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I would like to open up BLOGINYOURFACE.com to anyone who would like to submit a guest post to me about their personal belief on any political issue(s). I know I don’t have that many readers but if you would like to get any type of political rant off of your chest about any topic at all, I will post it to the site UNEDITED for all to see and comment on along with you blog URL for promotion purposes. Just e-mail it to me at ahubbard13@bloginyourface.com Here is one of my (few and far between) political rants: 

 I wrote a little piece on Global Warming below in the wake of one man’s quest to raise awareness by climbing the New York Times building. I basically just wanted to say how awesome I thought it was that someone has that kind of devotion to a cause, ANY CAUSE. I admire people that are that passionate about their beliefs. Well, I must say that as much as I tried to keep politics out of it and human perseverance as the main theme, I ended up kind of doing the opposite; that is,  judging by the couple of comments  that I received.

Here is my reaction to the most recent comment by my big Sis:

Let me start off with one figure which I will base my views on…$720,000,000. That is how much we spend on the war in Iraq right now EVERY…SINGLE…DAY. “The War On Terror…” Lets just say that we had that kind of money to spend elsewhere…

For instance, with that kind of money America could:

1) Pay 12,478 teachers a salary of 55,000 dollars a year.
2) Provide 163,000 people with a year’s worth of health insurance.
3) Put a roof over 6,482 familes’ head.
4) Build 18,000 windmills…cutting down on energy costs and emissions exponentially.
5) Build up to 8 community centers a day in areas where gang activity is getting out of control.
6) How far would 700-some-million dollars a day go in fighting the war on drugs?
7) How far would 700-some-million dollars a day go in researching cancer treatment, STD prevention, teen pregnancy prevention, property tax relief and recycling incentive programs (i.e.  paying  Americans to recycle)?
How far would 700-some-million dollars a day go in preparing for “The Big One” (San Andreas Earthquake) which is predicted to affect 20 million people (or more) on the west coast and leave them without food, shelter, electricity, water, communication and adequate law enforcement?
9) How far would 700-some-million dollars go in doing something about the 10,000 hand gun deaths in America each year (compared to just 12 in the UK)?
10) Pay for research and prevention of the 45,000 Americans that are killed in car accidents annually.
11) I could go on and on about problems on our own soil…

And on an international level? If we really want to be the world super hero, can you imagine what 700-some-million dollars would do for:

1) The 8500 people that die from AIDS every day.
2) The 5000 children that die from dirty water every day.
3) The nearly 4 million people worldwide that have died from starvation so far THIS YEAR!
4) The 30,000 some kids worldwide that are born with a cleft pallet every year. We could do nearly 2 million surgeries on cleft pallets a day with this kind of money.
5) The 50 to 100 million active land mines that are in 80 countries around the world today?
6) I could go on and on here, too…

You say:

“I see the terrorists in the Middle East as a much more dangerous threat than global warming”

The way I see it, terrorists in the United States and in the world are some of the least of what we should be worrying about. In fact, I will go as far as to say that we are brainwashed into thinking they are way more of an immediate and dangerous threat than they really are. If the world is going to shit and human existence is nearing an end, I can guarantee that in the end it will have absolutely or barely anything to do with a) fuel costs or b) Terrorism.

There is nothing we can or will EVER be able to do about terrorism. No matter how long we are in Iraq or any other Middle Eastern country, there are always going to be extremist Muslims (and terrorists of other denominations). If we think we can win a holy war we are insane! These people are fighting to the death because they don’t value their lives on this Earth! How do you defeat an enemy like that? You don’t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fact: If someone on this Earth wants to harm someone else or a group of someone elses bad enough, they will find the means to do so. Their free will and our destiny to survive their wrath are both what God intends for. You say:

“If you truly believe that there is a God and he is watching out for you, then trust Him. He always knows what is best. Remember: fear is the opposite of faith.”

I could not agree with you more, Sis. But if that is the case, why do we fear terrorism so much? Why do we fear the inevitable and go to war over it, while ignoring so many other problems at home and around the world? PROBLEMS THAT WE CAN GET OUT THERE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT!

If terrorists really want to inflict harm on us, they will find a way. Our faith in God is what will protect us, and if it does not protect us it will lead us to the heavenly kingdom in our unfortunate death. Most people that pray to God daily usually include something about protecting them and keeping them safe though, right? My opinion on the War on Terror is that we get the hell out of there and start using our military for better causes. I say we get the hell out of there and start using our resources to help people around the world make it through the present and future problems that are facing the human race. People that actually want our help. People that would maybe even return the favor…

I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, KIM!!!!