I do believe (with a lot of hope) that my uber conservative mother would think twice before voting for someone suggesting a 100 year war. I know her heart was in the right place, she was led astray by her JBS friends. Love her dearly but at least now I know my vote is something more than counteracting her vote.

Somehow, I believe that that child of Isaiah 9:6's time will have Peace from that time on and forever, as it says. (not as the child of Isaiah 7:6 whose land ended in a curse.) I guess it seems to me, too many people are waiting for things above to fix it all.

I guess when I say liberal, I mean left winger. It looks to me like with both parties there are folks not so keen about the choice of candidates in their party. My moms good friend & neighbor is for Obama cuz she can't stand Hillary...

You probably missed my questions Cheryl...

But what is a left-winger? What do they believe? I really don't know what you mean and I do want to know.

Let's face it. Ol' Mother Earth has got a terminal infestation of stupidity caused by....... well .... us! By the way, I think McCain had that up to a one thousand year war! Yee ha, Johnny! Gitter done! But not until 3008! Think he can get elected to 250 consecutive terms?

After this video narrated by a cartoon cat, all of us may want all of them to resign. I will say this about it: The United Nations, which is a higher authority than DC has declared the invasion of Iraq illegal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Khut8xb ... =798880044
It is about 10 minutes long but worth every second.

My daughter passes her New Scientist magazines on to me. In the 2nd Feb edition is a story called Two Tribes, Are your genes left-wing or right-wing? If you can get your hands on one it makes vveeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrryyyyyy interesting reading. One paragraph describes the results as startling.Then goes on to say how evolution is a slow process so why would we be endowed with genes that affect issues which seem fleeting on an evolutionary scale.
A psychologist at UC Berkely is said to back the idea that inheritance can influence political attitudes, but admits the results may sound odd. He said, quote, "There is no such thing as a gene for disliking Hippies"
It goes on to say the point is, that certain genes shape personality traits, and these are linked to political opinion.

Well what the hell happened to me! My American family, on my Dad's side, going back a couple hundred years, have been all kinds of staunch Republican Legislators and town founders in several states back east and one in the West. Maybe it's my left handed gene that has made me this way? (I do everything else right handed or with both)

Get a copy if you can, it's a fun read and I have to say it reveals some truths. Of course some think this study is a liberal conspiracy!

Left wingers would be the ones like one for abortion, not allowing America to come back to God etc.. I agree with Jerry Falwell, James Kennedy and those folks etc. I don't go into a whole lot of detail about my conservative beliefs since most folks here wouldn't like them or be interested lol...

Cheryl... I'm not wanting to start an argument about abortion - many liberals are pro-choice, but if it were possible to prevent the NEED for abortion (by educating our young people on contraception, for example) then that is the option I think most would prefer. Do you feel the conservative right-wingers are right to prevent that education?

As for bringing god back to America, our nation was founded on religious freedom. That means that each of us is free to believe or not believe, to worship or not worship, as we see fit. Our nation should not (and this is in the Constitution, for what that's worth) promote any religion, whether it's christian, judaism, islam, hindu, buddhism, wiccan, etc, etc.

Thanks, Wyld. You, as always, were quite eloquent. I'd like to add that the "founding fathers" did not generally agree with each other, and some were atheists or agnostics.

I'd like to add something for Cheryl... please get ahold of a copy of a book called A Case of Need. It was written by Michael Crichton under a "pen name" back when abortion was illegal except for a few places in the US.

Update: Are you not willing to discuss this? If not, I understand. My Mother and I came to an agreement a few years ago to not talk about politics. She feels w is doing a great job. She is a great person in nearly every way, and I'm sure you are too.

Everyones views are interesting Cheryl, that's what Democracy is about and that's why the government changes in cycles. Life would be pretty darn boring if we all thought the same eh?

Everything is based on definition. To me, liberal is a person who loves and cares for others. Jesus was a liberal; actually, a radical liberal who exhorted us to take care of each other.