pests of a different feather

Democrats and Republicans seem to agree on something: killing is OK.

The specifics get a little fuzzy though.  Democrats say Republicans have no respect for human life b/c Republicans support the death penalty.  Republicans say that Democrats have no respect for life because Democrats insist it's OK to kill babies.

I think Republicans have a valid point on the abortion issue.  When abortion became legal, Democrats' arguments may have held more weight, but there comes a point when "interpretation" of scientific data verges on religious fanaticism, which can't POSSIBLY be what pro-choice supporters are doing, since there's no written text that specifies what a Democrat should or shouldn't think...However, I think pro-choicers' whacked interpretation of the scientific evidence that suggests pro-lifers are in the right has less to do with the data itself than it does with the possibility that said data could be grounds for the courts to make abortion illegal.  The pro-choice attitude, from what I can see, says that a fetus is not finalized until it comes out of the womb.  Even though it may for all practical purposes be the exact same thing as as a newborn baby, it doesn't count.  And I can sorta see the Dems' point on that one; after all, there is certainly a difference between a grandparent visiting their fetus and visiting their grandchild.  Visiting a fetus means visiting the keeper of the fetus, and for all anyone knows, there could be no fetus in that woman's womb.  Or, if she keeps a secret, there's still no knowledge, at least not in the first 1-4 months.

Which brings me to my other point: Republicans always bring God into the equation on matters like the death penalty and abortion.  I can totally see a DA, if Republicans got their way, saying that x grandparents should have had a chance to meet their grandchild because that's what God would have wanted.  ERROR:  God WANTS all kinds of things that have not happened.  Did he WANT Adam & Eve to disobey him and get kicked out of Eden?  Did he WANT the world to suffer and endure for all these thousands of years?  NOBODY KNOWS what God wants.  For all anyone knows, the act of abortion of something God DOES want and even went out of his way to make happen.  Why, you ask?  Hell if I know.  You wanna bring "why" into the equation, you may as well get prepared for a book full of questions to answer on WHY God does what he does and doesn't do what he doesn't do.

And as far as I know, The Bible does not talk about abortion.  It DOES however talk about the death penalty and one thing most Republicans overlook is that the death penalty is not approved by God if the accused is not caught in the act.

Personally, I think Democrats are worthless.  People always talk about "getting things done", and Democrats sure do have a ton of ideas on that front.  None of them are for improving the country.  The only reason we ever need to "get things done" is because Democrats keep coming along and screwing things up.  Aside from acquiring a huge deficit and some bad choices in foreign policy, what did George W. Bush do that screwed up this country?  I can't think of anything, really.  Now what did Obama do to IMPROVE this country?  He quadrupled the already shockingly high deficit, and vows to keep adding to it, and I guess his heartwarming speeches helped boost the economy a slight bit for several months, even though it's pretty much stuck the last 2 or 3 months...

I agree that Obama's healthcare plan is a good thing.  But the fact of the matter is it would require raising taxes, and the rich by themselves should not pay for all of that.  The middle class is going to have to pitch in at least 10% of the tax raise, and for that and all the other things Obama wants to do, we would probably need to double taxes on every front and charge back-taxes on Wall Street gurus who make a living off of investments but have only been paying half the taxes on them for all these years.

Would that be bad for the economy?  Probably.  And I certainly don't think making a bad economy worse is a good idea, but most importantly: Obama isn't demanding double taxes and he's still pushing his healthcare reform and who knows what else he has up his sleeve.  We are eventually going to head into trouble if we keep spending money that don't have.