Americans Must Always Act On Conscience.

You might not have heard about this at the time but I did, and it has been bouncing around in my head for a few months.  A pharmacist refused to fill a prescription for birth control because of his religious beliefs.  At first, I rolled my eyes and thought about how so many Christians push there convictions on others, but then I watched something the History Channel (sometimes called the Hitler Channel for its large focus on World War Two).

Under the Third Reich terrible things were required of the citizens by law.  In my heart I believe the people of Germany are no more evil than any other people group, but they did the worst things in all of history.  Why?  Well, they had a leader who had charisma and a hate filled goal.  They had hate of their own, anger, and the technology to carry out revenge.  Many countries have these things, why did Germany succumb to it all?

It was the State ethics and morals usurping the place of individual conviction and conscience.  The laws said one must carry out orders, and orders were carried out.  If the people of Germany decided that they would not participate in the brutality, than the brutality would not have happened.

The pharmacist sees birth control and wrong, the United States government sees it as a right of an individual to prevent a pregnancy if she chooses.  If we as a people stand up and refuse to allow the government to determine right and wrong for us, and always seek the highest ethics and morals, we can ensure that no massacre is on our heads.  We can ensure that no people are trampled beneath us.

Playing the ‘Playing the Race Card’ Card

I hope I am the one to coin that phrase. If you were not paying attention to the O.J. Simpson trial, Wikipedia has a pretty good definition of the Race Card.

I don’t know if Obama brought up race for is own benefit, or if he benefited by it when he said he, “doesn’t look like all those other presidents on those dollar bills.” I don’t care, I already know what he looks like compared to the other presidents. I might even say skin color won’t show that much when printed in green ink. Which I hope happens; America could use a currency worthy president.

McCain, however, definitely played the ‘played the race card’ card by trying to gain an advantage by accusing Obama of gaining an advantage by accusing McCain & Co. of being racist. The New York Times writes about the whole thing here.

I have a hard time staying optimistic in times like these.