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Comment on Open Letter to Rep. Kate Segal; Sponsor of Michigan’s ‘Religious Absence’ Bill by Kate Segal's HB 4454 Threatens Religious Liberty in Michigan | PaleoCrat Tribune

Wed, 08 May 2013 06:33:02 +0000

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Comment on In Our Founding Fathers We Trust by Paleo

Paleo — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:28:56 +0000

I remember the years I spent defending the notion that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, especially during my time with New Jersey League of American Families and the Constitution Party. I relied heavily on the works of WallBuilders’ David Barton, American Vision’s Gary DeMar, and Chalcedon’s R.J. Rushdoony. It wasn’t long, though, before I stumbled on the works of Dr. Gary North. He’s a Christian Reconstructionist–so no one can fault him for opposing theocracy–but he differed from the likes of Barton, DeMar and Rushdoony in so far as he insists that the federal founding of the United States was a kind of secular coup d’etat. His position, which I have yet to see refuted, is that the federalists were largely influenced by the philosophies of Freemasonry and the Scottish Enlightenment, as well as the theology of Isaac Newton and John Witherspoon. North goes into great detail about the Christian settlers, their ruling documents, the colonial constitutions, the shift in academia and law regarding covenants and constitutions, and the way that the federalists handled the convention, making it practically impossible for the devout, orthodox Protestants (most of whom were Anti-Federalists) from attending. He also spends a great deal of time discussing the significance of the “no religious test” clause in Article VI, Section 3 of the Constitution–comparing that with state constitutions and the Articles of Confederation. It’s a very, very deep book, and it’s one that I encourage anyone interested in this issue to read. In my opinion, it answers “Was American founded as a Christian nation?” with a definitive “no!”

Here are some PDF links:

Conspiracy in Philadelphia: The Origin of the United States Constitution
http://www.garynorth.com/philadelphia.pdf

Political Polytheism: Appendix B: Rushdoony on the Constitution: pg. 675
http://www.garynorth.com/freebooks/docs/pdf/political_polytheism.pdf

Appendix B is a criticism of R.J. Rushdoony, one of the most intellectual and influential peddlers of the “Christian Nation Myth.” Rushdoony also happened to be his father-in-law.

PS – Dilyn Corner of PaleoRadio bought this book in hardcover after seeing it at my home and hearing of its content. As I said, North is a theocrat hoping to reconstruct America as a truly Christian nation with a political economy rooted in the bible–including the Old Testament case laws–so his criticism of the Christian nation myth is all the more difficult for Christian revisionists to cast aside.

Comment on Thank the Gods, I’m Not Rush Limbaugh! by Randy LaMonda

Randy LaMonda — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 21:58:28 +0000

I actually had considered the tax purpose angle to same sex marriage. My wife has told me that if I ever die before her, she’d not remarry. But, she did say that if she could join with her best friend to live out her life and to share expenses, she would. This wouldn’t be a sexual union but a survvival union. As a couple though, my wife and her friend would get benefits if they were married.

Comment on American History: 350.org “Forward on Climate” Rally by 5 Ways You Can Share Pages and Posts. | PaleoRadio

5 Ways You Can Share Pages and Posts. | PaleoRadio — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 23:50:37 +0000

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Comment on Federalist Papers in Review: Introduction by JD Sullivan, Producer

JD Sullivan, Producer — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:04:15 +0000

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Comment on Obamacare v Ryancare: Claims & Facts by Mark Luxford

Mark Luxford — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 20:27:03 +0000

It appears as if the concerns about block grants raised by the editor are valid. I came across a couple of interesting articles. Both of them are a few years old, but it’s the underlying concepts that are important:

http://www.nhchallenge.org/news/medicaid_blockgrants.htm

http://www.ignet.gov/pande/id/blgrant.pdf

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Comment on Romney Has An Ipod by JD Sullivan - Why I Became a Paleocrat | Jeremiah Thomas Bannister

JD Sullivan - Why I Became a Paleocrat | Jeremiah Thomas Bannister — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 06:42:02 +0000

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Comment on Day 119 (T 7/10/12) An Incremental Step by Rate Crimes

Rate Crimes — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 21:01:35 +0000

A caller asked today why the U.S. would want to curtail our cunsumption of fossil fuels, if we could not also curtail other nations’ consumption.

The responsibilities born of our history of profligate consumption aside, the central issue is not who will first lose the race to consume the entirety of limited resources, but is rather who will win the race to power our society with renewable energy resources.