http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/masonic/ en-us Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:18:25 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1969059/posts WASHINGTON — Conspiracy theorists take note: The myths surrounding one of America's oldest and most enduring national symbols are about to be debunked ... if you believe the government, that is. The keepers of the Great Seal of the United States, the emblem on the back of the US$1 bill, want you to know what it is not. It is not a sign that Freemasons run the country, it has nothing to do with the occult, and it does not contain clues to a fabulous hidden treasure. It is rather the nation's stamp of authority, sovereignty and power, gracing cash... Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1969059/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:18:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1828848/posts Weekend Edition Saturday, May 5, 2007 · In the 18th century, the word on the cobblestone street was that Freemasons were an occult group promoting a pagan agenda through the American government. After all, members themselves call Masonry "the craft." And the Masonic founders of America built the roads around the U.S. Capitol in the form of a five-pointed star – a pagan symbol. Then there is that "seeing eye" pyramid on the dollar bill – a known Masonic symbol. Some conspiracy theorists have argued that the pyramid is evidence of a Masonic cabal within the U.S. government. (Historians pooh-pooh... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1828848/posts#comment Sat, 5 May 2007 14:24:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1834203/posts HAVANA -- In a nation dominated for generations by President Fidel Castro and the Communist Party, one group is emerging as a refuge for those chafing under the constraints of daily life on this Caribbean island. Widely popular before the 1959 revolution, Cuba's Masons suffered a precipitous decline in ensuing decades, but the group has since recovered its appeal, as some Cubans look for an alternative to the uniformity inherent in the nation's one-party system. Chicago Tribune via Boston Globe http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1834203/posts#comment Wed, 16 May 2007 00:45:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828940/posts Does Bruce Willis know something we don't? In this month's Vanity Fair, Willis divulges who JFK's real killer was -- and it's not Lee Harvey Oswald. "They still haven't caught the guy that killed [President] Kennedy. I'll get killed for saying this, but I'm pretty sure those guys are still in power, in some form. The entire government of the United States was co-opted. But, he adds, "I don't think my opinion means jack [bleep], because I'm an actor. Why do actors think their opinions mean more because you act?" Good question. TMZ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828940/posts#comment Sat, 5 May 2007 19:29:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1820884/posts When the old spymaster thought he was dying, his eldest son came to visit him at his home in Miami. The scourges had been constant and terrible recently: lupus, pneumonia, cancers of the jaw and prostate, gangrene, the amputation of his left leg. Long past were his years of heroic service to his country. In the CIA, he had helped to mastermind the violent removal of a duly elected leftist president in Guatemala and assisted in subterfuges that led to the murder of Che Guevara. But no longer could you see in him the suave, pipe-smoking, cocktail-party-loving clandestine operative whose... The Sunday Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1820884/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 20:47:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1700497/posts The era of the free-masons. Between 1937 and 1958, an amazing succession of publicly Masonic Supreme Court justices were appointed to the Supreme Court. Collectively, they radicalized American politics. Since their ascension, it can truly be said that every major socio-political change in America has been brought about by judicial, rather than legislative, means. They utterly dominated the Supreme Court during the Warren, Stone, and Vinson courts (1941-1969.) At times, as many as eight of the nine justice were Masonic. The following is a listing of Masonic US Supreme Court justices appointed in the last 70 years. This is no... Based on research using Wikipedia, etc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1700497/posts#comment Wed, 13 Sep 2006 05:51:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618161/posts The minutes from Aitchison's Haven - which could be the oldest recorded stonemason lodge in the world. DAN BROWN'S next book The Solomon Key is said to speculate on the role and influence of Freemasonry. In much the same way that The Da Vinci Code has its climax in Rosslyn Chapel, it may well be that the best-selling author's latest work will also find its roots in Scotland. For if Brown's new novel is looking at alleged Masonic conspiracy in the US, then there is a strong and vocal body of Masonic historians who believe that the whole of... The Scotsman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1618161/posts#comment Thu, 20 Apr 2006 10:58:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1524760/posts GERMAN film-makers' quest for the Holy Grail brought them to Royston Cave in search of clues left by the Knights Templar. The film crew from state TV channel ZDF — the German equivalent of the BBC — visited the cave last Friday to examine carvings by the Templars, who were warrior monks thought to be the guardians of the Holy Grail. Peter Houldcroft, manager of the caves, said: "The cave is completely man-made and it has been believed for some time that there was somebody connected to the Knights Templar who carved the cave. "The appeal of the cave is... Essex News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1524760/posts#comment Fri, 18 Nov 2005 20:10:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1475526/posts National Disaster Relief for Hurricane Katrina Grand Lodge of Louisiana Disaster Relief for Hurricane Katrina Brother Hagan: We are accepting contributions to our Grand Lodge Disaster Relief Fund at: P.O. Box 12357 Alexandria, LA 71315 Also, blankets, towels, pillows,toothbrushes, toothpaste and other toilet articles may be shipped to: Grand Lodge of Louisiana, 5800 Masonic Drive, Alexandria, LA 71301. Thank you for your concern. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. T. J. Pitman, Jr., PGMGrand Secretary William John Hagan http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1475526/posts#comment Fri, 2 Sep 2005 13:19:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1456031/posts So I get home last night and in the mail is an 8 page letter addressed to me with an invitation to join a "secret society". It seems I have been identified by some secret group of famous people who must remain anonymous right now as having "traits" that they are looking for to join their group. This must be something REALLY special, because they apparently only open themselves for new members every 7 years. Not only that, there is no cost to join. All I have to do is respond and I get a free book that details all... Letter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1456031/posts#comment Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:25:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308115/posts   Staff Sgt. David Scott Sublett, USAF, Retired, 54 of Roanoke passed away, Sunday, December 19, 2004. He was receded in death by his parents, Charles and Bernice Sublett, and infant brother of Grundy, VA. A decorated veteran, David served his country with distinction in thirteen duty stations around the World. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Luisa, a son, US Army Specialist Jonathan Sublett serving in Afghanistan and his wife Nouthine and two sons, David and Justin of Roanoke, three Daughters, Christina Davis and her husband Ben, and three children, Cristian, Breanna, and Fallon of Salem, Maria... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308115/posts#comment Fri, 24 Dec 2004 22:01:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1153921/posts Seattle Catholic(www.seattlecatholic.com / seattlecatholic@hotmail.com) June 14, 2004 Ideas Have Consequences by Thomas A. Droleskey Although it has become au courant to minimize the influence of Freemasonry in American politics and culture, the evidence for the overwhelming influence of the ethos of Freemasonry in this country is massive. The essence of Freemasonry is as follows: that it is necessary to convince men of "good will" that denominational religion in general-and Catholicism in particular-is divisive. Men must see each other as brothers, working by means of natural virtue to pursue the common good without doing or saying things that might divide a... Seattle Catholic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1153921/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:36:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/834189/posts <p>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey attorney general's office has opened an investigation into allegations that a secret society of rogue state troopers has harassed minorities and women among their ranks. First Assistant Attorney General Peter Harvey said investigators and prosecutors from his office and the state police will do everything possible to the determine the truth about the Lords of Discipline.</p> Modesto Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/834189/posts#comment Sun, 2 Feb 2003 03:30:09 GMT