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When Will You Have Had Enough?

Think people are free in the United States of America? This video will make you think again. It’s a chilling indictment of how the U.S. government is slowly but steadily dismantling constitutional protections of your liberties. Even the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution -- your right to the freedom of speech -- may be at risk.

Warning: This video contains images that may not be suitable for general viewing audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.





Dr. Mercola''s Comments Dr. Mercola's Comments:

One of the most poignant statements in this film is the quote by American politician Adlai Stevenson in 1952, who over 50 years ago said:

“The tragedy of our day is the climate of fear in which we live, and fear breeds repression. Too often, sinister threats to the Bill of Rights, to the freedom of the mind, are concealed under the patriotic cloak of anti-communism.”

"Today," the narrator continues, “it’s the cloak of anti-terrorism.”

All too often, it is fear that drives people to accept, without question, the numerous new threats to your personal freedom. They are introduced under the guise of protecting you.

This is the case with compulsory vaccinations, increasingly strict supplement regulations, and even the collection of the federal income tax.

Many liberties and basic rights are already being threatened, largely because profits and corporate greed -- not the will of the people -- are now the driving force of the United States. In my opinion they are your:

  • Freedom of Association
  • Freedom of Information 
  • Freedom of Speech 
  • Right to Legal Representation 
  • Freedom From Unreasonable Searches
Whether you agree with the statements made in the video or not, there’s one thing that most all Americans will agree on: the more that you become silent about important matters, the more your freedom will get chipped away.

Please, let’s not become silent about the freedoms, health-based and otherwise, that the United States was founded on. This Web site is an open forum for you to express your beliefs, and pass on important information to your friends and loved ones.

In 1952 Adlai Stevenson also said:

"It is far easier to fight for principles than to live up to them."


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Posted On Aug 14, 2007

You really want to hear the truth?  Check this out....http://zeitgeistmovie.com/


 
cozzymoto
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pack1111
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Posted On Aug 14, 2007

i've never seen anything more powerful........thanks cozzy.........i'll never be the same.........i will get everyone i know to watch zeitgeist!



Wholessence Health
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Posted On Aug 14, 2007

Thanks for sharing this link, the movie is really very informative, and a real eye opener for those who are open enough to watch it....



BreezyinVA
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Posted On Aug 14, 2007

Zeitgeist is one of the top 10 most important documentaries ever made in my opinion.  It sums up so much of what we need to know Now!

You can also get it at www.onedollardvdproject.com  I highly recommend these dvds.  There is also a great compilation of Ron Paul.  



moira
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Posted On Aug 14, 2007

Wow, thank you so much for posting this site.  My husband and I just watched it and were totally amazed to see all this info in one movie.  I am going to send it to everyone I know.  We already sign petitions, write letters and make phone calls. We knew that more needed to be done....but what?.... except spread the word.  We live in Bush country so it isn't easy!!



disgusted
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Posted On Aug 14, 2007

Standing ovation to Donna2, tedmpt, kczone, drace1, sutra and anybody else I missed: you are the voices of reason. Dr. Mercola, I came here from your email today to make a 1st-time purchase from you and become a long-term monthly customer. Instead you throw what kczone correctly (and understatedly) calls PARANOID NONSENSE in my face. So you just lost a new customer. For a professional with one of the net's biggest health sites and a thriving business, it's shocking that you could be so stupid and so blinded in your warped judgment as to mix your political beliefs with business. Kczone also called it right about your credibility. Your credibility is your stock-in-trade and you have risked it here big time. But of course, people of your persuasion--and I include every hate-driven looney tunes lemming that has agreed with you here--you all find it impossible to believe that anyone could disagree with you. As a result it is hopeless to reason with your type. But it would be so logical for you to study the issues in a rational way, search for the facts and think for yourselves. No, it's easier to allow yourselves to be brainwashed. Easier to play this silly, transparent, predictable, disgraceful blame-passing game that accuses others of being what you are and that describes imaginary circumstances that could only become reality if everyone were what you are. (Example: the imaginary loss of our freedoms as portrayed here vs. the reality that we would indeed lose them and our country by following you.) It's tragic that you have the supreme advantage of living in the finest, most humane country in the history of the world, one that holds every conceivable advantage out to you, yet you say everything against it; you promote defeat not victory; you won't acknowledge who the enemy is and that he really means it when he tells you flat-out that whe intends to kill you. It sickens people of reason that people of your mentality are giving radical Islam exactly what it wants.



bkt
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Posted On Aug 14, 2007

Thank you for this link. That was well worth watching.

Thanks also Breezy for the link on where to order more.



ne_plus_ultra_1
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

Hi disgusted,

I basically agree with you yet I feel Dr. Merc is very reasonable.

I'd be surprised if he put this up there personally and not one of his "well-intentioned" staff and I plan to call him directly about this today.

Don't give up on the man for one terrible lapse in judgement.

Whichever side of the political fence you fall on, we can all at least agree that humans should be well-fed and properly nourished and keep our differing political views out of the whole arena.



pamom
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

Again, do people realize this was taken from a FICTIONAL TV SHOW?  This is not real court-room drama - people are showing their husbands and undergoing personal revelations from a clip showing James Spader in a court room scene from BOSTON LEGAL!  That's right, folks!  Take it for what it's worth, but if Dr. Mercola wants to be taken seriously for his medical information, he needs to cut it with the political stuff and stick to the reason people come to his site.  Otherwise, I truely believe his credibility will suffer.



catron1010
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

I am so pleased to have Doctor Mercola's site to turn to, and his information on health and the health debaucles.  I am writing, however, to say that his politics infuriate me.  Whether or not their were mistakes made about the war, we have a real serious situation n the world, and these people don't fall under our protection and laws.  They want us dead, and they want Christianity and Judaim wiped out.  They have trained all their lives to kill Americans and Jews, and are using our laws as protection, when they don't apply to them.  Our President may make mistakes of ignorance, but never because of a lack of integrity.  The whole nation went to work against the world in WWII, and we gave up freedoms then to be one in a nation.  We must give up frewedoms for a time again, and it is for a good cause, to see our nation stand against this very real threat.  Please unite with our President and if you must condemn him, think of what your Bible says, and pray for your leaders.  As a country we need to be a united front, and quit being so selfish, worrying about what is in it for me.    Ron Logue



Cindy Magnuson
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

Thanks Dr. Mercola for speaking out, knowing that the dark energies would hiss and spew their vulgarities.  You will gain much more credibility with your posting. Everything that you speak up for is related to the politics we are currently working with.  The amount of responses who disagreed with your post is a direct confirmation of your hitting the nail on the head.  May you and others like Ron Paul continue to "light the way" for others to follow.  Blessings of peace and divine immunity to you.



alexism
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

In response to Catron1010,

Please consider.... where did you get your information?

"They have trained all their lives to kill Americans and Jews, and are using our laws as protection, when they don't apply to them.  "

I realized early on that the only reason I ever believed this info is because I heard it over and over again on the news. It's frightening how much of our 'own thoughts' have actually been drilled into our heads by our beloved telescreen. And, think about it..... what other reaction can a mass of people have to this type of information other than outrage and a willingness to do what it takes to over come such evil? Please question everything you know. We are being led right into the slaughter house... willingly.

"The whole nation went to work against the world in WWII, and we gave up freedoms then to be one in a nation.  We must give up frewedoms for a time again, and it is for a good cause, to see our nation stand against this very real threat."

Have you ever heard of the Carmine Group? Please do some independent research. WWI was started with the help of Bush's granddaddy and the Nazi's. They planned and started the war together and made a killing (pun definitely intended) in profits by selling weapons to both sides. Do you understand what this means? This means, the very first global-sized killing spree/war was planned and started by our own country. Never before had there been such a thing. So, before you re-iterate their jargoning, please consider that WWII may have been started as a facade to frighten us into willing giving up our freedoms. PLEASE QUESTION EVERYTHING YOU KNOW!!! We are being led into the slaughter house. WAKE UP PLEASE!!! FOR THE LOVE OF THIS GREAT COUNTRY!!!!



alfred_3
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

Good Job Doc; we should all open our eyes, hearts and minds to all that goes on around us.  Freedom is not free and we should not take it for granted...one day we could wake up and find it is all gone.  Patrick Henry said back in 1775 "It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth..."  I wish that Dr Mercola were completely off the wall on the subject of freedom and liberty; but there are too many things that I have seen over the years that say otherwise.  Be informed and be alert and question that which does not look right to you.  Voice your concerns and if you need to, do something.  Isn't that being a good  American?



alm260
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Posted On Aug 24, 2007

Truth?  Well I would have to agree with part II.  There is truth running throughout that whole segment, but don't be fooled people, part I is nothing but a lie when it comes to Christianity.  There is a lot of secular proof out there for the Bible being 100% truthful and for the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Just do your studies and you will see.


 
 
 
Posted On Jul 31, 2007
Having been born in the 50's, I remember the protests for civil liberties and also against the Vietnam War.  The college campuses were hot beds of  activity for many of these protests, as young people were aware and politically active.    In my generation we  did not have floridated water.  What if anything does this have to do with this post? 
Today's kids were raised on floridated water.  In Nazi Germany floride was added to the water to make the prisoners docile.  Kinda makes you wonder - doesn't it?
www.organicandhealthy.blogspot.com

 
Cheryl Rounds
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Posted On Jul 30, 2007
" the dead, the dead, the numerous dead.....let us make peace.
let the enemies fraternize and go home.
i have the most supreme contempt for king abraham lincoln.
come up united and hurl the tyrant from his throne.
the men in power are attempting to establish a despotism"

clement L vallandigham
U.S congressman
democrat, OH
1863              &n bsp;              &n bsp;              &n bsp;              &n bsp;              &n bsp;     eigens historical

 
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Posted On Jul 30, 2007
Chief Joseph was wrong.

We must fight now, from here, forever.

RON PAUL IN 2008 FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA! 

Your Freedom Depends On It!

 
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Posted On Jul 31, 2007
Russ:  Your post some days ago about the FBI was word for word what I said in my car with my husband present. There has been an audio transmitter in my car since 1995 in Norwood, Ohio put there by a criminal group--what is your connection to them? They have been using the transmitter and GPS to severely harass me since then. You have been informed. Do you want to know more?


Russ Bianchi
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Posted On Jul 31, 2007
I do not know Scully, Mulder, the Smoking Man, the Shooters on the Grassy Knoll, The Easter Bunny, The Lock Ness Monster, Big Foot, Tibetan Yetis, Desert Jins, Who Hangs Out At Area 51, or Osama's Address For Sending A Birthday Greeting (preferably ticking).

If you happen to see Abe Lincoln, a beaver, or deep sea diver, it's a Big Pharma TV drug commercial, last time I checked....  

Errrr, have you considered changing cars, or removing the 'transmitter'?

Isn't 'Norwood, Ohio' already pretty far off The Grid?

Seek professional, non NSA affiliated, counseling?  EFT?  Real unprocessed food and beverage for your metabolic typing?  Regular low impact exercise?

"ET!  Phone Home!"  Before Ma Bell Closes The Monopoly Completely (Speilberg might not even be able to afford an I-Brick) With The New Rates?


 
 
 
Posted On Aug 15, 2007

For those of you outraged by finding this information on this website, please consider.... You have nearly every medium  covered for hashing out your side of this situation. Those who oppose our government do not have the telescreen (ahem..... are we still calling it the TV?) or any major radio stations to share our views. We have been completely silenced through these forms of media because the masterminds.... ahem... government.... own these forms of communication. Look into the fact that FOX News is the biggest contributer to the Bush admin. This should be ALARMING!!! And, when you quote the jargoning implanted in our citizens via the news to argue your point, it is hard for us to listen because we see you as being 'duped'. Please, if you don't agree, that's quite alright. How would anyone learn anything if they never heard opposing views? (Oh, yeah... the telescreen... hmmmm...) But, for the love of this country, please back off and let us speak through the only media we have left. (Did you know the US gov't is working out a plan to control the internet? Maybe 1000 channels.... like cable tv.... VERY SCARY... consider.... why would they do this?))


 
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

Re: Have you ever heard of the Carmine Group?

Do you mean the Carlyle Group?  If so, I suggest you read the following entry at Wikipedia--en.wikipedia.org/.../Carlyle_Group. You will see they have only been in existence for 20 years. Also, the idea the Bush's grandad had anything to do with starting WWII is ludicrous.  The real problem are all our post-WWII presidential administrations sucking up to the House of Saud.  The Saudis account for only a small single digit % of our oil, yet we let these hypocrites fund terrorism with impunity and with no sanctions.



alexism
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Posted On Aug 15, 2007

Yes, I meant the Carlyle Group. It's true, I may not have correct info, but, I don't know that I'd trust wikipedia for truth about political history.

Also, I mentioned the Bush family in relation to WWI. The fact that it was WWI was very important.

I admit I may be coming from faulty information, but.... the way I see it.... it is painfully OBVIOUS that we are being lied to by the gov't. I mean, I can't imagine the mentality required to not agree that we are being lied to. So, if we are being lied to, that means the gov't doesn't really care about 'for the people'. That leads me to believe that it's more beneficial for me to listen to this 'Lefty' crap and possibly have a few incorrect assumptions than to follow the rest of the sheep through the glow of my television.

The truth is, I'm pretty freaked out at the moment about the possibilities of how bad this situation might actually be. So, I'm scrounging for information wherever I can find it. I know I can't trust the TV... not for more than a good 30min of The Simpsons anyway. And, I know that most of the people I talk to are just as lost as me. I'd absolutely love to know where to find the truth and where to find more people like me ready to do something about this. Until then, I'm going to devour anything that makes sense to me. What makes sense to me is that these guys have been in control of some serious sh#t for a looooong time.


 
 
 
 
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