Hey Mr. Huckabee!  My father-in-law is a Baptist minister and he says that good Christians don't tell lies.  To make that more clear, one who knowingly tells things that are false.  So I put it to you Mr. Huckabee, are you a good Christian or are you lying?  Would you suggest that these two things are mutually exclusive?

In a radio interview and in reply to the host speaking about President Obama being a legitimate citizen Mr. Huckabee said, "I would love to know more. What I know is troubling enough. And one thing that I do know is his having grown up in Kenya, his view of the Brits, for example, very different than the average American."

Yeah, we are hearing all the excuses for this from both Huckabee and his camp as well as the right-wingers... 

The governor in an interview recently on PBS told a call in question asker that it was "none of your business" with regards to his children attending private school.  Sounds reasonable but listen to the exchange in context and then think about what he is saying.  The question was why the governor, with his children attending private school felt it was alright to cut funding from public schools.  Not why he chose to place his children in private school or what type of private school they attended.  The obvious inference (which could not be appreciated by the governor) was that his possible bias would be for private schools over any public funding of public schools. 

His idiotic response goes as follows:  It's none of your business.  I don't ask you where you send your kids to school.  I pay $38,000 in property taxes for public schools that we don't utilize.  We believe (his wife and himself), we have decided as parents we believe a religious education should be part of our children's education. Third, I, as governor, am responsible for every child in this state, not just my own.  The decisions i make are to improve the educational opportunities.  With all due respect, it's none of your business.

This is one position that many in the New GOP hold but are too cowardly to state plainly and in the open.  That is that I don't believe that my money collected through taxes should be used to help others, mostly the poor or needy. 

I had a conservative aunt and uncle that decided not to have children.  They happily paid property taxes that went to public education even thought they did not have children to take advantage of a public school system.  For anyone to have either view is fine but say it plainly and honestly!  My aunt and uncle would tell everyone that "we don't have children but we are a part of our community and society as a whole and insomuch we are supporting the community we live in and the society we are a part of.  So we gladly pay those taxes even though we don't benefit directly but in a way we do since it contributes to the community and society we live in!"

I say it again, having an opinion on one side or the other is fine but don't be so cowardly (like Governor Christie) and cloud your position because you think it might be percieved as unpopular, distasteful or un-Christian liike.