A veteran of Viet Nam, student of history (both American and film), Jeffrey Bennett has been broadcasting for over twenty-eight years as host of Perspectives on America, and later - 'Life, Liberty & All That Jazz.' Jeff is considered the voice of reason on the alternative media - providing a unique and distinctive broadcast style, including topics such as health and wellness, news, political satire - with a twist, education and editorial commentary on current events through the teaching of history.
In addition, Jeff publishes The Federal Observer - a daily on-line publication, which co-authored and spear-headed a petition, which ultimately caused new legislation to be signed by President George W. Bush within 450 days of the events that rocked our world on September 11, 2001.
“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary.” ~ Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
This is how it begins.
This is how it always begins, justified in the name of national security.
Mass roundups. Raids. Indefinite detentions in concentration camps. Martial law. The erosion of habeas corpus protections. The suspension of the Constitution, at least for select segments of the population. A hierarchy of rights, contingent on whether you belong to a favored political class.
This is what you can expect in the not-so-distant future. Continue reading →
The meme below perfectly captures the downfall of a once thriving nation, before the Deep State/CIA murdered John F. Kennedy, ushering in the welfare/warfare state, built upon debt, consumerism, egotism, and technological distraction. The image is sad, deeply disturbing, and accurate.
The ongoing degradation and decay are a consequence of the nation turning its back on personal responsibility and service to community as reflected in JFK’s viewpoint of, “Ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country”. LBJ’s Great Society encouraged the destruction of the family – particularly black families, while setting in motion the accumulation of current and unfunded welfare debts. What can your politicians give you to buy your vote. The selling of feminism to females further destroyed the traditional family and has resulted in the state raising our kids in their indoctrination centers, to the detriment of society. Continue reading →
Given that we have just gone through another year of a Presidential election – I felt that it would be interesting to go back into our history and see how a young John F. Kennedy dealt with the issue in 1956. Was he right? Was he wrong? Only the future will tell! ~ Editor
Calls to abolish the electoral college are all the rage these days, but they aren’t new. One such attempt in 1956 was thwarted with the help of a Democratic senator from Massachusetts — a young John F. Kennedy.
The Senate was debating Senate Joint Resolution 31 on March 20, 1956, a “follow-up to what was originally labeled the Lodge-Gossett proposal,” author and law professor Robert Hardaway told The Daily Caller. Continue reading →
As we remember one of our great President’s – and we have been recently covering the harsh history of the United Nations on our 29 year old daily broadcast this month through our 2002 six hour series, “Dawn of the Dead“, I have made the decision to publish the following video. Enjoy, and remember… ~ Editor
The year is 1842, and children learn from a moral story called “The Remarkable Story of Chicken Little”: It’s a story about Chicken Little who believes that the world is coming to an end because an Acorn fell on his head; the sky is falling. This moral lesson teaches children the imprudence of jumping hastily to conclusions based on incomplete information.
There is another moral story that predates Chicken Little by a few years, being written by Aesop who lived between 650 and 620 BCE. ‘The boy who cried wolf,’ teaches a story about the consequences of being untruthful, even in jest. The moral here is: “Once a liar, always a liar.” The moral of The Boy Who Cried Wolf story intends that no one believes a repeated liar, even when he is finally telling the truth.
And… for the bible readers in the audience, that entire book is full of tales, fables, allegories, legends, lessons, and teachings. The best way to teach someone is to provide the information in a way they can understand, and that appeals to them in a relatable way – a story. Perhaps you’re familiar with Hans Cristian Andersen (1805 – 1875), and his 156-fairy tales… Continue reading →
Well … Trump is President – for whatever that really means. He’s got the wind in his sails and off to a great start so far as symbolism, rhetoric and style goes, but we will be able to better ascertain just how good or bad he will be by his first day and the number and quality of substance he puts into each Executive Order he signs that day. As energetic as he has been of late, he shouldn’t have any problem churning out ten or twenty or more on that first day, depending on how involved they may be.
As I note in the body of this article, I believe it to be of the utmost importance for him to make his very first act the blanket pardon of all the January 6th Prisoners and those J6ers awaiting trial, to send a clear message to the Democrat Commies that he’s more than wise to what they pulled that day and he’s coming for them – unless he isn’t, and then we will see the top issues of the day addressed right away. His second EO should be an order to seal the borders and halt all illegal alien invaders, followed by one putting oil and natural gas exploration and extraction a priority, going from there to correct the asinine, immoral changes the Biden regime made to Title IX … and on and on to place everything on the conservatives’ wish list into law. Continue reading →
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy Approve the ‘Very Reasonable Proposal’ to Abolish Department of Education
The Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., slammed the DOE’s latest audit results.
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, appointments of President-elect Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency, gave their approval to a proposal that abolishes the Department of Education.
Corey DeAngelis, who is a senior fellow at the American Culture Project, posted on X that the Department of Education failed an audit for the third year in a row.
“Abolish it,” DeAngelis, a prominent school choice advocate, wrote. … (Continue to full article)
What Does the U.S. Department of Education Do?
About 45 years ago, President Jimmy Carter signed off on creating the U.S. Department of Education, which used to be grouped with health and welfare.
The goal was not to control schools and universities but to advise and assist.
“And that the federal government is there, eager to help, to bridge gaps, to consult or remove problems,” then-President Carter said in 1979.
The next president in line, however, feels the department is the problem and plans to shut it down. “We spend more per pupil than any other country in the world and we’re at the bottom of every list,” Mr. Trump said during a campaign stop… (Continue to full article)
Trump’s Plan to Close Education Department Opens Up a Bright Future for Students
Student test scores have plummeted since teachers unions and federal government took over
Trump is exactly right to remove the federal government from our educational system. This is one giant step toward restoring parental authority and excellence in our schools.
America’s founders never intended for us to have a national Department of Education, and they specifically did not want the government intruding into education. They knew such overreach would lead to the destruction of our schools and our nation, and now we have modern proof that they were right.
Thank God, Trump seeks to dismantle the national Department of Education. It’s a constitutional move, and it cannot come soon enough!
Since our founders made clear that federal intrusion into education is destructive, how did we end up with a national Department of Education and massive federal influence over our schools? The so-called teachers unions did it!!! (Continue to full article)
U.N. would control and dictate everything, from public health, travel, fiscal, monetary policies, transportation, employment, education, labor, housing, commerce, agriculture, weather manipulation, religion, family, reproduction, to life and death.
das ist der Muzzer Phuocka!
Since the signing of U.N. Agenda 21 in 1992 in Rio, Brazil, by 178 countries, and its implementation across the world, the elements of the agenda which had been transformed into U.N. Agenda 2030, are already in place as well.
The Great Reset was defined by the World Economic Forum’s chairman Klaus Schwab in his book by the same name. His envisioned Great Reset involves the rebooting of the world economy as enabled by the Covid-19 “epidemic” in the form of “sustainable development” that destroys sovereignty, borders, citizenship, wealth, private property, and national economies, to the benefit of a few billionaires who control the globe.
U.N. would control and dictate everything for them, including public health, travel, fiscal and monetary policies, transportation, employment, education, labor, housing, commerce, agriculture, weather manipulation, religion, family, reproduction, birth, life, and death for the planet’s 8 billion humans. Continue reading →
In the months leading up to the 2024 election and in the time since, one prominent education-related question continues to arise: Will Trump abolish the Department of Education?
Recent video evidence from the man himself suggests the answer to this question is yes. Citing the insanely high costs of education in this country and the poor results they provide, the president-elect insisted that the Department of Education (ED) must be closed and its duties sent back to individual states. Continue reading →
Nearly 6 years later – and what has changed? ~ Editor
February 9, 2019 ~ Since I got involved in politics it has become more and more evident that the things that I said when I started 10 years ago are now a reality. To my wonderful supporters, I love you. You have given me such insight. Your research enabled to connect the dots (my specialty) and report what is happening, what you can look for, what to expect. We must understand the plan, if we’re going to do anything to “fix” America. “It’s America stupid”, says it all. Continue reading →
New York Scraps Pre-Paid Debit Cards for Migrants
New York City Hall has announced the termination of its prepaid debit card program for migrants.
The program, in place since March, provided debit cards to migrants in city-funded hotels to help cover basic needs but was heavily criticized by conservatives and has been scrapped by New York City officials just two days after Republican Donald Trump was confirmed as president-elect.
The initiative was launched as a temporary support mechanism, part of a one-year pilot program, to help migrants by providing them with limited financial assistance for essentials like food and baby clothing.
So far, more than $3 million has been spent on the program, helping almost 3,000 migrant families living in hotels with limited resources to buy essential supplies. The cards provided about $350 for a family of four… (Continue to full article)
“Spent over 66 Billion on Illegal Immigrants in 2023”
‘Operation Wetback’: What Happened Last Time US Conducted Mass Deportations
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to carry out the largest deportation project in American history, using the military and local law enforcement to do it, in a move that could echo the last major effort to remove migrants en masse in the 1950s.
Dubbed “Operation Wetback”, hundreds of thousands of mostly Mexican undocumented immigrants were forcibly removed or self-deported during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s term.
The program’s name was derogatory even at the time, referring to migrants who crossed illegally into the United States by crossing rivers along the southwest border. Historians say racial profiling and large-scale roundups were common, and some U.S. citizens were caught up in the sweeps… (Continue to full article)
Trump signals use of military for deportations
President-elect Trump recirculated a social media post Monday suggesting his incoming administration will declare an immigration national emergency and use military assets to support his mass deportation pledge, labeling the claim “TRUE!!!”
“President Trump will marshal every federal and state power necessary to institute the largest deportation operation of illegal criminals, drug dealers, and human traffickers in American history while simultaneously lowering costs for families,” said press secretary Karoline Leavitt. “The American people re-elected President Trump by a resounding margin giving him a mandate to implement the promises he made on the campaign trail, like deporting migrant criminals and restoring our economic greatness. He will deliver.”
Immigration advocates are bracing for swift executive action on immigration from the incoming administration… (Continue to full article)
Trump using military will help drive migrant numbers at border ‘down into the dirt’
Former senior Trump administration official Ken Cuccinelli said Monday that President-elect Trump “using the military” will help drive migrant numbers at the border “down into the dirt.”
Cuccinelli told NewsNation’s Blake Burman in an interview on “The Hill” that he believes early next year, “you will see our military used between legal ports of entry, especially on the southern border, to finally gain control of that border” adding that “all immigration, all passage of any kind, will pass through legal ports of entry only.” (Continue to full article)
Tren De Aragua Gang Terrorizes American Cities
Biden’s border policies are disastrous for communities nationwide, including cities that are nowhere near United States borders. There have been at least 10.8 million encounters with illegal aliens nationwide since the start of Fiscal Year 2021 (FY2021), according to Rep. Mark Green’s September “Startling Stats” report on the border crisis. The same report indicates that 2 million more aliens have entered as “known gotaways.” According to former chief of Border Patrol Raul Ortiz, the total number of gotaways “could be underreported by as much as 20 percent.”
The devastating numbers fail to tell the whole story, however. Embedded in those historic numbers are criminal gangs like Tren de Aragua, whose members have taken root in communities nationwide. Tren de Aragua is terrorizing communities, forcing the Biden administration’s U.S. Treasury to label the gang as a U.S.-designated transnational criminal organization (TCO)… (Continue to full article)
President-elect Trump is making ready to enter the White House for his second term, interrupted by madcap, delusional and tyrannical-mined communists for the past four years, and millions of Americans are naturally ecstatic over the prospect of things to come. They should also be concerned, since along with Trump’s flashes of policy genius, the country will also most likely bear several detrimental acts, because of Trump’s idiosyncrasy to vacillate on major issues, depending on who is most favored and in his ear on any given day, as we witnessed during his first term.
It’s true that President Trump moved to help business flourish by removing many EPA regulations and exiting the Paris Accord climate change nonsense and other U.N. Agenda 2030 climate change initiatives. He also enabled a massive explosion of growth in the fossil fuel industry in regard to natural gas and oil produced through fracking, and he has promised to do so this time around as well – which is what makes some of his “new friends” gathering about him appear unseemly and highly questionable, in that they are some of the most radical advocates for the climate change carbon credit criminal schemes one can imagine. Continue reading →
“Because education has essentially established a monopoly on moving up the social ladder (which forces everyday citizens to participate in its rat race), it has no incentive to provide quality education to those it trains – particularly since unconditional federal support (e.g., student loans) subsidizes education and is allotted based on how many students attend each institution, not the quality of the education offered.” Continue reading →
“The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.” ~ James Madison
Power corrupts.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Unadulterated power in any branch of government is a menace to freedom, but concentrated power across all three branches is the very definition of tyranny: a dictatorship disguised as democracy.
When one party dominates all three branches of government – the executive, the legislative, and the judicial – there is even more reason to worry. Continue reading →
This is the main problem with Trump. He’s all over the place trying to be all things to all people and making a million promises along the way, some he intends to keep and many that he won’t. He’s just as apt to sign a bill that excites Democrat communists as he is to sign a bill that promotes Conservative values, just as he did during his first term when he tried to buy votes via his $2 trillion stimulus bill.
Of course now, Trump doesn’t have to worry about any future election and getting re-elected, which means he really doesn’t have to keep any of his promises if he doesn’t want to do so. I do believe he will try to keep some of the biggest ones, like the border, energy and the economy, but as for anything else, everything seems to be up for grabs where Trump is concerned. Continue reading →
“The quality that allows someone to continue trying to do something even though it’s difficult or unpleasant.”
Uncle Charles
Another word that comes to mind is tenacity:
* the quality or fact of being very determined; determination.
* the quality or fact of continuing to exist; persistence.
I’m going to pose an unpleasant question to consider: Do we, as citizens of this republic, have the determination to do what’s necessary, to right and repair our foundering ship of state, or will we skirt these weighty and formidable tasks essential to overhaul our constitutional republic when they require our involvement or approval, just like we’ve abandoned every difficult task since 1960.
Will we make sacrifices if they are necessary?
Does anyone remember the rationing of scarce items during WWI and WWII? If not, please refer to the omniscient inter-web for more information. Americans were firmly behind these efforts. Will these requisite repairs to America require our sacrifices? I’m sure they will, but having a savvy businessman running the country, I doubt we’ll face rationing, but I think the needs will be more about the personal commitment to the changes. Continue reading →
“The lesser evil is still evil … Indeed, the safest road to Hell is the gradual one – the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.” ~ C.S. Lewis, The Screwtape Letters
Wa. Wal, wal – I am about fed UP with all of this!
Where we go after last week’s election is anybody’s guess, but I don’t expect it to be as great as many pundits seem to believe it will be. The damage that’s been done is already massive, and it will take decades to repair, with Trump only having less than four years to attempt it via Big Government solutions that are certain to continue to exacerbate the status quo.
Part of the problem is the people keep screaming for Big Government and whoever’s in charge to “Do something” … anything … as if most of the problems we already have aren’t as a direct result of asinine “government solutions“, and as if Big Government has ever really solved any of America’s problems. And those in power and currently running for office keep promising the moon and a pot of gold and Lucky Charms at the end of the rainbow.
If Kamala had pulled out the “win” or “the steal” … well hell … don’t make me cuss – it would have been all over and the drawing and quartering of America will be served up on a platter to Her enemies, both foreign and domestic.
In my humble opinion, had Kamala won the election – even legitimately – it would have been time to throw sand in the gears of government at every level and start engaging in a campaign of guerrilla warfare the likes of which was seen in Ireland during the early 1900s on through the 1970s and The Troubles.
Trump won, and his administration will definitely find unique means to jump start the economy, some by means of manipulations with short term results and one, his assurance to crank up drilling for oil and natural gas and mining coal, will have immediate and long term benefits if they aren’t rescinded by some later commie regime seeking to enact carbon credit taxes and shut fossil fuels down again.
But liberty and our freedoms will not necessarily be in better hands, given what we all saw during his first term, and much remains to be seen, especially when it comes to who will be in his cabinet. ~ J.O.S. Continue reading →