The Superior Express -

Once in a while I get questioned about my inclination to support (in the political world) only those people who are “Pro-Life.” To me it is a very simple intention, but I’ll try to explain a little more.

At one time, I was questioned: “What difference does it make if you are voting for a member of “The Airport Authority Board of Directors” (or some other position seemly not attached to the Pro-Life position), they have no connection to the abortion question?

My answer to most of the replies of this type is: “If a person does not protect the innocent unborn baby in the womb, how can you trust him (or her) to make correct decisions for your Air Port operation?

If a person does not protect the innocent unborn baby in the womb how can you trust him (or her) to make correct decisions on the operation of your school district, or county government, etc.?

If a person does not protect the innocent unborn baby in the womb, how can you trust him (or her) to make correct decision as a leader in State government as governor, or any other position?

You can go on forever with example. The concept of protecting children (even unborn children) has been so basic throughout history it seems strange to have to stand up and defend it in this day and age.

We do a lot of great things in this day and age, but killing unborn children is certainly not one of them.

In general it seems that the Liberal element in society supports abortion. Many of these liberals also are in the Democratic political party. A prime example of how this works can be seen in the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago. The State and city have been managed by Democrats for many years now. I don’t know exactly how many of the politicians are Pro-Abortion, but many, many are. It is obvious that they are failing in making correct decisions in many areas other than just a life or death issue.

Briefly, it seems is the city of Chicago. The biggest (but not only) problem seems to center around a pension plan (and benefits) promised by the city to its workers. (For example: city workers can retire in their 50s.)

It seems the city has been unable to fund the retirement program and is now some $5 trillion in debt. It seems some state leader suggest splitting Illinois into two states (Cook County: Chicago) and the other 101 counties.

That will not happen, I’m sure, but maybe those Democratic politicians will learn Margaret Thatcher’s axiom: “sooner or later socialists run out of other people’s money.” Chicago’s eight pension funds have more debt than 45 states.

The national media does not give situations like this a lot of publicity, but Illinois has a lot of trouble heading its way, just like New York, California and several other states.

Enough of Chicago . . . I just hope they may serve as a prime example of people who cannot make the simple decision about the life or death of our fellow human beings. How can we expect them to make correct decisions on other topics?

A O

The wind . . . To be honest, I can’t compare the wind of the last several weeks to the 1930s because I was not around in the 1930s. However, if the 1930s were worse, that had to be terrible.

We drove to Kearney Friday afternoon and home again at night. That trip was an event to remember. Toss in the prairie fires out west where they had to issue evacuation order for the towns of Arapahoe and Cambridge to protect its citizens from the fires that burned through nearly 50,000 acres of land . . . the memories of the 1930s might have been brought to the mind of those old enough.

Of course, I should have been able to predict the wind this year. It is an election year . . .

A O