First of all, I was under the impression that the “Federal Funds” for campaigns mostly came from that box that you tick on your income taxes that says I’d like such and such dollars from my return to go to campaign finance. These measures were in place as campaign finance reform to make elections more fair. Also, even after Obama backed out of it, he stuck with it even though it limited the amount of money he could spend. I think that says more about his character then the fact that he’s getting money from the government.

As far as Obama’s tour of the foreign countries, I didn’t hear terribly much criticism that he should have gone there more, but that he hadn’t gone there more. That is more of an indication of his inexperience rather then a lax in something he should have been doing. After all, he hadn’t been a senator for 200 days when he started running for president, and I can’t imagine a community organizer needing to go to foreign countries much.

Yes, the bible admonishes those who ignore the cry of those in need, but that means there are religious repercussions for our actions, not state repercussions. While your convictions and mine might lead us to generosity, that same generosity should not be forced onto others through government policy, especially in a country that was founded on the freedom of religion. As much as we like it or hate it, Americans should have the right to be as generous or as stingy with their own money as they wish.

Jesus said we should give to Caesar what is Caesar and give God what’s God’s. He didn’t say give Caesar what’s Caesar’s and God’s, and let Caesar sort it out.

Of course, as an avid captialist you probably should know that one candidate is accepting government money for his campaign, and one is doing it on his own- and McCain’s the one taking the federal money.

And Obama’s critics were lambasting him for not going abroad and talking to the rest of the world, then they blast him for doing so. Catch-22.

All through the Bible, scripture admonishes those who ignore the cry of those in need, and rebuffs the rich who do nothing. Christians frequently lament the lack of faith in government but also seem most against some of the bible’s most fundamental rules about how society should work.

Jesus also doesn’t say to sit on your ass and do nothing, as evident in the parable of the talents- he wants us to do our best with what we have. But what we have is never truly ours.