Rational Nation USA

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Rick (Frothy) Santorum Coming as no surprise Rick (Frothy) Santorum has pulled away from the pack in bible belt Alabama. His frothiness continues to gain ground running as "the will of God" candidate on a platform of extreme social conservatism that is blind to civil liberties and particularity women's rights. A candidate for pre revolutionary days perhaps, with his head so far up where the sun don't shine while proclaiming he sees light, he is destined to the pile of has beens like Senator McCarthy of old. From Second Front : With Alabama’s March 13 primary looking more and more important, Rick Santorum leads the rest of the Republican field in a poll conducted by Alabama State University. Santorum leads with 28 percent of likely GOP primary voters, while Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney trail with 18.9 percent and 18.3 percent, respectively. Texas Congressman Ron Paul was not included in the pol...

by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny It has been said that the basic difference between the republican party and the democratic party is this... the democratic party wants to control your wallets and or pocketbooks, the republican party your personal life, particularly your sex life. The party professing the moral high ground also just happens to be a party of hypocrites. Frankly the truth is... well, there is truth in the foregoing observation if it is modified just a bit. Both parties want into the wallets and pocketbooks of the citizenry, They both will willing spend money we don't have, the difference is in the detail. Democrats want to expand social legislation and programs and pay for it by increased taxation. Republicans want the greatest world police force and military and will pay for it through borrowing. Neither are averse to deficit Keynesian spending when it fits their agenda. Either way the country continues its reckless descent towards...