Read What I See

 

     No, this one is not about Barack Obama, this is about John F Kennedy as he speaks before the American Newspaper Publishers Association on April 27^th 1961.  John F. Kennedy asks the media to stand for the people, truth and freedom and speaks of Secret Societies.  Today we can clearly see that the media has abandoned that concept so that leaves us with the questions of whom are they working for.

     Aren’t you curious to find why Kennedy made such speech?  Can you yet understand the warning that he gave us almost half century ago?  Can you appreciate the sacrifice that he made by paying the ultimate price?  A quote from his speech "Its dissenters are silenced".  Visit this link.  He is not the only president who has spoken of Secret Societies in the past.  Who is going to challenge and dare to label President John F. Kennedy as a lunatic conspiracy theorist?

     I strongly recommend reading the book “Secret Societies” by Sylvia Browne.  You don’t have to believe everything you read but there is enough indisputable truth that would help in better understanding the world that we live in and the dangers that are present in our nation today.  The fact that you have been able to access this information is a clear indication that use of the Internet is threatened in order to prevent our citizens from been educated, well informed and pursuing the truth.  It is well known that Jay Rockefeller has introduced legislation to give the president the powers to shut down the Internet if and when ever he deems it an emergency. 

     The common enemies of the American people continuously morph and change.  The foes of yesterday maybe the friends of today as well as today’s friend could be tomorrow’s enemy.  An alert citizenry must always be able to identify their foes not only from outside our borders but from within as well.  The wishes or believes of a hand full of people should not be imposed on the citizens of our country as they are openly expressing opposition. The power belongs to the people in a free and independent society and a Free Press must stand with them for if not such society has ceased to exist.

     We already know that most of the media only offers trivia as a distraction from education and conceals valuable information to our citizens.  They over emphasize the trivial such as Congressman Joe Wilson calling a liar someone that does so frequently, including braking many campaign promises.  The March on Washington that took place on September 12^th is an excellent example of media misinformation or lack of coverage to topics of real importance when they empower the people.  It is well documented that between one and two million people attended the event but they still persist in lying about it.  In other words, the media is working against the truth, the best interest of our citizens and in servitude to who knows whom.  If all of this is true then, am I lying?

Partial transcript of Kennedy’s speech: Or listen to it on YouTube.

     The very word "secrecy" is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and secret proceedings.  We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it.  Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions.  Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it.  And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment.  That I do not intend to permit to the extent that it is in my control.  And no official of my Administration, whether his rank is high or low, civilian or military, should interpret my words here tonight as an excuse to censor the news, to stifle dissent, to cover up our mistakes or to withhold from the press and the public the facts they deserve to know.

     For we are opposed around the world by a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy that relies on covert means for expanding its sphere of influence--on infiltration instead of invasion, on subversion instead of elections, on intimidation instead of free choice, on guerrillas by night instead of armies by day.  It is a system which has conscripted vast human and material resources into the building of a tightly knit, highly efficient machine that combines military, diplomatic, intelligence, economic, scientific and political operations.  Its preparations are concealed, not published. Its mistakes are buried not headlined.  Its dissenters are silenced, not praised.  No expenditure is questioned, no rumor is printed, no secret is revealed.

     No President should fear public scrutiny of his program.  For from that scrutiny comes understanding; and from that, understanding comes support or opposition.  And both are necessary.  I am not asking your newspapers to support the Administration, but I am asking your help in the tremendous task of informing and alerting the American people.  For I have complete confidence in the response and dedication of our citizens whenever they are fully informed.

     I not only could not stifle controversy among your readers-- I welcome it.  This Administration intends to be candid about its errors; for as a wise man once said: "An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.”  We intend to accept full responsibility for our errors; and we expect you to point them out when we miss them.

     Without debate, without criticism, no Administration and no country can succeed-- and no republic can survive.  That is why the Athenian lawmaker Solon decreed it a crime for any citizen to shrink from controversy.  And that is why our press was protected by the First (emphasized) Amendment-- the only business in America specifically protected by the Constitution-- not primarily to amuse and entertain, not to emphasize the trivial and sentimental, not to simply "give the public what it wants"--but to inform, to arouse, to reflect, to state our dangers and our opportunities, to indicate our crises and our choices, to lead, mold educate and sometimes even anger public opinion.

     This means greater coverage and analysis of international news-- for it is no longer far away and foreign but close at hand and local.  It means greater attention to improved understanding of the news as well as improved transmission.  And it means, finally, that government at all levels, must meet its obligation to provide you with the fullest possible information outside the narrowest limits of national security...

     And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of mans deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news-- that we look for strength and assistance, confident that with your help man will be what he was born to be: free and independent.

     John F. Kennedy

     April 27^th 1961