National Emergency Defined

It's all over the news. President Barack Obama has now declared a national state of emergency due to the H1N1 flu outbreak. It is being reported it is for the benefit of hospitals as they try to treat the population who needs it. Really?

The very definition of a national emergency allows for the government to suspend citizens' normal lives, and as a result of this, can allow the government to suspend civil liberties. The government has the power under a national emergency to confiscate property, order martial law, control all communication and restrict travel, among other powers.

The question is why is the outbreak of a flu during flu season considered a national emergency. According to the CDC, around 100 children have died in America since the first onset of the H1N1 flu in the spring of 2009 with about half of them dying in September and October. The CDC continues to call the flu a pandemic. The government ordered doses of the H1N1 flu vaccine are slow in being delivered to the states.

So why the National Emergency? What is the real agenda? Just wondering.....

Pine Tree Crosses Stand Tall on Easter

Last year, I came across pine tree crosses. The story I read discussed how pine trees begin their growth in the early spring. By Easter, the story said, the trees will exhibit a cross.

As it was after Easter when I read about this phenomena, I made a mental note to search this year.

I began looking at the local trees around the first of April. I watched the growth and noticed no cross.

Then, on Easter Sunday, there they were. Crosses standing tall. So, yes, my friends. Nature shows us the promise of life after death.

Cool.