A friend forwarded this letter to me (italics). It includes a photo of President Obama carrying Fareed Zakaria's book, The Post-American World. My friend is a nice guy, very smart, a successful businessman, and a military vet. It goes to show how crazy our world has gotten. I've included my reply.
The letter:
I know some of you are Democrats and some are Republicans and many of you are Independents but we all are US citizens. I am not one to throw labels about (well I do in idle conversation) but this item depicted here is but one piece of a mosaic that is impossible to ignore but we all (collectively) are looking the other way. I invite you to follow the trail that President Obama is on and the bread crumbs he is leaving behind. I fear and believe he is leading us on a path we cannot come back from if his intentions and actions are unchecked by Congress and us, the voters.
Look and read at the U.S. Constitution and you can begin to see the mosaic he is building and using our own Founding Fathers words to cover his bread crumbs.
The path to Hell is paved with good intentions. Unfortunately it is a slippery slope when the intentions are indeed evil.
A Patriot until the End,
Name
Forwarded content:
Subject: Fwd: Fw: This is important ... a must see!
LOOK AT THE BOOK IN HIS HANDS.Let's take the bugger down through the Internet... Seems the majority of the press are worshiping at his feet....Someone should put this on facebook.. If each person sends this to a minimum of twenty people on their address list, in three days, all people in The United States of America would have the message. I believe this is one proposal that really should be passed around.
THIS WILL CURDLE YOUR BLOOD AND CURL YOUR HAIR
The name of the book Obama is reading is called:
The Post-American World, and it was written by a fellow Muslim.
"Post" America means the world After America! Please forward this picture to everyone you know, conservative or liberal. We must expose Obama's radical ideas and his intent to bring down our beloved America !
My reply:
[Name of Friend], As a fellow Christian I'm asking you to write all the people to whom you sent this and retract or correct it.
This book is by a noted commentator -- you can see him on TV every week and there's nothing anti-American about him. The author observes that the United States no longer dominates world affairs and asks how the US can thrive in such a multilateral environment.
Here's the test I'd ask you to consider. Did you check out the book or the author before you forwarded this email? If not, I'd suggest you didn't do the Christian thing. I say that as a friend, not a political enemy.
If you'd like to talk about it, my phone is 555-1212. You're a friend I admire.
Greg
Forwarded content:
Subject: Fwd: Fw: This is important ... a must see!
LOOK AT THE BOOK IN HIS HANDS.Let's take the bugger down through the Internet... Seems the majority of the press are worshiping at his feet....Someone should put this on facebook.. If each person sends this to a minimum of twenty people on their address list, in three days, all people in The United States of America would have the message. I believe this is one proposal that really should be passed around.
THIS WILL CURDLE YOUR BLOOD AND CURL YOUR HAIR
The name of the book Obama is reading is called:
The Post-American World, and it was written by a fellow Muslim.
"Post" America means the world After America! Please forward this picture to everyone you know, conservative or liberal. We must expose Obama's radical ideas and his intent to bring down our beloved America !
My reply:
[Name of Friend], As a fellow Christian I'm asking you to write all the people to whom you sent this and retract or correct it.
This book is by a noted commentator -- you can see him on TV every week and there's nothing anti-American about him. The author observes that the United States no longer dominates world affairs and asks how the US can thrive in such a multilateral environment.
Here's the test I'd ask you to consider. Did you check out the book or the author before you forwarded this email? If not, I'd suggest you didn't do the Christian thing. I say that as a friend, not a political enemy.
If you'd like to talk about it, my phone is 555-1212. You're a friend I admire.
Greg
I admire your ability to stay calm and write a forceful letter without showing any anger or calling him any names. I'd be interested in knowing how he responded.
ReplyDeleteWell-said, Greg. This is a sadly common knee-jerk reaction. I'd be embarassed if a fellow liberal commented thus on a book he/she knew nothing about whatsoever. I wonder if your friend actually retracted anything.
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