I finally got a moment
to sit and read some of my lingering e-mail. In it was a rather long note
from a friend dissecting an article regarding the public’s opinion of the
president’s religion. An overwhelming majority believes that Obama is
Muslim and not the Christian he professes to be.
Personally, I have no
concern over any president’s personal religious convictions, as long as those
convictions do not become institutionalized as policy for America as a whole.
Granted, while one faith may well suit the nation’s direction and another may
not, the office of President is not, according to the Constitution, the only
game in town. The Administrative branch is to be limited and balanced by the
other two. The problem arises when the policies of the president are also
shared by congress and the courts. With the most recent appointment of Justice
Elaina Kagen, the political trifecta of the left is nearly complete. At
present, they hold well enough seats in congress and the courts to where the
president’s personal philosophies become hyper-critical.
Where I have my greatest
concern is in the concept that he is not committed to America, which is
extremely apparent in his devotion not just to Islam, but to some form of
radical socialism never seen at this level of political office. While there
have been lone congressional and judicial leaders in the past who shared his
views, they were then seen as rather comical figures, given little regard
within the general public. Today, however, with the help of an extremely
complicit media, these individuals are now the mainstream, and the culture has
begun shifting over the past two or three decades to where we no longer value
freedom, and the General Welfare clause of the constitution is being
reinterpreted to support a general welfare state at large.
Worse yet, there still
seems to be this ongoing discussion of America adopting some form of sharia
law. I don’t know, but I believe the First Amendment has yet to be repealed,
and that embodies the establishment clause. So here we are as a nation debating
whether the president’s religion is Islam, without ever noticing that we are on
the edge of codifying it into law. To become “sharia compliant”, means the
establishment of Islam, and that is a direct and clear violation of the First
Amendment. Should even one conservative justice leave the court, and we could
easily see the constitution upended in this regard.
Now enter national
security in the light of Iran’s ascension to nuclear status, and we have far
more critical issues to deal with than just the building of a mosque near
Ground Zero. While I doubt seriously they would assemble a bomb there within
their upcoming victory tower – it’s far more useful as a propaganda monument
than as a misguided secret weapon – I do see Iran as an extremely dangerous
threat to world peace and our ongoing national existence. Remember, my friends,
Russia is assisting them in their efforts toward gaining the bomb, and Russia
also has inter-continental ballistic missile technology. Why assemble it here
when the Russians can win what’s left of the Cold War through an arms sale to
Iran? There will be no port inspections in Tehran.
But let’s say they do
intend to build a bomb here within the U.S. Why use such a public venue? It
would be far more useful to simply rent office space within the financial
district, drawing as little attention to their plot as possible. Remember, it’s
not just about an advantage in weaponry, but also in propaganda. Use the mosque
to blow up New York, and they damage the name of Islam. Use the center to
celebrate their victory on 9/11, and they could post recruitment posters all
over the world to bring untold numbers of murderous terrorists right to our
doorstep. I have no doubt these Islamists are up to no good. But it will be far
more subtle, and thus have a certain degree of public support, of which they
presently seem to enjoy to the tune of around thirty percent of the general
public.
When you combine all of
this in one caldron, what boils over the edge is that the president’s religious
affiliation is absolutely critical! If he sees himself as Muslim, then one
can’t rule out that his personal sense of affiliation and duty will draw him
toward favoring jihad rather than resisting it. Throw in that though he may
well have been born in Hawaii, his upbringing and early education was in
Indonesia in a madrassa. His books, words, familial ties, and social
affiliations prove he’s no friend to freedom and the America our founders
built. And because he has support in congress, his personal religious
convictions may well affect each and every one of us.
This November we will
have the chance to stop this juggernaut. That is, if Americans will stop
watching American Idol and pay more attention to Fox News. The alternative is
bleak, and I personally don’t hold out much hope. Remember, this is the same
electorate that put Obama into office in the first place . . . !
For further insight into
what’s happening in America, here’s a link to an interview on “Uncommon
Knowledge” with Dr. Thomas Sowell.
