Why? Intro

I have thought about this for a while and I guess it's time do this. I am going to start a series of blogs about religions. Mostly it will be why I can't be part that religion, such as Islam or Mormonism.

I will start with Islam and work across to other ones as I do research and build my case. I will try not to attack or demean that religion but will try to explain why I cannot practice that religion.

I know that some will say that Biblical Christianity is not a religion. I know and understand that but for practical reasons I will refer to it as a religion, separate from other religions and even other forms of Christianity.

I know that the blog is called "Political Grunt" and that should be the focus of the blog. To be honest with you though a person's politics and a person's faith are really inseparable. If other words, how you views the world's creator effects how you view the world and that includes politics.

Much of what I will write about will have to do with that nature and character of God. Who is He? What is He like? What has He done? I think if I can explain what I believe and why in comparison to those other religions it may open some dialog and some may be converted to the the glorious truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

How Can You Tell the Difference Between Parties?

How can you tell the difference between parties? Sometimes it is very hard but there is a simple test. Let a Republican Congressman do something stupid like take a picture of himself with his shirt off, send it to someone other than his wife, get caught, and he resigns. Let a Democrat Congressman take a picture of his crotch, send it to someone other than his wife, get caught, and he goes on TV and says he that he can't say "with certitude" whether its his body or not.

Let me say this, if a picture shows up on the Internet and someone says it's my crotch, I can say with absolute certitude that it is not mine!!!!! I would know. I would have to be there!!

This leads to what should be an obvious conclusion, while the Republicans are not perfect, the Democrats are completely lacking in ethics!!! Remember back to the Clinton impeachment. Everyone kept saying it is only about sex. No it wasn't. It was about a sitting Governor having State Police bring a state employee to a hotel room so that the Governor could have sex with her. Doesn't that constitute a criminal offence but the DEM did care. It was all about keeping that office. The only good thing about that was that we didn't get stuck with pin-head Al Gore as president.

The list of DEM offences without any serious consequences could go on, Teddy Kennedy and the threesome under the restaurant table, Barney Frank and his pimp boyfriend, the rape allegation against Clinton. It just goes to show that when it comes to sex the Democrats have no ethics.

(Sometimes this is too easy) Come on Congressman Wiener, at least have the B_ _ _s to says it's yours.

Foundations

Any building that will last requires a good foundation. Any political thought that will last also requires a good foundation. The political thought of our Founding Fathers had a good foundation. That foundation was Calvinistic, at least in the first of its instructive acrostic, TULIP.

The "T" stands for "Total Depravity". (The rest is: U-unconditional election, L- limited atonement, I- irresistible grace, P- perseverance of the saints.)

What is "Total Depravity"? It is the belief that men, all men (and women) are sinners and without hope in themselves to satisfy the righteous demands of a holy God. No only are we positionally sinners but we are sinners in our conduct. There are many passages of scripture which point this out: Psalm 14:2-4, Jeremiah 17:9,Romans 3:10-18, 23. It means that each of us is capable of the most heinous acts, and can and will act in a selfish way. This is true of criminal behavior and political behavior.

Our Founding Fathers realized this and put into the Constitution a system of checks and balances. This system pits one man's or group of men's depravity against another's, so that the only way to get anything done is to compromise. That is why when there is gridlock in D.C. you know that everything is working as it should. Theoretically, nothing should get done unless most people are getting something of what they want.

This is how things get done in this country. People who don't always agree with each will agree to do a little bit less than both like but something that both can live with. It is Compromise. It is Politics. It is ...... the American Way. You just have to get yourself into a position where your voice will be heard.

Now the counter side of this is to make sure that you don't go in naively, thinking just because you're there that you have arrived. It is a nasty game that you must be ready for. You should develop a power base that can be used and then use it.

Here in New York we are learning the game very slowly. We have worked to get a non-party endorsed candidate as the GOP candidate for governor. Now things didn't work out as we would have liked. Party bosses can be very vengeful. But we have shown that we have the power to get things done. Now it is time to exercise that power a little, to act in a selfish way for our best interests. This all part of learning the "game."

So compromise isn't a bad thing as long as you don't lose your integrity in the process and sell your soul to get what you want.

Thank you to the DNC

I, on behalf of all right-leaning bloggers, would like the extend a warm thank you to the Democratic National Committee for the selection of Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz as your chairperson. Joe Biden has been unable to pull the gag out of his mouth lately and that has left us a little short of material. However, we now a new gaffe-a-minute gal, Rep. Wasserman-Schultz.

I just saw three in a short clip via CNSnews.com. Ready? O.K. She said Republicans think that illegal immigration should be a crime. (Brief explanation for any liberals reading this. A synonym for "illegal" is "criminal". By definition, it is a crime) Next she said, if it were up to Republicans we would all be driving foreign cars. Guess what she drives? An Infinity (Foreign car) Lastly, she said she supports a president who is pro Israel. Maybe she isn't as big of an Obama fan as we thought.

Anyway, Thanks for the laughs Deb and keep'em comin'. I'm sure you will.