TinyElvis wrote:
1. How is the war wrong? I just do not understand how we as Americans cannot support freeing an oppressed nation. Do you not want others around the world to have a taste of freedom?
2. Spending is wrong.. absolutley. Welcome to the right. Your guy Kerry wants to spend even more. And he is going to do it by taxing you and me.
4. Religious right is wrong.. please define the 'religious right' and what exactly is wrong with those of us who are Christians. TinyE
I couldn't resist responding to this one and I know I'll be bashed for being Canadian (because what could a Canadian possibly know about anything) but here goes:
1. Most people want evil assholes gotten rid of and most people would like to see freedom everywhere for everybody. People who didn't support the war aren't against freedom. Your premise is absurd. It's a matter of how and when, and if it were as simple as you suggest the world would be free by now. And if you were really so pro-freedom, why aren't you petitioning your President to invade Cuba?
2. Bush is the one who turned a surplus into a deficit, not Kerry. It was the left who got the US's financial house in order. And don't feed me that bullshit about 9/11 and the stock market crash. If those events were so devastating economically, then he shouldn't have given out tax cuts. Remember his dad? "Read my lips, no new taxes". Well, he raised taxes because he had a war to fight. It cost him the election but at least he didn't jeopardize the financial security of the country just to stick to a campaign promise. That's what a leader does when situations change, it's called understanding complexity, something W sorely lacks.
4. The Religious right is a group of people who put religion ahead of seperation of church and state, science, and tolerance. What's wrong with Christians? You tell the rest of the world that they're literally going to hell unless they accept Jesus as their savior. Not only do I distrust anyone who speaks for God, anyone who is so certain of their faith is seriously fucked. Faith requires uncertainty, otherwise it's not faith. I have nothing against Christians per se, but the whole spreading the gospal thing is just downright creepy. Accept your religion for what it is, a guess based on faith which you provides you with comfort and a code by which to live, just like every other religion. But you don't have to listen to me - I'm going to hell, right?