President Obama says, "We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation."
Obama bows to King Abdullah.
The government has already bailed out banks left and right, whether they actually needed it or not.
Government is about to begin bailing out life insurance companies.
What is happening?
What we are seeing now is a shift in our nation. Now I'm not going to point fingers and blame this all on our newly elected President. Wait, yes I am.
Now, if you look at the figures that even Newsweek puts out, clearly 62% is more than half, so yeah, sure we're a Christian nation still. But during President Obama's trip to the Middle East he made that controversial comment, that we are not a Christian nation. Speak for yourself Mr. President; sans Thomas Jefferson who was atheist, were not our Founding Fathers God fearing men? I'm not going to argue that our national religion be Christianity, because those same Fathers fought for our right to chose what we believe. However, I will argue the basis of what this country was founded upon.
What is with that bow Mr. Obama? No, you cannot have your White House say that you were simply getting down to King Abdullah's level because he's shorter. Clearly you were bowing, that's what everyone can clearly see in the video. Not only do the Saudis see this as a sign of submission, but America sees that as well, and also as a sign of weakness. So are we giving up our stance as a wold super power? Are we giving up our title of world leader? I don't think so, sir.
Is the insurance industry next on the list to be bailed out? Who after? Fast food workers? Construction workers? As bad as it sounds, and as rough as it will get, sometimes these companies (and yes, the big ones) need to go. It's based off of decisions they have made, risks they have taken, and it's time to pay up. If you keep bailing out companies that are struggling what will they ever learn? I'll tell you what they will learn... they'll learn that they can just do whatever, and if they fall upon hard times Mr. Government is here to help. And that's exactly what they want. When the government steps in to help, they begin to take control and regulate. This is what's happening, and at this rate there will be a morning where we wake up and realize that we've fallen into a socialist society. We will hit a point where no one will want to work or try, because the government will simply do it for us. So are we as Americans going to be apathetic and let this happen? Are we going to sit here and have things handed to us? What about the millions and millions of Americans that work hard for every dollar they earn? Should they just stop? No. All of America needs to pull themselves up by their bootstraps and take their own initiative to change this country.
Rush Limbaugh made an interesting point today, when he was talking about taxes. The private sector, such as the airline industry, lowers their prices when business is struggling. And look how it's worked, more people are getting on planes and flying across the country and the world. However, the government does the opposite. They're struggling and they decide to raise taxes. Do they not realize that they are going to drive away the people? We'll see how angry people are on April 15th, there's plenty of Tea Parties in the works.
P.s. Rush Limbaugh is my hero. He is selling his penthouse in New York because of a tax hike and vows to "never work in this city again!"
I think you have to take the "we are not a Christian nation" in context. If you were president in wars with a lot of religious tension you might want to play down religion yourself (Iraq and Afghanistan, both who have a lot of problems struggling with government that is overwhelmed by religious influence).
ReplyDeleteHaving strong faith or belief for yourself is noble. I think that when you start claiming that belief for others is like speaking for someone else. A lot of people claim to be Christian if they are forced to classify themselves, but may never even been to church. This blanketed % that we often hear also must be taken into context. In the US saying that you're Christian is the most socially accepted answer, so therefore this statistic is inflated. I would be curious to know the % of Americans who actually attend church (and in fairness, even counting the Easter and Christmas visitors).
So that's all I have to add to the religion issue.
Then you used the "bootstrap" cliche. This is frustrating to me, because who gives you the bootstraps? I too worry about the level of government involvement, but without some heightened level of involvement in these unique times a lot (millions) of hard working people would suffer (those who had no deciding role in the condition of their company). And these companies typically do quite well, but due to deregulation of complex financing procedures many were left holding investments in AAA rated companies that were in actuality pure garbage (without warning).
So rather than face a complete loss in trust in our system, the government has stepped in, is regulating, and saving companies that people work for (rather than have hundreds of millions on unemployment - which would definitely be more expensive in the long run fall out of thousands of companies). There are of course those who deserve to fail that the government would be hard-pressed to be the decider of specifically who wins and who loses, so there are policies in practice right now to help a wide range of businesses get through these unique times, who have been victims to a system that is out of whack. Give some time to the economy, let is level off, place some regulation to learn from our mistakes, and with a little luck, things will settle down.
Ryan-
ReplyDeleteI believe that you must take into context Obama's reasoning for saying that "we are not a christian nation." As with his obvious humble/submission approach to the Saudi is trying to please them. He is not saying it to clarify that as fact, he is only saying it because he knows that is the safe route. And who are you to say the reasons people pick that religion? The fact is 62% said it, and that makes a majority classified as Christian. Obama should stay hush on that.
As for your second points histort has proven (The New Deal) that government does not regulate itself well. Once you give them the power it is hell to take it back. The mood Obama is setting around washingston and the world is not, as he is trying to push, one where we restructure the principles...it is one where we fix is with handouts and money.
Chaz-
ReplyDeleteI don't think that labeling the U.S. a Christian nation is something to argue over, if you think it's OK to speak for 38% (or more) of the nation, that's your choice.
As for letting hundreds of thousands of companies fail without assistance... what would you do? Would you allow the American economy to take that kind of step back when we are facing strong competition from China? Would you be willing to compromise our position as a leading economic force (something that also would compromise our safety, our resources, and civility)?