Dead babies and gay marriage...

I started this blog forever ago, and I only made two posts to it.  Today I have some things to say that won't fit in a facebook status.  So, here we go....

Let me start by laying out a little scenario for you.  Let's say a young man and a young lady who are not married have sex.  They do not stay together for whatever reason. The young lady gets pregnant.  Under the current laws, she has all the power.  She can choose to have the baby, and make the young man pay child support until the child is grown, or she can choose to kill the baby.  She never has to ask the young man his opinion and he has no rights whatsoever in the situation.  She doesn't even have to tell him. 

Ladies.....the body inside your body is not your body.  You should not own all the rights.  You and the young man who conceived this child together are its parents and you have a RESPONSIBILITY to preserve this baby's life and raise it to adulthood. 

If you don't want this responsibility you have two choices.  Get on some reliable form of birth control (the pull out method does not count) or close your legs and stop having sex.  Murder is not a choice, it is a crime. 

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Next Issue..... This election we have coming up. 

I can read all the "facts" and listen to the debates, but the real fact is, neither of these guys is telling the whole truth. They're telling us what they think the people in their party want to hear.  That works well for them when people identify only with one party.  It doesn't work so well for them when they're dealing with me. 

I am a registered Republican, which is probably a big surprise to some people.  I am fiscally conservative.  I believe in small government. I believe all entitlement programs need to be REFORMED.  There is too much abuse of the system and too many handouts.  People are starting to think the government is supposed to give them everything.  That's not the way it should work, and it won't work.  PEOPLE should work. 

However, on some issues, I am pretty liberal.  Marriage for example.  I don't think the government should be making laws about who can and cannot get married.  Marriage as a religious entity is none of the government's concern.  Constitutionally, I have freedom of religion and freedom from religion and there is to be separation of Church and State.  This means there should be no laws made that cater to, are based on, or discriminate against any religion.  Each religious group should hold its members to their own standards of marriage and that is between them and God.  Marriage as a legal contract, however, should be open to any two people who are willing to enter into that contract be they gay, straight, same race, interracial, christian, atheist, or whatever.  It is not the governments business to tell people who they can and cannot love or who they can and cannot share benefits, taxes, bills, or insurance with. 

So I ask you.....Where is MY candidate for president? 

I have to vote in this election based on the issues that have affected my life the most in the past 4 years and based on what I want for the next 4 years.  Gay marriage and abortion don't affect me personally other than the fact that I don't want my tax money paying for babies to DIE, and I have homosexual friends that I think should be allowed to marry. 

This is what does affect me:

I now have to PAY for insurance that used to be free through my job and now the coverage is not as good.
My tax rate has increased every year over the last few years
Gas prices are astronomical

I'm not even going to get into education or my job as a teacher because so much of that is STATE and not
FEDERAL. 

Romney or Obama....That is the question.  You make your choice and I'll make mine.  The majority will win and we will all have to live with it.

....All you're ever gonna be is MEAN

My husband is getting on my nerves this week.  I just deleted a rant on all the things that he does that aggravate me.  I feel much better now.  I know i'm supposed to be telling it like it is, but it would have been rude to post mean things about him in such a public forum.  I really wish high school girls and recently graduated girls would learn that.  They say the meanest things about each other on facebook and its just not cute.  It just lets everyone know how mean they are.  They attack each other so publicly when they can hide behind the internet, but they would never say these things to each other in person.  People who attack others like this are usually jealous of something the other person has accomplished or insecure about themselves.  I guess if you have nothing going on in your life, you plenty of time to put others down.  To those who have been victims of this kind of internet bullying, i would say this:  focus on the next big thing going on in your life, and leave the past behind you. 

I also can't stand it when girls talk about how pretty they are on facebook or any other social networking site.  first of all, i would never presume to be pretty.  second of all, i would not want to be valued based on my looks.  Looks are genetics.  of course, with some grooming, a not so hot looking person can look pretty good, but its mostly up to chromosomes and dna.  you are not special because you are pretty and you are not pretty just because you say so.  Try studying and being valued on your brains, or doing something nice for someone less fortunate and being valued for your compassion. 

also, the statement "if you got it, flaunt it" does not apply to your gut.  If you have a belly, cover it up.  no one wants to see all that hanging out.  you don't look skinnier by wearing smaller clothes.  you look fatter.  go up a couple of sizes and i guarantee you will look much nicer.  clothes that fit do not cost more than clothes that are too small.

When you walk in the mall, walk on the right side of the "street."  If you must walk at a snails pace, don't do so shoulder to shoulder with 12 of your friends.  get out of my way.  you may not have anywhere to go, but i'm here to shop and i'd like to get from one place to another in a timely fashion.  

ok.  that's all i've got for today. 

My very first blog post

After constantly receiving the message that my facebook status contained too many characters, i decided that i must have too much to say.  I figured a blog was the best way for me to get it all out there.  most people know that i will "tell it like it is" on pretty much any subject so i intend to use this blog for that purpose.  I'm not trying to solve the worlds problems here; i just want to get some things off my chest from time to time.  i hope you love it or hate it or at least it makes you think about what i have to say enough that you will come back for more.