First, I do not believe that truth changes over time, or from place to place, or from person to person. It is not dependant on circumstances or anything else. Truth is truth. Period. It does not change; it is absolute.
It is also not as self-evident as many people might believe.
I hated the bailout plan, and fully believe that those who make bad decisions should live with the consequences of those decisions. If you spend beyond your means, and you get burned for it, then you got burned. That's your problem, not the government's.
Unfortunately, at this level, when the banking executives made their greedy, bad decisions, it was everyone else who was going to get burned... not the banking executives with the 20 million retirement bonuses.
I believe in accountability, but I also feel that innocent people who put their money and investments into a financial institution should not lose everything because of the greed of a few.
I believe that man has a free will, and that yes, Obama's election somehow fits into the plan of God.
It's funny how all men are created equal, but God somehow loves Americans more than any other human.
It's funny how there is this thing called freedom of religion but if anyone other than a psuedo-christian runs for office, if any law is passed that offends the sensibilities (term used loosely) of a single religion, they are branded the anti-christ, (I actually had this old man sit at my desk a few days ago telling me he firmly believed the world was going to end in 2012 and that Obama was the anti-christ), a terrorist and that there are dark days ahead.
Because everyone can have freedom of religion. Just as long as that religion is pseudo-christianity and that this Constitution for all men created equal is made to protect that singular dogma.
Sorry.. just saw the Proposition 8 results earlier..
The idea of separation of church and state is there for a reason.
America did take a heavy blow, based on the greed of a number of homeowners and lenders. The problem was when the government tried to stick its dirty fingers into the problem to try to fix it.
This is the function of government after all.
Again, let the other nations of the world think what they want. Everyone always hates the most powerful nation until that nation is gone. Then they wish they had it back.
Not if you are the second most powerful nation in the world... Something new always comes along. Who mourns for Rome anymore?
Were it not for America, the entire world would be Communist and speaking Russian,
Because China is communist and speaks Russian..
Israel would be obliterated by Iran
Since Iran is obviously listening to America regarding the enrichment of uranium...
Hate us if you want, but recognize that we fill a vital role in this world.
Even if it is a modern role that is not recognized by the Constitution and we cannot have that. For a man once said:
"The Constitution is to be the supreme law of the land; no law is to contradict it unless that law comes in the form of an Amendment to the Constitution. The global dynamic may have changed, but truth, and the Constitution, have not."
If we do not serve as the policeman, someone else will, and the best candidates are Russia and China.
It's kind of hard to police the world when all the policemen are in two countries. You kind of lose sight of those other 'little' atrocities called genocides elsewhere.
In policing the world, if that is what the US has been doing, it has done a piss-poor job.
The only thing that really frightens me with Obama being in office is the up and coming 25% budget cut to the entire military and intelligence services.
Yeah, but unless the conflict is kept alive indefinitely, the armed forces would eventually be scaled down. It always happens after war. Perhaps it's enough if they can come back to their loved ones safe.
I just wish there was a better economy for them to come back too. I am sure they'll have some cool stories when we're in the bread line together...
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