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Pledging to Serve the Public Servant: Celebrities Need to Take a Civics Class
By Marc | January 27, 2009
My brother in law sent me a link to this video:
His initial comments were about celebrities thinking just because they are celebrities, they’re qualified to dictate our actions and morals.
If you look a little deeper, but not too deep (these are pretty shallow people, even though they’re “involved”), you will find the biggest load of either stupidity or blind obedience.
A few of them, Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers), Demi Moore, and her lap dog, actually make pledges to serve and be a servant to the president, namely Barack Obama.
We, as American citizens, can give him proper respect. We can even support him and his decisions. But, we don’t serve elected officials. They are elected to serve us.
It almost seems like they believe servitude to the president is patriotism. It isn’t. It’s stupidity and risks personal rights. It puts the man above the country.
Did we elect a monarch or a dictator – someone to rule over us? Or did we elect a person to rule for us? When you start agreeing to bow down and lick the boots of the person elected to an office, you agree to give up your rights and the dream of a democracy. It turns from patriotism to fanatical devotion to one person, sort of like a cult.
Mr. Obama is our president and I will do my best to support his decisions and pray for him. But, I cannot and will not replace my country with a man. We don’t pledge allegience to a fallible human being, but to the flag and the nation it represents.
If I’m reading too much into this or on the wrong track, please let me know. I’d love to read your comments.
Topics: In the News, Life and Living | 2 Comments »
January 28th, 2009 at 9:29 am
My initial response was to question your concern. Then I heard the last 30 seconds and your concerns became clear. The President represents the Country, not the other way around.
January 28th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Thanks, Bob. Now that it’s a day later, I think I may have ranted a bit. There were a lot of really good causes there, anywhere from saving electricity to volunteering, but I really find a problem with giving one man, especially the president, godlike status. Kennedy’s famous quote told us to ask what we could do for our country, not what our country could do for us (or even our president). This whole thing tries to mimic that spirit, but in the end, it seems it’s only to build up the status of Mr. Obama, not to help the nation.