Presidential hopeful Governor Rick Perry hasn’t been on my radar since he couldn’t remember he wanted to eliminate the Energy Department. However, his new campaign advertisement has angered the Christianphobes. I was expecting a lot worse when the ad’s controversy made Mashable, but after watching it I’m left puzzled.
I’m not sure there’s a war on religion in the United States, but the left has no tolerance for Christianity. For example, the University of North Carolina created a “meditation room” for Muslim students to pray after lobbying efforts by Muslim students. Awesome. Who cares, right? Heck, the The Daily Tar Heel greeted the move as an example of “inclusivity and responsiveness.”
This is where liberalism fails. Because they’re not inclusive or responsive. They’re hypocrites. The College Fix sums it up.
Of course, if this room were created due to the demands of and with certain features exclusively for a Christian group, the outcry would be instantaneous and overwhelming. We already saw the criticisms of the Christmas trees in Wilson and Davis libraries. The associate provost in charge of the University libraries gave the reason for removing the trees by arguing that “it didn’t seem right to celebrate one set of customs.”
Rick Perry makes a great point. If Muslims are allowed to worship on campus, if homosexuals are allowed to serve openly, if we are living in a completely tolerant society, why don’t liberals tolerate Christians? There’s nothing controversial about Perry’s ad, but the left’s reaction says a lot about how they view Christians.
Texas Governor Rick Perry has suddenly caught the attention of Christianphobes. Governor Perry is participating in an all-day prayer event on August 6th. Apparently, his mere presence at the event is an establishment of a state religion. It’s amazing that a Texas governor could have that much power in the United States.
It is indeed possible the Rick Perry is holding the event for political reasons. It’s impossible to know the heart of a man. However, have we gotten to the point that even mentioning God is unconstitutional?
The Freedom From Religious Foundation, which claims more than 16,000 members, including 700 in Texas, filed the federal lawsuit Wednesday in Houston, contending that Perry’s actions violate the Constitution’s Establishment Clause by “giving the appearance that the government prefers evangelical Christian religious beliefs over other religious beliefs and non-beliefs.”
“We always say, beware prayer by pious politicians,” said Annie Laurie Gaylor, who co-directs the group with her husband, Dan Barker, a former evangelical Christian minister who is now an atheist.
“Nothing fails like prayer,” she said. “It’s the ultimate political cop-out.”[emphasis added]
Annie Laurie Gaylor and Dan Barker’s real grief is with God and people who believe in God. It’s not Rick Perry or the Constitution. Doesn’t Rick Perry have a constitutional right to participate in any religious event he wants? Doesn’t he have a constitutional right to say God’s name? You don’t sacrifice your religion to run for higher office. President Abraham Lincoln mentioned God six times in his magnificent second inaugural address and it’s written on the wall of the Lincoln Memorial.
Indeed, Lincoln’s second inaugural address is the greatest inaugural address by this nation’s greatest president. Here is the second half of Lincoln’s address. According to Gaylor, this is the most unconstitutional speech in American history.
Each looked for an easier triumph, and a result less fundamental and astounding. Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. It may seem strange that any men should dare to ask a just God’s assistance in wringing their bread from the sweat of other men’s faces, but let us judge not, that we be not judged. The prayers of both could not be answered. That of neither has been answered fully. The Almighty has His own purposes. “Woe unto the world because of offenses; for it must needs be that offenses come, but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.” If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which, in the providence of God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God always ascribe to Him? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
The speech is mesmerizing in its honest and humble appreciation of God’s sovereign will. Obviously, not everyone believes that is the case, and they’re free to believe whatever they want. Christianphobes are allowed to believe, say, and think whatever they want. No one is forcing them to kneel before God; however, they don’t have the right to stop Rick Perry or forget about the powerful words of President Abraham Lincoln.
Club Soda adds: This is yet another shining example of how the Establishment Clause is misused. By participating in, and even favoring one religion over another, Rick Perry or any other politician is not “establishing” squat. However, if Rick Perry advocated forcing everyone to convert to whatever sect of Christianity he belongs to, that, my friends, would be an “establishment” of religion and therefore unconstitutional. You could argue that the dogmatic teaching of the theory of evolution in the public schools is an establishment of religion. The religion in this case would be Materialism, which is as much a faith-based system as any religion. It is, in fact, a religion by definition, and one that does not allow dissent from any of its precepts. But, as usual, I digress. To digress even further, I wonder if it’s okay for Minnesota’s Muslim Congressman Keith Ellison to favor Islam over Christianity. It’s certainly okay with me, and it’s apparently okay with the hyperventilating anti-Christian crowd if one professes Islam, Judaism, Materialism, Atheism, or any other faith over Christianity. Either be consistent or leave everyone the hell alone about their beliefs. Ultimately, this is not about the Constitution or religion or anything other than one group attempting to force its will and its own beliefs on others. If you don’t like the fact that we are absolutely free to believe and say what we want, then please move to one of the world’s Utopian societies, like Saudi Arabia.
One of the unsettled issues from the Bush years is the seething hatred on the left. Attacks on Bush went unanswered for nine long years without defense. There’s nothing wrong with debate. There was a long list of things I wasn’t happy with during the Bush administration, but the bile that came from the left is largely forgotten in the attempt to label anyone who disagrees with Obama as either racist, misogynist, homophobe, fascist, or some combination of them all.
After Bush the left has had two long years beating up on Sarah Palin. I’m exhausted from the hate-mongering. Now the left has turned its eyes toward Michele Bachmann. Just do a quick Twitter search for “Bachmann + bitch” to get an idea of how deranged people are about her.
The internet is a great tool for information, but it’s also a source for misinformation. Let’s face it, if your sole source for news is MSNBC, Slate, The Nation and Twitter hate feeds there’s a good chance you’re terribly misinformed. Heck, even ABC News is feeding the frenzy. Now what I’m about to say isn’t politically correct. Christians view homosexuality as a sin. It’s Biblical, it’s clear, and it’s not debatable. However, there’s a whole list of things that are sins that aren’t illegal in the United States. You can fornicate to your heart’s content and there’s not a law against it; however, it is a sin.
Does that mean that anyone who confesses to be a Christian (one that believes the Bible is the Word of God) is unfit for public office? Well, according to many on the left the answer is yes. All these liberals who are up in arms about religious organizations who can be linked (the influence of the association is of no consequence) to Bachmann didn’t bat an eye about Obama’s ties to the New Left and radical pastors. I can guarantee if people on the right talked about the President the way these leftists are talking about Bachmann it would be on page 1 of the New York Times.
What it all boils right down to is Christianity. Many of the left absolutely have no tolerance for evangelical Christians. The seething hate is undeniable. Christians are portrayed as brain-dead morons in all facets of American culture. Christians spend more time and money on charity than any class of people in the United States. In the year 2011 the individual is free to do, think, say, or act any way they want. Christians tolerate the practice. What more do liberals want?
Thinking about the budget makes Moby's head hurt. Listening to Moby sing makes my head hurt.
It’s becoming more and more difficult to take anyone on the left seriously. During the build up to the war in Iraq the left’s position against the conflict could be justified. It was a somewhat perfectly logical argument. What is the left’s logical argument about reducing the national debt? They don’t have one and they look like idiots.
The new rallying cry on the left is to oppose the Republican budget. I should say the “idea of a Republican budget” since no one on the left seems to know the details. Speaking of the uninformed, Moby has a new album coming out. What better way to promote it than to hold a hunger strike to protest the Republican budget. Here’s a video that features Moby’s new song and a slide show of people who never took economics classes. By the way, comments are disabled. No need for a free exchange of ideas during a hunger strike.
MoveOn.org helped create this idiotic masterpiece. Moby is outraged because the budget gives tax breaks to corporations and millionaires, and it hurts people. Is anything better than a shallow, illogical talking point cited by a barely famous musician? Yes, when a shallow, illogical talking point is promoted by an idiotic marketing stunt that’s backed by an organization funded by a European born billionaire. Hooray for the little guy! What is it that these bleeding hearts really want?
I’m starting to believe the left wants universal poverty. That’s where we’re headed. If the country goes bankrupt and our economy collapses we will all struggle to make ends meet. That’s the reality. Raising taxes isn’t going to solve the problem. Cutting defense isn’t going to solve the problem. It’s puzzling to me that the left is so willing to believe the world is in peril due to Global Warming, but a real man-made budget crisis could leave us all poor and destitute.
Blood for oil is apparently a justifiable excuse for bombing Libya. Hail to the chief, baby!
Also, why aren’t these same people who protested the Iraqi conflict up in arms about what we’re doing in Libya? Shouldn’t these pacifists be in the streets protesting because we’re bombing Libya for apparently no reason, with no UN authorization, for the behest of European oil interests? They’re hypocrites. Here’s a journal entry on Moby’s website from 2003.
ok, let’s talk about the war in iraq, and one of the more salient issues. the issue that i’d like to talk about is not whether saddam hussein was a bad man (he was/is). the issue is not whether iraq was a dictatorship (it was/is). the issue is why we went to war. we went to war because the bush administration said that saddam hussein had weapons of mass destruction and because the bush administration said that iraq was supporting al qaeda and because the bush administration said that iraq was developing nuclear weapons. and, just to be clear, we now know that iraq had no weapons of mass destruction, was not supporting al qaeda, and was not developing nuclear weapons. and, just to be clear, we now know that the bush administration knew these things all along and lied to the american people and to congress about the reasons for waging war against iraq. i know i sound redundant, but i’m trying to make a point… [emphasis added]
Moby is still trying to make a point. His borderline incomprehensible journal quote is a textbook example of tribal knowledge, a.k.a., the phenomenon of the Rationale of the Irrational Rationalist. These emo lefties don’t really believe in anything except to oppose those Christ loving evil Republicans. Moby’s journal has 340 entries that mention Iraq and zero mentioning Libya. There are plenty of entries on Christians. Here’s a great quote:
i’m going out on a theological limb here, but i do think that christ would be 1-anti war 2-anti death penalty 3-anti capitalist 4-pro environmentalism 5-pro programs that help the poor so, not to make a pun, but what the hell? how is it that millions of americans call themselves christians but don’t seem to incorporate any of christ’s teachings into their lives? what do they teach in their churches?
See? It’s not war that is the problem, it’s those hypocritical Christians. Don’t they know that Jesus Christ was a disciple of Karl Marx? Most people don’t know, but right before Jesus spent forty days in the wilderness he posted a YouTube video promoting his wilderness tour. Jesus was concerned that a right-wing Jewish uprising would affect many great Roman funded social programs, like bath houses and vomitoriums. Plus, Jesus had a huge book coming out that he had to promote. Jesus knows a thing or two about publicity.
Seriously though, hating on Christians isn’t anything new. However, we should always remember who the most charitable members of our society are and they’re not on the left. Conservatives donate more time and money to charity than liberals. Conservative families also make less money on average than liberals; however, liberals will continue to “feel more” and “think less” about their arguments. Moby, Christians aren’t the hypocrites you should be worried about. “Judge not, that ye be not judged.”
Lie, shakedown, and repeat
In politics herds matter. Around 70 percent of evangelical Christians vote for Republicans while 90 percent of blacks for Democrats. What conclusions can we draw from these numbers? Well, if you’re a progressive you might automatically assume that since blacks vote predominantly for Democrats that the opposition must be racist. Or, since so many Christians vote Republican, liberals are all going to hell, or at least Purgatory (now called Durango Mountain Resort; I think it was part of the 2002 Papal Bull). I don’t believe that, but that’s basically what the Molotov-throwing Left does on a daily basis.
Large groups who vote the same aren’t necessarily correct. Has voting for Democrats in lockstep since the late ’60s helped blacks? Poverty hasn’t decreased among blacks. Crime hasn’t decreased. Education hasn’t gotten better. In fact, blacks are worst off socio-economically now than they were before the Left started treating them like children and wards of the state. The demagogues on the Left will just blame this on racist opposition to progress, but the Left ran Congress for decades before 1992. What does the Left offer Blacks today that will improve things? Not a damn thing except handouts and lip service. Politically, it’s an effective strategy for the Left; creating dependency through grievance mongering and envy has become the hallmark of today’s Democratic Party.
Groups are institutions. People like Al Sharpton must protect the status quo to remain relevant. The question is what can the government do to help blacks? The answer is nothing. It’s not the answer anyone likes to hear. It’s one that’s not politically popular. Anyone who wants to learn can learn in our education system. Our public school system is flawed, but it doesn’t turn away people who are diligent. There’s no magic bullet to force people to educate themselves.
All the money the U.S. wastes on handouts would probably be better spent paying children to go to school. At least that would create some incentive, but is that what we want to do? Do we really want to reward those who don’t care?
"Tim Tebow is a Christian who actually acts like one. Man, I hate that guy. I don't know why, but I'm sure there's no God." Anonymous
Stigmata: Today’s big news is that a homosexual judge ruled that California’s Proposition 8 violates the 14th Amendment. Also, according to Judge Vaughn Walker, “Proposition 8 places the force of law behind stigmas against gays and lesbians.” What stigma is that, you ask? I guess the stigma that the people of the liberal state of California will always be overturned by judges who have an obvious conflict of interest.
Add this to the list of decisions to be eventually made by Supreme Court Justice Kennedy. Personally, this “issue” is getting way too much attention. Maybe the Judge can ban some of the disgusting gay pride parades while he’s at it. That’s more damaging to the homosexual cause than the ban on gay marriages. I wish our liberal friends who are judges would actually strike down some laws that would actually help the average American. They could start with ObamaCare.
So Goes Missouri: The state of Missouri has an anti-health care mandate on ballot and a mere 75.8 percent of voters oppose the mandate. Republicans who are too cowardly to repeal ObamaCare need to get the message.
Stacking the Fed: Two years ago I wrote about how the Democrats were taking the unprecedented measure of blocking Bush’s appointments to the Federal Reserve’s Board of Governors. The blocking maneuver was a success because now Obama has appointed five out of the seven seats. The Senate panel headed by the corruptocrat Senator Chris Dodd told reporters “the members of the board will clearly have their hands full.” Thanks to Dodd the Board of Governors has faced a fiscal crisis short handed for the past two years. Where’s the press coverage on this?
Undecided: What!?! Brett Favre hasn’t retired? Who could see this coming?
Hating Tebow: I’m not a fan of Tim Tebow. I don’t really have a choice. I’m a Georgia Bulldog fan, which means I spend every bowl season in a gutter with a bottle of gin. Tebow seems like a likable and decent guy, but he played for those annoying jorts-wearing faux Southerners who call themselves Gators. Michelle Olson hates Tim Tebow and the Denver Post tells us why.
Michelle Olson calls herself the anti-Tebow. She is a diehard Broncos fan but has no love in her heart for its limelight-stealing sensation, rookie quarterback and evangelical everyman Tim Tebow.
“He’s a big distraction and has done nothing to prove he’s NFL material,” the 25-year-old Fort Collins woman said Tuesday morning at Broncos training camp in Dove Valley.
It’s Tebow’s eagerness to share his Christian values and beliefs that really irks her.
“That’s why I hate him,” she said. “It’s my personal opinion that if you don’t have a uterus, you don’t have a right to express an opinion about abortion,” Olson snapped.
I’m all for this! Women are more opposed to abortion than men. If this issue were solely up to women it would be illegal. My guess is Olson hasn’t really “thought” about that. I wonder what she thinks about people who give opinions who don’t have brains?
Tweet of the Day: Dennis Miller sums up the New York City mosque issue up perfectly.
That Muslims can build a mosque at the WTC tells you everything about America. That they WILL build it, tells you everything about Islam.
Sounds a lot like Mark Steyn. Steyn, where are you?
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