Open letter to the Secular Progressives

I was just listening to the news today and the topic was the whole Church and State argument.

It seems as though the Secular Progressive fella (hence forth known as the SPinites) was misquoting the Constitution and President Jefferson yet again to bolster his argument.

Understand, in order to properly understand something you need to read the WHOLE THING. Not just bit parts of it like a character in an Orwellian novel.

The SPinite was insistent that the First Amendment’s reference to Church and State was there to prevent the public display of religion (i.e. No Crèches, Menorahs or other religious symbols); because part of the Amendment says that “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…”

The SPinite was partially correct. What this SPinite did is what they always do. They neglect to tell you of the whole law, amendment etc. in their argument thus giving you a false argument from which to judge their opinion on a matter.

The First Amendment in its entirety reads; “Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” (Bolding added for emphasis).

When taken in its entire context, it does not imply that government needs to ban all expressions of religion in the public square as not to offend or to “establish religion” as the SPinites would have you believe.

Rather, the First Amendment, when read in its entirety, actually means that government is not going to take a side one way or another in regards to religion. This means that if there is a place in the public square where exhibits are allowed, the government has to allow ANY EXHIBIT in that square that does not break a pre-existing law (i.e. public displays of sex). That means if it’s a Crèche, a Menorah, or a statue of the cast of the View, it has to be allowed. If it is not, then the government is violating the First Amendment.
The same holds true when the government pays for services (such as schooling or feeding the homeless); in that they are supposed to hire the best organization for the job at hand. If Catholic Charities is the best organization for feeding the homeless in your area; your government should contract out the food banks to them. If the Atheists Club (or whatever it’s called) is the best, then they should be contracted to do it.
What the SPinites really are doing is establishing a religion, their religion (Secular Progressiveness) in the government and forcing it upon us, at tax payer expense. Every day you hear them cry that all public displays must be “secular”. What they really mean, is that all public displays must adhere to the principles of SPism.
So I say to all those SPinites. You have the right to worship your deity (big government), but I have the right to worship mine (that of GOD through Jesus Christ) and we both are allowed to do it in public, so back off and leave me alone.

Orwell revisted

I was just working on some school work, which involved the discussion of critical thinking and ethics. Somehow the topic turned to politics, as it is prone to do when one talks about ethics.
This got me thinking, as it is prone to do. I remembered reading the book, Animal Farm my George Orwell as a teenager and likened it to the modern political season.
For those of you who have not read it, why not? It is a book about the Soviet revolutoin in Russia specifcally, but also one of the major American political parties as well. Here is a link to the Orwell website, which has the complete book availble online for free. http://www.george-orwell.org/Animal_Farm/0.html
Now that you have read the book (or re-read it). I will offer a breid synopsis of the book and you tell me what it reminds you of in terms of modern American Politics.
In the book, the animals led by the Pigs lead a revolution against their Human Overlords who represented the Kings and Dictators of old. As the book progresses, things start out well, the Pigs become the governing class, and send the children to school, they create a Constitution and proclaim that every animal should contribute what they can and receive only what they need (Marx' philosphy each according to their needs....).
Eventaully the Pigs garnered more and more control. The children all grown up turned on their parents, the horse (which represented the blue collar class) was too weak and tired to fight back and the Constitution became a "living and breathing" document which the leaders (the Pigs) changed to suit their needs.
In the end, the Pigs eventually became no better then the Humans and enslaved their "commrades" in the animal farm.
Now think about it. Who in the American political spectrum clims to serve the "blue collar" class? Who beleives in each according to their needs? and Public schooling?
If you read the language of the "Pigs" doesn't it remind you of the Clintons specifically, but also the Democrat leadership in general?
Scary isn't it? Think about that the first week in November 2008 when you pull those levers (push those buttons, punch those chads or however you need to vote). and remember this.
The two Presidents that are most thought of in modern American politics are Ronald Regan (the Republican) and Bill Clinton (the Democrat).
Ronald Regan's opinion on the power and greatness of America can be summarized by these quotes, "Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty" and, "Entrepreneurs and their small enterprises are responsible for almost all the economic growth in the United States." both of which can be found at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/r/ronald_reagan.html
Clinton's opnion and legacy can best be summarized by these quotes... Well, actually I couldn't find anything memorable that they said so I will remind you of what they did (or tried to do). Pass the largest tax increas in the hisotry of America, try to take over Healthcare, try to strengthen the government control over schools, the airwaves and toilets.

Democrat campagin slogans

Democrat Campaign slogans

The Democrats are out there again using their same old tired slogans. You know the Republicans are evil, the environment is dying, the rich aren’t paying taxes yawn. I think that they need someone to help write them new lines. With this, I have come up with a few slogans and campaign themes to help them on their way.


We (the leadership) are the few, the proud, the elite

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what your country can do to your neighbors

If at first you don’t succeed, we have a government program for you

Government health care: from the same people who brought you falling bridges, failing schools and insecure borders

Environmental policy: No cars, no power, and no luxuries like Robinson Caruso you will soon be primitive as can be

Combating evil: We will stop our war in places like Iraq and Afghanistan against people who physically hurt Americans so we can focus our efforts on people like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity who are hurting us with words

The Liberal motto: Do as we say not as we do

No matter your problem, we have a tax for that

Red Eye Intros

There is a show on late night TV called Red Eye. While Obviously I am too old to stay up until 2 am and see it, I have started recording it to watch at a reasonable hour. They have these funny intros and on their websites http://www.dailygut.com/ and http://www.itsjustwordplay.blogspot.com/ they have an area where fans can come up with their own intros. Its basically sexual induenos.
I have decided to post the ones I came up with there but also here.
If beauty were an amusement park ride I would loose my lunch while riding her
If beauty were an amusement park ride I would scream while riding her
If brains and beauty were a submarine the navy would fill her full of worthy seamen
If intelligence were a parking space I would back slowly into him
If beauty were an umbrella I’d use her outside on a rainy day
If intelligence was a department store her clothes would be half off on the holidays
If brains were Dungeons and Dragons nerds would do her in their basement
If beauty were a sled I’d ride her in the snow
If beauty were an envelope I would moisten her with my tongue
If beauty were a bull I would try and ride her hard for eight seconds
If beauty were eggs I would take her over easy every morning.
If beauty were piano keys I would tickle her for crowds
If beauty were bad brakes she would make weird noises every time I used her

Alison M Rosen: As of today

Alison M Rosen: As of today

The online dating sceen

Hello,

This is my first blog on the blogger.com website and I know it should be on something important like Hillary’s laughable health care fix or the war on terror or even the Iranian dictator finding is soul mates at Columbia University but its not.
I want to talk about the trials and tribulations of the online dating scene. It takes a brave (or desperate) soul to go online looking for love. I am half brave and half desperate so it’s the perfect spot for me. Besides I don’t drink so going to bars are out of the question.

Let me tell you some of the results in no particular order. I have had “met” at least two “women” in online dating services who just happen to be stuck in Africa due to bad circumstances in their lives. They also just happen to always be on line at 9pm in the Eastern US time zone which is like 3 am over there.

So then I thought that maybe the pay site eHarmony might be a good one. So far it is. I have met some nice women there. However there have been some weird ones. I had one woman who invited me to her condo at like 8:30pm one night, sit on my lap and instigate kissing me. She even took off her shirt so I could rub her back. I get home from that encounter with an email telling me I was “smothering her”.

The worst so far has to be the woman I met who told me she was being held captive and that marrying me was her only salvation. I should have known better then to go on www.captivedates.com but that was my mistake.

I think all in all, the best thing to do is to follow the Greg Gutfeld rules for dating. Don’t do it!

Well I am off to see the wizard so live long and prosper and may the force be with you.