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In our inimical way, we like to boil down complex issues to simple generalizations. We're all guilty of this; each and every one of us. Some people blame it on our over-reliance on the three-second soundbite, but I think as a people we like having a foundation of understanding to build on. A concept to start from before we start getting into the details. So when Conservatives/Republicans start accusing Liberals/Democrats of wanting to live under a "nanny state," they're generalizing. However, I concede there is truth to this, and I intend to explore that concept while offering a generalization of my own. Liberals like myself (progressives, if you want the re-branded name -- which I don't) are in favor of a government system that looks after the welfare of its least fortunate citizens as well as its most fortunate. We demand socialized medicine, equality for everyone and representation for all voices. While we generally don't favor the idea of enabling p...

Someone in reddit did a nice job of compiling some quotations from our nation's Founding Fathers regarding the roles of Church and State. It's the most diverse list of quotations I've come across in a while, so I bookmarked it and thought I'd share it here. 1797 Treaty of Tripoli (Article 11) - The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. Benjamin Franklin - Lighthouses are more helpful than churches. Benjamin Franklin - The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason. George Washington - Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. James Madison - During almost fifteen centuries has the legal establishment of Christianity been on trial. What has been its fruits? More or less, in all places, pride and indolence in the clergy; ignorance and servility in the laity; in both, superstition, bigotry, and persecution. James Madison...

I'm not asking you to vote for anyone in particular. I'm not going to tell you how I think you should vote on the issues. I'm just asking you to vote. That's all. You'll know how you're going to vote when you get there. Vote for Change.