Halloween Hate Crime

In West Hollywood, a homosexual liberal, Chad Michael Morrisette, hung a mannequin dressed as Sarah Palin from a noose as part of a "Halloween display" in front of his house. For some reason, authorities do not believe this is a hate crime. Imagine the outrage, however, if someone hung a likeness of Obama from a noose. It would be considered an imitation lynching and draw outrage from the nation. The double standard is outrageous. What does it say to millions of young girls who want to someday be president like every other kindergartener? The Obama campaign should denouce this act and the man who did it should be forced to take it down.

Biden in His Own Words

Who would have known that Obama's VP candidate is a McCain supporter!

"I don't recall hearing a word from Barack about a plan or a tactic." - Joe Biden in 2007

"The only guy on the other side who's qualified is John McCain" - Joe Biden on Oct. 30, 2007

"I think he can be ready, but right now I don't believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training." - Joe Biden on Barack Obama in 2007

John McCain, Patriot and Hero

Recipient of the Silver Star, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronz Star, Navy Commendation Medal

Say No to BO

Another quote from Barack Hussein Obama in the socialist publication The New York Times Magazine:

"I am the latte-sipping, New York Times-reading, Volvo-driving, no-gun-owning, effete, politically correct, arrogant liberal."

And a key endorsement from Louis Farrakhan, the National Representative of Nation of Islam:

"He [Barack Obama] is the hope of the entire world!" (February 24, 2008)

He continues: "And he has involved young people in a political process that they didn’t care anything about. That’s a sign. When the Messiah speaks, the youth will hear, and the Messiah is absolutely speaking."

"G-d damn America"

- Jeremiah Wright, Obama's pastor for over 20 years

A Quote from Barack H. Obama

What do you think Obama's policy regarding illegal drugs will be if he reminisces about them in his book Dreams from My Father, 1995:


"Pot had helped, and booze; maybe a little blow when you could afford it."

Ronald Reagan would be so proud that his Just Say No message got across.



And another thing: Liberals believe it's an appropriate counterargument to fun of Cindy McCain and Rush Limbaugh. Cindy McCain suffered for a short time from an addiction to prescription medications. Doctors, medical doctors, prescribed medicines to Mrs. McCain that carry the risk of dependency after she had serious back surgery. The difference here is that millions of people are prescribed painkillers by doctors. No doctors were administering marijuana and cocaine to Barack Hussein Obama.

So liberals need to stop bringing up the personal medical problems of Cindy McCain and Rush Limbaugh when people mention the fact that the potential President of the United States and leader of the Free World was snorting coke as a young adult man. Will he be unbiased when it comse to illegal drugs? No.

Some Notes on The Right to Life

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Abortions in the US Since 1973

The United States has seen countless morally unjust Supreme Court decisions based on politics, not justice. In 1856 in Scott v. Sandford, the Supreme Court effectively ruled pro-slavery. In Plessy v. Ferguson the court defined American society as “separate but equal.” Now, in the new millennium, it seems unspeakable from an American Christian standpoint to agree with early Supreme Court decisions that attack the very core of God-given equality where we do not stand separate but equal in society but all equal before the Almighty. However, similarly egregious oversights of morals have taken hold of American society. As mid-century counterculture reared its head, it brought an era of errors. Not unlike the mistakenly-determined civil rights cases of generations past, Roe v. Wade created a disgusting misconception of equality and liberty.

For a reason unknown to me, Roe v. Wade is a product of the women’s rights movements. Putting abortion under the umbrella of women’s rights is a clever tactic by the Left. It portrays people who support “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” as people who support the chauvinistic oppression of women. It is important to note that women are made equal to men by the Creator. And just as Jesus called for respect to women, Americans must respect women. However, liberal poison has made women’s rights synonymous with abortion. The liberal rhetoric refers to a “woman’s right to choose.” It is neither a woman’s right nor a man’s right to choose to bring about the death of an innocent child. God gives the gift of life and takes away life to call humans to Him, in accordance with His plan. Where does a woman’s right (or anyone’s right) end in the case of legalized murder? Thank God for the justices who ruled against partial-birth abortions – a euphemism for legal infanticide. However, who is to say that if a child becomes unwanted once he or she is a three-year-old that the mother cannot just bring the child to the doctor for a lethal injection? It’s a woman’s right to choose, you know! A reckless sect of our society that lives without morals produced an ideology that supports the systematic murder of the innocent and it’s time for the next generation of Americans to stand up and take back a moral society. Jesus was revolutionary for his sympathy with the weak, underprivileged, and trodden-on. How a person can claim to follow Jesus and support abortion is beyond me.

Claiming that abortion has anything to do with women’s rights is an insult to women. Considering more than half of human beings are women, abortion kills females. Complications with the procedure have killed many adult women. Abortion is the product of a reckless anything-goes age in America and a lot has changed since that age. Another perplexity of the abortion issue is the hypocrisy of some so-called “pro-choicers.” How can one be outraged at the murder of a two-month-old child and support abortion laws that would allow that same child to have been killed eight months earlier? How can one be shocked by sudden infant death syndrome but support laws that would give that infant’s mother the power to legally put that child to death less than a year earlier? How can one be angry about the effects of thalidomide or alcohol on a child when they vote for politicians who support infanticide under the guise of “women’s rights?” I certainly am outraged and upset by all three. But I’m also outraged that abortion is legal, in any form, in free America.

The very rhetoric around the abortion procedure shows a sickening disregard for the dignity, integrity, and reward of God-given life. Referring to an innocent, vulnerable, and defenseless human being as a “fetus,” “clump of cells,” or a “parasite,” is a heretic mockery of all Judeo-Christian teachings regarding the preciousness of life. In one case, a woman half-jokingly referred to an abortion procedure she had had as “removing the extra cells from my body because I have plenty of cells” (Sociology 11th ed., John J. Macionis) The selfishness of that statement speaks for itself. Abortion in any other case would be considered something along the lines of felony conspiracy to commit murder. However, selfish American men and women who live without morals have decided that a baby’s life, post-conception and pre-birth, is their choice. Furthermore, some seek abortions because they find out their child may have a debilitating disease such as Down syndrome. Not only is this against the ideal of protecting the weak, but it is flat out eugenics. There was an ancient law that declared that slaves were worth 3/5 of a person: legal abortion makes babies worth far less than 3/5.

The “fetal” stage is part of a developmental process of a human’s life. At conception, sperm combine with egg cells, and with the endowment of life from God, become human. A person does not become human after their umbilical cord is cut. Pre-birth human beings are dependent on their mothers for life and safety, not death and “termination.” Liberals argue legalistic, illogical facts and fight against science, preaching the nonsense that life begins when a child is born. A so-called “fetus” is only cells that are part of the mother’s body. Why then, do so-called “fetuses” have their very own genetic code of DNA, unique of their mother’s? Why then, do so-called “fetuses” exhibit brain-activity, feel pain, and cry? Why then, do some doctors force an injection into the amniotic fluid to silence the beating heart of a “fetus” before ejecting its body from its mother? The argument for abortion has always focused on a woman’s right to choose her own destiny. Liberals never focus on the issues of the uniqueness of life in the womb: the womb that is given to women so they can protect their powerless children within it. Liberal ideology calls upon the “great” liberation women have obtained through modern science that allows them the power to decide “Getting pregnant was a mistake.” Wake up Nation: life is a gift from God and God doesn’t make mistakes!

Even the legal foundation of the abortion decision was erroneous beyond any mistake in modern history. Amendment X, written by the great men who founded this great nation, states that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” I cannot find the word “abortion” in the Constitution. However, most literature around Roe v. Wade cites Amendment IX, “The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.” To me, Roe v. Wade was the child of politics and immorality, not a sound legal argument. At the very least from the legal standpoint, the federal government cannot dictate the decision that it is illegal to illegalize abortion. The limited government envisioned by the Founding Fathers and authored into the Constitution with Amendment X was meant to be limited, not meant to be interpreted as a nation that federally allows abortions from the Judiciary Branch. At the very least, following the law of the land, America must overturn Roe v. Wade, and restore to the states the right to decide if abortion is legal or illegal.

From there, it is the moral obligation of America to pass a constitutional amendment that defines the fact that life begins at conception. It is the moral obligation of America to illegalize the unbridled rape of God-given life: over 40 million legal abortions since Roe v. Wade. It is the moral obligation of America to illegalize abortion. Remember that justice is the Lord’s: the battle to illegalize abortion should not be waged by violence toward morally-misguided doctors. The battle should be waged at the polls every Election Day and by pen on paper every non-Election Day. Vote pro-life, not pro-death and write your congressmen.

A few other notes:

• In the case of rape, many conservatives like myself would prefer that the baby live, and the rapist be put to death. Pro-choice, anti-death penalty liberals would have it the other way around.
• Barack Obama voted against the Illinois Born Alive Protection Act which would give legal protection to an child born after a botched abortion.
• For some reason, liberals interpret random parts of the Constitution to mean "states cannot deny the right to abortion" but cannot seem to understand the clarity of "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
• "When I first got out of law school, I didn't want to go to work for a law firm; I wanted to go to work for the Children's Defense Fund. And to work on behalf of abused and neglected kids, and kids with disabilities, and kids who didn't have education or health care. And I really spent a great deal of my early adulthood bringing people together to help solve the problems, of those who were without a voice and were certainly powerless" - Hillary Clinton, in a CNN Democratic Debate rated 100% pro-abortion rights by NARAL. Is she kidding?
• "I've got two daughters, 9 years old and 6 years old. I am going to teach them first of all about values and morals. But if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby." - Barack Hussein Obama on his own grandchildren
  

"Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord; and the fruit of the womb is his reward."
- Psalm 127:3

My Views on a Few Social Issues

My first installment of an overview of my opinions.

I want to go over my general views on political and economic issues for two reasons. First of all, I have always wanted to put them on paper in a concise format. Second of all, readers can compare their views to mine. There will be much more coming. I roughly used the format of OnTheIssues.org to structure this post.

Abortion
I am 100% pro-life. Abortion is immoral and Roe v. Wade was illogical. We must strive to decrease the number of abortions as part of the pro-life agenda.

January 22, 1973 is one of the most unfortunate days in American history. A radically liberal Supreme Court, whose purpose has always been to interpret the Constitution, succumbed to fringe political pressure and litigated from the bench. In the opinion of the court, Justice Harry Blackmun admitted that the court's rationale did not strictly interpret the Constitution.

"This right of privacy, whether it be founded in the Fourteenth Amendment's concept of personal liberty and restrictions upon state action, as we feel it is, or, as the District Court determined, in the Ninth Amendment's reservation of rights to the people, is broad enough to encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate her pregnancy."

The legality of abortion in America is wrong from many standpoints other than just the seedy legal reasoning behind it. Proponents of abortion use extreme examples to suggest that abortion is a woman's right. For example, liberals always talk about rapes, incest, and pregnancies that threaten a mother's life. The reality is over 40 million abortions have been performed in America, mostly as a form of birth control. Recently, abortion has become a form of eugenics so that pregnant women can choose to kill a child with a disease before it is born. God endows humans with life at the moment of conception and fetal life is just as precious as adult life.

I will post a longer article on this later because it is a complex topic and I believe there are realistic ways to decrease the number of abortions.

For a new perspective on abortion, see Watch "Hard Truth" by American Portrait Films. Warning! The video is very graphic and depicts aborted bodies, medical procedures, and blood. Please do not view it if you are not 18 years old. (runtime 6:50)


Civil Rights
The citizens of the United States are Americans first and our political culture must honor that.

The history of the United States of America is ornamented with tales of progress resulting from the individualism and the uniqueness of our citizens. America is a great nation because of the diversity of our population. We have come a long way. Our nation's economy was once supported by slaves, mostly from Africa. Now we operate the largest economy in history with a 2007 GDP of almost $14 trillion (Excel format) without exploitation of labor based on race. We have come a long way.

In 1963, Martin Luther King, one of the greatest activists of the 20th century, said in his "I Have a Dream" speech:

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."

These words send chills up my spine because they were prophetic. Without thinking about it, we interact with people of many different backgrounds every day. Some of my best friends, and some of the smartest people I know are from backgrounds entirely different than mine. And that's what makes America beautiful. The rich culture of America is the direct result of our the diversity of our citizenry.

And now for the partisanship! What many people may not know it the fact that the Republican Party was founded in opposition to slavery. Anyone who thinks conservatism is synonymous with racism or elitism is completely wrong. It was the great conservative, Abraham Lincoln, who issued the Emancipation Proclamation. It is sad that some people believe the myths about the conservative movement.

The Republican Party is the party of Abraham Lincoln who freed the slaves, the party of Dwight Eisenhower who sent federal troops to follow through with the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, and the party of George W. Bush whose cabinet, according to The Washington Post, is one of the diverse in history, especially in high-level jobs.

The Democratic Party, on the other hand, is and has always been festooned with opponents of civil rights. Southern democrats were the largest proponents of slavery in antebellum America. The Ku Klux Klan has produced many prominent Democratic leaders. Democrat Hugo Black was a Klansman, a senator from Alabama, and a Supreme Court Justice appointed by Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt. One of the highest-ranking members of the US Senate is Democrat Robert Byrd, the current president pro tempore of the Senate, the thirdperson in line to be president in succession after Cheney and Pelosi, and the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee (which handles spending bills) was a member of the KKK. For more on this read "The Democrat Party's Long and Shameful History of Bigotry and Racism."

Now for some kind words regarding Senator Barack Obama. Although I believe in spirited debate over the issues, and I have vast differences with Obama on policy issues, the Illinois senator is pretty extraordinary in his accomplishments. Senator Obama's candidacy for the position of President of the United States is a testament to the progress of America. Dr. King would certainly be proud that Senator Obama is a serious candidate for the presidency and that he is being judged by the "content of his character."


Education
Education is the most important tool of social and economic progress and the free market could vastly improve education.

There a few things that determine long term macroeconomic stability and growth. First of all, technological change and increases in capital (such as the computer boom of the 1990s or new and better infrastructure) can expand economies of scale in a nation's production, lower relative prices, and increase wealth. Second of all, discovery of new raw materials (finding more oil in the US) can increase output in the long-run.

But, most important of all and most available of all, increases in labor productivity make an economy more successful in the long run. To translate the economic jargon, more, better education makes a nation wealthier. Unlike technological change and discovery of raw materials, education can be generated by the citizens of a country. On the microeconomic level, education gives people a competitive edge. On the macro-level, education creates wealth.

We need a comprehensive plan to make America's youth more successful at school. With better educated citizens, Americans could be the first to discover new things and create new technologies, further spurring long-term economic development. Plus, it is a matter of human dignity that we are educated. There is few things sadder, in my opinion, than an illiterate adult, because illiteracy could be prevented.

The lack of uniformly good education in America's public schools goes back to the fundamental argument between free-markets and planning. Education in the United States is more or less centrally planned. It is difficult to artificially create incentives for schools to do better without having unintended consequences. No Child Left Behind is on the right track because it is incentive-based, but we need sweeping changes in education to make our youth the brightest in the world. Instead of focusing on every child winning, we need to focus on some schools losing. If we allow schools to fail, we will allow every child to win.

Vouchers are best way system to fix the problems. Instead of synthetically creating incentives in schools, we should let the market decided what schools are successful. In a voucher system, parents would have the choice of sending their child to public, private, and charter schools. Whatever school draws the most vouchers is the most successful. The schools that no one enrolls in would fail, leaving the better schools with more funding to accommodate the new pupils. This is not complicated. Most people know which school they would choose already. Many would not choose their own high school if they could go back. In my town, for example, there are two public schools, Cherry Hill East and Cherry Hill West. Nearly everyone would choose Cherry Hill East, leaving it with all of Cherry Hill West's funding to expand and take in more students. The market would fix the problem.

There's much more to be said about education but there's only one topic that I have time to discuss. Teacher salaries are also artificial, and artificially low. For the best and the brightest college students to choose teaching over other professions, they need an incentive. If teaching pays more, a function of the unique skill set necessary to be a teacher, then more people will choose to major in education. Teachers do important work and deserve to be paid like they do important work. We need to let the market work and get rid of "price regulations" that distort the market for teachers. A similar phenomenon affect the health care industry which I will get to eventually (the teacher's market is a price-ceiling-type issue, the doctor's market is a supply issue).

The bottom line on education: There's two places taxpayers ought to be willing to spend more money: defense and education. Let's cut useless government waste and invest in the future of America, education.

Introduction

I'm Mike Rotella, a junior economics major at La Salle University in Philadelphia, PA. I've wanted to create a blog for a long time but I'm very busy at school and I have not had much free time to do so.

My goal is to post online my thoughts and ideas about the American economy and politics, and now is a great time to start - less than two weeks from a presidential election. I've always had a great interest in American politics and I have some strong views on many subjects. I do always invite other points of view and friendly criticism of my opinions! Progress happens as a result of spirited debate.

A few things about myself: I am a registered, outspoken Republican and a supporter of Senator John McCain and Governor Sarah Palin for the 2008 presidential election. I'm from New Jersey and for U.S. Senate, I am supporting Richard Zimmer. For the House, I am supporting Chris Myers. I am a member of College Republicans but my opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of my CR chapter, state convention, or national organization.