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Title: Barak Obama Fronts Wall Street's Infrastructure Swindle - What Change Really Means
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Published: Feb 17, 2008
Author: Bruce Marshall
Post Date: 2008-02-17 20:05:42 by richard9151
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17/02/08 "ICH" -- -- Do not be fooled! Barak Obama's call for National Infrastructure Reinvestment Bank (NIRB) does not signal the return of the Democratic Party to the values of FDR and a revival of the Constitutional prerogative to 'promote the general welfare', but would rather provide more welfare for Wall Street and worse. Obama's plan is nothing more than the direct means of instituting the Rohatyn-Rudman National Investment Corporation (NIC) plan called for in 2005, which in essence is a revival of Mussolini's methods of corporatist control of the state in a politically correct post modern fashion.. When Senator Obama states that his National Investment Reinvestment Bank will magically turn $60 billion into trillions of dollars as he did in his Feb 13th Jamesville, WI speech, one can easily realize that the only way that this can happen is through the perverse magic of Wall Street. What would happen is that bonds floated by the NIRB will be bought on the open market, to then be speculated upon, securitized as derivatives, traded and ultimately used as collateral on the newly built infrastructure. What we will see is the emergence of an infrastructure bubble to replace the mortgage bubble, propped up by initial government expenditures towards infrastructure. This is just the start as Obama will fund the feel good 'carbon credit' swap to be the next blast of hot air to make Wall Street giddy. This is a key insight to a true understanding of what is going on. Bailout the financial powers with a clever plan that will raise money to then buy up hard assets, in other words the remaining wealth of our nation, as the meltdown crisis of over a quadrillion in derivatives losses grows and grows.. Besides artificially propping up the markets, Obama's NIRB, as an initiation of the Rohatyn/Rudman infrastructure investment model, opens the door to the privatization of public assets. International predators and asset-strippers want to buy up public highways and impose cutthroat tolls, as they are already doing in many states. Then they run the turnpikes into the ground as cash cows while they mercilessly bilk the users. Privatization is a key goal of the Anglo-American financiers behind this scheme. Both the NIC and NIRB rely on the new darling of the markets, PPPs, known as public private partnerships. PPPs are the means by which market forces will dictate, and that is the word, the implementation of these projects. The argument is that the PPP will keep costs down, but in reality only because the private corporations, now controlling the public sector, will own the assets of what is being constructed. The PPP model is none other than the model implemented by Mussolini in his fascist corporate state. The creation of NIRB funds hark back to Hjalmar Schact's 'MEFO' bills that created the speculative bubble of money so that the National Socialists could rearm Germany and fight World War II.. Since 9/11 America has certainly turned into a top-down police state, but true post-modern fascism requires a popular movement to usher it into power. Bush has created a dictatorship out of the Presidency, now the next step towards fascism is being marketed to exploit the desire for change. The depressed national mood, due to the war and economic recession/depression has compromised sane reasoning and courageous opposition needed now more than ever. This has created the conditions for a newcomer to magically appear with a message of hope, using the mantra 'Change', wrapped in a swooning fever that has infected the young and left liberal excuse machines, such as 'Move On' who were never serious about stopping Bush/ Cheney and the war. Since he passed his audition at the Democratic convention in 2004, Senator Obama has been taken over by George Soros and other hedge fund millionaires to launch a campaign out of nowhere, based on nothing but rhetoric and Wall Street millions. As darling of the rich elitist Kennedy/Kerry/Dean wing of the Democratic Party, Obama's pseudo-Camelot will deliver Wall Street and the Anglo-American financiers the goods while disguised in a patina of racial teflon and faux populism from the upper crust. For substance ask, where is the bill in the Senate by Kennedy/Kerry/Obama calling for a freeze on all foreclosures? Where's their filibuster against the war? Where is a real minimumn wage in the form of a living wage? Where is impeachment of Bush-Cheney? Why did Senator Obama move against raising heating oil assistance to the poor in the recent spending bill? The answer to this last question, besides Rohatyn, is Obama's top economics controller, Austan Goolsbee, a sinister Skull & Bones, Friedmanite Chicago School free trade/free market economist who has delivered the real answer to the question of the difference between Senator Obama and Senator Clinton. Goolsbee stated on CNBC that Obama is more market friendly more in the pocket of Wall Street. This is precisely the establishment's secret fear of Hillary Clinton that she might act as her heroine Eleanor Roosevelt, to implement a post modern New Deal that would oppose austerity measures against programs that help the poor. That she would fund essential public services, like hospitals and schools, and provide universal health care available to all. The greatest fear is that she might act like FDR to now start regulating the markets starting with a 1% Tobin tax which could eliminate the income tax burden for everyone earning less than $125,000 year with plenty of money to fund the basic social programs of a civilized and truly decent society. Now Obama, with economic advisers such as David Cutler, who believes that rising health care prices are good for the economy, and Jeffrey Liebman, who wants to partially privatize social security, you see that Obama's MBAs will be quite good at implementing the vision of the Democratic godfather Felix Rohatyn (ex-Lazard Freres) and Republican Warren Rudman, an proponent of savage austerity and the wrecking of entitlements.. Their obsession with balanced budgets, privatization, and asset stripping will be given new cover as the United States is dissolved into one great corporatist PPP. Yes, we do need infrastructure, but the reason we have an infrastructure crisis is because people like Rudman and Rohatyn have influenced thinking against infrastructure projects because it would get in the way of their balanced budget mania and plans to loot the economy. Now they have a new solution and salesman. Watch out! Remember it was Rudman who was a key figure in the conservative revolution around Gingrich. The nefarious interest of Rohatyn is even more sinister considering that this is the fellow who was part of the international team supporting fascist dictator Augusto Pinochet, where Rohatyn's social security privatization scheme was first tried. Soon a limited revised version of social security privatization will be introduced by Obama when an alarm is pulled by Wall Street during a Obama Presidency. In the 1970's Rohatyn became the actual dictator of New York City under Big Mac (the 1975 Municipal Assistance Corporation), trumping the city government, as a financial czar who cared more about the city's bond rating than lives, cutting essential services, including many inner-city hospitals in a mad example of a PPP. Rohatyn, who is also recognized as the money bags behind the pro-Obama Democratic Leadership Council, is also a big proponent of military privatization which is another step towards feudal fascism. No wonder the Democrats have not stopped the war; it is good for their business arrangements too. While Senator Obama says that he will stop the war and use that money to initially finance the NIRB and his green initiatives, this will do nothing to stop the speculative forces that are causing the present hyperinflationary bubble. Will Obama stand up to the speculators whose gambling is responsible for up to 40% of the price of every gallon of gasoline? Not likely. Sure the NIRB will create some low-wage jobs, but the PPP arrangement will make certain that organized labor does not get assertive about living wages and benefits, all the while private companies welcome a work force of illegal immigrants who will do much of the work for virtual slave wages as is already the case. So, what is to be done? First, we need a real debate towards electing a President and Congress who will confront the crisis, the real issues surrounding the present meltdown of the derivatives bubble and what that means for the entire economy. The sub-prime mortgage collapse is the tip of the iceberg. If Obama prevails, Americans will find that like the SS Titanic, the USA does not carry enough life boats that are not already owned by the bankers. Congress must come to reassert its constitutionally mandated sovereignty, by taking steps to federalize the Federal Reserve, regulate the markets, save the essential banking interests of the people, and then create the money with which to create honest investment into our nation's infrastructure to thus promote the general welfare of all.
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Won't happen. They can float whatever but it's going to viewed as the same trash they've floated in the past by the Chinese and Saudis. They aren't going to be suckered again by the same criminals.
Since 9/11 America has certainly turned into a top-down police state, but true post-modern fascism requires a popular movement to usher it into power. Bush has created a dictatorship out of the Presidency, now the next step towards fascism is being marketed to exploit the desire for change. The depressed national mood, due to the war and economic recession/depression has compromised sane reasoning and courageous opposition needed now more than ever. This has created the conditions for a newcomer to magically appear with a message of hope, using the mantra 'Change', wrapped in a swooning fever that has infected the young and left liberal excuse machines, such as 'Move On' who were never serious about stopping Bush/ Cheney and the war. oh my, prophecy does not quit. The Heathen Kings, and rulers, and judges of the earth do "rage" [conspire]. The Last Days of the world AS WE KNOW IT are upon us. They are dividing God's land [see Cross at Cape Henry/Ezekiel 34:11-13/ http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Mat/15/24.html / John 10, etc. etc.] for gain. It appears that may be the thing that seals their impending doom. Psalm 2:3 "{b} Let us break their bands asunder, and cast away their cords from us. (b) Thus the wicked say that they will cast off the yoke of God and of his Christ. Wesley's Notes 2:3 And cast - The same thing expressed with more emphasis. Let us not only break off their yoke and the cords by which it is fastened upon us, but let us cast them far away. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 3. The rebellious purposes of men are more distinctly announced by this representation of their avowal in words, as well as actions. bands . and . cords-denote the restraints of government. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 2:1-6 We are here told who would appear as adversaries to Christ. As this world is the kingdom of Satan, unconverted men, of every rank, party, and character, are stirred up by him to oppose the cause of God. But the rulers of the earth generally have been most active. The truths and precepts of Christianity are against ambitious projects and worldly lusts. We are told what they aim at in this opposition. They would break asunder the bands of conscience, and the cords of God's commandments; they will not receive, but cast them away as far as they can. ***** These enemies can show no good cause for opposing so just and holy a government, which, ***** if received by all, would bring a heaven upon earth. They can hope for no success in so opposing so powerful a kingdom. The Lord Jesus has all power both in heaven and in earth, and is Head over all things to the church, notwithstanding the restless endeavours of his enemies. Christ's throne is set up in his church, that is, in the hearts of all believers......" http://bible.cc/psalms/2-3.htm Jesus said of the corrupt Old Jerusalem, before they killed Him and He rose again, "My Kingdom is not NOW of THIS "world". If THIS WERE MY KINGDOM, MY SERVANTS WOULD FIGHT FOR ME....." He has a Kingdom and a Church [TEMPLE] in this world, and as He said, THE GATES OF HELL SHALL NOT PREVAIL AGAINST IT. His servants better wipe the sleep out of their eyes and start fighting for HIM, not the ANTICHRIST KINGDOM. ============================================================ they are already dividing God's America and selling her for gain, as they said they would when they seized power [via their attack on September 11]. Ukrainian-born Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, 1902-1994. ".....Upon seizing the reins of government, the new Noachide leaders will move quickly to implement a full agenda of reform. All economic and technological aid to the Communist Bloc, including the PLO, will be terminated immediately. Full support will be given to Israeli forces to reinvade PLO-controlled areas, with military assistance offered where necessary. Jewish courts (the batei dinim of the rabbis) will be granted full legal sovereignty over Jewish citizens within each country, who will no longer be subject to the authority of gentile courts. The pre-existing Noachide judges and courts will replace the existing court system of each country, and the legal code will be drastically rewritten to conform to halacha; in the United States, the emphasis will be on restoring the authority of the Constitution and abolishing all unconstitutional government programs and agencies. The national debt will be foreclosed, probably by paying off creditors with government land holdings, thus averting economic disaster. And law and order will be fully restored through the establishment of internal security measures, again in accordance with Torah law....." http://www.cephas-library.com/nwo/nwo_noachide_judge_and_courts_will_replace_ours.html NOAHIDE LAWS SIGNED INTO LAW BY GEORGE BUSH I, WHO CAME OUT OF "THE NORTH", GERMANY, WHERE HE WAS BORN AND SERVED IN HITLER'S NAVY http://www.proliberty.com/observer/20070405.htm, MAKING HIM INELIGIBLE ACCORDING TO THEIR CONSTITUTION TO BE PRESIDENT, LET ALONE SIGNING "LAWS" THAT ARE CONTRARY TO THEIR OWN DAMNED [Ezekiel 17:7-10] CONSTITUTION. IT SHOULD BE ALL NULL AND VOID. ============================ PRIVATIZATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE SET INTO MOTION BY BUSH I: Title 3 Executive order 12803 of April 30, 1992 57 FR 19063 / May 4, 1992 TEXT: By the authority vested in me as president by the laws of the United States of America, end in order to ensure that the United States achieves the most beneficial economic use of its resources, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Definitions. For purposes of this order: (a) “Privatization” means the disposition or transfer of an infrastructure asset, such as by sale or by long-term lease, from a State or local government to a private party. (b) “infrastructure asset” means any asset financed in whole or in part by the Federal Government *** and needed for the functioning of the economy. Examples of such assets include, but are not limited to: roads, tunnels, bridges, electricity supply facilities. mass transit, rail transportation, airports, ports. waterways, water supply facilities, recycling and wastewater treatment facilities, solid waste disposal facilities, housing, schools, prisons, and hospitals. [ATKHWDI Note: The way this is worded could also mean assets like the National forests, parks, and the like, and THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, who through their birth certificates and the 14th amendment are considered HUMAN CAPITAL, and ALL ARE COLLATERAL ON THE NATIONAL DEBT. http://www.apfn.net/DOC-100_bankruptcy.htm ] (c) “Originally authorized purposes” means the general objectives of the original grant program; however, the term is not intended to include every condition requires for a grantee to have obtained the original grant. (d) “Transfer price” means: (i) the amount paid or to be paid by a private party for an infrastructure asset, if the asset is transferred as a result of a competitive bidding; of (ii) the appraised value of an infrastructure asset, as determined by the head of the executive department or agency and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, if the asset is not transferred as a result of competitive bidding. (e) “state and local governments” means the government of any state of the United States, the District of Columbia. any commonwealth. territory, or possession of the United States, and any country, municipality, city, town. township, local public authority, school district, special district, intrastate district, regional or interstate governmental entity, council of governments, and any agency or instrumentality of a local government, and any federally recognized Indian Tribe. Sec. 2. Fundamental Principles. Executive departments and agencies shall be guided by the following objectives and principles: (a) Adequate and well-maintained infrastructure is critical to economic growth. Consistent with the principles of federalism enumerated in Executive Order No. 12612, and in order to allow the private sector to Provide for infrastructure modernization and expansion, State and local governments should have greater freedom to privatize infrastructure assets. (b) Private enterprise and competitively driven improvements are the foundation of our Nation’s economy and economic growth. Federal financing of infrastructure assets should not act as a barrier to the achievement of economic efficiencies through additional private market financing or competitive practices, or both. (c) State and local governments are in the best position to assess and respond to local needs. States and local governments should, subject to assuring continued compliance with Federal requirements that public use be on reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms, have maximum possible freedom to make decisions concerning the maintenance and disposition of their federally financed infrastructure assets. (d) User fees are generally more efficient than general taxes as a means to support infrastructure assets. Privatization transactions should be structured so as not to result in unreasonable increases in charges to users. BACK TO POLICY HOMEPAGE Sec. 3. Privatization initiative. To the extent permitted by law, the head of each executive department and agency shall undertake the following actions: (a) Review those procedures affecting the management and disposition of federally financed infrastructure assets owned by State and local governments and modify those procedures to encourage appropriate privatization of such assets consistent: with this order; (b) Assist State and Local governments in their efforts to advance the objectives of this order; and (c) Approve State and local governments’ requests to Privatize infrastructure assets, consistent with the criteria in section 4 of this order and, where necessary, grant exceptions to the disposition requirements of the “Uniform Administration Requirements for Grants and Cooperative Agreements to State and Local Governments” common rule, or other relevant rules or regulations for infrastructure assets; provided that the transfer price shall be distributed, as paid, in the following manner: (i) State and local governments shall first recoup in full the unadjusted dollar amount of their portion of total project costs (including any transaction and fix-up costs they incur) associated with the infrastructure assets involved; (ii) if proceeds remain, then the Federal Government shall recoup in full the amount of Federal grant awards, associated with the infrastructure assets, less the applicable share of accumulated depreciation on such asset (calculating using the Internal Revenue Service accelerated depreciation schedule far the categories of assets in question); and (iii) finally, the State and local governments shall keep any remaining proceeds, Sec. 4. Criteria. To the extent permitted by law, the head of an executive department or agency shall approve a request in accordance with section 3(c) of this order only if the grantee: (a) Agrees to use the proceeds described in section 3 (e)(iii) of this order only far investment in additional infrastructure assets (after public notice of the proposed investment) or for debt or tax reduction; and (b) Demonstrates that a market mechanism, legally enforceable agreement, or regulatory mechanism will ensure that: (i) the infrastructure asset or assets will continue to be used for their originally authorized purposes; and (ii) user charges will be consistent with any current Federal conditions that protect users and the public by limiting the charges. Sec. 5. Government-wide coordination and Review. In implementing Executive Order Nos. 12291 and 12498 and OMB Circular No. A-19, the Office of Management and Budget, to the extent permitted by law and consistent with the provisions of those authorities, shall take action to ensure that the policies of the executive department and agencies are consistent with the principles, criteria. and requirements of this order. me Office of Management and Budget shall review the results of implementing this order and report thereon to the President one year after the date of this order. Sec. 6. Preservation of Existing m Authority. Nothing in this order is in any way intended to limit any existing authority of the heads of executive departments and agencies to approve privatization proposals that are otherwise consistent with law. Sec. 7. Judicial Review. This order is intended only to improve the internal management of the executive branch, and is not intended to create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable by a party against the United States, its agencies or instrumentality’s, its officers or employees, or any other person. /a/ George Bush THE WHITE HOUSE April 30, 1992. http://waterindustry.org/12803.htm ===================================================== EXAMPLE: Privatization of Water Services in the United States: An Assesment of Issues and Experience Cities and rural water districts face serious challenges providing safe and reliable drinking water at low cost. Privatization has helped some local governments to meet that challenge. Water Science & Technology Board of the National Academy of Sciences completed its investigation into the experience of water service privatization. It just issued a report called "Privatization of Water Services in the United States: An Assessment of Issues and Experience." The Water Science & Technology Board is part of the National Research Council, created by Congress to advise the government on scientific and technical matters. Their report is now available. The WSTB says: "Privatization of Water Services evaluates the fiscal and policy implication of privatization, scenarios in which privatization works best, and the efficiencies that may be gained by contracting with private water utilities." If you want a copy of the report you can get it by calling 202/334-3422 or by visiting http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074444/html/index.html http://waterindustry.org/Water-Facts/NAS-1.htm WATER INDUSTRY INDEX http://waterindustry.org/policies.htm ======================== Monday, November 08, 2004 Is water kosher in New York City? Rabbis render conflicting and paradoxical rulings on whether the water is drinkable if not filtered. By Joseph Berger The New York Times NEW YORK -- When rabbis in Brooklyn spotted a tiny crustacean in the tap water last spring, the ensuing debate about whether the city's water was unkosher seemed like an amusing dispute in an exacting Jewish enclave. But the discovery has changed the lives of tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews across the city. Plumbers in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens have been summoned to install filters -- some costing more than $1,000 -- and dozens of restaurants have signs in their windows trumpeting that they filter. An entirely new standard is being set for what constitutes a kosher kitchen. The issue has created a Talmudic tempest, allowing rabbis to render conflicting and paradoxical rulings on whether the water is drinkable if not filtered. The distinctions rendered for various situations have been super-fine, with clashing judgments on whether unfiltered water can be used to cook, wash dishes or brush teeth, and whether filtering water on the Sabbath violates an obscure prohibition. The creature, a copepod, is found in water all over the world and is harmless. But it is a distant cousin of shrimp and lobster, shellfish whose consumption violates the biblical prohibition against eating water-borne creatures that lack fins and scales. The prohibition refers only to species that can be seen with the unaided eye -- so the question of whether the copepod is visible is central. Some are nearly invisible, while others can be a millimeter and a half in length, and seen as white specks. The tumult is confined largely to New York because it is one of the few cities that is exempt from federal filtering requirements. Boston and Seattle are exempt, but they have nothing like the city's numbers of Orthodox. In New York City, there are 331,200 Orthodox Jews, a third of the Jewish population, according to a 2002 study done for UJA-Federation of New York. http://waterindustry.org/New%20Projects/Kosher%20water.htm ....."The World Israeli water and biosolids program helps deserts bloom ...... ...... Private Operations of Public Wastewater Treatment Why invest in the water industry? Is this the time to invest in water? Why privatize? Water Industry Study Opportunities in the water industry IRS opens door to private use of tax-free bonds Survey shows private water firms excel Case studies of public-private partnerships Blacks see conspiracy in water privatization Why should private companies operate public water systems? Poll shows Canadians oppose public-private partnering Privatization views of Canada's organized labor Industry opponents debate water partnerships wpeAB.jpg (3711 bytes) Debra Coy VP Schwab Capital Mkts Sr. Water Industry Analyst water_privatizations-small.jpg (14821 bytes) produced by: Public Works Financing Water Quality & Water Costs The Infrastructure Issue Water Infrastructure News reports on water infrastructure costs and sources Activists protest consolidation of private water company growth Congressional report on infrastructure and operating costs The danger of Federal grants FREE report: Reason Institute's how-to guide "Long Term Contracting For Water and Wastewater Services" at: http://www.rppi.org/htg19.html "Privatization of Water Services in the United States: An Assessment of Issues and Experience." You can get a copy of the report by calling 202/334-3422 or by visiting http://www.nap.edu/books/0309074444/html/index.html Bush opposes infrastucture bill HR 3930 S-1961 ...a pdf file Senate prefers industry infrastructure improvement program Private water association warns against massive infrastructure grants program Non-point runoff -- #1 cause of groundwater pollution American Water Works' James Barr: local government pay for system upgrade without Federal help Debra Coy: Infrastructure upgrade could cost household $11 - $40 per month Who Should Pay for the Cost of Water System Replacement? Late News on the Drumbeat for Federal Infrastructure Money Private Indsutry's Explanation of Infrastructure Costs and Answers PDF Acrobat File Non-Civil Service View of US Infrasturcture Shortfall PDF Acrobat File Side-by-Side Comparison of Private and Public Sector Perspective of Infrastructure Investment PDF Acrobat File The Need for Federal Infrastructure $ Water Industry Council Director Opposes "Needless" Federal Grants US Communities Rankle at Cost of Replacing Old Water Pipes Georgians Want to Pay for Better Water Ohio Senator Geo.Voinovich Proposes $3 Billion/year Federal Aid to Cities Miami Suburb May Double Rates Revenues of Water Companies Personal Water Consumption by US City........." http://waterindustry.org/policies.htm ============================= WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? (Joel 3:2) "I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and PARTED MY LAND." won't tell you just yet where i got that.... ============================================== Joel - Chapter 3 Joe 3:1 ¶ For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Joe/3/1.html Joe 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there [SEE! http://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/Eze/Eze020.html#35 - 44! ....for my people and [for] my heritage Israel http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/9000/The_Church_Is_Israel_Now.htm , whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. Joe 3:3 And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink.........For those who have eyes to see....... http://www.blueletterbible.org/Joe/Joe003.html http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Joe/3/21.html http://bible.cc/zechariah/9-14.htm http://bible.cc/micah/4-13.htm Joel 3:2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land. Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. http://bible.cc/matthew/13-30.htm Micah 4:12 "But they do not know the thoughts of the LORD, But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. ... bible.cc/micah/4-12.htm "....gather them as . sheaves-them who "gathered" themselves for Zion's destruction (Mic 4:11) the Lord "shall gather" for destruction by Zion (Mic 4:13), like sheaves gathered to be threshed (compare Isa 21:10; Jer 51:33). The Hebrew is singular, "sheaf." However great the numbers of the foe, they are all but as one sheaf ready to be threshed [Calvin]. Threshing was done by treading with the feet: hence the propriety of the image for treading under foot and breaking asunder the foe. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 4:9-13 Many nations would assemble against Zion to rejoice in her calamities. They would not understand that the Lord had collected them as sheaves are gathered to be threshed; and that Zion would be strengthened to beat them to pieces. Nothing has yet taken place in the history of the Jewish church agreeing with this prediction. When God has conquering work for his people to do, he will furnish them with strength and ability for it. Believers should cry aloud under distresses, with the prayer of faith, not with despondency......." http://bible.cc/micah/4-12.htm Jeremiah 23:29 Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? ".....Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 29. As the "fire" consumes the "chaff," [Jer 23:28], so "My word" will consume the false prophets (Mt 3:12; Heb 4:12). "My word" which is "wheat" [Jer 23:28], that is, food to the true prophet and his hearers, is a consuming "fire," and a crushing "hammer" (Mt 21:44) to false prophets and their followers (2Co 2:16). The Word of the false prophets may be known by its promising men peace in sin. "My word," on the contrary, burns and breaks the hard-hearted (Jer 20:9). The "hammer" symbolizes destructive power (Jer 50:23; Na 2:1, Margin). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 23:23-32 Men cannot be hidden from God's all-seeing eye. Will they never see what judgments they prepare for themselves? Let them consider what a vast difference there is between these prophecies and those delivered by the true prophets of the Lord. Let them not call their foolish dreams Divine oracles. The promises of peace these prophets make are no more to be compared to God's promises than chaff to wheat. The unhumbled heart of man is like a rock; if not melted by the word of God as a fire, it will be broken to pieces by it as a hammer. How can they be long safe, or at all easy, who have a God of almighty power against them? The word of God is no smooth, lulling, deceitful message. And by its faithfulness it may certainly be distinguished from false doctrines....." http://bible.cc/jeremiah/23-29.htm 2 Corinthians 10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;).....and bringing every thought into obedience to Christ "....Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 4. A confutation of those who try to propagate their creed by force and persecution (compare Lu 9:54-56). weapons-for punishing offending members (2Co 10:6; 1Co 4:21; 5:5, 13); boldness of speech, ecclesiastical discipline (2Co 10:8; 2Co 13:10), the power of the word, and of the sacraments, the various extraordinary gifts of the Spirit. carnal-Translate, "fleshly," to preserve the allusion to 2Co 10:2, 3. mighty through God-Greek, "mighty to God," that is, mighty before God: not humanly, but divinely powerful. The power is not ours, but God's. Compare "fair to God," that is, divinely fair (Ac 7:20, Margin). Also above (2Co 2:15), "unto God a sweet savor." "The efficacy of the Christian religion proves its truth" [Bengel]. pulling down-As the Greek is the same as in 2Co 10:5, translate, "casting down." Compare Jer 1:10: the inspired servants of God inherit the commission of the Old Testament prophets. strongholds-(Pr 21:22); namely, in which sinners entrench themselves against reproof; all that opposes itself to Christ; the learning, and eloquence, and philosophical subtleties on which the Corinthians prided themselves. So Joshua's trumpet blast was "mighty" under God to overthrow the walls of Jericho. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 10:1-6 While others thought meanly, and spake scornfully of the apostle, he had low thoughts, and spake humbly of himself. We should be aware of our own infirmities, and think humbly of ourselves, even when men reproach us. The work of the ministry is a spiritual warfare with spiritual enemies, and for spiritual purposes. Outward force is not the method of the gospel, but strong persuasions, by the power of truth and the meekness of wisdom. Conscience is accountable to God only; and people must be persuaded to God and their duty, not driven by force. Thus the weapons of our warfare are very powerful; the evidence of truth is convincing. What opposition is made against the gospel, by the powers of sin and Satan in the hearts of men! But observe the conquest the word of God gains. The appointed means, however feeble they appear to some, will be mighty through God. And the preaching of the cross, by men of faith and prayer, has always been fatal to idolatry, impiety, and wickedness......" http://bible.cc/2_corinthians/10-4.htm Isaiah 52:15 So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings [ http://www.freedom4um.com/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=72694 ] shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider. (p) He will spread his word through many nations. (q) In sign of reverence, and as being astonished at his excellency. (r) By the preaching of the gospel. Wesley's Notes 52:15 So - His exaltation shall be answerable to his humiliation. Sprinkle - With his word or doctrine; which being often compared to rain or water, may be said to be sprinkled, as it is said to be dropped, Deut 32:2 Ezek 20:46. Kings - Shall be silent before him out of profound humility, reverence, and admiration of his wisdom. For - They shall hear from his mouth many excellent doctrines, which will be new and strange to them. And particularly that comfortable doctrine of the salvation of the Gentiles, which was not only new to them, but strange and incredible to the Jews themselves. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 15. sprinkle many-Gesenius, for the antithesis to "be astonished," translates, "shall cause . to exult." But the word universally in the Old Testament means either to sprinkle with blood, as the high priest makes an expiation (Le 4:6; 16:18, 19); or with water, to purify (Eze 36:25; compare as to the Spirit, Ac 2:33), both appropriate to Messiah (Joh 13:8; Heb 9:13, 14; 10:22; 12:24; 1Pe 1:2). The antithesis is sufficient without any forced rendering. Many were astonished; so many (not merely men, but) nations shall be sprinkled. They were amazed at such an abject person claiming to be Messiah; yet it is He who shall justify and purify. Men were dumb with the amazement of scorn at one marred more than the lowest of men, yet the highest: even kings (Isa 49:7, 23) shall be dumb with awe and veneration ("shut . mouths"; Job 29:9, 10; Mic 7:16). that . not . told them-the reason why kings shall so venerate them; the wonders of redemption, which had not been before told them, shall then be announced to them, wonders such as they had never heard or seen parallelled (Isa 55:1; Ro 15:21; 16:25, 26). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 52:13-15 Here begins that wonderful, minute, and faithful description of the office, character, and glory of the Messiah, which has struck conviction to many of the most hardened unbelievers. Christ is Wisdom itself; in the work of our redemption there appeared the wisdom of God in a mystery. Those that saw him, said, Surely never man looked so miserable: never was sorrow like unto his sorrow. But God highly exalted him. That shall be discovered by the gospel of Christ, which could never be told in any other way. And Christ having once shed his blood for sinners, its power still continues. May all opposers see the wisdom of ceasing from their opposition, and be made partakers of the blood of sprinkling, and the baptism of the Holy Ghost; obeying him, and praising his salvation." http://bible.cc/isaiah/52-15.htm "Bringing in the sheaves" http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/r/bringing.htm ==================================== It's the battle of New Jerusalem, Christian America against the abondoned, forsaken, desolate Old Jerusalem: http://www.gnosticliberationfront.com/rothschild__the_israeli_supreme.htm ".....28 Tevet, 5768 / January 6, 2008 In the Name of the Lord, Eternal God To The Honorable Mr. George W. Bush, President of the United States of America, Who comes seeking the presence of the Most High God, to Jerusalem, city of God, Divinely chosen site of the Holy Temple, eternal capital of our land, "the joy of the entire earth (Psalms 48:3)," may it be rebuilt and established speedily and in our days, Amen! Esteemed Mr. George W. Bush, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal (Ezekiel 38:1),leader of the west! [ATKHWDI NOTE: GOG!! IN THEIR OWN WORDS....AND IT APPEARS THEY SEE AMERICA AS "THE LAND OF MAGOG", SONS OF JAPHETH, GENTILES, OR "GOYIM". DOES THAT MEAN THEY PLAN TO MAKE JERUSALEM OUR LAST PROXY BATTLE FOR THEM???? GOD DID SAY HE WOULD CHOOSE THEIR DELUSIONS. See Matthew Henry: http://bible.cc/ezekiel/38-1.htm ] Upon your arrival in Jerusalem you have the ability to make a declaration, as did Cyrus, King of Persia - whose memory is honored - who in the year 538 BCE returned the exiled nations to their lands and recognized the full right of the Jewish people to reestablish their Holy Temple, the "house of prayer for all nations" (Isaiah 56:7), and called upon them to return to their land, And in the manner of Lord James Balfour of England, who in 1917, called upon the Jews to reestablish a national homeland in the Land of Israel. And thus if you truly desire peace and benevolence, and you would be counted in the company of the truly righteous, we call upon you to declare to all the world: The Land of Israel was bequeathed to the nation of Israel by the Creator of the world. Neither could I, as a son of my faith, nor the Muslims according to their faith, ever take away even the slightest grain from the Eternal's gift, which He gave to His people Israel, the eternal people. Thus I call upon all the nations to save themselves from certain doom, to return and recognize That this land is the exclusive rightful inheritance of the people of Israel, as is written in the Torah of Israel, which constitutes the very foundation of our faith, as well as that of Islam; and is the basis for the decisions of the community of nations. He who denies this truth endangers all life on earth. I shall dedicate all my strength and resources towards settling the Jewish people throughout their entire land. I shall greatly encourage and empower the Jews all over the world to rise up to the Land of Israel and to settle it, to establish God's sanctuary in Jerusalem, to distance strangers from it and thus, I believe, I will be making a major contribution towards world peace. I cannot simultaneously support the establishment of a foreign state for an alien nation in the Land of Israel, and I will not lend my hand to this wrong. Or - Heaven forbid - you can choose the second option - to willfully aid in the destruction, under the guise of peace! You certainly know what the God of Israel did to Egypt and Assyria and to all Israel's enemies from time immemorial: Do you imagine that you will be able to save yourself if you have come to implement a plan that intends to steal the land of "the people that survived the sword" (Jeremiah 31:1), and to cut off those who survived the Holocaust, to rob the land that was given to them by the Creator? All of the peace treaties and initiatives which have been based upon the decisions of the government of Israel, indeed the entire Oslo process, and the 'Disengagement,' and the establishment of a terrorist state within the Land of Israel known as 'Palestine' - regrettably, all of these agreements are the result of a lack of sufficient faith in the Divine promises that the Lord made to the patriarchs of our nation, and all that is written in the Torah of Israel. Understand this well: the nations of the world cannot excuse their actions and their decisions on account of the weakness of Israel and her government. God ordained that the role of the nations of the world is to strengthen the nation of Israel. This will benefit all humanity and bring about world peace, as the prophets have foretold. Do you imagine you can escape from the struggles in Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Lebanon, by offering up sacrifices of the Jews who are slaughtered daily by their enemies who speak of peace but live by the sword? Upon your arrival in our land we would anticipate that you bring Jonathan Pollard home with you. Bring him home to Israel. He is an emissary of the State of Israel, and he acted on behalf of our people. Authorize his immediate release while you are yet in Jerusalem, before you return to the United States. This will be a positive step that will build confidence. Remember our forefather Abraham, who pursued the world's four greatest kings in order to redeem his nephew from captivity. We cannot forget the deeds of our patriarchs, whose example guides us through every generation. We are the loyal representatives of the Jewish people, the New Jewish Congress, and its court of law, the Sanhedrin, as well as the Temple and Temple Mount movements, but we merely reiterate herein what is public knowledge. No government in Israel and no representative of the Jewish people has the power or right to alter, by even the slightest degree, our covenant with God and the words of our holy Torah, which are everlasting, as expressed by the prophets of Israel and even by the wicked prophet Balaam: "Then he looked on Amalek, and uttered his oracle, saying: 'First among the nations was Amalek, but its end is to perish for ever' (Numbers 24:20). Thus any desire, plan or agreement that challenges the eternal sovereignty and active possession of the nation of Israel over her entire land is utterly worthless, and has no basis in reality. Therefore it behooves you to declare: "I, George Bush, Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States of America, will instruct all of my troops to protect the Divine rights of the nation of Israel, and remove from her any threat." Before you is a choice: You can merit to eternal life, or be inscribed for eternal disgrace. Your fate and that of all those with you hangs in the balance of the destiny of our land. "and you shall choose life!" (Deut. 30:19). In Sincere Supplication - In the name of the Jewish people Rabbi A Even Yisrael Steinzaltz Dr. Gadi Eshel Rabbi Chaim Richman http://www.templeinstitute.org/megillat-bush.htm ======================= Wake up, Christians! ====================
President Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act on December 23, 1913. History proved that on that day, the Constitution ceased to be the governing covenant of the American people, and our liberties were handed over to a small group of international bankers. - Secrets of the Federal Reserve by Eustace Mullins
President Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act on December 23, 1913. History proved that on that day, the Constitution ceased to be the governing covenant of the American people, and our liberties were handed over to a small group of international bankers. - Secrets of the Federal Reserve by Eustace Mullins
What would happen is that bonds floated by the NIRB will be bought on the open market, to then be speculated upon, securitized as derivatives, traded and ultimately used as collateral on the newly built infrastructure. What we will see is the emergence of an infrastructure bubble to replace the mortgage bubble,
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the privatization of public assets. International predators and asset-strippers want to buy up public highways and impose cutthroat tolls, as they are already doing in many states. Then they run the turnpikes into the ground as cash cows while they mercilessly bilk the users. Privatization is a key goal of the Anglo-American financiers behind this scheme. Both the NIC and NIRB rely on the new darling of the markets, PPPs, known as public private partnerships. PPPs are the means by which market forces will dictate, and that is the word, the implementation of these projects. The argument is that the PPP will keep costs down, but in reality only because the private corporations, now controlling the public sector, will own the assets of what is being constructed. The PPP model is none other than the model implemented by Mussolini in his fascist corporate state. The creation of NIRB funds hark back to Hjalmar Schact's 'MEFO' bills that created the speculative bubble of money so that the National Socialists could rearm Germany and fight World War II..
The Sanhedrin
The New Jewish Congress
The Holy Temple and Temple Mount Movements...."
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