law-of-freedom

I saw the following message in a discussion forum online.  I too, am pro-life, and found this perspective enlightening.  I hope you do too.

Pro-lifers should be thankful for Roe V Wade. Roe V Wade allows abortion clinics to be in the public eye, instead of in secret. While in the public eye, abortion clinics can be used as means for education and abortion prevention.

Pro-lifers can try to convince a person to not abort a child. They can provide additional choices for keeping a child - like adoption. With Roe V Wade, abortion clinics can be monitored by the US government and controlled by some procedural guidelines.

If Roe V Wade is overturned, abortion clinics will go underground.

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Obama pledges: "I'll go through the entire federal budget, page by page, line by line, and I will eliminate the programs that do not work, and are not needed."  See more with this video provided by the Associated Press.

Did you know that even with double the amount of years in office, John McCain has authored approximately the same number of laws as Barack Obama?  I didn't.  Check out the full article here.

I just can't get the importance of our decision this year out of my mind.  We are facing an exponentially growing national debt and other frightening economic indicators - mortgages and energy come to mind.  There are fears about national security, and although I think we should be more concerned about our economic situation (which is more perilous and more within our realm of control), I think we should pay attention to how our leaders (and potential leaders) deal with situations like Russia-Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.  These are not insignificant to our future.

Here is how I view the choice this year:

If you blame the "go-it-alone" "arrogant" attitude of our President for our problems (eg, isolating us with a unilateral foreign policy, silencing criticism, deregulation that encouraged the mortgage crisis), you probably won't like the not-so-different "maverick" "my way or the highway" management styles of McCain and Palin.  Palin seems particularly eager to fire people who offer up dissent - this is of course open to interpretation, since we don't know the hearts of those who criticize or endorse her, and even if we did, even the best of us have bad days.

If you blame the "wishy-washy" "do-nothing" "corrupt" Senate (and House) for our problems (lack of fiscal or ethical discipline leading to all sorts of scandals and skyrocketing debt), you probably won't like the "talk about it" "avoid confrontation" management styles of Obama and Biden.  Obama probably wouldn't start a nuclear war, but he might not be willing to push the button when necessary, or less dramatic but still extremely important, veto exorbitant spending or stand up against acquaintances who are corrupt.

Can you have it both ways?  Well, you could have a leader who is tough on corruption, but just as tough on themselves by allowing criticism and dissent.  The problem is knowing who that person is.  Anyone who stands up against someone or something is going to make enemies.  Anyone who is a "team player" has probably compromised his or her principles at some point.

For me, the jury is still out.  I'm waiting for the debates.  I hope they don't get sugarcoated.  Our issues are real - I want the discussion to be equally real.

Maybe it is because George W. campaigned with it, or maybe it comes from a fear of merging religion and state.  Whatever the reason, some people have reacted negatively to Barack Obama's announcement that he would reform and empower the faith-based initiative begun by the current president.

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