Dissent: Thank you for supporting our president
This anti-abortion commercial was rejected from the Superbowl lineup, but is worth a view.
I voted mostly Democrat this election, and am very happy that Obama is president. And even though I pray that he will make the right decisions, I feel it is necessary to oppose any of his decisions that I do not agree with. One such decision is his support for a new abortion law.
Abortion simply should not be a part of politics. It has polarized our society into two groups, both which think the other is wrong. Our government was never meant to mandate personal choice on such a level. Each party may claim divine support for enforcing their idea of righteousness, but inasmuch as they mandate righteousness they rule with the devil's methods.
My friend posted this article by a lawyer who refuses to be bullied into supporting our president. I think that she is mostly right. We should be willing to disagree and oppose the president if what he decides conflicts with our values. But we must never oppose him because of his political party. Such is folly, and all too common.
For example, Obama upheld the right of habeus corpus for any individual in U.S. jurisdiction. Bush set aside a huge tract of ocean for a nature preserve. Both of these acts deserve my full support.
We should pray for the president. We should pray that he will have the wisdom to make the right decisions.
One of the bad decisions made by every president for the past 50 years is our embargo of Cuba. We have abused that tiny nation for our own economic gain and wrapped our violence in the pious tunic of ideology.
Along with that is our continued military spending, which consistently costs us more than all other budget concerns combined. We no longer deal in national defense, but in blatant imperialism. No president will ever be able to stare down the military-industrial complex. We will continue to impoverish ourselves morally as well as economically through war, for the profit of a few.
We quibble and argue about bailouts and stimulus plans, which are pennies compared to the gilded coffers of the military-industrial complex.
Ron Paul had the courage to speak against this, and so he didn't have a chance at the presidency. His clear reason in spite of fear convinced me to become a Libertarian.
And as a Libertarian, I must sometimes dissent from the Democrats for whom I voted.
I voted mostly Democrat this election, and am very happy that Obama is president. And even though I pray that he will make the right decisions, I feel it is necessary to oppose any of his decisions that I do not agree with. One such decision is his support for a new abortion law.
Abortion simply should not be a part of politics. It has polarized our society into two groups, both which think the other is wrong. Our government was never meant to mandate personal choice on such a level. Each party may claim divine support for enforcing their idea of righteousness, but inasmuch as they mandate righteousness they rule with the devil's methods.
My friend posted this article by a lawyer who refuses to be bullied into supporting our president. I think that she is mostly right. We should be willing to disagree and oppose the president if what he decides conflicts with our values. But we must never oppose him because of his political party. Such is folly, and all too common.
For example, Obama upheld the right of habeus corpus for any individual in U.S. jurisdiction. Bush set aside a huge tract of ocean for a nature preserve. Both of these acts deserve my full support.We should pray for the president. We should pray that he will have the wisdom to make the right decisions.
One of the bad decisions made by every president for the past 50 years is our embargo of Cuba. We have abused that tiny nation for our own economic gain and wrapped our violence in the pious tunic of ideology.
Along with that is our continued military spending, which consistently costs us more than all other budget concerns combined. We no longer deal in national defense, but in blatant imperialism. No president will ever be able to stare down the military-industrial complex. We will continue to impoverish ourselves morally as well as economically through war, for the profit of a few.We quibble and argue about bailouts and stimulus plans, which are pennies compared to the gilded coffers of the military-industrial complex.
Ron Paul had the courage to speak against this, and so he didn't have a chance at the presidency. His clear reason in spite of fear convinced me to become a Libertarian.
And as a Libertarian, I must sometimes dissent from the Democrats for whom I voted.
"Inasmuch as they mandate righteousness they rule with the devil's methods."
ReplyDeleteWell said.
I still disagree with you - I think personal morals and values should determine how we vote. That includes issues of abortion and homosexuality. "Government was never meant to mandate personal choice on such a level." I think we do so all the time - child molestation, consensual underage sex, etc. The government gets involved in personal things all the time.
ReplyDeleteI don't think we can make abortion illegal. But I agree with what the platform of the Democratic party says - we should make them rare. And I think that government absolutely should get involved on that level - not in mandating, but in encouraging the right choice and discouraging the wrong choice, rather than just saying whatever you want is ok.