Obama's address to a joint session of Congress. What did you think?

I will have full coverage of the speech soon. For now I will cover one part towards the end of the speech, because it was very telling.

Obama, speaking of a letter that senator Kennedy wrote;

"What we face," he wrote, "is above all a moral issue; at stake are not just the details of policy, but fundamental principles of social justice and the character of our country."

The character of our country is at stake. What worries me is the part about "the fundamental principles of social justice." The president wouldn't have mentioned the "social justice" part of the Kennedy letter if he didn't believe in it, or find it purposeful.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice

The term "social justice" is often employed as a euphemism by the political left to describe a society with a greater degree of economic egalitarianism, which may be achieved through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution, policies aimed toward achieving that which developmental economists refer to as equality of opportunity and equality of outcome.

Obama, describing Kennedy's beliefs;

That large-heartedness — that concern and regard for the plight of others — is not a partisan feeling. It is not a Republican or a Democratic feeling. It, too, is part of the American character. Our ability to stand in other people's shoes. A recognition that we are all in this together; that when fortune turns against one of us, others are there to lend a helping hand. A belief that in this country, hard work and responsibility should be rewarded by some measure of security and fair play; and an acknowledgment that sometimes government has to step in to help deliver on that promise.

There are three things here I would like to point out.

1. The reward for responsibility is FREEDOM, not security, or fair play. Is freedom not the basis of the U.S. Constitution?

2. Obama says, "when fortune turns against one of us, others are there to lend a helping hand." I've never heard of government "lending a helping hand." There is no constitutional obligation to "lend a helping hand", only to "provide for the general welfare." I have a hard time believing that providing for the general welfare in involves hand holding. General welfare is meant to be just that -- general -- not specific. If the government begins to itemize welfare; the general aspect is lost. The Founding Fathers were trying to avoid a welfare state, not create one!

3. Obama says, "sometimes government has to step in to help deliver on that promise." Where is it said that there is a "promise" that government will "make things fair"? Just like Obama has not read the health care bill; Obama seems to have missed The Constitution of The United States somewhere along the way.

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