Hillary Papers: From Archive Of Closest Friend & Hillary's Hit List

Common Sense Commentary: Very likely our next President. Do not underestimate the Clintons. RB


The Hillary Papers: Archive of 'closest friend' paints portrait of 'ruthless' first lady

On May 12, 1992, Stan Greenberg and Celinda Lake, top pollsters for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign, issued a confidential memo. The memo's subject was "Research on Hillary Clinton." 

Voters admired the strength of the Arkansas first couple, the pollsters wrote. However, "they also fear that only someone too politically ambitious, too strong, and too ruthless could survive such controversy so well." 

Their conclusion: "What voters find slick in Bill Clinton, they find ruthless in Hillary." 

The full memo is one of many previously unpublished documents contained in the archive of one of Hillary Clinton's best friends and advisers, documents that portray the former first lady, secretary of State, and potential 2016 presidential candidate as a strong, ambitious, and ruthless Democratic operative. 

The papers of Diane Blair, a political science professor Hillary Clinton described as her "closest friend" before Blair's death in 2000, record years of candid conversations with the Clintons on issues ranging from single-payer health care to Monica Lewinsky. 

The archive includes correspondence, diaries, interviews, strategy memos, and contemporaneous accounts of conversations with the Clintons ranging from the mid-1970s to the turn of the millennium. 

Diane Blair's husband, Jim Blair, a former chief counsel at Tyson Foods Inc. who was at the center of "Cattlegate," a 1994 controversy involving the unusually large returns Hillary Clinton made while trading cattle futures contracts in the 1970s, donated his wife's papers to the University of Arkansas Special Collections library in Fayetteville after her death.
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Hillary's Infamous Hit List:

   Yahoo News 

During her 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton's aides kept a meticulous "political hit list" containing the names of members of Congress who had "burned her" by endorsing Barack Obama, an upcoming book on Clinton's political "rebirth" reveals.

“We wanted to have a record of who endorsed us and who didn’t and of those who endorsed us, who went the extra mile and who was just kind of there," a member of Clinton's 2008 campaign team told Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes, the authors of "HRC: State Secrets and the Rebirth of Hillary Clinton," in an excerpt published by Politico. "And of those who didn’t endorse us, those who understandably didn’t endorse us because they are [Congressional Black Caucus] members or Illinois members. And then, of course, those who endorsed him but really should have been with her.”

The data "ensured that the acts of the sinners and saints would never be forgotten," the authors wrote. "There was a special circle of Clinton hell reserved for people who had endorsed Obama or stayed on the fence after Bill and Hillary had raised money for them, appointed them to a political post or written a recommendation to ice their kid’s application to an elite school."

The list, kept on an Excel spreadsheet, included ratings for each member on a scale from 1 ("most helpful") to 7 ("most treacherous").

 If you think Hillary's "Hit List" is a joke, remember the past.

A sobering reminder.  Don't cross these people.  Don't elect her, either!

 The Clinton Body Bags.

With Hillary making a run for President in 2016, the legacy the Clintons have left is important for everyone to keep in mind. Heaven help anyone who runs against her.

We all remember the many Clinton scandals. But when anyone mentions a particular one, we realize that they are far too numerous to recount. Thanks to Dr. Grady, we can recall some of the major ones.

On Tue, 7/2/13, Dr. John Grady wrote:

THE MANY CLINTON BODY BAGS . . .

Someone recently reminded me of this list. Therefore, this is a quick refresher course, lest we forget what has happened to many "friends" and associates of Bill and Hillary Clinton.

1- James McDougal - Convicted Whitewater partner of the Clintons who died of an apparent heart attack, while in solitary confinement. He was a key witness in Ken Starr's investigation.

2 - Mary Mahoney - A former White House intern was murdered July 1997 at a Starbucks Coffee Shop in Georgetown (Washington, D. C.). The murder happened just after she was to go public with her story of sexual harassment by Clinton in the White House.

3 - Vince Foster - Former White House Councilor, and colleague of Hillary Clinton at Little Rock's Rose Law Firm. Died of a gunshot wound to the head, ruled a suicide. (He was about to testify against Hillary related to the records she refused to turn over to congress.) Was reported to have been having an affair with Hillary.

4 - Ron Brown - Secretary of Commerce and former DNC Chairman. Reported to have died by impact in a plane crash. A pathologist close to the investigation reported that there was a hole in the top of Brown's skull resembling a gunshot wound. At the time of his death Brown was being investigated, and spoke publicly of his willingness to cut a deal with prosecutors. The rest of the people on the plane also died. A few days later the Air Traffic controller committed suicide.

5 - C. Victor Raiser, II - Raiser, a major player in the Clinton fund raising organization died in a private plane crash in July 1992.

6 - Paul Tulley - Democratic National Committee Political Director found dead in a hotel room in Little Rock on September 1992. Described byClinton as a "dear friend and trusted advisor".

7 - Ed Willey - Clinton fundraiser, found dead November 1993 deep in the woods in VA of a gunshot wound to the head. Ruled a suicide. Ed Willey died on the same day His wife Kathleen Willey claimed Bill Clinton groped her in the oval office the White House.

Ed Willey was involved in several Clinton fund raising events.

8 - Jerry Parks - Head of Clinton's gubernatorial security team in Little Rock. Gunned down in his car at a deserted intersection outside Little Rock. Park's son said his father was building a dossier on Clinton. He allegedly threatened to reveal this information. After he died the files were mysteriously removed from his house.

9 - James Bunch - Died from a gunshot suicide. It was reported that he had a "Black Book" of people which contained names of influential people who visited Prostitutes in Texas and Arkansas

10 - James Wilson - Was found dead in May 1993 from an apparent hanging suicide. He was reported to have ties to the Clintons' Whitewater deals.

11 - Kathy Ferguson - Ex-wife of Arkansas Trooper Danny Ferguson, was found dead in May 1994, in her living room with a gunshot to her head. It was ruled a suicide even though there were several packed suitcases, as if she were going somewhere. Danny Ferguson was a co-defendant along with Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones Lawsuit, and Kathy Ferguson was a possible corroborating witness for Paula Jones.

12 - Bill Shelton - Arkansas State Trooper and fiancée of Kathy Ferguson. Critical of the suicide ruling of his fiancée, he was found dead in June, 1994 of a gunshot wound also ruled a suicide at the grave site of his fiancée.

13 - Gandy Baugh - Attorney for Clinton's friend Dan Lassater, died by jumping out a window of a tall building January, 1994. His client, Dan Lassater, was a convicted drug distributor.

14 - Florence Martin - Accountant & sub-contractor for the CIA, was related to the Barry Seal, Mena, Arkansas Airport drug smuggling case. He died of three gunshot Wounds.

15 - Suzanne Coleman - Reportedly had an affair with Clinton when he was Arkansas Attorney General. Died Of a gunshot wound to the back of the head, ruled a Suicide. Was pregnant at the time of her death.

16 - Paula Grober - Clinton's speech interpreter for the deaf from 1978 until her death December 9, 1992. She died in a one car accident.

17 - Danny Casolaro - Investigative reporter who was Investigating the Mena Airport and Arkansas Development Finance Authority. He slit his wrists, apparently, in the middle of his investigation.

18 - Paul Wilcher - Attorney investigating corruption at Mena Airport with Casolaro and the 1980 "October Surprise" was found dead on a toilet June 22, 1993, in his Washington DC apartment. Had delivered a report to Janet Reno 3 weeks before his death. (May have died of poison)

19 - Jon Parnell Walker - Whitewater investigator for Resolution Trust Corp. Jumped to his death from his Arlington, Virginia apartment balcony August 15,1993. He was investigating the Morgan Guaranty scandal.

20 - Barbara Wise - Commerce Department staffer. Worked closely with Ron Brown and John Huang. Cause of death unknown. Died November 29, 1996. Her bruised, nude body was found locked in her office at the Department of Commerce.

21 - Charles Meissner - Assistant Secretary of Commerce who gave John Huang special security clearance, died shortly thereafter in a small plane crash.

22 - Dr. Stanley Heard - Chairman of the National Chiropractic Health Care Advisory Committee died with his attorney Steve Dickson in a small plane crash. Dr. Heard, in addition to serving on Clinton 's advisory council personally treated Clinton's mother, stepfather and Brother.

23 - Barry Seal - Drug running TWA pilot out of Mena Arkansas, death was no accident.

24 - Johnny Lawhorn, Jr. - Mechanic, found a check made out to Bill Clinton in the trunk of a car left at his repair shop. He was found dead after his car had hit a utility pole.

25 - Stanley Huggins - Investigated Madison Guaranty. His death was a purported suicide and his report was never released.

26 - Hershel Friday - Attorney and Clinton fundraiser died March 1, 1994 when his plane exploded.

27 - Kevin Ives & Don Henry - Known as "The boys on the track" case. Reports say the two boys may have stumbled upon the Mena Arkansas airport drug operation. The initial report of death said their deaths were due to falling asleep on railroad tracks and being run over. Later autopsy reports stated that the 2 boys had been slain before being placed on the tracks. Many linked to the case died before their testimony could come before a Grand Jury.

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS HAD INFORMATION ON THE IVES/HENRY CASE:

28 - Keith Coney - Died when his motorcycle slammed into the back of a truck, 7/88.

29 - Keith McMaskle - Died, stabbed 113 times, Nov 1988

30 - Gregory Collins - Died from a gunshot wound January 1989.

31 - Jeff Rhodes - He was shot, mutilated and found burned in a trash dump in April 1989. (Coroner ruled death due to suicide)

32 - James Milan - Found decapitated. However, the Coroner ruled his death was due to natural causes"?

33 - Jordan Kettleson - Was found shot to death in the front seat of his pickup truck in June 1990.

34 - Richard Winters - A suspect in the Ives/Henry deaths. He was killed in a set-up robbery July 1989.

THE FOLLOWING CLINTON PERSONAL BODYGUARDS ALL DIED OF MYSTERIOUS CAUSES OR SUICIDE

36 - Major William S. Barkley, Jr.
37 - Captain Scott J . Reynolds
38 - Sgt. Brian Hanley
39 - Sgt. Tim Sabel
40 - Major General William Robertson
41 - Col. William Densberger
42 - Col. Robert Kelly
43 - Spec. Gary Rhodes
44 - Steve Willis
45 - Robert Williams
46 - Conway LeBleu
47 - Todd McKeehan

And this list does not include the four dead Americans in    Benghazi that Hillary abandoned!

HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT? SURELY YOU JEST!!
Just how many coincidences (and suicides) can happen in two people's lives???????

There Is Still A Heart For True And Superb Music In America

Common Sense Commentary: There is still some sterling good sense in America, still some integrity, still an element of people of character, still parents who are willing to pay the price of patience and determination in guiding and encouraging their children to excellence, still some children who desire to be better than average and to cultivate their talents to add something beautiful and blessed to the world ... and still those who have an ear and a heart for true and superb music. And for this reason, through these people, by God's grace, there may still be hope for America. RB

Here is thirteen year old Milissa Venema trumpeting 'll Silenzio'

Click here: 'Il Silenzio' - Melissa Venema (13 yo)

A Story Of PartyPig Masters, Quislings, PartyPigs And Share Croppers

Common Sense Commentary: Once upon a time there was a very rich PartyPig Master "Rancher" (PPMR), whose hirelings did all the dirty work, tending , worming, housing, feeding, birthing and pacifying their Master's millions of private partypigs. The elitist PartyPig Master waved constantly to his distant pigs from his big White House (mansion actually) and supplied all the slop and good grain his partypigs could gobble up and swill down, which his hirelings had stolen from the share croppers... as good food for deserving pigs. The PPMR and his hirelings ate their royal shares, and passed the left-over scraps to the Master's hoard of obese partypigs. The share croppers, who selfishly liked to be called tax paying, working citizens, had a hard time making ends meet when all those partypigs were feeding on one end and their PartyPig Master and his quislings on the other.

One day the rich PartyPig Master's share croppers discovered he didn't own their land, they farmed for him, his quislings and his partypigs, but the land had been left to them by their forefathers in a long lost will titled "The Constitution".  This discovery brought them swarming like angry bees down upon the elitist PartyPig Master and his quislings. They physically evicted him from their inherited big White House and all his quisling hirelings from their official offices,  private cafeterias, private barber shops, private gymnasiums, vacation resorts and put them all on Obamacare for life. Then, as the rightful owners of the ranch, farm et al, they picked the noblest and best among them to lead them and sent their former PartyPig Master to the Big Pig Pen at Leavenworth, and those hundreds of thousands of ravenous partypigs to work plowing the fertile fields, earning their keep.  And all the share croppers lived happily ever after, as owners of their land; and those once lazy partypigs were forced to earn their own living and work hard .... so, in time, they grew in self-respect, health, home-life and even became land owners and patriots.  It's not a fairy tale.  RB.

This verse proves things haven't changed much in the last 2000 years:
"For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat. For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly, working not at all, but are busybodies. Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.  But ye, brethren, be not weary in well doing." 2 Thess.3:10-13.

Mysterious North Star Increasing In Brightness

Common Sense Commentary: In the book of Job, which is thought to be the oldest book in the Bible, Job declares that God, in His original creation of the earth .... "...stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing." Job 26:7. 
And then there was Lucifer, planning his overthrow of God and declaring that he would sit upon God's throne, in the place of God ".... I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north." Isa.14:13.
The end times prophet, Ezekiel, delivered the prophetic words of God ... "For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring ... a king of kings, from the north, with horses, and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people." Ezek.26:7.  That prophecy continues ....
"Therefore, son of man, prophesy and say ... Thus saith the Lord GOD; In that day when my people of Israel dwelleth safely ...  And thou shalt come from thy place out of the north parts, thou, and many people with thee, all of them riding upon horses, a great company, and a mighty army ...." Ezek.38:14-15.

I think it is significant that the "north" in these verses signifies the northern sky as seen from Earth. In my opinion, toward the North Star.  I mean by that, that in the rest of the universe, there is no north, south east or west but all directions are up from where ever you might be out there in space (day sky and night sky, opposite directions but are both up). As far as we humans know, there is only one place in the universe which is down, and that is from the face of the Earth, under your feet. From any place you might be standing on earth, down is toward the center of the earth. From the center, all directions are up. If standing on the North pole there are only two directions, up and down, North and South. North is above your head only, following the pole. The rest of the sky is just up, everything beneath you is down/South and to the sides of you is all South ... at the North pole. There is no east or west at the precise point of the North pole...True North. True North and magnetic North are not the same, of course. Magnetic North, at which the compass needle points, is somewhere near the Northern Canada border, and is moving somewhat year to year. Compass needles do not point at true North, the North pole, but at the earths magnetic field which is actually south of the North pole. If I confuse you, Google it. RB

That first verse above, in Job, is really amazing. We see God stretching the "north" over an empty space and hanging Earth, spinning on its south to north axis pole, in empty space, and hanging on nothing, like a gyroscope spinning on a thread... without the thread. In the second verse, Lucifer wants to sit on God's throne, overlooking the pre-Adam & Eve angelic host or "congregation" of heaven, in "the sides of the north". In the third and fourth references, the "king of kings" is coming to Earth with his armies on horses from his "place in the north". RB

Now, what does all that have to do with this article on the north star getting brighter and brighter? .... I don't know. It must mean something but I have no idea what that might be, but it is interesting. RB

The mystery of the North Star: Astronomers baffled to find Polaris is getting BRIGHTER

• Team found that Polaris is 2.5 times brighter today than in 137CE
• Experts say find is 'entirely unexpected'

By MARK PRIGG in Daily Mail Online/ Science & Tech.

PUBLISHED: 16:17 EST, 5 February 2014 | UPDATED: 16:18 EST, 5 February 2014

THE NORTH STAR

Polaris, also known as the North Star, Northern Star or Pole Star, is the brightest star in the constellation Ursa Minor.

Historically it has been used to guide travellers, and is very close to the north celestial pole, making it the current northern pole star.

Recent papers calculate the distance to Polaris at about 434 light-years, although some suggest it may be 30% closer which.

Astronomers have discovered that Polaris, the north star, is getting brighter.

They say the star has suddenly reversed two decades of dimming.

It is expanding at more than 100 times the rate they expected - and nobody is sure why.

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A team led by Scott Engle of Villanova University in Pennsylvania recalibrated historic measurements of Polaris by Ptolemy in 137 C.E., the Persian astronomer Al-Sufi in 964 C.E., and others. 

They investigated the fluctuations of the star over the course of several years, combing through historical records and utilising the Hubble Space Telescope.

The team found that Polaris is 2.5 times brighter today than in Ptolemy's time, which they say is a remarkable rate of change.

'If they are real, these changes are 100 times larger than predicted by current theories of stellar evolution,' says Villanova astronomer Edward Guinan. 

The team's data also hint that the star's cyclic 4-day variation in brightness, although still weak, is once again growing more robust--but no one knows what's driving these flutterings or how long they will last.

Engle and his team began to research the star around the beginning of 2000, when they found that the dropping brightness was on the rise again.

'It was unexpected to find,' Engle  told SPACE.com.'It started increasing rather rapidly.'

'Polaris is arguably the best-known star in the Northern Hemisphere, since it lies within a degree of the North Celestial Pole,' the researchers wrote.

'For much of human history, Polaris was highly regarded for its unchanging nature. 

'However, we now know that Polaris is a Cepheid variable, undergoing ultra-low-amplitude pulsations.

'Thirty years ago, a paper in the Astrophysical Journal by A. Arellano Ferro announced that the amplitude of these pulsations was diminishing. 

'This behavior was confirmed, and it was believed that soon enough Polaris would no longer be a Cepheid variable.

'We started photometrically monitoring Polaris in 1999 and discovered that the amplitude of pulsations had reached a minimum and was now, in fact, growing again. 

'It was while gathering historic photometry for the amplitude study that we noticed the published magnitudes of Polaris were systematically fainter, the further back in time the data went. 

'This is an entirely unexpected behavior for a Cepheid variable, and one that we wanted to investigate further. 

Engle presented the results of his research in a poster session at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Washington.

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Half Of America Twists Right Into Wrong And Wrong Into Right

Common Sense Commentary: Our Great American eagle, has two wings, but struggles to fly with its right wing while dragging its useless left one.  RB


"Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" Isa.5:20

Two Americas 

Democrats are right, there are two Americas. 

The America that works and the America that doesn't. 

The America that contributes and the America that doesn't. 

It's not the haves and the have not’s; it's the dos and the don'ts. 

Some people do their duty as Americans, obey the law, support themselves, 
contribute to society, and others don't.   That's the divide in America.

It's not about income inequality, it's about civic irresponsibility. 

It's about a political party that preaches hatred, greed and victimization 
in order to win elective office. 

It's about a political party that loves power more than it loves its country.  

That's not invective, that's truth, and it's about time someone said it. 

The politics of envy was on proud display a couple weeks ago when President 
Obama pledged the rest of his term to fighting "income inequality."   He 
noted that some people make more than other people; that some people have 
higher incomes than others, and he says that's not just.  

That is the rationale of thievery.   The other guy has it; you want it; Obama will take it for you.   Vote Democrat!

That is the philosophy that produced Detroit.   It is the electoral philosophy that is destroying America. 

It conceals a fundamental deviation from American values and common sense 
because it ends up not benefiting the people who support it, but a betrayal. 

The Democrats have not empowered their followers.  They have enslaved them in 
a culture of dependence and entitlement, of victimhood and anger instead of ability 
and hope. 

The president's premise - that you reduce income inequality by debasing the 
successful - seeks to deny the successful the consequences of their choices 
and spare the unsuccessful the consequences of their choices. 

Because, by and large, income variations in society is a result of different choices, leading to

different consequences.   Those who choose wisely and responsibly have a far greater likelihood

of success, while those who choose foolishly and irresponsibly have a far greater likelihood of failure.  

Success and failure usually manifest themselves in personal and family 
income. 

You choose to drop out of high school or to skip college - and you are apt 
to have a different outcome than someone who gets a diploma and pushes on 
with purposeful education. 

You have your children out of wedlock and life is apt to take one course; 
you have them within a marriage and life is apt to take another course. 

Most often in life our destination is determined by the course we take. 

My doctor, for example, makes far more than I do.  There is significant 
income inequality between us.  Our lives have had an inequality of outcome, 
but, our lives also have had an inequality of effort.   While my doctor went 
to college and then devoted his young adulthood to medical school and 
residency, I got a job in a restaurant. 

He made a choice, I made a choice, and our choices led us to different 
outcomes.   His outcome pays a lot better than mine. 

Does that mean he cheated and Barack Obama needs to take away his wealth? 
No, it means we are both free men in a free society where free choices lead 
to different outcomes. 

It is not inequality Barack Obama intends to take away, it is freedom.  The 
freedom to succeed and the freedom to fail. 

There is no true option for success, if there is no true option for failure. 

The pursuit of happiness means a whole lot less when you face the punitive 
hand of government if your pursuit brings you more happiness than the other 
guy. 

Even if the other guy sat on his arse and did nothing.   Even if the other guy made

a lifetime's worth of asinine and shortsighted decisions. Barack Obama and the

Democrats preach equality of outcome as a right, while completely ignoring inequality of effort. 

The simple Law of the Harvest – ‘as ye sow, so shall ye reap’ - is sometimes 
applied as, "The harder you work, the more you get."  Obama would turn that 
upside down.   ‘Those who achieve are to be punished as enemies of society 
and those who fail are to be rewarded as wards of society.’

Entitlement will replace effort as the key to upward mobility in American 
society if Barack Obama gets his way.   He seeks a lowest common denominator 
society in which the government besieges the successful and productive to 
foster equality through mediocrity.  With Education too.  It is called “Common Core.”He and his party speak of two Americas, and their grip on power is based on 
using the votes of one to sap the productivity of the other.   America is 
not divided by the differences in our outcomes, it is divided by the 
differences in our efforts.  It is a false philosophy to say one man's success comes

about unavoidably as the result of another man's victimization. 

What Obama offered was not a solution, but a separatism.   He fomented 
division and strife, pitted one set of Americans against another for his own 
political benefit.  That's what socialists offer.    Marxist class warfare 
wrapped up with a bow. 

Two Americas, coming closer each day to proving the truth to Lincoln's maxim 
that a “house divided against itself cannot stand.”

Sent to me by a friend. RB

Your myRA Retirement Funds Will Be Invested In Defunct U.S. Treasure Debt

Common Sense Commentary: The three most important revelations in President Obama's State Of The Union speech were (1) Ruling by Executive Order if Congress doesn't agree with him, (2) Equalizing everyone's income, and (3) Instituting a new Government retirement program, for all non-government citizens, called "myRA". Though the first two are even more serious and frightening, here is an analytical summary of what a myRA, administered by the government, would do to your retirement funds.


Countdown to the Nationalization of Retirement Savings

By Nick Giambruno /  February 5, 2014

Simply put, the new myRA program put forward by Obama is at best a sucker's deal… or worse, it's a first step toward the nationalization of private retirement savings. (Note: If you haven't yet heard of myRA, I'd strongly suggest you read this excellent overview by my colleague Dan Steinhart.)

Even before the new myRA program was announced, there had been whispers about the need for the US government to assume some risk for US retirement accounts. That's code for forced conversion of private retirement assets into government bonds.

With foreigners not buying as many Treasuries and the Fed tapering, the US government has been searching for new buyers of its unwanted debt. And this is where the new myRA program comes in.

In short, it's ostensibly a new way for people to save for retirement. Of course, you can only invest in government-approved investments—like Treasuries—which probably won't even come close to keeping up with the real rate of inflation. It's like Jim Grant says: "return-free risk."

In reality, a myRA doesn't really provide any significant new benefits over existing options. To me it just looks like a way for the US government to pass the hot potato on to unsuspecting Americans in exchange for their retirement savings.

The net effect is the funneling of more capital to Treasury securities and thus helping the US government finance itself.

You'd be much better off using a precious metals IRA to save for retirement than participating in the government's latest Ponzi scheme.

There are other protective strategies as well, such as internationalizing your retirement savings into assets that are hard, if not impossible, to confiscate on a whim—like foreign real estate and physical gold held abroad. More on that below.

Retirement Savings Are Always Juicy Targets

As bad as it is to deceive naïve Americans into trading their hard-earned retirement savings for garbage (i.e., Treasury securities), the myRA program potentially represents something far worse… the first step toward the nationalization of existing private retirement accounts.

I believe myRA is a way to nudge the American people into gradually becoming more accustomed to government involvement in their private retirement savings.

It's incorrect to assume nationalization couldn't happen in the US or your home country. History shows us that it's standard operating procedure for a government in dire financial straits.

In just the past six years, it's happened in some form in Argentina, Poland, Portugal, Hungary, and numerous other countries.

To me it's self-evident that most Western governments (including the US) have current debt loads and future spending commitments that all but guarantee that eventually—and likely someday soon—they will try to unscrupulously grab as much wealth as they can.

And retirement savings are a juicy target—low-hanging fruit for a desperate government.

Naturally, politicians will try to slickly sell the idea to the public as something "for their own good" or as "protection from market instability." This is how similar programs were sold to skeptical publics in the past.

In reality, governments take these actions not to "reduce the risk" to your retirement savings or whatever propaganda they happen to come up with, but rather to obtain financing—by forcefully dumping their unwanted debt onto seniors and savers.

Below are several ways it has happened or could happen. Of course, there could always be some sort of new, creative proposal that was previously unthinkable. No matter the method, however, the end result is always the same—the siphoning off of purchasing power from your retirement savings.

New Contribution Mandate: The government could mandate, for example, that 50% of new contributions to private retirement accounts must consist of "safe," government-approved investments, like Treasury securities.

Forced Conversions: This is where a government will forcibly convert existing assets held in retirement accounts into so-called "safer" assets, such as government bonds. For example, if the US government forcibly converted 20% of the estimated $20 trillion in retirement assets (401k plans, IRAs, defined benefit and contribution plans, etc.), it would net them $4 trillion. Not a bad score, considering the national debt is north of $17 trillion.

Special Taxes: The government could look into levying special taxes on distributions from retirement, especially those deemed to be "excessively large."

In order to be more effective, forced conversions probably wouldn't happen until after official capital controls have been instituted. Once in place, capital controls would make it very difficult, if not impossible, for you to avoid the wealth confiscation that is sure to follow… like a sheep that has just been penned in for a shearing.

Since FATCA and other regulatory burdens already amount to a soft form of capital controls, it's absolutely essential that you start implementing protective measures now.

It's like I have always said: internationalization is your ultimate insurance against the measures of a desperate government. In the case that the government makes a grab for retirement savings, it's much better to be a year or two early rather than a minute too late.

Internationalize Your Retirement Savings

It's much more difficult for the government to convert your retirement assets if they're outside of its immediate reach. If you have a standard IRA from a large US financial institution, it would only take a decree from the US government and Poof!: your dividend-paying stocks and corporate bonds could instantly be transformed into government bonds.

Obviously, this is much harder for the government to do if your retirement assets are sufficiently internationalized.

For example, you can structure your IRA to invest in foreign real estate, open an offshore bank or brokerage account, own certain types of physical gold stored abroad, and invest in other foreign and nontraditional assets.

In my view, owning an apartment in Switzerland and some physical gold coins stored in a safe deposit box in Singapore beats the cookie-cutter mutual funds shoved down your throat by traditional IRA custodians any day.

If and when there's some sort of decree to convert or otherwise confiscate the assets in your retirement account, your internationalized assets ensure that your savings won't vanish at the stroke of a pen.

There are important details and a couple of restrictions that you'll need to be aware of, but they amount to minor issues, especially when weighed against the risk of leaving your retirement savings within the immediate reach of a government desperate for cash.

After placing a juicy steak in front of a salivating German shepherd, it's only a matter of time before he makes a grab for it. The US government with its $17 trillion debt load is the salivating German shepherd, and the $20 trillion in retirement savings is the juicy steak.

Internationalizing your IRA has always been a prudent and pragmatic thing to do. And now that the US government has now officially set its sights on retirement savings, it's truly urgent.

You'll find all the details on how it to get set up, along with trusted professionals who specialize in internationalizing IRAs in our Going Globalpublication.

Until next time,

Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor 

International Man Communique

How Did God's People Deal With Evil King Jer oboam ?

Common Sense Commentary: Jeroboam was the illegitimate, impostor king who gained the throne over 10 of the 12 tribes of Israel by conspiracy and popular vote, and divided the kingdom. He abused and misused his political power, the law of the land and God's people. He ruled by Executive Order as a dictator king. The tribe of Judah and the small tribe of Benjamin remained faithful to the LORD who directed and blessed them against King Jeroboam and the ten other tribes of Israel who had gone astray from God to worship man-made gods.


"Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat ... is risen up, and hath rebelled against his lord. And there are gathered unto him vain men, the children of Belial, and have strengthened themselves ....And now ye think to withstand the kingdom of the LORD ... and ye be a great multitude, and there are with you golden calves, which Jeroboam made you for gods. But as for us, the LORD is our God, and we have not forsaken him .... And, behold, God himself is with us for our captain ....." 2 Chron. 13:6-12.

And so it was and so it is that this illegitimate, impostor king, son of Nebat and Dingbat stole the throne of the nation which God had established for His own purposes. This son of  'Belial' (worthless, reckless, lawless), first surrounded himself with a multitude of other vain men, the children of Belial, (worthless, reckless, lawless) and they strengthened themselves and thought to withstand the kingdom of the LORD .... and they were a great multitude , and they worshiped the golden calves ... the gods of Liberal Socialism which Jeroboam had created for them and had forsaken the God of their fathers ... Jehovah, who is still and forever our God and Captain.


"But Jeroboam caused an ambushment to come about behind them (Judah): so they were before Judah, and the ambushment was behind them. And when Judah looked back, behold, the battle was before and behind: and they cried unto the LORD, and the priests sounded with the trumpets. Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah. And the children of Israel fled before Judah: and God delivered them into their hand. And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men. Thus the children of Israel were brought under at that time, and the children of Judah prevailed, because they relied upon the LORD God of their fathers." 2 Chron. 2:13-18.  Yes, they "relied upon the LORD God of their fathers", but "faith without works is dead" (Jm.2:20) so they put feet to their prayers with swords in their hands. Let's hear some shouts, some trumpets and some .... "fervent activity" from God's people. .... today. RB

   

Incredible Leap to Earth From 24 Miles High

Common Sense Commentary: The unbelievable genius of man is only exceeded by the unfathomable, omniscient genius of his Creator, God. When He created the first humans of the human race, it is recorded in Genesis 1:26....

"And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness (Father, Son & Holy Spirit): and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."

"In His image and likeness" means He gave us a tiny spark of all He is .... His total power, total presence and total knowledge. We have those tiny bits of our Creator's image and likeness. If men's awesome accomplishments seem immeasurable, they are only an infinitesimal glimmer of God's eternal, infinite light. Keep God's glory in mind as you look into the dominion of impressive, human accomplishment. RB


Click here and then the little double box in far upper right corner for full screen.

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/new-hd-footage-of-felix-baumgartner-s-incredible-leap-to-earth-191058566.html?vp=1

One Generation Away From Apostacy

Common Sense Commentary: Please tell me how America descended all the way from President Reagan to President Obama in such a short period of time. Have the American voters really lost that much integrity in those few years? It has all the marks of an evil miracle and it will require a divine miracle to reverse our national trend into ignominious secularism. The day of Christ is at hand, but it will be preceded by a falling away first. After that is the rise of the Anti-Christ and the Rapture of Christians into heaven, followed by the seven years of Tribulation on earth.  Praise God it doesn't end with the Great Tribulation but Christ returns to earth, with his saints, conquers the powers of darkness and sets up His Thousand Year Millennial Kingdom, so do not be disheartened, Christian. Christ and we win the in the final chapter. Read it for yourself , Revelation 21 ... after you read these verses and watch the video below. RB

"Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand. Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God." 2 Thess.2:1-4.

Do not miss this video....
http://www.youtube.com/embed/OvN1jTkzXbY?rel=0

The Fate Of The Union Speech

Common Sense Commentary: Keeping up with the government and interpreting what Politicians are saying and doing, or saying that they are doing, is a matter of self defense. You can't just listen to or read their actual words; you had better learn politicalese or at least learn to interpret the lies you hear them tell into the truth, hidden behind the words. Groucho Marx wasn't a politician but he put words to their deceptive habit of lying, when he asked, "Are you going to believe me or your lying eyes". Our president should have used that line in his Fate Of The Union Speech the other night. I couldn't bear to listen to it but like the commentator below, I read it, so I could remove all the trappings, applause and emphasis, and just get the raw, black and white, revealing words. Below is Dan Steinhart's perceptive take on what Mr. Obama's smoke and mirrors, skirt the truth, inferences of our future fate are. RB

By Dan Steinhart, Managing Editor, The Casey Report

Did you watch the State of the Union address?

I didn't, because, well… I didn't want to.

But I did read the transcript the morning after. And boy is there a doozy in there. A lot of news outlets are talking about it. But very few dissected Obama's tricky language enough to understand its significance.

I'm talking about his unveiling of the "MyRA," which is ostensibly a new retirement account for working-class Americans. Sounds innocent enough.

But read a little closer, and… well, rather than put words in his mouth, let's let the skilled orator tell us about the MyRA himself, word for word from his State of the Union address.

Take it away, Barack. (His words, verbatim, are in bold.)

"Let's do more to help Americans save for retirement. Today, most workers don't have a pension. A Social Security check often isn't enough on its own."

Can't argue with that. The personal savings rate has been declining since the 1970s. Reversing that trend would help get America back on track to prosperity. Tell me more.

"And while the stock market has doubled over the last five years, that doesn't help folks who don't have 401(k)s."

Good point. It's hard for lower-income earners to save enough money to invest in the stock market. Helping them access stocks is a great idea, provided they enlist a competent advisor.

Granted, it's not a perfect solution. But allocating a portion of one's savings to stocks is smart—certainly better than allowing inflation to bleed one's savings account to death.

"That's why, tomorrow, I will direct the Treasury to create a new way for working Americans to start their own retirement savings: MyRA."

Actually, Mr. President, working Americans already have access to IRAs. You're giving the impression that lower-income Americans don't have access to tax-advantaged retirement accounts, but that's not true at all. Even if my employer doesn't sponsor a plan, I can start one on my own. Anyone under the age of 70½ can open a self-directed IRA, and plenty of brokers allow people to enroll with as little as a $500 initial contribution.

So where are you going with this?

"It's a new savings bond that encourages folks to build a nest egg."

Whoa, hang on there. You were just talking about the stock market. How do savings bonds help the average Joe tap into stocks?

"MyRA guarantees a decent return with no risk of losing what you put in."

Stop it. First of all, bonds neither guarantee a decent return nor protect people from losing their principal. In fact, with interest rates still near historic lows, buying bonds today and holding them for the long term virtually guarantees they'll lose money.

Second, a bond is not a one-sided transaction. Whoever issues the bond is borrowing money from the buyer. The US government would be issuing these bonds, so that would mean… wait a minute, you wouldn't be trying to covertly confiscate workers' earnings to fund the government, would you?

"And if this Congress wants to help, work with me to fix an upside-down tax code that gives big tax breaks to help the wealthy save, but does little to nothing for middle-class Americans."

Don't change the subject, Mr. President. Do you expect me to believe it's just a coincidence that your new plan will finance billions of dollars in US debt, just as your pal Bernanke is finally reducing the Fed's QE bond purchases? You guys are too much.

"Offer every American access to an automatic IRA on the job, so they can save at work just like everyone in this chamber can."

Automatic? Now you're really starting to scare me. I hope that means the payroll deductions would be automatic for participants, and not that everyone at certain income levels will be automatically enrolled in MyRAs unless they proactively opt out. Forgive me for being suspicious.

Regardless, let me see if I have this scheme straight. If someone is lucky enough to be a MyRA participant, the government will skim a percentage of his income from his paycheck. In exchange, it will issue him an IOU, which of course won't pay out until he retires. So working-class Americans would effectively be giving the government a long-term loan.

Taking money from our paychecks before we ever see it… promising to pay us back in umpteen years… this all sounds eerily familiar. Where have I heard of this arrangement before?

Oh, right. It's exactly the same as Social Security. Minus the compulsory aspect (for now).

I'm not trying to be sensationalist; it's all right there in Obama's language. As I write on Thursday morning, more details are leaking out. According to several sources, the MyRA will essentially be a Roth IRA, with one huge difference: it can only invest in government savings bonds.

Given that a normal Roth can already invest in government bonds, I fail to see how a MyRA offers any advantage whatsoever. All it does is restrict participants' investment choices to the one asset class that most benefits the bankrupt US: US debt.

And that seems to be the point. US retirement accounts hold well over $5 trillion in assets. The US government owes a mind-boggling $17+ trillion in debt. You can almost hear Uncle Sam salivate. The MyRA looks like the first baby step toward acclimating people to the idea that retirement savings are too important to entrust 100% to the market. Government bonds, you see, are much safer.

If the government can pass a mandate that IRAs must allocate just 10% of their assets to Treasuries, a cool $500 billion would flow straight into Washington's coffers. Not enough to solve its debt problems—there isn't enough money in the world to do that. But enough to stave off bankruptcy or a crisis of confidence in the dollar for a few more years.

What to do? Liquidating your IRA isn't an option, since you'd incur hefty penalties and lose all of the substantial tax benefits they offer. For now, keep an eye on how the MyRA saga unfolds. Watch especially for any strong-arming by the government, such as forcing employers to offer MyRAs. Or, as I mentioned above, automatically enrolling some subset of the population into the MyRA program. Such actions would provide clues as to how much the government thinks it can get away with.

You also might want to learn a bit about past confiscations of retirement savings. They're more common than you'd think. Just since 2008, the governments of Argentina, Poland, Portugal, Ireland, Hungary, and Bolivia have all pillaged citizens' private retirement assets in some fashion.

Of course, your #1 recourse against any grabby government is to hold a substantial portion of your savings in physical precious metals. Though the past two years have been a rough ride, history unequivocally shows that gold is unrivaled in its ability to hold value over the long term. And what's more, evidence is mounting that gold's decline is coming to an end—for both the metal and the miners.

Here is the comment of our friend and fellow blogger and Christian, Elaine Merritt .... RB

The "State of the Union" speech given by the president declared “America’s first dictator.”  From an America with 3 separate powers of government to an America with a “dictator/administrator” who will govern with his pen--Elaine Merritt

And finally, here is my friend, Simmon Black's way of telling the "story". Simmon is way ahead of most of us. He read the political tea leaves several years ago and decoded Obama's intentions for America's retirement funds. He decided not to drink the tea flavored kool-aid, and moved lock, stock and barrel and his retirement funds to Chile where he found more freedom and fewer government ill intentions. RB

From Simon Black-

January 29, 2014
Santiago, Chile

I have an old acquaintance named Sam who has a hell of a deal for you.
Sam is actually a pretty famous guy with a big reputation. Unfortunately he has been a bit down and out on his luck lately... but he's trying to make a comeback. And Sam is prepared to float you a really great investment opportunity.
Here's the deal he's offering: you give Sam your hard-earned retirement savings. Sam will invest your funds, and pay you a rate of return.

Granted, the rate of return he's promising doesn't quite keep up with inflation. So you will be losing some money. But don't dwell on that too much.

And, rather than invest your funds in productive assets, Sam is going to blow it all on new cars and flat screen TVs. So when it comes time to make interest payments, Sam won't have any money left.

But don't worry, he still has that good ole' credibility. So even though his financial situation gets worse by the year, Sam will just go back out there and borrow more money from other people to pay you back.

Of course, he will be able to keep doing this forever without any consequences whatsoever.

I know what you're thinking-- "where do I sign??" I know, right? It's the deal of the lifetime.

This is basically the offer that the President of the United States floated last night.

And like an unctuously overgeled used car salesman, he actually pitched Americans on loaning their retirement savings to the US government with a straight face, guaranteeing "a decent return with no risk of losing what you put in. . ."

This is his new "MyRA" program. And the aim is simple-- dupe unwitting Americans to plow their retirement savings into the US government's shrinking coffers.

We've been talking about this for years. I have personally written since 2009 that the US government would one day push US citizens into the 'safety and security' of US Treasuries.

Back in 2009, almost everyone else thought I was nuts for even suggesting something so sacrilegious about the US government and financial system.

But the day has arrived. And POTUS stated almost VERBATIM what I have been writing for years.

The government is flat broke. Even by their own assessment, the US government's "net worth" is NEGATIVE 16 trillion. That's as of the end of 2012 (the 2013 numbers aren't out yet). But the trend is actually worsening.

In 2009, the government's net worth was negative $11.45 trillion. By 2010, it had dropped to minus $13.47 trillion. By 2011, minus $14.78 trillion. And by 2012, minus $16.1 trillion.

Here's the thing: according to the IRS, there is well over $5 trillion in US individual retirement accounts. For a government as bankrupt as Uncle Sam is, $5 trillion is irresistible.

They need that money. They need YOUR money. And this MyRA program is the critical first step to corralling your hard earned retirement funds.

At our event here in Chile last year, Jim Rogers nailed this right on the head when he and Ron Paul told our audience that the government would try to take your retirement fun.

I don't know how much more clear I can be: this is happening. This is exactly what bankrupt governments do. And it's time to give serious, serious consideration to shipping your retirement funds overseas before they take yours