Des Griffin's Newsletter - March 2009
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 Dear Friends:
The United States has come a long, long way since the days of President Roosevelt’s “New Deal” of the 1930s and Lyndon Johnson’s “Great Society” and “Welfare State” of the 1960s. Unfortunately for the overall well-being of our nation, that “long way” has been in a strictly Southbound direction. Now, more that forty years after LBJ’s departure and after more than fifty years of liberal fiscal lunacy, America is left in a state that is very far from “great.” Our future “welfare” lies in the international emergency room on life support. Regrettably for the long-suffering and deathly ill patient, the “surgeons” and other emergency “experts” entrusted to dealing with the ever-deepening economic crisis have, in unison, decided to deal with a few of the severe symptoms while completely ignoring the real causes of the crisis. They can certainly hear all the alarm bells ringing, and can read all the relevant charts that correctly diagnose the serious nature of all the symptoms. They have, however, chosen to turn a blind eye to what caused them. It should be obvious that all symptoms are but warning signs of some other serious causal factors. Recognizing the principle of cause and effect (there can be no effect without a basic cause), it should be obvious to all thinking people that — long-term — it can be deadly to treat only the symptoms while ignoring the true cause or causes of those symptoms. For anyone to pursue an Advair-like approach (it “helps to prevent symptoms”) can be a very foolish move. Are many people so dumb as to be unable to understand that symptoms are, in almost every area of life, warning signs that something is wrong and needs to be dealt with immediately? If ignored, the existing condition will probably manifest itself in more acute, possibly deadly forms. Cause and effect!
“DOCTORS AND EMERGENCY PERSONNEL”
If we pursue the medical analogy a little further, we can see that — in that sense — the political “surgeons” and “emergency room personnel” on Capitol Hill have blatantly violated both their public Oath of Office and — as “doctors” and “emergency personnel” — their Hippocratic Oath to,
“Keep the good of the patient at the highest priority... I will prescribe remedies for the good of my patients... If I keep this
oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life ... respected by all men at all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the
reverse be my lot...”
By deliberately and maliciously ignoring both the numerous causes of the crisis and the obvious affects of failure to take the drastic curative remedies needed, they are, at the very least, guilty of gross malpractice and dereliction of duty. Individually and collectively, they must be held directly responsible for their actions or lack thereof.
One politician in our nation’s capital who has spoken out fearlessly on this issue is Congressman Ron Paul. You may remember that, during the presidential debates of 2008, Dr. Ron Paul was the only candidate who spoke out strongly on the money issue — stressing the need for fiscal responsibility and a return to Constitutional money (gold and silver, Article I, Section 10) if we are to survive as an independent nation. It’s interesting that a medical doctor who has a flawless record of medical service in his home state of Texas, should be the one to come forward with a true solution to our nation’s current financial “disease.” Unless the United States returns to Lawful, Constitutional money and makes the numerous other massive changes required to restore our nation to both political and fiscal health, the “patient” will most certainly die from the political and financial “diseases” that have run wild in the body politic in recent decades.
“NOTHING WRONG”
These events remind this writer of a traumatic experience he personally went through more than fifty years ago. While living in Birmingham, in the British midlands, he suffered a slipped disk that necessitated a few weeks in hospital. However, within six months his back became increasingly painful. As something was obviously wrong, he sought additional medical assistance. At the recommendation of his doctor, he sought further “professional” help — being supposedly examined and x-rayed by some of the best-known medical experts in that second most populace British city. He was assured there was “nothing wrong.” It was even suggested that he might even be “making it all up.”
After struggling to “keep going” for another month while on heavy pain-killing medication, he decided to take some time off work and go back to Ireland to visit his family. A few days later, at the urging of family members, he visited a “small country doctor” who resided in a nearby town and worked out of an office in his home. After asking numerous questions and conducting a thorough physical examination (but without taking any x-rays) the doctor paced his office for a few minutes while in deep thought. He then turned to his patient and gravely declared, “You’re going to hospital right away. You’ve got TB of the spine ... your spine is in the process of collapsing ... you must go to a hospital immediately.”
That country doctor was spot on with his assessment and diagnosis. Hospital examinations proved that conclusively. According to information provided by the Department of Medicine at Northeastern Universities College of Medicine, the basic problem was caused by complications from the slipped disc. “The tubercle bacillus begins its destruction in cancellous [cavitied] bone and eventually extends to adjacent vertebra via the disc space... In the advanced stages of the disease, progressive vertebral collapse occurs.” That, in essence, is exactly what happened.
Particularly as a result of lack of due diligence (or worse) on the part of a number of individuals who were officially acknowledged as “experts” and “specialists,” the recognizable symptoms were ignored or overlooked with very severe consequences. Thankfully, the correct diagnosis of the problem was made by a insignificant country doctor who knew his business. He was able to immediately put his finger on the problem and was thus responsible for taking care of a situation that could otherwise have proven catastrophic.
After being admitted to a hospital in Dublin, this writer was placed in a plaster cast for several months while a huge abscess (about the size of a grapefruit and “as hard as a rock”) in his lower spinal area was allowed to relax and soften up to the point it could be drained and the problem dealt with surgically. In the interim, he had to take about 50 different tablets each day. These contained various drugs designed to counteract the tuberculosis in his spine. When, after several months he developed severe symptoms of “overdosing,” many of these drugs were eliminated. After some six months of forced inactivity, a surgeon — in a lengthy operation — removed the diseased sections of three or four vertebra, and grafted in replacement bone from his hip. Four months later, after x-rays showed that the bone fusions had “taken,” he slowly began to undergo physiotherapy. This consisted of specially planned physical exercises designed to restore maximum movement and functional ability in his back and lower extremities. This was followed a little later, by sitting on the edge of his bed for short periods. Slowly, this was extended to standing on the floor for a few minutes at a time, then later walking a few steps while being supported by a couple of members of the staff. As he regained strength in his legs, these exercise periods were slowly extended to five, ten and fifteen minutes at a time. Finally, after fourteen months in hospital he was released to convalesce or recover further at home. Even then recovery was very slow, with ongoing trouble resulting in swollen knees and ankles. His muscles had to gradually recover strength after ten months plus of virtual inactivity. Total recovery took about another year.
Since that time — some fifty years ago — there have been no recurring problems, and he enjoys excellent health. Thanks to the alertness of that vigilant country doctor, what could have ended catastrophically turned out remarkably well. In fact, the whole experience turned out to be a blessing in disguise. As the name of the surgeon who performed the lengthy operation was Mr. Sugars, it was in some respects a “sweet experience.” Being “out of circulation” for close to two years greatly altered his perspective on life. It helped him sort out and prioritize a number of basic realities that had previously escaped his notice. Those “adjustments” ultimately led to the writing of Fourth Reich of the Rich, Descent Into Slavery?, Storming the Gates of Hell, and three other books.
DIAGNOSING AMERICA’S DISEASE
This writer’s experience with TB of the spine, and the initial diagnostic errors made by medical “experts” at a top British medical facility, are somewhat analogous to what has happened on the political and financial scenes in the United States in recent years.
Following World War II the United States was “on top of the world” — a giant among the pygmies in every sense of that term. America had everything going for her. The sky appeared to be the limit.
Although the United States had endured many “aches and pains” since its birth nearly two centuries earlier, it was still healthy in most respects. Multiple millions worldwide looked to “the States” for leadership. Metaphorically speaking however, America slipped a number of discs during the 1950s and 1960s — spiritually, socially, politically, and financially. Each, in turn, sapped the vitality of the nation making it increasingly vulnerable to other deadly viruses.
Throughout the 1950s most Americans clung to the basic laws and principles upon which the Republic was built — those based on the Ten Commandments. These came under ever-increasing attack during the decades that followed. These assaults on our foundational principles manifested themselves in the widespread propagation through the “educational” system and establishment media of the new religion of Secular Humanism. This is the diabolical dogma that Christianity — based on belief in a Creator, Life-giving, Law-giving and sustaining God is a fanciful myth, and that collective man — in the form of the State — is the sole arbiter of what is right and what is wrong. Christianity, says The Humanist Manifesto, is an “unproved and outmoded faith.” Secular Humanism declares that man is his own god and is thus capable of creating his own Utopia. We could follow the destructiveness of this insanity down many paths but, due to space constraints, will concentrate on only one — money!
BIBLICALLY-BASED MONEY SYSTEM
One of the primary strengths of our Constitutional Republic was its biblically-based money system: Article 1, Section 10 of the Constitution declared that, “No State shall ... make any Thing but gold and silver a Tender of Payment of Debts....”
Knowing and understanding their world history, and clearly learning from its many lessons, our Founding Fathers recognized that only biblical money (gold and silver, see Genesis 23:9,10,15,16; 37:28, Acts 3:6, and Matthew 26:15) could bring the new nation true prosperity. As Thomas Jefferson famously declared, “I place economy among the first and most important of republican values, and public debt as the greatest danger to be feared ... I am for government rigorously frugal and simple...” This basic overview held true in political circles for some 125 years. In 1913 however, following a deliberate, banker-created financial crisis, and as the result of massive political deception, a greatly depleted Congress (most members had gone home for the Christmas break) was persuaded to pass the Federal Reserve Act, December 23,1913. It was incorporated the following year. The alleged “need” for a central bank [the fifth plank of the Communist Manifesto] was sold to the gullible American public under the claim that it would create a “better ... safer system.” The exact opposite was true. The Fed is a privately-owned banking monopoly. In the words of the late Congressman Louis T. McFadden, it is owned by a “dark crew of financial pirates ... which prey upon the people of these United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign customers.”
FED ... A DEADLY VIRUS
In medical terms, the creation of the Fed was analogous to a deadly virus being deliberately injected into the American body politic. Congressman Charles Lindbergh and others recognized it as such and cried out in alarm — but to no avail. Over the last 95 years, like the tubercle bacillus mentioned above, the Fed virus has been silently pursuing its deadly path of destruction in a generally unnoticed manner. Its devastating effects have long since extended to virtually every part of the body politic. Progressively, the once strong and reliable financial skeletal structure of “Uncle Sam” has been completely compromised. In the words of the top medical authority quotes above, America’s financial backbone has been systematically destroyed and we are now “in the advanced stages of the disease, (and) progressive vertebral collapse (is) occur(ing).” Under the “expert” guidance of “dark crew of financial pirates ... which prey upon the people of the United States for the benefit of themselves and their foreign customers,” America’s once renowned financial backbone has turned to jelly.
As was the case when this writer was examined by the “medical experts” in Britain who failed to rightly diagnose the TB of the spine, America’s top “financial experts” have mis-diagnosed the disease. They are dealing with the acute symptoms of that affliction instead of zeroing in the cause of the effects with which we are all surrounded. As in the earlier illustration, it was another small country doctor — this time Dr. Ron Paul — who rightly diagnosed the symptoms and recommended radical economic “surgery.” This, alone, can restore America to financial health: abolish the private-owned “Federal” Reserve System and return to lawful, Constitutional money.
Let’s establish some hard economic facts as published in the 1996 Annual Report of the Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia: “When the [privately-owned] Federal Reserve was established in 1913, inflation was not the problem it became... The nation was on the gold standard and the purchasing power of money was about what it was 30 years earlier or, for that matter, 100 years before. The gold standard [biblically-based, Constitutional money] restricted inflation by requiring that money created by the U.S. Treasury be backed by gold.” Prior to the establishment of the Fed — when real, lawful, Constitutional money was “king” — America exploded economically. By 1913 America had grown to become a world power to be reckoned with. The international bankers, working through their political hirelings on Capitol Hill, deliberately grafted their Fed virus onto the American body politic in order to destroy us. Their goal was to use our nation as a major tool in creating their long-planned new world order. History records that the bankers and their agents have manipulated us into our present state of imminent collapse through a long series of strategic moves. Following the created stock market crash of 1929, and the arrival of Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930s, they slowly began to Socialize the United States. These efforts accelerated greatly under Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society and resultant Welfare State in the 1960s. Both were designed to revolutionize America by turning it from a wealthy, biblically-based Republic [in which biblical law was the basis of the judicial and economic systems] into a debt-laden Socialist “democracy” [in which hidden controllers make the rules and produce massive amounts of worthless “funny money” to finance their hidden agenda, and bury us in unpayable debt]. As a recent headline in Newsweek declared, “We Are All Socialists Now.”
As Alan Greenspan plainly revealed in the 1960s, such fiscal insanity can only result in a national catastrophe. “The abandonment of the gold standard [lawful money in 1933] made it possible ... to use the banking system to a means of unlimited expansion of credit... In the absence of gold, there is no way to protect savings from confiscation through inflation. There is no safe store of value... This is the shabby secret of the welfare statists’ tirade against gold. Deficit spending is simply a scheme for the hidden confiscation of wealth.” As Ayn Rand, Greenspan’s mentor, stated so clearly, “Whenever destroyers appear among men, they start destroying gold money, for it is man’s protection and the base of a moral existence. Destroyers seize gold and leave to its owners a counterfeit pile of paper. This kills all objective standards and delivers men into the arbitrary power of the arbitrary setters of values. Gold is an objective value, and an equivalent of wealth produced. Paper money [irredeemable Fed notes] is a mortgage on wealth that does not exist, backed by guns aimed at those who are expected to produce. Paper money is a check drawn by legal looters upon an account that is not theirs: upon the virtue of the victims. Watch for the day when it bounces marked ‘account overdrawn.’ Do not expect them to remain moral and become fodder for the immoral. Do not expect them to produce when production is punished and looting rewarded. Do not ask who is destroying the world. You are!”
ABANDONED LAWFUL MONEY
When the treacherous Johnson administration and a compliant Congress finally abandoned lawful money in 1968, financial advisor C.V. Myers stated that they had set in motion a “steamroller of destruction.” He was right. Having abandoned the only true value of monetary worth, the Democrats (Liberals/Socialists) ran hog wild with their welfare state programs. Many “republicans” offered only token resistence. These programs ignited the flames of inflation with high octane fuel. In what was nothing less than an indescribable political Ponzi scheme, their extreme fiscal permissiveness and irresponsibility terminally compromised the financial structure of our nation. An almost nonexistent national debt began to skyrocket. By 1990, it was more than $3 Trillion. By 1993, it had reached $5.7. By 2001, due to George W. Bush’s two wars and gigantic bank bailouts, the debt had doubled to $11 Trillion. By the arrival of the Obama administration any semblance of fiscal responsibility had long-since been abandoned. Due to deficit spending, which is simply a scheme for the hidden confiscation of wealth, individual taxpayers now owe an average of $36,000.
Although he promised “change... transparency ... and accountability” during his campaign, Obama has gone in the opposite direction. His policies are guaranteed to double (or worse!) the national debt and result in hyperinflation — thus destroying the once mighty dollar. No amount of financial “artificial resuscitation” (bailouts, etc) will alter that fact. As stated on numerous occasions over the last 33 years, it has, all along, been the plan of the international bankers to demolish the United States and, with what amounts to a gigantic vacuum cleaner, suck up all the broken pieces into their bag. It will amount to national foreclosure. They plan to “repossess” America and figuratively tow it away into their Luciferian new world order.
Remember, as always, we are in a spiritual battle. Ultimately, those plans will be brought to nought (See Storming the Gates of Hell page 5), but in the meantime the going is going to get rough.
Hang in there!
Best Wishes, Des Griffin
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