Hi all! I’ve been busy doing my part for the candidate whom I believe should be our next President. But here I am to answer the two questions left as comments to my last post as well as add a little something bugging me these days.
First is the question presented by Dan and he writes:
I know you are pro-life...but are you anti-choice?
As he has written, I am pro-life personally and could not imagine giving up or having aborted any of my children. But to clear things up, I am not anti-choice at the federal level. This is one of the issues that I believe should be out of the hands in Washington D.C. I would like to see the laws be made at the State level as the highest level. Personally, I would like to see it be a county or community decision. Since we are a nation of many peoples and supposedly the land of the free, I don’t believe in a “one answer fits all” system of government for the issue of abortion. Will people leave one area and travel to an area where it is legal to have an abortion? I’d like to answer with a sure “no”, but we all know that it will happen in some instances. But at least those women would have more time to change their minds as they travel or would agree with the laws of their community and not go through with the procedure. Lastly on this subject, I believe with the proper education provided, that we can reduce the need for abortion all together. This would tie in with my idea to give the education system back to the people of their communities. People should be able to decide what to teach their children with much looser federal guidelines.
Now for the second question, from anonymous, who writes:
Don't you think it is time we put God and discipline back in our school systems? All we have to do is walk around any major city and see the product of our failed schools.
Personally, I would answer with a yes, but again, I believe in throwing back to a time when the local community cared about their children’s education and had a say in it. I believe in an education system where the majority votes win and is not constrained by ridiculous requirements handed down by the folks in D.C. That includes the issue of placing God in schools. If the majority of people want God in the school and a few oppose it, then He should be placed back in that school. And the opposed have three choices from there… Accept the teaching, ignore the teaching, or move to a more suitable school. We can not please everyone. We are learning that at the expense of Christians right now. And the failed schools are not just in the major cities. It’s any place where the community doesn’t get involved. It’s anywhere that lets government make the decisions about what their children need to learn. And it’s really this “No Child Left Behind” act, which is made up of complete horse manure. See my earlier postings for a whole article on my ideas about the current state of education as well as my ideas for the future.
Okay, here’s a headline that has irked me today…
Online protests seek to include Ron Paul in N.H. debate
NASHUA, N.H.--An online protest is growing over presidential candidate Ron Paul's exclusion from a Fox News debate here on Sunday, even though other Republicans receiving fewer votes in Iowa or scoring lower in the polls were invited.
Paul received a fifth-place 10 percent of the GOP vote in Iowa's caucus Thursday, ahead of Rudy Giuliani, who received 3.5 percent. He's also ahead of Fred Thompson in New Hampshire polls, polling 7 percent to Thompson's 2 percent.
But both Giuliani and Thompson still appear to be invited to Sunday evening's debate sponsored by Fox News and the New Hampshire Republican Party. Paul isn't.
I placed a response to Fox News with the hopes that it will open the eyes of many FoxNews loyalists of the link between Rudy Guiliani and the FoxNews station. It read:
"Fox News was launching, with Ailes at the helm, and Time Warner, which provided cable service to 12 million homes nationwide, had decided it would not carry Fox News. Time Warner was the dominant cable operator in New York City, meaning that not only would 1.1 million city homes not get Fox, but the fledgling network would go unseen by media powerbrokers in the nation's media capital.
Three days after Murdoch learned of Time Warner's decision, a call from Ailes to Giuliani set in motion a series of unprecedented moves in favor of a cable network by the Giuliani administration. As calls and meetings continued between Fox and city officials, including Giuliani, the Giuliani administration reportedly threatened Time Warner executives with the loss of their cable franchise if the cable provider didn't accept a deal in which the city would give up one of its own government channels so Fox News could take the slot. (Some 30 other cable networks had tried and failed to win channel space on Time Warner.) When Time Warner refused to take the deal, the city announced that it would go ahead with the plan anyway and force the cable provider to carry Fox News. A legal battle ensued."
Read the full article @
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/15/regan/
I think they are helping out their guy by taking out the biggest threat to Rudy any way they can like after the last debate when they said that the "Paulites" were texting over and over to vote him as the winner when for days prior, they were touting how there would be only 1 vote allowed per phone. I hope this opens everyone's eyes to the real nature of this "fair and balanced" Faux News!
Please take the time to read the whole article and respond to me with what you think. Until then, Please take it easy in these hard times.
Rich
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3 comments:
Hey bro, I posted your thread on the forum I frequent and the people there are going crazy about it. It is posted in the "Ron Paul is being blocked from the Fox debate" thread. It is a good post about how politics and business seem to go hand in hand now-n-days. It is so anti-free america that I don't know how they have gotten away with it. Other than behind closed doors. If you become President, how would you handle informing the public of what is really going on and how would you provide proof for them?
Keep it up.
Dan
I enjoyed reading through your blog. It's nice to find anyone who is actually thinking.
I have my own opinions about abortion that are complex and differ from those you've expressed here. I do agree that decisions in any direction belongs with the state. The topic of God in the schools is a key issue with me.
I believe firmly in seperation of church and state, especially in public schools. I do admit, that on paper, your ideas of giving the state and local government the power over God in school sounds fine. But I can forsee some major problems.
I realize this may seem like a big jump, but this gives me a real "seperate but equal" vibe. As I understand your idea, the local people would decide yes or no to God in school. Leaving the person who doesn't wish there childs school to involve God with those 3 options. (I pressume also, that this is more acurately an issue of Christianity in schools)
A. accept the teaching
B. ignore the teaching
C. Move to an area where the schools are more suitable
-A & B-hmm... accept the teaching? would accepting the teaching require the student to accept religions doctrine without challenge or honest discussion? Being able to have an honest discussion and question the information & beliefs expressed is key to education. And as for early elementary students, how exactly is a six or seven year old suppose to "ignore the teaching"? At this age, children don't question, they absorb and believe everything there teachers say.
-C. Move to somewhere with more suitable schools.... This is completely egocentric, "if you dont like it, move". Do you really think that a family living between povery and lower middle class can afford to move so there child gets or doesnt get a christian education? Besides what we have now, with inequality between schools, usually due to the socioeconomics of the area. Ontop of this you'd really begin dividing cities & states, apart.
Nothing good can come from a child growing up without any diversity in there community. I could really rant awhile about this, but I'll give you a break.
I feel really embarassed, I knew nothing about this Fox News issue. Thanks for all the info.
sarah
Wow. Thank for writing Sarah. I really appreciate what you have to say. The sides you have presented here are very interesting and I would like a night to mull them over before responding. I promise I will get back to you tomorrow, the 10th, and post my next log addressing what you've said. In the meantime, please take a look at all my posts on here and let me know what you think. Just do me a favor and place your responses under the latest posts response area so I don't have to peruse every post each day. Again, thanks, and have a great weekend!
Rich
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