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Political Events in the New Year
A New Year is upon us and with it will bring a wealth of political events for us to ponder and debate. How do most Americans feel about the New Year? A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Thursday found 69 percent of Americans hopeful for their future, and 51 percent hopeful for the world. This is a significant contrat from the way Americans felt 10 years ago in 1999. A similar poll at that time showed that 85 percent of Americans were hopeful for themselves, while 68 percent were hopeful for the world. Are you in the hopeful category or in the not so much percentage?
President Obama weighed in before he left for vaction with this video on his outlook for the future:
“This is always a hopeful time, as we celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another,” Obama said. “And while 2009 was difficult for many Americans, we must also look back on this year with the knowledge that brighter days are ahead of us – that although our challenges are great, each of us has the courage and determination to rise up and meet them.”
I hope it is a good year for you and for us and for the world!
Political Events – September 3
I have spent the last eleven months on a news sabbatical. Last October I just decided I needed a break. I had started this site just before then, thinking I would write a few articles, publish a few other people’s articles and then eventually sell the site to someone who really had a heart for writing about political events. What has been interesting to me over the last few months is how much traffic this simple site gets every day. I have loaded the site with RSS feeds and Video feeds so that there is always fresh information on the site, but I haven’t posted in months. I have a new idea for this site.
Personally, I am burned out on all of the spin on both sides of political events. It seems nearly impossible to just get simple straightforward information on any political events anywhere. Take health care. I don’t think I beleive what anyone has to say about it and I certainly don’t have the time to read thousands of pages of a bill, nor would I want to. While the idea of the government running health care does not sound good to me, I beleive we need to find a way to make sure everyone who wants coverage can get it, especially people with pre-existing conditions. My wife has breast cancer (fortunately it was detected early and surigally removed and radiated and she is now cancer free), and after the initial surgery and treatment our insurance was cancelled. We had to form a group which included our adult children to be able to get her pre-existing condition insured again. The cost of this doubled our already expensive insurance coverage. But, we have received excellent health care.
Anyway, back on track. I would like to see if we could use this blog to talk about the reality of political events from a common sense, common ground approach. I don’t want it to be Democrat or Republican, Liberal or Conservative, I would just like to be able to discuss the issues and hear where other common sense people are coming from. I am willing to publish articles from people who want to talk to the issues from a common sense perspective. I would also like to post your comments on what you read.
So, let’s start with discussions on health care and the economy. I look forward to hearing form you.
Political Events presents – Specter’s Gone – A Time of Danger and of Opportunity
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Specter’s Gone – A Time of Danger and of Opportunity
By Larry D Miller
Ever needing material to fill a twenty four hour news cycle, the talking heads were all atwitter about the defection of Arlen Specter to the dark side. The story fit their their template, something bad happening to the Republican is always worth reporting. Only, this isn’t anything particularly bad for the party. Sure it appears that the Dems are that much closer to the to a filibuster proof majority, but since when has Senator Specter been a reliable soldier in the battle against expanding government or a staunch defender to a baby’s right to be born?
The recent stimulus fiasco is only one of many where he threw his Republican colleagues under the bus simply because he was out of step with mainstream Republican thinking. His assertions that the party had moved to the far right away from him are some of the most humorous comments he’s made with a straight face. Anyone who has been paying any attention knows the alternate explanation is much more to the point. The Republicans of Pennsylvania are finally getting their act together and demanding someone with principles carry their banner.
This has been in the works for some time as there are various groups looking to run candidates in primaries against Republicans who have been collaborating with the enemy. This battle has been won without the anticipated fight. Will Specter be a viable candidate as a Democrat when he’s been portrayed for years as an evil Republican who wanted to steal childrens’ lunches and prevent the homeless from taking walkin’ around money and voting two, maybe three times? Time will tell.
Is Arlen Specter the first of many to fall under the threat of retribution by the own constituents? One can only hope so. Party organizations tend to support incumbents with little regard for their value in furthering common agendas. President Bush even helped Specter overcome a conservative primary challenge last time around. So it is up to the grassroots activists to find candidates, support them and get them elected.
Specters’ departure put Pennsylvania Republicans at a cross roads. Given the opportunity to select a candidate that represents traditional values, they have also been given a tremendous responsibility. Republicans in the mushy middle are always sharing their opinion to anyone who will listen that conservative candidates can’t win, particularly in a state like Pennsylvania. Many, I’m sure will be working behind the scenes to prove they are right.
This danger of embarrassing defeat should come as no surprise as with privileges come responsibilities. The responsibility in this case is to present these American values to the narcissistic culture in such a way that they will understand that freedom over slavery to an all encompassing government is better for them. They need to see that having the ability to build your own life is better than taking the one the bureaucrats decide to give them. They need to comprehend that we are safer by exhibiting strength than by depending on the good will of those who hate us.
This means we have to go beyond simply calling our leftist opponents names like “liberal” or “socialist” or, more accurately, “fascist”. We have to explain why they are wrong, and in doing so, we have to overcome the work of the government indoctrination centers, sometimes called the public schools, and most of the media who hang on every word the President reads off the teleprompter.
This will require more effort and a better understanding of the issues. We need to be more intellectually involved, as slogans will no longer do the job. But, it’s not as bad as it sounds. Traditional American values outline the path we should be taking and our support for them is based on proven logic, not convoluted theory promoting ideas that have never worked anywhere they have been tried.
For those who claim to be Christians, we need to be fighting the battle the way George Washington did… on our knees. We need to put forth all the effort we can, but in the end, the victory will come, as Zechariah 4:6 tells us: “Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,” says the LORD Almighty.
Larry D Miller is a web developer who has been involved in the political world for the past twenty some years. His company, Simple Webs, works with organizations and candidates and can be seen at http://www.simplewebs.biz and his current project, http://www.politicalchristian.org examines the relationship between Christians and the political sphere.
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