Preface
I'll be diverging from talking about "Sports" for both this and (most likely) my next blog, so I should possibly change the name, but I can't really think of any good names... So it stays as "Sports" for now. This blog is pretty much only about political things, until near the end when I talk about Christians.
(Editing change) One quick sports note: Last week I thought there would be around 9 straight-up upsets in the NFL and it didn't work out too badly, but this week I have a grand-total of zero straight-up upsets.. And not only just zero straight-up upsets, but also zero against the spread. Considering the odds of just beating the spread in every game happen to be worse than 1 in 8192, I don't exactly consider it likely to happen. And random stat: Approximately once every 600 years there should be a week where every single NFL team beats the spread.
Another new thing that I've done in this blog is linking some youtube videos to various topics. The videos aren't exactly must-watch videos, but if you have the time to watch them, then they add some variety.
Another new thing that I've done in this blog is linking some youtube videos to various topics. The videos aren't exactly must-watch videos, but if you have the time to watch them, then they add some variety.
In writing this, I was trying to have a somewhat light tone (hence some of the videos). I was definitely not trying to be disrespectful to either person, so please feel free to add 'President' before Obama, and 'Governor' before Romney. I mostly avoided doing that, because it's a little tedious to say President Obama and Governor Romney every time, plus it's a little longer, and I'm only (basically) talking about America's destruction anyways, so hey, no biggie.
The size of my post on the Presidential Race all in one piece, I'm guessing, would have been a tough read, so I split my blog on the Presidential Race into two pieces so hopefully the parts can be read a little more leisurely. Part two should most likely be out before November.
Differences between Romney and Obama.
Abortion
Romney Romney's old opinion on Abortion Romney currently, kind of sort of, claims that there should only be abortions in cases of 'rape and incest'; But in those cases abortion should still remain 'legal'.
Obama Obama on Abortion While he may not be able to say a definition on what a 'life' really is.. He knows that a women should still have the 'right' to 'dispose' of 'it'. So Obama can't bring himself to force a woman not to choose an abortion, since it is her 'right' to choose. So abortion should still stay 'legal'.
'ObamneyCare'
Obama The editor and distributor of ObamneyCare.
Romney The architect/author of ObamneyCare.
'Gay marriage'
Obama While I don't think he hasn't made too much of an effort to support redefinition legislatively, he has spoken publicly in favor of 'gay marriage'.
Romney He was the first governor to approve of the man-made redefinition of marriage, but now claims to be in favor of marriage. (Though he might still support civil unions.)
Taxes
Romney Speaks of supporting lesser government, but still grows it legislatively.
Obama In favor of a further growth of government to support the 'needy', and thinks of taxes as a form of tithing to the government.
Religion
Obama President Obama is a good modern American. He basically says he is spiritually a Christian, (though not religiously), and he worships at the altar of the government.
Romney He is basically as good a modern American as President Obama in that he supports a re-distinction of Christianity. Romney's religion at least does have some guidelines, which I'm guessing he generally tries to follow.
Two fail videos, and one of the fails I wish was true.
Obama Obama's Fails
Romney Romney's slip of the tounge
VP Choices
Paul Ryan He's not a bad politician, but he is a politician, and as the top of the ticket goes so goes the bottom.
Joe Biden Various reasons why Biden is the Vice Presidential nominee again, these however, are, technically speaking, not some of those reasons. Run, Joe. Run Excuse me for repeating myself, but Biden gaffe. The 15 second mark is pracitally priceless.
One true statement and one false statement
I don't know if Romney has said this or not, but it's just a saying I don't like. "This is the most important election of our lifetime.." And when everyone's super, no one will be. And if every election is the most important.. then none of them are very important. And while my refutation isn't entirely true, it has quite a bit of truth to it. When the American populace keeps electing liberal A and liberal B in the primaries, there really isn't a big point to the election.
Conviction
Romney Romney can't even stick with a position on taking a position He can't take a stand on taking a stand.. You can't trust a perpetual liar; and over the years Romney has proven to be just that: a perpetual liar. I think Romney mostly goes with the crowd, so one of the very few things that you can probably trust Romney on is that he will not vote for something that is extremely unpopular.
Obama I do agree with Obama's above statement, that we are (most definitely) no longer a Christian nation. (Although a nation obviously isn't actually a living person.) President Obama likes to follow that saying and not govern as a Christian.
The 'differences' between Romney and Obama are largely semantics.
The 'choice' between the candidates is simply the way you wish to have a probable death. Person A walks up to you and stabs you in the heart, Person B walks up behind you and stabs you in the back. (Disclaimer: In no way am I insinuating that either candidate would actually do this.. It's called an analogy.) So which would you prefer? A death in which you can see the person coming at you and so you have a slight chance to defend against it (though if you are stabbed it is certain death)? Or a vaguely subtle stab in the back that you cannot defend against (though instead of a quick death, you will live for a while and likely bleed to death)?
Campaign Slogans
Both campaigns put a lot of time and money into their campaign slogans, I'm sure... And what did they come up with? "Forward" and "Keep America American."
Wow. Those are stunning, absolutely amazingggg.... ly dumb.
What do the candidates probably think about the slogans?
Obama's slogan, Forward. I want to keep us moving forward and redistribute some more wealth.
Romney's slogan, Keep America American. I'll slow down the rate at which America changes so it won't be as noticeable to everyone.
Thoughts about the slogans
Obama's slogan, Forward. Yeah, I agree with his slogan. I would agree he wants to help us move forward. Currently we're on a train steaming ahead towards a cliff that leads to Gomorrah and he's like, "I added a bit of speed in my first term and I changed the tracks a little more towards due south. Guess what, dudes.. I think I can even get more MPH out of this train! Give me another four years!"
I've got to admit that I kind of like Obama's slogan. It's blatant, sweet, and to the point. He pretty much got his money's worth out of his consultants.
Romney's slogan, Keep America American. Not to go all President Obama on you, but.... Uhhhhh. Uhhh. Uhhh. What the heck does that mean?? Keep America American? I can understand someone saying, keep the Muslim things Muslim, keep the Christian things Christian. Because those are (relatively speaking) fixed terms. But, 'Keep America American'? America isn't a fixed entity or standard. America is American. To 'Keep America American' doesn't mean we have a good America, or a bad America, but yeah, it is America alright.
And to go with the train analogy with Romney... Romney puts his hands on the brakes and asks the passengers on the train if they want him to hit the brakes on the train. He thinks he hears slightly more "No's" then he hears "Yes's", so he takes his hands away from the brake and walks over to near the engine. He picks up a tongs, and with them he takes one piece of coal off the burner, then walks back and tells everyone to move back two seats. (So at least they'll have an extra two seconds to live, before going off the cliff.) He does technically slow down the train's speed, but he does so ever so slightly.
Changes to slogans
Obama doesn't really need a change to his slogan.
Romney needs some help. My first two suggestions for his slogan are to either change it to,"At Least I'm Not A Communist" or "I Am Not Obama" Joking, joking. Seriously though, I would have Romney change his slogan to either "$1.84 in 2009, $3.78 three years later" or a lot shorter and sweeter, "$1.84" which was the national price of gas in 2009. And while those numbers are a bit out of context, either version of the slogan would still have been insanely powerful. Besides, it's not like the American populace is a very imformed population, so they would probably just accept $1.84 gas in 2009 as truth. And even if they would research it, it's still a heck of a lot better than, "Keep American American."
Reasons to vote for Obama
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| There are not very many good reasons to vote for four more years of President Obama... But, here are a couple of my attempts. |
At least he's not Romney.. No wait, wrong person. That phrase is supposed to be said for the other guy. Sorry.
Here are some 'real' reasons to vote for Obama. It's possible he could step up America's run towards Gomorrah to another level and jolt awake some people. Having a 'D' in the Presidency, instead of an 'R' would likely make the Republicans less likely to vote for the policies that were supported by the oval office. (Though that didn't stop ObamneyCare..)
Also, in a second term of President Obama I would expect America to have more economic difficulty, which would quite possibly lead more people to religion. Because when a nation or person enjoys prosperity, complacency usually follows. But, if you take that prosperity away, then life suddenly becomes difficult and possibly pointless. Which would likely lead to, either more fulfillment in self, or a turn towards religion.
So you're saying that if I vote for Obama, then it is likely that there will be more Christians in America, then with a President Romney? So that means we should just vote for Obama, right? How could you not want to advance God's kingdom??
First of all, just because something is more probable doesn't actually cause causation. So just because it's more likely that there will be more Christians under a Obama presidency doesn't mean a reaction of voting for him. Secondly, while a human environment can impact a person, it doesn't actually give that person true faith. Only the Holy Spirit gives true faith. And thirdly, a vaguely connected point...
I find it a little bit dangerous to say things like, "If it is 'God's will' that so and so happens, then so be it." While it is not always wrong to say that, in most situations I find it a bit trite and occasionally even a bit heretical. God doesn't ask us to just stand by while evil happens. He doesn't ask us to stop evil in any possible way (doing evil to stop evil). And He doesn't ask us to stop the evil, because we are in some sort of slavery to Him. He tells us to stop evil (without compromising to evil), out of love for Him.
There are times when we will suffer for the sake of Christ, but, even in those times, we should not fall into the temptation of doing evil to stop the evil. "For it is better, if it is God’s will, to suffer for doing good than for doing evil." 1 Peter 3:17. I will also say that I do not think we are called to be passive Christians (a Christian who prays for 'so and so' to happen, but does nothing about it.). We are called to be active Christians (a Christian who prays for 'so and so' [and also hopefully prays for God's will to be done] and then actually puts actions behind the words). Also we are not supposed to be 'active Christians' in the sense of being active for the sake of being showy. And again, I'll quickly point out that we aren't doing this out of some sort of slavery servitude towards Him so that we might earn heaven, we're doing it as a natural response of faith and love.
I'm a little bit of a liberal-Christian in this point. I think that Christians should be more liberal and active in the worldly-realm in spreading their beliefs, in spreading The Faith. Instead of a Christian conserving The Truth to themselves (no absolute Truth) and being a conservative-Christian. And yes, all of these words are a lot easier to say than to put into action. I also think a Christian should have a ready defense for the faith and a Christian should be putting 'good works' into action. Though to us silly little humans a 'good work' can be a bit malleable. Sometimes we may be thinking we are doing nothing worthwhile, while we are actually doing a good work. And at other times we may think we are doing a 'good work' while we are actually promoting evil. One of the downsides of being a human is that God gets to define the terms and not us.
What this small piece of elucidation on 'God's Will' and 'good works' had to do with reasons to vote for Obama, I'm not completely sure, but anyways, on to Romney.
Reasons to vote for Romney
It looks like he has helped to raise a good family, and at least he's not a Communist. Yeah, that's about all I have. A sub-plot I want to quickly touch on... While this isn't really a reason to vote for Romney; A Romney presidency would provide the biggest platform a Mormon has ever had and the resulting news and insight about Mormonism could cause Mormonism to explode in growth even further than recent years, or it could cause Mormonism's debasement.
Thanks for reading, God bless.
Thanks for reading, God bless.
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