Thoughts On The Eliot Spitzer Sex Scandal by Pastor Chuck Baldwin

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This is a loaded article that makes you think. Chuck wonders why Spitzer
was caught. Well, I pretty much know why. It is the neocon fascism on
the rise that is taking over the country. I hear all these neocons
railing against Obama’s preacher as a racist and hater. I know that he
is may be corrupt, no doubt, but it is hypocritical that they point this
out but ignore all the other corruption. These hypocrites talk about
being against political endorsements from church but have nothing to say
when neocons do it like Copeland and Hagee. I heard some of the speech
from Obama’s pastor and he is right on some things. Like how Jesus was
against the wicked ruling elite. While his pastor may be racist and
hateful towards whites, that is a matter of fact that cannot be denied.
There may be few of color that are corrupt in high places but most are
whites. Don’t know if it has to do with color, but it is a fact. My
major disagreement with him is that he is antisemitic and
pro-palestinian. That in itself makes him a racist and antichrist. Of
course that is just a mere convenience for neocons to point out because
they cannot excuse Bush’s antisemtism by proof of his actions against
Israel and Jerusalem.

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By now everyone in the information world knows about the sex scandal
that forced New York Governor Eliot Spitzer out of office. For those
who have been on Mars the past few days, Governor Spitzer was caught
in an FBI wiretap probe involving an expensive prostitution service.
Apparently, the governor has been utilizing these prostitution
services for some ten years and has spent tens of thousands of dollars
for his numerous trysts. The sting that caught him involved a banking
institution alerting federal authorities (as they do millions–yes
millions–of times every year) to “suspicious” financial transactions
between Spitzer and the call girl service, The Emperors Club VIP. At
the time of this writing, no criminal charges have been filed against
Spitzer. (They seldom are in these cases.) Obviously, the
embarrassment of the revelation forced Spitzer to resign.

Should Governor Spitzer have resigned? Of course. Elected officials
who practice adultery betray more than their families; they betray the
trust of the people who elected them. In the old days, adultery would
even have disqualified a person from military or government
promotion–perhaps even their very position. Adultery is the cause of
countless divorces and the source of many children’s and teenagers’
societal malfunction. It is a curse on our country. No one abhors
adultery more than I do.

That said, there is a nagging question in the back of my mind, Why did
the hammer fall on Governor Spitzer now? After all, it is no hyperbole
to say that when it comes to big league politics, adultery and
fornication are, sadly, par for the course. And readers don’t need to
write and tell me how judgmental I am, because it is the truth.

Sometimes I wish I had not learned the things I’ve learned and had not
been exposed to the truth as I have been. Sometimes the truth is not
very pretty. And the fact is, Washington politics–and by virtue of
his very position, the governor of New York is included in Washington
politics–is infested with sexual immorality. And “infested” is
putting it mildly. The Republican and Democrat parties alike are awash
in sexual immorality–both heterosexual and homosexual. And 99% of
this debauchery is never reported. The guilty politicos are never
“caught,” never “outed.”

So, why was Governor Spitzer “caught?” Don’t forget that Spitzer has
been carrying on this way for at least ten years. Suddenly, now, he is
found out.

They say that Governor Spitzer was “Client 9″ for this particular
hooker. So, who are “clients 1-8″? And who are “clients 10-100″? Why
do we not know their names? Anyone able to afford this prostitute’s
price of $1,000 per hour has to be someone of means. Who were they?

Were the other “clients” CEOs of Fortune 500 companies? If so, which
ones? Were they congressmen or senators? If so, who? Were they White
House executives? Were they Pentagon brass? Were they media
celebrities? If so, what are their names? Were they foreign diplomats?
If so, who are they, and from which countries did they come? Do you
get my point?

How is it that in this elaborate FBI “sting,” only Governor Eliot
Spitzer was “caught?”

Now, do not get me wrong, I personally never did like Spitzer. For one
thing, he is a New York liberal. That, all by itself, is enough for me
to dislike the man. Furthermore, he did everything in his power to
force the state of New York to decriminalize and legitimize illegal
aliens. That, too, would be enough for me to dislike him. Beyond that,
he, by all accounts, was a mean-spirited, arrogant,
crush-anybody-who-got-in-his-way kind of guy. Let’s face it, Eliot
Spitzer is an easy man to dislike (at least for me).

However, Spitzer’s personality and public policies are not the issue
here. Aberrant sexual conduct among the politically powerful is
exclusive to no political party or agenda. Adulterers are found among
Democrats and Republicans, liberals and conservatives, old and young,
men and women, northerners and southerners, easterners and westerners,
Christians, and Jews, as well as people of no particular faith. I ask
again, Why was Governor Spitzer “caught”?

Ladies and gentlemen, if the FBI or the major media wanted to
publicize the dirt that they already have on the various “high and
mighty” in Washington, D.C., half the city would be resigning
tomorrow.

So, why was Governor Spitzer “outed”? I do not have the answer to that
question, but, mark it down, somebody in Washington, D.C. has the
answer. Somebody–or a group of somebodies–decided that Eliot Spitzer
had to go. Of that I am sure. I wish I knew who they were, and I wish
I knew the reason why. But, believe me, there was a reason.

There is an old saying inside the Beltway, “When it comes to politics,
there are no accidents or coincidences.” There is a reason for
everything that goes on in Washington, D.C. That is something you can
take to the old proverbial bank. It’s just that unimportant people
such as you and me are not privy to what those reasons are.

Of course there is another saying, “Be sure your sin will find you
out.” That’s from God’s playbook, the Bible. But for most of the rich
and powerful reprobates who are engaging in this insidious conduct,
that discovery will only come when they stand before the final
judgment bench in eternity.

When it is convenient, or necessary, however, some scoundrels such as
Governor Eliot Spitzer will be found out by the FBI and mainstream
media. I sure would like to know the reason why. Wouldn’t you?

The other element of this story that is being vastly underreported is
the fact that federal police agencies are secretly looking at the
financial transactions of the American people all the time. According
to the USA Today, “Banks and credit unions as well as currency dealers
and stores that cash checks reported a record 17.6 million
transactions to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in 2006,
according to a report from the network, a bureau of the U.S. Treasury
Department.”

The Today story goes on to say, “The Treasury Department’s database
now contains records of more than 100 million financial transactions
going back to at least 1996, said network spokesman Steve Hudak.”

Today also reported, “Financial institutions have long been required
to report cash transactions over $10,000. Those reports–simple
notices of a deposit or withdrawal–account for more than 90% of the
records the enforcement network gets each year.

“Far more controversial are secret ’suspicious activity reports’ filed
by financial institutions and reviewed by teams of agents spread
around the country. . . .

“The number of suspicious activity reports soared from 413,000 in 2003
to 1 million in 2006, according to the enforcement network.”

The American people are largely unaware that they are now living in a
universal surveillance society. Virtually every major financial
transaction–as well as much of their travel–is reported and
monitored by the federal government. This total surveillance system,
that began in earnest under Bill Clinton’s administration, has
mushroomed into a ubiquitous and finely tuned science under George W.
Bush. Dare I say that Dubya’s neurotic fixation with spying on
ordinary citizens rivals Comrade Stalin’s paranoiac obsession with a
total surveillance society?

I can tell readers first-hand what living in this Brave New World is
like. Back in the late ’90’s, I bought a used 1995 GMC half-ton, four
wheel drive pick-up truck (which I still own). Over the course of a
few years, I had saved around $5,000 in cash. I then sold my well-worn
Ford Ranger pick-up truck for $5,000 cash. I was hoping I could pay
cash for a bigger and better truck. Over the years growing up, I had
watched my dad pay cash for most all of his purchases, including his
vehicles. I thought it was one of the ultimate marks of freedom and
enterprise in these United States to be able to work, save, and buy
something of value with cash. I quickly discovered that the Federales
in power these days do not share that same vision of freedom.

When I finally found the truck I mentioned, it cost a few thousand
more than what I had saved, so I had to write a check for the
difference. So, with $10,000 in cash and a check on borrowed funds, I
drove off the car lot with my new (used) truck. It happens every day,
right? Nothing unusual, right? Wrong!

To my shock and chagrin, a few days following the purchase of my
truck, a criminal investigator from the IRS came to my front door and
demanded to know where I got the cash to pay for my truck. I am not
making this up, folks. After a lengthy interrogation, the IRS man
left, but not before issuing me a subpoena to appear before a federal
grand jury. Remember, this was in the late ’90’s, before Jorge Bush
and Alberto Gonzales got their dictatorial hands on the helm of the
myriad federal police agencies.

Mark it down, folks: you and I are constantly being watched, listened
to, monitored, taped, and stalked by our own government. So, do any of
us really believe that we still live in a free country? All this talk
about a war on terrorism is a bunch of hooey. What is really happening
is a war on freedom. The so-called “War on Terror” is only a
smokescreen to hide the real agenda, which is to develop a federal
police state where individual liberty is completely vanquished. And
the really sad part of all of this is the manner in which the American
people–especially our pastors and churches–seem to be willing to
embrace and accept this burgeoning police state.

But since when did patriotism come to mean the acceptance of a total
surveillance society? When did patriotism come to mean the love of Big
Government or infatuation with Big Brother? When did patriotism come
to mean the sacrifice of liberty in the name of security? When did
patriotism come to mean the surrender of constitutional government and
personal freedoms? When did patriotism come to mean submission to
tyrannical bureaucracies?

Am I saddened that Eliot Spitzer got “caught?” Not a bit. He was just
another rich reprobate who got what was coming to him. But, I still
want to know why he was exposed, while all the others who are just as
guilty, continue to enjoy the protection of anonymity.

What does sadden me is the manner in which our once-great land of
independence and freedom is being turned into a globalist-dominated
oligarchy, ruled by the iron fist of corrupt elitists. Plus, I am
still waiting for the American people to awaken to what is going on
and put a stop to it all. We had an opportunity to do just that by
supporting the Presidential candidacy of Congressman Ron Paul. How
many more opportunities will we have?

For further information on how our country is turning into a police
state, go to
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