Reagan, Obama, and the Just War: What to do with Syria

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The subject matter I would like to go over is the current situation in Syria. Would it be a just thing to do if the United States military stepped in to help the Syrian citizens who have been brutalized the last nine months; and if not do we as a member of the world community have a responsibility to wait until the rest of the world grows a pair or is it our responsibility to step in like we have so many in the United State limited history. Reagan and Obama had and have very different views of the role the United States should play in the world. The Syrian mess just iterates this, and before this diary is done the difference should be clear.

Issues like these are never as easy as a yes or no, in war not only the bad guys get liquidated, our own troops will likely suffer some loss depending on how hard it is to take down a proxy of Iran. This last Christmas my pastor at church gave me a book called “Politics: According to the Bible” written by Wayne Grudem; he has also written an awesome all things Christian faith book called “Systematic Theology” you can read these from end to end and spend a huge chunk of your time, or just reference it when you need an extended view on Biblical doctrine. This book is vital for me when I want to make sure my political principles can be justified by my convictions.

For this diary I will be using this book to make the case of stepping up pressure on the Syrian government to force them to stop murdering their own citizens, even if it means eventual war with the Middle Eastern nation.

Chapter eleven deals with national security, section B deals with what is called a “Just War” and section C deals with “Pacifism” and these are the sections that I will reference from. What I will attempt to answer is whether military action against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Arab Socialist Ba’th Party (the same Ba’th that Saddam belonged too) fall under the just war category, and if so then why has the United States not done anything yet; the last part of that is easier to answer than the first.

Grudem starts by acknowledging the fairly obvious, that a just war is not one of conquest and plunder, but considering that it has been speculated by the United Nations that an estimated five thousand or more Syrians have be extirpated in the last nine months; it is safe to say that any military action could be justified.

Throughout centuries of ethical analysis regarding questions of war, one common viewpoint that has been developed with the input of Christian scholars is the just war tradition, which contends that war is morally right if it meets certain criteria; it is also argued that there are certain moral limitations on the way that war should be carried out; these include the following requisites. After each of them there is the Biblical passage Grudem used to support each requisite.

1. Just Cause: is the reason for going to war morally right such as defense of the nation or relieving human suffering. (Rev. 19:11)

2. Competent Authority: has the war been declared by the government and not some renegade faction or factions within the nation. (Rom. 13:1)

3. Comparative Justice: there should be no doubt that the actions of the enemy are morally wrong next to the actions of the nation’s attacking. (Rom.13:3)

4. Right Intentions: is the purpose of going to war to protect justice and righteousness instead of just destroying the enemy or some material gain (Prov. 21:2)

5. Last Resort: have we done all that can reasonably be done to avoid war by finding a peaceful solution. (Rom. 12:18)

6. Probability of Success: is there a high level of certainty that the war will be won. (Luke. 14:31)

7. Proportionality of Projected Results: will the good that comes from the war be notably greater than the inevitable harm that will be caused. (Rom. 12:21 & 13:4)

8. Right Spirit: the war must not be undertaken with excessive delight, but rather with reluctance and sorrow for the harm that will surely come. (Ps. 68:30)

It only takes a quick gloss over this list to see that any military action taken against Syria could be done justly, with one exception being last resort because I am not sure the Obama administration has done all that needs to be done to prevent war, unless you want to do nothing at all, or you count a press release saying that President Bashar al-Assad needs to start playing nice as doing something. The other day Moe Lane posted pictures of Syrian opposition members holding a sign proclaiming they miss Former president Bush’s audacity (which should have felt like a punch to the gut for liberals and Ron Paul supporters who believe the world hates the United States because we won’t mind our own business; tell that to the French who stood in lines to see U.S. soldiers after the allies obtained victory). After a series of actions attempting to nudge the Syrian government in the right direction fails to work, what reason the United States would have to not to see military action as just is not so clear. I am not claiming to know the level and scope of the action that needs to be taken, but only that inaction is not just at all. Read More

Rick Perry: Come out with Fox

This is another great ad by the Rick Perry team. Right now we are seeing Santorum gain a little traction, the question is will he be able to withstand the next week of the media airing his dirty laundry, we will see. The thing is, Perry is right, the four candidates that are in this video are all Washington insiders who have already went to Washington and proved no desire to change the way things are done. Santorum has already been accused of buying a major Iowa endorsement, and that is the very thing we need to rid the nation’s capital of, not make them leaders.

If Iowa gives a win to either Santorum, Paul, Newt, or Bachmann they will have rendered their voice irrelevant because none of them candidate have the money or the record to withstand the establishments revenge, but Perry is different, because not only does he have the resources to go toe to toe with Mitt Romney, he also has the record to prove he is the most experienced of all the candidates. Think about what you are doing conservatives.

Did Rick Perry Flip Flop on Abortion?

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Is a flip flop always a flip flop, or are there times when a general change of positions something that happens. I can tell you my views have evolved over the years. This has been a particular important question this election cycle with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich seemingly transformed into conservatives at the beginning of the election cycle.

Now Maggie Haberman over at politico is trying to claim that Rick Perry has recently flip flopped on abortion, well in the case of rape and incest that is.

“Republican Rick Perry is shifting his opposition to abortion, saying he opposes it even after rape or incest.”

“Perry on Tuesday told potential caucus-goers in Iowa that he has changed his mind.”

“Previously, he believed abortion was acceptable in cases of rape, incest or when the mother's life is at risk. Now, he says abortion in all forms should be prohibited.”

“Perry told a pastor who asked him about his views that, in his words, "you're seeing a transformation." And “Perry says he recently watched former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's documentary about abortion. He says he met a woman in the film and that she told him she was the result of rape and that her life has worth.” Perry says that encounter led him to rethink his position.”

Now I am very hard on Newt and Romney for being flip flopper's and having no core in Romney’s case. Romney I believe would say anything to get elected. But in this case with Perry there are huge differences.

Ron Paul Would have Allowed Hitler to Reign for a Thousand Years!!!

Over at Red State & Big Government, its been pointed out that Ron Paul had once stated that if he was president during World War II he would not have sent our troops in to fight Hitler and the Nazi's. Ron Paul supporters will brush this off as something we are twisting and turning and taking out of context, and again it wont be but there is always a plan to take down Ron Paul right, well I do not think there has ever been, because what he says himself should have done that already. Now Christmas is over we will see more of this stuff in the news, and I would be surprised in polls did not start to shift again.

 Here is the exact quote for the Paul supporters who do not ever believe anything anyone ever says negative about him.

And so it was asked to Congressman Paul: if he were President of the United States during World War II, and as president he knew what we now know about the Holocaust, but the Third Reich presented no threat to the U.S., would he have sent American troops to Nazi Germany purely as a moral imperative to save the Jews?”

And the Congressman answered:
“No, I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t risk American lives to do that. If someone wants to do that on their own because they want to do that, well, that’s fine, but I wouldn’t do that.”

Lets remind ourselves what Ron Paul would have probably allowed to happen if he was president during the WW II.
Hitler was not just some guy that ruled with a Iron fist, he was a killer, who had plans to kill millions of people, and he carried it out. He may have killed millions more if not for those troops Ron Paul would not have sent in.

The picture on the right speaks for itself, why would he not have sent them in again.

Perry: It's Time to Send Members of Congress Home to Get a Job & Cut their Pay in Half

I'm asking myself this over and over again, why has the Tea Party has started to become weak? Look, Gov. Perry is not the best debater, but that is not what we are trying to elect. The best debaters have not always been the best presidents. I for one am sick and tire of members of congress going to Washington and doing nothing. Why can’t they work half the time, and then go home and live like the rest of America. They spend so much time doing nothing anyways. Texas has a part time congress and it works really well.

When Congressmen are forced to live under the laws they make for everyone one else, there is reason to believe that all the money for power stuff will go away. When they break a law they should pay for it like each and every one of us. I say that Perry's plan to send congress home and cut their pay in half is a great idea. We send the power back to the states and allow them to make the choices that their constituents want them to make. The people will have a larger voice if this happens because they have more influence over state and local politicians than anyone else.

Perry is just the man to get this done. His debate performances have gotten a lot better, even though I think it would not matter. They thought Reagan was dumb too, but he won a couple of landslides. The voters are not looking for the smoothest candidate; they are looking for the person with the best ideas. They will judge a candidate by his record. Obama cannot debate Perry on jobs, he cannot call him more of the same Bush policies of pre-2008. The Uproot and Overhaul Washington plan has never been implemented in any form. If you have not read this plan, you should make sure you do before casting your vote. I think the middle of this country would love it once the media has to at least look objective when it reports in this plan.

This is our year coming up, and what we want we can have, but we have to realize what we have in front of us.

For 2011, the Grinch has a Secret Weapon in His War against Christmas Happiness: Air Jordan's

First of all I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays if you are one of those people who hate the word Christmas so much that you want everyone else to conform to your non-conformist way of celebrating the season. Ok, now this post is not about the secular's war against Christmas terminology, it is about the way some people can take such a simple concept and make a mockery of it.

If there is a time of the year where people should just be helpful to other people it is this time of year; but sadly this is not the case for everyone; the Grinch has a new weapon this year and it comes in all sizes.

Would you serve time for these shoes.

This last Friday the police had to break up scuffles and quell unrest all over the country, but it was not the Occupying Wall Street, not even the Occupying Christmas (yea that really was dumb), no this was at local shoe stores. The reason for the fights was because Nike had just released the new Air Jordan’s basketball shoe, which is a retro model of one of the most popular Air Jordan’s ever made.

This is not the first time this has happened, when the shoes became popular 20 years ago the same type of thing happen.

In suburban Seattle, police had to use pepper spray on about 20 people who started a fight at the Westfeild Southcenter mall; they had even done damage to the store, leading one 18 year old male to be arresting for assault on an officer.

So why does this make for a sad Chistmas Story.

Newt & Santorum: What is with these Candidates and Illegal Campaign Activity?

Now I am a vocal supporter of cleaning up Washington and sending all the crooks home. What we need is a real nonconformist, in the sense that we need to have someone who is not willing to just follow the established ways of getting things done; I not only really hoping we can send that kind of person to the White House I think it is vital to the country's future.

So one of the things I think is important is to find someone who has never been to Washington and has not had that Washington taint. Rick Perry is the one I think best fits this because he is the governor of the state of Texas and has never been a Washington insider, not only he had never before this year ever even tried to run for national office, he is the only candidate left in the race that is like that. His plan is very conservative reformist like, just one aspect tells this story perfectly; Perry wants a part time Congress like we have in Texas so the people that make laws have to go back to their state and live under them, and not only that but he believes in devolution (he will delegate the power back to the states by).

I am watching day in and day out this election cycle, and the things that I remember the most is learning about the unethical or illegal activities that certain candidates partake in.

First it was Newt's campaign sending out robo calls to people on the no call list, and now we find out that Rick Santorum may have had illegal coordination with the Family Leaders head executive Bob Vander Plaats.

Via the Des Moines Register, a liberal Iowa group tries to turn the screws on Bob Vander Plaats after a less than perfectly managed presidential endorsement:

A new Iowa non-profit organization is circulating an online petition calling on the Federal Election Commission to investigate Family Leader CEO Bob Vander Plaats for potentially illegal campaign coordination.

Santorum on Wednesday said Vander Plaats earlier this fall told him that he needed money to promote his eventual endorsement of a presidential candidate.

Progress Iowa today said in a news release: “Any coordination between a campaign and an outside group on campaign expenditures such as advertising is illegal. Progress Iowa’s petition calls on the FEC to investigate the Family Leader and Bob Vander Plaats for any potential illegal coordination between the group and the Santorum campaign."

This is what concerns me more than anything: the words "Santorum on Wednesday said Vander Plaats earlier this fall told him that he needed money to promote his eventual endorsement of a presidential candidate." This makes me think that Vander Plaats was looking to be paid for his endorsement.

Here this is what Doug Gross, a Des Moines lawyer, was the Iowa GOP’s nominee for governor in 2002.

Why a Vote for Ron Paul is a Wasted Vote: Racism and the First Black President

I know a lot of supporters of Ron Paul, and I can tell you these are some of the most faithful people I've ever met, faithful to their God, to their wives, and to their country. That is not to say I agree with their choice for president. It is just that most of them have no idea what Ron Paul is really about. They do not know that he caters to the fringe of American society. I just want to make sure that Paul supporters understand that I am not attacking them, I even understand why Paul excites them, but I cannot see in any way possible why he should be president.

Ron Paul is so far to the right that another step and he would be considered an anarchist.

In the December issue of 2011 the Weekly Standard has an article called "The Company Ron Paul Keeps: Meet Alex Jones." I think this title alone should sum up Mr. Paul to most of the American electorate.

The Republican Jewish Coalition announced this last month that Ron Paul was not going to be one of the six guests candidates invited to participate in its Republican Presidential Candidates Forum.

Executive director Matt Brooks state plainly “He’s just so far outside of the mainstream of the Republican party and this organization,” and the RJC “rejects his misguided and extreme views.”

The reason the RJC does not like Mr. Paul is simple, he does not support the United States supporting Israel, you really cannot break it down in more simple that that. Not only has that some of the hostility come from the letters written in Paul’s name I talked about yesterday. If you missed that post it is basic. Paul had either written or allowed his name to be used for a set of News Letters that were found to contain racist passages, not only that but Paul himself had profited greatly from them, over a million dollars.

I refused to repeat what Paul or some other nut case wrote because I do not want to ever have said such things, even when it is using a direct quote. I am sure if you need them you can find them; either way here is the five reasons why a vote for Paul for Ron Paul is a wasted vote.

1. Now I have no idea if Ron Paul is a racist or not, I would not presume to know something that could have changed over the years or may have just been a mistake. What I do know is that it does not matter if Paul is a racist, because if he was the nominee he would be facing the nation’s first black president and having made over a million dollars selling Racist Newsletters. I bolded that word because I want you to think about how that sounds. I do not believe there are enough people sitting on the fringe to make a Ron Paul victory possible. He will not be president in 2013.

A Christmas Card from Rick Perry and Family

Dear Friend and Supporter,

 As 2011 comes to a close, The Perry Family wants to wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. May 2012 be the best year yet for you and yours, and for this nation we love.

Have a blessed Christmas,
The Perry Family

Just wanted to share this with everyone. I know that most candidates probably send out something for Christmas, but I am not so sure that they look as well done as this. I mean this is what the holiday season should be about, family, friends, and the most important reason for all the joy, which is God. To be honest I am not really sure that I am supposed to post this, but since I am not making any money doing so I am sure I will be fine.

I just want to let people know that Perry is a man of deep faith who has fought the secular forces in this country who wish to wipe God out of everything. That is something to be thankful for.

Welcome to the Big Show Ron Paul: Now are you a Racist?

Now after reading the headlines to this post I know many Paul fans of going nuts right now. I for one would be, but there are some simple things that make this a problematic, and will keep Ron Paul from winning, if not the GOP nomination without a doubt the presidency.

Twenty years ago some letters came out in Ron Paul’s name that had some very racist content in it, at the time Paul was running for his seat in the house. Here is the issue though, at the time Ron Paul never said he did not write them (that is what he is saying now) he just said that one must take the papers in full context to comprehend them.

If you look you can see how Paul talks about his time in the military.

These letters where printed in the late80's/ early 90's, and these letters contained some very harsh stuff that I am not willing to reiterate, if you would like to read samples go here. The thing that I believe is really damning is that they are written in first person, made to look like Paul wrote them.

Now that we understand what was written in these letters, now we have to see how Paul first reacted when confronted in 1996 about these anserine newsletters. In the video below Paul references the letters when he is asked about his contribution in politics.

Now it gets worse for him, not only did he not say he did not write them at the time, he also made more or less than a million dollars on them. When challenged at the time Paul did say the reason he did not say he did not write these in the first place, he felt he had a “moral responsibility” for the words written his name.

Oh But it gets so much better, or worse for Paul.

Meet Anita Perry: Very First Lady Like

Well this is one ad that I think is a can't miss. It is very important  to allow the voters to see who they are going to be voting for as First Lady, and MS. Perry would make a wonderful F.L. of the United States. She is a advocate of the health care system staying out of the governments hands, and she has been the first lady of Texas for a long time. I hope you enjoy this video.

I am going to tell a little story that my girl friend would not want you to hear.

I joined the Perry Campaign to help out in Iowa a few weeks ago, and to my surprise the Perry's like to call people to thank them for helping out. Well the day after my last day of school until after New Years I decided to catch up on some sleep. Ive been working my butt of on various projects and I just needed the sleep.

Well that day Anita Perry called to thank me for the help I was doing, except I was sleeping my girlfriend answered the call. She did not know who it was, so she had decided to let me sleep. When she was asked if I was home she had told the Texas First lady that I was sleeping (no it really happen), and she then told he that I would call her back. My girlfriend then woke me up and said well I think Anita Perry called you and I told her you would call her back. I could not help but giggle, I am not in the position to just call he back I said. I think it is one of the moments I will remember the rest of my life.

The real story here is that the campaign calls people to thank them for helping out. Not many campaigns will do that, and I think it is important to note.

Why the Syrians are Wishing George W. Bush was Still President: Murder in the Mid-East

This picture is self-explanatory

Depending on when and if you ever have met me, you would know that Ive always felt that George W. Bush will go down in history as a president that has changed the middle east, and I believe for the better. Just think about it, we would have never seen so many people over there search for freedom if first they did not see the Iraqi people get it. Now it seems all of the people over there want to rise up and fight for freedom. Just look at Libya, which had to take the hard way down that road because of U.S. unwillingness to send any form of troop in, NOW even in a training role. Now we are seeing a much worse situation unfold for the Syrian people.

Over at Red State Moe Lane has posted a article about how there is a group of Syrians who are not too happy with the way the Obama administration has handled their cause which is a search for freedom. These people are from the town of Kafranbel, in Syria, and they have been at the center of the peaceful protest.  One may think these photos are doctored in some way, but if you go to Moe Lane's post you will see a few other pictures such as this one below.

WHat is wrong in American when we stop coming to the aid of people who need us.

What this says is pretty self-explanatory. As Moe points out there is ample enough evidence that these are real signs. Many people came down on George W. Bush hard for what they perceived as him using the United States military to push his own Zionist, right-wing hawkish, or Neo-Conservative agenda. What Bush really felt was the same thing Reagan talked about, that the United States had a responsibility to defend those who cannot defend themselves.

I once wrote a post for my old blog which is now shut down that the United States could learn a lesson from the Spiderman movie, which is with great power comes great responsibility. That is not what the Obama White House has done.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal Tells Why he is Supporting Rick Perry for President: and Why it Matters

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is a wonderful governor who has turned around his states sorry state. He has helped fix the educational system in his state, including his success in transforming failing schools following the Hurricane Katrina; the disaster led to new school buildings but also a reformed curriculum, school choice and to the contempt of the left, grades have started to rise.

What we have seen in the last three years in this country can really be summed up by looking at three states: California, Louisiana, and Texas. California is a mess, the state’s budget is a mess, and pretty much the rest of the state is in upheaval. Now Louisiana and Texas are on the opposite end of the spectrum. Let’s take Texas for instance; what the state has had is a governor that understands that government is not the answer, if fact it all too often gets in the way of things like job growth, which is what a successful economy is measured on. For 11 years now Perry has done what any good governor should do, and that is balance the budget and compete heavily with the other states for jobs, and one of the ways you do this is by having perspicacious regulations and low taxes. This will give businesses the confidence to move to the state and it will give small businesses in the state the opportunity to really take a risk and expand.

Now let’s look at Louisiana, this state is now making a comeback, after having suffered some of the largest disasters i state history, it was Jindal’s leadership that got the state through it, even coordinating the largest evacuations in the country’s history. Jindal reduced the size of his state’s budget by 26% or 9 billion dollars. He knows what it means to use conservative principles to turn around a state; and he also knows how to win.

Jindal has done such a great job in his state that when running for reelection this past October he won with almost 67% of the vote. This is the highest percentage in Louisiana since the state created an open primary; he one 64 parishes, which is four more than he won in 2007. This should have been huge news at the time, but much of the main stream media buried the story, and when asked why Jindal had a simple answer.

Texas Governor Rick Perry & Governor Bobby Jindal are coming to Iowa

Below is one of the flyer's that are being passed around for the bus tore that Texas Governor Rick Perry is currently on. I am very excited about the current momentum that the campaign has seen, and I also believe that most of the people who get to see the Texas Governor really walk away impressed. I hope you will join us in welcoming Mr. Perry to the state of Iowa.  The flier I posted is for the December 20th town hall at the Figge Art Museum. Below the flier you will see a complete list of city in Iowa that you can come see Perry. If you are here for the first time, you will see many post that Ive written about why I think Rick Perry is not only the best candidate to face Obama next year, but also govern in a way that gets this country back on track.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is a wonderful governor and has been a rising star in the Republican party for awhile now, he has done a wonderful job in his state and he understands why Perry is the right person for the job. It is going to be a joy to have him in Iowa.

 Please take a look at the three stages of Perry's plan to get this nation back to being great: Uproot and Overhaul Washington plan here, the Cut, Balance and Grow plan here, and the Energizing American Jobs and Security plan is here.

Here is the list of cities that Gov. Perry will visit in the upcoming weeks, and at the bottom is a sign up sheet that can be used to join the campaign.

Newt Gingrich: The Anti-Conservative Candidate, Looking Down on Budget Cutters

Yesterday while doing my daily rundown of various political site, I decided to focus on Newt Gingrich. Being that he is leading in the polls I wanted to see if there was something I was missing when it came to why so many in the Tea Party support him, I am a small government conservative and I have yet to hear a valid reason to support him; other than the view he could give Obama a run for his money in the debates.


Newt likes to tell people he will challenge Obama to a Lincoln/Douglas type debates, but are people really falling for that. There is no reason for Obama to agree to something like that, and Newt likes to say he will travel to every city Obama goes to if he turns him down. Well what good is that really going to do, Obama will be out campaigning while Newt is staged outside looking like a whiny kid who did not get the bike he wanted for Christmas?

I wish someone would just say it already, the debates do not often make or break the general election, if they did we would not of had Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush.

Yesterday I read that the former speaker of the house during an appearance CBS’s “Face the Nation suggested the president could "send federal law enforcement authorities to arrest judges who make controversial rulings in order to compel them to justify their decisions before congressional hearings."

When pressed on the issue Gingrich said he would send the U.S. Capitol Police or U.S. Marshals to arrest the judges and force them to testify.

This is not good for conservatives like myself, it means Newt has not grown from his days of saying off the wall things, but this problem will likely be the thing that makes him lose to Obama, if not Romney first. I think if the Republican Party runs Romney we will lose, the country tends not to elect people who have shown very little in the way of having a core, and he is also part of the Wall Street to Washington system that helped tank the economy. Obama will find it easy to point at him; say Romney is nothing but the second coming of Bush and talk his class warfare stuff.

With Rick Perry we do not have that problem because his plan could never be confused with anything Bush ever did, and it will not be lost of independents that are sick of the Washington/Wall Street marriage that has continued under Obama. This is why the media has been so hostile towards Perry, because most of them have come from the same system that Perry wants to take a sledge hammer too. You can read that plan here.

Now let’s get back to Newt.

Most of the criticism that is being leveled at Newt is valid. He is flamboyant and never allows anyone to miss out on his self-importance. “I am a transformational figure,” Newt Gingrich once stated. He also once said that he is hated because “I’m so systematically purposeful about changing our world.”

I think it gets a lot worse for Newt, he sure has the talk down, but there is ample reason to not want to trust the him with the conservative movement again.

Why the Des Moines Register Endorsement of Romney Should Not Matter

The Des Moines Register announced Saturday its endorsement of Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination, but if you are from Iowa you probably already know why this papers endorsement never really seems to matter all that much.

Here is what they wrote "Sobriety, wisdom and judgment," the newspaper's editorial board said on its website. "Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in business, public service and government. Those qualities help the former Massachusetts governor stand out as the most qualified Republican candidate competing in the Iowa caucuses."

Now I would have to say that the Register did not endorse Romney in 2008, they went for John McCain, which at first glance would make one believe they have a huge impact of the Iowa caucus, but McCain did not win Iowa, he came in forth.

The paper is more or less a liberal leaning newspaper, and there track record for picking candidates is not very good. In 2008 they also picked Hillary Clinton over Barak Obama, but Obama won the state by huge margins.


I am from Iowa, and I happen to catch the paper’s editorial every once in a while, and the reason they have decided to endorse Romney is because for the liberals who write for the paper he is the most like them.

Does it matter if a libera paper endorses the opposing party's candidate, or will most people just brush it aside.

Rick Perry: Momentum Part II, Wow another great aby Team Perry

I really enjoy the ads team Perry keep putting out. It helps having the governor that has been responsible for creating half the jobs in this country for the last three years. The governor who had to clean up after George W. Bush once already now is needed to clean up the Obama/Bush mess, well so to speak. I am thinking the conservatives are starting to realize that Perry is the exact person we need to take Obama on, being that the governor has shown more leadership while in Texas than Obama has as president; and the people of this country are angry at the Washington establishment, and if you take the time to go to RickPerry.org you will get to see the plan that really make the difference.

Note the talk about the tenth amendment, and sending the congress home to live under the same laws that we have to live under. I am a champion of the tenth amendment, and I believe that we as a country need to start allowing the states to tackle the problems, and those that are successful will teach the others how to do things, and the one that are not will copy of the ones who are. The best thing we can do as a nation is to really give the power back to the states. This is what the tenth amendment of the constitution is all about, and I think in doing so we will give the power back to the people. How can we go wrong there.

Former CNN Host Bill Press Tell Tim Tebow to Shut the F**k Up About Jesus: Well My Message to Him

Liberal radio pundit and former CNN host Bill Press has a message for Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow: “S-T-F-U” about Jesus.

Here is more of what he said "

“…And you know what I want to say, S.T.F.U. I’m tired of hearing Tim Tebow and all this Jesus Talk,” Press said. ”He better be praying hard this week, because he’s up against a real quarterback on Sunday — against Tom Brady and the New England Patriots.”

“Everybody wants to make him a hero. I think he’s a disgrace. I think he’s an embarrassment.”

"By dragging God into every football game, Tebow makes a mockery of Christianity – and trivializes religion. The truth is, God doesn’t care who wins an election, a bingo game, or a football game. Sorry, Tebow, Jesus is not a Broncos fan."

"Now, if you’re one of the silly millions of Americans who loves Tebow’s in-your-face kind of Christianity, consider this. What if he were a devout Muslim, who bowed to Mecca after every touchdown and shouted “Allahu Akbar?”

So Bill Press decides to use the acronym S-T-F-U which stands for "shut the F**k up" about Jesus, but the same liberal talk show host had some pretty vulgar words toward Rick Perry when he put out an ad that talked about the secular war on Christmas.

What I find so interesting about this tid bit of news is that it is the liberal who always claim to be so tolerant of other people’s beliefs, and those same liberals are always so quick to go after anybody who dares express their views on faith if those said views are in favor of Jesus.

Now how stupid is it that this man decides to pick this time of the year to attack someone in the NFL for making it clear that all credit he gets for the amazing fourth quarter come backs to his savior Jesus Christ.

Why does this bother liberals so much if they the ones who believe that all people should have a right to express themselves in whatever way they want.

Quick Post Fox News Iowa Debate Analysis

Ok it is time for the post debate analysis, and I find these debates getting a little more interesting as they go on. I hope you enjoy.


First, there is no doubt in anybodies mind now that Rick Perry has gotten much better in these debates, in fact because he had just finished his back surgery when he just got in the race on e can only assume that he really was just hurt and it affected his performance. Now I never thought debates matter, and they really should not, but that is the only thing explaining Newt being first in the poll (for Now).

Gov. Perry also probably had the best line of the night when her said this.

“I’m kinda getting to where I like these debates,” Perry said. “I hope Obama and I debate a lot. I’ll get there early. We will get it on, and we will talk about our differences.”

“There are a lot of folks who said Tim Tebow wouldn’t be a very good NFL quarterback.
That he doesn’t have the right throwing mechanisms, or he’s not playing the game right. He won two national championships and that looked pretty good, and we were the national champions in job creation back in Texas...I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses.”

Why Newt Gingrich Will Not be President, and his Nomination reelects Obama

I've seen and heard way too much in the last three week to by this argument that Newt is a strong candidate. Newt may very well go about dealing with issues like this, but it is not about conservative or liberal, for him it is about what will max out my benefit. I keep hearing everyone who has worked with Newt say at least one thing, and that is that he is about advancing himself. He will leave conservatism by the way side if it means it makes him look great. One could say that is a pragmatic point of view, I say it is a un-principled point of few. Tell was what you believe, and let us be the judge, but do not tell us that you never supported cap and trade, because the videos are there, the writing is on the wall.

Here is five reasons I think Newt cannot beat Obama.

First will be the character issue, I hear it from everyone I talk too, and believe me I am a talker. Obama is looked at like he is a great father, great family man, and for the record, I understand that we forgive, but people will not forget.

Second, Newt is guilty of working the system, and he has lived on that edge of moral and profits for awhile now. If he is the nominee, we will have a weaker case against the Washington insider corruption that the Tea Party did so well at angering the mass of people who marched to Washington. His Freddie Mac and Health Care lobbyist connections will really make it impossible for him to stand up and say these people need to go to jail, think about it, we have not heard Newt say that since the news came out that he was lobbying for these guys, because it will look shallow.

This is What is Wrong with Newt, and there is so Much of This out there

In the first few minutes of this video you will see the Newt that most people who have been paying attention know. I am no Mitt Romney fan, far from it. I just do not understand why the same people who will not support Romney because of his flip flops, now support Newt.

As you can see from this video, Newt has been just as bad of a flip flopper as Romney. I've posted video after video of Newt showing that he is really just more of the same from the Washington insider class. He is getting the support of those who say they want someone who they can trust to be a conservative small government champion, but Newt has spent much of his career doing the opposite. Yes, he has some success doing things conservatives love, but he is also everything conservatives hate. So as time goes by, I will keep posting these video and if you are seeing the same thing as I am, then I hope you will send a link to everyone you know, because even if Newt can some how get elected with the two mountain sized baggage containers on his back, we still do not move toward the goal of reforming the federal government to root out the crooks and send the power back where it belongs, with the people.

Rick Perry's Best Ad to Date, and the One that Matters

Look, I really like these two videos. I think it fits perfectly with who Rick Perry is. I think its not who he is that so many people are worried about, it beating Obama. I can tell you this without feeling like I am misleading you. Perry is likely to be best positioned to beat Obama. He is the governor of the second largest state, and has been for 12 years. He has legislative experience before that. He was in the Air Force after he got out of college. His plan is the only one who really takes it to Washington insiders and Congress. He wants those who make or laws to have to go home and live under the same laws they make. He will cut their pay in half, and make it illegal to use their political power to make themselves rich (Newt), and that is more than change that you hear, its change you can believe it. If you want to know what a person will do when they get to office, just look to their past. Perry has not been perfect, but he has been a great governor. He would make a great president. This is why I am supporting him, and why I think you should too.

Notice that Perry is now getting his feet under him, and America needs a fighter, and that is what Perry is. He has won 10 straight elections, and that is who we need to fix this broken nation, we need a fighter.

Rick Perry makes Chuck Norris an Texas Ranger

Rick Perry makes Chuck Norris an Texas Ranger in this video, I found this while doing reaserach on some other issues the other day and thought it would be a good idea to post it for everyone else who comes here to see what kind of rant I am on today.

Newt & Romney, Brothers Flip & Flop

This is the Mitt Romney that now says he wants to be the leader of the conservative movement, and that he is conservative.

Here is Newt with the made up people he was talking about at the debate the other night.

These two guys are brothers flip & flop, and if either is the nominee, then Obama is going to find himself reelected next year and the Republican Party will have missed an opportunity to reform Washington with a guy who really has a good record, and has a great story, and a plan to bring real change to Washington, not just rhetorical change that these two want to bring , or Obama brought.

Newt Gingrich: Kim Kardashian of the GOP

If you have yet to watch this video, I suggest you do so. Because this is what Republican voters are seemingly going to put the nation thought until Obama routs him on his way to winning 40 states in a electoral landslide. I am not a Newt hater, I think he deserves forgiveness for his past sins, but that does not mean he will beat Obama or that much of the middle voted will feel he has changed. The thing I do not like about Newt is that he is a big government conservative who cashed in on his influence after he was found guilty of ethic violations while speaker of the house. Newt is all that is wrong with this nations, so what is to really like about him other than the fact he can debate. That means jack when the man has a record like he does, and he has the same problem Mitt Romney has, they have character issue, they will do and say anything to gain power. We need someone to reform Washington, not the most insider of them all to lead the party down the drain.

Two more things, if the Republican voters insist on leading us down this path, then do not cry when you get what you asked for, Second. Rick Perry is our best chance to beat Obama, he has the record, the plan, and he is not some rich elitist from Washington, he grew up a poor farmer, he and his wife worked to send their kids through college, and the most important thing is he has lead the state that has been holding our economy up while Obama has been in office. Plus, Perry did not plan on running for President, he was asked to by a bunch of people, so he is not power hungry, he just feels it is his duty to serve, which he did while in the Air Force.

Glenn Beck Wins the Newt Battle, the Truth Matters

Hey conservatives, Newt is not one of us. If this video does not convince you of that, then listen to this one.


Lets look at this from Huffington Post.
The folks over at The Huffington Post have now noted this high praise for Stern (yes – the long-time SEIU wizard) in Gingrich’s book, “Real Chance: From the World That Fails to the World That Works”:

Conservatives cannot cheer unions overseas and then be blindly anti-union here at home. There are legitimate historic reasons for workers to organize together, and there is a strong need for a healthy, competitive, union, movement that helps improve the lives of its members and the competitiveness of our country.
Andy Stern, the head of the Service Employees International Union, is the union leader who probably best understands the challenge of the world market and the need to make American union members productive in the face of world competition. Sadly, he is a distinct minority among union leaders.

HuffPo did get some follow-up info:

Praise for Stern –- certainly in this current political climate — is the type of thing that would get a Republican candidate half an hour of intense armchair psychology from Glenn Beck and other prominent conservatives.

Now if you are like me, you have heard about the current spat Glenn Beck is having with the Republican establishment about what he said about Newt. Well this is what he said.

Attny Gen Eric Holder is acting as a Tool for Voter Fraud; and Coming to Texas

Doug Ross @ Journal has more here

So word is that the maybe going to be impeached Attorney General Eric Holder is going to Austin Texas to make some news, he is supposed to announce something about new voter integrity laws, wait this is the same man that would not charge the Black Panthers for trying tointimidate people going into voting booths in 2008 now wants to talk about making sure the process is not without integrity.

I guess the big thing is Holder is worried that some people will not get to vote because they do not have a I.D., but wait don’t they have just under a year to get one right now. The Obama administration is worried about how some voters may get disenfranchised if they have to get an I.D. before they can vote, but they are going to say that to make the process have integrity we have to allow anybody to vote and we can't require and form of identification to make sure it is even legal for them to vote, and to make sure they only do it once.

It is a bad thing to have voters show an I.D. , the Obama White House has ulterior motives of course, but this is a big deal. This skullduggery should never be allowed by the sitting president of the United States. We did not elect a king with omnipotent power, so why do they seem to act like it. No one really should acuse Obama of idiocy, but we sure can say some of the things he is doing lack the decorum we should get from the president. Then they even go futher into the desultory actions like this.

The Truth Cannot be Bought, but Romney will Try

Its very simple, the ad that team Perry just put out sums up what very well could end up being the story of this years election, that the truth cannot be bought/ and Mitt Romney has made it known that he has the money to run a race for the White House, but so far that has not worked, and it has probably hurt him more than anything.

Perry, the Romney Destroyer: The $10,000 Bet Heard around the Nation.

In case you miss the $10,000 bet heard around the nation last night, I am posting it here today. Do not miss the post-debate analysis here. I can tell you this without a doubt that Romney would have lost that bet, even though the establishment had tried to tell people it was a safe bet, the  truth is there if anybody wants to see it, here you can find it here. Now I hope you enjoy this as much as I do, and for all those who worry that Rick Perry cannot debate, remember this, Perry is the only person to have had gotten under Romney's skin twice, and if he can shake Romney off his game he can also do the same thing to Obama. Romney wants you to think he knows what it feels like to have the financial troubles that the average American faces, but in truth he has no clue what he is talking about.

The $10,000 Post ABC Debate Analysis: Romney Make Another Rich Man Gaffe

After watching the debate on ABC (which will have been last night by the time this comes out) I came to some very simple conclusions about the whole thing. First, Rick Perry has improved in these debates by 100%, and for the second time he has been the only candidate to really shake Romney up.
Since Perry was already trending up again, this debate should do him some good, and it’s about getting voters to come out. In Iowa and NH it’s about having hard support, Perry has that and he will be trending up more after three good debate performances (even though I feel debates show us nothing about the candidates but the ability to argue, plus he did really good in this debate, twitter was all over his lines tonight. He did do a lot of good I believe.

Romney, well that is another matter altogether. Romney is said to be a good debater by the establishment types that are supposed to tell us how to think, but that does not seem to be helping him in the way it has seemingly help Newt. There are some very simple reasons for this. Twice now Romney has said something that really gets to the character of the man, when challenged with his own record he starts to act petulant, and then what always comes is some comment that shows the idiosyncratic nature of the former blue state governor. When he gets rattled he has a way of dropping the practiced stature and transforms into what I like to call an impassive rich man mode.

This happened when Perry challenged that he hired illegals to work as landscapers for his home, and it happened again tonight when Perry once again pointed out that Romney did support the individual mandate at one time before it became so hated by the Republican Party, and the proof Perry use was that Romney wrote about it in his book in the hard copy version. The picture below shows the passage before it was take outof his soft copy version, which just so happened to be after Obama passed hishealth care law.



Mitt Romney's March 2010 hardcover book, "No Apology," said about the results of changes to Massachusetts health care law, "We can accomplish the same thing for everyone in the country." That changed in the February 2011 paperback.

So when challenged on this point last night, Romney tried to bet Perry $10,000 that he never took the passage out, Perry followed that with he is not a betting man. This is a lot of money for most people, but not Romney. This goes to show just out of touch Romney really is. He likes to talk about being middle class and that he understands peoples pain, but I find that hard to believe when he can on a whim make ten thousand dollar bets.

Perry, Romney & Gingrich: who will stop Government sanctioned Insider Trading by Elected Officials

If Martha Stewart was a Congresswoman, she would have never gone to jail, but there were not a lot of people worried about whether what she did was a crime or not. It is very simple, sometimes powerful people have connections that give them an inside knowledge about stock, from there some people will take that knowledge and act on it by either buying stocks that are going to be worth more or stocks that are about to be worth less. This is called insider trading, and as the name suggest it is not something the public by and large can do.

Insider trading is the trading of a corporation's stock or other securities (e.g. bonds or stock options) by individuals with potential access to non-public information about the company.

Now one would probably guess that this practice would also be illegal for elected officials all around the country, because they are often in position to get inside information, but sadly of this postdate that is simply not the case.

Well this practice by certain members of our government should make you angry, I know it makes me angry; and it makes Governor Perry angry as well. In fact he is the only candidate that is actively campaigning to make a law that makes criminals out of the elected officials that get involved in this practice.

Perry wrote an Op Ed for biggovernment.com and he stated "Congress is finally feeling the pressure over insider trading; the practice of trading financial securities based on non-public information available to a select few in government."

"After a series of investigative reports, including several here at Big Government, the American people are beginning to realize that what is wrong with this country can be diagrammed on a map, with a straight line connecting Wall Street and Washington, D.C."

So now that they have been caught some members in are starting to act like they want to take action, but I am like most citizens and I do not have faith that the same people who have been making huge wads of money are going to be the same people that clamp down on the practice. In fact that is part of the reason I believe that Newt Gingrich so not the right candidate to reform the culture of corruption in the nation’s capital.

"The fact is, things will never change as long as the same Washington insiders remain in control. Washington is broken and needs a complete overhaul, but establishment politicians only want to tinker at the margins. This is why we can’t ask a Washington insider to fix Washington, because it takes an outsider to overhaul a corrupt culture" stated Gov. Perry

What Perry is pushing is called the STOCK Act - "Any member of Congress who trades on insider information should go to jail, plain and simple."

Perry's plan goes a lot further than just making this practice illegal, he also go directly at the people who have spent years in Washington without really improving the situation. "my plan to overhaul Washington starts by creating a part-time Congress" said Perry. He went on to point out that he wanted to first cut the members in congress pay directly in half, cut their paid staff in half, and cut the time they spend in Washington doing nothing in half.

"A part-time, citizen Congress will not only get rid of the permanent political class – it will restore the vision of our founders and force members to live under the laws they pass with the people they represent" and this is the message us small government conservatives have been waiting for, and Perry is just the man to attempt to do this.

Perry also says under his administration the corporate bailouts would not happen because why should the American tax payer bailout huge banks and finance agencies while those same entities award tax-payer-funded bonuses to Wall Street executives that defrauded the very same taxpayer; I agree these people should get off getting millions more while families suffer through the pertinacious economic recession.

Now here is the problem, this argument made by Perry is very valid, it gets down to the anger we got to see during the Tea Party rally's, it even gets to anger we see in the Occupy Wall Street movement, even though many of them do not know why they are so angry, and the left wing has somehow managed to convince them that they are not tied to Wall Street.

But the Republican Party may not get a chance to make that case.