Rand Paul 2010, and Perhaps 2016?
Posted by Noah | Filed under politics
Dr. Ron Paul is a great man, probably the greatest current American politician SERVING the people. His son Rand (who is also a doctor) seems like minded and although inexperienced would probably be a step in the right direction. Dr. Rand Paul is running for a US Senate seat (Kentucky) in 2010 and I hope he wins. I really do, and I hope it’s a jumping off platform for 2016 presidential bid. His father is a great man, it would be wonderful if he were president, but he’s older than John McCain and we saw how that went in 2008. Ron Paul will be be 77 in 2012, and if he won would be 81 at the end of his presidency, which means there’s a reasonable chance he wouldn’t make it. Let’s hope he’s as squeaky clean as his father is.
Tags: 2010, liberty, politics, Rand Paul, Republican Party, Ron Paul, USA
Why We Don’t Need A “Bloody” Revolution
Posted by Noah | Filed under politics
My Facebook Friend James wrote this and I though t I’d share it because I feel much the same way.
I keep on hearing more and more about how we need a bloody, glorious, revolution. We do not. I have paid attention to all that is going on, and Obama and his friends are doing a great job of losing themselves senate elections in 2010 and the presidential election of 2012. Isolated acts of violence will just make conservatives/Libertarians look like terrorists now, and people are jumping on the small government bandwagon, all the independents are beginning to turn to the right, as they see what the Democrats are doing as wrong. Now think, if we had someone who wanted to play Timothy McVeigh at this time, how all that work would have gone to hell in a handbasket.
The idea of taking life, no matter your religious persuasion, is wrong at the core unless it is absolutely necessary. When the government starts detaining people due to their opinions and torturing/killing, that is time. But not when they are bickering over healthcare currently, and Cap and Trade is on the backburner. The idea of going and shooting up a government office or bombing some place makes no sense; the people who work in those places are just trying to make a living, even if they are part of the machine. My mom works for the public schools in my area. Yes, government employees have families, too. The real people behind all of this are the politicians, and the only recourse is to keep the heat on them with letters and calls to tell them they will be voted out of office if they vote for X-legislation.
Other things that I believe about this is that Americans are Americans. It is not solely your area that is the only place that matters. I went on the National Catholic Youth Conference last weekend in Kansas City, Missouri (and I saw quite a lot of Conservative/Libertarian Catholic youth which made me really happy for the future of my Church). I met a lot of people from all over the country. An 18 year old from New Jersey was rather similar to me, partially due to religion, and partially due to the fact that we are both Americans. I don’t care someone’s political beliefs, killing my fellow citizens is especially something I don’t want to think about, unless they are coming after me.
I guess what it all comes down to is how crazy people are for already considering attacking government employees/politicians. Thomas Jefferson’s words have been applied to liberally. There are not foreign armies or hired guns marching down our street, no matter what those conspiratorial ones might say. We still have it pretty good as far as things are concerned. And most in the US military are not content with what Obama is doing, and assuming orders were given to control the people, servicemen would just ignore those orders.
Another thing to consider from history is that Lexington and Concord were due to the towns’ ammunition stores being burned and that “Shot Heard Round The World” that came either from a nervous Brit or a nervous militiaman.
While I believe we need change now, it does not come with a dead neighbor because they happened to vote for Obama or work for a certain politician. The change we need will come through more and more Tea-Parties, protests, and letter-writing and calling campaigns. What we have been doing is working! All Keith Olberman and MSNBC can do is insult us. They don’t know how to match up with honest American taxpayers from ALL WALKS OF LIFE! Yes, I saw an Arabic couple at the Indianapolis Tea Party.
The time is now, just keep the peaceful, non-violent pressure up. But at the same time, be ready in case the government might want to commit acts of violence against us, and in that case only attack who is responsible. A little bit of preparation never hurt anyone!
By James William Maier, of Homecroft Indiana (that’s by Indianapolis)
Tags: firearms, liberty, peace, politics, revolution, USA
Scary Painting of Obama
Posted by Noah | Filed under politics, religion
The Shotgun blog has dug up a very scary painting of Obama
Actually the painting itself isn’t scary so much as that people are actually making these sorts of things. They (not necessarily this particular artist) really do think he’s some kind of do-no-wrong messiah.
Personality cult much?