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We've taken the position there is no evidence that President Bush knew about the attack and did nothing. We continue to take that position until there is evidence to the contrary. Still, there is something about the whole Homeland Security Administration plan that seems a bit off-center here that is worth exploring further.

Bear with me while we take a little detour.

Georg Hegel was a German idealist philosopher who lived from 1770 to 1831. Hegel is widely recognized as one of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century.

Hegel built on the philosophy of the ancient Greek Parmenides, arguing that 'what is rational is real and what is real is rational.' The logic that governs this developmental process is dialectic. The dialectical method involves the notion that movement, or process, or progress, is the result of the conflict of opposites.

Traditionally, this dimension of Hegel's thought has been analyzed in terms of the categories of thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.

Hegel's Dialectic forms the basis for governments to 'manage by crisis' -- to accomplish goals in the face of widespread popular opposition.

Here's how it works:

Thesis: Create or identify a 'manageable' crisis.

Antithesis: Identify the root cause, and stir up panic and fear of the crisis situation.

Synthesis: Offer as a solution to the problem the policy or program a societal shift which would have been impossible to impose upon the people without the proper psychological conditioning achieved in stages one and two.

There is a whiff of Hegel in the air following the terror attacks of September 11.

Not that there is any reason to believe that the government had any concrete advance knowledge of the 9/11 attacks and did nothing. But more than enough evidence to suggest it is using the threat of terror to push through reforms that would never have seen the light of day prior to the attacks on New York and Washington.

We're not alleging conpiracy here -- at least not a conscious, organized, or identifiable one. But one can see Hegel's fingerprints all over the post 9/11 actions of the administration. An 'administration' is the sum of its parts -- and there is plenty of evidence to suggest this administration is deeply divided over issues like how best to conduct foreign policy as it relates to the war on terror.

Which explains why State supports Arafat and Musharraf where the rest of the administration supports Sharon and Vajpayee.

The Hegelian Dialectic is used within government all the time -- it's part and parcel of governing.

We don't like it -- its offensive and its demeaning to admit how sheep-like human beings really are. We prefer then, not to acknowledge it even it is being systematically applied, provided we agree with its end goals.

Unarmed Sheep

Gun control is an excellent example of an Hegelian managed crisis. Every thinking person knows guns don't kill people. It takes a person to pull the trigger. But for the last decade, we've been bombarded with images of gun-related crimes, followed by more legislation restricting guns.

When examined rationally, its bit like passing legislation against cars in an effort to curb drunk driving.

But a few years of systematic and dedicated application of Hegel's principles to the gun control issue resulted in a popular outcry to outlaw guns while ignoring the social conditions that create the gunmen.

Everybody knows there are no more guns per capita today than there were a hundred years ago. But there were fewer gun crimes per capita then than now.

So, obviously, it isn't guns, its people. But most people will tell you today that we'd live in a safer world if all guns were outlawed.

Even though common sense tells even the simplest of thinkers that the result of such a policy is that only the outlaws will have guns.

There are those in the Congress on both sides of the aisle who believe with all their hearts that the people don't know what they need and that it is up to them to protect us from our own ignorance.

They mean well -- they are following a worldview that they genuinely believe is the right one. But they are doing their part to set the stage for the coming one-world authoritarian government of antichrist.

This same anti-terror hysteria being directed into the creation of a super domestic security service could just as easily be directed into a global security arrangement America would never have even contemplated prior to September 11.

The Bible says that eventually, all the world will surrender power to the center -- in essence, exchanging freedom for security.

Revelation Chapter 13 says that any unwilling to trade freedom for the security of the antichrist's system will become outlaws and will be hunted down by the authorities.

Prior to 9/11, such a scenario seemed entirely possible in the Old World. The Europeans have a long history of willing trading freedom for security. The same applies to virtually every nation on earth at some point in its history.

Except America. Until now.

Thesis: "Individual American freedoms are our Achilles Heel."

It took a single, massive strike against New York and Washington to create the necessary crisis. Daily reports of new terror threats have continued to raise awareness and fear.

Antithesis: "We are on the verge of a global transformation. All we need is the right major crisis and the nations will accept the New World Order." [David Rockefeller, CFR, Trialteralist Commission]

Demands from the public for government to do more grow louder every day. "What did he know and when did he know it?" "The FBI dropped the ball." "The CIA missed the signals." "The various agencies are mired in bureaucratic red tape." "Something must be done!!"

Synthesis: Creation of a super secret domestic spy agency, an official propaganda machine and ultimately a peaceful and secure New World Order. With the full support and acquiescence of a terrified American public.

"To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good... Ideology - that is what gives devildoing its long-sought justification and gives the evildoer the necessary steadfastness and determination. That is the social theory which helps to make his acts seem good instead of bad in his own and others' eyes, so that he won't hear reproaches and curses but will receive praise and honors." – Alexander Solzhenitsyn

"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death." [- Proverbs 14:12]

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