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Freedom’s Seed

Published at June 24, 2009 in Foreign Affairs and General Commentary. 0 Comments

If you have a strong stomach go to this link, listen to the video track, and witness the unimaginable. Be advised, it’s very graphic.  God bless the brave.

Today in Tehran - Baharestan Square

The slaughter now taking place in Iran may surpass the brutality of Tiananmen Square. As you recoil in horror, and our imaginary leader in Washington tees up for another round of golf, ask yourself two questions:

First — what would you possibly say in negotiation to the kind of sub-human tyrant who, not only condones, but has ordered this kind of barbaric murder of his own people [or of any people]?

Second — given the uncontrolled growth of government in our own country, replete with ‘Bama’s proposed ‘National Security Force‘ and the diminishing role of our Constitution, might these be scenes from a distant future in America?

By the way, the acting president is taking a harder line with the Iranian delegation. They have been un-invited from the White House Fourth of July weenie roast. I give him a lot of credit for not voting present, yet again. He didn’t need to go out on a limb. By simply announcing they’re serving “Hebrew National” hot dogs, nobody would have shown up!

R.S.F.

“Ists” and “Isms”

Published at June 22, 2009 in Foreign Affairs, General Commentary and The Economy. 0 Comments

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I received a letter the other day which addressed me as a “Conservative Activist”. That night I saw a television show that made me realize some might consider me a “Survivalist”. Here, all the while, I thought I was a “Capitalist” speaking out against “Marxism” in America and supporting our troops fighting “Terrorism” abroad, so the rest of us can live to enjoy “Freedom” at home. Freedom. How’d that word get in there?

Lately, freedom seems to have gotten lost among the labels and, as it turns out, some of us don’t really understand what it is. Take, for example, a Liberal friend of mine [about whom I've spoken before] who agrees with the acting president that we have no right to “impose our way of life” on people in other countries. They both call it “meddling”, as does Mahmoud Ahmedinejad — who probably didn’t even know the word existed until our own B. Hussein Obama used it and gave him the opportunity to toss it back at us as propaganda. My friend has finally quantified the reason we can’t agree on any of the issues: we disagree on the fundamental principles.

What none of the three aforementioned understand is that freedom is the natural condition of human kind. Our founding fathers realized that reality and wrote about it often. Freedom comes from God, not from man. Since it can only be suppressed by man [governments and tyrants], helping to restore the natural order is neither imposing nor meddling. Millions of Iranians risking their lives in the streets of Tehran know that too and are waiting for words of encouragement from America — but our shining beacon at freedom’s door is dark. My friend says it’s none of our business because no one has asked for our help. I don’t know why anyone thinks so many signs in the crowd are printed in English but I’m guessing they’re the same people who think the revolt we are witnessing is still about the election.

Obama is an embarrassment. He has abdicated his responsibility as any kind of free world leader. Even France and Germany have spoken out but, for all the meaningless drivel he and his teleprompter have generated, his deafening silence is broken only by a few vague remarks about the government violence. This ideologue is coldly recasting the very essence of what America is about and will have the blood of thousands on his hands if Ahmedinejad once again slams freedom’s door on the fingers of the Iranian people.

Let me be as plain as the ears on ‘Bama’s head. When he apologizes for the brilliance of America, he does not speak for me. When he parades weakness in front of the world, he does not speak for me. When he insults our friends and friendlies up to our enemies, he does not speak for me. When he says America is broken and should be fixed with massive government programs, he does not speak for me. When he demonizes success and tramples our Constitution, he does not speak for me. When he disrespects the military or degrades their mission he does not speak for me. When oppressed people cry out against tyranny and are willing to die for freedom, he doesn’t speak at all.

So all other “ists” and “isms” notwithstanding, I say to my Liberal friend that I mostly consider myself a “real-ist”. Occasionally my government loses its way and as long as there is a First Amendment, I will speak for myself and try to influence a course correction. I have always been and shall always be proud of my country. If supporting those in other countries who are trying to restore freedom’s natural order is “meddling”, then I’m a “medd-ler”. There, we now have a “ler” label.

Above all else, I am an American and to the people of Iran, if our acting president won’t say it, I will — Press on! We hear your voices and you are not alone. God and the American people are with you!

R.S.F.

Candy Free Aisles

Published at June 11, 2009 in Foreign Affairs. 0 Comments

kim-no-mercyThe most bizarre sight in the world has to be a little kid throwing a tantrum in the aisle of a grocery store, while his mother tries to reason with him over a bag of candy. The screaming child is completely irrational and good ol’ mom continues futilely applying logic to his ears, instead of applying an encounter-ending thump to his rump. It’s a negotiation doomed from the start. Eventually, the kid gets the candy and the parents wonder why their little crumb cruncher behaves this way!

North Korea practically lives in the candy aisle and Kim Jong-il’s ranting in front of the world seems always to be met with his sweet tooth being pacified. Neither the U.S., China nor anyone else will ‘pants’ this little bad boy and provide the disciplinary paddling he so richly has earned. He needs to be taught what it means to be a small mouse playing with big cats — and that just because he sports some claws, doesn’t mean he’ll ever be mistaken for a feline.

The danger in leaving this ‘roaring rodent’ unchecked lies, not so much in his own use of North Korea’s nuclear capability, but in his willingness to export any part of their storefront to the highest bidders — bidders that are madmen even more highly motivated than himself. Just as many grocery stores have done, his neighbors need to establish a candy free aisle for little Kimmy.

For openers, they need to impose an immediate halt of all materiel and financial resources to N.K. with verification, at will, by the international community. If he throws a tantrum, any force must be met with greater force until he backs away from his aggressive nuclear ambitions, not in word but in deed. He has proven on numerous occasions that he has no respect for talk or treaties and can neither be trusted nor tolerated.

Unlike the small boy, Kim Jong-il may eventually require stronger than usual measures to correct his irrational behavior — including measures to remove him altogether, kicking and screaming, from the store. Our world is already too dangerous a place to waste any more precious time fooling around with a fool.

R.S.F.

The Dime Store

Published at May 28, 2009 in Foreign Affairs and The Economy. 0 Comments

Dime Store LunchWhen I was a kid, I loved going to what we called “The 5 & 10″. The name was a holdover from the days when a small variety store had items that actually sold for 5 or 10 cents. Of course, those were the days when $43 a week was a livable wage and milk cost 10 cents a carton. We used to laugh because nothing sold for less than a dollar anymore but they still they had a wide array of merchandise on display. There was even a “soda fountain” where the man behind the counter would mix up a soda [pop] right before your very eyes. He’d squirt a little syrup into the glass, add some carbonated water and voilà — a treat to tickle your tongue and the perfect complement for your Snickers bar.

It seems the more things change, the more they stay the same. Today the little variety store is called North Korea, the man behind the counter is named Kim Jong-il and you still can’t buy anything for a dime. However, they have plenty on display and regular live demonstrations of their merchandise. Most recently, they rolled out a nuclear device about the size of the Hiroshima blast and a couple of rockets that can reach out from a few hundred to a few thousand miles. No-o-o-o, they’re not aiming at The United States but they are hoping this eye candy attracts the attention of buyers like Hamas, Al-Qaeda and similar prospects who may be shopping for the right ingredients to quench their murderous thirst and complement their bar full of nuts.

Meanwhile, what is the acting President doing since he returned from his American apology tour? Well, Barack ‘Chavez’ Obama is focusing his wrecking ball on the economy once again, this time buying himself another car company, preparing to add health care to the long list of failed government follies and nominating the most radical candidate ever to be considered for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court. Add a VAT tax, an energy tax, as well as several nuisance taxes and we have pure taste titillation for the quenchless thirst of our own Socialist nut bar.

As far as the North Korean dime store, not to worry — just like Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other troubled kids on the block we’re going to talk with them, all the time hoping we don’t get mugged while we’re hobnobbing. Maybe we’ll even roll over for the United Nations, just to show our soft underbelly to any madmen who didn’t notice when our fearless leader exposed it in the first place. Change? Geez, I hope I have enough left for a chocolate soda!

R.S.F.

Somebody Tell Mother Nature

Published at March 29, 2009 in Domestic Politics and Foreign Affairs. 0 Comments

Glass StomachLast night, all those who like to mix their religion with politics in an attempt to discover science got to feel good about themselves for a few minutes. The intent was a show of global unity in the desire to tinker with the Earth’s natural heating and cooling cycles. The result was, in fact, a demonstration of weakness and global gullibility. Almost as brilliantly as the lights blazed in my house, headlines blazed across the Internet:

“Lights go out across planet for Earth Hour”
“World switches off to save planet in Earth Hour”
“Cities switch off for Earth Hour”

Unfortunately for a great many people living in the world of reality, nobody told Ma Nature about the event and she produced headlines like:

“Kansas City Airport Closed Due to Snow Storm”
“Severe weather strikes Plains, Gulf Coast”
“Cold weather eases flood threat in Fargo”

After experiencing one of the coldest winters on the planet in decades, including snow in places like Louisiana, Mississippi and California, I’m convinced most planet-saving ‘Greenies’ must be sporting glass stomachs or they’d keep bumping into things. They not only continue their flight of fancy in the face of truths their own senses can’t deny but are completely missing the more dangerous implications of government using climate change as a mechanism for tyrannical control of our personal lives. That’s why the hoax was perpetuated in the first place!

I think the best shtick of the evening was CNN promoting their around the world coverage of “Earth Hour” events. Wait a minute — doesn’t it take an enormous amount of energy to generate such coverage? Well, I suppose it’s no worse than ‘Guru Gore’ flying around on a private jet to rant about our over use of fossil fuels. Instead of worrying about man made global warming , we need to start thinking about man made global fortunes and the losses of liberty resulting from our blindness!

You know, mushrooms like it in the dark, too — and are usually fed a diet of the same stuff our little planet savers have been swallowing.

R.S.F.

The Sound Of Silence

Published at April 11, 2007 in Foreign Affairs. 0 Comments

Since she sold out America last week, it’s almost magical the way a deafening silence has engulfed the despicable crimes of Nancy Pelosi. The only exceptions seem to be some occasional mental flatulence by the odd spin-doctor or recognized terrorist supporter Jimmy Carter. The most incompetent president in recent memory botched it badly in the 70s, doesn’t get it now and never will understand the nature of a sworn enemy. Forgetting all his domestic buffoonery, the holes in his foreign policy were only slightly smaller than the ones in House Madam Pelosi’s head, when she appointed herself Secretary of State, or President, or whomever she was supposed to be while handing our Islamo-Nazi adversaries a huge propaganda victory.

When are we going to see an investigative commission, a special prosecutor, criminal charges or, at least, hear an apology? It’s wartime and she has committed treasonous acts against America. At the very least, she seems in violation of the Logan Act. In brief, The Logan Act (18 U.S.C.A. § 953 [1948]) is a single federal statute making it a crime for a citizen to confer with foreign governments against the interests of the United States. Specifically, it prohibits citizens from negotiating with other nations on behalf of the United States without authorization. I repeat: It prohibits citizens, ANY CITIZENS, from negotiating with other nations on behalf of the United States WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. If you have a pdf reader installed, you can read The Logan Act in its entirety.

Where are the special committees, the investigations? Where’s The Madam’s resignation? I’ll tell you where; stamped in blue ink on that “Get Out Of Jail Free” card that gives every radical Lib a ticket to ride. Are there any real Republicans left with something more than pudding for a spinal column? All I hear is silence. If President Bush had committed such a defiant, embarrassing atrocity, the Democrats would start impeachment proceedings and have his head on a stick before you could say, “By George”! Does anyone in Washington still represent the people of the United States? This one’s real! They don’t even need to resort to fabrication like the Left does time after time after time. I just hear silence.

When you pass a pork bill, which also includes the largest tax increase in history [400 billion dollars] and provide a predetermined surrender date, instead of providing body and vehicle armor for our combat troops, it sends an emboldening message to our enemies. Follow that up with a disasterous visit from some yenta, undermining your country’s foreign policy with a few of the bloodiest terrorist leaders in the world, and you spell out weakness with a capital “W”. That’s exactly what The Madam meant to do and that’s exactly what happened. It’s just the beginning. Remember, the Democrats are heavily invested in the defeat of America.

If you think the impunity with which Iran kidnapped 15 British sailors, Ahmadinejad’s defiance of demands to halt his nuclear program or the flag burning parade of thousands of al-Sadr sponsored Shiites in Iraq had nothing to do with the subversive activity of Pelosi, Reid and their Democrat rabble, think again! Remember, Muqtada al-Sadr is the Syrian-Iranian backed anti-American who runs Baghdad, terrorist training camps, sniper schools and all. He may be a thug but he’s not stupid.  He recognizes opportunity when she knocks.

In the past several days we’re beginning to see headlines, again, of escalated terror attacks in other countries. Lack of national resolve by Democrats and limp-wristed Republicans in congress, combined with disgraceful actions like The Madam’s unauthorized international blundering, have led the Islamo-Nazis to believe the United States won’t act, even in our own defense. Are they right?  If they are, and Osama Bin Laden correctly stated that we “don’t have the stomach for war”, then we’re next…again!

There are consequences for inaction as well as action. Madam Pelosi needs to face consequences for her damaging, illegal actions and our representatives need to begin placing our Country’s interest ahead of their self-interest. If they don’t, we’ll all be facing some rather unpleasant consequences of our own, very soon.

R.S.F.

The Traveling Madam

Published at April 6, 2007 in Foreign Affairs. 0 Comments

Pelosi Terrorist Endorsements

Pelosi and al-AssadInstead of a bigger airplane just buy her a pink Cadillac with red velour seats, because the ‘The House Madam’ is on the road again. This time, her irresponsible trip to the Middle East has Nancy Pelosi creating disaster from the cradle of terrorism. She’s carrying the wrong message at the wrong time to America’s enemies, an unwitting pawn in their dangerous game of international chess. In typical Democrat fashion, she has mistaken it for a friendly game of checkers. They don’t have much use for P.C. in Syria or the rest of that region and she is, after all, not even a goat or a camel. No, Madam Pelosi is merely an infidel woman from the ‘great Satan’, which they have sworn on a stack of Korans to obliterate at their earliest opportunity. Does she really expect these Islamo-Nazi thugs to take her seriously? On a scale of 1 to 10, her sphincter factor has now risen to 12! Her damage to our country’s foreign policy, further endangerment of Americans and result of emboldening appeasement messages can easily be observed as she receives enthusiastic endorsement from the terrorists. The Madam, and her fellow Democrat dupes, are a disgrace to this nation and have become the strongest weapon in the terrorists’ arsenal.

It’s not the first time these Stalinist Liberals have tried to short-circuit United States foreign policy by aligning themselves with our enemies. Look at Ted Kennedy consulting with the former Soviet Union during The Cold War, advising them how to defeat President Reagan’s winning strategies, or Jimmy Carter’s close ties with Yasser Arafat [not to mention the Democrats' embracing of Castro, Ho Chi Min and now Chavez]. The bone in their heads that prioritizes America ahead of madmen, tyrants and dictators seems to be missing. This time, the defiant diva even took along a couple of RINOs so she could look respectable during the photo-ops, which will be used as future propaganda against our country, along with her misguided, ill-conceived words and deeds.

First of all, let me remind you that her trip was contrary to national policy, all but forbidden by The President and discouraged by many of her colleagues in congress. She had no authority, whatsoever, to speak for this or any other government. Foreign policy is set by the Executive branch of our government, not the Legislative, and current policy is not to negotiate with terrorists orpelosi-in-hijab.jpg terrorist supporting nations. If you disagree, you wait your turn in office and change it; you don’t arbitrarily subvert it. Madam Pelosi has conveyed dangerous misinformation, not only about America’s intentions, but has even managed to undermine the foreign policy of Israel! By publicly wearing a certain piece of ‘offending’ Muslim headgear [known as a hijab] she even managed to set the Syrian women’s movement back about twenty years. With this, and her other failures since taking over Speaker’s duties in ‘The House’, there’s no telling to what extent The Madam has stifled women’s executive opportunities in this country.

Upon her return, Madam Pelosi should be made to suffer serious consequences for her treason. Yes I said TREASON! We are at war, and if you haven’t figured it out yet, not just the battle in Iraq. We are at war with terrorists and terrorist states; that includes genocidal nutjobs like Bashar al-Assad, with the blood of thousands on his hands. You don’t just sachet up to a guy like this at the bar and say, “Hey big boy, can I buy you a drink?” Terrorists have repeatedly attacked us overseas at embassies, military barracks and in episodes like the U.S.S. Cole. We have been disastrously attacked on our home soil at least twice, including 9/11. These barbarians continue to kill American soldiers on a daily basis, with Syria providing the means, and have murdered our citizens in cold blood both here and abroad. Pelosi has consorted with that enemy, offered them aid and comfort, provided them with propaganda to be used against our country and through her deplorable actions has, perhaps irreparably, weakened the United States’ position with enemies and allies alike.

Nothing will happen to her, of course, because she and other radical, far Left Democrats have made it fashionable to bash America, demoralize our troops, undermine the government, divide this nation, and mock our President along with other responsible officials. Thirty-five or forty years ago, she most likely would have been relieved of her responsibilities and even tried for treason or imprisoned. A hundred years before that, she would have been shot for such anti-American activity during wartime.

I don’t believe Pelosi, and the rest of her Lib supporters, fully understand the anger of the average citizen over this national disgrace. She has managed to top even the picture of John Kerry ‘making nice’ with Ho Chi Min and the photo of Hanoi Jane Fonda posing with the North Vietnamese at their anti-aircraft battery. If there’s a bright spot in any of this, it’s that America has needed a wakeup call to see just who the Democrats really are and where their allegiances lie. For them to be totally invested in defeat is one thing but acting upon it by supporting our sworn enemies, on the world stage, is quite another.

Upon her return, ‘House Madam’ Pelosi should be contrite, ashamed and apologetic but I don’t think she’s that smart or has enough conscience. Come to think of it, we don’t need to buy her a pink Cadillac with red velour seats. Her tacky upholstery is already showing.

R.S.F.