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November 27th, 2009

ClimateGate – Global Warming hoax exposed

James Japan posted this in Government, Politics, Science

August 26th, 2009

Quotes from influential men

James Japan posted this in Government, Politics, War

This is my collection of quotes from the movers and shakers of this world that I believe shed light on why the world is what it is today. If you have a quote that you would like to add to this list, please write it in the comments section of this post!

2009 is also the first year of global governance, with the establishment of the G-20 in the middle of the financial crisis. The climate conference in Copenhagen is another step towards the global management of our planet.”
– Herman Van Rompuy, the first president of the European Union.

“One of the delightful things about Americans is that they have absolutely no historical memory.”
– Chou En-lai, former Chinese premier

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.”
-Johann Wolfgang Goethe

“All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.”
-Thomas Jefferson

“Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand.”
- Benjamin Disraeli

There is no such thing in America as an independent press. You know it and I know it… The business of the Journalist is to destroy truth; To lie outright; To pervert; To vilify; To fawn at the feet of mammon, and to sell his county and his race for his daily bread.
- John Swinton, newsman and former editor at The New York Times

“If we understand the mechanism and motives of the group mind, it is now possible to control and regiment the masses according to our will without their knowing it.”
– Edward L. Bernays, the nephew of Sigmund Freud who studied his uncle’s work. (Quote gleaned from “Flat Earth News” by Nick Davies

August 26th, 2009

The Wickedness of War

James Japan posted this in Politics, War

FROM THE CHRISTIAN REVIEW, JUNE 1838, PP. 230--237, UNSIGNED

This article is posted on my original James Japan site, but it’s so good I thought to give it a bit more exposure. Another reason is because a sincere young Muslim raised in the USA pointed out to me all the hypocrisy he has personally witnessed among people who call themselves Christians. I pointed out that he has only witnessed American Christians. I found that persecuted Christians raised in countries closed to the Gospel are much more dedicated and sincere. I think that this article reflects the pure teachings of Christ that used to be taught in the USA.

The war spirit is so wrought into the texture of governments and the habits of national thinking, and even into our very festivals and pomps, that its occasional recurrence is deemed a matter of unavoidable necessity. Setting aside the matter of a defensive war for now, it is our intention to offer a few thoughts to show how utterly at variance the spirit of war is with truth and righteousness.

1. It contradicts the genius and intention of Christianity. Christianity requires us to seek to amend the condition of man. But war cannot do this. The world is no better for all the wars of five thousand years. Christianity, if it prevailed, would make the earth a paradise. War, where it prevails, makes it a slaughterhouse, a den of thieves, a brothel, a hell. Christianity cancels the laws of retaliation. War is based upon that very principle. Christianity is the remedy for all human woes. War produces every woe known to man.

The causes of war, as well as war itself, are contrary to the gospel. It originates in the worst passions and the worst aims. We may always trace it to the thirst of revenge, the acquisition of territory, the monopoly of commerce, the quarrels of kings, the intrigues of ministers, or some other source, equally culpable; but never has any war devised by man been founded on holy tempers and Christian principles.

July 5th, 2009

Donald Trump: "Everything is a Lie"

James Japan posted this in Politics, Video, War

July 4: After seeing Donald Trump’s “The Apprentice” for the very first time yesterday, I became interested to know more about him. My general opinion of fat cat businessmen is not very high, but after seeing this interview of him on youtube, and hearing his opinion of the war in Iraq, my respect for Mr. Trump has increased a magnitude.