I am here to declare today that I intend to submit to the presidency of Barack Hussein Obama, with every fiber of my being.  Yes, I used his full name.  There is no shame in his name.  He was given that name by his parents.  It should be embraced and used.

        I made the decision to make a public declaration of submission, because I have gained additional enlightenment from listening to a sermon from the late Pastor Adrian Rogers.  I have always tried to “render unto Caesar” the things that are his, but Pastor Rogers’ sermon made me see this rendering in an entirely new light.

        President Barack Hussein Obama has been elected and allowed by God, to rule this land, at this time in the history of the United States.  I intend to be a loyal citizen and humbly bow to his political, economic, social, and other dictates, with strict adherence to the “render unto Caesar” admonishment of Jesus Christ.

        The president-elect has stated as one of his proposed economic policies, that we should “share the wealth.”  I really wrestled with that one.  Does he mean that I can move into the “people’s house,” at 1600 Pennsylvania?  I know that in recent times, the Lincoln bedroom was reserved for big time donors.  Should the fact that I did not give a red or copper cent to any political campaign, disqualify me from bunking down in what I am sure is a magnificent bedroom? 

         Does the president-elect mean that if my neighbor has a million dollar portfolio, my neighbor should “share the wealth” and deposit enough money in my checking account to bring my share of the wealth from two zeros to at least three, excluding the zeros that indicate cents?  Should my neighbor love me as much as he loves himself and just split that wealth of his down the middle?  I am really trying to wrap my wallet around this share-the-wealth policy.  I am very tempted to think as so many others have stated, that president-elect Obama means that I will not have to ever again worry about a mortgage, because the great wealth of this country will be shared with me, in a “one for all, all for one” kind of deal.  I will await his clarification, before I begin packing to move to the people’s house.

        Second Amendment laws have also come in for President-Elect Obama’s scrutiny.  I do share his “common-sense gun safety laws,” approach.  I, too, believe in the Second Amendment.  I confess that I am experiencing a problem determining how the “common-sense” determination should apply.  Whose definition of “common-sense” will be used?  Is it “common-sense” from the approach of the gun owner who may think that it is common-sense to use his registered firearm to protect his family from a burglar?  Is it common-sense on the part of the burglar who is using the “Jesse James rationale” about robbing banks (or neighbors), because that is where the money is?  Mr. James was factually, if not morally correct.  I would think that the homeowner would be taking a commonsense approach in depriving the burglar of the means to burglarize him.  To use a British expression: “That is a sticky wicket.”  But, I will bow to the president-elect’s superior knowledge in these matters.

        “Everyone must sacrifice for the greater good,” President-Elect Obama recently stated on a television show.  Again, I am in full support of the president-elect.  I can claim to be a pioneer in subconsciously tapping into the president-elect’s call for sacrifice, even before he made it.  I have already sacrificed.  I “sacrificed” the house that I used to own, all for the “greater good” of the mortgage company.  The mortgage company received billions in bailout dough.  I got $2.61 (two dollars and sixty one cents), in a settlement. What is gratifying to me is that the president-elect and I are on the same wavelength, if not sharing the same zip code!

        On the topic of service for the greater good, President-Elect Obama is proposing a civilian force that is going to be as “well-funded” and as “well trained” as our military.  I am still not certain about the purpose for having a police force, a military force and a civilian force.  Will this “civilian force” be decked out in red/white/blue, so we can easily identify that force?  What will be the specific functions of this force? Against whom will this force be used?  Are there sufficient “domestic enemies” that justify the formation of this force?  Although all sorts of other questions are running around in my inquiring mind, I will again defer to the judgment of the president-elect, and wait for the unveiling of the force, and remain faithful in my “render unto Caesar” stance.

         Health care: this is a topic that bedevils even NASA scientists!  President-Elect Obama seems to have the cure for our health care woes.  Under his plan, a typical family will save about $2,500 in health care costs.  There will be an emphasis on prevention of disease and health screenings.  I like what I read. Anything that can save the family the cost of a mortgage, which those health care premiums can sometimes amount to, has my attention.  I am ecstatic about the emphasis on prevention of disease.  There is no reason that a typical female patient should be swallowing almost ten prescription drugs on a daily basis.  I hope that the president-elect has the blessings of the drug companies in what could be a reduction in their profits, if suddenly all of these well folks are running around sans the “benefits” of drugs. There go those drug ads with patients running through the tulips “high” on their drugs of choice!

        Another pillar in the president-elect’s economic platform is his proposal to create the largest public works project in the history of the country.  Many laid-off folks will presumably find employment in building bridges, roads, and highways, and something called “green jobs.”  When I first heard about those “green” jobs, in my ignorance, I immediately thought about “green” as in currency.  Then I found out that those would be jobs created, as part of the efforts to counteract global warming. Now if only the globe would cooperate and warm up in places like Indiana, Washington State, Ohio, and Massachusetts.  

        A wag mentioned that probably only Washington, D.C. is suffering the effects of global warming, in the form of ‘'political hot air!”  Global warming and green jobs aside, I like the idea of the road works portion of this policy.  Although the esteemed mayor of Los Angeles has tried his best to personally “supervise” the filling of as many potholes as possible, we still could use help in eradicating potholes. The president-elect will have to forego the title of “President Pothole.”  The mayor has already cornered the pothole moniker.

        So far, I have been firmly onboard with the president-elect’s proposals.  I may now have to jump overboard when it comes to this next topic, the topic of murdering of babies in the womb.  I delivered on the rendering of Caesar to Caesar.  Premeditated murder, crosses over into what Pastor Adrian Rogers stated: “nothing is politically right that is morally wrong,” in that same sermon that got me to thinking about my duty to the president-elect.  Pastor Rogers also declared that “submission is not always obedience,” and “our ultimate authority is Almighty God.”  Herein lies my dilemma.  Do I submit to the killing of the unborn, that some claim will escalate under the rule of the president-elect, or do I follow the dictates of Almighty God, specifically outlined by Moses in The Ten Commandments, commandment #6, the one about not killing?  Although I have put quite some thought into it, this one turned out to be a “no-brainer.”

        President-Elect Obama, I will have to respectfully decline to go along with you on this killing of the unborn, and follow the dictates of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.  You can promise to deliver unto me health care, green jobs, sharing of the wealth, and other earthly and very temporal stuff.  God has a monopoly on the keys to eternal life, and I am not about to mess that one up.  I will offer you my fealty, and submit to your rule.  Him, I give my obedience and indeed my all.