America, Faith, and The Moral Compass

I was reading a post on Another Black Conservative where Cliff made the observation that our society's moral compass is in disrepair on his post about the latest photos released by TMZ on Anthony Weiner's obsession with taking pictures of his private parts. My comment to him was that it is more than just in disrepair, the compass is on all out life support. Cliff was really talking about how we get the government we deserve. What does it say when Weiner's district wants him to stay in office?



I truly believe that America's turn to the type of permissiveness that allows this to happen can be traced back to the court case that forever changed the way we view religion in our country. While it doesn't have the name recognition that a Brown V. Board of Ed has, the change in our country has been substantial. McCollum v. Board of Ed was a landmark decision in this country. Many people don't realize that the words separation of church and state don't exist in our constitution. I remember years back I stupidly took a job with a progressive DM agency thinking I could just put my head down and do my job. I went for the paycheck instead of my principles. It didn't go well to say the least. I was a fish out of water. I am sure that the majority of people there backed Obama over Hillary years ago in the primary, and I would feel safe in saying that they don't feel Obama has gone far enough. Don't get me wrong, most of them were very nice people who I happened to disagree with. Bush was in office at the time and the Bush bashing was done on a regular basis. I was talking to a young guy about something. I can't recall what the conversation was actually about but I had mentioned to him that it doesn't exist in the constitution. He didn't believe me. I told him if he could find it I would give him $1,000. I also told him to do some research on Judge Hugo Black, the former KKK member. Yes, that is right we had a KKK member on the highest court of the land at one time in this country. McCollum was a case brought by an atheist mom who didn't like that her local school system had VOLUNTARY religious classes. The premise of her case was that her son was subject to ridicule due to the fact that he didn't attend these classes. The classes were put on by a council that included Jews, Protestants, and Roman Catholics. This was designed specifically to give children a choice in religious education. This was not done to exclude anyone nor was it forced on anyone. It well-known how the KKK felt about Catholics and Jews.


The battle to remove God from our lives has been an ongoing struggle in this country for about a century, but this case in particular made major changes. This case opened the door for the ACLU to sue at the drop of the hat over high school graduations, Christmas celebrations done in the squares of small towns and big cities across this nation. They rarely miss an opportunity to do so. The founders of this country were very clear about what they wanted for the country. No federally mandated religion was to be allowed, but they wanted a society that could openly worship. The founders believed that in order for a society to survive it must have a moral compass.


Morality of course is in the eye of beholder. But by relegated religion to almost a back room status we have opened our society up to changing social norms and we have acquiesced what it is that we find acceptable in our society. Look at the things that the far left can accomplish by pushing religion to the back burner. Abortion on demand, because human life is no longer kept at the forefront. We are also seeing a push for assisted suicide. You can face heavy fines for damaging bird eggs in this country, but you can kill an unborn human being at will. The left never has to answer for this hypocrisy because the unborn is no longer characterized as life. It is just a bunch of cells. If it feels good, do it. If you want to have sex with five different partners in one week, go ahead. There shouldn't be any differences between men and women, when the differences are long, varied, and obvious. The stay at home traditional mom is vilified and the men who support the traditional mom are called Neanderthals, even by people on the right.


What organizations like the ACLU have done is diminish our society, not improve it. They have given us a society that allows a congressman to take naked pictures of his private parts and have no price to pay. The polls in Weiner's district show that they are OK with what he did and don't feel he needs to step aside. What kind of twisted logic does it take to write off his behavior as a personal failing and say that his personal judgement in no way gets in the way of his professional judgement to make decisions that effects the lives of everyday Americans? If Anthony Weiner worked in the private sector and his job found out he was texting pictures of himself wearing next to nothing while working out in the company gym he would be fired, yet we have people in this country who think that he should still be allowed to continue in the legislative body of our federal government. This is a loss of a moral compass. This is a loss of faith in our society and our God. The fact that the congressman worships God in a different fashion than I do, is irrelevant to me. What is relevant to me is that people like him are constantly pushing for more and more laws in this country that take away my rights to worship freely and openly, yet gives government a larger say in my life and how I live it. The same government that says it is OK for him to keep his position.


I say no thank you to the liberalism view that it is OK for the government/public school systems to decide how I feed my child, because I may not pick the foods that are "healthy" or to decide for me how often I can use my air conditioner to save the planet against man-made global warming when the science for this is still unclear and recent events have left many questioning if this is not just some money-making hoax. A government that hires people who specialize in using marketing tools to get the public to do what it wants and the main stream media covering the story like it is a good thing instead of the scary thing that it really is. Yet doesn't feel that what Anthony Weiner did rises to the level of bringing dishonor to the House of Representatives than we as a society no longer have a moral compass. When a sitting member of congress who was writing tax laws for the rest of us slubs is cheating on his taxes and is allowed to stay in congress we have lost our moral compass. When the people in the district of Charlie Rangel re-elected him knowing he was a cheat saying "they all do it" we have lost our moral compass. When we allow people to work on Capitol Hill that owe back taxes we have lost our moral compass. When the U.S. Senate confirms a man who is a tax cheat to head Treasury, we have lost our moral compass. By turning our back to faith and to God, we have created a society that is losing its moral compass.


What liberals need to realize is that practicing faith out in the open will only enrich our society. By having acts of faith in our town squares will help bring our moral compass back to life. It is nothing to fear, as you will not be forced to participate. But you will wreak the benefits of a society that cherishes values that don't allow people like Anthony Weiner and Charlie Rangel to continue to serve at the highest levels of government when anyone in the private sector would pay a high price for the behavior. We would all benefit from expecting our government officials to act in a moral and ethical way.

More Thoughts and Observations on the Glenn Beck Rally

I have been very sick since Wednesday morning, to the point that I was very worried that I wouldn't be able to attend the Beck rally yesterday.  But, I "rallied" and made my way down to The District.  I am ever so glad that I did.  One of the reasons, besides having the experience for myself, was that I am able to have an opinion on the aftermath of the reactions. 

Some have gone as far as saying Beck/Palin (Or maybe Palin/Beck) for 2012.  Please, Beck has no shot at getting elected to public office.  I certainly wouldn't vote for him.  I think anyone who reads my blog knows that I adore him, but not as president.  His TV show is awesome, so keep it up. 

I, like many bloggers, keep any eye on how visitors make their way to my blog.  One such way was:

GLENN BECK RALLY FREE BUSING AND BR...

the finish of the sentence is bribes.  Seriously?  Someone thinks that people needed to be bribed to go and see him?  I recently read a post on another blog on a cruise that you can go on with Louis Farrakhan.  While I admit I was left almost speechless while reading, it never occurred to me that people would need to bribed to go.  We have people in our country that agree with him.  Why?, I cannot tell you, but they do agree. 

There is traffic on the lefty blogs about the busing be free.  Again, seriously?  That was an easy one to fact check.  Beck had the available buses on his website for weeks.  The costs were clearly marked.  The entire rally cost me about $45.  The only reason it cost that much was because I parked in a metered spot and got a ticket.  I didn't realize that parking wasn't free on Saturday's.  They changed that in some areas  to close budget gaps in DC a few years back.  Oh, well, I did the crime, I will pay the fine.  It still ends being cheaper than had I parked in the Ronald Reagan Building as I usually do when I go downtown.    But, I live locally so ain't no thing for me.  But, I met someone yesterday that drove for seven days.  Do they think that someone gave him a gas card and hotel fees? 

I also read the write up in The Washington Post today.  The factual errors were glaring and very easy for them to fix.  One being that they were not sure if the $5.5 million raised for charity was before or after the costs.  Now, I would have to go back and listen to that part of the speech again, but I am pretty sure he cleared that up.  If not, he most definitely did on his show earlier in the week.  The costs had long since been covered.  That was the donation amount.  A stunning amount of money that is being mostly over looked by the media. 

Another real big deal was why the people were there.  Even right bloggers were asking the same question.  My facebook friend Les and fellow blogger kinda thought it was too political.  I made a comment that I didn't agree on the blog and we continued that conversation on facebook chat.  The conclusion we came to is that Beck is no Reagan; but then, who is? 

Were there people in that audience that was there for political reasons?  Yes.  You cannot deny that when you saw all the Gladsen flags.  But, that was not the tenure of the rally itself.  The only speaker that I thought put her foot right on the line was Sarah Palin.  Even that was with one line of her speech.  She was there to say thanks to wounded warriors and to a gold star mom.  She is a military mom, she has to worry that her baby boy could get put into a situation that could get him injured or killed.  That is a lot of stress for any mom.  That makes her a person that can make those introductions AND it is well known that she is a woman of faith.  Beck and Sarah seem to have a good working relationship and I am sure that it was beneficial to both of them to be there; regardless of what their own personal reasons may have been. 

Another thing that is not really getting much press is the FACT that people walked through our crowd with the intention of provoking us.  What exactly they thought we would do them is really beyond me.  But, a couple walked through the crowd wearing Obama shirts.  Now, I had to use the bathroom at one point during the height of the program and tried to make my way through the crowd to the ladies room.  It was quite the adventure, after my little sidetrack with the reporter on the racism charge, I actually ended up using a porta potty in the middle of a field (Don't ask, I can't give you a logical reason of why they were there) about five blocks away.  So, you cannot tell me that these people were not doing this to provoke.  I was sitting relatively close to the stage and it was very densely packed with people.  They also somehow found their way to a reporter and told them that they expected a different reaction?  What reaction would that have been?  An unruly mob that came to beat you up?  It was no different than the man who was carrying this really large sign about how evil religion is and walking through the crowd.  Again, provacation and nothing more.  I could be wrong, but I don't think any of us went over to Sharpton's to do the same thing.  I know that I have neither the time nor the inclination to go a rally for a belief that I am opposed to. 

Now there were PETA people there dressed up in a vegatble costumes with signs saying TEA BAGGERS EAT ME.  I don't get the connection, but they were in an open space and left the rest of us alone.  So, while I don't get it, I don't have a problem with what they did, but the T shirt and sign people, get a life. 

Another controversy apparently is that some lunatic thought it was awful that we cleaned up after ourselves.  We should have left the garbage so the poor park employee could go and clean it up.  Apparently we didn't think of the overtime someone could have made had we left it a mess.  OMG!!  What kind of twisted thinking is that? 

1. We just put the garbage in bags, someone still has to go and collect them. 
2. The Feds are BROKE.  They can't afford any overtime.
3. I also have this feeling that would be something that is outsourced. 

Sadly, some of what that rally was about is just plain overlooked by the media;  Personal responsibility.  Beck asked the people to look at themselves, make their lives more honest, and then demand it from our governmental officials.  Who can argue with that?  Does it really matter if you are on the right or left?  Shouldn't we all want our government to be honest and transparent?  Can't we at least agree on that?  If not, we may have no chance to repair the damage.  And damage we have. 

I know why I was there.  I LOVE Beck.  I LOVE Sarah Palin.  I admire Alveida King.  I wanted to send a message.  I am a person of faith.  I enjoyed the thought that a high number would piss off Obie and Matthews.  I was certain it would be a good time.  And I was right, it was.  But, the most important reason I was there, I will always stand up for our troops.  Another thing that most people in this country should be able to agree upon. 

I have this feeling I will be writing more on the reaction to Beck's interview today.  I can already see some heads exploding about what he said, especially when it is taken out of context.  Maybe I will be wrong, but I have this feeling it will be. 

Miss USA and Politics

I am sure by now you have heard about the Miss USA Pageant last week. Miss California, Carrie Prejean, was asked a question about Gay Marriage. The question came from openly gay Perez Hilton. Ms. Prejean answered the question by standing up for her Christian beliefs.
Perez Hilton does not have a record of tolerance. This is a man who "outs" other gay people, whether they want to be open about it or not. So it should come as no surprise that he has no tolerance for her beliefs.
What is really disturbing about it is his reaction to it on his blog. Calling her every name in the book. Isn't that uncalled for? It seems to me the only thing that she is guilty of is being honest about her value system.
No matter where you fall on this particular issue you should be at least be able to understand that others are not going to agree with you. Miss California goes to a Christian college. It makes one wonder if that background information was part of the decision making process that went into asking that question. Other people involved in the pageant lambasted Carrie's answer as well. Saying these types of politics don't belong in the Miss USA pageant. Well, then why was that question allowed to be asked? It was a yes or no question; you have 50% chance that the answer would be no.
I think that if you look at the evidence from this particular incident, you will clearly see that the hate is coming from Perez Hilton; not Miss California. I think that this is just one more glaring example of the intolerance towards people of the Christian faith in this county that is becoming more prevalent every day.