Conservative Talk Radio

I am a talk radio junkie. There are times when I revert back to the music stations, but it never lasts for long. Inevitably I find myself switching to the AM station, the same way I reach for the coffee beans on the top shelf of my pantry every morning. Although I am not on the right politically, I enjoy listening to the conservative talk show hosts, particularly since Obama became president. The rage of the entitled who have lost their privilege amuses me.

This morning I heard an advertisement for an event which supposedly will analyze the first one hundred days of Obama's campaign. In the advertisement it made negative mention of Obama shaking hands with Chavez and "skipping out" on the National Day of Prayer. Of all the things Obama has done in his first hundred days in office, these are two very trivial points to mention. I find it very difficult to take anybody, or any radio station seriously, who rallies behind these two points. They are merely media spin which are used to incite the conservative faithful to hate Obama because he has betrayed their country and their belief system.

In reality, Obama is the farthest thing from a traitor. In the first hundred days he has worked tirelessly to keep the country afloat and to repair our relationship with the world. Obama observed the National Day of Prayer. If he preferred to do so privately, like many godly Christians I know, let him do so. He is not betraying the Christian belief system, rather he is choosing humility. Let's not forget the difference between the pharisee and the penitent sinner in the eyes of God.

Latin America could be and should be the United State's greatest ally. It is bad enough that our corporations, and at times our government, have ravaged the land and the people. Do we really need to continue to make enemies? We are much more of a threat to them than they are to us. Latin America is merely waiting for their recognition on the world stage. They want and should be considered equals. Let's not look down on them because some of their governments tend towards socialism and the redistribution of wealth. We could learn from their thirst for social and economic equality.

If you are going to criticize Obama's first hundred days, please find something worth criticizing. You are doing yourselves, your listeners and society a disfavor by trying to characterize the President as a traitor to our beliefs and our nation.