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Get off your insignificant high horse.

I didn't suggest a godless America. I said that the government has no role in charity whether it was a faith based one or a godless one.

Do you think that what ever Congress does is okay? Do you believe that when the SCOTUS confirms something as constitutional, that that is the final word? I guess that you are just fine with Roe v Wade and McCain Feingold and all the gun ban laws then too, right?

Without using emanations from penumbras, show me where the federal government has a legitimate role in charity, in banning guns, or in letting babies be murdered.

As a clue, the man largely responsible for writing the constitution says that he couldn't find any justification for taking from one man to relieve the suffering of another. That has always been and should forever remain the domain of individuals, not government.

You didn't hear complaints? Maybe it was because you closed your ears and mind to them. Maybe it was because many people did want to help relieve the suffering and they send millions of dollars of their own volition to help. Maybe it was because people just didn't want to be seen as uncaring by bringing up a little thing like the Consitution after such devastation and personal tragedy. Whether there were complaints or not, whether they were spoken or not, that still doesn't justify the government doing things that the Constitution does not specifically authorize them to do.

And in my opinion, the fed has no business covering the losses of homes, businesses, or even the lives of those lost in crime, acts or terrorism, or in natural disasters. The way they handed out money after 9/11 and Katrina was nothing short of criminal. It was theft from the rest of the country. The American people donated freely and generously on their own. If they had more of their own money (not confiscated by government through taxation) they would have given even more.

You have a right to feel the way you do, and I will not try to dissuade you from your opinion. I can see that you are angry and argumentative. Rave on, but find someone that wants to argue with you... I DO NOT!

My Christianity compels me to be a Compassionate Conservative. I know what President Bush means by that statement. I am NOT for welfare, and I am not for socialism lite. I have lived through 20 or so Hurricanes, and all of the worst ones since Hurricane Betsy. I know how many lives would have been lost over the years if not for our Military and Federal help. If we can help Pakistan, India, Indonesia, and many other disaster stricken areas of the world, then we can certainly help fellow Americans in during times of extreme disaster.

I am NOT defending buying everyone homes (although temporary shelter is a must for those that need it), substituting Federal grants for Insurance, or wasteful corruption like is evident in New Orleans... I am talking about life saving Law Enforcement, Emergency Medical Care, Emergency Rations, and debris cleanup. Without these things, hundreds of thousands of people would now be dead. American Mothers, Fathers, Grandparents, Sons and Daughters would no longer be with their families. These are the reasons that we must have FEMA and Disaster Relief plans ready for ANY contingency.

You may feel that we have no business doing that, but I ask you... when you face Jesus (if you believe in HIM, if not, whatever Deity you do believe in), which decision will you want to have made? Which decision would our Forefathers have made? Since GOD and Faith are in our formal Declaration of Independence, and our Constitution; I believe that I know the answer to that.

Like I said Rave On! I will not argue against your position, but I will never have to defend it either. I have the right to fee the way that I do also.

LLS