Recent content by jascott

Asking if we support Cruz is ambiguous There are two completely different questions: 1. Who do you want to be president? 2. Who among those who have an actual chance of winning do you want to be president? I'm with Amash and Sowell on this: Cruz is obviously NOT the answer to #1, but he...

State of the campaign, and whether to vote tomorrow in AZ and UT What's the ideal? STV/Condorcet voting, of course! Then we wouldn't have to vote for a marginal candidate as our primary choice; we would be able to rank candidates, e.g. 1. Jesus Christ (but wouldn't win, and is unwilling to take...

Allocate each candidate ten minutes, total. Each candidate's clock counts down whenever he's talking. After his clock runs out, he says nothing (and gets asked no more questions) for the rest of the debate. He's welcome to blow all ten minutes on his first answer, or he can give a five-second...

I propose something unusual: Paul should invite Perry, Santorum, and Bachmann to a private debate, off the record, with no audience at all. They don't even need to tell anybody else about the debate. Paul should state plainly that his purpose for inviting them is to convince them to endorse him...

Many primary and caucus voters are still considering settling for Romney just because they believe he has the best chance to beat Obama. Although Romney is no longer the best choice in that regard, they still believe that he is. If they're not informed of the new poll results from this week...

Then why did he point out (by asking a question which he obviously already knew the answer to) that Caesar's inscription was on the coin? If the correct answer was that we're not required to pay taxes, then why not instead ask whose pocket the coin was in, or who labored to earn the coin? The...

"Let every soul be in subjection to the higher authorities, for there is no authority except from God, and those who exist are ordained by God. Therefore he who resists the authority, withstands the ordinance of God; and those who withstand will receive to themselves judgment. For rulers are not...

My point is that by publicly saying that he accepts Gingrich's challenge to do Lincoln-Douglas-style debates, Paul can take advantage of Gingrich's calls for debates, even though Gingrich hasn't specifically challenged Paul. Gingrich has called for a debate with Obama, called for a debate with...

This post contains part of one I made to the Campaign Suggestion Box earlier this week with more information. I'm reposting my most urgent points here because this issue is too important to wait any longer for the CSB moderators (I assume they're backlogged on new messages awaiting moderation)...

I saw at least a couple Christians in this thread. Hopefully you're still here. I haven't gotten an answer yet to my most burning question. I assume you agree that the apostle Paul said that God has established authorities on Earth, and we're required to pay taxes to them, which implies that...

In a previous debate, Gingrich pointed out that "McVeigh succeeded", and Paul's general statement that we shouldn't sacrifice our liberties too easily was ineffective. He elaborated a little but not nearly enough. Saying that the Patriot Act is practically a repeal of the 4th amendment doesn't...

The alternate sarcasm would be, "the meek shall inherit the Earth, and shall keep ownership even if they become no longer meek." Is that what you think it means? Or if the Earth can justly be taken away from those who are no longer meek, doesn't that mean that they don't own it? Unless I'm...

How so? His bid will tempt the farmer to sell, but the farmer is free to refuse to sell. His bid doesn't cause the levied LVT to increase, or cause any other hardship for the farmer. His bid has no effect whatsoever if the farmer refuses to sell. BTW I hope my post #843 wasn't overlooked in the...

Two investors roll dice to decide which stocks to buy. One gets rich; the other goes broke. Two businessmen make equivalent entrepreneurial contributions at the same time. One gets rich, and the other goes broke, by pure blind luck. In both of those examples, rewards are not commensurate with...

If you're Christian, then remember: you aren't your own; you were bought for a price. And if even you yourself aren't your own, then surely land isn't your own either (which accords with what you wrote: God owns the Earth); in both cases, you're merely a steward. The next question is: is your...