Uninformed

My daughter just told me that John McCain is evil and that Barak Obama is better. She is obviously uninformed.
I told her so, yet she insisted on espousing the Obama line. I asked her for three reasons why Obama was a better pick. She told me that he was "in tune with the younger set and would change things".
She told me that B.O. was only eight years old when Bill Ayers committed his terrorist acts so B.O. couldn't have known what he stood for.
I asked her for three reasons why John McCain was evil. She told me that George Bush put his arm around J.M. and approved of him.
Crap. My wife just accosted me and told me that if I had not been so "angry" when I confronted our girl with her lack of information and discernment then I would have had more success. She said," Why didn't you give her facts and try to persuade her? Well, I will tell you, she was just as "angry" as I was.

I just finished speaking with the girl and she told me that when GWB put his arm around JM that she had her "defining moment". So it appears that the very association of GWB and JM is cause enough to support B.O.
I am not pleased because she has not actually looked into the situation. What she hears is what she believes, and she hasn't tried to look at the other side of the coin.

I tried to teach my kids that you have to look at both sides of the situation in order to know what is going on. I'm afraid that she has been taken in by the leftist, socialist, propaganda that passes as news these days.

BTW, we have four kids. Three girls, one boy. Two of them have seen military service, one still in. Me? I joined the Army in 1975, and am getting ready to retire any day.

My military service has nothing to do with my choice for Commander in Cheif. It is my education that dictates my choices. I learned about the Declaration, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights....the things that made the USA the best place to live and be a part of. The place where much of the World wanted to come to, and still does.
I have been all over the world. Much of it sucks.

P.S. She just told me that the US is getting what it deserves. My God.

The abortion issue

Here is a video that will give you a good idea of where the presidential candidates stand on the issue of "Roe v Wade". Many folks will refer to this issue as abortion. Some say this is the killing of a human being, or some say it is "a womans right to choose" and others describe it as "reproductive health issues". At any rate, see what your candidate has to say.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kri8G-lGYfg

Such an idiot

I have not been able to get into this account because I got my passwords messed up. I can be so stupid. But I finally took the time and energy to fix it. So...it's fixed. woo.

Do you know that Obama would not be able to get a security clearance based on his past associations and the questions that remain unanswered about his actual birthplace? He would not be able to get a job on his own security detail. How do I know this? I have a security clearance. The process was one of the most daunting things I have ever experienced. Everything I have ever done, every place I have ever worked or lived, and some federal agent checked it all out. It took about a year as I recall. If they thought I had received money from a foreign source, or "palled around" with a former terrorist, used illegal drugs, or couldnt prove where I had been born, or at least if someone said what I had said was not correct....in other words, if there was a question about what I had said, there would be doubt as to my honesty or character. And people are talking about giving this guy the "keys to the kingdom". What's up with that?
Of course, I guess the media would have him under constant surveillance....oh, wait...never mind. They don't care now, they don't ask the questions that need to be asked. Guess it a free pass. Interesting what is happening to "Joe the Plumber" though; who simply asked a question of B.O.

"Sharia courts operating in Britain"

This article in the Telegraph should give folks an idea of how insidious the Islamic threat is. British law is being slowly subverted by the Islamic idea of "justice"
I read an article, http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LE668892.htm, it describes an Imam who has called for the deaths of TV astrologers and went so far as to call for the death penalty for TV show owners.
A good friend of mine was deployed to Saudi Arabia a few years ago. He told me story yesterday about a scene he witnessed while he was there. A woman stumbled in the street and fell. As she hit the ground, her covering clothing (I think it's called a burka) slipped up and exposed an ankle and a bit of calf. A nearby cop proceeded to beat her while screaming at her. The interpreter with my friend explained that she had been immodest by allowing her flesh to be exposed, hence the punishment. I believe the story. When I was deployed to the Middle East, I witnessed a similar event. A guard grabbed a girl by the hair and dragged her away while kicking her in the back to help move her along. She had been defending herself from some boys who were accosting her. Yet, she was the one who was apprehended. Those of us who witnessed this (including a couple of females who were absolutely incensed) were actually physicaly restrained by our guards from interfering with this Islamic justice. Yep, religion of peace. Especially for women.

Here is a website:
http://www.jihadwatch.org
Robert Spencer knows what he is talking about and speaks to the issue of Islam much better than I can.

Here is another one:
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/koran/browse.html
Read the book.

A response

OK, Well at least one person has been looking for something like what I am saying. Actually, I was expecting someone from CAIR to take exception. I wasn't expecting agreement. However, I went to your websites. You have put more work into them than I have been willing to put into mine so far. Bravo. However, I can't find an email for you, Ben.
I'm looking for some dialogue. You know where I am.

Ban Islam

Islam is not American. It is not conducive to democracy. It is a violent, repressive religion. Islamists are the enemy of US citizens. CAIR is an Islamist front similar to the Communist Party in its desire to destroy the American way of life. Ban Islam in the United States

Why is the Christian Heritage of the US being abrogated by Muslim accommodation?
Why are US citizens required to kowtow to Islamic demands?

Islam is the enemy of the USA.

Ban Islam.

"I will do this!"

Barak Obama. He has decided what he will do with the US. What he will do? Where does he get off deciding what he will do with the US. He said "I will invest 150billion$ over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy...". I wonder what makes him so smart that he knows what to invest in.
EXCUSE me, investment comes from the private sector. Folks like you and me, or business folks who have an idea of what works and what does not. When government, and by that at this point I mean Obama in the White House, says I will invest, what it means is they will take moneyfrom the taxpayers and sink it into government programs which will be badly managed. Government does nothing well. Stupid regul;ation, red tape, redundant offices and officials, poor management, all of it means twice the cost, and excessive .......well BS.
Check out this bit by Johhn Stossel http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/09/green_jobs.html
JS speaks for me in this case. He is not mistaken.