The Unknown Citizen

You may or may not have heard this poem before, but I thought it was most fitting for the time we're now in. Leftists want to 'spread the wealth around', and make everyone the same. If that would ever happen here, the effects would be disastrous. American ingenuity would be gone, stifled under the rising tide of mediocrity that socialism inevitably brings. Let this serve as a warning to you:

He was found by the Bureau of Statistics to be One against whom there was no official complaint, And all the reports on his conduct agree That, in the modern sense of an old-fashioned word, he was a saint, For in everything he did he served the Greater Community. Except for the War till the day he retired He worked in a factory and never got fired, But satisfied his employers, Fudge Motors Inc. Yet he wasn't a scab or odd in his views, For his Union reports that he paid his dues, (Our report on his Union shows it was sound) And our Social Psychology workers found That he was popular with his mates and liked a drink. The Press are convinced that he bought a paper every day And that his reactions to advertisements were normal in every way. Policies taken out in his name prove that he was fully insured, And his Health-card shows he was once in hospital but left it cured. Both Producers Research and High-Grade Living declare He was fully sensible to the advantages of the Instalment Plan And had everything necessary to the Modern Man, A phonograph, a radio, a car and a frigidaire. Our researchers into Public Opinion are content That he held the proper opinions for the time of year; When there was peace, he was for peace: when there was war, he went. He was married and added five children to the population, Which our Eugenist says was the right number for a parent of his generation. And our teachers report that he never interfered with their education. Was he free? Was he happy? The question is absurd: Had anything been wrong, we should certainly have heard.

From Another Time by W. H. Auden, published by Random House. Copyright © 1940 W. H. Auden, renewed by The Estate of W. H. Auden. Used by permission of Curtis Brown, Ltd

Happy Memorial Day.

It is the VETERAN,
not the preacher,
who has given us freedom of religion.
It is the VETERAN,
not the reporter,
who has given us freedom of the press.
It is the VETERAN,
not the poet,
who has given us freedom of speech.
It is the VETERAN,
not the campus organizer,
who has given us freedom to assemble.
It is the VETERAN,
not the lawyer,
who has given us the right to a fair trial.
It is the VETERAN,
not the politician,

Who has given us the right to vote.

Veritas Report(monthly edition)

Fist Pump

Arizona signed its controversial immigration bill into law this week. Within a day or so, the main-stream media began running a story saying that illegal immigrants were leaving Arizona. Uh, DUH!! That's the point is it not?

Texas, Maryland, and Georgia have all voiced support towards crafting an immigration bill of their own similar to Arizona's. Meanwhile, Obama is fuming.

Its a good day!!

Hot Links:

The planet is burning!!! Oh wait...no its not. http://tinyurl.com/2cxjztg
Obama is losing the Jewish vote, BIG TIME. http://tinyurl.com/36odya7
The Muslims don't have to silence us, if we do it to ourselves. http://tinyurl.com/2682jde

Issue of the Month

Immigration

Illegal immigration boils down to a single issue. Its about votes. Both parties have been courting the Hispanic vote for years, and as such, they've refused to pass any bill that actually does something about illegal immigration. Arizona finally got tired of this, and passed a bill of their own that actually DOES SOMETHING. We can't have that, can we! A state actually does what the federal government was supposed to be doing all these years, and they get slammed for it.

This is what 'amnesty' is about also. The heart of the issue isn't about the 'well-being' of the illegals. Its about votes for leftist politicians. If the illegals were 70-80% Republican, do you think the Democrats would be so interested in making them citizens?

Also, for those crying 'racist' at Arizona, this bill is supported by conservatives, liberals, blacks and whites, and by young people! Over 70% of the entire population supports it. If that wasn't enough, 60% of the national population supports the bill as well. Wow. Look at all the racists we have out there!!

LOL

Pro-illegal activists threatened to boycott Arizona products because of the immigration bill. One of the items they planned on boycotting was Arizona Iced Tea. The problem? Arizona tea is based in New York, not Arizona.

http://tinyurl.com/2vco3yn

What the...

Iran threatens to jail women with sun tans. http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/04/28/women-suntans-arrested-iran-police-chief-warns/?test=latestnews

Top News Story the Media Says Isn't News

Puerto Rico Democracy Act.

Most of the media ignored this, but yesterday Beck picked it up.

Basically, this bill would set up a rigged voting system that would force Puerto Rico into an unfair elective process. The process is slanted to make statehood the most appealing option.

That means votes, and judging from what we've seen in Puerto Rico, it means Democrat votes, which will turn into Democrat congressional seats.

Heritage gives the details here: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/04/27/puerto-rico-democracy-act-–-legislation-biased-in-favor-of-statehood/

What Can I Do?

Contact your congressional leaders. Attend tea parties near you. Never stop praying for this country. We will triumph, but we cannot afford give up! We have everything to lose, and nothing to gain if we do. Take the time to get involved. Make a difference. America will rise from the ashes.

Yard Sign(Updated)

Friend of mine sent me this. Enjoy!!

Yard Sign...

Ralph, My neighbor is a "lefty" of sorts (Obama bumper stickers, gung-ho socialized medicine, "guns should be banned", etc.). So last week I put this sign up in my yard after one of his anti-gun rants at a neighborhood cocktail party. The sign wasn't up more than an hour before he called the police and wanted them to make me take down the sign. Fortunately, the officer politely informed him that it was not their job to take such action without a court order and that he had to file a complaint "downtown" first, which would be reviewed by the city attorney to see if it violated any city, county, or state ordinances, which if there was a violation a court order would be sent to the offending party (me) to "remove the sign in seven days".
After several weeks he was informed that the sign was legal (by a quarter of an inch) and there was nothing the city could do, which obviously made him madder. I tried to smooth things over by inviting him to go shooting with me and my friends at the hunt club but that seemed to make him even more angry. I then asked him if he wanted to go to a Tea Party rally but again he declined my outreach efforts to bring about a better understanding between political and social opponents.
I am at a loss how to reconcile our long relationship (notice I did not say friendship), any suggestions would be welcome.
Anyway, that's life in our neck of the woods, how's about yours?

I tried to make this as large as possible, but here's what the sign says if you have a hard time reading: "My Next Door Neighbor wants to ban all guns. Their house is NOT armed. Out of respect for their opinions, I promise not to use my guns to protect them. "

Let's Go Over This Real Slow

Many in the media are touting this arrest of the so-called "Christian militia group" as proof that Islam and Christianity aren't really all that different. After all, both have a few extremists nuts here and there, but overall they're both peaceful.

I cannot tell you how tired I am of hearing this drivel.

First of all, the people who claim this conveniently leave out that there might be a so-called "Christian" terror attack every 5 years or so, while Muslim terrorist attacks occur almost every week, if not more.

Some may try to tell you that Timothy McVeigh was a Christian, and then use that as an example of Christian terrorism. You wanna know who propagated that falsehood? Louis Farrakhan. In the aftermath of 9/11, he used that claim as a defense for his own religion. The sad part is that the truth is so easily discovered, yet many today still attempt to use this failed argument. Timothy McVeigh himself said that, "Science is my religion". Leave it to Farrakhan to deduce "Christian" out of that.

We could argue further over the different attacks and plots that have occurred on both sides, but let's get down to the heart of the matter.

The difference is in the beliefs of the separate faiths, not in the actions of people who supposedly adhere to it.

The word "Christian" by definition means a Christ follower, or one like Christ. Would Jesus condone murdering police officers? No. Would Jesus condone blowing up innocent children as a way to protest government? Everything Jesus did was an act of love, and clearly, what this militia group was planning had nothing to do with it. They can call themselves Christians all they want to, but their actions were anything but Christ-like. Jesus lived His life, and He killed no one.

On the other hand, let's look at Muhummad. Can you see him killing innocent people and raping small children? Oh wait...he did that. Can you see him creating a religion that is fueled by hate and a lust for conquest? Oh wait...he did that too. Can you see him creating a religion that viciously oppresses women and homosexuals? Oh wait...he did that too!

Can you see him writing this?"

Surah 9:29: PICKTHAL: "Fight against such of those who have been given the Scripture (Christians & Jews) as believe not in Allah nor the Last Day, and forbid not that which Allah hath forbidden by His messenger, and follow not the Religion of Truth, until they pay the tribute readily, being brought low.

Oh wait, he did that too.

You wanna compare Christianity and Islam? Look at the 2 founders.

Don't even try to tell me they're the same.

You want more info? Check out these links. The first link even allegedly details how some of the "love" parts of the Quran were actually taken from Christian manuscripts. If that's true, Muhammad wasn't just all the things we've listed above. He was also a plagiarist.

http://www.bibleprobe.com/muhammad.htm

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

Supporting Ron Paul & Supporting Israel are Mutually Exclusive

Yes that's what I said. The two don't go together, anymore than conservatism goes with liberalism, common sense goes with Keith Olbermann, and Hillary Clinton goes with...eh, we won't even go there. (Insert Rush Limbaugh's age joke about Hillary here)

Now you might say, come on, how bad can he be? I'll show you how bad.

For starters, he wants to cut off all aid to Israel. He also wants to entirely get out of the Middle East, even though that will leave the place in abject disarray.

He also apparently has problems with calling Hamas a terrorist organization, and he went so far as to deplore Israel's 2009 Gaza offensive and our verbal support of it.

Citing that the 3,000 rockets fired into Israeli territory were just "a few small missiles", he condemned the House resolution that expressed strong backing for Israel in its invasion of the strip. So not only does he have a problem with us helping Israel, he even opposes us saying anything derogatory about terrorists!!

In other words, he agrees with Cynthia McKinney, but I digress.

His brilliant plan for the Middle East is this:

We should abandon our ally Israel, the only stable, western democracy in the Middle East to its power-hungry Muslim neighbors, and if Paul has his way, a nuclear armed Iran. Never mind that said country's leadership has already claimed that they want to wipe Israel off the face of the Earth. That's the other part of Paul's stance that is pathetic. Not only does he oppose helping Israel in any way whatsoever, he sees no problem with Iran having nukes. His skewed logic is that if we possess nukes, so can the Iranians! If we have it, we shouldn't stop the terrorists from having them either! After all, they need them to defend themselves against us evil westerners.

Never mind that it may lead to a nuclear war that could destroy the Middle East. Never mind that thousands of Israelis and millions of Iranians may die. Never mind that Iran might decide to give those nukes to Al Queda to use on our cities. If we hide behind our borders, they'll never attack us if as long as we leave them alone and let them do what they want unopposed!

This reminds me of a poem written by a pastor in World War II. I've modified the wording just a little.

When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
Then they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
Then they came for the trade unionists,
I did not protest;I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Israelis,
I did not speak out;
I was not a Israeli.
When they came for me(the Americans),
there was no one left to speak out for me.

Pastor Martin Niemöller (1892–1984)

Be silent if you want. Let evil march around the world unopposed while you hide behind your borders afraid that even speaking against it might offend them. See what it gets you.

I won't be.

Black History Month is RACIST!

Yes that's what I said.
Black history month is nothing more than an attempt to concentrate on a particular ethnic group and elevate them above all the others. True civil rights is about equal treatment, not preferential treatment! (A nice long discourse on the stupidity of affirmative action would go quite nicely here.)
Sadly, I think many in the civil rights movement aren't interested in that. They're more interested in living off of the past, and jamming their policies down our throats to such a point that REVERSE discrimination is now a serious problem.

Its the left who tries to divide us into various groups based upon our ethnicity. Discrimination based on race was what the civil rights movement set out to stop. Now, the left and the new leaders of the civil rights movement are doing the very thing their cause originally set out to stop. Its ironic, isn't it?
We don't need a black history month, an hispanic history month, or a white history month. What we need, is an American history month.

Healthcare Reform Continues to Take Its Toll on the Democrats

The Democrats were hit with yet another round of casualites today when Senator Dodd(pictured above), the head of the Senate Banking Committee, announced his retirement. Another Democrat senator and a state governor announced their retirement earlier this week. Both Dodd, and Senator Byron Dorgan(the other Senate retiree) would've faced difficult campaigns had they sought re-election. Healthcare reform is continuing to take its toll on the Democrats. If this keeps up(and all indications say it will), the Democrat party will be the one needing healthcare, not the American people.

Some more good news heading into 2010. :)

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