Cut and runners vs Lieberman

There is a very interesting situation brewing in the US Senate, with the Democrats revealing their game plans and strategy to bring about a humiliating defeat in Iraq. They’re not even trying to hide it anymore, and I think that’s because they want their base to believe that their mission is to get the troops out of there in no uncertain terms. The dilemma they’re facing, however, has to do with Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. who understands full well what his former colleagues are up to, and has made it clear he’ll have none of it. Lately he is talking more and more as though he’ll defect to the Republican Party if the Democrats attempt to cut funding for the war. Although I think he’s very serious, I don’t think he believes that they would go through with it because that move would throw the majority back to the Republicans. The Democrats on the other hand don’t believe that Lieberman would actually change parties because of his history as a lifetime Democrat; however they have to be worried because he owes them absolutely nothing after the way they treated him during the last election cycle. So it looks to me that there will be a showdown of wills taking place very soon and it’s just a question of who’s going to blink first. I’m sure the Republicans will try to sweeten the deal by offering him the "world" or at least a committee chairmanship or two if his old comrades follow through with their evil plans, but he’s such a man of character he might not except that gesture. And that’s the most intriguing thing about this situation. You see… Joe Lieberman is a man of real moral principles and most liberals do not understand people with principles based on morality and integrity because Democrat principles are based on political expediency and quest for power. People of principle, like Senator Lieberman and President George W Bush on the other hand usually try to do what they think is the right thing no matter what the political consequences. Although the Democrats would probably contemplate backing down if Lieberman is ready to turn, their liberal left wing wacko kook base as well as their allies in the mainstream media which is psychotically obsessed with pulling out of Iraq will never back down. So I see this as a very interesting situation that despite it's underlining of seriousness is going to be more fun to watch than you can possibly imagine at this time. ….Catch you later folks!

The Holywood Watch_A Few Impressions of the Oscars

I thought it would be interesting to jot down my immediate impressions of the Oscars last night, before listening to any other reviews. There were a few surprises, the biggest being that the heavyset bald guy in the first row I’d been watching all night turned out to be none other than Jack Nicholson which didn’t become apparent until Martin Scorsese embraced him at the very end of the evening. Wow! Another breathtaking moment involved another actor of wide proportions ...you know...the actor who played Al Gore in his documentary which I havn't seen yet but apparently it's about the biggest fraud ever perpetuated on the American people……I’ll tell you he really had his mannerisms down, particularly the condescending way the infamous Harvard dropout and “inventor of the internet” continues his daily con job in spite of the fact so many great non-liberal scientists have debunked the theory of global warming using actual factual evidence.. Nice job Hollywood, but maybe you should have found an actor who was a little less filling as he didn't really convince me that he was actually Al Gore. The third surprise of the evening was that there was no Susan Sarandon or Tim "what’s his name" making fools of themselves. In fact I didn't hear one solitary statement using anti-Iraq or anti-Bush rhetoric. Amazing! That just shows you that Hollywood has finally begun to recognize the wisdom of my Commander and Chief who in my opinion will go down as one of America’s greatest presidents. Once again nice job guys!!! It 's been a long time coming.

Ok there were some low or should I say boring points such as Italian Composer Marconi’s 3 hour acceptance speech in "ITALIAN" and the tribute to foreign films which was so ‘foreign to me, I immediately switched to channel 59 which was showing “Patton”, my favorite all time movie which I only have seen 499 times in my life time. In case you're interested Patton did beat "General Montgomery and the British troops to Palermo, slapped a soldier in Sicily, spent time in the doghouse in London, and eventually took over the Third Army which kicked their enemies butt's straight across France and Germany effectually ending a most necessary war in Europe. But of course that great movie portrayed a different era in history. A time when Holywood and the news media were'nt run by "liberal left wing wacko kooks" but people of character like "Director John Ford", "Otto Preminger" and actors John Wayne and Henry"Mister Roberts" Fonda who who actually supported America in it's military conflicts. (It's too bad he wasn't able to pass that quality along to his daughter Jane)

But getting back to today's Holywood and last night's Oscars particularly....I have no idea who the big winners were and quite frankly don't care....Catch you later folks!

Defeat in Iraq would be Democrats Worst Nightmare

As Congressional Democrats toil relentlessly at dreaming up resolution after resolution to bring about America’s defeat in Iraq they seem to be unaware that they are walking through a minefield and are in great danger of actually bringing about their own defeat for many years to come. Yes, I believe this defeat could be of such epic proportions that it may toss the Democratic Party into a state of everlasting irrelevancy. Despite how the left wing media continues to misinterpret the opinion polls, the American people are not going to put up with cutting off funding or creating restrictions that will put our troops in further danger. Democrats believe they can turn this into another Vietnam or at least that’s what they’re hoping for. But if that happens and the perception is created that it was the Democrats who are largely responsible for our defeat, they may never be able to recover from it. Just as they had great difficulty winning elections after the Vietnam War because of their role in bringing about the most humiliating defeat in America’s history, Democrats are going to further solidify their image as cut and runners during a period in history in which the Global jihadists are not going to disappear any time soon. National security as an issue will continue to be the primary issue and concern for the rest of this century and if these characters in the House and the Senate keep plotting to bring about our unnecessary and premature defeat anytime we enter into battle as they shamelessly did during the Vietnam War it’s going to be all over for them in the future.

I say unnecessary and premature because the whole idea of America losing a war is preposterous and clearly out of the realm of possibilities. Don't these Democrats realize, we could turn Iraq into a wasteland on any given day of the week without blinking an eye. There is more fire power on one aircraft carrier sitting in the Persian Gulf than was unleashed during all of America’s Wars combined. So it’s never a question about whether we can win, it’s always a question about whether the liberals let us win. And now that the election is over Democrats in both houses of Congress are starting to act like the little children we always knew they were and if they don’t snap out of it quickly they will never be allowed to sit at the adult food table again.

The Treason Watch _In the House of Representatives

Last Friday, Feb 16, 2007. while watching C-Span I observed a display of “Mass Hysteria” on the floor of the United States Congress that I never thought was possible outside of Massachusetts.

Just at a time when there was clearly a shift in momentum taking place in the War in Iraq, Democrats and a small group of Republican moderates decided to approve a non-binding resolution opposing the President’s decision to send more troops to Iraq instead of backing the President of the United States during a time of War like great American statesman from both parties have traditionally done throughout American History at least until the Vietnam War. It had to be done, this cut and run group reasoned. A brilliant general with a new strategy had apparently frightened the Democrats during hearings in Washington. as well as radical Islamic cleric Muqtada al-Sadr who quickly fled to Iran when he saw what was happening. The Iraqi Army and the Iraqi government were finally beginning to crack down on security and the additional troops that President Bush requested were already beginning to make an impact in Iraq. Change was in the air and it was obvious to those of use who were paying attention that Al Quaida, the Iranian backed Al-Sadr death squads, and the radical Islamic fascist groups now fighting to destroy Iraq's fledgling democracy were going to have a much more difficult time in the months ahead.

Reports from Iraq indicated that the people of Iraq were beginning to tire of the endless terrorist attacks and were beginning to turn on the terrorists and the insurrectionists who were starting to head for the “sands” in a full fledged state of panic as their dreams of a terrorist state in the center of the Middle East were starting to crumble. The Democrats were also starting to see that perhaps defeat wasn’t inevitable after all and perhaps George W Bush and the Republicans would recover from this after all which would be an absolute disaster for the Democrat party that had so willingly made an investment in defeat while pretending to support the troops. So something had to be done and done quickly so……

In walks California Congressman Henry Waxman and his band of "merry" Democrats and a few clueless Republican wimps like “Mighty Mouse Saving the Day” on what was clearly one of the darkest days in the history of the US Congress declaring boldly and emphatically three stinging words...“Defeat in Iraq”

Of course that wasn't true but it doesn't matter because at that precise moment in time an expert on radical Islamic fascism was reporting on the Fox News channel that a cry of jubilant hysteria had been breaking out on Radical Islamic websites world wide all day...sheer hysteria ...i.e. Mass Hysteria.

I sat there staring at the TV breathlessly while watching "out of control" United States Congressmen and Congresswomen commit Treason against the United States of America. Let me explain.

If they had only voted to cut off funding, something which is their constitutionally mandated right to do...that would have been fine and not completely without precedent considering what their liberal congressional ancestors did over thirty years ago to end the Vietnam War.

But my friends something much more sinister and evil occurred that day. A performance of deception and treachery I contend never has been seen before from the floor of the House, at least not in this form. Sworn representatives crossing the "Freedom of Speech Border" and entering a foreign domain...the forbidden zone otherwise known as "the Land of Treason" for no other reason than to embarrass their political opponents and to bring about another humiliating defeat for America's Armed forces which these liberal Democrats hate as much as they hate George W Bush. And then...they had the audacity to insult the intelligence of thinking people everywhere by saying that it was they who were actually demonstrating genuine support for our troops. Ummh...Right....

What I'm really saying is that instead of deciding to cut off funding or not cut off funding they chose to stretch their hands out to America's enemies during a time of war and give them a much needed boost of hope and encouragement when they most desperately needed it. And that is not their Constitutional duty friends. It never was and never will be. That's Treason!

Discovering George Washington Carver

While preparing to write an essay on Thomas Edison and the contributions the great American inventor made to the entire planet, I inadvertently stumbled onto the name of George Washington Carver and subsequently became mesmerized by his outright humility and greatness of character, as well as his contributions to all of mankind. Apparently Edison was so impressed by the abilities and skills of the famous African-American botanist, he reportedly told him “together we can remake the world”, after offering him a lucrative research position which Carver promptly turned down.

The more I learned about George Washington Carver, the more fascinated I became. Born into slavery at the end of the Civil War, he was kidnapped along with his mother and sister by a marauding band of bushwackers and sold into slavery again. Although he was returned to his original owner close to death he never saw his mother and sister again, nor did he ever know his father. Incredibly he talked about his owners, Mr. and Mrs. Carver, in loving terms saying that they were very kind to him. Apparently he stayed on until he began moving around to a series of schools in Kansas with little in the way of assets except a strong faith in God, a stubborn determination to seek knowledge, and a love for the woods and all it could yield which he later discovered was much more than anyone realized.

No where do you find a trace of bitterness or obsessive desire for worldly possessions and public stature. In fact it was just the opposite. When approached by Booker T Washington to teach conservation techniques at the Tuskegee Institute in the fall of 1896 he explained his desire to assist former slaves in the rural south by writing “Of course it has always been the one great ideal of my life to be of the greatest good to the greatest number of my people”. After moving to Alabama, the Tuskegee Experiment Station under Carver's direction worked directly with a black farm population largely unaffected by progressive agricultural practices.

After gaining national notoriety as the “peanut man” for producing approximately 300 products in his laboratory from the peanut alone including milk substitutes, he began receiving some criticism from even esteemed black scientists who questioned his achievements largely because he didn’t document any of his lab work. The truth is that he wasn’t trying to impress the scientific community and laughed when visitors asked how he did something. He also irritated many of his peers by insisting on using common language so that “common folk” could learn from the fruits of his labor in order to climb from their dire straits and enjoy the blessings that nature had to offer.

His long time assistant Austin W. Curtis once said “I think his biggest contribution was his humanitarian—well-himself, you know. He was quite religious, quite scientific, but really quite a putterer.”

It may even come as a surprise to learn of Carver’s dedication to principles commonly known in the environmental awareness community today as “sustainability”. In fact long before this popular buzz word became the main topic at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in 1992, Dr Carver spoke out passionately against burning our woods and thereby burning the fertilizer nature had provided and insisted we must enrich our soil every year instead of merely depleting it. Carver also taught that in order to achieve global sustainability, we need to apply biblical principles of love, frugality, creativity, and sacrifice even in the area of caring for God’s creation.

There have been a surprising number of critics of the legendary status accorded this great man over the years. For example, some scientists dispute the number of original products he actually produced from the peanut and have questioned how great a scientist he really was with so little documentation available pertaining to his laboratory work. Whether the criticisms were motivated by racial bigotry, jealousy, or some complex personal agenda, they were way out of line. In my opinion the world has had enough brilliant scientists including some who have actually brought us to the brink of extinction. What we need now more than anything else are more George Washington Carvers with an inquisitive mind reflecting a simple love for God’s creation and an overwhelming desire to sustain life no matter how the odds are stacked against them.

Senior Chief Tom Wholley, USN Retired