Moral Bearings?

Excuse me?
I'm reading this article, just trying to keep up. Trying to be an informed citizen.
I discovered that President Obama is open to prosecuting those who may have been responsible for coming up with waterboarding and other forms of torture.
That in itself is pretty scary, but what he said next sent a chill up my spine.
That the United States has "lost its moral bearings" with use of the tactics.
I'm sorry did he say "lost its moral bearings"?
So I'm thinking, have we lost our moral bearings by killing unborn children?
Have we lost our moral bearings by filling the airwaves with filth?
Have we lost our moral bearings by spending so much money our great, great grandchildren will have to pay for the stupidity of others?
Have we lost our moral bearings by eliminating God from the public arena?
Have we lost our moral bearings by publishing smut and calling it art?
Have we lost our moral bearings when we reward those who are able to work, but simply decide not to?
Did we lose our moral bearings when Terry Schiavo was unplugged?
You see Mr. President, when you say something like this, it's a slippery slope. What your saying is that your moral bearing is selective. For example, torture bad, but abortion okay. Don't waterboard a terrorist, but please rid us of those pesky Ten Commandments.
I guess a moral bearing is selective, maybe even relative.
It's good to despise evil, as long as it's an evil we aren't doing or enjoying the benefit derived from an evil. I mean doesn't it say something when people care more about a baby seal getting whacked than a human baby being aborted?
Now before I get labeled a right wing potential terrorist by our new head of Homeland Security, I want to state that both political parties have been suffering from a whacked out moral compass for quite some time. The only compass I think our leaders look at is the one that gets them the most attention and the most money. Got to keep ourselves on the cover of Newsweek you know!
I long for the day when the leaders of our nation, our states, and our churches stop trying to make everyone happy and just say it like it is, then live their convictions.
I truly believe, and maybe I'm wrong, that the majority of Americans are good, moral people who simply aren't paid attention to. It seems the attention is being focused on the fringe groups who yell and scream the loudest, the ones breaking the law to make their points.
I have a dream...maybe one day.