[Vision2020] Global Warming and the Savior State

[Art Deco]

Have you ever read 1984 by George Orwell?  Do you know what double-speak is? 
Would you be able to recognize it if you saw it?

W.
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>I found this to be interesting>
>
>
> Worshipping the State: Why They Die
> by Michael Gaddy
> Simple facts most soldiers do not understand: The government (state) is
> not our country; when you fight and die in undeclared wars, you do so
> for the State and not for our country or our freedoms; when you forsake
> the Constitution you swore to uphold and defend to follow
> unconstitutional orders, even from your commander-in-chief, you cross
> the line from defender of your country to the very real possibility of
> becoming a war criminal.
> The inboxes at my email sites are constantly bombarded with pictures
> and articles designed to pull at my heartstrings and make me believe
> there are troops in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting for our freedoms.
> Many of these have wonderful stirring music intended to make one stand
> and salute. They picture our soldiers holding young Iraqi children and
> playing with stray animals – a fit sermon indeed for those who hold
> membership in the Church of Nationalism and worship its god: the State.
> Does the insurgent in Iraq present a greater danger to freedom than the
> politicians who signed the Patriot Act without reading it? Is al Qaeda
> to be feared more than the suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus? Is
> the young Iraqi soldier fighting in the streets of Baghdad more
> dangerous to our freedoms than the John Warner National Defense
> Authorization Act, which allows the State to take direct control of any
> and all National Guard units over the objection of state and local
> officials to whom they report, through the simple expedient of
> declaring a "public emergency"? Just exactly who is the greatest threat
> to our individual rights and freedoms in this country?
> In November of 2002, I was asked to present the commencement speech at
> the graduating class of Military Intelligence Officers at Ft. Huachuca,
> Arizona. It was a very difficult decision for me to accept this
> invitation; the storm clouds of war were definitely on the horizon. I
> had seen what I believed to be tainted intelligence in the media used
> to garner support for a war in Iraq. I wanted to do or say nothing that
> might in any way be seen as support for the coming conflict – those who
> promoted it, or those who would fight it – an almost impossible feat to
> accomplish in a military environment.
> When the day arrived and I was introduced to those in attendance, which
> included high-ranking officers of the post, graduates, instructors,
> parents and guests, I began my presentation by asking how many in
> attendance remembered their oath of enlistment.
> Everyone raised a hand indicating they did. I then asked how many could
> repeat that oath; a significantly smaller number raised their hand. I
> then read the Oath of Enlistment each soldier takes on entry into the
> various military branches. I emphasized the following was listed first
> in the oath and was therefore intended to be the most important:
> "I, _____ , having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United
> States, as indicated above in the grade of _____ do solemnly swear (or
> affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United
> States against all enemies, foreign or domestic, that I will bear true
> faith and allegiance to the same; …
> I reminded them it was their duty to fully understand the meaning of
> the words and phrases: support, defend, and true faith and allegiance
> in the context of that oath. I told them that anytime they received
> orders, no matter the origin of those orders, when such orders were in
> conflict with their oath, they were honor bound to refuse to carry out
> those orders. I told them their first allegiance was to the
> Constitution and not to any politician who became their superior simply
> because they had tricked a majority of the people into voting for them.
> By this time the higher-ranking officers on the front row were
> beginning to squirm in their seats.
> I spoke of domestic enemies and how much more insidious they are than
> those we call "foreign." I explained that when one is ordered by any
> superior to do that which is a violation of their oath, the entity
> issuing the illegal order becomes the domestic enemy mentioned in their
> oath.
> I spoke to those gathered of my ignorance of my obligation to that oath
> during my military tenure, and the obvious offenses I felt I had
> committed and the unlawful orders I had obeyed. I stated I did not want
> them to make the same mistakes I had made. When I finished my
> presentation, the ranking officers on the front row made a hasty
> departure, but other instructors and soldiers stayed and presented
> their perfunctory appreciation.
> I’m sure many of the young officers in attendance that day did not
> fully understand the presentation; most were in a hurry to check out,
> and get started on their leave before their next assignment.
> Several days later, my son came to visit and was obviously in a state
> of anger. He related he had just returned from the Tucson, Arizona
> office of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) where he was
> interviewed for his Top Secret Clearance. During his interview the
> agent conducting his background check informed him that I was both a
> subversive and a racist; subversive because I had written articles
> critical of the government and racist because I was a member of the
> Sons of Confederate Veterans. At least they had it half right; I had
> written, and continue to write, articles that are critical of the
> government, but I have never been a member of the SCV. I qualify for
> membership in that organization because several of my relatives fought
> for the Confederacy, but I have never applied for membership.
> I relate the incident with the agent of the DIA simply to show that
> once a person drops his/her support for the collective and assumes
> their individual God given rights, they become the enemy of the State.
> Soldiers serving – and dying in the State’s illegal, immoral wars – do
> not serve their fellow countrymen, fight for our liberties or bear true
> faith and allegiance to our Constitution – they serve the collective
> that is busy stealing our liberties and destroying our Constitution.
> Not one opposing force in Iraq or Afghanistan, or anyplace else on this
> planet, presents a greater threat to our liberty than the collective we
> call the State or the criminals who control it.
>
> November 15, 2006
>
> Michael Gaddy, an Army veteran of Vietnam, Grenada, and Beirut, lives
> in the Four Corners area of the American Southwest.
>
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