The problem is Bloomberg

America is in crisis. Most see the crisis in terms of issues: taxes, inflation, debt, labor unions, education, energy, military, abortion, Constitution, government, Free Press, religious liberty, church and state, prayer, God, free speech, bearing arms, immigration, political parties and many more.

For example we might say that the issue of taxes revolves about raising, lowering or keeping taxes the same.  Some members of Congress might believe that the crisis would be helped by raising taxes while other members of Congress might believe that not raising taxes would be more helpful in this crisis.  The issue of taxes now becomes a problem of conflict between those for and those against increased taxes in this crisis.

In addition the members of Congress who are for raising taxes become identified with raising taxes, while the others not for raising taxes become identified with not raising taxes.  In other words the problem becomes personalized, even more so when the crisis is as severe as it is today.  If, in the view of a majority of people, raising taxes would severely worsen the crisis, then those in support of raising taxes are seen as the problem, possibly verified by those members of Congress losing their seats in the next election.

Mayor Bloomberg of New York City has declared there are to be no clergy and no prayers at the dedication of the 9/11 memorial on the sight of the unwarranted, cowardly, surprise attack on the Twin Towers by Moslem extremists using hijacked, fully fueled, American passenger planes filled with innocent passengers; a crime so great that not even the killing of the instigator of this deed, Bin Laden, is even close to any compensation for the murder of nearly 3000 innocent people at the Towers, the Pentagon and the crash-sight in Pennsylvania.

The issue is the presence of clergy and saying prayers at a memorial.
The problem is the conflict between a mayor unilaterally and categorically deciding against clergy and prayer at the 9/11 memorial on Sept 11, 2011 and people who connect such a memorial with not only God's presence in all human action and events; God has promised that through prayer said with faith in Him, in His Goodness and Love, He will give us whatever we pray for.

Mayor Bloomberg does not see this nor does he understand this.  He is a modern day Pontius Pilate who asked "What is truth?"; Pilate believed only in the power of the state and not in Truth, which resides only in God, who is Truth.  So also Bloomberg clearly believes primarily in the power of the state, while God, even if He exists, takes a back seat to the state.

There are many in power today in the Democrat Congress and elsewhere who believe only in the power of the state.  This is what Obama meant by "change"; Bloomberg exemplifies this change from a trust in God to a dependence on the state.  He, and others like him, is the problem we face in this crisis in America more than any other issue or problem.