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<\/a><\/p>\nWell there you have it folks, your new and shiny \u201ctop tier.\u201d And it was a pretty good horse race too, huh? Right down to the wire.<\/p>\n
Remember me earlier today talking about New Advent<\/em>, and keeping up with spiritual posts? Well I was pleased to find this myth-busting post by Ryan McMacken entitled, 6 Myths Catholics Tell About Libertarians.<\/a> You should go check it out and see if it reminds you of any solid Catholic teaching. Solidarity, subsidiarity, and maybe even shades of distributism. Wacky, crazy, and downright un-Amurikin.<\/p>\n For example, Just War doctrine? Phooey on that! Don\u2019t you know how dangerous Iran isn\u2019t? Rule number 1 for two out of three fellows in the Top Tier: the Pentagon doesn\u2019t know diddly squat<\/a>.\u00a0Besides, rattling swords is cool! You can look at yourself in the mirror while you wave that thing around and no harm will come to you<\/em>. And everybody knows that wars of self-defense are for pansies! We build empires around here. And our military thank us for giving them a job too<\/a>.<\/p>\n My friend Mark Shea notes that aside from Krazy Ron Paul, we have the renowned Empty Suit, complete with deep pockets and a check book you have to see to believe; and the latest, greatest, come from behind, Cinderella story, Just War Doctrine discarding Right (Correct?) side of the Cafeteria, Catholic candidate, representing the saber rattling Chicken Hawk war and torture Party: rrrrrrrrrRRRRick Santorum!<\/p>\n But Mark says all of that way better than I do<\/a>. And maybe Chaucer does an even better job, if not quite as truthful,<\/p>\n