Why are we surprised?

Here I was, Saturday morning, sound asleep. The phone rings. I know it must be important, since I am on the Do Not Call list as my husband is a day sleeper.
Some fool wants to know if I will listen to Newt Gringich. NO, I don't want to listent to good ol' Newt.
Can I hang UP???? NO. The recorded message just keeps the line open and the phone keeps ringing, EVERYTIME you hang up.
SO... now that I am totally awake and really steamed, I lay the phone down on my pillow and ignore Newt.
Finally a real person comes on the line and asked did I like what Newt had to say.
I lost it. I blasted the wench.
She was all kinds of sorry, and tried valiently to explain how there are HOLES in the the Do Not Call list and they are not in violation.
I've been ill for the past two weeks. I suffer from chronic bronchital asthma, had it all my life (contrary to the idiots on ads on TV for advaire. You either have it or you don't. You can't "catch it". So the only guy telling the truth there is the one that says, " I've had asthma all my life".)
So as I am gasping for air to tell this fool that I am VERY political and that blasting that idiot Obama for the lousy way he is running the country is not only a waste of my time, but my valuable breath.
No president, either this man or the previous ones, can run the country.
Congress does. Always has. So before we start pointing fingers and lamenting the depolorable condition that we find the country, let us step back and see who is really at fault.
WE ARE.
What I don't really get is why we are so surprised. I chose to be less involved.
For years I was politically active; working the phones, mailouts and attending rallys. I worked hard to get the people I believed would be the best representative of the values of the people of the United States of America elected to city, parrish (county), state and federal positions.
I organized a neighborhood watch, developed a forum for the people to connect in a solid way with the local city government and did my best to convince the people of the city that their best hope for good government was to be personally involved. I still think that.
But they refused. They elected a man who had been sent to prison for a bribe instead of reelecting the man who was doing a great job.
So, I quit. I moved to the mountains and vowed to mind my own business. I live a mile off the pavement up a steep dirt road in a tar paper shed that I converted into living space. My sole goal now is to pay off my land and all my debt. I intend to build solar and wind devices for power. I have enough land to plant 60% of my food needs and the lake is only 15 miles away for fresh fish.
I realized that day, 10 years ago, that the prophesy of the New Testament in God's Word is coming to pass.
In the last days, there will be fire, floods, famines, disease and death on a massive scale. Ok. It is here today.
I am praying for the souls of those poor people of Haiti and others around the world, lying helpless on the ground, waiting for help, that may not come in time to save their lives.
We, the people of the United States, blessed by God for the last 2 centuries, have turned their back to Godliness and right living in the last 50 years. We spend millions...no TRILLIONS of dollars in lust filled lives that serve only ourselves and bring no health or happiness.
Then a sudden event like this earthquake happens and it appears that NOW we have a God and HE is good.
In EVERY news report, the ONLY people actually helping the people of Haiti were Christian based organizations that were ALREADY THERE, and had been since the 1950's.
I can't help but wonder, how much MONEY the news people spent getting to the story and how much more use those dollars WOULD have been, had they been spent over the last 50 years to improve the lot of the lives of these people before the earthquake.
But I digress.
WE are responsible for the mess that we find ourselves in today. We gave up on democracy and governing OURSELVES in a Godly manner. We threw God, His ten commandments, prayer and thanksgiving out of our schools, marketplaces, businesses, and personal lives.
NOW ... what do we do?
Repent.
Turn around. God allows U-Turns on His Highway.
We need to pray for the redemption of our leaders. That they would fall on their faces before God and ask forgivness and guidance. Not in the privacy of their homes or offices, but on National TV!
If Obama would REALLY like to lead the country, that is what he would do.
He would go the One Being in the universe who REALLY has the power to change everything.
If every elected person in every office of government would weigh their daily actions against the scales of honesty, integrity and right thinking as set down in the Word of God, it would take less than a year to correct the problems we face today.
I'll go further than that. IF EVERY PERSON in America would do the same, it would take less than 6 months.
The people of the United States really do know what is right and wrong. It is in the Book. All of the answers are already written down in every language of the planet. It is still the number 1 best seller of all time.
Just do it.
I will.