So here goes a random blog entry because we didn’t have English class yesterday! Hello one and all. So as previously mentioned we didn’t have English class yesterday. This taught me an excellent life lesson. Always. Check. Your. Email. Before. You. Go. To. Class. I had the wonderful privilege of showing up for class when it was canceled. Which wasn’t so bad except it took an hour out of my day driving to campus and walking to class. But hey, I’m actually fine with it. It was a beautiful day outside and I really don’t mind that I showed up to a canceled class. It is actually pretty funny. So now I am going to write my blog about whatever the heck I can think up since we didn’t have class.
Well, I found an interesting article on CNN last week that made me sick. The article was about recent findings that stated despicable things about U.S. scientific experiments in Guatemala in the 1940s. Basically, Americans intentionally infected Guatemalans with STDs in order to study the affects of the diseases on humans. Disgusting. I don’t understand how we as a country have disregarded human rights on so many levels. But yet you will not read about this case in history books and you probably never will. As a country, we love to portray this image that we are the bright shining model for the rest of the world. Sorry but not true Lady America. We need to stop covering up our wrong doings and pretending like we are a moral example for the world. At least President Obama apologized to Guatemala for the human rights violations that occurred. What really pissed me off though was the types of Guatemalans that were intentionally infected. They were prisoners, prostitutes and other “lower” class people. I am pretty sure the American scientists just wanted to experiment on the “trash” of society somewhere other than here. I would be severely mad if I found out this happened here in America. But this takes it to a whole new level when we interfere with the citizens of another sovereign nation.
This incident just is another example of how if you put your trust in something other than Jesus it will fail you. America is some people’s savior. They think that their ideas about government or civic duty will change everything in existence and life will be fine. Yeah right. But our nation is continually bombarded with subterfuge that the Democrats or Republicans will save America and we need to put our hope in their platform. It just doesn’t work. The government’s job is to keep order not save people from their lives.
I honestly don’t care about politics that much. It doesn’t make that much difference in my life for the most part. However, living in the South I understand that most people are conservative Republicans. By definition that means they do not like President Obama. Not like may be too nice of a term. Regardless, I have heard many Christians bashing Obama. They really don’t have anything to back up their view other than Obama is aligned with the Democratic party. I think more Christians need to read this quote Obama made last week about why he is a Christian. “It was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead -- being my brother's and sister's keeper, treating others as they would treat me," he said. "And I think also understanding that, you know, that Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings -- that we're sinful and we're flawed and we make mistakes, and that we ... achieve salvation through the grace of God." (Yahoo News, 9/18/10) That is pretty much the Gospel in a nutshell. We are flawed and we need God to save us. I wish people would stop bashing other people without knowing their background. Tough love may be needed but it is love nonetheless.
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