May We Live in Interesting Times

Tonight in Texas, Tea Party challenger Ted Cruz defeated a more establishment Republican in a runoff election, making him a shoe-in for the Texas Senate seat.  A supporter at his victory rally was quoted in the NY Times as saying "I love it, we need more conservative Christians in office".  Read the Times' report here

On the opposite side of the aisle, Democrats are rallying around party support for gay marriage and healthcare, and upholding women's rights.

Clearly faith and social opinions are polarizing topics, but should these issues cause so much anger as to prevent any kind of compromise, the way they have in Congress since 2010.  Even in a single household, people don't agree on everything, and compassionate family members give and take to help each other find happiness and achieve their goals.

Here are eight serious problems that effect liberal and conservative alike, and have nothing to do with social or religious issues.

1.  Excessive private debt, mortgages in 2009, student loans up next.

2.  Increasing high school drop outs and unemployment due to lack of job encouragement in the economy,

3.  Decaying infrastructure.

4.  Excessive public debt that will not be solved in the foreseeable future.  -The answer is not as simple as shutting government down

5.  Unfunded tax cuts, unfunded pension liabilities, unfunded Medicare. In other words, the government is going broke.

6.  Increasing gap between the rich and the poor. Social instability.

7.  Embracing wishful thinking "this time is different, the Fed will solve our problems, etc." [the end is nigh]

8.  An idiot class of politicians. [on both sides of the aisle]

Courtesy of: http://www.businessinsider.com/can-america-resolve-its-major-problems-2011-8#ixzz22Gg7jPyO

What would it take to leave gay marriage, abortion and Christian faith at the doorstep and fix this mess together before it destroys our Nation?

Conservatives couldn't be happier with Obama's recent "You didn't build that" remark but this blogger has been agreeing with him for years.  To claim that ANY business owner has not directly benefited from America's electric grid, internet networks, highway system and financial institutions (which he/she has paid for in part with taxes) is to take the side of the brooding teenager who scorns his parents after they have so painstakingly raised him.  These investments take time, paying taxes is a form of transfer between generations: we help fund for our children the same advantages which our parents funded for us.

Am I wrong dude?