Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

February 3, 2009

Speaking to a rapturous campaign audience in Oregon last year, then-Senator Obama notoriously berated fellow Americans for our environmentally irresponsible extravagance.

"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times ... and then just expect that other countries are going to say ?OK,?? pontificated the candidate.

Obama promised to change America. Within the first week of his term, Obama did bring about one symbolic change to the White House: He threw out his predecessor?s rule that suit jackets must be worn in the White House at all times.

This isn?t merely a product of a less formal management approach. Obama adviser David Axelrod explains: ?He?s from Hawaii, OK? He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.?

Apparently, Mr. Obama values his creature comforts more than he worries about his personal carbon footprint.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.