Here in Washington, we loser Liberals have been clearly told that we are now pretty much side-lined and stripped of any power to keep the country from going off the right end. In some ways its nice to know the L word can no longer be used to blame for everything that is wrong with America! I can accept the fact that all people vote their morality when making political choices. Its just that some moral values are rooted in reality when others are questionable. It is hard for me to accept that the winning votes were cast by people who were afraid that gays might marry in groups, when some of their own churches and missions accept polygamy or that their candidate chose a guy to head the Iraq government who has three wives. I don’t know how to tell them that there are probably gay people in Heaven because God created them. Perhaps Liberals have different moral issues that don’t come upon the intellectual radar of these folks like a growing poverty class, hungry children in America, and the fact that two adults cannot shelter a family working full time at minimum wage. I am hoping that it will occur to all moral people that when women are valued and child support payments are kept current, that the option to choose life looks more attractive. I get to take a vaction now from “liberal” issues for I assume that such moral people will be funding their faith based initiatives from their offering plates with their tax savings. At least if affordable health care doesn’t materialze, there are super saver airfares to other countries where surgery is cheap. I figure I get dibbies in line when private money starts passing out medical advances based on 5-day old stem cells that can fit onto the head of a pin. After all, how moral would it be to walk or see again if those precious, about-to-be-trashed little stem cells are more precious than your own life? I know “thou shalt not kill” clearly made it into the top 10, but I am not going to worry about the war in Iraq either. Liberals usually don’t send their children off to these kinds of wars. And for those young people who might distinguish themselves in battle or be rewarded for their heroism, I wouldn’t bother framing those medals or ribbons. After all, should they decide to run for President, some rich kid draft dodger will probably find a way to make themselves look more patriotic anyway. I am also not going to worry about how our country’s money gets spent. My experience with my own checkbook vs. the household budget tells me that you can do anything you want with numbers, but eventually reality catches up with you. Too bad No Child Left Behind wasn ’t thought of soon enough to teach some basic math skills that you need to take in as much money as you spend. No wonder the moral majority opposes Roe because it will certainly need the next generations to pay for their fiscal calculations. Yes, a ballot is truly a lovesong to your country (Hart), but if it turns out to sound like a march for a goose step, remember that it started crooning on the slippery slope that led to the reality of today.
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