As a kid, I took everything for granted. I had a simple life. I was ignorant of my place in the world. My parents were teachers. They never struck me as role models for they were rather miserable about being teachers. Frankly, they didn't do much aside from sleep and teach, since we couldn't afford to do stuff.
Did credit cards exist?
I remember how novel it was to go out to eat with my Great-Aunt Isabel(sp?). My Auntie Bell would always take us kids out for a meal in a one-on-one situation, and she would whip out her American Express Card and the waiter would come to the table with a device which would make a receipt for her via carbon copy.
My Auntie Bell was a teacher long before I knew her. She was 9 years older than my grandma, who was also a teacher. They were stern women who could be kind. Their father was the Presbyterian Minister.
Not sure where I am going with my thoughts, but I can safely say I find myself hesitant to calling myself a Christian for I don't practice nor have I forced my children to go to church. I lean Christian, but I'm probably agnostic given the abuses done in the name of church throughout the centuries.
I am a registered Republican in the same sense. I personally identify most closely Libertarian, but given their lacking strength as a viable party, I lean Republican.
I have nothing against people helping people, but I do have a problem with robbing Peter to pay Paul. I like the premise of the Fair Tax. In theory, it would make Trade spats dumb, but how do we do away with 1040 and such?
I'm not following the China thing, aside from seeing farmers are getting hurt. We have starving people or at least people lacking "food security," why not take care of them before worrying about exporting to the tariff bastards?
I could go on about other matters such as the "heart-beat" bills or the crisis at the border. There's got to be a compromise that will make everyone unhappy, right?
What is the argument for the "heart-beat" bill? Well, a separate heart-beat suggests a separate life. I personally feel as much for we were pregnant back in the day, we were horrified when our baby didn't have a heart beat. I imagine a good number of people who have miscarriages feel the way I do,but I also find the prospect of abortion unsettling. If a heart beat can be discernible after 6 weeks of conception, then the window to legally terminate the pregnancy is narrow. There's always the caveats of rape and incest being excluded, which makes the uproar about solely being woman's reproductive health interesting. Unless they're carrying JESUS, these women didn't get pregnant without someone else being culpable. Maybe the method of birth control failed, or maybe some one was too drunk to consent. The latter would be considered RAPE. Woman should be able to say she was raped without having to name or identify the rapist. The DNA from the aborted fetus would be on file and can be used to prosecute its father.
Also, pregnancy tests can be given monthly to those at risk of becoming pregnant to avoid having to go the rape claim route.
My Auntie Bell was a teacher long before I knew her. She was 9 years older than my grandma, who was also a teacher. They were stern women who could be kind. Their father was the Presbyterian Minister.
Not sure where I am going with my thoughts, but I can safely say I find myself hesitant to calling myself a Christian for I don't practice nor have I forced my children to go to church. I lean Christian, but I'm probably agnostic given the abuses done in the name of church throughout the centuries.
I am a registered Republican in the same sense. I personally identify most closely Libertarian, but given their lacking strength as a viable party, I lean Republican.
I have nothing against people helping people, but I do have a problem with robbing Peter to pay Paul. I like the premise of the Fair Tax. In theory, it would make Trade spats dumb, but how do we do away with 1040 and such?
I'm not following the China thing, aside from seeing farmers are getting hurt. We have starving people or at least people lacking "food security," why not take care of them before worrying about exporting to the tariff bastards?
I could go on about other matters such as the "heart-beat" bills or the crisis at the border. There's got to be a compromise that will make everyone unhappy, right?
What is the argument for the "heart-beat" bill? Well, a separate heart-beat suggests a separate life. I personally feel as much for we were pregnant back in the day, we were horrified when our baby didn't have a heart beat. I imagine a good number of people who have miscarriages feel the way I do,but I also find the prospect of abortion unsettling. If a heart beat can be discernible after 6 weeks of conception, then the window to legally terminate the pregnancy is narrow. There's always the caveats of rape and incest being excluded, which makes the uproar about solely being woman's reproductive health interesting. Unless they're carrying JESUS, these women didn't get pregnant without someone else being culpable. Maybe the method of birth control failed, or maybe some one was too drunk to consent. The latter would be considered RAPE. Woman should be able to say she was raped without having to name or identify the rapist. The DNA from the aborted fetus would be on file and can be used to prosecute its father.
Also, pregnancy tests can be given monthly to those at risk of becoming pregnant to avoid having to go the rape claim route.
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