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[This review was originally published at Amazon.com on Wednesday, May 18, 2005]
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INHERIT THE WIND
starring Spencer Tracy
1960
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I recently rented INHERIT THE WIND to see for myself if it was really as bad as I'd heard. It was. I am astounded to find how many reviewers have excused its massive deviation from fact under the banner of "entertainment." Has our capacity to evaluate information diminished to the point that we are no longer able to differentiate between simple entertainment and pure propaganda? When a movie presents a supposedly intellectual argument, and paints EVERY SINGLE MEMBER on one side of that argument as a buffoon maroon, but shows the other side as thoughtful, open-minded and humanitarian, you can bet the farm that you're being propagandized!
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Some reviewers have equated the movie with an indictment of the horrors of "McCarthyism". These folks have been twice-bamboozled! Obviously they don't do any independent research, but just ingest whatever gets fed to them. Click HERE if you want to learn the truth about Joseph McCarthy and "McCarthyism".
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INHERIT THE WIND pretends to portray the famous 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial" with a little dramatic license. This movie strays SO FAR from the facts that even saying it is "based on" the actual event renders that term so elastic as to be meaningless!
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John Scopes is renamed Bert Cates (Dick York), Clarence Darrow becomes Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy), William Jennings Bryan becomes Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) and Dayton, Tennessee, becomes Hillsboro, Tennessee. The playwrights, Jerome Lawrence and Robert Lee, did not alter the names because they thought they could improve on them, but so they could legally reinvent history. The idea was to twist the truth and present it as entertainment "based on" a true story, knowing that over time, the drama will become accepted as factual by the masses. And it worked! Look how many of us grew up thinking that INHERIT THE WIND was an essentially accurate account of the "Monkey Trial."
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All of the Christians (believing in "Creationism") in the movie are portrayed as emotionally-overwrought, brain-dead bigots. Paint any other group with such a broad brush and you'll be in court for the rest of your life, but here in Amerika, it's always "open season" on Christians. Hardly sympathetic to both views, in reality, Darrow called Christianity, Bryan's "fool religion".
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Contrary to some opinions, the acting does NOT make INHERIT THE WIND worthy of your time. Fredric March and Claude Akins are mere caricatures, but they're not to be blamed as Brady and Reverend Brown were written as cartoon blowhards. Tracy's naturalistic performance is enjoyable, as usual, but Tracy was ALWAYS Tracy from film to film -- there's nothing new here. Gene Kelly was fine as the cynical, MENSA-Donkey newspaper reporter, but it was a simple part to play. The best, most sympathetic performance was actually turned in by Florence Eldridge as Mrs. Sarah Brady. Now her I believed.
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If you're interested in comparing the events portrayed in the movie INHERIT THE WIND with the REALITY of the 1925 "Monkey Trial", to see just how far the playwrights deviated from truth, click HERE and go to my guide titled "WOULD YOU LIKE TO... STOP FALLING FOR SPENCER TRACY'S MONKEY BUSINESS?" You'll be surprised -- no, SHOCKED at how seriously the movie distorted the facts in order to condition people to the dogma of Darwinism!
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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[This guide was originally published at Amazon.com in March of 2005, and it was largely based on a chapter in the 1999 book TORNADO IN A JUNKYARD: The Relentless Myth Of Darwinism by James Perloff. I give the book my highest recommendation.]
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THE PROBABILITY OF HIGHER LIFE FORMS EMERGING BY CHANCE ARE COMPARABLE TO THE ODDS THAT "A TORNADO SWEEPING THROUGH A JUNKYARD MIGHT ASSEMBLE A BOEING 747 FROM THE MATERIALS THEREIN."
~ eminent astronomer, Sir Fred Hoyle, 1981
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"AN HONEST MAN, ARMED WITH ALL THE KNOWLEDGE AVAILABLE TO US NOW, COULD ONLY STATE THAT IN SOME SENSE, THE ORIGIN OF LIFE APPEARS AT THE MOMENT TO BE ALMOST A MIRACLE, SO MANY ARE THE CONDITIONS WHICH WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN SATISFIED TO GET IT GOING."
~ Nobel Prize-winning, DNA co-discoverer, Dr. Francis Crick, 1981
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The movie INHERIT THE WIND (1960) pretends to portray the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial with a "little" dramatic license. John Scopes is renamed Bert Cates (Dick York), defense attorney Clarence Darrow becomes Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy), prosecuting attorney William Jennings Bryan becomes Matthew Harrison Brady (Fredric March) and Dayton, Tennessee, becomes Hillsboro, Tennessee.
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The playwrights did not alter the names because they thought they could improve on them, but so they could slander without fear of a libel lawsuit. The idea was to distort the truth and present it as "entertainment", knowing that over time, the drama will become accepted as factual by the masses.
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All of the Christians ("Creationists") in the movie are portrayed as emotionally-overwrought, brain-dead bigots. Paint any other group with such a broad brush and you'll be in court for the rest of your life, but here in Amerika, it's always open season on Christians.
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Let's compare INHERIT THE WIND (ITW) with REALITY and see if we can't detect some deliberate dishonesty...
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INHERIT THE WIND (ITW): Cates is arrested by the town fathers while teaching Darwin's Evolution in class and is jailed. Later an angry Christian mob threatens to lynch him, and he is injured when a zealot throws a rock through his jail cell window.
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REALITY: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) placed several advertisements in Tennessee, offering to pay all expenses for the person who would help them challenge the Butler Act (State law forbidding the teaching of Evolution in public schools). Scopes was recruited. He was not jailed at any point because it was only a finable offense. Scopes confessed in his autobiography that as a substitute Science teacher, he couldn't even recall actually teaching Evolution. (Incidentally, the ACLU was founded by Roger Baldwin who served as its executive director for 30 years and who wrote in his Harvard reunion book that "Communism" was his "goal". See the book: THE ACLU VS. AMERICA: Exposing The Agenda To Redefine Moral Values by Alan Sears & Craig Osten.)
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ITW: Drummond is given a rude welcome by the narrow-minded Christian townspeople. He is portrayed as a brave underdog fighting an unjust system.
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REALITY: A friendly crowd greeted Darrow at the train station and the town held a banquet in his honor. Darrow was not a lone warrior fighting against a stacked deck; the ACLU imported a team of lawyers and "experts."
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ITW: Brady bellows, "The people of this State have made it very clear that they do not want this zoological hogwash slobbered around the schoolrooms!" And he says, "The way of Scientism is the way of darkness."
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REALITY: Bryan was a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. At the trial he said, "Give Science a fact and it is not only invincible, but of incalculable service to man."
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ITW: Brady illustrates his narrow-mindedness by stating that he has never read Darwin's 'The Origin Of Species' and that he "never will."
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REALITY: Bryan quoted extensively from Darwin's writings in the Dayton courtroom.
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ITW: The judge refuses to allow Darwin's texts to be admitted as evidence in the case.
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REALITY: Bryan himself offered Darwin's 'The Origin Of Species' as evidence into the trial.
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ITW: Brady is portrayed as an obnoxious boor with a penchant for delivering long windy speeches.
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REALITY: Bryan didn't even speak in court until the 4th day of the trial, by which time Darrow had engaged in considerable oratory, including a 2-hour speech on religion and bigotry.
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ITW: Drummond is refused the right to put Evolution "experts" on the stand to testify.
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REALITY: Darrow declined to put his experts on the stand for fear of Bryan's cross-examination. Instead, he had them submit affidavits. (Ironically, most of the Evolutionary "evidence" Darrow's experts discussed -- Piltdown Man, useless vestigial organs, embryonic recapitulation -- are now discredited ideas.)
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ITW: Brady betrays the trust of Cates' fiancee by putting her on the stand and forcing her to testify to things about Cates that she revealed confidentially to Brady the night before. Later, she sobs to Brady's wife, "If he could do such an evil thing, he must be an evil man. And everything he stands for must be evil too!"
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REALITY: Scopes had no girlfriend and no women were ever called to testify in the case.
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ITW: The jury finds Cates guilty and he is fined $100. Outraged by the small fine, Brady delivers an irrational, impassioned speech, suffers a heart attack and dies in the courtroom.
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REALITY: After putting Bryan on the stand and trying to make him look foolish, Darrow changes the plea of Scopes to guilty, ending the trial. Darrow did this in order to prevent Bryan from questioning HIM on the witness stand, and to keep Bryan (who died 5 days after the trial) from making a closing argument. Darrow admitted in his autobiography that he had intended to employ this tactic from the beginning of the trial. The ACLU's purpose for the trial had been merely to disseminate Darwinism and publicly assail Christian fundamentalism.
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I have only scratched the surface of the discrepancies between INHERIT THE WIND and REALITY in this guide. If TRUTH matters to you at all, pick up a copy of TORNADO IN A JUNKYARD: The Relentless Myth Of Darwinism by James Perloff. Most of the material for this guide was borrowed from chapter 17 of that outstanding book for laymen.
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All these decades after the release of "WINDY", in the "genuine" SCIENTIFIC community, Darwinism is as dead as Darwin, and Microbiology and Physics are well on their way to circumstantially proving that a Supremely Intelligent Designer is responsible for life as we know it. Chapter 7 alone ("Vegas Odds On Life") of TORNADO IN A JUNKYARD will put Darwinism to rest for anybody with half an ounce of grey matter in their skull and honesty in their heart!
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As for you RADICAL ATHEISTS lining up to post your negative comments against this guide, keep this in mind: They will NOT...
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1) Alter the Truth one whit.
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2) Affect me in the least.
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3) Convince me that YOU exist!
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Now go have a really nice day!
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
(2005, March)
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THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW:
Floyd's Hair-Raising Adventures
VHS tape released 1992
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Somewhere in the heart of Dixie, yonder in the South
There's a small place called Mount Airy
But as living mythology embraced in my mind
It goes by the name Mayberry
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Her favorite citizens enter into my house
Slipping in by way of TV
And in just thirty short minutes they lighten my life
And they teach my heart how to see
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There's the round Mayor Pike and the round drunken Otis
Sheriff Taylor and Barney Fife
Who at five feet seven, a hundred thirty-eight pounds
Is built like a thin-bladed knife
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Of course there's Goober, Gomer and the sweet Thelma Lou
and the ever-cooking Aunt Bee
There's Helen and Howard and don't forget Opie and
With the first whistled notes, there's me!
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Only a few doors down Main Street from Andy's courthouse
You'll come to a famous "clip joint"
This small shop is the business of barber Floyd Lawson
And this brings me now to the point
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Floyd is a fair barber and a right nervous fellow
In his shop the men come to sit
They get hair cuts, play checkers, and tell their Fish Tales
Or just "loaf", as Opie calls it
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In this tape's Episode One, Floyd's dream is realized
A shop with "two chairs -- no waiting"
But unbeknownst to him the new man is a bookie
Just barber-impersonating
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When Barney goes undercover as an old lady
He breaks up the gambling ring
And Floyd Lawson with his dream handcuffed and arrested
Goes back to one-chair barbering
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In Episode Two, while writing to a rich widow
Floyd is really stretching the truth
Claiming to be a man of business enterprises
and also a little more youth
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But being a "prince of a fellow", Andy steps in
And he helps Floyd to save the day
But only to find that with his very next letter
Floyd has once again gone astray
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In searching old files Deputy Fife discovers
The case of a punch in the nose
And reopening old wounds between Floyd and Foley
Soon the town is coming to blows
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The Sheriff is able to repair the strained friendship
And a Mayberry riot avoid
And in the final scene we see One-Bullet Barney
Fork over a nickel to Floyd
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Here's my favorite sitcom and it always has been
Ain't an episode I don't know
I'd say two of the three episodes presented here
Represent the best of the show
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I would place 'The Deceiver' and a 'Punch In The Nose'
Right firmly in my own Top Ten
I own Hair-Raising Adventures on videotape
And watch it again and again!
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This collection is worth every Star that I gave it
It's better than gold or a dog
I'd rather have it than seventeen supermodels
or a lifetime supply of grog
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Don't you call me a liar and dispute what I say
Or although I'm just Stephen T.
I'll pick up a rock and heave it right through your window
Just as though I were Ernest T.
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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Most of the time, I am reading 3 nonfiction books at once: I am always engaged in working my way through The Holy Bible between January 1st and December 31st with a daily reading schedule; I have one book in my tiny office where I do my "paperwork" when the mood strikes; and I have a third book to read whenever I'm not drinking at the bar.
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Have you ever been quoted in a book published by someone you've never even heard of before?
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In January of this year, I wanted to find something I had posted on an Internet site but I couldn't remember where it was. So I did a Google search with some keywords or phrases to see if I could locate it. One of the search results I got seemed odd. It looked as if someone whose name I was not familiar with had quoted me, so I clicked on that, and here's what I found:
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In 2008, the following book of 231 pages was published.
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UNITED WE FALL:
Ending America's Love Affair With The Political Center
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by Phil Neisser
Praeger Publishers
Westport, Connecticut
London
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Phil Neisser is Professor and Chair of the Department of Politics at the State University of New York at Potsdam. He is co-editor of 'Tales Of The State: Narrative in Contemporay U.S. Politics and Public Policy' and numerous articles critical of the idealization of centrist politics.
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The inside flap of the book gives the following description of the publication:
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UNITED WE FALL argues that today's harmful levels of polarization in American politics can be ratcheted down only by giving up the twin notions that the center is the sweet spot for political efficiency, and that all differences deserve equal weight in the democratic balance. The American people need, instead, to embrace a political credo of civic engagement, confrontation with open ears, and spirited debate. The commonplace "United We Stand" must be supplanted by the insight that democracy is strongest where it acknoledges and formalizes real division.
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But surely bipartisan rancor in America and extremist violence around the world are symptoms of too much disagreement -- not too little? No, asserts the author. The root cause of political violence of all stripes is the failure of opposing camps to engage each other openly and persuasively on their genuine and irreconcilable differences.
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...And so on and so forth...
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From my Google search result I wasn't able to see what quote from me the author had included in his book, only the note indicating where he had gotten it. The notation on page 208 said:
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31. Stephen T. McCarthy, October 7, 2005, customer review of Tale [sic] Brooke, One World (End Run Publishing, 2000), http://www.amazon.com (accessed September 17, 2007).
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Like a dog who smells a cat roaming around on the other side of a closed door, I wanted to open that door (or open that book), but I wasn't willing to pay much money to scratch that itch. However, I soon found an inexpensive, used Oklahoma library copy of the book for sale online and also found I had free money (accrued credit card points) that I could use to get it without paying a cent. So, I ordered it.
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I found myself quoted on page 81 of Chapter 4: United We Stand and Conspiracy Thinking:
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Page 80:
United We Stand is just one of the obstacles. Conspiracy thinking, because of its erroneous conceptualization of power, is another." ...
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Page 81:
"Each grand conspiracy theory is actually several, as the assumption of successful secrecy allows theorizing to spin into endless variation. One believer's list of conspirators includes the "talking heads" in the media, "International Bankers, Secular Humanists, 'Progressive' Educators, New Age Gurus, The United Nations, American Politicians, Secret Societies, Fabian Socialists, Darwinists, [and] Marxists," all of whom are said to be "working in concert to construct the New Age World Order." [31]
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As stated above, Neisser was quoting me from a review I had written and published in 2005 at Amazon.com for the book ONE WORLD by Tal (not "Tale") Brooke. Today, you would not find that review at that website because one of the information gatekeepers, who work for the evil-doer Jeff Bezos, removed all of my BigBitch.com reviews. People like me, who know too much and aren't shy about sharing what we know to educate others, we must have our voices silenced by those who work for "the ruler of this world".
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However, I have good news! Although Phil Neisser wrongly tried to cast doubt on the facts I shared, and despite the fact that Amazon.com tried to make my review of ONE WORLD disappear from the Internet, I saved a copy of it which you can read by scrolling down one blog bit or by clicking HERE.
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As for Neisser's book, I'm finally about ready to read it. I just put it in my tiny office where I do my paperwork. (It's near the sink, right next to the room deodorizer.) After I finish reading it (assuming I will finish it) perhaps I'll critique the crap out of it and post a review of it on this blog. ...Or not.
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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For 'Part 1 Of 2: The Introduction' click HERE.
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ONE WORLD
(Special Millennial Edition Of 'When The World Will Be As One')
by Tal Brooke
published: 2000
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ONE WORLD by Tal Brooke is really nothing less than the ideal primer on the full scope of that oft repeated phrase "The New World Order". It provides a quick but incisive glimpse of every facet of this diabolically deceptive Cubic Zirconia.
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When the epiphany occurred for me many years ago, and I suddenly saw the Big Picture of my intensive studies, I entertained the idea of writing a book that would pull together all of the seemingly disparate threads of "The New World Order" to illustrate for my readers the full weave of the specious utopian dream. But shortly thereafter, I encountered Brooke's ONE WORLD and realized that I had been beaten to the punch. That's fine. As long as the Truth has been elucidated by SOMEONE, it didn't need to be me.
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I can still clearly recall that night, sitting at my desk and believing that I was engaged in two separate studies: religion and politics. And then suddenly, in a moment, it was as if the curtain on the stage was pulled back to reveal all of the props, the painted backgrounds, and the costumed players who were acting out the play titled "The New World Order", just as it had been penned by the unseen playwright -- the prince of darkness. I was astounded to realize that all of the different scenes actually formed acts, and that the acts formed a unified but very dark story. I found there were no independent nor secular parts. They all coalesced into a single production. And to carry this analogy one step further, one could argue that [link) The Holy Bible is the review written by a Critic who has seen the dress rehearsal. He says it's a bad show, and it will close before its scheduled run is completed. And since the Critic owns the theater, we can take His Word for it.
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One can separately study the different arms of the Shiva-like New World Order entity: G. Edward Griffin's, THE CREATURE FROM JEKYLL ISLAND: A SECOND LOOK AT THE FEDERAL RESERVE will give you a full understanding of the money powers behind it -- the muscle, the bodyguard. NONE DARE CALL IT TREASON: 25 YEARS LATER by John Stormer illustrates and totally PROVES (with countless footnotes to sources) the myriad machinations of the political realm. Walter Martin's THE KINGDOM OF THE CULTS goes into the spiritual forms it can assume and the sophism it employs. David Barton's ORIGINAL INTENT: THE COURTS, THE CONSTITUTION AND RELIGION examines the legal bulwark of the entity and the judicial means by which it seeks to undermine the foundation of the Truth that opposes it. Or TORNADO IN A JUNKYARD, by James Perloff, which unveils the pseudo-logical secular birthright that it claims and then uses to suck in those adherents who lack a Spiritual bent. And I don't propose that ONE WORLD should be read in lieu of any of those other titles, but ONE WORLD serves as an excellent overview that, like a road map, can be used to graphically perceive how these many paths converge at a predetermined "place" even when the traveler may have had a different destination in mind.
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Tal Brooke writes with great power, passion, intellect, and lucidity! He has a creatively-infused mind that can transform thoroughly researched nonfiction into a book that reads like a page-turning suspense novel. Like me, he is an "Idea Bulldog" who once he has gotten a grasp on the target, shakes it out violently and relentlessly until every piece has come loose. And now it can be observed and examined from every imaginable angle so that a full understanding of the machination can be obtained, and the functioning of its gears understood.
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A couple of years ago I loaned my copy of ONE WORLD to a friend and later asked her if Tal Brooke's writing reminded her of anyone she knew. "You!", she answered. She recognized the inner "GRRRRR!" that Brooke and I share. In many respects, ONE WORLD is the book I would have written if Tal Brooke had not. (Now whether I could have pulled it off nearly so successfully may be quite another matter.) A couple of his chapters that castigate what I call "McChristians" brought to mind an essay I wrote many years ago, which segues into another observation...
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Tal Brooke is a Born Again Christian and writes pointedly from that worldview. That's OK, because it is largely correct. But Brooke misses the nuance on a couple of occasions when he fails to recognize the subtlety that separates the wholly deceived New Ager from the kernel of truth that does exist in some "New Age" teachings, and which is responsible for pulling the person with that mindset into the arena completely.
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For example: On page 57, he correctly identifies the "cornerstone of the New Age movement: MAN IS GOD." But on page 83 he lumps in with that definition the Gnostic idea that man is a "spark of the Divine." But these are NOT synonymous. In the first, it is argued that God does not exist apart from the mind of man, whereas in the second, the "spark" is not substantive apart from the Divine Flame that gives it birth and meaning.
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Brooke also dismisses the concept of reincarnation, with its ties to the New Age school, as being antithetical to the message of The Bible. This is simply not so. (See my 4-part online guide (link:] REINCARNATION AND THE HOLY BIBLE)
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The prince of darkness, the ruler of this world cannot draw people to himself by feeding them a diet comprised entirely of lies -- that's too easily discerned even by the nitwit. His genius is in mixing his leaven (a Biblical symbol for sin and evil) with the overarching truths that call naturally to the mind of man, and which the mind can enthusiastically embrace. Not recognizing that the dough also contains the leaven (poison) that the devious cook has intended for him, the man ingests and assimilates it and afterwards, unwittingly sends his compliments to the chef. (See Matthew 13:33 & 16:5-12) But having recognized the devil's leaven, Brooke has chosen to run the entire meal down the garbage disposal. I don't really have a problem with that. For most people, erring on the side of caution is preferable to running the risk of contracting food poisoning!
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Like Brooke, I had to learn of the New Age evil the hard way. He was once a personally-selected disciple of the false messiah Sai Baba of India, and followed him for 2 years. (See his intriguing book, AVATAR OF NIGHT.)
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I was a misguided, third-generation student of the Edgar Cayce readings. (*Cayce was once asked by a seeker, "Would a study of THE SECRET DOCTRINE be of benefit?" His answer in reading #470-10 was, "The study of any portion of same would be of benefit, but only in so far as it will enable the self to open for that which may be given in its meditation. Commence, and then we may aid." THE SECRET DOCTRINE, in case you don't know, is one of the premier New Age "bibles." It was channeled by the luciferian Theosophical Society-founder Helena Blavatsky and contains the frightening assertion that "the Great Serpent of the Garden of Eden and the 'Lord God' are identical." -- Vol. 2; pg. 132. You get that? Lucifer is god! Thanks for recommending a book containing that great truth, Edgar!)
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Later, I spent 5 years intensely studying and practicing A COURSE IN MIRACLES. After nagging doubts forced me to appeal to Him for the Truth, imagine my chagrin at having Jesus Christ reveal to me in no uncertain terms that -- despite the clear-cut claim of A.C.I.M. -- He, Jesus, DID NOT dictate the Course and that it is actually a demonic deception! Not everyone's ego can admit to being duped after investing so much time and dedicating so much energy to a path; not everyone can go back to the drawing board despite the embarrassment. Brooke and I both deserve credit for that much at least.
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I cannot concur with ONE WORLD in its totality, and a book of this nature desperately calls for an index, which unfortunately has not been provided. But don't think that I do not strongly suggest that you acquire, study, and take very, Very, VERY seriously Tal Brooke's book, because I certainly DO recommend it without reservation! This is one of the most important and penetrating books you could read about the times in which you live. Take me seriously, YOU!
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"Imagine no possessions -- I wonder if you can -- No need for greed or hunger -- A brotherhood of Man", John Lennon sang in IMAGINE, a song he proudly described as "virtually a communist manifesto." But when Lennon died, his estate was worth many, many millions of dollars. For tax purposes, he owned Hereford Cows that he had never even seen. Like all Utopia salesmen, when he denounced private property, he meant YOUR private property, not his own. He wasn't practicing what he preached, but then they never do! It's Liberalism's trademark.
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In the current issue of the Phoenix New Times is a review of the book THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STARS by Deborah Santana, wife of the famous Rock guitarist, Carlos. The article mentions that when she became pregnant in 1974, the couple's meditation guru, Sri Chinmoy, advised her to seek an abortion, which she did. This was the same Sri Chinmoy who served as the interfaith chaplain to The United Nations.
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It's a shame that this "guru" urging the nations of the world to seek Peace, Love, Understanding, and Equality, didn't urge that any of those great virtues be shown to the individual that Deborah Santana was Divinely ordained to carry in her body. That's because there is no real truth to the Utopia that the New Age promoters pay lip service to. These are simply hypocrites, figuratively (and sometimes maybe literally) selling their souls to demonic forces and selling their twisted idealism to undiscerning and unsuspecting men and women. Peace for the Earth will not come by a Rock star's manifesto, a guru's advice, or the appearance of a Maitreya. It will come only when The Son of God returns and brings it with Him, as promised.
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Until then, do yourself a favor and purchase ONE WORLD if you want to see how the incestuous relationship between the Media's Talking Heads, International Bankers, Secular Humanists, "Progressive" Educators, New Age Gurus, The United Nations, American Politicians, Secret Societies, Fabian Socialists, Darwinists, Marxists, and Technology is working in concert to construct the New Age World Order -- the dark prince's inky social condition. (Even if all of these ideologues do not recognize their dark, spiritual benefactor.)
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And lest anyone be tempted to suspect that Brooke has reached conclusions that require a stretch of logic, he opens ONE WORLD with this succinct and transparent quote from Madeleine Albright's 1997 Harvard University commencement speech: "Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing."
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Do read Tal Brooke's somewhat futuristic book before it becomes merely a history book. This Brooke will carry you, the reader, to the stormy sea of the coming New World and then identify the sly sharks that swim in it, so that you will not make the mistake of becoming their chum.
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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PROPHECY 20/20
by Dr. Chuck Missler
published: 2006
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PROPHECY 20/20 by Dr. Chuck Missler will do for your insight into Bible prophecies about world events what carrots will do for your eyesight. It’s been said that eating lots of carrots will improve your vision, and I believe it. Have you ever seen a rabbit seeing an optometrist? See?
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Well, I think PROPHECY 20/20 will also help you to see where we currently stand on God’s timeline. And I’ll tell you right now what time I think it is: I think we’re about to get that “wake-up call”; I think the alarm clock is about to blare; I think it’s later than you think. Anyone who believes that all is well with the world is dreaming... but not for long! We’re about to wake up to a nightmare!
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When one has read as many books on Bible prophecy about the End-Times as I have, they reach a point of diminishing returns. I thought: Do I really need to read another book on this subject? Well, I’m glad I did because Chuck Missler’s PROPHECY 20/20 is so up-to-date, and Missler always organizes his material in such a logical fashion. I even learned a few more very important things -- not bad for an old dog, eh? This is the fourth Missler book I’ve mentally digested and each one has been a memorable meal.
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PROPHECY 20/20 will give you a sharp overview of past Biblical prophecies fulfilled and then explore those yet to come. And I strongly urge you to dig in now because that light you see at the end of the tunnel (if you’ve got your eyes open at all) is indeed an oncoming train!
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Did you know that an Old Testament Bible prophecy certifiably written at least three hundred years before the birth of Christ foretold the EXACT DAY He would ride that donkey into Jerusalem and proclaim Himself the King of Israel? Did you know that an EMP attack could, in a matter of minutes, blast the United States back into the 1800s? (Do you know what an EMP attack is?) Did you know that Allah is not the Arabic name for God, but is the proper name for the moon god, and that’s why the crescent moon adorns mosques throughout the world? Did you know that three thousand slave labor camps in China are presently exploiting tens of millions of slave labor prisoners to produce much of the $45 Billion dollars in Chinese goods imported by America, and that America still designates China as a “Most Favored Nation Trading Partner”? And did you think that America won’t answer to God for this?
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Although PROPHECY 20/20 examines far more than just America’s place in the End-Times scenario, one of the things I most appreciated about this book was Chapter 26, 'The American Challenge'. Many Christian preachers and writers love to extol the virtues of The United States; they lay it on thick about how we’re the last bastion of freedom, the warriors for Christ on the globe, the conscience and the example for the rest of the world, and all that other hogwash! Missler is one writer who doesn’t shy away from pouring the truth straight out of the vial:
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Where is the most dangerous place for an American to be? In his/her mother’s womb -- there’s a one in four chance of being murdered. Over the last 30 years the United States has experienced a: 560% increase in violent crime; 400% increase in illegitimate births; 400% increase in the divorce rate; 300% increase in single-parent homes; 200% increase in teenage suicides; and a 75% DROP in S.A.T. scores. The deterioration of each of these indicators -- and dozens of others -- can be traced to the year we outlawed The Bible from our schools. Think God might have something to say to us about all this?
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One area in which Missler and I disagree is the identity of “that great city Babylon” which is utterly destroyed in Revelation’s 18th chapter. He is looking for a reemergence to world power of the original Babylon in Iraq. One reason (among many) that I am sure New York City is “that great city Babylon” is that the 18th chapter of Revelation clearly marks her as a major seaport. This could hardly describe Iraq’s Babylon! I’m as sure as I can be that either New York City is “Babylon” or else the End-Times are still 100 years or more into the future because it would probably require that much time for another city to attain the wealth and influence described in Revelation 18. I believe just as strongly, however, that we now stand on the edge of “The End.” But as with all Bible prophecy, a “wait and see” attitude is the most prudent. (Although Missler’s observation on page 238 that the United Nations may be seeking to relocate itself out of New York “for a number of reasons” certainly doesn’t hurt my case any!)
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I highly recommend Chuck Missler’s PROPHECY 20/20. This book, along with END-TIME PROPHECIES OF THE BIBLE by David Haggith, may be the only two you really need on this subject.
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I’ll end with the Billy Graham quote found on page 245: “If God doesn’t judge America, He will have to apologize to Sodom and Gomorrah.”.
~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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THE PARTY OF DEATH:
The Democrats, The Media, The Courts,
And The Disregard For Human Life
by Ramesh Ponnuru
published: 2006
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THE PARTY OF DEATH by Ramesh Ponnuru is quite possibly the most important book published thus far into “The Aughts” (the year 2000 through 2006). This book goes straight to the heart of its subject, abortion, with penetrating logic, powerful arguments, and probing theories. This is hardly a diatribe; rather it’s reasoned fairly, but still a persuasive defense for Life, written from a purely secular position.
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This book deserves to be read and seriously contemplated by every single concerned adult, regardless of where they stand on this controversial and crucial issue. Are you Pro-Choice? See if your outlook can withstand Ponnuru’s insight and contentions. If so, you will finish the book more informed about your opinion. And if not, you will find yourself driven into the Light of Truth by a nonreligious text.
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Five Questions:
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1. Do you understand the great “misconception” about the Roe v. Wade ruling, and why it leaves the United States alone among its peers in offering no legal protection to the unborn at any stage of development?
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2. Did you know that when defenders of the Nebraska ban on partial-birth abortion cited the fact that no medical schools taught it as evidence for the claim that it had little medical value, some major medical schools began teaching it in time to affect the litigation?
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3. Are you aware that the much ballyhooed claim that the 1973 Roe decision was necessary to save the lives of women who were dying in large numbers due to illegal abortions is utter nonsense? The Centers for Disease Control reported that 39 women died from illegal abortions in 1972, while 24 women died that same year from the legal variety.
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4. Would you like to know how an offhand remark about the music group The Beach Boys was instrumental in transforming NORMA McCORVEY (the REAL name of “Jane Roe” of Roe v. Wade fame) from an abortion clinic employee into a dedicated anti-abortion protester and dogged proponent of a Roe v. Wade ruling reversal?
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5. In 1984, Dr. Bernard Nathanson (himself an occasional abortionist at the time) asked his friend Jay, another doctor who was then performing 15 to 20 abortions daily, to tape his next operation with an ultrasound device. Dr. Jay did so, and what he saw during the playback in the editing studio later left him so unnerved that he never performed another abortion. Does this tell you anything?
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A November 2004 poll found that 55% of the public thought abortion should either be illegal altogether or illegal with only rape, incest, and for saving-the-life-of-the-mother exceptions. 31% thought it should be legal for any reason but only during the first trimester. Only 9% felt that abortion should be legal for any reason at any time. So, why has the Federal Government agreed to enforce a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on a social issue that only 9% of the population concurs with? (And if you think I’ve misrepresented the ramifications of the Roe v. Wade decision, then you should certainly have answered “No” to question number one above!)
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In THE PARTY OF DEATH, Ramesh Ponnuru also illustrates with fine diamond clarity the interrelatedness of abortion, embryo destruction, and euthanasia, and how the slippery slope of the first two will logically and inevitably lead to a snowball effect concerning the last, and subsequently, a severe degrading of society’s regard for life in general.
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Ponnuru’s writing style did not especially appeal to me, and I wish he had spent a little more time detailing the physiological reactions to CHEMICAL birth control forms, so readers would better understand why these are considered abortifacients by Pro-Lifers such as myself. [*For additional information on this point, see THE FACTS ABOUT ABORTION (AMERICAN LIFE LEAGUE’S LIFE GUIDE SERIES).] Regardless, Ponnuru’s mental acuity and scalpel-sharp theoretical comparisons makes THE PARTY OF DEATH a true “must-read” publication.
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Many years ago, an 18-year-old girl calling herself “TOO YOUNG IN LAS VEGAS” wrote a letter to Dear Abby. She told how she had become pregnant as a result of being raped (a very rare occurrence, by the way). But TOO YOUNG gave birth to the baby anyway and then put the boy up for adoption. Three years later, she was still wearing around her neck a locket containing a photograph of her son. I saved that article because I thought then (and still do) that this was the greatest example of following Saint Paul’s exhortation: “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” (Romans 12:21) I will always love that woman, whoever she is, for her brave, bold, life-affirming and evil-conquering act! If only we all had the Spiritual sight of TOO YOUNG and could equally see the glory behind the grime.
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In THE PARTY OF DEATH, Ramesh Ponnuru effectively dismantles the myth that colonial America did not consider abortion to be a common law crime. And in The Declaration Of Independence, this country’s establishing document, our Founders wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Now, what part of “Life” doesn’t contemporary America understand?
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~ Stephen T. McCarthy
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