The downfall of an individual usually coincides with one or a combination of the Seven Deadly Sins: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. It is my contention that these same sins, when perpetrated by its leaders, can bring down a nation. The current administration along with the Democrat controlled Congress and Senate, and a crash of wooly RINO’s compromises Team Obama. Team Obama has exhibited not one or two of these sins: They have demonstrated all seven.

Lust: A strong inclination, intense longing, or craving.

Team Obama’s intense desire to accumulate government control has surpassed the level of lust. They lust for the voting power they receive by promising nirvana to those who subsist only by taking from others. They intensely long for and crave this power so much that even when poll after poll suggests that the American public is solidly against their stimulus, bail-out, and health care programs, Team Obama does not care…even to the point that they know that they will lose their majority in the 2010 elections, but proceed anyway. Their lust for power is so great, that even with the imminent threat of losing their power; they still succumb to their desire for more power. It is as if this power lust has become a drug to which they cannot overcome their addiction.

Gluttony: Over-indulgence and over-consumption to the point of waste.

This sin defines Team Obama more than any other. They have spent so much money, that in order to continue to fund their addiction, they have to borrow and borrow, and therefore, raise the debt ceiling ad infinitum. The entire country recognizes their stimulus program to be a fraud and a failure; save for a few far left labor unions in Chicago. This fiscal gluttony is the most dangerous and contemptible undertaking by any democratic government in the history of the world.

Greed: An inordinate desire to acquire or possess more than one needs or deserves.

While the left attempts to define the financial meltdown as a result of greed on the part of millions of undefined boogeymen, the very definition of greed is displayed by Team Obama’s takeover of private institutions in an attempt to institute socialism. They desire to acquire control of banks, car companies, and the entire health care system. This punitive greed for increased taxation on medicine, the carbon hoax, and even death will destroy the very economic engine that fuels their excessive desires.

Sloth: A disinclination to action or labor.

Much of Team Obama’s platform is to take from one group (producers) and give to other groups (non-producers). By encouraging such action, they are encouraging sloth. During the election, a video emerged that showed Obama supporters fully expected Team Obama to provide for their supporters’ rent, vehicles, fuel, and educations. When the entirety of politician’s platform consists of, “I will give out more free stuff than the other guy,” their entire message is composed of and corrupted by sloth.

Wrath: Strong vengeful anger or indignation; retributory punishment for an offense.

By disallowing any Republican involvement or ideas in crafting the health care takeover, Team Obama was displaying a retributory punishment. Obama himself has made statements similar to, “Why would we allow those who created the problems to help solve the problems,” as if his own party, in control of congress since 2006, had nothing to do with the financial meltdown. From 1954 to 1994, the Democrats ran the country continuously for 40 years, and never solved poverty, crime, or health care. When foolishly blaming the Republicans for singularly creating all of the country’s problems, Obama displayed childish wrath. While a true leader would recognize that both parties share blame for the country’s woes, and would offer, even occasionally, non-partisan solutions, Team Obama seems completely devoid of any ideas that do not involve massive government intervention.

Envy: A painful or resentful awareness of an advantage enjoyed by another.

Team Obama has displayed envy on two fronts. During the campaign, when asked by Joe the Plumber about wealth redistribution, Obama stated the following: “…and I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” This is a pure example of Obama’s deeply ingrained ideology that his mission in life is to spread money around more equitably – equitably as defined by Obama. He clearly resents the fact that some people have more than others. Other folks who resented that fact include Mao, Lenin, and Marx.

On the second front, the Democrats truly envy Old Europe’s socialized health care system. They typically overlook the rationing, low quality, and long wait times, and overtly focus only on the universal availability. They clearly envy the mediocrity, staleness, rationed health care, and low productivity of old European economies. At their core, what they most mouth-wateringly envy is the excessive governmental involvement and governmental control of these systems.

Pride: The excessive love of one’s own excellence; having an overly high opinion of one’s self.

The entire leftist/progressive movement shares responsibility for this sin. By placing an almost god-like status onto then candidate Obama (which earned him the nickname “The Messiah”), the left set an impossibly high standard of performance for President Obama. Team Obama was complicit in setting the bar so high by portraying anything they offered – in terms of policy – as the salvation; as the one and only true answer. These hard-core partisans are so overly sure of themselves that they fail to consider any other logic. Cases in point: When Team Obama stated unequivocally that their stimulus program would ensure that the unemployment rate would never exceed 8%. When Team Obama declared the surge in Iraq to be a failure. When Team Obama declared they could cut $500 billion out of Medicare. When Obama himself declared he could bring about world peace by simply sitting down and talking with our enemies. What could possibly display more excessive pride than claiming that the mere presence of one’s self during a negotiation could end centuries old religious disputes?

Usually, the seven deadly sins are used in the context of personal destruction. But by invoking each and every one of the seven deadly sins, the current leaders of our great nation may bring about its demise. The country is in deep trouble with this massive debt, and the only answers Team Obama puts forth involve increasing the debt. Gluttony fed by gluttony. Envy driven by sloth. Greed fueled by partisan lust. Solutions blinded by wrath and pride. This ideological fervor of the extreme far-left is leading us on a path of short-term “fixes” that only create bigger problems in the future.

Our financial system recently had a heart arrhythmia. Much like a belly full of cookie dough ice cream makes us feel good for a while, eating it over and over in excess leads to future health problems. When what is needed most is self discipline, exercise, and a diet… Team Obama’s only solutions consist of government subsidized ice cream. It is time for a fiscal diet – before a truly fatal, if not already imminent, financial infarction occurs.