I got a comment from a fellow blogger with whom I have corresponded several times on various Church/theology/technology issues, responding to my post about “Pro-life” issues a few days ago (on the 11th). Ken Walker asks a set of questions which prompted a long-winded reply, but one which yielded what seems like fodder for a “headliner” blog entry, and thus the title for this post.

From the comment:

Wow, Ken, thanks for the comments. The three things that you ask about Bush’s promise of a “culture of life”:

1- what about the lives of the Iraqis that suffered from our bombings?
2-What about having a life that’s free from the long shadows of monopolistic corporate powers? 3 – Or a life that can be enjoyed with conservative care for the world we live in?

Pointed quesions, and poignant , too, that Ken asks. It is such an encouragement to see such questions asked, for it represents for me a very real expression of how God is moving in and around our own country to stir the hearts of a people for whom allegiances go way beyond that of blanket justification of “status quo”. Read on in my further comments in Continue Reading below

Those three things represent forme the three-headed monster of the Bush regime, and an unholy trinity it is, too. And these are the three things that Bush’s popularity depend, so I have grave doubts as to the ability or willingness of the Bush people to experience any kind of repentance or “slacking off” in those areas.

The three “evils”, in a nutshell, are:
1. The Bush “Pax Americana” strategy/philosophy; one based on the assumption that God has ordained the US to wield its power over all the earth and its inhabitants
2. The companion “alliance” garnering here in the US by enlisting the support of the corporate powers and granting them disproportianate privelege and tax advantages, all to the detriment of the economy and the furthering of a “live now and damn the consequences later” kind of a free-wheeling lifestyle of unbridles lack of self-discipline.
3. The dismantling of years of environmental regulations and initiatives that are quickly reversing any positive environmental trends (again, a sign of Bush’s caving to the demands of the corporations who have felt “handicapped” by this “concern for the environment” that seems to “stand in the way” of “progress” (“profits” without responsibility).

I have a grim outlook on the chances of this administration seeing the “error of its ways”. The ones who will see this, ironically, are the children of whom Bush is promising a “culture of life”.