Comments on: Society and Politics

By: David Schantz

David Schantz — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 08:08:00 +0000

What politics (federal government) is supposed to do is explained in the Constitution. Our elected officials should protect, defend and abide by it. Sometimes I wonder if they have even read it. I have posted my Question Of The Week, I hope you will stop by to answer it.

God Bless America, God Save The Republic.

By: Ken Grandlund

Ken Grandlund — Sun, 12 Jun 2005 05:27:00 +0000

(responses)

Windspike- Thanks for the support, but for the writing and the endorsement.

Jolly Roger- Church-Corp-Government- all decided by the state. Seems eerily reminescent of other places in other times.....
Yes, the breach must be fixed.

Euro Yank- Most just sit and complain. The least minimal form of action would be casting a vote, even an uninformed vote. Yet with just around half the voting age population bothering to do that small thing, there isn't even action or reaction, just inaction, which is tantamount to capitulation. Thanks for the comment.

HomoInsapiens- Ethics and morality indeed are the driving forces behind laws and actions, but only those acts that can be agreed upon by an overwhelming majority should become legislation.
Rights carry responsibilities and can't effectively be in opposition or even competition or they dilute and/or repudiate the entire concept of shared freedom.

Next time I'm in the neighborhood, I'll give George your regards.

By: Homo Insapiens

Homo Insapiens — Sat, 11 Jun 2005 14:37:00 +0000

I wonder if there are not some fundamental confusions that should be sorted...ethics vs. morality and rights vs. responsibilities. When governments and organisations do the sorting as opposed to individuals, these concepts (and people) ususally are the losers.

As always a thought provoking post.

Best regards (and give my best to George, Washington!

By: EuroYank

EuroYank — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 23:02:00 +0000

glad to see you have common sense. most just act or react.

By: JollyRoger

JollyRoger — Fri, 10 Jun 2005 13:06:00 +0000

The modern Republican Party has decided that the corp, the Church, and the Government will all be one and the same.

When you have a Government doling out money to (certain) Churches, you have a Government that has inserted itself into the “values” debate-it does, in fact, seek to be the arbiter. The “wall” between Church and State has been breached and must be repaired unless we are to have imposed on us a monolithic version of “Family Values.”

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 20:30:00 +0000

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By: windspike

windspike — Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:23:00 +0000

I look forward to your future posts Ken. And, I liked your sentences that start, “But politics has no real claim to family values…” so much that I converted it to a post and linked up with you over at my location.

Blog on brother, and you got my vote should you choose to run for CA governor!