Despite the insane giddiness expressed by many, last week was quite the historic week.
Beginning on Monday with MLK day, I’ve been trying to pull together some thoughts. King has been one of my heroes, historically, for some time. So what would he have thought of Obama?
Without a doubt, King would have been ecstatic about the first black president. That achievement alone says a lot about our nation.
But what would King have thought about Obama’s policies? Well, being a pacifist, King would have been against the War in Iraq, much as he was against Vietnam. Being a socialist, King saw the government as the answer to many economic and social issues. He’s with Obama there, too.
But what about abortion? Would King have approved of the extreme policy of death that Obama is set on persuing?
Being a hero of mine, I would hope not. But honestly … maybe. Other civil rights leaders from the same era are completely in line with the right to kill babies today. Would King have followed suit? It is quite possible that he would not have. We’ll never really know, but King stuck with non-violence even while many left him for more aggressive, divisive and violent policies. Like Gandhi, King was a true believer in activist non-violence, even when the whole civil rights movement left him behind and attempted to marginalize him. Would he have done the same with abortion? We’ll never know, but I wonder.
I didn’t watch the inauguration. I’ve never watched a live inauguration before, even when the guy I voted for won. Why start now? The media finally has a president they like, so they made it quite the event.
While the world seemed to party, I was a little sad. I hope Obama does well, but we unfortunately just elected one of the most corrupt Senators in our country to preside over a major recession. His economic and social policies will actually create poverty and selfishness (already done … check) and hurt this country. So I wasn’t quite as happy as the celebration that encompassed the entertainment biz.
Obama hit the ground running, using his power of executive order to make some immediate noise, most notably to me, reversing Bush’s executive order that stopped using Federal funds for killing babies overseas. Now we can. Obama is also “reaching out” to Republicans by asking them nicely to vote for his bailout package that is full of pork and liberal kickbacks, helping few actual hurting people. I hope the Republicans stand against it and point out the bailout/stimulus package for what it is.
Under the radar, the most extreme and extensive pro-killing babies legislation is coming forth, the Freedom of Choice Act, or FOCA, and Obama is championing it. FOCA removes all barriers and limitations to killing an unborn baby and could even force faith-based hospitals to either kill unborn babies or lose Fed funding … and could even force doctors with moral problems with the procedure to perform an abortion.
Freedom of choice means something different to different people, I guess.
I’m praying for God’s mercy that FOCA wouldn’t pass.
Peace.