You know, I’ve had about enough of the whining and bellyaching of citizens who should know better. I’ve had about enough of the liars perpetrating to be “journalists” when all they’re only pompous blowhards. I’ve had it with mainstream media who don’t seem to have a handle on what the news actually is by giving way to stories about non-politicians’ personal lives. I don’t even want to know the personal lives of any politician as they were elected to do a particular job not be a surrogate parent, spouse or sibling to any of us; neither are they obligated to be the source of any moral or religious compass, that responsibility falls on the parent(s).
The loss of any life is detrimental to the lives of the loved ones left behind and society, as we’ve lost a member of the human race. The explosion on the oil rig and the oil spill that ensued does not fall on President Obama, it falls on the many people who benefit from having a relationship with the oil business, mostly GOP politicians and more specifically, the former Bush administration and its’ cronies. Where were these “righteously indignated” citizens when their beloved Bush and Cheney were making deals with big oil? Trust me when I state that I use the term “righteously indignated” loosely and sarcastically. Where were these “righteously indignated” citizens when the poor of Katrina were dying and starving? Where were these “righteously indignated” citizens when Bush was creating a budget deficit so large it will probably take another century to climb out of or putting us in debt to China? Where were these “righteously indignated” citizens when the former administration was protecting the banks and big business? I’ll tell you where they were, they were busy enjoying the spoils that came along with supporting duplicitous politicians under the guise of “moral and patriotic values”. If the devil is moral, then yeah, they deserve what they get, unfortunately the rest of us must suffer along with these less than intelligent citizens blinded by words but not looking at the actions behind the words. Maybe I’m being a little unfair in making that statement but there are people struggling to live decently everyday but it is struggle, it’s a quagmire of so many things yet the “righteously indignated” citizens don’t see that, they don’t care. The only time they care is when it hits home like the flooding in Opryland. Now they want to complain and place the blame of everything wrong on President Obama. He is a human being with flaws as the rest of us, yet he has an earnest desire to try and right the wrongs committed against the citizens of this nation by the greed of the former administration. Unfortunately, the “righteously indignated” don’t see that, they don’t see that as bad as things may be for them at the moment, they still don’t have it as bad as those who are homeless, those who struggle to survive and provide on minimum wage.
The interesting thing is that the majority, if not all, of these “righteously indignated” citizens will call themselves “Christians” and faithfully attend church. I don’t know about their churches but I do know that the Bible does not reflect any of their attitudes. We are told “we then who are strong ought to bear with the scruples of the weak and not to please ourselves.”[1] In the eyes of GOD and He Who started “Christianity”, it’s not about what one has, it comes down to how we treat one another. Many of these “righteously indignated” citizens will be quite surprised on that final day because they show favoritism to whom they choose but “in truth, I perceive that GOD shows no partiality.”[2]
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