Comments on Pro Libertate: Our Ripening Reich

Robert Schuller and one of his most ambitious disc...

2007-08-23T01:53:00.000-06:00

Robert Schuller and one of his most ambitious disciples, Rick Warren, most probably would represent the archetype of America's version of so-called "Positive Christianity" in my view.

On A Hill They Call CapitalClick here to read Baco...

2007-08-21T10:39:00.000-06:00

On A Hill They Call Capital

Click here to read Bacon's Rebellion review

Click here to read the Washington Post Review

At Last, a Political Thriller that Libertarians Ca...

2007-08-21T10:37:00.000-06:00

At Last, a Political Thriller that Libertarians Can Love

From Bacon's Rebellion: http://baconsrebellion.blogspot.com/2007/08/at-last-political-thriller-plot-that_21.html#comments

If Jim Bowden pens political potboilers reflecting the perspective of the evangelical wing of the conservative movement (See “At Last, a Political-Thriller that Cultural Conservatives Can Love”), Matt Carson reflects the libertarian wing. In his slender, self-published novel, “On a Hill They Call Capital,” Carson places a gang of wise-cracking, tobacco-chewing good ol’ boys from Rappahannock County at the center of a plot to spark a second American revolution.

In the world of Matt Carson, a Northern Virginia writer, government has become the leviathan state. The governing class, in the words of Ronald Reagan, has taken on the attitude, “If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” In a post 9/11 twist, government doesn’t threaten only economic liberties, it undermines their civil liberties. To Carson, the Patriot Act aims a double-barreled, sawed-off shotgun at the Bill of Rights.

Ah, the Clergy Response Team. This is closely rela...

2007-08-19T08:10:00.000-06:00

Ah, the Clergy Response Team. This is closely related to the efforts in Central Texas to pesuade rural churches to join a similar response network to dispense antidotes in case of chemical attacks. "Your volunteers and their families will be the first to get the medicines!" Our church soundly rejected joining any federal programs. The Clergy Response stuff came out a short time later, and no one contacted the clergy in our area.

This is far from what the Founding Fathers envisio...

2007-08-18T15:01:00.000-06:00

This is far from what the Founding Fathers envisioned. They did not want the president to be king or emperor. They did not want the Executive Branch to be-all-powerful.

Faith Based Initiatives and Clergy Response Teams,...

2007-08-17T23:40:00.000-06:00

Faith Based Initiatives and Clergy Response Teams, although envisioned as well intentioned programs, may be inching America closer to the kind of dark authoritarian state portrayed in the movie "V is for Vendetta". America's religious leaders should realize that the Federal Government rarely funds anything without attaching "strings". Jeopardizing the independence and integrity of one's faith/sect in such a "partnership" should be rejected as too high a cost to pay.

Madness?THIS IS AMERICAAAAAAA!

2007-08-17T22:28:00.000-06:00

Madness?

THIS IS AMERICAAAAAAA!

Great as always. "Solid as steel"? Who is this guy...

2007-08-17T20:52:00.000-06:00

Great as always.

"Solid as steel"? Who is this guy? Joe Stalin? Kim Jong-Il?

Proverbs 6:16-17 tells us that God hates hands that shed innocent blood. How can Christians promote this madness?

In an unusual move at the end of last month (or th...

2007-08-17T14:56:00.000-06:00

In an unusual move at the end of last month (or there abouts), a call went out to all former Army recruiters, still on active duty, to head back to their recruiting stations for an unspecified time. The order came with only 2 to 3 days to prepare to leave their current Army units. Was this to prepare for a mass recruiting effort after one of those expectected terrorist attacks? Guess time will tell.