Special Alert Newsletter -Nov/Dec 2010
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 Dear Friends:
“The thing that has been, is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). When one grasps the simple, ultimately undeniable truth embodied in those 29 easy-to-read, easy-to-understand words they are well on their way to solving many of the supposedly “imponderable” questions with which we are faced as individuals as we make our way through life. [The word “imponderable” is defined thus: “That which cannot undergo precise evaluation ... a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed...”] If one accepts that definition as a “given,” one may as well throw their hands up in despair and forget about the possibility of making any significant progress in their quest to understand those things that are supposedly “imponderable.” This would, of course, put us in a position where we could be much more easily manipulated and controlled by those who are touted as “experts” who supposedly know what is best for the peasants.
Shortly after writing Fourth Reich of the Rich in 1976, this writer was approached by George Johnson, a reporter from the Minneapolis Star. Johnson said he was writing a series of articles on the “conspiracy theory of history” and would like an interview. The resultant articles were later turned into a book, Architects of Fear: Conspiracy Theories and Paranoia in American Politics. In 1983 it was published by Jeremy P. Tarcher, Los Angeles. On page 14, Johnson explained he was “a pluralist who believes there are many possible ways to explain reality, and as a secular humanist who believes that knowledge discovered by humans must take precedence over the biblical words of God... I was considered by members of many of the groups I studied to be an enemy. As a representative of the press, which champions a pluralistic, secural view, I was often eyed with suspicion.” [“Humanism is a philosophical, religious ... point of view as old as human civilization itself... the moral values of which derive their source from human experience. Ethics is autonomous, needing no theological or ideological sanction... [H]umanists believe that ... faith in a prayer-hearing God ... is an unproved and outmoded faith... Reasonable minds look for other means of survival... [T]raditional dogmatic or authoritarian religions that place revelation, God, ritual, or creed above human needs and experience do a disservice to the human species... We strive for the good life, here and now... All persons should have a voice in developing their values and goals that determine their lives...” (Humanist Manifestos 1 & 2, pgs. 3,13,15,19)]
When, in 1983, this writer received a copy of Johnson’s book he read whole sections of it while still at the post office. Some of the passages elicited hearty laughter. That is still the case all these many years later. We read, “In the face of such uncertainty, conspiracy theorists like Des Griffin remain undaunted. He is certain he has found a grand system to account for the turmoil he believes surrounds him: an economy wrecked by inflation [that was 1983!], a morality corrupted by the sexual revolution, an America that has lost prestige abroad and is becoming more socialistic every day.
“‘To most people,’ he wrote in his book, Fourth Reich of the Rich, ‘the whole world is a jumbled mess of conflicting and confusing ideologies without rhyme or reason — or purpose! That is true — ON THE SURFACE!’
“But Griffin believes he has seen through the veil, and glimpsed the workings of the machine. ‘Did we fall accidentally into our present hideous national trauma — or were we deliberately pushed?’ he wrote. ‘Did it come about as a consequence of degeneracy or as the result of a CONSPIRACY?’
“The answer, he believes, is obvious. In the mechanical world Griffin takes for granted, accidents don’t happen. He is fond of quoting Gary Allen’s right-wing classic, None Dare Call It Conspiracy: ‘If we were merely dealing with the law of averages half the events affecting our nation’s well-being should be good for America. If we were dealing with mere coincidence, our leaders should occasionally make a mistake in our favor. We ... are not dealing with coincidence or stupidity, but with planning and brilliance.’”
Referring to the Luciferian Illuminati, the most secret of the secret societies and the main force behind the move to create a new world order, Johnson is condemnatory: “Griffin’s books capture this myth in painstaking detail... Des Griffin is tired of being ignored. For years he sat back and watched the world listen to the experts — the technocrats and intellectuals who said they had the answers: ‘You’ve got shrinks, psychiatrists, penal experts,’ Griffin complained. ‘If experts were the answer, we’d have a model society. But marriages are breaking apart, the economy is in turmoil ... Obviously something is wrong.’”
Johnson continued: “He resents the implication that the world is supposed to be too complicated for a self-taught man like Des Griffin to fathom. The complexity, he believes, is a smoke screen, a conspiracy to hide the truth... ‘I believe virtually everything is plain, simple, logical, understandable,’ Griffin said. ‘If it isn’t it can’t be any good.’ There is good and there is evil. Learn to distinguish them, he believes, and you won’t need leaders to tell you what to do...” (Architects of Fear, pgs. 67-72).
This writer still gets a good laugh just reading those quotes again after all those years.
After the more than 34 years that have elapsed since he wrote the words quoted by Johnson, he has only become even more convinced than ever of their veracity. Having simply recorded what he saw taking place on the world scene in the light of what he read in history books, he merely submitted his documented findings to a candid world. The number of people willing to acknowledge the reality of what was taking place in America were few and far between. The truth was too “fantastic” and “unbelievable” for widespread acceptance. The situation hasn’t changed appreciably in the intervening years. He remembers that in the late 1970s a California publication condemned him as a “pornographer of paranoia.” But that was alright. He realized that, ultimately, reality always trumps the vain protestations of those who initially choose to deny it. As Winston Churchill once observed, “Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across the truth. Most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened.” True! But it has been said that the wonderful thing about reality is that “once a bell has been rung it cannot be ‘unrung.’ The annoying problem with the truth is that, once you learn it, you cannot ‘unlearn’ it.”
In every sphere of human activity — be it political, economic, or spiritual — when the bright light of truth and reality begins to “dawn,” it has a wonderful way of changing one’s perception of what this world is all about. “The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end there it is — the truth” (Churchill). Or, as Henry Ford, the great automobile pioneer, observed, “The truth frequently seems unreasonable, the truth frequently is depressing; the truth sometimes seems to be evil; but it has the eternal advantage; it is the truth, and what is built thereon neither brings nor yields to confusion.”
HUMAN NATURE IS A CONSTANT
One of the basic realities of the human experience is that human nature is a constant. It never truly changes, except as a result of divine intervention. Looking back over some 6,000 years of recorded history, it would be foolish to challenge that simple fact. Yet most attempt to do just that!
As philosopher George Santayana declared, echoing similar observations by such “greats” as Aristotle and Socrates, those who fail to learn the lessons of history are condemned to repeat them. What does this indicate? Certainly a degree of mental unsoundness — a malady found in the hearts and minds of all too many who pride themselves on their perceived intelligence. Maybe Albert Einstein was on to something when he defined insanity as “making the same mistakes over and over again while expecting different results each time.” Upon reflection, that succinct analysis would seem to cover virtually all the bases in the human experience.
THE ‘CON’ IS ALWAYS ON
In many ways it can be truthfully observed that, in the world in general, the ‘con’ is always on. A recent article by Gary North zeroed in on this unfortunate reality: “You can’t cheat an honest man” — Mordecai Jones. Jones was a character in The Flim-Flam Man, a 1967 movie starring George C. Scott. Jones was a small-time con man who roamed the rural South cheating people out of their money — not much money, but little chunks.
“You might call his scheme “making it small with little scams.
“He was poor. He would sometimes live in an abandoned freight car. He had nothing to show for his life. But he liked his lifestyle. He would cheat people by persuading them that they were cheating him. ‘You can sell a man anything if he thinks its stolen,’ he told his naive young recruit. Then he would sell them junk at stolen goods prices.
“He was a total cynic. He thought he could con anyone, because he believed that everyone was a cheat, just as he was. ‘Greed’s my line. And 13-carat ignorance. They never let you down’.
“PONZI SCHEMES: Bernie Madoff was a big-city Mordecai Jones. He persuaded rich people — mostly Jews — that he could bring them above-market returns. They would get richer effortlessly. He sold them on something for nothing. They got nothing for something. He ran a Ponzi scheme. The longer it went on the larger the stakes were.
“Medicare is a Ponzi scheme. Everyone who looks at the numbers knows this, especially the trustees. Social Security is a Ponzi scheme. The government knew that in 1935...” (DailyReckoning.com 11/19/10).
EVEN IN THE GARDEN, ‘THE CON WAS ON’
And so the beat goes on, month after month, year after year, century after century. “The thing that has been, is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 1:9). Question: When will we ever learn?
Ever since “that old serpent ... Satan, which deceives the whole world” conned Eve into believing the lie that she and her husband could become “as gods” by submitting to his will (Revelation 12:9; Genesis 3:1-7) mankind as a whole has fallen for so many lies that the human species is left inextricably mired down in such an abundance of twisted human “reasoning” that it is far beyond any hope of human redemption. Eve looked at the “fruit” with which Satan enticed her. When she “saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eye, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the tree and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat” (Genesis 3:1-7). In other words, the proposition looked really appetizing. It appealed to all her physical senses. And she fell for it hook, line and sinker! Adam followed suit.
To confirm the fact that fallen man, with his carnal, fleshly mind, is “deceitful above all things and desperately wicked” (Jeremiah 17:9), consider Adam’s response after his eyes had been opened to the fact that he had allowed himself to be duped and was now spiritually and physically “naked.” It’s a real gem! Did he take responsibility? No way! Like every mortal human being since the fall, he passed the buck: He was asked, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree?” His reply: “The woman whom you (God) gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat” — God, you’re responsible for all my problems (Genesis 3:12). Then, how did Eve react when confronted with reality? She followed her husband’s not so sterling example. When asked, What is this that you have done?, she also passed the buck. “The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat”(v.13)
Has anything in society really changed over the last 6,000 years? No, except maybe in the sophistication of mankind’s excuse-making techniques. If this were not true, how would a smooth operator — a man who can’t produce his birth certificate, his passport, his college records, and who was sold to the gullible American public as the one who would “change” America and save us from our many perils — become president of the United States? Go figure!
“The thing that has been, is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under heaven” (Ecclesiastes 1:9)
We need to be constantly aware of the fact that when we build our lives on false premises (“first propositions on which rest the subsequent reasoning... in logic, the two first propositions of a syllogism from which the inference or conclusion is drawn” — Webster, 1828) we will invariably reach false conclusions. Hence 6,000 years of human history resulting in little other than blood, toil, tears, and sweat. In computerese, it’s garbage in, garbage out.
ARE YOU SOPHISTICATED?
Modern society prides itself on its ultra “sophistication.” That is both interesting and revealing, particularly in light of the dictionary definition of that word. Webster’s American Dictionary of the English Language (1828) defines sophistication as: “The act of adulteration; a counterfeiting or debasing the purity of something by a foreign admixture; adulteration.” Webster further defines a “sophist” as “a captious or fallacious reasoner.” That would certainly apply to most Americans in 2010.
Especially over the last half century, it would appear that most of the important decisions made by our leaders have been based on captious and fallacious reasoning — and not on the principles upon which the famed American Republic was based. If there is one thing that dominates today’s “sophisticated” society it is its massive adulteration of truth and reality, its counterfeiting and debasing of the basic principles upon which it was originally founded, and its captious or fallacious reasoning in almost every field of human endeavor. It reminds this writer of the famous words of the Old Testament prophet Jeremiah when he tried in vain to warn the people of ancient Israel about what would happen to them if they didn’t repent and straighten out their collective act. “A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land. The prophets prophesy falsely ... and my people love to have it so: and what will you do in the end thereof?” (Jeremiah 5:31)
Accurate observation! Excellent question! Yes, all too many Americans appear to love their “13-carat ignorance,” while priding themselves on their presumed intelligence. Yes, what will be the end thereof?
True, there are signs that some Americans may be starting to wake up to the gravity of the situation in which their nation finds itself. Perhaps a few million of the people who are loosely known as “Tea Partiers” are finally beginning to get the message. They want to drastically change the direction in which our Ship of State is being steered.
For constitutionalists, that objective should be their number one priority. But most of these people seem blithely unaware of the fact that many groups that pose as their friends are, in fact, marching under a false banner. Instead of being true to their profession, most of these supposedly “friendly” organizations have been set up and financed by the opposition to go through the motions of being opposed to what is happening. Their real purpose is to unproductively spin their wheels and waste precious time and money without actually achieving anything in the way of true change.
As we have pointed out on numerous occasions in this AlertNewsletter and in Midnight Messenger, the two main political parties have long-since sold out to the powers-that-be who want to merge the United States into a Godless new world order. Although they may appear to say many of the right things, they have no intention of doing the right thing as far as the future of our nation — as a sovereign entity — is concerned. As Dr. Carroll Quigley pointed out on page 1248 of his 1966 book, Tragedy and Hope, except for “details of procedure, priority or method,” both the Democrats and RepubliCONs are virtually identical.
As documented in both Fourth Reich of the Rich and Descent Into Slavery?, the plan to create a new world order dates back to Nimrod’s founding of the Babylonian System on the Plain of Shinar (Genesis, chapters 10 and 11). It is Satanic in nature, and designed to helplessly enslave humanity in what Dr. Quigley describes as a “system ... controlled in a feudal fashion by the central banks of the world...” (p.324).
Your Bible tells us that, since the fall, Satan has been the “god of this world ... (who) has blinded the minds of them that believe not.” He has “deceived the whole world” (II Corinthians 4:4; Revelation 12:9). Because of this, we presently “wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness (or wicked spirits) in high places” (Ephesians 6:12). This demonic hierarchy rules the nations of the world, and is striving to fulfil its goal that was first conceived by Nimrod in Babylon (See, Fourth Reich, pgs. 20-27). This bid to create an allegedly “utopian” global society is the manifestation of a massive psychopathic Satanic delusion. It is doomed to end ignominiously. Scripture reveals that this is all part of God’s overall plan.
The fate of Satan’s plot was sealed as a result of Christ’s crucifixion and subsequent resurrection. Satan and his minions were active in events leading up to Christ’s crucifixion, but his resurrection and glorification came as a complete and shattering surprise. “Which none of the princes of this world knew; for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory” (I Corinthians 2:8).
Scripture further reveals that, in our Creator’s own good time, “[A]t the name of Jesus every knee (shall) bow, of things in heaven, and things on earth ... and that every tongue (shall) confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” (Philippians 2:10-11; Romans 14:11).
“Let God be true, but every man a liar” (Romans 3:4).
Best Wishes,
Des Griffin
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