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Like Edward Snowden, Benjamin Franklin Was Called a Traitor For Informing the People About the Actions of its Government
The Washington Times notes:
In 1773, Benjamin Franklin leaked confidential information by releasing letters written by then Lt. Governor of Massachusetts Thomas Hutchinson and his secretary Andrew Oliver to Thomas Whatley, an assistant to the British prime minister.
The letters contained opinions on how the British government should respond to colonial unrest over the Townsend Acts and other unpopular policies. Hutchinson suggested that it was impossible for the colonists to enjoy the same rights as subjects living in England and that “an abridgement of what are called English liberties” might be necessary.
The content of the letters was damaging to the British government. Franklin was dismissed as colonial Postmaster General and endured an hour-long censure from British Solicitor General Alexander Wedderburn.
Like Snowden, Franklin was called a traitor for informing the people about the actions of its government. As Franklin’s biographer H.W. Brands writes;
“For an hour he hurled invective at Franklin, branding him a liar, a thief, the instigator of the insurrection in Massachusetts, an outcast from the company of all honest men, an ingrate whose attack on Hutchinson betrayed nothing less than a desire to seize the governor’s office for himself. So slanderous was Wedderburn’s diatribe that no London paper would print it.”
Tyrants slandering patriots is nothing new. History decided that Franklin was a patriot. It was not so kind to the Hutchinsons and Wedderburns.
History will decide who the patriots were in the 21st century as well.
Ray McGovern – a 27-year CIA veteran, who chaired National Intelligence Estimates and personally delivered intelligence briefings to Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, their Vice Presidents, Secretaries of State, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and many other senior government officials- agrees:
Like Edward Snowden, Franklin was called a traitor for whistleblowing the truth about what the government was doing.
Indeed, while Snowden is treated as a traitor by the fatcats and elites, he is considered a hero by the American public and members of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial branches of government have all praised the debate on spying which Snowden’s leaks started.
And experts say that the type of spying the NSA is doing is exactly the kind of thing which King George imposed on the American colonists … which led to the Revolutionary War.
And what does the fact that some officials within the American government consider the Founding Fathers to be terrorists say about the current state of affairs?
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and the noose gets tighter http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/mark-schlinkmann/ar...
heres a story I think GW would find interesting
government faking ceremonies for return of fallen soldier remains....for years. empty coffins. bodies that have been in storage for months. nonfunctioning airplanes. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2453851/Pentagon-duped-nation-years-phony-repatriation-ceremonies-fallen-soldiers-walked-planes-fly-sitting-lab-months.htmlfrom the british perspective, the founding fathers were terrorists ... likewise, the frech resistance would be considered terrorists by the nazies ...
This just proves that the centralized power in DC is just as or more tyrannical than King George III ever was. The real struggle between states rights and a centralized power was fought out in the war of the Agression of the North against the South, and the North won by using many means as one of them was fiat currency.
I was on the phone recently, speaking to a sibling, when I mentioned something disrespectful but amusing about Barack.
She said, "would you be quiet!!! Someone is probably listening."
How sad and pathetic a path this once great nation has traveled in such a short time.
"Someone is listening? Oh good! I hope that worthless lying piece of shit who hasn't kept one promise would die of an aneurism tonight if Joe Biden weren't Vice President!"
Yes, pathetic. When some of us start disappearing in the night and go unaccounted for, and when the drones are in the skies 24/7/365 in their tens of thousands, armed with hollow pts. and when dissent is totally erradicated, then you'll know Orwell's 1984 was truly prophetic and that the end-times are near. This is a beast that will eventually cause a rip in the entire world social fabric that only blood will be able to heal. But hear this NSA, we are of you and you are of us and our military are our sons and brothers and fathers and won't easily do the bidding of a despotic government when their own start falling.
do I have to remind you all
that the winners write the history books?
Gee, I wonder what British history books say about the described incident? Obviously, being a traitor or a patriot is entirely a matter of perspective. Technically, the perpetrators of the Boston Tea Party were terrorists - but for a good cause from the American perspective. However, if a similar incident were to happen in the US today, our current administration would absolutely label it as an act of terrorism. That make Obama and his lackeys/masters the equivalent of King George.
So true. Why did obama write "Dreams of My Father"? Hate of the imperialistic west, specifically UK's empire building in Africa in the 19th century. Don't think for a minute obama doesn't hate amerka. He must feel it devine intervention that he wound up as prez, the position from where he could most certainly do the most harm to amerika. Unbelievable, right? One of his first acts: send the Whitehouse bust of Churchill back to the UK. Not subtle message there. Bows to kings, tours the great Mosques.....'if I had a son'.....there are so many cracks in this born in Hawaii story and rise to prominence with no real memory of the guy even being where he said he was. Social security number? So many things. So, usurper is not a name-calling thing - it's an actuality. And we - my old self included - sit on our hands and wait for someone else to light the fuse, knowing by the way, that that fuse is getting shorter by the day. boom
He only released info that was already known. Just like Assange....seems to me it's more of a psy-op then anything else.
http://rt.com/news/rt-whistleblowers-snowden-prize-983/ Edward Snowden presented with The Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence.
The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence award has been presented annually since 2002 to an intelligence professional who has taken a stand for integrity and ethics. The prize is named after Samuel A. Adams, a CIA whistleblower during the Vietnam War.
Drake, Radack, WikiLeaks and Julian Assange have been among the recipients of the award in recent years.
Snowden’s whistleblowing activities also won him a nomination for the European Union’s Sakharov Prize, which is given to individuals or organizations who have dedicated themselves to the defense of human rights and freedom of thought."
When monarchy has been superceded by banker leeches, corporate tapeworms, and .gov fleas and ticks; anyone pointing out the parasites is a traitor.
If banks and lobbyists control politicians, Are we now taxed without representation?
Only if the elections are rigged. Surely that isn't the case, right? Right?
The history books will reflect on many who stood up and took off the panty lace to speak their truth to power like Sir Snowden did. Many will be remembered as the heros they are for exposing to the world more and more of the evil corruptions. Then, the people will be able to make better decisions about their futures and the enviornments they raised up in. Few speak truth to power like good ol Gerald Celente. Truly, God is in this mans house and pushing him hard to DO the right thing. Imagine what else is coming, and all this witt the one hope that maybe, maybe America will finally see the light and stop the insanity that is slowly killing her before it is too late When people are sleeping, the beast is not.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne8VInDS-ZY
while i get your point GW. ... i don't think this really helps the kid. but then again, stuck between a russian and a brazilian- i don't think he needs too much help any more
Too bad there will be no revolution kids as people are too busy getting free government handouts.
No dog is going to bite the hand that feeds him.
Until the dog food runs out.
The revolution has been fomenting for years. It will only take a spark, like the Park Rangers firing on the truckers or vets in the days ahead and then watch what happens. This administration has succeeded in pissing-off not only it's enemies, but it's friends, too. So isn't that a paradox - united by aggregious govt behavior - the right & the left?
NSA is now openly threatening the President.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/10/10/nsa_veterans_the_white_house_is_hanging_us_out_to_dry?page=full
Money quote:
'There has been no support for the agency from the President, and this has not gone unnoticed.'THis fucking little peeping tom is now OPENLY threatening the President because he thinks he has be disrespected. Obama has created a monster which is taking over and Obama is too stupid to realize what is going on.
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Knob.
perhaps the FP paying Knob would do the rest of us low-rent-seeking knobs a favor and reprint the entire article...for educational purposes only of course.
The only thing that Obama has ever created is a bowel movement.
Teddy Ten i know where i'd like to shove that pole.
Help! I believe the government stole my guillotine blueprints.
In February, 1788, Franklin wrote concerning the public indebtedness: “Such Certificates are low in Value at present, but we hope and believe they will mend, when our new Constitution of Government is established. I lent the old Congress £3000 hard money in Value, and took Certificates promising interest at 6 per cent, but I have received no Interest for several years, and if I were now to sell the principal, I could not get more than 3s 4d for the Pound which is but a sixth part. A.H. Smyth, Writings of Franklin, Vol. IX, p. 635.
Ah yes, another upstanding patriot with a son as Royal Governor of New Jersey. We need to have a bit of a chat about history Mr Washington. It is not as selfless as made out to be.
Who said it was selfless? If you think wanting freedom is selfless you are a true idiot. I want freedom for me and the people I value.
It appears to me the founding fathers were a bunch of rich guys who did not want to pay taxes. Some things never change........... like human behavior for instance.
Mr. Snowden, Please contact me. I need your skills to sign up for healthcare. Lucky you.
Snowden..controlled opposition. If Snowden wasn't...he would be fucking dead. Period. What did he reveal that was so enlightning? Who the fuck didn't know that the government kept tabs on everyone and everything? Seriously? Snowden was released in order to keep everyone from looking at what is really going on. Honestly I thought better of you all.....
What is really going on? The info gathering is going to end in categorizing people when the time comes, or when the people require "sorting."
Awards being issued are not given lightly. Russia would be an unlikely place for an undercover agent to hide out. Putin "playin' along" under the present day situation seems unlikely as well, as now comminuques are intercepted at a time when negotiations mean billions of dollars, also in investments with beforehand knowledge of announcements.
IMO - I do believe this young man hopes that this information will wake up the politicians to the glass bowl they are in, along with world leaders, anything regarding money (going the wrong way) and elections or potential threat to status quo (days are numbers in some fashion as retribution).
As always, $his is big money being concentrated into the hanges of a few and they are now working to ensure they will never face defeat from their position at the top of the pyramid. Who is against them, how influential are they, logistics of getting them silenced depending on the "printout" (life history)....this is what they are digging for. This is the stuff wars are made of.
Everything is controlled by one entity, it will make itself known soon..be safe.
It's true. Published in R & D Magazine in the early 90's were stories about ESCHELON a program that essentially does what PRISM does, only cell phones weren't as prevalent at the time as they are now, and the internet was still in infancy. ESCHELON was born during the years after WWII and grew to be quite a successful spy op.
http://libya360.wordpress.com/2013/06/22/echelon-exposing-the-nsas-global-spy-network/
http://jonrappoport.wordpress.com/2013/06/10/nsa-leaker-are-there-serious-cracks-in-ed-snowdens-story/
Ben Franklin swore an oath to freemasonry in France when he was there, so this is a fallacy.
he was a grandmaster free mason. do your diligence.
Nothing has changed. Wake up
And if the Honorable Edward Snowden is Our Benjamin Franklin--and he is at least that--then what does that make the gang of 535 and the the Wall Street whore in the White House...
"What we have here is a failure to communicate": the gang of 546 have apparently forgotten they are not living at a safe distance, "across the pond," from those they are attempting to subjugate, enslave and murder.
This End is going to leave countless TeeVee-watching, everything-has-a-happy-ending believers in utter confusion; perhaps suicidally depressed, as there is no mathematical way this is going to end with a 30-second spot promoting the I-Phone Infinity...
Unlike Snowden, Franklin didnt look for another jurisdiction to hide behind.
Unlike Snowden, Franklin didn't go about looking for a means of vengeance against his employer.
Unlike Snowden, Franklin didn't turn against his country.
However, Snowden is like Benedict Arnold in that both did the same thing - betray the trust of their country and run away.
All of this coming from a regular US citizen more interested in seeing the country and the American way of life preserved instead of destroyed and threatened by Snowden.
Unlike Snowden, Franklin didn't go about looking for a means of vengeance against his employer.
what the fuck does that mean?
Franklin was a self made man who owned and sold several businesses, he was his own employer.
are you stupid or just trying to accomplish an agenda by bending the truth to fit your frame of reference for you employer the federal government - go back and get a real job and stop being a spy, a snitch and and a government lackey you asshole.
Uh...unlike Snowden, Franklin didn't live in a "jurisdiction" where the dictators could have him disappeared.
Unlike you, Snowden thinks before he writes something on an internet message board.
Signing up for that one way trip to Mars.....
"Signing up for that one way trip to Mars....."
Hey Max.
Darn good thought and a worthy idea, sez yup!
The only ting is, when the basketball thing comes a rollin on through the billiard ball table, yes, you guessed it, she will effect every one of those billiard balls, even the one the size of a cantaloupe. Try not to imagine what it will do the the peoples. Long term radiation accumulation also has interesting effects on the brain.
Yeah.
One day at a time in the best quality life you can create and live in. Share and give out to the world at large. This is the Way to happiness...in the heart...where it counts the mostest.
Knowledge is power in a world of buffoonery. But, what's it good for if no one is interested in what you know?
Sez yup!
The only difference being that Americans under King George had the good sense to be pissed off over being spied on. Today, who gives a shit?
It's perfectly reasonable to not care about being spied upon when you already know better than anyone that your life is filled with absolutely nothing but trivia.
Maybe the 18th century colonists were savy enough to have something to hide from King George III? The present generation.....NOT so much!
The colonist actually had to live in reality. The current Americans dosed with fluoride compounds in anti-depressants and the water supply are docile and easily engaged in acts of distraction like television and the internet.
They have no desires beyond being enterntained and they posses no capabilities to entertain themselves, so they spend their days seeking distraction, rather than trying to understand and change the real world.
They are marionettes having their strings pulled by their masters, unaware they are being manipulated.
They do not act, they react, they are bereft of will and understanding, how then can they function without being told what to do. Their media has not told them to be enraged, they think everything is fine and we are in an economic recovery.
The powers that be have created a perfect cage in which the prisoners lock themselves into and pay for the privledge of incarceration and beleive themselves free because their jailer told them so.
Privacy, hell yeah, I've got it I do all my purchasing with a credit card, drive a car with GPS and have a cellphone that autotags the location of all my photos. - the brain dead purchase the tools of their own surviellance and use them with great pride.
They are tools and fools who don't even posses the abilities to understand what is happening to them.
"It's perfectly reasonable to not care about being spied upon when you already know better than anyone that your life is filled with absolutely nothing but trivia."
Only because you apparently don't know how many obscure laws there are to break. Complain too much, draw the police state's attention, and you're toast. Read the book "Three Felonies a Day."
"The average professional in this country wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes home, eats dinner, and then goes to sleep, unaware that he or she has likely committed several federal crimes that day. Why? The answer lies in the very nature of modern federal criminal laws, which have exploded in number but also become impossibly broad and vague. In Three Felonies a Day, Harvey A. Silverglate reveals how federal criminal laws have become dangerously disconnected from the English common law tradition and how prosecutors can pin arguable federal crimes on any one of us, for even the most seemingly innocuous behavior. The volume of federal crimes in recent decades has increased well beyond the statute books and into the morass of the Code of Federal Regulations, handing federal prosecutors an additional trove of vague and exceedingly complex and technical prohibitions to stick on their hapless targets. The dangers spelled out in Three Felonies a Day do not apply solely to “white collar criminals,” state and local politicians, and professionals. No social class or profession is safe from this troubling form of social control by the executive branch, and nothing less than the integrity of our constitutional democracy hangs in the balance."
The corporate prison complex needs prisoners, outlawing all behavior presents an endless supply of participants and corporate profits.
Many senators and congressmen own stock in the corporations that enforce and incarcerate the criminals (the unlucky who are caught) such as urine testing labs and Wackenhut, et al.
Crime is an arbitrary construct of the state in modern society. The state exists to terrorize the citizen. the citizen exists to support the state financially.
It is a nightmare that we cannot awaken from.
The difference being, Ben didn't have to be concerned about being drowned.
michael aquino is the real blow whistler of the NSA.http://kushmonster.blogspot.com/2013/06/satanism-in-nsa.html
Teddy, crawl back to your nest.
Good story.