Jami Holds Back No More

I am guessing this post might ruffle some feathers, but I guess maybe it's time I did. Because I am a person of strongly held convictions, a moral, compassionate, intelligent woman, mother, wife and professional, who doesn't take what anyone just hands out as truth, but looks into important matters more deeply, looks for confirmation and asks, "Which of these stories makes sense?" And maybe the hormones are rampaging today, but I've reached the breaking point of trying to hold in my opinion so as not to offend anyone or start battles or whatnot. I usually keep politics and the like out of my blog because I want it to be a fun and interesting read, and often there is nothing more boring than someone else's political take. But today, I'm going in . .. I respect your beliefs and your right to hold them and I wish you'd start doing the same. Yes, I'm a conservative, but if you think I'm heartless or greedy or mean, than you are more of a bigot than you accuse me of being because I'm not any of those things and neither are most of the conservatives I know. I don't jump to conclusions if you say you're a liberal, because I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt that you looked into the issue, too and just have a different take. Capitalism isn't evil. It's fair. If you don't like something, don't buy it. If you earn something, you get to have it. If you don't like the way a company operates, you can ask yourself, "is my belief worth the money or inconvenience of going somewhere else or doing without?" Yes, there should be very basic controls on companies, but you know what caused all the crap going on now? Government sticking too many fingers in the pie and then crying "Look! Free markets don't work." It's bull. I am against abortion, because I am FOR women and for choice. You have the choice to not have sex if you don't want a kid. You have the choice to use birth control, if you do have sex. You have the choice to parent or place your child with a loving family. Half of those children being aborted are future women, so I don't think we should kill them. Or the future men for that point. Don't give me the "rape/incest" thing because the last thing I read was something like less than 1% of abortions performed in the US were in the case of rape or incest. You don't know when life begins? Neither do I, so why err on the side of murder? Killing unborn children cheapens all life. If I can abort at 12 weeks, why not 20 weeks? If I can have a partial-birth abortion, ending the life when the baby is partially out, why not 10 minutes after he's born? Why not a day later? A life is unspeakably precious, to terminate it for convenience should be appalling to us all. I am for more freedom for everyone, and that means the freedom to fail, the freedom to be a big jerk if you want, the freedom to live where you want and spend your money how you want. I am against illegal immigration, and pardons for illegal aliens. I'm 100% for immigration. I have friends from all over the world, some who have become citizens, and I wish it had been easier for them. But that doesn't mean that just because you managed to beat the system to get or stay here you get a pass, because it's hard to do it the right way. It's hard for me to earn more money, so I should be allowed to steal from my neighbors? There is a reason for immigration law and believe me, I know firsthand how long and tedious the process can be. I was finger-printed three separate times by three agencies to get my son into the country, but that doesn't mean that I think everyone else should bypass it. I'm sure that many of the illegal aliens are very nice people. But they are still breaking the law and they chose to do so. I have lots more things I'm for and against, and I'm not going to bore you with the entire list. But before you write me off as an evil conservative b*tch, have you *really* considered the other side? Look at statistics, think about it, talk to someone who thinks differently than you and honestly consider their points instead of thinking what you're going to say next. Remember that there is NO SUCH THING as an unbiased report - this is one of the first lessons we learned in broadcasting and no matter what you think, it's the truth. And most of all - if you're still reading, thanks, and if after you've thought and prayed, considered and learned, discussed and debated, you still don't agree with me, I still like you. I still respect you. I hope you'll do the same.