Response to Peter Heck

In reference to Peter Heck's 4/12/2009 column...

The majority of Mr. Heck's column is an emotional appeal. As a conservative (I am called a "conservative" by others so I will identify with that label for the purposes of this discussion) I will NOT go silent when my party stops thinking critically and resorts to emotional pleas and logical fallacies. If you want to be a conservative then great, but make sure it is logically and empirically accurate.

Here are just a few of the errors I noticed...

My grandfather, who served during Korea, taught me to be a Christian man and own up to my mistakes and apologize. Did the United States or did it not, cause the sub-prime crisis which has dragged the world into a recession?

The US does snub Europe? Remember the stink the right-wing of politics made a few years ago when France didn't see enough evidence to invade Iraq... and some Americans wanted to rename French Fries... Freedom Fries? How sophomoric can we Americans become?

There is not blood on the Normandy beaches... this emotional statement is designed to short-cut the route to your brain and take the appeal straight to your heart.

"When an entire continent was overwhelmed with famine and hunger, Americans gave of themselves to sustain it."
Oh yeah? Why hasn't the US kept it's commitment to the UN then on fighting global famine? Does the US assist the world? Sure... because our economy is by far the biggest... but proportionally we are not at all the biggest donors.

The conservative party needs better than this Mr. Heck...

Lastly, I read a lot of Christ-name dropping but I do not hear any love in what these people say. I read Christ saying to forgive your brother, turn the other cheek, store up treasures in Heaven, be the LAST if you want to be the first... but I don't hear these same themes from those using His name? I am confused. I want to challenge all people who name drop God's/Christ's name to read His actual words and be consistent. The unbelieving world begs you... please... be a Christian because it is reflected in how you live and speak... not simply because you call yourself one.

As for you Mr. Beck... the United States do not need emotionally polarizing editorials... they need people to step up to the helm armed with compassion, wisdom, and truth. Will you be such an individual?