Death on Demand

I ask, who formed your most inward parts? Were you covered in your mother's womb? Are you thankful that you were wonderfully made? Was your frame hidden from God when you were made in secret? Are you a a Christian? If so, do the Ten Commandments have real meaning to all those believers who profess Christianity as their faith?

Can you believe there are Representatives of Congress and other political leaders that have refused to support providing health care to newborn babies who survived botched abortions. President Obama shared this sentiment by refusing to support health care for abortion botched babies while a member of the Illinois Legislature. Does that make the legislator or the President bad? Not necessarily. It does however, call into question their Christian faith and their obedience to that faith. All this being said, it is not difficult to see President Obama's position on the sanctity of life much less the respect for human life.

Ronald Reagan once said "Every legislator, every doctor, and every citizen needs to recognize that the real issue is whether to affirm and protect the sanctity of all human life, or to embrace a social ethic where some human lives are valued and others are not." By refusing to value the sanctity of all life, the abortionists, and thus the supporters of such procedures clearly support a culture of death.

The problem,  as I see it,  is this culture of death brings with it a class of individuals who believe that they are qualified to determine the value of other human life. Remember this phrase: "Life unworthy of life."  Have you ever heard of it? Probably not, unless you are a student of 20th Century history. "Life unworthy of life" was a Nazi designation for the segment of the population which had no right to live. I believe this concept forms an important ideology of secular humanism which permeates liberal politics.

I believe the progressive left is taking its cue from one of its own, namely Peter Singer.  Dr. Singer is a bio-ethicist and philosopher who teaches at Princeton. His ideas about abortion and infanticide follows: "Human babies are not born self-aware, or capable of grasping they exist over time. They are not persons therefore, the life of a newborn is of less value than the life of a pig, a dog, or a chimpanzee."

Do you see the picture I am drawing.  First it was abortion on demand, then late term abortion, finally we talk of a newborn who miraculously survives an abortion procedure only to suffer a death by neglect or the snip of a scissor. What is next?  Death by injection for the hopelessly disabled or the death panel for the elderly? Is the picture coming into focus? What vehicle will death arrive in next?

To the Christian who supports abortion,  I say seek the truth in the scriptures and the truth will set you free. To the denomination and its leadership I say put a halt to your support of abortion of any type.  If not, you are not representative of Christ's love and teachings. To the minister who speaks from the pulpit yet supports this type infanticide, You are an apostate.

Hitler killed 6 million Jews in his concentration camps, Stalin murdered 20-60 million Russians in his gulags, Mao executed 70 million Chinese citizens in his provincial prisons. We have murdered over 56 million innocent unborn babies for convenience sake. We as a nation, like Germany, Russia, and China have broken the 6th Commandment; "Thou shall not kill."
 

The Floundering Ship

Are we, as the governed, being systematically suffocated by a government that appears to be no more than a ship floundering in the waters of ineptness? If not ineptness, what is the malaise in Washington a result of? Let us look no further than leadership on the ships bridge and among its crew. I am of the opinion, and constitutionally can express such, (at least at this moment in time) that the greatest American problem is leadership or the lack thereof. Why do I proclaim the obvious? The President,  his cabinet appointees, and his congressional minions have failed to produce a fraction of the leadership needed to minimally govern this nation's affairs. One would think that a Nobel Prize Laurete would use some historical hindsight when navigating our nation through the turbulent waters of the 21st century. "The decisions we make that will affect our future are based very much on what we have experienced and what we think we know about the past." Leaders may indeed be visionary or forward- looking. The question we must ask ourselves; Is President Obama's judgements based on history as he understands it?  Is his recollections of the past skewed? What writings of historical value were the most significant to his current decision making? Was it the Koran or the Bible that had the greater influence on his theological beliefs? Who influenced his social/economic agenda? Could the answers to the questions asked be significant? I think so.

When our recollections of the past are skewed or faulty, it leads to more skewed or faultier judgements. When the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are trampled upon in the name of expediency or convenience, individual freedom will dissipate. When a country's chief executive extols the virtues of Islam  while at the same time refuses to condemn the persecution of Christian minorities in Muslim nations, then that chief executive's professed religious belief systems are rightly questioned. I will answer the last question in the above paragraph with a question posed to you the reader. Examine the Obama agenda and the legislation the current administration has proposed, and in some cases successfully lobbied for. It does not take a political scientist nor a economists to figure out this last question. Do you suppose Jefferson, Lincoln, or for that matter Martin Luther King had significant influence on Obama's social/economic leanings? How about Marx, Ayers or Soros? One group cries out freedom for the people. The other mentioned group or the likes thereof shout out dominion over the people. Who knows what is best for a nation's citizens? Is it the nation's leader or its citizens?

Now ask yourself; who is the skipper of this floundering ship and what is ultimately its destination? We know its not Grumby at the helm and we are not sailing to Gilligan's Island. Do you suppose our current president, his administration and his supporters are steering us to the safety of a protected port or are we being driven into the eye of a storm? Will we be rescued or will we sink? Will the lifeboats of liberty come to our rescue or will we be drowned by the waves of tyranny?

America and the Tide

Just as lunar cycles and storm surge effect the ocean tides which in turn create shoreline erosion, so too does government intrusion erode democracy in America. I view this current trend of government involvement in our everyday lives as a pathway to tyranny. Thus, I begin my blogging experience. I am not naive enough to think I have anything to say that is original, profound or unique. Plato, Thomas Jefferson and Reagan I am not. Unlike many in the current Administration and some in Congress I possess no delusions of grander. I simply will express myself in hopes of witnessing a receding of the tides of tyranny or drown in its aftermath.

You are probably asking yourself who dares criticize the benevolence of a political apparatus who knows what is best for its citizens. Let me spare you effort. I am first and foremost a patriot and apologize to no one for being so. I am a constitutionalist not a revisionist. I am a fiscal conservative and a balanced budget advocate. I believe "socialism is the philosophy of failure, the greed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy. Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." I believe in a strong work ethic not the redistribution of wealth. Finally, and most importantly, I believe this nation was founded as one nation under God not apart from God. Currently, our constitutional rights are being usurped by a government run by elitists who espouse entitlement and encourage dependency on government instead of self. Furthermore, I believe the current administration is corrupt at worst or misguided at best. I believe the recent scandals are real. Real people died at the consulate in Benghazi. Real organizations were targeted by the IRS. Real citizens were spied upon by the NSA. "Fast and Furious" was a real operation run by DOJ which resulted in countless Mexican and American casualties. I believe in term limits for Congress and Supreme Court Justices. I believe a strong military is necessary if we are to survive these tumultuous times. I believe Islam posses the greatest threat to America and its way of life.

My future posts will expound on this, my first blog post. My day's final words follow: The hour is at hand. The tide is rising. Let us unite and hold the standard of liberty high above the waters of approaching tyranny.