Dear friend,

You sent me another Obama is the anti-Christ e-mail (see the bottom of this post for the full text of the e-mail) today and I’m not sure why.

I know you’re a Republican and that you certainly didn’t vote for Obama, but I also know you’re far too smart to believe what this e-mail says. I’m certain you know that I don’t agree with what’s in it, so I think maybe you sent it to me by accident. If you did send it on purpose, maybe you did because you thought I’d find it funny. For the record, I do.

Maybe, just maybe, you thought I’d read it and change my mind. That I’d suddenly say, “you know what, this strange e-mail that reminds of one of those ‘Bill Gates will give you a million dollars if you forward this to 10 people’ messages from the late-90s is right, I don’t trust President Obama, maybe he is the devil!”

You see, it’s not that I don’t appreciate you thinking of me and the millions of other misguided souls out there who believe we should have health care for all, that we shouldn’t torture and that a nation whose founders, at their very cores believed Democracy can only succeed if we work to maintain a pluralistic, secular government.

I believe in God and I sure as heck don’t think Barack Obama is anything more than a man like me, your husband, your sons and the 42 other men who served as President before him. He’s not a messiah, he’s not going to save us from all that troubles us and he sure as heck isn’t going to bump Jesus out of his seat at the right hand of the Father.

As a matter of fact, I don’t think any reasonable person out there (of whom we’re the overwhelming majority of Obama supporters) would ever equate him to the Messiah. That’s why I’m so confused about its tone, because, and excuse me for being impolite, I think this is fake outrage generated by someone on the religious right meant to whip up some fervor. It seems, because you forwarded this to me and who knows how many others, that it’s working.

I’ve got to admit something. I don’t understand the mindset of people who create things like this. I don’t understand what would possess someone to be so angry that they would spread blatant lies in an attempt to undermine the President and federal government.

And for what? He’s trying to ensure that the most vulnerable in our society have access to health care and yet he has to deal with angry mobs carrying guns to town hall meetings, he has to defend himself against accusations that he’s not a Christian, or heck, not even an American. It seems that people on the right are so afraid of something — I dare not say what — that they will stop at nothing to smear him.

If its merely his ideas you’re afraid of, wouldn’t it be more constructive to fight him with your own ideas? I mean, your Senator, Chuck Grassley, has spent more time denouncing Democratic health care reform telling you to “be frightened for your grandmother,” than to attack the proposed legislation on its merits.

All we seem to get out of the right is fear tactics and e-mails like the one you forwarded to me. I must say, the best parody writers couldn’t do a better job of encapsulating the last year or so of Republican bumbling.

Joe the Plumber makes an appearance, there’s a teleprompter joke and there’s even a birther reference. Funny, yes, because it wraps up every half-baked idea to defeat the President the right has dreamed up, and yet in that colossal pile of FAIL you can see how reason has defeated it. What’s scary is that there is still a percentage of the population who — despite an overwhelming mountain of facts placed right in front of them — people still hold on to these absurd ideas. Facts be damned, Obama is the anti-Christ.

I know you’re not one of those people, though, which is why I’m so puzzled you sent this to me.

Throughout the e-mail, in each section of the poem, the theme that we live in the greatest country in the world and that to change anything about it is tantamount to revolution. To think that anything we do as Americans could possibly be wrong is communist! Wrong is for other countries, that’s why they all try to come here. That’s also why we have to build a huge wall to keep them out.

You see, I agree with you that we live in the greatest country in the world. What I see, however, is a world out there which is increasingly finding a way to do business without us. We haven’t always been the best neighbors, you see.

We’re mired in the worst recession in decades. Heck, unemployment here in Detroit is up to 20% or more. Meanwhile, China’s economy is chugging along, so much so that they and many others are pushing for the American dollar to no longer be the standard for international trade.

We stand to lose trillions if that happens and the only way to walk that back is to get our own economy in order. Like it or not, that means we’re going to have to talk about regulating the financial sector, which caused this disaster in the first place.

See, I don’t think I’m all that dumb, I answer final Jeopardy correct from time-to-time, but I couldn’t hold a candle to the brainiacs in charge of our country. So if I can see the writing on the wall, that something in this country needs to change if we want to remain the greatest country in the world, then these guys must really see a problem and I hope are working to fix it. Provided, of course, if people like you let them.

So I think what I’m saying is that it’s naïve to think we can just keep our heads down and things will keep chugging along forever. Did I tell you that I live in Detroit? I’ve seen first-hand what can happen when you don’t plan for the future.

Of course, the viewpoint expressed in this e-mail suggests that we live in a society that doesn’t need any changes in the first place. Of course believing that would mean that we live in a country where social injustices never exist, where our laws treat everyone equal and where free-thinking individuals have the chance to make decisions regarding their own lives and bodies.

So this e-mail is saying that we live in a society free from discrimination based on gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. By saying we don’t need to make changes, it’s saying that every little boy and little girl in this country grows up with the same opportunities, regardless of where they were born or how much money their parents have.

See, I don’t think that’s true, and I don’t think you do either.

When I moved from your fair city to suburban Detroit during high school, I went from a very affluent school district to one that could be considered to be on the poorer end of the spectrum. I gave up orchestra because we didn’t have one. I gave up my AP classes because they were not offered. I gave up a lot of things because, in a school district that lacks resources, students don’t have the same opportunities.

Now maybe you can explain to me why, in the greatest country in the world, a country that needs not this so-called change our President wants to bring, 90 percent of the kids I would have graduated with in your town went on to college, while only 45% from my class here in Michigan did.

See, in a country that affords all its citizens the same rights and opportunities, regardless of their station in life, you would think that all students would have the same chance to succeed.

There is a legacy of inequality in this country that has less to do with race than it does with the divide between rich and poor. Unfortunately, because the cycle has perpetuated itself for decades, when we were mired in institutional racism, it disproportionately affects minorities.

Poor whites bear the brunt of this too, though, you live in Iowa, look out your back door at some rural farming communities, you’ll see what I mean. To use the formula I see anchors on Fox use to say something without really saying it, “I can’t say for sure that higher poverty levels in a town correlates to lower academic achievement in its schools, but I find it odd that kids who grow up poor fail more often.”

Now I know you can see that, despite living in the greatest country in the world, we’ve got some work to do. Reading this e-mail you sent me, however, it makes me think that whoever wrote it would rather hide their head in the sand than face the change that is staring them in the face. It seems like they just want to close their eyes and hope it all goes away.

I don’t think you’re one of those people. I think you’re smarter than that. I think you’re astute enough to recognize that changes need to be made. Part of what has made our nation great is that we have always, when times are toughest, come together to solve our problems.

It makes me scared, though, when I get e-mails like this and I realize that there really are people out there who believe this nonsense. It frightens me because people like this, who are so terrified of the President are willing to torpedo changes we need to make in this country to stay the greatest nation in the world. It’s as if they are so concerned about beating the President that they don’t care that our nation is slowly dying because nobody can get along.

Millions die each year for lack of health care. Our economy is in shambles because our financial regulators were asleep at the switch. We’ve got a growing superpower in China threatening our influence in the world. And yet wing nuts on the right are letting people like Orly Taitz hijack the conversation and question whether our President is really an American?

I know that you love this country as much as I do. I know you don’t really think the President is the anti-Christ, a Muslim terrorist sympathizer, a Nazi, a Marxist, a Fascist, Socialist or Communist. I know you don’t think he’s an illegal immigrant, Kenyan usurper or that he wants to set up death panels so he can eat your grandmothers brains or Sarah Palin’s baby.

Why then, do reasonable people like you continue to forward things like this around? Why do reasonable people like you continue to listen to ideologues like Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck? Why do reasonable, patriotic, Americans like you continue to allow a wedge to be driven between us over nothing?

We’re two friends on different sides of the political fence, yet we love and respect each other. I just wish your side and my side could sit down at the table and talk like reasonable adults. We don’t need to shout, we don’t need to call each other names and we certainly don’t need to waste our time on outrageous accusations.

We’re living in a time of crisis and how we as Americans react will determine whether we come out of this on top or if we slip into the history books as another super power in decline.

We’re waiting. We just wish you’d stop throwing rocks over the fence at us and come over, shake our hands and be willing to talk.

I hope to hear from you soon.

Your friend,

Rusty

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You may chose to read this or you may choose to delete it! I read it and I see truth in it, we need to pray for the USA!!!


WOW!!!

How's this for apocalyptic literature. This was written by a pastor's wife in biblical prose as a commentary of current events. It is brilliant.

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And it came to pass in the Age of Insanity that the people of the land called America , having lost their morals, their initiative, and their will to defend their liberties, chose as their Supreme Leader that person known as "The One."

He emerged from the vapors with a message that had no meaning; but He hypnotized the people telling them, "I am sent to save you."

My lack of experience, my questionable ethics, my monstrous ego, and my association with evil doers are of no consequence. I shall save you with hope and Change.

Go, therefore, and proclaim throughout the land that he who proceeded me is evil, that he has defiled the nation, and that all he has built must be destroyed. And the people rejoiced, for even though they knew not what "The One" would do, he had promised that it was good; and they believed.

And "The One" said " We live in the greatest country in the world. Help me change everything about it!"

And the people said, "Hallelujah! Change is good!"

Then He said, "We are going to tax the rich fat-cats." And the people said "Sock it to them!" "And redistribute their wealth." And the people said, "Show us the money!" And then he said, " redistribution of wealth is good for everybody."

And Joe the plumber asked, " Are you kidding me? You're going to steal my money and give it to the deadbeats??" And "The One" ridiculed and taunted him, and Joe's personal records were hacked and publicized.

One lone reporter asked, "Isn't that Marxist policy?" And she was banished from the kingdom!

Then a citizen asked, "With no foreign relations experience and having zero military experience or knowledge, how will deal with radical terrorists?"

And "The One" said, "Simple. I shall sit with them and talk with them and show them how nice we really are; and they will forget that they ever wanted to kill us all!" And the people said, "Hallelujah!! We are safe at last, and we can beat our weapons into free cars for the people!"

Then "The One" said "I shall give 95% of you lower taxes." And one, lone voice said, "But 40% of us don't pay ANY taxes." So "The One" said, "Then I shall give you some of the taxes the fat-cats pay!"

And the people said, "Hallelujah! Show us the money!"

Then "The One" said, "I shall tax your Capital Gains when you sell your homes!" And the people yawned and the slumping housing market collapsed. And He said.. "I shall mandate employer-funded health care for every worker and raise the minimum wage. And I shall give every person unlimited healthcare and medicine and transportation to the clinics." And the people said, "Give me some of that!"

Then he said, "I shall penalize employers who ship jobs overseas."

And the people said, "Where's my rebate check?"

Then "The One" said, "I shall bankrupt the coal industry and electricity rates will skyrocket!" And the people said, "Coal is dirty, coal is evil, no more coal! But we don't care for that part about higher electric rates." So "The One" said, Not to worry. If your rebate isn't enough to cover your expenses, we shall bail you out.

Just sign up with the ACORN and you troubles are over!"

Then He said, "Illegal immigrants feel scorned and slighted. Let's grant them amnesty, Social Security, free education, free lunches, free medical care, bi-lingual signs and guaranteed housing…" And the people said, "Hallelujah!" and they made him king!

And so it came to pass that employers, facing spiraling costs and ever-higher taxes, raised their prices and laid off workers. Others simply gave up and went out of business and the economy sank like unto a rock dropped from a cliff.

The bank banking industry was destroyed. Manufacturing slowed to a crawl. And more of the people were without a means of support.

Then "The One" said, "I am the "the One"- The Messiah – and I'm here to save you! We shall just print more money so everyone will have enough!" But our foreign trading partners said unto Him. "Wait a minute. Your dollar is not worth a pile of camel dung! You will have to pay more… And "The One" said, "Wait a minute. That is unfair!!" And the world said, "Neither are these other idiotic programs you have embraced. Lo, you have become a Socialist state and a second-rate power. Now you shall play by our rules!"

And the people cried out, "Alas, alas!! What have we done?" But yea verily, it was too late. The people set upon The One and spat upon him and stoned him, and his name was dung. And the once mighty nation was no more; and the once proud people were without sustenance or shelter or hope. And the Change "The One" had given them was as like unto a poison that had destroyed then and like a whirlwind that consumed all that they had built.

And the people beat their chests in despair and cried out in anguish,

"give us back our nation and our pride and our hope!!" But it was too late, and their homeland was no more.

You may think this a fairy tale, but it's not.

It's happening RIGHT NOW

THIS really tells it like it is. After reading it — and before you go into the bathroom to throw-up — forward it to your friends and those you know who care about our country and what is happening to it under the rule of Commissar Obamanation.