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Race and Politics

The elections are 9 days away and most people have made up their minds as what candidate they will vote for. History has been made. Americans are going to the polls in numbers that have not been seen in a long time. Some are doing it to be a part of history while others are doing it out of fear of the unknown. Either way, the McCain / Palin ticket will be historic in that it will be the 1st time in US history that a woman is Vice President. Should the Obama / Biden ticket win it will be the first time that a man that is of mixed race will ascend to the highest office in the land. My personal experience of the last few days has shown me some things that I had only read about in the news. Last Monday we had our Knights of Columbus business meeting. I was discussing General Powell's endorsement of Obama and the comments he made about Muslims. One of my fraternal brothers made a comment that Obama was a fundamentalist Muslim. I asked why he believed that and he said that it was on t

Is Sarah Palin's baby drugged?

As a parent of three boys, I have found it very odd that Governor Palin's baby sleeps very calmly whenever you see him in public. It does not matter how noisy or bright the venue, he is as limp as  a rag doll. This discussion came about when I spoke to a friend yesterday. She told me of very republican middle aged woman who was voting for Senator Obama. Her reason was that she was of the belief that Palin's baby was being drugged. She dismissed the theory until the lady explained that she had family in the medical field who specialized in children with down syndrome. She explained that a common characteristic of the babies was an unusual sensitivity to noise. I am calling on people in the medical field or those that have worked with children and infants with down syndrome to give a qualified opinion on this subject. Is Trig Paxson Van Palin drugged or are they carrying a doll and passing it as a baby?

More on Religion.

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October is right to life month and as Catholics we pray for the unborn. The sermon by father Michael today took a dimension that bothered me. The church came into my bedroom and I felt intruded upon. The sermon condemned abortion which is okay but it went beyond abortion. It condemned the use of birth control, because sex is for procreation only. By using birth control we were indulging in pleasures which is contrary to the teaching of the church. I even realized that the poor boys that were having wet dreams, were sinning. Those who pleasure themselves have sinned by spilling the seed. So all you men out there can't pleasure yourselves or have sex for pleasure any more. Now I support the programs that the church runs to take care of people who have unwanted pregnancies, but after we raise these kids it is okay to execute them for a crime or send them off to a war to get killed or maimed. I would appreciate the clergy to condemn any form of killing. They can't condemn abortions

The Polluted City they call Aba

The Dumbing down of the Vice Presidency.

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Like most of you in America, I watched the debate between Governor Palin and Senator Biden. It was a bit painful but I guess this is democracy in action. The founding fathers envisioned that people aspiring to the office be of good reputation and strong intellect. I don't think they intended the office to be for Joe "six pack". Governor Palin's language and repeated winks and waves made me wonder what I was watching. Her absolute refusal to answer the questions and her insistence on repeating her talking points made me wonder why she believed she belonged on the stage. During the debate I kept repeating to my wife, she is using a lot of words and not saying anything. The most shocking response I got was from the media and Republicans. They gave her a passing grade for not falling apart at the debate. She as able to stand there and repeat all that she had crammed. A lot of you that went to Nigerian schools can describe the folly of cramming. If the material you crammed

Bill Maher New Rules

I was watching this video today and I had a great laugh. The adjectives that have been used to describe black people or minorities have been applied to CEO's and the $700 billion bail out.  Let the video roll past the first two segments. Have a good laugh courtesy of Bill Maher.