Murtha’s Gitmo Invite Could Be Stimulus for Western Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha says he’d be willing to house Guantanamo Bay detainees in his district.

Rep. John Murtha’s invitation to house Guantanamo Bay detainees in his district has some local officials seeing dollar signs — even though Murtha’s comment was met with disbelief by others.

The Pennsylvania Democrat, chairman of the defense subcommittee for appropriations, is renowned for his ability to steer earmarked dollars to his district.

And after Murtha told FOX News that he’d be willing to take in terrorist suspects, some saw it as a job-creation opportunity. His district’s maximum-security prisons are full, according to the state Department of Corrections, so a new prison would likely be needed to house any of the 245 detainees now in Cuba. [More..]

Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/01/22/murthas-invitation-gitmo-prisoners-create-jobs-officials-say/

The Hopi Pipe Ceremony

Purpose: As mentioned previously, the word “Medicine” has a different meaning for Native Americans. It encompasses well-being and spiritual health as well as physical health. A pipe ceremony is a ritual that Hopi Native Americans employ to pray to the Great Spirit. Great Spirit is comprised of the mother (the earth) the father (the heavens and celestial bodies) as well as the grandmothers and grandfathers. Grandmothers and grandfathers may be likened to angels. In the Hopi tradition, they are beings that have been in the universe since time began and they are thought to carry specific medicines. That is, they each have different strengths or aptitudes which the Hopi may call upon in different circumstances.

Pipe ceremonies can be carried out at virtually any time that the practitioner desires. One way to think of them is as an active or interactive prayer session or meditation. Sometimes a Hopi shaman (medicine man) is present for the ceremony, but that is by no means a requirement. Practitioners of the Hopi faith can perform a pipe ceremony when they are grateful for an answered prayer, to ask for the health or care of a loved one, to celebrate the birth or death of a family member, to ask for clarity when making a decision, to request the healing of a friend, or to express gratitude for life’s many blessings. One of the key aspects of the pipe ceremony is to develop one’s own relationship with Spirit with the understanding that Spirit will provide the tools necessary via channels such as the shaman. [More..]

Source: http://altmed.creighton.edu/AmericanIndianMed/Hopi%20Pipe%20Ceremony.htm

Autistic child taken from school in handcuffs

COEUR D’ALENE — A Ponderay mom was left outraged when school officials ordered her autistic 8-year-old daughter handcuffed and taken from the school in a police car.

Outside her Ponderay home, 8-year-old Evelyn Towry, in her pink boots and favorite sweatshirt explains why she’s now suspended from school.

“Because I was trying to leave and they hold me down,” Evelyn said.

Evelyn is a third grader at Kootenai Elementary and has Asperger’s Syndrome, a high functioning form of Autism. On Friday she started to act out.

Thought Reform Programs and the Production of Psychiatric Casualties

“The techniques used to induce belief, change, and dependency by various thought reform programs appear to be related to the type of psychiatric casualty the program tends to produce. Large group awareness training (LGAT) programs appear more likely to induce mood and affect disorders. Groups that use prolonged mantra and empty-mind meditation, hyperventilation, and chanting appear more likely to have participants who develop relaxation-induced anxiety, panic disorder, marked dissociative problems, and cognitive inefficiencies.”

Source: http://www.rickross.com/reference/brainwashing/brainwashing10.html

Keene Talk Show Host Threatened with Imprisonment for Speaking out Against Drug War

The host of the nationally syndicated radio show Free Talk Live, Ian Freeman (Bernard), has been threatened with 90 days imprisonment for writing about and attending a protest of the drug laws. (Related articles: Activist Arrested for Plant Possession and Radio Host Jailed over Couch) Earlier this year, Ian was dragged into court because his tenants had a couch in the yard. Ian did not sit fast enough for Judge Burke and was given 90 days for contempt of court, plus thee days in jail for the couch “offense.” After the three days in jail, Judge Burke suspended the 90 days and released Ian. One of the conditions of release was Ian demonstrating “good behavior.” Now, for writing about, and talking about Andrew Carroll’s marijuana civil disobedience, in addition to attending the protest, Ian is being charged with “Criminal Liability for the Conduct of Another” and could have the 90 day sentence reinstated even if he is never convicted for the Criminal Liability.

This case could have serious repercussions for freedom of speech and freedom of the press in this country, if reporting on a “crime” can be construed as aiding the “crime.” The freedom to petition the government for redress of grievances is also at risk here.

Paperwork Ian received:
http://freekeene.com/files/Motion_to_Show_Cause2009-01-12.pdf

Source: http://www.newhampshirefreepress.com/NHFreePress/?q=node%2F309

This is appalling. Just more proof that the “drug war” has nothing to do with drugs and everything to do with control and keeping the masses ignorant to the truth. It is dangerous, in the governments eyes, to ever make drugs legal. Many drugs out there are mind-expanding tools that wake people up to the true nature of reality, God and themselves. Some of these entheogens have been used for well over 4,000 years. They are directly responsible for the evolution of the human mind. There is plenty of documentation to support this. To those in “control” are threatened by this, with good reason. Those who desire to control have to be able to have some control over the mind for their agenda to actually work. The good news is, more and more people are waking up, there is no escape from truth, it will find a way to reveal itself even in the darkest of times. Power to the people!!