There is a scary tone in America’s current political scene. I usually hate it when people say that things are scary or that they are frightened. It’s cliche and over the top. Perhaps a better description of how I feel would be frustrated, disheartened and watchful.

I was reading through comments on news sites today as I often do, despite the drought of real news recently. As I was scanning through the mindless partisan attacks that make up our current structure, I came upon one comment the theme of which has become all too frequent:

Months ago…many times I have asked you, John and Jane Public, what constitutes treason and insurrection?  How can the leaders of this country pick and choose which rules of the Constitution it will support?  They are guilty of treason and MUST be removed from office by virtue of the very constitution they swore to uphold, support, and represent.  They are causing an uprising the likes of which we will not survive. — J.J. Young, North Carolina

Treason. The accusation is that the Obama administration has betrayed America.

I don’t think that President Obama has been perfect. I’ve been critical of some of his decisions and timings, but also proud at other times. But the conservative wing of the United States is absolutely out of control. A group whose values rest on Christianity and Family Values, fiscal conservatism and old fashioned wisdom has done well to live by anything but those principles.

At a rally in Washington DC yesterday, this sign was displayed:

Take a good look at that picture. That needs to make you feel sick; if it doesn’t than you are already sicker than I can tell you.  In case you can’t read it, this picture is saying that the Holocaust was national health care. Six million murders, and the right wing compares a health care bill to it.

This is not a joke, there are people who believe that a government run health care system would very much be the end of freedom and life in America. Rep. Virginia Foxx, the Republican Congresswoman from North Carolina had this to say:

“I believe they should be fearful. And I believe the greatest fear that we all should have to our freedom comes from this room — this very room — and what may happen later this week in terms of a tax increase bill masquerading as a health care bill. I believe we have more to fear from the potential of that bill passing than we do from any terrorist right now in any country.”

No. This is the most dishonest thing I have ever heard. If it’s against spending, it’s pure hypocrisy. Eight years ago we spent for more on the Iraq war, which gained us nothing. But the threat of the idea of terror was so great that we would pay any price. We still spend more on the military than on anything else in the world, but suddenly the threat is greater from taxes than from a fiery death.

Here is the truth: we pay more for health care than any country in the world. We get less care and live shorter lives than Brits, Canadians, Australians, the French, the Japanese, Germans, Polish, Swedes, and Spaniards while still spending more money.

But wait, I thought we have the best health care in the world! We do in many fields, but having the best health care is– to millions of Americans– like dying of thirst in the desert and knowing that someone somewhere has a nice cold Gatorade.

But socialist health care would ration care! Maybe, but not nearly as much as we currently ration. 46 Million uninsured are rationed completely out, while millions more who are insured will be denied coverage when it comes time to get treatment despite paying towards their policy for years.

There is a very evil force at work that is working very hard to stop health care. People out protesting health care; just like they protested women getting the vote and the desegregation of schools in the past. It is wrong, and it is fueled by a very immoral and dishonest movement. These are the people Jesus spoke about:

Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? …and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.

Ever wonder who that evil force is behind the movement?

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