I was reading about some of the presidential candidates...and I am realizing that my interpretations are always wrong. I really did not like senator Obama. I felt like he was not taking care of America in the right way, but as I read some background on him and things he is standing for I am finding that if I had to vote right now, my vote would be on him. He is being supportive of actually doing something with the war in Iraq, instead of just leaving and making things worse. HE is trying to pass a plan of action on to the president of making all nuclear weapons secure---this is the very reason we are at war in the first place!!! And I stupidly "thought" this guy, well my interpretation of him, is that he was one of those people that are saying "Get out of the war! Go serve people here at home!!" while all along they are letting terrorists do what they want. You can take care of poverty at home, but if you don't take care of larger issues like terrorism, where is our safety? where is the reason to take care of poverty? security of life is more important than the small issues that we as individual americans should be taking care of day by day. God commanded us to help the poor, why isn't the church taking care of these things? Why aren't I doing anything, or individuals? How can I or anyone be mad at the government for being in a war to fight terrorism while poverty and other issues exist, while I myself am not doing anything to help within my own state? I as an individual can do a lot more for here and around me than the government can. I am not saying that programs are not needed, but what I mean to point out is that these "programs" are made up of PEOPLE. But if people are not doing anything, how are these programs going to succeed? We as individuals can not fight terrorism alone, but we can go down town and help feed the homeless. So why not let the government take care of the larger issues?
I was also continuing to read about Obama's background of his church's beliefs and I find some interesting things...like I was reading the apostles creed and all these other creeds I have never read before. I would recommend reading them; I think they are inspiring. :)
Apostles Creed:
- I believe in God, the Father almighty,
- creator of heaven and earth.
- and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord.
- who was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
- born of the Virgin Mary.
- suffered under Pontius Pilate,
- was crucified, died, and was buried.
- He descended into hell.
- On the third day he rose again from the dead.
- He ascended into heaven
- and is seated at the right hand
- of God the Father Almighty.
- From thence he shall come again to judge the living and the dead.
- I believe in the Holy Spirit,
- the holy catholic Church,
- the communion of saints,
- the forgiveness of sins,
- the resurrection of the body,
- and the life everlasting.
- Amen.
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Merry Christmas Kelli.
the biggest problem with the "war" (is it a war? It's called war, but it's really just peace keeping now.) is Congress. They have done nothing to help the American people. The have over ridden a few bills now that Bush has vetoed. One may say that Bush is power hungry, and he had no reason to veto - he had very good reason to veto - all of the bills he vetoed had A LOT of our tax dollars being sent to company's/ corporations/ organizations that do not benefit the tax payer. Congress is wasting our money, giving it away!
To top it off, no funds have been allocated for the "war," congress has put it off. i don't know the current state of this, but i was reading that all marine bases would be closed in Feb, and more army bases in the following month.
As for the news site you recommended - i've been getting my news off of Google "homepage". Reuters seems terribly biased towards liberal view-point.
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