It has been awhile since I have bogged, mostly due to a lingering illness, however I have to admit that there has been precious little to get motivated to comment and opine over recently. UNTIL...last night!

I listened to the President's State of the Union Address and I have a few things I want to chime in with regards to the things he chose to talk about. I listened to some of the respondents and have read a couple of people I respect greatly with regards to their Christian viewpoint and there are a couple of things that I feel should have been addressed in this important speech.

1. Don't you think, Mr. President, that someone should talk about the terrorist threat of radical Islam? Within days of your speech, over 30 people were killed and 180 injured at the Moscow airport due to radical Islam. How long can we keep our corporate head's in the sand with regards to the link between terrorism and this religion? Why are you so reluctant to call on the carpet the nations that harbor and support these crazy people? Why won't you call out moderate Muslim voices and tell them it is time to crank up the pressure and deal with these crazy elements, even if it is only through words and press releases? How many senseless deaths must occur in the name of Allah before it crosses the threshold of our supposed tolerance and we say, "enough is enough"?

Your #1 constitutional duty, Mr. President, is to PROTECT us from this global threat. The Sputnik moment you referred to in your speech is not the continual funding of an educational system that needs more money like an obese person needs a free pass to a buffet; but rather a corporate rallying cry that deals with this deception and error once and for all!

2. You made sure you took the time to rub the repeal of, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", in the faces of the military and the citizenry; but I want to ask you if you really feel like that is the most pressing issue of our day? You affirm the overturning of thousands of years of traditional marriage structure with little thought of the residual effects it produces or the cans it will open, yet you say nothing about traditional families, marriage, or the need for stability. Why won't you stand up for the FAMILY as we have defined it for centuries? Why won't you look at the American community and tell them to quit divorcing, quit procreating out of wedlock, and start thinking about things beyond themselves?

You have what has been called, "a bully pulpit", Mr. President. You have a certain moral authority to preach to the nation the things we need to hear and be reminded. Yes, the economy is of concern and there is no doubt that there are health care issues that need untangled; but you refuse to say the hard thing to the population concerning sacrifice and just old-fashioned issues of right and wrong. You want to be the most popular person in America rather than the Leader of the Free World! You have squandered again a moment where you could have redefined your leadership and brought this nation back to the place where it would be poised for greatness again. Instead, the incremental sliding into the abyss has only continued.

3. You are to be applauded on your impassioned appeal to the most helpless amongst us. I too, am concerned over human rights in China and the Sudan. You sound quite tough when you address these nations and there continued lawless acts against humanity. But if that is your position, then why do you refuse to speak out against the current American genocide of abortion? The more we know scientifically and biologically only confirms the validity of the baby's humanity in the mother's womb. tearing up babies in the womb is a bad thing, Mr. President. It is a blight on our nation in this century as slavery was in the 19th century. Something is wrong when over 75% of abortion providers are found in inner city and minority communities and black women disproportionately abort at 5 times the rate of a white women.

You are an advocate of "big government" and feel like government should step into our live in almost any and every area, but in this one instance you choose to be a libertarian. Unfortunately, Mr. President, you are being politically schizophrenic. I am so incredibly disappointed at this point.

I continually watch these events, hoping that one day a leader will rise to the lectern and call us as a nation to the things that really matter. I have learned to live with the disappointment that in all likelihood that will never happen. However, it has reminded me that the real answer does not lie in the halls of Washington DC, but rather the halls of the House of God. So if there is anything I can say thanks to you for, Mr. President, it is this: You have provided the atmosphere for the Lord and His people to be a shining light in the midst of the Washington morass.

God Bless you Mr. President and my prayer is that your eyes will be unveiled to the real need of this hour.