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President Obama gave a wonderful, no nonsense scolding to the boys on Wall Street that took both ridiculous bonuses and handouts from the government.  He called their actions “shameful” and hinted that if any of that nonsense continued, they’d be called to testify in Washington for their greed.  He minced no words about their sheer lack of good taste during a time when so many Americans are out of work and suffering.

After he’s done being President, give that man a preacher’s robe and put him in the Chuch or Common Sense. Hallelujah! Sign me right up as a first member.

Here are some sermon topics he might like to have:

1.) Is anyone really such a good athlete as to command more than two million dollars a year?

2) Is it a sin to make 200 million dollars a year while paying the lowest paid company employee less than $20,000 a year?

4) Let’s freeze the pay of Congress for four years!

5) Just why does a Hollywood star have to make over one or two million dollars a picture?  

6) In a planet of 8 billion people and quickly depleting resources, is having six children already “enough?”

Perhaps Bernie Maddox can become the Choir Boy, a born again convert into the New Church of Common Sense.  He could preach about his loss of common sense when he bilked people out of their life savings.  He could beg for forgiveness.  He could talk about how getting common sense back into his life again would give him a new sense of direction.  The church ought to be packed with witnessing like that!

There is probably more than one American that would like to see those Wall Street executives squirm if called to Congress to testify why on earth they gave out bonuses in a year when they needed the American Taxpayer to bail them out.  It might be like witnessing a public hanging.  For sure, the Treasury Department should check into whether or not the holdings from these rascals can be confiscated and given back to the American Treasury.  A little jail time would do them some good, too.

Hopefully as President, Obama can continue to preach the merits of common sense. We wouldn’t do well to wait for four or eight years for that Church of Common Sense to open up.