Sunday, November 8, 2009

Two Steps Away From The Dictocracy

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

America On The Brink... - Is National Suicide Patriotic?


There are many today who see the unusual events that are even now causing the world to take notice of the diabolical happenings that raise the blood levels of millions of people around the world. America has been attacked. We are engaged in a seemingly endless struggle against dark forces that never tire of inflicting their torment upon the globe. People are now in fear and have started to hoard food, forcing stores to limit purchases. Today, the evil of the Culture of Death is pushing abortion on demand, gay marriage and euthanasia and a very blatant socialist agenda. These are all things that would have been inconceivable in a forgone day.


Recently, I spoke with one of my readers about how similar various sections of Nimrod Rising are to what actually happened on September 11, 2001. I agreed with her and then went on to tell her that even though the similarity is very great, the sections of Nimrod Rising about which she was speaking were actually written in 1996. Of course, she did not believe me, and I understand why it is difficult to accept such a revelation that seemed too far-fetched to accept when there are seemingly no answers. Yet, there are answers to why we now walk in concern and fear for what the world will face in the future and why it is happening.


What I have written and what we have seen come to pass are really not as difficult to predict as one might think. There are plenty of sources, both biblical and extra-biblical that have predicted the various actions that will face the world at a time of great calamity and change. What we face today is in reality nothing less than the birth pangs of a new world, one that will be free of terror and strife, one controlled by a benevolent despot who will restrain evil and build security for his people. Yet, just as a mother suffers great pain and hardship prior to holding her new little life in her arms, so also, the world will experience massive sorrow and will walk in the valley of death before peace and sanctuary are established on the Earth.



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Point Of No Return!

Just before the 2008 elections, the conservative economist and commentator Thomas Sowell warned that a Barack Obama presidency would prove a "point of no return" for America.





Why? Because once in power, Dr. Sowell explained, President Obama and the Democratic majorities in Congress would effect such radical changes in our nation's economy, legal structure and social fabric that there would be no rolling them back.



Today, we stand on the brink of Dr. Sowell's prediction coming true.


Consider the following...
WE ARE ON THE BRINK of a government takeover of the health care industry that will empower federal bureaucrats to make life-and-death decisions about your medical care -- a system certain to favor the politically well-connected over ordinary citizens, as it does in Canada -- and that will put all your private medical records in a government database (don't worry, they promise never to use them against you)

Enemies Of The State!





WE ARE ON THE BRINK because we have confirmed a Supreme Court nominee who believes that her own ethnic prejudices as a "wise Latina woman" are more important in deciding cases than our laws or Constitution -- a woman who has ruled that discrimination is just fine when practiced against white males





WE ARE ON THE BRINK of enacting "cap-and-trade" legislation that will cripple American competitiveness in the global economy, double home utility bills, add thousands to the cost of new cars, and cost U.S. workers an estimated 2.5 million jobs per year -- while doing next to nothing to impact a "global warming" problem that is largely fictitious to begin with


WE ARE ON THE BRINK of becoming a nation where a majority of citizens receive lavish government handouts and benefits but pay no federal income taxes -- while continuing to vote themselves still more benefits from the shrinking minority who do pay taxes (at ever more "progressive" rates)



We are on the brink, in short, of a revolutionary transformation of our system of government and our way of life -- one that will turn us into a European-style social-welfare state where only politicians, government bureaucrats, and their favored interests are able to thrive -- and where the only "liberty" that remains is the government's unlimited freedom to control every aspect of your life.


I ask you now, my friend: Would you want to live in such an America? Would you want to bequeath such an America to your children and grandchildren?

Neither would I. But guess what? We don't have to. Because believe me when I say...
It's NOT Too Late to Stop
This Nightmare

But we'll have to fight. And we'll have to pull together -- as conservatives, as patriots -- as never before.



Because make no mistake: Our would-be masters in Washington will stop at nothing to secure the power they've come to think of as theirs by divine anointing.





Already, they are using the full force of federal power to crush whatever opposition stands in their way. For instance:

• They fired AmeriCorps inspector general Gerald Walpin for blowing the whistle on the misuse of AmeriCorps funds by Kevin Johnson, the former NBA star who is now mayor of Sacramento, California and a prominent supporter of President Obama.

• They silenced the author of an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report that was skeptical of claims about global warming, including whether carbon dioxide must be strictly regulated by the federal government, on the eve of a vote on "cap and trade" legislation

• They abruptly "retired" longtime Amtrak Inspector General Fred Weiderhold just after he met with officials of the government-subsidized rail service to discuss evidence of its meddling in financial audits and probes.




And there is worse to come as they prepare to silence conservative talk-radio by reviving the Fairness Doctrine... and to enact "card check" laws that would expose anti-union workers to intimidation and harassment... and to pass the so-called Freedom of Choice Act to force pro-life medical professionals to refer patients for abortions.

 And who will stop them? The "watchdogs" of the mainstream media? The ACLU? Don't make me laugh.

But all is not lost -- far from it. For as bleak as things may seem right now, freedom of speech and of conscience is not dead in America. It's just gone underground...





... to The Conservative Underground -- where people like you and me are free to think, say, and believe whatever we wish, no matter what the forces of political correctness may have to say about it.





Here in The Conservative Underground, you're free to speak your mind even if...
• ... you don't believe that Barack Obama is the Second Coming of J.C. (unless that J.C. is Jimmy Carter)
 • ... you don't believe that man-made "global warming" is a proven fact -- much less an excuse for destroying the U.S. economy -- just because Al Gore says so, especially when hundreds of respected scientists publicly disagree with him

• ... you don't believe that the way back to prosperity in America lies in soaring tax rates and massive new spending programs that will add trillions to the federal deficit and eventually lead to runaway inflation

• ... you don't believe that power in America should be transferred from our duly elected representatives to a small army of unelected "czars" (over twenty, at last count) appointed by President Obama

• ... you don't believe that the U.S. Constitution is a "living document" that means whatever any Supreme Court majority declares it to mean
 • ... you do believe in all the old-fashioned virtues and principles -- such as faith, family, freedom, and self-reliance -- that made America great, and can help restore that greatness once again.


If those are the things you value most -- and that you think are still worth fighting for, no matter how bleak things may seem at the moment -- then let me be first to say...






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Patriot Acts by Steven Clark Bradley

Where is Patriot Acts available?

This new exciting novel is easy to find and available all over the net. Here are a few links to help you secure you own copy of Patriot Acts.

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I hope everyone who reads this will not just think
it is entertainment or the irrational rambling of a scared
American. I am not afraid; I am convinced that no one
will secure our future except us.
That is why I declare the main theme of Patriot Acts
in one key phrase:

No unconditional Talks – Just patriot Acts!


You can read more of
Steven Clark Bradley's
work at any of these blogs
listed below:


Steven worked a number of years in various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has been to 34 countries and has worked extensively with Kurdish refugees from Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Steven also established a school by correspondence for African students in the African countries of The Gambia and Senegal West Africa. He is the founder of a Cultural Center for refugees in France, where he lived for six years. Speaking fluently in French and in Turkish, Steven has been in 34 countries. Before returning to the United States in 1995, Steven worked as an instructor of English and Business skills for four years at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.



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Sunday, September 27, 2009

The Dark Side Of Patriotism - Does The State Own Your Kids?

The 'GIVE' Act (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education) Calls for Your Kids to be 'Owned' by the State.

Here is what President Barack Obama said when he was Candidate Barack Obama: “We cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."


Here is what he has planned and brought about since being elected: The House bill, H.R. 1388 is called the GIVE (Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education) Act. Patriotic Americans have been wondering how and when Obama would enforce a "National Civilian Security Force.” We are now seeing a framework emerge that paints a totalitarian portrait of this socialist president’s agenda to create his own defense force that will enslave our children and young adults into a civilian “forced-volunteer” armed defense group. The following information is before you in black and white.

The Give Act” Will Take Our Liberty!
The GIVE Act of '09 is available as a pdf file. The following text was found on pg. 76 of the 303 page .pdf: [Emphasis added.] SEC. 6103. ESTABLISHMENT.

There is already an established legislative branch a commission known as the ‘‘Congressional Commission on Civic Service’’ (in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’). SEC. 6104. DUTIES. (b) SPECIFIC TOPICS.—In carrying out its general purpose under subsection (a), the Commission shall address and analyze the following specific topics:

(5) The effect on the Nation, on those who serve, and on the families of those who serve, if all individuals in the United States were expected to perform nationalservice or were required to perform a certain amount of national service.
...
(6) Whether a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people could be developed, and how such a requirement could be implemented in a manner that would strengthen the social fabric of the Nation and overcome civic challenges by bringing together people from diverse economic, ethnic, and educational backgrounds




There is nothing - NOTHING - in the Constitution of the United States that warrants, mandates or permits this, but that has never stopped this President or this congress from doing what is specifically prohibited in the constitution before, and the Republicans are right in the thick of it with the Democrats.





The media is giving Obama a free pass? The U.S. House of Representatives has approved a plan to set up a new “volunteer corps” (‘Forced Volunteerism – The world’s most obvious oxymoronic term) and they are consider whether “a workable, fair, and reasonable mandatory service requirement for all able young people” should be developed. What the White House and the Congress are actually doing is trying to find the right terminology to bring this charade about that can pass constitutional muster in the Supreme Court.






The legislation also refers to "uniforms” that would be worn by Obama’s conscripted “volunteers” and the “need” for a “Public Service Academy”, which will be a 4-year institution” to “focus on training” future “public sector leaders,” and the training will apparently occur on “campuses” Instead of camps.

The vote on H.R. 1388 reauthorized, through 2014, the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973. These were acts that originally funded the AmeriCorps and the National Senior Service Corps. It also reauthorizes the programs, but also includes “new programs and studies” and is expected to be funded with an allocation of $6 billion over the next five years, according to the Congressional Budget Office.

Freedom-loving American, both Republican and Democrat, are concerned with this program. It is to include 250,000 “volunteers,” and is the beginning of what President Obama called for during his presidential bid which he named as his “National Civilian Security Force” In that speech, then candidate Obama urged the creation of an organization as big and as well-funded as the U.S. military. He has declined since then to elaborate.

Canada Free Press reports:





The Give Act puts makes Obama’s unconstitutional plan, what he says is New Leadership for New Times, and which is called Public Allies and is modeled after Saul Alinsky’s “Peoples Organizations” and is operating under Michelle Obama with an alleged operating budget of more than $75-million a year. According to a fact sheet about Public Allies, “President Obama was a member of the founding advisory board of the non-profit organization. Michelle Obama was the founding Executive Director of Public Allies Chicago from spring, 1993 until fall 1996. She served on Public Allies National Board of Directors from 1997 until 2002. Obama was no longer on the board when Michelle was hired.

Radical First Lady?
Michelle Obama was also a pioneer in the social entrepreneur movement that stated that its mandate was for the creation of new approaches and to organize to provide new solutions to social problems. Like most things Saul Alinsky, H.R. 1388 sounds noble in stating why wide-sweeping change is necessary. “The Give Act” aims to “leverage investments to increase State, local, business and philanthropic resources to address national and local challenges.”





All encompassing in its power, H.R. 1388 takes control of all volunteerism in America, and impacts everything from the lemonade stands of children, to the residents of senior citizens retirement homes. So far, the only media to have taken an interest in these disturbing plans have been right wing blogs. First, our ears perked up when we heard Michelle Obama speak these weirdly authoritarian words:

“Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your divisions. That you come out of your isolation, that you move out of your comfort zone . . . Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual – uninvolved, uninformed.”



Then, last summer at a campaign rally in Colorado Springs, Obama took the occasion to introduce his plan to implement a “National Civilian Security Force”, in which he described an organization “as big and well-funded as the U.S. military.”



Media outlets were so perturbed by Obama’s bizarre words, they airbrushed them out of the published transcripts of the speech. And then, right after he was elected, he raised eyebrows again with this audacious change.gov “Office of the President Elect” website post:


Obama will call on citizens of all ages to serve America, by developing a plan to require 50 hours of community service in middle school and high school, and 100 hours of community service in collge every year. See? There’s that word, “require”, again, which was eventually scrubbed from the site when an internet uproar ensued. And, who can forget Rahm Emanuel’s words from his 2006 tome, The Plan: Big Ideas for America, which we didn’t hear about until after the election:

“It’s time for a real Patriot Act that brings out the patriot in all of us. We propose universal civilian service for every young American. Under this plan, All Americans between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five will be asked to serve their country by going through three months of basic training, civil defense preparation and community service.

Here's how it would work. Young people will know that between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five, the nation will enlist them for three months of civilian service. They'll be asked to report for three months of basic civil defense training in their state or community, where they will learn what to do in the event of biochemical, nuclear or conventional attack; how to assist others in an evacuation; how to respond when a levee breaks or we're hit by a natural disaster. These young people will be available to address their communities' most pressing needs.”

How about not?

Now that a form of this plan has been passed by the House, could we possibly get someone in the media to please take an interest? I suspect most Americans would be creeped out by this. But they have to know about it, first.



Obama’s Civil Defense Program Resembles Domestic Draft
Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet.com

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

A newly rediscovered 2006 audio clip has shed more light on Rahm Emanuel and Barack Obama’s plan for compulsory community service and a “national civilian security force”. In an interview with Ben Smith of the New York Daily News, Emanuel outlined the agenda for military-style training, essentially a domestic draft, aimed at preparing Americans for a chemical or biological terrorist attack.

Asked by Smith about the universal service plan and whether people would have to live in military barracks, Emanuel laughed before responding, “We’re going to have universal civil defense training, somewhere between the ages of 18 to 25 you will do three months of training….but there can be nothing wrong with all Americans having a joint similar experience of what we call civil defense training or civil service in service of the country, in preparation, which will give people a sense of what it means to be an American.”

In response to the point that the program was significantly expanded in comparison to what the U.S. government already has in place, Emanuel responded, “Guess what – we have a lot more challenges so we are going to need a lot to do it.”

What challenges is Emanuel referring to? The same crisis foretold by Joe Biden, Colin Powell and others that we are “guaranteed” will unfold shortly after Obama takes office?


“It will be a common experience and we will be prepared, God forbid, God forbid that there is a chemical hit, another terrorist act or natural disaster becoming more frequent – there’ll be a body of citizens who are ready and capable and trained – that’s all you have to think about,” said Emanuel before smugly declaring, “We’re all here for you OK? It’s a circle of love.”


Asked if the training would be military style, with people wearing uniforms, Emanuel stated, “If you’re worried about are you going to have to do 50 jumping jacks the answer is yes,” adding that the service could be done through state national guard.

A jumping jack is a military term for an exercise otherwise known as a star jump. What on earth does Emanuel mean when he says Americans are going to be forced to perform military-style physical exercises and what does this have to do with civil defense or preparing for a terrorist attack? It sounds more like the state-mandated physical workouts described in Orwell’s 1984.


The video then features a clip from C-Span from August 2006 in which Emanuel is asked whether the program will be compulsory, to which he responds, “In a sense it’s required of everybody, 18 to 25, three months, and at some point at that point you do it.”




The use of the word “required” is noteworthy, because this exact terminology was removed from Obama’s change.gov website when controversy over the program arose last week.

The militarized nature of the program and its supposed intention sounds more like a draft-lite than the “community service” angle now being pitched on Obama’s website. It also bears similarities to the nationwide FEMA-run program training pastors and preachers to act as “pacifiers” in the event of martial law being declared after a terror attack or a natural disaster.


Will the liberal left pay as much attention to Emanuel’s stated agenda to implement a proxy domestic draft as they did to rumors of Bush bringing back conscription, or will the true scope of Obama’s “national civilian security force” continue to fly under the radar?


Watch the clip below.



Patriot Acts by Steven Clark Bradley

Where is Patriot Acts available?

This new exciting novel is easy to find and available all over the net. Here are a few links to help you secure you own copy of Patriot Acts.

Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Amazon,com

Patriot Acts (Print Version) at Cambridge Books

Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Ebooks on the net

Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Amazon.com

Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Fictionwise.com

Patriot Acts (Electronic Version) at Mobipocket.com

I hope everyone who reads this will not just think
it is entertainment or the irrational rambling of a scared
American. I am not afraid; I am convinced that no one
will secure our future except us.
That is why I declare the main theme of Patriot Acts
in one key phrase:

No unconditional Talks – Just patriot Acts!


You can read more of
Steven Clark Bradley's
work at any of these blogs
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Steven worked a number of years in various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has been to 34 countries and has worked extensively with Kurdish refugees from Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Steven also established a school by correspondence for African students in the African countries of The Gambia and Senegal West Africa. He is the founder of a Cultural Center for refugees in France, where he lived for six years. Speaking fluently in French and in Turkish, Steven has been in 34 countries. Before returning to the United States in 1995, Steven worked as an instructor of English and Business skills for four years at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.
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Saturday, September 5, 2009

Voices Of The Patriots - The American People Speaking Out


We have been called Un-American:

FORUM-Hoyer-Mug-10 FORUM-Pelosi-Mug-10

'Un-American' attacks can't derail health care debate Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer

Nancy Pelosi declared that our protests were not grassroots Americans but instead Astroturf -



She has stated that, “America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.” Yet The Speaker of the House of Representatives turns right around and condemns the millions of Americans who personify the meaning of freedom by marching, blogging, writing letters and speaking over the airwaves in the legal and God-given right to exercise our civil liberties and duty to preserve the nation from tyrants and traitors like Nancy Pelosi, Steny Hoyer, Barack Obama, Cass Sunstein, Van Jones, Ezekiel Emanuel, Joe Biden and the list goes on. They were successful and managed to dupe millions of us (Present company excluded), into voting for an administration and congress that hate America in her present and original form.

Let me say it then. America, I am very proud of you! We have stood up, spoken up, risen up and said, we are not duped anymore! This has not become the Obama free-for-all that the left wing radical fringes thought the election of Barack Obama would produce. This is still our country, our freedom, our Constitution and our right to have a say in what happens to our families, our wealth, our military and our freedom. We will not stand still and watch the not so slow evaporation of freedom in America. We now see a united front made up of Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians and and Americans from all walks of life hitting the streets to declare, not now, not tomorrow, not ever! For in a true and wonderful way, the American People are speaking out and it is just the beginning, and we shall not go away! God bless the American People!



Why Americans are Up in Arms
By: Floyd and Mary Beth Brown
FrontPageMagazine.com | Monday, August 31, 2009


Leftist elites are up in arms about Americans up in arms. At two recent Obama town hall meetings, men exercising their Second Amendment rights were spotted carrying firearms. While we do not condone threatening the president or anyone else for that matter, these citizens are well within their rights. It is legal to carry a firearm while demonstrating to protect your liberties.



In New Hampshire, William Kostric showed up near a town hall meeting carrying a pistol, and a placard proclaiming, “It is time to water the tree of liberty!” in reference to the famous Thomas Jefferson quotation, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of tyrants and patriots.” Kostric had no intention of hurting the president; he was exercising his rights and making a political statement using the pistol as a visual reminder. When interviewed by Chris Matthews of MSNBC, Kostric said he went to the town hall because he “wanted people to remember the rights that we have, and how quickly we are losing them.” After making this statement, Chris Matthews verbally accosted him and compared him to John Wilkes Booth and other fanatics. Kostric clearly explained that he was not advocating violence, but was practicing his constitutional right to bear arms.



The second incident prompted the media to erroneously pronounce the opponents of Obamacare as racist rednecks. A young man named Chris wore an AR-15 slung over his shoulder with a 9 mm pistol strapped on his hip. Roughly a dozen others were also carrying firearms with Chris outside an Obama appearance in Arizona. Earlier, these individuals coordinated their right to openly carry firearms with the Phoenix Police Department. They deliberately did this to show the country that the Phoenix police are very supportive of their rights to keep and bear arms. The elitist media missed the whole point and went ballistic.

Chris Matthews fretted about assassination attempts, while Contessa Brewer stammered, “there are questions about whether this has racial overtones... I mean here you have a man of color in the presidency and white people showing up with guns.” MSNBC’s pop culture analyst Touré anxiously said, “I’m not going to be surprised if we see somebody get a chance and take a chance and really try to hurt him.” However, these talking heads glossed over a crucial detail: the man carrying the AR-15 was black. They were dishonestly trying to portray the group of gun toting citizens in Arizona as racists. MSNBC cleverly edited the video footage to show only the semi-automatic rifle, hiding the face of its bearer, Chris, an African American.

The liberal media conveniently ignore that in 2000 at one of George W. Bush’s events, Black Panthers demonstrated while carrying firearms. The Black Panthers actually have a history of murder and violence in contrast to the Phoenix demonstrators. The Panthers, just as newsworthy, generated no buzz at the time. They should have been referenced in light of recent events by these talking heads.

These liberal media elites outraged by gun-bearing citizens showing up at Obama events have probably never used a gun in real life. Chris Matthews, Rick Sanchez, Contessa Brewer and the rest who assume guns represent violence don't likely own a firearm. Most Americans don’t see firearms as a symbol of violence, like our founding fathers, they see them as a tool for personal protection.

The founders recognized the significance and importance of firearms. "Firearms stand next in importance to the constitution itself,” George Washington movingly said. “They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence … from the hour the Pilgrims landed to the present day, events, occurrences and tendencies prove that to ensure peace security and happiness, the rifle and pistol are equally indispensable … the very atmosphere of firearms anywhere restrains evil interference -- they deserve a place of honor with all that's good." William Kostric and Chris have it right, if we don’t stand and demonstrate peacefully for all of our freedoms, they will quickly slip away and vanish. Remember, it’s much easier to hold onto something, than try and get it back after you’ve lost it.
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Floyd and Mary Beth Brown are bestselling authors and speakers. Mary Beth's latest book is featured at www.condibook.com. Together they maintain a blog at www.2minuteview.com.
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Paul A. Ibbetson column
The common thread: a bird's eye view of the TEA Party movement

Paul A. Ibbetson September 3, 2009

The TEA Part movement, which started for most as a small grassroots effort by disenchanted Americans to voice their disapproval with the government, is now growing to epic proportions. The movement has transcended the bounds of simply being events that people have heard about in faraway places, to events happening in almost every town on any given day. In fact, for TEA Party goers, it's no longer a case of trying to make a single event, but how many events can you actually make. With that said, even though the growth of the TEA Party movement has expanded to the size that even "Bagdad Bob" (Saddam Hussein's former information minister) would have to recognize, there is still much confusion as to who the people that comprise the TEA Party movement are, and what brings them together.

To properly answer this question, one must attain the high ground. That is, the best vantage point to observe the totality of the TEA Party environment. For me, this bird's eye view came from the speaker's platform at the 2009 Wichita, Kansas, 'American TEA Party.' Like a growing number of Americans today, the Wichita Kansas event was not my first "TEA Party." However, it was my first time to speak in front of hundreds of TEA Party goers, and my first time to announce each and every guest, and meet every vendor and organization.

Coming to terms with the bird's eye view, and the reality that it brings, is somewhat of a double edged sword. From the optimum vantage point, I can now see that there was much less uniformity among TEA Party goers than I might have initially thought. For example, there were citizens and groups who have economic concerns that are hardly considered by people who were attending to voice their concern over abortion issues. There is certainly no uniformity of overarching policy agreement among the TEA Party crowd members, which included Blue Dog Democrats (of the "Democratic Blue Dog Coalition," made up of "moderates" and "fiscally conservative" Democrats), conservatives, independents, and libertarians. There were the obvious cultural differences between the seniors (with their folding chairs) and the teens (that would just as soon stand). Other apparent differences within the crowd were the mothers jostling their newborns and the business men who just never seemed to remember to turn their cell phones off. The TEA Party goers were as different to one another as were their political views. I know; I walked the booths, I pressed the flesh (shook hands), and I gave and received an ear-full of agreements and disagreements on the world of politics until my throat was sore and my ears were ringing.

Yet, with all the differences that can separate the people boldly represented among the TEA Party attendees, this motley crew of contradictions stands side by side united, prepared to oppose the current government, under a common cause. What is the common factor that binds American's together who think so differently? It is the component of "American exceptionalism" that transcends all other descriptions of why Americans are who they are: freedom. It is freedom at its basic core. Americans of all walks of life demand the freedom to decide their own future. They demand the freedom to disagree with their government — even as they demand the freedom to disagree with each other. In reality, it is the most defining, as well as beautifully stubborn, characteristic of the founding fathers that remains within the bloodlines of the greatest majority of Americans today. When a clear and present danger threatens to cut the chords of freedom from the American people, we are galvanized by an intrinsic commonality to act. This valuable point may have been lost on the European journalists who were present at the event, but it is the obvious cohesive factor that gives the TEA Party movement it's large attendance numbers, and it's ultimate power, by unifying a common thread among the myriad of specialized concerns found at each TEA Party — from town to town, and state to state.


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Paul A. Ibbetson is a published author and lecturer on the Patriot Act. He is a former Chief of Police of Cherryvale, Kansas, and member of the Montgomery County Drug Task Force. Paul received his Bachelor's and Master's degree in Criminal Justice at Wichita State University, and is currently completing his PhD. in sociology at Kansas State University. Paul is the author of the book "Living Under The Patriot Act: Educating A Society." Paul is also the radio host of the 2008 entertainment program of the year, "Conscience of Kansas," 91.9 f.m. www.ibbetsonusa.com
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'Tea Party Express' trucks on with tour
aimed at health care - CNN

They're angry and not going to take it anymore. And now they are doing something about it -- again. A protester takes part in an anti-health care reform rally August 14 in San Francisco, California. On Friday, the Tea Party Express group sets off on a bus tour starting in Sacramento, California, and winding down in Washington on September 12. At that point, the group notes, a three-day march on the nation's Capitol will take place to protest health care reform and what they see as big government.


The tea party movement gained momentum this year; several parties were held across the country this summer to protest President Obama and the Democrats' economic stimulus plans, among other things.


On July 4, nearly 2,000 advocates, toting signs and chanting slogans, rallied outside Congress. Activists said the TEA Party Day -- an acronym for "Taxed Enough Already" -- was in response to runaway government spending. But now, the focus is on health care reform, an issue that has brought about demand for bigger, more encompassing debate throughout the country and in Congress. "What brought everything together was the Obamacare idea, which contains every odiferous objection," Tea Party Express organizer Mark Williams said Friday. "Is it health care? [Sen. Ted] Kennedy care?"


Conservative groups such as Freedom Works, run by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, Campaign Liberty and the Institute for Liberty are just some of those who will attend the march.

The caravan of vehicles features two 45-foot buses along with several RVs and a contingent of SUVs and support vehicles. It will head east from California "to unify, educate, and most importantly encourage Americans to continue their opposition of deficit spending, government-run health care, and irresponsible bailouts," the group said in a statement.


The tour is being funded by Our Country Deserves Better, a conservative political action committee.

When asked why tea party groups are now angry over the rising deficit and an increase in government's size, which started during the Bush administration, Williams countered: "It hadn't reached critical mass."


But Williams, who said his organization is nonpartisan, was quick to point out that the rallies are not aimed at one politician over another, namely President Obama.


"This is not people upset over one particular politician or one particular party," Williams said. "In fact, if you ask the Republicans in the crowd, you'll find they are just upset at their party as they are at the Democrats." Jeremy Bird, deputy director of Organizing for America, the successor group to Obama for America, said the anger over health care reform seen in town halls is being fueled by cable news channels singling out rowdy activists.


"Supporters of reform are far outnumbering opponents," he said. "And unfortunately, some of the 24-hour cable news echo chamber has focused on the small minority of folks who have tried to disrupt it."

Bird's group is also holding a multistate tour aimed at dispelling health care reform rumors.

"We're having great stops ... overwhelming support from local elected officials from average citizens," he said.









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The Republic of Iran has linked up with radical American Militia groups to carry out a covert nuclear attack on America. Colonel Fisher Harrison, the best trained Special Ops killer the military has, is the one person who can effectively retaliate against these adversaries. But Colonel Fisher Harrison was framed for a murder he did not commit by his former boss--now the President of the United States of America. The two adversaries must put aside their differecnes and unite to stop those in league to bring America to its knees.


StillBorn!

Unknown to Wallace Findings, a one-night stand results in twins. The mother is murdered soon after their birth to cover a hideous crime, which sends Findings on an eighteen year hunt for her murderer. One twin is adopted and welcomed into a wonderful life of plenty and privilege. The other is rejected and left an orphan, in a world without identity or care, facing brutal treatment and sexual abuse. This twin seeks out Findings and his sibling and all those who had abandoned him to carry out a plot of revenge. In the end, Findings discovers his role in a baby for sale scheme in which he and his unknown children were victims.



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Greg Bradford is an escaped mental patient, a man who wants revenge, a man prepared to do anything to get his life back and has a plan to do it. Corbett Mandeville, a homicide detective known for solving some of the worst murders in the state, has to stop him. But, Corbett Mandeville has secrets of his own that created an affinity between him and the vindictive mental patient that drives both to stalk their prey and take justice into their own hands.


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Steven worked a number of years in various countries in Europe, Asia, and Africa. He has been to 34 countries and has worked extensively with Kurdish refugees from Turkey, Iraq, and Syria. Steven also established a school by correspondence for African students in the African countries of The Gambia and Senegal West Africa. He is the founder of a Cultural Center for refugees in France, where he lived for six years. Speaking fluently in French and in Turkish, Steven has been in 34 countries. Before returning to the United States in 1995, Steven worked as an instructor of English and Business skills for four years at Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey.

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Sunday, August 9, 2009

Voices Of The Patriots - Joyce Spizer Foy - Exercising Her Freedom of Speech


I met Joyce Spizer Foy a few months ago and she took a real and very encouraging interest in my writing. I was in the middle of my new novel, The Second Republic. Since that time, Joyce has taken my novel and added what only a first-class editor knows how to do. She has been a tremendously encouraging help to me and I am sure that my time working with her has made me a much better writer and I count her as a mentor for me, this ever-learning, very dedicated writer that I consider myself to be.


There are people that we meet along the road of life who stand out as champions of what they do. Joyce Spizer Foy is a champion of many fields of endeavor, as you will see as you read through this post. Joyce Spizer Foy is an American who knows she’s free and by writing what she believes and by helping others to exercise their freedom, I can truly say that hers is a life of freedom to exemplify the greatest of a things that free people cherish and giving her a strong and hearty voice of a Patriot.


When was the last time you met someone with a life so full and rich that their careers spanned having been and a Private Investigator, an author, a screenwriter, a playwright, a lyricist and a teacher? Well, Joyce Spizer Foy has incredibly worn all those hats and is going strong. Joyce Foy is a great friend of mine and has become a real mentor on producing a literary work that shines, captivates readers and which comes to life.

Joyce Spizer Foy worked as an investigator for thirty-seven years covering eleven states. She investigated both criminal and civil cases in both the private sector and the corporate world, including Cannell Productions, Carolco Productions, and Universal Studios. Joyce has a BA, an MBA and has completed her ABD for a Ph.D. in marketing from CSU.


Here writing includes “The Cop was White as Snow” (Published 1998), “I’m Okay, You’re Dead” (Published 2000), “It’s Just a Spleen and a High School Ring” (Published January 2004) are three published novels in the Harbour Pointe Mystery Series. These are fictionalized stories based on real cases which Joyce investigated.


Joyce has also written may non-fiction works ranging from an award-winning "How-to" book that teaches authors how to market and promote their work in 2002, titled “Power Marketing Your Novel”. Joyce also has an updated version of this award-winning book called Blitz Your Book To A Best Seller.



In 2002 wrote her first of several excellent biographies. Her debut biography “The Cross Country Killer, the Glen Rogers Story” (2002), centered on O.J. Simpson’s investigative team’s #1 suspect in the Brown/Goldman murders. She conducted a winter/spring 2001/2002 radio, television, and book tour that was conducted in fourteen states and forty-two cities.


In 2003, Joyce Foy wrote, “Rejections of the Written Famous”. This book is a collection of rejection letters that famous writers forwarded to Joyce along with stories of industry titans who pressed on in the face of rejection and failure. She also co-authored an award-winning biography “Howard Keel: Only Make Believe” published by Barricade Books in September 2005. It is now in its 3rd printing. Joyce Foy also co-authored a biography of internationally famous sculptor, artist, poet, and playwright, Colin Webster-Watson with Mrs. Howard (Judy) Keel titled “The Boy from Manawatu.” She co-authored a biography of Pat Winning a Guinness World Book of Record holder call “Bartender Pat,” currently, represented by a New York literary agent.


Joyce Foy’s ventures as a screenwriter and playwright led her to write “Valley Confidential,” a two-act musical presented at the McCallum Theater in Palm Desert, California, in October 2004. This work was the winner of twelve award nominations. Joyce wrote the musical book with Grammy award-winning Paul Gilman who wrote the music while Joyce Foy wrote the lyrics. The Play proceeds were donated for scholarships for seniors at local high schools.


Joyce is also the Executive Producer and co-writer of a romantic comedy motion picture script titled “Off Your Rocker,” which set in the Coachella Valley. She is the Executive Producer and co-writer of “The Vegas Kid,” a motion picture comedy based on the last TV cowboy to be fired.



Joyce Spizer Foy’s marketing book won the IRWIN Award in 2000 and received Honorable Mention at the National Writer’s Association’s for the David Raffelock Award in 2001. She was Book Publicist of the Year in 2000 from the Book Publicists of Southern California. Her book, “Howard Keel: Only Make Believe” won the IRWIN Award in 2006, and was the Best Non Fiction Book of 2006 in the Hollywood Book Festival Award. Joyce was named Soroptimist International’s Woman of Distinction 2000. Also in 2000, she was named National League of American Pen Women’s Woman of Achievement and was named La Quinta’s Cultural Artist of the Month twice in 2000. In April 2002, Joyce Spizer Foy was named one of Top 25 Coachella Valley Women to Watch by Palm Desert Post Weekly.


Finally, in what had to be a very special moment, in May 2000, Joyce was recognized on the floor of Congress by Congresswoman Mary Bono as a Woman Helping Woman recipient. See, I told you. Joyce Spizer Foy is a powerhouse of excellent writing and highly professional, patient help to writers all over the country.



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Joyce Spizer Foy's Excellent Advice

Writing that Dynamite Query/Pitch Letter

Your mother was right when she told you, “Good first impressions are so important.” In this case, the query/pitch letter may be the ONLY marketing opportunity you have to catch an agent’s/editor’s/producer’s eye. So don’t waste it. The rules are simple, hard, and fast.

You’re not writing this letter to impress them with your writing content or style. This is a marketing letter to see if what you have to offer – fits their acquisition and marketing department needs as well as their expertise in your genre at this point. Don’t send poetry to a mystery house. As they read the letter, don’t give them any reason to say, “No,” and return your manuscript. Stay in the, “Yes,” and you will, if you’ve done your homework.

Ask for their guidelines for submission and follow them. If you don’t send a SASE, your work will not be returned.

Make sure you have the correct spelling and address for the recipient of this query. “Dear Sir or Madam,” is a no-no. If it’s John Smith, write, “Dear Mr. Smith,” not “Dear John.” Call the house and make sure that person still works there. Publishing is a revolving door. Can you believe, some people at agencies and publishing houses die?

The one page query/pitch letter has six elements – in this order.

What’s your ANGLE? This is the most powerful paragraph in your one page letter. Use your “sound byte” in the opening sentence. Then tell the reader your genre, word or page count (about 250 words per page if you need to guess) and the title of your work in a creative way. Grab the reader’s attention with this teaser paragraph. If your romance book is 15,000 words, the rejection slip is on the way. Romances are very long. Know your genre.

What’s your APPROACH? What is your background for this subject? What’s your hook? Who are your sources? Impress the editor/agent with the credits you have.

Why are you the best AUTHOR of this work? It’s bio time. Your writing expertise and publishing credentials go here. Don’t apologize if you have none. Simply gloss over this part.

Who is your AUDIENCE? Zero in on the short version of your marketing plan. Who will your work appeal to? What is your dowry? Make sure the editor/agent knows your work is a marriage for his/her market. My marketing plan for Howard Keel’s book was seven single line pages long.

And your ADDRESS is…the last paragraph is the “thank you” part. Include all the information that isn’t on your heading. Don’t say, “I’m looking for an agent.” DUH. Isn’t that why you’re writing that person? Don’t waste that page on the obvious.

After all is said and done, ANALYZE the letter again. You believe the letter is accurate? Read it again and again. Check for typos, grammar usage, and tight, sharp, eye-grabbing facts. State only the facts. Don’t say, “This is the best work you’ll receive this year.” No, it isn’t. And hyperbole/conjecture like that only wastes words in a tight one page query, defines you as a pre-published writer, and weakens your presentation as well.

Act like you’ve arrived, they just haven’t discovered you yet. I always tell my students that.

Send it first class, or email if they accept Internet submissions. Any other expensive way is a waste. All material is opened in a mailroom by people who don’t care how fast it arrived. Your work is placed in a folder and delivered without the envelope.

Writing a powerful query/pitch letter is, in many cases, harder to write than your project itself. Spend some time preparing and editing the query. Good luck.
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"...an insightful look into the mind and making of a...predator. An important addition to the literature on serial murder." -- Michael Newton, Author of The Encyclopedia of Serial Killers

The Cross Country Killer, the Glen Rogers Story provides an insightful look into the mind and making of an American predator. Glen Rogers, twice on America's 10 Most Wanted list, is currently on death row in Florida. He brags about having killed over 70 people, one of which may have been Nicole Brown Simpson. Could it be a coincidence she was murdered just after meeting Glen. There are witnesses who saw them partying together and there's even a photo of them together. A sad but fascination story that will keep you mesmerized to the end.

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Not your typical true crime
Joyce Spizer is the only writer who could possibly makes us feel outrage on behalf of a monster. How does she accomplish this? By showing us the failings in the justice system and the social supports and the schools that could have prevented the deaths of the 70 people of which Glen Rogers has killed, that we know about. Joyce's most shocking revelation is not that Glen may be the one who actually killed Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson. This will most likely be a matter of fierce debate, as will her contention that Glen Rogers' depravity is partly due to his unfit parents, who have rendered all but one of their seven children forever damaged (they have 300 arrests between them.) Her insight into judicial errors of L.A. County and Florida makes you take seriously her argument that the law enforcement officials who failed to stop Glen Rogers before he killed his first victim are as much to blame for the ruined lives as Glen himself. Joyce sets out to do something revolutionary, and succeeds in sounding a "wake-up call" to all those who just wash their hands of troubled at-risk juveniles.
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Blitz Your Book Into A Best Seller (CD-ROM)

Joyce Foy is a woman who didn’t give up on her dreams, and she won’t let you either.

When Joyce’s first book was published in 1998, she presented her publicist with a seventeen-page dream list for her tour. Joyce had completed the first 10% – getting the book published. Marketing is the other 90%. After all, who are your buyers once your Christmas card list is exhausted?

IRWIN Award-winning author and screenwriter, Joyce Foy, wants to help you with that 90%. This marketing book is chocked full of new concepts, ideas, and resources that both the published and the yet-to-be published authors cannot succeed without.

You can view this book on your computer using Adobe Reader and print out any pages on your computer printer. Adobe Reader installers are included on this CD-ROM.

From Selma to the Super Bowl,

This is the story of Leroy Hill's family. Leroy's son played in the NFL. Maybe you heard of him: Tony Hill #80 wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, 1976 to 1986.

Leroy Hill never used his blackness as an excuse to waive his responsibilities to his God, his family, his friends or his profession. One of his sons, Anthony (Tony) Hill, became one of the youngest players to ever be drafted by the NFL. Earning a position as wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys, Tony was awarded #80 on his jersey and the nickname “Thrill Hill” for his explosiveness. Tony played for the Cowboys from 1976 to 1986 and won two Super Bowl rings. His father, Leroy, acted as his manager and agent—a first ever in the NFL.

Leroy Hill, a boy from the bottoms, was born the poorest of poor in the South long before the words “equal rights” were used in the same sentence. He faced racial profiling, job and housing discrimination, bigotry, and hatred for decades and despite it all—he joined the navy, served aboard the USS Lexington during World War II, fought in the Korean War, and had a successful career in the private sector.

Rejections of the Written Famous.

What do Ray Bradbury, Albert Einstein, and Henry Ford have in common? Their stories of rejection, failure, and overcoming adversity are light-heartedly told in Joyce Spizer's latest book, Rejections of the Written Famous. If you're bummed and need inspiration, Joyce Spizer's newest book is just the cure for the blues. Whether you're a writer, artist, entrepreneur, musician, or dreamer, this collection of inspirational quotes and short stories from those who didn't give up will make you or someone you love, smile. Joyce didn't give up on her dreams, and she won't let you either.

Power Marketing Your Novel

Reader Reviews
This author was named Book Publicists of Southern California and this book won the Irwin Award for 2000. Spizer regularly teaches creative marketing, media classes at the university and college levels and atwriting conferences, sharing her innovative ideas with other authors. This is the consummate “how-to” for published and pre-published authors.

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Patriot Acts by Steven Clark Bradley

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I hope everyone who reads this will not just think
it is entertainment or the irrational rambling of a scared
American. I am not afraid; I am convinced that no one
will secure our future except us.
That is why I declare the main theme of Patriot Acts
in one key phrase:

No unconditional Talks – Just patriot Acts!


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Wednesday, August 5, 2009

Voices Of The Patriots - Frank Fiore - Cyberkill How Far Will an Artificial Intelligence Go for Revenge?



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How Far Will an ArtificialIntelligence Go for Revenge?

I have gotten to know Frank Fiore well over the past year. I have found him to be a man of great integrity and imagination. He has a real love for his country and a profound and intense mind. He, like millions of us unsung heroes in America, is constantly doing his part to speak out about the obtuse changes now attacking this country. His love of country and insistence on exercising his Freedom of Speech in his writing as well shine clearly through his words and deeds, and truly demonstrated that he has the Voice of a Patriot.

Frank's writing experience also includes guest columns on social commentary and future trends published in the Arizona Republic and the Tribune papers in the metro Phoenix area.

Alvin Toffler

Through his writings, he has shown an ability to explain in a simplified manner, complex issues and trends. During his college years, he started, wrote and edited the New Times newspaper which is now a multi-state operation. Frank's interests in future patterns and trends range over many years and many projects. He co-wrote the Terran Project, a self-published book on community futures design processes, and worked as a researcher for Alvin Toffler on a series of high school texts on the future. He has designed and taught courses and seminars on the future of society, technology and business and was appointed by the Mayor of Phoenix to serve on the Phoenix Futures Forum as co-chairperson and served on several vital committees.

Frank has a B.A. in Liberal Arts and General Systems Theory from Stockton State College and a Master Degree in Education at the University of Phoenix. He and his wife of 30 years have one son. They live in Paradise Valley, AZ.


How Far Will an Artificial Intelligence Go for Revenge?


Fans of Tom Clancy, James Patterson and Clive Cussler, would enjoy this twist on the Frankenstein myth. A brilliant programmer, Travis Cole, inadvertently creates "Dorian," an artificial intelligence that lives on the Internet. After Cole attempts to terminate his creation, Dorian stalks his young daughter through cyberspace in an attempt to reach Cole to seek revenge. When cyber-terrorism events threaten the United States, they turn out to stem from the forsaken and bitter Dorian. In the final conflict, Dorian seeks to kill his creator - even if it has to destroy all of humanity to do it.


Cyberkill


Almost every novel has a back story. It’s the author’s way of pushing his or her’s particular opinion on a subject. CyberKill is no exception.

The geographic locations, government and military installations and organizations, information warfare scenarios, artificial intelligence, robots, and the information and communications technology in this book all exist.

As for SIRUS, pieces of the technology are either in existence or in the research and development stage. According to the Department of Defense, it doesn’t exist.



On October 23rd 2007, The Fars News Agency of Iran, accused the US of manufacturing a genetic weapon. Head of the Foundation for the Protection of the Values of the Sacred Defense, General Mir Feysal Bagherzadeh said the US was seeking to manufacture a weapon which could kill specific peoples in a limited geographical area. The General further pointed out that the move should be considered as a case of genocide, “because they intend to massacre specific peoples and ethnicities” with the help of this weapon. The US Department of Defense denies the report.

Travis Cole is an artificial intelligence (AI) researcher hired by the US Army Information Warfare Laboratory (IWL) after 9-11 to program their top secret nano-dust used to monitor and report biological or chemical warfare agents in a given area. But the dust has a second even more secret use - one only known by the military and BioNan, the manufacturer of the nano-dust. It’s really a new type of viral weapon named SIRUS (short for ‘silicon virus’) that can be programmed using Cole’s code to read a victim’s ethnic DNA and kill only them.


Unknown to the government, the military had dispersed the dust all around the globe in readiness for any enemy to appear anywhere and at anytime, with the potential of creating genocide on a global scale. The military also conspired with the dominant wireless chip manufactures to include Cole’s code in their wireless chip programming so that the dust can communicate and be launched from wherever it is around the world through any wireless device containing the chips.


A few years before joining the IWL, Cole ran an AI research project at MIT. He created a series of intelligent software agents and released them onto the Internet to learn, grow and evolve. When he was called to the IWL, he sent out a series of commands to terminate the agents. All were terminated except one that had developed into a very smart artificial intelligence. That agent interpreted Cole’s program termination as an attempt on its life. In turn, it decided to seek revenge on Cole.


The harassment of Cole, the online stalking of his young daughter, the cyber-terrorism attacks of the People’s Brigade, and threats of information warfare by a cybercult called the Digitari Brotherhood, are all the result of the surviving agent bent on seeking revenge on Cole. The rogue agent takes the name of Dorian and sets himself up as the leader of the Brotherhood that he uses to vent his revenge on Cole.


What Are The Subplots That Converge

By The End Of The Novel?


The first is the killing of Michael Bates who is a VP at a large wireless chip manufacture. He stumbled upon the military and chipmakers conspiracy. He is ordered killed by Dorian who doesn’t want the conspiracy to be known because Dorian uses the new wireless chips to access the Internet anywhere and anyway he chooses.

The second subplot is the harassment and then attempts on Cole’s life by Dorian using the cyber-terrorists of the People’s Brigade – an arm of the Digitari Brotherhood. A year before, Dorian tried to kill Cole but missed, and killed his wife instead, making it look like an automobile accident.


The third subplot is that of the Digitari Brotherhood. They hack the web sites of the major news agencies around the world and post a manifesto threatening to take back the Internet from the multinational corporations and governments who control it and oppress it’s cyber-citizens. Their goal is the digital emancipation of cyberspace.


The fourth is the online stalking of Cole’s 4-year old computer savvy daughter by her imaginary playmate called Goppy –who is really Dorian. In its obsession to take revenge on Cole, Dorian uses any person he can to get close to Cole. He uses Cole’s daughter to transfer himself into her birthday gift – a Sony AIBO robot dog. Then using the threat of a dirty bomb explosion, it drives Cole and his daughter with Dorian in the robot dog, into the IWL where Dorian gains access to the Lab’s computer network and all the digital weapons stored there – including SIRUS.



The fifth subplot is the clandestine development and global dispersion of SIRUS.


After all of these events emerge, Cole finally realizes that what has transpired were not the results of cyber-terrorists but only attempts on his life. By the end of the book, Cole discovers the nature of SIRUS, that Dorian is the agent he did not terminate and seeks revenge on Cole, and in the final climatic battle at the IWL between Cole’s team, homicidal battlebots and an ASIMO called Isaac, all controlled by Dorian, he prevents Dorian from launching SIRUS in its last attempt at trying to kill Cole – even if it has to destroy most of the human population of earth to do it.

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Cyberkill


A Captivating, Fast-Paced Thriller, July 27, 2009

By

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Cyberkill is the thrilling story of a mendacious artificial intelligence, created by a brilliant scientist and adapted into an evil conspiracy. Author Frank Fiore weaves an intricate plot of wickedness, as the iniquitous Dorian sweeps electronically into the fabric of American life. Replete with action, suspense and adventure, Cyberkill carries the reader through a chilling escapade of international conspiracy, science run amok and terrifying homicide.


Fiore's new work is a compelling piece of science fiction, with persuasive mystery, convincing characters, ubiquitous trepidation, and a thrilling conclusion. This tale is wrapped together into a taught package of excitement and intrigue. Fiore has created a powerful page-turner, with gripping tension; it contains a suspenseful timeline and the ultimate evil, a computer-generated malevolence eager to prey upon an innocent child and the child's father - its creator.


Fiore employs believable scenarios with existing scientific technology to weave a frightening tale fraught with continuous peril. A computer virus that has the potential to morph into a deadly human illness seems both plausible and devastatingly traumatic. The fact that such military weapons could be employed in the near future makes this tale that much more startling and conceivable.


A twisted, evil computer-generated entity was created inadvertently from the mind of brilliant scientist Travis Cole. Originally designed to "sniff out" biological and chemical weapons, the computer program becomes warped into the evil "Dorian," a terrifying cybernetic murderer. Dorian stalks Cole's young daughter and initiates cyber terrorism attacks throughout the world. When Cole discovers that his own creation was distorted into this terrifying beast, he tries to demolish it. The evil creature eventually turns upon its creator in an attempt to murder Cole.


Most of the science Fiore uses is valid or close to being current. Many people fear being tracked electronically by telephones, computers or vendors. In a viral way, Big Brother is upon us and this fear has been exacerbated effectively by the author. Nor is it difficult to hate an electronic villain. Such ubiquities litter our cultural landscape. The author plays with a latent unstable confidence in the security of our inventions. From the Andromeda Strain to 2001 to A Space Odyssey, our love/fear relationship with technology is strongly ingrained. The thought of a dark, calculating entity can grasp an audience tightly, particularly when sinister emotions prevail. Since Robbie the Robot in Forbidden Planet and Asimov's I Robot, to Hal in 2001, A Space Odyssey, and the cybernetic science officer in Alien, our culture has become obsessed with emotionally unstable and dangerous computers that think like humans and can kill.


Many international and US government entities explored through this book exist, as does the technology surrounding this mendacious cybernetic being. All of this helps to make Cyberkill genuine as well as intriguing.


Congratulations to Fiore for his captivating, fast-paced thriller. One can only anticipate the cinematic appearance of this frightening yarn.


Charles S. Weinblatt Author, Jacob's Courage Jacob's Courage: A Holocaust Love Story


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Robert used to think the threat of cyber war was nonexistent--but he's changed his mind. Now he believes our country's information infrastructure may very well be the target of guerilla warfare over the Net. Here's why.

Earlier this year, I dismissed the idea that the United States would see an all-out cyber war anytime soon. I have since changed my mind. I still don't believe we'll see a large-scale, well-coordinated offensive. But I do think small, spontaneous, politically motivated attacks are possible in the near future.

What changed my mind about the possibility of cyber war was a series of articles by Giles Trendle, a former war correspondent who now writes about cyber terrorism. In the 1980s, Trendle covered the ground war in Lebanon and became an expert on guerrilla warfare, which is essentially what cyber warfare is. Although his articles focus largely on the cyber conflict between Arabs and Israelis, it's easy to see how the same type of attacks could occur elsewhere in the world, too.

Cyberwars are already here

Cyberattacks are already part of modern warfare. In the past two years, malicious users on both sides of the Arab-Israeli conflict have deployed viruses and worms, inundated government sites with huge amounts of e-mail, and launched distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on e-commerce sites. As part of the Kashmir conflict, an Indian-authored worm, Yaha, created a DDoS attack on the main Pakistani government Web site earlier this year.

One phenomenon Trendle talks about--the so-called swarm factor--helped change my mind about the nature of cyber war. The swarm factor describes the unpredictable ability of like-minded individuals to show up at an event, create mayhem, and then disperse. The spontaneous 1999 World Trade Organization riot in Seattle is an example of this. It's easy to see how, in accordance with the swarm factor, a handful of politically motivated Web sites could act as lightning rods, supplying the tools for malicious users to carry out cyber attacks.

The idea that the United States' current and future military actions could bring about aggression in cyberspace is not that far-fetched. In a recent article, Trendle cites the number of pro-Palestinian followers who see a unilateral U.S. attack on Iraq as cause to begin attacking U.S. interests online.

Cybersuicide attacks

Trendle also presents evidence that suicide attacks could be a key part of future cyber conflicts. He interviewed a pro-Palestinian hacker who made a pledge to carry out online suicide attacks. While most malicious users act with some caution because they don't want to be identified, a suicide cyber attack could inflict greater damage because the attacker wouldn't have to go to the trouble of hiding his or her identity.


Such a low-budget cyber war scenario is not implausible to the U.S. government. In his video interview with CNET Radio's Brian Cooley, President Bush's cyber security advisor Richard Clarke admitted that several of our enemies are capable of attacks via the Internet. Clarke said that in the 1980s, Iraq spent hundreds of millions of dollars and employed several thousand people to build an atomic bomb. Engaging in a cyber war would cost considerably less than that, Clarke continued, and would not require the resources of a nation state.

Advance preparation

How prepared are you--or your company--for such a cyber attack? You can find out at ZDNet's Digital Defense special report. The report includes a test to discover how well you're protected against malicious users. (If you're not prepared, you'll receive links to resources that can help secure your home or office.) In addition, the Digital Defense report shows the results of a comprehensive survey on enterprise security, presents three possible cyber attack scenarios, and offers advice from security experts in government and private industry.


I think we're still years away from seeing armies of well-funded cyber soldiers plundering through our data resources. But a single malicious user can cause a lot of damage--and a handful of politically motivated script kiddies, pooling their resources, could be even more dangerous. It's not hard to imagine how that type of individual and small-group action could escalate into a true cyber conflict.

Excerpt From

Cyberkill by Frank Fiore

Prologue

The airplane was leaving in a few hours, but Travis Cole still had some unfinished business. One of which was to get his in-law off his back.

“Please, John. We’ve been over this a hundred times,” Cole murmured, leaning forward on his desk to stare down at the computer monitor in front of him. He rested his fingers lightly on the keyboard, his hazel eyes focused on the command prompt on the screen:

DO YOU WANT TO EXECUTE? Y/N

Could he really do it?

Though Cole had made up his mind, it was now formal decision time. Pressing ‘N’ would continue his life as a well-known researcher in eco-biology at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Pressing ‘Y’ would end three years of cutting-edge work and move him and his daughter to a new home in Washington, DC and a lucrative research job with the U.S. Army.


Cole’s finger hovered over the keyboard--he felt sick.

John François was, as usual, sucking on the end of an ornately carved wood and leather pipe. It went along with his academic look elbow-patched sports coat, baggy brown pants, and loafers.

“It’s not right, Travis,” François implored. “It’s not right to take Shannon away from the environment she knows just weeks after her mother’s death. It’s just not right.”

Cole kept his focus on the task at hand. They had been over this a thousand times. Shannon, Cole’s young daughter, was already in the car, waiting. In fact, all of his luggage and many of his important worldly belongings waited there as well. He was going to return later for the rest of his stuff.


For now....

For now, he had to just get away.

Cole’s finger still hovered. He blinked hard. Could he really do this?

Yes, I can do this.

“And what about this?” François said as he opened the cover of a three-ring binder with the title TERRAN PROJECT written in blue across the front. François gently thumbed through the pages and pointed at the different artificial intelligent programs that Cole had cataloged and tracked while at MIT. “You’re just going to throw away years of work?”

Cole ignored François and turned back to the computer terminal with its blinking white cursor awaiting a reply.

He took in some air--and pressed the ‘Y’ key on the keyboard.

He turned to François while the computer executed his command. Cole couldn’t watch. Instead, he looked at his aging in-law with compassion for the man. François had lived alone since his wife died of leukemia ten years before. Cole and Shannon were the closest thing he had to family.

“John--” said Cole gently, but François cut him off.

“Shannon’s only eight years old, Travis. Taking her away from the environment she knew isn’t the answer,” he pleaded. The older man had tears in his eyes.

Damn. Cole gently placed his hand on François’s arm. “John, I don’t know what I would have done without your help after Kathy’s death. But I know what’s best for Shannon. I have to give her a change of environment.” Cole squeezed François’s arm, then looked back to the computer terminal. He watched as file name after file name appeared on the screen, all tagged with the statement:


FILE FOUND. FILE TERMINATED

Cole looked at his watch. “Jeez. We have to go. You’ll see us off?”

François nodded in resignation.


“Thanks. Shannon will like that.” Cole glanced once more at the scrolling text on the computer screen, turned, and hurried out the office with François close behind.

In the darkness of the vacated room, the program reached the end of its routine, and then stopped on the last file. The text that glowed from the LCD screen turned from white to red and blinked repeatedly insisting on an answer.


FILE FOUND. FILE ACTIVE.

ABORT OR CONTINUE?

* One Year Later *

Taishi, China

“I’m sorry to interrupt you, Mr. Supervisor, but we’ve found something--odd.”

Alexi Chenko put down the latest issue of Pravda and frowned at his head lab technician Ho Quan, a little man with dark-rimmed spherical glasses and a stubby bearded chin. His round head sat atop an even rounder body. Quan, normally stoic and reserved, looked agitated, and sweat lined his brow. As always, he spoke crisply in his Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of the People’s Republic of China.

Chenko was having a bad morning, and this latest interruption didn’t bode well. Already he’d received numerous infuriating calls from high-level Beijing bureaucrats, wanting to know when various communication devices would be cleared and ready for use. Followed by his wife calling to remind him of a dinner party tonight, a party Chenko had done his best to forget about. And now this. Whatever this is.

“What’s wrong?” Chenko asked in his near-perfect Chinese. He’d always had a penchant for picking up languages, a facility that had served him well as he rose quickly up the Kremlin ranks. But now, semi-exiled and banished from Mother Russia, he filled his days working in a tiny three-man facility outside a small village in southern China.

“May I show you?” asked Quan, and Chenko noted the man was visibly shaken.

Something’s wrong, thought Chenko. Seriously wrong…

Cyberkill Video Trailer


Frank Fiore’s Other Books:

The Chronicles of Jeremy Nash

Combining the best of Indiana Jones, National Treasure and the X-Files, the Chronicles of Jeremy Nash © is a new continuing series featuring the skeptic and debunker Jeremy Nash ©. Each of the Nash chronicles in the series is a thriller that sends Nash on an investigation of a conspiracy theory, unsolved mystery, urban myth, New Age belief or paranormal practice. Though he doesn't believe in any of them, he is forced into pursuing them by threats to the lives of his family members, himself or his reputation.

The thrilling formula of the chronicles forces Nash to pursue a series of clues and puzzles that he must solve; combined with an underlying real world threat of event, organization or persons that is somehow connected to what he is pursuing. All this makes for a good action/adventure read.


To Christopher: From A Father To His Son


Under the guise of a book to my adolescent son, I've written one for adults. It guides the reader on a journey through the values, hopes and promises of the last three generations. Through personal experiences, teaching stories, and the social and cultural history of the last 100 years, I discuss with Christopher the values we must hold for the future and why we are here. I hoped that the book may act as both sage words for the reader and a valuable guide to Christopher as he grows up.



Frank Fiore is a bestselling author of over 50,000 copies of his non-fiction books that include:

  • Launching Your Yahoo! Business - Que Publishing
  • Succeeding at Your Yahoo! Business - Que Publishing
  • Write a Business Plan in No Time - Que Publishing
  • The 2005 Online Shopping Directory for Dummies - Que Publishing
  • The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Starting an Online Business - Que Publishing
  • eMarketing Strategies (translated into other languages)- Que Publishing
  • Successful Affiliate Marketing for Merchants - Que Publishing
  • TechTV’s Starting an Online Business - Que Publishing
  • Dr. Livingston’s Online Shopping Safari Guidebook - Maximum Press

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Patriot Acts by Steven Clark Bradley

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Sunday, July 26, 2009

Voices Of The Patriots - Paul Ibettson - Why you should love your carbon footprint


Paul Ibbetson

Paul Ibbetson Is
The Conscience of Kansas

The “Conscience of Kansas” on The Wildcat 91.9 f.m

I had the good fortune to be a guest on Paul Ibbetson's excellent radio show, The Conscience of Kansas when I was announcing my previous epic novel, 'Nimrod Rising'. I was so thrilled to be on a show of that stature. I immediately knew that Paul was a man who only cared for the truth and that he'd tell it, popular or not.

Just before I started this series, I thought about some I have followed and a few I have actually met. These, in this heart-felt need to make them heard, are merely a thimble full of some great minds of freedom out there in the ocean of Patriots who love this country. I want to facilitate the voices who refuse to be silent, whatever the cost; to let their messages of true American Freedom be read and heard and seen. When I thought of several I want to highlight, Paul Ibbetson immediately came to my mind and I decided there that I would highlight this guardian of liberty.


Paul is a great radio host and a great writer too. He wrote his book Feeding Lions, a book that separates the sheep from the goats, and I read it, and I understood Paul to be a man with a drive to tell the truth. He is not merely talking about Republicans and Democrats. Paul shows the differences between the two major fundamental patterns of thought and political value systems that move America to the left or to the right, toward moral courage or to a culture based on death rather than life.

Below you can read an excellent article by Paul Ibettson titled, "Why You Should Love Your Carbon Footprint" I think you'll absolutely agree with me that Paul A. Ibbetson is a voice of a Patriot that needs to be heard and followed, because he is a voice of the truth. That's just what Patriots do.

Author Steven Clark Bradley


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Why you should love your carbon footprint


RenewAmerica.com July 24, 2009

By Paul A. Ibbetson


Why you should love your carbon footprint

RenewAmerica.com

July 24, 2009

By Paul A. Ibbetson


America, with all its imperfections, is still truly the land of oppor