Rand Paul is championing the proper role of the bible and the military.  Amen to Rand.  Now we nee to get the idiots like Gary Bauer and the rest of the Christian so-called right to listen, and changed their misguided views.

Rand Paul: 'I Don't Believe Jesus Would've Condoned Killing'

Guess war with Syria and Iran will still be on the table.....neocons are happy.

"Defense[sic]" Hawks placated

Hopefully, Ryan's belief that deficits are as big of a threat to our national security as Islam can help restrain Romney.  I'll start barfing, however when Ryan comes out as an obsequious little toady of Mitt Romney like Palin did to McCain.  We see how far that got Palin.

Oh, wait.....
Then there is this bit of political duplicity that makes Paul Ryan a perfect fit for the Romney campaign:

“Madame Speaker, This bill offends my principles, but I’m going to vote for this bill in order to preserve my principles, in order to preserve this free enterprise system…”


And hold on there Charlie Brown before Lucy yanks that football away....talk is cheap:   Ryan's ACTUAL record per this blog:

Paul Ryan’s voting record:

Paul Ryan on Bailouts and Government Stimuli:

-Voted YES on TARP
-Voted YES on Economic Stimulus HR 5140
-Voted YES on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler.
-Voted YES on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending.

Paul Ryan on Entitlement Programs:

-Voted YES on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients.
-Voted YES on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks.

Paul Ryan on Education:

-Voted YES on Head Start Act
-Voted YES on No Child Left Behind Act

Paul Ryan on Civil Liberties:

-Voted YES on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists.
-Voted YES on making the PATRIOT Act permanent.
-Voted YES on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant.

Paul Ryan on War and Intervention Abroad:

-Voted YES on authorizing military force in Iraq.
-Voted YES on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan.
-Voted YES on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date.
-Voted NO on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days.

http://www.votesmart.org/voting_category.php?can_id=26344

And just for fun, we compare against a true conservative: Ron Paul.

Ron Paul’s voting record:

This is his voting record in accordance with Paul Ryan’s votes that are shown in this article:

Ron Paul on Bailouts and Government Stimuli:

-Voted NO on TARP
-Voted NO on Economic Stimulus HR 5140
-Voted NO on $15B bailout for GM and Chrysler
-Voted NO on $192B additional anti-recession stimulus spending

Ron Paul on Entitlement Programs:

-Voted NO on limited prescription drug benefit for Medicare recipients.
-Voted NO on extending unemployment benefits from 39 weeks to 59 weeks.

Ron Paul on Education:

-Voted NO on Head Start Act
-Voted NO on No Child Left Behind Act

Ron Paul on Civil Liberties:

-Voted NO on federalizing rules for driver licenses to hinder terrorists.
-Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent.
-Voted NO on allowing electronic surveillance without a warrant.

Ron Paul on War and Intervention Abroad:

-Voted NO on authorizing military force in Iraq.
-Voted NO on emergency $78B for war in Iraq & Afghanistan.
-Voted NO on declaring Iraq part of War on Terror with no exit date.
-Voted YES on redeploying US troops out of Iraq starting in 90 days.

That ought to be a reality check!

I've been preaching this since 2007; claiming Bernanke is a failure is stating the obvious.  Printing money to paper over deficits, and sustain over-priced asset prices that were bidded-up during the irrational real-estate boom is idiocy..  THers like "tinsldr" seem to think that government intervention is the solution, when it is patently obviously it is the cause of this "sluggish" economy.  Some THers thought that Bernanke (during Bush's regime) was the perfect person for the job since he was an expert on the Great Depression.  

Now a Market Watch columnist is talking about the elephant in the room:

We are in a depression. 
What?  A Depression?  You mean  Bernanke got it all wrong?  Well, DUH!

Moreover, I'm not a professional economist and I can tell that it ain't over....hell it hasn't even begun to unravel.  The sky will be falling...the realities of debt have not yet hit.... but it will be obvious when it does.  All one has to do to recognize it is watch either inflation or interest rates.    You know its over when yields or inflation exceed 10%.

With all the government intervention kicking the can down the road, it is difficult to anticipate when.  But with every government kick of the can, the pain the US and the world economy will have to endure becomes that much greater.    And yes Republicans, austerity will come to our military.  Awwww, shucks.

It is a sad thing that every year since about 2004, I have been planning what to do to survive.  Bush's policies, now Obama's policies, and soon to be Mitt Romney's policies (if he can win in November) have dictated my spending on things like.

I invested in gold and silver.
I moved from the city to the country.
I have bought food insurance.
I have taken firearms and weapons training.
I have bought firearms....I am armed.  Yes, I have ammunition.
I've turned off fox news.

I would have done none of these things if not for our politicians.   So while Obama squawks about a chicken in every pot, and Mitt Romney talks about peace in the Middle East at the point of a gun, rest assure, both these men are condemning the US to third world status, and the greatest destruction of wealth and power the world has ever seen.

One of my favorite true conservative columnists, Jack Hunter, takes on the stupid party, whose adoption and adherence to neoconservatism as a political philosophy will destroy the republican party....what else can you expect from what has become the (bankrupt) party of Bush, McCain, Romney, and Lindsey Graham.

Reagan: Isolationist

This guy is a world-class idiot.  Its a small consolation we got Obama instead.

McCain wants to bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bom Syria

Can anyone say, arab spring.  How are the other foreign interventions working out?

Michael Yon says its time to throw in the towel.  Will neocons like Hughie Hewitt or Gary Bauer agree?

In a post entitled "Time to Leave Afghanistan", he writes:

This war is going to turn out badly. We are wasting lives and resources while the United States decays and other threats emerge.  We led the horse to water.

Importantly, there is no value in pretending that Pakistan is an ally. We should wish the best of luck to the Afghans, and the many peaceful Pakistanis, and accelerate our withdrawal of our main battle force. The US never has been serious about Afghanistan. Under General Petraeus we were starting to gain ground, but the current trajectory will land us in the mud.

The enemies will never beat us in Afghanistan.  Force on force, the Taliban are weak by comparison.  Yet this is their home.  There is only so much we can do at this extreme cost for the many good Afghan people.  We must reduce our main effort and concentrate on other matters.  Time to come home.

Sincerely,

Michael Yon