Does anyone ever wonder what it would be like to live in a war torn country? I think about what must be like to live in afghanistan or iraq as a national citizen. I mean literally so many people die its hard to keep track.
I can’t imagine militants busting into my home at night and taking me hostage for something I want no part of. Or constantly worrying about roadside bombs while simply driving along the highway. I thank God that I live in the US of A. We are so blessed to live and work in a country where I don’t have to worry bout such things.
So what is the balance between freedom and safety?
I believe this question haunts every person. I mean who can answer this question?
First let’s look at the argument.
It is: its ok to take away certain peoples freedom if you are trying to prevent other people from certain destruction.
By that I mean one dude has the keys to a bomb. Only he has it. It is going to kill 1,000 people.
How far would you go to get the key? Torture? Threaten? Mental abuse?
The greater good is an amazing mystery. We(USA) did it during WWII with the japanese interment camps in west USA. But did that make it correct? Was it right for the US to basically put away whole groups of people just because their home country decided to bomb us?
It does make for an interesting argument.
Mostly however today it is all related to terrorism.
We most recently knew about it with the waterboarding and mental torture that the CIA has done in so called secret prisons.
They are trying to prevent another terrorist act but at what cost?
I think the question of the greater good is very interesting. As an american and moral citizen I would do just about anything for my fellow citizens.
However as a believer in God I believe we are all the same and each one of us was created equal.
No man should have unquestionable power.
Chris
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Well hello all,
It has been a long time. Today I’m writing this from the airport waiting to board. Going to DC for work datacenter purposes. However the meat of the post is below.
So I decide to get a starbucks at the airport(if you know me this ain’t a suprise).
The lady asks me what I want. I stumble a bit. Not because I don’t know what I want but that she didn’t know me. I mean I almost expected her to be able to read my mind like my home-starbucks.
Now is that sad or what? I like to go into starbucks and be greeted by the barista by my first name without them having to look at my card first.
Well that’s all for now folks.
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Well today is 9/11. A day that no one in America will ever forget. And to think the current administration won’t even say they are terrorist acts. Despicable… Many thousands of people died that day. Having been to ground Zero in person I can assure you that it is very real and the destruction the terrorists caused was both real and lasting. But America is special in that we don’t go down without a fight. We brought the fight to them. And we still are. God bless our fighting troops and God Bless America
Well today I found out that even the good guys loose. I got a call from my realtor around noon saying that the house that I had been approved for by the bank and that I had paid for to be appraised and inspected.. Well it wasn’t mine anymore. I t was someone elses since he had bought it at auction 2 days before. Yes the stupid bank was negligent in that they never extended the trustee sale(auction). So I get to eat the inspection cost and appraisal for a house that is not mine and I get to start back over at square one.. Not good….
Well life is moving at a good pace now… Life is busy with everything going on. The House purchase is moving along. Home inspection was today and appraisal was this week too. This year I’m using Ical to manage all my classes. Each class gets its own calendar and they are all grouped under school so that i can easily turn them all of and see my other schedules.
Hopefully one of these days I will get a job where I can use ical all day long as my primary scheduling tool.
Anyways better run. Was up really late last night working on FedEx customer server and also the new church site and I’m beat. See yah all
Well as most of you know I follow politics and policies in Washington. However this article from Fox News just has my blood boiling. Obama’s administration is absolutely nuts. I mean imagine what would happen if any of these people were Republican appts. We would never ever hear the end of it. However they just get a free pass. Sad just sad.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,544162,00.html?loomia_ow=t0:s0:a4:g4:r3:c0.000000:b0:z5
Howdy all(to the 2 of you Search engine spiders that are reading this),
Life is going really well this week.
First off I got a new 13 inch macbook pro. man I love it. And 7+hrs of battery with wifi on.. just crazy.
And yes of course. the short sales was approved on the house I’m trying to buy. Within the month I will have a house. Absoulety crazy.
And also this weekend I’m going to DC for the weekend. man isn’t God good?
I feel like I could be a headline for a new story at the moment. ah life is crazy. yes I love it.
So call me crazy but I’m putting a new theme up for Hector for the church site. I convinced him to not go with wordpress and that I would have the new site by September. The crazy part is that I’m halfway done with the new site already . I already have the dynamic menu done with automatic generated drop down menus
And Hector and myself and a phone guy put in half the new phone system at church. And I was on a NAS conference call with Dell for the church. And yesterday I emailed the Gilbert mayor and asked if there is any town councils I could sit on and be part of. Man dude I’m on fire. This week is going really really well.
And then DC is next weekend and then school starts. Booya baby bring it on
