Unite the Nation as an Example

The Wall Street Journal had an article discussing the dismal treatment of Former President Bush, by both parties, the media and the public.

It got me to thinking....What would happen if the Republicans, Conservative Independents (like me) media (i.e., Fox, Beck, O'Reilly, Hannity, Coulter & others) and others concerned rose up and treated Obama (bile rising up my throat as I picture the extra taxes being sucked out of ours and millions of Americans budgets and worry about how the smaller businesses in Ventura will stay open) like they've treated President Bush for all of those years?

Never mind. it's not the right thing to do. Titus 3:1-2 says to be subject to the rulers and authorities and to be obedient, to be ready to do whatever is good and decent, and to not slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate. To show true humility toward all men. (additional references can be found within Ephesians 4:31; 2 Timothy 2:24 )

It's so difficult for me to follow God's instruction when watching Bush grieve publicly under the weight of what must be such great humiliation. America has been hurtful to him and as with so many great leaders of our past, only time will tell how his Leadership has truly impacted our history for the good or for the bad. How difficult that must have been for his wife and daughters, his parents and close friends. I hate it when people write terrible things about people I love. It's evil and unnecessary.

I know that personally, when I see things like Sean Penn on the news protesting the Iraq war, getting on a plane and going overseas to 'offer his support' to weird countries, it makes me wish that our country would revoke his passport and say 'okay, Treasonist, if you want to be a foriegn relations expert - and hate America so much - stay out! we'll pack your things and send them to you in the country of your choice. just not ours!'

Once Obama won the election, and the shock wore Off I knew we must get behind him 100 % as a nation, because it's the right thing to do. I also knew I'd be watching, along with every conservative critic in the United States of America. Every dime brought into our household depends on it. I'll admit, back when I was in my early twenties, I voted for Clinton the first time around - most kids go through a liberal phase when they are young. They are testing the waters, separate from their parents. They want to know who they are as individuals, where their values are. There is a saying that If you don't vote democrat in your twenties you don't have a heart...but if you don't vote Republican in your thirties, you don't have a brain.

I don't know if that's true or not. I think the right thing to do is to vote your conscious. My conscious doesn't like high taxes, partial birth abortion, flaky oversights on banking, weenie foriegn policy (face it - Al Gore & John Kerry would have turned the U.S. into a big parking lot with their Wuss foriegn relations - the leftie pinko a-holes should be kissing Bush's arse that he's a cowboy for that at least!)

My plea to Conservatives: Open your eyes - pray for our leadership. Take a deep breath a re-read that sentence. Yes, I am still unsure of him completely. I still think he's a muslim masked as a faux christian. still think he's unqualified in every way. doesn't matter. he got there. nothing we can say will change that and that's the way it goes. he needs our support. He deserves our respect. He does not need a nation divided. A united Nation will hopefully yield a stronger Country.  God uses prayer and the gifts in those he chooses to do good for the Nation. there are many in our Country and we need to find those peope, pray for them as well as pray for the ones that have surfaced already. One such person is Steve Rathje.  another is Major General Paul Vallely.

Perhaps we can set an example for the left that there is a way to treat people you disagree with - being in prayer, staying in faith, hoping that this drastic new shocking move in Washington can perhaps unify Americans, Christians and Secular, for the good of all mankind.

One last note: Please consider teaching your children to respect authority, regardless of their opinion. it's a dying breed in our Nation. We've become a surly society of 'me first' bratty people, which doesn't lend much sympathy to our case to oursiders. It would strengthen our position greatly. And it would serve our Kids and Country well.