Quote:
Originally Posted by Fish2006
My fear is that you get McCain in there, you get more wars - possibly with enemies that are far more dangerous than even Al Qaida (Russia), more junk spending, a woman who believes creationism ought to be taught alongside evolution as an "alternative theory" as VP, and no real movement on the greatest challenge of our time currently, moving to green energy so we can starve the people that are going to use energy as a bludgeon against us.
|
A couple of points:
A) Your going to have an even larger Democrat majority in congress.. meaning.... no more unjust wars....
B) You argue that the national debt is a problem (which it is).... yet placing a Dem in the White House with a Dem congress is a recipe for higher spending... actually, as we have found, a Rep pres with a Rep congress is a recipe for higher spending.... Truly, the best scenario is off-setting influences of power. History bears that out at an alarming rate. The bottom line is this: Presidents are extremely slow to veto BAD LAWS that are passed to him by his own party.... And let's not forget... it's CONGRESS that has the largest impact on the Economy... not the president (even though the Olberman's of the world would have you think otherwise)... The JUNK SPENDING you refer to would have to come from a Congress that, by all reports, is set to have 60 of the 100 senatorial seats in the Democrats control.
C) Green energy initiatives by Obama can't be funded if he is taxing the very companies that can provide the technology and increasing the capgains tax, which disincentivizes wealthy individuals/companies from funding it (why the hell hasn't the demcoratic congress re-signed the tax credit for wind energy? The last time the credit lapsed it resulted in something like a 75% decline in alternate energy research and development, if i remember correctly).
D) What is wrong with Palin's desire to have creationism taught along side evolution? Don't get me wrong.... I'm not high on creationism myself.... at least, not without incorporating evolution as the "vehicle" of the creator. But what is WRONG with teaching them side by side? The whole concept of SCIENCE (you know, the subject which Evolution is a subset up) is that you line up your possibilities, collect your facts, and objectively make assessments. What is so wrong with presenting all of the competing theories (that is all they are... THEORIES) to students and letting them draw their own conclusions? It sounds awfully defensive, to me, for people to want to prevent the teaching of creationism.... Afterall, if you are so sure that
evolution is, in fact, the correct theory.... then what are you scared of? The facts should speak for themself, no?