This is why what Donna Brazil says about ridding ourselves of pundits rings so true. Sarah Palin is a woman, who I believe, deserves some degree of respect. She has managed to cobble together a very financially lucrative career by stringing together a bunch of buzz words that don't always add up to something intelligible. She has certainly managed to speak to/for a segment of the population to whom her folksy charm and good looks appeal. And while I disagree with about 90% of her political positions, I'm usually willing to hear her out. But I draw the line here. Palin is an advocate of going "back to what our founders and our founding documents meant -- they're quite clear -- that we would create law based on the God of the bible and the ten commandments."
The problem with Ms. Palin's comments? America was "founded" (or stolen, depending on how you feel) to get away from the religious rule of England AND that there is (allegedly) a separation of church and state. While I believe in God and people's right to religiosity, I also believe that God (and thereby the forcing of belief in him) has no place in the way we govern.
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Here's the deal, Palin et al. If we, as human animals, don't revisit decisions we've made over the years, if we don't question ourselves whether or not these decisions are correct or incorrect, we do not fulfill the potential we have for growth, nor can we correct the mistakes we make. Man is imperfect, even in acts of goodness. I want to throw Paul Tillich's "Dynamics of Faith" at FOX news and all its followers.
ReplyDeleteIt also harkens back to the whole "flip flop" moniker that was attached (successfully) to John Kerry. No one was saying anything about the evolution of thought/positions. As if we are static beings that should not grow and evolve. But to his detriment, Kerry wouldn't say that, which is why we, time and again, have an absence of clear, intelligent debate. We have shouting, talking heads who spew soundbites that often tend to be a bunch of words that fit together to make a sentence but don't necessarily make sense.
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