This family blog continues the one originally started by Luke. It is hoped through the sharing of stories, ponderisms, and pictures of family and events, that this online journal will serve to enhance and nurture our relationship and draw us closer to God and each other as we travel along life's road. Buckle-up!
I hear you. I like Ron Paul a lot. I've been reading his articles for years on LewRockwell.com. He's got the right perspective on Lincoln and the Civil war, Bush and his war, and on the drug war. I think he would be a great president.
I hope he wins the primary and the general election, but like the majority of Americans, I won't be voting.
I didn't realize until after I had posted my comment that your post was actually a link. We still don't have a television so that was the first I had seen of the South Carolina debates. Looks like he did a great job. I think the main thing working against him is that he is not supported by AIPAC (Israel) which is the largest political lobby in the united states. Because AIPAC controls most of the media and both political parties (Bush and Hillary are both members), they are really pulling all the strings in this hoax that many believe is a free election.
Luke, i just got back from the store and couldn't believe there were already 2 comments. Didn't know you had been reading about Ron Paul for years. To be honest, I just learned of him a couple of months ago. He is amazingly comfortable speaking his mind in the presidential debate forum. So much of what he says about letting all of those middle eastern countries fight it out for themselves makes a lot of sense to me. I'm guessing the AIPAC is quite nervous about the Fox News poll last night that shows Ron Paul was the winner of the debate. Hope you reconsider your voting privilege. Sara too!
I don't think AIPAC is nervous. Even if Ron Paul wins, it would still remain a fact that a majority of senators and congressmen in both parties are absolute loyalists to AIPAC's agenda.
I don't vote because I subscribe to the early church and traditional Anabaptist (or mennonite type) viewpoint that pictures the Church as the kingdom of God and the State as the kingdom of this world. Most Christians in America subscribe to a reformational model of church and state that pictures them as dual pillars supporting a broader kingdom of God. I used to see it that way, but I vchanged my mind on this about five or six years ago.
I also don't vote because I don't want to encourage the government. A large turnout is always seen as a commendation for all things the state has done and is doing, regardless of who wins the election.
And I also don't vote because it's irrational. I don't play the lottery for the same reason, and the odds of winning the lottery are far greater than the odds of one vote making a difference in an election. It simply doesn't make good economic sense to vote. It is a fact that you are more likely to die in a car crash on the way to the polling booth than you are to make a difference in the election. I don't think it's worth the risk.
But if I was going to vote, it would definitely be for Ron Paul. And I have to admit, in spite of my convictions and my rationalizations, it's a formidable temptation...
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I hear you. I like Ron Paul a lot. I've been reading his articles for years on
LewRockwell.com. He's got the right perspective on Lincoln and the Civil war, Bush and his war, and on the drug war. I think he would be a great president.
I hope he wins the primary and the general election, but like the majority of Americans, I won't be voting.
I didn't realize until after I had posted my comment that your post was actually a link. We still don't have a television so that was the first I had seen of the South Carolina debates. Looks like he did a great job. I think the main thing working against him is that he is not supported by AIPAC (Israel) which is the largest political lobby in the united states. Because AIPAC controls most of the media and both political parties (Bush and Hillary are both members), they are really pulling all the strings in this hoax that many believe is a free election.
Luke, i just got back from the store and couldn't believe there were already 2 comments. Didn't know you had been reading about Ron Paul for years. To be honest, I just learned of him a couple of months ago. He is amazingly comfortable speaking his mind in the presidential debate forum. So much of what he says about letting all of those middle eastern countries fight it out for themselves makes a lot of sense to me. I'm guessing the AIPAC is quite nervous about the Fox News poll last night that shows Ron Paul was the winner of the debate. Hope you reconsider your voting privilege. Sara too!
I don't think AIPAC is nervous. Even if Ron Paul wins, it would still remain a fact that a majority of senators and congressmen in both parties are absolute loyalists to AIPAC's agenda.
I don't vote because I subscribe to the early church and traditional Anabaptist (or mennonite type) viewpoint that pictures the Church as the kingdom of God and the State as the kingdom of this world. Most Christians in America subscribe to a reformational model of church and state that pictures them as dual pillars supporting a broader kingdom of God. I used to see it that way, but I vchanged my mind on this about five or six years ago.
I also don't vote because I don't want to encourage the government. A large turnout is always seen as a commendation for all things the state has done and is doing, regardless of who wins the election.
And I also don't vote because it's irrational. I don't play the lottery for the same reason, and the odds of winning the lottery are far greater than the odds of one vote making a difference in an election. It simply doesn't make good economic sense to vote. It is a fact that you are more likely to die in a car crash on the way to the polling booth than you are to make a difference in the election. I don't think it's worth the risk.
But if I was going to vote, it would definitely be for Ron Paul. And I have to admit, in spite of my convictions and my rationalizations, it's a formidable temptation...
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