messiah

I refuse to use a capital letter when referring to Sen. Obama as the messiah, however, I have to admit that the reference is very prevalent. It concerns me a great deal. Oliver North has a very interesting article about this phenomenon associated with Sen. Obama. I have seen a picture of a group of people gathered around Sen. Obama in an attitude of prayer with Sen. Obama in the middle of the group and each individual reaching out as if hoping just to be able to touch Sen. Obama. The kids in the matching blue shirts singing about the change Sen. Obama is going to bring and how he will save us concerns me. Why are people so anxious to believe that Sen. Obama will herald a new, different type of government and save all of us from ourselves? As Mr. North mentions in the article, unmet expectations are the greatest source of anger on this planet, and Sen. Obama can never live up to the expectations he has encouraged.

Also, I am reading The Making of America by W. Cleon Skousen. The title of the book is quite literal. When the book is discussing the things Gen. George Washington and the Continental Army had to endure while fighting for their "country" because Congress, under the Articles of Confederation, was so powerless and the States so disinterested, the resultant idea had by "Americans" surprised me. The Continental Army wanted to establish a king, specifically George I. Of course, George Washington turned them down and turned the tide of this idea. In the same position, which Presidential candidate do you think would do the same? Reading about the beginning of this country, both the political and financial absolute turmoil, is very interesting and very applicable today. It is clear how far we as a nation have fallen when we really look at the founding principles upon which this nation was built, and for which a precious few gave their "Lives," "Fortunes," and "sacred Honor."