Politician's Purgatory

With the 911 Commisssion report out there
is not one word about the role of the government's meddling in the
airline business and what this did to compromise airline security. What
if the airline industry were responsible for their security in the same
manner a casino is? What if the airlines were free to decide how much
securtiy they could provide for their passengers? What if the airlines
decided that pilots needed to have access to weapons to deter smuggled box
cutters? What if there was an airline that was not shackled by the
regulations that made their security compromised?

These are issues that are not mentioned because the government has
semi-nationalized the airlines and is more concerned with pointing fingers
at political opponents than asking such important questions as whether
government is competent to know what is in the best interest of the
business. This is a perfect example of how the government operates when it
fails to perform. Investigate the past , blame someone and propose more
government power ( the new intelligence Czar ) to fix what the airlines
could have prevented if it had been their sole responsibility to provide
security for their service.

This mixture of government with business cannot protect us anymore
than the government can provide a foolproof retirement system. The free
individuals who are left free to create and produce do not need government
interference which evolves inevitably into fascism. We need unfettered
Capitalism to win the war on terrorism. This means the government is
necessary for the protection of individual rights but is not necessary to
muddle around in the business world with inane regulations, choking taxes
and inept reviews of what went wrong. Is this approach a
recommendation of the Commission? Not on your life and that is exactly
what is at stake.

Senator John Edwards is right. There are two Americas. One is the
productive, take on the challenges,create new products and services,
seek
the truth and stand up for American interests both here and abroad. The
other is a bunch of parasitical slugs who hate achievement, want
something
for nothing, delight in the persecution of an achiever and encourage the
production of mindless movies and raucaus music. The land of the free
has
been misinterpretated by this latter mob to mean " I want but I don't
want
to have to earn it". The taking away of the freedom of Martha Stewart
is
a perfect example of the ugliness behind this second rate America.
"It's Decision Day for Martha Stewart" NYSun July 16th.

We used to celebrate achievement but thanks to mediocre public
education and
the sycophant's who dabble in obtuse theories at public expense we now
have a crop of unlearned memorizers who wouldn't be able to discover the
bathroom without a government certified map.
It is with total outrage I see a pompous attitude of "she deserves
to
suffer" when I saw an obvious open bald faced lie told nationwide by a
caterer to the second class America exonerated by a bunch of cowards in
the Senate that wouldn't know justice from banana pudding. Martha
stands
for the America people long to come to and prosper. The other America
is
simply a festering bunch of back biting nobodies whose greatest goal is
to
"get somebody". How different is their motive than the suicide bombers?

In the fishing world there is a practice called “chumming”. It works
like this. A fisherman tosses a bunch of cut up bait in large quantities
into the place he is going to fish later in order to attract fish to
catch. In the world of the media the practice has a slightly different
slant. It works like this. First invent an accusation ( such as
“President Bush misled the American people when he started the Iraq War).
This statement is the bait bucket. There is nothing to substantiate the
notion but it gets headlines , creates an unproveable and sits on the
bottom to stink and bring in the writers and commentators that are looking
for scraps of anything to comment (feed) on.

After this “chum” has been sitting long enough to really smell, it is
time for the substantiation phase. This is the time for the poll (pole)
and the “catch”. So the anglers of opinion set the hook with a poll
asking,” Did the President deliberately mislead the American people on the
war in Iraq.” And the “fish” unaware they have been chummed bite like
crazy thinking the issue is real and provable .

The results of the poll ( although declared unscientific ) cast a flavor
of legitimacy to the question when in fact there is nothing to
substantiate such an assertion. To know if someone deliberately deceived
one would have to be able to determine the content of the person’s mind at
the time and declare that they knew everything that was true and false
regarding the issue and chose to deceive. Now this could be proven if in
fact a President lied to the American people and then later under the
proof of a DNA sample had to retract that lie but that is not what we are
faced with now. What we are faced with is a President who knew the U.N.
was a do nothing organization that passes meaningless resolutions and will
not back them up. The inspectors were thrown out by Sadaam and this was
an indication he did not want them to find something. Looking at this
history, the world ( even the U.N.) knew what he was capable of. He had
been a threat and he posed a threat as long as he did not comply with the
inspection routine. All of this was glossed over by the press to “chum”
the waters for a political agenda that casts doubt on the President who
does not match their “agenda”.

Now chumming or baiting is a legitimate way to attract fish in certain
areas and for certain species but it is a blatant attempt to mislead by
those who practice it in the media. And remember misleading by a
President is taboo but if undiscovered, perfectly acceptable by those who
throw out loose accusations in an attempt to hook the public. Those who
see this phenomena occurring by our “free” press that seems more intent on
sneaking in their political slants than objective reporting should remind
them when confronted with a bogus poll that they recognize a “chum” when
they see it and we’re not talking about a buddy.

We are told the Iraqi people want freedom but what evidence do we have to support this? Was there an Iraqi underground that we could have joined up with when we invaded? Is there an organization of Iraqis determined to rid their country of the terrorism that threatens their hope of freedom. Where is the outrage from the Iraqis in America? Freedom in America came from the people of America willing to stand up for freedom and denounce and fight those who sought to keep us in the bondage of colonialism. Where is that spirit in the Iraqi population? We saw tons of people chanting in the streets, demonstrating against us during the Sadam regime. They evidently know how to protest but only do so with the threat of a gun. Liberty requires eternal vigilance and the courage to stand up and fight for it. If that element is not there we cannot establish it with merely the window dressing of civilized technology. Our policy should reflect helping those who want freedom and demonstrate their desire to be free. Otherwise we are building sand castles.

Kill the Dream


The unchallenged ultimate foundation of the terrorist’s acts is the method they use in their mind to establish and realize the ideals they implement. That method is faith. They simply fervently believe, without challenge, without proof , without reason, without reality. They do not question what has been pumped into their minds in terms of the way to live their lives. They accept, because they are afraid not to, ideas that are merely projections and recordings of people long gone who claimed visions, revelations and supernatural powers. In essence they are modern tribal barbarians who have not been taught the value of life on earth, the thinking and acting that enhances and improves it, and the method of thinking that furthers instead of destroys the only life they will ever experience. Their fantasies carried to the extreme of a better life after death, which permeates the modern world of thought, are merely further manipulations aimed at world conquest to create the leaders vision of how life should be and how they, the rulers, intend to enforce it.

Those who love this life and know there is no other cannot live in peace and freedom by partially accepting notions of ancient prophets who claimed they were under the spell of divine intervention. They cannot parade to a building week after week thinking what is being said is beyond question. Those who love life and all of its possibilities cannot desecrate that love of life by pandering to those who promise a better one and have nothing but a piece of paper scrawled long ago to substantiate it.

The zeal and fanaticism of death in the name of a better life has reached it’s practical expression in today’s world. The knowledge and efforts of reason are utilized by the haters of this life to destroy all they can with that which they did not work to create and can only enjoy if it transports them into the oblivion they crave.

This foundation of hatred for this life must be challenged and the alternative of reason explained, exalted and utilized. Wishing and hoping and praying will not challenge the ideals of the terrorists. Asking for help, begging for peace and searching for some way to “understand their legitimate motives and concerns” is a fool’s game that ignores the fact that they are acting upon what they believe and their beliefs are not only wrong but the product of a method of pseudo-thinking that makes anything possible in the mind ,even the invention of a paradise that caters to whims they could not achieve in reality.

If this understanding cannot be established in the minds of the terrorists we have no choice but to eliminate them physically. For those who clamor for peace without war, the intellectual foundation of reason must be established maintained and spread. Pacifism in and of itself is merely surrender and will only give the terrorists less barriers to destruction. For those who think they can have their fantasies and expect others to conform to them truly live in a world of dreams. To live in this world in peace and prosperity, it is time to kill that dream.

We seem to have bought into the notion that the only way to defeat terrorism is to rely on the government. Now if the government turns into an instrument of terror what have we won? Governments have historically pushed their citizens into submission under the auspices of protection from some outside source such as an invasion or an infiltration. The Nazi’s were protecting the Germans from the Jews. The Russians were protecting the workers from the Bourgeois. Now our government has taken on the task of protecting us from the terrorists.

To protect us we are told we must cooperate and sacrifice some of our freedoms (temporarily) . To protect us we are told that commercial airlines must submit to government regulations that forbid pilots the means of self defense. To protect us we are told that passengers must not be profiled and those most visibly identifiable as likely terrorists must be protected from discrimination. What is wrong with this picture?

What’s wrong is the government is using suppression instead of freedom to win this “war on terrorism”. Instead of letting the airlines decide how best to protect their property and customers the government is claiming it is responsible for the industries failings and will do better by eventually nationalizing the industry in the name of protection. Doesn’t this smack of the protection that is being offered to the customers of the medical industry, et al.

No one wants to name the type of social system that will defeat the terrorists in a rational way because too many do not know how the system works, why it works and why the remnants of it are attacked by the terrorists and our government. The system is Capitalism, the defining ingredient is freedom and the need for its recognition and implementation has never been greater. If we want our freedom and to minimize our encounters with the terrorists we must work under the banner of freedom. We do not want an underground militia to be the last hope because the government has botched it’s role. For a government in a free society to be effective it must get out of the business of deciding what a person can do to protect his property and customers. Certainly an invasion needs the government to repel the invaders but we are not faced with an invasion. We are faced with infiltrators who private citizens should be free to discriminate against and protect themselves against. Just as self defense if justifiable so is any defense when the government cannot be available promptly.

The system of Capitalism is the answer to minimize terrorism and guarantee individual freedom and this means keeping government under control with limited powers with the stated objective of protecting the individual rights of its citizens. Letting government grow beyond these bounds is inviting the creation of that ugliness known as a police state. Our system of expanding government with more controls, regulations and the expense of implementing them must be reversed to a system that relies on the free citizen to do all that he can to protect his property and life and to only call on the government when a violation of his rights requires an agency that has a monopoly on force that is created to repel the initiation of force against its citizens. There are those who think that what we have is all there is or ever can be but they delude themselves. We have not always been what we are today nor will we be the same tomorrow. We will either travel toward more or less freedom for the individual and regardless of what other claims of out heritage may be made, it is individual freedom that is at the foundation of our country’s creation. And as individuals we are required to acknowledge and defend this honor.

The Standoff at Najaf


The American Military cannot effectively function if it cannot be allowed to recognize its targets. If a building is being utilized as a fortress regardless of its previous designation by inhabitants, it is for military purposes a fortress and needs to be neutralized. This has been a necessity for all successful military actions and will not change because of some silly notions of displaying “sensitivity”. A courageous leader would point out to the enemy that if you treat your “sacred” places as a place to hide and fight from, you have by your actions shown that the only ones who should respect your shrine are your enemies. This double standard is unacceptable in war.

Why do you suppose Al Sadr has retreated to this “holy” mosque if not to count on our accepting his rules of warfare? How many times have we witnessed our soldiers disarmed by our political leaders because they don’t want to offend some group be it religious , foreign or of another political persuasion? Politicians talk of supporting the troops but to give them artificial barriers is not support but the sentence of a long drawn out standoff when immediate and decisive victory could be won. The American people should wake up and demand that we have not forgiven the thugs and their leaders for the defacing of our beautiful skyline, the lives of our citizens and disrupting our way of life. This sickly hand wringing with concern about what the opinions of countries that would never support us under any circumstances has to be recognized for the reality it is. We already had a President who didn’t want to recognize the truth. Now we are faced with another who is pretending we are not in a fight to win at any cost. Perhaps this explains why the support from the younger voters is fading. They do not want to be led by a Commander in Chief that orders them to charge the hill without stepping on the sacred ground of the enemy. There is no room for contradictory orders on the battlefield.