Love for your country is part of a persons character- so it isn’t about what a countries current leaders are doing that you may not like- it is about believing in its core ideals. For America, that’s liberty and equality. But Obama doesn’t look like he cares much, does he?

You… will… vote… for… me…

Clinton is a white female. Obama is an African American male. One day, distinctions like this won’t matter. But now, sadly, they do. But these distinctions are pretty much the only differences between Clinton and Obama. Both want higher taxes, both support actions to weaken America and to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq, both support the slaughter of children, both believe in nanny state government, both want to “give” you healthcare.

What’s truly sad here is that we do have an historic opportunity here. A female or an African American president. That would truly be great. But, sadly, that’s not true with Hillary and Obama in the race. What really matters is what is on the inside- and on their inside is the decay of liberalism. When we do have a woman, African American, or any other minority as president they need to be successful. Liberal policies, by their very nature, are based on failure. Fail finincially and government will take care of you. Fail morally and government will excuse you from the usual consequences of your actions.

So lets not fail in the upcoming election because if the voters fail they actually will have to suffer the consequences of their mistake. True, McCain may not be much but he’s vastly better than either Obama or Clinton. Anybody who doesn’t want to kill babies, rob you of your hard-earned cash, and wave a white flag in front of terrorists would be.

And so David Mamet deserves our congratulations. Slicing through the lies that liberalism tells so convincingly is an extremely difficult job, as any who has fought against their emotion-laden, logic-less sniveling will tell you. I only hope that one day there will be some that can point to my writings (as Mamet does the great Thomas Sowell) as helping them to cast off the chains of liberal fallacies.

But such a journey – form darkness into light – is not easy. That they are liberal already brings into question their capacity to reason. Even so, some have not so tightly closed their eyes and minds that truth cannot seep in.

It is rare when a celebrity deserves mention in connection with something relevant - thankfully, there are folks like Ann Margaret.

Viet Nam 1966
… AS TOLD BY A SINCERE LOVING WIFE …

Richard, (my husband), never really talked a lot about his time in Viet Nam other than he had been shot by a sniper. However, he had a rather grainy, 8 x 10 black and white photo he had taken at a USO show of Ann Margaret with Bob Hope in the background that was one of his treasures.

A few years ago, Ann Margaret was doing a book signing at a local bookstore. Richard wanted to see if he could get her to sign the treasured photo so he arrived at the bookstore at 12 o’clock for the 7:30 signing.

When I got there after work, the line went all the way around the bookstore, circled the parking lot and disappeared behind a parking garage. Before her appearance, bookstore employees announced that she would sign only her book and no memorabilia would be permitted.

Richard was disappointed, but wanted to show her the photo and let her know how much those shows meant to lonely GI’s so far from home. Ann Margaret came out looking as beautiful as ever and, as second in line, it was soon Richard’s turn.

He presented the book for her signature and then took out the photo.
When he did, there were many shout s from the employees that she would not sign it. Richard said, “I understand. I just wanted her to see it.”

She took one look at the photo, tears welled up in her eyes and she said, “This is one of my gentlemen from Viet Nam and I most certainly will sign his photo. I know what these men did for their country and I always have time for ‘my gentlemen.’”

With that, she pulled Richard across the table and planted a big kiss on him. She then made quite a to-do about the bravery of the young men she met over the years, how much she admired them, and how much she appreciated them. There weren’t too many dry eyes among those close enough to hear. She then posed for pictures and acted as if he were the only one there.

Later at dinner, Richard was very quiet. When I asked if he’d like to talk about it, my big strong husband broke down in tears. “That’s the first time anyone ever thanked me for my time in the Army,” he said.

That night was a turning point for him. He walked a little straighter and, for the first time in years, was proud to have been a Vet. I’ll never forget Ann Margaret for her graciousness and how much that small act of kindness meant to my husband.

I now make it a point to say “Thank you” to every person I come across who served in our Armed Forces. Freedom does not come cheap and I am grateful for all those who have served their country.

Like most truths, liberals will somehow attempt to wish away the facts in a Pentagon review of roughly 600,000 documents captured in the Iraq war.

The report clearly links Saddam Hussein as a willing participant in plans to use terrorism to target Americans. Thinking people say, “well, duh.” But, of course, liberals prefer to whine about Iraq as a “sovereign” nation instead of recognizing it for the horror and hotbed of evil that it truly was. Only the coldest and cruelest of human beings with their eyes as tightly shut as possible could make any argument against the fact that Saddam had, yes had to be stopped. Those that site American deaths – the only argument that has even a hint of merit - have a very narrow and uninformed point of view.

Indeed, in the year 2005 you were more likely to be murdered in Compton, CA and Gary, IN than to die a violent death in Iraq. Liberals don’t want you to know this- preferring to keep you blind and ignorant to the fact that their socialist programs failed long ago. And you sure won’t get this info from the mainstream media whose dearest wish is to mislead the public into the disaster of electing Democrats who wish to turn America from the land of the free and home of the brave into the land of the dependent and the home of the complacent.

And come to think of it, I’ve not seen any San Francisco lunatics out marching to protest the deaths in Compton and Gary. I suppose they are to busy dreaming up new lies to tell you in an effort to steal even more of your money to combat poverty and crime with demonstrably harmful programs.

Stop liberals now before they allow genocide in Iraq and America herself collapses under the weight of its own government.

Think well on this. Certain types of IRA’s allow you to deduct from your heavy tax burden- the money you put in, in other words, cannot be taxed. Imagine- a legal way to keep more of what you earn. What a concept.

A real hero, a real conservative, a real man

But I digress. The point of this post is to honor Ronald Reagan. In the third of a five part series on great presidents, I focus on what made the Great Communicator such a good leader. I also ask the question who, if any, of the current presidential want-to-be’s measure up. On a scale of 1 to 10, Clinton is a zero (lacking Reagan’s charm, wisdom, and, indeed, any quality he possessed). Obama is a 1, having at least the ability to charm a crowd (sadly, there is nothing but liberal fantasy behind the talk). And McCain ranks a 2- he at least claims to be conservative and does understand (as Reagan did of the USSR) the threat that currently faces our country- terrorism. I hope you enjoy the column.

In an aside, I’m listening to an audio book by Bob Schieffer on the history of Face the Nation. Interesting. In it he discusses Nikita Kruschev who, in his groundbreaking interview for Face the Nation, said the grandchildren of 1950’s television viewers would be living under socialism. Sad that he turned out to be right.

Obama’s message of hope is as simple as his mind is if he believes he can really change America. For every leftist nut job out there there is a thinking person who doesn’t believe for one second in this “Yes, we can!” nonsense. They see the slogan for what it truly is.

YES, WE CAN…. Raise your taxes!

YES, WE CAN…. Perpetuate the slaughter of the unborn!

YES, WE CAN…. Abandon Iraq and let the country descend into genocide!

YES, WE CAN…. Expand the size of government!

YES, WE CAN…. Expect no individual accountability!

YES, WE CAN…. Further destroy traditional morals and family values!

YES, WE CAN…. Descend deeper into the nightmare of socialism!

YES, WE CAN…. all this can be done and more to harm America and further strip her citizens of their freedoms. But who in their right mind would want to? Of course- liberals would. But they hardly qualify as “in their right mind.”

You couldn’t pay for a better description of environmentalists.

What is wrong with people? No hard science exists yet that man has had any significant impact on rising temperatures. Historians point to global cooling and warming periods throughout recorded and pre-history.

Of course, the answer to what is wrong with some people is that they have an agenda- a liberal agenda that salivates at the thought of hurting the US economy (and therefor America in general) and so what to push their garbage at all costs.

Indeed, the only thing worse than your garden variety liberal is your environmental wacko liberal.

What strikes me about Thomas Sowell’s column, and Jonah Goldberg’s “Liberal Fascism” is how it seems as if there are people who somehow fail to realize the obvious. Liberals are fascist, period. The Right knows this- can it somehow be that the Left fails to understand its most basic and obvious characteristics?

Oh, I don’t mean they are necessarily like Hitler and want to wipe out a whole group of people (though I’m sure some of them would like to heard conservatives into camps). For that matter, I would love to see liberals herded into camps, too- education camps. I can’t say “re-education” camps because obviously they are not truly educated to begin with or they would not be liberal.

Why are they fascist? Simple- they are against free markets, traditional religious moral values, and less government. They hate personal freedom and worship the state instead. That’s fascism.

Don’t believe me? Tell one of them you want to opt out of Social Security. They will oppose you, favoring state control of your resources. They don’t want you to have that choice. But that is just a small example. Regulate business, tax anything that moves, and make government the head of everything.

They hate this, being likened to fascist. Truth hurts, obviously. At any rate, when they bring us to ruin - as one day they will, make no mistake - at least we know a more sane society will rise from their ashes and there will be freedom again. Until, that is, we become so comfortable and self-absorbed that the process of liberalization starts all over again.