My political affiliation is…

I am neither republican nor democrat. I am conservative. My devotion is not defined by party lines. My soul searching produces conservative views. In a previous post, I point ed out my problems with certain democrats- they believe in abortion, gay rights, universal healthcare, raising taxes etc.- all things that I don’t believe in; I [...]

The Politics of Economics

I’ll write out my reaction to the State of the Union address later, (There were a few quotes I want to use when a transcript becomes available).
I’m studying for an economics test and saw democratic and republican philosophy all over the pages. Here’s a few of them:
Efficiency vs. Equity
Efficiency: it means that society is getting [...]

Fair Tax

Fair tax
Anyway, Huckabee’s fair tax intrigues me. For a while now, I’ve wanted to look into the fair tax and write a blog entry- I’m sure it’s coming soon. My limited understanding is that the congressional bill wants to do away with not only the IRS but all federal income taxes (SocSec, payroll, estate, sales, [...]

Democrats vs. Me

The first time I’ve ever posted without proof reading- maybe I’ll skim it later.
Watching the democrats duke it out in the South Carolina tonight, I got a feel for what the underlying political philosophy is of the democratic party. Here I’d like to hash out some ideas and thought I have about the differences between [...]

Economics: Free market or central planning in healthcare

I am reading a book on the history of markets called Reinventing the Bazaar. The first chapter brought up the topic of a free market verses central planning. It suggests that central planning such as the system set up in Berlin under communism was a bad thing and antithetical to this is a free market [...]

Joseph Smith ran for President

I read in the Daily Universe of a book in the BYU Bookstore called Setting the Record Straight Joseph Smith: Presidential Candidates. I was interested and found this interesting information in it. I may refer to it in later political posts.
I’ll be brief and just give the highlights. First I would like to mention that [...]

Why I won’t vote for _________

Here’s why I don’t support these people in a nutshell. (very broad generalizations).
My beef with Obama:
While I find him very likeable, presidential, and a strong presence, we differ too much on critical issues for me to support him. I support him only to the extent that he beats Hillary.
1. He supports abortion rights. I [...]

Politics: The Church and Capital Punishment

This is a topic that I want to go more in depth later (after doing some research). While the Church itself does not have an official stance on the topic, other than they have no stance, my understanding is that ‘opinion polls’ within the church find that the overwhelming majority of people are for the [...]

Politics: the Church and Euthanasia and Prolonging Life

A confession: This is another topic that I myself have not “studied out in my mind and heart” any further than my gut reaction, and in preparing tonights blog series on political stances, I found this quote in the NewsRoom of lds.org (a great resource) that sounded right to me. “The Church of Jesus Christ [...]

Politics: the Church and Embryonic stem-cell research

I have a confession- I haven’t looked into the subject enough to have a personal opinion on the subject, so when in doubt, I’ll default to the Church’s stance:“The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has not taken a position regarding the use of embryonic stem cells for research purposes. [...]

Politics: Abortion

I have mentioned the issue of abortion in the context of a dilemma in an earlier blog. I said:
“Here’s a topic to think about: Abortion– Should it be banned? Parties on both sides feel strongly about this issue. As a church we strongly are against it with three exceptions to be considered under prayerful supervision, [...]