Originally Posted by djplong

Since I've been accused of being a Liberal here, I'll comment on each of your points and you can decide for yourself..



1. Damn right. God belongs in the home and church. It has no place in the public world. See how good "God" worked in Northern Ireland, the Middle East and Africa. Even Thomas Jefferson, a Deist, knew that.

2. I'd prefer if government was the REFEREE. They should be setting the rules and ensuring equal opportunity, not equal outcome.

3. There are times when the government SHOULD step in (like when rivers catch fire). That being said, they're going too far for my tastes.

4. Private insurance companies are reporting record profits. Yeah, right, government takeover - it was really a government BOONDOGGLE for them. As far as education goes, I honestly believe that the FEDERAL government should be doing little more than developing nationwide standards.

5. One COULD argue that the Other Party wants to give it all to the Oligarchy but that's a complicated argument. Fact: Our personal income taxes are lower than anytime since about the 1940s. (although our corporate taxes are 2nd worst in the industrialized world)

6. Obama was the first time I ever voted for a Democrat in the general election.

7. You start off with a question "What kind of thinking..." but end with a period. You're convinced that destruction is imminent from the tone of your post but you proceeding from thinking your opinions are fact. Reagan sad the tax cuts would eliminate the deficit. Obama said the stimulus would stop unemplyment's growth at 8.5%. Both were wrong. The Republic will survive - we just don't know in what shape.

8. "God" nothing. Pray all you want - NOTHING will help unless people help themselves. I could have prayed until starvation in 2004 and it would have done me no good. Vote. Work. Save your money. Speak out - and avoid demagoguery so that your opponents can't TOUCH you. Lying or exaggerating just to make things sounds bigger than your opponent do you no good. The Democrats did it about Palin - and she had enough faults to self-destruct ANYway. The GOP does it about Obama (like claiming Obama wants to rescind ALL the Bush tax cuts).