Oprah-bama Must Be Stopped

Tens of thousands of people will gather at rallies for Barack Obama in the near future, because Orah will be in attendance.

Something like 9 million souls per day tune in to her TV show, so that she can tell them what to read, what products to buy, and allow them to know celebrities that they would not otherwise meet such as Tom Cruise and the like.

Now she is telling those people who to vote for.

Oprah’s audience consists primarily of lower income women, and they listen to her. In all fairness, Oprah has a wonderful ability to make people feel better about themselves, so for the most part, it is nice that people listen to her.

However, political parties are much different than book clubs. You might be able to enjoy the same book as a billionaire, but how often do you find a politician who can represent the interests of a billionaire and someone who exists near the poverty line?

At the end of the day, politics is about power, and a good chunk of the working poor, who desperately need a President to represent their interests after 8 years of devastation at the hands of the Bush administration, will be surrendering their votes to a billionaire.

Make no mistake, Barack Obama hasn’t offered up a lot of specifics yet, but what is known about his platform so far is that there is more in it for Oprah than one of her fans.

Robert Latimer Denied Parole.

Robert Latimer killed his daughter who was so disabled that she had nothing but seizures and agony in her life. Nothing to look forward to except suffering.

You know what I find absurd about the fact that this man, after 14 years, has been denied parole?

If he did it to his dog, it would been called an act of mercy. In fact, he would be chastised if his dog was suffering to that degree, and he didn’t euthanize it.

Latimer … I salute you, and curse those who fight to protect the sanctity of human suffering.

Day Care for Every Child

RE: Day care was designed for military families. (Nugget, Oct 25) 

Linda Harvie responded to an article in the Nugget, the subject of which was the fact that civilian families in North Bay, are losing their day-care provider on the base.  

She points out, that military families take precedence over civilian families when it comes to day-care on the base. She says that any civilian family with a child in day-care on the base should be prepared to relocate that child when the child of a military person requires that space in the day-care facility. 

The justification for this outlook is that since military personnel protect and serve our country, they should not be worried about finding suitable child care.  

I have 3 things to say to that: 

1) No parent should have to worry about whether or not they will be able to find suitable day-care for their child. Quality day-care should be one of the nation’s highest priorities, in my opinion, as a spending priority, day-care ranks above military spending. Why bother protecting a nation that doesn’t properly care for its children? 

2) Civilians are very valuable contributors to the military, because they pay for it using their hard earned tax dollars. Every gun a soldier carries is paid for by civilians. Every pair of boots worn, every plane flown, boat sailed, bullet shot, grenade thrown, tank driven, and base lived on, is paid for by civilians. Therefore, so long as we have a volunteer army, let the gratitude flow in both directions.  

3) Every citizen does and will play a role in protecting this country. Currently, the only protective service rendered by the forces is one of deterrence. However, civilians provide another form of deterrence to our enemies. The population of this country, by virtue of its attitudes, actions, and the governments it elects, prevents Canada from having serious external threats. Civilians and military people can thank each other for the fact that no one has a very good reason to attack us.