Barack Obama: Penalizer and Persecutor
Perhaps it is not surprising that President Obama, a president who grew up abroad and paints himself as an international man in his self-promoting literature, does not identify with one of America’s most fundamental and cherished tenets — religious freedom.
Deeply embedded in each American’s spirit and psyche is the history and heritage of not only the freedom to worship as one chooses, but to do so without government intervention. The Obama administration’s tone-deaf approach regarding the moral dignity of both one’s individual religious beliefs, and those of religious institutions, is vulnerable with dangerous denial.
Obama is attempting to violate one of our most treasured First Amendment rights by relying heavily on the ignorance and apathy of American citizens. The liberal media helps the president with the imbalanced attention it pays to only half of the religious freedom right in the First Amendment — keeping religion out of government entities.
Obama is banking on his hopes that most Americans have forgotten the other, most cherished half, of the religious right in the First Amendment that was the impetus for the pilgrimages that birthed America: keeping government out of religion.
President Obama’s lack of reverence for keeping government out of religion expresses itself with such steamrolling techniques as the Health and Human Services, as part of his ObamaCare plan, invading the sacred space of religion, religious affiliations, and religious people. He is mandating in forums where he does not belong and penalizing where he has no right.
Obama has not only taken on the Catholic Church, he has taken on all religion because he is redefining religion. Obama is dictating where a religious people are religious and where they are not, where they have a right to be religious and where they do not. According to President Obama, religious morality and compassion only exist in the temple itself. Catholic-initiated outreaches and missions extended in schools, colleges, hospitals, social service institutions, and charities are not religious, according to Obama. This redefinition conveniently gives him the self-declared right to dictate how these Catholic institutions operate.
This is dangerous territory. This is an alarming precedent. With a thought process such as this, Jesus would have been considered only valid and religious while teaching in the temple. His actions in the desert, at weddings, at lakeside gatherings, and on mountaintops would have been considered not a religious teaching but simply a social service subject to government regulation.
Even the Roman Empire did not define Jesus’s teachings by his destinations of discipleship.
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
Doesn’t listen to an opposing point of view
Control Freak man, ruling all he thinks is his purview
Control Freak Man, he had better listen
He don’t know with what he’s messin’
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem more and more like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal held land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
He’s as blinded by his lust for power as he can be
Just sees what he wants to see
He’s got such a God complex point of call
Control Freak Man can you even see America at all?
Knows already just what he wants to do
Doesn’t he seem more and more like Hitler and Mussolini to you?
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
About Control Freak Man we should all worry
To destroy all America built he is in a hurry
If he controls everything his fascist way
It will be a forlorn day
Hes going to leave it all a mess
Anyone of sound mind must confess
He’s a real Control Freak Man
Ruling in what he wants to be a vassal land
Making all his controlling plans
For everybody
“If he controls everything his fascist way
It will be a forlorn day”
“Forlorn, the very word is like a bell”
Keats
Just sayin’.
I, Liberal
I’m sure that there could never be
A man as virtuous as me.
I’ve honed my precious self-esteem
In ways no common man could dream!
To feed my moral vanity,
I preen for all the world to see;
I thrust in everybody’s face
The noble causes I embrace.
And lest there be the slightest doubt
That I’m no bitter, clinging lout,
The bumper stickers on my Volt
Affirm that I’m no right-wing dolt.
As these credentials will attest,
I am the brightest and the best –
And true to my enlightened soul,
Utopia shall be my goal!
The planet should be mine to run;
I know what’s best for everyone.
My Nanny Squad will nag and scold,
Until the plebes do as they’re told.
My Social Justice Ministry
Will outlaw inequality –
With good intent unwavering,
I’ll redistribute everything!
I’ll be obscenely generous
With subsidy and stimulus;
To fund my drunken spending sprees,
The fat cats’ profits I will seize!
For those who fail, my heart will bleed,
But woe to those who dare succeed.
I vow to vanquish human greed –
To each according to his need!
There’ll be no want, there’ll be no war,
My Welfare Corps will feed the poor.
There’ll be no limit to my grace,
When I control the human race!
I’ll heal the Earth, I’ll low’r the Seas,
My Healthcare Force will smite disease –
And all will rightly worship me:
The Savior of Humanity!
Sharpfocus,
You really ought to have included an attribution with that post.
http://pjmedia.com/victordavishanson/all-fall-down/#comment-227964
I apologize, I didn’t know for sure where it did come from. I just knew it was brilliant!
Obama professing to be Christian is no more believable than Pelosi’s claim that she is a devout Catholic. They are Leftist charlatans, not Christians. Their hostility toward Christianity and Christians and their failure to deal with the worldwide Muslim psychopathy that wages jihad against Christians are compelling evidence that Obama and Pelosi are anti-Christian.
Fortunately, it looks like their game is breaking apart, and their corruption and malfeasance and true natures are coming to light.
O.k. pards, we all know what Obama has done and continues to do. I do NOT agree with his policies, nor do I agree with his political and divisive rhetoric. But I know this … Obama is the only POTUS that actually went to Billy Graham’s house for a luncheon and personal visit; a visit which Obama mention some time afterwards at the National Prayer Breakfast … I reckon he felt the love of God through Mr.Graham, a fact that was not lost on Obama. Something is happening to Obama, in spite of his maybe using “Christian” in a political way. After all, he’s just a man (as it turns out), and he is not beyond redemtion. Therefore, I suggest that we pray for him, not only because he has authority over our nation and that the consequences of his decisions affect us and our future; but because it’s our duty.
Just sayin’
In the movie Horror Express (aka Panico en el Transiberiano, 1971) set in Russia in 1901, Telly Savalas of later “Kojak” fame played a Cossack officer who boarded said express train to deal with an “anarchist” who turned out to be an alien from outer space with very hostile intentions.
Upon boarding, and after a rant about “foreign influences” and such, he bowed to, kissed the ring of, and made the sign of the Cross in front of, the Eastern Orthodox monk who was the only priest in the group.
And then ordered his men to beat the ever-loving hell out of said monk. Which they did. (Bad idea; watch the movie to find out why.)
I submit that Obama’s visit with Graham had about as much actual belief involved as the Cossack captain’s genuflection. As with most things He does, The One did it because He thought it looked good.
He tends to do things like that just before He goes back to the Oval Office, looks at His “enemies list”, and asks himself, “Hmm, now who am I going to f**k over next?”
While smiling.
clear ether
eon
Obama was just being magnanimous by allowing a mere mortal like Billy Graham to bask in the glow of the reflected brilliance of Barack.
Seriously though, I can’t believe that Obama does ANYTHING that doesn’t have a crass political calculus as sole motivation.
And while he has insulted Jews and Christians in many ways, from petty to grotesque, I have never ONCE heard him say even the most mildly critical thing about muslims. I wonder why.
Agreed. However, we must also agree that Obama seems to relish his role as a stone-cold drone killer of radical Muslims, the fastest drone fighter in the 57 states. Funny that the Left is very unconcerned about this. When Bush was doing the same on a much smaller scale and not picking the targets personally, the Left was biting itself in the back of the neck in fury over the non-pacifism of it all.
I would hate to be in charge of the Obama re-election slogan committee; the contradictions are mind-boggling.
“Barack Hussein Obama, Nobel peace prize winner – bringing Muslims closer. And then shooting them because he is a badazz with a kill list”
“Obama is our first post-racial president, and if you don’t believe it you hate all blacks.”
“Americans are hurting due to the policies coming out of Washington for the last three and a half years. Please elect Barack Obama so he can continue the policies that have been coming out of Washington for the last three and a half years.”
Yeah, I suck at this…
Progressives like The One affect to be “afraid” of believing Jews and Christians because their dogma states that both are evil, imperialistic groups who oppress, enslave, and kill “more enlightened” non-Western cultures, like the Palestinians today, the Arabs during the Crusades, Black Africans in the 1800s, etc. Offending such “superstitious reactionaries” makes them feel superior, and thus good about themselves. (“We are reality based, G-d does not exist, and anyone who believes that anyone but We are in ultimate power is a fool- and is not worshiping Us as We deserve!”)
They are, however, careful not to offend Islamists. Because they are at least in close enough touch with reality to notice that Islamists have a nasty habit of actually killing people they don’t like.
Bullies tend to like to stay on the good side of bigger bullies. That’s how the bigger bullies acquire toadies.
All progressivism operates at the intellectual level of an elementary school yard during recess. Once you understand that, their behavior becomes easily predictable.
clear ether
eon
(Progressives) are, however, careful not to offend Islamists. Because they are at least in close enough touch with reality to notice that Islamists have a nasty habit of actually killing people they don’t like.
I think progressives self-identify with Islamists as fellow America haters. Plus there’s that phony aspect to progressivism of knee jerk support for the underdog.
Progressives may well be dumb enough to think that Islamists will spare them once the Ummah prevails…”Hey, I backed you, don’t cut my head off!”
As supporters of “immorality” in Islamist eyes (leave alone for a moment the completely two-faced position of Islamists on the subject of morality) progressives will be the first to be chopped.
The only possibility that I can see for Obama’s receipt of salvation is if a genuine spiritual epiphany occurs to him and he seeks such after he has been thoroughly rejected by the American public. Thus, I pray for that opportunity to occur for him.
Amen!
Does praying he will drop dead count? Just asking.
The prayer must always be, “Deliver us from evil,” not “May the Lord strike him dead.” Calling down a curse on a man’s life usurps God’s role as Judge, whereas “Deliver us from evil,” is simply a petition for relief, and it leaves it up to God to determine how to accomplish that relief.
Our duty is to the constitution of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. For therein is the power of the people. The president represents the people and is at their bidding not the people at the presidents. This radical ignores the CONSTITUTION. But it is the LAW of our country. And we should not forget our rights and the privilege of living in this great country and being able to serve in the military to defend our country.
That Kenyan Born Muslim Cockroach Turd is of the antichrist and therefore that Turd will die twice, one physical and the other in the Lake of Fire.
You can pray for him as much as you like.
I will not throw my pearls(prayers)at swine (antichrist).
I think this is a misstatement. This is the wording Obama uses, “freedom to worship”. The problem is that the right recognized by the Constitution and throughout most of American history is the is the free exercise of religion. The exercise of religion is living out our beliefs in our everyday lives, or as you put it, “outside the temple walls”. By downgrading our freedom of religion at the outset, you both play into Obama’s narrative and undermine your own argument.
“The exercise of religion is living out our beliefs in our everyday lives, or as you put it, “outside the temple walls”. By downgrading our freedom of religion at the outset, you both play into Obama’s narrative and undermine your own argument.”
EXACTLY!
This is similar to how Rowe v. Wade downgraded our ‘Right to Property’ into a subset ‘Right to Privacy.’ Thus opening the door to abuses by the Endangered Sepcies Act and other Environmental Nonsense to trample upon our Property Rights.
I have argued for a long time that the progressive attitude is that one must somehow consistantly “Limit the Free Exercise Thereof” in tha name of not “Respecting an Establishment of Religion”.
Of course they also see the first Amendment written with the following wording; “Congress shall make no law respecting any establishment (or the establishment) of religion!” Remember, it’s a living, breathing document.
The Catholic church should not be left to stand alone on this issue.
The response of the rest of Christianity is underwhelming. But equally appalling is the silence of Jew and Muslims. Jews in particular have no excuse for ignoring Martin Niemöller’s (possibly apocryphal) warning:
This time, First they came for the Catholics. We’ll see how this turns out this time.
I firmly believe that if ObamaCare is upheld by the Supreme Court (and God help us if it is), the Catholic church will win its lawsuit against the Federal government. The Supreme Court seems to bend over backwards to protect religious rights and freedom, so I think they would come down on the side of the Catholic church.
But if the Supreme Court does not, always remember that the Catholic church also has the right to close down all of the hospitals and schools they run. That would be a disaster for this country and it would throw thousands of people out of work. This was a stupid fight for the administration to pick and if it pursues it, the administration will lose.
“But if the Supreme Court does not, always remember that the Catholic church also has the right to close down all of the hospitals and schools they run.”
Duh. The liberals’ goal is that the Church WILL shut down all of their non-church facilities. They want people in need and, indeed, all people to be dependent on the government, instead of private religious charities. That allows them to control everyone. In order for far-left ideologies (fascism, socialism, communism) to exist, they must be the “god” to the people. Far-left governments cannot have competition from any religion.
Obama and Sebelius intentionally put that narrow definition of what constitutes religious activity into the section on contraception in the health care law so that they could fire the first shot in the war to take down religion in America. They thought it was subtle enough to not be noticed and that the Catholic Church, instead of rebelling and filing lawsuits, would cave to their wishes.
Kathleen Sebelius is the most evil woman in America.
Obama neither understands America nor cares to understand America.
His only focus is a personal agenda, though sometimes (for cover) he finds it necessary to mouth some platitudes about “our country” and its “values”.
(If you watch closely, you can see him flinching, recoiling at these required hypocrisies.)
But he really wants to can keep his promise to Medvedev/Putin, “just wait for my re-election and we’ll sell you the ranch”.
5 days before his inauguration, Obama let the cat out of the bag:
“We are 5 days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America.”
We got him and his tiny little academic hothouse ideas as to how this country should be improved under his all inclusive, all knowing tutelage.
Borrowing that old song lyric, in his view…
“That may be all we need to know.”
It’s a real shame that our system of governance has become so compromised, our checks and balances so weakened, our deal making Congresscritters so self-serving and corrupt, that we have to look to 9 individuals on the Supreme Court to save us from the ravages of illegal insertion into American lives (the purchase mandate of Obamacare) and, eventually, whether or not Catholic institutions will be forced by the federal government to install policies in direct opposition to the teachings of the church.
And nearly half those Supreme Court deciders are known to be automatic votes on both these topics.
Well stated Janine. God bless you!
Obama doesn’t pray, he preys.
Religion is an artifact to him. An ancient tool that he wields as a political weapon.
The small c communists assault on religion is not new and it is not over. Everywhere leftist totalitarians have balled up their iron fists, religion has been a target. To break down organized resistance, institutions and traditions related to ethics, morals, loyalty, integrity and patriotism must be eroded.
Treason comes in many disguises. Camouflage is often the greatest weapon of the predator.
Chipping away at religion was the modus operandi for years. This frontal attack is a bit more surprising, not because it isn’t completely in line with leftist totalitarianism, but because Obama generally prefers stealth to confrontation.
He’s much more likely to act the Fabian than to unveil his true intentions.
Obama is the First Communist in the White House. Let’s use his buddy Bill Ayers description of “small c communist” to not jar the senses.
EVERY move this administration has made, is in line with that political/economic model. The Workers Party, the assault on capitalism, the tearing apart of the country by class, racial, gender warfares. The NLRB overreach. The seizure of industries. The “redistribution” plan.
Religion was on the “to do” list.
“Welcome to the overthrow. Please put down your Bibles and rosaries and get in an orderly line. The State controlled media will give you all the information you need to obey. The government is in your business, voter ID’s are not necessary, we will count the votes ourselves. Your borders do not matter to us, we will let in who we want, when we want and if you try to stop us, we will sue you and turn you over to the UN. Yes, Mr. Medevev, tell Vladimir my second term will bring him many delights. Now, about those Polish death camps…”
Bravo! You hit the nail on the head. And brilliantly, I might add.
No, I won’t put down my Bible, and I refuse to be silenced. Jesus is Lord, and I bow to no other. They’ll compel people to worship the State over my dead body!
Indeed. And a big out-of-context _Semper fidelis!_
“does obama understand America?”
Yes, absolutely. That is why he is so adamantly AGAINST America.
Come on Ms. Turner being a Texas gal you KNOW that! LOL
What Obama understands about America is that it doesn’t live up to his expectations as a leftist. To him and his supporters, the country is nothing but a collection of problems and defects – things that need to be fixed before they’ll deign to give it their grudging approval.
It is heartening to finally see conservative support for Catholics. A pity that it as shallow as conservative support for Jews (unless they are in Israel). If we can use birth control as a wedge to peel off some of the more sheepish Catholics to get our guy elected, so much the better. Then we can go back to ignoring everything else the Catholic Church stands for – the stuff that requires actually caring about your fellow man – like healing the sick, social justice, clothing the poor…
So be it, we don’t need their help. Sufficient for our purposes that they stay out of the way and defend natural rights.
Connecticut Drowning In Debt, Still Manages To Find $300K To Renovate Communist Party Headquarters…
http://weaselzippers.us/2012/06/01/connecticut-drowning-in-debt-still-manages-to-find-300k-to-renovate-communist-party-headquarters/
Connecticut Drowning In Debt, Still Manages To Find $300K To Renovate Communist Party Headquarters…
He was raised in a Muslim home..the radical Islamists want to tear down Christianity in the world and replace with Shariah…Mr Obama has had these beliefs implanted at a young age. I cannot see any evidence where he has rejected those beliefs..he gives respect to leaders who follow Shariah law that he does not give to men and women in this country in leadership roles.
Planned Parenthood, one of Obama’s super supporters, is running out of money and they don’t want to pay for birth control anymore. So they asked Obama to include it in his nifty little package. (Sarcasm intented)
And now for the Obamination of Desolation!
According to President Obama, religious morality and compassion only exist in the temple itself. EXCEPT if it is Islam!
where’s my post? not writing the whole post out again lol you missed a typo mods
I wonder if we are on the path to a similar situation as portrayed in Andy Garcia’s latest film, For the Greater Glory.
That was portrayed as a Mexican president that didn’t seem to care for the Catholic church, and his use of military to try to suppress the religion, and the outcome that was terrible for the country and the citizens.
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