Paul Revere

 Paul Revere

Paul Revere was an American Patriot in the 1770s. Revere was part of the American Revolution (a true Revolution and not persecution). Revere is denoted as having bravery and courage to have warned Samuel Adams and John Hancock that the English were seeking to go after rebels including Adams and Hancock for signing the Declaration of Independence in 1776. When Revere learned that the British had incoming ships, he rowed through a river undetected by British ships, galloped through the countryside, and yelled out the indication that the British were in America. Revere went to Lexington and woke up Adams and Hancock. The United States decided to be independent from England because they were self-sufficient and were being taxed without representation. 

England had decided to exact taxes arbitrarily on the Americans due to the manner that they were industrious. The American Revolutionaries did not want to be taxed arbitrarily and decided to declare their independence from tyrannical England. The English were looking to arrest and remove Hancock and other individuals who supported the American call for freedom.

Once Paul Revere learned that the British were in America, he warned the American Revolutionaries that the "regulars were out!" and that the British were about. To this, Revere had courage despite knowing that if he was captured, he would have been charged with treason. Despite that, Revere warned the American militia and Revolutionaries describing the real American Patriotism that cares about their land and their bretheren. Revere risked his life to warn his American bretheren of opposition and is regarded in history as a real hero. 

Revere after warning his fellow bretheren was almost captured by British troops on almost reaching the town of Concord. When the British had surrounded Revere, shots fired out from American militia muskets and the British took off leaving Revere unharmed and uncaptured. Revere knew that the shots fired were from American militia members. The American militia defended Revere and also repelled the British at Concord. Despite not having an army and not being the world power at that time, the American militia was able to beat the British troops and obtain freedom. Paul Revere is considered an example of American bravery and true fraternity who allowed fellow Americans to persevere despite opposition. (We can persevere reminding ourselves of amazing individuals who were brave and persevere with integrity. We can persevere trusting in GOD Almighty and avoiding socialism.)

Paul Revere's Story is Amazing While Benedict Arnold's Was Not

Paul Revere was an amazing individual who was able to tell John Hancock and Samuel Adams that the British were attempting to go against the Americans who were for independence. While Paul Revere was an American hero, Benedict Arnold was a treacherous rat snake. Benedict Arnold betrayed his country in order to help the British. Arnold was a capable soldier who was resentful and felt that he needed to have more importance. Arnold decided to help the British by taking a £20,000 bribe and offering to give information on West Point so that the British could attack the American forces. Arnold was found out by the Americans and left for England. 

Arnold then lived in England where the British also did not trust him. Arnold was a rat snake who became bitter and resentful. The American Revolution succeeded in obtaining independence from England and with amazing stories from Paul Revere, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton. The story of treacherous Benedict Arnold was not so impressive. Arnold betrayed his country because his wife was British and needed to support her lavish lifestyle. (We can be far apart from treacherous rat snake socialists who are very similar to Benedict Arnold. We know that socialists do not care about loyalty, independence, honor, and valor. We can avoid such rat snakes. For all intensive purposes, Benedict Arnold was a socialist.)

Figures of History and Individualism is meant to remind us that there are good people despite the lies of the snake. While the snake says that "everyone sins and is evil," the reality is that there have been and there are individuals who are good, positive, practice integrity, and hate evil. We can persevere practicing civil disobedience, pacifism, and worshiping GOD Almighty above everything of this temporary and imperfect world. We can persist acknowledging that GOD Almighty is everything to us and deny the lies of the snake.

The Creators of the Film, Enemy of the State

 The Creators of the Film, Enemy of the State

Enemy of the State is an amazing film that criticizes the illegal espionage of bureaucracies such as the FBI, NSA, and CIA. Enemy of the State was made in the 1990s describing how bureacracies have attempted to usurp power and illegally surveil lawful citizens. The movie describes how a photographer is taking pictures of birds and wildlife in a pond when a murder occurs. The photographer takes video and leaves the park and pond. 

The individuals that removed an individual from existence were FBI agents and were also informed that someone had taken video of their actions. The FBI agents follow and attempt to steal the video from the photographer who places the video in the shopping bag of another individual. Without knowing of the situation, the individual that has nothing to do with the taping of the video footage leaves the store and does not know that he has footage of a crime being committed. 

The FBI agents then follow the individual and surveil his location attempting to get rid of the footage that shows a government agent getting rid of an individual. The individual does not know why he is being stalked and followed around (even by the FBI surveillance van). The protagonist finds out from a retired NSA agent that he has footage of a crime and that the NSA illegally surveils citizens. (The retired NSA agent appears to be paranoid at the beginning of the film, yet as the film progresses, it is seen that he is actually right. The NSA has individuals listening in on devices and phones. He gives advice to the protagonist to place his electronic device in an empty potato chip bag with aluminum foil in the interior to obfuscate the GPS location. (Side note: I bought myelin "aluminum" sheet space blankets online to try out the experiment and the space blankets were stolen and never delivered along with a Lifewater straw. I would not advise using potato chip bags because they contain sodium chloride from salt that can damage phones.) 

The retired NSA agent attempted to help the protagonist persist knowing that the NSA and FBI were surveilling him illegally through espionage. The movie ends with an impressive twist while the protagonist survives the ordeal. I remember talking about this film with another individual in elementary school when the film came out. The movie may have been made after Watergate and criticizes illegal espionage by the NSA and FBI. The movie also came out on Mexican television channels and described the need to have healthy skepticism of bureaucracies who attempt to usurp power not given by the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights. Hoover is essentially credited as using illegal espionage through illegal bugging in the Civil Rights Movement against Levison, MLK, and possibly even JFK since the 1960s. After 9/11, the Patriot Act attempted to allow for more illegal espionage through the NSA and FBI while public place shootings did not decline after 2001. This is another sign of the times. (This is not to cause fear but to promote healthy skepticism amidst the times that we live in. The film tells us that there is illegal gangstalking and bugging done by the FBI and NSA. Despite this, we conquer the snake by trusting in the GOD of gods,  GOD Almighty. The Soviet Union had spies and informants everywhere and still collapsed in the 1990s and even Stalin did not survive to the 1960s. Kruschev also had informants everywhere and was also exiled and removed from power. Nixon attempted Watergate and resigned after knowing that he was going to be successfully impeached. Nixon resigned knowing he was going to be impeached and did not want to be the first president impeached. Ellsberg stated truth and became a hero of Democracy and Freedom of Speech amidst persecution from Nixon and the FBI.)