Kevin’s Vent

Governer Christie of New Jersey doesn’t hold to the double talk of most politicians, finally a breath of fresh air. My favorite quote “I came here to govern, not worry about getting re-elected”

stump (stmp)

1. n. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.
2. v.To traverse (a district or region) making political speeches.

I went stumping with our City Councilman, Gil Almquist today. Now I’ve never been much for politicians, but I got a knock on our door today from Mr Almquist, and he was very convincing:

Hi, I’m Gil Almquist, and I noticed you’ve been working on those two stumps out front, and I have my backhoe, want some help pulling them out?

He proceeded to spend the next hour helping me, a complete stranger, pull two tree stumps out of my yard with his tractor. Then he even disposed of them. He didn’t mention the city council or government at all, I brought that up, he was just being a good neighbor (see Mark 12:31)

Why can’t our other elected officials be more like that?

Vote Gil Almquist in 2011

(Yeah, I used the <marquee> tag on a webpage, I haven’t done that in years)

I happened across this article written in 2006 about Obama and Abortion, and the detail was quite sickening. At the start of this race I was fairly ambivalent, but the closer we get to the election, the more I dread and fear the thought of his winning.

From Why Jesus would not vote for Barack Obama:

In February 2004, U.S. Senate candidate Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle, sent a fund-raising letter with the "alarming news" that "right-wing politicians" had passed a law stopping doctors from stabbing half-born babies in the neck with scissors, suctioning out their brains and crushing their skulls. Wouldn’t supporters please pay $150 to attend a luncheon for her husband, who would fight against "cynical ploy[s]" to stop it?

Obama insinuated opposition to abortion is based only on religion, lecturing pro-lifers like me to "explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths, including those with no faith at all."

I don’t recall mentioning religion when I testified against live-birth abortion. I only recall describing a live aborted baby I held in a hospital soiled utility room until he died, and a live aborted baby who was accidentally thrown into the trash.

Obama stated pro-life proposals must be "amenable to reason."

OK, Sen. Obama, let’s reason. Explain why you support abortion for whatever rationale, at whatever gestation, by whatever means. Explain why you support infanticide, if banning it might interfere with abortion.

Then, since you brought it up, explain how, despite all that, you think Jesus should vote for you, either now or in the hereafter, particularly given His statement, "It would be better to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around the neck than to face the punishment in store for harming one of these little ones."