Interesting historical commentary on the Bin Laden death

Prison Planet reports:

Images of Bin Laden with a bullet through his head do not ‘put to bed’ any of the following facts.

- The fact that numerous intelligence professionals and heads of state have publicly stated that Obama has been dead for years and that the U.S. government was waiting to announce his death at the most politically opportune time.

- The fact that Osama Bin Laden was armed and funded by the CIA from 1979 onwards as a proxy to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan.

- The fact that the CIA supported Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda during the invasion of Yugoslavia and Serbia in 1999.

- The fact that Bin Laden’s right-hand man Anwar Al-Alawki was dining with top brass at the Pentagon months after 9/11.

- The fact that FBI translator Sibel Edmonds testified how Bin Laden worked for the United States all the way up until 9/11.

- The fact that the Bin Laden acolyte and Al-Qaeda member Haroon Rashid Aswat, labeled the mastermind behind the 7/7 bombings in London, was a western intelligence asset.

- The fact that Abu Qatada, the figure labeled ‘Osama bin Laden’s right hand man in Europe’, was a western intelligence asset.

- The fact that the United States is currently arming and funding Al-Qaeda to help conduct regime change in Iran.

- The fact that western intelligence agencies bankrolled a Libyan Al-Qaeda cell controlled directly by Bin Laden to hatch a plot to kill Colonel Gaddafi in 1996.

- The fact that the United States is currently helping Bin Laden’s Al-Qaeda conduct regime change in Libya.

- The fact that every shred of evidence clearly indicates that Al-Qaeda is an intelligence front for the US military-industrial complex.

Images released by the White House of Bin Laden with a bullet through his head do not confound any of these facts, so when the inevitable establishment spin ensues about these images ‘putting the conspiracy theories about Bin Laden to bed,’ we’d like to remind people that they actually do nothing whatsoever to address any of the so-called conspiracy theories (ie documented facts) about Bin Laden and the fact that Al-Qaeda is a US intelligence front.

False flag operations aren't real, and only silly conspiracy theorists believe that governments stage events

Indiana prosecutor told Wisconsin governor to stage ‘false flag’ operation

Eric W. Dolan
Raw Story
March 25, 2011

An Indiana prosecutor and Republican activist has resigned after emails show he suggested Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker stage a fake attack on himself to discredit unions protesting his budget repair bill.

The Republican governor signed a bill on March 11 that eliminates most union rights for public employees.

In an email from February 19, Indiana deputy prosecutor Carlos F. Lam told Walker the situation presented “a good opportunity for what’s called a ‘false flag’ operation.”

The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism discovered the email among tens of thousands released to the public last week following a lawsuit by the Isthmus and the Associated Press.

“If you could employ an associate who pretends to be sympathetic to the unions’ cause to physically attack you (or even use a firearm against you), you could discredit the unions,” Lam said in his email.

Full article here

Anybody still putting their trust in princes?

There's a much greater Prince worthy of our trust. I hope you're following the new blog, SeeHim AsHeIs.com

Here's Obama and Biden before they had the empire under their power:

Civics News must become less

This is a big day. A hinge point in my life. For the better part of a decade, I have been a student of history, politics, and economics, and have collected news that paints a terrifying picture of tyranny emerging around us. I have taught about the U.S. Constitution and individual liberty. And I have opposed violations of both. The main purpose behind my political and news activism has been to point people away from confidence in worldly, coercive governments and toward the kingdom of God as taught by Jesus. And, as the sun sets on 2010, I feel that after one book and three years of blogging, that point has been made loudly and clearly. It is time to move on to bigger and better things. Namely, God.

Certainly, defending God’s reputation and advancing his kingdom has always been at the forefront of why this blog has existed. Disassociating Jesus from the evils done in his name by so-called Christianity and a so-called Christian nation has been perhaps the most important task this blog has served. And spreading Jesus’ message of non-violence and love of our enemies has been and will be an enduring purpose of this blog.

However, to continue to regularly post news and commentary on political matters would not be true to the journey in my own heart and mind. Over the past year or two, my interest in pursuing the political-theological mission of this blog has been slowly giving ground to more theological and spiritually practical realities. Recently, I have been consumed by the question, “what is God like?” and less interested in the question, “what are the latest evils that the kingdoms of this world are up to?” Therefore, rather than telling the world what Christ is NOT all about, more emphasis needs to be put on telling the world what Christ IS all about. Perhaps more time should be spent beholding, admiring and participating in the kingdom of God and less time should be spent critiquing and calling Christians out of the kingdoms of this world.

I hope that the 2300+ posts on Civics News will stand as a reminder to Christians to put not their trust in princes, in politicians, in the coercive governments of this world. If I were to do many of these blog posts over again, the emphasis and angle and even tone would certainly change to some degree, yet my convictions about liberty of conscience and God’s displeasure with Christian militarism remain as strong as ever.

But it is time to turn the page in my journey with God. He is now asking me to simply show the world what he is like. And this means doing much less of what I’ve been doing on Civics News for 3 years.

This brings me to the (drumroll please...) launching of the new blog, entitled "See Him As He Is." Expect more activity at that website than at Civics News. Civics News will not disappear. And posts will be made from time to time on pressing matters involving the kingdom of God and the kingdoms of this world. But I invite your participation in the most important adventure of all--seeking to know God better.

Seeking a knowledge of God can best be done in community with others of the same purpose of mind. So, "See Him As He Is" needs to be a conversational website. Just as “knowledge” of God in the Bible implies an intimate relationship with him, so seeking that knowledge must be done by people in relationship. So please join or start the conversation at the new blog.

Maybe in a way, Civics News has prepared the way for See Him As He Is. And like John the Baptist who prepared the way for Christ, Civics News says “I must become less, he must become greater” (John 3:30). Civics News must become less. See Him As He Is must become greater. And there is nothing greater than knowing God, for it is the very definition of the eternal kind of life (John 17:3).

-Scott

Is Diet Soda/Aspartame causing Glenn Beck's health problems?

Paul Joseph Watson reports on the dangers of drinking diet soda. If you know any heavy users of Aspartame, send them this article.

"As He Is" is officially launching!

See more about this series HERE. It should be a total of 17 sessions. This is the invitation card for the first five sessions. Please pray for us.

See Him As He Is

As you've noticed, the frequency of posting on Civics News has taken a nose dive. A few posts ago, I mentioned that I'd been working on a new project. It's time to finally launch that new project! Beginning October 18, I will begin a lecture series at Grand Valley State University entitled, "As He Is" (a phrase taken from 1 John 3:1-2).

Why the change in my extracurricular efforts? I've come to realize that the fundamental problem in Christianity is how we perceive God. The reason we put our trust in political princes and in coercive government, the reason we believe in war and torture, the reason we believe in using legislative force to compel people to live a certain way economically or morally, the reason we struggle in our faith, and the reason many non-Christians rightly disregard the Christian faith...it all comes down to our picture of God. Do we believe in a coercive God or a God of love? When we say we believe that "God is love" do we REALLY believe that or do we still cherish misconceptions of God even in Christianity?

Because...what we believe God to be like...will determine everything for us. We tend to become like that which we admire and worship. “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us … when he appears, we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is.” 1 John 3:1-2

There's so much more to say. One short post announcing this new project can't communicate the realizations that have come in the past year or two, which have been germinating and growing. I'm considering a second book on the subject, namely, a book on the character of God, what we believe he's like, and how this impacts our actions and beliefs (political and otherwise) to expand on these themes.

But, for now, I am excited to respond to the call to preach the good news about the character of God, to tell as many people as I can about what kind of person God is--that he is entirely trustworthy and that he is love with all the radical implications that truth carries with it. Inside and outside the church, we need to hear this good news, this gospel. It has changed my life over the past two years, and I can't wait to start sharing it with others.

So check out the new (very basic) website, and add it to your favorites; I'll be posting stuff there from time to time and hopefully posting audios from the "As He Is" series.

The most urgent need of humanity--inside and outside the church--is that we will finally See Him As He is. That we will finally be introduced to our Creator in his true and scarcely understood character. If the knowledge hits you like it hit me, it's going to change everything for you. Enjoy the journey of seeking the truth about God.

Scott