by Loren Adams, 7
August 2011
Right now the U.S.
is on the verge of default. Mom and Dad told us what it was like during the
Great Depression, but soon we may experience it for ourselves. The debt ceiling
was raised dozens of times during Republican administrations, but somehow it’s
different now that a Democrat sits in the Oval Office, especially a black one.
So, the self-righteous Republicans destroy the nation for political gain. What
else is new? That’s the way hypocrites behave.
The current
Republican contenders claim they have direct access to God. Is this a joke? I
nearly believe we’ve arrived at a bizarro world where everything is turned
upside down. Texas Governor Rick Perry holds a state-sponsored prayer
conference, Michelle Bachmann claims God commanded her to be President, Mitt
Romney wears church-issued magical underwear, and the Tea Party says God wants
them to shut the U.S. Government down. Who are these people?
It depends on one’s definition
of “God.” Is God’s nature one of wrath or love? Republicans go for the “W” while
liberals go for the “L”. Republicans are always fearful of demasculinizing
Jesus into a weak, feminine character that feeds the hungry, cares for the
sick, turns the other cheek, and focuses on the poor, etc. They prefer the
Jesus of Revelation riding a white horse to slay millions at the Valley of
Meggido.
The Republican Jesus
carries a pistol in his holster, believes everyone else should too, and has
zero tolerance for free-loaders and welfare queens. Rightwing Jesus is white
and blonde with blue eyes (although born in the Middle East to Jewish parents).
It started with
fundamentalist Bush claiming to have direct communication with God to be
President, then to bomb the hell out of the Middle East while, as a result,
destroying the U.S. economy. One could blame Bush for the nation’s fall, but
wasn’t God at fault for ordering Bush to make all these mistakes? No, Bush was
using God as a prop to commit political treason; Karl Rove wasn’t only “W’s”
brain, but his God.
Remember when Bush
claimed he received direct orders from God to bomb Iraq?
Would Jesus have
bombed Baghdad?
Bush claimed he KNEW
Iraq had WMD and was preparing to use them against the U.S., its allies, and
neighbors. Since GW supposedly had a direct line to God, would Jesus have not
informed him that no WMD existed in Iraq? Would Jesus have used deceit to
influence a nation to go to war? A series of unjustified wars that led the U.S.
to depression?
The crimes of the
century were committed right in the White House, but no one seems to care, and
Obama’s boy (Eric Holder) refuses to prosecute.
Would Jesus lie to
get his way?
Would Jesus kill for
revenge? Or to steal someone else's property?
Would Jesus make war
against another country without provocation and without moral grounds?
Would Jesus treat
working people and the poor with contempt and drive their incomes down while
enriching the obscenely wealthy?
Would Jesus pray
publicly to make a show of his religiosity in order to increase political
power? Or would he pray in secret where only his Heavenly Father listens?
Would Jesus issue
ultimatums, threats, intimidation, and coercion to have his way? Or would he use love to overcome
adversity.
Would Jesus claim to
be “compassionate” while exploiting the poor, destroying Medicare and Social
Security, busting unions, demanding lower wages for ordinary folk, and putting
the tax burden on the middle and lower classes?
Would Jesus cause
the deaths of millions as payback for an unsubstantiated threat against his
daddy years before? Or would he
say, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do”?
Would Jesus jack up
the price for prescription drugs for the elderly to pad the pockets of the rich?
Would Jesus not care
about the environment, the forests, endangered species, man-made climate change,
clean air & water?
Would Jesus lie,
cheat, steal, kill, commit insider trading, and live the life of a hypocrite?
Would Jesus impugn
the patriotism of another who fought valiantly in a war and was nearly killed
saving his friends? (Swiftboaters)
Would Jesus need to lie
about others to make himself look good?
Would Jesus rob from
the poor to give to the rich?
There’s nothing today
about the mean Republican spirit resembling Jesus Christ. More like Pharisees,
they stone the prostitute (with whom they just had intercourse), rob from the
poor, and give all stolen wealth to the top two percent.
"In as much you
do to the least of these, you've done it unto me" – Jesus Christ,
Matthew 25:45