If You Love Me....

Remember back during the 2008 election when we Conservatives were saying that Barack Obama has a Messiah Complex?  Well, maybe not all Conservatives, but definitely Rush Limbaugh, and me, to name 2 prominent Conservatives.  Personally, I still believe that, and this week, President Obama gave me further confirmation that I'm correct on this one.

During a speech in North Carolina, President Obama, presumably off the teleprompter, said "If you love me, you got to help me pass this bill!"  If the teleprompter told him to say that, I question whether the teleprompter is doing his job.  This statement was made in reference to Obama's notional jobs bill.

How does this prove that Obama has a Messiah complex?  Well, to borrow from Nuke, let's look at scripture.  In John 21:15-19 we have the famous exchange when Jesus asks Peter 3 times if Peter loves Him.  After each time Peter professes that he loves Jesus, Jesus gives Peter a command.  For another example, let's go back to John 14:15, where we hear Jesus say "If you love Me, you will keep My Commandments."

In the light of what I just cited above, what Obama said does sound like an attempt to sound Messiah-like, doesn't it?  Again Barack Obama is making it all about himself, rather than about the people in this country who are out of work.  Rather than making some emotive statement like that, Obama should try to lead and actually present something that makes sense for creating jobs and growing the economy.  But, I truly believe he doesn't have the faintest idea of how to do that.

To those who are super cynical who are thinking right now, "Why is it ok for Jesus to say what He said?  Isn't He doing the same thing Obama is doing?", I would answer that the point is that it is all about Jesus.  It's an entirely different thing...altogether.  As Christians, we profess that Jesus is #1 in our life, and as such, when He says what He said in John 14 and John 21, we need to do what he asks. 

That's all I have to say about that.

Double Your Animated Fun

I've watched a couple of Animated movies with my kids lately.  So, I guess I should review them.

"Toy Story 3":  The third, and I think final, movie in the "Toy Story" franchise from Pixar is my least favorite of the three movies.  With that said, it's still a good movie...4 stars.  Disney/Pixar has managed to bring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen back for three of these movies, and I have to say that I'm grateful for that.  Without the same vocal talent, it's just not the same movie.

In "Toy Story 3", Andy is off to college, and the toys are facing the reality of life ahead of them.  When they are mistakenly donated to a day care, the toys learn the harsh reality of life on the inside.  Can our heroes make it back to Andy in time?  Will they ever be played with again?  Well, you have to watch to find out.

"Hoodwinked Too:  Hood vs. Evil":  My kids were really excited about this one.  We really liked the original "Hoodwinked", so my wife and I were looking forward to it as well.  Sadly, we were very disappointed.  "Hood vs. Evil" is only a 2 star movie.

For starters, Anne Hathaway is not back as the voice of Red, which really bugged me.  Hayden Pantierre is ok, but the change in voices just threw me.  Secondly, it just felt like the producers/directors were just going for cheap laughs rather than any substance.  Finally, the story just wasn't that good.  Everything just fell really flat with "Hood vs. Evil."