These thieves go by the name of FBI and Secret Service agents.

I learned early yesterday from www.gordonunleashed.com that the Liberty Dollar offices were raided by the feds. They took everything, including 2 tons of gold and silver.

If taking privately owned commodities from a privately owned office is not theft, then our dictionary just plain sucks.

Why did they do this? It seems that no one knows the answer to that question except the mob bosses who ordered the raid.

For those unfamiliar with Liberty Dollar, they run a competing currency backed 100% by gold and silver. This means if you have a Liberty Dollar note, at any time, you can trade that in for a certain amount gold or silver, or you can use it as a method of exchange like you would a Federal Reserve Note (US Dollar).

This means that not only did the feds rob the owners of Liberty Dollar, they also robbed all of the people who had purchased Liberty Dollar notes, as at this point, they cannot trade their notes in to redeem them for what they legally own.

Liberty Dollar was not running an illegal operation, nor were they counterfeiting. In fact, several US Mint and Treasury officials have been on record saying that as long as they did not have “legal tender” printed or stamped on the product, they were just fine.

This is nothing new. Governments have a long history of robbing their people blind, and are particularly inclined to steal anything shiny, such as gold. As recent as April 5th, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued Executive Order No. 6102. It made the possession of gold illegal, and everyone had to give what they had to the Federal government or else be hit with a $10,000 fine and 10 years in prison. Why?

For the “greater good”, of course, as any politician will tell you. All it did, however, was impoverish people even further, helping to extend the Great Depression.

Similarly, in 17th century England, there was a class of people called goldsmiths that would store people’s gold and issue them “goldsmith’s notes”. People could use these to trade a with each other or redeem them for their gold back.

Well, King Charles I, angered at being denied funding for a war he wanted to wage, decided to sack the goldsmiths’ hoards. Years later, his son, Charles II did a similar thing.

And so it happens over and over again.

Isn’t it strange that our government is now acting like the old English Monarchy? Isn’t that what our Founders revolted against?

Considering how weak the dollar is, pretty soon countries will refuse to accept it, and so our thugs in power will no longer be able to fund their own wars. They will need hard commodities to continue their rampages. They will need gold and silver.

Is this just the beginning of something much worse? Time will tell.

But we do know that we shouldn’t be that surprised that government likes to steal. That’s what it does by definition. It’s what it has done all throughout history, and what it will continue to do on into the future.

When will we finally learn to stop putting faith in one of the largest organized criminal and terrorist rackets in existence?

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Tonight, during the 11:00PM CST slot, I will be a guest on the PNAC Radio program, part of the We The People Radio Network.

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The editorial board at the Nashua Telegraph in New Hampshire should be applauded for this candid, comprehensive interview with Ron Paul. They give him plenty of time to speak and articulate his very nuanced positions, not settling for the quick sound bites we’re used to hearing in modern politics.

If you have been on the fence, or are not sure where he stands on issues because the media hasn’t given him a chance to articulate them properly, then you should watch this video. It will probably answer many of your questions or concerns.

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There is an email going around about the movie The Golden Compass. Like many typical Christian calls to action or warning, this one is steeped in fear. Several versions of the email exist, but all screech out for a mass boycott of a movie that no one has even seen yet.

The text from the most comprehensive version:

Please consider a boycott of this movie “The Golden Compass” and the books. Also, pass this information along to everyone you know (including church leaders). This will help to educate parents, so that they will know the agenda of the movie. I am sending this to those of you who have kids or friends with kids, grandkids or have influence with kids. So many things today are darkness concealed in what appears to be innocent FYI.

There will be a new children’s movie out in December called “The Golden Compass”. The movie has been described as “atheism for kids” and is based on the first book of a trilogy entitled “His Dark Materials” that was written by Phillip Pullman. Pullman is a militant atheist and secular humanist who despises C. S. Lewis and the “Chronicles of Narnia”. His motivation for writing this trilogy was specifically to counteract Lewis’ symbolisms of Christ that are portrayed in the Narnia series.

Clearly, Pullman’s main objective is to bash Christianity and promote atheism. Pullman left little doubt about his intentions when he said in a 2003 interview that “my books are about killing God.” He has even stated that he wants to “kill God in the minds of children”. It has been said of Pullman that he is “the writer the atheists would be praying for, if atheists prayed.”

While “The Golden Compass” movie itself may seem mild and innocent, the books are a much different story. In the trilogy, a young streetwise girl becomes enmeshed in an epic struggle to ultimately defeat the oppressive forces of a senile God. Another character, an ex-nun, describes Christianity as “a very powerful and convincing mistake.” In the final book, characters representing Adam and Eve eventually kill God, who at times is called YAHWEH. Each book in the trilogy gets progressively worse regarding Pullman’s hatred of Jesus Christ.

“The Golden Compass” is set to premier on December 7, during the Christmas season (and staring Nicole Kidman), and will probably be heavily advertised. Promoters hope that unsuspecting parents will take their children to see the movie, that they will enjoy the movie, and that the children will want the books for Christmas.

A wise man once said that one sign of intelligence is the ability think about two competing ideas at the same time without having your head explode (my paraphrase, of course). Unfortunately, this is a sign that many Christians have no interest in. We have become fearful of the mere thought of contrary ideas.

But I’m not really sure why. Is it a lack of faith in our own beliefs, that they will shatter at the slightest opposition? A lack of faith in the intelligence and faith of our youth? Or is it, most likely, raw, naked, irrational fear?

Perhaps we love the false sense of security we get while we site in our brick churches and have our beliefs validated over and over again without any challenge of thought.

Christianity isn’t meant to be safe. It isn’t meant to be cozy. What it means is being on the front lines of a very real battle. Paul didn’t use the armor metaphor for nothing. Very few of us have put on that armor, because we really haven’t felt the need, and so it sits idle, rusting in the closet.

For once, I would like Christians stop condemning the works of art of other people (especially movies they’ve never seen) and start creating their own. And if we aren’t willing do do that, then we need to shut up.

Instead of lamenting the fact that the writer of the books this movie is based on has criticized the Chronicles of Narnia and C.S. Lewis, why don’t you try and emulate Lewis himself and create a work of art that touches imaginations and is still read today, even by people who aren’t Christians?

Or maybe the screenplay for a movie? A song perhaps?

Quality Christian art and culture is desperately needed in this day and age. We have retreated from this venue, so it shouldn’t surprise us that the void is being filled with things we don’t particularly find appropriate. It’s time to start fighting back in a constructive way that builds up.

Isn’t that what love is supposed to do? Build up? Isn’t that what Christianity is all about?

It’s a much better alternative that simply covering your ears and screaming loudly like a petulant, spoiled child like the Pharisees collectively did after Stephen spoke to them in Acts chapter 7 when they didn’t like his ideas.

As for me, I will probably go see the Golden Compass. It looks interesting and different. And if you’re really worried about it, I would encourage you to do the same. I will take what artistic merit I can out of it, and sift through the ideas it presents to see if they are found lacking, praying to God for the wisdom I need to do so.

I’ve long recognized that if a movie creates this kind of vehement opposition, there’s probably something meritorious about it that I can extract. Remember the poison directed toward The Passion of the Christ leading up to its release?

And emails like the one above, I have learned, are hardly ever steeped in any actual research or thought. The analysis and summary of the books are probably too simplistic to do them any real justice, and I suspect the message is far more nuanced than what this obvious, overblown fear-tactic lets on.

I suspect it’s much like the typical Christian hatred and misunderstanding of Nietzsche. The “god is dead” quote certainly makes excellent fodder for the pulpit, but they usually have no idea what he was talking about, and what they think he was insinuating is really much more nuanced and complicated.

We complain when the people take parts of the Bible out of context, but we have no qualms about using the same tactic to try and discredit our supposed enemies.

What are your thoughts? Do you think Christians should build such discriminate defenses around themselves? Have you come across a movie that was condemned, but you found real value in?

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This roundup, we have probably one of the most ridiculous and overt examples of tyranny.

• Boy’s rights weren’t violated when officer shot him - After all, the State really owns the body of the boy, so it was just disposing of it’s property? Isn’t that what is being insinuated here? Of all things, you would think the right to life would be the most obvious.
• Cops Taser an 82-year-old Grandmother - But hey, they were just doing they’re job right? She need to be protected and served.
• A man was tasered in his own home after giving the cops proof that he lived there. And the cops will not face criminal charges. I’m sure the cops had a long day and just needed to blow off some steam. They have to put up with a lot of nonsense. You know, nonsense like people accusing them of abusing their power. Cops should be coddled due to their “selfless” service instead of being held to a higher standard of behavior.
• Sober Diabetic Man Tasered, Accused of DUI - A man is in diabetic episode is found unconscious in his car, and instead of helping him, these cops tase him and accuse him of a DUI. Your tax dollars at work! You can rest easy knowing that this diabetic menace is off the streets!

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