Reformation of an anti-Iraq War Democrat

Lanny Davis recently penned Confessions of an anti-Iraq War Democrat for The Washington Times.

Davis is a former special counsel to President Clinton and is a long-time Clintonista. Lanny recently worked on Hillary Clinton’s campaign for the Presidency.

Lanny Davis represents the “center left” in America. The Democratic Party has abandoned the center left, in favor of complete pandering to the furthest left reaches of it’s constituency.

To my mind, this is a very positive sign. This is yet another move by the centrist Democrats away from the anti-freedom clique of people like John Kerry and Barack Obama. This is a move back to the Democratic Party of leaders like John F. Kennedy.

Do you remember what JFK said in his inaugural address? He said “Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.”

Do you remember what John Kerry said? He said he wanted to reduce terrorism to a “nuisance.” Do you see the stark contrast between those two approaches? One is the strategy of a victor, the other is a strategy of a victim.

The United States may have been a victim of terrorism — but we are not victims. We are victors — for as long as we are willing to pay the price of freedom.

Censored John McCain Article

The New York Times refused to print an article by John McCain, partially because Senator McCain’s article did not define troop levels and timelines for withdrawl from Iraq.

This decision to censor Senator McCain was made by David Shipley, and ex-Clinton aide. This is the same person who recently decided to print a similar article from Barack Obama, because he did support withdrawl from Iraq.

Clearly, the New York Times is willing only to print the news that fits it’s far left agenda.

But don’t worry, the old leftist-infested media is dying out. Subscription rates are falling faster than Monica Lewinsky’s panties.

You can read Senator McCain’s article in it’s entirety at The McCain Op Ed The New York Times Wouldn’t Publish.

The American Broadcasting Corporation is un-American

This is old news, but I just found out about it.

ABC (The American Broadcasting Corporation) has instructed its news personnel not to wear patriotic symbols such as American flag lapel pins or red, white, and blue ribbons.

Quoting ABC “ABC News has asked its staff not to wear American flag pins in their lapels, or even red, white and blue ribbons, in an effort to protect their credibility as objective sources. ”

This is verified at Snopes.com in the article No Flags Please, We’re American.

ABC doesn’t want it’s journalists to appear biased in favor of America, liberty, freedom, or democracy.

As the late great Barry Goldwater reminded us, “Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.” ABC apparently has no concern either for the defense of liberty or the pursuit of justice.

The mainstream media has left America, and reality, behind. As such, I urge all Americans to boycott ABC and any other news networks which behave in such a shameful fashion.

John Warner Needs a Lesson in Economics

Republican Senator John Warner of Virginia isn’t acting very Republican. John recently began agitating for the reintroduction of the national 55 MPH speed limit.

It seems that John wants the good people of our nation to save gasoline, whether they want to or not, by driving at 55 miles per hour.

John seems to have been in Washington D.C. too long. Congress critters who serve too long seem to develop the idiotic notion that government can solve any problem with a new law. They also frequently forget the basic laws of economics, such as supply and demand.

If we as sovereign Americans want to save gas by driving 55, we can do that. We don’t need some bureaucratic busybody telling us to slow down in order to save money.

As a Republican, Senator Warner should have a healthy respect for business. As such, he should know that every minute lost in transportation time costs American business real money in terms of lost productivity. It appears that Senator Warner has been in Washington too long to remember what productivity is. Perhaps the good people of Virginia should give Senator Warner some more time at home when he is next up for re-election.

If you live in Virginia, please telephone Warner’s office and tell him to keep his busybody legislation out of your car, your wallet, and your life.

Unjust Laws

In 1748, Montesquieu noted “Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.”

In 1957, Ayn Rand wrote “There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”

In 2008, Professor John Baker of the LSU recorded that there are at least 4,450 offenses in United States Federal Criminal Law. The are offenses which are not the normal criminal offenses which one would find in state law. The vast majority of these are offenses which would not even be recognized as crimes by the founders of our great nation.

Worse, the United States Congress is now creating a new criminal offense more than once per week. You and I are legally obligated to understand and comply with each of these new laws — or face incarceration in federal prison.

The Heritage Foundation has created a web site, Over Criminalized, to educate Americans about the damage these laws are doing to our constitutional republic.

One such case is McNab v. United States. David McNab was sentenced to eight years in the federal penitentiary for violating a Honduran exporting regulation. David was accused of exporting lobster in plastic bags instead of cardboard boxes. The Honduran government is not prosecuting David. In fact, the law was never signed into force and is therefore not an active law in Honduras. But under the Lacey Act, David was convicted of violating a foreign law and sentenced to eight years in prison — for using plastic instead of paper.

Visit the site and read some of the other truly insane case studies. You will most likely find yourself shocked at the sad state of American jurisprudence. Then, please, call your congress critters and tell them to fix these travesties against justice.

Veterans for Freedom

Veterans for Freedom is an independent group of over twenty thousand American veterans who are actively engaged in supporting the cause of freedom. These good men are continuing the work they did as members of the United States Armed Forces by spreading the message of freedom to Americans and people across the globe.

VFF is a non-partisan group. It supports candidates who support freedom — no matter what party they belong to. VFF is supporting Jim Marshall, a Democrat who is running for Congress from Georgia.

One of VFF’s current projects is Four Months, For Victory, a campaign to inform the American public and their representatives concerning the undeniable success that our troops have achieved in Iraq, and the importance of ensuring victory in Iraq, Afghanistan and the overall Global War on Terrorism.

The campaign is going well, but VFF needs more volunteers to accomplish their goal. The states in most need of additional volunteers are Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Nevada, New Mexico, Missouri, Colorado, Ohio, Florida, and Virginia.

If you can make the time to become involved with your local community and meet some truly great people, this is an opportunity which you will not want to miss.

British School Children Punished for Refusing to Pray to Allah

We Americans find it difficult to comprehend the levels to which our European brothers and sisters have degraded themselves and their once proud culture. When we hear that 100 cars are set afire in France every night, it sounds completely unacceptable to us. Yet the French have come to accept those burning cars as a necessary cost of their cultural acceptance of France’s new Islamic citizens.

We tend to set higher standards for the British, as we almost think of America as a direct descendant of the British Empire. And then newspaper articles like Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah remind us just how European the Brits can sometimes behave.

It seems that some bubble headed British school teacher was attempting to indoctrinate a class of eleven and twelve year olds into the proper worship of Britain’s new god. A couple of the braver boys refused to kneel and pray to Allah. As a result, the school punished them with detention.

Many others have been beheaded, stoned, or otherwise brutally murdered for refusing to pray to Allah. In that context, the boys got off rather lightly with just detention. But what message does this send to British children? It teaches them that they will be forced to submit to Islamic domination. This is not a good lesson for the next generation of what was once the worlds greatest civilization.

There is absolutely no reason or justification for any British citizen to be coerced into worshiping a seventh century death cult. I can only hope that the British public reminds their overbearing government of this obvious fact.

John McCain Focuses on the Economy

The liberation of Iraq is now winding down to what is now mostly a security task of keeping Al Qaeda and the Iranian government from smuggling terrorists and weapons into the country.

None of that makes for major news, so the thoughts back here in America have turned to another topic — the economy.

Real estate prices are down. Stock prices are down. It’s a great time to invest — if you have the money and a strong stomach for market fluctuations.

John McCain recently published Jobs in America: The McCain Economic Plan.

As is usual with John McCain, this plan is incredibly middle-of-the-road. It borrows ideas from Democrats like Barney Frank and Chris Dodd. It preaches fiscal conservatism and balanced budgets, while at the same time containing many provisions which reek of government intervention into the economy.

The plan is strong on improving America’s international competitiveness. The plan is also strong on energy independence, especially in it’s support for nuclear power.

The plan is weak in its concern for personal freedom by it’s support of CAFE, drug re-importation, and taxpayer funding for research.

The plan is far from perfect, but at the same time it is unimaginably better than Barack Obama’s Blueprint for Disaster.

Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater and the John Birch Society

Shortly before his death, the inestimable William F. Buckley penned one last note about the John Birch Society (JBS).

The article, Goldwater, the John Birch Society, and Me, recalls events in the early 1960’s which preceded Barry’s campaign for the Presidency.

Buckley had become concerned about the growing menace posed by Robert Welch and the John Birch Society.

The JBS was a powerful group of conspiracy theorists who believed, among other things, that President Eisenhower was a “dedicated, conscious agent of the Communist conspiracy” against the United States.

The JBS was slowly poising the growing conservative movement in the United States and threatening to turn it towards populism, racism, and ridiculous witch hunting in the search for imaginary conspirators.

Buckley finally denounced the society in the National Review:

How can the John Birch Society be an effective political instrument while it is led by a man whose views on current affairs are, at so many critical points . . . so far removed from common sense? That dilemma weighs on conservatives across America. . . . The underlying problem is whether conservatives can continue to acquiesce quietly in a rendition of the causes of the decline of the Republic and the entire Western world which is false, and, besides that, crucially different in practical emphasis from their own.

Goldwater risked his political career by responding supportively in the next issue of the same magazine:

I think you have clearly stated the problem which Mr. Welch’s continued leadership of the John Birch Society poses for sincere conservatives. . . . Mr. Welch is only one man, and I do not believe his views, far removed from reality and common sense as they are, represent the feelings of most members of the John Birch Society. . . . Because of this, I believe the best thing Mr. Welch could do to serve the cause of anti-Communism in the United States would be to resign. . . . We cannot allow the emblem of irresponsibility to attach to the conservative banner.

This story is as important now as it was forty years ago. The wounds which Bill Buckley and Barry Goldwater gave the John Birch Society turned out to be far from fatal. After decades in remission, the Bircher problem is once again growing in the conservative movement. Americans deeply in search of meaning and understanding in their political lives have become vulnerable to bizarre conspiracy theories which claim to provide answers to every possible political question.

The only real answer to this threat is education. Education is an effective immunization against the kind of bad thinking which leads people to believe in irrational conspiracy theories.

Why is Obama Lying about his Islamic History?

I really don’t care if Barack Obama is a Muslim. I also don’t care is Barack Obama was a Muslim and is now a Christian. I really don’t care what god, if any, Obama gives his obeisance to.

I am bothered by Obama’s easy willingness to give up his church in response to negative publicity. He attended that church for years and spent many Sunday mornings listening to racist tirades, but gave it up almost immediately in the face of negative publicity? Is that the kind of President we want, one without real personal beliefs and convictions?

And then there is the issue of Barack’s involvement with Islam. Barack has repeatedly lied about his experience with Islam. Daniel Pipes lays out the irrefutable evidence in Barack Obama’s Muslim Childhood.

I am not concerned with Barack Obama’s religion. I know many wonderful people who follow the Islamic faith. I am worried about Barack’s complete lack of respect or concern for the truth.

The mainstream media in this nation leans heavily towards the far left wing of the Democratic Party. As such, public discussion of these issues is almost nonexistent. The fourth estate is failing in its public responsibility to bring these issues to light. In the short term, we must work around their collusion with the Democratic Party. In the long term, we must replace them with professionals who adhere to a higher ethical standard.