Even more Ron Paul propaganda!

I know I'm probably wearing y'all out with Ron Paul articles, but until everyone agrees with me or until he decides it's a losing battle, I'm going to keep on keeping on.  :)

Here are excerpts from three articles written by a conservative Baptist pastor in Pensacola, Florida.  I'm not going to say I agree with everything this guy says, but he is RIGHT on many of the points he makes in these...

1.  From this article:

The main objection I have with the Religious Right is they have (for the most part) given President George W. Bush (and the Republican Party in general) a complete and total pass. Over the past nearly seven years now, Bush and GOP leaders have betrayed most every principle that I ever understood the Religious Right to stand for. Yet, our national Christian leaders (and local pastors throughout America) have been content to look the other way and say nothing. Or worse yet, they have actually defended Bush's liberal, big-spending, anti-freedom, and unconstitutional ways. In a nutshell, for a seat at the king's table, the Religious Right sold out its principles.

Another criticism I have with our national Christian leaders is the seeming shallowness they display. About the only thing a Republican politician has to do to curry favor with our illustrious conservative Christian leaders is to say that they oppose abortion and homosexuality. Whether they actually mean it or intend to actually do anything about it after winning an election doesn't seem to matter to a tinker's dam, however. No, it is actually worse than that. Our Christian leaders do not even seem to understand how to deal with these issues in a constitutional republic.

For example, pro-life congressmen such as Ron Paul of Texas are not "acceptable" to many conservative Christians, because Paul actually wants to honor his oath of office to "support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States," which means he is not prepared to cede to the federal government that which the Constitution has given to the states. This means that Paul understands that the proper way to handle the abortion issue is to pass a "Sanctity of Life" bill, which would recognize the personhood of all unborn babies (thereby giving them complete governmental protection under the law) and would exempt the issue from the jurisdiction of the Court. This would have the effect of immediately overturning Roe v. Wade and ending abortion-on-demand as we know it. However, not only did the entire Republican leadership in both houses of Congress and President George W. Bush not support Dr. Paul when he introduced such a bill, neither did the leaders of the Religious Right.

In fact, as a whole, the Religious Right continues to ignore Ron Paul's candidacy, even though he would probably be the best friend that conservative Christians ever had in the White House. Alas, however, there seems to be a giant disconnect in the thinking of many conservative Christians as to the primacy of constitutional government and how it relates to religious liberty. As a result, many conservative Christians continue to support big government policies, when they are promulgated by Republicans.

2.  From this article:

No real conservative could support Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Fred Thompson, or Newt Gingrich. When it comes to historic conservative principles, each of these men is as phony as a three dollar bill. That they are now attempting to cast themselves as conservatives is more than laughable: it is downright hilarious.

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All that said, it is Ron Paul alone who contains the "whole package."

He has a twenty-year record as a conservative congressman that is virtually unblemished. Unlike the vast majority of congressmen and senators in Washington, D.C., Paul consistently honors his oath of office to support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States. That, all by itself, should be worth a conservative's support.

In fact, Ron Paul has voted against so many unconstitutional bills offered by both Democrats and Republicans that he is known on Capitol Hill as "Dr. No." This moniker comes from both his "no" votes and the fact that Paul is a former medical doctor, an OB/GYN physician who has delivered more than four thousand babies.

If one wants a true photograph of how a congressman or senator votes on conservative, constitutional issues, the best place to look is the Freedom Index in the New American Magazine. Ron Paul almost always ranks as the most conservative congressman from either chamber or either party. His current ranking is 100%, which is a score that few congressmen or senators, except Ron Paul, ever achieve. And Paul does it routinely.

 

3.  From this article:

The entrance of Fred Thompson in the presidential race immediately took a toll on the Romney campaign. Romney's support is dropping like the temperature in northern Idaho in the wintertime. That trend will probably continue, as more conservatives catch the Thompson wave.

The problem is, Thompson is not a conservative. Worse still (for the GOP), Thompson cannot beat Hillary in a general election. Mark my words, if Fred Thompson is the Republican nominee next November, Hillary Clinton is your next president.

For that matter, I see only one Republican contender who might be able to beat Hillary in the 2008 general election: Ron Paul. Yes, you read it right. Ron Paul.

If Giuliani is the Republican nominee, conservative Christians will stay home or vote third party.

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A Republican cannot win the White House without widespread support from evangelical Christians. And Giuliani will never have widespread support from evangelical Christians.

Newt Gingrich is toying with the idea of entering the race, but the truth is out about Newt. His infidelities, his membership in the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), and his past betrayal of conservative principles precede him. Newt is damaged goods. He has little chance of obtaining the Republican nomination, and even if he did, he has no chance of beating Hillary. None. Zero. Zilch.

The only Republican with the potential to pull an upset victory over Clinton is Ron Paul. He is extremely popular among constitutionalists, independents, and many Christians (including me). He is doing very well in fundraising and on the Internet. And if Paul's message was given a fair hearing, evangelical Christians and traditional conservatives would come to support him.

The only reason that some conservative Christians do not already support Ron Paul is because they, themselves, do not understand constitutional government. Years of Republican chicanery and compromise have taken a toll on conservatives to the point that many of them don't understand truth when they see it. However, this could change. The more people learn about Ron Paul and constitutional government, the more they like him and it.

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On the life issue, Fred Thompson's record is clearly pro-choice. In 1991 and 1992, Thompson was a paid lobbyist for the pro-abortion organization, National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. He also lobbied against the Republican Party's pro-life plank. According to Terry Jeffrey, "[W]hen Fred Thompson was in the United States Senate, both times he ran for the Senate he ran as a pro-choice candidate."

One of the Religious Right's most respected leaders, Richard Viguerie, recently said this about Fred Thompson: "Fred Thompson's record may appear to be 'conservative,' but only by comparison with Rudy Giuliani, John McCain, or Mitt Romney, and a Less-of-a-Big Government Republican is still a Big Government Republican. And given his lack of conservative leadership as a Senator, it would be a grave mistake to expect conservative leadership from him as President."

Quick notes on the part in that last article about Fred Thompson being pro-choice.  One, I have no idea who Terry Jeffrey is.  Two, here is an article where Fred Thompson defends himself.  I tend to believe Fred Thompson won't do anything that will hurt the pro-life cause, but I'm not so sure he will help it either.

Welcome to America, Mr Ahmadinejad

I'll admit it.  I had assumed that when Iran's president came to speak at Columbia University that it would just be an opportunity for him to state again how much he hates America and our president and that he would go unchallenged.  I assumed the liberal students at Columbia would cheer him on and it would be a shameful, disgraceful night.

BUT I WAS WRONG!!!

OH MY GOSH!!!  You have to watch this video!  Columbia University's president got the chance to introduce Mr Ahmadinejad and he pulled out all the punches!  Wow!!  Thank you Lee Bollinger for starting the night out RIGHT and saying what we all know to be the TRUTH!

Good article on Ron Paul

Can't let you go too long without reading something about Ron Paul, now can I?  :)

Full text from this article.  Pretty long, but a good read...

 

More Ron Paul Secrets Revealed

by Jennifer Haman

Ron Paul – I like his ideas but they are not practical.

I hear this all the time.  Many people like Ron Paul's views, but for some reason, they have decided that liberty is not "practical" and freedom is a "luxury" we cannot afford anymore.  But deep down, they really wish it were different.  It can be different. The answer is right in front of you:  Vote for Ron Paul.  The other day a person said to me that they really liked all of Ron Paul's views and ideas, but why vote for him if he can't win?  That logic confounds me. Was the person really saying that it makes more sense to vote for someone you don't like, who will get into office and hurt you, just because he has a better chance of winning?  It is astonishing the way some people think.  In case the news did not get out, the $5000 cash prize for picking the candidate who wins has been cancelled.  The only thing you get when you vote for a guy you do not like is policies you do not like – policies that will hurt you, hurt your pocketbook, and hurt your family. Oh, and P.S., Ron Paul is winning, he is winning in debates and straw polls and sweeping the Internet, but the mainstream media does not want you to know so they keep the news to themselves.

Ron Paul is the only candidate running who offers true hope for the people.  Perhaps Americans are so jaded that they don't think it is possible to live without tyranny. Perhaps people feel that after decades of being robbed, tricked, lied to, and manipulated that they need to let go of hope and be willing accept that their lot in life will not improve with the next four years so the best they do is vote for the lesser of two evils. This election, for the first time, you don’t have to vote for evil. You have a real choice for once in many decades.  Take advantage of it.  Dare to dream.

Ron Paul offers the people of this country real hope. He offers protection from (rather than catering to) the corporate big wigs. Ron Paul is the only candidate who wants to make your life better. For example:

Ron Paul offers truth.  Did you know that it is illegal for a dietary supplement company to make a true statement about its products because the big pharmaceuticals want all your business and cannot stand the thought of you taking a cheap herbal remedy?  Ron Paul introduced the Health Freedom Protection Act so that the FDA cannot stand in your way of hearing truthful claims about the benefits of foods and dietary supplements.  Ron Paul offers hope to your family over the profits of huge companies.  Yes, you can have someone on your side.

Did you know that emergency rooms are going out of business because of legislation passed by Congress? Under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) physicians who work in emergency rooms are required to provide care, regardless of a person's ability to pay, to anyone who comes into an emergency room. Hospitals are also required by law to bear the full costs of providing free care to anyone who seeks emergency care. Thus, EMTALA forces medical professionals and hospitals to bear the entire cost of caring for the indigent. Many institutions simply cannot afford the strain. Ron Paul seeks to offset those costs with tax credits to physicians with a new bill he introduced.

Ron Paul offers freedom to churches to exercise their freedom of speech in the political arena.  Did you know that the IRS has sent notices to more than 15,000 non-profit organizations – including churches – regarding its new crackdown on political activity?  Ron Paul writes: "We cannot allow churches to be silenced any more than we can allow political dissent in general to be silenced."  "The Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom must not depend on the whims of IRS bureaucrats." You don't have to go it alone; you can have a candidate who fights for you.

Ron Paul also fights for a parent's right to raise their child the way they see fit and to make their own decisions about whether to medicate away their child’s behavior. The government wants to take that choice away from you.  The government is calling for the mandatory mental health screening of American schoolchildren, meaning millions of kids will be forced to undergo psychiatric screening whether their parents consent or not. Ron Paul introduced an amendment to eliminate any funding for the proposal.  He also introduced a bill that forbids federal funds from being used for any mental-health screening of students without the express, written, voluntary, informed consent of their parents.  The bill is known as "The Parental Consent Act of 2005," or HR 181.   Ron Paul will fight the government as it tries to take over the most basic of rights: the right to raise your child.

As far as the working man is concerned, Ron Paul also wants to help out there. He wants to get rid of the Income tax.  I hear all the time:  that is not practical, that is not possible, and we need the income tax. I say okay, but would you like it if the Income Tax was gone?  The answer is always yes.  Well, you can have what you want.  Under Ron Paul's plan, we only need to return to the spending levels of the year 2000 to be able to eliminate the Income tax.  In fact, the Income tax is only one of many, many different taxes and tariffs that the government seizes to collect money and without this one particular tax, the government can run just fine. So, you see, you can have what you want.  You really can have freedom.  If you truly want to keep your whole paycheck, what is stopping you?  All you need to do is vote for Ron Paul.

Do you think your medical information should be kept private?  Yes? So does Ron Paul.  The government on the other hand disagrees.  Under a bill passed a few years ago, rather than protecting the individual’s right to medical privacy, the government issued regulations empowering government officials to determine how much medical privacy an individual "needs.''  The regulations also require health care providers to give medical records to the federal government for inclusion in a federal health care database.  Ron Paul fought that for you and introduced the Patient Privacy Act to repeal these threats to patient privacy and provide quality health care.  Yes, it is possible to get Big Brother off your back and out of your most private and intimate issues.  Again, all you have to do is vote for Ron Paul.

Think the Department of Homeland Security is keeping you safe?  Think again. Ron Paul explains:  "Five years into this new Department, Congress still cannot agree on how to handle the mega-bureaucracy it created, which means there has been no effective oversight of the department. While Congress remains in disarray over how to fund and oversee the department, we can only wonder whether we are more vulnerable than we were before Homeland Security was created." Meanwhile, safer or not, in May of this year Congress voted to authorize nearly $40 billion dollars of your money for the Homeland Security Department. We certainly don’t need more bureaucracy gumming up the works and losing track of important information. Ron Paul wants to end the wasting of our money and find a real way to keep us safe.

In general, government solutions don’t work. You know this deep in your gut. As the years have passed and more and more areas are taken over by the government, your lives get harder, your privacy is lost, and your liberties are seen as distant memories. You work more and more hours and get fewer and fewer benefits each year. The cost of food and fuel has gone up so fast that your tiny raise, if you even get a raise, can’t keep up with the additional expense. Financially, you are moving backwards and your savings are losing more to inflation every year. Education for your children has become shameful. Many people are forced to move just to find school districts that are acceptable. The promises keep coming, but nothing gets delivered. This is because the government is not really there to help you. It is there to help its friends, big businesses and themselves but certainly not you. Ron Paul gave this speech before the House of Representatives on the topic. Does that speech sound like it came from a man who wants to work to continue the status quo or shake things up a bit and help the rest of us? (Please click on it and read it, it is very powerful.)

As Ron Paul knows, political power over others is coercion and more government means more coercion. We don’t need to be coerced any longer. We can have freedom. Ron Paul offers us freedom from improper uses of political power.

Ron Paul is a doctor. Perhaps that is what makes him different. He took the Hippocratic Oath which states in part "I will follow that system of regimen which, according to my ability and judgment, I consider for the benefit of my patients." Replace the word patients with citizens and you have the perfect recipe for a President.

Is a Ron Paul Presidency practical? Not only is it practical, but it is realistic, and offers true hope and change for those of us not in the "club." A Ron Paul Presidency will be a Presidency for the people, bringing real change and growth for the general public. A Ron Paul Presidency will offer you all you wish was true, but didn’t think possible anymore. Is it practical to regain our freedoms? Yes. Is it practical to regain our liberties? Yes. Is it practical to lessen the burdens placed on us by our government? Yes, yes, yes. You can have what you want. All you have to do is ask for it by voting for Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is the only Republican that wants to end the war and prevent a military draft. If that is important to you, then vote for him in the primaries no matter which party you support. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a ballot with two anti-war candidates?

People criticize Ron Paul for wanting to bring the troops home today. Well, in reality, he couldn’t take office until January of 2009, so he could not bring them home before then. That is hardly ending the war today. If in fact we are not being lied to again and the surge is working and everything in Iraq will be hunky dory in just a few more months, the issue will be moot by then. If not, then wasn’t six years enough time to try to get the job done? How many American lives have to be lost to save face? Can’t we end the madness at some point? How can you win a war against a battle tactic (like terrorism) anyway?

Please click on the underlined links in this article. They take you to articles and speeches and bills sponsored by Ron Paul. To truly see the greatness in this man you need to read his words, not mine. I can only hope to guide you to the truth that is Ron Paul. A truth the mainstream media does not want you to see. I bet you didn’t know he polled first after all of the debates and he has been winning in straw poll after straw poll across the United States including Alabama, North Carolina, New Hampshire Taxpayers, New Hampshire (general), and Maryland. Ron Paul also has two second-place finishes and three third-place finishes. But the mainstream media are owned by those corporations that have their hand out at the government trough and are worried it may dry up (Ron Paul turns so many lobbyists away he is known as Dr. No in Washington), so they don’t want you to know about the good doctor. They do not want you to know you have a way out. If nothing else convinces you that should. If they don’t want you to hear about him, he must be good for you.

(Also, keep in mind that Ron Paul does not support big corporate welfare and they do not support him. Please donate whatever you can to his campaign RonPaul2008.com. Believe it or not, even ten dollars makes a difference!)

September 21, 2007

Yep, must be about race

Well, football season has started.  Must mean Donovan McNabb wants to get another race war started.  From this article...

Philadelphia Eagles star Donovan McNabb says black quarterbacks face greater scrutiny than their white counterparts.

In an interview on HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" to be broadcast Tuesday, McNabb said black quarterbacks "have to do a little bit extra" because there are relatively few of them, adding "people didn't want us to play this position."

McNabb said if he passes for 300 yards and his team wins by a touchdown, critics will say, "Oh, he could have made this throw here. We would have scored more points if he would have done this."

Asked if white quarterbacks such as Peyton Manning and Carson Palmer are held to the same standards, McNabb replied: "Let me start by saying, I love those guys. But they don't get criticized as much as we do. They don't."

 

My goodness.  So a couple of years ago, black quarterbacks didn't get enough credit for how well they played.  Now, the expectations on them are too high.  WHICH ONE IS IT??!!!!

Donovan, I know you're having a tough time right now.  Just got back from an injury and have had horrible performances the last couple of weeks.  But come on man.  Do you really think any other high profile NFL quarterback would not be scrutinized the same as you are if they had a different SKIN COLOR?  If so, you are an IDIOT.  There, I said it.  I feel better.

If you want to shut the critics up, how about trying to PLAY BETTER.  Prove it on the field, Donovan.  That's all you need to do.

Encouraging note of the day

Wow, this is cool! (when disregarding the swipe at W at the end anyway)  From this article.

Eighteenth-century missionaries can rest easily in their graves, said Spengler, a pseudonymous columnist, in the Hong Kong online Asia Times. Chinese are converting to Christianity en masse. Some 10,000 Chinese accept Jesus Christ as their savior every day. That’s every day. The National Catholic Reporter reckons that by mid-century, China will be home to 200 million Christians—the largest concentration in any country. The evangelizing power of American-style Pentecostalism is proving irresistible to millions of Chinese who feel lost in the swirl of rapid eco­nomic growth and mass urban migration. The surge of belief is already having an impact on Chinese life. Barred from worshipping publicly, Chinese Christians meet in their homes, and the resulting network of the faithful is already creating a “leaven of democracy” that the communist regime can’t control. “These fearless grass-roots evangelists will do more to bring democracy to the world than all the bluster of President George W. Bush.”

Monday musings

Ok, maybe this isn't really the best use of the word "musings", but I just wanted to be all creative and think of a "m" word to go along with Monday, so there you have it.  Anyway, a few things on my mind today.

Eli

Yep, football season has started.  Most of the analysts have been bashing Eli Manning since the end of last season (even his former teammates have gotten in on it).  Granted, he had a pretty bad year last year, especially at the end.  But I think all of the bashing is uncalled for.  Key players on his team were injured, and they had a lot of drama going on.  He was a third year player that everyone was expecting to behave like a veteran leader, which he is not....yet.  And they were comparing him to Peyton saying he wasn't like his big brother...Again...YET!  Anyway, he had a great night last night, even though the team lost.  Looks like some of the analysts are backtracking pretty hard.  I love it.

More on Ron Paul

Ok, so I established in the last post that Ron Paul has the support of Danny Is RIGHT.  That means I'm going to wear y'all out with as much Ron Paul propaganda as possible.  :)

Here is a video with two key points being made about Ron Paul.

1.  Pat Buchanan says Ron Paul fits in most closely with his ideals.  Well, that's a great compliment it you ask me!

2.  When asked about whether or not Clinton should still be in the White House, Ron Paul says he voted to impeach Clinton, so obviously the answer is no.  I can think of a certain front-running candidate from Tennessee that's running for the Republican nomination that did NOT vote to remove Clinton for office.  Nuff said.

Inspirational Video

My sister in law emailed me this video and I thought it was very good and worth passing on.  Be sure to watch the whole thing, as it gets really powerful at the end. Let it be a reminder to all of you that there are forces out there (seen and unseen) that want to stop you from having a relationship with the One who loves you more than anyone else has or ever will.  He is all we should want.  He is all we need.  He is EVERYTHING.

Preliminary Danny is RIGHT endorsement

So I've really only barely been keeping up with the candidates for president.  I think most candidates entered the race way too early and I think most Americans could care less right now.  I think Fred Thompson got in at the right time, and I don't think it will hurt him at all to have entered the race after the others.  I kinda like Fred Thompson, and I figure he's going to be one of the top candidates for consideration.

However, I am hoping another candidate gets more popular and ends up getting the nomination.  His name is Ron Paul.  You've probably never heard of him unless you've watched the debates.  I haven't watched any debates yet, but I've read about him quite a bit on the internet (he apparently has a really large internet following).  Anyway, here is his official campaign site and here is a wikipedia article about his political positions.

And if you have time, here is a video of some of his comments at the debate the other night

 

I'm not going to say I completely agree with him on everything.  For instance, I was for the war in Iraq (and still am).  However, his reasons for saying we should not have gone are fine by me.  I'd be fine with our military leaving other countries and focusing on securing our borders.  I'd be fine if we decided not to get into situations like Iraq any more (or at least leaving it up to Congress, assuming they really listened to the American people)

I'd especially be fine with many of his other Libertarian views such as abolishing the IRS, allowing citizens to carry guns pretty much anywhere, states-rights, etc.  I've always considered myself more of a Libertarian than a Republican anyway.  Republicans aren't RIGHT enough if you ask me.  :)  I think that we need the most conservative candidate out there if we are going to keep Congress in check, and I think Ron Paul is clearly the most conservative (since Buchannan\Nugent apparently isn't going to happen - sorry Mike).  Next on my list would be Mike Huckabee, and then probably Fred Thompson.

Anyway, Ron Paul, you have the support of Danny is RIGHT.  I know you've been anxiously awaiting it.  :)  Hopefully more support will follow.

As for the democrats, I really could care less who wins their nomination because hopefully none of them will win.  Nuff said about that.  :)