DEAR MR. BUSH: IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO STAND UP AGAINST AMERICA'S MORAL
BANKRUPTCY

DEAR MR. BUSH: IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO STAND UP AGAINST AMERICA'S MORAL
BANKRUPTCY

Mr. Bush, hasn't there been enough? Haven't we seen the complete
collapse of a culture? Isn't it time you said something?

Or really, that you said a lot of things.

We voted for you -- and urged others to do the same -- because we
believed that you would begin to turn things around morally. For
years, for decades, since the 1960s, when Satan took roost, the
culture has been on a downward spiral. But nothing like today.
Internet pornography. Vile rap music. Coarse language everywhere -- on
every other bumper sticker. Profane radio language. Howard Stern is
okay? Salacious ads. Viagara in the e-mail. Movies that are
consistently over the top -- way, way over the top. Celebrities who
look as if they got dressed in Babylon. Blasphemous art -- some funded
by the federal government. And kids piercing themselves and painting
themselves and celebrating what can only be called the Age of
Decadence.

We find it hard to believe that at the same time the Ten Commandments
are banned from public, we are forced to pass the kind of billboards
that line our roads, nor can we believe that the Federal
Communications Commission has okayed certain uses of the f-word.

That's an outrage. So is the incredible spectacle of Marilyn Manson --
this man who is an actual priest in the Church of Satan performing
publicly and often in a way that would have made Lenny Bruce blush.

In fact, there isn't a comedian around who is as tame as Bruce -- even
on late-night talk shows.

Yes, we know, Mr. Bush: That was going on before you came into office;
we also know you are a well-meaning, Christian man.

But with all due respect, please consider that it's time for you to
more clearly demonstrate your faith. It's not enough to allude to your
conversion. In our opinion -- and again forgive our boldness -- you
have to put it into operation. It's why millions voted for you.

Yet, except for the "war on terror," we hear virtually nothing from
you.

An obscene culture is another form of terrorism, Mr. President -- one
that in many ways may be even more devastating. We have not seen you
use the bully pulpit to take off after Hollywood or soap operas or the
shock-jocks that are filling the ears of our children with obscenity
and hatred, ruining another generation.

They say you are one of the most pro-life presidents ever, and we
deeply appreciate the end of partial-birth abortion. Thank you. "A
number of pro-life leaders believe that voters are largely unaware of
the Presidential record on life issues,'" notes LifeNews.com. "In
fact, some argue that, in terms of his accomplishments, President Bush
may be the most pro-life president of the post-Roe era. 'President
Bush has stood firm in his commitment to America's families --
including mothers and their unborn children,'" says Mary Beliveau,
director of the Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation political action
committee.

Again, thanks. We applaud you for that.

And we're especially glad that you have promised to put pro-lifers on
the Supreme Court, if re-elected (something your father failed to do).

But there is still abortion in this nation and quite frankly, we've
been surprised at how few words you have spoken about the other, more
prevalent forms of abortion.

Millions of babies have been killed since you took office, Mr.
President -- far, far more than died in 9/11.

To our great dismay, you recently said that our culture is not ready
to get rid of all abortion.

Mr. Bush: it is our task and especially your task to make it moral, to
make it ready. And we can start with the world of entertainment.

Surely, you watched some of the Super Bowl. All you had to do was view
it for a few minutes to know that it was full of vulgarity. It wasn't
just that half-time show. Yes, that put it all in the ozone; that was
the final straw. But the commercials reflected a society that has lost
most signs of moral bearing. There were commercials showing the
flatulence of a horse. There was a kid uttering foul language. And
that half-time show: there was not just the baring of Janet Jackson's
anatomy (as if her family isn't in the news enough lately) but also
simulated lesbian sex and gyrating transvestites and another performer
grabbing himself suggestively.

At least, that's what we hear in the reports; fortunately, we shut off
the TV before half time.

But we saw our share and we wonder: This is the United States? This is
the country "under God"? This is the nation that Patrick Henry said
was founded "on the Gospel of Jesus Christ"?

America the beautiful -- or America the decadent?

Forgive our stridency. But the situation is out of control. Lewdness
and rudeness and coarse language are all over the place -- as the
cliche goes, "24/7." You can't get away from the supermarket
magazines, or when Britney Spears kisses another woman, Madonna, on
national TV, or the talk-show hosts who inspired a couple to have sex
in St. Patrick's Cathedral!

Mr. Bush, the struggle against terrorism is important, but it's about
time you start talking about something other than Saddam Hussein. In
fact, with all due respect, perhaps, as we mentioned before, you
should have listened to the Pope to begin with. Perhaps you should
listen to him now. He has been strenuously objecting to the morality
of the West -- saying that unfettered capitalism, that bald-faced
consumerism -- as exhibited Sunday -- is a dangerous as Communism.

It's about time that we talk less about the economy -- about material
wealth -- and more about the state of our morality.

What occurred during the Super Bowl was far beyond the pale. No doubt
you'll say something about that. But we need much more. We need it at
a time when a record producer is on trial for murder. We need it when
a basketball star is on trial for alleged rape. We need to hear a
moral voice at a time when Janet's brother is facing trial for
pedophilia. We need someone to speak about God -- the God upon which
this nation is based -- at a time when thousands of scientists, many
under federal employ, or in our state universities -- deny Him and
have created a society that has lost its sense of self respect.

They are even dismantling Christmas. They are taking God out of
everything. What have you to say, Mr. President? Isn't there something
you can add? A few words from the Oval Office? They can have a
monumental effect. Go after it, Mr. Bush. It is Christians who put you
into office. We don't need any more images of bloody combat. We don't
need any more executions of Timothy McVeighs. We don't need any more
playing cards with the faces of those we are hunting down in Iraq.

What we need is respect and love for each other and that doesn't take
a politician; that takes a leader -- a leader like George Washington,
who once said, "The favorable smiles of Heaven can never be expected
on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which
Heaven itself has ordained."
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Matthew 24:10-14 (GNB)

10Many will give up their faith at that time; they will betray one
another and hate one another. 11Then many false prophets will appear
and deceive many people. 12Such will be the spread of evil that many
people's love will grow cold. 13But whoever holds out to the end will
be saved. 14And this Good News about the Kingdom will be preached
through all the world for a witness to all nations; and then the end
will come.


[1] American Bible Society. (1992). The Holy Bible : Today's English
Version (2nd ed.). New York: American Bible Society.



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