The New American articles from February 2003

The New American archives from February 2003

From the editor.(Spedcial issue on the media cartel)(Editorial)
February 10, 2003... Cartel (n.) -- A combination of independent commercial enterprises designed to limit competition. Americans have more than one TV channel and more than one newspaper. Yet they all seem to parrot the same Establishment line. The reason is...

Behind the bias: instead of investigating and exposing the actions of the power elite, the major media are complicit in that elite's drive for total control. (The Media Cartel).
February 10, 2003... "We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time magazine, and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost forty years." The speaker was David...

Many channels, no choice: many Americans think that news and entertainment providers differ from one another. in reality, the same global cabal essentially controls them all. (The Media Cartel).
February 10, 2003... For the Joneses -- a hypothetical, representative middle-American family -- the typical day begins at 5:30 a.m., with ESPN Radio blaring from Dad's clock radio. As Dad, morning cup of coffee in hand, skims the headlines of his "local" newspaper...

The dogs that don't bark: a watchdog will not bark at a burglar if it recognizes him as a friend. The mainstream media's failure to "bark" at Communism's crimes speaks volumes about its loyalty. (Blackout).
February 10, 2003... The media's vital role as "watchdogs" is rarely more important than in matters of national security. And rarely is national security more threatened and in need of protection by loud barking than in cases involving treason by high-level...

"They went that way!" the establishment mediameisters have compiled a proven record for concealing crimes and diverting public attention to side issues or completely fabricated stories. (Misdirection).(Chinagate coverup)
February 10, 2003... We are all familiar with cartoons in which Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck throw on a quick, transparent disguise and send the pursuing Yosemite Sam or Elmer Fudd off on a wild goose chase. Politicians regularly use this ploy when caught red-handed,...

Expertly using "experts": leftist media organs selectively use so-called experts to propagandize the masses on behalf of a statist agenda. (Expert Opinion).
February 10, 2003... Sometimes media bias is obvious, as was the case with Barbara Walters' interview of Fidel Castro on October 11, 2002. "For Castro, freedom starts with education," Walters enthused. "And if literacy alone were the yardstick, Cuba would rank as...

The Bill of Rights: first ten amendments to the constitution.
February 10, 2003... Article I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting tile free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of this people peaceably to assemble, and to petition...

Using hate to feed the state: the case of Trent Lott illustrates the establishment media's use of a totalitarian tactic described in George Orwell's 1984. (Smear).
February 10, 2003... "A lot of people in Washington have been trying to nail me for a long time," commented former Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.) shortly after his forced resignation from that post. "When you're from Mississippi, when you're...

Public consensus con game: time after time, the media deception artists have aided the ongoing revolutionary agenda by portraying radical schemes as "the will of the people". (Defining Popular Opinion).
February 10, 2003... All successful revolutions have prospered only by creating the impression that revolutionary goals are popular. Tyrants throughout history have therefore sought to manipulate public opinion by orchestrating press coverage. Adolf Hitler had his...

Bread and circuses: mass entertainment focusing on emotional and sensory stimulation has put Americans in danger of suffering the fate of the Romans, who entertained themselves into oblivion. (Mass Entertainment).
February 10, 2003... The Roman satirist Juvenal, writing in the first century AD, lamented that "the people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now meddles no more and longs eagerly for just two things --bread and circuses." Juvenal had...

Missing alternatives: on many vital issues, the major media seek to prevent Americans from considering any alternatives that do not further the goals of the media's globalist masters. (Hobson's Choice).
February 10, 2003... English stable owner Thomas Hobson had a rather peculiar way of selling horses. Customers who arrived at his 17th-century establishment were told they were perfectly free to examine any animal in the barn but, if they wished to purchase one,...

The whole bag of tricks: on behalf of a clandestine power elite, the media cartel is using every trick available to subvert traditional values. A prime example is the campaign to legitimize homosexuality. (Multi-Pronged Attack).
February 10, 2003... "All warfare is based on deception.... To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme skill." So wrote Chinese philosopher and military strategist Sun Tzu in his classic text The Art of War. A deliberate war of deception is being waged on...

Understanding the news: with the major news outlets working to further the agenda for a socialist new world order, Americans can and must learn to see through the slanted reporting. (Between the Lines).
February 10, 2003... In a free society, the news media performs a useful and essential function. As no individual can examine all events firsthand, the media plays the role of surrogate, transmitting the knowledge of those events to all citizens so they can make...

Behind the big news: the John Birch society video Behind the Big News shows that the mainstream media distort the news because they are controlled by a powerful elite seeking global dominion. (Video Review).
February 10, 2003... Remember when a mere suburban housewife, who had never organized anything but a car pool, suddenly blossomed into the top-notch organizer of the Million Mom March on Washington to demand more gun controls? Remember when General Motors was...

The power of truth. (The Last Word).(Teh danger of a one-world government)
February 10, 2003... When the newly informed American recognizes that powerful Insiders are conspiring to consolidate economic and political powers in a one-world government, he may also conclude that the situation is hopeless. "How can I, an ordinary American,...

Protected speech. (Letters to the Editor).
February 24, 2003... I agreed wholeheartedly with "Bread and Circuses" by Steve Bonta until I came to the words: "This is why inane claims seeking to elevate pornographic pictures and obscene song lyrics to the level of First Amendment-protected 'free speech' are...

Fujimori: Fact vs. Fiction. (Letters to the Editor).
February 24, 2003... As Mr. Jasper has clearly indicated in both his recent article and his response to Ray Jensen, his purpose was not to review or endorse all of the policies and programs of Peru's former president, Alberto Fujimori ("Pulling the Plug on...

UN's law of the sea caper. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... "A group of ocean mappers at the University of New Brunswick is redrawing the world's oceans under new rules set by the United Nations, divvying up trillions of dollars worth of natural resources in huge chunks of the sea floor," according to a...

Mexico vs. U.S. in UN. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Last fall, the Mexican government filed a complaint against the U.S. before the UN's Human Rights Committee, alleging that "migrants" (read: illegal immigrants) were being illegally detained in this country. On January 9th, Mexico filed a...

Arizona licenses for illegals. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... "The Governor of Arizona promised visiting Mexican lawmakers that she would sign legislation that would allow undocumented [read: illegal] immigrants in that state to obtain driver's licenses," reported Mexico's EFE wire service on January...

Chinese omens. (Insider Report).
February 24, 2003... Hero, a new film by celebrated Chinese director Zhang Yimou, "has delighted Beijing's mandarins, who are submitting it as China's nominee for best foreign film at the Academy Awards," reported the January 2nd New York Times. "And it has...

Libya: Guardian of Human Rights?! (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Libya is a dismal totalitarian regime notorious for sponsoring terrorism throughout the globe. But that didn't keep it from being elected to the UN Human Rights Commission on January 20th. According to Reuters news service, Libya's candidate,...

Veteran defies Canadian gun law. (Insider Report).(Oscar Lacombe)
February 24, 2003... On January 1st, 74-year-old Oscar Lacombe, a 27-year veteran of the Canadian military and lifetime honorary sergeant-at-arms for the Alberta legislature, "strode onto the Alberta Legislature grounds carrying a rifle," recounted the January 20th...

Opposition grows to TIA. (Insider Report).(Total Information Awareness)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... A January 27th Associated Press report noted that growing concern over the Orwellian implications of the federal government's Total Information Awareness (TIA) program "has been a public-relations disaster for the Bush administration." The AP...

Squandering goodwill. (Insider Report).
February 24, 2003... "Time's European edition asked its readers what nation posed the greatest threat to world peace," reported foreign affairs analyst Eric Margolis in the January 26th Toronto Sun. "Of the 268,000 respondents (as of this writing), 7.8% replied...

Tragedy and testimony. (Insider Report).(Space Shuttle Columbia commander Rick Husband)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... "Delight thyself also in the Lord, and He shall give thee the desires of thy heart" (Psalm 37:4). Rick Husband, commander of the final mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia, cited this passage in a remarkable interview last fall at Grace...

Bush's affirmative action doublespeak. (Insider Report).(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Announcing a legal challenge to a race-based University of Michigan admissions policy, President Bush insisted that the policy that gives preference to black and Hispanic applicants is "divisive, unfair and impossible to square with the...

Aiding and abetting the "Axis". (Cover Story: Korea).(of evil)
February 24, 2003... Even as he prepares to mount an unnecessary war against a prostrate Iraq, President Bush is offering critical aid to Saddam's more dangerous axis-mate, North Korea. Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime may be close to building a nuclear weapon....

Escaping North Korea's prison state. (Cover Story: Korea).
February 24, 2003... Japanese citizens kidnapped decades ago have returned from Communist Korea. Their return raises again the issue of American POWs abandoned after the Korean War. Kaoru Hasuike and Yukiko Okudo were enjoying a romantic stroll on the beach...

Korean War remembered. (Cover Story: Korea).(Cover Story)
February 24, 2003... After America's fighting men won a hard-earned victory, treacherous forces inside the U.S. government effectively ordered them to return North Korea to the Communists. On June 25, 1950, Communist North Korean forces backed by the Soviet...

Waco revisited: The horrifying liquidation of Waco's Branch Davidian sect, which began with an ATF raid 10 years ago, displayed our government's capacity for lethal lawlessness. (On the Home Front).
February 24, 2003... Ten years ago on February 28th, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) staged an armed raid against the Branch Davidian community outside of Waco, Texas. Four ATF agents and six Branch Davidians perished needlessly in that eminently...

Helping a friend in need. (The Goodness of America).
February 24, 2003... Timothy McQuarrie owns McQuarrie Auto Engineering in Hanson, Massachusetts. On December 13, 2000, he was working on a car when he noticed that a fire had ignited in a waste oil bucket. He tossed a blanket over the fire, but it was not enough to...

Passing of a patriot. (The Goodness of America).(retired United States Air Force Bigadier General Jos Foss)(Obituary)
February 24, 2003... In February of last year at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, 86-year-old Brigadier General Joe Foss (USAF, retired) was on his way to deliver a speech in New England when a security screener pulled him aside. The screener suspected...

Beating the odds at Inchon. (History-Struggle for Freedom).
February 24, 2003... The success of the daring amphibious assault at Inchon is a testimony to the genius of General Douglas MacArthur and to the fighting ability of the courageous men he led. On September 12, 1950, General Douglas MacArthur boarded the USS...

"Duty, honor, country": "those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be". (Opinion Past).
February 24, 2003... General Douglas MacArthur's 'final roll call" with the Corps of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, was on May 12, 1962. He received the academy's Thayer Award, presented annually to a distinguished U.S. citizen who exemplifies the...

Home invasion. (Exercising the Right).
February 24, 2003... In October of last year, Medgar and Marsha Flowers moved into their rented one-story brick home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. At about 11:30 p.m. on January 2nd, Mr. Flowers was watching television as his wife was preparing a late dinner when...

No robbers allowed. (Exercising the Right).(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Shortly before 9 p.m. on January 15th, a masked youth armed with a sawed-off shotgun entered Allyanna's Pizzeria in Savannah, Georgia. Shop manager Bart Brisson and a female employee at first thought he was kidding, but quickly realized that he...

Market Marauder Deja Vu. (Exercising the Right).(former robbery victim shoots another would-be robber)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... At around 5:30 p.m. on January 27, 2001, Johnny Tyson, 39, walked into Lin's Super Market in Savannah, Georgia. After smashing store owner Xiao Ming Lin in the face with a brick, he went to the cash register. The crime was thwarted, however,...

"Just in case". (Exercising the Right).(court agrees with defendant that he shot robbery suspect in self defense)(Brief Article)
February 24, 2003... Richard Huggins, 58, has been a clerk at Joe's Package Shop in Savannah, Georgia, for over three decades. He and other store employees keep guns handy, "just in case." At about 9 p.m. on June 25, 2002, two masked men entered the liquor...

Correction, please!(Correction Notice)
February 24, 2003... Drafting a Myth ITEM: Two Democratic congressmen, Charles Rangel of New York and John Conyers of Michigan, called "for bringing back the military draft," reported Reuters on January 7th. The nation, they said, "must debate whether it...

The state of Big Government. (The Last Word).(Column)
February 24, 2003... Back in the summer of 2000, when the Bush-Gore presidential race was gathering steam, syndicated columnist Charley Reese painted a very complimentary picture of candidate Bush. The choice facing voters, he opined in one column, was between...