The Controversial Film That Woke Up a Nation

Or did it?

Nearly five years ago, American entertainment businessman, filmmaker, libertarian political activist, and a 9/11 truth activist Aaron Russo took the Nation by surprise with his America: Freedom to Fascism documentary.

Although rarely cited today, who can deny that this film started the chain-reaction of controversy after controversy?

At first, if you will recall, almost every single idea Russo posed, such as

• The notion that we have gone from a constitutional republic to a bureaucratic state,
• That the Federal Reserve System is a "system of privately held, for profit corporations, not a government agency," and was commissioned to print fiat money on behalf of the federal government, at a fee ultimately paid for by the personal income tax (through service on bond interest),
• RFID Chips,
• That "there is no law requiring an income tax,"
• and, his Fifth Amendment argument goes as follows:
  
  
  • Premise 1: The government can criminally prosecute someone and put one in jail for information one puts on one's 1040 tax form.
  • Premise 2: The fifth amendment says one does not have to do something that incriminates oneself.
  • Conclusion: Since filing a 1040 incriminates oneself, filing a 1040 therefore violates one's fifth amendment rights,
  • and, let's not forget the Nick Rockefeller plan.

At the time the film came out, all of these were, in most people's thinking, mere "Conspiracy Theories." Remember that? How many of the "Aluminum Hat" ideas have become more like "Common Knowledge?" Is anyone old enough to remember disguising text in email with letters to hide the content from "Big Brother?" For example, "The Fed" would become "Th3 F3d" or something to that effect....

side note: I find it interesting to note that, one of my favorite thinkers is Daniel Pipes, who has been called by some, a "scholar of conspiracism."

Hmmm....how things have changed.

This brings me to the reason I am writing.

I'm not saying Aaron Russo was some kind of prophet or anything, but just look how people's thoughts on these matters has changed in just a few years.

We are now embroiled in a bitter political battle for the future of the country. Some of my friends have eluded to the fact that, although it is critical that we reverse the severe damage that has been done since the last election this coming November, Things Are Not As They Appear, and there are a few other things that need to be remembered.

One: "Winning" in November is not a guarantee that all will suddenly become well.

Two: Simultaneously, and starting yesterday, for those of us who are so inclined, we need to get on our knees and pray. If you, like me, need some clarity amidst the confusion, who do you really trust nowadays? That's something to get clear about. Although prayer is not part of our political landscape (nor should it be), for the faithful it is part of our lives. It should be at the top of the list though, not conveniently tucked away to be taken advantage of "as needed."

The Scriptures, and faithful preachers, and the coming of Christ in the flesh, call on us to surrender rightful praise to God in our lives. Let sinners beware of a proud, carnal spirit we have become so familiar with lately; if they revile or despise the preachers of Christ, they would have done so their Master, had they lived when he was walking here among us.

Newspoint: The Issues with Islam and the Ground Zero Mosque

That Rauf, and now his wife, have both been sent abroad on U.S Taxpayers' money, when they say they believe American's "Hate" Muslims, is creepily like a similar failure:

The 7/7 bombings in London, in which Islamists killed 52 and injured 700, prompted British authorities to work with Muslims to avoid future violence.

However, rather than turn to anti-Islamist Muslims who reject the triumphalist goal of applying Islamic law in Europe, they promoted non-violent Islamists, hoping these would persuade coreligionists to express their hatred of the West in lawful ways. This effort featured Tariq Ramadan (b. 1962), a prominent Islamist intellectual. For example, London's Metropolitan Police partially funded a conference Ramadan addressed and Prime Minister Tony Blair appointed him to an official "working group on tackling extremism."

Deploying an Islamist may have seemed like a original and clever idea but it was neither. Western governments have been allying without success with Islamists for decades. Indeed, they have been allying with Ramadan's own family.[1]

The Issues with Islam and the Ground Zero Mosque

August 27, 2010 by Dave Virkler 

A strange multi-focus – religiously, historically and politically – is centered on a damaged building near Ground Zero in lower Manhattan. A professedly moderate Muslim imam, Faisel Rauf, who interestingly has been sent to foreign nations as an official U.S. government spokesman for better Islamic relations, wants to build a 13-story mosque two blocks from the site of the 9/11 attacks.

Critics point out that Muslims, whatever their brand, were the sole perpetrators of the disaster, and the Muslim mosque, legally permissible as it might be, merely refreshes painful memories and opens old wounds.

The imam’s wife, Daisy Khan, worsened the strife last Sunday by saying, “We are deeply concerned, because this is like a metastasized anti-Semitism.” She added, “It’s beyond Islamophobia. It’s hate of Muslims.”

It has been wisely observed that hatred of Muslim never materialized after the 9/11 attacks. Islam generally was not blamed nor were mosques set upon. But the proposed multi-story building by the Cordoba Initiative is just too similar to historic mosque-building associated with Islamic takeovers of captured churches and synagogues.

The name refers to Cordoba, Spain, which 1,000 years ago, was a great city that was dominated both politically and religiously by Islam. The imam says the name reflects the peaceful co-existence between Muslims and other faiths, but Cordoba was conquered through jihad, and the mosque there was originally a church.

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