Update

Hey all-

Quick update.

Old post with newer comments:

http://bloggingforfaith.blogspot.com/2008/01/today-i-found-interesting-scholarship.html

All about separation of church and state, religion, founding fathers, etc. The new commenter would be martymankins who is one liberal I love to talk with. I recently posted in his comments that I would actually enjoy more opinions that differ from my own. There was some concern about my blog leaning more to the right. Oh dont get me wrong I love my righties... ;) but if you are a leftist...centrist...etc...please comment!


The contest winner for the mad lib will be announced tomorrow. Yes I know I am a week late.


Also tomorrow- pictures

...of what you ask? You'll see.


PS- Thanks to all of my new readers. I enjoy your comments and look forward to seeing more of you!

Obama, why he is not my leader.

I recently read comments on Whall's blog that Obama is a charismatic candidate. For some reason when I watch his speeches all I see is a condescending asshole. But hey, that's just me. The point is, a candidate's personality may have a lot to do with the American vote (Reagan, Bush, etc), but their VIEWS should be the number one reason why you are electing a leader.

On my post a few down, I mentioned Obama's Communist ties and ideas. This is not what this post is about but I did want to mention yet another thing Obama proposed yesterday that sent me into a state of panic as I realized how many of you are brainwashed and will most likely think this is a wonderful idea.

Obama now wants to tell corporations how to invest their money. Specifically, he wants them to invest in clean air projects. He wants to use the free market as a tool. I think Obama is missing the free in free market. But that does not surprise me as Mr. Obama has complete disregard for anything free. His ignorance of the constitution (2'nd amendment rights and human life), his views on health care, and regulations on market all point in a dangerous direction.

Another thing I wanted to touch upon was Obama's quote:

When they had multiple chances to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by investing in renewable fuels that we can literally grow right here in America, they said no," Obama said. "Now, I know that some of these policies are difficult politically. They aren’t easy. But being President of the United States isn’t about doing what’s easy.

"They" did try to reduce our independence multiple times by proposing drilling in Alaska and other places. However liberals and environmentalists continually shut it down.

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Ok, so to the real point of this post.

In 2002, as an Illinois legislator, Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act, which would have protected babies that survived late-term abortions. That same year a similar federal law, the Born Alive Infant Protection Act, was signed by President Bush. Only 15 members of the U.S. House opposed it, and it passed the Senate unanimously on a voice vote.

For those of you who do not know, the act was to give equal medical treatment to wanted babies who were born prematurely and prematurely induced babies who were going to be aborted.

NARAL supported this act because they believed it did not conflict with a woman's right to choose. NARAL would be correct for once. This specific act is only for those who have now exited the womb and are no longer a part of the mother. Though I believe it is a life in the womb, even pro-choicers believe it is a life once it is born.

But Obama voted against this bill in the Illinois senate and killed it in committee. Twice, the Induced Infant Liability Act came up in the Judiciary Committee on which he served. At its first reading he voted “present.” At the second he voted “no.” The bill was then referred to the senate’s Health and Human Services Committee, which Obama chaired after the Illinois Senate went Democratic in 2003. As chairman, he never called the bill up for a vote.

"What we are doing here is to create one more burden on a woman and I can’t support that."

Either he is a robot or he is completely ignorant of law. I could not elect a candidate who cannot protect a human life because he views a born child separate of it's mother as a burden and therefore cannot receive medical treatment the same way a wanted child would.

What do you think?

Reference on quotes:
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18647

Mad Lib Mondays

If you visit my mother's site you will notice that we decided to start a new thing for Mondays. How it started? I decided to make a mad lib of my own in our family room and have her fill in the words. This is how it turned out: (ps- she is dirtier than I am...with her words of course)

There once was a little herpes that lived on an obese meadow. One day, it realized that it had no more sprinklers. "Oh no! I must ask my friend, Herbert , the vagina for some." On the trip over, seven hamsters flew from overhead. They bestowed upon the herpes a sexy butthole. "Thank you! it exclaimed. Because of your kindness, you will each be given a hairpiece Now squat and leave me be."

So here is how mad lib mondays work. Each Monday, I'll ask for a certain number of adjectives, nouns, etc. Then, the next week, I'll post the mad lib with the funniest entry from your comments inserted.

This week I need:

1 adjective
4 nouns
1 verb ending in ing
1 number
1 plural noun
1 adverb
1 amount (ie 4 inches, 3 centimeters, 2 cups)

Have fun! Leave your words in the comments here.
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Tomorrow, Obama and his views on abortion. How they conflict with NARAL.

(The below banner was made by a dear friend over at Proctor Street. If you all remeber I still do have a quest going for 100 readers. I have been slowly making my way to that goal as I just recieved 4 new readers. )

Grrrr

I love dogs. I have always wanted to start a shelter for dogs. But I will never get a Bichon Frise. Why? In the time we have owned Sophie, my mom's beloved dog, I have lost 3 pairs of shoes, a winter jacket, and a brand new cell phone.

Ok so the phone still works. But it is a beautiful metallic reflecting phone that I got with my new phone plan. I clean it all the time. Last night, I set my phone on the couch's armrest to pick up guitar hero. I was helping my sister, I swear.

Five minutes later, I turn around and the phone is gone. I ask my sister where it is and she looks up at me with horrified eyes. I ask where it is again and she slowly points to the table under a cereal box. She apparently found the phone wedged inside the dog's mouth and hid it in a panic thinking I would murder the dog.

Me- *gasp* *gasp* NOO NOOO THE DOG.
Mom- *comes running from upstairs* What!? What happened?

Me- *shows her the phone*

Mom- Oh I thought the dog had died...

Me- I wish.

I am back...arent you happy Obama supporters!

It's been a month. I took what I will dub a bloggy vaca. More like a computer vacation. My computer kept getting viruses from the cesspool known as myspace which caused me to re load my operating system 3 times. I finally got good protection (waits for fab's joke) and one day as I am playing a good game of CSI Vegas...BAM. My hard drive dies. It died so bad that nothing could be recovered. The links I have saved in categories such as abortion, global warming, religion, for over 5 years are gone. All my written arguments...gone.

If you know me you know I love politics. I love having references to use for my posts. My link list...and this will sound nerdy...is something I took pride in. All of my pictures are gone as well.

Losing all of it made me not want to blog, debate, myspace, facebook, etc for a very long time. Hence my bloggy vaca.

The best way to forget about it is to jump right back into it. So let's talk about Obama. Oh yes...a topic that started blog world controversy. *rubs hands*

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I belong to several myspace groups in which I posted about Rev. Wright's relationship with Obama before it became big news. I also brought it up on a radio show of a friend of mine. The comments I received back were much like what the media's response is.

It is considered a "low blow" and "dirty politics." For some reason, his wife’s and pastor’s comments are irrelevant and a territory we must not explore as people of the United States electing our future leader. Why is this? We cannot consider the opinions of those closest to him? We cannot consider the opinions of the woman he sleeps with every night...the man he listened to for 20 years without a problem?

I once was at a church where the priest began to preach that it is not the priests’ fault for sexual abuse, rather the media and parents. I disagreed completely with this sermon and because of that I left...never to return till that priest was gone. Obama sat in this church for 20 years. He befriended the pastor...he even went so far as to say the pastor was his guidance for this election. Yet, suddenly he vehemently disagrees with the pastor’s views. Views that caused alarm in Americans because of their anti American and racial sentiments.

Obama has been married to a woman that says that this is the only time she has ever been proud of her country. But we are not to consider this. We are to ignore those surrounding Obama. Those who are not politically correct in hopes of getting elected...those who do not put up a face for the media.

What about his policies? What he supports? Obama proposes government run universal health care. This gives the government increasingly more power hence pushing it into communist territory. The taxation of individuals making 37 000 because they will be labeled "rich" under Obama’s plan is pushing us towards Communism. Most troubling to me are the comments made by Obama stating that we need to eat less , drive our cars less, etc. Something not often mentioned in media is his sponsorship of the Global Poverty Act.

How about his connections and friendships with Wright, Ayers, and Davis? Have you considered his own mother’s views and her ties to Communism? His comments that if he just had a talk with terrorist leaders everything would be okay? How about the Obama office in Texas that had a flag of Che Guevara against the wall? But we the American people are not allowed to dive into these issues...we are not to consider who his family and friends are and their influence upon him.

A presidential candidate's ties, character, and influences are most certainly to be taken into consideration. This is someone we will be choosing to run our country for four years. This is someone who we are trusting to turn things around. This candidate must be scrutinized so that we do not end up with a country more worse off than it is now.

Obama is a candidate of talk. He talks about change and the American people who do not research this candidate believe him. His close relationships and his support of policies are all we can look at. And that, my blogger friends, is the key to who we will be electing. My vote will not be going to you, Mr. Barack Obama.

Get out the 357

Dick Small hates it when I am whiny so I promise no whine today. :)

I got a new cell phone today! I have not had a cell phone since the 9th grade (which only lasted about 9 months) when my ex boyfriend paid for it. Yes, I am a pimp. I have a few members numbers already that I am excited to talk to. If you want me to add you or exchange you can leave a comment here or email me if you do not feel safe doing so publicly.

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Have any of you ever done something really dumb but only because you were banking on it turning out okay? For some reason I have such odd luck with things like that. I almost ALWAYS bank on it but it happens. Let me explain.

When I recently came back from the beach I was arriving at BWI. My ride was late so I decided to get a mocha frap. I go back outside with my tasty treat and casually sip it in front of all the people waiting for their person. Now anytime I try to look semi decent I always do something idiotic. It never fails. As I am sipping the drink my finger flicks back the straw and frap and whip cream go flying all over my face.

I started to laugh but felt SO dumb. So I think...hey...maybe I can recover my cool factor. I think it might look better if my ride was there and I laugh with them instead of being alone covered in chocolate laughing to myself. So I look down the street where cars are coming in and point and laugh at a vehicle and begin moving towards them with a purpose.

Oh yeah I wanted people to think I saw MY person and we were just having a great old time laughing at my expense. But I also knew that if my ride did NOT show up I would run out of strip to walk down with a purpose. I would eventually have to stop and look worse than I did in the first place.

I started getting closer and closer to the end and all of the sudden a car pulls closer...it IS my ride and I look completely normal...or so I think.

Trickling down

Why have I been gone? Well, it might have to do something with 14 hour work days. :/ My work has become absolutely ridiculous. I am still young, I am going to college, and this little retail position means absolutely NOTHING to me. They treat me as if it SHOULD mean something to me and they completely abuse my time. I went into work at 2 Pm yesterday and left at 4 am. I then had to start getting ready at 7 45 and go back in to open.

I have one person over me at the store and she told me, as I was leaving today, "You look more awake than me can you stay here while I go nap?"

Yes, go ahead, as I remove my spine.

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Anyways, back to what was promised.

Trickle down economics. You either are completely for it or completely against it in my experience. I am sure some of you have already guessed my stance and you would most likely be correct. I do believe trickle down economics works. This is why I dislike Obama's proposition that families making a combined income of 75 k be considered rich and taxed more.

I don't believe that he is looking at the BIGGER picture. Kennedy's, Bush's and Reagan's tax cuts all created tax REVENUE. Of course this sounds backwards but you have to think backwards. The more money people make, the more they spend which ends up creating more jobs AND revenue.

The criticism that the tax payments of the rich would fall under ERTA was
based on a static conception of human behavior. As a 1982 JEC study pointed
out,[1] similar across-the-board tax cuts had been implemented in the 1920s as the
Mellon tax cuts, and in the 1960s as the Kennedy tax cuts. In both cases the
reduction of high marginal tax rates actually increased tax payments by "the
rich," also increasing their share of total individual income taxes paid.

The 1993 Clinton tax increase appears to having the opposite effect on the willingness of wealthy taxpayers to expose income to taxation. According to IRS data, the income generated by the top one percent of income earners actually declined in 1993. This decline is especially significant since the retroactivity of the Clinton tax increase in that year limited the ability of taxpayers to deploy tax avoidance strategies, temporarily resulting in an increase in their tax burden. Moreover, according to the FY 1997 Clinton budget submission, individual income tax revenues as a share of GDP will be lower during the first four years of the Clinton tax increase, which include the effects of the 1990 tax increase, than under the last four years of the Reagan tax changes (FY 1986-89).

http://www.house.gov/jec/fiscal/tx-grwth/reagtxct/reagtxct.htm

Other evidence of revenues:

Ever since the Senate approved the last major tax relief bill, in 2003, revenues have increased every year. In 2004, they went up 5.5%. Last year, they rose 14.5%, the largest increase in nearly 25 years.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-02-20-debate-oppose_x.htm

So why then would we claim that heavy taxation is the answer to deficits when, actually, tax cuts provide us with more money? Trickle down has always worked to create many jobs and an overall better economy. Under Reagan, 16 million jobs were created because of his economic policies. Because of this, there were more incomes to tax which created revenue.

Others claim that it is greedy and only hurts the poor.

What do you think?