Janet Contreras Letter Read by Glenn Beck: Full Text

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Janet Contreras is talking for all those that have been disenfranchised by their politicians around the globe.  Too long has their been a silent majority, that trusted our politicians or rulers to do the right thing.  They haven't and still aren't.

All you have to do is look around and you can see the arrogance of those that are supposedly our elected officials.  They have a sense of entitlement that they don't wish us to have.

I tip my hat to Janet Contreras for her courage to write this letter in first place and to Glen Beck for making it public to ensure it circulates.

Janet's demands are simple, she wants our elected officials to realize they work for us.  What a noble concept.

Muslim armies burnt the library at Alexandria in Egypt to the ground. We lost manuscripts and we will never know what the ancient people knew because of that.

The Muslims did it deliberately.

North Africa "beaten and ravaged by European raiders"? Well, yes, but the opposite occurred as well.

The Europeans just managed to stop the invasion by Turkish Muslims outside of Vienna in 1683. At Lepanto we just managed to stop the Muslim navy, and even the Crusades were begun because the Patriarch of Constantinople had asked for help, and needed it, being that the Muslims had been trying to conquer Constantinople for 400 years at that point and had forced the conversion of Christians from Egypt, where they are still persecuted, through the Holy Land to Lebanon and Syria where every year there are fewer and fewer Christians because, even at this late date, they flee persecution.

The French invented the "croissant" to make fun of the Muslim crescent in honor of the victory of the Europeans at Vienna. It was the umpteenth time that Europeans had stopped Muslims invaders beginning in the 700s when Charles "the Hammer" Martel stopped the Muslims from taking over France.

Those invaders were North Africans. What about that?

Europe and North America have done more harm that the rest of them recently because  technology magnified their power.  Asia, with its Huns, Mongols, invading Chinese, who pushed around the Vietnamese for only about 2,000 years, and its fascist Japanese, has been a continent of imperial powers for thousands of years.

The North American and South American slave trade was just Europeans coming in to exploit a slave market well established by Africans themselves, not Europeans. And, Africa today is still full of Muslims killing Christians and tribal warfare, not all of which is our fault, and Africa still has slaves.

In fact, in the book, War Before Civilization, the percentages of the populations killed by ancient tribes was actually higher than WWII. Ancient warfare was actually more effective at genocide. It was constant and took out 15 to 30% of the tribe on every attack, and the attack might come half a dozen times in a year.

American Indians killed more American Indians than white men did all the way to 1860 or so.

You talked about the carpet bombing of Japan, but not of what Japan did to get carpet bombed, the rape of Nanking, for example, where millions were killed, beside the more well known Pearl Harbor.

Egypt was great and so was India. They all had slaves, and violently repressed people.The ancient Greeks were Asiatic Caucasians who enslaved the locals to do the work to create their "civilization". The Aztecs were hated by the surrounding Mexican tribes and joined Cortes to overthrow them.

Civilizations rise and fall and no one excuses the West for its share of damage. But you have idealized the victims, and that is a distortion of history.

I, too, was once a democrat, then a republican, and now an independent. I say let the games begin! 2010 will be the time to kick them all out, every senator and every congressman and congresswoman. In addition, we must enact an amendment requiring term limits on all politicians--no more elite career politicians. Enough is enough. We have enough great Americans to go a long way, and we should elect new people from among them after a mandatory term limit. I believe many Americans would even volunteer to serve us--like it was in the days of our founders. Career politicians always get power hungry, greedy, complacent and lazy at the same time, and this always leads to corruption. In 2010 it will be time to show them who the people are in "for the people" and who the people are in "by the people." We want the power back. 

All that Janet is asking for is her freedom, and less government intrusion in her life.  It is this freedom that we as Americans have enjoyed, that has allowed individuals to pursue their own interests, and has lead to some of the greatest innovations in the history of the world.  The US is a superpower because they have allowed their citizens to reach their full potential through freedom.
I agree that the people of the Middle East should not be discriminated against.  They should also be able to enjoy the freedoms that we have.  However, they have time and time again when given the chance to select their leaders, made the same mistakes that I now fear that we are making by electing leaders who are too power hungry, and do not care about the interests of the people they represent.
Whether they got their positions through elections, coups or wars, leaders who are power hungry will do everything in their power to retain that power.  This includes suppressing their citizens, which history has shown time and again leads to impoverished nations.  People should be free, we should be doing everything in our power to share the freedoms that we enjoy.

:) Similar sentiments are shared around the globe from many such as Janet Contreras. However, it is also a very small minded view in my opinion and fails to see the larger picture of our global dynamics and the reality of equations that no longer work. 

It does also fail to see the abuse of 10% of the world population over the remaining 90% and that those are no longer willing to take it.

The US and other Supper powers or rather industrial Nations here on Earth, can only have this high and abusive live stile on the back of the rest of the Globe that is no longer willing to allow it. 

I wanted to post this yesterday when I heard Beck reading this letter live. It is fantastic.  Thank you for the story.

REVOLUTION FROM THE PEOPLE NOT THE PARTIES!! Perhaps this may demonstrate the "pen is more powerful than the sword". She does speak for many, many citizens.  We are the sleeping giant awakening.

Janet is not worried about the world, I grant you that.  She probably wishes America and her politicians spend more time worrying about her and listening to her what she wants.  Heck a lot of them don.t even know where Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan are.

As far as arrogance goes,  I know what poverty is, cause I.ve lived it in post war Germany.  My parents worked very hard once they came to Canada and they never had much but they survived through hard work.

They made sure their children had a good start in life.  They worried about their family, their friends and a few other acquaintances. 

I suspect that.s where Janet is at.  Doing the best that she can.

Well said... The country is hurting and needs the people to stand beside her and correct the injustices done.  If we don't stand up for our country then who will?  Surely not the world around us.  I and all I know feel like this letter and more.  The people are Coming and we will be heard and all those who don't follow the laws of the land will pay the price.  I'm tired of hearing how bad the USA is, how we are the root of all evils in the world.  Just take a few minutes and think about were the world would be without the USA.  How many would have died at the hands of evil men.  Where would freedom be... What people would be free without the USA. I'm tired of it all--- The president bowing to the King and then telling us he was just adjusting the height between the two men--how dumb do you think we are... This is insulting... This country is GREAT and has done GREAT things and has made the world a better place to live. This country is the leader of the FREE WORLD and the world looks up to us and is sicken by what this President is doing to this country and at the same time they are concerned about their country and what will happen to them if we don't STOP this evil that has infested our land at all levels.  I will send the letter to all I know.

I pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice for all.

God Bless the USA and its People to with stand the evils that have taken over.

Stepping aside the debate over Janet's worldview or lack thereof, I have to say that either way that was one very, very well written letter. And I can imagine how much and how well it does speak for the "silent majority", as she put it, who just wants to live their lives without making trouble and be done right by the people they trusted to do so. Even if many don't agree with every one of her particular set of points, the main essence of the letter--that she does have things that are important to her and those supposed to represent her are failing their duty to do so--truly resonates.

It's a shame that there are so many people who feel this way--and I think it's similar in Canada--because if you think about it, who says that just because you agree with one "left/Democrat" or "right/Republican" value, you agree with all the rest of them, or vice versa?  It's almost like forcing people to like and have to eat ALL vegetables if they're vegetarian or ALL types of meat if they're not, with no mixing and matching allowed. People tend to be more complicated than that, and the current political systems in North America don't seem to allow for that kind of natural complexity in values.

GOD BLESS YOU and GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!

We will take back our country.

what is  patriotisim to me
i cannot speak for others but for me it is to.

 to love an idea more than your own life
  that all men  no matter thier race or creed or by what name they call god  are created equal under god.

  that all men everywhere in the world are my brother and that none are free as long as even one is in chains or oppressed by a dictators thumb.

  america was not born of history like the kings, tyrants and dictators of old  it was born of the idea of freedom.

 we forget who we are and what we stand for and how we started.
  and despite her blunders and faults America and what she really stands for is still the last best hope for the world.

 where one day all nations of the world will live under the banner of democracy and freedom.

 where those in office have to answer to those who they govern.
 for only god is fit to be king

 as for men and those who lead us they must be made to answer to a free and democratic people and be held accountable for
thier actions  while they are temporaraly intrusted to carry out the will of the people.

  that is why every soldier swears to protect and defend the constitution of the united states  and not any one single person or group so help us god.
 
  for Jesus for america, for freedom untill my last breath.
 im sure at least i pray to god that my heart & feelings are common throughout our blessed land

  who i am is unimportant for i am expendable in comparision to the safety of the whole

 but combine my voice and vote  with the voices and votes of the people then the power and true glory of our country is made manifest to the entire world

  may God bless our nation and the idea on which she was founded for without his blessing and protection nothing is possible.
 
    k watson
   son the the republic

The reason China was poor was because of its own corruption, not because the Europeans and the North American counterparts took resources from them.

They had the democratically elected government of Sun Yat-Sen and that got overthrown by Chiang Kai-Shek, who the US and the UK supported to help defeat the Japanese, while we also gave support to Mao, as well.

You can't guilt-mong us, Ewe, without reciting the litany of sins that your "poor, oppressed" nations committed on their way to self-destruction.

Right now, China itself looks to be sewing up the fourth-world nations to exploit them.

There is some truth to that Roy, however there is much more to it, such as the UK and US opium trade and wars as well as the Colonization by the UK.

North Africa was a leader once as well, until beaten and ravaged by European and Arab  invaders.

The West had an advantage for a time, wish was overpopulation and Weapons superiority and they used it merciless to build up their empires and subdue as well as destroy cultures and political entities as well as economic systems that did work rather well in many cases before the West showed up.  

Europe and North America has done much harm.

Africa is in large part in such a mess today because we invaded it, divided it up at random, destroying old Kingdoms and mixing all and every thing at random to please all colonial powers involved, then we left and them with a system that was not compatible with their history, cultures nor ethnical borders before the Colonization.

Remember Mali had a University long before Europe could read and their civilization has been hit over and over since Roman times. They managed to get up again and did rather well from the Middle age till 1870 when the French invaded them and burned every thing to the ground again, including a library with ancient text for long before Socrates.

Thank God!! Someone else who feels like me and my family adn friends. I too was a life long  democrat until the last 2elections when the Michael Moores and the George Soros and the loud mouth celebrities took over the party and swung it so far to the left that I was ashamed to have that designation after my name. I switched to Republican and am proud to belong to a party that espouses moral values, is proud to defend our country and brave enough to admit we are a Christian nation. However.......both parties have disppointed me of late because of the rediculpus spending that is going on. Couple this with this headlong rush into control over every aspect of our lives by the current administration and the attack on our right to have "privacy" of our medical records and be able to choose our medical coverage without the government attacking our benefits and our right to care under penalty of law even if we can afford procedures they don't intend to provide or want to eliminate from our care if a government plana goes through. Since when is it illegal for me to be able to pay for something I can afford like medical procedures? This country is heading into Socialism at breakneck speed and it is being masked under the glib language of our president. America is so deeply in debt to other nations that we have become a joke to the world. Not only that, but we are in danger of losing our sovereignity by the mere stroke of a pen on a loan document, without even a shot being fired. We the people are fed up with the attitude of our government who thinks they must "rule" over us. You are there to "serve" us and we have the power and the reins. Count me in Ms. Contreras. I am definetely with you. I watched our President go to Europe for his campaigning........I watched him return there to diss our country in his subsequent speeches, I watched him practically give a green light to Iran over the nuclear issue and I watched a signal being sent to the world that America is no longer the salvation of freedom in the world. Yes, Maam, I am indeed on your side. I want our military supported and respected, I want the spending halted, I do NOT want my wealth (what little I have) spread around to anyone not of my choosing, I want the borders respected and the illegal aliens off our social security program and deported, and I want our health care system which is the best in the world left alone. Tell me how I can help and I'll be there!!

Elaine Guardiani

Bloomfield, Ct.

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It's about time someone like Janet Contrerras stood up to the abuse of our Constitution, Our nation is being destroyed totally by the current administration and all the other so-called politicians in Washington, Republicans as well as Democrats, and it's now time for the American Patriotic Citizen, the silent majority to have a voice in the matter, and to put a halt to all the spending and big bonuses, and the statements made by Obama that "America is not a Christian nation," We have been a Judao-Christian nation since our founding fathers established this great nation, and we continue to be a Judao-Christian nation.  All those who do not agree with the policies and beliefs of the United States should go back to their own country and stop asking the U.S. to cater to their belief system.  Hurrah for Contreras   --  we need more people like her who are willing to stand up and be counted.  I am for her and her statements 100%.

no American company sold opium to China, you mentioned that too on one of your own posts. It was the Dutch who first started selling opium to China who had been growing opium poppies for 1500 years, but the Dutch introduced smoking opium with tobacco.

Begin the process now.
Remember two key points when the next election cycle arrives:

1. NEVER elect a lawyer

2. NEVER RE-elect anyone

Professional politicians must go.

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I AGREE WITH YOU, I HAVE WONDERED WHAT WE CAN DO TO STOP ALL OF THIS BULLSHIT WE HAVE GOING ON.   WHY DON'T THEY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT THE HIGH PRICE OF GAS FOR THE COMMON PEOPLE, THEY PAY THERE BILLS.  MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE ALWAYS PAID FOR OUR HEALTH INSURANCE.  WE NOW HAVE MEDICARE PLUS EXPENSIVE BLUE CROSS.  I DO NOT WANT TO HAVE TO PAY FOR PEOPLE THAT CAN GET HEALTH INSURANCE BUT THEY BUY OTHER STUFF.  ALSO, THE ILLEGALS SHOULD HAVE TO PAY GOING TO THE ER WHEN THEY ARE IN CAR WRECK OR SICK. 

The middle-class revolt will continue. :)

Well said ACP and I do agree with the plea and the principal. However as I said earlier there is a lot more to it and not simply in Politics, it is also with us the masses and our own arrogance and selfish attitude towards the rest of the Globe, that demands nothing less then Janet here, yet for all and not for some Middle class Westerner worried about loosing their high life stile.

Janet did not care as long as the system worked in her favour even if that meant that people in the Middle east will have to be discriminated and killed so the West may enjoy supremacy and sheep oil.

YES!!!!!!!!!! The government needs to back off! The constitution allows for us to take up  arms up if need be!!!!!!!!

p.s. Thank you for the crowdsourcing!  Good call!

Hum, If you read my postings and older once you will see that I do talk about Japan and what they did to China and so on. I just take it one issue at the time and would need to write a book rather then a post would i take all of it into account in one setting.

Arabs and European have been fighting each other for over a 1000 years. Invading and counter invading, However it was Europe that invaded first North Africa and last as well.

The Ottoman Empire was the last great Muslim Empire to this date and had as many faults as Europe did as well as good to it. 

The Invaders of the Americas did kill far more Natives then the native managed to do among them self's though.

The point being we need to treat this world as one and view it as one, wish implies also justice for all. Japan's since are in no way excusable nor are the US or the UK theirs.

Why an international court for all war crimes need to be supported and obeyed by all, especially the super powers and the Industrial powers needing to lead by example and not do as I say but not as I do.

Stand Up America, we are letting them take our freedom away and turning us against each other.  We must stand together and be proud of who we are and what we believe in.  If they want us to be sheep then lets give the whole herd and work together to make a NEW FREE
AMERICA!

I agree with Marge..  People don't know that the Japanese tortured and killed many Koreans and Chinese.  The acts that the Japanese committed in this time is NOTHING compared to what Hitler did to the Jews. Of course, Like Marge said, to make the Japanese the victim and America the aggressor is TOTALLY trying to revise history.  America is GREAT and hard working ppl with great dreams is what separates from all the other countries.   

I've heard about all I want to hear about the so-called "global" perspective.  GET OFF IT.

If it weren't for AMERICA, half the people on the GLOBE wouldn't have survived -- we're there for every disaster, every time ANYONE needs help, in WHATEVER way, America lands there first.  How did we become a "super" power?????  By our OWN sweat, not Europe's or Asia's or England's!  Our people have ALWAYS had the WILL to succeed, to be FREE, to GOVERN THEMSELVES, without the need for GLOBAL intervention. 

Of course we want to cooperate with our neighbors and allies -- but we DON'T abide terrorists or countries who harbor them.   All this pattycake crap with Iran and Korea makes me sick.  We've lost our SPINE, our COURAGE, our DETERMINATION.  Janet is RIGHT.  IF YOU HAVE A SPINE, STAND UP!

I have red this "open Letter" , you know what? It's an "pen letter with and open end"

it shows how ignorant the woman is in opening her mouth so wide.

People who belong to her level of inteligence will feel great, and some

others will put her where she belongs.

Not being negative!! GLENNyou are terrible. You tried to say much about Palling. I think the problem is Glen and his imaturity in reporting. Other reporters or casters that I have spoken with, would not post the "open Letter" after they read it.

thanks