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America's real party system-Part 1

[Every now and then something I read produces a critical reaction that impels me to focus on the background historical and other assumptions that I take for granted  in my thinking.  This article is the first in a series that developed as I took note of my reaction to a piece about the significance and possible future of the Tea Party movement.  Labor Day has traditionally marked the formal kick-off of the "campaign season" in American politics.  It seems an appropriate day to publishing a series that aims to help readers think through the political reality veiled by the appearance of the so-called two-party system. ] Not long ago I read an article signed J. R. Dunn that offered a plausible history of the relationship between conservatives and the GOP.  It portrays a party in which the “liberal” tail has usually been  wagging the  “conservative dog”, the exception being the era ...

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America's real party system- Part 3

If, during eras of elite ascendancy, the two most visible parties are tools of elite manipulation, then there is at all times a third party involved in all our political activities.  It is the populist party, normally divided against itself by successful elite manipulation.  In terms of its potential, it is always the majority party.  The notion that “third parties fail” is therefore less an observation of fact than a statement of elite intention. In the past, some pervasive material or moral passion occasionally roused this third party to unify under its own leadership .  In our current circumstances the unifying impulse comes in reaction against the elite itself.  There is a widespread sense that the nation suffers from a general failure of elite leadership (in particular, the failure of both elite manipulated parties),  a failure connected with the elite's cynical, purely self-aggrandizing ambition.  The Obama faction's open contempt for ...

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America's real party system-Part 2

In the years that followed the Lincoln era, the United States faced a new organizational imperative.  As in the post-Jackson era, it involved continental expansion.  But in addition to this there were  the material challenges of accommodating new technology’s rapid transformation of economic life, and the moral challenge of reconstituting the nation’s unity despite the persistent post-traumatic stresses still reverberating from the Civil War. These challenges allowed the elite to regain a leadership position, this time co-opting the populist moral passion of the Lincoln era with ideas of national destiny and administrative reform. The result was  an era of unprecedented elite ascendancy marked off by the two Roosevelts, the Republican, Teddy and the Democrat, FDR.  Their familiar nicknames represent the complete submergence of elite ascendancy in the streams of populist passion.  They signify the virtually complete success of the elite divisional strategy. The two Roosevelts aptly represent this success.  Their family relationship ...

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Is Lakin’s court-martial an American ‘Dreyfus affair’?

I doubt that most people would be shocked to learn that sometimes the influence of power can interfere with and even derail the course of justice in our legal system.  Behind the scenes, a phone call from a powerful politician, or a corporate mogul often affects the actions or judgments of people whose personal ambitions they are in a position to help or hinder.  Usually though, people giving heed to such considerations have enough sense to cloak what they do with words or actions that give their corruption at least the appearance of probity.  Maybe its the tribute that vice renders to virtue.  Maybe its nothing more than self-serving prudence (the mask of honesty that facilitates corruption.) However, when court officers conclude that such hypocrisy is no longer worth the effort, things are pretty far gone.  The video featured with this post  focuses on the recent decision by Col. Denise R. ...

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Planned Parenthood’s moral insanity

Daily Brief #13 The video featured on this page is a news report out of Texas about a pro-life billboard campaign just launched there by the Radiance Foundation and the Life Education Resource Network (L.E.A.R.N.).  It’s an effort to focus attention on the disproportionate number of nascent blacks being murdered in Texas under the rubric of abortion rights. What especially provoked my interest was criticism of the project from a Planned Parenthood spokeswoman quoted in the report.  “This is about trying to interfere with women making private personal decisions and unfortunately and really shockingly, this group has decided to use racism as a wedge issue,” Rochelle Tafolla said. “We think that  is just reprehensible…” So its reprehensible to focus an individual’s attention on the impact her individual action has on her community.  Could there be a more perfect illustration of Planned Parenthood’s moral insanity? In many U.S. communities today local laws encourage or even ...

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Was Jesus a leader?

Daily Brief #12 “Asked who would be considered conservative Christian leaders today- with Graham in his 90s and the recent death of Jerry Falwell – Land said that “leaders are leaders because people follow them.”  So says Richard Land. Every year as we approach the commemoration of Christ’s passion, crucifixion and resurrection the people Jesus has saved recall his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.  And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.” Judging by the multitudes that followed him, and the words of Richard Land, in this grand triumphal entry, Jesus was a leader. But after he drove the money lenders from the Temple, confounded the ...

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A Meditation on Glenn Beck’s Divine Mission

[I have been in prayerful thought about the events taking place this weekend under Glenn Beck’s auspices.  He portrays them as the beginning of a Great Revival of faith in America.  People I know and think well of are involved.  Yet I find I cannot ignore the check in my spirit that prevents me from accepting that the events or their sponsor are what he professes them to be.  This posting is an effort to lay out the elements that contribute to my misgivings, insofar as they are susceptible to articulation.  Herein I attempt to share a train of thought and the destination toward which  it points.   Is it the right one? With God’s help, time may tell.] Glenn Beck: “I mean, the one part of culture that I am doing a lot of is faith.  But general faith.  We have got to get back to our churches, our synagogues, our mosques, ...

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Loyal to Liberty’s first anniversary

February 4, 2010 · 3 comments

It was just a little over a year ago that I posted the first article on this website.  I would have overlooked that fact, but in the past few days I’ve gotten anniversary notices that I can’t ignore, reminding me that I have to renew some of the basic services (domain names, web forwarding, post office box, etc.) that support the site.
Since it now looks like the site is good for the long haul, renewing the services for more than one year would result in significant savings.
I have tried to keep fund raising requests to a minimum.  But birthdays are always an acceptable occasion for gift giving, so I hope all of you would consider making a donation to the effort.  Besides helping to defray the cost of service renewals, a good result would also let me do some advertising-something I’ve had to suspend for some time now due to resource limitations.  I am also working on a major revision of the site to make it more user friendly, and to take advantage of some of the great features an up-to-date redesign can incorporate.
So please consider expressing your good wishes for this site’s continued good health as we enter a year that will surely be among the most critical the American republic has ever faced.  It would be a good way to let me know that you think the articles here, and the discussion they provoke, make a worthwhile contribution to the work that needs to be done to restore and preserve our liberty.
Just click the donation button below, or go to the”Support this site” notice in the left hand column (The info there includes the address for sending something by mail.) No contribution is too small, and of course more generous help will be well used and greatly appreciated.
In addition to whatever monetary help you can give, I ask as well for your prayers.  Moral renewal is the key to restoring our liberty, but spiritual revival is the key to that renewal.  Prayers are what we need to unlock the truly indispensable resource, which is the gracious help God offers us in Christ.
Godspeed,
Alan Keyes


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pbunyon February 7, 2010 at 12:23 pm

Congradulations Dr. Keyes. I came in here shortly after this blog was started but had no clue how "young" it was. Right away I was impressed with the strength and scope of topics and arguments. I have spread the word as much as possible and I pray that the message continues to grow in this increasingly desparate society.

I look forward to being enlightened every time I come in here. Thank you for your devotion to the truth.

-DCW

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Dovid February 5, 2010 at 3:49 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izkGJ3BbVG0

This is a video of bringing back G-d into public schools. A background, the Lubabitcher Rebbe,Rabbi Menachem Mendel Scheerson of blessed memory (who was one of the greatest Jewish leaders of the 20th century, and his teaching are is the basis of so many Jewish outreach centers all over the globe) he has a mission for public schools to have a moment of silence for prayer. I share this because I believe those like Dr.Keyes, who are G-d fearing people and a true friend of Jews, can share in how all people understanding the importance of thinking about G-d, and starting the day with a prayer.

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gilbertabrett February 5, 2010 at 12:45 pm

Dr. Keyes, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY! I did not realize it had been that long – and the long legged mack daddy is STILL in OUR White House! BUT many people are still working to justify that, thanks to your insight and education. Thank you.

I am unemployed at the moment, but would be willing to help out the cause, praying that GOD would bless the amount I send to do abundant work and educate many more as to why we are in the position we are in, in this country.

I read your link to the left here at the "MOMMY" blog. I read several of her posts and the comments and saw once again why our forefathers thought it prudent to not have every idiot voting. Not to sway elections per se, but because everyone does not really have a stake in our country. Not even some of its citizens.

It is better for stupid people to just be blissful in their stupidity. They need not have the right to destroy what others have worked so hard to build. The image of an one armed person with only a left arm being given an oar and told to row a boat on their right side comes to mind. It' s possible, but they would most likely move to the side they FEEL more comfortable with.

Of course, that is just a wild comparison, probably not as descriptive as it could be, but I see most of us voters as having oars. WE are the ones who make this country work. I guess maybe it is healthy to have people on both sides of the boat – it has worked for hundreds of years, but seems as though while the captain is sleeping (we don't really HAVE a captain right now, do we?) that many are pretending to be on one side of the boat, but are really not rowing. They are in the middle trying to see what the left is doing and how they can row like them.

I am not impressed with Senator Ron Paul because to me he is just another Obama. He wants to CHANGE America into HIS image. And from the little I have read of his son, he sounds like he is not as vocal and out there as his dad, but a little slicker with his words (or rather those of his handlers) and well versed in political maneuvering (telling lies) to win elections.

If we do not get a handle on the fact that these people will lie, cheat, steal and kill to get to and hold on to these positions of power they so lustfully desire, we are going to keep suffering in this country. Just like the lie they put out today that unemployment has gone down. Yeah… right…

We need to get it together and fast. Once this election cycle is over in November, we will be STUCK in whatever happens for TWO MORE YEARS. Can we afford that morally OR financially? Is it worth the pride and arrogance I hear and read from the arguments of "people on the right" to put our children's future at risk? We are more interested in our perceptions than the reality of who we are voting for? THIS IS NOT AMERICAN IDOL PEOPLE.

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