"Hello. My name is Charles E. Carlson, and God has told me that He wants me to spam the living bejeezus out of your e-mail address."
OK, that's never actually been said, but that's the impression one gets from reading the Web site of the notorious Strait Gate Ministries. The incredibly dense individual behind that nonsense is a Mr. Charles E. Carlson, who is under the impression that complaining about his spam constitutes "interfering with [his] business."
Well, I have some news for him: his spam is interfering with my business. I have never corresponded with anyone at the WHTT.ORG, STRAITGATEMINISTRIES.ORG, or STRAITGATEMINISTRY.ORG domains. I have never requested anything from any of these domains. I have not had anyone do so on my behalf. I don't even know who the hell Charles E. Carlson is. I just know that he seems to enjoy spamming me repeatedly.
The following 12 e-mails are the various spams he has subjected my e-mail address to. He has shifted his e-mail base of operations to China, presumably because any United States laws against his spamming cannot be enforced there. This hints that Mr. Carlson knows exactly what he's doing, and knows that he's breaking the law. A further hint comes from his so-called "Legal Notice" about the "Can—Spam Act" (sic):
We comply with the law and we ask you do the same. To be omitted in the future type "remove" in the "Subject" line of a message. If you are considering defaming us or interfering with our business you should ask these people first.
Whatever you say, Charles E. Carlson. The CAN-SPAM Act says you can't do that. You are falsiflying your return address so as to make it more difficult to weed out your spam. This is illegal. There is no affirmative consent between us, nor has there ever been. This makes your spam illegal. There exists no affirmative consent between you and the Linux Kernel Mailing List which you also spammed. There exists no affirmative consent between you and the Smutta mailing list in Sweden, which you spammed, and which does not fall under United States jurisdiction. By spamming them, you are subject to Swedish law and possible extradition. You are known by Web Server Talk to be a spammer. In fact, on your own site, you admit to spamming before the CAN-SPAM Act was even conceived, much less passed into law.
Yet throughout this entire mess, you have managed to play the innocent victim.
Fun time is over, Charles. You are being reported to each and every one of your hosts, DNS providers, and domain registrars. If you continue to spam me at ANY of my addresses, I will sue you! Do I make myself clear? Lose the victim act. You aren't the victim here. Everyone you've spammed is a victim. You are the wrongdoer, not us.
>From whtt@dakota.straitgateministries.org Sat Jul 17 23:37:13 2004 Return-Path: <whtt@dakota.straitgateministries.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 27360 invoked from network); 17 Jul 2004 23:37:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dakota.straitgateministries.org) (216.81.241.22) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 17 Jul 2004 23:37:13 -0000 Received: from dakota.straitgateministries.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dakota.straitgateministries.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i6HNhNAf018831 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:43:23 -0700 Received: (from whtt@localhost) by dakota.straitgateministries.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i6HNhMm3018827; Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:43:22 -0700 Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 16:43:22 -0700 Message-Id: <200407172343.i6HNhMm3018827@dakota.straitgateministries.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com From: info@straitgateministry.org Subject: PHARISEE WATCH: The Unheralded News X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=8.0 tests=CLICK_BELOW,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 ..from all over the world... WARNING... PHARISEE WATCH is complimentary but we may try to change the way you think about the world you live in, E-mailed to you weekly ... (click here)http://www.straitgateministry.org A FEW EXAMPLES: The Draft (for war) will Start in June 2005? By Capital Advantage The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of congress are suggesting that if Rumsfeld's prediction of a "long, hard slog" in Iraq and Afghanistan [and a permanent state of war on "terrorism"] proves accurate, the U.S. may have no choice but to draft. U.S. DEBT BURDEN Is Higher Now Than During Depression By The Miami Herald The total amount owed -- by consumers, businesses, governments and financial institutions -- totaled $34.4 trillion at the end of 2003, according to the Federal Reserve. The economy produced $11.3 trillion of output. That makes the nation's debt triple its gross domestic product. In 1933, debt was about 2 1/2 times GDP, according to a study by the Gabelli Mathers mutual fund. Full story, and what it means: http://www.straitgateministry.org/ TALK SHOW HOSTESS Replaced for Views By Mary Starrett Editor- Mary Starrett is a unique talk show host, probing, informed, and charming. She interviewed this Editor several times on her prime time Portland show in the years before Day 911. Mary kept on probing after Day 911, and soon she is off the air, as are several other honest hosts we know who did not support the call to bomb Iraq. The worst offender is the giant CLEAR CHANNEL COMMUNICATIONS. Mary's story, and why talk radio is so confusing too. http://www.straitgateministry.org/ ISRAEL BEGINS WALL Cutting into Jesus' Birthplace By Reuters In the Bethlehem area, the cement rampart will separate thousands of Palestinians from farmland as it twists and turns to take in Jewish Settlements. By looping into north Bethlehem to create a corridor from Jerusalem to Rachel's Tomb, the barrier will also isolate nearby Palestinian residents, mainly Christians, from the town centre with its Church of the Nativity, revered as Jesus' birthplace. Should Christians care? Should anyone care? http://www.straitgateministry.org/ ...and you will receive our own unique PHARISEE WATCH articles about twice a month, for example: PART II - Ending Our Plague, Meet the Rats A Solution to Serial Wars within Our Grasp By Charles E. Carlson Author compares the war dilemma to the Plague of the Middle Ages. "The Plague" was spread by fleas that were transported about by immune rats. Who are the fleas and who are the rats? (click here) http://www.straitgateministry.org/ BOOKS, TAPES & VIDEOS (not quite free) that help explain the news we do not get... over 150 items. GAZA STRIP, director James Longley's first feature documentary, is an extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinian CHILDREN, live with them the day-to-day trials of occupation. Photographed missile raids in Gaza in real time, 60 minute video HOLOCAUST II? Saving Israel From Suicide - Hurley 345 pg hardback http://www.straitgateministry.org/ Credit cards are OK. A STRAIT GATE MINISTRY P.O. Box 14491 Scottsdale, AZ 85267 FAX 480 699 1902 To be added free, provide only name your e-mail, for next edition. (http://www.straitgateministry.org) or you may reply. To be blocked in the future use remove. (Please write next to the subject, it works)
>From whtt@dakota.straitgateministries.org Sat Jul 31 07:07:13 2004 Return-Path: <whtt@dakota.straitgateministries.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 25915 invoked from network); 31 Jul 2004 07:07:13 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dakota.straitgateministries.org) (216.81.241.22) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 31 Jul 2004 07:07:13 -0000 Received: from dakota.straitgateministries.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dakota.straitgateministries.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i6V7GdZG013268 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:16:39 -0700 Received: (from whtt@localhost) by dakota.straitgateministries.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i6V7GdTa013266; Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:16:39 -0700 Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 00:16:39 -0700 Message-Id: <200407310716.i6V7GdTa013266@dakota.straitgateministries.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com From: info@straitgateministry.org Subject: Pharisee Watch :UNHERALDED NEWS from all over the world... MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/html; X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.4 required=8.0 tests=CLICK_BELOW,HTML_50_60, HTML_FONTCOLOR_BLUE,HTML_FONT_BIG,HTML_LINK_CLICK_HERE,HTML_MESSAGE, HTML_SHOUTING4,HTML_TITLE_EMPTY,LINES_OF_YELLING,MIME_HTML_NO_CHARSET, MIME_HTML_ONLY,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <title></title> </head> <body> <span style="">http://www.straitgateministry.org<br> <o:p></o:p></span> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UNHERALDED NEWS from all over the world...<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><i><span style="">...because you can not be informed if you depend upon the US media alone.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoPlainText"><b><i><span style="">This week</span></i></b><i><span style="">: the candidates... the strange evangelicals voting block and its Israeli connection, [I did not download the remainder of this e-mail, so this is all I have.]
>From whtt@dakota.whtt.org Tue Aug 10 01:22:10 2004 Return-Path: <whtt@dakota.whtt.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 18955 invoked from network); 10 Aug 2004 01:22:09 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dakota.whtt.org) (216.81.241.22) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 10 Aug 2004 01:22:09 -0000 Received: from dakota.whtt.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dakota.whtt.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i7A1NH1k020178 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:23:17 -0700 Received: (from whtt@localhost) by dakota.whtt.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i7A1NH7p020175; Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:23:17 -0700 Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2004 18:23:17 -0700 Message-Id: <200408100123.i7A1NH7p020175@dakota.whtt.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com From: info@straitgateministry.org Subject: PHARISEE WATCH: Unheralded News, August 8 X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=8.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 UNHERALDED NEWS from all over the world... ( http://www.straitgateministry.org ) COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS to our next Pharisee Watch editorial, coming next week, WE KNOW WHO IS TO BLAME FOR THE BOMBING OF CHURCHES: This week: ..FROM ISRAEL, Presbyterians divesture from Israel; THE CHICAGO LEADER on surprising compulsory health screening; BIRMINGHAM NEWS on Ethnic Cleansing evangelical style; LONDON MAIL on top Shiites and church bombings; ALJAZEERA, Baptists take cheap shot at Sudanese...and much more... Read all the stories at... (http://www.straitgateministry.org/) THE DRAFT (FOR WAR) WILL START IN JUNE 2005? By Capital Advantage The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of congress are suggesting that the U.S. may have no choice but to draft. For the full story http://www.straitgateministry.org U.S. DEBT BURDEN IS HIGHER NOW THAN DURING DEPRESSION By The Miami Herald The total amount owed -- by consumers, businesses, governments and financial institutions -- totaled $34.4 trillion at the end of 2003, according to the Federal Reserve. The economy produced $11.3 trillion of output. That makes the nation's debt triple its gross domestic product. In 1933, debt was about 2 1/2 times GDP, according to a study by the Gabelli Mathers mutual fund. For the full story, and what it means http://www.straitgateministry.org PRESBYTERIANS BACK DIVESTMENT FROM ISRAEL August 6, 2004 By Arutz Sheva - Israel National News With $7 billion in pension funds, Protestant group is largest organization to join divestment movement to date. ILLINOIS LAUNCHES COMPULSORY MENTAL HEALTH SCREENING for children and pregnant women August 6, 2004 By The Leader-Chicago Bureau State seeks to place all pregnant women and children on psychoactive drugs, screen for "mental defectives."-Editor TINY CAMERAS SOON TO BE AMONG CHICO POLICE TOOLS August 6, 2004 By ChicoER (California) Federally subsidized law enforcement now blur the difference between terrorism and crime watch. EVANGELIST WARNS AGAINST MIDEAST ETHNIC CLEANING August 4, 2004 By The Birmingham News (AL) "Some evangelicals have gotten caught up in the theology that before Christ can return, the Holy Land must belong to the Jews," said Campolo, professor emeritus of sociology at Eastern University in Pennsylvania. "They're really advocating ethnic cleansing. There's no justification for that in Scripture." IRAQ'S TOP SHIITE CONDEMNS CHURCH BOMBINGS August 2, 2004 By Globe and Mail, London Muslim clerics condemned the violence and offered condolences to the dwindling Christian community. "This is a cowardly act and targets all Iraqis," Abdul Hadi al-Daraji, spokesman for radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, told Al-Jazeera television. The more senior Mr. al-Sistani said: "We assert the importance of respecting the rights of Christian civilians and other religious minorities and reaffirm their right to live in their home country Iraq in security and peace." IN HEBRON August 1, 2004 By The London Review of Books Yutzhah Laor writes about an exhibition of soldiers' photographs in Tel Aviv and introduces some of the soldiers' memories of their military service. Over 500 Israeli Solders and airmen have refused to serve in the occupied territories in the West Bank and Gaza. NEW BOOKS, TAPES, AND VIDEOS, over 160 items about every subject covered above; http://www.straitgateministry.org You may not have seen: GAZA, WAR AND THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT - Carlson, 60 minutes audiotape "ONE NATION UNDER ISRAEL" Book by Andrew J. Hurley, TWO FOR ONE SALE The first historically documented expose' and history and the conflict of the Israeli people, documenting ownership of the land as divided in 1948 by UN resolution establishing which also recorded the basis for two states. Hurley's 345 page masterpiece details and documents how America's war policy is influenced for by the State of Israel. STRAIT GATE MINISTRY ( http://www.straitgateministry.org ) P.O. Box 14491 Scottsdale, AZ 85267 FAX 480 699 1902 To receive Pharisee Watch regularly, go to our Website or reply. (PLEASE write subscribe next to Subject.) To be blocked from future issues please reply, remove. (Please write next to the Subject only.)
>From whtt@dakota.straitgateministries.org Fri Aug 13 05:11:44 2004 Return-Path: <whtt@dakota.straitgateministries.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 22283 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2004 05:11:43 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dakota.straitgateministries.org) (216.81.241.22) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 13 Aug 2004 05:11:43 -0000 Received: from dakota.straitgateministries.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dakota.straitgateministries.org (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id i7D5BqUR028641 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:11:52 -0700 Received: (from whtt@localhost) by dakota.straitgateministries.org (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id i7D5BqIe028639; Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:11:52 -0700 Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 22:11:52 -0700 Message-Id: <200408130511.i7D5BqIe028639@dakota.straitgateministries.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com From: info@straitgateministry.org Subject: PHARISEE WATCH: Unheralded News, August 12 X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=8.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 UNHERALDED NEWS from all over the world... ( http://www.straitgateministry.org ) COMPLIMENTARY SUBSCRIPTIONS to Pharisee Watch editorial, coming next week WHY DAY 911: This week: ..FROM LOS ANGELES...A pickets at a Mega-Church...FROM ISRAEL, Emigration competes with military draft; BIRMINGHAM NEWS on Ethnic Cleansing evangelical style; also from LONDON MAIL; ALJAZEERA, CAPITAL ADVANTAGE...and much more... For the full stories... (http://www.straitgateministry.org/) HOW REVERENDS ENABLE CHURCH BOMBERS (editorial) 2004 By Charles E. Carlson Five Christian churches in Iraq were bombed, killing eleven worshipers and wounding and terrifying many more. They were traditional churches--Armenian, Chaldean, Coptic and Catholic- some had been there for hundreds of years. MANY WHO ENTER ISRAEL ARE ALSO CHOOSING TO LEAVE By Lawrence Smallman, Aljazeera The head of manpower for the Israel Defense Forces reported in mid- 2003 that 34% of Israelis of conscription age were not serving in the army - a significant number of whom had "left the country prior to their recruitment and lived abroad". THE DRAFT (FOR WAR) WILL START IN JUNE 2005? By Capital Advantage The pentagon has quietly begun a public campaign to fill all 10,350 draft board positions and 11,070 appeals board slots nationwide.. Though this is an unpopular election year topic, military experts and influential members of congress are suggesting that the U.S. may have no choice but to draft. For the full story> http://www.straitgateministry.org U.S. DEBT BURDEN IS HIGHER NOW THAN DURING DEPRESSION By Miami Herold The total amount owed -- by consumers, businesses, governments and financial institutions -- totaled $34.4 trillion at the end of 2003, according to the Federal Reserve. Question: what is the Federal Reserve? Answer: See GOLD A REDISCOVERED INVESTMENT http://www.straitgateministry.org ISRAEL's WALL CUTTING INTO JESUS' BIRTHPLACE By Reuters http://www.straitgateministry.org In the Bethlehem area, the cement rampart will separate thousands of Palestinians from farmland as it twists and turns to take in Jewish settlements (link is http://www.straitgateministry.org Reports: IRAQ INTERIM PM EXECUTED SIX PRISONERS By Albawaba Editor's notes: American appointed Iraqi politicians continue to fall under criticism from diverse factions of their own people. We cannot be sure where the truth lies on every story, but readers should observed that Yassar Arafat, who is in effect a the US anointed leader of Palestine, is also falling under increasing pressure from his own people. Consider the pattern. http://www.straitgateministry.org OIL TOUCHES NEW 21-YEAR HIGH By Globe and Mail "Iraq's oil production of 2.6-million barrels a day has been down by around 400,000 since the U.S.-led invasion last year." Editor notes- The hidden cost of war: Its here to stay, park the SUV and walk. http://www.straitgateministry.org CHURCH BOMB ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST 11 By Irish Examiner Militants in Iraq have kidnapped more than 70 foreigners in recent months in an effort to push countries out of the US-led coalition that invaded Iraq and toppled Saddam Hussein more than a year ago. IN HEBRON By The London Review of Books Yutzhah Laor writes about an exhibition of soldiers' photographs in Tel Aviv and introduces some of the soldiers' memories of their military service. BOOKS, TAPES & VIDEOS (not quite free) that help explain the news that is hard to find... over 150 items. GAZA STRIP, director James Longley's first feature documentary, is an extraordinary and painful journey into the lives of Palestinian CHILDREN, live with them the day-to-day trials of occupation. Photographed missile raids in Gaza in real time, 60 minute video HOLOCAUST II? Saving Israel From Suicide - Hurley 345 pg hardback http://www.straitgateministry.org/ Credit cards are OK. A STRAIT GATE MINISTRY P.O. Box 14491 Scottsdale, AZ 85267 FAX 480 699 1902 To be added free, provide only your name your e-mail at: (http://www.straitgateministry.org) or you may reply if you wish. To be deleted in the future respond and write remove. (Please write only in the subject block)
>From info@straitgateministry.org Fri Oct 08 20:32:31 2004 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 23006 invoked from network); 8 Oct 2004 20:32:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m5.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.37) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 8 Oct 2004 20:32:31 -0000 Received: from unknown [221.5.199.254] (EHLO relay.straitgateministry.org) by c1m5.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p3) with ESMTP id b4af6614.19801.079.c1m5; Fri, 08 Oct 2004 16:36:27 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kickbird-5m46co (unverified [127.0.0.1]) by relay.straitgateministry.org (SurgeMail 2.1c7) with ESMTP id 154840 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:47:47 -0700 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> From: "cecarl" <info@straitgateministry.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com Subject: Why Judaized Christians' Push Bush X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Reply-To: info@straitgateministry.org Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2004 04:47:46 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Message-ID: <1097322467_70865@kickbird-5m46co> X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <info@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [221.5.199.254] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.6 required=8.0 tests=FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK autolearn=no version=2.63 PHARISEE WATCH: Subscription is free at: http://www.straitgateministry.org WHY JUDAIZED CHRISTIANS ARE RE-ELECTING GEORGE W. BUSH By Charles E. Carlson Serial war's never-ending blood purges are now the dominant factor in our American culture. Each successive war is paid for by the dilution of our money, which is no more or less than a hidden tax on the consumer. The twin effects are unprecedented price inflation and a dismal decline in morality that has always accompanies militarism everywhere. The sad Soviet Union is the most recent example of this. All history warns us that political wars and dilution are the twin scissor blades of tyranny, and that the middle class and the fixed income consumer are always caught between its razor sharp blades. We Americans are now embroiled in the so-called "war on terrorism" which, ignoring the causes and excuses of it for the moment, is in practice a war on Islam. This war is focused on independent acting Muslim countries, such as Chechnya and Bosnia, named here only because they are just as Caucasian as any of us. The war on Islam is the successor to the philosophical "Cold War" against "communism" that sapped our resources and dominated our lives the last half of the 20th Century. This author first wrote about this in a published article in March 1994, called, Attacking Islam, Revisited. (See endnotes.) The predictable effect of dollar dilution is to divide the great American middle class into what are currently a millionaire class and those below. At the present rate of dilution sub-millionaires will soon be equivalent to the peasants of pre-industrial Europe. Neither class has much to say about our government. The sub-millionaire class is so busy making ends meet we do not think much or have time to contemplate issues. The millionaire class shortsightedly sees few problems that money will not solve. The political leadership of both parties is now in the hands of the multi-billionaire's class (the "haves" as George W. Bush called them). The "haves" opponents will not be elected, the controlled media sees to that. Americans are independent, they even want to keep their guns, and they fear being taken over from abroad, but for the most part they fail to recognize that a world hegemony already exists that is controlled by those who control the USA. We were taught throughout the Cold War to fear "world government," a supposed scheme to take over our own freedom and export control over our country from the outside. But the Cold War evaporated; it turned out to be only a hologram war image projected on the eastern sky. Its power sources came from New York and London, not from the USSR, as we were told for 40 years through two major wars that cost 100,000 American lives. Instead of seeing America become greater, we have seen our jobs exported and our cost of living rise 1000 percent in the lifetime of any grandfather. The hegemony exists all right, but it is within. Whoever controls America controls the world. It is our military might that the rest of the world fears. But, at the present rate of wars and dilution, soon only billionaires will be in control and many former millionaires will be paupers. This is a purely financial approach without even considering the moral cesspool we now are asked to swim in. Witness Abu Gareb prison for just one example. What future does this leave for our future generations? [I did not download the remainder of this message.]
>From info@straitgateministry.org Sun Oct 10 18:23:58 2004 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 17700 invoked from network); 10 Oct 2004 18:23:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m5.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.37) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 10 Oct 2004 18:23:58 -0000 Received: from unknown [221.5.199.254] (EHLO relay.straitgateministry.org) by c1m5.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p3) with ESMTP id c3f79614.18890.223.c1m5; Sun, 10 Oct 2004 14:28:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kickbird-5m46co (unverified [127.0.0.1]) by relay.straitgateministry.org (SurgeMail 2.1c7) with ESMTP id 581383 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Mon, 11 Oct 2004 02:39:05 -0700 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> From: "cecarl" <info@straitgateministry.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com Subject: How the Christian Right has Decided the Last 7 Elections X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Reply-To: info@straitgateministry.org Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 02:39:02 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Message-ID: <1097487545_497315@kickbird-5m46co> X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <info@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [221.5.199.254] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.7 required=8.0 tests=EXCUSE_3,FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK autolearn=no version=2.63 Subscriibe here for free PHARISEE WATCH http://www.straitgateminstry.org Judaized Christianity Does Not Confuse God Charles E. Carlson A huge, embarrassing secret is out of the bottle: it is a political reality that a poorly-described mass of professing Christians have been the swing vote in each of the last seven presidential elections. This group is made up of people from many denominations and non-denominational community groups and churches, most of whom call themselves evangelical, Judeo-Christian, and a few answer to Christian Zionist. We prefer the clearly defined term from Bible history "Judaized Christianity" to describe it. Several seasoned political analysts now agree that this religious super-sect will again decide the election in November, and with it the fate of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of people. Your writer is a qualified alumnus from this school. Because he has announced his intent to attack other Arab countries, the reelection of George W. Bush will be viewed as a mandate for his war policy. Judaized Christians are only now being clearly recognized as Bush's principal support base. Therefore it is time for us to take a closer look at why many "evangelicals" have no problem with preemptive wars. We are also appealing for self-appraisal by all who call themselves by Christ's name. It is not generally understood that there is zero support for Judaized Christian's war positions in scripture. Celebrity leaders and pastors invariably claim they follow the exact word of God, never varying from scripture. In fact, interviews with and letters from dozens of these have revealed that they can offer no coherent New Testament support whatsoever for the practice of "just retribution," the killing of one man's children for what someone else is thought to have done to a third party. War and racial repression are, in fact, profoundly unChrist-like, but this is not discussed in Judaized Christians' churches. The basis for their views toward Israel comes from the Old Testament, never from the New Covenant; no leader of laymen we have met has ever been able to justify bombing of civilians without resorting to manmade alterations, additions or footnotes tacked on to the Bible by men with an agenda. It is also not generally understood by evangelicals that what fires them to think and vote as a bloc is that, like robots, they have been conditioned to accept the state of Israel as a world power by an aggressive movement that was launched almost a hundred years ago--World Zionism-and that this conditioning has diverted them from their true path into one that serves Israel, not Jesus. It is time for followers of Christ regardless of church affiliation to confront the entire politicized, Judaized Christian movement, whose acts find no support in the New Testament of Jesus Christ, the Prince on Peace; its followers are deceived or theywould not follow it. "Judaize" is defined by Webster in 1828 as: "conforming to the rights and doctrines of the Jews," and Noah Webster made reference to the Galatians, who the Apostle Paul addresses as, "Oh foolish Galatians." [I did not download the remainder of this message.]
>From info@straitgateministry.org Thu Oct 14 13:51:48 2004 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 15818 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2004 13:51:48 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m6.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.38) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 14 Oct 2004 13:51:48 -0000 Received: from unknown [221.5.199.254] (EHLO relay.straitgateministry.org) by c1m6.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p3) with ESMTP id 2368e614.3387.050.c1m6; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 09:59:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kickbird-5m46co (unverified [127.0.0.1]) by relay.straitgateministry.org (SurgeMail 2.1c7) with ESMTP id 1229228 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:06:29 -0700 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> From: "carl" <info@straitgateministry.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com Subject: PHARISEE WATCH: Israeli Hate-Bus at Duke University X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Reply-To: info@straitgateministry.org Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:06:29 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Message-ID: <1097816789_444466@kickbird-5m46co> X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <info@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [221.5.199.254] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: *** X-Spam-Status: No, hits=3.7 required=8.0 tests=DATE_IN_FUTURE_12_24, FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK,REMOVE_IN_QUOTES autolearn=no version=2.63 http://straitgateministry.org (subcribe free here) ISRAELI BUS 19: Israeli hate-bus tours Americana Israel's Unity Coalition generates Christian clones Charles E. Carlson Shame on church leaders who ENABLE the acts of terror by Ariel Sharon! Our June 16th research paper, Judeo-Christians' Role--Mr. Sharon's Final Solution, documents Israel's use of Judeo-Christian college lecturers to promote hatred against Palestinians. Now we discover that a cloned demonstration group is visiting American mega-churches dragging with it a giant hate-prop, a bombed out Israeli bus. Christians for Israel's Bus19 claims "11 Israeli civilians" were killed on this bus by a Palestinian suicide bomber on January 29, 2004. This is probably true, but it does not explain that Israel has executed about five Palestinians for each Israeli death. CHRISTIANS FOR ISRAEL'S BUS19 hauls this bloody prop from city to city. According to BUS19.ORG website, its next scheduled stop is the Baltimore Zionist Center, July 20-27. The bus was brought all the way from Israel to The Hague and eventually to Washington for a May 6 demonstration at the Capitol, then to the Family Christian Center in Munster Indiana, then to Denver, Boston and, now, Baltimore, and from there we do not know where to. What possible purpose can such an ugly display have but to help convince conditioned Judeo-Christian church attendees that Palestinians are brutal and sub-human murders? We Hold These Truths has repeatedly proved by careful research that Israeli Defense Forces and its public relations arm purposely distorts reports of bus bombings, invariably failing to disclose that almost every bus in Israel serves as both military transport and at the same time as public bus. Egged Bus 19 was no exception. It is almost certain that it was carrying armed IDF soldiers when it was hit. No list of the 50 wounded has been made available. Usually military personnel are among the deaths on bus bombings. There have been very few exceptions. No doubt that bus 19 was picked to tour the USA because the 11 dead were not military, though some may well have been reservists. The IDF conveniently juggles the death information to hide military deaths from the foreign press. This author has documented many examples of Israeli distortion in our series of articles on the "intelligent bombs." Civilians are usually collateral damage due to clearly planned attacks against vulnerable concentrations of military personnel on board busses. Christians for Israel is associated with Unity Coalition for Israel (UCI). Christians for Israel describes itself as: "Stand(ing) with the Jewish people in support of the State of Israel as the national, ancestral and covenantal homeland of the Jewish people. We are Christian Zionists." The ghoulish bus idea of this costly demonstration has the earmarks and the thread of Israeli government sponsorship, paid for with American aid. On Sunday, June 13th, "BUS19" was the guest of Faith Bible Chapel and Christian school at its large campus in suburban Denver. Two of Project Strait Gate's Advisors witnessed the grotesque display parked on Church property, with Israeli and American flags interspersed around the grounds. Curiously, Faith Bible Chapel seems to have yanked its Webpage displaying photos of its Bus19 display and describing the event. Please look at the website of Faith Bible Chapel's "Israel Outreach" page. It should be no surprise that the Unity Coalition for Israel's (UCI) speakers bureau is entwined with the Christians for Israel. Dr. James Hutchens is listed as a speaker for UCI and Christians for Israel. Comparing the speaker list we find they are not identical but are close. As stated in the mission statement quote above one can reasonably assume Hutchens means he favors transfer, a synonym for ethnic cleansing, or genocide. Who provided the money for the traveling disabled Bus? UCI is probably financed by most radical elements in all of Israel, judging from its agenda. Israel is said to have given Jerry Falwell a Jet plane in the 1980s; Dr. Hutchens has a bombed out bus. This should tell us Judeo-Christians are becoming more affordable in terms of Israeli Shekels. I would guess it would be beyond Project Strait Gate's financial capabilities to bring a Palestinian family's bulldozed house to the USA. If we did so, I doubt if Faith Chapel would allow it on their parking lot. And would they allow the Israeli bulldozer that crushed Rachael Corrie to be parked on their Christian School yard? Not, of course, unless someone hopes to educate those who want to follow Christ instead of Zionism. We must challenge Christian enablers of continued Palestinian oppression. Challenge them as they promenade in front of the grand but apostate cathedrals that claim to be Jesus Christ's churches. Liars often start by saying, "in truth" just before they commence lying. If you doubt this please read this recent editorial: "Face Reality or Face Annihilation" by Beth Goodtree who concludes: "In truth, terror is merely a tactic of the real enemy, Islamism, which seeks to dominate and subjugate the entire planet just as Nazi Germany once did" The Zionist State that officially sanctified both abortion and torture is now conditioning the Judeo-christian churches to accept annihilation of Palestinians to solve Israel's self-induced problems. UCI is using professing Judeo-christian front groups, including James Hutchens' Christians for Israel, to try to persuade church-goers that Palestinians may be treated as animal and that God does not really care. It will fail. God loves Palestinians too: "Love does not delight in evil, but rejoices in the truth." (I Cor. 13:6) Followers of Christ must take the lead in confronting self-professing Christian-Zionists icons in the presence of their respective supporters. Christian-Zionists violated many principles set out by Jesus Christ. Project Strait Gate is to expose this heresy both in the street and over the Internet. Persons of all faith who believe that the right to life is a gift from God may wish to examine Project Strait Gate. -end RELATED STORIES BY THIS AUTHOR all at Pharisee Watch: http://straitgateministry.org Part 1: Judeo-Christians' Role--Mr. Sharon's Final Solution Unity Coalition for Israel Clones Itself Smart Bombs vs: Intelligent Bombs, The Suicide Bomb Hocus The Crucifixion of the Palestinian People; Part 1, Who Kills the Human Bombers? Call-in orders are welcome during business hours, pacific coast time. DO YOUR PART FOR PEACE Dr. Abu Hamza is the producer and narrator of THE STORY OF THE PHILISTINES, perhaps the best documentary every made the source of the conflict for the land of the Philistines. STRAIT GATE MINISTRIES joins Dr. Abu Hamza's DOING OUR PART FRO PEACE, in sponsoring a project to provide productive help for Palestinian refugees children in Syria where Dr. Hamza, an American citizen, now resides. The purpose of the program is to provide basic computer schools for the camp children to make them more employable in the computer age. UN buildings are available but there is little workable computer equipment for a school. Two fifths of the proceeds from the distribution of the film will be used for his refugee camp education mission, and the remainder is to be used to spread Strait Gate Ministries' pro-peace message worldwide. The decorative scarf called "LAHSHA" is made in and purchased from the camp residents, who derive income from handy-work. Larger and smaller donations are appreciated. The scarves are similar to those warn by the Palestine Olympic Team in Athens. The Lahsha is monogrammed: CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS LIVING AND DYING TOGETHER IN PHILISTINE. Philistia is the name of the ancient land shown on modern Israeli maps as Judea and Samaria; it is not recognizing but as a part of Israel. Your choice of DVD or Video plus the decorative scarf are free with any Donations of $100.00 See it at "bookstore" http://www.straitgateministry.org All credit cards are accepted, click this link, or copy it into your browser address window: http://www.straitgateminstry.org OR: checks payable Strait Gate Ministries Calls accepted during business hour, Pacific Time Strait Gate Ministry PO Box 14491 Scottsdale AZ 85267 480 947 4862 To be blocked from future mailing, please reply, "remove". (Please write only in the Subject line and do not substitute words)
>From info@straitgateministry.org Sat Oct 16 14:43:40 2004 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 31191 invoked from network); 16 Oct 2004 14:43:39 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m2.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.34) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 16 Oct 2004 14:43:39 -0000 Received: from unknown [221.5.199.254] (EHLO relay.straitgateministry.org) by c1m2.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p3) with ESMTP id c9331714.7335.101.c1m2; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:43:40 -0400 (EDT) Received: from kickbird-5m46co (unverified [127.0.0.1]) by relay.straitgateministry.org (SurgeMail 2.1c7) with ESMTP id 1725228 for <thepickle@binhost.com>; Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:10:05 -0700 Return-Path: <info@straitgateministry.org> From: "cecarl" <info@straitgateministry.org> To: thepickle@binhost.com Subject: UNHERALDED NEWS: worldwide X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 Reply-To: info@straitgateministry.org Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 10:10:05 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Server: High Performance Mail Server - http://surgemail.com Message-ID: <1097946605_940372@kickbird-5m46co> X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <info@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [221.5.199.254] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.6 required=8.0 tests=FORGED_MUA_OUTLOOK autolearn=no version=2.63 Subscribe free: ( http://www.straitgateministry.org ) UNHERALDED NEWS Are you open to facts from stories you will not find on the evening news? ...Yes, we have a slant like everyone else...Try UNHERALDED NEWS and see if the world makes more sense. You will find out about serial wars, dilution of our money, laws that affect you, and the killing in Palestine, and the reasons for them, from sources around the world. Stories of the day: IDF suspends commander implicated in death of girl, 13 By By Amos Harel, Haaretz Correspondent in Israel Soldiers complained that after the first shots were fired at the girl, the company commander, Captain R., "confirmed the kill" - he approached her body and shot a large number of bullets into her at close range. BOMBED BUS WILL BE ON DISPLAY at Duke Campus to Neutralize Palestine CONFERENCE U.S. Newswire Israeli hate bus will be on display at Duke University Campus; The Bus 19 Exhibit is being sponsored by Chabad of Duke University, and endorsed by Jewish Grads for Israel. Dull stories at: http://www.straitgateministry.org MIDEAST DISPUTE FADES U.S. Political Issue Yahoo News ED-The press seems to have noticed that both candidates for King of the only Hill are cowering before Judaized Christianity teamed with Secularized Judaism. Who really runs the world we live in? http://www.straitgateministry.org CAMPAIGNERS INSPIRED by Boycott of Apartheid South Africa The Guardian US EX-SOLDIERS DODGE CALL-UP Reuters JOURNALISM UNDER FIRE Bill Moyers: Society of Professional Journalists conference TREAD SOFTLY IN SUDAN By Toronto Sun SHOCK AND AWE AGAIN: "Just Retribution" By Albawaba, Iraq PRESBYTERIANS back divestment from Israel By Arutz Sheva - Israel National News Evangelist warns against Mideast ethnic cleaning By The Birmingham News (AL) U.S. Debt Burden Is Higher Now than During Depression By Miami Herald Reports: Iraq interim PM executed six prisoners By Albawaba, Iraq Oil touches new 21-year high By Globe and Mail Full story at: ( http://www.straitgateministry.org ) PHARISEE WATCH Feature this week: WHY JUDAIZED CHRISTIANS ARE RE-ELECTING GEORGE W. BUSH By Charles E. Carlson History warns us that political wars and monetary dilution are the twin scissor blades of tyranny, and that the middle class and the fixed income consumer are always caught between its razor sharp blades. Full story: http://www.straitgateministry.org Our ad: DO YOUR PART FOR PEACE Dr. Abu Hamza is the producer and narrator of THE STORY OF THE PHILISTINES, perhaps the best documentary every made the source of the conflict for the land of the Philistines. STRAIT GATE MINISTRIES joins Dr. Abu Hamza's DOING OUR PART FRO PEACE, in sponsoring a project to provide productive help for Palestinian refugees children in Syria where Dr. Hamza, an American citizen, now resides. The purpose of the program is to provide basic computer schools for the camp children to make them more employable in the computer age. UN Buildings are available but there is little workable computer equipment for a school. Two fifths of the proceeds from the distribution of the film will be used for his refugee camp education mission, and the remainder is to be used to spread Strait Gate Ministries' pro-peace message worldwide. The decorative scarf called "LAHSHA" is made in and purchased from the camp residents, who derive income from handy-work. Larger and smaller donations are appreciated. The scarves are similar to those warn by the Palestine Olympic Team in Athens. The Lahsha is monogrammed: CHRISTIANS AND MUSLIMS LIVING AND DYING TOGETHER IN PHILISTINE. Philistia is the name of the ancient land shown on modern Israeli maps as Judea and Samaria; it is not recognizing but as a part of Israel. 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>From ccarluexgrp@straitgateministry.org Sun Jan 02 02:01:15 2005 Return-Path: <ccarluexgrp@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 11515 invoked from network); 2 Jan 2005 02:01:14 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m13.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.46) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 2 Jan 2005 02:01:14 -0000 Received: from unknown [222.65.100.195] (HELO straitgateministry.org) by c1m13.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p4) with SMTP id 9f557d14.28527.065.c1m13; Sat, 01 Jan 2005 21:01:29 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <BC408EDA.46FD055@straitgateministry.org> Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 13:33:06 +0900 Reply-To: "carlcarl" <ccarluexgrp@straitgateministry.org> From: "carlcarl" <ccarluexgrp@straitgateministry.org> User-Agent: Maxi Email Client 6.00.2462.0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: <thepickle@binhost.com> Subject: PHARISEE WATCH: Peace Mongers at Church Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <ccarluexgrp@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [222.65.100.195] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.1 required=8.0 tests=LINES_OF_YELLING,REMOVE_SUBJ autolearn=no version=2.63 To receive weekly copy and paste this link to your browser window: http://www.straitgateministry.org/ PEACE MONGERING AT CHURCH Charles E. Carlson A feature story in "New Times" Magazine once dubbed Project Strait Gate, "PEACE MONGER." It earned its author an award for "religious story of the year." "Monger" means salesman, or perhaps even street vendor (for peace). We have come to rather appreciate the term, and you can read the story from the link in the footnotes. The "Monger" always shows you the merchandise he is selling, it is right there on his pushcart; the Warmakers, who peddle destruction in the name of safety, hide the product from you, else you would reject it. WHY DOES PROJECT STRAIT GATE GO TO THE CHURCHES for our Vigils? It is New Testament history that Jesus and his companions always showed up at the temple or the synagogues...the church equivalent of their day. His followers were mongers for the New Covenant. There they confronted the Pharisees and the lesser heretics, speaking to the congregations as best they could. When [I did not download the remainder of this message.]
>From ccarl@straitgateministry.org Tue Jan 04 06:30:52 2005 Return-Path: <ccarl@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 22742 invoked from network); 4 Jan 2005 06:30:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m3.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.35) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 4 Jan 2005 06:30:46 -0000 Received: from unknown [222.65.114.215] (HELO straitgateministry.org) by c1m3.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p4) with SMTP id d183ad14.32232.162.c1m3; Tue, 04 Jan 2005 01:30:53 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <92662A83.A46C925@straitgateministry.org> Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 14:58:12 +0600 From: "Charles" <ccarl@straitgateministry.org> User-Agent: Send Email 8.0 for Windows US sub 230 X-Accept-Language: en-us MIME-Version: 1.0 To: <thepickle@binhost.com> Subject: PHARISEE WATCH: The terrible wave, why Bush took a cheap shot Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <ccarl@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [222.65.114.215] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.6 required=8.0 tests=CLICK_BELOW,US_DOLLARS_3 autolearn=no version=2.63 To join this list click here: http://www.straitgateministry.org WHY PRESIDANT BUSH OFFERED NOMINAL AID FOR FLOOD VICTIMS: Undercutting the United Nations for Power Charles E. Carlson On Wednesday night, President George W. Bush rather lamely answered critics about the minuscule US commitment to the United Nations' aid program for tsunami victims. Originally the USA is offering less money than a top-notch Quarterback's contract. By Saturday the ante had been jumped up tenfold (dead now 150,000). But this is still about what a Wall Street president "earns" in a good year, and a third of what congress spends in an average day. This frugalness might be understandable if Washington was really trying to spare the taxpayers, but this is not true. Mr. Bush is spurning the United Nations because its members are staging a mild media revolt against the President's Serial War policies. So Mr. Bush is turning his back on the first big UN aid program to come along. The idea is to starve the UN into submitting control back to the USA. Let us put the cost of the tsunami in human lives into prospective. It has claimed more than 70,000 lives and rising to double that. In one hour it killed more than all the Americans who died in the long war against Vietnam and Korea; but this is less then 10% of the number of Vietnamese our side killed; It is a number is in the realm with the number of Iraqis the USA has extinguished in the last 18 months, and it is 50 times greater than the number of Americans who have died during the same period. How about the dollar cost? In his press release our President reminded the public how generous to others his administration is with the taxpayer's money, but he stopped short of providing any real numbers, so let us do so. President Bush has inched his commitment up to $35 million (later to 350 million) for tsunami victims, but that does not compare to $12 Billion of taxpayer money given to the State of Florida (hundreds of times more) where his brother happens to be Governor. We have heard an embarrassed, but stifled report that in Fallujah the US is giving $4000 to each returning household who evacuated before we destroyed it. There were some 200,000 people involved. This will cost undisclosed hundreds of millions of dollars to rebuild what we destroyed in only a few weeks. Our war against Iraq has cost taxpayers $200 billion, with another $76 billon about to be approved, and it if we killed 70,000 Iraqis that adds up to a cost of $3,000,000 cost for every person kill in Iraq. And since the declared purpose of the "War on Terrorism" is to kill people, we should not be shy about counting the cost of doing so. To repeat, the USA's government has spent about three million dollars to kill each of about 70,000 humans in Iraq in some 18 months time. If you want to argue that not that many have been killed, then the cost per kill is that much higher. Would you agree our leaders are not tight fisted about spending our money? The tsunami is a low cost killer compared to war, and it may also be more humane. Drowning is quick compared to dying of burn wounds. And the tidal wave tends to wipe out the children, the old, and the weak. This sounds cruel, but it is nature's way. Nature leaves more of the stronger alive, the breadwinners, who have the job of supporting those left in the families, and to rebuild. In contrast, our President's bombs and bullets are aimed at the strongest Iraqis, the breadwinners, leaving more children with no one to feed them. Starvation will be less after a tsunami than after the bombing of Iraq. The proof of this is at least a half million children perished of starvation and disease after the first Bush war in 1991. A generation of fathers were killed in that slaughter, so they were not there to feed the survivors! Nature is cruel, but it loves and forgives the survivors; tidal waves do not hold grudges or play favorites. War does! So now the USA is offering $350 million to help the United Nation relief aid effort in the Indian Ocean. To put his offer in perspective, this is equal to the cost of killing 120 humans in Iraq. No wonder Mr. Bush sounded a little strained and short of words in explaining his "generosity" as he put it. And don't forget, he gave away about 100 million for every person killed in Florida earlier this year. There is nothing frugal about Mr. Bush, and you don't have to like the idea of the United Nations to understand what is happening. His niggardliness is the first step in regaining control over the United Nations news agencies in order to eliminate this small voice that is now constantly opposing his war policy. The UN is reflecting the view of the rest of the world, and strangely it also reflects the views of We Hold These Truths recently, though we have certainly not always felt that way! The Warmakers (now Neo-Cons), who prop Mr. Bush up for his press conferences, cannot stand such organized resistance from the Creatures whose first big act was to take a vote to create the State of Israel at an address on the East River of New York.- end If you don't know quite where you should stand on the United Nations you might want to Read: UNDERSTANDING THE INTERNATIONALIST'S TRIANGLE; The United Nations, Foreign Aid and Terrorism By C. E. Carlson, November 1996. http://www.straitgateministry.org then click PHARISEE WATCH We are witnessing a quarrel never before seen on the floor of the United Nations, a small battle for control between the USA that created it, and the rest of the world, whose members have, for 56 years, been along for the ride. Written eight years ago at a time when the USA owned and controlled the United Nations and all the members did out bidding. -editor You can help those who make PHARISEE WATCH possible by buying books. You can also make contributions on our bookpage. Click here: http://www.straitgateministry.org Next Pharisee Watch: DO YOU EVER WONDER WHERE GOV GETS ALL THESE BILLONS? Click here and subscribe: http://www.straitgateministry.org Strait Gate Ministries PO Box 14491 Scottsdale AZ 85267 480 699 4862 If you don't want to learn more, it ok, just respond "delete". (Please write only in the Subject line and do not substitute words)
>From ccarllkmhwfi@straitgateministry.org Wed Jan 26 05:51:35 2005 Return-Path: <ccarllkmhwfi@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 1804 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2005 05:51:35 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m2.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.34) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 26 Jan 2005 05:51:35 -0000 Received: from unknown [218.82.250.84] (HELO straitgateministry.org) by c1m2.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p4) with SMTP id aaf27f14.6097.047.c1m2; Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:50:34 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <2503E8BA.74ED970@straitgateministry.org> Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 00:09:21 -0700 Reply-To: <ccarllkmhwfi@straitgateministry.org> From: <ccarllkmhwfi@straitgateministry.org> User-Agent: Send EMail 7.0 for Windows US sub 118 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: <thepickle@binhost.com> Subject: Why Judeo-Christians Support War Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <ccarllkmhwfi@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [218.82.250.84] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=8.0 tests=LINES_OF_YELLING,NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 This letter was written by Strait Gate Ministries' co-founder two years ago to answer the questions that the whole world wants to know right now, but does not seem to know how to ask. "WHAT IS THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT and why do millions, including our President, seem bent on enabling serial wars?" The real answer (not the ones we hear on the News Hour) will sting, but it will lead to peace, and will help restore Christian values. Please share it. -Ed. THE SOURCE OF THE PROBLEM IN THE MID EAST: Part II WHY JUDEO-CHRISTIANS SUPPORT WAR C. E. Carlson The French author, Alexis de Tocqueville, wrote Democracy in America when he traveled here in the first third of the 19th Century. In ringing tones he sang the praises of America's invulnerable strength and spirit. He attributed its greatness to its citizens' sense of morality... even with the abundant church attendances he observed in America. De Tocqueville wrote in French and is credited with this familiar quote: "AMERICA IS GREAT BECAUSE SHE IS GOOD, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great." [I did not download the remainder of this message.]
>From ccarlknk@straitgateministry.org Sun Jan 30 03:39:57 2005 Return-Path: <ccarlknk@straitgateministry.org> Delivered-To: thepickle@binhost.com Received: (qmail 8859 invoked from network); 30 Jan 2005 03:39:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO c1m14.emaildefenseservice.com) (216.40.36.47) by woodstock.binhost.com with SMTP; 30 Jan 2005 03:39:56 -0000 Received: from unknown [222.65.110.8] (HELO straitgateministry.org) by c1m14.emaildefenseservice.com (mxl_mta-1.3.8-10p4) with SMTP id 4275cf14.12577.044.c1m14; Sat, 29 Jan 2005 22:40:20 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <D81AA3FD.DB89F72@straitgateministry.org> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 06:57:01 +0200 From: <ccarlknk@straitgateministry.org> User-Agent: Maxi Email Client 6.00.2462.0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: <thepickle@binhost.com> Subject: GOLD: A Rediscovered Investment Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-MX-Spam: exempt X-MX-MAIL-FROM: <ccarlknk@straitgateministry.org> X-MX-SOURCE-IP: [222.65.110.8] X-Virus-Status: No X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on woodstock.binhost.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.3 required=8.0 tests=NO_REAL_NAME autolearn=no version=2.63 http://www.straitgateministry.org GOLD: A Rediscovered Investment The People's Problem of Dollar Dilution By Charles E. Carlson Since Day 911 the US dollar has fallen over 40% as compared to the Euro, the European currency "basket." About half of that drop occurred since May 2, 2003, when hostilities in Iraq were reported to have ended. This means that had you or I been in the know we could have earned about 10 years of savings account interest without buying a thing. We could have asked our respective international bankers (if we had one) to convert our dollar savings accounts into Euros with a simple bookkeeping entry. Yes, there would have been a little red tape, but the international money dealers and bankers do this all the time for their own accounts. Perhaps we need to know what they know? The mysterious Euro is not the only measure of the dollar's collapse. There is hardly a currency that has not gone up against the dollar, including the South African Rand, which has more than doubled! Stories of the falling dollar are whispered in hushed tones but do not often make it into the US press, or when it does the explanation is usually murky. Few Americans as yet give any real meaning to the fall of the dollar or related it to the rise in gold prices. But it is not a coincidence, and there is reason to believe the trend has not run its course. If you were to ask your local bank VP to explain the relationship between gold and the dollar, you could expect a long and confusing answer, ending with something like this: "Nobody knows what will happen in the final analysis." Your banker's MBA or PHD degree does not equip him to understand anything as basic as what makes gold and the dollar go up and down. But the big usury-bankers (internationalists with license to print diluted money out of thin air) who own and run the Federal Reserve anti-bank and its clone anti-banks in world financial centers understand gold very well. You too can understand it, and so can your l3-year old, if he is bright and willing. Here are a few questions you should be able to answer: What do serial wars (one right after another) have to do with gold and the dollar? How is our currency diluted to where is buys less all the time? What does the Federal Reserve System (FED) do? Why didn't CNN or 60 Minutes explain this? Who owns the gold? This, Part I of GOLD: A REDISCOVERED INVESTMENT explained why logical thinking persons might buy gold now, and why it made less sense to do so in past decades. - End of review: (Please undestand we are an educational organization and Christian mission, and we do not sell gold, but we do sell the truth.) If you want to learn more, go to the following link: http://straitgateministry.org/ Then look for "Gold" under the Pharisee Watch column. It will take you right to the full story, and many more, without charge. Strait Gate Ministry PO Box 14491 Scottsdale AZ 85267 480 669 4862 Not on our list? Tell us you want to subscribe, it's free, or go to http://www.straitgateministry.org. To be excluded from future mailings please respond with "delete". (Please write it only in the Subject line)