I am with you all the way on our "foreign policy" mess.  These are poor black people with no oil, no business, and no clout therefore we can just pretend like they have no value at all to the Lord?  Do you know that the Bush doctrines have created more billionaires in his watch than ever in history?  Yet hard working families have no health insurance while the pharmaceutical companies have soaring profits.  How about the fact that more Americans have slipped into poverty while working two jobs and stressing themselves into early illness---still without insurance! The current strategies are all in place to  help big business----that's the name of the game and it's easy to sell if you simply say two or three words----abortion, same-sex marriage and Jesus.  Not that these are not important issues but the corporate world has learned that the rest of us are a bit simplistic and we will be willing to believe a lot of sales talk if you look ernest and throw in a bunch of platitudes.  Meanwhile, the Congress gives themselves large raises and refuses to raise the minimum wage for the poorest of us.  Jesus spent all of his time with the poor, and the sinners and his greatest anger was saved for the pious "churchy" types of His day.  He spoke a lot in the old and new testament about the abuse of power and I'm sure He would have some good words for the old gray men who have sent our sons to die and be maimed for a lie---not to mention all of the Iraqi  people who have died and suffered as a result of our rush to war.
       Thanks for your letter---it gave me hope that there are more believers out there who see the things that have been bothering me!!  Lorette