[qoae] Rosemary: "The Coming Obama 'Theocracy'"

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Posted by Rosemary:
"The Coming Obama 'Theocracy'"
http://www.qoae.net/posts/1203308679.shtml


   That isn't my title, I stole it from Captain Ed. It was too good to
   pass up. The Captain and many of his SPoDE-like readers are concerned
   about a speech [1]Michelle Obama gave at UCLA. Here is the part that
   has a mass of all panties knotted up:

     In 2008, we are still a nation that is too divided. We live in
     isolation, and because of that isolation, we fear one another. We
     don't know our neighbors, we don't talk, we believe our pain is our
     own. We don't realize that the struggles and challenges of all of
     us are the same. We are too isolated. And we are still a nation
     that is still too cynical. We look at it as "them" and "they" as
     opposed to "us". We don't engage because we are still too cynical.
     ...

     Americans are not in debt because they live frivolously but because
     someone got sick. Even with insurance, the deductibles and the
     premiums are so high that people are still putting medications and
     treatments on credit cards. And they can't get out from under. I
     could go on and on, but this is how we're living, people, in 2008.

     And things have gotten progressively worse throughout my lifetime,
     through Democratic and Republican administrations, it hasn't gotten
     better for regular folks. ....

     We have lost the understanding that in a democracy, we have a
     mutual obligation to one another -- that we cannot measure the
     greatness of our society by the strongest and richest of us, but we
     have to measure our greatness by the least of these. That we have
     to compromise and sacrifice for one another in order to get things
     done. That is why I am here, because Barack Obama is the only
     person in this who understands that. That before we can work on the
     problems, we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this
     nation.

   See that bold part up there? That is the problem. That makes Obama a
   theocrat. Talk about taking shit out of context... I didn't get the
   "Obama is Jesus" impression at all. You can't say "soul" without
   becoming a theocrat now. When I was 10, I used to watch Soul Train.
   There was nothing Christ-like about Soul Train. I eat at a restaurant
   that sells soul food. My greens and cornbread did not heal me. They
   were yummy as all get out but I wasn't saved. I know because the
   minute I left, I had a very dirty thought about spreading those yummy
   collard greens all over someone and...nevermind.

   Michelle Obama's speech reminded me of something but it wasn't God and
   church. It was that this is what a Liberal is supposed to be, many
   have forgotten. Some Democrats have turned their back on this basic
   tenet of liberalism. Kind of like the Republicans have done with John
   McCain. He really is a conservative, he's not a RINO. Republicans have
   moved away from true conservatism in order to maintain power.

   Michelle Obama's speech was LIBERAL not religious. Anyone that sees
   anything else should immediately have all sharp objects removed from
   their home.

   Cow Tip: SPoDE

References

   1. http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/017003.php