Ron Paul is facing primary challenges from people affiliated with the Tea Party movement. I thought the Tea Party movement was about freedom and limited government. If that's the case, Ron Paul would be their ideal candidate. They would want 250 Ron Pauls in the House and 60 Ron Pauls in the Senate.
The fact that the Tea Party people are going after Ron Paul tells you everything you need to know about the current movement. They're not about freedom and limited government. They're about getting Republicans back in power. They're no better than so-called progressives who only care about electing Democrats.
February 11, 2010
February 7, 2010
What Men Really Think of Women
Read the comments to this article about a proposed NFL rule change. You'll see that men do not consider women to be equal.
February 6, 2010
They Don't See the Contradiction
At my church this weekend the congregation recited the following prayer:
Two minutes earlier they prayed for the soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. They didn't pray for an end to the wars or for the soldiers to stop killing people. They essentially prayed for them to continue to kill Iraqis and Afghanis. Isn't it a contradiction to "never to stop defending life" and pray for people who kill for a living? Apparently churches don't see the contradiction.
Lord God, I thank you today for the gift of my life,
And for the lives of all my brothers and sisters.
I know there is nothing that destroys more life than abortion,
Yet I rejoice that you have conquered death
by the Resurrection of Your Son.
I am ready to do my part in ending abortion.
Today I commit myself
Never to be silent,
Never to be passive,
Never to be forgetful of the unborn.
I commit myself to be active in the pro-life movement,
And never to stop defending life
Until all my brothers and sisters are protected,
And our nation once again becomes
A nation with liberty and justice
Not just for some, but for all,
Through Christ our Lord. Amen!
Two minutes earlier they prayed for the soldiers serving in Iraq and Afghanistan. They didn't pray for an end to the wars or for the soldiers to stop killing people. They essentially prayed for them to continue to kill Iraqis and Afghanis. Isn't it a contradiction to "never to stop defending life" and pray for people who kill for a living? Apparently churches don't see the contradiction.
February 4, 2010
There Was No $5 Trillion Surplus
When talking about the federal budget, a Democratic Party talking point is that George W. Bush converted a $5 trillion surplus to $5 trillion dollars of debt. The Bush years were a disaster, and there was lots of deficit spending. But there was no $5 trillion dollar surplus.
The $5 trillion dollar surplus was a 10-year projection Bill Clinton made when he left office. It was a projection. There was no pile of money sitting in the US Treasury.
Even if Bill Clinton had been President from 2001-2009, the federal government would not have had a $5 trillion budget surplus. There were two recessions, a housing bubble, bank bailouts, a derivatives fiasco, and massive offshoring of jobs. There's no way the federal budget would have remained at a surplus, especially when you take into account both parties' refusal to even consider reducing military spending.
To summarize, Bush stunk, but he didn't squander a $5 trillion surplus.
The $5 trillion dollar surplus was a 10-year projection Bill Clinton made when he left office. It was a projection. There was no pile of money sitting in the US Treasury.
Even if Bill Clinton had been President from 2001-2009, the federal government would not have had a $5 trillion budget surplus. There were two recessions, a housing bubble, bank bailouts, a derivatives fiasco, and massive offshoring of jobs. There's no way the federal budget would have remained at a surplus, especially when you take into account both parties' refusal to even consider reducing military spending.
To summarize, Bush stunk, but he didn't squander a $5 trillion surplus.
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