First off, I want to say that my heart goes out to the people of Haiti and I pray for the those who are close to death even now, the friends and family of those who have died, for restoration to even what horrible lifestyle Haitians had before the Earthquake and lastly I pray that good comes from this and lives will be won over for Christ.
Rush Limbaugh out to be ashamed for suggesting to people not to send aid to Haiti via the White House because all it will do is make Obama look good and the money won’t get to the Haitians but rather stay in the coffers of the White House. This accusation is baseless, mean-spirited and in horribly poor taste in the midst of this tragedy.
It is well within ones right to suggest the government ought not to be spending money on foreign aid, even in a situation as dire as this. I don’t agree, I think Obama is doing the obvious right thing here and I approve of it. Still, its not un-American to take a position such as this, which is the feeling I get many in the mainstream press are trying to guilt the American people into.
This is not the position Rush was taking. He was saying not to give your private money. Rush, who I heard many times as a listener back in the day say that Americans are the most compassionate people on the planet, suggested that people ought not give because the Obama administration will benefit. Hopefully Rush clarifies his remarks at least, but his raking over the coals here is well deserved.
Pat Robinson has been being raked over the coals because he said the Haitian people are cursed because they formed a pact with the devil in order to free themselves from the French. All Robinson did was make a point that is often made when Christians do to Haiti on missions. I was told about this Haitian pack with the Devil and their Voodoo culture back when my campus minister want me to come on a short term missions trip to Haiti.
She wanted to go to Haiti more than any other country because of the poverty. I ended up not going but a team was slated to go back in 2004 but had to move the trip to Guatemala due to a coup d’état that happened shortly before their planned trip.
My point in bringing this up is that people who believe the whole pact with the devil thing don’t bring it up because they don’t want to help the Haitians. Actually it’s the exact opposite, they bring it up because they want to help. My campus minister brought it up to me when trying to persuade me to go to Haiti back in 2003, and Pat Robinson brought it up to try to persuade Christians in 2009. No one is noting that Pat Robinson brought up a number to donate right after he said these supposed horrible words.
This is just another case of it being ok and even PC to be a Christian, but if you actually believe it affects life today you are deemed some kind of a kook.
