backbiting, infighting a/k/a "politics"
i skimmed an article today (of what i could tolerate) entitled "bush promotes marriage, faith-based works", which of course translates into "i, john kerry, must take the opposite extreme of each & every thing that the evil incarnate gdub will ever do & say". granted, i don't agree with everything bush says or does, but some of the quotes from this article are enough to make you laugh at the absurdity & then in the next moment cry from the absurdity. really. see for yourself (read the article!), but for the lazy ones (i'm looking at you, dice!), here are a few tidbits:
in response to bush's proposed healthy marriage initiative (which essentially addresses & promotes heterosexual marriage in the face of the same-sex marriage hoopla), see this:
the president & the government in general do not need to be involving legislation in the marriage war. people need to be getting off their arse & making their marriages work. it starts at the individual level, not the legislative level. but, kerry's program isn't any better aimed at it. he's proposing to take taxpayers money to keep kids in schools, give teachers longer hours & use government property for community development. seriously, when does the responsibility shift back from the assumption that the government handles this, rather than the individual? be it marriage or family (which should be hand-in-hand), the responsibility is on an individual level, not the legislative.
give me a freakin' break, people. it honestly sickens me more & more to see people yet again shifting the responsibility of the community to the government. do they not get that the further uncle sam is in their pockets, the less ability they have to exercise these freedoms? how fast can one move with someone else's hands deep in their pockets? not far.
and luken? give it up. i agree that the single biggest thing in keeping families together is stability (commitment, pursuit of excellence, furtherance of knowledge & the like), but we disagree that this stability is contingent upon the government providing "a job, decent and affordable health care, and a quality education." again, when did our responsibility shift from us to the government?
anybody got answers? do share.
in response to bush's proposed healthy marriage initiative (which essentially addresses & promotes heterosexual marriage in the face of the same-sex marriage hoopla), see this:
Democratic presidential challenger John Kerry campaigned last week in Ohio, promoting a proposed federal program that would pay to keep schools open until early evening to help working parents.
the president & the government in general do not need to be involving legislation in the marriage war. people need to be getting off their arse & making their marriages work. it starts at the individual level, not the legislative level. but, kerry's program isn't any better aimed at it. he's proposing to take taxpayers money to keep kids in schools, give teachers longer hours & use government property for community development. seriously, when does the responsibility shift back from the assumption that the government handles this, rather than the individual? be it marriage or family (which should be hand-in-hand), the responsibility is on an individual level, not the legislative.
On Monday, Kerry spokesman Phil Singer said Bush has had more than three years to focus on the problems of families, saying he "looked the other way" while health costs, gasoline prices and other household expenses hit record highs.
Cincinnati Mayor Charlie Luken added in a statement: "What President Bush should realize, but does not, is that the single biggest factor in keeping families together is stability - a job, decent and affordable health care, and a quality education."
give me a freakin' break, people. it honestly sickens me more & more to see people yet again shifting the responsibility of the community to the government. do they not get that the further uncle sam is in their pockets, the less ability they have to exercise these freedoms? how fast can one move with someone else's hands deep in their pockets? not far.
and luken? give it up. i agree that the single biggest thing in keeping families together is stability (commitment, pursuit of excellence, furtherance of knowledge & the like), but we disagree that this stability is contingent upon the government providing "a job, decent and affordable health care, and a quality education." again, when did our responsibility shift from us to the government?
anybody got answers? do share.
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