News Item: Weather Channel maven favors pulling certification from any TV meteorologist who doesn’t adhere to the "approved" global warming dogma.
No doubt about it. The “global warming” true believers have begun to take draconian steps to enforce their notion of climate orthodoxy: If you don’t adhere strictly to their rigid set of dicta sanctorum, you risk excommunication. Weather reporters of America – take note!
They long have been successful in fostering their “we will brook no disagreement” attitude in academia, and in the judicial system. They have owned both for many years and you will find precious few in those arenas who dare to be contrary to the favored “global catastrophe” doctrine. In spite of virtually no real evidence, and almost entirely as a result of extreme political coercion and peer pressure, the majority of scientists today seem ready to check their objectivity at the door, put on their green robes, stand in a nice orderly, straight line and parrot the approved canonical verses: “Global warming is bad. Global warming is caused by evil humans. Humans are bad. Global warming is caused by America. America is bad. Global warming is caused by evil, greedy big oil corporations. Corporations are bad. Global warming is caused by George W Bush, Dick Cheney, Haliburton, Scooter Libby and all other evil neocons. Neocons are bad. We must destroy them… destroy them… destroy them”.
The global warming zealots are now taking their crusade deeper and deeper into all institutions we hold dear in America. They have invaded to a degree unprecedented the halls of congress including seemingly forcing President Bush to at least pay lip service homage to them in his state of the union address. They have long since had the left-leaning foundations on their side. These are the source of most of the grants the scientists are groveling to get. Naturally, many of them are eager to bend over, grab their ankles, and just go along with all of the "Chicken Little" alarmist fiction . Follow the money. The "global warming" vickars are now moving in to strong-arm some major corporations who must have sensed that, in the face of such irrational fanaticism, resistance is futile – resistance is futile – resistance is futile – resistance is futile!
To be sure, there are a still a few intrepid skeptics in the scientific and business community who dare to raise their hands and ask inconvenient questions, such as what about the warming and cooling cycles that have taken place for millennia before human activity became a factor? What caused them? They are usually just ignored or dismissed by the global warming pontiffs as pawns of big oil: “Pity them. Their faith is not strong enough to accept the gospel we know to be correct. They have been corrupted by the evil demon Exxon! They shouldn’t worry about the facts. We have told them that man is the cause of all global warming. That is sufficient.”
The fact is, according to these brave few, nobody knows if the current small global average temperature increase, if it is happening at all, is a good thing or a bad thing for humans. It seems logical that warmer winters in Minnesota is preferable to a mile thick glacier covering most of North America. The fact is, if warming is happening, nobody knows exactly what may be the cause, or the result, or how, or if, there is anything humans can do to enhance or stop it, of if, indeed, they should do anything to stop it. The weather is cyclical. Always has been. We will get warming, then cooling, and then warming again – over and over again. We just need to deal with it like we always have. This irrational fear and trembling about the weather serves no purpose – other than to enhance the political power and standing of the elders of The Church of Global Warming.
Climate science is poorly understood and in continual dispute. What is not in dispute, however, is that this fervent, wild-eyed religious anti-civilization movement already has much of the power they seek to destroy us. The laws and sanctions they advocate will have a real impact on our nation’s economy and future viability. We could wind up on the ash heap of history as the only civilization that chose to commit massive economic suicide for no other reason than an irrational devotion to the false religion of the Great Green Church of Global Warming. And that would be a pity.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Freedom of Speech for All?
Left-wing Fascist thugs attacked Jim Gilchrist, the founder of the Minutemen, as he attempted to deliver a speech in New York City on Thursday. (Watch the video) He was the invited guest of Columbia University Republicans. The criminals rushed the stage and knocked over tables and chairs, punching and kicking Gilchrist and unfurling banners in English and Arabic. The victim of this violent attack was finally rescued by security and escorted out of auditorium. Neither the police nor security guards made any effort whatsoever to arrest the attackers who assaulted Mr. Gilchrist. This is the latest example in a long list of compelling evidence that the left-wing along with radical Muslims do not believe in free speech unless you agree with them. They feel perfectly free to deny by violence the rights of anyone with an opposing point of view.
This alarming trend is being allowed to happen all over: In Germany, a Mozart opera was canceled for fear of Muslim riots because the opera contains some material which might be offensive to Muslims. An art exhibit in London was scotched for the same reason. Salman Rushdie is forced to hide in fear of his life because he wrote a book critical of Muslim fanatics. Political cartoons were said to be the cause of weeks of riots because they depicted the Muslim founder’s image. The Pope was forced to apologize because he quoted a 14th century author’s opinion that radical Muslims attempted to spread their “faith” at the point of the sword. Everything the Pope said was true.
How long will we continue to endure anti-free speech violence on the part the left-wing Fascists and their counterpart in the radical Muslim community? Do we want to live in a world where only one point of view is allowed?
We must be prepared to enforce freedom of speech. Those who rush the stage during a speech should be arrested and sent to prison. They have no right to assault a person merely because they disagree with what is being said. Muslim radicals who riot because of books or cartoons should be ordered to disperse, and if they fail to do so, they should be shot.
Until we get the resolve to take action to guarantee our freedoms, we most certainly will lose them.
This alarming trend is being allowed to happen all over: In Germany, a Mozart opera was canceled for fear of Muslim riots because the opera contains some material which might be offensive to Muslims. An art exhibit in London was scotched for the same reason. Salman Rushdie is forced to hide in fear of his life because he wrote a book critical of Muslim fanatics. Political cartoons were said to be the cause of weeks of riots because they depicted the Muslim founder’s image. The Pope was forced to apologize because he quoted a 14th century author’s opinion that radical Muslims attempted to spread their “faith” at the point of the sword. Everything the Pope said was true.
How long will we continue to endure anti-free speech violence on the part the left-wing Fascists and their counterpart in the radical Muslim community? Do we want to live in a world where only one point of view is allowed?
We must be prepared to enforce freedom of speech. Those who rush the stage during a speech should be arrested and sent to prison. They have no right to assault a person merely because they disagree with what is being said. Muslim radicals who riot because of books or cartoons should be ordered to disperse, and if they fail to do so, they should be shot.
Until we get the resolve to take action to guarantee our freedoms, we most certainly will lose them.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Moderate Islam Defined
In our search for moderate Islam, we are frequently disappointed. Every time there is a terrorist attack, we wait and hope in vain for influential, moderate, rational Muslims to stand up, speak up, denounce and cast out those who pervert the “peaceful religion of Islam.” But it never happens. Oh to be sure, we hear some token efforts, limited and frankly, quite ineffectual. Most of these go something like this: “We condemn the deaths of innocent civilians…, BUT!…” Unfortunately the “but” is the important thing. It always contains a condemnation of Israel and its efforts to defend itself against terrorism, or of the US efforts in Iraq, etc. This poisoned “but” kills any effect of the challenge to radical Islam by the so-called moderates. It cancels out any good results their disapprobation may have had. And that seems to be the desired effect, sad to say. Even the most moderate Muslim seems to be unwilling, or unable to frankly condemn and reject the terrorists without qualification. And that is a shame because unless, and until “moderates” learn to expel these killers from their midst, the war against terrorism will never end. Maybe they are just deathly afraid for their own lives if they were to really speak out. The Islamofacists would come to their home in the middle of the night and kill them and their whole family for slandering "Islam."
In her excellent piece on Moderate Muslims, Yashiko Sagamori points out that trying to find a “Moderate Muslim” is harder than finding a cure for cancer: "The moderate Muslim, along with the Big Foot, the unicorn, the Loch Ness monster, remains more elusive than a cure for cancer: there is at least a theoretical possibility that a cure for cancer can be found one day, unless of course Islam takes over and drags us all down into its own endless Dark Ages."
Why should this be important to us? The most frightening aspect of our current unconventional war against Islamofacists, is the seemingly impossible task of defining and finding our enemy. America has always been good at defeating any “organized army” we have ever come up against. We can lick ‘em every time in a flat out traditional fight. Our army is better trained and equipped. The enemy doesn't stand a chance in a regular battle. Where we get into trouble is when our foes don’t have the normal goals and asperations of a traditional enemy. Even the most hardened Nazi wanted to preserve his own life and that of his family and comrades. Once defeated in battle, they were willing to negociate. The Islamic Terrorists are different. They are motivated by an irrational belief in paradise and are willing and anxious to go there. And they don’t care a fig if it costs the life of their family either. They care nothing for life and do not fear death. After defeat, they will fight on, --albeit from behind the skirts of their women and children. Glenn Beck made that clear on his radio program today when he interviewed the producer of the movie Obsession, Radical Islam’s War Against the West. According to Glenn, this movie should be required viewing by all Americans who wish to preserve our way of life.
If we fail to take this threat seriously, we will all have to learn to live under Radical Islam. There is no choice… no room to negociate… no getting out of it... The fact is, any Radical Muslim who refuses to dennounce terrorism and mayhem will have to be killed. It is that stark. It is that simple. It is that important.
In her excellent piece on Moderate Muslims, Yashiko Sagamori points out that trying to find a “Moderate Muslim” is harder than finding a cure for cancer: "The moderate Muslim, along with the Big Foot, the unicorn, the Loch Ness monster, remains more elusive than a cure for cancer: there is at least a theoretical possibility that a cure for cancer can be found one day, unless of course Islam takes over and drags us all down into its own endless Dark Ages."
Why should this be important to us? The most frightening aspect of our current unconventional war against Islamofacists, is the seemingly impossible task of defining and finding our enemy. America has always been good at defeating any “organized army” we have ever come up against. We can lick ‘em every time in a flat out traditional fight. Our army is better trained and equipped. The enemy doesn't stand a chance in a regular battle. Where we get into trouble is when our foes don’t have the normal goals and asperations of a traditional enemy. Even the most hardened Nazi wanted to preserve his own life and that of his family and comrades. Once defeated in battle, they were willing to negociate. The Islamic Terrorists are different. They are motivated by an irrational belief in paradise and are willing and anxious to go there. And they don’t care a fig if it costs the life of their family either. They care nothing for life and do not fear death. After defeat, they will fight on, --albeit from behind the skirts of their women and children. Glenn Beck made that clear on his radio program today when he interviewed the producer of the movie Obsession, Radical Islam’s War Against the West. According to Glenn, this movie should be required viewing by all Americans who wish to preserve our way of life.
If we fail to take this threat seriously, we will all have to learn to live under Radical Islam. There is no choice… no room to negociate… no getting out of it... The fact is, any Radical Muslim who refuses to dennounce terrorism and mayhem will have to be killed. It is that stark. It is that simple. It is that important.
Monday, September 11, 2006
Edited, but Still a Powerful Clinton Indictment
The Path to 9/11 should be viewed by all Americans. There has been a lot of nonsense by assorted leftists about “historical liberties” taken and some minor edits were done, but the central message of the mini-series remained very clear: The Clinton Administration had ample opportunity to eliminate Osama Bin Laden but failed do so! Clinton was so dissolute in his political philosophy and personal life that he was literally rendered impotent. His administration lacked the will, purpose and ability to protect us from Islamic terrorism. This failure had tremendous consequences. Clinton could not, or would not act and the nation paid the ultimate price for his weakness on 9/11/2001. ABC deserves enormous gratitude and kudos for having what Clinton so obviously lacks: the courage to tell the truth!
Perhaps the most telling line of the mini-series, so far, was delivered by the Northern Alliance leader who was working with a CIA field agent to eliminate Bin Laden: “Are there no men in Washington? Or are they all cowards?” That leader had it right. The fact that the Clinton administration were all cowards became crystal clear when they began to squirm and squeal at the mere notion that the light of day was going to be shed on their dereliction of duty. It is evident to everyone that they failed us terribly, and no amount of cover up can hide that fact. They know it, we know it and everybody with any sense knows it. As Shakespeare made clear, sometimes those who “protest too much” are merely attempting to hide the evident truth.
Perhaps just a bad as their failure to act to get Bin Laden, is the ominous actions of Bill Clinton, his lawyers, and assorted members of his former administration to scotch the whole project. They didn’t want it edited, they wanted it canceled. No amount of editing could erase the basic truth underlying this slice of history: Clinton failed. That sitting Democratic office holders would sink so low as to threaten the broadcast license of a major network because they didn’t want the truth to be told about their failures, speaks volumes as to the character of that party. In a fair and just world, they would be punished for their attempts to censor at the polls. They would lose the upcoming elections. Here’s hoping that’s just what happens. In the meanwhile, we should thank ABC profusely for their courage in the face of incredible pressure.
Perhaps the most telling line of the mini-series, so far, was delivered by the Northern Alliance leader who was working with a CIA field agent to eliminate Bin Laden: “Are there no men in Washington? Or are they all cowards?” That leader had it right. The fact that the Clinton administration were all cowards became crystal clear when they began to squirm and squeal at the mere notion that the light of day was going to be shed on their dereliction of duty. It is evident to everyone that they failed us terribly, and no amount of cover up can hide that fact. They know it, we know it and everybody with any sense knows it. As Shakespeare made clear, sometimes those who “protest too much” are merely attempting to hide the evident truth.
Perhaps just a bad as their failure to act to get Bin Laden, is the ominous actions of Bill Clinton, his lawyers, and assorted members of his former administration to scotch the whole project. They didn’t want it edited, they wanted it canceled. No amount of editing could erase the basic truth underlying this slice of history: Clinton failed. That sitting Democratic office holders would sink so low as to threaten the broadcast license of a major network because they didn’t want the truth to be told about their failures, speaks volumes as to the character of that party. In a fair and just world, they would be punished for their attempts to censor at the polls. They would lose the upcoming elections. Here’s hoping that’s just what happens. In the meanwhile, we should thank ABC profusely for their courage in the face of incredible pressure.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
What About Scooter.....?
Now that we have confirmation that it was Richard Armitage, and NOBODY inside the Bush White House, who gave Robert Novak the name of Joseph Wilson's wife, I wonder how Lewis Libby can get his good name, career and reputation back? Since he is guilty of nothing other than possibly not remembering details of conversations he had several years ago with reporters, it is now hard to see why the charges against him haven't yet been dismissed. These conversations, as it turns out were not about any kind of criminal activity whatsoever! That's very important in this case, because all the principals involved, the state department, the reporters and almost certainly the prosecutors knew that Libby had not committed any crime involving disclosure of classified information, which was the purported justification for starting the investigation in the first place. Why then did they allow the investigation to go on -- and on -- and on -- and on!? Why did they spend millions of taxpayers dollars and years, and years to investigate a non-crime?
It would be like a prosecutor suspecting you of embezzling bank funds. Early on they find out you didn't do it. The bank was mistaken, no crime took place. But instead of dropping the investigation, they discover during the course of their three years of interviews, that your neighbors say you planted yellow roses in your back yard, and you told them they were white roses. Bango! They have you for lying to a federal investigator! It is too silly to even contemplate, but it's exactly what happened to Libby.
The truth is that Armitage, like most of the career bureaucrats in the State Department, HATES George Bush. It goes without saying that democrats and their allies in the major media hate him. They are willing to go to any length to damage his presidency, including fostering a ridiculous, wasteful, years-long investigation about a non-crime.
Lewis Libby should have all charges against him immediately dismissed. He didn't do anything wrong and doesn't deserve having his life ruined any more that it already has been. This is nothing but politics of the meanest, lowest sort, and shouldn't be tolerated. Even the leftists should be ashamed of themselves and should be first in line, right behind Fitzgerald, to apologize to Libby.
It would be like a prosecutor suspecting you of embezzling bank funds. Early on they find out you didn't do it. The bank was mistaken, no crime took place. But instead of dropping the investigation, they discover during the course of their three years of interviews, that your neighbors say you planted yellow roses in your back yard, and you told them they were white roses. Bango! They have you for lying to a federal investigator! It is too silly to even contemplate, but it's exactly what happened to Libby.
The truth is that Armitage, like most of the career bureaucrats in the State Department, HATES George Bush. It goes without saying that democrats and their allies in the major media hate him. They are willing to go to any length to damage his presidency, including fostering a ridiculous, wasteful, years-long investigation about a non-crime.
Lewis Libby should have all charges against him immediately dismissed. He didn't do anything wrong and doesn't deserve having his life ruined any more that it already has been. This is nothing but politics of the meanest, lowest sort, and shouldn't be tolerated. Even the leftists should be ashamed of themselves and should be first in line, right behind Fitzgerald, to apologize to Libby.
Monday, July 31, 2006
Sometimes There Will Be Civilian Casualties
In the current war with Islamic Terrorists, civilian casualties will be a fact of life. The sooner we accept this inevitable truth, the better able to defeat global Islamic Terrorism we will be. And we won’t be able to defeat them at all if we remain squeamish at the thought of civilian casualties. There is no two ways about it. It is the way things are in today’s world.
The reason there will be civilian casualties is because the Islamic Radicals think nothing of losing a life, or for that matter taking a life – either their own, or yours, or the guy down the block. All life is expendable in their world-view if the loss of that life, in any small way, enhances the cause of radical Islam. In their estimation, there is no such thing as an innocent civilian. That’s why they are all too happy send homicide bombers into crowded market places to blow up shoppers. The mere fact of killing them, in their view, furthers the cause of Allah. That’s why they set up their bases in the midst of populated areas. That’s why they don’t wear uniforms, or any identifying regalia, and instead, hide like the cowards they are behind the skirts of women and children in civilian homes, churches and UN outposts.
Consider this hypothetical scenario: Mexican Santeria believers, or ultra nationalists, or whatever radical cause, declare war on all non-believers in the USA. They start lobbing missiles from Tijuana at San Diego and kill and injure scores of Americans. They set up their missile launchers next to homes, hotels, churches in the hope that America will not retaliate for fear of killing “innocent civilians.” They cross our borders and kidnap and kill policemen and servicemen. How long would we wait before taking action? How many American deaths would it take before we said, we’re taking them out no matter what the cost in civilian life?
People need to grow up! This is a global war for the very survival of Western civilization. We are today deciding if liberty, our way of life, will survive on the earth. Rest assured that if the Islamic Terrorists prevail, liberty will be eradicated. Either we will submit to Islamic radical Law, or we will perish. The choice is clear, stark and unmistakable. It really is either them – or us!
Israel is now clearly in the position of being attacked by Global Radical Islam. Much of the world outside of the USA and Britain is supporting the terrorists against Israel!?! Does Israel have the right to defend themselves? -- to survive? -- to exist? Yet we see crocodile tears over sporadic civilian casualties caused accidentally by the IDF, while at the same time we never hear anything negative about the Islamic terrorists who really are targeting civilians with their rockets!? It boggles the mind. We must stop this childish gnashing of teeth over the loss of life that is the inevitable unintended consequence of Israel’s efforts to defeat this great evil of Islamic Terror. The fault for these "civilian" deaths lies squarely at the door of Radical Islam. Israel, in fact, has made heroic efforts to avoid civilian casualties. They only target known military installations or gun emplacements. They have dropped leaflets in all of southern Lebanon warning anybody, including innocent civilians, to get out of harms way. Those who have chosen to stay are either terrorist supporters, or captives of the Islamic Terrorists. Either way, their occasional death, while regrettable, is entirely justifiable and clearly the fault of the terrorists.
We don’t have any choice at this point. Either we stand behind Israel in their struggle for survival, or we fight these same Islamic radicals at some later date, after they have gained considerable additional strength, at some future place, on their terms not ours. Wake up America! Support Israel now or risk the loss of considerable life later! The life at risk in the very near future could well be yours!
The reason there will be civilian casualties is because the Islamic Radicals think nothing of losing a life, or for that matter taking a life – either their own, or yours, or the guy down the block. All life is expendable in their world-view if the loss of that life, in any small way, enhances the cause of radical Islam. In their estimation, there is no such thing as an innocent civilian. That’s why they are all too happy send homicide bombers into crowded market places to blow up shoppers. The mere fact of killing them, in their view, furthers the cause of Allah. That’s why they set up their bases in the midst of populated areas. That’s why they don’t wear uniforms, or any identifying regalia, and instead, hide like the cowards they are behind the skirts of women and children in civilian homes, churches and UN outposts.
Consider this hypothetical scenario: Mexican Santeria believers, or ultra nationalists, or whatever radical cause, declare war on all non-believers in the USA. They start lobbing missiles from Tijuana at San Diego and kill and injure scores of Americans. They set up their missile launchers next to homes, hotels, churches in the hope that America will not retaliate for fear of killing “innocent civilians.” They cross our borders and kidnap and kill policemen and servicemen. How long would we wait before taking action? How many American deaths would it take before we said, we’re taking them out no matter what the cost in civilian life?
People need to grow up! This is a global war for the very survival of Western civilization. We are today deciding if liberty, our way of life, will survive on the earth. Rest assured that if the Islamic Terrorists prevail, liberty will be eradicated. Either we will submit to Islamic radical Law, or we will perish. The choice is clear, stark and unmistakable. It really is either them – or us!
Israel is now clearly in the position of being attacked by Global Radical Islam. Much of the world outside of the USA and Britain is supporting the terrorists against Israel!?! Does Israel have the right to defend themselves? -- to survive? -- to exist? Yet we see crocodile tears over sporadic civilian casualties caused accidentally by the IDF, while at the same time we never hear anything negative about the Islamic terrorists who really are targeting civilians with their rockets!? It boggles the mind. We must stop this childish gnashing of teeth over the loss of life that is the inevitable unintended consequence of Israel’s efforts to defeat this great evil of Islamic Terror. The fault for these "civilian" deaths lies squarely at the door of Radical Islam. Israel, in fact, has made heroic efforts to avoid civilian casualties. They only target known military installations or gun emplacements. They have dropped leaflets in all of southern Lebanon warning anybody, including innocent civilians, to get out of harms way. Those who have chosen to stay are either terrorist supporters, or captives of the Islamic Terrorists. Either way, their occasional death, while regrettable, is entirely justifiable and clearly the fault of the terrorists.
We don’t have any choice at this point. Either we stand behind Israel in their struggle for survival, or we fight these same Islamic radicals at some later date, after they have gained considerable additional strength, at some future place, on their terms not ours. Wake up America! Support Israel now or risk the loss of considerable life later! The life at risk in the very near future could well be yours!
Friday, May 19, 2006
The Intractable Illegal Alien Problem
The fact is, there are about twelve million illegal aliens in this country now. The fact is, they're not going anywhere, --they're not going home. What to do about them is the question. And the solution is not easy.
Some have proposed just rounding them all up and sending them back. Simple. Or is it? The logistical nightmares alone would boggle the mind. How would you house them pending deportation hearings? How would you prove they are here illegally? How would you keep them from just jumping the border again?
The time has come for us to admit that the vast majority of those who are here, are going to stay. Unless we can prove that they have committed a felony crime, or that they are engaging in terrorist activities, a way must be found for them to be absorbed. There really is no way around it. Those who are already here, and well established to any degree, will have to stay.
What we do about this problem in the future is far more important. We thought we solved the problem when president Reagan was in office, but we really didn't. It's now time for us to do it again. It is the most important national issue the country faces at the moment. A solution must be found.
In my view, the solution is comprised of two distinct parts: First, we must recognize that the we live in an age where we no longer can tolerate open borders. That's what we now have. Both the Canadian and the Mexican borders are wide open for anybody, including terrorists, who want to cross. That must be changed. Second, we must grow up enough to institute an effective national ID. In this world, where millions out there wish us ill, we can no longer be naive enough to hold on to the idea that some vague "right to personal liberty" trumps the need for authorities to be able to ascertain who we are should the need arise. And that goes for anybody who wants to enter this country. If they can't produce the proper ID, they can't come in. If they are subsequently found in this country, and they don't have the proper ID, they go to jail. If you hire somebody who doesn't have the proper ID, you go to jail.
Of course the implementation of these measures is complicated, --but not impossible. The problems are mostly in the mind of the elected official we currently have in Washington. Once they realize that we will replace them unless they solve this ongoing problem, it will be solved. Our nation's survival could well depend on it.
Some have proposed just rounding them all up and sending them back. Simple. Or is it? The logistical nightmares alone would boggle the mind. How would you house them pending deportation hearings? How would you prove they are here illegally? How would you keep them from just jumping the border again?
The time has come for us to admit that the vast majority of those who are here, are going to stay. Unless we can prove that they have committed a felony crime, or that they are engaging in terrorist activities, a way must be found for them to be absorbed. There really is no way around it. Those who are already here, and well established to any degree, will have to stay.
What we do about this problem in the future is far more important. We thought we solved the problem when president Reagan was in office, but we really didn't. It's now time for us to do it again. It is the most important national issue the country faces at the moment. A solution must be found.
In my view, the solution is comprised of two distinct parts: First, we must recognize that the we live in an age where we no longer can tolerate open borders. That's what we now have. Both the Canadian and the Mexican borders are wide open for anybody, including terrorists, who want to cross. That must be changed. Second, we must grow up enough to institute an effective national ID. In this world, where millions out there wish us ill, we can no longer be naive enough to hold on to the idea that some vague "right to personal liberty" trumps the need for authorities to be able to ascertain who we are should the need arise. And that goes for anybody who wants to enter this country. If they can't produce the proper ID, they can't come in. If they are subsequently found in this country, and they don't have the proper ID, they go to jail. If you hire somebody who doesn't have the proper ID, you go to jail.
Of course the implementation of these measures is complicated, --but not impossible. The problems are mostly in the mind of the elected official we currently have in Washington. Once they realize that we will replace them unless they solve this ongoing problem, it will be solved. Our nation's survival could well depend on it.
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Islamic Terrorist Uses Rented SUV to Attack America
That’s the headline that should be appearing in all newspapers across the country. Instead this terrorist act is being downplayed as merely the odd act of a deranged person. This Muslim activist planned the event for a long time, and even went to a car rental agency to get a larger vehicle so he could kill as many Americans as possible. He proudly admits he did it to avenge all of the so-called "crimes" we supposedly have been committing against peaceful Islam world-wide. This admission would seem to scream to any rational, sane person that this man is a terrorist. Yet the media are covering it only as a traffic accident. Why? It appears some of us are so afraid of being politically incorrect we have ceased to be rational. ACLU lawyers sure don’t seem to fit in the mold of "sane or rational." Nor does the antique media.
The longer we are willing to keep our heads in the sand, the more likely it is that this type of terrorist attack will continue to happen. The fact is we are dealing with an enemy who has no desire or proclivity to understand us, or negociate with us. They want to KILL us! They will kill us every time they are given the chance. Why do we keep giving them the chance? Why do we continue to welcome Muslim activists on our college campuses? All Muslims who are not willing to absolutely and unequivocally denounce the murder and mayhem committed by their fellow Muslims in Iraq, Pakistan or wherever, should immediately be deported. Including students and professors. Why do we allow activist radical Muslim students and professors here anyway? You have to ask yourself: "How many American students and professors were allowed to remain studying in Germany and Japan during World War Two? Answer? None! What’s the difference now? Our national security and even our very survival depends on taking this threat seriously. It’s maddening to see how lightly it is being taken by some people. "Moderate Muslims," if in fact they exist, must denounce Muslim violence such as that perpetrated by this activist and must be willing to back up their words with actions. American Muslims should be volunteering to join the American army and go to Iraq to root out the Islamic terrorists who are still killing Americans and peaceful Iraqis. If they are truly patriotic Americans, they should be helping this country establish democracy in Iraq. That they are not doing so, makes one wonder how sincere their condemnations of Muslim terrorist acts really are.
We will loose this war unless we are willing to get serious about it. Civilization itself is at stake.
The longer we are willing to keep our heads in the sand, the more likely it is that this type of terrorist attack will continue to happen. The fact is we are dealing with an enemy who has no desire or proclivity to understand us, or negociate with us. They want to KILL us! They will kill us every time they are given the chance. Why do we keep giving them the chance? Why do we continue to welcome Muslim activists on our college campuses? All Muslims who are not willing to absolutely and unequivocally denounce the murder and mayhem committed by their fellow Muslims in Iraq, Pakistan or wherever, should immediately be deported. Including students and professors. Why do we allow activist radical Muslim students and professors here anyway? You have to ask yourself: "How many American students and professors were allowed to remain studying in Germany and Japan during World War Two? Answer? None! What’s the difference now? Our national security and even our very survival depends on taking this threat seriously. It’s maddening to see how lightly it is being taken by some people. "Moderate Muslims," if in fact they exist, must denounce Muslim violence such as that perpetrated by this activist and must be willing to back up their words with actions. American Muslims should be volunteering to join the American army and go to Iraq to root out the Islamic terrorists who are still killing Americans and peaceful Iraqis. If they are truly patriotic Americans, they should be helping this country establish democracy in Iraq. That they are not doing so, makes one wonder how sincere their condemnations of Muslim terrorist acts really are.
We will loose this war unless we are willing to get serious about it. Civilization itself is at stake.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Diminishing Democrats
The spectacle of the recent Judge Alito hearings has cemented more than anything else the notion that the party of FDR has painted itself into a corner from which it will be very hard for them to escape. As one after another of the committee members parroted the moveon.org line that somehow this well-spoken, avuncular, middle-of-the-road scholarly judge was way out of the mainstream of the American public, it became crystal clear how far out of the mainstream the Democrats really have strayed. The fact is, the American people simply are not buying it. The more Kennedy and his ilk try to paint Judge Alito with the “extremist” brush, the sillier they look. Contrast this braying with the reasoned, logical points president Bush made in his speech in Kansas yesterday. It can’t be happy to be a Democrat these days.
Republicans need to keep hammering home the point that Democrats simply can’t be trusted with the security of the nation. Schumer, Biden, Kennedy, Hilary, et. al. are simply not up to it. Thank goodness!
Republicans need to keep hammering home the point that Democrats simply can’t be trusted with the security of the nation. Schumer, Biden, Kennedy, Hilary, et. al. are simply not up to it. Thank goodness!
Thursday, December 15, 2005
The Democrat Nay Sayers Just Can’t Help It – Pity Them
On this historic day, when several thousand years of anti-democratic tradition in Iraq has been dealt yet another blow, our leftist friends must feel as though they have been punched right in the nose! After all the experts they trotted out to explain to us that the Iraqi people are incapable of living under a democratic system, and how the “freedom fighters” or “insurgents” or whatever the left is calling terrorists these days would never permit free, fair, elections to take place. That we have failed in Iraq. That our efforts have all been in vain. That America is responsible for nothing but increased violence and destruction in Iraq. We are broken, and must pull out immediately.
Yet there in Iraq of all places –in spite of all the negative drum beating– we see millions of people who have literally risked their very lives to vote. The vast majority of people in Iraq have freely chosen democracy. They defied the terrorists. They defied the news media. They defied all of the leftist experts. And not only did they go and vote, they marked themselves defiantly, –with a purple finger– as if to tell the thugs who would intimidate them, both in Iraq and in the USA, to shove it! How many smug, self-important Americans would go and vote, then dip their finger in ink to prove they have voted, if there was even the possibility that harm would come to them as a result? Very few I’d wager! We usually don’t even have a majority of those who are eligible even show up when there is no danger whatsoever attached! How many less would vote if there were any danger at all involved, however remote? How loud would the leftist democrats scream if somebody proposed we ink our fingers to prevent voter fraud? To prove that we voted, and only voted once, –what a concept? They’d never permit it, discrimination don’t you know!?!
Today’s images of democracy succeeding in Iraq makes the defeatist ranting of Murtha, Kennedy, Reid, and Dean sound particularly hollow, silly and pathetic. They deserve nothing but scorn and derision, –and maybe pity.
As we rejoice with the Iraqi people, we need to stop and remember what a blessing and privilege it is to live in a free, democratic country, where every citizen has the right and duty to vote. We need to remember how many millions would literally die to enjoy this freedom. We need to remember how many millions are living in daily despair of ever enjoying the freedom the Iraqis tasted today. We need to remember how many great people have died to procure it for us. Then we need to humbly give thanks!
Yet there in Iraq of all places –in spite of all the negative drum beating– we see millions of people who have literally risked their very lives to vote. The vast majority of people in Iraq have freely chosen democracy. They defied the terrorists. They defied the news media. They defied all of the leftist experts. And not only did they go and vote, they marked themselves defiantly, –with a purple finger– as if to tell the thugs who would intimidate them, both in Iraq and in the USA, to shove it! How many smug, self-important Americans would go and vote, then dip their finger in ink to prove they have voted, if there was even the possibility that harm would come to them as a result? Very few I’d wager! We usually don’t even have a majority of those who are eligible even show up when there is no danger whatsoever attached! How many less would vote if there were any danger at all involved, however remote? How loud would the leftist democrats scream if somebody proposed we ink our fingers to prevent voter fraud? To prove that we voted, and only voted once, –what a concept? They’d never permit it, discrimination don’t you know!?!
Today’s images of democracy succeeding in Iraq makes the defeatist ranting of Murtha, Kennedy, Reid, and Dean sound particularly hollow, silly and pathetic. They deserve nothing but scorn and derision, –and maybe pity.
As we rejoice with the Iraqi people, we need to stop and remember what a blessing and privilege it is to live in a free, democratic country, where every citizen has the right and duty to vote. We need to remember how many millions would literally die to enjoy this freedom. We need to remember how many millions are living in daily despair of ever enjoying the freedom the Iraqis tasted today. We need to remember how many great people have died to procure it for us. Then we need to humbly give thanks!
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Mainstream Media – Still the Five Hundred Pound Gorilla
President Bush gave a very well thought out, very persuasive speech at the US Naval Academy yesterday. It was chock full of excellent points laying out the rationale, strategy, ample evidence and very good reasons why the United States went into Iraq to fight international terrorism. It also contained numerous examples of success in our campaign, and the tremendous progress our effort has achieved to date, detailing the miraculous transformation that has already taken place in a nation and culture which was totally subjected by a brutal dictatorship for 30 plus years and is now an emerging democracy. That is truly a stupendous achievement which virtually no so-called expert on the Middle East was willing to predict. Yet there it is in Islamic Iraq of all places, for all the world to see! And in Islamic Afghanistan as well!
The speech also was accompanied by a 35 page, detailed plan, which has been in place since 2003, which lays out very clearly our strategy for victory in Iraq. This was made available for all to see. The democrat demagogues had been clamoring for just such a speech and plan for many months. They wanted to know what the president’s plan for success was. Democratic Rep. John Murtha insisted that our military is broken and worn out and unable to win a victory. This assertion by Murtha is one of the most outrageous examples of providing aid and comfort to the enemy in all of American history! His words will be used by Islamic terrorist leaders to encourage more terrorist murders. He now has the blood of every additional coalition casualty directly on his own hands! Our military is not broken or worn out. They are doing heroic work and should be getting nothing but praise and admiration from everyone, including democrat hacks like Murtha. He should be ashamed of himself!
President Bush, in his speech, put the lie to all of this nonsense for any fair-minded person to see.
The MSM response? Silence! It was as though President Bush had said nothing at all. Instead of reporting his speech point by point, they went immediately to the nay sayers. The only thing we saw connected to the president’s efforts was a gaggle of silly democrat responses by Pelosi, Kerry, Kennedy, Murtha and the other usual suspects each of whom mouthed outrageous lies about what Bush had said. Kerry, who just a few weeks ago was insisting that we needed many more troops in Iraq, now denied supporting Murtha’s clear call for an immediate pull-out, (which he clearly had done) instead insisting that he was only looking for a "plan for success," which plan Kerry was apparently too dim to understand Bush had just delivered. What a liar! What an idiot! Nancy Pelosi blurted out some unintelligible blather about warmed-over stew, Kennedy accused our troops of failure in Iraq and of causing the insurgency (read terrorism), and yet these and other democrat mouthpieces were allowed to say what they said almost totally uncontested.
Fred Barnes has pointed out that bloggers, conservative talk shows, and to some extent Fox News has countered this trend, but as anyone can see by the polls, Joe Average American still believes the lies he hears every day and night on the MSM. It’s shocking. In Iraq, the Iraqis and US soldiers who are dealing with these terrorists on a daily basis and who are risking their lives, uniformly favor continued US presence by a healthy margin (70%). Why is it then that many Americans do not according to the polls? Could it be the daily, persistent, unrelenting negative drum beat by the leftists and their allies in the MSM? It almost certainly is! Our military and our alies in Iraq have enemies both in Iraq, and maybe even more dangerously, in the Democrat party and leftist press in is this country.
What can be done to stem this tide? The president and all of his spokesmen need to continually make loud noises about all the successes in Iraq, in the economy, in foreign policy world-wide that their policies has produced. Conservative talk shows must continue to point out the hypocrisy of the left wing press and politicians. Bloggers need to redouble their efforts to point out the truth, and expose the lies the democrats are speaking. This is far more important than mere politics, a fact that seems to be lost on all democrats except maybe Joe Lieberman. (Who gets the same treatment from the MSM as President Bush – Silence or contempt!) This fight is all about our eventual survival as a society – make no mistake about it. It is that serious. Blog on!
The speech also was accompanied by a 35 page, detailed plan, which has been in place since 2003, which lays out very clearly our strategy for victory in Iraq. This was made available for all to see. The democrat demagogues had been clamoring for just such a speech and plan for many months. They wanted to know what the president’s plan for success was. Democratic Rep. John Murtha insisted that our military is broken and worn out and unable to win a victory. This assertion by Murtha is one of the most outrageous examples of providing aid and comfort to the enemy in all of American history! His words will be used by Islamic terrorist leaders to encourage more terrorist murders. He now has the blood of every additional coalition casualty directly on his own hands! Our military is not broken or worn out. They are doing heroic work and should be getting nothing but praise and admiration from everyone, including democrat hacks like Murtha. He should be ashamed of himself!
President Bush, in his speech, put the lie to all of this nonsense for any fair-minded person to see.
The MSM response? Silence! It was as though President Bush had said nothing at all. Instead of reporting his speech point by point, they went immediately to the nay sayers. The only thing we saw connected to the president’s efforts was a gaggle of silly democrat responses by Pelosi, Kerry, Kennedy, Murtha and the other usual suspects each of whom mouthed outrageous lies about what Bush had said. Kerry, who just a few weeks ago was insisting that we needed many more troops in Iraq, now denied supporting Murtha’s clear call for an immediate pull-out, (which he clearly had done) instead insisting that he was only looking for a "plan for success," which plan Kerry was apparently too dim to understand Bush had just delivered. What a liar! What an idiot! Nancy Pelosi blurted out some unintelligible blather about warmed-over stew, Kennedy accused our troops of failure in Iraq and of causing the insurgency (read terrorism), and yet these and other democrat mouthpieces were allowed to say what they said almost totally uncontested.
Fred Barnes has pointed out that bloggers, conservative talk shows, and to some extent Fox News has countered this trend, but as anyone can see by the polls, Joe Average American still believes the lies he hears every day and night on the MSM. It’s shocking. In Iraq, the Iraqis and US soldiers who are dealing with these terrorists on a daily basis and who are risking their lives, uniformly favor continued US presence by a healthy margin (70%). Why is it then that many Americans do not according to the polls? Could it be the daily, persistent, unrelenting negative drum beat by the leftists and their allies in the MSM? It almost certainly is! Our military and our alies in Iraq have enemies both in Iraq, and maybe even more dangerously, in the Democrat party and leftist press in is this country.
What can be done to stem this tide? The president and all of his spokesmen need to continually make loud noises about all the successes in Iraq, in the economy, in foreign policy world-wide that their policies has produced. Conservative talk shows must continue to point out the hypocrisy of the left wing press and politicians. Bloggers need to redouble their efforts to point out the truth, and expose the lies the democrats are speaking. This is far more important than mere politics, a fact that seems to be lost on all democrats except maybe Joe Lieberman. (Who gets the same treatment from the MSM as President Bush – Silence or contempt!) This fight is all about our eventual survival as a society – make no mistake about it. It is that serious. Blog on!
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Nothing to See Here Folks, Move Along
Bob Woodword, the notorious reporter of Watergate fame, has pretty much blown up the case of “junk yard” prosecutor Fitzgerald against Scooter Libby. Woodward belatedly came forward with the revelation that he knew all about Valerie’s job at the CIA weeks before Libby was supposed to be the “first” person to have leaked it. Fitzgerald asserted that as a fact at his press conference indicting Libby for failure to remember all the details of his informal conversations from over two years ago. What else did Fitzgerald get wrong?
Libby’s lawyer now only has to ask the jury: “How many others knew about Wilson and Plame?” The details of her employment seem to have been part of the Washington gossip circuit for quite a while before the alleged “leak” by Libby. Woodward’s revelation has made it that easy. One is left to wonder why the public spirited Woodward didn’t come forward with this information two years ago. He might have saved Fitzgerald considerable time and the taxpayers considerable money!
Additionally, the CIA hardly has clean handsin this whole matter. It is highly doubtful that they will want their officials to testify about how and why they employed Wilson for this mission in the first place since he has no experience or expertise in inteligence. Highly placed, politically connected CIA officials will likely get this whole matter quashed before it ever goes to trial. It will all fade away.
In the final analysis, there was no attempt to “out” anybody. There was no nefarious activity by Libby, Rove, Vice President Cheney or anyone else – excepting maybe Wilson, his wife and the left wing political hacks who employed them to cast doubt on Bush’s truthful statement that British intelligence had reported that Saddam was trying to get nuclear material in Africa, a fact they still stand behind today.
Nice try lefties – Better luck next time.
Libby’s lawyer now only has to ask the jury: “How many others knew about Wilson and Plame?” The details of her employment seem to have been part of the Washington gossip circuit for quite a while before the alleged “leak” by Libby. Woodward’s revelation has made it that easy. One is left to wonder why the public spirited Woodward didn’t come forward with this information two years ago. He might have saved Fitzgerald considerable time and the taxpayers considerable money!
Additionally, the CIA hardly has clean handsin this whole matter. It is highly doubtful that they will want their officials to testify about how and why they employed Wilson for this mission in the first place since he has no experience or expertise in inteligence. Highly placed, politically connected CIA officials will likely get this whole matter quashed before it ever goes to trial. It will all fade away.
In the final analysis, there was no attempt to “out” anybody. There was no nefarious activity by Libby, Rove, Vice President Cheney or anyone else – excepting maybe Wilson, his wife and the left wing political hacks who employed them to cast doubt on Bush’s truthful statement that British intelligence had reported that Saddam was trying to get nuclear material in Africa, a fact they still stand behind today.
Nice try lefties – Better luck next time.
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
How Gullible Are We?
Yesterday North Korea announced that they would give up their nuclear arms program – sort of. Today they are not so sure. Why do we continue to negotiate with these goons? They are obviously incapable of telling the truth – ever. Lying is their stock in trade.
A very good source of reality ensconced in irony can be found here. (This is a very funny take on a very serious topic and a good source for humorous sanity for lots of political issues).
We have been fooled once, twice, thrice, etc. by this despicable regime that has only one goal: the total destruction of the West, starting with the United States of America. We shouldn’t talk one more minute with them. What’s the point?
The only rational policy for this lot is: Destroy all of you nuclear capacity within 48 hours or face thermo-nuclear annihilation! It sounds harsh, but nothing else will work. And we must mean it and act on it while we still can, and before we lose Japan or South Korea to this lot. And we can’t rely on the UN or France or any other nation to go along with us. We must have the courage to go it alone if necessary. We are the only nation with the power to stop international terrorism. If we don’t stop them now, we will most assuredly be facing them later – after they have grown stronger.
It’s a tough world out there. We must also be tough.
A very good source of reality ensconced in irony can be found here. (This is a very funny take on a very serious topic and a good source for humorous sanity for lots of political issues).
We have been fooled once, twice, thrice, etc. by this despicable regime that has only one goal: the total destruction of the West, starting with the United States of America. We shouldn’t talk one more minute with them. What’s the point?
The only rational policy for this lot is: Destroy all of you nuclear capacity within 48 hours or face thermo-nuclear annihilation! It sounds harsh, but nothing else will work. And we must mean it and act on it while we still can, and before we lose Japan or South Korea to this lot. And we can’t rely on the UN or France or any other nation to go along with us. We must have the courage to go it alone if necessary. We are the only nation with the power to stop international terrorism. If we don’t stop them now, we will most assuredly be facing them later – after they have grown stronger.
It’s a tough world out there. We must also be tough.
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
No Shari'a Law For Iraq
If the new Iraqi assembly passes a constitution which establishes this barbaric form of Islamic radicalism as the law of the land, George Bush should announce that he will immediately take one of two actions: 1. Invade with really massive force and destroy all vestiges of Islamic radicalism or 2. Immediately withdraw all America troops and all American financial support. And he should make it abundantly clear that we will actively support any faction in Iraq who opposes this tyrannical law and who instead supports freedom for all Iraqi citizens. In short, we should foment revolution if necessary to prevent another Iran from being formed. We have paid far too high a price to now allow the terrorists to prevail.
This has been our stand from the first day we said Saddam's horrible regime had to go and we shouldn't be shy about holding out civilization and democracy as the only outcome we will support now. When we defeated the imperial Japanese, and forced their "Devine" emperor to tell his people their future depended on adopting a secular constitution, they didn't like it much. In fact many, many of the Japanese fundamentalists were very offended that the Americans were dictating the form of government they had to adopt. American leaders at the time knew that our safety depended on reforming Japan completely. They could no longer allow the religion of "ultra nationalism" to linger in Tokyo or we most certainly would have to fight them again and again. We couldn't tolerate that kind of "freedom." We had to be tough.
This generation of American leaders would do well to adopt a similar attitude. Muslim extremism, as embodied in Shari'a law, cannot be allowed to exist anywhere. One of the side effects of this law, besides allowing the brutal domination and deprivation of rights for women, is the fomenting of anti-American, anti-Jewish hatred and the resultant terrorist activities associated with it. If we allow Iraq to become a fundamentalist Islamic state, it will most certainly devolve into a haven for terrorists who will attack and kill Americans. We should wake up to the stark reality that we can't leave the fate of civilization up to people who saw other people's heads off in the name of religion. Too much is at stake, including all of our lives. It's either got to be true democracy, where all people including women have full rights, or scorched earth. Their choice. We must have the resolve to make it so.
This has been our stand from the first day we said Saddam's horrible regime had to go and we shouldn't be shy about holding out civilization and democracy as the only outcome we will support now. When we defeated the imperial Japanese, and forced their "Devine" emperor to tell his people their future depended on adopting a secular constitution, they didn't like it much. In fact many, many of the Japanese fundamentalists were very offended that the Americans were dictating the form of government they had to adopt. American leaders at the time knew that our safety depended on reforming Japan completely. They could no longer allow the religion of "ultra nationalism" to linger in Tokyo or we most certainly would have to fight them again and again. We couldn't tolerate that kind of "freedom." We had to be tough.
This generation of American leaders would do well to adopt a similar attitude. Muslim extremism, as embodied in Shari'a law, cannot be allowed to exist anywhere. One of the side effects of this law, besides allowing the brutal domination and deprivation of rights for women, is the fomenting of anti-American, anti-Jewish hatred and the resultant terrorist activities associated with it. If we allow Iraq to become a fundamentalist Islamic state, it will most certainly devolve into a haven for terrorists who will attack and kill Americans. We should wake up to the stark reality that we can't leave the fate of civilization up to people who saw other people's heads off in the name of religion. Too much is at stake, including all of our lives. It's either got to be true democracy, where all people including women have full rights, or scorched earth. Their choice. We must have the resolve to make it so.
Friday, July 08, 2005
Too Little, Too Late
Muslim leaders in London are speaking out in an effort to convince the world that they don’t support the kind of Islamic terrorism that was likely behind yesterday’s bombings. It’s hard to take them seriously. Why are they doing this now? Where were they when their own Islamic Clergy routinely supported terrorism and denounced western civilization? Why do they expect us to believe that they don’t support terrorism when they support financially the very groups that foment it? Why did they allow the very terrorists who committed this crime to live hidden among them? Why didn’t they denounce these murderers to the authorities before they struck? Their attempt to show indignation now smacks of grandstanding – for sure a case of too little, too late.
It is very hard for any reasonable person to believe that these people didn’t know who at least some of the cell members were; --or where they lived, --or what they were up to. This is a very tight community. They know pretty much everything that goes on in it. When somebody new moves in, or out, they know it. They have representatives on all the major municipal councils in the city of London. They are not isolated from the people and trends that are sweeping through their conclaves. Muslim leaders, more than anyone else, are in a unique position to know who did this.
An attack of this magnitude required many hours of planning. It required many, many people to provide the intelligence, logistics and financial support needed to carry it off. Do the leaders who are protesting really expect us to believe they had no clue anything was up? It is much easier to believe that their demonstrations and protestations against these attacks are more about fostering Islam by currying political favor and cover in the mainstream media. Is it all about fooling us? Is it all lip service? After all, subterfuge is an accepted tactic in the cause of Islam.
Until they start ferreting out and turning in Islamic Terrorists who live in their midst, it will be very hard to put much credence in their demonstrations against the attacks and in their protestations that "true" Muslims don't support this kind of thing. It looks more like a PR ploy than a genuine denunciation. Action speaks louder than words. Until they are willing to take affirmative action to clean out the terrorist cells, heretofore hidden by them or at the very least given a pass by them, their words will have little meaning. A true religion of peace would not tolerate murderers in its ranks. The civilized world will believe them when they act against the terrorists --not just talk against them.
It is very hard for any reasonable person to believe that these people didn’t know who at least some of the cell members were; --or where they lived, --or what they were up to. This is a very tight community. They know pretty much everything that goes on in it. When somebody new moves in, or out, they know it. They have representatives on all the major municipal councils in the city of London. They are not isolated from the people and trends that are sweeping through their conclaves. Muslim leaders, more than anyone else, are in a unique position to know who did this.
An attack of this magnitude required many hours of planning. It required many, many people to provide the intelligence, logistics and financial support needed to carry it off. Do the leaders who are protesting really expect us to believe they had no clue anything was up? It is much easier to believe that their demonstrations and protestations against these attacks are more about fostering Islam by currying political favor and cover in the mainstream media. Is it all about fooling us? Is it all lip service? After all, subterfuge is an accepted tactic in the cause of Islam.
Until they start ferreting out and turning in Islamic Terrorists who live in their midst, it will be very hard to put much credence in their demonstrations against the attacks and in their protestations that "true" Muslims don't support this kind of thing. It looks more like a PR ploy than a genuine denunciation. Action speaks louder than words. Until they are willing to take affirmative action to clean out the terrorist cells, heretofore hidden by them or at the very least given a pass by them, their words will have little meaning. A true religion of peace would not tolerate murderers in its ranks. The civilized world will believe them when they act against the terrorists --not just talk against them.
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Live 8 Futility
Over the weekend many thousands witnessed a prime example of wrong-headed leftist thinking in action: Millionaire American and European rockers decided the best way to help Africa is to force governments of successful countries to increase taxes on ordinary citizens and give the money to the benighted African peasants. You know, those unfortunate Africans who, through no fault of their own, are poor. At least that’s how they see it, in their drug-dulled thinking. Sir Paul McCarthy and Sir Bob Geldof seem painfully unaware that the vast majority of monetary aid given to Africa does no good at all. This is not to say there aren’t many very reputable charitable organizations who try their level best to do good there. Most of the nation-to-nation aid doesn’t go to these charities because they are religious (read Christian) in nature and we can’t have governments helping any people like that. The money Sir Paul and Sir Bob want to extort would not go to poor people at all. The rockers want to waste it; or more accurately they want to take money from you and me to give to corrupt dictators like Robert Mugabe. Of course, none of the rockers ever give very much to charity themselves. In fact they each were given $12,000 in luxury gift items for their participation in this charity event. Some sacrifice! The hypocrisy of this aside, the worst thing is that they are so painfully wrong about what would really help in Africa. They don’t seem to have a clue about the role of charity. While it’s all well and good to donate money to true charities, to help out human beings who really are incapable of helping themselves, doing that will never help a nation into prosperity. It doesn’t work that way. It never has in the whole history of human kind. Can anyone give an example of a successful civilization built on the charity of another? No! It doesn’t happen. It can’t happen!! That’s not how nations are built. It’s a fine thing to do, to give money to the churches to help Aids orphans, but that’s not what Sir Paul and Sir Elton want. No, the sirs aren’t interested in encouraging people to give money to charity. That’s not really what they’re about. Instead, they are only interested in forcing higher taxes on you and me. An article of faith for leftists world-wide: taxes can never be too high. After all, this isn’t really about helping Africans. This is about punishing Western nations, most especially the United States.
The problem in Africa is not monetary. The problem is cultural. Africa will never overcome its poverty problem until it eradicates its corruption problem. This really has been demonstrated over and over and is no longer subject to dispute. Billions and billions of dollars have been thrown at Africa by earnest government do-gooders year after year after year and what is the result? Africa is worse-off now. Welfare as an institution, as has been demonstrated over and over again, will never solve poverty. Only the genuine, self-serving efforts of the African people to help themselves will ever begin to solve their problems. Self interest is the most powerful anti-poverty tool ever devised. That’s how all western countries achieved the wealth and prosperity they enjoy. Unfortunately Mugabe and all other modern African leaders have not followed that path. Instead they have followed the pattern of dozens of their predecessors and contemporaries: start the revolution, overthrow the existing government, and then become even more corrupt and oppressive. This is the continent-wide fate of nation after nation in Africa. The truth about Africa is plain to see for anybody willing to look: Measured in terms of nutrition, health, education, gross national product and general well-being, Africa was far better under the colonial rule of Britain and France than it is now. Painful to say, but nonetheless true. Until Africa realizes that it will have to build itself up, they are doomed to poverty, corruption and failure. And no amount of ageing rockers can make one bit of difference about it.
The problem in Africa is not monetary. The problem is cultural. Africa will never overcome its poverty problem until it eradicates its corruption problem. This really has been demonstrated over and over and is no longer subject to dispute. Billions and billions of dollars have been thrown at Africa by earnest government do-gooders year after year after year and what is the result? Africa is worse-off now. Welfare as an institution, as has been demonstrated over and over again, will never solve poverty. Only the genuine, self-serving efforts of the African people to help themselves will ever begin to solve their problems. Self interest is the most powerful anti-poverty tool ever devised. That’s how all western countries achieved the wealth and prosperity they enjoy. Unfortunately Mugabe and all other modern African leaders have not followed that path. Instead they have followed the pattern of dozens of their predecessors and contemporaries: start the revolution, overthrow the existing government, and then become even more corrupt and oppressive. This is the continent-wide fate of nation after nation in Africa. The truth about Africa is plain to see for anybody willing to look: Measured in terms of nutrition, health, education, gross national product and general well-being, Africa was far better under the colonial rule of Britain and France than it is now. Painful to say, but nonetheless true. Until Africa realizes that it will have to build itself up, they are doomed to poverty, corruption and failure. And no amount of ageing rockers can make one bit of difference about it.
Friday, June 24, 2005
Some Thoughts on the War Against Terrorism
My brother-in-law, a Vietnam veteran, just left for Iraq. He can’t tell us exactly where he is going, but we know it will be somewhere in the infamous Sunni Triangle. We know it will be very dangerous for him there. We realize that lots of Islamic terrorists are operating in that area. They set up roadside bombs designed to kill soldiers traveling in convoys. They pack cars with explosives and detonate them in places where soldiers are likely to be. They wrap young women in explosives and send them into crowded places to be homicide bombers by killing themselves and as many others who happen to be standing nearby as possible. They employ lots of cowardly tactics such as these. The one thing they won’t do is put on a uniform and face the coalition forces straight up like real warriors would. They really are despicable wretches who have no courage or moral integrity. But, even so, they can, and do kill American soldiers –like my brother-in-law, albeit in a cowardly fashion.
We’re very proud of his patriotism and his dedication to the military which he has chosen to make his career and his life. But we’re afraid for him at the same time. We don’t want anything bad to happen to him. He has a wife, five children and several grandchildren who need him desperately. He is a good man and doesn’t deserve to be killed by some faceless Muslim terrorist in a far off country. We want to be sure that, if the unthinkable should happen, his sacrifice wouldn’t have been in vain. We are desperate to believe that his sacrifice, should it happen, as well as the demise of the other 1,700 Americans who have died in Iraq won’t have been for nothing.
Some people don’t think any cause is worth dying for. The committed anti-war zealots would have us just lie down and let the Muslim terrorists take over. They would have done the same for Hitler. I dismiss them out of hand. They are kooks. Always have been. Far more dangerous are the leftists in this country. They hate Bush and therefore are against this war. All of the reasons they are against this war have to do with hating Bush and his political philosophy. It really is that simple. Ted Kennedy, George Soros, Dick Durbin, the mainstream media and all the rest of them hate the Iraq war against terrorism because they hate George W. Bush and all that he represents. They hate patriotism. They hate true religion. They hate capitalism. They hate freedom. Karl Rove had it exactly right. Conservatives saw the 9/11 attack as an act of war by enemies of freedom and prepared to defend our country. Liberals saw it as a call to be more understanding and tolerant of those who think differently and jumped in to defend the terrorists.
They hate the fact that Bush was president when 9/11 happened. They hate it that George Bush rallied the country in the wake of that attack. They hate the unity and patriotism that swept the country after we were attacked. And they immediately set to work to diminish and destroy the feelings of unity and patriotism the nation was experiencing after the twin towers and 3,000 Americans were destroyed. They started calling 9/11 a “tragedy” instead of what it really was: a craven attack on the United States of America by a foreign power. They refused to show the attack on TV after just a few days. They refused to show people jumping to their death from the towers in desperate attempts to escape the terrorist’s flames. They refused to denounce the street celebrations staged by the radical Muslim community, even in this country, after the attack. They began to second guess the motives behind Bush’s decision to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. They predicted tens of thousands of deaths if we attacked the terrorist regime in Iraq. They trotted out every nay-sayer they could find to belittle Bush and his team. They are, to this very day, doing everything they possibly can to cause the American people to loose faith in our efforts against terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere. From the very beginning, Kennedy and his ilk, have been against any effort to destroy Islamic terrorism, –and they are still today. They feel this way because they hate Bush, they hate freedom, they hate liberty, and, sad to say, they hate America.
Right after the 9/11 attack, George Bush made it very clear to all Americans that this war against Islamic terrorism would not be easy. He was resolute and made it very clear that it was going be a long hard slog. He also made it clear that any nation or group who isn’t for America and its fight against radical Islamic terrorism, is against America and the fight against terrorism. Anybody who isn’t for the defeat of evil, embodied in Islamic terrorism, is thus supporting evil –including the left in this country, no matter how much they deny that fact. It has been, and will continue to be difficult. Good men and women have died. Other good men and women unfortunately will yet die. It will take a long, long time and we will suffer many setbacks along the way. Nothing worth accomplishing is ever very easy.
My brother-in-law knows it will be hard and dangerous. But because he loves freedom, liberty and democracy, he is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. And while that concept seems to be totally lost on committed leftists like Kennedy, Michael Moore, and the rest, hopefully most Americans still believe in it. We will win this war against Islamic terrorism if we can defeat the efforts of the global Islamic terrorists, and their leftist allies in this country. We can only hope that in spite of the massive efforts by the left in this country to discourage us, true Americans will retain the will to win this war against terrorism. If not, the deaths of all the Americans who have died so far in Iraq, in the World Trade Center, in Afghanistan and elsewhere will truly have been in vain. And that would be a great tragedy.
We’re very proud of his patriotism and his dedication to the military which he has chosen to make his career and his life. But we’re afraid for him at the same time. We don’t want anything bad to happen to him. He has a wife, five children and several grandchildren who need him desperately. He is a good man and doesn’t deserve to be killed by some faceless Muslim terrorist in a far off country. We want to be sure that, if the unthinkable should happen, his sacrifice wouldn’t have been in vain. We are desperate to believe that his sacrifice, should it happen, as well as the demise of the other 1,700 Americans who have died in Iraq won’t have been for nothing.
Some people don’t think any cause is worth dying for. The committed anti-war zealots would have us just lie down and let the Muslim terrorists take over. They would have done the same for Hitler. I dismiss them out of hand. They are kooks. Always have been. Far more dangerous are the leftists in this country. They hate Bush and therefore are against this war. All of the reasons they are against this war have to do with hating Bush and his political philosophy. It really is that simple. Ted Kennedy, George Soros, Dick Durbin, the mainstream media and all the rest of them hate the Iraq war against terrorism because they hate George W. Bush and all that he represents. They hate patriotism. They hate true religion. They hate capitalism. They hate freedom. Karl Rove had it exactly right. Conservatives saw the 9/11 attack as an act of war by enemies of freedom and prepared to defend our country. Liberals saw it as a call to be more understanding and tolerant of those who think differently and jumped in to defend the terrorists.
They hate the fact that Bush was president when 9/11 happened. They hate it that George Bush rallied the country in the wake of that attack. They hate the unity and patriotism that swept the country after we were attacked. And they immediately set to work to diminish and destroy the feelings of unity and patriotism the nation was experiencing after the twin towers and 3,000 Americans were destroyed. They started calling 9/11 a “tragedy” instead of what it really was: a craven attack on the United States of America by a foreign power. They refused to show the attack on TV after just a few days. They refused to show people jumping to their death from the towers in desperate attempts to escape the terrorist’s flames. They refused to denounce the street celebrations staged by the radical Muslim community, even in this country, after the attack. They began to second guess the motives behind Bush’s decision to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq. They predicted tens of thousands of deaths if we attacked the terrorist regime in Iraq. They trotted out every nay-sayer they could find to belittle Bush and his team. They are, to this very day, doing everything they possibly can to cause the American people to loose faith in our efforts against terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere. From the very beginning, Kennedy and his ilk, have been against any effort to destroy Islamic terrorism, –and they are still today. They feel this way because they hate Bush, they hate freedom, they hate liberty, and, sad to say, they hate America.
Right after the 9/11 attack, George Bush made it very clear to all Americans that this war against Islamic terrorism would not be easy. He was resolute and made it very clear that it was going be a long hard slog. He also made it clear that any nation or group who isn’t for America and its fight against radical Islamic terrorism, is against America and the fight against terrorism. Anybody who isn’t for the defeat of evil, embodied in Islamic terrorism, is thus supporting evil –including the left in this country, no matter how much they deny that fact. It has been, and will continue to be difficult. Good men and women have died. Other good men and women unfortunately will yet die. It will take a long, long time and we will suffer many setbacks along the way. Nothing worth accomplishing is ever very easy.
My brother-in-law knows it will be hard and dangerous. But because he loves freedom, liberty and democracy, he is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice. And while that concept seems to be totally lost on committed leftists like Kennedy, Michael Moore, and the rest, hopefully most Americans still believe in it. We will win this war against Islamic terrorism if we can defeat the efforts of the global Islamic terrorists, and their leftist allies in this country. We can only hope that in spite of the massive efforts by the left in this country to discourage us, true Americans will retain the will to win this war against terrorism. If not, the deaths of all the Americans who have died so far in Iraq, in the World Trade Center, in Afghanistan and elsewhere will truly have been in vain. And that would be a great tragedy.
Sunday, June 12, 2005
Base Closure Hurts Thune (at least we sure hope so.)
Just in case there is anyone out there who still doubts the existence of bias in the mainstream media, here’s another recent example:
On my commute home, I happened to catch NPR’s “All things Considered” and heard a story about Senator John Thune’s supposed struggle with the announced closure of a military base in his home state of South Dakota. The gist of the story was that Thune failed to keep a campaign promise by “allowing” the base to appear on the closure list.
Of course, the fact that neither Thune, nor any other senator has any say in which bases are targeted by the commission which makes the selections wasn’t mentioned. The commission is, and properly should be, totally independent. The strong inference was given that if Daschle had been reelected, the base would have been spared and now Thune is reeling because he didn’t “have the ear of President Bush.” Of course this is nonsense. Daschle wouldn’t have had any more influence with the Base Closure Commission than Thune and President Bush doesn’t have anything to do with it. For NPR to suggest otherwise shows pure political bias. Their attitude is that the “rubes” in South Dakota are too stupid to understand that a senator can do precious little to avoid the consequences of an independent commission. The independent commission looks only at numbers, facts, and efficiencies in making their selections for base closures, and not at the political consequences. The fact that NPR assumes their listeners wouldn’t already know that shows the utter contempt they have for their audience.
The only real nugget of truth which the story inadvertently brought out, but which was not emphasized at all by NPR, is that, unlike Clinton during the last round of base closures, President Bush had the honesty, and integrity to stay out of the selection process and not pressure the commission to spare bases even in states represented by powerful allies like Thune. Bush let them just do their job. That is something we all should be celebrating. The people in South Dakota should be celebrating it too. They will survive the base closure. It will be good for the country in the long run and the good people of South Dakota know it. If Thune continues to do a good job representing South Dakota, he need not worry about the base closure. Any negative consequences for Thune relating to this event exist only in the minds of Democrat political operatives who hope to exploit the base closure in the next election and their fellow Democrats at NPR.
On my commute home, I happened to catch NPR’s “All things Considered” and heard a story about Senator John Thune’s supposed struggle with the announced closure of a military base in his home state of South Dakota. The gist of the story was that Thune failed to keep a campaign promise by “allowing” the base to appear on the closure list.
Of course, the fact that neither Thune, nor any other senator has any say in which bases are targeted by the commission which makes the selections wasn’t mentioned. The commission is, and properly should be, totally independent. The strong inference was given that if Daschle had been reelected, the base would have been spared and now Thune is reeling because he didn’t “have the ear of President Bush.” Of course this is nonsense. Daschle wouldn’t have had any more influence with the Base Closure Commission than Thune and President Bush doesn’t have anything to do with it. For NPR to suggest otherwise shows pure political bias. Their attitude is that the “rubes” in South Dakota are too stupid to understand that a senator can do precious little to avoid the consequences of an independent commission. The independent commission looks only at numbers, facts, and efficiencies in making their selections for base closures, and not at the political consequences. The fact that NPR assumes their listeners wouldn’t already know that shows the utter contempt they have for their audience.
The only real nugget of truth which the story inadvertently brought out, but which was not emphasized at all by NPR, is that, unlike Clinton during the last round of base closures, President Bush had the honesty, and integrity to stay out of the selection process and not pressure the commission to spare bases even in states represented by powerful allies like Thune. Bush let them just do their job. That is something we all should be celebrating. The people in South Dakota should be celebrating it too. They will survive the base closure. It will be good for the country in the long run and the good people of South Dakota know it. If Thune continues to do a good job representing South Dakota, he need not worry about the base closure. Any negative consequences for Thune relating to this event exist only in the minds of Democrat political operatives who hope to exploit the base closure in the next election and their fellow Democrats at NPR.
Monday, May 30, 2005
Less Than a Week
So, how long did it take Democrats to break their promise of no filibusters in exchange for the capitulation of seven weak-kneed Republicans? Less than a week! In fact they filibustered the first nominee they had the chance to vote on. They filibustered John Bolton. And their reaction when this is pointed out? What else? They simply lied about it. Harry Reid, the shameless Democrat minority leader said: "We're not here to filibuster Bolton..." What? When you prevent an up or down vote on one of the president’s nominees by requiring a 60 senator majority to allow a vote, it’s a filibuster! Then he had the gall to add: "It is not the fault of the Democratic Senators..." Oh no? Let’s see: 40 votes to filibuster were cast by Democrats. That's all it takes to make a filibuster stick. Sure seems to me that it is the fault of the Democrat senators. The Democrat MINORITY stopped Bolton from being confirmed. No other way to look at it.
If that doesn’t let all Republicans, and everyone else in America, know the true nature of Democrats, nothing will. Simply put, they can’t be trusted. They will lie about this and every other political thing. They can only be defeated and it looks we’re going to need to replace any weak-sister Republican who insists on playing nicey-nice with them. It appears to be the only solution. Toss them out!
If that doesn’t let all Republicans, and everyone else in America, know the true nature of Democrats, nothing will. Simply put, they can’t be trusted. They will lie about this and every other political thing. They can only be defeated and it looks we’re going to need to replace any weak-sister Republican who insists on playing nicey-nice with them. It appears to be the only solution. Toss them out!
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Making a Deal With the Devil
The gang of seven did it. Seven liberal Republican Senators thwarted the will of the Senate majority. Since this bunch is totally convinced that they know better than the other 48 Republican senators, they went behind closed doors, and without the consent of the president, or Senator Frist, they cut a deal with the devil. Oh, to be sure the devil promised that he would behave, and only would make mischief if extraordinary circumstances exist. (Read that to mean they will filibuster anybody they damn well please.) News Flash! Democrats don’t keep their promises. Especially their political promises given to Republicans. Just ask George Bush Sr.
Most conservatives are rightly outraged by this treason. Some are looking for a silver lining in the deal. At best it is a disgusting example of political chicanery. It is also a further example of how Republicans don’t know how to be the majority.
The big loser in this deal, besides the American people, is Bill Frist. He had the rug pulled out from under him in a big way. I can’t see how he can recover even a sliver of his chances of being the GOP nominee in 2008. Politically, he looks to be finished.
We now wait with bated breath to see if the Republican leadership, from the president on down, will demonstrate the courage to make sure these mavericks get some consequences. They deserve to be spanked for their temerity. I, for one, will not be holding my bated breath until punishment is administered.. I have been disappointed far too many times in the past.
What a revolting development this turned out to be.
Most conservatives are rightly outraged by this treason. Some are looking for a silver lining in the deal. At best it is a disgusting example of political chicanery. It is also a further example of how Republicans don’t know how to be the majority.
The big loser in this deal, besides the American people, is Bill Frist. He had the rug pulled out from under him in a big way. I can’t see how he can recover even a sliver of his chances of being the GOP nominee in 2008. Politically, he looks to be finished.
We now wait with bated breath to see if the Republican leadership, from the president on down, will demonstrate the courage to make sure these mavericks get some consequences. They deserve to be spanked for their temerity. I, for one, will not be holding my bated breath until punishment is administered.. I have been disappointed far too many times in the past.
What a revolting development this turned out to be.
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