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Ron Paul: An American for President

In a sea of faces, both Republican and Democrat, it is difficult to tell the parties apart without them displaying their party cards. The differences have become muddied by compromise and warmongering to the point that America has become - in truth - a one party system.

From out of the corruption comes a man who is a true American, dedicated to the Constitution of the United States. He is a man who comes in the spirit of the Founding Fathers and is the only real choice for a President that will return America to a Constitutional Government, instead of a corporate fascist entity that has no regard for the American population or the Constitution.

For more about Ron Paul visit his website at: http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Ray Zweidinger-Pohjola
The Exiled American

1/5 of Polled Americans Could Not Find the United States on Map

And let's not forget pResident Bush:



While those Online Googlers laugh at Miss Teen USA 2007 contestant, Lauren Caitlin Upton's, less than stellar ability to answer the question delivered to her, perhaps we should spend some time bemoaning the state of education in the United States that caused 1/5 of the Americans polled unable to locate the U.S. on a map that prompted the question in the first place!

This is not the first instance of American stupidity. Australian comedy television programming has clearly demonstrated Americans inability to identify world figures, world events and general geography. And then there are those who were totally unable to identify Iraq on the map, while simultaneously calling for the destruction of the country and its people; the very zenith of arrogance, bigotry and stupidity. And what of the Americans left dumbfounded when asked to name a country beginning with the letter "U". (View Part I, Part II, Part III) Have we, as Americans, really become so stupid? or is there a bigger design at work here? Of course, we understand that only the responses showing the ignorant were strung together, but that Americans could not answer such fundamental questions about their world is disturbing.

I would encourage you to explore the work of Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt. Miss Iserbyt was the Senior Policy advisor in the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI), U.S. Department of Education, during the Reagan administration. What she discovered caused her to resign her position and create a book of documents that she took with her when she vacated the post. Her work is called The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America, and is a must read for anyone truly interested in knowing why our children are finishing high school with an education that falls far short of quality. An Online version of the book can be downloaded for free here.

One may ask why a government should want to purposefully dumb down its populace. Although, the answer is multifaceted, one need only to look to the dictatorial regimes of Stalin and Hitler - to name only two. One of the first orders of business for any dictatorship is to remove the intelligentsia and academics. By systematically dumbing down the population the need to forcefully remove these blockades to dictatorial rule is greatly lessened, and the population is indoctrinated into a worker class that does little to question those that they believe to have rule over them. And in so doing, fail to remember that the American government was created to give the rule to the people and not those in public service, who are to do nothing more than carry out the will of the people.

And as a final thought... our UK counterparts aren't doing so well either. The Telegraph reported that 2008 will bring exams with softer questions for students to puzzle through (read).

FOLLOW UP: For several days now, I have tried without success to discover the poll cited. I have sent an email to Miss Teen U.S.A. headquarters and await a response.

UPDATE 9.27.2007: I have still been unable to find the source for the question offered by Miss Teen U.S.A. I'm wondering if the "real" question could have been "One out of Five Americans can't find Iraq on a map, why do you think this is so?" There seem to be statistics to support this question while none to support the former.

The Exiled American
Ray Zweidinger-Pohjola

An American Hero Passes...

Aaron Russo, American patriot and producer of the groundbreaking film, America: Freedom to Fascism, died on Friday, August 24, 2007, at the age of 64, in Los Angeles after a long battle with cancer. He produced rock concerts and managed rock band Manhattan Transfer and singing personality, Bette Midler, who starred in his Oscar Nominated film, The Rose (1979). But more importantly, Mr. Russo was a political activist, the founder of the Constitution Party and true American. In 1998, he ran for Governor of Nevada and was a Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in 2004. His final year was spent in support of Republican Presidential candidate, Ron Paul.

While running for Governor of Nevada, Russo had been wooed by the Rockefeller Crime Cartel via Nick Rockefeller* to become a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, but turned down the invitation and became "a fighter for the people". In an interview with radio talk show host, Alex Jones, he revealed that Rockefeller had told him about the 9-11 false flag and the War on Terror hoax (see An Historic Interview with Aaron Russo link below) eleven months before the 9-11 attack on America happened. Instead of accepting the world of the Elite, he began exposing the crimes of the Rockefeller family and infiltration of America by the corporate and banking industries. His last film, America: Freedom to Fascism, was a clarion wake up call to the American people and the world exposing how the country has been taken over by the Federal Reserve and the illegality of the income tax. The film can be seen in its entirety Online here.

During his final years, Russo appeared on several radio shows, including The Jeff Rense Program and The Alex Jones Show. To the end, he remain a true and dedicated American Patriot.

Aaron Russo is survived by common-law wife, Heidi Gregg, and two sons. Our deepest condolences go out to the family.

Russo's films include The Rose (1979), Partners (1982), Trading Places (1983), Teachers (1984), Wise Guys (1986), Rude Awakening (1989), Missing Pieces (1991), and Off and Running (1991). Russo was also the inventor of ladies bikini panties (1963) while working at his father's New York undergarment business.

Visit Aaron Russo's Freedom to Fascism website here.

The Exiled American
Ray Zweidinger-Pohjola

In His Own Words...
Here are various interviews given by Mr. Russo:

The Aaron Russo Interview: watch
Alex Jones interviews Aaron Russo: listen
The Final Interview: An Historic Interview with Aaron Russo: watch
Ron Paul clips from America: Freedom to Fascism: watch clip
Aaron Russo on FOX News about his running for President (2004): watch

*photo of Aaron Russo with Nick Rockefeller from www.jonesreport.com

Clergy Response Teams to Aid Federal Government....

The KSLA News 12 (Shreveport, Louisiana) story regarding the governmental use of Clergy Response Teams to control the American population has caused quite a stir among those with eyes to see and ears to hear (Watch the KSLA News 12 piece here).

The Federal Government has enlisted the aid of 26,000+ clergy to preach a Government issued agenda of Romans 13 (text below). This chapter from the Christian Bible is being used to demand complete and uncompromising obeisance to the American government. It has been said that this text was employed by Adolph Hitler in order to rally the German people to his ideals. It is no surprise that the Neo-cons, with a history steeped in Nazi idealism, should be employing the tactic yet again.

Separation of Church and State was a fundamental truth of the American Forefathers, and that Self Evident Truth was destroyed when churches were forced to sign paperwork, 501 (c)(3), in order to be tax exempt organizations. A tax exempt status that can be taken away if a pastor is found to be using his pulpit for a political agenda. But it seems a political agenda no longer matters as long as the message being heralded is approved State Mandated Truth. The government is now moving deeper into the churches to take even more control. This time, directly over those in the pews.

The use of the pulpit for political agenda is nothing new. The fact is, the American Revolution was rallied via the pulpits of the 13 Colonies. What makes its use by Hitler and the Neo-con Regime worthy of note is that it does not seek to ensure continued freedom and independence, but control, martial law, gun confiscation, and, ultimately, full-blown tyranny.

While the semantics of the Romans 13 text can be debated as to whether it demands obedience to all government or only God-fearing governments (the Bible is full of stories of Godly men upraising against government, including Jesus himself), perhaps the text itself should be called into question. Did the Apostle Paul even write this (or any of the text attributed to him, for that matter) or was it a later interpolation to call the growing Christian population to submission to Roman Governmental control? Regardless, this passage clearly highlights the systems used to control the masses: politics and religion. Together, they have been used to devastating affects since before the words of Romans 13 were penned; regardless of who set pen and ink to sheepskin. And it seems that the time-tested tactic is being resurrected for another barrage against humanity.

Ray Pohjola
The Exiled American


Romans 13
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
4 For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5 Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.

Who Mourns New Atlantis?

As an American living outside of the United States now since 1998, I have been watching the country that I love destroyed from within, while the majority of Americans do little to change the path of destruction that we are on.

A friend recently urged me to start writing up my views and analysis of current events. I will be using this space to do just that. I will also be publishing various articles that I have written covering the two most basic modes of population control: politics and religion.

Ray Zweidinger-Pohjola
The Exiled American