Thoughts on AIG and Other Stuff

Just some random thoughts :

This AIG scandal is a mess. This is a scandal that never should have happened. This is a scandal that shows why the government should not be allowed ANY ownership in business in the private sector. This shows that the bailouts do not work. It exposes the corruption of government and industry, and that the LOVE of money is truly the ROOT of all evil.

But to tax AIG as means of punishment is not the answer. Look at what taxing the tobacco companies has done, only hurt the consumer while the companies and government bring in the money.

Using taxes as punishment opens a box that may have things in it that we may not be willing to accept, but will be thrust upon us anyway. Especially if we continue to have a congress that will not represent it's people as it has been for a few years now; and getting worse every day. And didn't we have a tea party in Boston a couple of hundred years ago for the same thing, taxation without representation?

Biden called taxes "patriotic". Obama considers them redistribution. Now taxes are considered punishment. Maybe we should determine what taxes are and how they will help the people; then stick to that philosophy through thick and thin.

I have little pity for AIG. Regardless of their size or "importance", I think they should have been allowed to sink or swim on their own merits. But now Aig is being made a scapegoat. The Bush administration started this mess. The Obama administration is pushing this mess forward. Both congresses have a large amount of blame in the AIG scandal. But now, everyone wants to point fingers to another person in an effort to shift blame. I doubt there would have been any finger pointing if things went in a better and improved direction. All people political would be taking credit for helping solve the crisis and better the people.

I am concerned about taking away the deduction for charitable contributions. This is an effort to have more money channelled through the government, as they know and have proven, that they are best suited to tell us how our money will be spent. And considering that Biden gives a whopping 2% of his income to charity, and Obama just recently was raised to that percentile, I am guessing that this will be a done deal; neither man cares much about philanthropy or tithing. I guess the government is better suited for that also. But what do I know? And this is a topic for another day, I guess...

This is not a new quote, but none the less still disturbing: "There is no God who condones taking the life of an innocent human being. This much we know." These are words Obama used to pander to pro-life citizens during a national prayer breakfast. If this quote is honest, and if his actions are honest, then Obama doesn't view an unborn child as a innocent human. My question is, "When do we develop a soul?" Is it at inception, as I believe? If it isn't, then someone needs to tell everyone family that has endured a miscarriage that they didn't lose a life, just some protein and jello. If we cannot prove when the soul is formed in a human, then we should not allow murder of the unborn. Unless we view humans as soulless creatures. And if that is the case, then just start the killing, because we have nothing to lose.

I hope that the "liberation of science" will reach into evolution. I wish that evolution would be treated as the theory that it is and not as a scientific fact to build other sciences upon. And let me say that this is not a religious thing for me. I have no problem believing that God used evolution to make the Earth and life on it if that is how he chose to do it. But He made man in His own image, therefore I do not believe humans have evolved. Adapted and changed, yes. But a man is a man is a man. And the fossil record doesn't support evolution. There are more questions considering evolution than creationism. If all things evolve into a higher order, then why do we have so many diverse species? Wouldn't everything evolve into just a handful of species? And why do we not find half-species? And why do some species have a soul and other species do not? Why didn't apes take the place of humans? Why aren't they running the planet? Why do no animals build altars to their gods?

And if the world is billions and billions of years old as science says, and I have no problem with that, there still wouldn't be enough time passed to allow the evolution of even a single cell into the many species that there are now. There simply hasn't been enough time for all of these mutations to occur. Even if they could be explained as to how.

But what do I know? Besides that it is a beautiful Friday and maybe heavier topics are better suited for a rainy Monday.

Have a good weekend! May God Bless!