Change is needed!

Reading Tony Perkins' latest Washington Update has me thinking again about change. What gives the members of congress the right to add to a bill that is supposed to help with supplemental money to our soldiers. Think about this, there could be two reasons for this. Reason 1 is the hope that the bill passes and they can get their controversial legislation through or could it be that they are just trying to kill a bill using this add-on and make it look like this supplement for the soldiers was denied by the radical right (christian) segment of our government. Looks can be deceiving. I just can't come up with any good reason for someone to add abortion legislation to a bill that will help soldiers. This underhanded way of doing business in the government has to stop! Call it what you want but abortion is legalized murder as far as I am concerned, and I would love to know what God thinks about it. I have a feeling he feels the same. Getting back to the bill, the people who will benefit from this bill will be NASA, health care, millions of dollars for pet projects for the government infrastructure. This should be for the support of our troops and their families not the special interest groups that help pad the pockets of our congress men and representatives.

Next, how can a federal court in Virginia strike down that state's partial birth abortion ban, when the Supreme Court last year upheld the ban on this procedure. I thought the Supreme Court was supreme when it comes to the courts. Oh give me a break, the Fourth Circuit court struck down the law by a 2 to 1 vote, stated that it was still unconstitutional, this time because it might be used against an abortionist who started a legal abortion and then ACCIDENTALLY (what!) performed a partial-birth abortion (OMG). That is like saying gee officer I saw the light was red, but I accidentally hit my accerlerator, hmmm! I don't think that would work, and it should in this case either.

So what do you think.

If Nothing Changes!

If nothing changes, then nothing changes! Sounds simple, but inside that comment is a profound statement. We Americans want something to change, but we do not want to start the change. Let someone else do the changing for us. I think the reason for us not wanting to make changes, is change sometimes hurts. It does not feel good. We wind up losing something that we really do not want to give up. Sometimes change causes us to lose some of our freedoms, such as when we realize that we need to be on a budget. That means that you can't do some of the things that you want to do, and now you are limited on what you can spend. Oh my God we can't have that!

We wake up every morning and we see that same old news just repeated each day. The American society is crying out for change to occur. Is it possible that deep down inside the American society we really don't want change? We elect and re-elect the same or sometimes different people, but they are spitting out the same rhetoric as their predecessors. How can a society change when we keep repeating the same mistakes, we keep hiding the truth, we actually regurgitate the same stuff we want changed! If you don't believe me just listen to the people that are around you, in the stores, at your work, anywhere. You'll hear it and you will be amazed at what you do hear!

If we really want change then it is time to stand up and be men and women who see a change is needed and have the wherewithal to set out on a course that will lead to change. You can't change the world, but you can change your world. Then when your world changes and people see it, then maybe other worlds will change.