Do Not Let Them Distract Us!

It is mid-term elections, though it happens during any elections - the people who are running for public office, they do this thing - they try to distract us because they don't want us to ask the questions they have no answers for like "What are your plans to fix the economy?" "How will you address the outsourcing of American jobs?" "Do you have a specific plan to address the issues of immigration and unemployment?" "Will you vote for tax breaks to assist middle-class citizens get back on their feet?" These are some of the questions we need to ask those people who are choosing to run for public office - funny thing happens during elections, especially mid-term elections - when the incumbents know they are in tough shape; never mind they are in tough shape because they have not done squat of what they said they would do - and the "Big" thing they want to say they did - health care reform - only hurts people who have health care, hurts the elderly, hurts the self-employed, and hurts small business - Note to politicians - "Yeah, we figured it out. We are not as dumb as you think we are." So, this is what the spin machine is going to do in the next few months, and I don't want any of us to let it distract us from the issues which need our attention - Abortion and Gay Marriage - already, it is on the news - do you really believe California's reversal of Prop 8 happened yesterday by coincidence? (a funny side-note - the Mormon Church contributed an enormous amount of money supporting Prob 8, after the court's reversal yesterday there was a 4.0 earthquake in Utah - it was all the Mormons screaming and jumping up and down at the same time...:) Come on that's funny.) This is what will happen - the media will go on and on about Gay Marriage and Abortion and those trying to get elected will talk and talk about it - and the whole point is to distract us from the issues which we need serious answers to - Why would anyone care if Liz and I get married? I mean the people who love us care because they would be happy for us - but someone else; What difference does it make? We pay our taxes and we go to work and we are a family - Come on Liz smile a little bit - Wouldn't it be nice for Emily if she could give us away? The point is, our being married will not change the economy, reduce the prison population, or reduce unemployment -- Our fore-fathers(how do you spell that?) having come to The Americas in search of religious freedom -- purposefully wrote the separation of church and state!!!! If marriage is a religious institution and those of Mormon faith choose not to recognize same sex marriage, good for them. If the state of California decides that same sex couples deserve the same protections given to heterosexual couples then so be it! Marriage as a religious institution has no place with marriage as a social institution. The rhetoric is going to begin hard and loud - the moral fiber of our country is not going to fray one iota when the Supreme Court rules that all citizens of the United States are protected by the constitution. I am one of those citizens - Abortion will be next - another religious battle will ensue - when is a fetus viable? Does the church as a religious institution have a right to tell a woman she must carry to term a fetus she does not feel she can? Even if the pregnancy was the result of rape or incest? And again, we must separate the church and the state. If the institution of religion declares all abortions a sin, then so be it. I do not belong to all religions - so if I should choose to have an abortion, that is my decision - my body - Oh, the media spin gurus are going to be going full force in an attempt to keep us from looking at the real issues and asking the tough questions - those in office and those running for office will feed that machine with all the quarters they can - The fact is, when the citizens of this country voted for a democratic majority and President Obama, I believe they did so with the idea that Obama was the man who would bring about change and a Democratic majority in the house and senate would give him the power to make change - And the fact is they have failed - will they own up to their failure, uh, no, I doubt it. What they will do is tell you Gay marriage will destroy the fabric of our society - have you checked out the fabric of our country? It is already pretty frayed - Then they will spin the wash cycle on abortion - Slowly, those on the extreme of both sides will be blah blah blah blah - we must not allow this - Let's keep the politicians on point - and let us examine the records of those running for office and the incumbents - check out how often sitting members of Congress have been present for votes over the past four years. We must work together on this - This is important! Really important!