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The scientific discoveries of modern times probably all stem from what Leonardo da Vinci accomplished during his life. Aside from his remarkable paintings and drawings that explain a lot about the thinking of the time his anatomy of the human body was a master stroke.

The adage that men fight together for the love of their country and fight each other for the love of god is a problem brought about by religions. The hatred and discrimination that brought pain and suffering to most people of the world is about to culminate in a massive conflagration that will see only those of the Spirit survive.

The robbers charge for things that are free and they keep their victims ignorant and hide the truth from them. Now the Spirit is redeeming its own and it is doing it without charge.

When the French refused to participate in the war against Iraq, they were portrayed as cowards. This is a completely wrongful portrayal of the French. What is more likely: That a nuclear power with $2 trillion GDP would be afraid of a weak, poor and stupid enemy?

Most people would agree that accurate information is a key ingredient to making good decisions — in government as in any other context. Even at the most modest level of government organization, the town council of the smallest New England village, information about local conditions is the indispensable ingredient (along with wisdom) in making helpful decisions about everything from budgets for road upkeep to the level of property taxes next year. This starting premise is not likely to engender many debates. The primary function of intelligence organizations in the United States is in providing information to decision-makers. Intelligence agencies do other things too, of course, such as pilot drones and organize covert break-ins, but, without question, the great preponderance of CIA, NSA, INR, DIA monies and staff and energy is spent gathering, analyzing, and packaging information for policy makers outside of the intelligence organizations themselves. The primary consumer of intelligence is, of course, the man in the White House.