Don't let the door hit ya....

...where the Good Lord split ya!

Sorry to be so blunt, but quite frankly, I'VE HAD IT!

In the last 24 hours, I've heard a lot of people complaining because John McCain didn't get elected. The bulk of those complaining have threatened to leave here and go to Canada to escape Barack Obama's extreme liberalism and socialistic ideas. For those of you who have never been to Canada, you clearly do not know what you are saying. Ask my Canadian husband, and he will happily explain to you that Canada is far more liberal and socialist than Barack Obama could ever be, so your escape plan to our northern neighbor might not be such a great idea. Trust me on that one.

While people who voted for McCain have a right to support their candidate, threatening to leave their own country in protest is just ridiculous. And I'm sorry, but it's also, in my opinion, a COP OUT. So you don't like who is president? Stand up for your rights! The fate of this country isn't in the hands of one man or woman. No president has absolute power, that is why we have Congress and the courts. And I just don't understand how otherwise good people, who claim to love their country, can threaten to duck and run the minute things don't go their way. As the daughter of a U.S. Veteran, I find this line of thinking very offensive. My dad fought to secure your freedoms, so you could live here and enjoy them and cherish and RESPECT THEM, not so you could run to Canada the minute things didn't go your way. If you really love the United States, then you stick it out, through thick and thin, and do your best to make the changes you want to see. It's not up to our government to save people's souls, help the poor and needy and make everyone happy. That is up to us. So if you are really that unhappy, then by all means, leave. It's your God-given right, and the right of every US citizen, to exercise their freedoms. Just don't expect me to understand it.

I also want to remind my Christian friends about one passage that a wise man shared with me today (thanks Bob!). Read it and then think really hard about what it is God wants us all to do right now, because I think this passage is pretty clear:

Romans 13

Submission to the Authorities

1Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God. 2Consequently, he who rebels against the authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and those who do so will bring judgment on themselves. 3For rulers hold no terror for those who do right, but for those who do wrong. Do you want to be free from fear of the one in authority? Then do what is right and he will commend you. 4For he is God's servant to do you good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword for nothing. He is God's servant, an agent of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer. 5Therefore, it is necessary to submit to the authorities, not only because of possible punishment but also because of conscience. 6This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's servants, who give their full time to governing. 7Give everyone what you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.