By the din of battle, we can surmize that it is election time again. As a Christian Conservative Republican going to the polls in a few weeks, there is much to consider. This will be a monunental point in time for the values voter, we will either continue in domination of house and senate and the governorship of Massachusettes, or we will see the stage set for disaster on the fronts of legitimate marriage, national security, sound social ethics, and religious freedom just to name a few.
Tune in to the news media if you dare, and you will hear the ranting of liberals and the expounding of conservatives on more issues than you could count on all your fingers and toes. It seems to me, that according to statistics, a great many people in this country do not vote, yet there are an awful lot of people complaining about an awful lot of things.
Let us examine this. If we do not vote, we need to shut our pie hole. If we can not be bothered to make our opinion clear at the ballot box, we should put our heads back in the sand and let the adults make the decisions. The Good Lord knows that there is trouble in our nation, and He has provided us a voice to address our concerns about our government. So if you love God, and this United states of America you need to get informed, and make a choice. Our way of life, our childrens security, and the moral future of this land depend on it.
Am I a happy camper around the Republican fire? Not always, to be honest. And we need to be honest. The morally reprehensible behavior of some men in our party is sickening, and undercuts the very foundations of its values. Unfortunately only dismissal and possibly incarceration are allowed by law. Have we become a governing elite that is to slow and preoccupied with glorifing its achievements to respond to the needs of its citizens in the face of disaster? To this shame we need to admit and repent. Is there a good reason why we drag our feet concerning the enforcement of established laws, and the secutity of our national borders? The usury of the desperate for the benefit of the wealthy has nothing to do with reason. And I feel sadly, that we were decieved by those in control of our party, about our military entry into Iraq. We as citizens of this country, did not need to be fed a story about alleged WMDs based on questionable, if not blatantly false intelligence. President Bush needed only to state the facts; that we had to level Saddams` regime because he was a tyrannical despot, and would continue to threaten regional and world stability, just as the Taliban would have. We desperately needed to establish a stand against the growing threat of radical Muslim Jihad, and without a doubt 9/11 gave us and the world all the reason we needed to do so. People, do not be swayed by the whining liberal media chatter, if Saddam as a political leader was not yet supporting Muslim extremest based terrorism, how long would it have been before he would have? Should we have waited for the inevitable ? We needed to wage war for the security of our nation then, and we need to be there now. Why did Democrats vote for the war option in the beginning , only to turn tail now? Why would anyone want to cheapen the price our military dead? Why would any group of Americans want to steer us further away from precepts of our Constitution or the Laws of God that our society was founded upon? who can be sure. But, where they would lead us today were they to gain power? This we can be sure about, if we think for one minute that it would be a better place than where we are now, we are sadly, and quite likely mortally, mistaken.
mkz.
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- The name convicted is twice truth, I am a convicted fellon and was convicted in Christ in jail. The change salvation has brought to my life is beyond anything I could imagine, and I have an imagination! The witness of my life today is proof of the diety of Jesus Christ,His death on the Cross, and His resurrection. Am I free of sin? Not a chance, still do every day. However by the Blood of Jesus I am freed from it.
7 comments:
OK, help me someone, how do I eliminate the duplicate blog?
I'm not sure, but I THINK you just go in as though you were going to create a new post and click on "delete" on the right hand side of the screen? That is, of course, assuming that the duplicate actually shows up for you...
Great first post! Do you have any idea what happened to Think Worm?
I got Think Worm back...nevermind...
Good blog, mkz. You made a good point about WMD. There is so much perception shaped by the meida on both sides. Francis Schaeffer wrote, "many viewers seem to assume that when they have seen something on TV, they have seen it with thier own eyes. It makes the viewer think he has actually been on the scene...it is not the event which is seen, but an edited symbol or an edited image of the event"
Yea, verily!
Thanks for sharing that quote, Op. Mr Schaeffer was/is certainly a man of insight, I don`t think I ever looked at television in that way, but after reading this, I can see that I have, and hopefully will not in the future!
MKZ,
I do agree with much of your post. But I left the republican party a couple of years ago for independent status. I actually voted for the Constitution Party candidate in the last election. I know that sounds like a wasted vote. But, we are a constitutional republic, and any war we fight has to meet certain specs. And the current war in Iraq does not. However the problems festering in Iran and North Korea may deserve a response.
As far as "values voters" as you call them, I'm not sure what that means anymore. George Bush has been president for 6 years-spending has gone up, the deficit has increased, the NEA still dominates our schools, and we have no energy policy. If you mean, moral issues, abortion is still the law of the land and "homosexual marriage" continues to expand (New Jersey being the latest taker).
Bush is really a neo-con, which means he spends like a democrat and panders to the base when neccessary. His "Christian streak" seems to only be a fad, as he's been caught a couple of times using interesting language speaking with Tony Blair and to Dick Cheney about a New York Times reporter. I guess that's not a big deal, but once you fly the Christian flag, they'll be trying to get you at every turn.
In the end, Ronald Reagan conservatives have been holding their noses so long now that their sense of smell has all but vanished. How many compromises do we have to make before we can come to the table? If the repubs do hang on, they'll be indebted to their base. These are folks who deserve a few bones now and then. Folks like me-who actively worked for the election of republicans in a state that treats them like martians.
I hear you Dave, those in office who allegedly represent the conservative voters,( values voters, I feel are people who cast a ballot with the precepts of Gods` Law in mind.) have fallen far from the tree in the the years since Reagan led the land. Painfully, I will conceed, I feel that we were mislead by the image of Mr. Bush as a staunch Christian and advocate for the religious right, as is evident.
The war in Iraq? Did anyone expect it to be pretty, no matter how easy it was supposed to be according to the salesmen? We have not had a `nice littlt war` since we fought Mexico in the 1800`s. I think that anyone who bought the party line on this one, sadly had their head in the clouds. And if anyone thinks a war with N. Korea or Iran will be plesant, no matter how necessary it may be, they may have their heads in something else. I just hope that if it does come to it, we will do what is needed to truly shock and awe the enemy into submission the first time. I know that sounds ugly, but it may be our only choice.
I once was a libertarian, and no, a vote is never wasted unless it is not cast. In my view, anyone who really thinks a vote not cast for one of two parties,fails to understand what freedom in a democracy is all about.
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