Author Archives: The Publisher

About The Publisher

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.

Implantable Brain-Computer Interfaces Are Here, And They Are A Giant Step Toward The Dystopian “Digital Prison” Society The Elite Have Planned For Us

Would having your brain connected to the Internet 24 hours a day be heaven, or would it be hell? Today, a very large portion of the population is seemingly glued to their phones or their computers much of the time. But soon implantable brain-computer interfaces will allow those people to stay connected to their devices all the time. Apple has partnered with a shadowy tech company known as “Synchron” to develop a “brain implant that allows users to operate digital devices by thinking”… Continue reading

Meet Bob… The American Pope Who Still Has to File US Taxes

I still can’t get over the fact that there’s an American pope… and that his friends refer to him as ‘Bob’.

Bob. It just makes him seem like a regular dude who’d be drinking a beer and shouting at the umpire at a Cubs game.

Something else that makes the new Pope seem extremely down to earth is that he shares the same pain as 100+ millions of his fellow Americans: paying taxes.

Clergy are considered employees of the Church and generally receive salaries, which means they must pay taxes just like anyone else. Continue reading

Trump Writes CON-gress out of the Constitution – and CON-gress Says “Fine

The question regarding the Qatari plane deal isn’t whether it’s corrupt or illegal. It’s both of those…

The question is, who will stop it?

Having brought Congress completely to heel in the political sphere, Donald Trump is now seeking to write it out of the Constitution. Both of his biggest moves of the past week entail the evisceration of a constitutional role the Framers very plainly and expressly wanted Congress to play.

That is the case for the flirtation with suspension of habeas corpus, which only Congress can do. And it’s even more manifest in Trump’s plan to accept a $400 million (or is it $625 million?) jumbo jet “palace in the sky” from the Qatari government. Continue reading

Smith: Operation Wetback 2.0 ~ Expel Illegal Aliens at Warp Speed

I don’t see how America lasts another decade, such as we find Her now, not without going through the fire of civil war and coming out the other side with Her people’s freedom and individual liberty intact and made stronger than ever before, including the days immediately after Her War for Independence.

Whatever has happened over the last two hundred and fifty years, there is little, next to nothing, of this government as it currently stands, that is worth saving, as we find it guided by men without any real understanding of the principles of freedom and liberty who are still all too willing to grow government power over individual liberty while they enter new globalist ventures even as they claim to be for America first and fighting globalism. Continue reading

What In the World Has Happened To The America We Grew Up In?

It has been but just a few months since I put pen to paper and wrote and posted the following, and yet it seems to grow in importance with each passing day. Read it for the first time, or read it again. The end draws near. People, get ready… ~ Ed.

To Granny and Cat…

April 9, 2019 ~ I have been in a state of proverbial ‘funk’ for nearly a year now. You’ll remember last July when I had made the decision to shut down Federal Observer after seventeen years of publication – only to slowly change gears for God knows what reason. Over these past nine-plus months, the site – although looking much the same – has taken new directions – or in some cases readdressing old topics – which still drive me to this day. I’ll not draw you a map today – you may review the site on your own time and come to your own conclusion… and that is where I stand at this point – conclusions – or more specifically – the Conclusion of this once great nation. MAGA? Forget it – it will never happen. We near the end of the journey. Continue reading

The End of Rule of Law in America

The 47th president seems to wish he were king – and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.

The president of the united states appears to have long ago forgotten that Americans fought the Revolutionary War not merely to secure their independence from the British monarchy but to establish a government of laws, not of men, so that they and future generations of Americans would never again be subject to the whims of a tyrannical king. As Thomas Paine wrote in Common Sense in 1776, “For as in absolute governments the king is law, so in free countries the law ought to be king; and there ought to be no other.” Continue reading

Due to Lack of Interest… Tomorrow has been cancelled

Last Rites for the Promised Land!

Grammy Award Winning Cover art: Evelyn Kelbish

February 7, 2019 ~ Over the past few years I have been reaching further back into my personal history specifically with memories of my youth and my time spent in Country while flying over the rice-paddies and picking up wounded soldiers, civilians and enemy combatants.

Recently I realized that a song which I had considered to be my theme song from those 21 months ~ Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida was released within days of my arrival for the Adventure of a lifetime. You’ll note that it is also a permanent audio fixture of this site in the right-hand column. Some additional thoughts on the song I have also penned as part of the description of our category, ‘Nam – Some Came Home: Continue reading

Hickman: The “ONE BIG BEAUTIFUL” Tax Bill Is the Opposite of What America Needs

In the year 428 BC, ancient Athenians imposed a special tax called the eisphora that targeted local business investments in the city-state.

It was expensive and highly unpopular among investors. And wealthy Athenians simply stopped investing in local businesses to avoid the tax.

This is almost an iron-clad lesson of history: whenever governments tax something, they end up with less of it. And the inverse is also true: whenever governments subsidize or cut taxes on something, they end up with more of it. Continue reading

Whitehead: Trump Is Making America Constitutionally Literate – by Violating the Constitution

Donald Trump ran on a platform of relentless, thoroughgoing rejection of the Constitution itself, and its underlying principle of democratic self-government and individual rights. True, he never endorsed quartering of troops in private homes in time of peace, but aside from that there is hardly a provision of the Bill of Rights or later amendments he did not explicitly promise to override, from First Amendment freedom of the press and of religion to Fourth Amendment freedom from ‘unreasonable searches and seizures’ to Sixth Amendment right to counsel to Fourteenth Amendment birthright citizenship and Equal Protection and Fifteenth Amendment voting rights.”Garrett Epps, law professor

If Donald Trump is remembered for anything, it may be his unintentional role in reviving public interest in the U.S. Constitution.

Indeed, few modern political figures have done more to prompt spontaneous national discussions about the Bill of Rights and constitutional limits on government power – if only because Trump tramples on them so frequently.

Through his routine disregard for due process, free speech, separation of powers, and the rule of law, President Trump has become a walking civics lesson.

From the First and Fourth Amendments to the Emoluments Clause, the Constitution has never had such regular airtime.

Ironically, this might be Trump’s greatest legacy: forcing Americans to learn what the Constitution actually says – by violating it.

Unfortunately, Trump himself remains constitutionally illiterate. Continue reading

Just Rip The Constitution to Shreds While You’re at It

People cannot believe Trump’s latest statement on religion in the government

“They say ‘separation between church and state,’ they told me. I said, alright, let’s forget about that for one time.”

On Thursday Trump signed an executive order creating a presidential commission on religious liberty. During the White House event, he openly questioned the principle of separation between church and state.

In a clip circulating on social media from the event, Trump said of his faith advisors, “They work right out of the White House. That’s never been done before. No other president allowed that. They say ‘separation between church and state,’ they told me. I said, alright, let’s forget about that for one time.” Continue reading

Dickens: Oh Well… We The People

Merkans are deeply fascinated, spellbound by politics, to the point where their attention is completely absorbed and they are unable to think about anything else. It’s a state of intense interest or attraction, often accompanied by a sense of being entranced or captivated.

Why do we tolerate it?

The intro music answers it: America is Mesmerized:

– holding the attention of someone to the exclusion of all else – transfixed

– in a hypnotic or trancelike state; hypnotized

– having the attention completely absorbed; fascinated, captivated, or spellbound

The average person spends roughly 70 minutes daily consuming news and another 143 minutes on ‘not-so’ social media each day. That’s the hold the media has on our society. Continue reading

Full List of Drugs That Could Be Slashed Under Trump’s New Executive Order

President Trump touted a new executive order that would more closely align drug prices in the US with those sold in Europe and the UK, opening the door for drugs used by millions of Americans to become cheaper.

The EO does not specify which drugs will be targeted but a similar policy proposed by Trump in 2020 included drugs administered in hospitals or clinics under Medicare Part B, which covers inpatient drugs for seniors. However, that policy was blocked by a federal judge who ruled the government had overstepped its bounds by sidestepping Congress. Continue reading

Is Trump Out of Touch, Senile, Nuts, or Something Worse?

It was the cringiest of times. It was the craziest of times.

Do-Whack-a-Doo-doo-doo!

Welcome to a moment in which one of the most consequential debates Americans (and people the world across) are having is about whether the President of the United States is just a national embarrassment or has full-on blown a gasket. Is Donald Trump just three fries short of a happy meal, or is he full-on howling-at-the-moon mad? Continue reading

They’re Gonna Confine Him‘: Legal Expert Flags Evidence Supreme Court Will Rein Trump In

Heah cum de Judges…

The U.S. Supreme Court has in some instances failed to issue negative orders against Donald Trump, but that could happen very soon, a legal expert said on Sunday.

Legal expert Norm Eisen, who worked in the White House as special counsel and special assistant to the president for ethics and government reform, is also known for being a thorn in the president’s side. Continue reading

US Advises Older Adults Not to Receive Chikungunya Vaccine ~ for Now

Here we go … AGAIN!

European authorities have paused administration of the shot over safety concerns.

U.S. officials are recommending that adults aged 60 and up not receive the only available chikungunya vaccine after reports that older individuals who received the shot suffered severe symptoms typically associated with the chikungunya virus.

Two of the patients died. Continue reading

Letting Illegal Aliens Back Into The U.S. Legally Is Not A Good Idea

No Mas!

Earlier this week, president Donald Trump said that illegal aliens to take up his offer to self deport for $1,000, may have a chance to return to the U.S. someday legally.

“No, it’s not the answer” said Jessica Vaughan with the Center for Immigration Studies, “Legal immigration and illegal immigration right now are almost like two sides of the same coin.” Continue reading

Trump Redirects Funds From Illegals to Homeless Veterans

… again putting Americans first!

The president signed an Executive Order Friday establishing a center for housing homeless veterans in the Los Angeles area, and whatever funding has been used by the federal government to house illegal aliens is now to go to this center for veterans. Trump also started a voucher program and announced reform at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), expanding medical services for vets and investigating corruption and misconduct from the previous administration. Finally, our veterans are a priority for the federal government. Continue reading