Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

September 22, 2009

When he won the Democratic nomination, Barrack Obama predicted that history would record that very moment as the point at which ?the planet began to heal.?

Although Mr. Obama has often lectured the rest of us regarding the need to reduce our individual carbon footprints, he and his wife pointedly exempt themselves from their own advice.

First Lady Michelle Obama recently decided to visit a farmer?s market next to the White House. For this excursion she was shuttled a block and a half in an armored limousine. Four streets and the metro station were shut down; three dozen vehicles ferried in police and Secret Service agents. Magnetometers were installed in the middle of the street. Official camera crews were deployed to capture the First Lady in a rustic setting.

?Considering all of this,? summarized Dana Milbank of the Washington Post, ?each tomato [Mrs. Obama] purchased had a carbon footprint of several tons.? And of course, we taxpayers foot the bill.

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