Both parties need to change…
As a lifelong democrat I have finally decided, perhaps as a consequence of middle age, to abandon the “party” and register as an independent. The democrats do not represent me any more than they represent the people who continue to vote for them. I see these folks all the time. The Obama stickers prominent on their fine vehicles and mini vans. They have families much like my own. They work had and try their best to do what is right by their kids and their communities. They care about others well-being, are typically friendly, don’t abide bigotry and live normal productive lives. So why are they democrats? What draws them to the party of Pelosi and Reid?
I voted for party because I was uninformed, thought I knew it all and was wholly unprepared for conversation or argument about any political topic. Much like the under thirty crowd so enamored with people like Maher, Stewart and Colbert. I also started to see the realities around me. For although I still believe that all men, and women, are not created equal, some are undeniably more equal than others, I have come to see sloth and stupidity as a simple human characteristic that I don’t want to support, whatever the consequenses may be.
I don’t have any problem with gay marriage, so long as it is done according to current law. This seems to be a very simple solution as prescribed by our constitution. States have the right to decide. The Courts should overturn laws they deem unconstitutional. Someone please explain this simple idea to the very vocal conservative, who forever and anon, deems any Justice who interprets the constitution differently than the people, as legislating from the bench. Uh, it’s only their JOB. Eventually Gay marriage will be decided by the Supreme Court. And just as a side note…marriage is an action no matter who says I do. Just as interacial marriage is an action that was rightly protected under equal protection laws, gay marriage is an action that is worthy of those same protections. Anyone who claims homosexuality is a choice is either ignorant or a liar.
I don’t like abortion but think it is a necessary evil, however, I don’t want to pay for others to have one. Just as the righteous pro lifers should shut up until every last American child has been adopted and loved, the indignant pro choice crowd can easily come up with the resourses to help out the latest casuality of our ever popular pregnant MTV generation teen. MTV, my god what kind of people are these?
I think Wall Street, Oil companies, Banks and various other monopolies need serious regulation and less taxtion. Our government needs to work for the people more than it needs to buy off the business which keeps them perpetually in office. Are you listening Murtha? Sorry but I can not find a way to address some of these people with even the slightest bit of respect. Forests, parks and beaches need to be protected. A moth living on some plant in Califorina does not. Polluters need to be jailed and Al Gore needs to go away already. Funny thing about these lifelong politicians. They always seem to complain about issues they ignored for their entire careers…strange way to lead.
Well there it is. A center left American who has found his way out of the party wilderness. You know the lefts claims about mandates and “the people spoke” is about as laughable as the congressional approval ratings. Obama, there I go with the whole respect thing again, is the Youtube, text your vote, American Idol President. Most Americans have no idea what he stands for. And the republican stalwarts cling to far right principals and claim they lost because they strayed from their core principals. Another laughable argument.
Americans who give a hoot, care about the country differently than either right or left. They want what is right. They want to help the poor without helping the shiftless. They want a cleaner planet without the lies and distortion of the alarmists. They want to be able to let their kids watch a bit of TV after supper without worry of overtly sexual and violent messages. They want to pay a fair share to support the government. They want accountability as to where that money goes. They want to know that their investments are real and safe from thieves and swindlers. They want better schools where kids are safe and they can learn, free from unattended violence and PC madness. They want a strong military to protect them from the horrors of 9-11 and they expect those men and women to be supported at all times by both sides, not just when it is politically motivated, as is so often is the case.
Democrats? Republicans? ……. Good riddance!
Deborah Grajek
June 25th, 2009 at 3:01 am
See Dave, when reading this post, it really bothers me that we have become complacent in important issues. When you say that when all pro-lifers adopt an unwanted child then you will agree with them or at the very least respect them. It is not up to pro-lifers to inform us, is it? We are capable of being inform by just looking at the facts.
Pro abortionist do not inform the women who go to there offices to seek out abortion.
http://www.plannedparenthood.org/index.htm
When you go to this site, they talk about being informed with the facts. There are no facts on their site. I know because I tried to find them and I find it appalling that they refuse to tell women the facts. Planned Parenthood is probably one of the most despicable organizations there is. I mean, when you go to a doctor to have any procedure done, do you want to know all the facts or just what the doctor wants you to hear?
Gay Marriage? At first I thought, whats the harm. People have the right to marry whom they want but now that I can research the issues such as “prop 8″ in Cali, I have looked at the entire issue.
http://www.glsen.org/cgi-bin/iowa/all/home/index.html
I do not want gay issue taught in public schools. Now, the activist can claim it is to protect the gay kids but come on, who was there to protect me from bully’s? Who was there to protect Dina?
I am sorry but after a lot of thought, I do not want gay marriage. I have no problems with giving them the right as couples to have the laws changed in order for them to file their taxes, estates and whatever they choose, but marriage, No! To me just as it happened with abortion, give an inch and they’ll take hundreds of miles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6EQwhS58tQ
I want my grand children to understand morals and values and because we have become complacent, I think this world is headed for big trouble and that truly saddens me.