Dr. Peter Beter Audio Letter 70: Christmas Crisis; Space Shuttle; Gold - December 27, 1981
Channel: Peter Beter
Date: 17/10/2014

Dr. Peter David Beter - Audio Letter 70 - December 27, 1981
Text: http://www.peterdavidbeter.com/docs/all/dbal70.html
MP3: http://archive.org/download/DrPeterBeter_AudioVideoLetters/drpeterbetter_audioletter_70.mp3
(1) The Christmas Crises for Nuclear War I
(2) The American Space Shuttle Failure Number Two
(3) A new scandal over America's disappearing gold

" Hello, my friends, this is Dr. Beter. Today is December 27,
1981, and this is my AUDIO LETTER(R) No. 70.

Two days ago my family and I joined millions of other
Christians world-wide in celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus
Christ. It was a day of family togetherness, of worship, and of
joy. That's how it is for those to whom our Lord Jesus Christ is
the whole reason for Christmas; and yet, in our modern world, the
holiday called "Christmas" means different things to different
people. To some it's just an excuse to give and receive gifts
without any deeper meaning. To others, the Christmas season is
mainly a chance to make money from the bonanza of gift buying.
And, yes, there are some among us to whom Christmas is a sad
time--parents who cannot afford any gifts for their children,
children who have no parents, lonely shut-ins to whom no one
brings a word of Christmas cheer. All of us know about these
things. They are the facts of life.

Christmas, like the rest of life, is largely what we make of
it; and, my friends, in our modern world there are evil forces
who have learned to use the holiday season to do us harm. It has
happened before, many times. Those who bear us ill will know
they can always count on us to be preoccupied and vulnerable
during the holiday season.

This began to be used against us as long ago as 1913. That
year the United States Congress ostensibly passed the legislation
creating the FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM. There was intense
opposition to this unConstitutional privately-owned central
banking system, but no matter. Those who wanted it simply waited
until just before Christmas. Most Congressmen had gone home,
including most of the opponents to the plan within Congress. The
public at large neither knew nor cared about obscure financial
legislation at that moment. Everyone was too busy thinking about
Santa Claus, parties, and Christmas dinner to come. And so as
its Christmas gift to America in 1913, a small group of men--less
than a legal quorum in Congress--slipped through the Federal
Reserve Act! Ever since that time the United States economy has
suffered continuously from that Christmastime act of betrayal.

In military affairs, too, the Christmas holiday season is
always a dangerous time. That is when we are most likely to have
our guard down, vulnerable to surprise attack. On December 6,
1941, thousands of American Servicemen attended pre-Christmas
parties in and around Honolulu, Hawaii. Everything was peaceful,
and life was good. There were no military alerts and all was
calm. After all, it was almost Christmas. But the following
morning, Sunday morning December 7, 1941, more than 2000 of those
Servicemen lost their lives. From that day onward the name
"Pearl Harbor" has been seared forever into the mind of every
American.

Yes, my friends, that's how it's been time after time in the
past, and that's how it's been once again during the holiday
season of 1981. We are especially vulnerable this time because
our usual holiday preoccupation has been compounded by mounting
economic worries. During this holiday season, my friends, not
one but three major crises have been set in motion. All three
are helping to bring the world one step closer to NUCLEAR WAR
ONE. [...]"