West Wing - March 23, 2005

And so the social commentary continues. Topics for tonight included:

• Raising the Federal minimum wage
  
  
• Abortion
  
  
• Religion as a criteria for electing officials
  
  
• Corruption in government
  
  
• Corruption in political campaigns
  
  

So
raising the Federal minimum wage, that is a big issue, but something
that surprisingly our real politicians seem unwilling or unable to do
anything about. I continue to wonder why we are not talking about a
"living wage," but perhaps that will be another episode.



Abortion -- I am not even going to touch this one.



Religion
as a criteria for electing officials. Corruption in political
campaigns. Interesting topics. I am not surprised that people are
concerned about the morality of their elected officials. I am not
particularly surprised that they are interested in the worship habits
of their elected representatives. What I am surprised at is that the
populace are so easily sucked in at an obvious photo op where an
elected official, such as President Bush, makes a point of obvious
religious behavior, without any true demonstration of their faith. I
think that it is easy to stand in front of a camera and microphone and
talk about Christian values, but where are those values when you sent
our troops overseas to fight a war we did not need to be fighting at
that time, if at all? Where are your Christian values when it comes to
giving to charitable organizations? Do we really believe that Bush
gives until it hurts? When is faith going to be what it is supposed to
be, instead of a tool to get more votes?



What an interesting and thought-provoking evening of television it has been.

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