crazy religious-off! Awesome! Wont happen
I think you could write an interesting case study about closeted gays growing up in conservative environments, ascending to power and fucking dudes behind the curtain.
LOL
Foreign aid is 15% of the US budget. It should be cut to something more reasonable, like 10% or even 5%.
On the one hand, Obama shouldn't be dignifying Santorum's presence in the race by responding to this. But on the other hand, this would be a good opportunity to make some remark about the religious intolerance of the right.
Wrong hypocrisy.
It would be difficult to generate public support for an invasion, certainly. But the prospective campaign would be limited to surgical strikes on Iran's nuclear infrastructure. And public support would not be necessary for such a campaign; even Congressional support would be unnecessary considering precedent on similar past strikes. Fortunately, the Administration has reacted tepidly to the prospect of a military strike, whereas the Bush Administration conducted the charge against Iraq. Thus, a military strike, while not implausible, is unlikely. Still, the current discourse is disconcertingly fraught with actors encouraging military action. Some are just itching to blitz Iran.
Undoubtedly. But the foolishness of an action has not prevented U.S. action in the past. And while I think an attack unlikely, I just wanted to take the opportunity to criticize our foreign policy establishment.
I'd say there's considerable convergence between Santorum and Evangelicals on the state of mainline protestantism. From the ordination of homosexuals to permissive doctrines regarding abortion, they view social liberalism as diametric to God's word. Thus, they attribute the substantial decline in membership to the various church's abandonment of Biblical precepts. That is, the churches are not viable because the Spirit has abandoned them.
Fixed that for you.
It could be the inevitable correction after Santorum's unsustainable boost. Regardless, it's evident Santorum's momentum has been arrested. He has nowhere to go but down.
Speaking of foreign aid, I was reminded of a new fund proposed in the president's budget designed to induce structural and institutional reforms in "transitional" regimes in the Middle East/North Africa. First, I approve of employing positive rather than punitive mechanisms. Nevertheless, the fund is inadequate; it was budgeted ~$1 billion. And although that seems substantial, it's likely insufficient to have an appreciable effect on the targeted regimes. Moreover, it suffers from the same deficiency as other aid programs by imprecisely targeting the aid. It attempts to influence the behavior of a clique from the old regime while dispersing the aid throughout society. A noble effort, but probably a waste.
I wonder which mooncalf intimated this. It could be any of them. And the best part is it whipped the deadlocked convention junkies into a frenzy.
