I believe...

War on Terrorism

That there are people in this world that are narrow minded enough to believe that the War of Terrorism is about one man or one nation; that once we have Osama Bin Ladan that it will be over; that Iraq was not a threat on many levels beyond possible weapons of mass destruction and mythical links to 9/11.

There are people so blinded by the ideology saying Bush was "lying" about the WMDs, but Clinton and the UN were not when they were talking about it in the previous administration.

That one can be a patriot and still criticize Bush's policies, but much of the left's inflammatory rhetoric is tantamount to aiding and abetting the enemy.

That politics and partisanship have intruded too strongly into military issues.  I miss the days of WWII where the public was united against an enemy.  

Terrorism in all forms is the enemy now, and anyone who houses and aids the terrorists should be the ones we are united against. 

Politics

James Madison, the fourth president, known as "The Father of Our Constitution" made the following statement: 

"We have staked the whole of all our political institutions upon the capacity of mankind for self-government, upon the capacity of each and all of us to govern ourselves, to control ourselves, to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God." 

James Madison also said:

"If tyranny and oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy."

That there are basically two types of people in the world

• those that trust the citizens with the money they earn and those that trust the government with the money the citizens earn.
  
  
• those that believe that the best way to reduce the disparate differences in rich and poor is to allow them the maximum freedom and reduced tax burden to allow people to do what they need to do to get to the level of wealth they want legally, and those that believe only the government can do it for them.
  
  
• those that believe that the graduated tax system that taxes more to the rich reduce the incentive to become rich and thus reduces the success of the economy and empowers those that politically feed off the less-fortunate and less-successful, and those that believe that there is some kind of moral obligation to tax the rich more.
  
  
• those that believe that the Earth is far larger and more resilient than we give it credit for and those that give humans effects on the Earth far more credit than it disserves
  
  
• those that see human beings are a part of nature and those that see human beings as a blight on nature.
  
  
• those that believe in a certain moral guidance from a higher power and those that believe human beings set their own compass and morality changes with the times
  
  
• those that believe that law is written to allow people to do what they "ought" to do and those that believe that law should be written to limit what everyone else is doing "but not me."
  
  
• those that believe that the Constitution is a unchanging document, solid in its statements and unmoving in its guidelines and those that believe that it is a "living and breathing document that changes with the times."
  
  

The fact that I am against gay marriage and against accepting homosexuality as normal does not make me a homophobe or say that I hate gays.  It means that I believe homosexuality will happen but I refuse to allow it to be accepted as normal, like I refuse to accept the behavior behind alcoholism as normal. I believe it hurts the overall society as a whole to accept it as normal.  Our birth rate at this point is low enough.

That behavior is not a civil right.

That divorce is wrong, but because of other factors in society set up after years of liberalism, women's lib, and the sixties "free love" generation, the foundations of marriage and finding a mate have been severely weakened.  From the over-sexing of our teens through the media to more woman not staying home to raise their children, divorce has sky-rocketed since the 60s.  And honestly, I believe that the internet has sustained those numbers, if not increased them. The only way we can reduce divorce is to change society again in some way, which I believe is unlikely.

That Abortion for convenience is wrong. I do not believe in a federal ban on abortion but I do believe that the federal government has no business ruling either way.  It should be left to the state level.

That taxes to fund social programs that reallocate wealth is legalized stealing.

That financial freedom will lead to more people with successful and wealthy lives while government social program will insure financial mediocrity.

That if the Earth recovered from an asteroid strike, it can recover from human produced pollution.

That socialism is Communist-light and the central goal of the democrat leadership in US politics.

That Republicans are also politicians and succumb to the same weaknesses as any other politician.

That we need a truly conservative party.

That Libertarianism is just a few steps from anarchy.

That our system means MAJORITY rules, no matter what side wins the election. I also believe in the Electoral College and its Majority.

That Court Justices should rule on existing law, using the Constitution as the primary static measuring stick and not create new law to fit their own political agendas.  The Congress legislates, the courts do not.  Also, those that oppose certain law should debate and convince others of their opinion to make change and not use the courts to create new law.

That federal courts have no jurisdiction over state law.  I do not believe that the Federal government has any business deciding what goes on at the state level, including Abortion, teenage execution, medical marijuana and private property rights.  We are a collection of federated states - those states should have a certain autonomy to allow their population to vote on what kind of state they live in (and let MAJORITY RULE).  So if I want South Carolina to ban abortion, it should be allowed to be voted on and if you don't like that, you can move to a state that allows it.

That we legislate morality every day but it should be done at the state level.

General Life

That there is a bell-curve to almost every human characteristic and condition and now matter what you do to eliminate that side of the bell curve, there will always be people on that side of it - may it be the poor, may it be the uneducated, may it be violence and criminals. 

The Federalist Papers should be required reading in high school history.

People deserve a second chance. And a third. But once they strike out three times, they desserve no more. I no longer trust or deal with that person in that manner.