Posted by
peripheral on Thursday, July 31, 2008 6:47:08 AM
From My Perspective - - - -
One has to wonder at times
whether or not the USA
is losing its way. There seems to be a growing absence of logic in thought and
proclamation, whereas there is a more evident bloviation (one who discourses at
length in a pompous or boastful manner) and reaction response (counter-point) present on-stage
every day. One of the candidates for the Presidency personifies what it means
to be pompous and arrogant. His supporters would say it is “confidence” but the
casual observer would disagree. In a June
26th, 2008 article in the Wall Street Journal, Karl Rove writes the
following: “It's All About Obama - Many candidates have measured the Oval
Office drapes prematurely. But Barack Obama is the first to redesign the
presidential seal before the election. His seal featured an eagle emblazoned
with his logo, and included a Latin version of his campaign slogan. This was an
attempt by Sen. Obama to make himself appear more presidential…" Also - "Consider his
treatment of Jeremiah Wright. After Rev. Wright repeated his anti-American
slurs at the National Press Club, Mr. Obama said their relationship was forever
changed – but not because of what he'd said about America. Instead, Mr. Obama
complained: I don't think he showed much concern for me.”
However, it’s not just in
the Political Arena where arrogance and pomposity is present. Consider this
appeal reported in the Boortz Report: “In May an illegal alien by the name of
Joel Sanchez-Jacobo was found guilty on two counts of aggravated murder and one
count for soliciting two murders. In other words ... this illegal alien came
into this country and got involved in drugs and murdered people as a result.
Now Joel Sanchez-Jacobo is complaining that his constitutional rights have been violated…Through
an interpreter, Sanchez-Jacobo told the judge that the only reason he is on
trial is because "the American justice system has failed to protect my
rights." He claims he was denied his right to an impartial jury because
Mexican-Americans were excluded from the jury. He also cited violations to his
constitutional rights to due process, a fair trial, his right to testify on his
own behalf and a full disclosure of information to be presented in court. And
finally, his right to counsel was violated because the government appointed
attorneys didn't speak Spanish. And if that isn't bad enough, he complained
that the jail's law library books weren't written in Spanish, therefore he
couldn't do his own legal research…After presenting this information to the
judge, Sanchez-Jacobo was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of
parole for the first murder and life in prison with a minimum of 25 years for
the second murder…”
And someone wrote this
letter expressing frustration with the system by which redistribution of money
takes place regularly in this nation. He writes: “Like a lot of folks in this
state, I have a job. I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government
distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am
required to pass a random urine test with which I have no problem. What I do
have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don't have to
pass a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a welfare
check because I have to pass one to earn it for them? Can you imagine how much
money the state would save if people had to pass this test in order to get a
public assistance check?”
In Jeremiah 9:23-24, we
read: “Thus says the Lord - Let not the wise man boast in
his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man
boast in his riches, but let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me,
that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in
the earth. For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.” Love, Justice and Righteousness in the land –
where can we look for it? Where will we find it? The context of Jeremiah 9
indicates it is not in an outward action of the flesh but through an inner
yieldedness of one’s heart to the Lord God. Anything less than that perpetuates
the Pomposity and Arrogance that is on display in our culture.
Think about this with
me - - - -