Who do you think you are, you 47%?

What Romney said wasn't a total surprise to me.  I assumed he thought like that, the same with most conservatives.  I have been seeing a lot of comments on this issue from conservatives saying they agree with what Romney said.  They think that those people, that Romney refers to as the 47%, are leaching off the government instead of trying to better their lives by themselves.  They think the poor liberals don't want to work hard, they just want everything to be handed to them. 

Party Platform Blunders

Video: The Young Turks on Democrats readmitting reference to God and Jerusalem identification as Israel's capital to their platform with a voice vote.    

I am less concerned with the fumbling around and am more interested in what it revealed.  We can Learn two things from this video:

The Distribution of Wealth

Conservative perspective: I work hard to receive the money I have.  It is then taken away from me and given to someone who is lazy and chooses not to work.  The person receiving the financial support has no reason to go get a job now and be a productive member of society because that person gets paid to do nothing.  Those individuals who are unemployed and poor should work harder to find jobs and make their own money, not leech that money from the people being productive. 

The Ultimate Goals for the Progress of Humanity

I feel like I got detached from the purpose of my blog in my last post, being sucked into the gravitational pull of an ill-articulated attempt at political warfare, and for that I apologize.  This blog is supposed to be my platform from which I can dive into and attempt to understand the various views of progress.  This means I must try and understand all beliefs equally, even claims that I personally perceive to be ludicrous. 

Are They The 5 Best Sentences You'll Ever Read?

When we try to simplify things we can end up with ideas or claims that at first look may appear correct and so easy to understand, however they are often making too many assumptions and are lacking in other necessary variables.  So I am going to quickly show how these statements can be wrong, and prove that these are far from that best 5 sentences you'll ever read.

The Gun Debate - Intro

I have been studying and dwelling on the issue of gun control for a while.  I come from a family that enjoys their guns, and that does not want anything to do with guns.  That is to say that my family is split.  I have been able to hear both sides of the argument.  Still, I have to look beyond my family's feelings towards guns to discover what I believe to be the solution to gun violence. 

Chik-Fil-A: Government Banning

Governments should not have the authority to ban a business based on their expressed religious and personal beliefs.  It is against the laws of our country, and what America stands for, to discriminate against someone and their business solely on their beliefs, and that is exactly what is being done to Chik-Fil-A. Boston mayor Thomas Menino has expressed Chik-Fil-A is not welcomed there.  When the government bans something you like for no reason except that they disagree with it on personal and religious standards, you feel a just amount of anger.  You feel what it is like to be persecuted.  You feel what it is like to have a tyrannical authority take away your rights and freedoms. 

Should news organizations claiming to tell the truth be legally obligated to do so?

Viewers watch news programs because they want to be informed on current events and they do not have the time or the resources to find this information on their own.  Viewers rely on getting accurate information from the news, but how often do they actually receive this.

A call for opposing arguments: Why should the age of candidacy not be lowered to 18 years of age?

What arguments can you make against lowering the minimum age of candidacy for Congress to 18 years of age?  Arguments should be structured with premises, inferences, and a conclusion (loose structure is okay as long as the premises can be clearly identified).  Let's try to keep this an intelligent conversation and do this with as much credibility as possible.  If you have not already read the argument for lowering the minimum age then follow this link to read up on it: http://www.change.org/petitions/united-states-congress-lower-the-minimum-age-for-candidacy

Why is it important?

I started a petition a short time ago.  The only reason I would actually go through the trouble of writing a petition is if there was nothing else out there like it.  The issue I bring up is not one being talked about by most people.  I would say that it isn't being talked about by anyone but I have no way to know that for sure.  The point is, no one is making an issue of it, so I did.  My petition is about lowering the age of candidacy in congress to 18 years of age.  

Are we all progressives?

A progressive cannot be defined by which actions he/she supports on political issues.  A progressive is defined by which he/she seeks to achieve as a whole, that is, someone who seeks improvement or positive change.  If anyone says the world is perfect, or even that this nation is perfect, then they are highly misinformed and unaware of all the struggles, sufferings, and injustices currently happening and constantly occurring in our society.