June 2009 - Political Certainty

I want to explain my absence from these pages, in the midst of the on-going abortion debate with SLB and while very exciting political issues surround us.

About 10 days ago, I was exceptionally careless and tripped over a threshold into our home. The result: A broken knee cap, a stay in a rehab center (with limited internet access), little patience to read and an anticipated 6 or 8 weeks of therapy

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The debate has run its course

June 11th 2009 17:35

I posted the following comment earlier today. It appears that both parties have expressed their respective viewpoints.

There are no winners or losers here. But I would appreciate the Orble community's reactions

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Pro-life hate speech has consequences

June 7th 2009 18:06

Within the past weeks, two murders took place. In Little Rock, Arkansas, William Long was killed outside of an Army recruiting office, allegedly by an American convert to Islam, 23 year old Abdulhakim Muhammad. Mr. Muhammad reportedly said that the shooting was a general and vague “war protest” and police initially have reported that the shooter had acted alone.

While it may end up otherwise, the killing of Private Long does not appear to be part of a group religious conspiracy but rather the act of a deranged criminal. Nonetheless, the killing was inexcusable and the murderer needs to be punished in accordance with the law

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Enough about the President's religion

June 3rd 2009 14:15

I really am not certain of the significance of the far Right’s, Fox’s and a few others’ fixation on the President’s faith. Normally, we take a person’s word on the specific Deity to whom one chooses to pray or even the absence of such a Deity.

Certainly, many of President Obama’s critics, including those at this site who cannot even bear to write his name (now, that’s hatred!) claim to be members of the Clergy and Christian; I take them at their word. If the President says that he is a Christian that ends the irrelevant question. This does not mean that I agree with all of the tenets of that faith, and I do not. But the issue of his being Christian is settled

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