4 posts tagged “politics”
Why are not more people talking about this issue of government eroding on our rights on every front?
From San Francisco Chronicle:
"It's not courageous to make a simple statement about personal beliefs,'' he told about 70 people at the San Leandro City Hall. "What is courageous is to stand up in Congress and say, 'Let's tax the rich and give the money to poor kids.' Now that's courageous.''
And more importantly:
Thomas was even happier to see that most of the people at the town hall meetings weren't interested in talking about Stark's position on God. Instead, Iraq, health care, global warming, immigration and other national issues that drove the hour-long sessions.
"It's great that (atheism) didn't come up,'' he said. "There are far more important things to be concerned about than what Congressman Stark believes.''