12 Things You Should Know About Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan

[lunatica]

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/11/677171/12-things-you-should-know-about-vice-presidential-candidate-paul-ryan/

1. Ryan embraces the extreme philosophy of Ayn Rand.

2. Ryan wants to raises taxes on the middle class, cut them for millionaires.

3. Ryan wants to end Medicare, replace it with a voucher system.

4. Ryan thinks Social Security is a “ponzi scheme.”

5. Ryan’s budget would result in 4.1 million lost jobs in 2 years.

6. Ryan wants to eliminate Pell Grants for more more than 1 million students.

7. Ryan supports $40 billion in subsides for big oil.

8. Ryan has ownership stakes in companies that benefit from oil subsidies

9. Ryan claimed Romneycare has led to “rationing and benefit cuts.”

10. Ryan believes that Romneycare is “not that dissimilar to Obamacare.”

11. Ryan accused generals of lying about their support for Obama’s military budget.

12. Ryan co-sponsored a “personhood” amendment, an extreme anti-abortion measure.

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2012/08/11/677171/12-things-you-should-know-about-vice-presidential-candidate-paul-ryan/

For more information about each number go to the link

[AnotherMcIntosh]

1. 1 Thing That Teabaggers/Repubs Should Know - Ryan Doesn't Believe in the Same God as Rmoney:

As explained by the Mormon Research Ministry:

The Mormon doctrine of God is not the same as the historic Christian view. It holds that God and man are essentially of the same species, and that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones. He is not uniquely self-existent, transcendent, or eternal. Neither is he truly the creator of all things, for he is one among potentially billions of Gods, and does not even have the ability to create matter. As BYU professor David Paulson once put it, "God does not have absolute power... but rather the power to maximally utilize natural laws to bring about His purposes."
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In a ... sermon Joseph Smith boldly preached:
"If Jesus Christ was the Son of God, and John discovered that God the Father of Jesus Christ had a Father, you may suppose that He had a Father also. Where was there ever a son without a father? And where was there ever a father without first being a son? Whenever did a tree or anything spring into existence without a progenitor? And everything comes in this way. Paul says that which is earthly is in the likeness of that which is heavenly, Hence if Jesus had a Father, can we not believe that He had a Father also? I despise the idea of being scared to death at such a doctrine, for the Bible is full of it."

To the contrary, God says in Isaiah 43:10, "Before me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after me." Psalm 90:2 says of him, "Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever you had formed the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God." This is the God Christians worship. Of him we can say, "Who has known the mind of the Lord, or who has been his counselor? Or who has given a gift to him that he might be repaid? For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen." (Romans 11:34-36)

http://www.mrm.org/god-of-mormonism

The Republicans have made religion an important issue ever since Bush was elected. They continue to do so. It is a fair issue to focus on.

[blm]

2. Claims to be Catholic for political image, most anti-Christ candidate in history

on the most anti-Christian taicket in history.

[Cognitive_Resonance]

3. A Randian fanatic with no experience outside of rightwing politics. nt

[Petrushka]

4. Thank you for the link. I posted it to my Facebook wall.

[lunatica]

5. Here's more I just took from another bright DUer

[Petrushka]

6. Beat ya to it . . . already posted, along with a plethora of other anti-RR cartoons, etc.

[lunatica]

7. I think I stole it from you!

Ya know when your good people will steal your stuff!

[Petrushka]

8. Steal? Steal? Did you say "Steal?"?

I'd steal that little cheerleader of yours, too . . . if I knew how to do so! Guess I'll have to be content with THIS --->