Where I stand on a couple of things

I have found that after posting my last blog that alot of things I believe in really contradict.

Ron Paul sounds good. But he probably won't get the nomination. I would rather him than McCain. I may vote for Hilary too. I have a week to decide before the primary.

So I am going to post a new blog. I really enjoy writing. I am finding it hard to take criticism in my writing. I will try not to take it personally.

I have 7 children. I have to think about how all these issues are going to affect their future.

Honestly, most of things I have talked about are things that I have heard from my husband. So I am a parrot of my husband. I irritated myself for not thinking on my own.

I am trying to teach my children to be their own person and yet I was being a hypocrite all the while.

Here are some issues I want to discuss from my own opinion.

Gay marriage. If a gay couple wants to be married I don't have a problem with that. It doesn't affect my children whether you are married or have a civil union. Like I said before I love my gay friends. My husband hates the fact that I have gay friends.

I am pro-life still. I haven't changed that.

I support our troops but I think it is ridiculous to be in Iraq when they don't want us there in the first place. I believe they should come home with their families and protect our borders.. I think I said that before. I am still trying to figure out how we got from going to get Osama Bin laden to going after Saddam Hussein? That boggles my mind.

About Saddam. I saw him hanged. I thought it was very sad.. Even though he didn't rule his people very kindly I still felt sad for him.

As for having empathy for low income families. I grew up poor. Very poor. We hid from our landlord because we couldn't pay rent. My mom dug through dumpsters for food or what ever she could find. We lived on survival crackers for years. People would try to help and my dad would yell at them to leave us alone and we were fine. I have stood in line at food banks hoping to get some cheese and some milk. I know the feeling. We had welfare. Back then you could buy a few groceries and get cash back. My dad would buy smokes and liquer and drugs. I have so much empathy for the poor. I have tried to help the best I could with food and cash and giving my time to people.

I believe every child deserves a chance to live. I can never change on that point.

I am tired of the arguement on Separation of church and state.

As for illegal immigration. A person who comes to this country illegally is breaking the law. Why would we reward someone for breaking the law by allowing them to stay here?

And about being Patriotic. I again am not a fascist. I love my country so much but I cannot stand the government. I use to not be patriotic. In fact when I was young I had a german symbol on my arm. I refused to say the pledge of allegiance. I hated this country. It was because of all that I had experienced in my young life.

I had a high school teacher take me aside and he said to me: You stand there so smug, not honoring this country and our soldiers who fought for it. When the soldiers of the past,present and future are the ones who have paid the price for your rights to the very freedoms you are expressing right now.

Well, he made me feel bad for not wanting to say the pledge of allegiance. I have said every since. Because he was right. I wouldn't have the freedoms if it weren't for the men and women who fought for them.

We need less government. I worry that it is getting so big and everone wants something from the government whether it be healthcare or free medicines. To security from terrorists.

Gerald Ford said: A government big enough to give you everything you want, is a government who can take everything you own away from you.

Those are my thoughts for now.

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