Something to think about ;what foreign intrigues taking place regarding america?
Prior to the Civil War and during the Civil War there were many Foreign Intrigues taking place.
These foreign countries were very encouraging regarding the secession of the South.They wanted to gain undue influence and perhaps spoils of war.
We were still a relatively new young country.
With us being divided and thus weakened we were very much exposed to possible take over.These countries were embarking on empire and wanted us.Fortunately our Union was preserved. Originally Posted by sportfisherman
From a letter by Wayne Grudem - thanks DF for the posting - a comparison of the prty polices of the Republicans and Democrats.OEB, your post is not even worthy of comment. Sorry. None of your points about the Democratic party are true. Yes, there are a handful of people who do support such measures, but very few. You are taking the extreme and making it look like the norm.
Republcan Party:
- originalist judges,
- pro-life policies,
- a stronger military,
- a free-market economic system,
- lower taxes,
- fewer government regulations,
- strong support for Israel,
- clearheaded recognition of the economic, military, and information threat of China
- a high value placed on human freedom,
- personal accountability for committing crimes,
- good jobs and school choice as the best way to help the poor,
- a strong border wall and a secure border, followed by a comprehensive reform of our immigration system,
- careful extraction and clean use of carbon-based fuels (coal, oil, natural gas),
- freedom of conscience (government should not force Christians to use their artistic skills to convey a message of approval of same-sex marriage or to use their medical skills to perform an abortion, or to use their pharmacies as the distribution point for drugs that cause abortion),
- racial inequalities in income and quality of education should primarily be solved by
- greater availability of tax-supported school choice in low-income neighborhoods,
- economic growth resulting in more and better jobs, and
- an increase in safety through an increase in police presence in high crime neighborhoods
- medical marijuana should be allowed (with a prescription from a doctor) but recreational marijuana should be prohibited, and
- restrooms, locker rooms, and single-gender sports teams should be restricted to people of one biological sex or the other.
Democrat party:
- allow abortion up to the moment of birth,
- authorize the use of our tax money to pay for abortions and gender reassignment surgery,
- cripple our economy with ever-increasing government control and taxes,
- further cripple the economy with expensive Green New Deal energy regulations,
- increase unemployment,
- weaken our military in the face of increased aggressiveness by China,
- promote a Jimmy Carter-like foreign policy of appeasement,
- abandon Israel to fend for itself,
- nullify the Senate filibuster rule (both Obama and Biden have recently spoken about this) so that all legislation can be passed with only 50 senators plus the vice president casting the tie-breaking vote,
- support the rising influence of judges who are not constrained by the original meaning of the words of the Constitution or of the laws, perhaps even adding six additional seats to the Supreme Court in order to be able to give the court a new 10-5 majority of such justices (this could be done with control of both the House, the Senate, and the presidency)
- grant statehood to both Washington DC and Puerto Rico, thus adding four more Democrats to the U.S. Senate (I have heard three US senators already predict that the Democrats would do this if they had the votes)
- support draconian laws that compel an artistic professional or a professional counselor to affirm the validity of same-sex marriage even when that is contrary to the professional person’s conscience,
- reinstate the Obama-era guidelines that required schools to allow biological males who claim to be transgender females to use girls’ bathrooms, locker rooms, and showers (the guidelines were canceled by Trump),
- allow biological males to compete in women’s sports, setting new statewide records in women’s track events and other sports
- pass multiple new, extremely strict green energy laws that will massively increase energy costs and therefore will also increase the cost of everything that is made or transported with the use of energy,
- seek to defund the police (to be precise, Biden has said he favors “redirecting” some police funding to other programs, which is a partial “defunding” of police, which will lead predictably to a substantial increase in crime),
- use violence and intimidation to nullify freedom of speech (in practice) for those who disagree with them politically,
- support open borders and sanctuary cities in defiance of the law, and that
- promote a complete federal government takeover of our healthcare system.
- and - pack the SC with radical judges to achieve a majority in the SC to advance any and all socialist policies above.
I am not a Trump fan - but the radicalism of the DPST's is chilling - they follow their violent protestors in Porltand and other cities toward a marxist rule of Amerika!
SR - who is in denial as to the senility of Biden - what say You???? Originally Posted by oeb11
I want all people to have justice. That statement alone is enough to start a riot. I want all people to have prosperity. I want all people to be treated fairly. Feel free to discus 1B1.That was absolutely horrible. That was not a protest. It was a bunch of thugs looking to score free goods.
Yesterday, there was organized riots and looting in Chicago. Caravans of cars came into the city and were met by police officers. Stores broken into. Merchandise stolen. No social distancing and few masks. How does that help anybody? Saw a store broken with probably 10K$ worth of damage. Looks like all they took was a couple of cases of soda. Originally Posted by gnadfly
OEB, your post is not even worthy of comment. Sorry. None of your points about the Democratic party are true. Yes, there are a handful of people who do support such measures, but very few. You are taking the extreme and making it look like the norm. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXXyou are floating on an iceberg in the tropics.... your old dim party is melting fast
OEB, your post is not even worthy of comment. Sorry. None of your points about the Democratic party are true. Yes, there are a handful of people who do support such measures, but very few. You are taking the extreme and making it look like the norm. Originally Posted by SpeedRacerXXX
SR - for One who vehemently denies Biden's senility - do realize that the leaders and driving force fo the DPST party are the socialist radicals - Bernie and AOC - and every word written is factual and true of the political ideology they adhere to. Biden is incapable of leading - and that is the puppet desired by the DPST radicals.Biden's senility is not among the list of points you say Democrats support. Totally different issue.
The DPST enabling of rioting . looting, and and excusing it as -"not violence" will come back to bite the DPST's in Nov, 2020!!
Justifiably so.
One can vote for rule of Law - or a violent marxist revolution - that is the choice. Originally Posted by oeb11