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- Imperial State Power Stamp - NOT
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- From Peter Shriner
pshriner@rmi.net
3-20-2
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- Jeff,
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- Before we get all excited by the "Imperial State
Power" stamp article by Al Martin, take a look at a better image of
the stamp and do a little background research. Things may not be not quite
as sensational as the article presents them.
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- You can see (and buy) the stamp online:
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- 1. Go to the U.S. Postal Service Web site at <http://shop.usps.com/
2. Click on "Stamps by Rate" in the left-hand frame. Select the
"Additional Postage" option. 3. When the "Additional Postage"
frame opens, note the thumbnail images of the two "Art Deco Eagle"
stamps, a green 57 cent stamp and a gold 55 cent stamp. 4. Click on each
thumbnail for a larger view and the descriptions quoted below.
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- You can also go directly to a large image of each stamp
using the following links:
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- Green stamp
- http://shop.usps.com/images/01_fedeagle57_d.jpg
Gold stamp - http://shop.usps.com/images/01_adeagle55_d.jpg
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- The stamps aren't exactly "new": note their
issue dates. The green eagle stamp was issued on 9/20/2001, but it's just
a color variation of an earlier gold eagle stamp issued on 2/22/2001. Load
the stamp images sequentially into your browser, then go Back & Forward
between them to see their identical designs.
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- The Al Martin article mentions "triple-perched pediments"
and a "three Ionic columned perch" that the eagle rests on. In
the clearer stamp images on the USPS Web page, the eagle is perched on
a tied bundle of four sticks, not three. This bundle is most likely a simplified
version of the 13 arrows (representing the original 13 American states)
held by the American eagle. You can see this in your own pocket: check
the back of a U.S. quarter.
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- The bundle of arrows/sticks hearkens back to the "fasces",
an old symbol of Roman authority and unity consisting of wooden rods tied
around an axe. With the American eagle, the sticks have become arrows,
but the basic idea of "united we stand, divided we fall" remains
the same. The Roman version of the fasces can also be found on American
"Liberty Head" quarters of the early 20th century.
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- Note on the stamps that eagle's breastplate has six narrow,
triangular, light-colored stripes on a darker background. The six lighter
stripes divide the background into seven dark stripes, which, added together,
give us another symbolic total of thirteen states. Since the dark stripes
are rectangular, not triangular, it's hard to see how you get "seven
hills" out of them.
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- Regarding the article's opinion of the stamp's color,
exactly what is a "Moh's color chart"? There is a Mohs hardness
scale widely used to gauge the relative hardness of rocks, minerals, and
gems, but I have not found a Mohs color chart (or any color chart, for
that matter) that applies authoritatively to stamps.
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- Spend a little time at the 'Flags Of The World' Web site
at: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/index.html
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- The eagle, in many forms, has been used as a symbol of
state power in dozens of countries throughout history, including: Albania,
Afghanistan, Belgium, Egypt, France, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Mexico, Imperial
Russia, Imperial Germany, Nazi Germany, Poland, Portugal, Prussia, Imperial
Rome, Serbia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, Yemen, Yugoslavia,
and many others.
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- Just because countries share a particular symbol does
not mean they also share politics. Note how many countries, some deadly
enemies of the United States at one time or another, use stars, stripes,
or the colors red, white, and blue as their national symbols.
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- Peter Shriner
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- Links
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- US Postal Service Stamps: http://shop.usps.com/
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- Green Art Deco Eagle, large image only: http://shop.usps.com/images/01_fedeagle57_d.jpg
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- Gold Art Deco Eagle, large image only: http://shop.usps.com/images/01_adeagle55_d.jpg
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- Flags Of The World: http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/index.html
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- Now even US postage stamps will project the supremacy
of American Imperial Power into the world. The new 57-cent stamp shows
an eagle, which is an exact copy of the symbol of the Waffen SS, which
in turn was taken from the Imperial Praetorian eagle of Ancient Rome. This
is one of the first in a new series of postage stamps being released by
the US Post Office to commemorate the New Age of State Power.
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- According to the Moh's color chart, the color of the
stamp used to be called Nordic or Aryan Blue -- before the war. After the
war, when those words became politically incorrect, the name of the blue
was changed to the more neutral-sounding Icelandic Blue.
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- The stamp portrays an eagle resting on triple-perched
pediments. It's a beautifully executed design, if one wants to portray
State Power. This eagle is man's most ancient and recognizable symbol of
State Power. The seven pediments on the eagle's chevron shaped breastplate
represent the seven hills of Rome. The three Ionic columned perch represents
Order, Discipline and Obedience, which was the pledge undertaken by the
Obsidian Order.
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- Any philatelist would recognize this eagle and any numismatist,
who collects Third Reich or Caesarian coins, would also know it. This iconography
is not original with the Third Reich, of course, since they borrowed it
from the ancient Romans.
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- The symbolism is stark. The Germans also duplicated it
during the time of the monarchy in the 18th century. During the subsequent
reign of the House of Hohenzolleren, you'd see many flags with the expression:
Ruhe, Ordnung und Sichheit (Calm, Order and Security).
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- The eagle then is not only a symbol of imperial power,
but of the unity of the State. As long as the State remains unified under
the symbol of Imperial State Power, then Calm, Order, Security, Discipline
and Obedience will prevail. It took the Romans centuries to squash out
dissent. This is a sublime warning for the people to be united under one
banner, and that banner is the imperial power of the State. In Ancient
Rome, it constituted a warning to any dissidents.
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- To get back to the design, the eagle is perched on the
famed triple Ionic column, which was the symbol of the much feared and
dreaded Obsidian Order of the Imperial Praetorian Guard, also called the
Black Order. Obsidian is a very hard lustrous black stone that has been
used for thousands of years.
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- In Ancient Rome, the Obsidian Order was the most elite
of the elite Praetorian Guard, containing Caesar's assassins. They specialized
in liquidating dissidents.
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- In dress, the only difference between the Obsidian Order
and the Praetorian Guard was that their capes, instead of being blue like
the Praetorian Guards' capes, were trimmed in black-dyed ermine to symbolize
their power.
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- The Obsidian Order was the group, which quietly liquidated
those who dissented and any who threatened to tell the truth.
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- On the stamp, this exact same eagle used by the Obsidian
Order has neo-romanesque column in the background. This is also the same
symbol that Mussolini adopted for the Obsidian Order of the Black Shirts.
In the Third Reich, you could say that the counterpart was the Waffen SS.
This symbol is often found within the imperial military ranks of dictatorships
throughout history. Applying the word "Obsidian" to "State
Security" or a "State Elite Military Force" is also a very
old tradition.
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- This same Imperial Eagle design on the new US 57-cent
State Security stamp will also be used for the triangular arm badges given
to those participating in the new Neighborhood Watch program.
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- The Neighborhood Watch program will be distributing $27
street signs and orange and black knit caps as well as arm badges. A new
commercial with Ed McMahon, the new Department of Justice spokesman, is
advertising this program on TV. He's the pitchman for the Neighborhood
Watch and the Civilian Defense Force in the new so-called "public
service" announcements.
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- The triangular arm badges are red, white, and blue and
the words "Homeland Security" are above and the Imperial State
Eagle design is in the center. These are the sinister origins of the symbolism
of the Neighborhood Watch program.
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- It's designed to make you react subconsciously. When
you look at the stamp close-up, it simply bespeaks of State Power. It says
to anyone in the world that whatever country owns this stamp, that this
stamp is a symbol of the Power of the State. It is meant to be an internal
projection of State power, to serve as a warning to those who would dissent.
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- The funny thing about the Ed McMahon propaganda commercials
for the Department of Justice is that you can tell he's hung-over, like
he usually is, recovering from his infamous "white ladies." Those
are his vodka martinis. He talks about his "white ladies," which
he calls his Achilles heels.
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- The commercials, narrated by Ed McMahon, suggest that
you cooperate with the Neighborhood Watch Association and the Civilian
Defense Force. You will be told how to spot "suspicious" characters
or even people you might have known all your life, who are suddenly acting
"out of character." Then the camera pans down a row of townhouses,
and there's an American flag in front of every house. The voice-over says
"inform the authorities of anything you see that's suspicious"
and then the camera stops at the one house that doesn't have an American
flag flying outside -- and then it continues to pan down the way. Then
they show a picture of the Neighborhood Crime Watch representative with
his orange and black State Security cap and the triangular Homeland Security
Imperial State Power badge, holding a clipboard, smiling and asking questions.
Then Mrs. Smith answers the door smiling.
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- But the tenor of this thing - if people can't see through
it, there's something wrong with them. They're not just saying this is
for anyone "different." They don't even use the term "anyone
in the neighborhood you haven't seen before." They even talk about
people you've known all your life who are suddenly acting "suspiciously."
or "out of character."
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- Another commercial, which is now in production, will
show a quiet peaceful neighborhood with American flags plastered everywhere.
And everybody's got a George Bush bumper sticker. Then you'll see a troop
of seven or eight year old kids coming home from elementary school marching,
with their uniforms of white shirts and blouses and blue pants. They have
their child's Civilian Defense Force volunteer armbands on and their Good
Citizen badges that the local CDF chapter leader gave them. But they're
actually marching down the street with big smiles on their faces. And the
kid in the front who's leading them is holding up a little American flag.
The child will be talking to the commander of the group, who's telling
the child about being obedient to your parents and being obedient to your
government. And this is what we're coming to.
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- When I was on the Dave Ross show in Seattle, every person
who called was appalled and said I would never go along with something
like this. And half of them didn't believe me. I told them that for every
one of you Seattle suburban liberals that are appalled by this, there is
an equal number, if not more from East Nowheresville, Nebraska, that can't
wait to go along with it.
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- They're being so blatant about it, the psychology of
it. They could never run an ad like this in Western Europe, where you have
a more sophisticated citizenry. Here they can literally hit people over
the head with it and think that it's sublime propaganda. It's like pounding
people on the head with a rubber mallet and saying this is what you have
to do with Americans. This is sublime propaganda. If we really wanted to
propagandize, we would use a metal hammer.
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- Now we have the New Obsidian Order. And little Johnny,
after informing on ten of his friends, has been given his gold Good Citizen's
badge by the county CDF rep.
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- The camera closes in on the kid and he's asked, "What
are you going to do now, Little Johnny?"
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- And Johnny says, "I'm going to Disney World."
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- If you don't believe it, look at the new 57-cent postage
stamp yourself, and we'll explain to you what it means. Look at the new
Ed McMahon commercials for the Department of Justice. Start looking for
your new triangular State Security street signs. And the orange knit capped
people on your street with clipboards.
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- Dave Ross said on the air that he didn't believe that
the "sane and rational people" of the Neighborhood Watch Associations
would go along with that. And I said, if you give the average downtrodden
citizen an orange and black cap that says State Security and a clipboard,
a whistle and an armband that puts a little sense of power in their bellies,
there's going to be a hell of a lot of people, who not only get into it,
but get into it in a big way. It'll go to their heads. If you give the
little guy a little sense of power, he's going to run with it; and he's
not going to want to give it up; and he's going to do what he's told in
order to keep it. That's human nature.
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- Dave said the liberal audience of Seattle would disagree
with that. I said all you suburban liberals in Seattle can stick your heads
on the sand, until some twelve years old kid dressed up in a uniform and
an armband comes along and kicks you in the ass.
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- It's interesting to note how the Bush Administration
and its allies in the Pro-Government Media have carefully choreographed
the situation regarding the "war on terrorism," more recently
even Senator Daschle's speech on how he intimated that he would run for
president in 2004. He laid out the Democratic Party agenda and what the
plank will for the presidential election -- a platform of fiscal responsibility.
He talked about the enormous amount of money the Bush Administration is
currently spending on the war on terrorism and homeland security and asked
-- is this enormous expenditure warranted -- given the type of foe that
we face? After he gave this speech, Fox News immediately went to their
1-800 citizen call-in lines and asked the question -- do you think Senator
Daschle is being unpatriotic in questioning the Bush Administration's aims?
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- This is the collusion of Pro-Government Media with the
Bush Administration. Daschle was put on the spot and forced to say that
he didn't mean that he didn't agree with the war on terrorism. What he
meant to say was are we spending too much money on it. He then said that
the table of organization of our armed forces is still ordered to fighting
a large open field conventional enemy against an equal enemy with massive
armor and support. In fact, the Bush Administration is still spending money
this way, instead of developing a new military, which is highly mobile,
with elite forces, which can be inserted quickly. We are still attempting
a military posture as if the Cold War still existed.
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- So there's a discrepancy. When Bush says we're going
to spend billions on new high tech weapons and anti-ballistic missile systems,
this is not the type of weaponry we need to fight global terrorism. Daschle
simply said that spending "fresh," and now "untold,"
billions on defense is not going to increase our military's capability
to fight entrenched insurgent guerilla groups, which after all is what
"terrorism" is.
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- The common misperception that the media is "liberal"
is obviously untrue because we are in a new era, and have been for some
time, of corporate bottom line journalism, in which the media is corporately
owned and thus answerable to its shareholders. There is no more genuine
political or investigative news.
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- The Bushites have squeezed out of the Republican Party:
the Eisenhower moderates, the so-called liberal Rockefeller group, the
so-called grass roots Buchananites and the populists, and now we have a
wholly new Republican Right, which is different than the stereotypical
right of the past. It's not even a right. It's a whole separate agenda
which doesn't include social security deficits or paying down the national
debt and which is prepared to spend endlessly. It is in fact "corporate
socialism" with constant subsidies for the large corporations The
question to ask is -- has the Republican Right become the new Socialist
Welfare State of America?
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- All industries are being consolidated into tighter oligopolies.
Last week the Supreme Court overturned the 30% market restriction law for
the media and with the overturning of that law, it is now possible for
any media outlet or syndicate to control 100% of print and electronic media
market in any given place in the country, which then sanctions and legalizes
the monopoly media. This effectively opens the door to a new era of media
monopoly, in actuality, a new Pro-Government Media Monopoly. Corporate
and government insiders are so intertwined in this that it becomes a New
Syndicate of Power.
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- There are plenty of dark clouds on the horizon, and this
new stamp is also highly significant. It should be noted that the three
columns on the stamp symbolize Order, Discipline and Obedience. The eagle
is an exact duplicate of the flag of the Obsidian Order of the Praetorian
Guard of Julius Caesar. It is generally considered to be one of the greatest
symbols of Imperial State Power that man has ever devised.
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- The design was taken from the flag outside the Imperial
Roman Senate. In the background of the stamp, you can see the Roman columns.
This is the standard that was hung in front of the Imperial Roman Senate,
as the American flag would be hung in front of government buildings today.
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- During Caesar's time, this standard was used extensively.
The flag would also be put up in neighborhoods in Rome where there were
suspected dissidents. It would be a warning to all citizens that in this
block there was a dissident. The Obsidian Order offered a standard reward
of thirty Roman silver staters for information about the dissident. And
the punishment for Roman citizen dissidents, who were caught criticizing
State policy? The Obsidian Order cut their tongues out, so they could not
raise their voices against the State again. It should be noted that national
identity cards are nothing new either. Roman slaves had identity bracelets
called tesserae.
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- This mechanistic eagle design with its bolted wings was
adopted in 1928 by Mussolini and subsequently adopted by the Waffen SS.
It is very mechanical looking, and it's meant to be that way because the
State created it. It is a creation of State industry. It is a symbol of
State Power, an industrial manufactured eagle, which rides above all other
powers. This stamp is a statement that the State is more powerful than
God.
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- It could be the creepiest stamp yet -- since the little
man with the toothbrush mustache
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