DISQUS

"Democrats to let offshore drilling ban expire"
The Democrats have given up.

Thank-you Sarah Palin

Are you thinking what I'm thinking? Is Trig an alien?

She still has nearly 80 % approval. Name one congressperson or Governor with better.

By the time inauguration day comes this woman will be briefed on everything that could effect this country. Mr Obama and Mr Biden as well as Mr McCain are also receiving the same treatment of being brought up to date. That is why Mr Obama has come out very strongly and forceful against Iran. It is also why this Iraq thing, which propelled him into this campaign, is no longer even close to resembling his original position. The pair that have shown, and convinced the majority that they have the unchanging character and drive to lead this country will win. You can dig up all of these little nitpicking things you want about this woman in attempt to assassinate her character, but so far she is the shiniest one of the four. Continual squawking to say the same things over and over will not change a thing. If you have new credible material, then bring it. If you can't, she is going to carry the old man from Arizona to the White House.

To bad the Democrats fielded a candidate that is much farther to the left than the people he would represent. That in itself will keep him from getting the job.

While the wind and solar are good ideas they have lain idle not only through Reagan/Bushes term, but also thru Clinton's and his great AL Gore’s. How long and at what cost does it take to bring those things on-line? If the economy is allowed to be further dragged down by the lack of petroleum how will we get thru the transition from one to the other? (wind and solar will still have to have coal and nuke back-ups for decades. Right now isn't T Boone Pickens the only one putting big money behind wind from the private sector? (11 billion) His thing is also to do more with natural gas. He’s a rich oil baron who still has a head on his shoulders yet still at his roots is driven by the thought of making more money. The only reason anything happens in this country and all others is to make money. Big business and big money don't care whether you have a job or whether you are happy. That being a given leaves us at the mercy of also needing ANY transition available also. Oil companies pull out their books and say they are only making 4% after everything, which seems like they’re fudging, I would guess it’s nowhere near the percentile that our fed and state governments are sticking it to us in taxes on oil. If you think that this country (from poor to rich) will forget about our oil while waiting on wind and solar it just won’t happen. Do you think that we would possibly move on to something nearer to 3rd world status while that money making stuff sits in the ground? Our use of oil is decreasing but the world’s use will continue to increase. The prices will fluctuate but never go down drastically unless the world economy collapses (could happen). The American materialistic driven way of life is affected but not destroyed. We all have just like wolves tasted the “red meat” of this materialistic societal living. I’m sorry but I think we may as well drill and get it out of the ground since the transition phase of the planet will now ensue regardless of what this nation does with drilling. But we will stay in this staggered state the longer we wait to begin. If we had taken our oil twenty years ago it would be gone unnoticed, but those days have passed by. If we all just buy carbon credits, and someone plants a few trees with those credits, we can run around in our Suburban’s and fly around in our jets and act like we are making a difference. At that point we would be just as big of a materialistic imposter as those on both sides of the aisle in Washington.

But..................she is a help to the GOP's desire to win.

Almost none of them including Mr Obama write their own speeches. You can usually find who write for these politicians. I believe I heard she used one of the same writers that write for Bush.

TruthTwister - you show your colors again. I am I not a part of any of the smear names you attach to me. If I wasted my time to reread all the things you called me, I probably deplore them all. But since it's from someone of your coarse/crude style it means nothing. It just shows even your own that you're not even a praiseworthy democrat. As much as I disagree with many of his policies and beliefs even Mr Obama would not support any of your nastiness.
I know I promised to wander away from your slanderous rants. Now I am breaking that promise. Since your Savior might be headed for freefall, I knew you needed this because he is 40% Arab. And thank-you.........for calling me "responsible" mr. literate sentence structure guy. You've got a great syntax flow also.

On Obama - He has no real identity. He is half-white, which he rejects. The rest of him is mostly Arab, which he hides but is disclosed by his non-African Arabic surname and his Arabic first and middle names as a way to triply proclaim his Arabic parentage to people in Kenya . Only a small part of him is African Black from his Luo grandmother, which he pretends he is exclusively.
What he isn't, not a genetic drop of, is 'African-American,' the descendant of enslaved Africans brought to America chained in slave ships. He hasn't a single ancestor who was a slave. Instead, his Arab ancestors were slave owners. Slave-trading was the main Arab business in East Africa for centuries until the British ended it.
Let that sink in: Obama is not the descendant of slaves, he is the descendant of slave owners. Thus he makes the perfect Liberal Messiah.
Not my quote, but well put Jackson.
My intention was never to belittle his family you truthtwister not truthspeaker. Ok I finally called you a name although not near so eloquent as the childish ones you continually use on me. My only point then, and is now, that the guy has a tough time being his real self in reality. He even has his followers believing he is much more centrist then he votes or “just sits there counted as present”. Study him further and your African History before you label this and me as some great big liar which you can no more prove wrong than I CHOOSE to further prove right.

Please also note that Tony Compolo is self described as a "Red Letter Christian" who believe that while they are strongly prolife, that it would not keep them for voting for a candidate who was not.

A Red Letter Christian would also have been strongly opposed to slavery, but would still vote for someone who thought it was ok to possess slaves.

Visit his site if you wish, as he is an interesting person, if sitting on the fence is your thing.

While no party is the party of Christianity Mr Obama is the first Dem Pres Candidate to court the Christian vote seriously in a while.

Wikipedia defines the Evangelical left as such: (Remember Wikipedia is written and added to by contribution of all people.)

Main articles: Evangelical left and Progressive Christianity

Typically, members of the evangelical left affirm the primary tenets of evangelical theology, such as the doctrines of Incarnation, atonement, and resurrection, and also see the Bible as a primary authority for the Church. Unlike most evangelicals, however, the evangelical left is generally opposed to capital punishment and supportive of gun control. In many cases, evangelical leftists are pacifistic. Some promote the legalization of gay marriage or laws protecting abortion on demand.
Evangelicals of both the right and left often utilize modern Biblical criticism (commonly of the lower variety).


Much of this attempt is for the democratic party to regain heavy losses of support in the south (the Bible Belt" due to disagreements with abortion, pacifism and other on the lefts ok list. There is also a growing concern within the party due to the teachings of the Catholic Church being ever increasingly vocal concerning abortion. That's why you now see most democrats now say that they themselves are against abortion but believe it's still a choice that's not theirs to make. (This does not help with me as I believe there is no choice to make with a child's life whether in a mother's arms or inside her body)
To me Christian beliefs would no longer be Christian beliefs if they were watered down as such.
For those reasons is why it's not working real well in the south either.
Most of what is still taking place is that the "Blue States" are becoming bluer and the red states are becoming redder.

NO politician ever gives that full of a answer.

TruthSpeaker - It would seem that the wheels have fallen off your wagon and you are now trying to humiliate me into becoming the great thinker and chooser of great literature that you believe you are. The great reads of our day are certainly not what you recommended that I pick-up and call research. Your main problem is your ability to discern what books would be good resource material. You pick-up books that are only to your liking (which many people do) and use them as your only source of information to form your opinions from. That’s not to say they wouldn’t be interesting reads. I will admit to dragging you around a bit to see what makes you tick. You seem to especially hate Pat Buchanan. (It was a Mercedes and he sold it) Do some REAL research on him and read some of his current articles on ALL ISSUES. I would BET that you would see eye to eye with him on many things. Oh yeah, when you were on your uncontrollable rant you mentioned Rush and Coulter. They're nowhere near my mentors, but I would bet they get a floor pacing rise out of you. If you were to pull your head out of the leftist sand pile you have it in, you wouldn't go on such a rant against my pulling out information as to how your mind thinks. I would also guess that your bursts of resorting to name calling put you barely out of college if you did complete something at one. You thought you sized me up so well over and over, when you really allowed me to show everyone honestly thinking in these posts what You Yourself are truly like. You truly don't make much of a representative for your party when you lose control even though you seem intelligent, but both parties have "problem children". I had one goal in these postings and that was to not let people accept anything they read on the internet as facts or "resource material". People grossly misquote both sides in politics and all other side taking issues. Even though I may sometimes add to the pot of confusion, I don't like to hear either side melt in gossip with facts, which is what was heavily relied on in the comments below this article, and the majority of all political reads. There are testing protocols to prove something worthy and people often skip it on the "information super highway. As an example, surely you don’t believe all of the “urban legend e-mail your misguided friends send you without at least going to snopes or somewhere similar to check it out. (for anyone else reading snopes is not part of the Right Wing) I’ll likely see you in another post and I'll check-up on how you are doing. Love abacus101

PS: In spite of the fact that you allege that I don’t read from your research of me, I do read quite a lot from all points of view from left of center to right of center. I’m known to be quite ambidextrous. (webster 1,2 and 3)

Hey try some lower case letters or is all of this yelling?

aerdrie: Whether intelligent design should be taught in school was not a question. It is much easier however to question where Mr Biden's Catholic Faith resides. I've heard it applied to be on his sleeve since he has been chosen. I also believe for a fact that the teachings of his faith only teach that the world was created by a creator. Do you know different? Wherever you've dug up your doctrine of Christianity and his faith as well as this being out of context, I'd like to hear more.

justink: I think anyone who by now has heard of Sarah Palin know what her root beliefs are. You DEMS have helped get that word out. What everyone might not no is how far to the left the Obama's are.

He voted against filtering pornography on school and library computers and he voted for sex education for kindergarten children through the 5th grade.

Also, in 2001, he voted “present” on a bill to keep pornographic book and video stores and strip clubs from setting up within 1,000 feet of schools and churches.

In February 2004, his wife, Michelle, sent out a fundraising letter (for him), which actually stated her concern over the rise of conservatism in the Country, and that the ‘so-called’ partial-birth abortion was a legitimate medical procedure that should be protected.

Maybe you could explain to all, you being an independent thinker how partial birth abortion is not a cruel procedure, and why it should be protected. Also, why does pornography need to bee allowed on school computers.

Well, you didn't convince me. You didn't even convince me you live there.

kd oklahoma: Here's a Joe Biden Quote. This sizes his Christian Faith up.

(SOURCE)
Biden’s Embellishments Could Provide Easy Fodder for GOP
by FOXNews.com
Saturday, August 23, 2008
By Bill Sammon

Biden also used unusually strong language to ridicule those who believe in creationism or intelligent design.

“I refuse to believe the majority of people believe this malarkey!” the senior senator from Delaware exclaimed.

I just saw why everyone is so upset with McCain and his VP picks. It all of the dumb uneduacated folk in this land. TruthSpeaker recommended that I "Do some reading and research, man, and educate yourself re: the truth about what's been going on." And I have. I just came from realclearpolitics (facts without partisonship) and see much more than poll bounce from the convention. McCain +10 on one. (since I speak the truth here, you might be tempted to call me the TRUTHSPEAKER2) Only two ties with McCain leading in five out of seven national. Oh, don't worry if that other fella would happen to get back ahead, I probably won't put much stock in polls.

Pray for America: Who do you pray to?

Or maybe you live in Virginia. If you and your mother could possibly be in Alaska then there are eight people that approve of her compared to the two of you that don't.

From Dr Jack Wheeler @ to the point news
The gusher starts with the world's most famous woman. Mark this week as when Omania fizzled out. O stands for Over. There's little to add about Sarah right now except to stand back in awe, and contemplate the blessings of Providence upon America.

Don't let the Anne Kilkenny Doctrine dominate here. It's just more of the same blah blah blah.

Then why do 80% of Alaskans like her? She is among the highest in approval in the nation. Are 80% of Alaskans duped dummies? Does her "babe factor" play that high? It APPEARS there is a lot of grasping over this woman. That doesn't I'm claiming she's a genius with morals. Could it be that she is just a breath of fresh air that while opinionated has seen a lot of thing that common sense and basic morality can see thru and then sets out to fix those things. There aren't too many politicians in Washington that are that way including the Greats McCain and Obama. Yes McCain has done some things right and swept other things under the rug or messed them up, and Obama ..........well .......... he's done nothing at all as yet.

TruthSpeaker: says "But don't continue to go around espousing falsehoods and ignorance." My point in the poll statement was that neither side is a runaway train.........yet. And yes those might be great reads if I thought with your mindset. Really John Dean "The Squeeler" These books only contain part of the truth and then they get out their silly putty and stretch the rest in like Michael Moore, who's own party members admit he stretches things out of proportion. I don't believe what a lot of writers say because they are just making money. The vast majority of political writing whether from the left, the center, or right are often riddled with pieces of truth, which tend to hide the stretched truth and the out and out lies. Oh and don't try hurting me by shoving the Republican name down my throat because I am not one of those. I'm also no where near what the Dems have become. JFK would not fit at all in his party today. The closest Republican to me would probably be Pat Buchanan. Joseph Farah at WND is also a good read. And no these guys are not "Bushlovers" although that doesn't make me an out an out "Bushhater". Someone else who I read be Jack Wheeler who is known as the Indiana Jones of the Republican party. Not that you would agree with it, but he is the inventor of the "Reagan Doctrine". Now did the guy arm wrestle Putin and his body guard and win? Well he says he did. Do I believe absolutely everything I have read about him. Well, no I do not. I do however believe his explanation of Mr Obama's heritage. I also misquoted from memory as I said that Mr Obama had 10 percent African American blood. His African American blood is zero as he has zero slave heritage. The ten percent is only African. Now that's to you is not true and maybe a big deal over nothing. What I like however is not to be mislead on basics.
Finally has my life been wasted up until this point as you suggest. You know that's why I used the word head scratcher in the last post to describe your kind. Because you think that you have me figured out by reading a few of my posts which I do in part just to get a rise out of you. And I know it works in both directions. And thru it, I do see somewhat what you believe in as well. I'm just not buyin' it. What I do when away from this is not focus my life and future what happens in politics even though it can have an impact on me. I only post at these things in bursts often months apart. In my life however, I'll never waver on things that matter to me. For instance, since I believe that a fetus growing inside of a woman is really a child brought by the Creator, then I will never agree to kill (or tell someone that since it is their body that it would be ok for them to kill it) because of circumstances, what the Creator has brought. While that's not my litmus test at all, it is a very basic test for ME. Many from your party would then label me after making that statement as being in the "Far Right Wing" when in reality I would describe myself as being no where near the FRW in many things.