Politics Nov. 2022 voting and election news

No, they should not be decided state by state. Abortion is a national problem and should be decided at that level. A woman in Florida needs her abortion just as much as a woman in California. Anyhow how dare anyone tell a grown woman that her decision arrived at with the help of her doctor and not affecting you or I that she can not choose for herself. That decision is up to her and not me.

 

The lowest levels in decades.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/wh...sale-15-million-barrels-reserve-oil-rcna53006

 

My Bible tells me differently, Lanny. But, that's already been thoroughly discussed in here.

I'll tell anyone in here. My views on this subject will not change. Ever.

 

Never have I been so bugged by telemarketers and robo texts during an election than I have this year.

Do these candidates not understand that between the non stops commercials and internet ads people have made up their minds and the pestering constantly might harm their chances of peoples votes?

I’ve gotten 2 calls already on a Saturday morning. Damn!

 

That says nothing. If the previous low level had been 1 Million barrels out of nearly 600 Million barrels and it dipped 2 Million barrels you could say that it was twice as low as our previous low point.
60% 0f 600 Million barrels is still a healthy reserve.

 

Once you vote that all stops. We vote early and get spared all that hassle.

 

Don’t forget to bring your bible to the voting booth with you just in case you need a reference point on some of the measures.

lol good grief.

 

I carry it in my head and heart, especially when Matthew talks about Christ proclaiming that if you want to endear yourself to Christ you should help the most disadvantaged among us.
Our priest stopped by our house yesterday and as he gave us Communion he told us how that was to be in our service November 13. Beautiful.

Here's my grandfather's Thanksgiving prayer which I'm having engraved on my tombstone -

Oh heavenly Father,

We thank thee for food and
remember the hungry.

We thank thee for health and
remember the sick.

We thank thee for friends and
remember the friendless.

We thank thee for Freedom and
remember the enslaved.

May these remembrances
stir us to service
that thy gifts to us
may be used for others.

Amen

 

Training should be constant with police as it is with doctors and other professions.

 

Yes, and I might add that it's required of those who wish to retain their professional engineer's (PE) license.

 

with all due respect, fuck your bible

 

The Bible is a beautiful thing if you don't interpret it with a jaundiced eye.
The Bible does not condemn neither homosexuality nor abortion. We even have women, gay and lesbian priests.
And before you cry foul just consider that our church contains scholars who have researched this thoroughly.

 

I wonder if the Bible said vote for three times married serial adulterer, sexual abuser, corrupt ignorant incompetent narcissist?

 

the bible should have nothing to do with how we run our country.

 

In my church we separate church from politics. We teach how to be a good person and let the parishioners decide for themselves how to implement that with their individual choice of politics. Church is for people to better themselves morally and politics is telling other people what they must and must not do or ethically. The Bible is not intended to tell people how to vote.

 

At just under 714 million barrels the strategic petroleum reserve is enough oil to supply the US for 35 days at our current consumption rate of around 20 million barrels per day.

 

Your bible has nothing to do with the decision another person should be allowed to make.

I'll hate religion and mock it as the snake oil it is as long as religious people push their beliefs off on others the way you are now.

That is pure evil.

 

Oddly enough-- first time voting via mail for me in Oregon.

I had an issue sealing the envelope because mine just doesn't have enough adhesive on it. Sealed it with scotch tape to make sure it doesn't come open.

Is this going to be an issue?

 

My opinion, people find in their holy book, whatever it is, Bible, Quran, Bhagavad Gita, you name it, confirmation of their views.
So one person can support slavery and segregation because they are Christian and bible says Black people have the mark of Cain, while another hides runaway slaves and fights for civil rights because the bible says all are equal before god. One person slaughters Jews because they are Christian and Jews are descendants of Satan while another risks their life hiding Jews because Jesus was a Jew. One person wants to ban transgender health care, marriage equality and even saying gay because they are Christian and St. Paul said bad things about men having sex with men (but not women) while another supports LGBTQ rights because their Christianity teaches respect for all, even those whom they don't understand. I think all those people would be exactly the same had the bible never been written.

And the state must be religiously neutral.