Goodness gracious!
So fine. Nobody ask me anything.
Chris asked which way toilets flush on the equator, and the answer is that the equator is an imaginary line like a state border. You are either on the top or bottom half and it flows one way or the other.
I would now like to criticize our president. Clearly, he is either like those authors that create a masterpiece at their day job and then realize they can’t just write good stuff, or he fired whomever wrote those old speeches. His administration’s policy is absolute trash, which I may get to, but considering a president is more a figurehead and face than anything, I take issue with his misleading statements. I am not even concerned with the fact that I find this change repulsive, and Bush should never have had to write an order demanding that EXTREMELY devisive, and non-restorative actions not be publicly funded. I only will focus on his poor leadership.
I speak, of course, of the “false choice” dead horse he’s beaten into the ground, inspiring fanboy democrats everywhere to kill their own horse and find a stick. He stated:
“In recent years when it comes to stem cell research, rather than furthering discovery, our government has forced what I believe is a false choice between sound science and moral values. In this case. I believe the two are not inconsistent. As a person of faith, I believe we are called to care for each other and work to ease human suffering. I believe we have been giving the capacity and will to pusue this research–and the humanity and conscience to do so responsibly.”
A false choice is a dilemma where only two choices are given when there are in fact other options. You would think Obama would be an expert, considering a massively perpetuated false choice is what got him elected. He is asserting that the administration decided sound science and thoughtful research is sacriligious. He then goes on to state that because he claims he is of the one religion ascribed to by everyone who isnt an atheist(right?), and that he has decreed that stem cell research is morally acceptable because we can and want to, it should be publically funded.
None of my own opinions are in that paragraph, it simply is a direct translation of the bull-headed carpetbagging verbally displayed by our fearless leader. I do not condemn him for it, no one man can decide for the nation, and in a position of extreme power such as his, you can’t expect the vested groups surrounding him to sponsor an environment of clear thought and careful decision making. They’ve already made their decisions, after all.
In the Bible, a recurring theme is that of a good or bad ruler. Many lives are preserved and stories are told as lessons in leadership, and I’ve never understood why even the most extreme of candidates never focus on their God-given charge to be a talented, fair, just, and wise ruler. It seems we just get one at a time, at severe deficit to the others.
Don’t they know that focusing on just one is a giving in to a false choice?
Eamon
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yeah, but what if half the toilet is in the south, and the other half in the north?
Earth is wobbling through space and is so gargantuan that a 1 inch drain hole won’t stay split on the North 1/2″ and South 1/2″ long enough to flush. Centripedal force will force a decision.
Obama was set up to disappoint. There is no way he can possibly fulfill the expectations half the country has of him. If he’s lucky, he might almost get us out of the hole the bush administration dug us into. I’m not disappointed, because I expected nothing of him to begin with.
As far as stem cell research goes, I believe it’s the conscientious thing to do if you’re into preserving life. Some people believe that having a massive standing military is also a conscientious thing to do if you wish to preserve life. My tax dollars funds the bloated military, which I regard as immoral, so why shouldn’t the pro-lifers’ tax dollars fund stem cell research? Just because you don’t agree with something doesn’t mean it’s off the table for public funding.
No, it doesn’t in practice. But thats why I only take issue with the small step of Obama’s justification and people handling skills. I can’t really hold a valuable discourse on government fundamentals because I believe the very concept to be flawed and useless. I really see no greater purpose to governance, and it doesn’t do any intrinsic good so its so subjective that it doesnt matter what happens, precisely for situatuons like the one you raised.
Right. I went off on a completely different tangent, mostly because I’m mildly outraged at some of the things we, as average citizens, are forced to foot the bill for, while special interest groups think they should be able to dictate where our money is or isn’t spent.
Ultimately, Obama is going to disappoint. He’s been built up to be this godlike figure by the racists in the media and the far left, but in the end he is a politician. We just spent the last 8 years going along with everything the bush administration and somehow convinced ourselves that one man could, in four years, not only reverse all the damage done, but make our country more prosperous than ever, solve the financial and energy crises, save the environment, and cure aids and cancer. To me, that’s about as sensible as an atheist waiting for the second coming.
TL:DR, fail government is fail.