Forked Tongue
By Maj. Gen. Jerry R. Curry (ret'd)
CurryforAmerica.com
My Native American ancestors used to say, “White
man speak with forked tongue.” Were they alive today to hear Mr. Obama
indiscriminately sprinkle promises throughout his eloquent verbal performances
and then do the opposite of what he has promised, my ancestors would probably
nod knowingly and say, “Yes, President Obama, too, speak with forked tongue.” My
African American ancestors, not unlike their distant relatives of today, would
probably still be under the spell of Obama’s charm.
During his visit to
Turkey, Obama said, “We do not consider ourselves a
Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a
nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.” The operative
words are ideals and
values. What and whose ideals and
values is he referencing?” The answer is easy to find because our Founders left
a clear and precise road map to aid us should we ever need to engage in a search
for America’s true and historically accurate ideals and values.
One of our Founders, Thomas Jefferson said, “I
have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of
tyranny over the mind of man.” At another time he stated, “The God who gave us
life, gave us liberty at the same time.” Lest we forget, these very words are
chiseled into the stone of the Jefferson Memorial in
Washington, DC, our nation’s capital.
For those who seek clarity as to what our nation’s
ideals and values were and still are, the words of Jefferson could not be
clearer. Read for yourself the preamble to any of the fifty state constitutions
and you will find America’s Founders’
ideals and values clearly enunciated.
The preamble to the constitution of President
Abraham Lincoln’s home state of Illinois
could not be more specific: “We, the people of the State of Illinois, grateful
to Almighty God for the civil, political and religious liberty which He hath so
long permitted us to enjoy and looking to Him for a blessing on our
endeavors...” Knowing and accurately voicing America’s historical ideals and
values can only be difficult for those who are not honestly seeking them.
Our Founders were firm in declaring that America’s
ideals and values grew out of unalienable rights given us by our creator -- the
God of Abraham -- and they clearly enunciated them in the Declaration of
Independence: “When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another,
and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to
which the laws of nature and of nature’s God entitle them…We hold these truths
to be self-evident; that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by
their creator with certain unalienable rights; that among these are life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” For the most part our Founders were
Bible Believing Christians who, were they living today, would express shock that
an American President would suggest otherwise.
During last year’s presidential election campaign,
Mr. Obama insinuated to the voters that the ideals and values of our Founders
were desperately in need of change -- change
that Obama would define for them after he won the election. More than half of
America’s voters took him at his word.
Unfortunately, too few asked the question,
“Change from what to what?” So now we have a president who has no
leadership experience, who has not led so much as a Boy Scout Troop. Ah, but he
promises money to the money-less, jobs to the job-less and medical care to all,
especially illegal aliens. Is this the change the majority of Americans voted
for and expected to see? Not hardly.
Since the election, the most critical problem the
American people and the Obama Administration have faced has been getting the
nation’s economy back on track and creating jobs. So why, for months, has Obama
focused the attention of the Congress and the entire nation on health care? How
many jobs have or will the health care debate create? None!
Until there is a job for every man and woman who
wants to work the President and the Congress should possess one single and
determined objective: stimulation of the economy with an attendant creation of
jobs. And there is a huge difference between stimulating the economy and a
political power grab -- the amassing of all authority and decision making in the
White House under Obama’s czars.
When people don’t have enough money to buy food
for their families or to make their car and mortgage payments and their
attention is being diverted by politically manufactured crises, they will not
notice that Obama’s change mantra
is resulting in the Federal Government’s take over of the nation’s businesses,
industries, and families – as happened in the Soviet Union and Red China.
Obama speaks eloquently and pervasively of
America’s ideals and values, but his actions
are far removed from those of our Founders. My Native American ancestors were
quick to recognize an imposter when they heard one. Today would they conclude
that, “President Obama speaks with forked tongue?” I strongly suggest that they
would. As for the rest of us, what conclusions have we drawn?
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