A Political Observation:

I don't know much about politics, but I do know about reading and about presuppositions.

Has it struck anyone else that all the major news outlets seem to be trying to outdo each other to show that they aren't racist by saying how great it is that there is an African-American president-elect?

I think that this is a great thing, and has potential to do a lot for race relations, but this is all that I'm reading these days--nothing about his policy, nothing about his plans, just how great it is that he is now president-elect. Oh, except today in the Hamilton Spectator, where they had a huge article on the fashion-sense of the Obama family.

Did anyone pay attention to any issues during the campaign, or did they just vote emotionally?

And that's all I will say about the U.S. political scene.

Finally, an end to the silence.

Hi all,

I finished on the farm last Friday, and since then I have been working on a sermon for the big family reunion this weekend. A thanksgiving sermon. It is going well, except that all of a sudden last night I ended up with a bad cold...sore throat, stuffy head, at least my nose isn't running. However, I will still get my sermon finished.

As I was working on the farm, and as it is election season in Canada, I had plenty of opportunity to see some of those fabulous yard-signs that the political-hopefuls put up all over the place. And I found what is, for now, the worst political slogan I have ever heard.

But before I tell you what it is, I want to say a few things about the party. I have always been of two minds about the Christian Heritage Party. We have a delegate in our area, so we actually do have a chance to vote for them. However much I agree with their issues (as stated on their website), and desire to see a political party sitting in the seat of responsibility that I actually like, I have difficulty in deciding to vote for them at all. Because they are such a small party, and because they are pretty much off the radar for most people, a vote for them means one less vote for the party that I would like to see at the helm, and actually has a chance of making it. Voting for the CHP seems, in one way, like throwing my vote away.

Having said that, I also think that if we do actually vote for them, they would have that much more support, and perhaps could at least get something going on politically.

Do I vote for the party I agree with most, or do I vote strategically, so the party I don't want to see with the responsibility of leading the country does not get in?

So, in saying that the slogan is terrible in no way constitutes me making light of the Christian Heritage Party.

But their slogan is terrible.

I don't know if the slogan is on their website, but it's on the signs for the guy in our area, and here it is:

"You know what's right..."

While theologically and philosophically I can agree with the sentiment (to some degree), but seeing it on a political sign as a slogan just reeks of arrogance. It is as if they are saying "It's the right thing to do, voting for us, and if you don't do it, you're being bad."

I wonder who thought up that slogan, and why they thought it would be good to use publicly.

But since I do have a sermon to write, that is all for now.