-Caveat Lector-
Are you Ready for the Revolution?
By Grant Cameron
"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his
friends." (John 15:13)
"This is where I felt I had to go, and we'll see what happens." Lara Johnstone
Just over 25 years ago, American forces left Vietnam for the last time.
Part of the reason for the withdrawal was the advancing North Vietnamese
forces advancing on the South Vietnamese capitol. The main reason for the
withdrawal, however, was that the American people had turned on the idea of
the war, and wanted it ended. Demonstrations in the streets of America, and
acts of civil disobedience, had made the idea of continuing the war
intolerable.
In a country that believes it is "Government of the people, by the
people," it now appears that some people have begun to rise up on the UFO
issue. These people believe that like the Vietnam war it is not a strong
scientific or logical argument that will turn the tide. They believe that,
like Vietnam, the issue is political in nature and political pressure is the
main weapon for turning the tide.
One such woman who has taken a stand on the UFO issue is a 35 year old
woman from Oakland California.
The story began on July 22, 2001, when Dr. Steven Greer arrived in San
Francisco to make a presentation of his traveling Disclosure Project. The
event was held at the huge Masonic Auditorium. Among the 2,000 people in the
audience was a woman by the name of Lara Johnstone.
Lara was a bit skeptical of the whole extraterrestrial thing. She had no
background in Ufology. She had never had a sighting. A friend sent her an
e-mail about the local Disclosure Event. Lara visited the Disclosure web site
on the Internet. After reading the objective she decided to attend. "I never
before really "believed' Lara wrote to President George Bush, "in 'verifiable
evidence' of extraterrestrial visits." The Disclosure event turned out to be
a "reality check" for Laura.
During the event the two hour Disclosure Testimony Tape was shown. This
tape produced by the Disclosure project [www.disclosureproject.org] was
highlights of over 100 hours of testimony that had been collected from
interviews with dozens of U.S. Government, industrial, and military
witnesses to UFO and extraterrestrial events and secret 'black-ops' projects.
Following the presentation of the video- tape there was a presentation by
Disclosure director Dr. Steven M. Greer and local San Francisco Project
witnesses Carol Rosin (spokesperson for Dr. Werner Von Braun) and Daniel
Sheehan (legal counsel for the Disclosure Project).
The Disclosure Testimony video was a collection of testimony clips from
military and government people talking about the reality of the UFO
situation. It was made up of two hours of the 100+ hours of testimony with
key witnesses that the Disclosure Project had on file. The testimony that
Lara witnessed that evening was more than she could take. She purchased the
Disclosure book that Greer was selling at the event, which gave testimony
from yet more witnesses telling the true story of what had happened regarding
UFOs since 1947.
Lara decided action was necessary. She chose a form of protest that she
was familiar with - a hunger strike. In late 2000 Lara had used this protest
method successfully against the state of California. In an E-mail to Charles
Huffer, Lara described her first hunger strike protest.
I went on a hunger strike was against the CA Department of Corrections
and Gov. Gray Davis. After 25 days, they bowed, admitted -- in writing --
what I had alleged, and what they had 'said', but not in writing. Before the
press conference, the dept head of all of CA's prisons, came up to me and
went ballistic. He started screaming 'who do you think you are' 'how dare
you' and on and on! He did not like being called up by the South African
media, asked to answer very difficult questions regarding how he runs his
prisons!
Following the disclosure event, Lara quickly researched the UFO subject
in preparation for sending a letter to President Bush on the subject. As a
part of this effort she contacted Charles Huffer, an Arkansas UFO researcher,
who on July 28, 2000, had the opportunity to question President elect Bush
while he was on the campaign trail for President.
During this encounter Huffer asked Bush "Half the public believes that
UFOs are real." Would you finally tell us what the hell is going on? " Bush
replied, " "Sure I will."
A few minutes later Huffer ran into Bush again and the president-elect
stated, " It will be the first thing that he will do." (He pointed at Dick
Cheney who was just walking up) "He'll get right on it."
Lara used the Huffer encounter with Bush to time the beginning of her
hunger strike. The hunger strike would begin exactly one year to the day Bush
promised he would work to tell the people about UFOs. She wrote in her July
26, 2001 letter of protest to President Bush.
One year later, on 28 July 2001, you are now the President and I again
ask you "are you willing to finally tell the American people and the whole
world, the truth about unidentified flying objects?" Hundreds of high level
US government officials are standing courageous and willing to tell the
truth, which can change our world. Will you give them the opportunity. Can we
begin healing our world? Can we end this endeavor of greed, corruption, fear
and destruction? Can we find a way to take a stand, step by step? If we
continue this way, we'll only end up where we are going. It doesn't have to
be this way. We have a choice.
As a South African, Lara Johnstone also addressed her letter of protest
to President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, as well as President George Bush.
She outlined her request,
President Bush and President Mbeki, I am writing to share with you and
all the other leaders around the world my extreme concern. My concern is so
great, that I have decided to go on a hunger strike, starting July 28, 2001,
to death if need be, in order to express my humble request. My request is
that the U.S. and other governments: 1. Hold open, comprehensive,
secrecy-free hearings to take military/agency witness testimony on events and
evidence relating to an Extraterrestrial presence on and around Earth. 2. To
hold open hearings on advanced energy and propulsion systems, relating to
extraterrestrial phenomena that, when publicly released, will provide
solutions to global environmental challenges. 3. To enact legislation which
will ban all space-based weapons, and to enact and implement international
treaties and legal standards prohibiting the weaponization of space. 4. To
enact comprehensive legislation to research, develop and explore space
peacefully and cooperativel!
y with all cultures on Earth and in space.
In an interview with Lara Johnstone, I asked her about her plans for the
hunger strike. She stated, "I'm on my way to D.C. I was going to do a bus
trip across the country. I am hoping to be in Washington by the 28th of
August which would make the hunger strike at one month, but I'm flexible on
that. I have this feeling that I must not plan to much - that things are
going to work right. Things are going to happen, and I should just be open
and trusting. . . It started on the 28th of July to August 28th will be a
month, and then interestingly enough the 28th of September will be two months
and that is the start of the anti-globalization demonstrations."
Lara has received the expected reactions from people to her hunger
strike. Some have said that she is "totally nuts." One person told her, "You
don't want to just take on the whole world - now you want to save the aliens
too." To this Lara responded, "I said it's not about that. It's about all of
us knowing what's going on. Are we just here to buy buy buy being little
consumers, or are we here for a bigger purpose? To grow and to love. For me
it's about the truth. With the secrecy we're spreading more fear, and more
fear, and it's separation."
Lara is preparing a web site where people can access the letters she has
sent out, and stay updated on what responses she has received. She is
preparing a letter for all members of Congress, and is sending out letters to
names she received of people inside the UFO community who might be able to
help her.
Robert H. Williams, a man who lost his job at Clinton Community College
in Rochester, New York, for his UFO beliefs, has been kind enough to help
Lara in her time of need. On his personal web site, Robert is hosting a
section with copies of all the initial correspondence between Lara and
Charles Huffer, and the letter to the President. To view this material go to
Mr. Williams home page, and then to the section on "WHO."
http://members.tripod.com/rhw007/
As President George Bush vacations on his Texas ranch, Lara is in the
process of writing her second letter to him. There has been no word from the
White House, and no major support or backing by the UFO community. Then
again, it is still early in the hunger strike, Day 10 as this is being
written. Lara is still confident. As Lara says, "We'll see what happens."
Lara is available for questions or offers of support at 510-823-8109
Grant Cameron
"Are you ready for the revolution?"
Lara Johnstone, a California woman who began a Hunger Strike for
Disclosure on July 28th.
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