Monday, March, 16,2009.

This is Fayville, right? I’ve logged so many miles and motels/hotels in the past two weeks I am not quite sure where I am. Ah, yes. It must be Fayville as I have a USA Today hanging on the door to my room. Now to start my day with my morning propaganda.

I am going to bypass the AIG stuff as everybody is talking about it and has their opinion. I am going straight to the good stuff. Again citing my source, USA Today March 16, 2009, page 9A, The Forum. By David P. Gushee” distinguished university professor of Christian Ethics at Mercer University and president of Evangelicals for Human Rights”.

Mr. Gushee starts of by saying, “It’s no secret that a group of self-identified centrist of moderate evangelicals built a friendly relationship with Barack Obama and rejected the Christian right’s vilification of him. I am in this group.” Now we know where Mr. Gushee is coming from. Mr. Gushee goes on to cite several reasons why he and his “moderate evangelicals” supported Barack Obama. Among those were, he reached out to us. Well duh, he IS a politician. He promised “transformational leadership” With all due respect. What the H___ is “transformational leadership” that could bridge the culture wars. Some body please define that for me. It’s ok to have a cultural war, a war on poverty, a war on the economy, a war on education, BUT NOT A WAR ON TERRORISM! Somebody please explain that to me. Well duh, he IS a politician. Finally, identification with issues such as torture, climate change (no longer global warming) health care (not promised in the Constitution) and Pro Life. Candidate Obama promised to reduce abortion. Now we get to the nitty gritty.

Pro Life. What does that mean. Pro Life in my book, The Bible, means what God has created.
L I F E. Not embryos, Not fetus, Not the unborn, Life! That happens when a man and a woman come together as God intended and create. Life! Call it what it is, Life regardless of it’s location, inside or outside the womb it is Life and God created it. It is NOT meant to be destroyed by man nor woman. PERIOD!

Mr. Gushee goes on in this rather lengthy article to break down President Obama’s promise to overturn President Bush’s order on funding abortion, the so called Mexico City policy. Then the nomination of Governor and supporter of the murder of the most innocent, the unborn, Kathleen Sebelius as head of Health and Human Services. And, of course, the promise to reduce abortions. Another promise. Words just words. Did I mention at that time he was a politician running for office. Well duh.

Mr. Gushee goes on to be quite intellectual and uses an analogy about getting close to Caesar and forgetting why you wanted to get there to start with to support a moderate position. Well I, in my limited education, would like to cite some ancient mythology. How about Icarus? He is the guy who’s dad made him wings with wax with which he could fly. He flew a little too close to the sun, the wax melted and the rest is history so to speak. RIP, Icarus.

Mr. Gusbee in his final remarks asks President Obama for more than lip service. My question is quite simple. What part of “he’s a politician don’t you understand?” He will say anything to get elected and then lie again. With all due respect to the so called moderated evangelicals failure to stay focused on the Bible and how the Bible examines every aspect of life and how life should be lived is beyond my comprehension. What don’t you understand about what was the most liberal senator in congress and now the President?

If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck and has feathers like a duck, it just might be a DUCK!