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politics, social justice and ways you can make a difference in the world around you.

Hamas frees BBC journalist

From NPR:

Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter held hostage by Islamist militants since March, has been freed. At the time of his capture, Johnston was the only Western journalist working full-time in Gaza. The Hamas movement seized full control of Gaza three weeks ago…
Hamas had demanded Johnston’s freedom since it violently seized control of Gaza last month, apparently hoping to curry favor with the West. On Tuesday, Hamas gunmen took positions around Army of Islam’s stronghold, stepping up the pressure to secure his release.

Larry Kilgore running for U.S Senate now?

Larry Kilgore, as you may recall, ran for Texas Governor in the 2006 Republican primary.
As we should all know by now, Gov. Rick Perry won that race as well as the final race in November.
Now Kilgore hopes to win a seat in the U.S. Senate and has announced his plans to run against John Cornyn next year.
On his campaign website, Kilgore compares those who allow abortion to continue with the Nazis and Nazi sympathizers in Germany:

50 million babies have been murdered through US endorsed abortion. They need the protection that God’s law provides. Some Christian leaders in the US Empire are willing to compromise on child murder; just like many of the Nazi German pastors compromised on murder of the Jewish people. The Deutsche Christen (“German Christians”) became the voice of Nazi ideology within the Evangelical Church, even advocating the removal of the Old Testament from the Bible. While some Confessing Christians moved toward open resistance against the regime, more moderate Protestants (inside and outside the Confessing Church) made what they saw as necessary compromises. As the Nazi dictatorship tightened its hold, the Confessing Church itself became paralyzed. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was one of the few church leaders who stood in courageous opposition to the Fuehrer and his policies. Will you stand up in opposition to the US government and her policies?

Kilgore is also big on turning the U.S. into a theocracy and is also running on these issues:

  • Eliminate TX budget for Prisons. $2B
  • Eliminate TX budget for health & human services. $25.5B (2 Corinthians 9:6-14, 1 Timothy 5:3-16)
  • Eliminate TX budget for government indoctrination of children. (public education). $23B
  • Texans should become independent then stop paying US taxes. $123B
  • Texas should secede because the US has sealed its doom.
  • Immediate return of Texas National Guard troops from US conscription.

More interesting viewpoints from Kilgore:

What do you think of democracy?
Democracy and Terrorism: Two Faces Of The Same Evil.

Do our citizens who never learned to support themselves, just get put somewhere away from us until they die of exposure, starvation, illness, or the like?
If Christians refuse to help the poor, widows and orphans, than we do not deserve freedom. If a lazy man does not work, he should not eat. It is not the government’s job to feed and clothe people.

Does the story of the woman caught in adultery, forgiven and released (John 8:3-11) negate the death penalty?
If God forgave the New Testament adulterer just as He forgave Old Testament adulterers, in neither instance revoking His law. God has all authority to forgive the criminal and disregard temporal punishment. Contrariwise, Men must obey God and cannot ignore punishment.

Do we empty our prisons, and let the inmates fend for themselves at the citizen’s expense?
When the prisoners are freed, a judge will have to determine what Biblical punishment is appropriate. I hope that Christians will sensibly welcome these people into their churches, businesses & homes.

While it’s not publicized on his campaign website, it’s been suggested by one local blogger that Kilgore would institute the death penalty for homosexuals. That’s good – because we all know that sin is way worse than all the others.

OPEC threatens to reduce investments

From Treehugger:

The president of OPEC said Wednesday that repeated calls by industrialized countries to reduce dependence on oil could lead to a reduction in supplies from the cartel. ‘‘Today’s policy announcements could translate into scarcity of supplies in the future,’’ Mohamed Al Hamli, president of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said at an energy conference. He noted that OPEC is made up of developing nations with limited resources, and it would be a ‘‘waste of badly needed funds’’ to invest heavily in oil production if demand is unclear.” What a clever man. He’s figured out the general idea behind OPEC customers seeking more efficient vehicles and increased reliance on renewable power. Must be why they made him OPEC President.

So in other words – if we stop using as much oil, they’ll start producing less oil? Glad to know Al Hamli is aware of the economic principal of supply and demand.

Huckabee on immigration bill

Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee had this to say about the recent immigration bill that Congress failed to pass this week:

“I was pleased to see Congress recognize the will of the American people against this amnesty bill. Illegal immigration is a serious problem. Unfortunately, now we’re hearing the excuse that politics will make immigration a dead issue until after the ’08 election. Instead of shirking their responsibility, I urge the Administration and Congress to roll up their sleeves and spend the next year-and-a-half productively doing what the American people expect them to do – seal the border. It’s not a political issue – it’s a national security issue. If our government could just show competence on this threshold issue, the American people would feel more confident about moving forward on a national immigration policy.”