Get A Grip

Howard Dean has just been elected as head of the Democratic Party. At this rate, before long the Democrats will become irrelevant to national politics and likely be surpassed by the Libertarians as the primary opposition party. They just don't get it. They continue to believe the religious right is solely responsible for their recent losses in the presidential and congressional elections.

If one is paranoid about something, they will see it everywhere they look. In order to explain why the majority of Americans do not buy into a particular point of view, there must be some sinister force at work the voters just don't understand. For the Democrats, the sinister force is religious zealots. It certainly could not be possible that the majority of clear thinking voters would actually prefer lower taxes or fighting against terrorists where they live. It has to be the religious nuts.

Do religious nuts exist? Of course. Do they all vote Republican? Probably. My mother is a perfect example. She wants the government to do everything for her - provide free health care and subsidized housing as well as clean air and the elimination of any bug that might enter her apartment. I tell her that she is really a Democrat, but since she is a religious nut she always votes Republican. Do I think religious nuts are scary? Yes, I do. But I am not arrogant and judgmental enough to believe I am 100% right and they are 100% wrong.

But the Democrats also have a significant number of rabid single issue nut cases who will always vote for Democrats. In my humble opinion, those who fanatically believe the world is a peaceful utopia and the United States of America is the source of global evil have severe intellectual issues. Those who unthinkingly hate George Bush because the New York Times, CBS and other major networks incessantly tell them to are downright scary. And those who believe abortion and gay marriage are the most important issues of our times are seriously mentally impaired. Yet those folks are arrogant, judgmental and self-righteous enough to believe they are 100% right, and they all vote Democrat.

Personally, I am not George Bush's biggest fan. I do not agree with many of the details of economic policies he has put into place, and I certainly could care less if democracy ever comes to the muslim countries. But raising taxes will not stimulate economic growth nor reduce the budget deficit, and the war against terror is not only a justifiable war, it is a necessary war - one that was declared on us way back in the late 70's but we ignored for too long.

Blaming the religious right for the Democrat's inability to sell their message is just plain wrong. And I see no evidence that every action George Bush takes is based on his religious faith. Again, in my humble opinion, it seems to me the actions he takes are designed to promote economic growth and protect American citizens from foreign enemies. That is his job. At the present time the economy is unmistakably growing, and those who dared to wage war on us are finally paying for it. And, last time I looked, women are still getting abortions, gays are still able to practice whatever disgusting behaviour they want, those who don't like the war don't have to fight it, and no government agency has closed down the New York Times or CBS News - and none of their biased writers, reporters or talking heads have been censored or incarcerated.

America At War

Western civilization is at war. We now live in a world where any small group of fanatics with a cause have access to biological, chemical and even nuclear weapons that can cause death and destruction on a massive scale. The current primary threat is radical Islam, which after centuries of dormancy due to its incapacity to spread influence beyond its borders, is now a violent malignancy that is metastasizing as weapons of mass destruction and strategies of terror have become effective methods in their battle against their perceived enemies.

The perceived enemy of Islam, as the murderous dictators, autocratic ayatollah's and ruthless jihadists have publicly proclaimed, are the naive, unsuspecting, fat and happy democratic societies and capitalistic economies of western civilization. Like any malignancy, if it is not diagnosed and defeated at an early stage, it will cause the demise of the organism it inhabits.

Unfortunately, there are many among us who still refuse to believe that we are at war, and criticize every effort to defend ourselves against this obvious threat. In America, the leadership of the Democratic Party and their propagandists have become more dangerous than Osama bin Laden. Osama and his sycophantic acolytes may cause the deaths of thousands of innocent people, but they won't cause the demise of Western Civilization. Only Western Civilization itself can destroy Western Civilization, from within, and that takes pathetic snake oil salesmen like Teddy Kennedy, Al Gore, John Kerry, Harry Reid and Barbara Boxer to spread their outrageous lies and unsubstantiated accusations against those responsible for defending American lives.

But the most dangerous enemies of western civilization of all may be Michael Moore and the Joseph Goebbels inspired leaders of the fourth estate, who publish and broadcast their left wing opinions and slanted coverage of events to the masses, and call it news. They are much more dangerous than Osama bin Laden and his terrorist organization, because the pen, and the directed motion picture, are mightier than the sword, because the pen and the movie can lie and deceive.

The Tactics of Those Without Substance

Last fall the Democratic Party's sole campaign strategy was one of making up outrageous lies about their opponent, and then accusing the opponent of lying. It appears, from the recent grilling of Condoleeza Rice during her confirmation as Secretary of State, that Democrats still believe that approach will eventually work.

Just What The World Needs

The one thing there is way too much of in this world is unsolicited advice. Therefore, I have started this new blog in order to add to the confusion.