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This is not a political war at all. This is not a cultural war. This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country - the United States of America. If you were [font color="red" size="10"]Satan,[/font] who would you attack in this day and age? There is no one else to go after other than the United States and that has been the case now for almost two hundred years, once Americas preeminence was sown by our great Founding Fathers.
He didnt have much success in the early days. Our foundation was very strong, in fact, is very strong. But over time, that great, acidic quality of time corrodes even the strongest foundations. And [font color="red" size="10"]Satan[/font] has done so by attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.
He was successful. He attacks all of us and he attacks all of our institutions. The place where he was, in my mind, the most successful and first successful was in academia. He understood pride of smart people. He attacked them at their weakest, that they were, in fact, smarter than everybody else and could come up with something new and different. Pursue new truths, deny the existence of truth, play with it because theyre smart. And so academia, a long time ago, fell.
And you say what could be the impact of academia falling? Well, I would have the argument that the other structures that Im going to talk about here had root of their destruction because of academia. Because what academia does is educate the elites in our society, educates the leaders in our society, particularly at the college level. And they were the first to fall.
He didnt have much success in the early days. Our foundation was very strong, in fact, is very strong. But over time, that great, acidic quality of time corrodes even the strongest foundations. And [font color="red" size="10"]Satan[/font] has done so by attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition.
He was successful. He attacks all of us and he attacks all of our institutions. The place where he was, in my mind, the most successful and first successful was in academia. He understood pride of smart people. He attacked them at their weakest, that they were, in fact, smarter than everybody else and could come up with something new and different. Pursue new truths, deny the existence of truth, play with it because theyre smart. And so academia, a long time ago, fell.
And you say what could be the impact of academia falling? Well, I would have the argument that the other structures that Im going to talk about here had root of their destruction because of academia. Because what academia does is educate the elites in our society, educates the leaders in our society, particularly at the college level. And they were the first to fall.
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Santorum asks who is out to destroy the United States? (Original Post)
Enrique
Feb 2012
OP
So is HE the antichrist? We keep waiting for that asshole and he never shows...
NC_Nurse
Feb 2012
#2
picture Rick as Commander and Chief of the greatest military power the world has ever known
Douglas Carpenter
Feb 2012
#5
socialindependocrat
(1,372 posts)1. Isn't that special!!
Pursue new truths, deny the existence of truth
What a blubbering Puritan!
NC_Nurse
(11,646 posts)2. So is HE the antichrist? We keep waiting for that asshole and he never shows...
He's got the smarminess, that's for sure...
DCKit
(18,541 posts)3. Another dumbass FundyWinger who can't speak or spell.
It's obvious he meant to say Santa!
Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)4. Wow! n/t
Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)5. picture Rick as Commander and Chief of the greatest military power the world has ever known
Enrique
(27,461 posts)6. i'm picturing Super Soakers filled with holy water
They_Live
(3,241 posts)7. Everything that comes out
of his mouth is idiotic, dangerous, and disrespectful.
JoePhilly
(27,787 posts)8. DNC should just post that as a "meet Rick Santprium ad"