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Some Biblical perspective.

First, our hope has to be higher than human society, politics, government, churches, or wars.

Psalm 146:

3 Do not put your trust in princes,
    in mortal men, who cannot save.
4 When their spirit departs, they return to the ground;
    on that very day their plans come to nothing.
5 Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,
    whose hope is in the LORD his God,
6 the Maker of heaven and earth,
    the sea, and everything in them—
    the LORD, who remains faithful forever.

Second, it matters greatly to the Divine Spirit what kinds of values we support.

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The ideal number for me as a Catholic is zero … and there are plenty of people I’d be willing to work with if they want to get down to … that ideal number which is zero.

Just below there’s a video clip (2 minutes, 11 seconds) of Scott Kleeb fielding a question in Omaha last week. (Kleeb is the Dem candidate for the Nebraska US Senate seat being vacated by Chuck Hagel.)

The guy in the audience keeps shoving the term “pro-life” at Kleeb and Kleeb jumps on it pretty hard, saying that all this putting of labels on people and stirring up arguments about terms is not helping! We’ve spent 30 years fighting about it and making political hay out of it.

And under recent Republican domination of our government, abortions have not gone down significantly, and there is evidence they have gone up.

All of us, every single one of us in this country wants to get to zero.

It’s time to actually start working on it – together.

… we can work together despite whatever differences we might have for a shared and common goal. That’s what this moment is. These moments don’t come around very often and we have to take advantage of them.

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The numbers show that liberal influence is more effective in reducing abortions than is conservative influence. [This is info lifted from the Liberals Like Christ site. You can see Ray Dubuque's original chart there, about 1/2 way down the page.]

These numbers are important. They show actual results. They show which party’s impact over time is most effectively anti-abortion – and it’s not the so-called conservatives! Liberal policies, behaviors and attitudes apparently REDUCE abortions. Republican policies, attitudes and behaviors apparently INCREASE abortions. The results are similar regarding teen pregnancy.

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Best quote:

The plan is to pull the car off the road, walk around to the other side, and yank them out of the driver’s seat before everybody gets killed. First things first.

A friend asked me recently whether reformers (esp Christian reformers) should maybe be less partisan and just work on the moral foundations. There is merit to that line of thought, but my current convictions run in a different direction. Here is the answer I gave:

I’ve had that Q about partisanship on my mind since you asked it – but we’ve been very busy (trip to Chicago, then election stuff). Also, I wanted to write a substantial philosophical and theological answer. Not gonna happen – not right now anyway. But below are a few comments I lifted from blogs after the Foley thing came out. And I liked the article at Huffington Post about Chafee. It gets the point. I will have much to fuss at Dems about in a month and a year if they regain a lot of power. But right now the alternative is dramatically worse, and time truly is running out.
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Wow. This endorsement pulls no punches! Here’s why we want Scott Kleeb representing us (the western 3/4 of Nebraska) in Congress.

This is the first time the World Herald has endorsed a Democrat for this seat. And they leave no doubt about it! It is very impressive to me how they go for character and ability issues.

I. On Scott Kleeb

One candidate, Scott Kleeb, stands out as the better choice. The reason: his fundamental strength – a strength of intellect, a strength of eloquence, a strength of stability.

When pressed aggressively, Kleeb’s opponent, State Sen. Adrian Smith, falls back on sound bites and slogans. When pressed under the same conditions, Kleeb draws on different resources – mental focus, breadth of analytical ability and an unshakeable internal steadiness.

Such strength could serve Kleeb well in Congress.

Wouldn’t you just love to have someone talking about you this way? And this is only a taste of the good things they say – very accurately and appropriately – about Kleeb.
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Scott Kleeb (pronounced “Kleb”) is running for the 3d Disctrict US House seat (to replace Tom Osborne who is not running for that seat this year). Kleeb was in McCook last week. Here are some of his remarks and my impressions.

I. Taxes and Government Spending

Scott, who has deep roots in Nebraksa’s third district, has experience with tough situations. He was a bull-rider for the University of Colorado while an undergraduate there. And he’s willing to face some tough situations in Washington D.C.

He is – thank God! – not parroting the cheap line that all we need is more tax cuts.
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