By now, many people are aware that "Western Medicine" was created in the early 1900s by none other than John D. Rockefeller himself. Already having a monopoly on the petroleum industry, he saw a huge opportunity to control the chemical and medical industries as well. In his pursuit to take over the medical industry, he used smear campaign tactics in order to remove his holistic competition and gain a monopoly on the industry to push his petroleum based, synthetic pharmaceuticals. And so, by pushing out the natural medicines practiced for thousands of years, he was able to patent his petrochemicals and take control. 

But what if I told you this was just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the outlawing of hemp?

We have become so conditioned to automatically think of marijuana and THC when we hear the terms "cannibis" and "hemp" mentioned, we completely overlook the agricultural and industrial aspect of this "evil species of greenery." What if I told you the financial gain from industrial hemp far outweighs that of medicinal cannibis? We can even take it a step further than that! What if I told you the recreational use of those seeking the high of THC is, in fact, the bottom of the totem pole when it comes to the trillions of dollars this one crop alone can create for local economies? From building materials, textiles, paper products, medicines and more (like more than 25,000 products to date), this crop could, and probably would, crush the monopoly big corporations have over the majority of our industries considering it can be grown in almost every environment all over the world and cannot be patentented due to the fact that it's derived from nature. And, oooh, let's face it..those big corp boys hate that!

As stated above, the hemp plant can be used from root to tip for many different products but for this article, we're going to go back in time and focus on paper.

You may ask, "Why paper of all things?" Believe it or not, paper had one of the biggest roles in causing hemp to become illegal.

In 1916, not long after the release of USDA Bulletin 404, a man by the name of George Schlichten, a 50 year old German immigrant who had been working on a simple, yet brilliant invention came into play. Schlichten had spent 18 years on the decorticator, a machine that could strip the fiber from nearly any plant, leaving the pulp behind. To build it, he developed an extensive knowledge of fibers and paper making. His desire was to stop the felling of forests for paper, which he believed to be a crime. His native Germany was well advanced in forestry and Schlichten knew that destroying forestry meant destroying needed watersheds. 

During this time, turn-of-the-century newspaper barons needed huge amounts of paper to deliver their increasingly swelling circulations. Nearly 30% of the four million tons of paper manufactured in 1909 was newsprint. By 1914, the circulation of daily newspapers had increased by 17% with an estimated growth of over 28 million copies. Come 1917, the price of newsprint was rapidly rising, which caused some concern for those seeking to invest in the paper mill industry. Schlichten had thoroughly studied many kinds of plants used for paper, among which were corn, cotton, and yucca. However, hemp seemed to be his most favored and the paper he made from hemp was even better than what was produced for USDA Bulletin 404 because his decorticator machine was able to eliminate the retting process. By 1917, Schlichten anticipated he could make 50,000 tons of paper yearly, at a retail price of less than 50% of the newsprint price of that time using hemp production! He also noted that each acre of hemp would preserve almost 5 acres of forest. Sadly, during this time, instead of embracing new cost-effective technology, newspaper giants decided to take the easy way out and raise their prices as many corporate giants do. 

It wouldn't be until the 1930s that we would see the decorticator machine resurface when it was dubbed by articles in popular magazines as "The machine that would make hemp a Billion Dollar Crop" and that "Modern technology was about to be applied to hemp production, making it the number one agricultural resource in America...and thousands of new products, creating millions of new jobs that would herald the end of the Great Depression!" Well, thanks to the bidding of W.R. Hearst, this never happened. Instead, hemp was persecuted, outlawed, and forgotten. 

Enter Hearst, DuPont, and Mellon (DuPont's chief financial backer)

In the mid 1930s, when the new mechanical hemp fiber stripping machines, along with the machines that conserved hemp's high-cellulose pulp finally became state-of-the-art, available, and affordable, the enormous timber acreage and businesses of the Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division, Kimberly Clark (USA), St. Regis, and virtually all other timber, paper, and large newspaper holding companies, stood to lose billions of dollars. Not to mention, at the same time, DuPont had just patented processes for making plastics from oil and coal, as well as a new sulfate/sulfite process for making paper from wood pulp. Competing against environmentally friendly and cost-effective hemp paper and natural plastic technology would have jeopardized the lucretive financial schemes of Hearst, DuPont, and DuPont's financial backer, Andrew Mellon of the Mellon Bank of Pittsburg. 

Let the "Yellow Journalism" begin! Different name, same media lies!

During the mid 1920s, Hearst began the smear campaign against hemp, running stories implicating the use of "marijuana" (a term never used in the States before this time) in many accounts of made up, irrational acts stating "Marijuana makes these acts completely logical to its pitiful captives, who have become slaves to its false promise," claiming the perpetrators were Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and other "dark-skinned" folks." Sound familiar?

The added Influence of Henry J. Anslinger

Upon alcohol becoming legal in 1933, Henry J. Anslinger became the director of the newly formed Federal Bureau of Narcotics, now known as the DEA, and strongly opposed hemp. Because of his influence, American society, along with politicians, started to view government and law enforcement officials as the "experts" on marijuana.

On April 14, 1937, Herman Oliphant introduce the Marihuana Tax Act bill directly to the House Ways and Means Committee instead of other appropriate committees such as Food and Drug, Agriculture, Commerce, etc. It is thought that his reason for doing so was because the "Ways and Means" was the only committee that could send bills directly to the House floor without being subject for debate. The Ways and Means chairman, Robert L. Doughton (a key DuPont ally) was quick to rubber stamp the bill, sailing it right through Congress and on to the President. 

So, with this knowledge in mind, it begs the question...Is hemp that "evil green plant" we were raised to fear OR is the banning the outcome of malicious greed? You tell me!

A little over a month ago, one of the business owners in the Small Business Community posed the question, "What are you willing to do to take America back?" Because I have so much to say on this topic, I knew I couldn't write it all in the comment section. And so, here we are.

In my opinion, one of the first things to do is understand we have been lied to For-Ever! Knowing this, it is our responsibility to gain knowledge of who we are, who we once were, and who we are supposed to be. We need to know the difference between Law and Legalese. We need to dig deeper and find what we can on the true history of the world (and understand that it has been purposely hidden from us.), and this is just the tip of the iceberg! While we need to pay attention to the "movie" playing out, we also need to ignore the constant rhetoric from both sides being used to wake up those that still slumber in blissful ignorance. Pay attention, yet move forward with a focus on what WILL be a glorious future, while learning everything you possibly can. Knowledge and putting that knowledge into action is what will take this country back.

So, who are we?

We are Sovereign Souls, born with Sovereign Rights given to us by our Creator! No human, administration, or any other entity has the authority to take those rights from us, nor can any human, administration, or any other entity have the authority to trespass on those rights. This is the most important thing to know. Think about this one. What would happen if every single person traveling in their personal property (we call it driving, but they use legalese against us, so we have to use the correct terms when it comes to them) removed their license plates and refused to register their personal property (in this case vehicle). What could they do if we all did it? They could write tickets all day long BUT did you know what they try to tell us is law, is actually us willingly turning over our property to the state? The only time you NEED to register is if you are driving for commerce! They don't tell us that, do they? Same thing with taxes. Marriage license, fishing license, certificates, registrations. You name it, it is an unlawful way to steal more money from us!

Remember, we do NOT have Constitutional Rights! We have Sovereign Rights! The Consitution was put into place to PROTECT our Sovereign Rights and keep the government in check and from overstepping their boundaries. NO government can implement and enforce any statute, policy, requirement, mandate, etc that can override the Origianal (1776) Constitution. Period. So when some of us say, Do Not Comply...we REALLY mean DO NOT COMPLY!

We DO NOT live in a Democracy! We live in a Constitutional Republic. The Democracy is referring to the "Powers That Think They Be" in Washington DC. The Bankrupt UNITED STATES, INC. (I put that in all caps for a reason...i.e. Birth Certificates).

Taking Down Big Pharma

Honestly, at this point, if you don't know the "Powers That Think They Be" have been trying to kill us for centuries, I don't know what to tell you! Now, if you actually need a surgery or what have you, of course you should get that done. But why are we still running to see "doctors"? They are the ones who get paid to give us that crap that Big Pharma makes to keep us sick, so we keep needing their "medicnes" that never heal or cure us. It only serves to make them more money, and to what? Yep, slowly kill us in the process. God gave us absolutely EVERYTHING we need. All those weeds and such we need to put poisonous chemicals on to kill and keep out of our lawns and such? Yeah, well guess what? Many of those weeds can actually aid healing processes which is why "they" want us to get rid of them. One of the most notable "weeds" that has become more and more prominent because of the healing properties in them is dandelions. If you can find someone into holistic medicine that seriously wants to help you, by all means, take their advice. The other thing you can do is find people mixing tinctures and offering holistic advice they have learned by reading the old books and understanding the old rememdies hidden from us by none other than the "Rockefeller School of Medicine". There are many small businesses out there selling natural organic remedies such as Katt's Remedies (www.kattsremedies.com) and Silent Tree Naturals (www.silenttreenaturals.com). Look them up and support them while keeping yourself as healthy as possible in the process.

The things listed above are a start. There is sooo much more, but these simple things alone will take a whole lot of money out of the Big Banks and Big Pharma.

Support Small Businesses

Isn't this how many of us found each other? Buying and selling from us small independents and the small American Manufacturing Companies (you can find many of the manufacturing companies at www.buydirectusa.com) keeps as much money as possibly within our communities. There are some out there who don't like the prices. Yes, the prices are higher, but so is the quality. Also, the more we buy and sell and create on the small level and keep the monies within, the more we keep out of the Big Box Stores, which in turn, keeps more money from the Big Banksters. The more we do this, the more independent we become. The more money we keep within our communities will allow us to have more to pay those higher prices from the small businesses. I could go on about this, and I have in the past, but that is more video worthy because I could talk for days about these things.

In the end, these are some of the most simple things ANYONE can do. Knowledge is Power. Let your Faith override your Fear and start Implementing real law. You can find a void and fill it by creating your own small business. If you have a hobby or an interest where you can create and sell, then you also have the makings for a small business. If that isn't your thing, you can support and buy from small businesses.The more of us that do that, the more the government will shrink to the little bit of nothing it's supposed to be.

So the question remains, "What are you willing to do to take America back?"

Think about it...

Thanks for Reading!

Much Love,
@Be

Ahhh, 2022 is coming to a close! I don't know about you, but I've changed so much this year, and for the better! I was sitting here thinking back to when my current journey started...August 11, 2021, the day I was fired for refusing to mask up. For refusing to believe the lies. For refusing to bow down to the madness and mandates.

I remember the sadness because I worked for my church and was fired by, you guessed it, my own pastor. I never thought it would be so difficult to find another job. Boy, was I wrong! As weeks turned into months, I was still unemployed. I tried finding ways to create an income for myself since I'm a creative person I remember the beginning of the year vividly. I remember making wall prints and candles. I remember creating designs to open my Spreadshops. I remember creating flyers to post so I could share all of my products just to get some type of income coming in. Nothing worked. I remember having to sell my heat press that I was trying so hard to hang on to because the bills were still coming. I remember thinking I needed to find new ways to promote and not having a support system. I tried Etsy for my digital prints. I tried PowerPoint presentations with everything listed, photos and all...still nothing! I have sold the little bit of gold and silver I had just to stay afloat. 

Some may know I've been following @SantaSurfing for years now because she's always so happy and upbeat. When she got booted from one platform, I would search until I found her on the next. I was never one to comment on posts or videos, just always in the background watching. I didn't think I had anything worth saying, and then she started promoting her SantaSurfing.Locals.com Community. Becoming a supporter was big step for me because, although it's very inexpensive, I'm still unemployed but I found I wanted to engage in conversations. May I just say, that's one of the absolute best things I've done...I love my Ohana! Because of that platform, I found my voice. I found many like minds, tons of encouragement, and many more with my off sense of humor. That was my first step to opening up.

In the meantime, I was still trying to find ways to promote my products. I remember thinking fleetingly that maybe I should make videos but had no clue how to do that. Not even two weeks later, Santa started encouraging people to use their voices and make podcasts and such. This lit the spark a little brighter but I also knew I ddin't want to report the news. There are many people doing that who are very good at it, not to mention, I still had no clue how to make videos. However, I did know that since I had such difficulty gaining traction for my own sales, perhaps I could find others like me and give a helping hand, if you will.

I spent a month trying to find the RIGHT tutorials to start doing them to no avail! Frustrated, I asked my 15 year old son if he knew how to do it. He said, "Uh, yeah." So, I gave up my desk chair and within a short bit of time, he had the CORRECT app downloaded and had a test video complete so he could show me what to do. In my mnd I'm like, "You have GOT to be kidding me!" All that frustration for nothing!  And so, at the end of this past August, 2022, I recorded and uploaded my first video and RandomMayhem was launched. I will say, the hardest part was talking to the computer. I also don't edit. For one, I don't know how and rwo, in my opinion, it's a waste of time. I figure, if people can go live and be authentic, what's the point of editing? It's almost the same thing, right? Anyway, at this point, I had no businesses yet to hightlight, it was more of an introduction and an explanation of what direction I wanted to go. Same with the second video. Still, no responses. So, the search was on! I started seeking out different small businesses and crafters, people with great new concepts and giving my own insight along the way. And guess what! I found that this is something I completely enjoy doing! 

Some may ask why I enjoy it when I don't get paid for it?

My answer would be because all it takes is knowing you may have given someone the exact encouragement they needed at that exact time they needed it (and that has happened), or directed someone to a site to give that one more sale needed, to give someone a different outlook or viewpoint or idea that they may havie been missing to move forward. A missing piece of their own puzzle some could say. Even though I don't have a big following, I have been able to do these things for other people. This tells me I'm on the right path and that brings me great joy...something money cannot give. These are the exact reasons I started this particular Locals Community. I wanted a platform for people who are silent, like I used to be not so long ago. A platform for people who are creators or crafters or small business owners to have a place of encouragement and communication to take that next step. To engage with other people who will welcome their thoughts and ideas and not think they are living with their head constantly in the cllouds.It is my hope that at some point this community will grow and be just that for those that are of like mind.

So what else has happened this year?

Well, as you know, I started writing articles just like this for my Locals members. Some of them I shared on other social media sites which is how I "met" Noah from @paralleleconomy. He gave me yet another opportunity to get my voice out there by contributing articles, mostly revolving around small businesses and community building in a parallel economy. I will say, Noah is very patient! He took the time to make tutorials for me because, not only had I never written for a website, (I mean, who knew there were special formats to follow! Certainly not I!) I am not a techie and had no clue how to even go about this. With his help, I'm getting a little better each time I write. Remember! You are never too old to learn new things!

So as 2022 comes to a close and reflecting on this last year, I've come to realize now more than ever, the struggles, hardships, and learning processes were needed. I needed to take that first tiny leap of faith to find my voice and to move out of my comfort zone. You cannot move forward when you're stuck! It just doesn't work that way.

My advice...Give it to God! Yes, you have to put in the work, but you also have to leave the rest in God's hands and let Him direct you. I'm still unemployed even though I've applied for too many jobs to count. I have not been able to find what the matrix calls "gainful" employment, and yet, I work just about every day doing all the things listed above. I have had low points, I have had times where I didn't know how me and my son would get through the next week. You know what? God never let me down. He came through each and every time just as He promised He would do for us if we just asked.  After this past year, I feel like I may be on the precipce of something. Of what that may be, I don't know yet. I just feel that God has been preparing me for what's to come.

I, for one, cannot wait to see what see what will happen in 2023! 

What about you? 

Love you all!

@Be_