Of God And Country

                                                   On God And Country

                                                               by Wilbur

     Passed a post through on Facebook tonight that I didn't think much about, but as usual in my travel through the space time consortium it had ramifications. I agreed that I would like prayer allowed in schools. Well, as luck would have it a good friend of mine (from California) had some objection to that. Now back in the day I would have leaped upon my soap box and said all kinds of redneck stuff that would assuredly made me look like a fool. That having been said I've found that in the last ten years or so I have developed a frontal cortex and I generally think before I speak now, not being a lawyer so here goes. 

     I considered not only prayer in schools but a host of other conceptions and misconceptions about the south and respectively, Texas. In Texas we're a bit different so I always try to separate "us" from "them," but having been born in Louisiana I I have a perspective on Texans and foreigners that is fairly balanced. Beginning with school prayer. I thought long and hard about this and honestly I can't remember ever being part of a morning prayer in any grade I attended from the first in Lake Charles, Louisiana to my final grade in Killeen, Texas. I never saw anyone even cross themselves until I saw The Good The Bad And The Ugly and Tuco crossed himself and even then I didn't know what it meant. Religion was simply never a factor. I can't remember one kid even praying over his lunch, butI may have missed something. 

     Now this is where I'm going. It seems that every whacked out special interest group is hell bent on total destruction of every core belief most Americans have held all of their lives. The ones against prayer in school aren't just against a morning prayer in home room, they don't want a single kid bowing his or her head in the lunch room and saying a silent grace. They don't want the word, "God" coming out of their mouths, however, "God Damn" doesn't seem to bother them at all, but I digress. The same with the pro-choice crowd. They're not so much about pro-choice as they are at wanting as many abortions as possible and they get MAD if some girl turns back at the last minute and decides to be a mother instead of a murderer. Yeah, I just said that, get over it! The Gay Rights people, same thing. They allude to wanting to be free to live their life style, but actually they want to PRESENT their lifestyle to six year olds to make real sure that we don't run out of gay people in the next generation. See where this is going? Swat them bees, swat them bees. 

     If some kid wants to say a private prayer over his lunch, so be it. It's a private invocation between them and God, no matter how they perceive that God to be. A Muslim girl can wear a head scarf in school why can't a Catholic girl cross herself before eating? You will never separate church and state because unfortunately the church and the state are made up of the same people. 

     Young people are led to believe that my generation had Klansmen walking down every street, that gay people and blacks were hung every weekend and that every basement had a midwife doing abortions with with a coat hanger for twenty-five dollars or two chickens depending on where you lived. I have never saw a Klansman, my parents simply laughed at gay people, and Girls had babies like they were gonna stop making them next year. But, I was just born in Shreveport, Louisiana in the 1950's so what do I know, right? 

     The attack on Christians has got to stop. If it doesn't I fear we will see the backlash that these so called "liberals" always rail about because eventually what the people who work jobs, pay their taxes, and want grandchildren will come to understand is that these fringe groups are no longer just things they must put up with, but a danger to society that must be dealt with accordingly. Think about it!

Open Carry

                                                           Open Carry

     Ever have a topic you didn't want to get involved in, but like a bad penny it just kept coming back? Well Open Carry is my bad penny. I grew up in Texas where we had rifles and shotguns in racks in the back of every pickup truck. It was no cause for alarm because if you HAD a pickup it usually meant you were most likely in agriculture on one farm or another. We all knew that technically you could stroll down the street carrying a long gun, but nobody DID it! I might add that back in the day NOone had a conceal carry permit. Others, like myself, carried concealed ANYWAY. 

     Carrying a gun means you must bring along your common sense. Why do you carry. Well, with all due respect to the sensitive nature of the Pink Panthers strewn up and down I-35 I carry a pistol to defend myself and if need be to kill people. I don't shoot elk, I don't shoot dogs, I don't shoot little old ladies who yell at me. I shoot "HomeBoys" who think trying to knock out or rob an old man is somehow a political statement. I can hear the Liberals puking in waste paper baskets from here already. I hate to be the one to enlighten all you girly-men from New York, so recently transplanted to Texas, but there's just no "nice" way to kill people. I've seen Luby's, numerous shootings, and I've been personally attacked three times in the last two years since coming home to Texas from California. I'd love to subscribe to your Trans-sexual Yellow Submarine but I'm a coward that can't fight and can't run, but I sure can shoot. I can draw a pistol in less than a second and bust a watermelon at 25 yards and I have the conscience of a rather mature cucumber when attacked. A liberal psychologist would classify me as a psychopath. I prefer "functional" psychopath. 

     But, all of that having been said, I do not open carry. I prefer my weapon to be concealed so if I need it the element of surprise comes into play. In the novel the Shootist, the statement is made, "Most men in defense situation will hesitate, blink, or have a thought before acting...I won't!" Well, that's the way I see it. If I have to draw my weapon it is not to intimidate, impress, or frighten anyone. It is because I have perceived an imminent threat to my life, a threat that must be neutralized. I view my weapon as a tool and use it with the same cool calculation that one would use a hammer to repair a defective plank on a privacy fence. Defective plank, defective HomeBoy. 

     I believe the Open Carry movement is a political spring board for further political change. I respect that. But, when the proponents of the movement meet with resistance they need to study history. Yankees who don't know history always fall back on the logic, "Oh, it'll be like the Wild West!" The so-called "Wild West" was created by Hollywood producers, ok?" The people in the 1800's never saw a quick draw holster tied down. It simply didn't exist, and if you don't believe that just look at the only picture, we have of Billy the Kid. His pistol, is high and tight and in fact, would most likely be under his coat in cold weather. He DID have a Winchester but he was under the same social situation that I grew up in and I suspect he did NOT carry it all over town. That picture was to impress the ladies. Little trivia for you. What instigated the gunfight at the OK Corral?  It was Virgil Earp trying to enforce a city ordinance forbidding the carrying of weapons within the city limits! That is a point of fact and in another point of fact Doc Holliday was CONCEALED carrying a SHOTGUN! 

     I respect what CJ Grisham and others are trying to do. I believe that the 2nd amendment clearly allows citizens to carry weapons to defend their persons and I think it is obnoxious that people have resort to obnoxious acts to endorse their God given rights. I believe that social systems are like a giant invisible pendulum swinging to and for. We have gone from safe streets with Officer O'Malley walking the beat to a virtual war zone with SWAT teams taking down every female jogger who Jay-walks, and Open Carry is the people's reaction to that. 

Infanticide

                                                             Infanticide

                                                              by Wilbur

(Infanticide)

1 : the killing of an infant

2 [Late Latin infanticida, from Latin infant-, infans + -i- + -cida -cide] : one who kills an infant

     Whenever you have mass murder there is always a perverse logic behind it. For those involved this logic relieves guilt and perpetuates the completion of the program where the genocide is employed to achieve whatever "goal" may be sought. For those observing from without there is no excuse or explanation that will white wash the ugly reality of the act(s). So it is with abortion. 

     The pro-choice segment uses all of the methods employed by the Nazis when pushing their own special brand of "No child left behind." First they identified a "problem." There are just too many unwanted babies born into this world. Let's look first at that mindset. Look at a picture of a baby, any baby. They smile, grab your finger, look you in the eyes, and they are totally helpless. How can they be unwanted? How can a human being struggling to learn the word, "Ma Ma" be so despised? Then you have a support mechanism that clicks in. It's not a baby, it's a choice, a fetus, a this, a that, a whatever. The Jews weren't human beings, they were a problem, a curse, something in need of a "final solution." 

     When you commit genocide you simply cannot do it out in public. There is no "Dancing With The Stars" for abortion. Like the Nazis you must keep the mechanics of this project out of the view of the public because if the people see what you are really doing your acts will be exposed for what they truly are. You  must keep the doors closed. You must stifle the screams. You must make the machine sterile. You must make it relentless. You must remove all human emotion from the act because the people who must cooperate with you must never fully understand the consequences of their actions. In the death camps certain Jews were convinced to assist in the herding of the masses to the gas chambers on the promise of "special treatment." When their part of the project was completed they found that their "special treatment" was a "decent burial!" 

     These Jews led their neighbors into a gas chamber. A young mother leads her child into a butcher shop. And her "special treatment" is the forfeiture of her innocence, her motherhood, and her very soul! But, the pro-life lobby has no problem with this. If an unborn child has no soul why should they believe the mother has one either? God has made human being very complex. Doctors and research scientists, both theist and atheist are constantly amazed at the complexity of the human condition, and I don't care if you ascribe it to God or evolution you must admit that we have learned a lot, but we still have a long way to go. 

     There is one difference in the Nazi's "final solution," and the pro-choice agenda. In Hitler's briefings with Himmler it was understood that if the project were carried out correctly eventually the goal would be achieved and there would be no more Jews; no more reason for the death camps. Then, all they had to do was bulldoze the buildings down and plant trees for the "Master Race" to enjoy, free of the problems the Jews had brought by their very existence. Pro-choice supporters have an ever increasing supply of "problems" and their final solution will never be attained. 

     To carry out a successful genocide you should mix in a bit of scientific legitimacy just in case the population should actually see what you are up to. The Nazis had Josef Mengele. The pro-choice people have stem cell research. They also mix in a "concern" for the life of the mother. Ask yourself, what was the mortality of mothers giving birth in the 1800's, and what was the mortality of infants in the first two years of life then? Now, stack that on top of the millions and millions of abortions we have now. I am not going to cite actual numbers because I know the pro-choice group will skew or discredit them but just ask yourself; has medical science not advanced enough in one hundred and fifty years to the point where a woman can safely birth a child? You KNOW the answer. 

     Now, ask yourself just why is pro-choice so hell bent (and I used that word deliberately) to push this agenda so vigorously? Just Google the ratio of the "termination" of poor black babies to rich white ones and you will very quickly see what to goal of pro-choice truly is. They can't just march black people into gas chambers so they roll the mothers into "clinics" to "terminate" pregnancies. To me this is a perversion of the highest magnitude.Growing up in Louisiana durning the 1950's black women did all the cooking in our schools, hired out as nannies, and kept homes clean and functional. This was because they were the best! To this very day I do not believe white women can cook. To see black mothers lining up to go into an abortion clinic is something I simply cannot get my mind around. It does not compute! Pro-choice is but one aspect of a much larger agenda. You take a people, take away their hope, put them on a system that takes away all incentive, all ambition, tell them society is their enemy, and them murder their children so hopefully this "problem" will be smaller for the next generation. 

     Now, as a result of this article I will get a LOT of input, I'll assure you. I will hear everything from "a woman has a right," to calling me a religious nut. I just don't like to kill children, whatever size or flavor they may be. When you take a knife and draw blood you kill! Now I don't mind some killing. I've got several CPS workers whose obituaries I would read with a great deal of satisfaction. But those are grown people who receive the consequences of their actions. What actions has a child who hasn't even opened his eyes yet done to deserve execution. Oh, silly me, I'm just a simple Ol boy from Austin...it's not a baby, it's a CHOICE!

Writing

                                                                Writing

                                                             by Wilbur

     When you make the conscious choice to become a writer you expose yourself. Mentally and emotionally you should prepare yourself to embark on a journey where you believe that your ideas and your opinions out weigh a majority of the population, i.e. readers, and this is a form of arrogance. Relationships with humanity is a great equalizer. The world strives to keep everything on a base line. When you rise above that base line the world will attempt to pull you down to the level of the crowd, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. This is what protects the majority of the herd when the lion comes lurking about. There is safety in the herd. 

     The fastest gazelle will draw the most female gazelles, but for every fast gazelle there are ten average gazelles and three below average gazelles. A writer, like the gazelle, will have supporters, and detractors. A friend of mine in Nashville told me years ago, "Everybody wants to get next to a 'happening' guy." The average gazelle wants to graze beside the fast gazelle, and is in full awareness that although he can never be as fast perhaps he can at least enjoy the same grass. 

     Writers are like that. When you consider yourself a writer you are putting yourself out there as being faster than most gazelles. You are saying that your thoughts have more substance than most other people's thoughts, no matter how humble you may portray yourself. And writers are a paradox. Most, if not all writers are loners. Now, I'm not saying they don't engage with people, and I'm not saying they do not enjoy to company of others, what I'm saying is they enjoy the company of themselves above all other situations. Even the visit of a good friend will slightly irritate a writer because if you are a writer you know that the juices simply will not flow in a crowd. Ideas will form, the egg will be laid, but the chick will not form until incubation comes about and that incubation is almost always singular! 

     Good pieces do not come from arguments at parties. No matter how lively the discussion the final full circle of a great article, or blog, or book, or whatever will never complete in the company of others. It only occurs when the writer listens only to the voice in their own head. They listen to that voice and try to write it down for the readers to take in. Then they sit back and wait to see how the world hears that voice and they most do this with not a grain but a box of salt. 

     If you are a fast gazelle you will find a few others running near or slightly behind you. An average reader will never have lofty thoughts. That's why they borrow yours! Thats why the average gazelles are content to just eat the same grass as the fast gazelle. That's the beauty of writing. A select very few will be given the keys and have the ability to share those keys with others who use those keys to unlock doors shut to them before.  They share the grass! But, remember the slower gazelles? They either will not receive the gift at all or will only take it to use it against you. They will not appreciate the grass and even may hate the grass because they are so embroiled in their own sloth, or perhaps cannot even understand it at all! They cannot comprehend the key, much less the door it opens. Anyway, by the time these gazelles catch up most of the grass is already digested and the fast gazelle is leading the herd to new pastures. 

     You cannot judge a writer's success in dollars. One of the wonderful things about the blogging explosion is that it is predominately divorced from the trappings of financial scales that have plagued writers for years. All writers have had that question, "How much MONEY have you made?" A beginning writer will be put off by that question, but a seasoned writer will know the answer, although they probably won't be rude enough to say it. "I've made more money at it than YOU!" You will never get this question from successful writers because they know it takes many grapes to make wine, and a large part of what you write will be consigned to obscurity. The individual grapes are sacrificed to produce the whole of the Bordeaux. 

     I never judge another writer by the dollars or even the number of views on a blog. A friend of mine, Jenny Tolley Crossen, has a blog I consistently read. I have never looked at how many reads she has. I just enjoy the blog. I would like to add that I have never been able to negotiate my way beyond the first chapter of a Stephen King novel, and that's not to say he's not an excellent writer, I just like the Farmer's Market more than Walmart, that's all. 

     If you think you are a writer then you ARE a writer. As I said in the beginning of this article you write alone, and in the end if that's the only person who reads your stuff you haven't lost anything. The other gazelles simply can't see you because you're so far ahead, that's all. 

     

The God Particle

                                                       The God Particle

     I believe in God. In spite of my shifts in concepts, I have always believed in an unmoved mover. I watched the most beautifully produced documentary just the other day about the proofs behind this and in the end found out that it had been made by Muslims. In the conclusion of the work the narrator says, "Allah," but by this time I'd forwarded it to a lot of my believing friends. Being a reasoning person I had to accept that truth is truth. The video scientifically analyzed the mathematical preciseness of the organization of the universe, and demonstrated that  how if one tiny thing were not exactly in place the whole thing would  disintegrate into utter chaos. It addressed evolution by demonstrating that there was a certain level of geological history where life virtually exploded and contrary to Darwin's idea that life evolved from a single root that grew upward in ever increasing diversity, the "tree" was actually upside down and life had in effect came into existence quiet suddenly and began to "fine tune" as some species failed the test and disappeared from the scene. It showed an equation called 1.618 that governed everything from the shape of galaxies to the number of petals on a sunflower, to the proportions of a pretty girl's face. And it was put together by Muslims! 

     Then I spent several days watching a series called, "How The Earth Was Made," and got the same information. The very planet we call home is so complex, with intertwining systems so closely connected that it is almost beyond comprehension. One segment explained how Antarctica, with all of its inhospitable conditions, virtually controls our entire weather system by producing brine that creeps along the ocean floor thereby articulating the currents that flow around the globe. One last video studied what would happen if the earth's rotation slowed only one mile per hour and the result would be devastating! The very moon operates as a balance, keeping the earth rotation in a synced fashion, enabling the weather system to remain constant, within certain parameters which, if it were not so, one year New York would be New York, and the next it may be situated near one of the poles. 

     Great minds, such as Stephen Hawking say that when things get too complicated the theist will just fall back on a "god" in a vain effort to avoid the question, while they, themselves, when their own model fails will posit a multiple-universe theory in effect claiming that if the model doesn't work just apply layer upon layer until it does or any opposition simply gives up in exasperation. 

     My concept of God is that of a great creative force that we, as mortals, will never understand, we aren't capable. Jesus was strapped with trying to educate simple fishermen, a tax collector, and a few women as to the way the universe works. Did He try to explain the time-space continuum to them? Certainly not! At the last supper, did he try to hold a lecture on molecular reorganization, or the presence of dark matter, no. He held up a piece of bread and told them, "This is my body. Whenever you have this ritual you need to remember that!" Jesus was explaining to them in terms they could get their minds around. They understood the Passover, and all it meant to them, as Jews, and He was the ultimate Passover for all people. 

     We, as Christians, no, let me rephrase that, as believers, have to accept that there are some who will never accept our concept, or explanations for the order of the universe no matter how persuasive our argument. For all their scientific method they will abandon it, and proceed on the premise that there simply cannot BE a god and any system that makes that claim is simply rejected outright. You will never change these people. I didn't change my ideas while watching all of the documentaries I cited above. They merely reinforced what I already suspected. And, if you will note, when you forget about all the arguments about Jesus and Mohammed, the Muslim work was outstanding in its direct analyzation of the science of mathematics and the correlation to the universe. 

     As believers, our explanations look absurd to atheists. Atheists have a hands on, linear methodology in their universal view, but does that make them evil? Certainly not! A girl in high school on the East Coast wanted to start a club geared to atheists like herself so she, and other like minded kids could gather and discuss ideas, and feel a oneness. At first the school absolutely forbade it, but after the ACLU got involved she was allowed to form her group, but was then bullied into giving it up by the "Christian" community around her. Tell me how those "Christians" were any different than a radical Muslim who believes he must destroy all "infidels" to spread his "faith?" She was accused of being a Satanist. This is so far in left field if defies explanation but I'll try. A Satanist is a believer. Jesus said, "Even the demons believe in God, and they tremble." People who subscribe to this mind set believe there is a god but choose the opposite path. To me they're like the kid, when we all went to the movies on Saturday, who would cheer for the guy in the black hat. For whatever psychological reason they have rejected what is regarded as proper by most other believers for the side that is adverse to that. The atheist simple rejects any spiritual explanation of the universe, preferring a physical model instead. 

     As long as you live you will be formulating your world view. Mine has evolved so much that it barely resembles what was in my head at sixteen years old. The one constant remains: There has to be a designer for such a finely turned situation. Can I explain this to a non-believer? Nope. Can I, myself even ever completely understand this designer? Absolutely not! Should I judge, or cast stones at someone who doesn't subscribe to my very own ever changing view? Well, Jesus, Himself, said, "Judge not lest you be judged." Now, He didn't say that to be clever. He said that because He knew we could never get our finite minds around the infinite. I am comfortable with accepting Biblical principles. The young atheist simply is not. 

     I am always amazed at the knee-jerk reaction to any inclusion of Biblical principles in government. Put a statue of the ten commandments on the courthouse lawn and certain groups lose their collective minds. All the ten commandments are is an early example of codified law given to a bunch of people trying to carve out a civilized existence out of a  horrible situation.     I hear all the time about the separation of church and state, but that's not what the first amendment is all about  It says, "Congress shall make no law respecting the ESTABLISHMENT of religion ..." It forbids Congress from jumping up and making the Baptist Church the official religion of the United States. It does NOT nullify bringing your morals, common sense or life experiences to the table when you vote, or make decisions. How else can you make these decisions. You see, that's what's wrong with this whole idea that we have to blindly accept that we really have no opinion or options when it comes to government. When Congress sits in session can they impose religious guidelines and restrictions on the rest of us? Constitution says they cannot. Can they let their experience, morality, and personal beliefs guide how they will vote? You bet they can, and DO! Should they have anything to do with the little atheist girl wanting to form a club with her like minded friends? Well, that's where my Libertarian beliefs kick in. They have a right to their beliefs, and she has a right to hers! 

     You will never convert this little girl. Conversion comes from within. You will never scare a gay person straight. For whatever psychological reasons that mold our sexuality it is OUR mold. Our INDIVIDUAL mold. Lead by example. Live your lives by your principles and if those principles are sound, kind,and not bigoted there are those who will approve. Cast your bread upon the water, and maybe, just maybe, you'll get back a sandwich! And that, my friends, is the true God Particle. 

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Mooving The Government

Mooving The Government

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     I have read my son's article about the history of the far western states and see the logic therein, however I would like to inject my take, and it has taken me a few days to formulate it so bear with me. 

     The government seems to have a clear cut case for their actions in Nevada, but there is a human, moral ingredient that we must acknowledge. The Obama administration did not see fit to send one platoon of soldiers to Benghazi to secure our embassy which was under attack in what can only be termed an act of war. The same administration ignores repeated invasions by the Mexican army along our border protecting cartel drug deliveries. One rancher grazing his cattle warrants a full scale military operation. Am I the only one who has a problem with this? 

     If it is true that the government has this right under some treaty back in the mid 1800's I'll go with that. And while we're going with that let's just go with Texas' entry into the union where we retained the right to divorce the US and become a republic again! 

     Johnny Johnson maintains that the Federal Government has no right to state land. I have to agree. No matter what their reasoning the basic right of the people trumps any documents that may exist. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was the legal ruler of Mexico of which Tejas was a part. He had every right to attack the Alamo. He also was free to sign agreements under an oak tree at San Jacinto and hope to God he wasn't hanged!

     This is the cliff we are now standing on the edge of. The combined militia of the people are poised to take the country back under the force of arms and then THEY will forge the next "agreements!"

     Make no mistake about it. We have entered into a state of war with elements we have so long despised. Good, decent Christian men and women are standing up right now in the desert against a system that long ago stopped representing the people. Harry Reid is right. If the government doesn't stop this now it will escalate. Yes it will, Harry. We got an oak tree for ya!

   

Labels

                                                                Labels

                                                             by Wilbur

     Labels are always dangerous. Things like "liberal," "conservative," "feminist," and  anything to do with sexuality are huge imaginary vats that people are poured into and once there the membership to the group becomes more important than the ideas that formed the group in the first place. 

     There is nothing wrong with being a liberal so long as one does not let the mindset of "liberal" negate common sense. Being liberal means simply trying new ideas, but when a theory fails you need to accept it and fall back to tried and true methods until you come up with something better. Theoretically you can drive a nail through glass, but if that doesn't work you must consider the more conservative alternative of a drill. 

     The liberal demigods saturate their devoted followers with mindless mantras and the minions do not even care how outrageous the idea is, they will follow it blindly so long as it is "liberal" and they are in step with the group. The problem they have is trying to sell these ideas to people who hold to tried and proven methods and actually think. 

     Hitler said that if you tell a lie, no matter how large, and you repeat it often enough, the masses will accept it. Let's take one such lie and analyze it. When Rowe vs Wade came about the original soft sell was a service for victims of rape. Also, it supposedly would bring the procedure would be safer because it would be brought out of the alleys and into the hospitals. Then it was expanded to include women who had health issues that may endanger their lives should they give birth. May be to hard on their heart. You know the theory.  And giving birth is certainly much more rigorous than say, orgasm, but I digress. 

     Eventually, the word, "abortion" was largely discarded, being replaced by the kinder, friendlier, "termination of  pregnancy." You see, when you commit genocide you must first dehumanize the victims so as to desynthisize the general public so they casually accept the act. Hitler didn't murder Jews he had a "final solution" to Germany's economic problems. 

     Then, just in case there are questions you make sure that the lemmings understand that conformity to the group philosophy is the most important thing, indeed, at this point, even more important than individual thought, or conscience. Jews are not Aryan, unborn babies are not human, so you see? 

     Remember the reasons for abortions in the first place? Let's expand that a little more. With DNA and genetics we can now try to predict the possibility of an unborn child having a health condition, and we can save everyone a lot of trouble by just ending that pregnancy right away. We, at this point are still within a health related circle, more or less, but no genocide is complete unless it includes as many victims as possible. Enter social services and Planned Parenthood. Some children may have a hard life. The parents have a spotty record, possibly even drug abuse. A child born into such conditions would certainly have a difficult time growing up. As would the child of a migrant worker in the south of Texas, or Harlem. Children born in Beverly Hills would not have these problems for the most part. There is a huge gap between poor children and heirs. 

     The other problem with mantras and grouping is that in invariably expands what is basically a minority idea into to appearance of a majority opinion. Under normal conditions abortion would never even be discussed in a household. If a teenage daughter came home pregnant the most extreme thing that would hit the table would be adoption because the very thought of ending the life of a grandchild would benumb them. Only by the injection of a huge organization chanting would normal people even think of such a thing. Still, if the people just take a breath and step back two steps and forget the mantra it all becomes very clear. 

     So what is the solution for this issue? Individual thought! How liberal is that? Make up your own mind. Say to yourself, "Ok, I know it's my body but this just doesn't sound right. I don't like the idea of Jewish bankers but I'll just bank somewhere else. I don't like gay marriage but they don't live in my house!" Being Libertarian means live and let live. During a heated discussion someone once told me, "Admit it! You find gay sex disgusting!" I find all sex disgusting unless I'm the one doing the sexing. Such considerations have nothing to do with politics. 

     Mantras are always bad, and always wrong. A one line sound bite will not fix anything. If that philosophy worked then shoe stores would only sell one size. If you are liberal you simply must, by definition, accept new alternative ideas. If someone throws something on the table that is sound you should consider it, not retreat to tired old quotes contrived by someone far from you with a limited agenda and a huge bank account.