The Cost of War
Here is a quick video explaining how the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are going to cost $3 trillion dollars. One is of course, required to ask the questions, "Was it worth the cost? Could it ever be worth the cost?"The obvious answer is, "Of course not." Yet we're increasing the bet by increasing our presence in Afghanistan. We should not be surprised that the same government that can't operate the Post Office has difficulty managing two other countries besides its own.HT:

The Glory of War
I'm nearly finished with We Who Dared Say No To War. I just read Lew Rockwell's essay "The Glories of War." You may read it online here.Here is a brief excerpt:"War is the devil's sacrament. It promises to bind us not with God but with the nation state. It grants not life but death. It provides not liberty but slavery. It lives not on truth but on lies, and these lies are themselves said to be worthy of defense. It exalts evil and puts down the good

Politics and the Christian
Here's another brilliant piece by Doug Wilson on politics. Read it.-------------------------------------------Buy and store gold abroad at BullionVault.Get free shipping on your gold and silver purchase at Lear Capital.

Globate Climate Change Fraud
The University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit was recently hacked and data has leaked onto the internet demonstrating intentional data manipulation to demonstrate the validity of global climate change. Mish and The Market Ticker have done some good summary work on the topic. This should come as no surprise, as many were already anticipating this type of fraud, but what is so amazing to me, is the collaborative effort by so many to defraud the world. Read

One of My Patented Rants
This was originally an email, and I've revised it slightly to fit the context of a blog entry. I decided this might be a benefit to others beyond the intended recipient. I invite criticism and questions on it. --------------------I have been a skeptic of the organic food movement for as long as I've been aware of it, and am only now recently beginning to understand the dramatic shift that our food system has undergone in the past fifty years. My thinking on these matters is still not wholly formed, as I have not come to solid conclusions on many things yet. But, what I am beginning to learn, that what may look crazy by the majority of people, may in fact be comple