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"In Jewish law there is no notion of differentiating between two identical crimes on the basis of the person's socioeconomic background. There is no accounting of whether or not the person was able to receive appropriate therapy or a surrogate parent to wean them out of their quagmire."  V is for Victim. Yael Mermelstein

 

"Rep. John Campbell, a California Republican, notes that this year the House took many more votes (1,186) than ever but only 146 bills became laws, and most of those named buildings or other things, or extended existing laws. Congress, and especially the Democratic majority, should be congratulated for this because a decrease in the quantity of legislation generally means an increase in the quality of life."  Congress' Vanishing Act. George Will.

 

"Whether you are a social conservative bothered by Mike Huckabee's apparent hypocrisy, or a believer in governmental ethics who thinks that business and government need a greater firewall between them than to have governors sit on corporate boards, or if you're a fiscal conservative who is alarmed that the GOP is on the verge of nominating a presidential candidate who has a direct financial stake in forcing socialized medicine on the rest of us, there is more than enough in Mike Huckabee's record to merit denying him a higher office."  A reason for just about everybody to avoid Huckabee. Bob Krumm. (Hat Tip: Instapundit)

Who Are These Kooks?

by Chuck Baldwin
December 18, 2007

According to the Associated Press, "Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul's supporters raised over $6 million Sunday to boost the 10-term congressman's campaign for the White House."

The AP report also said, "The [Paul] campaign's previous fundraiser brought in $4.2 million."

According to the Paul campaign website, "In a 24-hour period on December 16, the campaign raised $6.026 million dollars, surpassing the one-day record of $5.7 million held by John Kerry.

"During the day, over 58,000 people contributed to Dr. Paul's campaign, including 24,940 first-time donors. Over 118,000 Americans have donated to the campaign in the fourth quarter.

"The $6 million one-day total means the campaign has raised over $18 million this quarter, far exceeding its goal of $12 million."

Now, if one listens to most of the political pundits in the major media, Ron Paul is some kind of "kook," and his supporters are also a bunch of "kooks." So, the question must be asked, Just who are these kooks that are supporting him, and why are they giving Ron Paul all this money?

Hope Floats! The Ron Paul Blimp Takes to the Air!

Which President are You Most Like?

Which Great US President Are You Most Like? created with QuizFarm.com

You scored as George Washington 1st President, in office from 1789-1797Born: 1732 Died: 1799 George Washington 72% Theodore Roosevelt 64% Dwight Eisenhower 50% Abraham Lincoln 48% Thomas Jefferson 45% Ronald Reagan 45% Woodrow Wilson 43% John Kennedy 43% Franklin Roosevelt 43% Harry Truman 33% Lyndon Johnson 29%

Ron Paul's Supporters as Geese

The 2008 election isn''t about Democrat versus Republican.

It is really a contest between sheep and wild geese.

Both sheep and wild geese like to dine on green grass.

Sheep need a shepherd to guide them to green pastures. The shepherd controls his sheep so that he can either fleece them or make mutton stew. The sheep
are chased around by the shepherd's yapping border collies.

Wild geese can find the next green pasture on their own. The wild geese poop on the shepherd's head as they take flight to fly in a V for victory formation with the Ron Paul blimp.

The cackling of the wild geese is rising in a deafening crescendo as they prepare to darken the skies and blot out the sun on the coming election days to vote for Ron Paul. They will manage this phenomenal feat without air traffic controllers (the FAA could learn a thing or two from these wild geese.)

They have a tried and true flight plan, the U.S. Constitution. 

JosephZP, in the comments of the CBS blog, From the Road

Today's China Pictures

My son and a Panda friend

I'm actually not sure what this animal is.

I'm told this is a Red Panda.

Elisa, J's girlfriend, takes her turn Panda-sitting.

Mormons knocking doors for Ron Paul instead of Mitt Romney - and they need your help!

Who better to go door to door canvassing than somebody who has already done it full time for 2 years as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? In a surprising turn of events many (Mormons) Latter-day Saints are not out cheering for Mitt Romney with whom they share faith - but for Congressman Ron Paul. Why? The simple answer is the Constitution. The Latter-day Saints revere the Constitution as nearly scripture. They feel that the founding fathers were inspired from on high to establish the free form of government that they did. Former Church President Ezra Taft Benson (and Secretary of Agriculture in the Eisenhower Administration) was quoted as saying that Church faithful should look on the Constitution as if it were a verse out of the bible. This spiritual understanding of limited government and freedom has many Latter-day Saints flocking to Ron Paul's constitution-based presidential campaign. Latter-day Saints for Ron Paul

Hard for me to argue with that!

Christian Right Just Doesn't Get It

by Chuck Baldwin
December 7, 2007

These are people I have known most of my life. They are my friends. I have spoken at their gatherings and rallies, participated in their discussions, and prayed with them. Of course, I'm talking about the fine men and women who can be categorized as the Christian Right.

On the whole, we share the same values and principles. We are pro-life; we stand for marriage as God defined it; we believe in the right to keep and bear arms; we support capital punishment (albeit I will be the first to admit that there are many inequities in the application of capital punishment that desperately need to be rectified); we believe children should have the right to pray in school; we believe former Alabama Chief Justice Roy S. Moore Jr. had every right to post the Ten Commandments in the Rotunda of the Alabama Supreme Court building, and before that, a plaque of the Ten Commandments in his Circuit Court building in Gadsden; and we believe in limited government.

In 1980 and 1984, I joined my friends in the Christian Right in helping Ronald Reagan achieve two landslide victories. In fact, as the Executive Director for the Florida Moral Majority, I helped my friend, the late Jerry Falwell, register more than 50,000 evangelical voters during those years.

In 2000 and 2004, my wife and I could not in good conscience vote for G.W. Bush, so we cast an independent ballot those two elections. However, there is no question that, to a great extent, it was the Christian Right's almost universal support for George W. Bush that gave him two terms in the White House.

Unfortunately, it has been the Christian Right's blind support for President Bush in particular and the Republican Party in general that has precipitated a glaring and perhaps fatal defect: the Christian Right cannot, or will not, honestly face the real danger confronting these United States. The reason for this blindness is due, in part, to political partisanship or personal aggrandizement. Regardless, the Christian Right is currently devoid of genuine sagacity. On the whole, they fail to understand the issues that are critical to our nation's--and their own--survival.