Recently, I was disturbed to read about two unfortunate men in California, victims of our wayward legal system. The first man is Leandro Andrade, who got hit with a 50-year to life in prison sentence for shoplifting Kmart video tapes. The tapes he stole were movies like “Snow White” and “Free Willie,” valued at $153. This offense occurred years after his two prior convictions for home burglary offenses. No question, he broke the law and should be punished... BUT 50 YEARS?
The second man is Gary Ewing, who got socked with a 25 years-to-life sentence for stealing three Callaway golf clubs worth $1,197. This, too, was years after his earlier convictions for robbery and burglary. Again, this man broke the law and MUST be punished... BUT 25 YEARS?
Mother gets life in prison for $40 drug possession
These injustices are the result of California's 3-strikes-your-out law. These cases went to the supreme-court in vain. The Supreme-court voted 5-4 to uphold California's injustice. You can read more about it HERE!
California incarcerates one out of every eight inmates in the United States. Despite California's liberal and left-wing reputation, it's a law and order State. In fact, despite America's reputation as the “Land Of The Free,” it is sadly ironic that America has the largest prison population in the world! . . .
"In absolute terms, the United States currently has the largest inmate population in the world, with more than 2½ million or more than one in a hundred adults in prison and jails. Although the United States represents less than 5% of the world's population, over 25% of the people incarcerated around the world are housed in the American prison system."
SOURCE:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison
What is going on in America? We've lost our integrity as a nation. While massive crooks are being pardoned by the government, petty thieves are being sentenced to life imprisonment. It's unjust and evil. When a man is mercilessly sentenced to 50-years in prison for stealing $153 in video tapes, something is very wrong.
Enron Executives (rats)
Compare these petty offenses with the evil crimes of Kenneth Lay, Jeffrey Skilling and Andrew Fastow—the key villains in the Enron debacle who deliberately hurt tens-of-millions of people, causing economic chaos; yet no one was sentenced to prison. K-mart attributed their bankruptcy, in part, to the collapsed bond market due to the Enron crimes. Only God knows the total extent of the damages caused. Arthur Anderson was hired by Enron as their accounting firm, helping Enron “cook” their budget records so-to-speak. One former Enron employee lost $1,400,000 of his life's retirement savings. Yet, because these guilty executives of Enron were personal friends and former business associates of the Bush family, they were set free.
First off, it's ludicrous that only Fastow has been charged. Lay and Skilling clearly knew what was going on, for they played an integral part in approving the establishment of these dummy corporations and partnerships. But even if all three are charged and found guilty, what will be their sentences and fines? A slap on the wrist at most? These scoundrels hurt tens-of-millions of people, innocent people who had invested their life's savings in retirement plans, amounting in the BILLIONS of dollars. If justice had been served, those Enron chieftains would be spending multiple life-terms behind bars (and in something less than a country-club atmosphere at club-fed, i.e., a comfy federal prison with minimal security). It's the mama that gets life in prison for $40 worth of cocaine, or the man who gets caught with $11 of marijuana. Thankfully, God is still on His throne and injustice can only last for so long. There is an alarming disparity in prison sentences in the United States.
Also, Enron had many accomplices:
The Axis of Corporate Evil (Bush crime family and evil friends all connected)
The Enron Photo Album (these pictures say it all)
Here's the story about an Arizona man who was sentenced to 200 years in prison for possessing 20 images of child-pornography. I'm not condoning child pornography, God forbid, but 200 years in prison for downloading photos off the internet is cruel and unusual punishment. Scotland Yard authorities said they found over 7,000 images of child pornography on the computer of Pete Townsend of the rock band, The Who, but he was never sentenced to prison. He claimed he was only doing research.
Social Hypocrisy
How is it that American lawmakers and judges mercilessly crucify a petty criminal for downloading some images, while at the same time legally permitting millions of murderous abortions, demonic witchcraft, vile homosexuality, same-sex marriages, nude beaches and prostitution in Nevada—all violations of God's Law? Civil rights are one thing; sinful rights are another. I am not making light of any sin or crime, but something is wrong when 5% of the world's population contribute to 25% of the world's prison inmates.1 Liberty is the right to choose. Freedom is the result of making the right choices.
Caring parents are having their kids taken away by CPS, for refusing to allow their children to be made guinea pigs for the lucrative Pharmaceutical industry; yet, demented homosexuals are adopting children and CPS has no problem with that. In fact, President Obama wants to expand homosexual and lesbian adoption rights. There is an evil agenda at work. Christian parents, who don't want their children going along with the sinful New World Order, who are working to shelter their children from the brainwashing propaganda, are being maliciously and mercilessly attacked and successfully destroyed. It is a battle for authority. The God-given authority of Christian husbands and fathers is a major threat to the New World Order. It is a battle over God's authority verses the government's authority. Hell will be “hot enough” for each individual involved in helping to destroy families.
Likewise, Feminism is a battle over a husband's authority in the home. It is a battle over a masculine pastor's authority in the pulpit. It is a battle for authority, just as Eve wanted to be equal with God in Genesis 3:5. Satan said to Eve, “ye shall be as gods.” This is the empty promise made to prospect feminists today. It is all a big lie of the Devil.
Gene Simmons of the Rock band, Kiss, has bragged on national TV of having fornicated with 4,600 whores, and that's ok with lawmakers and CPS authorities. Teenagers idolize Mr. Simmons. No wonder so many spouses are unfaithful nowadays. What do we expect in a nation that bans prayer to God and Bible reading in their public schools?
Howard Stern is a sicko creep and promotes the most vile filth on the planet, yet he's praised and viewed as a pioneer in sleaze talk radio. One of his featured main topics is transgendered bisexuals. Yet, Michael Marcavage has been repeatedly arrested for nothing more than publicly stating what the Bible says, i.e., that abortion and homosexuality are sins against God. What hypocrisy!
While Eric Clapton's hit song, Cocaine, is frequently aired on radio stations all across America, there are people rotting away for years to come in prison for marijuana possession. Only in America can singers glorify killing police officers, taking illegal drugs, indulging in adultery and committing other forms of CRIMES, and it's perfectly legal. What kind of environment are we providing for our children? Should it be surprised that 25% of all the prison inmates in the world are incarcerated in the United States of America? Land of the Free? I think not.
It's not just America. With written consent, a cannibal in Germany killed and then ate his friend (and videotaped the whole ordeal). He was only sentenced to 8 years in prison. Can you honestly tell me with a straight face that this world isn't insane!
The Illusive War On Drugs
Here's the sickening story of a woman who was sentenced to 19 years behind bars for selling drugs, yet her own government (the CIA) is illegally flooded America's streets with tens-of-thousands of tons of the same drugs. Read below for a fraction of the evidence:
Drugs and Dollars
There is NO War on Drugs!
The "War On Drugs" Is A SCAM!!! (this is no conspiracy theory, you've got former police officers and even members of congress speaking out against the CIA drug-trafficking that's being going on for decades).
CIA and Drugs (Wake Up America! This is really happening! We are a drug dealing nation.)
Crack's Legacy - Still Taking Prisoners (Inside the maximum-security unit at the state prison for women in Topeka, Kan., Gloria Van Winkle is in the sixth year of a LIFE-TERM for possessing $40 worth of cocaine. A mother of two and a drug addict, she had two convictions for cocaine possession when a convicted thief told undercover agents she was smoking crack and they set up a sting).
Mena is No Myth! (documented decades of CIA drug trafficking through Arkansas)
Maxine Waters (Congresswoman) Exposes Evils of the U.S. Government Trafficking Drugs ("They turned a blind eye to the dumping of tons of cocaine into this community all the way back down through South Central Los Angeles that has destroyed lives, destroyed families, literally destroyed our communities. As a result of what they have done, they have left a lot of broken homes, a lot of young people were incarcerated." What is your church doing about drug trafficking in your local community? Start making phone calls and writing letters to your representatives, have a rally at city hall — there is MUCH we can do! I recently heard of a church that had a big rally at city hall for fear of losing their tax-exempt status... is that all we care about anymore? It's time for us believers to truly stand up for the Lord, apathy is destroying America).
So While Gloria Van Winkle rots in a prison cell in Kansas for the rest of her life, the CIA will continue destroying more and more lives, just like hers, by trafficking drugs into our nation. Read about, Oliver North. There's dozens of books available at
www.amazon.com exposing the drug war myth in America. Try this one. Expand your search into other areas of government corruption and you'll find thousands of books to read. These are not conspiracy theories, in most cases these are documented FACTS which cannot be denied.
The evidence is all around us, people are just too apathetic to search for the truth. This is where churches and individual Christians fail more than any other area, i.e., caring enough to take a stand for what is right. Do a web search on Barry Seal, biggest drug dealer (and former CIA agent) in American history. He blabbed openly in court about flying in 20,000 lbs. of cocaine from Columbia, parachuting the drugs in duffle-bags onto his multiple farms in Louisiana. No wonder he was assassinated.
Now think about all that you've just read and then remember the guy who got 50-years in prison for stealing $153 worth of videos. How about the mother who received life in prison for having 1/16 of an ounce of cocaine? What about Jeff Skilling at Enron? What about John Poindexter who was pardoned after being convicted of conspiracy, lying to Congress, defrauding the government and destroying evidence in the Iran Contra scandal? They just let him go! Then they promoted him to lead the new Information Awareness Organization.
Or how about the convicted felon and HUD fraudster, Phillip Winn, who was given a presidential pardon by Bill Clinton?He only ripped-off $59,000,000,000 from the HUD program!!! The money was NEVER recovered. It's sickening! There is little justice today. What a bunch of criminals! God sees all and will bring everything to light at the Judgment. No one is going to get away with anything!
There's people rotting in prison who shouldn't be there. Can this be happening in America? A Kansas mother with a drug-addiction, who needs medical help, locked away for life because of a chemical dependency? At what point do we help these people? Then again, the CIA's drugs are EVERYWHERE! Any help that we give to people through our ministries is soon destroyed by the drugs on the street. It is no secret that the alleged War On Drugs is a big fraud.
The more taxpayer dollars that OUR government uses to fight the War On Drugs, the worse the drug-problem gets in America. The more taxpayer dollars that OUR government uses to combat the War On Illiteracy, the dumber America's kids are becoming. The more taxpayer dollars that OUR government takes from us to combat the War On Hunger, the more homeless people we see barely surviving on the streets of America. Connect the dots.
Injustice Abounds in America!
America has become a land of woeful injustice. While the worst of criminals are protected by law from being tortured, poor Terri Schiavo was starved and dehydrated to death in 2005. What was her great fault? She couldn't take care of herself. It's just plain wrong.
A mother who murders her newborn infant is viewed by the public as a psychotic monster; while 5,000 women have abortions every single day in America, brutally murdering their own precious baby, and are praised for being “responsible adults.” Civil right and women's rights do not permit sinful rights.
Matthew 24:12, "And because iniquity shall abound; the love of many shall wax cold."
The word "iniquity" does not mean "sin," it means "unpunished sin." "Iniquity" is "injustice," people committing crimes and getting away with it. It is this unpunished sin that causes the love of people to wax cold: the Enrons and Arthur Andersons and Worldcoms, the CIA drug empire, the HUD scandal, the savings and loan scandal, et cetera.
While our borders remain open and 11,000 illegals flood into the United States daily, American citizens are being forced to compete with illegals for workplace jobs. Many illegal immigrants enjoy free welfare, free medical, free special education and other special privileges that American citizens are denied. It is injustice! I called the IRS in 2008 and the women who answered the phone started speaking in Spanish. I told her it should be the other way around—speak the English language first! She got offended and hung up the phone. Just in California, by the year 2005, 84 hospitals have been forced to close their doors because of the flood of illegal immigrants into our nation. Where will it all end?
While not one high-ranking U.S. politician nor Federal Reserve Bank official has lost their home due to foreclosure, MILLIONS of American citizens have lost their homes. While our government leaders continue to give BILLIONS of dollars to Israel, year after year, MILLIONS of American citizens cannot find work to support their families. They have no source of income and no money. Yet, our government continues to spurge with OUR money, giving it away to dozens of foreign nations. When will the American people wake up and say to our leaders in Washington D.C., "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!"
While our government leaders are telling us that Social Security is missing $7,000,000,000,000 dollars, they continue to confiscate Social Security money from our paychecks. I am not against government, God forbid. The Bible teaches for God's children to submit to the higher authorities, but not when they become criminals. Just as our founding fathers refused to submit to tyranny, so must we. There is injustice everywhere we turn nowadays.
Even so, come Lord Jesus.
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