Even if you are white like me, I think you should allow yourself to be happy for them despite any political affiliation.  I know some of you are saying… but…but…he’s liberal and will destroy our nation!”  You know what?  I am going to make a conscious decision to put this in God’s hands and know that we will survive.  There is an entire race in this country that has grown up feeling they will never be able to go anywhere in life because of this racial divide.  Although I think much of it is exaggerated by the media there is still racism alive today.  The significance of this event next week is symbolic f in so many ways.  Those of you that know me well can attest to my reluctance to go with the crowd.  You also know how strongly I feel about conservative agendas.  I have found many people at work that have Obama posters on their desks.  I have found that many people worship this guy to a point that it makes me sick.  Again this is my nature to go against the crowd.

If and when Barack Obama puts policies that I disagree with, I will be the first to say so but this is not the time.  The impact of this event never really hit me until this afternoon when I was listening to the radio and heard someone  who was black and clearly emotional describing the culmination of many civil rights events leading up to this day.  I never thought of how they felt and how important this event was for them.  So for this day I am going to sit there on January 20th and see this event as the first black President and enjoy this moment with them.    I will not get caught up in the liberal versus conservative thing for this because that will come later.  I am not selling out my values on this.  I believe that no one becomes President without God’s approval.  I believe that God wants us to respect our leaders not as men pleasers.  I ask that my conservative friends put aside this political argument for this event and let them have their day.  Why not let it be our American day?

We have a history of slavery that haunts us every day.  It is difficult for me to imagine this 2009 that we ever endorsed slavery but the history is there.  The events of January 20th are a way to heal some wounds.  I know it will not heal all of them but it is huge dare I say astronomical event to have this day.  Never again will anyone be able to say we have never had a black President.  Never again will black kids be able to say they cannot be President.  The magnitude of this date whether you like Barack Obama personally or not cannot be denied.  Many of us can remember the words of Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream speech that in his dream people would be measured by the content of their character and not by the color of their skin.  As I am certain to have differences with Mr. Obama in the future I would like to be clear they will be policy differences and not based on the color of his skin.

Everyone please do not let this Democrat versus Republican battle ruin this experience next week.  Allow you to ignore the policies for a day and enjoy the moment on behalf of millions of blacks in this country.  Allow yourself to sympathize with them over the the tears you are likely to see on television.  Barack Obama is very liberal and I know this.  I know I will disagree with his policies but I think it would be a disservice to everyone including myself to not allow you to feel for the many that will be watching on the sidelines.  I remember seeing people with tears at the sight of Elvis Presley.  Just imagine the emotion that millions of black Americans will be experiencing that day.  I can see it in my mind right now with tears in their eyes.  This will be their day and to deny them of this would be tragic.

Since they influence people’s opinions and scare people to death this results in a self fulfilling prophecy. People get scared and stop buying resulting in companies losing sales, stocks fall, and all the other events that happen when people are afraid they are going to lose their money. The terrible economy has zero to do with the policies of who is in office. Maybe not zero but I would say very little.

The good news for the economy is that they love Barack Obama. I mean the really love him. When he is inaugurated the media will portray the world as a “world of hope”. The great Obama will fix the woes of the world and all will be well. This is not necessarily true but since the media loves this guy they will get everyone to believe it and they will gain confidence. They will begin to buy again and the economy will grow. The people will believe that Barack Obama is the second coming of Christ (Joke) for fixing all the problems of the world. The end result is that the economy will improve. His policies will have little to no impact on any of this but people will think it will. Most people that follow politicians do not even know what their policies are.

I would not worry too much about the economy as the media has their man and they will have the world thinking we have reached a new Utopia and the people will believe it and start becoming active in the economy. There will always be those on the far left and the far right that will hate or love their respective candidates no matter what the media does but the average person to their own detriment will take the media at face value. This is not an attempt to put down Obama but to point out that the media has a bigger impact on the economy than the the President. They will never admit they have this power but anyone that pays attention knows this.

You may remember that I posted just last week about how irrelevant the AP is in reporting just about anything.  I took a screenshot of Yahoo’s News this morning where it posted an AP story about Oklahoma quarterback Sam Bradford winning the Heisman Trophy last night.  As you can see in the photo above it is titled “Oklahoma’s Bradford wins Heisman Trophy”.  You may notice the picture included in the story is Colt McCoy, the Texas quarterback and the media’s love child.  This is pretty typical of what you see day to day with the media.  They are so angry that the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) has rated the Sooners number one by computers.  They are so enamoured by the South Eastern Conference (SEC) and their poster boy that they cannot eve bring themselves to put the winner’s picture on the story that bares his name. Their dislike of the Sooners is displayed by their putting Mr. McCoy’s picture on there after we have heard about how Texas was cheated by the BCS.  As I spoke before, there is no legitimate way to see who is the best when you only play a team once.  Anyone can have a bad day.  Again, the sports aspect of this is not that big a deal for me but rather the lack of objectivity on the news.

This should not surprise anyone as the AP is typical of the main stream media’s agenda reporting.  I have noticed an overwhelming bias against Israel with the AP.  Their vicious hatred for Israel is only surpassed by their hatred of anyone with conservative values.  You can pick your topic and the AP will purposely only tell the side of the story that benefits their cause.  They will misrepresent any cause they disagree with and never apologize when they get it wrong.  They get it wrong more than they get it right so I can understand this because they would be apologizing all the time.  I am not a crazy sports fan like many Sooner fans are but this story is just as blatant as they come.

This is precisely why I listen to virtually every news story I hear with skepticism.  I rarely take what I hear on the news at face value even when it is on video.  This is because they edit the videos to only show the parts that benefit their cause.  An example of this is their coverage of the Rodney King beating.  They only show the part where the police are beating him.  They neglect to show the part where he was assaulting the police just prior to this.  They barely even mention less than a year later that Rodney King was arrested for trying to run over a police officer in his car.  Rodney King is a career criminal that was used as a tool for the media to complete their mission to drive a wedge between groups of people.  In this case the entire agenda was to rile up the black population while failing to report the entire story. 

I could go on all day citing events that are deliberately misreported by the left wing media and the AP.  The purpose of this post is to illustrate examples of their blatant bias.  I do not dwell on this too much because all it serves to do is keep everyone upset all the time.  I think it is worthy of pointing out though I would not allow yourself to be sucked into their game.  The media is not neutral in their reporting.  They will almost always support the liberal side of story and belittle those of conservative Christian values.  I would suggest you watch them with a critical eye as well and you will see it also.

These were just a few examples of my distrust of the man.  My opposition to him was more socially than economic.  Again, I thought he was catering to the extreme left in this country and forcing policies on the country that were not welcome except in the most liberal areas of our country.  I spent eight years being angry at Bill Clinton.  I genuinely hated him for his stand on issues.  Many Christian friends of mine would point out to me that we are to pray for our leaders and not bad mouth them as I was doing.  This only made me more angry that my own group was piling on me or so I thought.  It was not until later after he left office that I realized they were right.  I was so angry and full of discontent with his leadership and hostility to everything I believed that I could not even be rational.  They were right in that I was wrong to hate him.

I spent eight years being angry when it was unnecessary.  This was followed up by the presidency of George W. Bush.  I voted for him twice and I must admit that I have been disappointed by him.  My disappointment is for just the opposite reasons the media dislikes him.  My problem with him is that he is not conservative enough.  I was involved in electing the Republican revolution in 1994 when they promised many conservative agendas.  They promised the “contract with America” with several policies they intended to pass in the first 100 days of Republican controlled Congress.  The media came after them with full force.  They called the agenda the “contract ON America” and successfully intimidated the Republican Senators and Representatives.  They went after the then Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich labeling him as a right wing extremist.  Since many in our country listen to the news media and actually believe they are neutral and have no agendas this tactic worked.

Despite having control of both houses of Congress, the Republicans were useless.  They cowered to the media fearing they too would be attacked.  What the Republicans failed to see was that whatever they do, it will always be painted as right wing extremism by the media.  They have taken the road of appeasement as opposed to getting anything conservative done.  With each election our Republican leaders have failed to deliver on promises to their conservative constituents.  They have promised the world and delivered nothing.  Their appeasement has worked in keeping their jobs though many in the conservative movement have reached the end of our trust of them.

John McCain was chief among these Republicans that turned on us while being a Senator.  Time after time he voted on key issues with the Democrats.  The media gave him the name “Maverick” and he wore it like a badge of honor.  I truly believe that to this day John McCain still fails to see where he went wrong.  He was elected, and reelected over and over again and turned his back on his constituents.  John McCain has earned the title RINO which stands for Republican in name only by many conservatives.  As time went on conservatives were left with no one to vote for.  There are many like myself that are tired of voting for the lesser of the two evils.  I have reached the point that I will not vote for someone just so the other candidate will not win.  I think it was time for our side to lose big so they will be reminded that they do have a constituency that they owe.  They will either back their constituency or not be reelected.

Along comes the 2008 election where Barack Obama wins the election.  I have mixed feelings with him.  There are many problems that I have with him and one of them is his mixed signals when it comes to his profession of Christianity.  He claims Christianity but then back peddles when asked to clarify that he is born again or even believes Jesus’ statement  that he is the way, the truth, and the life and that there is no way to get to God except through him.  Another is the unwavering support for his preacher Mr. Wright that is clearly racist and preaches racism in his own church.  Many times Mr. Obama claimed that he went to this church for 20 years and never had a problem.  Only when the heat was applied during the campaign when several unflattering videos of Mr. Wright appeared on Youtube did Obama retract that support.  It is my belief that this retraction was not genuine and Barack Obama does have the same racist beliefs as Mr. Wright.  It is hard for me to imagine going to a church that preached this message for more than 20 years and continuing to go if a person did not believe it.

Putting all this aside and taking the advice of my Christian friends who earlier told me to pray for our leaders I would like to say that I am willing to give Barack Obama a chance.  I am actually happy that we can say we have our first black presidents though I have extremely powerful reservation on his stand on issues.  I refuse to spend the next eight years being angry like I did in 1992.  I really believe God is in control and that Barack Obama can possibly be a good president with our prayers.  I am tired of playing all the political games.  I am tired of all the divisiveness and hate.  I choose to be happy and I encourage those conservative friends around me to do the same.  God is bigger than the situation and to deny that is denying his ability to reign.  After all, if you think about it, if John McCain would have won, you would have more of the same lip service while turning his back on us.  This election would have been another disappointment with John McCain in office as well.

This reminds me of a Veggy Tales episode that I saw when my kids were young.  Veggy Tales is a Christian cartoon where talking vegetables often told a moral story illustration God’s love and power.  There was an episode where one of the characters was scared of the “boogey man”.  The group sang a song “God is bigger than the boogey man”.  After all these years that kids show has stuck with me.  I am actually singing it inside .  The message of that song was so simple and is still true to this day.  I am not calling Barack Obama the boogey man by any means.  I do not see him as a bad man but rather a man with differing moral views than I have.  Nevertheless I believe with God in control, he can be a good leader.  I fully expect a lot of heat over my stand and that is fine with me.   I think having faith in God is way more important than being angry and ruining my family life.  The Bible said in Hebrews 11:6…

But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

Do you believe it?  I do!

This is why I say never vote for the lesser of the two evils.  This is what the Democrats do.  Their guy can stab them in the back 100 times and they will continue to vote for them.  Although this is a painful defeat, it is really a victory.  Our Republican leaders will no doubt get the message that their own have become fed up.  John McCain was the final straw with these Republicans that have told us one thing and then stabbed us in the back.  He made a grave error and that was to trust the left wing media and their praise of him being a “Maverick”.  They painted a picture of him standing up against corruption in the Republican party.  No, he turned his back on his party when they needed him.  I say good riddance Mr. McCain!  Take your buddy George W. Bush with you!  We need to get some conservative Republicans in there that will stand for the conservatives.  I do not care if they are Democrats if they are conservative.

The other positive point of yesterday’s election was the damage done to the civil rights movement.  I am not talking about those that genuinely want equality.  I am talking about the Jesse Jackson, and Al Sharpton types.  These guys make a living out of making victims out of black people.  Instead of encouraging black kids and telling them that they can do anything including being President of the United States, they whine and complain while asking for donations.  Those are the ones that took a hit last night.  This morning when I got up to go to work, I turned the computer on and saw a picture of Jesse Jackson with a tear on Yahoo.  Of course the intent of the story was to show that the dream of a black person becoming President had happened.  The irony about it was that it took away his ability to say the white man is keeping blacks down.

Although I am not a fan of Obama because of his liberal stand, I am glad that we can no longer claim to be a racist country.  There will always be a few that will be racist but our country as a whole has not been racist for over two decades.  I clearly remember the passion whites felt for Michael Jackson in the 1980′s.  That passion was there for Bill Cosby when he had the number one television show in America for several years.  I am happy for the black Americans in achieving that dream despite the fact it was a left wing liberal.  I am just as happy the left wing, spineless Republicans were sent such a powerful message.  Conservatives wake up and stop crying about the election and recognize this opportunity.  Also let’s not forget that ultimately God is in control and is not worried.

I like to think of our country as being bigger than a president.  There are presidents that come and go but our country can outlive a bad president.  I do not like Obama at all as I think he is way to liberal for my taste and I do not want him to win.  From all indications, he will likely win anyway and that is okay.  Like I said, I think our country is bigger than one man.  The sad thing is that McCain is barely better than Obama.  With Obama winning, it gets the argument that we have never had a black president off the table.  This argument that we are racist and will never let a black president win can be an irrelevant argument.  I think we have black leaders and leaders in the media that do not want him to win because they can no longer legitimately say we are a racist country and have any credibility at all.  The reason it does not trouble me this time is because I do not like McCain either.  I feel that if we are going to have a lost election, we may as well enjoy getting this nagging issue off the table.

Our country will survive Obama, or McCain just like it survived Bill Clinton.  I do wish the best for blacks in America.  Look at the bright side…  There will be millions of black children across this country that will grow up believing they can achieve anything and not be brought down by the likes of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton.  These guys are more concerned with making them victims and angering them than educating them to their potential.  You see what I mean?  This could actually do some good even though Obama is as liberal as they come.  I am very optimistic no matter how it turns out.  Do not fall into the Republican and Democrat stories of doom.  Each party spends a considerable amount of time telling you how the world will end if the other party wins.  I personally believe that all authority is given by God.  No matter how bad it looks, God is in control and his desires will be done in the end.

This is so like them to think that way.  They have this image that the E-Vil “religious right”, as they like to call us, will not stand for a person having a family issue with their teenager.  They have this image that we are so filled with hate that we will demand that Ms. Palin be burned at the stake for daring to have a teenage daughter that had a pregnancy.  They think that we will suddenly find her not worthy as an E-Vil sinner.

They could not be further from the truth.  Again, they measure us by their own standards.  Since they are filled with hate, they think that everyone else is.  The last eight years I have heard some of the most outrageous claims agains George W. Bush that you can imagine.  I have heard that he planted explosives on the levees in New Orleans in 2005 to kill as many blacks as he could.  I have heard that he conspired to have the terrorists attack the World Trade Center.  These people are so filled with hate that all rational thought has evaporated.  Though they are salivating at this news, it is completely irrelevant and just another attempt to show our candidate as unworthy. Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha! Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha! Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha!  I can just see the CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS water coolers with the whole crew giving each other high fives at this enormous victory.  They are breaking open the champaign bottles as we speak. 

The sadness they experienced at the news of hurricane Gustav not destroying New Orleans at George Bush’s hands was short lived.  When they received the glorious news that the E-Vil Republicans had betrayed their Christian base with their new Vice Presidential nominee daring to have a pregant teenager was tanamount to finding George Bush on video robbing a bank.  Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha! Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha! Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha!  I just heard George Stephanopoulos of ABC news say those dreaded words “What else is there about Sarah Palin do we not know?” Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha! Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha! Mwuaha ha ha ha ha ha!  

Oh no!  Just as I type this, ABC news breaks the absolutely horible news that could almost destroy the momentum they had with the Sarah Palin’s pregnant daughter story.  Please sit down as I reveal this awful story!  This just in…  With hurricane Gustav not doing as much damaged as expected, oil prices have dropped more than $4.00 today.  Americans, I humbly ask you to put aside your religious differences and have a moment of silence in honor of this tragedy experienced by the left wing media.  This sends the hate Bush movement back decades.  I would not feel to sorry for them folks because in a matter of minutes they will have their tears wiped dry and be back on the hate Bush express.

I personally find this humorous because they are so transparent and predictable.  I apologize for beating a dead horse on these issues but when the hurricane coverage was pe-empted by Palin’s daughter news many many times, I had to speak up.

I am up this wonderful Labor day and enjoying another day off.  My wife and I have been switching channels on the television trying to watch the hurricane coverage.  It is sometimes entertaining to watch these guys put on a show for the purpose of drama.  It is funny when the weather people tell us how the hurricane has downgraded from a category three to a category two.   They are real quick to say with enthusiasm that the East side of the storm can always strengthen at any moment devastating New Orleans.  It is almost in the tone of “Don’t lose hope, hopefully, I mean maybe it will cause more damage”.  A while ago I saw someone say that it is not as bad as expected and my wife told me that he will be fired after this broadcast because after all, if you are not going to sensationalize, then maybe the broadcast media is not for you.

On another front, I stumbled on a story yesterday from Michael Tefft that points out that our good friend left winger Michael Moore has made the statement that there is proof of a god in heaven for the hurricane happening during the Republican National Convention (RNC).  This is no surprise that he would be so thankful that people would lose their lives and homes just so the Republicans will not get the air time they would ordinarily get during this convention.  Mr. Moore has made it clear many times that he does not believe in God at all and that is why I spelled “God” with a small “g” when I told of his statement.  I have found that ~90% of the Democrat_ _ leadership not only does not believe in God but are very hostile to anyone that does believes in him.  Those that say the do, are often critical of taking the Bible literally.  If you are not going to take the Bible literally then you cannot be a Christian since it is the very text of Jesus’ works.

This is no surprise to me that the Democrats are so hostile to the traditional Judeo-Christian values this country was founded upon. The Republicans have been known to give us lip service to get elected and then turn on us also after they get into office.  The Democrats are so off the charts left wing that they are not worthy of giving any credibility at all.  It is difficult to trust either party but one certainty is that the Democrat_ _ party is not our friends on any level.  They have portrayed themselves as the savior of the “little guy” and are famous for proposing programs that help no one and cost millions of dollars knowing the Republicans will go against it.  Then they and their good buddies in the media are relentless in their coverage of the Republicans’ wanting to throw grandma out on the street and take food out of the mouths of your children.  It is so predictable and yet it always works.

As much as I distrust the Democrats, I must admit the Republicans are as inept as they come.  I voted for the Republican revolution in 1994 and have been disappointed by their cowardice of media criticism ever since.  The Democrats and media are going to call you names and accuse you of things anyway so you may as well do something.  The Republicans have had no teeth since the 1994 election.  I have zero respect for John McCain because he is the poster child for selling us out to the Democrats.  His choosing Sarah Palin is an attempt to wipe those sellouts from our memories.  As bad as John McCain is, Obama is far worse.  He is an unapologetic liberal and is openly hostile to our values.  He claims Christianity yet quotes scripture out of context to put Christianity down on the national stage.

One thing that has amazed me about rank and file Democrats is their solidarity to their party even though the constituency disagrees with their policies.  I have relatives that are Democrats and will vote Democrat regardless of the candidate.  I firmly believe they would vote for Hitler if he was the Democrat_ _ candidate.  My relatives are conservative in their beliefs yet they vote for the most left wing candidates you can find.  This continuous support for any party without accountability is destroying this country.  Again, I have many family members that are Democrat and are conservative.  My only hope is that these people wake up and see that their beloved Democrat_ _ party has been hijacked by the most liberal wing of the party.  The Republicans have been portrayed the same way as being controlled by the extreme (Christian) right of the party and they quote some person that is not following the Bible.  These people say that to be Christian is to be extreme yet they ignore the founding fathers were also Christians.  They ignore the references to the Bible on many of the historical buildings in Washington.  So in their interpretation, it is being radically hate filled extremist to believe in the traditional values this country was founded upon. If I am being unfair by painting with such a broad brush here then I apologize.  This is just my observation.

Again Mr. Moore’s statements are typical for the Democrat_ _ leadership in their hatred.  They are the party of political correctness.  They portray Christians as hate mongers for simply disagreeing with them.  Just because I disagree with homosexuality does not mean that I hate homosexuals.  They spew more hate and sermons than any Christian I have ever seen.  They speak of Christians as trying to tell everyone how to live their lives.  They forget that about on every music or movie awards show where they wear their color ribbons and preach from the stage.  They forget about the no smoking ads.  They forget about all the “The more you know” ads that NBC spews upon us preaching political correctness.  I do not agree with voting for a party simply for supporting the party but rather for the best candidate.  If that person happens to be Democrat then I will support them.  At present, the Democrat_ _ base is controlled by those that are liberal and hostile to the Christian way of life.

We are not blameless ourselves though.  The failures of our own such as the Catholic sex scandals, and a few preacher scandals have given these people ammunition to show that we are bad people.  The history of the Crusaders and their violence are often used as evidence of our hatred.  This is no reflection of Christianity because these people are not following the Bible and they cannot quote a scripture to back up their actions.  As with any group you are going to find a few that are going to be too zealous and do more damage to their cause than help.   I have been guilty of this myself. Those people that go around shooting abortion doctors are not backed by the Bible.  If you follow “people” rather than the Bible you are going to find failure because humans are incapable of the perfect living the Old Testament requires.  If this were not true there would be no need for Jesus to die on the cross for our sins.  The left often portrays Christians as shoving the Bible down their throats.  If people are doing this, it is not scriptural.  The Bible tells us to preach the gospel to every creature but it does not tell you to force it on them.  If they do not want to hear it, then that is their choice.  The Bible says in Luke 9:5

And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against them.

If they choose not to hear it, then they have made their choice.  There is no obligation from Christians to continue to badger them and this is not scriptural.  If this has happened to you, then I apologize for our people.  This is not Christianity.  The Christianity of the Bible is to love everyone.  Love your enemies.

I truly do not hate Democrats but I must point out things as I see them.  There have been countless surveys that show that the vast majority of the national media are supporters of the Democrat_ _ party so in their world view things look normal.  You will never get the other side of the story.  They do not understand real Christianity so they will never admit that our country was founded by Christians.  Not hate mongers that they like to portray us.    In this day of political correctness the word tolerance has been redefined.  The true meaning is to peacefully coexist with those of differing opinions.  Today the politically correct meaning is that you must accept everyone and their ways with open arms no matter how offensive it may be.  Anything short of an open arms acceptance of this is considered hatred, bigot, or a homophobe.  This is completely wrong and cannot go unchallenged.  It may seem that I beat a dead horse on this subject here but that is because there are few places you can hear the truth.  I hope my passion on this subject is not seen as hate but rather frustration with the lack of voice that our side has in the national media.  I do not hate anyone and do not want my passion to be interpreted that way because it simply is not true.

I would like to clarify my position in this rhetorical world of politics.  People from a secular, or non religious view see it as all politics while I see it as adhering to the “word of God”.  If I am wrong on something and you can prove it to me in the Bible then I will gladly adjust my views.  It is my opinion that we have a conflict of world views. On one side, there is a world view that government is the source of rights and therefore should take care of society’s social needs.  On the other hand there are those that believe that God gives rights and therefore it is “he”  and his people that should take care of society’s social issues.  There are many that believe the government has a responsibility to take care of the underprivileged and spend tax payer dollars on social programs to meet these needs.  To them it is moral obligation the government has to do this.  The problem with this thinking is that political figures are no different than ordinary people in that they have a sinful nature desiring self fulfillment.  The redefine what an underprivileged person is, allowing more people to fall into this category so they can justify another program to help them.

Again, we are all sinful by nature and we like free handouts and although they are not really free, we fool ourselves into thinking they are free.  These political figures use this “feel sorry for ourselves” attitude to get elected.  They create a fictitious need and put themselves as the savior to supply that need.  They never really fix it but rather just “toss the voters a bone” to make them feel like they are cared for all the while being exploited for the gain of this political figure.  This is fiscal liberalism sometimes called progressivism because of the stigma associated with the term liberal.

In other cases there are social issues such as the definition of marriage, abortion, gay rights, and radical environmentalism are examples of social liberalism, or social progressivism.  In these cases the followers are driven by a desire to undo a perceived wrong in their eyes that their nemesis, conservatives have done.  Many times a large portion of these groups are militant against Christianity and this hatred is the single driver that motivates them.  Not all of them but in many cases this seems to be the case.

On the other side of the spectrum you have fiscal conservatives and social conservatives driven by completely different motives.  The fiscal conservatives are the Rush Limbaugh types that believe that individual freedoms will inspire growth that will eventually lead to a greater economy.  These types are the ones that are driven by the economy and see the government as an obstacle to success and often stifles the economy.  They usually believe that charity organizations should be the ones helping the underprivileged by donations.  It is their view that taxation is extortion and should not be used to pay for social issues against the tax payer’s will.  They believe that government should only play a limited role on social issues.  Contrary to the media reports, our president falls into this group.

The social conservatives are the group that I mostly identify with.  This group is usually comprised of Christians or of other religious believers.  In this group, people see the world as going morally out of control and therefore should return to a perceived better time when Biblical standards were the norm.  This group feels that they and their beliefs are under attack and would like to return to a more Biblical standard.  This standard never has been reached and never will because if it were possible, there would have been no need for Jesus to die on the cross to pay for the sins of the world.  Nevertheless, from the founding of the United States until the mid twentieth century America, the Bible was considered the standard for right and wrong.

This is still the standard and will always be the standard regardless of society’s acceptance of that premise or not (Luke 21:33). My acceptance that this is not likely to return as the norm within my lifetime, or until Jesus returns (2 Thessalonians 2:3) does not mean that we should refrain from doing our work as Christians.  Jesus said “…go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mark 16:15).  This is not a request but a commandment and so it needs to be done.  I have come across those that are morally conservative while being fiscally liberal or vice versa so it is not an accurate picture to label people as simply liberal, or conservative. I hope that I was able to effectively explain my views and where I am coming from.  It is this single desire to fulfill God’s word that motivates me to be conservative.

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