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TOP SECRET CONSPIRACY THEORY!!!!!

Want to see a conspiracy theorist? Look in the Mirror

A conspiracy theory purports to explain a social, political or economic event as being caused or covered up by a covert group or organization. On April 15th 2013, Conspiracy theories went viral on the internet, alleging that the Boston bombings were a ‘false flag’, an event hoaxed on the unsuspecting public with the aim of fooling the American public into allowing Big Government to leave the people unarmed and therefore unable to defend themselves against tyranny.

This notion is not a new one to the American people, nor is it foreign to humankind. I propose that most human interaction involves conspiracy. When a woman wears lipstick, is she not conspiring to simulate estrus in order to appear attractive? Is not the Hair Club for Men a conspiracy by the male species to fool strangers into believing male pattern baldness avoided you? Would Ben Franklin be a member of Hair Club for Men? I do not doubt it. Ben was a master conspirator, and is beloved by the American public because of his ability to outwit the British.

Anytime Anderson Cooper speaks out against bullying cases, he is a conspiracy theorist because he postulates that multiple antagonists actively sought to harass a certain person. And military history is replete with disinformation, false flags, strategies and tactics meant to fool the enemy. Anytime any group of people wage war on another, you will find conspiracy. As far as the media, they are masters of conspiracy. Anderson’s “keeping them honest” segments are a conspiracy by CNN content providers to make us believe that CNN has the monopoly on integrity. Same goes for Fox with their ‘Fair and Balanced’ motto. Same as Alex Jones and Piers Morgan, having a verbal slugfest on national news some months back. Piers sees a conspiracy of gun crazy Americans and Alex sees an evil Government out to enslave us. I am, like most of us, a spectator. I am neither a Republican or Democrat and I have the same low opinion of politics as the next person…Its almost like we have a conspiracy as a nation to hold our elected leaders in low regard. We, the American Public, are quickly becoming tired and suspicious of mainstream media. I guess we all better get the CT branding irons out and offer up our foreheads…….

Have you ever felt like your parents were “ganging up on you”? Well, look in the mirror. You will see a conspiracy theorist staring back at you, unless, of course you are a vampire and therefore have no reflection. In that case, beware of conspiracy theorists bearing torches and pitchforks.

And now the moral of the story. We are all conspiracy theorists, everyone of us. So is the Government. So is the media. So are the banks. We are all conspirators, as well. Every secret society, every sister whispering in another’s ear, every parent who conspires to hide the ugly truth from the ears of their children, too tender in age to process sex or violence, are conspirators . Every party we throw, ever secret we tell, every meeting we take, its all conspiracy…. Conspiracy defines us. Our nation was borne of conspiracy. Did not Paul Revere conspire to alert Boston that the British were coming? Does not every parent “conspire” to lie to their children when they propose the reality of Santa Claus? Isn’t every fiction writer on earth conspiring to teleport its readers’ minds to another realm? Name a behavior between two people that is not a conspiracy. Calling someone a conspiracy theorist is pretty redundant….

On another April 15th, back in 1865, the shaken and angry leaders of our Government sat around a bed too small for the gaunt figure sprawled across it. That dying figure was Abraham Lincoln and in the coming days, the Government denounced the “Conspiracy of Evil men” who had plotted his assassination.

In fact, the FOUNDING FATHERS put forth the unpopular conspiracy theory that England planned to raise taxes, leave the people poorer and keep them in the dark about their long term nefarious goals. The Founding Fathers were proven correct and were the Government of Lincoln’s. So before you write someone off for their conspiracy theories, perhaps you should glean that humanity, every nation and ever age has been inspired, changed and furthered by conspiracy theories.

Labels should not imprison us. In the end, all of us come from a long line of conspiracy theorists. Please tell nobody you read this blog……………..

The Pain in Spain

There is a man called Kliguy38.His insights are worthy.I have followed his writing for years now and he is not an alarmist or a doom and gloomer. he is a realist.Here is one of his posts.I suggest we listen. Thomas

Coming to a theater near you soon
So this is how the Global Government looks looks to the Spaniards this weekend in Barcelona as European financial leaders from 29 countries meet to determine changes to the financial and political landscape. In reality they are trying to find a way out of a worsening collapse of the Eurozone fragile union. Its become so dire for the PTB that Spain closed its borders to thousands of potential protesters pouring in from other European countries to participate in the Barcelona demonstrations.

Does this really have any impact on us? Perhaps not directly but it is a symptom of a growing problem with the central planning of the globalization cartel. As the attention of the Central Bankers remains focused on protecting the Bank’s balance sheets from their insolvency, the real economy is left to the trickle down repair that is NOT addressing the pain on a large portion of the sheeple. Instead of expending their efforts to improve the structural breakdowns from years of malinvestment by the bankers, we have elected to chose a path of “extend and pretend”. Trying to buy enough time that self healing can allow and economic healing through the ranks of business and manufacturing. Meanwhile the structural decay in our roads, bridges, airports, railways, and education progress unabated.

We’re in the 5th year of the “recovery”. What the MSM tries to conceal from the public when statistics are presented on improving employment are the more permanent conditions that are developing within our country. We have PhDs that are now working as cab drivers. We have new college graduates taking jobs at fast food shops. These are honest jobs, but they are malinvestment in our future. These people show up as “employed” in the statistics, just as those that have given up looking for work and just live off of food stamps and other forms of Government assistance. The real unemployment number in this centrally planned recovery is closer to 20% which is a depression era number here. In the countries like Spain, the official numbers are well over 25%. Back on our own soil there are enormous families that were living large and believing it was their patriotic duty to be an aggressive spender. They were encouraged by the media and government even to spend and consume. Now the music has stopped and instead of letting the strong hands come in and take over the defaults of these millions of sheep….the Central planners elected to try and reinflate the housing bubble and destroy the possibility of a more meaningful long term recovery. This is calculated and this is why we talk about protecting yourself. There will be more pain to come, and it can only be postponed so long.

Keep your eyes on Europe. Its going to be warm weather soon. And with warming weather will come new problems for the Central planners. March should be a time for renewal. Someone is going after the Vatican. Strange timing. gl all

Thank you Kliguy.This is an incredible post. Thomas

Update: Spain at a glance as May begins:

The European Union
The following are 20 signs that the next Great Depression has already started in Europe…

#1 The unemployment rate in France has surged to 10.6 percent, and the number of jobless claims in that country recently set a new all-time record.

#2 Unemployment in the eurozone as a whole is sitting at an all-time record of 12 percent.

#3 Two years ago, Portugal’s unemployment rate was about 12 percent. Today, it is about 17 percent.

#4 The unemployment rate in Spain has set a new all-time record of 27 percent. Even during the Great Depression of the 1930s the United States never had unemployment that high.

#5 The unemployment rate among those under the age of 25 in Spain is an astounding 57.2 percent.

#6 The unemployment rate in Greece has set a new all-time record of 27.2 percent. Even during the Great Depression of the 1930s the United States never had unemployment that high.

#7 The unemployment rate among those under the age of 25 in Greece is a whopping 59.3 percent.

#8 French car sales in March were 16 percent lower than they were one year earlier.

#9 German car sales in March were 17 percent lower than they were one year earlier.

#10 In the Netherlands, consumer debt is now up to about 250 percent of available income.

#11 Industrial production in Italy has fallen by an astounding 25 percent over the past five years.

#12 The number of Spanish firms filing for bankruptcy is 45 percent higher than it was a year ago.

#13 Since 2007, the value of non-performing loans in Europe has increased by 150 percent.

#14 Bank withdrawals in Cyprus during the month of March were double what they were in February even though the banks were closed for half the month.

#15 Due to an absolutely crippling housing crash, there are approximately 3 million vacant homes in Spain today.

#16 Things have gotten so bad in Spain that entire apartment buildings are being overwhelmed by squatters…

A 285-unit apartment complex in Parla, less than half an hour’s drive from Madrid, should be an ideal target for investors seeking cheap property in Spain. Unfortunately, two thirds of the building generates zero revenue because it’s overrun by squatters.

“This is happening all over the country,” said Jose Maria Fraile, the town’s mayor, who estimates only 100 apartments in the block built for the council have rental contracts, and not all of those tenants are paying either. “People lost their jobs, they can’t pay mortgages or rent so they lost their homes and this has produced a tide of squatters.”

#17 As I wrote about the other day, child hunger has become so rampant in Greece that teachers are reporting that hungry children are begging their classmates for food.

#18 The debt to GDP ratio in Italy is now up to 136 percent.

#19 25 percent of all banking assets in the UK are in banks that are leveraged at least 40 to 1.

#20 German banking giant Deutsche Bank has more than 55 trillion euros (which is more than 72 trillion dollars) of exposure to derivatives. But the GDP of Germany for an entire year is only about 2.7 trillion euros.

Yes, U.S. stocks have been doing great so far this year, but the truth is that the stock market has become completely and totally divorced from economic reality. When it does catch up with the economic fundamentals, it will probably happen very rapidly like we saw back in 2008.

Facebook Rules for 2013. Keep it Light Grasshopper….

Bees to honey. The Facebook culture’s little book of etiquette.

Its mid afternoon and I have had over 300 hits on my Facebook page.Being in certain groups ( Music and History mainly) the information flow is incessant.I call it the beehive. People seeking informational nutrients, buzzing around informational flowers, increasingly regimented, as bee colonies are prone to do.The buzz is constant.and befitting the new AGE OF DRONES>>>>>>>

I observe the do’s and don’ts of FB culture and note that you can “like ” something, but not “love” it. I have made certain observations in the last year that explain why some content is so popular and why other posts are soundly ignored.

Pictures of your children are always wildly popular, provided they are not breaking the law, or having a melt down. Actually , melt downs are popular, but only if the child is under 5.

Political rants are unpopular.Even if your message resonates with many, the “in” crowd at FB will soon teach you to “play it light” I was wrong to attack the Whig party of 1821 and had no idea there was a huge fan base ready to protect it’s frilly borders.

If you plan to instant message someone, you better not be “on the prowl”. The most offensive thing on the planet is when some FB loser tries to score on a lady who has posted her pictures on line. Chances are the “lady” is a dude and the loser doing the hunting is unemployed, and unstable to boot. Angry face bookers are suspect in this cyber lite culture.

Pictures of digs in silly outfits remain high on the popularity list, eclipsed only by photographs of humans dressed in sillier outfits. Humor always wins..period.

Unfriending people can be tricky.Sometimes you may feel that have 8000 friends can be a burden, so you unfriend some of them in order to “clean house” Later, you bump into an unfriend and they accuse you of making them a facebook pariah, or as I call it, a Cyber Leper. You can “like” them back into social validity, but it takes time and effort.Many people seek therapy these days because they have been un friended..Its a growing social curse.

Finally, Face Book can be what you make it. Sure it has a creepy side, but if your message is consistent with your mission, then there is much to gain from Face book connections.Just don’t replace your real friends with Face Book friends. After all, they existed in real life before they became avitars ..Right?

Chaplin is Hot Once Again, Thanks to a Lousy Economy.By Thomas Schoenberger

So the economy is in depression, fat cat bankers rule. Crime is all over and it seems the little guy is getting crushed under the weight of oppression.Modern Times you say? No. We have traveled this road before.And one man defined the struggle of the poor to better their lot in this world..The Tramp is back, and ready to amuse…..

Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was a British comic actor and filmmaker. Chaplin was one of the most influential figures of the silent era, whose screen character “The Tramp” became a global phenomenon and remains one of cinema’s most iconic images. His career in entertainment spanned more than 75 years, from Victorian music hall until close to his death at the age of 88. Chaplin’s high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy.As a composer, I am struck by Chaplin’s music. It is really rather good, haunting refrains, repetitive melodies that drum into your belly like a fish slapping plank wood.Chaplin composed like Beethoven did, with an eye towards drama and percussion. But was Chaplin ever actually homeless in real life? Well……….

Raised in London, Chaplin’s childhood was defined by poverty and hardship. He was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine; his father was absent, and his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing from a young age, touring music halls with a clog dancingtroupe and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19 he was signed to the prestigious Fred Karno company, which took him to America. It was while touring with the comedy troupe that Chaplin was scouted by the film industry. His first appearances came in 1914 with Keystone Studios, where he developed the Tramp persona and formed a large fan base. Chaplin directed his films from an early stage, and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations. By 1918, he was one of the richest and most famous men in the world.

The rogue historian asks How did Chaplin resonate globally and why was his rise so meteoric? And could today’s rising tide of homeless and food scarce populations relate to the “Little Champ” ?

Chaplin played a homeless person who demanded dignity. As a tide of immigrants worldwide dealt with revolution, dislocation,poverty, war and class differences, Chaplin attracted global audiences by the sheer tenacity the “Little Tramp” showed in the face of overwhelming odds. Who hasn’t felt small or unimportant at times? Who hasn’t felt alone in a crowd? Chaplin is the ultimate symbol of the silent war of the have’s vs the have not’s Imagine Chaplin in the Occupy crowd, wreaking havoc.Imagine Chaplin in Modern day New York, assailing wicked banksters. Chaplin would have found 2013 content rich and surely would have fought for the underdog.Ironically, Charlie , who made his fame portraying an outcast chased by policemen, store owners, even other “tramps” would find himself the subject of a real life witch hunt later in his life.

In 1952 Chaplin had left Hollywood on a visit to England and while aboard ship in the Atlantic, was notified that his reentry permit had been revoked. Atty. Gen. James P. McGranery said the action had been prompted by “public charges” associating Chaplin with communism and “grave moral charges.” The comedian would have to appear at a hearing to prove his “moral worth” before he could return. Chaplin, who was still a British subject, declined to go through such a hearing. “Since the end of the last world war,” Chaplin said, “I have been the object of lies and propaganda by powerful reactionary groups who, by their influence and by the aid of America’s yellow press, have created an unhealthy atmosphere in which liberal-minded individuals can be singled out and persecuted. Under these conditions I find it virtually impossible to continue my motion-picture work, and I have therefore given up my residence in the United States.” Chaplin and his family moved to a mansion overlooking Lake Geneva near the Swiss village of Vevey.

That government ruling was widely and correctly interpreted as a shabby cover to bar Chaplin from the country for political reasons. While he never belonged to a political party, he was sympathetic to liberal and some radical causes. Worse, he was outspoken. And some of his films, which ridiculed aspects of American society, were denounced as “left-wing propaganda.”

In August 1960, a superior court judge refused to issue an order compelling the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Hollywood Improvement Association to show cause why they should not be directed to include Chaplin’s name on the Walk of Fame. The court acted on a petition filed by Charles Chaplin, Jr., who contended that omission of his father’s name from the Hollywood Boulevard sidewalk project was malicious. Chaplin Jr. himself demanded $400,000 damages on the complaint that the decision of the two Hollywood organizations libeled him and injured his career. His suit was eventually dismissed.

After the reentry prohibition against Chaplin was dropped years later, the actor remained in Switzerland. As the years passed, both Chaplin and the times changed and, in an interview in London in 1962, he said: “What happened to me, I can’t condemn or criticize the country for that. There are many admirable things about American and its system, too. I have no ill feelings. I carry no hate. My only enemy is time.” This statement in itself shows the sunny disposition that has come to define Chaplin.A champion of humanity, he harbored no ill will, and thus, won the war, even if he had lost many battles.

By the early days of 1972, the officials, including an attorney general of the United States, who were outraged at Chaplin’s radically-tinged politics, were now gone. It was rumored that Chaplin would return to the United States for the first time in twenty years to receive a special Academy Award voted to him. If Chaplin decided to return, he would have to apply to the U.S. Consulate in Geneva for an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa. The U.S. State Department would then rule on the application.

Possibly because of Chaplin’s promising return, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Executive Committee voted on whether to approve a star for the actor and voted 5 to 4 against it. After that vote, Chamber president,A. Ronald Button ordered an advisory poll of chamber membership that responded 3 to 1 in favor of installing a Chaplin star. Based on that, the Chambers directors went against their Executive Committees recommendation and voted 30 to 3 in favor of adding Chaplin’s name to the sidewalk honor. The decision still had to be approved by the Los Angeles City Council, but Button said it had always approved the directors’ recommendations in the past. “I can’t imagine them opposing the star,” he said. Eventually the city council approved Chaplin’s star, 11 to 3. The three dissenting councilmen never spoke publicly in opposition, but privately complained that since the comedian earned his money here he should not have left the country to live in Switzerland. It is 2013 and thanks to revolution, war, dislocation, inflation, deflation,and the greatest demarcation line between the rich and poor in a hundred years, Chaplin is back, and this time, it’s personal…

Father: Charles Chaplin, Sr. (alcoholic)
Mother: Hannah Smith
Brother: Sydney Chaplin (half brother)
Wife: Mildred Harris (m. 23-Oct-1918, div. 1920)
Wife: Lita Grey (m. 26-Nov-1924, div. 1926)
Wife: Paulette Goddard (m. Jun-1936, div. Jun-1942)
Wife: Oona Chaplin (dau. of Eugene O’Neill, m. 16-Jun-1943)
Son: Norman Spencer Chaplin (b. 7-Jul-1919, d. 10-Jul-1919)
Son: Charlie Chaplin, Jr. (b. 5-May-1925, d. 20-Mar-1968)
Son: Sydney Chaplin (stage actor, b. 30-Mar-1926, d. 3-Mar-2009)
Daughter: Geraldine Chaplin (actress, b. 31-Jul-1944)
Girlfriend: Pola Negri
Slept with: Marion Davies (rumored)
Girlfriend: Edna Purviance
Mistress: Louise Brooks (1925)

United Artists
Oscar (honorary) 1929 for The Circus
Oscar (honorary) 1972 (Lifetime Achievement)
Oscar for Best Music Original Score 1973 for Limelight (shared)
Erasmus Prize 1965 (with Ingmar Bergman)
Knight of the British Empire 4-Mar-1975
French Legion of Honor 1985
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6751 Hollywood Blvd
Left at Orphanage
Mann Act Violation 1944 (acquitted)
Paternity Test blood test (1943)
Exhumed 1-Mar-1978 (grave robbed)
Risk Factors: Asthma
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
A Countess from Hong Kong (5-Jan-1967)
A King in New York (12-Sep-1957)
Limelight (23-Oct-1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (11-Apr-1947)
The Great Dictator (15-Oct-1940)
Modern Times (5-Feb-1936)
City Lights (30-Jan-1931)
The Circus (6-Jan-1928)
The Gold Rush (26-Jun-1925)
A Woman of Paris (26-Sep-1923)
Pay Day (2-Apr-1922)
The Idle Class (25-Sep-1921)
The Kid (21-Jan-1921)
A Day’s Pleasure (15-Dec-1919)
Sunnyside (15-Jun-1919)
Shoulder Arms (20-Oct-1918)
The Rink (4-Dec-1916)
Behind the Screen (13-Nov-1916)
The Vagabond (10-Jul-1916)
The Floorwalker (15-May-1916)
A Night in the Show (20-Nov-1915)
Work (21-Jun-1915)
The Tramp (12-Apr-1915)
His New Job (1-Feb-1915)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
A Countess from Hong Kong (5-Jan-1967)
A King in New York (12-Sep-1957)
Limelight (23-Oct-1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (11-Apr-1947)
The Great Dictator (15-Oct-1940)
Modern Times (5-Feb-1936) · Factory Worker
City Lights (30-Jan-1931) · A Tramp
The Circus (6-Jan-1928) · A Tramp
The Gold Rush (26-Jun-1925) · The Lone Prospector
The Pilgrim (26-Feb-1923) · The Pilgrim
Pay Day (2-Apr-1922) · Worker
The Idle Class (25-Sep-1921)
The Kid (21-Jan-1921) · A Tramp
A Day’s Pleasure (15-Dec-1919) · Father
Sunnyside (15-Jun-1919)
Shoulder Arms (20-Oct-1918) · Doughboy
A Dog’s Life (14-Apr-1918) · The Tramp
The Immigrant (17-Jun-1917) · Immigrant
The Cure (16-Apr-1917)
The Rink (4-Dec-1916)
Behind the Screen (13-Nov-1916)
The Count (4-Sep-1916) · Apprentice Tailor
The Vagabond (10-Jul-1916) · Street Musician
The Floorwalker (15-May-1916)
A Night in the Show (20-Nov-1915)
Work (21-Jun-1915)
The Tramp (12-Apr-1915)
His New Job (1-Feb-1915)
Tillie’s Punctured Romance (14-Nov-1914) · Charlie
The Rounders (7-Sep-1914) · Reveller
The Masquerader (27-Aug-1914) · Film Actor
The Knockout (11-Jun-1914)
Tango Tangles (9-Mar-1914)
A Film Johnnie (2-Mar-1914) · Film Johnnie

Author of books:
My Autobiography (1964, memoir)

The Coming Era of Pizza Delivery Drones By Thomas Schoenberger

Aerial vehicles (UAVS), also known as drones, are aircraft either controlled by ‘pilots’ from the ground or increasingly, autonomously following a pre-programmed mission. (While there are dozens of different types of drones, they basically fall into two categories: those that are used for reconnaissance and surveillance purposes and those that are armed with missiles and bombs.

The Drones are coming !

Drones have been around since WW2 and only in recent years have the technological capabilities been expanded. With recent news that real estate agents have been using drones to map out neighborhoods, we can only conclude that one day, we will have pizza’s delivered via drone. Why stop there? The post office might want to get in on the act. And let’s consider groan drones, unmanned aircraft that can deliver grievances, nasty-grams, Dear John letters, you get the picture,…

Military drone manufacturers are seeking civilian uses for remote sensing drones to expand their markets and this includes the use of drones for domestic surveillance. Drones will no doubt make possible the dramatic expansion of the surveillance state.But, if drones also develop a commercial market,instead of just being restricted to miltary use, then it stands to reason that one day, drones will be dog watchers, volcano observers, even wedding photographers.

Travelocity may even promote a “roaming Drone” And much like the ancient Greeks believed., the sky is watching us.As a believer in privacy, I hope we do not become one nation under surveillance.

My Mother, Elsebeth Schoenberger, the Resistance Fighter

73 years ago, on a cool spring afternoon, my mother’s country was invaded by the Nazi’s. Her small Danish town suddenly found itself in the clutches of the diabolical Nazi war machine. The country was joined in subjection by France and Netherlands. That spring, the world looked on in horror. Later that year, London would endure a Christmas season from hell, with Santa Claus nowhere to be found, and the only sleigh in the sky seemed to be the horrific V1 and V2 rockets causing death and destruction from above. For my mother, a hopeful and innocent 11 year old girl, the advance of the Nazi thugs was the second major blow in her life. She had lost her father 4 years before. He was an M.D. and never made it past his 38th year.I never knew my grandfather.

The German invasion of Denmark on 9 April 1940 was part of a wider campaign in Scandinavia designed partly to provide bases for the German navy and partly to secure the German supply of iron ore from Sweden. The main target of the German operation was Norway, but the occupation of Denmark was also judged to be necessary to protect the southern end of the sea route to Narvik, the winter port for the iron ore trade.

Planning work for the invasion began in January 1940. The operation was given the codename Weserübung (Weser Exercise), with the invasion of Denmark known as Weserubung Süd (Weser Exercise South). The tiny Danish army was to be overrun by two infantry divisions (the 170th and 198th) and the 11th rifle brigade (motorized). Landings were to take place at Copenhagen, Middlefart, Esbjerg, Tyborøn, Korsør, Gjedser and Nyborg, while more troops would invade Jutland across the land border with Germany.

The plan worked perfectly. A small naval expedition, led by the minelayer Danzig entered Copenhagen harbour at 5.00am on 9 April, and landed troops who were able to seize the citadel. Ålborg airfield at the northern tip of Denmark was captured by German paratroops, and at 7.30 am an infantry battalion landed at the airfield. At 5.25 am the land invasion began. Here there was some fighting, but the defenders of the Danish border were quickly overwhelmed. Further resistance was clearly pointless, and the Danish government was forced to agree to a German ultimatum to end the fighting. King Christian ordered a cease fire, to start at 7.20am. Denmark would be occupied by the Germans until the end of the war.

The invasion seemed to waken the ancient Viking psyche of the Danish people. My mother, who just months before had been playing with dolls and dreaming of a career in academia, marrying a Prince Charming, and living happily after, had to confront poverty, violence , death and intimidation daily.

So what did she do in light of these overwhelming odds? She fought back. She become an active member of the Danish Resistance She braved detention and even execution.During the 5 years of daily challenge and privation, she learned to combat the enemy, carrying messages and weapons for the Danish resistance,every day risking her life and freedom for her country. This little Lutheran girl found the courage to face impossible odds,and deep within the wall of her construct, over 65 years later, she wrote a book, chronicling her experiences.

The book is becoming popular.It’s topical. In this new global village, one need not look far to find countries swept up in the grip of totalitarianism.To my mother,occupy has nothing to do with camping in a park. My mother lived a “Danish Spring” in 1940,she fought thuggery,brutality and impossible odds, and though she lost her childhood in the process, she gained a sagacity well beyond her tender years,and her story is one that must be told, now more than ever. Her book, Birgetta’s War now speaks to a new crop of resistance fighters, children facing the spector of evil, children finding hope in the most unnatural of places, the fog of war.

This week she turns 84. In the last 3 years, she has become a widow, an author and, to the delight of everyone, a new bride. Nothing new for this incredible and inspirational figure. Happy birthday Mom. Please visit her website, and buy the book

http://www.birgitteswar.com/

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