Inner Realm of Patria  OM Antarbhumi Ramrajya


XLVII Con. Pat.

Annual Message to Congress (at closing of Session)

June 27, 2003


Om Sri Matre Namaha.  Salutations to the Divine Mother, who is the Mother of all.  Over the years this annual message to Congress on the last day of the session before the summer recess has become a tradition much like the U.S. President’s annual State of the Union message.  With the Divine Mother’s blessings, this tradition continues once again as the First Session of the 47th Congress is adjourned.

It should be obvious to all that the key issue Congress has dealt with – or has failed to adequately deal with – is the faltering economy.  After one year in office, the 47th Congress has failed to make significant progress toward the goal it had set out to accomplish when this session began last September: to restore security, stability, and first-chakra groundedness – the likes of which have, for the most part, not been experienced since the 43rd Congress.  The stable, secure years of the late 1980s must be the model to which the 47th Congress should strive to attain.  The lower-chakra roots that were put down some fifteen years ago must be re-planted if there is to be economic prosperity and financial security.

At best, the 47th Congress has maintained the “same old, same old” of the latter part of the 46th Congress.  There have been a few cosmetic changes, but generally it has, thus far, not established an identity for itself distinct from the 46th Congress, other than “46th Congress light” – everything you always wanted in a Congress and less.  Less grounding, less stability as the secure days of the 43rd Congress become an even more distant memory.  The economy has not recovered from the post-9/11 recession; indeed, it has not even fully recovered from the recession of 1990-91.

Because Patria has enjoyed a special relationship with Canada since 1867, the SARS epidemic has hit home even if no cases of SARS have been reported in the Inner Realm.  In April, Patria’s consular office in Toronto was closed and diplomatic personnel pulled out of Canada due to the SARS epidemic.  Citizens of Patria who travel to the 416 and 905 area codes in Canada have been warned that they do so at their own risk, although this session did not authorize a mandatory quarantine.

While there were no cases of SARS exported from Canada or the Far East to Patria during this session, the threats of West Nile virus and Mad Cow disease being exported from Canada are very real.  Congress has voted necessary funding to control mosquito infestations and halt the spread of West Nile.  Imports of Canadian beef have been banned, but of course no one in Patria should be eating beef anyway.

Only a few days ago, marriages between gay and lesbian couples became legal in Canada.  But here in Patria, Congress affirmed that marriage is a sacred commitment between a man and a woman.  Same-sex marriages will not be recognized in a realm that fosters traditional spiritual growth and places the highest value on the ancient teachings of Vedic dharma.

While the National Union and the neo-conservatives backed George W. Bush and Tony Blair to the hilt, the spiritual parties spoke out to condemn Gulf War II, John Ashcroft, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, and the others who perpetrated the war.  They have been vindicated, since the bombing stopped, by the findings that Saddam has no weapons of mass destruction and has never had any connections with 9/11 or al-Qaeda.  The SRM-Amrita coalition not only opposed Bush and Blair’s war against Saddam out of respect for the Hindu teachings of ahimsa, but they dared to expose the real reason for fighting this war.  Not a war against terrorism, not a war to root out alleged weapons of mass destruction, not a war for oil, not even a war to ensure Bush’s re-election – or legitimate election – in 2004, but a war for Israel.  A war that would benefit only the Jews and the Israel-first lackeys in the White House who pushed hard for “regime change” in Iraq (and perhaps Iran or Syria next) and who have virtually dictated U.S. Middle Eastern policy for more than half a century.  Israel has a right to exist, with secure boundaries established in 1948, but the 47th Congress supports a free and democratic Palestine and in this past year has spoken out against one of the root causes of 9/11: Israeli atrocities and brutality in the occupied territories.

By publicly challenging Zionism and the Israel-right-or-wrong agenda, in this past year Congress has incurred the wrath of Jewish groups such as B’nai B’rith and the Anti-Defamation League, who despise Patria anyway as a haven for non-practicing Jews drawn to yoga and Hinduism.  Where violent crimes are concerned, there is zero tolerance for racism, anti-Semitism, or any form of bigotry in Patria.  Hate crimes, i.e. acts of violence such as gay-bashing or vandalism against synagogues and mosques, have been vigorously prosecuted in the past year.  But Congress has affirmed that there must be no such thing as politically incorrect “thought crimes”.  Thus, it is not a hate crime to debate on the floor of this House whether the Jews hold influence that goes far beyond their numbers through their control of the print media, television, and motion picture industries, and as the Israeli tail that wags the American dog.

Finally, if there is one achievement that both the Hindu parties and the National Union-led right wing can be proud of after one year of the 47th Congress, it is that Patria has resisted pressure from sanctimonious leftist do-gooders and apologists for John Ashcroft’s destruction of civil liberties by emphatically saying “no!” to the thought police.  Police officers have better things to do, such as fighting violent crime and catching murderers and rapists, rather than censoring constitutionally protected free speech and spying on non-violent fellow citizens who may sincerely believe, for example, that the Holocaust did not happen. No matter how unpopular, loathsome and sick these beliefs are, to the extent that those who profess them do not resort to violence or serious threat thereof, they are protected by the Constitution of Patria.  No one in Patria will face prosecution or risk losing their job for non-violent advocacy of politically incorrect views, construction of politically incorrect web sites, participation in politically incorrect hobbies, or even for hurting the feelings of certain ethnic or racial minorities by expressing politically incorrect thoughts.

As is traditional, this session is adjourned with a brief prayer:
Asato ma sad gamaya
Tamaso ma jyotir gamaya
Mrityor ma amritam gamaya.

Hari Om.  Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.

[Lead us from untruth to truth.  Lead us from darkness to light.  Lead us from death to immortality.]

Pení potentíx ín mirím investíx Constituxioníx Patriaë, ímí diclarí Prímedí Sexión 47-íe Congressus Patriaë imán fermití, et ímí appelí; íllí Congressus primadíním 15-lí septimbríe 2003 híc reconvæt, períful inceptán Duödí Sexión 47-íe Congressus Patriaë.
Under the power vested in me by the Constitution of Patria, I declare closed the First Session of the 47th Congress, and call this Congress to re-assemble here on Monday, the 15th of September 2003, to open the Second Session of the 47th Congress.

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©2003, XLVII Con. Pat.  The above text is an official transcription, as published in The Congressional Record, June 27, 2003, 1·XLVII