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Saturday, February 04, 2012
Brainy 44
We've heard quite a great deal from the Sycophant Media about how smart Barack Hussein Obama is. I recall a couple of statements to the effect that he's "the most intelligent man ever to become president." The effusion of praise for our 44th president's intellect has slowed down a bit in recent months, but one still hears the occasional exclamation about it from a columnist desperate for access to Obama or one of his inner circle.
Well, let's have a look at a trifle of relevant evidence:
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama connected his faith with his policies toward the poor at the National Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, a subtle but sharp contrast to remarks made by presidential hopeful Mitt Romney the day before."Living by the principle that we are our brother's keeper. Caring for the poor and those in need," Obama said before an audience of about 3,000 at the Washington Hilton. These values, he said, "They're the ones that have defined my own faith journey."
Oh, my. "We are our brother's keeper." A principle? A Christian principle? Is any Gentle Reader awake enough to cite where the phrase "my brother's keeper" actually occurs in the Bible?
That's right: Genesis:
In the course of time Cain brought to the Lord an offering of the fruit of the ground, and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering, but for Cain and his offering he had no regard. So Cain was very angry and his countenance fell.The Lord said to Cain, "Why are you angry and why has your countenance fallen? If you do well, will you not be accepted? And if you do not do well, sin is lurking at the door; its desire is for you, but you must master it."
Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field." And when they were out in the field, Cain rose up against his brother Abel, and killed him. Then the Lord said to Cain, "Where is your brother Abel?" He said, "I do not know; am I my brother's keeper?" [Genesis 4:3-9]
So our brainy president has transmuted an evasion by Mankind's first murderer into Christian doctrine. Brilliant! Innovative! Thomas Jefferson would be awed. But surely we could expect nothing less from "the most intelligent man ever to become president."
Gentle Reader, as they say on C.S.I., people lie; evidence doesn't. The evidence is that Barack Hussein Obama isn't just a step or two short of the genius plateau; he's functionally a moron, and apparently has morons for speechwriters, at that. But let the killing stroke go to the great Mark Steyn:
But according to National Review columnist Mark Steyn, author of "After America: Get Ready for Armageddon," Obama's comments leave much to be desired, particularly when it comes to the president's own brother, George Hussein Onyango Obama who lives on $12 a year in Kenya."Oh give me a break," Steyn said on Hugh Hewitt's radio show on Thursday night. "For a start, when he says, 'I am my brother's keeper,' his brother is back in Kenya living on $12 a year. That's what he was living on at the time of the 2008 election. So all the president has to do in terms of shared responsibility is put a $10 bill in an envelope and mail it to Nairobi or Mombasa or wherever and he will double his brother's salary."
Perhaps the ultimate refutation of Obama's moronic statement lies in this: By implying that the government, acting through its taxing power, must assume responsibility for the less well off in America, Obama has expressed longstanding left-liberal doctrine -- which absolves individuals acting as individuals of any responsibility at all. That is a direct, undisguised contradiction of Christian doctrine, as expressed by Christ Himself:
"When the Son of Man comes in his glory and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne. All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left. Then the king will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.' Then the righteous will answer him, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or naked and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?' And the king will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did it for one of the least of these brothers of mine, you did it for me.'"Then he will say to those on his left, 'Depart from me, you accursed, into the eternal fire that has been prepared for the devil and his angels! For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink. I was a stranger and you did not receive me as a guest, naked and you did not clothe me, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.' Then they too will answer, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not give you whatever you needed?' Then he will answer them, 'I tell you the truth, just as you did not do it for one of the least of these, you did not do it for me.' And these will depart into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." [The Gospel According To Matthew, 25:31-46]
Barack Hussein Obama isn't merely unintelligent; he's also the exact opposite of Christian. Let anyone who disputes this argue with Jesus Himself; I'll sit on the sidelines and watch.
