- •i W f « ‘s s a m s s s *, 3> ’Yiv5 v? • • (£ln- ^ o r tla n ò (©bseruer Martin Luther King Jr. Special Edition — Jan. 13, 1999 C4 The Illusion Of F reedom B> B un M issler “We are called to be a people o f conviction, not conformity; o f moral nobility, not social respectability. We are commanded to live di fferently and according to a higher loyalty.” - Mar tin Luther King Are we living in an illusion ofFree- dom? Everywhere you look, one sees evidence o f control in every aspect of our lives. Little by little, our Constitutional and Sovereign rights to own and use our property, our rights to travel, rights o f privacy, freedom o f speech, rights to bear arms and other legal rights are gradually being controlled or taken away from us. Are these violent manipulations an accident'.’ The rise o f economic chaos, short age o f food and energy, confiscatory taxes, a crisis in education, wars and threats o f war and other diversions to condition Americans for a new soci etal order. The techniques used by ill-inten tioned manipulators is as old as Poli tics itself: It is the Hegelian principle o f bringing about a three step pro cess: 1 THESIS is to create a problem 2. ANTITHESIS is to generate op position to the problem to get a reac tion such as fear, panic or hysteria. 3. SYNTHESIS is to offer a definite one step solution to the problem, bring about change which would have been impossible to impose on people without the proper psychological conditioning achieved in stage one and two. These powerful and insidious schemes by subterfuge, create wide spread confusion in all human affairs. The schemes aim to influence, then control, any and all the natural finan cial affairs of every person through destabilizing, disinformation and dis mantling o f the lawful social and po litical structures by which free people govern themselves. An example o f this is the condi tioning o f the people to believe that we are a Democracy. We are not a Democracy but a Republic. In a Democracy, you have a Mob Rule (where the majority vote rules right or wrong) and never lasts very long Historically, it is designed to fail. That is why our Forefathers set up a Representation Republic where we the people do not vote for the laws that govern ourselves. We are sup posed to elect statesmen o f impec cable. honest character who will look after our interest as well as the country’s and the God Given Rights o f the People as a whole. A much more simple story could be o f the two frogs. You have two pots o f w ater, one boiling, the other lukewarm. Put the frog in the boiling water and he will make every effort to escape, but put him in the lukewarm water, he will merely relax and feel comfortable while the heat is slowly, gradually turned up till he flops over dead, not knowing what happened. Who is the They manipulating us? Are they the Rich, The Money Changers, The Obligarchy, The Bu reaucrats, The Communists, The Aliens or possibly Us? Well, what can we do? There are several things: ■Get more informed, listen to alter native news and get educated. •Look for the Hegelian signs o f entities creating the problem, get ting the reaction and their just hap pening to have the exact solution to the problem that was created. Keep an open mind to alternative views. Watch for disinformation or con trolled bias news. •Get involved at local as well as at national levels. Are we a sleeping giant about to be awakened? Our apathy and igno rance is violence towards ourselves for not seeking Truth and Freedom. In the w o rd s o f M a ria n n e W illiamson, author o f The Healing o f A merica. “The leader with con science must be willing to risk repu diation. The person with conscience must be willing to risk being consid ered a whiner by polite society. The person with conscience has a re sponsibility to be a thorn in the side o f a complacent status quo. The person with conscience holds up a mirror to the world, which must in clude himself. The person with con science is an agent o f awakening in a world where there is a collective urge to sleep.” The Whole World In His Hands I f w e c o u ld , at th is tim e , s h r in k th e e a r t h ’s p o p u la tio n to a v illa g e o f p r e c is e ly 100 p e o p le , w ith a ll e x is tin g h u m a n r a tio s r e m a in in g th e sa m e , it w o u ld lik e th is : T h e re w o u ld b e 57 A s ia n s , 21 E u r o p e a n s , 14 fro m th e W e s te rn H e m is p h e r e ( N o rth an d S o u th ) , an d 8 A f r ic a n s . •70 w o u ld be n o n w h ite ; 30 w h ite . 70 w o u ld be n o n - C h r is tia n ; 30 C h r is tia n . •F ifty p e r c e n t o f th e e n tir e w o rld w e a lth w o u ld be in th e h a n d s o f o n ly 6 p e o p le . A ll 6 w o u ld b e c itiz e n s o f th e U n ite d S ta te s . •70 w o u ld be u n a b le to re a d . 50 w o u ld s u f f e r fro m m a ln u tr itio n . •80 w o u ld liv e in s u b s ta n d a r d h o u s in g . •O n ly 1 w o u ld h a v e a c o lle g e e d u c a tio n . A. Philip Randolph leads line o f protestors outside 1948 Democratic National Convention. Holistic Political Principles B y M arianne W illiamson •The pow er w ith in us is g re a te r th a n any p o w er o u tsid e us. •Government should con cern its e lf less w ith how to a llo c a te o u r e x te rn a l re so u rce s and m ore w ith how to h a rn e ss our in te r nal ones. •The so u rce o f w ealth is our c a p a c ity for g en iu s. C reation o f w ealth through the stim u latio n o f creativ e th in k in g is thus the p ri m ary so u rce o f econom ic reco v ery and stim u la tio n . •The h ig h e s t p o litic a l dialogue is not ad v ersarial but ra th e r a s y n e rg istic c o n v e rs a tio n b e tw e e n h ig h -m in d e d lib e ra l v i sions for the c o u n try and high -m in d ed c o n se rv a tiv e o n es. •The p o litic s o f h ate is a b ra n c h th a t d o es not b e a r fru it. T h at is why a n o th e r b ran ch is s ta r t ing to grow . Love is a m ore p o w e r ful p o litic a l and so c ia l to o l th an h a tre d . •We w ill not m ove fo r w ard as a n a tio n w ith o u t re p e n tin g for our lack o f rig h te o u s n e s s to w a rd o th e r A m e ric a n s in the p a st and p re s e n t, and all o t h e r n a tio n s o f th e w orld. •We m ust ack n o w led g e the p o w e r o f th e in n e r life , th e w isdom found in s ile n c e , and the p rim acy o f th e v o ic e o f c o n s c ie n c e . O th e rw ise , the A m eri can e x p e rim e n t w ill end. It sh a ll have fa ile d . 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"Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that g o a l." - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We wish to give tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Here are just a few of the agencies that represent the State Government’s commitment to diversity: Office of Governor John Kitzhaber Department of Administrative Services Department of Consumer and Business Services Oregon Economic Development Department Oregon Youth Authority Department of Forestry Oregon Department of Transportation Oregon Employment Department