Letter to Senator Harry Reid (D) sent this morning.

To the Honorable Senator Reid:
While I am not one of your constituents, I want to express my dismay at your and the Democratic party's political behavior in Washington DC.
During President Clinton's administration, the Republicans confirmed the Honorable Ruth Bader Ginsberg, a person whose ideas were diametrically in opposition to theirs, and clearly out of the "mainstream".
You should give the same consideration to President Bush's nominations, namely Judge Samuel Alito.
I see now that the abortion issue has become the litmus test on both sides of the aisle. That "women's right to privacy" versus "pro-life" has become the sacred cow in both political parties.
One of these days, every person will stand in front of the ultimate Judge and give an account for these idealogies. I tend to think that those who stand for the issue of "privacy" (although the real issue is "convenience" and the attempted removal of behavioral consequences) will come up short. Those who stand before Him who have protected the sanctity of innocent life seems to have a better shot. That is, if you take the issue of faith and a Supreme Being serioiusly.

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CC

Bill O'Reilly - Libertarian?!

Today, Bill O'Reilly stated on the Radio Factor that, on some social issues, he is a "libertarian". To explain, he remarked that he "didn't care" whether gays married or how people behaved sexually.
Bill, this is not consistent with your self-professed faith. You constantly state that you believe in "the Deity" and that you are a Roman Catholic. Let's follow this logic:
- There is a Deity.
- The Deity is the Creator.
- The Deity is concerned with the moral activities of His creation.
- The Deity has given His standard for morality in the Bible.
- The Deity has a record of declaring a "blessing" or a "curse" on His creation based upon their behavior and/or their acceptance or rejection of His standard of morality.
- If you do the things that the Deity forbids you to do, you have a higher chance of...let's just say...NOT BEING BLESSED by the Deity.
- The Deity has a scriptural history of withholding His hand of blessing on nations which opposed his standard.
With this in mind, Bill, you should be concerned that the institution of marriage not be defiled by a governmental redefinition. And that homosexuality not be endorsed officially by our government.
To go one step further, leaving the government aside, you should be concerned about the GROWING acceptance of homosexuality and perversion in our country.
The Deity that you profess to believe in will not continue to bless a nation that directly opposes Him, especially by corrupting the very institution that HE created - marriage.
- CrippleCrab
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400,000 jobs lost...are you kidding?

With this breaking news:
"The Congressional Budget Office is estimating that Hurricane Katrina will cost 400,000 jobs and retard economic growth."
Wouldn't you think that most of these jobs were low-wage jobs. NOW, the jobs that have to be CREATED in order to rebuild and restore...will be higher paying jobs which will bring revenue back into the economy...
Doesn't this sort of create a "self-healing" to the economy?
- CrippleCrab
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Katrina flood survivors

Watching Shep Smith interview those coming out of the flooded neighborhoods in New Orleans, I began to see that there are two types of people there. There are GIVERS and there are TAKERS. The GIVERS are those who are grateful...they assist others to safety...they are concerned for the welfare of their neighbors.
And then there are the TAKERS. These are the ones who are entitlement-minded. The whole world owes them a life. They are complainers. They are looters. They shoot at rescue helicopters. They are not concerned for anyone but themselves.
I am tempted to wish that the TAKERS just stay in the water...but then that would make me too much like them.
God help the victims of Katrina, both the GIVERS...and, the TAKERS, too, I guess.
- CrippleCrab
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John Bolton, appointed!

President Bush heroically appointed John Bolton as the U.N. ambassador during the Senate recess today. Here's a line from an AP news article located at http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050801/ap_on_go_pr_wh/un_ambassador:

"Separately, Democrats and the White House deadlocked over Bolton's acknowledged request for names of U.S officials whose communications were secretly picked up by the National Security Agency. Democrats said the material might show that Bolton conducted a witch hunt for analysts or others who disagreed with him. "

Hilarious! If anyone knows about "witch hunts", the Democrats do! Consider the one going on with Judge John Roberts right now...

They are on a "witch hunt" to find anything that they disagree with, namely his philosophy on ABORTION.

Anyway, back to Bolton. The perfect man for the job. We keep hearing the buzzword "diplomacy" in the Democrat camp when it comes to their main objection to Bolton's appointment. They say he is too hardlined and harsh for the job. The LAST thing we need in the U.N. is a weak-kneed diplomat who bows to political correctness. Considering the corruption that has been documented in the U.N., we need someone who is assertive, who plays no games, and is clear-spoken. We need a United Nations reformer.

President Bush, well done!
- CC
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John Roberts, nominee...

Why don't these liberal senators quit hem-hawing around. They say they have a list of questions that they want to ask Judge Roberts. No. There's only ONE question that they are interested in: How do you stand on abortion?
That's it. Nothing else. Everything else is a smokescreen.
- CrippleCrab
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Go after the governors!

Bill O'Reilly, I am extremely glad that you are going after these governors who won't adopt the Jessica Lunsford law against sexual predators of children!
For a state governor to be inert on this issue makes no sense and tells you a ton about their priorities.
Who in their right mind would not see the absolute NECESSITY of protecting children from those who are committed to their abuse? Especially with all of the high-profile cases over the last couple of years! How can a governor want the blood or the stolen innocence and emotional rape of a child on their conscience?! Who are they trying to protect when they express no interest in a law that would give greater punishment to sexual predators? Certainly not the children! So, then it seems the logical conclusion that the predator is getting the most protection. Shame on you, governor! You know who you are.
- CrippleCrab
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