Many of us are disappointed at the level of political debate in this country. If you take a look at American Political History, you can find examples of things said many years ago that were just as bad as things that are being said today. One common comment we hear is, "but, it is 2009!!!, why are we hearing such nonsense in this day and age?"
Yes, there still is a lot of nonsense out there. Across the Ohio River from my home is a park. This park is called the Creationist Park. They show little children playing with dinosaurs in the dioramas in this park, and the people behind this park are very serious about this. When geologists talk about the prehistoric periods, with dinosaurs and flying reptiles, these people that believe in their creationist park think these geologists are wrong. That their dating of the earth and life that once lived here on the earth is in error. If people in 2009 will debate the age of the earth and when dinosaurs lived on the earth, and use the bible as their evidence, how can we have a rational debate about anything?
I believe in the freedom of religion, and that people don't need facts to have faith, but when science and the scientific method are pushed aside in favor of nonsense science, it is important for people that know better to speak up. The same is true when it comes to political debate, people need to speak up when they know something is dead wrong. Comparing Obama and his administration to Hitler and Nazism is dead wrong, and more people need to speak up. For those that died and suffered under Hitler and Nazism, this analogy is an insult to the memory of those people that lived under the oppression of that government. It is time for people that know better to speak up, too many politicians lack the spine to say and do the right thing, Eric Cantor.
I wish everyone a nice weekend.
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You, too, Fred. You have a nice weekend.
Can't believe this kind of ***** is still going on. Freedom of speech, yes, but this? I have no words for this.
It is an insult to the people of Europe that lived and died from 1933 to 1945. The peoples of those occupied countries during WWII know what it was like, and for people in our country to make remarks about President Obama and his administration using such language is indefensible. And, for our political leaders, from either party, to stand silent in the face of such behavior is obscene. Each generation must stand up for what is right and decent, otherwise history will repeat itself.
"Evil prevails when good men do nothing."
To their credit, there have been a few Editorials in our local newspaper decrying the fact that our leadership has not taken a firm stand against these obscenities.
You're right, Fred. If we don't stand up for what's right and decent, history will repeat itself.
You are fighting the good fight.
Summer
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