Check out 2008 Presidential candidate RON PAUL. Every policy he advocates is backed by the Constitution. He is optimistic, positive, he always answers straight, and he is consistent and honest. Here are some introductory clips available on youtube.com:
Ron Paul on freedom (7 mins)
Ron Paul on monetary policy (4 mins)
Ron Paul on the Federal Reserve (9 mins -- excuse erratic soundtrack)
Ron Paul CNN Late Edition (7 mins)
Even if you don't want to vote for him and won't vote for him, hear him out. The ideals, policies, and standards that he espouses need to be upheld. We need to expect strict alignment of the government with the statutes of the Constitution, no matter who is in office.
I love this line: "The dangers exist, but they're not quite bad enough, and they never should be bad enough to sacrifice liberty. There's no reason to sacrifice liberty in thinking you're going to be safer" (Ron Paul in an interview with Tucker Carlson). -- My question is this: Does this statement hold when it's a question of surrendering to God? Is the surrender of will to God the same thing as surrendering one's liberty to God? Are liberty and will the same thing?
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IMO: liberty and will are not the same thing. In surrendering your will to God, I choose to follow Him rather than my own inclinations or natural tendencies. But I still have my liberty, my agency, that freedom to choose otherwise if I wish.
Okay, my comment has nothing to do with this thread, and I'm ashamed to admit I haven't been following politics as well as I should to keep myself an informed voter... but as it pertains to our situation, I've been frustrated most recently with the governments bail-out plan for all of those people/banks who bought over their heads during the subprime mortage rate housing boom. Now as tax-payers we have to pay to help get them out of the mess. I agree with Ron Paul that we should let the market liquidate itself. Let the flippers and ignorant people who bought over their heads take the loss and sale homes for what they owe to liquidate the market, and bring down housing costs. Living in CA has totally opened my eyes to the mess. I see many homes on EVERY street in the greater Sacramento area for sale, way over priced and many empty. I think the bail-out will save the banks/irresponible buyers for the short term, but it will be a quick fix and the price of homes will not come down, preventing people like us from ever getting into a home (in most places) in the last decade. I understand home appreciation, but I believe it should happen at a fair rate of around 3% a year, give or take a couple of points, (but then is anything in life fair) anyway, that's a different taotally different topic. I may be totally off base, but I'm frustrated none the less.
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Okay the last ten lines somehow got messed up. This is what they should read... I understand home appreciation, but I believe it should happen at a fair (is anything in life fair?) rate of around 3% a year, give or take a couple of points, realistically speaking, they shouldn't double like they did in the last decade (in many places) Anyway, that's a different taotally different topic. I may be totally off base, but I'm frustrated none the less.
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