CHARITY BEGINS AT HOME

Yes, that is where it begins. One first takes care of oneself and one's family, building a strong foundation from which one can reach out and serve the greater good.
Charity on a national and world-wide basis is the perview of the spiritual organizations, private foundations and individuals. Charity is NOT the job of a nation to spend tax money trying to fix every problem outside of our borders, whilst neglecting the problems within.
It is also not up to tax money to entitle every resident to big screen TVs, lobster, steak and fine wine.
Sheer folly and greed for power have corrupted charitable actions and the Pharisees and Sadducees almost look good by comparison.
Internally, charity from the governement is nothing but a bid for votes.
Paid-for programs such as Social Security and Medicare are insurance plans  for  those who have worked and paid in to the programs. They are not charity. They are not broad-based entitlement programs. They were never meant to be dispersed to ilegal aliens or those who have chosen to live off the dole or off the proceeds of criminal activity as opposed to honest paid labor.
Charity is for the individual to give and for the organizations who have charity as an element of their belief structure and reason for being.
By the way, have any countries ever paid us back for our 'loans to them? Have any countries ever come to our aid when we have suffered disastrous events?
And worse yet, America borrows money to give away! How dumb is that?
Peter to Paul anyone?
If asked Experian what the credit rating is of the United States, what could they, in all hinesty compute? It would be a negative number.  Duh.
I know of only one country who has every publicly said Thank You for our aid to them, and that (domo arigatō) is Japan. You are welcome.

Convenience Versus Freedom

The willingness of so many thousands of U.S. citizens to simply give up their freedom  guaranteed by the Constitution for the lame excuse of convenience appalls me daily.
The body scanners and the pat downs and the strip searches at our airports have been widely accepted by way too large an element of our population. Just because they are in a hurry and want to fly from a to b, they will bend over and kiss their freedom goodbye.
Here is a copy of a posting by a woman who was multiply assaulted at the Orlando Airport recently:

Franka Fiala posted in SURVIVING EARTH CHANGES 2012.

Franka Fiala 8:52pm Jun 9 "I hope that by sharing this experience others won't have to go through it and are better prepared for any similar situations. I am a frequent flyer, having commuted by plane to work for the past 2 years, I thought I had seen it all. But nothing could have prepared me for what I experienced on May 16th 2011. As I was getting ready to fly from Orlando, FL to JFK, I experienced the reality of the end of our human rights in the U.S. on my own body. Passing through TSA security, after having put all my belongings including my shoes, belt, laptop out of the bag, etc... on the conveyor belt, I was walking through the body scanner. Almost on the other side I was advised to step back inside, place my feet within the outlined form, place my hands above my head, and stay in the scanner. I had obviously not realized that this was a new imaging device, the full-body-imaging device, but I did as I was told. Within a second of standing in the scanner I became extremely dizzy and nauseas, and could not see all of a sudden. I tumbled out of the machine, being able to see again, quickly looking for a chair to sit down as I knew I would fall over any second. Scared and confused I asked TSA security officers about this machine and requested scientific information about the scanner and its' influence on the human body. I was given a pamphlet that did not contain any such information, so I kept asking for it. I was told that perhaps the general manager was able to provide it and that they would look for him. In the meantime, as I was sitting on the chair next to the machine, I asked to get my belongings which by then had been scanned also and were sitting somewhere on the other side of the line. This request was refused to me by TSA security personnel. No explanation was given to me as to why. I kept asking for at least my passport, wallet, rings, but TSA security denied me any right to get my personal belongings back. Thankfully a good friend of mine was travelling with me and I asked her to watch my belongings, and she did. I closed my eyes for some moments and did some self-hypnosis in order to feel better. Within a few moments I was able to get up and walk again. But as soon as I wanted to walk TSA security agents told me I was not allowed to leave. Very surprised I asked why and was told that "the machine had found an abnormality in my abdomen" and that I needed to be patted down in a private screening room. I asked what "abnormality" was supposed to mean, but no conclusive answer was given to me. I was escorted to a stained glass wall cubicle and two female TSA officers explained to me inside of the cubicle what the pat-down would entail. I was advised that the officer would use the inside and the outside of her palms and that she also needed to "touch me on the inside of my pants". I kept asking why all of this was necessary, showing them the inside of my pants, assuring them that I had "nothing on me". They insisted that the pat-down was still necessary because "the machine had picked up an opaque object in my abdomen". I told them I was wearing a tampon and asked, if that's what the machine could have picked up. The TSA security officers advised me that that was not something the machine could pick up. I had to allow the pat-down which was pretty uncomfortable. They did not find anything (of course) and for a brief moment I felt relieved, sure that I was finally able to leave and hopefully still catch my flight. But this was not so. The TSA officers continued to explain to me that now that "they did not find anything during the pat-down police had to be brought in to examine me". I was still kind of dizzy and now I just started to feel scared. I continued to ask why and if this was really necessary, not able to believe what was happening. I asked for a copy of the supposed image of the "abnormality in my abdomen", and was was told that no copies were ever kept. (Yeah, right.) It all started to seem surreal to me. They told me that I was not allowed to leave until a police officer had examined me. In a state of shock I became concerned about any medical conditions the machine could have picked up and asked, if it would be able to detect tumors, cancers or fibroids. I was told that this was not possible and that the scanner could only detect "non-organic objects and would not scan any deeper than 2 inches into the body". Even more confused I kept asking why it was then necessary to examine me, if the pat-down had clearly shown that I did not have anything on me. No clear answer was ever given to me. A while later a male police officer entered the cubicle. He seemed ready to arrest me from his attitude at first, but TSA security officers said to him "she's calm", and he relaxed. He explained to me that because nothing was found during the pat-down a female police officer would have to examine me, because the examination was "out of TSA's jurisdiction". I felt like a prisoner, dizzy and confused. When the female police officer finally arrived, everyone except for her and me left the cubicle. I could see the male police officer listen in from the outside as the female police officer explained to me that I needed to strip my pants and underwear and show her my tampon. I could not believe what I was hearing. I kept asking why this was necessary, but I was not given any other option. On top of that the female officer stated, "and ma'am, don't worry, there are no cameras installed that are watching you". Of course, since one of the rules of the mind is that negations can’t be understood, all I heard was, “there are cameras installed that are watching you”. I felt as if I was in a dream from that moment on. Detached from myself and my body I stripped down my pants and underwear in front of the police officer and showed her my tampon. After she had seen my tampon the police officer “allowed me” to put on my underwear and pants again, and I was then escorted back out to the security check line by the two police officers and two TSA officers. Another TSA officer was holding some of my belongings in a tray and my friend who had been waiting anxiously came running over. I was in a total state of shock. The TSA general manager came over and said that he was going to tell me something about the scanner. My friend wanted to listen in, but he harshly told her to leave. “You need to step away, ma’am, you can’t listen to what I’m going to tell her”, he said. I stated that I wanted my friend to be there and listen in, as did my friend, but she was told to step away. She did, because she had no other choice and just yelled over to me, “you’ll tell me later”. I wished I could, but my memory draws a complete blank when it comes to what the TSA general manager told me. I guess it’s because I was in a state of shock. I remember that afterwards the male police officer came over to me and wrote down a police report number and told me a report had been filed for his and my protection. I asked “what kind of a report” and which number did I need to call in order to get a copy. Only because I asked I was given a number to call. He then repeated three times in a row to me that the police and TSA security were sorry for any inconvenience they had caused me and asked me each time, if I heard him. Yes, I heard him, but it didn’t undo what had been done. I was finally released and caught my flight in the end only because it was delayed by more than an hour. Yesterday the copy of the police report arrived. Though I had been warned by several lawyers that it would perhaps not state the truth, the rage I felt when I read it was still incredible. Many details are being left out in the report, it never even mentions that I had to strip down naked and show a police officer my vagina, and it is extremely contradictory. Having gotten legal advice in the meantime I know now that anyone has a right to refuse to walk through any scanners in the first place and be patted down instead. No one had told me that at the Orlando airport and there were no signs explaining that right. I also know now that I legally should have been given the option to refuse any examination and risk missing my flight. Believe me, had I known that was an option I would have gladly missed my flight! In essence I was kept prisoner and was not given any options. I felt abused to say the least and am working with therapists to heal the trauma that’s stayed with me so far. I know I will overcome this trauma as I have overcome other traumas in the past, but I still do not feel prepared to fly again because of this experience. It is not easy for me to publish this very “exposing” experience, but I choose to do so, because I really hope that it helps someone and prevents this from happening again. We are all human beings and have a birth right to freedom. It is time for us to stand up for our rights. Good luck to all of you and if you have experienced a similar story, please contact me! Franka Fiala" *******************************************************************

This woman is not alone in her experience of intrusion. This type of clear violation of our right to our person, to be free from ilegal search and seizure and Nazi-like treatemnt at the hands of 'authorities' vested with too much power and too little brain has become all too common in America today.

STAND UP AMERICA! IT'S TIME FOR WE THE PEOPLE TO TAKE BACK OUR NATION FROM THE HANDS OF THE OLIGARCHS, THE POWER-HUNGRY, THE CORPORATIONS AND THE BLATANTLY UN-AMERICAN 'ELECTED OFFICIALS' WHO HAVE PADDED POCKETS AND PRIVATE AGENDAS.
BOYCOTT AIRLINE TRAVEL. REFUSE TO BE SCANNED. (YES, IT IS MEDICALLY DANGEROUS)  IF YOU FLY FOR BUSINESS, INSIST UPON CONFERENCE CALLING OR TELECONFERENCING INSTEAD. GUESS WHAT, IT WILL SAVE YOUR COMPANY $$$!
"We have nothing to fear, but fear itself," according to FDR. That in itself has the power to draw fear unto us. Fear begets fear.
Fear naught, for I AM with you. Render unto Caesar only that which is right. Not your Rights!  Let's kick over the tables and start again with virtue and goodwill as our battle cry.
GOD BLESS AMERICA AND ALL WHO RESIDE ON THIS PLANET.

Freedom: Is It Just Another Word for Nothin' Left to Lose?

Freedom Ain't Worth Nothin' if It Ain't Free.
Well Folks. Freedom Ain't Free.
Our forebears fought and died to make and keep a free country. From the dregs of European castoffs. From people who no longer could stand the tyranny of monarchies and oligarchies, we populated this continent, forcing into submission those more native to this land. All because, understandably, people yearned for self-government, for freedom to choose for themselves and to make better lives.
Unfortunately, the zeal with which our forebears accomplished this task was not open to blending, but to conquering. That has been the way throughout human history. Move in. Take over.
Today our soldiers, sailors and airborne personnel continue to fight and die. Ostensibly for freedom. Ostensibly to protect America.
I honor, love and respect them for their valiant service and their love of country. Ooo Rah and Semper Fi and I mean that for all branches and with the deepest honor and respect. Thank you.
Why and how, though, have they become the pawns of governments and corporations rather than the protectors of our nation. They have been co-opted to police the world and to ensure that giant corporations can continue to subserve people in third world countries because our unions here protect workers from exploitation, and uphold workers rights.
I have a lot to say about how many unions have gone bad and become greedy and self-serving entitlement programs. But ideally they exist for an important service. Because of their greed and inability to be moderate rather than extremist, the even greedier corporations have outsourced most of our employment opportunities, thus making major elements of our population mere serfs and degrading the middle class to a substandard level of life.
This has been a web of greed since before the first Great Depression (of the Thirties)
That Depression was conceived on Wall Street, gestated in the Dust Bowl, birthed upon an unsuspecting nation and resulted in entitlemenet programs which have only snowballed into creating a population expecting the governement to mommie and daddy them throughout their lives, thus becoming unable to appreciate and stand for the freedom granted us by our Maker and ensured by our Constitution.
But go back again, In seeking freedom, the pilgrims brought with them that self-righteous zeal and a greed all their own, which is why it was such a long and difficult task for our Forefathers to draft our Bill of Rights and our Constitution in the first place.
Everyone always has an agenda and a spin.
"Blessed are the peacemakers for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven... The  meek (moderate) shall inherit the earth."
Blessings of peace and prosperity to each of you.
Victoria