(CNN) - When Mitt Romney said in an interview Friday it was up to states to determine the rights of gay couples to adopt children, he was expressing a view that many moderate conservatives hold regarding rights for same-sex couples. However, Romney’s stance puts him at odds with many social conservatives, whose support he’s continuing to court and whose votes he’ll need to win the White House in November.

On same-sex adoption, Romney may rile social conservatives – CNN Political Ticker – CNN.com Blogs.

I agree that it’s a state issue.  I disagree with the 45 states that allow it. According to information that I found, Florida, Mississippi, Michigan, and Utah don’t allow it.  Some other states don’t have a clear ban on it but depending on the judge can either allow it or not.

I don’t think that it’s healthy.  It’s confusing to kids and doesn’t provide a balanced environment which is necessary to help kids understand interaction between men and women.  Kids shouldn’t have to process that kind of information at a young age.

Rather than rebuilding links with alienated middle-class protesters, Mr Putin has “given up on them”, in the words of an influential Moscow businessman who asked not to be named. Instead, the businessman said, he has narrowly focused his efforts on the provincial working class, goading them with hostility to what Mr Putin calls the “big talkers” of the opposition beau monde.

via Putin builds walls round Kremlin – FT.com.

As I’ve said for years, Putin is a scary character.  His hostility toward pretty much everyone seems to come from the same type of fear most dictators have when trying to hold onto power. I think he’s willing to do pretty much anything to stay in power.  He’s trying to take Russia back to the days of Bolshevism in that he wants the people to forget what that system ultimately cost hundreds of millions of people – their lives – and drive them back toward wanting to get something for nothing.

Sadly the same type of thing is happening here in America.  Both major parties still want to push the idea that government is the solution to all of their problems.  This causes more people to be dependent on them and thus gives them more power.  There are now so many people dependent on the government, those of us who don’t want to be dependent are having our futures mortgaged to pay for it.  This is bad enough in the short term but much like the article states Putin’s future holds, so does ours.  This type of spending is unsustainable in the long term and possibly within the short term as well.

So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.Trouble no one about their religion;respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.

Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.Show respect to all people and grovel to none.

When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living.If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself. Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to foolsand robs the spirit of its vision.

When it comes your time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filledwith the fear of death, so that when their time comes they weepand pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.

According to presidential watcher Mark Knoller of CBS, George W. Bush, at this time of his presidency, had made 30 visits to his Texas ranch spanning all or part of 220 days. The Obama’s vacation day count is less than half of that.

via Michelle’s ski trip marks 16 Obama vacations | Washington Examiner.

Interesting spin, don’t you think? Comparing someone actually going to their home to someone going on a tax-payer funded vacation.  Yeah that’s the same. If you are a flaming liberal that is.  How can you compare President Bush going to his own residence to the Obama’s going to Hawaii?

Why is there not more coverage of this in the news? Not just this story but the overall threat from Iran. It’s like they are trying to ignore it.

This is a direct threat to the United States.  If Iran attacks Israel, we have to get involved. If Iran mines the straight,  you will see gas prices skyrocket and not come down for months or years.  The mines could be handled, but the immediate damage would be heavy.

The biggest problem will be financial for Europe more than the US, but guess who will be bailing them out yet again?  American taxpayers, that’s who.  The EU is already on the verge of collapse and what will happen if it does?  There is already a huge population of muslims spread throughout Europe.  It wouldn’t take much for them to rise up and really make a bigger mess of things.  After all, the Euros are too liberal to speak out against anyone.

Stolen Babies? Mother Loses Four Kids – ABC News.

I want to know your position.  You skated around giving an answer.  That sounds an awful lot like the person whom you replaced.

The problem as those of us who are tech savvy see it is the same as what just happened with some other sites.  No due process.  Government can shut down websites who don’t even know they are linking to pirated material.  It’s also far too easy for government to take down opposition political sites.  It happens all the time all over the world.  The difference here is the rule of law which keeps government in check.  Once the law changes, there’s no going back.  Our rights are being lost at a record pace in the name of, in this case, money for the MPAA and RIAA mostly.

Stand up for what’s right for the people.  In this case it’s also what is popular with the people.  That in itself should be enough to make you want to do it.  Voters are watching today more than ever.

I’m also posting this letter on my blog, justalkin.us, as well as your response.  Thank you.”

The obscene juxtaposition of the first lady on a $4 million vacation while asking what would have to be middle to low income earners for three bucks – who else would they be targeting with such an appeal? – is yet another example of lack of perspective the Obamas seem to be gaining while in power.

Mrs. Obama takes extravagant vacations to Spain and southern Africa. The president golfs obsessively and is currently dining at Honolulu’s ritziest restaurants. All while asking their fellow Americans to “sacrifice” during this time of not plenty.

via On a $4M Vacation, Michelle Seeks $3 From Backers | The Blog on Obama: White House Dossier.

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In a textbook for 10th-graders, printed for the 2010-2011 academic year, al-Ahmed said teenagers are taught barbaric practices. “They show students how to cut (the) hand and the feet of a thief,” he said. In another textbook, for ninth-graders, the students are taught the annihilation of the Jewish people is imperative. One text reads in part: “The hour (of judgment) will not come until the Muslims fight the Jews and kill them. … There is a Jew behind me come and kill him.”

via Extremist Teachings Remain In Saudi Textbooks Despite Kingdom’s Claims Of Reform | Fox News.