I just read this article at CNN.com: My daughter and her partner were married in 2004 and I couldn’t ask for a better spouse for my daughter, or daughter-in-law for me. However, my attitude traveling to the wedding was far different from my attitude on the trip home. God attends gay weddings. Who knew? People…
Category: Freedom Ideas
The Evils of the Free Market
More people have food. More people have shelter. More people have dignity. More people have prosperity. More people have a higher quality of life. More people have hope that they can improve their situation in life with hard work. More people can be optimistic about the future. More people command resources with which to help…
Principle or Luck?
Republicans (and others) would like to see Barack Obama be a one term President. Will this happen? I don’t know. Maybe. Hopefully. But I do NOT feel like I can depend on American voters to throw him out based on principle. It is really a matter of luck. If people feel that the economy is…
The Last Best Hope of Mankind
A friend of mine from the U.K. took issue with Rick Perry saying that America is “the last best hope of mankind.” Below are the contents of my response: Some thoughts on “the last best hope of mankind.” Source Perry is basically quoting Ronald Reagan and Reagan was saying a variant of something that Abraham…
Opposing ObamaCare – Principle Outlasts Passion
Passion erupted in America in opposition to ObamaCare. It appears that this passion is waning. From WND.com: (The WND article relies on a Rasmussen Reports survey.) Outrage over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called “Obamacare,” gave rise the tea-party movement and fueled a historic cleaning out of Congress in 2010, but new…
Islamic Law or American Law?
Do you have the freedom to speak what you believe in America? Yes. Errrr. Well. Sort of. You do unless Muslims might be violent if you speak. From BigGovernment.com: “Dearborn, Michigan has become a Sharia enclave, much like those populating many European countries. The city of Dearborn, Michigan denied a permit Wednesday for Qur’an-burning Pastor…
The Destructive Power of Government “Help”
I would rather have freedom in God than “help” from the government. God please make me strong enough to stand before You and not before the governments of man! From AmericanVision.org: The reservation Indian is becoming less self-sufficient and more dependent upon what he calls “the Great White Father in Washington.†Instead of freedom, the…
The Death Penalty Values Human Life
Illinois recently abolished the death penalty. I posted a comment about that on one off my Facebook friend’s wall about how this action devalued human life. He asked me what I meant and I wrote the following comment which I hope will be useful to you: In Genesis there is a description of an increase…
Evil Greedy Rich People and Nasty Big Corporations
I know something about business people. They are smart about making a profit. I could go on for hours about how there is nothing wrong with that (in fact, if tempered by love of neighbor it is beautiful and excellent). But for now I will just say “business people are working to make a profit.”…