HeiressofBickworth
HeiressofBickworth's JournalAll one needs to know
is that Mormons believe it is ok to lie to promote mormon interests -- it's called Lying for the Lord. There is a sub-set of lying for the lord which says "milk before meat" which means you get lies and half-truths up front and the rest of the story later. If you examine Romney's campaign plan, it consists of both tactics. First are the outright lies and then the assurance that he will give you his plan AFTER he is elected.
There is a difference
between mocking a religion and pointing out religious doctrine that is in conflict with democracy and/or good taste.
For example, it is simply in poor taste for a church to single out an individual who had no connection to the church when alive to perform a baptism after death. No matter how Mormons excuse it, it reveals a callous, self-righteous, assumption of superiority that non-mormons loathe. It is spitting in the face of the living.
JFK was called upon to define his loyalty to his church vs his loyalty to his country. The main difference between JFK and Romney is that JFK was not an officer, clergy, leader of his church; he was merely a member. Romney is an officer, clergy, leader and spiritual guide of his church who is running for the presidency. I consider this to be a direct violation of the separations clause of the Constitution. Because he is running in that capacity, I believe it is vital that we examine the beliefs and practices of Mormonism as part of the vetting of this candidate.
Congratulations to you in overcoming a set of obstacles I didn't have,
but, I think my story puts me in the 47%, too. My parents were not wealthy but were comfortable. Both my parents worked. I got my first job babysitting when I was 13. When I was 17 I went to work on weekends in a real estate office. I had neither the grades nor the money to attend college but I worked and took classes whenever I could. I got my first job in a law firm as a secretary and set out to read all the state law books in the office. My next job, I started reading case law. At my next job, my employer had faith in me and promoted me to paralegal. I continued to take classes (all at my own expense, by the way) until I became proficient in my work. I was asked to teach the paralegal studies program at the University of Washington which I did for five winter quarters. I then got a job with an engineering company and after 13 years, I retired at the age of 63. I'm now living on social security and medicare. Apparently all the years I worked, paid taxes and took classes to better myself count for nothing in the Romney world because, you see, I never got rich.
How will the right-wing come to any concensus
on WHICH brand of Christianity to adopt (there are so many!), or just how "white" do men have to be -- obviously 1/2 wasn't want they wanted, so how much 1/32 - 1/64? As much as "they" may want to institute a theocracy, they will simply be lost in the details and never be able to make it happen. (or am I just whistling past the graveyard here?)
It has ever been thus
In the 1970's I worked at a "closed-panel" law firm. That means, it was not open to the public but instead served the members of 26 unions at low cost as part of their union benefits. The vast majority of my bankruptcy clients were there due to medical charges not covered by their union medical insurance. In all other parts of their financial lives, they were able to maintain their living costs but when hit with extraordinary medical costs, it all fell apart. I remember my first client -- his wife had a heart attack, the bills were overwhelming, and she died anyway. So there he was, crushing medical bills and no wife. I remember not understanding how, when he had union medical insurance, he was in such dire straights.
I think it depends on what motivates the Koch Bros
If they are not pursuing a passionate vision, they will cut their losses. However, if they have something in mind they think worth the vast sums of money, they will continue to spend. At that point, all it takes is finding the person who knows the computerized voting system and paying that person sufficiently to have things go the Koch-way, and they will cinch the election, regardless of what the voters chose.
The question will be, what has motivated them. The speculation about Adleson is that he figures with a Romney Department of Justice, he will avoid the huge, fortune-depleting fines he might otherwise have to pay for various violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Perhaps the Koch's have some similar skeleton in their closet they figure Romney will cover for them.
Anyway, it's interesting to speculate........
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