Liberals Don’t Love America
Obama said in his speech in Germany,
“I know my country has not perfected itself. At times, we’ve struggled to keep the promise of liberty and equality for all of our people. We’ve made our share of mistakes, and there are times when our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.”
But I also know how much I love America.”
Who’s he trying to kid? He doesn’t love America. He’s a Liberal–a euphemism for Socialist Progressive; a Fascist. He would prefer to see the America you and I know in ashes.
If Liberals really loved America, they wouldn’t be working so hard to:
–deny us the right to use our own resources.
–remove all religious expression from the public square.
–establish complete control over every aspect of our lives.
–limit our freedom of expression.
–deny us the right to keep and bear arms.
–deny us the right to defend ourselves by any means necessary.
–extend the rights of Americans to her enemies.
–obstruct any movement to protect our borders.
–elect a President who has ties to domestic terrorists, con artists, and Christian Marxists.
–dismantle the America that once inspired greatness, and replace it with an America that caters to the basest proclivities of Man.
In essence, Liberals don’t love America, they love only what they think America should be, according to their vision.
They cry foul when anyone questions their patriotism. Hogwash. They aren’t patriotic. Go research the word patriotic, and you’ll understand.
They are dissenters, but they are not loyal. They preach sedition, and then want the protections reserved for the truly loyal.
It’s about time we stopped playing their word games and called a duck, a duck.
Dark is the Knight
I’m a movie fan. I love those rare movies that really make you think, that put you in the position of the character who has to make impossible choices. I especially love those very rare movies that present the unexpected third choice. The Dark Knight is one of those movies.
I went to the midnight showing of The Dark Knight tonight with my daughter and 5 of her friends from her Sunday school class. I’m their teacher. I was expecting to see a good movie. But I wasn’t quite expecting it to surpass Batman Begins by such a large margin.
I won’t pretend to be a movie critic by giving the good and bad technical points of the film. Instead, I am encouraging you to go see it because of its message: the right thing is often the hard thing, but sometimes, it may appear to everyone else like the wrong thing. Do it anyways.
There is another underlying message to America that couldn’t be more timely: giving up in the face of terrorism puts the terrorists in the ruler’s chair. Unless you would prefer to be ruled by terrorists, the fight is always worth it.
The film deals in ultimate questions and impossible choices. At one point the answer to one of those impossible questions is perfectly answered by a very unlikely character. The film also inspires you to ask yourself what kind of person you would be, given the same situation.
I won’t spoil it for you by giving details. The movie was long, but satisfyingly so. The kids from Sunday school class had some points of criticism, but all said without reservation that they loved it.
If you just want to be entertained, go see it. If you want something to think about, go see it. If you want to change your life, go see it–I think it has enough depth that it might just be able to do that, too.
I think you’ll love it.
Democrats and Non-issues
The democrats are in an uproar today over Karl Rove’s refusal to testify before Congress regarding the firing of 8 federal prosecutors. He even has the audacity to ignore the Democrats’ subpoena!
Apparently, harassing a former political aide of a President who cannot be re-elected in a shameful attempt to uncover pretended improprieties is more important to the country than fixing our energy problem, or our spending problem, or even tort reform as it relates to our health care problem.
Pres. Bush did nothing wrong by firing those prosecutors. He has complete liberty to do so for any reason, or for no reason. The democrats happily ignore the fact the Pres. Clinton fired all 93 federal prosecutors while he was in office. Where were the Republican investigations? There were none!
The democrats are complaining about the prosecution of democratic former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman, but being a democrat nowadays is enough to justify charges of sedition and treason. At least the AP got part of the story right, the federal prosecutors in question were disloyal, but to America rather than to Bush.
We really need to send these weasels home. They need real jobs.
Defend Utah Values PAC
I got an email today from Larry Meyers of the Utah Republican Assembly. He and several others have formed a new political action committee, which they have called the Defend Utah Values PAC. Their intent is to act as a fund raising entity to help elect true “statesmen who will uphold the Constitution and conservative principles of government” to office in Utah.
The Utah Republican Assembly previously endorsed Jason Chaffetz for Congress. My guess is that they will continue to back Jason, and will oppose Jim Matheson.
Actually, it’s getting so most Democratic politicians are spineless wienies in the face of the Democratic leadership. The more of them we can send home in November, the sooner we can all get our lives back in order.
The DUV-PAC Board of Directors will include:
- Chairman, David Pyne (Salt Lake County Republican Assembly)
- Vice-chairman, Larry Meyers (Utah Republican Assembly)
- Merrill Cook (U-FIRE)
- Don Guymon (editor of the Grassroots legislative report)
- Chris Herrod (Utah House of Representatives)
- Lowell Nelson (President, Utah Republican Liberty Caucus)
- Mike Thompson (Utah County Republican Assembly and former State Representative)
I noticed no-one from the Sutherland Institute was on the list, which makes sense considering their recent statements concerning Immigration reform. It appears they are more “Doug Wright Republicans” than Conservatives. They have allowed themselves to be caught in the compassion trap, i.e. where Mercy robs Justice and the Rule of Law is set aside with flawed arguments about how the kids are innocent.
Their position on immigration is simply Liberalism hiding among Conservative ideas–kind of like how our mothers told us that the Devil will tell us a thousand truths if he can get us to believe one lie. Don’t buy the lie. It’s the ice cream with just a tiny bit of dog poop in it.
I don’t agree with everything in the DUV-PAC platform, but I think they deserve our support.
Jason Chaffetz and Immigration Reform
The group Americans for Better Immigration rates Jason Chaffetz as a “true immigration reform candidate,” based on his positions on immigration in 12 categories.
Jim Matheson is listed as “more opposed than supportive of overall immigration reductions.” That puts him, according to a poll by the Deseret News, at odds with 3/4 of Utahans over immigration reform.
Maybe we can send two incumbents home this November.
Brilliant New Blog
Hey, you’ve got to check out the blog at ThyLibertyInLaw.com
I always know when I’ve been exposed to great thinking because it inspires better thinking in me. This is one of those places.
Enjoy!
Resolution Day
I’ve been thinking over the weekend.
I’m proposing that we keep July 2nd as Resolution Day. It was on July 2nd that the Continental Congress passed the resolution to become independent from Great Britain. John Adams thought that July 2nd should forever be celebrated with fireworks and parades. Instead, we adopted the 4th, the day the Declaration was actually signed, as the day we celebrate.
But July 2nd should have a different meaning for us. It should give us cause to reflect on why we signed that declaration. What did declare our Independence from?
If you will recall, at the time of the signing, Great Britain was in control of the colonies. She ruled us under the Monarchy of King George. One of the reasons mentioned as the cause of our troubles was that the King had become mentally ill. And certainly his edicts demonstrate that his ability to reason may have been compromised. One example is his paranoid response to the “Olive Branch” petition sent by Congress. He believed the Congress was being led by a group of conspirators. At the time, nothing could have been further from the truth.
But keep in mind, also, that Britain not only ruled us politically, but economically. She controlled our imports, our exports, our weights and measures, and our shipping and trade. The Boston Tea Party was a protest against being forced to buy English tea, which purchase was then subject to taxation. It was a way to indirectly force the colonies to pay the tax, and the colonists hated it.
In fine, the English controlled what we could buy and sell and to whom. It was, from the viewpoint of the colonies, a state-controlled economy. The state controlled the means of production and distribution within the colonies.
Whether they knew it at the time or not, our Founding Fathers were rebelling against a form of limited, focused socialism. It was something they were not used to, and they rightly saw it as a threat to their economic well-being.
The Declaration of Independence enumerates several specific grievances against the king, all of which culminate in a final charge of tyranny.
A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
As you read each of those grievances, compare them to the complaints that come out of socialist governments. I think you will find they are very similar. We fought a war to rid ourselves of this kind of illegitimate government. Why, then, do we now accept it as the “natural evolution” of our system of government?
Our Founding Fathers were not so unwise as to be blind to the possibilities which their vision might one day create. The government that the liberals and Barak Obama would foist upon unsuspecting Americans will bring the same results that we petitioned against in 1776. It is not the government our Founders created.
To bring this to a point, I propose a day of reflection to occur every July 2. It will be called Resolution Day, a day to renew our resolve to never allow ourselves or any person live under any form of tyranny forever. It will be a day to relearn and celebrate our heritage and our history, and a day to expose and reject those forms of government that are calculated to bring people under the yoke of bondage. It will become a precursor to Independence Day, when we celebrate the realization of our struggle for Liberty.
My Resolution begins now. Patrick Henry once said, “Give me Liberty, or give me Death!” To his words I add the following: “Be forewarned, for Liberty is as Life to me, and I will defend both with blood, be it mine or my enemy’s.”
I Am An American
I’m not usually a fan of the Washington Post. However, today they reposted an anonymous letter to the editor, originally printed on July 4, 1976, that I thought was so good it needed to be shared. I offer it here in it’s entirety.
By Anonymous
Thursday, July 3, 2008; 12:00 AMWhat am I?
I am a free man — a good and decent man — a man of compassion, generosity, and understanding — a true friend, a steadfast ally, and a bitter foe.
I owe my allegiance to a government founded in the belief that among the rights of man are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Indeed, I would acknowledge no other. I can redress my government for injury; not satisfied with redress, I can elect a new one. I have watched my government function smoothly during periods of transfer of power caused by re-election, assassination, and resignation.
While other nations have a distinct race, religion, and/or geographic denominator, I live among people of my home without fear of intrusion by anyone — citizen or government designee — unless they have my personal invitation or a duly authorized search warrant.
I have a press to keep me informed — a press free to write, without inhibition, the truth as they see it. A press that needs fear no repression, no retaliation, no censorship so long as it prints the truth.
I live under a system of justice, merciful and fairly administered, where I am assumed innocent until proven guilty — a system which provides me appellate privilege while denying it to the power of the state.
I am free to go anywhere I want, earn my living in any way that suits me and, based on that freedom, I have created a standard of living unequalled in the history of man and envied the world over.
I have suffered in humility at the consequences of my mistakes — economic deprivation, social injustice, unequal opportunity and racial prejudice to name a few — but, once aware of these mistakes, I have set out to right the wrongs they created.
I have faced challenges to my way of life. I have fought and died countless times from Lexington and Concord to Vietnam. I was humbled at Valley Forge, Pearl Harbor, Corregidor and Malmady. But these experiences gave me the character I needed to go to Yorktown, Gettysburg, Midway and Normandy. I cherish my freedom above all else — I bow to no tyrant.
I am two hundred years old today. I have never been so proud of my ancient heritage, so grateful for my present situation, and so confident of the future. Today, I reaffirm my allegiance to, faith in, and love of my country. To the proposition that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth, I do humbly pledge my life, my fortune, and my sacred honor.
I am an American.
Happy Birthday America!
The Vision of the Anointed
I’ve been out of town for a couple of days. Time to catch up.
While I was on vacation, I finished reading Thomas Sowell’s marvelous book The Vision of the Anointed. It was a fantastic read! Many of my favorite current affairs books leave me wanting to strangle some liberal, just to make me feel better. So, I balance them with the heavy scholarly books, which are much more about principles, and take a lot longer to read. I get two benefits from these books–a grounding in true conservative principles, and time to cool off. Dr. Sowell’s book is a good balance of both.
In it, he explains that a good number of our population, especially of the academic variety but also many of those who simply have higher degrees, feel that they are exclusively qualified to lead us into the future; that only they have the vision to see what America really needs to be great. Right now you’re thinking, “Cool! A good book about Liberals.” Well, you won’t be entirely disappointed, but Dr. Sowell only occasionally mentions Liberals or Liberalism and does not point to them as the sole focus of his book. I came to realize, while reading the last few chapters of the book, that Dr. Sowell’s focus is on anyone who can be counted among the self-anointed, including Conservatives. No-one is immune from this self-aggrandizing vision.
Well, how interesting that Chris Cannon refers to the everyday folks here in Utah as boors (props to Brad Reneer at reneer.org). Here is a fine example of what Dr. Sowell writes about. Chris Cannon thinks the reason he was beaten in the primary was the low voter turnout. That Utahans don’t care enough to vote in numbers great enough to ensure a cannon victory. Well, after doing some analysis on the Utah County clerk’s Statement of Votes Cast, it appears that low voter turnout had little to do with Cannon’s ouster.
For example, in Provo’s 8th voting precinct, of 1366 registered Republican voters, only 6 made it out to vote and all 6 voted for Cannon. Conversely, in one American Fork precinct, the voter turnout was over 40%, yet Jason Chaffetz won that precinct with 60% of the votes.
Some other interesting results came out of Mapleton. You’d think that Mapleton would have been locked down for Cannon, but Cannon won in only two precincts there (I’m guessing the one in which he lives). Additionally, the Mapleton precinct with the highest and lowest turnout rates (24% and 16%) went to Cannon, but the 2nd and 3rd highest (21% and 17%) went to Chaffetz.
Overall, voter turnout was very low at less than 10%. But when the results are broken down by precinct, it becomes obvious that it would not have mattered if the voter turnout were higher. Cannon still would have lost. Perhaps Mr. Cannon should reflect on this truth. Over the years he has become one of the “anointed,” and out of step with reality. One of the things Thomas Sowell teaches us is those with the vision of the anointed find myriad ways to insulate themselves from reality. Chris Cannon is doing exactly that now.
I said in an earlier post that it was time for Mr. Cannon to step aside, in large part because he had reached the pinnacle of his power. Judging from his reaction to the election, I’m comfortable knowing I called it right.
(On a side note, I told Jason that we was going to win the nomination back at the Convention)
Congratulations, Jason!
On a great win in the face of tremendous odds.
Chris Cannon seemed to have everything going for him: endorsements of most of Utah’s Republican leadership, name recognition, a bigger budget, experience from previous campaigns, PAC money from outside Utah, all that and yet volunteerism and a great grass roots effort were able to unseat him in a near landslide.
Everyone thought that the 59%-41% vote at the State convention was a fluke, but here it is again repeated in the Republican primary. Obviously Jason has something to say that resonates with voters. Too bad Chris Cannon was more interested in listening to outside voices.