ATWT Discussion Group -- An email I received and my reply...Political

Obama by Bill Brown of the Billy Graham Team

Bill Brown, is a highly respected retired member of the Billy Graham team.Hope this email informs you in a wise way.

       The Obama Tidal Wave
          We are witnessing a political phenomenon with Barack Obama of rare magnitude.

His speeches have inspired millions and yet most of his followers have no idea of what he stands for except platitudes of 'Change' or that he says he will be a 'Uniter'.

The power of speech from a charismatic person truly can be a powerful thing. Certainly Billy Graham had charisma. Both his manner of speech and particularly the content changed millions.

On the extreme other hand, the charisma of Adolph Hitler, too, inspired millions and the results were catastrophic.

Barack Obama certainly is no Hitler or a Billy Graham, but for many Americans riding on the Obama Tidal Wave it is just like a surfer who might be ecstatic and euphoric while riding a tidal wave, but the reality of the ride is what happens when it hits shore.

Just Some of What Defines Barack Obama:

         He voted for partial birth abortion.
         He voted no on notifying parents of minors who get out-of-state abortions.
        Supports affirmative action in Colleges and Government (quotas)..
         In 2001 he questioned harsh penalties for drug dealing as being too severe.
         Says he will deal with street level drug dealing as minimum wage affair.
         Admitted his use of marijuana and cocaine in high school and in college.
         His religious convictions are very murky.
         He is willing to meet with Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, Kim Jung Il and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
        Has said that one of his first goals after being elected would be to have a conference with all Muslim nations. Why?
         Opposed the Patriot Act.
         First bill he signed that was ever passed was campaign finance reform..
         Voted to allow law suits against gun manufacturers.
         Supports universal health-care.
         Voted yes on providing habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainees.
         Supports granting driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
         Supports extending welfare to illegal immigrants.
         Voted yes on comprehensive immigration reform.
         Voted yes on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security.
         Wants to make the minimum wage a 'living wage'.
         Voted with Democratic Party 96 percent of 251 votes. (241 votes Demo, 10 votes Republican)
         Is a big believer in the separation of church and state.

         Opposed to any efforts to Privatize Social Security and instead supports
increasing the amount of tax paid into Soc. Sec. Tax Increase.
         He voted No on repealing the Alternative Minimum Tax which now hits middle income brackets. Tax Increase.
         He voted No on repealing the 'Death' Tax.. Tax Increase.
         He wants to raise the Capital Gains Tax. Tax Increase.
         Has repeatedly said the surge in

Iraq

has not succeeded...which is not true.
He is ranked as the most liberal Senator in the Senate today and that takes some doing.

If your political choices are consistent with Barack Obama's and you think that his positions will bring

America

together or make it a better place, then you will probably enjoy the ride and not forward this Email. If you are like most Americans that after examining what he stands for, are truly not in line with his record, it would be prudent to get off the wave or better yet, never get on, before it comes on shore and undermines the very foundations of this great Country. We have limited time to save

America

or the Supreme Court as we know it.

Inaction is action.

If you agree this is important, pass it on. The mainstream media will not do it for you!

Bill Brown
Billy Graham Team, Retired

Below is my reply to the above.

So ask yourself this - if your daughter were raped would you want her to have to carry that baby? If your granddaughter were molested by her father or brother or other close male relative, would you want her to have to carry that baby?

Has everyone forgotten how things really were when abortions were illegal? It did not stop abortions. It only resulted in abortions being done by quacks or self-induced abortions that often had tragic consequences. Would you want your daughter or granddaughter going to a quack or trying to abort a baby by using a coat hanger?

Was Sarah Palin attempting a self-induced abortion after her membranes ruptured (water broke) while she was at an energy conference in Texas? Would any sane woman get on an airplane for an eight hour flight in such a condition knowing that she might be going into premature labor and that her unborn baby had Down's Syndrome. Down's Syndrome babies' often have other health problems in addition to mental retardation. Would a sane woman not notify the airplane crew of her condition? Would a sane woman after landing in the largest city in Alaska with several fine hospitals, pass those hospitals by and instead undergo a 45 minute ride to a tiny hospital in a small town without a neonatal intensive care unit? Her actions could have easily resulted in the death of her baby unless she wasn't really pregnant when she boarded that plane. I am not saying that she covered up her daughter's pregnancy but some things just don't add up.

Her daughter was absent from school for 5 or 6 months with an alleged case of mono. She was also reported by fellow students to have been wearing loose clothing before she had to leave school. A smoking gun? Hardly, but evidently during this terrible case of mono she was well enough to become pregnant. And isn't it convenient that she is just 5 months pregnant? Just pregnant enough that she couldn't have given birth in April but not so pregnant that it would be strange for her to suffer a miscarriage.

Then there is the fact that Gov. Palin kept her pregnancy a secret until her 7th month. Of course, she may have just wanted her privacy but isn't it kind of strange that people she worked with everyday didn't notice anything prior to her announcement?

Considering all of the above, is this a woman who should be a heartbeat away from the Presidency of the United States of America? At best she used extremely poor judgement which could have resulted in the death of her baby. At worst, she plotted a cover-up of her daughter's pregnancy and now has had to cover-up a cover-up. In either instance, this isn't the kind of person that should be 2nd in command of our country.

Now on to another subject. The author of the original email that prompted this reply seems to take issue with the minimum wage being a living wage. So are workers supposed to keep trying to live on a salary that doesn't even meet their basic living expenses? Consider the following scenario: You are a single mother or father with 3 children bringing home $1460.00 monthly and you have to pay the following expenses:

The above expenses total $1283 and do not include expenses such as clothing, medicine, school supplies, automobile maintenance, home repairs, child care, or any non-essentials such as cable television. The above expenses are also significantly higher in some parts of the country.

Now consider this: the salary above is what a worker making $10 an hour working 40 hours per week brings home. Minimum wage is currently only $6.55 with a bring home pay of $968 monthly. So after working 160 hours per month the worker above is $315 short of meeting their basic expenses. What do they cut out? Food or the electricity? Maybe they can just pay half the rent and eat but then the landlord might not like that and they will probably be evicted. Then since they can't provide a proper home for their children Social Services will probably take their children away.

I won't even get into all the other issues or I would be typing all night but I am sure you can see that most Americans can't afford to live on minimum wage or even on $10 an hour and they can't afford to vote for McCain/Palin.

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