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Questions From 9/11

September 15, 2011 in World

I didn’t intend to spend the morning of September 11, 2011 doing anything different from what I normally do on a Sunday morning. My plan was to get a cup of coffee, check the internet for anything interesting, turn on ESPN to get ready for the opening day of football season, and do a little writing.

As I checked my Twitter feed for news, I noticed that WikiLeaks was re-releasing over half a million text pager intercepts. The intercepts covered a 24-hour period surrounding the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York and Washington. They were broadcasting, “live” to the global community. The messages were synchronized to the time of day they were sent. It was fascinating reading… and troubling.

Some of the troubling thoughts came from reliving the emotions from that Tuesday in 2001. More troubling was the slew of messages that came through that day which seemed to support some of the alternative theories to the 9/11 story. For example, one message showed that an alarm went off at 4:45 that morning indicating that the hot water supply temperature at Building 7 was out of range. Was this insignificant or was this somehow related to the collapse of the towers, which came from significant heat?

Another troubling message was the story of a car bomb at the State Department, located across the river from the Pentagon. The story was widely circulated and reported around the world. Apparently, that didn’t happen.

World Trade Center rubbleOther texts reported numerous bomb threats and speculative rumors. In fact, many of the messages did not report plane crashes. They reported bombs. Several texts reported the “third and fourth blasts at the World Trade Center Complex.”

I understand that rumors happen during moments of crisis. However, the things I read demonstrated there are a lot of inconsistencies in the reporting of what happened that day. I was previously aware of the inconsistencies that appeared during the subsequent investigation. I had never considered that many of the things reported as facts on that day were subsequently removed from the story.

I had to wonder if the initial reports were removed because they were inaccurate or inconvenient. The official word is that they were inaccurate. However, with so many reports from so many sources, were ALL of them inaccurate?

There certainly are a lot of unanswered questions. I can easily see how theories other than the official story have arisen. I’ve looked at these theories and  the official story. I don’t have enough information to determine what happened. I don’t believe anyone does.

In spite of this lack of knowledge, the events of 9/11/01 have been used as an excuse to expand the legal system and eliminate many freedoms previously taken for granted.

Some people believe we are about to enter the next phase of the system’s expansion. Others believe we may experience the system’s collapse.

What do you think? Where are we headed as a world? What is the most peaceful manner to respond? I’ll propose a possible direction in an upcoming article. Feel free to leave your suggestions below.

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This Isn’t the Country I Thought it Was

September 15, 2011 in United States

The next topics in Congressman Traficant’s 1993 speech were currency and the Federal Reserve.

Gold and silver were such a powerful money during the founding of the united states of America, that the founding fathers declared that only gold or silver coins can be “money” in America. Since gold and silver coinage were heavy and inconvenient for a lot of transactions, they were stored in banks and a claim check was issued as a money substitute. People traded their coupons as money, or “currency.” Currency is not money, but a money substitute. Redeemable currency must promise to pay a dollar equivalent in gold or silver money. Federal Reserve Notes (FRNs) make no such promises, and are not “money.” A Federal Reserve Note is a debt obligation of the federal United States government, not “money?” The federal United States government and the U.S. Congress were not and have never been authorized by the Constitution for the united states of America to issue currency of any kind, but only lawful money, -gold and silver coin.

For the first time, I understood why dollars are not money. I realized changing the Dollar Billgovernment structure to a democracy effectively voided at least part of the United States Constitution. It took government’s responsibility to issue money and transferred it to the Federal Reserve to create currency, an exchange system built on debt. (I explore the possibility that this system is being used to create a new definition of wealth in the Finance section of this website.)

From there, Traficant went on to elaborate about the dangers of substitute money and to question the legality of the Federal Reserve. Rather than continue to evaluate his speech, I’ll let you do that if you want by using this link.

My purpose is to respond to news and life from a peaceful perspective so let’s look at how to respond to this information peacefully.

The first steps to responding in a peaceful manner to anything is to understand it. Here are the items discussed in the speech:

  • The United States Federal Government went bankrupt in 1933.
  • This bankruptcy is managed by international bankers.
  • The Federal Reserve is managed by the same bankers.
  • The reorganization voided at least part of the Constitution.

During my research on this topic, I discovered that Traficant may not have had all the facts. Apparently, there are two governments: a Republic and a Democracy. This dualistic system produces confusion at many levels and allows those with legal expertise to manipulate the system to accomplish personal agendas.

This is the country I live in today. How can we respond peacefully to this situation? Leave your thoughts below.

FOOTNOTE – By the way, I realize that some may deny that Traficant made this speech. Others may say he made the speech and his statements are inaccurate. After all, something isn’t true just because something was said “on the record” by a politician. My research shows that he made the speech and it is accurate. If you have additional information that shows otherwise, I would welcome the opportunity to review it.

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