Latter-day Liberty: A Gospel Approach to Government and Politics
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Our dollar has been in trouble for a while. Things are not getting better (which means, yes, they are getting worse). The following are some links containing information regarding our dollar that I’ve recently come across.
photo credit: SmackNally As the LA Times reports, some economists are claiming that the destruction caused in the San Diego fires will be beneficial to the economy: In fact, some observers see a boon to areas such as construction, which is down 28,600 jobs through September, a 3% decline from the previous year, according to [...]
I’m from San Diego. Specifically, a suburb named Poway. Four years ago nearly to the day, Poway was ravaged by the Cedar fires—the worst fire in San Diego’s history. Some stats on that fire: 273,246 acres burned 113 injuries 15 deaths The fire spread at a rate of 3600 acres per hour in the first [...]
photo credit: timothy_m_runtz Like the experienced doctor he is, Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) has diagnosed a major problem in America and issued a prescription. That prescription is a bill he introduced on Monday, October 15 titled the “American Freedom Agenda Act of 2007″ (H.R. 3835). In introducing this bill, Rep. Paul commented as follows: This [...]
I recently came across the following two quotes from Brigham Young regarding public (“free”) education. Quite interesting. I am opposed to free education as much as I am opposed to taking property from one man and giving it to another who knows not how to take care of it… I do not believe in allowing [...]
photo credit: ronpaul2008 Two of my favorite things in one: Ron Paul, and an iPhone. Nice.
photo credit: avalokist Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, believed by some to be a man of questionable morals and intent, has just demonstrated his true colors by signing into law, on a late Friday under the media’s radar, four bills that promote homosexuality and all manners of evil, immoral conduct. The Campaign for Children and Families, who [...]
photo credit: harmony19490 The responsibility to safeguard liberty and keep the government in check belongs to each citizen of this nation. No true patriot nor concerned citizen should ever outsource, delegate, or shirk such a duty. This duty requires that we not only fight to ensure our own personal liberty, but that of each person [...]
photo credit: trey_speyrer At a BYU forum yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (a Latter-day Saint) mentioned that he feels being a Democrat and Mormon are not irreconcilable identities. “My faith and political beliefs are deeply intertwined. I am a Democrat because I am a Mormon, not in spite of it,” he said. Speaking to [...]
photo credit: melissanikol One of the most misunderstood and misapplied clauses in the Constitution is found in the preamble, which states that the Constitution was ordained and established “in Order to … promote the general Welfare”. What is general welfare? What does this phrase empower the government to do? Has the interpretation of this phrase [...]
Although the formal membership in the [Council on Foreign Relations] is composed of close to 1500 of the most elite names in the worlds of government, labor, business, finance, communications, the foundations, and the academy — and despite the fact that it has staffed almost every key position of every administration since those of FDR [...]
This just in: Utah voters are morons. When will Utahns see the light? Or rather, will they ever? I’m not holding my breath.
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