I hate to say this but lately Republicans look and sound a lot like Barack Obama, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton with regard to foreign policy.\u00a0 They are constantly getting outraged.\u00a0 They are loudly demanding answers.\u00a0 They describe things as unacceptable.\u00a0 They issue meaningless threats. \u00a0But they do nothing.\u00a0 \u00a0No one takes them seriously.\u00a0 The last IRS hearing was a sad commentary on the system.\u00a0 The IRS commissioner was sitting there with a smirk on his face openly challenging congress to do anything about it.<\/p>\n
At this point I am angrier with Republicans than with Democrats.\u00a0 I am well aware that Democrats have sunk pretty low.\u00a0 It was nauseating to watch those Democratic congressional representatives try to make excuses for the inexcusable.\u00a0 But we have come to expect this from Democrats, so it shouldn\u2019t be a surprise.\u00a0 Why would we expect them to do anything different?\u00a0 We learned during the impeachment of Bill Clinton that Democrats will vote to acquit an obviously guilty man if they think it is better for them politically.\u00a0 Only a fool would expect Democrats to act honorably and put truth and justice ahead of politics.<\/p>\n
But Republicans pretend to know better.\u00a0 I don\u2019t believe them anymore.\u00a0 They have claimed that the White House and the State Department deliberately covered-up the events in Benghazi.\u00a0 They have accused the IRS of deliberately targeting political opponents of the President.\u00a0 Now they are claiming that the IRS is conducting a blatant cover-up.\u00a0 Now they are accusing this administration of letting illegal aliens flood through our borders.\u00a0 These are not minor problems.\u00a0 If these are true, then action is required.\u00a0 If they are not true, then shut up.<\/p>\n
I think we would all be wise to keep in mind the following quotation from the book of James, with some minor substitutions:<\/p>\n
James 2:17\u00a0 (NIV)<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Modern application<\/p>\n In the same way, outrage, with no action, is meaningless.<\/strong><\/p>\n To Republicans:<\/p>\n When you continue to hold the same worthless hearings with the same worthless results while pretending to be outraged, we don\u2019t believe you anymore.\u00a0 You have the power to get things done; you only need the courage to do the necessary.\u00a0 When you consider the problem serious enough, you will take action.\u00a0 My question is how bad does it have to get before that happens?<\/p>\n TDM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I hate to say this but lately Republicans look and sound a lot like Barack Obama, John Kerry and Hillary Clinton with regard to foreign policy.\u00a0 They are constantly getting outraged.\u00a0 They are loudly demanding answers.\u00a0 They describe things as … Continue reading