Short Bursts: Volume 07-04

Corsi's book, Land's slide, alien abettors, shameful school, ubiquitous unfairness

By Tom Kovach

American citizens are facing encroachments against our freedoms from all directions, and at an increasing pace. It's time for another series of Short Bursts. (If things keep getting worse, patriots will start firing up more than just their keyboards!) Keep in mind that the links provide supporting documentation for my assertions.

Corsi's book

It will not be on bookstore shelves until next week, but The Late, Great USA, by Dr. Jerome Corsi, is already making waves across cyberspace. Why? Corsi has "pierced the veil" of the globalist plan to undermine America into oblivion. I'm not done reading my advance copy, but already feel the need to write a "pre-review" of the book that is destined for the top of the best-seller list. If you only read one book this year (besides the Bible, of course), it should be your copy of The Late, Great USA. If you only read one book between now and next year's presidential elections, then the same rule applies. If you can't afford to buy even one book, then you should make tracks to your nearest library. If you're not already outraged about the planned North American Union, then you haven't been paying enough attention.

Corsi's work of political "prophecy" is a striking parallel to Hal Lindsey's 1972 classic, The Late, Great Planet Earth — the book that lit the fuse of the modern Biblical end-times prophecy movement. Lindsey has written a jacket review of Corsi's latest work. How do the upcoming political schemes that Corsi exposes fit into the end-times scenario? The facts can only be ignored at one's peril.

Here is a short tease about the book. A few months ago, a friend that is a gifted researcher sent me a tip about a project called "Corridor 18." (He mentioned that it would pass through Tennessee.) Unfortunately, I had to delay my research, because of some other pressing matters. Recently, I resumed looking into the Corridor 18 project. Then, my copy of The Late, Great USA arrived in the mail. I now have no need to research Corridor 18 any further. Dr. Corsi has already unveiled this next-phase NAFTA Superhighway — along with the other two that are planned, in addition to Corridor 18 and the one that will extend from both ends of the Trans-Texas Corridor. (By the way, if it's numbered 18, then how many more are planned...?)

William Gheen of ALIPAC recommends that people mail a copy of Dr. Corsi's latest book to every member of Congress. I concur.

Land's slide

Recently, on a local Nashville talk-radio program, the host interviewed Dr. Richard Land. He has been the president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission since 1988. (In a previous column, I wrongly identified Dr. Land as the president of the SBC itself.) The ERLC "is dedicated to addressing social and moral concerns and their implications on public policy issues from City Hall to Congress." (In other words, they take religious views into the world of politics.) Dr. Land had some things to say in his recent interview that surprised me... but didn't surprise me.

Land is considered a leader in the Christian conservative political movement (despite the fact that Baptists consider themselves to be a "non-hierarchial" church). So, when Dr. Land said in the radio interview that "some people are hot-wired" regarding their sexual proclivities, conservative Christians might be inclined to be less condemning now than during the Clinton-Lewinsky affair. I'm sure it was just a total coincidence that Dr. Land (CFR member) made his remarks in Nashville on the same day that Fred Thompson (CFR member) came to Nashville for his first campaign fundraiser. And, I'm sure that it was also mere coincidence that Dr. Land's "slide" toward compassion for hot-wired heterosexuals came on the heels of news stories that many of Fred's ex-girlfriends support him as a presidential candidate. I'm certainly no fan of Bill Clinton, but I don't remember any Southern Baptist leaders asking America to be compassionate toward the dalliances of that hot-wired Democrat — who claims membership as a Southern Baptist. Why the sudden "Land-slide" in favor of this particular Republican and CFR member?

Is it any wonder that I keep telling people that "the fix is in" for Thompson? (And, is it any wonder that I keep telling people that the only way to fix America is to make sure that the next president is neither a Democrat nor a Republican? That's why I support Dr. Jerome Corsi for president.)

alien abettors

In another interesting effort to be "kinder and gentler," Baptists are now also providing services to illegal aliens. I believe in being kind to others. And, having attended a Nashville baptism of an illegal alien, I've put my beliefs into practice. (I also told him that he needed to go back home. Then, if he wanted to come back, he needed to do it the right way. Funded by his very compassionate employer, he did just that.) But, as with the above item, I have to wonder if a small group of Southern Baptist leaders is trying to "soften up" their members, so that they will accept Fred Thompson's softer stance on border security and illegal aliens.

Coincidence? I doubt it. Given that both of these stories broke within 24 hours of each other, and given that Dr. Land's organization handles such policy matters in both cases, I find the timing to be quite beneficial to Thompson's "non-campaign." Next, they'll want us to believe that Ol' Fred was actually drafted to run for president, instead of all of these steps being part of a long-term, orchestrated plan. (Note the date on this document — years after Thompson supposedly "left Washington," but in the same time frame as this blog.)

shameful school

The school district of Newark, NJ, has apologized for covering up the major portion of a photograph in copies of its latest high school yearbook. The photograph showed an 18-year-old male student kissing with his 19-year-old boyfriend. (For the less squeamish, you can find the photo online.) There are several reasons why the district was wrong for apologizing. I hope that the voters of Trenton voice their displeasure to their school board. The only thing for which the district should have apologized was publishing the photograph in the first place — especially since the student apparently paid extra money to get the photo published.

Publication of the photograph perpetuates the offense of lewdness (NJ State Code, Section 2C:14-4), because most people viewing the act in the photograph would be "affronted or alarmed." If their "relationship" has been ongoing, and if at any time during that relationship the student was under 18 and the boyfriend was over 18, then a crime has been committed. The news account said that the boyfriend was from Allentown, PA, which means that he crossed state lines to engage in this behavior. The news article also says that the student's parents knew of his behavior, which means that they contributed to the delinquency of a minor. Shame on that district for apologizing.

ubiquitous unfairness

Democrats in Congress are, once again, trying to resurrect the so-called Fairness Doctrine. As with many political measures in modern times, the Fairness Doctrine has a somewhat Orwellian name. It is quite unfair. In its currently proposed form, it would only force its version of "fairness" upon talk radio, which is overwhelmingly conservative. (And, why is that so? Because the population at large is overwhelmingly conservative.) Three points need to be considered in the current Fairness Doctrine discussion.

First is what the proposal would not enforce. There would be no law to force Hollywood producers to purchase scripts from conservative writers, or deal with conservative agents. (Do any even exist? If so, please read the last paragraph of this page.) There would not, for example, be any way to force the Lifetime TV network to portray men as anything other than abusers or buffoons. ("Television for women" — is that fair?) There would be nothing to eliminate the "news exclusion to the Fairness Doctrine," which allows news producers to ignore conservative political campaigns. There would be no provision to force Rosie O'Donnell to apologize for her anti-conservative, anti-Christian blather — even though it is often totally devoid of facts. There would be no provision to compel Oprah Winfrey to have conservative guests on her show, and to treat them with fairness and dignity. There would be no provision to compel news outlets to give equal space to the Constitution Party as to the Republican and Democratic parties. There will be no government-sponsored networks for conservatives, to compete with government-sponsored NPR for liberals. Yet, the Democrats want to blow the trumpet of "fairness."

The second point to consider is who gets to do the enforcement. As long as the Democrats are in control when the "Fairness" Doctrine is implemented, then they will be able to control the means of open dissent. Back in Bible times, leading men of the city held discussions at the city gate. (For that reason, "City Gate" was the name of a talk show that I had proposed to a Nashville radio station.) In modern times, technology enables us to participate in such discussions with far fewer physical limitations. But, the so-called "Fairness" Doctrine seeks to limit the content of those discussions. Back in the days of the Soviet Union, dissenters would post opinions on kiosks and bulletin boards. So, the Soviet government imposed their version of "fairness" by requiring a ration card to purchase typing paper! That is the mindset of the "Fairness" Doctrine.

The third point to consider is something called the Delphi Technique. Although it can have positive uses, it became infamous about 15 to 20 years ago during the parental backlash against Outcome Based Education. A key element of the Delphi Technique is to make a dissident feel isolated by using phrases such as, "Well, you're the only one to voice that complaint." Another key element is the use of unfamiliar jargon, such as "eduspeak," or the use of statistics that cannot be checked during the discussion. Using the Delphi Technique at public meetings, "educrats" would twist discussions to make it seem that dumbing down students was really "helping them master the subject." (For any follow-up interviews on talk radio, I have a funny story about how I shattered an educrat's control of such a meeting.) Left-wingers also like to use "emotional hooks," with or without the Delphi Technique, to castigate their opposition. For example, claiming that, "Only those who hate free and open debate oppose reincarnating the Fairness Doctrine." In reality, that doctrine is designed to suppress free and open debate by turning talk radio into a bland diet of sanitized thought.

By limiting the very content and structure of talk radio, Congressional Democrats hope to turn that medium into a 24-7 version of the Delphi Technique. By imposing their Soviet-style "fairness," the political Left hopes to silence dissent against their schemes. (Reminder: it didn't work for the King of England in 1776, either....)

keep watch

I've spotted a tactical weakness in the Thompson camp. I'm moving to higher ground for a better shot. "Reloading!"

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NOTE: In the interests of full disclosure, the author is the PR coordinator for the Constitution Party of Tennessee. He was also, until recently, the director of operations for the National Veterans Coalition (an outreach of the national Constitution Party). The NVC is encouraging Dr. Jerome Corsi, an author and investigative columnist, to run for president on the Constitution Party line. He is considering it.

© Tom Kovach