Por Chet Bowen | 19 de maio, 2009 - 01h59 - Postado em O mundo , Uncategorized

B enjamin Netanyahu está em uma missão. Ao longo dos vários meses que se seguiram, novo primeiro-ministro de Israel tem como objetivo convencer os líderes mundiais de perigo iminente que o Irã representa para a civilização ocidental. Pouco antes, ele foi empossado em 31 de março, Netanyahu disse que, para além do Atlântico, que fixa a economia, outras principal imperativo Washington deve ser o de impedir o Irão de obter armas nucleares.

"Você não quer um culto messiânico apocalíptico controlando bombas atômicas", disse Netanyahu da teocracia islâmica.

Se a administração Obama não impedir que o Irã, Netanyahu disse, Israel pode ser forçado a atacar preventivamente na República Islâmica.

Como a Bíblia afirma que a Europa não Israel ou os Estados Unidos, acabará por destruir o Irã-led "rei do sul" (Daniel 11:40), em alguns aspectos, hawkish ameaças de Israel contra Teerã poderia distrair-nos dos outros, muito mais eventos conseqüentes, profeticamente falando.

A Bíblia diz que o choque espetacular entre o "rei do norte europeu" eo Islão radical terá como principal gira em torno de Jerusalém. É a divisão de Jerusalém, e não da busca do Irã à energia nuclear, que irá acionar a próxima guerra mundial.

O confronto inevitável

"Eis que o dia do Senhor vem", Zacarias escreveu em uma profecia para o fim dos tempos. "Porque eu ajuntarei todas as nações a peleja contra Jerusalém, ea cidade será tomada, e as casas serão saqueadas, e as mulheres forçadas; e metade da cidade sairá para o cativeiro, e os resíduos das pessoas não deve ser cortado fora da cidade "(Zacarias 14:1-2).

Na visão, o profeta começa com a segunda vinda de Jesus Cristo e, em seguida, trabalha o seu caminho de volta para descrever os eventos que precedem imediatamente a aparição do Messias sobre a Terra. Antes de todas as nações se reúnem para lutar contra o Cristo em seu retorno, "Jerusalém será tomada", conquistado pelo conglomerado europeu. Este evento, sinalizando o início do que a Bíblia chama de Grande Tribulação, ocorre logo após o ataque do redemoinho da Europa contra o Islã radical.

Pouco antes de que se chocam entre os reis do Norte e do Sul, Zacarias diz que metade de Jerusalém "seguirá adiante em cativeiro", indicando a cidade será dividida por algum tipo de luta violenta. O que esta profecia indica é que a insurreição palestina dominada Hamas, apoiado pelo Irã, terá a metade da cidade de Jerusalém em cativeiro.

O conflito islâmico-israelense sobre Jerusalém é o que precisamos prestar atenção para o seguinte.

Para a década passada, às vezes parecia que Israel estaria disposta a desistir de Jerusalém Oriental, na mesa de negociação. Em dezembro de 2005, uma sondagem publicada pelo jornal Yedioth Ahronoth descobriu que cerca de metade dos israelenses apoiou a idéia de desistir de partes de Jerusalém Oriental se ele iria solidificar um acordo de paz com os palestinos.

Mesmo antes de se tornar primeiro-ministro, Ehud Olmert disse que Israel seria um dia ter de desistir de seu sonho de uma eternamente Jerusalém unida sob a soberania judaica. Depois de um mês no cargo, um dos colegas de Olmert no Kadima disse à Associated Press que o governo de Olmert foi elaborar um plano para dividir Jerusalém.

Compare isso com o local onde de repente nós somos hoje. Que diferença faz três anos, como escreveu Pierre Atlas 27 de março para o Real Clear Politics, contrastando novo governo de Israel, Ehud Olmert. Atlas notar que, em 2006, a maioria dos israelenses apoiou a retirada unilateral de Gaza, e grande parte do Knesset favoreceu a retirada de partes da Cisjordânia. Na época, o partido de direita Likud, que se opôs retiradas unilaterais, mais sofrido como resultado do eleitorado humor. Ela perdeu 26 dos seus 38 assentos no eleições legislativas de 2006.

"Ninguém poderia imaginar que, três anos depois", Atlas escreveu, "Netanyahu seria formar o próximo governo israelense."

Na verdade, pouco antes das eleições de 2006, como nossos leitores regulares sabem, nosso editor-chefe mencionado em sua peça de David semanais de programas televisivos que Benjamin Netanyahu provavelmente voltaria ao poder em Israel por causa da profecia de Zacarias 14:2. Ele disse que metade de Jerusalém é "vai ser levado pela força, e você precisa perceber isso. Agora, isso também pode indicar que o Likud ou do Partido Conservador, vai ficar no poder "(06 de janeiro de 2006).

Com uma asa coalizão agora no poder em Israel, que nos traz uma profética salto gigante perto do inevitável confronto em Jerusalém.

A Luta pela Cidade de Davi

Em forte contraste com seu antecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu campanha para o primeiro-ministro em manter Jerusalém unida. Em uma parada de campanha no Hotel Regency em Mt. Scopus, Netanyahu disse: "Se deu a metade de Jerusalém, não seria um direito de base iraniana perto deste hotel."

Internacional desprezo por esta linha de orientação, mais difícil tem sido intensa. No início de março, por exemplo, Israel foi explodido por sua proposta de expansão de um parque arqueológico na cidade de David, o que exigiria a demolição de dezenas de casas de palestinos que foram construídos clandestinamente nos últimos 20 anos. Isto apesar do fato de que, no âmbito do plano, não só seria Jerusalém Oriental wastelands ser convertidos em jardins e parques, mas os residentes ilegais que ser dada uma compensação generosa pacotes, que incluem terras da relocalização.

Durante a sua visita de março para a região, E.U. secretária de Estado Hillary Clinton disse que qualquer plano que exige a demolição de casas palestinas não ajudaria o processo de paz.

Nir Barkat, novo prefeito de Jerusalém, criticou Clinton para ser enganada pela propaganda palestiniana. A Autoridade Palestina acusou Israel de "limpeza étnica" em Jerusalém Oriental, a fim de "judaizar" a cidade.

A União Européia também criticou duramente Israel. Segundo um relatório confidencial da UE que foi vazada para a mídia, em março, funcionários da UE têm acusado Israel de "activamente a anexação ilegal" de Jerusalém Oriental (grifo nosso).

Benjamin Netanyahu, o governo prometeu avançar com este plano de desenvolvimento de vários anos mesmo que os críticos atacar o governo para tornar mais difícil dividir Jerusalém como parte de qualquer solução de dois estados. Um funcionário do escritório de Netanyahu, que defendeu a posição do governo disse ao Times de Londres, "Jerusalém é a capital eterna do povo judeu para cerca de 3.000 anos e continuará a ser a capital unificada do Estado de Israel."

Prefeito Barkat, como primeiro-ministro Netanyahu, apoia manter Jerusalém unida. Sob a direção de Barkat, as autoridades de Jerusalém recentemente enviou ordens de despejo para 90 famílias de Jerusalém Oriental, perto da Cidade Velha, alerta que, devido as suas casas tinham sido construídas sem a aprovação do conselho próprio, que seria demolido.

Em entrevista ao Jerusalem Post, Barkat defendeu os planos do município para a cidade, dizendo: "Eu gostaria de ver o [prefeito de Nova York Michael] Bloomberg diria sobre a construção ilegal no Central Park. Será que ele desista Central Park é ilegal porque não construir lá? "

A batalha para a cidade de David, localizado no bairro árabe de Silwan, é um microcosmo de uma luta maior, que em breve impulso a toda a cidade de Jerusalém em um caldeirão fervendo de ódio e violência.

Tornando-se uma zona de guerra

A tensão entre palestinos e judeus aumentou substancialmente depois da guerra de Gaza, em janeiro. Intensificou ainda mais após as eleições do primeiro-ministro Netanyahu e Barkat Mayor. Muitos movimentos de extrema-direita judaica, revigorado pelo novo governo, a recusa de ceder à ambição palestinos, estão experimentando um renascimento.

Isso não quer dizer que a causa palestina é flailing. Na verdade, ele também está ganhando o vapor, graças à crescente apoio directo e indirecto da comunidade internacional, sobretudo a partir da administração americana de Barack Obama.

Jerusalém, especialmente em Jerusalém Oriental, está se deteriorando rapidamente em uma zona de guerra!

Considere-se uma recente série de eventos. Em 2 de abril, na cidade cisjordaniana de Bat Ayin perto de Jerusalém Oriental, um palestino brandindo uma picareta picareta a-year-old boy 13 israelenses e feriu de morte o seu ano-velho amigo 7. Grupos terroristas islâmicos da Jihad Islâmica e do Imad Mughniyeh grupo reivindicou a responsabilidade pelo assassinato, a advertência sinistra que era apenas uma resposta natural "para os crimes da ocupação".

No mesmo dia, em cerca de duas horas no bairro muçulmano de Jerusalém, Cidade Velha, sete colonos judeus invadiram a casa de Nasser Jaber, um empresário palestino, que tinha saído da casa, enquanto renovações estavam sendo feitos. Alegando que o dono da casa, os colonos substituíram os bloqueios e assumiu a casa.

Em abril, um homem palestino dirigindo um carro tentou atropelar agentes da polícia israelense. A polícia, que estavam monitorando a demolição da casa de Jerusalém do terrorista palestino que matou três israelenses com uma retroescavadeira em julho passado, disparou contra o homem morto. Depois, estourou uma briga entre policiais e dezenas de palestinos que simpatizavam com o motorista do veículo e os terroristas cuja casa estava sendo demolida.

No dia seguinte, um porta-voz do braço militar do Hamas entregou uma eletrizante resposta profeticamente para os esforços de Israel de se defender contra intrusões ilegais árabe. Hamas Abu Ubayda "ameaçou Israel de uma" explosão "se continuar a consolidar o controle de Jerusalém," o Ma'an agência noticiosa. Ubayda também advertiu que "a judaização de Jerusalém e de ameaça à icónica al-Aqsa Mosque poderia provocar represálias."

ruas calcetadas de Jerusalém são rumbling, tensão crescente, a guerra está a germinar. Isto é decepcionante. Mas também é incrivelmente excitante.

Este conflito intensificação irá resultar na divisão de Jerusalém, profetizou, que é o gatilho que vai desencadear uma seqüência de disparo rápido de acontecimentos que culminou com o retorno do Messias para o Monte das Oliveiras, em Jerusalém (Zacarias 14:4).

"Quando a metade de Jerusalém cai", editor-chefe Gerald Flurry escreveu em março de 2006, "começa uma reação em cadeia de eventos, uma avalanche de crises que conduz directamente à Segunda Vinda de Cristo!" É por isso que, mesmo durante econômicos, políticos pessoais, sociais e de calamidade, não devemos tirar nossos olhos Jerusalém.

Eventos na cidade são a medida de quão perto estamos do evento mais impressionante da história da humanidade!

Logicamente, o foco agora é a direita de Jesus na garantia de Jerusalém, Sua plataforma de pouso, está pronto para seu retorno. De uma maneira espectacular, as condições em Jerusalém hoje, politicamente, demograficamente, economicamente, mesmo arqueologicamente estão alinhando assim como Cristo descrito na Bíblia 2.000 anos atrás!

Precisamos prestar atenção a Jerusalém perto do que nunca. Mesmo agora, os eventos na cidade indicam que o retorno do Messias é iminente, e que o tempo se aproxima rapidamente quando ele vai transformar Jerusalém em exatamente o que seu nome significa: uma cidade de paz!

Profecia de Zacarias estudar em detalhe no nosso livreto livre em Jerusalém Profecia , "especificamente no capítulo 3.

Por Chet Bowen | 19 de fevereiro de 2009 - 4:16 pm - Publicado em O mundo

no seu melhor Estupidez - Por Bowen het

Esta é uma questão altamente discutível em relação às pessoas manter animais de estimação em casa e eu vou apenas registrar alguns fatos sobre esses animais. Chimpanzés cair na mesma categoria muito de leões, tigres e ursos. Eles são selvagens todos, independentemente de quanto tempo eles têm estado com um dono. Tinha aquele monstro foi trancado em uma gaiola adequada então amigo do proprietário não poderia ter qualquer necessidade de receber um transplante de rosto. Se a mulher vive a sua vida sempre será alterada para todos os seus dias remanescentes. Este macaco foi de 200 libras. Eles têm a força humana super. Como alguém pode lutar como um animal?

Animais como este não têm absolutamente nenhum negócio a ser autorizados a viver com os seres humanos sob mínimas de segurança e livre para ferir ou matar outro ser humano. A criança não teria nenhuma chance. Eles são selvagens, independentemente de quanto tempo eles têm com o seu dono. Filmes como Bambi Winnie the Pooh e deve ser banida. Eu não poderia te dizer quantas pessoas morrem a cada ano a partir da idéia de que estes animais têm relacionamentos entre pai e filho, como um cervo como em Bambi. Buck mate veado a cada ano e, assim como um homem arrependido vai sobre seu negócio com o menor pensamento sobre a mola para fora. Eu odeio essa Land fantasias da Disney. Animais do porto culpa não. Todos eles agem por instinto, principalmente quando se trata de matar com a intenção de comê-lo ou frightned ou para o que sempre razão.

Leões e tigres a mesma coisa. O proprietário do chimpanzé demônio deve ser plenamente responsável por esta coisa terrível que aconteceu com sua vizinha. É evidente que o proprietário não tinha sequer uma arma de fogo até para matar o macaco. A polícia teve que fazê-lo depois que ele levou algo em torno de 12 minutos para responder à cena? Até então, a face e as mãos das vítimas estavam em frangalhos. Não importa o quanto de sangue e gore um animal faz .... Você está tão morto.

Ir para o youtube e assista alguns desses assim chamados, "pet" mata proprietário, ect ... .... Eles são selvagens e anos de ver isso acontecer as pessoas simplesmente não entendo. Você acha que um chocalho cobra de estimação teria qualquer hesistation de morder um osso da cabeça mais rapidamente do que se ele foi abordado em estado selvagem. Acho que não. Se você apenas tem que ter um animal de estimação exóticos, em seguida, sair para o quintal e pegar um lagarto e alimentá-lo com moscas ou grilos.

Pessoas que capturar e manter serpentes em sua casa são possuídos. Fim do que isso. As pessoas simplesmente continuar a ser estúpido ... .. te ouvir?

 

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Chimp Pet é morto depois de Mauling Mulher (17 de fevereiro de 2009)

"Enquanto ela permanece em condição crítica mas estável, seus sinais vitais estão a melhorar," Dr. Kevin Miller, um cirurgião de comparecimento no Stamford Hospital, disse em uma entrevista coletiva. "Estamos gratos que somos capazes de informar que Charla Nash fez um bom progresso, mas pequena."

Scott Orstad, um porta-voz do hospital, disse em uma entrevista que seus sinais vitais eram "um positivo enorme para alguém que tinha o valor da cirurgia que ela tinha nas primeiras 72 horas."

"Ela ainda não está fora de perigo ainda", disse ele, "mas ela está melhorando".

Sra. Nash tinha ido à casa do amigo Stamford, Sandra Herold, para ajudar anos pet Ms. Herold 14 chimpanzé calma, Travis, quando o animal atacou. Mr. Orstad Nash disse que a família Ms. consulta com seus médicos sobre que passos tomar em seguida. Uma opção poderia ser um transplante de rosto, mas ele disse que a decisão não tinha sido feito.

"Eu não sei se fui a esse nível", disse ele. "Os médicos ainda estão determinando se que possam ser necessárias. Esse boato é ainda um pouco prematuro. A decisão final ainda não foi feito ainda. "

Por Chet Bowen | - 07:53 - Postado em O mundo

Na Linha de Fogo - Relatório de Inteligência

Há uma possibilidade muito pequena que o governo mexicano vai ser capaz de estabelecer a integridade de suas agências de aplicação da lei, ou trazer a lei ea ordem para uma grande parte do país, a qualquer momento em breve. Oficial corrupção e inépcia são endêmicas no México, o que significa que os cidadãos mexicanos e estrangeiros que visitam terá de enfrentar a ameaça de seqüestro para o futuro previsível. Acreditamos que para os civis e visitantes estrangeiros, a ameaça de seqüestro superior a ameaça de ser atingido por uma bala perdida de um tiroteio cartel. Na verdade, as coisas estão se deteriorando tão mal que até mesmo o seqüestro negociadores profissionais , visto como a chave para um pagamento garantido, agora estão sendo sequestrados. Em uma reviravolta ainda mais incrível de ironia, as autoridades anti-seqüestro está sendo seqüestrado e executado.

Este ambiente - e as preocupações que gerou - tem proporcionado grandes oportunidades financeiras para a indústria de segurança privada no México. vendas de veículos blindados passaram pelo telhado, como o número de guardas uniformizados e proteção pessoal executivo. Na verdade, a demanda de pessoal é tão aguda que as empresas de segurança estão lutando para encontrar candidatos. Essa disputa apresenta um uma série de problemas óbvios, que vão desde a falta de qualificação para o controle insuficiente. Além de moda de serviços de segurança de idade, as empresas de tecnologia de segurança nova também aproveitar-se do ambiente de medo, mas mesmo tecnologia de monitoramento de dispositivos de alta pode ter desvantagens significativas e deficiências .

and actually increases vulnerability. Para muitas pessoas, carros blindados e seguranças armados podem dar uma falsa sensação de segurança e tecnologia pode se tornar um mortal muleta que promove a complacência e, na verdade aumenta a vulnerabilidade. medidas de segurança física não são suficientes. A presença de seguranças armados - ou guardas armados, combinado com veículos blindados - não fornece segurança absoluta. Isto é especialmente verdadeiro no México, onde grandes equipes de atiradores regularmente a crimes com munições militares. Francamente, há muito poucos pormenores relativos à protecção de executivos do mundo que têm o treinamento e armamento para resistir a um assalto por dezenas de agressores armados com rifles e RPGs. guardas de segurança privada são frequentemente dominado por mexicanos crimi nais e mortos ou forçados a fugir para sua própria segurança. , countersurveillance and protective intelligence. Como observamos maio 2008 após o assassinato de Edgar Millán Gómez , chefe interino da Polícia Federal do México e do escalão mais alto policial federal no México, as medidas de segurança física devem ser completadas por consciência situacional , contravigilância e inteligência de proteção.

Criminosos procurar e explorar vulnerabilidades. Suas chances de sucesso aumentam muito se eles são autorizados a realizar a vigilância à vontade e têm a oportunidade de avaliar cuidadosamente o programa de segurança de proteção. Temos visto vários casos no México, em que os criminosos até mesmo escolheu para atacar, apesar das medidas de segurança. Nesses casos, os criminosos atacam com recursos adequados para superar de segurança existentes. Por exemplo, se existem agentes de proteção, os atacantes irão planejar para neutralizá-los primeiro. Se há um veículo blindado, eles vão encontrar maneiras para derrotar a armadura ou agarrar o alvo quando ele ou ela está fora do veículo. Devido a isso, os criminosos não devem ser autorizados a realizar a vigilância à vontade.

Como muitos crimes, o seqüestro é um processo. Há certos passos que devem ser tomados para realizar um seqüestro e determinados momentos durante o processo de executá-lo quando esses são vulneráveis à detecção. Embora estas etapas podem ser resumidas e realizado muito rapidamente em um seqüestro ad hoc expressar, são, contudo seguido. Na verdade, por causa da particular etapas envolvidas na realização de um seqüestro, o processo não é diferente do que se seguiram à execução de um atentado terrorista . As etapas de seleção de alvos comuns, planejamento, implantação, ataque, fuga e exploração.

Como os autores de um atentado terrorista, aqueles que realizam um seqüestro são os mais vulneráveis à detecção quando estão realizando vigilância - antes de estarem prontos para implantar e conduzir seu ataque. Como já notamos várias vezes em análises anteriores, um dos segredos de contravigilância é que a maioria dos criminosos não são muito bons no âmbito da supervisão. A principal razão que eles conseguem é que ninguém está olhando para eles.

Naturalmente, seqüestradores também são muito evidentes, uma vez que lançar seu ataque, puxar suas armas e talvez até mesmo começar a atirar. Por esta altura, no entanto, pode muito bem ser demasiado tarde para escapar de seu ataque. Eles vão ter selecionado seu site de ataque e empregados das forças que eles acreditam que eles precisam para completar a operação. Enquanto os seqüestradores poderiam estragar o seu funcionamento ea meta poderia escapar ileso, ele simplesmente não é prático para um pino de esperanças nessa possibilidade. É evidente que é melhor para detectar os seqüestradores precoce e evitar a sua armadilha antes que seja suspensa e as armas aparecem.

Temos visto muitos casos de pessoas no México, com segurança armada sendo seqüestrado , e acreditamos que provavelmente vai ver mais casos desse nos próximos meses. Esta tendência é devido não só à presença de criminosos armados e altamente agressivo ea baixa qualidade de alguns agentes de segurança, mas também para as pessoas colocando a sua confiança exclusivamente em segurança física reativa. Ignorando o valor real das críticas, as medidas pró-ativas como a consciência situacional, contravigilância e inteligência de proteção pode ser um erro fatal.

Por Chet Bowen | 16 de dezembro de 2008 - 02h40 - Postado em O mundo

The Watcher por Chet Bowen

Os preços do petróleo estão agora mergulhados - ainda que brevemente - abaixo E.U. $ 40 o barril, uma queda vertiginosa em relação aos picos de mais de E.U. $ 147 o barril em julho. Assim como os preços elevados do petróleo retrabalhou a ordem económica internacional, baixos preços do petróleo estão agora a fazer o mesmo. Tais súbito um dos preços baixos impactos no sistema internacional tão severamente como recordes recentes.

Mas antes de mergulhar a curto prazo (ou seja, até 12 meses) o impacto do ambiente novo preço, temos de afirmar a nossa posição no debate do preço do petróleo. Temos muito tempo perplexo sobre o movimento para a frente e para cima dos mercados de petróleo 2005-2008. Certamente, a demanda global foi forte, mas uma variedade de fatores, tais como números de produção e estoques crescentes de petróleo parecia argumentar contra o aumento dos preços, sempre. Alguns de nossos amigos apontaram para o complexo mundo da negociação de futuros e derivativos, que disse ter criado uma demanda artificial. Isso pode muito bem ter sido verdade, mas a linha inferior é que, com base nos fundamentos, os números de petróleo não fez um grande sentido.

As coisas têm esclarecido muito tarde. Estamos agora diante de um ambiente no qual os Estados Unidos, Europa e Japão estão em recessão, enquanto a China é, muito menos, à espera de ver o seu lento crescimento muito. Demanda por petróleo sobre o mundo está deslizando fortemente assim como a Organização dos Países Exportadores de Petróleo (OPEP), os Estados-Membros até agora parecem incapazes (ou, no caso da Arábia Saudita, talvez vontade ) para fazer as profundas reduções necessárias na saída que pode interromper o declínio dos preços. A linha inferior é que, embora a velocidade estonteante com que os preços entraram em colapso nos pegou de surpresa, a direção ea profundidade do mergulho não tem.

Os preços tendem a permanecer baixos por algum tempo. A maioria das instalações de armazenamento do mundo - como o Strategic Petroleum Reserve E.U. - estão cheios até a borda, os grandes cortes que são necessários apenas para evitar excesso de oferta massiva. No entanto, todos os cortes de produção da Opep - o cartel reúne 17 de dezembro e profundos cortes são esperados - vai demorar meses para ter um impacto demonstrável, especialmente em um ambiente recessivo. E há a simples questão de escala. O mercado global de petróleo é um animal: A demanda total actualmente é de cerca de 86 milhões de barris por dia. Este não é um mercado que pode se transformar em um centavo. Um fato da empresa que voa na cara da sabedoria convencional é que o petróleo realmente fica muito mais rápido do que se levanta quando os fundamentos estão fora do whack. Isso já aconteceu em várias ocasiões, e não que há muito tempo.

As quedas ocorreram tanto no rescaldo da Guerra do Golfo Pérsico 1990-1991 e, como resultado da crise financeira asiática 1997-1998 que foram semelhantes em termos percentuais, a queda atual. Até que o equilíbrio entre a oferta ea procura é restruck - algo que não é provável até que uma recuperação econômica global está no bom caminho - não há razão para esperar uma recuperação significativa dos preços. A viagem, claro, não é necessariamente um caminho, uma viagem. Caprichos do tempo em tudo para o transporte de distúrbios na Nigéria e os movimentos militares russos podem fixar os preços giram, mas os fundamentos estão claramente bearish. Ele provavelmente irá demorar vários meses para os principais recursos da nova realidade a mudar muita coisa.

baixos preços do petróleo criar vencedores e perdedores no cenário internacional. Primeiro, os vencedores 'a lista.

De longe, o maior vencedor da baixa de preços drasticamente é o maior consumidor e importador mundial de petróleo: os Estados Unidos. Nos últimos dois anos de preços elevados do consumidor geraram um esforço sustentado para American conviver com menos petróleo através de um mix de conservação e uma mudança para os veículos-milhagem melhor . Se este padrão de compra de automóveis não é dura em questão. O ponto é que isso já aconteceu: Muitos americanos já passaram mais eficientes veículos de combustível. Assim como a obsessão de 1990, com veículos utilitários esportivos artificialmente impulsionado a demanda por gasolina americana, enquanto os carros estavam na estrada, para a nova frota de carros híbridos e inteligente vai empurrar a demanda no sentido oposto, por um período sustentado.

E.U. global do consumo de petróleo caiu quase 9 por cento de seu pico em agosto de 2007 a novembro de 2008, de acordo com o Departamento de Energia dos E.U.. Combinando isso com a queda dos preços desde julho traduz em poupança de energia de cerca de E.U. E.U. 1950000000 $ a um preço de E.U. $ 50 o barril e E.U. $ 2,1 bilhões em um preço de E.U. $ 40 o barril. E essa é a poupança de custo diária. Em tempos de recessão, que o dinheiro irá percorrer um longo caminho para construir a confiança e estancar a recessão.

Em seguida na lista são os maiores importadores europeus de óleo: Alemanha, Itália e Espanha. Como regra geral, as economias europeias têm menos energia do que os Estados Unidos, mas pela força da mistura de combustível e falta de produção interna destes três principais estados são obrigados a confiar em quantidades substanciais de petróleo importado. Nós excluir as outras grandes economias da Europa a partir desta lista, tal como eles são ou grandes produtores de petróleo se (o Reino Unido e Países Baixos) ou as suas economias são extremamente eficiente do óleo (França, Bélgica e Suécia). Não nos levem a mal - os estados da UE são todos muito satisfeitos que os preços do petróleo discou para trás. No entanto, em termos de ganho relativo, Alemanha, Itália e Espanha são os verdadeiros vencedores. E com a Europa enfrenta uma recessão muito mais profunda e, provavelmente, mais do que nos Estados Unidos, os europeus precisam cada idade advant eles podem chegar.

Portugal, longe da Europa, culturalmente e geograficamente, um esporte similar estrutura económica tanto na medida em que possui (ou sofre, com base na sua perspectiva) uma base de industrialização que é altamente dependente das importações de petróleo. Em termos gerais, os índios estão na mesma cesta como a Espanha em que eles são consumidores vorazes de energia que viram seu foguete demanda nos últimos anos. Entre os ataques em Mumbai 26 de novembro , próximo das eleições federais e da dor dos preços da energia mais cedo no ano, o governo está desesperado para passar sobre as economias de custos para a população em terra o seu apoio.

Depois, há os estados da Ásia Oriental da Coreia do Sul, China e Japão (listados em ordem decrescente de quanto cada um beneficia da queda dos preços). Todas as quantidades maciças de importação de petróleo bruto, mas colocá-los no final da lista dos vencedores por causa de seus sistemas financeiros. No leste da Ásia - e particularmente na China e Japão - o dinheiro não é atribuída com base na taxa de retorno ou rentabilidade, uma vez que é no Ocidente. Em vez disso, a preocupação é a maximização do emprego. Não importa muito na Ásia Oriental se do plano de negócio é som, o governo vai fornecer empréstimos baratos, desde um emprega hordas de pessoas. Um efeito colateral desta estratégia é que as empresas possam obter empréstimos para qualquer coisa, inclusive matérias-primas que de outro modo não poderiam ter recursos - como o petróleo no E.U. $ 147 o barril.

Portanto, os preços elevados do petróleo apenas não afetam a Ásia Oriental tão mal como eles afetam o Ocidente. Assim como o sistema financeiro asiático East silencia o impacto dos preços elevados, o inverso também é verdadeiro. No Ocidente, os consumidores de energia não estão protegidos contra os preços altos, preços mais baixos para que imediatamente se traduzem em poder de compra mais e, portanto, mais actividade económica. Não é assim na Ásia Oriental, onde a mesma blindagem financeira que enfraquece o impacto da alta dos preços reduz os benefícios dos preços baixos.

A ordem na qual estão listados os três gigantes asiáticos se refere à forma como os progressos que fizemos na reforma de suas práticas financeiras. do sistema financeiro da Coréia do Sul é muito mais próximo do modelo ocidental que o modelo asiático: a Coréia do Sul dói mais como os preços sobem, e assim será mais aliviado quando os preços caem. China está no meio, em termos de práticas financeiras, mas também está tentando descontrair o seu sistema de energia de fixação de preços com a queda dos custos do petróleo, devido aos subsídios a ser reduzidos, os consumidores chineses realmente não pode ser visto tanto de uma mudança nos preços do varejo . Por último, o Japão vai beneficiar, pelo menos, porque o seu sistema já é altamente eficiente em comparação com os outros dois, pelo que o impacto dos preços foi menor no primeiro lugar. Um barril de petróleo consumido no Japão E.U. gera aproximadamente $ 2.610 de Produto Interno Bruto japonês (PIB), enquanto os dados comparativos para a Coreia e China são E.U. $ 1.270 e E.U. $ 1130, respectivamente.

In short, the heavily industrialized Asians still benefit, but the impact isn't as much as one might think at first glance. In fact, the biggest benefit to these states from cheaper energy is indirect — lower prices spur consumption in the West, and then the West purchases more Asian products.

And now, the losers.

Venezuela and Iran top this list by far. Both are led by politicians who have lavished vast amounts of oil income on their populations to secure their respective political positions. But that public approval has come at its own price in terms of economic dislocation (why diversify the economy if strong oil prices bring in loads of cash?), low employment (the energy sector may be capital-intensive, but it certainly is not labor-intensive), and high inflation (high government spending has led to massive consumption and spurred rampant import of foreign goods to satiate that demand).

Of the two states, Venezuela is certainly in the worse position. By some estimates, Venezuela requires oil prices in the vicinity of US$120 a barrel to maintain the social spending to which its population has become accustomed. Iran's number may be only somewhat lower, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in the process of at least beginning to bow to economic reality. On Dec. 5, he announced massive cuts in subsidy outlays with the intent of reforging the budget based on a price of only US$30 a barrel.

It is an open question whether the Iranian government — and especially the increasingly unpopular Ahmadinejad — can survive such cuts (if they are indeed made), but at least there is a public realization of the depth of the crisis at the top level of government. In Venezuela, by contrast, the mitigation process has barely begun, and for political reasons it cannot truly be implemented until after a referendum in early 2009 on term limits that could allow Chavez to run for president indefinitely .

Next is Nigeria. In terms of seeing an increase in human misery, Nigeria should probably be at the top of the losers' list. But the harsh reality is that Nigerians are used to corrupt government, inadequate infrastructure, spotty power supply and all-around poor conditions. Some of the perks of high energy prices undoubtedly will disappear, but none of those perks succeeded in changing Nigeria in the first place.

The real impact on Nigeria will be that the government will have drastically less money available to grease the political wheels that allow it to keep competing regional and personal interests in check . Those funds have been particularly crucial for funneling cash to the country's oil-rich Niger Delta region, giving local bosses reason not to hire and/or arm militant groups like the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta to attack oil and natural gas sites. With Abuja having less cash, the oil regions will see a surge in extortion, kidnapping and oil bunkering (ie, theft). We already have seen attacks ramp up against the country's natural gas industry: Within the last few days, attacks against supply points have forced operators to take the Bonny Island liquefied natural gas export facility offline. And since Nigeria's mil itants never really differentiate between the country's various forms of energy export, oil disruptions are probably just around the corner.

Russia is also in the crosshairs, but not nearly to the same degree as Venezuela, Iran and Nigeria. Russia has four things going for it that the others lack. First, it exports massive amounts of natural gas and metals, giving it additional income streams. (Venezuela and Iran actually import natural gas and have no real alternative to oil income.) Second, Russia never spent its money on its population. Thus, Russians have not become used to massive government support, so there will be no sharp cuts in public spending that will be missed by the populace. Third, Russia has saved nearly every nickel it made in the past eight years, giving it cash reserves worth some US$750 billion. The financial crisis is hitting Russia hard, so at least US$200 billion of that buffer already has been spent , but Russia still remains in a far better position than m ost oil exporters. Fourth and last, the Russians can rely on Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin to (somewhat forcefully) keep the books firmly in balance. At his insistence, the government is in the process of refabricating its three-year budget on the basis of oil prices of below US$35 a barrel, down from the original estimate of US$95.

At the end of the losers' list we have two states that most people would not think of: Mexico and Canada. Both have other sources of economic activity. Canada is a modern service-based economy with a heavy presence of many commodity industries, while Mexico has become a major manufacturing hub. But both are major oil exporters, and have been leading suppliers to the American economy for decades. So both are exposed, but their concerns are more about unforeseen complications rather than the “simple” quantitative impact of lower prices.

Mexico has purchased derivatives contracts that, in essence, insure the price of all its oil exports for 2009 . So should prices remain low, Mexico's actual income will be unchanged. We only include Mexico on the list of losers, therefore, because it's quite rare in geopolitics that such planning actually works out as planned. Hurricanes and strikes happen. (Mexico also faces the problem of insufficient funds, expertise and technology to counter rapidly declining output, something that will leave it with a lack of oil to sell in the first place — but that is an issue more for 2012 than 2009.)

As for Canada, most of the oil it produces comes from Alberta province, the seat of power of the ruling Conservative Party. Right now, the Canadian government is wobbling like a slowing top. Seeing the Conservatives' power base take a massive economic hit due to oil prices is not the sort of complication the government needs right now. In the longer term, Alberta recently increased taxes on oil sands projects . Oil sands extraction is among the more capital-intensive and technologically challenging sorts of oil production currently possible. Combine the tax changes with the nature of the subindustry and the recent price drops and there is likely to be precious little investment interest in oil dur ing — at a minimum — 2009.

Most readers will take note of the countries we have chosen not to include on the list of vulnerable states. These include the bulk of the OPEC states — specifically Angola, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Libya. All of these states count oil as their only meaningful export (except the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, which also export natural gas), so why do we feel such countries are not in the danger zone?

For its part, Angola only became a major producer recently. Nearly all of Angolan oil output is from offshore projects controlled by foreigners — shutting in such production is a very tricky affair for a country that is utterly reliant on foreign technology to operate its only meaningful industry. But the primary reason Angola is not feeling the heat is that most of its income has not been spent but instead has been stashed away due to a lack of the necessary physical and personnel infrastructure needed to leverage the income.

Iraq is in a somewhat similar position as far as finances are concerned. While Iraq has been producing crude for decades, its current government is only a few years old, and its institutions simply cannot allocate the monies involved. Despite massive outlays by both Iraq and Angola, their respective governments simply lack the capacity to spend, and so have stored up cash accounts worth US$26 billion and US$54 billion respectively.

The rest of the Arab oil producers warrant a much simpler explanation: They've been fiscally conservative. While all have shared the wealth with their somewhat restive populations, none of them has repeated the mistakes of the 1970s, when they overspent on gaudy buildings and overcommitted themselves to expensive social programs. All have been saving vast amounts of cash, with the Saudis alone probably having more than US$1 trillion socked away. Tiny Kuwait officially has a wealth fund worth more than US$250 billion.

So while none of the Arab oil states are particularly thrilled with the direction — and in particular the speed — oil prices have gone, none of these governments faces a mortal danger at this time. What they are now missing is the ability to make a substantial impact on the world around them. At oil's height the Gulf Arab oil producers were taking in US$2 billion a day in revenues — far more cash than they could ever hope to metabolize themselves. Bribes are powerful tools of foreign policy, and their income allowed them — particularly Saudi Arabia — to wield outsized influence in Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and even in Beijing, London and Washington. So while none of these states faces a meltdown from falling prices, there are certainly some hangovers in store for them. It is jus t that they are more political than economic in nature, at least for now.

~~~Chet~~~

By Chet Bowen | December 10, 2008 - 9:07 pm - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world , Uncategorized
Saudi Arabia's top cleric has used his annual sermon to Muslim pilgrims assembling for hajj to urge Muslim countries to renounce capitalism and form an Islamic economic bloc that adopts interest-free finance.

Grand Mufti Abdelaziz Al al-Sheikh told worshippers assembling on the plain of Mount Arafat that global economies now caught in crisis were suffering the result of using interest as a bedrock of their financial systems. Under Islamic law, or sharia, paying or receiving interest is forbidden.

The crisis, he said, demonstrated that “Muslim countries must have sharia-compliant economies and unite to become a formidable economic power”.

Islamic banks, which grew rapidly in the Gulf region in recent years from an influx of oil receipts, often depend on retail deposits rather than money markets for funding. As a result, sharia-compliant banks generally demand strong collateral, which some argue is why their exposure to toxic loans is limited.

The white-bearded mufti, wearing the traditional white robes of the pilgrim, also warned young Muslims to stay away from the corrupting influences of the modern media, which he termed “ideological terror” and said was targeting them.

The mufti's economic edicts are meant to serve more for spiritual guidance, and commenting on a global economic phenomenon is a rare event.

Some pilgrims said that they would pray for an end to the global financial crisis.

Mohammad Fateh, who works for a brokerage in Egypt, told Reuters: “The economic crisis is on the mind of most pilgrims. They are going to pray to God to alleviate the problem…It's an unexpected crisis and the only solution is mercy from heaven.

“The Arab and Muslim worlds are going to be affected by this crisis. I'll pray to God to lift this scourge,” he said, adding that many had asked him to offer prayers on their behalf.

The hajj retraces the path of the Prophet Mohammed 14 centuries ago after he removed pagan idols from Mecca, his birthplace, and years after he started calling people to the new faith, now embraced by more than 1bn people worldwide.

At Arafat, Muslims pray for forgiveness and for their own and fellow Muslims' welfare.

After sunset, the pilgrims were scheduled to continue their gradual trip toward Mecca, heading for Muzdalifa to gather pebbles for the symbolic ritual of throwing stones at a set of pillars and walls representing the devil.

Saudi media said this year a record 1.72m hajj visas had been granted to Muslims abroad and at least 500,000 local people had received permits.

This year's hajj has so far not faced any of the problems or disasters that have marred the event in previous years, which included fires, hotel collapses, police clashes with protesters and deadly stampedes caused by overcrowding.

Saudi Arabian authorities have carried out renovations over the past year in an effort to ease the flow of pilgrims inside the Grand Mosque and at the disaster-prone Jamarat bridge. In January 2006, 362 people were crushed to death there in the worst hajj tragedy since 1990.

By Chet Bowen | December 3, 2008 - 2:59 am - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world , Uncategorized
Once again we have witnessed an Islamic terrorist attack incited and justified through appeals to Islam by its perpetrators. On one level it is understandable why so many in the West are unwilling or unable to connect the militant ideology of political Islam to the thousands of Islamic terror attacks that have been committed worldwide since 9/11. We extol the virtues of tolerance and pluralism and believe others in the world do so as well, so it is easy to dismiss such attacks as the work of a few “extremists,” rather than the product of adherence to an ideology.

The fatal flaw in this thinking is this: How can we successfully win a war on Islamic terrorism if we don't correctly define the threat doctrine that motivates its adherents?

It is argued that most of the world's Muslims are not terrorists. While true, this fact is irrelevant. Most of the world's Muslims have never read the Qur'an or the Hadith in a language they can understand. They have not read the hundreds of passages that call for jihad against infidels, nor do they renounce such passages. They do not organize en masse to denounce the terrorist acts perpetrated by other Muslims in the name of Islam, nor do they denounce the frequent exhortations to world subjugation found in the holy books of Islam.

Yes, there are Muslims who have denounced the Mumbai attacks. But examine their denunciations closely and you will be hard-pressed to find renunciations of the supremacist doctrine of political Islam — the foundation for jihad — which emanates from its holy books. This is the justification commonly cited by terrorists for their actions. We in the West must come to grips with the uncomfortable fact that terrorism is a symptom of this militant, supremacist ideology. Terrorism is a means to an end, not an end in itself. And it is but one of many means used by those who are devoted to the supremacist ideology of political Islam.



Religious head incited killers

Bruce Loudon, South Asia correspondent | December 01, 2008

Article from: The Australian
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24731818-2703,00.html

THE al-Qa'ida-linked Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists suspected over the Mumbai massacre were trained in Muzaffarabad, capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, and were incited by speeches from their leader in Lahore.

As the sole surviving terrorist was interrogated in Mumbai, security sources told The Australian that 10 terrorists were picked by LET for the suicide mission.

They were ordered to “kill until your last breath” and murder up to 5000 people.

They did so after provocative speeches by Hafiz Mohammed Saeed last month in Lahore, capital of the Punjab.

Saeed, described as LET's supreme religious and political head, declared in one speech: “The only language India understands is that of force, and that is the language it must be talked to in.”

The email claiming responsibility for the Mumbai attack minutes after it started last Wednesday was generated on a computer based in Pakistan.

And a satellite telephone captured from the terrorists revealed calls made to numbers in Pakistan during the attacks, reports said.

Officials said the terrorists' route to Mumbai had been recorded on GPS co-ordinates contained in the satellite phones.

Sources said the 10 terrorists — most of whom were believed to be Pakistanis — were ordered to undergo training to attack Mumbai.

The captured gunman, Ajmal Amir Kamal, 21, reportedly told intelligence sources the group had trained openly in Muzaffarabad before heading to the nearby Mangala dam for lessons in marine commando techniques.

The group then visited Rawalpindi, which adjoins Islamabad, the Pakistan capital and site of the Pakistan army headquarters.

From there, the group took a train to the port city of Karachi, where, heavily armed, they boarded a freighter for the trip to Mumbai. Along the way, they became nervous about Indian coastguard activity and almost aborted the mission.

They “dragooned” a less conspicuous, passing fishing boat into service, shooting dead four of its crew members. The skipper of the fishing boat and another crew member took them closer to Mumbai before they, too, were killed. One was decapitated and the other had his throat slit.

Close to shore, they transferred to small speedboats for the run into the two landing points they had selected in Mumbai – Sassoon Docks and Badhwar Park, on Cuff Parade.

Conflicting evidence obtained by intelligence agencies suggests that the group may have had local support, and that one or more of its members may have been staying locally, possibly even in the Taj Mahal hotel.

A British link to the attacks was raised over the weekend when a senior Indian official claimed that Britons were among the militants.

Vilasrao Deshmukh, the chief minister of Maharashtra state, in which Mumbai lies, was quoted on an Indian television station as saying that British citizens had been detained.

British MP Patrick Mercer, a former Tory security spokesman, said he had been given information that at least two of the terrorists had credit cards and other identifying documents that linked them to Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, in northeast England.

The claims, however, were not substantiated by official British sources, who said there was no evidence “at this stage” that Britons had taken part in the attacks, although they acknowledged that events were “moving fast” and more information was emerging about the nationality of the terrorists.

MI5 and British counter-terrorist police are keeping in close touch with their counterparts in India and are alert to the possibility that Britons with Pakistani origins might have been involved. Significant numbers of young British Pakistanis have taken part in terrorist training in Pakistan.

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that there was no evidence of Britons being involved, and the Foreign Secretary David Miliband said: “We obviously will want to work very closely with the Indians but it is too early to say whether or not any of them are British.”

Malaysian police are investigating reports that Malaysian-issued credit cards were found in the belongings of the terrorists involved in the Mumbai attacks.

Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar said Malaysia had no links with the terrorists, responding to an Indian report that nine of the gunmen claimed to be Malaysian students when they travelled to Mumbai several months ago.

Terror analyst Praveen Swami said that at a meeting of key LET leaders in Lahore on October 19, LET leader Saeed, who insists he is only head of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa welfare organisation, made plain his view of Pakistan's neighbour.

“India, he claimed, was building dams in (Indian-controlled) Jammu and Kashmir to choke Pakistan's water supplies and cripple its agriculture,” Mr Swami reported Saeed as saying.

“Earlier, in an October 6 speech, Saeed claimed that India had 'made a deal with the United States to send 150,000 Indian troops to Afghanistan' and that it agreed to support the US in its existential war against Islam.

“Finally, in a sermon to a congregation at the Jamia Masjid al-Qudsia (mosque) in Lahore at the end of October, Saeed proclaimed that there was an 'ongoing war in the world between Islam and its enemies'.

“He claimed that 'crusaders of the East and West have united in a cohesive onslaught against Muslims'.”

Chet Bowen

By Chet Bowen | November 24, 2008 - 11:55 pm - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world , Uncategorized

War News Update: What In The World?

By Mark Harvey Sunday, November 23, 2008

I haven't done a War News Update in quite a while due to the fervor of the elections quagmire but now that it is almost over, I will begin these updates at least once a week. I do have nearly 700+ dispatches saved up so expect a flurry of data that the media cannot reveal. Seeing that this is Victory In Iraq Day (VI-Day), let us begin with some information that has been widely ignored by the Defeatocrats and those responsible for the war going as long as it has.

The first order of business will be a report from GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD with the Military Advisors Manual . This report reveals what I have been espousing for quite some time seeing that I have some experience in this area. It is a worthy report and I agree with it entirely. General David Petraeus is a genius and it is too bad that politics got in the way of his ability to win this war earlier. If his ideas and concepts had been implemented sooner, perhaps the traitors and subversives would have been put in their proper places…in prison. Then again, the folks that could have done that are too cowardly to actually enforce current law.

CIA: Every Major Terror Threat, World Wide, Involves Pakistan

This has been known for quite some time but it wasn't politically expedient to make it known. I am sure Czarbie would know something about this seeing that he did spend quite some time in Pakistan before he had threatened to bomb the hell out of Pakistan during his illegal campaign. Illegal campaign? Yes, that is what I said…the fool isn'ta US citizen but that won't stop the enemies of the US from the coronation of the impostor.

Other posts I have done involve the Global Cultural Jihad. England is experiencing this and the United States is on track for Shar'ia Law by 2050. I suppose the Democrats will realize this when they are the first to be put to death by the sword of allah. In accordance with Shar'is Law, the ungodly will die first. The fools that have been “upset” by Prop 8 in California will be the most surprised.

In spite of the alleged Obama victory, Iran has decided not to honor their original “promises”. They will continue their Hate America mantra. They are also going to have a meeting. This isn'ta big surprise to me seeing that I still have difficulty differentiating the basic democrat party leader from the terrorists and their leaders…they speak the same language – America Sucks.

Steven J. Rosen has a piece up at the American Thinker published on 11/16 entitled, ” Did Iran Offer a 'Grand Bargain' in 2003? ” Without getting into the details here at this time, we all know where this is going and from where it came. We also know that the premise was born in the bowels of the morons that have prolonged this war for the sake of political expediency and power. It was a farce and a lie then and it is even more so now. Rosen explains it in detail and I have the background of all that nonsense stored right here…have fun.

It is said that OBL is still alive and his busily farming out details of more attacks now that the week-kneed and thin-skinned coward Obama has theoretically won the election. They, the terrorists, know that Czarbie will do nothging to defend this Nation so their plots and plans will move forward in the hopes to reverse their losses in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraqw as well as just about everywhere else.

Vindicação. É cheiros e sabores, oh, tão doce. For those of you that know me, you will know and remember that I have said this for years: CIA Agent Confirms Al-Qaeda Was In Iraq In 2002 . Lembra-se? This is one of the many areas that I have major issues with President Bush. It wasn't politically expedient to make this known. Por quê? I have no idea. I do know that the war was prolonged because of it. I also know for a fact that the ones that made hay-day over President Bush being silent on this FACT also knew the data was factual but utilized the silence to further their cause of political power. They also rendered aid and comfort to the enemy during that process. Did I not make it widely known that we “watched them flee Afghanistan and flee to the Four Winds”? Yes, I did. I will stress this once again. We watched the enemy flee Afghanistan to Pakistan, Iran and Iraq. We stopped them in Tajikistan. Flopping Aces has more. However, neither Gateway Pundit, Flopping Aces or CQ Politics has what I have in my head and heart. They were not there. I was. Like I said. Vindication is sweet. Eat that you libtard morons. The libtards can also eat their BS about the WMD deal as well.

In other news, Stealth Jihad? It seems as though the Jihad is using the List of 45 . Interesting that. Please note that I didn't say “surprising”. Then again, we can always consider the Muslim Brotherhood and their ties to CAIR and the List of 45, can't we? The proponents of CAIR and their democrat and RINO sympathizers are useful idiots in the demise of this Nation and the libtards are “Rather” pleased with themselves. I am going to laugh at them as their heads are lopped off by the sword of allah and just might break out the marshmallows to roast over their burning bodies. Then we can focus on killing the Jihadi scum in this nation.

While we are at it, seeing that Obama was having meetings with HAMAS all during his campaign, what if we had an investigation about that and why Syria and Iran have given HAMAS the green light? Surely there is something to that besides Obama being the pathological liar that he is. And, knowing that Obama is such a pathological liar on top of being a narcissist, can we really believe that he will not support the “Saudi” Israeli-Arab peace pact? Or, can we actually know why Iran is now backing off from their previous statements about supporting SOFA? Why on Earth wold they support that Plan now that the weakling Czarbie is set to steal the White House? Isn't it just like a terrorist to act like a democrat and “change their mind” when politically expedient to do so? Democrats and terrorists…same-same.

Oh. And expect the usual “illegal war” crap to come up again. Naturally, thee isn't any evidence to support that BS but that won't stop the pathological liars on the left, will it? Then again, when they are clueless about the Iraq War, why should anyone really give them the attention they lust after?

As our Troops have won in Iraq and are winning in Afghanistan, NATO not withstanding, the Confederate Yankee tells us to brace for a total loss in the future. It is what the Democrats are all about. Then again, when the terrorists declare war on Pakistan, one has to wonder where all of this is going. Obama and the terrorists want to bomb Pakistan…

Whereas the treatment of President Bush has been off the charts and psychotic, at times I think he may have deserved it. He never seemed to take the libtards seriously. I do and don't blame him for it but when it put our troops in danger, he should have at least came out and shamed the libtards out in the open and in public.

Some are saying that Afghanistan is barely winnable and I think that is primarily a NATO result. I have been a long supporter of disbanding NATO due to its ties to the UN. But, that is for another post for a different day.

Chet Bowen

By Chet Bowen | November 10, 2008 - 4:21 pm - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world
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http://marcuscyganiak.blogspot.com/2008/11/world-leaders-receive-threats.html

It has been reported today on multiple sourced websites that on-going anonymous threats have been sent out to world leaders within the past 72 hours. Among the threats is that of a nuclear bomb attack in the very near future on United States soil.

Such an attack on America “would make 9/11 insignificant,” said Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

On Barack Obama's first day as President-Elect, he immediately received threats via US intelligence that Israel are plotting to attack Iran before he is sworn into the White House on January 20, 2009. Russia has also gone into high-gear in noting that they are enforcing their own missile defense systems bordering Poland to counteract the US-stationed missile defense system there.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said, “we will not retreat,” when dealing with the United States in Europe. Former Russian President Putin believes that President George W. Bush has setup multiple missile defense shield systems across Europe to keep a close eye and target on Russia. Contrary to that claim, President Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice diligently state that these stations in Europe are nothing but goodwill safety measures put forth for the EU, Nato allies, and American interests upon fending off terrorists, extremists, and notably Iran.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ignored President Bush and Condoleezza Rice's claims with triggers ready to attack.

So with Russia visibly upset with the United States and Iran being an ally of Russia, one has to wonder where these world leaders outside of that inner circle are receiving the nuclear bomb threats from. You can go ahead and add in Korea and China into the mix since they have nuclear bombs as well, and are too allies of Russia.

Among the nations that have publically stated they have received the cryptic threats include Australia, England, France, and the United States.

Is any of this a surprise for anyone though?

The now Vice President-elect Joe Biden had some chilling comments to make during the campaign trail just a week prior to Election Day. He repeatedly told us, “Mark my words, mark my words.” Barack Obama is going to be tested with a “generated crisis” within the first six months he explained.

So would an attack on America, potentially larger in catastrophe to 9/11 as Australian PM put it, be the crisis Joe Biden is referring to? Does Biden know something we do not?

Joe Biden also went on to say, “I can give you at least four or five scenarios from where it might originate, and he's (Barack Obama) going to need help. And the kind of help he's going to need is, he's going to need you – not financially to help him – we're going to need you to use your influence, your influence within the community, to stand with him. Because it's not going to be apparent initially, it's not going be apparent that we're right.”

Confused yet? Well while I can join you on that trail of confusion, I still want to figure this out.

An obvious note of observation is that these high level politicians around the world all seem to be coordinated with these warnings received. I'm talking about Vice President-elect Joe Biden, even former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, another former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, and finally Admiral Lord Alan West of the British Home Office as the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State.

Are all these high level politicians preparing the world for a crisis of gigantic fatal measures?

When looking back at the US invasion in Afghanistan and Iraq in 2003 as part of the War on Terror, and most recently the US embarking on attacks in Syria and Pakistan shortly after the Russian invasion in Georgia, you just have to wonder if these events are the prelude to World War III. These high level politicians are certainly painting the picture that way.

So now I take you to the overall big picture:

  • Russia continues to threaten a new Cold War, with missiles lined up to attack Poland because of the US missile defense shield system agreement that was signed. Should that shield system officially be built, Russia states that they will deploy missile attacks.
  • Russia has the capability of launching missiles from Russian soil to American soil.
  • Iran too claims to have the same capabilities in being able to launch missiles over to US soil.
  • Israel continues to send out warnings that they will be attacking Iran, which would call for US troops' help.
  • President George W. Bush has expressed an interest in attacking Iran before his run in the oval office is over because of Iran's nuclear program to produce nuclear weapons.
  • Russia will attack US troops and Israeli troops, should an attack on Iran become apparent.
  • Korea has sent out threats of attack to the United States in the past and they too carry the capacity of nuclear bombs while being allies of Russia and Iran.
  • You can add China into the list of allies with Russia.


Does this not look like one big circle of tension to you? It sure does to me, and it's one that is growing far too tight in tension now. As a result, it could only be a matter of days, weeks, or months before one nation pulls the trigger to ignite World War III.

Fontes:
1) http://www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com/israelnews/politics/80-political/335-warnings-from-world-leaders-all-within-72-hours-.html
2) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amM6gBY9JgJA&refer=home
3) http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iyTh4daEIukZscHQWC558dEr3×5gD94BR7FG0
4) http://www.thejerusalemgiftshop.com/israelnews/israel-news/83-israeli-news/407-israel-war-on-iran-on-the-radar.html

Chet Bowen
By Chet Bowen | - 11:35 am - Posted in Islam , Religion , Survival , The world

November 6, 2008

I feel certain that many in my stream of the Church want a statement from me concerning Tuesday's presidential election. I will be frank in my remarks but I do not, however, intend to vent anger or attack anyone. I have read several statements from friends and colleagues I respect very much.


Their thoughts are well stated and, for the most part, insightful.  None of them, however, seem to want to say some things that I believe need to be said. I do not claim infallibility or to have the final word, but my convictions run deep and I believe I bear a God-given responsibility to share them.

Was This God's Will?


Was what happened Tuesday God's will?  I am quite confident it was not.  America was offered a very clear choice between moving further toward protecting the unborn or further away; between a Supreme Court that would move toward honoring God, life and morality or away from it.  The stakes couldn't have been higher nor the cost greater. As a nation we put on blinders concerning Barak Obama's background, associations, beliefs and practices, and set these causes back years, possibly decades.
And in doing so we took another step away from God and His plans for America, and another step toward judgment.

Judgment Will Increase


This is not a fire and brimstone warning from an angry, legalistic preacher.  In fact, I feel more sadness and grief than anything else.
Perhaps I feel what Jesus felt as He wept for Jerusalem while announcing its judgment. I am not hoping for judgment; I am saying it is inevitable. I don't know where the unbiblical belief comes from that says a nation can live any way it pleases, can reject God and His ways-even mock Him-and not receive His judgments.  Nor do I know when the belief came that it is always mean-spirited or judgmental to warn of these things.  To the contrary, I believe it is our responsibility.

In warning of judgment, I am not suggesting that God is going to intentially and directly hurt people.  Much judgment is simply the absence of God's protection and provision, caused by a rejection of His laws and ways.  We have been experiencing some forms of judgment in America for years, but God in His incredible patience and mercy has kept us from the level we've deserved.  I believe this will change to a degree and judgment will now
increase:

  • For those in the Church who aligned themselves with pro-abortion forces, I believe judgment will result.

  • For leaders in the Body of Christ who refused to take a stand for fear of losing people, money, and tax-exempt status-I believe there will be a degree of judgment.

  • For those, both within the Church and without, who voted money over morality-a potential raise or better health insurance over the life of a baby-there will be judgment. (The irony is that this decision to base one's vote on the hopes of a better economy won't produce the hoped for result anyway. The scriptures teach that it is righteousness which exalts a nation and that the nation is blessed whose God is the Lord.)

I have heard the argument that God cares as much about social justice issues (such as poverty and racism) as He does abortion, making a vote for Obama OK.  I certainly believe God puts a very high priority on caring for the poor and I, too, have wanted to see equality demonstrated through a “minority” president. But to equate having a better income or the desire for a first black president, regardless of his positions on abortion and morality, to the issue of killing 50 million babies is not justice-it is a gross distortion of justice and great deception. I fear that we have been desensitized to this issue of abortion.  I believe it kills babies and takes innocent life.  I also believe it is blood sacrifice that empowers demons. Let's not forget this in our noble attempts to be kind and conciliatory.
For African Americans I can easily see how it could bring healing to have a first black president, just as it would be for Native Americans to achieve this or for women if a woman were elected president.  Again, I have wanted to see justice in this way.  I am only saddened that the price for this healing ended up being Barak Obama, a man that will set the cause of life and, most-likely, our God-given destiny as a nation back so drastically. (I also realize there are some who interpret any criticism of Obama as racism. Racism is so NOT what I am about nor what I live, that I will not even dignify any such accusations with a response.)

What Can We Expect?


What are some of the judgments we can expect on our nation from this election?

  • More economic woes
  • More violence in an already violent nation
  • Disease and death (satan, who is responsible for these things will have greater inroads to our nation.)
  • Natural disasters (weather-tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, drought; fires; earthquakes; etc.)
  • Terrorism (they will fear us much less now)
  • War, perhaps on our own soil
  • Judgments relating to the Court. The stacking of the Supreme Court against the sanctity of life and God's influence on America will occur, which will in turn cause the shedding of more innocent blood, more rejection of God's laws and the stealing from us of our godly heritage-all of which will perpetuate a cycle of even more judgment.

How Did This Happen?


I've been asked if this could have been averted had there been more prayer.  I'm not sure. I believe there was a remnant of Christians fervently praying over these elections-I don't think there was anything more they could have done. Others, obviously, should have done more.  The complacency and lack of discernment concerning our real condition in America-especially by the Church-is both appalling and horrifying.  America is in serious trouble and it seems no one wants to say it.  Fewer still are willing to do anything to change it.

Though I understand our reasons, we must be careful in our attempts to placate our feelings and calm our fears through religious phrases like “God is still on the throne” or “God has a plan”.  He was on His throne 35 years and 50 million babies ago.  And He had a plan back then.  The problem is, it was us.  I understand our reasons for waving high the banner of God's sovereignty at times like these-it gives us hope.  I will wave it, as well.
But please be careful with this. Too much emphasis on God's sovereignty and we're worthless; too little and we're hopeless.  Maybe we should say, “we lost a critical battle but God will give us strategy to win the war.” Then find the strategy.

But still yet, since God is usually willing to work through a remnant, I thought we had enough prayer. Obviously, God decided otherwise.  There comes a time when He will not forgive or bless the majority based on the prayers or actions of only a few.  America rejected God and asked for a king; I believe we now have our Saul (see 1 Samuel 8:5-7)-a man who does not have God's heart for America but his own. Like Israel in scripture, our nation believes it can turn from God and still be blessed.  In His mercy and justice He will show us otherwise.

Like many, believing I had many promises and confirmations that God would “grace” us with a pro-life president in this election, I failed to consider strongly enough that all promises-even scripture-are conditional 99.9% of the time. Though I never prophesied or made guarantees that McCain-Palin would win, failing to factor this principle in strongly enough no doubt caused me to share my optimism with others inappropriately. If this caused any harm or confusion, I apologize.

Has the fact that my prayers weren't answered shaken my faith? No. I'ma little confused and discouraged. I'm also somewhat angry at the nation in general and much of the Church. Mostly I'm grieving over the nation and what this will cost us. I am not, however, angry with God and do not question His justice. And it is not true that we wasted our time, energy and money in our efforts anymore than it is a waste when we share the gospel with people who don't get saved.  We must keep in the forefront of our thinking the fact that ultimately we are doing this for Him and that He will reward us for our faithfulness.  And who knows, perhaps He will store up all those prayers for the next battle (Revelation 5:8, 8:3-5).

A friend and fellow warrior said it well,

“We did 'give it our all.' I know the Lord was pleased with that. A coach wants to know one thing at the end of a heartbreaking sports loss: 'Did you leave it all on the field?' (your passion, your commitment, your strength, your courage, etc.) I know that we 'left it all on the field.' We didn't hold anything back until the game ended. Tragically, it ended in defeat. We will rise for another day because Jesus is worthy.”

Where Do We Go from Here?


Does this election outcome shake my faith that we can see a great awakening and ultimately reformation in America? Absolutely not (and it strengthens my resolve).  We will simply get there through greater pain and loss.  Even my passion to see the Supreme Court shift is not from a presupposition that there can be no spiritual awakening without it.  It is simply due to my deep conviction that their decisions bring so much death, destruction, curses and judgment to America; and because our full destiny as a nation is unquestionably linked to their decisions. So, yes, we will get an awakening and reformation; but the reality is that this reformation of the nation will reform the Supreme Court (and government, in general), not vice-versa.  My faith has never been in people or a political party; my faith is in the God who works through them.

I've been asked if my feelings about Sarah Palin have changed.  They have not. I believe she is an Esther, a Deborah, with a huge mantle from God for reformation. God has a great destiny for her related to this nation if she chooses to continue down this path.

So, in conclusion, we must re-group as an apostolic, praying church and advance.  We must maintain an immovable faith in God, His plans for America and His mercy.  And we must move beyond simply asking God for a spiritual awakening and ask Him for strategy to produce reformation, as well.  I, for one, am just getting started!

For God and this great nation,
Dutch Sheets

Chet Bowen

By Chet Bowen | August 25, 2008 - 5:49 am - Posted in The world
Russia – With Malice

Russian Nuclear Navy at Syrian Port – Russian Arms to Syria, Hezb'Allah & Iran
by Emanuel A. Winston, a Middle East Analyst & Commentator
The Media are offering up their wisdom about how Russia could undermine the US and the rest of the Free West by selling arms to rogue nations.
Gee Whiz! I must be a genius or a Nostradamus because I have been observing Vladimir Putin selling arms for years to Iran, Syria, Venezuela…from which those weapons migrate to Hezb'Allah, Hamas and Al Qaeda.
The Media, globally, take the position that Putin will deliberately cause mischief against the US – as if the last several years never happened. Russia under Putin, with malice aforethought, has advanced Iran's development of nuclear weapons, denials notwithstanding.
Putin knew well that the technology, once in the hands of radical Islamists, would spread to all other Muslim nations and their Terrorist proxies. Putin's hatred for the West is greater than the risk Russia faces if and when the Muslims of Chechnya get their hands on fissile material and try to blow up Moscow.
From the Stalin era and before, the Soviets – now again called Russians – have always been a primitive people who seem to need the rule of cruel dictators to keep the great population under control. I've never knew they were called anything else other than Russians or communists. A Rusky now and then. The dictators themselves are usually a wild bunch, always planning to conquer, murder and rule, whomever they can intimidate.
Putin never actually left the KGB and now, as the power behind Putin's puppet, the current President Dmitry Antolyevich Medvedev, Putin wishes to bring back the years of fear that prevailed during the Cold War. During the Soviet days there were KGB and other training camps dedicated to training Terrorists like Carlos, the Jackal. Training Middle East Muslim Terrorists was the KGB speciality.
Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen) took his degree from the Patrice Lumumba University, with his thesis dissertation in why the Holocaust never happened. Abbas, like Yassir Arafat was linked to the Soviets enterprise by an umbilical cord of pure Terror.

Where were the Media pundits who have access to vast files on every bit of history but seem to never crack a reference book? It is said that “Dumb is curable, but Stupid is forever.”
Why haven't investigative journalists been on Russia's case long before Putin set up his recent attack on Georgia?
I must say that the US State Department under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (a so-called expert on Russia) failed before, during and after the Russian invasion. Come to think of it Rice has failed in every aspect of solving international problems. Her only dubious success was to use the Bush “Big Brother” pressure to force the weak government of Israel under its current Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to risk its very existence by making suicidal gestures to the Muslim Arab Palestinians.

Rice remains untouchable to the media simply because she is a woman; she is black and, therefore, should be considered free of rational scrutiny by the Media. Granted she smiles nicely, makes seemingly erudite speeches but, she solves nothing of the world's problems. Her vaunted, supposed expertise about Russia has been a dismal failure, particularly in forecasting political and military adventurism.
Petting the Russian Bear, thinking it is a tamed, civilized animal is a grave error and wishful thinking one the part of any nation. The Bear is dangerous, has giant claws and teeth and artful avoidance by the West is a giant sized mistake.

The Media have played a role in lulling the nations into becoming a main course in the Bear's dinner. But, the Brezhnev Doctrine is alive and well.
(1)
Pt. 2: Russia Blames Israel for Casualties in Georgia & Seeks a Pretext to Supply Even More Arms to Syria, Hezb'Allah & Iran to Kill Israelis.
The vice-chairman of the Russian Chiefs-of-Staff – Anatoloy Nogoveichin – is accusing Israel of supplying arms to Georgia that were used to kill Russians.
This is a very worrying development. This pretext will be used by Russia to continue supplying Syria, Hezb'Allah and Iran with weapons that will inevitably be used to kill Israelis. During the last war in Lebanon, summer 2006, Israelis suffered many military and civilian casualties due to Russian-made arms.
This may have been one of Putin's goals in Russia's invasion of Georgia. By “impaling” themselves on Israeli-made arms that were in Georgia – Russian gained a presumed justification for supplying arms to kill Israelis. Now they can even claim “vengeance”.
What the Russians fail to mention is that they never told the Israelis to rein in private arms supply firms based in Israel – nor to stop sending advisors. No one really thought Georgia and Russia would be in a real war. For the Israeli firms it was just good business, necessary to make their own weapons' manufacture pay for itself, so Israel would have the weapons she needs for self-defense.
Israel clearly would not have risked the anger of Moscow had she known Russia and Georgia would be at war. In fact, Israel clamped an embargo on weapons' shipments to Georgia the minute Russia attacked.
The Russians should be informed that using what transpired in Georgia as an excuse to harm Israel though accelerated weapons' shipments to Syria, Hezb'Allah and Iran is simply unacceptable and patently unfair.
To wit, the following is explosively alarming:
Pt. 3 from Debkafile: “Big Russian flotilla led by Admiral Kuznetsov carrier heads for Syrian port” [paraphrased]
Now [August 23rd] a powerful Russian naval contingent, led by the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov is sitting off shore at the Syrian port of Tartus. This includes the Russian Navy's biggest missile cruiser Moskva and at least four nuclear missile submarines.
Before the Russian flotilla departed Murmansk on the Barents Sea August 18, Assad is reported to have given the nod for the Tartus port's conversion into a permanent Middle East base for Russia's nuclear-armed warships.
On Thursday August 21 Syria's President Bashar Assad at the Black Sea resort of Sochi, told reporters he is considering a Russian request to deploy missiles in Syria because of Russian-Western tensions over the Georgian conflict. Assad signaled that he would also be representing Tehran's interests in his talks with Russian leaders. Jordan's King Abdullah joined this 'conference' on August 21st.
While Assad was meeting at Sochi, a large Syrian military delegation visited the Russian weapons manufacturing giant, the Kalinin Machines Plant, east of Moscow. This plant makes sophisticated anti-air missile systems, including the S-300 and the BUK M, for which Damascus is bidding.
Assad seems to be giving Russia's Navy the port of Tartus in return for a mutual defense pact with Russia who will provide Syria with a Russian nuclear umbrella and generous terms for his arms purchases. (2)