Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,
President, Human Life International
Posted on 02/05/2009 8:54:31 PM PST by Coleus
Integrity
Dear Spirit and Life readers,
One of my most memorable experiences in Marine Corps boot camp was the lesson of integrity. Certain infractions of the strict code of discipline were considered "integrity violations" such as lying or undermining the chain of command, etc. We all implicitly understood that term to mean the breaking of rules of conduct or ethics that bind men together for the common mission. We did our best to avoid committing any violations of integrity, not merely to avoid penalties, but more so because we sought to form ourselves as honorable, trustworthy men deserving of our uniforms.
Ironically, the country our honorable Marines serve is currently being led by a President who has begun his term of office with an extensive list of "integrity violations," setting new lows for integrity in American history, and on the way to shredding the last bits of moral fiber left in our nation. But this is what we get when we elect a confirmed champion of the culture of death to the highest office of our land.
Count with me a couple of these violations that occurred in the President's first two weeks in office:
I could go on but I won't. One just wonders what the word "shame" means any more.
The icing on the integrity cake, however, is Mr. Obama's recent call to limit the compensation of the CEOs of corporations that receive government bailout monies. There are two good reasons (among many) why this move is disingenuous in the extreme: first is that it actually applies to no one at the moment because all those who have already received government bailouts are exempt. Second, keeping corporate executive salaries down will stimulate nothing except the rapaciousness of the vultures in Congress who want more sectors of American society under their control.
I can think of a number of people whose salaries should really be capped, however, but it would take integrity to call these filthy rich celebrities and sports stars to account for their obscene income in the same period of time in which more than one million Americans lost their jobs:
Integrity is clearly not Mr. Obama's strong suit. His lack of experience, superficial judgment, and penchant for empty rhetoric is now on display for all the world to see, and it is embarrassing. The point of the matter, however, is not that America can't survive such a poor performance. Remember that we did survive eight years of the Clinton regime. It's that this man is a product of the culture of death and will entirely radicalize our nation's institutions with other immoral and extreme people who share his views. The blood of fifty million aborted babies has clouded our national judgment, and we have chosen to rule over us not just one man, but thousands of his appointees who will likely drive us into oblivion before we wake up and insist on integrity once again.
Personally, I think a few months in Marine Corp boot camp might serve President Obama very well.
Sincerely,
Rev. Thomas J. Euteneuer,
President, Human Life International
Reverend
Unfortunately, I believe we are reaping what our own party has sown over the prior eight years. We really have to look at own party in the mirror - we’ve got a lot of skeletons in our own closet I’m not proud of and could give cannon fodder to the Dems to throw back in our faces. My take is this - unless some serious changes happen then we’re all F’d (not just Republicans, but everyone) - I mean seriously F’d.
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Oh boy .. this is a keeper! Thank you, Coleus, for posting this thread.
Leaving Mass this morning, I saw two cars parked next to each other with Obama/Biden bumper stickers. One of them also carried the nausiating “Coexist” sticker, you know, the one where the word is spelled out in religious symbols.
I am wholly ashamed of my “Catholic” brethern who could have so little regard for life that they openly brag of their support for this disgraceful excuse for an American.
Obama has no integrity.
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I agree, I don't see what putting the names of an author, celebrities, or sports stars has anything to with Obama at all. His letter would've made more sense without that.
PS on my above. Since JK Rowling, and Simon Cowell aren’t even Americans, what does Americans losing their jobs have to do with 2 Brits?
I agree, I don't see what putting the names of an author, celebrities, or sports stars has anything to with Obama at all. His letter would've made more sense without that.
Yes, I was rather dismayed to see that salary stuff in there. Everyone should have a FReeper editor.
It's only now that they're finding out how bitter it is to do so.
I don’t believe it is the conservatives in this country who have done such harm. Let’s face it, the Republican constituents have been railing against their elected officials for quite a few years now. Unfortunately, we are not given a real choice come election time and so must choose between the extreme left and the moderate left. The fact that the Republicans lost the last two elections was not because the Democrats have won over people, it was because real conservatives did not vote and those who claim “independent”(which really means wishy washy) went to the other side.
I think the point he was trying to make here is that Obama has gone after the easy target in the evil ceo’s. I understand why since they are the recipients of tax payer money, but the truth is this is more smoke and mirrors from Obama. We will not hear Herr President mention the obscene income of those who support him.
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