Politics

So, I've been talking politics more recently. I think that it's absolutely ridiculous that we have someone running for Vice President who is pro-choice (which of course means pro-abortion, meaning murdering unborn innocent babies) and who also claims to be Catholic. Last time I checked, the Vatican was pretty darn well against abortions, and pretty much have stated it clearly that you cannot be both Catholic and Pro-Choice. I think that my friend Michael put it best; he's a salad-bar Christian. This means that he can choose what he wants to believe and make sure its the things that make him feel the best. This is very scary to me! To think that we have someone who might be president who cannot stand up to his own morals is truly frightening. If he can't do that, what else can't he stand up to?

Also, dealing with the Democratic Party itself...Barack Obama claims to want change. What it seems to me is that he wants to return us back to 1994 or 1995 to when the middle class was being taxed around 35% or more, and also we were completely a mess overseas. The big bubble burst in 2001 or so that was blamed on President Bush was actually a backlog of bad decisions made by the Clinton administration dealing with the economy. It seems as well that under the Presidency of Obama that being successful in life is the new Cardinal Sin. As seen with John McCain, since he owns seven houses, it's seen as a terrible thing. He must have stolen the funds from hard-working blue-collar workers! He also must sit on a throne of those blue-collar worker's skulls and drink their blood from a diamond encrusted gold goblet. (Ok, so that's not really what they are saying, but dang if it's not close!) In any case, if for some reason that you actually work hard for your living, you'll be punished rather than rewarded.

For education, it seems that the Democrats want to continue down this dangerous road of making everyone on the same playing field; this means the continuation of No Child Left Behind as it stands now. It's very sad to me that children who excel are being held back because they can't get too far ahead. You see, it'll blow the curve for the children who are mentally retarted who still have to take the same exact exam that the high children take. Also, never mind about personal achievement by students. It all matters about one week in the year when the students take this test. It's very sad to me that all of a school's funding and all the pressure is based on how children from 5 to 14 do on a test.

I don't personally know if John McCain is the right answer for the country right now, but I know that he personally has dealt with more personal crisis in his life than Barry Obama has. He can cry and say how terrible his childhood was, but remember that he still went to an Ivy League school and has a law degree. John McCain is from a line of soldiers, and I feel a lot better with people who want to blow us to kingdom come having someone with military experience in place as the head of our country. I also feel that McCain would be able to convince the few moderate Democrats to vote in his favor in Congress better than Obama could convince the few liberal Republicans to vote for what he wants.

Needless to say, I'm a little fired up about this election. It reminds me a lot of the 1892 election between William McKinley and William Jennings Bryant (better known as the battle of the Williams ;) ). During that election, it was a choice to either be a highly industrialized nation with a concience or to remain with a weaker economy that was essentially isolationist. I feel that the election between McCain and Obama will determine if we are going to be a strong or a weak country for the next four years, and I hope that we will decide the right way.

More later! Not so political next time, I swear!