Walgreen’s update: I went to get RX's filled and I was so annoyed because there was someone in each lane when I went to drop off. I actually had to wait. When I went back to pick up both lanes were empty so I went to the first one and not long after there were 2 cars backed up behind me with no one in lane 2. (this is some good blogging)
I am ever so very sad that Mitt dropped out of the race today. And I am really angry at McCain and Huckabee and their dirty nasty politics. So phooey on you.
So this is why Barack Obama scares me:
1. Do we really want someone with a Muslim background who's middle name is Hussein to serve as president of our country? (Ok, that probably is really unfair of me so we won't count this as #1)
1. I think he is very naive
2. I think he is affiliated with a church that is very racially motivated. Here is their own description of themselves as found on their website:
- We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.
3. I think that it is interesting in the 10 point vision for their church there is made no mention of God (upon whom our country is founded). And it would seem that members of this congregation are a little more devoted to Africa instead of the actual county in which we live. (probably not a great thing for the president of our country) Again from their web site:
The Pastor as well as the membership of Trinity United Church of Christ is committed to a 10-point Vision:
- A congregation committed to ADORATION.
- A congregation preaching SALVATION.
- A congregation actively seeking RECONCILIATION.
- A congregation with a non-negotiable COMMITMENT TO AFRICA.
- A congregation committed to BIBLICAL EDUCATION.
- A congregation committed to CULTURAL EDUCATION.
- A congregation committed to the HISTORICAL EDUCATION OF AFRICAN PEOPLE IN DIASPORA. (Diaspora-A dispersion of a people from their original homeland)
- A congregation committed to LIBERATION.
- A congregation committed to RESTORATION.
- A congregation working towards ECONOMIC PARITY.
4. I think his plan to sit around a campfire, holding hands with our enemies, and singing Cumbaya is stupid and scary. These people don't want to talk or negotiate, they just want to blow us up using any means they can, including using women, children, and the mentally disabled. Using women is actually forbidden in the Quoran but apparently they are making exceptions. Sure. Let's sit down and reason with them.
5. He would immediately begin removing our troops from Iraq. I have a brother-in-law currently serving our country for the 2nd time around in Iraq. Just last week he was injured by a RPG. It would be nice to have him and all our other soldiers home but I think immediate removal is not wise.
6. He doesn’t believe that America should torture our enemies to get information from them. It would be nice if we lived in a world where this wasn't necessary, but we don't.
7. He believes in separatism. I feel like God and values and morals have been removed enough from our society. Our society which I again remind you was founded upon God and values and morals. I believe that further removal of them will aide in the continuing decline of our society.
8. He has how many years of political experience? 2?
9. He has the most liberal voting record of any current senator.
10. I think that anyone who is president of the USA should be unabashedly patriotic and I don't get the feeling that he is:
So I guess to sum it all up, I think that we haven't had a terrorist attack in our actual country since 9/11 and I feel that many of his views would inspire terrorists to once again target us here, at home, and that scares me.
And since I am in such a bad mood and I am so angry about all things political at the moment I have something else to say. I am sick and tired of "Journalists" who grossly misuse and abuse their power in the media. What happened to reporting the news and not your own personal opinion and calling it "news". I am sick and tired of mainstream media being used by liberals to pollute the minds of American citizens.
You never hear anyone say anything about Obama's church. But poor Mitt was constantly critisized for his religion. What does his church believe?
The Articles of Faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as found on thier website:
We believe in God, the Eternal Father, and in His Son, Jesus Christ, and in the Holy Ghost.
We believe that men will be punished for their own sins, and not for Adam's transgression.
We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.
We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; second, Repentance; third, Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; fourth, Laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost.
We believe that a man must be called of God, by prophecy, and by the laying on of hands by those who are in authority, to preach the Gospel and administer in the ordinances thereof.
We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
We believe in the gift of tongues, prophecy, revelation, visions, healing, interpretation of tongues, and so forth.
We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.
We believe all that God has revealed, all that He does now reveal, and we believe that He will yet reveal many great and important things pertaining to the Kingdom of God.
We believe in the literal gathering of Israel and in the restoration of the Ten Tribes; that Zion (the New Jerusalem) will be built upon the American continent; that Christ will reign personally upon the earth; and, that the earth will be renewed and receive its paradisiacal glory.
We claim the privilege of worshiping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege, let them worship how, where, or what they may.
We believe in being subject to kings, presidents, rulers, and magistrates, in obeying, honoring, and sustaining the law.
We believe in being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and in doing good to all men; indeed, we may say that we follow the admonition of Paul—We believe all things, we hope all things, we have endured many things, and hope to be able to endure all things. If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.
12 comments:
I agree Allyson. I do Not care for anybody left. I hope when Mccain breaks his "leading him on under the table promise to Huckabee, to make him his vice president if he stays in the race to take votes away from Romney" (my opinion), Everyone sees him for the snake that his is. I am afraid our counrty is headed for rough waters. Pulling out of Iraq cold turkey is a bad idea, even the soliders will tell anyone who listens that. I will hop off my soap box now!
ally i am impressed by your post length. Also, call me. i keep meaning to call you but i don't want to wake your sick butt up if you are sleeping.
Huh. I did not know all that about Obama. My husband thinks Romney might be the VP. But I wonder why Huckabee is still sticking it out.
Huckabee WAS still sticking it out for the reason Ashley said, he was acting as spoiler for Romney. He was taking conservative votes that otherwise would have gone to Romney. He and McCain deny this little set up they have but there are just too many things that make it impossible to believe them.
And the reason you didn't know those things about Obama is because of that whole thing I said about the media. But I won't get started again. I have myself calmed down today.
Eeek, girl. I have to say I disagree with a lot of what you say (though I'm sure you're not surprised about that given my background :-).
But I wanted to point out a few things about Barack (though I'm not a huge fan of his....but just to set the record straight):
He says: "My father was from Kenya, and a lot of people in his village were Muslim. He didn't practice Islam. Truth is he wasn't very religious. He met my mother. My mother was a Christian from Kansas, and they married and then divorced. I was raised by my mother. So, I've always been a Christian. The only connection I've had to Islam is that my grandfather on my father's side came from that country. But I've never practiced Islam. … For a while, I lived in Indonesia because my mother was teaching there. And that's a Muslim country. And I went to school. But I didn't practice."
And also, the country was not founded upon religion. The 1st amendment to the constitution specifically states that there should be a separation of church and state. "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…" I personally am a Christian, and I agree that morals and values are very important. However, I don't believe that religion should dictate governmental practices or policies.
I agree with you that we shouldn't immediately bring troops home. That's one thing about Barack that I really don't like.
Doesn't the Bible say that we should love our enemies and treat other like we'd like to be treated? Why hurt (torture) another human being? Would Jesus want us to do that?
You're right, he has no political experience. I don't like that about him, either.
I don't mean to offend but I did want to put in my two cents' worth :-)
You did not offend me and I appreciate your input.
I agree we shouldn't torture other people, but sometimes it is necessary. If we make it an open policy that we won't torture anyone, it's like saying, "Hey, here we are, come do what you want to us and we will be very nice to you in return."
About the Muslim thing, I did say that wasn't fair of me so I didn't count it as #1. It is interesting that he used to deny that he was a Muslim, but has now changed it to say he was never a practicing Muslim.
From an article in the Washington Post by Nedra Pickler:
"Obama's mother, divorced from Obama's father, married a man from Indonesia named Lolo Soetoro, and the family relocated to the country from 1967-71. At first, Obama attended the Catholic school, Fransiskus Assisis, where documents showed he enrolled as a Muslim, the religion of his stepfather."
Also, I didn't say our country was founded on religion, I said it was founded upon God. I also don't believe religion should dictate government which is one of the reasons I am so mad that such a big deal was made about Mitt Romney's religion. The first amendment doesn't say anything about "seperation of chruch and state". It says:
"Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
There are many people today who ARE trying to prohibit the free exercise thereof in order to "protect" those who don't practice religion. To me that is infringing on MY 1st amendment rights.
Excerpt from First Inaugural Address of George Washington
THE CITY OF NEW YORK
THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1789
Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives:
"Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that His benediction may consecrate to the liberties and happiness of the people of the United States a Government instituted by themselves for these essential purposes, and may enable every instrument employed in its administration to execute with success the functions allotted to his charge. In tendering this homage to the Great Author of every public and private good, I assure myself that it expresses your sentiments not less than my own, nor those of my fellow- citizens at large less than either. No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities from which the event has resulted can not be compared with the means by which most governments have been established without some return of pious gratitude, along with an humble anticipation of the future blessings which the past seem to presage. These reflections, arising out of the present crisis, have forced themselves too strongly on my mind to be suppressed. You will join with me, I trust, in thinking that there are none under the influence of which the proceedings of a new and free government can more auspiciously commence."
Christopher Columbus:
"It was the Lord who put into my mind (I could feel his hand upon me) the fact that it would be possible to sail from here to the Indies. All who heard of my project rejected it with laughter, ridiculing me. There is no question that the inspiration was from the Holy Spirit because he comforted me with the rays of marvelous inspiration from the Holy Spirit."
Hallie! You are so grown up. I used to change your diapers and now here I am arguing politics with you. How fun!
Ally,
Thanks for "enlightening" me on your views. I am not voting for Obama, but I like him on a personal level. His passion and his hope stir me. I love hearing him speak.
I started writing a really long comment here, but it was taking me too long, so I will do it later when I have time.
Farrah, This whole post is for you. I have been waiting for some feedback. I guess I will keep on waiting.....
This has been bugging me all day. I found it earlier when I was looking things up for my last comment. It is the rest of Obama's quote that Hallie used when he was describing his Muslim background (which is all that I said he had, "a Muslim background", He goes on to say:
"For a while, I lived in Indonesia because my mother was teaching there. And that's a Muslim country. And I went to school. But I didn't practice. But what I do think it does is it gives me insight into how these folks think, and part of how I think we can create a better relationship with the Middle East and that would help make us safer is if we can understand how they think about issues."
(once again he thinks he can sit down and reason and negotiate with people who want to blow us up)
How does he have insight in to how how these folks think if he wasn't one of them? Another article I read said "When Obama attended 4th grade in 1971, Muslim children spent two hours a week studying Islam, and Christian children spent those two hours learning about the Christian religion." So if his documents showed him enrolled as a Muslim, what do you think he studied?
Farrah, I'm still waiting for you to get in on the action.....I know you have to have sompthin to say.....
Thanks for your reply to my comment. It's weird for me to think you've changed my diapers! :-)
One thing that I really disagree with is you saying that the Middle Eastern people can't be negociated with because they just want to blow us up. I honestly believe (and you may call me naive here) that the great majority of the people who live there--while they may not like us--certainly don't want to blow us up. I think that since the start of the war, they dislike us MORE because things for them are certainly worse than they were under Saddam's dictatorship.
That's not saying that I think Saddam should have been allowed to rule (he shouldn't have; he was a horrible, terrible person) but things should have proceeded differently.
I think I'm rambling here. My point is, there are 18 year old girls in Iraq and Afghanistan who are just like me, who want to go to college and get married and have a career and babies. There are mothers over there just like you who play dress-up with their daughters and read their kids bedtime stories, dads who play sports with their sons in the front yard. They're not the people who want to blow us up. They just want to live themselves. Why should our first reaction be to destroy them?
Of course there are evil people over there, extremists who want us dead. Those are the people who we shouldn't bother negociating with. But the others? Why hurt them?
I agree with you. There are a lot of good people in the Middle East. I didn't say we should hurt those people.
If it makes you feel any better, I don't remember actually changing your diapers.
Allyson,
thanks for all the info-it has really made me think to read your thoughts and all the other comments. I am really sad about Mitt Romney not being in anymore...so I need to do my research to see where to go from here!
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