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Monday, 26. June 2006, 23:48:37

North American Union

I. Summary Statement
Les Strauss was a = University=20 Of Chicago philosophy instructor. His students left the University in = search of=20 political power; formed neo-conservatism, became known as Neocons; these = rose to=20 power in the White House displacing CFR multilateralist lynchpins such = as=20 Richard Haass and George Shultz http://tinyurl.com/qotay now full-blown Straussism = directs=20 domestic and foreign policy.

Despite having been displaced from = the Oval=20 Office, the CFR created http://tinyurl.com/omaak and submitted to the = Neocons, the=20 Security and Prosperity Partnership Of North American, it is the = manifesto for=20 the North American Union.

The North American Union was created on = March=20 23, 2005 when George Bush, Vincente Fox and Paul Martin signed the = Security and=20 Prosperity Partnership of North America (SPP) at the Baylor University = http://tinyurl.com/eey4x=20

The North American Union will be installed by Coup d'=C3=A9tat = when NORTHCOM=20 responds to manage a continental wide emergency http://tinyurl.com/knlyp

An examination of = the=20 documents and statements surrounding the North American Union reveals = that the=20 philosophy of Leo Strauss is the foundation for the North American=20 Union.

Once the North American Union is installed by military = force,=20 there will no longer be life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; the = only=20 thing there will be is tyranny =E2=80=93 the rule from above called for = by Leo=20 Strauss.

II. The Person Of Leo Strauss And His=20 Disciples
Philosopher Leo Strauss, was born in Germany in 1899. Leo = Strauss=20 watched the Weimar Republic dissolve into chaos. As a Jew, he was forced = to flee=20 Germany and he eventually ended up at the University of Chicago, where = he=20 developed a cult following from some the brightest students.

For = Strauss, the demise of the Weimar Republic represented a repudiation of = liberal=20 democracy. Liberalism, to Strauss, equals relativism, which necessarily = leads to=20 nihilism. Strauss longed to return to a previous, pre-liberal, = pre-bourgeois era=20 of blood and guts, of imperial domination, of authoritarian rule, of = pure=20 fascism.

These views resonated with Straussian disciples such as = Paul=20 Wolfowitz, Richard Perle, William Kristol and Harry Jaffa. They took = these ideas=20 out of the classroom and translated them into actual political doctrine: = the=20 neoconservative manifesto of the Project for a New American Century. = Straussian=20 principles would be implemented on a global scale, and 9/11 provided the = perfect=20 pretext. Paul Wolfowitz, who attended Strauss's lectures on Plato, = became the=20 architect of the Iraq War, using hyped intelligence concerning WMD's as = the=20 "noble lie". http://tinyurl.com/of2p4

Paul Wolfowitz rose = in the=20 White House ranks. Acting under orders of Donald Rumsfeld, he = established=20 NORTHCOM on 10-02- 2002 in Colorado Springs, where he said: "Each one of = you=20 here will help America and her allies win this war. And let there be no = doubt,=20 we will win this war." http://tinyurl.com/g6z99

Paul Wolfowitz, in=20 establishing NORTHCOM, affirmed the work of the Bi-national Process = Group (BPG)=20 in merging Canada's military with that of the United States. Clearly his = actions=20 were outside the boundaries of Constitutional Law which require that any = such=20 treaty agreements go through the Senate treaty ratification process http://tinyurl.com/hmfhj

Although Paul = Wolfowitz=20 transitioned out of the White House to become president of the World = Bank in=20 2006 http://tinyurl.com/m2rgn the Neocons fully embrace = and=20 manifest the philosophy of Leo Strauss.

III. The philosophy = of Leo=20 Strauss, as seen through the Bush administration's actions and = documents, are=20 the foundation of the North American Union.

1) The Few Must Rule = The=20 Many
John Locke and the American founding fathers held =E2=80=9Cthe = natural law=20 tradition=E2=80=9D which holds that man possesses natural rights to = life, liberty, and=20 property and that the state is always and everywhere the greatest threat = to=20 these God-given rights. To the founders, this meant that government = should be=20 "bound by the chains" of the Constitution, to paraphrase Jefferson. If = men were=20 angels, there would be no need for government, Madison wrote in defense = of the=20 Constitution. But men are not angels, Madison continued, which is why = government=20 power must always be limited.

Leo Strauss rejected this view of = natural=20 rights in favor of Plato=E2=80=99s =E2=80=9Cphilosopher-king=E2=80=9D = model of government; the=20 =E2=80=9Cphilosopher kings=E2=80=9D exercise the =E2=80=9Crule of the = wise=E2=80=9D. Straussians assign dignity=20 to the few. The superiority of the =E2=80=9Cruling philosophers=E2=80=9D = is an intellectual=20 superiority and not a moral one.

Only the elite few: the = three=20 presidents and their inner circle, together with Robert B. Sloan Jr., = President=20 of Baylor University were present at the signing of the SPP http://tinyurl.com/f32mg=20

2) Virtue Is Defined By The Elite: It Is That Which Is = =E2=80=9CFor The=20 Public Good=E2=80=9D
The elite few are to have unlimited state power = who use it to=20 pursue =E2=80=9Cvirtue=E2=80=9D with virtue being, their own vision of = "the public good." Moral=20 virtue had no application to the really intelligent man, the = philosopher. Moral=20 virtue only existed in popular opinion, where it served the purpose of=20 controlling the unintelligent majority.

Since the = SPP=E2=80=99s signing,=20 the business elite and the political elite have continually met behind = closed=20 doors in =E2=80=98working groups=E2=80=99 to determine trade and = commerce regulations for the=20 new North American Super-State http://tinyurl.com/n9q8c

3) The = Strong Must=20 Rule The Weak
Strauss taught: =E2=80=9CThe strong must rule the = weak=E2=80=9D; this was=20 presented quite well in Jim Lobe's article 'The Strong Must Rule The = Weak' http://tinyurl.com/qtlnn

4) Only One Natural = Right: The=20 Right Of The Wise Few To Rule Over The Vulgar Many
Those who are fit = to rule=20 are those who realize there is neither God nor morality and that there = is only=20 one natural right =E2=80=93 the right of the superior to rule over the = inferior. Human=20 beings are born neither free nor equal. The natural human condition, is = not one=20 of freedom, but of subordination. Strauss divided the history of = political=20 thought into two camps: the ancients (like Plato) are wise and wily, = whereas the=20 moderns (like Locke and other liberals) are vulgar and = foolish.

5) =E2=80=9CThe=20 Rule Of The Wise=E2=80=9D Is Unquestionable, Authoritarian, Absolute and = Covert
Unquestionable: The rule of the wise is not to be questioned: = one is=20 not to raise questions about classic values such as justice or = constitutional=20 principles.

Authoritarian and Absolute: The rule of the wise = cannot=20 involve any consideration of the unwise: Leo Strauss said: =E2=80=9CIt = would be equally=20 absurd to hamper the free flow of wisdom by consideration of the unwise = wishes=20 of the unwise; hence the wise rulers ought not to be responsible to the = unwise=20 subjects." Majority-democracy would result in the subjection of what is = by=20 nature higher to that which is lower. Strauss=E2=80=99 reading of Plato = comes down to=20 this: a majority-democracy is an act against nature and must be = prevented at all=20 costs. Under the Straussian autocratic system, dissent is not only = dangerous, it=20 is seditious.

Covert: The rule of the wise must take place from = a shroud=20 of secrecy; stealthy and furtive operations are facilitated by the = overwhelming=20 stupidity of the gentlemen. The more gullible and unperceptive they are, = the=20 easier it is for the wise to control and manipulate = them.

The SPP=20 document, being the manifesto for new governance; and the SPP Next Steps = document and the Cancun Summit Leaders Statement, being the action plans = for=20 that new governance are the singular most important documents since the = signing=20 of the US Constitution.

The Press and Members of Congress have = been=20 complicitous in silence about the stellar nature of these documents, = enabling a=20 furtive Coup d'=C3=A9tat to be initiated by the White House neocons. http://tinyurl.com/mrwo8=20

6) The Three Classes: The Wise-Few, The Vulgar-Many And = The=20 Gentlemen
The wise are the lovers of the harsh, unadulterated truth. = They are=20 capable of looking into the abyss without fear and trembling. They = recognize=20 neither God nor moral imperatives. They are devoted above all else to = their own=20 pursuit of the =E2=80=9Chigher=E2=80=9D pleasures, which amount to = consorting with their=20 =E2=80=9Cpuppies=E2=80=9D or young initiates.

The vulgar many, = are lovers of wealth and=20 pleasure. They are selfish, slothful, and indolent. They can be inspired = to rise=20 above their brutish existence only by fear of impending death or = catastrophe.=20

The gentlemen, are lovers of honor and glory. They are the most=20 ingratiating towards the conventions of their society, that is, the = illusions of=20 the cave. They are true believers in God, honor, and moral imperatives. = They are=20 ready and willing to embark on acts of great courage and self-sacrifice = at a=20 moment=E2=80=99s notice.

7) The State Is Omnipotent: It Manifests = Militaristic=20 Nationalism.
Strauss believed that human aggression could only be = restrained=20 by a powerful, nationalistic state. He believed that such an omnipotent = state=20 can only be maintained if there is an external threat, "even if one has = to be=20 manufactured." This is why Straussians believe in perpetual war and is = another=20 reason why they have formed a cult around "the church of Lincoln," whom = they=20 hold up as "the greatest statesman in history." Lincoln manufactured = many=20 "threats," including the truly bizarre notion that representative = government=20 would perish from the earth if the Southern states were permitted to = secede=20 peacefully. In reality, peaceful secession would have been a victory for = self-government, keeping in mind that neither Lincoln nor Congress ever = said=20 that they were launching an invasion for any reason having to do with = liberating=20 the slaves.

Strauss taught that war =E2=80=93 any war =E2=80=93 = will restore our =E2=80=9Cmoral=20 seriousness=E2=80=9D, "clear away the fog of unthinking relativism," = enable us to see=20 evil, restore virtue, heroism, valor, and a sense of sacrifice, allow us = to die=20 for our comrades, country and faith, avoid the "hazards of = civilization," make=20 us more thoughtful, force us to "consider our loyalties," make men = "decisive",=20 and "place greatness within the reach of ordinary = men."

=E2=80=9CBecause mankind=20 is intrinsically wicked, he has to be governed," he once wrote. "Such = governance=20 can only be established, however, when men are united =E2=80=93 and they = can only be=20 united against other people." Thus, the only way a political order can = be stable=20 and not deteriorate in hedonistic pleasure is if it is united by an = external=20 threat. Wealth, freedom, and prosperity make people soft, pampered, and=20 depraved. War is an antidote to moral decadence and depravity. Thus war = is held=20 to be redemptive.

8) Maintain A Culture Of Lying And Carry On A = Perpetual=20 Confusion Campaign
Maintain a culture of lying through a compliant = media and=20 professional spokes-liars, and carry on a perpetual campaign to confuse = the=20 public and keep it ignorant of the elites political designs. The result = of this=20 is that Elite operate from a shroud of secrecy; thus their reasonings = and logic=20 is nontransparent.

And it does not take much intelligence for = them to=20 surmise that they are in a situation of great danger, especially in a = world=20 devoted to the modern ideas of equal rights and freedoms. Now more than = ever,=20 the wise few must proceed cautiously and with circumspection. So, they = come to=20 the conclusion that they have a moral justification to lie in order to = avoid=20 persecution. Yes Strauss goes so far as to say that dissembling and = deception =E2=80=93=20 in effect, a culture of lying =E2=80=93 is the peculiar justice of the = wise.

9)=20 The Many Are Told What They Need To Know And No More.
Deception is = carried on=20 continually. Lies are to be both aggressive and perpetual. While the = elite few=20 are capable of absorbing the absence of any moral truth, the many could = not=20 cope; if exposed to anything other than the maintained reality, they = would=20 quickly fall into nihilism or anarchy.

10) Lies Are Held To Be = Nobel:=20 Develop, Maintain And Present Noble Lies
Strauss believed in the = concept of=20 =E2=80=9Cnoble lies=E2=80=9D: the conviction that lies, far from being = simply a regrettable=20 necessity of political life, are instead virtuous and noble instruments = of wise=20 policy to keep the many from the dangers of liberalism and democracy.=20

Plato himself advised his nobles, men with golden souls, to tell = noble=20 lies, that is, political fables, much like the specter of Saddam Hussein = with a=20 nuclear bomb: to rally the people, to keep the other levels of human = society=20 (silver, iron, brass) in their proper places, loyal to the state and = willing to=20 do its bidding

Strauss defined the modern method of noble lies = in the=20 use of esoteric messages within an exoteric text, telling the truth to = the wise=20 while at the same time conveying something quite different to the many; = thus he=20 advocated an Orwellian doublespeak http://tinyurl.com/8jxjo method of=20 communication.

The Trilateral Regulatory Cooperation = Framework =3D=20 The Executive Branch Of The Forth Coming N. American Government. No = specifics=20 were given on this "framework"; one must assume the "framework" is = Doublethink=20 http://tinyurl.com/omyu4=20 for the Executive Branch of tyrannical state corporate rule.

The=20 Forthcoming Executive Branch is complimented by NORTHCOM, the Military = Law=20 Enforcement Branch http://tinyurl.com/hmfhj, and the NAFTA Tribunal, = the Commerce=20 Judiciary http://tinyurl.com/myecx

11) = Dissemble=20 Democracy
Maintain true democracy that is a leadership-democracy for = the Few=20 while at the same time feign majority-democracy to the Many. Relate the=20 principle of true democracy to the elite: the strong must rule the weak. = While=20 at the same time dissemble http://tinyurl.com/rpyod mythical democracy to the = populace:=20 the rule of the majority.

Strauss had no objections to democracy = as long=20 as a wise elite, inspired by the profound truths of the ancients. = Leaders are to=20 wrap speeches with the American flag giving the appearance of appearance = of=20 legitimacy in dissimulation and deceit.

The SPP = dissimulates the=20 words democracy and democratic; the traditional meaning of the word = democracy=20 means people vote on rulers who act in the peoples interest; the new = meaning of=20 the word democracy means stakeholders meet and make decisions that they = claim to=20 be in the be in the interests of the people.

The SPP reveals the = new=20 democratic process at work: Stakeholders met http://tinyurl.com/h2rg3 by agreement they produced = joint=20 documents which call for democratic institutions consisting of summits = http://tinyurl.com/fzu2x=20 councils http://tinyurl.com/ej2r3 and working groups http://tinyurl.com/n9q8c which=20 in turn produce frameworks and public private partnerships

These = replace=20 sovereign nations, constitutional law and historical law. New constructs = such as=20 The Trilateral Regulatory Cooperation Framework serve as the basis for = law in=20 the New Union.

12) Nature Abhors A Contract.
The = Funding=20 Founders were concerned with inalienable natural rights; after much = debate in=20 their convention, they wrote a contract =E2=80=93 the U.S. Constitution. = The Straussians=20 hold that contracts, being the artifacts of men, violate natural=20 law.

The fact that George Bush has not submitted the = Security And=20 Prosperity Partnership document to Congress to Congress for review as = required=20 by the Constitution reflects that he holds the Constitution simply to be = a relic=20 of a bygone era =E2=80=93 an artifact which does not bear upon his = decision making=20 process or actions http://tinyurl.com/9d8fw

IV. = Once the=20 North American Union is installed by military force, there will no = longer be=20 life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; the only thing there will be = is=20 tyranny =E2=80=93 the rule from above called for by Leo = Strauss.

In the=20 Straussian view, licentious doctrines and philosophies have plagued the = Many;=20 these include: individualism, relativism, pluralism and=20 constitutionalism.

Once the North American Union is installed, = then=20 ennoblement begins. If the Few were to give the Many, such things as = freedom,=20 happiness, and prosperity, in Strauss's estimation, this would turn them = into=20 animals. The goal of the wise is to ennoble the vulgar. But what could = possibly=20 ennoble the vulgar? Only weeping http://tinyurl.com/mtm8l worshipping http://tinyurl.com/lh2p5 and=20 sacrificing http://tinyurl.com/mrs2n ennobles the = many.

V.=20 References for this material came from these sources and others:
Leo = Strauss'=20 Philosophy of Deception
http://www.alternet.org/story/15935

The Cult = of Leo=20 Strauss: Leo Strauss
http://www.catalystmagazine.net/issues/story.cfm?story=3D= 475

Ignoble=20 liars: Leo Strauss, George Bush, and the philosophy of mass = deception
http://www.lacosapizza.com/shorris.html

Straus= sians:=20 Mass Murder at the Mall as Gospel
http://kurtnimmo.com/?p=3D338

Noble lies and = perpetual=20 war: Leo Strauss, the neo-cons, and Iraq
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5010.htm<= /A>

The=20 Strong Must Rule The Weak
http://www.fpif.org/commentary/2003/0305strauss_body.html=

Neocons=20 Dance A Straussian Waltz
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EE09Ak01.html

Leo=20 Strauss and the neoconservatives
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6750.ht

3D""=20 "B= ig=20 Brother" Bush and Connecting the Data DotsTh= e Beast=20 Of Revelation Chapter 13 Verses 1 and 2 3D""

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