American Minute with Bill Federer
John F. Kennedy shot. Did he & others warn of Deep State & Socialist threat to America?
John F. Kennedy stated in his Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 28, 1961:
"The Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and reverently set aside a special day upon which to give thanks to God ...
I ask the head of each family to recount to his children the story of the first New England Thanksgiving, thus to impress upon future generations the heritage of this nation born in toil, in danger, in purpose, and in the conviction that right and justice and freedom can through man's efforts persevere and come to fruition with the blessing of God."
The Treacherous World of the 16th Century and How the Pilgrims Escaped It: The Prequel to America's Freedom
While vising the home state of his Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas.
The youngest President ever elected, being 43 years old, he was also the youngest to die, barely serving 1,000 days.
Kennedy was on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart to deliver a speech, in which he had prepared to say:
"We in this country, in this generation, are - by destiny rather than choice - the watchmen on the walls of world freedom."
"Watchman on the walls" referenced a well-known Bible passage out of the Book of Ezekiel 33:7-9:
"If the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned ... his blood will I require at the watchman's hand ...
O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore ... warn them ...
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked ... thou hast delivered thy soul ...
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby."
Kennedy continued:
We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men (Luke 2:14) ...
That must always be our goal - and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength.
For as was written long ago, 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain'" (Psalm 127:1).
Warning of the deep state, John F. Kennedy candidly addressed the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, April 27, 1961:
"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 to secret proceedings ..
We are opposed around the world by a ... ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily 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."
Three days before Kennedy was inaugurated, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his final address, January 17, 1961, warning of "a military industrial complex" and "a scientific technological elite," similar to today's global big tech and pharma industries:
"We face a hostile ideology -- global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method ... of indefinite duration ...
Whether foreign or domestic ... there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties ... development of unrealistic programs to cure every ill in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research ... suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel.
But each proposal must be weighed in the light of ... the need to maintain balance ... between the private and the public economy ... balance between our essential requirements as a nation and the duties imposed by the nation upon the individual ..."
Eisenhower continued:
"But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise ......
Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction ...
But now ... we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions ...
The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government ... We must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.
Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Eisenhower warned of the tech industry:
"Akin to ... sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.
In the same fashion, the free university ... has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.
For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded ...
We must also be alert to the ... danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship ... to balance ..., new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society ..."
Eisenhower concluded:
"You and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.
We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow ...
This world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect ...
You and I -- my fellow citizens -- need to be strong in our faith that all nations, under God, will reach the goal of peace with justice."
John F. Kennedy shot. Did he & others warn of Deep State & Socialist threat to America?
John F. Kennedy stated in his Thanksgiving Proclamation, October 28, 1961:
"The Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and reverently set aside a special day upon which to give thanks to God ...
I ask the head of each family to recount to his children the story of the first New England Thanksgiving, thus to impress upon future generations the heritage of this nation born in toil, in danger, in purpose, and in the conviction that right and justice and freedom can through man's efforts persevere and come to fruition with the blessing of God."
The Treacherous World of the 16th Century and How the Pilgrims Escaped It: The Prequel to America's Freedom
While vising the home state of his Vice-President Lyndon Baines Johnson, November 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy was shot in Dallas, Texas.
The youngest President ever elected, being 43 years old, he was also the youngest to die, barely serving 1,000 days.
Kennedy was on his way to the Dallas Trade Mart to deliver a speech, in which he had prepared to say:
"We in this country, in this generation, are - by destiny rather than choice - the watchmen on the walls of world freedom."
"Watchman on the walls" referenced a well-known Bible passage out of the Book of Ezekiel 33:7-9:
"If the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned ... his blood will I require at the watchman's hand ...
O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore ... warn them ...
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Nevertheless, if thou warn the wicked ... thou hast delivered thy soul ...
But if the wicked turn from his wickedness, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby."
Kennedy continued:
We ask, therefore, that we may be worthy of our power and responsibility, that we may exercise our strength with wisdom and restraint, and that we may achieve in our time and for all time the ancient vision of peace on earth, goodwill toward men (Luke 2:14) ...
That must always be our goal - and the righteousness of our cause must always underlie our strength.
For as was written long ago, 'Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain'" (Psalm 127:1).
Warning of the deep state, John F. Kennedy candidly addressed the American Newspaper Publishers Association at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, April 27, 1961:
"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 to secret proceedings ..
We are opposed around the world by a ... ruthless conspiracy that relies primarily 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."
Three days before Kennedy was inaugurated, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his final address, January 17, 1961, warning of "a military industrial complex" and "a scientific technological elite," similar to today's global big tech and pharma industries:
"We face a hostile ideology -- global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method ... of indefinite duration ...
Whether foreign or domestic ... there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties ... development of unrealistic programs to cure every ill in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research ... suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel.
But each proposal must be weighed in the light of ... the need to maintain balance ... between the private and the public economy ... balance between our essential requirements as a nation and the duties imposed by the nation upon the individual ..."
Eisenhower continued:
"But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise ......
Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction ...
But now ... we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions ...
The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government ... We must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.
Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Eisenhower warned of the tech industry:
"Akin to ... sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.
In the same fashion, the free university ... has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.
For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded ...
We must also be alert to the ... danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship ... to balance ..., new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society ..."
Eisenhower concluded:
"You and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.
We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow ...
This world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect ...
You and I -- my fellow citizens -- need to be strong in our faith that all nations, under God, will reach the goal of peace with justice."
Three days before Kennedy was inaugurated, President Dwight D. Eisenhower gave his final address, January 17, 1961, warning of "a military industrial complex" and "a scientific technological elite," similar to today's global big tech and pharma industries:
"We face a hostile ideology -- global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method ... of indefinite duration ...
Whether foreign or domestic ... there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties ... development of unrealistic programs to cure every ill in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research ... suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel.
But each proposal must be weighed in the light of ... the need to maintain balance ... between the private and the public economy ... balance between our essential requirements as a nation and the duties imposed by the nation upon the individual ..."
Eisenhower continued:
"But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise ......
Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction ...
But now ... we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions ...
The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government ... We must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.
Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Eisenhower warned of the tech industry:
"Akin to ... sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.
In the same fashion, the free university ... has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.
For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded ...
We must also be alert to the ... danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship ... to balance ..., new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society ..."
Eisenhower concluded:
"You and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.
We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow ...
This world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect ...
You and I -- my fellow citizens -- need to be strong in our faith that all nations, under God, will reach the goal of peace with justice."
"We face a hostile ideology -- global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method ... of indefinite duration ...
Whether foreign or domestic ... there is a recurring temptation to feel that some spectacular and costly action could become the miraculous solution to all current difficulties ... development of unrealistic programs to cure every ill in agriculture; a dramatic expansion in basic and applied research ... suggested as the only way to the road we wish to travel.
But each proposal must be weighed in the light of ... the need to maintain balance ... between the private and the public economy ... balance between our essential requirements as a nation and the duties imposed by the nation upon the individual ..."
Eisenhower continued:
"But threats, new in kind or degree, constantly arise ......
Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction ...
But now ... we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions ...
The total influence -- economic, political, even spiritual -- is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government ... We must not fail to comprehend its grave implications.
Our toil, resources and livelihood are all involved; so is the very structure of our society.
In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex.
The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
We must never let the weight of this combination endanger our liberties or democratic processes. We should take nothing for granted.
Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together.
Eisenhower warned of the tech industry:
"Akin to ... sweeping changes in our industrial-military posture, has been the technological revolution during recent decades.
In this revolution, research has become central; it also becomes more formalized, complex, and costly. A steadily increasing share is conducted for, by, or at the direction of, the Federal government.
Today, the solitary inventor, tinkering in his shop, has been overshadowed by task forces of scientists in laboratories and testing fields.
In the same fashion, the free university ... has experienced a revolution in the conduct of research. Partly because of the huge costs involved, a government contract becomes virtually a substitute for intellectual curiosity.
For every old blackboard there are now hundreds of new electronic computers.
The prospect of domination of the nation's scholars by Federal employment, project allocations, and the power of money is ever present and is gravely to be regarded ...
We must also be alert to the ... danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite.
It is the task of statesmanship ... to balance ..., new and old, within the principles of our democratic system -- ever aiming toward the supreme goals of our free society ..."
Eisenhower concluded:
"You and I, and our government -- must avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering, for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of tomorrow.
We cannot mortgage the material assets of our grandchildren without risking the loss also of their political and spiritual heritage. We want democracy to survive for all generations to come, not to become the insolvent phantom of tomorrow ...
This world of ours, ever growing smaller, must avoid becoming a community of dreadful fear and hate, and be instead, a proud confederation of mutual trust and respect ...
You and I -- my fellow citizens -- need to be strong in our faith that all nations, under God, will reach the goal of peace with justice."