O.k., in response to Bob Z.'s challenge, I am going to do nothing but
criticize conservatives in this post.
1) George W. Bush allowed too many people to be executed in Texas. (I
opposed to the death penalty in almost all cases.)
2) Any Republican who criticizes the Bush Administration's recently
proposed immigration policy is wrong - this is a great policy that, if
anything, does not go far enough. They are doubly wrong if they think
that was only proposed to pander to a certain ethnic group. It is the
right policy, it is good for America and it is good for Hispanics. They
are tripply wrong if they criticize it on the grounds of "not respecting
the law." America's current immigration laws are disastrous and
non-sensical. Perhaps the dumbest comment on this issue comes from Sean
Hannity who correctly notes that a guest-worker program is a necessity, but
incredibly, proposes to exclude all the illegal immigrants over here who
already have jobs. Hannity also incredibly thinks that this is a
disastrous thing for our borders - when in fact, by making it much easier
to enter the country, the Bush Administration will effectively put the old
"coyotes" - professional human smugglers - out of business, thus making it
much harder to sneak into the United States.
3) President Bush is wrong to have underfunded the US National Park System.
The crown jewels of America should not be falling into disrepair and
suffer from critical understaffing.
4) Any Republican who doesn't admit that the war on drugs is a failure is
whistling in the dark. This probably includes just about every
politicians in America, sadly, Democrat or Republican. There needs to be
a basic recognition that demand creates supply, and prohibition simply
increases the price - and incentive to supply.
5) President Bush was wrong to abandon his proposed carbon emissions
trading program.
6) The Catholic Church should recognize that non-abortifacent contraceptive
pills are not inherently sinful, and are instead a new technological
development not forseen by previous theologians. (Note, conservative
Catholics love the ban on contraception.)
7) The Catholic Church should welcome homosexuals into the priesthood, as
the natural conclusion of the celibate lifestyle it currently teaches that
homosexuals are called to.
8) The Catholic Church is far too prone to over-officiousness. The new
General Instructions of the Roman Missal, which seems a product of the
Church's conservative wing, is entirely symptomatic of this problem.
9) President Bush should have found a way to veto at least one spending
bill at some point. A 50% increase in transporation spending since 2000,
while an entirely understandable outcome of a nearly 50/50 Congress, still
seems like much too much in our current fiscal situation. (Couldn't these
Congressmen have been bought off with increased National Park spending? :)
10) I oppose the isolationist wing of the Republican Party who advocate
withdrawl from the WTO and opposed the invasion of Iraq and the expansion
of NATO.
11) I oppose all anti-sodomy laws that criminalize homosexual behavior.
12) I think that the tablet of the 10 Commandments in the Alabama courtroom
was unconstitutional.
13) The National March for Life is wrong to prevent "Homosexuals for Life"
from being an official sponsor of the March.
14) The conservatives who have criticized President Bush for praying in a
mosque are wrong. Ditto fot those who criticized the Pope for doing that.
Ditto for those who criticized President Bush for calling Islam a
"religion of peace."
15) President Bush should have pushed harder for his
faith-based-initiatives, particularly as a part of tackling the larger
problem of urban renewal.
16) I think that I disagree with almost everything that Pat Robertson says.
Anyhow, I am sure that there are many more, but I hope that I've made my
point....
JDG
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John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world,
it is God's gift to humanity." - George W. Bush 1/29/03
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