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Where Will Tim Tebow Land?

2010-04-21T21:05:00.000-07:00

The 2010 NFL Draft
By Andrew Meyer

As a Gator grad, the biggest question for myself, Gator fans and haters alike is:

Which NFL team will be wise/dumb enough to draft Tim Tebow?

While I feel Superman is the best QB in the draft - Steve Young with a stronger arm and the ability to leap tall buildings - this article is not a testament is Tim Terrific’s greatness. (A more in depth analysis using numbers [ugh, numbers] to prove statistically that Tebow is a great passer can be found here.)

No, this article is a detective’s parlor, with all the likely suspects gathered in order to answer the question on every sports fan’s mind–

Who will draft Timothy Tebow?

To begin, let us dispose with the suspects on the fringe of the discussion, the teams with the need or the desire to draft Tim Tebow, but an unfortunate inability to pull the trigger.

Last teams first, the St. Louis Rams have already taken themselves out of the running, hitching their wagon to Sam Bradford, rather than make the legendary move of drafting mammoth DT Ndamukong Suh and trading up for Timmy T. They could have had Superman AND King Ndamukong in the same draft? I sure hope Bradford is worth it. (Footnote: Los Angeles loves superheroes. The Rams would’ve made an impact on their eventual new home with that dynamic duo.)

The Denver Broncos have a need at QB, but sadly for Broncos fans feel they have filled it with Brady Quinn. Anyone wondering whether they should take Mel Kiper or Todd McShay seriously should remember that they trashed the Dolphins for passing on Brady Quinn. I can still remember Kiper screaming as if the Dolphins had failed to nuke the asteroid in time before it destroys Earth. "YOU GOTTA TAKE BRADY QUINN THERE, OR ELSE THE DEBRIS WILL STILL BE IN THE EARTH'S PATH AND WIPE OUT ALL HUMAN LIFE!"

The Minnesota Vikings will need a QB once Favre retires in 2012, but after the Saints thrashed Old Man Football in the NFC Title game, the Vikes are likely to draft an O-Lineman like Maurkice Pouncey to prevent Favre from taking another beating.

The Cleveland Browns desperately need a QB, but have expressed a strange distaste for Tebow. Will they go for a double stack of overrated Notre Dame QBs and flush a pick on Jimmy Clausen? They ain’t called the Browns for nothin’ folks!

The Miami Dolphins and The New England Patriots are clever enough to recognize Tebow’s talent, but despite the value Timmy would have to both teams as a vicious Wildcat QB and super-second-stringer, both teams have other pressing needs likely to take precedence. My Dolphins need 3 starters on defense, at NT, OLB, and S, while the Patriots need a WR to replace Wes Welker’s shredded knee and a class in business ethics. Maybe Belichick has a home for Tebow after all!

The Oakland Raiders should be in the market for a franchise QB and Al Davis loves a QB who can throw the long bomb, but Tebow is not in Oakland's future. The Raiders are still waiting to see if JaMarcus Russell can round into form after dealing with emotional issues last season. Also, Tebow is precluded from playing in Oakland because of the Devil, who roots for Oakland in the guise of various Raiders fans. The energy field of Tebow’s halo will naturally repel the Raiders from being able to draft him.

Having eliminated the fringe possibilities, my dear Watson, and precluding all other NFL teams who are set at QB, here are your contenders, in reverse order.

#5 – The San Francisco 49ers. San Fran needs a QB, but may be scared off after whiffing on the anti-Tebow, Alex Smith. The 49ers are still trying to find the winner in Smith, and will thus lose out on the winner that is Tebow.

#4 – The Buffalo Bills. The Bills desperately need a QB and a shot of life, and Bills legend Jim Kelly has publicly endorsed Tebow as if he were running for President. Sadly for Bills fans, the Buffalo braintrust has a problem similar to the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz. If only, they wouldn’t be likely to pass on Tebow and lock on Clausen or Colt McCoy (who I actually like as a late first-rounder, but certainly not before Tebow).

#3 – The Pittsburgh Steelers. Whaaaa? The Steelers? But they have a QB! True, but they also had a stud WR until Santonio Holmes hit a woman with a glass or whatever crazy thing he did that got him traded for a measly fifth rounder! If Pitt will ship Holmes for a 5 spot after an unsavory encounter, Big Ben could also be on the block. Realistically, I don’t think this will happen, but Steel City could trade Big Ben for picks, then make the best move of the draft and snatch Tebow. Big Ben won as a rookie, and Tim would also.

#2 – The Seattle Seahawks. Nobody told Matt Hasselbeck he retired two years ago, and so he remains Seattle’s first-stringer. But wait, Seahawks fans, there is hope! New coach/GM Pete Carroll may be a one-time NFL washout, but he also just watched Tebow dominate the college game for 3+ seasons and win two national championships. I give Carroll good odds at realizing that his best move is to ride the coattails of the best college football player of all time.

#1 – The Jacksonville Jaguars. The answer to the biggest question of the 2010 NFL Draft is the same as the answer to many of 2010’s biggest questions: money. Money is why the Jacksonville Jaguars are the most likely team to draft Timothy Richard Tebow. Tebow conquered the Florida high school record book at Nease High, located close enough to Jacksonville that Jaguars fans knew his name before Tebow cleaned up the college game. The Jaguars have a streaky good QB in David Garrard, and Tebow wouldn’t make sense for them football-wise, except for the fact that tickets to see Tim’s Heisman trophy might sell out faster than a Jaguars game. Jacksonville is full of Gators fans. Tim Tebow, get this, won a Heisman (almost three) and two national championships (almost four) as a Florida Gator! Ladies and gentleman, your new home for Tim Tebow, the Jacksonville Jaguars.

The Jaguars will trade down from 10 or up from the second round to land Timmy somewhere between 21-28, at which point Jaguars fans will celebrate for 15 years straight. Congratulations, Jacksonville. You earned it.

(Did they really? I don’t know. It seemed like a good way to end this story. And in all seriousness, God loves Tim Tebow, so J-Ville must have done something right to land him. Maybe they built a lot of homeless shelters.)

POSTSCRIPT

While I have your attention, and free reign to talk about the NFL, here are some of my other football thoughts.

C.J. Spiller is awesome.

The Dolphins will draft either Mike Iupati, Dan Williams, Earl Thomas, Sergio Kindle, or Derrick Morgan. Or someone that plays football. Definitely someone that plays football.

The NFL has THE worst player’s union in all of sports, and the players should strike immediately. America would absolutely shut down without the NFL. No NFL means no ESPN Sunday Countdown, no fantasy football, no Peyton Manning, no Green Bay Packers, and no Super Bowl. The players could demand a better medical plan, higher salaries, guaranteed contracts, no more franchise tags and world peace, and they would get all of it. Football is King.

Goldman Sachs taking heavy media fire

2009-11-04T10:52:00.000-08:00

Indictments forthcoming for high crimes and treason?

“The first thing you need to know about Goldman Sachs is that it's everywhere. The world's most powerful investment bank is a great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its blood funnel into anything that smells like money. In fact, the history of the recent financial crisis, which doubles as a history of the rapid decline and fall of the suddenly swindled dry American empire, reads like a Who's Who of Goldman Sachs graduates.”
This is the opening to “The Great American Bubble Machine,” Matt Taibbi’s brilliant exposé in the July issue of Rolling Stone. Taibbi swiftly explains how Goldman Sachs has engineered every major market manipulation since the Great Depression, from stocks to the housing bubble to high gas prices. Thanks to the wonders of technology, you can also watch Taibbi explain how Goldman Sachs has been manipulating the world.
Almost simultaneously, analyst Max Keiser went off about the “financial terrorism” of Goldman Sachs on the BBC. In explaining how Goldman Sachs is stealing from every single person in America by manipulating the market, Keiser asks, “How is this any different from Osama Bin Laden?”
The answer to that question is none. For decades, the people running the worlds financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, have started all the Wars on Earth, be they in Iraq or Vietnam or Europe. The people running the world’s financial institutions finance the political candidates, both Republican and Democrat, and the networks they campaign on, and then profit from the wars they engineer. The people running the world’s financial institutions, including Goldman Sachs, could have chosen to feed and clothe every single person in the world. By now, we could be enjoying world peace. To date, the bankers have instead decided to enjoy gaudy mansions and lifestyles, living off the hard work of sweatshop workers in the countries they have bankrupted. Be forewarned, the robber barons may let the dollar collapse, they have inflated it away, and you may want to invest in precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum, or a gold ETF.
You can keep drinking the Kool-Aid if you wish, but there will be consequences for America’s reckless spending of trillions created out of thin air. Start growing vegetables, forward this newsletter, and take to the streets with your Rand Paul clipboards, because real change – revolutionary change – is on the way. Just remember – violence begets violence. In the words of John Lennon – “All you need is love.”

Interview with Mark NuYork

2009-08-30T18:14:00.000-07:00

I had the chance to talk with hip-hop master Mark NuYork. You can buy his new single "We Made It" or check out "If You Could Understand."

Who do you respect in the rap game right now?

I respect artists like Lil' Wayne for his work ethic, Jay Z, I like newcomer Drake, gotta say Nas, Biggie, Pac, these guys help pave the way. Kanye West, Ludacris, and Common of course.

How do you perceive the opportunities for up-and-coming artists?

To answer this next question I see a lot of opportunities for new artists like myself, especially with the internet right now theres so much ways to get out, shout out to Soulja Boy he was smart to utilize the internet to get known.

Where are you from, and what was it like for you growing up?

Mark NuYork grew up in Brooklyn, New York, east Flatbush. It wasn't easy still not, currently I'm in Florida now.

You once said, "When I get paper, I'll become the hood's savior." How are you going to help people with your success?

One thing about achieving success is you never forget to give back. Not only where you come from but other countries as well, its so many unfortunate people out there. First off though is family my moms gotta get first.

Any questions I should have asked you?

You can let people know I'm thankful I'm around to see a black president. I am on facebook, myspace, youtube, also people can buy my music on either amazon or itunes. New album coming out soon don't have a date yet.

Sharing

2009-08-06T22:00:00.000-07:00

I always want to share.

And when I share, I always end up with more.

Imagine that.

With this in mind, I want to share with you some of the greatest technologies that help make my life a joy on a daily basis.

The first is iSofa.tv. Television can not compare with this site, an endless selection of the most amazing videos in the world.

Secondly, Reddit.com is the death knell of newspapers. On a daily basis, users vote for the most pertinent and most fascinating stories from around the world, be they political, personal, or pictures that say more than a million words.

And finally, I have to share with you my newfound love of Indian culture.

The shakti mat which I use frequently always relieves the stress in my back, accrued from merciless games of basketball.

Indian spices helped me concoct a culinary delight tonight, a wonderful feast of squash, onion, cauliflower, carrot, potato, peanut, and green pepper cooked in olive oil, garam masala, cayenne pepper, turmeric powder, coriander powder, and cumin powder.

And where would I have learned to cook like this, were it not for the Krisna movement. When I first experienced Hare Krisna lunch on the UF campus, I was overjoyed.

I can not overstate the greatness of the vegetarian feasts they provide on a daily basis.

Hare Krisna.

Hare Bo.

Sources

2009-08-03T11:10:00.000-07:00

Don't trust me.

Seriously.

I'm just a person, and people make mistakes.

If someone tells you something is the truth, you should ask, "Who's your source?"

Google everything, and triple-check, because while there a many different points of view, some people are well paid to deceive.

To that end, here is a list of places I frequent for reliable information.

Don't trust them either.

Hermes-Press.com
RealityZone.com
Infowars.com
Chycho.com
Reddit.com
Submedia.tv
CommonDreams.org

The New News

2009-04-14T09:52:00.001-07:00

Thousands of scientists dispute the idea of man-made global warming. Their explanation? The sun is getting warmer.

In a related twist of fate, "green jobs" actually cost jobs.

In other enlightening government news, the government agreed to lie about 9/11 and some in Congress are pushing drugs for new mothers.

The truth movement is making a difference, which is why mainstream media is attempting to hijack it.

Back with more in a minute.

Mental Clutter by Glenn Campbell

2009-04-13T07:47:00.001-07:00

Back in the early days of computers, every second of computing time was considered precious. On mainframes, users were billed for the CPU time their program used. Computing time was horrendously expensive, so people wrote their programs to use as little of it as possible. Each program was run in sequence (or "batched"), and when the computer got to your program (stored on punch cards or paper tape), it performed the task quickly then sent you the bill.

Today, computing is ridiculously cheap. Today's personal computers can do more that a multimillion dollar room-size computers a few decades ago, so no one thinks much about CPU usage. As long as your own computer has sufficient capacity for the task at hand (say, the word processing program I am using now), no one cares how efficient the program is or what empy processes are running in the background.

Unfortunately, the same oversupply of computing power does not apply to the human brain. If you think of the brain as a biological computer, its physical capacity hasn't changed in thousands of years. "CPU time" is still extraordinarily precious. Everything though you think takes time. You have think about things sequentially—first about one problem, then another—and at the end of the day, there are only a limited number of thinking units available to you. The physical machine also has a limited lifespan—longer that a typical PC but certainly not infinite.

In your own universe, your brain is the most expensive and valuable mainframe you have. Why, then, would you want to throw any of its capacity away?

People can be very efficient with their thinking time when they are focused on an important task, like writing a report or bringing an airplane in for a landing, but as soon as you give them the freedom to use their brain time as they wish, they seem intent on wasting it.

It is not a waste of brain to just sit and think, as long as the topics covered are important. Daydreaming is not necessarily a misuse of the brain's CPU time either, because that's often how you solve real-world problems. There is nothing wrong with staring into space and free-associating, because this is the way we process our past experiences and plan our future actions.

What is a waste of mental resources are all those millions of outside products and diversions that do nothing for us except soak up CPU time. Crossword puzzles and video games are prime examples. Vast swathes of brain time are absorbed by these devices with nothing to show for them in the end. Come to think of it, just about everything marketed as entertainment is a mental time waster of some kind. People are always seeking "stimulation" in their entertainment—that is, a high occupation of mental resources—but it isn't usually meaningful stimulation that contributes anything to their lives.

It seems as though most people want to waste their own brain capacity. They drink to avoid using it. They "party." They watch meaningless TV shows for hours every day. They have those iPod thingys stuck in their ears at all times so there's no possibility of any conscious thought intruding.

Perhaps this is the most destructive addiction of all: the addiction to thought avoidance.

This disease manifests itself as "boredom" whenever ones mental time isn't fully programmed. Boredom is like the smoker's craving for a cigarette or an alcoholic's lust for drink. As soon as most people have "nothing to do," they panic and try desperately to fill the mental space with something.

And it isn't just video games that fill the void. A voracious reader can be just as much an addict. Is he reading because of the real benefit he is getting from the content or because of the anxiety he feels whenever he sits alone without anything to process?

Why do people avoid their own thoughts? Perhaps it is because those thoughts keep leading them to unpleasant conclusions. If you feel, deep down, that you are worthless or have made mistakes you can't deal with, your unhindered thoughts are always going to lead you back there. If you keep your brain continuously occupied, then you never have to think those thoughts. When the amusements run out, though, that's when panic strikes and you look for something, anything, to keep the bad thoughts at bay.

If you care about doing something useful with your own mental capacity, you can't be swayed by boredom or panic. Instead, you must only do things with your brain time that make sense. Like CPU time on a mainframe, your "thought space" is something you need to protect and never waste. Like any other precious resource, it has to be carefully managed.

You can never tell your brain exactly what to think, but you can manage the environment in which it operates. If there is too much clutter in that environment, you're not going to get a lot of useful thinking done. If you are constantly being interrupted by outside stimuli, it is going to be difficult to accomplish much complex higher-level creativity. If you turn off the radio, remove the Bluetooth from your ear, turn of the laptop and withdraw temporarily from people, the quality of your thinking processes will probably improve.

Those are exactly the conditions that most people equate with "boredom," but if you are wise, you will learn how to work with boredom and make it your friend. Only by being comfortable with your own thoughts can you make the most of your brain capacity.

http://thingsyoudontneed.blogspot.com/

The illegitimacy of American government isn't permanent

2009-02-20T08:12:00.000-08:00

We all know the American government does messed up things, like spying on protesters and labeling them terrorists.

By now, many of us know that the Federal Reserve is a private bank that is bankrupting America.

But what you may not know, is that our government is likely not the Republic we thought it was, but a corporate Empire that continually serves the rich and takes from the poor.

President Obama has proven that he too works for the establishment, and not the people.

At the rate we're going, dissent may soon be outlawed, the way it now is in Britain.

In the meantime, fight the power, but keep the faith.
If a man can invent this, we freedom fighters can turn this ship around.

After all, the power of our minds is unlimited.

Israel, Obama, and another cure for cancer

2009-02-11T19:13:00.000-08:00

Welcome back Truth seekers!

Tony Farmer introduced me to the Gerson Institute today, which claims to cure cancer.

He also sent me this article which says flu vaccines can lead to Alzheimer's (I knew it! Well, not really, but I knew they were bad for you).

Ron Paul is trying to end the Federal Reserve. His archives on LewRockwell are a wealth, no, a national treasure of information.

Meanwhile, the Democrats might be on the attack against net neutrality, and Salon.com's Glenn Greenwald says Obama failed his first test on civil liberties and accountability -- resoundingly and disgracefully.

When the army is slicing someone's genitals with a scalpel, there needs to be a public trial.

And finally, in honor of my friend Dan, here is a sampling of the real story on Israel.

Controversial Bestseller Shakes the Foundation of the Israeli State

What if the Palestinian Arabs who have lived for decades under the heel of the modern Israeli state are in fact descended from the very same "children of Israel" described in the Old Testament?

And what if most modern Israelis aren't descended from the ancient Israelites at all, but are actually a mix of Europeans, North Africans and others who didn't "return" to the scrap of land we now call Israel and establish a new state following the attempt to exterminate them during World War II, but came in and forcefully displaced people whose ancestors had lived there for millennia?

Israel is destroying the Palestinian food supply, bombing schools, and arresting their own citizens for protesting.

Israel is the aggressor.

The Renovation of TheAndrewMeyer.com

2009-02-04T08:31:00.000-08:00

Welcome friends!

TheAndrewMeyer.com is now updated in all sections, with new contributors (including this article on marijuana curing cancer), new columns, new music, new front-page videos, and much more.

Soon, I will even have t-shirts designed by artist Phil Fung up for sale!

I will continue to update the site weekly with the most relevant news and videos.

In cleaning up the site, I had to cut some articles. I don't want to forever relegate my friends' work to the memory hole, so I will post them here:

Double Dose of Kummer
Two Bad Ass Columns - 9/6/07
By Chris Kummer

Michael Vick, Barry Bonds, and other behavioral anomalies
Sports - 8/28/07
By Max Wolson

DB (Denver Broncos)
Sports - 8/23/07
By T. Lilly

The folly of serious
By The Andrew Meyer

Thanks for staying tuned, new and exciting updates will be available weekly!

-Andrew

Out to Lunch

2008-01-19T11:52:00.000-08:00

I am going on blogging hiatus for a while.

In the meantime, check out bradblog.com, reddit.com and blackboxvoting.org for reliable information on the 2008 election scams.

Voter's rights are in jeopardy once again across America.
-South Carolina
-Nevada
-Texas

No matter where it is, the same cast of characters is always being slighted.

Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel get kicked out of debates because TV is allergic to the truth.

You can now add Barack Obama to the list of the slighted. He is the "mainstream candidate" most for change, and the theft of his NH delegates shows that even his measured, miniscule brand of change is not something the establishment is willing to accept.

They will cheat and lie and steal and go to any cost to win.

Pay attention America. Stay vigilent.

Andrew Meyer, over and out.

Possible Fraud in Iowa, New Hampshire Primaries

2008-01-10T06:16:00.000-08:00

UPDATE: Ron Paul finished with 15% of the NH Hand Count, which would have put him in 3rd place.

From Bev Harris of blackboxvoting.org, the star of "Hacking Democracy" and an expert on voting fraud:

"1-4-08: Eh? Iowa Republicans STILL missing 65 precincts in results
It isn't even a skillful magic show.

The Republican caucuses usually take only half as long as the Democratic caucuses, due to simpler procedures. Yet the Republicans are lagging behind the Democrats now by over TEN HOURS in having all their results in. Results delays are a red flag.

Alert CSPAN watchers caught TV screen shots of Giuliani vote totals going down by a couple thousand votes midstream in, I believe it was, Linn County. That needs a confirm; screen shot images were posted on various blogs, but if anyone recorded the coverage and can corroborate those screen shots, please let us know.

As many of us know, vote totals that go DOWN during the middle of the count can be an error, but also can signal an election theft tactic whereby votes from a candidate finishing very low in the pack are skimmed off and given to a favored candidate higher in the pack. If corroborated, the vote total shift will be another red flag.

And with the Republican race, I wouldn't look first at fraud in the number one position. I'd look for it in the area of repositioning candidates in the second through sixth spot.

- The delay in results is a red flag.
- The vote totals going down during the count is a red flag.
- The failure to release county results in live time, as promised in a Republican Party press release on Jan. 2, is a red flag.
- The failure to release precinct totals at all is a corrupt procedure. Note that the day before the caucuses, after much pressure, the Republicans did (belatedly) promise to release the precinct results on election night. They didn't.

In addition: I'm trying to get information on whether the public was kicked out of the room during hand counting in all locations, or just some.

I will be publishing some reports by caucus attendees in the "Front Lines" section later today.

There is absolutely no reason to consider any of the Republican caucus results to be credible.

I'm not saying they are wrong, I am saying the breakdown in checks and balances was stunning enough to call it not a magic show, but a bad magic show.

Bev Harris"

The screen shots of the altered Giuliani vote counts can be found here.

Meanwhile, it is possible that Hillary Clinton received a boost from the Diebold voting machines.

An explanation of how Diebold machines can be easily rigged found here.

Also, Ron Paul votes weren't counted due to "human error" in at least one county in New Hampshire.

And finally, get ready for some serious shenanigans in the upcoming South Carolina primary. They are using machines de-certified by numerous other states.

Digg.com is no longer the best news source for truthful and up-to-date information on the democratic process.

Reddit.com and WhatReallyHappened.com are now providing my information.

I only wish some of this information was printed in the NY Times.

Good luck, America, and God Bless.

(Oh, and for the record, Hillary didn't really "win" New Hampshire. Despite what the media has reported, she and Obama get the exact same number of delegates anyway.)

2007 Man of the Year - Ron Paul

2007-12-25T07:47:00.000-08:00

Time Magazine believes that fascist Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is 2007's Man of the Year.

I have a different point of view.

For his lifelong commitment to truth, justice, and the real American way - the Constitution - Ronald Ernest Paul is my 2007 Man of the Year.

While the media has said much (and simultaneously said very little) about who Ron Paul really is and what he stands for, I believe that Dr. Paul's record speaks for itself.

A well-known fact, my man of the year defended liberty in 2001 when he voted against the PATRIOT Act. A lesser-known fact, and more relevant to 2007, is that "On October 15, 2007, Paul introduced the American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007, which would "bar the use of evidence obtained through torture; require that federal intelligence gathering is conducted in accordance with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA); create a mechanism for challenging presidential signing statements; repeal the Military Commissions Act, which, among other things, denies habeas corpus to certain detainees; prohibit kidnapping, detentions, and torture abroad; protect journalists who publish information received from the executive branch; and ensure that secret evidence is not used to designate individuals or organizations with a presence in the U.S. as foreign terrorists." - wikipedia.com

While the media has a hard time conveying (or a fun time distorting, take your pick) Paul's ideas, the 10-term Congressman from Texas explains a great deal of his positions through his writing. You can learn a lot from his columns, archived here.

Ron Paul is also a vehement opponent of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

Ron Paul, currently running for President of the United States, is the only Republican I would endorse, and I would choose him before any Democrat, even Mike Gravel and Dennis Kucinich. Paul has his priorities in order: end the war, get America's financial house in order, and restore our civil liberties.

A fair interview shows that Paul is the rarest of politicians: an honest person with a chance to win.

Don't believe Paul can win? Here is one poll that says differently. This poll is far more accurate and democratic than any poll touted by mainstream media, I promise.

Ron Paul has raised over $18 million this quarter alone, because he works for the people, not the corporations.

I believe Ron Paul will win in Iowa and New Hampshire.

For everything that he stands for and everything he is poised to accomplish, Ron Paul is my 2007 Man of the Year.

Freedom prevails, Time Magazine, not fascism.

Ronald Ernest Paul, not Vladimir Vladimirovich Hillary Clinton Barack Obama Giuliani Willard Romney Putin.

God Bless Reddit.com

2007-12-14T08:17:00.000-08:00

Without Reddit.com, where would the real news be? Certainly not on TV.

After months of being all over YouTube and Digg, the LA Times finally took notice of the Ron Paul Phenomenon.

And despite being barred from the Iowa Debate, Dennis Kucinich is preparing to try and impeach President Bush!

And unbelievably, the House passed a ban on Waterboarding!

Now for the bad news.

Journalist Seymour Hersh says children were raped at Abu Ghraib, and the Pentagon has videos.

Along the same lines, The Gang-rape of Halliburton employee Jamie Leigh Jones was not an isolated incident, and naturally the State and Justice Depts. are keeping quiet.

Unsurprisingly, the U.S. Government has been busy covertly spreading propaganda on the Internet from Guantanamo Bay.

And finally, Homeland Security Chief Michael Chertoff, preparing for the battle to pass the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, says that the biggest threat to America is a homegrown attack, contradicting himself.

What happened to global Islamic terrorism?

By now, the bottom line should be obvious. For seven years, the Bush Administration has been scaring the public into giving up freedom for security.

If we allow Congress to pass the Violent Radicalization Act, we would sacrifice the 1st Amendment.

I for one don't find living under the threat of prosecution for dissent to be very safe.

Write your Senators and tell them this Act is treason. And if you haven't done so yet, your deadline is fast approaching. Register to vote in the Presidential Primary. The Ron Paul Revolution rears it's head in just two days.

Links of the Day - Scattershot Stories on the Spirit of the Times

2007-12-11T08:47:00.000-08:00

Rudy was run out of town by Ron Paul Supporters in Kentucky

I wonder why?

Ron Paul is third in the polls! according to this unscientific, made-up ESPN-style power ranking.

Nanci Pelosi and the Democrats are OK with waterboarding

But at least someone wants to impeach Bush and Cheney

And what's this? A Democrat wants to impeach Bush and Cheney too?

"In many ways this narrative suggests the irrelevance of the Bush White House, the irrelevance of the president himself," he said.

CIA Tapes Were Destroyed to prevent Prosecution...

Meanwhile, the U.S. Government subpoenaed records from Amazon.com...

And finally, the U.S. Government and Halliburton covered up the story of an American who was gang-raped in Iraq.

Maybe it's time to end the War after all...

Hope for the Future - Ignore the media

2007-12-07T08:01:00.000-08:00

When the Mainstream Media isn't lying to you, they are distracting you.
a.k.a.
Bush is history - Focus on the Present, Elect a New President

By Andrew Meyer

Bush lied about Iran's nuclear ambitions! Shocking!

For once, the Mainstream Media isn't lying. Well, except for the New York Times. Even now, they subtly defend Bush's lies with unnamed sources in "credible" news stories.

Here is some of what the Times has reported (from US News.com): Surprisingly, the New York Times reports the International Atomic Energy Agency "on Tuesday publicly embraced the new American intelligence assessment stating that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons effort, but in truth the agency is taking a more cautious approach in drawing conclusions about Iran's nuclear program." A "senior official close to the agency" said, "To be frank, we are more skeptical. ... We don't buy the American analysis 100 percent. We are not that generous with Iran."

If Bush told us all the sky turns red when God is angry and we should fear attack from Angelo-Fascists, should God Himself appear before the people of Earth to tell us Bush is full of it, The New York Times would still find God's information inconclusive.

Important to keep in mind isn't that Bush lied, or that the New York Times is a rag, what's important is (as ALWAYS) the stories they aren't discussing.

We can drastically change the course of America and the world for the better in the upcoming months. The primaries for the next Presidential election begin in a little over a month! This, to me, is the most crucial story of all.

Bush has been lying for seven years. The New York Times (and CNN, and the Washington Post, and Fox News, etc., etc., ad nauseum) hasn't reported the truth while I've been alive, if they ever did.

Ignore them! Even when they aren't spreading nonsensical propaganda, they are distracting you from what you should be focusing on.

The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 (a.k.a. the criminalization of free speech) is still on the table in the Senate, and it still isn't being discussed anywhere in the mainstream media!

The solution to everything that ails us in this country - our imperialistic, aggressive ways abroad, our eroding civil liberties at home, the lack of care for ourselves and our fellow man - is on the table.

There are two Democrats and a Republican who have the will and the potential power to fix everything. Dennis Kucinich, Mike Gravel, and Ron Paul are all telling the truth. All of them would bring Peace, Prosperity, and Sanity to the American people.

Unfortunately, they aren't anywhere to be seen in the mainstream media polls showing who is "in the lead." What are we to do?

IGNORE THE POLLS! This is a perfect example of why you should stop listening to the oh-so-scientific numbers manufactured for TV. It's all a lie!

Ron Paul is going to dominate the New Hampshire primary. In fact, I will go so far as to say that barring any blatant and obvious cheating (which will be exposed and overturned), Paul is your Republican nominee. I have less sparkling predictions for the Democratic nom. Barack Obama has convinced millions of people he is a real progressive, and millions more are voting for Hillary becuase they liked Bill. So, I wish Kucinich and Gravel the best of luck, but I don't think they can win. Perhaps (and I wouldn't bet against it) one of them will be named Vice President on a winning non-partisan ticket with President Paul.

I would listen to Vegas before any TV pundit, and according to this article, Ron Paul is now favored over Mitt Romney to win. I'll take those odds.

Links of the Day - America: Freedom to Fascism

2007-12-04T08:29:00.000-08:00

Dennis Kucinich calls Violent Radicalization Act "unconstitutional"

Ten Steps To Close Down an Open Society

Impending Destruction of the US Economy
By Paul Craig Roberts, former Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury for Economic Policy in the Reagan administration

Impending Destruction of the U.S. Economy? Fascistic Bills in Congress? I wonder what our Fair Leader is doing during this chaotic time?

Bush Administration Actively Gutting Environmental "Magna Carta"

But why George? Why?

How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power

Oh.

An Assault on the 1st Amendment

2007-12-04T08:23:00.000-08:00

Thought crime to be voted on in the senate

By Andrew Meyer

First they passed the PATRIOT Act which jeopardizes the 4th Amendment. Then the Military Commissions Act eliminated habeus corpus, a summons that demands a prisoner be brought before the court together with proof of authority, so that the court can determine whether the government has lawful authority to hold that person or not. The government and the media have been clouding your minds with non-issues while they silently erase your freedoms. Now, the coup de grace.

On October 23rd the House of Representatives passed the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007.

The first warning bell that should be going off in your head is that most of you have never heard of the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act before. Go ahead and do a Google search of the Act right now. Oddly (or appropriately, if you’ve been paying attention) there is not a single mainstream media outlet with any story on the Act.

There are however, plenty of citizens on the internet very concerned about the Act’s contents.

One post on WashingtonWatch.com reads “This is among the worst, most repressive, fascistic bills I've ever seen. Using Fear, it takes away practically every remaining right you have, enabling 'thought crimes' worse than anything Soviet Russia offered. It gives almost unlimited freedom to designate anyone a terrorist, saying there are torrents of terrorist propaganda on the Net.”

The third finding of the Act states: “The Internet has aided in facilitating violent radicalization, ideologically based violence, and the homegrown terrorism process in the United States by providing access to broad and constant streams of terrorist-related propaganda to United States citizens.”

So who’s read 1984? Seen V For Vendetta? Get ready for life imitating art.

The Act creates a National Commission on the Prevention of Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism. It then defines ideologically based violence as “the use, planned use, or threatened use of force or violence by a group or individual to promote the group or individual's political, religious, or social beliefs.”

A student protest occupying the streets can easily be construed as a use of force for political or social beliefs. Disagree with the government? Think the Constitution should reign supreme and want to voice your beliefs? You, my friend, could be named a “homegrown terrorist”.

The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007 now needs only a ‘Yes’ vote by the Senate to become law. I have a feeling President Bush isn’t busting out the veto for this one. If this Act passes, our Congress will spend hundreds of millions of dollars at a time when our budget is already wildly out of control to essentially criminalize Free Speech.

“If you understand what this bill does, it really sets the stage for further criminalization of protest,” Dennis Kucinich said. “This is the way our democracy little, by little, by little, is being stripped away from us. This bill, I believe, is a clear violation of the first amendment.”

You now have less than two weeks to register to vote in the Florida primary. The future of freedom in America, your freedom, depends on your actions. Register to vote.

The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007

Links of the Day

2007-12-02T19:40:00.000-08:00

Worse then the PATRIOT Act?
Congress' "anti-extremist" bill targets online thoughtcrime
The beginning of the end for free speech in America?

Voting Machine Shenanigans
Scientists’ Tests Hack Into Electronic Voting Machines in California and Elsewhere
Salt Lake Officials Urging Voters to NOT Come to Polls in Wake of Disastrous Move to Touch-Screen Voting

Ron Paul supporters outnumber Romney supporters 5:1, Romney wins poll
St. Petersburg straw poll votes were cast with cash
Mitt Romney cheats in Florida straw poll: Ron Paul supporter told "you will get hurt"
Romney voters stuffing ballot box: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdCcGWX2SuU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJROxPSFKY4&feature=related

CNN stands for Corporate News Network
Ron Paul Calls CNN Out for Being ‘Biased’ in Debate
How CNN Demeans the Internet

Don't Tase Me = Voting Rights, Civil Liberties, Truth in Media, and Peace on Earth

2007-12-02T19:21:00.000-08:00

This blog is intended to be an archive of the truth.

The truth (and when I say the truth I mean the Truth, the Whole Truth, and nothing but The Truth) is rarely if ever found on television.

Praise be to God the Truth is on the internet.

A problem for many? The internet lives in a million different places, addresses, forums, and links.

I intend to collect every news report, video, and truthful opinion piece I find that rarely gets reported on in the mainstream media.

A lot of my material will come from Digg.com, or as I call it, The Real News.

But hopefully, a lot of it will come from you. I have received thousands of e-mails in the time since my arrest, and hopefully I can put my notoriety to good use. You the people have demanded information, and you the people have also provided information. I have learned from your e-mails, and hopefully the truth will continue to out.

My e-mail is AndrewWilliamMeyer@gmail.com, and I will always post relevant, truthful material.

The time for important issues to surface is now.

God bless our world, and God bless you, the rarest of birds, the intelligent reader.