A Thinking Man's Guide toward a politics of
truth, thoughtfulness and, ah yes, perhaps even peace.
Established politicians of
any persuasion -- particularly those of you who
expect your disciples to blindly follow your dictates and
"the herd" like lambs to slaughter -- beware!
There is a growing
grassroots movement... indeed a groundswell... that
is rapidly reaching critical mass.
A movement -- if you can rightfully call a meeting of
minds, hearts and souls somewhere in time and space a
movement --
comprised of free thinking citizens (those who can and will
think for themselves as opposed to "group think")
ready to reclaim their country... and their individual freedom.
We've created this webpage
to offer food for thought to those who dare to think. A free-wheeling, irreverent
smorgasbord of facts, theories, beliefs, opinions,
hazarded-guesses, perhaps even outright lies. All,
however, designed to do just one thing: make you think
outside the box and free you from the captivation of the "group think" mind.
Don't
blindly believe every word you read.
We make no claims for any
of our offerings being "the gospel truth".
Study. Compare. Question everything.
Consult your inner
guidance. Then
decide for yourself. And in the privacy of the voting
booth, vote your truth.
Moral hypocrisy of god-fearing politicians exposed!
Copyright by Christopher Mitchell
economicsofgreed-antivirus.com
"According to
Matafonov, the Western civilization is in danger of
falling into groupthink. This happens when certain beliefs
become so prevalent that they are no longer open to
question and become the "reality" of the majority. Anyone
questioning this reality is ignored, ridiculed or both.
The result is an all-pervasive worldview that blinds its
citizens to both the real problems and the obvious
solutions."
Around the globe, savvy politicians are starting to wear
religion on their sleeves. In the last US election, the
two leading contenders for the presidency used their
professed faith in Christianity as a way to snare the
moral vote. Yet, according to a new Internet research
study, none other than the founder of Christianity would
condemn many of their economic and social policies.
The research, based on an attitudinal study, provides a
score for a series of questions relating to many current
issues. The higher the score, the greater is the deviation
from fundamental Christian beliefs. The researchers used
the Internet and expert sources to model the responses of
key political and religious leaders to estimate a score
for comparison purposes.
The results graphically expose the hypocrisy of some of
the world's church-going political leaders. At one end of
the scale you have Jesus Christ with a score of -151 and
at the opposite end you have George Bush with a score of
+145, Tony Blair with a score of +127 and John Howard with
+132. Other leaders surveyed included the Dalai Lama with
a score of -62, Gandhi with a score of -120 and Pope
John Paul II with a score of -125.
The survey also bears out the long-held suspicion that the
radical religious right, as represented by Pat Robertson
of CBN fame, is more about political and economic power
than about religion. Pat Robertson registered a score of
+141.
The economic and social policies of these politicians are
firmly grounded in free-market economic theory. Free
market economics, in turn, is grounded in the idea of
self-interest - essentially in the belief that greed is
good. So, you have the strange situation where politicians
regularly invoke the name of God, and in the same breath
announce policies based on a belief condemned as one the
greatest evils by the very faith they profess.
The research is being conducted by author George Matafonov
in collaboration with Dr. David Smith, a psychologist with
over 20 years experience in executive psychological
evaluation. The attitudinal survey is now open to the
public and available online. The researchers invite people
to test their own beliefs and see where they stand on the
same scale.
The initial survey was conducted earlier this year and the
researchers received over 3,000 responses from people
around the world, from different age groups and different
religious and political persuasions. The average score was
a surprising +120, and the results showed a remarkably
consistent and uniform attitude to most issues. In other
words, whilst there is debate and disagreement about the
war on terrorism and globalisation, there is virtually no
disagreement when it comes to the core beliefs of
free-market capitalism. The results to date suggest that
most people have come to believe Margaret Thatcher's
conclusion, "There is no other alternative."
According to Matafonov, the Western civilization is in
danger of falling into groupthink. This happens when
certain beliefs become so prevalent that they are no
longer open to question and become the "reality" of the
majority. Anyone questioning this reality is ignored,
ridiculed or both. The result is an all-pervasive
worldview that blinds its citizens to both the real
problems and the obvious solutions. He suggests that this
is the reason why all the problems facing our small planet
seem so intractable. "This is why, in an age of abundance,
the majority of the world's population is starving and
without the basics of life. This is why we continue to
consume the world's resources at a
rate we know will bankrupt future generations. This is why
we continue to destroy our biosphere, seemingly oblivious
to all the danger signs. This is why all political parties
are starting to look the same. This is why continue to
kill each other in greater numbers than ever, despite all
the lessons of history."
In his book, Economics of Greed Antivirus, Matafonov sites
Nazi Germany and Japan during World War II as examples of
how dangerous an all-pervasive worldview can be. Numerous
documentaries show interviews with Germans who lived
through the period. In the main, they turn out to be
ordinary, decent people who now realize they were taken in
by a worldview, which at the time they accepted without
question, even with enthusiasm.
Matafonov goes on to say the "Germans had to be bombed out
of their worldview, and the Japanese had to suffer the
devastation of two nuclear bombs before they let go of
their `reality'. We, in the Western world, are being
bombed right now, literarily and morally, and will, in all
probability, continue to be bombed, until one of two
things happens. Either we, like the Germans and the
Japanese, will be bombed out of our worldview, or we
accept living in an Orwellian police state, on permanent
terror alert. Either way we all lose.
We should never give in to terrorism, however, we should
also not shy away from asking the question what if
elements of our "reality" are as wrong as the "reality"
that the Germans held onto unswervingly, even as the bombs
rained down. We may just discover that a third alternative
exists."
You can participate in the survey and view the survey
results at
http://www.economicsofgreed-antivirus.com
Christopher Mitchell is a freelance journalist.
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Yurika Report
"News. Intelligence. Analysis" ... by artist,
author and visionary Katherine Yurika.
Just a taste:
The Despoiling of America:
How George W. Bush became the head of the new American
Dominionist Church/State
"In March 1986, I was on a speaking tour in Iowa and
received a copy of the following memo [Pat] Robertson
had distributed to the Iowa Republican County Caucus
titled, How to Participate in a Political Party. It
read:
Rule the world for
God.
Give the impression that you are there to work for
the party, not push an ideology.
Hide your strength.
Dont flaunt your Christianity.
Christians need to take leadership positions. Party
officers control political parties and so it is very
important that mature Christians have a majority of
leadership positions whenever possible, God
willing.
"Dominionists have
gained extensive control of the Republican Party and
the apparatus of government throughout the United
States; they continue to operate secretly. Their
agenda to undermine all government social programs
that assist the poor, the sick, and the elderly is
ingeniously disguised under false labels that confuse
voters. Nevertheless, as we shall see, Dominionism
maintains the necessity of laissez-faire economics,
requiring that people look to God and not to
government for help.
Paul Weyrichs Secret Manual on How to Win Politically
"I
have paraphrased the four immoral principles of the
Dominionist movement as the following:
1) Falsehoods
are not only acceptable, they are a necessity. The
corollary is: The masses will accept any lie if it is
spoken with vigor, energy and dedication.
2)
It is
necessary to be cast under the cloak of goodness
whereas all opponents and their ideas must be cast as
evil.
3) Complete
destruction of every opponent must be accomplished
through unrelenting personal attacks.
4) The
creation of the appearance of overwhelming
power and brutality is necessary in order to destroy
the will of opponents to launch opposition of
any kind.
"According to
Jeffry Sharlet, Hitlers Mein Kampf and William
L. Shirers The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
are studied as textbooks in a particular
leadership training group he wrote about in
Harpers magazine."
Who's Paul
Weyrich?
Get a
feeling for who Paul Weyrich is... and how he
thinks... by tuning into his
Free Congress Foundation website.
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People of the Lie recommended by Katherine
Urika
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Explores the idea of evil
as it "innocently" masquerades in "decent" people as
lies, manipulative power and narcissism. Also
addresses "group evil". |
Prophesy?
People of the Lie was written in 1983
... and on page 232 it says: "Twenty years from now,
when Vietnam has been largely forgotten, how easy it
will be, with volunteers, to once again become
involved in little foreign adventures. Such adventures
will keep our military on its toes, provide it with
real-life war games to test its prowess, and need not
hurt or involve the average American citizen at all
until it's too late". |
Peace is the Answer
The 1000 Years of
Peace Project
"Iraq is embroiled in violence and turmoil. Terrorism
continues to surface around the world, with new hot
spots emerging in the daily news.
"Violence is in the air, but so is peace.
"In
his 2004 Easter message, Pope John Paul II appealed for 'a
more effective and peaceful world order.' He called on
Christians, Jews and Muslims to 'rediscover the
brotherhood they share' and appealed for a change of heart
among all peoples so that 'the temptation to seek revenge
(would) give way to the courage to forgive.'"
Arms Into Art
Veterans
Speak Out
Operation Truth
"...
seeks to amplify the soldiers' voice in the American
public dialogue."
Iraq Veterans Against the
War
Jeremy Hinzman
Refused conscientious objector status, and order to report
for active duty in Iraq, Jeremy and his wife, who embrace
Quaker principles, have fled to Canada and are seeking
refugee status.
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