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News :: Miscellaneous
We Don't Get Fooled Again Current rating: 0
06 Dec 2001
A mother of five comments on war and the present situation.

We Don't Get Fooled Again


We'll be fighting in the streets

With our children at our feet

And the morals that they worship will be gone

And the men who spurred us on

Sit in judgement of all wrong

They decide and the shotgun sings the song


The Who

It has been almost three months since the Unbelievable and Horrendous attack
on our country took place, and it seems like a one of those
moments frozen in time that just repeats in your mind over and over again.
I admit to having functioned on adrenaline alone for the first five days
which is a long and well-developed response due primarily to the fact
that I am the mother of five children. Mothers aren't allowed to panic,
to stop thinking, to stop handling emergencies for those around them.
Mothers must see to it that the injury is tended, that comfort is restored,
that those they love are reassured. Only afterward are they allowed to
collapse in private, to shake in terror at how close disaster came, and
to cry tears of relief that somehow, by some grace of God, they managed
- again - to be the lifeline in a time of crisis.


Well, the collapse came and went and unfortunately,the crisis still exists,
the danger is still imminent, and there is little possibility of comfort
and healing. This realization, that there is no way that mothers can tend
this wound and restore comfort to those we love, is the most terrible
part of the present situation.


Like a cold lump where my heart ought to be, I felt the anguish of the
fact that all I would wish to do to make it better is just spitting in
the wind.


There does not seem to be any rule of law, any rational thinking, any
cool assessment of the situation taking place among the vast majority
of peoples who are being stampeded into a single direction by the machinations
of the mass media. And that direction is WAR and Destruction of the Rule of Law.


On television we saw what seem to be staged scenarios of women buying
gasmasks for their families, of people stocking up on things that they
think they will need if we "go to war" and if that war falls
on our doorstep. At the supermarket I see cakes and giant cookies decorated
with American flags and Slogans of War. It is impossible to turn on the
television without being bombarded with rhetoric that seems designed to
generate hostility and patriotic fervor to become cannon fodder.


Aside from the fact that such examples must be terrifying our children,
what, exactly, does anyone think that stocking up on anything will do
to preserve them in a time of War? What nonsensical illusions do they
have about how war is waged, how civilian populations are handled, and
what the full implications of such a course of action really are?


Obviously they haven't a single clue. Born and bred on television shows
where the dilemma is resolved in thirty minute intervals, they are like
that poor foolish Charles Hamilton in Gone With the Wind who
declares "we'll lick those Yankees and be home
in time for dinner." They didn't, and he wasn't, and none of them had any
idea that, at the end of the war, the world as they knew it would be at
an end.


The comparison ought not to be lost on the reader because that war was
fought for similar reasons - certain "rights" and a "way
of life" that included slavery and domination of others, and a weak
and effete way of life that was so "civilized" that their emotions
wrote checks that their reason couldn't pay.


Since we have posted our comments and analysis of the present situation, on our website at cassiopaea.org, we have received dozens of letters from readers thanking us for a rational
perspective and the presentation of the clues that all may not be as it
appears to be - and it most especially is not as it is created in the
mass media. Unfortunately, we do not have a sufficient voice to be heard
over that media which hammers constantly at the minds and emotions of
everyone around the world with the repeated images of horror and manipulations
to fear.


At first, we thought: surely, Americans have grown up! Surely in this
age of internet communication around the world, the people are more aware;
they will not be fooled again!


But it seems that such a hope is in vain. The vast majority are not more
aware. They are being fooled again. And like a train whose fireman has
gone mad and is stoking the fire box knowing that the tracks ahead are
dmaged, we are all passengers who are at the mercy of those whose agendas
are ruled by wishful thinking. And we can't get off the train... or can we?


What to do? What is our proper response?


We have a son who is almost nineteen. In the view of our "fearless
leaders," our child is "cannon fodder." What do we do?
What do other mothers do?


On a slightly humorous note, I am reminded of the joke that if women
ruled the world, there would be no more war; there would only be "intense
negotiations" every thirty days.


Are we ready to be sucked into the illusion that we can send our boys
out"lick the Yankees" and be home in time for dinner?


I can assure you that if they come home at all, they will never be whole
again. Even if they come home with all their body parts intact - which
is unlikely - their minds will be forever warped. You cannot kill other
human beings without some part of your own soul dying as well. As above,
so below. In direct proportion to the percentage of humanity that is killed,
so will the percentage of soul death be manifested on an individual and
collective basis.


But again: what to do?


Three days ago a group of young men were here at the house, helping our
son mow and edge the lawn so that his chores would be done faster so that
they could all be off to the movies. At one point they were all taking
a break and I was out with them overseeing the activity. They asked me
what I thought about the present situation. And I told them. I outlined
the fact that the "elite" at the top only manages
to stay the elite because they pile the bodies of their people up to be
the mountain on which they stand. If those bodies would refuse to be used
that way, there would be no "king of the mountain" and there
would be no possibility of waging war.


I recounted the history of war, how it is evident in the case of every
war in the past, that it has been fought for hidden reasons that were
never revealed until afterwards, and in all cases where "patriotism"
was trotted out to induce the masses to follow the flag or the "fearless
leader" into battle, it has repeatedly been shown to have been a
sham.


Does anybody want to suggest that the present case is any different?
Why does everyone seem to have forgotten the lesson of history? Why is
everyone caught up in the emotion of the moment, hypnotized by the media
to think that the present situation is in any way different.


My God! Pearl Harbor was a set-up! Do we for an instant think that this
present situation is not a set-up also? Are we so blind and is our memory
so short?


I recounted to the boys the stories of my own generation: how we became
aware of the manipulations of the government, and how the Vietnam war
was protested, and how many people took the route of "conscientious
objectors"


"What if they gave a war and nobody came?"


Is such a choice available today? Will it make any difference?


My guess is that whatever happens will merely be an excuse to ratchet up the controls
on society.


I remember back in 1986, when I came across the documented evidence that

the attack on Pearl

Harbor
was known to the United States well before it happened.

I was shocked. Not only did the government do nothing to prevent it, they

did not even warn those who were going to be attacked. The loss of American

lives was horrendous. And the blame lies on the doorstep of the leaders

of America. There is even evidence that they deliberately manipulated

the situation, at the highest levels, to ensure that the attack would

take place.

Why?



Well, to get the United States into the war, of course. War is big business.

Whenever you have a slow economy, a little war-mongering is always the

answer. In ancient times, it was the business of the day: go to war, kill

the men, capture the women and the wealth of the enemy, and go home until

you have spent it all and gotten tired of the women, and then go out and

do it over again. Even Herodotus understood this to be the reason for

war. And human beings haven't changed at all - at least not those who

seek power postions.



WW II was, of course, the

deaths of 61 million people.



Yes, that's correct: SIXTY

ONE MILLION.
Many of them civilians.



Almost 300,000 of them were prime American manhood. The finest we had

to offer.



Nevertheless, having been raised on patriotism and apple pie, I was devastated

to think that the leaders of our country were so callous that they would

permit such an event as Pearl Harbor when obviously, there were other

options available. I have always thought that if the leaders of countries

were required to put on boxing gloves and go into a ring and duke it out

to settle international differences, there would be a great increase in

positive diplomacy. In any event, believe me, with our present technology,

there are other options than war.



What did I do with my new awareness at that point in time? Well, naturally,

I buttonholed the first person I encountered and told them: "Guess

what?! The United States leaders deliberately manipulated the Japanese

to get them to attack us so that the people of this country would want

to go to war!"



I don't know what I expected this person to say, but it certainly wasn't

what was said! I was thoroughly and completely cursed and lambasted for

daring to say such a dreadful thing about the Holy Overseers of our Well-being.



I was shocked. Here I had just read evidence, and was sharing that evidence,

and the person not only did not want to hear it, they wanted me to die

for saying it! How dare I shoot a sacred cow? How dare I cast aspersions

on Saint Franklin! There is mind control as in social programming, and

there is Mind Control that is more specific. Either way, we are a programmed

society.



Why is it so obvious to so many people that the government is somehow
involved in this, either consciously or unconsciously?
Is it really possible that the government of our country had an inkling
that this was going to happen? And if so, is it possible that they did
nothing? We read endless reports of this spreading like wildfire over
the web. A dozen or more commentators of great or lesser prestige simply
do not believe in the "failure of intelligence" that is being
claimed so widely in the mass media. Everyone is certain that the government
not only knew about the attack, but that they condoned it for their own
nefarious purposes: i.e. Pearl Harbor and even Hitler's Reichstag fire.
If that is the case, it means that not one single one of those people
on those airplanes or in the Pentagon, or in the World Trade Center had
to die. Not one.

If it is not true, if the government did have some idea of something,
but that the actual event timing and mode was unknown, would they admit
this?


So, we have two opposing forces here: one group, which consists of a
large segment of the populace, claims that there was no failure of intelligence,
that the government deliberately participated in this attack, and that
it is part of a planned schedule to impose a One World Government on all
of us, to abridge our freedoms, and entrap us in a fascist state.


On the other side, we have the mass media and the governement itself,
claiming that there was a failure of intelligence, and this means that
we have to pass some new, restrictive laws, make some significant changes
in the way the country does business, and most definitely, we need a little
war here to level things out again (not to mention the economy.) And all
of the Joe Sixpak's of the world may be buying it. All the grandmotherly
Sally Stockmarketinvestors are sitting at home, glued to their televisions,
hoping that Uncle Sam will take charge here, nuke the Afghanis, and pass
all the laws necessary to ensure the safety of this great nation. Never
mind if that includes moving to a cashless society and implanting micro-chips
under the skin so that everyone will be trackable and traceable.


Most of all, we have the inciting of terror that we are going to war,
and it will be WWIII. Basically, the beginning of the END. And all the
doom sayers and prognosticators of gloom and jumping up and down in gleeful
anticipation, literally wringing their hands while fiendishly pronouncing
that we are all GONNA DIE!


Heavy stuff, eh?


As I have written before: in intelligence training the first thing you
look for is to determine who will benefit from a particular situation.
Well, this situation is a bit complex. But we notice that it has only
become complex AFTER the fact. It is only the wild speculations and constant
playing of agendas and counter-agendas that has tended to obscure the
basic essentials of the matter.



However, another compelling observation is the fact that the United States
power clique has a lot to gain. As noted, war is good business.
Not only that, all of the claims that the government seeks to institute
overt controls, as in the "Mark of the Beast," can be seen to
be a partial motivation here.


But is it that simple? But again, is it that people are pointing at the
government without realizing that our leaders, too, might be being manipulated?


Should we all, collectively, write our representatives and demand that
they put a stop to this nonsense? Would it have any effect?


Probably not. But that doesn't mean that we ought not to do it. I would
say that it is a good idea, just for future reference to them, but I don't
think it will stop the juggernaut presently in motion.


Will anyone take action? Will anyone with resources print flyers or buy
advertising space or mail letters to their representatives to try to get
the truth of how we are being manipulated across to more people? To make
them aware? To inform those who lost loved ones who the real culprits
are?

However, if nothing that is sensible prevails, the one thing we CAN
expect is a severe and sudden infringement of our freedoms.


Unless the reality changes through awareness, I may not be able to say
much more very much longer. Phones and computers will be monitored, or
severely controlled. Restrictions may be legislated so as to create a
basis for prosecution. Individuals may be rounded up and taken to detention
centers. In a state of war, all constitutional rights (which are amendments,
by the way) are suspended.


We may be told what we can or cannot say and to whom we may say it.
And this may be within a matter of days.


I hope all who are reading this realize that. I have known for some time
that the powers that be - and I don't necessarily mean the government,
though it will be effected through the government - will seek a way to
curtail the communication between people that has been growing apace for
the past few years via the internet. What better way to do it than war?



We can singly and collectively refuse to be drawn into their games, refuse to participate
in the madness! We don't get fooled again!


In Flanders fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses, row on row,


That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.


We are the Dead.

Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved, and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields...


NEVER AGAIN...


See also:
http://www.cassiopaea.org
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