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Updated 10/31/04

As always there is a massive amount of great stuff here, so read on please! Thanks Kahuna! DebV

Kahuna’s Update

There are those of you who feel that my thoughts concerning "SMOKE AND MIRRORS" Kerry and his Socialist Communistic rhetoric, have a number of you looking at me quizzically. What you ask? An American presidential candidate having socialist Communist views? Yes, I say he indulges in such subterfuge that masks the foundation of his policies with claims of helping the lower classes at the expense of the richest. What do you call that? I find it quite easy to spot wealth redistribution! Thank you, we must continue to inform the uninformed.

What a man!!!! Below is the text of an important speech given earlier today by the President in New Jersey -- yes, New Jersey (keep an eye on that state). It ranks among the most powerful speeches the President has given this year. It outlines the President's four commitments to winning the war on terrorism: protecting the homeland; staying on the offense against the enemy overseas; working with allies and leading the world with clarity; and advancing the cause of freedom and democracy. It also demonstrates, in vivid detail, why John Forbes Kerry is not up to the task of facing the challenge of our time. The President bases his judgment on Senator Kerry's 20-year Senate record and his liberal cast of mind - both of which are indisputable. The contrast between the President's record and the record of Senator Kerry is striking.

It's also worth noting that in the last two weeks of this election, the President continues to make substantively important and carefully argued speeches. But see for yourself.

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN BURLINGTON COUNTY, NEW JERSEY
Evesham Recreation Center
Marlton, New Jersey
October 18, 2004

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all. Thanks for coming. Thanks for the warm welcome. It is great to be back in the state of New Jersey. Oh, I know it might surprise some to see a Republican presidential candidate in New Jersey in late October. The reason why I'm here, with your help we'll carry the state of New Jersey in November.

We are now 15 days away from a critical election. Many important domestic issues are at stake. I have a positive, hopeful agenda for job creation, broader health coverage and better public education. Yet all the progress we hope to make depends on the security of our nation. America is in the middle of a global war on terror, a struggle unlike any we have ever known before. We face an enemy that is determined to kill the innocent and make our country into a battlefield. In the war on terror, there is no place for confusion and no substitute for victory. For the sake of our future and our freedom, we will fight this war with every asset of our national power, and we will prevail.

During the decade of the 1990s, our times often seemed peaceful on the surface. Yet, beneath that surface were currents of danger. Terrorists were training and planning in distant camps. In 1993, terrorists made their first attack on the World Trade Center. In 1998, terrorists bombed American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. And then came the attack on the USS Cole in 2000, which cost the lives of 17 American sailors. In this period, America's response to terrorism was generally piecemeal and symbolic. The terrorists concluded this was a sign of weakness, and their plans became more ambitious, and their attacks became more deadly.

Most Americans still felt that terrorism was something distant, and something that would not strike on a large scale in America. That is the time that my opponent wants to go back to. A time when danger was real and growing, but we didn't know it. A time when some thought terrorism was only a "nuisance." But that very attitude is what blinded America to the war being waged against us. And by not seeing the war, our government had no comprehensive strategy to fight it.

September the 11th, 2001 changed all that. We realized that the apparent security of the 1990s was an illusion. The people of New Jersey were among the first to understand how the world changed. On September the 11th, from places like Hoboken and Jersey City, you could look across the Hudson River and see the Twin Towers burning. We will never forget that day, and we will never forget our duty to defend America.

Out of the horror of that day we also saw good emerge. America has seen a new generation of heroes -- police, firefighters, members of the military. Americans have felt a new sense of community in neighborhoods and across our country. We've been reminded that all of us are a part of a great American story that is larger than our
individual lives. And we have been reminded of our solemn responsibility to defend freedom.

September the 11th also changed the way we should look at national security. But not everyone realizes it. The choice we face in this election, the first presidential election since September the 11th, is how our nation will defeat this threat. Will we stay on the offensive against those who want to attack us --or will we take action only after we are attacked? Will we make decisions in the light of September the 11th, or continue to live in the mirage of safety that was actually a time of gathering threats? And in this time of choosing, I want all Americans to know you can count on me to fight our enemies and defend our freedom.

Winning the war on terror requires more than tough-sounding words repeated in the election season. America needs clear, moral purpose and leaders who will not waver, especially in the tough times. And winning the war on terror requires a strategy for victory. Unlike my opponent, I understand the struggle America faces and I have a strategy to win.

Our first duty in the war on terror is to protect the homeland. This morning at the White House, I signed a strong law that will make our nation more secure. With the 2005 Homeland Security Appropriations Act, we are providing essential funding for Coast Guard patrols and port security, for the Federal Air Marshal program, and for technology that will defend aircraft against missiles. We're adding new resources to patrol our borders and to verify the identity of foreign visitors to America. We need to know who's coming in and out of our country. The new law includes vital money for first responders, and for better security of chemical facilities and nuclear plants and water treatment plants and bridges and subways and tunnels. All these measures show the unwavering commitment of our government. We will do everything in our power to protect the American people.

The law I signed today is part of a broad effort to defend America against new dangers. After September the 11th we created the Department of Homeland Security to make sure our government agencies are working together. We're transforming the FBI into an agency whose primary focus is stopping terrorism. Through Project BioShield, we are developing new vaccines and treatments against biological attacks. We've trained more than a half million first responders across America.

To protect America, we passed the Patriot Act, giving law enforcement many of the same tools to fight terrorists that they already had to fight drug cartels and organized crime. Since September the 11th, law enforcement professionals have stopped terrorist activities in Columbus, Ohio; San Diego, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Buffalo, New York and other places, including New Jersey, where we apprehended an arms dealer who was allegedly trying to sell shoulder-fired missiles to terrorists. My opponent voted for the Patriot Act, but now he wants to weaken it. There are plenty of
safeguards in this law, making sure that civil liberties are protected and searches are authorized by court order. By seeking to dilute the Patriot Act, my opponent is taking the eye off the ball. The danger to America is not the Patriot Act, or the good people who use it; the danger to America is the terrorists. And we will not let up in this fight.

To protect America, our country needs the best possible intelligence. Chairman Tom Kean and other members of the September the 11^th Commission made thoughtful and valuable recommendations on intelligence reform. We are already implementing the vast majority of those recommendations that can be enacted without a vote of Congress. We're expanding and strengthening the capabilities of the CIA. We've established the Terrorist Threat Integration Center so we can bring together all the available intelligence on terrorist threats to one place. But other changes require new laws. Congress needs to create the position of the National Intelligence Director and take other measure to make our intelligence community more effective. These reforms are necessary to stay ahead of the threats. I urge Congress to act quickly, so I can sign them into law.

My opponent has taken a different approach, and it shows in his record. Just one year after the first attack on the World Trade Center in 1993, Senator Kerry proposed a $6 billion cut in the nation's intelligence budget. But the majority of his colleagues ignored his irresponsible proposal. In 1995, he tried to cut intelligence funding again -- and this time he could not get a single member of the United States Senate to support his bill. And that's an important difference between us. Senator Kerry has a record of trying to weaken American intelligence. I am working every day to strengthen American intelligence.

In a free and open society, it is impossible to protect against every threat. So, second, we must pursue a comprehensive strategy against terror. The best way to prevent attacks is to stay on the offense against the enemy overseas. We are waging a global campaign from the mountains of Central Asia to the deserts of the Middle East, and from the Horn of Africa to the Philippines. These efforts are paying off. Since September the 11th, 2001, more than three-quarters of al Qaeda's key members and associates have been brought to justice. The rest of them know we're coming after them.

After September the 11th, we set a new direction for American policy and enforced a doctrine that is clear to all: If you support or harbor terrorists, you're equally guilty of terrorist murder. We've destroyed the terror camps that train thousands of killers in
Afghanistan. We removed the Taliban from power. We have persuaded governments in Pakistan and Saudi Arabia to recognize the enemy and join the fight. We ended the regime of Saddam Hussein, which sponsored terror. Iraq's new government under Prime Minister Allawi is hunting down terrorists in Iraq. We sent a message to Libya, which has now given up weapons of mass destruction programs and handed nuclear materials and equipment over to the United States. We have acted, through diplomacy and force, to shrink the area where the terrorists can operate freely, and that strategy has the terrorists on the run.

My opponent has a fundamental misunderstanding on the war on terror. A reporter recently asked Senator Kerry how September the 11th changed him. He replied, "It didn't change me much at all." His unchanged world view is obvious from the policies he still advocates. He has said this war is primarily an intelligence and law enforcement operation. He has declared, we should not respond to threats until they are -- quote -- "imminent." He has complained that my administration -- quote -- "relies unwisely on the threat of military preemption against terrorist organizations." Let me repeat that. He says that preemptive action is "unwise," not only against regimes, but even against terrorist organizations. Senator Kerry's approach would permit a response only after America is hit.

This kind of September the 10th attitude is no way to protect our country. The war on terror is a real war, with deadly enemies, not simply a police operation. In an era of weapons of mass destruction, waiting for threats to arrive at our doorsteps is to invite disaster. Tyrants and terrorists will not give us polite notice before they attack our country. As long as I'm the Commander-in-Chief, I will confront dangers abroad so we do not have to face them here at home.

The case of one terrorist shows what is at stake. The terrorist leader we face in Iraq today, the one responsible for beheading American hostages, the one responsible for many of the car bombings and attacks against Iraq is a man named Zarqawi. Before September the 11th, Zarqawi ran a camp in Afghanistan that trained terrorists in the use of explosives and poisons, until coalition forces destroyed that camp. He fled to Saddam Hussein's Iraq, where he received medical care and set up operations with some 2,000 terrorist associates. He operated in Baghdad and worked with associates in northern Iraq. He ran camps to train terrorists, and conducted chemical and biological experiments, until coalition forces arrived and ended those operations. With nowhere to operate openly, Zarqawi has gone underground and is making a stand in Iraq.

Here, the difference between my opponent and me is very clear. Senator Kerry believes that fighting Zarqawi and other terrorists in Iraq is a "diversion" from the war on terror. I believe that fighting and defeating these killers in Iraq is a central commitment in the war on terror. If Zarqawi and his associates were not busy fighting American forces in Iraq, does Senator Kerry think they would be leading productive and peaceful lives? Clearly, these killers would be plotting and acting to murder innocent civilians in free nations, including our own. By facing these terrorists far away, our military is making the United States of America more secure.

Third, to win the war on terror, America must work with allies and lead the world with clarity. And that is exactly what we are doing. The flags of 64 nations fly at U.S. Central Command Headquarters in Tampa, Florida, representing coalition countries that are working openly with us in the war on terror. Dozens more are helping quietly in important ways. Today, all 26 NATO nations have personnel either in Iraq, Afghanistan, or both. America's allies are standing with us in the war on terror, and we are grateful.

My opponent promises that he would do better with our allies. Yet, he's decided that the way to build alliances is to insult our friends. As a candidate for President, Senator Kerry has managed to offend or alienate almost every one of America's fighting allies in the war on terror.

He has called the countries serving alongside us in Iraq -- quote -- "a trumped-up coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought, and the extorted." He has dismissed the sacrifice of 14 nations that have lost forces in Iraq, calling those nations "window dressing." In our debate a few weeks ago, he declared, "when we went into Iraq, there were three countries -- Great Britain, Australia, and the United States." He left out Poland, one of the first countries to see combat on the first days of hostilities in Iraq. He never shows respect for some of the 30 nations that are serving courageously in Iraq today.

Senator Kerry even has disregarded the contributions of Iraqis who are fighting for their freedom. When he speaks of coalition casualties in Iraq, he doesn't count the hundreds of Iraqis who have given their lives fighting the terrorists and the insurgents. When Iraq's Prime Minister came to Washington to address Congress last month, Senator Kerry did not show up. Instead, he called a press conference and questioned the Prime Minister's credibility. The Prime Minister of Iraq is a brave man, who survived the assassins of Saddam. The Prime Minister of Iraq deserves the respect of the world, not the scorn of a
politician.

As part of his foreign policy, Senator Kerry has talked about applying a "global test." As far as I can tell, it comes down to this: Before we act to defend ourselves, he thinks we need permission from foreign capitals. Yet, even the Gulf War coalition in 1991 did not pass Senator Kerry's global test. Even with the United Nations' approval, he voted against removing Saddam Hussein from Kuwait. If that vast, U.N.-supported operation did not pass his test, nothing ever could. Senator Kerry's global test is nothing more than an excuse to constrain the actions of our own country in a dangerous world.

I believe in strong alliances. I believe in respecting other countries and working with them and seeking their advice. But I will never submit our national security decisions to a veto of a foreign government.

Fourth, we will win the war on terror and make America safer by advancing the cause of freedom and democracy. Free societies are hopeful societies, which do not nurture bitterness, or the ideologies of terror and murder. Free governments in the broader Middle East will fight the terrorists, instead of harboring them. And this is why a free Iraq and a free Afghanistan are vital to peace in that region, and vital to the security interests of our country.

After decades of tyranny in the broader Middle East, progress toward freedom will not come easily. Yet, that progress is coming faster than many would have said possible. Across a troubled region, we are seeing a movement toward elections, greater rights for women, and open discussion of peaceful reform. The election in Afghanistan less than two weeks ago was a landmark event in the history of liberty. That election was a tremendous defeat for the terrorists. My opponent has complained that we are trying to -- quote -- "impose" democracy on people in that region. Is that what he sees in Afghanistan, unwilling people have democracy forced upon them? We removed the Taliban by force, but democracy is rising in that country because the Afghan people, like everywhere, want to live in freedom. No one forced them to register by the millions, or stand in long lines at polling places. On the day of that historic election, an Afghan widow brought all four of her daughters to vote alongside her. She said this -- she said, "When you see women here lined up to vote, this is something profound. I never dreamed this day would come." But that woman's dream finally arrived, as it will one day across the greater Middle East.

The dream of freedom is moving forward in Iraq. The terrorists know it, and they hate it, and they fight it. And we can expect more violence as Iraq moves toward free elections. Yet, every day in Iraq, our coalition is defeating the enemy's strategic objectives.

The enemy seeks to disrupt the march toward democracy. But an Iraqi independent electoral commission is up and running, political parties are planning campaigns, voter registration will begin next month – and free and fair Iraqi elections will be held on schedule this coming January.

The enemy seeks to establish sanctuaries in Iraq from which to commit acts of terror. But Iraqi and coalition forces are on the offensive in Fallujah and North Babil, and have restored government control in Samarra, Tall Afar, and Najaf.

The enemy wants to make Iraqis afraid to join security forces. But every week, more and more Iraqis answer the call to arms. More than 100,000 soldiers, police and border guards are already trained, equipped and bravely serving their country. And well over 200,000 will be in place by the end of 2005.

The enemy seeks to break the will of the Iraqi people. But as Prime Minister Allawi told the Congress, Iraqis are hopeful, optimistic and determined to prevail in their struggle for liberty.

After the enemy has failed in so many goals, what can these killers do now? They can fill up our TV screens with horrible images of suicide bombings and beheadings. These scenes are chaotic and horrific, but they're not a complete picture of what's happening in Iraq. A recent poll found that more than 75 percent of Iraqis want to vote, and they have confidence in the electoral progress. And more than 75 percent are hopeful about the future of their country. The violent acts of a few will not divert Iraqis and our coalition from the mission we have accepted. Iraq will be free, Iraqis will be secure and the terrorists will fail.

My opponent has a different outlook. While America does the hard work of fighting terror and spreading freedom, he has chosen the easy path of protest and defeatism. He refuses to acknowledge progress, or praise the growing democratic spirit in Iraq. He has not made democracy a priority of his foreign policy. But what is his strategy, his vision, his answer? Is he content to watch and wait, as anger and resentment grow for more decades in the Middle East, feeding more terrorism until radicals without conscience gain the weapons to kill without limit? Giving up the fight might seem easier in the short run, but we learned on September the 11th that if violence and fanaticism are not opposed at their source, they will find us where we live. America is safer today because Afghanistan and Iraq are fighting terrorists instead of harboring them. And I believe future generations of Americans will be spared violence and fear as democracy and hope and governments that oppose terror multiply across the Middle East.

Victory in the war on terror requires victory in Iraq. If a terror regime were allowed to re-emerge in Iraq, the terrorists would find a home, a source of funding and vital support. They would correctly conclude that free nations do not have the will to defend themselves. When Iraq becomes a free society at the heart of the Middle East, an ally in the war on terror, and a model for hopeful reform in a region that needs hopeful reform, the terrorists will suffer a crushing defeat and every free nation will be more secure.

Unfortunately, Senator Kerry does not share our commitment to victory in Iraq. For three years -- depending on the headlines, the poll numbers and political calculation -- he has taken almost every conceivable position on Iraq. First, he said Saddam Hussein was a threat, and he voted for the war. Then he voted against funds for bullets and body armor for the troops he had voted to send into battle. He declared himself an anti-war candidate. Months later he said that knowing everything we know now, he would have still voted for the war. Then he said the war was a "mistake," an "error," or "diversion."

Having gone back and forth so many times, the Senator from Massachusetts has now flip-flopped his way to a dangerous position. My opponent -- my opponent finally has settled on a strategy, a strategy of retreat. He has talked about artificial timetables to pull our troops out of Iraq. He has sent the signal that America's overriding goal in Iraq would be to leave, even if the job is not done. And that approach would lead to a major defeat in the war on terror. So long as I'm the Commander-in-Chief, America will never retreat in the face of the terrorists. We will keep our word to the Iraqi people. We'll make sure Iraqi forces can defend their country. And then American troops will return home, with the honor they have earned.

On each of the four commitments needed to prevail in the war on terror, there is a clear choice before the American people. My opponent wants to weaken the Patriot Act, and has a history of trying to undermine our intelligence services. I will take every necessary measure to protect the homeland. The Senator wants to wage the war on terror on the defensive. I will take the fight to the enemy. The Senator insults our friends in the world and wants to please a few critics. I'm working with our friends for the sake of freedom and security. The Senator is skeptical and pessimistic about democracy in Iraq, and
critical of our efforts in the broader Middle East. I know that the advance of freedom is the path to security and peace.

In all these areas, my opponent's views would make America less secure and the world more dangerous. And none of these positions should come as a surprise. Over a 20-year career in the United States Senate, Senator Kerry has been consistently wrong on the major national security issues facing our country.

The Senator who voted against the $87 billion for our troops in Afghanistan and Iraq is the same Senator who has voted against vital weapons systems during his entire career. He tried to cancel the Patriot missile, which shot down scud missiles in Operation Desert Storm. He opposed the B-1 bomber, which was critical to victory in the Afghan campaign. He opposed the B-2 stealth bomber, which delivered devastating air strikes on Taliban positions. He opposed the modernized F-14D, which we used against terrorists in Tora Bora. He opposed the Apache helicopter, which destroyed enemy tanks and anti-aircraft missile launchers in Iraq.

The Senator who is skeptical of democracy in Iraq also spoke with sympathy for a communist dictator in Nicaragua in the 1980s, and criticized the democracy movement as "terrorism." His misguided policies would have impeded the spread of freedom in Central America.

The Senator who claims the world is more dangerous since America started fighting the war on terror is the same Senator who said that Ronald Reagan's policies of peace through strength actually made America less safe -- the same Senator who said the Reagan presidency was eight years of "moral darkness." In this campaign, Senator Kerry can run from his record, but he cannot hide.

The Senator's long record shows a clear pattern on national security. He has consistently opposed a stronger military. He has consistently looked for excuses to constrain American power. He has consistently shown poor judgment on the great issues of war and peace. When one senator among a hundred holds a policy of weakness, it doesn't make a lot of difference. But the presidency is an office of great responsibility and consequence.

I have a record in office, as well. And all Americans have seen that record. September the 14th, 2001, I stood in the ruins of the Twin Towers. It's a day I will never forget. Bernie might remember the workers in hard hats that were yelling at me and yelling at us, "Whatever it takes." A man grabbed me by the arm, just coming out of the rubble and he said, "Do not let me down." I have a responsibility that goes on. I wake up every morning thinking about how to make our country more secure. I acted again and again to protect the American people. I will never relent in defending our country, whatever it takes.

In a new term as your President, we will finish the work we have started. We will stand up to terror -- we will stand up for freedom. And on November the 2nd, my fellow Americans, I ask that you stand with me.

God bless. Thank you all.

If the benighted in the American electorate were to bring about the election of Mr. "Medals" Kerry to the presidency. That action would without doubt send a clear signal to the nations of the world, of the weakness and moral ambiguity that has taken over our country. At this time in history, as international terrorist organizations compete for the next September 11, the United States must have a president, willing to use its full military arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend our nation. Though among many of the liberal Democrats this is a foreign concept, along with protecting our borders! It may be a bit dated but does anyone "REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR" ? Big Kahuna

The   pro-Kerry liberal Media Fund, is resorting to hip ghetto slang to attack Republicans. They say that those wealthy white guys, (as if this doesn't describe Kerry and John Edwards), are causing every imaginable ill and misfortune in black America. Hell, we whites are even causing black crime? These ads are essentially the voice of political demagogues acting like a field boss trying to scare black folks from believing there is a better life off the plantation. Blacks need to listen and think about these ads carefully. What is Kerry for? No one will ever find out listening to this ad campaign. There is not a single idea, or a single proposal or single thought about what might be ailing blacks other than the fact that a Republican is in the White House. The Democrats are running a campaign of lies and fear with their fallacious message. This to a community crying out in desperate need for real ideas! Kerry has attacked Bush foreign policy by calling it "more of the same." In reality this is all that Kerry offers black voters, more snake oil that pins the blame for all of the ills and shortcomings of the Black community, on everyone in our society but the Blacks! It's time for black children to stop hearing that they can't make it, and this is exactly what they are hearing from Democrats because this creates a mind set that keeps Blacks dependent on the supposed largess of the Democratic party. It's time for blacks to take a hard look around at those of their race who have made it big and try to emulate them rather then their constant whining about how bad the white man is. They should more concerned with improving their own lot in life rather than having a
Democrat in the White House." who once again will end up only paying them lip service. "Laus Deo"

My God, folks. What has to happen here? Do you have to be hit over the head by an anvil? Do you have to be slapped across the face with a shovel?

Have you heard the latest from The Poodle? John Kerry has a 20-year record in the United States Senate, along with two decades of public statements to go with it, but so far the press has given him a complete pass on his comments regarding the use of American armed forces outside our borders. The media continues to toe the Democratic company line that The Poodle went to Vietnam, got a few medals, and that means that he's fully qualified to be the Commander in Chief. That liberal record in the Senate and his history of public statements are just small footnotes.

The Washington Post ran a story yesterday about John Kerry's approach to foreign policy. Here's one paragraph from that article:
"Kerry's belief in working with allies runs so deep that he has maintained that the loss of American life can be better justified if it occurs in the course of a mission with international support. In 1994, discussing the possibility of U.S. troops being killed in Bosnia, he said, 'If you mean dying in the course of the United Nations effort, yes, it is worth that. If you mean dying American troops unilaterally going in with some false presumption that we can affect the outcome, the answer is unequivocally no.' "

Read it again, folks. Then read it again after that. This isn't some ancient yammering from Kerry back in the 1970's. This is contemporary Kerry. This is Kerry after having served a decade in the Senate. This is Kerry saying that it's OK for Americans to die fighting for a cause ratified by the United Nations, but not OK for American soldiers to
sacrifice their lives just fighting for the United States ... fighting for their country. America is not worth dying for. Dying for the United Nations is.

This is a virtual repeat of Kerry's statement in the 1970's that it was his belief that U.S. troops should only be deployed outside of the United States with the permission of the United Nations. Oh, to be sure ... he's tried to back off from that statement during this presidential campaign, but I have this nasty tendency to believe what people tell me
when they're not running for office, rather then when they're fishing for my vote. Now we see that Kerry reiterated his feelings just ten years ago!

Put these statements together with some other favorites . . . the famous "global test" line for instance. Can it be any more clear? Kerry is, as I have been warning for six months, soft on sovereignty. Kerry, as president, would feel compelled to play a grandiose game of international "Mommy May I?" before he takes steps to protect this country and its citizens. Oh ... and don't forget that Kerry feels that terrorism was just a mere nuisance prior to September 11th. Tell that to the families of the Marines who died in the Khobar towers, the families of sailors killed on the USS Cole, and the families of those who died in the first attack on the World Trade Towers.

And did you hear Kerry yesterday? He was addressing the question of whether or not he would have removed Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq. He says he would have, but only if he had been able to develop the appropriate international coalition. That means France and Germany. Well, there was no way in hell France and Germany were going to
participate in dethroning their Sugar Daddy ... so that means that if it had been Kerry's call, Saddam Hussein would still be running the show in Iraq today. But wait! There's more! Please remember that Kerry also voted against removing Saddam from Kuwait! The reality is that if the great and wonderful John Kerry had been making the decisions Saddam would today be ruling over both Iraq and Kuwait .. and God only knows what else.

What does it take to make you Democrats understand? What does it take to make those of you with those Kerry / Edwards bumper stickers and yard signs understand the danger that this man presents to our country? Do you really believe that the American Commander in Chief should seek some sort of global permission, or the blessings of the United Nations before he can act in the defense of our homeland and our neighbors? Do you really believe that it OK for Americans to die in battle, just so long as they're fighting under the flag of the United Nations?

You hate Bush? You hate his swagger? You despise his smirk! You think he stole the election? Fine! Is that hatred strong enough for you to jeopardize the safety of our country just to wipe that silly grin off his face? Is that burning hatred so strong that you can sit back and say "well at least Bush isn't the president" after the next terrorist attack
on our homeland?

Look at this man! I used to think that he was just an empty political vessel. Not so. John Kerry is a dangerous politician bent on granting to the majority of Europeans that which they desire so strongly, a weakened United States. He denigrated our servicemen and women when he returned from Vietnam, and he dishonors them and all that they stand for now by saying that while it is OK for them to die for the United Nations, their lives should not be put on the line for their own country. This is a man who truly believes that the United States is little more than a member "state" of the great and exalted UN. This country's salvation may lie in you having one quick pang of consciousness when you walk into that voting booth on November 2nd. When you stand there ready to cast your vote you'll have the spirit of international Islamic terrorism on one shoulder trying to guide your hand toward a vote for John Kerry. On the other shoulder will be the ghosts of the Khobar Towers, the USS Cole and of 9/11 urging you to set your petty hatreds aside and vote for the only man who you truly know will take the fight to the Islamic terrorists ... regardless of whether or not Kofi Annan approves.

Generations of Americans are depending on you to do the right thing.

Updated 10/22/04

He throws away someone else's medals.
He drives someone else's SUV.
He marries someone else's wife.
And he inherits someone else's money.
I think we should all vote for him to be president of someone else's country.

Kerry's lying supporter, Alston, Never Served Under Kerry in Viet Nam! For those of you who have not been fully following the Swift Vet's story, one of Kerry's traveling campaign entourage (David Alston) claimed he was under Kerry's command on a PCF and found Kerry to be a great leader. He even gave a speech to that effect at the Democratic National Convention, where he said the following: "I know him from a
small boat in Vietnam, where we fought and bled together, serving our country. There were six of us aboard PCF-94, a 50 foot, twin engine craft known as a 'Swift Boat.' We all came from different walks of life, but all of us - including our skipper, John Kerry – volunteered for combat duty. And combat is what we got."

However, one intrepid blogger now has proven that to be a lie! Alston never served under Kerry because Alston was wounded and out of action before Kerry took command of Alston's boat. Here is the final bit of proof (published early this morning), I suggest you go to Captain's Quarters to find all the previous analysis leading up to this astonishing coup de gras (pass the word):
Alston Never Served Under Kerry!
Thanks to reader Lori in Texas, I think we've just about pieced the record together on David Alston and his supposed service under John Kerry's command. Lori points out a sympathetic article on Dale Sandusky, one of the few Swift boat veterans supporting Kerry and one that served on his boat, specifically gives the timing on Kerry's command of PCF-94:
In January 1969, Sandusky's boat, PCF-94, came under attack during one such ambush. Lt. Ted Peck, the officer in charge, and another crewman were seriously wounded. Sandusky had to take command. The boat was sinking and on fire, but Sandusky steered it back to safety. They counted 155 bullet holes in the boat and found a live enemy rocket in the main cabin. It had come to rest in a sack of potatoes. For his actions, Sandusky would receive the Bronze Star. With their officer headed home, the crew of PCF-94 needed a leader. And Lt. j.g. John Kerry, whose crew on PCF-44 had rotated back home, needed men to lead.
"I was sure glad he came along," Sandusky said, "because to be honest, I didn't want to take command." From Jan 30 to March 13, 1969, Kerry and the crew of the PCF-94 would conduct 18 missions in the Mekong Delta river system. In that time, Kerry would earn a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, and add two Purple Hearts to the one he received earlier.
Bingo! Yachtzee! Alston received his serious wounds in that same exact battle that took Peck out of service. On January 29th, Alston was medivaced out to a hospital with head wounds and no records indicate that he ever returned to the unit. Kerry took command of PCF-94 the next day.

Alston never served a day under Kerry's command.

In fact, Kerry received a replacement, Fred Short, on 28 February as a
replacement for Alston. Now what does that tell us about Kerry and his Viet Nam narrative?
1. He and Alston conspired to deceive people about Alston's service under Kerry. That conspiracy was intended to give John Kerry cover against exactly the kind of campaign he faces from the other Swiftvets.
2. The "end of January" language on Kerry's website was intentionally vague in order to fuzzy up the timeline and keep Alston's true status a secret. Obviously, Sandusky remembers the dates well enough, and Kerry could easily have gotten them from him if he wanted to be as specific as his other dates on the timeline.
3. The DNC either were saps - or actively participated in the conspiracy - in order to assist Kerry in his Viet Nam mythology. Otherwise, why would they have allowed David Alston to speak at the convention about his experiences serving with John Kerry on the boat?
4. Kerry's band of brothers have some complicity in this cover-up as well. Those who served on PCF-94 surely remember that Alston never served under Kerry; Sandusky specifically recalls Peck being wounded and removed from command, but he wouldn't remember that Alston left at the same time?
5. One could argue that they served on the same boat, of course, and I look forward to that Clintonian parsing used in Kerry's defense. After holding Alston up as an expert on his leadership, he'll be hard pressed to explain how that expertise came to Alston from a hospital bed miles away from Kerry and his old PCF.

If this gets out to the mainstream media, this story kills Kerry's campaign. This isn't just a guy embellishing his war record -- this is a deliberate and longstanding attempt to mislead and defraud people by creating his own witnesses after the fact. That he could have done such a clumsy job should disqualify him for higher office on that basis
alone.

Kerry is really a piece of work. What a nightmare he would be as President! God forbid! bk

When you realize how benighted, so many of the electorate are, then consider the unwillingness so many of the young who have an aversion to defend this country, is it any wonder that the utterances of that paragon of prevarication "Medals" Kerry and his sycophantic followers saying that the draft is coming. This has the young and spoiled, worried, that they may have to step up to the plate and perform as their fathers did. They enjoy freedom and privilege. Just aren't ready to defend those blessings!

America’s main enemy is right in our midst and will bring about the downfall all that most of us hold holy. Who is this enemy you ask? It's the liberal mainstream press! BK

Have you seen the John Kerry commercial in which George Bush pledges to help Seniors on Medicare and "the very next day imposes a 17% premium increase; the biggest in history? That ad is a stroke of genius on Kerry's part and will surely gain him many votes among the uninformed, as do many of his misstatements (LIES). It was found to be so amazing that someone did some homework on the issue. As it turns out the 17% increase was not imposed by President Bush but was mandated by the "balanced budget agreement" signed by President Clinton, voted into law by Senator John Kerry, and was
scheduled to come into effect during the Bush administration. President Bush had no authority to reverse what had been voted into law by Senator Kerry during the Clinton administration.
Once again Kerry is counting on the ignorance (WHY NOT) of the American people.
Don't be duped by his misstatement of facts! This is another bit of Veritas that liberals will find hard to accept. Assuming they ever know of it! I hope you all will give this wide dissemination. PLEASE!

There should be no question in our collective minds, that we have God, Honor and hope aside from plain decency and everything that is virtuous and right on our side? I also hold a firm belief that a majority of the Iraqi people feel that we are there to free them not
occupy! With these thoughts in mind I feel that our President Mr. Bush and we Americans MUST not waver. We Americans are no strangers to noble causes and this ranks with the most noble we have ever waged in our entire history!  This is a nasty war that has to be won, not only for Iraqi freedom but OUR survival. It most be won, second best won't count!
We MUST have the will to fight the suicide bombers, kidnappers and decapitators, in the same no holds barred way they are coming at us! There is no question that our military can do the job if the self serving politicians stay out of the way! We must not ever succumb to the thinking of the bleeding heart, kissy face liberals who think this enemy
is too tough for us and we should pull out run away. To hell with national honor and what we have accomplished!    NO WAY AMERICA  "SI VIS PACEM" "PARA BELLUM "

Today Chuck Canterbury, the President of the nation's largest police labor organization, called on John Kerry to stop making misleading statements regarding his support from the law enforcement community. Both on the campaign trail and in Wednesday night's debate in Tempe, AZ, Senator Kerry has alluded that he has the support of the majority of
these brave men and women.

"As the elected leader of the largest organization representing America's Federal, State and local law enforcement officers, I believe it's important to point out yet again that we do not support his candidacy for President," Canterbury said. "And to be perfectly frank, the groups which do support him actually share the same membership rolls and, taken together, probably comprise less than one-quarter of our nation's police officers."

Canterbury further noted that unlike the organizations which Senator Kerry touts, F.O.P. members as a whole decided that the Fraternal Order of Police would endorse the reelection of President George W. Bush. They based their decision, he said, on the record of the Bush Administration in supporting America's first responders including
helping to secure passage earlier this year of H.R. 218, the Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act, the organization's top legislative priority. Bush also successfully fought to greatly enhance the benefits for the families of officers killed in the line of duty.

"While Kerry was flying around the country campaigning and leaving the actual work of the nation to his colleagues in the Senate, the President was out there working on our behalf," Canterbury said. "Senators Kerry and Edwards have missed so many crucial votes this Congress that I was beginning to believe t herewereonly98membersoftheU.S. Senate."

Canterbury also said it was the height of irony that Kerry would use his position on the reauthorization of the assault weapons ban as a reflection of his support from police. "First, if a police officer is killed by an AK-47, Kerry would oppose the death penalty for the killer," Canterbury said. "In addition, where was he when this issue was being discussed in the 108th Congress? Where was he when we were working to pass H.R. 218? When it came time to help push for final passage of legislation important to law enforcement, Senator Kerry was regrettably A.W.O.L."

"Given the facts, I would greatly appreciate it if Senator Kerry would refrain from making similar whimsical assertions regarding his support from the law enforcement community," Canterbury said. "The real majority of my fellow officers are standing behind President Bush, because he has been there for us."

The Fraternal Order of Police is the nation's largest law enforcement labor organization, with more than 318,000 members.

You or we, must not delude ourselves, that diversity has been achieved, when you have a room full of people who all look different but think and share the same thoughts. There are none more successful at bringing this charade together than the Democrats. The results have fooled so many into accepting these groups as a consensus of public opinion. However, in reality, they represent nothing more than a thinly disguised Democratic
mantra! The faces may be different but their idea is monolithic. Do as we say not as we do! The country can go to hell in a basket as long as they retain their power base. If this gives cause to wonder, I suggest that listening VERY closely to Kerry, Kennedy, Pelosi, Edwards and the Clintons, Hillary and Bill, as they expound on their vision of America. It's their power base first and America second. Just a thought.

"I think we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious." --Thomas Jefferson

AMEN!!!! bk

The moment when John Kerry invoked the name of Ronald Reagan to explain how he would unite and lead the Western alliance. Try to remember the massive -- and decisive -- rebuilding of American defenses during the Reagan Years, John Kerry was against it, proposing to slash the Reagan defense budget by $200 billion over four years. Even Senator Kerry now admits that his opposition to a long list of weapons systems was "ill-advised" and "stupid." I for one am willing to take his word on that fact!! ßk

Nobody in our present day America seems to notice that the traditional meaning of greed has gone by the wayside. In my youth the word meant wanting more and usually it was something that belonged to somebody else! Willie Hutton was a greedy man and robbing banks was his solution. In my day if you cheated someone a person out of his money or property this was greedy. However now in this the Age of Socialism, greed came to mean my or our, wanting to keep our own property, especially our money. From the socialist standpoint, prevalent in the minds of so many of our politicians today, everything sort of
belongs to everyone, and the government should be the one to decide who gets what! It worked beautifully in some countries (many that no longer exist) where the proletariat seemed to live happily in their ignorance. Russia could serve as a great example. However, we Americans aren't enchanted by all-out socialism, even in it's disguised form, presented by the likes of 'Medals" Kerry, Ted (world class tippler) Kennedy and
that sycophantic cabal of liberal followers! Their piecemeal approach to liberalism and socialism by showing us, how unfair it is that some people own property and have more of the worlds goods than others. However, don't ever forget that this does not apply to them! This also explains why the have nots form such a large base for the Democratic
party. IMHO!  BK

I for one will NEVER forget that moment    when Larry King asked Kerry recently about being briefed by the Bush administration on the possibility of new al Qaeda attacks. "Medals" Kerry said: "They have offered to brief me; I just haven't had time."

We must understand that to protect us from harm isn't half a important as his quest for the White House, and that pretty much says it all. Folks, the entire election could turn on that one sentence. Even the cretins in our country can understand that. I hope that those with their hands in the inverted position can fathom the fact, if there is no country, their
hands will never be filled! Spread it far and wide...ßk

If the multitude of benighted in the American electorate were to bring about the election of Mr. "Medals" Kerry to the presidency, that action would with out doubt send a clear signal to the nations of the world, of the weakness and moral ambiguity, that has taken over our country. At this time in history, as international terrorist organizations compete
for the next September 11 and dream of killing all infidels, the United States must have a president, willing to use its full military arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend our nation. He must never but never apologize for our strength. Though among many of the liberal Democrats this is a foreign concept, along with protecting our borders! They seem
to prefer turning the other cheek!                            Bk

As a Christian, I do not indulge in hating Muslims, when I ask and even suggest that they remove the hate from their religion. In the schools beginning with kindergarten the young are taught to hate Christians an all those in the west. They along with the adult population are told how great their rewards will be if they kill Christians and ignore the principles of human rights that are accepted everywhere else in the world. But will Omar Ahmad and CAIR admit this? I doubt it. Ahmad, of course, was reported as saying in 1998 that {"Islam isn't in America to be equal to any other faith, but to become dominant"}. The Koran should be the highest authority in America, and Islam the only accepted religion on earth." He has since claimed that his remarks were misrepresented, but there are too many who remember his statement though not his exact words. These are the people that Kerry and his ilk wish us to try and better understand. What in the name of all that is holy is so difficult to fathom about them wanting us DEAD! bk

Sen. Kerry has walked the walk and talked the talk of another past military commander, Benedict Arnold. Now, as an anti/pro-war candidate for president, John Kerry has publicly acknowledged that before carrying out an imminent strike against an adversary, he would first seek world opinion (the United Nations). On the other hand, our president will not bow to any America-hating, back-stabbing, foreign-aid-hustling, Third World countries. Unlike John Kerry, President George Bush will never compromise the sovereignty or integrity of this nation for the sake of world opinion. President Bush
will continue to stand tall and resolved, as the father of our nation once did as he crossed the Potomac with his troops. "LAUS DEO"
bk

Greetings to all!
This from Capt (ret) Larry Bailey, president of Vietnam Veterans for Truth. Please pass on to your friends. I too feel we are at a very dangerous crossroad in history and a wrong turn here could lead to great suffering, the likes of which has not been seen since the our own Civil War. Iraq is only one theater in the war on terror and while there will be more theaters of war--we do not want a New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Denver or any other local battleground for killing terrorists. Defeating John Kerry will give Viet Nam Vets the Parade and thanks they never had!
Please go to www.operationstreetcorner.com and pick up your weapon in the fight for truth.
H

"America! Not to put too fine a point on it, we are less than a month from the election that may very well determine the future of Western Civilization. Those of us in Vietnam Vets for the Truth have done all we know how to do to ensure that John Kerry does not preside over the destruction of the American republic. All, that is, except to go in massive numbers into the streets and parking lots and convention halls of this country and confront those who are not aware of the danger John Kerry poses to the USA. A few hundred patriots are already involved in this project, and the results they have realized are phenomenal! You see, most Americans don't really know anything about John Kerry, and
it's our job to educate them about at least one aspect of the man-the lies he told about Vietnam veterans in 1971--lies he still has not retracted or apologized for. The volunteers of "Operation Street Corner" (OSC) are reporting that most of the people they engage in conversation are not aware of those lies, and that once they are confronted with them, they often state that there's no way they can vote for John Kerry. Our job is to mobilize hundreds of OSC volunteers to saturate this nation with the message that John Kerry is a liar. We all know many other examples of his lies, but we are at our most effective when we stick to his "baby-killer," "throat-slitter," "rapist," and other horrendous statements. This is all documented on www.wintersoldier.com.

If you've not gotten involved in this year's campaign, now's the time. Please go to www.operationstreetcorner.com and learn how we are doing this. YOU can change people's votes; YOU can cause the minute vote shifts that can determine the result in your state; and YOU can save this nation from the presidency of a man who has PROVED that he cares far more about his own ego than the welfare of the rest of us." I have checked out OSC, and I can promise you that it works. Give it a shot. As I said, cut and paste the above into your own e-mail and get it rolling! And check out the OSC website yourself-we have photos, testimonials, and how-to-do-it information galore! We are going full-bore from now to November 2nd, the day which, for Vietnam vets, will be this year's
Veterans Day. All best, Larry Bailey President, VVT

Sometimes the truth is hard to take but our survival isn't. BK

It's Sunday – the day to communicate with our God and thank him for all the blessings he
has bestowed on us, as a people and a nation, along with a man of strength and character at the helm. It's also a good day to come to grips, with a most horrible reality. The gruesome scene taking place in Russia, will bring about some good if only the Americans, who subscribe to the Kerry liberal point of view will pay attention. By being nice and reasoning with terrorist we can make real strides toward peace?

Face it America we are in a fight for survival! These animals have no scruples about killing anyone. Even helpless children! They understand only one thing strength. They wish to eliminate us, all who aren't of their persuasion and our kind of freedoms! Thank God Mr. Bush understands this, and is taking the fight to them. It may even occur, to
the most ardent Bush hater, that we haven't had any sort of attack on our homeland since Mr. Bush sent our military to kick the animals in their "ASS!!" They have a healthy respect for those who will fight back and send their "virgin lovers" to their rewards. We must take what has happened in Russia, as a great object lesson. I for one would not wish
to be in the position of just giving pay back after our children have been murdered! Dead children cannot be brought back with words or wishful thinking ! From what he has said on the stump, this is the sort of position that Mr. Kerry advocates. A weak poser isn't what is needed at the helm of the ship of state, at this moment in time. If there is any more to be said, then let me leave you all with this thought. Picture that school here in any one of our cities. Not pretty is it? It is never easy to face reality! Our President is doing what is necessary! God Bless Him!!
bk

Zell Miller is a firmly dedicated white conservative from the south with a strong southern twang in his speech. Therefore he must be bigot and racist. At least that's what the strongly biased liberal media would have the country believe. They devoted no time refuting the content of Miller's speech, instead attacked with such fervor his character (as
liberals are wont to do to all their critics). If you have doubts just ask the Swiftees. Of course to impress the blacks they brought up the notion that Zell once opposed civil rights. Therefore, he could be pigeon holed as a stupid angry white southerner, that in their blindly partisan minds, could simply be discounted as an angry, white redneck
with an ax to grind. This same media, correct me if I'm wrong, but they have never ever brought up Robert Byrd's former KKK membership, when discussing his many recent manic raving and ranting  against President Bush? Not that it will register it was you Democrats who were blocking the civil rights bill, and it was the GOP that got it passed. A fact of history that from the Democrat point of view is best forgotten!

Our shining city on the hill, where most if not all of the Great Society's programs have failed because the reality is that the gap between the have and have nots has become a chasm. This of course has led to the realization that the PC kissy face crowd has been wrong! Their humanist philosophy penalizes achievement and success and rewards laziness and its big brother failure. This being done by the socialist approach of redistribute wealth, rather than the tried and true American way - "get off your derriere and create it". This has led to a demagogue heaven, where PC rhetoric, rather than intelligent debate, has led to destructive PC multiculturalism, rather than patriotism. I am
sorry to say it’s taking our great country into oblivion faster, than we like to speak about. The youth of our country deserve a better legacy. If we get back to the values (old fashioned perhaps) of the founding fathers, they can have it.

To all of those benighted souls who still believe in something for nothing. May I unequivocally state that "Medals" the poser Kerry is simply a meal ticket for those, too stupid to know when they are being pandered to, or don't care, in order to get their federally subsidized hand out. He is really the tooth fairy of the hands in the inverted
position crowd! It is the likes of him, along with the Teddy, Hillary and the rest of the cabal supporting him, who are pushing this country toward pure socialism and to the realm of oblivion. There we will join (God forbid) the Romans, Greeks and others that destroyed their time in the sun - after allowing the rabble and non-producers to dictate policy to those who pay the freight! This will be the legacy of the liberal, PC crowd!

I am led to believe that yesterday when former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland rode his wheelchair to the front gate of President Bush's Texas ranch to protest attacks on his mentor, Democratic candidate John Kerry's Vietnam War record. (It's because Cleland, (NOT IN COMBAT), lost two legs and an arm in Vietnam, this is why the wheelchair!  However I will not pretend he is other than what he became after losing his Senate re-election race two years ago: He is the quintessence of a bitterly resentful, highly partisan and an effective wall around Kerry whenever his Nam record is questioned!  There is some irony in this, since severely wounded Cleland, earned no Purple Hearts for his grievous injuries, (they were NOT suffered in combat), Cleland is regularly  called on to defend Kerry - who received three Purple Hearts, but who it appears, seems not to have a scar on his  body to show for it.
Some veterans, including an impressively large number, who served with Kerry in Vietnam, are of the opinion that all of the senator's medals weren't earned! It would appear that all those who doubt the validity of Kerry’s medals can't all be liars. This along with Cleland’s trip to the Bush ranch lends merit to their doubts!  And, for better or for worse, since Kerry has made Vietnam service the focal point of his campaign, he must endure the close scrutiny that he and that cabal around him will be subjected to! "Medals" Kerry is not the man to lead this country in this time of severe crisis. This
campaign has only just begun. 

This reply is from Col. Cook a highly decorated friend who had this to say about my views

Big K:

That is about a good description I have ever encountered regarding Max Cleland. I believe he has always felt that he was "deprived" because he could not qualify for the PH. Guess he should have located Kerry and his "awarders" they would have written him up.

I had a similar case in 1967--the son of a serving admiral was injured at my camp--he was a Special Forces LT...we had captured some enemy munitions which included hand grenades and he came to me to ask if he could throw the grenades to be familiar with them.  I told him very strongly that he should not as some of the grenades were made for booby traps and did not contain a fuse but detonated as soon as the spoon was released. I told him that at one time I could tell the difference by the markings (color coded) but that those things changed with time and I would not trust them to be what I remembered and that we would destroy them by placing a US grenade inside of a box of them with C-4 wrapped around the package.,  I went back to my hootch and shortly afterwards heard a grenade detonate with screaming.  Sure enough the knucklehead decided he wanted to "experience " throwing a VC grenade and it detonated in his hand.  A short time later I received a request from my C.O for a PH.  I sent him a full explanation and stressed that there was no enemy fire involved.  He agreed with me and the PH was denied.  But several months later we learned that he was awarded the PH in a Navy hospital and that the award was authorized by his father's personnel officer.  Sometimes!

I wrote him a letter that I had hand delivered to him and told him that he should not have accepted the PH--he never replied.
I suppose that today he may be one of John Fonda Kerry's supporters.

Why do I have no problem understanding this? The difference between liberal and conservative couldn't be clearer. Liberals believe that tax dollars are the property of [BIG BROTHER] the federal government, who will spend more wisely than ordinary folks! (even though we were smart enough to earn it) who are uniformed, stupid, or irresponsible. Conservatives, on the other hand, believing in economic liberty, think that tax dollars are the people's money. (For the politicians this is a novel thought) The people also believe that Government works for them; they don't work for the government.

The current mantra being sung, by the liberal candle burning hand wringing crowd is, think about the children. Well let's do that. If I may be so bold, lets ask about the children. These days who is actually taking care of the children? Or to be more precise, is anyone taking care of them? From where I sit, they are being farmed out to all sort of programs run by strangers, to keep them busy, freeing(?) parents, who seem to be but spectators! We must look back to the sixties when parents began sowing the wild wind and if it felt good DO IT! They were our first adult delinquents in my view. Then we had those paragons of erudition (?) the liberal judges who in their wisdom (?) gave us Roe v. Wade. Speak about a pact with the devil that opened the door to the hell we are experiencing today! It made the unborn so much trash by making abortion legal and allowing mothers to kill their babies with impunity.  Some, (mainly women so misguided), thought this was their emancipation and they were really free! Latest studies seem to prove this wrong. In this PC society that has become addicted to euphemisms, abortion really is about the murder of a baby by its mother! God only knows how many of these babies, who were flushed down the drain, would have been major contributors to our society?  I may be wrong, but in my view. those who take a different tack are denying the obvious! God gave we Homo-sapiens the ability to reproduce, and if we choose to destroy rather than create, then there is living with what you as a person have done! This leads us to the fact our country is reaping the whirlwind! We live in a culture of death, where the total disregard of values and respect for life, children, family, marriage, is the norm!   Even faith in God is being put to the test by being made unfashionable.  Our society is now so secular that what was once held in high regard and esteem has disappeared or has been greatly diminished. Have you become aware of how few people bother to say, "you have my word of honor", when dealing with one another. Unless we as a people change course and elect men or women that still have regard for those old values, we will go the way of Rome and so many long gone civilizations! I have a strong visceral feeling that even thought we have gone off track, it would be a terrible waste, to never get re-railed! This great country must not fade into the fog of history!

Deo Vindice 

Based on the best intelligence available from many sources at the time, our country, rather than wait for one or two of our cities to be blown to hell, went into  Iraq for the best of reasons; to end the threat of Saddam's WMD, which he had demonstrated no qualms about using on his own people, and to end his support of terrorist groups. Those who say Saddam wasn't hip-deep in terrorist activity are just plain wrong. The saddest FACT about the Iraq campaign is that we DELAYED, it for about six months while the UN fiddled and diddled about enforcing its disarmament resolutions. By doing that, we gave up the advantage of surprise and let Saddam have time TO MOVE his WMD and money and plan his own survival. We know that Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the head al-Qaeda operative in Iraq, was there no later than September 2002. We made another serious blunder by giving Zarqawi six months to organize the insurgency that is now killing Americans. Iraq proved one thing: the UN is truly a paper tiger and the antithesis of our policy of preempting terrorist operations. We have to choose between being the screwer or the screwee - or the diplomatic quagmire or preemption. Preemption is the
only sensible choice - if one desires to stay alive in a world of people who wish us dead!
"DEO VINDICE" "LAUS DEO"

"What is socialism? We miss the boat if we say it's the agenda of left-wingers and Democrats. According to Marxist doctrine, socialism is a stage of society between capitalism and communism where private ownership and control over property are eliminated. The essence of socialism is the attenuation and ultimate abolition of private property rights. Attacks on private property include, but are not limited to, confiscating the rightful property of one person and giving it to another to whom it doesn't belong. When this is done privately, we call it theft. When it's done collectively, we use euphemisms: income transfers or redistribution. It's not just left-wingers and Democrats who call for and admire socialism but right-wingers and Republicans as well. Republicans and right-wingers support taking the earnings of one American and giving them to farmers, banks, airlines and other failing businesses. Democrats and left-wingers support taking the earnings of one American and giving them to poor people, cities and artists. Both agree on taking one American's earnings to give to another; they simply differ on the recipients. This kind of congressional activity constitutes at least two-thirds of the federal budget. Regardless of the purpose, such behavior is immoral. It's a reduced form of slavery. After all, what is the essence of slavery? It's the forceful use of one person to serve the purposes of another person. When Congress, through the tax code, takes the earnings of one person and turns around to give it to another person in the forms of prescription drugs, Social Security, food stamps, farm subsidies or airline bailouts, it is forcibly using one person to serve the purposes of another. The moral question stands out in starker relief when we acknowledge that those spending programs coming out of Congress do not represent lawmakers reaching into their own pockets and sending out the money. Moreover, there's no tooth fairy or Santa Claus giving them the money. The fact that government has no resources of its very own forces us to acknowledge that the only way government can give one American a dollar is to first -- through intimidation, threats and coercion -- take that dollar from some other American." --Walter Williams

(BK Sometimes we have to be hit in the backside to see and appreciate VERITAS!)

We, as a people, must realize how difficult it is to defeat those who hold this view. "We will win because you love life and we love death". I don't think that the Kerrys of this world can fathom that, or handle it!
ßk

The Democrats do have a PROBLEM ACCEPTING THIS. However as Friday use to
say" Just the facts mam!

Population of counties won by:
Gore=127 million
Bush=143 million

Square miles of land won by:
Gore=580,000
Bush=2,2427,000

States won by:
Gore=19
Bush=29

Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Gore=13.2
Bush=2.1

"In aggregate, the map of the territory Bush won, was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Gore's territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off government welfare..."
That's the hands in the inverted position folks!"

Well those cretin paragons of liberalism in the black caucus have succeeded in getting felons to vote, illegals vote, now they want all the nations of the world (most of whom hate us, except when we give them money) to oversee our election. Those congressmen voting for this should be ignored after a serious reproof! Voted out of office if there is that much good judgment among their constituents. How far can their loss of the last election and hatred of Mr. Bush take them? This newest travesty from their warped viewpoint, also shows a real disregard, for the country that gives all jackasses a chance to come out of the stable and be heard! However only if they have something sensible to say. BK

Just heard two black men at lunch air these thoughts. "When are the whites politicians going to do something about the Sudan and all the killing in Africa?" Boy! Does this prompt me to ask a not so PC question. Where is Representative Charles Rangel, the Korean War veteran who appears regularly on FOX News to bash and criticize President Bush and whites in general? Where are those outspoken paragons of fairness, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Jesse Jackson and Reverend Al Sharpton? Why haven't they called for an army of African-American volunteers to go to Africa to protect the peace? Is it because Mr. Rangel, Mr. Sharpton and Mr. Jackson fear that their lives would be in danger?
What about Kweisi Mfume, with his West African name? He who could be an interpreter; or, even Julian Bond, since they both are Executive Officers holding leadership positions in the NAACP? It is because there is no money in it for them because the African continent has been robbed and raped from within and without by so many of their outstanding leaders. So, as they have so often in the past, they choose to go where the money and the guilt are. Go to the whites and whine and demand. Send American troops; send American money!

Why is it that Al Sharpton, who has been so quick to point out that while the rest of us Caucasian homo-sapiens were living in caves, the black Africans were busy establishing great societies, creating new sciences, discovering newer philosophies, etc.; but when a black problem crops up it becomes the white man's obligation to throw money and lives
into the fray to solve it for them? When a predominantly or historically black university is on the verge of going belly-up because (of what I have read) of incompetence, graft, corruption, and just plain theft, as in the case of Central State University in Ohio we
white taxpayers were told it was our fault and it was our responsibility to bail them out. The same situation exists in so many African countries now, and these black American "leaders" demand that white America send in our white troops to solve their problem for them. Yes, that's right, our WHITE troops to solve it. Because contrary to the hokum and "BS" misrepresentations made by these black "leaders", it has always been white and black middle America, boys from small towns that have served in the front lines, been killed and sent back in body bags to be buried. THEY HAVING DIED PULLING BLACK AFRICAN CHESTNUTS OUT OF THE FIRE! Now many of those paragons of black leadership want us to again send our predominantly white troops into Africa to secure the peace. My question though not PC is this, where are Messrs. Rangel, Jackson, Sharpton, Bond and Mfume? The troops and the Africans will need their leadership and counsel. C'mon guys, it's time to step up to the plate. Show the rest of us "whitey", "red neck", "racist", taxpayers and voters how you can rise to the occasion by raising a volunteer army of 2,000 black Americans to go to Africa and keep the peace. The vast number of healthy, unemployed, black youths and adult males in the black sections of every American city should be an army recruiter's dream. They would be this generation's African-American saviors of Africa. Show the African people how you have made a success of your lives in America. After all, these people are your ancestors and cousins from the America of yesteryear! A fine example would be the first Liberians, who at least
had the fortitude to get on a ship and go back to their African homeland continent and attempt to establish their own country. As for our current African-American "leaders" who are so outspoken when it comes to bum rapping whites, are they too cowardly and afraid to put themselves in harm's way, for peace, liberty and freedom? Hey guys don't you think your poor, unfortunate ancestors and cousins in the dark continent are worth your going to help? If not, then there is no reason why we should! Contemporary White America has done plenty!

Apropos

A doctor, while mending a rancher's palm cut open by a confrontation with barbed wire, asks the old rancher what he thinks about the Democrats nominating John Kerry for president. The rancher says, "Well, poor John Kerry reminds me of a pole turtle." The doctor asks, "What's a pole turtle?" The rancher replies, "Well, when you drive those old dusty roads tending fences and cattle, you're bound to come across a pond or two. And usually some young kids, with mischief on their minds, will get a poor pond turtle and place it on a fence post. We call it a pole turtle." "And why is John Kerry like a pole turtle?" asks the doctor. The rancher says: "You know he didn't get there by himself; he doesn't belong there in the first place; he can't get anything done while he's up there; and, you just want to help the poor dumb cuss get down." Bk

In the new land of OZ, which is the John Edwards America. The opportunity to get ahead, which has always been America’s strength is being replaced!  There is a new siren song that of a guarantee. John Edwards promises that by saying, "That Help is on the way"! His altruism in wanting to raise the minimum wage is to be commended. However I for one find it difficult to fathom, how he can be deluded into believing, that even the most unskilled of workers flipping hamburgers at the local Wendys, can provide a family with a home, car, health insurance and cable with at least one premium channel. I do feel and many agree with me, that skilled  political panderers like Kerry or Edwards have
little concern, or that it matters,  that the unskilled workers in not trying to better themselves contribute little! Demagogue that he is, has this premise, that these workers (future constituency) need the higher wages and so businesses must foot the bill. It's the old rob Peter to pay Paul system, because it will surely get you Paul’s vote!! Of course
if in the interim, business then can't make a profit and goes under, then the owner and all its employees are out of a job! Oh, well. He has forgotten that America offers opportunity for hard work. He wants to offer guarantees without regard to talent, hard work and perseverance. I firmly believe that unskilled workers remain unskilled by choice.
Democratic politics prefer to negate initiative and use government dependency (taxpayers footing the bill) as the standard for compensation, not the contribution to the economy made by the workers! He and "Medals" Kerry seem to be enamored by the politics of liberalism and socialism, which always assumes that "someone" will be there to foot
the bill. To hell with the producers who are the engine driving the economy. I for one have no quarrel with these two demagogues wanting to pay higher wages they are free to do so - with their own money.

There are so many self conscious, even guilt ridden, Americans unable to come to grips with U.S. dominance on the world stage. They seem to be so delighted to chastise President Bush for "going alone," an exaggerated judgment.  But what these people, including "MEDALS" Kerry, fail to consider is that the current administration is responsible for eliminating two of the most violent and tyrannical regimes on the globe, with but one desire, that we cease to exist!   Does anyone think this would have happened if the U.S. relied on diplomacy and our so-called allies (we really have none) except the Brits., in Europe?  Does any serious thinker believe this would be a safer world if the U.S. acted only with the complicity and approval of our so-called European allies? George Washington spoke disapprovingly of entangling alliances two centuries ago.  Notwithstanding Kerry's instincts, in particular where his French buds are concerned, this is still good advice today.  If America has to overcome any thinking deficiency, it is the naïve belief this nation cannot act alone, even when it is in our interest to do so.  I doubt Kerry appreciates that matter. As president his position would be to turn the problem over to that august body the UN. You may rest assured that anything they come up with would leave us holding the short end of the stick and to hell with U.S. interests!

My God - "President Kerry?" I hope not!

In the leftist world in which we carry on doing our daily chores, something we have done for half a century, It’s not easy! Nor is it easy to swallow, that left leaning liberalism reigns, in media (print and electronic) , in academia, in the schools and the news magazines, (and lest we forget to a great degree in our government.) It is with a great deal of pride and a measure of relief to see there are actually a number of little potatoes like us, trying hard to buck this plethora of do good kissie face liberalism, a tide that is most difficult to buck! However, we can and will keep trying. With God’s help, (NOT PC). Because, I am a conservative and a part of that right wing cabal that the liberals so
deeply disdain. I support the party that best represents conservative views, the Republican Party. Sometimes I get so damn mad at it; and very often there are moments of bitter disappointment. Having said that and acknowledging it has imperfections, it is still head and shoulders above anything else that is being put forth by the demagogues on the political socialist left! However more than anytime in my seven decades plus six years, I have this unquenchable urge to jump in with both feet, to help the GOP do what is in our best interest and that of our great country.

Since the terrorists declared war on us on 9/11 and the world as we were accustomed to it, began to rapidly disappear and peace became as frail as a butterfly's wing indeed, from that moment I have thanked God that we have Mr. Bush at the helm and I have fallen in behind our President and his more than capable first mate, Vice President Cheney! As I have watched the Dems. become the party of defeatism and self serving platitudes, I have become a true believer with one mindset. What this country doesn't need is a vacillating poser at the helm! We will only be successful in winning this war, by overpowering those who would destroy us and this grand old Republic. This outcome will only come about, if
the Republican Party, lead by our President Mr. Bush, wins the coming election.

"DEO VIDICE"

AMERICAN voters will soon be faced with a choice between two kinds of big government: Republican - protect our country militarism, plus vast social spending, and extreme Democrat - domestic socialism, complete with abortion funding and same-sex unions and more elimination of God in our lives. Isn't it wonderful to be able to choose? However there is a Kerry bonus! He will have the UN help us make some of the decisions.

Poem by Don Fichthorn, Major, USMC (Retired)

Eleven thousand soldiers
lay beneath the dirt and stone,
all buried on a distant land
so far away from home.

For just a strip of dismal beach
they paid a hero's price,
to save a foreign nation
they all made the sacrifice.

And now the shores of Normandy
are lined with blocks of white:
Americans who didn't turn
from someone else's plight.

Eleven thousand reasons
for the French to take our side,
but in the moment of our need,
they chose to run and hide.

Chirac said every war means loss,
perhaps for France that's true,
for they've lost every battle
since the days of Waterloo.

Without a soldier worth a damn
to be found within the region,
the French became the only land
to need a Foreign Legion.

You French all say we're arrogant.
Well hell, we've earned the right--
We saved your sorry nation
when you lacked the guts to fight.

But now you've made a big mistake,
and one that you'll regret;
you took sides with our enemies,
and that we won't forget.

It wasn't just our citizens
you spit on when you turned,
but every one of yours
who fell the day the towers burned.

You spit upon our soldiers,
on our pilots and Marines,
and now you'll get a little sense
of just what payback means.

So keep your Paris fashions
and your wine and your champagne,
and find some other market
that will buy your aeroplanes.

And try to find somebody else
to wear your French cologne,
for you're about to find out
what it means to stand alone.

You see, you need us far more
than we ever needed you.
America has better friends
who know how to be true.

I'd rather stand with warriors
who have the will and might,
than huddle in the dark
with those whose only flag is white.

I'll take the Brits, the Aussies,
the Israelis and the rest,
for when it comes to valor
we have seen that they're the best.

We'll count on one another
as we face a moment dire,
while you sit on the sideline
with a sign, "friendship for hire."

We'll win this war without you
and we'll total up the cost,
and take it from your foreign aid,
and then you'll feel the loss.

And when your nation starts to fall,
well Frenchie, you can spare us,
just call the Germans for a hand,
they know the way to Paris.

"DEO VINDICE"
"LAUS DEO"

When it came to the terrorist I arrived at this conclusion and stand by it. Congress with all its collective imagination and oversight will never protect us from terrorist attack. There are too many targets and too much access (borders that aren't secure) airports that are sadly lacking in security and least we forget our ports with protection that leaves much to be desired. The surest way to protect ourselves first is we must stop trying to be loved by everyone in the world, then have our military root out the terrorists, wherever they may be, and annihilate them! This we must do, with the same enthusiasm they use in trying to
eliminate us! Preferably in their own countries. The 911 committee did not envisage this concept, but at the helm of our country's ship of state, we have the man, who does. Our President George W. Bush

That recent "Hate Mr. Bush" bash was no concert. When will we no longer hear how George W. Bush stole the last election from Al Gore? Even the most devout liberal cretin should be made to fathom and understand our electoral system. However, I am inclined to think, most people who vote do understand our electoral system. It is merely a safeguard that without, any number of large cities could put a person in the White House. How about New York City, Chicago, Boston or God forbid Detroit for all intent and purposes having control! States' rights are talked about all the time; so why not talk about the 31 states won by President Bush vs.19 states won by Al Gore. Far be it that I would suggest liberals refer to the election map " dominated by the color red". Now even to the most benighted that's a majority. Have you really looked at that so called "celebrity" concert composed of so many fading stars that have lost their luster. They were there only to vent their spleen in a "Hate President Bush so called concert"

Let's take a closer look: a second-rate singer, a so-called comedian named Chase who has never been funny. Then they had their leading minority representative " Whoopi commode mouth Goldberg"! All being led and encouraged by that champion of equivocation "Medals" Kerry! None of these so called stars seem to realize that with a weaker man at the helm in this time of crisis, they and all of us, might be extremely busy cleaning up debris from our streets, instead of the streets in Iraq! One last thought regarding the coming election. This isn't the time to replace a proven leader with a
poseur!.................... ßk

Along with all the European leaders that "Medals" Kerry claims want him to win the oncoming election, Comrade "Medals" Kerry recently received the much-coveted support and endorsement of the CPUSA. For those who don't waste their time staying informed, I take the liberty of pointing out that this is the Communist Party USA. "The CPUSA supports the John Kerry campaign with donations and volunteer effort. The CPUSA also feels that defeating George Bush is the single most important issue, facing we the people this November...", so said a CPUSA spokesman! Most thinking people have long been well aware of "Medals" Kerry and his sycophant followers having a real propensity for quoting a well known Communist poet, who said, "Let America be America again." Also be aware that this very same Communist poet Hughes has said,  "Goodbye, Christ Jesus, Lord, God, Jehovah, Beat it on away from here now. Make way for a new guy with no religion at all -- A guy name of Marx, Lenin, Stalin.

So, now that Kerry/Edwards have the full support of the Communists -- could it be that the wrong states, on that famous election map from the 2000 election are shown in red? Showing the Republican states colored red is most misleading in my view! America it's
time to wake up and smell the roses.

"Our unalterable resolution would be to be free. They have attempted to subdue us by force, but God be praised in vain. Their arts may be more dangerous then their arms. Let us then renounce all treaty with them upon any score but that of total separation, and under God trust our cause to our swords." --Samuel Adams

"Young black America, goaded on by their whining elders, are today still complaining about their chances in our society. Even though new government programs for blacks seem to appear daily. They still whine about schools, despite the massive investments in education. They aren't to choked up over harsh policing  (though they commit close to eighty percent of the crime in this country). The record shows they are succeeding amazingly well. All this taking place though the liberals continued mantra suggesting "individuals are not responsible for their success or failure". They are simply unwilling pawns moved around by a cruel and uncaring society and an uncaring government. The reality is that they are so taken for granted by the Democrat liberals, whose only claim to fame on their behalf is lip service. They should take the time to observe the progress of the Allen Keys, Walter Williams, J.C. Watts and so many others who found the shortest route to success is to distance themselves from the two Johns. Demagogues Democratic party.

When I wrote that I thought it covered my thoughts pretty well. However after much thought I want this addendum to further amplify those thoughts of that day. ßk

After three decades of affirmative action and back bending, along with changing so many of our societies rules and customs. Please try and explain why blacks still aren't making the grade in significant numbers. This really presents such a enigma to the social do gooders and bleeding hearts. However do those so called bleeding heart liberals really want to know? Could this be lip service and pandering for support at the polls? The liberals talk a good game. However they persist in schooling black kids with methods, that obviously don't work for them, holding out the vain hope of success for the next generation of ghetto-dwellers, and the generation after that. What if it never happens? I shudder to think of the animosities that will seethe as the technological elite leave the under-educated (and mal-educated) minorities further and further behind. However Blacks cannot be completely excused for their plight as they persist in following the siren song of the liberal demagogues on the way to the voting booth. They are believers who never seem to be fulfilled! Maybe for them the Republican party might not be so bad?

I hope I'm not alone in saying, that I find it most difficult to fathom why is it we never hear from those erudite members of the main stream press, the fact that we telegraphed our intentions so badly that any idiot, even a wide eyed delusional middle eastern dictator, would have the good sense to hide them. This would be done long before the tanks rolled through town. Those cretins in lotus land on the Potomac, made quite a point of telling good ole Saddam so many times that we were coming. "Don't cross this line! Okay, don't cross THIS line! 48 hours until we strike. Everything but the names of the troops that were to be involved! My God! This months after the UN had authorized the war! Of course he's going to hide the stuff, and lie to those that he already knew were so gullible. Now those same people (out of hatred) are trying to hang that monkey around the neck of Mr. Bush our President. Never in my lifetime has there been war plans so telegraphed. Can anyone in their wildest dreams visualize "D" day being so successful if we had handled it the same way? Frankly I think the good Lord has worked overtime to allow us to prevail, with a minimal loss of life among our brave and courageous fighting men and women.

The best way to control a people is to disarm them! Try and dispute this and you aren't keeping up with history. Bk

To maintain their political power, the party of the gimmee crowd, (Democrats) need as many of the have nots and those with their hands in the inverted position to listen to their class warfare mantra and look to Big Brother to fill their bowl! When if ever? will these Democratic voters come to realize, that government is not the answer to their problems. It is at this point, when these folks will begin to seek real answers and discover the wonderful opportunities available in this country, for those who are willing to get off their derriers and begin a journey to success. It will be at this point that these folks will leave the Democratic Party in their dust. No longer selling their souls and votes to be on the government dole! BK

We have a great President! Having said that, what can he do now?  The state dept. is full of Clinton appointees and the Senate is loaded with RHINO's. Therefore we the citizens will continue to take the hits in our pocketbooks. The only way for we the people to beat this is to die! Oh! I forgot, then they tax what we leave to our kids. The strategy is to keep
us all dependent on OUR money that BIG BROTHER doles back to us. BK

Hillary and her machinations, are one of the biggest threats to the America we know and today's political scene. Decent politicians (forgive the oxymoron) don't swim in the undertow of Machiavellian ideas surrounding her! She does have a way of attracting posers! IMHO. Bk

Political facts AND......(now a word of caution because I'm not positive these numbers are precise) but if I read it correctly, there were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's in one American city folks, about as deadly as the entire war torn country of Iraq.
Worst president in history?
The following appeared in the Durham, NC local paper as a letter to the editor. Please forward to all on your list as this will put things in proper perspective:
Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember, it was started by terrorists BEFORE 9/11. Let's look at the "worst" president and
"mismanagement" claims.
FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us (TRUE) ; Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year.
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama HAS attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran, and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We lost 600 soldiers, an average of 30 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not
allowing another terrorist attack at home.
Worst president in history? Come on!
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51 day operation.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Teddy Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida!!!!
Our military is GREAT! Our cause is JUST. Our President is so moral and straight the liberals can't stand it. They have to keep shouting and beating the air or the comparison with their leadership will overwhelm them.
Pray for President Bush.
PASS IT ON.

We either have sovereign borders or we don't. There are too many in our government that are confused as to who they are working for. Maybe they should apply for Mexican citizenship. We all keep looking forward to your being a better man than to allow our laws to be laffed at.

At the age of 76 I often wonder, if the American people have the wisdom to keep our result oriented Pres., where he is? Who needs the sort of normalcy we would most surely get with "Medals" Kerry. He would with the help of those two advocates of socialism Hillary and Teddy immediately begin to redistribute what wealth we have and enact a plethora of social programs, to pay off the hands in the inverted position crowd. As to our
enemies and there are many! They would begin to find our weakness and lack of fortitude with a President that would rather shriek, but carry no stick. Lord help us then, because our enemies won't hesitate to come after a paper Tiger such as he. We the people will then feel the enormous mistake it was to give a man like "Medals" the helm of our ship
of state. Me thinks he is one of those who can only handle the helm when the sea is calm! Don't take your vote lightly!

I for one am convinced that without a proper intellectual diet and regular mental exercise your brain gets flabby. Your memory starts to go. Your analytical skills lose their edge. Your ability to reason declines. Simply put, you can end up with hard muscles and a soft head. This could lead to being taken in by the likes of the Clintons, Kennedys and that paragon of problem solving "Medals" Kerry! The solution? Make a supreme effort to stay informed. It's not tough to do.

It would be extremely difficult to find those who harbor any genuine respect or regard for post WW2 Europe. Americans in particular are a people who see Europe and many of it's leaders as nothing but pretenders. The Europeans are very aware of this and hold much animosity and hatred toward us because of this. Though they will not admit it, the little tin soldier and welfare politicians, whose only claim to fame seems to be, that America has had to pull their chestnuts out of the fire, more than once! Now those posturing little demagogues and miserable little welfare politicians, like the Pres. of France, will be
forgotten before they are buried. They have done nothing anybody cares about. Old Europe makes me sick, like most inadequate entities, with feelings of inferiority, the Europeans cloak theirs in a guise of feeling superior. I devoutly hope the French in particular will stop thinking the world is fooled by this pretense any longer. These are
little people doing little things who are being consumed by envy at America, a giant, for being a giant. However if their chestnuts ever again need to be extricated from a world on fire the American fire dept. will be the first to hear from them! I hope we turn a deaf ear when it happens. And it will!

Kahuna’s Previous Update

Nobody in our present day America seems to notice that the traditional meaning of greed has gone by the wayside. In my youth the word meant wanting more and usually it was something that belonged to somebody else! Willie Hutton was a greedy man and robbing banks was his solution. In my day if you cheated someone out of their money or property this was greedy. However, now in this the Age of Socialism, greed came to mean my or our, wanting to keep our own property, especially our money. From the socialist standpoint, prevalent in the minds of so many of our politicians today, everything sort of belongs to everyone, and the government should be the one to decide who gets what! It worked beautifully in some countries (many that no longer exist) where the proletariat seemed to live happily in their ignorance. Russia could serve as a great example. However we Americans aren't enchanted by all-out socialism, even in it's disguised form, presented by the likes of 'Medals" Kerry, Ted (world class tippler) Kennedy and that sycophantic cabal of liberal followers! Their piecemeal approach to liberalism and socialism by showing us how unfair it is that some people own propertyand have more of the world’s goods than others. However, don't ever forget that this does not apply to them! This also explains why the have nots form such a large base for the Democratic Party. IMHO! BK

Ronald Reagan restored our nation to greatness. The passing of Ronald Reagan marks the passage of one of our greatest presidents. Biblical history shows that God has always sent a deliverer to his people in their time of need. Ronald Reagan was that deliverer in the 1980s and he restored this nation to greatness fighting the liberals every foot of the way.
Once again in the 21st century God has sent another deliverer in the person of George W. Bush to save this nation from itself and, as in the past, he must fight the liberals every step of the way. God has never been defeated and He has never deserted His people - His people have always deserted Him. We are once again at that point where we must make
the decision: Do I follow God or do I follow man? Don't make the wrong decision.
"COGITO ERGO SUM" "LAUS DEO"

Constitution 101

To those who think of the First Amendment as reason to exclude God from more and more of our institutions:  Try and remember the First Amendment of the Constitution was not written to protect the people of this country from religious values; it was written to protect religious values from government interference! Author Unknown

UNESCO? Contact your reps!

In 1984, President Ronald Reagan boldly withdrew the United States from the United Nations Economic, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to the "glee of conservatives and despair of liberals," as long-time Reagan advisor Lyn Nofziger recalls in his 1992 book. Mr. Nofziger continues, "UNESCO is one of those international organizations that always had one hand dipped in Uncle Sam's pocket while the other was
shaking a fist in his face. America's withdrawal was one of those little victories conservatives won during the Reagan years...."

Unfortunately, in 2003, Congress approved more than $60 million to undo President Reagan's work and began paying "dues" to rejoin UNESCO. The U.S. will continue to pay $60 million annually -- which is a whopping 25% of UNESCO's entire yearly budget -- and leave the other 190 "member states" to divide up the remainder. UNESCO seeks to levy an unconstitutional "global tax" for Internet use on U.S. citizens. UNESCO has already laid claim to 47 "United Nations biosphere preserves" in the U.S. (more than 70 million acres) and bypasses congressional authority to tell us how we must manage our own land.

UNESCO further undermines U.S. sovereignty by forcing the U.S. to adhere to U.N. global policies and may even force unconstitutional restraints on U.S. freedom of the press.

UNESCO supports the "hate-America" global "cultural diversity" convention and interferes in the education policies of its member countries to control school curriculum and create "global citizens." Even though Congress eventually approved the $60 million in annual dues to UNESCO, 145 members of the U.S. House voted on July 22, 2003 to withhold those funds. So there is still a sizeable block of opposition to UNESCO in the U.S. House. To build on that opposition, Congressmen Ron Paul, Donald Manzullo, Steve King and Congresswoman Jo Ann Davis, on June 3, 2004, introduced H. Con. Res. 443 declaring that the U.S. should withdraw from UNESCO. Immediately, Representatives Roscoe Bartlett, Sam Johnson, Jeff Flake and John Culberson signed on as cosponsors. But we must have more. NOW!

I have had this thought for the day. For all the liberals that think this war is wrong and we are the aggressor. If "Medals" Kerry wins in November, they better start getting their school supplies together, because they will have to study Arabic. BK

Once again I may be wrong in asking, who seeks "justice" for tortured Americans? Does any American believe that we should wash our dirty laundry in front of the whole world? Should our fighting men be dragged through world courts, for the heinous crime of taking photos of Iraqi backsides - oh lest we forget underwear on one or two heads? Now if it was a case of murder, YES! No other nation in the world has a record of being as tolerant and kind and helpful to its enemies? Does anyone remember Europe and the marshal plan post WW2? The current liberal talk in Washington and some of the media is of "justice" and "compensation" (WHAT A JOKE!) for those killers (keep in mind it is we Americans they devoutly wish to kill) in the Iraqi jail photographed in the buff. Will there be a system to compensate the families of our citizens and military personnel? Or have we forgotten those who were slaughtered and dragged through the streets in Iraq and other places by those animals and trained killers? Why isn't the voice of the Moslems living here, along with our government, raised in anger at these horrible deeds against their own people? I can think of only one reason why the liberal politicians (Kennedy, Clinton, Boxer, Kerry et. al), are loving the chance to shout their opinions of our fighting men. May I give you a clue? It is to damage Mr. Bush! Though it may not be PC at this time how about the Bible saying, "He who is without sin, cast the first stone." It also says, "love your enemies", however that does not mean to get into bed with them and apologize for the actions of a few personnel, who humiliated? These killers! The track record of our military that has gone to war in nations all over this world, suffering death, torture and unspeakable horror at the hands of tyrants. How many of our men have had any nation apologize to them or compensate them for torture in those hellholes in Japan, Germany or Vietnam? Must we as nation continue berating ourselves in front of the whole world? Would it be out of place for the military to handle this problem, and for those liberal politicians desiring to humiliate Mr. Bush work for this nation, not against it.

Over the last week-and-a-half or so, liberal Massachusetts Sen. Ted Kennedy (though he's been rated less liberal than his junior Massachusetts colleague Sen. John Kerry) has been even louder, more outlandish, more political and more bombastic than ever. Here is just a sampling of some of his most recent comments regarding the prisoner abuses in Iraq and how it's all George Bush's fault. ---------- KENNEDY: We pray that mission accomplished has not become mission impossible. America's respect and reputation in the world have never been lower in the entire history of our Nation. Where do we go to get our respect and reputation back? Where do we go to bring a respectable end to the nightmare for America that Iraq has become? --Congressional Record, S4963, May 6, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: You and your senior leadership have shown, I believe, a disregard for the protection of the Geneva Conventions in detainee operations. ou have known about the graphic photographs, evidence of abuse in the Abu Ghraib prison since mid- January. You told President Bush about these reports of abuse shortly thereafter. And yet, rather than work with Congress to deal with the problem together, you and other top Defense Department officials have apparently spent the last three weeks in preparing the public relations plan. --To Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld before the Senate Armed Services Committee, May 7, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: On March 19, 2004, President Bush asked: "Who would prefer that Saddam's torture chambers still be open?" Shamefully, we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management--U.S. management. President Bush has presided over America's steepest and deepest fall from grace in the history of our country. The tragedy unfolding in Iraq is the direct result of a colossal failure of leadership. --Congressional Record, S5058, May 10, 2004 ---------- MATT LAUER: Let me ask you about a story on the front page of The New York Times this morning. It talks about some of the methods being used by the CIA in interrogating top al-Qaeda operatives.... It says, "In the case of Khalid Sheikh Mohamed, a high-level detainee who's believed to have helped plan the attacks of September 11th, CIA interrogators used graduated levels of force, including a technique known as 'water boarding' in which a prisoner is strapped down, forcibly pushed under water and made to believe he might drown." ... Do you feel that we risk blurring the line between ourselves and the people we're supposed to be protecting US citizens from? KENNEDY: Well, that the great danger. We don't abuse our values in order to accept the values of those that we are opposing. But the interesting point is much of that has to be personally approved by the secretary of defense. We don't know how many times he's approved it, what have been the conditions that he has approved it, what has General Sanchez approved in terms of those prisons over there. LAUER: These are apparently secret rules approved by the CIA in the wake of 9/11. KENNEDY: And they clearly are approved, ultimately, by the secretary of defense. That came out in the course of our Armed Services hearing. And we don't know. He hasn't been asked. He hasn't revealed. There--the fact is there is a great deal more that we ought to know about who was in charge. It isn't just the--the prisoners. We have to know the climate, the atmosphere, who gave the green light for the violations of the Geneva Conventions that have been taking place. --NBC's "Today Show," May 13, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: And what we are continuing to see is blunder after blunder in Iraq. And what is happening is that we've lost our position as leader of the free world in terms of human rights. We've lost our -- now, we are the most hated nation in the world. KENNEDY: n the issue of this kind of heavy-handedness by the administration in terms of the torture of these prisoners, the reason we have Geneva accords is, number one, even those these prisoners in so many incidents are bad and have done bad things that we don't want to have the same morality as those individuals. SOLEDAD O'BRIEN: Here's what you said on May 11.... "Shamefully now we learn that Saddam's torture chambers have reopened under new management, United States management." ... How do you respond to that? KENNEDY: That is part of the Republican attack machine, and I reject it. --CNN's "American Morning," May 13, 2004 ---------- KENNEDY: I've been on this committee for 24 years, I've been in the Senate 42 years, and I have never been denied the opportunity to question any person that's come before a committee on what I wanted to ask for it. And I resent it and reject it on a matter of national importance. --when initially denied opportunity to ask Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz about prison abuses during a budget meeting, Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on contingency reserve fund, May 13, 2004 ##### 2. Headlines and Highlights from HUMAN EVENTS ONLINE: "WHERE ARE MEDIA WHEN JIHADISTS TORTURE AND MURDER AMERICANS?" Americans are so good at self-flagellation that even a heinous act by others may be insufficient to remind us that we're not so bad after all. For nearly three weeks now, the media has bludgeoned the Bush Administration, the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. military for the mistreatment of detainees in Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Now we have the horrific, videotaped murder of Nick Berg. As shocking as this video is, it is nothing new. Radical Islamic jihadists have been perpetrating this kind of horror against Americans for more than 20 years. And, as if to substantiate the jihadist's claims that it's not their fault, the "blame America first" crowd in the U.S. media looks for ways to point out how we really deserve what we're getting.

This should give all pause about "Medals" Kerry cause these brilliant utterances are from his mentor! BK

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE join me in opposing this treaty that gives away more of our sovereignty than we have already. Write your senators and Congressmen. BK

I strongly urge you to actively oppose the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST.)

1. LOST would hand over to international bureaucrats the power to regulate 70% of the world's resources.
2. LOST would give international bureaucrats the power to assess taxes on the United States.
3. LOST would provide for a multi-national court system to enforce its provisions.

There is growing opposition to LOST and it is continuing to build throughout the country.  If LOST comes before the Senate for a vote, please see to it that the vote is a roll call vote, not a voice vote, and then vote against it! Don't subjugate the United States to any country, international body or organization. PLEASE DO NOT give away any more of our sovereignty than we have already. Our country's interest should come first.

The current mantra being sung by the hand wringing crowd is, think about the children. Well let's do that. If I might ask what about the children, these days who is actually taking care of the children? Or to be more precise, is anyone taking care of them? We must take a trip down memory lane to the 60's when parents began sowing the wild wind! They were our first adult delinquents in my view. Then with the judges who in their wisdom (?) gave us Roe v. Wade in ‘73 took a real step forward into perdition and the hell we are going through today! It made abortion legal and allowed mothers to kill their babies with impunity. Some women thought they were really free then, but the latest test don't lie. In this PC society that has become addicted to euphemisms, abortion really is about the murder of a baby by its mother.  Those who take a different view are denying the obvious!

Now our country is reaping the whirlwind. Our children, who weren't taught the basics, are now parents, delinquent ones perhaps, but parents. They are now raising more children who have no regard for the rules and are perpetuating a valueless society. We live in a culture of death, where the total disregard of values and respect for life, children, family, marriage, is the norm! Even faith in God is being put to the test by being made unfashionable. Our society is now so secular that what was once held in high regard and esteem has been greatly diminished. Unless we as a people change course we will go the way of many of those long gone civilizations!    BK

If you don't read anything else for the rest of the month, read this. It is the best explanation that I have read of what is really at stake in the war with al Qaeda, how it all got started, and why this Presidential election is as important as any ever held.

DON’T DISCARD!!! READ!

THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE GREAT CALIPHATE
by Larry Abraham, January 29, 2004

I urge all of my readers to make copies of this report and send them to your friends and relatives. The information is too critical to be overlooked in the madness of this election year. Watching and listening to the Democrat Party candidates is tantamount to enduring the Chinese water torture. The blah, blah, blah goes on and on and nothing of value comes out except the pain of listening to the same nothingness over and over again.

I won't take the time or space to repeat what you have heard so many mind numbing times but what you have not heard is crucial. President Bush and his administration spokesmen are not telling the American people what they really need to know about this "war." If they don't do that between now and November it may cost them the election. The war against terror did not begin on September 11, 2001, nor will it end with the peaceful transition to civilian authority in Iraq, whenever that may be. In fact, Iraq is but a footnote in the bigger context of this encounter, but an important one none-the-less.

This war is what the Jihadists themselves are calling the "Third Great Jihad." They are operating within the framework of a time line, which reaches back to the very creation of Islam in the seventh century, and are presently attempting to recreate the dynamics which gave rise to the religion in the first two hundred years of its existence. No religion in history grew as fast, in its infancy, and the reasons for the initial growth of Islam are not hard to explain when you understand what the world was like at the time of Muhammad's death in 632 AD. Remember that the Western Roman Empire was in ruins and the Eastern Empire, based in Constantinople, was trying desperately to keep the power of its early grandeur while transitioning to Christianity as a de facto state religion. The costs to the average person were large as he was being required to meet the constantly rising taxes levied by the state along with the tithes coerced by the Church. What Islam offered was the "carrot or the sword". If you became a convert, your taxes were immediately eliminated, as was your tithe. If you didn't, you faced death. The choice was not hard for most to make, unless you were a very devoted martyr in the making. At the beginning, even the theology was not too hard for most to swallow, considering that both Jewry and Christianity were given their due by the Prophet. There is but one God-Allah, and Muhammad is His Prophet, as was Jesus, and the pre-Christian Jewish prophets of the Torah (Old Testament). Both were called "children of the book"--the book being the Koran, which replaced both the Old and New Testaments for former Christians and Jews.

With this practical approach to spreading the "word" Islam grew like wild-fire, reaching out from the Saudi Arabian Peninsula in all directions. This early growth is what the Muslims call the "First" great Jihad and it met with little resistance until Charles Martel of France, the father of Charlemagne, stopped them in the battle of Tours in France, after they had firmly established Islam on the Iberian Peninsula. This first onslaught against the West continued in various forms and at various times until Islam was finally driven out of Spain in 1492 at the battle of Granada.

The "Second great jihad" came with the Ottoman Turks. This empire succeeded in bringing about the downfall of Constantinople as a Christian stronghold and an end to Roman hegemony in all of its forms. The Ottoman Empire was Islam's most successful expansion of territory even though the religion itself had fractured into warring sects and bitter rivalries with each claiming the ultimate truths in "the ways of the Prophet". By 1683 the Ottomans had suffered a series of defeats on both land and sea and the final, unsuccessful attempt to capture Vienna set the stage for the collapse of any further territorial ambitions and Islam shrunk into various sheikhdoms, emir dominated principalities, and roving tribes of nomads. However, by this time a growing anti-western sentiment, blaming its internal failures on anyone but themselves, was taking hold and setting the stage for a new revival known as Wahhabism, a sect which came into full bloom under the House of Saud on the Arabian Peninsula shortly before the onset of WWI.

It is this Wahhabi version of Islam which has infected the religion itself, now finding adherents in almost all branches and sects, especially the Shiites. Wahhabiism calls for the complete and total rejection or destruction of anything and everything which is not based in the original teachings of The Prophet and finds its most glaring practice in the policies of the Afghani Taliban or the Shiite practices of the late Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. Its Ali Pasha (Field Marshall) is now known as Osama bin Laden, the leader of the "Third Jihad", who is Wahhabi, as were his 9/11 attack teams, 18 of which were also Saudi. The strategy for this "holy war" did not begin with the planning of the destruction of the World Trade Center. It began with the toppling of the Shah of Iran back in the late 1970's. With his plans and programs to "westernize" his country, along with his close ties to the U. S. and subdued acceptance of the State of Israel, the Shah was the soft target. Remember "America Held Hostage"? Thanks, in large part to the hypocritical and disastrous policies of the Jimmy Carter State Department, the revolution was set into motion, the Shah was deposed, his armed forces scattered or murdered and stage one was complete.

The Third Jihad now had a base of operations and the oil wealth to support its grand design or what they call the "Great Caliphate". What this design calls for is the replacement of all secular leadership in any country with Muslim majorities. This would include, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan, Indonesia, all the Emirates, Sudan, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Morocco, Yemen, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Malaysia, Indonesia and finally what they call the "occupied territory" Israel. As a part of this strategy, forces of the jihad will infiltrate governments and the military as a prelude to taking control, once the secular leadership is ousted or assassinated. Such was the case in Lebanon leading to the Syrian occupation and in Egypt with the murder of Anwar Sadat, along with the multiple attempts on the lives of Hussein in Jordan, Mubarak of Egypt and Musharraf in Pakistan. Pakistan is a particular prize because of its nuclear weapons. Please note al Qaeda's call for the Islamic-militant overthrow of Musharraf in Pakistan on March 25th of this year.

The long-range strategy of the Third Jihad counts on three strategic goals. First, the U. S. withdrawing from the region just as it did in Southeast Asia, following Vietnam. Second, taking control of the oil wealth in the Muslim countries, which would be upwards to 75% of known reserves; third, using nuclear weapons or other WMDs to annihilate Israel. A further outcome of successfully achieving these objectives would be to place the United Nations as the sole arbiter in East/West negotiations and paralyze Western resistance, leading to total withdrawal from all Islamic dominated countries.

Evidence of the Bush Administration awareness of this plan is found in the events immediately following the 9/11 attack. The administration's first move was to shore up Pakistan and Egypt, believing that these two would be the next targets for al Qaeda, while Americans focused on the disaster in New York. The administration also knew that the most important objective was to send a loud and clear message that the U. S. was in the region to stay, not only to shore up our allies but to send a message to the Jihadists. The attack on Afghanistan was necessary to break-up a secure al Qaeda base of operations and put their leadership on the run or in prison. The war in Iraq also met a very strategic necessity in that no one knew how much collaboration existed between Saddam Hussein and the master planners of the Third Jihad or Hussein's willingness to hand off WMDs to terrorist groups including the PLO in Israel. What was known were serious indications of on-going collaboration as Saddam funneled money to families of suicide bombers attacking the Israelis and others in Kuwait.

What the U. S. needed to establish was a significant base of operations smack dab in the middle of the Islamic world, in a location which effectively cut it in half. Iraq was the ideal target for this and a host of other strategic reasons. Leadership of various anti-American groups both here and abroad understood the vital nature of the Bush initiative and thus launched their demonstrations, world-wide, to "Stop The War". Failing this, they also laid plans to build a political campaign inside the country, with the War in Iraq as a plebiscite, using a little known politician as the thrust point-Howard Dean. This helps to explain how quickly the Radical Left moved into the Dean campaign with both people and money, creating what the clueless media called the "Dean Phenomenon". By building on the left-wing base in the Democrat party and the "Hate Bush" crowd, the campaign has already resulted in a consensus among the aspirants, minus Joe Lieberman, to withdraw the U. S. from Iraq and turn the operation over to the U. N. And, if past is prologue, i. e., Vietnam, once the U. S. leaves it will not go back under any circumstances, possibly even the destruction of Israel.

Should George W. Bush be defeated in November we could expect to see the dominoes start to fall in the secular Islamic countries and The Clash of Civilizations, predicted several years ago by Samuel Huntington, would then become a life changing event in all of our lives. What surprised the Jihadists following the 9/11 attack was how American sentiment mobilized around the president and a profound sense of patriotism spread across the country. They were not expecting this reaction, based on what had happened in the past, nor were they expecting the determined resolve of the President himself. I also believe this is one of the reasons we have not had any further attacks within our borders. They are content to wait, just as one of their tactical mentors; V. I. Lenin admonished... "two steps forward, one step back".

A couple of additional events serve as valuable footnotes to the current circumstances we face: the destruction of the human assets factor of the CIA during the Carter presidency, presided over by the late Senator Frank Church. This fact has plagued our intelligence agencies right up to this very day with consequences which are now obvious. And, Jimmy Carter himself, the one man who must bear the bulk of the responsibility for setting the stage of the Third Jihad. Americans should find little comfort in how the Democrat contenders constantly seek his "advice and counsel". We should not expect to see any meaningful cooperation from Western Europe, especially the French. Since failing to protect their own interests in Algeria (by turning the country over to the first of the Arab terrorists, Ammad Ben Bella), the country itself is now occupied by Islamic immigrants totaling twenty percent of the population. We are in the battle of our lives, a battle which will go on for many years; possibly even generations. If we fail to understand what we are facing or falter in the challenge of "knowing our enemy" the results will be catastrophic. Imagine a world where al Qaeda regimes control 75% of the world's oil, have at their disposal nuclear weapons, legions of willing suicide soldiers, and our national survival is dependent on the good graces of Kofi Annan and the United Nations.

There is one final footnote which may be the scariest of all. Either none of the Democrats currently leading the drive to their party's nomination are aware of the facts of the Great Caliphate and Third Jihad or they do know and they don't care so long as their power lust is satisfied. But, I can guarantee you one thing for sure: some of their most ardent supporters are aware of this and will do anything they can to bring it about.

[Note.... this was written before John Kerry had the nomination sewed up... but recent events clearly demonstrate that Kerry is going to fulfill Abraham's prediction of the Democrats calling for the UN and the French/Germans/Spain coalition to force the US out of Iraq. Also understand that the current 9/11 hearings are a political show and Clarke's book was timed for these hearings and the campaign. And this is why Condoleezza Rice is seeking a private meeting with this commission to tell it like it is. The national security issues involved around 9/11 cannot be an open book to the public, and I believe we have to understand that.]

This is scary stuff. President Bush and the Republicans are obviously extremely cautious in bringing this issue to the campaign because the left-leaning media and the Kerry Democratic left would call this racism against Islam, and a distraction for the alleged lies of WMD and our reasons for going into Iraq. Bush correctly referred to the axis of evil (Iran, Libya, Iraq and North Korea) as a pointed strategy to blunt the WMD-terrorist movement and he has been very successful in thwarting al Qaeda, despite what everyone on the left says. We are far better off without the threat from Iraq and Libya, all within the last 12 months. We are threatened in Pakistan and if Musharraf is assassinated (it's been tried several times in the past year), we can see how the militants will gain control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons, which have already spread to Iran (by a militant Islamic scientist) and if Musharraf is taken out we have both Iran and Pakistan as militant Islamic power bases armed with nuclear weapons. And let's not overlook Abraham's issue about the potential for militant Islamic states who would control 75% of the world's oil. This is probably why Dick Cheney, Rice, Powell, and Wolfowitz are so committed to the belief that we are in this struggle for the free world as we have known it and focused on defeating the militant Islamic-al Maida's global strategy. They skirt the core issues raised by Abraham in this article because of the political-correctness implications, but after reading this, you understand what is at stake here. Kerry and the liberal Democrats want control of Washington at any price. Abraham clearly spells out what price that is: Victory for al Qaeda and the Islamic militancy.

WOW! ßk (There is too much here that I agree with and find most scary! bk) Abraham's article brought all of these issues together and why it is important for us to gain this perspective and educate our friends and associates. And to my Democratic friends, I still love you, but at least consider this point of view by Abraham. I have never been so deeply impressed with such a cogent and intelligent overview of the militant-Islamic movement as I was with Abraham's column. If you disagree there is feedback. BK

The Kerry campaign has released data on Teresa Heinz Kerry's taxes and promises to release her 2003 return once she's filed it (she filed for an extension), CNN reports:
Mrs. Kerry--whose wealth derives from the Heinz food fortune-earned about $5 million in 2003 and paid approximately $750,000 in taxes, according to the information. That would mean she paid roughly 15% of her income in taxes. One wonders if she has looked at her hubby's Web site, which informs us that "John Kerry has the courage to roll back Bush's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans so we can invest in education and healthcare."
Maybe we just don't understand Kerry's way of dong things. BK

Last week as I watched the NBC report, on California, where they now say that you can't smoke on their beaches. I had the weirdest thought, one not easy to fathom. I actually thought to myself, if you smoke a cigarette on a beach in modern America, you are harming the innocent. However if a pregnant woman has a baby scraped from her womb, you are protecting your freedom. More confusion, at least to me: If we sell a pack of cigarettes to a young boy, you run the risk of being incarcerated post haste with the rest of societies miscreants. However, in our modern self-serving society, if you sell a pack of condoms to a 12 year old boy you are socially responsible citizen. Hell we even have
those, who are teaching that oral sex, is the way around teenage pregnancy.

Why do I sense that I'm not alone in feeling this? America’s greatest threat to our security and sovereignty isn't al-Qa'ida and other terrorist groups. NO! It's treasonous partisans and left leaning liberals in our government and out, whose trumped-up charges and vicious criticism is strengthening our enemies, killing our troops and weakening our national resolve. Liberalism, as history has pointed out, has hastened the demise of many countries. We the people must not let it occur here.

The number of folks who are totally unaware - that with the 2004 elections just around the corner - is beginning to be mind boggling! Among we Christians there is so much in custom and traditional values that is being eroded now, and if the left were to succeed, would completely disappear. Among Christians, participation is crucial. Our country, God help us, is in the midst of the most intense culture war in modern history.  Our freedoms are at risk... our children are at risk, cherished beliefs and our very existence is at risk. We are being bombarded with liberal left leaning myths, lies, and half-truths as the panacea for muddled thinking, or no thinking at all. Wake up America – the country of our youth is fast vanishing!

A Harvard undergrad returns home on break. The conversation at the welcome home dinner inevitably turns to her schooling.
"I've become an enlightened liberal," the English lit student declares proudly. The conversation then turns to her study habits, free time and the like.
Daughter: "Free time? What free time? I barely have time to eat. I'm working like a dog --- but I'm making dean's list!"
Father: "And how is your best friend Michelle doing?"
Daughter: "She works, but has different parties, I, uh mean, priorities. Her GPA is hitting rock bottom. She's pretty smart, but she was warned that if she doesn't clean up her act, then she'll be booted."
Father: "Now, you wouldn't want that. Why don't you go to the dean's office and offer to transfer some of your GPA to Michelle so you both can be equal?"
Daughter: "Why in the world would I do that!? I work hard. I push myself. I do what I must without any excuses. Michelle is capable. If she wanted to succeed like me, she would work harder as I do!”  

Father: " Welcome to the GOP! You've managed to succinctly articulate the differences between conservatives and liberals."

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

The sooner we in the west realize that what is happening is a fight for our survival, not just our customs and Euro centric values, but our very claim to exist! The Muslim world is at war with Western civilization and will settle for nothing less than our extinction. Why are our people so dimwitted that they can't grasp this indisputable fact. The terrorist are dedicated to removing us in the west from this planet. I think we would be hard pressed to find anything person that doubts we have the military might to thwart them. The question is: Do we have the intelligence to recognize that this is a war we are engaged in and the testicular fortitude and will to defend ourselves from annihilation? The sooner we recognize the West is in no position to emulate our Lord, with the turning the other cheek a war the more likely we'll be able to escape the fate that befell the Roman Empire. When will we wake up and go all out to defeat these animals? It had better be sooner than later, because finishing second in this is unacceptable! There will be no Marshal plan for the loser this time. May the good lord continue to give our President the strength and fortitude to persevere!

We make mistakes many, however correct me if I'm wrong, we are still the only country that openly admits them and people die to get into!

For those who are yet unaware that we are in a struggle for our very way of life, allow me to point out a few salient points.  Our most devout enemies, the Al Qaeda and the Ba'ath Party, want to defeat President Bush to have revenge against his tough stance against them after the 9/11 attacks.

We must also never lose sight of the fact that there are many die hard liberals within our government and out that have the same desire. Their reasons are difficult to fathom, because surely they know that John Kerry would usher back the Clinton days of timid U.S. reaction! This would likely lead to the Democrat's certain repeal of vital sections of the Patriot Act. This would throw open the door for the terrorists to once again strike us here at home in America. These animals, I feel safe in referring to them like this, because any group that would saw off an innocent mans head, qualifies for that description! These animals live for and are willing to die to bring about the defeat of Mr. Bush! The increase in murder and mayhem on our troops and American civilians is their way to kick up the cost of the Iraq War and bring about Mr. Bush's defeat! That is why (for those Americans too blind to see) they will target any American they can whenever they can.

Our President must have our troops continue their current role in Iraq. Not to do so would give the wrong impression that we, the American people, do not have the courage to continue this fight! Our President Mr. Bush is sticking to his policies, though it might be at the risk of committing political suicide. We the people must have in this hour, the same sort of togetherness that brought us victory in WW2 and though it may not be PC, faith in the God of our forefathers!

It would be wise if the likes of Kennedy, Boxer, Watters, Polosi and Jackson Lee of Texas, to name a few, were subjected to these words!

"Congressmen who willfully take actions during wartime that damage morale and undermine the military are saboteurs and should be arrested, exiled, or hanged."
-President Abraham Lincoln

Vice Chairman of the 9/11 Commission, Lee Hamilton, blasted the mainstream press yesterday for distorting the Commission's findings on links between Iraq and al Qaida, saying those findings actually support Bush administration contentions.

"The sharp differences that the press has drawn [between the White House and the Commission] are not that apparent to me," Hamilton told the Associated Press, a day after insisting that his probe uncovered "all kinds" of connections between Osama bin Laden's terror network and Iraq. Hamilton's comments followed a deluge of mainstream reports falsely claiming that the 9/11 Commission had discredited the Bush administration's claim of longstanding links between Baghdad and bin Laden. But the Indiana (DEMOCRAT) said the press accounts were flat-out wrong!

"There are all kinds of ties," he told PBS's "The News Hour" late Wednesday, in comments that establishment journalists have refused to report.
"There are all kinds of connections. And it may very well have been that Osama bin Laden or some of his lieutenants met at some time with Saddam Hussein's lieutenants."
Hamilton said that while his probe had failed to uncover any direct operational link between Baghdad and Osama bin Laden's terror network in attacks on the U.S., there's no question that "they had contacts." ...

Isn't the truth beautiful?" BK

"From a May 28 report in The Washington Post, we learned that Tiffany Charles got a 'B' in history last year but is not sure what year World War II ended. She can't name a single general, or one battle. Neither is she able to name the president of the United States at the time. ...
What DOES young Tiffany know? ...Tiffany can tell you about Japanese-Americans who were sent to internment camps. 'We talked a lot about those concentration camps,' she was quoted as saying.

Concentration camps? Those were used by the Nazis and Soviets. The Post interviewed national education experts, teachers and more than 100 public school students and concluded that Tiffany's limited knowledge of World War II is 'typical of today's youths.'

Is this what we're getting for record education spending: kids who know more about the few wrongs America has committed than they do the many rights? This girl and apparently many others like her in the monopolistic government schools aren't learning the truth'" --Cal Thomas

SOOOOO SAD BUT TRUE!! Bk

Do you find it strange that Kerry's wife is never with him? Do you find it strange that you never hear any thing about her? This may be why. As time goes on, we're just getting to know the possible future First Lady of the United States of America, and it is quite interesting. You'll be hearing even more about Teresa Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic front-runner. She has quite a track record, especially when it comes to the causes she
donates to.

One of her favorite charities is the Tides Foundation. What is that, you ask? This foundation sends hundreds of millions of dollars to groups that protested the invasion of Iraq; that demands open U.S. borders; and provides legal defense for suspected terrorists.

Among other groups supported by Kerry's wife: Ramsey Clark's international Action Center. This is the same Ramsey Clark that offered to defend Saddam Hussein. Another group seeks to ease restrictions on immigration from terrorist nations. Another group has links to the terrorist group Hamas. And on and on.

American jobs are OUTSOURCED by John F. Kerry and his wife Teresa Heinz-Kerry!
We need to ask: Why not manufacture in America and ship finished products overseas? How many American workers are in these Heinz overseas factories?

HEINZ WATTIE'S AUSTRALASIA - Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
HEINZ SINGAPORE PTE. LTD. - Republic of Singapore
HEINZ WATTIE'S LIMITED - Auckland, New Zealand

We all know Dick Lamm as the former Governor of Colorado. In that context his thoughts are particularly poignant. Last week there was an immigration-overpopulation conference in Washington, DC, filled to capacity by many of American's finest minds and leaders. A brilliant college professor named Victor Hansen Davis talked about his latest book, "Mexifornia," explaining how immigration - both legal and illegal - was destroying the entire state of California. He said it would march across the country until it destroyed all vestiges of The American Dream.

Moments later, former Colorado Governor Richard D. Lamm stood up and gave a stunning speech on how to destroy America. The audience sat spellbound as he described eight methods for the destruction of the United States. He said, "If you believe that America is too smug, too self-satisfied, too rich, then let's destroy America. It is not that hard to do. No nation in history has survived the ravages of time. Arnold Toynbee observed that all great civilizations rise and fall and that 'An autopsy of history would show that all great nations commit suicide.'"

"Here is how they do it," Lamm said: "Turn America into a bilingual or multi-lingual and bi-cultural country. History shows that no nation can survive the tension, conflict, and antagonism of two or more competing languages and cultures. It is a blessing for an individual to be bilingual; however, it is a curse for a society to be bilingual. The historical scholar Seymour Lipset put it this way: 'The histories of bilingual and bi-cultural societies that do not assimilate are histories of turmoil, tension, and tragedy.' Canada, Belgium, Malyasia, Lebanon all face crises of national existence in which minorities press for autonomy, if not independence. Pakistan and Cyprus have divided. Nigeria suppressed an ethnic rebellion. France faces difficulties with Basques, Bretons, and Corsicans."

Lamm went on: "Invent 'multi-culturalism' and encourage immigrants to maintain their culture. I would make it an article of belief that all cultures are equal. That there are no cultural differences. I would make it an article of faith that the Black and Hispanic dropout rates are due to prejudice and discrimination by the majority. Every other explanation is out of bounds. We could make the United States an 'Hispanic Quebec' without much effort. The key is to celebrate diversity rather than unity. As Benjamin Schwarz said in the Atlantic Monthly recently: 'The apparent success of our own multi-ethnic and multi-cultural experiment might have been achieved not by tolerance but by hegemony. Without the dominance that once dictated ethnocentrically and what it meant to be an American, we are left with only tolerance and pluralism to hold us together.'"

Lamm said, "I would encourage all immigrants to keep their own language and culture. I would replace the melting pot metaphor with the salad bowl metaphor. It is important to ensure that we have various cultural sub-groups living in America reinforcing their differences rather than as Americans, emphasizing their similarities."

"Fourth, I would make our fastest growing demographic group the least educated. I would add a second underclass, unassimilated, undereducated, and antagonistic to our population. I would have this second underclass have a 50% dropout rate from high school."

"My fifth point for destroying America would be to get big foundations and business to give these efforts lots of money. I would invest in ethnic identity, and I would establish the cult of 'Victimology.' I would get all minorities to think their lack of success was the fault of the majority. I would start a grievance industry blaming all minority failure on the majority population."

"My sixth plan for America's downfall would include dual citizenship and promote divided loyalties. I would celebrate diversity over unity. I would stress differences rather than similarities. Diverse people worldwide are mostly engaged in hating each other - that is, when they are not killing each other."

"A diverse, peaceful, or stable society is against most historical precedent. People undervalue the unity it takes to keep a nation together. Look at the ancient Greeks. The Greeks believed that they belonged to the same race; they possessed a common language and literature; and they worshipped the same gods. All Greece took part in the Olympic games. A common enemy Persia threatened their liberty. Yet all these bonds were not strong enough to over come two factors: local patriotism and geographical conditions that nurtured political divisions. Greece fell. "E. Pluribus Unum"-From many, one. In that historical reality, if we put the emphasis on the 'pluribus' instead of the 'Unum,' we can balkanize America as surely as Kosovo."

"Next to last, I would place all subjects off limits ~ make it taboo to talk about anything against the cult of 'diversity.' I would find a word similar to 'heretic' in the 16th century - that stopped discussion and paralyzed thinking. Words like 'racist' or 'xenophobe' halt
discussion and debate."

"Having made America a bilingual/bicultural country, having established multiculturalism, having the large foundations fund the doctrine of 'Victimology,' I would next make it impossible to enforce our immigration laws. I would develop a mantra: That because immigration has been good for America , it must always be good. I would make every individual immigrant sympatric and ignore the cumulative impact of millions of them."

 In the last minute of his speech, Governor Lamm wiped his brow. Profound silence followed. Finally he said, "Lastly, I would censor Victor Hanson Davis's book, Mexifornia. His book is dangerous. It exposes the plan to destroy America. If you feel America deserves to be destroyed, don't read that book."

There was no applause. A chilling fear quietly rose like an ominous cloud above every attendee at the conference. Every American in that room knew that everything Lamm enumerated was proceeding methodically, quietly, darkly, yet pervasively across the United States today. Every discussion is being suppressed. Over 100 languages are ripping the foundation of our educational system and national cohesiveness. Barbaric cultures that practice female genital mutilation are growing as we celebrate 'diversity.'

American jobs are vanishing into the Third World as corporations create a Third World in America - take note of California and other states to date, ten million illegal aliens and growing fast. It is reminiscent of George Orwell's book "1984." In that story, three slogans are engraved in the Ministry of Truth building: "War is peace", “Freedom is slavery", and "Ignorance is strength".

 Governor Lamm, walked back to his seat. It dawned on everyone at the conference that our nation and the future of this great democracy is deeply in trouble and worsening fast. If we don't get this immigration monster stopped within three years, it will rage like a California wildfire and destroy everything in its path, especially The American Dream.

AMEN which isn't enough we must reall start to raise hell with the POLS. - even if they don't listen. - BK

There's times when life just gets us down

And we truly feel God is not around.

The devil whispers in our ears

And fills our heads, with doubts and fears.

No matter what we try to do

He tells us we are failures too.

As vicious as a lions bite

He drains us of our will to fight.

To beat depression, to smile again

We need to turn to God again.

We feel defeated and so sad too

It seems "Impossible" for us to do,

Yet have you noticed when you are down

Then other "Christian's" come around?

It isn't just by chance, you know,

God sends them to us, when we're low.

He picks us up, through Christian cheer

And reassures us He Is Near.

No matter what our problems be

He's always close to you and me.

So though our woes be small or large

Our Heavenly Father is still in charge.

If you should ask me how I know,

I went through this, just hours ago.

I felt so hopeless and so down,

Yet now I stand on Solid Ground.

It wasn't God, who turned from me,

Yet by His Grace He's set me free.

I pray, if nothing else I learn

When I am down To Him, I'll turn.

My trust, in Him, is up to me

For He controls My Destiny.

Whatever God may lead me to,

He's promised He will walk me through

And should I slip and fall again,

I'll quickly grab His Nail-Scarred-Hand.

I know I've learned and now I see

I'll always know God Walks With Me.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Facing strong opposition, the United States announced Wednesday it was dropping a resolution seeking a new exemption for American peacekeepers (that's our troops for the benighted among us, being tried in international courts!) from international prosecution for war crimes.

Why our nation continues to abide the hatred and envy displayed toward us is totally beyond my comprehension! We pull the chestnuts out of the fire around the world, we taxpayers pay through the nose with our largess in the form of foreign aid and we are constantly defecated on by that bunch of envious cretins from third world countries - some no bigger then Rhode Island! When will one or more of our politicians discover the gonads to stand and fight for our country’s well-being? We should have pulled out of
that den of thieves long ago. We need the United Nations (forgive me) like we need a social disease. BK

What a pleasure to be for and continue to work for the reelection of President George W. Bush regardless of fake liberal poll numbers. Remember that we are in a war for the survival of our society as we know it. This vicious enemy would prefer "Medals " Kerry as an alternative to President George W. Bush. "Medals" Kerry is a man who would turn to and depend upon anti American  despots who run the United Nations to protect our country. HA HA! Four years of John Kerry as president, would set back our nation and the war on terror by 20 years and move the nation even faster toward world government. With a complete turn toward socialism, where we would all be poor together!  I wouldn't even put it past Kerry to nominate Kennedy that world class tippler for Secty. Of State. Pay attention and make your vote count!!

This young man was on our local TV he is from our area. I don't think he was one of the folks "Medals" Kerry has such disdain for. However who knows?

IF the public are bound to yield obedience to laws to which they cannot give their approbation, they are slaves to those who make such laws and enforce them." --Candidus bk" one damn smart Roman"

Comment: How does one equate the sawing off of a mans head( surely not to a clean one stroke beheading, you can bet) with parading POW's around naked or on a leash. This whole thing is to get at Mr. Bush. Has America ever received or expect an apology from those fleas for all the Americans they have butchered in the last fifteen years. I be damned, if I can turn the other cheek. It's time to take off the gloves! These animals only respect power, lets give them a large dose. The rest of the world won't hate us any more than they do. Except, when they are on the receiving end of our largess!...........

John"Medals"Kerry has stated many times that we are in this unilaterally. Well I wish to ask Kerry what do we say to the brave men from the following countries? They are: Albania, Britain, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Spain and Ukraine................................... I wonder if when this war is over if any of them will be throwing their medals over  fences?

Why not consider an American Foreign Legion? Why not? America finds herself in a most unique position. We are the world's richest, and militarily mightiest, nation. We are also the most generous, envied and hated. There are many in this world who, even while
sucking up on Uncle Sam's largess, consider us a loose cannon and a threat. We are the only state that has the power to right an oppressive wrong by ourselves.

Since American mothers have such an aversion to their sons being killed in the many peacekeeping efforts around the world, here is a thought:
Why not an "American Foreign Legion"? (A different name could be chosen so as not to sound too French.)
Languishing in our prisons (for good cause) we have hundreds if not thousands of the dregs of our society. Many are young men who are quite fit (thanks to workout rooms and programs for their betterment) who might enjoy, even die for the chance to redeem themselves. This also could reduce the cost to the taxpayer represented by our prison system! This could be a group separate from our regular forces, with the driving force being amnesty for honorable and faithful performance. "Recruiting" from the prison system isn't a new idea. Lucky Luciano was given a pardon (although he was deported) for his help in solving problems on the docks of this country in World War II. Many areas of our country use "boot camps" for the rehabilitation of young delinquents or felons. Why not try it with adults? This force, led and trained by military officers, would offer the volunteers, including illegal immigrants, a chance to serve the country whose laws they broke. It wouldn't be an easy life, but the reward of rejoining society with a clean slate could be most enticing. For the illegals, it could offer a chance at legitimate citizenship.
It makes a great deal of sense to me. It would give us more boots on the ground to supplement, in time of conflict, our regular forces.

The following appeared in a local paper This will put things in perspective: You might wish to forward depending on your regard for truth!bk Some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One person recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember. It was started by terrorists on 9/11. Let's look at the "worst" president and mismanagement claims. FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions. In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We lost 600 soldiers, an average of 300 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist attack at home. Worst president in history? Come on! The Honorable Vinicio E. Madrigal, MD. Board of Regents Uniformed Services University Phone: 504-885-3272 Fax: 504-456-8224 EastBank Primary Care Associates and Avanti Aestethics.

"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
Ronald Reagan

Veterans Should Politically Banish Kerry for Disgracing The Marine Corps Memorial
By Rick Erickson
January 26, 2004

On the cover of "The New Soldier" by John Kerry and Vietnam Veterans Against The War, hippies clad in a mismatch of military uniforms are pictured mocking the legendary image of Marines raising the American flag atop Mount Suribachi in the 1945 battle for Iwo Jima. Today, the Iwo Jima image is a memorial statue that sits above Arlington National Cemetery and honors all Marines killed in action since 1775. It is one of the most recognized and visited sites in our Capitol City.

"The New Soldier" never made it on the reading list at our military academies. In the cover photo that ridicules the Marine Corps Memorial, one of Kerry's cronies is tugging on our flag, which is hung upside down as the ultimate symbol of sedition and treachery to all veterans who rallied behind our flag in battle. On the day of that shameful photograph and with its mass circulation on the cover of "The New Soldier", at least 6,821 Marines who died at Iwo Jima turned over in their graves.

Of all the reasons why John F. Kerry will not become President of the United States, the biggest reason has to be that, once he returned home from Vietnam, he betrayed his fellow servicemen who remained at war. Kerry not only allied with the likes of Hanoi Jane Fonda, but, before the United States Senate in 1971, Kerry went as far as to belittle the bravery of embattled troops by generalizing their every action in Vietnam as an atrocity.

No one questioned General George S. Patton, III, when he accused Kerry of treason in giving aid and comfort to the enemy, especially when it was revealed that North Vietnam incorporated Kerry's exploits into its communist propaganda machine. However, because of the prevalence of treason at the time and the monumental task of prosecuting Kerry and his proclaimed "revolutionaries," Kerry's actions went unpunished and the associated advances of communism went unhindered.

Fortunately, today's veterans and Americans who overwhelmingly support our armed forces tend to disparage those who dishonor military service and then pretend to be capable of our country's highest office. This political reality afflicted Bill Clinton, whose anti-military past kept him from winning any more than forty-nine percent of the popular vote. No wonder Kerry's presidential campaign is doing its best to subvert his estrangement from veterans and service people in general.

The tact of Kerry for President looks a lot like Clinton-Gore's approach to deceiving voters that such an obvious liability is really the opposite. When Kerry marched in the Veteran's Day parade in Phoenix last year, in tow behind him were a few people carrying "Veterans for Kerry" placards. Some placard carriers looked like the ragtag types on the cover of The New Solider in that they were unshaven, wearing circa 1971 clothes and appeared disoriented.

The ongoing insult is that "Veterans for Kerry" is supposed to represent the veteran community's support of Kerry, when the reality is that very few veterans support him. Most veterans cannot forgive Kerry for Vietnam Veterans Against The War and its promotion of communism when we were fighting communists. As far as U.S. Marines are concerned, we ought to ensure that Kerry is forever banished from the White House for dishonoring our Memorial on the cover of "The New Soldier".

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Major Rick Erickson writes as Director of Americans for Military Readiness, a Washington, D.C. non-profit devoted to ensuring troop morale and combat preparedness. Rick is a veteran of infantry operations in Mogadishu, Somalia and serves regularly as a reservist Deputy Judge Advocate at NORAD/USNORTHCOM. An Arizona attorney, Rick also serves on Military Academy Review Boards for U.S. Senator Jon Kyl and U.S. Congressmen John Shadegg and Trent Franks. Send comments to media@readymilitary.com.

For me to even try and see Kerry as commander in chief is as difficult a task as I could ever undertake! Just the thought of him empathizing and pandering with Al-Qaeda, or any of our country’s enemies drives me up a wall. Hell! He might even show them (our enemies) how to marry rich widows (great source of funds) something he excels at! He might even revert once again to His concocting stories of American atrocities in Iraq and Afghanistan( once done in speech in Senate) to feed to most gullible. This, some say handsome, Irishman John F. Kerry/Kohn. Actually, he is part Jewish. (His paternal grandparents were Kohn, before they Christianized their name.) Kerry is a man who could be president of any number of left wing, don't really approve of America and her position in the world organizations. This man, a world class demagogue, whose time is long past, but yes he could become President? - however IMHO only if the people of our country have lost their collective minds. God help us to always remember what his type really are!!

Never lose sight of the fact that what the government gives, it must first take away. Guess from whom!

In pursuit of higher education at today’s universities?

1. Home Economics 304: Being Just Another Baby-Maker !
2. English 202: A Painstaking Review of Every Mediocre Essay Published
by The Bitter, Self-Obsessed Professor
3. Human Sexuality 303: Oedipus or Lolita: Men Can't Win
4. Astronomy 207: Advanced Analysis of 1000s of Photos of Nearly
Identical Rocks from Remote Celestial Bodies
5. Psychology 1303:CreativeNeurosurgery 6. Geology 101: A Rock is a Rock
is a Rock: The Quarterback's GPA-Booster
7. Theatre 120: Adjusting Your Sissy-Pants Beret and Cape
8. Sociology 227: Field Research: Mating Patterns in the Coastal Saloon
Ecosystem 9. Business 105: Big Pimpin' - The Relative Non-Ease Thereof
10. Education 104: Clueless, Beleaguered TA's and Absentee Star
Professors on Book Tours in the Modern Educational System
11. Chemistry 102: From Rohypnol to GBH: Party Planning for Frat Boys
12. Law 160: Opening Wounds, Closing Cases: Inflicting Severe Emotional
Trauma During Cross-Examination
13. American Studies 219: Tab 'n' Shasta: Deconstructing the Dream of
the American Cola
14. Technological Programming 302: Making a Really Cool Virtual Reality
Penis Glove
15. Classics 230: An Orgy of Ancient Sodomite Intellectualism
<?blackface>       " BK and we wonder why todays youth are sooooooooo
mixed up"       

The caucus rhetoric that we the people are being fed by those bottom feeders, who have but one desire, that of insuring themselves a choice spot at the public trough. I assure you they will accomplish this goal, until we the people get up off of our collective derrieres and go out and vote to demand that those we vote for change things! If we fail to do this, IN MY OPINION, we are doomed to repeat history. Our great caring America will go the way of the dinosaurs. History is the greatest guide that man has therefore it's in our best interest as a people to act think and remember Rome, Greece Russia and the many others that have gone to the dust bin of history. There are so many among us that would like us to to be part of the one world crowd, controlled by the United Nations, manipulated and told how to act, live and think. My only hope is that I am long gone from this earth by that time. I also believe there are many more who share these thoughts out there in cyber land and across this great nation. This is a cherished wish. Maybe by using our collective voices in taking action, we just might bring about the changes that would result in saving what our forefathers fought suffered and died for. What they built MUST not disappear in the sands of time! We must not let it all have been in vain, NO Democrat is the answer!................................................... God Bless America, our President and God Bless our Troops Still in Harm’s Way.

In the Kahuna’s view, we are GREAT because of the accomplishments of WE the people! NOT because of anything the government has done. More often as not the government has led to the screwing things up parade! ßk
PS. need I mention Medicare?

Just in case you ever got the two mixed up. This should make things a bit more clear. IN PRISON...you spend the majority of your time in an 8X10 cell. AT WORK...you spend the majority of your time in a 6X8 cubicle. IN PRISON...you get three meals a day. AT WORK...you only get a break for one meal and you pay for it. IN PRISON...you get time off for good behavior. AT WORK...you get more work for good behavior. IN PRISON....the guard locks and unlocks all the doors for you. AT WORK...you must carry around a security card and open all the doors for yourself. IN PRISON...you can watch TV and play games. AT WORK...you get fired for watching TV and playing games. IN PRISON...you get your own toilet. AT WORK...you have to share with some idiot who pees on the seat. IN PRISON...they allow your family and friends to visit. AT WORK...you can't even speak to your family. IN PRISON...all expenses are paid by the taxpayers with no work required. AT WORK...you get to pay all the expenses to go to work and then they deduct taxes from your salary to pay for prisoners. IN PRISON...you spend most of your life inside bars wanting to get out. AT WORK...you spend most of
your time wanting to get out and go inside bars. IN PRISON...you must deal with sadistic wardens. AT WORK...they are called managers.
Now, get back to work!

Updated 12/19/03

Judge Rules Kids to Become Muslim in Public School: By Jen Shroder
At Excelsior Middle School in Byron County, a handout called "Islam: A Simulation" was used to help children "become Muslim." This handout can be seen at
http://www.blessed-cause.org/Indoctrination/ByronCountyShocker.htm The handout states:
"From the beginning, you and your classmates will become Muslims." Children choose Muslim names, "play Jihad," memorize the Quran, pray to Allah and fast for Ramadan. Islam is transformed to a fanciful fun religion and an unrealistic view of Islam is planted in their minds, even as Christians and Jews are killed at every border of predominantly Muslim nations.

U.S. District Judge Phyllis Hamilton ruled these class activities are acceptable, opening doors for all schools to incorporate such practices. This is not a choice for parents. Bill Clinton's "Religious Expression in Public School" state:
"Students generally do not have a Federal right to be excused from lessons that may be inconsistent with their religious beliefs or practices."

Pay attention. There went religious freedom. A brave few parents have been objecting to the Christian persecution and Muslim indoctrination happening in public school today. Darla Dowell bravely objected to the censorship of Christmas in public school while Hannukah and Islam's Crescent Moon are allowed. She stood alone. Valerie Moore objected to a large banner in front of her school proclaiming, "There is one God, Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet." Valerie, too, stood alone. Elizabeth Lemmings objected to children pretending they are Muslims, taking Muslim names, wearing Muslim clothes, memorizing the Quran and playing Jihad. A teacher and alone, the social pressure was intense to the point that Jonas and Tiffany Eklund actually picked up the baton and filed the lawsuit against Byron Union School District on behalf of their children. Last week the case was dismissed. It takes courage to stand up for what is right, to fight for religious freedom. How disappointing that a federal judge completely disregarded the double standard and dismissed the case, leaving children mandated to memorize the Quran, learn Muslim beliefs as fact and embrace Islam while Christmas is outlawed.

Our children's Social Studies textbooks teach that Rome fell 1) because of Christians (somehow unexplained...) 2) because of the lethargy of the people. History is repeating itself. Instead of getting involved, we went shopping. We cared more about the content of the latest burger at BurgerKing than we did the content of our children's textbooks. We turn off Bill O'Reilly because reality is too outrageous and we'd rather be entertained at the movies. We applaud Bilbo and Aragorn in "Lord of the Rings," we cheer as they forge ahead against impossible odds overwhelmed by the enemy, we live and breathe their victories, but we bury our heads
at what is happening in our own world. Mel Gibson played a courageous godly man in "The Patriot." At first he refused to get involved with the Revolution, remembering the cruelty of war in the past. But after his son lay murdered in his arms, after evil and oppression overtook his world, he attacked the soldiers who intended to unjustly hang his second son. We cheered as he fought a bloody battle and freed his family. Afterwards, in moments of reflection, his sister-in-law said, "You've done nothing for which you should be ashamed."

The Patriot replied, " I've done nothing, and for that I am ashamed."

Beloved Americans, we should be ashamed. Too many of us have done nothing. Our children have been sustaining attacks on faith alone in public school and floundering. We are losing our families, our heritage, our freedom. Islam is resolved, either by persuasion or force, to overtake America. Clear evidence that Clinton surrendered our children to Islam behind closed doors can be found at http://www.blessed-ause.org/proof/Clinton%20Embracing%20Islam%20selling%20out%20children.htm

The courts are following Clinton's lead and President Bush...if President Bush has taken any action to clean up our schools from Muslim indoctrination, it is behind the scenes and I pray it is so...but with every day that passes, with every unanswered judgment by a treasonous court, hope for revival led by a godly president fades. So as we close our eyes to the state of our country and buy tickets to see Bilbo and Aragorn fight for the freedom of Middle Earth, as we cheer for the
courage of the Patriot, as we think we identify with heroism, know that we left the real heroes out in the cold. The Darla Dowells, the Valerie Moores, the Jonas and Tiffany Eklunds, who sacrificed their worlds, subjected their children to taunts and persecution, braved public opinion and stood against public school tyranny. But they stood alone, and today, with the stroke of a federal judge, they lost the war they battled to protect OUR children.

Will we now rally together, pick up the AMERICAN flag and fight for our freedom? Or will we find the remote, flip the channel and remind our children to go study their Quran. Perhaps we can last another ten years before we notice the CONTENTS of the Quran...and what the judges rule...how far the sun will set before we notice the last vestige of our freedom is gone.

Rev. Austin Miles is still standing, fighting alone. He has filed a petition to disbar Michael Newdow, the petitioner against the Pledge phrase, "under God." Miles submitted evidence that Newdow has filed frivolous and malicious lawsuits, violated the rules of professional conduct and lying to the courts under oath. At age 70, Miles is recovering from double strokes. He alleges that because of the deliberate, malicious actions of Newdow, he has caused Miles additional health problems, and liability is being established. Indeed Miles is concerned for his life, but the State Bar of California has simply closed the file, apparently closing the file on Miles' life as well. Beloved Americans, protest. Protest now. Because if we don't vigilantly guard our freedom, if we don't stand together as one nation under God, we are set to become one world under Allah, instructed to kill all who disbelieve. Yes, there are peaceful Muslims, yes, we should love Muslims, but their holy book, the Quran, is the foundation of Taliban regimes. Look at every predominantly Islamic government. And in that event, just show me the line of the martyrs. You can have that world.

There is no room for me in Islamamerica. When Americans truly hate Christians and freedom so much they prefer Islamamerica, we will give it to you, but I pray America goes out with more than a whimper. Our forefathers fought for better than that, they paid with blood what we're giving away. Our founding fathers served the Lord. As for me and my house, we will follow. May God have mercy on America.

BK -What kind of lawmakers do we have in Washington that this kind of garbage is allowed to get by. Some of the laws passed by them are bad enough! However this type of judicial fiat stinks to the high heavens!!!!" It has started in Calif.- the land of fruits and nuts, but you may rest assured it will come your way!! Don't just get angry use your voice and start raising HELL! The Kahuna will. Please give this wide dissemination. Big Kahuna

Maybe? I should accept the pure unvarnished truth. This is the time to begin soul searching and in doing so, resign myself to a most undeniable truth. To a man of statue, like our President Mr. Bush, our political system can be most inhospitable. Lets face it, if men like Washington, Madison, Jefferson and even Ronald Regan, were seeking our highest office today, the long knives would surely be out in force! Those self serving (NO thought of country) bottom feeders called liberal democrats, would rather destroy men of character, than see them accede to our highest office. For them it's hell to be out of power!

by Dick Forrey of the Vietnam Veterans
Association..............................................
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Recently we asked the local TARGET store to be a proud sponsor of  the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall during our spring recognition event. We received the following reply from the local TARGET management:
"Veterans do not meet our area of giving. We only donate to the arts, social action groups, gay & lesbian causes, and education."

So I'm thinking, if the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and veterans in general do not meet their donation criteria, then something is really wrong at this TARGET store. We were not asking for thousands of dollars, not even hundreds, just a small sponsorship for a memorial remembrance. As a follow-up, I e-mailed the TARGET U.S. corporate headquarters and their response was the same. That's their national policy. Then I looked into the company further. They will not allow the Marines to collect for 'Toys for Tots' at any of their stores. And during the recent Iraq deployment, they would not allow families of employees who were called up for active duty to continue their insurance coverage while they were on military service. Then as I dig further, TARGET is a(SURPRISE) French-owned corporation. Now, I'm thinking again. If TARGET can not support American Veterans, ("bk I couldn't agree more) then why should I and my family support their stores by spending our hard earned American dollars and to have their profits sent to France?
Without the American Vets, where would France be today?
Feel free to pass this along to whomever you want.

Sincerely,
Dick Forrey
Veterans helping Veterans

I was thinking about how many people seem to read the Bible a whole lot more as they get older, then it dawned on me  they were cramming for their finals. As for many of us, we're just hoping God grades on the curve. :-o)  bk

An ageless story that needs to circulate at least annually.

The division of the human family into its two distinct branches, liberals and conservatives, occurred some 20,000 years ago. Until then all humans coexisted as members of small bands of nomadic hunter/gatherers. A thousand generations ago, in the pivotal event of societal evolution, beer was invented. This epochal innovation was both the foundation of modern civilization and the occasion of the great bifurcation of humanity into its two distinct subgroups. Once beer was discovered, our prehistoric forefathers decided it was time to settle down. Making beer required grain, and securing a steady supply of it ordained the invention of agriculture. After that was accomplished, ancient man quickly, and unfairly, consigned actual cultivation to women. Men couldn't just run off, willy-nilly, however. Neither the glass bottle nor the aluminum can had yet been invented, so it was necessary to stick pretty close to home, and the brewery. This left our male ancestors with a lot of time on their hands, and led to the division of the species, which persists to this day. Some men tried to conserve remnants of the old way of life (hence the term "conservative") by spending their days in the open field in the dangerous pursuit of big game animals. At night they would roast their prey at a big barbecue, and afterwards sat around the fire drinking beer, passing wind and telling stories. Other, more timid, souls stayed closer to home. They are responsible
for the domestication of cats and the invention of group therapy. Mostly, they sat around worrying about how life wasn't fair and concocting elaborate schemes to "liberate" themselves from inequity (thus their designation as "liberals"). In the evening they gathered around their fire, nibbling on fruit and nuts, sharing their innermost feelings.

Today some liberals try to pretend they're really sort of conservative, and sometimes succeed in confusing people. The following are a few tips to use in distinguishing the two types.

By definition liberals believe in big government and high taxes. Life is unfair and the government is there to do something about it. Most people are too stupid to spend untaxed income wisely, they say, and high taxes allow liberals in government to do a better job of it.

Conservatives don't like government, and, aside from the military, wish it would just go away. They hate taxes, regulations, speed limits, and small cars. Typical conservatives are Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh and, up there with the Big Man in the Sky, the incomparable John Wayne. Typical
liberals are Dustin Hoffman, Shirley McLaine, Pee Wee Herman, Martin Sheen, Sean Penn, Barbra Streisand, Ted Turner and his former wife, the traitor Jane Fonda.

All conservatives drink beer. American beer. Some liberals like imported beer, but most prefer white wine or foreign water from a bottle.

Liberals like to drive Volvos and Saabs because they're made in socialist Sweden. They like to eat weird food because it's un-American.

Your basic conservative vehicle, especially in Alaska, is the Chevy Suburban. It's big, it's American, it's four wheel drive, and it sucks up the gas. Conservatives eat beef, which they (surprise!) like to barbecue.

Big game hunters are conservative. Interior decorators are liberal. Liberals invented the designated hitter rule in baseball because it wasn't "fair" to make the poor pitcher take his turn at bat. Conservatives, inspired by a remark of the legendary Pittsburgh Stealer linebacker Jack Lambert, believe quarterbacks should be required to wear skirts, so they can more easily be distinguished from real football players.

James Brown and Ray Charles are conservatives. Michael Jackson and Milli Vanilli are liberals.

Most social workers, personal injury lawyers, journalists, and group therapists are liberals. Most ranchers, loggers, professional soldiers, and steeplejacks are conservatives.

Liberal jurors distrust the prosecutors and police. Conservatives figure the defendant must be guilty or he wouldn't be on trial. Most conservatives not only believe in the death penalty, they would cheerfully implement it, personally, if called upon to do so. Liberals think capital punishment is a barbaric relic, and unfair to boot.

Liberals believe Europeans are, generally speaking, far more enlightened than Americans. Conservatives think Europeans are basically decadent, as evidenced by their complete absence in wars.

Typical conservative movies are "Raising Arizona, Patton," and "Conan the Barbarian." Typical liberal movies are "Prince of Tides, Last Tango in Paris," and
"The Big Chill."

The quintessential liberal is the handicapper, the person who decides how much extra weight to saddle the faster horses with in order to make the race "fair."

The American cowboy, of course, is your basic, full bore conservative. A hundred years ago, an Englishman in South Dakota was trying to find the owner of a huge cattle ranch. He rode up to one of the ranch hands and asked, "Excuse me, but could you tell me where to find your Master?" To which the cowboy replied, "That sumbitch hasn't been born."

Please, don't lose sight of the fact that while the liberal news media and those devout Bush haters, keep reminding us, at the hands of supporters of Saddam Hussein, plus all kinds of al Queda riff-raff and Iranian die-hards, our military has been suffering (it is a WAR ZONE) loses every day in Iraq. We must not lose sight or forget, in Philadelphia the murder rate, by early August, was 198 killed! Across the nation in Oakland, California, they were moving right along with almost 80 murders! Then their is our nations capitol Washington, D. C., (lotus land on the Potomac), workplace of so many feel good, speak-ill of no man, as long as they vote for us, Democrat politicians, always eager to denounce the President, WOW! should heed this fact. In June the District had reclaimed its status as the murder capital of the United States. According to the FBI statistics, my fellow citizens, you have a better chance of being shot to death in Washington, D. C. than in Baghdad. So, the next time your local daily or nightly TV news plays up the number of our boys who are battle casualties in Iraq, you should give some thought to wearing a bulletproof vest on your next visit to D.C. to see the Lincoln memorial. Then there is our New Orleans, the city that "Care forgot" and our desire to always be number one! Lets continue to go at the current rate, we can and will surely surpass D.C.

You really don't have to be a rocket scientist to notice the moral slippage in our society today. This is being brought about by public apathy and indifference that has allowed our Christianity to be silenced in OUR schools and driven from the public arena. Abortion rights, gay and lesbian rights, feminist rights, and atheists' rights have virtually eclipsed any rights Christians used to enjoy. Try having your child bring up Jesus in school and see the result. Hells fire there is even a Post Office in Texas that won't allow a "In God We Trust" sign to be displayed. Am I Rip Van Winkle or is that still our national slogan?

This is a battle for our minds,will  decide whether our thoughts are shaped by the wisdom of men like Marx, Darwin, Freud, and Nietzsche, or by the wisdom God shared through Moses, the prophets, the apostles, and Jesus. We must stop turning the other cheek! Christian people are allowed to raise hell, if they will only use their voices!

Since I feel that turning the other cheek is no the solution. I have become so satiated with letters from the constant whiners and career Bush-bashers, and other various experts? I'd like to add my humble opinion. Our problems didn't start with Mr. Bush. For those of you too young to remember, it was in 1979, when Iranians took our embassy people hostage and we let them lead us around by the noses for 444 days. We even made it a point to let the world know how angry we were at this kind of treatment, however we did NOTHING! In an opinion held by many and most assuredly shared by me. We should have done is gone to the Iranians at 8 a.m. the next morning and told them to release our people by noon or Iran would become the world's most famous parking lot by 1 p.m. We allowed this to pass. Our people were gotten out alive, but at what price? We allowed them get away with what they did, since then the Arab world has been a thorn in our side, seeing this as a sign of weakness. Attacking us all over the world at will! The Arab world has seen that as a sign of weakness ever since. Look at how many thousands of innocent people have been killed since then. Our people are paying the price now. So we didn't find WMDs in Iraq? So what! The time long since passed for us to draw a line in the sand in the Arab world. We drew that line in Afghanistan and again in Iraq - and it was in "THEIR SAND", not ours. This enemy are morally corrupt savages who make Adolf Hitler look like a choirboy. These people are not going to stop until they start another world war. Believe me turning the other cheek is what brought us here in the first place.

California Wisdom

You have a cow and a bull.
The bull is depressed.
It has spent its life living a lie.
It goes away for two weeks.
It comes back after a taxpayer-paid sex-change operation. You now have two cows.
One makes milk; the other doesn`t.
You try to sell the transgender cow.
Its lawyer sues you for discrimination. You lose in court.
You sell the milk-generating cow to pay the damages. You now have one rich, transgender, non-milk- producing cow.

You change your business to beef. PETA pickets your farm. Jesse Jackson makes a speech in your driveway. Cruz Bustamante calls for higher farm taxes to help
"working cows". Hillary Clinton calls for the nationalization of 1/7 of your farm "for the children".
Gray Davis signs a law giving your farm to Mexico. The L.A. Times quotes five anonymous cows claiming you groped their teats.
You declare bankruptcy and shut down all operations. The cow starves to death.
The L.A. Times` analysis shows your business failure is Bush`s fault.

I readily admit to not being a scholar of the Constitution, however there is no problem for me to fathom the King's English when it is intelligently written and is grammatically correct. My perception in regard to The Constitution is that it clearly states in no ambiguous terms that Congress shall establish no religion. But for some unknown reason those paragons of knowledge in Congress have allowed the Supreme Court (a panel of nine U.S. citizens appointed for life by the president and approved by Congress) to render decisions on matters of speech, along with faith and morals. These decisions have now become the law of the land. In allowing this to happen, Congress has knowingly perhaps unwittingly established a state religion called "The Church of the Benighted Supreme Court."

"The U.S. military has had considerably more success in turning Iraq around than liberals have had in turning the ghettos around with their 40-year 'War on Poverty.' So far, fewer troops have been killed by hostile fire since the end of major combat in Iraq than civilians were murdered in Washington, DC, last year. How many years has it been since we declared the end of major U.S. combat operations against Marion Barry's regime? How long before we just give up and pull out of that
hellish quagmire known as Washington, D.C.?" --Ann Coulter

De Tocqueville said it best over 200 years ago: "America is great because America is good." If America ceases to be good, the demise of our greatness is sure to follow.
Have you heard of the Roman Empire?

Congress is like the cockroach: If you don't turn on the lights and keep up the heat, you'll never know what the vermin are up to. Keep up the good work, keep turning up the heat and keep the lights on.

We as Americans, most of whom have worked hard and contributed to society for 50 years, paying taxes and more taxes for our government to give away to nations of the world who hate us, except when we hand out money. The Democrats and Republicans can't seem to come together except to create a comprehensive and workable health and (beyond belief) retirement plan, for themselves. Not at all like the one we the plebeians must live with. They are fair however! they allow us the plebeians to pay for it. We must also take credit for electing these lawmakers (OUR BETTERS ?) However these dedicated solipsist along with that paragon of fairness and veracity Bill Clinton, with help from both sides of the aisle saw fit to tax a good portion of our social security. However these same cretins have no qualms about giving away billions to Iraq, Israel, Haiti, Egypt and other countries, along with pandering to blocks of the whiners and complainers, whose love for America is always to be questioned. We have tried to save a world that can't stand us with money that belongs to the American people who paid their way, with hard work and sacrifice along with giving those politicians a well-filled public trough to slop themselves at! The Republicans and Democrats in Congress have great plans for themselves, and lip service for the American people. Do they really care? If you think they do, you most certainly believe in the tooth fairy. Election time is the only time they want us (need). With an electorate that is soooo apathetic they need not fear change? Soon we will have to beg the world to help us, however don't hold your breath! They will laugh at Uncle Sucker. A most aggravated! Big Kahuna ..

Are we the offspring of Rip Van Winkle? Have we all been asleep? The legal and most assuredly the illegal Immigrants are not assimilating to America; America is assimilating to the immigrants. Not only with respect to language but also with dress and other cultural customs, immigrants are retaining what they brought with them, not adopting what Americans do, or even care to. A story this week in the Washington Post, about Muslim women in the United States preferring to wear their traditional headscarves.

"It's gotten to the point where I felt this is my culture and my heritage," Lisa Hashem, a college graduate with a degree in engineering, told the Post. I have a clue for the lady - they are in real dire need for her type where she came from. Since she has already received from this country what she couldn't get where she comes from. Why doesn't she go back home where she can be of real help, plus enjoy her culture and her heritage all the time and let us have ours? A disgusted & MAH!!        BigKahuna

America and Americans don't need to be overly concerned about hurting the feelings of professional complaint groups, like the People for the American Way, NAACP, CORE, Jesse and his rainbow. However lets not forget, all the Hollywood leftists, who except for the good life they enjoy here, seem to have no great love for the country. If anything, we need to put more effort into investigating and arresting radical Islamic terrorists deporting them post haste when called for. As for the Hollywood so called elite, there is a easy way to get their attention, just don't patronize anything that they are offering. When you think about it other than their movies what do they offer that is of any value to the average man on the street? Just a thought! Big Kahuna

One of the many headaches that George W. Bush inherited from his predecessor, was the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. In the waning years of the Clinton administration, protesters demanded that the U. S. Navy abandon bombing and naval gun fire exercises that had taken place on the largely uninhabited island for nearly seventy years. It became a leftist cause. Liberal icons bumped into one another to fly to Puerto Rico, boat over
to the island, trespass (but never on a day that there was an exercise scheduled) and get arrested for the benefit of the New York Times or Newsweek. They included the Reverend Al Sharpton, Mrs. Jesse Jackson, Joan Baez, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Edward Olomos, Michael Moore and Ramsey Clark, just to name a few. Hillary Clinton, then running for the U. S. Senate in New York, chastised the U. S. Navy for not bowing to the "will of the citizens of Puerto Rico", until her husband, a week before the election, issued an executive order to phase out the facility by 2003, despite pleas from his own Secretary of Defense and the Chief of Naval Operations.

In 2002, the bombing exercises were transferred to an Air Force bombing range in central Florida, not far from the Jacksonville and Pensacola Naval Air Stations. In January, many of the protesters were back in Puerto Rico, celebrating the final bombing exercise on Vieques and waved Puerto Rican flags and placards that read "U. S. Navy, get out of Puerto Rico." On February 21, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announced that the U. S. Navy will close the Roosevelt Roads Naval Air Station in Puerto Rico in 2004, eliminating 1200 civilian jobs as well as 700 military positions. This naval facility is estimated to put nearly $300 million annually into the local economy. The next day a stunned Governor Sila Calderon, held a news conference in San Juan, protesting the base closure as a serious blow to Commonwealth's fragile economy.

The governor stated that "The people of Puerto Rico don't now or never did have an interest in closing the Vieques bombing range or the Roosevelt Roads naval base. We are interested in both staying in Puerto Rico."

When asked, the Commander-in Chief, Western Atlantic Command, said, "Without Vieques, I see no further need for the facility at Roosevelt Roads. None."

So, Yanqui go home? Fine. But we'll take our dollars with us. Hasta la vista . . . baby!

On February 21, the Secretary of Defense also announced that starting this year, the U. S. European Command would begin moving most if not all of its active combat and support units from bases in Germany to others being established in Poland, The Czech Republic, Hungary and Turkey to "better position them for rapid deployment to likely hot spots in those parts of the world". Immediately the business and government leaders in the German states of Hesse, Rhineland and Wurttemburg, protested the loss of nearly $6 million in revenue each year from the bases and manpower to be displaced. A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry speculated that the move may be "what the Americans call 'payback' for the actions of this government in opposing military action in Iraq."

Whatever. Does anyone know the German translation for "Hasta la vista . . . baby?"
Oh! ain't it nice to finally see our government with guts (and a good memory). I for one think it's greattttttttttt. 

The Democrats and the Republicans say they're beefing up our economy. How can this be when most don't know beef from pork!!!! Just thinking, Bk

Aside from the obvious which is to rein in our greedy politicians, who have no regard for we the people or our money. Then we Of course, no matter how unpleasant, start closing a few of the many unnecessary military bases. Stop the PORK! Since we are now certain that the French and Germans think so many of our policies are stupid let us start by closing overseas bases in France and Germany. Let them scream. Why should we subsidize with our troops, governments that as I stated have no regard for the way we operate! Next, we shouldn't even consider committing our young people, having them run the risk of getting killed in places like Liberia. Remember Somalia, where they dragged the body of an American airman through the city? How could you ever forget that terrible scene? We should make it policy that all loans (GIFTS) to our enemies will no longer be made, if for no other reason but that we are broke! It follows that lending :-o) or giving our money to countries that never back us is just plain stupid! Let them knock on the door of Japan Germany or even China to borrow. We have devoted much time and money, aside from the spilled blood of our young, pulling the chestnuts of these ungrateful folks from the fire, along with saving them from an unthinkable tyranny, to have those lobotomized residents of lotus land on the Potomac give away our country. Always be aware that for all that may be wrong in America we are still the best and only place in the world that I'm aware of where people die trying to get here!

What a constituency to be proud of! Except for most union members, the 13% with their hands out crowd, plus deviants and people who can't or won't speak our language!  Makes you glad to be a conservative Republician. Or it should. bk

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It's a rainy afternoon and I am thinking of all those who oppose anything of faith being displayed in public and have to say, I think that I'm correct in making the statement that The Declaration of Independence recognizes "rights endowed by our Creator." The Constitution recognizes Jesus' birth and deity when it is dated "in the year of our Lord 1787." One of the first congressional acts was to hire a clergy to lead prayer every day. Congress also purchased Bibles for schools. Prayer was allowed and encouraged from the founding until the 1960s, when all of a sudden it was declared unconstitutional. A pre-1950s Supreme Court even declared that the United States is a "Christian nation." If one will research the documents from the Magna Carta, The Mayflower Compact, and on down through history, you will find that the Founding Fathers indeed recognized God and believed His commandments, all ten, and laws were a foundation that would let freedom work.

As for the phrase "In God We Trust" only starting in the '50s, I have some very old silver dollars dated 1882 and it has "In God We Trust," inscribed, so do Lincoln pennies and many other coins dated a long time before the 1950s.

Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President George Washington in 1789 as "a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to the good Lord, affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness." It was reaffirmed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. Christmas (for you of little faith or NONE, that's the birth of Christ Jesus) and has been an official federal holiday since 1870.

You don't have to believe in God, but please don't use false information to argue your beliefs. I must add that in time of war you won't find any non believers in foxholes!!

Big Kahuna

Please join me in this most worthwhile effort. If we don't try we will never see it happen. However if you feel that our tax system is just then discard and ignore this plea. Thanks in any event. BK

Repeal the 16th Amendment and Abolish the Income Tax

(Please forward this invitation to friends, family members, and fellow American Patriots.  In order to force serious consideration of this issue within the White House and Congress, we must first collect as many petition signatures as possible.)

PatriotPetitions.US, the nation's leading public opinion advocate for Constitutional integrity, has embarked on a new campaign entreating the President and Congress to support meaningful tax reform legislation, including H.J. Resolution 15 to "Repeal the 16th Amendment and Abolish the Income Tax," in accordance with Article I, Section 9 of the U.S. Constitution, and replace the current invasive income tax system with a national sales tax or flat tax.

We ask all American Patriots to join us in support of this critical bid "abolishing personal income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens." Given the limited influence of constitutional constructionists and fiscal conservatives in both chambers of Congress, H.J. Resolution 15 stands little chance of passage, but it is critical that we all register our support for this important legislation as a matter of principle.  Tax reform is essential to America's economic future, and fundamental to our nation's historic commitment to personal liberty and equality.

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Founder's Quote:  "I cannot undertake to lay my finger on that article of the Constitution which granted a right to Congress of expending, on objects of benevolence, the money of their constituents...." --James Madison

Among those who know me well and have good memories, they will remember me espousing these sentiments, for many years. I not only still believe this, but am genuinely pleased to see someone with a national audience feels the same as I do! There will be those of you who disagree, just remember you were reminded here!!! ßk

They're Coming to Take Me Away by Edgar J. Steele July 26, 2003

I recall getting strange looks, several years ago, from people whom I told it was time to buy their guns and ammunition at gun shows - for cash - off paper - no records.  Now, of course, it is all but impossible to buy a gun of any sort without getting into the Federal and state databases, thanks to the background checks.  Unless you're a criminal on the street, of course - business as usual there.  It's just America's law-abiding gun buyers of whom they're keeping track.  It will make it real easy to collect them when the time comes. I still get strange looks.  Today, however, it is because my advice in regard to guns has shifted to:  "It's time to bury your guns and ammunition."   Yes, they actually are confiscating certain types of weapons in certain parts of the country - especially California, of course - and Washington, DC, too - anyplace where there is skyrocketing crime is where they are taking the guns away from honest civilians.  Leaving guns only in the hands of street gangs and other assorted thugs - such as the local police forces. But, it isn't the escalating confiscation that causes me to say bury them now.  Time enough for that when we see them going door to door in the big cities, after all.  Rather, it is because the authorities are starting to use innocent gun ownership as a basis for labeling those of us who speak out as "domestic terrorists," to be thrown in jail. Yes, I know exactly how that sounds. No, I am not being excessively paranoid.  Yes, they now are investigating perfectly ordinary people.  People just like you.  Yes, they now are arresting law-abiding people who merely speak out against the current American regime.  People just like me.  Guess what class of people is due to be arrested next?  Consider me your canary-in-the-coal-shaft.  When you stop hearing from me, you know that you will be the next one to be picked up.  Of course, by then there will be nobody left to speak out on your behalf. Here's a link to a story written by a fellow, who just happens to be a journalist, who recently was investigated and interrogated by two FBI agents in Atlanta because somebody reported that he was reading a story entitled "Weapons of Mass Stupidity," while standing in a coffee shop line:  http://atlanta.creativeloafing.com/2003-07-17/rant.html .  Here's a link to the article that got this guy in trouble, merely because he was reading it in a public place:  http://charlotte.creativeloafing.com/newsstand/2003-06-04/news_cover.html .  Interrogated.  By the FBI.  For reading.  In Public.  Think about that for a moment.  Okay, now you're ready to move on to the next outrage. Meet Artie Wheeler.  Artie is in jail today.  Arrested by the Baltimore Police and labeled a domestic terrorist.  Because he owned guns and gunpowder.  All his guns and all his reloading supplies and equipment, including the gunpowder, are perfectly legal under existing city, state and federal laws.  He's being held on a charge of "reckless endangerment."   Speculation is that the charge against Artie arises from the gunpowder, both black and smokeless, being kept in plastic jugs.  Problem is, gunpowder routinely is resold to the public in plastic jugs.  It's the best and safest way to handle it.  Black powder is used for old-time guns, like flintlocks, and smokeless powder is used for modern bullets, which Artie reloaded himself in order to save money. I can hardly wait for them to come out here to Idaho and start arresting people for this sort of thing.  Almost everybody has guns and many reload their own ammunition in order to save money.  And there are lots of black powder aficionados who shoot privately and in competition.  America's South is full of them, busily reenacting the War of Northern Aggression (you may think of it as the Civil War) on weekends. Artie wasn't home when the Baltimore SWAT team broke down the door and then handcuffed his 72-year-old wife to the bedstead for seven hours, while they ransacked the couple's home.  Elizabeth is a proud grandmother, in fact, great-grandmother to three youngsters.  They took the couple's computer equipment, private papers and $8,000 in cash which the couple kept in their home for safety...for safety.  Now, with her husband in jail and out of work, Elizabeth has no money with which to buy groceries, let alone hire an attorney.  But the police have the couple's $8,000 savings, don't forget.  (Before I forget:  Elizabeth Wheeler, 512 South East Avenue, Baltimore, Maryland 21224-3913.  Be generous, if you've a mind to.) Remember, in this day of the Patriot Act and Homeland Defense, the police no longer require probable cause.  They need merely use the magic phrase, "domestic terrorist," and all remaining constitutional protections disappear. Artie is being held on a misdemeanor charge, under $2,000,000 bail.  Yes, $2 million.  You heard me right.  For contrast, another name in today's news, star basketball player Kobe Bryant, is out of jail on his rape, assault and battery charge (of a 19-year-old white girl), having posted just $15,000 bail.  And he's rich.   Artie Wheeler is broke since they took the couple's $8,000 savings, yet he is in jail under $2 million bail.  Of course, Artie is white.  No, you are the one being naive if you don't think that skin color and fame make a difference. So, you say, why Artie?  What makes him such a target?  Well, he and his 72-year-old wife have been passing out National Alliance literature.  The National Alliance has been targeted by the ADL, one of the truly evil terrorist organizations in the world today, as being "hateful" because it objects to the favoritism given to other races at the expense of whites.  Here is the National Alliance's web site:  http://www.natvan.com/ .  You can read an in-depth interview of great-grandmother Elizabeth there. Why didn't they arrest Elizabeth, too?  Because the trumped-up charge is based on the perfectly legal guns and gunpowder owned by her husband.  Also, the spectacle of locking up this great grandmother was probably too much for even these modern-day Gestapo jackbooted thugs in Baltimore. Another National Alliance member, Chester Doles, was arrested a couple of months ago.  His collection of twelve pistols and rifles, all legal, figured prominently in his being labeled a domestic terrorist.  In Idaho, that would be a merely average collection, believe me.   I used to ski pretty earnestly and still own about twenty pair of skis.  At any one time, if you are serious, you really need at least 8 pair of skis, each with a completely different set of characteristics:  slalom, giant slalom, ice, bumps, rocks, powder and slush.  Guns are kind of like that.   Of course, if you really are a domestic terrorist, bent upon killing people from a distance, then you really need only a single weapon.  Ironically, it's those with a great many guns who prove that they are the true sportsmen.  It's kind of like not needing to worry about the country with lots of nuclear missiles; rather, the real concern is the fellow with a single nuke. So, boys and girls, that is why I say it is time to bury those guns.  Before they use them as a pretext for arresting you because you were seen reading something critical of the President.  But, hold back one or two.  You'll need to give them something when they come to your door, collecting the guns, as they inevitably will, or they will be suspicious.  Bury the ones you bought off paper (no registration or background checks).  Or, someday you may need a couple of holdouts in order to fight your way to your main arsenal. Either way, it's time. Here's hoping you have a nice day!!

Sell it to us! In the Kahuna’s opinion this poll had to be taken in S.F., Calif.- the land of fruits and nuts!! You can bet your sweet derrière it wasn't done in middle America. You must take a poll where you know you will get the best results.

Am I wrong in this assumption? ßk

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Thanks to my friend Tony Sanchez for sending this to me. This is the sort of thing that
seems to fall in the cracks, because the media seems to dislike anything positive!! One of the truly uplifting things I have read since the war in Iraq started.

This came to me (Ralph) from a retired USMC Colonel (Lochner) friend of mine, who
received it from a USN Admiral (Ryan) friend of his. I now share the piece with you FYI.
Regards to all and SEMPER FI, Ralph

Got this from a retired Naval officer friend of mine. I think its fresh as of 7/18/03.

Dad,
The bottom line is this: Things are not as bad as they appear on the news. I can't believe how bad the press is, even Fox news which I don't think is that much better than the Communist News Network (CNN). Why do they only report on the one or two soldiers killed daily? They don't report on the millions of great things we do on a daily basis to make this country better. These people love us for the most part. It is only a very small amount of unorganized Ba'ath left-behinds who are giving us trouble. We have turned Al Hillah into one of the richest, safest cities in Iraq. The only people who probably know this are the Marines and the people of Al Hillah.

I get very frustrated with the media. I have little respect for them and I don't think I'll ever again be the voracious news consumer I was before. Their agenda is all too obvious to the men over here, who are actually living and working in Iraq. I have been here for months, in the same damn town. These journalists come in for a day or two, never get out of their SUVs, walk around, go into people's homes, or play with kids at schools. They hear that a soldier was killed by a sniper. Power went out. People took to the streets to protest a weapons turn in policy, a pay cut, or a new mayor. Then all of a sudden this place is "unstable" and "a quagmire." How many American cities are "unstable" and stuck in a "quagmire"? By the media's definition, I'd say quite a few. What would today's American journalists have said about the months after the American Revolution, reconstruction in the south, even post-Nazi Germany? How have these so-called educated journalists become so short-sighted and pessimistic?

You can't change a country in a few months. You can't change a culture in years. The months after combat have had their ups and downs and struggles. We expected that. I remember the day our battalion drove into Saddam City, Baghdad. People jumping and crying in the streets, cheering and throwing cigarettes at us, offering us their daughters and babies. It was emotional for the Marines. It was one of the most intense emotional moments of my life. As intense as combat.

It is sad that the media is not reminding America of our glorious victory. The media has now turned to slinging mud at the president and our military planners. They are doubting our efforts. They say morale is at an "all time low." Well, maybe for the Army reservists. But not the Marines. We are motivated and dedicated to rebuilding Iraq and doing the job right. We are professionals and have already proven to the world that we are 100 times more effective at peace-keeping and nation-building than the Army. Please relay my thoughts to your friends at work and parties. They need to be critical of the news. We laugh at the news. We sneer at reporters. We are the do-ers, not the passive watchers and critics. We have invested blood into this god-awful garden and we'll be damned if we just pull out and let some gang of punks ruin it for the people of Iraq.

I think I'll give some speeches or write opinion articles about all this when I go home. I will declare Jihad on the media.
All for now,

Nathan

Thank God for Nathan and all the men who are protecting our country! BK

Boy do I go along with this! Why can't we have such a realistic policy?

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I pass this along because I think it is a greattttttttttttttttttttttt idea. Read on and see if you agree.ßk

You may have heard in the news that a couple of Post Offices in Texas have been forced to take down small posters that say "IN GOD WE TRUST." The law, they say, is being violated.. It is something silly about electioneering posters (is God running for office)?
Anyway, I heard proposed on a radio station show, that we all write "IN GOD WE 'TRUST" on the back of all our mail. After all, that is our national motto, and it's on all the money we use to buy those stamps. I think it is a wonderful idea. We must take back our nation from all the people that think that anything that offends them should be removed.

If you like this idea, please pass it on, and DO IT. The idea of writing or stamping "IN GOD WE TRUST" on our envelopes sounds good to me. It has been reported that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore, I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a mess about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Could it be that we just need to take action and tell the 14% to sit down and shut up? (bk - right after we give them a swift kick in the ARSE!)

Musing on a rainy day!  

In our republic liberty, hopefully is (though not always) regulated by intelligence. However we also have the benighted gleefully dedicated to restlessness and total disregard for law.This is where the bayonet (only in a figurative sense) must come in, restraint by force. Not long can our Republic survive without the general understanding that perceives the need for those "JUST" laws. From this comes a happy obedience by the
people, making for the public good! However we who refer to ourselves as law abiding must Never never lose sight of this. In my humble opinion unrestrained freedom can be anarchy!

It's time to revisit where we were a century ago. This ought to boggle your mind; I know it did mine.                         

The year is 1903, one hundred years ago... what a difference a century makes. Here are the U.S. statistics for 1903.

The average life expectancy in the US was forty-seven.
Only 14 Percent of the homes in the US had a bathtub.
Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars..
There were only 8,000 cars in the US and only 144 miles of paved roads.
The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million residents, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower.
The average wage in the US was 22 cents an hour.
The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.
A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.
More than 95 percent of all births in the US took place at home.
Ninety percent of all US physicians had no college education. Instead, they attended medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press and by the government as "substandard."
Sugar cost four cents a pound. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen. Coffee cost fifteen cents a pound.
Most women only washed their hair once a month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
Canada passed a law prohibiting poor people from entering the country for any reason.
The five leading causes of death in the US were:
1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
The population of Las Vegas, Nevada was 30.
Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented.
There were no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
One in ten US adults couldn't read or write. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
Coca Cola contained cocaine.
Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at corner drugstores According to one pharmacist, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and the bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health."
Eighteen percent of households in the US had at least one full-time servant or domestic.
There were only about 230 reported murders in the entire US.
Just think what it will be like in another 100 years.
It boggles the mind...

The stuff you don't hear about on CNN?
Let's start with electrical power production in Iraq. The day after the war was declared over, there was nearly 0 power being generated in Iraq. Just 45 days later, in a partnership between the Army, the Iraqi people and some private companies, there are now 3200 megawatts (Mw) of power being produced daily, 1/3 of the total national potential of 8000 Mw. Downed power lines (big stuff, 400 Kilovolt (Kv) and 132 Kv) are being repaired and are about 70 percent complete.

Then there is water purification. In central Iraq between Baghdad and Mosul, home of the 4th Infantry Division, water treatment was spotty at best. The facilities existed, but the controls were never implemented. Simple chemicals like Chlorine for purification and Alum (Aluminum Sulfate) for sediment settling (the Tigris River is about as clear as the Mississippi River) were in very short supply or not used at all. When chlorine was used, it was metered by the scientific method of guessing. So some people got pool water to drink and some people got water with lots of little things floating around in it. We are slowly but surely solving that. Contracts for repairs to facilities that are only 50 percent or less operational are being let, chemicals are being delivered, although we don't have the metering problem solved yet ( but again, it's only been 45 days).

How about oil and fuel? Well the war was all about oil wasn't it? You bet it was. It was all about oil for the Iraqi people! They have no other income, they produce nothing else. Oil is 95 percent of the Iraqi GNP. For this nation to survive, it must sell oil. The Refinery at Bayji is [operating] at 75 percent of capacity producing gasoline. The crude pipeline between Kirkuk (Oil Central) and Bayji will be repaired by tomorrow (2 June). LPG, what all Iraqis use to cook and heat with, is at 103 percent of normal production and we, the U.S. Army, are ensuring it is being distributed fairly to all Iraqis.

You have to remember that only three months ago, all these things were used by the Saddam regime as weapons against the population to keep them in line. If your town misbehaved, gasoline shipments stopped, LPG pipelines and trucks stopped, water was turned off, power was turned off. Now, until exports start, every drop of gasoline produced goes to the Iraqi people. Crude oil is being stored and the country is at 75 percent capacity right now. They need to export or stop pumping soon, so thank the U.N. for the delay. All LPG goes to the Iraqi people everywhere. Water is being purified as best it can be, but at least its running all the time to everyone.

Are we still getting shot at? Yep. Are American soldiers still dying? Yep, about one a day from my outfit, the 4th Infantry Division, most in accidents, but dead is dead. If we are doing all this for the Iraqis, why are they shooting at us? The general Iraqi population isn't shooting at us. There are still bad guys who won't let go of the old regime. They are Ba'ath party members (Read Nazi Party, but not as nice) who have known nothing but and supported nothing but the regime all of their lives. These are the thugs for the regime who caused many to disappear in the night. They have no other skills. At least the Nazis [in Germany] had jobs and a semblance of a national infrastructure that they could go back to after the war, as plumbers, managers, engineers, etc. These people have no skills but terror. They are simply applying their skills ... and we are applying ours.

There is no Christian way to say this, but they must be eliminated and we are doing so with all the efficiency we can muster. Our troops are shot at literally everyday by small arms and Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPGs). We respond. One hundred percent of the time, the Ba''ath party guys come out with the short end of the stick. The most amazing thing to me is that they don't realize that if they stopped shooting at us, we would focus on fixing things more quickly and then leave back to the land of the Big PX. The more they shoot at us, the longer we will have to stay.

Lastly, all of you please realize that 90 percent of the damage you see on TV was caused by Iraqis, not by us and not by the war. Sure, we took out a few bridges from military necessity, we took out a few power and phone lines to disrupt communications, sure we drilled a few palaces and government headquarters buildings with 2000 lb. laser guided bombs (I work 100 yards from where two hit the Tikrit Palace), [but] he had plenty to spare. But, any damage you see to schools, hospitals, power generation facilities, refineries, pipelines, was all caused either by the Iraqi Army in its death throes or from much of the Iraqi civilians looting the places. Could we have prevented it? Nope. We can and do now, but 45 days ago, the average soldier was fighting for his own survival and trying to get to his objectives as fast as possible. He was lucky to know what town he was in much less be informed enough to know who owned what or have the power to stop 1,000 people from looting and burning a building by himself.

The United States and our allies, especially Great Britain, are doing a very noble thing here. We stuck our necks out on the world's chopping block to free an entire people from the grip of a horrible terror that was beyond belief. I've already talked the weapons of mass destruction thing to death - bottom line, who cares? This country was one big conventional weapons ammo dump anyway. We have probably destroyed more weapons and ammo in the last 30 days than the U.S. Army has ever fired in the last 30 years (remember, this is a country the size of Texas), so drop the WMD argument as the reason we came here. If we find it great if we don't, so what?

I'm living in a "guest palace" on a 500-acre palace compound with 20 palaces with like facilities built in half a dozen towns all over Iraq that were built for one man. Drive down the street and out into the countryside five miles away like I have and see all the families of 10 or more, all living in mud huts and herding the two dozen sheep on which their very existence depends ..then tell me why you think we are here. WMD is an important issue. We have to find them wherever they may be (in Syria?), but that is not our real motivator. Don't let it be yours either.

Respectfully,
ERIC RYDBOM MAJOR, ENGINEER Deputy Division Engineer 4th Infantry
Division

This letter from a combat veteran!

"This decoration authorized by Executive Order No. 9419 on February 4, 1944, is awarded a person in any branch of the military service who, while serving in any capacity with the Armed Forces of the United States on or after December 7, 1941, shall have distinguished himself by heroic or meritorious achievement or service, not involving participation in aerial flight, in connection with military operations against an armed
enemy."
"The award recognizes acts of heroism performed in ground combat if they are of lesser degree than that required for the Silver Star. It also recognizes single acts of merit and meritorious service if the achievement or service is of a lesser degree than that deemed worthy of the Legion of Merit; but such service must have been accomplished with distinction."

Now can anyone logically explain to me how and WHY Jessica Lynch received this award? I am not trying to discredit her. She certainly went through a traumatic
experience with being injured, captured and sort of held prisoner. Is this one more thing to appease women? It has yet to be made clear, at least to me, how she distinguished herself by "heroic or meritorious achievement or service". What about all the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines who actually saw, participated and were wounded or died in actual combat? Continuous combat. Shouldn't those who were wounded or died receive the same recognition. Was this the result of pandering to the feminist? Help me understand.

Most of the European nations wish us nothing but success in our war with Iraq. Having said that, in my humble opinion they also wish, no matter
what they think of the war, that our occupation is successful. However you may rest assured that they have no intention of committing their people and resources in support of an occupation taking place that they have no responsibility for and even less influence over the direction it takes. We must never make the fatuous assumption that the overwhelming superiority of our military power would make it a simple thing to change the internal politics of any nation, when and why do we assume such (pardonable) arrogance? However it's a given that this effort should and must be made! Thank God we have a President that seems up to the job. If we as a nation and people have the fallacious opinion to think this can be done only through military power, that seems to scorn the views of allies and the rest of the world, we are wrong! Except by the grace of God, this could end in a tragedy, better than the Greeks could have written! God bless our troops, country and our President Mr. Bush.

Big Kahuna

Thanks to those liberal cretins in the State Dept. this is just what America needs more democratic voters for the next election. Don't worry
though they are being taught how to flush toilets and work light switches. They may even be required to speak English? I for one living
where I do(New Orleans) see no need to import more people for the welfare rolls. Why is it that other countries seem to be more selective
and look for educated people to bring to their countries. It must be in the DNA of those in Washington that we seem to prefer those we(the
taxpayers) must carry to those who can carry their own weight. I bet there are many of you who share this view? Big Kahuna

Chuck Schumer is the #1 anti-Second Amendment radical in the U.S. Senate. Were it up to him, your Second Amendment rights would be
stripped away year after year.
-- Chuck Schumer is one of the biggest spending liberals in the U.S. Senate. He has voted to waste BILLIONS of dollars on failed government
programs that perpetuate poverty. And he opposed President Bush's initiatives to reforming the failed welfare system.
-- Chuck Schumer led the charge against banning the barbaric practice of Partial-Birth Abortion, and is one of the favorite Senators of the Trial
Lawyers and Big Labor Union Bosses.
-- And unlike the majority of Americans who live in the real world, Chuck Schumer opposed President Bush's tax cut for working American's by
voting against it.
Another reason for we conservatives to dislike him Chuck Schumer is the leading Democratic Senator on the Judiciary Committee to oppose
President Bush's nominees to the Federal Bench.
And if that isn't enough he is closest to   Hillary (the mendacious one) in the Senate. Sure hopes he gets defeated in the next electon!!!!!b

In the House, Rep. Ron Paul's amendment to withdraw the U.S. from the UN was defeated this week by a vote of 350-74. You may recall that The
Federalist's public opinion service, PatriotPetitions.US, sponsored a petition in support of this amendment, entreating President George Bush,
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist "...to terminate all participation by the United States in the
United Nations, terminate any and all U.S. taxpayer-funded support for the UN, and prohibit American Armed Forces from serving under the
command of the United Nations anywhere in the world." While we did not expect Rep. Paul's amendment to pass, the fact that 73 members of the
House joined Rep. Paul in support of this amendment and that some 40,000 of our readers registered their support for it, certainly serves to keep
the heat on UN oversight. (Footnote: Atop the UN's current wish list is a $1 billion interest-free loan from U.S. taxpayers for renovations on
the UN headquarters building in New York.)
Undeterred, Rep. Paul proposed H.J. Resolution 15, "an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to abolishing personal
income, estate, and gift taxes and prohibiting the United States Government from engaging in business in competition with its citizens."
We are on board with this one! BK says "And soooooooooooo is the Kahuna. The UN doesn't even give us one kiss when they do it to us!!!!!!”

The following sure gives credence to my thought sometime back that Mr. Bush should clean the state dept. house of all those Clinton
appointees.

July 17, 2003
Many in the State Department may have opposed Ronald Reagan's fervent
anti-Communism in the 80's. But it was much worse back in the '30s, '40s
and '50s.
CBN.com - WASHINGTON, D.C. - The State Department is supposed to
represent America's best interests to the rest of the world, but critics
say it often fails to do that. In fact, they say it sometimes acts in
opposition to American interests.
Within days of America's flash war to topple Saddam Hussein, Newt
Gingrich was warning the State Department was busy pursuing policies
that would throw away the fruits of that military victory. His main
charge: in a violent world of terrorism and growing anti-Americanism,
the State Department is still sleepwalking in its normal way, passive
and accommodating to America's enemies, operating out of a liberal
worldview.
Critics say the State Department has a long history of doing this, and
in the process, sometimes subverting the President it is supposed to
serve. The Reagan years are a good example.
"Sometimes it's worthwhile destabilizing some country, like when Ronald
Reagan destabilized the Soviet Union and brought it down," said Herb
Romerstein.
Romerstein worked on Capitol Hill in those days, and Michael Horowitz
served in the White House. They were ideological opponents of the State
Department bureaucrats.
Romerstein said, "You don't know how shocked they were when Ronald
Reagan referred to the Soviet Union as an 'evil empire.'"
Horowitz said, "I thought that half the people in the State Department
would go into cardiac arrest that week. They were certain and terrified
that this was going to start World War III."
"The State Department bureaucracy did generally not approve of the
President's anti-communism. They were more of an accommodationist bent,"
said Faith Whittlesey who served on Reagan's staff and watched Foggy
Bottom try to undermine his initiatives.
"They felt very strongly that those policies were wrong-headed,"
Whittlesey said. "Their reactions varied from, I would say, inaction to
the point of out-right subversion."
Why is it like this with the State Department? There are a couple of
reasons. Certainly, one of them is philosophy.
Whittlesey said, "They could be described, I would say, 90 percent
liberal."
"They came out of an academic community that told them America is the
problem in the world, and that's what they hear at their cocktail
parties," said Romerstein.
Whittlesey said, "[Their views] could be described as conforming pretty
closely to the editorial page of the Washington Post."
"Any conservative administration cuts against the grain of where many of
these career people stand," said Horowitz.
Many in the State Department may have opposed Ronald Reagan's fervent
anti-Communism in the 80's. But it was much worse back in the '30s, '40s
and '50s. In those days the Soviet Union was directing Communist agents
who actually worked in the State Department and other high places in the
U.S. government.
"They were heavily infiltrated by Communists and most of the Communists
in the State Department were Soviet agents," said Romerstein. "They
would network and you could see them rising to high places."
He continued, "You had Harry Hopkins, the closest friend of Franklin
Delano Roosevelt, who was a Soviet agent."
These positions and this networking let them manipulate America's
foreign policy. "They could keep things from the President," Romerstein
said.
In China, some of these agents helped fellow communist Mao Tse Tung's
cause. Romerstein said, "[They would] feed back to Washington similar
reports so that their comrades back at the State Department could say,
'Look, we're not only getting it from our own people, we're getting it
from the Treasury Department representative, from the OSS
representative.'"
Whittlesey said, "Which led eventually to the ascendancy of Mao Tse-Tung
and the deaths of millions and millions of people."
But Harry Truman in the late '40s planned to draw the line against the
Communists in Greece and Turkey, boldly announcing America would do
whatever it had to stop Soviet expansionism. How did the State
Department react to his tough stance?
"Here were the Communists about to take over Greece and Turkey,"
Horowitz said. "For the most part, the State Department reaction was one
of absolute horror."
Romerstein is an expert on Communist infiltration of the U.S.
government. He says Truman realized from secret investigations these
agents were on the inside working against him.
"But he was frightened the Republicans would use this as a political
weapon against him and against the New Deal, and so he did what he could
to cover up many of these Soviet spies," said Romerstein.
Congressmen like Senator Joe McCarthy eventually hounded most of these
agents out of government. McCarthy is vilified by America's media today
as a Red-baiter, but Romerstein said, "He was right in most of the
cases, because he had the files, State Department files, on their own
infiltrators."
The Communists may have been ousted, but that did not take the lean to
the left out of the State Department. In 1982, Whittlesey became U.S.
ambassador to Switzerland, but she was still speaking out forcefully for
Reagan's policies, like the Star Wars defense shield, and opposing the
spread of communism in Central America. She says Foggy Bottom applied
pressure to her staff not to support her views.
Whittlesey said, "There were people from the State Department
bureaucracy who came over to Berne to essentially warn the career
officers who were on my staff."
When John Kennedy was told Soviets had sneaked missiles into nearby
Cuba, the State Department refused to believe it, and even claimed it
was impossible.
Romerstein said their belief was that "the Soviet Union would never do
anything like that. They wouldn't offend us like that by sending
missiles 90 miles from our shores."
Romerstein says this bias led the bureaucrats to miss important
evolutions among America's enemies. They insisted the Soviets would only
support Communist terrorists, so they were blindsided by the KGB's
backing of Middle East terrorists and hijackers, its push to train
Iranian radicals who overthrew the Shah of Iran.
But these critics say this misguided thinking is not all a result of
leftist bias. It is also that the State Department is too easily seduced
by conventional wisdom and lazy thinking. They live in a sort of
bureaucratic bubble with the other diplomats of the world.
Horowitz explained, "Stability is the goal; change is the threat."
So it creates an inertia when crises hit, like Hutus slaughtering Tutsis
in Rwanda, Congo spiraling into bloody civil war, Iran and North Korea
racing to arm themselves with The Bomb. The State Department's answer?
"Negotiate with the guys, sign a piece of paper, give 'em money, declare
victory," said Horowitz.
Whittlesey describes an iron triangle made up of State Department
bureaucrats and their allies in the press and among the congressional
staffs. "And they form a kind of permanent government in this town," she
said. "They make it clear that if young officers do not adhere to a
certain policy agenda in everything they do, their careers will go
nowhere."
CBN News asked the State Department to react to this story. They would
not give us an interview, saying our charges are: "Nothing more than
politics as usual. There are always multiple viewpoints, multiple
opinions and multiple theories."
Even if most of the State Department disagrees with Bush, foreign policy
analyst Michael Ledeen insists that is not necessarily a big problem.
Ledeen said, "The worst thing that could happen to a President is to
have unanimity of advice. And I think if Powell and Rumsfeld and Tenet
and Rice came to him and always said the same thing, I think that'd be
terrible. I think any President should want to hear a wide-open debate.
Bush has said many times he wants to."
And Whittlesey, Romerstein and Horowitz are not completely negative
about the department. "There are some wonderful people I've met at the
State Department," Horowitz said.
"Patriotic Americans who were selflessly devoted to doing their duty,"
said Whittlesey.
But Horowitz points out that many do not like anyone from outside the
diplomatic corps meddling in what they consider their business. Take the
Sudan issue, for example.
"It's produced 25 percent of the refugees on this earth, more than two
million people killed," said Horowitz. "I've heard State Department
officials complain bitterly about Bush defining the priority that Sudan
gets. And then of course they say, 'Well, it's all those Christians who
are forcing him.'"
It turns out, some in the State Department often look down their noses
at believing Christians. Horowitz explained that many in the department
share a view that's something like this: "'My God, they watch CBN News
to get their news! They're not our people. They're threats.'"
And Horowitz said, to many of these bureaucrats, Bush is the epitome of
these people. At a Washington dinner before the war, a senior State
Department official stated to Horowitz: "'There are crazy people in this
administration, crazy military officers who are going to get us into a
crazy war.'" And Horowitz recalled, "I said, 'Do you think George Bush
is crazy?' At which point his response was, 'YES!'"
Romerstein said, "They'd prefer a President who worried about world
public opinion, which means the opinion of the leftists. And they don't
like Bush and they're hoping President Hillary could change the
situation for them." ßk" God forbid".

This liberal democrat is a world class panderer and in the language of the streets ASS KISSER! Is there anything they won't do to suck up to
their voting bloc? They treat that 13% like it's the majority, only for one reason they can be counted on to vote like lemmings!! Hell a law
degree isn't needed it's a Phd. in liberalism that's the root. Bk

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A prayer From St. Therese

May today there be peace within.
May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are
meant to be....
May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.
May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love
that has been given to you....
May you be content knowing you are a child of God....
Let this presence settle into our bones, and allow your soul the freedom
to sing, dance, praise and love. It is there for each and every one
of you....
??????????????????????????????????
ßk

I watched the flag pass by one day,
It fluttered in the breeze.

A young Marine saluted it,
And then he stood at ease.

I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud,
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.

I thought how many men like him
Had fallen through the years.
How many died on foreign soil
How many mothers' tears?

How many pilots' planes shot down?
How many died at sea
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, freedom isn't free.
I heard the sound of Taps one night,
When everything was still,
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That Taps had meant "Amen,"

When a flag had draped a coffin.
Of a brother or a friend.

I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
At the bottom of the sea

Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, freedom isn't free.

Enjoy Your Freedom &God Bless Our Troops
AMEN!!!

The lamp of experience is mans best guide, then history is the oil! If this has merit then it sure makes it tough for the cretins among us!! Bk

Some problems that led to the fall of Rome. It can happen here if we continue on our present path! IMHO. ßk.

#1 Lack of leadership,(USA- we only draw from a pool of super rich, not super erudite.)
lack of male dignity,(traced to women’s lib  and male assertiveness, sometimes referred to as a lack of gonads!)
lack of orderly imperial(presidential) succession,

lack of qualified workers,( or those who wish to work)
lack of rainfall, (Non sequitur for us!)
lack of seriousness, bk

Addendum to thoughts –

moral decline, moral idealism, moral materialism, and total dependency on Big Brother (Government)bk

When you have doubts about the inmates running the asylum in America! READ ON!!!! Then give some thought to what should be done with these
judges and there are many. I have a few suggestions and turning them into eunuchs ranks high on my list! BK

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At the age of seventy five nothing much surprises me anymore. I have just read about those benighted folks who object to our flag flying
outside their school. They want their kids to be citizens of the world. Well I for one will make a contribution to their fare out of the country. I wonder how many countries would tolerate ths sort of garbage from one of it's people. America suffers fools too easily. The confusion
between liberty and license seems hard for some to fathom!!    

Why is it I feel no pain for these folks? Our yankee brothers turned a blind eye to us here in the south as our way of life disappeared. Of
course we southern racists deserved to have this happen. bk

http://www.lewrockwell.com/decoster/decoster86.html

This could almost be called a tome! However it is almost a have to read, if you care about your country and where it's (WE) are headed. I hope
that you will take the time and digest it all. You may not agree however it will exercise the brain. Big Kahuna.

Congressman Ron Paul addresses the U.S. House of Representatives
July 10, 2003

"Neo-conned"

The modern-day, limited-government movement has been co-opted. The
conservatives have failed in their effort to shrink the size of
government. There has not been, nor will there soon be, a
conservative revolution in Washington. Political party control of the
federal government has changed, but the inexorable growth in the size
and scope of government has continued unabated. The liberal arguments
for limited government in personal affairs and foreign military
adventurism were never seriously considered as part of this revolution.
Since the change of the political party in charge has not made a
difference, who's really in charge? If the particular party in power
makes little difference, whose policy is it that permits expanded
government programs, increased spending, huge deficits, nation building
and the pervasive invasion of our privacy, with fewer Fourth Amendment
protections than ever before?
Someone is responsible, and it's important that those of us who love
liberty, and resent big-brother government, identify the philosophic
supporters who have the most to say about the direction our country is
going. If they're wrong-and I believe they are-we need to show
it, alert the American people, and offer a more positive approach to
government. However, this depends on whether the American people
desire to live in a free society and reject the dangerous notion that we
need a strong central government to take care of us from the cradle to
the grave. Do the American people really believe it's the government's
responsibility to make us morally better and economically equal? Do
we have a responsibility to police the world, while imposing our vision
of good government on everyone else in the world with some form of
utopian nation building? If not, and the enemies of liberty are
exposed and rejected, then it behooves us to present an alternative
philosophy that is morally superior and economically sound and provides
a guide to world affairs to enhance peace and commerce.
One thing is certain: conservatives who worked and voted for less
government in the Reagan years and welcomed the takeover of the U.S.
Congress and the presidency in the 1990s and early 2000s were deceived.
Soon they will realize that the goal of limited government has been
dashed and that their views no longer matter.
The so-called conservative revolution of the past two decades has given
us massive growth in government size, spending and regulations.
Deficits are exploding and the national debt is now rising at greater
than a half-trillion dollars per year. Taxes do not go down-even if we
vote to lower them. They can't, as long as spending is increased,
since all spending must be paid for one way or another. Both
Presidents Reagan and the elder George Bush raised taxes directly.
With this administration, so far, direct taxes have been
reduced-and they certainly should have been-but it means little if
spending increases and deficits rise.
When taxes are not raised to accommodate higher spending, the bills must
be paid by either borrowing or "printing" new money. This is one
reason why we conveniently have a generous Federal Reserve chairman who
is willing to accommodate the Congress. With borrowing and inflating,
the "tax" is delayed and distributed in a way that makes it difficult
for those paying the tax to identify it. For instance, future
generations, or those on fixed incomes who suffer from rising prices,
and those who lose jobs - they certainly feel the consequences of
economic dislocations that this process causes. Government spending
is always a "tax" burden on the American people and is never equally or
fairly distributed. The poor and low-middle income workers always
suffer the most from the deceitful tax of inflation and borrowing.
Many present-day conservatives, who generally argue for less government
and supported the Reagan/Gingrich/Bush takeover of the federal
government, are now justifiably disillusioned. Although not a monolithic
group, they wanted to shrink the size of government.
Early in our history, the advocates of limited, constitutional
government recognized two important principles: the rule of law was
crucial, and a constitutional government must derive "just powers from
the consent of the governed." It was understood that an explicit
transfer of power to government could only occur with power rightfully
and naturally endowed to each individual as a God-given right.
Therefore, the powers that could be transferred would be limited to
the purpose of protecting liberty. Unfortunately, in the last 100
years, the defense of liberty has been fragmented and shared by various
groups, with some protecting civil liberties, others economic freedom,
and a small diverse group arguing for a foreign policy of
nonintervention.
The philosophy of freedom has had a tough go of it, and it was hoped
that the renewed interest in limited government of the past two decades
would revive an interest in reconstituting the freedom philosophy into
something more consistent. Those who worked for the goal of limited
government power believed the rhetoric of politicians who promised
smaller government. Sometimes it was just plain sloppy thinking on
their part, but at other times, they fell victim to a deliberate
distortion of a concise limited-government philosophy by politicians who
misled many into believing that we would see a rollback on government
intrusiveness.
Yes, there was always a remnant who longed for truly limited government
and maintained a belief in the rule of law, combined with a deep
conviction that free people and a government bound by a Constitution
were the most advantageous form of government. They recognized it as
the only practical way for prosperity to be spread to the maximum number
of people while promoting peace and security.
That remnant-imperfect as it may have been-was heard from in the
elections of 1980 and 1994 and then achieved major victories in 2000 and
2002 when professed limited-government proponents took over the
administration, the Senate and the House. However, the true believers
in limited government are now shunned and laughed at. At the very
least, they are ignored-except when they are used by the new leaders
of the right, the new conservatives now in charge of the U.S.
government.
The remnant's instincts were correct, and the politicians placated them
with talk of free markets, limited government, and a humble,
non-nation-building foreign policy. However, little concern for civil
liberties was expressed in this recent quest for less government.
Yet, for an ultimate victory of achieving freedom, this must change.
Interest in personal privacy and choices has generally remained
outside the concern of many conservatives-especially with the great
harm done by their support of the drug war. Even though some
confusion has emerged over our foreign policy since the breakdown of the
Soviet empire, it's been a net benefit in getting some conservatives
back on track with a less militaristic, interventionist foreign policy.
Unfortunately, after 9-ll, the cause of liberty suffered a setback.
As a result, millions of Americans voted for the less-than-perfect
conservative revolution because they believed in the promises of the
politicians.
Now there's mounting evidence to indicate exactly what happened to the
revolution. Government is bigger than ever, and future commitments are
overwhelming. Millions will soon become disenchanted with the new
status quo delivered to the American people by the advocates of limited
government and will find it to be just more of the old status quo.
Victories for limited government have turned out to be hollow indeed.
Since the national debt is increasing at a rate greater than a
half-trillion dollars per year, the debt limit was recently increased by
an astounding $984 billion dollars. Total U.S. government obligations
are $43 trillion, while total net worth of U.S. households is just over
$440 trillion. The country is broke, but no one in Washington seems
to notice or care. The philosophic and political commitment for both
guns and butter-and especially for expanding the American
empire-must be challenged. This is crucial for our survival.
In spite of the floundering economy, the Congress and the administration
continue to take on new commitments in foreign aid, education, farming,
medicine, multiple efforts at nation building, and preemptive wars
around the world. Already we're entrenched in Iraq and Afghanistan,
with plans to soon add new trophies to our conquest. War talk abounds
as to when Syria, Iran and North Korea will be attacked.
How did all this transpire? Why did the government do it? Why
haven't the people objected? How long will it go on before something
is done? Does anyone care?
Will the euphoria of grand military victories-against
non-enemies-ever be mellowed? Someday, we as a legislative body must
face the reality of the dire situation in which we have allowed
ourselves to become enmeshed. Hopefully, it will be soon!
We got here because ideas do have consequences. Bad ideas have bad
consequences, and even the best of intentions have unintended
consequences. We need to know exactly what the philosophic ideas were
that drove us to this point; then, hopefully, reject them and decide on
another set of intellectual parameters.
There is abundant evidence exposing those who drive our foreign policy
justifying preemptive war. Those who scheme are proud of the
achievements in usurping control over foreign policy. These are the
neoconservatives of recent fame. Granted, they are talented and achieved
a political victory that all policymakers must admire. But can
freedom and the Republic survive this takeover? That question should
concern us.
Neoconservatives are obviously in positions of influence and are
well-placed throughout our government and the media. An apathetic
Congress put up little resistance and abdicated its responsibilities
over foreign affairs. The electorate was easily influenced to join in
the patriotic fervor supporting the military adventurism advocated by
the neoconservatives.
The numbers of those who still hope for truly limited government
diminished and had their concerns ignored these past 22 months, during
the aftermath of 9-11. Members of Congress were easily influenced to
publicly support any domestic policy or foreign military adventure that
was supposed to help reduce the threat of a terrorist attack.
Believers in limited government were harder to find. Political
money, as usual, played a role in pressing Congress into supporting
almost any proposal suggested by the neocons. This process-where
campaign dollars and lobbying efforts affect policy-is hardly the
domain of any single political party, and unfortunately, is the way of
life in Washington.
There are many reasons why government continues to grow. It would be
naïve for anyone to expect otherwise. Since 9-11, protection of
privacy, whether medical, personal or financial, has vanished. Free
speech and the Fourth Amendment have been under constant attack.
Higher welfare expenditures are endorsed by the leadership of both
parties. Policing the world and nation-building issues are popular
campaign targets, yet they are now standard operating procedures.
There's no sign that these programs will be slowed or reversed until
either we are stopped by force overseas (which won't be soon) or we go
broke and can no longer afford these grandiose plans for a world empire
(which will probably come sooner than later.)
None of this happened by accident or coincidence. Precise philosophic
ideas prompted certain individuals to gain influence to implement these
plans. The neoconservatives-a name they gave
themselves-diligently worked their way into positions of power and
influence. They documented their goals, strategy and moral
justification for all they hoped to accomplish. Above all else, they
were not and are not conservatives dedicated to limited, constitutional
government.
Neo-conservatism has been around for decades and, strangely, has
connections to past generations as far back as Machiavelli.
Modern-day neo-conservatism was introduced to us in the 1960s. It
entails both a detailed strategy as well as a philosophy of government.
The ideas of Teddy Roosevelt, and certainly Woodrow Wilson, were
quite similar to many of the views of present-day neocons. Neocon
spokesman Max Boot brags that what he advocates is "hard Wilsonianism."
In many ways, there's nothing "neo" about their views, and certainly
nothing conservative. Yet they have been able to co-op the
conservative movement by advertising themselves as a new or modern form
of conservatism.
More recently, the modern-day neocons have come from the far left, a
group historically identified as former Trotskyists. Liberal Christopher
Hitchins, has recently officially joined the neocons, and it has been
reported that he has already been to the White House as an ad hoc
consultant. Many neocons now in positions of influence in Washington
can trace their status back to Professor Leo Strauss of the University
of Chicago. One of Strauss' books was Thoughts on Machiavelli.
This book was not a condemnation of Machiavelli's philosophy. Paul
Wolfowitz actually got his PhD under Strauss. Others closely
associated with these views are Richard Perle, Eliot Abrams, Robert
Kagan and William Kristol. All are key players in designing our new
strategy of preemptive war. Others include: Michael Ledeen of the
American Enterprise Institute; former CIA Director James Woolsy; Bill
Bennett of Book of Virtues fame; Frank Gaffney; Dick Cheney; and Donald
Rumsfeld. There are just too many to mention who are philosophically
or politically connected to the neocon philosophy in some varying
degree.
The godfather of modern-day neo-conservatism is considered to be Irving
Kristol, father of Bill Kristol, who set the stage in 1983 with his
publication Reflections of a Neoconservative. In this book, Kristol
also defends the traditional liberal position on welfare.
More important than the names of people affiliated with neo-conservatism
are the views they adhere to. Here is a brief summary of the general
understanding of what neocons believe:
1. They agree with Trotsky on permanent revolution,
violent as well as intellectual.
2. They are for redrawing the map of the Middle East and
are willing to use force to do so.
3. They believe in preemptive war to achieve desired
ends.
4. They accept the notion that the ends justify the
means-that hard-ball politics is a moral necessity.
5. They express no opposition to the welfare state.
6. They are not bashful about an American empire; instead
they strongly endorse it.
7. They believe lying is necessary for the state to
survive.
8. They believe a powerful federal government is a
benefit.
9. They believe pertinent facts about how a society
should be run should be held by the elite and
withheld from those who do not have the courage to deal
with it.
10. They believe neutrality in foreign affairs is ill-advised.
11. They hold Leo Strauss in high esteem.
12. They believe imperialism, if progressive in nature, is
appropriate.
13. Using American might to force American ideals on others is
acceptable. Force should
not be limited to the defense of our country.
14. 9-11 resulted from the lack of foreign entanglements, not from
too many.
15. They dislike and despise libertarians (therefore, the same
applies to all strict constitutionalists.)
16. They endorse attacks on civil liberties, such as those found in
the Patriot Act, as being necessary.
17. They unconditionally support Israel and have a close alliance
with the Likud Party.
Various organizations and publications over the last 30 years have
played a significant role in the rise to power of the neoconservatives.
It took plenty of money and commitment to produce the intellectual
arguments needed to convince the many participants in the movement of
its respectability.
It is no secret-especially after the rash of research and articles
written about the neocons since our invasion of Iraq-how they gained
influence and what organizations were used to promote their cause.
Although for decades, they agitated for their beliefs through
publications like The National Review, The Weekly Standard, The Public
Interest, The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, and the New York Post,
their views only gained momentum in the 1990s following the first
Persian Gulf War-which still has not ended even with removal of Saddam
Hussein. They became convinced that a much more militant approach to
resolving all the conflicts in the Middle East was an absolute
necessity, and they were determined to implement that policy.
In addition to publications, multiple think tanks and projects were
created to promote their agenda. A product of the Bradley Foundation,
American Enterprise Institute (AEI) led the neocon charge, but the real
push for war came from the Project for a New American Century (PNAC)
another organization helped by the Bradley Foundation. This occurred
in 1998 and was chaired by Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol. Early
on, they urged war against Iraq, but were disappointed with the Clinton
administration, which never followed through with its periodic
bombings. Obviously, these bombings were motivated more by Clinton's
personal and political problems than a belief in the neocon agenda.
The election of 2000 changed all that. The Defense Policy Board,
chaired by Richard Perle played no small role in coordinating the
various projects and think tanks, all determined to take us into war
against Iraq. It wasn't too long before the dream of empire was
brought closer to reality by the election of 2000 with Paul Wolfowitz,
Richard Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld playing key roles in this
accomplishment. The plan to promote an "American greatness"
imperialistic foreign policy was now a distinct possibility. Iraq
offered a great opportunity to prove their long-held theories. This
opportunity was a consequence of the 9-11 disaster.
The money and views of Rupert Murdock also played a key role in
promoting the neocon views, as well as rallying support by the general
population, through his News Corporation, which owns Fox News Network,
the New York Post and Weekly Standard. This powerful and influential
media empire did more to galvanize public support for the Iraqi invasion
than one might imagine. This facilitated the Rumsfeld/Cheney policy
as their plans to attack Iraq came to fruition. It would have been
difficult for the neocons to usurp foreign policy from the restraints of
Colin Powell's State Department without the successful agitation of the
Rupert Murdock empire. Max Boot was satisfied, as he explained:
"Neoconservatives believe in using American might to promote American
ideals abroad." This attitude is a far cry from the advice of the
Founders, who advocated no entangling alliances and neutrality as the
proper goal of American foreign policy.
Let there be no doubt, those in the neocon camp had been anxious to go
to war against Iraq for a decade. They justified the use of force to
accomplish their goals, even if it required preemptive war. If anyone
doubts this assertion, they need only to read of their strategy in "A
Clean Break: a New Strategy for Securing the Realm." Although they
felt morally justified in changing the government in Iraq, they knew
that public support was important, and justification had to be given to
pursue the war. Of course, a threat to us had to exist before the
people and the Congress would go along with war. The majority of
Americans became convinced of this threat, which, in actuality, never
really existed. Now we have the ongoing debate over the location of
weapons of mass destruction. Where was the danger? Was all this
killing and spending necessary? How long will this nation-building and
dying go on? When will we become more concerned about the needs of
our own citizens than the problems we sought in Iraq and Afghanistan?
Who knows where we'll go next-Iran, Syria or North Korea?
At the end of the Cold War, the neoconservatives realized a
rearrangement of the world was occurring and that our superior economic
and military power offered them a perfect opportunity to control the
process of remaking the Middle East.
It was recognized that a new era was upon us, and the neocons welcomed
Frances Fukuyama's "end of history" declaration. To them, the debate
was over. The West won; the Soviets lost. Old-fashioned communism
was dead. Long live the new era of neoconservatism. The struggle may
not be over, but the West won the intellectual fight, they reasoned. The
only problem is that the neocons decided to define the philosophy of the
victors. They have been amazingly successful in their efforts to
control the debate over what Western values are and by what methods they
will be spread throughout the world.
Communism surely lost a lot with the breakup of the Soviet Empire, but
this can hardly be declared a victory for American liberty, as the
Founders understood it. Neoconservatism is not the philosophy of free
markets and a wise foreign policy. Instead, it represents big-government
welfare at home and a program of using our military might to spread
their version of American values throughout the world. Since
neoconservatives dominate the way the U.S. government now operates, it
behooves us all to understand their beliefs and goals. The breakup of
the Soviet system may well have been an epic event but to say that the
views of the neocons are the unchallenged victors and that all we need
do is wait for their implementation is a capitulation to controlling the
forces of history that many Americans are not yet ready to concede.
There is surely no need to do so.
There is now a recognized philosophic connection between modern-day
neoconservatives and Irving Kristol, Leo Strauss and Machiavelli.
This is important in understanding that today's policies and the
subsequent problems will be with us for years to come if these policies
are not reversed.
Not only did Leo Strauss write favorably of Machiavelli, Michael Ledeen,
a current leader of the neoconservative movement, did the same. In
1999, Ledeen titled his book, Machiavelli on Modern Leadership, and
subtitled: Why Machiaveli's iron rules are as timely and important today
as five centuries ago. Ledeen is indeed an influential neocon
theorist whose views get lots of attention today in Washington. His book
on Machiavelli, interestingly enough, was passed out to Members of
Congress attending a political strategy meeting shortly after its
publication and at just about the time A Clean Break was issued.
In Ledeen's most recent publication, The War Against the Terror Masters,
he reiterates his beliefs outlined in this 1999 Machaivelli book. He
specifically praises: "Creative destruction.both within our own
society and abroad.(foreigners) seeing America undo traditional
societies may fear us, for they do not wish to be undone." Amazingly,
Ledeen concludes: "They must attack us in order to survive, just as we
must destroy them to advance our historic mission."
If those words don't scare you, nothing will. If they are not a clear
warning, I don't know what could be. It sounds like both sides of
each disagreement in the world will be following the principle of
preemptive war. The world is certainly a less safe place for it.
In Machiavelli on Modern Leadership, Ledeen praises a business leader
for correctly understanding Machiavelli: "There are no absolute
solutions. It all depends. What is right and what is wrong depends
on what needs to be done and how." This is a clear endorsement of
situation ethics and is not coming from the traditional left. It
reminds me of: "It depends on what the definition of the word 'is' is."
Ledeen quotes Machiavelli approvingly on what makes a great leader. "A
prince must have no other objectives or other thoughts or take anything
for his craft, except war." To Ledeen, this meant: ".the virtue of
the warrior are those of great leaders of any successful organization."
Yet it's obvious that war is not coincidental to neocon philosophy,
but an integral part. The intellectuals justify it, and the
politicians carry it out. There's a precise reason to argue for war
over peace according to Ledeen, for ".peace increases our peril by
making discipline less urgent, encouraging some of our worst instincts,
in depriving us of some of our best leaders." Peace, he claims, is a
dream and not even a pleasant one, for it would cause indolence and
would undermine the power of the state. Although I concede the
history of the world is a history of frequent war, to capitulate and
give up even striving for peace-believing peace is not a benefit to
mankind-is a frightening thought that condemns the world to perpetual
war and justifies it as a benefit and necessity. These are dangerous
ideas, from which no good can come.
The conflict of the ages has been between the state and the individual:
central power versus liberty. The more restrained the state and the
more emphasis on individual liberty, the greater has been the
advancement of civilization and general prosperity. Just as man's
condition was not locked in place by the times and wars of old and
improved with liberty and free markets, there's no reason to believe a
new stage for man might not be achieved by believing and working for
conditions of peace. The inevitability and so-called need for
preemptive war should never be intellectually justified as being a
benefit. Such an attitude guarantees the backsliding of civilization.
Neocons, unfortunately, claim that war is in man's nature and that we
can't do much about it, so let's use it to our advantage by promoting
our goodness around the world through force of arms. That view is
anathema to the cause of liberty and the preservation of the
Constitution. If it is not loudly refuted, our future will be dire
indeed.
Ledeen believes man is basically evil and cannot be left to his own
desires. Therefore, he must have proper and strong leadership, just
as Machiavelli argued. Only then can man achieve good, as Ledeen
explains: "In order to achieve the most noble accomplishments, the
leader may have to 'enter into evil.' This is the chilling insight
that has made Machiavelli so feared, admired and challenging. We are
rotten," argues Ledeen. "It's true that we can achieve greatness if,
and only if, we are properly led." In other words, man is so depraved
that individuals are incapable of moral, ethical and spiritual
greatness, and achieving excellence and virtue can only come from a
powerful authoritarian leader. What depraved ideas are these to now
be influencing our leaders in Washington? The question Ledeen doesn't
answer is: "Why do the political leaders not suffer from the same
shortcomings and where do they obtain their monopoly on wisdom?"
Once this trust is placed in the hands of a powerful leader, this neocon
argues that certain tools are permissible to use. For instance:
"lying is central to the survival of nations and to the success of great
enterprises, because if our enemies can count on the reliability of
everything you say, your vulnerability is enormously increased." What
about the effects of lying on one's own people? Who cares if a leader
can fool the enemy? Does calling it "strategic deception" make lying
morally justifiable? Ledeen and Machiavelli argue that it does, as
long as the survivability of the state is at stake. Preserving the
state is their goal, even if the personal liberty of all individuals has
to be suspended or canceled.
Ledeen makes it clear that war is necessary to establish national
boundaries-because that's the way it's always been done. Who needs
progress of the human race! He explains: "Look at the map of the
world: national boundaries have not been drawn by peaceful men
leading lives of spiritual contemplation. National boundaries have
been established by war, and national character has been shaped by
struggle, most often bloody struggle."
Yes, but who is to lead the charge and decide which borders we are to
fight for? What about borders 6,000 miles away unrelated to our own
contiguous borders and our own national security? Stating a relative
truism regarding the frequency of war throughout history should hardly
be the moral justification for expanding the concept of war to settle
man's disputes. How can one call this progress?
Machiavelli, Ledeen and the neocons recognized a need to generate a
religious zeal for promoting the state. This, he claims, is
especially necessary when force is used to promote an agenda. It's
been true throughout history and remains true today, each side of major
conflicts invokes God's approval. Our side refers to a "crusade;"
theirs to a "holy Jihad." Too often wars boil down to their god
against our God. It seems this principle is more a cynical effort to
gain approval from the masses, especially those most likely to be killed
for the sake of the war promoters on both sides who have power, prestige
and wealth at stake.
Ledeen explains why God must always be on the side of advocates of war:
"Without fear of God, no state can last long, for the dread of eternal
damnation keeps men in line, causes them to honor their promises, and
inspires them to risk their lives for the common good." It seems
dying for the common good has gained a higher moral status than eternal
salvation of one's soul. Ledeen adds: "Without fear of punishment,
men will not obey laws that force them to act contrary to their
passions. Without fear of arms, the state cannot enforce the
laws.to this end, Machiavelli wants leaders to make the state
spectacular."
It's of interest to note that some large Christian denominations have
joined the neoconservatives in promoting preemptive war, while
completely ignoring the Christian doctrine of a Just War. The neocons
sought and openly welcomed their support.
I'd like someone to glean anything from what the Founders said or placed
in the Constitution that agrees with this now-professed doctrine of a
"spectacular" state promoted by those who now have so much influence on
our policies here at home and abroad. Ledeen argues that this
religious element, this fear of God, is needed for discipline of those
who may be hesitant to sacrifice their lives for the good of the
"spectacular state."
He explains in eerie terms: "Dying for one's country doesn't come
naturally. Modern armies, raised from the populace, must be inspired,
motivated, indoctrinated. Religion is central to the military
enterprise, for men are more likely to risk their lives if they believe
they will be rewarded forever after for serving their country." This
is an admonition that might just as well have been given by Osama bin
Laden, in rallying his troops to sacrifice their lives to kill the
invading infidels, as by our intellectuals at AEI, who greatly influence
our foreign policy.
Neocons-anxious for the U.S. to use force to realign the boundaries
and change regimes in the Middle East-clearly understand the benefit
of a galvanizing and emotional event to rally the people to their cause.
Without a special event, they realized the difficulty in selling
their policy of preemptive war where our own military personnel would be
killed. Whether it was the Lusitania, Pearl Harbor, the Gulf of
Tonkin or the Maine, all served their purpose in promoting a war that
was sought by our leaders.
Ledeen writes of a fortuitous event (1999): ".of course, we can always
get lucky. Stunning events from outside can providentially awaken the
enterprise from its growing torpor, and demonstrate the need for
reversal, as the devastating Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 so
effectively aroused the U.S. from its soothing dreams of permanent
neutrality."
Amazingly, Ledeen calls Pearl Harbor a "lucky" event. The Project for
a New American Century, as recently as September 2000, likewise, foresaw
the need for "a Pearl Harbor event" that would galvanize the American
people to support their ambitious plans to ensure political and economic
domination of the world, while strangling any potential "rival."
Recognizing a "need" for a Pearl Harbor event, and referring to Pearl
Harbor as being "lucky" are not identical to support and knowledge of
such an event, but that this sympathy for a galvanizing event, as 9-11
turned out to be, was used to promote an agenda that strict
constitutionalists and devotees of the Founders of this nation find
appalling, is indeed disturbing. After 9-11, Rumsfield and others argued
for an immediate attack on Iraq, even though it was not implicated in
the attacks.
The fact that neo-conservatives ridicule those who firmly believe that
U.S. interests and world peace would best be served by a policy of
neutrality and avoiding foreign entanglements should not go
unchallenged. Not to do so is to condone their grandiose plans for an
American world hegemony.
The current attention given neocons usually comes in the context of
foreign policy. But there's more to what's going on today than just
the tremendous influence the neocons have on our new policy of
preemptive war with a goal of empire. Our government is now being
moved by several ideas that come together in what I call "neoconism."
The foreign policy is being openly debated, even if its implications
are not fully understood by many who support it. Washington is now
driven by old views brought together in a new package.
We know those who lead us-both in the administration and in
Congress-show no appetite to challenge the tax or monetary systems
that do so much damage to our economy. The IRS and the Federal
Reserve are off limits for criticism or reform. There's no resistance
to spending, either domestic or foreign. Debt is not seen as a
problem. The supply-siders won on this issue, and now many
conservatives readily endorse deficit spending.
There's no serious opposition to the expanding welfare state, with rapid
growth of the education, agriculture and medical-care bureaucracy.
Support for labor unions and protectionism are not uncommon. Civil
liberties are easily sacrificed in the post 9-11 atmosphere prevailing
in Washington. Privacy issues are of little concern, except for a few
members of Congress. Foreign aid and internationalism-in spite of
some healthy criticism of the UN and growing concerns for our national
sovereignty-are championed on both sides of the aisle. Lip service
is given to the free market and free trade, yet the entire economy is
run by special-interest legislation favoring big business, big labor
and, especially, big money.
Instead of the "end of history," we are now experiencing the end of a
vocal limited-government movement in our nation's capital. While most
conservatives no longer defend balanced budgets and reduced spending,
most liberals have grown lazy in defending civil liberties and now are
approving wars that we initiate. The so-called "third way" has
arrived and, sadly, it has taken the worst of what the conservatives and
liberals have to offer. The people are less well off for it, while
liberty languishes as a result.
Neocons enthusiastically embrace the Department of Education and
national testing. Both parties overwhelmingly support the huge
commitment to a new prescription drug program. Their devotion to the new
approach called "compassionate conservatism" has lured many
conservatives into supporting programs for expanding the federal role in
welfare and in church charities. The faith-based initiative is a
neocon project, yet it only repackages and expands the liberal notion of
welfare. The intellectuals who promoted these initiatives were
neocons, but there's nothing conservative about expanding the federal
government's role in welfare.
The supply-siders' policy of low-marginal tax rates has been
incorporated into neoconism, as well as their support for easy money and
generous monetary inflation. Neoconservatives are disinterested in the
gold standard and even ignore the supply-siders' argument for a phony
gold standard.
Is it any wonder that federal government spending is growing at a rate
faster than in any time in the past 35 years?
Power, politics and privilege prevail over the rule of law, liberty,
justice and peace. But it does not need to be that way. Neoconism has
brought together many old ideas about how government should rule the
people. It may have modernized its appeal and packaging, but
authoritarian rule is authoritarian rule, regardless of the humanitarian
overtones. A solution can only come after the current ideology
driving our government policies is replaced with a more positive one.
In a historical context, liberty is a modern idea and must once again
regain the high moral ground for civilization to advance. Restating
the old justifications for war, people control and a benevolent state
will not suffice. It cannot eliminate the shortcomings that always
occur when the state assumes authority over others and when the will of
one nation is forced on another-whether or not it is done with good
intentions.
I realize that all conservatives are not neoconservatives, and all
neocons don't necessarily agree on all points-which means that in
spite of their tremendous influence, most members of Congress and those
in the administration do not necessarily take their marching orders from
AEI or Richard Perle. But to use this as a reason to ignore what
neoconservative leaders believe, write about and agitate for-with
amazing success I might point out-would be at our own peril. This
country still allows open discourse-though less everyday-and we who
disagree should push the discussion and expose those who drive our
policies. It is getting more difficult to get fair and balanced
discussion on the issues, because it has become routine for the hegemons
to label those who object to preemptive war and domestic surveillance as
traitors, unpatriotic and un-American. The uniformity of support for
our current foreign policy by major and cable-news networks should
concern every American. We should all be thankful for C-SPAN and the
Internet.
Michael Ledeen and other neoconservatives are already lobbying for war
against Iran. Ledeen is pretty nasty to those who call for a calmer,
reasoned approach by calling those who are not ready for war "cowards
and appeasers of tyrants." Because some urge a less militaristic
approach to dealing with Iran, he claims they are betraying America's
best "traditions." I wonder where he learned early American history!
It's obvious that Ledeen doesn't consider the Founders and the
Constitution part of our best traditions. We were hardly encouraged
by the American revolutionaries to pursue an American empire. We
were, however, urged to keep the Republic they so painstakingly
designed.
If the neoconservatives retain control of the conservative,
limited-government movement in Washington, the ideas, once championed by
conservatives, of limiting the size and scope of government will be a
long-forgotten dream.
The believers in liberty ought not deceive themselves. Who should be
satisfied? Certainly not conservatives, for there is no conservative
movement left. How could liberals be satisfied? They are pleased
with the centralization of education and medical programs in Washington
and support many of the administration's proposals. But none should
be pleased with the steady attack on the civil liberties of all American
citizens and the now-accepted consensus that preemptive war-for almost
any reason-is an acceptable policy for dealing with all the conflicts
and problems of the world.
In spite of the deteriorating conditions in Washington-with loss of
personal liberty, a weak economy, exploding deficits, and perpetual war,
followed by nation building-there are still quite a number of us who
would relish the opportunity to improve things, in one way or another.
Certainly, a growing number of frustrated Americans, from both the
right and the left, are getting anxious to see this Congress do a better
job. But first, Congress must stop doing a bad job.
We're at the point where we need a call to arms, both here in Washington
and across the country. I'm not talking about firearms. Those of
us who care need to raise both arms and face our palms out and begin
waving and shouting: Stop! Enough is enough! It should include
liberals, conservatives and independents. We're all getting a bum rap
from politicians who are pushed by polls and controlled by
special-interest money.
One thing is certain, no matter how morally justified the programs and
policies seem, the ability to finance all the guns and butter being
promised is limited, and those limits are becoming more apparent every
day.
Spending, borrowing and printing money cannot be the road to prosperity.
It hasn't worked in Japan, and it isn't working here either. As a
matter of fact, it's never worked anytime throughout history. A point
is always reached where government planning, spending and inflation run
out of steam. Instead of these old tools reviving an economy, as they
do in the early stages of economic interventionism, they eventually
become the problem. Both sides of the political spectrum must one day
realize that limitless government intrusion in the economy, in our
personal lives and in the affairs of other nations cannot serve the best
interests of America. This is not a conservative problem, nor is it a
liberal problem-it's a government intrusion problem that comes from
both groups, albeit for different reasons. The problems emanate from
both camps who champion different programs for different reasons. The
solution will come when both groups realize that it's not merely a
single-party problem, or just a liberal or just a conservative problem.
Once enough of us decide we've had enough of all these so-called good
things that the government is always promising-or more likely, when
the country is broke and the government is unable to fulfill its
promises to the people-we can start a serious discussion on the proper
role for government in a free society. Unfortunately, it will be some
time before Congress gets the message that the people are demanding true
reform. This requires that those responsible for today's problems are
exposed and their philosophy of pervasive government intrusion is
rejected.
Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it's
realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy. A few have,
and others will continue to do so, but too many-both in and out of
government-close their eyes to the issue of personal liberty and
ignore the fact that endless borrowing to finance endless demands cannot
be sustained. True prosperity can only come from a healthy economy
and sound money. That can only be achieved in a free society.
                     ~~ VERITAS ~~

What ever happened to people fending for themselves? bk

http://www.lewrockwell.com/north/north185.html

President Bush's drug benefit for seniors - shades of Hillary Clinton's Medicare reform fiasco!
We 40 million seniors do depend on pharmaceuticals for our health and well-being, however, most of us are capable of paying for drugs and do
not need a new entitlement program. When will dependency on Uncle Sugar ever end?
Fewer than 20 percent of seniors need such a plan to help them with drug costs. In fact, many who do not have medical or pharmaceutical coverage
could afford to pay for a substantial plan but choose NOT to do so. The deserving citizens who meet the poverty test already have Medicaid, and
very few seniors do not have Medicare in its present form. The proposed plan to help seniors pay for pharmaceuticals will, in many instances, be a windfall that allows employers who now have a commitment to provide substantial portions of health insurance premiums for retirees off the hook. This would shift the burden to you, the taxpayer. Furthermore, this bill will be costly and provide limited benefits. We must not allow this bill to be enacted. As a life-long Republican, I am disappointed. Passage of this will be a serious mistake. And for sure another welfare program in disguise. Bk

I begin by stating unequivocally that my regard for Mr. Bush our esteem President is still as high as it can be.  Having said that, I'm having a
perception problem, that may be shared by many of you. Politics being what it is I see this Liberian visit a NOT so veiled attempt to curry
favor and pander to our nations blacks, with an election on the horizon. I may be one of a small minority that feels this way. However some of
those erudite advisors to Mr. Bush, must realize that (Blacks) after receiving the taxpayers largess from a Republican, will never vote for a
Republican.  No matter what benefits they derive from him! There is nothing for us to gain by becoming involved in the internal affairs of
Africa. It will only result in more American boys being killed by a people who have nothing but disdain for us, with the exception of the
money, we dump into that bottomless pit called Africa!! Lets get our own house in order before we take on another THANKLESS effort!! Bk

Benevolent uncle Sugar—or maybe Stupid Taxpayers

Pay off your credit card bills or cover basic expenses with...
over 4,000 government programs like:
$9,500.00 to pay any bills
$2,800.00 to pay your heating bills
$1,200.00 to pay your mortgage or rent
$15,000.00 to pay for child care
$3,000.00 to help buy a car
$4,000.00 to pay closing costs on a home $500.00 to pay your property
taxes
$700.00 to pay utility bills
$800.00 to pay your food bills
$4,800.00 to pay for family expenses
$3,000.00 to volunteer in your neighborhood $500.00 to pay your pet's
veterinarian bills Even $1,000.00 to pay your bills while you're waiting
for other government money!
Everyone Qualifies For Something...Even Millionaires Qualify
Over 30 Million Qualified Americans Don't Apply For This Money Because
They Don't Know Where To Go...
Make Sure Your Family Is Getting Yours
BK" The where to go will follow below! ..... Everyone qualifies!
Government money programs aren't only for the very needy. Even those who
make $35,000, $50,000, even $85,000 a year can qualify for many of these
programs. And others programs have no income requirements at all. You
can even be a millionaire and get free money from the government (like
Donald Trump, Sam Donaldson and even George W. Bush and Dick Cheney
did)!
You won't qualify for everything, but you WILL qualify for a lot of
these programs. Guaranteed.
They have to give it away ... it's the law!
Even with today's budget cutting, the government still will be giving
away over $30 billion every month. These programs have been enacted to
help people:
Get by during difficult times
Get ahead
Get the health care they need
Raise their kids
... and be able to pay for other things they need, from necessities like
a car and housing to luxuries such as travel.
One thing the government doesn't do ... advertise
That's where Matthew Lesko comes in. The government sets up these
programs, provides the funding for them, and then thinks qualified
recipients will find what they need all on their own.
There are two words for that: Completely impossible!
Working your way through the bureaucracy to find even one program that
fits your needs could take you, literally, months.
But now Matthew Lesko has done all the legwork for you by bringing
together, for the first time anywhere, the most complete working
directory of government programs that will pay your bills.
Complete details on over 4,000 programs (OVER FOUR THOUSAND!)
This massive 770-page book shows you how to get free government money to
pay your mortgage, rent or closing costs ... child expenses ... health
care bills ... education costs ... home and car repairs ... travel and
entertainment expenses ... and even your credit card bills.
You'll find close to 700 items for paying living expenses. Over 300 for
health care. Close to 800 for college and other training costs. And much
more, including over 4,000 items for your home needs! And it's all money
you never have to pay back.
Start getting your fair share of it right now!
BK" AINT America grand??" You do have to hurry the gravy train waits
only sooooo long!!!!!!!!        ßk

Please join me.bk

http://gfir.ws/14/petition.asp?PID=4118158

Attn: Tree huggers and Animal Rights advocates

When the Republicans in the Senate led by Mr. nice guy Frist learn to lead they will surely get the attention of the American people. The Kennedy, Clinton, Landreau, Schumer, Boxer group have become so brazen because my Republicans haven't learned to play hardball!  Dr.Frist must stop thinking he can get along with the Democrats. It seems to be most obvious that they only play for keeps and don't stop until it's their way. Dr. Frist must learn to take the gloves off and play the game as the do to, WIN!! Has anyone noticed how American values are going to hell in a basket? They are blocking Mr.Bush at every opportunity. Judicial nominees, unless they are avowed liberals aren't even given a chance. Abortion, gay rights and affirmative action quotas have been pushed down our throats. This is such a travesty and outrage.  How much more of  this political chicanery are Republicans willing to swallow? How long does it take for them to realize, that slim it may be, THEY are the majority.  Surprise us all! Act like it. BigKahuna

Well the land of fruits and nuts has done it again. No you haven't heard everything yet. This should get your attention. I for one feel they should even be masked like the woman in Fla. :-o)

http://wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=33364

Even the thought of this should give all hives!!!!!!  ONE WORLD? bk

http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/rbartley/?id=110003691

Legal and Illegal Aliens

Just thinking! There is a group of Americans. Though it's generally those of the liberal persuasion who use the following argument. They do
claim that the only reason employers prefer illegal aliens is that they are cheaper. Personally I believe that this claim is quite false. Here in the deep south my eyes tell me another story, as I drive by or visit parks and recreation areas where the white and other children, for the most part are being attended and watched over by latins. Boy! Have times changed! in domestic service, where blacks were often employed in the past, almost everyone is hiring immigrants from Latin America or Asia whether legal or not. The perception is that they have a better attitude and are more honest and reliable. Here is a question that will incur the wrath of the black community. If you needed to hire a nursemaid for your children, or help in your home, would you hire a black woman today? I would bet my bottom dollar that without much thought you would not. I would also hazard the thought it wouldn't have anything to do with salary. Even in my own area I see more and more latins ( I only know because they are all speaking their native language) as they go about their jobs of lawn and garden maintenance, along with watching the childen. They do good work and they have a pleasant attitude. You don't feel at risk to have them around your property. It has nothing to do with money. It does seem to have as a underlying reason we white Americans tend to like and trust Asians and Latinos. These days (the white community feels intimidated by blacks) so we prefer not to have them around. Whites have finally realized that most (not all) blacks have long harboured a innate disdain for the white man, and do not like us much. So the bottom line for the Jacksons and Sharptons, along with Maxine of California, has to be dislike us if you will, but have that include our money also! You can do all the whinning and civil unrest that you seem to thrive on. However most of us whites refuse to continue subsidizing these activities. Big Kahuna--------- Please give me hell if you disagree!!!! ßk 

Intellect matters that is the question that has always been paramount when hiring or selecting people to fill important roles.  Well for the
past 40 years or so we have been inundated with the clamor and cries of one civil rights movement and their leaders one after another, clamoring
about how we are all equals. Except when it comes to college enrollment - and then white people have to go to the back of the bus. 
Enrollment should be based on SAT scores. Either you have the intellect to get in or you don't. Can you imagine what would happen if a college
gave white applicants preferential treatment?  Where would "you know who" start the burning? If this is not discrimination, I don't know what is. Fairness often lies in the eye of the person who gets the edge!  Big Kahuna

"Dock Your Congressman Today"
Hey, looks like not all the trillions of laws on the books are there just to harass you and me. The National Taxpayers Union has discovered that there's at least one law that targets our congressmen. A federal statue that says congress critters who abscond from their congressional duties must forfeit pay unless they're out sick.
According to 2 U.S. Code 39, "The Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, respectively,
shall deduct from the monthly payments (or other periodic payments authorized by law) of each Member or Delegate the amount of his salary
for each day that he has been absent. . . ."
How revolutionary it would be to follow this law! Congressmen would have to work for their pay too, just like the rest of us. Just as we are not
allowed to charge for the time we spend going on job interviews, so they would not be allowed to charge for the time they spend campaigning for
reelection.
Well, it's only fair. These guys are already using our tax monies to pay for franking privileges, for congressional office workers who double as
campaign workers, and for all the other taxpayer-funded incumbent advantages. So if we can save a little bit on their ever-increasing salaries, I think that's just great.
But wait just a minute . . . . Let's think this over. After all, considering all the damage these people tend to do when they are in attendance and voting on bills and passing bills . . . maybe what we should really be doing is paying them to stay away . . . .
This is Common Sense. I'm Paul Jacob.

Immigration Laws Aren’t being Enforced

Immigration laws are not being enforced! However does anyone really give a damn? All the bleeding hearts just recently came out of the woodwork when the news of the recent tragic deaths of 19 illegal immigrants who suffocated in a  trailer while being smu