eggnog

I think eggnog should be sold year round!

gayness

So my church is vehemently against gay marriage. I'll start out by saying I don't disagree with the church and that I will support them. But why? There must be a good reason that we care who is allowed to marry. If I know that marriage is only valid between a man and woman, why should I care so much about what other people do? Will passing a law actually prevent people from being gay or doing gay things? Is it just a small step down a slippery slope, or is it a really big one? Are the reasons more about taxes? What rights do married people have that gay people shouldn't have? I wasn't aware that I had any more rights as a married person than a single person. If there were a proposition to abolish the Catholic church would we be encouraged to support that as well?

The nameless kid from Polar Express was from Grand Rapids Michigan

It's been a while since I last wrote. Does anyone miss me? I've been busy with work, it's been fun though, I've been getting some really good experience. This week I've started working overtime and since I don't get paid for it, it just means long hours. It looks pretty certain that I'll be working overtime again before the week is over. Anyway I'm excited for the Holidays, I hope I get to enjoy them. I hope we get some snow! I love the Polar Express movie. I want to move to Grand Rapids Michigan and live in a house with lots of decorated wood. And a basement! But I really like my job so maybe they will open a new center there. I would want to live in the outskirts of the city so I could have lots of trees and a dog. And I want to put sleigh bells in my truck bed!

demographics

Here is a really cool site that will let you mess with demographics to see who would win the election.

more reasons for Obama

Many of you are observant and correct in noting that Ron Paul is very different from Obama. The angle I'm taking is simply one of influence, it's not between Ron Paul and Obama and McCain. At the moment the election is between McCain and Obama. If you have listened to the debates, you know McCain has a very weak understanding of the economy, he's admitted it. I was laughing at McCain and making fun of him before he even emerged from the primaries. His only strength seems to be experience in the military.
Foreign relations:
Obama wants to end the war (just like Paul), he also believes in communication between countries. Keep you friends close and you enemies even closer. - How can you do that without talking??? McCain will not talk to some countries unless they meet some criteria. Obama thinks it's a good idea to talk, be a diplomat....ya know stuff that is on his job description.
Taxes:
Don't be fooled, they both want to spend our money, at the moment we are in a war that is spending a lot of money. McCain will continue the war. Obama will end the war and attempt spending lots of money on health care. Actually both will attempt spending lots of money on health care. I think Obama's plan is a bit more up front with where the costs are coming from. Obama wants to tax those that make more than $250k a year. Well, that's fine with me too. Over all, I think less taxes are best, but if you've got to tax someone, why not tax those that can bear the burden? Many argue that they are the ones that create jobs and spend all the money. Whatever! There are plenty of people that create their own jobs without making that kind of money. If someone spends 50 times what I do on a regular basis, there is something wrong with them, it's not normal even if the money is available.
Abortion:
I totally disagree with Obama on this. I hate abortion very much. McCain only has a position on this issue, in which he is against abortion. Bush made abortion a big item in his campaign...8 years ago! What happened? Abortion is legal, I think that sucks, it blows! But if I vote for McCain, will that make abortion illegal? No, it won't. McCain will most likely never bring it up, the decision to make it legal has passed twice now, I think, meaning that it doesn't really stand a chance a 3rd time. So let's vote for a candidate completely based on an issue that the candidate is not going to do anything about - that is irresponsible.
Partial birth abortion:
Yes, Obama is wrong on this, but I think it was made illegal pretty solidly at 95%, I doubt that it would pass given the highly unlikely chance that Obama had a second chance at it.
Terrorism:
Come on, who thinks Obama is going to be a terrorist because he talked to a person convicted of terrorism? Ridiculous, only pulled out of the GOP's back pocket when they saw defeat coming.
In General:
I see that the McCain campaign is not very well organized and the man is painful to listen too. He is also known for having a temper. Obama is running an amazing campain, many recognize that it's very disciplined, I think his strong leadership abilities were proven with him beating Clinton - which is another good reason to vote for him! As for the majority of democrats in the congress and the senate, maybe we should vote for Republican congressmen and senators, McCain is not the responsible answer.

Ward Clerk

This morning I was released as Ward Clerk! I have been performing as Ward Clerk for nearly 2 years. It has been fun, challenging and I would do it again. At the moment I have no calling other than home teacher, which I will be doing for a couple of hours tonight. I feel that it is only a matter of a few weeks before I'm called to teach a primary class. Although I would love to serve in the Elders Quorum. But the Quorum is fairly new so I'm pretty sure I'll be preparing lessons for little ones soon. The good thing about teaching in primary is that I won't be going to any auxiliary meetings. The downside is that I'll be getting the kids to church by myself every other Sunday so that Kristy can start going to the meeting she has been missing out on.

Obama

I can't figure out how to change the background so I apologize for straining your eyes.
The more I listen to the presidential debates, the more I'm convinced I should vote for Obama. I am not a fan of all I hear about him. But the main issues I see a difference on is economics. Obama seems seriously interested in helping the American economy and I haven't really heard anyone come up with a good argument against that. McCain isn't bias against the wealthy...just like Bush. Also Bush has spent 4 of the 10 trillion of our national debt. What makes me think that McCain is going to change when he votes the same as Bush 90+ % of the time?
For this reason I endorse Obama. I hope for a country that can be financially responsible in the near future, I'm through with "conservative republicans" that spend money like it was mine and not ours.