tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post1337791024655796012..comments2023-09-07T03:29:33.710-05:00Comments on ignarus semino dominatus: A Call to Perry, Palin et al to Save AmericaKeith D. Rodebushhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00971906642308048076noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-58670550597942845692011-08-10T09:20:28.010-05:002011-08-10T09:20:28.010-05:00Alan,
I appreciate your thoughts greatly. Please d...Alan,<br />I appreciate your thoughts greatly. Please don't misunderstand, I love Ron Paul. His oratorical and written defense of Liberty and the Constitution is refreshing. I have been following him for decades. I would vote for him for my representative any day. I would not, however vote for him in the Presidential primary but if he wins, we could do much worse than he as our President.<br />I doubt that we can have a real debate on issues in a comments section but feel free to email me and we'll have at it? :-)<br />I don't think we will ever agree on foreign policy or drugs. I believe that both should be done differently but not abandoned. If we didn't have a strong presence around the world someone would fill that void. History proves this.<br />Ron thinks that abortion is a states rights issue. I disagree. Murdering babies is not something that a state can give approval to in my opinion. Many try to 'split the baby' on this issue. I do not. Life is the first one of our unalienable rights. You cannot protect the others if you don't protect the first.<br />Again I appreciate your passion for Liberty and we are probably not as far apart on things as you may think. BTW I have stated no policy on gays and drugs, you may presume too much. But I will be soon so stay tuned!<br /><br />God Bless,<br />KeithKeith D. Rodebushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971906642308048076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-18864217424372276472011-08-09T23:54:59.121-05:002011-08-09T23:54:59.121-05:00Keith,
I would also like to respond to your commen...Keith,<br />I would also like to respond to your comment about foreign policy. The real naivety is found in foreign policy statements like these: "If we don't fight them over there, we'll have to fight them over here," or "We have to go to war to protect American interests," or my favorite, "They hate us because of our freedoms." These sky-is-falling, fear-mongering anthems are as false as they are un-Christian. They are jingoism.<br /><br />You want to fight Muslim terrorism? Stop throwing water on the grease fire. Remove US troops from the Arabian peninsula, and stop building permanent military bases there. End economic sanctions, which only hurt innocent civilians, not leaders.<br /><br />Have you ever seen the video of Madeleine Albright saying that Clinton's Iraq sanctions, which killed over half a million (!) people - most of them under age 10 - were "worth it" ??! Not to mention we bombed Iraq for 10 years. Welcome to US foreign policy 101...these are the reasons why they hate us. This is not naive, it's common sense. Just come home, and we would rob all this Muslim anti-American fervor of its oxygen.<br /><br />If we really wanted to westernize the ME, we would end all the occupations and sanctions and instead encourage trade. 50 WalMarts in Iraq would be more beneficial to "US interests" than deploying 50,000 ground troops. Ironically, war and sanctions are genuine isolationism, not free trade and diplomacy.<br /><br />Naivety is thinking we can continue to spend over $1 Trillion annually maintaining our comically expansive foreign military presence. We are spread too thin and we are nearing bankruptcy, neither bodes well for national security. Let's build a strong national defense, with "defense" being the key word. Peace through strength.Alan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811165144145804088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-70260434965716479332011-08-09T23:50:29.565-05:002011-08-09T23:50:29.565-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Alan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811165144145804088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-79416024212806453232011-08-09T16:12:11.791-05:002011-08-09T16:12:11.791-05:00I love the name of your blog. Very appropriate. ...I love the name of your blog. Very appropriate. <br /><br />Unfortunately there are many who think they know what is going on and are awake and really have glaring blind spots where they have no clue. <br /><br />I agree with Schoppe and AlanC. Very well put comments.McKee Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04322089251373714467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-752948526346309352011-08-09T16:11:38.691-05:002011-08-09T16:11:38.691-05:00Edit: that should be "righteous man," no...Edit: that should be "righteous man," not "righteousness man."Alan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811165144145804088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-71930679524367590062011-08-09T14:44:15.881-05:002011-08-09T14:44:15.881-05:00Keith, I'm a youth pastor in Williamson County...Keith, I'm a youth pastor in Williamson County. I cut my teeth on Charles Finney, Gordon Olson, John Wesley, and other preachers of righteousness. I firmly believe the Bible's admonition that without holiness, "no man will see the Lord." <br /><br />Your characterization of Ron Paul as a man who advocates "liberal social policies" is dangerously misinformed. First, a vice is not a crime. As proprietor of a blog dedicated to preventing tyranny, I imagine you understand that the proper role of government is to protect the life, property, and liberty of those governed. That is true of all civil governments in general. And in the specific case of our federal, Constitutional government, its powers are FAR fewer, and narrower in scope.<br /><br />Why do I characterize your view as dangerous? Because – if you follow the consensus of most modern evangelicals – your solution to dilemmas such as “gay marriage” and drug abuse is to empower the federal government to enforce Biblical standards of righteousness. Not only is this approach contrary to the Constitution in spirit AND letter, but history and reason teach us that all we will accomplish is to further empower the federal government! <br /><br />Which is more likely: that DC will permanently preserve our traditional institutions and usher in godly social norms? Or that DC will force our Christian daycares to hire homosexuals? (And mandate the fifty States to give full faith and credit to “civil unions” from liberal States? And erode our Bill of Rights protections? Etc.) 9 out of 10 times when the government gains new power or jurisdiction, it abuses, it regulates, it taxes, and we get more TYRANNY. True victory is downsizing DC and cutting the head off the beast (figuratively speaking, of course.) “Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?” No, and we cannot tame Washington to do our bidding. <br /><br />I get angry when I hear accusations against a righteousness man like Ron Paul. God help us. Are you unfamiliar with the “Sanctity of Life Act” that Dr Paul has repeatedly introduced – for years – to limit the Supreme Court's jurisdiction on abortion matters, affirming that life begins at conception, and allowing the States to begin prosecuting abortion doctors again? Or Dr Paul's championing of the DOMA? Dr Paul is the best friend of the unborn, and of liberty, and of peace. <br /><br />Any Christian who follows the Prince of Peace, and enjoys the freedom from every “yoke of bondage” ought to have Ron Paul at the top of their Christmas list. There is not a more humble servant of God walking the halls of Congress.Alan Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00811165144145804088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-5851245155499180662011-08-08T11:07:42.404-05:002011-08-08T11:07:42.404-05:00If you check closely on anyones record, yes even y...If you check closely on anyones record, yes even your glorious Ron Paul you can find freckles. By the way, I like Ron Paul. As with all Libertarians he loses me with liberal social policies and naive foreign policy. If he wanted to come along and assist I would be fine with it. I included his son instead, the younger generation. You should note that I did not suggest a presidential candidate. I suggested that some of the most popular individuals who have sided fairly consistently with the Tea Party, should come together as a coalition to defeat the GOP and the Democrats. I stand by the analysis. Obviously, we could spend all day on who could be added or deleted from the list. Perry's record on business and unapologetic faith make him a viable factor to help defeat establishment Republicans. Paul is a champion of the Constitution no doubt; in speeches. But he has also sided with Democrats on many bills over the years that are counter to it, as most all of them have.<br />I appreciate your comment and thanks for reading.<br /><br />KeithKeith D. Rodebushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00971906642308048076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2575593940478951669.post-47596836797483704982011-08-08T09:54:29.390-05:002011-08-08T09:54:29.390-05:00Rick Perry for President? The governor who passed ...Rick Perry for President? The governor who passed the margins tax in Texas. Has tried to shove the trans-Texas corridor down our throats. The guy who tried to mandate HPV vaccines for little girls.<br /><br />Rick Perry? The former Texas campaign manager for Al Gores first presidential bid.<br /><br />Herman Cain? Mr. Former Fed President who claims we don't need to audit the private Federal Reserve because there is "nothing to see"<br /><br />Michele Bachman? The self proclaimed TEA (Taxed Enough Already) party spokes person who is a former prosecutor for the IRS.<br /><br />What about Ron Paul? Has he not followed the constitution enough over his 25 years in congress to fit the description of integrity you say we need? <br /><br />The sad truth is you wrote an article about Ron Paul and tried to insert political whores into his place.<br /><br />Excellent blog until you defiled it at the end.Schoppehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13879441782180414740noreply@blogger.com