Where life begins

I feel I really need to say a word about life.  Does life begin at conception or does life begin when the baby draws its first breath?  This is a question that has been thrown out in recent arguments about abortion. If an unborn child’s inability to breathe on its own disqualifies it from being considered a living person, there is a very bad extension that can be drawn.

There are times where, through traumatic event or disease a person, regardless of age, may become unable to breathe on their own and must be given the benefit of artificial ventilation to provide their lungs with life giving air for preservation of their life.

But if ability to breathe is the determining factor, once a person stops breathing should further efforts to save that life be with-held because the definition of life is now a person’s ability to draw their own breath.

Almost everyone will agree that everything should be done to save that life.  We have developed emotional attachments to this person and we do not want to lose them.  So if we can do anything to preserve their lives we will try to save them.

Even if the person in distress is a total stranger, we recognize that person as a living human being, so the fact that they have stopped breathing will not deter us from trying to save their life.

Should we not recognize the unborn child also as a person?

Scare Tactis

What is the best way to control people?

You need to convince them that if they don’t do what you want them to do it will lead to their total annihilation.  What could be scarier than that?

How do you convince them?

You tell them that the consensus (97% or maybe even more) of experts (scientists) agree that they need to change their ways (to what you want them to do) or they will suffer dire consequences due to their own inaction.  Of course if some scientists do not agree you will just tell the people that those scientists have been discredited or have no standing in this field of knowledge.  

If you say a lie loud enough and long enough many people will begin to believe you.  This is called the “BIG LIE”.  In the 20^th century the big lie was used to convince many people that socialism/communism was the savior of humanity.  Many people bought it.  However socialism has always allowed people not to share the wealth but share the misery.  Many people point to some European Countries where socialism has succeeded but on closer examination we see that these countries, when they started to suffer extreme monetary crisis, have pulled back from complete socialism and re-instituted private businesses.  They still retain some socialistic structures but have regained a thriving private sector.

So when you see scare tactics being used to convince you to accept a certain course of action, be wary of the Big Lie.

Fix for our broken Congress

I believe that the Congress should be subject to Term Limits 

(2 for Senators and 3 for Representatives).  

I further believe that they need to retire on Social Security 

and whatever other plan is available to the working public (i.e.  401k plans, etc.) 

and that they need to be subject to any law they pass for the Citizens of this Country, 

for they are, after all, Citizens, not Royalty.