Gays in the Military

Last night, Gov. Huckabee was asked a question about gays in the military (by, oddly enough, a Hillary Clinton supporter). While contemplating this question myself, I reached the same conclusion as the Governor, but by a different route.

When homosexuals announce to the world their sexual proclivities, its known as "coming out of the closet." The very fact that these "closets" still exist presupposes that modern society has not completely accepted homosexuality as an appropriate lifestyle choice.

Well, if many pockets of society still do not accept this lifestyle choice, homosexuality must have some measureable quantity of shame associated therewith.

People who perform shameful acts are inherently susceptible to blackmail and extortion. This is why sexual immorality--including homosexuality, adultery, and fornication--is prohibited by the Uniform Code of Military Justice.

A man who seeks gay sex with strangers in airport bathrooms is not someone I want to be entrusted with our nation's secrets. Because if such a person were photographed in the act, he might compromise our secrets in order to keep his secret safe.

Rasmussen: Huckabee 1st in Iowa

Huckabee – 28%, Romney – 25%Mr. Huckabee again demonstrates his ability to do more with less. Just what we need--a candidate who truly is fiscally conservative.

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Huckabee Beats Hillary By Widest Margin

Someone recently commented on another site that a vote for Huckabee is a vote for Giuliani. This made me think about why people who are otherwise inclined to support Huckabee are supporting someone more "viable."

Republicans--especially social conservatives--are concerned about losing the White House to social liberals like Hillary and Rudy. Of course, with all other things being equal, they would prefer Rudy over Hillary, but all in all, they don't like either one of them. In fact they are scared of both of them. So they consider the electability card, and right now, depending upon who you speak with, they think that Romney is the most viable social conservative running for the Republican nomination. Naturally, they fear that by voting for Huckabee (and therefore not Romney), Giuliani--or even worse, Hillary--might benefit from the divided social conservative vote.

What these people don't realize is that (a) Romney is not a social conservative, and (b) as the article demonstrates, Huckabee is a very good shot of beating Hillary---even better than the rest of the crowd as the linked article demonstrates.

So in the final analysis, social conservatives need to follow their heart and support Huckabee instead of acting out of fear and voting for anyone else.

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How One Governor-Turned-Presidential-Candidate Raised Taxes by $1 Billion

This is an article from National Review dated September 15, 2003. It shows how Ronald Reagan raised California's taxes by $1 Billion in 1967.

Back then, the price of gold was $35 per ounce. Today it's at approximately $800 per ounce. Thus, by using the fixed price of gold as a measure of inflation, one dollar ($1) in 1967 is equal to approximately twenty-two dollars ($22) today. Thus, Reagan's tax increase in California equals $22 Billion in today's dollars, if inflation is adjusted by the corresponding change in the price of gold. (Using the CPI as a way of measuring inflation, the tax increase equals about $10 Billion in today's currency--still nothing to sneeze at.)

It's funny how fiscal conservatives are quick to point out Gov. Mike Huckabee's miniscule tax increases, yet they conveniently forget how Gov. Reagan raised taxes in California by $10 to $22 Billion (depending upon the way inflation is measured).

Yet, as we all know, Reagan was one heck of a tax-cutting President.

So will Mike Huckabee!

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And We're Back ....

I had forgotten that I had this blog. Studying for the bar exam will do that.

More posts to come.