Behold the Beast!

Behold the Beast which rises up from the Waters which are many peoples.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7a03e5b6-c541-11dd-b516-000077b07658.html

Daniel's Prayer for America

Alas Lord! the great and terrible God, keeping covenant and loving-kindness with them that love him, and that keep his commandments: we have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy commandments and from thine ordinances. And we have not hearkened unto thy servants the prophets, who spoke in thy name to our Presidents, our Congressmen, and our Judges, and to all the people of the land. Thine, O Lord, is the righteousness, but unto us confusion of face, as at this day, to the men of the USA, and to the inhabitants of New York City and Washington DC, and unto all America, that are near, and that are far off, in all the countries whither thou hast driven them, because of their unfaithfulness in which they have been unfaithful against thee. O Lord, unto us is confusion of face, to our kings, to our princes, and to our fathers, because we have sinned against thee. With the Lord our God are mercies and pardons, for we have rebelled against him; and we have not hearkened unto the voice of YHWH our God, to walk in his laws, which he set before us through his servants the prophets. And all of the USA have transgressed thy law, even turning aside so as not to listen unto thy voice. We have murdered over 50 million innocent babies at the altar of the abortion clinics. The blood of the innocent drenches our land. And the curse hath been poured out upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God: for we have sinned against him. And he hath performed his words, which he spoke against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil; so that there hath not been done under the whole heaven as hath been done upon New York City and Washington DC. As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil is come upon us; yet we besought not YHWH our God, that we might turn from our iniquities, and understand thy truth. And YHWH hath watched over the evil, and brought it upon us; for YHWH our God is righteous in all his works which he hath done; and we have not hearkened unto his voice. And now, O Adonai our God, who broughtest thy people forth out of the lands of the World with a strong hand, and hast made thee a name, as it is this day, -- we have sinned, we have done wickedly. Adonai, according to all thy righteousnesses, I beseech thee, let not thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city New York and Washington DC, a unholy mountain; for because of our sins, and because of the iniquities of our fathers, New York City and Washington DC and thy people [are become] a reproach to all round about us. And now, our God, hearken to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplications, and cause thy face to turn from this nation and make it desolate, for the Lord's sake. Incline thine ear, O my God, and hear; open thine eyes and behold our desolations, and the city: for we do not present our supplications before thee because of our unrighteousnesses.

Hyperinflation and War in 2009

2009 will see the total devaluation of the Dollar. This will be spurned on by the cut off of oil from the middle east by Iran after Israel strikes their nuclear facilities with nuclear weapons. This will lead to the over throw of the Pakistani Government by the radicals. This will lead to open war between India and Pakistan. Syria will engage Israel. Israel will destroy Damascus. Oil will go to 800-1000 dollars per barrel.

After the dollar collapses, your dollars will only be good for toilet paper or wall paper. The paper itself will be worth more than the face amount on the bills.

Welcome to the real world Neo.

Our politicians have all been bought off. All of them except Ron Paul. We sold our soveriegnty when we elected Woodrow Wilson. Now it is over. The Republic is dead. Now comes full Tyranny.

History repeating itself. Rome- Julius Ceasar Welcome the Beast with 10 toes.

Now prepare yourself to be placed into a detention center and executed. If you are reading this... then they know who you are and you will be detained. Because you are a radical who believed in our constitution.

Repent and embrace Yeshua's death and resurrection. He will sustain you. He only can.

World to institute World Government and World Currency 11/15/2008

http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/10/22/business/OUKBS-UK-FINANCIAL-SUMMIT.php

A new world government and world currency is going come out of the November 15th, 2008 World Financial Summit. The Dollar is doomed. Look for full details to be announced in January 2009 after Obama - the Antichrist, takes office.

The Days that shall Come

For all who follow Yeshua - wicked days do come. Days of great Expectation. Do not put your hope in the traditions of men. Be ready to endure.

Leviticus 24:2

Command the children of Israel that they bring unto thee pure beaten olive oil for the light, to light the lamp continually

Yeshua will have a Bride who has been rightfully prepared for him. It pleases Him to crush us. The fragrance is pleasing to Him. As He suffered so shall we. Those that don't belong to Him will flee and only those who do shall remain.

Abandon the goddess Liberatas - Embrace Yeshua

The Republic is Dead! November 4th, 2008 - United States of America R.I.P.

November 4th, 2008 - United States of America  232 years Old.

The lighthouse among the Nations perished today after existing for 232 years. The young Republic rose to prominence among the nations only to see itself self-implode due to moral degradation. As it was with Rome so it is with the United States of America. Its' greatness was found in its' citizen's willingness to work hard and sacrifice. In the later years of the Republic, the USA found its' citizens demanding the dole. Laziness and consumption reigned supreme. They forgot the God which emboldened this young lion and in the later years chased after strange god's from the weaker nations which surrounded it. On November 4th, 2008, the nation chose Theocracy over Representative Democracy. They elected a man who would be King over the world. In doing so the USA committed suicide and abdicated its' future to the would be king.

Recognizing the AntiChrist - Don't look to World

Why in the world is the Church looking to the World for questions pertaining to the identity of the AntiChrist? The Bible is very clear. The Whole World will "Worship" the Anti-Christ. They will ask "Who is able to make war with him?". The Whole World is referencing Everybody accept for the 144,000 sealed Jews and those who will be martyred by the World Government. Everyone else will be deceived. Everyone. So when you hear someone who is not Born Again state this one is or isn't, don't listen to them. They are deceived. They will embrace the False Messiah and refuse to see whom they embrace.

A most wonderful song

God's Own Fool - by Michael Card

Senator Schumer pushing "Fairness Doctrine" Censorship of Conservatives - Time to Boycott New York

What New Yorkers seem to value more than a leftist Government is their money. Senator Schumer is reviving the "Fairness Doctrine" as pay back to the Leftist Main Stream Media for its' total support of Barack Obama. This law is the only way the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and other leftist publications can survive. In answer to this... American's in the Fly Over States should Boycott any product or service that comes out of New York State. Hurt these Socialist where it counts. If it comes from New York, then don't buy it. Send an email to Schumer letting him know that you are now boycotting New York goods and services because of his attempt to stop free speech.

Ezekiel 38 and proper timing

After studying Ezekiel 38 and Revelation 20 (which I believe are the same events), I must state that I do not believe that Ezekiel 38's placement is during the Tribulation Period. I believe this is the final battle between Yeshua/Israel and Satan/Magog/Nations. If this is so then I do not believe that there has to be some great event which causes the world to embrace the Anti-christ. The World wants to embrace him now. 

I personaly believe that the Dollar is going to go into Hyperinflation in the next 24 months. if this happens then America will embrace Satan himself if he has the "right" answers and solutions.

If Obama is elected, we well could see the move being made to establish the world system. 

The Anti-christ's kingdom will be a socialist system. A ruling oligarthy ruling over the masses. Obama may well be the false political messiah. Prince Hassan of Jordon may well be his False Prophet. 

President Obama to set up SS "Hitler" type goon Squad after Election.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt2yGzHfy7s

President Obama to set up his own Civilian Police/Army Force after he is elected. This is interesting. Adolf Hitler did the same thing. It was the SS. The Brown Shirts were deputized and given free reign to arrest and detain all those who were undesirable and who spoke against Hitler. Obama has already shown that he cannot tolerate dissent. Guess what is coming? Those FEMA Detention Center located inside the numerous military bases in the USA will come into use. Obama knows that he cannot trust the military to turn its' guns on the citizens of the USA so he will recruit inner city thugs, ACORN, Felons, and other questionable people who will have no problems doing so. Those who speak out against his Marxist/Socialist Agenda, refuse to give up their guns, refuse to allow their children to be exposed to perversion in the classroom, and refuse to give the Welfare State 50+% of their income will cease to be under his police State.

I fully believe that his intent is to dissolve the sovereignty of our nation and give it over to the UN on a silver platter.

You idiots in America who vote for this Hitler-to-be deserve everything you get from him.

Inner Cities/Community Organizers plan Riots if Obama Looses

Many of the nation's Community Organizers have implemented the "Lets destroy our Communities if our Socialist Candidate doesn't Win" plan. Local Inner City Gangs and Residents are preparing for the festivities of the Riots. Sticks, pipes, guns, and knives have been distributed and Community Organizers have completed the Riot Leadership Training Program. 

In other news, the Home Owner's Association at my gated community has warned the upscale, gated community residents that no rioting will be permited in the neighborhood in the event that John McCain. Me and my neighbors have decided to assault the Guard Station at the entrance to show our anger at the election being stolen by voter fraud via ACORN. We are all planning on putting up pink flamingos in our yard, erecting fences without HOA approval, and leaving our boats in our drive way. The final assault will involve not stopping at the Guarded Entrance when we enter the community. Some of the more radical elements are even going to throw trash out of their car windows when they pass the guard station.

Desperate times deserve desperate measures.

13 million Black Babies Murdered w/support of Barack Obama

Black Genocide sponsored by Planned Parenthood and endorsed by Barack Obama.

http://www.sliceoflaodicea.com/life-issues/abortion-and-black-genocidebarack-obama-and-the-negro-project/

Adonai's coming Judgment on America

America is drenched in the blood of 50,000,000 babies sacrificed at the altar of “choice”. Obama supports the sacrifice of 7000 babies a day at the altar of prosperity. Ishtar is alive and well in America. She is our goddess. We spill the innocent babies so that young women can be prosperous. Obama fully supports their murder. So… you support Obama and you claim Jesus Christ as your Savior? America, you support the greatest massacre in the history of mankind and you claim that you belong to God. No I say. You are covered in the blood of 50,000,000 crying babies. Babies whose cries from the womb was/is heard by Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is going to return in a Blood Drenched Garment riding a White Stallion to destroy the governments of this world and those who embrace them. Repent America while you still have time. Repent before the blood of the children from under the Altar of God is acted upon by the Righteous God of Heaven!

How Obama's policies will Affect Me

How will Obama's Socialist Policies affect me and my business? From what I can determine, I will have to lay off half of my staff. I will not be able to afford the increased Payroll Taxes, Nationalized Health Care Taxes, Higher Income Taxes, and Increased Government Regulation of my business. I am exploring all options and outsourcing overseas seems to be the best course of action to reduce my over head, avoid the increased Tax Burden related to employing people. My personal income tax will be reduced by increasing my SEP contributions, making sure that my income doesn't top the magic 250k, and taking advantage of every possible Tax Loop hole available.

The Rich are not impacted by Socialism. Only the upwardly mobile middle class. Socialism is a philosophy which seeks to lock out the middle class from the Upper Class. It is no accident that ALL of the Democratic Senators and House Leaders are MULTI-MILLIONAIRES.

If America elects these Socialists, then America deserves the bondage of Socialism. A slave who willingly embraces the shackles deserves the bondage which comes with them. Me and my family shall remain free.

Media Bias for Obama - Real Motive

Why is the Main Stream Media, i.e. - ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, NY Time, LA Times, and etc. in the tank for Obama? Why are they blatantly ignoring Obama's Socialists Past and Marxists beliefs and openly attacking McCain? Why did they go after "Joe the Plumber" personally and rip him to shreds because he asked a "tough" question to a candidate who doesn't have the depth to handle any "tough" questions from uneducated plumbers? Two words....

Fairness Doctrine

The Main Stream media is losing circulation, market share, and jobs. They are losing it to Talk Radio and the Internet. Their monoply is effectively over. As such they recognize which Candidate is going to reign in "Freedom of Speech" and the "Freedom of the Press". They know that Obama cannot allow contrary views to enter the public forum. Obama's belief system is based on failed Marxists-Lenin-Trotsky Philosophy. It is proven to be a failure. Just look to the USSR, North Korea, and China. The Truth cannot allowed to be spoken because it will expose the lie which Obama is based upon.

Therefore the Traditional Press has openly thrown its' weight behind Obama. It wants its' competition to be eliminated. But by doing so they will also destroy the very document which protects their ability to attack the Conservative Right. The powers which you seek to be removed will be applied to you when the pendulum swings. It would do the Democrats well to remember this as they witness Obama take the helm of much more powerful executive office thanks to George Bush, the RNC, and DNC.

2008 will be remembered as the last year of "Freedom of Speech and Press". Things are going to get really bad after 2008.

Obama was a member of the Socialist Party - Confirmed!!!

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78945

Obama was a member of a Radical Socialist party in Chicago in 1996. 

http://newzeal.blogspot.com/2008/10/obama-file-41-obama-was-new-party.html

Wake up America! That Sucking Sound your hear are your Constitutional Rights being sucked down the drain.....

Its' Time for a New Party - time to Scrap the Republican Party

My Grandfather was a Republican. He sold his Large Bakery to one of the largest Bakeries in the USA rather than see it Unionized. My Father is a Republican. He owns one of the largest privately held companies in the USA. I was a Republican. I voted for Jack Kemp in '88, Alan Keyes in '92, Alan Keyes in '96, Pat Buchanan in '00, and Bush in '04. I gave money to Bush and the RNC in '00 and '04.

Now I am not a Republican. I have given up on the RNC. I am sickened by Chambliss and Isakson (Senators from GA - so called "Republicans). They voted for the Socialized Welfare Bailout plan ... 700 Trillion + blank check and the "Economic Stimulus" plan in the Spring. FDR would of been proud.

I am sickened by President Bush's willingness to follow in the steps of his "Country Club Republican" Father in the expansion of the Federal Governments Power and Control over the lives of its' citizens. I am scared stiff over the expansion of the Homeland Security Dept. What the idiots in the Republican Party didn't consider was that the Democrats would one day regain the White House. Any one with a History Degree knows that you don't give unrestrained power to Socialists. They will use it to squelch the opposition. The squelching is upon us. The RNC has lost its' moral fiber and its' calling. It is very similar to the Church in America. The Church has lost its' saltiness and it is no longer a light. It is good for nothing and can only be thrown in the street.

The RNC use to be about personal freedom and personal rights. They rightly knew that any power given to the Government was at the expense of the Citizens. Bush and the RNC has expanded the Federal Government more than any other administration. Now we are faced with a President who will fully utilize the expanded Federal Government to destroy the rights of the Middle and Upper Middle class. Our rights will become "privileges" which are doled out at the whim/will of Nancy Pelosi, Barney Franks, Christopher Dodd, Harry Reid, and Barrack Obama. We will be only one real crisis from Martial Law and the suspension of our Constitution under this gang.

Judgment is coming. We deserve it.

It is time to scrap the Republican Party. It is time to form the America Party. The Party to puts America First. The Party that puts the Rights of the Citizens before the Rights of Special Interest and Big Government. The Party that says "America First". I look at the RNC and the DNC and it is like Animal Farm realized. I can't tell the difference between the Pigs and the Humans.

What is Socialism Really Like?

It amazes me that 40+ % of the USA wants to embrace Socialism. I'm totally amazed. Unlike 99% of those within this category, I know first hand, personally, what life is like under Socialism. Under Socialism, 90% of the populace is forced to work 4 jobs to make ends meet while 10% controls all the money in the economy. The 90% can never hope to make it to the 10% because the Government, Large Corporations, and the Ultra Rich control all the jobs, opportunities, and access to the markets. Taxes run around the 50% mark once you hit certain income ceilings. All goods are 2 to 5 times more expenses than in Free Countries. (because everything is taxed to pay for the government handouts). The Service provided by the Government are sub-standard. You are treated as if you were cattle and have NO rights. You are looked upon as a resources to be expended.

Socialism does not "re-distribute" the wealth to the people. The Rich simply move their money off shore and live Tax Free while the Middle Class, the bourgeois, is Eliminated and forced into the Lower Class.

This is the real goal of Socialism. It is to eliminate the Middle Class. Lenin/Trotsky/Stalin had the same Goal for Mother Russia. The Rich fled Russia. The Middle Class - Bourgeois, were forced into the lower class.

This is the goal of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Franks and Barrack Obama for America. It is no accident that all of the Democrat Politicians are multi-millionaires. They are the same ones pushing Socialism on America. Why? Socialism gives the Elite total control and access to money and power.

If you doubt me then just move to Chile, Venezula, Cuba, Spain, or Syria without any funds. Get a work permit and try to make it. Then you will be experiencing Barack Obama's dream for America.

In fact..... if the ignorant populace of America vote this Socialist into office, then more power to them. You want cake, then its' time to eat cake. Just remember the scene from Matilda. The little fat boy wanted cake. By George He got to eat cake! With Socialism there is no glass of milk to wash it down.

Time to Spread the Wealth!

Socialist Citizen Exchange Program

Today I would like to announce the 2009 Socialist Exchange program. This program will be implemented in the event that the Socialist Candidate, Obama, does not win the election. Those who live in "blue" States, who cannot stomache living in a nation which will not embrace Socialism, can join the SEP, Socialist Exchange Program, and thus live out their dream of living in Socialism. The entire nation of Cuba, Venezula, and Iran has signed up. The citizens of these countries are desperately hoping for Socialist Americans to join the program so that they can come to the USA and the socialist Americans can take their place in their native Socialist Repressive Country. 

Just imagine... living in Cuba. A small wood hut with a dirt floor. No electricity. No phone. No TV. No modern luxuries. You and your family all sleep in the same room. You have to walk to the local distribution center to obtain your weekly rations. When your children are born, the State determines that one will be a street sweeper and the other a pig herder.  You are not allowed to voice your opinions which might be contrary to the State. Your place in life is set in stone. There is no upward mobility. The hope of your neighbors, who for some reason don't share your love for Socialism, is to crawl upon a wood raft and float the 90 miles to Florida to enter the Prison of Capitalism and Freedom. 

Please place your reservations now. Our wood rafts will depart from Florida 01/01/2009. 

Biden - Obama will be tested and you won't like his Response

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/22/biden-crisis/

Say it aint' so Joe. What do you know that we don't? Are you telling secrets again? What is remarkable is that no one is asking Joe where he is getting his information. I think I know.  Joe has been going to CFR, Trilateral Commission, and Bilderger Meetings again. Joe...... don't you know.......

First rule of Fight Club...

You do not talk about Fight Club

I have a feeling about the crisis which is coming. It will most likely involve Russia/Ukraine, Iran/Israel, Syria/Israel, all of the above, or the Final Collapse of our Dollar. 

Obama response?  Shred the Constitution, merge with Canada and Mexico, adopt the AMERO, and turn over our sovereignty to the United Nations. 

This socialist cannot wait until he gets to take away our rights. Hold your breath. 

Obama cries about being called a Socialist

Today Obama whined about being called a "socialist". I assume that Hugo Chavez, Fidel Castro, Raul Castro, Assad, Putin, and all the other socialists in the world will also bemoan being called a socialist. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, flies like a duck, and waddles like a duck, then it is a duck. Obama, no matter how he tries to deny it, is a socialist. His mentors were communists. He wants to eliminate the "upper-middle" class and give their wealth to the non-tax paying citizens. 

Just like Hugo, Fidel, Raul, Assad, and Putin,  Obama has the fix in on this election with ACORN. His campaign gave them 800 Thousand this year to get out the vote. Mickey Mouse and Jive Turkey will be voting for Obama. He is a dictator in waiting.

Vote the Bums Out!

Election day is approaching. It is time to hold the bums accountable. Every congressman/senator who voted "YES / FOR" the Socialized Bail Out Package should be voted out of office. Your party affiliation does not matter. If your congressman/senator voted for the bill then vote for the opponent. Vote every one of them out. Don't reward their cowardice. They backed down to Premier Bush under threat of "Martial Law". No guts. They sold our Birth Right. I'm voting for Democrats in the Georgia Senate Races (if they are even running). My two Senators from Georgia showed that they are not Conservatives or Patriots. They are Elitest  CFR/Bilderberg/Tri-Lateral Commission Members. I'm voting against them either in this election or the next. I plan on giving to their opponents until they lose. I was a Republican. The Republicans left me partiless this term. Now I'm a Conservative without a party. 

VOTE THE BUMS OUT - ALL of THEM.

Is Obama the AntiChrist? We will see....

http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=78197

The mania that the socialists are experiencing over Barack Hussain Obama has reach a crescendo. Now they are openly calling him "the Christ", "Their Messiah", "Jesus". If this "Dictator - to be" is elected by ACORN and Corrupt Politicians then I believe they might be right. He will be their "savior". The one promised in Isaiah, Daniel, and Revelation. He will be the one who rejected the god of his father "Islam" and embraced the god of "forces" (i.e. Power). This man will say anything to win. If America believes him then we deserve the consequences. To all Believers I would encourage you to prepare for the police State and Speech Police which are coming. Get out of Debt. Put away enough food that last you during the turmoil and riots that are coming. Network with other true believers in order to have a support network when these times come. If you are a member of large mega-church or any "seeker-sensitive" church then leave it. Find a true Church which preaches against Sin and proclaims Salvation by Repentance and Faith in Yeshua's death on the Cross and Resurrection from the Dead. If this guy is the AntiChrist, things will move quickly after he is elected. True Christianity will be all but criminalized in the USA. They will outlaw the sharing of your faith in the public forum. Churches will be forced to hire Gays. Home Schooling will be outlawed. Speech against homosexuality will be criminalized. Our rights under the constitution will be made into privileges. Christians will be rounded up and sent "away" for "re-education" like in China. Hard times are approaching. We need to be ready. If Obama is the AntiChrist, he will be elected and then all hell will break out.

The burning of America by the Socialists

A picture is worth a thousand words. Congress and our Presidents have done the same thing to our Nation, its' sovereignty, and our economy since the 1930's. While they should of diligently tried to put out the fire, they actually have thrown gasoline on it. Our nation's demise was sealed when the Nation, in its' desperation, embraced FDR and his "New Deal". He was a Socialist. Now we are finally reaping what we allowed Him to sow. Guess where we are going again? Back to 1933 with the "New New Deal". Soccer Moms, Minorities, and Unions are taking us back to the past to the very policies which caused the current Economic Collapse. Because the leftist print and television media has covered for them, the Democrats are not receiving the blame which they so rightly deserve. Once they have a super majority in the Senate, the end will be upon us. Our status in the world will be equal to France, Italy, or any other minor Socialist country. Our economy will spiral downward as fewer and fewer small businesses are opened and many are closed due to the Goverment Regulatory and Taxation Burden placed on them. Many will flee to Tax Shelter Countries.

Next we will see the currency collapse and the call will then be for full fledge socialism, embrace the AMERO, and the North American Union.

The people of America who are going to vote for Obama are either ignorant concerning the consequences of their vote or they are socialist.

"Seeker-Sensitive" Churches and impact of Recession?

To the right is one of the "venues" of Saddleback Church. Notice the dry ice fog, lights, stage, and Rock Concert Atmosphere. Definitely a "non-offensive" environment. Neither hot or cold. Any non-believer certainly would feel right at home here. But that is not the point of this article.

How will the "Seeker-Sensitive, mega-church" filled with "non-believers" weather the Recession/Depression which is coming upon us? How will they support the massive building programs, huge staffs, and marketing programs which have been developed? As with any "large corporation", and don't be mistaken - these institutions are large corporations, they will have to make hard choices concerning their fiscal solvency. As times get tough, the giving by non-believers and those believers who are carnal will diminish. All that will be left are those who walk daily with our Lord and Savior. This will greatly constrict the coffers of these "mega-churches".

I imagine many of these organizations carry debt to fund the continual building programs which they have as a memorial to their greatness. In a Recession, debt is the enemy. These programs did not read the Torah concerning borrowing. We are really not suppose to carry any debt. A debtor is a slave to the creditor. Many churches, including many "non-seeker sensitive" churches, carry debt to finance their building programs. In every Church I have been a member in, any time a building program was proposed, I have vigorously resisted the call to borrow to finance the building of the Church. A church should not carry debt. If the members cannot provide the funds out of their pocket to build then the Church should not build a new facility.

Many, many of these facilities are going to experience very difficult times in the coming years due to the drying up of their funds. An unwise man builds a house on a foundation of sand. When the rain comes, and the wind blows, the house will fall. Those who build their house on a foundation of the Rock, the house will survive the storm.

Joe the Plumber exposes Socialist Obama!

Joe the Plumber from Ohio has done what McCain would not do. He exposed Obama as the Socialist he really is. "Why are you going to take away my ability to pursue happiness, Senator Obama?" - Joe the Plumber.  "Dude you got to spread the Wealth baby!!" - Senator Obama. 

That is right. Spread the Wealth. We are going to take from you people who work too hard and give to those who are to lazy. Socialism. Get ready for it. It is coming to every town near you. Maybe McCain can stay awake long enough to see the vote?

Joel Osteen sells false teaching: "Love your Life" to masses

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,438229,00.html

Joel Osteen is at it again. His wife's new book, "Love your Life" is again diametriclly opposed to the teachings of Yeshua (Jesus). What did Yeshua teach concerning the loving of our life?

Luke 17: 31-37

31 In that day, he which shall be on the housetop, and his goods in the house, let him not go down to take them away: and let him that is in the field likewise not return back. 32 Remember Lot's wife. 33 Whosoever shall seek to gain his life shall lose it: but whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. 34 I say unto you, In that night there shall be two men on one bed; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 35 There shall be two women grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. 36  37 And they answering say unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Where the body is, thither will the eagles also be gathered together.

Mr. Joel Osteen doesn't understand that this isn't the Believer's best life now. This is his worst. Our best life is to come. We are not to love our lives. We are to willingly forsake our lifes for the Cause of Yeshua. 

Joel Osteen isn't Born Again. He is a used car salesman who is selling his TV audience good times. Snake Oil repackaged. 

Shame on you. Shame. Many will stand up and testify against you before the Great White Throne Mr. Joel Osteen. You and your wife.

Obama - Socialist Plans to Steal from the Working and hand out to the Poor

http://www.nypost.com/seven/10152008/news/politics/obama_fires_a_robin_hood_warning_shot_133685.htm

Obama let is slip during a conversation with a hard working plumber. Obama told the Plumber that the plumber will have to "share" his success and pursuit of the American Dream with those who haven't worked hard or taken risk to achieve it. Guess what.... Socialism is coming.

Socialism is coming. Socialism is coming. Socialism is coming.

Robin Hood isn't wearing a cape and a hood today. He is riding an Ass and is concealing his Motives. If Middle-class America elects this leftist elite then they deserve what they get. Obama has never had a real job during his short career. Never. Now he is lecturing hard working Americans about their need to share their hard earned living with the Lazy of America.

Nice......

End of the Republic - Time to Mourn

The United States of America ceased to be a Republic. It is now dead. The exact day of death is difficult to pin down but all the same there is no life in us, but the events of 9/11 excelerated the process. Now we are a true democracy in which the majority shall Lord its' will over the minority. Our rights will now become privileges under the Democratic Super Majority. Privileges which will be stripped at will. 

In the coming years, we are going to see the total collapse of our economic system. You cannot continue to have a continual exit of dollars from our economy to China, the Middle East, and Asia at the rate it has since the '70s and not have our currency collapse. Our Government has used the recent events as an excuse to impose Socialism on America. The Government is now taking control of the banking system. The fairness doctrine will be put into effect in 2009. Gun rights will be stripped in 2009. The troops in Iraq will be brought home, fresh from their population control training, to deal with the civil unrest which is coming. The unused FEMA detention centers located on many military bases will come into full use. 

When the dollar collapses and with it our economy, martial law will be declared, the constitution (what's left of it) will be suspended, and all who oppose Obama will be rounded up and dealt with. Hitler will have nothing on this guy. 

The Republic is dead. We have embraced Socialism as a nation and will soon see its' fruits. Everything will be fine as long as you agree with the State.

O'Bama - At best.at worst..

I am now under the opinion that at best, O'Bama will be Chavez/Castro/Putin. At worst.... Hitler or the Anti-Christ. The way this guy is using the secret service, local authorities, and volunteers to suppress free speech is amazing. If he freely does this when he is trying to win our votes, what will he do once he has them?

There is a reason that FEMA has all of those detention centers built on the various Military Bases. I expect that they will finally see some usage after O'Bama is elected.

Guilting America for O'Bama

The Socialist Press and Leftist Political Establishment is doing its' best to "Guilt" White America into voting for O'Bama. Recently John Conners (Socialist House Representative) - Georgia stated that White Voters weren't massing to O'Bama because he is Black. Now Castro has stated the same. Articles in the New York Times and LA Times have followed the same mantra. So basically it comes down to "Racism". If you don't vote for O'Bama then you are racist. The Race Card. It doesn't matter that O'Bama would have been a perfect "mate" of Lenin and Stalin. Castro would be proud to have him succeed him. Hugo Chavez has endorsed him. O'Bama's policies are blatantly Socialist. Wealth Redistrution. Steal from the Rich and welfare to the Poor. Take from the producers and give to the State Dependent. Regulate every iota of the populace's life. The truth is that a large portion of working America cannot stomach having their sweat, blood, and effort in their daily toil stolen/taken by a bloated Government and then given to someone else.

Let the left play the race card. Let them. White America should not take the bait. We should label him by his Actions. He is a Socialist. Call O'Bama what He is. A Socialist. At every rally, hold up a sign that states, "No to Socialism".

NO to Socialism.

Lebanon: Syria vs. Saudi Arabia - Winner > Israel

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JJ08Ak01.html

The proxy war in Lebanon between Syria and Saudi Arabia has been raging for 3 years. Now it appears that Syria has won. The Saudi's in response have opened the flood gates of funding to the militias in Lebanon which support the Sunni version of Islam. Syria is currently massing its' troops on the northern border of Lebanon with the purpose to invade Tripoli and destroy the Saudi Loyalist. The Lebanese Army has amassed 10,000 troops there to counter. Who will be the winner of this? Israel.

Syria is planning on finalizing the peace treaty with Israel in 2009. They are currently negotiating the deal with Turkey acting as a mediator. If this goes through then the entire frame work for "the Peace Treaty" is in place for the Anti-Christ. Having Syria and the Saudi's fighting each other takes the focus off of Israel and their problems with Hamas. They are free to deal with Hamas as they see fit and and empower Fatah which will then be able to formalize a peace treaty between Fatah and Israel.

Connecticut High Court Permits Gay Marriage

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,435881,00.html

The People's Republic of Connecticut has decreed that Homosexual Marriage is Lawful in its' over turn of Connecticut's Sodomizer's Marriage Ban.

Want a preview of 4 years of Barack Hussein O'Bama's Presidency.... Here it is.

What is next? The legalization of Polygamy? If you can justify Sodomizers Marriage then you can't argue against Polygamy. Then Bestiality? Same argument applies. The marriage to objects? or Children?

I'm surprised Vermont, with its' love of Child Molesters, hasn't follow suit. G_d's Wrath is going to be poured out on this Nation. Mystery Babylon. Revelation 17, 18.

Coming New World Currency???

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aP5mpMUORBWM

The Italian P.M announced that all World Markets (Stock) might be suspended until the "new" rules are written to regulated the global market. I smell a new world currency in the works. Maybe the International Bankers are going for a "Hail Mary" pass here? Wouldn't be surprising. The opportunity is certainly here with the meltdown which was artificially created by the UN, Carter, Clinton, Bush, Greenspan, and the EU. Create the crisis so you can offer your solution. History continually repeating itself. I smell a rat in all of this and it is centered on the usual suspects:

- CFR
- Bilderbergs
- Tri-Lateral Commission
- Roschild / Rockerfeller / Warburgs/ Debeers
- UN
- Club of Rome

etc. etc. etc.

The goal, as always, is to consolidate power in the hands of the International Bankers.

3 cheers for Rep. Lynn Westmoreland - GA

Three cheers for Lynn Westmoreland - Republican from Georgia. My congressman opposed the Socialized Bailout Welfare Package which is going to inflate our currency further. You got to appreciate a man who holds to principles.

Life with 60 Democrats in Senate

What will life be like with 60 Democrats in the Senate? Well for one we will go back to 50% tax rates for the top tier. The Welfare State will be re-instituted. You can be assured that at least 3 new Supreme Court Justices will be appointed who are Socialist/Communists. The IRS will triple in size. Most big business will flee to Tax Havens. Socialized Medicine will be shoved down the throats of America. Free Speech will be quelled with the "Fairness Doctrine". Gun rights will be totally removed so that only the criminals will have Guns. Abortion will be Nationalized and removed from State Regulation. Home Schooling will be outlawed and all education will be placed under the authority of the NEA. Homosexuals will be given minority status with the EEOC. As in Canada and France, it will be against the law to speak against homosexuality. It will be considered "hate speech". Gay Marriage will be legal in all 50 States.

America has no idea what it is about to do in November when it elects the socialist to power. It really doesn't. We deserve everything we are about to swallow.

Secret Evangelical Plot - Drive up the price of Coffee

Recently I received a mailer from a seeker sensitive church that just started a few blocks from my neighborhood. Outside of the continual use of the words "relevant" "radical" and "real", I couldn't help but notice that the main concentration of the flier was to inform "me" the prospect that I could get "free coffee" from this church. All I had to do was attend.

"You will be greeted by a warm smile and hot cup of coffee at the door" (from the brochure).

Sort of reminded me of Walmart ... only that they give you free coffee.

The promise of "free coffee" was mentioned 10 times in the brochure. No where was it mentioned that they preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. Only that they were "relevant" and "non-judgmental". If this is typical to the seeker sensitive church then one can only deduce that there is a secret agenda behind the "church facade". They really aren't concerned with seeing people brought into the kingdom of God. They are only concerned with driving up the price of Coffee.

I have determined that the Evangelical Movement in America finds its' root in Columbia. The leader of this conspiracy is none other than Juan Valdez himself. As he traveled throughout the States promoting Colombian Coffee, he secretly planted the seeds for these "non-gospel" preaching churches. It makes sense. A church which preaches the gospel is going to offend many or most who are not Born Again Believers. This would in turn keep them from drinking the free Colombian Coffee (Caffeinated) which then would in turn drive up demand and the price per pound of Colombian Java.

This is the reason why the Evangelical - Seeker Sensitive Church in America doesn't preach Repentance and Faith instead of easy believism. Its' about the marketing of coffee not bringing new souls into the Kingdom of God.

I have to say that Juan Valdez, the Pope of the Evangelical Movement, has succeeded. Coffee is at an all time high and so is attendance at these "Relevant Churches".

The Coming of the Lord Yeshua

Zechariah 14

The Coming Day of the LORD

1Behold,^(A) a day is coming for the LORD, when the spoil taken from you will be divided in your midst. 2For^(B) I will gather all the nations against Jerusalem to battle, and^(C) the city shall be taken^(D) and the houses plundered^(E) and the women raped.^(F) Half of the city shall go out into exile, but the rest of the people shall not be cut off from the city. 3^(G) Then the LORD will go out and fight against those nations as when he fights on a day of battle. 4^(H) On that day his feet shall stand^(I) on^(J) the Mount of Olives that lies before Jerusalem on the east, and^(K) the Mount of Olives shall be split in two from east to west by a very wide valley, so that one half of the Mount shall move northward, and the other half southward. 5And you shall flee to the valley of my mountains, for the valley of the mountains shall reach to Azal. And you shall flee as you fled from^(L) the earthquake in the days of Uzziah king of Judah. Then the LORD my God will come, and all the holy ones with him.

6^(M) On that day^(N) there shall be no light, cold, or frost.^[a] 7^(O) And there shall be a unique^[b] day,^(P) which is known to the LORD, neither day nor night, but^(Q) at evening time there shall be light.

8^(R) On that day^(S) living waters shall flow out from Jerusalem, half of them to^(T) the eastern sea^[c] and half of them to^(U) the western sea.^[d] It shall continue in summer as in winter.

9And^(V) the LORD will be king over all the earth.^(W) On that day the LORD will be^(X) one and^(Y) his name one.

10^(Z) The whole land shall be turned into a plain from^(AA) Geba to^(AB) Rimmon south of Jerusalem. But^(AC) Jerusalem shall remain aloft^(AD) on its site from^(AE) the Gate of Benjamin to the place of the former gate, to^(AF) the Corner Gate, and from^(AG) the Tower of Hananel to the king’s winepresses. 11And it shall be inhabited, for^(AH) there shall never again be a decree of utter destruction.^[e](AI) Jerusalem shall dwell in security.

12And this shall be^(AJ) the plague with which the LORD will strike all the peoples that wage war against Jerusalem: their flesh will rot while they are still standing on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.

13And^(AK) on that day a great panic from the LORD shall fall on them, so that^(AL) each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of the one will be raised against the hand of the other. 14Even^(AM) Judah will fight at Jerusalem. And^(AN) the wealth of all the surrounding nations shall be collected, gold, silver, and garments in great abundance. 15And^(AO) a plague like this plague shall fall on the horses, the mules, the camels, the donkeys, and whatever beasts may be in those camps.

16Then everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem^(AP) shall go up year after year to worship^(AQ) the King, the LORD of hosts, and^(AR) to keep^(AS) the Feast of Booths. 17And if^(AT) any of the families of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship^(AU) the King, the LORD of hosts,^(AV) there will be no rain on them. 18And if the family of Egypt does not go up and present themselves, then on them there shall be no rain;^[f] there shall be^(AW) the plague with which the LORD afflicts the nations that do not go up^(AX) to keep the Feast of Booths. 19This shall be the punishment to Egypt and the punishment to all the nations that do not go up^(AY) to keep the Feast of Booths.

20And^(AZ) on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses,^(BA) "Holy to the LORD." And the pots in the house of the LORD shall be as the bowls before the altar. 21And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be^(BB) holy to the LORD of hosts, so that all who sacrifice may come and take of them and boil the meat of the sacrifice in them. And^(BC) there shall no longer be^(BD) a trader^[g] in the house of the LORD of hosts^(BE) on that day.

English Standard Version Bible

"I am the Resurrection, and the Life"

John 11:17-27

17 So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already. 18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off; 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. 20 Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary still sat in the house. 21 Martha therefore said unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 22 And even now I know that, whatsoever thou shalt ask of God, God will give thee. 23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. 24 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. 25 Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live: 26 and whosoever liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this? 27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, even he that cometh into the world.

Yeshua is the Resurrection and the Life. Yeshua is the door. Yeshua is the Way. Yeshua is THE Redeemer. Yeshua is the I AM. HE IS THAT HE IS. YESHUA IS and all that is is from HIS will.

Choose this day Whom you will serve.

Today is the day of decisions. Whom will you serve? A simple choice. Whom will you serve? Will it be the god of this world? Will be it the G-d of Creation? Will it be satan? Will it be Yeshua? Whom will it be? We only have two choices. All choices but Yeshua lead to satan. Any path you take except that of Yeshua lead to satan. So today we must choose. Will we serve Yeshua and follow Him in His death on the cross and resurrection from the Grave or will we serve the god of this world, satan. Very few will follow Yeshua. Most will perish with this world. 

Shame on my Senators- Senator Isakson and Chambliss

My two senators, Republican Senator's Isakson and Chambliss showed no back bone yesterday in their vote for the $880 Billion dollar Bank/Wallstreet Pork Laden Welfare Bail out package. These two senators are typical "neo-conservatives" who will vote for any package or bill which will get them re-elected. Shame on you two. Shame. You are dumping money into the system which we do not have. We will have to print it. So.... when we go into hyperinflation... I'm coming to your house with my family to live. You two can support me and my family. I will eat from your table and drink from your cup. Why? Because you guys have brought ruin onto your State. Maybe not today or tomorrow but it is coming.

This nation is a heroin addict. We have continually injected ourself with the drug of rampant spending for 70 years. We are addicted and cannot stop. We almost stopped this month until the elite press, Democrats (socialists), Senate Republicans (socialists), and Bush (biggest socialist) screamed and cried out that we would go through withdraw and we couldn't take it. (i.e. recession). So we fixed it. We injected ourselves with a massive hit of money. Guess what... As with any drug addict, the more you use the more you have to use in the future to keep the high and to avoid the withdraw. The crash gets potentially bigger and bigger. This is what is going to happen.

We are going to inflate the currency until it mirrors Germany 1923. Who should we thank for this?

Today we should all thank the spineless Senators who voted this through.

Senator Isakson and Chambliss..... Thank you for bringing our ruin. Thank you. I will be ready for the coming days. But you won't. You will be in the bread line like every one else because you are ignorant and have no idea what you have done.

US Senators who have Courage and Conviction - Thank you !

Senators who had the courage to reject the 880 Billion dollar Government Bank/Wallstreet Welfare plan:

Allard (R)
Barasso (R)
Brownback (R)
Bunning (R)
Cantwell (D)
Cochran (R)
Crapo (R)
DeMint (R)
Dole (R)
Dorgan (D)
Enzi (R)
Feingold (D)
Inhofe (R)
Johnson (D)
Landrieu (D)
Nelson (FL) (D)
Roberts (R)
Sanders (I)
Sessions (R)
Shelby (R)
Stabenow (D)
Tester (D)
Vitter (R)
Wicker (R)
Wyden (D)

Thank you for your courage!

Why is Warren Buffett buying big into GE?

During the 1923 Germany Hyperinflation Run, one way "long-sighted" investors were able to make it through the crisis was to buy common stock in "solid companies" which were devalued and hold the stocks until the "new money" had been released and the hyper-inflation ceased. These stocks weathered the storm and sustained-even prospered after the re-valuation of the currency at the end. The key to this was that they didn't touch the stocks during the crisis. They cannot be sold until after the Hyper-inflation cycle ends and the Depression Cycle begins. Maybe Warren Buffett sees something that nobody else does?

US Senate knows no Shame - Votes for Socialism

We ceased to be a democracy some time ago. The pinnacle moment was when Woodrow Wilson met with major European Bankers on Jekyl Island, GA to form the Federal Reserve System. He allowed the US Dollar to be controlled by "private stock holders". Most of these were over seas in Europe. Since that date, our fate has been sealed. Our country has lived on borrowed time. Today, the US Senate shoved socialism down the throats of America. A welfare package of $700,000,000,000.00 has been handed out to the nation's banks, insurance companies, and Investment Banks at the expense of the Savings of the Elderly and our Children. What happens when you "create" $700,000,000,000.00 and dump it into the market? The same thing that happened in 1923 in Germany. Here are some links for you to review:

http://www.usagold.com/germannightmare.html

http://mises.org/story/2347

People... The US Senate just doomed the Middle Class. The net result of 1923 Hyper Inflation was the elimination of the Middle Class. With this the people were so desperate that they were willing to embrace Hitler.  

Guess who we will embrace? Won't be Obama or McCain. Who ever is elected is doomed for failure. We will embrace the Assyrian... the Anti-Christ.  Mark my words. 

Best article on the current Financial Crisis and how to get out of it!

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/29/miron.bailout/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

Best article on the current financial crisis I have seen. Explains what got us here and how we need to deal with it.

Which direction should you go?

Which direction should you go? Typically you should always go the opposite direction of the flow. Today the leaders of this nation are wailing and gnashing their teeth over the failure of the American Voters to give the banks and wall street 700 Billion dollars. They scream "The Sky will Fall the Sky will Fall!" and accuse the voters of ignorance to the gravity of the situation. We are too dumb to realize what will happen if we don't give them a blank check.

Maybe a good portion of the populace are not ready for socialism? Because that is what this is.

Maybe a good portion of the populace are not ready for hyper inflation?

Maybe we are prepared to pay the price of Congress' and the President's mismanagement of the country with a recession.

President Bush fails the Elite Bankers

Today, President Bush failed to bring America's Dollar down and as such let down the World's Elite Bankers - i.e. Rothschild's / Rockerfellers / Warburgs etc...

His daddy must be ashamed of him.

The dollar isn't totally valueless.

The AMERO will have to wait. The North American Union will have to wait.

Wait... what if Israel hits Iran.... yeah that will do it. Oil will stop flowing. Inflation will sky rocket. That is what we want... "Cheney! tell them jews that they gotz the green light to bomb them Aaarabs. Now that will fix it. Good bye Dollar. Hello AMERO."

HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal - calls for United Europe/Africa/Middle East

Care UK

September 25, 2008

 HRH Prince El Hassan bin Talal

 

 

EUMENA Water and Energy Community:

A Regional Commons for Human Security

 

 

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

It is a great honor and pleasure to speak once again to the dedicated people of CARE, which after sixty years remains one of the world’s foremost humanitarian agencies, providing assistance to more than seventy countries. It is to your lasting credit that CARE continues to pursue a multifaceted approach in addressing the underlying causes of poverty through both emergency relief and sustainable development. CARE is truly a beacon of interdependence and hope in this disjointed world.

 

When I accepted the CARE International Humanitarian Award in 1995, I noted the world’s contradictory progress in tackling absolute poverty:

 

                Humanitarian aid that treats symptoms while

                   ignoring or obscuring causes is worse than no

                   aid at all, for it propagates the idea of inevitability.

                   The public comes to believe that human suffering

                   is inevitable, and so inured, ceases to care about it.

 

Now, thirteen years later, having felt the full brutal impact of economic globalization at our local levels, I think we are beginning to recognize another factor in our fight against poverty -- the unconscious assumption that our social organizations are always working with us and for us, and surely not against us

 

From State Security to Human Security

We know from our dusty books of history that the development of human civilization in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, India, and pre-Columbian Mexico and Peru became possible only through the management of regional water systems. By increasing the food supply through large-scale waterworks for irrigated farming and flood control, administered water sources allowed tiny villages to grow into towns and cities that could support large non-farming populations. That’s the good news -- the antiquity lesson we largely remember. The bad news is that water management in many of these early governments required absolutist control by a political monopoly. We too easily forget that a despotic social system of state violence and slavery was the price that many of our ancestors were forced to pay for the personal security of water, agriculture, and civilization. ^[1]

 

I’m reminded, too, of John Davis’ poignant essay, “The Anthropology of Suffering”, which suggests that our social organizations are unable to account for the human pain that results from social disruption.^[2] As you are aware, there is a tendency today to view the sources of affliction and suffering in the world’s poor nations as externalities which fall beyond the bounds of our own harmonious social systems. The present multilateral arrangement of sovereign reciprocity encourages us to believe that no one is ultimately responsible for poverty or extremism in this world, that these conditions are somehow unaccountable. When discrimination based on ethnicity or gender takes place in foreign nations, for example, we rationalize that our own state bears no responsibility to intervene in human rights violations, emergencies or conflicts that occur across sovereign borders. World hunger, disease and social displacement are thus dismissed as part of the unfortunate but necessary collateral damage that litters the historical road from political subjugation to modern democracy. We have vast libraries of studies proving to us that failed states are simply a matter of the poor of the world lagging behind the development curve, lacking capacity, good governance and the rule of law becausethey do not build viable social networks.

 

I am humbled, almost embarrassed, especially before experts such as yourselves, in challenging this tautology. But with respect, because of the urgency of our situation, may I suggest that we all take a fresh look at what is occurring in front of us. Humanitarian assistance agencies have long maintained that individuals must be directly involved in their own development. This seems self-evident -- by now it’s become an axiom -- that ‘people must stand up for themselves, harness their own energies, maximize their potentials, and build their futures through self-reliance’. But I think it’s time we asked, how is our self-participation in development truly possible when national jurisdictions and institutions rarely line up with the actual geographical regions that contain our ecosystems, social and cultural groups and diasporas, leaving us without effective rules to cooperate in the management of our common areas where human and social development typically occurs? How can we take part in our own development when the public and private sectors restrict our use of the material, environmental, genetic, social, cultural and intellectual goods that rightly belong to every one of us?

 

There are many types of common resources that become endangered when sovereign states and property owners exclude or prevent their shared supervision. And when the local users of resources are not organized, do not communicate, lack trust, and have no effective means of changing the rules of resource oversight or administration, a tragedy of the commons results. Resources become overused and degraded, which leads to acute social problems, marginalization and breakdown. That’s why people around the world who are connected to the local commons on a daily basis are recognizing that the protection and regeneration of our common goods is not a matter of sovereign claims or private ownership --  it’s a matter of survival.

 

We are now reclaiming the commons as a wellspring of authenticity and resilience in this increasingly ‘flat, hot, and crowded’ world.^[3] In the face of uncertainty and despair resulting from social oppression, we maintain our well-being and social cohesion by remaining together and celebrating the cultural and ritual uniqueness of our common relationships. Despite the personal hardship and exclusion caused by the enclosure, commodification, and degradation of our resources, we preserve our cultures and ways of life through the distinctive fabric of our common spaces. And, even now, through the drought, hunger and displacement brought on by global warming, many of us are restoring our social bonds through the careful stewardship of our resources, sustaining those shared customs and practices which remind us of what it is to be human.

 

You and I may not live to see a borderless planet, but I believe we will soon be looking at the world’s resources from a much wider angle than we have in the past because we face a crisis now that clearly transcends the crumbling social structures consigned to us by sovereign states and private markets. Governments are incapable of managing cross-border cooperation for resources, since their mandate is primarily the allocation of public goods within their borders. International business cannot organize transborder cooperation because their province is private goods in the marketplace. Responsibility for our cross-border resources must be undertaken through the self-organization and collective action of individuals, civil society, and supra-national organizations.Unlike the world’s public and private sectors,our commons sector has deep experience in the supervision of living systems, both locally and transnationally. Whether biological or psychosocial, our ecologies require vigilance and care, and it is only through this mindful safekeeping of our common resources that we transcend the illusions of state and consumer security, restoring our dignity as civilized human beings through true human security.

 

 

Regional Social Charter for Europe, Middle East & North Africa

In this connection, I would like to propose a Mediterranean commons involving the European Union, the Middle East, and North Africa (or EUMENA). According to the World Population Prospects of the United Nations, the population of the EU region will stabilize at around 600 million while MENA will double to about 600 million by the middle of this century.^[4] Other recent studies indicate that global warming is likely to undermine political stability in the MENA region, which is already vulnerable to drought, flooding, extreme weather, and reduced agricultural output, particularly where subsistence is the key to survival. A temperature increase of one degree C by 2020 would dramatically increase water scarcity. Virtually all states in the Middle East are likely to suffer from a range of problems caused by global warming, including humanitarian disasters, food shortages, social tensions, environmental degradation, the destabilization of domestic stability, clashes over land ownership, terrorism, migration, and the spread of infectious disease. This would undoubtedly lead to disputes over access to increasingly scarce resources, such as food, water, and energy. Climate-driven conflict is already affecting many people in the region.

 

We have a civic responsibility to engage in areas of transborder crisis where our state and private sectors have little jurisdiction, authority, or experience. As citizens -- regardless of our sovereign obligations -- we must speak for our region en masse in matters concerning the welfare of our people when it’s clear that threats like climate change are profoundly affecting our region’s carrying capacity. The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights guarantees to each of us the freedom from want and fear and we must fully claim these rights. The imminent dangers of global warming to the carrying capacity of our region -- the degree to which our common resources can sustain the population -- vests us with a moral authority and social legitimacy to make transborder decisions and create a regional social charter that ensures our rights to survival and security.

 

To this end, I believe that citizen groups in the EUMENA region should organize a non-partisan Water and Energy Community -- an institutional framework providing new incentives for the management and protection of common resources. This calls for the support and involvement of people across the region who depend on water and energy for their livelihood or who value it dearly -- which includes practically everyone. Rules for the maintenance and preservation of our water and energy commons would thus be developed through the collective action of citizens, civil society, social networks, academics, scientists, agronomists, bilateral donors, development partners and regional organizers -- as well as national governments and the private sector. They would ensure that administrative power is decentralized from state authorities to communities or customary representatives in order to maintain local and community access to the commons and its common goods. The governance of our cross-border water and energy resources would involve three main functions:

 

1. A Stakeholder Consultation Process

•   to form discussion groups and committees

•   create forums with neighboring villages

•   build associations to share information among community members

•   ensure monitoring and enforcement

•   develop mechanisms for conflict resolution

•   identify a development plan

•   create funding for administration

 

2. A Commons for the Protection of Local Welfare

•   to recognize customary rights and ownership

•   safeguard indigenous wisdom, traditional practice and culture

•   draw on cultural endowments and knowledge of local resources to develop innovative institutions that fit local conditions

•   create partnerships between communities and civil society or other institutions to increase support for local action

•   support direct action linked to commons issues

•   promote zoning of resource use

•   identify land tenure concerns

•   monitor human rights and create legal protections for the poor

•   develop proposals for legislative reform

 

3. A Regional Security Organization

•   to create a conference on transborder security and cooperation

•   develop transborder security and stability agreements

•   intervene in cross-border emergencies and conflicts

•   create a cohesion fund for the region’s most vulnerable people

 

These are some elements of a commons approach for security and cooperation which the EUMENA Water and Energy Community could formalize through a social charter, a code of conduct, and new sources of financing to improve the quality of life and personal dignity for the people of the region.

 

 

Water: Sustainable Management and Desalination

Based on the estimated differences between available sources of renewable freshwater and the growing demand for water, many nations in the MENA region will be unable to produce enough food for their populations by 2025. Water consumption has been doubling every twenty years and clean water supplies are coming under enormous strains. It makes little sense for governments to subsidize water to grow food that is not native to the desert climate, when many of them are already challenged to develop water resources to support local farmers, gardeners and industry, as well as the daily needs of their citizens.

 

I believe the people of our region must build a regional institution for water management, strengthening cross-border cooperation through new treaties, laws and codes. For example, our regional community could develop agreements for the sharing of water resources, water and irrigation projects, and the sharing of expertise and data on drip irrigation, water absorption and transpiration of plants, watershed dynamics, water basins, sedimentation, withdrawal from aquifers, water storage, deterioration of water quality, expansion of irrigated land areas and increased hydropower demands.

 

A regional solution for sustainable supplies of freshwater must be found. At present, water reserves are being hastily exploited, resulting in the depletion of groundwater levels, intrusion of salt water into groundwater reservoirs (when the groundwater table sinks below the seawater table), and the rapid expansion of desert areas. It is evident that the freshwater crisis in the MENA region could be solved through seawater desalination. Yet current methods of producing seawater desalination require large amounts of fossil fuels and generate chemically treated water and salt brine, all of which damage the environment.  If the desalination of seawater were powered through large quantities of clean energy, rather than fossil fuels, the ecological impact would be significantly reduced. There is a workable solution: the MENA countries could provide energy for desalination through solar power from their deserts, turning the shorelines of North Africa and the Middle East into an unlimited source of freshwater for drinking, agriculture and other uses.

 

Energy: Solar Power from Deserts

Solar radiation from deserts is the largest accessible but least used form of energy on Earth -- a virtually inexhaustible supply of solar energy. On a daily basis, the world’s deserts receive about 700 times more energy from the sun than humanity presently consumes in fossil fuels. Only a small fraction of the deserts in the MENA region could produce energy equivalent to the entire production of Middle East oil -- enough power to provide EUMENA with all the electricity it needs, day and night.

 

The development of desert solar energy requires two technologies. First, Solar Thermal Power plants must be created using mirrors to concentrate sunlight for steam and power generation. Solar heat by day is stored in tanks of molten salt which is then used in the evening operation of the steam turbines. Second, this solar thermal energy must be transmitted to large centers of electricity demand. Although our present grids cannot transfer large amounts of electricity over long distances, power could be transmitted to outlying areas through the production and deployment of High-Voltage Direct-Current transmission lines.

 

Both of these technologies are available and their markets are expanding. Solar power production would be much cheaper than fossil fuel power at present cost levels and produce more than enough power to meet the growing demands of EUMENA. With European investment and technology, supplemental investment from Middle East oil-producing states, the use of Middle Eastern and North African desert sites, and the participation of people from across the region in the governance of the project, this transition to clean power could be accomplished in 10-15 years. 

 

 

EUMENA Water and Energy Community

As the EUMENA Water and Energy Community develops a coordinated framework and financing for the sustainable management of shared water and energy, the provision of other transborder goods and services should also be addressed. These include human development, education and skills, eradication of HIV / AIDS, malaria, and communicable diseases, agriculture, labour rights, transportation by roads, buses and trains, telecommunications and other utilities, infrastructure projects, emergency response and elimination of drug trafficking.

 

As a regional community, we have an opportunity to use our deserts and technology to develop energy, food and water security, along with climate security, while creating new jobs in the fields of water desalination, solar energy and other renewable resources, including geothermal, hydropower, biomass, wind, wave and photovoltaics. Sustainable governance of our commons would enable us to replace fossil fuels, solve our energy crisis, reduce carbon emissions and climate change, and protect the carrying capacity of the transborder area.

 

It is becoming clear that the mutual interests and interrelationships that connect states can create political stability through stronger bilateral ties. This would be especially welcome in the Middle East, where the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict has riven people apart, causing social displacement, extremism and untold suffering. Either we move toward regional solutions through greater transparency, trust and cooperation across borders, enabling citizens and supra-national organizations to meet community, cultural and environmental needs -- or the region will continue to drift towards chaos and war.

 

It is unlikely that we will ever return to the conditions of ancient civilizations, where the management of critical resources like water required that society be guided by dictators. Yet, we must also recognize that the current practice of enclosing our common resources -- whether material, environmental, genetic, social, cultural or intellectual -- has made us numb to the oppression, neglect and discrimination that exist both in stateless and sovereign societies. Rather than ameliorate human suffering, our present forms of social organization based on public boundaries and private ownership perpetuate human pain and misery through ignorance, exclusivity, scarcity, social competition, organized violence and repression of women.

 

As this era of bellicose individualism and moral relativism winds down, many of us are taking solace and inspiration from our commons. The commons evokes a type of relationship which honors the value of mutuality and cooperation, rather than the organization of societies around competitive consumption and conflict over resources. A regional community which generates sustainable electricity and desalinated water through solar thermal power plants and other forms of renewable energy would clearly produce substantial economic growth -- and much more. A regional commons transcending nations, cultures, and politics could bring water, energy and climate security to Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. This collaboration and integration across borders could also revitalize civil society as commons organizations and lead to the creation of a social cohesion fund and new social charter, empowering the poor to improve their status and escape poverty through common welfare and human security.

 

There is a compelling historical precedent for the EUMENA Water and Energy Community. We remember the successful integration of the European Coal and Steel Community in 1951 which unified Western Europe, increased employment and raised the standard of living, created the foundations for democracy and launched the longest period of European peace in more than two thousand years. For the turbulent nations of the Middle East and North Africa, the creation of this kind of regional commons for human security could also lead to a new era of cooperation, peace and prosperity.