Arrogance...

Arrogance is the reason given by people throughout the world for their disdain of the United States. Nevermind our kindness in rushing aid to war torn countries, aid to earthquake ravaged nations, aid to diseased continents, aid to the very countries that hate us. It's our arrogance that people focus on.

It's our "Arrogance" that our President is trying to change in the eyes of the rest of the world.

The greatest country in the history of the world, the shimmering city on the hill, the country that all others look to emulate......there's reason for a certain amount of "arrogance" as long as we remain true to our humble origins as displayed in our overwhelming generosity throughout this country.

Yet it's our Arrogance that remains, despite extreme measures taken to change outward appearances, that will be our downfall.

For we believe that because we are the United States, things that fail miserably fail elsewhere will easily succeed here. Universal Health Care is a travesty in Canada and England. High court justices in those countries agree that while there is universal coverage, there is NOT access. Canadians have to wait 4 months the even see a specialist doctor!! The British stack patients in Emergency Rooms so much so that Ambulances sometimes wait for hours just to offload a patient!!!

But noooo....we'll be able to do it, no problem, right? Nevermind that those countries function partially because they have the United States to be the one innovate in the health care field. There's no innovation in Universal Health Care countries. Are we planning on farming out medical innovation to India now too???

Government run transportation...or more specifically the automotive industry. Has anyone seen a Russian made car? Everyone in that country must have someone in the family who is a mechanic to even keep their cars on the road. Their cars are like something out of the 1970's. There's no technology. There's no safety standards. It's the government that's making the cars, they don't need safety standards the safety is implied, right?

Cap and Trade?? Seriously?? It's a joke in Europe. They've used it for years. The system is corrupt and it has done nothing to affect global warming...even temperatures throughout Europe. But someone our Cap and Trade is going to work? Somehow this tax, which is what it really is...it's a tax on companies who create energy who will then pass that tax on to their consumers...isn't going to filter it's way down to us and raise our expenses???

Does our government really think that these proven and time tested systems...proven to fail...are suddenly going to start working just because it's the United States?????

The answer is...Yes...yes they do. Because they are too out of touch with reality...too Arrogant...to think otherwise.

Taxed Enough Already parties...

I'm not sure if anyone heard about the Tea Parties held throughout the country yesterday or not, but it's interesting to see how some covered the events.

In our local area, we got two very different perspectives on the Tea Party that happened in Evansville. One local affiliate referred to them specifically as Taxed Enough Already parties, as if the TEA was an acronym. They even referred to one demonstration as being specifically about local taxes being raised in Owensboro to pay for a downtown revitalization project.

I can't speak about the Owensboro demonstration specifically, nor any other Tea Parties throughout the USA specifically, but the real overarching complaint is about big government and limitless spending. Certainly those will lead to much greater taxes down the road, but that's not the overall complaint of yesterday's movement was about. Most understood that, just like a doctor needs to stop bleeding before he can operate, our country needs to stop the spending before worring about growing taxes.

The fact that they were called Tea Parties simply refers to a large demonstration protesting a grievance, just as the original Tea Party was protesting the grievance of Taxation without representation. Referring to the Tea Parties as Taxed Enough Parties is about like saying that I'm going to Kansas City to watch the game on the Nothing But Chiefs affiliate channel.

Sure, it's neat to make a sign with a message using the letters of another word or phrase, but it's not actually the name of the event.

So I'm not sure if this local affiliate is clueless, didn't do their homework, or is misleading the people with their reporting.

Another network affiliate was more on the mark, interviewing people that referred to the out of control spending and noting that this isn't about one party, reminding people that the spending craze started with President Bush and continues to this day.

It even went to the office of our Congressman, Brad Ellsworth, who displayed similar cluelessness as that of the other affiliate when asked about his view on the matter.

He suggested that the people at these parties needed to be more specific, and that not all spending could be cut. He did, admit that there is some wasteful spending in Washington...of course he forgot to mention that he voted in favor of EVERY ONE of those spending measures. And of course, his gem of, "I'm not a fan of tea. I'm more of a Diet Mt. Dew drinker, so if they want to bring those to my office, I'd be more appreciative of it."

Brilliant. A politician who thinks that massive amounts of tea bags delivered to his office is to quench his thirst.

Who are these alien life forms working in Washington????!!!!

Does the Law of Biogenesis prove Creationism?

That's a great question, but I'm not pondering that deeply at this point. What I'm interested in is if the Law of Biogenesis aids in proving that abortion is murder. Believe it or not, I heard this from Kathy Ireland, of all people, and it is a rock solid arguement.

At the moment of conception, DNA, the genetic blueprint of human life, is there. The sex of the unborn child is determined at conception. Blood type is determined at conception.

People arguing against life beginning at conception will say it's just a clump of cells...that it's not really a baby yet. But as Mrs. Ireland asked, aren't we all just clumps of cells?

You and I are clumps of cells. We look like what adult humans are supposed to look like. At conception, that "clump of cells" looks like what humans are supposed to look like after conception. We know it is life because it continually grows and changes.

But why do we scientifically know it's human? Because of the Law of Biogenesis, which states that all life comes from preexisting life and that each species reproduces only its own kind or type.

Now some argue that if, scientifically, all life comes from preexisting life, then there must have been a Creator to create the first life. But again, I've not explored my thoughts on that enough here.

My concern is as it relates to abortion. If, according to the scientific Law of Biogenesis, all life comes from preexisting life, and each species only produces its own kind, and things such as DNA, Blood type, and sex are determined at conception...then it sounds absolutely reasonable that aborting anything after conception, which by scientific law is human, is murder of a human.

Again, the argument that if it is done early enough it's ok because it is just a "clump of cells" that doesn't even look like a human just doesn't hold water. Just as a fetus doesn't look like an infant and an infant doesn't look like a teenager and a teenager doesn't look like a senior...they all look exactly how they are supposed to look at that particular stage of development.

Neither does the argument that it can't live and breathe on it's own hold water. A newborn can't take care of itself either, aside from breathing. It can't feed itself, bathe itself, etc. It's dependent...just as all humans are from the moment of conception, scientifically speaking of course, until they can venture out into the world on their own. Even then humans are largely dependent on others for much of their life, and indeed even into death.