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on: January 21, 2013, 22:23:15
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Yes entire villages of people are being wiped out more or less for no reason at all and it is never publicized- also in in places which the US even denies military prescence, like Iran. I have met people who were there when it happened, although I can't divulge who they are.
Make no mistake, the US, China and Russia are indeed commiting genocides on a daily basis.
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Astral Chat / Welcome to News and Media! / Re: Alex Jone vs Piers Morgan CNN interview
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on: January 21, 2013, 09:33:43
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A 5-year-old girl was suspended from school earlier this week after she made what the school called a "terrorist threat." I am getting really disgusted with that T word. It pretty much means anyone doing anything negative in any way, or having any idea or stance the accusing group doesn't like or agree with, and it is so emotionally charged with melodrama that you can justify doing anything at all to any person you label it to. It is in poor enough taste when governments and media use the word... does it really need to be applied to a little girl at play by her own temporary caretakers? By this usage, little league games and playgrounds are brimming with "Terrorism".
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Astral Chat / Welcome to Members Introductions! / Re: Kaltxì, ma eylan! (Hello, my friends!)
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on: January 17, 2013, 01:59:40
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They are in some senses, but they are also an existential liability. A nuclear plant without power for a couple weeks will progress to meltdown; if there were to be an event like a massive solar flare that wipes out a large chunk of the grid in an area, a chorus of nuclear meltdowns will add insult to injury. But cheers, haha 
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Astral Chat / Welcome to News and Media! / Re: Alex Jone vs Piers Morgan CNN interview
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on: January 12, 2013, 17:26:42
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Your cops have guns though don't they? Understatement of the century, haha. There is a phrase in the US called "suicide by cop", which is to say that it doesn't take much to get an officer to shoot at you... looking at them twice can sometimes do it, and there are all sorts of times when people have had 20 bullets pumped into them, only for it to later be revealed they were reaching for their wallets. And the police are over the years being outfitted with fully automatic weapons, high-powered snipers, and armor piercing ammunition, so much so that they have become a standing army in their own respect.
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Astral Chat / Welcome to News and Media! / Re: Alex Jone vs Piers Morgan CNN interview
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on: January 11, 2013, 03:05:01
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I thought personal arms were to protect yourself from criminals or outside enemies, not the government? The US government probably doesn't trust their own people that much, why else have electoral votes instead of presidential election by direct democracy? There was a lot said around the revolutionary time about the idea of "natural rights", which philosophers believed were granted by god or nature directly to every man. Along these lines, Samuel Adams says: "To vindicate these rights, says Mr. Blackstone, when actually violated or attack'd, the subjects of England are entitled first to the regular administration and free course of justice in the courts of law--next to the right of petitioning the King and parliament for redress of grievances--and lastly, to the right of having and using arms for self-preservation and defence." These he calls "auxiliary subordinate rights, which serve principally as barriers to protect and maintain inviolate the three great and primary rights of personal security, personal liberty and private property": And that of having arms for their defence he tells us is "a public allowance, under due restrictions, of the natural right of resistance and self preservation, when the sanctions of society and laws are found insufficient to restrain the violence of oppression."-- Then there are numberous mentions from the federalist papers which all more or less explain that the language of the second amendment pertained specifically to the right to revolt: The Second Amendment refers to “a well-regulated militia.”The right of the people to form citizen militias was unquestioned by the Founders.
A. The Federalist Papers, No. 28: Alexander Hamilton expressed that when a government betrays the people by amassing too much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self-defense — to fight the government.[Halbrook, p. 67]
B. The Federalist Papers, No. 29: Alexander Hamilton explained that an armed citizenry was the best and only real defense against a standing army becoming large and oppressive. [Halbrook, p. 67]
C. The Federalist Papers, No. 46: James Madison contended that ultimate authority resides in the people, and that if the federal government got too powerful and overstepped its authority, then the people would develop plans of resistance and resort to arms. [Halbrook, p. 67] http://jpfo.org/filegen-n-z/six-about-2nd.htmYou can go on and on to literally dozens of statements like this that make it explicit what was meant.
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Astral Chat / Welcome to News and Media! / Re: Alex Jone vs Piers Morgan CNN interview
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on: January 11, 2013, 02:53:01
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I have seen some of Alex Jones' broadcasts, because I watch a lot of alternative media (I like to get every angle I can); my opinion of his show is that he is selling fear-pornography- I think that he probably entertains every new-world-order-type conspiracy there is, largely for ratings. That said, there is indeed slight overlap between my views and his (around 20%), because I support a small number of libertarian policies, and he happens to be an arch-libertarian (I think the public's will should have a big say in what wars are fought and which aren't; I believe the way the legal system, approaches scheduled substances needs to change; and I think firearms, as much as I dislike violence, especially violence in media, are a necessary pillar of a society that does not need to fear its government). I also think he is borderline psychotic and abusive to people who don't share his views, lol, and that his persona is fairly deceptive. Seriously? If you actually listen he is rambling and bringing up irrelevant facts. He's like that person in a situation who has got the wrong end of the stick in a conversation and never gets invited again. That wasn't calculated otherwise he wouldn't have fell into the 9/11 trap that Piers set for him. But... it is evident that you are a slight fan of Alex Jones... I on the other hand don't like either of them at all.
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Astral Chat / Welcome to News and Media! / Re: Alex Jone vs Piers Morgan CNN interview
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on: January 10, 2013, 13:37:31
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Well, it is very clear as Morgan says that Alex Jones is a very loud, very obnoxious man.
I don't believe Alex Jones is as incapable of holding a debate as that "interview" would lead one to think though. I think he purposefully did this as part of his stagecraft; Alex Jones is good at engineering his personality to be what he thinks his viewers want to see. Rather than the base and senseless performance he gave, I tend to believe it was extremely calculated and planned out on his part.
Although I don't think I could agree with his choice of rhetoric, I do fundamentally think he is correct in this issue.
The US second ammendment is very clearly the right to revolution. Countless excerpts from Benjamin Franklin, John Jay's Federalist Papers, Jefforson's writings, and many others make very clear the population is meant to be armed in order to protect itself from eventual oppression by the government. In order for this to be meaningful, the population needs access to high powered weapons. Weapons like that have no place on the streets, and should not be granted public-carry licenses, but they also must not be kept from the hands of the population, and should remain boxed up as a reminder.
Obama is making motions to sign possible executive orders related to gun control. In doing so he entirely circumvents congress, which the constitution explicity states has the sole right to legislate on such matters. He is using a tiny clause of the consitution which allows the president to make orders on small clerical matters as justification to produce orders which violate both the letter and the spirit of the constitution as a whole, and I believe he should be held accountable for failing to uphold the constitution as he swore to.
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Psychic and Paranormal / Welcome to Psychic and Paranormal! / Re: Interesting spontaneous experience with aparently "psychic" person
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on: January 10, 2013, 06:30:08
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Yes, I had told him I trusted him to make his own decisions, and I have had good experiences with her. As far as I go though, I am a hyper-cautious individual and not one to rush big decisions, so such a bold course of action as proposing to a person you had only known for a few months seemed bold to me.
I would not want my brother to have a made a decision that brought he or she harm. That moment was exactly what I needed to feel fully comfortable with the whole situation, and I was glad we were there together. I am also getting the feeling that there are several other reasons I was meant to be in this place at this time. Tremendous forces are gathering around me. I was meant to be here both for myself, and for others that need me to be here as well.
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Psychic and Paranormal / Welcome to Psychic and Paranormal! / Interesting spontaneous experience with aparently "psychic" person
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on: January 09, 2013, 12:15:14
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Hi all, this is something that happened yesterday that took me a bit by surprise.
An issue that is in my family for the moment is my brother's decision to become engaged soon to a woman he met a few months ago. Everyone one of us who knows her mostly likes her, but she is also a bit controlling of his time, and has some complicated details in her life. I told my brother I felt ok with him proposing, but that he should wait a year or so till they know one another better, so they don't rush into something; my brother isn't the kind to wait and think things through though sometimes, haha, so I don't think he seriously considered those statements.
So the friend received us yesterday very warmly, and eventually asked to see a photograph of her.
She then said, "Lovely, may I read it?"
I didn't know what she meant by that, and I was wondering if something was perhaps written on the back of the photo, lol. Instead she took it between her hands and stood with her eyes closed for a minute or so.I am part of this little circle we all share here on the Pulse, so it wasn't that unusual to me what I was seeing, but I was of course taken aback because it was unsolicited and unexpected. She then nodded her head knowingly, and related about 20 facts about her, some of which were general, and some were quite specific, such as the fact that she had an Intra-utero-device that was causing her trouble, which my brother later confirmed with her. She spoke of some mental disturbances due to an abusive history, and also congratulated my brother for the great positivity the relationship held with her. She ratteld off small fact after small fact, but the remarkable thing in it all wasn't these, which were unecessary in their number after the first few very close matches, but overwhelming sense that she knew this person as surely as though they had been life friends, all in that moment.
I have a feeling I was "intended" to be there as surely as he was, because a lot of what she said asuaged and allowed me to set aside my misgivings with him moving forward so fast.
I jokingly asked her "where she learned to do that", haha, and she gave the expected answer that she just always had it, since being a child. I didn't press her for any more details, as I didn't think they were important.
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2012 and The Transition of the Ages / Welcome to 2012 and The Transition of the Ages / Re: The Venus Project, A vision for the future
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on: January 08, 2013, 21:05:42
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Much better then the architecture we see in every city. I'm not sure if we can even call it architecture anymore, everything looks the same. Yes, I don't much care for what the 20th century provided us in that regard. I am an architect myself, and the architecture that I love went out of vogue in the 20's or so. I'm not quite sure what you mean by vulcans ? When I say vulcans, I am taking about the vulcans from Star Trek; the story behind them is that they were a race that was ruled by violent emotion, and this led to war after war, until they collectively decided that the only way out was for them as an entire race to vigilantly examine their own minds, and discipline away their worse qualities. I tend to think that if humans want to continue be around in any meaningful way, this may become necessary.
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