Here is my emailed reply to the author of this article. http://www.townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2006/11/28/america,_not_keith_ellison,_decides_what_book_a_congressman_takes_his_oath_on
Very interesting article you have written. I enjoyed reading it, but I do not agree with your view. I am not a Muslim, in fact, I am a seminary student seeking ordination. Because of this, the bible is near and dear to my heart. That being said, I would love for every politician to put their hand on the bible when taking an oath, but in reality, its not good for politics.
For the sake of ease, lets look at the people who have been caught in scandal in the past decade. If you had known that they were going to do what they did, would you have let them say that oath on the bible? Would you have let Clinton do it if you knew about his indescritions? I doubt it.
When our politicians manipulate symbols of faith in order to make voters feel comfortable, we all lose. If they really swore on the bible, they would be acting quite differently. I'd rather them just stop the smoke screen, stop acting and start doing what the bible says.
That being stated, a bit less seriousness to my statement. It would probably be better if politicians were made to swear their oaths on different objects depending on what issues they ran on. If you recieved money from PAC's, take your oath with their symbol. If you ran with strong emphasis on enviromentalism, take your oath with a tree. If you ran as a hawkish Christian, take your oath with a bible and a gun. At least that way I know they do not plan on turning their swords into plowshears and spears into pruning hooks.
Tuesday, November 28, 2006
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Even NASA thinks the enviorment is in the pits...
Before reading the rest of this blog, check out this article from Reuters. http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=reutersEdge&storyID=2006-11-21T143055Z_01_L21794788_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE-HANSEN.xml&rpc=92
If you're too lazy to read it, it really boils down to the fact that NASA, our countries top scientists, say that if we don't take steps to address global warming, we're going to be in a lot of trouble. Now, quite frankly, I don't know how our President can not believe doing this would be the best thing for our country, but even if he believed he believed that the earth was getting cooler, it would still be to his benefit to believe these scientists.
I believe that the greatest failure of this administration, as far as the economy is concerned, is the fact that instead of inviting economic growth by giving money to new companies in emerging fields which could help wean this country off of oil, he has always believed that we ought to "stay the course" even when it comes to the old ways of the economy.
What does this lead to? If you've read any of my previous blogs, you'll see that there are a number of new, innovative ways which companies are harnessing renewable energy all across the world. But what it really comes down to is that it there are very few of these companies in the US, and the few that are, are being told by the President, along with "evangelical" (I hate that term to describe televangelists) leaders like Jerry Falwell, that supporting things like renewable energy is going to possibly damage the economy. Maybe I'm just not good at economics, but I would guess that supporting these companies would help our economy, as well as it would protect this wonderful earth that God has given us dominion over.
Call your local state representative, ask them to make your state use 35% renewable energy by 2015.
If you're too lazy to read it, it really boils down to the fact that NASA, our countries top scientists, say that if we don't take steps to address global warming, we're going to be in a lot of trouble. Now, quite frankly, I don't know how our President can not believe doing this would be the best thing for our country, but even if he believed he believed that the earth was getting cooler, it would still be to his benefit to believe these scientists.
I believe that the greatest failure of this administration, as far as the economy is concerned, is the fact that instead of inviting economic growth by giving money to new companies in emerging fields which could help wean this country off of oil, he has always believed that we ought to "stay the course" even when it comes to the old ways of the economy.
What does this lead to? If you've read any of my previous blogs, you'll see that there are a number of new, innovative ways which companies are harnessing renewable energy all across the world. But what it really comes down to is that it there are very few of these companies in the US, and the few that are, are being told by the President, along with "evangelical" (I hate that term to describe televangelists) leaders like Jerry Falwell, that supporting things like renewable energy is going to possibly damage the economy. Maybe I'm just not good at economics, but I would guess that supporting these companies would help our economy, as well as it would protect this wonderful earth that God has given us dominion over.
Call your local state representative, ask them to make your state use 35% renewable energy by 2015.
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