COMMENTARY

NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENTS ARE UNDER ATTACK BY THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND SOON MAY BE OUTLAWED
Our next conference call will feature John Hammell, Founder of International Advocates for Health Freedom (IAHF), created in 1996 to oppose the pharmaceutical industry’s effort to ban access to therapeutic doses of vitamins and minerals. John’s message is that Codex is merely a part of a larger scheme for societal control. Those who control food and nutrition will be masters of the people. Hammell and his network of activists are a major challenge to this deception. John has earned a place in the Freedom Force Hall of Honor. You can learn more about him and his organization here.

The conference call is scheduled for Sunday, March 11, at 2 PM Pacific Time. The telephone number to call is (712) 580-0100. When asked for the access code, enter 1010697 followed by the # sign. If you are unable to participate in this call, you will be able to hear it later by dialing (641) 985-5036. The access code is the same.

Previous calls have been beset by background noises and callers announcing their arrivals after the presentation started. To minimize this, we will begin the conference in what is called Lecture Mode, which means that voices of callers will be muted. When the presentation is completed, we will open the line to callers. This will be your chance to ask a question. After that, the lines will be muted again until time for the next question, and so on. If you want to be certain of having your question presented, send it to me at ge.griffin@verizon.net. I will put it to the front of the line and ask the question for you.

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RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!
By now, most of you know that Congressman Ron Paul has announced his willingness to run for President in the 2008 election. He will be running as a Republican, but that doesn't mean he is beholden to the party leaders who are aligned with the global collectivists at the Council on Foreign Relations. The exact opposite is true, as clearly demonstrated by his flawless voting record. In the 2008 election, he will be the only candidate who will defend the Constitution.

I have known and admired Ron Paul for many years. I will support him in every way possible, and I urge you to do so also. We must pull out all the stops for this one. It could be our last chance to restore the Republic.

We at Freedom Force and the Reality Zone pledge our support and cooperation with any group that is willing to work with us toward victory in 2008, and we will be working hard to create special programs and materials to assist in that endeavor. We encourage our subscribers and members to volunteer their services for Ron Paul campaign organization just as soon as it is functioning. Better yet, we are not waiting. We are taking immediate steps to launch our own groups so we will already have a modicum of organization when the national network is ready for us. The primary goal will be to distribute educational and campaign materials. I'm certain that excellent materials will be forthcoming from the Ron Paul headquarters when it is established, but it is not too early to begin to get organized and to begin distributing the materials that already exist.

This is a call to all Americans regardless of political party affiliation. There has never been a time in history when it was so clear that there is no real difference between the major American parties, and this will become even more clear in the months ahead as Democrats take over and continue to lead the country along the same disastrous path toward global collectivism. This is the window of opportunity where people finally will be ready to listen to our message.

Aaron Russo has pledged that he will make copies of his movie, America; Freedom to Fascism, available for free distribution in the Paul campaign. That is about as good as it gets, but it will take thousands of campaign workers to distribute those copies. That's why we need to get our groups organized NOW.

Part of the strategy for victory is to have as many people as possible travel to New Hampshire and blanket the state with DVDs, CDs, and printed literature. Why New Hampshire? Because that is the first state in the Union to hold primary elections. A victory in New Hampshire will demonstrate that Paul is not just some little third-party candidate with no following, but a strong candidate with a powerhouse national organization behind him. The press may try to belittle it, but they can't ignore it – nor can the American people. So let's begin now to plan in our calendar to spend our vacations in New Hampshire for the next few years. No kidding. This is exactly what needs to be done.

But New Hampshire is not the whole show. We need to do the same thing right where we live, and we need to do it all year long. My friends, we are fighting for our freedom and, perhaps, our lives. Pamphleteering and DVDing is a piece of cake compared to fighting for these things on the battlefield or in the streets.

Sign up as a volunteer for this great opportunity to serve your country and your family. We have created a web site dedicated to this purpose, and it carries the name of our mission: RESTORE THE REPUBLIC. Frankly, we're not sure yet what we are going to do or in what sequence, but we can't wait to start building our team. So click on the following link and let us know that you are with us. We'll keep you posted on developments and contact you in the months ahead with specific tasks from which to choose. Let's go, freedom team!
www.restoretherepublic.us

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LEFT VS. RIGHT: THE ILLUSION OF OPPOSITES
Would you rather be a Neoconservative or a Progressive? That is a trick question. The trick is in the fact that, although there may be differences between the rhetoric and short-term agendas of these groups, their long-term goals actually are the same. They may differ over how to fight a war in the Middle East but not over the right of the President to wage such a war empowered by the UN instead of Congress. They may differ over what kind of speech should be forbidden ("subversive" speech vs. "hate" speech, for example) but not over the right of the government to forbid it. They may differ over how fast to bankrupt the nation to provide benefits for its citizens but not over the assumption that providing benefits is what governments are supposed to do. They disagree over tactics, timing, and style, but not objectives. They fight for dominance within the New World Order, but they work together to build it. That is because both groups have embraced the underlying ideology of global collectivism.

The illusion of opposites has been a dominant part of the world's political landscape for over a century and it has been the primary reason for the advance of collectivism during that time. In the epic struggles of World War II, millions of patriotic citizens within the combatant nations passionately supported their leaders, believing they were defending against an evil empire. Russians fought for Communism; Germans fought for Nazism; Italians fought for Fascism. Yet, these were merely variants of the underlying ideology, called collectivism, that was common to them all.

Americans, of course, were horrified by such political doctrines and fought, instead, for Democracy. They did not realize that, while that word filled their heads with visions of freedom and justice for all, their leaders had another definition as they quietly converted the United States into a collectivist regime incredibly similar to the ones against which they fought. The contest was never about ideology. It was always about who would be the victor and who would be the vanquished; who would emerge from the war with world power; who would control the natural resources; who would create the new boundaries; who would judge and who would hang.

In our present era, there are few champions for Communism and practically none for Nazism or Fascism, but everyone claims to be a champion of Democracy. Neoconservatives and Progressives, alike, sprinkle their rhetoric with this word like salt on a fresh baked potato. This is a clue that it has no meaningful definition. It is used as a political mantra to hypnotize the masses into a receptive state of mind. After all, anyone who speaks in defense of Democracy has got to be a good guy, right?

In today's debate, the illusion of opposites has evolved into a myth of gigantic proportions. On the one side - supposedly the Left side - we have Leftists, Communists, Socialists, Marxists, Neo Marxists, Leninists, Maoists, Liberals, Progressives, and (in The U.S.) Democrats. On the other side - supposedly the Right side - we have Rightists, Nazis, Neo Nazis, Fascists, Conservatives, Neoconservatives, Reactionaries, and (in the U.S.) Republicans.

Almost all modern political debate is framed by these words; yet, there is no one who can define what they mean except to their own satisfaction. There is no universally accepted understanding that will be accepted by advocates and critics alike. The possible exceptions are those that bear the names of authors, such as Marx, Lenin, and Mao, because it could be argued that they represent the views expressed in their writings. However, we are still left with the formidable task of accurately summarizing those views to everyone's satisfaction.

Social mores and religious beliefs sometimes divide along the Left-Right political axis. Those on the Left are more likely to embrace life styles that those on the Right would consider improper or even sinful. Those on the Right are more likely to be church-going members of an organized religion. But these are not definitive values, because there is a great deal of diversity on both sides. Republicans smoke pot. Democrats go to church. Social or religious values cannot be included in any meaningful definition of these groups.

Be that as it may, the degree to which there truly are definable qualities to these labels is the same degree to which we can understand that they are similar. For example, if there is any doubt of the similarity between the collectivism of Marx and the collectivism of Hitler, all one has to do is read Das Kapital, The Communist Manifesto, and Mein Kampf. The point is that, when the labels are peeled off and the underlying ideologies are examined, we come inexorably to the conclusion that every one of them is built upon the foundation of collectivism. We are expected to choose sides when, in reality, there is no substantial difference between them. No matter which side we choose, we are on the side of collectivism. That is the trick.

What are the elements of collectivism that are common to all of these seemingly opposite forces? Collectivists on the so-called Left and Right agree that:

1. Rights are derived from the state;
2. The group is more important than the individual;
3. Coercion is the preferred method to bring about reform;
4. Laws should be applied differently to different classes;
5. Providing benefits (redistributing wealth) is the proper role of government.

These are the core principles held by collectivists in their quest to remold mankind to their hearts desire. The main disagreement among them is over how those principles should be applied. They do not realize that it's not the application of those principles, but the principles themselves that cause injustice, scarcity, and freedom's demise. History has already shown this truth in the form of despotism under Nazism (the so-called Right) and Communism (the so-called Left). It is sad that intelligent people with knowledge of this history still cling to the myth that they are opposites when it is so clear they are merely different manifestations of the same ideology.

In 2006, the illusion of opposites was brilliantly performed in a book entitled Whose Freedom, by George Lakoff, an illusionist for the Democrat Party. Lakoff is a professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley. His motivation for writing is revealed by his previous works. One was a political strategy entitled, Don’t Think of an Elephant! self-labeled as "the Essential Guide for Progressives", which featured a foreword by former Democrat presidential candidate Howard Dean. The other was a video presentation entitled How Democrats and Progressives Can Win.

MEET GEORGE LAKOFF
As we would expect, Lakoff says that the choice in America today is between Neoconservatives and Progressives. He, of course, is a self-styled Progressive, but nowhere does he define what that word means. Instead, he devotes the entire book to a spirited monologue describing how evil and ignorant neoconservatives are and how humanitarian and enlightened (and intelligent, too) progressives are. That's all we need to know. By the way, the Left-leaning collectivists also enjoy describing themselves as intellectuals, implying that anyone who does not accept their world view is stupid or anti-intellectual. That's just more of the psychological word games that Lakoff, as a linguist, knows so well.

Lakoff skillfully places the issue of freedom into the cracked mold of left/liberal/progressive vs. right/conservative/reactionary. As I have argued previously, these words are not definable and, worse, tend to hide the fact that advocates of both groups are united behind the political philosophy of collectivism. Lakoff, himself, advocates many features of collectivism in his books.

Both "Left and Right" are ready to sacrifice freedom for the furtherance of their agendas. Both camps are willing to grant freedom to those who accept their political and social mores but do not hesitate to withhold it from those who oppose them. Both camps are skilled at creating laws that convert dissidents into criminals. If today’s so-called progressives were to gain control of the government, they would be no different. They would justify oppression, not in the name of national security as the neoconservatives do, but in the name defending democracy and peace, as Communist regimes do.

Perhaps I am too quick to judge Lakoff as an illusionist, for that implies he is a willing agent of the enemies of freedom. It is entirely possible that he has not yet considered all the ramifications of this issue. It is possible that he has never heard individualism advocated and defended. Without that, he likely would consider it to be the creed of selfishness and ignorance. With that view, collectivism would be the only reasonable option, and he would have to choose between the Left and Right manifestations of it.

And so, to George Lakoff and all others who identify with any of the terms on the Left or Right, I invite you to climb to the next plateau of understanding. I am grateful that you care about the future. Error is better than apathy. Error can be corrected in time to change the outcome. Apathy is seldom corrected until it is too late.

For the author's deeper analysis of this issue, see The Future Is Calling, Part One.

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GRIFFIN TO SPEAK IN TEMPE, ARIZONA
I will be speaking at the 10th Annual Wealth Protection Conference to be held in Tempe, Arizona on March 16 and 17, 2007. The conference will be held at the Embassy Suites Resort and Conference Center. My topic will be announced in future editions of this report. Other speakers will focus on wealth-enhancement strategies with special emphasis on investments in commodities and other tangible assets. For additional information or to make reservations, contact Patrick or Linda Gorman at reikilindag@aol.com or call 1-800-494-4149 or locally at 480-820-5877.

Being informed is not enough.
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