My Views Through the Guise of Politics - 9/11/08

Let me start by saying I think our Politics should stem from our Worldview. Our worldview should stem from our life experiences and our faith. And while life experiences are different for each of us, our faith should stem from unchanging values. I say all that to say you shouldn't and really you can't separate Politics from Faith but you should be able to discuss it on the level of your worldview, without using Christian vernacular, and be able to do it logically and coherently. And it bugs me how few Christians can do that.


Now what is my worldview:
I believe in a strong work ethic. I don't believe this is a White-mans world, I believe its a working (wo)mans world. No one is entitled to more than they work for, period.

I believe in strong education. I don't have a lot of thought put into this area but essentially it has to do with raising the standards for students and not letting them advance until they're met. Teachers should be held to high standards but not by government regulated tests and spreadsheets. Government run anything is chaotic, bloated, and inefficient. (I would love to be proven wrong here, but really I can't think of any)

I believe in a very strong military. "Peace through Strength."

I believe in strong punishment for criminals, though the more I learn the less I like our current judiciary system. Its too subjective from judge to jury and state to state. I don't like that laws are interpreted at the whims of people with no ability to be objective, tough, logical, and constant.
Adding to the previous statement, I believe in capital punishment. Again, I would like to see the judiciary system overhauled but I believe the government can and should end the life of those it deems deserving (again based on laws that are objective, tough, logical, and constant) And I should also say I view this vastly different then government allowed abortions. Abortions is an individuals choice to kill an innocent human. Capital punishment is the government killing a guilty human. (Two VERY big differences there)

I do not believe in big government. As I mentioned by personal experience and repeated news coverage anything the government runs tends to be chaotic, bloated, and inefficient. From our tax system (I support the Fair Tax big time), to our education system, to our disaster relief agency (Anyone remember Katrina), and on and on. The more the government runs the less productive and efficient that sector becomes.

I do not believe in Abortion. It amazes me that the Democratic Party a party soooo pro-everything, soooooo loving and accepting, sooooooo seemingly supportive of those that have no voice would not only look the other way on abortion but actually demand its ability. It boggles my mind. For a long time I used to be open to abortion only for extreme circumstances like rape, serious health issues (for either baby or mother), but I have begun to view it ALL wrong. I don't believe in abortion in any circumstance.

Anyway, for brevity sake I'll leave it to those points and move on.



To focus that worldview onto this political season I believe McCain will be the man who runs an administration in line with my worldview. For brevity I'll only focus on why I disagree with Obama.
Personally I don't care about age or sex or race, they are factors but so far down the list they aren't worth discussing here, I do care about record. What you have done speaks a lot louder than what you intend to do. For all of Obama's rhetoric, he hasn't done anything he will point to as a specific act he intends to repeat or define as showing his character. Vision is great, its necessary but vision that hasn't been tested and proven really is only idealogy. What Obama has done is what every other politician has done, promise a bright future. Not only do I not hear details, I don't agree with the general statements he makes about plans and policy's.

Obama says he will only increase taxes on the top 5% of Americas wealth. My first thought is, those are the poeple who currently drive our economy with their investments in every kind of business in America. You take away their ability to invest, by extension, you take away the drive behind what creates jobs, initiates research endeavors, endows schools and non-profit organizations. In the long term you create a society more dependent on the government.

I disagree in his plans to provide health-care to everyone...sounds good but again it stalls everyone else's personal ambitions FOR the common good. By definition that sounds a lot like socialism. Providing this to those who can't/won't find a way to get it for themselves would further create dependency on the government. A bad thing in my mind. Also, for those that think America is behind the European model of healthcare, have you been there and seen it? Its near impossible to see a doctor. It takes forever (subjective here, I know) to get seen and to then get what you need for medication. My point here is that it is hardly the dream system people are looking for.

Obama mentioned that he would go through the budget line by line and eliminate what doesn't work and reduce others that are under performing. While that would be his job it's not up to him alone, Congress has to approve his budget. Secondly I don't think I would agree with the programs he deems good or bad.

Finally let me talk about Judicial Appointments. My biggest issue with this country is probably the judicial system. The interpretations of the law aren't founded on anything concrete. But since thats what we've got I feel it is imperative that our Supreme Court Justice Nominations be people who do have a history of being objective, logical, constant, and in my opinion based on a worldview that reflects Biblical values.

I know thats a lot but it still leaves a lot to be discussed and defined.

All that said, I still enjoy hearing people with varying opinions on issues talk it out. Because while I believe in a founded and absolute value system, I am not. (always refining though)

For now, I am Paul Wizikowski and I approved this message.