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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (231)12/26/2008 12:53:56 PM
From: average joeRespond to of 1134
 
"The bikini, designed by Susan Rosen with Steinmetz Diamonds, contains over 150 carats of D Flawless diamonds. Some of the diamonds are the rarest in the world including a 51-carat, pear-shaped diamond, a 30-carat emerald cut, a pair of 15 carat rounds and a pair of eight carat pear shapeds. The stones are sent in platinum for one valuable and very tiny"

I suspect Molly Sims stole the diamonds from here.

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Feliz Navidad!



To: Tom Clarke who wrote (231)12/29/2008 2:41:28 AM
From: average joeRespond to of 1134
 
This article is not left or right but it is touching and Mr. Forbis just passed on... RIP.

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (231)12/29/2008 2:51:07 AM
From: average joeRespond to of 1134
 
Che Guevara; a Study in Stupidity, Sadism and Failure

By Humberto Fontova Sunday, December 28, 2008



The Cuban freedom-fighters who faced Che at the Bay of Pigs and later in the Congo still laugh. The Bay of Pigs invasion plan included a ruse where a little boat packing a huge fireworks show and tape recording of battle sounds landed in extreme western Cuba as a diversion.

Sure enough, the wily Che immediately recognized this as an Anzio-type “second front!” He snapped on his holster, cocked his beret at just the right angle, scowled for the camera and rushed over with a few thousand troops. He spent the whole battle there (300 miles from the invasion site). It was the only thing in the invasion that went according to plan.

Later, many of these Cuban-American freedom-fighters itched to get back into the fight (but with ammo and air cover this time). The CIA obliged and sent them with ex-marine Rip Robertson to the Congo in ‘65 where Castro (with tongue tucked deeply in his cheek) had sent Che to foment a “war of liberation.’ There, the Cuban-Americans fighters linked up with the legendary mercenary “Mad Mike” Hoare and his “Wild Geese.”

Here’s Mike Hoare’s opinion, after watching them in battle: “These Cuban-CIA men were as tough, dedicated and impetuous a group of soldiers as I’ve ever had the honor of commanding. Their leader [Rip Robertson] was the most extraordinary and dedicated soldier I’ve ever met.”

Together Mad Mike, Rip and the Cubans made short work of the alternately Chinese-and Soviet-backed “Simbas” of Laurent Kabila, who were murdering, raping and munching (many were cannibals) their way through the defenseless Europeans still left in the recently abandoned Belgian colony.

Kabila made Idi Amin look like Gandhi. Castro, itching to be rid of this nuisance, sent Che (code-named “Tatu") and a force of his rebel army “veterans” to help these cannibals. The Congolese reds, unfamiliar with Che’s true record, accepted Tatu gratefully.

The masterful “Tatu’s” first order of business was plotting an attack on a garrison guarding a hydroelectric plant in a place called Front Bendela on the Kimbi River in Eastern Congo. His masterstroke was to be an elaborate ambush of the garrison.

The wily Tatu was stealthily leading his force into position when they heard shots. Whoops! ... Hey?! WHAT THE?! Ambushers became ambushed – and by the same garrison he thought was guarding the plant. Che lost half his men and barely escaped with his life.

His African allies started frowning a little more closely at Tatu’s resume, and asking a few questions. (But in Swahili, which he didn’t understand.)

The problem was, any teen gang member in East L.A. or south Bronx had 10 times the battle experience and savvy of any of these strutting Fidelista “Comandantes.” Imagine the Germans atop Monte Cassino outnumbering and outgunning the Allies 10 to 1 in early ‘44. Hell, they’d STILL be there. It was a defender’s dream.

Well, the brilliant Tatu and his comandantes had that very set-up in a place called Fizi-Baraka in Eastern Congo for their second clash with the mad dogs of imperialism. Mad Mike and his CIA allies sized the place up and attacked. Within one day the mighty Che’s entire force was scrambling away in panic, throwing away their arms, running and screaming like old ladies with rats running up their legs.

One of the most hilarious and enduring hoaxes of the 20th century was the “war” fought by dauntless Che and the Castro rebels against Batista: rustle a few cows, plant a few bombs in stores and cinemas......But I hear it was a kick.

What 17- or 18-year-old male could resist? Petty delinquency became not just altruism here, but downright heroism. How many punks get such a window of glory? Normally these stunts land you in reform school. In Cuba in 1958 it might get your picture in the New York Times:

“Comandante Humberto ‘El Guapo’ Fontova shown here relaxing with a bottle of rum and a grateful senorita after smiting the Fascist hordes of the Tyrant Batista in the ferocious Battle of Santa Clara, depicted by Stephen Soderbergh in his movie “Che” as bloodier than Stalingrad!

Here’s an insider account of this battle from some eye-witnesses that Soderbergh and Benicio del Toro (because they were too busy consulting Castro’s propaganda ministry) did not consult for their movie These men reported their harrowing battlefield exploits to Paul Bethel who served as U.S. press attaché in Cuba’s U.S. Embassy in 1959.

“We had a helluva time, Paul! We used a short-wave radio to broadcast the so-called battle. We yelled fake battle commands into the mike while a few of the muchachos shot BARs and pistols into the air for the sound effects. We really whooped it up!....Guevara’s column shuffled right into the U.S. agricultural experimental station in Camaguey. Guevara asked manager Joe McGuire to have a man take a package to Batista’s military commander in the city. The package contained $100,000 with a note. Guevara’s men moved through the province almost within sight of uninterested Batista troops.”

According to Paul Bethel, the U.S. embassy had been highly skeptical about all the battlefield bloodshed and heroics reported in the New York Times (same as in Stephen Soderbergh’s new movie, “Che") and investigated. They ran down every reliable lead and eyewitness account of what the New York Times called a “bloody civil war with thousands dead in single battles!”

They found that in the Cuban countryside, in those two years of “ferocious” battles, the total casualties on BOTH sides actually ran to 152. New Orleans has an annual murder rate DOUBLE that. The famous “Battle of Santa Clara” claimed five casulties total on BOTH sides. But don’t look for this in Stephen Soderbergh’s blockbuster movie, “Che,” where you’ll mistake it for Iwo Jima.

Che the Lionhearted’s image indeed belongs on college campuses. But it’s usually in the wrong places. He belongs in the marketing, PR, advertising – and especially – psychology departments. His lessons and history are fascinating and valuable, but only in light of Sigmund Freud or P.T. Barnum. “One born every minute,” Mr. Barnum? If only you’d lived to see the Che phenomenon. Actually, 10 are born every second.

Here’s a “guerrilla hero” who in real life never fought in a guerrilla war. When he finally brushed up against one, he was routed.

Here’s a cold-blooded murderer who executed thousands without trial, who claimed that judicial evidence was an “unnecessary bourgeois detail,” who stressed that “revolutionaries must become cold-killing machines motivated by pure hate,” who stayed up till dawn for months at a time signing death warrants for innocent and honorable men, whose office in La Cabana had a window where he could watch the executions – and today his T-shirts adorn people who oppose capital punishment!

Here’s a humorless teetotaler, a plodding paper-pusher, a notorious killjoy and all-around fuddy-duddy – and you see his T-shirt on MTV’s Spring Break revelers! Perhaps competent psychologists (if any exist) will explain this some day.

Che excelled in one thing: mass murder of defenseless men. He was a Stalinist to the core, a plodding bureaucrat and a calm, cold-blooded – but again, never in actual battle – killer. Che’s true legacy is simply one of terror and murder.

That dreaded midnight knock. Wives and daughters screaming in rage and panic as Che’s goons drag off their dads and husbands – that’s the real Che legacy.

Desperate crowds of weeping daughters and shrieking mothers clubbed with rifle butts outside La Cabana as Che’s firing squads murder their dads and sons inside – that’s the real Che legacy.

Thousands of heroes yelling “Viva Cuba Libre!” and “Viva Christo Rey!” before firing squads of murderous drunks whom they’d have stomped in open battle – that’s the real Che legacy.

Secret graves and crude boxes with bullet-riddled corpses delivered to ashen-faced loved ones – that’s the real Che legacy.

And let’s not forget the craven “Don’t shoot – I’m Che! I’m worth more to you live than dead!” (Then why didn’t he save his last bullet for himself?) Perhaps the defiant yells of the men he murdered actually affected Che the Lionhearted?

By 1960 he started ordering that his victims’ mouths be taped shut. Perhaps there was a trace of human emotion in this icy dolt after all? Genuine bravery and defiance unnerved him.

When the wheels of justice finally turned, Che was revealed as unworthy to carry his victims’ slop buckets. He learned nothing from their bravery. He could only beg for his life. So yes, the craven request when cornered in Bolivia is also the real Che legacy.

So please excuse all the champagne corks that popped in Cuban-American households back in October 1967 when we got the wonderful news. Yes, our own compatriots serving proudly in the U.S. Special Forces, had helped track down the murderous, cowardly and epically stupid little weasel named Che Guevara in Bolivia. Then he got a major dose of his own medicine.

Justice has never been better served.

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To: Tom Clarke who wrote (231)12/31/2008 1:39:04 AM
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Hillary, Obama & 666
66.6 Years of Presidents Who Worshipped the Beast

Posted February 4, 2008
Hillary, Obama & The Anti-Christ Movement in America

What will the Hillary-Obama White House be like? If this Bible study is accurate, our nation may be taken to the verge of civil war between Christians and Anti-Christs.

This information is speculation that is based on an in-depth Bible study. It has predictions about Presidents and catastrophic events. They may be true or false because they are the products of a fallible human mind. It is your responsibility to do your own Bible study and make your own judgments.

The identities of end-time Presidents of the United States and Prime Ministers of Britain are in the Bible. The casual reader will never recognize them because the Bible is written in such a way as to reward people according to the intensity of their study effort. If a person puts forth a great deal of time and effort, God might open up the deep treasures He keeps hidden from casual readers.

This Bible study is the result of 17 years of effort. That is a very long time! It is about Hillary Clinton, Presidents and other national leaders. The years of their terms in office are revealed by an ancient Freemason prophecy calendar.

God’s Appraisal of Certain Presidents

It is apparent that God opened up some deep secrets because this study has revealed details about individual Presidents whose terms were and are between 1989 and 2012. The study also reveals God’s personal view of the policies of particular presidents in the 66.6-year span between 1945 and 2012. The policies of President Reagan are very significant in God‘s mind. I would tell you what God thinks about them but I would be digressing. This article is mainly about Presidents in office from 1989 to 2012.

This Bible study has had two basic parts. One part has been the Scriptural identity of individual Presidents and God‘s view of their policies. The other part has been the years of their terms in office.

I offer the Forefather’s Prophecy Calendar as a complement to this particular Bible study. This calendar has given us the dates of Hillary’s 2009-2012 time in the White House. This study does not clearly identify Hillary as President. She may be President, Vice President or an influential member of the cabinet. It may be that she begins as Vice President and becomes President after Obama dies while in office. The study does indicate the unexpected death of a male President or Vice President.

The Last President in a 66.6-year Span

Hillary Clinton has the distinction of being the last of a series of important White House officials leading up to the year 2012. I use the term official to describe Hillary because she need not be a President. She may be a President, Vice President, Cabinet member or other Staff member. Regardless of her position, she will have a powerful influence on policies and laws.

2012 is a culminating year. The presidential inauguration (November 2011) will be the culmination of 66.6 years of evil rule since the death (in April 1945) of the last righteous president of the United States, who was Franklin Roosevelt. Hillary and/or Obama are within the 66.6-year span. It appears they will not break the cycle of unrighteous leadership although they have a mandate to break it. I wish they would break the pattern but it appears they will not and/or can not break it.

This 66.6-year span is an almost identical repeat of Old Testament history. For 66.6 years, evil kings ruled Israel. By the end of that 66.6-year span, God had cleaned 1,000 corrupt members out of government.

The Next Franklin Roosevelt ends 66.6 Years of Infamy

Up to 2012, God had allowed Presidents to be chosen through normal procedures. However, God will personally choose the particular person to be President in 2012. It appears that God wants a President like Franklin Roosevelt to take the United States through tumultuous end-time events. You recall that Franklin Roosevelt guided the nation through the Great Depression and World War II. He also prevented a Communist takeover when many frustrated citizens considered Marxism to be an alternative to the corporate controlled government in Washington DC.

The year 2012 corresponds to the end of Elijah’s 22-year ministry. God used Elijah and Elisha to establish a new king in Old Testament Israel. This new king had a mandate to restore the government to founding principles. A similar effort is described in Malachi. An end-time Elijah returns the hearts of the end-time generation to the noble visions of the Forefathers. That is another way of saying that our present government has gotten off track and needs to be put back on track.

According to this Bible study, Franklin Roosevelt was the last effective President in God‘s eyes. He corresponds to righteous King David who ruled Israel prior to 66.6 years of infamy.

Presidents Who Worship the Beast

The year 2012 is extremely important because in that year God will reverse trends that will have taken place under Presidents in the 66.6 years (from the April, 1945 death of Roosevelt to the November, 2011 election of Colin Powell) following the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. The numbers 666 are significant because government leaders in those 66.6 years have done many wicked things that hurt citizens. We can celebrate when those 66.6 years of infamy finally come to an end because corrupt leaders with the bestial nature will at last be purged from our nation‘s capital. This particular study associates corrupt American leadership to the number 666 and the worship of the Beast. In the 66.6 years since 1945, we have had Presidents, Congressmen and Judges who worshipped the Beast.

The political system has not developed in the way God would have liked. For example, many members of congress hold office simply because they are from wealthy aristocratic families. These families have had the money to finance political campaigns. They also have had connections and influence. These aristocratic developments are not in line with America’s nobler ideals and God‘s wishes.

In the Books of Kings we read that Elijah ministered during tumultuous times. We can project that our end-time Elijah will also do his ministry during tumultuous times. President Hillary Clinton may trigger tumult because of her Left-wing beliefs and policies. If we compare the times of Elijah to our time, we might conclude that there would be major divisions and even violence. The Left and Right would struggle over power and policies. This struggle may to be very violent at times. It is not just a battle of words. By the time Old Testament Elijah and Elisha reestablished a pro-God government in Israel, about 1,000 opposition leaders were dead.

I do not know if we can draw a strict parallel to our time. In our modern time, there are non-violent means to get corrupt people out of office. Citizens can vote them out. We may be looking at 1,000 people voted out of office. This would certainly be better than the violent methods used in Old Testament times. When Franklin was elected president, voters swept the establishment out of office. We will have to wait and see if there will be violent change.

This may be where Colin Powell comes in. It appears from this Bible study that voters will reach out to Powell to save the nation from a potential civil war. Powell may guide the nation through the Armageddon era and a new Great Depression era.

President Colin Powell, God’s Anointed

Powell has identifying characteristics that parallel him with a retired Israelite army general named Jehu. This man was anointed king of Israel after God purged the government through Elijah. Jehu was an enthusiastic participant in the purge.

Powell may develop as the champion of the Republican Party. It appears he will be the Republican choice for the 2012 presidential election. Under normal circumstances, he would run against incumbent Hillary Clinton, Obama or whoever is President in 2012.

This Bible study predicts that Powell will win the election if there is an election. There may NOT be a normal election because the government may be in peril due to extraordinary circumstances. These circumstances could include terrorist acts that are horrifying to think about. It is interesting to note that 2012 is the anniversary year of the War of 1812. 200 years prior to 2012, the City of Washington DC was invaded. The White House and Capitol were burned down. But, God saved the homes of citizens with a heavy rainstorm.

This Bible study has another dimension that serves to identify General Colin Powell as God‘s choice for President in 2012. This dimension deals with the reason God prepared a BLACK man for the presidency in 2012. But, I cannot cover everything in this short article. The point is that the President was predestined to be of the black race in particular. I believe Freemasons anticipated this development with great joy because it would be a formal and official end of racism. It would also validate Bible prophecy and fulfill their visions of an enlightened and advanced American society.

The Downfall of Britain’s Prime Minister

The Prime Minister of Britain will be part of events in the end-time ministry of Elijah. It appears that the Prime Minister will also lose his office in 2012. So, it appears the year 2012 will see a dramatic change of leadership in both the White House and 10 Downing Street.

This dramatic change is like a purge. In my opinion, God is seeking new leadership for the US and Britain. He will patiently wait for Hillary and others in the White House to make positive changes during the 2008-2012 term. If they DO indeed turn things around, I assume God will extend their stay in power and a purge will be averted.

If on the other hand, Hillary and other Democrats in the White House are not able or willing to make righteous changes, there will be a purge. We have been fooled before by disinformation from the White House.

If there is a strict parallel to the times of Old Testament Elijah, individual leaders will be singled out for severe punishment. Those who have committed especially corrupt acts, like murder, will be purged during the 2008-2012 term. (The next term is actually 2009-2012 because the inauguration period in 2008 does not count.)

When we as citizens watch television between 2009-2012, we may be getting propaganda from the White House. So, we may think everything is going our way. In reality, we may continue to be sold out. But, God watches what goes on behind closed doors in the White House and in the Capitol. Do not be surprised if there is a purge even though the White House tells us that things are going well.

I hate to seem pessimistic because many Americans have their hopes set on a Democratic White House. Democrats have earnestly put their hopes in Hillary. Obama and his wife, Michelle, are very sincere and popular. Citizens listen to speeches by Hillary and Obama and want to believe corruption will end.

Is Political Corruption a Systemic Problem?

However, prophecy seems to happen just as it was written for thousands of years. It appears that the new Democratic administration will carry on the corruption characteristic of the past. It has been said that politics corrupt people and that there is no way to avoid it. The problem is systemic. The way the system has developed over 66.6 years is essentially wrong. It may be very naive to think that a 66.6-year-old tree can be reshaped. There is a saying that a tree grows as its twigs are bent. If a man does not like the way his tree has grown, he need only cut it down. The stump will sprout new limbs that can be shaped in a pleasing manner.

Presidents who Worship the Beast

God may need to cut the tree down in order to get rid of all the undesirable beasts that have made it their home. That is what God did with Nebuchadnezzar, who admired predatory beasts and behaved as a beast. It seems reasonable that God would do the same for Presidents who likewise worship the Beast.

Daniel 4:23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;

This Bible study indicates a demoralizing disappointment for the nation in the years 2009-2012. The only consolation would be that a female became President or a black man became President. That consolation would not last if corruption continued as usual and the middle class continued to be preyed upon by the establishment. As a result of yet another disappointment, God will throw in the towel and purge the White House of leaders. He will also purge Congress and the judiciary.

God Raised up Terrorist Ben-Hadad Against Ahab & Jezebel

If we do a strict comparison of Old Testament Elijah to the end-time Elijah, the purge will be violent. Perhaps terrorists are involved. Old Testament Israel indeed suffered violent attacks from terrorists. God clearly stated that He raised up terrorists against wicked Israelite leaders. We might take a lesson. In order to get rid of terrorists, we need to first get rid of corrupt leaders. After all, it was the corrupt acts of our leaders that provoked people to become terrorists.

It is sobering to consider that terrorist attacks on American soil began and continue to occur during the 22-year span leading up to 2012. The 22-year span in which Ahab ruled parallels the 22-year span we are now in as the year 2012 approaches.

Ahab was leader for the 22 years of Elijah’s ministry. That time span would correspond to 1991 to 2012. We might conclude that we now have five significant personages with us who are the fulfillment of prophecy. We have Elijah, Ahab, Jezebel, Jehu and Ben-Hadad the terrorist. And, they are all active in a 22-year span.

We could do a non-violent application of Old Testament events onto end-time events. In that case, the purge may be nothing more than a dramatic change of power. Powell may be head of a new political party that overthrows both Republicans and Democrats. I certainly hope this is the case because it would be non-violent. A third party would make many citizens happy because they want to get rid of the Democratic/Republican establishment.

Armageddon and Another Great Depression

International events may affect voter choices in the United State and Britain in the year 2012. Events that lead up to Armageddon will be on the minds of voters. People will be worried about world war and nuclear missiles. Aside from military threats, economists are warning of another Great Depression as a result of bad economic policies. Even now, severe weather conditions are ruining food harvests in southern states. The Bee Colony Collapse may cause famine in the US.

Christians Vs. Anti-Christs

The main issue for many Americans is religion. Many Americans will fight to preserve a government under God. They will not idly stand by and let Anti-Christs take over the government. They will not allow the Constitution to be reinterpreted by closet Marxists into a Communist Constitution. I think I can say that semi-religious Americans generally believe that religious leaders can make the country better. They also believe that corrupt and self-serving leaders can destroy the nation.

The average American seems to have an instinctive distrust of Left-wing politicians because of the horrors suffered by Europeans, Russians and Chinese under various forms of Marxist dictatorships. Germans also suffered under National Socialists (Nazis), who were actually part of the Marxist movement in Europe. It is all right for a politician to champion labor in the manner Franklin Roosevelt did. But, it is not all right to turn the nation into a Marxist and Anti-Christ state. God will destroy the nation before he allows that to happen. We can see that from reading Bible history.

After the nation gives up on the next White House, it will look to General Colin Powell. If Powell were to combine the best of the Democratic Party, which is pro-labor, with the best of the Republican Party, which is pro-religion, he would win by a landslide. This would be a repeat of the landslide election of Franklin Roosevelt.

According to this Bible study, God has been preparing Powell to become President as a pro-God and pro-citizen candidate who reasserts the indivisible relationship between Christianity and the US government. He has been prepared to set the government on a righteous course.

Queen Elizabeth Saves Her Government

It is appropriate that Queen Elizabeth knighted Powell. He may be thereby legally empowered to act on the Queen’s behalf in Great Britain. God may use Sir Powell to help the Queen make leadership changes in Parliament. This would correspond to Elijah’s work with rulers in countries allied to ancient Israel. Elijah anointed the future kings of nations other than Israel.

I Could Tell You More But...

This astonishing Bible study has many details that are too controversial to divulge to the general public. The Bible reveals secrets that politicians thought to be buried (literally). Readers are reminded that this Bible study is speculative because a divine being did not appear and dictate it. Even so, I believe that this study has tapped into a vein of prophetic gold.

For example, this very same Bible study in 1991 announced that an unknown politician named Bill Clinton would become president in 1993. That prediction was outrageous at the time because incumbent President Bush I was a popular Persian Gulf War hero and nobody ever heard of Bill Clinton.

As if that prediction wasn’t ridiculous enough in 1991, the study clearly indicated that Bill Clinton’s wife Hillary would also be in the White House in the future. That is not to say she would be President. Whatever position she would be in, she would exert tremendous influence. Of course, nobody believed those Bible study predictions at the time. But now, we see that they were right on!

So, if this Bible study has been right on so far, it seems fair to assume it will be right about the year 2012. That means Colin Powell will become President after tumultuous events in the US and Britain. And, the Democratic White House will be purged from power because it will continue the status quo. Both parties could be purged. Or a thousand corrupt leaders could be singled out for the purge.

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