Dear Mr. President

Happy New Year!
I am sorry that it has been so long since my last entry. If you are local, you likely know how our family has commonly been sick this winter. Although I am physically well at this time, I am still sick to my stomach. To know me well is to know that I was never an Obama follower. (Seeing the words "Obama Follower" furthers my belief that he is more like a cult leader rather than a justifiable leader of our nation). At any rate, I find myself incapable in sitting back quietly and watching life happen. Politics is no different. Therefore, I am using my freedom of speech to its fullest. I have written a letter to President Obama, (cringe). It has been emailed to him at the White House. In addition, it has been sent to the New York Times, the Washington Post and the Chicago Sun-Times. If you can think of another forum that I should sent it to, please do not hesitate to tell me of it! I have so much I would like to say that it could never be done in one letter. Therefore, I expect that there will be plenty more of these to come! Not all of you are going to agree with what I have to say. One of the many beauties of living in this country is that we can disagree and still be friends. Share what you think. I welcome it, don't I Tina? (LOL)
I hope that you are well in every aspect. I thank you for staying in touch and look forward to hearing from you! And Bethany, your letter touched me profoundly! You will be hearing from me in the same personal manner soon. Thank you!
So, here's the cut & paste of the letter:
Dear Mr. President,
Today I have made a promise. This promise is to myself, to my children and to my Lord. It is a promise of diligence and enduring conviction.
I begin by asking you to be a man of your word. Your very first words as President of these great United States of America told us that you were standing before all humble, grateful and mindful. I ask of you, even plead with you, to remain that way. Be humble enough to hear the voice of each one of us. Be grateful enough that we love this country enough to speak up. Be mindful enough to realize that there is a value to what we say.
Mr. President, today I write to you with a heavy heart. As with all forty four Presidents, the first one hundred days in office are watched with microscopic vision. These first one hundred days blazes the path for not only the coming four years, but for our history in the making.
Signing the order reversing abortion-funds policy is a grave error that will act as a pebble in the proverbial pond. To begin with, looking at the economic emergency that this nation is currently in, it is shocking that you would find such urgency to spend money that has been saved by having the ban in place. Secondly, favor would be won with more of your citizens to see their own hard earned tax paying dollars remain domestic rather than spending globally. We need to help ourselves before we help others. Lifting this ban is expecting a cripple to carry not only himself, but also his neighbor. Finally, you did not ask us, your constituents, how we felt about this. A a a nation who proclaims freedoms associated with religion, your action suffocates me. It is against every fiber of my being to assist in activities that are pro-abortion. You are stealing my money and using it ways in which you do not have my permission. You are not even taking this in careful enough stride to allocate these funds for the education of choice and leaving it there. Instead, you are willing to use my money to have a doctor snuff life out. You spoke out against the slaughtering of the innocents in your Inaugural Speech. Do you not realize that this is the slaughtering of the innocent by signing the reverse order? Instead, could you not allocate funds to the security of the nations where men go freely about their way after having just raped a thirteen year old girl? Or to promote safe sex alternatives even, yes, abstinence in lesser educated communities? Do you really feel this was entirely necessary? I think you do realize that there are alternatives. That is why you signed this behind closed doors, without fanfare, almost in humiliation and regret.
You spoke of prudent use of power in your first minutes as President. Well, Mr. President, I do not see your use of power here as being prudent at all.
Sincerely,
Michelle M. Birkenstock
Read about President Obama signing the reverse order at
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_abortion_ban
To see his very rose colored words that he uses to justify "family planning" (aka: abortion), visit
http://www.whitehouse.gov/statement-released-after-the-president-rescinds/