For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. Hebrews 13:14 Pues aquí no tenemos una ciudad permanente sino que buscamos la ciudad venidera. Hebreos 13:14
Name:Shannon Country:United States State:Minnesota Metro:Minneapolis Birthday:10/26/1982 Gender:Female
Interests:Theology, linguistics, science fiction, scrapbooking, computer games, creative writing. Since getting married, being around my bright, fun, and witty husband, Elijah! Expertise:Basic reformed theology, linguistics, theoretically Spanish (I should be right?! Ha, four years and a college degree...), some computer games, me (I think). Occupation:Payroll Specialist
Well, America voted and we have a new president-elect - congratulations to Barack Obama. I didn't support him in the election primarily because of his pro-choice views and the fact that he would support the disgusting Freedom of Choice Act. I didn't support him on a secondary level because while I don't consider him a socialist, I do consider some of his ideas "big government" but that's the tendency of the Democratic party. Now that he's elected though, he's my president. Period. I'm not going to be like those whiny anti-Bush punks who would talk about how "Bush wasn't their president" just because they didn't vote for him. I always wanted to tell those people to grow up. We live in the US. This is how the process works, sometimes your guy wins, sometimes he loses, but whoever wins is your president. Truth be told, I liked Huckabee best and I voted for him in the caucuses. We all know how that played out.
I do have apprehension about Obama's pro-choice stance. I worry about him single handedly overturning legislation voted on *by the people* through federal legislation (taking away states rights). I grieve for the unborn babies (most of them African-American, ironically) that will continue to be sacrificed on the altar of American individualism and "rights". I'll be praying that he sees the fact that it is the minority races that suffer heavily from this, not the whites (statistically speaking, that is). There's thought out there that if the rate of abortions among African American women continues at it's current rate, eventually no one will care about them because there won't be enough to be a viable voting sector (in a couple generations). What a huge irony that we finally have a black president but it may all be moot point in the end!
I'm also excited about Obama too. I thrive on change. I may disagree with him on certain policies, but I'm curious to see what he does. The next four years will be fascinating to watch. I love living in history. I love having stories to tell.
My final thought is in defense of Sarah Palin. I hope that my liberal friends are taking the rumors coming out about her with a grain of salt. The McCain campaign was run poorly and I get the sense that Palin is their patsy, their scapegoat. They yanked her in, remember? She was up there in Alaska doing just fine (she was cleared of wrong doing in a second investigation). Not a perfect job, mind you, but good enough from what I could tell. She joined their ticket and she was a woman. Now everyone is painting this very awful picture of her (notice that these rumors come from unnamed sources). Frankly I don't have a problem with the wardrobe budget. I'd be curious to know what Hilary spends on her wardrobe frankly. She has millions of dollars, Palin doesn't. Palin is in front of the cameras *every day* and she has an image to keep up. As for the tantrums and the idiot factor - I can't help but think those are greatly exaggerated. Palin isn't a moron. But they want to paint her as one.
Ultimately I think Palin's slip ups were the result of being thrust into the limelight with very little prep. Even Obama wasn't this slick at the beginning, it took him some time to find his ground - but he had two years so we have already forgotten about his less than stellar moments. Palin only had months and that was her only shot.
I don't think Palin is the greatest person ever. I do have a lot of respect for her and I refuse to simply buy into the rumors just yet. I just hope other people will be as level headed.
I <3 campaign season. Generally disillusioned and annoyed with politicians in general, I can't help but enjoy the screaming, yelling, accusations, and media frenzy. The media has done nothing less than their best with Sarah Palin. They've drudged up every last little thing they could find on her, analyzed it, re-analyzed it, regurgitated it, and then force fed it to us. They do this with every politician, of course, but as someone who supports Sarah Palin, it's been fun to see what the media thinks of "my type" - you know "white" and "evangelical" and "woman" and even "18-35 yr old".
One media report says that if Obama's daughter were preggers, I'd be decrying liberal values. That irked me because I try very hard not to give double standards. Frankly, it bothers me that Sarah Palin's daughter is pregnant. To me, it underscores the general inability of anyone on either side of the conservative/liberal line to actually make any headway in the sex-education programs. I am a total, 100% wait until you're married kind of gal. That being said, I also think that if you try to do abstinence only education without a root in the Bible, it's going to fail. It's all about worldview and values. So, yes, it bothers me because I wonder what she taught her daughter. Most evangelicals show up at a church, few carry their faith into their everyday lives except to use it to re-enforce social values that they don't understand. Whether Obama or Palin, they're both results of liberal values, the problem is the evangelicals aren't paying attention. On the other hand, with Obama, we might never know if his daughters got pregnant since, he said he wouldn't want his daughters "punished" with a baby, so hey, they might just slip down the nearest Planned Parenthood and we, the people, would never know about it. So I do give kudos to Sarah Palin's family for living out this pro-life decision in the public eye.
Several other reports go on about money and what she did with it while governor. Frankly, I don't care. I'll leave it at that.
Believe it or not, my biggest two problems with her are her book banning and her oil drilling. She tried to ban books in the libraries. That really, really, really bothers me. I may not like what's in books at the library, but I am COMPLETELY for the freedom to read them. It is not the responsibility of the the library to know what your child is reading, that is YOUR responsibility. The fact that she was banning them over offensive language even furthers my ire. It just seems so petty and childish.
My second issue is the excitement to drill all over Alaska. I care about the environment and I want to know we're taking care of the land that we're using. I don't have a problem with drilling, but I think it needs to be done with care. Better yet, let's just say SCREW OIL and go to alternative fuel sources ASAP...
However, despite these reservations, I support McCain/Palin. No matter how many ways I turn it, I can't get Obama's voice out of my head talking about the punishment of children for his daughters if they didn't plan on it. No matter how many other issues I try to look up, I can't run from the statistic most Down Syndrome babies are aborted. No matter how many arguments I hear pro-choice, I can escape the reality that in order to accept abortion, you have to use the same logic that Nazi Germany did. I can't pretend that abortion isn't woman-hating and racist (most babies aborted in the world are female, and in America, it's generally minority women that have abortions). History favors those who choose life. History favors the abolitionists. History favors those who protected and hid the Jews in Nazi Germany. History will favor the pro-lifers.
So call me stupid, call me naive. Say that I'm ignorant or dumb. Push me off to the fringe and roll your eyes. I cannot ignore the stench of burning flesh from concentration camps, as so many Germans did. I cannot ignore the blood of so many children, as so many Americans do.
