It’s a simple but beautiful metaphor. Our soul is likened to an uncut diamond, pure, perfect, and unrealized. Each learned experience cleaves a facet on its face, and leaves it changed forever. Through this facet, this clear window, new light, new questions and ideas take shape and form. This process is our reason for being…
We in the Liberty movement have been fighting to take back this country for less than a decade, peacefully and with the love of God and country in our hearts. Our banner has been trampled on and displaced by a multitude of distractions, further eroding our nation and the cause for Liberty. And so, as we are pulled by forces we cannot fathom, powerful entities with unlimited resources stolen from our future, unaccountable trillions printed out of thin air and put on our backs as debt, we must formulate the most pitiful of all questions any patriot might ask in the final hour: Are we going to fight for our master's tyranny, or are we going to demand the return of our civil liberties and Constitution? Are we going to choose The Banner of Liberty, or the shackles of voluntary servitude? Will it be a war for corporate profit, or a war to regain our ability to self govern, as the blood and toil of our forefathers presented to us, their children, as a gift? I fear that decision is emanate. I fear that any decision will be a hard one, but my greatest fear of all is that the decision has already been made for us.
Yesterday I let Gunner into the back yard for his morning
constitutional. Normally he comes back
to the door before I can make my first cup. Maddy was a bit late getting up, so
I took my black java outside to see what kind of day it would be. I caught
Gunner in the corner of my eye running across the yard carrying something in his
mouth.
It suddenly registered that he was carrying my neighbor's
pet, a black rabbit. Gunner has been in a digging mode of late, and he must
have gotten into the yard from a hidden spot behind the azaleas. This was
terrible... and on several levels. Only
eight months old, I wasn't sure if it was a good thing to get rabbit blood in
his mouth when he will start his training for hunting dove soon. Not only that,
but a confrontation with my neighbor would be inevitable, because his three
young kids are really attached. Every day after school, they feed him a copious
amount of clover growing in clusters all around the yard.
What to do?
Suddenly it hit me. I had a couple of hours at least. I'd
wash the rabbit, blow dry it, and put it back in its cage, with no one being
the wiser. They would think he had died a natural, peaceful way, not the way
Gunner plays with his toys. I used the sink in the garage, and blew-dry the poor
thing with Maddy's hair dryer. Good as new, even better!
I jumped the fence and quickly ran to the cage where the
door was almost unscrewed. Bam! I was over the fence in a flash, safe and
sound.
I cut the grass, and in the process looked for the hole, but
couldn't find it. Perhaps it's behind the banana plant forest where I have some
bricks blocking the way, I thought. I then heard the sliding glass door squeak
open... the kids were home.
In a moment, I heard the oldest daughter of about eleven
yell: "Mom! Bunny Boy is back in his cage!"
"What?" said the mother, "I don't believe
it!" and I could hear her opening
the cage. "What kind of a sick mind would dig up a dead rabbit and put it
back in its cage?!"
Author's note: Every day I thank God for The Liberty Beacon, and the untiring
work of my friend Roger Landry, its founder. I have watched his dreams take
shape, and the good it has produced all around the world, and I am so very proud to have been a small part of what it has become. It is a
light of truth in a world of violent and evil extremism on many fronts... A
world manipulated by dark, powerful, and selfish agendas that strangle the
dreams of men by what can only be described as slavery of the spirit... a form of slavery too horrible to comprehend...
Too horrible to accept.
The Liberty Beacon is a candle that curses
the darkness; a beacon of hope for the entire human race, and a canticle for
Truth.
The Liberty movement defined...
First and foremost, the
foundation of the Liberty movement are based on truthful and accurate definitions...
Words we will consider:
Liberty, Freedom, a Constitutional Republic based on Law, Democracy, slavery of
the spirit, truth, Communism, totalitarianism, Oligarchy, Bill of Rights,
Tyranny, and human nature...
Let us consider the
idea of Liberty and freedom first. Liberty
from tyranny is not the same as freedom.Yes, we need a degree of freedom, but there is another element,
something we call human nature, that continually thwarts unfettered freedom.I will attempt to express these ideas in the few
paragraphs below.
Without a liberal
portion of freedom, we could never unite, work together for a common cause, be
responsible for self or even respect others... Freedom must at times be put in check,
however, and so we initiated laws. When freedom is allowed to go unrestrained, some
men will attempt to take the Liberty of another, tread on their God-given inalienable
rights, and even attempt to control and manipulate the masses for their own selfish
concerns... That, is human nature, and something we must collectively
understand as We the People.
It is the very nature
of being a human being to push the envelope, to test the waters, to bend and to
build, to travel into the unknown, and this has given us many great and
wonderful things in science, art, and our very society as well. Without pushing
forward into the unknown, little or nothing could be learned, or explored. Yes,
freedom is a promoter of all this...
But there is a flip
side to freedom that must be considered, as freedom uncurbed can be a real danger
to everything we hold dear. A danger so great it can undermine the fabric of
our society, and destroy the very framework of morals and ethics that have kept
us civil, and empathetically loving.
Let us look at a minor example, before a
broader picture can be formulated...
Here in Lafayette,
Louisiana, we have a beautiful and relatively new avenue that crosses a new
bridge, Camellia. Since it is traveling through what is considered a park, with
a sidewalk just feet from the road, it was determined that the speed limit
would be 35mph.
A small but very vocal
part of our society vied to increase this speed limit to be 45mph. It was
argued that the road was built to move traffic fast in its design, in an
already very congested metropolis. Opposite
points were given... that lights were already timed to keep traffic subdued,
that children ride their bikes there along with women and their baby carriages,
and joggers, skate boarders, and many various kinds of pedestrian recreation would travel
that sidewalk day and night. It was determined by both debate and revisited considerations
to remain 35mph. And so, freedom to travel above 35mph was thwarted, for the
good of the whole.
It is human nature to push
the envelope... But society must have just and fair rules and regulations for the
common good. This is a hard thing to admit as a libertarian, who fights against
an overpowering tyranny choking civil liberty at every turn.
We are not in a freedom
movement, but a Liberty Movement, and yet we continually have writers, very
intelligent writers, juxtapose the idea of Liberty and Freedom to have an interchangeable
meaning. They are not the same animal. Freedom has
always been curbed, thwarted, because of our human nature, and that is why we
have never had a viable democracy in the history of the world. Democracy always
becomes totalitarian, starting by what can only be considered to be mob rule,
just as Socialism always morphs into Communism to survive, and then again
morphs into to a totalitarian oligarchy, where one powerful group imposes their
will on a reluctant and unwilling group without the power to resist. This is why our founders gave us our Bill of Rights,
and the right to bear arms and speak our minds without reprisal. This is
protected by our Constitution, and we must read and understand these precious
words, as without them we would be considered enslaved.
A good example of this
might be the use of tax money to perform an abortion. Statistics like one out
of every five black babies are aborted, is in stark contrast to our overt moral
and scientific inability to pinpoint just where life begins, and it becomes a
very heated debate. When one group forces another to do something considered
immoral, great social strife can occur. What comes between this as arbiter, is
the standard called Constitutional Law.
One more time...
This is why our
founding fathers spoke of Liberty from Tyranny, and gave us a unique and
special form of government, A Republic based on Constitutional Law. We are not in a freedom movement, but a
Liberty movement, and we do not have a Democratic form of government, but a Constitutional
Republic based on law. If you do not understand this, you can never fight for
it. You see, this is not something that will
remain yours. You must fight every generation to keep it.
And then, a rose by any
other name will smell as sweet... a new name in the folds of the Liberty Movement
is taking form in universities all across our nation, and infiltrating into
countries around the world as well. It is called the Millennium Movement, and
it is so powerful in its message, it promises to finally unite our diversity
for a common cause.
This movement is addressing students,
the future leaders of our precious America, under the umbrella of the Liberty
movement that has been pushing and pulling since 1776. God bless them, and give
them the clarity and fortitude to undertake this formidable challenge, to wrest
power from an institution that can print money out of thin air, and use it to
protect its selfish designs without a moral compass. Never in the history of
humanity has a population taken back Liberty without bloodshed, and only with a
powerful trust in God welded by truth, can it be won back. Yes, all patriots abhor
violence and the loss of innocent life... And yet, what is being yelled by the
American Youth, who have inherited this fine mess.: "Give me Liberty, or
give me death."
Perhaps, just by feigning, those who
control our lives from cradle to grave will resend peacefully, but that is not
human nature. A human, in power and without ethics, would rather see all of it
burned to white ashes then to give up dominion, and this is a frightful revelation
when we consider the standard of Liberty is now held in the hands of righteous youth. Yes, there will be hell to pay, unless the
powers that be have the ability to see the writing on the wall. It is their manifest destiny to fall, as our
civil Liberty is given by God, and not granted by tyranny. Once this idea takes
form in the hearts and minds of men, nothing in this life can hold any value
without it, and no true movement is without a leader...
Back in the middle nineties
scientists from the University of California at San Diego did a major study on
the affects that sunlight played on breast cancer.
They noted the possibility that low vitamin D might play a part. It has been
known for some time that sunlight is the cartelist for the manufacturing of
vitamin D in the human body, but the affects of having a depleted amount was
not understood.
What got their attention was the
blaring connection between the amount of sunlight and breast cancer from the
snow bound north to sunny Florida. The link was vitamin D3.
They compared their studies with
other studies done in the USSR and found that woman there were three times more
likely to develop breast cancer in less sunny regions. Conclusions matched, and
they both agreed on the vitamin D link.
The National Cancer Institute is
guardedly skeptical, but that is their nature. They have made the link of
calcium absorption with the amount of vitamin D, and that is extremely
interesting for those who are prone to Obstreperousness. They think more study
is necessary, but you will have to be the judge.
Some studies suggest that higher intakes of vitamin D
from food and/or supplements and higher levels of vitamin D in the blood are associated with reduced risks of colorectal cancer; however, the research results overall have been
inconsistent (see Question 7).
The National Cancer
Institute (NCI) does not recommend for
or against the use of vitamin D supplements to reduce the risk of colorectal
or any other type of cancer (see Question 14).
Note:
The information in this fact sheet is not to be used as the basis for making
health claims about products containing vitamin D.
Vitamin D is involved in a number of
processes that are essential for good health, including the following:
It helps improve muscle strength and immune function.
It promotes the absorption of calcium from the small intestine.
It helps maintain adequate blood levels of the calcium
and phosphate needed for bone formation, mineralization
(incorporating minerals to increase strength and density), growth, and repair
(1–3).
Author's note: A year ago my wife
was having problems with muscle spasms while at the gym, and nothing seemed to help.
She tried stretching exercises, yoga, to deep massage, but it progressively got worse. I searched the internet and found a correlation with vitamin D3 and exercise... She was tested and found to
have a major deficiency in D3, and in one week she was back to her normal self. She takes one
dosage prescribed by the doctor every week.
Also, sunlight in moderation too,
but wouldn't it be amazing to link skin cancer to vitamin D3 deficiency too? Every woman, especially white women, should be tested for this deficiency, as standard practice.
