Regards,

Old Sigma (Cradle Catholic & generally inveterate amateur)

not a bad idea for corrupt system, a way to crash it.  Many have said this in the past.  but none are willing to step out.  It probably would only put a minor dent, then it's back to the same ole.

The real issue is the "insecurity" which is well organized by the backing group.  Keep the chaos to keep people off balance.  That's the ole story.  It's coming from every direction so people finally say, if I don't work for week, the bad guys will come and take over. 

Imagine America with empty offices. The highways and vacation spots would be full and not to mention airports, trains, buses and gas stations.  I can picture it now the young folks out, the old folks watching tv in there favorite spot. 

The well organized interest rate drop back a few years has caused untold foreclosures.  The high mortgages, causing price reduction just to sell the homes.  Sad story. American government causing Americans to cheat each other through bad business deals. For a selfish cause.  Life in the crash lanes.  Crash, the toilet has been flushed, the water is whirling around the bowel towards the drain at a fast pace.  When the water is gone a new way has to begin for the next flush.

And I have noticed that while Democrats love to boast of their good intentions, they chaffe noticably when anyone tries to examine the results of their programs.

I am a union man, and while socialists, communists and union folks all start from the same point and agree that the worker deserves a fair deal, Union people quickly part company with socialists and communists because the socialist and communists' solution is to impose an over-arching ideology that incorporates economic socialism and seriously limits freedom of expression and most notably, does away with freedom of religion, replacing God Almighty with the state. 

Union men on the other hand, stay away from grand theories and/or ideologies and instead prefer to boost the living standard of various workers by group or category (e.g., electrical workers union, the auto workers union, the carpenters union, etc.) by working within the Capitalist framework by dealing honestly, frankly and directly with the bosses, and trying to cut the workers (i.e. the union members) a fair deal, and by staying within the bounds of the United States Constitution, which of course confirms every man's God-given right of freedom OF religion (not freedom "from" religion, as some leftists seem to think it says). 

Honestly, since the late 1800's, Trade Unionism has done more to improve the lives of tradesmen, craftmen and other workers than any socialist or communist revolution ever did and importanly, it did so with no loss of civil or religious freedoms and with far, far less (indeed, orders of magnitude less) violence and/or loss of life.

Certainly most socialists and communists have good intentions, but the price they ask for their ideal of a workers' utopia is far too high.  And now I fear that the once great Democrat party, once famous for supporting Union Labor, is beginning to drift inexorably to the Left, more toward secularism obviously, but also recently it seems more toward socialism, while still claiming (maybe honestly so) to support the workers.

This is a big subject indeed.  To simplify my view; I prefer Catholic social justice notion that because God created man in His image and with an immortal soul, life is sacred and precious, and that the ends can never be used to justify the means.  Finally, when it comes to faith and morals, I always agree with whatever the Vatican says.  Even if I at first do not understand or think I disagree, I keep an open mind and take the time and make the effort to understand what the Pope is talking about.  Eventually I either come to see the reasoning, or I set my mind to follow Rome and try to figure it out later.  

And I always keep in mind what my Mom always said; that the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Pouliot, without the backing of a major political party, people's hands tend to click party lines, he will garnish votes but not enough to win. Monumental is the task of overvcoming the perceived inability of a "Christian" Republican president.

An internet campaign would prove helpful, in my mind, of bringing awareness to who and what Sen Brownback and his ideals represent.

I have provided a link to his website.

Brownback for president!

http://www.brownback.com/s/

Remember, the Sun is always shining!

Get used to this, friends.  The next decades will be filled with no good options.  Not exclusively--but primarily.  The family, marriage, free speech in pulpits, hate-speech extensions, etc. will come to ravage the patrimony we have received in the west from the Catholic Church.  We must fight the good fight as best we can without any compromising of truth.  Better to live blameless before our High Priest than bow to political expediency.

There are many who have lived and died in troubled times. We must work and pray for just and good society--but expect little in return.  Better to enter heaven blind....

Blessings to all. 

"...Brownback has removed himself for consideration..."

There's always the write-in option if the nominees are morally unacceptable.

Unfortunately I have been told that Brownback had some baggage that hasn't yet surfaced.

I don't like being in a position where I can't vote for any nominee of the parties because they are all flawed.

What's the name of that clergyman on the west coast that seems to be falsely accused?  Maybe we should write him in.

Just a quick note concerning the Second Amendment.  That Amendment was put in there specifically for the State Militia's to take up arms against the federal military.  It is meant for individual firearm owners as in that time the Militia's were able-bodied men who owned their own gun.  A standing federal military that superceded the power of the State Militia's was never an intention of the writers of the Constitution.  However, in 2007, we all know that such a force is needed but always remember that the Right to Bear Arms is the single reason we are free in this country. 

Two things that every American needs to have and use daily, if at all possible, is your Bible and your gun.  They are the means and the end of living free and having a place to worship God.  Call me a redneck but like I said, your Bible and your gun will be the two most important possessions you will ever own in this lifetime.  Just like the old credit card commercial says, "never leave home without 'em."

Joseph Bailey