LOL... yeah... two years ago she was 7.
I want the government to be minimal. Provide for our social infrastructure, country's defense (not durkadurkastan, Georgia, etc.), and provide an equal playing field for commerce. I don't want the government telling me I can't eat what I want, smoke a joint if I have MS (but please drink that beer!), or telling my kids to wait until marriage before sex or how to put a condom on.
You know a vote for McCain will bring you precisely that, ...and they'll prolly tell you to drink budweiser too
As far as bad parents go.... just because some asshat drops the ball and doesn't teach their children right from wrong isn't an open invitation for the government to get involved.
This is where you and I disagree again. I would make darned sure I taught my kids about fire prevention etc., etc.,
but if the 'asshat' as you call it living next door does not, my house goes up in smoke along with his. We can only teach our children our values, ...we don't always have the ability to teach other people's kids, and I want someone teaching little Johnny next door that it's not good to play with matches.
WE have a responsibility as a community to aid our brothers and sisters in their time of need.
Better be careful, ...you're sounding more and more like a liberal socialist commie everyday,
...at least that I'm sure will be the accusations hurled in your direction. {lol}
Be wary of what you give the government the power to do - you may not get it back.
Umm, ...you taking about the Patriot Act, ...the Military Commissions Act, ...the Bill of Rights or the Constitution?
What bothers me about this is that the left is trying to make a big deal of it. OMG, another teen from a God-Bot family got preggers. Stop the presses!
I guess when the hypocrisy's and failures of the right are an everyday occurrence, it's old hat and to be expected.
No big surprise there I suppose. I can see where someone would get jaded and feel hypocrisy fatigue regularly.
I don't care, Judi. Let's have an intelligent discussion about the issues (even if both candidates suck balls politically. you know I think Obama's a cool cat).
I think the choice was TOTALLY political and I think it was a shrewd move on his part. Only time will tell if his gamble pays off.
I don't think his move was shrewd at all. I think it was a reckless gamble that put his interests before the country's.
I also think that men like McCain think of country first. I think the same of Obama.
I don't agree with how they want to fix things.
This is another area where we part company.
I know Obama wants to fix things, and he inspires more & more people to feel the same way everyday
I honestly sometimes wonder if McCain does want to fix things, or if he just wants to get elected.