A Harmony The Latest Distribution from The Pamphlet

We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of The Pamphlet's May 2023 edition, a curated exploration of the intriguing union between artistic photography and heartfelt prose. Within this issue, readers will discover a collection that invites contemplation and appreciation of the unique interplay between visual and written expressions.

Through carefully selected photographs and thoughtfully crafted words, we aim to showcase the beauty and power that emerges when art and literature intertwine. Join us as we embark on a journey of discovery, celebrating the creative synergy that exists between these two forms of expression.

Stay tuned for the official release, where you can delve into this fusion of art and words, and experience the evocative connections they forge.

Texas Roads are Dramatic. Houston, San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Highway Comparison.

by Kinyo

San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, and Houston are all within 4 hours of each other. All of these are major cities each has its own style of road obsession.

San Antonio is the mildest of them all and yet the 410 loop is basically Nascar. The fragments of I-10 and I-35 inside the loop are also just as fun and quick to drive.

1604 is the foundation of a freeway expansion that might soon extend all the way to New Braunfels. 

Austin has the most predictable freeways. Long tracks to get you from one giant neck of the woods to the other.

Dallas has weaved a web of commons sense around the entire region, including Ft. Worth. They’ve somehow insulated their downtown area like a fortress. The heavy freeways that weave around it don’t seem to bother it much.

Houston is having the most trouble. They share their trouble with tolls that ostensibly pay for direct routes that are often the only sensible route. 

While driving in Houston feel free to take frequent stops to see what your next move is. There is no shame. Houston has a continent of cement stretching for hours. It’s impressive.

REVELATIONS OF GOD PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. (Snippet from Full Sermon)

featured in the Latest Physical Pamhplet

by Laolu Laditan

The fundamental question that everyone must answer at one time of the other is the question of the existence of God.  

The majority of the religions of the world do not doubt the existence of a superior being. 

It seems inbuilt in man is a desire to associate with the superior power. The three major religions are monotheistic, that is there is one God. Others believe there are many Gods, and some believe there is some light, some higher existence that they aspire to.  This in-built desire to seek God has led a lot of people to find what they believe is God in various forms rituals and philosophies.

But glory be unto the Lord, we, as believes have the privilege of God finding us. Throughout our tradition we have had a history of the true revelation of God.

Read more: https://www.gilgalproductions.projectforward.tv/2021/10/revelations-of-god-past-present-and.html

Revolution or Evolution

Revolution has been our only means of political and social change since we became “civilized”. When times became dire enough nations have always risen up to destroy the impractical and malfunctioning relics of their era and created new systems as they advanced into a new age. Each time this happened, it happened violently, and because of that violence it happened quickly. The reason revolutions always cause so much commotion is because by the time they happen they are both urgently needed and powerfully resisted. The American Revolution gave this country it’s first big change. After it we established a set of systems that have brought us this far. Now it is again time for drastic change in America, will we ignore the signs and let the pressure increase until explosion, or can we learn from the past exploits of humanity and step up to the next level of society without destroying everything first. Can we evolve.

Our Country has existed and run on virtually the same set of rules for the past few hundred years. Our technology, science, art, and knowledge of history, and the social sciences, have all advanced and at a much faster pace than in any other era. Even with all that we have made no significant changes to our government or social structure. Instead of creating a new system in which problems like poverty, pollution, and rapid inflation are cured, we try instead to make small adjustments only after the new problems become so large that our citizens are suffering en masse from them. If we had a government that controlled our nations fuel, we would not have to rely on the same businesses that make money from gas, to invest in it’s alternatives, to which they’ve bought up the rights. Our government expects oil companies to spend their money on ideas that would only decrease their profits. That is not going to happen. This same problem is mirrored in a myriad of other industries.

Our health care is controlled by companies. Is not the definition of a company: an organization with the objective of making a profit from the sale of goods or services. With that fact stated this second fact “Our health care is controlled by companies” should be frightening to the point of inspiring within you an imminent need for change. Shouldn’t our government, whose primary goal is the protection and wellness of it’s citizens, also lead the charge in making sure we have the efficacy to sustain good health. For a majority of Americans their health care is not a problem they think about; given that sick are a minority, and the sick without health care are in even smaller numbers that’s not strange. The cost of procedures, and medication in this country are bloated, and the surpluses end up in the pockets of people who use it only to increase their own wealth. The system has lasted this long because people assume, “Well if their was a way for it to be cheaper I’m sure it would have been discovered”. Americans believe that Drug and Health Care companies are innately good, and when push comes to shove they are here to help us. Along with the apathy of some this sentiment has kept the control of our health care in the hands of corporations.
Those two examples are just the tip of the iceberg that is our nations growing list of problems. Soon we are going to have to confront issues of all sorts. Right now we have a government that is all but owned by corporations. Two major parties monopolize Washington and “both of the parties have the same ideas regarding the fundamentals”(Scott Nearing 1883-1983). It’s also a fact that while we get to vote on who from those parties makes it as the representative of our voice, the parties are perpetuated by their own rule. If Americans don’t find a way to take control of America, and make the changes necessary for us to advance, sooner or later we’ll be looking at a pretty messy revolution.

Iraq's Choice: Protection and Assitance or Oil

It was announced on Wednesday that a deal has finally been struck on the new Iraqi oil laws. The Iraqi parliament along with other government bodies, and culture and interest groups (including the U.S.) have been passing drafts of the “oil law” back and forth since last year. With each pass new changes and revisions were made. Then more changes were made when the next recipient got it. Now there are only two more steps until it is made final.

The oil law is part of new initiatives being implemented during Iraq's rebuilding. L. Paul Bremer, Director of Iraq Reconstruction, is pushing for this law as both Iraq and the United States try to define their future relationship. It would allow a number of changes to Iraq's past legislation, which include making it possible for foreign interests “especially America” to more directly control and access Iraqi oil.

It is being introduced in conjunction with America's two part plan to establish a lasting “friendship” with Iraq. The two parts of the plan are the Status of Forces Agreement, which deals with future military involvement, and the Strategic Framework Agreement, which covers diplomatic and economic relations. Washington has decided that it's about time Iraq starts paying them back for their help, in the form of oil, preferential trade agreements, and the right to buy out Iraqi companies and banks – all things that are specifically mention in the Strategic Framework Agreement.

As a result of Saddam Hussein's Socialist Regime, Iraq has the third largest oil reserve in the world. Bremer and Washington are beginning to pressure Iraq to privatize and decentralize 74 of their 86 reserves; against the will of their parliament and and over 60% of their citizens. This would open their reserves up to foreign companies and once again “especially for American Investments”. With oil prices recently reaching $112 a barrel Iraq has attained a 6.4 billion dollar surplus, all of which they recorded as profit. This irritated Missouri Congressman Ike Skelton, “This nation's facing record deficits, and the Iraqi's have translated their oil revenues into budget surpluses rather than effective services”

His sentiment was shared by GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California, who said that Iraq should start paying to have troops stationed their. He says he plans introduce legislation to that effect. If it passes our troops won't just be fighting for oil and America's modern version of Imperialism, they'll also be fighting and risking their lives directly for Washington's bank account. Rohrabacher plans to rent out our soldiers, our citizens to Iraq. Which is perfectly legal.

After it was made public that Iraq intended to keep their oil profits to themselves Skelton also posed a question to the American people (a group of people he separates him an his colleagues from) , “Under the circumstances and with a strategic risk to our nation and our military readiness, we and the American people must ask: why should we remain in Iraq.” It seems without the possibility of Iraqi oil, using freedom as a cause to fight isn't enough.