President Obama Makes Fun of Disabled People. Shame on Him

Last Thursday, President Obama went on the Jay Leno Show. Which in it of itself is very un-presidential in the first place. Especially in the midst of an economic crisis.

He proceeds to make a joke about his bowling game and how he now averages a score of 129. Jay Leno says, "Well that's not too bad". President Obama then, laughingly, says, "Maybe if I was trying out for the Special Olympics, Ha, Ha".

This is utterly shameful. This shows his utter contempt for disable people. This angers me.

Most of all this shows how Elitist and Arrogant President Obama really is.

Imagine if you were the parents of a newly born child and found out that your newly born infant had Down Syndrome. Imagine the feelings that you would be going through. Now, fortunately, there is a great support system for parents of Down Syndrome babies and other disabled kids.

But what if you were this parent again and you turned on Jay Leno and heard the President of the United States making jokes about disabled people.

Would that not utterly ANGER and DISGUST you?

Here we as parents teach our kids to be friends with kids that have disabilities, and we teach them that just because they have a disability doesn't mean that they can't be just as good in something as you are.

And you would think that our President, of all people would act as a good role model, NOT AS A BULLY.

I was listening to the Hugh Hewitt radio show Friday night and he mentioned this email sent in to him from a dad of a special needs child. I cut and paste it here so you can read it.

Hugh,

Thank you so much for your blog post about Obama's Special Olympics comment.

I'd like add to what you've said by pointing out that the President's insult runs much broader than against the set of citizens you've identified, the people with Down's Syndrome.

I'm the father of a beautiful, young, 12-year-old girl (quickly growing into a young lady) named Emily. She's smart -- an avid reader and books-on-tape listener -- and she's excelling in school. But Emily also has cerebral palsy, which affects practically all of her physical abilities. Her speech is affected as are her limbs. She relies completely on a motorized wheelchair to get around.

I might sound overly sensitive when I say this, but the President's Special Olympics comment is deeply insulting to anyone, I believe, who has any kind of significant disability. It reveals a coarse insensitivity to the plight of people with disabilities. His comment is every bit as demeaning as some of the most racist and sexist things that have been said in public in recent years by politicians and celebrities. While I've sensed in some commentators a rush to excuse his comments as unintended and inconsequential, and therefore hardly worthy of rebuke, I believe such an attitude reveals a double-standard in the way our society views and treats people who are disabled. Those in the public eye who have made racist and sexist comments of equivalent offense have been rightfully pilloried.

I have found myself to be angry -- not in my sometimes knee jerk,emotional way -- but in a deeply disappointed way. I can still hardly believe that an orator of his ability, one who ardently claims to defend the disenfranchised, could make such a blunder. I fear it reveals an attitude of arrogance and elitism that portends trouble for the way he will govern.

My only consolation is that perhaps the backlash to his comments will have a positive effect in raising the awareness of the subtle but troubling way some in our society treat people with disabilities. I Also hope that the President will make a sincere and full apology for his insensitive remarks.

To those who do not live close to the life of a person with disabilities, my remarks may seem overly dramatic. But living every day with the effects of a severe disability is a tough road. And it's very disappointing to have the President so flippantly poke fun at a group of people who deserve -- more than most -- a greater degree of compassion and respect.

Thanks, again.

That kinda says it all, don't ya think.

Jimbo

Pastor Shot in Cold Blood. Where's the Reporting?

Last Sunday morning, during the middle of the 8:30am service at First Baptist Church in Maryville, Illinois, an unknown assailant entered the church during the early service, walked down the aisle and began to fire his weapon at the pastor.

Rev. Fred Winters tried to shield himself from the bullets being sprayed at him with his bible, the only weapon he had. The pistol jammed on the man and parishioners subdued him. The gunman slashed two parishioners when they tried to subdue him.

The two parishioners were wounded as they tried to subdue the man. The suspect is currently in serious condition at St. Louis University hospital where he will undergo surgery for his wounds. Dr. Fred Winters was pronounced dead on arrival at Anderson hospital, after being shot three times.

A worship minister at the church, Mark Jones, says that they have no idea what the suspects motive was, nobody knew him. He simply walked into the church, exchanged a few words with the pastor and then shot him in the chest. Fred Winters was pastor of First Baptist Church for over 20 years, and is a former president of the Illinois Baptist Association.

Investigators have charged Terry J. Sedlacek, 27, with first-degree murder in the killing.
Sedlacek was further charged with two counts of aggravated battery related to the stabbing of parishioners Terry Bullard and Keith Melton. Their wounds were not life-threatening, said Illinois.

Now, here is what angers me. If this shooting was at a school or say it was a wife killed by her husband, the news would be NON-STOP, 24 HOUR coverage.

However, I believe that since this was an Evangelical Pastor who was the victim, that the media really DOES NOT CARE.

The mainstream media HATES EVANGELICALS. Make no mistake about this.

In fact, the media thinks Evangelicals are LESS THAN HUMAN. Therefore, they don't report more than they have to about this Pastor being shot and killed in cold blood.

Why? Because the media does not want the general public to feel sympathy for a "Right-wing Evangelical".

To the media, this Pastor being shot is no worse than a dog being shot and killed. In fact, the media would probably give more coverage to the dog being shot and killed.

This shooting does not fit their Liberal, ANTI-GOD agenda. So what do they do? They under report it.

This angers me. This burns me up. However, I know that there are spiritual forces of Satan that are hard at work to minimize the reporting of this shooting. Satan was at work in this killer and he is equally at work in the media's non-reporting or under reporting of this horrific killing.

Shame on the media.

So be vigilant, be on guard. Most especially at your place of worship. Watch for suspicious characters coming into your Church. I am an Usher at my Church, and from now on I will be watching everyone who comes in our Church. Especially watch for people that you do not know.

Maybe it is time for the Pastor to keep a Gun in his Pulpit for protection. I don't know. That is an individual thing.

But be watchful. Satanic forces are at work in this society.

Jimbo

Pray that Justices in California Uphold Prop. 8

The California Supreme Court, which last year declared the right of gays and lesbians to marry, appeared ready Thursday to uphold the voters' decision to overrule the court and restore the state's ban on same-sex marriage.

Let us Pray that they DO uphold the WILL OF THE VOTERS, and NOT THE GAY MAFIA.

"There have been initiatives that have taken away rights from minorities by majority vote" and have been upheld by the courts, said Chief Justice Ronald George. "Isn't that the system we have to live with?"

George wrote the majority opinion in the court's 4-3 ruling in May striking down California's ban on same-sex marriages - which voters, in turn, reversed in November by approving Proposition 8, a constitutional amendment defining marriage as being only between a man and a woman.

Another member of last year's majority, Justice Joyce Kennard, said the challenge to Prop. 8 brought by advocates of same-sex marriage involved "a completely different issue" from the court's ruling that the marriage laws violated gays' and lesbians' rights to be treated equally and wed the partner of their choice.

"Here we are dealing with the power of the people, the inalienable right, to amend the Constitution," Kennard said. Speaking to a lawyer for same-sex couples, she said those who want to overturn the voters' decision "have the right to go to the people and present an initiative."

The initiative, sponsored by conservative religious groups, amended the state Constitution to declare that "only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California." That was the language of a previous law that the court struck down last year as a violation of the state Constitution.

If the justices' questions were any indication, the court will allow Prop. 8 to ban same-sex marriages as of Nov. 5, the day after it passed with 52 percent of the vote. A ruling is due within 90 days.

Kenneth Starr, lawyer for Protect Marriage, the sponsor of the ballot measure, argued that Californians have a virtually unlimited power to amend their Constitution.

"Rights are in the power of the people," said Starr, law dean at Pepperdine University and formerly the special prosecutor in the impeachment of former President Bill Clinton.

Let's Pray that Ken Starr wins and Prop. 8 REMAINS the Law.

I am SICK and TIRED of the GAY MAFIA FORCIBLY pushing their PERVERTED agenda on us all.

The people voted NO to Gay Marriage.

Let's Pray that the black robed justices uphold the will of the people.

Jimbo