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Thoughts and feelings relating to Equinox Day (September 21st 2010)


William Finnerty
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After seeing the above headline this morning on the Sovereign Independent (Ireland) web site, and allowing for the fact that today (i.e. September 21st) is the "Autumn Equinox Day" (in the northern hemisphere), once I started reading the main text my thoughts started to drift towards vivid memories I have of watching the ancient Equinox Detector located in Cairn T, Loughcrew, Republic of Ireland "in action" (from inside Cairn T) during one of the equinox days a few years ago.

Part of the Sovereign Independent article reads as follows:

"The Irish Government is so hard up for cash that it is considering auctioning off national assets like state lands, buildings, state agencies, and other valuables that belong to the Irish people. The Government says that the money is needed to support economic growth and employment."

The full Sovereign Independent article -- which includes what might be described as an almost infinitely better alternative (to selling off national assets) for our financial recovery purposes -- can be viewed at
http://www.sovereignindependent.com/?p=8324

Though it is not mentioned in the Sovereign Independent article, it is my understanding that the "national assets" in question (which could "lawfully" be auctioned off) MIGHT include heritage sites such as Cairn T.

An excellent animated display, which shows how the circa 5,000 year old Equinox Detector in Cairn T works (to this day!!), can be viewed at
http://homepages.iol.ie/~tobrien/general.htm

Amazingly, and although I am not 100% sure about this, the Republic of Ireland's National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 (or similar) possibly includes provisions for the Heritage Minister to "lawfully" sell off such sites.

It is certainly the case that there is legislation in place in the Republic of Ireland to "lawfully" bulldoze similarly important ancient heritage sites into oblivion: for the purpose of facilitating
PPP projects (for example), and as has actually happened to the one at Baronstown at 4am on July 4th 2007.

Even more amazing is the fact that although constitutional law expert
Dr Gerard Hogan has stated in public that he believed our National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 was unconstitutional, it seems he made no attempt to challenge its constitutionality in court: even though he was very heavily involved (some years ago and well before the Baronstown site was destroyed) in a 600,000 Euros court case which appears to have ended up being a complete waste of tax payers money, and which left the matter of the constitutionality of our National Monuments (Amendment) Act 2004 entirely "up in the air", and -- far more importantly perhaps -- available for government use at ANY time again in the future (as things stand at the present time).

For those who might not know, a whole range of globally important cultural and social issues and subjects, which include Brehon Law, the Great Banqueting Hall on the Hill of Tara, Roman Law, King Ollamh Fodhla, the ancient origins of the people of Ireland, and so on, were all involved in the highly controversial (and many including myself believe unlawful) destruction of the ancient Baronstown site on July 4th 2007.

Also this morning I noticed (in a different article) that, despite the possibility of the Republic of Ireland having to sell off some (or all perhaps?) of its national assets, our
Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheà ¡l Martin and US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are today launching a new initiative in New York aimed at reducing hunger in the world.

Part of the RTE (National Broadcaster, Republic of Ireland) report reads: "Ireland has joined in a partnership with the US to highlight and push forward a plan to deal with hunger and, in particular, the first 1,000 days in a child's life."

While I (like a great many other people all around the world I suspect) would wholeheartedly support this extremely worthwhile project (as I see things), I believe many more children would eventually be helped if the Republic of Ireland and the United States of America were to follow the suggestions for economic recovery outlined in the Sovereign Independent article referred to above: which crucially involves severing the socially destructive, highly dangerous, and endlessly troublesome over-dependence both nations now have on the
global banking cartel for their money supplies.

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Human Rights Ireland:
http://www.humanrightsireland.com

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William Finnerty is back living in the Republic of Ireland at the present time, which is where he was born and where he grew up. His father was Irish (County Galway), and his mother American (New York City). He has worked mostly in the (more...)
 
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