Ron Paul at the Faith and Freedom Conference

I agree with everything that Ron Paul said in this speech, except possibly the part about government not being able to do anything unless you can do it. (What about the exacting justice on criminals?)

But more importantly, I am still waiting for him to renounce his cosponsorship of the Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act.  This bill (which did not pass) would have allowing federal tax dollars to be spent on syringes for drug addicts.  He cosponsored this bill in the 110th and 111th Congress (2007 and 2009).  If he will renounce it, then I will support his candidacy (albeit somewhat reluctantly).  It is unacceptable for me to support a candidate who supports a bill which encourages sinful behavior.  (The bill has not been introduced into the 112th Congress yet and probably won't be, though its sponsor is still a member of the House of Representatives.)

The Balanced Budget Amendment is a Bad Idea

Recovery Summer: What recovery, what summer, Mr. President?

Hat tip goes to HotAirPundit for posting this video on their site.
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Assessment of Announced Candidates for President as of 6/14/2011

Hat tip again goes to OneNewsNow.com for the pictures of the candidates. You can read a more in-depth account of what the candidates are saying here. You can read my previous article here. I watched the New Hampshire CNN 2012 GOP Presidential Debate last night. This article is a result of watching that debate and my reflection on the candidacy of the people who have announced their intent to run for the office of President in 2012. All of the announced candidates with the exception of former Governor Gary Johnson participated in the New Hampshire debate.

All of the announced candidates in the race for President are listed below. They are listed in my preferred order of their ability and preparation for service in this important office. There is a reason why I list the incumbent last. If the election were held today I would vote for the candidate at the top of the list below. Since the last debate Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney along with Michele Bachman joined the increasingly congested field.


PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES

Michele Bachmann is by far the best candidate in the field of announced candidates. She did a great job in the New Hampshire debate. She is my top choice. She is a Tea Party Movement favorite. She has the right blend of fiscal and social conservative stands. She is courageous and willing to take a stand for what is right. She rates an A as a presidential candidate.

Former Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Rick Santorum is a solid social conservative. Something, maybe its inspirational leadership, is missing in his candidacy. He is a C+ candidate.

Congressman Ron Paul is strong on fiscal conservative issues; he wants to get control of the Federal Reserve which is a good thing. He questions our entanglements overseas. He seems to be weak on some of the social issues. I would rate him a C+ candidate for President.

After listening to his 30 minute announcement speech which he made in Atlanta several weeks ago now, I was an enthusiastic supporter of Herman Cain. He was initially at the top of my list of preferred announced candidates. This is one of the reasons I thought he was the best candidate in the current crop at the time, listen to his words from announcement speech he made that he was running for President, "Is America ready for a real leader, or (does she want to stay with) a (Teleprompter) reader?" This guy is a social as well as a fiscal conservative. I took what fellow blogger noted about Mr. Cain. Based on this new information and based on his performance during last night debate compared to the one in May, I would now rate him a C as Presidential material.


THE FAILED CANDIDATES

Tim Pawlenty, has supported cap and trade and TARP. Like Rick Santorum he is not very inspirational. I may need to do a little more research on this candidate. At this time, I rate him no better than a D.

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich has some good ideas, but he also has some very bad ideas. He turned me off forever when he joined with Nancy Pelosi in support of Global Warming. Recently his poo pooing of Representative Paul Ryan’s plan to fix Medicare reinforced my objection to Gingrich. This is inexcusable for a Conservative. He is too inconsistent for me. I would rate him a D- candidate as Presidential material.

I don't know too much about this former Governor, Gary Johnson. His performance in the first GOP debate in South Carolina a few weeks ago showed that he was much too libertarian for me. He was very weak on the key social issues. I would rate him an F candidate as Presidential material. He did not help his cause by avoiding the New Hampshire debate.

The mainstream media’s preferred GOP candidate and supposed “front runner” is the wheeling-dealing RINO Willard Mitt Romney. He might be a good manager or administrator, at best. But he lacks consistency in conservative principles. He is a reeling RINO at worst. Like our current President and immediate past president he would say and do anything to get elected. He is conservative to the same degree that Congressman Anthony Weiner controls his sexual appitite. I rate him F as a candidate for President and that is being generous!

I already know too much about this candidate, the current occupier of the White House. Prior to his election in 2008 Barack Obama was the least qualified, most inexperienced, and least prepared. He has proven over the past 2 1/2 years to be even more inept and inappropriate for this nation's highest office than when he was elected. He remains the least qualified and most inexperienced candidate. He is literally a vehicle being used by George Soros and the Left to destroy this nation. He must be defeated. I look at him as serving Jimmy Carter's second term in office; therefore, he must be term-limited! Since there is no rating lower than an F, he is un-rate-able as a candidate to continue as President.

If Americans are “bumps in the road,” then …

If Americans are “bumps in the road," then President Obama is a fault-like pothole on the road to (economic) recovery.

 
Hat tip goes to the HotAirPundit for posting this new online campaign video. According to this YouTube video of Mitt Romney’s campaign ad, “This video shows President Obama's failure to create jobs for millions of unemployed Americans and shows that the unemployed are not just economic statistics, but are real Americans looking to support themselves and their families.” I am no supporter of recycled RINO flip-flopping Romney, however, this video is right on the money.

Why Evil Exists in the World Today, Part 4

We see evil all around us today. TV, newspapers, and radio all chronicle the ravages of evil. I am continuing a new series today, taking a brief break from my current series, “Armor of God.”

If you wanted someone to love you; wouldn’t you want them to love you of their own free will, rather than because they had no other choice?

God once destroyed the world through a world-wide flood

God Destroys Nations for Their Sins

God brings calamity on the nations that sin. As Scripture notes in Psalm 9:17, “The wicked will be turned into hell and all the nations that forget God.”

In Ezekiel 14:12-23 we read, “The word of the LORD came again to me, saying, Son of man, when the land sinneth against me by trespassing grievously, then will I stretch out mine hand upon it, and will break the staff of the bread thereof, and will send famine upon it, and will cut off man and beast from it: Though these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord GOD.
“If I cause noisome beasts to pass through the land, and they spoil it, so that it be desolate, that no man may pass through because of the beasts: Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate. Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it: Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters, but they only shall be delivered themselves.
“Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast: Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord GOD, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness. For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast: Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it. And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GOD.”

Leviticus 18:27, 28, “(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) That the land spews not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.

Do you think God could destroy the United States because of our sin? What is keeping God from judging or destroying America for its great sins such as our practice of nearly unlimited abortions, our condoning of homosexuality, and our rampant immortality?

 

Countdown to Resignation: FINALLY, TODAY A CALL BY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS FOR WEINER TO RESIGN!

Hat tip goes to HotAirPundit  and CNN’S politicalticker for the following report.


House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and DCCC chair Steve Israel have told Rep. Anthony Weiner he should resign.


Pelosi released the following statement Saturday:

“Congressman Weiner has the love of his family, the confidence of his constituents, and the recognition that he needs help. I urge Congressman Weiner to seek that help without the pressures of being a member of Congress.”

Wasserman Schultz released the following statement:

"It is with great disappointment that I call on Representative Anthony Weiner to resign. The behavior he has exhibited is indefensible and Representative Weiner's continued service in Congress is untenable."

“This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House – and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important – his and his family's well-being."

Israel issued this statement:

“Anthony’s inappropriate behavior has become an insurmountable distraction to the House and our work for the American people. With a heavy heart, I call on Anthony to resign.”

It is Day 15 of the Weinergate controversy and three key Democrat leaders only now agree to call on irrepressible and sex-crazed ultra-liberal Anthony Weiner to resign. Why hasn’t the man resigned yet? I heard one caller on a talk radio show recently say that if someone did in public did what Weiner did online that they would be arrested for indecent exposure. What is the difference? His behavior is significantly worse because of his position of trust, public service and standards of basic decency expected from a member of congress.

Democrats Weiner (L) and Rangel (R) Real Stand Up Guys!

Maybe he should be permitted to continue to “serve” because he is representative of the character and moral standards exhibited by the people currently leading the Democratic Party. He is not only exhibiter number 1, he is also exhibit one for what the Democratic Party is at its very core - corrupt. One only needs to look at another New York Representative and tax evader Charlie Rangel to observe the lack of morality and the lowered level acceptable standards. Talking about a culture of corruption!

Anthony Weiner: Unfit to Serve


Liar. Cheater. Disgrace. He must resign NOW!

Congress should represent the best in America, not the worst. Our representatives should be people we look up to, not despise. They should teach our children the right lessons, not the wrong ones.

Congress is too important. The issues our country is facing are too important. Honesty and integrity are too important. Anthony Weiner must resign NOW!

SIGN THE PETITION:

Saving the American economy

"The economy has stopped growing. The death of the economy is the first step in the death of a civilization. ---Louis Kelso

Hat tip goes to the TeaPartyNation.com for posting the above YouTube video. The video was a part of Guy Stevenson’s article, “Kelso's Ideas Have Merit by Ronald Reagan.” How utterly different is President Obama’s view of the economy, which relies on the failed Keynesian model.

Rand Paul on the Patriot Act 2

Too bad it was renewed.  But good try Rand.

part 2

Marine Gunned Down by SWAT Team

This is a very, very, important video!  Please pass it along!  U.S. Marine Manuel Guereña was shot down while a SWAT team was attempting to issue a search warrant on him.  He had no criminal record. There was no reason to believe that he was threat to anyone.  But they came shot him anyway!  Watch the footage of the Oathkeepers memorial service and Sheriff Mack's compelling call to end the militarization of the police.

Weiner is a Loser

Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-NY) finally admitted that he sent lewd photos of himself on Twitter and was unfaithful to his wife.  But he is not going to resign!  Samuel Adams said:

But neither the wisest constitution nor the wisest laws will secure the liberty and happiness of a people whose manners are universally corrupt. He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as his power and influence extend, will not suffer a man to be chosen into any office of power and trust who is not a wise and virtuous man. 

- (Wells, Life of Samuel Adams, 1:22.)

Weiner is a hypocrite.  After all the sermonizing about how tax cuts would benefit the rich and the complaints about the Republicans' maneuvering to block the (unconstitutional) bill to support the first responders of the September 11th attacks.  And that garbage he spouted about how Obamacare would actually save money.  Here is the hypocrisy that he still has on his official house webpage:

Along with several colleagues in Congress, we introduced & passed the KIDS (Keeping the Internet Devoid of Sexual Predators) Act of 2007, a bill to require sex offenders to register their e-mail and instant message addresses with the National Sex Offender Registry. The “Kids Act’ implemented one of my six recommendations to keep a closer eye on sex offenders both near school grounds and online. I also proposed stricter GPS tracking of sex offenders, tougher enforcement of registration laws and more public disclosure of sex offender data.
Sadly, the Internet is the predator's venue of choice today. We need to update our strategies and our laws to stop these offenders who are a mere click away from our children.

http://www.weiner.house.gov/issue_display.aspx?id=844

The Kids' Act is unconstitutional for many different reasons.  It is an ex-post facto law (it adds additional punishments for sex offenders after they have already been sentenced). And it is obviously a violation of the 10th Amendment because no powers related to the punishment of sex offenders have been delegated to the Congress by the Constitution.  (This power is reserved to the states.)  But I wonder, is anyone is going to try to prosecute this socialist using his own law?

Weinergate: Countdown to Resignation, Step down now, Anthony!



Infamous Twitterer and 
Controversial Congressman


It is Day 12 of the Weinergate controversy. He still contends that he will not resign. Here are ten reasons why he should resign now, his actions explicitly demonstrated the following.

• Extremely poor judgment


• Immoral and unethical behavior


• Breach of public trust


• String of lies, habitual lying


• Failing to be a role model


• Placed in situation where he could be blackmailed by America’s enemies


• Immaturity


• Lack of character


• Assassinated the character of Andrew Breitbart


• Brought disgrace to the office of Congressman and to Congress


His profuse apology-laced “confession” at the beginning of the week was pathetic. He should have announced his resignation at that time if he had even an ounce of decency. Instead, he acknowledged his "mistake" and vowed (for what that is worth) to make it up to his wife. Today he continued to apologize to his fellow Congressional members. Is there no accountability for our elected representatives any more?


Why is it that a married Republican Congressman from the same state as Representative Weiner, New York, resigns immediately after a picture of a bare chested Chris Lee is revealed? However, increasingly ugly revelations involving a string of young women from coast to coast does not illicit a resignation or even a call from his party for him to resign? Is the Democratic Party equally without standards? I think that it is the Democratic Party that fosters a culture of corruption and Weiner is a prime example.

Why Evil Exists in the World Today, Part 3

We see evil all around us today. TV, newspapers, and radio all chronicle the ravages of evil. I am starting a new series today, taking a brief break from my current series, “Armor of God.”

If you wanted someone to love you; wouldn’t you want them to love you of their own free will, rather than because they had no other choice?


Osama bin Laden, a son of Satan


God Put Hatred between the Children of Satan and the Children of Eve: No Tolerance

God put hatred between the serpent and the woman and between her children and the children of the serpent, who represents the Devil.

Genesis 3:15-19 says, “I will put enmity between thee (Satan as represented by the serpent) and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”

There are children of the Devil and also children of God. We read of this in Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43.

Matthew 13:24-30 explains, “Another parable put He forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.”

In Matthew 13:36-43 we read, “Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.”

The term “world” is the system set up by Satan and includes the children of the Devil. Those who follow Jesus are taken out of the world. Jesus prays for them but He does not pray for the world. We see this in the prayer of Jesus in John 17.

John 17:6, 9 records, “I have manifested Thy name unto the men which Thou gavest me out of the world: Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me; and they have kept Thy word. I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which Thou hast given Me; for they are Thine.”

Dr. Death meets his Maker

The late & not so great Dr. Death

Jack Kevorkian died yesterday without any assistive device. Ironically, Dr. Death died of "natural causes" in a Detroit area hospital. Kevorkian spent much of his life playing god. Well, in the wee hours of Saturday morning he finally got to meet the only true God of the universe. There is a strong possibility that he will be spending some not so quality time with the likes of Osama bin Laden in the their final retirement location.

Obama fails as he wrangles for a laugh today at Toledo, Ohio Jeep plant

Newsweek Rebuffed: The Grand Rapids LipDub Music Video

I caught an interview on Detroit, Michigan radio station WJR this evening. Rob Bliss was being interviewed about how and why he created the video below. Here is a portion of the YouTube description of the video:

"… The Grand Rapids LipDub Video was filmed May 22nd, with 5,000 people, and involved a major shutdown of downtown Grand Rapids, which was filled with marching bands, parades, weddings, motorcades, bridges on fire, and helicopter take offs. It is the largest and longest LipDub video, to date.


“This video was created as an official response to the Newsweek article calling Grand Rapids a "dying city. "We disagreed strongly, and wanted to create a video that encompasses the passion and energy we all feel is growing exponentially, in this great city. We felt Don McLean's "American Pie," a song about death, was in the end, triumphant and filled to the brim with life and hope." - Rob Bliss, Director & Executive Producer …”

The Grand Rapid folks did an good job putting the ultra liberal, anti-American Newsweek in its place. Newsweek’s leftist ultra bias is one reason that I now subscribe to the conservative Newsmax Magazine instead.
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Interestingly, this video was posted just last week and has already surpassed 2,000,000 views ...

G. Edward Griffin on the Federal Reserve

This makes me feel like I should give money to the Ron Paul campaign even though I disagree with him on a few important issues.  Since my employment is funded by the government, I feel like I'm a participant in screwing the poor.  

Support H.R. 973

Support H.R. 973.  This is a simple, short bill designed to protect Americans from being forced under laws which we did not enact, but were enacted by foreign powers or foreign peoples.  The motivation for this bill is primarily that the sponsors do not want judges to use Sharia law, but this bill would apply to any foreign law which judges might use to subvert the Constitution or the will of the People of the United States.  We are sovereign nation.  If you agree, contact your congressman and ask for their support!



A BILLTo amend title 28, United States Code, to prevent the misuse of foreign law in Federal courts, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. USE OF FOREIGN LAW IN FEDERAL COURTS.

Part VI of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

`CHAPTER 183--USE OF FOREIGN LAW IN FEDERAL COURTS

`Sec. 4201. Limitation on use of foreign law in Federal courts

`In any court created by or under article III of the Constitution of the United States, no justice, judge, or other judicial official shall decide any issue in a case before that court in whole or in part on the authority of foreign law, except to the extent the Constitution or an Act of Congress requires the consideration of that foreign law.'.

SEC. 2. CLERICAL AMENDMENT.

The table of chapters for part VI of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

4201'.

Obama Budget Plan by Ray Stevens

Hat tip goes to RayStevens.com for his latest video applying Obamanomics to American family life.

Tea Party Platform for 2012

Hat tip goes to Judson Phillips, who proposed the following Tea Party Platform in a recent Tea Party Nation article, "A Tea Party Platform."

1. Cut spending. An immediate reduction in spending to 2004 levels. Government spending in 2004 was approximately $2.3 trillion. This one action will almost immediately balance the budget.
 

 2. Create a commission for the elimination of wasteful spending. The commission would have six months to go through the federal budget and propose the elimination of spending that is simply wasteful, fraudulent or programs that do not work, have achieved their goals when they were created, or have simply failed. The commission’s proposal would go to Congress for a straight up or down vote and cannot be amended by Congress. It would then go to the President for signature.
 

3. Close the border with Mexico. Use military forces to completely seal the border to stop the flow of illegal immigrants, illegal narcotics and terrorists from Mexico.


4. Enforce immigration laws currently on the books. Have ICE investigate employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants and prosecute those who do.


5. Cut taxes to stimulate the economy. While our long-term goal needs to be the replacement of the income tax with a consumption based tax, the immediate goal should be to stimulate the economy with tax cuts. Start with an across the board 30% cut in personal income taxes corporate taxes and the elimination of the capital gains tax.


6. Eliminate the useless departments of the federal government. Elimination of the Department of Education and Energy, which have failed miserably in their jobs, as well as an immediate freeze in hiring new government employees, except in the area of defense and national security.


7. Create a plan to make American energy self-sufficient within four years, by drilling and exploiting the natural resources we have here in America. This would include repealing laws that allow bureaucrats or liberal activist groups to file lawsuits that stop drilling or the construction of new refineries. Create rewards for those who can create marketable energy alternatives.


8. Repeal NAFTA, CAFTA and all the other free trade agreements. For America to remain a viable economic superpower, the country must have a manufacturing base. Not only do we need a manufacturing base to employ Americans, we also have crucial infrastructure components, such as power generators that are no longer made in America. If these components were destroyed in a terrorist attack, America could be crippled until we could get replacements, assuming that we could.


9. Either win Afghanistan or get out. The purpose of the military is not nation building. It is to destroy the enemy. Either we take the gloves off and let the military win in Afghanistan or we pull out.


10. Put together a commission to provide a plan to reform Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. Social Security and Medicaid are rapidly heading towards insolvency. We need a plan to reform these programs.

All of the above mention platform issues are good. I agree with all of them. However, I would add the following to the platform:


11. End all federal funding and subsidies for abortion. This would include ending all funding of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America based on the documented corruption and its funneling of fungible funds to the abortion side of their “business.” Abortion remains America's holocaust, an American atrocity.


12. Reinstate the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for our armed forces. In a time of war (or any time for that matter) introducing social engineering using our military as guinea pigs is beyond foolish.


13. Reform the American Health Care System. Tied in with item number 10 above dismantle all aspects of ObamaCare and substitute such reforms as promotion of Health Savings Accounts, the ability to purchase health insurance across state lines, and serious tort reform.

14.  End membership in the corrupt and terribly anti-American United Nations. The UN does more harm than it does good. We need to stop our funding of this worthless organization and its expanding one-world government vision.

 

The candidate who seeks my vote must be in fundamental agreement with the Platform as outlined above. This means that the candidate must be a fiscal and social conservative. Interestingly, one could say that the current President and his party have the exact opposite platform as the one proposed above.