tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post3560449561576095177..comments2023-08-04T12:00:47.012-07:00Comments on Does Air Exist?: Being a Democrat is the Christian Thing To DoDoes Air Existhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11394981462884670461noreply@blogger.comBlogger54125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-19899167499448581652012-12-29T20:19:02.409-08:002012-12-29T20:19:02.409-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jason Soroskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07650180907990453236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-38893257486640190992012-12-29T08:53:21.468-08:002012-12-29T08:53:21.468-08:00Christianity and abortions for a mistake made are ...Christianity and abortions for a mistake made are completely incompatible. Some of us Christians have far more concern about protecting the innocent and defenseless unborn child than for the woman who made her choices, bad or otherwise, and then wants to escape the consequences. <br /><br />In the "old days" there was a severe social and economic stigma attached to being an unwed mother and it was a lot easier to understand why desperate women would resort to dangerous abortions. There is virually no stigma attached anymore and there is a ton of financial help from private and public sources and free contraceptives everywhere, yet abortions are as common as grass. The reality is that abortions are FAR more often used as a form of birth control for the woman's convenience than anything else. <br /><br />The dangerous abortions you call inestimable were anything but - their numbers grow in direct proportion to the the teller's determination to keep abortions legal. I can quote you a valid statistic however - 50 million abortions in this country alone since Roe v Wade.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-80577138270904458032012-12-20T17:20:25.478-08:002012-12-20T17:20:25.478-08:009:07, Romney had a lot more money than Obama. Are ...9:07, Romney had a lot more money than Obama. Are you just mad that it didn't buy the election for his side. Of are you just an angry person in general?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-72605030653875271002012-12-19T21:18:55.444-08:002012-12-19T21:18:55.444-08:00To 5:30 AM, Ronald Reagan did cut taxes. Then he s...To 5:30 AM, Ronald Reagan did cut taxes. Then he saw that it was going to further destroy the economy so he raised them. The economy came back, and he left office a somewhat successful prez. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-89407854557328368732012-12-13T16:32:51.415-08:002012-12-13T16:32:51.415-08:00On what planet is it legal to murder illegal alien...On what planet is it legal to murder illegal aliens, or black people. That's the worst false equivalent that I've seen. "Legal" means that you won't go to prison for doing it. I've been told that a life begins with the first breath. You can take it or leave it, but that's what I was taught. If you want to overturn roe v wade, I don't dispute that it would be a good thing. But changing that law is a really tall order. With Obamas election you will probably end up with two liberal leaning( at least leaning) appointments. The Supreme Court will be changed for the foreseeable future to the liberal side, for better, or worse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-52428819350456148402012-12-09T10:46:35.540-08:002012-12-09T10:46:35.540-08:00Let's apply your sentence to things I'm fa...Let's apply your sentence to things I'm fairly certain you wouldn't have a problem outlawing: "Murdering illegal aliens is terribly legal, terrible but legal. If you and I think it's wrong, then we shouldn't murder an illegal alien, or cause the murder of an illegal alien.'<br /><br />"Assaulting a person because they're black is terribly legal, terrible but legal If you and I think it's wrong, then we shouldn't assault a black person or cause the assault of a black person."<br /><br />Again, you proved the point that this has nothing to do with respecting a current law, and the answer to bad laws is to just "not engage in the activity that has been legalized". Your point is hypocritacal because I'd bet any amount of money you, as well as myself, would never look at these acts as something that's terrible, but legal, and as long as we just don't do them we shouldn't do everything in our power to over turn these laws. <br /><br />Again, this is a recognition of personhood. You wouldn't want to legalize murdering illegal aliens, because they're *people*. You wouldn't want to legalize beating up people of a different race because they're *people*. Be honest please. You don't believe unborn children are people, other wise you never would have written what you did.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-35450914494140160112012-12-08T17:43:13.622-08:002012-12-08T17:43:13.622-08:00That's a really great point. Many people of vo...That's a really great point. Many people of voting age have no idea what a woman had to go through, other than what they've seen in the movies. 50% of them are men who can't really relate to the prospect of having a baby in the first place, regardless of the circumstances of the pregnancy. When we're casting votes, and judgement, we should have a bit of empathy for someone who has to make that decision.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-10838743408369947972012-12-08T14:22:51.421-08:002012-12-08T14:22:51.421-08:00I am both for and against abortion, as strange and...I am both for and against abortion, as strange and impossible as that may seem. Abortions are, unfortunately, a necessary evil in this society.<br /><br />Something that I am aware of at my age that apparently a lot of people are either not old enough to remember or else wish to forget is that the legalization of abortions has ended the days of so-called "knitting needle" or "coat hanger" abortions, from which an inestimable number of women bled to death or were made vulnerable to other life-threatening complications. <br /><br />More poignant than the fact that abortions will not become illegal is that "other" fact that underlies it - people will always do stupid things, and conceiving children via unprotected sex is one of those things. It isn't right, and nothing can make it right, it just is that way - people apparently can't figure out how to properly operate a condom when under pressure. The sad fact is that those who can't prudently think ahead and thus choose effective contraceptives before that crucial moment should never be trusted with the prudent implementation of prophylactics because, well, they aren't prudent people to begin with. Outside of possibly forming a staff and dubbing them something akin to The Safe Sex Police and granting them full license to intrude in all private liasons wherever they may occur (bedrooms, bathrooms, boardrooms, parked cars, etc...with perhaps a Special Forces Division to apprehend would-be members of the Mile High Club) so as to verify whether or not you are practicing safe sex, have the maturity and material means by which to raise a child and so on, then there really can't be any other solution except dissemination (pun intended) of information, contraceptives and devices, preferably along with a certain measure of social accountability. In other words, our society has got to reach the point where we expect people to act their age and to behave responsibly and accept the consequences of their decisions and actions. <br /><br />In this day and age, with the wide array of preventative methods available to everyone, no one should ever have an unwanted pregnancy. Not ever. That's a fact.<br /><br />But it's also true that so long as women WILL seek abortions even with full knowledge that it is, indeed, the killing of their own closest relative (and an innocent and defenseless one at that), it must also be remembered that there is the life of the mother to be considered, no matter how misguided or wrongful her thinking may be. To make abortions unobtainable is to pass a death sentence on all such women, who would then be sent to someone that a friend knows, who claims to have performed a couple of "procedures" on his dining room table before, and for a price will do the same for her. <br />Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596659859116139236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-75118213232571236322012-12-08T14:18:22.812-08:002012-12-08T14:18:22.812-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03596659859116139236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-77432818179863462252012-12-08T08:36:25.553-08:002012-12-08T08:36:25.553-08:00We really should have a moment of silence for anon...We really should have a moment of silence for anon 3:34,,,, the poor thing was auto corrected to death. They didn't know when to drop the crow bar.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-36312134670842374212012-12-06T16:40:43.923-08:002012-12-06T16:40:43.923-08:00Why does this always come up as an issue in politi...Why does this always come up as an issue in politics anyway. It's the law, they only do it to stir up their base. Shouldn't we be demanding that our politicians be addressing more relevent issues like hunger, and lack of medical care for anyone? I don't consider myself a socialist, by some things should be socialized. Medical care is number one. Military, police, and fire departments should take a back seat to medical. What good is a popo to show up at a shooting scene, call an ambulance, then haul you to a doctor where you don't have any way on this earth to pay the bill for them doing their job. Republicans love talking about "the magic of the free marketplace", in the free market , where things cost what they're worth, no one can afford to see a physician. Lets do away with insurance all together, then we will have to pay doctors what they're worth. If no one can afford to see you for your services, ever, then you might lower your price to a level of sanity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-24894794827642715102012-12-06T09:59:44.818-08:002012-12-06T09:59:44.818-08:00"Most people" is probably incorrect. But..."Most people" is probably incorrect. But I cannot begin to list how many people I know on the right who will never vote for a pro-choice candidate, and how many I know on the left who will never vote for an anti-choice candidate. For a lot of people, the question of unborn rights/female bodily autonomy is important enough to defend above all others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-84225237137621902952012-12-04T21:05:32.050-08:002012-12-04T21:05:32.050-08:00“vigor of government is essential to the security ...“vigor of government is essential to the security of liberty;” <br />― Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-58888890836912116752012-12-04T19:42:09.894-08:002012-12-04T19:42:09.894-08:00Hamilton is amazing indeed, but Weatherford is far...Hamilton is amazing indeed, but Weatherford is far far deeper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-5798258693349044362012-12-04T18:29:06.226-08:002012-12-04T18:29:06.226-08:00The nanny state leadership is getting out of contr...The nanny state leadership is getting out of control. The obesity epidemic in America is getting even more so. Americans are great at one thing above all else, excess! We started with guns to use to feed our families, now they are used to settle a "hard look" on a street corner. Food and water are needed to survive, a gallon of sugar water and 5000 calories is what is considered lunch by way too many people. Left to our own devices we will self exterminate ourselves and our children if someone doesn't try to raise awareness. But let's go back to liberty for a second. Are you truly offended at being told what you can or can't eat? But fine with telling a rape victim to have her fathers baby because you think abortion is bad. You can see where this is going, so I'll wrap up with remember the golden rule.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-66038130151805331152012-12-04T18:18:32.699-08:002012-12-04T18:18:32.699-08:00My book is about my life in and out of the foc.My book is about my life in and out of the foc.Suzanne Shumakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932536861099105795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-43648774333723016032012-12-04T16:51:01.579-08:002012-12-04T16:51:01.579-08:00Sorry, that's un-fundedSorry, that's un-fundedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-2536923837802130572012-12-04T16:49:14.841-08:002012-12-04T16:49:14.841-08:00Fiscal responsibility is important, and personal r...Fiscal responsibility is important, and personal responsibility on the part of our president. The only time In modern history that our budget has been balanced, plus a surplus, was under Clinton. George bush took a surplus, and turned it into a deficit by starting two wars, and coming up with Medicare part D. Medicare part "D" was an unfounded mandate, that means he demanded it without any way to pay for it. I'm not even knocking George bush, but we have to understand how we got to where we are. Presidents do this, demo and repub alike. The health care law is not one of these. It's funded, and it's necessary, we've been paying for the destitute forever. Take a look at your insurance premiums. Before the law they( blue cross in particular) were increasing their annual premiums by 50% a year. Now it's 30% in 3 years. Not great but better. Obama put the wars on the budget, a huge expense that has since now been completely ignored. No other prez wanted to answer for that cost. And again, demos and repubs alike. He promised change, not change we would fully understand, but I think it's changing for the better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-74941787787856645082012-12-04T15:38:12.981-08:002012-12-04T15:38:12.981-08:00Didn't you say your book was about you not the...Didn't you say your book was about you not the foc? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-92109946491338792982012-12-04T15:34:04.110-08:002012-12-04T15:34:04.110-08:00Fair enough Suzi… I can get a good look: at every ...Fair enough Suzi… I can get a good look: at every detail, of Sodom, & Gomorrah, by sticking my head in a horror house, but I think the genteel summary, is enough for me, to know every thing about it. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-45819814494570005132012-12-04T08:28:19.632-08:002012-12-04T08:28:19.632-08:00I have plenty to say about the FOC. I have written...I have plenty to say about the FOC. I have written a book about it (that does not include what I've written about here on this blog). I have enough material to write about the FOC for years, if I choose to do so.Suzanne Shumakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11932536861099105795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-12166891859359318282012-12-04T05:46:00.684-08:002012-12-04T05:46:00.684-08:00I live in new york, land of democrats where they t...I live in new york, land of democrats where they try to tell you what you can and cant eat. lawmakers have banned trans fats, salt and supersized soda. they take away personal responsibility every chance they get. you talk about a mormon banning coffe and alcohol. that is silly, this is real. as a homeschooler, my rights are in jeopardy every day because my state government (run by democrats) isn't sure if I know what's best for my kids. This is not the Christian way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-48459880463743489152012-12-04T05:30:53.081-08:002012-12-04T05:30:53.081-08:00While I believe you have made a lot of good points...While I believe you have made a lot of good points, one that you have neglected is fiscal policy. Looking back in history will quickly show that cutting taxes leads to prosperity. However, as now, the raised taxes (including the healthcare mandate which was ruled a tax) cripples an economy. I understand your feelings on not legislating morality, however the bible says you shall reap what you sow, and now there are simply too many people reaping on the backs of the sowers. This is something you might want to research and add to your list before the next election.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-89731546291063983272012-12-03T20:13:00.145-08:002012-12-03T20:13:00.145-08:00You are right, Suzi is not writing any more about ...You are right, Suzi is not writing any more about the FOC (blogs do this to die)… because it has all been said. Everyone has heard everything, seen everything. They haven’t had the desire speak to each other in decades. There’s nothing left to say.<br />Suzi desperately needed amusement, because she could find none at the FOC, that is why she left.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4433770610584182438.post-79277846563355681172012-12-03T17:28:30.192-08:002012-12-03T17:28:30.192-08:00I don't think the republican would hate Obama ...I don't think the republican would hate Obama as much as they do if he wasn't serious about doing good for the middle class. I'm voting with my wallet I guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com