It's Still a Post 9/11 World

September 12, 2008; seven years and a day since the attacks on our soil by Islamic fascists. People who hate us, hate our way of life, our freedom, our success, our Constitution, our history, our faith, our exceptionalism. There has never, in the history of the world, existed a greater country, exuding more goodness and compassion on more people in more countries, than the United States of America. And they hate us.

Wherever there is a natural or man-made disaster in the world, the USA is first to give aid and deliver comfort to our fellow man, even to those whose interests are contrary to ours. Where does this come from? I think Americans have a sense of our history and origins; we have a sense of the faith that is foundational to that history. Though we are not all believers, certainly, this sense of our national identity, like a Spirit, hovers over this country, and has a profound effect on most of its citizens. Most of its citizens, but not all.

There are some of my fellow citizens who are, seemingly, unaffected by the Spirit of this country. They do not believe in the exceptionalism of America. They do not believe, as I do, that God has put his hand on this country to use it for good in this time in history. They do believe in some twisted "moral equivalency" between us (U.S.) and those who attacked us on 9/11. In their hearts, they somehow believe that the Islamofascists have a valid point. They have worked tirelessly since that day to place the blame on us, saying "we did this to ourselves", and seek to give heretofore unknown and undeserved rights and privileges to those who seek to harm us. They have discounted the threat still posed in the world by the evil ideology of the Islamofascists and wish to treat it as a law enforcement issue and a crime to be prosecuted, rather than a war that has been declared on us.

They are known as Liberals, Progressives, Socialists, the Left and . . . Democrats. Their organizations include the ACLU, the NEA, NOW, Planned Parenthood, DNC, CAIR and many more. They hate the Spirit of America. In seeming concert with the Islamofascists, they declare their hatred for the traditions and institutions that have defined our goodness. Very often you cannot distinguish between the words spoken by the Left and those spoken by Osama Bin Laden. I think you can discern which side the Left is on when you hear whose candidates are endorsed by Hamas and Hezbollah. I think it is obvious, their positions are the same. They want to destroy America, and turn it into something of their own design. They want to kill the Spirit of America.

As it was in the days of the Revolution, we must fight on against all odds. We must defend against the evil in the world. It was Edmund Burke, the great English statesman who said, "All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing."

The Choice

If you are are a real conservative, like I am, this has been a difficult election season. (When I say "real conservative", I mean socially and fiscally, with libertarian views on limited government.) We had been looking for a real conservative to represent us, but all of the candidates had some flaw, some disqualification, that would not allow the coalescing of opinion in their favor. I was greatly disappointed last winter, to know that somehow, John McCain had been made the Republican nominee. He was the one conservatives like me hated most. He was the one that kept bucking the conservative agenda, and working with liberals across the aisle and idiots with an "R" by their name to thwart common sense legislation, or pass idiotic and unconstitutional laws, and that was when Republicans had the advantage of a majority.

I have read many blog posts of people "like me" who, to this day, are refusing to even consider voting for John McCain. I understand and sympathize with all of these people. My anger against John McCain was at times greater than my loathing of liberal Democrats and their socialist utopian drivel. John McCain should have been on my side, but he was often the greatest weapon in the Democrat arsenal. I hated him because, to me, he was a traitor.

Here is a reality check.

Either John McCain or Barack Obama will be the President of the United States next January 20. We now know, despite the attempts of the drive-by media, what kind of person Barack Obama is. We know, despite his appearance as a mild mannered "community organizer", that he is a communist/socialist sympathizer, with close relationships with people like Bill Ayers, Bernadine Dhorn, (Weathermen terrorists), Jeremiah Wright, and Father Pfleger (pastors and preachers of Black Liberation Theology), Tony Rezko (Chicago slum lord, political patron and convicted slimeball). We know he is a product of the corrupt Chicago Democrat political machine. We know he plays hardball politics and is trying to hide (with the help of the drive-bys) his true, bad, corrupt self. I believe that if he were to gain the presidency, with a Democrat controlled congress, our freedoms, our free speech rights, and talk radio, could be curtailed or silenced. They could not stand the opposition bringing their agenda to light. And can you imagine the likes of Ayers and Wright in the president's cabinet and, of course, a pardon for Rezko. I fear a Barack Obama presidency.

John McCain, despite his record of poking conservatives in the eyes, has at least some of my ideals. He will be a strong advocate of a strong military and will continue the war we must win. He will stand up to the likes of Ahmadinijad who threaten us and the world. He is pro-life, and he came out strong on that point at the Saddleback Church forum. I believe he will push to build nuclear power plants and drill for more domestic oil, an "all of the above" approach to the domestic energy problems. I believe it is more likely that John McCain will appoint constructionist judges to the Federal Courts. Now, I keep in mind that this is John McCain I'm talking about, and that makes me uncertain about eventualities.

Only since Saddleback has my opinion of John McCain become slightly favorable. Now, with his pick of Sarah Palin as his VP, I have actually experienced some positive excitement about voting for the top of the ticket. I believe that Governor Palin is a real conservative and a tough, smart woman. A heartbeat away from the presidency? I'm very OK with that. John McCain has made a good choice.

If you look at places in this country that have entrenched Democrat elected leadership, like Detroit and the entire state of Michigan, it is evident that we cannot afford to elect the likes of Barack Obama. His "solutions" involve taxing "the rich" more to pay for giveaways to "the poor". I will likely be among "the poor", because my "rich" boss, taxed at a higher rate, may not be able to afford to keep me as an employee, and I will lose my job. The whole country would likely face a depression just as Michigan has due to higher taxes.

I will vote for the McCain/Palin ticket for President. I will talk to my friends and neighbors and coworkers and try to convince them to do the same. I am looking to the future. Like another blogger on Town Hall posted last Friday: How about Palin/Jindal '12, Palin/Jindal '16, Jindal/? '20?
That sounds like a pretty good future to me.

Apocalypse Now?

Let's see. The revived Russian Bear is on the move against our allies in eastern Europe and the Caucasus and the Chinese Communists are cheating at the Olympics. (Imagine that.) Islamofascism is back on its heels, but still a threat and advancing their cause in the West with characteristic patience. Iran continues to threaten Israel and the West with possible nuclear weapons. Mexico continues its invasion across our southern border and I see no evidence that that threat is being taken seriously in our government. Despite the fact that oil supply/demand margins are still too slim for comfort, our Democrat controlled congress is refusing to entertain the thought of exploring and drilling for our own vast reserves, or using the massive amounts of coal at our disposal, or building nuclear reactors, or anything that might work to help us reduce our dependence on foreign oil.

We continue to support regimes that hate us and wish every day for our demise. Many of us refuse to believe that this is a dangerous world, ruled by the agressive use of force. If we stand by and let evil regimes exercise force without answer, then evil will stand and good will fail.

The world is on the edge. What did it feel like in Americal in 1939 - 1941 before Pearl Harbor? Was it a feeling similar to this? Everything's fine, just ignore what's going on in Europe and Asia . . . just before we were plunged into an Apocalyptic World War?

How many millions of lives were lost or ruined by WWII? How many if we had not fought and defeated the NAZI's, Fascists, and Imperial Japanese? Just remember, they were doing a fine job of eliminating state enemies and undesirables, and stealing their individual wealth prior to the U.S. entering the war.

If we do not strengthen our nation and our resolve; if we do not stop this silly notion of moral equivalency between Christianity and Islam, between Democracy and Communism/Socialism, between the U.S. ridding the world of the evil dictator Saddam Hussein and Russian imperialist aggression in Georgia; if we fail to recognize evil when we see it and face it down when it raises its ugly head in the world, then I believe that War is inevitable. Because evil is encouraged by weakness. Weakness gives way to aggression. If we are weak and unresolved, if we fail to stand up for goodness and right, we will be on the losing end.

Kill Him!

Barring interference from the Supreme Court, Jose Medellin is due to die today for the heinous crimes of murder and rape he committed in the State of Texas. He has been breathing the air at taxpayers expense for 15 years now. It's time to end it. Take his life as he took the lives of Elizabeth Pena and Jennifer Ertman. Without mercy. Kill him.

Madame Pelosi, Tear Down This Wall!

It seems that the Democrats cannot stand an open debate on any subject that they know is a loser for them. Like the Communists of old, Ms. Pelosi just shuts down any debate to the contrary. In the House of Representatives on Friday, after a hastily called 5-week recess, some of the House Republicans stayed in the chamber to continue debate on expanding our country's energy exploration. This in spite of the fact that the Speaker had ordered the lights and cameras turned off. Go House Republicans! With $4 a gallon gasoline and projected record winter season heating costs for many Americans, the Democrat's stifling the debate is a big loser issue for them. THEY CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!
Apparently, I'm not the only one who sees a communist party parallel. Republican Policy Chairman, Thaddeus McCotter (R-MI) was quoted as saying, "This is the People’s House. This is not Pelosi’s Politburo." What do Communist dictators do to the opposition? They try to silence them, if they can. I am not saying that all Democrats are Communists or even Socialists. But I do want to point out that the current leadership of the House and Senate are trying very hard to silence their opposition through strong-arm tactics, and their stated desires of a redistributionist, socialist society, with them in control of more and more of our everyday lives, will leave us with less and less FREEDOM!

Letter to Senator Harry Reid

I often write letters to our elected representatives, knowing they don't often read what is written, but I want to express my opinion while I still can. Here is one to the majority leader of the Senate in response to a pronouncement he made the other day about coal and oil "making us all sick". For my true intent, please read this as satire.

Dear Senator Reid,
I was so glad to hear you speaking against carbon based energy the other day. I would love to stop using fossil fuels to run my everyday life. I know I'm addicted to oil. I think it would be wonderful if a great person such as yourself would provide a positive example to the rest of us by not using any transportation that uses carbon based fuel. No planes, trains or automobiles. I know that might be an inconvenience for an important man like yourself, but just think, you would be doing it for the planet. Maybe you could just ride a bicycle around Washington, D.C. By setting such a good example, many people could be persuaded to help us save the planet.
Since you run the Senate, why don't you turn off the air conditioner in the Senate chamber and all Senate office buildings. Not only would the government reduce its carbon footprint, but you could also save the taxpayers millions of dollars. You would be a hero.
I know that coal and other fossil fuels, such as oil are making us sick. Just the other day, I had to cough. I just know I've got black lung disease, but I can't afford to go to the doctor. My $20 copay is just a budget buster. I'm just glad I'm not an Olympic athlete. Those guys are going to literally die from breathing the crap in the air over in Beijing.
You know, if we could just get rid of the internal combusion engine, I'm convinced that most people could live forever. (Unless, of course, they're killed by a terrorist that we've made mad.) And you know it's all our fault. We shouldn't have made them mad. I'm not sure what we did, but we shouldn't have done it. Can't we all just get along? If someone had just bought Osama Bin Laden a Coke, maybe the world would be a lot better off.
Senator Reid, thanks for your time and for all that you do to make us a better country and better citizens of the world.

Open Borders, Hell!

Apparently John McCain is going around having secret meetings with open borders hispanic groups all over the country. See this link from Michelle Malkin.

http://michellemalkin.com/2008/06/19/inside-mccains-closed-door-meeting-with-chicago-hispanics/

He is promising to push for "Comprehensive (read amnesty) Immigration Reform" if he is elected. Might as well erase our southern border and get it over with. It won't matter what we say with either of these two Bozos (McCain or Obama). The Mexicanization of America continues to march.