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OZARKS VIRTUAL TOWN HALL
Saturday Morning, May 28th, 2011, 10:30am



Comparing the American Vision of "Liberty Under God"
with the President's Saturday Morning Radio Address
and the Republican Response



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Transcript and Analysis of the President's Weekly Radio Address:
Resurgent American Auto Manufacturers Signal an Economy on the Rise

The White House Press Office:  – In this week’s address, Vice President Biden highlighted the resurgence of the American automobile industry. This week, Chrysler Corporation repaid its U.S. government loans six years ahead of schedule, and GM announced its Detroit Hamtramck plant was taking on three shifts for the first time in its 26-year history. In a visit to a Chrysler dealership in Manchester, NH, the Vice President spoke with the hard-working Americans who have helped rebuild one of America’s great manufacturers. And as Memorial Day approaches, the Vice President encouraged all Americans to thank the servicemen and women of past and present who have sacrificed so much for our country. During a time when many Americans are overseas, it’s vital we let our troops and their families know how much they mean to us all. 


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President Obama's
Saturday Morning Radio Address
Saturday Morning, May 28th, 2011

Another Perspective:
"
Liberty Under God"

Hello, everyone. I hope you’re having a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend.  Does anybody really "enjoy" mourning the dead? No. Should we "enjoy" a day to honor those who chose to defend the Obama regime with violence? No.

All U.S. wars have been bad for America.

Christians should oppose war and choose peace.

I’ve got some good news for us today.  Not only is our economy overall growing, but one of the important sectors of our economy is on the rise again: the American automobile industry.   I wrongly predicted that the Saturday morning addresses would focus on Memorial Day. Wars must not be registering in the polls this weekend.

We've covered federal bailouts of the auto industry on previous editions of the Ozarks Virtual Town Hall:

Corporate Welfare violates the "Enumerated Powers" concept of the Constitution, aside from being socialistic, which never works as well as capitalism.

The U.S. is bankrupt. It has no money under the mattress to bail out corporations or assist tornado victims. People think money grows on D.C. trees. We will borrow from capitalists in China, and then when we decide we don't want to pay them back, say that "a state of war" exists between our nations. Millions will die. Nobody will have "a safe and enjoyable Memorial Day Weekend." 

Just a few days ago, on Tuesday, Chrysler Corporation announced that they were repaying the taxpayers for the loans we gave them when we came into office.  
And this announcement came six years ahead of schedule – and just two years after Chrysler Corporation emerged from bankruptcy. You know, and it’s a sign of what’s happening throughout the American automobile industry.  
It’s not just Chrysler.  Also this week, GM announced that its Detroit Hamtramck factory will run three shifts for the first time its 26-year history.  You know, that’s 2,500 more good, paying jobs.  
In the words of Don LaForest, of the UAW – and I want to quote him – he said, “It’s mind-boggling that we can go from near-extinction to full employment in two years.”  
What you didn’t get to hear in my rendition of his quote is the tone of his voice: It was full of pride. Genuine pride.  Because I can tell you he knows – as my dad used to say - that a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about dignity.  It’s about respect.What you didn’t get to hear in my rendition of his quote is the tone of his voice: It was full of pride. Genuine pride.  Because I can tell you he knows – as my dad used to say - that a job is about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about dignity.  It’s about respect.  
And I heard the same pride, and the same feeling of dignity, when I called the Jefferson North Chrysler plant in Detroit the day Chrysler paid back its debt.  I talked to a UAW worker – her name was Frances – a line worker, who said her dad had worked on that line before, and that she had been out of work for two-and-a-half years before she was hired a year ago back to the plant.  
I got the same sense when I went to Bonneville and Son, a Chrysler dealership in Manchester, New Hampshire a couple days ago.  85 employees came out, stood out there in the lot with me.  85 people. All of whom knew and said, had Chrysler liquidated, had we not helped them, they wouldn’t have a job.   
When President Obama and I came into office, we faced an auto industry on the brink of extinction. Total collapse.  
At the time, many people thought the President should just let GM and Chrysler go under. They didn’t think the automobile industry was essential to America’s future.  
The President disagreed – and, in addition, he wasn’t willing to walk away from the thousands of hardworking UAW members who worked at GM and Chrysler – and in many cases, not only all their lives, but as second and third generation employees. And he certainly wasn’t going to abandon an industry that had meant so much to our economy, and so much to so many for so long.  
So, he said if GM and Chrysler, and their management, and all their shareholders were willing to do the difficult work of making themselves more competitive, we would support giving them another chance.  
And because of what we did, the auto industry is rising again. Manufacturing is coming back. And our economy is recovering and it’s gaining traction.  
But the thing is this: even for a lot of people with jobs, their wages aren’t keeping pace with prices of everything from gas to groceries to health care and college tuition.  
That’s why the President and I remain focused on, not just recovering from this recession. We’re focused on making sure that if you work hard, play by the rules, you’ll be able to get ahead, put your kids through college, retire with dignity and security.  
Before I sign off, I just want to mention once again Memorial Day and remember what this holiday’s all about.  You know – we still have thousands of troops deployed in harm’s way.  In days past, on Memorial Day, we remembered heroes from former wars – but I think it’s absolutely essential that we all remember today that thousands of names have been added to those memorials in the wars that are still continuing.  This paragraph doesn't make sense. It is not the case that on Memorial Day 2010 America forgot to mourn the deaths of soldiers in Iraq or Afghanistan. This is a transition to Biden's idea that we honor those who have not died, but are still deployed, which is technically the purpose of "Armed Forces Day," not Memorial Day.
Folks, all I ask you to do is, what my wife Jill and Michelle Obama ask, to reach out to those families who have someone deployed, in your community. Let them know you know. Let them know you know the sacrifice they’re making. Engage in – as my wife would say – a single act of kindness. This proves that the purpose of Memorial Day is not simply to grieve the deaths or support the widowed, but to honor the choice to go to war.

Un-Memorial Day

Maybe invite them to your barbecue this weekend. Mow their lawn. Offer to mow their lawn next week. Make it known that you appreciate their sacrifice and you’re willing to lend a hand.  
As I said, that’s what Jill and Michelle Obama are doing through their Joining Forces initiative. And that’s what I hope all of us will do every day as long as we have a man or woman deployed in harm’s way. Thank you for listening and enjoy the holiday.  

The Republican Party Radio Address:

 


Response of the Republican Party
Saturday Morning Radio Address

 

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

 
Once again, the Republican Party leadership has asked Congressman Ron Paul of Texas to deliver . . . wait a minute . . . I'm sorry . . .
Rep. Martha Roby of Alabama delivered the GOP Weekly Address
 
Hello, I’m Eric Cantor, House Majority Leader from the 7th District of Virginia.  
I’m happy to be with you this Memorial Day, as we spend time with family and friends in festive gatherings and thoughtful ceremonies to honor those brave Americans who gave their lives in service to our country.  It is their sacrifice that has kept America free and strong. Let us pay them tribute by renewing our resolve to promote lasting peace and liberty across the globe.  
As we spend time with family this weekend, our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Joplin, Missouri, Oklahoma City, and other areas of our country that are facing unthinkable circumstances and terrible tragedy. Please know that Congress stands ready for a request for funding from President Obama to ensure that the resources are available to help these communities rebuild and recover. This is confusing in light of some chatter in the blogosphere:

Forbes blogger: Billy Long's refusal to stand up to Cantor on Joplin tornado funding will make him a one-term Congressman

An earlier Congressman had a more constitutional perspective:

Not Yours To Give

Republicans will never cut spending as long as they have an unconstitutional philosophy on the role of the federal government.

Americans have a rich history of standing tall in tough times and going the extra mile to propel ourselves forward. Whether it was the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution or the Internet Revolution: we are unique in our ability to apply creativity, intellect and leadership to solve any problem.  
Now we face new obstacles as this country finds itself at a crossroads. Before us is a choice about who we want to be as a country:  
Do we want a future with more taxes and more government?  Or do we want to see more growth and more jobs?  
We saw the former when Democrat –controlled Washington enacted the nearly trillion-dollar stimulus program which drove up our debt and failed to get people back to work. And it took a sweeping Republican electoral victory to stop President Obama, Leader Reid, and Leader Pelosi from imposing one of the largest tax increases in America history.  Let's not forget the trillion-dollar bailout under Bush.
Now, as the summer of 2011 approaches, far too many our family members, neighbors and friends are still out of work.  
To be strong, to lead, to grow, and to empower people -- here’s what we’ve got to do.   
We’ve got to shift from a government that smothers new jobs and business growth to one that nurtures an environment for getting people back to work and back to what Americans do best: innovate, compete and lead.    A "nurturing government" is unconstitutional and socialistic.
That’s why Republicans promised to focus on jobs in our Pledge to America and have been committed to economic growth and jobs since Day One.  
Beginning in January we adopted a two-track strategy we call ‘Cut and Grow.’    
The first part – ‘Cut’ – is obvious.  We know that Washington has to stop spending money we don’t have and manage the money we do spend more wisely. Families are tightening their belts and sticking to a budget - and Washington should, too.  
But we also understand that cutting alone isn’t enough to address our debt crisis or get people back to work. We must also ‘Grow.’  
For too long, Washington has relied on gimmicks or government-knows-best solutions. No more.  
Now, more than ever, our nation needs small businesses and entrepreneurs to get people back to work.    
That’s why this week we continue to build on the Pledge to America and our work over the past five months by unveiling our plan to help the nation’s job creators grow the economy and start hiring.   
Our plan for America’s job creators injects a dose of commonsense, pro-growth economic policies to give our businessmen and women the tools they need to get the for-hire signs back in their windows again.    
First, we must fix the tax code and remove loopholes and giveaways to special interests. We achieve that by reducing the overall tax rate to no more than 25% for businesses and individuals -– including small business owners. This makes the tax code simpler, flatter, and more fair.   
We’ll increase competitiveness for American manufacturers. The more that businesses export, the more they produce. The more they produce, the more workers they need. This means more available jobs. By enacting agreements with Colombia, South Korea, and Panama, which have been held up by President Obama, we can create hundreds of thousands of jobs. There is no excuse for delaying trade agreements that create jobs at home while our foreign competitors are making them.  
Next we will stop and repeal any onerous regulations that are barriers to growth and prosperity.  
Last week in my hometown of Richmond, I held a forum with job creators and business owners from all over Virginia.  They made it clear to me that Washington is stopping them from innovating and hiring more workers by pursuing hundreds of onerous and unnecessary regulations.   
Frankly, this Administration’s regulators have gone on an ideological offensive against businesses that is costing our country billions of dollars and countless jobs. Yet this same Administration is telling America’s businessmen and women to create more jobs.  
Small business owners and entrepreneurs tell me that they want government to work WITH them rather than AGAINST them. Smart regulations are fine, as long as they help steer businesses into the black rather than into a tangle of red tape.   A "regulation" is a threat of violence by government against a business that seeks to compete and make a profit. It is fascism. It is unconstitutional. There is no such thing as a "smart" regulation.
Of course the summer months bring family travel and no doubt they are feeling the pain at the pump.  So are small business owners, who are coping with crippling energy costs. Yet America lacks a realistic national energy strategy that will truly meet our country’s needs in the 21st Century. The Constitution gives the federal government no authority to have a "national energy strategy."
We cannot wait for this Administration or the Democrat-led Senate to act –- they have had ample time and done nothing.  
So Republicans will take immediate action through our American Energy Initiative by passing bipartisan legislation to expand energy exploration and maximize domestic production. This will help create American jobs, grow our economy, and enhance our security.  
All of these elements will help encourage growth and long-term economic stability. By putting in place policies that encourage businesses to expand, innovators to innovate, and allows leaders to lead we will not only begin to put our budget on a path to balance, but we’ll get Americans working again.  
This Memorial Day, we are reminded that the true grit of Americans is passed from one generation to the next, so long as government remains limited and opportunity remains unlimited, through free markets and a fair playing field. Americans will out-work, out-hustle and, yes, ‘out-innovate the rest of the world.’  
Individual initiative in the private sector has been and always will be the source of America’s prosperity provided we don’t stifle it.  
In America, our parents taught us and their parents taught them that, ‘No matter who you are, no matter where you come from, everyone’s got a fair shot, not guaranteed success but the opportunity to work hard and get ahead.’   
Our history is rich with people who achieved greatness through hard work, thrift and faith without interference from an overbearing, over-burdensome government.  
Let’s get Washington out of the way. Let’s give our nation’s businessmen and women what they need to succeed. Let’s make sure that people out of work can find a job. And let’s get this great country back on the right track.  
If you have a spare moment, I’d encourage you to read more about our plan to create jobs at gop.gov/jobs. Thank you.     ####  

  • The Two Major Parties vs. "Liberty Under God"

  • Resources on Today's Subjects

  • Listener's Questions

  • Celebrate Christmas all year long

  • Micah's Vine & Fig Tree Worldview

  • Get a Coach


  • More Resources on Today's Subjects

     
    The Constitution creates a government of enumerated powers.
    Any federal bureaucracy which has no Constitution authorization
    should be abolished. This is the key to cutting federal spending.


    Resources on the Military:

    Those five webpages contain over 100 links to additional resources.

    • The Cost of War in dollars
    • Human casualties -- 6,000 Americans have lost their lives over 19 terrorists who lost theirs.
    • "Enemy" Casualties -- who is "the enemy?" Perhaps one million human beings have unnecessarily lost their lives as a result of the U.S. military's response to 9-11.

    Additional Jobs Resources

    If you take nothing else with you from today's "Virtual Town Hall," remember this:

    Taxation is immoral;
    the ethical equivalent of THEFT

    Second, Today's Tax Burden is 10-30 times greater
    than the taxes America's Founders called a tyranny.

    Third, the purposes for which today's government uses taxes
    are destructive of civilization itself.

    Politicians both Democrat and Republican are saying
    "we must cut taxes on small businesses to create jobs."
    But if they cut one tax, they increase another.

    America's Founding Fathers -- who condemned taxes which were
    one-twentieth the size of our taxes --
    would condemn today's politicians.


    The "Tax Expenditures" Myth

    Complex Inferiority


     


    How the Two Major Parties Differ from
    the American Vision of "Liberty Under God":


    • The Constitution:
    • The Free Market:

      • America's Founders spoke of America as "an Experiment in Liberty" (1787-1887)
        • The "experiment" was a success: a Free Market made America the most prosperous and admired nation in history. "Capitalism" means freedom.
      • In the 20th century, the experiment in liberty was replaced with another experiment: an experiment in central planning
      • The original American dream of personal, private ownership, has been replaced with private indebtedness and public control.
      • The Invisible Hand of the Free Market works better than the Visible Fist of Government
      • America was founded on the philosophy of "Liberty Under God."
        • "Liberty" means freedom from government suppression of ideas and confiscation of wealth
        • "Under God" means we have a personal responsibility to love God and neighbor.
      • The original American Dream: Everyone dwelling safely under his own Vine & Fig Tree
        • Human beings are endowed with the right to property by God, not the government.
      • America was founded as a "City upon a Hill," a Christian nation from which the Gospel would be promoted around the world, and the "blessings of liberty" would cover the planet.
      • There is a difference between "the state" and "society." Society = the people.
      • Economics in One Lesson:
        • From this aspect, therefore, the whole of economics can be reduced to a single lesson, and that lesson can be reduced to a single sentence: The art of economics consists in looking not merely at the immediate but at the longer effects of any act or policy; it consists in tracing the consequences of that policy not merely for one group but for all groups.
    • Terrorism
      • Why do they call The United States "The Great Satan?"
        • The federal government bombs Muslims

        • The federal government has military bases in Muslim nations

        • The federal government supports Israel's actions against Palestinians 

      • These are the reasons given by Osama bin Laden for declaring a "fatwah" (holy war) against the U.S.
      • All of these accusations are true.
      • All of these government actions are contrary to the Constitution.
      • The biggest cause of terrorism -- and the most dangerous threat to the personal safety and security of ordinary Americans like you and me -- is the Federal Government of the United States.
      • The federal government is no longer a City upon a Hill, but an imperialist empire.
      • America's Founders envisioned the American people, acting as businessmen, humanitarians, and missionaries, engaging in commercial and charitable activities around the world, bringing peace and receiving the admiration of the world.
        • "The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible."
          — Washington, Farewell Address (1796) [Washington’s emphasis]

        • "I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government, and consequently [one] which ought to shape its administration,…peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none."
          — Jefferson, First Inaugural Address (1801) 

      • Bush's unconstitutional military invasion of Iraq has destroyed Christianity in that country.
        • Under Saddam Hussein's secular government, Christians in Iraq had greater freedom than in most other Arab nations, and one of the largest Christian populations in the Muslim world was in Iraq.
        • Iraq is now an Islamic theocracy under Sharia law. The Christian population has been destroyed. Christian Churches are burned and terrorized with impunity. Thanks be to Washington D.C.
      • Obama is following in Bush's unconstitutional, anti-Christian footsteps.
      • The U.S. needs to take greater leadership in avoiding nuclear mass-murder.
      • Is any war a "Just War?" We must beat our "swords into plowshares."
    • The New World Order
      • The "G-20" Leaders are not our representatives.
      • The U.S. must end "entangling alliances" with dictators around the globe.
    • Socialized Medical Care
      • Capitalism, not socialism, creates higher quality health care for more people, especially for the poor.
      • Health care reforms should decrease, not increase, government involvement.
        • No Government licensing of doctors and other healthcare providers.
        • No transformation of insurance into welfare.
    • Environmentalism
      • A false religion - worshiping the creature rather than the Creator.
      • Human beings have a higher priority than wildlife.
        • Dominion
        • Human beings need a healthy environment -- obviously.
        • "The State" is the greatest destroyer of the environment, and limits liability of polluters, to the detriment of private property owners.
    • Time for Revolution?

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    listeners' questions



    Why Americans Should
    Celebrate
    Christmas

    365 Days a Year

    The word "Christ" means "King." The Message of Christmas and the Principles set forth by the Christ (the Messiah) who came that first Christmas are the real solution to America's problems. The Federal Government is at war with Christmas and "The Way of Peace" announced by the Prince of Peace. The Government should be on His shoulders (Isaiah 9:6-7). Abolishing a Messianic State is the only appropriate way to honor the Messiah. Otherwise Christmas becomes mass hypocrisy.

    Christmas

    Bush-Clinton-Obama

    Matthew 1:1-17
    Jesus was a descendant of King David. The Jews gave us the Bible.
    Obama is a distant cousin of both Dick Cheney and George Bush

    How Bush's grandfather helped Hitler's rise to power

    Luke 1:1-4
    Eyewitnesses of the Messiah recorded their testimony. Co-Founder of the Harvard Law School says their testimony would prove the resurrection in any court of law in America, at one time a Christian nation.
    No longer a Christian nation, American courts routinely release the guilty and condemn the innocent.
    John 1:1-18 - The Incarnation
    The Word became flesh. The Creator of the universe becomes a human being. He came to His own, but His own did not receive Him, preferring darkness rather than light.
    Luke 3:23-38
    Jesus was a descendant of Abraham.
    All those who submit to Jesus as the Messiah (the rightful king of the earth) inherit the promises made to Abraham
    Those who reject the Messiah do not inherit the promises made to Abraham, even though Bush defends their right to do so.
    Luke 1:5-25
    John the Baptist prepares the way for the Messiah, as prophesied of Elijah.
    As you read the Gospel accounts, ask yourself how you would react if you knew these accounts were really true. Not just true in some "religious" sense, but reported in the New York Times, proven in a court of law, or acknowledged by your personal hero.  (How do you know something is true? Do you even have any "heroes?") How should you change your life if your Creator became a human being? How should Washington D.C. react if this human being claimed to be the true Ruler?
    Luke 1:26-38
    The Angel Gabriel announces the conception of the Messiah, who will be given the throne of David.
    Luke 1:39-45
    The unborn John recognizes the mother of the Messiah.
    Bush-Obama would chop the unborn John and the unborn Jesus into stem cells for "medical research."
    Luke 1:46-56 - "The Magnificat"
    “He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.” Luke 1:51
    The Bush Administration is filled with the power-hungry, who commit adultery in reality or in fantasy.
    Luke 1:67-80
    Zacharias, John the Baptist's father, prophecies the birth of Jesus the anti-king.
    The expectations of Zacharias are 180° opposite those of the Bush-Obama Administration.
    Matthew 1:18-25
    Joseph told about the Incarnation.
    "Jesus" means "salvation"
    "Immanuel" means "God with us"
    The Bush Administration thinks it brings salvation.

    Obama thinks he is Immanuel.

    Luke 2:1-7
    The Prophet Micah predicted that the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem. Jesus' parents lived in Nazereth. Therefore God predestined Caesar to issue a decree (probably relating to taxes) that would bring Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem before Jesus was born.
    Bush claims the same global power of confiscation and migration as Caesar did. Thousands of Christians have been forced to move out of Iraq to make way for Bush's Islamic Theocracy.
    Luke 2:8-14
    An army of angels announces the birth of the Messiah, saying,
    “Glory to God in the highest,
          And on earth peace to those with whom He is pleased!”
    Man's chief end is to glorify God and live in peace. The Bush Administration's chief end is to erect a "wall of separation" between God and government so that the State gives no glory to God, and to wage war, thereby "stimulating the economy."
    Luke 2:15-20
    “Now when they had seen Him, they made widely known the saying which was told them concerning this Child. And all those who heard it marveled at those things which were told them by the shepherds.”
    Washington D.C. isn't listening.
    Luke 2:22-24
    Joseph and Mary went to Jerusalem to obey Leviticus 12:8, which suggests that they were not rich.
    Washington politicians are among the richest and most financially secure people in America.
    Luke 2:25-35
    Simeon had been told he would not die before he saw the Lord's Messiah. He says Jesus is "The One."
     

    Is Barack Obama the Messiah?

    Luke 2:36-38
    Anna the Prophetess is another well-known Godly person who acknowledges that Jesus is the Child promised by the prophets.
    Where is the Anna of our day who tells us we can trust Washington D.C. to bring salvation?
    Matthew 2:1-8
    "Wise men from the East" knew of Micah's prophecy that the King of the Jews would be born in Bethlehem.
    Are there any wise men around the world who place their confidence in George Bush, Henry Paulson, Paul Krugman, or Barack Obama?
    Matthew 2:9-12
    The kings from the east present the Messiah with "gold, frankincense, and myrrh."
    Rather than bestowing wealth on the King, Obama-Bush confiscates the wealth of others.
    Matthew 2:13-18
    When Herod got word of the birth of a rival king, he behaved in a perfectly logical way (for someone who wants to protect his power):  he massacred all male babies the age of Jesus. Herod recognized that Jesus was a threat to Herod's power.
    Every day in America 4,000 unborn babies are murdered. These babies must threaten something.

    Millions of Americans who call themselves Christians, on the other hand, are no threat to tyranny. None of them are being killed. Bush has killed a thousand times more human beings than Herod did, and confiscated a billion times more wealth than Herod did.

    Matthew 28:18-20
    Herod's son Antipas played a small role in the execution of Jesus Christ. But Jesus rose from the dead, was enthroned on the throne of David at the right hand of God, and assumed the rightful role of King over all nations.
    "Beginning today and culminating on Sunday morning, Christians will celebrate with their families the resurrection of Christ, His victory over death. We will remember that He gave His body and His blood—washing clean the faults and the shortcomings of the world. In our rejoicing we will renew the hope that is ours through the risen Lord."
    Ronald Reagan: Statement on the Celebration of Passover and Easter, April 17, 1981.

    Seven Themes in Micah's Vine & Fig Tree Prophecy


     

    Micah's Prophecy (Micah 4:1-7)

    7 Archetypes

    5 Reading Sources

    1

    And it will come about in the last days
    [For the LORD of hosts has spoken.]
    That the mountain of the House of the LORD
    Will be established as the chief of the mountains
    • Christmas vs. Rapture
    • Sovereignty
    • Providence
    • Predestination
    • Authority
    • Victory
    • Power
    • Kingdom
    • Heaven on Earth
    • Heaven Now
    The Bible

    Westminster Standards

    Preterism / Christmas

     

    Year 2: Calvin's Institutes

    2

    And it will be raised above the hills
    And the peoples will stream to it.
    And many nations will come and say,
    "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD
    And to the House of the God of Jacob,
    Theocracy

    3

    That He may teach us about His ways
    And that we may walk in His paths."
    For from Zion will go forth the Law
    Even the Word of the LORD from Jerusalem.
    And He will judge between many peoples
    And render decisions for mighty, distant nations.
    • Law-Word
    • Worship the Word
    • Justification by Allegiance
    • Christian Reconstruction: Application of God's Law to Nations
    • Character
    Bible

     

    Year 2: Rushdoony's Institutes

    4

    [And each of them will sit under his
    Vine and under his fig tree,]
    • Family
    • Patriarchy
    Character

    5

    Then they will hammer their
    swords into plowshares
    And their spears into pruning hooks;
    Nation will not lift up sword against nation
    And never again will they train for war.
    • Peace
    • Swords into Plowshares
    • Non-Aggression
    • No initiation of force
    • Capitalism
    • Non-Archism
    Capitalism

     

    Year 2: Pacifism/Anarchism

    6

    And each of them will sit under his
    Vine and under his Fig Tree,
    With no one to make them afraid.
    For the LORD of hosts has spoken.
    • Garden
    • Eden
    • Land
    • Property
    Year 2: Agrarianism vs. Industrialism

    7

    Though all the peoples walk
    Each in the name of his god,
    As for us, we will walk
    In the Name of the LORD our God
    forever and ever.
    In that day, saith the LORD
           will I assemble her that halteth,
    and I will gather her that is driven out,
    and her that I have afflicted;
    And I will make her that halted a remnant,
    and her that was cast far off a strong nation:
    and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion
    from henceforth, even for ever.
    • Extended Home
    • Community
    • Hospitality
    • Service
    • The Weak
    • Society vs. "State"
    • Election by Grace
    Year 2:
    Peter Maurin: "Agronomic University"

    Listeners' Questions

    Anonymous,
    fair tax
    Questions from previous Town Halls:
    Robert Kirk - USA
    If you want to live in a theocracy, why don't you move to Iran or some similar country. You have no place in this country when you try to impose your religion on the rest of us.
    Thanks for visiting and paying enough attention to notice that I use the word "Theocracy."
    • I don't want to move to Iran because I want to live in a Christian Theocracy like America, not a Muslim theocracy.
    • I am not an archist, that is, someone who is willing to "impose" his will on others by initiating force or threatening violence against those I cannot persuade.
    • Do those who believe in the religion of Secular Humanism have a place in the U.S. to make all laws conform to their secular religion? They have done this.
    Every "law" is the imposition of someone's religion.
    • The word "Theocracy" literally means "God rules," or looked at from the other direction, a nation "under God."
    • If I try to pass a law requiring public schools to teach students that the Declaration of Independence is really true, people like you will accuse me of trying to "impose a theocracy" on the U.S. That assures me that every single person who signed the U.S. Constitution would agree with me that we ought to make America a libertarian "Christian Theocracy." They did.
    Carol - Orange, Ca
    Debt, debt, debt----No one takes the Law of God seriously, so we are drowning in DEBT. Proverbs 22:7--The borrower is the servant (slave) of the lender. IMHO in this verse is a succinct summation of our whole problem. Among the many verses that speak against debt living, these two in the NT speak especially strongly against this practice of living on our home loans and credit and debit cards---I Cor. 6:10---For you are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit; and I Cor. 7:23--You are bought with a price; be not the servants of men. Are we Christians? Do we read the WORD OF GOD, folks?? We are literally sinking, second by second into a sea of a quadrillion dollars of bad debts. You say, "I never borrowed anything like that amount of money." Ah, dear citizen and dear Christian, you live on credit and thereby you gave the lender your precious ownership rights, which God says plainly belong to Him! God will not be mocked. We are in serious trouble. Repent, dear Christian!
     

    What About Borrowing?

    Our paper seems to have been quoted here:

     

    Tony - Goldsboro, NC
    Is there ever an acceptable time to take out a loan and go into debt?
    In addition to the conclusions above, keep in mind that borrowing from a fractional reserve bank involves violence against others.
    William - California
    Had a question on the phone about the book of Esther.

    Esther appears to record the fulfillment of Ezekiel's famous "Gog and Magog" prophecy:

    Attempts by Jews and Christians to project Esther or Ezekiel into our future are unjustified.

    Jim Means - Branson, MO
    The only benefit I see from our Libyan adventure is a boost to our arms industry which has been slowing with the winding down of Iraqi operations. The War Powers Act has been unconstitutional from its inception. No matter which side we support in the middle east we are supporting people who hate the U.S. It is a no win situation.
     

    The U.S. is a Warfare/Welfare State

    War Powers Act

    "Terrorism" is "Blowback"

    Jim Means - Branson, MO
    Forbes quote of the day yesterday: "There is no doubt that the real destroyer of the liberties of any people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and largess." If Plutarch could see it in ancient Greece, politicians must recognize it today and do not care about our liberties.
     
    Liberty is destroyed if these gifts are taken by force, and liberty is destroyed when the recipient becomes dependent upon the redistributor of stolen wealth.
    Jim Means - Branson, MO
    A republican senator from Wisconsin writing in the Wall Street Journal this week claimed that we have the best health care system in the world, that the death rate from prostate cancer is 608% higher in Great Britain, a blatant misstatement of the facts. Britain's death rate from prostate cancer is actually lower than ours. We need to find policies that can make our health care system open to free market solutions that will provide a better solution than national health care run by the government or the insane system we have now.
     
    All the evidence I've seen indicates that under British, Canadian, and other socialist healthcare systems, people are not allowed to seek testing/diagnosis or treatment earlier than the government rationing system allows, and that more die as a result. If I could find a link to the source that claims there are more deaths in the U.S., I would interact with it.

    Health Care

    Jim Means - Branson, MO
    The life expectancy in Afghanistan is 36 years one of the lowest in the world. We are contributing to the low life expectancy as we continue to kill Afghans.
     
    Life expectancy is higher in Christian nations. Violence is lower, health is higher.

    Edge: A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE By Steven Pinker
    Debunks the idea that humans are peaceable by nature and corrupted by modern institutions. Pinker doesn't say it, but humans by nature want to be their own god, and this violent tendency needs to be restrained by institutions created by the Gospel: family, school, employment, charity, etc.

    Jim Means - Branson, MO
    The Muslim says: I worship the God of Abraham. I never miss any of my five daily prayers. My lips never touch alcohol. I am faithful to my four wives. I have memorized the holy Quran. A so-called Christian who seldom goes to church, tolerates alcohol consumption, has sex outside of marriage, knows no more than a few verses of his scriptures, and worships the fraudulent son of our god who is complete within himself and needs no sons or holy ghosts to carry out his will dares to call mine a "false" religion?
     
    Many muslims are more dedicated than many who call themselves Christians, no doubt. A true Christian and a true American is an "extremist."

    The last portion of this comments sounds like unitarianism. The Bible teaches Trinitarianism.

    The "Supreme Judge of the World" mentioned in the Declaration of Independence is Jesus Christ, according to the Jefferson Bible. If Jesus really said these things (as Jefferson apparently believes He did) then he was insane if He is not really God. He was nuts to allow the Jews to crucify Him for claiming to be God if He was not really God. Taken as a whole, the Bible claims that Jesus was Divine, as well as the Holy Spirit.

    This belief has been the foundation of liberty in the Western World.

    America's Founders -- even John Adams, sometimes called a "unitarian" -- endorsed and promoted Trinitarianism, as part of America's True Religion.

    William -- via the phone: "Islamophobia"
    See platform statements on
    Iraq
    Afghanistan
    • "National Security"
    William -- via the phone: Unions: Government-Buttressed Violence
    Jim Means - Walnut Shade
    Eliminate all those departments and add thousands to the unemployment lines. This is not going to help our Libertarian image in the eyes of the general public as uncaring, selfish individuals.
    (1) USPS employees will be employed by FedEx, UPS, etc.
    (2) Government waste can be invested in new jobs and increased productivity.
    (3) This increased productivity = lower prices and a higher standard of living, even if postal employees have leaner, more competitive wages than they had in government.

    It is selfish of government employees to use force to protect their uncompetitive job. They advance their own short-term interests at the expense of others and even at the expense of their own long-term prosperity and that of their children. 

    Allow the USPS, a separate corporation not a government department to close unnecessary post offices, limit hours and otherwise streamline their services and UPS, FedEx and other private services would have a hard time competing. Correct. It's hard to compete with a government agency that gets to cut services and still charge the same amount. Competitive business in the Free Market can't get away with that.
    Parkinson's Law is at work in large corporations as well as government bureaus. At least the corporations can scale back in tough times. That has produced our current high unemployment and slow recovery as the corporations enjoy higher profits and their unnecessary employees take our taxes in unemployment benefits "scaling back" is a very good thing; exactly what needs to take place. Government has been printing up new money and giving it to special-interest businesses, which percolates throughout the economy, creating an artificial "boom." All these false investments need to be liquidated, as they do not reflect real consumer preferences. Government-created employment needs to be replaced with high unemployment, followed by consumer-created employment.
     
    The CIA claims ten percent of Egyptians are Christian, 10% of them, Coptic.  
    Christians were underground in a hostile nation until the conversion of the emperor Constantine.
    Then with government and the church in partnership, political power corrupted the church.
    See more on Constantine below
    I'm talking the establishment of the Roman Catholic Church and its eventual domination by demonic forces Actually, the demonic domination of churches -- like the Church in Rome, the Church in Ephesus, the Church in Corinth, etc., -- is not as great today as it was in the last days of the Old Covenant.
     
    william of irvine - irvine california
    kevin, as the bible is our main book, what other books would you recommend to read for spiritual, political and health issues?

    See the Reading chart above

     

    I'd like to add a bit to last week's answer. I believe the most pressing priority is not reading other books "for spiritual, political and health issues," but to build the foundation.

    Ecclesiastes 12:12
    And further, my son, be admonished by these. Of making many books there is no end, and much study is wearisome to the flesh.

    The majority of our time needs to be on the foundations, including volunteer work mentoring those who did not or do not have families that reliably build foundations:

    Deuteronomy 6:6-13
    7 and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up.
    10"And it shall be, when the L
    ORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which He swore unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities which thou built not,  
     11and houses full of all good things which thou filled not, and wells dug which thou dug not, vineyards and olive trees which thou planted not, when thou shalt have eaten and be full,   
     12then beware lest thou forget the L
    ORD who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.   

    This is exactly where we are today. Because the foundations have been ripped out of public schools, we have forgotten God, and are ready to be dropped in the lap of a new Pharaoh.

    The next verse is interesting, because it seems like a change of subject, but it's not really:

     13Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve Him, and shalt swear by His name.

    Our politicians do not take their oaths in the name of God, and they break them. Oaths are a reflection of foundations, of worldview. We should avoid getting lost in detail, and missing the big picture.

    sir william - irvine,calif.
    how do we get our church away from dispensational thinking and the likes of c s scofield ,hal lindsey so on,,what question should we ask them to get them to think
    You must take them by the hand and walk a mile with them. Weeks and weeks of Bible studies.

    www.NotComingSoon.net

    www.Optimillennialism.com - also here

    Sandra - Irvine
    So for me to be an optimist I must be a responsibalist — to respond to the ability god has given me—do I understand you?
     
    cariie miller - st louis mo
    are you that unamerician that you want to change constition letst change the free speech that you hide behine youre just un speakable in your ideas
    Every single person who signed the Constitution would agree that the Constitution should be repealed and the government it created should be abolished. If that isn't obvious to you, by comparing the Bush-Obama regime against the Declaration of Independence, then you're a victim of educational malpractice, and you're just not a very good American.
    carrie miller - st louis mo
    are you un educated or just stupid
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    Jim - WALNUT SHADE
    The invisible hand seems to have given us a situation where nearly all new business development is based on the distribution and sale of goods produced on foreign soil. It will be a while before we need any new construction as the nation is full of empty residential and commercial buildings. Where is the hope for near term employment increase?
    Free Trade:
    Globalization: The Long-Run Big Picture - George Reisman
    Lynn - Ozark
    pretty clear to me the passport change is for the homosexual adoptions they have been pushing.
    "Hello Parent One? This is Child Two."
    State Dept. Changes Passport Forms
    Jim - WALNUT SHADE
    Asking for parent one and parent two on the passport application must make the children in single parent households feel inadequate. The question needs to be eliminated and the information, if necessary, can be taken from the applicant's birth certificate that must be sent with the application.
    Abolish Passports

    Abolish Borders:
    Globalization: The Long-Run Big Picture - George Reisman

    Carol - California
    GATES What is the significance of the gates in eg. Prov. 31:23 and 31. Is the idea here something that would be a goal of FAMILY homeschooling. Should FATHERS aspire to be known in the gates. Should Fathers and Mothers be teaching their SONS to be known in the gates? In this sense, is it constructive to understand further what it means to be KNOWN IN THE GATES?
    "Gates"

    Deuteronomy 6:1-9
    Education is a matter of time.
    Gary North: Social Overhead Capital -- Intensive Service

    Jim - Walnut Shade
    That sounds like the mullah's stance that Jesus or an imam is coming back to unite the world under Shari'a and bring eternal peace to a Muslim world.
    The Bible does not teach that Jesus is "coming again soon." But the Bible does teach that Jesus came at the first Christmas to create a "New World Order." Atheists, Christians, and Muslims all agree on the necessity for a world order.

    Islam is an imitation of Christianity. True Christianity does not teach that Christ will bring peace at a future coming, but that already is the Prince of Peace, and that Christians are priests and kings who should implement His Reign in the world today.

    The "United Nations" is the secular equivalent of the Christian and Islamic ideal of world order.

    The true Christian conception of world order is not a global police state, or a global priest-state, but global Anarcho-Theocracy.

    Carol - ORANGE, CA
    Kevin -- Could you discuss what Romans 13 means when it says that rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. This in the light of what you have said about the evil of governments.
    www.Romans13.com

    God "ordains" and "sanctifies" EVIL dictators and tyrants "for our good."

    Jim - Walnut Shade
    Islam is ready to kill every infidel. If we do not resist, how will Christianity survive?
    "Resist the devil." But by evangelism and service, not by violence. The idea of America as a City upon a Hill is not one of a global empire, but of a missionary nation, setting an example.
    Jim - Walnut Shade
    The Holy Roman Empire made Rome the capitol of the Christian world. After Constantine they thought they were a Christian nation.
    Defending Constantine: The Twilight of an Empire and the Dawn of Christendom

    "Theocracy" and "globalism" are inescapable concepts. Every government is a "theocracy." Every government is the forcible legislation of somebody's morality. The source of that morality is the "god" of the society. In a Secular Humanist theocracy, every man is his own god, but the State or Party claims to embody the "general will."

    Every theocracy seek global dominion. Obviously atheistic communism sought international hegemony. So does the atheistic "New World Order" of the Bush-Obama regime.

    If Christians do not seek a global theocracy, they will be brought under tribute to the theocracy of another religion. A truly Christian Theocracy is an "Anarcho-Theocracy."

    Carol in California:
    Everybody: Read Ezekiel 33. What do you think about the call to be a WATCHMAN? In what context did this call come? What were the main subjects being discussed in those chapters? What activities and practices and persons were being condemned? Does this OT call apply to our lives, culture, churches, government,etc.? Does this Watchman idea relate to your campaign of LIBERTY UNDER GOD? How? What are crucial lessons here?
    Ezekiel 33 - NKJV
    The "watchman" was to "warn the wicked of his way to turn from it" (v. 9), not just to say, "the sword is coming!" and encourage pre-emptive military strikes or "survivalism."

    Ezekiel 33 - Matthew Henry's Commentary
    the passage is not just concerned with "personal piety."

    God Sends Evil! - Why Calvinists are Anarchists

    A very disapointed citizen - Jamestown,NY
    Are you a joke? Really?! Your trying to discriminate against and entire nation of people such a homosexuals i hope you know the thing you're saying a litrally brining thousands of people to tears and mabey most of the united states of american is apart of the christian community there are others out there
    No Name, No City
    You are obviously NOT an anarchist...or are you confused?
    I am not an "archist."

    Just Another Name for Anarchism?

    Nicole Trujillo - Clever
    what relationship do you see America having with Israel?
    It depends on how you define "America." The federal government of the United States should have no relationship with Israel other than necessary treaties which the Constitution authorizes. No foreign aid to Israel from the federal government (and no foreign aid to anti-Israeli Muslim nations either). In short, "no entangling alliances."
    Voter - Branson
    Kevin, I agree with many of the stances on your website. However, I cannot find much information about you as a person. Can you please tell us about yourself? Also, according to your position for fewer taxes and less spending, Congressmen would have to be willing to sacrifice tax-rendered compensation for the public good. Can you convince us that your own personal financial situation would not create a conflict of interest when it came to choosing between the public's needs and your own needs?
    1. Some personal info is found here at the bottom of the page.
    2. A whole lot more is here.
    3. More important than who I am, is who I strive to be. See here.

    4. My personal financial situation is living in poverty. If elected, I would stage "money bombs" and other programs to raise money to make sure that -- just as environmentalists worry about "carbon footprints" -- I would not leave a "taxpayer footprint" in my wake. In other words, as much as possible, I would not compel taxpayers to pay for my presence in Washington D.C. This means following Ron Paul's practice of returning the bulk of the allocated money for Congressional Staff. It doesn't take a large staff to follow the Constitution, only to meet and deal with lobbyists. There will be none of that in my office. I have formed a non-profit organization to do the work of spreading the vision of "Vine & Fig Tree," and I would work through that organization to accomplish my goals, and not use extortion to raise money from taxpayers.

    My question is what is your stance on Abortion?
    Abortion is murder.
    This page is not indexed on Google. The next two pages are. There is no way that this could be a random result of Google's search algorithms. This page was consciously removed.
    Controlling Abortion
    Congressman Ron Paul on Abortion
    The 14th Amendment
    Ronald Reagan on Abortion - KevinCraig's blog

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    Kevin Craig's Platform:


    What Would America's Founding Fathers Do?

    The men who threw tea into the Boston Harbor over a tax of 3 pence per pound would not be happy with a tax ten times greater on every gallon of gas. Those who took up muskets over a total tax burden of less than 3% would not be happy with the fact that the federal government now takes more than half of everything you earn.

    Today it is illegal for public school teachers to teach their students that the Declaration of Independence is really true (and not just an outdated historical document). The federal government is clearly at war with everything the Founding Fathers stood for.

    America's greatest Americans would abolish today's federal government.

    Muskets are Not an Option

    There are two reasons why we should not take up arms to pull off the violent overthrow of the federal government, even if America's Founders would surely do so. First, the feds have nukes. Second, violent revolution is unChristian and unBiblical. We must beat our swords into plowshares and use persuasion to abolish tyranny. This is time for a revolution of ideas.

    Revolution Won't Come in a Day

    John Adams once wrote that the American Revolution began in 1761, when Massachusetts attorney James Otis began legal challenges to the Writs of Assistance. He lost the case, but "American independence," Adams wrote, "was then and there born." Now do the math. That means it took 15 years to convince the rest of America to declare Independence (1776). Then another seven years of war was required before a Peace Treaty was signed (1783), and then six years before the Constitution was finally ratified (1789). That's almost 30 years. (And Jefferson said we shouldn't go 20 years without another rebellion!) How can we hope to convince Americans to fight for principles they were never taught in government schools? We need to be in this battle for the long term. "Eternal Vigilance is the Price of Liberty."


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    We win the race by overcoming the biggest obstacles.
    Who are the Big Enemies? What are the Big Issues?
    Martin Luther said:
    If I profess with the loudest voice and clearest exposition every portion of the truth of God except precisely that little point which the world and the devil are at that moment attacking, I am not confessing Christ, however boldly I may be professing Christ. Where the battle rages, there the loyalty of the soldier is proved; and to be steady on all the battlefield besides is mere flight and disgrace if he flinches at that point.
    Do you know what the Big Issues are? Do you know how to fight them?

    Full Informed Jury Association Obama Body Count The X2012 Project
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    Revenge:

    Vote Against Every Politician Who Voted for the Bailout, No Matter What
    -- and Obamacare

    No violence against politicians: even those who wear Red Coats.

    Communicating with Government and Media

    • Contact Congress -- this is from the JBS website, powered by "CapWiz," from Capitol Advantage. Lots of organizations use capwiz. If you don't want to go through the JBS, search for capwiz on Google and find another organization that uses it.
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    The "Enumerated Powers Act" (EPA)

    The "Enumerated Powers Act" (EPA)
    Each member, upon the start of his term of office, takes an oath, promising to protect and uphold the Constitution. Yet virtually every day that Congress is in session these same oath-takers become law-breakers -- passing laws and expending funds on items that are not Constitutionally permissible. Background page.
    Help End the Mexican Civil War
    Black-market profits caused by drug prohibition fund a civil war in Mexico that's threatening to spill over our borders. Drug profits also fuel the terrorists who are killing U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. It's time to dry up the black-market profits. It's time to end drug prohibition.
    Help End the Mexican Civil War

    DownsizeDC.org's "Read the Bills Act" (RTBA)

    Make Congress Read Their Bills Before Voting
    Make Congress read every word of every bill they create before they vote on it.
    Urge your Representative and your Senators to sponsor DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA).
    End the FED
    The Federal Reserve System constantly inflates and deflates the supply of money and credit, causing booms and busts. It's time to get off this roller-coaster. It's time to end the Fed.
    End the FED

    No Bailouts!

    No Bailouts!
    No government money, whether borrowed or taxed, should ever be used to bailout private financial interests. If you agree, please send Congress a message telling them so.
    TWIC - A Backdoor Real ID Card
    Real ID is dying. But the Department of Homeland Security has a new plan to subject every American to a national ID card anyway. They plan to pick off one occupational field at a time, starting with the maritime industry. One man is fighting back. Meet him, and help stop this backdoor Real ID plan.
    TWIC - A Backdoor Real ID Card
    Repeal the campaign finance laws Repeal the campaign finance laws
    Campaign finance laws are really incumbent protection laws. They make it almost impossible for challengers to raise competitive funding, while doing almost nothing to control the true causes of government corruption. We were told that the campaign finance laws—the contribution limits and the reporting requirements—would curtail or even prevent corruption. Now, with 40 years of experience, we know that they do the exact opposite.
    End Asset Forfeiture
    If the government suspects you used your house or car in a crime, they can take it and sell it at auction. They don't even have to prove your guilt. They call this practice civil asset forfeiture, but it's really theft. It violates the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 14th Amendments. It also encourages law enforcement to put profits before justice. Tell Congress to end civil asset forfeiture.
    End Asset Forfeiture

    Cap-and-trade is not the way to control carbon emissions.

    Cap-and-trade is not the way to control carbon emissions.
    Even if you accept that human CO2 emissions are causing problematic global warming, a government run "cap and trade" system is not the way to deal with this problem.
    • An increase in your electricity and gasoline bills
    • New tools for politicians to control the economy, hand out favors, and punish enemies
    • Almost no improvement in reducing overall CO-2 emissions (if the example of Europe is a reliable guide) Learn more »

    Make Congress read every word of every bill they create before they vote on it.
    Urge your Representative and your Senators to sponsor DownsizeDC.org's “Read the Bills Act” (RTBA).

    Unelected bureaucrats create tens-of-thousands of new dictates each year. Making rules is the job of Congress, not bureaucrats.
    DownsizeDC.org has drafted the “Write the Laws Act” to end bureaucratic “legislation without representation.” Click here . . .

    Restore consumer controlled health care

    Restore consumer controlled health care
    The politicians tell us free market health care doesn't work, but we haven't had a free market in decades.
    • Starting with depression era wage and price controls, and continuing with government tax policies, the politicians have made Americans dependent on their jobs to get health insurance.
    • The government already pays for nearly half of all health care. This means we're half-socialized already
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    Stop the War for Terror
    U.S. policy has inflamed the Middle East. It has made terrorism more likely rather than less. We seem to be fighting a war for terror, rather than on terror. This policy must stop. The place to start stopping is with Iran. We must not attack Iran. War with Iran would devastate our economy, disrupt world oil supplies, and recruit more terrorists. Click here to stop this war before it starts.

    Strike at the Root

    Preserve the Freedom to Farm

    Preserve the Freedom to Farm
    Crops grow in dirt. Animals don't take showers or use toilets. Food is made from yucky stuff.
    This means there's always a risk of contamination. We can reduce this risk, but not eliminate it. Attempts to make everything perfectly safe are Utopian fantasies that carry a high price in increased costs, reduced variety, diminished supply, and . . . increased risk.
    The free market already provides you with multiple ways to balance risks and costs.
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