On Sunday, President Barack Obama gave the commencement address at Notre Dame University…and was granted an honorary doctorate for his work of…….well, no one really knows any work he’s ever done other than getting elected President. But, nevertheless its always good publicity for your school to give the President a doctorate. Whatever. A bit of a firestorm was created in his invitation…and many Catholics protested, as they should have, because Obama is extremely pro-choice, while the official Catholic stance is pro-life. Some students even went so far as to skip their own graduation in protest of his being there. To miss your own graduation because of a principle deserves high praise indeed…at least in my opinion. They’ll still get their degree, but they made a point by their non-attendance that couldn’t have been made otherwise. They have my respect.
And while they missed out on getting recognition, they also missed out on the nausea of listening to Obama lecture the world on how both sides of the “abortion debate” need to emulate him by being “above name-calling.” He proceeded to tell the story of how his campaign website once stated that he supported a woman’s right to choose and would protect it against “right-wing ideologues” who seek to take it away. Obama shared how someone confronted him over the name calling and he had his website remove the phrase “right-wing ideologue.” Now…apparently…we’re all supposed to be so enamored with his grace that we mimic him…and refuse to use adjectives when describing those like him who defend the cause of slaughtering babies. Forgive me, if I choose not to take his counsel.
One of the biggest problems in America today is that we don’t use the correct “names” to call things what they are. “Marriage rights for all” is a sweet way of saying “government supported perversion.” “Redistribution of wealth” is a sweet way of saying “rob from the workers and give to the lazy.” And likewise “pro-choice” is a sweet way of defending a women’s right to let a doctor murder and mutilate her baby. Am I wrong to point out that abortion involves the murder of a child? Am I a “name-caller” like my President says I am? You’re darn right I’m a name caller…because things need to be called what they are.
Obama thinks he deserves a medal because he removed the phrase “right wing ideologue” from his web site, yet he’s also the same man who declared people like me to be “bitter” because I “cling to my guns and religion out of fear.” It might surprise the President to know that I don’t mind being called names. As the saying goes, “I’ve been called worse names by better people than him.” But I’m not the least bit offended if he chooses to call me a “right wing ideologue.” He can even call me a “right-wing, gun-toting, Bible-thumping, loud-mouthed, opinionated, furry-faced, four-eyed, Okie-Kansas, Calvinistic, religious-extremist, anti-government, anti-tax, anti-gay, anti-liberal, pro-baby, pro-family, pro-liberty, state’s rights Constitutionalist, hillbilly, redneck with a bad case of acid reflux.”
None of those names offend me because they’re all true…at least in some people’s eyes. I am who I am, and I don’t mind people using names to describe me. But turn about is fair play. And as long as I have the freedom (though I won’t probably have it much longer)…I’ll continue to call things what they are….including our President. You know him don’t you? Mr. Obama…..the left-wing, radical, over-taxing, free-spending, baby-killing, freedom-hating, pompous, arrogant, self-worshiping, fascist who would rather kiss up to foreign leaders than support his own country. Who would rather spend more money than actually fix problems. And who….sadly….would rather defend the cause of left-wing, liberal feminists than he would defend the life of innocent, helpless babies who didn’t ask to be created, and sure didn’t ask to be killed.
Sorry Mr. President, but I cannot take your counsel…and as long as you continue to hold policies and defend practices that murder babies, I’ll continue to call you names that fit your crime. And maybe, someday, by the grace of God….if enough people will call “baby-killers”…. “baby-killers”…. then maybe someday “baby-killing” will no longer be an accepted law of the land. And we truly can move on to other problems that our nation needs to address. But until then, murdering children trumps everything else. And in my mind….it always will.
June 4, 2009 at 11:06 pm
Hey Pastor Shane, thanks for tellin’ it like it is, seriously. I love reading your blog because your emotion and disgust about the things that are happening in this country are mirror images to my own (but I don’t have a blog!). I can only cling to the hope of our Lord Jesus’ sovereignty, and try not to “grow weary in doing good”, during these evil, dark and socialist days.
Thanks, Audrey