I Have Something To Say...

I'm going to get it off my chest.

I know I turn people off from my blog when I start talking politics.....so if this speaks to you....maybe you should come back tomorrow...

Here goes....

I cannot believe all of the crap I have been reading on blogs and FB from people....including my own family members...who are supposed to be Christians!!! Un-freaking-believable!

First of all, let me start by saying this....and please read carefully because I really feel this is important for some Christians to realize -

JESUS IS NOT A REPUBLICAN!!!!

You see...He is above all this party system nonsense.....he isn't choosing a side. So, for you to conclude that I am a heathen for voting for a Democrat...

I take extreme offense to that!

(by saying Christians only vote for Republicans, one can assume by process of elimination since I voted Democrat I am then either of another religion or no religion at all - aka heathen)

As a former soldier (I know I keep saying that, but damn, I took an oath to defend this country and that oath still means a lot to me) and a Christian.....I made a choice....a choice based on my belief of what was best for me and for my son and for this country. It was not based on a single issue, because to me voting based on one issue when there are soooo many things that need to be addressed...well, that is just plain silly to me. There I said it....

voting solely on the issue of abortion is silly.

Also, let me stress this....Pro-Choice is not the same as Pro-Abortion. I am a single mom and there was never really a choice necessary for me...I was always keeping Zander. I know my life is more blessed with him in it than it ever was or ever could be without him. But I have not walked in the shoes of other women who do not have the same love and support that I have.

Secondly I read on someone else's blog where Pres. Obama fumbled the oath.

No, no he did not.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. fumbled it and it caught Pres. Obama off guard. He stopped so Mr. Roberts could correct himself. But I understand that maybe you never heard that explained on Hannity, Limbaugh or Fox News or wherever you get your news....because it was all over MSNBC and CNN. This seems like such a petty issue with all the crises our nation is facing in the near future..but I still felt compelled to address it.

Lastly, I saw this button being passed around - which really is the source of what set me off on this rant. Well, to be honest I guess its been building - so before I have an aneurysm I had to let this out (if you are reading this and now wishing I were having an aneurysm - let me stress how that isn't very Christian-like either).

The button said "I promise to treat Obama with the same amount of respect as the Left gave to George Bush over the last eight years."

Wow....there is a lot I would like to address with that statement. First of all, it kind of disrespects Pres. Obama by calling him "Obama" if you are going to address the other guy as George Bush.

Next, there were many reasons for the Left to have issue with Pres. Bush. He was not a uniter, he was indeed a divider. The way his presidency even began was mired in controversy since he wasn't actually 'elected' (yeah, I said it, I still take issue with that.....where did all of those missing, impregnated, hanging chad ballots go in old Jeb's state?)

But, after 911, when the country came together and he swore we would bring those to justice that did this - well, I liked him that day. I agreed with him and I wanted to believe him. But he strayed from that and suddenly of these other little nasty facts about how he wanted to take down Saddam Hussein long before he ever even became President dirtied the waters. It made 911 seem almost convenient in a smarmy kind of way.

There are all kinds of things like censoring the press in those early years. Remember when they had to submit questions ahead of time and could not deviate from those questions once they were approved? Where are those weapons of mass destruction? Where is Osama Bin Laden? Why is it that he gave himself the right to line item veto anything that came across his desk? Why did the rich get tax cuts? Why did our gas go so high? (seems fishy since he himself is an oil man) Why did he not read all memos - could 911 have been prevented had his administration taken that more seriously? Why are all of our jobs going overseas? Why did he think holding a press conference celebrating John McCain's birthday with cake while people in New Orleans were fleeing from their homes was a good idea?

Even during his last press conference he would not take ownership for one single thing that went wrong. Basically he said "at least he made the hard decisions". Well, that was his job! And he is responsible for those decisions - especially since he didn't listen to the will of the American people.

This isn't a child's t-ball game - not everyone get a prize because they simply showed up!

Even if they were all Karl Rove's ideas and Dick Cheney's actions...then Pres. Bush is still responsible because of his inaction. He was the President dammit!

I know there are many other instances where Pres. Bush burned bridges....but its late and I've got a screaming headache and I'm typing angry right now....so I feel I mentioned plenty of them.

I personally hated his attitude. The government is supposed to be "of the people, by the people for the people". He ran it as a dictatorship. He made everything top secret siting basically that he was above the law. Our elected officials should be held accountable for the things they do....otherwise that makes America no better than a Communist State.

I also hated the fact that he was a poor speaker. I know it seems petty - but the American President is the most power position in the world. Yes, I feel the person in charge should have good speaking skills. Period.

And torture. He and VP Cheney spit all over the Geneva Convention. That puts our soldiers at a greater risk. If we torture and its legal, then other countries can do it too.

Now, people are free to wear that button and pass it around - heck, make it a t-shirt and wear it proudly if you want. You can. Because our 1st Amendment says you can. Oh, by the way, that is the same 1st Amendment that Pres. Bush took a crap on too! But, Pres. Obama says it stays....because our forefathers said the Constitution is what America is based on - and we are getting back to the basics.

So, if you want to hate this president for things he hasn't even done yet and wish him ill....and wish the country ill (which I don't even begin to understand).....then so be it. But if you are doing this...and calling yourself a Christian......then please look in the dictionary and see the word "hypocrite".....you will probably find your picture there snarling back at you.

I will end with something more positive and I will not address this issue again. I'm moving on. And so when I see anything more on this subject that starts making my blood boil...I will remember this:

"Be still, and know that I am God;

I will be exalted among the nations,

I will be exalted in the earth."

Psalm 46:10