Another article people have to read for themselves appears below, therefore it is posted in its entirety. We are not going to comment from the post. All 3 moderators do not agree on the topic of abortion. Therefore, we will not comment from the post.
UPDATE: Thread titled changed. I just found that too offensive to have sitting there on this blog.
RICHMOND – Western Prince William Del. Bob Marshall, R-13th, says disabled children are God’s punishment to women who have aborted their first pregnancy.
He made that statement last Thursday at a press conference to oppose state funding for Planned Parenthood.
“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican.
Colin Powell, former Secretary of State under George W. Bush, and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has spoken out on Face the Nation about national security and whether we are as safe now as we were under former President Bush. Powell says yes. Very little has changed under President Obama and most of the policies put in place by President Bush are still in place.
“To suggest that somehow we have become much less safer because of the actions of the administration, I don’t think that’s borne out by the facts,” Powell said on CBS’s “Face the Nation.”
Colin Powell also stated:
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence was also created under President Bush, “and it is still under President Obama, working hard,” Powell continued. “Our counterterrorism authorities and forces are hard at work. Our law enforcement officials are hard at work. We have gone after the enemy in Afghanistan with 50,000 more troops, more predators are striking al-Qaida and Taliban leaders in Pakistan. We have continued the policies that President Bush put in place with respect to Iraq. And so I don’t know where the claim comes that we are less safe.”
Powell is a Republican. He shocked many Americans by eventually supporting then Democratic candidate Barack Obama in the presidential bid, ultimately throwing his support to Obama. He said he liked and respected Republican candidate John McCain but he felt he was unsure on the economy and he didn’t feel Sarah Palin was ready to take over as president, which is the VP’s job.
Powell’s discussion on security begins about 10:00
Powell reminds us of the need to search for compromise. He feels our system is in some disarray. Powell has always seemed like the voice of reason and truly a person of the people. He speaks to concerns over military trials over criminal trials. Colin Powell is a smart man. I always find him to be reassuring.
It seems that our politicians get crucified by their base if they compromise. The American voter has to get over this idea that compromise is tantamount to caving in. If we don’t learn to accept compromise and common ground, then we simply need to begin procedings to divide the country. It is absolutely ridiculous to never get anything done because congress fears that compromise will get them thrown out of office.
