It happened last night.
Dzhokar Tsarnaev, the second suspect in Monday's Boston Marathon bombing, was apprehended after a Watertown resident spied him hiding in a boat in his, the resident's, own backyard and alerted authorities. Law enforcement surrounded the house and, after a few hours and an exchange of gunfire, took Tsarnaev alive. Tsarnaev had wounds he'd received in an earlier gun battle with police and was taken to an area hospital where he was listed in serious condition. He remains in serious condition today.
I'm thrilled that this suspect was caught pretty quickly and ALIVE, unlike his older brother/accomplice, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was killed in the shootout with law enforcement that wounded Dzhokar. Since suspect #2 is alive hopefully we'll get all the answers to not only how but why the brothers carried out the April 15th attacks. Actually, we really already know why they did it.
According to news reports, the brothers, especially Tamerlan, had become radical Muslims after being largely moderate, Americanized Muslims before. Radical Muslims hate the "decadent" West, believe all infidels must be killed, converted, or subjugated, and regard America as the Great Satan, the obstacle to the global triumph of Islam. Dzhokar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev appear to have been sold out to such a belief system. That's why they bombed the Boston Marathon. We know this, despite Obama's plea for Americans not to jump to conclusions about the brothers' motives (wonder if Obama would've made such a plea if the brothers were Christians).
The real questions we need answered now pertain to logistics, not motives. Did the brothers act alone? If not, who and where are their accomplices? Are they part of a large or small group? Did they receive training in explosives here or overseas? Is attacking soft targets like the Boston Marathon now going to be Muslim terrorists' new m.o. in America? This is what we need to know now, and I have complete confidence that law enforcement will get the answers.
Note to Muslim terrorists: whatever plans you had, your new plan should be to get the hell out of dodge. Americans aren't going to take your crap. We'll take you alive if we need information, otherwise, kill us, especially our children, and you DIE. As dead as Osama ben Laden. As dead as Tamerlan Tsarnaev. And as dead as Dzhokar Tsarnaev will one day be.
God bless America! USA! USA! USA!
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Wake Up, Conservatives!
Yes, MSNBC's weekend anchor, Melissa Harris-Perry, is a socialist nut. That truth was on full display in her outrageous statement that Americans need to abandon their "private notion that children belong to their parents" and embrace the enlightened "recognition that kids belong to whole communities". Yes, this is liberal-left craziness, but why are so many conservatives acting like this is a new revelation?
The belief that children belong to the state, euphemistically referred to as "communities" by Ms. Harris-Perry, is a fundamental principle of the left. In 1996 then First Lady Hillary Clinton wrote a best-selling book, It Takes A Village, promoting the theme. From suppporting state-funded day care to demanding no-say-from-parents abortions for minors, liberals have been putting their collectivist vision of childrearing into practice for decades. It is nothing new. Yet conservatives are acting like some new, horrible radicalism was expressed by Harris-Perry in her April 8 promo for her Sunday morning show.
Maybe it was the sheer bluntness of her statement that really shocked conservatives. Liberals speak in so much code and play so many Orwellian word games that hearing Harris-Perry unequivocally advocate collective childrearing was unusually disturbing. Whatever it was, conservatives need to pull themselves together and realize that this has been the belief of the enemy all along.
That conservatives are so shocked about something that's been painfully obvious for decades is what I find disturbing. If this is how firm their grasp on reality is then no wonder they're losing both politically and in the culture. Conservatives have to abandon their will to disbelieve and see liberalism for what it really is. The first step to victory is to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable, painful, or shocking it may be. If conservatives can't do that then they should get out of the way and give the fight to more determined rightists. America deserves that, don't you think?
The belief that children belong to the state, euphemistically referred to as "communities" by Ms. Harris-Perry, is a fundamental principle of the left. In 1996 then First Lady Hillary Clinton wrote a best-selling book, It Takes A Village, promoting the theme. From suppporting state-funded day care to demanding no-say-from-parents abortions for minors, liberals have been putting their collectivist vision of childrearing into practice for decades. It is nothing new. Yet conservatives are acting like some new, horrible radicalism was expressed by Harris-Perry in her April 8 promo for her Sunday morning show.
Maybe it was the sheer bluntness of her statement that really shocked conservatives. Liberals speak in so much code and play so many Orwellian word games that hearing Harris-Perry unequivocally advocate collective childrearing was unusually disturbing. Whatever it was, conservatives need to pull themselves together and realize that this has been the belief of the enemy all along.
That conservatives are so shocked about something that's been painfully obvious for decades is what I find disturbing. If this is how firm their grasp on reality is then no wonder they're losing both politically and in the culture. Conservatives have to abandon their will to disbelieve and see liberalism for what it really is. The first step to victory is to face reality, no matter how uncomfortable, painful, or shocking it may be. If conservatives can't do that then they should get out of the way and give the fight to more determined rightists. America deserves that, don't you think?
Friday, January 04, 2013
An Omen for America
Blaer.
It means "light breeze" in Icelandic, and it's what a mother in Iceland has been calling her daughter for the past fifteen years. The problem? The government of Iceland didn't approve the name so, for her entire life, young Blaer has been identified as stulka or "girl" on all official documents. Now she's suing the Icelandic government for the right to legally use her name. What does this have to do with America? Why is this an omen? Here's why.
In the article on this story I was struck by a sentence which described Icelanders as being "comfortable with a firm state role" (emphasis added) in their lives and therefore not inclined to question the government's right to control what they can name their children. That is exactly the kind of submissive populace that Obama and the secular progressives want to create in America. They want and need a people "comfortable with a firm state role" because they believe state control is fundamental to realizing their version of a compassionate and just society.
Americans need to become comfortable with the government telling them what guns they can own, what light bulbs they can use, what kind of cars they can drive, even what size soda they can buy in a restaurant. Such comfort will make it easier for secular progressives and their president to concentrate more and more power in government, especially the federal government. As Americans become more submissive to and dependent upon the state, looking to it for their sustenance, they will give their votes to the party doling out the goodies, ensuring it permanent political power. And that's the end game; creating permanent power for the Democratic party and making America a one party dictatorship. All for the common good, of course.
But now there's little Blaer, daring to oppose the statist do-gooders in her tiny country. She's "prepared to take her case all the way to [Iceland's] Supreme Court" to protect her "basic human right" to have the name her mother, not the state, chose for her. A name she likes as much as she likes freedom. Her court case is an omen for America but also an inspiration. If a teenage girl can fight to keep the state at bay, so can we. So can anyone. Thank you, Blaer.
Are you listening, America?
It means "light breeze" in Icelandic, and it's what a mother in Iceland has been calling her daughter for the past fifteen years. The problem? The government of Iceland didn't approve the name so, for her entire life, young Blaer has been identified as stulka or "girl" on all official documents. Now she's suing the Icelandic government for the right to legally use her name. What does this have to do with America? Why is this an omen? Here's why.
In the article on this story I was struck by a sentence which described Icelanders as being "comfortable with a firm state role" (emphasis added) in their lives and therefore not inclined to question the government's right to control what they can name their children. That is exactly the kind of submissive populace that Obama and the secular progressives want to create in America. They want and need a people "comfortable with a firm state role" because they believe state control is fundamental to realizing their version of a compassionate and just society.
Americans need to become comfortable with the government telling them what guns they can own, what light bulbs they can use, what kind of cars they can drive, even what size soda they can buy in a restaurant. Such comfort will make it easier for secular progressives and their president to concentrate more and more power in government, especially the federal government. As Americans become more submissive to and dependent upon the state, looking to it for their sustenance, they will give their votes to the party doling out the goodies, ensuring it permanent political power. And that's the end game; creating permanent power for the Democratic party and making America a one party dictatorship. All for the common good, of course.
But now there's little Blaer, daring to oppose the statist do-gooders in her tiny country. She's "prepared to take her case all the way to [Iceland's] Supreme Court" to protect her "basic human right" to have the name her mother, not the state, chose for her. A name she likes as much as she likes freedom. Her court case is an omen for America but also an inspiration. If a teenage girl can fight to keep the state at bay, so can we. So can anyone. Thank you, Blaer.
Are you listening, America?
Tuesday, January 01, 2013
The Year of No Fear
It's here. 2013.
Today, Tuesday, January 1st begins a new year for the world and, for us Americans, the start of the second term for the Obama regime, and a regime it is.
In the final days of 2012 the Obama Supreme Court ruled against the religious freedom of the Green family, owners of the crafts store Hobby Lobby (and the office supply store Mardel's). The Greens, devout, pro-life Christians, sought a religious exemption to Obamacare's HHS mandate which requires businesses to pay for contraception, including abortion-inducing drugs, in their employee insurance packages. They also sought an injunction against the enforcement of the mandate pending their court fight. Obama Supreme Court judge Sotomayor refused, meaning Hobby Lobby has to comply with the mandate or face millions of dollars in fines. The Greens are standing their ground even though it could put them out of business. They are committed to their faith. I greatly admire the Green family but they are only the beginning of the Obama regime's assault on our constitutional freedoms. Gun owners are next.
In the wake of the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school Obama and his leftist cohorts are gearing up to go after our Second Amendment rights. Of course, they're claiming they just want "common sense" gun control to "protect the children", but we know what that really means. Obama's victory in the presidential election last November has emboldened him and we can expect him to start revealing just how far left he really is. We conservatives have to man up and stop him.
For far too long we conservatives have been afraid, yes, afraid to stand up for our values and beliefs to the fullest. We have lived in abject terror of being branded racist, sexist, extremist, bigoted, intolerant, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, etc. by the left. Those words have been their most potent weapons against us, wielded from their pulpits in academia, media, and entertainment. The result has been that we conservatives have too often censored ourselves, modified our beliefs, hemmed and hawed, or did nothing when the times screamed for our action. NO MORE!!!!
We are in a new year, 2013. It will be the year of no fear. There is too much at stake for us to be controlled by fear. Yes, leftists will continue to war against us with all the ferocity that they always have, counting on our fear to paralyze us at crucial moments. That must not happen. The Obama regime is poised to transform our beloved nation into a government dominated, socialist, welfare state. That will be the death of America. We cannot let that happen! Courage must now be the blood that flows through our veins. Courage and cunning and absolute faith that we are RIGHT. Nothing else, nothing less will save our great Republic. Lock and load, conservatives; it's time to fight!
Happy New Year. NO FEAR!!!!
Today, Tuesday, January 1st begins a new year for the world and, for us Americans, the start of the second term for the Obama regime, and a regime it is.
In the final days of 2012 the Obama Supreme Court ruled against the religious freedom of the Green family, owners of the crafts store Hobby Lobby (and the office supply store Mardel's). The Greens, devout, pro-life Christians, sought a religious exemption to Obamacare's HHS mandate which requires businesses to pay for contraception, including abortion-inducing drugs, in their employee insurance packages. They also sought an injunction against the enforcement of the mandate pending their court fight. Obama Supreme Court judge Sotomayor refused, meaning Hobby Lobby has to comply with the mandate or face millions of dollars in fines. The Greens are standing their ground even though it could put them out of business. They are committed to their faith. I greatly admire the Green family but they are only the beginning of the Obama regime's assault on our constitutional freedoms. Gun owners are next.
In the wake of the horrific massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary school Obama and his leftist cohorts are gearing up to go after our Second Amendment rights. Of course, they're claiming they just want "common sense" gun control to "protect the children", but we know what that really means. Obama's victory in the presidential election last November has emboldened him and we can expect him to start revealing just how far left he really is. We conservatives have to man up and stop him.
For far too long we conservatives have been afraid, yes, afraid to stand up for our values and beliefs to the fullest. We have lived in abject terror of being branded racist, sexist, extremist, bigoted, intolerant, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic, etc. by the left. Those words have been their most potent weapons against us, wielded from their pulpits in academia, media, and entertainment. The result has been that we conservatives have too often censored ourselves, modified our beliefs, hemmed and hawed, or did nothing when the times screamed for our action. NO MORE!!!!
We are in a new year, 2013. It will be the year of no fear. There is too much at stake for us to be controlled by fear. Yes, leftists will continue to war against us with all the ferocity that they always have, counting on our fear to paralyze us at crucial moments. That must not happen. The Obama regime is poised to transform our beloved nation into a government dominated, socialist, welfare state. That will be the death of America. We cannot let that happen! Courage must now be the blood that flows through our veins. Courage and cunning and absolute faith that we are RIGHT. Nothing else, nothing less will save our great Republic. Lock and load, conservatives; it's time to fight!
Happy New Year. NO FEAR!!!!
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Tuesday, December 11, 2012
A Looming Victory For Republicans and Conservatives
After the hugely disappointing loss to Obama for the White House on November 6, Republicans and conservatives got news today which shows that capturing the presidency isn't the be-all-and-end-all of political power in the United States.
Today, Michigan's Republican-dominated House of Representatives approved bills that will make that state the 24th right-to-work state in the country. Republican Governor Rick Snyder is poised to sign the bills into law within a few days, but union protestors are out in force trying to stop him, so it's not a done deal, yet. However, the shrillness, meanness, and irrationality of the protestors--they compared right-to-work supporters to Nazis and Japanese militarists--reveal desperation induced by impending defeat. So, yes, I think Republicans and conservatives can go ahead and celebrate.
The results of the presidential election caused much angst among conservatives and Republicans. Lost in the grieving was the reality that the GOP controls not only the majority of the nation's governorships but also the majority of the state legislators. That is power. And Republicans in Michigan have used that power to give freedom of choice to the workers of that state.
Celebrate good times! Come on!
Today, Michigan's Republican-dominated House of Representatives approved bills that will make that state the 24th right-to-work state in the country. Republican Governor Rick Snyder is poised to sign the bills into law within a few days, but union protestors are out in force trying to stop him, so it's not a done deal, yet. However, the shrillness, meanness, and irrationality of the protestors--they compared right-to-work supporters to Nazis and Japanese militarists--reveal desperation induced by impending defeat. So, yes, I think Republicans and conservatives can go ahead and celebrate.
The results of the presidential election caused much angst among conservatives and Republicans. Lost in the grieving was the reality that the GOP controls not only the majority of the nation's governorships but also the majority of the state legislators. That is power. And Republicans in Michigan have used that power to give freedom of choice to the workers of that state.
Celebrate good times! Come on!
Sunday, November 18, 2012
America: Not Worth An Iron Dome
Iron Dome.
Remember that name. That's the moniker of Israel's missile defense system that has shot down most of the rockets Hamas terrorists have been raining down on the Jewish state in recent days. The system was designed to intercept and destroy short range rockets and artillery shells. The Israelis recognized the need for a missile shield during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, when Hezboallah fired more than 4000 rockets into northern Israel. With US financial backing, the Iron Dome defense system was developed and first deployed in in March of 2011. Since then it has shot down over 400 rockets, sparing Israeli civilians much suffering and death. Clearly, a missile defense system can work. But our newly reelected president doesn't believe America deserves one.
If you recall, in 2009 Obama cancelled plans to deploy an interceptor site and radar in Poland and the Czech Republic that would've protected America and its allies against a primarily Iranian missile threat. Obama cancelled the site and radar--and put America and it's allies at risk--in order to appease the Russians. The president thought it more important to "restart" our relationship with Moscow than do everything possible to protect the US. He also apparently thought that being liked by the Russians was more valuable than the goodwill America would've garnered from the Poles, Czechs, and other Europeans who would've been protected by the shield. So now, three years later, America (and her allies) have no defense against missiles from Iran or anyone else. Yet, Iron Dome shows that a missile shield can work. Yes, ID is designed for short-range projectiles, but it still shows that an anti-missile defense system can work. But America doesn't have one because it would make the Russians mad. So thinks Barak Obama.
I guess the people who reelected him forgot about that.
Remember that name. That's the moniker of Israel's missile defense system that has shot down most of the rockets Hamas terrorists have been raining down on the Jewish state in recent days. The system was designed to intercept and destroy short range rockets and artillery shells. The Israelis recognized the need for a missile shield during the Second Lebanon War in 2006, when Hezboallah fired more than 4000 rockets into northern Israel. With US financial backing, the Iron Dome defense system was developed and first deployed in in March of 2011. Since then it has shot down over 400 rockets, sparing Israeli civilians much suffering and death. Clearly, a missile defense system can work. But our newly reelected president doesn't believe America deserves one.
If you recall, in 2009 Obama cancelled plans to deploy an interceptor site and radar in Poland and the Czech Republic that would've protected America and its allies against a primarily Iranian missile threat. Obama cancelled the site and radar--and put America and it's allies at risk--in order to appease the Russians. The president thought it more important to "restart" our relationship with Moscow than do everything possible to protect the US. He also apparently thought that being liked by the Russians was more valuable than the goodwill America would've garnered from the Poles, Czechs, and other Europeans who would've been protected by the shield. So now, three years later, America (and her allies) have no defense against missiles from Iran or anyone else. Yet, Iron Dome shows that a missile shield can work. Yes, ID is designed for short-range projectiles, but it still shows that an anti-missile defense system can work. But America doesn't have one because it would make the Russians mad. So thinks Barak Obama.
I guess the people who reelected him forgot about that.
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