only the convicted need a savior you're welcome
On Jun 7, 10:11 am, GregfromBoston <[email protected]> wrote: > My Lord and Savior, is a Jewish Rabbi. > > Thanks, man > > On Jun 7, 10:34 am, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I have changed the title, however, to be slightly more nuanced > > --- > > the jews will love you for it > > > OMy Lordn Jun 6, 7:52 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > The Tea Party Is a Brown-Shirt Movement, MostlyPosted byAnthony Gregoryon > > > June 6, 2011 12:55 PM > > > It was obvious in the beginning when all of a sudden they sprung up > > > crying out for their liberty, after years of silence under the fascist > > > Bush administration. They focused on culture-war hot buttons and symbolic > > > battles while ignoring the programs that actually threatened fiscal > > > catastrophe: Medicare and Social Security, which the older demographic > > > behind this movement tended always to support since they guaranteed their > > > status as tax feeders. Meanwhile, most of the Tea Party types complained > > > that Obama the alleged Marxist Muslim wasn’t murdering enough people > > > abroad, torturing and detaining enough Muslims and enemies of the state, > > > or deporting enough people for the crime of crossing the border -- > > > although in every case, Obama has actually been like Bush but more so. > > > Now a big Tea Party leader says, on behalf of her movement, thatthey will > > > support any Republican in 2012-- even Mitt Romney, the socialist who > > > doesn’t even have a better position on free market health care than > > > Obama. This is a partisan and hypocritical movement, as many on LRC > > > warned from the beginning (Ryan McMakenandI sounded the alarmmore than > > > two years ago;Laurence Vancewarned about it consistently, even up to the > > > 2010 election;Lew Rockwelltold us to brace ourselves for betrayal). > > > Regime libertarians have been praising this movement for two years, but > > > LRC writers always saw through the subterfuge. > > > Is this to say there was no one decent in these protests? That no > > > libertarian impulse was there? That no good-faith, everyday Americans > > > frustrated by the status quo jumped on the bandwagon for understandable > > > reasons? Of course not. But in the main, the Tea Party was always even > > > more of a disingenuous coalition than the antiwar movement of 2003, which > > > has turned out to be an anti-Bush movement more interested in electing > > > Democrats and socializing the economy than stopping the slaughter of > > > innocents overseas. > > > How do we identify a mass movement that’s actually for freedom? The Ron > > > Paul movement, especially its youth, is a great example of one: It is > > > passionate about war, opposed to the central bank, jealous of all civil > > > liberties protected by the Bill of Rights, opposed to the federal police > > > state, wants to end the income tax outright and looks at the entire > > > national leviathan as the enemy, not as savior or an extension of the > > > national will. In short, it loves personal liberty, economic liberty, and > > > peace with all foreign nations, and hates government. If you want to know > > > if someone is serious about freedom, ask him about the last president, > > > U.S. war, or major federal program that he admires. If he names anything > > > from the last sixty years, he is obviously not serious about the > > > short-term threat and long-term struggle for liberty.UPDATE: Am I being > > > far too harsh? After all, there were pro-Ron Paul “tea parties” in 2007. > > > And grassroots organizers are true patriots who seek libertynot just > > > Republican victories. Sure, but at some point, whether in 2008, 2009, or > > > 2010, the movement became hijacked. When almost anyone thinks about the > > > Tea Party, they don’t think about the antiwar Ron Paul movement of > > > 2007they think of the Palin/Bachman/Gingrich movement of the last two > > > years. Maybe it was a good movement thatwas hijacked sometime ago. But > > > today it is not a pro-freedom movement, just a pro-Republican one. I have > > > changed the title, however, to be slightly more nuanced.- Hide quoted > > > text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
