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But, mainly just because a little birdie told me that it's generally considered polite to "ping" persons whom you mention in your posts, so I figured that you must have wanted to speak to me.... and the omission was merely an unfortunate oversight on your part.

God Bless you Christian_Capitalist. Now that Bill Johnson is out, I have no dog in this fight. Thanks for the stimulating debate. I'm not comfortable with the Paul Family, but to each his own. I think Kokesh is a nut, and I hope Republicans distance themselves accordingly.

I like the Pauls a lot; in an age of $1.5 Trillion Dollar deficits, Fiscal Conservatism is very important to me (I think that the chaos of national bankruptcy could kill far more Americans than any Islamic terror group), and I know of no stronger advocates for cutting Government spending than the Paul family. Well, maybe Representative Jeff Flake and Senator Tom Coburn -- but heck, I like them too, and for much the same reason.

If you don't think that the Pauls should be allowed within a country mile of Foreign Policy, fine, we can agree to disagree. (Or maybe just partially disagree, as the case may be). But I'd still like to have their "NO!" votes on the floor of Congress the next time there's yet another proposed increase in deficit spending.

But Adam Kokesh? I don't know whether or not Kokesh is a "nut". I doubt it, actually -- but I strongly suspect that he is at least an attention-whoring opportunist. Tom Mullins (who won 80.5% of the pre-primary Convention votes to Kokesh's 19.5%) offers the same Pro-Life position, the same Fiscal Conservative position, and even much the same Non-Interventionist foreign policy position as does Adam Kokesh -- but Tom Mullins can also bring to the table his own personal honors and achievements in life and business. (Moreso than Kokesh's proven rabble-rousing ability to attract controversy and TV cameras).

That's my $0.02, anyway.

By the way -- thanks for turning me onto Congressional Candidate Lt. Col. Allen West. I doubt that he's the next President of the United States (sorry, but Sarah Palin's my girl, with Senator Rand Paul delivering the RonPaulist vote to Palin in 2012 -- hey, a boy can dream), but I'm always willing to support the best Republican candidate for any Congressional seat. They don't have to have the last name "Paul", honest.

But I do have a question for you, Falcon. Let's take one of Allen West's quotations on National Defense:

I can attest that this is the vilest and most determined enemy we have seen in our Republic’s existence.

This is manifested in Islamic terrorist organizations funded and maintained by state sponsors who are enacting proxy war worldwide.

Okay, so.... according to Allen West, we're facing a "World-wide War" against "the vilest and most determined enemy we have seen in our Republic’s existence".

If you really believe that, then I'll see your Allen West quotation, and raise you a quotation from Ron Paul's former chief staffer, Dr. Gary North:

"There is one target with such enormous strategic importance that for it be taken out is so unthinkable that literally everything hinges on it –- not just today, but permanently. This target is ground zero of a balance of power strategy that has been operational for 1400 years. It is a granite cubicle called the Kaaba.

If these two religious objects inside Mecca were ever obliterated, the survival of Islam might be called into question....

That would make the bomb more powerful than Allah.... This is theologically inconceivable for Muslims, or at least ritually unmentionable." -- Dr. Gary North, former chief staffer for Congressman Ron Paul

So, here's my question for you, Falcon:

If you really believe what Lt. Col. Allen West says about America being in a "World-wide War" against "the vilest and most determined enemy we have seen in our Republic’s existence"... then do YOU think that we should be frittering away thousand of soldier's lives and trillions of taxpayer dollars in American Blood and Treasure, fighting decades of "death by a thousand cuts" Pyhrric wars in peripheral backwaters like Iraq and Afghanistan...

...or are you willing to get hard-core serious, and I mean deadly RON PAUL serious, about the nature of Islam and say: "If you're not willing to NUKE MECCA, then you're just flapping your gums while pissing in the wind."

You wanna keep bashing Ron Paul for his opposition to backwater peripheral wars like Iraq and Afghanistan?

Or are you ready to listen to Ron Paul's people, and get serious about the nature of Islam, and admit that if you're gonna fight a war at all, YOU BLOODY WELL FIGHT TO WIN?

"There is one target with such enormous strategic importance that for it be taken out is so unthinkable that literally everything hinges on it –- not just today, but permanently."

"Slaughter them till you rot -- You'll accomplish nothing. Find the Root. Strike the WILL." -- The Mad Priestess, The 13th Warrior

What's it gonna be, Falcon?