Duffbert's Random Musings

1 - Today is the first day that I feel physically ill at thought of what the future will bring.

The most pro-abortion politician ever will now be appointing supreme court justices that will ensure the culture of death will continue in America for a very long time.

150 years ago it was perfectly acceptable for one person to own another as a slave. With our historical hindsight we look back at the atrocity of it and wonder how people back then could not have known it was wrong.

When a woman is pregnant, she is expecting a baby, not carrying a fetus. It is very clear with medical technology today that it is a human being. But when it is unwanted, we rename so it can be murdered.

If you could have stood up against slavery 150 years ago, would you? We had our chance to stand up to infanticide and chose youth and style over human life.

2 - Tom - Thank you, and may we all work together to make this work.

Concerned citizen - Thank you for reminding me again of what we are trying to change from. Not because of the feelings about abortion, as I fully respect your right to your opinion, but from the viciousness of the culture wars, and the smearing of a character. Barack Obama is far, far from the "most pro-abortion politician ever", and as he said in his acceptance speech for the nomination "We may not agree on abortion, but surely we can agree on reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies in this country." Barack Obama is not pro-abortion, but rather pro-choice, believing as most Democrats have said recently that abortion should be safe, legal... and rare.

3 - Tom - I’m sorry to belabor the point, but I really feel the need to respond. I follow this blog from planetlotus to keep up with work related things, and this is really off topic…

Ben – Abortion is never safe for the baby, in fact it’s 100% fatal. Pro-choice is another interesting euphemism:

Ok, I’m pro-choice about slavery. I think it should be safe, legal, and rare. Only when there is food rotting in the fields should I be allowed to round up some Mexicans and enslave them to harvest it. Very rarely of course.

Abortion is a ridiculous rationalization of murder

I would love to “join together to improve America”, but I don’t see millions more innocent lives lost as an improvement.

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."
--Edmund Burke

4 - @3... Consider this your first and only warning before I remove your comments, as you're dangerously close to crossing an imaginary line that I get to define.

I have never claimed that this blog is purely work-related. In fact, as my reviewing has gotten more obsessive, it's become even less so. If you want *just* Notes information, I'm probably not the best blog to follow.

In terms of political stuff... I *am* against abortion, but I also can't reduce an entire presidency down to a single issue. There is absolutely *no* candidate that would align with my views 100%, nor would I expect them to.

If you are offended by my view on this, I'm sorry. But if you want to try and turn this thread into a pro/anti-abortion argument, it'll go nowhere.

I can appreciate the fact that Obama was not your candidate of choice. I'm a registered Republican and evangelical Christian, and Bush/McCain/Palin were not my choices. Regardless, we have to all figure out how to co-exist with our differences. Some might see that as compromising my faith. I see it as learning to live with others, and influencing them by my life.

5 - with that said, check my blog...

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6 - Sorry if I’m crossing the line, delete the comments if you want.. I'm not intending to be rude or offensive.

I agree that it is important to join together and move past our differences. The rhetoric during the presidential campaign got really bad. It’s important that we as a nation work together to solve our problems.

On the other hand, coming together at all costs is not the answer, either. The moral relativism that’s become more pervasive in this country certainly helps us all “agree to disagree” on issues and creates social harmony. The problem is that some things are wrong in the eyes of God, and it is up to ordinary people like us to stand up to them.

There’s no denying that Hitler was a unifying figure to war a ravaged post war Germany. He unified the nation. { Link }

I assume the reason you teared up at the election result was because of the hope of a nation unified. It looks like there will be more unity under the president elect. I just question the direction we’ve chosen.

There is a big difference between learning to live with others, and tolerating evil.

7 - And on that, we'll agree to disagree and let it play out.

And all threads come to an end when they finally invoke Hitler. :)

8 - Amen to that Tom! And I'm not even religious!

I've been living outside the U.S. for the past 15 years and view from the outside has been getting so bleak over the past several years I was losing hope. Well hope is back and I like it. Now it's time to get the job done...

9 - Well said, Tom. I was an Obama supporter from (almost) the very beginning, and it's been quite the ride!

Concerned Citizen seems to forgot that this is not a theocracy - kudos to you for being the bigger person and realizing that there is more than one just one way to see the world.