[Swiftwater Gazette] Freedom

[Brad Haslett]

I generally stay away from debates on abortion. Like most people, I
have a personal opinion and will remain private.  Roe v Wade was bad
law in my opinion because it should have been settled by the states,
not by the courts, but that's just another opinion.  It has been on
the books for years and if turned back to the states, little would
change but perhaps in Utah and a handful of other states. But that is
not the point.  The point I want to make is this;  the Free-Choice
advocates are anything but about freedom or choice.  They want to
force their will upon others and may very well get their way.  Private
hospitals and doctors could be forced by law to perform services they
find unconscionable. Here's an article from a St. Louis website about
the dilemma Catholic hospitals are facing -

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/religion/story/E6E47067257DB95E862575710014DD57?OpenDocument

Great nations seldom fail from external attacks, they generally
collapse from within.  We are seeing freedoms of all kinds, freedoms
earned by blood and sacrifice, under attack from every direction.  The
freedom to vote for a union in the privacy of your home, away from
intimidation and threat, is one. Participating in an act that you
perhaps find morally reprehensible is another.  The list goes on.

On a second issue, we're on the precipice of losing our economic
freedom for a decade, perhaps forever.

http://www.nationaljournal.com/njmagazine/or_20090307_2566.php

We are beyond the point of liberal versus conservative, Republican
versus Democrat.  The choice before us is whether we keep alive the
American tradition of debate, reason, and compromise, or trade it for
a huge bureaucracy with the power to manage your affairs down to the
smallest detail.  We can't afford to wait until 2010 - the time for
action is now.  Write your Democratic Senators and Congressmen.  Ask
them to slow this process down.  Fix the fundamentals of the financial
markets first, then tackle the longer term issues in a thoughtful
manner.  Our way of life as we know it is under assault.  Freedom once
lost is almost impossible to regain.

Brad