Tea Party In A Perfect Storm

Should we make it intact to November of 2012, there should essentially be two elections in this country. Before I address this let me explain the "should we make it to November 2012" comment for I have prefaced sentences with this type of comment a number of times in this blog. A recent entry into our expanding collection of American phrases and idioms is "the perfect storm," alluding to a storm so complete, so surrounding, whose potential is so devastating that the worst possible scenario has to be considered. America is in the path of that "perfect storm." International issues are tearing apart the fabric of order everywhere. Europe is holding on by a thread, the Middle-East is in chaos, Russia is a hungry bear coming out of hibernation, China faces internal problems as it is finding out that it has created a monster that has to be fed continuously or that monster will turn on it, terrorism has one ability...to cause havoc, and one dream...bringing about that havoc in the world while favorable conditions for this have never been so ripe. All of these things are happening at the same time and some will be resolved, one way or the other in my estimation, in the fifteen months leading up to this election. So arriving at the November 2012 date without first having been thrown into a tailspin that endangers not only our national security but our Constitutional Republic form of government itself is anything but guaranteed.  But we must press on and as for the "two elections," one should revolve solely around Barack Hussein Obama. Here is a man who by all appearances has been a Manchurian Candidate" prepared by those who merely used him. Yes, he has utterly failed in the most basic duties of a president but even his failures advance their agenda. The mistake that we are making at this time is putting forth the economy as the sole issue to challenge him with, whereas Barack Obama's subverting of our Constitution, his failure to pay any attention to our national defense or national debt, the intense division he is bringing to this nation, the deceit and subterfuge his administration displays daily that no previous administration, not even Nixon's, had come close to, and his concealment of his academic and travel records along with who his closest associates were in his formative political years should be the primary focus of this election. It's the second election, or rather set of elections, that should revolve around the economy and that would be for seats in the Congress. One can see how close the new "Tea Party" members in Congress came to giving our nation a sound budget that would at least have stemmed the tide of financial collapse. They failed to stem the debt problem but succeeded in exposing a vacuum of wisdom in our Congress and absence of integrity in many who sit there. If we place the economy solely on the White House and fail to highlight the more weightier issues that lead to it, outside influences about to erupt may transcend that economy. If we fail to place the onus of this economy where it belongs, on the socialist, profane, nanny state that brings only poverty and tyranny, then we let the professional politicians responsible, who would prove to be very adept at shifting the blame and refusing that responsibility, off of the hook. Important as choosing wise leadership is, we need wisdom for ourselves for we also share in that responsibility for the perfect storm fast approaching. I originally added some book recommendations to the bottom of this blog but was convicted of writing about a perfect storm that threatens all of humanity without seeking the wisdom of humanity's Creator.

Psalm 111
Praise the Lord!
I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart,
in the company of the upright, in the congregation.
Great are the works of the Lord.,
studied by all who delight in them.
Full of splendor and majesty is his work,
and his righteousness endures forever.
He has caused his wondrous works to be remembered;
the Lord is gracious and merciful.
He provides food for those who fear him;
he remembers his covenant forever.
He has shown his people the power of his works,
in giving them the inheritance of the nations.
The works of his hands are faithful and just;
all his precepts are trustworthy;
they are established forever and ever,
to be performed with faithfulness and uprightness.
He sent redemption to his people;
he has commanded his covenant forever.
Holy and awesome is his name!
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom;
all those who practice it have a good understanding.
His praise endures forever!