[Dr. Eckleburg]

I've been very puzzled by the responses of many of you to Benedict's encyclical on charity in truth. I just don't understand them, probably because I don't see something that you see. I've been wondering what that could possibly be. Then I had a strange thought. Is it possible that there is an undisclosed assumption behind your testimonies?

No "undisclosed assumption." Just reading the man's words and disagreeing with what he's saying about the need for a global authority "with teeth" to dictate America's economic, judicial, social and political future.

And it is likewise "puzzling" that some conservatives don't see this.

If he thinks the world should be ordered according to Christian principles, let him say that clearly and then work to transform those institutions through the force of debate and logic and faith, not coersion as despots prefer.

[betty boop]

And it is likewise "puzzling" that some conservatives don't see this.

Maybe because it's not there???

[Poe White Trash]

>>> And it is likewise “puzzling” that some conservatives don’t see this. <<<

I had thought that “limited government” was not just a conservative idea but one of the principles underlying the Declaration of Independence and the 1787 Constitution.

... and that the principle of “limited government” was inextricably bound to the idea of “GOOD government” via natural law.

I had thought these “truths” were “self-evident,” but it looks as if I’m wrong.