Why go political in this blog? With the November election only three months away, we are seeing a lot of danger flags to the freedoms we prize so much and that our forefathers have fought for and often died to give us. I don’t want to drown people with political messages, yet there is a real sense of urgency to wake up to protect these freedoms. Some people think many of these are are lost already and it’s too late.From an overview of George Barna’s The Seven Faith Tribes (emphasis added):
Our country’s history shows that to have a strong nation, everyone need not have a similar worldview: for more than 200 years we have been a place where disparate religious and moral perspectives have flourished side by side. But to facilitate a healthy nation there must be sufficiently widespread agreement on a set of core values that enable us to live in harmony with each other, despite some deeply-held opposing convictions and dreams. Our agreement on those shared values then empower us, as a group of independent, but cooperating individuals, to embody those common values in ways that produce a viable communal experience.
What happens when you don’t stand up for your shared values? Look at this comment from a comment in Amber Weiberg’s blog post on Morality in Web Development -Your Thoughts? It’s from “Rohan”, a man in Iran and dated July 28, 2010.
I live in Iran. As all of you know, we had an election last year. At least 75 percent of us voted for a candidate who wanted to show the world how peaceful this country’s people are, who wanted to turn our country into a friend of everybody. We did vote for him, and he never got elected. So we started protesting, We wanted to tell the world that we’re not who they think we are! We are not atomic bomb, we are not terrorism, we are not hijab, we are just people. We wanted to tell them that all that’s going wrong in this country is because of our government. A government that we never voted for. And all we got back was bullets, rapes, murders, prisons, …We knew what was happening to us, and we were decisive to put an end to it. But the one thing that stopped us from doing it, was our media. The people in the media, they knew what was happening. They knew about all the rapes and murders, but they didn’t really care. They don’t care whose side they are choosing, all they care about is their money. You give em money, and they’ll even promote Osama in their programs!!They had the power to put and end to all of this. With a move of their tongue, all the torture of their own people, all the terrorism in Iraq and Afghanistan and Lebanon, and all the world’s fear about the country’s nuclear weapons would come to an end. But all they did was taking the side of the terrorist, taking the side of the one who ordered(orders) all these killings.The fate of more than a hundred million people was in their hands and all they thought about was who pays em more.That’s what happens when you don’t care which cause you are helping.I’m a web designer. And I had lots of offers for jobs from the government organizations. Lots of money was offered, I never took em, never will. Cause I have seen with my eyes how much blood is spilled just because a few hundred people don’t care what cause they are working for.
Does this sound like America? The primary difference is that we still have some level of freedom in speaking what we believe. We should speak up, or we will lose that.Following the suggestions here will be VERY time-consuming. But also VERY important for knowing how to vote in November. And you only have three months! Your freedom is at stake!We will be sending a series of political postings. In each case we’ll try to show objective data on what’s wrong and try to give some real answers. Feel free to comment. The political postings – like most of the stuff here – is not copyrighted. Copy them to your own web site.The word “worldview” is important here. I’ll be posting many things here that relate to worldview. People operate and make decisions against their worldview. What is your worldview?
Now move on to Preparing for the November Political Election #2
