My Cause is more Moral than Your Cause

Hello, sports-fans, and any other readers; Today's topic is the Civil War. First off, allow me to comment on the fact that this issue seems a little over/ ill used in what I have seen in my southern state, Texas. Most assume that, me being a Texan, I despise the illusory "Yankee" and quote the unattractive phrase, "the south shall rise again." However, I do not. Then they assume that I am unpatriotic. That I am a "traitor" to the south and a northern sympathizer.

Now, no one actually uses these terms, nor do they think by them (I hope), yet the accusations and arguments against me by many fellow Texans are clear of their meaning.
That being said, I shall tell you a little history lesson on what the Civil War truthfully was and what it did to us, Northern and Southern.

First off, why was the war fought? Two reasons, at least for the layman, for the politicians always have their own reasons; one, because the Southerners wanted freedom to do what they wanted; two, because the Northerners wanted to be a whole United States without any differences. Both had the best intentions in the world, but chose bloodshed in order to fulfill those intentions. "What about the slavery issue, huh? Does the Imansa-somthin' Proclamation mean anything?" NO! (gasp) Attention all people, slavery was in both the North and the South pre-Civil War. Slavery, under the guise of "indentured workers," was still being practices, willfully on the sides of both the slaves and the masters, by most of the same people after the Civil War. During the First World War, racism was still rampant.
But enough of that. Next point, who was fighting it? America on one side and... America on the other. Who lost? Who won? America lost, and... America won... at a dear price? So, that was bad, yes? So why would we, as the south, want to rise again if we are America? Leave America alone and fight someone else, get your frustration out on evil people like Russia or Iraq or somewhere.

Next on the list, what was the outcome, and what would have been the outcome if the South won? The North won, right? What happened? We turned from separate states to a super country of semi-imaginary states. Their is differences in the states, but now we are all controlled by big government. That is bad! Very bad. It is what free men fight against. So what would have happened if the South won? Not much better. It's not exactly clear since it did not happen, but imagine being Texas now with a separate country above us that hates us and is trying to kill us. "That won't happen because there won't be a North. We'll just..." Just what? Kill them all? Force them to join our super country of big government? Or worse, set a precedent of annexation and war that would continue for the rest of our history?

This is what would have been better; we should have never had it. "What about the slaves?" Make laws about the slaves. Don't allow them to be mistreated. I'm talking about the ideal now; this is not even possible nowadays because we can't change the past. All I am saying to do now is, for those Republic of Texas weirdos, stop telling me to be Northernist!

-Caleb

08 indys [CAUTION: DISTURBING IMAGE(S)]

With Sen. McCain the presumptive Republican nominee, true conservatives like me can't vote Republican...so I am considering all the independents running for election in 08...

...except him.

I would have to say I've never seen a more hysterical campaign poster. I died laughing for like five minutes when I saw it.

That scary looking dude is Frank Moore, independent communist running for office. It is now official, folks, liberalism is not only a mental disorder, but it can also lead to debilitating eww-ness.

How insane does this guy have to be think he has a chance? The thought of him being president is not even a lame joke. It should be a crime to tell "certain" people they could be the next president.

Check out Frank Moore's delusional policies*

*in case you missed it, i don't support franky.

Conservatives and Consistency

With the '08 elections coming up (holy cow, we're already talking about them? We didn't even get a nap after the '06 elections), I'm concerned about inconsistency with conservatives. Ok, first, I'll talk strictly politically, and then spiritually.

I'm sure you noticed the quote in the above image, while that may not be word for word, is similar to what Mr. Limbaugh said during the '04 elections. You know him, Mr. Hannity, and every conservative (yourself included, if you're conservative) talked about how the democrats (liberals) were just voting against Bush. You probably heard or said, 'If there was just a blank line where the democratic candidate's name (Kerry) should be, liberals would vote democrat.' And they [we] were right, they would have voted for a dead man just as quickly as Kerry. But, now, it seems as if we're doing the same thing. Ever heard of the 'Stop Hillary express'? Sean Hannity says his show is the 'Stop Hillary express', and conservatives everywhere say, 'Oh, no, anything buy Hillary!'. Obviously, Mrs. Bill Clinton (as Rush most cleverly calls her) is wrong on 99.99999999% of her ideas and beliefs, and reminds me of Orwell's Big Brother, in the book 1984, but that's beside the point. The point is, it's rather hypocritical to attack liberals for voting against something, and then doing the very thing you attacked.
So, would I vote the big 'R' if Mrs. Bill Clinton was the 'D' candidate? Only if I agreed with the 'R' candidate, without a thought for Mrs. Bill Clinton. If I didn't find that I agreed with the 'R', I would vote third party. Let's put it this way, if Guliani, Romney, or McCain won the GOP nomination, I would not vote 'R'. Simple as that.

My second point is, if you voted 'R' to 'Stop Hillary', because you're horrified of what life would be like during her reign (which I am), then I say to you, as best said by our savior, 'Why are ye fearful, O, Ye of little faith?' To do anything out of fear is to put your faith in something besides Christ. Do what is right and leave the rest to God.

And now, about this time, I realize that I'm not old enough to vote.