[Grovenet] Rules are for somebody else

[David Morelli]

On Sep 1, 2008, at 11:48 AM, Katie Allnutt wrote:

> I guess rules don't matter when you are a republican.
> So, Sarah Palin is pregnant with her 5th child and know it has  
> Down's  syndrome.  She is giving a speech and her water breaks and  
> she has labor pains.  She finishes her speech, gets to the airport,  
> checks in her luggage and gets on the plane for a flight from Texas  
> to Alaska with a change of planes in the middle.
>
> Good judgement?

I think not, but what do I know?

I don't know which airline she used, Alaska Airlines has no  
restrictions on travel by pregnant women, while other airlines do.   
So, she may not have broken any rules.  Since delivery of second,  
third, fourth, or fifth children is frequently faster than the  
delivery of the previous child, having the water "break" should be a  
strong indicator that delivery is coming soon.  A consultation with a  
doctor would be reasonable before traveling.

I would guess that Governor Palin said a prayer, put the issue into  
the Lord's hands, and went ahead with her life.  After all, what is  
the harm in delivering a baby at 10,000 feet?  Except that there may  
be no medical facilities or personnel in case of complications.  And  
the crew and passengers can just deal with her event.  No one said  
that the governor was overly concerned with offending or  
inconveniencing others.

Was there a risk to the baby?  The governor appears to run a faith  
based life, so that must be the Lord's problem.  As I wrote earlier,  
I am not content to put my future into the hands of a President who  
takes unnecessary risks while turning the planning over to the Lord.   
Unplanned actions take America into places like Iraq without an exit  
strategy.

So far, hurricane Gustav has pulled President George Bush from the  
Republican convention, reminded voters of the inept handling of  
hurricane Katrina, and pulled the wind from the sails of the opening  
session of the convention.  We see sunshine for Democrats and storm  
clouds for Republicans.  I see it as an interesting coincidence, but  
if someone believes that the Lord is intervenes in daily events, this  
sure looks like a negative divine comment on the Republican candidates.

Don't expect consistency from Conservative Vice Presidents.  Dick  
Cheney loves his daughter Mary and her baby Samuel even though she is  
openly lesbian and conservative values paint lesbians as consciously  
evil.  Sarah Palin loves her daughter Bristol and her coming  
grandchild even though she conceived in sin outside of marriage.    
Conservative politicians may know how to love those who are near to  
them, but that don't apply to those outside of their circle, or to  
the content of the Republican Party platform.

David