Jumping Blindfold: A Disastrous Decision in December '41

My memories of the last war haunted my dreams for years. Military service, to be plain, includes the threat of every temporal evil; pain and death, which is what we fear from sickness; isolation from those we love, which is what we fear from exile; toil under arbitrary masters, which is what we fear from slavery: hunger, thirst, and exposure which is what we fear from poverty. I'm not a pacifist. If it's got to be it's got to be. But the flesh is weak and selfish, and I think death would be much better than to live through another war. C.S. Lewis

The ever witty and wise, Paul Johnson once exclaimed, "Jumping blindfold off a temple is, in fact, an accurate image of the Japanese decision to go to war." (Modern Times, pg 391) 

The infamous Japanese Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto has been  erroneously quoted by Hollywood as saying, "I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant." He didn't say this but I am very sure he would agree to that misquote. He was very troubled after attacking the US and knew that Japan couldn't win a war against the US. In his striking book, The Reluctant Admiral, Hiroyuki Agawa revealed that "Yamamoto was alone" and was "sunk in depression" after the December 7th bombing of Pearl Harbor. 

Most of Japan, especially her military, were partying with barrels of Sake and Noh Mai'ing on tables. However, Yamamoto was alone and melancholy. Why was little Isoroku so sad? Well, he is noted by many historians and by works of history that he knew they couldn't win against America and her allies. Can you imagine serving your country and going to war knowing you are going to lose? Yamamoto was working for some ignoramus power hungry zealots who lacked reason. Yamamoto was not of that ilk. He was rationale, pragmatic, and intuitive; but he was a soldier who had his "honor" to his country. Tragically, bloodied-hand tyrants required his "honor." Also, you were threatened by assassination or worst, removal. Wait, that's backwards or is it?

 In Modern Times, Paul Johnson wrote that the Emperor himself was threatened with assassination if he opposed the war strategy (pg 389.) So, if your "god on earth" emperor (Divinity of the Emperor) is being told what to do and that war against the US was going to happen, then Yamamoto had to bury those worries deep with a bunch of Sake. This next quote will make you go for more rice wine. Another admiral, Nagano, said, "If I am told to fight regardless of consequences, I shall run wild considerable for the six months or a year. But I have utterly no confidence in the second or third years " (Modern Times, pg 389.) 

Sounds like a good start to begin a war, right? Why should this surprise us? Japan is not the only nation who "jumped blindfolded" with starting wars. They had a grand and glorious plan of controlling the ocean and all the islands in the pacific. They were going to use all those resources to make their country mighty and sustain power for centuries. They would be safer with a whole hemisphere in their grasp. No more oil embargoes would hurt them. Their plans were trumped up and legitimized through political rhetoric and flawed traditions that tasted sweet at first but once you really digested the noble plans or ideas, it became very bitter. It was bitter from the beginning with Yamamoto. 

 America, although, not an aggressor like the Empire of Japan was, has jumped blindfolded in our pursuits in noble wars that were not only foolish but illegal and morally wrong. Wars that were legitimized through rhetoric and fear mongering.  

I know what you are thinking? No! WWII was a necessary war.

Those bombs that dropped on Pearl Harbor were our invitation to join. America was attacked and the conquest of Europe threatened Americans and America's sovereignty. America and the rest of the free world was in danger and we rightfully awoke from slumber after December 7th, 1941. The greatest fighting force in the world took on tyranny and defended liberty. America fought and persevered from that "date that would live in infamy" and the small remnant of liberty that remains today is because of the sacrifices and unbelievable courage of Americans in those dark days. This great achievement must not, along with other necessary wars, be used to justify those unnecessary wars. We must not jump blindfolded for "spreading democracy" or some other rhetoric phrase. Conquest, aggression, and tyrannical occupation of other countries are not the only wrong reasons for war. 

Yamamoto was an officer for his Emperor's army who did his job as a soldier. Yet, he was blinded against his will by the decision of the leadership and they made one very disastrous decision in December of '41 that left their country decimated from two atomic bombs. Devastation and death was also suffered by our men and women of the military and civilians at Pearl Harbor. Over 1200 lives were lost. They are nothing less than heroes who's deaths should never be forgotten. Let us not forget the hundreds of thousands of Japanese killed because of their leaders jumping blindfolded. I am not asking for your sympathy towards the Japanese over the American's lives. War is the focal point here. War seems proven time and time again, over history and all the accounts recorded, to be a blindfolded jump with very few instances of clear justification. America was of course justified in engaging and war was legally declared and it was managed properly with liberty as the goal and nothing else. This disastrous decision in December '41 must never be forgotten nor should the impact and decisions to go to war. 

WW2 Pics (Pacific) 

P.S. The Japanese soldiers were vicious, cruel, soulless, torturous, heartless, rapists, murderers, and just animals. They needed to be dealt with brutal force and we gave it to them but not after much carnage, especially the women that were brutalized. 

Americans and 9/11

We must hear the terror from inside the towers to never forget and to be reminded that evil exists. Yes, I do believe in evil and I hope you do too. But where there is evil, there is American resolve, strength, and unity. The question should be asked; when does America with all faiths and different ideas unite?  Should it be war or national tragedies that unite? How about a common desire for liberty to be protected and expanded. How about a common love for liberty and this country's principles set forth in our constitution? America at her core along with her liberties must never be changed but we as individuals can change. The video is emotionally hard to listen to but it is necessary.

These Americans of all faiths and ethnicity were denied their liberties and right to life by a cruel, violent, and unjustified act. We can thank God that more were not killed. Many more were saved because of other brave American first responders. We must strive to love others and fight to protect American lives but mainly to protect our liberties. When the response of war comes the line becomes blurry. Nevertheless, the 9/11 memorial day is not for politics or debate on foreign policy but a day to remember, pray, and prudent resourcefulness. We must pray for the sadness that the families endure every time this day comes around. We must also pray for the military and their families because they suffered extreme losses in the wars that followed. I love this country and I love the principles it was founded upon. Those Americans who died rescuing others during that terrible day exemplified what America stands for. Please, don't forget and please don't be lackadaisical towards this country-get involved.

I want to end this blog entry with some good quotes from C.S. Lewis on grief and loss.

“The death of a beloved is an amputation.” 
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“For in grief nothing "stays put." One keeps on emerging from a phase, but it always recurs. Round and round. Everything repeats. Am I going in circles, or dare I hope I am on a spiral?

But if a spiral, am I going up or down it?

How often -- will it be for always? -- how often will the vast emptiness astonish me like a complete novelty and make me say, "I never realized my loss till this moment"? The same leg is cut off time after time.” 
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

“I thought I could describe a state; make a map of sorrow. Sorrow, hoever, turns out to be not a state but a process.” 
― C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Video: Majority Rule is not "Just Democracy" nor is it "Truly American"

Something that you should be made aware of is this fallacious reasoning that somehow American democracy is "majority rule" or should be more of "majority rule" as opposed to individual rights/liberty. Professor Munger in the video below punches holes in that Platonic theory. Munger rightfully claims "This distinctly American conception of 'protection against majorities' has been eroded" since the writing of the Bill of Rights. "Tyranny by the majority is not synonymous with Democracy" nor is it an American ideal. The American  ideal and the right system is that the government protects the individual and the individual's liberty/natural rights against the majority. The video cites the case, Kelo v. City of New London, 545 U.S. 469 (2005), which is a solemn case of when the poisonous despotic theory of Majority Rule overshadows individual rights of property. 

"Majority rule must not be confused with a just democratic government." Our Constitution was written to protect the individual, period. Read the Constitution for yourself.  This is what my blog is about. It is about educating and inspiring Americans to side with liberty and to support leaders who will defend our liberties. You can theorize all you want on what type of "democracy" you like; but if it is not pro-individual liberty, then your claim to be supporting the Constitution is perfidious.  Please watch the video below and side with individual liberty. 

What I Learned At The Brewery This Summer (2012)

            In life, I always try to incorporate experience into book knowledge and vice versa.  This process helps me better discern the nature of reality as it is.  This summer, I discovered the profound nature of unbelief through some of my co-workers of different faiths and ideologies.  The book knowledge I was testing against reality happened to be that knowledge found in the Holy Bible.  It says many things about the human condition and I found them all to be true by observing those in the brewery. 

            First, I will point out a few contrasts between the Believer and the ex-Believer.  The Christian faith openly confesses that life in Christ is about growth and increasing in knowledge (Col. 1:10, 2 Pet. 3:18).  This implies that one has not yet “arrived” and so it creates in the heart of the Christian a natural humility and understanding of his own smallness (as in Paul, Phil. 3:12).  By contrast, the former Christian ostentatiously declares himself to have arrived at a higher “enlightenment” because he has left the Christian Church.[1]  He says that his “horizons have been broadened,” when in fact he has become more intolerant of Christ than the Christian is of him.  The truth is that he has narrowed his horizons by cutting off all association with and rumination of the truth claims of Christianity.  He does not read books supporting the Christian faith because he has already decided in his heart that it cannot be true.  Still, in his own mind, he thinks he is open and the Christian is closed.  What is so interesting about this is that the Bible says that God will send a strong delusion on those who reject the “love of the truth.”[2]  When one is rejecting the love of the Savior, Jesus Christ, he already lends himself to be deceived. 

            Another contrast so apparent in my observation is the ex-Believer’s view of sin.  There is nothing so revolting to modern man as the idea that he is wicked innately.  However, what I find even sadder than this understanding of reality is the idea that one could be innately sinful and yet deny it vociferously.  If man is “born into sin” as the Scriptures say he is, then what could be a more depressing thought than that he deludes himself by denying such a truth?  Indeed the apostle John says, “If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (I Jn. 1:8).  To say one is “naturally good” is the worst kind of deception, it’s self-deception. All humans acknowledge that they are “not perfect.”  But they only have little standards at their workplace or their home to live up to.  They lack the big picture.  If one looks at the big picture of life then being “not perfect” is seen for what it really is, it is sin against the Creator and this imperfection is obviously part of every human’s experience.

            Although there are a number of contrasts between the Christian faith and the faith of New Agers, Agnostics, and Antitheists, there are also many parallels.  It is almost comedic to step back from the whole Christian with non-Christian encounter and see what is going on.  While the non-Christian accuses the Believer of just “having faith,” he clings to his own faith that this world’s pleasures will be enough for him and he can work through the next life when he gets there.  That is a faith belief.  To think that one can reject Jesus Christ and not face judgment is a faith belief.  To trust every author who detracts from the Christian message is a faith belief.  In fact, to choose reason over faith, one must have faith in reason itself. 

            Further, while the Agnostic accuses the believer of attending church and believing in an afterlife as a crutch, he not so subtly uses the pleasures of life as his own crutch.  He quotes movies as his Scripture, he sings secular music as his hymns, and he indulges in the smoking of Marijuana as his equivalent for “experiencing God’s Spirit.”  He attends the Church of Unbelievers and they comfort him and encourage him in his Agnosticism or Antitheism.  When they speak something against God, he says “amen” in his heart and when they talk of the pleasures of sin, he is encouraged in his faith.  All the while, he is suspicious that maybe God is there and maybe he will judge him when he dies.  And since he must not be discouraged by this thought, he continues to smoke, continues to indulge in sexual pleasures, continues to feed himself the meaningless buss of his electronics, and continues to surround himself with those of a similar faith.  He wants God as far from his consciousness as possible so that all that is left is his own will and his own desires to fulfill.

            While the Believer’s worldview is about loving God and loving people, the Unbeliever’s philosophy is about serving his appetites, avoiding restrictions, and being “a good person,” which might involve helping people out as well.   He views the Christian as a slave to guilt and a system that he can never measure up to, while pretending that he himself is free by avoiding religion.  Yet, even Bob Dylan points out a fundamental truth of the Bible in his song, “Gotta Serve Somebody.”  The lyrics are like this:

            You might be a rock ’n’ roll addict prancing on the stage

            You might have drugs at your command, women in a cage

            You may be a businessman or some high-degree thief

            They may call you Doctor or they may call you Chief

            But you’re gonna have to serve somebody, yes indeed

            You’re gonna have to serve somebody

             Well, it may be the devil or it may be the Lord

             But you’re gonna have to serve somebody

Dylan discovered the same truth the Apostle Paul did around 2,000 years ago when he wrote to the Christians in Rome, “Do you not know that if you present yourselves to anyone as obedient slaves, you are slaves of the one whom you obey, either of sin, which leads to death, or of obedience, which leads to righteousness?” (Rom. 6:16).  Dylan, like Paul, understood that there are higher powers above humans and that we are by nature slaves, whether to the “Devil or to the Lord.”[3]  On the day of Jesus, Paul says that “God will judge the secrets of men” (Rom. 2:16). 

            And so it is seen that the unbeliever has rituals and rites as much as the Christian.  This makes sense because it is exactly how the Bible describes the human condition.  Solomon said over 3,000 years ago, that God has “set eternity” in men’s hearts (Eccl. 3:11).  There is something in the human being that makes him long for a greater pleasure, a greater enlightenment, a greater high.  What I find so ironic is that many reject Christianity out of hand because it dominates American culture and has dominated Western society for a few hundred years.  They presume that the greater wisdom they seek for must be somewhere else than where Church-goers are looking.  Jesus spoke of how God conceals deeper truths from Nietzsche-like  thinkers who pretend that they are so much wiser than the “herd.”  Jesus says, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children” (Mat. 11:25).[4]  God wants all men to know his love, but Agnostics reject it because of their sinful nature, which they sadly deny as existing.

            This summer, I observed in the brewery that the Bible’s idea that men naturally reject the Truth of God is indeed how reality is.  No one wants some authority to “rule their life,” but then the Christian claim is that Truth ought to decide that, not a willingness or unwillingness to live by whatever might be true.  In spite of this obvious resistance, God is patient toward all unbelievers and loves them despite their self-delusions. All Christians know that God loved them while they were yet dead in their sins and so the authentic Christian attitude is one of humility, patience, and love for all who have not yet been reconciled to their Creator (Eph. 2:4-5).

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[1] Which is exactly how the Bible describes the foolishness of ungodliness in Romans 1:22 saying, that those who have left God are one’s who “claiming to be wise, they became fools.”

[2] They received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.  And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie (2 Thess. 2:10-11). 

[3] Our very appetites are themselves strong forces that coerce us, and so what it means to be free is very complicated.

[4] Paul adds that “God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong” (1Co 1:27).

Lady Liberty is Crying

The gift was ten years late. 

The Pedestal of Lady of Liberty

It was 1876, and the centennial celebration was underway for that glorious day back in 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was signed. America and France were in negotiations and plans to construct the famous gift of "Lady Liberty," aka, Statue of Liberty. Construction started in the 1860's and was planned to be completed by the Centennial Celebration of 1876. America agreed to construct the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty to rest on. France constructed the rest of Lady Liberty. Fundraising was actually hard to attain for this statue on both sides of the Atlantic. Furthermore, the time, the men, and the materials arranged also added to the delay. So, ten years off the due date, the Statue of Liberty was delivered to New York Harbor. President Grover Cleveland gave the dedication speech. These words are not widely known nor are they reproduced like other presidential speech lines (ie. JFK's "what you can do for your country"). However, the passage was profound and a promise. A promise that has not been kept. 


What were President Cleveland's powerful words that have been predominately left on the dust heap of history? 

We will not forget that liberty here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.

America is the home for liberty. Alexis de Tocqueville wrote Democracy in America in 1835 and had some of the most awe-inspiring statements about America that modern day American politicians can't even come close to saying. What is more sad is that Tocqueville was a French citizen and his words can't be matched now-a-days. If so, it is with a small group of virtuous politicians. In reference to America being the home for liberty, Tocqueville said the following:

Americans believe their freedom to be the best instrument and surest safeguard of their welfare . . .that their chief business is to secure for themselves a government which will allow them to acquire the things they covet and which will not debar them from the peaceful enjoyment of those possessions which they have already acquired.

Tocqueville further said, "At the present time, the liberty of association has become the necessary guarantee against the tyranny of the majority." What Tocqueville was proclaiming in his great work was that America was a home for liberty where the individual had soverigenty and rights as opposed to a tyrannical democratic majority. His book had the title of democracy but Tocqueville was excited that this young country had a type of Democracy that extolled individual liberty and protected it. In fact, the US was not a Democracy but a Constitutional Republic. What is more, Tocqueville said, "...the Federal Constitution...disavowed beforehand the habitual use of compulsion in enforcing the decision of the majority." He continues, "The great end of justice is to substitute the notion of right for that of violence and to place a legal barrier between the government and the use of physical force." Some of our Founding Fathers agreed with Tocqueville. Benjamin Franklin said, "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." You guessed it, it was America that Franklin abode. He also said, "Freedom is not a gift bestowed upon us by other men, but a right that belongs to us by the laws of God and nature." 

Lady Liberty was a gift bestowed by other men but her meaning is rooted deep into the intertwining of America's fabric. Benjamin Franklin said in reference to America's purpose: 

"God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country." 

The love of liberty was the purpose. America was the home of liberty. 

Now, what about the altar? What was President Cleveland talking about when he said, "nor shall her chosen altar be neglected." That sounds religious. I know you Progressives are just mad has heck seeing that word. There is something sacred about the word altar. I think Thomas Jefferson described it best when he wrote to Benjamin Rush, another Founding Father. He said, "...for I have sworn upon the altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." So, there is a link between God and the altar that President Cleveland was talking about. America was and supposedly still is a Christian nation. I am a Libertarian and I do agree upon historical fact of our founding that America is a Christian nation. On the contrary, I am not obligated to believe that morality and personal choice needs to be legislated by the Government. However, this means that there is something sacred to America's love of liberty. There is something sacred to America's original intent to fighting the War for Independence, to writing the Constitution, and to form a Government independent of foreign rule. Liberty is sacred and tyranny is evil. 

The question is now posed to our current generation. Have we neglected Lady Liberty's chosen altar? I can go down the line of the tyrannical moves by our government over the last 20 years. Yet, we are currently under the Obama administration and I will focus on that. Apart from his various unconstitutional moves, (ie. using Executive Powers improperly) under Obama, two bills have passed with his signature that have neglected the altar. 


First, the NDAA bill sadly passed, which declares the American homeland as another "front" to the "War on Terror." Furthermore, it allows Americans to be indefinitely detained. All Americans are now "terror suspects." We even now have drones flying around in the sky to spy on Americans. I discussed the NDAA more in a previous entry regarding liberty and security here.

Second, the already infamous, Obamacare or what I liked to call, Marxistcare was passed. It was then solidified by faulty reasoning by the Supreme Court. I'm sure our good comrades from past to present, like Karl Marx, Lenin, Mao, Castro, and our Red buddy, Hugo Chavez are honored by this achievement. Oh, and let's not forget the greedy Progressives that are making millions off this new Communist system of healthcare, like Obama's campaign strategist and crony, David Axelrod. Check out this article that lays it all out. 


Lady Liberty was not only assaulted, she was beaten to a bloody pulp with Obamacare. Liberty was supposed to be protected by the sacred Constitution. Obamacare is unconstitutional. The government can't force an individual to enter into private contract or to purchase anything for just existing. The government can't force the individual to enter commerce. Fortunately, the Supreme Court did strike down the argument for the Commerce Clause. But this is where the whole bill needed to be struck down. The mandate was rendered unconstitutional but Roberts, the surprise swing vote, erroneously reasoned that it was a tax. He and some of the other Progressive justices rewrote the Bill. Obama and his cronies argued that it was not a tax. The government's attorneys argued that it wasn't a tax. Even more outrageously, the lawyers argued alongside the non-tax argument that it was a tax at some instances. This was because the IRS was going to enforce it. 


Now, I know the political maneuvering by the Republicans is to say that it is a tax. This is fine because it technically is now and this is a massive tax on Americans. Hence, it is a wrong move by a incumbent president nearing the end of his first term and up for re-election. But, putting politics aside, this was a loss for liberty not a gain. 


Lady Liberty is crying. Our country has moved from being the home of liberty to the facilitator of tyranny. The individual can now be compelled, coerced, and forced by the violent arm of the government to do whatever said Government wants. Any unconstitutional acts of Congress that assess penalties accompanied along with a mandate can now be rationalized as a "tax." It can be rationalized because the IRS will enforce and that there is ignorant Supreme Court precedence to support it. Our healthcare system is now on the road to other failed systems throughout Europe and even our above neighbor, Canada. Canada's supreme court declared in Chaoulli v. Quebec that their government mandated and centralized control over the healthcare system was violating human rights. Source

Below is a video of the political progressive hack economist, Kruegman, asking some Canadian students whether their healthcare system was terrible. He first asked them to raise their hands if they are Canadian. He then asked how many of them believed their system was terrible. All hands remained. Please watch.

Individual liberty and its protection by the Constitution has become irrelevant. The Constitution is perceived by many and sadly, many in our Government as nothing more than a paper document. Our liberty is then nothing more than a word written on paper. Lady Liberty is nothing more than a statue. The sacred altar that she rests on is just kooky old, American religious talk. Liberty is something that just crazy Right-wing racists talk about. What is more, the FBI now considers you a terrorist  if you have a love or strong desire for individual liberty. Government tyranny is the most reasonable and compassionate. Individual liberty and creating success and wealth is selfish and greedy.

Will you be a son and daughter of liberty to continue carrying on that torch in Lady Liberty's hand? We must fight to preserve individual liberty. We must debate, warn, write, vote, and just get involved to effect our political system for good. To bring back leaders like Grover Cleveland and our Founding Fathers who spoke and believed that America was the home for liberty and that we must not neglect the sacred altar. Lady Liberty is crying as were many liberty-minded Americans when Marxistcare was upheld. However, girls don't cry, they get even. Lady Liberty still carries the torch and so can you. I know I will.

Supreme Court Sides with Lunacy and Tyranny: The Individual Mandate is Upheld

This is a developing blog story regarding the Healthcare law, "Obamacare." The bill itself does not describe the penalty as a tax. However, it appears that the Supreme Court has upheld the mandate as a "tax."

This is complete lunacy. From what I read of the law and what I heard from the Government's attorneys that it is a penalty and forces people to enter into private contracts for just existing. They believe they have power under the commerce clause but that is a complete lie. Justice Roberts seemed to have sided with the side of lunacy and tyranny and upheld the individual mandate and further upheld the ACA. He folded to the pressure from the Progressive Marxists that have attacked the court as "illegitimate" if they don't uphold the law. Justice Roberts is a weak man who betrayed his principles. And it appears that Justice Kennedy, the more Left-minded judge has dissented which makes Roberts look very bad.

This is a very sad and despicable time in the history of this country. The Constitution seems to be a useless paper document in the hands of this tyrannical presidency.

There will be more a detailed blog entry later regarding this at a later time.

Hating Rand Paul

I have this strange feeling that Christians and even Non-Christian Ron Paul supporters believe that Rand Paul is likened to the Prodigal Son character from the Bible. The Prodigal Son turned his back on his father, took his ineritence early, and left, conforming to the world's standards. He ultimately ended up penniless, friendless, living in the muck and mire with the swine. The Prodigal Son does return to his father. I guess the only difference is that most people believe Rand is in with the swines for good.

Most Ron Paul, Libertarian, or anti-government/conspiratorial blogs, forums, and groups have such visceral and at times, libelous rhetoric towards Dr. Rand Paul.  Source 1; Source 2; Source 3.


One article calls Rand Paul, a "dangerous pragmatist who will compromise with the establishment and its neocon wing of forever war advocates and Israel-centric fanatics." 

Why?

People feel betrayed and think Rand Paul has "sold" out. The conspiracy theorists believe that the NWO (New World Order) crowd coerced him some way or paid him off. What is more, he IS part of the NWO.

I must take a moment to...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Yes, I laughed at that last part. I will not delve deep into the NWO and Rand Paul connection; because this accusation is utter lunacy. Rand Paul is not part of the NWO or the NWO Wolfpack.

For you WCW fans. :)

I have been supporting Ron Paul since 2007. I was that "guy" who wore the Ron Paul buttons back in 2008 on my college campus. I would have spirited debates with Liberal Progressives, Conservatives, and Independents. Check out my older entry "How Liberty Found Me" here.

Ron Paul has been so integral in my life when it comes to my political philosophy and love for this country. He bravely stands up to the oftentimes corrupt Two Party system. He courageously fights for Individual Liberty and a sensible Constitutionally-sound foreign policy. He articulated and rightfully argued for limited government and private property rights. He has and continues to fight this behemoth, Leviathan regulatory State.

And so does his, son, Rand Paul! Furthermore, Rand Paul is following his dad's footsteps in working through the Republican party to advance the cause of Liberty. Like his dad, Rand Paul is endorsing the Republican nominee. Ron Paul has done the same thing in past with Ronald Reagan. I am not saying, Mitt Romney is anything like Ronald Reagan, just emphasizing the nominating factor.

Not only is Rand Paul playing the political game you must do in this Two Party system, he has proven with his record that he is a crusader for Liberty. He is on the front lines for the Constitution and our Natural Rights. He fights the over regulatory State and has taken on the TSA. Check out his record! Here, Here, Here, and Here.

Lastly, Rand Paul needs to be the presidential nomination in 2016. Do you think he'd have a chance if he didn't endorse Romney? No! Rand Paul has not sold out and if you are going by that logic then you must say Ron Paul and other more Libertarian-minded politicians are "sell-outs" for working the process through the Republican Party. Jack Hunter, who works on the Ron Paul campaign issued this concise video on why it was "right" to endorse Romney.

I am not going to hate Rand Paul and I am not going to condemn him. What he has done for Liberty and what he will continue to do should be enough to convince you he is not a "betrayer" or "sell-out." He must go through the Two Party system like his dad. I encourage the reader to not hate Rand Paul but to continue to fight for Liberty. Continue to read and study the Constitution and current events. Stand for Individual Liberty and limited government. Continue to look to Rand Paul and Ron Paul to learn and to be inspired.

I will give my personal take on it now. I do think that it was too early to endorse but I also don't know exactly Rand's game plan. It may have been done at the "right" time but I believe it was inappropriately early. I was shocked and disappointed that he would so openly endorse Mitt Romney. However, I believe that it is altruistic for the Liberty movement in America. If I am wrong about his intentions, then I will deal with it and own up to it.

Hating Rand Paul might be a means to vent for those frustrated with American politics over last nine years. It may seem he is a prodigal son that has sunk into the swine's mire. We must, however, remember that Rand Paul is on our side-the side of Liberty. He will continue to have a great influence and may be a greater influence than Ron Paul if he can secure a Vice Presidential position or the Presidential Nominee in 2016.

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Here are some videos to check out regarding Rand Paul.