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Podcast: The Hypocrisy of Christian Warmongers
Posted by: | CommentsThis is the thirteenth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. This will be the last podcast of 2009, and I expect to get back to recording more in the middle of January. Recording takes a lot of time and effort, so with all the things I am responsible for on a regular basis this has gone a bit more slowly than I would have liked. Nevertheless, I will keep at it, and I hope you will too! Enjoy this audiobook selection of “The Hypocrisy of Christian Warmongers.”
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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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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…
…
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 Christian Axis of Evil
Posted by: | CommentsIt’s back! This is the twelfth installment of the Christianity and War Audiobook Podcast, presented by LibertarianChristians.com. Many apologies for how long it took to get this out, but as you know… life happens.
Nevertheless, today’s podcast is a doozy, for it rips a new one against those famous “Christians” who use their public prominence to shill for a warmongering State. The “Christian Axis of Evil” is the title of today’s essay, and it is also the name Vance gives to that group of warmongering Christians. May their influence be ever-diminishing!
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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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