I am reprinting this article in full from a blog on a group, as orginally posted in The Wall Street Journal.  Now that should be seen as a respectable publication by most if not all of the reading public.  It has a lot of interesting things to say.  Please note that it does not exempt either party for their role in the suspected demise of the ( Read more... )

At one time, I had thought and  hoped that maybe, just maybe, there could and maybe might even actually be a reasoned place of discussion about politics.  However it very quickly became apparent that a reasoned scenaria does not exist...at least not on the internet, and I am beginning to doubt that it does anywhere.

Oh, I think most of the more or ( Read more... )

http://subversify.com/2010/10/29/freedom-its-discontents/comment-page-1/#comment-47484 is a very good article in my opinon.  It addresses the issue of freedom and it's definition.  It sets forth a brief history of the concept of freedom, and in the process points out, at least to me, exactly what the current debate between those of us who consider ( Read more... )

http://www.workingfamiliesparty.org/

A new political party??  Apparently so.  I just heard about them tonight, and apparently for the most part they only exist in New York State.  However, they seem to have had some impact on the political process there.  Having just heard of them tonight, I have done very little research, but at first glance, they ( Read more... )

Part two in just letting people know, my personal experience..To keep the wilder element of the internet from making this a "cause" and creating a firestorm, I am limiting it to contacts.

I have a big mouth.  Anybody that knows me knows that about me.  I am also a Progressive.  Anybody that has read any of my political or religious blogs knows that ( Read more... )

Ok, I have always tried (for the last year) never to get into politics.  It has been my contention that I have friends on both sides of the "aisle" so to speak and that in order to get along and not lose friends, I would keep quite about what I have always believed and continue to believe.  But I have read one too many Republican apologist, so here ( Read more... )

I have been having an interesting couple of days. Everything from friends blog entries to the city newspaper have made me think. So each thing is going to influence this blog. It would most correctly be called a blog of thoughts about recent events.

The first thing that struck my attention was a "letter to the editor" in our local news rag from a ( Read more... )

Here is an article that someone sent to me....I am posting the credit for where it came from so I hope it is legal to do this. Especially since it was emailed to ME. This summarizes very well why I have a problem with many of those claiming to be Christian. The sad thing is that some are heralding this guy as an "open minded" fellow. I think ( Read more... )

Let me just clarify where I am coming from...I am a church goer.  In fact I am in church just about every single sunday.  However, I am as much against interference of the Church by the State or what is usually more likely to occur, interference with the State by the Church, as anybody, believer, non-believer or whatever catagory of believer they ( Read more... )

I picked this title on purpose...realizing that it may very well shock many people.  Shock them? How?  Well, so often the Christians who yell the loudest are talking about "freedom of religion" and then applying it to such things as statues of the Ten Commandments on courthouse yards.  In addition, in prior blogs I have commented on "White ( Read more... )