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Ron Paul: Get out of Afghanistan NOW!
Posted by: | CommentsSome reminders from the honorable Ron Paul that we should not even be in Afghanistan. End the wars NOW!
Here’s clip #1:
Here’s clip #2:
The book Dr. Paul cites sounds really interesting, check out Barbara Tuchman’s The March of Folly at Amazon.
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Tags: Afghanistan, history, iraq, Ron Paul, war, war on terror
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A Peace Prize for a War Hawk
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In a extraordinary surprise move, the Nobel Peace Prize this year has been given to none other than Barack Obama as of this morning, for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples.” Thank goodness they didn’t wake him up in the middle of the night to give him the announcement. If you weren’t convinced that we are now living in bizarro world, check your planet again.
I think I may scream. Hold on a second…
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Ok, I’m done now.
Fine, so Obama talked a little about peace and changing stuff during his campaign. He has upon occasion criticized the war in Iraq. Yet, since he took office, peace has grown ever more distant. There is no other verdict to draw from his actions other than we are under Bush Number 3. As I have noted in various ways here, here, and here, Obama has not come close to acting like a President interested in peace. I even predicted some of the things that he has done (or not done). In fact, his egregious actions against peace are so numerous at this point it hasn’t even been worth cataloguing in blog posts. Just watch the news for a while or read Antiwar.com. Seriously.
But really, REALLY, would you ever expect someone interested in peace to…
- Not even supporting the rescinding of the Patriot Act (much less actually getting rid of it)
- Not stopping illegal wire-tapping
- Say you’re going to close Guantanamo Bay, but then move the prisoners to other secret prison locations?
- Say you’re against torture, yet not stop the practice of it
- Appoint ultimate war hawk Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State
- Send 20,000 more troops to Afghanistan (with room for more), escalating a conflict that cannot end
- Supports intervention in Darfur
- Supporting bills that allow for the President to shut down the internet at his discretion for a “cyber-security emergency,” while at the same time criticizing Iran for censoring Twitter.
- Escalating Federal spending on defense
The only thing Obama has done right for peace – and only thus far has he done it right – is to keep the United States out of Iran. And who knows, even that might come to a close sooner or later.
Perhaps this should not come as a surprise, however. The Nobel committee did give the Peace Prize last year to someone who likes to scare people into thinking they’re all going to die from the sun. At least the hawkish conservatives who believe that “war is peace” can be pleased that finally someone is getting recognized right – support war, get a Peace Prize.
We live in a bizarro world, folks, when you can get an Economics Prize for supporting the destruction of an economy (Paul Krugman), a Peace Prize for frightening people (Al Gore), and now a Peace Prize for supporting war (Obama). Of course, Hans Hermann Hoppe once said that to win a Nobel Peace Prize, one should be a mass murderer — or at least that helps. You’re well on your way, Barry…
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Podcast: The President’s Prayer
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This is the *tenth* installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. TEN podcasts may seem like a lot, but believe me, there’s plenty more Laurence Vance goodness to go. Remember, there are over seventy essays in the entire book, and so far I’ve recorded fourteen of them (not including the foreward and the introduction). You might think that this means I haven’t moved much through the book, but that wouldn’t be quite right. In fact, some of the essays in the first chapter are the longest in the book, and by page count I have recorded about 20% of the book thus far.
Today’s essay is entitled “The President’s Prayer.” It is worthy to note that in the original essay on LewRockwell.com, Vance posted a picture of a church sign (see the picture on the right) and referenced the caption in the essay. Since you obviously can’t hear the sign in the audio portion, I decided to add the words of the sign at an appropriate point: “We support our President.” It is rather important to know what it says while listening to the essay, so I felt it was a justified modification to the original text.
I think it is kind of funny that the picture Vance posted actually was created via Says-It.com and the “Church Sign Generator” there. There is no doubt in my mind that you could find church signs with this exact text all over the country (I know with all certainty I have seen them), so I guess he simply didn’t want to “name names” if you will… Anyway, enjoy the podcast!
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Tags: Afghanistan, audiobook, bush, iran, iraq, theology, war, war on terror
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Speedlinking Friday
Posted by: | CommentsMuch has happened this week, so much to talk about! Unlike last week I will not stick to a single topic, although many hover around Obamunism since that is on everyone’s mind.
First, a few funny things I found on Amazon: Get your very own Pocket Obama! (Thanks to Drew for sharing.) Train up your child in the way he should go with the Playmobil Security Checkpoint! Check out the reviews on this one, they are priceless: “I was a little disappointed when I first bought this item, because the functionality is limited. My 5 year old son pointed out that the passenger’s shoes cannot be removed.”
To follow up on last weeks links, Paul Green writes about Christianity and Intellectual Property.
I can haz moneyz now?
Anthony Gregor reported that House Republicans seemed poised to seriously consider being fiscally conservative again – well, at least for a few minutes. Obama’s new $825 billion stimulus package swiftly passed through the House regardless – 244 to 188. But one has to admit, when the entire opposition party and eleven others are opposed to a bill, the legislation can’t be good.
Obama signed his first bill into law this week, the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, named for an Alabama woman who after a 19-year career at a tire factory complained that she wasn’t getting paid as much as some other men there. This begs the question: if she deserved that much more pay and her skills were so underappreciated, then why did she hang around for 19 years?
Obama continues to escalate the war in Afghanistan. In other war news, Blackwater has been banned from Iraq.
Funny, how can one believe in change when Obama keeps hiring lobbyists for the cabinet after saying time and time again how he wouldn’t hire lobbyists? Go watch this one minute video.
The Hayek Center is back up and running for all you Friedrich-philes.
Ex-NASA climatologist now is a global-warming skeptic. Get the politics out, I say!
Finally, here is a cleverly constructed video with a poignant point to make about how we live as Christians. I hope it gives you something to think about as you approach your congregation’s worship service this weekend.
And that, as they say, is the news.
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Obama Orders First Murder
Posted by: | CommentsCongratulations are in order for President Barack Obama, who today has successfully completed the common rite of passage of Presidents: ordering his first murder.
See folks, don’t forget that morality doesn’t suddenly change for you when you enter the oval office or when you enter a battlefield (whether legitimate OR illegitimate). But in fact, presidents have a knack for just ignoring “conventional” morality, take Nixon for example, who said, “Well, when the president does it that means that it is not illegal.” Given, there is a great difference at times between what is legal and what is moral, but Presidents who believe they are above the law probably won’t have a problem being above morality either. From the UK report:
Missiles fired from suspected US drones killed at least 15 people inside Pakistan today, the first such strikes since Barack Obama became president and a clear sign that the controversial military policy begun by George W Bush has not changed.
Security officials said the strikes, which saw up to five missiles slam into houses in separate villages, killed seven “foreigners” – a term that usually means al-Qaeda – but locals also said that three children lost their lives.
So while pro-war conservatives should be thrilled that Obama is continuing the Bush foreign policy, we should call evil for what it is – unlike most mainstream media shills for Obama or Bush.
Hat tip to Rob Wicks for the story and for this quote:
So, while you can look into the loving eyes of your own beautiful daughters, somewhere in Afghanistan, a grieving family will never look into the loving eyes of three children again.
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