Monday, December 29, 2014

White men made this the greatest nation on God’s green earth!

There is nothing that right-wing conservative Christians like to preach more than the idea that too many Americans rely on government assistance for things like food, housing, medicine and heat; they see these people as freeloaders that are ruining this the greatest country on God's green earth. They feel that you must do for yourself, and be independent to be a true American, furthermore, they are threatened by the idea that a woman or a homosexual or an immigrant or another ethnic or religious minority would make America their home.

Beyond those ideas, what they refuse to see is how the wealthy rob the taxpayer for their own greed and self-interest. This thievery has created a ruling class that are parasites much in the same way that Jesus saw when he threw out the money changers and profiteers from the synagogues. Moreover, there is no one to defend the economically marginalized as they have no PACs or SUPER-PACs to represent their interests.

The problems for America go beyond the financial robbery of our country by the wealthy; it is the intellectual and spiritual larceny that is at the heart of what ails America. The use of television, radio and the internet to poison minds on a daily basis is abhorrent to a healthy society, yet it is this type programming that makes money for the rich and powerful at the expense of all Americans. These professed right-wing, Christian hatemongers spout their venomous rants 24 hours a day to a willing and angry citizenry that is searching for a way to lash out at those they see as being less than them so that they can justify their lot in life.

From the lips of these religious fanatics we can thank God that America knows exactly how Jesus would feel about President Obama and the rest of the Democratic party as well as the progressives that support scoundrels who want to have background checks on gun purchases, make sure that more Americans can get medical coverage, and put hot food into the bellies of children who through no fault of their own are hungry too often.

These conservatives want to harken back to the past when we were a country of radicals like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Jefferson Davis who decided that war was the only way to create the America that could evolve in the country we are today in which all Americans can expect be treated with respect and dignity.

A country in which fairness is celebrated in marriage equality; a country in which evenhandedness is rejoiced in equal pay no matter your gender, ethnicity or sexual orientation; a country in which politics is by and for the people such as the Koch Brothers, Bank of America and Apple to name a few lesser known individuals trying to make a living for their families.

I did go in the wrong direction when I used the word evolved when talking about our right-wing Christian brethren. They in no way will admit to evolving or anything of the sort. For these people, evolve is a four letter word on par with progressive or liberal. And, never shall any of those words cross their lips except in contempt for the ideas that they represent.

I can see why evolution or equality or fairness is so frightening to these right-wing Christians: dread. They dread losing their ability to control their world by putting others beneath them; whether, it is based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or immigration status they are losing control of their environment as others step up demanding their place at the table.

This idea of insisting and expecting everyone in our society to be treated the same no matter their belief system, gender, ethnicity, or immigration status is utterly absurd and contrary to the moral fiber that runs through any good, right-wing, God loving Christian.

They know that you must earn your spot in heaven and only the righteous will be allowed into such a divine place; therefore, all you illegals, atheists, Jews, racist/sexual pejoratives, and women need to remember that it was white men that made this the greatest nation on God’s green earth and your behavior needs to reflect that fact.

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