Why Sarah Palin Inspires Us -- VisionaryDaughters.com

Anna Sofia and Elizabeth Botkin (Visionary Daughters) write:

But it is not a day to rejoice when the best man in the room happens to be a woman — Sarah Palin nor is it a cause for cheer when men can’t compete with women in doing their own job. During this year’s unprecedented election, the key players have been strong women and flaky men. This is a sign of judgment. The scenario is reminiscent of Gloria Steinem’s boast, “We are becoming the men we wanted to marry.” Men have been stepping into the background — women are trying to become the men they wish existed. We challenge any young woman to see this as a happy prospect. It’s hard to be inspired by the abdication of real men and the subsequent rise of pseudo-men...

American Christians may be turning their ears from the plain teachings of Scripture to harken to what they believe is “the crying need of the moment.” They may decide our desperate need for a conservative VP trumps the teachings of Scripture. But we know from Scripture that we are to fear God, and not men — not even liberals. It has been rightly noted that people usually get the government they deserve. If we continue to make pragmatic compromises based on fear of man, God may see fit to continue chastising us with the government we deserve. God is on the Throne, regardless of who is in the White House, and He declares: “Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.” (Psa. 3:6)...

Looking back over the last year, what’s glaringly obvious is that what America needs is more qualified male leaders. The real cry of the moment is: Give us men!

Seeing women in leadership does not inspire men to be better leaders. We believe Sarah Palin’s example will not inspire men to be men — it will inspire them to make way for more Sarah Palins...

So let us resolve to give the world what it really needs, in the way that only women can give it. We have our work cut out for us, building strength into our men; It will call out every gift and talent within us. In doing so, we’re not just answering the cry — we’re obeying God, Who holds our first allegiance.

Mrs. Palin, you have inspired us to take stronger action for our God and for our country.

As for us, we don’t aspire to become the presidents we wish we could vote for. We aspire to raise them.

VisionaryDaughters.com

Getting Closer to Debasing the Currency - Thorsten Polleit - Mises Institute

Thorsten Polleit writes:

"As the unhampered market finds a new equilibrium via price changes, it exposes malinvestment. Some of the investments made and some of the jobs created prove to be unprofitable. It is the process of altering prices for capital and labor that brings the economy's production structure back in line with people's preferences. In that sense, a so-called crisis, or bust, is actually a correction of bad decisions made in the past; the term crisis would appear to be inappropriate."

"In fact, the term crisis should be attributed to the boom period. It is here where scarce resources, mostly due to artificially reduced interest rates through monetary policy, are being channeled to unprofitable businesses. While the period of building up malinvestment is typically hailed as a period of economic expansion, it is actually a period of squandering."

Getting Closer to Debasing the Currency - Thorsten Polleit - Mises Institute

YouTube - Prime Minister - s02e07 - The National Education Service(3/4

Humorous video on government's role in education.

YouTube - Prime Minister - s02e07 - The National Education Service(3/4

Hat tip to SchansBlog.

SchansBlog: hilarious school choice video

The Liberty Zone: It's about choices

Good food for thought from The Liberty Zone.

The community does support its local schools - through the taxes that are extorted from every individual, whether they have children in public schools or not. And why shouldn't home schooling parents feel superior to public schools? Fact of the matter is that public schools are failing. Much like lack of competition breeds complacency and stunts progress, lack of competition in public schools, due to the fact that they're a monopoly breeds a lack incentive to succeed. And it's NOT a lack of funding that's the problem...

Don't assume that just because a parent chooses to educate their children at home, that they isolate them socially. Home schooled children still have friends and participate in sports and other activities...

Why home school?

Maybe I want my children to know the difference between a democracy and a republic and which one the Founders intended this nation to be...

Self righteous? I wouldn't call it that. I would call it loving one's kids and caring about what they're taught. As a parent you care about what they put in their bodies and what they eat. Why wouldn't you care about what goes into their minds?

The Liberty Zone: It's about choices

YouTube Exonerates Biker Brutalized By NYC Cop

Wow. Going to see more and more of this I suspect as camera/video becomes ubiquitous on cell phones.

YouTube Exonerates Biker Brutalized By NYC Cop


Hat tip to Lew Rockwell blog.

LewRockwell.com Blog: Youtube Exonerates Biker

Ron Paul and Stephen Colbert -- Ron Paul’s Campaign For Liberty

Good interview of a very good man.

Ron Paul’s Campaign For Liberty » Blog Archive » Ron Paul and Stephen Colbert

I McCain : The New Liberty

The New Liberty writes, "The Republican National Convention is not a convention at all, but more like a staged coronation made for TV... A real convention would have a lot of competition amongst different delegates for different candidates, yelling, sign waving and general anarchy. Instead McCain black hat storm troopers roamed the aisles ready to put down any sign of true republicanism and decent (sic) from neocon dogma... In a McCain world, freedom is not popular... Of course if you are politically naïve... you probably think the neocons are the defenders of limited government, peace, capitalism, the constitution, and fiscal responsibility too."

I McCain : The New Liberty

LewRockwell.com Blog: I, I, I, I

Lew Rockwell summarizes John McCain's nomination acceptance speech as follows, "I am a victim, a dedicated if imperfect servant of my country, not perfected until I realized that the State is far more important than I am, I love peace, I hate war, I will wage war, I will smite the Muslims, I will kill the Russians, I will strike down anyone who fails to bow the knee to me, I will drill, I will build nuclear power plants, I will care for the jobless, the homeless, the bankrupt, the sick, the oil men, the bankers, the arms merchants, the soldiers, the lobbyists; I was a POW, I bear the scars of Jesus on my body, I was wounded, I was hurt, I was crippled, I was jailed, I was tortured, I was imprisoned, I was gaoled, I was in captivity, I was behind bars, I was held against my will, except when I decided to stay, I told nothing, I told nothing, I told everything, country first, country first, freedom, low taxes, I will stand at your side, not in front of you, world empire, everything for the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State, hail me, hail me, hail me."

LewRockwell.com Blog: I, I, I, I

Just Asking: Five Questions for the Restoration Movement -- Christian Standard

Jim Tune writes:

D.A. Carson was reflecting on how denominations lose their doctrinal edge when he said, “One generation believes something, the next generation assumes it, and the third generation denies it.” If we neglect our heritage and if we fail to teach sound doctrine, will our legacy be a generation that denies both?

Christian Standard

As a member of a Restoration Movement Christian Church, I find myself noticing too that our sense of heritage seems to be growing weaker.

first christian church | the family place - Home

The Market Process in Action - Art Carden - Mises Institute

Art Carden writes, "Competition in the market economy separates the good ideas from the not-so-good and helps us economize on scarce resources. We cannot predict which technologies will emerge or how problems will be solved, but we can understand the institutional conditions under which this process will emerge."

The Market Process in Action - Art Carden - Mises Institute

Lower Labor Costs Now! - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

Great recommendations from Lew Rockwell.

"A dramatic initiative to lower the costs of hiring could end up having great effects. It could wean us from the World War II–era mistake of pushing the costs of health care onto employers. It could force a desperately needed reform of Medicare and Social Security. It would shift the locus of control over employment contracts from government to those affected most directly by those contracts: namely, the individual workers and the firms for which they work."

"Of course what you read here is roughly the opposite of current policy trends, which are to increase rather than reduce the costs of hiring. This is how government ends up taking a bad situation and making it worse, which is what it has done consistently throughout history. This won't change until the public makes its demands known to the elites."

Lower Labor Costs Now! - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

LewRockwell.com Blog: Sarah and Secession

Lew Rockwell writes, "Those who hate and fear decentralism and secession love the central state, and - like their hero Abe - think it blasphemous to break up the monstrous imperial Union, or even to contemplate it."

LewRockwell.com Blog: Sarah and Secession

No controlling interest - Orange Punch - OCRegister.com

Steven Greenhut writes:

Tucker Carlson kicked off the Rally for the Republic event and captured the essence of the Ron Paul movement: “Ron Paul sincerely has zero interest in controlling other people.” No one admits they want to control others, he said, but most politicians are devoted to the idea of passing laws that force other people to behave in certain ways or to fund certain things. Most people want to be left alone, but they don’t want to extend that freedom to others, added Carlson.

No controlling interest - Orange Punch - OCRegister.com

Sarah Palin's Career Ends in Tragedy - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

Lew Rockwell writes, "There is something about Sarah I really like, especially that she seems to have had some sympathy for an Alaskan secession movement, which, contrary to media hysteria, is a perfectly reasonable and liberal position to take. But you can be sure that if she plans to be a successful vice president under a McCain administration, all of this will be swept under the carpet, and her primary accomplishment in life will have been to dupe many people into supporting an administration that promises to be the worst thing that has happened to this country since Bush was sworn in."

Sarah Palin's Career Ends in Tragedy - Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. - Mises Institute

In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret - TIME

Good coverage of Bristol Palin pregnancy.

In Wasilla, Pregnancy Was No Secret - TIME

Hat tip to Weekly Standard blog.

The Weekly Standard

Sarah Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party -- Western Standard Shotgun Blog

Shotgun Blog reports:

Sarah Palin, vice-presidential candidate for the Republican Party, was once a member of the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP), and may still be sympathetic with their mission, according to Lynnette Clark, Chairman of the AIP.

The AIP believes that the vote for statehood was invalid, and that there should be a vote on Alaskan secession...

As for Palin's current views about the AIP, Clark wrote, "I cannot say where Governor Palin now "stands" regarding the AIP Platform, however, she did send a wonderful DVD from her office for the 2008 AIP Statewide Convention sharing her opinion of the importance of this Party."

Western Standard

A Tale of Two Philosophies -- No Left Turns Archive

"Senator Obama wishes to diminish the consequenes of mistakes that young people (and adults for that matter) inevitably make. Not an unreasonable wish. On the other hand, Governor Palin's philosophy is that the best way to help someone grow up is to force them to live with the consequences of their actions, however difficult that might make life. It's more of a tough love philosophy."

I prefer the second.

No Left Turns Archive

Criticism of U.S. foreign policy is patriotic

"During recent years a theory has developed that there shall be no criticism of the foreign policy of the administration, that any such criticism is an attack on the unity of the Nation, that it gives aid and comfort to the enemy, and that it sabotages any idea of a bipartisan foreign policy for the national benefit. I venture to state that this proposition is a fallacy, and a very dangerous fallacy threatening the very existence of the Nation."

U.S. Senator Robert A. Taft, 1951

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Hat tip to Bill Kauffman, page 109.

Amazon.com: Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism: Bill Kauffman: Books

Burkean wisdom from Mr Republican -- A conservative blog for peace

"The principal purpose of the foreign policy of the United States is to maintain the liberty of our people. Its purpose is not to reform the entire world or spread sweetness and light and economic prosperity to people who have lived and worked out their own salvation for centuries, according to their customs, and to the best of their abilities."

Senator Robert A. Taft, 5 Jan 1951

A conservative blog for peace


Hat tip to Bill Kauffman in "Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism ", page 108.

Amazon.com: Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism: Bill Kauffman: Books

Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure - washingtonpost.com

"Daily supplements of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids -- the kind found in fish oil -- reduced deaths and hospitalizations of people with heart failure, an Italian study found. But a cholesterol-lowering statin drug had no beneficial effect in a parallel heart failure trial."

Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure - washingtonpost.com