Randy,      Santorum: Some people have suggested that defense spending is the problem. When I was born, defense spending was 60 percent of the budget. It’s now 17 percent. If you think defense spending is the problem, then you need a remedial math class to go back to.”

In 1958, when Santorum was born, defense spending was 38 percent of the total budget: it’s now 58 percent if you count the interest on the military spending portion of total federal outlays and the costs of past wars, including veterans’ benefits and medical care.

Who needs the remedial math class?  I don't think it is us.  I think it is the man who is twisting words to achieve a certain war goal.

It is more than one subject that Santorum is back tracking on.  If it were one. Well maybe!

But, it seems to be more than just one subject.

I am pro-life for all peoples of this earth.  I will never advocate the loss of life as collateral damage.

Gingrich and Santorum are pushing the statements that we need to send not just our troops but more weapons to the middle east.  This can only mean more death.  And that death includes the death of our economy.  Morally it is wrong to fight over seas, economically it is wrong to support wars over seas, and the Constitutionality of the wars over seas is currently wrong.  There are three good strikes why we don't need to be involved in the wars in the middle east.  My main reason is because I am pro-life and I think funding or sending our troops over is morally wrong.

Again read the Creature of Jekyll Island and a couple of Ron Paul books.  Suggest to me a political or economical book that Santorum has written and I will go out and buy it and read it. 

One religions social morality is another religions taboo.  Equality and Freedom should always be observed in a higher standing than what one religion deems as immoral.  Examples are quite in-exhaustive but we could look at modern Islamic fundamentalism as a way in which a basically moral people are viewed as Satan’s children.  In this county one hundred years ago women could not vote due to religious views of the subservience of female to male.  This religious dogma still maintains practice in secluded religious based groups in America to this day.  So in these cases the first amendment was written to so that congress would not favor any one religion over another.  Freedom and equality of rights, not equality of outcomes, therefore must always be viewed in higher standing.  I can provide some in depth review of Constitutional findings in a different forum to present some balance if you prefer.

Fredrick Lindner, It seems as if you are agreeing with me.  Modern Islamic fundamentalism is a very small group of people compared to how many people practice Islam.  Just like some of the radicals in the Mormon religion are not in the same mainstream as Romney, some Christians are not with the mainstream of organized Christian religions.   I remember Jonestown, Heavens Gate, Branch Davidian, etc... they also have some belief about the immoral views of Satan's children and the world.  And again look at history.  So many wars and deaths have been over the Christian religion.  British Civil War was a "Christian" war, the crusades, and let us not forget the invasion of the America's.  The burning of the Koran by U.S. soldiers reminds me of so many other times in history where someone has tried to erase a culture and faith. I wish I could have been able to read the books in Alexander's library, the Mayan and Aztec records, the rest of the Dead Sea Scrolls collection, (which were hidden from Christians and non-believers so that they would be safe), the books the Nazi's burned, and even here in the U.S. removed books from the library that don't go with our current belief system. And yet, to come due to the Patriot Act, the control of what is being relayed through the World Wide Web.

And yes, this religious dogma does persist in religious groups today.  That is what freedom and liberty is all about.  We cannot force anyone to believe as we do.  We can only provide them with the option to live within God's Free Will.  God granted me Free Will and I don't want anyone playing god and removing that gift. I am not in favor (and neither is Ron Paul) for equality of outcomes.  This whole tax system robbing from the rich to give to the poor is just that.  Ron Paul views are you "Reap What You Sow Galatians" can be interpreted from 6:7-9 

Congress should stay out of religion completely.  It should be left to the local communities.  And whatever the local community decides as long it does not bring physical harm to those not able to defend themselves, I don't think it is any of my business. 

                   Thanks for the post!!!!  Are you a Ron Paul supporter?  If not, you may not quite realize it, but you do think like Ron Paul!