AUGUST NEWS 2000

 


Editor's Note: We highly recommend a set of tapes "The Rise of Orwellian Doublespeak in the Last Days" which helps explain some of the processes we are experiencing during the Democratic, Republican and Reformed platforms. We are not in the business of swinging votes because our answers are not in man made kingdoms. We are in business of education and keeping people abreast with the final endtime church and state as one final antichrist entity, which will lead us directly to the Second Coming of our Savior, Christ Jesus. The present developments are described in the Bible and it is very exciting to watch Biblical prophecy coming into fruition. The Rise of Orwellian Doublespeak comes from a book written in 1984 which pinpoints what is happening to our language and how it is being used for mind control. We don't have it advertised yet because we can't keep up with what is going on but if you are interested we'll make you a copy of the two tapes for $6 plus $1.50 for shipping in US and $5 overseas. We are in process of getting Visa, which is on board but not set up yet. Our address is Cephas Ministry Inc. PO Box 1239, Zephyrhills, FL 33539
NOW why might these tapes help us understand? We talked about the pre-convention meetings for the Republican Party in the last newsletter and kept notes of the issues, which were brought forward. One issue was the NWO and what it should be called to make people believe that the Republicans are distancing themselves from the NWO. Governor Bush recommended a new term, which the delegates did not think, would make it believable. They decided on a new one and voted it in. "Principled American leadership" was chosen as the new slogan for New World Order. Look what came up right after the Republican Convention. We have written about Senator Jesse Helms and his confrontations with the United Nations, which do not line up with the following article. To see that article about Senator Helms go to the http://www.cephas-newsletter.net/1_00_UN_JHelms.html - He later apologized to the UN and told them that he would help reform the United Nations. The issue was money. The US has not paid their dues over a billion dollars. Senator Helms pointed out that the wars had cost the US many billions in one year and that the US should get credit for that. Here is an excerpt from that page to give you some background on the following article.
"President Clinton signed into law December 10, 1998, Executive Order 13107 the implementation of Human Rights Treaties [with the United Nations]. Obligations of the United States pursuant to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.. all forms of racial discrimination.. implementation of Human Rights Obligations.. promoting human rights and fundamental freedoms. It shall be the policy and practice of Government of the U.S. to promote respect for international human rights.. including strengthening the various international mechanism for the promotion of human rights, including, inter alia, those of the United Nations, the International Labor Organization and the Organization of American States... Human Rights Inquiries and Complaints.. fall within its areas of responsibility, referring it to the appropriate agency for response.
Section (c) (iv) developing effective mechanisms to ensure that legislation proposed by the Administration is reviewed for conformity with international human rights obligations.. by Congress as well... Section 5. (c) The term "treaty obligations" shall mean treaty obligations as approved by the Senate pursuant to Article II, section 2, clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution...
It's too late Senator Helms, it's a done deal. Alan Keyes is correct when he stated that our freedom is a thing of the past. It is while we are under the United Nations. God's promises a better deal to all who want to participate:


 

"ORWELLINIAN" PRINCIPLED AMERICAN LEADERSHIP


 

THURSDAY AUGUST 3 2000 PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION Platform holds U.N. at arm's length Republicans plot new course for relationship with world body by Mary Jo Anderson © 2000 WorldNetDaily.com -
PHILADELPHIA -- Stating boldly that the United Nations can exercise "no veto over principled American leadership" and that "American troops must never serve under United Nations command," the GOP platform
unveiled in Philadelphia this week describes a very different view of the relationship between the United States and the United Nations than that of the Clinton-Gore administration.
[EDNote: The reason the UN cannot exercise "no veto over "principled American leadership" is true. Principled American leadership is the new slogan for New World Order. Governor Bush told the news media in an interview Saturday that he would send troops overseas if they had an adequate reason to send troops. He did not say that they do not plan to continue the present involvements ]
While acknowledging that the United Nations can organize humanitarian aid efforts and serve as a "forum for nations to peacefully resolve their differences," the Republican platform stipulates that the U.N. was "not designed to summon or lead armies." Other specific issues addressed by the platform include the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court, US dues payments to the UN, environmental treaties and US funding of international programs providing abortion as
part of health care. [EDnote: who has agreed to international healthcare?]
Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N.C., an outspoken critic of the International Criminal Court, and Sen.Ashcroft, R-Mo., have raised concerns about the incompatibility of the ICC's jurisdiction and the constitutional rights of Americans, particularly
military personnel. The statute for the creation of the International Criminal Court was established July 17,1998, in Rome.
According to John L.Washburn, co-chairman of the Washington Working Group on the International Criminal Court, the Republican platform provision on the ICC is "based on a misconception."
A coalition of 15 non-governmental organizations, the Washington Working Group is an educational and advocacy body whose efforts are aimed at U.S. congressmen. Washburn, a graduate of Harvard Law School, has served in the United States Foreign Service and in the office of the Secretary General of the
United Nations under Javier Perez de Cuellar. He points out that the assumption "implicit in the GOP platform is that the ICC would have jurisdiction over the U.S. government or military personnel as a group." Another
misconception, he said, is that nations that are not a party to the treaty would fall under the venue of the ICC. Instead, he said, the ICC incorporates the Nuremberg Principle that prosecutes individuals.
"At issue is not the nationality," he said, "but the person's individual responsibility for the very worst of international crimes." Others, however, disagree, claiming non-party nations would not be beyond the reach of the ICC. Kenneth Gallant, professor of Law at the University of Arkansas School of Law, explains,
"If a non-signatory nation refuses to cooperate, a case can be brought to the Court by the UN Security Council under Chapter VII of the UN Charter. By virtue of their membership in the UN -- and nearly every nation is a member -- states and their citizens are subject to a case brought to the ICC by the Security Council." The US veto power on the Security Council is also considered an insufficient safeguard in light of current discussions about ending the veto power altogether.
Although most Americans believe International Criminal Court prosecutions will be reserved for war crimes, an official UN information brochure says otherwise: "A decision has yet to be made as to whether the definition of crimes against humanity contained in the Statute will also include such acts when committed in
peacetime. In this regard, the Yugoslavia Tribunal stated, 'It is by now a settled rule of customary international law that crimes against humanity do not require a connection to international armed conflict.' "
Those concerned with American sovereignty issues point to a concern for how terms are defined. The crimes under the International Criminal Court's domain include genocide and "crimes against humanity," "aggression," "sexual slavery" and "enforced pregnancy." The ICC treaty, which will have the power to enforce
UN-mandated social policies worldwide, was greeted by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan as "a giant step forward in the march towards universal human rights and the rule of law."
But Richard G. Wilkins, professor of law at Brigham Young University, warns that "malleable definitions" and disagreements about what constitutes "human rights" are areas of significant dispute.
The GOP platform acknowledges some of those areas in its pledge to "protect the rights of families in international programs and [we] will not fund organizations involved in abortions." Pamela Shifman serves as co-executive director of the New York-based Equality Now, an advocacy group that "supports the United
Nations international human rights efforts for women, such as the Beijing [conference] and Beijing+5 process."
Shifman's organization, an NGO at the United Nations, is "strongly supportive of the establishment of an International Criminal Court" and sees the UN as a "mechanism important to the advocacy of the human rights agenda." While Equality Now was "very glad to see the GOP specifically mention sex trafficking
[as a crime], we were very disappointed that they [GOP platform] will not fund abortions, because that hurts millions of women around the world."
Other issues in the platform that draw a new Republican vision of the U.S.-U.N. relationship include the prickly matter of dues owed by the United States to the U.N., as well as matters of stewardship over the environment. On the dues question, the platform calls for a "fair, not disproportionate share of the dues," to be paid to the UN, "once it has reformed its management and taken steps to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse." The moneys the US has contributed toward peacekeeping missions would also be credited toward US dues.
The GOP opposition to UN control of the global environment is a strongly worded provision: "We reject the extremist call for the United Nations to create a 'Stewardship Council' modeled on the Security Council, to oversee the global environment." The platform cites attempts of "international bureaucrats" to "by-pass" the "processes of national governments."
Gregory Gronbacher of the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Acton Institute cites international accords on environmental issues, such as the Kyoto protocols, as an example of UN attempts to control how nations use their resources. An educational foundation, the Institute advises religious leaders on the moral importance of limited government and a free market economy. Gronbacher, Acton's director of academic research, observes, "The Clinton administration has signed treaties that many Americans are not comfortable with. Some of the UN conference and treaty requirements are morally problematical with the founding principles of our nation.".. Mary Jo Anderson is a contributing reporter to WorldNetDaily.
[ http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/20000803_xex_platform_hol.shtml ]
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Pretribbers have a new name:
A Hyper-rapture person, i.e., one who would rather not be in the world. I suppose they are looking for an "easy-out"
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HE SHALL THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS.


There was a big article in the paper yesterday about a group of scientists claiming that they broke the speed of light barrier, and that a wave of light they shot across a chamber, disappeared out of the chamber even before it finished entering. One of the most significant quotes in the article, however, was that one of the scientists now claims that this will enable them to go back and change things in history!!!
Of course, the only thing that Satan would like to change in History is that little Resurrection incident. Makes me think of the verse in Daniel where the Antichrist will seek to "change the times". [Source: S email group ]
Reply: July 21, 2000 Constance E. Cumbey Re: change the times
Take a look, if you have it at the Tyndale Publishers ALMANAC OF THE CHRISTIAN WORLD (copyright 1992 by Edith Draper), 1993-1994 Edition (as far as I know, this was the last one published). On pages 347-348, at the conclusion of "Chronology of World Evangelization from AD 30 to 1990, there
is a "Possible future scenarios with plans". The plan (as in "The Plan with a capital P???) for the year 2008 reads as follows:
"Global church research project to determine which major events or situations in past history of evangelization should be changed by messages or messengers sent from today, as soon as science invents method of
otachyonic time travel and alteration of the past; preference for rectifying the great missed opportunities of Christian history (as with China in 1266, 1644, 1843)."
Isn't it just FASCINATING to know that the Theosophists and the "Evangelicals" had the same 'holy city' of Wheaton, Illinois (population est'd 57,000 as of 1990 census)?! Not to mention maybe, er, the same, er
'inspiring' spirits with the same message.
Truly, HE SHALL THINK TO CHANGE TIMES AND LAWS.
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GLOBALIZATION


"State of the World Forum"
To Advance A Global Governance for Everyone! International leaders from government, business and civil society will meet in New York for seven days in September to muse about mankind and his future. Founded in 1995 by former Soviet Communist leader Mikhail Gorbachev, the "State of the World Forum" meets regularly to advance a bundle of mostly far left ideas... Three main principles drive the State of the World Forum; "ecological sustainability" as opposed to the "generation of wealth," "global governance"
What is most striking about the Forum is the long list of international heavyweights who participate. Even conservatives have turned up, such as former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brezinski, and new Mexican President Vincente Fox. Sprinkled with world leaders has been a large number of New Age proponents, including author Marianne Williamson, guru Deepok Chopra, and "mythologist" Jean Houston.
The seven-day meeting beginning in New York on September 4 is intended to coincide with a number of other important conferences attached to the United Nations. The UN will convene a Millennium Summit of up 150 heads of state and the World Peace Summit of religious and spiritual leaders meets just before the Forum begins.
This State of the World Forum will address "Shaping Globalization: Convening the Community of Stakeholders." Forum organizers contend the violent riots that occurred during the last meeting of the World Trade Organization in Seattle last December highlighted "the inadequacies of the current system of global governance." Speakers include Earth Council Institute Chairman Maurice Strong, UN Population Fund Executive Director Nafis Sadik, and Haitian President Jean Bertand-Aristide.
The Forum will feature major sessions on business, children, education, sustainable development, globalization, global governance, global security, health, science and spirituality, and social development...
At some point it is likely that large new programs and new laws will evolve from the State of the World Forum and other such bodies. [ewtn]
As the EU matures and the 15 member governments expand its authority, Europeans from Stockholm to Udine - Colombia's hometown - have been surprised and at times upset to find its officials nosing into what they can eat, how they travel, even how they incinerate their trash.. The EU has increasingly become a force for social regulation. It is now trying to find the common ground in its 15 societies and develop rules for behavior that cross ethnic and national boundaries. Many Italians strongly support the EU, welcoming it as filling the vacuum left by the country's notoriously weak central government.
[www.harpazo.net/news.html]
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URI GLOBAL CHARTER IS SIGNED-Hundreds of delegates from 44 countries and 39 religions around the world met in Pittsburgh June 26 at Summit 2000 to sign the United Religions Initiative Charter (see 6/1 CC). This was the birth and basis for a unified world religion - a counterpart to the UN. The URI Charter begins: "We, people of diverse religions, spiritual expressions and indigenous traditions throughout the world, hereby establish the United Religions Initiative to promote enduring, daily interfaith cooperation, to end religiously motivated violence, and to create cultures of peace, justice and healing for the Earth and all living beings." Could URI be the one-world religion of Antichrist in embryo? [ http://cnview.com/ ]
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Effects of Globalization on the United States
CONGRESSMEN: DRUGS, CHINA, TERRORISM IN PANAMA


The U.S. surrender of the Panama Canal has borne bitter fruit, two congressmen charge, and America is paying the price in the increase of drug trafficking, narco-terrorism and Chinese infiltration of Panama and control of the canal. And in a recent case, two United States investigators seeking to unravel the stunning abandonment of tens of millions of dollars worth of American military equipment left behind when the U.S. left Panama were ordered out of the country by the U.S. ambassador before they could complete their work.
http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/8/7/210938
Watching the meetings about the Democratic policies, there were some interesting ones to watch. There were two in particular, a young female lawyer who heads an organization called TRADEWATCH - www.tradewatch.org . and Queen Noor of Jordan who is an activist in "Women Waging Peace."
Lets begin with Queen Noor of Jordan. She said, "never before have women held so much power as today.. "there is an increased feminization of the world of politics.. global peace is linked to the empowerment of women.. " Her slogan is: equity, understanding and peace. She parrots Pope Paul's plea for reconciliation of religions.
A lady from Mexico shared that the church [Catholic Church] is very involved in the peace process. Another woman encouraged others to read the Koran which is called basic education for women. She claimed that women are abused because they don't know what is in the Koran.
Queen Noor added that she is from the land of three Abrahamic religions and that through education and active engagement all religions can reach fundamental common ground. Interfaith institutions are very active in the peace movement. She boasted that Islam has proven profitable for fundamental rights for women in marriage such the prenuptial agreements and it has strengthening principles to build confidence in women.
Women should become active in unifying the children of Abraham, which is an enormous challenge. She is a committed Muslim who reads the Koran in times of stress. She was a guest at Harvard University, [the UN think tank], New York. She is very much admired by women all over the world. She may try to fill the vacancy in Princess Diane's slot and would be just as dangerous in influencing Christian women into the wrong direction.


FREE TRADE IS A FREE FOR ALL RACE TO THE BOTTOM


Before we get into the meat of the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION for those who are new on the list, we have information about this subject on the website. To understand this information you have to know that the World Trade Organization was originally created by the United States but has since been taken over by people who are unknown to them, so they said in the committee meetings. That was one of the complaints. There was no access and no accountability. The United Nations was created by the US to keep the world from falling apart when the nuclear weaponry came on the scene.
The reason given by the committee that was given a chance to pull out of the WTO by an amendment, was that it would be embarrassing to pull out at this point because we created it and second, that we would risk losing out economically. We could end up excluded from the market altogether. Check the Treaty by the European Union and the Southern Common Market if you are interested in more information about this, to see how many countries are included in that group http://www.cephasministry.com/nwo_eu_treaty.html
Now into the second discussion at a Jewish temple in LA included Jesse Jackson's son and other interesting activists. One young female lawyer was particularly hyper addressing NAFTA and the WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION. We have dealt with WTO at Cephas Ministry. We watched a committee of House Representatives in the White House voting for it when they should have voted against it. This young lady pointed out what is wrong with NAFTA and WTO.
She stated that there was no input to these documents from anyone outside of the large corporations. In other words large corporations created the documents and they changed the language by calling it "FREE TRADE" when they represent just the opposite. She waved one of the books in her hand and shouted: "these are 900 pages of Corporate Protectionism, a 20 year monopoly of any corporation that owns pharmaceuticals. We are going to protect the pharmaceutical corporations from the rest of the world and ignore labor laws, human rights laws and environmental laws that people have fought for and died for in this country.
She proclaimed that NAFTA and the WTO have placed new constraints on us that we never voted on. The WTO is composed of 140 nations around the world. The new language forbids us "to distinguish how things are made." She took off her shoe and said, "a shoe will just be a shoe." How it was made has become irrelevant. A child chained to a machine could make it and noone would be the wiser. All our labor, environmental, humans rights laws are on how things are made. The worst part is, "we can't even have our government look at that." WELCOME TO CORPORATE RULE AND GLOBALIZATION.
Under WTO and NAFTA, the government has to prove the product is dangerous. Government can't keep products like genetically engineered food off the market. Companies get a free ride in this new protectionism.
We did not start taping her speech until after we realized how important her information was and did not get her name but have a video of most of the talk. She is a trade lawyer. She said that NAFTA and WTO are backdoor deregulatory powergraphs. There are no debates and nobody is accountable.
This is not speculation. If we do not comply, there will be economic sanctions imposed on the United States from Geneva, Switzerland without recourse. By voting on this it became Federal Law. Cephas Ministry watched it happening on C-span. In spite of much opposition, the majority in the House of Representatives, they sold us down the river.
The rewards now come home to roost in illegal trade barriers. The World Trade Organization wants harmonization with all countries, which requires deregularization. No more differences. The totally different is the same. You will be thinking that you are getting government inspected beef? In deregulation you won't know where the beef came from. It reverses our decisions to make our food safe.
We have a record of progress with the International Monetary Fund, which proves a growth rate per capita up 23% in Africa before globalization. With globalization their growth has gone down to -36% which varies and is world wide except in China. They did not join WTO.
There are 280 billionaires who own over half the world's assets. Special interests are now trying to control health and education the same way.
Now you know what the movement is, you saw in action in Seattle, Washington. Young people are coming together from all over the world to get the World Trade Organization to Shrink or Sink. They find it unacceptable to the majority. The speaker called for people to educate and organize and join them. Here comes the cincher.
"We are attracting hundreds of groups to help us build a coalition. The M-A-G-I from Africa signed up and the 2nd Baptist Church wants to get involved. This turns out to be another cause like so many others that Satan is using to unify people to draw them into the Interfaith Movement. We met the M-A-G-I in Africa in that camp. So watch out... HIS KINGDOM IS NOT OF THIS WORLD.
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MIDEAST


ARAFAT TALKS OF SUMMIT IN 10 DAYS, which would begin August 18, 2000 ..
But a diplomatic source said that Arafat's comments may "be signaling that he is now willing to make some moves." http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/08/08/News/News.10648.html
Editor's Note: The reason for this change of heart is the European Union who have threatened Arafat. Arafat has backed off the September date to recapture his statehood. Barak has not consented to this new summit yet.
Barak Nearly Chokes to Death at Summit
July 28 - JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli newspaper said on Friday that Prime Minister Ehud Barak almost choked to death during the Camp David peace summit with Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.
The daily Maariv said a bone got caught in his throat one evening in his room at President Clinton's Maryland retreat. Barak was sitting with Israeli delegates.
Gadi Greenstein, a former navy man who took part in the negotiations, performed the Heimlich maneuver on
the Israeli leader who had been ``choking and croaking'' for several seconds, the paper said.
It said Greenstein dashed over to the former Israeli commando, grabbed him from behind, compressed his
diaphragm and lifted him up to save him while most of Israel's tough-talking delegation to the summit looked on in shock.
Later, members of the delegation asked an American doctor to take a look at Barak, who declined to be
examined. A senior member of the delegation told Maariv the incident had been frightening. Barak's office had
no immediate comment. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20000728/od/bone_dc_1.html


LIKUD STEPS UP BID TO TOPPLE GOVERNMENT
New elections will "probably" take place in the near future, former foreign minister David Levy predicted yesterday after meeting at a Tel Aviv hotel with Likud chairman MK Ariel Sharon, who said he is
making "immense efforts" to topple the Barak government. A source said three options are being explored, including gathering 61 MKs willing to vote no confidence in the prime minister. http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2000/08/09/News/News.10690.html

 

PERES DEFEAT DEALS BLOW TO THE CLINTONS

Shimon Peres, who lost in his bid to become Israel's President yesterday, has withdrawn his letter of resignation from the government, and will continue as Minister of Regional Development. Peres said this morning that the "continuation of the peace process is more important to me than my own personal future." He called upon Prime Minister Barak to quickly complete the final-status agreement with the Palestinians, "as there will soon be new elections." [ source: http://www.IsraelNationalNews.com ]
Saddam cancer fear spurs rivals
by Michael Theodoulou and Giles Whittell
July 27 2000 - PRESIDENT Saddam Hussein of Iraq, the world's most resilient leader, is seriously ill and thought to have cancer, according to reports from Baghdad.
Word of his deteriorating health will intensify a power struggle between his two sons and undermine the myth of invincibility that he has carefully fostered during two decades of autocratic rule.
"We know Saddam is unwell and understand it may be cancer, but we don't know how bad it is or how long he can go on for," an Iraqi businessman in Jordan said. Other well-connected Iraqi travelers, who are not connected to opposition groups, have made similar claims in recent days. [Saddam].. spoke in almost mystical terms, comparing the Baath revolution to "the smile of a baby, the prayer of a hermit and rain falling on parched land".
Dressed in a dark suit and tie for the televised speech, the 63-year-old Iraqi leader appeared haggard but there were no other signs of illness. His hair, as usual, was dyed a virile jet black.
The unconfirmed reports of his deteriorating health came as President Putin welcomed Tariq Aziz, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, to the Kremlin yesterday to discuss the lifting UN sanctions.
Proceeds from oil smuggling in the past ten years have ensured that the regime remains immune from the suffering caused by sanctions. There is little organized opposition within the country and Saddam's Western-backed exiled opponents remain weak. Assassination attempts, coup plots and an uprising in the wake of the 1991 Gulf War failed to unseat him.
Any succession in the Iraqi regime is unlikely to be as smooth as that in neighbouring Syria after the death in June of President Hafez al-Assad. The reins of power in Damascus were passed uncontested to his son, Bashar, a British-trained eye doctor.
The rivalry between Saddam's sons is compounded by his reluctance to make clear which one will succeed him. Uday, 36, is portrayed by defectors as a torturer, serial rapist and killer. The less mercurial Qusay, 34, controls the intelligence and security apparatus. http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/2000/07/27/timfgnmid01001.html
Link via: http://www.newsviewtoday.com
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Russia


PUTIN PLANS MAY LEAD TO DICTATORSHIP [He reassigned 6 of his generals who want to improve Russia's nuclear position] He is planning to amend the constitution to allow the government to exercise dictatorial powers aimed at building a capitalist state. According to the opposition paper Segodnya, owned by Putin critic Vladimir Gusinsky, Putin wants to use constitutional changes to tighten his control over politicians
and win the backing of journalists and businessmen. If Putin gets his way, the paper warned, Russia will go back to totalitarian rule, this time aimed not at building communism but instead at creating a
capitalist economy. http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a=2000/8/7/120916


RELIGIOUS FREEDOM AT PERIL IN RUSSIA- Newly elected President Vladimir Putin signed an amendment last March that extended the deadline (to 12/31/00) for churches and religious organizations to reregister with the Russian state. Those who fail to meet the deadline will be closed by court order (8/7 Chr. Today). A 1990 law had provided equality and religious rights protection for all religious groups, but a 1997 Religion Law required all groups to reregister by Dec. 31, 1999. About 70 percent failed to do this by the deadline, including many Russian Orthodox and other "traditional groups." Putin, a Russian Orthodox, gives mixed signals about religious freedom. [http://cnview.com/ August Newsletter ]

 

PUTIN: CHINA IS STRATEGIC PARTNER
UPI
MOSCOW ­ July 17, 2000 In an interview with China's Xinhua news agency released Sunday ahead of next week's visit to China, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the country Russia's strategic partner. In the interview, excerpts of which were transmitted by Russian news agencies, Putin said Russia's future clearly lay in building closer ties with its giant eastern neighbor.. Putin also reiterated earlier statements on international security, calling for a multi-polar world to balance the dominant position of the United States in international affairs, and voiced concern over Western moves to interfere in the internal affairs of sovereign states over human rights concerns.. [ http://www.newsmax.com/articles/?a 00/7/16/175431 ]
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POLITICS


BUSH'S 'JESUS DAY' CALLED A FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION
Four months ago in Texas, Gov. George W. Bush signed a proclamation declaring June 10 to be Jesus Day, and urging all Texans to "follow Christ's example by performing good works in their communities and
neighborhoods." The proclamation received little attention at the time, except for some gratitude from a Christian organization that had asked many governors to issue proclamations supporting its annual
day of charity, prayer and parades in Jesus' name. Now what seemed purely ceremonial has turned into a controversy for Governor Bush.
http://www.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/080600wh-bush-jesus.html
Linda Edwards, Bush's governmental spokeswoman in Austin, Texas, said the proclamation that June 10 would be "Jesus Day" had been removed from the governor's Web site for no other reason than space concerns. http://web.philly.com/content/daily_news/2000/08/08/local/JESU08.htm
LAME DUCK PRESS
Just a Few Thoughts on Philadelphia [Republican Convention] from Antipas Ministry. "One of the first things that struck me about what was occurring was how the mainline press was underplaying the protests. For example, on Sunday - the first day of the rallies - the corporate media reported that the protesters numbered no more than 6,000 people. But that simply wasn't true. The numbers far exceeded that figure - maybe as much as 25,000 to 35,000 people were demonstrating. Hard to say how many! - but the protesters filled the
mall that extended along the JFK Parkway from the "Rocky Stairs" (remember the movie, "Rocky") to downtown Philadelphia - maybe a mile or two (at any rate, a long way).
To a large extent, this under-reporting could be attributed to the fact that the members of the elite media simply didn't "get it." They were trying to report on something they didn't understand. For example, on Monday, in the midst of another demonstration (this time, an "illegal" one) in front of Philadelphia's ornate city hall, I had a conversation with Bruce Morton, a leading member of the elite media. He looked so out of place there - kind of like an elephant at a tea party. There he was, with his fake tan, gucci shoes and three-piece suit trying to talk to the demonstrators. Problem was, no one was talking to him. It was as if no one cared that he was there. He didn't count. Talking to him wasn't worth the trouble. The demonstrators had their own press corps - and they were the ones who were getting the interviews!! So there Morton stood, an empty "Suit" that no one cared about; a man all "washed up" and totally sidelined - at least insofar as the demonstrators were concerned. I asked him what he thought, and he said, "This was no big thing; it would all blow over." He
continued, "What are they demonstrating about anyway; this is the best economy the country has ever had." I asked him, "The best economy for whom? - the elites?" He looked at me scornfully; but didn't say anything.
Nonetheless, the feeling I got from his rather contemptuous look was, "Well, who else is there?"
But there was more to the under-reporting than just that. It wasn't simply that the elite media couldn't "connect" with the demonstrators - after all, the mainline press could have used the pictures and interviews the "protest media" was streaming out over the internet (it was all free). There was an edge to the elite media's under-reporting - a conscious effort by the corporate media to underplay what was happening in the streets, as if by ignoring it, it would all go away. After all, isn't it the elite media that "makes" or "breaks" people and causes today? [That's certainly what they did with Ross Perot, and what they are doing now with Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan.] Don't people - the demonstrators included - have to [approve] to the mainline press if they are going to get anywhere? That's what the corporate press evidently thinks.

But not the kids - they didn't seem to care! [I say "kids" because that's what they were - college age young people for the most part. They came from all over the country - in old cars, vans, and busses of one sort or
another. They were unwashed, shabbily dressed in fatigues and other assorted old clothes, with sandals and "clodhoppers" ("doc martins" I think) for shoes; they had rings in their ears, on their lips, in their noses; all had backpacks, many had bikes.] They had their own media - a sort of "alternate press" - and they were bypassing the mainline media; going straight to the people with their own cameras, their own pictures, their own reporting, and their own channels of distribution.

Their target audiences were not the self-absorbed "soccer moms" and the smug suburban yuppies and young professionals the mainline press targets - the kind that listen to MSNBC, CNN, and read the financial pages of the Wall Street Journal - but their fellow students back home on the nation's college campuses. The country's students! - these are the people the demonstrators want to reach; these are the people the protesters want to "stir up" and galvanize - and there is a lot of evidence that they are doing just that. And the message that they want to get out? - that the country no longer belongs to "The People," but to the corporate elites;
that democracy in our country has become a rigged farce; that the rich rule, and the poor count for nothing; that "globalization" is just a rich man's way of picking the pockets of the working poor - not only in this country, but all over the world, and most particularly in the so-called Third World. It's almost as if they had been reading the articles on our website [Please see our article, "The Versailles Phenomenon" at [ http://www.endtimesnetwork.com/oldnews/vol6no2.html ]
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TIPPER GORE A DRUMMER FOR "GAY RIGHTS" Over a decade ago, Tipper Gore led a charge against raunchy rock lyrics, and pushed for parental guidance labels. She recently tried to make up for that "fault" by playing drums with a lesbian rock band at a homosexual rights event (8/5 World). Sadly, she has changed her tune. [ http://cnview.com/ ]
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CLINTON TO SPEAK AT CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
Less than two weeks after his last visit to Illinois, President Clinton plans to return on Thursday to take part in a conference for Christian leaders sponsored by one of the country's most influential evangelical groups. Clinton will speak to the Willow Creek Association's leadership summit in an interview-style session with
Bill Hybels, chief pastor of the Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., the White House said Monday. http://www.lifelinenews.net/candm/candm4/candm4.html
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JOHN HAGELIN ASPIRING TO THE PRESIDENCY
An Interesting Reform Party Candidate From More Than One Perspective: John Hagelin.
Excerpts taken from: New York Times: Taking a Scientist's Approach to the Problems of Politics
by Michael Janofsky DENVER -- So how does a physicist who expanded on Einstein's theory of relativity with a treatise called Supersymmetric Flipped SU (5) find himself running for president? "It's a quantum leap," John Hagelin said with a deadpan expression... What might appear to make less sense is why someone with his academic background and soaring I.Q., 165, would seek to put his ideas in play as the presidential candidate of the Reform Party..
Mr. Hagelin, 46, who received his master's and doctorate from Harvard University and spent nearly 20 years as a research scientist.. [he represents ] Natural Law party, to apply principles a scientist uses every day through common sense, to national political problems.
But Mr. Hagelin's ideas and positions are born less from years in politics than from years of scientific research that focused on brain development and, later, the application of scientific principles to public policy. It led him from Harvard to the European Laboratory for Particle Physics in Geneva to Stanford and finally, in 1985, to Maharishi University of Management, a private institution in Fairfield, Iowa, where he established a research institute that explores issues like health care, education, crime prevention and the environment.
Early on in Fairfield, a rural town of 10,000 where he now lives, divorced from his wife of eight years, Margaret, Mr. Hagelin spent considerable time studying how to change the nation's health care system, which he calls "a disease care system" because of its emphasis on problems rather than prevention. He consulted dozens of House members and even helped write a single paragraph in the comprehensive but ill-fated plan Hillary Rodham Clinton proposed shortly after her husband became president.
"It was the only paragraph in a 10,000-page document that had anything to do with health," he said, recalling its focus on cost-effective preventive care.
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MISC. NEWS
An Interesting website for grocery shopping and scanning your groceries instantly: http://www.trolleyscan.co.za/
and
http://www.nocards.org/list/supermarketlist.html
Have a great day. Aren't we lucky this will be over soon. "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, put on the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. Wherefore take unto you the whole armor of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness: and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints." (Ephesians 6:10 - 18)
In Christ Jesus,
George & Rita Williams http://www.cephasministry.com

 

 

 

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