name: Charles E Carlson
One Nation Under Israel
29 September, 2007
Former United States Senator J. William Fulbright, Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated repeatedly in 1973, "Israel controls the (U.S.) Senate." Senator Fulbright was driven from office by the very lobby he tried to expose, a testimony to the power of the Israeli lobby. Israeli influence extends to the Executive branch as well. On May 18, 1998, Vice President Al Gore told the 39th Annual Policy Conference of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), "our commitment to the security of Israel is unconditional." "One Nation Under Israel" may be the first historically documented expose of the hijacking of the American Congress. For as Author Andrew Hurley clearly explains, Congress is not under the control of its constituents but of a foreign power.
"One Nation Under Israel..." was first published in 1990 on the very threshold of the Gulf War. It was then entitled "Holocaust II, Saving Israel from Suicide." In it, Author Hurley wrote a clear but unheard warning to the American people that they were losing control of their government. In spite of Hurley's careful scholarship and the timely subject matter, the Israeli patriot control media, publishing houses, booksellers, and book reviewers blacklisted the book.
Author Hurley is a historian. His book is a fascinating, scholarly history of the creation of the State of Israel in 1948 by the United Nations' partitioning of Palestine. He factually documents Israel's subsequent expansion by war and encroachment into neighboring territories. Mr. Hurley holds academic degrees in both political science and law. Hurley's unique vital message to the peoples of the entire world is that the American Congress has for decades been virtually under the control of a lobbying machine dominated by the State of Israel.
Those who govern the State of Israel receive billions of dollars annually in U.S. Foreign Aid. Millions of these dollars are recycled into the American Israeli Public Affairs Council (AIPAC). Under Secretary of State and Ambassador to the United Nations, George Ball stated:
"Practically every congressman and senator says his prayers to the AIPAC lobby...they have done an enormous job of corrupting the American democratic process."
In truth, it was a quid pro quo donation from Israel. In 1994 AIPAC offered its posh Israel junket to all new members of Congress. U.S. warmaking in the Middle East appears to have only one lasting beneficiary, the State of Israel. "One Nation Under Israel" . . . reveals a 51st state with more power than the other 50 put together.
Gasoline Sold for Five Cents a Gallon
26 September, 2007
A temporary gasoline shortage struck Phoenix, AZ in 2003. Desperate workers pushed their cars and trucks to gas stations in 108-degree heat. Some price doubled to as high as $3.50 a gallon. If you want to see giant price gouging, take a look at the price of gasoline in Iraq since President Bush allowed Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his oil industry friends unfettered operation of Iraq's oil industry. Sadly some of the least strong Iraqis have and will also lose their lives for lack of fuel.
It may be hard for some Americans to believe the absolute fact that gasoline and diesel fuel were sold to the Iraqi public (and business as well) for less than a nickel a gallon ($.05) during the sanctions (embargo) period between 1991 and US occupation. Gas was indeed often cheaper than water in Sadam Husseins Iraq.
US politicians' favorite arch villain Saddam Hussein must have realized there is value in making friends with the ordinary people. It is vital to note that for the Empire's sanctions against Iraq were administered by the United Nations. These sanctions starved Iraqis and also prohibited American from enjoying the benefits of Iraq's surplus energy. We were paying nearly $2.00 per gallon for gas in January 2000, 40 times more than the Iraqis were paying for the same fuel at the same time!
The reported price now varies from $1.00 to $1.50 per gallon, an impossible price for the unemployed and impoverished Iraqis. Clean water and electricity have remained unavailable to many since the bombing. The price of fuel, on which Iraq families depend for survival, has increased by 30 to 50 times, and the Cabal is in charge.
One of the Rumsfeld Cabals first acts was to reopen the pipeline from Iraq's northern oil field into Cabal cooperative Turkey. Imagine the wrath of the Iraqis when they learn their liberators are scudding fuel out of the country to the Turks. No wonder the Kirkook pipeline has been bombed so many times. A long time trusted friend, Archie Blumhorst, at some risk to himself, traveled to Iraq in January 2000. We quote from our printed and taped interview with Mr. Blumhorst in March 2000:
"A busload of Americans were stretching their legs during a fuel stop. A. W. Blumhorst calculated the conversion of gallons to liters and native currency to U.S. Dollars in his notebook. He watched the attendant pump diesel fuel into the European made bus. ‘Do I have this figured right?' He asked the English-speaking bus driver. ‘Is it possible you are buying fuel for four cents a gallon? Are you really going to fill this bus with a $10.00 bill...? Maybe I should take a gallon home to Missouri or they will never believe me!'"
Mr. Blumhorst's calculations were confirmed by others in Iraq. This balance was absent from the American press. It was Hussein's economic policies that kept most of the people of Iraq friendly toward him. Oil, the national treasure of Iraq, is simple being looted from the suffering public before their eyes.
No one should be surprised that a war Cabal powerful enough to control presidents uses murder, false witness, theft, and covetousness as operating tools. How much we will pay for fuel with the Cabal in control of Iraq's oil? Shame on the terrible "Christian" enablers of serial wars.
It may be hard for some Americans to believe the absolute fact that gasoline and diesel fuel were sold to the Iraqi public (and business as well) for less than a nickel a gallon ($.05) during the sanctions (embargo) period between 1991 and US occupation. Gas was indeed often cheaper than water in Sadam Husseins Iraq.
US politicians' favorite arch villain Saddam Hussein must have realized there is value in making friends with the ordinary people. It is vital to note that for the Empire's sanctions against Iraq were administered by the United Nations. These sanctions starved Iraqis and also prohibited American from enjoying the benefits of Iraq's surplus energy. We were paying nearly $2.00 per gallon for gas in January 2000, 40 times more than the Iraqis were paying for the same fuel at the same time!
The reported price now varies from $1.00 to $1.50 per gallon, an impossible price for the unemployed and impoverished Iraqis. Clean water and electricity have remained unavailable to many since the bombing. The price of fuel, on which Iraq families depend for survival, has increased by 30 to 50 times, and the Cabal is in charge.
One of the Rumsfeld Cabals first acts was to reopen the pipeline from Iraq's northern oil field into Cabal cooperative Turkey. Imagine the wrath of the Iraqis when they learn their liberators are scudding fuel out of the country to the Turks. No wonder the Kirkook pipeline has been bombed so many times. A long time trusted friend, Archie Blumhorst, at some risk to himself, traveled to Iraq in January 2000. We quote from our printed and taped interview with Mr. Blumhorst in March 2000:
"A busload of Americans were stretching their legs during a fuel stop. A. W. Blumhorst calculated the conversion of gallons to liters and native currency to U.S. Dollars in his notebook. He watched the attendant pump diesel fuel into the European made bus. ‘Do I have this figured right?' He asked the English-speaking bus driver. ‘Is it possible you are buying fuel for four cents a gallon? Are you really going to fill this bus with a $10.00 bill...? Maybe I should take a gallon home to Missouri or they will never believe me!'"
Mr. Blumhorst's calculations were confirmed by others in Iraq. This balance was absent from the American press. It was Hussein's economic policies that kept most of the people of Iraq friendly toward him. Oil, the national treasure of Iraq, is simple being looted from the suffering public before their eyes.
No one should be surprised that a war Cabal powerful enough to control presidents uses murder, false witness, theft, and covetousness as operating tools. How much we will pay for fuel with the Cabal in control of Iraq's oil? Shame on the terrible "Christian" enablers of serial wars.
The Crucifixion of Jesus' Words
24 September, 2007
Evangelical teaching and preaching often directly contradict that which Jesus taught about love and peace, and more surprisingly, celebrity Christian statements often directly conflict with Jesus' statements about Heaven and Hell. Matthew, the first book in the New Testament, contains the most outrageous example of added words that directly contradicts Jesus words. A quote from the Scofield Reference Bible footnotes directly contradicts what Jesus Christ is quoted to have said, His simple words, taken from the King James Edition, describing the basis upon which Jesus told his followers He himself will someday judge every man from every tribe "nation".
Three classes of individuals are mentioned: (1) sheep, saved Gentiles; (2) goats, unsaved Gentiles; and (3) brethren, the people of Israel. Oxford Press introduces radical racism into its interpolation of Jesus' words by limiting heaven to Jews and those non-Jews who are excessively kind to Jews. And the footnotes also claim it is not even Heaven Jesus it talking about. Instead it is an early kingdom that is yet to come...and it has (according to Oxford) nothing to do with the world the Disciples and Jesus lived in!
Who, to Jesus, were "the least of these my Brethren?" Oxford has them to be "Jews" living in the state of Israel at some future age. When Jesus spoke of "his brethren" He was in no way talking about the 1948 created State of Israel. Jesus words were (this writer thinks) relevant to those who followed him then; if not, how can the words be believable to those who try to follow Jesus now?
To make sure everyone knows what Jesus was talking about, Heaven and Hell, he provides two parables in first half of the same 25th Chapter that he labeled as explaining the kingdom of Heaven "the kingdom of Heaven is like". What is Oxford's motive? Oxford Press treats Jesus Christ like a public school drop out who cannot express himself.
We are supposed to believe that the Scofield bible (written and rewritten by Oxford University Press from 1921 on) is needed to interpret Jesus lack of expression. How insulting to God. Oxford Press and Pharisaic Christian leaders should tremble in fear if they indeed believe He is God. Traditional Christians (as well as Muslims as we understand them) believe Jesus was describing the "narrow path" to heaven.
Jesus words are easy to understand, but difficult to follow toward the Strait Gate. Oxford deliberately subverted the meaning of Jesus' analogy of the sheep and goats by italicized sub-headings. Schofield also claimed Christian conversion while doing time for forgery. Pastors who accept Oxford's deliberate abuse of Jesus words belong in the street, if not in jail with Scofield's ghost.
Oxford press sets out to convince the reader that Jesus changed the subject from what He said he was talking about, heaven and hell, to the "second coming" at his "return to earth" or Armageddon scheme by adding the above line of italics between the verses. We are to believe that Jesus was finished with heaven and hell and switched subjects without warning, to talking about "Christ's return to earth" popularly fictionalized as "the end times."
Together sub-heading and footnotes complete the terrible forgery of God's words. Without the sub-heading there is no reason to think Jesus changed the subject...he is still talking about his heaven in the sheep and goats story. Obviously, Oxford has a problem with Jesus words so it vetoed what Jesus said. This of course would make Jesus a liar to his own followers, but Oxford does not flinch at doing this.
Follow Christ, reject "Christianity"
15 September, 2007
The evangelical churches stated reason for attacking Islam is Muslim "militancy." The Christian Right's leaders managed to read far enough into a Qur'an to find passages about conflict with other tribes in the 7th Century when the book was scribed. Islamic militancy is the standard line of defense by dispensationalist pastors. They learn from the successful patterns of their Celebrity Christian mentors.
The more aggressive Celebrity Christians now use the term "Islamic fascists" a new favorite fad term at the "Christians United for Israel" first "Washington-Israel Summit" as Dan Jennejohn reported:
"Amidst plenty of the celebratory song and dance usually associated with evangelical meetings and a three-course meal was served to over 2,000 attendees, a series of prominent religious and political speakers got up to promise unquestioning support for the state of Israel."
No evangelical I have ever met admits that he is at open war against Islam, it is always Islam who is the aggressor, and he is acting out of enlightened self-defense.
Pat Robertson told his "700 Club" audience that he traveled to northern Israel in a show of support for the Jewish state. In every modern case the battle is being fought on Muslim turf. Muslims were invaded first, not the other way around. Gaza, the West Bank, Iraq, Lebanon, Chechnya, Bosnia, Kosovo are a few good examples of Muslim holy wars where they were invaded, and every battle has been fought entirely on Muslim territory.
The World Trade Center is offered as an exception to the rule, but it is falling increasingly under question as history plays out the facts that have been denied to us. Today's Christian Right leaders expect the rest of us taxpayers to hire mercenary armies of Israelis and our own all paid military to kill Muslims for them.
"Christian" leaders like Pat Robertson amass huge fortunes and from politically favored NGO's (non-government organizations) to dip into the taxpayers' contributions when reconstruction time comes to Iraq and Palestine and Afghanistan. We pay for Pat's share of our mercenary armies, while he and John Hagee enjoy tax-exempt status at almost every level. At least the Muslims fight and die in there own wars on their own lands. For instance, Muslim Iraq, which is very poor indeed, has pledged 60 million dollars of its diminished oil revenue to support Hezbollah in Lebanon. . If Iraq gives the money it is Muslims sacrificing for Muslims, with a minority of non-Muslims who can scarcely object.
Conversely, the American Congress, under heavy lobbying pressure from the "Christian Right" and the Jewish AIPAC pledged $2400 million (2.4 billion dollars) in military aid annually to Israel. According to the polls about 85% of Americans still think they are in some way "Christians" but the leaders of the churches who do the lobbying for war are virtually 100% exempt from payment of property and income taxes, state and federal, so Celebrity Christians do not participate in the cost of the wars they enable. We American non tax-exempt taxpayers pay for the wars of the Christian Right, fought on Muslim soil.
Conversion of the hungry and orphans, by offering food with prayers attached, is no different than conversion by the sword, which "Christians" accuse Islam of doing.
What makes some "Christians" so bloodthirsty toward Muslims?
"Israel is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy," therefore, "Christians" feel they must support the prime enemy of Islam, Israel. "Christianity" has become associated with Christian-Zionism, an American invention. Jesus would challenge it, as he challenged the Pharisees of his day. Christ-followers do not hate or kill, "Christians" do.
The Beginning of the End of Christian Zionism
10 September, 2007
A lady named Sue called saying she is a bible prophesy researcher for a Christian group and discovered Project Strait Gate while researching John Hagee. She was excited to learn we confront him. Why? She said we are in the Bible, prophesied in the book of Revelations, in conflict with John Hagee who is a "False Prophet." One could get a head rush from finding oneself in the Bible, even if not by name. Sue wanted to talk about all kinds of wonderful and frightening prophesies about the end times. It seems her purpose was not to join us in our work, but to educate us about our importance. After a few minutes of polite listening I excused myself without learning our place in history. There is just too much to do trying to get there. We are busy working and Sue's group is wrapped up in writing and talking about future events, so I thanked Sue and moved on.
On that very same day a newsletter from a friend, analyzing the letter 34 "Evangelical" pastors who recently wrote to President Bush standing up against his blanket support of Israel, right or wrong. Project Strait Gate is all about seeing pastors change, it is the result we work for, the pot at the end of our rainbow. Here in part is what the 34 said:
"As evangelical Christians, we embrace the biblical promise to Abraham: "I will bless those who bless you." (Genesis 12:3). And precisely as evangelical Christians committed to the full teaching of the Scriptures, we know that blessing and loving people (including Jews and the present State of Israel) does not mean withholding criticism when it is warranted. Perhaps the best way we can bless Israel is to encourage her to remember, as she deals with her neighbor Palestinians, the profound teaching on justice that the Hebrew prophets proclaimed so forcefully as an inestimably precious gift to the whole world."
I, of course, applaud the 34 Pastors trained in the dispensational school to think as John Hagee and thousands like him who have reject his conclusions. This is a part of the "great turning" from the age of dispensational heresy. The 34 are truly a revolt from within the roots of Christian Zionism. But in reading the statement the 34 pastors made I have a question for them.
Why are they still "evangelicals?" If one DOES NOT believe he is commanded by God to support the political state of Israel, and DOES NOT believe he will be cursed for failing to do so, as seminary students are taught from Scofield References Bibles, then why be a dispensationalist ("Evangelical")? After all, dispensationalism is about Israel and has Israel at its root and core belief, which is why its hard-liners like Hagee and hundreds of others now proudly label themselves "Christian Zionists. They are proud to put Israel first, ahead of American and perhaps ahead of Jesus Christ as the "fulfillment of prophecy." Without Israel dispensationalism is an empty bag.
Conversely, if one believes his obligation is to follow Christ's teachings, as we find them in His words, and if one is willing to be judged accordingly by Christ as he said (be it heaven or hell, whatever hell is), then it also should not matter to that person if there is an "end times" now, in the future or never. What difference if there is a battle of Armageddon, rapture, a rebuilt Jewish Temple, or any of the other dispensational trappings in earthbound prophesies? Jesus says nothing about an allegiance to any political unit then or now, and telling the truth about Israel, and everything else, is part of His rules. Furthermore, if following Christ is the formula to secure heaven for the faithful, as Jesus told His followers, then what difference does it make if there is a rapture, a new Jewish temple, or a red heifer to be sacrificed there? And if it matters not, why would Sue or the 34 Pastors waste a single moment of time in speculation over Armageddon, left behind, or any of the dispensational questions? Why spend time researching prophecies if political Israel is not in it? Could it be that vanity tweaks us to look for our own type in the Bible?
One whose life goal becomes following Christ on the "narrow path", hopefully toward the "strait gate" would seem to be traditional Christian under the standards set by the original dozen or two who falteringly followed Jesus. They managed without Scofield Reference Bibles, TV evangelists, or even church buildings to meet in. Christian Zionism, Mormonism, and all the other "ism" cults that claim to make themselves important by supposedly unraveling God's plan for other people, would be irrelevant if more pastors recognized that none of these prophesies, and fantasies should logically matter to Christ following believers.
The "if it does not matter, don't bother with it" Christ following seems to negate the need for brainy and intellectual studies of the bible, nor is there much need for good commentaries to counteract the bad commentaries on the end times.
This author had the unique experience of hearing our mission defined in two words, restoring Christianity, by a perceptive Muslim cleric who heard me explain Oxford University Press' contribution to Christian Zionism four year ago. Indeed We Hold These Truths' mission is about restoring Christianity; however it might be better to say we are trying to do our part to rescue Christianity from suicide by explaining where it has been misled to follow Christian Zionism. I now know that this goal is possible; if 34 dispensational scholars can reject Christian Zionism there is no reason the rest cannot do the same.
Chaos and Confusion
05 September, 2007
Senator J. Williams Fulbright, Chairman of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated repeatedly in 1973, "Israel controls the U.S. Senate." Senator James G. Abourezk told reporters at Colorado Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner where he was a keynote speaker in 1977, "as a United States Senator, I have sworn an oath to uphold the government of the United States, but I never dreamed I would be required to swear allegiance to any other government." He continued, "The United States is likely to become, if it has not already become, a captive state of its client state." Senator Fulbright was driven from office by the very lobby he tried to expose, a testimony to the power of the Israeli lobby (Senator Abourezk served only one term).
Former President George Bush admitted in an interview on the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's January 1999 documentary "Fifty Years War: Israel & the Arabs" that he had been threatened and intimidated when, prior to the 1992 election, he considered withholding a $10 billion dollar loan guaranty to the State of Israel. He describe his intimidator as an agent of "AIPAC...a very powerful Israeli lobby", Mr. Bush stated he was threatened with an "end to his political career" However, his interview omits one even more incredible detail: that later in 1992 President Bush quietly approved that very same loan.
Senator Charles Percy, a successor to Fulbright as Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, stated in a public debate on 60 Minutes in 1998, "I finally reached a point where I saw our foreign policy totally turned around with the Muslim World-2.2 billion people. Can Israel and the Prime Minister have more power than Congress?" Under Secretary of State and Ambassador to the United Nations, George Ball stated, "Practically every congressman and senator says his prayers to the AIPAC lobby...they have done an enormous job of corrupting the American democratic process." The Israeli Lobby rewarded Percy for objecting to massive foreign military aid to Israel by being driven from Congress.
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