What will you do if Bush wins?
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What will you do if Bush wins?
| Fri, 08-20-2004 - 12:02pm |
I would like to know what you all will do if Bush wins? I don't know if I can handle another 4 years. Any ideas of how to reclaim our country and restore democracy and freedom? I'm worried that another 4 years will increase the authoritariansm and absolute power that Bush has come to claim and further trample on our constitution and individual liberties. I'm truly frightened.

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My dear, you speak volumes of wisdom, stating exactly the sentiments of so very many American citizens (myself included!) Survival is at stake for us all.
Whatever you do, please do survive!
We hope and pray that America elects John Kerry 2004.
ForeverHugs,
--Genie
To often, on numerous levels, those without children are routinely EXPECTED to pick up the tab for families with kids, and that is NOT FAIR. Look up descrimination in the work place against single people, or married's without children...we are always the first to be asked to STAY LATE, as if we do not have a life, while those with children do! Come on, that is simply not fair, nor equitable.
My neighbor has SEVEN children, yet the pay the EXACT same property taxes for school that my wife and I do without any children...that is NOT FAIR. The list is quite extensive, and could go on, but one example, is the 143 tax breaks that those with children recieve on federal taxes that my wife and I do not get. Why should we be forced to subsidize the taxes of those who opt to have a large family, why should we subsidize their school system. Surely you cannot tell me you believe it is fair that a family with seven kids in the school system pays the exact amount of school taxes that we pay with no children.
It is ignorance to believe otherwise. Please educate yourself on this topic. Read what the majority of scientists say, not what your favorite politician is saying. Open your mind and learn instead of being selective about who you will listen to and calling everything you don't want to hear "junk" science.
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Being Christian does not mean that when you are president you can bring your religious views into decisions about running the country. There are many Americans who live here with many different religious and non religious views and we all have a right to live here happily and to be respresented by a government who has no particular religious agenda. Thus the separation of church and state. Thus Kerry by law has to support the laws of the land, ie. a woman's right to choose.
Please don't come back to me about rape and incest, yes, I've seen the results of that too, aborting a child isn't going to nullify a rape. I'd also like to see the statistics on the # of abortions performed that are the result of rape or incest vs the # that are a result of a lack of planning. Just an FYI, I once believed that abortion was a good thing, that it helped keep people from having children that couldn't afford them. That it allowed people that weren't ready for parenthood to delay it. That it prevented parents from having 'abnormal' children. I know that there are, in rare circumstances, times when an abortion may be medically indicated, but those occurances are not the norm.
I no longer understand how it became ok for a women to kill their child, just because it hasn't been birthed yet. For me, this isn't even about religion. It's about right and wrong, it's about personal responsibility. It isn't responsible to make a baby go away because the birth control didn't work or worse yet, birth control just wasn't as important as fullfilling some hormonal urges. But back to Kerry, if he can tell us that as a Catholic he believes that life begins at conception, then he is telling us that he believes it's ok for a woman to kill her child. Why do we bother to put the limitation to only killing those that haven't been born yet? If its a life as Mr Kerry has stated is his conviction, then it's a life, born or not.
Even God supposedly gives us freedom of choice in our lives, so why not simply let a women have her God GIVEN freedom of choice, and leave the issue up to God and that one single person. Maybe all those on the side of PRO-LIFE should A) start adopting some of these unwanted children in America, and B) get involved in something productive, like protesting against the epidemic of child neglect and abuse that runs rampant in America. Better yet, maybe they should stop worrying about gay marriage, and instead spend more time seeing that the divorce rate that is over 50 percent is lowered....after all, if marriage is so sacred, why not a constitutional amendment banning divorce?
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