TomHoefling.com
  • HOME

Presidential Town Hall - 8 Days - 12 hours per day - HELP SPREAD THE WORD!

10/29/2012

14 Comments

 
Picture
14 Comments

Share these images on Facebook!

10/29/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

Just think if every Christian in America would get out and vote...

10/27/2012

5 Comments

 
Tom Hoefling

One of the most amazing and wonderful messages anyone has sent me in this entire campaign...

Mary Harizavi:

I am 51 yrs. old and today was the very first time I have voted. My vote was for Thomas Hoefling.

5 Comments

Don’t Break the Chain: Tom Hoefling's plea to America for Faith and Justice

10/27/2012

2 Comments

 
Tom Hoefling, America's Party 2012 Presidential Candidate

"We the People of the United States, in Order to...establish Justice...do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

-- The Preamble, or Statement of Purpose, of the United States Constitution

Without faith there can be no justice. The two things are inextricably linked.

What is justice? To put it most simply, it is right-doing. In terms of the law and self-government, it is doing right to all persons equally and equitably.

But how can we possibly perfect justice in this country, as the framers of our Constitution purposed to do, if we pay no mind to the laws of nature and of nature's God? It is not possible.

Is there a desire in your heart to help save this country and restore America's greatness? Then trust God, seek His will, and do right. Join together with your fellow citizens who are of the same mind and heart, and retake the reins of your own self-government. If enough Americans will do this, without compromise, and do it in time, there is hope for this country and for our posterity. We can, if we choose to follow God and do right, once again be a shining city on a hill.

But if we refuse, and choose instead to be faithless and unjust by continuing to kill the babies and destroy God's institution of marriage and the natural family, our children and grandchildren, those who survive our brutal savagery, will curse us. They will rightfully convict us of squandering their precious heritage, one that was dearly bought with blood, sweat, and tears by our just and faithful forebears.

Our generation is a link in the chain between the past and the future. Please, my fellow Americans, I beg you, don't let it be broken. Strengthen the things that remain, before it is too late.


2 Comments

Tom Hoefling: The coup d'etat against the Constitution of the United States

10/26/2012

0 Comments

 
"Unprincipled modern American politicians have made the phrase 'the general welfare' mean the exact opposite of what it actually means. And by changing the meaning of these two simple words they have wrought what amounts to a coup d'etat against the Constitution of the United States. Instead of our representatives dispassionately, objectively, looking to the interests of the whole body of the people as they ought, while securing the unalienable rights of the individual, they now turn a blind eye to the alienation of the God-given rights to life, liberty and property, while robbing the Treasury and their constituents to spend money they are not legitimately authorized to spend on favored individuals and groups, for the aggrandizement of their own political power."

-- Tom Hoefling, October 26, 2012

0 Comments

America's Party Presidential Candidate Thomas Hoefling interviewed by Active Christian Media

10/24/2012

0 Comments

 
Active Christian Media

BlogTalkRadio.com


Oct. 24, 2012

4:00 pm Eastern
0 Comments

Out of the mouths of babes: "We should kill zero babies"

10/24/2012

2 Comments

 
Tom Hoefling:

Tonight, as Siena was putting the little ones to bed, as she was talking to them, getting them calmed down so they would go to sleep, Elijah, our soon-to-be six year-old, asked her what was wrong with Barack Obama. So she told him that he thinks it's okay to kill babies. 

The kids got pretty quiet at that point. 

Then Elijah asked why we don't like Mitt Romney. So she told him that it is because he thinks it is okay to kill some of the babies. 

Well, by then they were all pretty somber. Little Sam, who is two, started to say over and over again, "We should kill zero. Not some. We should kill zero babies." 

Sebastian, who is four, said that he wants the babies, so he can take care of them. 

Are you listening, America? 

"Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, 'Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Whoever receives one little child like this in My name receives Me.

'Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

'If your hand or foot causes you to sin, cut it off and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life lame or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into the everlasting fire. And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and cast it from you. It is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes, to be cast into hell fire.'"

-- Matthew 18:2-9
2 Comments

America, are you listening?

10/23/2012

2 Comments

 
Picture
2 Comments

Please share this ...

10/22/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
0 Comments

Tom Hoefling Interviewed by Jerry Weber - The Catholic Revolver 

10/22/2012

3 Comments

 
catholicrevolver.com

3 Comments

401 Electoral Votes, 75% - Tom Hoefling for President - Final 2012 Presidential Ballot Access List

10/20/2012

16 Comments

 
Tom Hoefling for President 2012 

www.TomHoefling.com

Contact: tomhoefling@gmail.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Final 2012 Ballot Access Totals 

Please note that this historic task was accomplished solely by We the People, without donations, or the "help" of the "mainstream" media.

If you don't see Tom Hoefling and Jonathan Ellis on your presidential and vice-presidential ballot lines, write them in!

States in which Tom Hoefling is directly on the ballot, or has qualified for official write-in status, or in which it has been confirmed that all write-in votes will be counted:


California - 55 (Hoefling-Ornelas)
Florida - 29
Colorado - 9 
Texas - 38 
Indiana - 11 
Idaho - 4
Montana - 3 
West Virginia - 5
Michigan - 16
Delaware - 3
Illinois - 20
Pennsylvania - 20
Iowa - 6
Alabama - 9
Vermont - 3
New Hampshire - 4
Wyoming - 3
Rhode Island - 4
Oregon - 7
New Jersey - 14
New York - 29
Washington - 12 
Minnesota - 10 
Maryland - 10 
Wisconsin - 10
Virginia - 13
Arizona - 11
Massachusetts - 11
District of Columbia - 3
Kentucky - 8 
Kansas - 6 
Alaska - 3 
Nebraska - 5 
Connecticut - 7

401 total electoral votes available to Tom Hoefling for President 2012
75%



States in which write-in votes are not allowed, or in which we failed to qualify:

Nevada - 6
New Mexico - 5
Utah - 6
South Dakota - 3
Oklahoma - 7
Arkansas - 6
Louisiana - 8
Tennessee - 11
North Carolina - 15
South Carolina - 9
Mississippi - 6
Georgia - 16
Ohio - 18
Hawaii - 4
Maine - 4
North Dakota - 3
Missouri - 10

137 electoral votes not available 
25%


16 Comments

This is who we are ...

10/18/2012

4 Comments

 
Picture
4 Comments

Tom Hoefling for President 2012 - Ballot Access Status as of Oct. 17, 2012

10/17/2012

5 Comments

 
Tom Hoefling for President 2012

As of right now we have about 62% of the electoral vote covered. There are still 6 states we're working on, which make up about 10% of the electors. In other words, if we finish this task completely, it is still possible that the voters representing right at 72% of the electoral vote can support Tom Hoefling for President in 2012. Not too shabby for a 100% grassroots effort. Thanks to all of the great volunteers who have worked so hard to make this possible!


As of October 17, 2012:

On the ballot or qualified write-in status filings:

California - 55
Florida - 29
Colorado - 9
Texas - 38
Indiana - 11
Idaho - 4
Montana - 3
West Virginia - 5
Michigan - 16
Delaware - 3
Illinois - 20
Pennsylvania - 20
Iowa - 6
Alabama - 9
Vermont - 3
New Hampshire - 4
Wyoming - 3
Rhode Island - 4
Oregon - 7
New Jersey - 14
New York - 29
Washington - 12 
Minnesota - 10 
District of Columbia - 3
Kentucky - 8
Kansas - 6
Alaska - 3
334 total electors so far
62%


Registered write-in status still to be filed:
Missouri - 10 
Maryland - 10 
Connecticut - 7
Virginia - 13
Wisconsin - 10
Nebraska - 5
55 total electors still available
10%

No ballot access possible:
Nevada - 6
Arizona - 11
New Mexico - 5
Utah - 6
South Dakota - 3
Oklahoma - 7
Arkansas - 6
Louisiana - 8
Tennessee - 11
North Carolina - 15
South Carolina - 9
Mississippi - 6
Georgia - 16
Ohio - 18
Massachusetts - 11
Hawaii - 4
Maine - 4
North Dakota - 3
149 electors not available in 2012


5 Comments

Hoefling-Ellis votes are being cast!

10/17/2012

1 Comment

 
From a supporter in Colorado Springs, CO:
Picture
1 Comment

Third Party- Vice-Presidential Debate - Examiner.com [J.D. Ellis Responses]

10/15/2012

0 Comments

 
Vice Presidential Debate

Examiner.com 

Questions and responses from Jonathan D. Ellis, Vice-Presidential Nominee, America's Party:
 

1. Wasn't the assassination of the U.S. Ambassador in Libya a massive intelligence failure?

   Was it appropriate for Romney to criticize President Obama during Libya crisis?

The assassination of Ambassador Stephens was a tragedy and a national disgrace.  The debacle in Libya clearly demonstrates the result of the “soft power” foreign policy and negligence of the Obama administration.  And Obama’s lack of a response is a clear invitation for our enemies to attack us elsewhere in the world, without fear of any military or other repercussions from the U.S., whatsoever.  What happened in Libya was the instigation of a state of war.  By refusing to engage our enemies, even when they attack us, Obama is projecting weakness, and an inability, under our current representation, to protect American interests, or even American citizens, abroad.  It is disgraceful.

The primary role of government is to protect the lives, liberty, and property of its citizens.  The current administration is utterly failing--not even trying--to do that.  The Obama foreign policy is putting us all in jeopardy.  Our enemies need to know that our foreign policy is a threat to them, if they would dare to violate the rights of American citizens.  Currently, our foreign policy is a threat to us; and our enemies know that.


2. How effective would a military strike against Iran be?    What's worse: another war in the Middle East or a nuclear-armed Iran?

Iran has to be stopped from developing nuclear weapons.  When a foreign power says they want to destroy us, we need to take them seriously.  Iran does not want nuclear weapons for defense purposes--they want to use them against the U.S., and against our allies in the Middle East.  We cannot let that happen. 

However, under rules of engagement similar to those currently in operation in other actions in the Middle East, a strike against Iran could not be effective.  If we send troops to Iran, we need to let them do their jobs.  We are wasting military resources, and more importantly, putting the lives of our American soldiers in far greater danger than necessary, when we send them abroad only to prohibit them from doing what they were sent to do.  Our forces must be allowed to accomplish their objectives, and to defend themselves in the process.  Again, the “soft power” policies of the Obama administration are literally killing us.  Americans are dying because of the ineptitude and weakness of our current representation.  Iran has to be stopped; and the men and women whom we send to do the job must be free to do it.


3. Can you get unemployment below 6% and how long will it take?

There are three things that we must do in order to get unemployment under control.  First, we have to close the borders.  There are millions of illegals here, taking jobs from American citizens.  We need to close the borders to illegal immigrants; and we need to stop rewarding those who are already here.  We need to remove the incentives for them to cross our borders, or to stay here illegally.  This alone would open up millions of jobs for American citizens.

Second, we must cut taxes and spending.  New jobs are not being created, because this economy is stifling business.  Small business owners are not able to expand; and entrepreneurs are not able to start new businesses.  It is small business in a free market that produces jobs.  We need to remove the heavy tax burden that is keeping private businesses from hiring.

And third, we need to remember that it is not a legitimate function of government to create jobs.  We need to stop interfering and regulating, get out of the way, and let American businesses grow.  If the government will simply do its job of protecting our territory from illegal immigration, and protecting our people’s assets from overtaxation, then unemployment will take care of itself.


4. Will benefits for Americans have to change for Medicare and Social Security to survive?

Medicare and Social Security cannot survive.  They are socialist programs.  And as Margaret Thatcher famously said, the problem with socialism is that, eventually, you run out of other people’s money.  Aside from being unsustainable, Social Security and Medicare are also without Constitutional authority, and should never have been enacted.  We need to end these programs, and return to personal responsibility for our own retirement and our own health care, and to the freedom to keep, save, and invest our own money.

Mr. Hoefling and I do not claim to have all the answers on exactly how to end these programs.  But Tom has already announced his intention to convene what he is calling an “Economic Manhattan Project.”  It would be one of his top priorities to get as many of the best economic minds as possible--people like Alan Keyes, Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, Norm Kurland--into one room to work on the best way to end programs that are unconstitutional and unsustainable, but upon which millions of Americans have become dependent.

But we do know that Social Security and Medicare must end.  This is not just our policy, but a logical and economic reality.  American citizens are paying in more on the front end, only to receive fewer benefits at a later age at retirement.  And there is no way to turn that around--that is simply the nature of socialism.  There was no Constitutional authority to initiate these programs in the first place; and no reason to think that they would work.  History shows that socialism never works, and is showing that American socialism in the form of Social Security and Medicare are no exceptions.  These programs are bankrupt; and they will eventually bankrupt our citizenry, if we continue trying to prop them up on the backs of the taxpayer.  The sooner we can end them, the better it will be for America’s economic stability and prosperity.


5. If your ticket is elected, who will pay more in taxes, who will pay less?

We believe that every taxpayer should be equal before the law.  We will continue working toward fundamental tax reform and the elimination of the income tax, and seek to replace it with a national retail sales tax, such as the Fair Tax.  Under that system, every citizen will have the power to give themselves a tax cut, simply by controlling their spending.  The current system taxes income, which punishes productivity and hard work.  (Couple that with an array of entitlement programs, which reward apathy, laziness, and personal fiscal irresponsibility, and you have a recipe for ensuring that the American people become more dependent on government, less willing or able to provide for themselves, and increasingly less productive.  Our economy cannot survive that forever.)  Instead of punishing productivity by taxing income, we need to tax spending, which would encourage thrift and investment, instead of consumption.  We must give the American people back the first use of every dollar, rather than perpetuating a slavish system under which government claims an increasingly large share of the taxpayers hard-earned check.

A retail sales tax will also be much simpler, and will no longer require volumes of tax code, armies of IRS agents, or hours spent by American citizens itemizing deductions and trying to understand the tax implications of their investments.  A percentage will simply be added to the total on all retail transactions, at the point of sale, so that, politically, all the taxpayer will have to focus on is that percentage, which will be plainly visible, at the bottom of every retail receipt.  It will be an equal percentage for every American, so that there are no more tax cuts or increases for the rich, the poor, or the middle class--only one rate for all.  This creates one unified tax base, all telling their representatives the same thing:  “Keep the rate low.”


6. Why not leave Afghanistan now?

   What more can the U.S. really accomplish?

   What conditions could justify U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan?

   What was the military reason for bringing surge troops home from Afghanistan?

I believe an American military presence is justified anywhere radical Islam threatens us or our allies.  Unchecked Islamic terrorism is a direct threat to American freedom and American lives.  We have largely brought that threat under control in Afghanistan.  But this is a threat that is not contained within national borders.  It will re-establish itself wherever it can, especially in the Middle East.  A continued U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, if deemed necessary, can help ensure that radical Islam does not regain a foothold there.


7. The U.S. assisted rebels in Libya; why doesn't the same logic apply to Syria?

   What happens if Assad does not fall in Syria?

   What is your criteria for intervention in Syria?

Any U.S. assistance provided to a Syrian faction could eventually be turned against us or our allies.  U.S. intervention in any country should, of course, be avoided if possible.  But our first priority is to protect American lives and freedom, both at home and abroad, and to protect our interests, and our friends and allies. 


8. What role has your religion played on your personal views of Abortion?

   If the Romney-Ryan [Hoefling-Ellis] ticket is elected, should those who believe abortion should be legal be worried?

The word of God tells me that life begins at conception, and that hands that shed innocent blood are an abomination before the Lord.  Science, which is simply man’s attempt to better understand the physical laws set in place by the same God Who reveals Himself to us in His written word, undeniably confirms that a new and unique human life is created at the point of fertilization.

Although God and His word are the ultimate authority and law on this, we are blessed in America, to have been Founded by men who understood these principles, and incorporated them into our Founding documents.  The Declaration--our national charter--is based on the premise that all men are Created equal, and endowed by our Creator with an unalienable right to life.  If life begins at fertilization, then the unborn are human persons, intrinsically endowed with the same inherent worth, dignity, and rights as all other human persons.  And if those rights are given by God, then only God has the right to take them away.  It is not in our authority to create laws, regulations, or conditions upon which the right to life will be either acknowledged or ignored.  An unalienable right to life cannot be denied by human courts, or by a “democratic process” at either the federal or state level.

Like the Declaration, our Constitution also contains protections for the unborn.  In fact, the crowning purpose of that Document is to “secure the Blessings of Liberty to…our Posterity”, which quite obviously precludes murdering them in the womb.  The Fifth Amendment, too, is very clear:  “No person shall be…deprived of life…without due process of law.”  The Fourteenth Amendment further clarifies that abortion is not an issue for the states to decide:  “…nor shall any State deprive any person of life…without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.”  If the states are required to provide equal protection, then Constitutionally, it is just as illegal, and just as punishable to murder an unborn person as to murder any other person.  The states are Constitutionally obligated to provide that level of protection.

This is all part of a Document that Mr. Hoefling and I would be required to take an oath to defend.  We would take that oath very seriously, as a solemn obligation before God and the American people.


9. Closing Statement.

Thank you to Examiner.com for publishing my answers to these questions, and to their readers for taking the time to consider them. 

We, the American people, must reject dependence on a money- and major-media-driven political process, and remember that elections are meant to represent us--not the political parties or the corrupting influence of wealth.  In the age of the internet, we need not rely on biased and exclusive media outlets for our election coverage, when there are thousands of citizen news sites and blogs willing to give a fuller picture.  We must change the way we do politics, putting the power back in the hands of the people, where it belongs.

We must stop giving our votes to people who do not represent us, simply because the major media and major parties tell us that we have no other choice.  Such coercion and manipulation is un-American--it is Soviet-style politics, in which we are free to vote for anyone, as long as our choice has the approval of a cadre of elites.  We will never have a representative government as long as we lack the simple faith and courage to vote our convictions.

We must refocus on an understanding that Almighty God is the Disposer of nations, and that America cannot be blessed by His generous hand while we continue to flaunt His will.  He has told us what makes nations great, and what makes nations fall.  America was Founded on those principles, and prospered as long as we remembered them.  As we have forgotten them, we have paid the price.  Our only hope for saving America is to remember them once again.

God’s institution of government can be what it was intended to be, only when His other institutions of the church and the family are what they ought to be.  We must protect religious liberty, and the traditional family.  Killing our children through abortion; ripping apart the two-parent home through homosexuality, divorce, and pornography; and otherwise marring God’s design for the family have proven destructive to America, and must be opposed if we are to maintain our place in the world.

If you agree with the principles defended in these answers, please consider Tom Hoefling for President.  Visit the following websites, or look us up on facebook, for more information.  Thank you.

TomHoefling.com

SelfGovernment.US

AmericasPartyNews.com

EqualProtectionForPosterity.com

facebook.com/thomas.hoefling

facebook.com/jd.ellis.5


http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-1

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-2

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-3

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-4

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-5

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-6

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-7

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-8

http://www.examiner.com/article/third-party-vice-presidential-debate-part-9
0 Comments

Tom Hoefling: "The ONLY wasted vote..."

10/14/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
0 Comments

Tom Hoefling is the ONLY Tier One Personhood Pro-Life Candidate!

10/14/2012

5 Comments

 
Picture
5 Comments

It's time for this campaign to go viral

10/14/2012

1 Comment

 
Picture
1 Comment

Pragmatism or Principles?

10/13/2012

1 Comment

 
increasinglearning.com

Bill Fortenberry

After publishing my previous critique of Stephen McDowell’s endorsement of Mitt Romney, I received a request for my opinion on an article by Dr. Michael Farris entitled, “Principles for Christians as They Decide How to Vote.” 

Dr. Farris' article follows the same basic pattern as most of the other arguments that I have heard from Christian leaders who have endorsed Mr. Romney.  He started off well by concluding from Proverbs 3:5-6, Hosea 8:1-4 and Deuteronomy 17:14-20 that "God has something to say to us about our choices of political leaders."  I agree wholeheartedly with that statement.  God does have something to say to us about voting for our leaders, and we have a responsibility to seek out His instructions and follow them. 

I also agree with Dr. Farris in his statement that we should not try to bully other Christians into agreement with our beliefs.  I think that Romans 14:4 was a very poor choice to support that claim (I would have suggested James 4:11-12), but at least he came to the right conclusion.  We should refrain from attempting to force other believers to agree with us.  Instead, we should follow the example of our Lord and rely on calm reasoning from the Scriptures in order to convince others of the errors of their ways. 

Unfortunately, my agreement with Dr. Farris must end here, for shortly after this, he turned to Luke 14:28-30 and used this passage as an excuse to completely ignore his own admission that we should heed what God has to say about voting.   According to Dr. Farris, Luke 14:28-30 is an admonition from the Lord for us to rely on pragmatism in electing our leaders.  This is demonstrably false.  This passage in Luke is not an admonition of any kind.  It is simply an observation that our Savior made of something that men usually do.  Most men take the time to consider the cost of a building project before they begin building.  This is a true statement, but it is not the lesson that Christ was teaching in this passage. 

To discover what lesson Christ was trying to teach us with this observation, all we have to do is read the verses which come before and after this passage.  The verses immediately preceding Luke 14:28-30 state:

"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.  And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple."

And the verse immediately after Christ's observations states:

"So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple."

When we consider the passage as a whole, Christ's lesson becomes very obvious and easy to understand.  He was using the observation of men counting the cost of a building project to teach that we cannot follow Him unless we are willing to pay the cost of that discipleship.  And what is the cost of being a disciple of Christ?  Everything.  In order to follow Him, we must be willing to give up everything that we have.  This is the real lesson of Luke 14:28-30 and not an admonition to pragmatism as Dr. Farris claims. 

In light of this lesson, it is important to note that Dr. Farris admitted at the end of his article that his primary motivation for endorsing Mr. Romney is his unwillingness to give up our nation's self-government.  Now, I am in favor of maintaining our self-government, but as Dr. Farris explained earlier in his article, "All means all."  Therefore, in order to follow Christ and be His disciple, we have to be willing to give up even something as valuable as American self-government if that becomes the price that God demands.  

The passage in Luke 14 was the last portion of Scripture that Dr. Farris referenced in his article.  Having found what he thought to be justification for a pragmatic approach to politics, he embraced that approach with gusto and completely abandoned all thought of discovering what God has to say about choosing our elected officials.  In this, I completely disagree.  If God has something to say to us about voting, then we should search out His instructions and follow them at all costs. 

The only attempt that Dr. Farris made to discover God's instructions for voting was his strange reference to I Timothy 5:22 which states:

"Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure."

Dr. Farris only quoted the first phrase of this verse, and he claimed that it teaches us that experience and leadership are necessary qualities for candidates seeking political office.  In reality, however, the laying on of the hands in this passage is a reference to the ordination of a pastor.  To apply this passage to political leaders is to wrest it from the context of the entire book of I Timothy.  But even if we did apply this injunction to our election of political leaders, it still would not convey the idea that experience and leadership are necessary qualities for political candidates.  Let me point out that these are very important qualities for candidates to have and that these qualities are abundant among the third party candidates.  However, I Timothy 5:22 does not teach us anything at all about the need for leadership and experience. 

What this passage does teach us is that we should be very, very cautious about whom we ordain into the ministry lest, through our ordination of them, we become complicit in their sins.  It is interesting to note that Dr. Farris did not even mention the second and third phrases of this verse.  One would think that if the first phrase is applicable to the election of political leaders, then the remainder of the verse would be applicable as well.  If that is the case, then Christians should be very concerned that if they vote for Mr. Romney, God might hold them accountable for his sins.

Thus, while I agree with Dr. Farris that God does have something to say to Christians about whom we should elect to the office of President, I also very strongly disagree with his decision to ignore what God says and rely on his own pragmatic reasoning instead.  God did not give us wisdom in hopes that we would reason Him away and ignore Him but rather so that we could see that His way is best.  Instead of using our wisdom to compare the candidates with each other and reach a pragmatic decision about which one we think is the best choice, we should compare the candidates with the Word of God and vote for the one who conforms to His principles.


Other articles in this series:
The Lesser of Two Evils
A Biblical Strategy for Voting
A Duty to Principle

1 Comment

Peter Marshall: "The duties and responsibilities of our  citizenship"

10/13/2012

0 Comments

 
“The choice before us is plain: Christ or chaos, conviction or compromise, discipline or disintegration. I am rather tired of hearing about our rights and privileges as American citizens. The time is come-it is now-when we ought to hear about the duties and responsibilities of our citizenship. America’s future depends upon her accepting and demonstrating God’s government.”

-- Peter Marshall, January 13, 1947, Chaplain of the U.S. Senate

0 Comments

Romney and Ryan have disqualified themselves

10/12/2012

2 Comments

 
"By unjustly making exceptions on abortion, by claiming that the president has no obligation to equally protect all innocent human life as the Fifth and the Fourteenth Amendments require, by asserting that it is up to the courts, or a democratic vote, or the states, whether or not to equally protect the God-given, UNALIENABLE right to life of all, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan disqualify themselves, in exactly the same way King George III of Great Britain gave up any legitimate right to govern our forefathers. As the drafters of the Declaration of Independence charged: 'He has abdicated Government here, BY DECLARING US OUT OF HIS PROTECTION and waging War against us.'"

-- Tom Hoefling, October 12, 2012
2 Comments

Alexander Hamilton on why we prepare for war

10/11/2012

1 Comment

 
"To judge from the history of mankind, we shall be compelled to conclude that the fiery and destructive passions of war reign in the human breast with much more powerful sway than the mild and beneficent sentiments of peace; and that to model our political systems upon speculations of lasting tranquillity would be to calculate on the weaker springs of human character." 

-- Alexander Hamilton, Federalist No. 34, 1788
1 Comment

Tom Hoefling: Mitt Romney Traveling Under a False Flag

10/8/2012

1 Comment

 
1 Comment

Where have the Republicans gone?

10/7/2012

3 Comments

 
There were once Republicans like this, before the GOP establishment eradicated them:

“I have little interest in streamlining government or in making it more efficient, for I mean to reduce its size. I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them. It is not to inaugurate new programs, but to cancel old ones that do violence to the Constitution, or that have failed their purpose, or that impose on the people an unwarranted financial burden. I will not attempt to discover whether legislation is “needed” before I have first determined whether it is constitutionally permissible. And if I should later be attacked for neglecting my constituents’ “interests,” I shall reply that I was informed that their main interest is liberty and that in that cause I am doing the very best I can."

-- Barry Goldwater
3 Comments

Who represents you?

10/7/2012

0 Comments

 
"The only wasted vote is one that doesn't represent you."

-- Tom Hoefling, October 6, 2012
0 Comments
<<Previous
    Picture

    Dial in to talk to
    Tom Hoefling:

    America's Summit, Restore the Republic National Town Hall

    Every Tuesday and Thursday evening
    9 pm Eastern
    712-432-3566  passcode: 340794#

    Categories

    All
    2014 IA Governor's Race
    2016
    9-11
    Abolition
    Abolitionism
    Abortifacients
    Abortion
    Abortion Abolition
    Abraham Lincoln
    Abuse
    Accomplishment
    Accountability
    Achievement
    Aclu
    Action
    Activism
    Acts
    Adoption
    Adrian Rogers
    Agriculture
    Alan Keyes
    Albert Gallatin
    Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
    Alexander Hamilton
    Allegience
    Almighty
    Ambition
    America
    America\\\\
    American Revolution
    America's Party
    America's Party
    Americas Party
    Americas Summit
    Amnesty
    Anguish
    Answers
    Antonin Scalia
    Anwr
    Appearances
    Appeasement
    Arena
    Arizona
    Armed Forces
    Arms
    Assembly
    Association
    Attitude
    Authority
    Ballot Access
    Barry Goldwater
    Basis
    Bayonet
    Benevolence
    Benjamin Franklin
    Benjamin Rush
    Betrayal
    Bible
    Bill Fortenberry
    Bill Of Rights
    Birthright
    Bishop Daniel Jenky
    Blessings
    Blindness
    Blood
    Bob Enyart
    Bondage
    Borders
    Border Security
    Brush Fires
    Bureaucracy
    California
    Calvin Coolidge
    Campaigns
    Canada
    Cannibalism
    Caring
    Carl Gallups
    Catholic
    Cause
    Certainty
    Cesare Beccaria
    Chains
    Change
    Chaplains
    Character
    Charity
    Charles Carroll
    Charles De Monesquieu
    Charles Finney
    Checks And Balances
    Child Abuse
    Children
    Choice
    Christ
    Christianity
    Christians
    Christmas
    Chuck Colson
    Church
    Circular Reasoning
    Citizens
    Civil Disobedience
    Civilization
    Civil Liberty
    Colorado
    Commander In Chief
    Commerce
    Commerce Clause
    Common Core
    Common Defense
    Common Sense
    Communism
    Communists
    Community
    Compromise
    Concord
    Conduct
    Confidence
    Congress
    Conscience
    Consensus
    Consent Of The Governed
    Conservatism
    Conservative Movement
    Conservatives
    Constitution
    Consumption
    Contest
    Continental Congress
    Contraception
    Controversy
    Corrie Ten Boom
    Corruption
    Cost
    Country
    Countrymen
    Courage
    Courts
    Creator
    Criminal
    Crisis
    Cs Lewis
    Danger
    Daniel Webster
    Dave Racer
    David Berman
    Davy Crockett
    Dc
    Deadgop
    Death
    Debasement
    Debate
    Debra Raba
    Debt
    Decay
    Deception
    Declaration
    Declaration Of Independence
    Deeds
    Defeat
    Defense
    Deficits
    Democracy
    Denial
    Dependence
    Dependence On God
    Des Moines Register
    Despair
    Despotism
    Destiny
    Destruction
    Deterrence
    Devotion
    Diplomacy
    Disarmament
    Disgrace
    Dissolution
    Disunity
    Divinity
    Dobbs V Jackson
    Doctrines
    Donald Trump
    Douglas Mac Arthur
    Dream Act
    Drilling
    Due Process
    Duties
    Duty
    Dwight Eisenhower
    Dwight Moody
    Earnings
    Easter
    Economics
    Economy
    Edmund Burke
    Education
    Efficiency
    Egypt
    Electability
    Elections
    Electorate
    Empathy
    Encouragement
    Encroachment
    Enemies
    Energy
    Enterprise
    Enthusiasm
    Entitlement
    Entrepreneurs
    Enumerated Powers
    Environmentalism
    Epa
    Equality
    Equal Protection
    Equal Protection
    Error
    Eternity
    Ethics
    Evil
    Exceptions
    Executive
    Executive Orders
    Exertion
    Expedience
    Facts
    Faith
    Family
    Farm
    Fathomless
    Fear
    Fear Of God
    Federalism
    Federalist
    Felicity
    Fifth Amendment
    Fight
    Finance
    Fire
    Firmness
    First Amendment
    First Principles
    Fisher Ames
    Flattery
    Florida
    Force
    Forebears
    Foreign Policy
    Forgetfulness
    Foundation
    Foundations
    Founders
    Fourth Of July
    Franklin Pierce
    Frederick Bastiat
    Frederick Douglass
    Fred Upton
    Free Association
    Freedom
    Free Enterprise
    Free Exercise
    Freeman
    Free Men
    Free Speech
    Free The First
    Freshness
    Friendship
    Fruitfulness
    Fulton Sheen
    Gas
    Gasoline
    Gay Marriage
    Gaza
    Geldings
    General Welfare
    George Frederick Handel
    George Mason
    George Orwell
    George Washington
    Germany
    Gifts
    GK Chesterton
    Glory
    God
    God-given
    Good
    Goodness
    Gop
    Gospel
    Governemnt
    Government
    Government Of The People
    Government Schools
    Grace
    Gratitude
    Greatness
    Ground
    Growth
    Guardians
    Gulag
    Gullibility
    Guns
    Hamas
    Happiness
    Harlan Brown
    Heart
    Hearts
    Heaven
    Heavens
    Heritage
    Hhs
    Hillary Clinton
    History
    Hoefling Vs Branstad
    Homosexual Agenda
    Homosexual Agenda
    Honesty
    Honor
    Hope
    Humanism
    Human Nature
    Human Will
    Humility
    Humor
    Hungary
    Ideas
    Idleness
    Ignorance
    Illegal
    Illegal Immigration
    Illinois
    Illusion
    Immigration
    Impartiality
    Impeachment
    Incitement
    Income Tax
    Incrementalism
    Independence
    Independents
    Industry
    Inequality
    Influence
    Information
    Inheritance
    Iniquity
    Innocents
    Institutions
    Insurrection
    Intelligence
    Interests
    Interview
    Interviews
    Iowa
    Iran
    Islam
    Israel
    James Madison
    James Monroe
    James Wilson
    J D Ellis
    J.D. Ellis
    Jesus
    Jesus Christ
    Jobs
    Joel Hilliker
    John Adams
    John Hancock
    John Hofmeister
    John Jay
    John Kennedy
    John Langdon
    John Locke
    John Marshall
    John Paul Jones
    John Phillip Sousa
    John Witherspoon
    Joseph Story
    Joseph Warren
    Judgement
    Judicial Supremacy
    Judicial Supremacy
    Judicial Tyranny
    Judicial Tyranny
    Judiciary
    Jurisdiction
    Just
    Justice
    Kelly Oconnell
    Keystone
    King
    Knowledge
    Kyl
    Labels
    Labor Department
    Law
    Lawless
    Law Of Nature
    Laws
    Laws Of Nature
    Laws Of Nature And Nature's God
    Lawyers
    Leader
    Leadership
    Legislature
    Legitamacy
    Legitimacy
    Leo Xii
    Lesser Of Two Evils
    Lexington
    Liberals
    Liberty
    License
    Licentiousness
    Lies
    Life
    Light
    Limited Government
    Local
    Location
    Louisiana
    Love
    Loyalty
    Lyman Beecher
    Madison
    Magistrate
    Majority
    Malcolm Muggeridge
    Malice
    Mandate
    Mankind
    Manners
    Marbury Vs Madison
    Margaret Thatcher
    Marines
    Mark Twain
    Marriage
    Martin Luther King
    Mary Wagner
    Materialism
    Maturity
    Media
    Medicine
    Men
    Mengele
    Mercenaries
    Messiah
    Michael Barone
    Mike Huckabee
    Military
    Milton Friedman
    Minds
    Minority
    Minutemen
    Miracles
    Misery
    Mitt Romney
    Moderates
    Moderation
    Money
    Montgomery
    Morality
    Moral Law
    Morals
    Moses
    Motto
    Murder
    Nathaniel Niles
    Nation
    National
    National Anthem
    National Defense
    National Security
    Nations
    Natural Family
    Natural Law
    Natural Right
    Natural Rights
    Nature
    Navy
    Nazis
    Nazism
    Nccrb
    Necessary And Proper
    Necessity
    Neighbor
    New Orleans
    Nobodies
    Nomination
    Nukes
    Null And Void
    Nullity
    Oath
    Oathbreakers
    Oaths
    Obama
    Obamacare
    Object
    Obligation
    Odds
    Office
    Oil
    Old Glory
    Opportunity
    Oppression
    Order
    Ownership
    Panic
    Parasite
    Parental Rights
    Party
    Pastor Cary Gordon
    Patrick Henry
    Patriotism
    Patriots
    Peace
    Peace Through Strength
    Pearl Harbor
    Pennsylvania
    Pentagon
    Perish
    Permanency
    Perseverance
    Persistence
    Personality
    Personhood
    Persons
    Peter Muhlenberg
    Petition
    Philosophy
    Pipeline
    Platform
    Poetry
    Policy
    Political Expediency
    Political Parties
    Politicians
    Politics
    Posterity
    Poverty
    Power
    Powers
    Pragmatism
    Prayer
    Preach
    Preservation
    President
    Press
    Principle
    Principles
    Priority
    Privileges
    Process
    Productivity
    Profitability
    Profligacy
    Progress
    Pro-life
    Property
    Property Government
    Property Rights
    Proportion
    Prosperity
    Protection
    Protest
    Providence
    Psalms
    Public Councils
    Public Debt
    Public Opinion
    Public Spirit
    Purpose
    Quid Pro Quo
    Radio
    Raise A Standard
    Rally
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    Reagan
    Real Economics
    Reason
    Rebellion
    Reconciliation
    Rectitude
    Redress Of Grievances
    Refineries
    Reflection
    Regulation
    Regulationism
    Regulations
    Religion
    Religious Liberty
    Repentance
    Representatives
    Republic
    Republican Government
    Republicanism
    Republican Party
    Republican Party
    Republicans
    Republics
    Reputation
    Resolution
    Resolve
    Resources
    Responsibility
    Restoration
    Resurrection
    Revelation
    Revenue
    Revival
    Revolution
    Rhetoric
    Riches
    Right
    Righteousness
    Rights
    Right To Life
    RKBA
    Robert Winthrop
    Roe Vs Wade
    Romney
    Romney Republicanism
    Romneyrepublicans
    Ronald Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
    Ron Paul
    Rubio
    Ruin
    Rule Of Law
    Russia
    Sacred
    Sacrifice
    Safety
    Salvation
    Samuel Adams
    Samuel Alito
    Sanity
    Savings
    Science
    Scott Mahurin
    Secession
    Second Amendment
    Security
    Self Defense
    Self Evident
    Self Government
    Self Government
    Self Government
    Self-Government
    Selflessness
    Sensibilities
    Separation Of Powers
    September 11
    Servitude
    Seth Riggio
    Shakespeare
    Sheen
    Siena Hoefling
    Sight
    Silence
    Sin
    Slavery
    Socialism
    Socialized Medicine
    Society
    Socrates
    Soldiers
    Sophistry
    Sousa
    Sovereignty
    Soviet
    Speech
    Spending
    Spirit Of God
    Spiritual Strength
    Stalin
    Star Spangled Banner
    State
    States
    Statesmanship
    Statism
    Sterilization
    Strength
    Struggle
    Subservience
    Subsidies
    Success
    Suffering
    Summit
    Supply
    Supreme Court
    Surrender
    Survival
    Tax
    Taxation
    Taxes
    Tea Party
    Technology
    Temper
    Tenancy
    Tenche Cox
    Tenth Amendment
    Terrorism
    Texas
    The Almighty
    The Crisis
    The Law Of God
    The Lord
    Theodore Roosevelt
    The People
    The Republic
    The State
    Thomas Edison
    Thomas Jefferson
    Thomas Paine
    Thomas Sowell
    Thought
    Thrift
    Timidity
    Tom Hoefli
    Tom Hoefling
    Tom Hoefling
    Tom Shaw
    Tradition
    Traitors
    Trust
    Truth
    Tyranny
    Tyrants
    Ukraine
    Unalienable
    Unalienable Rights
    Union
    United Nations
    Unity
    Us Flag
    Us Military
    Usurpation
    Usurper
    Usurpers
    Utilitarianism
    Vaccines
    Validity
    Venality
    Veterans
    Victor Hugo
    Victory
    Vigour
    Violence
    Virgil Goode
    Virtue
    Voice
    Vote
    Voting
    War
    War On Terror
    Warren G. Harding
    Washington
    Washington Dc
    Weakness
    Wealth
    Well Doing
    Wendell Phillips
    We The People
    Will
    William Barclay
    William Blackstone
    William Boetcker
    William F Buckley
    William Lloyd Garrison
    William Penn
    Will Rogers
    Winston Churchill
    Wisdom
    Words
    Work
    Wretchedness
    Wrong


    Archives

    November 2022
    July 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    November 2021
    October 2021
    July 2021
    May 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    September 2020
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    September 2018
    August 2018
    June 2018
    February 2018
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012


    Picture
    Photo by Shane Vander Hart.
    Picture

    RSS Feed


'Our liberties we prize and our rights we will maintain.'

Tom Hoefling on Government:


"Just as 'good fences make for good neighbors,' good government is mainly about knowing where the legitimate boundaries are, and having the courage to defend those borders forcefully. This is true in terms of the defense of our territory, our security, and our national sovereignty, but it also applies to the sworn duty of all of those in government to equally protect the God-given, unalienable rights of each individual person, from their creation onward, their sacred obligation to stay well within the enumerated powers of our constitutions, and of the role legitimate government must play in balancing the competing rights and interests of the people, in order to establish justice."

Picture