called the Second Bank of the United States. 


The First Bank of the United States was established in 1791 and it existed until its charter expired in 1811.

The Second Bank of the United States, established in 1816, was a private corporation with public duties. The Second Bank was immensely profitable because it handled all fiscal transactions for the government and thus exerted massive power over the money system. President Jackson felt that this power was being used for the benefit of the wealthy classes and, in a democracy, economic opportunity should be equally available to all without restrictions.



In 1832, he successfully ran his campaign for a second term in office using the slogan: 


"Jackson And No Bank!" 


This was a reference to his plan to take control of the money system and use it for the benefit of the American people. In 1832, President Jackson used his veto when Congress tried to reauthorise the Charter of the Second Bank and the following year he started to move government deposits to more convenient places. This caused panic amongst his enemies and, in retaliation, they used their power to contract the money supply causing a severe depression. President Jackson knew what they were up to and later said:
 
"You are a den of thieves vipers, and I intend to rout you out, and by the Eternal God, I will rout you out." 


On January 30th 1836, an attempt was made on his life when an assassin tried to shoot President Jackson, but miraculously both of his pistols misfired. This was the first ever assassination attempt on an American President and he later claimed to know who was responsible. The assassin, Richard Lawrence later boasted that he had been hired by powerful Europeans who promised to protect him if he was caught. Lawrence was later found not guilty for reasons of insanity


In 1836, after years of fighting against his enemies and their Second Bank, President Jackson finally won when the bank's charter was not renewed. It would not be until 1913 that a third central bank was established in America and the Federal Reserve still exists to this day. 


President Jackson was a successful president who organised a series of initiatives designed to serve the social, political and economic needs of ordinary people. He managed to completely pay off of all federal debts for the first and only time in history but he was forced to fight contant battles against his enemies. 


Who were these enemies and who were their allies? 


Why were they working against an elected president and his wishes?


Why were they working against the interests of ordinary people?







Sunday 3 August 2014

A Very Important Principle

Labour MP,Simon Danczuk has stressed the importance that police have enough resources to properly investigate child abuse claims. His comments come after it emerged that South Wales Police have begun to investigate allegations about former House of Commons speaker George Thomas.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-28412049
Again I make no comment about this case or the wisdom of this course of action. Paedophilia is a horrendous crime and any allegations must be investigated fully. I do not condone the behaviour of anybody 
Equally important though is the principle that all accused are presumed to be innocent until proven guilty and this particularly includes anybody accused of paedophilia or racism.
George Thomas, who later became Viscount Tonypandy and was a distinguished MP for Cardiff from 1945 to 1983, died of cancer in 1997 at the age 88. As with other VIPs (including Jimmy Saville and Cyril Smith although there is no smoke without fire) no serious allegations were made during his lifetime and he was never convicted of anything.
It is vital that innocence is presumed until guilt is proven, if ever but I'm not very confident.
Slowly but surely, slice by slice our long established rights are being eroded. It is slippery slope 

Friday 1 August 2014

The idea of having the sentence first!



`Let the jury consider their verdict,' the King said, for about the twentieth time that day.

`No, no!' said the Queen. `Sentence first--verdict afterwards.'

`Stuff and nonsense!' said Alice loudly. `The idea of having the sentence first!'

`Hold your tongue!' said the Queen, turning purple.

`I won't!' said Alice.

`Off with her head!' the Queen shouted at the top of her voice. Nobody moved.


An extract from Chapter 12 of Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll