The Rich Wasp

I would like to wish all of my readers a very merry Christmas.  Blogging should resume after I’ve had an opportunity to recover from the abundant supply of delicious food.

I just thought I’d write a quick post to let you know that my blogging time is going to be limited this month as I have other things that I need to work on.  I’m also feeling stressed out this Holiday Season, so I need to kick back and relax a bit more.

When Evan Bayh was the Governor of Indiana, he seemed to be closer to the political center.  He almost seemed to be a conservative Democrat.  Since he moved to Washington to take a seat as Indiana’s junior Senator, he seems to be just another liberal Democrat.  Am I correct in my perception of this shift?  For example, it seemed to me that as a Governor he had a reasonably pro-gun record.  However in 2004, the National Rifle Association gave him a D- and the Gun Owners of America gave him an F.  I can’t recall (or imagine) an Indiana Governor having an NRA rating other than an A.  Is this just because no anti-gun laws made it out of the legislature when Bayh was governor?

Earlier I wrote a sarcastic post that my blog was going somewhere because I got my first storm of comment spam.   Today I have much happier milestone to report.  I’ve been blogrolled by two people, Jeff of Hoosier Illuminati and Og of Neanderpundit.  Thank you both.

Remember Ross Perot and his charts from the 1992 Presidential Election?  Well it seems he’s back.  He isn’t running for President, but he’s put charts up on the Internet.  The charts actually do a good job of the problems we are going to face if we don’t fix the spending problem and the entitlement crisis.

Early this morning in a two minute period, I got my first seven comment spams.  From seven different IP addresses no less.

Thanks to Instapundit, we know.  There are already Facebook sites created by idiots who want Obama impeached.  Has anyone told them that if any of them realizes what happens if they accomplish their goal?  If Obama were impeached, the next President of the United States would be Joseph Biden.  Who in their right minds would want that?

I believe in the Constitution of the United States of America and this great and wonderful country.  While I have concerns about the viability and consequences of President-elect Obama’s policies, I will be a member of the loyal opposition.  When I disagee, I will be critical, but my criticism will targeted at why the proposal will not work, and what should be done about it.

The President-elect and I disagree very strongly about what is the right course for our country.  I plan on fully exercising my rights under the First Amendment to be critical of the President-elect’s policies and proposals when they are wrong.  Furthermore whenever the President-elect gets something right, I will point it out, and give him the credit for doing it.

This post by Og brought back to me a post I have been thinking about writing for some time.

First some background as to what I think Christianity is.  I believe that we all fall short of our God given potential.  In other words we sin.  A pastor friend of mine once told me the the word sin is derived from a Hebrew word that means to miss the mark.  I further believe that God loves sinners but hates sin.  I also believe that God sent His Son, Jesus Christ to die for our sins.

Many on the left would have you believe that we should help the less fortunate because they deserve it.  I think that Christian Charity is something far different.   I believe that we should help the less fortunate not because they deserve it.  We should instead help them because they don’t deserve it any more than I deserve to enter Heaven or have Christ die for my sins.

There is more to not sinning than simply obeying a list of thou shalt nots.  I believe we have to use those talents God has given us to make the world a better place.  I have been coasting through much of life instead of using my God given potential. This is in my opinion a much greater sin than those events in my mildly misspent youth which are more blatantly obvious as sins.

Christianity is about dispensing mercy not justice.  Do you want to live in a world where everyone gets exactly what they deserve, or do you want to live in a world where everyone is treated better than they deserve?  If you prefer the former, and find yourself one day in front of a closed set of pearly gates, I suggest you think twice before pounding on the pearly gates and demanding Justice.  For if you do this, I believe that God will respect your wishes and open those pearly gates to let you out.

If you would care to repeat the Great Depression, please go out and vote for Barack Obama next Tuesday November 4th.  If you would prefer another early 80’s or 90’s recession instead, please vote for John McCain instead.

The Great Depression was made siginificantly worse by the policies of Herbert Hoover and FDR.  Republicans have learned their lessons since the mistakes of Herbert Hoover.  However, the Democratic party has learned nothing from the mistakes of FDR.  Herbert Hoover made two mistakes, signing the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act into law in 1930 and changing the tax rate the richest Americans pay from 24% to 65% in 1932.  FDR’s mistakes are too numerous to list, I will simply include the largest of which was increasing the top tax rate from 65% to 90% in 1934.