http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/issues-rlc/ en-us Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:11:35 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2284906/posts There is no area in which Republicans have further strayed from our traditions than in foreign affairs. Generations of conservatives followed the great advice of our Founding Fathers and pursued a restrained foreign policy that rebuffed entangling alliances and advised America, in the words of John Quincy Adams, not to "go abroad looking for dragons to slay." Sen. Robert Taft, the stalwart of the Old Right, urged America to stay out of NATO. Dwight Eisenhower was elected on a platform promising to get us out of the conflict in Korea. Richard Nixon promised to end the war in Vietnam. Republicans... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2284906/posts#comment Fri, 3 Jul 2009 16:11:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2284275/posts Democracy -- or rule by majority vote -- is a genuine political good. So is republicanism -- or rule by legitimate representatives. Both have considerable social and economic value to the individual and the nation. Similarly, autonomy and self-rule are governmental goods and values which a given society finds very much worth having. And it's even worth while for that civilization to enjoy non-violation of their national soverignty and non-interference in their internal affairs by non-citizens. But none of these political goods and values are anywhere near as important as freedom. In the life of the person and his nation,... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2284275/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 18:14:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2280750/posts James Madison's [the original writer or author of Bill of Rights, also known as the father of the Constitution], version of the Freedom of Speech and Freedom of the Press Clause, it provided that ["the people shall not be deprived or abridged of the right to speak, to write, or to publish their sentiments; and the freedom of the press, as one of the great bulwarks of liberty, shall be inviolable."] This version was introduced into the House freedom4ever.net http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2280750/posts#comment Sat, 27 Jun 2009 17:59:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2277678/posts Religious freedom is under attack in Britain The Catholic Herald ^ | 12 June 2009 | Neil Addison FR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2277678/posts#comment Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:50:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2277076/posts Last week Congress passed the war supplemental appropriations bill. In an affront to all those who thought they voted for a peace candidate, the current president will be sending another $106 billion we don’t have to continue the bloodshed in Afghanistan and Iraq, without a hint of a plan to bring our troops home. Many of my colleagues who voted with me as I opposed every war supplemental request under the previous administration seem to have changed their tune. I maintain that a vote to fund the war is a vote in favor of the war. Congress exercises its constitutional... U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, 14th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2277076/posts#comment Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:07:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275665/posts No-Brainer choice for Latinos Much is heard about the competition between the Republicans and the Demo/Nihilists for the so called Latino vote. From the standpoint of the average Latino, this should be a “no-brainer,” the Republicans are stewards of two bright and shining beacons: Truth and Morality. The Demo/Nihilists are racists, constantly seeking to put Latinos on the same plantation where they are holding the blacks captive. Author and social observer, Star Parker has examined this phenomenon thoroughly in her book, Back on Uncle Sam’s Plantation. Visit her site at, http://www.urbancure.org/article.asp?id=3141 Here are some brief snips from Ms. Parker’s site:... Thinkwright blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275665/posts#comment Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:25:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275262/posts Today [June 19th] marks the 64th birthday of 1991 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Aung San Suu Kyi. Burma's leading freedom-fighter celebrates it inside notorious Insein Prison, near Rangoon. Here's another House Of Cards dictatorship the sissified, self-hating Western states don't lift a finger to topple. America, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, and even Israel are all pretty much feckless, impotent, "paper tigers" by now. Tigers waiting for some crippled, retarded, diseased Communist or Muslim mouse to slaughter them. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2275262/posts#comment Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:34:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2272715/posts With the fate of 70 million desperate, miserable, and mostly-enslaved Iranians hanging in the balance, now is the time for Barack Obama, Gordon Brown, Nicolas Sarkozy, Angela Merkel, and others to declare that freedom is an absolute, undeniable, and irrevocable birthright of man. They need to come out unambiguously on the side of the Iranian people and against the Iranian dictators. These Free World leaders -- if they are leaders, and if they do champion freedom -- should loudly and pointedly make the case that all individuals, everywhere on earth, have an utter and untouchable right to liberty and justice.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2272715/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:53:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2272616/posts Tough Love for California.House Chamber, Washington, D.C.June 11, 2009 M. Speaker: Gov. Schwarzenegger of my home state of California has called for the federal government to underwrite as much as $15 billion of Revenue Anticipation Notes that the state has to issue to avoid insolvency. I think that would be a colossal mistake, and that such an act would not only dig the nation deeper into the hole it is in, but would actually make California’s fiscal condition worse. Today, California faces a paradox: despite record levels of spending and borrowing, it can no longer produce a decent road system,... U.S. Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., 4th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2272616/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:26:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2271887/posts Statement of Congressman Ron Paul United States House of Representatives Statement on Global Warming Petition Signed by 31,478 Scientists June 4, 2009 Mr. PAUL. Madam Speaker, before voting on the "cap-and-trade" legislation, my colleagues should consider the views expressed in the following petition that has been signed by 31,478 American scientists: "We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan in December, 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare... U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, 14th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2271887/posts#comment Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:47:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2270715/posts The United States has ceased to be a constitutional republic. Our country was established by the adoption of a constitution that is no longer in force in any real way. Our social structures are failing; our foreign policy is an embarrassment; our financial institutions are a giant Ponzi scheme. Since the end of the first world war our country and its commitment to the rule of law has been getting progressively weaker, but at a slow rate and for such a long time that few thought to do anything about it. But now, as the poet says, “The times, they... The Observer, Jacksonville, Fl. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2270715/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 22:27:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2268513/posts Link to the two part video of Jamie Glazov summarizing his new book "United by Hate". davidhorowitztv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2268513/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:30:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2261487/posts Grassroots call for lawmakers to KILL loaded TxDOT sunset bill Trans Texas Corridor to proceed despite repeal of corridor (Austin, TX – May 28, 2009) The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) sunset bill, HB 300, now over 1,500 pages long, has too much baggage for taxpayers to swallow. HB 300 ends the private toll moratorium (which hands our PUBLIC highways to PRIVATE, foreign toll operators), keeps the Trans Texas Corridor (TTC) alive, opens a new loophole to toll existing freeways, allows counties a 10 cent gas tax hike, raids public employee pension funds to invest in risky private toll roads... Texans Uniting for Reform and Freedom http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2261487/posts#comment Sun, 31 May 2009 04:29:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2259322/posts Yesterday judge Nadia Sotomayor was nominated for the US Supreme Court by President Barack Obama in a profoundly bigoted way, for notably racist and sexist reasons. And she has ruled in a profoundly bigoted way, with massive racism and sexism in her judicial decisions. One can't help but ask: What about the concept of a neutral, impartial, objective rule of law -- one in which no-one is a second class citizen? What about the notion that "justice is blind?" What about the ideal of equality before the law? And if this loathsome, anti-white, anti-male bigot is promoted to the United... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2259322/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 20:52:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2258078/posts America, Britain, and France should have unilaterally attacked the Soviet Union in 1949 when the Soviets first aquired nuclear weapons. Or else the pre-emptive strike even should have come several years before, when the world could clearly see it coming. The Soviet Union was an unpredictable, radical, military dictatorship, based on a stunningly false and evil ideology, with strongly imperialist, expansionist, aggressive proclivities. They constituted a masive, objective threat which needed to be neutralized, lest the West live in perpetual fear, due to its inablility to properly protect itself from this unprecedented menace. Self-defense -- it should be understood --... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2258078/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 00:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2255945/posts Moxie, Cheney has it Here is where the future of the Republican Brand is to be found: MOXIE. And, PARTICULARLY, moxie in calling out lies, liars, and those who try to shout down truth. Moxie, oh, Moxie. Where hast thou gone?< br /> What drives the Demo party over the edge? A: Republican Moxie. Reagan had it. Cheney and Palin have it. Limbaugh has it. Hannity has it .Mark Levin exudes Moxie from every pore. What is Moxie? you ask. Answer: It is guts, assertiveness, and self assurance. It is what it takes to call a liar a liar... JWThinkwright blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2255945/posts#comment Fri, 22 May 2009 00:47:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2253459/posts LAKE JACKSON — Inquisitiveness, liberty and freedom from government are key to the human condition, U.S. Rep. Ron Paul told members of the Brazosport area home-school graduates Saturday. Paul addressed 14 graduates of various home-school backgrounds in a standing-room-only First Baptist Church sanctuary in Lake Jackson. Students entered the sanctuary to “Pomp and Circumstance” and walked out to Casting Crown’s “Lifesong.” “It’s very important we encourage home-schooling and make sure it’s always legal, and our governments never decide they know best,” Paul said. “Too often, our government would like to be the parent. Home-schoolers know exactly who’s responsible for education,... The Facts (Brazoria Co. TX) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2253459/posts#comment Mon, 18 May 2009 21:26:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2248836/posts While much of the country’s attention is on other issues, a serious situation is developing in Pakistan that threatens to plunge us into another fruitless and bloody war. It is very frustrating to see that many who were so vehemently against the wars of the last administration have suddenly lost interest in foreign policy simply because we were promised change. Those still paying attention know that nothing could be further from the truth. Very little has changed, except perhaps rhetoric, but what does that matter when the bombing missions are only getting deadlier? Rather than drawing down violent military interventions... U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, 14th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2248836/posts#comment Mon, 11 May 2009 22:41:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2244287/posts This week, concerns about swine flu have dominated the media and many government officials. While the American people should be made aware of infectious diseases and common sense preventative measures, much of the hysterical reaction from government only serves to remind us how detrimental to your health it can be when government plays doctor. As a physician, I have yet to see any evidence that justifies the current level of alarm. Influenza typically kills around 36,000 people every year in this country and hospitalizes a couple hundred thousand. So far there are only a handful of confirmed deaths attributable to... U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, 14th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2244287/posts#comment Tue, 5 May 2009 03:51:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2236426/posts Viva Teresa She will be good for her own district in So. Cal, but she will bring great perspective in honesty, practical reality, and tax restraint. to Washington DC. She is: a mother, a successful business woman, and a very decent, moral, civil and intelligent human being. She has signed a No New Tax Pledge. Her pro-life, pro-family stances have been clearly, unequivocally stated. She was a key speaker at the April 15 Pasadena, CA Tea Party. She is a standard bearer of the Ronald Reagan tradition. Teresa Hernandez is running for Congress(District 32, vacated by Hilda Solis) to bring... TERESA HERNANDEZ FOR CONGRESS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2236426/posts#comment Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:48:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2233004/posts Chaves gives book to Obama. The book reveals Chaves as a Perfect Latin American Idiot. This reflects badly on Obama. In the mid 1990s three Latin American authors( Plinio Apuleyo Mendoza, Carlos Alberto Montaner, Alvaro Vargas Llosa) (Janes Editores, Mexico y Barcelona (1996). wrote a book in Spanish having the title,Manual del Perfecto Idiota Latino Americano “Manual of the Perfect Latin American Idiot,”. The authors’ contention was that the book given to Obama by Chavez is the manual for the perfect Latin American Idiot. To gain an appreciation of the huge and tragic distortions that exist in the mind of... Bye-Bye Sweet Liberty(Chapter 10) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2233004/posts#comment Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:49:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2228265/posts Taxes are the issue this week as Americans struggle to make the April 15th deadline to file their returns. It is a good time to contemplate the effects of big government and what it does to our country. The income tax is one of the most egregious encroachments on our liberties today. It is a form of involuntary servitude, which was supposed to have been outlawed by the 13th Amendment. Tax Freedom Day is defined as the day when the nation as a whole has theoretically earned enough income to fund its annual federal tax burden. For all of the... U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, 14th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2228265/posts#comment Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:16:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2223404/posts Earlier today President Obama spoke to the Turkish parliment and claimed that America and Muslims have "common hopes and common dreams." Now this is a considerable lie. He said we should interact "based on mutual interest and mutual respect." This is also untrue. Obama further opined that Americans have, or should have, a "deep appreciation for the Islamic faith." Wrong again! Finally, and outrageously, the president claimed that "The United States has been enriched by Muslim Americans." Don't know what to say to that post-9/11 whopper! At one point in the speech Barack Obama cited an old Turkish proverb which... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2223404/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 16:33:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2218577/posts We have recently heard many shocking stories of brutal killings and ruthless violence related to drug cartels warring with Mexican and US officials. It is approaching the fever pitch of a full blown crisis. Unfortunately, the administration is not likely to waste this opportunity to further expand government. Hopefully, we can take a deep breath and look at history for the optimal way to deal with this dangerous situation, which is not unprecedented. Alcohol prohibition in the 1920’s brought similar violence, gangs, lawlessness, corruption and brutality. The reason for the violence was not that making and selling alcohol was inherently... U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Tex., 14th District http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2218577/posts#comment Tue, 31 Mar 2009 01:49:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2212081/posts When I was in college I took the introductory course to sociology. At the time, I thought it was a poorly developed subject, taught by quirky idealists. I sort of hoped that their fraud would be uncovered and that they would fade away. It seemed as though they relied heavily on opinion and played fast and loose with flimsy data. Since then, I have come to see modern-day sociology, as it is taught in the USA, as the greatest threat to Western Civilization. continue Sociology. Ancient versus Modern http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2212081/posts#comment Sun, 22 Mar 2009 17:09:07 GMT