Sometimes I wonder if the world is spinning backwards. I tend to get frustrated with the current state of affairs in our country and feel like grabbing the nearest idiot and beating him about the head and shoulders.
Be it the current presidential election, the Yearning For Zion Ranch fiasco, the war on terror or any number of other distractions, it seems that there is an abundance of topics to keep me busy blogging from here to Kingdom come.
Be it the current presidential election, the Yearning For Zion Ranch fiasco, the war on terror or any number of other distractions, it seems that there is an abundance of topics to keep me busy blogging from here to Kingdom come.
My side can beat your side!
I have never, in all of my adult years, been so apathetic about a presidential election. We have absolutely no one who is worth putting in office running in this cycle.
We have John McCain, who believes that he is owed the office just because he has been around the longest. He has worked diligently behind the scenes, in the Senate, to ensure that he would have no viable competition in the general election. The McCain-Feingold Campaign Reform Act (CRA) serves as a tool that ensures that only the independently wealthy will ever be able to seek our nations highest offices. However, Mr. McCain has done his best to have his campaign exempted from the very rules that he put in place. When it became clear that he was the nominee apparent for the Republican Party, he asked for an exemption from the rules that would require him to wait until the Party conventions were over to begin raising more money. So, while Ms. Clinton and Mr. Obama are raising funds to fight in the remaining primaries Mr. McCain is ready to raise money for the general election. The only problem is, once you agree to accept Federal Matching Funds you are bound to abide by the CRA, failure to do so could result in a 5 year reservation at one of Uncle Sam's special hotels wearing one of those nifty orange uniforms and learning how to pick up soap bars without exciting a large man named Bubba. Then we have the Clinton - Obama blood feud. Both of these people are more frightening than Saturday night bath time at Rosie O's place. 
Clinton is just a power hungry hag who has no qualms about using any tactic that will ensure that her plans are put into action. Obama on the other hand is an overt socialist with the promise of bringing racial upheaval the likes of which we have never seen. Don't get me wrong, I am not 
against him because of his race, my concerns stem from the people that he associates with and those that have given him counsel and religious training. His pastor, of the past 20 years, is nothing short of a bigoted hate monger who has a visible disdain for the American way of life and the white race in general. How can this man bring racial harmony to our nation when he has sat under the spiritual leadership of such a racially decisive pastor.
Clinton is just a power hungry hag who has no qualms about using any tactic that will ensure that her plans are put into action. Obama on the other hand is an overt socialist with the promise of bringing racial upheaval the likes of which we have never seen. Don't get me wrong, I am not against him because of his race, my concerns stem from the people that he associates with and those that have given him counsel and religious training. His pastor, of the past 20 years, is nothing short of a bigoted hate monger who has a visible disdain for the American way of life and the white race in general. How can this man bring racial harmony to our nation when he has sat under the spiritual leadership of such a racially decisive pastor. Seeing how "We The People" have been played, for the past 50 years or so, as dupes in a shell game that always comes up to favor the house, it is time for me to rethink my political affiliations. I have always prided myself on being a good Republican and have worked to further the cause of the party and supported it's candidates. However, this time around I am seriously considering jumping ship and looking for a safe harbor that matches my beliefs more closely. I am leaning either towards the Libertarian or the Constitutional parties, I have not made my final decision as of yet (I will keep you posted).
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, things are going on.
Whatever our feelings on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints are, there is just something wrong with the actions that state officials have taken in their "investigation" of wrongdoing at the West Texas compound. Now abuse of any kind needs to be addressed and the states polygamist laws and statutes against incest and pedophilia need to be upheld, but taking over 400 children away from their mothers and the only way of life that they have ever known is cruel and borderlines on jackbooted abuse by an oppressive state with the intentions of disrupting and harassing a religious groups constitutional rights of freedom. No credible indications have been made that all of these 400+ children were ever in danger and that removing them from familiar surroundings and family support groups was warranted. It has come to light that the 16 year old girl who started the whole "investigation" was actually a middle aged black woman who had never been on the compound and has had a history of making false reports to the police. These children are now in the hands of Texas CPS, an agency which has had it share of negative press in the past few years of placing children in more dangerous conditions than they were already in, some placements resulting in the death of the child. It is time to return the children to their mothers, conduct proper investigations on credible assumptions, uphold the laws of Texas and the US Constitution.
War! What's it good for?
The war on terror continues on and on with no end in sight. Well, kiddo's, strap yourselves in because we will be in this fight for a very long time. This is not a war against "Terror", it is a war between two distinct cultures that cannot peacefully exist one with the other. The West's culture is based on personal freedom which is ordained by the teachings of the Judeo-Christian belief system. The Islamic culture is based on strict adherence to the Quran and its call to conquer the world and dismantle any obstacles that prevent it's propagation. These are two diametrically opposed belief systems that will never be able to stand together in harmony.
On September 11th, we were drug into the fight whether we wanted it or not. The mobilization of our armed forces to answer the challenge was spot on. Our "Shock & Awe" offence was the appropriate maneuver to squelch the actions of those who want to see our way of life destroyed. Taking the fight into their back yard is the only way that this war should be fought and the only way that it will ever be won. But do we have the intestinal fortitude, as a nation, to present a unified front and prosecute this war until the victory is in our hands? Sadly, the answer seems to be a wimpy no.
I am convinced that the problem lies in our collective adherence to the principles of individual freedom that we as a country hold so dear. As long as the wound is fresh and our national adrenalin is pumping, we are willing to commit ourselves to the cause of victory. But as the healing balm of time sooths our wound and the distance of the battle ground grows farther away from our shores the reason for our involvement tends to vanish into the mist that shrouds our eyes. Our politicians, who were standing shoulder to shoulder, waving the flag of attack in the days following our tragedy, have now sensed the short term memory loss of the electorate and have reverted to their true objectives, promoting themselves to stay in political power. Rest assured that once our "leaders" decide to cut our losses in Iraq and bring our troops home, the "War of Cultures" will return to our shores, I'm afraid with a vengeance.
My stomach did flips on May 1, 2003 when President Bush landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln
and declared "Mission Accomplished". That was the day that I knew that we were entering into troubled waters with this war. When a commander drops his guard the enemy will seize upon the chance to deal a death blow. I was afraid that our collective disdain for war had reached the heart of our commander and the fight was all but over. After that proclamation, our enemies realized that there was a chink in our armor and began to ramp up the insurgency in Iraq. Our troops were beginning to get pummeled which had a negative effect on our National morale and the calls for a draw down of our troops began to get louder and louder. To his credit, President Bush listened to his Generals on the ground and increased our troop size and the number of American casualties began to decline. The answer to winning this "War" is to hit the enemy with such a strong force that they have no choice but to put down their weapons, fold up their tents and go home. Anything less than sheer brute force will be seen as weakness and will only embolden the terrorists to continue their crusade. I am a peace loving man, but there are times when a peace loving man is forced to stand up and protect that which he holds dear. If we as a nation fail to protect our way of life then there will be an never ending line of "terrorists" waiting for their chance to take it from us.
and declared "Mission Accomplished". That was the day that I knew that we were entering into troubled waters with this war. When a commander drops his guard the enemy will seize upon the chance to deal a death blow. I was afraid that our collective disdain for war had reached the heart of our commander and the fight was all but over. After that proclamation, our enemies realized that there was a chink in our armor and began to ramp up the insurgency in Iraq. Our troops were beginning to get pummeled which had a negative effect on our National morale and the calls for a draw down of our troops began to get louder and louder. To his credit, President Bush listened to his Generals on the ground and increased our troop size and the number of American casualties began to decline. The answer to winning this "War" is to hit the enemy with such a strong force that they have no choice but to put down their weapons, fold up their tents and go home. Anything less than sheer brute force will be seen as weakness and will only embolden the terrorists to continue their crusade. I am a peace loving man, but there are times when a peace loving man is forced to stand up and protect that which he holds dear. If we as a nation fail to protect our way of life then there will be an never ending line of "terrorists" waiting for their chance to take it from us. AN UPDATE:
As I was getting ready to post this blog, i read that Obama has finally distanced himself from his former pastor and has disavowed all of the hate speech that he has been spewing from his pulpit. Maybe he is smarter than I gave him credit for.
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