"Obama and the Gays, again" Is the title of the most recent article on America Blog. It seems Obama is getting both some positive and negative publicity about him and Gays. First, the Liberals are very happy with him for his comment: "scorned our gay brothers and sisters instead of embracing them" which he made at a Baptist Church in Atlanta.
But then the liberals started to get upset with Obama because of a link he had with Rev. Caldwell. They were very upset with Obama because Caldwell had a program at his church that "cured" gays. The exact quote from their website was:
We are pleased to announce the creation of “ The Way, The Truth and The Life”, a program created to provide Christ Centered instruction for those seeking freedom from homosexuality, lesbianism, prostitution, sex addiction and other habitual sins.
In my opinion practicing homosexuality, prostitution, or sex addiction are all habitual sins and I am very pleased to see that a church has a program like this!
Monday, January 21, 2008
Saturday, January 19, 2008
Well it looks like Hillary won the caucus in Nevada. America blog reports her as having over 50% of the vote. However, Obama wasn't far behind with 45% of the vote. Edwards fell very far behind with only 4% of the vote. It is clear that the democratic candidate is going to be Obama or Hillary, but the race seems so close. I am very interested to see who will pull ahead in the end. Personally I hope that Obama wins, I don't want there to be any chance of Hillary becoming the President. I might just leave the country if that happened.
On another note, Hillary spoke about her views on gay health benefits and other benefits. According to her plan one could give their benefits to anyone one they wanted to that they are "in a relationship with" At first the plan sounds kinda like a good idea. But in all honesty I do not believe it could ever work. It would be very complicated and very easily abused. Plus, I really do not believe in giving gay couples the same rights as married couples, because they are not married and they should never be allowed to get married. That really would destroy the whole idea of what marriage is supposed to be. The idea of marriage is already messed up enough in America, with divorce rates so high.
On a lighter note, America blog had a humorous post that I enjoyed. One reason I enjoyed it so much was the fact that they didn't mind making fun of both democrats and republicans. Here is the text of the post:
From AllTooFlat via Boing Boing:
On another note, Hillary spoke about her views on gay health benefits and other benefits. According to her plan one could give their benefits to anyone one they wanted to that they are "in a relationship with" At first the plan sounds kinda like a good idea. But in all honesty I do not believe it could ever work. It would be very complicated and very easily abused. Plus, I really do not believe in giving gay couples the same rights as married couples, because they are not married and they should never be allowed to get married. That really would destroy the whole idea of what marriage is supposed to be. The idea of marriage is already messed up enough in America, with divorce rates so high.
On a lighter note, America blog had a humorous post that I enjoyed. One reason I enjoyed it so much was the fact that they didn't mind making fun of both democrats and republicans. Here is the text of the post:
From AllTooFlat via Boing Boing:
I drink your milkshake, even though I opposed drinking your milkshake four years ago. -- Mitt RomneyMy additions:
I drink your milkshake, but only if the Bible says it's allowed. -- Mike Huckabee
I may drink your milkshake for another 100 years, if that's what it takes. -- John McCain
I drank a milkshake on 9/11. -- Rudy Giuliani
I drink your milkshake, but I'm paying for it with gold. -- Ron Paul
I will fight the corporations so that you can drink your own milkshake. -- John Edwards
I change your milkshake -- Barack Obama
I peacefully drink your milkshake. -- Dennis Kucinich
I have 35 years of milkshake-drinking experience. *sob* -- Hillary Clinton
Global warming is melting your milkshake -- Al Gore
Yo bebo un milkshake pero a nadie le importa. -- Bill RichardsonOther suggestions? Improvements on the ones above? Here are a few from our readers:
I drank Harry Reid's milkshake. -- Chris Dodd
I think I might buy myself this milkshake -- Michael Bloomberg
A Mexican stole my milkshake. -- Tom Tancredo
Hitler's milkshakes could awe even those who despised him. -- Pat Buchanan
Friday, January 18, 2008
The Democrats Are Fighting Eachother!
Once again I will be commenting on an article from America blog. This article is titled "Edwards Blasts Obama over Anti-Clinton Ad" First off I have to say I'm surprised Edwards is even getting any attention. I thought that by this point the race was really just between Clinton and Obama. Maybe I am just misinformed, but Shouldn't Edwards just go ahead and give up? Anyways, I really enjoy this article. Basically, the author of the article (a liberal) does not agree with Edwards (a democrat) who is bashing Obama (a democrat) for bashing Hillary (a democrat). Wow... and they say that the republican party is divided...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Franken-food
There continues to be a lack of interesting articles on the two blogs that I am following. All Things Conservative has stopped posting altogether for the last week for some unknown reason. And the posts on America blog are rather uninteresting. Nevertheless, I will comment on one article on America blog
FDA says no need to inform consumers of Franken-food. In this article the liberals are very upset that the FDA is not going to require food from cloned animals to be labeled. He says this is because Bush has ruined the FDA and sided with industry. However this excerpt explains why it must be this way: I don't see why labeling the food would make any difference. And I do not see the connection between this issue and President Bush siding with industry. I wish America blog would focus more on facts and stop trying to use everything to attack the President. If they are going to attack the President they should at least try to put together a sensible argument and not just try to blame random things on him.
But it will be hard to tell which foods do contain ingredients originating from cloned animals. The Food and Drug Administration ruled that labels won't have to reveal whether the food comes from cloned cows, pigs or goats, or the clones' offspring, because those ingredients are no different than meat or milk from livestock bred the old-fashioned way.
"We found nothing in the food that could potentially be hazardous. The food in every respect is indistinguishable from food from any other animal," FDA food safety chief Dr. Stephen Sundlof said. "It is beyond our imagination to even find a theory that would cause the food to be unsafe."
I don't see why labeling the food would make any difference. And I do not see the connection between this issue and President Bush siding with industry. I wish America blog would focus more on facts and stop trying to use everything to attack the President. If they are going to attack the President they should at least try to put together a sensible argument and not just try to blame random things on him.
FDA says no need to inform consumers of Franken-food. In this article the liberals are very upset that the FDA is not going to require food from cloned animals to be labeled. He says this is because Bush has ruined the FDA and sided with industry. However this excerpt explains why it must be this way: I don't see why labeling the food would make any difference. And I do not see the connection between this issue and President Bush siding with industry. I wish America blog would focus more on facts and stop trying to use everything to attack the President. If they are going to attack the President they should at least try to put together a sensible argument and not just try to blame random things on him.
But it will be hard to tell which foods do contain ingredients originating from cloned animals. The Food and Drug Administration ruled that labels won't have to reveal whether the food comes from cloned cows, pigs or goats, or the clones' offspring, because those ingredients are no different than meat or milk from livestock bred the old-fashioned way.
"We found nothing in the food that could potentially be hazardous. The food in every respect is indistinguishable from food from any other animal," FDA food safety chief Dr. Stephen Sundlof said. "It is beyond our imagination to even find a theory that would cause the food to be unsafe."
I don't see why labeling the food would make any difference. And I do not see the connection between this issue and President Bush siding with industry. I wish America blog would focus more on facts and stop trying to use everything to attack the President. If they are going to attack the President they should at least try to put together a sensible argument and not just try to blame random things on him.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The Weakening GOP
In this blog I will be looking at a recent article from America Blog: The GOP's "deep rifts".
The author of this article looks at the turmoil throughout the Republican party. From his point of view it is a very good thing that the Republican party is weakening. The basis of his argument is that the Republican party became strong because of Regan, but now it is extremely divided. All of the current candidates relate back to Regan in one aspect, but they are all very different. There is no strong Republican candidate. It seems to me like all of the candidates are too extreme. The Republicans need a candidate that can pull support from the whole party and not just smaller factions.
Unfortunatly, I think that the next president will be a democrat. I just cannot see any of the republican candidates gaining enough support to beat Obama or Hillary come election time. So, maybe for the first time, I agree with what America blog has to say; however, I have very different feelings about the issue.
The author of this article looks at the turmoil throughout the Republican party. From his point of view it is a very good thing that the Republican party is weakening. The basis of his argument is that the Republican party became strong because of Regan, but now it is extremely divided. All of the current candidates relate back to Regan in one aspect, but they are all very different. There is no strong Republican candidate. It seems to me like all of the candidates are too extreme. The Republicans need a candidate that can pull support from the whole party and not just smaller factions.
Unfortunatly, I think that the next president will be a democrat. I just cannot see any of the republican candidates gaining enough support to beat Obama or Hillary come election time. So, maybe for the first time, I agree with what America blog has to say; however, I have very different feelings about the issue.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Bush Bashing!
Well, the Liberals from America Blog are back to their favorite past time: bashing the President. In a recent article titled "Bush too weak to walk the walk in the Middle East" the liberals attack the president. They seem to blame the President for Middle Eastern countries not being democratic. They go as far as to say "he's a hypocrite who has little interest in democracy" and that he "is all talk with no action." I find it hard to believe the the President of the United States of America has no interest in democracy. What do they want him to do? Do they want America to attack all the counties that aren't democracies? And I don't see how they can believe that he does not take action. He took action in Iraq, but they aren't happy about that.
It just bothers me to see posts that insult our president and go as far to insult and mock our country. Sure, America is not perfect, but it has to be doing something right. Why would thousands of people from other countries move here every year if it was such a bad place?
As far as All Things Conservative goes they have had no new blog entries for quite some time. This is unfortunate, it would be refreshing to read some articles from another perspective.
It just bothers me to see posts that insult our president and go as far to insult and mock our country. Sure, America is not perfect, but it has to be doing something right. Why would thousands of people from other countries move here every year if it was such a bad place?
As far as All Things Conservative goes they have had no new blog entries for quite some time. This is unfortunate, it would be refreshing to read some articles from another perspective.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Plastic Bags, Cloned Food, and High Speed Trains!
Well, the topics to write about this weekend has been very limited. I have decided to comment on a few short articles from America Blog. First, China has banned plastic bags. I find it surprising that China would do something like this. Since when do they care about the environment. I guess it is a little embarrassing that they are ahead of the U.S. on this. However, I also think it is a little extreme to totally ban plastic bags. The U.S. could work on reducing how many we use though.
In other news from America Blog, the EU and the U.S. are allowing the marketing of cloning foods. However, the foods have to be very clearly marked. The article from America blog seems to think that the idea of cloned foods will flop and that people will not want to eat them. They sound fine to me though. I've never had cloned food, but if it tastes the same then who cares? We will just have to wait and see how cloned food turns out. Maybe in 20 years we will not be able to survive without it.
Finally, there is the issue of high speed trains or the lack there of in the U.S. The United States has never had a train system that could compare to Europe, and recently the gap has been widening. The article on America blog uses the lack of high speed trains in America as proof that America is not "the bestest country on the earth". I really don't see why high speed trains are all that important. America is so much more spread out of has developed so differently than Europe, that I do not think trains will ever become popular. American's are dependent on cars, or airplanes if we have to go a long way. I just don't see there being a demand for a high speed train system, so it would not be cost effective to put all of the money up to build one.
Well these topics have been rather dry. Just remember that when you go to the grocery store you should bring you own bags (that are not plastic), watch out for any cloned foods, and take the train on your way home.
In other news from America Blog, the EU and the U.S. are allowing the marketing of cloning foods. However, the foods have to be very clearly marked. The article from America blog seems to think that the idea of cloned foods will flop and that people will not want to eat them. They sound fine to me though. I've never had cloned food, but if it tastes the same then who cares? We will just have to wait and see how cloned food turns out. Maybe in 20 years we will not be able to survive without it.
Finally, there is the issue of high speed trains or the lack there of in the U.S. The United States has never had a train system that could compare to Europe, and recently the gap has been widening. The article on America blog uses the lack of high speed trains in America as proof that America is not "the bestest country on the earth". I really don't see why high speed trains are all that important. America is so much more spread out of has developed so differently than Europe, that I do not think trains will ever become popular. American's are dependent on cars, or airplanes if we have to go a long way. I just don't see there being a demand for a high speed train system, so it would not be cost effective to put all of the money up to build one.
Well these topics have been rather dry. Just remember that when you go to the grocery store you should bring you own bags (that are not plastic), watch out for any cloned foods, and take the train on your way home.
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