Comments on Pro Libertate: "True Faith And Allegiance"?

Kirk, I guess you could label me a so-called "reli...

2007-02-22T02:33:00.000-07:00

Kirk, I guess you could label me a so-called "religious right" nutjob and the politicos haven't pandered to me at all. The country is becoming ever more greedy, depraved, dumbed down, ignorant, drugged up, and dependency-minded regardless of what some clueless charismatic preacher happens to be yammering on about in the limelight of radio and TV exposure. None of that means jack in my book.

Again, this brings up the same conundrum in my mind that also plagues the so-called "WAR on Drugs." In this particular case, that would be that unless we halt ALL foreign aid to every nation, we cannot just stop assisting Israel. That would mean Egypt, the so-called "Palestinians," et al. Is that going to happen? Sigh, probably not.

On "today's" Israel. I can't grok why some folk think that the current day Israel is somehow a deception, a mirage, a con, or a fraud of some sort.

Ancient Israel wasn't a mere concept as far as I can tell (at least since the time of David, circa 950BC) from reading the Bible. It was a real political entity like ancient Babylonia, Assyria, or Persia, but was divided initially into twelve Hebrew tribes. All of the Hebraic kingdoms were united as the Kingdom of Israel under David.

So if many folk believe the Israel of today is a haphazard fraud or construction of some sort, why do today's Israeli citizens read, speak, write Hebrew, a formerly ancient and dead language? It was an essentially dead language for almost two millennia, since the AD 70 destruction of the Temple and diaspora, yet miraculously resurrected with the re-establishment of Israel in 1948.

The oath that these elected representatives took, ...

2007-02-21T15:15:00.000-07:00

The oath that these elected representatives took, invoking the holiest of Names, precludes them from feeling an “obligation” of any sort to any country other than our own – however laudable, or however infamous, that foreign nation may be.

I like how Former Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson put it:

"There is one and only one legitimate goal of United Stats foreign policy. It is a narrow goal, a nationalistic goal: the preservation of our national independence. Nothing in the Constitution grants that the president shall have the privilege of offering himself as a world leader. He is our executive; he is on our payroll; he is supposed to put our best interests in front of those of other nations. Nothing in the Constitution nor in logic grants to the president of the United States or Congress the power to influence the political life of other countries, to ‘uplift’ their cultures, to bolster their economies, to feed their people, or even defend them against their enemies."

Will,I imagine that the politicos are going to sta...

2007-02-21T09:24:00.000-07:00

Will,

I imagine that the politicos are going to start pandering to the religious right that we have to support and protect Israel from the alleged Iranian threat on the basis that to be an ally of the current political Israel is to be equated with doing God's will.

Personally, I'm not convinced that the Biblical concept of israel has much to do with the current political nation called Israel. I'm hoping that I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Kirk

Well, what else is new!?How often do they spend ta...

2007-02-20T15:27:00.000-07:00

Well, what else is new!?

How often do they spend tax dollars to shuttle themselves about the globe all the while nailing our coffins?

Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?... Ferris Bueller?

These elitists continuously wrap themselves in the flag... now which one that is I'll leave up to you. It simply boggles the mind.

And as far as the Iranian "president" goes. He can bluster and make as many "crazy" statements as he wants but ultimately he doesn't hold the reins of power. Neither has he marched armies into neighboring or non-neighboring nations on the other side of the globe.

On the other hand our resident chief-executive-psycho has blown hundreds of billions and countless thousands of lives all the while using newspeak to proclaim it "freedom".

Yes, yes, I'm sure the ghosts of those shuttled into the netherworld have been freed from any further worldly concerns. For that they must surely thank us.

Well - color me surprised...Here in S. Az - home t...

2007-02-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

Well - color me surprised...

Here in S. Az - home turf of both Kyl and Giffords - the local network news only mentioned that they'd gone to Iraq.

Mr. Grigg,I just wanted to bring to your attention...

2007-02-20T13:04:00.000-07:00

Mr. Grigg,

I just wanted to bring to your attention the fact that at the bottom of your article for the American Conservative, it lists the website for The Right Source as (http://www.therightsourceonline.com) rather than as (http://www.rightsourceonline.com). I do not have the print version of the magazine handy but I assume the same mistake is there as well.

Keep up the good work!