Assumptions:
For the majority of Americans:

War is an intensely serious business with soldiers being killed, wounded, or traumatized.

War is hell for the soldiers’ families who are caught in a waiting mode where they do not know if their loved ones will survive, return, or return harmed.

War is a losing proposition for anyone caught in the crossfire.

War is an expensive process for those of us paying taxes to fund it.

The result? Heart Break for all of us who see our Nation’s Best suffer to create Democracy throughout the world and yet, great pride to see the Iraquis begin to work toward Peace in their land and time…thanks to our efforts.

Assumptions based on actions and words:
For the Democrats:

War is a political “toy” to be used when, how, and in as many ways as it helps their political careers.
How many Democrats tried to create a losing atmosphere in Iraq merely in order to “beat” President Bush?
How many Democrats refused to fund the surge which even now is improving conditions in Iraq?
How many Democrats are using the war as a club against their competitors.

The answer? Too many!

The solution is obvious. Forget the Defeatists in the Democratic Party and Support the Troops.

Workers, by definition, work.

If you are a worker, you probably hold an 8 hour/day job. You are used to doing that job 5 days a week, come sickness or health. You don’t complain if your job gets you dirty or makes you sweat. You know that, if you want a salary, you will have to work……….and, work hard. You expect to be paid for that job, and eventually hope to retire with enough money to live respectably the rest of your life. The product of your work is good — it increases the GNP by providing either a product or service, and hopefully, improves someone else’s life.

Workers expect to work. They cannot accept a job and then caroom around the country without the likelihood of being fired.

But, there is another breed of “worker” in our country that are as usefull as barnacles on the ships of the Great Lakes. These pseudo workers have jobs — public jobs — which allows them to dress up when they work, and never split a fingernail. They have their own private social security system. Seldom, if ever, do they work up a sweat in their job unless it is from the fear that the public will find out how little they do and abolish their jobs.

Who are these leeches?

Some of them have prestigious titles, like representatives, assemblymen, senators, and even some governors and lesser officials.

They were elected to govern our great country and many of them have been busy lately….but not for the people’s business. No, their business has been to endlessly campaign for their next job — in this case, President of the United States.

Where are they on most days when the rest of us are truly working? They are out campaigning, or attending fund raisers, or appearing on talk shows. They are speaking out on issues, but doing little to meliorate the problems of us common folks. Their campaigning does not increase the GNP or help anyone live a better life, except for them if they win.

It seems to me that these useless appendages in our political system should not receive a salary because they are not doing the job they were hired to do. They should lose their esteemed positions and have to come back to every day life like you or I. Maybe then, they will understand the concept of a good day’s work for a good day’s pay.

I doubt it, but anything is possible in our country.

The Drudge is reporting that Sandy Berger is now advising Hillary Clinton. She must be feeling very confident in her lead to now be openly consorting with criminals. In the recent past:

Hillary refused to repudiate the Move-On ad which villified General Petraeus.

She also accepted, then gave away, funds from the now discredited Hsu; but, only after his criminal activity became public.

Now, she is accepting advice from Sandy Berger whose claim to fame is that he knows how to stuff highly classified documents into his pants and then escape without being apprehended.

Well, maybe it isn’t so strange. After all, Mr. Berger was destroying documents which might have compromised Bill Clinton. It isn’t surprising that Bill’s wife would want to reward Sandy for his loyalty.

Look in the dictionary under Amadinejad and read: persona non grata. That means he is not welcome in the United States…….even if he wears a feather boa!

Aman, baby, go home. And, stay there.

Alan Greenspan once was considered a financial icon. Unfortunately, with his new book which is simply another missile from the Left, he slides into the same dirty mud hole from which former President Carter often speaks. They believe that they are the only ones with the right answers and publicly denigrate anyone who opposes them.

It’s not news that Carter always was an arrogant man, and old age has not smoothed over his brusque, irritating manner. Undoubtedly, Greenspan believes that the dignity of his former position makes people care what he says now. The bad news is that Greenspan has obviously sunk to the depths of political obstinancy that make his wife such an unbelievable political reporter.

The good news is that Carter and Greenspan make a lovely set of book ends — both are unmoving, unfeeling, and fairly irrelevant to anyone who actually reads. But, they do make a matched set. Greenspan will probably be remembered as well as Carter……..which means, not at all!

Given: The following sound bites are loudly proclaimed and scripted by the far left of the Democratic party:

Democrats claim that General Petraeus’ report was compromised, indeed written, by the White House.
Democrats claim that the suggested troop decrease is not enough.
Democrats claim they know how to solve the world’s problems.

Here, however, are the unalterable truths:

General Petraeus himself said he had written the report. Although General Petraeus has a long and honorable history in the military and was unanimously approved by the very ones who now are calling him a liar, the Democrats refuse to give any credence to his report.

The troop reductions need to be measured so as to protect both the American and coalition forces left behind and to protect the Iraquis who have tried to move toward Democracy.

Although the Democrats talk a good story, they have yet to propose a reasonable and intelligent method of dealing with any situation, be it military or domestic. The Democrats seem to think that all issues should be political volley balls rather than seriously considered in terms of what is best for our country.

Answer: The term liberal used to define someone who dealt with issues from the vantage point of government being needed to help solve people’s problems. Conservatives, of course, believed that the public had the intelligence to work out most of their own problems.

In today’s world, the government, as represented by Democrats (or, as my son coined them, the LIEberals) is doing its utmost to upset another political party no matter the cost to our great nation. No wonder the polls show that Congress has the lowest approval rating of any group. The public knows that the far left are the ultimate hypocrits.

Whoopi Goldberg was quoted as saying that Michael Vick should not be blamed for killing dogs nor running a dog fighting ring because dog fighting is part of certain cultures. Unfortunately for Whoopi’s argument, it is against the law in America to abuse animals! And, if cultural precedent is the only determining factor in what we can do, here are a few other horrors that could continue under Whoopi’s philosophy.

If her theory holds, then child labor could continue because, in certain cultures, children are routinely sent to work immediately.

Child prostitution would also be acceptable to Whoopi because children have been forced to be sex slaves for years in some countries.

Murdering women would be acceptable because, in some cultures,the wife is considered no more than chattel.

Oh, yeah, and keeping slaves would have been acceptable, too, because — at that time — some cultures thought it was acceptable to kidnap and enslave other human beings!

Discrimination has become an ugly word even though originally a discriminating person was considered a step above the rest of us. Gourmets were praised for their ability to discriminate between common food or wine and finer wines. Everyone wanted to have a connosieur’s discriminating abilities. But, now, everytime there is a controversy which involves people of two different ethnic groups, the flag of “discrimination” is raised.

There are situations where ethnicity becomes the overriding factor in deciding the outcome. The news about the black children accused of beating up and maybe attempting to murder a white child who was calling them names is sad, no matter who was right and who was wrong. It appears that the black children were unfairly charged in this case although no one will know until the facts come out in court.

On the other hand, it is equally sad that many black people immediately assumed discrimination when Michael Vick was charged with animal abuse, and more, despite his admitting to operating a dog fighting arena.

Our country, once a melting pot for all ethnic groups, is now afraid to act in many situations, fearing the label of “DISCRIMINATION”. Airports are leaning toward offering special prayer rooms for Muslims rather than fighting unwarranted lawsuits in court. A previous blogger mentioned the Muslim who, claiming religious beliefs, felt he should be allowed to keep his turban on when every other passenger would have to remove theirs. A woman in Florida insisted she must wear her veil for a driver’s license photograph. Illegal immigrants are claiming the same rights as citizens, even though they have already broken the law; and some states are afraid to insist on enforcing the law for fear of the Discrimination accusation!!

This atmosphere of “anything goes or we claim Discrimination” must change immediately. The solution is to insist upon fairness for everyone. The Pursuit of liberty and justice is our country’s mantra — not the right to override every social and legal statute for one’s personal convenience. Everyone has to start acting in a more mature manner and remember that we are all Americans with the same rights and liberties as anyone else.

America is the Land of the Free, but that does not refer to a free ride or the right to disregard laws. We can only be free so long as everyone abides by the same rules and regulations as all other citizens! We must relearn to DISCRIMINATE between right and wrong, and forgot all the hyped reasons for NOT discriminating.

The Drudge is reporting that Hillary’s records from her years as First Lady will not be released until after her run for the presidency. Why? They are being reviewed by a small staff at the Clinton library and the staff will be unable to process the volume of materials in time for voters to review her previous attempt at running our health care system.

Isn’t that convenient?

Almost everyone believes that their taxes are too high. For some, taxes steal more than half of the income. Consider how many taxes you pay.

Each individual pays: income tax, sales tax, license fees, permit fees, Social Security tax, unemployment taxes, property taxes, pet fees, yada yada.

In addition, what we buy includes the taxes that employers and businesses pay to the government which include, but are not limited to: unemployment taxes, health insurance premiums, Social Security taxes, FISA taxes, and fees for the right to do business, etc. These costs are, obviously, part of the final price you pay for any product or service you buy. But are these taxes really being spent wisely?

Unfortunately, this Democratic Congress has maintained the earmark system which allows them to hide ridiculous expenditures within another legislative bill. These earmarks serve no one but the congressman’s reelection chances. Earmarks include subsidizing peanut farmers in Georgia and teaching native Haiwaiians how to canoe! Every Congress person has a pet project and we are the ones paying for them.

So, where do YOUR tax dollars go? Are you buying a bridge to nowhere in Alaska or are you paying a farmer not to grow a crop? Are you funding a project that will actually help someone or just paying the bills for yet another bureaucratic juggernaut?

Check it out. Your tax dollars should be spent for our common good, not for a Congressman’s welfare.