World Trade Center

There has been a controversy at the 9-11 World Trade Center memorial. Over what, you ask?

This.



The famed Ground Zero cross. When the WTC collapsed, the fire was so hot, it actually welded two beams into the shape of a cross. Many saw this as a symbol of hope, that despite the great evil done that day, that God was with us in recovery.

An atheist is suing, saying "Why should we want a symbol, that their god who could not be bothered to stop the Muslims would make a cross in the rubble?" This is why many atheists have gained the reputation of believing "God doesn't exist, and I hate him."

I don't care if you don't believe. It's a museum. It is something that meant something to the people at the time. I don't agree with the Nazis, but I'm not suing the Holocaust Museum to take down all images of Nazis. It's historical. Get over it.

Debt talks

Oi. Can you believe this is still all going on? This is rediculous. And I know that I try not to be one-sided, but this is crazy. The mainstream media is blaming the Republicans 100% for the problem. The Republicans. The only party that has actually put anything up for a vote. The House passed Cut, Cap, and Balance, which entails solutions.

Harry Reid, Senate Majority leader refused to allow it to even be voted on. Obama threatened to veto it if it did pass.

The House again passed another, compromised budget.

Harry Reid, Senate Majority leader refused to allow it to even be voted on. Obama threatened to veto it if it did pass.

Now would some please explain to me how it is all the Republicans' fault when they at least try things, and all that the Dems do is criticize everything and refuse to even vote on it? So much for the democracy part of the Democratic party.

I'm sick of this crap. All Obama does is create division and make speeches. I'm going to say it. Worst President Ever. He just keeps repeating the same talking points. He doesn't DO anything. He thinks if we default, they will blame the Republicans and he will get reelected, not as a leader, but as a lack of leader.

Ok, I'm frustrated. I'm sick of them playing games. You know what I think about the default? Bring it on. Let's have a short-term financial disaster in order to prevent a long-term one.

But, I've been saying that our country would fall not by our enemies, but by our finances and corruption since 2005. Disaster is inevitable. The good news is, disaster can bring change, if we allow it.

Debt talks

Anyone else frustrated by the debt talks? Like they say "if we don't raise the debt ceiling, we will instantly default on our loans." Only if we don't start paying.

I'm also frustrated that the only things each party is willing to talk about is what the other side declared off limits to negotiation. I hate party politics.

I have an idea. How about Congress is not paid nor recieve any benefits or tax exemptions until the debt is paid off? That's what I'd do. I'm thinking they would get in gear in a hurry.

What about you? Are you frustrated? Any ideas to fix it?

Innocent?

For the last two days, people have been weighing in on the whole Casey Anthony trial thing. Mostly, it is people who remember back to the OJ Simpson trial. I am shocked at the number of people who want her dead. Let's go into a few points of fact.

First, she was the last person seen with Cailea Anthony. There are no eyewitness reports after that. Second, her family including her former fiancee thinks she did it. Third, her trunk smells funny.

That is the basis of the prosecution's case. They say the trunk smells like a decaying body. According to an interview with the DA this morning, the evidence is circumstantial. Circumstantial evidence leaves room for reasonable doubt.

In giving a "not guilty" verdict, it does not mean that they believe Casey Anthony is innocent. It means that they did not believe that there was enough evidence to convict.

Why are people demanding the death of Casey Anthony? People online are threatening her. What happened to "Do not judge, for by the standard you use, so it will be measured to you" (-Jesus Christ, as recorded or Matthew 7:1)? We live in a nation of innocent until proven guilty. We live in a nation of trial by jury. The jury, twelve peers, listened to the whole of the trial, not just what some jerkwad news commentator said FOR THE PURPOSE OF GETTING RATINGS (after all, their job is to make controversial statments to get ratings). Based on the entirety of evidence and testimony, they made a decision. We have to trust the system. It is better for the guilty to go free than the innocent to be needlessly punished.

This is not the OJ trial. Her defense was not based on "He's African-American. And a football player. He must be innocent." (I feel the need to address the glove thing, when leather gets wet, it shrinks as it dries. Not fitting is no defense.) Their defense was the lack of evidence. Yes, she was a deadbeat mother. Yes, she went out and got drunk after her daughter disappeared. People cope in funny ways. Some people act the opposite of how they should in times of distress because they are trying to avoid feeling. I see it in my job a lot. It happens.

You may disagree with me. That's fine. It doesn't hurt me. This I know: we don't know what happened. We won't until we get to heaven and ask God, and by that point it won't matter. In the mean time, we need to keep faith in the system, even when we don't like it. Because if it were you on trial, you would want a fair shake with your constitutional rights. So stop demanding her death. The system, no matter how perfect, is the best system we have, and one that the rest of the world is jealous of.