US Morality Revival

December 6, 2014 marked one of the most ground-breaking turnarounds in the long-term Republican vs Democrat battle since 1964 with the victory of GOP senators from North Carolina through Texas. It's certainly a real shock to see the Deep South, which for years has been firmly Democratic, place its loyalty to the Republican party. 

Democrat Mary Landrieu lost to new Republican Senator Bill Cassidy in the most recent election held in Louisiana. Despite the well-known name and funding that went into numerous ad campaigns, Landrieu fell short by a large fourteen percent margin. Logic is lacking in this equation. How could the Democrats lose so much so fast?

After winning his election, Cassidy proclaimed, "On November 4th, the American people sent a message that they didn't like the direction our country was heading, our state is the exclamation mark on that message.” Merle Black, a political science professor at Emory University, said,"It’s a completely different party than it was 20 or 30 years ago, when the Democratic Party and its candidates become more liberal on culture and religion, that’s not a party that’s advocating what these whites value or think.”

Before the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was enacted, African-Americans were not given opportunities to vote. With Democrats as the primary engine behind the Civil Rights Act, which basically guarantees more rights and freedoms to every color, virtually every African American family was raised to love the Democrats and hate the Republicans, who were more likely to take away their rights. After the bill was passed with the aid of legal voters also desiring the coverage of no discrimination against sex, national origin, and race, they all received equal treatment, Slowly, this large chunk of the Democrat battleship has been oozing its loyalty over to the Republican side as they are the force that desires to enforce more righteous laws and principles that this nation was founded upon. This granted Republicans more votes and the stronger hold in Congress we see today.

According to the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies in a 2010 study, the number one religion in America is Christianity. "Today’s national Democratic Party is as unpopular in the South today as it has ever been, in no small part because the party has embraced a more secular agenda," said Nick Cohen. It gives me great relief to see that the flame for Christ has not fully died out, because it appears that the Southern majority believes that our nation is being pushed over the edge in terms of freedom of secular activities.

Obama's dull approval rating of 38% closely matching those of recent Democratic politician losers of the 2014 senate election shows that the battle is not between race, charisma, color, or any other insignificant and irrelevant squabble, it is truly about choosing what is right. Hallelujah! Democratic party needs to shape up if they hope to become the king of the hill again. Let's hope the Republican heads will not swell up and become fallen kings who have lost their hill. 

Ferguson Ignites the Greater Good?

The three month old Wilson and Brown shooting event of Ferguson, Missouri has flared up once more as no trial has been issued by the grand jury. Grand juries act as a buffer to reduce the likelihood of gun-ho policemen or prosecutors bringing in criminal offenders into court. In addition, they heighten the level of fairness as one of the official rights under the Rights and Freedoms of Americans, which states that "a person must be indicted, or formally accused of a crime, by a group citizens called a 'grand jury' before he can be brought into a court for trial", and they also save time and money for attendees and government agencies. The bottom line is that grand juries are the filter that determine high-priority cases. Here's the heat, violent protestors of a primarily black community are outraged at the fact that a white man "irrationally" shooting and killing a black man was not an important enough case to receive further justice sentences and hearings. 

Whether or not the white policeman, Darren Wilson, or the black teenager, Michael Brown, was right or wrong, this man in the video speaks the reality and truth that we as a society need to change. 

Recently, Obama has finally entered the fray and voiced his opinions. He said, "First and foremost, we are a nation built on the rule of law. And so we need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make...We need to recognize that the situation in Ferguson speaks to broader challenges that we still face as a nation.”

I am pleased to see such a level-headed statement uttered from the president, who is able to relate to the African American community at this time and who is viewed by many as a popular example to follow. And, right or wrong, Wilson and Brown's supporters can not deny the universal law of the grand jury. Its decision, despite being composed of nine white vs three black people, has brought those mature enough to heed the reasoning that our society must move on and work on improvement and care for culture-combined communities, respecting government authorities, and beyond. Like Michael Brown's parents said," Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer. No matter what the grand jury decides, I do not want my son's death to be in vain. I want it to lead to change, positive change." Perhaps, God might have used the Brown shooting for this very reason, to spurn us to pursue the greater good. As it says in Romans 8:28, "And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose."